Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE-THURSDAY MORNING MAY 12 1881.
THE. DAILY BEE.
E. ROSEWATER , EDITOR :
THE Boonor the republican caucus
drops George C. Gorham flre.TJetter
for its relations with the party.
THE railroad kings arc beginning to
discover tliat legislatures are more
easily purchased than the rivers.
THE assurance of health gained by a
system of sewerage will bo worth 20- ,
000 new residents to our city within
t n years. * t
THE president is taking the kink
RoBcoe's curl and.no one
. out of , appreciates
* - "
preciates it more than "tlie "Bcnator
from > 'ew York.
states that he does
not want to endanger the Land Bill.
Mr. Parnell is showing symptoms of
returning sense.
' Berenty-slxth , of the United
- ' HT ' 0 > E - ,
- Status senate does not equal one-third
of the government in the person of
the executive. " J. A. G.
THE Herald is afraid that increased
sewerage will invade its own peculiar
rights , The Herald has made a reput
ation as a slop carrier.
THE Inttr-Ocean discovered a cri-
tw during the Republican convention
List June. It nowannouncea another ,
Janies A. Garfielil is as able to deal
with the one as the other.
A PAULS dispatch gleefully an
nounces that the Kroumirsaro "back-
ting down. Tliis 'isjiroliably. because
they have been without any ally to
back thoin up.
IMPORTANT discoveries have been
made in the pyramids of Egypt. It
remains to bo seen what connection
ir this lias with S. J. Tilden's next can
didacy. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
MAXSACHUSKTTS lias pissed a law
compelling the removal of ncrecns and
blinds from doors and windows of
liquor saloons. Mu : > stichusctts liquor
sellers propose to try the effects of the
bluu glass euro for obnoxious laws.
fever is raging in Kew
York and tlie filthy streets remain tin-
cleaned because of a fight over politi
cal spoils at Albany. It won't require
an epidemic hero to convince our cit
izens of the necessity of sewerage.
* * * WHILE parliament is wrestling over
the provisions , of the land bill , the
Irish are quietly "packing up their
goods and emigrating to America.
Thirty thousand have landed in Now
York since March.
"You stroke my back and Til stroke
yours , " is the motto of the railroad
organs. According to the Republican
the country needs a number of papers
exactly lika the Inter Ocean. If the
-want * of the country are indicated by
the support -which the people give to
monopoly organs of the Jiepnlilican
* r"1" " * '
" and Inter Ocean stripe , neither the
0m Hi country or the republican party loudly
< demands any more of such alleged
journals.
THE Chicago Inkr-Oftan regards
not only the completion of the Henne-
pin canal , -which will connect the Mis
sissippi with the lakes , but also an extension -
tension of its line across tho'.siate to
Omaha as one of the possibilities of
the future. The suggestion is already
meeting with favo ? throughout the
state of Iowa' , and the Muscatino
Jbinm/ ( / lays down the following avail
' 08 able route for such an Iowa division
of the canal : "By a very short cut
- . through the bluffswest , of .Muscatino
Island the valley of the Cedar could
be reached by the canal , and. . thence
the valley of the English riverfront
winch the Skunk valley could bo
.of reached and followed till the valley of
the Des Moines bo reached and thence
by a comparatively easy route along
the Coon and some of its tributaries
. to a point of convenient : iccessto * Coun
cil Bluffs. " Xo 'doubt a canal
across.the.state of Iowa would bo
as formidable competitor to the rail
roads as tho.Erio canal and the lakes is
to the eastern trunk lines. Long be
fore this scheme Trill l > o executed , how
ever , we confidently oxpect' to see * t
Missouri river maintaining a fleet of
barges which will carry to St. Louis
find the gulf a large proportion of the
produce of the West at rates which
will leave our farmers a fair margin of
.A profit for their Labors.
THE DOANE LAW.
Jlr
Well , now the "Doane law will soon
RO into operation. Its first effect will
be , as The Republican luis shown by
the presentation of the case of Mr.
BLauchard , to deprive Nebraska of' hll
that great Black Hills and northwest
ern trade which is naturally tributary
to our st te. This will , bo felt from
ono end of Nebra kS to the other ; and
Iowa , Illinois and Chicago will reap
the benefits which nature meant to
confer upon Nebraska and Omaha.
Further than this it is not now neces
sary to go. Further complications
will present certain evidences of new
misfortunes. [ Republican.
The .constitution of 1375 * tnndo it. the
duty of the legislature to pass laws
prohibiting discrimination and
extortion by common car-
Jriors , TJila * jnandato of the
_ constitution twas wilfully violated by
I SI.10 ; every legislature until the last , whicli
was elected on the distinct issue of
railroad" regulation and olwdionco tft
' the constitution. From the opening
r * . aw day of the last session , Lincoln was
i filled with the attorneys and cappers
of the monopolies , whoso avowed purpose -
aUOH , pose was'to capture tlio machinery of
the legislature and persuade its .mem
bersto violate Uieir solemn oath of
obedience to the-constitutiou' .
The first attack of the monopolies
was on the speakcrship , and a desper-
' nte attempt -was made tb "foist a
SIB * irA ' " ' pliant tool of the .monopolies . upon the
lower house , hoping through his ma
nipulation of the committees * to prevent - -
vent all .action upon the question of
the hour. Tlie legislature may have
, been what tlieKept' Wfaui snecringly
calls a "Granger" IcgisLature , but it
refused to permit tlie .railroad capj > ers
* ' " -to pull the wool over their teyes and
A /rejected Church Howe by a round
bsit vote. - J" -
j In the senate Lieutenant Govcnipr
, J Cams had packed the , committees in
r -ff * the interests of ilife railroads , but that
body revolted against hia- , action 9&\\ .
' ' committee rail-
i 'appointed a special on -
read * , of Trliicli Mr Dowie was chair
man. Tliat committee perfected the
bill known as the Doane law , but the
fact is that Senator Van Wyck and
other members had as much to do with
it as ! Mr. Doane.
While this bill was being matured
in the senate , the railway managers
made personal appeals in open session
to the members of the Legislature
against all legislation relative to rail
ways. They conjured up all the inge
nious arguments and piled up a moun
tain of imaginary evils that would re
suit from any laws looking to the regu
tion of railways. In other words
they requested and advised
members of the legislature tc
violate their oaths of office
and become traitors to their constitu
ents. Had these railroad magnate ;
l > een disposed to comply with the re
inurements of the constitution , hai
they been dispoised to discuss the rail
roads and the people honestly , there
would have Iweii no dilliculty in fram
ing laws that would have been practi
cal , fair and just. That was not theii
purpose , however. Fair and equita
ble laws would not justify the flagrant
abuses to which the people liave been
subjected in this state by the peculiai
system which extorts money from our
producers to pay dividends
on watered stock , tolerates
favoritism and discrimination , and
destroys all competition by pooling.
After wrestling with this railroad ana
conda which had wotlnd it-j coils
around every vulnerable man in tlie
legislature , that body finally could
agree upon-only one bill to restrain
railways from continuing existing
abuses. That bill was the law framed
by the uncial railway committee , of
which Senator Doane was chairman ,
and which is now known as the
"Doane Law. "
The Doane bill simply prolubits
railways from discriminating against
individuals or communities in accord
ing special rates or rebates to favored
parties and exacting high tolls from
otherw. This bill also provides that
the charge for transportation shall not
l > e greater for a shorter distance than
for a longer one. This is literally the
language of the constitution of Penn
sylvania , and is now practically the
law of Illinois.
And now the railway managers
threaten to make this just law odious.
lld proclaim their iuten-
; ion to punish the people
ror demanding such laws. They say
: hat this Law will compel them to
raise tkeir through rates and in some
cases their local rates. This , theysay ,
will break up the jobbing trade of our
merchants. Xow these are the same
tactics which were played in Iowa
when the railroads sought to make the
granger laws odious and to pave the
way to bribing legislators enough
to repeal the granger Laws in part.
\Vb apprehend these tactics will not
win in Xobraska. Our people are not
made of that kind of bluff.
There is no reason why the rates
should bo raise * ! anywhere- this
state under the Doane law. Xothing
in that law prevents railways from
making any through rates they please
to points beyond the state , and that
through rate can in no way govern
their local rates. Under the law they
can charge the same rate from Grand
Island , Columbus or Fremont that
they do from Kearney , but they can
not make tlie rate higher. If the rate
From Sidney to Omaha is $100 the
: ompany , under the law , can charge
? 100 from Kearney , Columbus or
Elfchorn to Omaha , but they must not
iharge more than100. ; On the other
land , if the company charges S-5 a
air from Omaha to Fremont , it is an
mtrago to charge more than S25 from
) maha to Millard or Elkhoni , as has
> een done. If a car load of goods can
> e carried from Lincoln to Red Cloud
or SoO , no higher charge should be
nade for the same class of freight in
sir load lots from Crete , Sutton , Har-
rard , Beatrice , Hastings , or any other
learer point. They may charge the
< 50-'from Crete or even Hastings
f they see fit , but they
xmnot exceed the rate they cliargcd
* mm Lincoln to Red Cloud.
Thw cannot bo considered as op
pressive. It gives a great deal more
latitude to the railroad than the people
jught to submit to. It permits rail-
ivuys to fix their own tariffs , and
surely their present rates are high
unough for people "who have neither
special rates or rebates. This paper
luis no disposition to incite the people
to any aggressive conllict with
the railroads. "We have always
recognized the railroads as great com
mercial developers , and no system of
railways on the continent has been
inoro liberally dealt with by the nation -
tion aud the state tlian those of 2se-
braslsa. JJut if the railroads under
take tb'set themselves up as above all
laws , if they attempt to nullify the
law s by/arbitrary tariffs and obstruc
tion to commerce for the purpose of
making the laws odious , they may rest
assurcd that there will be an uprising
in the * state within the next eigh
teen ' "months that will impress
upon them the fact that they are the
creatures of national and state laws
subject to restraints and regulations ,
and tliat their exercise of the business
of public carriers is , a privilege con
ferred on them for the public good
and not intended as a despotic engine
of oppression and political domina
tion. '
BY ITS FRUITS.
To tlic Editor of THE BEE.
In answer to your editorial a few
days since upon Woman Suffrage , in
which was asked , why , if woman
would close the grog bhops by their
votes , do they not close them in
Wyoming. I would like to say that
they are not numerically strong
enough. As yet there are milone -
third as many v oman as men in the
territory , and that a great many of
the muMonaronf tlic frontier class ,
who , being addicted to drink , would
vote directly for the saloon. But- the
following testimony shows that their
influence , although it is of the minori
ty , is steadily and always for temper
ance and morality. In The Womans *
Journal of April 30th , 1881,1 find the
following words from Mr. T. P.
Bfockway , a lawyer , of Denver , who
delivered an address Iteforo the WeM
county , Colorado , "Equal Suflrago as
sociation :
"Six years I was a resident of Wyo
ming , and went there strongly pre
judiced against the measure. 1 be
came a convert almost before I knew
it. There was such a marked differ
ence between the order and quiet that
prevailed there upon election day and
the disgraceful disturbances tliatIliad
seei\ elsewhere tliat a fax-orable opin
ion was conveyed at once ,
"You ask , what is the influence of
equal suffrage in that territory ? I ask ,
what is woman's influence in the house
on society ? It is beneficiaL That same
refining , elevating influence is carried
into the political world that is experi
enced elsewhere. Though there are
many desperadoes and _ a number oi
that" floating , irresponsible class o !
men in Wyoming , and women are
greatly in the minority , yet they have
a marked effect upon the elections am
it is a well recognized fact at caucuses
that a man must be an upright mom
citizen and have a clean record in ordei
to have any cliance of success on elec
tion day.
"Wyoming is proud of her position
in this matter , and with a few cxcep
tions the workings of equal suffrage
are universally acknowledged to ad <
to the public welfare.
"There is a prejudice on the part o
men in regard to this matter , whicl
should be carefulh7 considered , am
that Is , the fear that the reverence
which all good men have for true wo
manhood , will be weakened if slu
enter the political world. This rcver
ence is born of the reinemberance o
the mother's self-sacrifice and love for
her children , but is it not strength
ened by the moral force she evinces
under all circcmstances. la politica
jM wer less .safe in her hands than ii
those of the men ?
"The ballot is power and the pos
session of it by women will bring ;
great moral element of society into
politics. "
Mrs. Stevens next"addrossed tin.
meeting , and I quote from her in re
gard to tempercnce candidates : "In
Albany county , of which Laramie is
the capital , every officer elected was a
strictly temperance man and of irre
proachable character. The same , witl
one or two exceptions , may be said o :
the candidates hist fall. Thus one o :
the first fruits of woman suffrage ii
\Vyoming is a decided civil service re
form. After six years experience ]
earnestly assert that nearly all women
vote , and the most womanly women
take the most active part in politics ,
and are the most unfailing voters.
Woman suffrage in Wyoming is an ac
complished fact , and the people art
proud of it. "
Such is the splendid testimony ol
these two residents of Wyoming , where
under the worst social conditions the
experiment luis been a great success.
Let mo ask in the words of a great re
former who lived over eighteen centu
ries ago , "Can a corrupt tree bring
forth good fruit ? "
MADAM CimtLTOx EDHOIM.
Mil. BHOOKWAY may bo eminent au
thority on woman suffrage in Wyom
ing , but we take it that General John
M. Thaycr , who was Governor of Wy
oming for nearly three years , is a good
leal better authority than an obscure
lawyer , who is doubtless ready
; o argue for or against any
proposition for a fee.
According to Ex-Governor Thaycr ,
woman suffrage has had no perceptible
effect on Wyoming politics , and the
claim tliat none but upright
moral and temperate men can
run for office in Wyoming his :
10 foundation in fact. Morality in
Wyoming is a trifle loose , and a good
deal lower than it is in the states. Not
a biugle saloon , gambling hell , dancc-
louse or brothel has been closed by
ihe female voters of Wyoming ,
and a majority of thorn , if report bo
Tile , wouidnotclosethem if theycould.
But women are la.rgo.ly jn the miu-
irity in Wyoming , and hence cannot
iiirify politics. How is it in Utah ?
There the women are largely in the
uajority. They liave the controlling
vote , and can , if they only
vill it , demolish P"Iy
j.uunj * and cmnicipato themselves.
3ut the women of Utah have not ouly
ailed to improve the condition gf their
ex but they have used the ballot
o sustain the polygamous Mormon
oligarchy. The truth is , married
vomcii , whether they have one hua-
> and or only a fraction of one , are
Icpcndont upon the father of their
children for support , and 'they
latumlly prefer domestic harmony
md seek to avoid all causes for do-
ncstic discord. When a woman has
confidence enough in a mane
o pledge him obedience and
onfido her whole existence to his
> rotocting care and keeping , tihe can
also afford to trust him with the dis
charge of politic.il functions and
luties whicli by reason of sex
he is frequently unfitted to discharge
Political distinction between the
exes is not an abridgement of
latural rights , but the recogm-
ion by human laws of the
eternal Laws of nature that have
endowed man with physical powers
md mental vigor , and woman with
ihysical beauty and intellectual rc-
inenicnt.
EnwAitn GALE , the English pede.v
rian , is about to levive the walking
craye in 2few York. We are afraid
Edward is a Gale which will blow no
good to any one but himself.
OMY one hundred of the foreign
consulships pay over 82,1500 a.yoar ,
and yet there are over 3,000 applicants
'or consular appointments. Ameri :
ms must bo horn diplomats.
y politicians predict that
lot Mahouo but the prohibitory li
quor movement is likely to split the
Solid South. Singular as it maj- seem
o the Omaha Herald , the Democracy
are becoming , in many sections of the
South , rampant prohibitionists.
Uniform and Fewer Hours of Labor ,
InuMreit'i WccMy ,
The Massachusetts Bureau of Labor
Statistics has embodied in its twelfth
annual report , recently issued under
he direction of Mr. Carroll D.
Wright , an exhaustive personal in-
liiiry into the hours of labor in tlie
: extilo factories of Now England and
Xew York , the effect of shorter hours
as far as adopted , and the feasibility
of a uniform adoption of such hours.
The detailed replies to questions on
: his subject , from employers and em-
tioyes , arranged in tabular form , ac-
: upy some fifty pages. Massachusetts
is the only ten-hour state in the east
ern cluster of textile districts , but the
iroduction per man , or per loom , or
spindle , is not less in Massachusetts ,
: han in the other states where longer
time is the rule , and the tables exhibit
10 reason wlvy the oiher five states
considered ( Vermont not being in
cluded in the inquiry ) should not
adopt the ten-hour system harmony
with Massachusetts , and with like
success.
It is impossible , says the repprt , to
convey any idea of the force of impres
sions received by personally hearing
Jiesauic questions responded to in
he same way , and almost in the same
auguago , by hundreds of persons who
are widely separated and speak - without
out knowledge of one another. A
singular statement Ls that there is evi
dently more sympathy with the oper-
itives on the part of the employers
, han the former are aware ; the onlv
explanation of this is tliat eacli milf-
owner feels powerless until a concur
rent action can be secured , and one
superintendent actually said that he
Lare not let his hands know his desire
or the ten-hour system , because , he
said , "if I did it would destroy me at
once , without my being able to serve
hem in the least. " Thiscannot mean
hat such feeling would produce in
subordination , if known ; if not used
unadvisedly , the language must mean
hat the speaker is in a mill committed
o long hours , and it is suggestive of a
yrannical something in our factory
system.
It is found that often , when the
manager has expressed his own view
and assumed to express that of his op
eratives also , in favor of long hours ,
on applying to the latter they have
promptly declared for the contrary ,
As to the probable eil'ect of shortened
time upon production , it is the belie !
of many that 'ten hours will elo a :
much or more. " A number of mill :
are cited which have reduced to tei
hours , and yet , paying the same wage ;
as in neighboring eleven hour mills
have found their product and theii
profit satisfactory , and , in their be *
judgment , not reduced by the change ,
The manager of a earpetmill , employ
ing 1,200 pel-sons , said that durinj.
certain seasons of pressure theeleveutl
hour had been added , the result beim
a material increase of production during
ing- the first mouth , after which "tin
help would grow listlens , the produc
tion would fall off , and the quality o
the goods deteriorate. " The Willi-
mantic Linen Company changed totei
hours two years ago , with the residi
of .1 considerable loss of produc ;
durinif the first six nionths-attribut
ed , however , equally to other causes
After this , the eleventh hour was stil
left off , wages remaining as before
and production exhibiting no loss
These two experiences , although ii
two opposite directions , give the saui <
testimony , which scorn to be that , al
though inaminato machinery may rm
on indefinitely , the animate machinery
cannot , and that when ten hours havi
taken out all there is in the operativt
to give for ono day , nothing more car
be got by prolonging tlie strain. Tin
mobt forcible narrative on this poini
is that of a manager whose cotton mil
when he took charge of it had buei
running thirteen hours , produchu
U0,000 yards of printed cloth pei
week ; but , haung persuaded the dir
ectors to allow a reduction to eleven ,
tlie weekly pmduction rose t <
IL'0,000 yards from tlie same machin
ery.
ery.Tho mill owners gimorally believe
that a reduction of time would reduce
the product , but tlic market would
soon readjust itself to this in prices ,
the increjuso being .so infinitesimal as
to not affect the consumer , while it
would nffset to the mills any decrease
in quantity. The argument , of
course , cannot be earned too far ; if
the mills can derive as much profit
from tun hours as from eleven , from
niiio as from K.-II , from eight as from
nine , an absurdity might bo reached.
But so long as reduction in quantity
of labor brings an equivalent mcren.su
of effectiveness , there eau be no dim
inution of product ; hence , shorter
time moans a boon to tlie operatives
without cost to tlie employer or to the
public. Tliat this proposition repre
sents what would bo found to bo the
fict ; is probably true , for in the lony
run the decrease in quantity through
time , as between eleven hours ami
ten , would be offbet by increased effi
ciency. This is attested by the al
most uniform expression in favor of
the reduction , provided it could be
made uniform.
Tlie objections raised are three ; by
the smaller mills , that the change
would destroy them ; by most mills ,
that it would gi\e more time and li
cense to the ill-behaved ; and that the
presence of the Canadian French is in
the way. The first is not well ground
ed , for inequalities could be no moro
against the Weak competitors than
now ; tlto second is a serious obstacle ,
but it is on u narrow scale an illu.stra-
UMII of the daiigerd liberty- , and jt
must be met by a determined rallying
of the better sort of operatives ; the
third resison is olio which may seem
strange to thos not aware of tlie char
acteristics of those people. They are
thickl } ' scattered over .New England ,
even agricultural Vermont having
[ earned to know them as possessing
the vices of a mongrel race. They are
ignorant , squalid , shiftless and pe-
culiiirly worthless , so much so , that tlio
"Canuck" jb a term of reproach. As
known in the factory States , they aw
"a horde < if industrial invaders , not a
atreain of stable .suttlurs. " Very pro
lific of offspring , they determinedly
Force thuir children into the mills with
them at an early age. Their mode of
life is low and squalid , iitul their one
good trait is that they work readily
md mechanically. Tn this the- are so
like the Cliinese , as well as in their
non-assimilating with other people , that
they arc called the Chinese of tlio At
lantic States. The point of the objec
tion on their account is , that mill-own
ers look upon them as fittest employed
when at work , and couv to rngatd all
operatives in the same light.
It does not alter tlie beauty and
ollectivoni'fls of any article , to the con
sumer , whether more or less of the
llood ) and bone of the workman have
one into it , and yet there is a ques
tion involved not only of justice but
of economic and social expediency.
Long hours for the adult inevitably
mean early work for tlie children ; it is
impossible to the pressure on from
rcauhing the other , and to save the
children from growing up into tie
ignorant , vicious , and stunted adults
whom a violation of natural laws ra-
respecting childhood produce's , is one
of the problems of our commonwealth.
It is idle , as wo have before argued ,
to expect to cure the costly disease of
crime in society by mainta.iiling pris
ons unless tlio .source whicli keep up
the criminals are to be reached and
dried up. The influences which
make or mar the children are those
which determine the men and
women , and there can be no
healthy society which devcw not
rest on fairly healthy foundations. It
i.s a platitude to s.ay that society can
not bo better than the individuals
composing It ; but it is so only because
true , and its truth implies thai the
liigest wisdom directs the improving of
the great majority to whom life is a
IH'oblcm , bocaiiKO so much work and so
little play. The dangerous classes are
not the professional criminals , but the
much Larger classes who work in ruts
from which they see no escape , Their
chief lack is hope. If tliat is supplied
; hem , they are encouraged to thrift
and discouraged from vice. It in tlio
discontent of thone great masses , who
just live and no more , which fieethea
under the surface and is roadyto catch
ip any impulse. The one hour which
s given them now , and the f"sisfrince
which the wisest and kh Vaest 'em-
itoyors render hi . . . ' .any other ways ,
are worth f P. ? more in the preservation
of good order than would be the build
ing of many now prisons , and the en
actment of moro punitive laws.
Census Report of the Industries.
The advance sheets of the report of
7. D. Weeks , special census agent on
: he glass industry of the country , fur-
_ iibh the ? most complete ! review of that
important manufacturing interest over
; ivei\ , and also exhibits a satisfactory
condition of growth and improvement.
As compared with tlio census returns
'or 1870 , there is an increase in mnn-
ier of establishments of nearly . " 0 per
CHint. , in capital emjmyed of about 50
> er cent. , and in value of product of
L < 3 j > er cent. It thus appears that the
latural result of expansion has been
ucreasod competition , bringing down
irico and making the gain in produc-
ion , as expressed in dollars and cents ,
mich It-ss than that in other items.
It should be said that the report
leals only with those establishments
n which glass is manufactured from
raw materials , and not those in which
nanufactureel glass is used as a materi
al , such as factories of painted or
stained gliss ; , mirrors , etc. The mau-
if.ature of glass is classified into : I.
'late-glass factories , making plates
or window-glass , mirror * , etc. II.
Window-glass factories , making cvl-
nder and sheet window-glass. Ill-
Glassware factories , making flint , leader
or lime glass , both ] ) lown and pressed ,
and Lamp chimneys' IV. Greeu-gLass
factories , making green and black
hollow-waro , druggists' bottles , etc.
Under each department are given
hrec tables , showing tlie total num-
> er of establishments in existence dur-
the number of tlio
,
ii" the census year
bre onis that wore idle , and the num
ber buildjng and not completed.
Takin" up the departments of tlie
ndustry0"1 * he order indicated by Mr.
Weeks , in is found that in the plate-
glass industry there arc six factories ,
with a capital of § 2,587,000 , employing
03 ( ! hands , working ten furnaces and
11(5 ( pots , using § 438,437 worth of ma
terial , paying 8292,253 in wages , and
turning out 8808,305 of products. Of
the six , one factory in Missouri was
idle during the year the active facto
ries being two in Indiana , one in Ken
tucky and two in Massachusetts. There
was one new factory building in Mis
souri last year , and one has been com
menced near Pittsburgh this year ,
neither of which are included in the
above statistics.
In the window-glass industry the
returns show a total of fifty-six facto
ries , with eighty-six furnaces and 7 17
pots , .employing a capital of ? 4,872-
15s , paving 3,890 hands an annual to
tal of"8i'.13i,53 ) ( ) wages , using 1- ,
849,731 boxes of window-glass , cem-
taining fifty -square feet each , of the
aggregate value of $8,047,513. Of
the fifty-six factories , twenty-one are
located in Pennsylvania , nine each in
Xew York and New Jersey , and the
balance through eight other states.
Of the above number , nine factories ,
with ten furnaces and eighty-two pots ,
wore idle during census jvar. To thu
total are now to bo added four fac
tories , with four furnaces and ten pots
which were in process of construction
last year.
The total of the glassware industry
shows that at tlie date of the census
there were eighty-two factories , of 15 1
furnaces and 1,459 pots , with 87,189-
27S capital , employing 11,337 hands ,
and paying them 84,44li'J17 wages ,
using 8.'J,289Oi4 ; in material , and pro
ducing an aggregate 'value of 89,534-
020. Tn this department also Penn-
svlvania heads tlio list with thirty-nine
factories , of 83,003,400 capital , and
turning out 84,881,312 of production ,
while Now York comes second , with
fifteen factories of 8825,500 capital
and 81,157,571 production. There
w ere sixteen idle factories last year ,
with a capital of 8317,000 , twenty-five
furnaces and 222 pots. There were
thirteen factories building , with 8285-
000 capital , thirteen furnaces and 139
pots.In
In tlio green-glass industry the re
port shows fifty factories , with a capi
tal of 84,770,1(50 ( , using eighty fur
naces and 493 pots , paying (5,589 (
hands , § 2,234,295 in wages , UMiig 82-
214,252 in material , and turning out
products' ) tlie aggregate value of
85,51)3,82(5. ( Of the above , eight
were idle during the census year , w ith
a'capitalof 8219,000 , eight" furnaces ,
and fifty-seven pots. There were in
construction seven factories , of 889-
100 capital , nine furnaces , and fifty-
seven pots. ] n the location of this in
dustry , New Jersey heads the list ,
with fourtcon factories , of $1,084,0(50 (
capital , and 81,1581,015 production ,
while Pennsylvania comes in second ,
with twelve"factories , of 81,381,500
capital , and 81,010,75. ! ) production.
The locatiuii of the above depart
ments of the glass industry by States ,
is given in the report with regard to
all the items. The following is a sum
mary , showing the number of facto
ries , capital , hands employed , and val
ue of production of the entire glass in
dustry in the leading States. There
wore six States in whicli either the ag
gregate capital or production exceeded
81,000,000 , as follows :
tt Jcrso\ .
Xt , Yorkl.
Ohio
JIiujiiri .
Indiana .
Total . 157510,059,077 2i,02G > 17----KJyi4
These states , it will bo seen , com
prise over four-fifths of the produc
tion , and three-quartcia of the capi
tal in the entire industry , while Penn
sylvania alone furnishes abo\it 40 ptu >
cent , of the totals. Tljo re.it of tlie
industry is stuttered aver tlio states of
Illinois , Iowa , Maryland , Mwsachu-
st'tts , , Kentucky , Connecticut , Cal-
ifoi nia , West Virginia and the Dis
trict of Columbia.
The summary of the total returns
for 1SSO , with a final table and a com
parison with the returns for 1870 , are
as follows :
13SO Ib70
Vmnlicrof factories. . . . 19S 151
Viinilierof eiinilojien. . 28bi2 1B.807
\y.urc jviiii , nii2noi 7,5'ja.iio
V.iluu of uiatenal tiwl. 7i''l,30l r , ! i01 , ! > ' ' > S
Value of product 21,013,401 1S,470,507
Lhese figures show a continuance
of flic steady expansion which lias
bei'ii going eui in tlie fjlis1" trade dur- .
my tLo pant stJventy years , and an en
largement eluring tlic tlie Last ten
years of the ratio of grow-h which had
previously existed.
Governors
Now Albany find. ) Ledger-Stand
ard : The governor must sometimes bo
clhssed among the useful oilie.i.a.ls o a
state. He is supposed to be the pow
er tl t Ucop all the state machinery
working as smoothly as possible , just
is the governor of an engine equalizes
: he motion thereof. Speaking of
governors suggests the mention of an
item wo received from Mr. TTenry A.
Knight , Foreman at Chas. Wsvtent it
Co.'s Governor and Valve Wurk-i , 35os-
: on Miiss-I : have used St. Jacobs
3il a.iiiong our employees ami find that
it never fails to cure. The men are
delighted with the wonderful effects
of the Oil , as it has cured them of
bruises , burns , cuts , sprains , etc.
Almost Crazy.
How ; often do wo see the
ing father straining every nerve and
muscle , and doing his utmost to .sup
port his family. Imagine his feelings
when ivturning homo from u hard
day's labor , to find hia family prostrate
with disciiso , conscious e > f unpaid doc
tors' bills and debts on every hand.
It must bo enough to drive one alnuui
crazy. All his unhappiiiusq could bo
avoided by usjn& Jbllectriu Uitters ,
whicli uxpol every disease from the
system , bringing joy and happiness to
thousands. Sold : \t Jiny cents a. bottle
tle by Isli A McJHivhon. (
J. H.
fenccosor to J. If. Tliicle ,
'MERCHANT TAILOR
Xo. 230 Douglas Street , Onialia , Xeb.
A , . HASH , Dentist
H * IJlock , corner Cajntol avcnuo
and Hfttmth ttruet , Omaha , N b.
D.T. MOUNT
. . ,
JHMKACTCRER AND DRtURIX
SADDLES AND HARASS.
1412 Fsm. St.
Omaha , Neb.
AOEXT roc THE CELEFB ITEO
CONCORD HARNESS
Two Medals and a Diploma of Honor , with the
vcn lushest award the judt'W could lictfon M
airardol this harness at the Centennial Exhibi
tion. . ,
Common , al o Kancrmicn'w and I-uIics t-AD-
DWS. We ketp the largest ttxk fti the et ,
and invite all who cannot er n ne to send for
prices.
GEO. H. PARSELL , M. D.
Koomv in Jacobs' Block , up stairs , corner Cap
ital avenue and Fifteenth street. Resilience , 1 Jil
Sherman avenue. May bo consultcil at residence
from 7 to 9 p. ra. , except Wtdnc < ! ar ! .
J > rEciAMT OtwU'triia ami Diseases of Women.
OUicc houn , 9 to 11 x m. and 2 to i p. m. ; Sun-
dars5to7p. m. mlZfm
- T fltrlor * l
T3E5C3EI
Great German
REMEDY
FOR
NEURALGIA ,
SCIATICA ,
jl
llll'liimtmntM'flilililili LUMBAGO ,
' life ' jM ! BACKACHE.
' ' * > COUT ,
jjBI [ ! lHH ! liii | | SORENESS
or THE
lull ( lllUduliliniiiit- CHEST ,
1 SORE THROAT ,
iJll 'Iflinniiilillflli' ' ' QUINSY ,
li&hiii SWELLINGS
I ; : ii i ; SPEAINS ,
Yi II
FROSTED FEET
' i.1D
uiiii niiiiain/1 /
EARS.
limiHiiiiiiuiij
jl.lD
SCALDS ,
GENESAL
ii
TOOTH , EAR
.ISO
H. HEADACHE ,
A.fD
All other hm
J ! D
ACHES.
2o I'rcfarauon on ejrth eriislj 3r. JACOBS OIL ai
s. 3-iiK , st'KE , SIUFLK and cunr Kxteruil RatneJy
A trial entails but the com aratiTeljr trifling outlay of
M CESIS. oJ ctcrr ou suffering with | m can bait
cheiptiitl positire proofcf ill claims.
UIKLCTIOVS IS ELITES tlXGCICZB.
SOLD BY All DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS IN MEDICINE.
A. VOGELER & CO.
Jtaltitttore. JM. , U.S.A.
PROCLAMATION AND ELECTION
NOTICE.
K DKPAKTME.VT ,
OmrK , C
May 7th , 1881. )
By virtue of the authority in nn ,
vested , 1 , .lamed E. Boyd , mayor ol
tlic city of Oinalia , do hereby proclaim
to the qualified voters of said city ,
and of the respective wards thereof ,
that on the 3rd day of May , 1881 , an
ordinance was duly passed by the
council of the city of Omaha , and on
the Jith day of May instant , the said
ordinance was approved by the mayor ,
of which ordinance the following is a
copy , to-wit :
OUm.VAXf'F. SO. 4fi2.
An ordinance to provide- for a
special election by the electors of the
city of Omaha , to determine whether
one hundred thousand dollars of bonds
of the city of Omaha shall bo issued
for the purpose of the construction and
maintenance of sewers in the city of
Onmha.
15e it ordained by the city council of
the city of Omaha , as follows :
SK TIO.V 1. It being considered nec
essary by the city council of
the city of Omaha , that sewers part
ly constructed in the city should be
completed itiul maintained and other
8j\vof ( ! constructed. Therefore the
mayor of the city of Omaha be , and
he is hereby authorized and instructed
to call a special election after giving
tv.outy days public notice of such
special election to be held in the city
of Omaha , on Tuesday , the . ' 51st day of
May , A. D. , 1881 , for the purpose of
submitting to the electors of said city
the folios-Jug proposition , "shall bonds
of the city of Omaha be issued by said
city in the sum of one hundred thou
sand dollars. ( S100.000) ) due in twenty
years with inteiest at the rate of six
( ier centum per annum paya
ble semi-annually upon interest coupons
pens to be attached to said
bonds for thu purpose of completing
and maintaining hewers partly con
structed , and to construct and main
tain additional sewers. Said bonds
or the proceeds thereof not to be di
verted from the purpose- for which they
irw issued , and Uot to be disposed of
it lea limn jur. b'siid i > roi > osition
rfhall be admitted to said electors en
tire and iii the foregoing form , and the
vote thereon shall by onlv bv ' "Yes"
" ' "
or "No. "
Spr , 2. This ordinance shall take
eil'ect and be in force from and after
its passage.
( Signed. ) Tno < ; . 11. DAII.EY ,
President City Council.
Passed May 3d , 1881.
Attest :
J. J. L. C. JE'.VKTT ,
City Clerk.
Approved May fith , 1881.
( Signed. ) . ) AMIS : E. Iovt > ,
Mayor.
Now , therefore in pursuance of the
iruvisions of said ordinance , notice is
lereby given that an election will be
leld in the city of Omaha , DougLis
county , state of Nebraska , on Tiies-
lay , the thirty-first day of May , 1881 ,
it v.hiuh election the proposition
ecited in said ordinance , in regard to
ho is-sue of bonds will be submitted
o the electors of said city.
The polls at said election -will be
> pened at 8 o'clock a. in. , and held
> pen until 7 o'clock p. in. and no
onger and at the following places in
he several wards tu-.vit :
First Ward Felix JSlaven'a grocery
store , Tenth street near LoavenwortJi.
Second Ward Wallenz's hotel ,
Lieavenworth street , between Thir
teenth and Fourteenth streets , -north
side.
side.Third
Third Ward Dr. Hyde's .Qiee ,
southwest corner Douglas and , Twelfth
streets.
Fourth Waul County court house ,
lOVtheast comer of Faniham and Shc-
: ceutli streets.
Fifth Ward Holmes' hardware
store , northwest comer of Sixteenth
and California atrei'ts.
Sixth WardDeidrich's drug store ,
> To. 200" ; fuming street , south side ,
Between Twentieth and Twenty-first
streets. '
In testimony whereof I havn here
unto set my hand and caused the seal
of said city to be aflixed , the day and
year first above written.
[ .SEAL ] JAMK.S E. BOYD ,
jnflto31 Mayor.
LEGAL NOTICE.
To X. Sihuiithroth A Co. ,
JCoti are hereby notiflcil tliat on the 19 } '
Jlarth : laSl , Jo-iph 1 ! . Wtt and CoarM1
thcr coinii 'nc I a civil action n :
( Sujjt.-ne I' > iieckc , Juattoe of the
the county of Italian an" "
said action „ „ the
& * 'riu her- '
Attf "e > for V ot& - &
LKCAL NOTICE.
C. Lot , non-rcmttnt dv'tndont :
Yo arc herJo notlflul thtt on Apnl ICth , 1S31 ,
aixtitionwMlUc : l in the Dlitrict Court within
and for Dou-Ui fountj , Xcbraika , by laic Kil-
wardi , jlittttifl , ns-aima you , a > i defendant , the
olifeit and l > rajcr of which jx-tition it that auito-
tount niay be Liken of the amount du on cer
tain notes , and a inortpye cxecut < sl and di''lV.r. '
td on Apnl Istli , 1-T5 , by haid Charlt- , _ J/ot to
fouml iliic , with in'Jrest. miU and attorney it fee ,
\v ith a short titic to Infixed baid conrt , the
prcmiiia d' niicd jn' aidiii < irtjraieto- : South
21 f .t Of nortii 114 foct. ( Kirrof lot one(1 , blo < k
72 , in the City of Omaha , said Countt and & tot v.
to etlier uitli theapurtenann nia"lw onUp.-d
to be sold , and the pruceob applied to the pa.y-
7nent of the amount so found due to wvid yiiia-
tiff , together with Interot , cc tiand a rEto.-ixlilc
sum tiicli M uraed ta l/c awanleil as in lUur-
ncy's fee herein , anil that you may lie oo.tcr > T-
cludcd from all nslit , interent ami y uitr of ru-
dcmption in or to * iid premi es or uirpirt there
of , and for jjewral relief you irj refiiirtil | tn
answer said petition on the 30th day of JUy ,
ISAAC EDWARDS ,
aplCe t-lt 1'laintiff
flew Harness Shop.
The undcrxicned h vin ? liad nine rears fiq -
rianre until C If. t J. S. CoUin * , and twcnty-totuf
j ears of practical harness making , h.a non'sim-
menoul bii-incs ? for him < cf ! to the URTC neior }
one door -Olith of the Mmthea. t corner of Iltauii
Harnei StHe will employ a lar e fore uf. UH-
ej workmen , and will till all orden lit liih line
promptlvand cheaply.
cheaply.FRANCIS
FRANCIS R. I5VED1CK.
Any one bavin ? dead animali I will renwve
them fre of charge. Leave orders soutlvzwt
corner of Ilamcr and Ilth St. , second door.
CIMELES srurr.
The Oldest Established
BANKING HOUSE
IN NEBRASKA.
Caldwell , Hamilton & Co.
Itiiiine-i transixted fame as that of an incoi
poratcd oank.
Account * kept in currency or gold subject t
licht check without notice.
of deposit i-xnietl pa } able in throe
i\ and twelve month * , bearing inUrvst , or 0
demand without Interest.
Alliances made to cutomer < on approved tccu
ritk-s at market ratc of tnUrest.
Rtij anil ell jroM , bilU of exchanje , ROrern
nicnt , state , eountj and nty homlrf.
Draw nijht dnft on Kn Iand , Ireland , Scol
land , and all jxxrta of Europe.
Sell Kuroi > can pas > asc ; tnkifj.
COLLECTIONS rUOJUTLV 1IADE.
nuldt
United States Depository
NationalBank
- OF OMAHA -
Cor. 13th and Farnum Sts.
OLDEST IlANKINt. K-STABLIbUMENT
OMAHA.
SUCCESSORS TO KOUNTZE BROTHERS.
KflTIELIfHHD ISiO.
Orvnnizul ta a Xatlonnl Rank August 20,1S08
CAPITAL AND PUOK1T3 OVER - 8300.00C
Specially authoriieil Iii the Secretary of Treo. '
'
urj to receii e * ub eriptiom to'tho
f.VITED STATES
4 Per Cent. Funded Loan
OrriCERN AND PIRKCTORH :
HERMAN KOOTZK. Prc i lcnt.
AlotHTtrt KursRK , Vice President.
II. W. Y Trs , 1'iwhicr.
A. J. 1'orrLETOv , Attorney.
Jens A. CnrioiiTDX.
K. H. DA VH , Ast. Cashier
Thii tank reccirca dciosit4 without rccard t
mount * .
Issues time certificate bcarinjr interi-"t.
Draus drafts on San Froncixco and princi m
citira of the t'nited Statc , also London. Dublin
Edinburgh and thu priuciul cltira of the coqt
nent of Kuropv.
SeIN i"cn i cr ticket for emigrants in the In
mail line. msjliltt
DexterL.Tliomas&Bro
WILL BUY AND SELL
IUS.SKCTP.U T1IPKEWITII.
Pay Taxes , Rent Houses , Etc
IF TOr WANT TO BTT OK SHU.
Call at Ollice , llooin S , Creijjhton Mock , Omaha.
_ _ ai5-dtf |
If eteshLaM Agency
DAVIS ' & SNYDER ,
1500 Fnrnhnm St. , . . . Omaha , Nebraska.
3:00 ,
Cnrefull } " .elected Unil in Evtem Nebrw.ka fo
N".lv. liixiit Itar aiiu in improved faniu , am
Oinalia citv iiropertv.
O. A. DAIS. . ' 1VEI1STKR SNYDKU
Lite land Coin'r U. P. It. U. 4p-feb7tf
RTKOS ERK1 > . LXWI3 RK O
BYRON REED & CO. ,
OLbFMT l T.inU3IIEO
Eeal Estate ' Agency
IK XKUUASKA. .
Ktcp a coinpleto a'wtract of title fo all Ren
t > tate in Oniaha ami Dough * coimtx . iiia > It
AND STILL THE LION
CONTINUED TO
Roar for Moores ( )
Harness
AND Saddlery.
-i
CD
CD
CQ
COI
1
02Sft
"tf
"tfI
I have adopted tlie f.ion M a Trade Hark , ami
all mi KM- ' " will lie ST\MVKI ) with the I.IOX
and inv N UIK on thuwinc > O ( ; < n > D3HK
fJK.M INK WITHotT THK AI1OV E STAMM
Tliflpw-t niattrial is tin-it and the mo t nkillcd
orkiuin arc ciu | > Iniiil , , and nt the low t c ili
| > niu. Atijonc u Minima
jmcc-liit of go Cd iII
conftr a K\or In sending for one.
DAVID SMITH MOORE.
Business College ,
THE GREAT WESTERN
GEO. R. RATHBUN , Principal-
Creighton Block }
OMAHA , . . . XKSRAStU. .
XSJ'Sciul ( ArCfrcuIar.
M. R. RISDOM ,
Ganeral Inaurance Agent.
REPRESENTS :
1'HCE.VIX ASSrUAXCK CO , of Lon
don , CWi A wts. . - . Sfl07.V2-
HfoTCHEsTEK. N. Y. , Capital . 1,00 < \ ) M )
E JIEHCHANTtt , of Neuaak , N. J .
CIUAIU ) FIRE. 1'hiLutlpliia. Cai-ital. l.OOO.OCO
NOUTHWF-STKUN > 'ATjO.VAL.C liibiI WO.OOO
FIUKJIKN'S rTND , Califeuula . 800,000
UKITISII AJIKKHAASSfKANCECO. l,200.l W
NKWAUK KIItK INS. CO. , A wttt . . WO.UW
AMKItlCAN Cf.NTKAL , Airwii . bw.000
Southeast Loc. of Fifteenth and DotvlagHt. ,
, _ OUAHA. NKB.
J. a. RUSSELL , M. D.t
HOJVCBPATHIC PHYSICI.AN.
of Children anil Charonle wase , , a
tHualt | > . Olfitc at. Iteoidcnrc , SCOjCiiw. .tnet
lloum- to 10 o. m. , 1 to 2 p. 111. and aftr e i > "
J. R. iVIackey ,
DENTIST ,
ronrrtlith and DOII IM ftu , OnuJui. NV1)
I'rictw Ktawjn.ililo. aC3
John G. Jacobs ,
( Formerly of ( ; i-iiiicob ! , )
UNDERTAKER.
Se. , ( ) M Staml ' . J' fi ,
, M. D.
Medical and Surgipai
INSTITUTE.
Hospital * & ? $ :
tients for the TKEATJIKXT of ALL CIIBjDMt
and SUKGICAL DISEASES.
Drs. Van Camp & Biggins ,
Physicians & Siugeons ,
rP.OMHETOKS ,
ODD FELLOWS' BLOCK ,
ZVR. Hill A.tD DOOOE , r
New York Clothing xg\ [
1309 FARNHAM STREl"
( Max Meyer's Old Stand , )
WHERE THEY SHALL KEEP Cl > NiT \XTLY > X HAND AN IMMKXSK
doting , Hats , Caps & Bent's ' FiirmsM
foods
'
PRICES ALWAYS'THE LOWEST.-
1309 Farnham Street , Omaha , Neb. } ]
More Popular than Ever
THE GENUINE
New Family Sewing Machine.
Tha popular dimand for thf OEM INEMXfiKR > . . IN > . vnilnltnat of anv prcTi.it
the quarter of a century in which thu "Old Kiliahl. Va. h m h u twn In-fore tilt , i
. . . .
In 173 we sold . 35G.-S22 J Iii
. . . . .
In l79ne ! told 4a I . IG7
EICII over aH.rpret iou rtar . 74,735
on ; SALES. LAST \EA"U w EUK ATTHK nTE OK
OVER 1400 SEWING MACHINES
Kor cvcr > biisiin . .t > v in the r-.ir.
LAY.
REMEMBER : THK"
" OLD R LI
THAT EVERY REAL bl.NKF.K
SEXVIM : MACHINE HAS TIIK
TUKDE-1IAKK CAbT INTO
TJIK HtOX STAM ) AND 111
I'.EDDED IN THE AUil OF
THE ilACHIXK.
THE SINGER MANUFACTURING ! .
Principal Office , 34 Union Sqiiar | , ] J.
.
1JM SnlionHiiato OlKiv , m the I'mttil static it..l i aruda j.n.1 i.o O osiers in tin. i J..Y.
South America. .Y.
and
.S
J. S.
- . \ .
THE GHIGKEB !
ASD MiLE M.hST
Hallet , Davis & Co. , James & Holmsiro r
J & C. Fischer's Pianos ; also Sols A land
for the Estey , Burdett and t e
Wayne Organ Co.'s Organs.
jj
I DEAL IN PIAV W AND O7 : : ASEVCI t M\f I Y IIXVE II U > Vh VIS
THE BUSINESS , AND HANDLE OSI.Y TIIK 1I ! > T
218 Siiteent St. , Oity M M Onf ,
HALSEY V. PITCH , : : : Tunw.
POWER AND HAND
Steam Pumps , Engine i rimmings , |
MlXIXfi MACHINERY. IIEITIM. . WW III : \ . .sM > ll ! ' \ KITTIXf.S , I'll'J
I'M MM.rWIHiIhsij - \M | iITXlL.
HALLADAY WIND-MILLS , GHURGH AND SCHOOL
A. L. STRANG , 205 Farnam St. , Orrr
Cj > 2
WHOLESVIK AND UFTVIf DtLCU IN
Lath , Shingles , Pickets ,
SASH , DOORS , BLINDS , MOLDINGS , LIME , CE
ZdTSTATE AOK.NT FoK JIII.W ht.F. t FMhN r t i > M
Union Pacific Depot , - -
J. B.
The Largest Stock and Most Co
plete Assortment in
The West.
"We Keep Everything in the Line of } Car-pets ,
cloths , Matting , Window-shades , ( Fixtures
and Lace Curtains.
WE HAVE GOODS TO PLEASE EVERYbl
1313 Farnham St. , Oma |
DECOEATIVI PAIHT :
BEST DESIGNS. LATEST STYLES. AUTISTIC WORK.
. ,
-
OET in ninifi nzroRZ ORDZKIS'I-WOSK ttA-Mr.tzr
SIGNS. PAPER HANGING. PLAIN tPAlHTING OF ALL KINDS , at REASONA
1318 Hamej'1 Street , Omaha , Neb.