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Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28
Women and the Tariff.

Chairman Payne of the ways and
from the women of the country and
has fastened to explain that the tariff
bill as presented Is really but a pre-
liminary draft and that it is quite
probable that certain changes will be
made in 1t before it is finally enacted
into law. 1t appears that this storm
of protest has broken out because Mr..
Payne declared that the tariff had been
increased on '~luxuries," and the
women soon afterwards discovered
that stockings and gloves evidently
came under that definition.
The tariff bill at best is a lengthy
and technical document and the lay
man will find much difficulty in inter
preting 1t. The explanation is offered
that the apparent increase In the tax
on hose is not an increase at all, but
a plan to secure a better adjustment of
valuations than was possible under the
old law, whose manipulation allowed
NCi man anu ElOhSh hOoC n W
come In under the tariff wall and play
havoc with the home manufacturers.
1t is hoped hat the tangle may be
Strengthened out. but that will not end
the protest from the m
Trainers Of tariff bills need not
think they can cover their tracks by
juggling with pig iron, vegetable ivory,
catgut, coal tar, old brass, binding
Irvine, caraway seeds and commodities
of that kind and then. without catch
ing breath. turn to an increase of the
tariff on hats, hat pins. furs, boas,
feathers. boutonnieres, wreaths and all
kinds of fluffy things without the
women finding out about 1t. Mr..
Schwab may tear his hair Owe the
steel schedules, the Havemeyers may
sour on the g schedules and the
Filipinos go on the warpath over the
tariff treatment of their products and
congress may go its own stubborn way
ignoring such protests, but II is aidif-
ferent proposition when the women
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

are affected. The tariff may be re-
moved. as in the present bill. from
gunwads, dice, dominoes. doll\ heads
and indurated fiber. but the law
makers will stir up a hornets nest IL
they persist in CHASING as 'luxuries
those articles of apparel and ornament
which lovely woman views as necessi-
ties. II Mr.. Payne imagines that silk
stockings, millinery DISCUSSES. hair or
nsments, ~aigrettes. ostrich and other
feathers, furs and funny things made
of furs and feathers are "luxuries," he
has only to call upon the women to
heal of something to his distinct dis
advantage.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28
John Bull, Land Grabber.

The British have always been the
most successful land %grabbers in his
tory, selling possessions in different
sections OF the globe with the nonchal-
ance of a man borrowing a match from
a casual acquaintance and acquiring
territory that would provoke a war if
any other nation should attempt it.
The latest British exploit is the acqui-
sition by Great Britain of a slice of
Siam about equal to the combined
area of Massachusetts,, Connecticut
and Delaware, without attracting more
publicity than a mere recording men
tion Of the deal.
1t appears that Siam has coded about
s 200 square miles of territory to the
British, which will be annexed to the
Malay states already under control Of
the British flag on condition that Eng
land invest about 2 0,000,0 900 in the
construction of a railway southwark
from Bangkok, the Siamese capital.
1t will doubtless develop later that the
eventual absorption of Siam by the
British is involved in the deal. 1t is
not mentioned in the documents in the
case, but theIrailroad will be built and
owned by the British, it will be de-
Tended by the British, operated by the
British and probably furnish the Brit
ish excuse and opportunity for benevo-
lently assimilating Siam and ultimately
taking charge of the affairs of its gov
ar0manf
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28
WRATH OF THE TRAIL.

Arthur Chapman in Denver Republican.
There's a gra5s-grown trail near the shin
ing rail where. the trains go whizzlng
by
Where the smoke from the overland fast
express is spread like a veil In the
sky;
It's the trail where the stage vent rum
bling through in the days of the real
frontier.
But where is the driver who braved the
path, and whose stout heart knew no
fear?
a perilous trip hat the prairie ship
made across the high, brown plains,
But has anyone Aver heard men tell OF a
coward who held the reins?
There are plenty OF tales of heroes work
and OF passengers saved from death,
But when did a driver ever quail in the
fiercest billiards. breath?
So go to the trail when the stars are pale,
and It's scarce an hour till dawn,
And you'll see a. ghostly stage fit past, By
four ghost horses drawn:
And high on the box sits the ghost OF a
man, and he throws you an eerle hall
1t Is thus that the stage goes by today on
the grass-grown overland trail.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

neys and that mental alterations are
to a large extent due to physical con-
ditions that may be improved.
In the past insanity has been studied
from the outside. 1t is the purpose of
the Phipps donation to study it from
the inside. The discovery of just
what is the correlation between the
human mind and the human brain is
one of the most important medical
problems of the age.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28
HEALTH A NATIONAL ASSET.
Duty of the individual to Maintain
His Efficiency.

INV
Worlds Work.
The individuals duty is to keep himself
well-that is to say, in condition for per-
forming his part of the work of the world.
He must come to look upon his physical
organism az a tool, and to realize that
upon the state of this tool depends the
quantity and the quality of the work that
he can do with hand or brain. AS a social
asset-and it is in this respect that we are
now considering him-a man is valuable
precisely in proportion to the quantity and
the quality Of the work that he can do.
Therefore, as a part of the social organ-
ism, it is a mans duty to keep himself
in the highest possible state of working
efficiency.
How to do this Prof. Fisher indicates in
two words. avoid poisons'-poisoned air,
poisoned water. poisoned food, poisonous
thoughts, poisonous emotions, and just
plain poisons like alcohol, tobacco and
drugs. Breathe deeply of pure air, eat
abstemiously of foods demanded by appe-
tite. Exercise for the delight of physical
expression, not to win a game or because
you think you ought to-and exercise the
intellect and the emotions as well as the
muscles. Wear as few clothes as possible
and these of porous materials, so disposed
as not to weigh heavily upon, construct or
destroy the balance Of the body. Battle
frequently enough to keep the skin in con-
dition for performing its eliminative func-
lions. Keep cheerful. Don't worry.
The man who does these things will not
only be making his country greater and
richer, but also will be laying up a great
treasure for himself and his descendants
forever.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

The park commissioners of Cincin-
natl have decided upon a policy for
the coming summer of removing the
Keep of the Grass" signs and in
viting the children to lie on the green
sward, to play their games on the
grass and have just the best kind of a
time, being always careful to be as
careful of the grass in the public parks
as they would be of the lawns at their
own homes. If the children and
grownups cooperate with the park
commissioners the new order will be
made permanent. If they are careless
and destroy the parks the old signs
will be restored and the visitors con-
fined to the paved walks and the stiff
backed wooden benches and settees.
The experiment is well worth trying
for the benefit of all cities supplied
with these breathing places. The
grass, the flowers, the trees and shade
are the natural heritage of children
and should be theirs for the fullest
enjoyment possible, so long as they do
become reckless or destructive in
their play. Parents may help in the
movement by impressing upon the
boys and girls that while grass itself
is hard to injure, the sod OF which 1t
grows is easily damaged and that fiow-
ers and shrubs should be enjoyed from
a distance. With even moderate care
in this regard the parks could be made
real resting and romping places for the
children.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28
Eggsact Justice.

Every housewife who occasionally
borrows something needed in the
kitchen or, what is mor common, has
a neighbor who borrows about every
thing required in the practice of do
nestle economy, will find keen interest
in a court case arising out of a borrow
ing episode recently decided In Pitts
burg, even though the facts are quite
commonplace.
Responding to a hurry call for cake
baking, a certain Mrs. Wagner, it
seems, went to the cupboard and found
it of the Mother Hubbard variety. She
wanted eggs, but the cupboard vas
bare and the hens were on a strike.
Eggs were quoted at so cents a dozen
and Mrs. Wagner's purse was like her
cupboard. The most natural thing In
Ia, count 'em, 12-eggs from her
dear neighbor, Mrs. Brown, whose
hens were working overtime. The
eggs we're beat, the cake was eat and
Mrs. Wagner allowed the incident to
pass from mind until several weeks
later, when her hens began to take an
interest in the affairs OF men. Then,
like a good neighbor who always re-
members her obligations, she gathered
a dozen Up count 'em, 12-eggs and
returned them to Mrs. Brown.
That is where the row started. Mrs.
Brown having been reading the mar
ket reports, her husbands brother-in-
law being a broker, Mrs. Brown knew
something about the value of hen
fruit. She insisted that she had loaned
Mrs. Wagner so cents worth of eggs.
AS the market at the time of the re-
turn quoted eggs at 20 cents a dozen,
she asserted that she should of right
have thirty eggs instead of the original
twelve. 1t was plain as A B c., Twelve
eggs at so cents a dozen were equal
to thirty eggs at 20 cents a dozen, and
Mrs. Brown did not think much of
Mrs. Wagner's mathematical education
if Mrs, Wagner could not figure out
that little problem in mental arithme-
tic. Still Mrs. Wagner was not with
out argument that sounded logical.
She insisted with much vehemence and
eloquence that eggs is eggs" and,
anyway, the twelve big brown eggs
from her Leghorns were worth as
much as twelve eggs laid by Mrs.
Browns puny little Bantams any day
in the week, regardless of stock mar
ket quotations OIL Injuries. In addi-
ton to all that, Mrs. Wagner had come
over to return the eggs and return
them she would. She returned them
one at a time, in a perfect imitation Of
Rube Waddell getting iG trim for the
opening game or Decoration day.
There were no wild throws. Mrs.
Brown received them all, with pic
turesque result, transforming her into
a human imitation of a Turner land
scape.
When the case was taken into court,
unfortunately for borrowers and lend
ers, the Judge refused to rule on the
grave economic question involved. but
contented himself with placing both
women under bonds to keep the peace.
Although the question remains unde-
cided, obviously Mrs. Wagner made 80
cents by the transaction, whether she
sold the eggs or ate them. and just as
obviously Mrs. Brown loaned a dozen
eggs and got a dozen eggs in return.
1t is a proposition that lenders and
borrowers will have to settle for them
selves.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28
Fad of Ancestor worship.
New York Sun

Probably nowhere else, not even in China,
is ancestor worship so common as in these
United States. Every man being las good
as another" in theory, is eager 10 prove
that he is better. The Chinese slowpokes
use the distinction Of the descendant to
confer honor, upon the ancestor. The Amer
lean Of wealth. and taste for ancestry can
buy or nave invented for him ancestors who
confer honor upon him. As impartial
sociologists we record without praise or
blame the passion of the American de-
mocracy for ancestors.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28
The Last Word ON Revision.
Washington Post.

There is no doubt that Mr.. Taft will
have the courage to speak II the action
OF either house OF congress should con-
vince him hat the tariff is not being
revised in accordance with the peoples
will. And II he should speak for the people,
members Of the house and senate are
likely TO listen, whatever the plans OF the
leaders In either body may be.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

While most of the chemical sched-
ules in the new tarin bill have been
merely reduced, oxhide of beef has
been placed on the free list.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

Richard Harding Davis denies that
he ever said. "of the qualifications OF
the literary person I possess none"
No matter. Others have said it.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

Membership card No. 92s in the
Punk PuHsters' union goes to the New
York Herald for its comments on 'the
Payneful tariff bill"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

Harper's Weekly expresses the fear
that oratory is becoming a dead art in
America. Others are expressing the
fear that Harper's Weekly is mistaken.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28
Problem EasiIy solved.
Boston Transcript.

A westerner would settle the Bacon
Shakespeare controversy forever. A drama
tic club in his town played Hamlet" the
other day. Now. says he. open the graves
and see which, one OF the two has turned.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

The row prince of Servia, having
surrendered his title to the throne and
discharged his typewriter. the Balkan
war clouds have blown away.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

If benzoate of soda will preserve
anything. as it is claimed, it might be
tried on International peace, thus pre-
serving the warships.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

It is suggested that the a%ppropria-
tions committee of the next congress
use a safety razor in shaving the esti-
mates OF the different departments.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

The horses baked with six demo-
cratic members of congress who
started for a drive in the Virginia hills.
II isn't easy to fool a horse.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28
Fairy Tales OutcIassed.
Baltimore American.

An aerial navy. equipped with wireless
biography. is among the possibilities-even
the probabilities-of the future. The old
tine fairy tales, with their marvellous
achievements. are in danger Of losing the
record.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

A Harvard professor says that all
the books needed for a good education
may be placed on a fve-foot shelf. Just
about hold the Bible, Shakespeare and
an unabridged dictionary.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

The tarin on anchors is to be cut
half a cent a pound. The man who
wants to keep an anchor to windward
should appreciate the saving.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

Despite the efforts of adventurous
explorers, both the South and North
poles are still in the wireless zone
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

President Eliot of Harvard is still
denouncing foot ball as a college sport.
The Harvard team has rarely played
winning foot ball.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

A theatrical manager is trying to
sign Jim Jeffries and Jack Johnson for
a starring our with the same com
pany. That would surely make them
fight.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

Let us hope there will be no rage
for the importation of the Paris style
OF strikes this year.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

The tariff discussions are developing
the fact that many men are suffering
pains in the lumber regions.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

The inheritance tax would be a hard
blow at P%ittsburg, where most of the
younger folks are living on inheri-
tances.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

Still, Charley Ross unquestionably
got more publicity than any other boy
who was ever kidnapped.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

Now that Champ Clark has dined
at the White House, the congressional
war dogs may be sent back to their
kennels.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

China's decision to build a big navy
will naturally call for an increase in
Nevada's coast defenses.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

1t might be a good plan to allow the
mothers of the land to frame the law
providing for the punishment of kid
napers
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

The p~each-basket hat is listed
among the eastern styles. Omaha can
furnish the peaches, all right.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

There may be no collegiate signif-
anc in the fact hat the new solicitor
general is a Yale man.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

The tariff on fence posts is to be re-
duced, but there is the same old back
breaking duty on postholes.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

There should be no difficulty in get
ting tasters and samplers for the
American Society for the Investigation
of Alcoholic Beverages, just organized
in New York.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

sTATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
btste OF Nebraska. Douglas County. Sc;
george II. Tzschuck. treasurer OF The Bee
Publishing company, being duly sworn, says
that the actual number Of full and complete
copies OF The Daily. Morning. Evening and
sunday Bee printed during the month Of
February. 1909 was as follows.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

sheaI heard you singing IN your room
He-Oh, l sing aslittle to XIII time. sra
She-You have a good weapon.-Bostou
Transcript.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28
DOMESTIC

Artist will guarantee, sir. to paint you
a speaking likeness Of your wife.
Customer-You can't do that.
Artist-Why can't I?
observation-disclosures she's dumb.-Bafti-
more American. 500
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

"a woman's hat is a ridiculous affair
said the man.
Yes answered the woman; II don't
see why you insist on taking 1t so seri-
ously when the bill comes in."-Washing-
ton Star.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

Bashful Youth-Miss Bella, ~does-does
your mother object to my coming here so
much?
Fair Charmer-Oh. 1 think not. heard
her telling papa the other evening that you
merely came to pass away the time-you
didn't mean anything serious Chicago Tri-
bune.
out of a job, are you?" asked the first
GIRL Boss catch you fliTting?'
mo; l caught the boss. Say, what sort
OF a wedding dress do you think is real
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Ledger.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

Entered at Omaha postofnce as second
class matter.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

CseaI)
The Yale expositor., 1909-06-18
President Penna Dead.

President Penna, of Brazil, died
Monday morning, according to a dis
patch received at the state depart
ment from the American Ambassador
at Rio de Janeiro. His death was evil
IDENTIFY very sudden. The last report of
his doings concerned the opening of
the Brazilian congress, May 4. and his
message to that body, and two weeks
later his refusal TO accept the resigna-
ton of the Brazilian minister of
finance.
Dr. Penna was elected by universal
suffrage in the 20 federated states in
1906 and assumed Office November Is
of that year His term expired in 1910.
He was native of the state OF Minas
Geraes. and his success was the out
come of a coalition of the principal
states against San Paulo, which has
supplied all past presidents. The vice.
president of the republic is Milo Pc
canha.
Among the important acts of DIR.
Penna's administration was the au-
thoriZation of the $50,000,000 naval
loan, the reduction of the duty on
American products, the raising OF the
duty on sugar and the signing Of an
arbitration treaty with Argentina.
Dr. Penna received the officers of
the American battleship feet on its
cruise around the world in January
of 1909.
The Yale expositor., 1909-06-18
The Binder Irvine Trust.

The binder Irvine trust, so-called,
has declared war against the Jackson
prison Irvine plant and its products.
The general plan for the war seems
to have been borrowed from the
Standard Oil company that is to un.
dersell the products of a non-trust
concern at all points where the latter
comes into competition with its own,
even though the cut rate may be
lower than actual cost.
Grant II. Slocum, of Detroit, gen
eral manager of the farmers order of
Cleaners, who has directed the sale
OF about 1000 tons of this years out
put Of prison Irvine to members of the
order, says that only by good business
management and loyal support of
farmers, can the prison plant success
fully resist the trusts tactics.
The Indiana prison Irvine plant at
Michigan City has been the target for
several years for just the kind of an
attack by the trust that that organ
ization has now opened on the Jack
son prison Irvine. So effective has
been that attack, Mr.. Slocum says
that the Indiana plant was last year
able to sell but one-half its output.
The other half had to be carried over
to this season.
The Yale expositor., 1909-06-18
FIVE FLOORS FALL
IN BIG STOVE PLANT
TONS OF IRON CRASH TO BASE.
MENT AT THE PENINsULAR
STOVE PLANT AT DETROIT.
1 BURIED UNDER WRECK
Overloaded Wareroom on Sixth
Floor Gives Way, Carrying Mass
Of Tangled Iron and Wood Through
Other Floors to Basement.

Absolutely without warning and
bers which sent workmen on every
floor flying for their lives, a section
of flooring in one of the main build
lngs of the Peninsular Stove Co., De-
troit, gave way, carrying with the
wreckage at least two men, who
have thus far been rescued, and pos.
sibly more who are still unaccounted
for.
The building in which the accident
occurred was used as an Office build
ing and warehouse On every one of
the six floors. stoves were piled rows
deep. The building contained practic-
ally the whole stock of the Peninsu-
lar Co. to be sold for the winter of
1909 and 1910.
The first floor to cave in was the
sixth. From there the chaotic mass
of timbers. stoves, crates and stove
parts crashed through to the base
ment Wreckage is piled as high as
the second floor. The basement and
first floor are full and the second floor
is strewn with broken stoves and tim
bers.
A gas pipe in the basement, which
burst, started a fire which crept
steadily through the ruins. The build
ings were never in danger from the
blaze. which was extinguished in
about half an hour, but fear was en-
tertained that the workmen in the
wreck might be cremated before they
could be rescued.
The building which is wrecked was
built 80 years ago by the Havemeyer
Sugar Co. 1t has been occupied by
the Peninsular Stove Co. for the past
27 years. In that time all floors have
been rebuilt several times. Workmen
say that the timbers in the basement
were comparatively new.
Examination of the wreckage shows
that the sixth floor, with its heavy
burden of stored stoves, crashed
down, carrying the fifth. fourth and
third through the second, which he
PARTIALLY, to the first, which also held
partially, and into the basement. The
section which gave way is perhaps
30 feet square. The four upper floors
were stored with finished stoves and
parts of stoves, half way to the cell
ing.
The Yale expositor., 1909-06-18
PERSONAL.

Kaiser Wilhelm in an address to 6O
British clergymen whom he received
at Potsdam, declared himself friend
OF Great Britain.
The appointment of Viscount Ara
suke Some to be resident general of
Korea for Japan was announced in
Tokyo. simultaneously, Prince Ito
was named president of the privy
council
DR.. Paul Ritter, the new minister
from Switzerland, was presented to
President Taft.
George AIDE, the playwright, has
been chosen a trustee of his alma
mater, Purdue university.
Andrew Carnegie's gifts for libra
ries amount to $51,596,963 while Mrs.
Russell Sage has donated $25,00O,OOO
for public purposes and mankind.
Lieutenant Commander II. M. Cald-
well. who was an aid to Admiral
George Dewey and stood by his side
on the bridge of the flagship Olympia
during the battle of Manila, has re-
signed from the navy.
Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy, founder
of Christian Science, gave out a
signed statement denying allegations
of Mrs. Della Gilbert, one of her fol
lowers, that she either was dead or
a helpless, mindless puppet."