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Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-30

GOtpOn lFade IN the kaf East.
The United States a few years ago
exerted quite an effort to build up its
cotton trade with China and Japan,
but IL cannot be doing much in that
direction now. for. while II exported
10000 bales OF cotton to China last
year Il lost in its exports OF raw and
finished products alike to Japan,
which country is making tremendous
strides forward in the cotton indus
try. Ten years ago Japan imported
100000 bales for manufacturing pur-
poses and last year IL imported ,02S,-
900 bales Also in 1910 its importa-
lions OF manufactured goods amounted
to $S,S83,OOO. OF this enormous sum
only $4,000 went for American
goods
It may be that our cotton producers
and manufacturers do not feel the
need Of cultivating the oriental trade,
but that would be a strange view to
take, particularly since it was the
diplomacy OF this nation that estab-
lished the open-door policy in the east.
OF course our southern states are now
scarcely able to meet the demand for
the cotton they are raising, and so far
as the stability of the cotton industry
itself is concerned II really may not
depend on eastern markets. Spindles
have multiplied I'm number so fast
down south that New England has in
the last year or two gone begging for
raw material This, added to the fact
that we supply very considerable
part Of the cotton used in British mills
and yet do not supply the demand
fully, shows that as far as present
production goes our decline in Japan
is not a serious factor.
But the United States could and
should vastly increase it's cotton pro-
duction and it should cultivate trade
with both Japan and China more
than it has done. not alone in cotton,
but in other lines of commerce. We
need the political inf ance that would
go with commercial supremacy in the
east. The matter of intensive farm
ing as applied to cotton raising so as
to increase the yield per acre and also
the matter of opening up new land to
the culture of cotton must force
themselves onto the attention of our
planters We are not producing
nearly the amount of cotton in this
country that we should With a ma
ton like Japan growing so steadily in
Importance as q cotton manufacture
ing country, our people should need
no special prodding to get them to see
the possibilities of this industry. Japan
today has 2,OO5,OOO spindles running
night and day and the entire kingdom
only raised last year 5000 bales Of
cotton, so that it depends almost en-
tirely for its supply upon other coun-
tries, chiefly India and China at
present.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-30
THROUGH RATES ron EMPRESS.
Proposed Reductions Affect Minc'
Part 90 Schedules.

Part 90 Schedules.
New York Journal Of Commerce.
Little has been done to regulate the
charges Of express companies under the
amendment Of the interstate commcrct
law which includes them among common
carriers subject to its provisions but ens
effect OF what may be done - seen In the
voluntary arrangement which the com
panies are making for through rates whore
the same matter Is handled by more than
one company between points OF shipment
and destination, In tho contracts with
railroads to do their carrying the express
companies have divided the field among
themselves 80 that each may have a prsc-
tical monopoly Of its own territory Then
when anything Is sent from the territory
Of one company into that OF another where
no joint rate has been made. the charge
is made equal 70 the sum Of the local
charges OF the two companies. What Ia
proposed now IL to make joint rates In all
cases by agreement OF the companies. so
that the charge from a place in the terri
tory OF one to destination in another shall
be the same as II the entire service were
performed by the company with which the
shipment is made,
This will result in considerable lowering
OF rates in some cases, chiefly from rela-
lively small places in one territory to-
places In another for between the princi-
pal points joint rates are already in effect
The concession Is not a very liberal one
II leaves existing local rates and joint
rates untouched, merely making Joint
rates where heretofore the through charge
has been equal TO the combined local rates
of two mr. mora companIes There is a
common conviction that express rates are
generally exorbitant. that contracts with
railroads are extravagant and that the
monopoly Of areas by certain companies
results in costly service that is far from
what II should be in quality and In regard
for the rights OF customers. This is a mat
ter that has not been looked into much un-
der the authority to regulate, though there
Is frequent complaint.
The feeling that express charges in gen
eral are too high and the profits Of the
business are excessive finds support in
statements regarding the capital OF express
companies, the cost Of conducting their
business the relations OF mutual profit
between them and the railroads that do
their hauling, and the dividends paid upon
their stock, regular and extra. The Kind
OF monopoly they have established by mu-
tual agreement and contracts with diff
ferent lines OF railroad could hardly 20 on
for years without developing the abuses
that characterize all uncontrolled monop-
oily, negligent service. high cost Of opera
tion and excessive charges. Most people
have had experience OF these things with
express companies. and little has been,
done under the act of 1905 to correct them.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-30
Conhnct of orthopedic HospItaI.


OMAHA Jan. 2S.-To the Editor OF The
Bee: In regard to the alleged Irregularities
at the orthopedic hospital, l find myself
I'm the position Of the old farmer who was
prevailed upon TO run for office He finally
consented to do so provided he would not
be obliged 10 enter into a public cam
paign. This was agreed to, but In the heat
OF the campaign the opposition limited at
Irregularities In connection with an old
transaction that finally became exagger-
ated into a charge OF hog stealing and
the modest farmer found it necessary to
take the stump to defend. his character,
The orthopedic hospital was established
for the treatment of INDECENT cripples OF
the state. Because OF my connection with
the state institution and having been
known also for many years as one Civ
ing special attention to orthopedc cases.
my opinion is sought by many people who
are not INDECENT, but who desire to avail
themselves Of my opinion upon these cases.
am frequently solicited by people who
are both able and willing to pay for con-
suItations treatment or operations
The case Of the child referred to by
Representative Eastman was one who
sought my advice In Omaha. The case was
afterwards seen in Lincoln because II was
more convenient for the people to see me
there than TO come 20 Omaha The father
did not wish TO make application TO the
state because he owned a good farm and
felt able TO pay for her care and treatment
At that time, which was about two years
ago our institution was not crowded and
By permission, which we had obtained
from the Board OF Public Lands and Build
ings we we're allowed to take a limited
number Of pay cases when these cases
would not keep out OF the institution the
poor for whom Il Was established This
parent preferred to pay the hospital charges
OF 81 per day agreed to pay me a moder-
ate fee and have the case treated at Lin
coin rather than In Omaha. The case was
one OF hip disease and required a longer
period OF treatment than expected The
people after nearly two years expense
last summer we're persuaded to make an
plication TO the state and the little girl
became a regular inmate, since which time
nothing has been paid 20 anybody When
Mr. Eastman wrote me that the expense
was hardship TO these people / cheerfulIy
reduced the bill
This reflection upon the conduct OF our
Institution Is unfortunate because Il may
prejudice the public and possibly hamper
the passage Of adequate appropriation bills
for the maintenance OF this work How
ever, II this agitation results in a better
knowledge and an increased interest In
our institution by the general public.
shall feel that there has been some com
pensation for this unenviable notoriety in
this connection. j. ". LORD,
superintendent.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-30
People Talked About

Herman Schmidt, So years of age, said
TO have been the heaviest man In the
west, was found dead at his home in San
Francisco. His weight was more than
$50 pounds. lie was active in spite OF
his avoirdupois
The Boston Art commission, which has
supreme control over the selection and
assignment of pictures and statues in
the city, has vetoed for a second time
the effort to have a portrait Of the late
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe hung In Faneuil
hall.
Former Mayor Tom L. Johnson Of
Cleveland seems not to have derived per-
mAnent results from excursions to
health resorts at home or abroad. He Is
at home In cleveland and his condition
is reported serious. Intimate friends
who are allowed to visit him are quoted
as saving, "there is little hope OF re-
covery."
Uncle Bill Robinson OF Eddyville Ky,
has been a mail carrier for fifty-two
years He entered the service in 1856, be-
fore there were any railroads in that sec
ton. Al first he made one trip a week on
three routes-from Princeton 10 Madison
willie. Princeton TO Cadiz and Princeton
TO Eddyville. Al the present time his
duties are confined to carrying the mail
from the Eddyville postotfice TO the sta
ton
Displayed in the window OF a Market
street cigar store In Harrisburg, Pa is a
copy OF the inaugural address OF Gov
ernor Joseph Holster. who was inaugu-
rated In 1890 The address, which Is
printed on silk, was taken down in short
hand by l5-year-old girl Miss Anna
MagdalenH ODER, who was born In Derby
township. Al the time the taking OF the
address In shorthand by person so
young was considered quite a feat. and
several copies we're printed on silk from
her manuscript, one of which was pre-
sented 10 her
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-30


OMAHA. Jan. 27.-To the Editor OF The
Bee: one unfamiliar with the facts. and
reading only the published dispatches
from washington, may gain the impress
sion that the proceedings In the supreme
court OF the United States against Messrs.
Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison involve
only the question OF boycott The truth is
that the question was passed long ago for
the consideration OF the broader one OF
the right OF free speech and free press.
The matter started over a suit brought by
the Bucks stove and Range company, but
that element of the case was decided when
an adjustment OF the difficulty was made
between the Bucks people and the labor
unions The American Anti-Boycott asso-
citation then interviewed and said II would
not permit the cases in the supreme court
to be abandoned Similar action was taken
by the American Federation Of Labor, for
the labor unions Of this country are vitality
interested in having a final decision on
the points in question Action was taken
at the Denver convention in 1908 TO this
end. and was renewed at Toronto in 1909,
and again at ST. Louis in 1910, for the pur-
pose Of securing a decision from the United
States supreme court
II may also pt Oh tAiteleHA W gbhA ANehN
ers to know that the contempt" for which
Mr.. Gompers is cited consists Of writing
an article in criticism OF the restraining
order issued by the local court at Wash
ington. D. c.; that Mr. Morrison is held
for publishing the magazine that contained
that article and that Mr.. Mitchell Is held
for presiding over a convention OF the
United Mine Workers OF America, at Which
a boycott resolution was adopted. Also
that the original order Of injunction has
been since modified TO that degree that the
contempt complained OF is not now con-
tempt. So that the question to be deter
mined by the supreme court OF the United
States does not deal with the right or
wrong Of boycotts, but with the power Of a
lower court to issue an exparte order that
deprives the restrained Of constitutional
rights and privileges. WORKER.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-30
Not Warnrnof.

Advocates of naturalization without
fertilization are in danger of under
taking to prove too much when they
declare that their plan would be war
proof and afford inviolate protection
TO the Panama canal. The history of
other treaties does not warrant such
an assumption. Congressman Hobson
pointed out in recent speech in the
house that about the latest and most
binding general treaty In the world, :"
the treaty OF Berlin. which neutralizes
and guarantees the integrity OF the
Balkan states. was violated In its most
solemn provisions by Austria which
then proceeded to annex the Adriatic
states without even a protest from the
other signatory powers. Mr. Hobson
goes further and declares:
No nation ON earth has yet consented TO
arbitrate any question Of vital interests
How, then can We confide the interests
most vital and most sacred 90 the American
heart and the American nation TO hands
wholly out OF sympathy with American
Ideals ana American aspirations?
Others besides the Alabama con-
gresham have taken Che view that the
principle OF the Monroe doctrine en-
tiers into our right and duty OF fortify-
ing the Panama canal. They base their
contention upon the fundamental prin-
ciple that in questions essentially
American. the United States should
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-30
II Division PrObabIef
Washington Herald Qnd).

Although the league has the name Of
the republican organization coupled with
its own. the fact Is that its declaration of
principles does not suggest the republican
party. For instance, the last republican
national platform was absolutely silent on
the subject Of electing senators by the
people, The initiative. referendum. and
recall can hardly be classed as a repub-
lican party proposition, while the direct
primaries for the nomination of all elective
Officers and the direct election Of delegates
TO national conventions have certainly
never been suggested In any formal utter
ance OF the republican organization. How
ever. II the members OF the league want
to carry the banner OF their cause with a
republican label attached, no one will say
them nay. Al the same time II the PARTY
as body, refuses TO follow where thew
lead, what are they going to do?
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-30
How Not to BE Cheated.

New Jersey, agitated over short weights,
is eager that the legislature pass an effec-
tive law. Ohio is suffering from apathy
in the enforcement Of the somewhat defec-
tive law which was passed last winter.
New York has recently exposed conditions
which show how widespread are short
weights and measures among certain
classes Of small merchants. The remedy is
clear. First, pass effective laws. Then,
IL public officials fail to enforce them, let
some citizen refuse to pay his grocery or
meat bill on the ground that the merchant
failed to test his scales. This has been
held 10 be a good legal defense.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-30
Peril In seIf-SeekInE.
Indianapolis News NndN


One thing we think Is clear. and that
is that IL there is the suspicion that the
new leaders are struggling merely for Of
lice and power the cause Of the progress
sives will be weakened. That is a real
danger. Power, Of course must be had IL
the new principles are to be put into et
rect That is understood. But II persona,
ambition intervenes the people will wonder
whether that or a desire to serve them ia
the controlling motive. so we think that
great deal depends on the attitude which
the organized progressives maintain toward
public questions. 1t may be found neces.
sary to adopt "self-denying ordinance.
We believe that the men back of the new
movement are, most Of them, sincere and
deeply in earnest But they have big
job ahead Of them, as no doubt they
realize.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-30

The consistency of inconsistency is
again beautifully exempliAed by the
appointment by the speaker of an in
vestigating committee to look into the
alleged lawless conduct of Omaha
elections described in the governors
special message. Only a week or two
ago the house turned over a new leaf
of reform by taking the appointment
of committees away from the speaker
in order to restore popular govern
ment to the membership of that body.
The expected thing would be for the
house, itself, to name the members Of
every special committee, as we'll as of
every standing committee, for If it is
dangerous to vest the appointing
power in the speaker in one case It
must be equally dangerous in the
other. 1t would appear that the
house members do not care to govern
themselves and prefer to have the
speaker play csar to relieve them Of
the duty.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-30
All In the Label.
New York Tribune CrepD.

@N" 4OIh tribune NfeD.D.
1t seems TO be the intention of the or
ganizers Of the Republican Progressive
League" to differentiate themselves from
the common run of progressive repub-
licans. They want to be progressives
with capital p leaving the great mass
Of the party to pursue progress as 1t al
ways has done, without a brass band and
a ten-inch lettered transparency. The coun-
try is disposed to applaud any movement
which makes for cleaner politics and better
administration. 1t Is in favor of reforms
which will strengthen the principle of
majority rule and permit freer expression
OF the real will Of the people But it is
not likely to be impressed by movement
which aims at capitalizing popular ten
denotes for personal advantage. monopoliz.
ing the upward and onward" label in
politics and appropriating credit for every.
thing accomplished and yet to be accom-
plished under the banner Of progress.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-30

DENVER, Jan. 27.--To the Editor OF The
Bee: / have just been reading your edi-
torisl under the above caption The first
idea that strikes me is the fact that even the
son Of a good old soldier does not and cam
not fully understand the situation. Speak
ing OF deserving" soldiers, as II there
were any undeserving
When a man enlisted he knew that he
must go where he was ordered II he was
not ordered to the front 1t was not his
fault Besides, there were more men who
died or were disabled from exposure than
were killed or disabled from wounds. Time
had little to do with 1t.
There we're five of our family in the
civil war. My Oldest brother was color
bearer for his regiment. He was shot to
death in one of the earliest skirmishes
under Mcclellan. Another stood guard
one night in a drenching rain which turned
to sleet and his clothing froze fast to him.
That one night made him a confirmed in
valid and he died shortly after the close
OF the war Another fought on to the
close of the war and is stlll alive but sadly
wrecked. still another "veteraned" twice
and for seven years he lay paralyzed untn
death came to his relief, receiving only SIT
per month.
We cannot depend on special pension bills
for relief Eli Masters was on his death
bed when Congressman Norris got him a
special pension. About all the good it did
was to help his family during dire distress.
Eli Masters was too far gone for help.
The "sulloway" is the least expensive
bill before the senate. There are only
about 3 per cent OF the veterans over IS
years old. 1t is calculated to reach all the
veterans Just when they need it most, and
they need not wait until they are death
struck" as Eli Masters did.
l hope / shall never again read In your
valuable paper OF deserving" soldiers,
intimating that there we're some undeserv-
ing, because when a man enlists in the
United States army he knows he places
himself under absolute control and when
there is an order 10 fight he must fight.
No old soldier ever begrudges another one
his pension We all need It!
JOSEPH sODERSTAD.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-30

Representative Crumpacker OF Indiana
who in the next house will be the lone re-
publican In his state delegation. in report %
ing bill for the apportionment OF reprs-
sentatives suggests the propriety OF
placing all Of the employees OF the house
in the classified service, with protectIon
against removal for political reasons n
this should appeal favorably to the next
house, the victorious democracy would
probably begin with clean sweep and
Introduce this merit system later, follow
ing the precedent OF President Harrison's
reorganization Of the railway mail service
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-30
The "New NatiOnaIism.-
Philadelphia Ledger CindO

1t represents. in effect, what is vaguely
understood as the new nationaIisrn q"
which was loudly asserted but not favor.
ably received in tho recent elections. and
which would seem to be especially impossi.
Die OF acceptance among those who pro-
Tess even the name OF democrats PARTY
names however, now convey little precise
meaning. 1t may be that we are to have
new alignment, on something like the
old constitutional lines that will cut
through both parties even more com.
pletely than they were cut through on
the money question in 1895.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-30
Meeting the Progressive view.
Boston IJarald Und

Inc republicans will have to nominate
Mr.. Taft in spite OF this mechanism in
insurgent states for pointing to somebody
else but he may go far between now and
next years election date toward meeting
the progressive view IL indeed he is not
already doing that in his antitrust activ.
ities. The democrats in the next congress
VIII have to show how far they are willing
to go in the same competition, and on the
comparative results the next stage in the
evolution depends
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-30
BACK TO STARTING POINT.
sherman Law HIts "A Dock strike in
New Orleans.
7hiladelphia Reoord.


The Sherman law started out on lite ca
reer at New Orleans, and It has got back
there The first application of the law
against combinations occurred about
twenty years ago, when the dock laborers
were enjoined from obstructinE foreign
commerce by a strike. A jury in the
United States circuit court has just re-
turned a verdict against the members Of
the New Orleans Dock and Cotton coun-
Gil for conspiracy to interfere with for
eign commerce. From the time a bale Of
cotton, a load of lumber or any other
through freight reaches the port until IT
has been slowed on a vessel II is only
handled by members of ten or more
unions affiliated with the dock and cot
ton council, and the charge against the
men was that when they conspired to
strike and tie up the business of the port
they interfered with interstate or foreign
commerce
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-30

Chicago Record-Herald Qnd).
Most Of the planks are orthodox" in
surgency, and even moderate men have
embraced them. The idea OF a popular
vote on presidential candidates is relatively
new, and wiz bear a good deal Of dis
cussion. Specific ideas viii be considered
on their merits; differences will arise over
them; but the general purpose Of con-
serving or restoring popular government
ana equal opportunity appeals to every
sincere and thoughtful citizen.