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Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05
Employees, Insurance.

The conference under the auspices
of the National Civic Federation called
to consider the various forms of insur-
ance for working people developed but
one feature. 1t is more unanimously
agreed than ever that the solution Of
the problem under consideration is ex-
tremely difficult. Effective action
through national legislation is barred
by constitutional limitation. The con-
gress of the United States cannot adopt
laws that will govern the citizens of
the several states in their social rela-
lions within the state. The effort to
pass a law which will regulate n de-
termine the liability of employers en-
gagged in interstate commerce, which
is about the only phase of the ques-
tion left for congress to deal with, has
proven futile, owing to court decisions
giving to Interstate commerce such a
narrow and CONSTRUCTED definition as
operates to render the general law of
no effect. The probability of secur-
ing uniform laws from the several
states is too remote at present to de-
serve consideration, and this is about
as far as the conference reached.
1t was again agreed that the. work.
ingman should not be asked to assume
all the risks of his employment, and
also that society at large should not be
,.I-.I - a,-.,-, ali 4hn 49,, 80
maintaining the workingman who has
been crippled through mishap incident
to his employment. A large number
of corporations and firms have ad-
mitted the responsibility of the en-
ployer in this respect by organizing
among their employees associations
which operate to provide for their
members when incapacitated for work
through any cause incident to the en-
ployment, and to pay also death in
demnity. In these associations the en-
ployers voluntarily assume a portion
OF the expense, requiring the employees
to pay the remainder. This follows in
a general way the plan that has proven
so effective in Germany, where the
general government is also the party
contributing to the insurance fund. 1t
is impossible in this country because
of the peculiar relations of the SOW
ereign states to the federal govern
ment.
The conference did accomplish some
thing by bringing closer home to the
people the necessity for laws hat must
be enacted by the states dealing with
the general question of protection for
the workingman. A point raised, and
one that is most pertinent, is hat in
demnity for accident is not so much
needed as protection from accident.
The installation of devices intended to
protect the workingman from the dan
ger natural to operating complicated
machinery is more called for than the
payment of money to support him.
When the matter has reached that
place where the employers will find
it more expedient and economical to
protect life and limb than to pay death
and accident losses, much of the dan
ger that now attends great industrial
operations will be eliminated.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05
State Control of Combines.

The decision of the supreme court Of
South Dakota sustaining the consti-
tutionality of the characterization
act adds to the encouragement OF the
citizen DESTROYS of seeing trade main
tanned in natural competitive channels,
What the Standard Oil decision is to
national control of combines, the South
Dakota lumber case Is to state control.
For it must be remembered that ma
tional regulation a be successfully
attempted only along interstate lines,
the powers of congress being, after all
limited. Here is where the saving
grace Of states rights ONE in. Var
ious commemorative have sought to
regulate the commerce of combines
within their borders, and in some cases
have technically failed, but South Da-
kota appears to have hit upon a law
that is within it's powers, and that can
be enforced against unfair trade meth
DDS within the borders of the state.
South Dakota's constitution affords
II no peculiar rights of this nature that
are not permissible under the eonsti-
tuition of other states, and it looks as
though it had helped to blaze the way
In legislation for state control Of those
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05
A CHRISTMAS VAMPIRE.
CAROLYN Wells in smart Set.

Carolyn Wells i'm Smart Set.
A fool there was, and he made a gift,
Gwen as you or -
He bought IL with taste ana care and thrift
Cor a lady his friends thought rather
swift
And when he gave it the lady shifted,
Gwen as you or -
Oh, the Judgment and taste and time we
waste
on the gifts at Christmastlde,
Which we give to the lady who isn't
And now we know she never could be
pleased
And never satisfied.
Fer a necklace of pearls without a fleck,
(And II didn't the least suit the ladY's neck
And she never thanked him a single speCkt
Gwen as you or ID
Oh, the chink we lose and the think we
on the things we buy with pride.
To give the lady who never rs pleased,
CAnd now we know she can never be
And never be satisfied.
The fool was fleeced to his last red cent
even as you OF H.
She threw him aside, when his gold was
spent,
(And nobody cared where the lady VENT,
And the fool gave way tC loud lament,
Gwen as you or u.
And It wasn't the loss, and it wasn't tho
dToss,
The reason that same fool cried;
1t was coming to know that she never was
pleased
(seeing at last she could never be pleased
And never be satisfied.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05
We Sell 100 Kinds
Mineral Waters

We will sell over 100 kinds imported ana
American Mineral Waters, and, as we OBJ
tain direct from springs or importer, can
guarantee f%reshness and genuineness.
Boro Lithia Water, bot, soc; case, 500.
Boro Lithia Water, pints, dozen, $50;
CT Sc, 100, 5000.
We are distributing agents in omaliaN or
the celebrated waters from Excelsior
Springs, Mo, and SELL at following prices:
Regent, quart bottle, 25c; dozen, S2.25;
case. 30 bottles, $500
S%ulpho-Saline, quart bottle, 25c; dozen,
2.25;; case, so bottles, $500.
Sulpho-Saline, quart bottle, 25c; dozen
S1.E0.
Soterlan, quart bottle, zoe; dozen, SEQ,
Soterian, pint bottle, 15c; dozen, Sl.5O.
Soterian Ginger Ale, pint bottle, loo;
soterian Ginger Ale, quart bottle, &c;
dozen. S2.25.
Diamond Lithia. Navigation bottle, 4Oci
case, 1 dozen. S4Oa.
Crystal Lithia, 5-gallon jugs, each, SM.
Salt Sulphur, 5-gallon jugs, each, G.2A
Delivery free to any part Of omaha
Council Bluffs or South Omaha.
Sherman & Mcdonnell Drug Co.
10th and Dodge SITS.
Owl Drug Co.
10th and Harvey SITS.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05
Moral Instruction in Schools.

In the race of the New York mill
Ilionaires to outdo one another in the
cultivation of fads, it is not surprising
that one of them has come forward
with a fund for a scheme to establish
a radical course in morals in the pub
lie schools, with specific reference to
varied virtues, including humor, cour-
age, and cleanliness.
Careful perusal of the long list of
things which the millionaire would like
to see indootrinated in the youth of
the land, reveals nothing but that is
already a fundamental of daily life in
eve American household. Good man
ners, t~ruthfulness, obedience, where is
there a parent but considers his chill
dren satisfactorily schooled in these
things at home, without having them
made a bore by extraordinary emphasis
in the s~choolroom?
The question arises where the need
for such an addition to the system of
public instruction was thought to be
apparent. In the average public school
adequate attention to department has
been a fixed habit these many years
Too stringent discipline will transform
the prevailing cheerful attention to
studies into a hardship, Children of past
generations have been developed along
natural lines into the men and wo-
men of affairs, and any abnormal
stress upon the fundamentals of char
acter and conduct will hardly tend to
improve the ordinary pupil. The par
ent will be ready to resent n effort
to transform his child into a prig.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.


'Tis said Misery loves company Japan
has a sugar scandal. Uncle sam is not so
lonesome.
As a means of getting rich, quick, mod
ern prize fighting is crowding the trusts
for the record.
Law students in New York find they eau
do the Paladinp table trick handily, but
fall down on the box office ghost.
Has Margaret Ellington Frohman Bowes
heard the news about Ethel Barrymore
Colt? Just a little boy. Isn't he sweet.
An inquisitive grand jury i'm Kansas City
is poking around in quarters where butter
and meat abound seeking the skeleton Of
a trust.
The Chicago minister who flouted the
historic sanctity of Mrs. O'Leary's COW is
now trying to discover who flung the bale
of hay.
The action of Washington needles in the
alleged leper case amends the familiar say
ing, thus: When doctors disagree the
victim goes to JAIN
a seat in the New York Stock exchange,
which sold for $4,000, appears a shade more
valuable than an auto scat. The difference
represents income and outgo.
Walter Wellman's plunge into the polar
controversy serves to divert public atten-
ton from the fateful kidnapping of Presi-
dent Taft's nine-foot Thanksgiving pie.
Twenty-Five years were required to bring
a Islander suit to a finish in Chicago
whore divorce suits are fitted and de-
liYered i'm less than twenty-five minutes.
notwithstanding all the shady raids on
the city treasury dug up by the Chicago
Inter Ocean, considerable money remains
in the public strong box. Overlooked in
the rush, probably.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05

when we get a stream Of commerce
flowing through the Panama canal we
shall begin to have an even more def
mite knowledge Of the great neighbor-
ing continent.
The possibilities Of South America
are only beginning to be known to the
outer world and to herself. but the
new Transandesan railroad and the
canal at the isthmus will inauurate an
era Of development which means vast
things to the trade of the world, afford
ing an opportunity to the United States
TO maintain an even more hourishing
and powerful lead in the brotherhood
Of the republics of the Western
Hemisphere.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05


Fifth avenue larders are reported as
being continuously suffering from the
raids Of the gray squirrels Of Central
park. and because OF this II was at
first believed that the creature had be-
come over-civiliEed and had grown too
fat and lazy to forage In natures pan
try. But investigation shows that the
progeny Of the merry playmate OF New
York's children have become too num-
erous to subsist through the winter on
the natural provender In the park. The
supply of acorns and nuts Ia no longer
adequate for his caches, and therefore
the frisky native has become a thief I'm
plain obedience to the law Of self
preservation. The army OF squirrels
darling back and forth between park
borders and mansions, s%currying under
the very wheels OF the constant pro-
oession Of automobiles over the asphalt,
must make a highly entertaining sight,
and the language in the servants halls
over the inroads among the edibles is
undoubtedly picturesque, It will be
surprising II this transformation of
the squirrel does not inspire some
wonderful new tales in nature taking,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05
Roll-Top S~trategists.

Additional evidence is contained in
the annual report of Secretary Meyer
of the Navy department that the day
of the "roll-top strategist" is over, and
that this branch of the service is to be
administered %henceforth on a basis Of
practical efficiency. ~Mr. Meyer al
ready has given a hard blow to the an
tiquated features of the bureau sys-
tenn, by actually recognizing his
forces, and he now asks congress to
add to the REGENERATION of the navy by
legislating the old senior officers into
retirement and tr%ansfusing the disci-
pline of the line with young and vigor-
Gus blood.
Mr.. Meyer manifests a determination
to rid the navy of any old-fogyism or
other weaknesses that he has been able
to discover, and in this he undoubtedly
will have the practical encouragement
of in the enactment of such
legislation as may be deemed neces-
sary to institute reforms. That he is
on the right track in the main is evil
dent from his ability to scale down the
estimates for the coming year under
the revision of methods such as he pro-
poses. 1t is only fair to judge from
his report that he is likely, if un-
hampered. to conduct the naval depart
ment in a more economical manner and
at the same time bring it more up-to-
date in various respects.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05

How little the public knows of
the inner mysteries Of the news
paper sanctum is emphasized by the
surprise manifested over the APP
pearsnce Of the name of Edward p.
Mitchell as editor of the New York
Sun, the evident impression being that
he is a newcomer in the editorial field.
Yet Mr.. Mitchell has for t~hirty-five
years been busy with his pen in ok
pressing the things the Sun stands for,
and in the old days many of his arti-
Giles we're commonly attributed to the
hand Of Charles A. Dana himself. The
live spirit of a newspaper is perpet-
uated by an association of personali-
ties, and survives individuals some
times for generations.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05
Savings Banks Life Insurance.

From Massachusetts m a demon
stration of what can be accomplished
by the experienced investors handling
of a community of small funds, in the
successful operation Of the savings
banks life insurance system. AS a
Christmas purse for the policy holders,
the banks are returning a dividend of
s % per cent, which means that each
person who has paid the premiums for
a full year now gets back one monthly
premium.
One year ago the Massachusetts
state actuary estimated that the saw
ings banks insurance rate was % per
cent lower than that charged by the
industrial companies, which later cut
their rates in Massachusetts 10 per
cent. Since then the savings banks Of
Ifered insurance at 10 per cent less than
the companies, and now, on the basis
Of the dividend, the actuary figures
the rate as 23 - per cent less than that
of the industrials,
According to the official reports,
each of the banks has been able to keep
intact the guaranty funds and to pay
interest thereon, and to set aside the
full legal reserve, in addition to ac-
cumulating the policy holders divi-
dends, This attempt to supply to
wage-workers life insurance at cost has
passed the experimental stage, and
while future experience may not prove
to be quite so profitable as the past,
still the exhibit is an enlightening one.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05

Again the iconoelastic voice of the
government is heard, this time in the
effort of the Agricultural department
to wipe out the term New Orleans
molasses," there being, in the opinion
Of the department, no longer any such
thing. No IN. o.? Thus Yanishes
another fond tradition Of childhood
days, when the American boy carrying
the brown jug to the store knew no
greater paradise than to lick the cork.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05

Mr., Gaynor's turning down of the
rammany leaders who nominated him
presages interesting events when he
shall have taken his seat as mayor of
New York. His open declaration that
he Is no dummy of Tammany, and that
he will not tolerate the presence OF
omee-hunters about his office, may be
taken to give New Workers confidence
that the Judge really intends to give
the people a personal administration,
The more the tiger views the wreck OF
It's hopes from the late election the
Lass Il nnds II has saved
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05
Is IL Worth while
Baltimore American.

bdTIIInOIt AIUtIICdI,
In these days of the fierce light which
the searchlight of publicity sheds upon all
human affairs the price and penalties OF
human greatness are barred more to the
world at large than formerly, when the
reserve of their divinity hedged royalties
about, One Of the latest instances of these
penalties is the pitlable condition Of the
czatina of Russia, whom the perils Of her
high position have driven nearly into in
sanity.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05

A divorce expert in that town Of di-
vorces, Chicago, blames steam heat for
driving bliss from the modern domes-
tic hearth. The couple that has to
wrestle with hot-air furnace might
make a commentary on that. Coal
bills in any form are likely to deposit
the ashes of discord.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05

All who claim to be able to cure tu-
berculosis have only to establish proof
with Yale university and get 500, 900,
an anonymous alumnus having depos-
tied the forfeit. Now let the DR..
Cooks of the white plague crusade
bring on their afidavits.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05
The AutomobiIe Pace

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
There were many men in the
Industry who feared that it had reached
the top of It's one great boom. two years
ago. Now il is much bigger than it was
then, but no such misgivings exist. The
motor vehicle has passed from the fad
stage into an important phase of the de-
velepment of civilization.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05
The Fountain of Youth.

fHlauNlPila RNiVN"i
The patriarchal John BigeloW, who at
the age Of 90 has acquired the habit Of
touch with the living present by
Introducing a granddaughter or two into
the social swim on his birthday, seems to
succeeded better than most folks in
the fountain Of perpetual youth,
There is nothing like the constant COM
partnership Of young folks to keep a man
or woman from growing old,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05

Judge Grosscup, having come out in
advocacy of a new party committed to
the policy of al equal distribution
among all men of the fruits of their
labor, may expect some h-eart-to-heart
talks from his friends, the socialists.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05

The federal plum tree is trembling
again, and several Nebraskans are ex-
pectantly waiting beneath its boughs.
A Christmas gift of considerable size
awaits somebody's outstretched hands.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05

Colonel Bryan finds much occupa-
tion in nominating the republican presi-
dental ticket for 1912, a fact which
may mean that the colonel has lost his
interest in the possible democratic
nominees for that year.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05
Happy Thought.

OTICdEU IIVOUIU-IIVTdIU.
Another government official who has just
returned from Panama says the canal will
be finished in 1916. It's a long time to
wait, but we are going to try to keep from
fretting meanwhile by thinking of a lot of
other things.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05

The cynical will be quick to observe
that the defaulter who now pleads
qualms of conscience waited two years
to feel the sting, and then his money
had run out.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05

The open door may be a fact in Man
churia, but the willy Japanese merchant
is driving out all competition of the
white man by his cut rate prices.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05

cause it has been impossible for you to find
a man whom you considered good enough. 20
"Oh, no. ] have found plenty Of men
who were good enough, but ] nave always
felt that IL was a shame to spoil a good
thing. Chicago Record-Heraid
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05

Some men seem able to buy up in
surance companies with the ease and
grace Of a woman casually stopping at
the ribbon counter.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05

subscriber leaving the city tenn
DorariIy should have n bee
mailed to- them. Address will he
changed ms often as requested,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05

The Corn show visitors will find the
latch string out in all directions in
Omaha, Don't stop to knock, but come
right in.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05
Signs Of Prosperity.

Indianapolis News,
The humber of government employees has
increased to 37O,O65 from 9O6, 141 in 1907,
which seems to show that returning pros
perity has also been giving a little atten-
ton to politics.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05

In resisting bombardment that
Sandy Hook balloon exhibits as much
good nature as the late DIR, Cook.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05

Planetary insanity is being exploited,
now that the public has wearied of
reading about hookworms and pellagra.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05

In a country where so many men are
ambitious to become lords there is lit
tie danger that the upper house will be
abolished.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05
STATEMENT or CIRCULATION.

State Of Nebraska, Douglas County, IS;
George y. T~zschuck. treasurer Of The Bee
Publishing Company. being July. sworn,
says that the actual number OF full ana
complete copies Of The Daily, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the
month OF NnNemher. 1909. was as folloMs:
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05

This is a good day to resolve to do
It now. Mr.. Weather Man please
switch.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05

The closing chapter is being written
in the romance of zelaya, the bandit.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05
DOMESTIC

,NsH-Yes, Jack wears his heart on his
sleeve.
Fan-Then you ought to be very, very
careful, dear, never to have any pins in
your belt.-Chicago Tribune.
ID you and your husband ever dis
sgree?'
He never doesr-Cleveland Leader.
my dear" said the far-seeing parent,
that young man may be a trifle tedious,
but he is a coming man.
perhaps he is" sighed the weary
maiden. ''but I'd rather he had more go in
him" American.
~stella-Isn't Mabel going to marry the
duke?
BeAa-Np, he rejected the budget-New
York sun,
Speaking of joy rides, did you ever have
buggy along a shady lane, with a plug of
a horse and the only girl in the world?
Say, you don't know what life is."-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
II supposed all husbands made a practice
of comparing their mothers and their wives
Ito the latter's discredit. Why don't your
You haven't given me any chance, my
dear. An, but wait. I am compelled to
admit that you don't make home nearly
as hot for me as mother did. "-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
II suppose the young matron said, ad-
dressing the spinsteT who was getting
along in years you never married be-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05

GEO. 3. TZSCHUCk, Ireasurel'
subscribed in my presence and sworn 10
before me this LIST day of December, 1909.
CSeaD NJ. p. WALKER,
Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05

phases OF combine activity which are
beyond the reach of congress.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05

S~tella-Isn't Mabel going to marry the
duke?
BeHa-No, he rejected the budget-New
York Sun,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05

VICTOR RosEwATER. EDITOR
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05

81 suppose" the young matron said, ad-
the spinsteT who was getting
along in years" you never married be-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05

"Do you and your husband ever dis
agree?'
He never doesn-CIeveland Leader.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05

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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-21

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