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Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-09
Consult ON Canadian Tariff.

The progress made toward the
United tates-Canadian tariff agree
ment is encouraging, but greater diff
culties lie beyond. The United States
thus far has had only Canada to con-
slider. In negotiating the treaty we
must fsce the delicate task of avoiding
offense to Germany, France and even
Great Britain. We could not receive
from or grant to Canada extensive
tariff rights without straining rela-
tions with the other powers and this
the United States cannot afford to do.
Against amicable relations with these
countries we have to consider the vast
development of Canada, in which the
states have not only the lions share,
but a real responsibility.
The task then calls for every pre-
caution to avoid error. 1t is necessary
to have a treaty that will meet present
needs and provide for future growth.
The New York Commercial has pro-
posed q plan for safety to the two
countries. 1t suggests that Canada
and the United States, through vari-
Gus public or quasi-public industrial
and commercial bodies, arrange for a
conference where the mutual interests
concerned in treaty-making could be
thoroughly discussed. Then when
these business men have reached their
conclusions let them, through their
delegates, meet with the government
officials charged with the negotiation
and give them the benefit of their
counsel.
A treaty of such ~far-reaching effect
as this should not be made without
consulting the business interests OF
both countries, and this seems to offer
a practical way of doing this. Should
it be adopted, the first step will be to
select the conferees and it goes with.
out saying that every interest and Sec
ton of country would have to be given
a fair representation.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-09
A Farmers, University.

Many agencies have been exerting
themselves for the farm and farmers
uplift, but now the farmer himself has
taken an active hand in the move
ment. Impelled by James j.. Hills
cry Of Back to the farm $50 So
%cieties, representing 100000 farm
ers, will meet in st. Louis next
month and lay the foundation of a
plan to establish the American Agri-
cultural university, where they will
educate young men to be practical
tillers of the soil. The movement has
official support through the secretary
of agriculture, who, together with the
president, will attend the convention.
The proposition is to locate the uni
versity in st. Louis as a central point
accessible to farmers from all parts
of the country. The university idea
is the direct product of the general
determination to turn the tide from
the cities to the country as an i'm
portant step in solving the economical
problems of present and future,
chief of which is the high cost of liv-
ing.
The plan for this university does
not ignore the fact that state institu
tons are already doing a similar work
but contemplates a much broader
scope of instruction. 1t proposes, moi
so much to teach young men abou'
farming as to teach them and induce
them to be farmers, to actually sent
them back to the farms as mission
aries. 1t will take students from the
city as well as the country. These 25(
societies, with their membership al
ready Of 5000, 900, are expected tt
contribute to its support and the gov
eminent, of course, will be asked t
give financial aid.
Thus far with our Country Lii,
commission, our state agriculture
colleges, expositions and agriculture
evangelists, led on by Mr.. Hill, W,
have been unable to check urban con
g~estion. The best minds have lonl
ago agreed that the question is a seri
GUS one, and if this American Agri
cultural university scheme can d.
what no other agency has done it will
have earned no end Of credit marks
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-09
The School Attendance Mvst.rH.

The publication by The Bee of the
figures of the average daily attendance
in the Omaha public schools year by
year as a guide for census estimates
has started numerous inquiries for an
explanation. Notwithstanding the evil
dence of growth in every direction, the
school attendance for last year seems
to be practically the same as what it
was ten years ago, the variations up
and down during all that time being
hardly worth taking into account.
The average daily attendance of pu-
pills in Omsha's public schools in 1900
was 1864 and in 1909 1885. In
that period new kindergartens have
been added, the high school a been
enlarged, truant officers have been en-
ployed, the Juvenile court has been de-
veloped and laws have been enacted
prohibiting the labor of children under
l6 years Of age-all calculated to in
crease the number OF children in the
schools and the number of years the
children stay in school. During this
entire period the annual number of
births has been steadily increasing and
the proportion of children among the
newcomers from outside must certainly
have been maintained.
Over against this we can point ia
one or two counterbalancing condi,
tions. First, the marked increase in
population in u immediate adjoining
suburbs, where, no doubt, some OF the
children are at school who would 9th,
erwise have been attending the public
schools in this city had their parent,
not removed outside the city limits
Again there is every reason TO believe
that the private and p~arochial school.
have a much better record OF attend
ance to show. both absolutely and b,
comparison, this being the natural re
suit of prosperous times, making par
ents feel justified in paying tuition fol
having their children instructed in prl
yately maintained schools.
These surely are mitigating ci-cum
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-09

Cold storage of food products Is a
boon to mankind, provided It is not
used as a lever for advancing prices,
When it works as a monopoly, it not
only strikes at the pocketbook Of
every family, but ]endangers the
health. The senate committee on the
cost Of living is right, therefore, in
treating cold storage from a hygienic
as well as an economic standpoint and
in giving serious attention to the pro-
posal to put on a time limit.
The abuses Of the cold storage bust
ness have led to charges of all sorts.
Speculation in the staples of life is
bad enough, but when It involves the
public health II becomes intolerable.
Senator Lodge in presenting the com
mittee's bill we'll says "a Limitation
of time during which perishable arti-
cles of food, and more especially meat
products, may be retained in cold stor-
age would be hygienically of very
great value and would tend to check
many physical troubles which are
brought by those who have examined
the question, to be attributable to the
practice of keeping meats, particu-
larly, in cold storage for a long time
A bill is now before congress and
other reforms are being promulgated
to protect and conserve public health.
The senate committee is charged with
investigating only prices and the cost
of living, but it has skillfully widened
the scope of it's powers to include the
hygienic aspect and it recommends
legislation in this direction at the
earliest possible moment" II the law
becomes effective soon after congress
~adjourns it may upset the plans OF the
food spectators to corner the market
and afford unexpected relief to the
householder.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-09
Still Chaotic in Britain

The turmoil in British politics,
which is still chaotic, has brought out
clearly the fact that the majority Of
English voters are as much opposed
to Irish home rule as they were in Mr..
Gladstone's day.
1t develops that Mr.. Asquith has so
far failed to satisfy the conflicting
parties. He was generous with his
promises to the nationalists for their
support, but could not command their
votes on any measure that would meet
the Irish view. The worst phase of
the situation is that the Irish them
selves are divided on the question of
what shall be done for them, the
Dillon and Redmond forces having
been utterly unable to agree. The
popular feeling now favors abandon
ing temporarily the fight for home
rule lest other things Of value to Ire.
land be lost. Many Irish leaders have
come to believe that there is no sin.
cere intention in England ever to
grant actual home rule.
Great Britain, indeed, finds itself
confronted by an unsettled political
outlook. Some predict another cleo
ton in a few mouths and many put il
not later than next fall. No party has
a majority in the House OF Commons
and the ministry has scant hopes OF
carrying out its program. Failing tc
do so it would have to appeal to the
country once more and it could
scarcely expect as large a measure Of
endorsement as it received at the last
election.
In the face Of such a condition it is
not only impossible to proceed will
home rule legislation, but with any
other on which there is disagreement
With the liberal forces apparently
divided, not even the budget has beer
able to get through. The fact is, there
is no definite and controlling leader
ship, %unionist or liberal.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-09
POLITICAL DRIFT.

The promised libel suit against Golfers
weekly is esteemed by that publication as
a fine line Of front-psge advertising.
Hon. Bathhouse John Coughlin, poet
laureate Of Chicago, has been reelected to
the city council. To reciprocate the good
will OF the voters, the Hon, BRthhouse
viii issue his PONIES" in book form.
Surviving friends Of the late Senator
Plat are e~ndeavoring to keep alive the
famous Amen Corner" wherein they
nodded when the bass winked. They look
forward hopefully for absent treatment.
The American Flag" a booklet issued at
Cleveland in the interest Of ship subsidy
legislation. has suspended publication, and
the editor, one Penton, is under Indictment
in Washington charged with libelling con-
gressmen.
An election to fiji the vacancy in the
thirty-second congress district Of New York
is booked for April 10. George w. Aldridge,
republican nominee, is being attacked by
republicans as a politician Of the Aids type,
and is mixed up in the investigation into
purchased insurance legislation. His OPP
ponent is James S, Ravens, a Cleveland
democrat.
Under the regime Of Emil Seidel, socialist
mayor-elect of Milwaukee, the Cream City
is promised a revolution OF sociability and
good things generally. Among the pledged
reforms are penny lunches, a seat for every
passenger on street cars, 3-cent fares,
municipal coal and wood yards, free water
for widows who wash for a living, and
work for the unemployed at union wages.
New York Street Commissioner Edwards.
famed for graduating from a foot ball
eleven into the official duty of street clean
ing, is an unusual and surprising official.
He asked last winter for an appropriation
Of 0 ,OOO to keep the streets clean during
the winter. He got the appropriation, kept
the streets clean and at the end OF the
winter season turned into the city treasury
$4,000 Of the money unused
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-09
National War on the Flv.

The people of the United States are
to be asked to join in the national
warfare for the determination OF the
house fly begun in Washington under
the auspices Of the National Civic as
ISOLATION. The crusade is t be ex-
tended to every state and local boards
of health will be urged to give their
cooperation for a serious, systematic
campaign to destroy what has come to
be regarded as one of mans most dan
gerous enemies.
In cities where so much has been
made OF typhoid fever recently people
should be specially prompt to take up
this work of suppressing one Of the
great distributors of disease germs.
The moving picture will be used in
theaters and other convenient places
to show the communicating powers and
habits of the fly. The insect will be
magnihed to the size of a hen and ex
hibited walking across a dining table
with its feet full OF germs. 1t will
10 the puIpObC " mdht the picture
emphasize the evils, so as to arouse
the people to the Importance of imme-
diate and thorough action. The asso-
citation believes that if its crusade sue
ceeds it will have done as much to
{ improve the sanitary conditions of the
country as any single movement has
yet accomplished and made compare
lively easy by its example in education
future work along this line.
DR.. L. o. Howard Of the bureau of
entomology estimates that the people
spend $4,000, 900 annually for
screens TO keep the fly out OF their
homes. Yet they neither succeed in
that nor in protecting themselves from
it's ravages. But the same authority
says that if the people will follow the
directions of their boards OF health
under the instructions OF this cam.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-09
THE SPRING POET.
Pail Mall Gazette.

Pail Mall Gazette.
About the time Of lamb and mint
The vernai poet gives a him
OF wishing to appear In print.
He comes unconscious OF his crimes,
The Jingle OF his bag Of rhymes
PToclaims his advent here betimes-
The ghostly prehistoric ring
OF 5hackled POUNDS that closely cling.
As grass and lass and spring and wing
A sense Of ]greenness in the air.
A gusty shape upon the stair,
But darkly seen, then vanished-whereH
The guardian Of the outer door
Observes his progress, quaking sore.
Up to the landing, and-no more.
He reaches not the place OF doom
Where fItfui flashes rcnd the gloom
That clouds the editorial room.
He who compels the lightnings' glare.
Upon his bolt OF blue will swear
The poet never enters there.
Yet always with the early mint.
Sustained by hope that feels no stint,
The bard appears-but not in print.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-09
GREAT CONSUMING NATION.
Phenomenal Expansion of American
Agriculture and Industries.

San Francisco Chronicle.
The United States is becoming a great
consuming nation, but that fact does not
prevent the growth OF her exports Of agrl-
cultural products. In ~1S51-lS55. when for
eign economists were advising us that the
proper course for Americans to pursue
would be to devote themselves to agricul-
ture, we were shipping to foreigners farm
products to the average value of $3.50 per
capita annually. In l9Ol-l905 the annual
average per capita export Of farm products
had increase to $l0.SS. and since 1905 II has
been still greater. IT is in the highest de-
gree improbable that any such quantities
Of Agricultural products as we are now
sending abroad would have been produced
in this country II we had taken the bad
advice OF the free traders, who imagined
that the development OF American manu-
features would retard the cultivation Of
the land. To the Investigation of our
Industries more than to any other cause
is owing the phenomenal expansion OF
American agriculture, which enables us to
spare a large quantity for export. Had we
made the blunder Of neglecting the develop
ment of all our resources, the probabilities
are that we should stlll be a country in the
same class as Turkey or Brazil, whose
populations are wholly dependent on agri-
| culture. Successful manufacturing and
mining enterprises are a stimulus to agri-
| cultural production, and never initiate
against the prosperity Of the farmer, ex-
cepting in countries like England, where
he is Disseminated against to favor the
manufacturer.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-09
Increased Postoffice Earnings.
New York Tribune.

New York Tribune.
The federal treasury has been helped in
the last six months by the surprising earn
lngs Of the Postofflce department. Usually
the postoffice runs behind from $15, 900, 900
to $40, OO0,O 900 a year, the deficit for 10000
having been ST. 900, 900. The treasury has
to meet postal deficits out Of it's ordinary
receipts, This year, however, the postal
service has been almost sslf-sustaining.
The loss on the operations Of the first six
months was only S4,o72.OOO. against $40, 2SI, 600
for the same period In 10000. The last
quarter showed a surplus OF 81, III, 900.
Probably the happy day is not far distant
when the Postoffice department will be
able not only to give more liberal service
but to pay IFS own way.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-09
WHERE ARE THE HOME FoLKs,
Bryan Approaching Native shores
and Nothing Doing.


Mr.. Bryan shrinks from a demonstration
Of welcome upon his return from foreign
parts. His pockets bulge not with manu-
script advocating government control Of
railroads. He has not hired Madison Square
garden to fill with his hitherto never-fail-
ing voice. His only thought is to land and
get away-not in a Queensberry sense, but
literally. Quickly as he can entrain for
Nebraska the journey west will begin. The
dust of Gotham shall not have, time to
gather on his feet.
Why this resolve? Has the perpetual
candidate come to the flag end Of perpet-
uity? That is it. In a letter to Chairman
Mack, declining a public reception upon
his arrival in New York, Mr.. Bryan gives
as the reason therefor that he fears it
would be open to dissatisfaction. In other
words, people would think he was out for
a fourth nomination for the presidency.
This remuneration Of honors goes far to
confirm previous reports to the effect that
Mr.. Bryan will stand aside in 1912, and will
support the choice of his party for presi-
dent-preferably Governor Harmon. Also,
it betrays the fact that Mr.. Bryan treas
ures the belief that he has a cinch on the
nomination IL he wants it. Now, Mr..
Bryan is clearly mistaken. The drift from
him was apparent from the day Of his last
stunning defeat, and it has been gathering
volume and specialization as time speeds
on. His name is rarely, If ever. mentioned
by any democrat in congress-, and the same
is true elsewhere-at party banquets and
on the stump. 1t does not appear that this
is done in pursuance of any understand
ing in the matter. 1t is by general consent.
Certainly, Mr.. Bryan retains the admira-
ton and following that his personality at
tracted to him. and doubtless always will.
but as an overshadowing political entity,
as the chief asset Of the national democ-
racy, he has passed.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-09
Breaking Up Bucket shops.
%PhIIadeInhia Record.

Philadelphia RECORD.
The attempt Of the federal authorities to
break up interstate bucketshop gambling
is an extension of its activity into a new
field of interstate commerce. 1t is much
to be desired that the crusade may be
wholly successful. The bucketshop profits
are altogether derived from gamesters who
annOt afford to lose. The arrest of the
bucketshop professionals is a fine deter
rent move, but not near as decisive as will
be the proposed intention to cut off the
wire service, The bucket shops would find
new keepers, but they could not well do
business without aid Of the wires.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-09
Breaking Into Bucket shops.
Philadelnhla Record.

Philadelphia record,
The administration is to be congratulated
on the th~oroughness with which it attained
the object sought. The blow to the bucket
shop system is a fatal one, and IL the
pursuit of the ~stragglers is as determined
as was the inception of the plan and the
preliminary campaign, it can but prove a
complete and lasting success, The Depart
ment Of Justice is engaged in other cam
paigns, and this criterion speaks well for
the success Of it's operations.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-09

san francisco chronicle.
Tom Watson is being heard from again.
He is once more lifting up his voice in
favor of greenbacks and is ~denouucing as
dangerous TO the republic the proposition
to create a great central bank, Tom says
that Andrew Jackson is as much alive to-
day as he ever was and that he will help
the g~reenbackers 10 destroy the awful con
spiracy which has for its object the crea-
ton of a banking system which will enable
Americans TO cope with foreigners in the
markets OF the world.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-09

The Federated improvement club
has resoluted against voting any more
bonds for public school buildings until
we get a new school board that will
treat the clubs committee with greater
Difference and courtesy. An apology
from the school board is in order.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-09

with no reason for existence. but their
protests were Overborne by a majority OF
the employees OF the Furness concern. 1t
now appears that the influence of the
trade unlonists has increased during the
year, owing probably to the continuing de-
preston In the industry. Employment by
the firm was not so general as had been
anticipated. The outcome is discouraging
to Sir Christopher Furness, who made a
sincere attempt to alleviate conditions ad-
verse to the Industrial supremacy OF Great
Rritain.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-09

In quiet, quaint old Springfield,
Mass, they are discussing the advisa-
bility of h%ouseholders arming them
selves at night against marauders. II
this were in Elko, New, it might sound
more like reality, but coming from the
heart of the effete east it sounds like
a naradOX.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-09
Our Birthday Book
April 8, 1910.

Jacob Fawcett Judge OF the Nebraska
supreme court, was born April 3, lsi7, He
is a native OF Wisconsin and served during
the war, enllsting at the age OF a. lie has
been practicing law, before going on the
bench, since 1879.
Rev. Robert l.. Wheeler, pastor OF the
First Presbyterian church at South Omaha.
was born April =. 1851. AZ Richiand Center,
Mo. and has been active IN public affairs
IN SOUTH Omaha for many years
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-09

stances, but they do not wholly solve
the mystery where the school children
have gone, and why the public school
attendance shows no greater growth.
It seems to us that here is a subject
which will we'll repay careful study on
the part OF our school authorities.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-09

St Pnnl Pioneer Press.

81. FNuI IIUNttI FTt5S.
A dispatch from New York says that
Mr.. Bryan is planning to retire from active
political affairs to engage in church work.
That may be true, but he must still be
considered a very important factor in
democratic politics. He may not be the
next nominee of his party for president,
but the man named will have to secure
Mr.. Bryan's approval.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-09

These recent destructive fires ought
o emphasize The Bees demand for en-
srgement of the fire limits that were
liked for Omaha more than fifteen
years ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-09

Chicago is doing things by censor
ship these days. 1t has the police for
censors of its theaters and now pro
poses to appoint censors at the bathing
beaches to inspect the costumes worn
by the fair ones and also the sterner
ones. 1t should not be hard to find
eliglbles to FIJI this latter position.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-09
same Old MuzzIe.
News.

""---V-TTFT"--- T"T-
There was a touch of Cannonism in the
republican convention. After the platform
was read the previous question was moved,
and carried, though many voted no. Thus
debate was cut off, and the possibility of
a minority report was excluded. This
hardly seems to consist with the theory,
so ably advocated by Senator Beveridge,
and for which the insurgents are supposed
to stand, that the people should rule.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-09

The bonding company auditors have
put their o. X. on the books and &C
counts of State Treasurer Brian. The
people of Nebraska made no mistake
when they put the states strong box
in Mr.. Brian's custody.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-09

The new freight depot put up by the
Northwestern road less than two years
g is already proving inadequate to
The traffic demands. The trouble is the
most farsighted of us have fallen far
short Of correctly gauging the rate Of
omaha's business expansion.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-09

Our Nebraska corrupt practices act
puts a penalty on the promise of APP
pointment to office, or other valuable
consideration, as an inducement for
votes for support. Just prior to the
South Omaha election a chronic office
holder made public announcement that
he would be the deputy if the demo-
cratic candidate for treasurer were
elected. The democratic candidate for
treasurer was elected and has just con
firmed the prediction by the announce
ment Of his choice of deputy. Only
circumstantial evidence, of course
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-09

Help make Omaha look more like a
city beautiful by identifying your W
premises without waiting for your
neighbor to set the pace,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-09

James A, Patten has given the best
'eason for stopping the abuses OF the
stock market-because losing Sc
10000 in this sort OF a fight is no
more 10 mt than losing a dime would
De TO you"
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-09

Kansas City's new mayor is said to
have sold his home to pay his cam
paign assessment. What does it cost
to run for mayor down there? Or are
homes so cheap?