r Vi JL TOO MANY GRABS BY TRUSTS The revised Dingley tariff bill will not raise revenue sufficient to defray the expenditures of the Government This too in spite of the dip into inter aal revenue made by the Republican members of the Senate Committee on Finance That is the opinion of tariff sxperts -who have been carefully studying the new schedules since the bill was reported to the Senate The nly recourse left say the experts is io go deeper into internal revenue The Republican leaders expect to get from customs revenue the first year about 200000000 and from internal revenue an increase of 40000000 To bacco and cigarettes are expected to produce from 15000000 to 20000 D00 beer 15000000 and tea 9000 W0 Those who are well posted as to the money derived from customs revenues Seclare that the bill will not produce anywhere near the figures named by Ihe Republican members of the finance Committee Instead of pro ducing an increased revenue from the start the bill will hardly come up to the present law for the first year be cause of the extraordinary concessions to the great trusts To offset the prodigal way in which Republican campaign obligations are repaid in the bill now pending a ber of Senators on both sides of the chamber are seriously discussing the adoption of the proposed anti trust amendment which provides that all ar ticles controlled by a trust shall come In free of duty until the trust shall have ceased to exercise this control In this way the Hanna ante election compact wTith the syndicated trusts may be made ineffective At least the people who pay the taxes would not be compelled to bear all of this political iMirden The Sugar Schedule The debate in the United States Sen ate over Senator Allens resolution re lating to Chapman the contumacious broker showed that even so reckless and vitriolic a tongue as Senator Till man usually plies in that august coun cil may become an instrumentality for good Not that Tillman threw any real light upon the culpability of speculat ing Senators but his speech will show to the country that the charges of traf ficking in sugar stocks by Senators who were in a position to gain inside infor mation about the revised schedule are -of sufficient definiteness to be touched upon in the course of a discussion up- -on the floor of the Senate jp vATo a mind untutored in the techni calities of tariff computations the re vised schedules as they came from the Senate committee were unintelligible and mystifying but the fact that the market jumped immediately and that certain Senators were credited with handsome earnings on the advance is regarded as the best of evidence that the sugar trust fared exceedingly well in the construction of the new sched ules as it was predicted it would It is impossible to fix the guilt of men who wouldso shamefully prostitute their exalted position as the futile in vestigation of two years ago proves hut the taunts and intimations of a Tillman will serve to arouse the senti ment of the country in a way that may prompt respectable and highminded members of the Senate to kill a section of the tariff bill that seems to be so tainted with roguery and corruption The whole country should bring a pres sure to bear upon the Senators that will avert a repetition of the disgrace ful scandal of 1S94 Detroit Free Press Unwisely Shnttinsr Their Eyes Some of the protective statisticians have set themselves at work to prove 1hat the exports of pig iron steel rails and other of the rougher iron products from the United States to Europe are not only small in relative amount but of accidental occurrence These ex perts could more profitably employ their time in endeavoring to prepare Ihe way for new conditions The ante diluvian who stood with his umbrella shouting to Noah that it wasnt going to be much of a shower not only lost caste as a prophet but he lost his um brella and his identity Philadelphia Record Iowas Corrupt Legislature Two things have been strongly de veloped at the extra session of the Leg islature One is that the administration of State affairs has been extravagant and corrupt The other fact developed is that the Republican State machine and the Republican State leaders are absolutely under the control of certain large corporate interests and its and their reinstatement in power simply means power of attorney to govern the State given to the select circle of cor poration attorneys and corporation lob bvists Des Moines Leader A Struggle Between Hichwaymcn Experience has shown that no tariff bill levying taxes for private purposes can be constructed by any committee without the committees being held up by selfish interests that threaten to smash things if they are not appeased Under such circumstances the fight degenerates into a free-for-all in which the strongest highwaymen get the big gest prizes Louisville Courier-Journal The Sort of Protection Needed Sugar refining is one industry which certainly Is not in need of government al protection It Is controlled by such an aggregation of wealth and of busi ness power that the only protection called for is the kind which will protect the people from the unfair exactions of the sugar company That can be se cured by making an open field Kan sas City Star Ex Senators as Lobbyists The lobby of ex Senators is growing in size and boldness of operations For some years these former members of the upper house who have set up in business in Washington with their prestige and special privileges as a stock in trade have led all the lobbies in daring ventures and their services have been generally recognized and handsomely rewarded by the various interests that seek to secure favorable legislation by the particular methods known best to members of Congress and hence to retired statesmen Wash ington Star Tea Tax for the Barons Benefit Knowing that the tariff rates de manded the favored manufacturers will cut down Importations and reduce the revenue from customs the Republi cans propose to eke out the revenue by taxes on the breakfast table The tea tax represents an Increase of the peo ples burdens for the support of the Government in order that the tribute levied on the people by the tariff bar ons may not be cut down St Louis Republic No Revenue from Hitch Tariff The Senate seems to have learnea intuitively what Dingley did not know that it is nonsense to speak of a pro tective tariff as one for revenue and that just in proportion as a tariff be gins to be really protective it ceases to be a revenue producer When the new bill goes to the conference committee the country will have an opportunity to see whether Congressman Dingley is too old to learn Detroit Free Press Driving Away Canadian Trade This country exported 62574004 of goods to Canada last year and import ed 37353317 This neighborly trade has grown to fair proportions under the Wilson tariff law but the majority of the people voted last fall against encouraging foreign commerce and the Dingley protection wall will shortly checkmate the abominable traffic across the border Indianapolis Sen tinel McKinley and Currency Reform The country should at once have some assurance that the administration is in earnest in its desire for monetary reform As things are now everyone is coming to think that the Republicans can see nothing and think of nothing but tariff that they have the opinion that the only thing in the way of legis lation that can be done to improve in dustrial conditions is to put more taxes on certain articles Indianapolis News The Paternalists Sole Idea It is not surprising that a party that has taught the doctrine of government protection and paternalism so long should at last come to view the gov ernment only as a great reservoir from which favorites are to be rewarded The thought that the reservoir must be replenished by the people does not of ten enter the Republican noddle Utl ca Observer Political Potpourri If Dingley continues growing in un popularity at the present rate it will not be long before his name can be used as a deadly epithet Kansas City Times A man who would not dream of re sorting to rascality or felony for him self or even for his church will some tlmes wade into trickery and crime up to his neck for his political party Minneapolis Tribune The advance of 3 a share in sugar trust stock on the day that the Senate tariff bill was reported is perhaps all the comment that it is necessary to make on the sugar schedule of that measure Providence R I Journal In the Senate discussion on the Chap man case yesterday Mr Allen spoke of the Senate as representing 70000000 people While this is true it is also true that the gentlemen whose cases are behind the Chapman case represent 70000000 and the pull on both sides seem to be about even New York World The first requirement of national commerce is to have something to sell which meets the demands of the age in utility and superior workmanship the next is to let other nations and espe cially those deficient in these lines know it the last is to be an intelligent buyer in foreign markets Portland Oregonian The population of the United States is now nearly double that of the Brit ish isles yet notwithstanding the dis parity in natural resources the com merce of Great Britain is more than double that of the United States The4 British coax trade to come to them the United States repel trade by hostile tar iffs as if It were a plague phia Record Private interests can get the ear of Congress without difficulty and can se cure the active support of politicians in their campaign for higher taxes for their benefit But when there is a great cause in which the people of the whole country are deeply interested its repre sentatives are told nothing can be done until it is known whether or not there is to be a tax on hides Public busi ness is sacrificed to private greed In dianapolis News EDUCATIONALCOLTJHN NOTES ABOUT SCHOOLS AND THEIR MANAGEMENT Obediencei Politeness Punctuality and Application Should be Taught Pupils Children Can Be Trained to Sit Still Teach These Things Obedience Many teachers fail com pletely in this important thing How sad it is to see a boy or girl who failed to learn this essential lesson from their first teacher mother pass through school without learning obedience We shudder for such a one when we re member that life is no idle dream but a solemn reality for how hard it is for one to live right and successfully with out first having imbibed this great les son By all means teach obedience Impart it in such a way that it will be a part of every pupil Having reached this point some may ask for the best method Let me say that teachers must always treat their pupils not as subjects but as persons having rights but when you make a re quest or command see that it is com plied with at once Coercion may be necessary sometimes but the incentive to do right when rightly presented to their minds will cause them to obey When one has learned the lesson of obedience well he is one third of the way to success Politeness Of course we all realize the importance of being polite to every one at all times But pupils are inex perienced and if we fail to stress and explain politeness to them we are fall ing far short of our serious duty If we will only emphasize the very es sence of politeness in our teaching both by mood and deed we will have discharged fully the obligations rest ing upon us and will have prepared for the future those who are more apt to succeed than if this essential thing had not been neglected Punctuality This is something we all know is important but how many fall short in their teaching by not training their pupils to be punctual In my opinion many sins of omission are committed in the teaching of this essential to live rightly Teachers the eyes of our pupils are upon us they look with admiration or disgust The former if we are always on time and require them to be the latter if we are sometimes late and sometimes ahead and do not fulfill our engagements on time Be prompt and thus shofa the importance of punctuality and -the proper use of time Application Yes I say we must teach our pupils to apply themselves If they are not cautioned on this line they will idle away much useful time and if the teacher has any duty it is to direct the pupils under him into the proper disposition of time A pupil who has finished school and does not know how to apply himself cannot live successfully and therefore his educa tion fails in its important end Nine time sout of ten the teacher is to blame and will be held accountable for it There is much responsibility in teach ing and we ought to be very careful to prepare pupils to live successfully and when as teachers we perform our whole duty we have clear consciences which makes us feel satisfied and then too we may have many pleasures to offset the hard trials that naturally arise in our paths It is certainly a consoling thought that we are able to live in the work that we have done and the brittle cord of life is broken and we are called to meet our God Let us be inspired to higher things dear teachers and with helmets on and swords unsheathed enter the thickest of the fray with victory as our watch word and never cease giving battle until the great enemy ignorance is banished from our country We teach ers must in a large measure wage this warfare for a majority of parents seem to be negligent in the matter or not yet awakened to the importance of prompt action So we must drive ig norance out and thereby elevate so ciety and bless mankind If every teacher in this broad land of ours would drill deep into the very being of their pupils these four essen tials named obedience politeness punctuality and application with oth ers mentioned it would not be long before a mighty reformation would take place in the ranks of lawlessness and discontent and a diligent search for truth justice and good order would ensue prosperity with its manifold blessings would then smile upon us for our government would be advanced and our people made happy Educa tional Exchange State College Vermont New Hampshire Massa chusetts Rhode Island Connecticut New York New Jersey Delaware Maryland Florida Utah and Wash ington do not furnish State aid to col leges not counting agricultural and technological institutions There are in this nation forty State colleges some States having more than one Yet the 32000 students in all these colleges make up only about one fifth of the total number of students in all the col leges of the country Minnesota edu cates the largest number 3014 at State expense Michigan being next with 2575 then California with 2400 followed by Wisconsin with 1600 Ne braska with 1506 Iowa with 1300 and Illinois with 1100 Tuition fees are charged in only six States the fee in North Carolina being 60 in South Carolina 40 in Iowa 25 in Missouri 20 in Oregon 10 and in South Da kota 9 They Can Sit Still A child cannot sit still and ought not be required to sit still Now just read that A child cant sit still If the writer of that paragraph will give one afternoon some fine da3 to the writer of this he will find out not only that a child but a whole roomful of them can sit still Its all nonsense tills idea of having a noisy school All that is nec essary in keeping still is to have the children sit in position That means that every little tot shall have both feet on the floor with toes in line his little hands behind him to keep them out of mischief and a sharp eyed teach er at the desk with a good big stick A child cannot sit still Well did you ever The writer of that should give his physiological attention to the apperception of the apperceiving con cept in the childs mind in the presence of the sense perception occasioned by the vibration of the sensory cells when hi the presence of the stick and the school teacher when he says that a child cant sit still well he is trusting to his imagination rather than to his tory for his facts Colorado School Journal Laws of Teaching There is no school unless the father the mother the teacher and the pupil keep school together Know thoroughly the subject to be taught and explain to the pupil why you teach it Gain and keep the attention of the pupils Excite their interest In your teaching use language that your pupils understand Begin with the known go by easy steps to the unknown Take the whole class with you Excite self activity in the pupils and lead each to discover truth Show the class how to study In each lesson let a halt be made and then have pupils fix points already made the conclusions reached and the premises upon which the conclusion is based The teaching must touch the whole nature of the child and stimulate to habits of work of silence of obedience honesty and truthfulness Three fourths of education is a habit of work J M Greenwood in Midland Schools Better Whistle than Whine As I was taking a walk I noticed two little boys on their way to school The smaller one stumbled and fell and though not much hurt he began to whine In a babyish way not a regular roaring boy cry as though he were half killed but a little cross whine The older boy took his hand in a kind fatherly way and said Oh never mind Jimmy donf whine its a great deal better to tie And he began in the merriest way a cheerful boy whistle Jimmy tried to join the whistle i cant whistle as nice as you Charlie said he my lips wont pucker up good Oh that is because you have noc got all the whine out yet said Charlie But you try a minute and the whistle will drive the whine away So he did and the last I saw or heara of the little fellows they were whistling away as earnestly as though that was the chief end of life Early Dew Human Ashes at Auction The ashes of a human being were sold in the urn at an auction in Brom berg Germanjr a few weeks ago They were sold without reserve and were obtained by the highest bidder for 375 The highest bidder was not of the dead mans kin but he carted away the mortuary urn and its contents to his home with appropriate care and solemnity The ashes which were sold without reserve were those of Albert Arons He founded a banking busi ness in Bromberg fifty years ago and about ten years ago having accumu lated all the money he cared for he moved to Berlin He left a man named Muller in charge of the bank and when he died four years ago the busi ness in accordance with the will went into Mullers hands His last request was that his body be burned and the urn containing his ashes be set on the shelf in the office of the Bromberg bank His request was heeded his ashes rested in the place where he had been active for forty years One year ago Mulle diec The bank became in volved in difficulties The business was wound up and the office furniture was advertised to be sold at auction in obe dience to an order from the courts With the furniture the ashes of Arons came under the hammer Philadelphia Times Intermarriage of Blood Relations With regard to deaf mutism says the Medical Press statistics show for the most part that the closer the degree of relationship between the parents the more numerous are the deaf mute chil dren born For example one marriage between an aunt and nephew produced three deaf mutes Four marriages be tween uncle and niece produced eleven deaf mutes twenty six marriages be tween first cousins produced thirty eight deaf mutes sixteen marriages be tween second cousins produced twenty eight deaf mutes forty seven mar riages between blood relatives pro duced seventy two deaf mutes These are important facts which leave no measure of doubt as to the influence of the intermarriage of blood relations in causing deaf mutisni But just iii the ssme way as consanguineous mar riages should be avoided so also should the intermarriage of persons tainted with hereditary disease be discouraged The Great Pyramid of Cheops The great pyramid of Cheops is the largest structure ever erected by the hand of man Its original dimensions at the base were 764 feet square and its perpendicular height in the highest point 448 feet It covers four acres one rood and twenty two rods of ground and has been estimated by an eminent English architect to have cost no less than 165000000 Cowper was all his days overshad owed by the gloom of insanity BUYINtf FAEJI LAND DONT BE TEMPTED TO BUY TOO MUCH Prevailing Tendency Is to Buy More than Can Be Cultivated and the Farmer Takes on a Mortgage that Weighs Him Down Buying a Farm A great many men when they set out to buy a farm are tempted to buy three six or nine times as much land as they 2an handle They want a quarter sec tion for each member of the family or they want to play off as a farmer on a mammoth scale To carry out his plans he has only half as much money as he needs and he borrows enough to carry him through with the purchase at least He at once comes under mortgage for half the value of the land he has bought He begins in the new country at the bottom has no money to improve with or to pay hired help with He flounders in a desperate way until the end comes He has no money to buy fuel for the cold weather season and in case of a general failure of the crops he has no money to buy grain or other feed to carry his stock through the win ter We know of cases out West where men are land poor They own sections of land tracts so large that they can not work them It is choice land as need be but they cannot sell it They are tied to it We know of another case where a man had a strong notion of be coming the largest land owner in the world He bought land until his boun dary lines were counted by miles in length Then he went to farming He bought all the improved patent farm Implements that were known and left the most of them out of doors the year round This kind of farming resulted just as such farming always will re sult Huge fields of com left to go into the winter unhusked the regular fall work half done Another class of men must cut a re spectable figure as farmers and they buy a hah section or a section of land may pay for the whole or go in debt for a part of the purchase money The land may be first rate but the man has more land than he can work He can not more than about half farm the land he has undertaken to work He cannot keep down the weeds nor properly fer tilize his ground The hiring of help as wanted is very uncertain these days especially A speculator bujs S000 or 10000 acres of land in a good locality He is interested in having settlements made as fast around his purchase as possible He has bought with the calculation that the settlement of the country will make him a fortune The speculators land is usually offered at a strong advance on the price originally paid for it but on long time payments bearing a healthy rate of interest In this way a good many farmers have been drawn into trouble and some speculators have made money It is however the policy of the government of this country to have all lands sold in small holdings A man going into a new part of the country to buy a farm should make his calculation to buy just as much land as he can pay for and have enough money left to improve the purchase with He should have buildings of the right size and for all purposes and should have fencing of the right kind so stock could neither break in upon him nor break out After the farm is well fixed ev ery farmer should have a bank account of 300 to 500 which is far better than to have a mortgage to nurse from year to year How much anxiety and trou ble has the mortgage made We have seen it stated lately that the amount of public land outside of that which has been entered exclusive of Alaska is 600000000 acres Of course whatever the amount is the estimate takes in mountain hill and dale sand plain and every kind of worthless un productive land It will yet be a long time before all the land that is really desirable is taken up and put to prac tical use The Indian reservations when they come into market sell quick ly and they are all choice land Rural Home Dwarf Pears There is one great advantage of dwarf trees over standard They come into bearing earlier A dwarf pear for instance is produced by budding on a quince stock and matures sooner than if on a pear stock Dwarf trees should be pruned at the top otherwise they are liable to fall over More trees can be planted on given space than of stan daid size but of course each tree will not bear as profusely The yield is nearly the same per acre for both They are in high favor with many because pruning thinning spraying and gath ering fruit can be done so much more easily from small trees than from high ones Fruit Garden Fattening Calves The first question which a butcher asks about a calf offered for the sham bles is how it has been fed If it has been allowed to suckle the cow the calf Is In his opinion all right and will dress as well as it looks But this de pending on suckling though good for the calf helps to dry up the cow and to make her uneasy when the calf is taken from her The advantage of the suckling process is that the calf gets its food slowly and always warm The slowness with which the calf gets the milk and the muscular effort of the mouth required to get it mixes more saliva with the nutrition and insures better digestion But the owner of the cow may properly insist that the calf shall not run with its dam suckling a little every hour or two Give It two meals per day as nearly twelve hours apart as possible and the last few minutes milk the richest part of the milk the strippings Into a pall It is very rare that a calf will get from the udder all that the human hand will do It Is this retention of the pings In the udder that tends to dry cows so quickly when their calves suckle them Exchange Buying Sweet Potato Sets Most nurserymen and seedsmen aro glad to furnish sweet potato sets for planting They can do it too more cheaply than the average farmer who has no greenhouse can do it for himself More sweet potatoes ought to be grown by Northern farmers They need a warm rich soil By selecting a cloud7 day with probability of rain the sets will get rooted in a few hours and be fore the top wilts The home supply of sweet potatoes can as easily be grown by farmers as ordinary potatoes ex cept that it is cheaper and better to buy the sets each year as it is very dif ficult to keep the seed through the win ter until planting time Those whe have greenhouses divide the seed hi winter and may multiply the sets sev eral times over from each eye befora spring It is this multiplication of seta from single eyes that makes it possible to sell sweet potato sets so cheaply--American Cultivator Pekin Ducks and Water The Pekin duck is a very valuable variety but it has the reputation of nofl being hardy If left to swim all they will in cold weather the fowls will stiffen and become helpless We long ago learned that this variety needed less water than any other and will do well if only occasionally on warm dayst allowed sufficient water to bathe and wash themselves in If kept from water the Pekin duck is a valuable variety being very prolific and matur ing early Snbsoiling for Orchards In setting out trees of any kind it Is best not merely to make a wide deepi hole but to thoroughly subsoil all the land that the tree roots are expected toj occupy If this is done there will ber much less injury from dry weather tho first summer as the subsoiled earth makes the best reservoir for water irii time of need This subsoillng is irn portant for land to be planted with nursery stock and is commonly prac r tlced by the most successful growers Shorthorn Carrots The large coarse varieties of carrots most used for stock feeding are not so nutritious as is the shorthorn whlchi grows most of Its bulk near the surface or slightly above it As the shorthorn carrot can grow more thickly in the row it Is nearly as productive as the deeper setting -varieties and it Is also more easily harvested Five to six hundred bushels of the shorthorn car rot may be grown per acre This Is a paying crop at the usual price of this root Peas for Poor Soils There is no better way to fertilize poor land than to sow It with peasr using phosphate of lime to furnish the mineral fertility that this crop requires to perfect the seed It is not nitrogen which the pea crop most needs other than what the pea roots supply by dis integrating air in the soil and liber ating Its nitrogen But to form ther grain both lime and phosphate are re quired With these supplied the soil will grow richer every year Mineral Manures for Spring Crops To be effective mineral manures for spring and summer crops must be ap plied early They need some of the spring rains to dissolve the fertilizer so that the plant roots can make user of it Besides as weather and soil be come warm and dry there is less need of the fertilizer as the soil itself-releases more of its own fertility under such conditions Fine Seed Bed for Onions The roller is indispensable for prepar ing onion ground either for seed on sets That with a shallow cultivation to the depth of two inches will make a better seed bed than will deeper tillage If the soil is made friable deep down the onion may grow large but it Willi likely be thick necked and grow a crop of scullions Gooseberry Cnltnre I have the best success with goose berries that are not cultivated I use hard and soft coal ashes and cindersi as a mulch and find that the bushes If treat in this way are in every way su perior to those not treated with the cin ders I shall treat all my bushes both current and gooseberry in this man f ner as fast as I can get the cinders W B H Among the Poultry Peking ducks are good market f owls For large heavy fowls have thei roost low Dampness causes leg weakness im ducks The good layers are active and gen erally on the move Dry earth is a good material to scat ter under the roosts When a thrifty bird is fully maturedv it is easily fattened Early hatched well developed pullets make good winter layers Stale bread soaked in milk is a goodf feed for young poultry Thrifty vigorous one-year-old hens make reliable winter layers Cleanliness and good feeding are thet secrets of success with poultry On the average it will cost one dollar to keep a laying hen one year Leghorns and black Spanish lay eggs wlth the whitest shells of any breed Scald and allow them to stand over night In a place where they will notf freeze this is one of the best ways oft feeding oats to poultry It is natural for some breeds of try to moult lighter each year andj hence what are often taken for defects are only natural to the breed -St Loub Republic