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Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-05
Spreading the Population.

The 1910 census figures as thus far
disclosed do not show that our people
are leaving the country in any large
numbers for the city, but rather that
the population is being equalized as
between rural and urban districts. AS
matter Of fact the largest percentage
gains up to date are In the country
places. The cities on the whole are
not showing the enormous increases
they had been expected to develop, but
many of them are severely disap-
pointed in their returns. II appears,
therefore, that We had been borrowing
trouble and crossing bridges before
coming TO them.
If this tendency is borne out by
later and complete disclosures of the
census it will be well, for there is
every reason why the rural districts
should gain in population, along with
the cities. One result will be to set
us right on this "back-to-the-farm
propaganda. But in any event, what
the census reveals is a beautiful sign
and will be hailed with satisfaction by
people of the cities as well as those of
the country. Our cities, taken alto
gether, are growing fast enough. Chi
cago is peeved that it only showed up
100000, when it wanted 100000.
But what economic advantage could
there be in pouring 100000 people
into Chicago now? Perhaps some day
the city will have that many people,
cities and the country also have more,
and it will be proportionate gain,
which today it could not be. Chicago
is better off to have the other 1901
900 we'll distributed elsewhere.
After all, it is but natural that the
country districts should show large in
creases, for all modern tendencies have
been in that direction. The telephone,
good roads, rural free mail service
automobiles, mail order houses-all
these are factors toward that end and
they are bound to count for more in
the future than they have in the past
Another element that must from now
on be considered is the desire and abil-
ity Of city folk to reside in country
places. Many man even today trans
acts business in the city. but dwells in
the country, and many more are going
to do this within the next few years
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-05
Roosevelt and Mitchell.

Colonel Roosevelt found John Mitch
ell very handy man to have along on
his jaunt through the Pennsylvania
coal mining districts, for the adulation
that poured in upon the archapostle of
anti-race suicide from mothers OF large
families was a little more than one
man, even OF Mr.. Roosevelts tempera-
ment and tact, could easily take care
of. One may read a rich bit of humor
between the lines, therefore, of the ac-
count telling how when he found him
self overwhelmed by adoring mothers
and besieged by romping children, the
colonel turned for relief to his friend,
Mitchell, and introduced him as the
miners best friend and the former
president Of their national organiza-
ton.
The effect was perfect and instan-
taneous, for the women, and even chill
dren, turned TO Mitchell and began to
pour out their pride upon him, one
poor woman, It is said, even falling at
his feet and kissing his hands. II Is
doubtful IL the two men ever received
more fervid and genuine receptions. II
was veritable hOtbed OF anti-race
suicideism. aud aside from the little
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-05
BOOKKEEPING.

H. w. Francis in Judge.
She added up the figures she -iotted In
She counted up the money in her
But the balance wouldn't balance. though
at 1t her head she shook.
And evry time she tried it came
out worse!
A collar there was missing, so the total
once would say,
And next a dollar too much showed
on hand; al
And despite the ancient proverb which
their truthfulness asserts,
The figures seemed to lie to beat the
band! .r
She bit upon her pencil till the point was
wholly gene,
And her paper looked like flies APPLYING
ball: .-a
The balance which the figures showed
with what she had on hand,
Persistently would not agree at all!
Then at last In desperation she looked at
Some companies had issued Of their
state,
And a knowledge came upon her how to
straighten out the thing,
In way so very simple II was great!
So It worried her no longer to balance the
An ordinary thing 1t seemed to be.
She smiling wrote, "S1-account Profit and
Loss"
The doing which was certainly easy!
But ! guess she only did what some great
bookkeepers do i'."'
(Look at corporation statements YOU
have got)-
Just iuggled with the figures and made
Profit and Loss"
Like charity, of sins cover lott
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-05
Kansas and Iowa.

Kansas republicans by direct pri-I
mary have turned down four OF the
regulars in congress seeking re-elec-
tion and renominated Governor Stubs
by an increased majority as over two
years ago, and Iowa republicans in
state convention, predicated on the
primary held I'm June, have promul-
gated a platform distinctively insur-
gent. The result in Kansas, while a
signal insurgent victory, is not quite
what It looks on the surface, because
one of the defeated congressman had
been foredoomed, and in fact held his
place before only by reason of a
divided opposition. Governor Stubs
was entitled to endorsement for a
second term by Kansas republicans
just the same as was Governor Carroll
entitled TO endorsement for a second
term by Iowa republicans. The tone
Of the platform WIS Furthermore prac-
tically determined in advance by the
well-known fact that the followers Of
the two senator's had a working ma
iority Of delegates Of about ESQ over
the opposition.
But where would any one look for a
show OF insurgent strength more than
in Kansas and Iowa, with possibly also
Wisconsin? The representatives in
congress and in the senate from these
two states have been the head and
front Of the insurgent movement, and
whether they were spurred on to in
surgency by their constituents or their
constituents persuaded to insurge by
them is inconsequential so far as the
resulting conditions are concerned. 1t
is to be noted that the Iowa declara-
lions, which will doubtless be a model
for Kansas when It comes to speak,
take issue with President Taft only on
points Of disagreement in interpreta-
ton Of the Chicago platform and
accord him praise and approval for
what he has done to carry out the
campaign promises upon which he was
elected. The demands for further
legislation are really reinforcement OF
the recommendations of the president,
and the emphatic reiteration Of adher-
ence to the principle of protection as
against all democratic schemes for de-
stroying the tariff show clearly that
even the ultra insurgents are con-
vinced nothing is to be gained by
handing control of congress over to
the democrats and thus blocking all
further progress toward reform Iegis-
| lation.
1t seems to US, however, that the
depreciation by republicans of repub-
lican achievements is not calculated to
contribute to republican success, al
though It will remain for the returns
of the November election to demon
strate to what extent the vote will be
affected.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-05
Our Birthday Book
August 5, 1910.

Frank s. Streeter, widely known as the
lawyer for Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy In much
Of her litigation was born August 8. 1853,
at East Charlestown, VT. He has been
prominent in republican politics, and now
lives in Concord N. II.
w. l.. Park, now vice president of the
Illinois Central, formerly general superin-
tendent of the Union Pacific, Is just 81.
He was born in Ovid, Mich, and has de-
voted his entire life to the railroad business,
all OF it on the Union Pacific until his re-
cent promotion.
DIR. Ralph W. Connell, city health COM
missioner was born August s, 1869, at
Chroon Lake. N. Y. He graduated in
medicine in Cincinnati and located IN Rich
wood until 1884, when he came 20 Omaha,
where he has since been practlcing medi-
cine.
J. o. Detweler, with law offices In the
Paxton block. Is just n. He was born near
Chambersburg, Pa, and put out his
single first IN Shelby, Neb., in 1886. He
has been practlcing in Omaha since 1892
and was member Of the School board for
two terms
c. u. Sturtevant, secretary and treasurer
OF the Cavers Elevator company, was born
August 5, 1887, In Chicago. He is graduate
OF the Chicago Law school, but has been
In the grain business since 1898 and In
Omaha for ten years.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-05
The Financial Outlook.

While the Pearson crowd succeeded
in upsetting Wall street, they failed
to affect the business Of the country,
and this latest attempt by the bulls
and bears to stampede general conf
dence is serviceable only as bringing
that Wall street is. not necessarily the
barometer for the whole country
What we are up against in this coun-
try just now is not so much the peril
of a panic as the task of moving large
and profitable crops and attending to
an enormous volume of business
which is certain to open up with the
approach of the autumn.
People have learned that it takes
confidence to make a panic, Just as it
does to prevent it, and that is why
they are paying no attention to what
professional spectators have to say
because they have lost confidence in
their sincerity. The pendulum Of nat
ural business does not swing as widely
oS bhNoO hOulu lnulCdlGs II
is not possible for us always to find
our trade either in a boom or a panic.
The law of supply and demand, the ex-
igencies of ordinary production and
consumption, do not warrant such ex-
tremes. There is middle course
which offers the safest pathway.
In a country where labor is dill
gently employed at maximum wages,
where the demand for labor can
scarcely be met in some lines of in
dustry like building improvements;
where crops are large and prices rela-
lively high, and which Is at peace and
not at war with other countries, it is
rather difficult to make people believe
that they are headed for financial dis
aster, The fact that credit has been
contracted is not a bad sign. On the
contrary, it is a most healthful indica-
ton, coming as 1t does, on the heels
of a protracted period OF expansion
and speculation.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-05
PERSONAL NOTES.

Minnesota now learns that the doctrine
that the office should seek thc man may
be carried TO excess.
Mr. RockefelIers Sunday address about
the duty and delight Of forgiyng fully aud
freely ought TO make Ida Tarbei feel
easier in her mind
Anyone who Is seeking light regarding the
value Of a filtered water supply Is respect
mortality record. Last month IL was just
10. In June. 1905. IL was G69
Mrs. Kicker Of New Hampshire has been
informed that under the law she cannot
become governor She , Is however, a
woman Of education and refinement and
fully qualified for the duties OF governess.
People who ignorantly associate the name
Of Colonel Henry Watterson with mint
juleps will be surprised TO learn the lat
est crusade Of the talented colonel is the
advocacy Of buttermilk as the ideal sum
mer beverage.
Because he thinks the name Smith Is
symbolic OF citizenship in the United states
Nathan Sinauck, Russian mechanic, APP
piled to the District OF Columbia supreme
court for permission to change his name to
Nathan Smith.
Mrs. George w. Trout is directing the
suffrage campaign which Is being carried
on in Illinois this sumuaer. Automobile
parties will visit every part Of the state.
stopping at the small towns. villages and
crossroads long enough to deliver speeches
and distribute literature.
In one Of the swell suburban sections Of
New York City, neighbors attempted to
regulate the domestic affairs OF a widow
and her family, and succeeded In banishius
vouble Chanticler. The angry widow
then sold her property to a negro specula-
tor, leaving the reforming nelghbors in a
fuming state Of mind.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-05

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Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-05
A SUBSTITUTE ron WOOD.
Concrete Eases the Drain on American
Forests.

Concrete Eases the Drain on American
Forests.
Chicago Record Herald.
A direct aid to forest conservation is to
be found in the increasing use of rein
forced concrete.
Few realize the demand OF the present
day for timber. The amount used in this
country in dock and foundation work alone
annually consumes 100000 trees valued at
500, 900. The annual requirements for
poles on telegraph and electric lines cause
the cutting of over 100000 trees, the ex-
pense Of which is $500 1900. The number of
railroad cross ties used in 1908 was in ex-
cess of les, 10000 at a cost of $56,OOO,0OO 1t
is estimated that such a consumption as the
above will, IL continued, exhaust our for
ests in about fifteen years.
To counterfeit this drain the country may
draw on natural deposits Of rock, valueless
for quarrying purposes, but susceptible of
conversion into cement This, when rein
forced by steel, is the true material for the
poles, piles and cross ties of the future.
These, in many cases, can be manufactured
on or near the spot where they are to be
used They are indestructible by fire and
impervious TO decay.
Concrete piles are already manufactured
extensively by the Chicago. Burlington &
Quincy railroad at Hannibal, Mo, and have
been employed on large scale in dock
building at Havana, Cuba. 1t is to be hoped
that as a defense against the spoliation of
our forests this form OF industry may
spread.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-05
NORRIS CHALLENGER"
Insurgent Tactics i'm Nebraska Re-
publican Convention.
esinir,E f1itV InIIrral

Insurgent Tactics in Nebraska Re-
publican Convention.
Sioux City Journal.
The Omaha Bee is making a good case
against the "tail-end resolution" intro
duced at the Lincoln convention by Rep
resentative Norris and cheerfully accepted
by all insurgent authorities as proof posi-
tive that Nebraska is insurgent. The reso-
luton denouncing "Cannonism'' and pras-
ing insurgency was sprung after most of
the delegates thought the work of the
convention over. according to The Bee,
and after two-thirds Of them had left
the hall 1t was put to a viva voce vote
by the chairman. ana the galleries Joined
in the vocal competition in which the
chair, after visible hesitation, decided the
ayes had II. There were vigorous calls
for a roll call that would confine the
voting to the delegates remaining, but
there was no roll call. Aside from being
adopted illegally, The Bee says the reso-
luton was introduced illegally. the con-
ventlon at the outset having decided unan-
irnousy that all resolutions must go to
the resolutions committee without read
ing Introduced from the floor, the reso-
luton was out of order under the rule
adopted by the convention, and should not
have been put.
All this is interesting. but The Bee will
find some difficulty In getting its ex-
PLANTATION into general circulation. The
Associated Press report of the Lincoln
convention carried a brief statement that
the resolution had been introduced from
the floor and declared carried by a viva
Voce vote. That is all the authority re-
quired BY the progressive press to warrant
conclusion that the Norris resolution
reflects the real sentiment OF the republic
ans OF Nebraska as a whole. The fact
that the administration and the tariff law
had previously been heartily Endorsed.
and that the Norris resolution clashed.
tooth and nail with the regularly adopted
resolutions, has been and will be over
looked. The irregularity and Illegally of
the 'tail-end" resolution need not be dis
cussed Nebraska Is against Cannon and
for the insurgents. Hip. hip. hip. Hurrah!
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-05
Motors Rival a Mint.
Springfield Republican.

The Chalmers Motor Company of Mich
igan is declaring a cash dividend of 30 per
cent and stock dividend of 1000 per cent.
The General Motors company, which is
combination of several automobile plants,
announces net earnings of s12, 900 for the
last fiscal year. or 50, per cent on the stock
capital. doubtless highly inflated. 1t pro-
poses a stock dividend of 400 per cent. 1t
is not difficult to locate some Of the pros
perity which other industry has lately lost.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-05
PROSPERITY OF THE WEST.
View from Another Angle Tagged
with "HOlIer."
Washington Post

Washington Post.
The heavy toll the midd1emen exact from
eastern consumers is one Of the causes
enumerated by President w. C. Brown Of
the New York Central in accounting for
the prosperity OF the west. In contrast
with slackening business in the east, Pres
ident Brown found the west enjoying a
state of activity far greater than a year
ago. The people met out there were sur
prlsed and mystifed at the reports OF de-
preston beyond the Alleghenles, while they
themselves were scarcely able 10 accept
all the business offering. At a primary
shipping point in Iowa Mr.. Brown learned
that chickens which cost the shipper II
cents pound we're sold In New York for
@ cents, although the freight was a frac-
tion under cent a pound. The same is
true OF cattle and dairy products The
ultimate consumer. through the exactlons
OF the mlddleman, is forced to pay twice
as much as a fair profit calls for
As the result OF this jug-handled system
Of barter the casts purchasing power is
too heavily taxed. The people are obliged
to economize; and as they cannot dispense
with the necessaries Of life coming from
the west, they lessen the consumption of
the things which are produced nearer
home, There is falling demand for wear
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-05
The Science of Guessing.

A new set Of estimates on the age OF
this world has appeared, which tends to
confirm the suspicion OF the unlnstructed
layman that the scientists do not know
very much about II, Lord Kelvin once de-
ciaTed that the earch had passed through
the vicissltudes OF 4OO.OOOOOO years: but
subsequently retrenched his estimate 10
q, 10000 TO 100000 Now the scien-
tific guess is raised 10 100000 Which
after all does not interest the masses as
much as the question, how long the earth
viii last, which can be decided with about
as much accuracy as the other.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-05
The Crime of 1910.

The Minnesota democratic platform con-
tains this stirring cry to the sensibilities
Of an outraged republic:
I'VE deplore the discharge of Clifford
Pinchot from the office of chief forester
as a national crime"
At length the crime OF 1873 has worthy
successor. Yet the Gopher democrats were
not sufficiently explicit. No doubt wrath
checked their utterance. A constitutional
amendment forbidding the president to re-
move insubordinates is what is needed.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-05

II Hitchcock should lose out in the
populist primary and Metcalfe should
lose out in the democratic primary,
which would abide by the result, as
each has given written pledge to do?
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-05
"a Plague on Both"

Chicago Tribune.
July. has been every minute a perfect
product Of summer, hot, sweltering, kill
ing, sitting, the mother of 1000 dis
comforts and 1OOOOO0OOO bugs. Let US
raise our voices in praise. 1t will be
eleven months before she returns There
remains her fat, oily, smirking twin sis
ter August who also is impossible. A
pest take them both. They escaped from
the Satanic calendar and crept into the
human.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-05
Business Before Pleasure.


Memorandum: Colonel Bryan's Com
moners million Army" is stu ready to
march on at reduced rates. Moral .prin-
ciple is noble; political disaster is cleans
ing; but business is what Colonel Bryan
attends strictly to at all times and at the
old stand.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-05

The colonel may travel all he
pleases. but he can never get away
from that race suicide doctrine, and
certainly he cannot hope to evade 1t in
the child-blessed valleys of the Penn
sylvania mining districts.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-05

An offer of immunity from prosecu-
ton for talebearers who will help
drum up evidence to support that
custer suit would be worth a good
deal more coming from the county at
torney than coming from someone who
has no authority to prosecute or to re-
fuse to prosecute
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-05

One candidates withdrawal seems
to have reached the secretary OF states
office too late. We are glad to know
there is one requirement OF the pri-
mary law at which the secretary Of
state draws the line.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-05
Sure ThinRl

Indianapolis News.
II is expected that the board Of engineers
which has been appointed TO investigate
the raising OF the Maine will, after deep
cogitation, also arrive at the conclusion
that the appropriation will have to be
larger.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-05

The Philadelphia Inquirer says
Nebraska has been shipping us bad
canned eggs" and asks il a good thing
can come out of that state. Yes, how
would you hike to trade coal for corn?
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-05

II Mayor "Jim's" political managers
are counting on republicans voting in
the democratic primary in sufficient
numbers to nominate him they are
likely to be badly fooled.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-05

What has become of the old-fash-
Toned camp meeting? asks a contem-
porary. Like other relics of darker
days. 1t has been crowded out by the
light OF modern progress.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-05

The consulting board of army engi-
neers is at work to determine what
reclamation projects shall share in the
S2O,OoO,OOO loan authorized by con
gress. 1t is to be hoped they will not
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-05

The weather man came to our relief
this time without a special day Of
prayer for deliverance from drouth.
The prayers may be appropriate Just
the same in Thanksgiving.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-05
Exploring Political woodpiIes.
Philadelphia Ledger.

IIIIaWVIpIIIH l1VUbtIs
Senator Crane is to go on a scouting
expedition through the west. He will not
be in quest Of Indians, but 1t is believed
that he will search the interiors OF the
political woodpile out there on suspicion
that an African turks within.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-05

Our old friend (by permission) 4,
Edgar Howard. has not half the words
In denunciation of the "check-book"
candidate for congress that he used
TWO years ago. Has the check-book
become less odious? or has Edgar
become less exacting?
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-05

Mayor Jim" is whistling to keep
his courage up, but the real question
Is, wnl the brewers and liquor dealers
who have been financing his campaign
continue to throw good money after
had9
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-05

Here ia where candidate for gov
ernoi and a candidate for senator on
the same ticket, living in the same
town, are apt TO get their wires
crossed. 4St5t
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-05
WANTS HER
LETTER.
PUBLISHED
For Benefit of Women who
Suffer from Female Ills
Minneapolis, Mimi was great
sufferer from female troubles which

caused a weakness
and broken down
condition of the
system. / read SO
much fwhatLydia
E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound
had done for other
suffering women l
felt sure it would
help me, andI must
say it did help me
wonderfully. My
pains all left me, ]
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-05

Minneapolis park police have been
ordered to thrash Washers. They
may be trouncing each other if they
carry out the command faithfully.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-05
ahnllnnhnrrnr in

Governor Shallenberger is making
his campaign for denomination largely
by appeals to anti-omaha prejudice.
The governor will want votes later in
Omaha as well as elsewhere.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-05

Subscribers leaving the city tenn
pOrarily should have The Bee
mailed to them. Address will be
changed AZ often ms requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-05
ReIIerinr the strain.

Philadelphia Bulletin.
Twenty-Five cotton mills. with 10000 oper-
atives and an annual output OF sls,OOOOOO
worth Of products, have formed trust
The object, OF course, Is to reduce prices
to the consumer.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-05

pass by the only irrigation project
which the government is carrying on
in Nebraska