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Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-04
WILSON ON MEAT PRICES.
on the Profits Of whole
sRlers and Retailers.
Dft4.A,,.- Hs-

P%ittsburg Dispatch.
The part Of Secretary Wilson'S annual
report of widest general interest, especially
10 the city dweller, Is that dealing with
meat prices. Many have believed that the
increasing cost Of beef was In part due
to meat forming an increasing proportion
Of the national diet. Yet Mr.. Wilson SAYS
that where seventy years ago meat formed
one-half the national dietary 1t is now
less than a third and steadily declining.
He offers two reasons for higher prices.
the encroachment upon the ranges by
settlers and higher corn prices. with both
OF which the public is familiar. But his
chief suggestion is that retail competition
is mainly responsible.
Investigations made in fifty cities by
agents Of the Department Of Agriculture
revealed the report says, that retail
prices were IS per cent greater than the
wholesale, and the lower the grade the
greater the percentage Of profit. The re-
tail business. the secretary says. is over
done; the multiplication Of small shops is a
burden to consumers and no source of
riches to the shopkeeper. When twenty or
more small shops divide the trade within
an area that could be served by one large
shop the expenses Of many small markets
for labor, horses, rent, ETC., are in excess
Of what would be sufficient for the one
large shop, and prices have to be raised
to meet the increase.
Considering the statement Of one OF the
large packing houses filed in New York
the other day as basis in a bond issue.
that the net profits for last year were
20 per cent, and adding that to the SO per
cent boost given by the retailers it seems
unnecessary to look much further for ex-
PLANTATION Of the climbing prices. II the
packers and retailers were content with
moderate profits comparable with those in
other Industries and enterprises the diff
ference would bring meat prices very much
nearer what they used to be.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-04
The Policyholder,s Safeguard.

Whether or not the advent of Mr..
Morgan and his associates in the af-
fairs of the Equitable Life Assurance
society presages the complete mutual
ization Of that concern. in one thing
the p%olicyholders are secure, and that
is in the safeguarding of their inter
ests. The time has gone by when any
syndicate of moneyed men could juggle
the vast assets of such an institution
for their selfish purposes and at the
expense of the ommon people. The
exhaustless overhauling accomplished
as a result Of the insurance scandals
of a few years ago instituted such COM
plete reforms that every pollcyholder
may now view with equanimity any
change of management, knowing that
not only the state, but also their own
representatives are closely supervising
every adjustment.
This is entirely az It should be, for
nothing more vitality concerns the citi-
zen than the investment OF his pre-
NUNS in life Insurance.. Inc poor
mans policy is his chief asset against
want for his widow and children,
and under existing conditions no
serious trespass car be accom-
.plished against the interests of
those who pay the premiums. In
the particular case of the Equitable,
every step is subject to the control Of
the voting trust Of the ~policyholders,
who would be instant to detect any
possible menace to their rights in the
attempt of new millions to invest in
the dominant stock holdings. Should
there be any lack Of confidence on the
part of anyone, he would have only to
apply to the policyholders' trust, which
has yet to pass upon the reported
transfer of stock.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-04
RICHARD w. GILDER,s WORK
An Appreciation of His Life by
Associates ON the "Century."

An Appreciation of HE Life by
Associates on the "Century."
This appreciation Of the late editor Of the
Century Magazine, Richard Watson Glider.
will appear in the January number Of the
magazine:
The unexpected death Of Richard Wat
son Glider is more than q personal bereaye-
ment to the thousands in every part of the
land, and In other lands, to whom he was
known af~feetionately, either In person, or
even better-by the revealing personality of
his poetry and other writings.
ITO his associates Of this magazine. who
from the daily ontac Of many years.
knew his rare spirit, his uncompromising
scrupulousness, his high standards of per-
sonal influence, his large horizons Of sym
pathy, his instinct and habit Of usefulness,
it must always seem that the noble quail
ties Of the real man can never be made
known to the world as they are known
to us.
80 the readers Of the Century, in which
for the nearly forty years Of its exist
ence he has been a formative and deter
minative force and for the last twenty
eight its responsible and devoted editor-in-
chief, his death must be like the loss OF a
friendly voice from the fireside-a voice Of
hope and of warning, Of optimistic faith.
and of brave encouragement toward worthy
ends.
Circumstances compel us to defer to an
other opportunity anything like an ade-
quate consideration Of the claims for re-
membrance which his artistic and public
activities demand. But to those who never
met him we may speak Of one or two char
actertistics that made him a Citizen of
great and lasting influence for good, and
one of the most beloved men and poets.
The keynote of his character was 10y
atty. This trait pervaded every relation
of bis life like a sustaining and inspiring
atmosphere. To his family and his friends,
to his editorial and other business associ-
ates, to his social and civic obligations,
and, not least Of all. to his art-whlch re-
mains his most Individual record-he was
loyalty itself. Nor was this a weak or
blind impulse OF goodness-rather It was
a discriminating faculty Of giving gener-
ously what was due to each, based on his
delicate sense OF proportion and appropri-
ateness. The call of duty vas to him inn
perative, and no man since James Russell
Loweil-at whose death he seemed to re-
ceive a conservation Of civic ardor-has
more faithfully held up the highest ideals
of American citizenship.
Another note which runs through his
life, his editorial writings, and his poetry
a note that deepened with the advance OF
years-is tina OF personal responsibility.
He felt that Institutions were in the last
analysis merely men, and that ours could
be preserved only by the virtue and altru-
ism Of the individual citizen. The scorn
he felt for those who were w~ilfully recre-
ant to their political duties was like that
Of a soldier for a d~eserter. His humility
and self-effacement gave sincerity TO his
appeals 70 the best In every one. " . -
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-04
BLACK EYE.
Alabama DecOrates the optics of Bry-
ans Latest.

HAs
The defeat Of the proposed prohibition
amendment in Alabama, know as the
Conner amendment, is important as the
first serious setback sustained BY the anti
saloon wave which has swept over the
south in the last few years. The majority
against It is decisive, being reported as
more than 10000 In a total vote Of about
1OO, 200. The political future Of Governor
Conner, and the political future OF Judge
Weakley, whom he had fixed up as his
successor, were staked on the Issue. and
the contest was intense. The result is one
more Illustration OF the fact hat sudden
changes in fundamental matters are seldom
so complete as they seem on the surface,
and that It Is wise to allow time for the
setting In OF a reaction before concluding
that the change is permanent. A special
interest attaches TO the outcome In onnec
ton with the reported intention OF Mr..
Bryan to declare for prohibition as a
paramount issue. First rate aramounts
are rare birds, and the Nebraska gentle
man will rave TO walt a long time before
he can catch another as lively as the sill
yer paramount was under the peculiar con-
ditions OF 1896.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-04
XMAS MUSIC GIFTS
FOR MUSICAL ONES
Hospe 90. Presents Comprel
hensive Array of Publica-
tons for Gift Pur-
poses.

Tact" Is everything in the making NJ
Christmas gifts. Seek nut the taste Of.
the recipient and give something in ae-
.cordance.
II there's a miss or a young man 4,
your home who Is snraptured over music
then give her or him a musical historv ~
some KIND, or a book on practice or study
or a musical dictionary. Your gift viii
De doubly pleasurabie, for you've struota
me recipients taste or hobby"
In MS connection the A.. Hospa con.
pany or 1913 Douglas street states that
IL Is offering a full line Of ali onaras
oratorios and classic works, bound in
lealher, with the recipients name In gold
al HALF # regular price.
matthews a. Leiblings' musical At,
uonary bound In cloth Is specialized a.
foci the Elson musical dictionary is 7kc
but zoe. +"
Most Popular Home Songs" IN hook
Tnape are sold at sec, While the oliver
pltson CO.'S Complete Musicians Ii
brary Is offered at sips
one may take choice OF over 500 DIFF
lshl DOCKS on musical subjects at %
per cent off the regular prices.
Don't forget for a moment that this
~ an emporium for all things musical.
y you wish a gift 20 reach a musicians
heart look TO this store for II.
a parcel Of popular song hits, will
make a welcome gift. too, ana YOU
hNOW this Is the only Omaha store.
worm while on song hits."
A HosPE co.
lelS Douglas Street
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-04
PERSONAL NOTES.

There is nothing like making the punish
ment fit the crime. A Newark, n. j..
Judge has just sentenced three youthful
and grimy misdemeanants to rave their
faces washed three times a day for a
month.
FREDERICK Carass. the young Spanish
tenor who hopes to iva Caruso as closely
in fame as he does in name, was decorated
by the French government this week and
appointed 70 an official post In the De-
partment OF Public Education.
Prime Minister Zahle OF Denmark, who
violated all court traditions by going to a
royal reception wearing a black SLOUGH hat,
and his wife, who retains her place as a
stenographer in the Danish Parliament,
are subjects OF many jokes In European
papers.
Wilson Foster, Klondike prospector, has
presented the Dominion museum, in OF
tawa, Ont, with 1000 specimens Uf miner
ais secured In the Klondike region. gold,
topaz. opals, etc. Many Of the specimens
were taken from the gizzards of ptarml-
gans and grouse found in the rich mineral
bearing districts Of the Yukon.
Dr.. CASTOR Francois Petitjean, who is
said TO have been 14 years old and entitled
70 the rank OF French marquis, died In the
Kings County hospital. Brooklyn, Of choric
nephrihS. To the hospital physicians he
said his proudest boast was that he had
given up a title and large estates in France
70 become an American citizen.
One OF Lord Rosebery's singular yet per-
tinent suggestions In his latest speech was
that the conservatives OF the House Of
Lords should delegate to $50 peers the right
70 vote on the budget without Instructions
one way or the other. This was Lord Rose
bery's delicate way OF saying that the re-
naming 800 or 400 conservative peers are
mentally unfit to pass upon the question.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-04

1t now transpires that the imported
mummy thought to be that OF Rameses
is really that of Ria, his cook. Well,
a mummy by any name would be as
dead, after the lapse of three thousand
years, and besides, when he was alive
Ria held high cards at the kings
table. AS between kings and cooks,
the sign of the frying-pan has ever
been more powerful than the scepter
among civilized men. Every Rameses
must have his Ria.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-04
Inland NAVY Yards.

The grounding of the auxiliary
cruiser Prairie in the muddy shadows
of the Delaware shortly after it set
sail for Nicaragua, under command of
a rear admiral with marines and arms
to make Nicaragua behave, will be
seized upon by advocates Of a deeper
channel for the Delaware, and doubt
less the incident will serve it's purpose
in emphasizing the Importance Of
maintaining a more reliable waterway
between the Philadelphia navy yard
and the sea.
But the further question arises
whether it is wise to bottle up our yes
sells so far inland. The need for war
ships at any point is usually a per-
emptory one, and even a single days
delay might seriously hamper our
forces in any plan of campaign. The
government has spent millions on the
station at League Island, and cannot
be expected to abandon so costly an in
vestment, but there is bound to be re-
vival of the criticism against inland
navy yards when the coast affords so
many adequate harbors from which ex-
peditious sailings can be made.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-04
BACHELOR SONG.
Kansas city Journal.

Kansas City Journal.
oh, tender lovely woman Is,
A thing Of down and satin;
Some spot of deathless roses she
Should make her habitat in.
How carefully she wraps her up
When winter swirls and rankles;
A sealskin sack upon her back
And gauHe upon her ankles.
oh, gracious lovely woman Is,
In Gilead the balm, she;
The ministering angel here,
Mans stay I'm storm and calm, she.
She smooths our brow, she buoys us Nv
Through fate's outrageous twisters-
And with fair lips she soundly rips
Her luckless errant s~istersl
Oh, fragile lovely woman is;
Behold the weaker vessel"
United by her feeble frame,
With stress and ruth TO wrestle.
Not hers to walk, not hers to work,
With ease her path we hem, sir
SO that she may but shop all day
And bridge" till 4 a. m, sir!
oh, darling lovely woman is,
Inc vine about the oak, She;
Our eYer-present Joy and light,
Our eYer-present Joke, she.
Without her life would be but gray ?
And we but dull, sad foxes;
tbs she supplies us PARADISE
Ana sundry p~aradoXes!
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-04

Prof. Parker of Columbia university
makes a convincing statement repudi-
ating DR.. Cooks claim to having
climbed to the top of Mt. Mckinley.
AS Prof. Parker was Cooks original
companion in that exploit, he may be
considered entirely competent to be a
Judge, and his conclusion that there is
no longer any doubt about the falsity
of the Doctors statement will be re-
ceived with regret by those who have
been Cooks supporters.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-04

"Our new girl objects to being referret
to as the help said Mrs. Crosslots.
Let us respect her pathological scruples,"
replied her husband. Hereafter we win
call her the hindranee. washington Star
"she insists that her paternal ancestor
came over on the Mayflower."
"But l thought they proved to her THAI
there was no such name on the MayfloweT
sThey did. And now she says he was q
stowaway."-ClevelRnd Plain Dealer.
MY son is too literal"
whats the matter?"
Il told him he must take up some calling,
and he went out and got a job at a theater
as a carriage m~egaphone announcer
Baltimore American.
"a chap told me this morning that 1
looked the image Of you"
Where is the idiot? III pound the life
out Of him."
Times.
Upgardson-It goes without saying
Atom-Then suppose we let II go that
way, Lovely afternoon, isn't it?-Chicago
Tribune.
why, Aunt Rachel. how did you get
your gown torn and your hat knocked all
out of shape?'
Been buying my Christmas presents
early. child. Drat the newspapers!"-Chi-
You should insist" said the doctor, "on
your boys accustoming himself to cold
baths"
II don't have to insist answered the
worried father. He'll be out skating be-
fore the ice is an eighth of an inch thick"
Chicago Record-Herald
How many miles an hour does your
motor car makeP"
1T depends on circumstances" answered
Mr.. Chuggins. Naturally, we're much
slower going from the house to the repair
shop than we are going from the repair
shop to the house."-Washlngton Star.
ut is hard to tell who stands best chance
with that girl"
Then she is impartial with her smiles %
Yes; and her father Is equally impartial
with his stock market Decentralization
Herald.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-04
significant oAanEs o. Tune.
Boston Herald.

II Is 10 be noted that the lawyers who
have framed the appeal OF Mr.. Gompers
70 me supreme court do not maintain the
right OF the defendants TO unite In an
active boycott or a conspiracy. which Is
prohibited under the law. The substance
OF the appeal appears to be that the acts
with which the defendants were charged
were not a conspiracy. but were the acts
OF individuals. The appeals OF Messrs.
Gompers and Mitchell at Toronto may
have bean sufficient to impress the audi
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-04

tention and terminate the treaty, which
can be done on six months notice, ac-
oording to the terms OF the conven-
ton. It is to Canada's advantage that
the agreement be maintained, and in
continuing it the United States is dem
onstrating that 1t is the best of neigh
bors
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-04
Room for Improvement.
Baltimore American.

An American delegate to a foreign con-
sress on testing building material declares
that American cities are behind European
ones In fire-fighting, There may be some
truth in this accusation, though we natter
with having the best of every
thing. We have the most u~p-to-date equip
ment and the personnel OF the f~ire-fighting
forces Is Of a high standard.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-04

If stoyaine, the new anaesthetic, ac-
complishes all that is claimed for it,
painless viyisection is at last in sight,
and the surgeon, like the photographer,
will expect his patient to "look pleas
ant, please"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-04

When we all own airships nobody
will care how long the cloudy days con-
tinue, for in his aeroplsne the citizen
can take his family up to the healthful
sunshine zone above the smoke and
choke.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-04
Belief Well

II Is just thirty years since the state OF
New York tried to set the uppe hand Of
the STANDARD OIL company. 1t is ten years
since the state Of Ohio made a similar eff
fort. Naturally the STANDARD on magnates,
who never had to pay the fine Judge Lands
imposed on them. d. not believe yet that
they have been beaten. d
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-04

II the late senator from sarpy would
only be as voluble in explanation as he
is in attack the public might get the
inside OF the row among the members
OF the State Board of Control. There
is still plenty OF time.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-04

Corporations are not crowding the
county t%reasurer's ONCE in their eager
ness to pay the new tax. It is much
easier TO wait for the courts decision
than it is TO get the money back after
the county has once gotten hold OF It.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-04
How Would the DiE-DIE DOT
ChicaRo

We take the liberty Of suggesting that
some hitherto unclRssified animal in Africa
be named in honor OF the distinguished
American hunter and traveller now s~oJourn-
ing In hat country.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-04

The patriotic members of an order
that commentaries the birth Of this
nation who couldn't sing the national
anthem without words OF music ought
to slip quietly on somewhere and prae-
tlce un.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-04

The State Normal board may find
some dimculty in carrying out the pro-
visions Of the act of the Legislature pro-
viding for the purchase OF the Wayne
Normal school, II It succeeds in buy
Ing the school for less than the amount
appropriated II viii establish a prece-
aent for Nebraska
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-04

Boston Herald.

Bryan wants this country to give a pledge
to all nations not TO enter war "til diplo-
macy has become exhausted" Thai should
be as easy as the present promise whic
holds the nations to The Hague agreement.
Due regard for national honor Is always
reserved.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-04

ence to whom they were addressed, but
they win not be repeated before the su-
preme court The lawyers will now at
tempt to prove that the defendants we're
within the law.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-04
The Test win Tell.

Certainly Uncle Sam should be able to
make justice as certain and severe in the
caEe Of the uga trust officials as In the
case Of a mail carrier who has gone wrong
or a producer Of Illicit whisky.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-04
perrin of die Near Fature.

AuulhhdpolS news.
Now that airship factories are under way
there will have to be some way devised OF
protecting the earth-clinging public from
passengers who are careless with wrapping
paper, bottles and empty sardine boxes.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-04

Subscribers leaving the city tenn
p%orariIY should have The Bee
mailed to them. Address will he
changed nj often as requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-04

ST.. Louis Globe-Democrat
Congratulations 10 the man with the hoe.
BY official figures the corn crop Of 1909 In
the United States grew in 100 days and is
worth N,7so, 100000.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-04

In his latest poem, which he has
been frank enough to label a Might
mare" the English poet Noyes seems
90 have written up 70 his name.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-04
Looking out for Their own.

Cleveland Leader.
II will be noted that the indicted under
lings Of the sugar trust who nave been
brought to trial have no lack Of expensive
IL wyers to defend them.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-04

If the weather man hopes to get on
the good list with ear old Santa Claus
he had better get hold of another spout
pretty soon.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-04

Governor shallenberger is making
one record, at least. He is spending
more Of the states money for railroad
fare thar any other governor.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-04
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.

State Of Nebraska, Douglas County, S.:
George b. T~zschuck, treasurer Of The Bee
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
complete copies OF The Daily, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the
month OF November. 1909, was as follows:
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-04

Implement dealers putting up the
price of the pillow seek a share of the
farmers prosperity.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-04

DISAPPEARANCE Of sugar ring wit
nesses and documentary evidence is
likely to prove a trial to those planning
the trial of the malefactors.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-04
Imposing Figures.

81 Edu Floheer TTess'
Secretary James Wilson says the farmer
Of 1909 is blest beyond all his predecessors.
Made the soil produce IS. 10000, 900. Those
figures make the masters of finance" look
like 80 cents"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-04

Stealing the hinges from the New
Orleans tombs is about on a par with
the theft of pennies from a dead mans
eyes.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-04

Will advocates Of a sane Fourth con
slider that their cause has been ad-
vanced by the selection of hat date for
the championship fght2
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-04
In Other Lands

The Constitutional Struggle An
Great Britain, h Opposing Forces
and Two OF the Notable Leaders
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-04

Justice, when equal scales she holds,
need not be blind to the false weights
Of the sugar ring,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-04

Having been sent back to prison,
Albert Patrick must be convinced that
he is not as dead as he pleaded.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-04

The best seller in literature next
week will be from the pen Of that pop
ular author, William Howard Taft.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-04

The more that situation at Nicara-
qua is strained the clearer It becomes.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-04

Another college president has deter
mined to regulate the doings of Cupid.
His finish is in plain sight.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-04

1t is apparently the painful but
necessary duty of Uncle Sam to show
Zelaya that his ruse is no use.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-04

In saving from fire a Wisconsin
towns chief features, buttermilk has
again demonstrated its value for the
complexion.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-04

GEO. Il. TZSCHUCK, Treasurer.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn to
before me this1 LIST day Of December, 1903.
(SeaD NJ. z. WALKER,
Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-04
SAID IN FUN.

"Our new girl objects to being referred
to as the help said Mrs. Crosslots.
Let us respect her pathological scruples,"
replied her husband. Hereafter we win
her the hindranee.' "-Washington Star
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-04

Upgardson-It goes without saying
Atom-Then suppose we let II 20 that
way. Lovely afternoon, isn't it?-Chicago
Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-04

why Aunt Rachel, how did you get
out of shape?"
Been buying my Christmas presents
early. child. Drat the newspapers!'-Chi-
cago Tribune
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-04

"A char told me this morning that l
the image Of you"
Where is the idiot? I'll pound the life
out Of him"
TOO late. 1 killed him York
Times,