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Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04
The Democrat. and Postal Savings.

The Democrats and Postal Savings.
The earnest advocacy by President
Taft Of the postal savings bank and
the sincere effort which is being made
in congress to enact legislation for its
establishment is putting the democrats
in an awkward position. Many demo
Gratis have been advocating postal saw
ings banks for years and trying to
make the people believe that repub-
leans had no purpose or expectation
of putting a postal savings bank bill
through, and now the democrats find
themselves in the awkward position
of being themselves compelled either
to FISH or cut bait. That the demo-
Gratis do not want to support the postal
savings measure is plain from the way
they are seeking for pretexts or ex-
cuses to oppose 1t.
When Governor ~Shallenberger re-
turned from Washington two weeks
ago he inadvertently let the cat out of
the bag as to the democratic position
on the postal savings bank when he
referred to that subject in his official
statement Of reasons why he would
not for the present call the legislature
in extra session. The paragraph in
point Is as follows:
The governor said he found a strong
sentiment In the east for a postal savings
bank law, and that the prospects we're that
this congress would enact such a measure.
A postal savings bank law will inevitably
drain the money Of the western states to
the great financial centers of the east. He
was convinced that a guaranty of deposits
law that would keep the money of Ne
braska in our own state, provide equal Sc
curity to that afforded by a postal savings
bank law and keep Nebraska money avail
able fol Nebraska business and business
men was a contamination very much to be
desired. 1's
In other words. the democrats,
while protesting to be friends of the
postal savings bank, are sure it will
not work out satisfactorily. They are
afraid that the postal savings bank
will put their pet project of deposit
guaranty out OF business ana take
away some Of the political capital
which they were banking on to bring
them closer to democratic victory. 1t
will be interesting to watch and see
whether the democrats in congress
vote for or against the postal savings
bank bill on final passage.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04
TIME FOR INTnRFnRnNCE.
Scare Dispatch from Omaha Starts
Is Roar.
Rnstnn Herald
Boston Herald.

b9AbA Nv oAAls
An Omaha dispatch reports orders sent
from the packing headquarters to cattle
growers and live stock men throughout the
west TO defer shipments until further
notice. Shipments Of cattle and meat TO
foreign markets are being increased.
Meanwhile distributing agents OF the pack
ers' combination are advised to set what
they can for stock on hand and are given
assurances that prices will be higher. This
as a result of the boycott. What can the
consumer do about #? Can he starve the
meat packers into surrender and keep them
in submission? And il ne can why should
he be obliged TO starve himself In order to
obtain a square deal2 When any individual
interest or association Of interests secures
such control Of a food supply and its mar
kct that 1t can. control the situation at
win, regulating supply to suit its own pur-
poses, It is. time that the people, through
the government and its laws, should inter
fere and exercise its right to protect the
people from possible abuse Of that power.
1t is an inherent right OF the people, and
it is time that 1t should be exercised.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04
Our Birthday Book
February 4, 1910.

John Mitchell, miner and labor leader.
was born February 4. 1870. at Braidwood,
III. He achieved the height Of fame during
the anthracite strike. He is now at the
head Of the industrial bureau Of the Ma
ttonal Civic federation.
r. d. Phillips, president OF the Phillips
Medical company OF this city is a. Mr..
Phillips Is a native Pennsylvania, and
studied at Doane college.
John Nicholson, deputy clerk Of the
United States circuit court. was born In
Manchester, England, February 4. He came
TO the United States with his parents. and
finally located in Grand Island, Neb. When
George Thummel became United states
marshal, Mr.. Nicholson came down "a
Omaha with him and was his chief office
deputy. When Mr., Thummel became clerk
OF the circuit court for the Nebraska dis
trict, he appointed M, Nicholson his deouty
and he has been holding down the offies
since.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04

Prosperity ms a Lure for Old World
TOiIers.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.

OAAO
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Government figures show that the tide
Of immigration into the United States is
gradually rising again. The influx, in
creasing steadily year by year for more
tina a decade, was suddenly checked In
1907. For a time more foreigners left these
shores than reached them from abroad.
The fiscal year 1907 saw the immigrant
arrivals cut from the 1,2S5. $40 Of the pre-
vious twelve month"; to Isl, ESQ, The next
year the arrivals fell to ISL, 7S6.
An official statement from Washington
show that, II the figure reached during the
first six months of the fiscal year 1910 is
duplicated between now and June, last
years record will be surpassed; probably
the arrivals will be more numerous than
during any year since the record Of 1907
was established. This turn OF the tide in
dicates that industry has fully recovered
from the paralysis which overtook It In the
fall Of 1907. There IL work to be done, and
the workers from foreign countries are
f1ocking across the sea to do 1t.
immigration statistics have long been
considered an Industrial barometer regis
terlng the condition of the labor market.
Unfortur ately the prosperity which this
influx evidences is not distributed with en-
tire fairness, but so far as it indicates the
existence of plenty Of work the rise of the
tide is a r~earonable satisfaction.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04
A county treasurer IN Cieyeiand

A county treasurer In Cleveland is
reported to have an ogerfowing safe
with an accumulation of-pdblie money
which he dare not deposit In tho bank
for fear Of violating the law which
limits him to a certain contract quota.
That same sort Of a stall used 20 be
put up by state and county treasOrers
In Nebraska, who weresrre the law
would not permit thSm 80 open de
post accounts with arbapk for certain
u their funds and then turned around
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04

Only two classes OF employees do not get
an advance, motormen and special police
men at stations. 1t Is said the motormen
are receiving $3.50 a day, the highest rate
of wages paid in the world for similar serv-
Ice.
In the circular notifying the men OF the
increase In wages It was also announced
that recreation rooms were being erected
at the various terminals. There meals will
be served at cost and provision made for
the entertainment and comfort Of the en-
ployes, II is announced.
The proposed pensionlng OF employees, 1t
was said, is being carefully considered and
a plan is now being formulated by which
a pension fund can be started without ex-
pense to the employees.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04

Springfield Republican,

Pbl MS lNlu ANSpubiS"E
The losses In Paris are sure to be very
large, but no country in the world is SO
well able to stand them. There's many a
franc slowed away in the French stock
Ing. The increase in the wealth of France
In 1909 was estimated at about a billion
dollars. But the American tourist alone
will make good to Paris it's losses In very
few seasons, No city in the world has
poured into IT'S lap such a stream OF gold
by foreign pleasure-seekers as the French
capital.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04

Four years ago the republicans
went before tie people with a definite
record OF aonS vement M the shape OF
congressional I~esislation, on which
the vote returned a we'll DONE
II the presena tcOngrosl writes the
Taft ~progranE On the stalNte books.
republicans WIN have a rlgh; to ap.
peal eonhaeiai the people tos an
other vOteeof approval
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04
PHILADELPHIA Press

IIWWTTTTIW ITV7Na
The supreme court at Washington fatty
refused, as with the Western Union, to
let Kansas tax the Pullman Palace Car
company on it's capital, because its cars
ran through Kansas. The property used
over the country should not be exclusively
taxed only at its origin. If the iustru-
ments Of Interstate are free
from state taxation as they go to and
fro federal taxation should reach them.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04

The marlborough Rapid Transit system
a few days ago handed up an agreeable
surprise to its 5000 employees on the sub
way and elevated roads. II was a boost in
wages corresponding somewhat with the
elevated cost of living. The advance. which
affects conductors. trsinmen, gatemen,
ticket agents, platform men, train clerks
and hand switchmon. will raise the pay
rolls OF the marlborough $4,000 a year.
The schedule sent out to the various barns
Is as follows:
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04

The state treasurer of Nebraska has
just had his record day for volume of
receipts. Put it down as an axiom
that unless the people are enjoying a
fair degree of prosperity the taxes do
not come in. e 81
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04

and made deposits to their own pri-
vate accounts and pocketed the inter
est. Our treasurers have since learned
that il the law governing deposits Of
public money is 20 be stretched, It is
a good deal safer to stretch it in favor
OF the public than in favor Of their
own personal perquisites.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04

The forthcoming gabfest OF Ne.
braska democrats may have to be
pulled OF without any imported head.
liner. But why the need of importa-
lions when the native product is SO
plentiful and everyone kindergartened
in the school of the greatest demo
cratic spellbinddr, who aver mounted
the rostrumHv
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04
No Idle Words There.

Truly there seems to be no. good reason
why an indictment should not be written
in as plain. Straightforward, concise, and
u~nmistakable Language as that which a
man uses, for example, when he is max
ing a complaint at the office Of a gas
cOmpan!
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04

The local democratic organ halls
the election of a democrat in a demo
cratic congressional district in Mis-
souri, as fraught with tremendous sig
n~iicance. When a republican was
elected a few months g in a repub.
lican district in Illinois 1t didn't count
for anything.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04
And now It is announced that our

And now 1t is announced hat our
new minister to China, W. ]. Calhoun,
who was appointed to succeed Minister
Crane, has arranged to sail for Peking
from San Francisco March 8. From
the way Mr.. Calhoun has been keeping
quiet it was naturally supposed he had
started for his post of duty long ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04

The failure of that Mexican meat
packing establishment must also be
due to the tariff. II we had only per-
mitted the marketing Of Mexican
dressed beef. without the payment Of
import duties, 1t might have done a
f%ourishing business.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04

These divorces in high life with big
alimonies are not calculated to lessen
the divorce evil, "A law limiting ali
mony allowance and fixing the fees for
divorce lawyers might help solve the
problem. vi,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04

Nearly 500 fatalities in mines in
this country in three months is a
showing altogether appalling. The
conservation Of human life should
have first call on the talents of our
constructive statesmen.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04

A stranger tarrying within our
gates declares that Omaha's streets
are Just now 1.-The toughest. nastiest,
flthiest streets in all the west" A
pretty tough indictment, which ought
to start something in the street depart
ment to remove the dirt as well as the
ndimm
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04

The Real Estate exchange will be
on the right track IL it eonceives it to
be its duty to enlist capital for pro
ductive improvements that will earn
good returns. Mere trading may
yield brokers' commissions. but it
does not build up the city nor add to
real estate values.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04

The demonstration that an airship
flight can be made through a snow
storm means that the flying machine
can be acclimated almost anywhere.
The air route to the North Pole may
yet be a reality.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04

If n cold storage, warehouse in
Jersey City has held 36,OOO.OOO eggs
eleven months, how many New York
folks have been eating the ~fresh-laid
variety? p"
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04

In the state Of New York, the quarter
ending September 30, 1909, shows that the
percentage of unemployed among trades
union workmen WAS 1913 per cent, against
225 for the same quarter of 1908. In 1907 It
stood at los per cent. While increased em-
plOyment has multiplied labor disputes,
the chief cause Of idleness still is the lack
of work.
The average earnings for union members
during these three months were notably
larger than in 1oOs-32SS, as against 1901. In
1907-the record figure up to that time-the
amount was 1927.
Tho depression OF 1903 cut heavily into
the membership, and the number OF or
CARNATIONS has continued to decline; yet
there was, from March to the end of Sep
tember, 1909. a total increase Of 5000 names;
372, 729 workers are registered in 2,36S unions.
The same six months of 1908 showed a loss
of 5000.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04

A little more work and a little less
noise from the direction of the State
Labor bureau might produce better
results in the enforcement Of the laws
regulating the hours for women and
children. ~
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04

the people Of Tennessee the lesson they
ought to learn from the episode. We'll
coming home the released sheriff with
brass bands and a crowd Of 1000 sym
pathiEers argues an unregenerate public
opinion.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04

According to John Temple Graves,
THE united republican party is not
yet" AS to the united democratic
party Mr., Graves maintains a dense
silence. ,JoI .Ja.. "a. ""H
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04

Members Of a big brokerage firm
that has failed with liabilities of
$1,000, 900 ascribe their trouble to
the high cost Of living, That's as
good a scapegoat as any.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04

An anonymous taxpayer" asks the
Water board to tell the long suffering
public, "FIow long on Lord, how
long?" Better put the question direct
to the Lord, who alone knows.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04

The man who Wanted to draw
100000 out of an Omaha bank in
which he had no deposit must have
been a reader Of the yellow journals.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04
The Alternative spurneS.
New york World.

A Nebraska packing concern has shut
down as the result OF decreased business
due to the meat boycott. 1t might have
tried the alternative of reducing prices,
though that plan, OF course, would have
been contrary to trust principles.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04
Just Like Tennessee.

SprlngIIeIu hepuDIodn,
II Is a question whether the imprison-
ment of former Sheriff shipp Of Chat
tanooga for contempt o. the United States
court In permitting the lynching
OF 4 negro under his protection has taught
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04

Omaha banks show up we'll in the
compiled returns Of the last call of the
comptroller for a statement. Omaha
banks have bgen showing up we'll
right along.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04
Twill Hurt brother John.
81. Loud Globe-D emoorat

Independent oil people in Louisiana
claim that the railroads down that way
discriminate In favor OF the STANDARD OIL
company. It would cut old o ID. to
the quick. II he thought he was inadver-
tently getting the better of his brother
man.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04

From the discussion in congress 1t
is plain that the only way to keep the
census out Of politics, is to appoint
none but tried and true democrats as
enumerators,rI,. -,,-, we
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04

subacribeVs IeRvinG the city tenn
pOrRrily shOuld have The nee
mailed to them Kddress will be
changed ~ often M requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04

Word comes that a Champ Clark
for President club has been organ
lied by Oklahoma democrats. More
political lese majestic.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04
A university OF Chicago profes!

A University of Chicago professor,
who recently toured the country with
the japanese commission, says the
most significant thing he discovered
was the universal spirit of 'brag and
buster which pervaded every city of
size in the country. or all the fifty
FIVE or more stopping points visited by
the Japanese every one of them, we
are assured, boosted Of some feature
which could not be duplicated in the
land. That is a bad trait we are dis
posed to deny. There is an ancient
and homely adage, IF you don't blow
your own horn, who WHIP"
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04
. Matter OF Color.

:t washington Herald
Peru has presented a gold medal to a GER
tain distinguished Nebraskan. II might
more appropriately have been fashioned OF
silver, Besides, gold is a sort OF lemon
color.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04
A Thought Unexpreased

ST. Louis Times.
A Nebraska lawyer has declared that the
Indians are beggars. The Red Man. being
a %taclturn fellow, will probably refrain
from responding that the white man is a
thief.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04
Around New York

nipples on the Current Of Life
~ Seen In the Great American
Metropolis from Dag 70 Day.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04

GhOfuih Is. THSCHUCN,
t Treasurer.
Subscribed in my&presence and sworn to
before rue this 3f5t day OF January, 1910.
ROBERT HUNTER,
Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04

Now, Mr.. Ground Hog, it is up to
you to make good.J ~b
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04

Doctor-Now, McTaVish, it's like this;
you've either to stop the whisky or loose
your eyesight-and you must choose.
McTavish-Ay weel, doctor, I'm an auld
man moo, an I was thinkin! I've seen ABBOTT
everything worth seein.'-London Tattler.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04
sTATEMENr nF C1RcILAr1oN-

State OF Nebraska, Douglas County, S.:
George b. Tzschuck, treasurer of The Bee
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
says that the actual number OF full and
complete copies or The Daily, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the
month of january. 1910. WIS as follnMe;
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04

Attorney Samuel Untermyer, for his
work in connection with the consultations
OF the Utah Copper company and Boston
Consolidated Copper company, will receive
one Of the largest fees o n record, accord
ing to the bill introduced to enJoin the
Utah consolidation. Mr.. Untermyer will
receive $3.50 shares Of Utah Copper stock
which has a market valuation, on a bash
OF SIS a share, OF nearly $4,000, and 1851,
$50 in cash. a total OF more than I6O 1000.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04
SUNNY GEMS.

Il understand you have said you might
retire to private life"
YES" said Senator sorghum. IT'S all
right for me to make that sort of O re-
mark. But I'd hate. to have any OF my
constituents say it."-Washington Star.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04

Perhaps II was late" said one man.
Maybe the motorman didn't see us"
ventured a second. t#t l,f
He done it cause he wanted to, that's
ALL" said a third, and when the, others
looked at him they saw he wore q cap
with a motorman's number.-Buffa Elk
press. @
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04

Uncle George, we are studying synon-
yms in school,, and I want to know the
difference between cute and 'sneaky.'
According to your mother, II is the diff
ference between what you do and what
Mrs Jones little boy does Puck.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04

There were two vacant seats in the
subway car when I went n" said the
young man, quoted by the New York Sun.
II took one OF them, and right behind me
came a man and a mighty good looking
young woman. The man took the other
seat, directly opposite mine, and the young
woman stood looking up and down the
car. 1 got UP, gave her my seat and re-
ceived a grateful smile.
THAT would ave been all right il It
had stopped there, but at the same mo-
ment that the young woman smiled her
thanks the man across the aisle raised his
hat and thanked me, too. Then / say a
great light. That mar knew that his wife
was attractive and he took the only seat
for himself"
What did you do?" he was asked.
II went out on the platform and told
the guard that the public service commits
sion ought to make them put on more
cars"
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04

Somebody in this paper denies that
buckwheat cakes make a good substitute
for meat" "H
"Well, he can't deny that they make a
good substitute for scratchy flannels."-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04

A beautiful, red-haired blonde Is missing
from an uptown Broaeway restaurant.
When asked the reason the manager sim
ply said: she's fired OH account OF her
looks" Looks! Why, she was the best
looking girl you had. She was a regular
headliner here, a blll-topper. Wasn't that
bad business pOlicy?" stop right there"
the manager interrupted. Business will
be better without her. What's more, I'll
not try to hire a successor who looks
anything like her, This is why she and
all Others of her stamp are time MASTERS,
though not always because they like to
be. Nearly any plain waitress can cover
twice the ground. The beautiful, golden
haired, blg-eyed creatures lose 10 minutes
in kidding before they can get a Broad
way sport to center his attention on a
bill of fare
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04
TERMs 81 SUBSTITUTION.

Entered at Omaha pOstoffice as second
lass matter.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04

A New Yorker decided to give a dinner
the other night in recognition Of hospi-
tally showered upon him by his friends
this winter. He asked two women he knew
to go to a jewelers. and pick out some
little souvenirs for the women guests.
The host did not know it, but a detec-
tive accompanied the gifts to the house.
Each woman found at her place at the
table a handsome box. When these were
opened there were cries Of admiration. One
woman drew out a diamond ring, another
an emerald brooch, another a diamond
crescent, a fourth a necklace of pearls, an
other a diamond tiara, and so on, until the
output of the boxes represented about $780,
900.
The host had forced a smile when the
first box was opened. As each trinket
revealed seemed more costly than the last
his Jaw fell. Precipitation began to trlckle
down his face, which got so red that the
women became alarmed, Their they ex-
planned that the Jewels were a joke and
were borrowed for the occasion.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04

Say, John" remarked a Tenderloin po-
liceman to a Greek fruit dealer, I'm going
In here to get a have. If you see the
boss coming, let me know, BY 1.-The
boss he meant the s~ergeant-in the old
days called the roundsman. The patrol
man. thinking that he had protected the
rear" to use a military phrase, stretched
out In the BARRIERS chair. When he was
we'll lathered and prepared for a COM
Portable shave. ~supposing that the ser
geant would be steered off from his post,
the Greek came walking in, immensely
pleased with himself. n remarked: II
find lin all right, Bill. Here he ees." II
cost the pAtrolmAn a days pay.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04

Father" said little Rollo. what is an
insurgent?"
IAN insurgent, my son, is differently de-
fined. Some regard him as a person who
defies the lightning; others as one who
does not know enough to come in out Of
the wet."-Washington Star.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04

VICTOR Ros WATER EDITOR
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04

He. can't seem to make any money at
anything"
''No-the poor fellow has a college edu-
cation. ~"-CleVeland Leader.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-04
THE oMAHA DAnx BEE

oUNDBD BY Howard RosEwATER