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Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-11
Rsdemntion Of the South.

In a tangible measure, the disap-
pearance Of bitter and obstinate po-
litical feeling in the south during Mr.,
Taft's term depends on exchanging
the political harangue for the active
dollar. so said a southern business
mar at one of last years conventions.
1t is a rough, but pertinent, statement.
And the gain of correct and active
business habits depends Oh the con-
tribution Of the negro. He has al
ready contributed a decided and in
creasing share. The negro is much
less the politician and more the in
dustrial unit than he vas ten or forty
year ago. Negroes are gregarious,
and do not care to travel in lonely
paths. Negro mugwumps are few, but
there are many thousands in the south
who in their hearts believe that II
would be to their advantage to openly
vote the democratic ticket; and to the
advantage of the republican party
Such q body in such a frame Of mind
is at no great distance from a strong
movement.
Industrially the negro is more po
tent than his general reputation
makes him. There are not only Negro
carpenters, but negro contractors; no
only negro plowmen and cotton pick
ers, but wealthy negro farmers, II
every state of the south. All thiI
makes for peace and need for eact
other; for better politics.
Whatever Mr.. Taft's personal pol
Icy, the south will be more disposed
to dispense with the leadership OF old
style politicians as the present term a
Washington develops It's tactful anc
sensible conduct Of larger American
affairs.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-11
CALL OF SUMMER DAYS.

w. D. Nesbit in Chicago Post.
Above the clash and clan9or that surges
from the street
There comes the ~rustling murmur of wind
swept fields of wheat.
There comes the mystic calling OF noun
tain peaks hat rise
Until their snowy mantles are shouldering
the skies,
The orchards and the valleys, the meadow
lands and all
They send across the distance their low,
inslstent call.
The tinkle of the river where Swallows
splash and run
And toss their foaming Jewels to sparkle
in the sun:
The mirror lakes are sending the FLASHING
of the oars
And tang of pine and hemlock that crowd
along the shores
o, down across the mountains and up
along the plain
The wind OF summer bears us the muir
muring refrain.
II whispers OF the loafing In haunts OF
sun and shade,
OF watching where the treetops far down
below are swayed
BY all the silent breeEes; It tells of little
roads
Where through the purple twilight the
crickets chant their odes-
And with a lit as thrilling as that OF fife
and drum
The good green world without the walls II
calling TO us Gomez"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-11
The Irrigation Congress.

Delegates 10 the National Irrigation
congress sbate nothing OF their faith
in the cause for which they meet, but
they aye frank enough to concede that
a meeting OF congratulation and eulogy
once a year is not the way 20 reach the
best results. This conclusion is SO in
harmony with the general thought OF
modern practical organization that
the public Is safe in believing that the
proposed reorganization and new con-
stitution will work for progress and
improvement.
Nobody disputes that. with p%erfec-
ton Of waterways transportation and
reclamation Of arid land by irrigation,
this nation has in the control Of in
terror waters one OF it's most stipend
Gus and pressing problems. The re-
ward is not at all visionary. Reduced
to terms OF dollars and cents, It Is the
most certain method OF exchanging
small expenditures for yast national
wealth. Taking only a few states,
homes can be provided for more people
than now claim the American name
and more new wealth can be created
than enough for an empire.
The deliberations Of the congress,
especially upon subjects which have
an element of controversy, deserve the
closest public attention and should
have a potent influence on future leg
islation.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-11
Easy Money.

The payment into the treasury of an
incorporation fee of $4,000 for the
Ming of the incorporation articles
of the Missouri Pacific railway looks
like Easy money. That the privilege
of doing business as a corporation in
Nebraska should be regarded as worth
that much will excite establishment,
yet the Missouri Pacific evidently be-
lieves that refusing to pay and taking
the chance of being outlawed In this
state would cost II still more.
The payment of this $4,000 hlins
fee by one OF the lesser railroads
doing business in Nebraska shows
what sources Of revenue might have
been tapped when other big corpora
lions enjoying the right of eminent
domain and privileges of common car,
riers secured the protection of the Law
without being compelled to pay in.
corporation fees on the same scale
II is not likely hat the state treasury
will have a windfsll like this ever
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-11
Opposition

The reorganized South Omaha Com
mercial club has made public a letter
addressed to the Omaha Commercial
club, which impertinently demands a
cessation Of all agitation for consol-
idation Of the two cities, The letter,
written by the secretary. who is said
to aspire to a local ONCE, represents
that the reviving talk about annexa-
ton constitutes an outrage upon the
intelligence Of our citizens and voters
because they rejected the proposition
a year ago.
We submit there is no outrage at
all upon any one involved in the dis
cussion of annexation by citizens of
Omaha or South Omaha or both cities.
The question is purely n Of business
and public policy. Omaha would be
willing to have South Omaha consoli-
date with it, providing the oonsolida-
ton is effected before the next census.
II consolidation is not effected before
the next census, Omaha will not for
a long time are to assume the bur
dens that would be entailed without
compensating benefits. ohlce-holders
and oface-seekers in South Omaha are
expected to be against annexation all
the time, and they will doubtless in.
fuence other good people who may be
persuaded to believe that their inter
ests lie In keeping two separate mu'
nicipal corporations with duplicate
cost Of administrative machinery. But
we do not believe the homecoming
taxpayer or the everyday citizen Of
South Omaha will permit their preju.
dices to be played on to make then
stand in their own light.
While there is no way of compelling
South Omaha to come into municipa
partnership with Omaha, 1t takes tive
to make a bargain. and II Soutl
Omaha insists upon deferring actor
too long, It may later find hat Omahi
is not ready to negotiate.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-11
Experts in Evidence.

Both Senator Aldrich and the in
surgents say hat there lie already a
tariff commission. The n to which
MIR. Aldrich excerpts lie composed OF the
agents Of the importers, the trained
experts and takers whose trade 1t is
to be familiar with the qualities. costs,
manufacturing processes and new
methods to be found In the various
branches of foreign and domestic pro-
duction. The other Is the similar class
OF men who represent American mills
and factories. Both are called lobby
lists by critics and experts by friends.
This ls one OF the cases in which
both sides Of a controversy are at
least partly right. The experts of
American manufacturers were at hand
from the time when the house com
mittee on ways and means began its
hearings & year ago until the bill was
signed by the president. Senator AID
rich wal in frequent consultation with
them. They were within call when
his floor ~lieutenants we're In charge of
the committee side of the debate IN
the senate. They helped to write the
bill and supplied data for the debate.
1t is equally true that the other side
depended to a great extent on the ex-
perts of the importers and selling
agents. In two Of his great speeches
Senator Dolliver admitted getting data
from that source. Marshall Field and
company were the chief opponents o;
ex-Congressman Littauer In the glove
contest. Ralph D. Cole, the "kld con.
gresham" from northwestern Ohio,
quoted fully from Joseph r. Grundy
representative OF the wooden mills in
Washington during the extra session
This use of data Is not reprehsnsi.
BILE on either side unless doctored fig
uTes and false statements are EN-.
ployed. The experts are usually re
spectacle and successful business men
They are the best and most reliable
sources of information. They may b.
biased, as a lawyer Is biased, but are
not knowingly untruthful. II mem
bers Of congress did nothing wors,
than consult manufacturers or import
ers in a tariff debate the countr!
would have no serious complaint.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-11
WHO'LL LET IN THE LIGHT
Merry Editor Attempts TO quiz the
Honorable Court.


As we understand IL. in all criminal and
in many civil cases the court consists Of
the judge and jury, and IL our under
standing is correct contempt Of such court
would cover the persons and dlgnlties Of
the jury as we'll as the Judge. Any man
who reflects upon the Judge or his judg-
ments may be hailed before him and pun
ished; II a juryman found fault with the
decisions of the Judge the bench would
warm him. Now. here is what we want to
know: When the Judge. sitting on his
bench proceeds to give the jury a dressing
down when the verdict doesn't suit him,
is he not guilty of contempt OF court? Why
can't the foreman of the jury and the
judge lecture for such criticism and
punish him for contempt, since the jury
is part and parcel of the court? We should
like some wise and pugnacious attorney to
tell us just where we are at; we may be
on the jury some day and may be hoped
on by the Judge. and we want TO be pre-
pared for the worst.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-11

When the city authorizes the erec-
ton of fences in the streets around
buildings in course Of construction 1t
should protect the public against
further encroachments OF the billboard
nuisance. Billboards erected on pri-
vate property are bad enough without
putting more of them up on property
belonging TO the city.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-11

We take the following headline
from a front page article in a Lincoln
paper!
More DRINKS Than Last Year-One Ex-
olseman Says Conditions Are Not so Good
Under Prohibition-Excise Board Meets to
Devise New Means of Holding Down Liquor
Sales.
We thought Lincoln had gone dry
and was fast approaching the millen-
mum OF municipal perfection. Must
be some mistake somewhere.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-11

Senators Smoot and La Toilette
have Just travelled on the same car
between Washington and Chicago,
without a word of disagreement. This
might be called either a triumph Of
ethical culture or an exhibition of
utter WEAKNESS on both sides. Good
behavior and a tired feeling may often
be mistaken for each other.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-11

The ever vigilsnt eyes Of Collector Of
Customs Loeb are not focused exclusively
on incoming globe t~rotters Of the class
bringing in rich apparel and things from
which Uncle Sam exacts his toll Oc-
casionslly his peppers are diverted from
the sordid smuggling Of silks. laces and
diamonds TO the poetiee scents and sinuosi-
ties Of bologna sausage. A man and his
daughter failed to declare that they had
among their treasures five pounds Of real
bologna, brought over on the steamer Rot
terdsm. one Of the party carried the sau-
sage in a paper package. The watchers
smelt something. They investigated the
daughter and discovered the treasure.
Daughter and father were taken to the
custom house. a special agent and an act
ing deputy surveyor we're called, and all the
machinery Of our marvellous tariff was sci
in operation for what may have beer
worth 81, or say s125. in the market. The
party explained that they simply never
thought OF ii, excepting that It was better
to carry bolognas than TO odorize the bag
gage,-they did not realize that they were
importers of a dutiAble article. And al
this moment Collector Loeb, who is the
most vigilent ever, II debating what pun
ishment will fit the crime.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-11

AS reported in the dispatches, Pres
ident Taft's message to the irrigation
congress expressed deep sympathy
attention were called to the drouth
that aflicts Nebraska after s o'clock
he would doubtless extend his sympa-
thy to include the cause Of irrigation
in this state.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-11

without doubt Secretary Knox loves
Taft the more since the president
taught him the seeuiliness OF exchang-
ing a dignined silk hat for & panama
In summer
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-11

Governor Shallenberger has come
and gone without explaining how he
happened to have $3.50 on his person
when he was touched over in Iowa
and the legislature adjourned for more
than three months.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-11

Ex-Governor Sheldon voted yes on
a resolution calling on Governor
Shallenberger to Dust the Omaha po-
lice commissioners. When he still ex-
ercised executive power. Governor
Sheldon voted mo- on all resolutions
TO Gust his own police commission ap-
pointees.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-11

Everyone who takes a look at Ne
brssks's ~overnowing fields this yea is
inspired with unbounded confidence in
the imminence OF an unprecedented
era Of prosperity in this section. Ne
braska farmers will be customers
worth having.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-11

Government reports make q high
estimate Of coming r yields. Corn,
hay, wheat. oats and tobacco will show
heavy production. Cotton prices will
Do unusually high. Add the cahta-
loupe and huekleberry prospects and
bulgtns prosperity seems assured.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-11

According to the governor of Wash
inston, his state has 200, 900, OOO.O 600
feet of merchantable timber. That
is no reason for wasteful cutting or
extortionate protection, but it enables
their constituents to think more
gently of Smith and Simmons, the
democratic senators who zealously
guard home industries,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-11

Wall street ventures the opinion
that the tariff is not settled and will
not be until a few ~reyisions are
introduced. But one tariff revision
in a decade has heretofore suficed.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-11

No wonder Governor shallenberger
is spending so much time excursioning
to other states after having nailed
down the s o'clock lid on Nebraska.
Some OF us, however, have not the
time nor the money to go away from
home so often.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-11

The nearest q Nebraskan comes to
drawing hrst prize in the Occur
d'Alene land lottery is No. 81. The
really lncky Nebraskan is the one who
draws land here in Nebraska.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-11
Reward.

II is said hat the Wright brothers will
receive 1900 from the government for
their ~seroplane. This seems like a small
sum for the greatest invention since the
steamboat and the locomotive. Future gen
erations will look back on this reward
much as we 90 on the paltry stipend OF
$50 pounds that Milton received for Para
disc Lost"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-11

Eastward the general counse of the
Mobile, jackson & Kansas City rail-
road carries the report OF reviving
prosperity. Is this the giant corpora
ton once known as the "doodlebug2"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-11

All Of US remember Livermore, the
youthful cotton king Of a few days
reign. The transfer OF his yacht re-
minds us that a short cotton crop will
soon produce a fresh lot OF Liver
mores, Suilys and Prices.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-11

Strange that nonpartlsan democrats
should be running for state Offices
only, while those chasing democratic
nominations on local tickets think 1t
necessary to boast their ~partisanship.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-11
HuntinE the Hunter.

81 LOUIS GIObe-Democrat.
Mr.. Roosevelt IL to be in Paris about the
middle OF autumn. And there he himself
win be the lion who will be much hunted.
There, too, his own hide may be taken
off. though not TO he stuffed and shipped
to the Smithsonian Institution.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-11
saIutnE the cominE Secretary


Though the Army department looks out
for order on the land. and the Navy de-
partment looks out for order on the water,
It is nevertheless true that a new cabinet
officer must be provided soon. Here's to
orville Wright, for secretary Of the At
mosDhsrA
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-11

Subscribers leaving the city tenn
%porarily should have The Bee
mailed 4 them. Address will be
changed as often ne requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-11

That democratic slogan, Home
Rule for Omaha" needs amendment
by adding the words, by way of Lin
COlu -
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-11

month, or even every year, but still
the possibilities Of future revenue to
the state from his source are not to
be lightly estimated.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-11

Instead II collecting money for
their oratory, those c%hautauqus lee
turers ought TO pay people to listen
to them in this sort Of weather.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-11

O1icers Of the Marine corps are I'M
doubtedly brave and eficient soldiers.
but Mrs. Sutton has obviously set
their nerves a-trembling.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-11

And while congress Is not in session
Washington has no board OF aldermen to
veX it's soul, praise be.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-11
ABATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.

STATEMENT OF CALCULATIONS
state Of Nebraska, Douglas County. SIS:
George r. TEschuck. treasurer OF Inc
Bee Publishing Company. being duly sworn.
save that the actual number OF tul ana
complete copies Of The Daily, Morning
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the
month Of univ. 1o0a. vas as folloMs:
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-11

Before he starts for Seattle Gov
ernor shallenberger should have his
money sewed to the inside of his vest
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-11

The promised reorganization of the
navy will have a good starting point
at the Annapolis Naval academy.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-11

Training in the tropics makes the
shocking weather in the east less dis
astrous to the president than to most
men in the summer resort district.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-11

Mayor Jim evidently has not
changed his opinion Of his excellency,
King Ashton.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-11

Old Sol and the auto speed maniacs
seem to be engaged in a competitive
scorching race.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-11

Oyster Bay may be in temporary
eclipse, but 1t will come out of the
shadow In due time.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-11
UnseemIy JoIts for Memory.
Boston Transcript

Remember the Maine? The second one
has gone to the Portsmouth navy yaSd. to
be rebuilt. The earlier one still remains
stationary.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-11

Thu stone work Of the new Pennsylvania
railroad station in New York City has
been completed. This work was COM
menced fourteen months ago. The mag
nitude of the structure may be somewhat
understood by reference to the following
figures:
The exterior walls are 2,45s feet in length,
or nearly a half mile. There have been
built into them 49o, 900 cubic feet Of pink
granite. In addition there have been
placed in the %concourse 10000 cubic feet Of
stone, a total OF sc, 900 cubic feet. 1t took
1,14O, freight cars to transport these a, 900
tons from the quarry in Massachusetts and
there are in the building 1900 tons Of steel;
100000 brick, weighing 5000 tons. The
main body is seventy-six feet above the
street level.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-11

There is a revelation OF urban graft by
Allan Robinson, president Of the Allied
Real Estate Interests, In New York City.
lie tells this story:
"A friend Of mine was approached by a
tax inspector.
II understand. Mr.. b said the In
spector, that you are trying 10 nave your
real estate assessments reduced?
Well, not exactly that answered Mr..
b. 1t seemed to me that my property
was being assessed for more than II was
worth, and l vas considering an applica-
ton for a lower appraisal
Just leave that TO me- replied the in,
spector. TN fix it up for you all right!
None OF that fixing business for me.
said the real estate man 1t costs toe
much. III apply to the proper authorities
and see that the thing IL done in the regu,
lar way
AN right, You'll be sorry II you do,
and the inspector walked way.
Sure enough, Instead OF reducing his
assessment, the city added $4,000 to the
taxable value OF Mr.. BIS realty and HI
is paying taxes on that every year. There
are thousands Of similar cases"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-11

"Yus, Bill, mark my words, the thin
wot's goin' to make England is tariff re
form-an' no mistake"
"Wot be tariff reform, Enery?'
why, tariff reform is-er-well, it's-er-
what they tells yer at the meetings ."-Lon
don Punch.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-11

Policeman Frank Duffy is one of the
shining lights of the New York force.
When a mob of frenzied Italians rushed
upon the driver of a wagon which had
run down a child and killed him, Police
mai Duffy was left to deal with the sit
uation alone. With odds of a hundred to
one 1t was useless to try physical force
with a mob that was screaming Lynch
him. in accents OF Sicillian anger. 1t
was not a subject for treatment with a
pair of fists and one light club. So he
mounted the wagon and became spokes-
man for the mob. In heated Italian, en-
riched by the imagery OF Erin, he made
an impassioned appeal. He would lead the
mob, he would see that the driver was pun
ished. But it must not be in the presence
OF women and children. The Italians
cheered him as the chief Of avengers.
Before the mob knew where It was at
they were following the policeman, driver
and wagon. In this order the procession
marched to the nearest police station. But
the lynchins was run off on a siding. The
mob suddenly found that the leader and
the victim had both disappeared, and the
station police we're telling them to get busy
and move on.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-11

Hudson had just arrived in the Hal,
Moon.
How lucky that l have more thar S25!'
he exclaimed-New York Sun.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-11

GEORGE 3. TZSCHUCK.
Treasurer.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn to
before me this I'd day OF August, 1909.
(SeaD Nj. p. WALKER,
Notary Public,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-11

Husband-Why don't you have Bridget
shut the kitchen door? One can smell the
breakfast cooking all over the house.
Wife-We leave il open on purpose. The
smell is all that gets the family up.-Judge.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-11
Around New York

nipples on the Current Of Life
as seen IN the GREAT American
Metropolis from nay 70 Day.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-11

do you mean to say that politicianS
opinions are for sale?'
NO" answered Senator Sorghum, 81
won't accuse him OF selling his opinions.
But l will say that his attitude toward
some cases resembles that OF an expert
Observation-Disclosures Star.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-11

A new idea in life Insurance is that
sprung by one OF the companies having
headquarters in New York.
This is the proposed establishment OF
a sanitarium for the care OF tuberculosis
policy holders and also a general campaign
OF education In the means of prolongins
life. A live man keeps on paying his prem
ium. A dead one ceases to be an asset and
becomes ar immediate liability.
The cause for this activity is apparent
The company has 100000 outstanding poll.
cies. A policy-holder dies every half hour
Of the one cause. tuberculosis.
The company has mailed to each Of rs
policy holders a pamphlet entitled, "A
Wal Ppon Consumption. 1t contains full
directions for the prevention and possibl,
cure OF this disease. II is printed in every
language spoken in America.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-11

Il presume" said the Telephone Directory
to the Hospital Dictionary, that you have
been to the surgical ward"
What makes you thing that7' asked the
Dictionary, hastily.
Because" answered the Telephone Di-
rectory, Il notice they have removed your
Observation-Disclosures American.