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Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-30
BUILDING UP FORTUNES.
Hartman, Gould, GIrard and Aston
Millions.
Washington Post.

washington fOst.
Some speculation is INDUCED as TO
whether Edward H. Hartman was a
greater captain Of Industry" than jay
Gould. Perhaps he gathered more ducats
than Gould, but there were many more
to acquire; the field he reaped yielded a
MANIFOLD more abundant harvest. Gould
acquired $50, 10000; Hartman 500, 600, 600. the
maximum estimate. But Hartman had all
the millions of Standard OIL, Kuhn, Loeb
& Co., and other capitalists with which to
operate, and the Victories OF Wall street
incline to the heaviest purse, Just as the
victories Of war go to the heaviest bat
talions.
As for that, when we consider his op-
portunities Stephen Girard had a greater
genius for acquisition than either Gould
or Hartman. He was as daring as either
and his plans even more faultless. He had
more irons In the fire than both the others
and all Yielded a profit. The fortune he
left was relatively greater than the accu-
mutations OF Gould and Hartman com
bined, and Il is more than likely thai he
would have made a billion had he lived
in our time. He was the most practical OF
men, and had A genius that looked deeper
into a financial or mercantile venture than
any other capitalist Of our history.
The Aston fortune was builded on the
simplest plan. All the money the old
Dutchman made he invested IN real estate
on Manhattan island. and his millions came
from unearnod increment. All rents and
profits wre reinvested in real estate that
daily increased In value above interest,
taxes and insurance. There was no ven
ture in that, and a similar opportunity is
afforded to thousands OF Americans right
now II they have the money with which
TO acquire real estate in any growing and
progressive city. Fifty years ago one could
have bought a square mile Of land within
the present city limits OF Chicago. then
worth a song, now worth millions.
Jay Gould testified before a congressional
committee that he had ceased to make the
acquisition OF money his chief end; that his
object wns to make the transportation OF
products from producer 20 consumer
cheaper. That, too, was Harriman's chief
ambition. Both succeeded in that, and, like
good cooks both licked their own fingers
4 for millions.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-30
One Lesson Learned.

One lesson has already been learned
from Omaha's street car strike, and
that lesson is that we must have legis-
lstion to prevent such disturbances
and interruption Of public service util-
tiles in the future.
No one need be told now that a pub
lie service corporation occupies a diff
ferent position in the community from
a private business house or mercantile
concern.
II a department store, or an apothe-
cary shop, or a restaurant, closes down
because employer and employees can
not work together their patrons can
get what they want some other place.
But when a street car system runs
~haphazard and shuts down at 7 o'clock
at night the people must either walk
or stay home.
What would be uncslled-for outside
interference in a labor dispute involv-
ing a factory or a business institution
becomes self-protection for the public
when a labor dispute seriously cripples
the operation of a public service cor
poration.
II there is no law now providing ma
chinery for arbitration, and making 1t
compulsory on all parties to submit
their grievances to such a board and
abide by, its findings and awards, a law
can, n will be, framed and passed at
the very next session OF the legisla-
ture.
There is no school like the school
of experience, and II is only because
we had not before gone through the
costly experience that We have just
been having that we are still in Ne
brsska without a law for compulsory
arbitration.
1t may take another year before this
defect can be remedied, but 1t may as
well be put down now as settled that
every political party presenting candi-
dates for the legislature next year will
pledge them to provide for compulsory
arbitration between public service cor
porations and their employees.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-30
PERSONAL NOTES.

1t now costs $1,000 an hour to run New
York City. Well, Tammany must live.
william Hamilton Osborne, author of
The Red Mouse writes a story at the
rate OF forty words a minute, 400 words
an hour.
Several celebrating people have been
robbed and beaten In the streets of festal
New York, For the most part, however,
the robbers operate with a skill that rem
ders the beating unnecessary.
A grouchy stockholder of the Bank of
England wants all women clerks dis
charged from the institution on the ground
that they cannot keep a secret. OF course,
1t was wrong to tell on him. He should
rave been more cautious.
Glory waits in all sorts of places these
days. The mayor and council of Kearny,
N. j.. have adopted resolutions congratu-
lating zone of our citizens who has at
tanned national fame during the last year
meaning a crack second baseman on one OF
the base ball teams.
Congressman Charles c. Reid, who has
represented the Fifth district of Arkansas
for the last eight years, has declined 10
become a candidate for the democratic
nomination for governor Of Arkansas. His
present plan is to retire from public life
at the expiration Of his term in the house.
Charles L. Dickey of Canaan, Maine, ac-
cording to the local paper Of that place,
is rejoicing over the birth of the twenty
fifth baby presented TO him by his wife,
Any lingering suspicion that the nation is
committing race suicide must disappear
from that neighborhood In the face OF
such evidence TO the contrary.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-30
Shopkeepers Abroad.

The heads OF two well-known mer-
camille establishments at Lincoln just
returned from extended tours through
Europe bring back some interesting
observations on shopKeeping abroad.
The merchants along the path OF
travel are said to be on the lookout
for American tourists, who give them
their most profit trade, and have got
ten everything down to a fine art that
would tend to attract and tempt this
sort OF patronage. Great attention is
therefore paid to the display Of goods
and to cordial entertainment of cus-
toners.
On the continent every shop
keeper" we are told, expects to take
but a fraction of the price he asks for
his wares, and as most tourists have
but little idea of the actual value of
what they buy, when they get a big
reduction on the quoted price, accom-
panied by sorrowful ordinations OF
the salesman that he is losing money
by the transaction, they take the goods
with the fixed idea that they have Sc
cured the best bargain Of the season. -
In the better class Of stores the clerks
are extremely polite, many Of them
speaking English, German and French,
more or less fluently, and seldom is
any discourtesy met with, even under
p~rovOcation of failure to make the
sale.
In Great Britain, ana particularly in
London, an innovation is in progress
through the attempted Introduction OF
American department store methods.
English shopkeepers are quite out OF
sympathy with these enterprises and
predict nothing but disaster for them
Such reports cannot fail to be in.
%structive, although Of doubtful value
for our guidance, because they tend
to confirm the American merchant in
American way Of doing business. We
have evolved a shopkeeping system Of
our own, and even foreigners who
come 70 this country quickly adapt
themselves to II. No one would claim
perfection for American m%erchandis
ing methods, and there is much room
for improvement, yet neither is there
any question that they are better
suited to conditions here than the
methods which prevail in shopkeepinl
abroad.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-30
The Conservation Policy.

Pursuing his announced intention
to take up the discussion Of various
parts OF the administrative program,
one at q time, President Taft has de-
fined his position anew upon the ques-
tlon Of the conservation Of natural re-
sources.
The activity Of the federal govern
ment along a fixed line of progressive
advancement for the preservation and
development OF the natural wealth Of
the country dates from the Roosevelt
regime, although much work had been
previously done under this heading by
different individuals. societies and
governmental agencies. It was to be
expected that the inauguration Of a
new policy would collide with private
interests and interfere with precon-
ceived notions Of the rights Of the in
dividual to exploit these resources as
he might see at and would force a test
In which the people took different
sides in different parts OF the coun-
try as they happened 70 be affected by
the movement. Those who are OPP
posed to the conservation OF natural
resources as a policy Of the federal
government doubtless hoped for a
change with the changing administra-
ton, but, II SO, they are doomed to
disappointment. Mr.. Taft's statement
Of his position and explanation Of his
plan Of working at it differs not at all
from the position of the Roosevelt ad-
ministration and is clear and without
equivocation:
There has been a good deal Of discussion
in the newspapers as TO the attitude Of
the present administrstio toward the gen.
eral policy Of the conservation of resources,
and some very unfair and altogether un-
founded differences have been drawn The
truth is my administrator is pledged to
follow out the policies Of MI. Roosevelt
In this regard and while that pledge does
not involve me in any obligation TO carry
them out unless 1 can get congress to give
me full authority to do so, It does re-
quire that / take every step and exert
every legitimate influence upon congress
to enact legislation which shall best sub
serve the purposes indicated. 1 hope moth
Ing will prevent our taking the further steps
needed when congress meets.
The policy of the Taft administra-
ton for the conservation Of natural
resources, therefore, will be substan-
TALLY the same as the policy Of the
Roosevelt administration, except that
the provisional steps taken under di-
rection of President Roosevelt will be
regarded as subject 20 approval of
congress, and every legitimate effort
made to prevail upon congress to in
corporate these orders into law and
thus make them the settled policy Of
the government, reinforced by the
mandates Of the law, rather than
merely by authority OF an executive
order. Mr.. Roosevelt made attempts
to secure such legislation, but did not
have time to follow them up, and that
would, in all probability, have been
his as well If his time in
office still continued.
On the subject of conservation of
natural the nation has made
notable progress, and Mr.. Taft's as
surance makes certain that it will not,
with his consent. go backward during
his administration.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-30
Irrigation.

Inc promise OF ITSSlQenJ ldIJ 10
recommend that congress authorize a
$10,O00,0OO bond issue, the proceeds
to be used to complete the irrigation
works now in progress and to supple
ment them with others called for by
the plans Of the reclamation bureau
cannot fail to be a great stimulus to
the irrigation movement. The en-
dorsement by the president of the
bond proposition is not the last word,
nor does it follow as a matter Of
course that congress will respond with
out additional pressure brought to
bear from those sections Of the coun-
try which are chiefly interested. 1t
means, however, that the friends Of
irrigation may count on help in high
quarters, without which 1t would be
dif1cult, II not impossible, to gain
their point in congress.
While the progress OF the irrigation
movement may lot have been all its
most enthusiastic advocates pictured
at the outset, there is no question that
it has INDICATED the judgment of
those who were responsible for 1t.
Some mistakes nave doubtless been
made, and the original calculation of
the time required to bring tangible re-
suits fell more or less short of the
mark. But in spite OF this the irriga-
tion movement has been a success as
fan 40 a. haa nnnn .gan - aa-N
thought, and the plan was embodied
in the law, that by using the proceeds
of the public land sales In the various
reclamation districts enough money
would be forthcoming to pay for the
construction work, and as each devel-
opment was completed the revenue de-
rived from use of the water and pay
ments for the land would reimburse
the government for the outlay ana 90
back into a revolving fun that would
in turn be used to build successive
irrigation works. But the projects
first taken up have in cost overrun the
estimates and likewise proved to be
slower than anticipated in bringing in
returns.
Additional money put at the dis.
posal of the reclamation service ought
to be considered in the nature of an
advance or loan to be repaid or SUM
ultimately out Of the returns from the
operation Of the irrigation works and
the sale of the reclaimed lands. L
goes without saying, TOO, that the en-,
tire 10000 600, If authorized, coult
not be called for at once, but would
doubtless take care OF all the pro
jected work for years TO come Thil
much, at least. is certain, that witt
the president enlisted as an irrigation
booster the cause will not lag at tn,
seat OF government.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-30

Seldom does anything appear in
print anywhere rejecting upon Omaha
that it is not bounced on and repro
duced in Lincoln newspapers, in whose
eyes nothing ear be done in Omaha
except from questionable motives. The
people who run Lincoln newspapers
ought to read over again the sermon
preached by President Taft last Sun
day. What Mr.. Taft said about i'm
pugning the integrity Of public men on
mere suspicion is equally true as to the
motives actuating communities.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-30

Everyone sees through his own
spectacles. You can set as many diff
terent viewpoints on the strike situa-
tion in Omaha as you can nnd people
differently situated in their business
or occupation. The wholesaler whose
trade comes by mail from out Of town
says there is nothing 20 it, while the
retailer who counts the people in his
store knows better. Night hawks are
resping a harvest from passengers
compelled Il move around after dark,
while the theaters and places of
amusement are playing to almost
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-30
The Courteous west.
n-A- IIawnI1

There are limitations that the west may
have something more to say after it's du-
ties as host Of the president have ended.
There were a few t~houghtlss ebullitionS on
the appearance of the tariff speech, but on
the whole the tone of the western press has
been mild and complacent. There is no
evidence, however, that the sentiment OF
that section Of the country has undergone
any change. The president did not read
the Insurgents out of the party His
sanction was given to their continued
effort for reform of various kinds. The
courtesies due the president as guest of
the west will not constrain it's representa-
lives in congress to change their course or
curb their independence.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-30

A protest has been lodged with the
War department against General Fred
Grant for riding at the head OF a pro-
hibition parade in the full military
uniform Of a general of the United
States army, with the in~terrOgatory
whether # is permissible for an army
officer to participate in such a demon
stratiOn in his official uniform. The
question might have been directed to
hnd out whether General Grant has
any other riding clothes he might have
worn.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-30

The late Governor Johnson Of Minnesota
had the unusual experience Of being the
possessor Of a presidential boom started
by a speech that was never reported. What
Henry watterson failed to accomplish BY
persistent boosting was effected at the
Gridiron club dinner in Washington. The
unexpected happened. Press agents OF the
east, hitherto lukewarm and SOOTHING, mkt
the governor face to face, took his meas
ure on the spot, and became his enthus
iastic boosters. But the start was too latA
The democratic presidential prize was ala
ready as good as einched and the boost
proved useless.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-30
Little JOIts HeIp some.

New York Tribune.
President Taft had difficulty in con-
vincins a member of a Colorado reception
committee that he was actually the presi-
dent. The incident recalls an occasion
when the president went to Fort Myer
to witness the Wright brothers' aeroplsne
test. Approaching Miss Wright, who did
not see him. he extended his hand, saying:
II fear you nave forgotten me, Miss
Wright. / am Mr.. Taft" Mr.. Taft says
these little jolts" are good for a man, as
they prevent his thinking that he fills the
whole horizon"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-30
THE DUTCH.


New York Tribune.
The Dutch took Holland years ago
with bold heroic bravery,
And ever since nave ruled IT well
For freedom, not for slavery;
And later on they Hudson sent
To unknown lands exploring,
And soon he took Manhattan Isle
And found the place alluring.
Then up and down the Shatemuc
ON Half Moon sailed at leisure,
And found the land quite fair to see,
Which gave him joy and pleasure.
And when at last he reached his home
To tell his deeds OF daring
They toasted him with SChiedam schnapps
And then began the swearing.
They damned the Mas and damned the
Rhine
And damned the Zuyder Zee
Until the cir around was blue
AS such damp air could be.
They then began to dig canals
And dam them, too, with bikes,
And fish in them for cells and sprats
With trawling nets and fykes,
Then windmills built along their banks
OF every kind and size
To pump up water which leaked out or
Rained down from the skies.
Holstein cattle then they bought
And marked them black and white,
So they could see them long way Off
In dusky evenings light,
And milk the cows each night ana morn
Beneath the shady trees,
Then skim the milk and sell the cream
And then make Edam cheese.
They raise all kinds of ducks and geese
And from them pluck the feather
To make those soft and downy beds
So warm in winter weather.
They pickle everything in sight
or fish and flesh and fowl,
And of the meat of sheep and swine
They smoke both ham and jowl.
They make ten thousand kinds Of cake,
OF sugar, nuts and spice,
And cover them with frost and cream
And various kinds Of ice. !
They are the neatest folks on earth
A truth we're pleased to utter.
Each day they scrub the house and stoop
And then they scrub the gutter.
An honest. temperate frugal race
That can't be praised too much;
For, take the people, all I'm all,
There's none can beat the Dutch.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-30
Now for southern 1InbBer.
Raltimore American

Baltimore American.
The British Antarctic expedition has
bought a big whaler to pursue polar dis
coveries southwark. If he is wise, the dis
coverer will at once establish his identity
and that of his prize by every means
known to the resources Of up-to-date CIV
illzation. He should by no means neglect
a moving picture machine. even though it
involves the presence of another white
man at the important point. The other
man needn't show in the pictures.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-30

These Esquimaux never knew until
now how high they stood for honesty
truth telling. It would be a
shame to have this reputation blasted
should It be disclosed hat no two Of
them can tell the same story.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-30

The oficial name of that body Of
water cut on from the Missouri river
by the shifting OF the channel thirty
years ago is TO be Carter lake. Mark
it down on the maps with indelible
ink, because force of habit growing out
Of calling it Cut-on lake all this time
will be hard 70 eradicate.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-30

1t is to be hoped hat the Nebraska
delegates to the Mining congress at
Goldfeld may be SAVED the humiliation
of being called upon for a report on
minerals.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-30

The use Of the telephone for train
dispatching is spreading. II the two
telegraph companies have not yet
swallowed one another there may not
be enough for more than one bite when
they finally get ready to close in.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-30

Speaking of Joint debates, will Mr..
Bryan demean himself by engaging in
a gabfest with Senator Bailey? He
will fall several notches in the public
estimation IL he does.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-30

The danger OF fire in the White
House will not, however, deter any
one from accepting a presidential
nomination II It is offered, so long as
fire insurance policies may be had at
such reasonable terms.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-30

The best located hotel rooms 'front.'
ing on the Hudson-Fulton parade are
said TO have commanded 500 for
their use. Still, that is not so very
much more thai regular New York no.
tel rates.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-30

Missouri has q new statute which
makes gun toting a penitentiary Of
tense, and as a consequence the Law
is being attacked as INJECTING a pun
ishment which is cruel and unusual.
Why is # hat in framing a salutary
law to abate a recognized evil the law
makers so often oYershoot the mark?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-30

Christian association home at the state
capital. Success was f~oreordained.
We have yet to hear Of a Young Mems
Christian association building fund
campaign that failed.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-30

empty houses. II is safe to say, how
ever, that 90 per cent OF the 2OO,O 900
people who depend on the interrupted
street railway service are for srbitra-
ton, and the sooner the better.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-30

While about ii, the city council
might order a glass case to be set up
in the rotunda of the city hall to dis
play Mayor "Jim's" famous backbone
on permanent exhibition.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-30

The prices of silver and whea have
gotten too far apart to serve in a
resurrection OF the 16 to / free coin
age campaign.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-30
when the Light Breaks In.

When the farmers realize that a good
road for an automobile means a good road
for all the farmers all the time they will
beat the automobilists in demanding the
good road.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-30

Baltimore News.

The president is a success at opening
irrigation systems in the west. II he can
Just open a couple in the arid south he
will be elected president for life.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-30

Alittle order for 2OO,s60 ONT Of
rails, calling for an outlay Of
$500 900, has been placed for 1910
by one Of the big eastern railroads.
Just a few orders of this kind will be
enough TO keep the mills busy for a
whole season.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-30

No one will stick on any liar
plan for arbitrating our strike .rou-
blcs. providing It Is Immediately work
able and reasonably fair. 1t is not
the means, but the end.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-30

Chicago 10Y has a scheme on foot
TO compel all railroads to electrlfy by
January /. 1912. Here Is Kansas
City's cue to put its union lepot
scheme II the same pot.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-30

New York gets a Palisades park as
a souvenir of the Hudson-Fulton CEN
tennial. These permanent reminders
are the best part OF such celebrations.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-30

The irrigationists scored first, with
a promised recommendation Of a S1O,-
600, 900 issue of irrigation bonds. The
deep waterways boomers will have to
take what is left.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-30
I'm the Gna Gone.


New YORK Tribune.
Congratulations to Walter Wellman. His
gas bag burst just in time to prevent his
having, like other explorers, to defend his
reputation for veracity.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-30

Kansas City is trying to get Dr..
st. Louis evidently made a mistake in
not stipulating for statewide terri
tory.