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MORE OF CARROLL D. WRIGHT'S
FALLACIOUS FIGURES.
His Smooth Scheme for Raising
Wages On Paper- Uses Absurd
and Impossible "Averages" Wage
Statistics of Census Worthless.
The Hon. Carroll T. Wright, com
mlsn'oner of labor. Is again earning hid
Halary. an! serving the Republican
party ami the trusts back of It. by pub
lishing fallacloiiH wage statistics. He
is, perhaps, our smoothest Juggler of
statistic. He can give, ami has given,
points to our new director of the cen
sus. Mr. S. N. D. N'orth. and that Is
snying much, for Mr. North has au un
enviable record In this respect.
Mr. H. I.. IJIIss in his pamphlet.
"Our Juibil Census" has not only i
uioiistratcd the crooked mt-thod.s of
our cer.su.4 officials and t ic absolute
wort hlysr.i-as of its war statiaiics.
bur h- Ita.s shown, by tln-ir own ad
tnislii:s. tnat both Mr. Wright and Mr
jNoith are Knowingly popularizing the
'riors of our census statistics. One
of t.'icsc errors consisted in changing
the- "avrratt" number of wag e arners
t m-a:i aerag-. not for the actual
tin:e ui)loy. hut for twelve months.
My this change the "acragc wages"
in a "short period" industry which
runs for s.ix months only, are double
what they should be.
Thus, if a canrery runs six months
in a year, employs regularly 100 ier
Kons. and nays $l!).r.un in wages, the
uvera" earnings f the employs are
$l!." each or $7."' per week. Mr.
Morth. however, used another method
In the I'tOo irtisiis. ll added to
gether the average number of wage
arners for each of the six months am!
then divided by twelve, the number of
'months in the year. He then divided
tl;: total wa?e paid by this "average"
i:i!;.iher. Observe the result ill the
above rai;e. which Is typical of series
of industries. Otic hundred multiplied
by six equals six hundred: six hundred
divided by twelve finials fifty. the
"ave;-age" number of employes: $li.
r.oo divided by fifty equals '$:'o. the
yearly earnings of ea-h emploje.
'which is at the rate of $!." per week.
Thu.. by this juggle of "average"
rot only are apparent wages double
the actual wages, but an "average" is
'obtained which is actually only one
1 1 a I f the lowest number employed at
any tirr.e. Of course, such "averages"
are impossible ami ridiculous, although
the p. mm) cettbus is filled with them.
Of course, muh "averages" are a slic k
lev ice for raising apparent wages or
to cover up heavy declines for in
spite of all their devices they could
not conceal all of the decline in wages
from 1S:i to Hoo. Equally of course,
both Mr. Wright and Mr. North, who
are bright men. understand the absur
dities and fallacies of this method of
averages for they have admitted them
'in private letters. It is fair. then, to
conclude that when they repeat their
wage statistics In lectures and pub
lished articles they do so with intent
to deceive.
Hut this is not all. They sometimes
discuss entirely fictitious statistics as
if they were genuine. Thus. in
Hoyce's Weekly of March 11. 1903.
Carroll D. Wright, under the heading,
'Industrial Progress tteal and Nom
Inil Wage.-?." makes the following
sratemenf :
"Taking ISM) as a basis, nominal
wages have increased nearly 70 per
cent, while prices, taken as a whole,
are G per cent lower than in 180. . . .
Thus the purchasing power of wages at
the present time, measured by the
course of wholesale prices, is about 8"
; r cent higher than in lSto. . . .
A very good illustration of this can be
made by taking a single individual and
seeing how he would have stood at dif
ferent periods. A journeyman carpenter
received 2 a day in lSo, $3.."0 in 18MJ.
$::.! in 1K91. $3 in 1S90. and $3.15 in
lyul. and these are actual rates for
the years named. He could have pur
chased certain quantities of commodi
ties necessary for the support of the
family, and. taking the same quantities
and the same articles, with varying
results. His earnings were $12. $21,
$18.BO. $18 and $2o.70 a week for the
years earned, respectively. After pur
chafing the given articles in 1860 he
would have had $2.49 left; in 186
he would have had $1.."4; in 1S91 he
would have had $7.21; in 189
would have had $S.4i. while in 1901
would have had $11.10 to spare."
These statistics are chock full
he
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Of
errors. The fallacies of the wage sta
tistics of the Aldrich report from
winch Mr. Wright has evidently taken
some of his statistics have been well
demonstrateo by Mr. Charles B. Spahr
and others. They are numerous and
very important and are the product of
Mr. Wright, himself. Hut. at best,
they do not represent average wages
Ibut only the wages paid in certain
"mills and we may be sure that these
same mills paid more than the aver
age wages. There may have been
carpenters in each of the years named
who received the wages specified by
Mr. Wright, but such wages were not
the average wages of carpenters, nor
anything like the average. Thus, the
census report of 1900 tells us that the
average wages ot carpenters in 1890
was $12.f and in 1900 $11.02 per
week. It is riuiculous to supKse that
carpenter's wages rose from $11.02 in
I'.o0 to $2o.7' in 1901. It should also
"be observed that while carpenter's
wages declined 12 per cent from 1S90
to 190O. according to the census, they
rose 11 per cent from 1891 to 1901,
according to Wrights figures. It
.should also not be forgotten that the
census figures were made up by the
Ttuiculous system of averages and that
as carpenters work only about eight
months a year if Mr. Wright is right,
for once the census wages are about
50 per cent higher than they should
be.
But Mr. Wright's statistics are ab
feurd on their face. He says the car
penter got $18 per week in 1896 and
had $8.40 left, after purchasing his
commodities, and that he got $20.70
In 1901 and had $11.10 left, after pur
chasing the same commodities. Thus
the carpenter spent the same amount
($9.60 in 189t as in 1901 for the same
commodities. But. according to Dun's
tables, average prices rose 23 per
cent from lS9t to 1901. and. according
to Wright's own figures in the bulletin
of the Department of Labor for March.
1902. average prices rose 13 per cent
from 189H to 1901. His bulletin for
September, 19"0, shows that wages rose
only Vs per cent from 1896 to 1900.
carpenter's wages appear to have
neen exceptional, for. according to
Wrlght'H figures (and he atone knows
where he got them), they rose 13 per
cent from 189 to 1901.
Fie on such statistics and such sta
tisticians. BYRON W. HOLT.
BROUGHT TRUST TO TIME.
Democratic Attorney-General of Mis
souri Knocks Out Beef Combine.
There is a great difference between
Republican and Democratic trust bust
ing. President Roosevelt and his At
torney General have been for over a
year trying to bring the beef trust to
time, but so far all that has been ac
complished is the granting of a tem
porary injunction to restrain the mem
bers of the combine from organizing
to control prices. It Is needless to say
this proceeding has had no effect in
curbing the rapacity of the beef trust
and the members continue to bid their
own price for stock. The Democratic
trust busters have been more expedi
tious, for the Attorney (Jcneral of
the state of Missouri has forced the
right against the beef combine and ob
tained judgment against them in the
highest court of the state.
The dispatch which contains the in
formation says: "The principal mem
bers of the beef combine, the Armour,
the Cudaby, the Swift, the Hammond
and the Sch warschild and Sulzberg
er packing companies, were fined
$.".n00 each in the Missouri Supreme
court on March 20 and ordered to pay
the costs ot the cases, which amount
ed to $.1,000. Unless the lines and
costs are paid witiiin thirty days the
defendants will be ousted from the
state."
The members of the combine can
now take the choice of paying $30,000
or ceasing to do business in Missouri.
If they continue their operations in
that state they will lay themselves
liable to be lined for each offense of
the same nature. If the administra
tion was as anxious to bust the meat
combine as they pretend to be. Attor
ney General Knox could have had the
members of the combine behind the
bars by this time, by prosecuting them
under the criminal section of the anti
trust law. The Republican Congress
has now. however, repealed this crim
inal section ami the chance of pro
ceeding against the beef combine or
any other trust under this section has
Kiino by.
With a Democi-atic Congress and a
Democratic President, the energy of
the Missouri Democrats would be du
plicated in Federal affairs, and in ad
dition to prosecuting those trusts that
are robbing the people, further re
lief would be had by repealing those
schedules of the tariff law that allow
so many combines to sell their prod
ucts ctieaper to loreigners man to our
own people.
Shaw Aids Wall Street.
TKt .
OVMlf INTCRUT
AND
BOM0 PURCHaSE
ro criMetY
set HsHmohho
Roosevelt's Nominations Rejected.
President Roosevelt has sent to the
Senate some rather shady appoint
ments for one who claims to be ardent
civil service reformer, and the Sen
ate has clone good service by refus
ing to confirm them.
The two most notorious cases are
W. M. Byrne, the Addicks striker, for
Attorney for the district of Delaware
and Major Plimley. as assistant treas
urer of the t'nitd States at New
York.
The latter was dismissed from the
postoffice in New York for using bis
position to borrow money from the
banks, he being at that time the cus
todian of the funds of the money cr
der department.
Whatever opinion the people may
have about the Crum nomination,
which the President has sent twice
to the Senate and so far has not been
confirmed, there is no doubt that the
New York and Delaware nominations
above mentioned will not boar public
scrutiny and are unpleasant reminders
even to the friends of the President,
that he is not above playing personal
xlitics. The control of the national
Republican convention is the stake
President Roosevelt is playing for and
some queer politics may be expected
during the time before that conven
tion. Suicides and Prosperity.
On of the many peculiar and Inex
plicable features of our present un
paralleled prosperity, which is en
riching thousands and impoverishing
millions, is the great increase in the
number of suicides under it. Appar
ently the farther we get Into this
trust-monopoly prosperity the more
people there are who cannot stand the
pace and who fall by the wayside,
often by their own hands.
'While the number of suicides is
probably on the increase in other cit
ies as well as in the country at large,
yet we have figures only for Chicago.
The Record-Herald of March 13 says
that there were 356 suicides there in
1900. 399 in 1901 and 439 in 1902.
That this rapid increase is now be
ing kept up is evident from the fact
that there were 75 suicides in Janu
ary and February and that on the
first Sunday in March nine persons
in one day took this route to eternity.,
MAKING '-FRUITS DEAR
UNCALLED-FOR
RETARY OF
ACTION OF SEC
AGRICULTURE. Interests of Home Consumers Disre
garded, in Harmony With Fallacious
Protectionist Theory The Entire
Idea Is Essentially Unjust.
Our ever enterprising and Indefatig
able secretary of agriculture has
bcored another triumph. It appears
that for a year he has been busy try
ing to establish a European market
for American fruits, and now he finds
himself able to announce that he has
succeeded.
The experts of his department, we
are told, have conducted a series of ex
periments by which they have dem
onstrated that perishable fruits by
proper handling and packing, the use
of refrigerator cars and plants and
trans-Atlantic steamers can be laid
down in London just when there is the
greatest scarcity there and the high
est prices can be obtained.
The point of special interests is that
these fruits have been shipped to IvCjn
dou, Paris and Hamburg and disposed
of at a profit 100 per cent greater in
some instances than could be secured
in the United States.
"his point Is of interest because it
follows that the fruit will go where it
can be sold at the greatest profit, leav
ing the home market bare. The only
way to keep the fruit at home is to
bid up the home price.
This, of course, will be very good
for the producers, but how about the
nome consumers? They will have to
pay more for fruit or go without.
If this result were brought about by
the honest enterprise and efforts of
the fruit growers consumers would
have no just ground of complaint.
Every producer has a right to seek the
best market for his product, and any
government law. regulation or activity
that hinders him is unjust.
, But by what does a department of
'the government maintained at the ex
pense of all taxpayers conduct experi
ments, also at the expense of all tax
payers, for the purpose of benefiting
a class of producers at the expense of
'consumers, who belong to all classes?
This kind of government activity is
essentially unjust, but it is in harmony
with the protectionist theory, which
assumes that it is right and wise for
the government to help selected
classes of producers get higher prices
from consumers than they could get
by their own lawful and unaided ef
forts. The unjust theory and practice are
simply the offspring of private greed.
The Treasury Not a Gold Cure.
Though the whole world is doing an
unprecedented business and a large
part of it is finding the balance on the
right side of the ledger, financial in
terest Is again centered in Wall street.
The speculative situation is causing
anxiety in all great trade centers and
the lack of money with which to meet
the daily obligations is growing more
perplexing. This only means that our
speculators are borrowing heavily
abroad to sustain an inflated specula
tive position. It does not tend in the
least to relieve the situation, because
the loaners on the other side are rais
ing rates and taking advantage of
American conditions with the true
financial instinct. But the question
again arises as to whether these spec
ulators should be allowed to go their
own way or whether the government
should come to their relief when they
mire themselves. We are restraining
or seeking to restrain all other causes
for encouraging reckless speculation
and taking money from the legitimate
channels of trade. Why not make
laws for the safe regulation of Wall
street to the extent, at least, of serv
ing notice that the United States
treasury is not a gold cure and that
4ne street must either keep sober or
take the consequences.
The Slave Pension Swindle.
Senator Hanna's bill to pension the
ex-slaves is anything but a boon to the
class for whose benefit it is proposed.
It has developed a new pension
swindle which the liberated slaves are
the victims.
Cunning and rascally emissaries are
traversing all parts of the south
spreading among the ignorant negroes
the illusory promise which the Hauna
bill contained. It is read to the be
nighted members of the emancipated
class, most of whom have heard of the
all-powerful llanna. and they believe
that it is a law already or will be
come a law.
In this belief they are easily per
suaded to pay all the money that they
can raise either as a commission to the
pension attorney or to promote the
passage of Senator Hanna's bill. The
emissaries by whom they are de
frauded are "smart" colored men or
white men who have secured their con
fidence. Such are the fruits of Senator
Hanna's ex-slave pension bill. He can
not be proud of it as an cTort of
statesmanship.
No Pension for Officehofr'srs.
A proposal to establish a civil pen
sion list in the city of New York, to
be maintained out of a fund raised by
taxation, is being seriously di-cussed
and there is danger that it may be pro
vided for by law. The scheme has
been indorsed by Comptroller Grout,
who says he thinks it would improve
the public service. If this idea pre
vails in New York it will be cause for
regret, because it will set an example
that other municipalities may want to
follow. The proposal should be de
feated in the public interest, however.
The people of me United States are
not ready to establish a civil pension
list, nor should they be asked to con
tribute money for any such purpose.
There 8 no reason why any public of
ficial or servant in a civil capacity
should be pensioned, unless the pen
sion is provided out of a fund to which
ne and his associates have contributed
voluntarily.
The decline of the legislature has
been one of the most pronounced fea
tures of American public life ever
since the foundation of the national
overnment. Many of the colonial and
early state legislatures were quite re
spectable bodies and contained much
of the best talent of the country. It
has been thought by some reform rs
that modern legislatures might be
elevated to the standard of the old
ernes by raising the pay of their mem
bers, but he correc tness of this view
Is very doubtful. Probably the prin
cipal cause of the degeneracy of Jeg
islaturea is the lack of interest which
the public generally takes in their p-o-ceedings.
They have been over
shadowed by congress, just as state
issues have been overshadowed by
national issues. Since they do not
receive much popular attention, it
becomes constantly more difficult to
get able men who are ambitious to
acquire a reputation and make a ca
reer in public life to accept election to
them. In consequence their seats are
commonly filled by men of limited
ability and experience in public affairs
and by goods-box politicians and
"grafters." Kansas City Journal.
Two Months "on the Road."
What a remarkable "swing around
the circle" Is this western tour which
President Roosevelt begins on April
1 and continues, if nothing happens to
prevent, until June 5. If this program
is carried out the President will show
himself and find something to say in
several hundred towns located in nine
teen or twenty states and territories.
The physical strength required to car
ry through such an undertaking as
this is very great and no President
who lias preceded Mr. Roosevelt since
the days when railways have existed
has been equal to it. No President has
ever succeeded in showing himself to
so many of the American people as
Mr. Roosevelt will have done if he
shall succeed in making all the visits
and "calls" that are on his schedule
during the nine weeks after April 1,
1903. Some people will say that the
President is going on an electioneer
ing tour and it may be frankly admit
ted that he would not exert himself so
strenuously to meet the Western folks
if he did not hope and expect to be
the candidate of his party for the
Presidency in 1904.
Henderson in His Right Place.
From a fulsome eulogy oT ex-Speaker
Henderson by his private secretary,
published in an Easte rn periodical, we
learn that heroic figure quit the Con
gressional race last fall for the sole
reason that he could not and would
not indorse the Iowa idea. He was
not afraid of anybody oi of anything.
He simply could not. endure the
thought of living in the same slat?
with an idea that he abhorred. Mr.
Henderson will take up his residence
in New York as an attorney for one
of the trusts, in which place and in
which capacity he will not. he troubl?d
with ideas inimical to monopolies and
t a rift's peril a ps.
Abridging Freedom of Speech.
Miss Taylor, the war department
clerk, who was dismissed by Secretary
Root for speaking and writing critical
ly of the administration's policy in the
Philippines, has failed in her effort to
secure renstatement through the dis
trict courts, but will appeal her case.
This litigation may not produce re
sults so far as Miss Taylor is con
cerned, but it will serve for some time
to come as a reminder of that inter
esting period in Mr. Roosevelt's ad
ministration when he and Messrs.
Root and Long undertook with some
success to abridge freedom of speech
in the United States.
Depew's "Statesmanship."
Senator Depew recently read a care
fully prepared speech in favor of rati
fication of the Panama treaty. lie
took part in the debate, it appears, as
a railroad man rather than as a Sen
ator to assure the country that rail
road interests are not opposed to a
trans-isthmian canal, as has been so
often alleged, but are in favor of it
as calculated to stimulate all kinds of
course in the general increase of traf
fic. No doubt the roads will be more
benefited than injured by the canal,
but whether their managers generally
agree with Mr. Depew in this respect
is not so certain.
The Aping of Royalty.
A dispatch from Porto Rico informs
the American blic that Miss Alice
Roosevelt was met by Gov. Hunt on
her arrival at San Juan and "driven
to the palace, where she afterward
held an informal reception, and that
she would publicly receive a citizens'
committee the next day." etc. What
with palaces and princely receptions
in the "colonies" we are getting on
finely. The other day we read that
the President had been urged to make
a "progress' through the southern
states. We are becoming familiarized
with the stilted phraseology of roy
alty. Our Naval Expenditures.
Secretary Moody of the navy de
partment attributes the enormous ap
propriations for the increase of our
naval establishment to the cat and-dog
relations between the naval commit
tees of the two houses, and he glee
fully looks forward to still more bit
ter conflicts between them in the hope
that the result will be a navy along
side of which Britain's will be a mere
plaything. It is just possible that
American taxpayers will grow tired of
footing bills and not less tired of a
course not in the least calculated to
promote peace and good will on earth.
One Bill Worthy of Praise.
In the general criticism of the in
effectiveness of the so-called anti-trust
legislation passed during the late ses
sion it has been frequently overlooked
that there was at least one bill enact
ed which is likely to prove of public
benefit. This was the act authorising
the expedition of government cases
against combinations. Under its pro
visions whenever In the opinion of the
attorney general it is to the interests
of the country to press for a judicial
determination it is made possible to
have this class of cases advanced out
of their regular order of bearing.
John Hay's Bad Bargain.
John Hay has made a good many
bad bargains, but the one involving
the Panama canal is probably the
worst of them all. Just how bad It
is will be developed from time to time
as complications arise. No such col
ossal national enterprise was ever be
fore entered upon with so few safe
guards for the country which footed
the bills.
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
LatestQuotations from South -Oman
and Kansas City.
SOUTH OMAHA.
CfATTT.K Thert1 wa a very light run
f cattle, an.l h alt tlie pucker ia1 to
have a. few cattle the market rule.J active
and strong from Mart to finuli, There
were corn para tlx ply few beef ntt-em In
the. yard an.l buyers started out early
and bid strong price for the deslrabla
grades. In n good many intUmices naleit
m-ere ma1e that looked 5fi 10c higher Shan
the same klndu brought yesterday. 'rh
light Hii.l handy welcht cattl there wer
Jn good conditio-; nhowe.1 t lie mom Im
provement. The cow market wan als
active and jUronger and the better Kal-H
could he o noted , higher. The good
handy weight helfr and also handy
weight cows that were Rood and fat wel i
picked up l:i a hurry. All kind of cow. -4
and heir.-r. though, with the exception
of ;tiir.'ir. Hold to heller advantage thu;i
they did i-P.-U-fdHV. liull.-i veal mIvp
iii-I stags all sold at fiillv mm im,o.1 oi Ices
as were p.ii.l ye.st t day. Tiieie were v ry
few blockers and feeders in Die yaids.
and as t!io end of the week i ul h.md
the demand whs mod :it(. A ny t liir.;:
strictly choice would probaidy have s M
readily at steady prices. Imt the c-unnicn
and fair to good Ulr.ds were rather neg
lected, and. ii anything sold a shucla
lower.
J IOCJS There was not a heavy run i
hogs, but as ot !-: markets wer: u.:ot.--l
lower prices her- al:j took a tumble. Tie;
market was slow in opening ue l the Hist
sales were generally yt 10 lower tli-in y s
terday s average. As tr imii'iiinx tvl
vanecd the marl: et seemed to weaken,
at d by the ;ini - h;:lf of t::e h g i 1
changed ban J buyers were Wd.llr.g g
erally a dime lowe:. The light wel-;!it
hogs sold mostly from $7.lL to $7.11. Me 1
ium weights from $7.10 to $7.2." and so u
heavy htt3 from S7.'.'0 to. $7. XV
SHKKX' Choice wester:) 1.- !s, $:.".
I fair to g-)od lambs, ;",7. CO 'i T.2."; ch S
Colorado lambs. i.'St'a 7Xi; choice light
weight yea! lings. Si;.4C1'.7j; choice heavy
yearlings. $3.7oi H.27j : fair to g iod year
lings. :.Sn;xM; choice wethers. $ij.o,"ii)
ti 40 ; fair lo good. S i..V.ri O.OO ; choice t-vves,
VkITi'iiT,.';,; fair to good ewes, $li7'i.V:r.;
eeder lambs. Si.Vi'ii ;.'S: feeder carliiu;s.
i!.r.1.7.": feeder wethers. $l.'0'i4.t;;; feed
er ewes. $::.)'l'(i:;.r;ii; clipped stock sells
about Ztjv lower than wool', d stuck.
KANSAS CITY.
CATTi.i:-c 'urn cattle .steady to 1'je
nigiier: (jitum tit i ne stuff strong; cows
and heifers steady; stackers and feeders
steady to lower; choice export ami
dressed beef steers. $i. :(( :.'2; fair to
good. $::.i;K. l..V; stockers and feeders.
2."r 1.70; western led steers. $:',.MiZM ;
Texas and Indian steers. $;:.7.Vi4.."0; Texas
cows, $J..t(i::.4."i; native- cows, ?'i.0o' 4.'-0;
native heif rs. ;..Vfr4.70: canners. $l.."o''t
2.4.1; bulls. $2.:5.Vi::.00; calves. $l.:,Witi.lZ.
' 1 iOCIS Weak to .", lower: top. 7.1'a:
bulk of sal-s. $7.i:71.2'a7.40: heavy. $7."2'."c
7.4."-; mixed packers. $7.2.V 7.10; light.
$7.'MXa7.27'2; yurkers, $7.2i't7.27j; I'iiJs, J-i.M
i7.1o.
SHKKP ANI I.AMIJS Market steady;
native iambs, $3.Wftl.o0; western lambs.
$.".7.1 9.M; fed rwes. t l.ujftfi.CW ; native
wethers, $4.7.V!;.3); Texas clipped sheep.
i.WnT,.; stockers and feeders, l.Wi l.S'.t.
holijCt; Ain20olt2i71o.hh ogcxvhObeatje7,oq
WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL.
Towns Along the Elkhorn Road Get
Mail Facilities.
WASHINGTON The general super
intendent of the railway mail service
Fridav advised Senator Millard's sec
retary that in response to a petition
filed by the senator before leaving
Washington from citizens of Neligh,
Antelope county, urging that addi
tional mail service be forwarded to
that office by the Chicago & North
western railroad freight train No. 2,
and also that dispatch therefrom be
arranged by train No. 2S, the matter
has been looked into, and it has been
found possible not only lo arrange for
the additional exchange desired by the
postofiiee at Neligh, but also to fur
nish a like supply for tlie postoffice at
Oakdale, O'Neill. Atkinson and Stuart,
all of which are on the same line of
railway.
The secretary of agriculture will
leave Washington April 16 for a tour
of the southern states. He goes first
to Starksville, Mass., where he is to
address the students of the agricul
tural college of Mississippi. He will
visit Clarksville , Tenn., and Macon,
Go., and thence go to Louisiana and
Texas. Upon his return he will ar
range a tour of the northern and
middle western states to visit experi
mental stations of the department.
Sons Take Father's Place.
CHICAGO At a meeting of the
board of directors of Swift & Com
pany resolutions were adopted ex
pressing the sense of loss in the re
cent death of C. F. Swift, the presi
dent and founder of the company. F.
C. Swift of Boston was elected chair
man of the board; L. F. Swift of Chi
cago, president of the company, and
E. P. Swift of Chicago vice president.
Threatened to Lynch Trainmen.
CHICAGO, 111 Walter Kruger, aged
8 years, was killed and his 10-year-old
sister, Ella, who was leading him, was
fatally injured by a rapidly moving
Wentworth avenue car Friday night.
Patriotism Against Canal.
COLON Alexandria Orellac, one of
the ministerial congressmen for the,
isthmus, is opposing the Panama can
al treaty on the ground that it is bet
ter to suffer poverty than indignity.
He says Colombia should do its ut
most to facilitate the opening of the
canal, but patriotim rejects the sale
of a single foot, and scorns to allow a
foreign government to exercise its ju
risdiction over territory received as
a free legacy.
National Art Theater.
NEW YORK The committee ap
pointed in February to formulate a
plan for the endowment of the Nation
al Art theater project has announced
that the plan is the formation of a
corporation such as the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, in which membership
and not stock shall control. Subscrip
tions are to be solicited. Andrew Car
negie and other wealthy men will sub- 4
scribe. No subsidy is expected from
the government
THE IMPRESSIONS OF A WOMAN.
What a Woman Says About Western
Canada.
Although many men have written to
this papr regarding the prospects of
Western Canada and its great possi
bilities, it may not be uninteresting to
give the experience of a woman set
tler, written to Mr. M. V. Mclnnes, the
agent of the government at Detroit,
Mich. If the reader wishes to get
further information regarding Western
Canada it may be obtained by writing
any of the agents of the Government
whose name Is attached to the adver
tisement appearing elsewhere in this
paper.
TJae following is the letter referred
to:
Hilldown. Alberta, Feb. 5, 'OS.
Pear Sir 1 have been hero now
nearly five years, and thought I would
write you a woman's impression of
Western Canada in Alberta. There
are several ranchers in this district
who, in addition lo taking care of
their cattle, c arry on farming as well;
their herds of cattle number from 1U0
to L'UO or :;i)0 head, and li;e out
all
winter without any shelter than
poplar bluffs, and they come in in
spring in good order. Most of
ranchers fed Iheir cattle part of
time, aliout this time of the year.
I have seen the finest fat c attle I
the
the
the
the
but
ver
saw that never got a peck of grain- -only
fattened on the gras. You see
I have learned to talk farm since I
came here? farming is the great busi
ness here. 1 know several in this
district who never worked a day on
'.he farm till they came here, and
have done wcdl and are getting well
off.
I think this will be the garden of
the Northwest some day, and that day
not very far di.stant. There has been
a great change since we came here,
and there; will be; a greater c hange. in
the next five years. The winters are
all anyone could wish for. We have
very little snow, and the climate is
fine and healthy. Last summer was
wet, but not to an extent to damage
crops, which were a large average
yield and the hay was immense - and
farmers wore a broad smile accord
ingiy.
Wo have ge;oel schools, the govern
ment pays 7o per e-ent of the expense
of education, which is a great boon
in a new country. Of course churches
of different denominations follow the
settlements. Summer picnics and win
tor concerts are all well attended, an el
as much, or meire, enjoyed as in the
Eas-.t. Who would not prefer the pure
air of this climate with its broad acres
of fine farms, its rippling streams, its
beautiful lakes, its millions of wild
flowers, its groves of wild fruit of
exquisite flavor, its streams and Jakes
teeming with fish and it:; prairies and
bluffs with game, to the crowded anel
stiff state of s-'ocjety in the East. I
would like to go home for a visit
some time, but not to ge there to live,
even if presented with the best farm
in Michigan. Beautiful Alberta, I will
never leave it. And my verdict is only
a repetition of all who have settled in
this country. This year I believe will
add many thousands to our population.
And if the young men, and old men
also, knew how easy they could make
a home free of all incumbrance in this
country, thousands more would have
settled here. I would socner have 100
acres here than any farm where I
came from in Michigan, but the peo
ple in the East are coming to a knowl
edge of this country, and as they do,
they will come West in thousands. All
winter people have been arriving in
Alberta, and I suppose in other parts
as well, which is unusual, so we ex
pect a great ruth when the weather
gets warmer.
Wo have no coal famine here. Coal
can be bought in the towns for $2 to
according to distance from the mines,
and many haul their own coal from
the mines, getting it there for SO cenLs
to a dollar a ton. Very truly yours,
(Sinned) Mrs. John McLachlan.
Two Vanrevels are better than one.
When You Buy Starch
buy Defiance anil get the best, Vi or., tor 10
cents. Once ueed, always used.
The Largest Ballroom.
The biggest ballrejom in the world is
not at any European court, but at Gov
ernment house, Melbourne. At the
time it was designed the architect
consulted the governor of the period
as to its size. "Do 5011 know any
thing about ballrooms in other parts
of the world?" asked the governor.
"Only the one at Buckingham palace."
replied the architect. "Then build
our ballroom a third bigger than that."
said the governor, in lordly fashirjn.
Melbourne folks may be proud of their
huge ballroom, but it is a costly lux
ury to be governor.
Disappearing Glaciers.
Last week the federal government
of Switzerland made known the result
of a year's observations on a matter
of great interest to tourists the slow
but steady wearing away of the gla
ciers. Special attention was directed
to the glaciers of Valais. anel here it
has been ascertained that twelve have
decreased by three to sixteen meters,
the latter figure having reference to
Findelem. in Zejmatt. On the other
hand, a glacier in the Rimplon has
grown in size, while another at Zan
euron has increased by twenty-four
meers.
A Farmer's Good Story.
Velpen, Ind.. April 6th. -Wm. O'B.
Sullivan, a highly respected farmer of
this place, tells a personal experience
to show that there is still some genu
ineness and honest worth to be met
with in this age in which so many
frauds are reported.
"Yes, I have been humbugged," said
Mr. Sullivan, "and when I was so ill
with the Rheumatism, Kidney and
Heart Trouble, I used- a good deal of
stuff that claimed to be remedies for
these diseases only to find them worth
less. "But, as you know, I did find the
genuine remedy after all and I had not
been taking Dodd's Kidney Pills very
long before I knew that they were an
honest remedy that would do all and
more than was claimed for them. They
cured me, made a well man of me and
I am now as sound as I ever was.
"I can testify that Dodd's Kidney
Pills are a genuine remedy for Rheu
matism and Kidney Trouble."
We often do more good by our sym
pathy than br our labors. Dean Far-rar.
Next to Laving wlfdnm yourself Ii
the ability to profit by the wisdom u'
others.
Tho Beit Results In Starching
ran t obtained only !y oIiik I)Hflanea
March, l-a-dde getting 4 or., morn fur naiii
luouey no cooking required.
It Is not enough to be Indunt rloun ;
so art the ants. What arc; you indus
trious about? Thoreau.
LIVE STOCK BREEDERS.
Attention In called to the advertise
ment of the Lincoln Iniortlng Horse
company. They have a large number
or imported black Perclierems. Eng
lish Shires and German Coach stal
lions which they are offering a special
iiKliiceinent te buyers In the way of a
discount of 20 per cent. This com
pany has been In business in Lincoln
for slxt-cii years with tin larg-st
and most conve nient barns in the Uni
ted Slates; one barn costing over $l.
000. They own their own plant and
their guarantees and statements an'
well fortified, both financially and
morully. This Is a tare chance to buy
a liii-l -class stallion at a low price.
Visit 1 1 1 i r barns or vville- them at
o!ie-e
The
itie t i-ii:
row.
li.-elia 1 ge of every duly tii-lay
es tin- oppoi t titiil ies ol touior-
II' VOIt I NK MALI. Itl.111
(i I'.ed ( 'iosk Hull llhie, t lie Ixvit Itnll llluo.
Lurgo .. pucknj.'0 ouly i-eiitn.
When a
inanity he
e-nd of bis
man loses nil faitii
may be hjild to be
journey.
in
at
lltl
the I am sure Plso't Cure for Con umptlon arl
IT) V 1 if e three years iifO. Mrv Thiih. K BHM4.
Majj'e Slrc-ct, No. wli-h. N. Y., I-'i-ti. 17, I'AW.
A new broom swee ps -l-an.
Goeid
manners
are 11 putt ef g'Wl
eotll l.esv. A rehbi -.Ii -
morals and kind
i Whale ley.
To Cure ji Cold in One I.IT.
iiUrt I iimit-ivo JlroliH Outllilie 'I'lltflet s AU
dr.
rist- left! Hi i looney if it fiiilstceura. 'JjC.
StHiid up bravely to
fjnii thyself like a
a'Kci'ipi s.
nillicf ions, ari l
num. Tluwin i
t
Defiance Starch
should tin in every LoiiscdioM, r.orin o grKtl,
lslden 4 .. more for 10 e:ents tlj.-oi any
othe-r brand of cold wite r htureli
If we will lake- tie- gond we tin I.
asking no epiestious. we shall have
heaping m-asiires. The great g'fM
are not. by analysis. Everything -.''hi t
is on the highway. Emerson.
I.).
tMtRSON'S
10 CENTS.
DHSJUl"?
HEADACHES.
PAINfANOUISH
A MUSTERING
ANBELTHOU:
SoD vRYMfREl
PHHE WANT YOUR TRADE
You can buy of us at whole
sale prices and save money.
Our 1,000-page catalogue tcll3
the story. Wc will send it upon
receipt of lo cents. Your neigh burs
trade with us why not you ?
Ti n Vnn-J th::t tc'K tdn f-
J niw-lil.lil1iDL1w
THE LloCOLM importing horse compact
LINCOLN, M'n.'t.ttK.
PlacK Percucioas,
Shires.
I and
ip V.UH German Coachers
K ' -.rrr- v?0 Per Cent 0!T ,ar
" Next Thirty dyt
A saving of $200to $300on-ii"h S. ajiton.
These arocold-blooded facta. Wepay
buyer's railroad fare to Lincoln nel rrtura.
Come and n at once and pet a winner.
Barnt and Office. C3d and Hoiaj ltrt.
LenOis.Tl.67S. A. L. SULLIVAN. Mft.
and
FREE TO WOMEN I
To prove the he-alinr and
Cleanalng- power of Fax tin
Toilet AntlaptU we will
mail a Iskrgt trial pae-ka4
with book of l3tru-tloo
absolutely frra. Thl U not
a tiny sample, but a larie
packajre. f-nousrn to cou
vinc! anyone? of it ralue.
Women all over the country
are praKing I'axtine fur what
it hs done tn local treat
ment of f emml A Ilia, rurinr
all inflammation and eiic barren, wonderful a a
cleansing vaylnl douche, for sore tbrout. nal
catarrh, as a mouth wuia and to remove tartar
and whiten the U.-eth. feend today; a pota! carl
wiil d.
-old hTrirncirMrsoraent postpaid by a. BO
cent. Irg box. Mmt lrciloii (lurcut-tu.
XML It. t'AXTUN CO., Itostuu, Alas.
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