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Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-21
Industrial Nebraska


Nebraska is classed as one Of the
great agricultural states. in wheat
and corn production it is leader. 1t
is likewise a leader in poultry and
dairying. its metropolis, Omaha, being
the greatest butter market in the
country. In live stock it again takes
high rank. In fact, 1t stands always
near the top as a farming state and as
such it is generally thought of.
But Nebraska is more of an indus
trial state than most people appre-
ciate, even many people within its
own boundaries. And it is making
large advances every year in indus
tries. In 1906 more than $50, 900
was the capital invested in manufac-
tories, and this was a gain of more
than s15,O0O,OOO over the aggregate
capital invested in 1900. Since 1906
the increase has been much greater
than it was in the FIVE years preceding,
and while the statistics for 1910 are
not yet available, they probably will
show an aggregate in the neighbor-
hood of $1OO,OOO,OOO, if not more.
The value of Nebraskas manufac-
tured articles in 1905 was $154.91S,-
220, a gain of about $4,000, 900 over
1900. In 1906 these manufacturing
establishments numbered 1873 and
employed 2O,26O persons at an aggre-
gate wage of $11,O22,149, which rep
resented comparative increases over
1900.
These figures loom very large for a
western state in the heart Of the great
agricultural and stock-raising belt.
which has only of late years turned
its attention to industrialism. They
show something of the possibilities for
the future--something only, for with
improved railroad facilities and better
freight rates, which we have been get
ting by degrees, and cheaper fuel.
which we hope to get, our continued
advancement on a very marked scale
is certain. In late years business
iICh III Olhdud nave Dee0 working
more Systematically to induce capital
and industry to come to the state and
working not without results. We
still need to make more rapid progress
in certain lines, but it is largely a
matter OF education Some day our
business men will find out how tn
utilize. to Omaha and Nebraska's Sill
preme advantage, the facilities for
shoe manufacturing that lie within
their very grasp and perhaps they
have taken the first step toward this
end i'm fighting for the establishment
here of prime wool market. Leather
may come next and when it does there
is no reason why. not only more shoe
factories. but gloves as well, should
not be established. 1t Is in the fac
tory line that greatest expansion must
be made.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-21

its compensation from the settlement
Of land further west. The fact is, that
this middle west has really engineered
this movement Of conquest abroad. II
was necessary to balance the scales of
economy and this will all be apparent
in a very short time. The country has
been calling for greater supplies from
the farm to meet the greater demands;
it has been urging a dissipation Of con-
gested centers in the east; IL has
been bringing the alien from foreign
shores and insisting that he be given
place on the farm How could all
these demands be met but by moving
on and opening up new fields. What
is taking place today has been taking
place since this country was settled
Year by year empire builders are NOV
ing the frontier out just a little more.
1t is nothing new, nothing to occasion
other than the greatest encourage
ment
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-21
David Beunett Hill

No member of the old line democ-
racy more strongly resisted the en-
croaching power of Bryan than did
David B. Hill, whose death at the age
of 6 years. has Just occurred. Unlike
MI Cleveland, who treated the new
leader with silent contempt. Mr.. Hin
became militant in his efforts TO save
the party from falling into his control
His last attempt was made at the ma
tional convention in Kansas CITY in
1900, where he led the opposition in
vain, making a most spectacular fight
against Mr.. Bryan. His dramatic II
am a democrat was reiterated as his
slogan of warfare.
Mr.. Hill was a good fighter. Tena-
eious Of purpose he never gave mn
That was demonstrated, not only in
his struggle with Organism. but earlier
in his controversies with President
Cleveland, an old-time friend and assn
eiate i'm politics lie had come into
political prominence along with Mr.
Cleveland, but not even this checked
his passion when a difference arose
Though he had been prominent in the
legislature Of New York and state con-
ventions' his first conspicuous office
was lieutenant governor, when CIeve-
land was ehOsen governor When the
latter left Albany for the White house.
Mr.. Hill succeeded to the governor
snip and later went 10 the senate as
the successor to William NJ. Evarts
tie had come into power by and
through his close association with
Cleveland and the same men who had
made Cleveland also made HIN. But
soon after reaching the senate Mr.. Hin
broke with the president. He led at
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-21
WHOSE OK IS GoRED.

Strickland Gillian in Baltimore sun.
In predestr,anizatiou
1t Is easy as creation
70 arouse your Indignation
At the man who drives the car,
When you're crossing crossings muddy
In lovely, seal-brown study
And some blooming. blarstcd. bloody
Chiffonior bestows a lar
on your eardrum unsuspecting,
In the midst of Your rejecting
Comes q yearnng for dissectinr
The anatomy OF him ~.i
But when you are at the throttle
When you squeeze the rubber bOttlh
All the dignity you've gotll
BE condensed into a grim
Exclamation fun OF wonder
How m seven sorts Of thunder
Those pedestrians should blundcr
When across your path they walk
Yes It's quite another matter
When before your snort they scatter
As you point your radiator
At your fellOwman, and squaWk'
often when my benzine buggy
Is wreck. or when the muggy
Weather keeps my chugEN- chuggN
In the shelter OF the shop,
Then / trolley to the city Nv
NJ the folks I often pity
In some touching little ditty
With "A title at the top,
As from car to curb I'm skipping
Ger the pol shed cObblos sl,ipping.
suddenly there sounds a clipping
And honk that lifts my hair
Then I'm sorer than the dickens
And my pulse with anger qu'Ckens
While the air with lapENRge, tbipkcns-
Language mighty nigh d swear
But when I'm behind the motor
And some sutfragette or voter
OtoneSt citizen, or tlOaterl
Makes me pause upon my sCOUt,
Then I can that agglHvator
Names perhaps I'll fry for later
When ! point my radiator
At my fellowman, and toOt
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-21
BREVrrY IN STATE PAPERS.
An Example worth Following By All
Concerned.
Louisville Courier-Journal.

Concerned,
Louisville Courier-Journal
When Charles E. Hughes resigned the
office of governor Of New York he did so
in A communication TO the legislature which
is a model OF brevty. Il hereby resign
the office Of governor" That was all Of
It with the exception of the address and
signature. 1t covered the case fully and
left no room for mlsinterpretation in any
particular.
Examples OF this kind are infrequent
Most of the men who hold high offices
seem to feel it incumbent to multiply
words on all occasions where II becomes
necessary to indite an official letter. The
messages OF governors and presidents cover
pages in the newspapers, where they easily
might be condensed into columns by the
elimination Of superfluous words and SEN
fences. Third assistant secretaries and
funcdonarles OF even lesser degree are
given to exploiting their views in letters
remarkable for nothing so much az their
unnecessary length.
II is refreshing now and then TO run
across document OF the kind Mr.. Hughes
has written in submitting his resignation
as governor. How many Of our present
day statesmen could have lain down gov
erPorsmp I'm words so few. so simple and
SO effective? Most or them. II may readily
be imagined would have accompanied the
words Of resignation with a history Of their
entire official career with sundry and
divers references To the welfare OF the
state, and possibly, with some instructions
or gentle suggestions for their successor
There is not much hope that hrevity will
ever become the rule instead Of the shin
ing exception in state papers. 1t is pleas
ant nevertheless. TO find an occasional
example OF Il.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-21
PLEASANTLY POINTED.

..,. . .,
YES tlN Wlio complains that nc even
thNlgs l''m nome tn dinner Cleveland
Leader
~ beg NouJ pardon exclaimed the
Ghaulltur. stopping hts machine.
on re not To- blame. responded the
pedestrian. picking himself un ut was
coming Chicago Tribune
cor course" said tho surgeon who had
operated for appendicitis "thcyp win no a
That's all right replied the patient
Leave any kind Of a mark Won like that
win prevent some strange doctor from
coming along and operatiuc aEain Wash
what became OF the eldest SON OF our
old neighbour"
Hes musical conductor-he's bcnuug
time"
And his brothero''r."
He's an automobile rager-he's making
And the youngest9-he black sheen OF
the family?"
ooh he's lust doing time ''-- Baltimore
American
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-21
Taft surveys the Field

The president has returned to
Washington from making survey Of
the political field in New York. He
does not attempt to conceal his
knowledge of the fact that the repub-
licans are facing a hard battle on No
vember s. He was given words Of
encouragement by certain party lead
ers in New York. and accepted them
with the hope that they were correct.
but at the same time advising against
any carelessness in thought or action
relative to the management Of the
campaign. In other words. President
Taft is taking nothing for granted
He is ready to be shown, but as the
head and leader OF the party in power,
he is prudently advising that the ranks
be kept tightly closed until election
day. The president is not, however,
of the opinion that the result. either
in New York or abroad this fall. need
forecast the outcome in 1912 and i'm
this view he has many to agree with
him
Elections turn on small pivots some
times This year. while business is
good and people are prosperous. and
there is nothing the matter with actual
conditions, the democrats are banking
everything on their ability to make
the voters believe that the high cost
of living, which is universal the world
over, and the tariff. which has worked
to general advantage, are onerous
products of a republican regime 1t
must be admitted that for a time it
seemed these misleading arguments
would prevail, but now it begins to
appear that the people are doing more
of their own thinking. They seem to
be looking clear through this sophistry
and into the face of the fact that
for fourteen years. since the repub-
licans took charge of the government,
it has enjoyed its greatest prosperity;
that under republican rule the country
was brought from the depths of the
most disastrous panic it ever expert
enced to the height of its supreme
prosperity.
The dissension in republican ranks
on which the democrats had so largely
counted, is disappearing. Factions
see plainly that factionalism means
but one thing-democratic success
and they are not willing that any eff
fort of theirs should contribute to such
a result Trade is steadily improving,
factories are running full blast. crops
are better than was expected and
prices for farm produce are sustained,
while wages keep advancing. All
these things are bad for democratic
victory, which must depend on ad-
versity and failure. With united and
well directed efforts from now on. the
republicans should retain control Of
the next house and maintain their ma
jorities in state contests.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-21
4 REFORMED TRUST.
Sugar Magnstes SoIsmnIy Promise 20
he Awful Good.
pbiladaInhia Record

Illlldhell llld AktNhlN
Some Of the sugar trust maguates have
died and some have gone 10 prison and
some have sold out. Nearly an the direc-
tors and Officers are new, and the trust is
taking a good deal Of pains 10 explain that
II has reformed, that n viii always be good
and that the country ought now to be nice
TO it,
While the prosecutions were going on.
civil and criminal. the sugar people uu-
doubtedly felt that Christening was grieyous,
but nov that u is over they assure the
country that q is bearing the Deaceable
fruits OF righteousness. The trust is going
20 obey the lswS ana pay taxes on the
water IL uses AMI pay duties by the same
scales that IL sells by, and Il IS going 20
make frequent statements Of It's condition.
II has got away from the wickedness Of
New YORK Il has put behind n the tempta-
tons Of Wall street. and II Is owned mostly
IN New England or course that last Is
an assurance OF rs high moral standards.
When a business passes into the control
Of New England men, then everything ls
sure 10 be open and above board. Boston
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-21

MIR. Hitchcock now flatters himself
that he has become a national issue.
This ought to set aside the statement
that the only issue before the people
in Nebraska Is the liquor question.
The Bee has Gil along contended that
the more important question before
the people of Nebraska this year is
whether this state is still to be rep
resented in congress by republicans or
whether we are to vote in favor of
returning to the policy which brought
about business conditions that made it
necessary for a democratic editor to
go to a republican state treasurer to
borrow money in order to keep his
paper alive. The voters should not
allow themselves to be misled by pow
erty pleas or appeals to sympathy, but
should look squarely at the facts.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-21
PERSONAL NOTES.


A ST. Louis man inherited $1,000 and spent
it in two days. The cost Of high living Is
high.
The surest get-rich-quick scheme nova
days is to deliver the secrets of a big
smuggler to your Uncle Sam.
Two women are to stump for the indie
pendence league ticket in New York. II
women only had the franchise the league
would have two votes.
4 New York court has decided that
man need not support his mother-in-law
and that il his wife leaves him and goes
to live with her mother he need not sup
port her either. 1t ia satisfactory every
now and then to learn that man has a
few rights left.
The death of julia Ward Howe at the
age of ~. leaves John Bigelow aged 49,
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, SO. and
Henry G. Davis, Parker's running mate
on the ticket of 1904 who was born in the
same year as Colonel Higginson, as Amer
icas oldest inhabitants.
Prof. Frank Dixon, in charge OF the de-
partment of political economy at Dart
mouth college, has been appointed chief
statistlcan of the bureau of railway econo-
mics. This organization was recently es-
tabllshed by the railroads for the study OF
questions of general economic interest in
the field OF transportation
The town marshal OF each town that the
late James f. Hough OF Aurora, H., visited
during the thirty-siN years as a travelling
salesman out OF Chicago possesses a walk
ing stick given by the deceased during his
lifetime as a token OF friendship. The late
.l,aa
He was killed while crossing the tracks OF
the Chicago, ottawa & Peoria Interurban
road In buggy at Bureau Junction, H.,
the other daV.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-21

The suit against the directors of
the Illinois Central railroad may re-
suit in lifting the lid from the high
finance box" long enough to give the
public a glimpse at its real contents.
And this ought to be done. II every
thing is all right it will harm nobody,
but the disclosures in the Illinois Cen
trail graft cases suggest that every
thing is not all right.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-21

Bill" Oldham has most vivid
Imagination, and is not averse to
working it overtime. 1t is within the
easy recollection of people yet alive
that bill" led the forlorn hope which
bolted the Holcomb nomination in an
effort to perpetuate the administra-
ton of Nebraska affairs under which
Bartley's treasury shortage was piled
up, and it now well becomes the Judge
to use his brilliant talent in defense
of a democratic editor who admits he
borrowed money from the defaulting
republican state treasurer Verify, the
democrats of Nebraska should be
proud of the present aspect of their
brilliant champions"
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-21
A Bomb in Their Midst.

President Harahan attaches no
weight whatever to a little thing like
a $10.OO0,0OO suit against the direc-
tors of the Illinois Central The SEN
sational charges preferred by the Chi
cago lawyer may, in fact, be wholly
empty and the bomb he had fired in the
midst of the board meeting by depu-
ties serving subpoenas ON such men as
John Jacob Aston, Cornelius Wander
bilt and Mr.. Harahan, may be nothing
but blank cartridge, but the public
probably will ask time for reflection.
This is not the first bomb that has
exploded within the family circle of the
Illinois Central railroad in late months,
Others were deadly in their results.
They have produced one Of the most as
founding Upheavals in the details of
corporation management that the conn
try has had revealed to It. 1t has torn
the outer walls OF certain official ac-
ton into shreds and exposed the
shameful spectacle, of half a dozen
men getting rich by grating upon the
company's money. Possibly all the
crooked work that has been done has
been revealed: possibly not
Where the air has been so thor
oughly surcharged with elimination
and rocrimination 50 long, it is well TO
have it completely purged. President
Harahan should not allow any OBJ
stacle to fall in the way of this. In
deed, he should promote an honest in
vestigation.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-21
Activities at Military Courts.

iA4chNlbhlA ANeADiA
There We're 5aO6 trials by court-msrtisl in
the army during the fiscal yer ended June
80 last. The record is slightly better than
that Of the previous year, when $3.50
men were disciplined by military tribunals
Nevertheless the new record shows a condi-
ton of affairs that Is far from sausfac-
tory. There in something seriously wrong
iu an army wherein one out OF each twelve
men I'm the course Of a year is guilty OF a
transgression grave enough to require a
trial By court-martaI
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-21

Plans for a greater" Omaha are
now being debated with much en-
thusiasm. The better way to build up
a greater Omaha is to persistently
boost for the town and aid in develop
ing its natural advantages. Plenty OF
room may be found WITHIN the present
city limits for a much larger popula-
ton than the census gives us.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-21

The steady efforts of the democrats
to involve Senator Burkett in the
scandal that surrounds Congressman
Hitchcock will prove a boomerang.
Whatever else they may be able to say
about Senator Burkett, it is not on
record that he ever borrowed money
from a defaulting state treasurer and
pleaded later that the notes he gave
were outlawed
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-21
Our Birthday Book
October Al. 1910.

samuel Taylor Coleridge, eminent English
poet and critic was born October n, 1772
In Devonshire and died in London in 1884
He, with southey and Wordsworth. were
the Lake poets" and his hest known work
is The Ancient Mariner
WIN Carleton, poet, author and lecturer,
is IS. lie was born At Hudson, Mich. lie
has been an occasional visitor 20 Omaha
here the last time two years ago
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-21

Democratic manager, despairing Of be-
ing able to answer the attacks of one of
the chief republican campalgners, are ask
ing Why should We attempt to answer
all that he may sayT' Why. indeed
should even the democratic donkey be
such donkey as to attempt the impos-
sible?
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-21
\ strain on The Average,

IIIIsDlTE UINplIUn-
The more that Is learned OF the President
Of the new Republic OF Portugal the more
it appears that he Is a man Of liberality as
well as learning. But his culture hardly
adjusts the average or assures the stabil-
fly OF popular government against the gen
eral 50 per cent Of iliteracy.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-21
4 Personal Grievance.
Brooklyn Eagle

Mr.. Bryan espOnses prohibition this year,
because "the brewers and distilleries op-
posed me when I ran for for president. %
Mr.. Bryan ought TO be for prohibition, for
larger reasons, II at all. A presidential de-
feat is too large fact to be ensmalled as
a personal grievance. Mr. Bryan should
lenoupce Rum and Beer as Sin
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-21

Nine carloads of Nebraska hogs
reached Portland yesterday" said the
oregonian recently. These Nebraska
hogs are great missionaries Of com
merce, They are going north. south.
east and west every day.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-21

Chairman Byrnes says the issue be-
tween BARLEY and Hitchcock is up to
fhe people Of Nebraska. And as the
PEOPLE OF Nebraska had to bear the
burden Of Bartleys shortage, they will
probably know how to answer Chair
ia man Byrnss
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-21

Calling Edgar Howard names is not
going to divert attention fronSthe fact
hat as late as 1896 G. NJ Hitchcock
VAS begging Joe" BARLEY for more
time
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-21

Those deputies with their notice of
s1O,OOO,OOO suit broke in that mi
noiS Central directors meeting like
the handwriting on the wall at the
feast OF Belshazzer
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-21

In proportion to their greatness.
those aviators take to the water. Well
man and his crew light on the ocean
and the balloonists from st. Louis in
the lake.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-21

1t IS very kind of Johnny Bull not
to dictate the terms of the cotton bill
of lading, particularly when Uncle
Sam has the cotton.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-21
Notable Exhibit of Thrift.
TnIsaAuaAIHa

Again It is shown that ali this talk about
the plain peoples lack or thrift is grossly
exaggerated. one Illinois Central official
whose salary was s7,0Co a year was frugal
enough TO put 55Sgl6.12 in bank i'm four
years.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-21

pro-Lajoie paper says "Ty Cobb
only beat Larry out by a nose. But
that is going some, when you remem-
Der LarTy's probosCis.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-21

So Mr.. Hitchcock and the state com
mittee decline to accept Bartley's offer
to prove that it was state money he
'7let the -WOrld-HeraId congressman
have,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-21

Reports thai Evelyn Thaw is
stranded in Europe indicate that
marks are not as easy to get over
there as dollars are here.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-21

MunedpOlS journal
Bob Evans says we are bound to have
trouble with Japan. The japanese are too
willy to start anything as long as the ad-
miral lives
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-21

Look for a revival in the sale of
Pigs is'Pigs 1t has been men
toned in a hearing before the federal
supreme court.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-21

WashinEton Posl.

" a"IIIIIE IUII TU0II
The man who can poll two votes where
one was polled before Is the fellow that
Is wanted most Just now
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-21

One member Of the Crippen jury in
London has tainted already. Come TO
Chicago, where the jurors never faint.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-21

Champ Clark recently occupied a
pulpit in Missouri, There is nothing
like playing it from both ends.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-21

Subscribers leaving the city tenn
pOrRrIIy should have The Bee
mailed TO them. Address will he
changed ms often as requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-21

Fifty shots fred in a New York
cafe" And New York is the center
of our culture.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-21

Rhode Island republicans came out
squarely for President Taft, as. of
course, all republicans will in the end
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-21

Even the cat on the wellman air
ship came back.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-21

Berlin boasts of being the Chicago
of Europe. But has it got its Hinky
Drinks and Bath House Johns?
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-21

Chairman Mack tells Tennessee to
vote for Fiddler Taylor. DO demo-
Gratis believe in bossism?
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-21

Yet no one has thought of getting
Uncle Joe to suppress those European
insurgents.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-21

The question still is, viii Hitch
cock put it back?
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-21

Why could not young Manuel find
job down In Abyssinla, if King Men
elk is still dead?
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-21

Congressman Hitchcock is ahead in
calling names, though. g..