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Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-27
What the POpulists Gan Do.

There Is no party whose rank and file is
more earnestly DESTROYS Of reform In poll
lies than the peoples Independent party.
isn't Il time for these common soldiers OF
,s common good to ask themselves Just
That their party IL doing?
ere Ia exactly what has happened dur"
ins the last few years. They have acted
as the caudsi appendsge Of the democratic
party, receiving, as their only reward, a
few minor offices for their self-constituted
leaders. soma Of whom are OF doubtful sin
certify. And now the democratic party
thinks that It can get along without them
Here is what the populist party might do.
Hopolessly in the minority, 1t still almost
or quite holds the balance OF power In the
state between the two other parties. When
II meets at Lincoln It can reaffirm Its prin-
ciples and then. without losing its identity
1t can endorse such candidates Of the other
parties and such planks In their platforms
az seem most consonant with their own
views. This will make them a power in
stead OF a laughing stock In the state
Newman Grove Reporter.
This is the most sensible thing that
the Newman Grove Reporter has pro-
duced in a long time. 1t goes with
out saying that II the populists were
sincerely bent on accomplishing the
reforms they profess and supporting
the best candidates for office without
insisting upon them embracing the
populist faith they would not be found
Invariably hitched to the democratic
kite. The fact is that the populist
name and ~populist organization sur
wives in Nebraska alone Of all the
states as a blind for democratic double
dealing. The theft Of the %populist party
label by the democratic presidential
electors last year gave Bryan from
10000 to 5000 votes which belonged
to Tom Watson, and which Bryan
could not have gotten except under
false ~pretenses, and kept Nebraska's
electoral votes in the democratic col
umn. The p~opulists in Nebraska have
been traded of and sold out by their
alleged leaders for the consideration
Of a few appointive Offices and the
hope Of sharing more political pie
keeps them jumping every time the
democratic wire pullers give the sig
nal. Some day the remaining rank
and file Of the populists, who are still
sincerely DESTROYS Of reform in poll
tics, will refuse to be delivered, and
will repudiate the tricksters who have
been trading on them.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-27
Our Growing Insular Commerce

The trade Of the United States with
its non-contiguous territory is increas-
ing at a rapid rate and promises soon
to be a most important item. 1t has
moe than trebled In the last ten
years, being $3.50, 600. 900 for the last
fiscal year against $4,000, 900 in
1898. OF all the outlying territory
Porto Rico leads by a large margin,
taking $24,O00.000 Of American mer-
chandise and sending to this country
$26,0O0,0OO worth, largely sugar and
tobacco. Hawaii comes next with
$17,5O0,00O Of American purchases
and shipments of S40,O00,000. Alaska
purchased $16,0OO,GcO worth and
sent $13,00O,O0O exclusive Of gold,
which amounted to $18,500, 900. The
Philippine islands as yet have not
been as extensive purchasers Of Amer
lean goods as their population would
indicate they might be, and imports
from there are not large except hemp.
The trade with those islands has
grown rapidly during the last two
years and promises soon to be a ma
terial factor in both the export and
import trade, particularly with the
passage Of the new tariff bill, which
favors sugar and tobacco from that
source.
Taken altogether the trade Of the
home country with its outlying pos
sessions is as good as could be ex-
pected, though in the earlier years its
growth was discouragingly slow. This
wal not to be wondered at in Porto
Rico and the Philippines. Their
people spoke a different language and
for centuries had been accustomed to
using Spanish and other European
goods, and the Philippines we're re-
mote and disturbed politically. With
comparative political quiet n the
opportunity for industrial develop
ment, II is confidently predicted by
those best posted that commerce in
the islands will increase and the
United States will secure a much
larger per cent Of the total. There is
no logical reason why a country OF
such great natural should
not become prosperous with stable
conditions, and this country certainly
has the advantage In the contest for
it's outside trade.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-27
BRYAN AND The NEW PARTY.
Can a Party LED By y ReSOrmer RE-
form ItSs1ff
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washington EOst.
Mr.. Bryan sets the seal Of his condemna-
ton on the proposed new political orEaniza-
ton, the manifesto OF which was writ by
John Bigslow. the friend ana disciple OF
Tilden and q dootrinairs OF the school of
Hampden. OF Burke, and OF Jefferson. The
Peerless One" demands that the party
shall reform itself. But there Is the rub.
What is reform7
Mr.. Bryan is the most versatile and
voluminOus rSformer America has pro-
duced. II all he has advocated had been
accepted as Sound democracy the party OF
jefferson would now be q gorgeous tulip
without fragrance, The modest violet JEFF
fersOn propAgAtsd would be a big holly
hook, more Of q weed than a flower, and
with nothing of . fruit. Government owner
ship, initiative and referendum. base cur
rency, sooiGlistic insurance OF bank de-
posits. Federal power augmented to au-
thorizs congress to nullify q law OF a SOW
ereign state, and what not. Now he has
seized on prohibition and purposes TO make
II a democratic fad.
The democratic party has been dlsas-
trously defeated IN -four presidential cleo
lions and in eight congressional elections
The party Of Jackson and Tilden turned
populist under Bryan, and now II ia be-
come protectionist as represented in the
United States senate. VIII II turn prohlbl.
ZIONIST? We shall see,
Why have two protection parties in the
country? Fifty-seven years ago there were
.wo proslavery parties, Then a new party
rose, and leaders OF both the old parties
scoffed at II, derided II, voted II an inter.
loper, a fakir, a sham; but since 1860 that
party has been supreme In the United
states except eight years, and in all that
time Il has had a numerical majority In
the United States senate except four years.
and its substantial majority in that body
has been evident ever since 1881.
The republic looks ripe for a new party.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-27
Some Prosperity Straws.

The Wall Street Journal complies
some remarkable figures of the in
creased values of railroad and indus
trial stocks listed on the New York
stock exchange, showing that since
the slump OF 1907 market values of
thirty railroads and nineteen leading
industrial corporations have increased
$4,000 2O, 900. Many stocks are
higher now than before the sensa-
tional slump Of two years ago, and
most of them are fully up to the high
mark of that period.
The recovery of industrials to the
former figure is particularly signifi-
can't Of the best informed views of the
future. With railroads it is the re-
sumption Of the old dividend rates and
the certainty of a big crop movement
this fall. but in the industrials the
prices reflect confidence in the future
as much, If o more, than present
earnings, for few are yet earning the
dividends paid in 1907, but advance
orders and prospects are reflected in
the stock quotations.
Not only are the big men in the
railroad and manufacturing world
talking prosperity, but they are show
ing by their investments that they be-
lieve in it. All lines of manufacturing
are being conducted on a satisfactory
basis and in addition many million
dollars are being invested in extern
sions and betterments of existing
plants. There is no reason to doubt
that a great trade expansion is in
sight and manufacturers everywhere
are preparing to invade foreign mar
kets in order to build up an export
business commensurate with the ma
tons Industrial capabilities.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-27

tation that a large number OF these men
would seek the farms, and especially tho
harvest fields, and thus aid in saving .ha
wonderful crops which must soon be gath
cred.
ARRANGEMENTS might he made With asso-
Citations OF farmers to advance the money
with which TO pay for transportation, II
the charge were not great. and the
amounts thus loaned could be deducted
from the wages earned.
By this means the demand for labor
could be satisfied, and at the same time
there would be a distribution Of immigranD
population which would both help the tnr
migrants and relieve the congestion Of
population in large Atlantic ports,
The problem of inducing Immigrants 20
venture into the west and south is one Of
the most important which arise out Of the
large immigration entering the country by
way of Baltimore, Philadelphia, Boston
and especially New York. Something to.
ward its solution would be provided il the
demand for labor in the middle west
should be met in the menner suggested.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-27
The Coming WOman in Congress.
Washington Herald,

The announcement that the women OF
Colorado will try. to elect one of them
selves to congress neednot disturb at
once the anticipations OF the house OF rep
r~esentatives. The purpose is to make the
effort two years hence. The nam OF the
prospective candidate is Mrs. Sarah Plat
Decker. Her candidacy is preceded with
the modest announcement that success is
uncertain, but that she will do her best.
The advent Of q woman member upon the
floor Of the house would be an innovation
whose wonder probably woul pass quickly.
She might be expected to adapt herself to
conditions, rather than to change them.
The normal behavior Of the representa-
tives would need no change, since women
are always spectators, II not participants.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-27
FINANCING A LARGE CROP.
calculations on Cost Of Marketing
This Years HRrveat,
Wal Street Journal.

wall Street Journal.
Carrying crops from the time of maturity
and harvest, when the elements of produce
ing cost are included, through the period
OF distribution, until another harvest. is
one of the main burdens upon the none.
tary system OF the country. On account of
higher prices or larger Yields much more
money will be needed this year than a
year ago.
We are within a few weeks of the time
when eastern money usually begins to
move westward to meet the incoming tide
Of grain for first distribution. The new
crop of wheat for December, for instance.
Is quoted at is cents a bushel more than
mat of a year ago, To handle the 700. OOO..
900 bushels Of wheat at so much higher a
price will mean an addition of STAG OOo. 900
to do the work. That is to say, that
amount of values in excess Of what had
been required at a lower price will be
locked up in holding and handling the
wheat crop, in the form Of cash or credit
The present price of corn for December
Is about . cents a bushel lower than thai
OF last year. But the estimated yield Is go
much larger that the amount OF value
represented in a crop of 1880 900. 900 bushels
is approximately $500, Ooo.O more than was
represented in last years crop. The oats
crop at latest estimates will be 256. ONO. 400
bushels larger than last wear. while De.
cember quotations are about the same as a
year ago. The difference in the prices of
barley, rye and flax will easily add $50, Co.,.
oN more to the increase in the amount of
capital needed to finance their distribution.
Cotton prices have reached a level at which
a difference of SO a bale will easily be rc-
quired to inanc a crop OF IL, 900, 900 bales.
Making allowance for the larger crop OF
1908, the amount OF money involved in the
two different crops would still be Sss. 900, 900
larger for a $4,000, O0O-bale crop this year at
II cents a pound.
Summarizing these results we have the
following items of increased valuation for
seven crops only:
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-27
Real Story of the Big Hunt.

It is the unexpected that always
happens, especially when Theodore
Roosevelt is the prime factor in the
happening. Just as the cartoonists
and photographers had prepared a sup
ply of amy day" material about the
typewriter in the jungle m the
announcement that the ex-president Is
not using a typewriter at all in pre-
pairing his African articles, but Is
writing them all out himself. AS Mr..
Roosevelt's chirography is fairly good
and he Is sending the articles In dupli-
cate, the printers will probably enter
no complaint, but it Is really unkind
when the ardworking c~artoonists and
photographers had worked up a little
material in advance to permit of TAX
ing it easy on hot days to have the
whole thing pied by an e~x-president
who never would do anything just the
way he was expected to do.
With all his alleged rashness, how
ever, Mr.. Roosevelt is displaying much
WlSuOH ne is hdhlnB luIeS COplS5 VI
the articles, two being sent by mail
under separate covers to the magazine
while he retains the third. This In
formation is given out as a friendly
tip to the printer that he may not be
trapped in his usual retort, That's
copy, anyway"
Just why Mr.. Roosevelt eschewed
the typewriter is not apparent unless
1t was to reduce baggage for the long
tramp In the interior. Or possibly
being a scientific expedition instead
of a lurid tale of a big game hunting
trip he tabooed the many colored type.
writer ribbon for the plain black and
white, as BELTS the story Of a white
mans journey through Africa.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-27
PERSONAL NOTES.

]. D.. Rockefeller continues to give away
property in large blocks, but all Of it re-
mains in the family and the string tied
to 1t Is almost visible.
Miss Julia j. Calhoun Of New York, a
collateral descendant OF the famous John
c. Calhoun, champion OF state sovereignty,
has been a notable figure II London So
ciety this season.
Miss Winifred Gibbs Of the Assooiat ion
for Improving the Condition Of the Poor
OF New York reports that she has mad
unusual success in introducing the fireiess
cooker among the women of the East Side.
William B, Togins Of Aurora, Ga. de-
clares that frequent applications Of kero-
sene to the wounded part will counteract
the poison Of a rattlesnske's bite after
whisky and other so-called cures nave
failed.
William Travers Jerome and Harry
Kendall Thaw have planned to meet in
the near future and exchange opinions on
the subject Of insanity, At present he
fixed idea Of each seems to be that the
other is crazy.
John Ferguson Hume an abolitionist IN
his youth and as editor Of the Missouri.
Democrat Of st. L~ouis-then the leading re-
publican paper Of that r~egion-noted a.
journalist, died a few days ago at his home
In Poughkeepsie in his 18th year. He wrote
much in newspapers and magazines IN his
later years.
Herbert Samuel, who was recently named
as chancellor Of Lancaster, with a seat In
the cabinet, is the first Jew TO attain "a
that distinction in England. lie is only 2;
years old and has been in Parliament six
years. lie is the brother Of stewart sam
uel, who represents Whitechapel in Parllu-
ment, and a nephew Of Lord Swaything
who was formerly Sir Samuel Montague
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-27
New Naturalization Treaties.

Secretary of State Knox has under
taken to negotiate naturalization
treaties with France. Russia, Italy and
Turkey, with which we now have no
such agreements. Naturalization has
always been a troublesome problem
and at one time threatened to precipi-
tate US into war with Austria. Euro
pean nations were slow to recognize
the right Of expstriation and Turkey
still holds that once a Turk, always a
Turk. other countries, notably
France. Italy and Russia, indirectly
recognize the right Of expatriation, but
local laws governing certain classes,
notably the Jews in Russia, are obsta-
cles to entering into treaty relations
which would give the naturalized
American rights which natives of the
same class do not enjoy. II Mr.. Knox
can procure satisfactory treaty agree
ments he will not only do a great serv-
ice to naturaliEed Americans, but re-
move a source OF constant irritation.
Until recent years the lack of such
treaties vas not so keenly felt as the
bulk Of our foreign-born people we're
from Great Britain. Germany and the
Scandinavian countries where treaties
exist, but the great influx of immi-
grants from southern Europe. Russia
and Armenia has given rise to much
friction. The question has a bearing
not only important on n~aturalized
Americans who desire TO visit their
native land, but also on settlements of
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-27

estates and other business dealings of
fo%reign-born residents with their ma
tive land, which are also affected.
More important still is the necessity
for removing a possible source Of In
ternational trouble. In times Of irri-
tation the policy of the United states
to protect equally its foreign-born aud
native citizens might in the absence Of
treaties lead to serious consequ snces.
Mr.. Knox is not the first secretary of
state to essay the task, but at the pres
ent time the relations of the United
States with all other powers are so
cordial that he may succeed where 9TH
ers failed.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-27
Actions DIscredit A~ssertIOns.
Philadelphia Record.

Persons Rpprehensive lest the American
flag is about to be driven from the Pacific
because a line OF Japanese steamers will
run in connection with the Chicago, NIL
waukee q Puget Sound railroad will ex-
perience at least a respite from their fears
on learning that the japanese company
has applied for admission to the Trans
pacific bureau, which makes the rates for
all pushes in the oriental trade. The
Osaka Shoshen Kaisha will not at present
cut under existing rates; curiously enough,
even the Japanese want to get as much
money as they can.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-27
"a FOOL E WAS
Baltimore American.

Baltimore American.
Last summer l lived in the subur'
Last summer a garden ! made.
To supply pure food of my raising
Full many the plan that / mo-"
The lucious and giant tomato,
The succulent bean and the p a
The firm and full-flavored potato,
These were to be cultured by me-,
OF course, a few fancy crops mingled
! meant to include in the list,
And the fruits that from well-cared-to
gardens
Should ne'er be neglected nor missed.
Fine chickens I'd have I'm my raising
A flower farm, too, would be gain
But when on the Job l got busy.
/ found I raised nothing but Cain.
But the call Of the suburban garden
Is worse than the call OF the wild.
Two done Il again, sir. this summer
Though failure on failure is piled.
In seeds and In tools and in hired men,
I've spent my vacation fund now,
And I'm earning experience all over,
Yea-e'en In the sweat OF my brow.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-27

All will agree that we want a man
on our supreme bench with an acute
sense of honor" But a a man be
credited with an acute sense of honor
who by all his acts and professions has
been a lifelong democrat, and yet in
order to capture a few populist votes
atlrms under oath and over his own
signature that he "afhliates with the
peoples independent party2"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-27

Some Of the paving contracts let
here In Omaha last year are still in the
air without even q p~retense on the part
Of the contractor at beginning work.
II is high time for the city authorities
TO stop letting the paving contractors
play horse with regard to the interests
OF the property holders and public
generally.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-27

Anyone who wants to serve as a del
egate to a state convention may have
his wish grstihed by showing up at
Lincoln at the meeting of the populist
medicine mixers. No credentials re-
duired.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-27

A few weeks ago u amiable demo
pop contemporary incidentally re-
marked that 1t was not in the habit Of
supporting republican candidates for
supreme judge. Just read it's hyster-
ical outbursts on the ~nonpartisan ju-
dietary in the light OF this declaration.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-27

The immense progress made in boat
building is illustrated by the bringing
over OF the replica Of Hendrick Hud-
sons Half Moon on the deck Of an At
lantic liner, and when it arrived it was
picked up bodily by a big crane and
placed In the water.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-27
A Task for the Commissary.

Secretary of War Dickinson's order to
the commissary department, not to enter
into any direct contract with amy corpora
ton in restraint Of trade" seems to prom
Use difficulties In it's carrying out. The
question Of determining what are and what
are not combinations in restraint of tra:e
is one which the courts Of the land find
1t hard enough to determine. How is a
mere commissaryy o department going to
known s- --.-- Ncrr.4 .t.,. 80
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-27

A combination music box and lawn
mower is the latest. but 1t would
hardly do to set out a recording phon-
osraph whereiit could catch what the
neighbors say about II.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-27

The troops of the powers are NOV
ing III Of Crete, but unless the island
ers change their habits there is good
reason to believe that sooner or later
some of them will come to stay.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-27
stnnts of Merry MaKnates.

San FTAncIscO ChTOnICIe,
With Henry c. Frick buying silk under
YEA in London at $3.50 q suit and Edward
H. Hartman eating five meals a day n
drinking two bottles OF beer, American
captains of industry seem to be abandoning
the simple life, Next we shall probably
hear that Pierpont Morgan has got him a
palanquin to be tOted about the streets in,
with a footmRn to fan the flies away.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-27

Omaha's growth and prosperity
seem TO have struck home with VIII
liam E. Curtis, judging from his cor
respondenee on that subject in the
Chicago Record-Herald Omaha never
suffers from critical inspection by un
biased observers.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-27
BRINGING IMMIGRANTS WEST.
ENCOURAGEMENT for Those Who Wish
to Rise In the World.
Denver Republican.

denver republican.
With a demand for $4,000 or more laoor-
ers upon the farms of the west, some plan
should be devised by the railroads TO
transport immigrants from the seaports OF
the atlantic coast to the farms this side
of the Mississippi.
New York and other eastern cities are
filed with an allen population which re-
mains near the Atlantic coast in ignorance
OF the demand for labor in the middle
west. People OF this kind have little
knowledge Of the United States west of
the Allegheny mountains, and few OF them
have the means to travel to the banks Of
the Mississippi or the Missouri. But II
would seem TO be practicable for the rail-
roads to make SO low a rate OF transpor-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-27

Charleston News and Courier.

A woman in Des Moines mortgaged her
goods and chattels. She was unable to pay
the debt incurred, whereupon the mort
gage was foreclosed. The officer who
came to take possession Of the property
also took the woman's wooden leg. We
ave heard Of pulling a mans leg, but
never yet have we met q man so mean
that he was willing to rob a woman of a
pedal extremity.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-27

The assessors returns for Nebraska,
while showing a large decrease in the
amount OF wheat in farmers hands as
compared with last year, tend strongly
to confirm the Department of Agricul-
lures estimate.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-27
Nebraska MiIkers OutcIas.ed.
ST. Louis Times.

The Nebraska experiment stations milk
ing machine may have secured unreserved
government approval, but there is one in
finitely superior whose modest head seeks
neither commentator nor inspection, its
two principal milking sheds beginning at
the foot Of La Sale street. Chicago, and
opposite Trinity Church, New York.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-27

II is suggested that the reason the
spaniards are so opposed to the war
with Morocco lie that they do not play
the game as we'll IS during the con-
tests which commenced about four
centuries ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-27

If any of the adjoining cities and
towns want to enter into a union with
Omaha under m corporate name they
will have to get busy and consummate
the program before the census taker
starts out. After the ensus figures
of 1910 are 'ofhcially registered the
subject Of annexation will not appeal
to Omaha quite so forcibly.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-27

Having been agreed to by all OF the
council, 1t remains only for the occu-
patton ordinance to be formally en-
acted. and after that the franchised
corporations will be invited to pay up.