Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 8, 1910, Page 15

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Remit by draft, express or postal order payable to The Bee Publishing Company, Only 2-cent stamps reeeived in payment of mall accounts, Personal checks, except on Omana or eastern exchanges, not accepted West STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, 88.: pleorke z6chuck, creasurer of The f’nmumnu Company, belng _duly or says that the actual number of full and complete o les of The Daily, Morn- {nl- Evening anJ‘bundny Hee printed dur- n the month of Degember, 1909, was as follows: 1 41,880 17.. 43,630 . 41,780 41,580 EESEEESses Returned cop Net Total. Dally Averag: UEORU B, TZSCHUCK, Treasurer. Subscribed in my presence aad swoin o before me this 818t day ot Decgmber, 1909, W. P. WALKLER} Notary Pubiic. Subseribers leaving the city tem- porarily should have The matled to them. Address will be chang: as oftem as re ted. It was bound to come. The chauf- feurs of Florence have struck for more speed. High water in the streets is putting some of the mining towns in low spirits. —_— When the wireless comes into its own, what will the birds have left to roost on? Standard Oil is now backing a gas combine. Getting ready for the grand ascension? / Britannia must look to her laurels. Recent events indicate that Mercury rules the wave. —_— European scenery is fast getting to be a hore. A tunnel under Mount Blanc is the latest, In carrying out his promise to a mob a Kentucky judge has let the un- dertaker carry out the victim, ‘an obsoleie implement, used by good citizens in the days of “such winters as we used to have.” Shovel— Sluggard Nevada courts, to occupy a whole hour granting a divorce. No wonder Reno colonists are provoked. At that, the Pinchot-Ballinger con- troversy 1s likely to be terminated be- fore we hear the last of Brownsville. The death of a Hoosler from using a new handkerchief shows how man must sacrifice himself to the advance of civillzation. Maurice Hewlett has carried his novel ideas into the budget campaign, probably counting on a ‘'Yea-and-Nay” vote of the Richards. —_— The leaves of the forestry letters are getting as numerous as the leaves of the forest trees, and some of them are more highly colored. —_— The eastern cities appear all torn up over the disappearance of a hotel waliter. Maybe he has gone to the kitchen with a customer’s order. —_— The old-fashioned winter is likely to blight the afinity crop. One's own fireside and the griddle-cake soulmate are gredt factors In zero weather. Missouri university seniors have taken to raising beards to frighten the coeds away, but it must be a cruel girl who will turn against a face when it's down. A man named Jones is putting on a play named ‘“‘Just Jones," perhaps reckoning on its drawing the whole Jones family, in which case his fortune is made. Omaha is about to be made a whis ling point on the route of the North- western Chicago-Denver special. The new train will necessarily hesitate as it passes through the block system at the Union depot. The showing of business made by Recorder Bandle is most creditable to his official administration, and will also be very satisfactory to the public as in- dicating the growth of the city during the last four y Lincoln democrats having planned out Mayor “Jim's" campaign, as well as that of Mr. Bryan and other states- men, business In Nebraska will now take on its normal aspect, Of course, Mayor “Jim" will take orders from the | tempted, Commerce and Combines. President Taft's message to con- | gress dealing with the allied subjects of interstate commerce and industrial combinations brings definitely before the national legislature a plan for action which has been clearly under- stood as a part of the Taft policies, While nothing revolutionary is at- the message embodies the well-known views of the executive for the adequate provision for corporation regulation that shall fulfill the pledges of the platform on which he was elected, and thereby protect the pub- lie Interests from unfair combination or manipulation. It is evident that in- terests conducted along honest and straightforward lines need have no fear of meeting the requirements pro- posed. The president manifests no disposition to disturb business by any arbitrary attitude The message I8 characteristic of the judicial mind accustomed to weigh fully the evidence on all sides, and yet it is as firm for the right as it is fair to the rights of all the interests in- volved. The Sherman anti-trust time being, inasmuch as it is even now withstanding its full test in the cases pending before the supreme court. But since there appears to be need and op- portunity for extending the scope of the federal power over corporations, the president offers as a possible solu- tion his plan for federal incorporation of large interstate concerns. This plan already has been the subject of public discussion, and in his language con- cerning it Mr, Taft reveals an open- mindedness that indicates how fair is his general attitude as to the whole subject. The fact that the attorney general | has approved the form of bill pro- viding for such federal incorporation indicates that the administration has looked thoroughly into the criticism that such a law would be unconstitu- tional, and to those who claim that it is an invasion of state rights the | answer is ready that any state has al- ways the same privilege of regulating operations within its borders, whether the charter is issued at Trenton, Wash- ington or elsewhere. It would hardly be the purpose or the province of & na- tional charter to compel a state to house a corporation which it desired to forbid to do business within its bor- ders. But these and other objections to the medsure, Mr. Taft expects, will be voiced on the floor of congress, for his own language is that he wishes his message to “bring clearly to the con- sideration and discussion of congress the proposition outlined, and he is very specific in his purpose to hedge such federal corporations about with every proviso for prosecution in case the anti-trust laws should be violated. The chief features of the proposed amendments to the interstate com- merce laws include his original com- merce court, distinctly a Taft idea, regulation of stock control and the safeguarding of competing lines. These suggestions are identically the same as had been outlined early in his term, and it is apparent that the plead- ings of railroad officials for modifica- tions of his essential program had ab- solutely no effect, Mr. Taft has done well to present these vital matters in a message unen- cumbered by other topics, He has stated to congress clearly and fully the views of the administration as to what i essentlal for the correction of existing weaknesses in federal control of corporations and commerce, and the legislative body ought to be able from such a judicial crystallization of the needs of the case to formulate appro- priate legislation without undue delay. Ambition and Caution. The congressman-editor of the Omaha Double-Ender is coyly flirting with the possibility of going after Sen- ator Burkett's toga. He declines to commit himself just at present, being content, for the time at least, to watch the progress of the backfire being kept up by his newspaper in Omaha, hoping thereby to determine just the amount of assistance the democrats may expect from Nebraska republicans in their effort to supplant a republican senator by a democrat. The democrats of Nebraska know that they can never hope to elect & United States senator unless they are able to secure republican votes. They cannot hope to secure republican votes unless they can foment dissatisfaction in republican ranks. This is the ani- mus of the campaign that is being car- ried on by the Omaha World-Herald and its echoes throughout the state. Whether the people will be sufficiently deceived by the misrepresentations of this clamorous cligue canpot be told, but a good evidence of the progres: the campaign is making will be af- forded by Mr. Hitehcock's conduct, have been fooled again. Corners in Foo;nfill-. In e clals are beginning to and whether the great cold matter. viewed that a ter of cold storage operations, Chicago. Modern warehousing facilities have been of real bepefit to the consumer | eold water brigade at the state house. in rewoving from the market the dan- law | is very properly passed over for the| 1| he determines to run for United States senator it may be accepted that he Is convinced that emough of the people ting about for a solution of the increased cost of feeding the army, & subject which also concerns every household as affording possible light on family experience, government offi- question whether there is not a food combine storage warehouses are not at the root of the So seriously Is this suggestion resolution has been in- troduced in congress planning for an | inquiry into the world's greatest cen-| THE 3 ger of tainted supplies, familiar in the |01d days before refrigeration had been | perfected, yet the latest facilities unquestionably enable indefinite | preservation of food, a fact which might readily be turned to the ad- vantage of the unscrupulous. Indeed, a Chicago wholesaler frankly admitted a few days ago that the egg market had been thus manipulated to a con siderable degree. Statisticilans in various journals have demonstrated that the ery con- cerning the cost of living has been greatly exaggerated, and that while some prices have steadily advanced, natural reasons therefor can be defi- nitely traced. WIith any attempt at the cornering of foodstuffs, however, the people can have no patience, and that direction will be generally wel- comed. Life Saving at Mines. Despairing of interesting the federal government in the plan of establishing life-saving stations at mines, the Iili- nols legislature is considering the en- actment of state laws to provide the maintenance of rescue crews and equipment. The agitation is the re- gult of the sentiment aroused over the recent horror at Cherry, and there can be no doubt of the necessity for some action to prevent the repetition of such disasters. Yet the question arises of what worth is such service as Illinois pro- poses, compared with the real reforms | that might be lnnugurdlm] A system of surface stations seems hardly to meet the requirements, for the experiq ence at Cherry was not that the work of attempting rescue was delayed, so | much as that the provisions for safety underground had not been sufficient. Those who have been rescued from burial alive in mines have been, as a rule, sustained by the passing of sup- Dlles through tubes. Would it not be lines from surface to underground workings that should convey air, water and food to those imprisoned? And would not adequate telephone equip- ment from the galleries to the surface be another potent aid in time of need? But why should the state be put to the expense of providing and sustain- ing safety and rescue devices for the miners? The companies K exact toll enough from the consumer to enable them to equip their workings with these humane and essential provisions at their own expense. Railroads have been compelled to provide safety de- vices in their operations. Why can- not the law be made just as effectual in the case of the miners? Ak-Sar-Ben now owns property worth very close to $50,000 or $60,000 clear of incumbrance, which is a splendid evidence of the care with which the business affairs of organiza- tion have been managed. Enthusiasm at the annual meeting of the organiza- tion is also proof that the popularity of the good king has in no wise less- ened, and that the reign of Ak-Sar-Ben XVI will be as prosperous and as nota- ble as that of any of his illustrious predecessors. The discovery that the phraseology of the primary law intended to fasten the Oregon plan for selecting United States senators on Nebraska is so ambiguous as to defeat the intent of the law reflects merely on the demo- cratic majority in the last legislature. If the law was seriously intended, the not seriously intended, the legislature was gullty of sharp practice, at least. The dropping of nineteen students because of dellnquency in studies is not a dangerous symptom, but rather young people to work, even when sur- rounded by the manifold temptations of a large city. Study is really requisite to success, even in Lincoln. The Wright brothers appear deter- mined to govern the air by injunction. It forbidden fruit is sweetest, the Wrights are on the right track to make aviation popular. As man finds his flight prohibited, the more determined will he be to put on wings. But it will be anathema for the airship trust. The weather bureau at Washington is unduly ambitious. It is now fore- casting two cold waves at once. One at a time will satisfy the ordinary citi- zen, but in these days of progress we will have to submit to Prof. Moore's zeal. to get around over northwest Nebraska despite the snow blockades. The warmth of the welcome these gentle- men are receiving more than offsets the cold wave of the weather man. Flylng to the Courts. St. Louls Republic. Aviation has fairly entered upon its com- merclal stage when owners of rival patents begin sueing one another for infringement Fixed Up in Adv Kansas City Times. J. Plerpont Morgan appears to be sav- ing Senator Aldrich the trouble of estab- Mshing & central bank by organizing a money trust of his own. ce. Busy Days Ak Philadelpbia Record. It congress should industriously pursuc all the Investigation ordered or to be or- dered in this session there would hardly be time for anything else. Day of Reckoning Come Milwankee Journal, The time will come, and that at no late day, when the use of billboards will be far more restricted than is the case t | day. | sbould come, for the billboard Is meither it congressional investigation can shed | any light on the matter its activity in | for | ¢ a practical safeguard to establish pipe | legislature was stupid, and if it was| from the University of Nebraska rolls | indicates that the faculty expects the| The State Normal board is managing | And it is right that such restriction | OMAHA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 101 a thing of beauty nor an educator of pub- lic taste. It is rather a wign of commercial- ism rampant and civic pride slumbering. Exper Loulsville Opiniton, Courfer-Journal Mr. Morse insigts that the jurors who convicted him were full of whisky. It does not seem probable. A jury even halt tull of the right sort of whisky would not send a man to prison for any crime other | than that of refusing to join the jollitica- | tion. Why the President B Washington Herald. The newest United States Washington, ex-confederate and Mississippi's most famous | habitant,” says President Taft is “a nice young fellow.” It is dollars to dough- nuts Mr, Roosevelt would appreciate such a compliment to the limit hed. senator In war horse “oldest in- Giving Can LAt | New York World The United States contributed 9,148 per- sons and about $0,000000 to Canada last year and sca; missed them. Both the | men and the dollars will make themselves | felt in the Dominfon and aid in the work of bringing about still more helpful and reciprocal relations between the two eouns tries. i Philadelphia Record There 1is nothing like statistics, The sus bureau has just published a bulletin showing the number of police and constabu- lary arrests in 1907 in the 158 principal cities of the United States, It appears that the number of arrests was 652 for every 10,000 An!mblmnln The greatest mumber of ar- sts in proporilon population was in the clty of Washington; but the statls- ticlans truly that the number of arrests affords no conclusion as to the law- les of any city. We are toid, for | example, that % per cent of all the arrests were for drunkenness. But ft does not fol- low that no arrests for drunkenness were made in Portland, Me., or in Memphis, | Te where prohibition prevails, or that |all the drunkards who make night hideous are arrested in New York and Phiiadelphia. But great are statist HONOR WHERE HONOR IS DUE. observe sness n., Belated Tribute to the First of Nav- igators, Chicago Tribune. It is comforting to know that not only is the grave of Noah exactly located but i visited each year by thousands of devout pilgrims who climb 7,000 feet up the beet- {lng steps of Jebel Judi. A sancthary, set up I his honor upon the mountain, is a place of fervent worship by them. A tray- eler talking before the Royal Geographical soclety describes the mountain held sacred for ages, which looks out over the great Mesopotamian plain, and tells how they showed him the very vineyard whenee came the wine of which Noah drank noi wisely but too well. either sacred nor profane history has ever done justice to the many sided char- acter of this great man. Not only was he a patriarch bul he was a meteorologlst —the first “weather man” .of the world— a successful shipbuilder, an able seaman and navigator, and a faunal naturalist. His building of the ark, unhampered by the tariftf and unaided by a subsidy, was a tour de force deserving of the highest ad- miration; his perspicuity as an observer of the weather; his wisdom of selecting his tellow passengers; the skill with which he steered his craft across the face of the uncharted waters and his peristence in holding “her nozzle agin the bank’ until all had landed safely, have never, we be- lieve, been properly appreciated by the world at large. It is, therefore, pleasing to think that there are those who still do him homage; faithful ones who recognize some of his many virtues, and who do not hold against him too severely the episode of the grape. GIVING WEALTH AWAY, A Lay Sermon on the Action of & rea ter. Pittsburg Dispatch. The story which is told of Rev. Dwight Hillls of Plymouth church, Iyn, concerning his renunciation potential wealth, it verified, a demon- stration of his disinterestedness, but hardly a vindication of his soclal or ethical judg- ment. According to the report, Mr. Hillls found himself the owner of a tract of land in the far northwest, asserted by experts to contain mineral wealth amounting to several milllons of dollars. Believing the possession of so much riches to be in- compatible with his usefulness as a clergy- man he sold the land for little more than it cost him. 1t takes but a moment's reflection to see Yhat on this statement of thé facts Mr. Hillis simply made a present of some mil- | Hons of dollars to the purchasers. Whether they' were speculators, promoters or actual developers does not matter. On the record |as statea the clergyman rather than take possession of the putative wealth gave it to persons not in particular need of it. We can entirely concede good foundation for unwillingness to take wealth on the part of a teacher of the religion which enjoins its followers not to lay up treasure on earth, but that doetrine fis indissolubly Joined with the instruction to the young man who was very rich to “Sell all thou hast and give unto the poor.” Men with conscience enough to rejoet great wealth both exemplify Christian doc- [trine and recognize on of the great faults humanity. But when such men, efther their own inadvertence or by the mere cayrice of fortune, come into possession of the burden of riches the duty rather plain of dévoting that wealth to the benefit of those who are in danger, not of too much riches, but of too little to sustain life. Newell Brook- of large fs || Our Birthday Book { | January 8, 1910, | E. Burton Holmes, the around-the-world traveler and lecturer, is 40 years old. Mr. Holmes is the in the travelogue bu 5. | James W. Dawes, formér governor of Nebraska, and now paymaster in the army, was born January §, 185, in McConnellsville, O. He lived for many years at Crete, Neb., |which he still calls his home. He was |elected governor as a republican, having | been before that time chairman of the re- | publican state committee, | Rev. A. W. Clarke, well known as head |of the Child Saving institute, and & worker for homeless and dependent children, is 68 years old. He has degrees from Rochester university, Chicago Theological seminary and the University of Nebraska. For five years he was pastor of the Calvary Baptist church in Omaha, giving that up to go Into the philanthropie field. William Edward Boeck, employed in the Milwaukee ticket office on Farnam street 18 & Councll Bluffs boy, being born across the river January §, 157, He has been rall- roeding for five years, with the Union Pa cific at North Platte as well as the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul | Augustus Thomas, the playwright, is 51 | vears 0ld. He made his first appearance on this earthly stage in St. Louls in 1869, | Judge J. C. Kohlsaat, who presides over of the federal-courts at Chicago, was n January 5, 144 on an lliuols farm. pioneer | thousand. In Other Lands Novel and Impressive Features of the Campaign that s Now Draw- ing to & Oloss in Great Britain Never before has so fierce a campalgn been fought in Great Britain as that which is now drawing to a close. Every political expedient hallowed by usage has been em- ployed, invectives that would shame a Bowery outburst poured out In streams from party spouters, the dead walls of the kingdom have been plastered with political cartoons, homes deluged with literature, and the New York method of cart-tall cam- palgning put In practice widely. Ten thous- and political meetings during the present week gauges the flerceness of the contest as it nears the finish. Members of the House of Lords and all the forces of privi- lege and self-interest, both male and female, are actively engaged in every way likely to bring victory to the aristocracy, wkile the democracy runs the gamut of cempalgn mothods in its struggle against the ancient enemy. With rare exceptions, American correspondents prediot a ma- Jority for the liberals, Independent of the nationalists and laborites. The peers must cease from oratory on Monday, the date of the issuance of election writs. As soon as these writs are recefved by the election officers, nominations must be made within two days. All these details are arranged in advance and no delay is possible or| permissible. Voting Is possible In a few districts as early as the l4th, in all not later than the 28th. On the 15th quite a number will be heard from, enough, the politiclans say, to Indicate the final re sult. Three-cornered contests are threat- ened between the liberals and laborites In a dozen liberal districts, and between un- fonist factions in nine districts. Three like contests impend In nationalist districts In Ireland. Party expediency Is likely to dis- pose of many of the threstened contests before nominations are filed Amerlcan campalgning outside of the night rider districts is a tame affair compared with the mental violence of the British contest. Some bodily violence has oc- cured, chiefly where the suffragettes could use thelr clubs, Heckling orators Is univer- sal and frequently flercely personal. The keynote of Unionist invective was sup- plied by Barbour when he denounced the assertion of an opposition member as “a frigid and calculating lie,” and made more direct by g Balfourite who shouted, ‘‘The member {8 not only a llar, but a d—d liar.”” Imagine what a political commotion such remarks from party leaders would create In a contest in the United States, or this deliverance by a Liberal orator at Lancashire: “The real creator of the| House of Lords is Mr. George Edwardes (a prominent theatrical manager in Lon- don). When he s selecting his chorus ladies he is choosing the mothers of your future legislators.” Along comes another Liberal member of Parliament, stating in the course of a debate that “the lords are garroters, the political highwaymen of the day,"—that ‘“they are suffering from the general paralysis of the insane.” Minister Churchill has taken more shots at jthe Lords than even Lloyd-George. The curious part of the eituation with him is that he is related to at least one-third of the dukes of the kingdom, and can count by the score his relatives of lesser titles. But, then, too, he has a dash of American. His mother was Jennie Jerome of New York, a cousin of District Attorney Jerome . Churchill de- claimed from the platform the other day against the “accidents of hirth,” es he re- ferred to the members of the House of Lords. “The character of the House of Lords," he went on to say with a fine ironi- cal rolling of his words, “Is the laughing stock of every civillz.d nation in the world. | Out of more than 600 peers only 110 on the average have voted in the divisions for forty years. When we have such a sup- ply of heaven-born legislators, who know | by instinct what is good for the people, is it not a pity that four-fifths of them stay | away for forty years? They never give us| the advanttage of their counsel and are drawn out of their backwoods only when the party trumpet Is blown and when the tory caucus thinks there is good chance of striking at some great Liberal measure. That Is a system which cannot be toler- ated.” o The law of England provides that a parli- amentary candidate shall not be allowed to spend more tham a very small amount in canvassing the electors. His personal cx- penses must not exceed $600 from the day the writ is issued to the day the election is over, and the whole expenses of his or- ganization are limited to, usually, from $1,600 to $2,600. Much of this must be paid away for election officers’ fees, for the rent of halls for meetings and for postage. When these items are met very little is left. It has long been known, however, that one can always drive a coach and pair through an act of Parliament, and the clauses limiting the outlay of candidates have been very effectively riddled. Char- itable expenses are not included, and the ambitious budding statesman can spend 45,000 or 350,000 a year for years before tle election, if he wishes, in subscriptions 'o foot ball clubs, soup kitchens, blanket so- cletles, churches, party clubs, and o on Both partles profess to be shocked at this side of political life. Both of them hold ) p their hands with holy horror at this pal- pable political degeneration. But both «f them do it} 4 e Monster cartoons, designed by prominent artists and printed in many colors, are used all over the country. The power « the pictorfal poster was first fully realized in the London county council eleetion of The published st showed that ement of November 16, this bank had outstanding terest bearing certificates totalling $1,984,810. irst National | Bank of Omahd 'i Established in 1857 as Kountze Bros. Nationalized in 1863, Charter No. 209 One of the Safest Forms of Investment Is a 3% Certificate of Deposit In This Bank, Which Has Over $12,000,000 of Assets. 09, in- mounting the stump. The countess of War- wick, for example, Is a noted political speaker. Mra. George Cornwallls West, she who was Lady Randolph Churchill, fre- quently sits on the platform near her dis tinguished son. Mrs. Chamberlain attends meetings which Austin Chamberlam ad- dresses, having, of course, & place of honor on the platform. o The habit of speaking from carts has spread through England. This is a favorite phuse of noon-day electioneering. Invari- most interesting. First, the crowd st the fun by pushing the wagon about. Oc- casionally they hurl not merely epithets, but vegetables. About the time the rumpus gets well under way brawny armd reach up and attempt to pull the speakers' chairs from the cart. Defending one's self with a chair must sooner or later be a pleasing experlence with any cart speaker in the present eampalgn. e The Tariff Reform league has for some time adopted an ingenious method of pro- moting public opinfon. Agents of the league, dressed as workingmen, §o about, not holding meetings, but mixing with the workers, bringing the conversation round to politics, and advocating taritf reform. It 1s understood that the league, particu- larly during by elections, sends any num- ber of these agents into the borough to talk politics. The gramaphone s increasingly popull Leading statesmen made ten- minute speeches Into the 'phone and these are repeated all over the country, POLITICAL DRIFT. Tammany Hall is getting most of the bouquets from Mayor Gaynor, the other fellows are getting the ple. Kentucky s going into the hole finan- clally, and en Iseue of bonds are necessary to keep the ship of state afloat. With the passing of Mr. Jerome from the distriet attorney's office in New York, the spectacular in politics passes into the gar- ret for awhile. Congressman Victor Murdock of the Bighth Kansas district, chief of the anti- Cannon Insurgents, 18 likely to have a hot race for re-election. Party bourbons de- clare that many republicans remain in Kansas who “do not like a congressman who keeps his arms too lovingly about the neck of Champ Clark, the leader of the democratic mmority.' On Tuesday next Boston votes for city officers who will put into cffect & modified form of the commission plan of city gov- ernment. Four condidates are in the fleld for meyor—ex-Mayor “Honey” Fltagerald, regular democrat; J. J. Storrow, independ- ent democrat; Q. A. Hibbard, present mayor, regular republican, and N. H. Tay- lor, independent republican. Mayor Gaynor of New York pitches his administration in a high key. Writing to one of the park commissioners, he says: “Among other things I find that « ** one appointed to work in the par in whatever capacity, Is requirea a political club of the present comiuiis: oler and pay its dues and assessments periodi- cally levied to be used in primary contests and for other political purposes. Let all of that be stopped immediately. much of & banquet to be given in Topeka, February 22, which Governor Harmon of Ohio has been asked to attend. This con- junction of a probable candidate for presi- dent with Washington's birthday is being engineered by the democratic state com- mittee, and it is hoped that fully 2500 of the faithful, representing every county of the state, will participate in the banquet to be served in the city auditorium, that is capable of seating 4,500 persons. Perched on Rainbow. Indianapolis News. Cheer up! Perhaps something Is going to happen to those trust companies that teach malefactors of more or less wealth how not to pay taxes. Hope ably the hecklers make all wagon meetings | The democrats of Kansas propose to make | COST OF LIVING. Seeking the Cause of ¥ Commodities. ago News. As the result of complaints from varfous parts of the country that the cost of lv- ing is made unduly burdensome on account of the high prices of commodities, the secretary of agriculture is planning for an investigation of the causes of the advance in the prime of necessities. It is well for many reasons that such an Investigation is to be undertaken. Varlous theories have been advanced in explanation of the rise in the cost of lv- Ipg. One is that the supply of gold has Increased so greatly in recent years that the prices of commodities, which are measured In terms of gold, show an ad- vance on that account. If this is the true explanation It s, of course, unjust to blame the trusts or the protective tariff or some other cause for the rise in prices. There have been times in history, notably sooh after the dlscovery of the rich mines of the new world, In which the augmenta~ tion of the stock of the world's supply of €0ld has exercised a distinct and disturb- ing influence upon the general level of prices. But does such an explanation fit the situ- ation at the present time? If not, what are the determining factors, and are they artifical or natural?” An injury that would furnish at least a partial answer to these questions would be of great public value. h Prices of BREEZY TRIFLES, “Are you intcrested in what is In table rapping?” “No, 1 am more Interested in what goes on it"~—Baltimore American. “Bliggins se “Yes," answ jealous profession: acquaintance, He has an arrangement wit! the operator by which his telephone is rung up every three minutes when he has callers.'—~Washington Star. Teacher—You have heard, 1 presume of the ‘fourth estate.” Have you any idea what it is? Shaggy Haired Pupil—Yes, sir, it's a quarter section of land.—Chicago Tribune. man and woman accidentally touched other's feet under the table. ret telegraph id he. ommunion of so said she.—~Judge. A ea He—Heré's an articie on sters at Newport Bhe—Ts it an advertisement for a Rhode Island undertaker?—Yonkers Statesman. Blla—Fred is getting Stella. doesn't follow that there Is anything the mattdr with his eyes be- cause he can't see you under the mistle- toe.—~Judge. “Planting Lob- near-sighted, A man, very much taken to the poilce station, “Why did you not ball him out?' quired & bystander of a friend. “Bail him out?” exclaimed the you couldn't pump him Chicago Record-Herala intoxicated, was in- other. out “Father,” Little Rollo, ‘blllingsgate “It is a term, my son, that the other tellow applies to your plain, unvarnished expressions of jusaifiable indignation.”— Washingto sald “what I8 "GET TO WORK. Paul West in New York World. the new year's started in, Get to work! Things are waiting, Get to work! Don't_proceed to fume and stew O'er the tasks awaiting you; What_you've got to do Is—do! Get to work! Now 80 begin— Don't spend time Get to work! “Dreamer’ I8 an Get to work! Here's a year chuck-full of days; You can use it lots of ways; See that every moment pays— Get to work! on scheme or plan— “also ran"— You've @ problem you must solve— Get to work! Just forget each good Get to work! * he dead past bury its dead"”; your motto “Go ahead!" each day, till time for bed, Stick to work! “regolve’’— “Let Be And 197. The municipal reformers then pub lished a gigantic picture of a bl -eyed | reprobate pointing a greedy finger at the | spectator. This stood for the progre party, and underneath it was the stingin: motto, “It s your money we The poster aid the trick. It won votes by (ke Since then both sides have ¢ fed the art of poster display still further What the debaters find themselves una’ to say by word of mouth or in the journal they put forth on huge posters, as for in stance: “The carth Is the Lord's—not the landlord's! beer, less bacey, fes employment they call this the peo ple's budget!” “Lioyd-George's budget poor man's burden.” Accompanying this | the figure of a poor man staggering und an enormous roll. “Britons, help!" With these words, a cartoon of John Bull bound | securely by thongs labelled “The Budgel The mob is pushing the old gentleman 1o | his doom. Bive want." House to house electioneering, which has come into vogue in Boston, particularly in the present mayoralty campalgn, has ways been a feature of English politieal controversies. Not only does the candidate on innumerable constituents, but milord and milady take a hand in the game. Sup poke, for example, that milady nephew of one of her friends sent to Par liament. She makes the rounds of all the | villages in her county, displaying herself | attractively to the women folks, pleading with them and otherwise urging them to eall their husbands’ attention to the of the candidate. Hundreds of higl women In England are spending thelr spare hours these days visiting thelr ter.ants and other residents of the nelghbor hood. Then, many of these politl in terested women - merits horn wants the ' Right at the Start Without the adventitious aid of ‘“‘Half Pric and ‘‘Slaughter Sales’’ the Browning, King & Co. stock of clothing was sold out during the pas t season with practical completeness. And for the re were right at the start. son, of course, that the prices They are always right. You are not asked at the beginning of the sea- son to pay, in whole or in part, for the clothes that someone else may buy at half-price at the end of the In a word, ments made by Browning, the publie. it is on their merits that the gar- King & Co. are offered to We have taken our broken lines of Suits and Overcoats for men and boys and marked them at a reasonable reduction—an inspection will convince you. You will find interesting bargains in our fur- nishing department. Browning, King & CQ AND DOUGLAL BTREETS, \ éK CLOTHING, FURNISHINGS AND HATS, / FIFTEENTH OMAHA, 8. WILOOX, Manager,