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The San Francisco call., 1909-02-19

CHEMICAL and pharmaceutical sDeeialties
that sell quick at fine profit to YOU We
manufacture for you. You SELL We
use your formulas OFFER a great vari-
ETY. products and recipes r. r. Rogers
Chemical Company. 527 Commercial St;
hours $50 TO 1O:30. Kearny $50
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-19

restaurant. tables; splendid trade: rent only
$50 can sell YOU this today for $50: the
owner IS compelled 20 leave city in the even
ing. / will take care Of the deal. worth S4OO A
GEO. A HERRICk. Sos VAN NESS Az -
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-06
WHERE THE SHOE PINCHEs.
Monopoly in Machinery for shoe
making.
New York Journal of Commerce.

New York Journal of Commerce.
There are renewed promises Of competi-
ton in providing machinery for making
shoes in the factories of Massachusetts, and
breaking the monopoly Of the United Shoe
Machinery company, with It's system Of
ieG sing machines instead OF selling them.
This leasing system is an effective device
for fastening a mono poly so that 1t cannot
be shaken off without a struggle. The
company retains its property in the ma
chimes and contracts for their use on con-
dition that no others shall be used and
that these may be taken out II the contract
is violated.
The only way of fighting this kim OF a
monopoly, which holds patents for ma
crimes used for the different processes of
manufacture and permits their use only for
a yearly rental on leases the terms Of
which it dictates, is by developing new
machinery that will perform the work as
well If not better without infringing up IN
existing patent rights, and selling these to
manufacturer Oh terms that will make
their use more economical than that of the
old machinery, This requires ingenuity.
enterprise and capital, but these have been
assiduously applied, and it is said that
eNNNAeA - RANR&AN " A~RNAA
to equip shoe factories with complete out
fits OF machinery rivaling hat Of the
trust"
The old company has been Illustrating
more than one bad effect OF monopoly. It
has not only been increasing its own
profits at the cost OF the industries de-
pendent upon q and hindering their prog.
ress, but 1t has been checking Improvement
in machinery and methods. Give any COM
b~inatiOn by exclusive patent rights or un.
trammeled corporate power a monopoly in
providing a necessity and it will not only
Increase the cost TO producers and con-
sumers for its own profit, but it will stop
progress and improvement by destroying
emulation. The shoe trade has been suffer-
ing from this machinery monopoly, hut Il
seems to be making vigorous efforts to
emancipate itself with good prospect Of
success.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-06
Railroads and Strikes.

The prostration Of business caused
in a section OF the country by the
northern switchmen's strike is only a
small sample Of what would ensue to
the nation at large II the threat OF
tying up the roads generally should
be fulfilled. The railroads are the
nerves Of commerce. and when they
are paralyzed the industrial body is
helpless. Advocates OF the develop
ment Of the waterways as a popular
means Of controlling the traffic situa-
ton will be quick to seize upon the
conditions resultant from the switch
mems strike as additional argument
for their cause, but 1t is a costly con
tribution to their brief.
The stagnation among the milling
interests in Minneapolis alone is a
salutary lesson Of the evils of such
strikes. Extension of such idleness
would inevitably lead to famine con-
ditions, in the height Of winter, and
that after the banner year in agricul-
.ture. Railroad companies and their
men are now engaged in consideration
of a general wage scale readiustment.
In the public interests It is to be hoped
that they will adopt a conciliatory at
titude toward their respective antago-
nists in the dispute, for should a gen.
eral strike be precipitated it could not
but infliet vast expense and suffering
upon the people, who, in case a dead
lock is reached, have a right to de-
mand that the disputants resort to ar
bitration.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-06
PERSONAL NOTES.

Indianapolis contributes four members
TO the famous bankers colony at Leaven-
worth, putting the Hoosier state close TO
Ohio in the percentage Of financial has
beens.
Downeasters dilating about what con-
stitutes a gentleman arc referred to the
shining example of the Kentuckian who de-
clined to contest his defeat for office by
one vote.
Boston papers automatically intimate
that the arrival there Of RRmeses, former
king of Egypt, does not imply a scarcity
Of local stiffs. The imported article sup.
plies variety.
II you do not believe there are a lot Of
people doing their Christmas shopping
early, take q jaunt around among the
stores, and you will find out wherein you
are muchly mistaken.
There is nothing like having a clear rec
ord. A Detroit man accused Of crime
proved conclusively that at the time the
crime was committed he was in jail, and
walked away triumphant.
An Englishman through an advertise
ment invites any millionaire to give him a
million pounds that the recipient may use
it in demonstrating the possibility OF being
both rich and happy. There has been no
response.
Practical jokers in Colorado captured
and bound a groom-elect and were about
to vanish Will him when the bride-elect
appeared to the rescue with a rifle,
Women vote in Colorado, and IL suffra-
gettes can make any capital of the incl
dent, they are welcome,
A black cat got in the big organ at the
Presbyterian church at Huntington, L. l.,
on Sunday. The ensuing serenade to the
moons soft light, so familiar to the ears
of the congregation, was not such a great
success that organ builders are likely to
INTRODUCES as a new stop the vox tommy
cattina.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-06
Directors Who Direct.

Lawrence o. Murray, comptroller of
the currency, reports the finding that
$500 national banks in the country
have not been in the habit of holding
directors meetings even once a month,
and he adds that some of them have
months or a year, and some
Inasmuch as this number cover nearly
one-third of all the banks in the coun-
try, the extent of this evil laxity is
somewhat startling.
The comptroller has begun a deter
mined effort to put an end to such in
difference. Mr.. Murray's own feelings
in the matter are rather vigorously ex-
pressed, when he says: THE internal
management Of the bank makes for
either success or failure. The three
forces, good examination, strict en-
forcement OF the law, and directoral
control, are absolutely essential, but
the most important of all is directoral
control"
In urging upon the $500 delin-
Quents that they hold at least monthly
meetings, Mr.. Murray cannot be ac-
cused OF imposing a hardship. 1t is
not so many years since the public
voice was raised with some vehemence
against directors who did not direct,
and the step urged by the controller
doubtless will have the prompt sp-
prevail and cooperation of all advo-
Gates Of sound business conduct.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-06
TO THE RESCUE OF FATHER.
Turning the Spotlight on the Obscure
Membe of the Household.
New York World.

A Kansas man has offered a prize of
500 for the best verse or short prose effort
on the subject of father. the unhonored
and unsung. Too long, he declares, has ono
Of the noblest heroes of them all, fingered
in an ebscurity never penetrated by spot
lights or publicity agents. This relief expe-
ditlon is Intended 10 restore to public gaze
a character that has been Crowded out by
more sensational bidders for fame. The
fact is, the KAnsan AYERS. that father has
been so busy trying TO make a living and
to direct the affairs OF state and nation
that he has not had time to attend to
any tablets OF lame for himself.
1t is a sad fact that father has inspired
very few poets 70 burst into song over his
achievements. The tribute to him which
OF recent years achieved the widest popu-
larity was a ballad to the effect that
everybody worked at the singers house
except his old. man. Nobody has written
an epic about fathers faculty for paying
bills and leaving a parcel of insurance
after him when he-is compelled to abandon
the problem which ne voluntarily under
took to solve. There Is no Eliza-erossinG-
the-iee music when fathers name is men,
toned in the melodramR. and nobody says.
For my poor, dear old fathers sake
spare mel" Even the snow, the wheat, the
corn, the sky, the old farm. the faithful
horse and the dog have received more at
tention from the poet than has father.
Yet father Is the one who, at least, starts
the wheels going round. II the fire is
bright, II the children are adequately shod,
II there is a steak and pudding on the
table, the thanks primarily are to father,
Good management and thrift on the house
keepers part may stretch the family in.
come to astonishing proportions, but all
the prudence in the world could not brlns
about any result IL the wage envelope was
not there with which to start.
Consider father. He can eat no more
and sleep no more than any one else.
soberly dressed for the most part and
wearing last winters clothes usually. II
any member Of the family has to do IT,
At work for the same length Of time day
after day, Hustled, pushed, but always
fighting according to the quality OF his
manhood-doubly fearful Of defeat, first
on his own account. then on Account o.
those dependent on him.
Let US be generous and give father his
little need OF praise now and then for
what he does.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-06
THE HARTMAN FORTUNE.
Not the Greatest, but Disttnctively
the Quickest,


The final appraisal OF the estate OF the
late E.. II. Hartman places It at a value
Of 1149,0 100000. This is more than go. 900, COO
over the most liberal estimate made when
II was a matter OF speculation. AS a rule,
when an appraisal OF an estate Of great
wealth, which is much talked OF, is made,
the public estimate is found TO be greater
than the fact. Estates shrink under care
full examination. But In the present case
the contrary has been the fact. 1t Is much
larger than even his intimates supposed.
The wonder OF It is that such a great es-
tate should have been accumulated in the
time 1t was. Mr.. Rockefeller great wealth
was built up in 3 period covering forty
years; that Of Mr.. Carnegie In about the
same time, 1t took three generations to
build up the Aston and Vanderbilt fortunes
to their present mammoth proportions. The
Morgan estate was erected on accumuia-
lions made in a prior generation and the
time in which the great Hill, Kennedy and
Strathcona fortunes were made was not
less than thirty years. Yet, Mr.. Harri-
mans great a~ccumulations were made
within a period OF ten years. 1t is without
parallel IN the history Of self-made for
tunes OF huge amounts.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-06
The Red Gross Stamp.


Some confusion has arisen as to the
use Of the Red Cross Christmas stamp,
and Misunderstanding are likely to
arise over the curt notice from the pos
tai officials. The Red Cross stamp
will not carry a letter, but any letter
mailed to a domestic p~ostoffice will
carry a Red Cross stamp. II this is
kept in mind no difficulty will be en-
countered.
The Red Cross stamp is emblsmatic
of an effort to rid humanity of its
greatest scourge. The terrible toll Of
life taken annually by reason Of the
prevalence Of tuberculosis in its many
forms, and the incaloulable economic
loss to society through this single
cause, is the most appalling fact before
us today. II anything could be more
appalling it is the indifference Of the
people to existing conditions. The Ma
tional Association for the Study and
Prevention Of tuberculosis is a society
composed OF earnest men and women
WIZ arc uCNOllub LuSlI llIlG auu mbbub
to the discovery and practice Of meth
DDS for the eradication of this disease.
In the society are found leaders Of
scientific and social activities, whose
word carries with it the weight of au-
thority. They are striving earnestly
and systematically to interest the
public and the sufferers in the simple
means that are known to be positively
efficacious in combating the disease.
The Red Cross Christmas stamp is SYM
bolic of this effort, and it's use should
be encouraged rather han discouraged.
1t is not the intention Of the postal
officials to put anything in the way Of
using these stamps, but a misunder-
standing has arisen, and it has not been
helped by the wording of the orders
intended to set the public Alright. The
slogan of the society is, This stamp
will not carry q letter, but any letter
may carry this stamp" Bear this in
mind and you will have no trouble
with the Red Cross Christmas stamp,
and every n you use is helping a
good cause.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-06
Places for the Rows.

Parents and employers will alike be
interested in watching the workings
Of the newly organized Vocation So
ciety in New York. having for its pur-
pose the development of boys in pub
lie schools along the lines for which
they seem best fitted, and the subse-
quent placing Of them in profitable
fields Of work. In many lines Of bust
ness the employer is hampered by the
boy question problem, being compelled
frequently to try out many green can
didatts before finding such metal as
is adaptable to his purposes. 1t is the
aim of the Vocation society to present
tested material.
The society is the Outgrowth OF a
students aid committee which for sew
eral years has demonstrated it's useful
ness under the guidance Of a great
friend Of the boys. ELI w. Weaver, a
high school teacher. This committee
has placed many youths in banks,
trades and wholesale houses. In every
case the boy has been chosen for his
diligence In school and for his general
reputation outside OF study hours. The
standard has been maintained so high
that splendid careers have followed in
most cases.
This is an eminently practical way
Of aiding a boy to solve the perplexity
OF determining what he shall make OF
himself. Trained observers often are
better judges Of a boys capabilities
than are his own parents. and with a
definite incentive the lad Is bound to
bring out the best,thAt Ia in him, Any
agency hat will ala In finding the
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-06
Endowment for Red Cross.

President Taft has taken a wise step
in appointing a national committee to
take charge Of the work of raising an
endowment fund for the American Red
Cross and establishing it upon a per-
mRnent financial basis. The Red Cross
has done efficient work at all times in
the past, and the funds have been
forthcoming at every great crisis, but
there are constantly arising lesser
cases requiring prompt relief, and to
be ready to meet every worthy demand
the Red Cross needs to be assured of
an adequate income without making
too frequent appeals upon the public.
In cases Of great disasters such as
the San Francisco fire and the Mes
sina earthquake, money and supplies
have poured in, but the experience has
been that in lesser visitations, where
smaller communities are stricken, the
contributions are far too small to meet
the need. Besides, the Red Cross
ought always to have on hand suf-
ficient ready cash to take immediate
action without awaiting contributions.
In making the institution a perma-
nent relief agency, equipped at all
times to meet any emergency, an en-
dowment is vital, and the American
people may be counted upon to lose no
time in responding to the appeals Of
the national committee headed by the
secretary of the treasury. =
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-06
THE wAsHERWOMANs SONG.

Eugene r. Wards "Ironduin."
In a very humble cot,
In a rather quiet spot,
In the suds and In the soap
Worked a woman fun Of hopei
Working, singing. all alone,
In a sort of undertone:
with the Saviour for a friend,
He will keep me to the md"
Sometimes happening along,
! had heard the seml-sonG,
And / often used to smile
More in sympathy than Euilei
But ] never said a word
In regard to what / heard,
As she sang about her friend
Who would keep her to the END.
Not In sorrow nor in glee.
Working all day long was she,
AS her children, three or four,
Played around her on the floor;
But In monotones the song
She was humming all day long:
with the Saviour for a friend,
He will keep me to the end"
It's a song I do not sing,
For ] scarce believe a thing
OF the stories that are told
OF the miracles OF old;
But / knew that her belief
is the anodyne of grief,
And will always be a friend
That will keep her to the end.
Just a trifle lonesome she,
Just as poor as poor can be,
But her spirits always rose
Like the bubbles In the clothes,
And, though widowed and alone,
Cheered her with the monotone
OF a Saviour and a friend
Who would keep her to the end.
l have seen her rub and sorub
On the washboard In the tub,
While the baby sopped In suds,
Rolled and tumbled in the buds,
Or was padding in the pools
With old scissors stuck In spools,
She still humming OF her friend
Who would keep her to the end.
Human hopes and human ereeds
HaNo their root in human reeds;
And ] would not wish to strip
From the Washerwoman'tNlip
ANY song that she car sing,
ANY hope that song can bring,
For the woman has a friend
Who will keep her to the END.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-06

The Pennsylvania Railroad company ia
planning to build the largest hotel in New
York opposite the new terminal, in Seventh
avenue. 1t would cover the east side Of the
avenue, from Thirty-second to Thirty-thiTd
street. This plot fronts 1877 feet on Seventh
avenue, $50 feet on Thirty-third street and
S75 feet on Thirty-second street.
The railroad bought the avenue frontage
opposite the terminal station in order to
facilitate the huge constructions work.
Since the purchase values of land there
have more than doubled. Spectators and
large business firms are planning great
structures for the neighborhood and the
congestion of traffic promises to be i'm
mense as soon as the station shall be in
operation,
on part OF the station blocks will be built
the big uptown postoffice. Two or three
out-of-town department stores have been
negotiating for sites opposite the terminal.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-06

A unique and somewhat amusing salute
to a legislative investigating committee
surprised those on the ground floor IN
New YORK last week. For many years
past futile efforts have been made TO In
duce the legislature TO reduce and regulate
telephone tolls in the city. The best that
could be secured was the appointment OF
a Joint committee by the last legislature
10 view, investigate and report on the mon
opoiy complained OF. This COMMITTEES
started to work In New York on Thursday,
and timed with the start was the announce
ment Of a reduction OF tolls between Man
haitian and adjoining communities TO 3
cents a call. Tho company explains that
the reduction lis In line with its general
policy OF reducing rates whenever the net
earnings warrant such seduction
A committee which has made a study OF
the congestion Of population has isued a
bulletin containing these facts:
expenditures by the city for the care
OF victims Of congestion are Increasing
much more rapidly than the population
and than the city budget. From 1901 to
1908 the population increased only 81 per
cent, while the bulge Increased los per
cent. The expenditure for the care OF
victims OF "preventabble disease Increased
from 1907 to 1908, however. 9.Si per cent,
but from 1905 to 1906. while the increase Of
population was only 3.A per cent, the In
crease In expenditures due to preventable
disease and congestion Of population upon
the classification given by the congestion
committee aggregated 1858 per cent, and
from 1906 to 1907 the increase Of a%propri-
atoms for the victims OF congestion and
pro,tapfa hIa disease Fprrauaag IQ 40 mar cent
while the budget Increased only about one
half that amount, or 9.7 per cent, and the
crease in population less than one-sixth,
or sol per cent.
Including public and rnvate hospitals
there are 100 hospitals In the city, with
an army of 100000 patients treated each
year. 1t is generally admitted, moreover,
tina over 1876, 900 people are constantly sick
in Greater New York, this being the aver
age daily sickness computed for 1905. Pri-
vate charity cannot raise the funds to care
for this army OF sick, Whether the city
should pay this bill, and thereby put a
premium upon the exploitat on carried on
by those who profit by congestion OF pop
u~lation, is a question which must be an
swered by the taxpayer and by the admin
istration.
The total expenditures for these insti-
tutions show an increase from 1906 to 1907
and from 1907 to 1908, nearly double the in
crease OF the budget expenditures, and
from 1906 to 1907, five and one-halm times
as great an increase as the increase in
population; from 1907 to 1908, about six
times as great an increase as the increase
in population.
The most significant fact about this
study Of the cost Of caring for the victims
Of preventable diseases is that, although
New York City is spending, including the
cost Of all it's hospitals for 1908, 77e per
cent Of the total budget for that year, or
311, 141, 5927 it is not beginning to spend
enough to meet the real demands and ac-
tual needs occasioned by congestion Of pop
ulation.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-06

1t is timely for every household to
take home to itself the lesson of past
Christmas casualties due to the care
less use Of inflammable decorations
In ignorant hands. OF all seasons of
the year, Christmas ought to be as
free as possible from property loss and
personal suffering, and too much pre-
caution cannot be taken to guard
against unhappy ~yisitations because of
cotton-batting costumes. Santa CLAUS
whiskers and lights among greens and
trees.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-06
Uniform Divorce Laws.
San Francisco Chronicle.

"a CAAbAAtNAN'
The growing scandal Of the Reno divorce
colony ought to be a strong argument for
a uniform divorce law In the various states,
II the conference on uniform legislation,
which will be held at Washington in jan
uary, can succeed in d~evislng some means
which will bring this about, It win be in
strumental In effecting an important re-
form. To accomplish II. however. It will be
as necessary to induce the states having
too stringent laws TO make them more lib
ersI as 10 have the states where lax laws
prevail take = step in the opposite direc-
ton.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-06
UNCLE SANS P1YRoLL.
A Grand Army Recruited at a Lively
Rate.
Boston Herald.

Boston Herald.
Last July the annual payroll Of the fed
eral government amounted to $Sl, go, 000,
paid to $40, O65 employees, an increase Of over
20 per cent in two years, and likely to
grow at an even faster rate, IL federal
official activity takes the new form which
President Taft, with public opinion seem
ingly behind him, is TO recommend. The
largest number OF these officials resident
in any one community, Of course, are pun
in Washington, where they have no votes
and hence are unable to concentrate any
political strength they may have in the
form which Is registered through suffrage.
But there are other ways OF bringing re-
suits to pass which are more subtle. but
none the less effective. As this extension
Of the federal payroll goes on 1t will be
well occasionally to compare results here
with those in France, where the republic
not infreqnently has had to face the direct
challenge OF its law by the Official" class.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-06
Boston Herald

Senator Aldrlch's declaration to the mem
bers OF the Economic club Of New York
recently that mo system which doesn't
recognise the independence Of the
q, 1000 Independent banks in the United
can be applicable to this country"
Is a dlctum that might we'll be accepted
as a fundamental principle Of any plan
which the monetary commission may re-
mort
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-06

proper place for an individual is bound
to be an auxiliary in the general
progress Of industry, and such an in
stitution as the Vocation society may
prove to be an excellent thing for other
cities besides New York, as an auxiliary
to the bubble schools.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-06

Mayor Jim" simply will not fall in
with the Bryan procession. He may
not be able to win prizes at a real fid-
ding match, but he doesn't propose to
play second fiddle to anyone in a po-
litical contest.