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Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-04
Vocational Schools.

Prof. w. NJ. Hays of the Depart
ment of Agriculture is a confident and
outspoken exponent of the idea of
consolidated agricultural schools and
of training in the mechanic arts. The
department has rust issued a bulletin
by Prof. Hays which treats the ques-
tion of training for country life.
Among other passages which will
have widespread attention is this:
The plan OF establishing a system of
large agricultural high schools is gaining
popular favor. There is good reason to
expect that we shall have a class OF high
grade secondary schools providing voca-
tional finishing courses for those who, ex-
peoting TO live on farms, will close their
school life with from two TO four years
OF vocational high school work. The won
dsrful success OF the Minnesota, Nebraska.
Wisconsin and other agricultural nigh
schools gives assurance that such schools
VIII receive extensive practical trial and
use.
On the town side Of education Prof.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-04
Toymakers of Nuremberg.

Most Americans have read some
thing Of Nuremberg and its toy in
dustry, but few are we'll informed on
the unique and interesting work that
makes the town the toy center of the
world. The American consul there in
a recent report touches some of the
customs of the quaint city, said to be
in appearance the most medieval
large place in Germany.
1t produces metal toys in infinite
variety, tin soldiers, toy engines,
magic lanterns, musical toys, ~rattles,
puzzles, clocks, dolls and almost
everything of the kidd made for the
amusement of children. There are a
half dozen factories, the trade en-
ploying 1900 men and women, half
being women. Besides the large fac
tories there are vast numbers of small
ones, consisting of a family and one
or two assistants. The tin toys are
mostly cut out by machinery, run by
girls and women. The workshops
nave vi pAONChu ~ hoNCB III Do
crets. They are closely guarded and
it is difficult to gain admittance. The
girl workmen earn about 5 cents an
hour and the men about 10 cents.
For 1908 the total value is esti-
mated at $4,000, 900, about 25 per
cent less tina in 1907. The panic in
the United States reduced the trade.
Toys were exported all over the world,
but considerably more than one-third
went to the United States. OF the en-
tire German toy export the United
States and Great Britain took in 1907
more than one-half. The estimates
for this veal are not considered favor
able by the manufacturers.
Except the largest factories, the
concerns do not export directly to the
United States or to any other coun-
try. The export business is in the
hands of commission merchants, who
attend to packing and shipping and
assume all risks of collection. In
addition to toys proper, there are mar
bles and rubber balls. Last year $751;
100 worth of marbles were bought in
Nuremberg. More than three and one
half times as many celluloid toys were
sent to the United States in 1908 as
in 1907, but rubber balls dropped in
value from $4,000 to $7,627. That
Is an incident of toy fashions.
The story of the toymakers of M.
remberg goes over many a and
recalls the f~ace-to-face struggle OF
Gustavus Adolphus and Wallenstein
before its walls and the prolonged Sc.
ries of losses which finally led to the
burghers giving the town to Bava-
ria. 1t is an odd industry in an odd
city, which has one of the most thrill.
ing histories in Germany.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-04
MIRTHFUL REMARKS.

Ever play poker, STRIP
NO. It's too much like my regular bust
ness"
How do you mean7"
Drawing and filling. I'm a dentist -
Boston Transcript.
What sort Of role does Rounder take in
the new drama p
An emotional one. In the bip scepa no
is offered a drink which he has to refuse. 80
Detroit Free Press.
Did you ever attend a meeting that had
been called to pray for rain7'
Once
We'll, did It raln?"
Yes, but the grocers and butchers held
a picnic on the same day, and I've never
in my mind about 1t, you know. "-Chicago
Tribune.
P~atlence-I see Salome has gone to Eu-
rope and taken eighteen trunks with her.
Patrice-She'H have a lot of duty to pay.
"Why?'
Because persons always nave to pay
duty on clothes they haven't worn. "-Yonk-
ers statesman.
Big. demand I s'pose, for ragtime
music"
There is"
Ever sell any classical music these
days7"
"Oh, yes. Everybody wants a little to
stand on the timore American.
she's a delicate eater, isn't she?-
Very. She even insists upon having the
eggs from one en,"-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Man with vallse-I am going to the an
nual reunion of the Smith family. Do !
get excursion rates2
Ticket selier-Not this year. The John
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-04

In spite Of the skepticism with
which the news Of Cooks success in
reaching the North pole has been re-
ceived in Europe, later consideration
gives preponderance to the circum-
stantial evidence in its favor. It
turns out that DR.. Cook has a large
personal acquaintance among explor-
ers. His reputation is familiar TO all
who follow the subject. The uni
versal testimony is that his character
is high and his temperament of the
sort which would understate rather
than exaggerate his performance. The
Danish government ts acting as If
there we're no doubt. Its officials in
the north send in reports which bear
the appearance Of taking It as a mat
ter of course.
If DR.. Cook has succeeded he has,
as in such a task a man must, COM
bined extraordinary precautions with
much good luck. He ~endeavored to
avoid all errors Of the past, cultivated
the closest relations with the strange
little Esquimos, who seem to have
been of the greatest use, followed the
easiest routes and wasted the least
time. w cannot yet tell the value
of the one serious ground Of doubt.
That is the time consumed in his last
dash. Twelve miles a day is beyond
the experience of previous Arctic ex-
plorers. AS Shackleton says in his
quiet, restrained way OF speech, that
is not a fatal objection, but only
points to an unprecedented speed in
such a country. According to his
financial ally, the result was figured
out beforehand and came u &C
cording to expectations. This has
been true of all expeditions, but
the fact adds to the probability that
this is the one out of many which has
reached the goal. Cook evidently had
advice from Greedy and used the
Greedy route and the trail Of Lieu
tenant Colonel Brainard.
DR.. Cook is now on the mainland
VI D6HlhdIh anu lSdug W lOpOlb W IhS
sovereign. If there is any doubt left
today ought to forever settle it pro or
con. All authorities, including
Abruzzi and ~Shackleton, agree in
Diminishing as absurd the suggestion
that Cook could have been mistaken
in thinking that he really was at the
pole when he was not. 1t would have
been ridiculous for a sane man to
make the attempt without instruments
which would with exactitude have
located the spot. Brainard was turned
back by exceedingly rough ice. Cook
may have had the good fortune to
strike a more favorable condition of
the ice and a better posted company
of Esquimos. We shall learn all that
in a short time. if 1t has not already
been learned in Denmark.
AS to the jurisdiction over the body
of land around the pole, 1t is probably
American by discovery, but the pos
session has only a sentimental value.
The United States will have its name
In the Biographies and on the charts
and little more of marketable worth
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-04
should he Heavily Taxed.

NEW lOTh WUTIu.
Wall street gambling is pernicious in its
effect on industry, It should be stopped.
II that cannot be done It should be taxed.
A traffic so vast as to give to voluntary
association in one exchange a value OF
SIS, 600. 900 should not escape taxation, lepv-
ing mems homes and industries to bear the
burden. on the possibly 3 per cent of
legitimate investment in stock sales the
tax is a trifle. On matched sales and
gambling business a heavier tax should
prove. II paid. a wholesome check.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-04

Our creamery men rise in protest
against the 5O-cent butter fake which
some yellow journal f%actionist has beer
spreading broadcast in and out from
Omaha. Omaha has also been suffer
ing from much unearned notoriety
from the yarn about the order requir-
ing a ~spike-tail coat and white trous-
ers for the Taft banquet evidently ema-
mating from similar sources, Omaha
wants publicity, but not publicity OF
that sort.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-04

Fiddler Bob" Taylor is credited
with having made a quarter of a mill
lion in the Chautauqua business. It's
a wonder that the senator gave the
snap away. There are many good old
time hddlers in Tennessee, and few
have made half the money.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-04

Germany has not been as fortunate as
the United states in securing an increase
Of income from its new revenue law. The
new tariff law Of the United States has
been in operation a month and the GUS
toms revenue show a marked increase
compared with the same period Of last
year. No appreciable gain in revenue has
been noted in Germany. The reason marks
the difference in the two laws. One i'm
poses taxes directly, the other indirectly
Anticipating the increased tax on prime
necessities thrifty German householders
stocked UP to the limit Of their means.
Untll these supplies are exhausted the
treasury Of the empire will not feel the
swelling pressure OF increased revenue. The
direct effect of the new taxes on prices is
seen in an advance Of 6 cents a pound on
coffee; matches, hitherto sold for 2 cents
for ten boxes, are now quoted at Z cents,
and white beer, a popular drink in Berlin,
advanced from 2 to 4 cents a glass. AL
though many taxpayers have been congrat-
ulating themselves on their forehandedness
in laying in large supplies, excise officers
throughout the empire are taking care that
no individual anywhere shall escape pay-
ing his share of the national deficit Of
S125, o 10000, House to house vlsitations have
begun and everyone possessing more than
a stipulated amount of taxable goods is
bound to pay a certain duty according to
the new scale. Travellers entering Germany,
who have hitherto been able to avoid the
customs, will no longer be able to do so,
for all excise regulations are now being
carefully enforced.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-04

For consumptives the health de-
partment Of New York insists on the
hard work cure. The patients will
strike at the first trial OF women car
penters and men in the open air at 10
degrees below.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-04

Kentucky paid $500 for a mar to
make burgoo at a barbecue. Every
Kentucky mar asserts that he can
make burgoo. The price quoted indi-
Gates that the mint-julep makers have
all through the years been buffers,
except as to the whisky and water.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-04

The weather mar informs us that
the month of August in Omaha was
the hottest ever except alone August,
1874. How many Of you recall Au-
gust, 1874, in Omaha2
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-04

Next year the president will try to
visit Alaska. 1t is not believed that
he will inspect the North Pole until his
next administration surrounds it with
a reliable cinder path.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-04

New York democrats are rehabili-
-tating, revivifying, regenerating and
restoring the party. The old beast Of
burden needs too much patching to
take on new wood. Just meet and
go home. Nebraska can do all that
needs to be done.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-04
Steadily Getting Together.

That capital and labor are gradually ar
irving at a better understanding Of their
mutual obligation to each other and realiz-
ing the futility Of unnecessary friction is
evidenced by the report of the Anthracite
Cancellation board, showing only twenty
three grievances In three years, as COM
pared with $50 in the preceding years.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-04

II there is anything OF compliment
in II. please take note that by the Off
cial canvass Frank l.. Halter of Omaha
received the highest vote polled for
any candidate for any office in Ne
braska's last primary election.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-04

The total vote polled at the recent
statewide primary in Nebraska slightly
overtops $4,000. The total vote polled
in Nebraska at the election last No
vember was, in round figures, 271,5oO.
The number of voters participating in
the primary is almost exactly one-third
of the number Of voters who had a
right to participate in It.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-04

Mr.. Bryan's Commoner makes room
for an article, ""Why ! Prefer Eng
by an American millionaire. Do
they? We thought England was the
land of free trade and an income tax,
and several other things which Mr..
Bryan has been preaching as an anti
dote to millionaires.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-04

Washington visitors still make those
remarks at New York hotels about the
beauties of Puget Sound, yet they can
N agree on whether it is Mount Ia
coma or Mount Rainier.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-04
. MOVING Political picture
Minneapolis Journal.

Minneapolis Journal.
The spectacle of Mr.. Bryan going hope
fully and juantily to work to win the presi-
Dental election Of 1912 on the free trade
issue, is enough to make the old leaders
Of the democracy, like Roger Mills, wonder
whether the world is coming round to
them, or whether they are moving again.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-04

The democratic World-Herald pre-
tends to favor nonpartisanship on the
bench. Which of the three republican
nominees for the supreme bench is 1t
going to support?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-04
Enough for one Days MarveIinE.
Kansas City Times.

hdisdS Ciy IlHiSS'
But an American, a dauntless soul from
the youngest Of the great nations Of a
world inconceivably old, has penetrated
the loneliest region that lies beneath the
sky for the first time since that worlds
immeasurable age began. And that thought
is large enough for one days marveling.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-04
Beyond the Average Reach.
Chicago Tribune.

The trouble with all these schemes for
editing Uncle Joe Cannon out of the next
congress is that the voters down Danville
way are the gentlemen who WELD the blue
pencil.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-04

Sir j. J. Thomson, the presiding
scientist OF Great Britain. sees no
reason why fuel direct from the sun
should not run all the machinery in
the world. Most of US agree with Sir
John and let the question drop there.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-04

Frost has arrived in Vermont, but
the maple sugar market is not dis
turbed. The returns from the tourist
trade have been good. A large pro-
cession went north by the Beverly
route.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-04

With the postofice deficit refusing
to diminish, Postmaster General
Hitchcock is inclined TO believe that
the customers in his line want too
much for their money. Most mercan-
tile managers have to teal with that
tendency.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-04

The Iowa state fair seems to be play
ing in a streak of bad luck. Here's
hoping that Nebraska's impending
state fair is better favored.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-04

The candidate who ran for State
university regent on the populist
ticket only. and without opposition, re-
ceived just 2.966 votes at the recent
primary in Nebraska. The highest
vote on the democratic ticket was 22,
SOC, so that On this basis the ratio Of
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-04
Pennsylvania only Shocked.

The train robbery in the Eewistown Mar
rows, on the Pennsylvania railroad, forty
six miles west of Harrisburg, will stsrtle
every passenger and shipper in the state,
We are familiar with these wild west per-
formances in Texas and Wyoming, but
that one should occur in this state gives a
painful shock of surprise and dismay.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-04

Aeroplanes are quoted at $4,000
now and $3.50 for delivery in 1911.
No 1911 models for far-sighted fan
cieTs.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-04

Milwaukee aches for a forest re-
serve. Probably Milwaukee wishes
to raise cooperage stock and make it
all at home.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-04

China had to pay $4,000, 900 to get
back the Hankow concession. Civil
ization by peaceful means is China's
heaviest expense.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-04

Subscribers n city tenn
porsrny should have The Bee
mailed to them. Address will be
changed a. often a. requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-04

Which reminds us that the festive
oyster may now disport himself with
out fear of colliding with the pure
food inspectors.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-04

sons are claiming that It is an unjust and
unfair discriminatiOn.-Chicago Tribune.
Customer with a sigh)-Good peaches
come so high.
Grocer Boy-Yes'm; when they pack 'em
they always put the best 'uns at the top
Chicago Tribune
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-04

The discovery of the North pole will
give the text book makers another
chance for a trade on school geogra-
phies.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-04

STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
state Of Nebraska, Douglas County, S.;
George b. Tzschuck. treasurer of The
Bee Publishing Company, being. duly
sworn, says that the actual number or
full and complete copies of The Daily,
Morning. Evening and Sunday Bee printed
during the month Of August, 1903, was
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-04

Never mind, Mr.. Taft starts in two
weeks and we shall all know where
the administration stands.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-04

GEO. B. TZSCHUCK, Treasurer.
Subscribed in my preesnce and sworn
TO before me this 1st day of September,
1909. M. p. WALKER,
Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-04

1t will not be lons now before the
Eagles begin nesting in Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-04

the fusion combination is a little bet
ter than Z to 1. We wonder how much
longer the democrats will insist on
masauerading as populists.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-04
In Other Lands

side lights on what is Trans
piring Among the near and
Far nations Of the Earth.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-04

Two professors of the University of Chi
cago, r. c. Chamberlain and Ernest De
witt Burton. penetrated 1850 miles into the
interior of China and tell in the Chicago
News some amazing things they saw. The
city of Chentu, in the middle kingdom, Is
as far from the coast as Chicago, has
streets as clean as those of Berlin and
cleaner than the streets Of Paris. The
lighting system is as good as that Of the
average city in America. The streets are
gone over carefully once a day with
brooms handled by coolies, who pack the
dust in bags end carry it away. There is
a law prohibiting beggars from plying their
calling on the streets-and the law Is en-
forced. Migrants are sent to the work
house, where they are taught the rudi-
ments of a trade and then forced to make
an honest living. There has been a revi-
sion Of the educational system at Chentu.
Old structures that were used for the
obsolete methods have been superseded by
modern buildings In which is given up-to-
date instruction in mining, engineering and
other practical branches. The Chicago pro-
fessers had an opportunity to mingle with
the typical Cinnamon of the country back
from the coast. Most travellers only see
the inhabitants of the seaboard-and there
is a vast difference. Prof. Burton says
the coolies who come to America are no
more representative of the educated Chi
nese than al ignorant slave of the ante
beuum days would be of the average Amer
lean. Prof. Chamberlain looks for the de-
velopment of better military organization
in China, in which case he thinks it will
be a nation for the world to fear.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-04

That Ireland has touched the rock bottom
upgrade is attested by returning summer
tourists and correspondents. John A. Arch
bold OF the Standard Oil company, after
motoring through the country, came away
with the belief that the condition of the
people is greatly improved. John d. Grim
minis of New York saw the same signs of
uplift. An Australian journalist and a
member of the staff of the Philadelphia
North American writes cheeringly of the
progress of the island from chronic poverty
to prosperity and Independence, for which
favorable land laws and home ownership
are primarily responsible. The countess Of
Aberdeen, wife of the lord lieutenant, who
has the prosperity of ireland very much at
heart, writes in a British publication that
the marked growth of tourist travel is help
in the island along, and this is due mainly
to the large number of wives and children
of Irishmen in America who now visit the
''old country" every summer, not only to
escape the heat at home but to satisfy their
natural interest in the homes Of their an
%cestors, 1t is very possible that In the
future this tourist travel from America will
prove an important source of revenue to
the inhabitants and be a great factor in
developing the resources of the island.
With the rapidly increasing wealth of the
Irish race in the United States, not to mem
ton the British colonies, the desire for
travel will assert itself more and more; and
It is likely that every person having any
Irish blood whatever would wish to visit
the historic habitat of the Irish people.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-04

In his general orders for an advance
on the Riff tribes warning on the Span
iards at Mellila, General Marina recalls
the achievements on the same field Of a
famous Spaniard Of Irish descent, Leopold
ODonnell, count of Lucena, and duke of
Tetuan, in 1880. General Marina calls
upon his troops to emulate the bravery
OF the soldiers of O'Donnell: "'Spain has
its eyes on YOU and gives you its encour-
ment. 1t asks you to prove you are the
heirs Of the heroes who half a century
ago placed your flag in Tetuan, bore It
victorious through the Valley Of Cas-
~tillejos, along the bed of the River Mar
tin, over the rough mountains OF Wad
Ras." The decisive battle in the previous
campaign was fought at Wad Ras on the
Tangier road, and the rout of the Moors
was complete. The officers particularly
distinguished themselves in that war. Mr..
Hardman, an English correspondent in the
field viii O'Donnell, says that most Of
the officers killed were shot through the
head or neck while sitting erect on horse
back and leading their troops. The sol
diers seem to have been worthy Of their
officers, and the war, which had been de-
manded by a lingo press, closed in a
blaze Of glory for all concerned.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-04

~
William Allan White is back In Emporia.
after a four months vacation on the high
ways and byways of Europe, firmly con
WINGED that there is nothing the matter
with Kansas, even though It may be some
what raw In spots. In his offhand re-
marks to the home folks he summarized
the impression foreign travel makes on the
average American. I'm tell you why
things are more finished In Europe than
America" he said. It's because labor is
the greatest bargain in Europe. That's a
poor bargain i'm any country. But cheap
labor I'm Europe builds a finished country,
which the idle rich enjoy.
Can you imagine a s-elf-respecting Kan
sas farmer going around grabbing his hat
all the time TO a man who has no other
distinction except that ne happened to have
a white shirt? over all Europe a man
that works with his hands forever is put
ting his fingers TO his cap or pulling his
hat off. He has a servile attitude, and
the finest thing in the world l found
when oming back To America was the
American farmers and workmen who looked
you squarely In the eye and kept their
hands in their pockets and who indicate
by their general attitude that II you don't
like their style you can go straight up. 20
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-04

Entered at Omaha postoffice as second
class matter.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-04
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE

VICTOR RosEwATER, EDITOR.