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The Monte Vista journal., 1909-01-09


Total Observation-Disclosures.
Total tonnage
ha nsa pounds ns san' produced
Total capital invested in factories exclusive real
Total money
Ioa! paid factory 100000
Mt pound
Total field
Tons of produced
of
Hands employed fields o
Average length OF campaign, days 95
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-10
SCARCITY OF FARM LABOR.
Cultivation and PrOductiO Seriously
Restricted.

Chicago Record Herald.
The secretary Of Agriculture, in discuss
ing the upward tendency Of prices Of farm
products, mentions the deficiency of farm
labor as one Of the factors in the situa-
ton. 1t is undoubtedly a fact that the
complaint Of the scarcity Of help in
agriculture Is not confined TO any quarter
or section. The New York farmer suffers
in common with the southern planter Or
the wheat raiser in the northwest.
Secretary Wilson attributes the scarcity
largely to the superior attractions OF the
city In the matter OF recreation and So
clal intercourse. But It Is by no means
certain that these attractions count for
much with the new arrivals, the tens OF
thousands OF immigrants who are again
streaming in from southern Europe. The
Italian immigrants are as a rule agrieul-
tural laborers who would find farm work
easy and agreeable II the machinery ex-
listed to adjust supply and demand in that
field. 1t has been stated by Investigators
that the lack Of funds to pay for'the trans
~portAtion Of applicants for jobs on farms
has forced many an immigrant in New
York to remain In the consested foreign
colony and become a burden instead Of q
producer of wealth.
Recent data supplied by the New York
department OF agriculture throw some light
on this problem. 1t is estimated that the
farmers of the empire state alone could
employ from $1,000 to 100000 additional
hands" and increase their harvest so per
cent. Last year the labor buresu-which
had been established previously 10 direct
laborers TO the rural districts OF the state
was able 20 send out exactly AIN
hands" Last month 10 men were sent
out and Of these, significantly enough,
only nineteen were Americans.
The labor bureaus can only send out
men who have enough cash to purchase
their own tickets and support themselves
for a time. There are multitudes OF new
arrivals who canno pay for transporta-
ton TO Minnesota, the Dakotas, Texas,
Oregon and Washington. and many cannot
even pay for transportation 10 the interior
Of New York state. The great need, espe-
cisny in view OF the turn In the alien tide,
is for better distribution Of able bodied
alien laborers ana for agencies that would
bring the right people 10 the right mar
ket, The farmers cry for hands, the hands
cry for fislds-st least, before the alleged
superior attractions OF the cities exert
their m~agic-but the machinery 70 effect a
combination Is sadly crude ana inadequate.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-10
Packers Branching Out.

According to cable advices from
Buenos Ayres, Chicago packers have
purchased the two largest beef pack
ing plants in Argentina and are nego-
tisting for three others, which consti-
tute practically all the meat packing
industry of that country. British Off
Gals some time ago were alarmed by
a report to this effect and saw In 1t
In attempt to secure a monopoly OF
the meat trade of the world. But this
purpose, of course, is denied by the
packers. One explanation of the move
offered is that the packers, seeing the
decline of an exportable surplus of
beef in the United States, are seeking
the new field to retain the trade al
ready established in Europe, which
has proven profitable. With the pass
ing of the free range the time is in
sight when the United States will be
unable to supply its W needs and
those of Europe, too. The condition
has already produced a marked in
crease in the cost of meat in the do
nestle market and the exploitation oil
South America may help relieve the
growing pressure.
Argentina contains immense
stretches of prairie country capable
OF supporting much more live stock
than AZ present, but the quality 81
not high enough to compete success
fully with American corn-fed cattle
No matter what the development may
be in Argentina, we are sure to main.
tain our supremacy in better grade
meats for a long time. q.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-10
Black Hand Arrests.

The arrest in Ohio of a number of
italians will, 1t is hoped, be a start
toward breaking up the gang of Grim
inals which has terrorlzed and black
mailed Italian residents of this coun
try. II has been established that these
outrages are the work of a thoroughly
organized band with members in all
parts OF the country. Criminal organ
izations are a source of more or less
trouble in Italy, but the comparative
freedom from police espionage in
America enables them to operate even
more successfully here. In large Ital-
ian colonies the Black Hand has so
completely terrorized the people by
outrages upon those who refused to
be blackmailed that thousands of dol
lars have been ~extorted from timid
victims. While many perpetrators of
particular crimes have been arrested
and punished, unless the present case
proves an exception all effort to get
at the central organization MAS thus
far been futile. Police ofictels and
others assisting In prosecutions have
been marked for vengeance, and until
the central organization is reached
and exterminated there is no hope of
ending the o~utrages. 1t Is a pity that
the Industrious and lawAbiding Ital-
ians cannot be protected. II a start
can be made toward breaking up the
gang doubtless many whose lips are
now sealed by lear will give material
evidence. but until assurance OF pro
lection can be given little assistance
Is 70 be expected from this source.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-10
Mayor and Council.

The conflict that has been precipi-
tated between the mayor and council
over the mayors appointments to sub
ordinate positions is simply a tug-of-
war for a division OF the spoils. It
would be useless to argue that there
is any great principle of government at
stake, or any serious question OF ad-
ministrative efficiency involved.
The council is evenly divided or po-
litical lines and has been organized by
the republicans in conjunction with
three of the democrats ~factionally hos
tile to the mayor and they are trying
to use, their power of confirmation 70
coerce the mayor into letting them
make up part of the appointive list as
we'll as exercise a veto on all Of his Sc
lections.
So long as the mayor and council
continue at outs the present incum-
bents will remain in office as hold
overs. Even here, however, so far as
the offices are created by ordinance,
the council with a sufficient majority
to override the mayors veto can abol-
ish the offices and create new ones
with tenure depending on a different
appointing power. For the charter
offices, on the other hand, the mayor
is in position to afford complete pro-
lection to the followers, providing he
is willing to stay on the job and be at
hand at every regular council meeting.
Under such conditions any final set
Element must be the outcome of nego-
tiations and compromise. All the diff
ferences may be adjusted before the
next council meeting and, again, insist
ence on either side on what is regarded
as unfair to the other may prolong the
warfare for weeks and months. I'm
less some other elements enter in,
however. the general public is not
likely to get excited over a p~ie-counter
scramble for political jobs.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-10
Keep on the Grass.

Democratic senators have served
formal notice on Mr.. Bryan that be ts
not the sole proprietor Of the demo-
cratic lawn; in fact an intimation Is
given that he would do better 20 keep
of the grass. Mr.. Bryan's criticisms
OF the democratic senator's nave been
numerous ever since debate COM
menced on the tariff bill and the sena-
tors have finally injected some Views
OF their own into the Congressional
Record. Mr.. Tillman inquiries, Who
gave Bryan the right to say who is a
Democrat" Senator Simmons of
North Carolina administers the most
unkindest cut of all when he says,
After following Bryan twelve years
to defeat and disaster, l don't see
what right he has to dictate to demo-
cratic senator's" and Senators Bailey,
Smith and others with democratic ere
dentials follow in the same strain.
Mr.. Bryan is evidently going on the
theory II he has to suffer defeat every
four years he should at least have the
consolation of laying out the race
track. He knows evefy s~ignboard and
cross street and there is no probable
fly Of getting onto the wrong high
way when he is plotting the party au-
tomobile. Mr.. Bryan has overlooked
one important fact. however, and that
is that while southern democrats have
saved their political fortunes in the
past, the portents are numerous that
southern voters are breaking away
from tradition and may some day re-
fuse to be herded into any corral bear
ing the word democrat" over the
gate. Not only have the southern
democrats rejected Mr.. Bryan's ad-
vice II voting on the tariff bill in both
house and senate, but now they tell
him plainly they propose to do it again
il they feel like It.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-10

OF rules and uniform enforcement so
that restrictions upon both shipper
and the roads shall be fair. ANY
agreement reached must be voluntary,
as there Is no law TO enforce reguls-
tons endorsed by the conference. but
90 general is the demand for uniform
ity that there is little doubt II a prac-
teal scheme Is evolved It will be made
effective byRll lines. Competition is
often so sharp that a few dollars diff
ference in the cost of handling a car
load Of goods often means profit or
loss in trade and uniformity in de-
murrage is a part of the effort Of re-
cent years to put all on an equal foot
ing. Conflicting laws from state to
state only make confusion. The dim
Guilty of providing a satisfactory solu-
ton is recognized, but it will event
ually be worked out by just such a
conference as this one
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-10
BIRD BATTY,"

He sat upon the railing
And aired his thoughts profound,
And simply gazed around; ir-
But suddenly er-faca took, or. .-.~~~@~--,-.-
Aha, : thought he, my views accord
And as he exuIted that his words
Found echo in her soul,
~"sh-sh-keep stili'-she r.udely said
She sat upon a dentists chair,
Perched high to get the Light,
A E.Ossr;d%m n rsstF SiI%S BSss'aesE-
The buzz-saw was in progress,
She WINGED in nervous dread
Thro' the window just ahead;
And tho that buzz-saw every nerve
With pain had set a-smartin',
She pointed, while her imprisoned tongue
Tried to say, Purple msrtin."
They were speeding In an AUTOS
She was guiding the machine
Past gardens, fields and orchards -
And meadows fresh and greens tn
He was ready with his promptings,
She was seemingly Intent n r-S
When with a sudden sickeHing crash % q
The atmosphere was rent
The machine was all demolished, st
They were bruised black and blue
And when she found her voice she. sac,
Twas a ~yeliow-billed cuckoo"
w,
In q rowboat on the waters
OF a willow-bordered lake 4 -, = .7 a.
with a comrade she was floating
Purely for pleasures sake . --
When suddenly she gave a bound EF4 Gur
The rowboat gave a lurch,
And in two seconds they were in
Among the bass and perch
But she bobbed up TO- the surface 3.V
From her mouth the water spat,
And pointing to a tree she gasped, Ioft
There's a yellow-breasted chat"
Omaha. -BkYALL NE TRELE.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-10
PERSONAL NOTES.

Walter wellman's next gas bag is 10
contain 2S5, 900 cubic feet OF gas. But that
is not much for a wellman advertising ex-
petition.
Canadian Pacific conductors are in, re-
bellion over an order that each sign a
statement that he never carried a pas
sehger who did not either pay fare or
hold a pass.
II Emberor William has q well-developed
sense OF humor-snd we suspect he has
he must be enjoying the grotesque appre-
hensiveness of his uncle Eds people inn
mensely nowadays.
New York city has taken drastic steps to
collect te5, 900, 600 Of back taxes owed by big
concerns there. Such invasion OF corpors
ate rights naturally excites the resentment
Of the conservative.
Margaret Doyle, Is years old, roller skst-
Ing on the sidewalk, ran over a policeman's
feet and hurt his corns. He arrested her.
In court she remarked to the judge that
policemen should not have corns. She was
discharged. She had hit upon a great
truth. ..s..
DR.. Elizabeth Blackwell, probably the
first woman to be graduated as a physi-
clan in this country. now is IS years old
and is living in quiet retirement in Hast
ings, England. She was received as a
student In the William Smith college, now
affiliated with Hobart college, Geneva,
N. Y, after a dozen medical schools had
refused to admit her. She received her
medical degree in 1s4s.
Eugene Henard. who attained fame with
hts palace Of Illusions at the Paris exposi-
ton in 1900, has just completed a similar
but large piece of eccentric architecture
for exhibition in that city. The impression
made upon the person who enters the mir
ror-walled space is that there are "a, Zoo
electric lamps burning. The hall is hex
agonal in shape, and standing in it's cen
ter one see six halls OF equal size, and be-
yond these twelve more and then eighteen,
and so on,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-10
THE RAILROAD AND THE LAW.
responsibility of Company for
Agents Acts Upheld.
sd. Louis Repuhlic.

st. Louis Republic,
An illustration OF the impartiahty with
which the laws against rebating are being
enforced by the Department of Justice. and
of the law-abiding spirit which character
ICES progressive railroad officials OF the
day. may be found in the outcome
of the Little Rock Relating case against
the St. Louis. Iron Mountain & Southern
Railway company. The case has been
ended by the plea OF guilty On the part
Of the defendant corporation and the i'm
position OF a fine of $4,000.
The guilt of the railroad company, as
Attorney General Wickersham takes pains
to declare, is only technical The rebates
were paid TO the shipper by a certain traf-
fic official (who, by the way, has been fined
81. 5OO)-not only without the knowledge OF
his superiors, but in the face OF express
orders from Vice President Clarke that no
rebates were 10 be given and no prefer
ences shown. The executive heads Of the
corporation are without moral responsible
ity.
But the Department Of Justice very
properly held. at the same time, that they
were not without legal responsibility. The
official who paid the rebates acted as the
agent OF the corporation and his act was,
therefore, legally the act Of the corpora
ton. On no looser construction OF the
doctrine Of agency would it be possible TO
secure full accountability Of large corpor-
atoms to the law, The court, therefore,
imposed the fine.
There is encouragement In the incident
for all friends OF strict enforcement OF
law, both in the substance Of the decree
and the attitude Of the defendant corpora
ton. When a railroad company orders its
agents 10 obey the law scrupulously,
pleads guilty TO an offense committed by
an agent in direct disobedience TO such or
ders. and cheerfully bears the penalty, the
relation Of large corporations to society
certainly gives justification 10 the point Of
view Of the optimist.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-10
The Dsmurrage Conference.

II the representatives Of shippers,
railroads and government oficials in
session at washington can arrive at q
satisfactory settlement OF the de-
murrage question they Nwill have
solved one OF the most troublesome
railroad problems. No one thing
causes more friction between the roads
and their patrons or has been a means
OF greater favoritism. Prompt load
ing and unloading OF cars touches vi
tally upon the service and concerns
all shippers as well as those directly
involved. particularly when tramc is
heavy and the demand for cars Is
greater than the supply. In the past
discrimination has been charged In the
form OF permitting favored shippers to
use cars for storage purposes without
charge while others have been forced
20 pay II unloading was delayed.
Railroads have also been accused of
Furnishing recalcitrants by insisting
upon rigid compliance with the rules
when L. worked a hardship,
The great need here is uniformity
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-10

Mr.. Hitchcock's NWorld-Herald let's
the cat out Of the bag when referring
to the position of city prosecutor, over
which it has been making such a fuss.
1t says:
1t Is an office without patronage, but yet
is regarded of big importance from a po-
litical point OF view because of the political
prestige that may be swung By IL,
Then it is not a question of law
~lessness or law enforcement nor of
notice to crooks that they may make
Omaha their headquarters. All that
was pretense and buncombe. The in
significance Of the office as such lie
conceded. 1t is its influence as a po-
litical power that the democrats want
to keep. That explains also why Mr..
Hitchcock insisted on putting his own
man into the place three years ago
and would like to keep him there.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-10
OVER rHE FIELD OF WAR.
Army Omcers study the GrOend of
Great Campaigns.
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washington Post.
The embryonic Napoleons and Hannibals
CT the United States army who have rid
den over thirty. OF Virginia's battlefields
within the last month have no doubt re-
turned with considerable gain in military
knowledge. They have certainly brought
back with them a better idea Of the prob
lens that confronted the generals Of the
civil war, and possibly some of them now
know why It was tha. the cry Of ON to
Richmond" lasted four wears instead of as
many months. At least, they have en-
joyed the privilege OF studying In the fin
est military school I'm the world, the bat
tie ground of the Old Dominion. No other
portion OF the earth Of Its size has sup
ported so many sanguinary conflicts. with
so many highly trsined combatants in
volved, and II is hardly to be doubted that
every phase Of warfare known Up to the
time was encountered or made use OF by
the two armies h fought over Virginia.
At the military schools OF all nations
careful study is given to the tactics Of the
great soldiers. such as Napoleon, Hannibal
and Frederick. and, OF course, each nation
teaches It's youngsters the campaigns OF
it's own heroes. But In the United States,
at least, most Of this study has been from
text hooks and maps, and II the student
went over the grounds at ali, ihe was
rarely attended with Instructors, and in
the conditions OF an army on the march.
Lees retreat from Gettysburg and Grants
campaign in the Wilderness have been
studied In the war colleges as MASTER
pieces Of American military genius, but
this is the first time that the officers
have taken the field TO see for themselves.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-10
Deserved Commendstion

Mr.. Tafts praise for Charles f. Ma
COON, who served as provisional governor
Of Cuba during the American occupation
Of l9O6-Oe. and General Thomas II. Berry,
the military commander there during that
time, was deserved. The. Havana papers
and the CORRESPONDENTS Of London, Berlin
and other foreign journals in Cub at the
time gave high tributes to these officials.
The absence Of any clash or important
disagreements between the Cubans and the
Americans during those years shows that
tact
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-10

Yes, The Bee believes that there are
enough competent and qualified repub-
lican lawyers in Nebraska TO fill the
judicial vacancies, for which there will
be an election this year, without call
ing on the democrats to supply my de-
hciency. That does not mean, how
ever, that some democrats would not
be preferable to some republicans.
But IL both parties were to put forth
their best legal talent there would be
no good reason for any republican TO
vote for a democrat to avoid partisan
ship on the bench.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-10
AIRsHIPs FOR THE ARMY.
Prospective Development in Military
Flying Machines.
New York h

New York Tribune.
AS the Wa department estimates which
are TO be submitted to congress next De-
cember have not yet undergone the second
pruning to which President TAFT has re-
quested Secretary Dickinson to subject
them, II is not known whether OF not Gen
eral Aliens application for a generous al
lowance for aeronautlc experiments will be
approved by his superior officers. In max
ing his decision, expected in a few days
Mr.. Dickinson will be obliged to consider
whether the need of airships is just now
as urgent as that of many other things
for which the department will require
money. Perhaps his opinion will be influ-
enced by a belief that in the present i'm
perfect state Of development of ~Aeronautic
science something may be gained by delay,
There is a possibility hat the work done in
other countries in the next year or two
will throw enough light on the matter TO
facilitate a more judicious expenditure
when he asks for and secures an approprta-
ton.
General Allen is TO be commended, in any
case, for his recognition OF the increasing
value Of airships for purposes of observa-
ton In war. A self-propelled balloon or an
aeroplane can perform this function more
advantageously than the captive balloon,
which has hitherto been the sole reliance
Of the American army. Good sense is eH-
hibited by the chief signal officer, more
over, in planning TO co, operate with the
coast artillery corps in the work OF de-
Tense. They should work together not only
when war breaks out, but also in selecting
the points where the aerial patrol would
prove more s~ervieeable. There are, some
long stretches Of coast on which no enemy
would think OF landing. Large cities, OF
course, would be most liable TO attack.
1t II should be deemed wise to establish
garages for government balloons, the ad-
| vice OF ordnanoe officers would undouet'
eddy prove helpful in a choice of sites.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-10
Awful Mortality Among the Big
Leaders of Recent Years.
Nan Vorkh Mail

New York Mail.
With apparently no one but the Hon.
Joseph Weldon Bailey to represent the
principles, the economic policies and the
honor of the democratic party. one be-
comes conscious of the recent awful NOR
tally among the great democrats.
Grover Cleveland is dead. That is very
apparent. Cont olline votes have been cast
by democrats. at the present session of
congress, against about every principle and
policy that Cleveland stood for.
Those two great southern democrats of
full statesman-like stature, JONI T. Nor
gan and Edmund w. Pettus, are dead. L.
Q. c. Lamar is dead. William L Wilson
is dead; nobody. could doubt that at the
present moment 7l-- .sfr,
That fine Missourian of eloquent and hu,
name speech. George g. Vest, is dead,
John M. Palmer, Illinois grand old demo-
cratic patriot. Is dead. A. G. Thurman,
Ohio's noble Roman, Is dead.
The crafty but wise German is dead
william E.. Russell. the pure and fearless
paladin of Massachusetts, victorious young
democracy, before whom the bars of party
opposition fell like reeds, is dead. James
c. Carter, the peer of the jurists and pub
licists of the past, is dead.
We shall not extend the sad list. All the
great democrats seem to be dead. What
has the party left in congress? Mainly a
pitiful. lot of temporizers and demagogues,
Of assistants OF organized influence, OF
sorry apologists for the continual surren-
der of their own principles.
The ghosts of the great men whose
names we ave mentioned, or their painted
portraits on the walls, would be worthier
representatives of the cherished principles
of their party than they.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-10

1t looks as If we were this year to
repeat our customary experience in the
matter of street paving whereby the
most urgent work is delayed during
the season that is most favorable for
II and then rush to get In under the
frost line. A little expedition at the
right time would help things.