G. 1 R.
Orders Issued Containing Inforraatioa Eel
ativo to itio Same.
THE RATE ON THE RAILROADS
flpeclsl Tmln for Transportation of De
partment Omduls- Meeting of Socialist
at Lincoln Other Blatters Uere and
There In Nebraska.
LINqOLN, July 8. Orders contain
ing information relative to transporta
tion to and from the thirty-fifth na
tional encampment of tho Grand Army
of tho Republic at Cleveland, Ohio.
September 9 to 14, wore Issued from
tho Nebraska department headquar
ters. A rato ot $21.G0 will prevail ovor
nil railroad lines from Omaha and
tickets will bo on sale from Septem
ber 7 to 10, good for final extension to
October 8.
Tho department commander has ar
ranged for a special tarln for tho
transportation of department ofllcera,
delegates, members of tho department
nnd kindred organizations. Tho routo
will bo over tho Northwestern road to
Chicago nnd from there to Cleveland
by tho Lako Shore. Tho train will
leave Omaha September 7 at 5 p. in.
nnd arrive In Chicago at 7:45 a. m.
tho following day. Deparluro from
Chicago will bo at 10:30 and tho train
will arrive at tho destination at 7:30
p. ra. of tho Bnmo day.
It Is announced that the train will
bo decorated with bunting and grain
products of tho state. The depart
ment of Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Mon
tnna nnd Wyoming has been lnvltod
to join tho Nebraska contingents
Meeting of Soclullsts.
LINCOLN, Neb., July 8. As tho
laws of Nebraska requlro tho attend
ance of 200 delegates nnd tho repre
sentation of two-thirds of fho counties
to glvo a nomination convention n
legal standing tho attempt of the so
cialists to put a state ticket In the
field was a failure
Less than fifty delegates responded
to the call for a mass convention of
tho socialists nt Washington hall, and
thero wero only two counties repre
sented. It was necessary therefore to
forego tho formality of nominating
for supreme Judgo and Stato univer
sity regents.
Tho small attendance, however, did
not prevent election of convention of
ficers, tho adoption of a platform and
tho delivery of several speeches. Geo.
B. Beard was elected chairman nnd
A. W. Adair was made secretary.
Departments Invited.
OMAHA, July 8. Major It. S. Wll
oox, department commander of the
Grand Army of tho Republic In Ne
braska, has Invited tho departments of
Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Montana and
Wyoming to Join tho Nebraska dele
gation in its trip to the national en
campment at Cleveland, O., Soptcmber
9 to 14. A special train will leave
Omaha September 5 at 5 p. in. It will
arrlvo In Chicago nt 7:40 tho noxt
morning and will roach Cleveland nt
7:30 tho evening of September G.
Arthur Sullivan Drowns.
FLORENCE, Neb., July 8. Arthur
Sullvan, 15 years of ago, tho oldest son
of James Sullivan, was drowned in the
Missouri half a mile north of thi
pumping station. He and three other
boys wore bathing, when it is suppos
ed that young Sullivan became ex
hausted from being in the wafer so
long and sank before he could reach
tho shore, tho water being fourteen feet
deep. Tho body has not yet been re
covered. Wheat Surprises Farmer.
SUPERIOR, Neb., July 8. Tho first
wheat of tho now crop to bo marketed
in Nuckolls county was sold to u deal
er In Mount Clare. Threshing 1b bring
ing a surpriso to tho farmers. The
straw was so short and tho fields look
ed so Insignificant that none of them
figured on more than a ten-bushel
crop. It Is threshing out sixteen to
eighteen bushels to tho ncro and
weighs Blxty to sixty-one pounds.
Fix I'oift Killed by Kngliie.
STUART, Neb., July 8. Saturday
night tho passenger train going west
ran ovor six head of cows belonging
to Owen Hoftstott, a farmer half way
between this placo nnd Newport, and
killed them.
Knrty-Knur Join Church.
WYMOItE, Neb., July 8. As a re
sult of tho union gospel meetings In
this city recently there were forty
four accessions to tho church Sun
day. The Stato Heunliin.
HASTINGS, July 8. The state re
union of Nobrnska Grand Army men
will bo hold at Hastings, August 26 to
31. Tho Spanish-American war sol
diers, Women'B Relief corps and Sons
and Daughters of Veternus will also
hold their annual reunion nt Hastings
tho same days.
Major R. S. Wilcox has named Ju
llus Neubaruer of Sidney chief muster
ing officer of tho Grand Army of th
Republic in Nobrnaka.
WESTERN NEBRASKA FORESTS.
Government Field Fnrty Organised to
Look Up (Ironing Timber.
KEARNEY, Neb., July 9. A field
party of tho United States Bureau ot
Forestry Is being organized hero to
Investigate forest conditions nnd pos
sibilities In western Nebraska. Tho
party Is organized under tho direction
of William L. Hall, superintendent ot
tree planting, and will consist ot six
foresters, a botanist from tho Stato
unlvertlaty nnd teamster and cook.
Starting from here tomorrow, tho par
ty will proceed up tho Platte river,
examining tho timber on all streams
within reach. Tho foresters will bo
mounted and will reach points of In
terest within thirty or forty miles of
tho lines of travel.
Upon arriving nt tho west lino of tho
stato a northward course will bo tak
en through Scotts Bluff and Sioux
counties. Later In the season studies
will bo mado of tho sand hills to de
termine their adaptability to timber.
Tho success of a pi no plantation es
tablished by tho government eleven
years ago In the sand htlsl of Holt
county hns led to the belief that plnca
nro adapted to large areas of tho sand
hills.
NEW CORPORATIONS LEGALIZED.
Four Millions Capltallcutlnu In the l'ast
Six Months.
LINCOLN, Neb., July 9. A good In
dication of the enterprise and progres-
slvencss ot Omaha business men Is
found In tho corporation record of 'the
secretary of stato's office. Of tho 1C1
now corporations legallzod Blnco Jnn
nuary 1, sixty have their principal
placo of business In Ornahn. Tho
stock of theso metropolitan companies
amounts to $4,225,000, or slightly over
half as much as the totnl stock of
all other Nebraska corporations which
have been licensed since the first of
tho year.
Thes.o figures do not Include tho Un
ion Pacific railroad nor tho Standard
Cattle company. The former Is capi
talized for $100,000,000 and Us now ar
ticles of Incorporation, covering tho
Increase In stock, wero recorded about
six weeks ago. Tho Standard Cattle
company.whoso territory Includes Ne
braska, Wyoming, Colorado and Mon
tana, Is capitalized for $1,000,000. Its
principal offico Is In Choyonnc.
l'nro For rtilllpplnn Veterans.
LINCOLN, Nob., July 9. Captain P.
James Cosgrave, treasurer of tho Na
tional Society of tho Army of the
Philippines, Is in receipt of a letter
from General Irving Hale, the first
vice president, conveying tho infor
mation that a rato of one faro plus
$2 has been secured for the second
annual reunion of tho Philippine veter
ans, which will bo held at Salt Lako
City, August 13 to 15. A special train
will lcavo Denver on AugUBt 11, und
It Is desired that all soldiers In the
Btates east of Colorado make arrange
ments to Join with tho Denver men lu
making the trip to Salt Lake.
Declare II I in Not Insane.
HUMBOLDT, Neb., July 9. Sheriff
Hossnck wa3 called to the homo of
Fred Bucher, a few miles south of thu
city, the neighbors and family think
ing from his actions that Bucher had
gono insane. Tho lattor Is a large
man and tho sheriff found some diffi
culty In handcuffing nnd bringing him
to town. The Insanity commission
decided that his violent acts were In
a measure duo to tho use of alcoholic
stimulants and therefore ordered him
released.
Mnnp'od hr a ntant Cracker.
LINCOLN, Neb., July 9. John Bell,
17 years old, was horribly mangled
by the premature explosion of a giant
cracker. Tho cracker had been plac
ed under a can in front ot tho Bell
home. Tho fuso was slow in burning,
and Bell, thinking it had gono out,
approached. Tho cracker exploded
and tho enn struck him In tho face,
fracturing tho cheek bone and tear
ing out the left eye. He will die.
Leave for l'aclflo Coast.
CERESCO, Neb., July 9. A party of
four Ccresco citizens left for tho Pa
cific coast, where they will spend n
month or two sightseeing in Mexico,
California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho
and Utah. Thoso comprising tho
party wero Postmaster Llvosay, John
Joes, Alvln Turnoy and Geo. Ethel).
law lllnrutert -Mid llroWcn.
WEEPING WATER, Neb., July 9.
Henry Hlllmnn of this place, while
alighting from a swiftly moving train
nt Wabash, fell and struck his hnnd
on a mil, dislocating his Jaw and frac
turing It In two places.
Horse's Kirk I'rnves Kntal.
FARNAM. Neb., July 9. Gcorgo
Foote, a farmer, was kicked by one
of his horses on tho evening of July
3 and died from tho effocts of tho
blow.
Dies While I'lowlng Corn.
WILBER, Neb., July 9. Miko Pa
sck died from the effects of the exces
sive heat while plowing corn on his
farm northwest of hero.
I PLAN OF IRRIGATION
Colossal Undertaking Proposed for Scott)
Bluffs and Ohoyenne.
THE BIGGEST YET FOR NEBRASKA.
Projected Canal Would Add Sixty
Thousand Acres lo the Irrigated Strip
North of the riatte Miscellaneous
Nebraska Matters.
LINCOLN, July C. A plan for ir
rigating on a colossal scalo a long
strip of land north of tho Platte rlvor
in Scotts Bluffs nnd Cheycnno coun
tlos has been brought to tho attention
of State Engineer Dobson and n com
mlttco of citizens residing in Scotts
Bluff county Is searching nnxlously
for capital with which to back tho
Bchemo. Tho territory through which
it is proposed to run tho principal
canal has been organized into an Irri
gation district and $100,000 of bonds
havo been voted for the purposo of
raising funds to complcto tho work
already begun.
"It is undoubtedly tho biggest Irri
gating scheme over attempted In tho
state," said Mr. Dobson. "Tho people
who are pushing It started their work
quite a while ago and thoy havo con
structed alrendy a canal of upwards
of twenty miles in length, extending
from a point on tho Platte river, very
near tho Colorado lino, eastward and
about parallel with tho river. Thoy
say they havo Invested approximately
$100,000 in this cannl and it is esti
mated that $400,000 will bo required
to complcto It."
Tho district Included In the plan
would bo tho owner of tho canal. Tho
residents ot tho territory havot voted
tho bonds, nnd If theso can bo disposed
of for cash tho work will bo pushed.
Completed, tho canal would bo about
fifty or sixty miles In length. It
would follow closely tho banks of tho
rlvor for a mllo or so and then east
for the romnlndcr of tho distance.
THE NEW GAME LAW.
Deputy Warden Does Not Anticipate
Tronhlo In Kn forcing Same.
LINCOLN, July C Gcorgo B, Simp
kins, deputy game warden, said that
ho did not nntlclpato any serious diffi
culty In enforcing the game law which
was passed Jy tho last legislature.
Tho law went Into effect July 2 and
the deputy and under deputies aro al
ready on tho lookout for violations,
but do not expect to find many;
"Tho railroad, express and trans
portation companies havo assured mo
that they will abldo by tho provisions
of tho net, nnd this Is a long step in
tho right direction," said Mr. Slmp
klns. "Evcrywhoro people seem to
think that the law Is a good one, nnd
I don't think thero will bo many efforts
made to break it."
The office of the gamo warden was
opened at tho stato house. Mr. Simp-
kins will havo full charge of tho de
partment nnd will probably devoto
considerable of his time to dlroctlng
tho movements of tho under deputies
from the offico at tho stato house, but
ho will bo In tho field a good share
of the time.
Kllle.l While Drlnklnt Deer.
ELK CREEK, Neb., July C Otto
Muoler, a farmer 23 years ot ago, near
this place, was trying to open a bot
tle ot beer and, being unablo to pull
tho cork out, ho pushed It In. It caus
ed tho bottle to explode, driving a
three-cornered piece of glass Into one
of his limbs nnd cutting an artery. He
bled to death In thirty minutes nnd be
fore Dr. Rob, who was summoned from
this place, could get there.
Disease Among Stork,
DEWITT, Nob., July C. A peculiar
disease which the veterinary surgeons
find difficult to understand und which
Is proving fatal In a number of cases,
Is nttacklng horses nnd cattlo In this
vlclntty. Tho nnlmals attacked ap
pear In nlmost their usual health up
to within twenty or thirty mnutes of
their death, when symptoms appear
and soon nfter tho animals fall to tho
ground where thoy dlo In a short time
after hard struggles.
Condition of the Treasury.
WASHINGTON. July 5. Following
Is a Btatemont of the treasury balnnce
In tho gencrnl fund, exclusive of tho
$150,000,000 gold rcsorvo lu the divis
ion of redemption: Avallnble fash
balance, $172,C05,GM; gold, $08,nil,
002. Clinlio Cuttln for Kxlilliltlnn,
LINCOLN, Ncb July C Nebraska
will bo represented In tho National
Stock show In KnnBas City lu October
by n selected lot of tho finest Duroc
Jursoy hogs that can bo found In tho
Btatc. This was decided at a special
stato mooting of swlno breeders. Tho
object Is to havo tho exhibit consist
ot the best Duroc hogs that can bo
found among tho cattlo exhibited at
tho stato fair. Twenty-five stock own
ors attended tho meeting.
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Latest Quotation from South Omaha
nnd Knnsns Cltr.
SOUTH OMAHA.
Cattle There was u light supply of cat
tle In tho yards nnd ns pnskcrs were lib
eral buyers ot the hotter grades tho mar
ket took on tnoro Ufa than for soma tlmo
past. Tito market could not bo quoted
much hlKher, but an early clearance was
effected and tho prices paid wero genor
ally very satisfactory. Buyers started
out curly In tho niornlnir nnd bought up
tho better grades ot beef etccrs at Htcady
to strong prices, its compared with yes
terday. Tlicy stemed to want tho cattlo
today, and as there were only a few of
fered sellers took advantago ot tho oppor
tunity to push values up h. little. Tho
situation, however, Is best described by
calling It a Rood, steady to strong mar
ket. The commoner grades, ot courso, did
not movo as frcoly as did tho cholco
heavyweights, but still they brought fully
ns much ns was paid for tho sanio grades
yesterday. Thero wero only a few cows
nnd heifers on salo nnd most of thoso
that wero offered were grnsscrs of rnther
an Inferior quality, There was not enough
clinngo In tho prices paid from thoso In
force yesterday to bo worthy of mention,
so that the market can bo quoted prac
tically Pteady. Hulls, calves and stags
also sold lu Just about tho Hiune notches
thoy did yesterday.
Hogs Thero was tho heaviest run of
hogs that has been on the market for
8onw tlmo past, there being closo to 200
cars on sale. Othur markets wero qilotcd
considerably lower, nnd ns a result prices
here dropped about 74c ns compared with
yesterday's goncrnl market. Tho bulk ot
the early sales went at $3.75, with thu
choicer loads going at $3.77Wi nnd $5.80.
Owing to tho big supply, howoyor, tho
market weakened as tho morning nd
vnnccd nnd packers wero llnalty offering1
only $3.7214 nnd $3.75. After tho first fow
rounds tho market could bo quoted 7H1
10c lower.
Sheep Thero was not a heavy run of
sheep and moat everything was western
grass wethers. A llvo-car string sold for
$3.15. which was Hteady with tho prices
paid yesterday. Tho demand was not very
heavy on tho part of locnl packers, but
still everything was sold In good season.
There wero n fow feeders offered today
and tho market, while, not active, could
bo quoted about steady.
KANSAS CITY.
Cnllle Choice beef steers and good
feeders, stcudy to Kc higher; others weru
steady to n tdindo lower; cholco dressed
beef steers, $4.53fiCK; fair to good, $1.1 lift
5..T0; Toxas grass steers, $XC0ff-l.00; cov,
$2.SSTfl.23; heifers, $3.0O1i4.M; winners. $2.00
(H2.S0; bulls, $'.CV!H!0; cables. $3.GO'ii3.I3.
Hogs Market GfflOc lower; top, $3.S2V.T.
heavy. J.VS0GI5.KV&; mixed, 3.72Mf3.S3;
light, $3.70u'Ctf; pigs, $:i.00i3.C.H
Sheep nnd Lambs The supply was of
tho most common quality; best, steady;
Inferior grades, lOo lower; Iambs, $l.25i"f
CIO: wothcrs, $3.Sif3.!0; yearlings, $3.75'tf
HO; owes, $.7.000 3,75; 'JVxns grass Bhcep,
$x:;j2.73; culls, $2.00413.00.
SANTA PE CUTS DEEP.
Fires Tlrst ami of Opon Wur on Secret
Freight Itntn Itoilurt Inns.
CHICAGO, July 0. A rato fight ot
liberal proportions Is on among the
trunk lines oporntlng between Chi
cago and Missouri river ccntors. For
Eovcrnl weeks thero has been wide
spread, though secret manipulations,
of rates on all classes of freight in
this territory, but thero ha'd been no
open rupturo between any of tho roads
until today.
When It beenmo current that poaco
could not bo restored except by somo
drastic action officers of soveral of tho
rondB began to plan open reductions
in tariffs. Tho Santa Fo wnB tho first
to act and today camo out with an
announcement that It would put in a
scalo of rates effective July 10 between
this city nnd southwestern Missouri
river points that would awake tho se
cret rato cuttors to a realization of
tho situation.
Tho rates promulgated by tho Santa
Fe average reductions of from 30 to
40 nnd In somo cases CO per cent bo
low tho printed tariffs. It Is believed
that tho nctlon of the Santa Fo will
bo followed by similar announcements
and that It will bring tho long-standing
secret cuts to a head and force
tho lines out of tho pool to become
members.
ITsnnl Meusures Against Mosquitoes.
..WASHINGTON, July C Tho War
department Issued an order providing
that upon tho usual special requisi
tion tho quartermaster department
will furnish mineral oil or somo other
cheap and equally efficient agent for
tho destruction ot mosquitoes und their
larvne.
Department of Cuba.
WASHINGTON, July C It was
stated at tho War dopartmcnt that In
enso General Wood's Illness Is pro
tracted an unusunl length of tlmo tho
exocutlvo duties of commander of tho
Dopartmcnt ot Cuba will ho assumed
temporarily by Colonel Snmuel W.
Whltsldo, Tenth cavalry, now station
ed at Santiago,
Hnler Waives Kn initiation.
SHENANDOAH, In., July C. J. W.
Snlor, charged with tho murder of
Tom Richardson of Maryvlllo, Mo
waived preliminary hearing and was
sent to tho county Jail under $1,000
bonds.
Russia Wiin tn Morn Tlmo,
WASHINGTON, D. C, July C
Mr. De Wollunt, the ehnrgo of tho Rus
sian cmhussy hero, todny called nt tho
State dopartmcnt and lu behalf of his
government formally acknowledged
tho receipt of Secretary Hay's noto re
specting tho Imposition by Russia of
retaliatory tariff duties. Tho Russian
note Is understood to bo Indefinite In
terms, tho principal purposo being to
keep the Issuo between tho two gov
ernments In Its present position,
GBEATNEED 01? STUDY
IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND
RECIPROCITY QUESTION.
Shall Wo Inerenis l'rosperlty by Dimin
ishing tho Kinplorniont of Domestic
Labor Through larger t'urchasoj of
Foreign Staile tloodiT
According to a recent Intorvlow In
tho Boston Transcript Senator Cul
lom ot Illinois Is nmong tho fresh
devotees of tho policy ot tinkering tho
tariff schedules by means ot srozial
trado treaties. Ho is quoted ns bciag
firmly convinced that our foreign mar
kets are threatened nnd that tho.o Is
dnngcr of an alliance ot European
countries to resist tho Inroads ot Amer
ican trado through tho imposition ot
retaliatory duties upon American ox
ports. Thus we boo ono more tlmiJ
soul frightened Into fits by tho bugb.nr
which certain Interests nro so indus
triously exploiting for tho purpo:o ot
extending tholr own export trado at
tho expouflo of anybody nnd everybody
t-.tn-iik itiumouivua. ouuuiur uui.uiii i
easily drops Into frco trado dla'.cci
when ho says:
"If wo build a wall around our mar
kets tho Europeans say wo can hardly
complain It thoy follow our examp:e.
Aud that Is tho situation. It U a s.m
plo business proposition thnt as busi
ness men, or oh a business nation, wo
should bo on tho alott. In danger ot
losing our mnrkots, wo must boo what
cau bo dono."
Frequent mention ot thnt "Chlnoio
wall" by tho enemies of protection has
made it a very familiar figure ot
speech. It has also becomo a very ab
surd llguro ot speech In view of tho
fnct that wo nro sending out moro ox
ports than nny other nation on oarth,
and aro taking in of competitive im
ports nil that wo ought to tako, and
moro, too. It Is your zealous now
convort who can bo rolled upon to
swnllow n doctrlno without ti qualm.
Tho old stagars don't havo so much
to say nbout tho "Chinese wall" as
they used to.
So far ns tho senior Ecnatar from
Illinois hns gono In his study of tho
problem of Increasing domestic pros
perity by decreasing tho employment
of domestic labor ho Is ot tho orlnton
that:
"Probably much of tho difficulty can
bo met by reciprocity. It Is a caso of
give and take. Wo get lower duties on
certain ot our goods going to other
couutrles, nnd thoy aro permitted, In
return, to send cortnln goods hera
without paying such n high tariff.
Whllo this has been our avowed pol
icy, wo havo not lived up to it con
sistently. Our Stato Dopartmcnt Ins
negotiated a number of treaties pro
viding for reciprocal reductions, and
then tho sennto has proceeded to lg
noro them. To foreign nations this
looks like bnd faith. In my opinion It
behooves tho Sennto to tnka up thc3o
treaties and glvo them serious consid
eration. Thoy should bo vlowed and
voted upon from tho standpoint of tho
whole country's welfare, and not b'iu
ply from supposed local Belt-interest.
I havo been giving tho subject como
special study this spring and will do
my pnrt to press It on tho attontlon ot
Congress next winter."
Senator Ctillom Bhould persevere In
his special study of tho subject. Spe
cial study Is precisely what Is ncoded.
Closo application for the noxt six
months may onnblo hlin to arrlvo at
n sound conclusion regarding tho very
Important question. What Industries
shall wo sacrlflco through diminished
protection In order that some of tho
Illinois senator's Influential constitu
ents may Incrcaso their export of
machinery and agricultural imple
ments? This question will havo to bo
answered when the reciprocity troatlos
como up again next winter, nnd Sou
ntor Cullom will need nil tho special
study ho can sparo to tho subject It
ho shall bo prepared with a wise and
an intelligent solution.
FOREION CHAMPAGNES.
Americans Hay Them to the Extent of
Aboat lfl.000,000 Year.
Statistics of the Treasury Depart
ment show that lu tho twelvo montlm
ondlng April J, 1901, 3,873,420 bottles
of champagne wero Imported into this
country. At nn uverago of $3,50 per,
bottlo this would mean an expendi
ture of $13,600,970 for imported spark
ling wines. Allowing for tho lower
prico of wines bought by tho caso,
tho total would still bo considerably
In excess ot $10,000,000. Out ot tho
20,008,251 bottles of chumpagno export
ed from Franco in tho past twelve
months, ut least 3,000,000 bottles camo
to this country. It thus appears that
closo upon three-fourtltB ot our Im
ported chnmpngucH como from France
and that about ono-alxth of tho cntlro
French product of champagne finds a
market In tho United States. Add to
this our consumption ot French still
wines, brandies, liqueurs, etc., and It
will ho scon that Americans nro usors
of French boVorngca ot tho vuluo of
fully $12,000,000 a year.
Tills Is a largo sum ot money to
pay for forolgn drink products that
for tho most part nro of no hotter
quality than those made In tuts coun
try. Tho standard brands of Amer
ican chnmpaguo, for example, nro
mado nfter tho French formula nnd
process, and nro In every respect equal
i to tho French chnmpaguo, though sell
ing for only nbout half tho price. It
Is probablo that not ono per cunt of
Amorlcan champaguo drinkers havo
over given n fair trial to tho really
lino champagnes of tho loading Amorl
can producors. Therefore It may bo
said that Ignornnco ns well as preju
dice Is at tho bottom of this folly
of -spending ton or fifteen million dol-
'
lnrs a year for torolgn wines thnt ara
no bettor than, often not ns gcod ns,
tho wines of American production. It
Amorlcnns wero better informed ns to
tho real quality nnd merit of tholr
domestic wines they would drink more
of thorn nnd less of tho" imported
wines. Keeping Kt homo tho $10,000,
000 or moro spent every year for
French champagnes would bo ot vast
benefit to tho growers ot grapes and
tho Inborora In vineyards nnd wlno
collars. Allko aa a gastronomic and
an economic proposition thero Is much
forco in the plea for a larger con
sumption of domestic wines.
A neaping OnMt.
For tho first fow months after tho
election ot President McKlnloy in 189G
on tho protection nnd prosperity plat
form wo heard frcquont inquiries on,
tho part ot tho enemy as to why pros
perity was lagging so long behind its
advance agent. Facetious suggestions
wero mndo lu respect to tho advis
ability of Inserting In tho nowspnpors
a "lost, strayed or stolen" notlco for
General Prosperity. Thoso scintillat
ing frec-trndo witticisms no longer
shine forth to dazzlo n long suffering
public. It has boon many a day sluco
any frco-trndor cared to assert that
prosperity hud not como in with pro
tection. Now, instead of making face
tious Inquiries ns to tho whereabouts
of General Prosperity, tho free
traders dovoto themselves to claiming
thnt tho formerly much praised Gen
eral Prosperity is an unnttracllvo
gentleman of protruding stomach, who
appeals to men's appetites Instead of
to their hearts and brains, Tho great
majority ot tho pcoplo ot tho country,
howovcr, have found him to bo n very
pleasing guest nnd nro moro than will
ing to entertain him for nn indefinite
period. Four years moro nro already
arranged for, nnd nt tho end of Umt
tlmo tho invitation will, without
doubt, bo renewed.
THE MAN WHO WORKS.
aa.
Froe-Traila anil Lust Trade.
. President Robortson, ot tho British
Chamber of Commorco, said, in a re
cent speech, that tho reason for tho
docllno which hnd como In British
trado with tho United States, Franco
and Germany was to bo found In tho
protective policy which was in forco
in each of thoso thrco countries; and
ho prophesied that tho tlmo would
surely como when Great Britain would
bo obliged to follow tho cxamplo set
by tho countries reforrcd to and enact
a protcctlvo tariff law." British frco
trado scntlmont lo evidently accom
panying British trado in its decline.
No nation Is willing to play a loBlng
gamo forcvor, nnd Cobdonism has boon
a losing gamo for Great Britain for
many n day. That it was not a losing
gamo from tho boglnnlng was duo sole
ly to tho fact that Groat Britain had,
under her formor policy ot protection,
mndo horsolf greatly suporlor in in
dustrial resources to all other coun
tries. That, In splto of tho groat In
dustrial advantage which England pos
sessed when sho adopted Cobdon's
oconomlc theories, sho has so soon fal
len behind In tho race for commerce
Is ono of tho most sorlous Indictments
against tho policy of free-trade which
could possibly bo made.
Thoroughly Discredited.
Tho tariff duties por capita last year
amounted to but $3,01. Even it tho
tariff tax were a tax on tho consumer,
which It has boon conclusively provod
not to bo, in tho vnst majority ot
casos, this would ho a small amount
to pay for tho lucstlmablo boneflts, for
tho unparalleled prosperity which tho
peoplo of this country havo enjoyed
under tho Dlngley law. Wo havo a
surplus Instead of a deficit, and that,
too, In tlmo ot wnr. Amorlcan fac
tories havo been crowded with orders,
lnbor has been ovcrywhoro employed nt
high wages, and tho supply ot men
nt work has fallon short of tho demand
for workmen. An Immense balance ot
trado hns been rolled up In our favor,
tho United States has bcon chnngoJ
from n debtor nation Into a crodltor
nation, nnd New York has heon mado
tho financial contor of the world, Tho
r'.'i too and vrll-'inovn frco tra'io
cry about tho "bunion" which a pro
tective tariff lays upon tho peoplo ot
this country has never boon moro
thoroughly discredited than It la to
day. Knlldlf Ilatod,
If geuornl business conditions hnd
bcon rotton or unsound tho recent
Wnll street panic- would havo spread
everywhere and convulsed tho coun
try. Tho fact thnt It did not sIiowb
that McKlnloy prosperity Is vory so.
Idly based. Indlannpolla Journal.
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