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THE ALLIANCE HERALD
W. 6. RAKER, PubllBhdr.
ALLIANCE,
NEBRASKA.
News in Brief
Tho next annunl convention of tho
Travelers' Protectlvo association will
bo held In Buffalo, N. Y. W. II. John,
son of TenneBseo was cloctcd prost
dent. Important roBOlutlons, Including ono
looking to tho Immediate expulsion of
membors convicted of crlmo, wero In
troduced nt tho session of tho Itoyal
Arcanum.
An effort to brine about tho remov
al of tho national headquarters of the
Switchmen's Union of Korth America
from Buffalo to Omaha failed at tho
convention.
Edward Doyle, tho blind poet of
Now York, bus Just Issued his third
book of poems. Ho is CO years old,
and has been sightless for thirty-seven
years old,
Within tv6 weoks tho actual work
of construction of the McKtnley mon
ument, for which tho peoplo of tho
nation havo given nbout $500,000, will
bo commenced.
King Edward has appointed King
Alfonso of Spain a gonoral In tho
BrltlBh nrmy. Tho appointment dates
from May 17, tho birthday of tho
Spanish king.
Baron Burlcn, Austrian minister of
flnanco, started for Budapest ns a
royal delegate for tho renowed nego
tiation with tho united opposition par,
ties of Hungary.
At Nowark, Mrs. Margaret O. Orr
and her two grandchildren, Margaret
Smith, aged xl, and Annlo Smith,
aged 0, wero asphyxiated by illumin
ating gas In their homo.
Tho Minnesota census bureau has
Tuled that Us enumerators need not
try to compol women to toll their
ages. Nor, It might havo added, to
try to Eqiiaro tho circle
Chrlstlanla, marchioness of Water
ford, mother of Vlco Admiral Lord
Charles Beresford, Is dead In London.
Sho was a daughter of tho late Colo
nel Charles Powell Leslie, M. P.
Earl Gray, tho governor genoral of
Canada, accompanied by Sir Frcdor
lsk Borden, the Canadian minister of
militia, Is visiting tho United States
military academy at West Point .
Baron Alphonso Rothschild, who
has been suffering from bronchitis
and whoso illness has caused somo de
pression on tho bourse In tho securi
ties hold by the Rothschild house. j
reported to bo Improving.
For tho first tlmo In tho history of
Coney Island a consorahlp has been
established over tho exhibition 6f
freaks and nmusoments there. An
employo of tho Brooklyn llccnso bu
reau will exercise this function.
A link with tho most brilliant pe
riod of tho Eecond French emplro has
been removed by tho death In Paris
of tho Vicomtosso D'Aquado, at tho
ago of 88. Sho was n lady In waltinq
at tho court of Empress Eugenie.
A dispatch from Chihuahua, Mex
ico, says It Is more than probable
that Enrique Creol, governor of that
stato, will bo named as an ambassa
dor to the United States from Mex
ico, succeeding tho late Ambassador
Asplroz.
Representatives of tho Chicago
street railway companies declared
their willingness to sell their traction
properties to tho municipalities. Tho
valuo to bo placed upon tho lines and
tho terms of snlo wero made matters
for futuro consideration.
Joseph Jefferson's birthplace has
been sold at auction for $8,125. It is
a thrco and a half story stono build
ing at tho southwest corner of Sixth
and Spruco streotB, Philadelphia.
Some years ago a plan was formed
to purchase tho proporty and hold it
as a Jefferson musoura, but tho idea
was dropped.
The Pacific coast record for long dis
tance wireless telegraphing has been
broken, it is Claimed, by a wireless
message received from 315 miles out
at sea. Tho communication camo
from tho government transport Sol
ace, which left San Francisco Mon
day, and was received over tho mag
notlc detector.
Secretary Hitchcock has been noti
fied by a development company that
it has dropped tho name of Governor
Grady from Its directorate This ac
tion was taken. because of tho secre
tary's notification to tho govornor
that unless ho rotired from tho com
pauy It would be necessary to relieve
him from his office.
The San Francisco Examinor says:
A new $50,000,000 blanket mortgage
is about to bo issued by tho Western
Pacific railroad In placo of an old
ono for that amount which has been
canceled at tho request of tho bank
ers who aro to take the bonds there
by incurred. It is further said that
these bonds have been disposed of at
90 cents on tho dollar.
Baron Rosen says ho will bo glad to
represent Russia at Washington.
The Cleveland Electric Railroad
company has turned down Mayor
Johnson's plan to turn over tho street
railroads to a holding company, which
was to Issue bonds In payment for
the properties.
The Danish bark Bertha, from Rio
Grande for New York, went ashore.
The Spanish government has grant
ed pew credits amounting to $4(3,000
for tho relief of the distress la tha
province of Seville having the drouth.
Tho newspapers state that faralno
threatens Seville.
WORTH REMEMDERINQ.
There are three entirely different
Jilnds of Ingredient used In making
the three different varlotlos of baking
powders on tho markot, vl: (1) Mineral-Acid
or Alum, (2) Bono-Acid or
Phosphato, and (3) Croam of Tartar
made from gropes. It is importnnt,
from tho standpoint of health, to
know something about thoso ingredi
ents, and which kind Js used in your
baking powdor.
(1) Mineral-Acid, or Alum, Is mado
from a kind of clay. This Is mixed
with diluted oil of vitriol and from
this solution a product is obtained
which Is alum. Alum is cheap; costs
about two conls a pound, and baking
powdor made with this Mineral-Acid
sells from 10 to 25c. a pound.
(2) Bono-Acid, or Phosphnto, Is tho
bnsls of phosphato linking powders
and the process is fully described in
tho patents Iseued to a largo manufac
turer of a phosphate powder. Tho U.
S. Patent Office Report gives a full
nrtd exact description, but tho follow
ing extract Is enough:
"Burned bones, after being ground,
nro put into freshly diluted oil of vit
riol and with continual stirring and
In tho following proportion," etc.
From this Bono-Acid phosphato bak
ing powdors nro made; such powders
sell from 20 to 30 cents a pound.
(3) Croam of Tartar exists In nil
rlpo grnpes, and flows with tho Juice
from the press In Uto manufacture of
wine. After tho wine Is drawn off tho
tartar Is scraped from tho cask, boil
ed with water, nnd crystals of Cream
of Tartnr, white and very puro, sepa
rate and are collected. It differs in
no respect from tho form In which It
originally existed In tho grapo. Cream
of Tartnr, then, while tho most oxpon
slve, Is tho only Ingredient that
should ho used In a baking powder to
act upon tho soda, ns Its wholesome
ncss Is beyond question. Cream of
Tartar baking powders sell at about
40 to 50 cents a pound.
Such aro tho facts, nnd overy ono,
careful of tho health of the family,'
should remember this rule: Baking
powders selling from 10 to 25 cents n
pound are mado of Mlnoral-Aclds;
those selling from 20 to 30 cents of
Bono-Acid; and thoso from 40 to 50
cents of Cream of Tartar mado from
grapes.
DEPLORABLE POINTS.
Don't Jndgo cigars and women by
their wrappers.
Don't try to kill two birds with ono
stono. Uo a shotgun,
Don't run into debt ns long as you
can find a stono wall to run into.
Don't judge a man by things his
next doornolghbors say nbout him.
Don't sit with your back to a sight
draft; It may got too warm for you.
Don't request your grocer to sup
ply you with butter of tho first rank.
Don't punish children by striking
them on tho head, Thcro aro other
places.
Don't wasto your timo disputing fig
ures, They seldom Ho except in gas
motors.
Don't think becnuso llfo lo short
that ono set of good resolutions will
last n lifetime.
Don't forgot thnt tho money you
Intend to Bavo is not drawing inter
est at the present writing.
Don't worry nbout trifles. Remem
ber tho hole that lets tho water in
your shoe will let it out again.
Don't imagine that overy sad-eyed
woman you meet has loved and lost.
It's more than likely sho loved and
got him.
Don't censure a society womnn for
cnter'ng tho theater a llttlo late. She
probibly had to wash tho dinner
dishes beforo sho started.
DYSPEPTIC PHILOSOPHY.
Necessity knows a lot of lawyers.
Somo men are born cynics and oth
ers live In boarding houses.
It is always harder to patch up a
quarrel than to mako a now ono.
Conscience is n still, small volco
that tolls us when wo arc found out.
Tho only spilled milk worth crying
aver is the milk of human kindness.
We are novcr too old to learn, but
lots of us nro too young to realize It.
Tho troublo with tombstone inscrip
tions is that they come too lato to
flatter us.
I know a man who occasionally, In
n fit of absent-mindedness, tells tho
truth, but ho always tries to Ho out of
it afterward.
Sexes In Mutual Die-trust.
The sexos'Just now take up towards
onch other an attltudo of mutual dis
trust; wo women don't trust men fur
ther than we can see thorn, nor they
us. It is all very bad and vory sad,
and no one knows who Is to blame.
Exchange.
BADY CAME NEAR DYING.
From an Awful Skin Humor
Scratched Till Blood Ran
Wasted to a Skeleton
Speedily Cured by
Cutlcura.
"When three months old my boy
broke out with an Itching, watery
rash all over his body, and he would
scratch till the blood ran. Wo tried
nearly everything, but he grew worse,
wasting to a skeleton, and we feared
he would die. He slept only when
In our arms. The first application of
Cutlcura socthod him so that ho slept
In his cradle for the first tlmo in many
weeks. One set of Cutlcura mado a
complete and permanent cure,
(S'gncd) Mrs.M. C. Maitland, Jasper,
Ontario."
Cleanliness Is said to be next to
godliness, yet one seldom sees a laun
dry next door1 to a church.
THE NEWS IN
AS TO OTOCKMEN'8 PA88ES
The Court Adheres to Its Former
Judgment.
Tho supremo court has adhered to
Its former Judgment In tho caso of tho
C. B. & Q. 11. R. company ngalnst
David C. Troyer, error from Hamilton
county, Judgo Barnes dissenting.
Troyor whllo traveling on a stock
shipper's pass sustained personal in
juries. In tho lower court Judgment
was given ngalnst tho railroad. Tho
supremo court holds that under tho
ovldcnco tho question of tho alleged
negligence of tho company was a mat
ter for tho court to dotermlne and tho
ovldcnco is sufficient to warrant n
finding that tho defendant company
was guilty of actionablo negligence
which was tho approximate cause of
tho Injury complained of. Tho court
cayB that It cannot bo said as a mat
ter of law that tho plaintiff was guilty
of contributory negligence bo ns to
procludo ft recovery. Tho court holds
that a person whllo trawling on a
frolght train on a stock shipper's pass
for tho purposo of attending to tho
llvo stock being shipped sustains tho
relation of tho carrier of passenger,
but In a restricted modified scnBO.
Such a porson whllo bo traveling as
sumes such risks nnd inconveniences
as necessarily attend upon caring for
bucIi stock and such as aro incident
to tho means and methods employed
by tho company In tho operation of its
freight trains.
Judgo Barnes dissenting says that
tho plaintiff's right to rccovor depend
upon actionablo negllgonco upon tho
part of tho company and ns ho reads
tho record finds no such ncgllgeuco is
shown. Tho plaintiff was walking in
order to reach tho cabooso at tho end
of a frolght train and was struck by
a switch englno on an adjacent track.
Judgo Barnes says tho fact was clear
ly established that tho space botweon
tho railroad tracks whero tho plaintiff
was walking was wldo enough for his
safo passago If ho had exercised or
dinary caro.
BAKER MUST HANG.
Little Hope Remains for Man Con
victed of a Double Murder.
LINCOLN Tho supremo court has
overruled tho motion for a rehearing
filed by tho attorneys for Frank Bar
ker, tho Webster county double mur
derer. Tho forty-day limit In whlcn
tho motion could havo been filed ex-
nlrod Tuesday. Counsel for Barker
submitted an application for leavo to
filo a motion for rehearing. Tho court
allowed tho application to bo filed, but
overruled it as intending to dolav tho
carrying out of tho former decision.
Since being confined In nn Isolated
cell Barker has becomo gloomy and
Is a trlflo despondent. Juno 1C is tho
dnto of tho execution and tho hanging
will tnko placo between tho hours of
11 n. m. and 3 p. m.
MAN AND WOMAN HAVE GONE
Frank Hanscom and Mrs. Ortman
Crento a Scandal.
BEATRICE Sheriff Trudo and his
deputies aro scouring tho country for
Frank Hanscom and Mrs. Etta Ort
man, who, It Is alleged, have eloped.
Both nro married and havo families re
siding north of this city. Mrs. Ortman
camo to tho city and soon after Han
scom arrived. Neither returned homo
nnd no trace could bo found of them.
Tho sheriff is sending out cards and
oitorlng a reward for tholr arrest. This
Is tho samo couple that scandalized
tho neighborhood In a Blmllar man
ner about a year ago, when they dis
appeared, finally coming back and re
suming relations with their families.
Bin Cattle Shipment.
STANTON A special train load of
fat cattle, consisting of twenty-six
cars, owned by Louis Smlthberger, Ed
Zllmor nnd Horton & Chaco, loft hero
for tho Chicago market
Given Three-Year Sentence.
AINSWORTII Harvey Belolt
pleaded guilty to grand larceny In
district court and was sentenced to
tho penitentiary for threo years. Be
lolt is the party who several weeks
ago entered tho residence of Rev.
Mr. Tnintor at Long Pino and pur
loined therefrom clothing and $27 in
cash.
Large Catalpa Grove.
AUBURN Wallrlch Ubbon of this
city hns boon highly complimented by
tho bureau of forestry department of
tho national government. Last woek
ho recolvod a communication from
Frank G. Millor, first assistant, Wash
ington, asking for information con
cerning tho catalpa grovo on Mr, Ub
ben's farm, south of town. This Is
ono of tho largest artificial groves In
the country and last year was Inspect
ed by a corps of government officials
who measured the trees and collected
information concerning their growth.
Gift to Doane College.
CRETE Doane's students and fac
ulty members aro rejoicing over the
receipt of a $10,000 gift to the college.
Public announcement of the gift of
that sum by James Whltcorab of Wor
cester, Mass., was made during the
progress of the bon.t concert on tho
campus and was received with cheers,
college yells and a general jubilation.
Tho gift came as a result of tho sollc
Ration of President Perry, who Is at
present In the east. It is to be used
In the erection and equipment of the
Dnialn conservatory
NEBRASKA
STATE NOTES.
A frnnchiso has been granted
at
York for a gas plant.
Another new rural mall routo has
been started out from Palmyra.
A girls' nnd boys club is to bo or
ganized at Glenover. Gago county.
Tho deputy county clerk of Colfax
had his collarbone broken by a horse
of both feet
Tho democrats of tho First con
gressional district will meet in Lin
coln June 15.
Mrs. Mary Vincent of York died in
Denver, whoro sho hnd been fpr
about two months, hoping to benefit
her health.
William Neal, a laborer at tho Peru
brickyard, got his left hand in tho
rolls and lost th6 first two fingers.
Tho wound was dressed by Drs. Fair
child and Bhelhorn.
Tho Commercial club of York is
busy Just now to secure attractions
for a Chautauqua. Thcro seems to
bo a strong sentiment among tho poo-,
plo to hold one this summer. ,
Granvlllo Smith of Beatrico has In
stituted suit in tho district court for
damages in tho sum of $5,000 ngalnst
Louis Walther, a merchant of Wy
more, for false imprisonment.
Tho efforts of tho respectablo ele
ment of Homer to rid thomselvos of
tho disgrace incident to drunken In
dians and squaws -has resulted In no
saloon license being issued in that
place for tho coming year.
Though tho law Is not operative for
this year tho Grand Island base ball
club has decided not to havo a game
of ball on Momorjal day, it interfering
with tho hours during which memo
rial services will bo held at the opera
house.
Members of tho Southeastern Fruit
Growers' association hre contemplat
ing a big crop of small fruit Tho
association has received a consign
ment of 120,000 strawberry boxes and
4,000 crates for tho berry supply this
season.
Bob Moore, tho young colored man
who hnd his right foot cut off above
tho anklo a few weeks ago, surprised
his friends by riding in tho streets
at Humboldt on his blcyclo with as
much ease as ho did when possessed
of both feeet.
A special train left Stanton recent
ly for Chicago with twenty-six cars
of cattle. Tho train load was mado
up of cattle that had been fed for a
long tlmo nnd will bring a good price.
It was estimated that thcro wero $40,
000 worth of cattlo on tho train.
Tho executlvo committee of the Be
atrice volunteer flro department hold
a meeting to mako arrangements for
tho proper obsorvanco of firemen's
memorial day, which occurs on Sun
day, Juno 11. Committees wero ap
pointed to complete final arrange
ments for tho services, which aro to
bo held in flro department hall.
County Superintendent B. E. Dill of
Johnson county has reason to feel
proud of the report ho has mado to
tho office of the stato geologist. Ho
has received very complimentary let
ters from both Prof. E. H. Barbour
and Dr. G. E. Condra of that depart
ment, in which they say his record is
by far the best that has reached
thtoi.
Memorial day will be celebrated In
Stanton this year by tho Grand Army
of the Republic, assisted by all tho
fraternal orders. The memorial ser
mon will bo preached by Rev. Dr.
Slsson Sunday, May 28, and William
V. Allen will deliver tho memorial ad
dress at 2 p. ra. There will bo no
sports of any kind Indulged in on Me
morial day at Stanton.
George Fahnsteln, formerly of
Plattsmouth, was one of the Snyder
(Okl.) storm victims. Ho was killed
by being crushed under tho debris of
a hotel buildins where ho had been
boarding. Fahnsteln, who was about
25 years of ago, was ono of tho expert
bridge builders sent to 'Plattsmouth
iroru Illinois at tho timo .the Burling
ton reconstructed its Missouri river
bridge at that point
Word hns been received from Sa
vannah, Mo., that William Jones, tho
horso thief, who wns arrested in Otoo
county and sent to Cass county for
horso stealing and afterwards taken
to Lancaster county on the same
charge, and In both cases was sen
tenced to tho Nebraska penltenttary
for a term of one year each, has just
been sentenced to two years In tho
Missouri penitentiary for stealing a
horse.
Land Commissioner Eaton, who has
returned from a land-loaslng trip to
Taylor and Burwell. says that tho
school land in that region is all in
good demand at constantly Improving
rates. He says that there aro In
quiries for all western land, even thnt
In tho sanJ hills. With tho spread
of Irrigation, tho introduction of new
forage plants, and better methods of
cultivation, the commissioner believes
that the sand hill region will make
great strides.
While plowing on his farm in Sar
py county tho team of Henry Frlcke
stepped into a hole. Upon investiga
tion Mr. Fricke found it to be a coy
ote's den and In it were fourteen
young ones. He brought them to the
county clerk's office and received $14.
At Grand Island, Jacob Wlndnogel,
who is erecting a large residence,
walked into a room ho supposed was
floored, stepped on a pleco of tarred
paper and fell through to the cellar,
tho paper having been placed over an
unfloored portion. He sustained a
broken rib, and it Is feared Internal
Injuries.
WORK ON PANAMA CANAL.
Brlstow Makes Statement Regarding
Progress.
WASHINGTON It is estimated by
tho engineers that It will tako sixty
work trains a day six years to romovo
tho earth and rock that must bo tak
en out of Culobra cut. This state
ment, mado by Joseph L. Brlstow,
gives some Idea of tho vast amount of
work to be dono yet on tho Panama
canal. Continuing, ho said:
"I am most Interested now In tho
ranama canal. Tho task tho govern
ment has thcro Is immense. Tho en
gineers estimate the work din be dono
in ten years, and that means fast and
hard work. They aro putting in an
additional Btcam shovel outfit at tho
rate of ono each month, nnd using
threo of tho old digging machines that
tho French had there. Tho soil is
looso, and when there is a heavy rain
at night part of tho bank comes down
and often buries part of tho machin
ery as well as cars.
"Thcro aro about 5,000 men working
thero now and there will bo moro as
tho work progresses. There Is a gen
eral misapprehension In this country
'as to tho extent of yellow fever in
that country. Thero is something sen
sational about dying with yellow fever
that makes many peoplo afraid of the
Panama country. We don't think
anything about pneumonia. Yet a
man going from Panama to New York
in winter tlmo is much moro likely
to contract pneumonia and die of It
than a Now York man is to catch yel
low fover going to Panama. Tho
death rate from yellow, fcevr in Pan
ama is much layer than tho death
rate from pneumonia In Now York.
"Ono man who camo thero to llvo
was married on Saturday, contracted
yellow fever on Monday and died on
Wednesday. Tho conditions attracted
special attention to his caso and
frightened a great many peoplo about
that country. But really tho health
conditions there aro not bad and tho
most serious trouble is that peoplo
get homesick. Most of the laborers
there aro Jamaica negroes, but tho
men who direct tho work are mostly
Americans. Tho change In conditions
of living makes them uneasy."
LETT 18 COMMANDER OF G. A. R.
Spirited Contest Ends In Victory for
the York Man.
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. The Grand
Army decided a spirited .contest for
tho commandership by tho election of
John Lett of York. 'Other officers
elosted wore. J. R. Maxin, senior vlco
commander, Minden: junior vice com
mander, H. II. Dunham, Clarks, med
ical director, W. H. Johnson, Minden;
chaplain, J. E. Ingham, Plnlnvlow.
Resolutions wero adopted that en
campments In tho futuro be held at
Lincoln nnd a committee was appoint
ed to arrange for the holding of all re
unions, district or stato, in connection
with the encampment.
As delegates to the national en
campment at Denver tho following
wore elected: J. S. Hoagland, North
Platte, at largo; Ferdinand Brother,
Beatrico; W. S. Askwlth, Grand Is
land; J. W. Burwell, Juniata; H. C.
McCain, Plattsmouth; J. B. Warn
baugh, Kearney; J. H. Hobb, Omaha,
and R. R. Randall.
WILL CARE FOR VETERANS.
Denver Arranged for 60,000 at G. A.
R. Encampment.
DENVER, Colo. Tho executive
committee of the Grand Army of tho
Republic met here Thursday night
with Commander-in-Chief W. W.
Blackmar and reported that arrange
ments had already been perfected for
accommodating C0.000 visitors during
tho national encampment here next
September.
It Is estimated that 125,000 persons
will visit Denver on tho occasion of
tho national encampment, and a com
mltteo will continue working to se
cure pledges for "quartering" that
number. It was announced that rates
for hotel and other accommodations
would remain at the usual standard
during the encampment. The com
mittee Js arranging a program of
events for the entertainment of the
old soldiers and their friends.
REFORMED CHURCH SYNOD.
Form of Government Is Finally
Settled.
ALLENTOWN, Pa. Tho lengthy
discussion which has been indulged
in by tho genoral synod of tho Re
farmed church on tho point whether
the church shall havo the Presbyte
rian lor Congregational form of gov
ernment wns settled Friday.
Dr. G. W. Richards, for' the com
mittee on tho new constitution, re
ported an article that classes shall
rearrange charges only nftor counsel
ing with the consistories of charges
affected. Dr. Philip Vollmer, who led
tho faction which held to the integrity
of tho congregation as opposed to the
classes, submitted an amendment
making the action of classes final
only by a two thirds vote. This
amendment was accepted by Dr. Rich
ards and carried almost unanimously.
Mr. Bryan Asked to Appear.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. A request
was made to Judge Cleaveland of tho
probate court by Judge Henry Stod
dard, counsel for Mrs. Bennett, that
W. J. Bryan be asked to be present
in court when the hearing is held on
his application for approval of his ac
count as administrator of the estate
of the late Phllo S. Bannett of this
city and New York. There was no
objection from Bryan's counsel and
it was agreed that tho hearing should
be hejd when Mr. Bryan can come.
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Baldng
&
Powder
Honlth
Economy Test of Good Breeding.
To find out how much genuine good
breeding a man has, Just watch him
when he is angry. This Is a sure, test,
as any fool can ho agreeable when
everything comes his wny.
RAILROADS AND PROGRESS.
In his testimony beforo the senato .,
committee on interstate commerce at
Washington on May 4, Prof. Hugo It.
Meyer of the Chicago university, nn
expert on railroad management, mado
this statement:
"Let us look at what might have
happened If wo had heeded tho pro
tests of the farmers of New York nnd
Ohio and Pennsylvania (in tho 70's,
when grain from the west began pour
ing to the Atlantic seaboard), and
acted upon tho doctrine which the in
terstate, commerce commission has
enunciated timo and ngainr that no
man may bo deprived of tho ad
vantages accruing to him by vlrtuo
of his geographical position. Wo could
not havo west of tho Mississippi a
population of millions of peoplo who
aro prosperous and aro great con
sumers. Wo never should have seen
tho years when we built 10,000 and
12,000 miles of .railway, for thero
would havo been no farmers west of
tho Mississippi river who could havo
used thoMand that would havo been
opened up by tho building of thoso
railways. And if wo had not seen tho
years when we could build 10,000 and
12,000 miles of railway a year, wo
should not havo today east of tho
Mississippi a steel and Iron produc
ing center, which is at once the mar
vel and tho despair of Europe, because
we could not have built up a steel and
Iron Industry If thero had been no
markot for Its product.
Wo pould not have In New England
a great boot and shoo Industry; wo
could not havo in New England a
great cotton milling Industry; wo
could not havo spread throughout New
York and Pennsylvania and Ohio man
ufacturing industries of the most di
versified kinds, because thoso Indus
tries would have no markot among
the farmers west of tho Mississippi
rl er.
And whllo tho progress of this
country, while tho development of
tho agricultural west of this country,
did mean tho Impairment of tho ag
ricultural value cast of tho Mississippi
river, that ran up into hundreds of
millions of dollars, it meant incident
ally the building up of great manu
facturing industries that added to tho
value of this land by thousands of
millions of dollars. And, gentlemen,
those things wero not foreseen In tho
'70's. Tho statesmen and tho public
men of this country did not seo what
part the agricultural development of
the west was going to play In tho in
dustrial development of the cast. And
you may read tho decisions of tho
Interstate commerce commission from
the first to the last, and what Is ono
of tho greatest characteristics of thoso
decisions? Tho continued inability to
see the question in this large way.
Tho Interstate commerce commis
sion never can see anything moro
than that the farm land of some farm
er is decreasing In value, or that somo
man who has a flour mill with a pro
duction of fifty barrels a day is be
ing crowded out It never can seo
that tho destruction or impairment of
farm values in this place means tho
building up of farm values In that '
place, and that that shifting of values
is a necessary incident to the indus
trial and manufacturing development of
this country. And if wo shall glvo
to tho interstate commerce commis
sion power to regulate rates, wo shall
no longer have our -rates regulated
on the statesmanlike basis on which
they havo been regulated in tho past
by tho railway men, who really havo
been great statesmen, who really havo
been great builders of empires, who
havo had an imagination that rivals
tho Imagination of tho greatest poet
and of the gioatest Inventor, nnd who
havo operated with a courage and dar
ing that rivals the courago and dar
ing of the greatest military genoral.
But wo shall havo our rates regulated
by a body of civil servants, bureau
crats, whoso besetting sin tho world
over is that they never can grasp a
situation in a large way and with tho
grasp of the statesman; that they
never can see the fact that they aro
confronted with a small evil; that
that evil Is relatively small, and that
it cannot be corrected except by the
creatlou of evils and abuses which
are infinitely greater than tho ono
that is to be corrected."
Wealth may not bring happiness,
but most of us think we could get
next to it if we had tho money.
More Flexible and Lasting,
won't shake out or blow out; by using
Defiance Starch you obtain better re
sults than possible with"" any other
brand, and one-third more for same
money.
Mnny a man who thinks he Is frank
is considered impudent by othors.
It's as cowardly to speak .il of a
man behind his back as it is dangr
ous to say It to his face
