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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-03-07

that an Individual in this city said
that the reason / vetoed this fran
chise is because the company did not
come through with enough money
While the mayors Office does not car
ry a salary, my limited experience
has shown me that there is enough
money N it so that 1t would make the
presidents salary look sick. If
had wanted to feather my nest could
have done so, but, while l need the
money, do not want it that way.
In the near future" he contin-
ued, turning to the vast crowd pres
ent, II intend to take all Of you peo-
pie into my confidence and tell you
just what the prospects for accumu-
lating money in the mayors Office
are"
Don't Give Franchise Away.
He appealed to the council not to
give franchises away. He cited the
case of the Welch franchise, which is
offered at $751; to the Oregon Elec-
trio, and which covers 13 miles Of
streets. Welch was nothing but a
promoter, he declared, but he was
fulsome in praise for the oregon
Electric. He contended that the
city should derive enough money
from its franchises to run the gov
ernment and closed by cautioning the
councilmen not to be led to believe
that the railroads look out for the
interests of any one but themselves
and they did not come to city be-
cause they liked it, but because ut
was rich picking"
Councilmen Moffett and Eldrldge
were the two councimen voting to
sustain the veto.
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Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-01
Corporations and nnnrtssu

One Of the big railroads entering
Chicago, as well as Omaha, is laying
great stress upon new rule promul-
gated to its employees, enjoining upon
them the Importance of courteous
treatment of the public. BY this code
courtesy Is made 1.-The first essential
OF the railroads relations to its pa
irons, and woe to that empioye who
ignores this!-
Instinctively the public responds to
such gracious Difference to It's comfort
with hearty commentator of the
railroad management. 1t is a great
thing when large corporations like
this, with myriads of minor details
confronting them, take the time to see
that all their employees, big and little.
are polite to the people who ride upon
their trains. 1t so happens. however.
that this very railroad has for years
been the object of fierce attack in Chi
cago because its trains along the lake
front pour out their dense volumes of
smoke and cinders, creating a public
nuisance. No amount OF pleading.
coaxing or threatening has yet per-
suaded it to abolish the conditions
responsible for the nuisance.
The point is that, commendable as
is the growing tendency OF steam and
electric railway companies toward in
dividual courtesy, that, after all, is a
small matter when compared with GER
tain other rights of the people that
are sometimes ignored by these same
corporations. The people are some
times made to strain at a gnat and
swallow a camel, while the public
service company shows on to good adj
vantage at their expense. No doubt
the people of Chicago would appre-
ciate it very much IL the managers OF
this railroad would be courteous
enough to remove this long-standing
smoke nuisance. They might even be
willing to overlook flip remark from
fresh employe now and then In ex-
change for the larger favor.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-01
Steel Trnst Indiotments

The indictment Of nine so-called
Wire" trust companies by federal
grand jury in New York on the charge
of restraint Of trade In violation of the
Sherman law will be taken as. presag-
Ing the indictment and prosecution of
the parent concern, the Steel trust.
The nine companies are component
parts of the Steel trust. The latter is
now being investigated by a commit
tee OF the house OF representatives
and the commissioner of corporations
Of the Department OF Commerce and
Labor has just concluded an exhaust
I've investigation OF It and submitted
his report to the president, by whom
it is transmitted to congress.
In explanation of the New York in
dictments, pains are taken to state
that there is no indication that evil
dence gathered by the bureau OF cor
porations played any part in the in
dictments." A reading of the report
Of this investigation, though, tends to
strengthen rather than weaken conf
dence in the indictments. II is diff
cult to see how a combine could be
more complete and compact than the
one formed by the steel industry. It
begins with the ore and goes to the
last finished product. According to
the governments report It may be
traced to three specific causes:
l. The restriction of competition
through combination.
2. Integration, that is, the linking
up Of productive processes through ac-
QUESTION under one control of raw ma
terial and manufacturing plants land
In some cases transportation facili-
ties) and through extensions and CO.
ordination OF manufacturing processes
3. The creation of a great amount
Of inflated securities.
Nothing seems to have been over
looked In forming an alright com
bination. And as steel-making ia
basic, affecting the whole industry of
the United States, its workings are in
deed a matter of vital public concern
as well, as private interest. The gov
eminent would seem, therefore. to he
facing its crucial task in trust prose-
cution here, not even excepting the
Standard OIL With the commission
er's report before 1t the house com
mittee should DO able to facilitate its
Investigation greatly and wind up af-
fairs so that the Department of JUS
tice may go to work without unneces-
sary delay.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-01

Diversity OF occupation is Mr. Burn
hams long suit. He is president of the
| Association of Theater Managers OF New
York and cultivates a small farm in Con-
necticut, so attractively that the natives
threaten 10 send him to the legislature next
year.
New York is TO give Big Bill Devery, ex-
police chief. 5000 pension for his pic
| turesque services. which would seem TO be
touchin' on and appertainin' to New York 5
long suffering treasury.
The trustees of the New York Cathedral
Of st. John the Divine have dismissed the
original architect OF the building, Chris
| TOPPER Grant LaFarge and George l.
Helms, and have engaged Ralph A. Cram of
Boston TO carry on the work. A determine
ton to alter the design and make the build
ing distinctively Gothic is the reason given
for the change. AS a result discussion of
the question. What is Gothic2" promises
to push off the map the old favorite,
What is a democrat?'
Western boosting methods are getting q
firm grip on the live ones down east Ma
turally. the youngsters catch on the quick
est A fine example OF youthful push comes
from the students of the classical high
school OF Lynn. Mass. whose combined
talents are reflected in the Industrial num-
Der OF the High School Gazette. II shows
Lynn TO be a city OF beauty. OF homes, OF
industry and prosperity and the portraits
OF the editors supports the accuracy OF
every statement The boys know they have
q good thing and are pushing It along.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-01
Crime Waves.

The Chicago Examiner points out
two chief remedies for the intermit-
tent waves of crime that disgrace
Chicago in spite of the supposed &C
tive police force" which may be of
interest as we'll to Omaha; prone to
charge its crime waves upon it's police
force, admittedly inadequate in num-
bers. These remedies are:
D A law making It a felony to carry
firearms without a special police permit,
punishable with heavy fine or imprison-
ment, or both.
(2) A repeal of the present indeterrninate
sentence law and a radical curtailment of
the parole system.
The Examiner goes on to say that
while we hear good deal of nom
sense about emergency legislation
about legislation so pressing as to
warrant an extra session-here are
two real emergencies. Some crime is
unforeseeable and inevitable, but a lot
of crime is committed because we
make 1t too easy for criminals to use
weapons and let them off without pun
ishment after they have been con-
victed.
There is a lot of good common
sense in what the Examiner suggests
for Chicago, equally applicable to
Omaha and other cities.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-01
Cleanliness and Hot Weather.


The free use of water on the person
is quite important in hot weather, as
well as at other times, for bodily clean
illness is always essential to good
health. But cleanliness in other forms
is equally important. People should
be more careful than ever these hot
days to see that their premises are
kept clean; that no vegetable or ami
NAL matter is left lying around where
it may decompose and breed disease
The proper disposition OF wastes is
very important in the hot season. Be
careful of your garbage. See that 1t
is deposited in the proper place and
removed entirely from the premises as
frequently as possible. Such precau-
tons will aid materially in the cam
paign to exterminate flies. Flies flour
ish upon filth. They have hard sled
ding where everything is clean and no
filth is. swatting the fly is a good
thing, but that is a cure; prevention
is much better. Kill off the flies by
destroying the conditions on which
they thrive. You may get a fairly &C
curate idea of the state of cleanliness
about your place by the number of
flies there.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-01
Mr.. Bryan Would Like to OverruIe
Decisions in Trust Cases.
New York Wnrld

New York World.
Once more Mr.. Bryan has declared his
distrust Of the supreme court and his dis.
approval of the decisions in the Standard
OIL and Tobacco cases. I'VE may as well
recognize" he says. that we now have no
criminal law against the trusts" He adds
that If the justices Of the supreme court
are to be permitted to '1egislate" they
should be made elective for fixed terms
and not be appointed for life
The cause Of all this disapproval and de-
nunciation is the decision of the court
that the statute must be construed reason
ably. Mr.. Bryan says the ''reasonableness
or the restraint is a mere matter of
opinion. He asks: "In the light OF this
decision who is likely to be convicted of a
criminal violation of the antitrust law?"
All statutes must be construed reason
ably. Lord Coke said the common law of
England is like a stool that rests on
three legs-the leg of precedent, the leg of
Justice and the leg of reason. Did Mr..
Bryan ever hear of a court of any eminence
that did not give ear to reason In deciding
any case before It? Did he ever hear of a
criminal case in which the jury was not
instructed to give the prisoner the benefit
OF any reasonable doubt?
Nothing In the decision OF the court can
be rightfully construed as invalidating the
act as a criminal statute. In fact. the
reasonable construction of 1t strengthens
it in that respect No criminal statute that
is unreasonable could be enforced under
our constitution.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-01
A HARD WORKED COURT.
Supreme Court Justices Unable to
Keep Up with Work.

| Keep Up with Work.
Chicago Tribune.
Shortly after Chief Justice Whites APP
pointment some old friends called on him
and asked him to deliver an address. His
answer was to take them into his work.
room where they could see the stacks of
briefs and piles of volumes of evidence that
had to be studied. He said he had to keep
at them early and late, and had no time
for anything else. What is true of him ia
equally true ofstne"6ther members Of the
court
Most persons found the chief Justices
opinions in the oil and tobacco trust cases
too long for, reading. Think of the time il
must have required to prepare them-not
the mere writing but the preliminary study
Of documents and the long deliberations
with associate justices. There must have
been hours of argument to convert some of
them to his views.
These two opinions were but a fraction Of
the work accomplished by the court. Dur
Ing the term which has just ended 500 cases
were filed. of which 454 were decided. Dur
Ing the preceding term sos cases were filed
and only S95 cases disposed Of. So, in spite
Of the industry of the court, It is unable to
keep up with its work. There is a summer
vacation, but, unlike most judicial vaca-
tions it will not be perfect respite from
toll. There will be under advisement during
the summer about dozen cases which
were argued during the last term, but have
not been decided. Some of them are of
sufficient Importance to give the Justices
much food for thought.
1t is apparent that there will soon have 70
be more legislation for the relief of the
court There is a full bench and all the
justices are hard workers. but It is impos,
sible for them to cope with the increasing
volume of business.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-01
"DOLLAR DIPLOMACY.
Proves a Mighty Good Thing IN Elk
perienced Hands.
VUaqbfnUfan

- AhBnsS ooou hhtuB IN Elk
Perienced Hands.
Washington Post.
Were any Yindication needed as to the
value of what has been termed dollar
diplomacy" II is furnished conclusivSly
now In the announcement that the do
nestle exports from the United States foi
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1911 viii
amount to more than S2.OO0,00O,0Oo
|. When the critics OF the administration
coined the phrase dollar diplomacy 4,
descriptive OF the efforts of the State
department, under Secretary Knox, to In
crease the commerce of the United States,
they put themselves In the class OF false
prophets. Secretary Knox accepted the
term dollar diplomacy as meaning the
substitution OF dollars for bullets and as
a result OF his progressiveness the present
administration /of the State department
will go down in history as one OF the most
successful and effective ever enjoyed by
the United States.
In these modern days the commerce OF
the world is the greatest factor IN the
preservation OF peace. and in building up
the trade In the United states In foreign
markets Secretary Knox has done more
than dozen peace societies 10 preserve
harmonious relations between this country
and foreign powers. Nations are slow TO
take any step that will destroy their own
prosperity. and the dollar diplomacy OF
Secretary Knox IL the true Yankee notion
OF International welfare and good will.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-01
THOSE GREEDY MAGAZINES.


/ Chicago Tribune. Hereupon the mad
Zines will oblige by stepping up TO the -
vestigation counter and standing stiil thile
the mercury light is turned upon them.
Chicago Record Herald: N is alleged that
the magazines have a trust OF their own.
Amateur writers have long been convinced
that the object Of the trust was to keep
them from winning the fame TO which thdg
were Justly entitled.
SIOUX City Journal; The magazines have
printed a lot OF arguments in favor OF Jan
sentences for trust heads. The argument
Is that the best way to bust the trusts
is TO put the individuals who operate them
behind the bars. II this is the right treat
ment for the men who conspire to raise the
price of our sugar and oil, why is II not
equally appropriate for the men who con-
spre to raise the cost OF our mental nour-
ishment7
Philadelphia Record: II Is now the
turn of the magazines to be called
to- account as having formed a COM
bination and conspiracy in restraint OF
trade Whether the organization OF period
ical publishers is really in violation OF the
antitrust act II is impossible to venture an
opinion, but IL appears. from the govern
ments allegations, to bear very many OF
the marks which have been popularity re-.
garded as characteristic OF a predatQ
trust. So many OF the magazines, howe1
nave dedicated their lives, their fortuk
and their sacred honors to incessant war
against all trusts, the innocent bystander
must be perplexed to find them included
among the defendants, Just like the box
board makers and the wall paper combine
ana all the rest. 1t may be doubted whether
the magazines themselves will applaud this
prosecution with the same enthusiasm they
have shown in other cases
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-01
BY THE SUMMER HOTEL.
Carolyn Wells in Harper.s.

Carolyn Wells In Harper's.
HE has six motor cars. they say
Keeps three in Paris and" "Oh, my
Isn't that tunic just" $50 gray
really think she ought to dye"
The biggest catch of all. my dear;
He has one lung and thirty milllonsl
They do say" yes, Jack Hall is here:
He's simply grand to lead cotillions!"
The best bridge player in the place"
She has house with sixty rooms"
1T changes things IL that's the easel
'oh, yes. l visited the Tombs."
"He is widower, my dear,
The richest man in this hotel" y,
II think it's rather poky here"
YOU wear an overskirt so welli''
81 saw them on the board waikiki mo
/ never touch a bit OF sweet"
But how much does she really oweTA
mo, you shant pay! This is my treat
And so 1t goes from morn till night. !
The same old talk the same old waf.
And yet. dear reader. IL might,
I'd ask what better things YOU say?
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-01
Hard Knocks for Quackeries,
DliiaAatAt,t.

According to the Interpretation of the SUI
preme court the food and drugs law, while
making compulsory true statement of the
ingredients Of patent medicine on the la
bells on the packages, puts no curb on ly-
ing allegations as to the curative proper
ties Of the pills or potions so offered for
sale. President Taft desires such amend
ment OF the law as will bring within it's
interdict the lies on the labels. The rec
ommendation Of the president should be
followed by prompt favorable action in
congress. II congress can so legislate as
to parry the attack of nostrum vendors 1t
VIII perhaps be the better able to deal
with the more subtle quackeries OF political
doctors. SO much depends on the labelling
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-01
Giving the Case Awav.

Among the post-mortem interviews
on the water bond election is the fol-
lowing from Charles r. Sherman, a
member of the Water board:
OF course i wanted to see the bonds
voted. as a member OF the Water board
and as a private citizen and water con-
sumer. but do not think the defeat of
the proposition was fatal The bonds will
be voted without any question when the
time comes. do not see that the success
or defeat of the proposition on Tuesday
could have had any effect in Fastening or
retarding the actual possession OF the plant
by the city. What II did do was to delay
the construction of an additional main
from Florence to Omaha. We had the<en-
gineers at work on that proposition, and
IL the bonds were voted 1t would give us
the money to go ahead and dig the ditch
and put in that main without waiting for
the outcome of this litigation.
This gives the whole case away and
confirms what The Bee has said all
along. 1t also fatty contradicts what
the Water board spokesman pro-
claimed before the election-that the
voting of the bonds would give the
city IMMEDIATE possession of the
plant. Why were not Mr.. Sherman
and other members of the Water
board frank enough to have divulged
this fact before election rather than
after?
AS to expediting construction of the
supply main, the Water board seems
to be in no great haste. otherwise it
would have accepted the offer made
three months ago by the water COM
pany to build the main and the work
would now be in progress.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-01

The San Francisco Chronicle says.
"our potato crop is very large and
prices are fair" Dear Chronicle:
Please forward by return mail three
carloads of your spuds. cause ours
is very shy.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-01

ANtW loTh WOIiu.
Reports from the coronation said the
American peeresses were the most beauti-
fully dressed women OF the court Reports
from Paris say the American women were
the most tastefully dressed at the Long
champs races. Could we get reports from
heaven we would learn that American
angels wear their halos most gracefully
In the celestial choir. These things are
platitudes.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-01
Regulating Cold Storage

Strong opposition to the Hepburn
bill. which seeks to surround cold
storage of edibles with restrictive reg
ulation, comes from cold storage oper-
ators, who declare the measure 10 no
radical and unfair. Taking nm their
plea, the New York Commercial saws.
Legislative restriction of the business Is
bound to eome-but most OF the proposals
for II to date are unreasonable. some OF
them preposterous.
That may be, but II 1t is-if most
OF the proposed methods of regulation
thus far are unreasonable and prepos-
terous-it is due to the very pro-
nounced feeling of Indignation
aroused by the extremities to which
some OF the cold storage concerns have
gone without any government re-
straint or regulation. This being the
case, 1t is only matter Of time. we
venture to predict. remembering the
meat inspection law and its conse-
Quences. until the governments regu-
lation will adjust itself upon a basis
fair and acceptable to all.
Cold storage OF food products is a
virtue that may too easily be turned
into vice by abuse. And that is all
the government seeks to do in its pro-
posed regulation-to conserve the
beneficial character OF the industry.
But the Industry is not beneficial to
the public when it is made the means
OF speculation, when food products are
kept in storage for unsafe lengths of
time and tnggled by stock market
gamblers for their own selfish profits.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-01

A Kansas postmaster is charged
with robbing the mails and Mime
sofa mayor with robbing a postoffice.
What is Official America coming to,
anyway
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-01

Should Senator Lorimer lose his
seat, why not give It to Illinois favor
tie son. the Hon. Lee O'Neill Browne,
who helped Hines boost Lorimer over
the transom?
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-01

Mayor Jim" will tear few feath-
ers out of the eagles tail on the glori-
GUS Fourth just to keep in practice.
even though he is not running for
office Just now.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-01

The Springfield Mass Republican
reminds Champ Clark that only one
speaker OF the house has ever become
president, and that was James X
Polk. But It cannot scare the Mis-
sourian on that way. He will stay to
be shown.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-01

This is one of the things the govern
ment is called on to stop and one of
the things that must be stopped be-
fore the industry becomes what It
ought to be.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-01

There must be something in a name
after all or there would not be a
scramble both In Omaha and at Lin
0in 70 be incorporated as a trust COM
pany under the new Nebraska law,
and file upon the name. First Trust
company" in each instance.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-01

Some day." shouts Victor Berger
from the socialist watch tower, there
is going TO be volcanic eruption in
this country" Aha, somebody NOV
ing old Vesuvius over here?
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-01
Modern HoIely Alliance.

Demand for automobile tires keep the
manufacturers busy. Fine chance for
some heat affected congressman to intro
duce resolution calling for an investga-
ton Of a possible unholy alliance between
the tack trust and the tire trust.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-01

The collector of internal revenue at
New Orleans has been disconnected
from his job for countenancing a
shake-down of civil service subordi-
mates for campaign contributions. Is
a shake-down of civil service employees
put across in the Omaha postoffice any
different from similar shake-down
In the customs house at New Orleans?
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-01

Mr.. Bryan has announced fatty and
finally that Governor Harmon will not
do. Yet the people of Ohio reelected
him governor by 100000 plurality.
What simpletonsl
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-01

Here sings a Georgia poet who strikes
a true note:
The only true philosopher
Heaven ever made
Laughs at the weather
When it's 30 in the shade.-Atlanta
Constitution.
Ninety, yes, but what about 100?
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-01

Possibly, there is some consolation
in the fact that the department army
headquarters men cannot take the
building along with them, and that
the possession of space here available
free of charge should be an induce
ment to Uncle Sam to utilize it for
more government activity.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-01

While the present Lorimer investi-
cation committee may be after the
facts, the distinguished witnesses II
has recently had before 1t seem bent
upon an entirely different object.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-01

Another pertinent question. Had
the bonds carried. would our water
logged mariner have appeared before
the Board OF Equalization demanding
raise of the assessment Of the water
plant for taxation?