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Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27
SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT.

Boston Globe: A Coney Island man called
on President Taft TO urge the adoption OF a
universal Christian flag" with a white
ground and blue center field in which rests
a red cross for use in the armies and
navies of the world II is hard to see just
what armies and navies have TO do with
Christianity.
Chicago Record-Herald: Believing that
men are able to pray better alone, a Kan
sas City preacher has arranged to have the
men and women OF his congregation wor-
ship in separate rooms on prayer meeting
evenings. He has probably made a serious
mistake il he has gone to any trouble for
the purpose Of providing a large room for
the men.
Charleston News and Courier: A Balti-
more minister declares that dancing is re-
sponslble for more immortality than any
other amusement, and quotes Cicero as
saying that mo one dances unless he is
either drunk or mad" The learned minister
seems,to have confused the sensuous dances
Of the Imperial City with the wholly enjoy
able, artistic, delightful and unobjection-
able dances of the present day, our refer
ence not being, OF course to the dances
exhibited on the stage. The Baltimore
minister would certainly be able TO dis
tinguish between a Roman punch and one
from the Chatham artillery OF Savannah.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27
SERMONS BOILED DOWN.

sympathy may speak best in silence.
Strength is largely matter Of discover
ing allies.
Many thorn lies hidden In bunch Of
soft words
Influence is our shadow falling often far
beyond our reach
No man is right with God who is askew
with his fellows.
The way to get even with your detractors
is 60 disappoint them.
For the understanding Of others the heart
Is the best philosopher
There is no novrishment in the bread Of
life when you use II as a club.
The more serious man is the more he
knows the value Of a smile.
The religion you can leave at home will
never get you a home forever
Your religion was born in the wrong place
If the happiness of child irritates IT.
Come to know folks by love and you will
not need to do much guessing about God.
You can let loose lie in a second but
some have spent their lives trying to catch
up with one.-Chicago Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27
CsnitaIizing the Tax

The debate on the income tax at
Washington is revolving around the
point whether the proposed constitu-
tional amendment would, OF would
not, empower congress to impose a
tax on incomes derived from invest
ment in state and municipal bonds, and
whether taxes on such instrumental
ties Of local government would not i'm
pair the borrowing power Of our states
and municipalities.
From the standpoint Of constitu-
tional law these questions are interest
ing and possibly intricate, but they
simply raise dust to hide the real mat
ter in controversy. The objection
urged to vesting congress with power
to tax incomes derived from state
bonds is not prompted by desire to
protect the credit of the states so much
as st is by a desire on the part Of in
vestors in such bonds to escape taxa
ton. and it is not a tax on the income
from the bond, but that tax capitalized
which is at stake.
Suppose congress should levy tax
of / per cent on all incomes without
exception; it would leave the relative
value Of income producing properties
exactly as they are. Suppose congress
should levy such a tax with an exemp-
tlon in favor OF state bonds? Then,
other things being equal, state bonds
bearing per cent interest would be
worth more than an Industrial bond
bearing per cent interest to an extent
equal to a capitalization OF / per cent
of the annual income. On future Is
sues of state bonds no appreciable diff
ference would be felt, because on new
purchases the investor would figure
the income from the current rate Of in
terest and would buy at price to pro-
duce that rate. On all existing hold
ings of exempted securities, however,
the imposition of tax on incomes
from all other sources would produce
a rise in market value proportionate
to the capitalization of the tax.
This is not mere theory, but is the
lesson Of practical experience which
has been demonstrated time and time
again. Imposing a tax which becomes
fixed charge on one class Of property
and not on another simply results to
the benefit Of the present owner of the
exempt property, and distinction in
source of income subject TO an income
tax would have the same effect.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27
No Mononolv On Culture.

In the fascinating narrative of her
personal experiences which the late
Helena Modjeska is giving her multi
tude Of friends and admirers through
the Century magazine, describing her
first tour of the country with its bur-
den of one-night stands, she interjects
this sage remark, II have heard peo-
pie say, What does it matter how the
play goes in such a small town as
this?' 1t is a great mistake, Men
and women of culture can be found
everywhere, even in the smallest cor
ners of the country"
We wish this observation of Mod
jeska's, a dramatic artist of foreign
birth in a strange land, could be
brought home forcibly to those who
delude themselves with the idea that
there may be a monopoly of culture
and that the cultured people Of our
country are all huddled together in
few big cities of the east. If culture
consists Of the qualities of refinement
and appreciation of good literature,
good music, good art and good drama,
1t is something which is subject to
neither patent nor copyright, nor can
it be cornered by margining with
wealth. Culture is not an exotic, re-
quiring peculiar soil and climatic con-
ditions, nor does it thrive only IN big
population centers.
AS Modjeska truly says, men and
women of culture can be found every
where, "even in the smallest corners
of the country" and the cultured peo-
pie of the interior will measure up on
the average with those at the hub of
New England or overlooking the Pal
isades of the Hudson. More than that,
the depth to which culture reaches In
the strata of our population is steadily
increasing, and it is safe to say that
we have a greater proportion of cul-
tured people today than ever before in
our history.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27

pronounce modern education a failure
and a d-=Tbsck to the progress OF af.
fairs. OF course this can be effectively
denied, but II can not be denied that
social diversions outside regular school
training are altogether too often over
done. in many sections the demand is
rising for a revision of high school
work for practically. Il is a good idea
and will probably benefit education by
changing some Of its details. But one
Of the things which may we'll be looked
after while seeking to make our high
school more effective for real educa-
ton would be to rationallze and bring
to a commonsense basis the social de-
mands which custom makes on high
school young people.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.

Forty hammering rounds puts Cadillac.
Mich, on the map.
One more day of February. Let joy be
unconfined over the passing Of the snort
and ugly month.
Twenty-Five wearers OF the Carnegie
hero medals put the finishing touches on
their courage last year by getting married
Mr.. Fairbanks visits to European capt
tails serve as an advance notice of the big
show when Roosev cit appears in the main
tent.
A succession of smashing noises and
compulsory exercise were needed to con-
vince the country that Philadelphia is fully
awake.
Dr. Wiley says that in fifty years alcohol,
water and wind will run the worlds ma
chinery. The combination is going some
right now.
Mr.. Bat. Nelson is not quite as hand
some as he used to be, but purse Of Sl2,-
600 will help to case the pain and reduce
the swelling,
Dispensers Of summer sodas have reached
the conclusion that few more inches of
foam will be more acceptable to consumers
and the till, than a direct advance in price.
Crunching bubbles will be a fashionable
exercise.
According to the Massachusetts, standard
of beauty as defined by Curtis Guild, jr.
j. Pierpont Morgan's picture could not get
a place in the chrome class. Pierp. does
not lean much on personal pulchritude. but
even envious critics concede the handsome
proportions Of his pile,
Some editors abroad, like their profess
sional brethren at home, accumulate
trouble by their partiality for Organisms
Lal Chand Falak, publisher at Lahore
India, is on trial for sedition, his offense
being reprlnting one Of Bryan's letters on
British rule in that country
Not only the cost OF living, but the DIFF
ficulties Of living have become an acute
problem with certain New Workers hitherto
enjoying the fat Of the city. Mayor Cay
nor's crusade against political barnacles
has already reduced the city's payroll ST.
100000. The Judge is quite expert in throw
ing the harpOon.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27
working howard Better Citizen.hip

A striking feature in American af
fairs during the present winter has
been the exceptionally large number of
nvestigationseinto graft, unfaithful-
ness, bribery, irregularity in financial
affairs, an overtuTning of laws long
standing ON the statute books and
criminal procedure. The press has been
full of these cases and new indictments
and new Investigations bid fair to
keep the ball rolling" for months to
come. The charges range all the way
from spiritual wickedness in high
places" to political brigandage and
brutal crime, and the individuals in
volved vary from the highest In politi-
cal and industrial life to the lowest
in the makeup of society.
The number leads to the question if
there is really degeneracy working into
the fabric of our national affairs or
rather, IL social and civic consciences
have been more sharply aroused to
expose common conditions for correct
have been, otherwise Investigations
would not have to do with transactions
of years passed, some of them even ex-
tending back we'll into the last CEN
tury. 1t may develop that we are
simply undergoing readjustment
whose results will produce conformity
with changing conditions.
If one may Judge from matters
brought to light through this legal &C
tivity, a greater sense of civic respon-
sibility now prevails among us and is
modifying the previous tendency to
consider lightly civic and political
duty. "The child. is not going to be a
citizen, but is already a citizen" we
are told, land should be taught that
he is preparing himself to perform
civic service" Good citizenship means
much to the individual American and
what is going on will serve to increase
its value as a public asset.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27
Our Birthday Book
February ~, 1910.

Herbert G. IIoel, department manager
for McCord- Brady company, was born In
Omaha, February a. 1871. lie has been In
the grocery business with McCord-Brady
company since 1889. representing the house
on the road and as manager Of various
branches
Charles Kiehnhoff clerk in the general
offices OF the Burlington 4 Missouri Rail-
way headquarters, was born February a.,
1881 at Wauthena, Kan lie has been in
the railroad business for ten years, the
last five In his present position.
c. c. Wentzler, newspaperman. Is AZ
years old He was born In Providence r.
L.. and by profession Is an analy teal
chemist and pharmacist. His first news
paper work in Omaha was done on The
Bee.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27
THE NEGLECTED ONE.

w. D. Nesblt in Chicago Post.
The poets have written OF mothers and
AND sisters and sweothoarts OF wonder
Have told how they've Influenced all of
our lives
And set us in paths where we met with
no harm.
No laurel we'd take from a womanly
brow,
Nor silence the praise from the voice or
the pen
But this IS the thought we would bringg
That father deserves q kind word now
and then ....,
'Tis father who hustles from daylight to
That comfort may come to the loved
ones at home,
'Tis father who rises each morn with the
'Tis, father who loses the hair from his
dome ~
With, worry and fretting DER all Of the
'Tis father who trudges the highway
along
To keep up, the markets, the marts and
But father has not been enshrined in
All here's to the fathers! Their hearts ara
As ever were those that the womeb
posses.
Their, hands are as gentle, and certain to
The way to relieve all the childish dis
tress,
Pay tribute to womankind; lavish your
Repeat ali their virtues again and again
But 90 not forget through the toil-weary
That father deserves a kind word now
anu ''e"'
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27
Uncle sam's Rival.
New York Times

Uncle Sam is rich enough to give us
all farm" sang the pioneers Of the
west, but the Little Father is rich now
when Uncle Sam has little left to give.
Russian families settling in Siberia receive
1000 acres from the government land office,
and each allotment contains forest,
meadow and arabic land. Moreover the
Little Father has spent s1,5OOOOO in settling
medical men in the colonized area, 1000
on schools and hospitals, $75OOOO on seeds
and 100000 on agricultural machinery.
This teaches, my dear little boys and dear
little girls" the good teacher will say,
after bidding them to write the figures on
slip TO be pasted on fly leaf Of their
geography books that there are worse
things in the world than an absolute mon
archy."
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27
Influence of Forests On Climate.

Several weeks ago 1t was announced
that Prof. Willis l.. Moore, chief of
the United States weather bureau, had
denounced the prevalent notion that
forests increase rainfall and prevent
floods as based principally on magma
tion and unsupported by facts. The
detailed report made by Prof Moore
to the house committee on agriculture,
containing the data on which this con-
clusion rests, is now at hand and pre-
sents some most suggestive material
Prof. Moore, and no one in this
country has higher recognition as an
authority on climatology and meteor
ology, admits that he, himself, has
changed the opinion he previously held
on this subject. He formerly believed
that forests controlled the flow of
streams and that climate was so af-
fected by cutting away the forests that
drouths very largely increased and the
well-being of future generations was
seriously menaced, but he has been
lately convinced that the facts and fig
ures fail to support these inferences.
Not that forest preservation and fores-
tration are not imperative or desirable
for many other reasons, but that this
one argument often used in behalf of
forestration is not a sound and valid
argument.
In his report Prof Moore brings to-
gether scientific observation which
goes to show that marked climatic
changes are essentially universal and
not local, whereas the influence of for
ests on climate, If they exert any infu-
ence, must be purely local. The rem
nants of great forests are found In
many places in this and other coun-
tries, indicating that the streams re-
cede first and that the forests are last
to disappear; that instead of the re-
moval OF the forests drying up the
streams, the drying up of the streams
preceded drouth that killed the forests
Observations of moisture precipitations
going back as far as records have been
kept, in some cases for nearly a hun
dred years, fail to disclose any large
variation for ten-year averages, not
withstanding the tremendous changes
in the forestration of the country
around about. Among these tables are
the measurements taken here at
Omaha for thirty years. Arranged in
ten-year periods, these precipitation
figures show an average for the first
and third periods greater than for the
second. although that for the third is
still smaller than that for the first,
whereas the prevailing notion would
have it that the rainfall should be in
creasing here because the trees and
foliage in this vicinity are notoriously
more plentiful than they we're thirty
years ago
Prof Moore also combats the asser-
ton that there is a marked tendency
to increasing foods in this country as
a result of deforestration, Preclpita-
tion measurements and river stages
averaged for periods OF years show
ratio entirely Independent OF the re-
moval OF the forests which were sup
posed to hold the moisture captive,
equalizing the dow Of water in the
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27
Social Demands of Our High Schools

Social Demands of Our High Schools.
AS the school year is drawing nearer
its close the social side of high school
life becomes more and more of an i'm
portant factor Club hops, organiEa-
tion proms, class fetes and other So
ciety functions tend to make the spring
season of the high school year one
round of wearying social indulgence.
SO marked Is this tendency in some
communities that these functions are
the most expensive and formal of the
year and when the closing days of
school have come the young people
may we'll ask for a vacation.
It may be questioned whether or
not our drift is to overtrain the young
people Of high school age. Society
standards in school are naturally high
and are getting higher. Young men
must furnish carriages and flowers and
the young women must wear gowns Of
elaborate and fashionable make. These
are expensive in themselves, to say
nothing of the amount Of effort and
money spent in the management Of
the whole affair AS a rule the prime
movers in these elaborate social events
are financially able and willing to "see
them through" although those in
volved in the whirl may not all be so
blessed.
Under all circumstances, whether
parents are able 10 allow the young
people concerned to go the limit, So
cialH or not, the exaggerated social
life Of high school days creates new
ideals, so exaeting as to be injurl-
Gus. II the immediate years following
school and college life are full Of ir-
responsibility and social frlvolity. bust
ness and professional men are led to
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27

Mr.. Bryan has proposed the estab-
lishment by our government within
the limits of the canal zone of an
American college for the benefit Of
South Americans who find 1t inconveni-
ent to go further from home in search
of instruction in American history and
ideals of government. This looks like
treason to that Bryan school OF citizen
ship which he wanted planted at Lin
coin to furnish education to South
Americans at the expense of Ne
braska's taxpayers.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27

streams and preventing foods. Prof.
Moore declares that, Notwithstanding
the destruction of our forests, foods
are not OF greater frequency or greater
duration than formerly.
child is apt to believe that the
rustling OF the leaves on the trees
makes the wind blow. II Prof Moore's
observations and conclusions are sus-
tanned, the long cherished theory. that
forests make moisture rather than that
moisture makes forests, will have to
go in the same class with the delusion
that the leaves move the wind instead
Of the wind moving the leaves.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27
Europe's Preparations for roosevelt

GuOpe EI6phIhLlOuS IOf hOOSeVelL.
A reception of which any monarch of
the old world would be proud is to be
accorded Theodore Roosevelt, a PRIV
ate American citizen, when he energies
from the African continent. Royalty
and commons, learned societies and
scientific associations vie with each
other in preparing to do him honor.
All the resources of the social
secretaries of Europe are being
taxed to the utmost for the oc-
casion. 1t is a still greater dis
tinction that nearly all the ambassa-
dors to America should be called home
to act as masters OF ceremonies on
these occasions.
But the true genius of American life
often rebels against pomp and circum-
stances, longing for simplicity as man
to man. America could be no better
represented in this regard than in the
person and personality of Mr.. Roose-
velt He is not courting ostentation,
but has asked that he may be received
as man of letters and a naturalist,
the significance of it all being that
he realizes he is no longer the official
representative of the nation, but a
private citizen instead.
There is probably no other man so
popular the world over as is Mr.. Roose-
velt The vigor of his efforts in all the
offices which he has held show him
possessed of the true spirit of Ameri-
canism augmented and supplemented
by a we'll balanced individuality and
an intensely practical mind. His whole
career is tempered with the principles
of Justice. sterling manhood, integrity,
and consideration for humanity. The
nations of the world recognize this and
their acknowledgment of 1t to Mr..
Roosevelt, himself, is the greatest COM
pliment Of all.
"The history of nations is made up
Of the achievements OF its great men. :"
AS the great men of a nation compel
and receive the respect and esteem of
the world so is the nation itself hon
ored. Thus this greeting of the nations
of Europe is an honor to America
which We may all share.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27
Economy and Congress.

The people complain Of high prices and
inadequate incomes, without realizing how
much the situation is aggravated by the
vast expenditures OF the national govern
ment II it were to take less from them
they would have more money to spend.
II they, could be made to see that, con-
gress would suddenly become economical.
Public sentiment would demand it. That
sentiment is lacking and hence there will
be no economy in appropriations. Con-
gress will appropriate all the money in
sight and some more,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27
OLD INDIAN WARS RECALLED.
Memorial for Battlefield at For
Recovery.

Memorial for Battlefield at Fort
Recovery.
Boston Transcript,
The lower house of congress has re-
Gently passed a bill appropriating $2j 900
for the erection OF a monument commemo-
rating the officers and soldiers who fell
in the two battles fought at Fort Re
covery, o., in the Indian wars OF Wash
ington's first administration To most
Americans of today these are forgotten
battles, yet in proportion to the numbers
engaged they were among the boodiest on
record. The first Of these is better known
as "St. CIair's massacre" though the term
does not lit, for II was a fierce conflict
between st. Clair's army and the confed-
Grated Indian tribes OF what was then
the west" 1t occurred November 4, 179l,
and Of the 1 400 men St. Clair commanded
sixty-two officers and $50 soldiers were
killed and 2S0 wounded. The second en-
gagement was almost three years later,
when the garrison OF Fort Recovery, which
had been built on the scene OF st. Clair's
defeat repulsed the attack Of the allied
English and Indians. on this occasion
twenty-five American officers and 12O SOL
dlers fell Altogether there are more than
500 Americans who perished in this fierce
forest warfare buried near where they fell
Their graves are respected and local SEN
timent has set up some primitive metes
and bounds for their resting place, The
rapidity OF the advance Of the white man
across the continent is realized when II Is
remembered that though these battles were
fought In the heart OF the Indian cOun-
try" the battlefield is In Mercer county
Ohio. about ten miles this side the In
diana line.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27

One OF the unconsidered trifles that
makes for the present high cost Of living is
the daily fire tax of tl,5O0,OOO paid by
Americans.-New York Independent
There are a lot of unconsidered
trifes which help make up the total of
the cost of living, but which the polit-
ical demagogues prefer to ignore. 1t
is much easier to blame It on the re-
publican tariff.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27

The Wyoming man who had to have
a plank bed instead OF hospital cot
and fresh air cooled to 1S degrees be-
low zero in order to be comfortable,
has very evidently been leading the
simple life.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27

The raised rates on live stock trans
portation are now said to hit the
farmer. 1t begins to look as though
everybody were getting hit this winter
and If it is not for one thing it is for
another 1t is up to some one to hit
the cause OF all this trouble and
stop the general slugging bee.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27

II the House OF Lords is being so
eyerlastingly abused, why do not the
members Of that body appeal to the
mothers Of American heiresses Poor
little things, they would be taken into
the bosom OF the family and protected
from such unkindness as has been
coming their way
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27

1ncubators are handy things. Be
sides raising chickens in them they are
now being used to test seed corn. Per
haps, after a while, a fellow may be
able to hatch any sort OF a scheme in
them. such as a political keynote
speech. 1t is recommended for that
purpose, and also for brooding over a
crouch.