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Omaha daily bee., 1912-10-13
The Imperial Miss Hen.

Her majesty, the hen, has another
cackle coming. She has been Off
cially recognized as an international
character. A worldwide poultry as
sociation has recently been organized
In London. Her dynasty in the realm
of commerce, therefore. is sure and
lasting, not to be overturned by any
vagrant trade wind which happens
to sweep adversely across seas.
Long ago the hen achieved ma
tional Importance In our own coun-
try, and the National Live Poultry
Shippers association, the National
Poultry, Butter and Egg association,
and the Southern Poultry and Egg
Shippers association. which recently
held joint convention In Louisville,
are but few of similar organizations
officially attesting that fact. But re-
sorting to more tangible evidence, we
find that the poultry and egg busi-
ness of this country last year
amounted to ssOO.000.0OO, while
with the fine breed fowl trade added
to this. the industry came to $1,000
600, 900.
The census OF 1910 showed total
fowl population on our 5,655,754
farms OF 4SS,4sS,S54, aggregating in
value s2O2.50s,272., In Nebraska,
1852 farms reported a valuation
Of chickens alone of s4.013,S9
These figures. like all others, are
prosaic. except when considered for
their highest Significance, when they
become decidedly poetical.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-10-13
Fixing the Blame.

One chapter OF d new book by a
woman describing the advance. Oh
woman from the earliest times to the
present is headed, Woman as Man
Has Made Her Itstias been the
universal custom from the days. of
the old Garden Of Eden for man to-
put, the blame for all bis shortcom1
lngs upon Eve Selfish man has de-
luded himself with the thought that
without woman to tempt him he
would approach perfection and that
without woman all his foibles,sandl
frailties would Immediately 5dfsap-
pear. ~ ~ !,
But now We may learn better, for
here is concldsively demonstrated.
that woman is exactly what man has
made her. So withering has been
his influence that 1T is rather mat
ter Of surprise that there is any good.
at all left in her" and this ID SO
presumably because man has not
realized how complete was his dom,
nation
Accepting the finality that woman
Is what man has made her" places
upon man the terrible responsibility
of unmaking what he has made, and
making her over again into what she
should be. The mere thought Of that
task would, indeed. be crushing were
it not for the assurance of help from
women, not only In remaking her.
but also in revising and improving
the pattern according to which her
lord and master has been nodded.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-10-13

1912-that the third term presiden-
tial candidate found he had pro
gressed" enough to emerge into the
open. He was then willing to accept
the nomination if rendered, and lost
no time to make sure that the tender
should not fail because of any neglect
to do his part. Finally he became a
progressive" to the extent OF ceas-
ing to be republican only when his
scheme to make himself the repub-
lican nominee collapsed along with
his fake contests, for up to that mo-
ment he was eager to take the NOM
ination az a republican and run on
any, platform the convention should
adopt.
The colonel doubtless believes that
his conversion is a natural evolution.
a gradual seeing OF the light, when,
In fact, all the circumstances point
TO carefully planned artificial incu-
baton, a Matching made to order, and
specially timed. for a poorly con-
cealed purpose.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-10-13
Ep1GRAMs OF JOB.
Brooklyn Eagle interview.

Praise often comes to the man who
calls the other man liar first"
.vociferation does not make an orator.
any more than long hair makes a mu-
sieian."
"The most pathetic case Is that Of a
man who thinks he is in himself a moral
reform"
'It requires the use Of honest money to
make audible protest against the use of
dishonest money"
Between Thou shalt not steal and
Honesty is the best policy lies the his
tory of unindieted men"
For men to say that they hold public
office only and exclusively and entirely
for the public benefit is to fool them
selves as we'll as the public" l ii;
a''Platitudes on dishonesty not directed
toward individuals and specific acts are
as useless to the ship of state as Is the
wind to vessel with unset sails
TT is peculiarity OF the forced reform
that the man who brings it about usually
demands his reward at once at the hands
of the public, and that reward is fire.
quently in the form Of public office"
While charges Of inconsistency, mall
administration and graft are occupying
public attention, it may be pertinent to
remark that the political crime Of the
present decade is not larceny, but hy-
pocrisy."
'It is tremendous responsibility for
any human being to say to another that
that other Is morally wrong This inn
plies a right of final Judgment which is
not only unauthorized. but presumptuous
in the last degree"
1T has never vet happened that any
one man knew more than all the rest put
together. Therefore. Il any statesman as
sunes that he is infallibly right and all
the rest entirely wrong, 1t forces the
conclusion that. the average intelligence
Of the rest Is at lowest ebb."
Omaha daily bee., 1912-10-13
A DREAM OF AUTUMN.
James Whitcomb Riley. !,

James Whitcomb Riley, - n
Mellow hazes, lowIy trailing
Over wood and meadow, yelling
Sonlber sides, with wild fowl sailing
Saior-like, to foreign lands;
And the north wind overlapping
Summers brink, and flood-like sweeping
Wrecks of roses where the weeping
Willows swing their helpless hands
Flared, like titan torches fling1ng
Flakes of flame and embers. springlng
From the vale the trees stand swinging
In the moaning atmosphere; say
While In deadening lands the lowing
OF, the cattle, sadder growing,
fills the sense to overflowtng
With the-sorrDw of the year. ~.
sorrowfuliy, yet the sweeter
Sings the brook In rippled meter
Under boughs that likely tteter s.
Lorn birds answering from the shores
Through the why, shady, shiny
Interspaces, shot with tiny
Flying notes that fleck the wing
Wave-engrayen sycamcrrs.
Fields OF ragged stubble, wrangled
With rank weeds, and shocks. OF tangled
Corn with crests like rent plumes dangla
Over harVest's battle plain;
And the sudden whir and whistle
OF the quail that like a missile
Whizzes over thorn and thistle,
And, a missile, drops again.
Muffled voices, hid in thickets
Where the red bird stops to stick its
Ruddy beak betwixt the pickets
OF the truant's rustic trap;
And the sound Of laughter ringing
Where within the wild vine swinging
Climb bacchante's schoolmates, filnging
Purple clusters In her cap.
Rich IN wine the sunset flashes
Round the tilted world, and dashes
Up the sloping west. and splashes
Red foam over sky and sea-
Till my dream of autumn, paling
In the splendor all prevailing,
Like a sallow leaf goes sailing
Down the silence solemnly.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-10-13
The Conversion Of the Colonel. !.

The Conversion Of the Colonel.
!. How, when and why the colonel
came to be converted 10 the subject
OF two labored sfticles in the current
Outlook.
In one OF them the contributing
editor undertakes to explain How I
Became a Progressive" leaving the
casual reader to gather the impress
sion that, like Topsy. 1t Just
"growed' upon him, and that now,
having disocvred what a truly, gem
uine progressive is. he cannot re-
member when he was not.
The other article Ia personal APP
probation Of the contributing editor
by the editor-in-chief In which DR.,
Abbott describes the reluctance OF
the colonel in giving his consent to
the seven governors. and how he be-
came candidate for the presidential
nomination. only after being con-
vinced that the progressive move
ment was in danger Of utter failure
for want OF q leader. 1t was after
conference with his associates. in
which they all agreed "that he had no
option but to accede to the apparently
unanimous request" that he finally
entered on the campaign in Feb
ruary, 1919, at the call of honor.
when ambition, ease and personal
inclinations all combined were urg-
ing him to resist that call"
It just happens, however. that SIM
ultaneously with these confessions
some other evidence has been forth
coming throwing light upon the con-
version OF the colonel. H7fore the
senate investigating committee orms-
by McHarg. officially retained to
manufacture contests in the south,
testified that his first work in the
campaign was to make a reconnoiter-
ing expedition at the request of VIII.
lam L. Ward, the republican national
committeeman from New York. Prior
to that there were no signs OF any
spontaneous uprising for the colonel
but 1t Is known that Mr.. Ward al
the meeting OF the national commit
tee in Washington In December had
avowed himself against Taft and FOL
1.-THE colonel. and had then and there
begun maneuvering TO bring tn,
colonel out again for the presidency
1t is also known that but few
weeks later-early in January
George w. Perkins was PERSONAL!
/ laying the kindling which was :,
start the spontaneous fire, an,
| finally, after much consulting ant
| wiring, the telegram was framed ul
| to which the seven governors wer,
induced to subscribe their names, $,
that the pressure would appeal
Estrong enough upon the colonel t
warrant his compliance.
1t was only then--in February
Omaha daily bee., 1912-10-13
The Middleman.

In nearly every discussion OF the
high cost OF living, the changes are
rung on the assertion that the "elim-
ination OF the middleman" will bring
the desired relief. Even Colonel
Roosevelt would lead. the people to
believe that he can solve this uni
versal problem by q simple twist of
the wrist. Everything possible must
be done to eliminate any middleman, i"
he says, whose function does not
tend to Increase the cheapness of dis
tribution." When pinned down, the
colonel might say that he wants to
eliminate only the bad middlemen.
but he does not indicate how to iden-
tify "the mlddleman whose function
does not tend TO increase the cheap
ness Of distribution.
The fact is every merchant is a
middleman, and every middleman, ex-
cept possibly the mere speculator OF
gambler in the staples of life, will
set up a claim of cheapening prices
to consumers. The whole theory Of
the middleman is that he systematizes
and facilitates the transfer of the
products of farm, mine or factory to
the ultimate consumer, just as does
the railroad man who transfers the
goods to market. the jobber. the
commission man, the retailer or the
delivery clerk. all of whom are mid.
dlemen. The same function, too, II
performed by advertising in the
newspapers. or other medium which
brings buyers and sellers together
and enables them to do business with
one another at mutual saving ant
profit.
Eliminating the middlemen-al
of them at one fell swoop-woult
not lessen, but would increase tn,
cost Of living. The real trouble /.
then. not the mere existence Of the
mid ddleman. but the existence OF com
Omaha daily bee., 1912-10-13
People and Events

Montenegro is the midget of the Balkan
states, but 1t has more striking nerve
than the rest OF the confederation
Harry Furniss. the English artist, boldly
defies the Ananias club by writing of
Edison as the worlds greatest man"
A casual glance at the gate receipts of
the worlds series shows how easily the
high cost of living may be swatted over
the fence.
A religious revival has taken SO firm
grip on farm families in Delaware that
many have pledged to the mission fund
all eggs laid on Sunday.
AS means of varying the monotony
and securing valuable information, can
didates should hire hall and invite the
voters to do the talking.
The unseemIy haste of the king of
Montenegro in declaring war and shoot
ing up the Turks may be due to crazy
ambition to SCALE the heights of Armaged-
don first.
The three leading candidates for gov
ernor of New York solemnly pledge
themselves TO the principle of home rule
and not whimper, of protest comes from
Ulster county.
II the score board doesn't afford the
satisfaction anticipated by all the world
series players and managers the box
office score can be depended on to fur
nish the comfort.
There is some warrant for the dread
Europe feels over the Balkan war. Nov
ing picture people are operating along
the firing line. and Europe knows whats
coming to 1t when the carnage ceases.
One of the few. remaining jobs ex-
clusively masculine and supposed to be
away beyond the reach of woman. has
surrendered. Mrs. Margaret La Grange
has been elected bishop of the New
Thought church Of Michigan.
A Harvard college man has invented
q machine which can detect heart beats
100 miles away. While the reach is short,
the device gives promise eventually OF
registering the first shock Of long
range touch on ''the governor"
Youngsters and elders and those in the
summer Of life are reminded by the death
of Frank c.. Bostock that showmen have
no better show than the humblest OF the
tribe in the estimation of the grim
reaper A multitude of joy seekers to the
exposition midways from Chicago and
Omaha to Buffalo and st. Louis or
COMFY Island will remember Bossock's
trained animal shows and hang on MEM
ory's tablet a creped tribute to his skill
-as a trainer.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-10-13
Unofficial Foreign Missionaries.

Every Greek who leaves the United
States In answer to his country's call
to arms. goes an unofficial foreign
missionary" of America, to use a
term employed by late religious
writer. Consciously or unconsciously,
but In all events quite beyond his
power to avoid, he will carry the in
fluence Of our nation and our boasted
democracy. From our impressions
upon him while here we shall be
largely judged. What he has seen,
heard and learned in free. untram-
meled America will become inevitable
standards OF criticism among his fell
lows in Greece.
In nearly every case, perhaps, the
returned Greeks will be better off
Financially than than #hsn they CAME, but
IL that h oil the advantage they take
back, then 1t would have been better
for us II they had not come. Amer
ica's mission runs through the life Of
every foreign-born man and woman
coming, to Its shores. Americas
promise lies, largely In its power to
extend Its traditions through them,
In the gain or, loss Of It's ideals
abroad. II, @ Il
immigration offers q supreme OPP
portunity, but we must realize 1t TO
make the best of it. American
churches maintain a few thousand
official missionaries on foreign fields,
doubtless doing exoellent work. yet
here In our own land come troopine
to our very doors every year men and
women, not from benighted lands
not all needing spiritual insight, buI
all subject to the influence oi Amer
lean ideals. And when they 80 back
they 20 Inevitably as our missionaries
and transplant the seed OF free insti
tutions to their native lands.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-10-13
NAMES AND Fs.IvAIs.
8 Io,,is Globe- Democrat,

ST. Louis Globe-Democrat iIl
II NAV be a matter 81 aesthetic disll
whether the elder system of naming
pageants of civic fall festivities is bett
than the later one. but one must adnY
that turning the name of your town
state inside out, ss It were, produces som
startling effects in nomenclatufe' but
requires no Thought.
We shall leave 1t to the reader and W
care not how be decides it, whether tn
Rex" of New Orleans or "Comus: tn
''Momus" of Memphis. the Veile'
Prophet of ST Louis, the Priests Q
Pallas Of Kansas City are more mag
ically imposing or mystically effectiv
than omaha's inversion Of Nebraska int
Ak-Sar- Ben. or Houstons No-Tsu-oh, 0
Ell Paso's Os-Aple.
The telescopng of names on the sam
principle that AN umbrella case is pulle'
off and put on has the advantage OF ia
cility and there can be none other like Il
Still, is it not likely that q delving int
romantic literature or classic history cal
produce something that will make
deeper appeal?
Omaha daily bee., 1912-10-13
LEARNING THE LESSON.
Forgetfainess Undermines
Feanda tion of safety.
Indianapolis News,


Feunda tion of safety.
Indianapolis News
When SEINE great disaster comes ws
say "it takes thing OF this kind TO give
us lesson But does II give the leg
SOM Or IL it does, how long does the
lesson last? Are We not comforting our
selves with a sham? Take the vast
Titanic disaster AT once we INDUCED In
the usual comforting reflections about
the lesson. And then Immediately were
adopted more stringent rules regulating
the lifeboat and other equipment of vesA
sells flying the American flag The gene
raj effect was to require oce~n-soing
ships to carry sufficient lifebo4ts and life
raft capacity to accommodate all on
board, passengers and crew. The reguia-
tions imposed on our petted coastwise
vessels and on lake and river vessels
wera, somewhat less stringent for the
summer But they embodied the lesson
OF the Titanic. It was much commended,
and We went our way in comfort over the
wisdom Of our reflections" But now
the steamboat inspectors have got over
the Titanic horror, and they propose to
relax. these rules and not insist that
steamships shall be fully prepared to
save all their passengers aud crew.
Secretary Nagel is wise enough to forbid
this relaxation. And let us hope that
this will be sufficient. But just as surely
as American nature is as 1T Is. the time
will come-under another secretary, per-
haps--when we shall relax again and
then by the time OF the next DISASTER,
we shall find ourselves in the position
10 cry out with horror and talk about
the saessoH'. that the new disaster shall
have taught us The only way that this
people win ever learn lesson that viii
stick will be when there is some such
alternative presented as cams to the
negro who was condemned and sentenced
10 be hanged for a crime. The Judge
asked him IL he had anything to say;
YES. sub, yes, judge, l has somep'n 10
say. I has dis to say, Judge: Dis VIII
sho,ly. be a lesson to me" When we
make full preparation against disaster
as far as foresight will permit, and then
punish any deviation from the prescribed
course we shall learn the lesson" and
not, before.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-10-13
Physicians' Gift to Science.

Medical science In general and
pathology In particular, score quite
a triumph in the. .sacrificial offer Of
200 Long Island doctors to give their
earthly bodies after death for autop-
tical purposes. The wholesale immo-
lation sprung from q conviction that
medical science Is retarded by a
deafth Of autopsy material and that
since the laity seemed slow to make
the sacrifice, II was up to the pro
fession to do so; furthermore that
their action might inspire public con-
fidence and eventually serve to re-
lieye the restriction.
II was pointed out at a convention
OF the Long Island physicians that
while in Germany, where the science
of medicine admittedly is far adj
vanced, the law permitted autopsies
to be held upon persons dying in pub
lie infirmaries, the operation could
not be performed In the United States
without consent of the relatives or
friends Of the deceased which was
seldom obtained, Owing to the In
creasing democracy in our schools of
healing, 1t is doubtful II the latitude
of the law is going to yield any at
this point. In fact, it begins to look
as II the Long Island doctors had
seized the only available horn OF the
dilemma in setting an example for
others to follow If the gruesome de-
rnand remains In excess. of supply.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-10-13

In explaining "How ] Became a
Progressive, the third-term candi-
date says, Il was naturally a demo-
crat, in believing In fair play for
everybody" And then he turns with
this dart at Governor Wilson: "But
grew toward my present position, not
so much as the result of study in the
library or the reading Of books as
by actually living and working with
men" That ought to hold the enemy
for while.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-10-13

binations among them to impede
competition, and exact excessive mid
clemens profits. For the service the
middlelnan performs. he is entitled
TO adequate compensation. but. he
should not be permitted to initiate
this by artificial means. Declaim-
ing indiscriminately against the mid
dleman. and demanding his. extinc7
tion. therefore, will accomplish
nothing substantial. II ~. ss.,i
Omaha daily bee., 1912-10-13

Millie Christine, 'the greatest
twin freak Of the human race" ex-
hibited by Barnum all over the coun-
try, is dead. Nothing anywhere like
1t was ever discovered, except the
double-headed twin freak presidential
elector candidate who wears arepub-
lican face on one head, and bull
moose face on the other.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-10-13

Misbranded bull moose electors
make 1t impossible for any repnbli-
can, knowing what he is doing, to
vote a straight party circle ticket
this year. The sufferers from this
condition must necessarily be the
candidates whose names appear
further down the ballot.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-10-13
Railroad Efficiency.

Commissioner Lane of interstate
commerce says 10000 cars loaded
with export goods are standing on
tracks In and about New York and
that similar conditions exists at most
OF the other large seaports. This
means hundreds of thousands Of
freight cars withheld from service at
q time when they are most urgently
needed. It means another car short
age at d time when every available
car in the country, is demanded, when
the largest grain crop in years, to-
gether with other abundant farm out
puts and the general run of merchan-
disc and Manufacture. impose tre-
mendous tasks on thssfarroads.
II is the same old story:of railroad
inefficiency whether the railroads
are entirely to- blame or mot. OF
course. they are not. But the fact re-
mains that business suffers, the pub
lie consumes ana d sproauesr waits
and loses money when Isl the prob,
lem to be: solved? When will an
autumn, with its teening increases,
find the situation any different? We
know NOW that every, fall brings q
rush Of business for the railroads,
When ana how are We goingto meet
the emergency? It is about time
some effective way were devised for
compelling cars to be promptly un-
loaded and put back into use. or
more cars provided by another
means.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-10-13

It's pretty hard to change the
nature of the beast. At the very
moment they are objecting to the
theft OF the republican label by the
bull moosers. the democrats set out
to dress their electors again in popu-
list garb. Stop the fraud, no meter
who is perpetrating it,
Omaha daily bee., 1912-10-13
Prosperity Talks--Ig.

President Taft went into the White
House on March 4, 1909, since which
time the government has been admin
istered under his headship.
Have the people had to endure
hard times during that period? Or
have they enjoyed not only the neces-
stiles and comforts of life, but also
an increase in a large share of the
luxuriesg
Taking Nebraska as a close-to-
home example, we have some i'm
pressive figures:
Number Of automobiles registered
July l, 1908. ..,............-.,........ 31s6
Number of automobiles registered
July !, 1en...................
Using round numbers, the people OF
Nebraska have in that time bought
and paid for $4,000 automobiles,
which represent an outlay of at least
s25. 900, 900 and equal one to every
fifty inhabitants, including men,
women and children.
IL people suffering the blight OF
hard times, or burden Of bad gov
ernment, would not be expected to
buy automobiles SO fast and SO furi-
ously, the country must have gotten
along pretty we'll under President
Taft-weIl enough to want to keep
on the same road under the same
steady guidance.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-10-13

In the old Roman republic the con-
stitusion might be suspended in great
crises and all powers OF government
lodged In single magistrate. How
would that suit himg
Omaha daily bee., 1912-10-13

This Is an outrage to an innocent
man, exclaimed the New York police
officer when arrested On a murder
charge. II 20. there must be turn IN
this lane Of incriminatlng evidence
somewhere.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-10-13

The opposition has begun to annoy
Candidate sulzer with the irritating
question. Where does Sulzer
stand?s on this and that, Let Bill
fHearst) answer.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-10-13
Coming Down TO Pinin People.


One automobile concern has reduced the
price Of its car and announces that 1t will
100000 OF them during the
coming year This news ought to en-.
eourage the inventor Of the dollar watch
to start somethlng IN automobiles.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-10-13

II shis war Of the Greeks and the
Barbarians make as brush up on an
dient geography and mythology. 1t
may have some compensating fea-
lures.