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Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03
AN IOWA ANNIVERSARY.
sixty-Three Years Young and Quite
Handsome.
Des Moines Capital.

Les MONIES Capital.
Iowa entered upon the sixty-fourth year
of its existence as a state last week. When
President James X. Polk signed the act
whereby Iowa was formally admitted to
the union of states, the man who is now
three score and ten was entering upon his
Tth year. At hat time Iowa had a pop
ulatlon of less than 1000 00.
There were probably a few who looked
out over the broad expanse Of traokless
prairie and ruefully shook their heads. The
smoke Of the Indian wigwam here and
the smoke Of the settlers cabin there both
assembled to the sky. telling a tale Of
loneliness and isolation which could hardly
be uttered in words. When the night
shades fell the roar Of the wild beast was
the only sound which broke the stiffness.
only those who have lived a long life
can appreciate the wonderful transforma-
tion which has here taken place. Today
Iowa is the leading agricultural state in
the union. The claim of leadership is often
put forth when only a comparative leader
ship can be proven. Iowa's pre-eminence
is a matter of authoritative facts and fig
ures which make it stand out from and
above all other states.
! on New Years day the American Agri-
culturlst will make a showing OF the farm
wealth Of the United States. IN the pros
pectus which is before us is a map OF
the United States giving the number of
farms in each state and the total valce
Of the farm products. This map shows
thai lows has 244,OOO farms and that the
total value OF its farm products for the
year 1903 is SCH, O0O, 900. 1t is true that
Texas has 5000 farms and farm products
valued at s62s, 0 1900, but Texas is a small
continent in size and 1t would be unrea-
sonable to make discriminating comparl-
sons with that state.
Illinois falls behind Iowa, its 290,OO farms
producing a product value OF 1851, 10000
Ohio has product values Of S4sS, 100000, and
New York, long far-famed for its agricul-
tural superiority. reaches 1881. 900, O0.
1t is no wonder that 31GO or more per
acre is beginning to be the ruling price
for Iowa farms. The conviction is deepen
ing tina the soil is worth he money. With
the stand which Iowa occupies today there
is no limit that can be placed upon its
future possibilities.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03
MN ETEEN TEN.
Thoughts on the Day and the Days
to Follow.
ColIler,s Weeklv.

Golfers Weekly.
Our future is made by purpose and by
chance. Daily we pass into an undis-
covered country. Daily we try in vain to
guess what that Undiscovered country
holds; what of allurement, what Of dread.
1t is only in fable that men or witches
look into the seeds of time, and say which
grain will grow; or read the book of fate.
and see the continent melt into the sea.
Shakespeare never wearied of the subject
the fascination of the unknown, and how
unknown indeed 1t is. So much does the
unexpected weigh, that a wise man can
SEQ in definite prophecy, but little further
than n fool. The advantage OF wisdom is
not in forecast, but living wisely now
prepares for living wisely to the end:
Her ways are ways OF pleasantness,
and all her paths are peace"
We can not penetrate the unseen, but we
can greet II with a cheer. Better than that,
we can welcome 1t with readiness and
understanding. There is enough, at least,
for inspiration, in the saying OF old Sam
johnson, that the future is purchased by
the present. 1t is true sufficiently to make
effort, hope, and faith the better course.
We know the world, with all it's woe, grows
happier; with all It's ignorance, more en-
lightened; with all it's error, more virtuous
and just; and in this painful, slow and
steady progress we know that each Of
~vention, knowledge; another, barred these
great factors, can bring at least fortitude,
JOY or abnegation. To none is denied.
That best portion of a good mans life,
His little, nameless, unremembered acts.
OF kindness and of love"
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03
Message to ALI the World.

The strides taken by the students
the annual report, must be gratifying
to all progressive interests as well as
to those which are strictly religious,
for 1t is apparent that these crusading
volunteers are carrying to all the world
a message of civilization. Moral awak-
ening and mental enlightenment are
twin sisters, and in their spread of the
gospel to the dark places of the earth
the American emissaries are allies of
the greatest of uplifting forces.
The program indicated for the COM
ing year shows the vast scope of the
movement, covering as 1t does such
countries as Turkey, Russia, Japan,
India, Africa and the turbulent sec
tions of Latin America, where the edu-
eating force Of the Christian students
is bound to be an influence for all
right living and good government.
Even the worldly affairs of the work
a-day life are advanced by this move
ment, for It is well known that trade
follows the missionary, so that for
practical as we'll as for ethical reasons
the students will doubtless find even
larger support in the future. Theirs
is one Of several ~unselfish institutions
of the sort that are making the Amer
lean known to the uttermost parts of
the globe as a disciple OF light and
hope and happiness.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03

While the government is in the mood
for economizing 1t might give some
attention to the revision of its customs
service by eliminating the ports which
produce no revenue from foreign com
merce. There are forty ports whose
collections do not equal the expense of
maintenance, as, for instance, Ports
mouth. N. H., where S3,573 is ex-
pended to collect 1922, and Annapolis,
Md, where $500 is the years revenue
from a 1856 office. The government
spends $4,221 at Egg Harbor, N. j.,
to take in $167, and in twenty or more
other places a similar annual discrep-
ancy is noted. 1t would seem to be
good business to. abolish the expensive
Offices at ports of such trivial income.
Why should the government maintain
a collectorship that does not collect?
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03

SO firmly fixed in the popular mind
has been the idea hat Mars is a planet
Of marvellous canals, that the an
nouncement from London absolutely
destroying the canal theory will come
as a shock. The latest telescope pho
tographs were accepted by the distin-
guished scientists gathered at the on
ference Of the British Astronomical as
ISOLATION as conclusive proof that what
had hitherto been deemed to be canals
were merely an effect upon the eye OF
collections of dark spots whose cause
was undetermined, but which were
certainly not due to canals. Indeed,
il was announced on the authority Of
superintendent Maunder of the solar
department Of the royal observatory at
Greenwich, that no one aver had seen
a single canal on Mars, and hat there
never had been any real ground for
supposing that the markings on the
planet supplied any evidence of arti-
fetal action. II vas agreed that il
we're better for science that the canal
theory be abandoned altogether.
Fiction writer's and wild theorists
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03

Mayor Dahlman is about to give the
city council the benefit of his views of
certain features of municipal house
keeping. The outline of his ideas SO
far presented indicates a tendency to-
ward economic and efficient admins
tration. If the mayor is sincere in his
purpose and the city council will act
with him great benefit to the city will
ensue. The adaptation OF business
methods to public service is always in
order.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03
OPPORTUNITY.

William d. Eddy in Atlantic Monthly.
Foolish IL he who, says that at his door
l knock but once, a furtive moment stay,
Fearing lest he shall hear, then haste
away,
Glad TO escape him-to return no more.
Not so, / knock and wait, and DER ana
DER
Come back to summon him. Day after
day
I come 10 call the ldier from his play. .
or wake the dreamer with my vain uproar.
out OF a thousand. haply, now and then,
one, II he hear again and yet again,
viii taTdy rise and open %languidly.
The rest, half puzzled, half annoyed, re-
turn
To play or sleep, nor seek nor wish to
learn
Who the untimely, clownish guest may
be. ID.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03
ON THE TRAIL OF THE DEFICIT.
Plans for Placing Postal Service on
Paying Basis.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Postmaster General Hitchcock in his an
nual report made public this morning
makes one suggestion, which is novel
as coming from an executive Off
cial of the government. He thinks
that If the public everywhere would lend
its assistance some part of the great an
nual deficit in that department might be
avoided If the patrons Of the 10000 offices
scattered throughout the nation would each
do his share in cutting down the cost OF the
service the aggregate saving would be
astounding. There are too many dummy
directors in this government corporation.
Another suggestion Of the postmaster
general is worth notice. He would organize
the thousands of local offices in districts
for the better direction of the business.
For instance a city postmaster might be
given authority over the postmasters in the
towns and smaller cities of the vicinity.
They would report and get authority from
him; he would be responsible to the cen
trail offices at Washington.
Mr.. Hitchcock urges that residents in free
delivery cities provide themselves more
generally with mail boxes 10 relieve car
riers of the necessity of ringing door bells
and waiting for them to be answered. This
might well be made a subject for legisla-
ton. Hundreds OF thousands Of dollars
would be the resultant saving.
The complaint made by the president tina
second class mail matter is causing some
S64, O0O, OOC loss each year liz repeated In this
report and several suggestions made to eff
feet a saving. Publications should be
charged a higher rate OF postage, both
think.
The Taft spirit OF economy has
thoroughly ~pervaded the Postoffice de-
partment. where, perhaps It is needed
most. The public should cooperate to give
effect to some OF the suggested reforms.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03
A School Girl on Education.

Washington Irving, one of the mas
tiers of literary style, might well be
proud of the essay written by a girl
student in the New York high school
bearing his illustrious name. The es-
say is a logical and edifying answer to
the question, What do the high
schools do for a girl?" and is being
circulated among students of the ele-
mentary schools with a view to open
ing general interest in advanced edu-
cation, for in New York, as in most
cities, the tendency of the majority Of
students is to go no higher than the
grammar grades.
From the point Of view of the girl
herself the value of the high school
training is interesting as confirming
the faith of the parent. High
schools" says this youthful essayist,
prepare the girl for the highest hap
piness and the greatest service. They
give her the fruit of the training
through which her teachers have SO
earnestly led her up to her entrance to
the high school. They give her the
cultivation and the refinement of the
well-bred woman. They fit her, If
necessity should come, to avoid de-
pendence upon her relatives and to
support herself in a self-respecting
way. A high school education is now
indispensable to the American woman.
1t puts her at ease In any society; 1t
advances her in business success far
beyond the graduate Of the business
school which omits everything but the
bread-and-butter studies. Every day in
the high school pays not only bet
ter in better wages, but in the
satisfaction of the higher life. Go
for a term, or a year; each day
is an advantage to you. Go the
full course if possible. Business
houses want educated girls, intelligent
girls; they want high school girls.
Don't let anyone fool you with a short
cut proposition that will fit you for a
third-rate place from which you never
can rise"
Frequently youth will accept sug-
gestions from it's WI contemporaries
rather than from it's elders, and it is
probable that this earnest appeal of a
high school girl in the midst of her
hope, her faith and her work will have
an influence toward swelling the am
billions of those who ordinarily would
stop at the high school threshold. II
It persuade only one, it will have full
nlled its destiny, and the chances are
that it will persuade many.
The vicissitudes of the American
family are such that the daughter
ought to be trained to be self-reliant;
she should be no clinging vine that
withers at the first blast of adversely
but instead a creature of poise and en-
durance, and she ought to be able tC
make her own living should circum'
stances compel. The Washington Irv'
ing high school girl is right: The
American high school is the best all
around training field for the battle Of
life, for the ~gentler as well as for the
sterner sex.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03

Pure air, pure food and pure
thought is the rule of life advocated
by Mr.. WI in parting from Americans,
While fidelity to the advice may not
hold us al here for the full term of
fifty years at the end of which Mr..
WI promises to visit us, still it isn't a
bad suggestion to follow on it's merits,
coming though it does to a Christian
people from a so-called heather.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03
PensIons ON a Wage BasIa.
Boston Herald.

The Rock Island road, in the establish
ment of its old age pension system, pro-
poses to place It's pensions strictly on a
wage basis. There will be no contribution
from the employees wages. nor will the
management set aside a pension fund to
provide an income for distribution Pen
sion payments will be provided from the
railroad treasury as they become due and
will be charged to operating expenses each
month, just as the regular payroll Is. The
pension system Is not 10 be considered a
benevolence. II is recognized as a proper
charge on the earnings OF the railroads
and is an acknowledgment OF the theory
that an industry must care for its own.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03

The nomination of United States
senators by direct primary vote in Ne
braska may have to run 1.-The gauntlet
of the courts. In the meantime the
citizens can we'll afford to continue a
practice that has been permitted for
many years of recommending to the
legislature the candidates preferred
and the legislature can we'll afford tc
heed the recommendation made by the
voters.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03
Usefulness of "a Precedent.

A former japanese minister, Count Hay
ashi, advises the Incorporation of Korea
after the example of the annexation of
Hawaii by the United States. All things
considered, this was by no means a credit
able act OF craftsmanship in view OF the
method of its Accomplishment. But it can
hardly be denied that 1t affords a pre-
cedent for Japan in the Korean case.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03
K Loss to The world.

OHICuBU IHItI 7OUVdII'
The death OF Frederic Remington is a
loss to the art of the whole world, He
treated a new school and did more than
any other artist to depict the strenuous
life of the frontier during the conquering
of the west. His Indians, soldiers, COW
boys and horses and game animals are the
unnistakable work of the man who knows.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03

Senator Lodge denies that he will
accept a post abroad. No lodge in the
wilderness for him, when he can be
both fellow and spokesman for the
Hub at home.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03

While we all are in earnest about
conservation. there can be such a thing
as too much conversation about it,
What is needed is some practical legis-
lation. and congress- cannot too soon
enaet It. The fate OF our resources
must not be imperilled by the desire
for self-exDIoitation IN debate.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03

The location OF sky-scrapers for
Omaha is Sufficiently distributed to
avoid the charge OF either congestion
or coIlusioH. The new business dis
trlct appears to include a large portion
of the old.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03

T%hackeray first marked it's proofsheets
and II is a pleasure for the wonderland
Of cornfields to take off it's hat and
send its wireless. but none the less cor
dial, greetings across the ocean to the
wonderland Of the Cornhill in acknowl-
edgment of a literary debt hat shall
extend through generations to ONE
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03
Look o the Trouble Elsewhere.

In his jnayirM into food prices Secretary
Wilson of the Department Of Agriculture
will find etbai1the farmers are getting no
more than they ought to for their produce,
no matter gYhat may happen to it after it
is out of, their hands.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03

The great concrete oad which Gal
weston is about to build to the main
land will take its place among the
worlds wonders as the real giants
causeway.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03
Born that Way.
,eUv York Evening Post

New York Evening Post.
sugared phrases, honeyed words, gum
dropped evidence, and the Havemeyer
trust seem to indicate that there is a con-
genital moral weakness bound up with the
saccharine principle.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03

The shipload Of sugar that sunk on
nearing New York must have been dis
couraged by the wireless news from
the customs house.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03
TheY Canle Aerosn.

There was an increase OF S1, sOO,502 In the
customs receipt Of the port Of New York
this year, affording further evidence Of
how Collector Loeb has made the people
who come across come across
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03

The ballet dancers of the Partisan
royal opera won their strike. The man
ager could not Withstand their kicks.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03

A crying baby is sometimes an ad-
vantage, as the Omaha man whose life
and property was saved through the
baby's alarm can testify.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.

State Of Nebraska, Douglas County, IS.
George B.. Tzschuck, treasurer OF The
Bee Publishing Company, being duly
sworn, says that the actual number of full
and complete copies of The Daily, Morn
ing. Evening and sunday Bee printed dur
Ing the month Of December, 1909, was as
foi1ouas
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03

Now that the Woodmen of the World
building has finally alighted, the real
estate deals hat were dependent on its
erection may be closed up or declared
on
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03
the National

When the National Antitrust
league meets the National Anti-Boy-
colt association Gompers and his
friends can stand aside INT watch the
fun.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03

Weston is planning for a corn EXPOSE
ton next fall. Better come to Omaha's.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03

Estrada's pledge for the disarma-
ment of Nicaragua Toe not disarm the
world OF the suspicion hat he means
to be its president,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03

Too earnest devotion to the dollar
mark has left the mark on the face
and frame of the pursuer.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03

Some of the big cities census guesses
are likely to bump the bumps when the
returns come in.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03

Omaha has much to be thankful for
and little to regret In the review OF
1909. Now all together for 1910!
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03

While Dixie has been announced
as the preference in a voting contest
for the favorite national air, Yankee
DOODLE may be expected to keep 1t up.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03

All of the suppressed high links of
the Hinky Dink ball appears to have
been let loose in Chicago on New
Years eve.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03

Gaynor's policy Of choosing his Of
ficeholders by fitness is causing indi-
cations of fits in the wigwam.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03

The principle Of Look up, not
down. will be unanimous as soon as
Halley's comet is sighted.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03

Mr.. Bach-I suppose, old man, you find
a great many surprises in married life, Ell?
Mr.. Younghusband-I should say so. Why,
only the other day l found out that my
wife Is fonder of fried onions than of ice
cream.-Boston Transcript.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03

Wall street seems unable to clear UP
the drift Of the Rock Island furry.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03

The anti-pass law doesn't seem tC
work very well in Minnesota.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03

The new yea started eff shockingly
at Martinique.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03

Not a thing, dear"
Don't be foolish. Why. you two were
talking together for nearly an hour"
II know that. "-CleYeland Leader.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03
Hot Pace for the Year.

Let 1910 be forewarned that II is going to
have a pretty stiff time Of il keeping up
20 the pace set by its nearest predecessor.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03

subScribers leaving the city tenn
POrarily should have The Bee
mailed TO them. Addres will b.
changed as often al requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03

II the price of rubber keeps on
stretching, something is liable to snap
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03

''What is the motto Of your nation?''
asked the new conner.
"'Step lively, please 3" answered his
American fr~lend.-Buffalo Express.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03
PASSING PLEASANTRIES.

Dora, the mere thought OF you sets my
heart to throbing simultaneously"
20, Godfrey, / have told you a hundred
that you smoke too muchl"-Chicago
Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03

Judge-Do you swear to tell the truth,
the whole TRUTH
Fair Witness-It will be just perfectly
lovely II you really have the time to listen.
-Harper's Bazaar.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03

Did you ever notice what is the first
feather In his cap?"
What?"
II plumes himself on it."-Baltimore
American.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03

That chap used to be a champion light
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03

Not me-" replied the matter of fact man.
factory when I'm hungry,"-Boston Herald.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03

d you believe in table-tipping? 2"
lueried the woman advocate OF spiritual
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03

What! A boxer?"
mo. A grocer. Judge.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03

pa?"
Just to show to the world what their
powers OF endurance have b~een."-Judge.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-03

Maria, for heavens sake please let me
get in a word e~dgeWise!"
well, what do you want TO say2'
IF you Insist on our having more milk
and better milk l may as we'll buy a COW"
Now, John, you know that's not trying
to get a word In edgeWise. You're trying
TO lug 1t In by the horns. Chicago Trib-
une.
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-02-22
PROFESSOR CARNAGHY.

We would ask no better judgment
OF Prof. j. A. Carnagey's administra-
ton of the Paducah public schools
than the opinion of the gentlemen,
who now compose the board of trus-
tees: and regarding him. as they evi-
IDENTIFY do, they acted wisely in elect
ing him for four years. 1t gives him
a longer time in which to develop his
policy, so that 1t is not necessary for
him TO act inadvisedly in an effort to
produce premature results; il puts
the teaching force upon notice that
the status quo will continue four
years; 1t removes the danger of ma
nipulating school board elections in
the interest of factions; and then,
above all and comprehending all, is
the wise idea, that when you have a
man you consider satisfactory, hold
on to him and give him every oppor-
tundty to produce the best service
that Is in him.