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Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24
pRoPERTY RIGHTS IN CUBA.

President Gomez of Cuba has been
brought to face a movement among
the ultra-radical members OF the
Cuban congress, whose success would
doubtless result In international COM
plicatlons, with a healthy prospeet Of
another American intervention. The
radicals have introduced a bill forbid
ding foreigners to acquire land in
Cuba and compelling aliens now pos
sessing lands to dispose of them OF
become citizens OF the republic OF
Cuba. Reports from Havana indicate
that the sentiment In favor Of the Law
is almost overwhelming in both
branches OF congress and that ia
adoption is certain. II is also init.
mated that President Conner veto o.
the measure. II passed, would lead e
the overthrow of his administration
The enactment OF the proposed Law
would be little short OF revolutionary
and would leave Cuba In a deplorabl'
financial and Industrial condition. IA
Lucia. one OF the leading and NOR
conservative Of the papers az Havana
places the property holdings OF for
eisnsrs In Cuba At about ss.oOe.0 900.
600. divided almost equally amonl
Americans. Germans. French and Ems
lish. The paper AIDA. The only thin
cuban here "a the government" an
suggests that the passage OF the las
would marx the anal step toward IN
svitable annexation 20 the unite
states
some of ahe oncials AZ washiaEtol
profess 70 eslisvs that The Legislation
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24

For the fourth time in as many
years the United States senate has
come to the rescue of the seventeen
pension agencies Of the country and
saved them to the federal payroll,
after the house had provided for their
abolition. Each of these pension
agents draws a salary of $4,000 per
annum and the allowance for stem
ographers, clerks, rent and like ex-
penses increases the appropriation to
about $4,000 600 a year for the branch
agencies. The house has decided that
the maintenance of these agencies is
a useless expense, but the senate has
persistently refused to make the
economy effective by approving the
house provision for the abolition OF
the agencies.
The seventeen branch pension agen-
cies were established soon after the
civil war, when a million or more
veterans and their dependents were
seeking pension aid. From time to
time congress has passed more liberal
pension laws, until now the need for
these branch agencies has disappeared,
the department at Washington being
amply able to take care OF all new
pension business that may arise. The
retention of the agencies is nothing
short of a federal donation of about
100000 a year to of1ceholders at
these agencies, which are located at
Augusta, Me-; Boston, Mass; Buffalo,
N. Y; Chicago, ILL.,; Columbus, o.;
Concord, N. H.; Des Moines, Ia; De-
troit, Mich; Indianapolis, Ind; Knox
Vile, Tenn; Louisville, KY; New
York City, Philadelphia, Pittsburg,
San Francisco and Topeka.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24
TIE SECRET SERVICE AGAIN.

Ihk hhNnEI CEhNfIE AuAANs
The intimation that President
Roosevelt may oner his veto to the
sundry civil appropriation bill, be-
cause Of the refusal of congress to re-
move the restrictions imposed upon
the operation of the secret service, in
dicates the determination of the presi-
dent, wholly warranted, not to recede
from his position and let himself be
placed in the attitude of having been
rebuked by congress.
President Roosevelt's letter to SEN
ator Hale, acting chairman OF the com
mittee on appropriations. contains the
most complete and conclusive answer
TO the Misrepresentation concerning
the amount OF money appropriated for
secret service duty and the uses to
which that money has been put. In
the house debate It was charged that
the appropriations 'for secret service
and service of that character" for last
year amounted to ~$7,214,59S. In or
der to make up the total, however. the
opponents of the president found 1t
necessary to include the revenu in
spection department, the customs serv-
ice and even down to the additional
arc lights placed in the White House
grounds and the salaries of the four
policemen OF the District of Columbia
on duty in that vicinity. Mr.. Hemen-
way Of Indiana, one of the reactiona-
ries. repeated these charges in the SEN
ate and was largely instrumental in
securing retention of the restrictive
clause placed in the bill by the house.
The facts quoted from the record
by the president show that the secret
service force has increased about so
per cent in the last seven years. This
Increase is due to the activity of the
Department OF Justice in the Beef
trust cases, the Standard Oil investi-
| cation, the railroad rebating cases, the
land and timber frauds in a dozen
states and investigation of attractions
OF the federal laws all along the line.
In spite OF this increased activity, the
entire amount Of money that can pos
sibly be charged to the secret service,
appropriated last year, was $780,
900, or about one-ifth the amount al
legged.
The chief complaint against the bill
as passed by congress, however, is the
limitation placed on the work of the
secret service men. This Limitation
practically confines men in the In
terror department to the work of au-
diting the accounts of land Offices,
barring them from m~uch-needed in
vestigation OF land frauds. Secretary
Garield asserts that 100, OO0. 900 acres
Of public lands that have been fraud
ulently taken by syndicates may be re-
stored to the public domain by prompt
investigation and prosecution. In
face Of this, the bill as passed would
be an absolute bar to the use of the
secret service to secure the necessary
testimony. II the president vetoes the
bill he will get the approval of the
public.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24
WASTE In THE PRINT SHOP.
Tons of Useless Product from the Va
tiOnal Printery.
Philadelphia Ledger.

Philadelphia Ledger.
One of the most extraordinary reports
on a government industry Is that from the
Printing Investigation commission relative
to government printing in Washington.
The commission, which consists of senator's
and representatives appointed at the close
Of business by congress four years ago.
discloses a riot of waste and profligacy in
the public printing office and in the con-
duct of nearly all departments of the gov
eminent which possessed the authority or
the excuse to have cum or books is
sued at the public expense.
Nearly every department was accustomed
to order a huge number OF volumes or
pamphlets in order to provide always a sur
plus over and above the estimated needs
and demands OF the country. The Agricul-
tural Year Book, copies OF the Congress
sional Record and the publications of the
geological survey had been pilling up for
years. The officials in charge of the pub
locations vainly offered them to the docu-
ment rooms of other departments and to
more than 5000 Libraries in the United
States, and the offers were refused. They
could not give them away. Finally engi-
neers were employed to estimate the bulk
and the weight of the millions of publ
cations and 1t appeared that the surplus
or waste amounted to $500 tons. on which
the government was forced to pay slS, SOC
a year in storage. The documents would
have filled freight cars enough to make a
train three miles long. .
The printing bill had grown from 5000. OOd
in 1870 to 100000 annually in 1906, and
from 1850 to 1900 the increase had been at
the rate Of 70 per cent each year. From
1895 to 1905 the annual bill had Increased by
nearly 100000, or by 102 per cent, and If
the commission had not checked the waste
the bill for the current year would have
been nearly $500, 900.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24
Experts Knocking Experts,

NtW 1OTK M6uIcdI JUuTHdI.
A recent announcement by the board of
experts employed by the general gov
eminent to sit in judgment. as 1t we're,
on DIR. Wiley's decisions concerning the
innocence or harmfulness of such pre-
servatives as sodium benzoate added to
food products put up in cans or jars
must, we think. be looked upon as de-
fective inasmuch as 1t simply declares
what the board has not found to be thu
results in a set of experiments parable
with DR.. Wiley's. for It is generally helt
that a single positive observation out
weighs many a negative. Moreover. thu
boards experiments extended over a pc
Rod far short OF what would general!
be required to prove a negative.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24

is aimed at the spaniards and that
there is slight prospect Of its enact
ment into law. Those who are better
informed as to the Cuban tempera-
ment see in the pending measure the
first step toward the downfall Of the
Gomez administration and farewell to
the hopes of 2 stable Cuban govern
ment.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24
The Consumer as n Foot Ball.
Galveston News.

NdINtstOH NVWss
New England congressman are reported
to have agreed with western members 10
support lower tariffs upon lumber and
steel in return for western assistance In
putting hides on the free list. The Massa-
chusetts shoemakers want free hides. while
NebraskAhs want cheaper lumber. They
appear to coneede the principle that high
tariff makes high prices. which Is one
point gained In the meantime. the con-
sumer's interests sre being traded upon
where heretofore they have been tram
pied on.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24

At last the Water board
had rescinded all action looking to-
ward the acquisition of the water
works under the purchase clause of
the contract and had gone on record
in favor of building a new water plant.
How does that At in with its latest
resolution, asking the people to vote
s6,5OO.O 600 in bonds to complete the
repudiated purchase?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24

II looks a. II Edgar Howard might
"a we'll proceed AZ oncs to Organise
hls 'pstiuon-tn-boots" to swoop eown
on the srring democrats lawmakers
Al Lincoln. i
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24

Kansas is opposing the employment
of foreigners on the farms of the state.
Such employment would rob Kansas
of the free advertising it gets every
summer by sending out appeals for a
couple of million of harvest hands.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24

The chief objection to the proposed
compromise between the Standard Oil
and the state of Missouri is a very
plain statement by Governor Hadley,
showing that the Oil trust is not sim
cere in any proposition it has made.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24

The billboards that were blown
down by our late wind storms are be-
ing rebuilt without let or hindrance.
II Omaha is ever to throw off the bill
board nuisance it will have to follow
in the wake of other cities that have
accomplished that end by organized
and persistent effort.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24

Expert engineers assert that the
Gatun dam will hold back all the
ocean floods, but it will never be able
to hold back all the flood of idle con-
g%ressional talk.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24
A DiscreditabIe Practice.
Boston Herald.

Some day, perhaps, a law will be en-
acted forbidding the selling or trading of
baseball players. Then the managers Of
the game win adopt a less commercial term
for the exchange of talent in their busi-
ness. Selling and buying and trading have
a brutal sound, n they need revision.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24

The men at the head of the Panama
canal work will never be forgiven for
their failure to furnish basis for the
charges Of grating made by the
Observation-Disclosures combination
of muck rakers.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24

II the local democrats think they
have exclusive patent on electing men,
bers of the Police commission they
are likely to be fooled when they try
the experiment.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24

There Is a new German sect whose
creed forbids its members to wear any
clothes. 1t will probably be some
time before the sect gets n large fol-
lowing at Medicine Hat.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24

II he wants the greatest number of
men to respond, Governor Shallen-
berger, instead of calling out the mil
itia, will call out his army of gold
braid colonies.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24

President Roosevelt has given a
zane TO each OF the members OF his
cabinet. bat has not yet decided what
disposition he viii make OF his Big
stick.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24

The trial of the men charged with
the murder Of former Senator Car
mack at Nashville shows that Tennes-
seeans are fine marksmen. II nothing
else.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24

A prominent citizen of Michigan In
sists that he is insane, but the courts
declare he is sane. He might work up
a profitable exchange of positions with
Harry Thaw.pS re"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24

The local BFyanits orEna oontinues
20 prociaim its prosperity on Ne front
pass aud 10 iAmeas the delay % the
prosperity special On Ia editorial
passL 0sa tosetAsA
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24

How much are those Water board
lawyers going to charge for drawing
up the proposition for a So, 900
mortgage which Omaha taxpayers are
asked to vote?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24

The Illinois legislature is consider
ing a bill providing for putting a label
on bachelors. 1t should. of course, be
q union label.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24
Catching On Too Rapidly.
Brooklyn Eagle.

Twenty-Five per cent of the vote cast
recently in Manila is declared by the
courts to be fraudulent. Who says that
western civilization is %unadapted to the
orient7
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24
When the Senate Moves.

PhlIadeIphia Press.
It took the senate Of the United States
on Friday just thirty-five minutes to con-
slider and pass an appropriation bill cover
ing S16O.OOO.0 600. Who says the senate is not
an industrious body?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24

"a lobbyist is known by the COM
pany he keeps" say an eastern pa
per. Out here he is better known by
the company he represents.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24

After I do this big job I'm on now
said the confidence man, II am going to re-
tire TO the shades of private life
Yes" observed his pal; at Will be just
as wen for you to keep sh~ady.'-Chicago
Tribune. %. ~ r.rt %, a.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24

The optimists are not all dead. A
base ball writer picks Washington as
the winner of the American league
championship this year.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24

unknown to replst some addition to
the city OF Omaha unknown and get
the beneht Of the vacated streets and
ALLEYS.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24

Only four more days for aspiring
statesmen to make up their minds
whether or not they want to be candi-
dates for once In Omaha this spring.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24

New Workers are having trouble In
finding the side doors of the new sub
way cars. The company should hire
some hoboes as guides.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24

New York has a real sensation in a
theatrical dancer. She dances with
her clothes on.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24
For Home Consumption.

washington Post.
1t is suspected that the anger of the
congressman who have been robbed OF
their right to name fourth-class postmasters
is designed mainly for home consumption.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24

The people Of South Omaha will
now take an inventory of damage done
and try to figure out what the bill OF
costs viii be.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24

Some day you may find the public
agreeing with your opinionsfH
YES" answered Senator Sorghus, "and
until that day comes l am going to be
mighty careful about expressing 'them."-
Washington Star.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24
A Grip.
Chicago Tribune.

Chicago Tribune.
In demonstrating that agriculture is all
the better for having a good secretary and
keeping him steadily at the job, Mr.. Wilson
has scored a great success.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24

care you going to try this method o.
sleeping in the open air asa perma-
nency?"
mo; merely a tentative remedy
Philadelphia Press. bt ttfH
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24

George Bernard Shaw announces
his intention to stand for Parliament.
All right. II Parliament will stand for
George,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24

Were you hurt much when the car
struck your"
Don't know yet. THE Jury hasn't
brought in its verdict. philadelphia Led
ger.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24

Will the charter of the Ananias club
expire by Limitation on March 4?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24

Mr.. Taft will not be able to keep his
cabinet a secret any longer than a
week from noon today.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24

The scientist who insists that he has
"a an intoxicated snake will be more
readily believed II he can prove that
he was sober at the time.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24

The Pacific coast returns thanks to
congress on the theory that half a
feet Is better than no ships.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24

1t is astonishing how many towns
there are in the country that do not
raise men of cabinet caliber.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24

This Is not the most wicked or
most indecent city on earth" says the
Los Angeles Times. No. there are
larger cities.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24

An eastern nan has been arrested
for leading a triple life. You guessed
right the first time. He lives in Pitts
burg.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24

The grounding may consider him
self indicated.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24

"She is the greatest one for fads I ever
saw. What has she got on hand
II believe 1t is neutrality-suspicious.
American. d.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24

No one has yet undertaken to ex-
plain the Joker IN the charter deck.
which h supposed 10 snabis someOne
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24

Speaking Of names, Ounce Circle is
recognized as one of the squarest citi-
lens Of Medicine Lodge. Kan,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24
The shank was reviling the skate.

The shark was reviling the skate,
you're such n cheap one said the
shark. ~ - 1M-.
Worse than that" sighed. the skate.
"Tve even been accused of being a dis
tant relative of yours"
Which the listening Holsters, being
merely Holsters, considered fairly good
repartee for that locality.-Chicago Tri-
| hume. tNe .'f..
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24
WHEN OUT OF TOWN.

WHEN OUT OF TOWN.
Subscribers leavtng the city tem.
porarily should have the LEI
mailed to them. Address Will be
changed a. often as requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24

Net total. ........ 1,leb,TA4
Daily average. .......,....- se'24s
GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK,
Treasurer.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before me this I'd day of February, 1893.
(Sea1) M. p. WALKER,
Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24

CoUTANT & SQUIRES
Our Carbon SOFT Coal 10 ..sslteat 70. soohing :aa hest:
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ts bost Coal NJ offered hare Tor TIE pgtso-eeeo pr tan. we
sss ssR ohIe. aeek epFlnsss Nsana. ohsFskse Wsast slssh Soas
ssas eel miasa We cell ts beet A1ksasss AnthTssss. sseo, ss
climax hst 80 so-Lsmp, eeoe.
TslE Bsss csc: Ind. Lss3a. Office, t4o6 FArnam IT.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-24

Entered es omaha p~OstOfies as second
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-15

college, has been collecting mater
ial for these courses. and has just
started to China. Several Of the
photographs showing the effect OF
deforestation in China, which ac-
companied the Presidents last an
nual message to Congress, form a
part of set of stereoptican views
which will be used in illustrationg
these lectures.
China has probably taken less care
of her foresets than any other nation
of the earth, and this movement TO
awaken in its people realization
Of the importance of the forest comes
at an opportnne time. Many parts
of China are practically wastes OF
the destruction of its trees. On ac-
count of the erosion which has fol-
lowed the removal of trees from the
slopes, farmers are compelled to ter
race their hillsides. in order to hold
enough soil in place for farming, and
to build a little walls across the
valleys to catch the silt which the
annual floods deposit Two centur-
les ago. many regions of China which
are now barren, were paying revenue
to their owners: Now the wood sup
ply is so scarce that little poles are
used for building houses, and roots
and saplings are burned as fuel.
Over three hundred Chinese stu
dents from eleven provinces are be-
ing educated in Boone College for the
uplift Of their country, and It IS
expected by those In charge of the
proposed course of lectures, that a
movement started there will i'm time
spread throughout the Empire.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-15

With all the experience and ex-
posure cf existing conditions star.
ing legislators I'M the face from this
beginning OF the session, they did
nothing to put into effect the prac.
tical recommendation of Governo.
Haimon made two months ago.
Senator Alsdorf introduced his
bill TO provide a uniform method Of
.assesEfmg corporation taxes by a
single state board, as long ago as
.January 22 IL was referred to the
senate committee on taxation be
fore the long recess OF three weeks,
br, the committee never took any
action on IT,
Senator Alsdorf introduced an
other bill February IS to create a
state board OF tax assessment,
which met the same fate at the
hands Of the senate committee on
taxation.
Senator Alsdor also introduced
February Is at the request of the
Ohio state Board Of Commerce a
lbill to ereate state tax commits
9Cn. which was also strangled by
The Woods h'll ito create state
taxation and pubic utilities board
lpasscd the house March 2 and was
sent TO the senate March 3. where
lie met with obstruction from the
very start, its second reading being
cut off by a dflatory motion to adj
journ, which carrhed. This bill
was referred March to the senate
committee on Judiciary and there It
Imet the same fate that befell all
Icther taxation measures at the
hands Of the senate committee on
ltaxation because the Republican
LEADERS I'm the senate were deter
mined that there should be no tax
ation legislation.
For a bind to excuse their ac-
tion to their party constituents the
RepubIcan Senators adopted q res
olution 10 refer the whole subject
CT taxation to a special commit le
for investigation and report at the
session next year, but their reso-
Luton was twice rejected by the
house before the day OF final ad-
journment.
| lle FCIldIP SUI lliu dN vi ~
Tuesday to pass n taxation bill,
in which the house cor'd have con-
curred, but II held to its obstinate
course.
There was sYfll time to pass a
taxation bill after the governor S
message was cad 1t would have
taken no lon9er to call up and pass
any OF the t'lls being smothered in
committee than it took to adopt
Senator ClevenIger's resolution 10
stave off the whole subject until
next session by creating a special
committee Of three senators TO re-
Iport next October
] All Of which goes TO show that
Governor Hamon's special messagl
placed responsibility for failure to
meet existing eOigencies where IL
lproperly belongs.
TIE people WIN agree with the
governor and should keep these
facts in mind
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-15
TAKES A
LONG HIKE
Pedestrian Weston Leaves
New York Today for
San Francisco,

New York, March Is -J3dward Pay
son Weston will he sent off with best
wiahes for success by Postmaster
Morgan this afternoon on his long
walk across the continent TO San
Francisco.
The start will be made from the
,postoffice and the postmaster will
give the word that will send the vet
eran walker on his 4,30O-mile jour
ney promptly at AIS O'Clock. Mr.. Wes-
ton has set a uimit OF 100 days upon
his schedule from this city 10 San
Francisco.
Alr. Weston Is not taking the most
direct route. From Buffalo he will
make wide detour southwark to
Pittsbnrg. After leaving Chicago
he will go to St Louis, Kansas City
Denver, Ogden and Salt Lake City
and then turn SCUM to Los Angeles
going mp the Pacific coast to San
Francisco.
According to Weston's schedule he
will not go through Cleveland stril1-
ing Youngstown, April I Canton, Ap-
Til g. Mansfield, April 8; Fremont,
April 9 and Toledo. April TO-
hIe Is due IN Frisco July 8.