Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-18

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trast between British and American poll
tics ana politicians, much TO the advantage
OF the farmer. Evidently the peculiar
brand OF politics which has scandalized
Kentucky I'm recent years dimmed the
! glasses OF the veteran editor while draw
ing the contrast. The local view, instead
Of the national. only can account for the
bold assertion that I'VE have a long way
TO travel before we attain what one must
honestly call the superior civilization Of
England" He says the English people
are more advanced In political percepti-
bility and Individual discrimination having
behind them two hundred years Of con-
stitutional monarchy of stable and orderly
government based on public opinion, and
a thousand years Of formative experience.
They are less emotional than we arc"
he writes, less quick on trigger. They re-
qulre results. Their newspapers are models
Of composure and intelligence. Mere as
sertion does not go nearly so far. Some
proof is demanded. An English news
paper which made a business of belabor-
ing another newspaper would be voted a
crank and a bore and would drop out OF
circulation. A politician Of reputation and
responsibility could not afford TO stand for
an untruth, even for a p~alpable misrepre-
sentation. Such canards as serve their
term during election times in America
would fall flat in England. Vicious editors,
inspired by malice or having axes to grind,
are relegated to the slums Of politics and
journalism. They could in the nature OF
things have no existence. So much is
clear gain to the body spiritual. no less
than to the body corporate"
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British statemen are as quick and clever
in giving consistency a solar plexus as
any on top OF the earth. In Britain, as
elsewhere, individual opinion, whether
lordly or underling, lends a friendly ear to
the pulsations of the pocketbook. The
lordly Lord Roseberry, hitherto a liberal
Of the conservative type, continues his as
saults on the ministerial budget, d%enounc-
ing it as rank socialism, destructive to
race is the proposed increase in the in
come tax. the Inheritance tax and a tax
on the "unearned increment" OF land
that Is, taxing land to the full value as
determined by the government. These
taxes, particularly the land tax, strikes
at vast landed estates, much of which are
non productive, being reserved for the
pleasure of the owners, and hitherto sub
ject to taxation on nominal valuation.
Lord Roseberry is not only a land owner
but a representative of the land owning
class, and rather than see his class taxed
on full value, he now advocates going to
the extremity Of rejecting the budget in
the house OF lords. In Justification Of this
unusual action he points to the land tax
and the liquor license tax as legislation
injected into a revenue measure. On the
crucial point of the right Of the lords to
modify a finance bill, supporters of the
budget can draw the deadly citation from
a speech of Lord Roseberry in the gilded
chamber itself. When the Budget of 1894
denounced as soclalistlc almost as fiercely
as that of this year-came before the lords,
Rosebery deprecated even discussion Of
the measure. He said;
II do not think it is necessary for the
purpose of passing the bill hat they 1.-THE
peers) should make themselves master Of
1t, because l deprecate altogether the idea
that the House of Lords has anything to
do with money bills. Any discussion of it
must obviously be academic, and there
fore 1 should have thought the least said
soonest mended with regard to this meas
ure."
A fact of deep significance to the corn
trade of the world Is the rapid increase in
exports of corn from South Africa. 1t is
not long since South African farmers be-
gan to realize the possibilities Of corn
growing and the great value OF the grain
in the markets of the world. Soil and
climate are particularly favorable to the
growth Of the cereal and the product is
said to be the finest quality. This years
crop is unusually large and the country
expects to export rs, 900 tons by the end of
the year. SO great is the output that the
Natal railroad is overwhelmed with con-
signment to the seaports. Experiments in
corn growing are also in progress In Abys-
sinla. Trained American students from
Tuskogee institute were sent to Abyssinia
at the request Of King Menelik and are
directing agricultural work among the ma
tives, giving special attention to corn
growing. These distant developments are
encouraging, and calculated to make corn
growers In the United States sit up and
take notice. Evidently the middle west is
not to have a monopoly on the cereal king,
but the old-new world will have to travel
far before It becomes p serious rival.
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Spain IL beginning to realize what a ser
ious conflagration has been kindled by the
%ruotion over mining Interests near Mellla.
Reinforcements are being hurried to the
Riff coast Of of Morocco with all possible
I0p0Nus pNhUihl oiAl III iiiiAo Va ~
forces at the front has done little more
than hold his ground, much Of IT at severe
loss and is evidently awaiting an ade-
quate force before attacking the main pos
ition OF the enemy. Very little informa-
ton filters through Spanish sources. Cor
respondents OF French and British papers
give rather disquieting view regarded the
ability OF Spain TO quickly end the war.
/ Thus one correspondent writes: Nobody
doubts that the Rifenos can put about
60, 900 warriors In the field. No one who
has ever seen the country. but is aware 1t
is a barren land. as mountainous and more
devoid OF water than was the Transvaal.
To carry on the war more than 10000 men
are necessary II any serious impression Is
ever to be made. Where can Spain find
such an army, or. II found, how can she
keep II in the field?
The Star of empire which blazed the
way westward for the mighty tides OF
settlers In the sos has its counterpart In
D the stellar luminary now attracting set
tiers TO the steppes Of western Siberia.
a The movement became perceptible soon af-