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Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22
Sonth American Trade.

Two obstacles have in the past de-
feated efforts to increase u trade
with South America-lack of direct
steamship lines and banking facilities.
Another steamship line has just been
put in operation between New York
and the east coast Of South America
and powerful financial interests have
undertaken to supply exchange facili-
ties by establishing banks in the lead
ing cities of the southern continent.
American goods have always won
favor in South America and many are
now sent there, taking the roundabout
way of Europe and in the past the
payments have been made through
European banks. With direct ship
ping and banking facilities there is
no apparent reason why the United
States should not supply a large por-
ton of the manufactured imports.
The countries to the south of us are
progressive and wealthy and their
consuming power is great, while they
manufacture little.
The Department of State, or more
particularly Secretary Root, has laid
a good foundation by creating a bet
ter feeling toward the United States,
s%upplanting the suspicion which here
tofore entertained for their big neigh
Dor with a sentiment of amity. A
few farseeing and earnest men have
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22
PERSONAL NOTES.

Popular Mechanics says, Butter 200 years
old is frequently served in India" Yet
some people Wonder why discomfort Dor
dering on revolution prevails in the land
OF mine
Harley N. Piper of Bellefontalne, o.,
who became a hunchback after being care
Iessly lifted by his uncle, p years Of age,
has won a suit against his relative for
$3.50 damages.
II seems worthy OF explanation whether
that $685. 900 contributed to Syracuse Uni
versity by John d. Archbold is a recogni-
ton OF past zeal or an Incentive to further
Examinations on the enormlty OF restrain
ing corporate abuses by law,
sydney Windecker, sylvester Wtndecker
and Mrs. Sarah Pier, all residing in diff
ferent parts OF Wisconsin, who we're born
in Lowville, n. Y, June 8, 1874 are In
robust health and are believed TO be the
oldest living American triplets. They hold
a reunion every gear.
JOAQUIN Miller is planning to establish
a colony Of poets and 10 conduct a school
Of poetry near his home at Fruitvale In
California. He has given an acre Of land
to Henry Meade Bland and another to
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22

long labored to secure a trade foot
hold and now there is promise Of see
ing their hopes realized. Under the
new conditions the chief drawback is
distance, and that is o material in
ocean-carrying trade. Contrary to
common belief, it is farther from New
York to southern Brazil and Argen-
tina than from European ports, but
this advantage is more than Offset by
opportunities for return cargoes, the
United States being a large consumer
Of the exports of those countries.
There has never been a more promis-
ing field for American manufactures
than South America and never a time
when securing it should be so easy.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22
British investments in America.

The editor of the London Statist,
George Parish, has recently compiled
some statistics showing that British
capital invested in American railroads
and industries amount to $4,000, 0O0,-
900 and produce $135, 10000 in rev.
enue to their owners. What is more
Immediately significant is the state
ment that British investors had sent
to the United States during the past
year $67,5OO,0 600 and that the ten
dency is to enlarge rather than to cur
tail the amount.
British Investments are worldwide,
but outside of the colonies are largely
confined to government securities with
the single exception of the United
States, where they take In railroads
and industrial enterprises. This vast
sum speaks eloquently of the part
British capital has played in our de-
velopment and Of the faith of a hard
headed people in our future. Three
billions OF British money invested in
the United States is the logic which
British limoges have been unable to
overcome In the past and which
stands as a guaranty of friendly inter-
course between the two countries.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22
Kit Carson Centennial.

Kit Carson, who blazed practically
every trail in the intermountain coun-
try, was born 100 years ago this fall,
and 1t is proposed to commemorate
the anniversary suitably in several
western cities. When a youth he took
up the pursuits of the trapper and no
man of all that hardy band was bet
ter equipped for the rough life. En-
dowed with a hardy physique, abso-
Lutte courage and tact he passed in
personal safety through the dangers
of a wilderness inhabited by hostile
Indians. His highly-developed gift OF
the sense of direction made him in
valuable to the explorers who pene-
tTated the country. Wherever they
desired to go from the far southwest
to the Canadian border he was willing
and able to guide. His genius prob
ably did more than any other n man
to lay the foundation for conquering
the west to civilization and he died
Just at the dawn of it's realization in
1861.
Kit Carson's body now lies in a
neglected grave at Taos, N. NJ, and
citizens of Colorado propose to remove
It to that state, where his children
made their home, and erect a fitting
monument. A vast empire dedicated
to the highest civilization is the mon
ument of Carson, Bridger, Baker and
their associates, but so rapidly do
things move that they are practically
forgotten.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22
IN EXTRA SESSION.

Washington Star.
Oh, melancholy fate!
Bound to the tariff by decree OF state,
! stand and watch the daily ploddinB
clock
Suffering like Prometheus at the rock.
Each mornings mall
Brings letters that assail
My conscience sensitive. rns Jus rrDrft,
Yet must / live
And give
My strength unto a futile tragic cry
To the great eagle bird that hovers
nigh;
The bird OF freedom proud that repre-
sents
The ruthless zeal OF my constituents;
And this because
By various laws
/ am supposed TO do the best / can
To bring unto my cropping fellow-man
The heaven-born fire which lights
The way to reasons heights.
In vain
j tug and strain.
The endless chain
OF argument that holds me In its grip
Grows tighter. There's no hope that IL
may slip ..
Until, as happened In that mythic day,
After long weeks OF anguish and delay
Some Hercules
Appears and sees
My sorrowing plight and breaks my bonds
with ease.
II there's a Hercules to calm this stress,
Won't he please write and give us his
address?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22
Corporation Tax Complications.


The more the proposed federal tax
on the net earnings Of corporations,
recommended by President Taft, is
studied the more complications it pre-
sents. While the plan Of reaching
incomes from corporate holdings
without running the risk involved in
a general income tax of questionable
constitutionality appears at first to be
quite simple and the way for 1t en-
tirely clear, putting the theory into
practice without discrimination and
inequalities is certain to be difficult.
The fact is that the attractiveness
Of the income tax idea rests entirely
upon the superstition that It can be
made a universal tax and possibly a
single tax. The old orthodox canons
OF taxation laid II down that every
person should contribute to the sup
port of the government in proportion
to his ability and by advocates of the
income tax the measure of ability was
taken to be in proportion to the in
come he enjoyed under the protection
of the government. The income tax
is attractive only when it aims to i'm
pose the same relative tax burden upon
all incomes, although not necessarily
in mathematical proportion. 1t might
be proper to tax incomes from in
vested capital higher than incomes
from personal services, but to tax in
comes from one form Of invested cap
ital and not to tax incomes from an
other form of invested capital at all
would certainly tend to discourage
such investments.
Still another difficulty presented by
the corporation tax proposal is that
of double taxation where the income
of one corporation is derived in
whole or in part from another COR
poration whose net earnings are like
wise taxed. This is not so serious a
problem that it cannot be solved, but
to avoid double taxation the corpora
tions thus affected would undoubtedly
have to Teorganize or change their
methods of operation.
The greatest objection being urged
to this proposed federal tax on cor
poration net earnings, however. is that
to which The Bee called attention in
discussing the presidents special mes
sage-namely, that the federal gov
eminent would be seizing a source of
revenue on which the state and local
governments are already utilizing and
to which they would be likely to turn
still more. The federal government
has so far, with few exceptions, relied
for its upon import duties,
internal revenue taxes and taxes on
interstate transactions from which the
state and local authorities are COM
pletely excluded. When the federal
government reaches into q new field
of taxation, such as 1t would here, the
claims of the state and local govern
ments must necessarily be made sec
ondary.
Unfortunately our system of taxa
tion for the support of federal, state
and local governments has never been
worked out as a whole nor has any
real effort been made to adjust all
parts to one another so as to mark off
an equitable division and avoid con-
fict and duplication. Whether or rot
a trial shall now be made with a
federal tax on corporation earnings,
the mere proposal will focus public
attention on this too much neglected
subject and should result in more
substantial progress being made.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22
Voice of the Great Hunter.

The predatory rich and the wicked trusts
congratulated themselves too soon II they
thought that the lions, rhinoceri and hip
potami in Africa would draw off the light
ming of Mr.. RoossVe.t's denunciatory elo-
quence from themselves. He Is, so to
speak. shooting Hons with his gun in one
hand and potting trusts with his pen in.
the other. 1t may be mentioned incidentally
that any kind Of game which the modern
Nimrod wants to bring down is seldom, if
ever, out of his range.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22

Herbert Bsshford. They expect to build
cottages there and help found this colony.
Rollin Lynde HART, author OF 9TH Peo-
pie at Play Is a reformed reformer. His
early studies Of the other Half and their
amusements reused in him a q~uixotic de-
sire to make them over. To this there sue
ceeded a more tolerant mood. Instead of
emphasizing their evil side he has seen
that it is offset to a vast degree by motives
clean and good.
Mrs. Taft has Travelled more than the
wife of any other president. She has al
most as great a globe-trotting record as
the president, She has crossed the Pacific
half a dozen times, and has Travelled in
Japan, Manchuria, Siberia, China and other
far eastern countries. She went to Cuba
with her husband, and to Panama, and
she has visited every corner of Europe with
him,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22
CRUDE AND UNWORTHY.
Miserable Failure of American at
Black Hand Methods.
st. Louis Times.

st. Louis Times.
The case of Robert Leslie Hayes, now
verging upon the mature age Of q years,
according to his own statement, who IS
held a federal prisoner because he merely
threatened, as is charged, to blow up three
passenger trains of the Wabash railroad
unless that company should forward 5000
in real money to his personal address, ex-
cites an interest not unusual, because It is
so different from that of other cases in
which so-called-black hand methods nave
been employed.
Mr.. Hayes has differed from those COL
laborateurs in his profession who nave
signed themselves with the dire manual of
the Black Hand by having been readily
caught Most of the other gentlemen
brigands who have attempted similar meth
DDS of procuring easy money have got
away with their bluffs either by easily pro-
curing the amount solicited or by escaping
arrest after refusal.
This simply leads TO the conclusion that
the American-bred mind is not adapted to
the sinuous and evasive methods so
adroitly employed by our intelligent Italian
confreres who come out of Corsica and
Sicily, mostly.
Mr.. Hayes first should have secured a
president or two of the Wabash system,
and, having completely immured him in
some dark recess of the Hartz mountains,
on the banks of the Wabash, far away,
should have sent in tentative suggestions
as to what the company might be willing
or able 10 do in the way of ransom II,
first upon the receipt OF a finger and the
subsequent arrival of a piece of an ear,
and thereafter the reception Of a choice
selection of nose, they would have con-
cluded that the held-for-ransom official
would be about half out of bodily members
II not speedily redeemed.
We look upon Mr.. Hayes methods as
crude and unworthy of American ingenuity.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22
standpatters Hard Pressed.

Philadelphia Record.
The insurgents had Senator Aldrich pretty
badly frightened when he had to appeal to
the president to pull them off with his
proposal to amend the constitution. No
wonder the Rhode Island boss has an
nounced hat this will be his last term in
the senate. Public life isn't as much fun
as it used to be before those mustangs
from the wild west were turned into the
corral.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22

William ]. Bryan, jr., and Miss Helen
Berger are to wed June "a. A few weeks
ago William ]. Bryan, jr., consulted his
parents in regard TO the matter. He sue
ceeded in winning the approval OF the
father OF the bride as well. Alexander
Berger dather of the bride-to-be), is cx-
tremely wealthy.-World-Heral
Who would have thought It?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22

To the International Printing Press
mems union gathering here Omaha
shines out an incandescent welcome
with best wishes for a most successful
meeting.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22

An Omaha man is to lecture upon
1.-THE Wit and Humor of the Bible"
We hope he will not pull down as
much trouble as did the Chicago pro-
fessor, who recently wrote a book try
ing to square the Bible with the dis
coveries Of modern science.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22

The frightful fatal collision of SUI
burban trolley cars a little way out of
Chicago is blamed on disobedience of
orders by the motorman who was
killed. At any rate, the motorman
will not be able to d%isprove the charge.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22
On Both sides of the Fence.

Now York Tribune.
Senator Lorimer of Illinois will have the
unusual experience of voting for a tariff
bill, first in the house of representatives
and then in the senate He has gone on
record as favoring the house draft and on
record as supporting the senate draft. Cir
cumstances seem to designate him as an
ideal agent for settling in conference COM
mittee the differences between the houses.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22

Whether a deputy marshal is a
shall within the meaning of the law is
the point on which the Heinze on
tempt case rests. A hair is never so
fine hat some ine-edged lawyer will
not try to split Il.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22

Ex-President Eliot OF Harvard has
announced his provisional selections
for what he terms a hve-foot library
Of liberal education, and already it is
apparent some extension shelves will
be needed to satisfy the critics.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22
WOOinG the Strenuous Life.
nH-..a-.1V. T.,,-o

Judge Alton B. Parker expresses a de-
sire to reorganize the demo cratic party.
In the matter of Willingness to essay str,n-
uous undertakings, 1t is evident enough
that the late Hercules had nothing what
ever on Judge Parker.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22

1t is not exactly a paradox, but
~nonetheless true, that the people who
complain most about the bad condi-
ton of our street pavements are
usually the very ones who persistently
block all efforts at improvement that
might require them to pay a few dol
lars in special taxes.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22

The new preacher In Rockefeller's
in Cleveland declared in his
sermon that he had come Ito
preach the gospel to the poor"
Strange how a preacher should get his
locations so mixed up.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22

And now Creighton university offers
70 furnish Omaha with a morgue IL
only Omaha will furnish the occupants
for It. That looks fair.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22

1t is encouraging to send word to
Mr.. Taft that his summer home at
Beverly is a pleasant place, but the
president has an indefinite engage
ment at Washington.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22

General Coxey of "Commonweal'
army fame was a recent caller at the
White House. but this time he rode
up in a big, red automobile. Times
change and Coxey has changed with
them.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22
Lese NIaieste, B,GOsh
Washington Herald.

Washington Herald.
An ad valorem duty on the tariff speeches
delivered in the senate would not produce
enough revenue to pay the senators' salar-
les, in all probability.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22

The city OF New York has paid
Mayor Mcclellan $4,000 to reimburse
him tor expenses in his election con-
test case. Law suits are expensive.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22

with his friends who had fought the
battles Of democracy shoulder to
shoulder with him in the olden days.
And then the conference resoluted in
favor of a nonpartisan judiciary.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22

Out at Kearney Mayor Jim declared
amidst approving applause that he
was for Bill Oldham for supreme
Judge because he believed in staying
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22

Senator Dspew has been sued as a
Itockhalder IN q cemetery and now
there are some who are unkind
enough TO say they know where he got
his fresh Jokes.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22

Subscribers leaving the city tenn
pOrarily should have The bee
mailed Co them. Address will be
changed as often ne requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22
A Novel Incineration.

Boston IranscTipt.
Nebraska is so near the extinction Of its
state debt hat 1t expects TO burn the
mortgage" before the year is out.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22

Uncle Joe Cannon says he is only
the servant OF the house. but he has
yet a lot to learn about autocratic gov-
eminent from the hired girl
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22

A million-dollar Investment in a
ball park at Ftttsburg ought to be
proof enough that the people OF this
country take an interest in the sport.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22

The expense bill of printing a few
more speeches like Senator La Fol-
lette's ought to convert congress to
the free paper idea.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22

Now that John D.'s pastor has de-
clared himself on heresy hunting,
Prof. Foster may rest easy regarding
his Job at Chicago university.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22

Why all this fuss about a bill OF
$500 for hosiery? Mrs. Gould is not
the first person to put her money in
stockings.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22

The World-Herald has a great habit
Of putting up straw men in order to
knock them down and is again engag-
Ing itself in this favorite pastime.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22

The warden Of the Georgia peniten-
tisry has a machine to punish unruly
convicts. The competition for the
lazy mans medal is closed.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22

Il think it a very unwlse move said
Wiseacre, shaking his head. ito take a
man who has been a trolley car conductor
into the weather office"
What has his previous employment TO
do with his efficiency" queried his COM
panion.
why naturally. to an ex-conductor all
kinds OF weather are fare weather. BAL.
timore American,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22

II Francis ]. Heney could not on
vince the jury In Ave months trial
that Calhoun Is guilty. the task looks
hopeless.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22

The custodian of the cloak room
will cheerfully find the senatorial hats
II the gentlemen desire to go home.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22

Banker Morse is out on bail, but he
is not cutting so much ice as formerly.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22

If We are to have a safe and sane
celebration OF the glorious Fourth this
is about the right time to begin.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22

Speaking of names, n of the mem
bers OF the Wisconsin legislature is
named Brew. And he does not live
In Milwaukee, either.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22

Dewey's supply ship Zafro has been
sold as junk for $500. 1t lasted
longer than the Spanish navy.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22

Kansas City newspapers are be-
coming modest. In giving a list of
the great American cities the Journal
puts Kansas City last.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22
Around New York

nipples on the Current Of Life
az Seen in the Great American
Metropolis from nay 70 Day,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22

1t would be interesting to know
whether they propose to have a safe
and sane Fourth In the African jungle.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22

That New York court is trying to
decide whether B%roughton Brandon
burg is entitled to a diploma as a doc
tor of letters.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22

A beer tree is said to have been dis
covered in Africa. The arid states are
expected to place their orders early.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22

Benjamin Franklin had just succeeded in
getting a spark of electricity from the
clouds.
Il rather guess" he chuckled, that's
about as near as anybody will ever come
to receiving a message from Mars"
Hastily Keeling in his wire and pulling
the kite down, he made a quick getaway,
and was not in when the man came with
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22

Teacher-where was the Magma Chafta
signed?
Intelligent boy-At the bottom, sIr.-HRr-
ward Lampoon. %. -
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22

The girl in the grandstand looked puz-
zled.
use here?' she asked. ~ a'f
Understand it, exclaimed the wild
eyed fan by her side; why, bless you, it's
the only kind of language there is!"-Chi-
cage Tribune
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22
BREEZY TRIPLES.

Bashful suitor-Wfl you be engaged to-
morrow, Miss Sophy?
Sensible Sophy-I may be, Mr.. Week
nede, II anybody has nerve enough to ask
me.-Baltimore American.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22

GEORGE b. TzsCHUcK.
Treasurer.
Subscribed In my presence and gworn to
before me this Sist day OF May, 1909
N. p. WALKER.
Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22

ooh, what a tangled web we weave"
said the apt quotationist, when first we
practice to deceived"
That's right" answered Senator Sorg-
hum; deception is mighty dangerous un-
less one has had a great deal of eXperi-
ence. "-Washington Star.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22

H~oward-Before marriage he said he'd
go to the ends of the earth for her.
Coward-And after marriage he did it
10 get away.-Life.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22

Yes, they have very strict municipal
regulations in that town"
"Indeed?'
"A man was arrested there the other day
for drinking out OF a trough that was in
tended for horses only ."-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22

a bill from the consolidated electric light
ing companies. Chicago Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22

Three hundred and seventy-five dollars a
square foot, the second highest price paid
for ground In the Manhattan division OF
New York City. was paid last week for a
slice OF 1000 square feet Of ground at
Broadway and Thirtv-second street, known
as the Union Dime Savings bank property.
The buyers were English investors. -Four
years ago the property changed hands Tor
500. 900, making a net gain of 100000 for
the purchasers in that time. The south
east corner of wall street and Broadway
brought 1858 a square foot in 1906. Since
1901 the record price in the midtown section
has been $3245O a square foot, which was
paid for the northwest corner Of Broadway
and Thirty-fourth street.
Milford chronicle., 1909-06-25
RUBER0ID

Like washing machines, there
are about 1000 different
kinds of roofing papers on
the market, but remember
there is only one RUBEROID,
we pick it for the very best,
having tried several brands
we find that RUBERoID out
lasts them all. 1t costs $2.25
per 100 SO. #. Now you can
figure shingles or tin. We
know RUBEROID will last 9
years-for we have roofs
that have been laid that long
n good shape to-day-don't
know how much longer.