Show EDITORIAL PITH Tho Chicago packers arc accused of making le accuse king money at both ends of paying tho cattlcruleem less than a fair price for their live stock and then exacting an ox cosslvo Price for tho dressed meal These packer have no erNMe one limo and another had ihdlr little combinations to keep down tho prlco of cattle and keep cllo up that of meat but this latest advance In I the prlco of beef is I not fairly chargeable charge-able to them Tho explanation of the Secretary Qxplanaton retary 0 Agriculture that the advance Is duo to n largo supply of prosperity and a siniill supply o corn la 1 undoubtedly the corroct one When Americans aro hard up they manage to live on Inferior meats or on bread and potatoes When prosperous 01 prosper-ous they demand beef > b Chlcagb Tribune Tlmt there are some things worso thus war Is further dctn omit rated by I Mr Moodysi remark that wo have paved In a alnglo year In Cuba more liveS from death by pchlllcncc than wore lost OP both sld sIn s-In tho conflict with Spain A rather fltrll Ing fact that Boston herald A O The revenues of the British Government last year on tho national account amounted amount-ed lo about fliOOO which Is 1 sum of I Inconceivable vnntnca to most at us poor mortnlB hut not1 striking anomaly in tho finnncCB of great powers Recent poworf fnlnccA grut French budgets demand revenues exceeding dQmrnd rCCJU lug seven hundred millions and the Rims alnn estimates ruiWloso to nine hundred Nlmltcl rr1 millions Of tIm five lending powers of JWer8 the world time United States and Grrmany music lImo least for tho national trensurj t Gorrniiiiyfl revenues do not much ccccu 00COOOcO while the toy revenue of the United States for the fiscal year ending Juno CO iDOl was oS7CSI5333 Chicago liocordIIernkL i SIt S-It would be 1 better for Democracy and moro creditable t the common sense of Its wouldbo lenders If I they would continue con-tinue silent until they havo Home definite platform to propoeo ono that will be BUB propse ccptlble or argument nnd not wholly dependent de-pendent upon demagogic oratory and cheap Invective New York Press Tho mortlfylnsr Incident which occurred at n recent musIcale given by Mrs Roosevelt Roose-velt In tho White HOIIBO Is not an uncommon uncom-mon one at functions especially In high social circles Upon this occasion tho lady n professional musician who managed tho affair lost her handsome wrap nnd found In ItK nlaco a common cloth cape so shabby that she declined to wear I Both the President nnd Mm Roosevelt of course were exceedingly embarrassed and made every effort to find the missing garment but In vain whereupon Mrs Roosevelt replaced It with ono as nearly like It as could bo found What adds to the mystery of tho theft for theft It unquestionably was unquolonnbl Is I the act that no cno was admitted to the musicale qxcept by card und that all UC cards were left with tho ushers or doorkeepers An examination of the care shows that no strangers sought admission Chlcaco Tribune I 4 Mr Wattcrson thinks of Moxlcanlslng this country He surely ha forgotten that In the last campaign members o his Warty of the highest standing declared that because of Its currency nnd other laws Mexico had the best Government Under the sun Dallna News Primarily wo halo tho Standard Oil I company because It pays so enormous dividends Fortyeight per cent on 0 1 000000 is too much Now If It would water up a capital of COO and pay S per cent wo should rest In peace and comfort There aro discontented persons who complain that the 100000000 of common com-mon stock Is half water which shows the wisdom of Rockefeller Nlnctyfllx percent per-cent on 300 < WOCO would look too much like highway lobber Now York Press 4 Wo are told by anti statesmen that tIme Interests or human freedom require us to get out of the Philippine Islands The notion that a lot of semlsavnges and hnlfclvlllzcd mongrels are bettor exponents ex-ponents of tho principles of human freedom free-dom thnn our people of the United States arc Is i a genuine anti notion There Is endless babble about liberty I seems to bo tho liberty of savages that our nulls want What a pity Boston Isnt still Shawmut Portland Orogonlnn This surely cannot be considered tho day of small things when a single American Ameri-can railroad company makes tho official announcement that It has decided to buy J9000 steel cars and SCO locomotive engines en-gines required for tho Increased traffic of Imo company at an estimated cost of no less than 21000000 Already this year tho most celebrated establishment of the kind In thin country has reached the astounding as-tounding total of 20000 locomotives turned out nt Its works Who can set bounds to the industrial expansion of this Republic Re-public New York Tribune i 4 Whatever Congress may do with tho Root bill hero ought to be patriotic unanimity on tho feature o It establishing establish-ing n general staff I we cannot have an adequate force let us havo an effective organization at least Let uic put the responsibility re-sponsibility somewhere and let us put the army on a buslncso basis Experience which European nations have acquired nt enormous omln fa at our disposal freo of charge Partisan device for political gain and pride of military rank must not stand In tho way Now Yorlc Press |