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Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-01
Prophet of the Land Tax.

One of the startling events of a revo-
~lutionary year is the passage by the
British House Of Commons OF a land
tax directly taken in principle from
Progress and Poverty" one of the
most radical economic works ever
written, which was published only
thirty years ago. in 1879, by an I'M
known and abnormally quiet Ameri-
can.
The story Of Henry George and his
first publication has been published
again since the land tax measure in
Parliament produced a sensation in
conservative Great Britain. The sew
entieth anniversary of Georges birth
will occur, in some places be cele-
brated, September 4. In 1879, when
be was living in San Francisco, a
simple. modest man OF about 40 years,
he sent the manuscript TO the Apple
tons, thinking that the publishers Of
Herbert Spencer might be willing to
consider this new and dry work, They
replied that they could not see, any
announcement for undertaking the
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-01
War Uses of Airships.

1t was inevitable hat the Rheims
the military service in every country
of Europe would be busily seeking to
apply the brilliant feats of Betheny
field to imaginary fields of battle.
once concluded that dirigible balloons
and aeroplanes would hereafter, If
they had no other use, be the scouts
of the future. Nothing else could
compare with them in determining the
forces and positions of an enemy.
The foremost French general states
that at a height of l 800 metres, suffi-
cient to avoid damage from artillery
fire, the ground can be completely
studied. With the two forms of air
ships photographs ear be made, sig
nails displayed and messages trans
mitted by wireless and all at an al
most inconceivable rapidity. The
movements Of the aeroplanes, as shown
at Rheims, are swifter han those Of
an automobile or railroad train and
may be expected to be free from delay
or obstructi0n.
Other military men have been struck
with the availability of the new ma
chimes in the department of transport.
This involves larger and modified
dirigibles, but the possibility is plainly
indicated. All army departments will
at once develop elaborate special
corps of aviators. Germany already
has drillmasters to teach the laymen
inclined to learn, and in return for
the instruction all who learn will be
available at command for army ser
vice.
Liberal premiums will be offered all
over the world for special improve
ments in machines intended for use
in war. Governments will encourage
field displays like that at Rheims, not
only to effect improvements, but to
bring out the weak points and dan
gers. One great blessing is that no
nation Will care to declare war for the
next few years. The nations wish to
know where they are at" before they
undertake the risks of actual conflict.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-01
A Fair Sample.

This dissenting opinion Of Judge Letton
confirms the suspicion that the supreme
court might have upheld the Donohoe law
II its notification had not meant so much
in dollars and cents to those who consti-
tute the court. " " " 1t is belittling TO
the integrity of Judge Lotions opinion TO
suggest at this time that it will popularize
him as a candidate for supreme Judge here
after, for that is but the suggestion that
he may have had the sagacity to discern
that there is a popular partially for JUS
tice rather than partisanism. One prefers
to believe that the judge hande down
this opinion simply because he thought it
just and the law, and without thought of
its possible agency hereafter in shaping
his political veal or woe.-Lincoln Star.
This is a fair sample of the sort of
hysterical logic that moves the nom
partisan reformer. He has no COM
Functions about voicing "a suspicion"
that the opinion of the majority judges
would have been different had it not
meant so much in dollars and cents to
those who constitute the court" but
insists that 1t is "belittling" to the dis
senting judges to suggest that they
are animated by a desire to popularize
themselves. although that popularity
might mean to them the same stake
of dollars and cents in their r~e-elec-
ton.
If one prefers to believe that the
judge handed down this dissenting
~opinion) simply because he thought it
just n the law, and without thought
of it's possible agency hereafter in
shaping his political veal or VICE."
why should n not also prefer to be-
lieve hat the majority judges who
handed down the deciding opinion
likewise did so simply because they
thought it just and the law, and with
out thought Of its possible agency
hereafter in shaping their political
veal or woe?" To be a nonpartisan,
must we ~nou everyone at vari-
ance with one view as selfish and cor
rupt, and inspired by bad motives and
praise every n who dissents as stand
ing for integrity and justice, and being
governed by only the purest of mo-
tives?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-01
SHAM BATTLES.

Boston Herald: The memory of the lead
ership Of Cleveland which is recalled makes
the cry of Bryan the more pitiful.
st. Paul Pioness Press: Mr.. Bryan is
charging $500 a night for his lectures. Mr..
Bryan favors downward revision every
where except at the box office.
Sioux City Tribune: Mr.. Bryan is
estopped from now saying what should he
done. He did not speak as he should speak
when he could speak and even now he
does not speak as a real democrat should
speak. Decrying farther fighting Of sham
battles he urges on another battle that
would be as shameful a sham as was that
Of 1892.
S. Paul Dispatch: If Mr.. Bryan wants
to line up the politicians on the tariff ques-
ton he is going at it properly in getting
back to first principles. If he is for a
tariff for revenue only and believes his
party should stand for that principle ne is
outlining the plans for a real campaign.
He may lose some followers, but those he
retains will know for what they are fight
ing. which Is more than can be said for
many in the democratic party at present,
New York Post: From the day of his
first nomination he has never staRed the
whole political battle upon the historic
mission of democracy-the eradication OF
favoritism to particular interests by federal
taxation. His belated conversion is only
another proof Of his fatal lack Of foresight
and his total ircapacity as a statesman.
II sincere, il should be followed by his
tacit willingness TO fight in the ranks, But
there is time left yet before 1912 for him
to discover half a dozen other paramount
issues.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-01
PERSONAL NOTES.

Lillian Russell says tina rats" are gong
out OF fashion.
Mrs. Marie Babcock, wife OF DR.. Lewis
Babcock OF Bethlehem, has just completed
a remarkable journey from Bethlehem to
Monongah, w. Va. She travelled alone and
averaged thirty miles a day.
A recent commentator on English justice
declares that the courts OF Great Britain
place a greater value on property than on
life. Many a man does the same thing,
provided, Of course, that the property Is
his and the life belongs TO another.
one thousand copper-colored followers Of
Chief Joseph, a once powerful leader Of
the Neg Perez tribe in the panhandle of
Idaho, will join the prohibition forces In
the fight against the rum shops IN Nez
Perce county when the campaign IL stared
TO make the district a part Of the arid zone
There recently died In Toledo, O., a sol
OF the late Orrin Kendall, from who's
Initials the use OF 20. k" meaning all
right. is said to have sprung, The father
during the civil war was the head Of the
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-01
The Midwest Life

If in debt, cover your Indebtedness by
a life insurance policy in the Midwest
Life, That would be the safe and reason
able thing to do.
The net gain of the Midwest Life in in
surance in force for August, 1909, was near
ly 100 per cent over that of August. 1905.
This company has made a steady growth
ever since its organization in 1906 a-aH p
Write the president, N. q. Smell, Lincoln,
for an agency. Liberal commissions are
paid.
A life insurance company. like an in
dlvidual, establishes a reputation. II stands
for certain things and It opposes other
things. The Midwest Life has never used
estimates; sold special or board contracts:
placed misleading statements on the face
of it's policies or elsewhere as to how or
in what manner its policies were secured;
or sold stock, bonds or securities of any
insurance or agency company as an in
ducement to take insurance with II. The
rulings Of the Insurance Department, Just
did not affect The Midwest Life. 1t be-
did not effect The Midwest Life. II be-
lieved in square deal" methods before
these things we're put under the ban by
the Auditor,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-01

One Of the nonpartisan democratic
candidates for supreme judge finds
himself in an awkward plight in fall
ing to comply with the requirements
Of the corrupt practices act with ref
erence to filing a sworn statement of
his campaign expenses. his excuse
being hat he spent nothing. The law
expressly prohibits the canvassing
board from issuing a certificate of
nomination until after this statement
is filed, but, of course, the canvassing
board is supposed to be enough of a
mind reader to know hat a conseien-
tious nonpartisan democrat, who takes
oath hat he is a populist, would not
pass out any money to get nominated.
when there is no one running against
him.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-01
Harriman's Specially.

e. n. Hartman has for a long time
been a famous railroad man, but when
he became the most conspicuous per
son in the world on his return from
Europe. few know the transformation
In railroads he had effected by inn
proving the physical condition and
earning power of the lines under his
control. He probably introduced no
new conceptions to railroad science in
general. Companies like the Pennsyl-
vsnia and New York Central had long
followed the rule that it is more
profitable to spend freely than to let
the lines degenerate or fail in the
work Of leveling grades and cutting
out curves. What Hartman did was
boldly to put the principles at work
on the long. struggling western lines,
which had been considered beyond the
district Of expensive construction.
In a recent summary of his career
II is pointed out that before Harri-
mans entrance on his real work 1t
took seven or eight days to travel
from New York to San Francisco, while
now the trip is made in four days.
On the Union, Central and Southern
Pacific, the sun spent on construction
is put at 100000 He straight
ened out curves, tunnelled hills, tore
out old bridges and replaced them with
steel viaducts, levelled roadbeds and
put down heavy rails. He rave a
great deal of personal attention to the
famous Lucin cutoff at the Salt Lake
crossing, by which a trestle and fill
Of 1913 miles, shortens the line by
forty-four miles and saves 1915 feet
of grade. The work of building EN-
ployed 5000 men. 1t required 3S,256
big trees for the piling. The floor of
the trestle is asphalt and granite. The
structure has no grade and cost
$4,000, 900. On the Central Pacific he
cut out $50 miles Of curves and built
thirty-six steel bridges. The time on
the line was reduced seven hours. A
great rock wharf created a harbor at
Los Angeles. Another great wharf
was built at San Pedro.
This construction work has been the
largest contribution of Hartman to
railroad history and the special one
with which his name Is associated.
His friends say hat it did far more
than his financial operations to wear
out his nerves and exhaust his vitality.
He has pursued it unintermittently
and never would permit it to be fin
ished because there were always miles
of it to do. Whether the remarkable
man is to live His ambition out is to
be seen. If he is compelled to give
it up the policy he established may
be counted upon to last for years and
be beneficial to the country supplied
by his roads. Fol the railroad bust
ness he must be esteemed a great
benefactor.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-01

President Taft has been thinking it
over and the Impression among a few
is that he has decided to sail straight
into every question he can think of,
II he does that while his mad is up It
will be the greatest tour ever made
and the public will know hat it has
been to a show. Good Judges, how
ever, do not believe that the wisest
harmonizer in history is the man to
start the gun play in the first veal of
his term.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-01

book. They declined. other publish
ing houses took the same view. The
Harper's and Scribner's each felt that
the book would not attract the public.
Finally the Appletons reconsidered
and agreed to bring it out at 50 a
copy, the royalty being Is pei cent.
George moved to New York almost
at the same time, and kept his resi-
dence there until he was stricken with
apoplexy in his second campaign for
the m%ayoralty in 1897. During his
New York life he delivered addresses
and wrote books and magazine arti-
cles. The wonder has always been
that books absolutely devoid Of orna-
ment and what is called %eloquence,
should have attained such a vogue,
and that a speaker without magnetism
should have drawn such audiences.
After the first book, which never exz
cited in America more than an aca-
demic interest, was once noticed in
England it's audience grew rapidly.
George was all his subsequent life in
demand over there. His Protection
and Free Trade" people in America
remember, fell into a huge circulation
through the peculiar trick of Tom
johnson, Jerry Simpson and William
Jennings Bryan in having it made a
part of the Congressional Record.
While personally as far removed from
the spectacular as a man could be, his
career was crowded with the unex-
pected. Not the least odd of the oddi-
ties is his fate in producing a semi
revolution in British internal politics.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-01
A "HONK" FROM THE COAST.


I'm coming home to get warm, Brother
From the icy-cold winds OF the west;
The wind bloweth bleak from yon snowy
And [ feel a sharp grip on my chest;
Beneath the cold stars l SILVER and shake,
Like a sheep outcRst In a storm;
SO put on a scoroher for me, Brother
For I'm comm home to get warm.
Mt. Hood, Mt. Baker and cold Mt
The fog o~iscures from my view.
But l feel their chill presence and know
For their icy breath penetrstes through;
l can feel their frisidity creep in my bones
And extinguish each worthy desire;
So boost up your mercury now, Brother
For I'm comm home to perspire.
The sunsets out here may be fair, Brother
Welsh,
But / cant see at all for the fog;
There are great hunks of ice where my feet
And my throat is possessed by a frog.
My teeth keep a chattering pace with the
That below and buster about:
SO shovel it in good and hard. Brother
Welsh,
For I'm comm home to thsw out
".
Seattle, Tacoma and sunny Spokane
Look al right in a railway gazette;
But they're built too much on the ice-boxy
plan,
And I'm not fit for cold storage yet.
So I'll HE me I'm haste TO the land Of hot
days
And hot nights where muskeeter bugs
swarm;
Oh, save out a sizzler for me, Brother
Welsh,
For I'm coming home to get warm.
BAYOLL NE TRELE.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-01

firm OF o. Kendall G. Sons, bakers, OF Chi
cago. The firm furnished hard tack for
the army, on which were stamped the
initials 20. K"
The esteemed Jim Hill, husky as a young
section hand, is giving Oregon an agree
able S'after cure" by building a railroad
through parts Of the state untouched by
Hartman lines. Your Uncle Jim is per
niciously active just now.
That Mr.. Edison is as fertile as ever in
suggestions appears in his proposal hat the
East river, New York City, be filled in and
its waters provided with a new channel dug
across Long Island at a point farther east.
The World p~ronounces the scheme by no
means chimerical, The real estate value
of the present site OF the river would be
almost beyond calculation.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-01
Boston Herald

Old soldiers will ave new food for dis
cussion in the proposition Of a Chicago
veteran to erect at Gettysburg a monu-
ment to the most remarkable Instance Of
valor on record" 1t was in the first day
of the battle when the Twenty-fourth
Michigan regiment faced the Twenty-sixth
n orth Carolina. the former losing 400 Of its
500 and the latter 100 OF it's 500 men. Judged
by the arithmetical test, the Confederates
loss seems to nave proved them the more
.valorous, but the greatest slaughter doesn't
always prove the greatest valor. It's too
late for comparisons OF civil war bravery.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-01
AeropIane. stiiI Novelties.
New York Tribune

The reported determination Of the gov
eminent to use a Wright aeroplane as an
army pilot" appears 10 need confirmation.
An arm i'm time OF war cannot await
favorable climatic conditions for its ma
neuvers, nor will IL be convenient to carry
a track around from which TO speed the
flying machine so that IL may rise into
the air. As a source OF amusement for
spectators Il fits finely in an age seek
ing for novelties, but that is just about
the extent Of the aeroplape's usefulness at
present. This Is not intended as d~iscour-
agement OF the art OF flying the heavier
than-air machines, but as q suggestion OF
caution in the acceptance OF experiments
OF a rather crude kin as accomplish
msnts
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-01
BREEZY TRIPLES.


Griggs-Hickson wants 70 borrow some
money OF me. DO you know anythins
RrisssH1 know him as we'll as I do you.
I wouldn't let him have a cent-Bosto
Transcript.
Stranger-Your new city directory seems
Resident-Not 1T all; it's n case OF MOI
Trough Smith.-Chicago Tribune.
Isn't your husband something OF an cpl.
cure?"
certainly not answered Mrs. Cumrox,
with dignity. Il trust the day VII never
come when he cannot afford. to hire some
body TO polish his fingernails. Washing
ton Star.
statistics show that Japan has two
earthquakes a day" r.
Gee, a man might as we'll be married
as to live in Disqualification Post.
Prominent Politician with massive dig
nity)-Sir, l am credibly informed that
you have an article In type making certain
charges against me. Can you furnish
proofs Of your assertions?
Editor (~easily)-Sure. MikelI I'll send the
you would like to have.-Baltimore Amerl-
can.
why do you propose to call yourself a
king!"
A royal flush overspread the brow OF the
prince Of Montenegro. IT have here he
replied, the cards OF the heads of reigniug
families"
He shufned the cards nervously, oh
serve for yourself that there are too MANY
kna YES in the pack" he added.-PhllRdel-
phia Public Ledger.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-01

If the city is about to make a new
garbage contract 1t should stipulate,
among other things, that the garbage
collectors be required to substitute
common decency and politeness for
the rudeness and impertinence of
which so much complaint has been
coming from the m of the house
hold, who have to deal with them.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-01

Cinnamon are %boycotting the British
along the Yangste-Kiang. Secretary
Knox might help them out in this
time of idleness in our own foreign
affairs,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-01

j.. Hamilton Lewis admits that it
takes time for the idea to filter
through the public mind, but he still
insists that lawyers saved the country
and kept it saved at all crises. In the
the courts Colonel Lewis must have an
inside with the courts, or wants one.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-01

Kansas City delivers to Omaha the
friendly message that 100000 in
boats are about to pillow the white
capped channel of the Missouri.
Omaha offers no objection.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-01

Chicago's proposed grand opera
house is to seat 5000 people and send
surplus songsters to st. Louis and Mil
waukee every week or so. While the
tuneful uplift isnspreading, drop in on
Omaha occasionally. We have the
space and the price.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-01
NO CIemency for suborners.
Baltimore American.

President Taft has refused pardon to a
man convicted Of subornauon Of perjury.
This crime is one which should be the
last to appeal for clemency. 1t is de-
liberate, cold-blooded ana II strikes at
the very roots of the laws power pro-
perly to protect society from crime and
criminals. The sanotity Of the oath is the
stronghold in which the law must intreuch
itself. That broken down, no security is
left.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-01

II Governor s~hallenberger expects
to r%econvene Judge Shoemaker in
extra Legislative session, he should, at
least, fix the time. so as not to inter
fere with the impending political
campaign.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-01

Omaha is soon to have a succession
Of visitors coming to attend the State
Bankers association. the Eagles con-
y%ention, Ak-Sar-Ben n the Corn
show 1t is high time to begin TO put
the house in order.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-01

Lord R~osebery's decline in influence
is a tragedy of British politics, but the
head OF the Primrose family, like the
head of the democratic party on this
side, always has with MIN the thought
that there's a good time coming. II
it does not come he can at least make
q Sneech.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-01

Law suits to recover penalties of
from 100000 in New York to $685.
10000 in Arkansas are pending in
the federal courts. What would Ar
kansas do with S66,OOO,OO Pension
it's politicians?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-01

Orville Wright is said to have an
~11-year-old boy whom he had forgot
ten. A man like that will tumble out
Of an aeroplane sometime in a fit OF
Observation-Disclosures
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-01

In the contest between Oregon and
Nova Scotia over raising apples there
is no official tribunal to decide, but
Boston is waiting with watering
mouth for the first run of King pip
pins and Jonathans. If Boston does
not know, nobody does.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-01

On their photographs the car and
the prince of Wales ooh like brothers.
If they think alike, people have been
telling stories IN the Little White
Father.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-01

Governor Shallenberger may wear
his silk tile on festive occasions, but
Mayor Jim" never felt 1t necessary
to his democracy for his
emblem of ~plutocracy.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-01

Ak-sar-Ben is now trying to corral
some new members by publishing the
uames on the rosters of previous years
that are not on this years enrolment.
Molasses catches more flies than vine
gar.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-01

Everybody is presumed to know the
aw except a nonpartisan democratic
,andidate for supreme judge. who is
privileged TO rest in ignorance of the
legal bar to the issue OF a nomination
certificate without prior filing Of a
sworn expense account
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-01

Governor Harmon of Ohio is going
west, while his boom is kept alive by
his friends. II Taft is renominated,
is not Harmon counted out by too
much geography in one place?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-01

st. Louis Republic.
Mr.. Hartman owns railroads enough to
put a girdle around the earth and have
enough left over TO tie a c%inch-knot of the
most approved kind, but he is unable TO
organize effectively the department of his
own interior.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-01

Diaz had the Reyistas tied and
branded before they had the great
Mexican Joy of a manifesto. For an
old man Diaz keeps his speed wonder
fully well.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-01

Another discordant dispute is arous-
ing the east. Does a cat catch rats?
The experience of the west is that
either a trap or %strychnine involves
less waiting around.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-01
A Common Ambition.
indianapolis Journal.

indianapolis Journal.
The case of the Louisville man who had
a scheme for working off 81, 100000 in coun-
terfeit Mexican pesos is a very simple one.
He admits that he merely wanted to get
rich
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-01

When Bleriot comes over, as he
CALAMITY says he will, to take the cup
back to France, Sir Thomas Upton
will whisper in his ear some useful
advice.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-01

Father Phelan proposes that Mis-
souri, shall allow votes to all women
who have babies. Does the measure
provide a rebate for the helpful hus-
band who hustles to pay the bills?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-01

Gould roads are to spend their
earnings in betterments It's a new
departure, but it is better than De
Sagans and C%asteIlanes.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-01

Subscribers leaving the city tenn
pOrarily should have h Bee
mailed to them. Address Will be
changed ~ often as requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-01

That Ad club delegation should be
commissioned to represent Omaha at
all conventions which we want to cap
ture.