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Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-04
PERSONAL AND orHRRw1sE.

Small showers thankfully received; larger
ones more SO,
The valves Of the rain tank, rusty from
idleness, do not coplousiy respond to the
pull OF the weather man. osiris,
''on her, last lap" says a Chicago head
line. referring 20 the giobs-circling trip OF
woman autoist As the star 10 the record
trip ls but a shade over 30. active aud
wealthy. the suggestion OF the headline Is
ungallant and absurd, 90.
The chief Of police OF Liverpool IA. n
annual report says that In every walk ,
life dishonesty appears to be Increasing
He also says that, while the number pf
great crimes appears TO be decreasing in
England, minor crime lie increasing rapidly
An Allentown. Pa, man who had been
sentenced to Jail FOR stealing keg OF beer
promised TO so to prison without being Oon-
Quoted by constable. Twice he applied at
the jail for admission ana was turned away.
and when he appeared third time be was
almost compelled to fight HE way In.
Henry @. osternan OF Chicago IL the IarE-
est coupling pin In the car repair COM
panies charged with iooting the Illinois
Central treasury by means Of padded bills.
osterman will be. remembered as . spender
who bathed Spokane and Wslla Walla in
champagne ana outshone the PittRborg
-lushers in New Yorks "oreRt White Way"
Queen wnhelmiha OF Holland has are
Gently Invested about, tlbo,O 900 IN coal, lands
in Alabama. and her agents are willing to
make further Investments As a result
there has been organised the Pullman Coal
and Coke company, With a capital Of S2,0oO,-
900, OF which tho queen owns nearly half
the stock, the remainder being held by
Dutch capitalists, .ra.. .., .-r'.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-04
silk from Wood pulp.


The manufacture of elk from wood
pulp is a new industry introduced into
this country from England. One mil
lion dollars Of Manchester capital has
been invested in the erection Of plant
near Philadelphia and the success of
the experiment, which Is most promis-
ing, Is likely to lead to other such
plants and the upbuilding of a large
manufacturing trade in this new COM
modify.
Heretofore 1t has been the common
belief that silk for rich garments and
tapestries could be produced only from
cocoon and science has been content
to accept that theory, but our
consular agent at Birmingham,
through the bureau of manufactures
of the Department of Labor and Com
merce, disabuses our minds of this
Illusion and informs US that the finest
kind of artificial silk not only can be,
but is being produced from wood pulp
and he believes there is great future
for the article in this country. OF
course, If this proves true, then We
may reasonably expect some advan-
tages in the price of silk and silk wear,
One element Of doubt enters into
the establishment of these plants in
this country and that is as to the sup
ply of raw material. We are told by
the manufacturers that they have Sc
lected the United States because of the
abundance of wood and cotton, the
component elements of wood pulp silk.
We have a vast amount of wood in
this country, but we are having much
trouble conserving 1t, and We are rails
ing each year enormous quantities OF
cotton, but not enough to meet the
worlds increasing demand, and the
users of white paper have ample cause
to feel that the supply of wood pulp
is far below the desired level. AS q
matter of fact, we can produce, II we
will, twice as much cotton as we are
now producing, but thus far every
available influence brought to bear
has not succeeded in bringing the out
put up to the actual needs. 1t is a
notable fact that spindles are multi
plying In the south much more rap
idly than are acres of cotton, compare
lively, and also that the mills of New
England and Dixie alone are able tc
use up all the available cotton which
they can get in the south. And YET
Europe depends almost wholly for III
cotton upon what our southern states
| produce.
1t is easy to see, therefore, that II
the artificial silk industry is to opeI
up a new channel OF cotton and wood
fiber consumption, we will have to in.
crease our acreage and this ought tC
be supplemented by a corresponding
increase in the yield per acre of cot
\ ton, and we shall also need to do 8
little more demonstration.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-04
After the Rain

Nearly all of Nebraska has been
blessed with refreshing rains, which
started in the west and swept across
the state, leaving this section to the
last. The showers have done vast
amount Of good, bringing renewed en-
ergy to a people who were languid
with the inertia of a long and trying
siege OF hot, dry weather. in addition
to cooling the atmosphere, the rains
refreshed weary bodies and cleared
dull minds, all OF which will find re-
Election in a better-humored people. as
is always the case, and a quickened
commercialimpulse.
There is a boon in the midsummer
rain which nothing else can bring to
the soil and people when rain is
needed. The bright, clear, crisp air
of the morning after" brings new
glow to Mother Nature, much as the
final burst of pent-up tears brings re-
lief and cheer to dispel the gloom Of
heavy heart.
SO it will not do to measure the benz
eflts flowing from a good rain merely
from the crops; they are much broader
than crops or any commercial gauge,
yet we are willing enough to accept
the aid it gives in that direction and,
while we are rejoicing in the wake Of
this last little rain, We will be ready
when the weather man is for another
one
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-04
Il see you employ number of old men"
THE FAITH CURE.
---T
Baltimore Sun.

Baltimore Sun. "tf
Forty grains OF laughter on a sunbeam on
your tongue,
Forty Wifi Thlsiit. OF sprlpstlme on the golden
brim Of day, lrp 5A, a.
l. bloomye arms Of May. to.-s.,,,
Forty winks Of slurnber on the hills of
And overhead tie little stars that gem the
Forty drops OF crystal from the tumbling
With love to pluck your blossoms in the
lanes Of lovely dream. .--c
Forty, happy moments where the birds of
summer sing, -
And beauty taxes her phantom way upon
Forty fiddiipg fairies in the bOslky wood
With lips OF childhood laughter bidding all
your cares farewell, a It1-.I =
Oh, leave the little cankers and BY faith
Wen make you whole. aF
VINO o oS cur Of SGSd gson country for the
And give you wine, OF morning and the
brew Of JOY to drink. -
Where love beside the nipples leans with
lips upon the brinki ID, 81
Forty grains Of sunshine and an hour or
Acrose, the cool, clean meadows and beneath
the greenwood tree;
You'll need no other 'physfc and yot,iI 90
70 bed At night 800 - ~. : - o
With dreams q dswns OF magic in the dells
OF fairy light.
Forty drops OF branhble path adowrf a vale
of bloom.
And bid the little aches good bye that tied
you to your room. = =
Forty drops OF youth again beside tk.
stream and hin, pSIaTG E-1,. 80
Where all the childhood, phantoms dwell
and life is sweet and still
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-04
Our Birthday Book
August Z, 1910.

Percy b. Shelley the great English lyric
poet, was born August 4, 1872. He was
drowned off the coast of Italy in 1922. He
has been styled the greatest English poet
since Shakespeare"
Timothy l.. Woodruff former lieutenant
governor of New York state and one Of the
big New York politicians, is just SO. He
was born at New Haven, Conn, and among
his many Industrial positions is that OF
president OF the Smith Premier Typewriter
company,
Henry T. Clark Jr., Nebraska's state rail-
way commissioner, was born August 4 1875,
at Bellevue, Neb. In his college days he
was a great base ball player. He prac-
ticed law in Omaha and served In the
legislature before going TO the railway COM
mission, and il running for reelection.
DIR. 8. X. spaulding. practicinE physician.
is celebrating his sixty-thlrd birthday. He
is a native OF Pennsylvania and a graduate
in medicine from the College OF Physicians
and Surgeons at Keokuk and Bellows
Medical college. He Is a union veteran and
has also been a member OF the Omaha
School board, health commissioner and
state health inspector.
E. 70, Howell. insurance and coal. is Just
50 years old today. He was born in Canada,
and broke into politics as city council
man, was defeated twice for mayor and
elected tWtse to tbs state senate.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-04
The Ditching of Dahlman.

Rapidly Transporting events in the
political arena in Nebraska have un-
questionably ditched whatever there
was Of the Dahlman boom for the dem
ocratic nomination for governor. The
only chance Dahlman ever had to win
out over Governor Shallenberger in
the primaries hinged on having a
county option zealot In the field as
third candidate to pocket the votes of
the temperance democrats. That is
why the announcement that Patrick
had drawn cards was SO vociferously
applauded by the Dahlmanites at the
time they were going through the mo-
tions of a county convention, and the
expectation that the Patrick candidacy
would detract materially from the
Shallenberger strength was what alone
encouraged the cowboys followers.
In the democratic primary two years
ago the vote on the three candidates
running for governor was as follows;
Shallenberger ..................,"',..'.- l2526
BerBe .'."'....'.'..,'..'''.''''' Bows
None of the votes that went to Berge
two years ago would under any condi-
tions go to Dahlman this year, and
what losses Shallenberger might sus-
tain in his own column would probably
be offset by gains in other directions.
1t is therefore nothing but q simple
problem In addition and subtraction
which any school boy can work out
just as we'll as the expert political stat
istician.
1t is hardly worth while going into
the details Of how the withdrawal of
Patrick was brought about. To man
up tree it looks as If Patrick had
been put in by Mr.. Bryan to force Gov
ernor Shallenberger to come across
with a promise to sign county OPP
ton bill should it pass. The governor
came across in the Grand Island con-
vention with public declaration to
this effect and the withdrawal of Pat
rick has followed in due course.
The moral Of 1t is that the brewers
and liquor dealers who started out to
finance the Dahlman campaign might
as we'll save their money. They had
an idea they could, under the open pri-
mary, persuade enough republicans to
vote the democratic ticket to make
good Dahlman's deficiency in his own
party, but this is now out of the ques-
ton, and they will do we'll to let the
republicans vote in their own prima-
ries and settle their own questions for
themselves
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-04

Significance OF Reduced Trade Hal
ance for Fiscal Year.
Tndianapolik NeVs


The theory THAI the high cost OF living Ia
largely due to our extravngance seems to
be borne out. In part at least. by the trade
balance figures for the fiscal year ending
June 30. We were sxtravagant enough. In
fact, to import 1857. s5lS54 worth OF com
modities, or more than we had ever bought
from foreign countries before. Besides
this, our extravagance also resulted in our
making the prices OF our domestic products
so high that the total value Of our exports
were only N,7A9Oe, ,9OS giving us "fav-
orable balance OF trade OF Es7 Ill $40
which Is the smallest we have ever had
Indeed, for five months OF the year the BAL
anoe OF trade was against u.s. and possibly
the balance for the whole year would have
been against us II there had not been n
recession In prices.
When we compare this lowest balance OF
trade OF SIS, l1l,3tg with the record fiR,iraa
for the year ending June 80, 1908, which was
1855, 4Sl, 554, this statement becomes more i'm
pressive; especially when IL IL recalled that
three-quarters OF that year was under the
panic influences OF the fall OF 1907. and the
prices which gave this total were oompar-
auvely low, Even comparison with the
ten-year average, which is ttes, SOC, ssS, shows
that we have permitted ourselves to fall fRf-
short of our possibilities as a producing
nation.
Now, IL We are to retain our prosperity as
country we must restrain our extravA-
gance as people. In other words, we must
get our prices back to a point where we
shall not be the best nation to sell to and
the poorest to buy from in the world The
policy or recent years, for the most part.
has been the maintenance OF prices at any
cost-and We are beginning to realize that
the cost has been dear. For instance
whenever demand has failed to keen I'D
with supply, there has been a curtailmsnt
OF supply in order to maintain the price in
stead Of reduction OF price In order to main
tain the demand. One result Of this has
been that more and more people have been
doing without more and more luxuries and
oonveniences, and reducing their consump-
ton of necessities to the lowest possible
limit or combining 1t to the cheapest grades
Another result has been the lessening of
foreign demand for our products. And the
combined effect Of these has BEEN on the
one hand, a check In Industrial develop
ment, and on the other--which is Just now
developing-idle machinery; notably in the
manufacture of cottons and woolens
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-04
Bankers and Glass Houses,

The farmers automobile still sticks in
the bankers craw. From Late Wall Street
News and Gossip it is learned that a
North Dakota banker says agriculturists
will have to practice economy to make up
for the shortage OF crops, He adds, how
ever, that the farmer will probably not be
put to greater Inconvenience than that of
doing without the motor cars of the 1911
model.
The farmers thus accused Of extravaganza
must read with mingled feelings the
statement that in five years banks have
been robbed of s2S.OOOOOO through specula-
ton, theft and loose management. When
1t comes to stone throwing there are more
windows in the bankers mansion than
there are in the farm house.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-04
DO DIRECTORS DIRECrs
Two Recent Cases OF Misplaced Con-
fldence.
Philadelphia ledger.

Philadelphia Ledger.
The most wonderful of recent defalca-
lions Is reported from, Louisville. That
esteemed institution the Fidelity Trust
company carried upon Its books q surplus
OF $4,000 The surplus is still shown on
the hooks. but when some strange impulse
led the president to examine the securities
he found that the bookkeeper had converted
them to his own use.
The b0okkeeper is In Jail, but the money
is gone, and the stockholders have no re-
course but 10 subscribe an extra million
to make up the loss Louisville is Justly
proud of concern which is 80 little dis
turbed by a missing million but the old
question whether 1t is the business of
directors to direct.
There was an instance reported from New
York on the same day where the cashier Of
a Russian bank carried away $4,000 in
bonds. This was bald theft, against which
no ordinary precautions can avail. The
man simply took the bonds from the safe
and made off with them, as a burglar might
have done. But. the gradual population of
over 81, oooi0o0yI extending over several years
can be possible only when the whole sys-
tenn OF accounting is left to one or two men
and the responsible officers or directors ac-
cept their account without any actual
audit.
Examples of this mistaken trust are so
frequent that the subject has become com
monplace Any man who has to do with
large business affairs can usually give ex-
ampleS from his own experience where he
accepts financial statement without ex-
animation, and perhaps certifies to it's cor
reetness without any personal knowledge,
either to escape trouble or to avoid ap-
pearing oaptious or suspicious. In the vast
majority OF cases. no doubt. this trust is
not abused; It ia none the less questionable
whether 1t Is ever justifiable-at least
where the business Of other persons is con-
cerned. A man may take what risks he
will in his own affairs; in any case Of
trust, however limited, has he ever a
right to take anything for granted?
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-04
LINCOLN SUPREME.
CIassed as the "Greatest Man of All
Time"


Boston Herald.
If Ambassador Bryce, speaking at Chau-
tauqua, said that Abraham Lincoln was
the greatest man OF all time, it is an esti-
mate of considerable Importance coming
from a Briton, a historian, dweller In
academic halls, as well a practical man
of affairs. 1t means that he passes by
British rulers like Alfred the Great and
Cromwell, conquerers like Napoleon and
Caesar, sages like PlatoA and Kant, poets
like Shakespeare and Goethe, orators
like Demosthenes and Burke, and places
the chaplet on the brow of one who ruled
by the consent and with the backing of the
people. who never entered academic halls.
whose philosophy of life was wholly prac-
ticel and informal whose few attempts at
verse were sentimental and whose elo-
quence was unstudied and without the
slightest trace of affectation and learning.
Yet who, by his fusion Of goodness, sa-
gacity, patience, power and faith in man
and God, won the love OF men; and by his
simple. natural yet morally vibrant Eng
nsh style won Immortality as orator and
writer OF state papers.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-04

Governor shallenberger got off on
the wrong foot in his custer proceed
ings against the Omaha police COM
missioners and is still on the wrong
foot. He can offer all the immunity
to talebearers he wants TO, but the
only immunity he can give is by way
of pardon after they are convicted.
Governor shallenberger should read
the constitution and post himself a
little better on what are his duties and
prerogatives as chief executive of the
state.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-04
Governor shalienberger's invitation

Governor Shallenberger's invitation
to every one who knows anything
about law violation or police corrup-
ton in Omaha to come and tell him
looks like fishing expedition. We
in Omaha have had grand juries sit
ting every year, and some times three
times year, fully empowered to get
at the evidence and working under the
directions Of the democratic county at
torney, but no true bills were brought
in
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-04

Mr.. Bryan went to the convention with
the Lincoln delegation solidly behind
him. and but for the sympathy he OBJ
tanned beforehand from Lincoln it may
be doubted n he would have gone as
far as he did in throwing down the
gauntlet to the rest OF the state. 1t
should also know that the anti-Bryan
votes we're not confined to the large
towns, but we're scattered over village
and hamlet, plain aud sand hills.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-04
Washingto Life
some Interesting Phases
and Conditions Observed
- ths Nations oapitaL

The government at Washington, what is
left Of IT, manages with the assistance Of
electric and hand agitated fans to pull off
its daily grind and see the ghost walk on
schedule time. Executives have deserted
the city, and subordinate officials cour-
ageously carry the load OF enlarged official
dignity. But there Is little doing Veterans
In the service cannot recall when there
was so little government business. A steady
stream OF tourists alone saves the national
capital from chronic ennui. lending ANNA
ton, some pioturesqusness and vocal va
riety to the sun-scorched scenery.
Where is that sixty thousand dollar
chandelier want to zee that"
This question has been plunked at the
White House custodisns so many times
lately by tourists that finally they turned
about on IT,
who told you there was a sixty thou
said dollar chandelier in the white
House7" asked the major domo of the
great reception hall this morning after the
familiar query had come to him for the
tenth time.
why, the conductor OF the seeing Wash
ipgton' car" was the innocent response.
He said there was a sixty Thousand dollar
chandelier in here" Then a light broke In
on the major domo and he rarvened no
more.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-04

The Los Angeles Herald discusses
Bryan's recent defeat at Grand Island
in an editorial. but 1t shows a decided
lack of information as to the merits
and facts OF the case when It says:
Omaha, Lincoln and other big towns
may be strong enough in a state con-
vention to carry their point and still
not strong enough TO swing the state. +"
The Herald should understand that
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-04

It is getting hard. to please these
Aristocratie Americans. Some of them
are complaining at the quality OF pa
per on which the new $1,000 bills are
printed. How does 1t suit your
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-04

the requirements are here In album
dance and II they are not interviewer
with the chords OF romantic adventure
It might even be possible to unravel a
strand or two Of the latter from sep
arate skein
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-04
CHEEKY Look Ahead.

There is thus every reason to look to the
business future with confidence, and the
most conservative analysis of the actual
conditions justifies the expectation not
only of prosperous year, but of a pros
perity more substantial and secure than
the country has lately known.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-04

A suspiciously we'll prepared article
appears in an eastern publication ex-
plotting Gilbert M. Hitchcock as the
man who wrested the democratic lead
ership. in Nebraska from w, ]. Bryan.
Better tell the boys to salt down those
hurrahs until little later.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-04

Governor Shallenberger designates
the Commoner to carry the constitu-
tional amendment advertising and AS
ISOLATE Editor Metcalfe declares for
Governor shallenberger's denomination.
Next!
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-04
Fancy Takes On Wings.

A great air liner. capable of carrying $50
passengers and appropriate accommodations
is predicted in five years In the mean
time, dainty little air crafts for women,
with women demonstrators, are TO be
brought over from France. The auto craze
is waning The world is now getting avia-
tion-mad. va
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-04

Jack" Frost we were told had Bit
ten the Arkansas peach crop and the
Nebraska apple crop. but from the way
these two commodities are looming up
now we begin to fear that old jack
10 getting snaggled-toothed.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-04

Upton Sinclair makes an appeal for
the endowment OF young authors. If
some of them got their deserts they
would be put to WORK instead of en-
dowed. ~
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-04

Automobile accidents nearly every
day. II the city authorities will not
require auto drivers to be licensed,
perhaps the legislature may be pre-
vailed upon at its next session to es-
tablish some safe and sane regulations.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-04

With Patrick out of the race and
Bryan, acting through Metcalfe, com
Ing out for Shallenberger, can you
figure out where Jim, the cowboy
stands In this racer
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-04

What's thisP A resolution offered
by the South Omaha police board re-
citing infraction OF various and sundry
laws in the Magic CityI 1t is up to
Governor shallenberger to start an
other custer suit.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-04

A clerical gentleman named Bir-
mingham, who thinks he is running
for United States senator and who
raves about $4,000 temperance voters
jostling one another to vote for him,
rises to remark. He will wake up
after the returns come In.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-04
Like a summer Vacationist.
Boston Herald


That excess of disbursements over re-
ceipts, nearly $2,OO0OOO from the United
States treasury, makes the government
balance seeh almost human in this delight
full summer time, Uncle Sam seems to
have the real Nacation habit.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-04

We desire to serve notice on Colonel
Watterson, sir, that Colonel Bryan, sir,
has ignored his command to go away
back and sit down.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-04

Another. Feather in the cap Of Super
intendent Poulson of the anti-saloon
league in his bout with the Insurgents
within his fold.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-04

Subscribers leaving the city teIn-
porarily should have The Dee
mailed 80 them. Address will be
changed ~ often IA requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-04

1t is evident from the cablegram
sent DR.. Crippen that even dear ole
Lunnon" has its lawyers, with the
weather eye out for the main chance
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-04
Runhed to the Morrue.

The story that Bryan might be Ne
braska's next senator should now be
packed away with the tales of what was
to happen, when Haleys comet struck
ug ..
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-04

The official announcement of Oma-
has census population is due some OF
these fine days, Do you remember
what your estimate was?
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-04

1t is now In order for "Bill' Price
TO pull off a consolation party.