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Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-10
Our Birthday Book
September 10, 1910.

Frederick A. Dellano. president of the
Wabash, was born September 10. 1853 at
Hong Kong, China He began railway
service with the Burlington with an engi-
neering party in Colorado in 1856 and went
up the line until he became general man
ager Of the Burlington at Chicago, from
which he jumped to his present place.
Poultney Bigelow, author and newspaper
man, is IS. He was born In New York,
studied law, Travelled around the world,
and incidentally got into trouble with
President Roosevelt for alleged misrepre-
sensations Of conditions at the Panama
canal
John Brisben Walker, former editor of
the Cosmopolitan Magazine but now re-
tired, was born September 10, 1S47, in
Pennsylvania. When a cadet at West Point
he resigned to enter the Chinese military
service, in which he remained two years,
going later into journalism in this country.
William A. PETER, once United states
senator from Kansas and leading light of
the populist party, is 70 years old, He is
a native OF Pennsylvania. His last political
stunt was TO run as prohibition candidate
for governor in 1898. since then he has
been doing literary work.
John f. Wallace, railway engineer, was
born September TO- 1852, at Fall River,
Mass He was chief engineer of the
| Illinois Central when he went to take
charge Of the Panama canal work, but
did not last long there. He is now with
the Westinghouse people in New York
w. d. McHugh attorney at law in tho
First National Bank building, is celebrat
ing his fifty-first birthday. He was borr
at Galena. Ill, and came within an ace Of
being United States district judge, beinG
appointed to that position by Presiden
Cleveland, who later withdrew the ap
polntment at his request.
Ezra Willard. assistant cashier Of tn,
United States National bank, was bou
September TO- 1877. He is a native son o
Omaha and graduated at Harvard univer
sity.
= Earl r. stiles. chief auditor OF the Wood
men OF the World. is IS. He was born Il
AIllerstown, Pa. ana has been with tn
Woodmen organization in various eapaci
/ ties since 1903
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-10
Was il Conservation

A Louisiana delegate to the st. Paul
conservation congress declared on the
floor Of the convention that it was
much less a conservation congress
than a straight political meeting, the
tendency Of which seemed to be to ex-
alt Theodore Roosevelt at the expense
of President Taft"
Strange as II may seem, this very
same thought has struck other people.
We may hope, for the good of various
interests, that 1t 10 an erroneous inn
preston. We may hope that the
studied effort OF the promoters of the
congress, the systematic staging of the
program, that this incident and that
Circumstance, all pointing to this one
conclusion, we're false signs and that
the one moving spirit and purpose Of
the congress was conservation and the
expression Of the best means of carry
ing out this great system We may
hope that the absence from the con-
gress on the day the president ad-
dressed II of the prime movers of the
whole institution and their attendance
on the next day when Colonel Roose-
welt was there was the merest accident
or circumstance and we may hope that
the organized attempt to smother
every sentiment or proposition not in
complete eonsonance with the theories
Of these dominant spirits, was likewise
simply the sincere position of un-
prejudiced patriots.
But of course, none of this is true.
The Louisiana man is probably right
and Colonel Roosevelt, himself in his
address, in his praise of President
Taft, his policies and those he con.
verted into law through the last con.
| gress, evidently was not Indifferent tc
the sinister influences seeking to use
him for their own capitalization II
was mistake and suggests the ques
ton. Did the great cause of conserva
ton, in which every patriotic either
must believe, really gain or lose b!
this congress?
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-10
Colonel Roosevelt and the Court.
.laI..I.ln Danarl

According to Colonel Roosevelt, the de-
cision of the supreme court in the Bake
shop" case clipped the power of the states
to compel employers to provide hygienic
surroundings for their workmen. In fact,
the court could find in the statute, which
it declared unconstitutional nothing that
would Justify us in regarding it really
as a health law" 1t seemed to Justice
Peckham. who wrote the majority opinion,
simply to regulate hours in a private bust
ness not dangerous in any degree to the
morals or in any substantial degree to the
health of the employees" The judicially
invalidated statute has since been replaced
by real law affecting bakeshops, and II
has occurred to nobody to contest this as
an unconstitutional exercise of police
power.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-10

enter upon his plans for Kidding bu-
reaus and departments OF all needless
expenses, and he expects to make a
splendid showing. But this work Of
economy cannot be completed at this
short session; much of It must await
the next regular session. Here is an
other vital reason, therefore, why d
republican majority should be main
tanned in congress, for certainly 1t is
not to be expected that a democratic
majority is going to lend any aid or
comfort to a republican executive in
the performance of these pledges.
Democratic majorlties, for that mat
ter, have never gone in much for
economy.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-10

A Nebraska traveller just returned
from Europe found The Bee on file in
all the cities he visited, and found it in
Berlin only nine days old, which is
Just about the time required by the
fast mail to carry the paper from
Omaha to the German capital This
is referred to merely to show that The
Bees influence is not confined to Doug
las county or to Nebraska. 1t is the
only Nebraska newspaper of general
circulation.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-10
Omaha Leads in Business.

Taking bank clearings as an index,
business for August in the west was
strong, showing gains all along the
line. For the whole country bank
clcarings for August show a decrease
of Is per cent, as compared with
those for August of last year, and a
loss of 13 per cent as compared with
the same month in 1906. The New
England states as a group sustained
an outright loss, but every other sec
ton or group of states showed some
increase, the western and Pacific coast
states leading with 13 per cent gains,
respectively, over last year.
The losses in New England and
small margins of gains in other east
ern sections are ascribed to the heavy
falling off in exchanges at New York,
where" as Dun's reports it, the ex-
] IRENE dullness in financial and specu-
lative markets has had a very pro-
nounced effect on the months clear
| ings" This condition is in marked
contrast with that that obtains in the
west. Here the status of trade rests,
not upon speculation, but upon the
more solid ground of actual supply
and demand, and it is the more sig
nificant, therefore, that the west
should be called on to tip the scales
toward an increase.
Omaha, as usual, makes a forward
showing One hundred and sixteen
cities are selected by Dun's for the
purpose of compiling the monthly
statement and Of those given, only six
show as great or greater increases
than does Omaha, which comes in with
a gain over August of 1909 of 10 per
cent. and August of 1905 of GO per
cent, its total clearings for the month
being $65,379,445
Ranking at the last census thirty
fifth in population, Omaha stands fiji
teenth in bank clearings, surprising
therefore, every city of it's own size
and twenty larger than itself, some OF
them three times as iarge.
While some of our neighborine
cities are INVITING Omaha for not
, showing up better in the 1910 census
it may not be out of place to make
one or two comparisons. Denver, fol
instance, boastipg of a population IN
!, the neighborhood OF 100000, ha!
! bank clearings of $37,793,317 for Au
9 gust, as against Omaha's $65, 1919, 445
and Denver has gain over last veal
!" of only II per cent as against Omaha'i
> Is per cent. st. Paul, with an Off
q cial census of 214,OOO, has bank clear
ings for August of only $43,521, 071
i as against Omaha's more than $65,
000, 900, and this is gain for st. Pau
: Of only 81 per cent
AS compared with the population o
. these cities, Omaha is credited witt
i $4,000, and yet it passes in banl
clearings, not only these cities, bu
o others twice their size. 1t simply goe
T. to show that the business is here an
u that Omaha's wholesale trade is stead
VI lily pressing into new territory, the req
N empire of the country, and these cor
It ditions will very soon begin to turn
l. tide of population into Omaha whic
will place this city as far ahead /
that particular OF some other cities q
it now is in business.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-10
SMILING REMARKS.


what sort of magazine fiction do you
Wen. 1 think prefer those stories
telling now good the next number rs go
ing % be."-Courier Journal
The straw hat and the oyster bumped
together In the doorway.
"Goins out2" queried the oyster.
"Comin' iu?" Inquired the straw nat
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
my dear" said the wife OF the proies-
sionai petty politician, want you 70
give me a little OF your time TINS MORN
ing i've got to pack trunk anu.
'TOo busy TO stop he answered = We
got to pack a jury."-Baltimore NmeIl
can.
Mrs. N-l despise that woman; she tries
TO make n cloak OF religion.
Mrs. Y-Yes and she hasn't enough OF
il TO make her a decent bathing sult-'h'
caRo Tribune.
III you remember, ! slept IN TINS "''''
Il remember" said the clerk. -, 49,,
"Neu did YOU md a set OF ialse lettu
I'm the corner pocket?'-Chicago Post
"Yhat is It. do you suppose, that keeps
the moon In place ana prevents u H'''
fallng?" asked Araminta. ., Tito,
~ think II must be the beams, repnCu
Charlie, softly .-Sherburne FANS Messens''.
The man about to pay his. fare on
nav easy ou-enter car dropped uuiass
witch fell to the platform and rolleu OH
across the pavement INTO an oP'""S' WV
II disappeared.
OF wouldn't have gone halt Ms iaV il
I'd spent IT," he sad-Buffalo Express
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-10

The Bee circulation is built solely
on it's merits--its ability to give the
people what they want-supplying in
teresting reading matter demanded
by interested and intelligent readers.
The Bee goes daily in over $4,000
homes and is read by every member
of the family who can read.
These people have many needs and
they have the money to supply them
they live comfortably and spend liber-
ally-they are the sort of people that
it pays the merchant to have for Gus
toners.
Merchants who have used the ad-
vertising columns of The Bee to reach
these 10000 possible buyers, who
have told them plainly, simply, intel
ligently what they have to offer, what
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-10
INSURGENTS,

N,nna Irving I'm Harpers Weekly.
The Jam was all labeled and put on the
Tho lille lille hoy climbed on chair
And amp cd each jar with gastronomc Joy
Plum apricot blackberry. pear, .,
He had all lie could eat ana was STICKY
But W SRs iust reaching after some more
when mamma appeared, and the insurgent
A taste of the slipper she wore.
A Eighty young miss who refused to obey
Her mother, or stay into school, -,
Ran Off and assumed the hymenlal yoke
In place OF her parents KIND RUE. -.
But alas! she discovered her sorry MISTAKE
When too late to amend II, or course
A penitent insurgent home she returned
And straightway applied for divorce
A Gallant who courted a beautiful girl,
And loved her, but hated to stop
His flirting with other young ladies' de-
The question momentous to pop; ns
But when he implored her a day ana
To name To the parsons to go.
He met with frigid and final rebuff,
For his insurgent sweetheart said mo.
A bis politician who filled up for years
His bottomless pockets with gold
From the purse of the people and In his
Grew ue SUI more insistent and bold,
was at last overthrown by the friends he
For an 'f insurgent greedy was he.
And the public he plundered rejoced in his
woe,
From his taxes and trlckery free
For none of us ever is wholly content
With life and its gifts as. we are, nd cola
And whether we banker for glory ana golu'
or peaches put i'm jar. -
Though sure that punishment painful and
swift
ITpon us is certain to fall
we rebel, and at treasure forbidden we
grasp,
Because we are insurgents all.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-10
GET YOUR SIX BUSHELS.
Quantity of wheat Each Person May
Eat This Year.


Prof NJ. A. Carleton in Science.
The home consumption of wheat per
capita in this country, including seed and
wheat flour Cat four and one-half bushels
per barreD, has been as follows: 1870. SO
bushels; 1880. 5.52 bushels; 1890, $40 bushels,
and 1900 5.11 bushels The same is esti-
mated to have been about $50 bushels in
1906 and 6.S4 bushels in 1908. There has been
much fluctuatlon. and the figures may set
tie at about six bushels in 1910, or perhaps
more. Anyway there has been apparently
an increase of about one bushel in our per
capita consumption since 1870 We may
suppose an equal increase in the equal
period of the next forty years, making
seven bushels for 1850, though it may be
considerably less.
At the rate Of seven bushels per capita,
a population of 100, 100000 will require 112O,-
100000 bushels of wheat. This amount taken
from the production of LOCO, 100000 bushels
above estimated for that year and which
is shown to be very conservative leaves a
surplus of 4SO 100000 bushels Some predic-
tons of our future population have placed
1t much higher than 161O00,0OO for 1850,
one making 1t as high 2OOO0O,OO0 Supposing
this last to be correct. at seven bushels
per capita that population would require
l. 400, 600 bushels, leaving still surplus
OF 200 600 bushels. Again If we consume
that there will be greater increase in per
capita consumption resulting in as much
as eight bushels by 1850, the amount re-
quired at home at this rate would be 1885,
900 bushels, leaving a surplus of $780,
| 900 900 bushels. Surprising both contentious
of the larger increases in population anc
consumption should be true, which is ex'
tremely improbable, the demand would JUS
equal the supply.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-10
Saving the peonle,s Money.

In his recent letter to Representa-
tive Mckinley as chairman Of the re-
publican congressional committee
President Taft calls attention to the
fact that at his suggestion congress
appropriated 100000 to enable him
to investigate and make recommends
tions as to the methods by which the
cost of running the government may
be reduced. And on this point he
says:
1 regard this as one of the most impor-
tant parts OF the administration policy.
am confident that II full opportunity is
given, and republican congress is elected
to assist. the cutting down OF national ex-
penditures by the adoption Of modern
economic methods in doing the business OF
the government will roach 10 a point OF
saving many millionA The problem
before the administration is to get the full
value for every dollar It disburses.
This sounds like business and com.
mon sense as well as common honesty
and it must appeal with considerable,
force to the sensible people of THU
country. But, in the language o.
former President Roosevelt, words
are good, and only so when backed b!
Deeds" and President Taft has tn,
deeds to back his words. True to tn,
pledges he and his party made tn,
people in 1908. he has already don,
much to cut down the expenses in run
ming the government. The appropria
tions for the last year were more thai
$40, 100000 less than the appropria
tions OF the year before and in the &C
tual execution of the law $11, 0OO, 90
were saved in the operation of tn
Postoffice department alone, for whic
appropriation had already been mad,
The best proof that the republica
party proposes to carry out its pledge
to the people is the fact that 1t is d.
ing it. On nothing is the public NOR
insistent than on this very matter c
retrenchment, OF economy. and her
the public has the best example Of GOV
ernmental frugality ever made-th
saving in a single year OF the enoi
, nous sum OF $4,000, 600.
I When the next session Of congres
cOnyenes this winter the president wi
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-10
Talks for people who sell things

service they could render, have reaped
rich reward.
Mr.. Advertiser, you who are not yet
in The Bee, had you not better come
in?
The Bee and its readers have helped
others to success and can help you.
You can advertise in The Bee for
98 cents an inch, and the rate is the
same to you as to any other advertiser.
Finally, The Bee offers you a Serv-
ice of Advertising Copy that will tell
your story in plain, simple words, that
is forceful and interesting and con-
vincing-that will appeal to people
of ntelligence-people who read The
Bee.
All you have to do to start The Bee
working for you is to phone Tyler
1000.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-10
MIR. BRYAN,s VICTORIES.
Peculiar statement out without Ex-
pInnatOry Tag.

Brooklyn Eagle.
1t is long since anything more remark
able than this has appeared In print:
Mr.. Bryan IL not at liberty to consider
the matter from a purely personal stand
point. He owes something to the men who
have thrice nominated him in spite of the
influences that arc now at work trying to
emasculatc our platform aud substitute
reactionary for progressive program. Can
he afford to surrender these supporters
into the hands of the opposition, merely to
enjoy the plaudits of those who have no
sympathy with the platforms on which he
has won?"
The quotation is from the Commoner. OF
course, it indicates that Mr.. Bryan, despite
his announcement that he would not be a
candidate in 1912, may find 1t necessary to
run again, because of what he owes to the
men who have thrice nominated him" but
nobody took his withdrawal as serious. 1t
might have been accompanied by an at
fidavit without carrying conviction.
This remarkable part of the quotation is
the end of 1.-THE platforms on which he
has won. To what victories is this an
aluson? To the great triumph of 1896, or
the overwhelming successes Of 1900 and 1908?
Or does 1t refer to the county option plat
form of this year? suitOr who was re-
jected consoled himself, saying the loser
wins" Perhaps that's what Mr.. Bryan
means.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-10

For the benefit of a number of peo-
pie who are just now energetically de-
nouncing Omaha and Douglas county
for political purposes only The Bee
would like to call attention to the fact
that we do raise something in Douglas
besides merry hades." For proof of
This we cite the award just made at the
state fair which gives to Omaha the
prize for the best collective exhibit,
and this in a dry year, too.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-10

Automobile accidents on the road
may be unavoidable, but it will be
hard TO believe that little care would
not prevent running down of a slower
vehicle when both are proceeding in
the same direction. Stricter regard
for the rights of everybody on public
thoroughfares will do much to elimi-
nate accidents and will add to the pop
ularity Of the automobile
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-10

The increase of 400 per cent in the
population OF a single Nebraska county
will not be referred to as typical of the
states growth. II is simply that the
original settlers who were driven out
by drouth back in the SOS have re-
turned to practice better methods of
farming
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-10
A Great Public Need.

SpIluBllelu INepuOllcdn'
President Taft showed strikingly the need
for forest conservation when he said at St
Paul that three-quarters Of the timber OF
the country is in private bands and that OF
this three-quarters only per cent is prop
erly looked after A private owner has no
more right TO burn his wood lot than 20
burn his block on a city street Conserva-
ton In both cases is simply a matter for
good policing. including the removal Of the
conditions that make fires
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-10
'somc,rhnt shN Now.

Baltimore American.
BY cutting down the size OF fve-dollar
bills it is estimated the government would
save sl.0OO0CO annually. But the plain COM
mon citizen is interested rot so much in
the size of the legal tender as in it's pur-
chasing power. He would like to see that
increas sd
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-10

The people of Nebraska are not so
vitality interested in the brand that is
on the telephone as they are in the
quality OF service furnished. This is
a point in public policy always in
order.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-10

You cannot convince US that Mis-
slssippi has degenerated into the
mollycoddle class so long as honorable
state senators SETTLE their forensic
differences on the platform before
large assemblages in the plain. old
fashioned style of fistcuffs.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-10

The Philadelphia Inquirer calls the
open primary of Nebraska, which per-
mits a man to vote any ticket he
pleases regardless of past party afIilia-
lions, absurd, undemocratic and un-
just" We would amend It only by
striking out the word "undemocratic"
and refer the Inquirer TO the last leg
islature OF Nebraska as the author OF
the law.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-10

sent a request before reaching Omaha
that he would appreciate an arrange
ment that would afford him little
time for rest, as he was tired out be-
fore reaching this city When he left
this city, after putting in the most
strenuous day of all, despite his two
hours OF rest, he said he had spent the
best day of his trip.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-10

The selection of Mr.. Aldrioh's polit-
ical manager to be secretary of the re-
publican state committee will give him
an opportunity 10 show what he can
do in real tight. II he is as success
full in the election as he was in the pri-
mary contest his chief will have no oc-
CASTOR TO complain.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-10

1t is hardly to be expected that that
Johnson county estate would be al
lowed to pass to the heir without ques-
ton. This sort OF litigation is too
tempting a feast for the lawyers to
willingly omit.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-10

Just TO show that Omaha is, after
all, the pioneer in this business of con-
servation. this city furnished, as the
st. Paul Dispatch points out, the old
est delegate to the congress in the per-
son OF Henry T. Clarke So there,
Mr.. Pinchot
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-10

Perhaps the most encouraging sign
for the republican party is the fact
that the Omaha Double-Ender can find
nothing in it's policies to commend.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-10
Kindergnrtcn war Game.
Boston Transcript.

Admiral Evans last attack on the mill
tary value OF the areoplane in naval war
fare hints still bitterer hostilities to come.
He declares that dropping a few oranges or
confetti bombs from height of 100 or $50
feet upon a target representing a battle
ship may amuse nursery maids and child
rem" but does not convince officers that
the aeroplane has yet scared beyond the
experimental stage
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-10

On the theory that crime is a dis
ease and criminals invalids, what is
your guess of DR.. Crippen's dose If he
is convicted of the murder of his wife
in London?
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-10

German naval designers are said TO have
devised a vessel, sort OF return 10 the
monitor type, which is destined to relegate
the modern batteshiDs TO the scrap pile,
There have been many other vessels 20
which the same confident predictions were
made and yet the naval powers still count
their strength by the number and weight
OF their battleships. II Is unsafe to make
predictions either way.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-10

Colonel Watterson says democracy
has a man to At the presidency, but
refuses to give up his name or where.
abouts.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-10

Even Mr.. Roosevelt's great vitality
gave out in Omaha and he was de-
lighted to get a rest" says the Los
Angeles Herald, Which, OF course. is
not correct The fact is MIR. Roosevelt
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-10

I'VE swear too much" says the Des
Moines Register and Leader. An hon
est confession is good for the soul;
maybe they will quit 1t.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-10

New York Tribune
One advantage to a legislator Is being a
member Of the bar is that money accepted
from some special interest seeking lcgisla-
tlon is always a retainer"
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-10

With the Illinois and southwestern
coal strikes coming to a close on the
eve Of autumn. the common people
may begin to cheer up.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-10

If King MeDelik should ever happen
to die they would have hard time
getting mourners who could keep their
faces straight.