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Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10
WHO OWNS OUR VAST WEALTH.
Corporation Stocks and Bonds Dis
tributed Among Two Million
Persons.

The railroads of the United States are
not entirely owned by the Harrimans,
Vanderbilts, Morgans, Hills, Goulds and
the other magnates with which their names
are popularity associated. Approximately
the Pennsylvania road at this moment has
GO, 600 stockholders, the Auchlson, Topeka
& Santa Fe has 5000 and the New York
Central has 5000. The roads are owned
by the 1, 500,0 600 or more persons who hold
their stocks and bonds. who are scattered
all over the country and who comprise
all sorts and conditions OF men and women.
So 1t is with the steel trust, or, to give
1t its official name, the United States Steel
corporation. Gary, Perkins, Frick and
others are among its officials, but the
100, 900 persons, residing in every state and
territory, who own that combinations
stocks and bonds, have a voice In the ap-
pointment Of those officials and are de-
cidedly interested In the c~ompany's for
tunes. The Standard OIL has over 1000
owners or partners-whatever you may call
its stockholders.
1t is the same in the case Of the mines,
steamboats,, street car systems and the
rest of the great interests of the coun-
try. Each of these activities stands for
a sum OF money which bulks large in the
aggregate. When divided among their
hundreds, their thousands. or their hun
dreds Of thousands Of shareholders, the
sums which they represent to their indl-
vidual owners are seen to be in most cases
quite moderate. Some Of the persons hold
a large number Of s~hares-larger than
dozens or hundreds of others in the aggre-
gate-but the great bulk of them are very
far from being plutocrats. Moreover, the
haAAg - oil Nkaga nNaragNg - alaA AAa
tributed among a large number of persons.
Many thousands Of owners Of stocks and
bonds are women.
Many millions of dollars Of bonds and
stocks are held in trust for women and
children. The number SO held and the
number held in small sums by individuals
are constantly and rapidly increasing This
is especially true at the present time,
Speculation Is relatively dull. The opera
tions on the great exchanges are small
compared with those OF recent times. This
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10
Personal PARAGRAPHS.

B. r. Moore Of Holdrege is at the Mer-
chants.
the Willard.
T. B, Hord and wife of Central City are
registered at the Paxton.
Knight Of Weeping Water are at the Hen
shaw.
H. O. Fricke of Columbus and A. Nc.
Cullough OF Hastings are guests Mt the
Rome.
J. A.. loren and H. M. Rosebush Of Nc.
ping at the Her Grand.
W. A, Smith, general manage and treas
urer OF the Omaha & Council Bluffs Stree
Railway company. has returned from Elk
last three weeks. Mr.. Smith returni
greatly improved in health.
Armian X. and Il. Quintus Lobeck OF the
Packard Commercial school of New Ycrl
Comptroller C. o.. Lobeck. Despite the
fact that the names are the same the New
York Lobecks and the Omaha city comp
troller are not related.
James @, Woodwork, traffic manager
Of the Northern Pacific, Is in Omaha visit
Ing with old friends. Mr.. Woodwork was
formerly assistant general freight agent
OF the Union Pacific, and afterwards went
to the Oregon Railway and Navigation
company as general freight agent.
James Richardson of Washington. ID. c.,
inspector general OF the thirty third degree
order Of Masonry, arrived in Omaha Fri
day afternoon on his return from the west.
where he has been on an inspection tour
OF the order. He will be the guest of
forty or more OF the high Masonic dignl-
hotel this evening. Saturday Mr.. Richard
son Will be entertained in the evening by
his Masonic friends at the Field club,
! after which he will depart for the east.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10

shows that q far larger number OF the
stocks have been bought outright and are
held as investments than was the case
in any previous time. More than a third
Of the 10000 persons who hold stocks of
the United States Steel Corporation are
employees of the many scores Of mills and
mines which are represented in that COM
bination. In the approximately 1000 ma
tional banks, with a capital OF sl,0oo. 00O,-
900, there are about 400, 900 stockholders, a
fourth of whom are women. Yet, accord
ing to the popular view, the national banks
are owned by their officers and directors.
The a,oOO,O0O stockholders of the various
corporations OF the United States were
only about 100000 ten years ago. They
are likely to be 400. 900 ten years hence
LeslIe's Weekly.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10
Our Letter Box
Contributions on Timely Subjects,
Rot E~xcSsding Two Hundred Words,
Are Invited from Our headers.
street. Speakers.

OMAHA, July S.-To the Editor of The
Bee: The travelling man who signs him
self e. o. II. in your letter box contribu-
ton of yesterday has his views of what
constitutes a demagogue and a few other
persons have theirs. He complains of the
l~ong-haired, dirty-looking man who stands
on the street corner and in an harangue
to the people attempts to tear down "all
the accepted ideas of Christianity"
Let us reflect. Jesus was long-haired and
often unkempt and a man without educa-
ton. He assalled wrong wherever He saw
it and that was in the ministry, the
churches and persons in high places. HI
slept where he could, doubtless in alleys
at times, for He said of Himself, be it re-
where to lay his head His followers
were men and women of the people, His
closest associates were OF the humblest
kind and, of course, u~neducated. OF Him
there were those who made complaints,
who asked to have Him removed from the
corners and cast INTO prison.
May one not speak OF abuses in clerical
life? 1t would be most uncharitable 10
point out the c%ulprits, to be sure, because
they have paid or will pay for their mis-.
deeds, and then there are their kindred 10
think OF, to spare as much as possible.
But broadly to state that some of the most
atrocious crimes on the calendar of tht
past two years have been committed by
wearers, of the cloth can meet with no ex-
ception from the fair-minded. Perhaps
some of them were led to their misdeeds
through assimilating the vile" and
coarse things that they found within the
covers Of the Bible.
AS for the second speaker, the one or
economies, why not? Suppose that his
IDEAS are a mixture OF wheat and chaff
the discerning may sift them to their owl
liking. These men haven t the means tC
hire a hall In when 10 air their views a.
b. o., II. suggests. But why should they
We have many hot-alr orators on IN,
Chautauqua platforms, just flim-flammer,
pure and simple. SO much for L. o. H.
In Miss Shirley's letter on educationa
affairs graft Is given the prominence i
deserves, for the ugly thing permeates tn,
body of education as It does the body poll
tic. The honest men and women in tn,
work should hold their peace no longer
but speak out and up In meeting. Mis-!
Shirley's bravery Is a thing OF beauty
Very respectfully.
XENIA FAIRcHILD.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10
DUN'S REVIEW OF TRADE
Iron and Steel Revival Reaching
High Water Mark.
WHOLE COUNTRY LOOKING GOOD
Prosperity All the More Remarkable
Because n t. Usual Period Of
Uncertainty a. to Crop
Conditions.

NEW YORK, July s-R. @. Dun & Co.'S
Weekly Review Of Trade tomorrow will
say:
No one can now question the substantial
character OF the revival in the iron and
steel trade. which is rapidly rising to high
water levels. The output of the principal
producers already is reaching within a
moderate percentage OF full capacity and
railroads as we'll, and builders in leading
brf inches Of construction work are in the
market with their orders. This wonderful
change, in a short period, in the activity
Of the greatest manufacturing industry OF
the country, the bright outlook for the
crops, that Of corn giving promise OF an
unprecedented yield; the cheapness Of
money, and the fact that the tariff bill
has been passed by the senate, these are
the conspicuous features Of the business
situation.
The maintenance Of trade revival is all
the more remarkable because this II the
usual season Of crop uncertainty and mid
summer mercantile dizziness.
Further advances have again been scored
In the hide market. Leather BUYERS rom
tinue to operate at advance prices in all
kinds OF leather, but business now is less
active than q week ago. owing to many
shoe factories having closed for stock TAX
ing, etc.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10
PENSION ROLL is DECREASING
About 2s,5OO Removals from List
by Death Estimate for
This Year,

On June /, there we're S47, 70S pensioners
on the rolls OF the pension office. or this
number SAG, all were civil war invallds. The
decrease of pensioners by death during the
month of May was 2.9N. which would in
dicats hat the decrease during the entire
year among the old veterans will reach
about $500.
There were at the national homes for dis
abled volunteers on July /, 1909, over 5000
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10
XENIA %FAIRcIIILD.
SOUTH DAK01AN SURPRISED
At VOTE ON TARIFF BILL
Former a IsSenhuth says He IL
Not Only One Critical Toward
the senate.

Among South Dakota Elks who spent a
portion OF the day in Omaha enroute 10
Los Angeles and the sessions Of the grand
lodge were former Senator Z. c. ~Isssnhuth
Of Redfield. John Issenhuth OF Worthwhile,
Councilman A. Robinson Of Huron, banker
Frank Brown Of Aberdeen Editor L. F.
Eastwood OF Watertown and Frank Emer-
son OF Sioux Falls. They came in over the
Northwestern and went on vest over the
Union Pacific.
Il think / am not the only South Da-
kotan who 10 surprised In the senate vote
on the tariff bill" said Senator Issenhuth.
Senator Crawford, our former governor,
who took his seat in March az the sue
cessor 10 Senator Kittredge, who was chair
man OF the committee In charge Of the
Panama n affairs. voted with Nebras-
kA's senator's and the progressives against
the tariff measure. This Is in accord with
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10
STREET RAILWAY SUES TO
SEE ABOUT W SELLING
Company Asks Injunction 10 Prevent
the City Cutting It's EIec-
trtcaI Wires.

The street railway company has begun
it's suit in Judge Estelle's court to determ-
inc whether or not the city can prevent It
from selling electricity for light and power
purposes. It has been the custom of the
corporation to sell its excess owe 10
large establishments and the city threat
ened to cut the wires used for such pur-
poses on the ground that the franchise
gave no right for such use OF their ma
chinery. The street railway Is seeking a
permanent injunction against the city to
prevent their removing the wires.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10
BRADsTREET's REVIEW OF TRADE
Generally Good Conditions Prevail
All Over Country

Generally Good Conditions Prevail
All Over Country.
NEW YORK, July s.-Brsdstreet's tomor-
row will say:
Future trade continues; confidence IL un-
impaired; buyers are arriving in the larger
markets; cereal crop reports, despite rain
In some winter wheat and corn growing
sections, are encouraging; country trade
promises to be heavy on supplies for mar
ket, Industrial lines are becoming more
active. calls for harvest hands absorb the
large part of the floating supply Of labor.
Cool or rainy weather has retarded retail
trade over a Boodly part Of the country,
particularly In the central west. Collections
range from poor to fair, though there are
special lines which report prompt settle
msnt.
Business failures in the United States for
the week ending July s wero 1872, against 28
last week, A6 In the like week of zoos, 1856
In 1907. iS In 1906 and 166 in 1905.
The weeks failures in Canada number
N, which compares with 20 last week and
10 ! nthe like week Of 1905,
Wheat, including flour, exports from the
United States and Canada for the week
onding July 8 aggregate 1.412,619 bushels,
against LAOS $40 last week and 2,7s1,s 2s this
week last year.
Corn exports for the week are 7,41s bush
els against TSnd last week and 1854 in
1905.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10
Rented
Piano


Buy now and save from one
third to one-half on a Slightly
Used Piano. Scores of high
grade pianos, rented only a
short time, must be moved from
our salesrooms. Incoming ship
ments Of fall stock make this i'm.
perative. Room is worth more
to US now than the dollars we
have thrown off in marking
these pianos way below ordinary
cost.
Our stock of Rented Pianos in
cludes nearly every well known
make. For instance there are
Steinway, Knabe, Emerson,
Ivers g Pond, steger, Mueller,
and a score Of other makes of
equal fame.
Some have been used only a
month, others two, three, four;
some six months. In every case
each instrument has been care
fully overhaufed, tuned and pol
ished. In every way these pianos
are equal to new Instruments.
Below mention is made of a
few of these Rented Piano Bar
gains. Many more are to be seen
at our salesrooms.
W. advise an immediate visit
of inspection. Otherwise the best
values will be secured by some
one else. IT'S certain they will
not last long. Don't let the ques-
ton of money deter your call.
Our terms on these pianos re-
quire but little money down
then One Dollar a Week.
Out-of-town buyers will re-
ceive prompt attention by writ
ing for our Complete List of
Rented Pianos. Don't buy until
you receive our List, Prices and
Terms.
Call or write Immediately.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10
OUGHT TO BE QUITE LIVELY
Monday Meeting of unc Will
Have Women and ImPrOvers
for Orators.

With the Woman's club boosting for bet
ter billboards and the improvement clubs
for legible street signs Monday afternoons
meeting Of the council committee of the
whole promises to be interesting. The
women are in favor of Councilman Schroe-
der's billboard ordinance, which Is In
tended to place more stringent restrictions
on street advertising and to secure for the
city a revenue. The Improvement clubs
want the city to place new signs on the
street corners so range in the city will
know where they are at"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10

the pledges made in our state and is in
line with the ideas of most Of us up there.
But Senator Gamble, now serving his third
term and elected the last time by the Craw-
ford progressives as a progressive, voted
With Senator Aldrich and for the bill. I
consider myself out of politics now, but l
tl,lnk that Senator Gamble will have to do
explaining when he gets back home"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10
Attentions Ceased,

Our cook, said the family man, had &
beau, who called on her often, but finally
his visits ceased. l asked her one day
what had become OF her former attentive
beau, and she said he had got married,
Since he got married" said she, he
don't come around any more"
Married" said l, surprised. "Why, J
thought he would marry youl"
80 he did," said the cook.-Browning's
MAGAZINE.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10

soldiers of the civil and Spanish Amer.ca
wars. They are thus distributed: Dayton.
o.. 5.167; Pacific, Cal, 1852; Ltaven0 orth,
Kan, 1895; Hampton, Va, $3.50; lille,
ILL.,, 1868; Togus, Me, 2,lO3; Marion, Ind,
1850; Johnson City, Tenn, 1,663, These dc
not include the old veterans in the state
soldiers homes,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10
Afterward.

Mr.. Gayman was limping into the club
room with one eye In deep mourning,
patches OF oourtplaster on his face, his
gone and his right arm In a sling.
Great Psterl" exclaimed OldbOy. What's
the matter, GaymanY Have yOu been get
ting In the way OF a bomb?"
No" answered Mr.. Gayman; 10y rid
inE"-ChioakO Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10
CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING
Mr.. and Mrs. T. A. Jensen Observe
FIftisth Anniversary and Are
Given Reception at Church.

Mr.. and Mrs. T. A. Jensen, Fifth and
William streets. celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary Thursday, and in the
evening a reception was rendered them At
Our ssvior's Danish Evangelical Lutheran
ohuroh at SIS South Twenty-sscond street.
About 400 friends we're present.
Short talks Of congratulations were made
by the pastor, Rev. C. J. sehouboue, by
Colonel sophus Neble, John Msthiesen and
others. Mr.. MAthiessn presented the cou-
pie with a purse containing $40 In gold.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10
Schneider & Mueller
Piano Co.
i311-1313 Farnam Street.
Forty Dollars SaVsd - Use This Coupon
CUT ALONG THIS LINE

wi ALONG This LINE
Bring or mai this coupon to us with
$1,000 and We Will sell you a good
practice piano worth $4,000 for only
$1,000. This offer is only good while
the pianos last. You must act imme-
diately. out-of-town customers taking
advantage of this offer will be ex-
pected to pay cost of boxing.
OBJ Address observation-disclosures.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10

Quick Action for Your Money-You get
that by using The Bee advertising columns.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-14

was still unfamiliar with the house,
and did not rem ember the door. NY
heart was humping wildly In my ears,
but nodded to him to go ahead. 4
was perhaps eight or ten feet away
and then he threw the bolt back.
Come out" he said quietly. There
was no response. "Come-out," he
repeated. Them think he had re.
volver, but am not sure-he stepped
aside and threw the door open.
From where stood l could not see
beyond the door, but saw Mr.. jamie
sons face change and heard him nuts
ter something. then he bolted down
the stairs, three at time. When my
knees had stopped shaking, moved
forward, slowly, nervously. until had
partial view OF what was beyond the
door. It seemed at first to be clos.
ct, empty. Then went close and ex-
amined it, to stop with a shudder.
Where the floor should have been was
black void and darkness, from which
came the indescribable damp smell
of the cellars.
Mr.. Jameson had locked somebody
in the clothes chute. AS leaned over
l fancied l neard groan-or was it
the wind?
lTo Be Continued.)
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-14
Topics of the Times

Somehow the annual worrying about
probable injury to corn by the frost
has been delayed We are only about
ten days from the average date of kill
ing frost in Iowa. Why doesn't some
one in authority start something?
South Dakota is building corn
palace. Let's see how long ago was it
that nobody believed enough corn could
be raised in the Dakotas to supply a
pig pen, let alone a palace?
A census SUPPLEMENTARY is casus
belli in the Eleventh district. At any
rate there is much bell acheing go
ing on over it.
Pretty nearly every one the news
papere included, agrees that the Cosson
removal law is great Deterrent
Congressman Smith does not need
to worry. A bunch of newspaper in
Iowa are doing all the worrying need
ed. And what is all the worry about
anyway?
1t would appear. at any rate, that
Commander Peary kept Cook in mind
| all the time and had one eye on the
place he was most likely to be. Com
| mander Peary isn't helping himself by
abusing Cook at long range. If he has
the goods on him why doesn't he wait
until he can produce them and settle
the matter finally? The fact is the
gallant commander is helping strength
len a general conviction that Cook
touched the big nail.
The Cedar Rapids Republican COM
plains bitterly against the ancient and
honorable straw hat joke 1t doesn't
realize that thousands of persons are
learning to read every year.
If as suggested J. S. Clarkson should
come back to Des Moines to publish a
daily paper he would meet with GER
tain failure. In his day Mr.. Clarkson
made a great paper in its time. Bur
to-day Des Moines is making newspa-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-14
WORSE OFF THAN We.

We hear unlimited criticism of our
system of divorce. Perhaps it is too
easy to get divorce in this country,
possibly it is too easy to get married,
but when we compare the English sys-
tenn with ours our own does not suf-
fer by the comparison
In England the poor are not divorced.
The working classes can not afford the
expense and local courts are not en-
powered to grant it. Divorce is a lux
ury. 1t costs at least $500 and takes
Ia year of time. The only place Where
divorce trials may be held and divorce
granted is London. More, the husband
may divorce his wife if he is able to
prove misconduct and infidelity upon
a single occasion. The wife can not
procure divorce tho her husband be
openly and VIGOROUSLY unfaithful to his
marriage VOW unless she can add to
that objectionable offense, Wilful de-
sertion for two years or extreme cru
city.
There are worse situations than ours
as regards divorce. What should con-
stitute sufficient ground for divorce
viii be long mooted question but none
of US will be likely to desire a system
like that of England. The best ex-
cuse of divorce in the United States
is that it affords a decent woman g
chance to be legally separated from E
libertine, a criminal and a brute. The
English law seems to aim at the re-
verse
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-14
Looker-On In Iona

New Sharon, Sept. 14-The in
creased passenger traffic on all of our
Iowa railroads and for that matter the
country, will prevent any possible APP
peal to the public, the legislature or
the courts, by the railroad companies
TO restore the former 3 cents per mile
rate. The railroad in Iowa that this
year does not make money by carrying
passengers at cents per miles does so
because it fails to give the public a
service in equipment and time tables
that their more wide awake competitor
offers. And the railroads that are put
ting on the new trains are doing SO,
because their business increase justi-
fies it.
Looking out of the car windows and
noticing the Hundreds CT acres Of Ic-a
ssoil that are raising crop of weeds
this year one wonders how such land
worth $50 to 800 an acre pays for
the investment of ownership. These are
not abandoned farms" but fields
where a crop was put in and failed
! to grow. No attempt seems to have
been made to raise any other kind of
produce, because the oats or corn was
killed by bad weather or some other
reason. But worse are the pastures
where not only this year, but every
year, a heavy growth of weeds kills out
the grass and from the LIST of July
each year the pasture is worthless
And today these weeds, heavy with
seed coming to maturity to sow the
land for a similar condition next year
Nowhere does one see these weeds cut
and burned. It's the same with wild
mustard. In some counties for miles the
country loked yellow before the small
grain was cut.
| Unless one takes particular notice he
hardly realizes how many children, es-
pecially boys, are "out of school," Ev-
cry little town seems to have from one
to, half dozen boys, that are loafine
around the depots or on the streets
during school hours. Regular visitors
to such towns get to know these boys
by sight. Newspaper men meet them
as applicants tor q job delivering pa.