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Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-05
A New Rate Ruling.

In ruling that the practice of rail-
roads granting rates for transporting
freight Of other roads is illegal the
Interstate Commerce commission has
touched a vital point. The commits
sion and the courts have both held
repeatedly that there are no excep-
lions to the uniformity rule except
where specifically made in the law
itself. In point of revenue it will
probably make little difference to the
railroads as interchanges of traffic
are doubtless fairly equal.
What is almost equally important
to the declaration Of absolute uni
formity as between shippers is that
any rates voluntarily made and main
tanned by the railroads may reason.
ably be taken as the measure of what
constitutes a fair rate for the service.
In other words, if a railroad can af-
ford to haul freight for another rail-
road at a rate voluntarily fixed II
can afford to give other shippers the
same service at the same rate. With
such a ruling in force railroad man.
ayers will be doubly careful. about
manipulating rates and classification
to benefit favored shippers on any
pretext.
Gradually the commission is re-
ducing the rate question to a point
where actual as well as theoretical
uniformity in rates is secured and
when this is done many other hitherto
perplexing problems will be compare.
lively easy. Simplified Classification
and uniformity between shippers
should help wonderfully to determine
what are remunerative rates.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-05
overstepping the Limit,

Another one of the freak laws which
have made Oklahoma famous has been
declared unconstitutional by the fed
eral court. The state sought to pro-
hibit the shipping of oil and gas out
Of the state and the court held this
to be an interference with interstate
commerce and an infringement upon
the rights of property. Such r~estric-
lions have lever been upheld except
when they come within the purview
of the police power, beyond which
neither the state nor general govern
ment can go in limiting the use Of
private property. Cutting the pro-
Queer off from all outside markets
clearly interferes with free inter-
change of commerce between the
states.
Economically the law is as faulty
as it is legally. If Oklahoma were
justified in its effort to retain its
products other states would have the
same right and its exercise would lead
to interminable confusion and indus
trial Reorganization. Such leglsla-
tion would eventually defeat the very
object of the trainers of the consti-
tuition to build up a nation In the
place Of Independent colonies and
states,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-05

whin a shot at a live wan would cheer me
the most?
What's a fight past an gone TO a fight yct
to be?
Oh. If amy sich come to this land o. the
Jisht a fight fur the Joy of it, count upon
me!
An how NANNY good men
In that glorious row
Had the thought of this then
That l nave of It now?
FAX, / wonder.
An this lady. Columbia, stately an grand,
Wild the shield at her side an the sword in
her hand,
Shure, she seems to be queen, IL there's wan
in the land.
She's the Red, White an Blue
That we'd die fur" ser you.
Would 1 fight fur her, too7 Wild the best
o good grace.
Wild the blood O. me heart, sure, my fancy
would trace
Added beauties to those that you see in her
face.
Fur she'd have a wee tilt to her nose in The
air,
An a wild Irish rose in the gold of her hair,
An her eyes would be those of sweet Kitty
O'HaTe.
All! how nanny brave men
In that glorious row
Fought their fight fur her then
As ia fight fur her now?
FaiX, I wonder.
IT. s. DAILY in Catholic Standard.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-05
Wanted-An Artist.

Receipt of a copy of a monthly trade
paper published at Sioux City has
brought us suddenly to a realization
of Omaha's greatest need. We have
all the time been convinced that
Omaha has the geographical location,
the natural and the push,
pluck and enterprise to make a great
city, and while marveling at the strides
already taken, an occasional suspicion
has crept in that we might go faster
If some unknown desideratum were
supplied. We know now what has
been lacking, and that what is wanted
is an artist with prophetic vision and
imaginative conception.
The paper to which we refer, being
the fourth number of the third volume
of the Sioux City Trade Journal, has
its front page embellished with a strik-
picture headed, Sioux City in 1920
as the Great River Port Of the North
west" and the further explanation,
This is Greatest Sioux City accord
ing to the conception of Mr.. George
Rudersdorf, chief assistant to MI.
Deethman, head of the Berkeley Sys-
tenn Art Department. The artists
conception is by no meant far
fetched"
Far be 1t from us to take issue with
the artist, or to deny that his concep-
ton is "by no means far-fetched."
The picture presents Greatest Sioux
City from the port side, with six big
steamships of the Dreadnought pat
tern lying at anchor in the foreground,
each Of which would do credit to a
travel-folder for an around-the-world
excursion. The broad expanse Of
water would hardly be identified with
the Missouri river of today, while to
the left the Sioux City in 1920"
pterces the sky with towering, massive
buildings.
How the artist creating this concep-
ton can be content to be an assistant
to anybody passes comprehension. We
are sure that If he would come to
Omaha and draw on his imagination
to the same extent with the materials
here at hand he would be head Of the
art department on short notice.
Omaha should wake up at once and
hire an artist.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-05
PERSONAL NOTES.

Governor Hughes has refused an appro-
priation Of state funds to pay his EXPENSES
10 the Seattle exposition, but will take the
trip at his own expense.
About seventeen years ago Thomas
Edison startled the world by carrying on
geographic communication between a NOV
ing train and stations along the railroad
without any wire connection Herewith.
A statue OF General Russell A.. Alger.
secretary of war under President Mckinney
and later United States senator from Michi.
gar, was unveiled at Munising, Mich. a
Few days ago. 1t is a gift to Alger county
from the family of the late general. The
monument is the work Of Carlo Romaneul
OF Detroit.
In the little town of whitby. IND. the
other days seven men were In jail for the
crime of wife beating. and seven wives
were. OF course, scurrying around after bail
to get them out. The husbands blame the
weather for the foolishness, but as TO the
~foolishness of the wives no one seems to
have thought to offer excuse.
The only Roman Catholic priest who ever
was in congress was Father Gabriel Rich
ard. who sat from a Michigan district and
impressed his colleagues with his character
and ability. He has been recalled recently
by the centenary of the setting up of the
first printing press in the middle west.
Father Richard Issued in 1909, from a press
set up in Detroit, the ''Essai du Michigan
Prof. Austin Cary, who has become super
intendent OF the New York state forests,
entered on his professional career In 1898,
and has served Yale, Harvard, the state OF
Maine and the Department OF Agriculture.
He knows the history OF forestry In its
European development as we'll as its rise
in this country from a Council OF perfec-
ton of a few patriots to its present dimen-
slons. q
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-05
Goal of Negro DisfranChisement

An extract from the retiring mes
sage Of outgoing Governor Hoke Smith
OF Georgia is being made the subject
of comment and certainly calls for Sc
we're criticism from those who believe
in fair play for the negro. The re-
cent procurement Of Georgia's ex-
governor is as follows:
The future Of our state requires that
there shall be nc illiteracy among our
kindness to the negro child by this dis
elimination. but l don't believe that In
struction from books, except OF a simple
character. is OF any benefit to a cOnsid-
cradle portion OF them. Education should
tit for life with a view to the character
and possibilities Of the children. The diff
ference between the races should be recog-
nized by the county school commissioner
and they should not hesitate to do so on
account OF the maudlin criticisms tina
may come upon them from certain classes
Of wOuld-be phi~lanthropists Of other sec
tions who don't understand the true ma
ture Of the negro or the true relations OF
the races.
The scarcely concealed point to this
argument is that illiterate negroes
have been Invested Of the right to
vote under the Georgia constitution
and that II the comins Rs"arstion OF
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-05
DEVELOPMENT OF WATERWAYS
Decisive Action Expected from the
Next Congress-.
BAltimora AuarIcar

Decisive Action Expected from the
Next Congress.
Baltimore American.
Recent expressions of opinion on the part
OF various member of both branches OF
the Sixty-first congress lead to the belief
that at the first regular session there will
be important and conclusive action com
hitting the government definitely to the
realization Of the national waterways i'm
provement policy as advocated by both
President Roosevelt and President Taft
The new United States senator from Illinois,
William Lorimer, has for long been an
earnest advocate Of the development Of the
country's navigable waterways. and in a
recent statement he declared that the pres
ent congress inclines to an appropriation OF
500, 900, 900. He himself is convinced that
the old piecemeal appropriations for river
and harbor improvements should be en-
tirely eliminated.
There is this to be said concerning .sena-
tor Lorimer's suggestion Of an appropria-
ton of 500, 900, 900 for waterway improve
ments by the present congress-it Is toe
much II the amount is to be provided from
the ordinary sources of revenue and en-
tirely too small IL the urgently needed
waterway betterments are to be provided
for by a lump-sum bond issue. The aggre.
rate of such a bond issue should not be less
than $500, 900, 900. 1t viii not be necessary,
of course, to float the whole OF such an
issue Immediately. The realization of such
a loan might extend through ten years or
longer, or otherwise through the entire
period during which constructive work upon
the selected development enterprises would
be under way. But the plan of Improve
ments should be determined upon at the
start and the realization assured by pro-
viding a proper and complete method OF
financing in a -''
It has been demonstrated by the issue
of 2 per cent sthmian canal bonds that the
government can market its securities at par
at that low rate Of interest The total bond
issue Of $500, 0O0, 1000. when 1t shall finally
have been floated, will at the 2 per cent
rate entail an annual interest responsibility
of only $40. 900, 900. If the bonds have a
fifty-year extension. the sinking FUND fea-
I ture would add another $40, 900, 900 to be
provided annually, or so, OO0, 900 in total. BY
the outlay of the $500. 900. 900 in waterway
betterments the aggregate Of the country's
wealth will have been increased by at least
81. 900, OOo, 900. and possibly by double that
amount. The bond issue plan will place a
large proportion Of the cost, of waterway
betterments upon pOsterity, but posterity
will at least have duplicate, and. more than
likely quadruple, value for the expenditure
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-05
Columbus wants Lower rates.

COLUMBUS, Neb.. July L-(special)-
There has been some complaint regarding
the charges for lighting made by the Co
lumbus Light, Heat and Power company
under its new franchise, which took effect
shortly after the first Of the year, and as
a result Of the dissatisfaction ex-Mayor
Dickinson circulated a petition and secured
the signatures OF nearly every business
man in the city asking that the city council
appoint a committee to investigate the
charges for service being made by the
electric light company. This petition was
presented to the council at the regular
monthly meeting Friday night and referred
to a committee consisting OF Couneilmen
Gass, Clark, Drunken and Willard. who
will maxi an investigation. TIL electric
light people say their charges are reason
able and in accordance with the franchise
granted them by the city, but some OF the
citizens claim that what they were prom.
ised and what they are getting IL alto
gether different At any rate, the matter
will be gone over thoroughly before it IL
eloseds
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-05
THE AIRSHIP AGE.
Significant Activities and Prospect
I Developments.
Nau VOrk WorId

Significant Activities and PrOspee-
tive Developments.
New York World.
Signs multiply Of the near approach Of the
expected age Of aviation. The adjournment
Of congress to witness the trial Of a Wright
aeroplane; the announcement Of a national
exposition OF air craft to be held in Boston
next spring; the presence Of aeronauts near
Calais waiting for weather conditions IA
vorable for an aeroplane flight across the
English cha~nnel-these incidents of a sin
gle days news, together will the adver-
tised offer of dealers to supply airships
within forty days after the receipt OF or
ders, testify vividly both to the wide in
terest in air travel and to the progress
made toward its realization. With the
secret but just learned, it's application to
practical uses IL well under way.
Not the least significant OF Developments
along this line is the endowment OF a chair
Of aviation at the University of Paris with
a fund Of $4,000, and the foundation at the
same university OF a department Of tech
meal aeronautics with an endowment of
500, 900. Columbia university announced
sometime ago that It would provide in
struction in the new science. But the insti-
tuition OF chairs for the study OF the prob
lens Of air travel at the university around
which ragged medieval controversies in
theology is not without it's sentimental in
terest. IT. is fitting hat the city of the
Montgoifiers should be the first to furnish
a comprehensive course Of study in the
science of which they were pioneers.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-05
The Little CeIebrant,

We bought our little Johnny
Giant crackers by the score;
We bought a pretty cannon
Fol he liked to hear 1t roar.
We love our little Johnny
And could nothing him deny,
That would give The darling pleasure
On this great day in July.
We bought firewheels and serpents-
We bought dynamite galore;
Devil chasers by the dozep~
And then we bought ON more,
He was our only laddie;
We let him have full sway,
The widest liberty n noise
This patriotic day.
In the morning very early
John began to celebrate;
h shed was burned at seven
And the stable went at eight.
h firemen were busy
An alarm was turned at nine,
And half an hour later N
The house was blazing fine. -i-
Great day 1t was for Johnny
A day surcharged with fun,
As all begrimed with powder
He saw the firemen run.
The dynamited cAnno
Burst with a muffled roar,
And souvenirs of Johnny
Were CLEANED half after four.
The services were simple
Some songs, some words of prayer
The floral emblems mustered
About him everywhere;
There'l be no harp for Johnny
He'll with the angels stand
Pinwheels will make his halo,
Giant crackers in his hand.
Indianapolis News.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-05


Willie has just lost a thumb and one ear.
Bans, Bangl
Cheer for the blessing Of liberty, cheer
Bans. BangI
Bring the rusty gun out, let the loud can
Make the day thai we celebrate bloody
once more,
Let Us all be more foolish tina ever be-
fore
Bang, Bang!
Mabel henceforth will be shy Of an eye,
Bang, Bangl
Shout freedom forever, her standard set
high,
Let all the world know that we kneel to
Let the heavens be rent by the sounds from
Baby's fingers are sone-never mind. let
them go
Bang. BanRl
The dead and the wounded are strewn
through the land, =
Bang. Bangl
Hurrah, there goes Johnny's poor little left
Bang, Bangi
Fling out the gay banners to wave In tht
air,
shoot off the loud cracker meath grand,
mothers chair
The Kitchens on fire, but let us not care
Bang Bang
Chicago Record-Herald.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-05
Reaching for the Standard Roll,
D~ttt.h,,rn nisootob

IINNoUUIb DIopdNOH'
Mississippi is the latest 10 start custer
proceedings against Standard Oil with a
claim attachment of $11, 1000. 900. The success
of Texas in collecting a tidy sum in cash
appears to be an incentive to the trust
busting attorneys, and the large surplus to
which Standard Oil has confessed is an
other. Bad as the Standard has been, how
ever, we doubt its commission Of S11, 900. GOV
worth of crime in the negro batting state
of Vardaman.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-05
A THRIFTY STATE.
traits of Republican Policies Much
AdmiFed. .l


Admired. soy
Boston, Herald.
The state Of Nebraska has paid the last
outstanding warrant against the general
fund and now, for the first time since it
entered statehood, is free from debt. Ne
braska early incurred a heavy Indebtedness
for the construction Of public buildings
and its obligations were funded and re-
funded before being wiped out. Now the
state will issue temporary warrants to the
extent of 1900, 900 to meet legislative APP
preparations, planning for their retirement
on the receipt OF taxes and other state
income. No doubt these will prove popular
investments among the plutocratic farmers
Of the state and their six per cent interest
will be sought eagerly. For II Nebraska
continues the thrift by which 1t has wiped
out its debt it should soon establish a sur
plus and be forehanded with ample work.
ing capital to render even the temporary
loans unnecessary. Nebraska finance now
has a new significance.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-05

The railroad managers are trying
to evolve a method for securing greater
safety in transporting highly inflam-
mable articles and both shippers and
travellers hope they will succeed. Rail-
road managers are apparently realiz-
ing the necessity of devoting more at
tention to reducing the terrible life
cost of railway operation, which is a
hopeful sign.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-05

Fight on the Nebraska Deposit
Guaranty Law.

Fight on the Nebraska Deposit
Guaranty Law.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The federal court in Nebraska by in
junction prohibits the enforcement OF the
bank deposit guarantee law. The restrain
ing order is but temporary and comes as
one step In the development of the fight
being made by many of the national banks
of that state to nave the law declared
unconstitutional. The grounds for the
claim are that the law takes property
through the legislature for the payment
of private debts. If the guarantee act is
finally declared invalid, of course, the only
resource for the advocates OF the principle
VIII be to amend the constitution. The
difficulty In this direction lie apparent.
This check in Nebraska is likely, one
may presume, to have it's effect upon the
movement for deposit guaranty in that
section of the country where II has made
rapid progress during the last year. The
laws In the various states which have
adopted the idea vary in many respects
yet 1t is possible that the argument ursAd
against the Nebraska act may with eouaI
force be urged against the others. For
instance, In any state, except whore the
payment of the guaranty fund IL pureIv
voluntary, 1t would seem that the act
taxes property through the legislature
FOR the payment OF private debts 14ba
progress OF the Nebraska suit will ba
watched with interest.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-05

The Commercial club has recorded
itself against the federal tax on cor
poration earnings as a discrimination
in favor of individuals and copartner-
ships in business competition with cor
porations. The declaration m a
little late to affect the vote of Ne
braska's senator's. but in plenty Of
time to reach our democratic congress-
man from this district before he an
swers roll call on the proposition.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-05
The Day we Desecrate,
New York World.

new 1ork world.
1t goes without saying that II Fourth
of July had had It's beginning in such
tollles Of slaughter and mutilation as now
mark it's annual passage It would not have
become a national holiday. Think Of call
ing that a festal day which for the six
years just past has piled up a total Of
1876 dead and 1850 injuredi
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-05

One Of Governor Shallenberger's
bank examiners, who failed to connect
with the pay roll because OF an inter
vening Injunction, has already re-
signed. Inssmuch as there is no i'm
mediate prospect of a salary the pres
sure for the vacancy is not likely to be
so strong as for the original appoint
ment.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-05

A Canadian military man declares
that the United States could not whip
Canada. II is hardly fair to start any
thing like that now when all our
fighters are busily engaged pounding
the Standard Oil company and the
tariff bill. -,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-05
Pulling the Wronr String.

washington star.
Diplomatic representatives OF America
are agitating the question of better build
ings for embassies abroad. The question
at present agitating the minds of many
statesmen is that of securing sufficient
public revenue without discovering new
modes Of expenditure.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-05
POEMS OF THE EVER GLORIOUS.


The Day of Liberty.
our eyes on all other days of the year
May gaze on the foreigners things,
And envy may thrill us to look at the pomp
And purple paraded by kings
With the mobiles Of Europe to vie,
And some gay decorations TO pin TO our
But not on the Fourth Of July.
It is then that we love to repeat to the
The story Of Liberty's birth,
And how in the sheltering folds OF her
There is room for the whole Of the earth.
1t is then that from mansion ana cottage
Her colors stream out to the sky,
While the north and the SOUTH, ana the
east and the west,
All welcome the Fourth Of July.
Behold all the cattle that darken the hills,
The grains, and the fruits, and the no "
ers,
The mills and the mines that are ours.
This glorious heritage, fertile and fair,
That the wealth of no monarch can buy,
Forever bequeathed to the sons Of the free,
Was signed on the Fourth Of July.
So fling out the banners from basement
to roof,
And send up the rockets in space,
In letters OF fire on the blackboard Of
The date Of our freedo INTO trace,
And salute with the thunder of cannon
and drum
The shades OF our heroes gone by,
Who died for the rights that we cherish to-
And gave us the Fourth of July.
-Minna Irving in Leslie's.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-05

The federal court has knocked out
another OF oklahoma's freak laws.
The prohibition against shipping oil
or gas out Of the state collided with
common sense as hard as 1t did with
the constitution.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-05

The anti-free lunch ordinance en-
acted by the mayor and council in
cludes the proviso, that nothing
herein contained shall be construed as
prohibiting the sale and serving Of
food, meals and lunches for a fair con
sideration in any room or place where
liquors are sold" This raises the
question, What is a fair consideration
for food, meals and lunches in a place
restricted by license to sell liquors?
We suggest that the mayor and coun-
Gil provide an arbitration board to set
tie disputes over the menu card and to
draw the line against unfair exactions
at the ~victual foundry.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-05

The Austrian chinaware trust. or
ganiEed to boost the prices of crock
Iry sent to the United States, has gone
10 pieces. The American consumer
refused to see the raise and the game
stopped right there.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-05
No Information Needed.
Baltimore American.

I"1VTIIEVTV III TNWTT'
Any girl who knows her business does
not require to be told by musty old college
how TO flirt. Next thing farmers
will be recommended by advance agricul-
tural scientists to show ducks how to swim.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-05
Fasteners Are Learning.

81 Louis Republic.
The discovery in the east that the west
is the best place to come in search Of the
best men for all kinds Of work or business
is an encouraging indication that in course
of time everybody down that way will
learn that the sun does not set on the
crest of the Appalachian range.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-05
An Enemy OF His Kind.

The fond parent who gives his tender
infant the Fourth of July material for pro-
ducing lockjaw wounds and who at the
same time fails to provide against lockjaw
casualty, both for the infant and for other
human beings whose peace and safety the
infant is armed to make war upon, is him
self an undesirable citizen and an enemy
Of his kind.