mm
Bricklayers In Japan are paid 83 cents
ft dy.
la the buildinc trad of the United
Kingdom there are employed about 1,200,
t)00 people.
lAn effort la being made to organise the
rorkmen of Mexico on the aam line aa
they are In other countries.
For the twenty year 1887-1900 the av
ertge of unemployed among 639,678 Brit
ish trade unlonlita waa 4.5 per cent.
Montreal (Canada) 'longshoremen ob
ieet to the bonua system Introduced by
lie shipping men, but the latter refuse to
Abolish it.
The recently organized Master Barbers
association at San Francisco, Cat., baa
ftromised to finance the Barbers' Union in
Its efforts to put all the shops in a sani
tary condition. '
The Congregational Ministers' Associa
tion of Minneapolis, Minn., has asked the
local Central Labor body the privilege of
guying dues the same aa other organisa
tions. The offer waa declined.
In the installation of a co-operative
sewing shop at Manhattan, another prac
tical side of the Women's Trade Union
league has developed along lines of great
Utility to the women workers.
Los Angeles, Onl., has a new publica
tion which is devoted to the union label
Of the various organizations. It is in
tended to instruct all classea of people as
to label and what they stand for.
An effort is being made at Washington,
p. C by the unions of organized labor
to prevent the awarding of government
contracts to firms and Individuals who
won't employ nnion labor, or observe the
eight -hour law.
Organised electrical workers in Minne
apolis, Minn., ar taking more than an
ordinary interest In th proposed street
Illumination plana, and ar making an
organized campaign In favor of electricity
in street lighting.
The attempt to combine the business
men of all Franc Into a non-political pro
tective association, to be known as "The
Federation of French Manufacturers and
Business Men," is reported to be making
satisfactory progress.
The officers of th International Brass
Holders' Union of North America report
. - that sine the establishment of the Inter
national, In October, 1004, the 'member
ship has Increased to 10,000. The organ
ization pays aick and death benefits.
Of the 232 labor organizations formed
last year in Canada, 61 were formed by
railway employes, 43 by metal worker
and 41 in the building trade. Ninety
s four organizations were formed in On
tario, CI in Quebec, 28 in Alberta and 22
In British Columbia.
Practically one out of every three
union men in the State "Was idle at th
close of 1007, according to the quarterly
bulletin of the New York Stat labor de
partment. In New York City the percent
age was S4.2 as compared with 82.7 for
the remainder of the State.
During the year 1007, 6,483 new Indus
tries were reported In the South, com
pared with 0,411 in 1000, which waa the
best record ever made. The leading
States were Texas, 1,383: Oklahoma,
704, and Virginia, Tennessee, North Caro
lina, Alabama and Arkansas, from 400
to 650 each. -
- An act waa passed by the Tennessee
Legislature to make it unlawful to allow
any female child under sixteen to work
In any manufacturing establishment mor
than sixty-two hours in any on week In
1008, or mor than sixty-one hours In
1909, and after Jan. 1, 1910, more than
sixty hours.
Much enthusiasm is displayed by th
labor men of Baltimore, Md., over th
passage of the new eight-hour law, which
is regarded as effective. Th new meas
ure, which passed the Legislature several
weeks ago, la now in force. It la pat
terned after lawa In several of th West
ern State, and lias stood the test of th
United State Supreme Court
. A team from Dakota Wesleyan univer
sity defeated a team from Hamlin uni
versity in a debate at Hamlin
A committee of St. Paul Aldermen hat
adopted an ordinance providing that here
after school buildings in th city shall b
of fireproof construction.
St. Olaf College of Northfield defeated
Gustavus Adolphus College of St. Peter
in debate. St. Olaf bad the negative of
th municipal ownership question.
. Rev. Edwin A. Schnell of La Port.
Ind., has been elected president of th
Iowa Wesleyan university at Mount
Pleasant, Iowa, and has accepted th po
sition.
james a. uun, tor many years an ac
tive supporter of the Minnesota Stat
agricultural school, died suddenly at his
home In Edlna Mills, a suburb ot Min
neapolis
Tbe seminary building at .Wessington
Springs, S. D., burned last winter, is to
be replaced by a new granite and pressed
brick structure, costing $20,840. Wes
sington has also let the contract for a
public school building to cost $25,934.
Ant I-vaccinationist! won a signal vic
tory when the Minneapolis board of edu
cation overruled the action ot Health
Officer Dr. P. M. Hall, and ordered th
reinstatement of Roy Larsen as a pupil
at the Seward school, despite th fact
that be has not been snd will not be vac
cinated,
By a recent action taken by th board
of trustees, tb Stat school of science at
Wahpeton has become affiliated with th
North Dakota agricultural college. Grad
nates of tbe school of science may now
enter th sgricultursl college with th
rank of juniors, and graduate upon th
completion of two years work.
Ia the legal contest to decide whether
or not the Minneapolis board of duoa
- tion can suspend a pupil who Is backward
In bia studies Llndaley Pilkey won his
first point in the controversy befor Judge
Simpson, who issued an order command
ing tbe school board to reinstate young
I'ilkey until final argument on tb point
Involved is completed
The Nebraska State university Senate
has requested th resignations of Dr.
J. T. Lee and Dr. T. L. Bolton, faculty
members of the university athletic hoarl.
Dr. Lees took a prominent part iu re
vising foot ball rule at th conference
held lu New xork
Students objected
the method of holding th athletic board
lection and tb two members were ousted.
SOCIALISTS NAME DEBS.
Chosen by the National Convention
as Candidate for President.
Eugene V. Dobs will once more be
the standard benrer of the Socialist
pnrty in the national campaign of 1908.
With four candidates In tbe fluid, be
received a big majority on the first
ballot, which was taken at 1 :20 o'clock
Friday morning la Chicago, and then
a motion was made to tender the nomi
nation by acclamation.
For the first time In the history of
the party there were a number of oth
er names placed before the convention.
At one time, In fact, there was a dem-
onHtratlon made In favor of J. J. Carey,
of Massachusetts, that made it look
as If the old lender might have a tight
on his bands.
At 2 o'clock in the morning Benjamin
Ilanford, the Debs running mate on tbe
ticket four years ago, was nominated
for Vice President by acclamation.
May Wood Simons, wife of A. M
Simons, received the votes-of twenty
delegates for tho Vice Presidency. The
closest opponent of Ilanford was Sey
motir Stedman, of Chicago, who re
ceived 43 votes. Others voted for were
NEW C0LLINW00D
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FRONT VIEW OF PROPOSED COLLINWOOD SCHOOL.
Plans for the proposed school building which will lie erected on the Bite
of the burned Collinwood (Ohio) school
work on the building is ex(cctcd to start
The building will be absolutely
with a seating capacity of 000. tThe
by the spring term of 1909.
J. W. Slnyton, of Pennsylvania, with
15 votes, and O. W. Wooddy, the negro
Socialist from California, who was
given one vote.
Amid the most exciting scenes ever
witnessed at a Socialist gathering, and
the most exciting speeches ever deliv
ered before a Socialist body lu Ameri
ca, Phil Callery, of Missouri, placed
the name of Debs before the delegates
as the only ataudurd bearer for tbe
party to consider In the campulgu that
they expect to be the greatest ever gone
through.
It was a speech In which tbe
cheers came long before the name of
Debs was mentioned, and when the
sieaker had taken his sent it was amid
the wildest applause and weeping ou
the part of both tunny men and women.
It wus a speech in which Roosevelt was
anutlieumtlzed, Tuft ridiculed and Wil
liam Jennings Bryan held to contempt.
The naming of Moyer, Haywood and
rettlboue brought out cheers, and It
was lu connection with their names
and the alleged persecution of them as
leuders of the working class that the
name of President Roosevelt was held
up to the scorn and hatred of the So
cialists. The weak stand that Bryan
took at the time of the trial of the
miners wus held In contempt nud lu
light comparison with the attitude of
the Ncbrnskan toward the Filipinos.
Photographs Without Camera.
The first American account of the won
derful new process ot relief photography
announced by M. Llppmanu of Paris has
appeared in the Washington Pathfinder,
Llppmann is the specialist who invented
the system ot color photography by meant
of the interference of light rays. Ilia
relief plates require no camera leu or
plate bolder, but are virtually automatic
in reproducing the object or objects to
which it li exposed in such a way that
you get a different view every time you
look at the picture from a different di
rection, just as the real object would. The
plates are formed out of two films of
collodion, which have been stamped in a
sort of microscopic honeycomb pattern
In such a way as to bring the depressions
exactly opposite one snother and form a
sheet ot very tiny globes, each one of
which is an eya or camera lens iu Itself
They are so minute that there are about
2.VNK) of them to the square Inch. Their
walls ar rendered opaque with a pig
ment, except at the side touanl the ob
ject, and the Interior surfaces are te'ii-l
tized. In this way the object ia rcuro
duced in a myriad of aspect. The pro.
to'l cess requires great skill at present, but
tb Inventor hope to irlag it to a com
BMrclal bas'r
POINTS PRESIDENT MADE
IN RESOURCES SPEECH.
' In his nddross to the resources cos
vent Ion President Roosevelt made th
following mints:
The convention Is called to consider
the weightiest problem before the nation
the conservation of natural resources,
The national resources are la danger ot
exhauHtion because of wasteful methods.
If Congress does not appropriate th
money to perpetuate tbe waterways
mission I will perpetuate it myself.
The. vast wealth of lumber, coal, oil
and minerals and the riches of the soil
have made the conditions of life in this
country unparalleled for comfort and con
venience.
The prosperity of the people depend
on how these natural resources are used.
The- natural waterways have been In
jured by neglect and there is lees navi
gation on them now than fifty years ago,
The mines, If used, must necessarily be
come exhausted, and therefore they must
1)0 used wisely.
Irrigation will add enormous tracts of
the most valuable agricultural land.
We can enormously increase our trans
portation facilities by the. canalization ot
our rivers so as to complete a great sys-
SCHOOL BUILDING.
building are almost finished, and
soon.
fireproof and will have an auditorium
building will be ready for occupancy
tern of waterways on the Pacific, Atlan
tic and gulf coasts and in the Mississippi
valley, from the great plains to the Alio
ghenics and from the northern lakes to
the mouth of the mighty Father of Wat
ers.
The work of preserving all the natural
resources should be co-ordinated and sys
tematized. The people as a whole have a right to
protect themselves vsjainst wast by th
individual even to the -point of regulating
by law how the individual shall use his
own property.
Hear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley,
retired, will be offered the secretaryship
of the navy in case William J. Bryan is
elected President, according to a Wash
ington report.
The national conference of negroes at
Philadelphia, attended by delegates front
thirty-seven .Spites, indorsed Foraker or
Knox for President, saying that neither
Tuft nor Roosevelt coilld get th negro
vote.
Leading Democrat of Pennsylvania,
New Jersey, Pelnware and Maryland mt
at Philadelphia and organized the George
Cray League, for the purpose of pushing
4 he candidacy ot Judge Gray for Presi
dent.
Many Itepublicana of St. Paul and Mia
ueupolis have seut letters to Washington
urging the appointment ot Judg David
P. Simpson of Minneapolis, aa successor
to Judge Ixxhren on tbe federal district
bench for Minnesota.
The Delaware Republican Stats con
vention st Dover decided to send dele
gates to Chicago not Instructed for any
candidate, the convention being controlled
by Senator Du Pout snd Richardson and
the friends of Taft being defeated. The
platform indorses the administration and
favors tariff revtslou.
If the aasertiona ot the political man
agers may be credited, . the two presi
dential candidates this year are as good
us chosen by the Republican and Demo
cratic purtics, namely, Taft by the for
mer and ltryau by the latter. Up to
April 2.'1 the Taft managers had counted
MM) delegates to the national convention
plcd-jcj to their man, and 491 is a ma
jerilv. Thin estimate did not include
any Southern State, where there is
iA)!itest. The Bryan bureau at Lincoln
claimed that three-fourths of tbe Demo
cratic delegates were on record for their
man.
FLATFORM ADOPTED BT
MICHIGAN REPUBLICANS.
We, the Republicans of the 8tat of
Michigan, in convention assembled, hereby
renew and reaffirm our allegl&nc to the
time-honored principles of the Republican
party and congratulate the people of this
State upon th fact that w hav during
the last twelve years enjoyed a most un
exampled prosperity, as the direct result
of the application of Republican princi
ples and policies to the affair of govern
ment.
We most earnestly and enthusiastically
indorse the administration of that great
Republican leader, Theodore Roosevelt,
who, in the conduct of the affair of gov
ernment, know-no Republican, no Demo
crat, no oor and no rich, but wbo has
fearless! andhonoMt!y administered gov
ernmental affairs during bis administra
tion In the interest of sll the people.
We believe the best Interests of the peo
ple of the nation will be subserved by a
continuation of the policies advocated and
carried Into effect by President Roosevelt
and in v'.-w of that fact, we hereby un
qualifiedly indorse the candidacy of Wil
liam II. Taft of Ohio for the presidency
of the United States and instruct our
delegate from the Stat of Michigan to
cast an undivided vote of the whole Stat
In favor of his nomination.
We look with admiration upon th
course of our Senators and Representa
tives in the Congress of the United States,
all of whom have most consistently and
ably supported the President of the Unit
ed States in all Important reforms which
he has advocated, and congratulate the
people of this State upon tbe fact that
our delegation in Congress are at this
time exercising a greater influence in the
legislation of the nation than ever before.
Recognising tbe Republican press of
Michigan as the most active and potent
agent for tho disse mine tion of Republi
can doctrines and realizing the fact that
the Michigan editorial association Is a
highly Important factor in the party ma
chinery of the State and believing that
the request of the State association for
representation on th Stat central com
mittee la lust and reasonable.
Resolved, TfeaAhe membership of th
Republican State central committee be In
creased by th addition of two members,
said members to be nominated by th
Michigan Republican Editorial Associa
tion and elected by the State convention,
and ;bat the.two member of the com
mittee hereby provided for shall become
members of the State central committee
as soon as nominated by the association.
The constitutional convention has com
pleted and presented to the people a
revised instrument. It is replete with
provisions based on the State'e experi
ence, retains all that is not obsolete and
that is beneficial in the revision of 1850,
meets tihe demands of the times, conserves
the people's interests for tbe future and
should be adopted.
FRANKLIN'S PARIS HOME RAZED.
OAX. Old Structure Had Been in Ex
istence More Than at Century.
A Paris correspdonent writes Inter
estingly of some changes that have
been made not far from the Elysees,
where among a number of old-fash-
Irmed houses at the corner of two nar
row streets, the Rue Matlgnon and the
Rue de Penthlevre, there has stood
for more than a century an old farm'
housorwhlch evidently belonged to an
other period and country, says the
Boston Herald. This house Is now
demolished, and was, the story runs,
nt one time the residence of Benjamin
Franklin, tbe first American minister
to France. The writer soys he had
the curiosity to go and look nt the
place and was struck by the . contrast
It presented to the buildings about lt
It was simply nn average-sized New
England farm-house In tumbledown
condition, with small windows and
thin brick walls on the ground floor,
nd as for the upper story.it was sini
ply a low garret with three pointed
windows looking out from shabby
wooden frames on the Rue de Pen
thlevre. The brick wall did not go
beyond the ground floor, and the gar
retlike superstructure was of com-
mon white pine wood, which was rot
ten with age. The whole was covered
by a dilapidated tile roof.
So characteristic, in fact, of old co
lonial and pioneer days did It look, it
was easy to believe that Franklin not
only lived la it, but probably had It
built and furnished the design him
self. It Is not likely any Parisian ar
chltect In those days bad seen a house
like that or could have Imagined the
design. Little wooden stairs from the
street lod up to the garret on the out
side of tbe tmuse, and to make tbe pic
ture complete the yard was closed in
by a real old-fashioned New England
board fence with a gate hanging lop
sided on one rusty hinge, the other
hinge having broken off long ago,
Tbnt such n queer old cottage should
be still standing within a few steps of
tho president's pnlnce was Itself a cu
rloslty and shows that In those days
the spot was practically In the coun
try where Franklin, who had simple.
rustle tastes, liked to reside. How
many of the hordes of American tour
ists, or even residents, have ever
known of the existence of this queer
New England house In the heart of,
Purls?
The Pore of Habit.
A certain accountant Is so devoted
to bis profession that when he has
nothing else to do be casts up his
eyes.
The Fatal Die.
"The die Is cost." murmured the
sculptor.
Then he stepped back and compla
cently surveyed his great death scene
n bronze. Baltimore American.
Karepttoaal.
''You Insist that your wife Is a most
exceptional woman?''
"I do." answered Mr. Meekton. "She
take exception to everything I sug
gest.' Washington Star.
t'p to Date.
"Is your family physician of the new
or old school"
"The nuwest, I believe."
"What is his distinguishing peculiar-
tyV"
"Small doses and big fees."
Salraare.
Mrs. Grit mercy I hear the customs
authorities seized ail the finery you
brought over from Paris. Will It be a
total Uv1
Mr. Park Why, no, dear; I got my
name In the papers. Puck.
"HE WEEKLY
1
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kj--K-9.(V.
1471 Edward, Prince of Wales, son of
Henry VI. of England, killed at the
battle of Tewkesbury.
1605 The principle of the appropriation
act adopted by the Commonwealth
and definitely established.
1747 William of Nassau appointed
Stadtholdcr of tbe Netherlands.
1776 Rhode Island declared Itself free
of Great Britain, the first of tlie
thirteen American colonies to tak
such action.
1779 Norfolk, Va., occupied by the Brit
ish.
1794 U. S. Poetoffice Department estab
lished by Congress. ,
1799 Bonaparte defeated at St. Jean
D'Acre. . . . Seringapatam token by
the British and the empire of Ilytler
All extinguished by the death of
his son, Sultan Tippeo Sahib.
1804 "Dutch surrendered the island of
Surinam to tbe British.
1SO0 Robert Morris, the financier of th
American revolution, died in Philiv
delphia. '
1813 Americana evacuated Tork, Can
ada, after setting fire to the city.
1814 Oswego, N. Y., taken by a com
bined force of British nnd Canadian
troops.'
1820 Ex-Empress - Eugenie of France
born in Granada.
1S28 Test act repealed by the British
Parliament.
1S40 Many lives and much property lost
by tornado In Adams county, Mis
sissippi.
1840 Gen. Taylor, in command of th
army of occupation In Texas, march
ed to the relief of Fort Brown.
1852 Charles Warren Fairbanks, Vice
President of the Uuited States, born.
1853 The Geneva, the first Atlantic
steamer at Quebec, arrived at that
port.
1S54 Sultan of Turkey gnve a banquet
in honor of Emperor Napoleon.
1857 The Indian mutineers seized Delhi.
1858 Minnesota admitted to statehood.
1804 Battle of the Wilderness began..
The Denes defeated the Allies in
naval battle off Heligoland.
1SG5 Last fight in the Civil War at Tol-
metto Itanehe, Texas.
1808 Argument In the impeachment
trial of President Johnson closed.
1870 The ironclad ship Ismeraire
launched.
1885 Battle at Batoche.
1SS0 Six policemen killed by anarchists
in the Ilaymarket riots in Chicago,
1900 Peary discovered the northern
coast of Greenland.
1902 Revolutionists In San Domingo de
posed President Jiminez.
1904 The Japanese captured Fengwan;:-
cheng, the Russians retreating with
out giving battle.
1905 More than a score of lives lost in
a tornado near Marquette, Kan.
1900 The Dominion government took
over the defenses at Esuuiinault.
1907 Ernest W. Huffciir. legal adviser
to the Governor of New lork, com.
mitted suicide. ... .Gen. Kuroki of
Japan and the Duke of Abruzzi vi
ited Washington.
or
Roseben, once a peerless sprinter, was
badly beaten at the Aqueduct track In
bis first start this season.
The two Cornell four-oared Shells
crashed into each other on the river and
both were put out of commission.
There seems to be every probability
that an English lawn tenuis team will
play in America during the coming sum.
mer. '
Many turfmen believe that a hard figh
will be made in the Tennessee Legisla
ture next winter to repeal the anti-pool
selling laws.
The farmers at Ames, in their true
squad, are developing some men in th
weight events who may make a showing
in the conference meet in Chicago.
Tom Jones hils the first bowmen ot
the American league with .991 ; William
leads the second basemen with 1000
Lord leads the third basemen with HJ00,
and Wagner of Boston the shortstops
with lOtiO.
Notwithstanding the anti-race traci
lawa enacted in the last legislature in
Tennessee, MontRoiueryPark and Bill
ings Park, respectively, the homes for run
ning and trotting horses at Memphis, will
remain open as homes for tbe horses.
Indiana university is to have another
world's champion if present prosject
... t o : i,
prove a success. ing jomi .inner,
the varsity high jumper, bid fair to win
aa much fame as I Roy (Samse, who be
came the world's champion pole vaulter
while a student there two years ago. Mil
ler re-vntlv cleared die bar in the high
jump at 0 feet 2 Inches,
Lucien Line, who rode Wyeth to vic
tory In the American Derby ot r.srj at
Chicago, has been engaged by Richard
Croker to ride for him on the British
turf this year.
Paekie McFarland Intenda to refir
from the prize nug after two more bat
tie, and will try bis luck at tbe stoc
yards, where he first got hi start, but
in an entirely different role.
Iu the .National Icague Berger lead
the catchers. (an."l rhe first basemen,
Pattee the second basemen, leach th
third baseaien. all having averages of
1,UX. Joe Tinker leads th shortstops
rirh .970.
S r
( I UilUUUI UU1III1IU1II.
The Law and the Natural He.onroe.
The court decisions to which Trcsl-
dent Roofi?velt referred In his p;ee-h
at the cpenlr.g of the White House con-
ferenoe i tild linrdl have lieen more
onortntie if they litul 4cvu imtde to
order. They f t fort'j very fully nnd
wmvlnrfr.ily the legal warrant for the
St.Tte's Intervention to save tlie natural
resources of t'.ie eonntry.
In Maine the StJite Supreme Court'
had 'leen qu?s!Iond cou'crolng the
right of tlie State I-glslntiire to re-
strlct t'.ie ui.'tlng t'f tlmlM-r on private
land for the protc-tlon of the water
mil ml y and bad omnvored that the pro-
powd legislation would e within the
legislative ikwct nnd that It would not
iIernte as n taking of private .pnnH-rty
for whlc'j ctKiijienKitloti must le made.
Inn Now Jersey on?e whl-h hud gone
to tilie Supreme Court of the United
States there was an agreement iK-tween
the judicial mrttiorlMcp of State nn-1
nation, and tilie Supreme Court held
that "the State ns quiif-i-sovetvln nnd
representative of the Interests of the
public has a standing In court to pro
tpct the atmosphere, tihe water nnd the
forefts within Its territory. lrrepeet.lve
I n i
raii'iii i
of the assent or dissent of the private meal for every man. Without wblin
owners of the html niosrt .Immediately perlng over the mistakes nnd wrongs
concerned." The court added n-Iso that
tflie iver of tbe State In the premises
wns not dejKMidonA upon any nice estl-
mwte of the extent of present use or
fipeculntlon as to future needs.
nils is the law, .but In the nst it
has not prevented n sense of absolute
ownership and complete disposing iw-
er in the individual, who Is apt to wrong with this country, we nave sui
look uiHin -any Interference with his fered no extensive crop failures. Our
control of Ms proiierty as revolution, securities ought to be Just as safe and
This feel! ns" has heen encouraged, of as much In deinnnd ns before. The
course, because the necessity for re- present general turning toward con
st mints has not lieen felt hy the public, structlve action Is the evidence of a
owing to the ntnittlniM-e of . natural determining second sober thought on.
riches. The principle mis there, luw- the part or our people wno reruse long
ever, and latterly reasons for Its more er to be carried away by the rant and
frequent nwlhiation lwve been uiultl-
plying. It is to be noted that purticu-
hir attention Is paid in the Now Jersey
case to the new demond that may
arise from changed conditions when it
Is snld that eiven n State the imblic
interest Is. omnipresent and grows more or any other country until the working
pressing as isolation grows. Chicago r employed nt g.s)d wages..
Record-IIeiiild.
Socialists ana Popuiuts.
The Socialists have Indicated that
they Intend" to make a vigorous cam-
Vnign among the farmers. The inipres-
elon has become v general among So-
cialists that the farmer, who wns a
Populist a few years ago, can be eon-
verted to the gospel according to Karl
Marx.
It is, however, Improbable that the
farmer-Populist will ever amalgamate
with the Socialist. Socialists want the
government to take possession of all
the agencies of production and distri
bution. That would mean not only the
govern men t ownership of railways,
mines, factories and shops, but farms
as well. And before farmers will con
sent to give up their farms to the gov
ernment, a condition of universal bank
ruptcy must prevail among the agri
culturists, a state which seems unlike
ly ever to exist. ,
The Populists would like to see the
government lu possession of railways.
telegraphs and mines, but not one of
them desires the government to take
possession of his own proierty. There
is nothing Ideal about Populism. It Is
only ti cry for'u little more iork from
the year's accumulation in the pork
barrel. The man who has only 5D cents
hi. his pocket is often Jealous of the
man who has a dollar, and is quite cap
able of raving about the Iniquity of
his richer brother, but he Is not will
ing to make common cause with the
poor Irrother who cannot produce n
rent.
Until this much of ntoplaulsm has
become Incarnated In the human race,
the Socialist and Populist elements in
the community will keep a wide dls-
tance apart. Chicago Journal.
Gratifying; to "Reformers
From the commercial reports It np
pcurs that American steel makers find
themselves shut out of foreign markets
ns a result of lieavy reductions In price
by foreign steel makers. The latter are
overloaded with surplus production and
are disusing of It nt cut prices. Amer
lean makers cannot compete with these
prh-es. This Is ' good news for free
traders and tariff "reformers" calling
rhenmelvcs protectionists who have
hitherto suffered great agony or inina
IsM-ause AmerUiin overproduction of
steel wns occasionally marketed abroad
at nt, prices. Now tlmt tins outlet
has been closed, American nuns must
sliut down and American, woge earners
be laid off whenever domestic ueinnnu
falls short of domestic production, it
Is for tills that the "reformers" have
been agitating right along'' In their
clamor against a tariff that keeps
American mills und factories busy and
American lalior employed even after
the domestic demand has been Biiplled.
Now, If tlie tariff on steel tMiild lie so
reduced or wholly removed that the
foreigners could dump their surplus on
tbe American market, the "reformers"
would be absolutely happy, we suppose.
win Result lu Wane Reinetiua.
Tlie InqHrt ts Into the United States
were valued at f 1,4:14.421.425 In P.xi".
This is not us big a showing of Imports
as (Jreut Hrltaln and tleruuiiiy make,
but when tbe fact that we produce on
an enormous scale many of the articles
whUib swell the figures of Itiitlsh nud
(icrman lntixu'ts Is taken Into cousid-
eratmn it :s seen tuat we are about us
liberal buyers from foreigners us the
circumstances will permit. The rev is-
loulsts think we oiuht to buy more, but
it is not likely tlKtt any program they
can put through will Uave any sii"!i re
sult; It will simply have the cf.'c t of
driving the weaker luaiiiifai-tm-iii- con
cerns to tbe wall, while the eoti'
tvrns called trusts will meet the fics'i
comiH-tltlou by adjusting their wage
scale to the new conditions. Sun
Franc I . ohi-otikie.
qnar tTeal Bad Sauar Meal.
"To keep the dinner pall full, to keep-
the pay car going, to keep the factory
busy, to keep the workmen employed,
to keep the present wages up."
Tbe foregoing Is the platform of tho
National Prosperity Association -which
was organized In St. Louis the other
night hy gome of the most prominent
i,UHIMss men of that'clty, and which,
t hoped, will ultimately be mad
national In siKijie. As a model plat-
form allj n slogan of progress this as-
ablation's announced purpose Is com-
mended to all political parties. Surely
it covers the entire field of national
needs, for full dinner palls, regular
pay cars, busy workmen and good
wages mean a return of tbe good times
so generously In evidence before tbe
recent legislative onslaught upon capl-
tul und labor was made.
The National Prosjierity Association
should number In Its membership ev-.
ery live American citizen, whether he
be capitalist, fnctory' owner, railway
otliclnl, small dealer, artisan or laborer,
So Interdependent are the elements of
our complex ludustrlnl society that one
class of workers cannot be prosperous
without the effect being felt by nil,
and. conversely, one class of workers
cannot be hnmpered, demoralized and
eliminated without all others feeling
tbe ill effects of such a situntlon. The
new organization says It has nothing
to do with the past. It looks forward,
It believes In a square donl ami a square
of the past, It now proposes by con-
structlve action to restore In this coun-
try that high level of prosperity that
wns disturbed by thoughtless legisla-
Hon. "-
It is quite true, as Is pointed out ny
the address of the new association,.
that there is uotblng fundamentally
hypocrisy of seltlsli politicians wno
uesitnte at no measure or uesirucuou
In advancing .their own selfish ends,
The place to begin the restoration of
prosperity is with the worklngmen. No
true prosiierlty ran be enjoyed in mis
i lie nest eviuenr-e or xue square ueai
hj the square meal. That the so-called'
I "square deal' so noisily proclaimed of
i,ltt, wtls ,.ot the miuie article Is evi-
ti,.11(,i oy tue thousands of idle work-
umwn j ti,9 country to-dav. There
can be no true junre faa that Is noi.
fair aud lust to all. rich and poor, high
nnd low, capitalist and laborer. Kan
sas City Journal.
The New I'enalon Law.
Under the provisions of the new-
pension law, widows of Indian, Mexl-
cun and Civil wars' veterans now on
the roll will receive $12 per month from
the date of enactment without appli
cation. Where no pension has been granted,
tbe following essentials must be ob
served :
1 The soldiers ou whose account
pension Is claimed must have had pen-'
slonable status, that is, served 00 days
or more und been honorably dis
charged. 2 Marriage must have occurred
prior to June 27, 1S90.
New ieusloners under this net will
receive their allowance from the date
the application reaches the pension
bureau.
The projierty restriction which wus
In effect under the old law has been
eliminated.
The act is in harmony with the de
sire of the government to increase the
benefits for tbe widows of those who
fought to preserve the union. It Is
the jiatlou'8 further expression of grati
tude to the nation's hesoes.
Free-Ship Benefits.
Canada has the benefit of a free shli
.UVi Dl,t she has not profited greatly hy
tg j(rP8euce on the statute books of the
Dominion. Its effect lias been to close
the few shipyards on the Canadian side
of the Great Lakes, and her share In
the carriage of about 00,000,000 tons of
products on these waterways was less
than 3 ier cent last year. Evidently
It needs something more than free ships
to stimulate dlilpplng enterprise. Sar
Francisco Chronicle.
All on tbe Same Footing;.
It's all very well for able gentlemea
to take the high ground that all such
8Ui,jw.t9 as the tariff nnd finance
aiMmu oe removed from iwlltlcs, be-
1 CUUse tbev are business questions, but
are not a questions pertaining to the
I)0(.y uf running the government,
w,i)t.u 8 simply a big business, on pre-
(.s,.y the same footing? Fremont
(x00.) Tribune.
I Always Disastrous.
Democratic denlg with the tariff
problem has resulted only In business
disaster. The Wllson-Gonnaa tariff of
1S!4. over whkth the Democrats spent
a year of wrangling "as followed by
the overwhelming defeat of the party
that did tlie revising. It fulled even to
provide revenues suttlclent to meet the
I exm-nseg of government. Omaha Bee.
The Bfeaa Man Aarala.
"Come on. son," said the old farmer
after the duybr?ak breakfast, "and we'll
get out In the fields aud start plowing."
"Put I can't plow to-day," protested
the youngster. "I have chills. Why
I dad, 1 i-.iu slinking till over
I The old farmer grinned
"All the better, my son. If you cna't
plow you can scatter the seed. All you
unve to uo is io noij taem in your bund
nl every time you shake it will send
'hem in all directions,
That' the Idea.
IIIx He's an Inventor.
IM.x Any of his Inventions ever sue
ee.-'sful?
IIix--No. If he'd Invent anythllia
s-.iccc'iful he'd no longer be nil inven
tor. He'd le a capitalist.
Tennyson received Tor his poetry be
tween &2.",i too and $35.ouo a year.