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Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-11
CROP OF YELLOW METAL,
Increase In the Output of the Mines
of the World.
Baltimore American.

Baltimore American.
During three years co%nsecutively there
mas annually been added to the worlds
wealth in the yellow metal an excess of
$4VO,Oo,OO, or more than 81, 300 900, 900
for the last three years. The mines and
placer sands of the world produced more
gold last year than during the previous
year or during any past year of which
there is record. In a preliminary esti-
mate just given out by the director Of the
mint the gold yield of the world for 1908
Is placed at $427, 900, 900, as compared
with 1885, 600 for last year. The
African mines show a steady increase in
the output of the precious metal year
after year, The total product from the
dark continent last year was $685. 600, 600,
which is far in excess of the amount
yielded during any one year preceding the
Bosr war.
The United States, including Alaska,
ranks second in the value of its gold
yield during the last year, the total
product of this country possessing a value
Of soc, 800, 900, as compared with $50, 49,
600 during 1907 and $94, 373, 900 for 1906.
Colorado was the chief gold producing
state last year, the relative proportions
measured in coinage values of the four
leading gold areas being, Colorado, $22,-
oll,lI4i Alaska, SZO,y5U, 'S4, CALIFORNIA,
$l9, 5S1, $50, and Nevada, $12, 090, 2lS, There
was a notable decrease in the production
of silver in the United States last year and
a decline in the commercial value of silver
bullion which was even more notable. The
value of the silver yield dropped from $S7,-
100000 for 1907 to about $27, 100000 for the
last year-the price having declined from sc
cents to SO cents per ounce.
The coined gold that enters into the mon
etary circulation of the leading countries
now exceeds $500 0 5000 in value. Fully
one-half of the gold mined annually, II is
estimated, goes into money, and II only the
rate of output of the last year is preserved
during the next ten years there will during
that time be added more than 1000, 10000
to the gold circulation. There is little dam
ger, however, of an unhealthy monetary
expansion from the gold increase, because
Of the fact that the business enterprises of
the world arc expanding at an even more
rapid ratio than the money metal. Besides,
there is scarcely a civilized country h is
not carrying a large paper money issue
based upon national credit, which could be
retired II the gold stock warranted the re-
tirement.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-11

Decorations for
h Coming Feast.
Atlanta Constitution.

ANianta CONSTITUTION.
Nothing In the south before has ever
equaled the decorations planned for the
Taft dinner. to be given on the night OF
January 10 at the Auditorium Armory by
the Atlanta Chamber OF Commerce Ia
honor OF the p-resident-elect. The lobby
of the Auditorium will he a mass Of ferns.
palms, potted plants. flags ana a myriad
OF electric lights. But this will be only
the prelude.
The grand symphony Of color will be seen
in the dining room. Behind the speakers
table, which Is to be about seventy feet
long. and which will be placed against
the wall, there will be festooned a gigantic
United states flag, made up Of ferns,
flowers and electric lights. The stars in
the flag will be made of white electric
lights and the other colors furnished in
the same way. while the whole will be
artistically blended with the choicest Of
hot house flowers. The lights will so rise
and fall as to give the appearance that
the flag is waving.
At a given signal what appears to be a
part OF this waving flag will drop and
there will be exposed to the diners, fscing
the speakers table, a picture OF Mr.. Taft
done In lights and flowers. This will be
the background. The same Idea OF the
flag will be carried out in the speakers
table and the guest table.
The guest table will be the base Of the
nag on which the lights will be so ar.
ranged as to form the stars and back
ground. Leading away from II at right
angles will be nine tables, with their white
napery making the white stripes and row
after row Of American Beauty roses form
ing the red and completing the floral pic
ture of the Stars and Stripes.
AT the dinner Judge Taft is to be pre-
sented with a handsome menu card, a
souvenir of his visit. The menu card,
which was especially designed, is now
being engraved in colors. II contains the
United States flags. on one of which is the
seal OF the state OF Ohio, and the other
Georgia. Between them is the United
states shield, and on this is the seal of
Atlanta. Inside there will be a steel en-
craving OF Mr.. Taft, the various guests,
the toast list and the menu.
This menu card is to be bound in rich
leather, and on its outside will be a solid
gold plate, on which will be engraved Mr..
Iafts name. the date of the dinner and
some other lines yet to be suggested. This
Will be placed in a brass case. with handle
attached, and presented to the guest of
honor.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-11
SENATOR rILLMANs BoURBoNIsM.

SENATOR TILLMAN'S BOURBONISM.
Even in the south, where the negro
and his chances of advancement are
rarely seriously considered, protests
are being offered against Senator Till
mans violent de~nunciation of pro-
posed compulsory educational laws in
South Carolina and other southern
states. The pitchfork statesman has
taken up the flag of race prejudice
and is shaking It's folds to the wind,
declaring that IL the negro children
of the south are educated, the result
will be to raise a foe to white SUI
premacy and the final downfall of the
nation. He adds that this is but a
part Of Mr.. Taft's plot to buy the
south with federal patronage, educate
the negroes and turn the south over
to them, to be used as a recruiting
station for republican votes and the
lasting overthrow of the democratic
party.
= Senator Tillman's argument is not
creditable to the south. no matter in
what light it is viewed. If he fears
that education Of the negro would
make him more aggressive and eff
fective than the white man, then he
admits that the uneducated white mar
has an advantage over the ~uneducated
negro which disappears when both are
educated. The white men of the south
will hardly thank MI. Tillman for this
left-handed compliment.
The argument hat white supremacy
would be threatened by the education
of the negro will hold water no bet
ter. A state or society is in danger
from the ignorance of the people, not
from their intelligence. Tennessee and
Kentucky are suffering today, as dem
onstrated by their experience with
night riders, from the ignorance of
their people.
Nor will the whites of the south
thank Mr.. Tillman for his assertion
that they are of such a low order that
they may be bought to transfer their
political allegiance with a few federal
offices. Senator Tillman is apparently
unmindful of the fact that a better
south is growing every minute, a
south free from many of the preju-
dices and false doctrines used in the
past to keep f~ire-eaters like himself in
the forefront in national affairs. This
new south is learning that the gospel
the Tillman school breaches is not
only harmful to the nation, but is par
ticularly harmful to the south. A re-
versal of both political and social on
ditions is certain to come in the south
and one of the good effects of 1t will
be the eventual shelving of the Till
mans, Vardamans, "Jef" Davises and
men of their type.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-11

NtW lUIh sun
1t is beautiful TO see the graces and
amenities preserved in spite OF difficulties.
The prisoners in the county jail at Milwau-
kee have presented resolutions to Ben
Johnson. the retiring j~ailer," thanking him
for his treatment Of them during his re-
The max OF the address OF
presentation" is under indictment for muir
der, "a boy who beat a grocery collector
20 death in a wagon during a Storm" but
a tender heart and sympathetic disposition.
I'VE wish 10 thanh you for the little acts
that made us forget for an instant that WI
were in Jail" the regretful guests say 10
the parting host. Little courtesies like
these light up the dungeon cell and foretell
perhaps the roseate day when even the
p~enitentiary shall be cooperative.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-11
"vIsITATIoN or rRovIDENCE.r
AbsurdIty OF AttributIng Evil e
God.

hAlllnlorC sun.
Men speak OF the earthquake in italy. by
which multitudes persisted, as "a visitation
OF Providence" II any calamity happens
1t is q visitation of Providence or the act
Of Cod Men are very quick to attribute
evil to God, but to claim the credit OF that
which is good to themselves. II the coun.
try is prosperous it is the result OF the
tariff, the wisdom OF the lawmakers or the
energy and enterprise OF the people. We
never talk of prosperity as a visitation OF
Providence" But II evil befall the land.
II there is war, pestilence or famine or
death and destruction in casualties, then IL
Is a visitation of Providence"
Mr.. John Wananaker, the Philadelphia
merchant, undertook to convince the Young
Mems Christian association that the terri
BILE earthquake In Italy was "a visitation
OF the Almighty for disregarding the law of
Mount Sinai" Among those who died in
that dreadful calamity were thousands OF
infants, who did not know their right hands
from the left and had never heard OF the
law of Sinai. Did God visit death upon
these for the sin Of the others? And Jesus
answering said unto them, Suppose We that
these Galileans we're sinners above all the
G~alileans because they suffered such things?
1 tell you. nay I" " or those eighteen
upon whom the tower in Sloan fell and
slew them. think We that they were sinners
above all men that dwelt in JeTusalem7 l
tell you. nay That was a distinctly diff
ferent doctrine from that which is taught
by Mr.. wanamaker. OF the twelve Apostles
only one died a natural death, and he died
after a life which was a living death. All
the rest were done to death in the most
cruel manner. Was that a visitation of the
Almighty because they had dlsregarded the
law Of Mount Sinai? In the early days of
Christianity thousands upon thousands of
devoted Christians we're tortured and had
trial OF cruel mockings and scourgings,
were stoned and sawn asunder or were
thrown to the lions and torn to pieces while
the psgans looked on in security and en-
toyment. Does MIR. Wanamaker believe that
all these things happened to those devoted
people because they had dlsregarded the
law Of Sinai? There comes a time when
Gods patience is exhausted" says Mr..
wanamaker. Who is he to put limitations
upon Gods patience when we are told that
His mercy is everlasting? The truth Is that
the occurrence of such calamities as that
which has befallen Italy is a mystery. No
human mind can fathom the purposes of
the inscrutable ProYidence-no finite mind
can measure or comprehend the infinite.
When these things come upon mankind
there ia nothing TO do but to accept them
with submission and in the belief that all
things work together for good.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-11
The Financial MaEnate.


A magnate is a man who is expert at
getting hold of things and never letting
go. 1t is he that discovered the perpetual
franchise. When conditions are prosperous
and industries are running full tilt, he takes
all the credit and all the prosperity, but
not all the industry. When affairs might
be better he gives us to understand that,
were 1t not for him, they might be worse.
When affairs are in bad shape he tells us
whose fault 1t is, making 1t very clear that
It is not his own. When they get better
again he energies from the scrimmage on
top of tie pile, and explains that the
resuscitstion is due entirely to his infinite
ability and resourcefulness.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-11
CHARGE OF THE FAIR BRIGADE

Myrtle Conger in Judge.
Half a step, half a step,
Half a step onward
over there the bargains lie
on the counters piled so high,
Luring the unnumbered.
Forward the fair brigade!
"Charge through the aisles!' they cry.
(Three know what they want to buy
Anxious unnumberedD
bargains TO right Of them;
bargains to left of them;
bargains IN front OF them,
There to be ~plundered.
storm they with right coed Will
Boldly they push and well,
Into the Jaws OF death,
Where the best bargains sell,
Push the unnumbered!
When will their courage fade2
oh, the wild charge they madel
All the men wondered,
Yet 'honoTed" all the charges made
AS oft before they'd paid
For their wives plumber.
Forward the fair brigadOl
Happy unnumbeiedl
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-11

The senate has finally agreed to the
construction of a 100000 embassy
house In Paris. The poor fellow who
can AFFORD to keep up an establishment
OF that kind may now stand a chance
Of being considered when the dlplo-
matte appointments are being passed
around.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-11

Mr.. Bryan insists that the editor of
a newspaper rs not always indie
pendent of those who employ him"
Mr.. Bryan ought TO know. He was
employed as editor of the World
Herald as part of the deal by which
the silver bullionaires poured their
money into that paper in order to con-
vert it to the advocacy of 16 to 1 free
coinage.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-11
Forestry Laws stand.
Boston Herald,

1t is highly gratifying to find the western
higher courts standing back of the fed
eral laws passed to protect the forests
difficulty of meeting new govern
mental duties with suitable laws is always
felt in the earlier stages of a reform, and
there are many selfish interests affected
by the forestry laws which will spare NO
expense in attack. The oftener the for
estry laws get judicial approval, as by the
Colorado supreme court this week. the
better for the cause.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-11

When 1t comes to a b~usinesslike
state administration and real legisla-
tive reforms the democrats who have
succeeded to the control Of Nebraska
will have to go some to equal the re-
publican record of the last two years.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-11

If enacted into law, that recommen-
dation of Governor ~Sheldon's for
health certificates as prerequisites to
marriage licenses would either make
money for the doctors or multiply 10
cent fares for the Omaha & Council
BLUFFS Street Railway company.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-11

The decision in the New York So
cent gas case, which cannot be con-
strued except as a great popular vic
tory over corporate monopoly, was
rendered in a suit brought aud prose-
cuted by William R. Hearst. Give
Mr.. Hearst a big credit mark.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-11

Where there is much smoke there is
liable to be some hre. Particularly
applicable to the republican county
commissioner who resents so loudly
the inquiry whether he is tied up with
the democrats.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-11

The incoming democratic governor
of Nebraska said not a word in his in
augural message about liquor legisla-
ton. That is n of his paramount
issues that figured in the campaign,
where he evidently now thinks silence
is golden,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-11
HIS FIRST CHANCE TO MAKE GOOD.

HIS FIRST CHANCE TO MAKE GOOD.
The appointment of two members
Of the Omaha Board of Fire and Po-
lice Commissioners to fill vacancies
created by designations will give Gov
ernor Shallenberger his first chance to
make good.
The governor has said that in max
ing these appointments he would like
to name men of equally high standing
in the community with those whom
they succeed. If the governor really
means what he has said in this respect
he will have to exercise particularly
good discrimination in choosing among
those recommended to him by the
leaders of the local democratic fac
lions. In fact, to get men to serve
who stand higher in the business com
munity than the two outgoing police
commissioners-Robert Cowell and
John l.. Kennedy-will be next to an
impossibility, and to get men to serve
who stand as high in public esteem
will require the elimination of prac-
tically all the candidates who are
pushing themselves in person or
through friends.
Governor Shallenberger, as we have
said, has his first chance to make
good. Will he do 1t?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-11
Co.t of the white Plague.
Phlladelphia RECORD.

We took note the other day that a New
York physician estimated that he could
eliminate tuberculosis from the city If he
had sixteen million dollars, in the next
five years, and some legislation. And now
We nave the estimate Of the State Board
Of Charities hat tuberculosis alone costs
New York State S., 500, 900 every year. hat
is about ten times the annual expense OF
suppressing It on the basis of the esti-
mate for New York City.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-11

whoever heard of James Brown
Potter before 1 made his name
famous" asks Mrs. James Brown Pot
ter. Or, for that matter, who has
heard of James Brown Potter since his
wife made his name famous?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-11

Up to date Mr.. Taft has refused to
appear even interested in Connect
cuts complaint that the state has not
been represented in the presidents
cabinet for thirty-hve years.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-11
Seismic Scientists ain the Air."
Baltimore American.

The seismic scientists are no more in
agreement concerning the causes of the
Calabrian earthquake than they nave been
with respect to previous rollings and dis
t~ortions of the earth's surface. There is
scarcely an earthquake which will square
with all the circumstantial results of any
of the notable quakes of history.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-11

John w. Gates is in favor of cutting
the tariff schedules on iron and steel
by so per cent. 1t will be remem-
bered that Mr.. Gates is on the out-
side looking in on the steel business
just now.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-11

The federal oficials removed by
President Roosevelt to clear the track
for a vigorous prosecution of the Ne
braska land fraud cases would do we'll
to let the public regard 1t as a closed
Incident.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-11
Select Senatorial Bunch.

CnlcdBo tecoru-fterdlu'
1t is pointed out that, Ellhu Root, will
when he becomes a senator. go to the
bottom on the committee lists, owing to
the inflexible rule of seniority which pre-
walls in the most dignified deliberative
body on earth. Think OF Root falling in
behind such men as Depew, Penrose, Dick
Bailey and Jeff Davis.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-11
Charybdis Getting Her Due.
Boston Herald.

1t was ever thus with old Charybdis first
celebrated IN Homeric verse and now again
shattered by a subterranean earthquake.
C~harybdis was a voracious woman who
stole the oxen of Hercules and was hurled
by the thunderbolt of Jupiter into the sea
where she has been making trouble ever
since.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-11

There is to be an afterclap to the fires
on the New York state reservations that
is OF general interest. The counsel to the
forest, fish and game commission has been
directed by Commissioner James S. Whip
pie to begin actions against railroad COM
panies for setting fires which resulted in
the destruction of timber and property OF
the state. The theory of the prosecution
will be that there is no reason why rail-
road companies which, through negligence
In caring for the right of way as pre-
scribed by law, have caused fires, should
not pay for the property destroyed the
same as an Individual would have to do in
case of trespass or ne~gligently destroyed
property. John K. Wood, the lawyer of
the board, tells Mr.. Whipple that he is
ready to proceed, but as 1t will necessitate
the bringing OF a very large number of
actions it will take some time to COM
plete the evidence"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-11

1t cost $4,000 to get the feet
through the SueE canal, but Uncle
Sam will doubtless remember the in
cident and get even when the Panama
canal opens for business
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-11

The supreme court of the United
States has decided hat no money val
uation can be placed on the good
will Of a gas company that refuses
to reduce prices when ordered SO to
do by the proper authorities.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-11
Fair Return for Investors.

The highest court in the and has now
laid It down that 6 per cent is a fair re-
turn for the investor in enterprises operat-
ing a public franchise. AS a state con-
oedes a monopoly, It Is entitled to demand
that IL shall not be operated in an ex-
t~ortionate manner
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-11

Mr.. Burton was moved to tears
when the legislative caucus chose him
for senator from Ohio. What Sena-
tor Foraker was moved to by the
same act is not stated.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-11

The government has spent $4,000
trying to find the truth about the
Brownsville incident and the layman
may have proof of any conviction he
cares to entertain on the subject.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-11

Beach Hargts got drunk and shot
up the town of Jacksonville within
twenty-four hours after securing re-
lease on bail pending a second trial
for the murder of his father. Beach
is the real village cut-up and Breathitt
county is apparently proud of him.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-11

Mr.. Taft can AFFORD to cultivate the
'possum and Eaters vote In an on year,
but in the end he will have to pin his
faith to the buckwheat cakes and sau-
sage vote of the north.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-11

1t is evident that about every woman
in the country has . big hat. Fashion
has Just decreed that the big hat will
soon become obsolete.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-11

Picking has invited Yuan Shi-Kai to
return home and stand trial IN the
charge of having killed the emperor.
Chances are that Yuan will fail to
recognize his queue.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-11

When Governor Shallenberger
comes to fill those vacancies on the
Omaha police board we will see
whether the "Jims' or the Jacks"
have the strongest and longest string
on the executive office.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-11

Secret service officials appear to be
as successful in turning up counter
felt congressman as they are in detect
ing counterfeit currency.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-11

Having shown what he can do in a
pinch in the way Of below-zero tenn
perature, the weather man seems dis
posed to rest on his laurels.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-11

A government expert says that the
anthracite coal supply will be ex-
hausted in eighty-four years. Most
folks ~hereabouts are afraid 1t won't
last until the middle of March.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-11

Yuan Shi-Kai was dismissed from
ONCE in China because he has "rheu-
matism in the leg" but he showed a
sprinting ability in getting out of the
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-11

The claim is made that the cock
tail is a North Carolina invention, but
the governor of South Carolina will
want something to say about that.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-11

Twenty-Five different men have
served in President Roosevelt's cabi-
net. Can you name them?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-11

There should be some law against
allowing that Medicine Hat cold wave
factory to be run overtime.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-11

A Boston physician says everyone
should swallow a dozen raw eggs each
day. Not until money comes easier
or the hens get buster.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-11

WHEN OUT OF TOWN.
Subscribers leaving the city tenn
poFariIy should have The Bee
mailed to them. Address will be
changed as often a. requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-11

among other things that Texas
might do this year is to produce $780,
100000 bushels of corn" says the
Houston Post. Nebraska will produce
that much without half trying.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-11

country hat forces suspicion that he
read between the lines in the mandate
OF Punishment.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-11

Found-one cold rave. Owner
please claim it.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-11

omaha's policemen and fremen are
again ION the tip-toe of expectancy"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-11

81 am rather sorry leap year Is no more, !"
said the eligible bachelor.
"Why?" inquired his friend.
Because" replied the smiling egotist,
II enjoyed the pleasures Of the chase
Cleveland Plain Dealer.