Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 15, 1910, Page 6

THE ©OMAnA DALY BEE FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR. Entered at Omaha postoffice a class matty TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Bee (including Sunday), per week. lsc Daily Hee (without Bunday), per week 10 Dally Beo (without Sunday), one year..$4.00 Dally Bee and Sunday, one year 6.00 DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Evening Beo (without Sunday), per weok.éc ening Bes (with Sunday), per week. ife Bunday Bee, ONe YERF............oo ... 3 Baturday Boe, one year. s 1.0 Address all complaints of irregularities in delivery to City Cireulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha—The Bee Bullding South Omaha—Twenty-fourth and N. unell Bly 15 Secott Street. Lincoln—§18 Littla Bullding. Chicago—1548 Marquette Buflding New York—Rooms 1101-1102 No. Thirty-third Street & Washington—725 Fourteenth Street N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communieations relating to news and editorlal matter should be addressed Omaha Bee, Bditorial Department. REMITTANCES, Remit by draft, express or postal order payable to The Bee Publishing Company, Only cent stamps received in payment of mall account Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchange, not accepted West Douglas County, ws.: George B. Tzschuck, treasurer of The Bee Publishing Company. being duly sworn, says that the actual number of full and complete coples of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of Februgry, 1910, was as follows: 16... . 48,670 16.. . 42,880 17.. 42,850 18 . 42,690 44,770 . 43,920 The Homecomifig of Roosevelt. In spite of the criticism which has been heaped upon him and all of his efforts, every class of people through out the United States will join in spirit | in the “‘welcome home" to be accorded | Theodore Roosevelt as he returns from the east, Whether republican or demo- | erat, {nsurgent or reactionary, western | farmer or Wall street broker, all have a keen admiration for the man and respect for his ability in the various fields of his activity. He is without doubt the most popular man in the nation today, if not in the world, and the preparations being made for his re ception are widely sanctioned. The of him and will extend to him a wel coming hand. The plan now to be for a| nation-wide celebration. A big re-| ception will take place in New York. | A tour of the west has been asked for a continuation of the reception, but its eventuality is doubtful. The chances are that Mr. Roosevelt will prefer to remain at home for a time at least. But be that as it may, the west as well as the east will see to it that the home-coming of ocur only living ex- president is one of the most notable events of the year. seems Laws of the Air. With the possibility of aerial naviga- tion as an economic factor in com- merce as a matter of a few years hence, and aerial pleasure tours of even closer proximity, rules to be recognized among aviators themselves and laws for the protection of the general amounts | made public and filed under osth by |has made a brave show of uncovering | |rule establishing a $10,000 limit. Had whole people of the country are proud | sary. around the principle of using convict THE BEE the were national campaign fund, and contributed by each, the treasurer of the republican national committee who was chosen at the instance of Mr. Taft in order that he might be subject to the New York law for publicity of campaign con tributions. There were no very large contributions to the republican cam paign fund from anyone who has been recognized by appointment to office, while on the other side $30,000 was put into Mr. Bryan's strong box from a single source in spite of the pretended Mr. Bryan by accident been elected and made a cabinet officer out of the man responsible for the $30,000 con tribution, or of some one representing him, there might have been real reason to talk about a bargain and sale, Convict Labor on Public Highways. The recent discussion in congress over the use of convict labor in the construction of the military highway between Forts Leavenworth and Riley in Kansas has aroused widespread in terest. The highway in question, if thus built, will cost the government nothing except the. support of the prisoners engaged in the work, an ex- pense required at all times, for the townships through which the road is to pass will furnish the material neces- But the discussion centers labor in general in the construction of public roads or in other public work. With the exceptions of those in the OMAH DAY v | history the contributors to the|only additional information he gives is that the ‘“republican offceholder' holds a state ofice in Lincoln. Kdgar @ great conspiracy, but when it comes to naming the men he will flunk most miserably, just as he has several times | before on similar occasions. ——— The recount of the vote in South Omaha puts out of the running the present police commissioner, who was seeking a democratic nomination for the city eouncil. This makes it cer- tain that all three of Governor Shallen- berger's police commission appointees for South Omaha will step down and out with the expiration of their terms. It is to be presumed that Governor Ifihnllenherger appreclates the compli | ment. —_— It is said that Andrew Carnegle was recently surprised to find that he had overlooked a little matter of $3,000, 000, having forgotteen all about It. Such a little affair as that, with the surprise which must folfow, might have been enough to make any other man jump head first into the Missouri river by way of celebrating. What it would cost to hold a special election In Omaha to vote bonds would pay the interest on $100,000 for a year. A special election will be a costly luxury unless there is something depending on it so urgent .that we would lose more than that by waiting for the regular election ir the fall, —_— Colonel Fanning writes from Rome that he has been traversing pavements MARCH Army Gossip Matters of Interest On and Back of the Firing i Gleaned from the Army and Navy Register. One of the most important decisions ren dered by the comptroller is that which holds that the deposits of enlisted men In the army and navy are not exempt from lia blity for debts to the United States. It has hitherto been regarded that such de posits were exempt. This Is a far-reaching deolsion and as a result of it any indebted ness on a final statement, in excess of pay nd allowance due the individual, will be deducted from any deposits that he might have made. L] — It has been decided to equip the army with small arms hereafter manufactured with knurled or roughened butt plates, in place of the smooth plates heretofore used The new plate will tend to prevent the | rifle from slipping on the shoulder when | in the firing position, and it will not pro- | duce material reflection In sunlight. This | contemplated change In the butt plate has been before the ordnance officers for some | time, and the new plate is adopted to have | careful consideration of all phases of the | subject. About the only construction which the War department will be able to do during the next fiscal year as a result of legisla- tion, at this session of congress s that for target ranges at Sparta, Wis., and on the military reservation of Fort D. A. Russell, Wyo. These two projects involve an ex- penditure of $64,000, and the quartermaster's department is now, at work on the plans and specitications for the construction and equipment of the ranges. Under the terms of the army bill it will be possible to begin the work Immediately, as the appropriation is available when the bill becomes a law. The work Includes at Sparta the construc- tion of a concrete store house, portable irst National Bankof Omaha Gapital $500,00000 Surplus &Profits 700,000.00 We have equipped TWO NEW ROOMS adjoining the SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS, with every convenience for the holding of Meetings of Committees, Directors, Corporations A telephone call will reserve one for your use Total Assets O ver $13,000,000,00 PERSONAL NOTES. When the supply of brick gives out Philadelphia policemen are glven a hand out of frankfurters. Correspondents who distingulshed them- | selves at Che Foo and Mole St. Nicholas | are booked for thelr greatest stunt under Khartoum dates. Senator Tillman s improving siowly. His mind is almost entirely clear and an improvement is noted In his paralyzed side. It is scarcely probable that the sen- ator will again appear in the senate, [ highest deg: | puren many-sided competition has been too shars for the slightest negligence. The result has been extraordinary gains in every direction. Power and speed and general efficlency have been carried to the e. A multitude of motor ves hicles has been. produced for the needs of rs from all claskes, from all sece tions, for all purposes, within the widest ssible limits. Automobiles have been evolved to meet every locality's wants and every emergency's demands. The entire in« dustry has developed in a way which would be impossible where competition was less | tense and less effective. ¥ raflroad, and improvements on camp sites for water and sanitation and at Fort D. A Russell the completion of the range. Of On this all-pervading rivairy the motol vehicle interests of the United States hav | flourished amazingly. This country has far Coming events cast their shadows on | the placid Nile. A speclal correspondent on the spot mnotes that Mr. Roosevelt prison hospitals, all convicts, whether state or federal, are supposed to be public are considerations of no small importance, This form of laid nearly 3,000 years ago. If he | would come home and go over some of | Total . Returned copie Net total . Subscribed In my présence and sworn to before me thls 28th day of February, 1910, ROBERT HUNTER, Notary Public. ng the eity tem- vorarily. should have The mailed to them. Addreds will be changed as often as requested. e ————— Omaha’s present fire limits were es- tablished fh 1894, Now is the time to enlarge, The weather man seems to be doing his best to bring out the green in time for St. Patrick’s day. $5656 for a thfrty-mifle trip. What do you know about Germany's 2-cent fare? If an expert is needed to examine Commander Peary's record, Dr. Cook ought to kmow when .a record is phoney, As a means for working free adver- tising for Conncil, Bluffs the successive “‘mike"” trials will'be voted an unquall- fled success. Something of a paradox in the $300,000 fire in.a New, York tireproof building, the blaze ‘due to spontanéous combustion. i The Chantecler hat has reached this country and peultry raisers will take warning to lopk out for their Wyan- dotte roosters. — Naw It ‘those fruit buds wiil only hang on a little while longer we will be able to kill the peach crop this year as many times as ever. ——— Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis has Just fined a Chicago man $15,000 for selling oleomargarine. Nothing cheap about oleo_at that price. It is noticeable that every time the “old guard” at Albany wins a battle over Govérnor Hughes it adds greatly to thé governor's popularity. Please note that Congressman Hitch- cock’s announcement of his candidacy for United States senator in his own paper-oecuples the space usually given to the cartoon. The-number -of - heiresses to -the Swope millions in Kunsas. City is cer- tainly caugé for wondér. The number of a rich man's relatives multiplies fast after his death. Now that Germany s building a monster airship which will carry sixty passengers, Great Britain is due to have another attack of hysteria and a war scare nightmare, Khartoum is planning to give Theo- dore Roosevelt a warm time. The temperature there was 105 in the shade the other day and bids fair to keep it.up for a month or more. — It does not seem to make much dif- ference to Paulhan, the French avia- tor, whethér the wind blows or not when he flles. But there is nearly al- ways one mistake with a final amen to It In such case Young Mr. Knox says, “I belleve I am able to earn enough for the two of us.' But look here, it is not a case of “‘believe” after the marriage ceremony —it 1s & case of “bave to earn enough for the two of, us.” Over (n Iowa a seed corn special is to follow up the work of seed testing to make sure against crop faflure through the planting of poor corn, What's the matter with 8 seed corn special for Nebraska? A Missouri doctor advocates the chloratorming of hopeless idiots, but if the jury, which condemns them, were to m’xy-w detfons there would be travel presents a new feature in pub- lic safety and in trade reiations. Will it be necessary to have a fleet of aerial revenue cutters to protect our tariff boundaries? Also, what of preferred routes and of terminal facilities? It Is natural to expect that the rules and laws to be observed in aerial traf- fic will develop only as the traffic itself develops. This will also be the case as to rightofway, travelers’ etiquette and courtesy, Who should have the right of way when two aerial crafts meet and how will either of them know when it has it? What will be neutral territory in time of war, and what regulations will govern all landing privileges? There are 101 points of importance In the evolution of this form of travel which will have to be settled by some 'competent authority. Just as the laws of the ocean and land travel have been evolved through the years and cen- turies to present acceptation and ob- servance so is it necessary for the laws of the air to be developed for safety, for courtesy, for speed and for con- venience. Minneapolis and Omaha. ‘While sympathizing fully with other folks' misfortunes, still if misery loves company there may be some solace for Omaha in the report just made by a special staff correspondent for the Chi- cago Tribune depicting typhold condi- tions in Minneapolls. The Tribune i§ giving publicity to the woes of Minne- apolis by request of Minneapolis citi- zens, so it says, because the home newspapers are not disposed to adver- tise their city as the cemter of an epi- demic of sickness. The story, how- ever, would have a certain familiar ring with merely a change of names and be easily mistaken for some of the exaggerated yarns that have been cir- culated about Omaha. For example: The source of the fever germ Is the Mis- sissippl river, from which the city draws its water supply. Contamination of the river water Is charged agalnst smaller citfes further up the river—Brainard, St. Cloud and Anoka—where typhold has been prevalent. Physiclans without exception advise against the use of the city water for any purpose whatsoever. Eleven spring water companies do an enormous business dellvering spring water at 5 cents a gallon. The construction of a great cement aque- duct to Lake Superior to provide the water supply for,both citles (St. Paul and Minne- apolls) would cost $0,000,000, according to estimates of engineers. All of which s interesting and in- structive. If the clear, lake-fed Mis- sissippi can be accused of carrying fever germs, of course the turgid, muddy Missouri cannot be expected to be entirely without ‘failings. “We only wonder, however, that they have not discovered up in Minneapolis that five pounds of chloride of lime to every 1,000,000 gallons of water will solve the whole problem. What a chance for the distinguished members of the Omaha Water board to volun- teer themselves to the rescue. Far Fetched. Our amiable democratic contempor- ary throws another double column fit over the disclosure brought out by the charge of bad faith by the late Senator | Platt against Former President Ha rison of an alleged Incidental offer by Platt during the campalgn of 1888 to ralse $500,000 for the campaign fund in consideration of being permitted to name. the secretary of the interior, which it tells us “ls a revelation full of intereét because of its indirect bear- ing on the Ballinger investigation.” This is about as far fetched a cry as could possibly be imagined, and the suggestion that cabinet offices have been put on the bargain counter and bid off at auctlon, either under the Harrison administration or any subse- nuent administration, is without ques. tion, pure mendacity, Whether Mr. Ballinger shall prove to be the right man in the right place or not, no one with any knowledge of the facts would contend that consideration of campaign dangér of a-fearful salughter at cer taln §éasons of the year, i contributions determined the cholce of cabinet members by Mr. Taft. out manufactured For the first time-in our political employed in some manner within the prison itself, Some of the prisons turn articles of com- mercial value, which encounters ob- jection because it puts convict labor directly in competition with free labor and especially skilled labor. employment of convicts in road-build- But the ing does not produce the same sort of competition except with the unskilled kind and then usually on work that would not otherwise be done at all. The public generally recognizes the fact that the government must employ the prisoners to keep them out of mis- chief, and to preserve the proper con- ditions of health in body and mind and if they must be employed, road wc'rk| seems least objectionable. The economy of good roads is not to be scoffed at during these days of overland travel. Convict labor for the construction of these roads is a con- sideration of no small importance in that it produces the road at a minimum of cost and without competition with skilled labor. Where it has been tried in recent years, chiefly in the south, it is popular even with the convicts them- selves and the work is of as high a grade as that which the average town- ship usually gets because of the super- vision ahd’ discipline necessary in hand- ling the convicts. Theé employment of convicts outside of prison walls need not entail the “horrors of the convict camp,” so common in earlier years, If the federal government as well as the individual states can use convict labor in building roads to good advantage and the convicts themselves receive as much care and as good treatmant as they would within their prisons there can be no good reason to prevent. The High School Campus. The suggestion that part of the pro- ceeds of the proposed $750,000 bond issue for new buildings shall be used to erect a manual training building on one corner of the High School cam- pus is bringing out protests against ‘“‘defacing” this beautiful and sightly school ground. This same question has been up before and has always been decided in favor of preserving the High School campus exclusively as a setting for the High School build- ing. When a new building was to be erected for the Central school some people favored putting it on one cor- ner of the High School square in order to save the money required to buy an- other site, but a separate site was finally bought in the near vicinity, and we belleve no one in Omaha feels that any mistake was made or-would have the decision reversed now. We do not know whether or not manual training can be accommodated in the High School building proper, but if it is necessary to put up'a manual training bullding distinct from the High School building, there is no reason why it should not take the same course as was pursued with the central school and find a suitable location facing the High School campus, but not part of it, All this brings us back to the point which The Bee has already raised, namely, that before the taxpayers are asked to vote $750,000 of bonds for| new school buildings, they should be told exactly what buildings are con- templated and the maxi:noum amount of money to be spent on each, and this schedule should be made part of the bond proposition, so that the money, when once voted, cannot be diverted from the original purpose. These buildings cannot be erected all at once and school boards change from time to time. If we are to vote school bonds let us have a definite program for the expenditure of the money—so definite that all parts of the city re- quiring additional school accommoda- ticns will be assured of having thefr immediate needs provided for. Instead of coming to the front with the names of the “prominent demo- cratic lawyer” and the “‘well known re- publican officeholder’ hired by the cor- porations to “fix” all the candidates for state senator from Nebraska this| year, Edgar Howard crawfishes and backs op and asks for more time. The our pavements he will think they were laid at least 3,000 years ago, and not cleaned since they were laid. Colonel Bryan has given the assur- ance that he would not take any part in the senatorial race as between Con- gressman Hitchcock and other demo- cratic candidates equally loyal. Yes, but what as between candidates who have been more loyal? “%Extending the fire limits will not pull down the old shacks that now dis- figure the business district of Omaha, but it will prevent the erection of new shacks and the necessity of their sub- sequént removal. | A Distressing Discovery. Philadelphia Press, Tt is distressing to learn that the Ameri- can people have suffered a loss of $125.55 by reason of oxidation in the normal weight of & colnage of $100,009,000. Awaiting the Master's Volce. Pittsburg Dispatch. Nebraska democrats admit that they do not know what they will do In the coming campalgn. Mr. Bryan will be home in a few days and. tell them. | —_— Effect of Diet. J Loulsvilie Courler-Journal. It there's em,r‘ hing {n the theory that the diet affect¥'the fiesh, Ri¢hard Strauss, composer of “Hilome” and “Blektra,”" has been living ‘upbn cold storage eggs and overripe beef. : Turn On the i Chicago News. One of the unpleasant features connected with the life of a United States supreme court justice is that one has to declde such questions as the nominal life or death of the greatest truéts that ever asphyxiated an opponent. -’ | L ~o Comfort Worth Mentioning. St. Louls Globe-Democrat. A profound “silence is belng noticed in democratic papers in regard to the fact that the postal bank bill received the solid republican vote in the senate. Not a crumb of Insurgency was left to console the editors who expected so much from it. ! The Homeless Ones. Boston Herald, That debate in congress on the proposal to buy houses for our ambassadors abroad revives the good story of Joe Choate and the London bobby who suspected him and demanded why he didn't go home. Said Choate: “My dear sir, I haven't any home; I'm the American ambassador." | A 2 Agreement on One Point. Indianapolis News, According to one, Walter Brown, of Wash- Ington, who testified before Mr. Lodge's committee, the price of pork is high be- causo a recent wheat corner doubled the price of bran. According to other authori- tles the price is high because the price of corn Is high. According to still others the price is high on account of the scarcity of hogs. And accord(ng to even a greater num- ber of people, the price is high because the traffic manages somehow or other to bear it. But you will note the perfect un- apimity about the price belng high. l Our Birthday Beok March 15, 1910, Clair McKelway, editor of the Brook- St. lyn Eagle, was born March 15, 1845, at Columbla, Miss. He is recognized as one of the most forceful journalists in active newspaper work, and was among the| speakers at one of the Omaha club ban- | quets a few years ago. H. Bailey, director of the Agriculture college at Cornell university and member of President Roosevelt's Country Life com- mission, Is Protessor Ballgy was born in Michigan and started out as professor of agriculture in Michigan university, Wallace Irwin, who writes humorous poetry for weekly and monthly magizines, Is celebrating his 33th birthday anniver- sary, and if he perpetrates more poetry it will, at least, be good poetry. He used to be in newspaper work ifi San Franelsco, |but is now located in New York George P. Bemis, former mayor of Omaha 1s 72 today. Ex-mayor Bemis first | came here as private secretary of Georgo | Francis Train. He Is widely traveled and | widely read, and Is now engaged In the | real estate business as the Georgg P. Bemis Real Estate company, with offic In the Brandeis bullding. James Clark Young, signal engineer on the Unlon Pacific, was born March 15, 1578 In Washington. He entered the service of the Southern Pacific In 1879, and by suc- cessive promotions has come into his pres- ent position. Robert B. Carter, the building contrac- tor, 18 8 today. Mr. Carter was assistant city bullding inspector for three years and bullding inspector for three years, con- cluding his service In 198, since which time ‘| one week. the avallable appropriation, $40,00 is to be expended at Sparta and the remainder at Fort D. A. Russell. The War department has recelved very few responses to the letters sent out to the adjutant generals of states asking for a report of the militia organizations which are proposed for participation in the joint army and militia maneuvers during the coming summer. The interest, which has hitherto been taken by the militla officials to this project and which stimulated con- gress to provide In the pending army ap- propriation act the Item of $1,350,00 to de- fray the cost of these encampments, in- dicated that there would be a prompter response to the calls for information from the state authorities. Quite as terest, too, of a practical sort has been manifested In the proposition to designate cavalry, fleld artillery, engineer and signal officers of the organized militia for instruc- tion preceding the joint maneuvers, The War department has gone to some trouble to organize certain courses of Instruction for officers of cavalry and field artillery at Fort Riley and for officers of engineers and signal troops at Fort Leavenworth. It 18 planned that these courses shall take about thirty days and terminate not later than June 3. It was expected that the re- sponses to this arrangement for the of- ficers who would be benefited by this tralning would be given with promptness and enthusiasm. It is disappointing to the War department that no more interest is taken In these two subjects of such Im- portance to the militla. The bureau of navigation receives many curfous letters from young men in various parts of the country who are desirous of enlisting in the naval service, and one of the most interesting communications re- cently sent in came from a boy not yet 17 vears of age, who lives in a town In north- ern New York. He recefved the attractively lllustrated pamphlet, which Is issued by the bureau containing information for the benefit of possible recruits, whereupon he Informed the Navy department that he wished to be accepted, although he would | not ‘be of the required age for several| months. He saye: “I think if I have to| wait until September to enlist, I will be | in my grave, as my desire for the navy Is too strong. * ¢ * Before closing this let- | ter T wish to state that I have read the| book through at least six times and found it so Interesting that I have not slept for I think {f you felt as I do for the Navy that you would not sleep elther." The Navy department was not able to walve the age limit on this urgent and in- sistent appeal, as it is adhering strictly to the regulations in that particular. The compllers of the pamphlet aré much grati- fled over the fact that qualities which will keep a growing boy wide-awake for one week. Most govern- ment documents are calculated to put folks to sleep. DIMINISHING FARM EXPORTS. World-Wide Effect of Decreased Sur- plus in United States. Wall Street Journal, Slowly but surely the proportion of farm products to our total exports is di- minishing. In 1551-65 1t was 80.4 per cent Twenty years later it had become 78.3 per | cent. From 1876 to 1885 the share of farm Products In exports was practically sia- tionary. But thereafter the decline began to be more rapld. In 189195 the proportion was 747 per cent., and In 1901-06 It was at Its lowest, or 614 per cent. What does this charge imply? Py that our population is Increasing so rap- | ldly as to enable us to spare less for an exportable surplus. Secondly, it means | that our manufactures are playing a large vole In the total value of exports. And, thirdly, it means that the Importing coun- tries of the world have, to a greater ex- tent during this half certury, become less dependent upon tho United States for a | supply of breadstuffs. Within this period Australasia, Argentina, and Canada h. all come to the front as exporters of breadstuffs on a scale large enouzh to alter fundamentally our own position in International exchange. | This holds good for nearly everything but cotton, Cottan alone binds us to the old regime. In fact, our enormous exports of wheat from 1875 to 1895, & momentous perlod of twenty years, did much to force continental Europe from agriculture to seek salvation in manufacturing. This revolutionary influence from our wheat sur pius 1s mew Wrgely gone, but the effects of the change are still traceable in the institutions, policies, and the peoples of the old world, in nearly every codntry west of the Russian frontier. Nowhere have the effects been so great as at home, because of the power of a con- tinuous agricultural surplus to draw capitai and labor from forelgn countries into the United States for the development of fts natural resources. New York Sun. The Hon. Jumek Gordon, lately a senator in congress from Mississippl, was a joy and remains a wonder. He actually voted according to what seemed to him the welght voted on the republican side. That such a little in- |! it possesses the | approached Khartoum wearing, with other garments, “a red shirt and & green silk tie,’ To ald in keeping the unemployved from taking the places of umion workmen out on strike, James Fads How, the “mil- lonaire hobo,” of St. Louis, Mo., has been | summoned to Philadelphia. How is the organizer of the National Unemployed assoclation. The golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. John V. Kincade, recently observed in Kansas City, presented unusual features. The famlly group consists of the parents, four sons, two daughters, twelve grand- children and six great grandchildren, and no death has broken the charmed circle, PRESIDENTIAL SPEECHES, Record of President Taft Notable for Number and Frankness Springtield (Mass.) Republican. Some statistical person has figured out that In the first year of his administration President Taft made 318 speeches. The highest record that his predecessor had in any one year was 242 speeches, and Mr Roosevelt was always ready to reach the public. In all this amplification of pub- licity something has been lost of the dig- nity of reserve that often becomes public characters. It is possible for a president to talk too much. When President Taft had concluded his amazing' journey, coy- ering, we belleve, some 13,000 miles, he soemed to have absolutely freed his mind | of all its thoughts bearing on current Problems. The result of this was o leave nothing new to put into his annual mes- sage and accordingly the country found it & tame do:ument. | Would 1t be posssible for any man to make several hundred consecutive and forced speeches without saying some things that would later return to plague him? We very much doubt it. President Har- rison had the best gift at making little speeches on & tour of any president, per- haps in all the long line of them. Presi- dent Taft is not so gifted as a public speaker, and in making 348 speeches a year he could scarcely old disclosing at times what James A. Garfield once called ‘‘the staggerings of his mind"'—~that s, the revelation of matters not quite licked into shape. But the impression Taft's many speeches country is that of an honest frankness, Jolned with the Intention to do his best and to take the consequences. It is rather more likely that as this administration pro- ceeds 1t will slowly, perhaps, but none the less surely, command public confidence, because of the clear honor and the right intent of the man at the head of it. which President has left upon the A TRIUMPH OF COMPETITION, Rivalry Spurs Development of Auto- mobile Industry. Cleveland Leader. The splendid development of the automo- bile Industry in the United States, in the demonstrations ever made of the value of competition, and plenty of it, In stimulat- ing Industrial and commercial progress. From the tirst there has been the keenest possible rivalry in the making and sale ot motor vehicles, The struggle for leader- ship has covered everything. It has been waged on motive power, equipment, dura- bility and cost. It has Inciuded repairs, running expenses, speed and beauty. No .| To get into your surpassed all others in the number and va- riety of its automobiles, and the many- sided growth of the business founded upon American trade hae enabled- American man- ufacturers and dealers to find a great and | growing foreign outlet for their motor cars. It may fairly be sald that competition has been the chief source of all this vast prog- ress—a growth which Is one of the indus- trial wonders of the world, [} A PACKAGE OF SMILES. “The speech of that departing senator is sald to have been unique, almost unparal leled In the annuals of the senate.' “I heard it,"" remarked Senator Wombat, “It was unique. He didn't want anytNing." —Pittsburg Post. Uncle Ezra—Time was when a farmer had everything he needed right on his own farm., Uncle Eben—Right ye are, Ezra! But of e years, there ain't a month passes but my wife's got to go to the store after something she can't make herself.—Puck. Madge—What ma think Charley has a tobacco heart? Marjos e seems to card more old pipe than he does for me.—Judge. “Madame, 1 thought I would tell you I met your husband a while ago, as I heard he had started from home to kill a man he quarreled with," “Oh, sir, tell me—was my poor Willlam shot?" “No; madame; your poor Willl only half shot.”—Baltimore Americ ‘‘Mrs. Uppers: est_in her baby., “Yes; she says she was delightfully sur- prised when it came, as she had obtained her ideas about bables from the comic sup- plements, you know."—Puck. I 108 [y 3 “Dearie,” sald M m was t takes such great inters 8. Newlywed, “I've kept our household accounts all right this year, but there's one itein that puzzies me. I've set down $18.10, and I can't make out whether we owe it or whether it's some- thing you gave me for somethini “Let's see,’ answered Mr. N. “Why, dearest, that's all right. The 1910 is what year this is."—Cleveland Leader. DON'T DISTURB THEM. 8. E. Kiser in the Record-Herald. Never be a peace disturber for amuse- ment of your own; ’ Do not aggravate a bulldog that is gnaw- lng at a bone; Don't disturb & mule to witness how his hind feet may be shown— They live longest who are willing to let well enough alone. Don't disturb them, don't Aisturb them, If they do not bother you. But peacefully continue on your wa Never start out hunting trouble, You will find 1t if you do. There alway is a painful price to pay For getting gay. If your wife is calmly sleeping when you stumble home at night Don't disturb her by commanding her to rise and strike a lght: Let her sleej away serenely while you try with all your might pyjamas and creep softly / out of sight. Don't djsturb her, don't disturb her, If she's not disturbing vou, But sllently tip-toe yourself away; Never start out hunting trouble, You will find it if you do, There always is a painful pr For getting gay. fce to pay lust ew years, Is one of the most striking [Bcn't disturb the busy burglar, who fs rummaging around. It he asks fl;u‘ tell him kindly where the silver may be found: Do not_foolishly endeavor to be on him at a bound, He would probably resent it if you made & warlike sound Don't disturb him, don't disturb him, 1f he's not disturbing you, Pull the blankets up and try to fade away Never start out hunting trouble, You will find it if you do, detall has been forgotten. The spur of ll‘s‘_he- woman's qualifications the worth of her money. of che laundry soaps. factory nor yet so high the reach of the women penny count, man could get into the senate, even by he has been doing general contracting. | appointment, seems still incrediblo, I Uses Lenox There always Is a painful price to pay For getting gay Joap "’ THAT 1S PRETTY GOOD EVIDENCE of a s a houseleoper. IT SHOWS that she know) values—that she gets FOR IT IS A FACT that Lenox Soap is the best p laundry socaps; the cheapest of good BUT IT 1S NOT SO CHEAP as to be unsatis- ~priced as to be beyond who hes to malie every It is cheap AND good, good AND cheap. Lenox Soap-Just fits the hand n