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Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-21
Trade Excursion BY Auto.

Omaha trade boosters have been
the pioneers in the trade excursion
Business and their example has been
followed by a great many commercial
organizations in other cities. AS u
rivals are not adverse to taking up
any good thing which they see, so we
ought also to be looking for novelties
and Improvements wherever they may
be found. Our attention has been
called by an Omaha business man to
a trade excursion promoted by the
Commercial club of the little town Of
Frankfort, Kan, which toured the
country round about for three days in
automobiles. The Frankfort Daily
Index r%eproduces a photograph of the
excursion as It is starting out, making
an automobile exhibit all by itself
equal to the average automobile show.
At each town visited excursionists
were met at the outskirts by a recep-
ton committee in automobiles whose
members constituted themselves into
an escort. Describing the excursion,
the Index says:
This was the first excursion
ever made by the merchants of a country
town, or any town that we know of. It's
purpose was that the business men might
get out into the country and visit the
farmers, not only those who patronize
Frankfort and who patronize the neighbor-
ing towns, but also those who do not pa
tronize home institutions as much as they
should. Their object was to spread The
gospel of standing up for your home town;
to impress upon the farmer the benefits to
be derived from country and towns work
ing together. Incidentally the excursion
lists took along with them considerable adj
vertlsing to prove to the farmers that they
could sell better goods at less money than
the mail order houses sell. Added to these
objects, of course. was the social feature
Of the trip; an outing for those who went
and a social and pleasant time for all. This
was one Of the few undertakings that has
ever been known where business could be
successfully combined with pleasure. 1t Is
also one Of the few undertakings where
every business firm united upon one propo'
sition and where all were we'll satisfied
in the end.
Without any disrespect to the rail-
roads, which have always been ready
to provide all necessary facilities, we
suggest that Omaha's next trade ex-
cursion should undertake to spy out
the land in autos and follow up the
Frankfort idea upon a large and i'm
pressive scale.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-21
NEBRAsKA's HIGH Y

New York Tribune: Aviation Is certainly
less dangerous than automobiling No one
ever fell $500 feet out OF an automobile
without some discomfort.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: The Nebraska
aeroplsnlst who lifted his machine $500 feet
into the air with a balloon and then cut II
loose for his first spin made an error oom-
mon to youth Of trying to begin his ca
reer at the top.
Boston Herald; The aeronaut who went
up $500 feet in a balloon and then cut loose
In an airship to see II Il would fly-only
to discover that something wouldn't work
had the courage OF his convictions. Sull,
II he has a flying machine in which a pas
senger can fall almost a mile without COM
ing to harm, the thing must have some
merit.
Philadelphia Record: A Nebraska aero
pianist, by vocation q blacksmith, thinks
he has discovered the true principle of fly
ing. He attached his aeroplane to a bal
loon, and, after reaching a height OF $500
feet, he cut loose. His machine turned
over and over, and is flight was plumb
down to earth. Almost miraculouslYa the
man escaped without breaking a bone. He
broke nothing but the record. making the
flight of $500 feet. or three-fifths of a
mile. in less than is seconds. OF course, a
stone dropped from the same height would
'fly'' faster; but that is going some.
New York Post: The aeronautic exploits
OF today make the classic tales OF aspiring
but luckless "sky-pilots" from Phaethon
to Darius Green LOOK cheap. The heart OF
oak and triple brass have evidently not
been bred out OF the race. It is perhaps
hard to draw the line between the fool
hardy risk of life, and the inteniSent
though hazardous attempt TO make the
scientific conquest OF the air. But one
cannot refrain from admiring the indom-
table pluck Of the Village blacksmith OF
Rerwyn, Neb., who dropped $500 feet, was
saved as by miracle, and who within an
hour was ordering supplies for a new fly
ing machines. The providence which pro-
erbially eaters for the sparrow and
looks out for children. drunken men and
the United States, seems to have put the
a viator also on the preferred list.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-21
What is Gambling2

Apropos Of the recent report of the
Hughes commission, which sustains
speculation but condemns gambling,
is a recent decision of the Illinois su-
preme court, which says that to
make a transaction gambling it must
appear that neither party intended a
delivery Of the purchase, but intended
to settle differences only" II that
is supplemented with the legal maxim
that "a mar is presumed to have in
tended to do the thing which he did
do" the public will likely acquiesce in
the opinion of the court.
Such a construction would make 1t
comparatively easy for the mercantile
exchanges to enforce an edict against
gambling transactions by penalizing
the participants. Otherwise any at
tempt to deal with the evil would be
futile, for no one would admit he
was gambling or really did not intend
to deliver or receive the commodity
bought or sold. The man who sells
wheat that he does not W is not
necessarily gambling, for he may ex-
pect to purchase and deliver 1t for
less, and thereby make a legitimate
profit, just as a nan may lease a
building yet to be erected. the future
contract being an insurance Of his
investment. The man who sells wheat
for example, which he knows does not
exist, however, knows he cannot de-
liver, and a man who buys with q
knowledge that he himself owns OF
has contracted previously for more
than the visible supply, knows that
the sale is fictitious and gambling.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-21
GIVE THEM A PLACE TO PLAY.

Denis A. Mccarthy in Journal Of Educe-
tion.
Plenty of room for dives and dens (glit"
ter and glare and SIM;
Plenty of room for prison pens (Bather
the criminals IND; ~
Plenty Of room for jalls and courts
Cwilling enough to pay),
But never a place for the lads 10 race
no, never a place to play!
Plenty of room for shops and stores
(Mammon must have the best)i
Plenty of room for the running sores that
rot in the city's breast!
Plenty OF room for the lures that lead the
hearts of our youth astray;
But never q cent on a playground spent
no, never a place TO playI
Plenty of room for schools and halls,
plenty Of room for art;
Plenty OF room for teas and balls, plat
form, stage and mart.
Proud Is the ty-sh finds a place Tor
many a fad today;
But she's more than blind II she falls to
find a place for the boys TO play!
Give them a chance for innocent sport,
give them a chance for fun
Better a playground plot than A court and
a 1ail when the harm is donel
Give them a chance-if you stint them now,
tomorrow you'll have to pay
A larger bill for a darker i'll: so give them
a place to playl
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-21
Shipping Rings in Great Britain.

The United States Is not the only
country disturbed by determinations
and combinations to stihe competition
in transportation. During an investi-
CATION of the causes of trade stagna-
ton the British Board OF Trade dis
covered that the railroads and ocean
shipping interests had formed combi-
nations which they allege were sitting
the nations industries. Its members
assert that the community Of interest
idea has absolutely eliminated rail
competition either in rates or facili-
ties and that rebating has been the
rule in the ocean-cerrying trade.
Unfortunately, the board members
state that the remedy is not so easy
for Great Britain as in the United
States. In chartering companies the
restrictions there are much greater
than with us and the power of Parlia-
ment unlimited. Yet when charters
are once granted they are practically
absolute. British prejudice against
legislation in the remotest degree in
fringing on the right of private con-
tract is SO intense that ahti-rebating
laws would raise a storm even If sug-
gested.
Great Britain's troubles do not
make our own any the less irksome,
but a survey of the field abroad is en-
eouraging to those who are inclined
to complain of the slow progress made
here in correcting such evils. Every
industrial nation in the world is face
to face with more or less similar prob,
lens and nowhere has so great prog
ress been made toward their solution
than right here in the United States.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-21
Civilizing influence Of Railroads.

The railroad is only now open
ing up sections Of the world which,
centuries before America was dis
covered, we're the seat Of world
power, but which had gone into de-
cay. China is slowly yielding to
steam transportation and is negotiat-
ing a big loan to build a railroad into
one Of its most populous and product
i've sections, which will bring 1t for
the first time into touch with the rest
OF the world. German capital has
built a railroad into the plains Of
Mesopotamia, which is working a re-
juvenation of that neglected section,
while Russia has pushed the iron rail
into n~orth-central Asia and furnished
an outlet for It's products. The de-
velopment following these enterprises
Is not so rapid as on the western
hemisphere because conditions are
different. Here the country tapped
was virgin and a virlle, progressive
population was waiting admittance.
While there the country is al
ready settled by ultra conservative
people, but for all that the railroad
is making a new world out of those
old countries.
Probably no other development Of
modern times is working so poweT-
fully for world peace as the railroad.
It's lines everywhere cross frontiers,
creating business which is vital to the
prosperity of the nations and involv-
ing vast sums of capital in inter1a-
tional enterprises. Their facilities
induce a commingling Of people,
which dispels provincial misuuder-
standings caused largely by ignorance
Of each other. and trade interiepend-
ence is making the indirect cost Of
war too great to permit war to ne
lightly undertaken.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-21
Perpetuating National Ideals.

A movement is on foot in Pennsyl-
vania for the transfer of the remains
of William Penn from their present
resting place in England to the COM
monwealth which bears his name.
The people of Georgia are discussing
a similar project to bring the remains
of George Oglethorpe to the common
wealth he founded. The graves of
both are neglected in England for the
sufficient reason that to Epglishmen
they recall no historic service. The
founders of each of the American col
onies were actuated by different
ideals and their sum is the best Amer
lean idealism. William PENIS DOM
inant thought was peace and equity,
while Oglethorpe was a militant cru
sader for religious and personal lib
erty.
AS the United States grows older
and the men and events which made
possible the republic recede further
into history there is a growing ten
dency to observe anniversaries and
perpetuate men and events In lasting,
visible monuments. They are the
~guideposts Of achievements which
made the nation what 1t is and which
must be perpetuated II the nation con
tinues to progress. Few hold closer
to the best American thought than
Penn and Oglethorpe. and the senti-
ment which inspires the nov to bring
their remains here and erect over
them a fitting MEMORIAL is a worthy
one.
Centuries ago Behold, what God
hath wrought" was a charge to his
people to keep in mind the ideal, and
the sentiment is as vital today as then.
Peace, personal and religious liberty
are cornerstones Of Americanism and
monuments to the pioneers who
founded colonies in the wilderness
dedicated to these principles are sym
bols through which they will continue
to speak to us.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-21
Questions worth Considerinr.

II, for example, the oil trust and the
sugar trust, and the steel trust, and other
big trusts, are compelled to pay a tax on
their net incomes, will they reimburse
themselves at the expense of consumers7
What is to prevent them raising prices
and thus making the public pay the taxi
VIII II be possible for the government to
obtain the necessary Information concern
ing 1.-The real business transaction and the
gains and profits OF every corporation in
the country" without the creation OF
costly machinery for this purpose and the
adoption Of odious inquisitorial methods?
VIII corporations reduce the wages OF
employees to make good to their stockhold
ers the amount taken from dividends to
pay the tax on the income Of corporations?
VIII a federal tax on corporation incomes
cut down the revenues Of the several
states, thus necissitating an increase Of
State taxation on personal and real prop
erty7
The masses are entitled to relief from
oppressive taxation. Will a corporation
tax tighten their burdens II the corpora
lions are free to take that tax out of
the pockets of the people? All these ques-
lions suggest themselves in connection
with this proposition.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-21
CALCULATIONS UPSET.
Schemes of Politicians, Editors and
F~InRncieFs Go Wrong.
MINNEAPOLIS Journal.

Schemes of Politicians, Editors and
FInRncieFs Go Wrong.
Minneapolis Journal.
Colonel George Harvey, who edits Har-
per's Weekly, has been telling some OF
the incidents which preceded the campaign
OF 1906, when the Sixtieth congress was
elected. Colonel Harvey had met Colonel
Bryan in Europe Just before the latter
sailed for home, and had talked with him
about the ACCESSIBILITY Of making a cam
paign for democracy, pure and simple. It
was Harvey's idea that on this issue the
house could be turned democratic, and the
way paved for a democratic president iy
1908, Mr.. Bryan appeared to fall in with
his views, and assurance was given by
Harvey that the Cleveland democrats
would fall In line behind Mr., Bryan.
Mr.. Bryan landed in New York, went
to Madison Square garden and made his
railroad ownership speech. The next
morning. Mr.. Harvey says the sixtieth
congress was assuredly republican. Why
did Mr.. Bryan make a radical speech.
when a conservative utterance was ex-
pected Of him? The Washington Post says
It was because Mr.. Bryan though he could
not succeed without Mr.. Hearst, and the
Madison Square speech was to get Mr..
Hearst. It did not get him. Mr., Hearst
had ambitions OF his own. The Indepsnd-
ence league had been formed, and Mr..
Hearst actually believed that It would
grow into a national movement that would
land him in the presidency. Both were
disappointed, MI Bryan In the detection
OF Hearst, and Hearst in the complete
failure Of the Independence. movement.
The moral is that It is difficult for two
men or ten men to fathom what 20, O00,O0 100
men are going TO do
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-21
A Happy Political Family.

Behold. how sweet it is for breth-
rem to dwell together in peace and
unity" The happiest family In all
this broad land dwells in Washing
ton, where the democratic senator's
are giving a daily exhibition with Sen
ator Bailey In the role of chief har-
monizer. Although on the surface the
caterwsuling appears to be a wal OF
determination, 1t is simply the demo-
cratic way of entertaining the specta-
tors in the senate galleries.
Senator Bailey did not mea a
thing when he accused Senator
Hughes of being a trust representa-
tive. When ex-Congressman Lamb
of Indiana gave out the interview
calling the attention to lapses from
the democratic platform by Senators
Daniel, Simmons and others, it was
for the same reason that a small boy
heaves a giant firecracker into a
crowd. Just to have some fun.
Anyone inclined to think the Bal
ley-Hughes interchange a tilt in earn
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-21
Extent of the Tax.

II must not be supposed that the propo-
sition to levy a tax Of 2 per cent on the
net income OF corporations means hat
the government is to collect a . per cent
dividend. The proposed tax is not . per
cent upon the capital, but only 2 per cent
upon the sun available for dividends
that Is, one-fiftieth OF each stockholders
share. Although this is described as an
excise" tax, as distinguished from an in
come tax, It is not less evidently a tax
on all incomes that are derived from in
vestments in the stock OF corporations.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-21
A VOICE FROM THE TOMB.
Democrat of the Old school
Party D-eEeneracy.

democrat OF the Old school BemOans
Party D~eEeneracy.
Charleston News and Courier (dem.).
In his day, Roger Q. Mills was one of
the steadlest lights in the democratic
party. He knew something about it's his
tory and he believed in us principles and
strove ~valiantly for their success. He was
particularly interested in the subject Of
tariff reform, was ready in debate and eff
~fective in presenting his views to the house.
He still takes a lively interest in the af-
fairs Of his party, although despairing of 1t
under It's present leadership.
1T is a difficult matter" he says in a
letter to a personal friend in San Antonio,
in these degenerate latter days for a real
democrat Of the old school, one who had
convictions and belonged to the party for
the sake OF the principles which it repre-
scented, to have any idea at all as to what
a democrat is. The party as now repre-
scented at Washington might as we'll pass
out Of existence Mr.. Mills concludes, FOR
1t has survived its usefulness, and only
serves now to make a humiliating spec
tacle to cause honest democrats to hang
their heads In shame"
We suppose that the people in Washing
ton will now proceed without delay to read
Mr.. Mills out of the party, and the sooner
the better. There will be a considerable
nucleus for a new start after awhile, II the
democratic bouncers continue their work,
Things cannot go on as they are very long
without the party going to smash. Prob
ably Mr.. Taft had some such thought I'm
his mind when he started out TO divide the
south on political questions; certainly the
democratic leaders in Washington are
playing into his hands beautifully.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-21
An Occasional Advantage.
Washington Post.

W~aShInBtOn POST.
Avoirdupols sometimes is of account in a
government official. A day or two ago an
immigration inspector boarded a vessel, not
expecting to make a find. He was a heavy
man, and incidentally stepped on a weak
place in the deck. He broke through, fall
ing twenty feet into the hold. He alighted
on top of a dozen Cinnamon, who were
being smuggled into the country, and also
found several mail sacks filled with costly
silks and fine cigars. Now II that inspector
had been a lightweight he would have
missed the find.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-21
Probable Eject.
Now York Tribune.

1t must be remembered that corpora
lions, large and small, are already carry
ing heavy burdens OF state and local taxa
ton. 1t may seem to many that putting a
new charge on their resources means only
a slight sacrifice to them and their stock
holders. But 1t may mean eventually a
sacrifice to the public which they serve.
To meet new taxation they may be re-
quired to give poorer service or charge
higher rates. Taxing them is not raising
money from the privileged few. 1t is
raising 1t from the people who utilize their
Indispensable facilities.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-21
Some PrivatIons of the Rich.

In recent generations the worlds wealth
has been increasing at an Unprecedented
rate, but, at the same time, life's pleasures
have been falling more and more within the
ordinary citizens reach. Pessimists SEQ
that the rich are getting richer, optimists
that the poor are coming to their own; but
neither suspect the plight to which the
cheapening OF commodities and privileges
has brought Dives. Truth is that, although
there are more things to do and more sur
pluses than ever before, there are fewer
means of getting ones moneys worth out
of a huge fortune.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-21

taking Lydia L. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound to see what 1t would do,
and / am restored TO my natural
health. Mrs. ETA DONOVAN, Box
200, Willimantic, Conn.
The success of Lydia Z. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, is unparalleled. 1t may be
used with perfect confidence by women
who suffer from displacements, inham-
nation, liberation, fbroid tumors, ir-
regularities, periodic pains, backache,
bearing-down feeling, fatulency, indi-
gestion, dizziness, or nervous prostra-
ton.
For thirty years Lydia Z. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has been the
standard remedy for female ills, and
suffering women owe It to themselves
TO at least give this medicine q tnaL.
Proof is abundant that it has cured
thousands of others. and why should 1t
not cure your 4.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-21
An Bnective BooHter.

NNW AOlh AlibuhNs
The extent to which the government con-
tributes to the growth OF Washington as a
city is suggested In the results OF the &c lsu'
Of federal employees az the capital just
completed. There are $500 persons on the
governments payroll-abOut s per cent OF
the population Of the District Of Columbia
The employees and their families, It is esti-
mated, make up 1873 of the districts popu-
lation.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-21
Invading the worlds Markets.

Government statistics show that the
United states sells mowers and reapers to
s~eventy-five countries. plows and cul-
tivators to seventy, watches to seventy
five, cloths and twines to seventy, bicycles
to sixty, street railway cars to fifty.
candles and baking powder to forty, n
so on. How shockingly this Chinese wall"
of the protective tariff does exclude bus
from the markets of the world! Why,
there must be at least one or maybe even
two countries to which we don't sell things;
though really we don know where they
are.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-21
WHAT CROPS MEAN
Every Day of Sunshine Actually
Worth Millions.
rnhIInAnInhIn Rrncn

N
Worth Millions.
Philadelphia Press.
A railroad president says a 100000 or
der for new cars and locomotives hangs
upon the size Of this years harvest. He
represents only a twenty-fifth of the coun-
try's railroad mileage.
1t is fair TO assume, therefore, that rail-
roads are prepared 10 spend 500, 200, 900 for
new equipment II the crops are big. Good
news from the farms means equally good
news for manufacturer OF steel and max
ers of cars and builde of locomotives.
He does not Away know 1t, but the city
worker is as vitality concerned in the har-
vests as is the man in the fields. Pros
perity hinges upon the amount Of corn,
wheat, hay and oats which this garden
part Of the world win produce this year.
Every day Of sunshine Is now actually
worth millions to the people Of this coun-
try.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-21

Is there no answer to this cry of the
passing of cheap breade Fields are still
fruitful and crops plentiful. Countless
thousands of acres are yot to be cleared
and made productive. VIII the people al
ways tolerate artificial high prices, made
by corners Of SPECULATION or tariff2
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-21

South American nations have In
vented a form Of revolution as blood
less as a French duel. When things
get too warm for the president he
simply goes to Europe and fails to re-
turn. That is cheaper and better than
fighting it out.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-21
Getting OFF Easily.
PHILADELPHIA Press.

TIET~INTFITIW NNIW'
Heirs OF an iceman who were awarded
t1sl, 1858 for ice supplied to the union army
during the civil war will receive SIS, S4S.
The rest goes to lawyers for fees and ex-
penses. The heirs are lucky to escape so
easily. They might nave wound up in debt
to the lawyers.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-21

The Philadelphia Inquirer says the
eastern papers have arrived in the
west and brought the new hat last
Monday was flag day. Every day is
flag day out west. and II % don't be-
lieve it look down the line whenever
the flag has needed defenders.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-21

New York is to have a new theater
finished in the most elaborate style.
seating only 400 people. at which
bizarre plays are to be presented. Re-
cent divorce court proceedings would
suggest adaptations from the real life
of the 400.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-21

Omaha real estate is moving briskly
for this season of the year. II has
been a long time since anyone lost
money by investing in Omaha prop"
erty and the odds are big in favor o.
those investing now.