THE OMAHA DAILY 13 UE SUNDAY , FEBttUARY 14 , 1892-SIXTEEN PAGES
THE DAILY BEE.
E. KOPKWATKH. KIIITOK.
EVKUY MOKNINO.
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Circulation for .limitary M4n l.
OMAHA'S increase of clearings for the
past week in 42.8 per cent , showing Unit
the city is riipldly mid steadily re *
covering prosperity. '
A DHlvAKTMKNTof triitiBpoi'tiitton properly -
porly managed and authorized to correct
nbusca would bo an improvement upon
the IntorBtivto Commerce commission.
OMAHA people fihpuld devote some
thought to the comincr general confer
ence , ns thlscltymust bestir itself in the
matter of making preparations for the
great mooting In Mny.
WoomiN headed mugwumps and dcin-
ocratiu tramps is-lho vigorous general iz-
titlon under which the Atlanta Constitu
tion cltissilles Senator Hill's enemies and
Grover Cleveland's friends.
TilK people will llnd no fault with the
grand jury on the score of expense , if it
does its duty. There should bo no ad
journment until the boodle cases have
all'boon ' carefully examined.
AN iNTiiiNAf < revenue tax of $10 per
3,000 on clgarottcs , whether domestic or
Imported , woulddomore to break up the
dangerous and senseless habit than a
iiundtcd prohibitory measures.
Fotm hundred sugar factories in
America would not bo adequate to sup
ply the homo market. If ih ore Is any
infant industry in this country that can
bo'stimulated profitably it is boot sugar
manufacture.
OVER 200 poopln in various sections of
this country died or grow hopelessly , in-
pane during tho-pmt : year ns a conso-
fluooco of cigarette smoking. Most of
the victims were young men under 10.
Congress has boon nskeu to prohibit the
manufacture and sale of cigarettes.
IF WB are to have an extra session of
iho legislature Governor Boyd should
Issue a requisition for the late abducted
{ Senator Taylor or request his constitu
ents to replace him with a man that
"will " not bo likely to have Important
Business in Council Bluffs about the
time ho is wanted at Lincoln.
OMAHA jobbers hud nothing to do with
the Adams contract between the Union
pacific and the Rock TBlaml and Mil-
wiiukco. If a bad bargain w.is made for
the Union Pacillc that railroad should
take its medicine gracefully without im-
Jioslng extortionate charges upon its
patrons in the hope of getting oven.
OMAHA'S Young Men's Christian
association has been an especially ollco-
live institution the present winter. Tlio
i-Oiidlng * rooms , parlors , correspondence
rooms , gymnasium , employment bureau
And other permanent material features
Of the association have boon unusually
nopulur the past few months. The Cur
rent Topics club , the gymnastic : classes ,
the Travel club , the History club , and
the oiT-nlght meetings , have attracted
Wide attention. The rollgiouw work has ,
pf course , gone on with usual vigor.
Nnw YOUK capitalists have offered to
pontrlbuto 850,000 for frco kindergartens
in the great elty upon the progressive
plan that has been pursued in San Fran-
oisco. They uro striving also to secure
the services of Mrs. Sarah B. Cooper to
\vhoui the marvelous success of the San
JiYanolsco kindergarten system is largely
flue. In this they uro likely to bo dls-
hppolntod , but no bolter proof of the
Jady's ' skill or the merit of the San
JTraneisco syHtom could bo given than
this offer from the Now York pooplo.
U'ho C/noiii'c.'csuys / the good accomplished
by kindergartens in the Golden Gate
city In reducing juvenile crime nnd
jnaklng "good , honest , hard working
fciou nnd women out of poor and nog.
looted children is iuualoulublo. "
Tin ; great majority of the American
people fool that there ought to bo a
monument to General Grant at the na
tional capital. It is jHJhslblo that soma
time in the remote future Now York
trill redeem its promise to erect n biiitti-
Jlo memorial of the great soldier in that
city , but in any event there should bo a
lational memorial at the scat of govern *
ment ono thai will fittingly represent
the esteem nnd niTectiou of the whole
) ooplo. A bill to appropriate $800OCO
or such a monument has boon favorably
oported In the bunatc , and its pubsugo
> y congress would meet with universal
ipproval. The nation can afford such a
testimonial to its greatest military hero.
Indeed it cannot without discredit Jipg-
loct tp thus honor the memory and
fame of Ulysses b. Grant
13IPOSIXH O.V TI1K CIIKDVIMVS.
In the recent joint dobnto on frco sil
ver .liiy Burrows worked himself into a
spasm over the terrible era through
which wo are passing , nnd franctlcnlly
cried out : "Ask the millions of tramps ,
the millions of men working on short
time , half a million of minor. " working
or GO to 80 cents a day and paid In
orders on 'pluck mo' stores , the mil
lions of bankrupt merchants and mort
gaged farmers I All who understand
the cause of their sorrow will toll you
that low prices are not a blessing. "
Thousands of thoughtless and igno
rant people will actually believe this to
Ijo a true statement of fact ? . Now lot
us calmly and dispassionately reason
about this matter. A tiamp i * a stroll
ing tiller , a vagrant , or a vagabond.
The largest number of tramps that
this country over had was during the
first live years after the war , when moro
than 1,000,000 men , who had served In
the union and confederate armies , were
returned to seek places tn the marts of
Lrnlllc and Industry. The labor market
became glutted and vast numbers of Idle
workmen were forced to tramp fiom
town to town in search of employment.
Mthough that period always has been
pictured by men of the Burrows stamp
ns the most prosperous America has
ever teen , the country wtis overrun by
in army of tramps thai made life nnd
property insecure and compelled the
enactment of special laws to chock their
Inroads. But the largest number of
Irnmps in those memorable good old
limes never exceeded 500,000. Talk
about millions of train pi ! If there were
really 1,000,000 of vagrants and vaga
bonds tramping through the country wo
would have ono tramp to every nlxty-
IIvo Inhabitants , or , computing the grown
male population at 15,000,000 , one man
out of every IIfloon would bo a tramp.
Nebraska alone , with her 230,000 men
of voting ago , would have 15,33J tramps ,
It is safe to assort that there are not
over flOO trnmpi in this Blato and there
never have been. It is also beyond dis
pute that there are not 50,000 real
tramps in the whole United Stitos at
Ihis time. If all tnou out of employ
ment are to bo classed us tramps the
talk about millions of trumps Is still ex
travagant and preposterous. There are
always moro people out of employment
in the winter than at any other lime of
Iho year. In the north mechanics and
laborers employed in the building trades
are for the most part out of work every
winter , but their wagcf > in the summer
are gauged accordingly. All the idle
wnpro workers , men , women and chil
dren , will not exceed 500,000 at the pres
ent time. This , of course , does not in
clude farmers and their Wives , who can
not bo classed as idlers , vagrants or
trnmns.
It is equally absurd to talk about mil
lions of men working on short time. A
reliable estimate of the number of men
working on short time Is impossible , but
it is safe to any that It will not exceed
ton per cent of the factory workers.
The most extravagant estimate of the
number of factory workers does not
exceed 3,000,0,00 of men , women , boys
and girls. Assuming that ton per cent
of these tellers are employed on ( short
time , the number would aggregate
300.000 , instead of millions.
Instead of half a million minors workIng -
Ing at 00 to 80 cents a day wo venture to
assert that not one-tenth of that num
ber are working at such low wages.
The whole number of miners and
laborers employed in the coal mines ,
iron , copper , lead and /Inc mines of the
United States is computed at lcs- than
150,000 by the census bureau. Of this
number iron ere mining gives employ
ment to 38,227. The average wages of
iron 'minors , excluding convicts , are
$1.90 a day with an average of 274 workIng -
Ing days in the year. The wages Of
boys under 10 employed in iron mined
average 02 cents a day , varying from ! )
cents in Missouri to $2 in Colorado.
The number of minors and laborers
employed in cooper mining , according to
the census of 1890 , Is 8,721 ; average wages
of foremen , $4.43 to $5 28 n day ;
mechanics , $2.71 to $2.88a dav ; laborers ,
$1.74 to $1.91 ; boys , 88 to 93 conts.
The number of workmen employed in
lend and zinc mines is 5,100 in round
numbers ; average wages foremen , $2.02 ;
mechanics , $1.93 ; laborer ? , $1.48 ; Days ,
08 conts. Lowest wugos in lead and /.Inu
mlnlntr are paid tn Missouri , ranging
from 70 cents to $1 per day.
The number of coal minors in this
country i computed at 97,700 ; of this
number 24,553 are in the states of Ken
tucky , West Virginia , Tennessee , Vir
ginia , Georgia and North Carolina , and
30,105 in the states and territories west ,
of the Mississippi. The remainder are
apportioned to Pennsylvania , Ohio , Illi
nois , Indiana and Michigan nnd Wiscon
sin. A fair average of the wages paid in
the southern slates may be found in
West Virginia , whore foremen receive
$2.46 per day ; mechanics , $1.1)0 ) ; laborers
above ground , $1.30 ; below ground , S1.4U ;
minor's , $1.80 ; boys , OO.to 70 cents.
The f > 0 to 80 cents a day minors are
ehlolly convicts , Mongolsand negroes fn
thcbouth and .Slavonians in Penn
sylvania.
But If there were really millions work
ing at vary low wages and other millions
working on short tlmo or not at all , then
low prices for all the necessaries of life
would certainly bo an unralxod'blessing ,
since if it were not for low prices those
unfortunate toilers and idlers would oo
exposed to wretched destitution , if not
absolute starvation.
The clamo about the millions of bank
rupt merchants and mortgaged farmers
has no sounder basis than the gabble
about millions of tramps. The number
of Individuals , firms nnd corporations
doing business at this tlmo in the United
States and Canada Is estimated at 1,025-
000. That Includes , bankers , mnnufno-
tutors , merchants and nil classes engaged -
gaged in commercial and Hnanuinl fans-
notions. The total number of failures
last j oar was about H per cant of the
whole number , and all the failures in
the last twenty years aggregate loss
than 150,000. It Is biifo to assort that
there are not 25,000 bankrupt merchants
la the country all told at this day.
Of the 5,000,000 farms in this country
more than two-thirds are cultivated by
their owners and it Is doubtful whether
30 | ior cent of the farm owncrx wn burdened -
denod with a mortgage debt. The grout
body of farms in the middle and Now
England slates are not encumbered and
the great majority of mortgages on
western farms represent part of the
purchase money. When men buy farms
on credit they are in the position
of the merchant who buys his wares on
credit. They must depend upon enterprise -
prise , thrift nnd peed management for
their chances of getting out of debt.
.liV tMl'KltTINKXT UKM.lttDHVK.
The pcoptn ot Omahn nro not likely to bo
deceived by nowxpnpor talk of economy ,
\vlnlo at the same tlmo tax CM uro Increased to
maintain city Rovornmont flO.OOO or > 0,000.
So far as hoard from , thcrn lius boon no at
tempt to ruduco the Inrgo lents which the
ctrt ! pnytnR fornuarton In n IntRo , half-
vacant , brown slonn nnd brick biiilillim nt
the corner of Seventeenth nnd Ffirnam
strcais , In which n curtain editor has n pro
prietary Interest , So fnr ns heard from ,
none ot the patriotic members of the city
council who deslro to reduce the pi y of Jan
itors mat clcrka have shown tiny disposition
to reduce their own salaries lately increased.
- ' . - / / .
A moro brazen ptoco of demagogy has
never emanated from the acrobat who
gives two exhibitions dally through his
troupe of male and fotualo performers on
the political light vopo.
The people of Omaha are intelligent
enough to know a hawk from a hand
saw. They remember well that the
mountebank who prates about reducing
salaries ot councilman us a member of
the Committee of Fifteen that framed
the charter voted to increase the pay of
councllmon from $000 to 81,000 ti year ,
just to reward the combine that voted
htm $2,300 moro than ho would have
boon entitled to under his printing con
tract. Ho knows that the legislature
refused to raise the pay of counoilmon to
$1,000 and finally tlxod It at $800. Ho
knows that thn pay of ollleors fixed by
the charter can only bo reduced by the
legislature. lie knows or ought to
know that , x largo part , if not thowltolo , ,
of the $50,000 which the present/council
oxpeols to ratso in oxooss of Its estimated
expenses for the current year will lie
needed to pay debts created by the old
combine of which ho wne the mouth ;
piece. *
The impertinent demagogue wants to
know why the mayor and council li'avo
made no attempts to ro'diico the largo
rents which the city Is paying for quar
tern tn Tun BBK building , which ho
sneorlngly describes as "a large , .half-
vacant , brown stone and briiJIt build
ing. "
This is not only moan , but contompti'
ble. The rental paid for bltv odlccs
amounts to 913,915 a year , of which
2,000 a year , or less than one-llfth , IB
paid for the quarters occupied in THK
BKIJ building by the city treasurer nnd
comptroller. The rental paid in THIS
BEK building under its lease is aa low as
that paid by any other tenant' in the
building , and several applicants are
waiting to take the premises just as soon
as the city officials move out.
The rental collected from tenants in
THK BEE building for 1891 amounted to
$59,221 , and the leases for 1JIIJ2 exceed
'
$62,000. Instead of being 'half empty ,
only forty of tho-187 oIlicesTiro vacant.
And there could bo filled within twenty-
four houis if the proprietors woi'o dis
posed to admit socond-rato tenants.
What excuse is there for singling out
THE BEE building ana omitting the life
Insurance building , in which the mayor's _
olllco , the police commission and park
commission have quarters':1 : The reason
why is simply because the stnnll-soulort
acrobat feels a terrible pang pass
through his bones every time ho hears
that another tenant has taken up quar
ters in TinBKB building.
d rni : iMiivi/tr.
The approach of the time for the open
ing of the World's fair is bringing to
the front all manner of schemes for
making money out of its patrons. The
most plausible ono which has como to
our attention is that of the various
World's Fair and
Savings Transporta
tion companies. In almost every state
in the union ono or moro of those has
boon organized. There is ono at Lin
coln , tn this state , which is a typo of
thobo which are operated elsewhere.
The association or corporation is a catch
penny affair In every instance , which
sensible people should avoid entirely.
The companies generally propose , in
consideration of a given membership
fpo varying from $1 to $3 and weekly
payments of ft om $1 to $1.50 for a longer
or shorter poiiod , to provide the 'mem
ber" with a round trip ticket to Chicago
and return , transfer to and from tlio
hotel at Chicago , and six or moro ad
mission tickets. Some of the concerns
furnish meals onrouto , board at1 the fair
and theater tickets. The Lincoln or-
gnni/.ation which , so far as we know , Is
entirely reliable and is conducted b'y rc-
sponslblo pirtlcs , Is perhaps tho. fairest
ot the many so-callo'J companies , but it
is not a philanthropic enterprise , as may
be''soon by an analysis of its plan.
To bogln with , there is a membership
foo'of SI and the moinbsr agrees to pay
into the association in installments of $1
ouch a total of $29 in addition to the
membership foe. For this the World's
Fair and Savings company at the cap
ital enters Into an agreement to furnish
a round trip ticket to Chicago ; six ad
mission tickets ; a monthly nowapapar
( edited by.f. I ) . Culhoun and called the
World. ' * Fair Hmtld ) until August ,
1MI3 ; an Illustrated guide to Chicago ;
transfer from depot to hotel and return ;
and to return "whatever .amount may
remain of Iho said $29 after deducting
the cost of railway tickets , admission
tickets , omnibus faro , 6 psr cent of the
amount paid in , $1.M ) for the monthly
paper and 50 cents for the illustrated
guide , " The sum of $23 will bo re
turned to any member who has paid in
all his assessments and does not visit
Chicago during the fnlr. No rebate is
provided for these who begin paying
and fall by the wayside , though It is
probable the company would adjust
claims * of members equitably ,
The company which has engaged in
this enterprise at Lincoln works upon a
very neat margin , For instance , If the
railway faro bo $14 from Lincoln to Chicago
cage ana return , the admission tickets
will be W and the omnibus $1. These
items ana the guide , monthly newspaper
and 5 per cent for expanses will
aggregate $21.50. Deducting this sum
from $29 , the member will bo
repaid $7,50. Between now and the
date of the fair It is safe to
presume the enterprising manager * of
the company will bo able to offer other
privileges to ausorb the balance , But
suppose it Is ratnchod as agreed upon ,
what has the tnomUUr paid for the privi
lege of allowing litest ) public-spirited
gentlemen to j ur haso his railroad ,
admission and 'f isi tickets and select his
route to nml from Chicago ? The mem
bership fee of $ llthovguldobook69 : cents ,
the monthly ncwspariar $1.60 , nnd the 5
per cent ( or oxpq'nso $1.60 ; In all $1.50.
In addition holujoi > per cent per annum
Interest upon \\lmi \ \ payments , which
would have bison ClfMirfully paid to him
by n savings b'/jliif' / ' amounting to per
haps 75 cents mo.gp.
The railroad .fplnjianlos will furnish
Individual tickets just ns cheap as this
company can solWro them. The news
papers publish aTPWto facts of .interest
regarding the great event , "rttul the
World's Fair commission Is c.iroful to
announce all Its plans. The railway
companies , if not Iho World's Fair com
mission , will furnish guidebooks
free. The yoiinir person who wishes
to lay up money for the World's fair
should go to a hank with hlspavlngfl'iind
deposit them there ngntnst the tihte
wjion ho wishes to buy .his ticket. Ho
should purchaso-hls ticket from a regu
lar railroad agent , pay his own 'bus fii'ro
and buy his own adnTisslbn tickets. At
Chicago ho will find -n bureau of informa
tion conducted by the World's Fair
management ttsolf , where ho can mnko
his arrangements for board and lodginir
tit the lowest rates. By becoming a
member of this or any similar World's
Fair Savings company ho sun ply gives
up from $4.50 Id $5.00 _ to n party of
shrewd gentlemen nnd receives no ado-
qliato return for his Investment.
THE UUSl'Kti Or WKAI/l'll.
Mr. Andrew Oarnegie is delivering a
series of Sunday evening locluros to
young men in one of the churches of
Now York city. 'Iho subject of his first
lecture , given last'Sunday ' , was a defini
tion of the gospel of wealth. Mr.
Cnrnogio is wellqualified tb give in
telligent treatment to a thcmo of this
kind. Coming to this country a poet-
lad , ho has become a very wealthy man.
tlo Is ono of the except tonally successful
business men of this era , and ho has devoted -
voted a part of his gains wisely for the
benefit of the public. His benefactions
for art galleries and libraries amount to
several million dollars nnd ho has given
liberal sums for other purposes. HI ?
believes that tvealth Is given to men tb
bo used tn promoting the welfare of their
follow men , and ho also believes Unit a
man should put his philanthropic pur
poses into effect , as far as practicable ,
during bis lifetime , nn idea that is
steadily gaining jjidhoronts.
In the opinion of ] Mr. Carnegie , the
accumulation oti < wcnlth for the solo pur
pose of tfansinlrdlttHt to one's.posterity
is the worst Uso'To ' hich wealth can bo
put Such hcqiij Aif he says , are Usually
made with less J hoyght of. the good of
the child thnmvofntho vanity of the
parent , or , whorfitrfftdo from affection it
is an unthinking slffection , "for it ifc
' ' '
clear that woal'tn' b'estowod upon chil
dren is generally | ( u , curse and not a
blessing " Thomsons tpf rich men'bur
dened with wealth fis a rule , lead lives
neither creditaulo'1 to themselves nor
.valuable , to HiQ t'a.U ' ) . No tna'n has a
right , says Mr. Qtu\neerie \ , to handicap
his son with suoli ' 11 burden as 'reat
Wealth. It is no'proper use of wealth
to bequeath it' in Hgraat amounts to
children. In regard to bequeathing
wealth to charitable and public institu
tions , there is no credit to bo given
those who hoard their millions during
lifo and only release their hold at the
summons which cannot bo denied.
There is no grace in giving what or.o
cannot keep. Surplus wealth is a sacred
trust which its possessor is bound to ad
minister in his lifetime- for the good of
the community from which it was de
rived. "It teaches that the man who
dlos possessed of millions of available
wealth , which was free and his to lid-
minibtor during his lifetime , dies dis
graced. It recognizes , of course , that
man must keep their capital in business
as long as they labor , but beyond the
capital necessarily so employed the aim
of the millionaire should bo to die poor.
The use of surplus wealth for objects
which commend themselves to the ad
ministrator as the best calculated to pro
mote the genuine improvement of his
fellows is believed to bo the host pos
sible solution of the'question of wealth
ana poverty. Those into whoso handd
surplus wealth Hews thus become
trustees and administrators of the
public , "
Mr. Carnegie has n practical plan for
reaching those who Ignore this prin
ciple. Ho would have legiblation pro
viding that every fortune loft by a
hoarder should Contribute to the btatc
in proportion to its el/.o , the scale rising
by stops "until with enormous fortunes
reaching into many millions it should bo
decreed that lona-ialf ) goes to" the privy
coffers of the state. ' " Mr , Carnegie
estimates that the amount of wealth
annually loft in this country is at leabt
$1,60D,000,000 , and assuming that only
ono-IIfth of this wore collected by the
state It would supply a largo bum to take
the place of other tuxes. Unquestion
ably it is a sound view that the wealthy
should apply thfllr , woulth to beneficent
purposes during1 their lifetime , bccaut-o
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by so doing th 'o sure of obtaining
the results desiroiijr while they may also
enjoy the know'lHu u of the good they
have done , Uis'oll'ier idous are open to
discussion and wltfhardly bo generally
accepted by thosewho _ possess wealth or
expect to
K VllOl'HJN KMW11A 770A * .
The commission appointed by thn secretary -
rotary of the treasury to investigate the
causes of emigration from Europe to the
United States lnw submitted its report.
Everybody is fsunillar with the general
causes which toduco people to leave
Huropo for thin country. Those nro the
superior conditions and advantages in
the United Suites , higher wages , fewer
hours of labor , bettor living , superior
opportunities for Educating the young
nnd greater chances for boti ! material
and irochil advancement , Ono of the in
teresting /acts / ascertained by the com
mission is that moro than 00 per cent of
the immigrants who land hero como
upon tickets sent bv relatives or friends
who preceded them. Aq to the common
impression ihat the Htoamshtu compa
nies stimulate emigration , Iho loport
elates that in the countries visit.d tula
is forbidden by laws with severe penal
ties. The commissioners were informed
by the ofllcinls of steamship companies
that it was the determination of the com
panies to bo governed by our laws.
It has boon represented that contract
laborers were still being brought into
the country tn largo numbers , but the
commission says that such is not the
case. It is nlso appertained that the ship
ment of criminals. Insane , and other ob
jectionable classes has ceased. Concern
ing pauper immigration the report
pointedly says that "If the standard of
pauperism is to be bused upon money
possession * when Inmlod It would In
times past have excluded ninny who are
now prominent in commercial , financial
and legislative bodies , and every way
worthy as true American citizens , nnd
if this standard Is now to bo ildopted It
will exclude these who may become
equally desirable. ' ' Hundreds of thou
sands of our mosl useful cltl/.eiiB came to
the United States practically destitute
.of ovor.tthtng except honest hearts unit
a bravo determination io" tuipt'oVa tholr
condition , nnd liio tloscciidnnl of such
people constitute the larger parLot our
population.
The commission wisely disapproves an
Impracticable the phrtf of eonsulitr In
spection , which It says would at once
Increase the proportion of weak and
Infirm and decrease the proportion of
the young nnd strong who are liable to
military duty In tholr own country. The
commission suggests thnl the emigration
of undesirable persbhs can bo pro vented
by holding steamship ngontw nnd subagents -
agents responsible for the co tof persons
returned , Which oan bo done under tholr
own laws.and it recommends that our
laws bo amended ? o as to compel the
return to their own countries of all
paupord as soon.as they become pauper
ized , ahd'bTtill criminals after serving
out sontoU.ce up to the Uino of their be
coming" full cltizonri.
It will up BOOH that the investigations
of this conlinisslon , carefully prosecuted
for six months , .furnish no results to
justify , the alarm that has boon raised to
croatp a popular gontlmciit in the United
States in favbr'Of imposing further re
strictions upon Immigration. There are
some things yetto bo remedied , but it
will not bo a very difficult task to do
this. By U vigilant and efficient en > -
forccmont of , our lawn we have brought
the steamship companies to understand
that they uHist comply with the regula
tions of this government , and when they
fully and faithfully do this , as most of
them are' doing , there will bo small
danger of getting undesirable i mini-
grants. The report of this commission
establishes the fact that tlio immigra
tion laws need very little amendment or
modification. The prime necessity is to
continue to properly enforce them.
IT HAS transpired thttt the gentlemen
ivho are hi Washington : is Iho repro-
Bontntivos of the Canadian government
to talk reciprocity have no authority to
conclude an arrangement. Accordingly
Secretary Blaine informed them that it
Is a wnsto of time to talk over the pre
liminaries until they have obtained Iho
power to do something , since the discus
sion would till have to bp gone over
iigttin. Trio needed authority , it ap
peal s , can oomo only from London , and
it is understood that the British govern
ment will bo asked to give an official
charactoi- the commissioners. It Is
almost incredible that men prominent
In the nlTuirs of a neighboring govern
ment would go to Washington on such
important and serious business as that of
proponing : t trO.ity of reciprocity with
out having any authority to negotiate
such an arrangement , and they could
not fairly complain if our government
were to summarily dismiss the whole
matter and announce an indefinite post
ponement. What was the object of
those eommiHslonprs in going to Wtibh-
ington ostensibly to notrotiato a treaty
of reciprocity when they were powerless
to otfoct anything and were oven with
out the right to submit a proposition:1 :
Apparently it could bo nothing else
than to ascertain what tlio government
of the United States might bo willing
to do and submit it for the considnr.i-
tlon of the British government. If this
was the object it has not boon successful ,
and doubtless Secretary Blaine will have
nothing moro to do willi the t-o-callod
dumdum commissioners until they have
secured full and complete authority to
conclude fi treaty or ttgrocmont. In the
present aspect of the case it scorns a
rather puerile proceeding on their part.
of the biggest railroad combina
tions oyor effected In this country was
made a few days ugo when the Reading
company secured control of the Lohigh
Vfilloynnd Now Jersey Central sybtems.
The whole country is interested in this
deal by reason of the possible effect it
may have upon the anthracite coal
monopoly and the price of that article to
consumers. According to the president
of the Reading , who has nt once become
famous by his success in promoting the
combination , there will bo such a saving
of expense in the management of the
combined corporations that the profits
of the coal-narrylng business will bo in-
ct cased without increasing Iho price of
coal to consumer ? , but us the anthracite
monopoly Is manifestly strengthened by
the arrangement it will be surprising if
it does not tnlco advantage of that fact
to be more exacting than it bus hitherto
boon. It is too much to expect that the
public will bo permitted to share In the
profits which may accrue to the com
bination of anthruclto coal interests.
The shrewd promoters of this deal have
not been using their wits with any such
purpose in view.
AaiKltlcANS whoso hearts have not
yet boon touched by the suffering in
Russia should nolo the latest reports by-
cable'that the thermometer registers
58 = below /.oro in ono district. The
poor peasants are not only starving but
freezing and quantities of grain ro-
colved at Penza cannot bo distributed to
the sufferers because they killed nearly
all their draught animals for food , To
add to these horrors U is stated that
typhus fever , small pox and diphtheria
uro ravaging the nflllotoil provinces.
This dispatch read in congrosH should
bring the blush of uhnme to those repre
sentatives , including the Nebraska dole-
gallon , who resisted the appeal for help
uud refused to aid their countrj'ui.-n in ,
tending ship loads of breadstuff * to
Russia.
SPKAKINO about hard limes nnd a
want of circulating medium brings to
mind the fact that the weekly bank
statement In Now York shows the ro
sorvoJn excess of legal requirements to
bo $33,054,01)0. )
A Tltnrly Hint.
Ynr Ytntt Aitrertttn :
Plro osrnpos are of llttlo consequence ) when
attached to Dmtdonstek wnlls ,
The Mlilnrlntrr if Hit Discontent.
.Vfic I'mAitftrtlvr / ( ttfin. ) .
The midwinter convention promise * to
make It mlO winter nil the year roantf for Mr ,
Clovutniul.
Anil a ( ; < > itlv One.
1'lih > 1tn ( J\nl.
The Union l'.ictrio In nttomptlne to bluff
Omnha tins evidently mndo n very serious
mistake.
A Litre * Chunk l Truth ,
I till , Gorman and Urleo may deserve to bo
cnllod'tho "blj * three , " but the oroat Ameri
can voter will hnVo a word to say before the
"rulo of tliroo' becomes i reality.
I'lUnralily Mrntlonpil.
JnTillr. / | .
W. n. Dickottson ol Wnhod Is favorably
mentioned for the state sonnto. Mr. Dickon-
son Is a itillter with the oouraco of his con-
vlctlons , and Sixtmdor-i county would not
suffer tinder his caro.
Our iitoomi'tl : ( ' ntciniornt-y. |
Dciiivr Jfiw.
The Omaha World-florold very naturally
ciilln the Christian null-It "n hazy entity. " it
would certainly bo Itnpimlblo for that paper
to got n definite , substantial , Intellectual hold
on niivthitifr Christian.
Tun of it Kind.
f.iiiiNrfl/r / Ami ttiJii'irnal. .
The woman who ( ? cU tinder n big hat tuul
Roes to the theater with It is a thoughtful nnd
consldor&to person compared with' tbo woman
who stands In front or tbo stamp window to
lick her stamps and put tbom on her letters
or paokagoi.
An lntmi < 4lliiK l.'lmiijo. .
T < il > - < l < i riimiHCirlal.
Sluco Senator Stanford and the czar of
Kussl.1 uro about to trade horses with ouch
other , it may ho on the pins for the senator
to twap some of hit Ideas of cheap loans by
the government on lands for a slice of the
czay'i vlows on serfdom.
Foililor lor N'oxol Milkers.
Afriillrdjpitfv Tillntne.
The comtnc "Rroatost American novelist"
oupht to go to Sioux falls to catch upon bib
note book the romantic details which dully
dtfTuso themselves ftom the local divorce
court room. Material for funny realistic
novoli is thielely strewn about Sioux Falls.
Thn Wurlil Movos.
The pilgrim fathers would bo douot bo
scnnd.tllrod , if they wore at hand , to see a
model of the Mayflower , manned by "ro l
Bostonlans , " _ take part In a procession of
wbiim nnothbr float is to roprflsont "wine ,
woman and sonj ? . ' ' Times are changed nud
over changing.
HemiM-r'iUlr Hiiriiiiiiiy.
Drtiiitl I'ifc 1'ivmitem. ( ) .
The Now York Sun vows that Ciovoland
and his party nro uslnjr a stuffed club to
smlto the national ouimocr'ao.v. If tlio Sun
presumes to , represent the national democ
racy remove the stufllnp from the club at
once but keep the clttb'to Knook the stufT-
ing out of the Pun conttiinont.
Vital Issurs ot tint ( ' .iniiml n.
Mlnncai > i > ltk Jinn unl ,
Soerotflry Blaine properly oinpbasbns the
linportaneo of the national campaign this
ye.uin his letter. Tbo republican party has
not for a long ttmo had to moot an opposition
so impreRiiatod with false economic and
fiscal theories. And It will only bo by efllc-
ient orpanl/tUloii and solid unity of spirit
and purpose that victory will bo ' .von.
Allotlier ( 'itlilu < 'oniileteil. ]
A'cic JDI/I / .Sim.
The laying of the now aubmarlno cable be
tween the nabama Islands and the United
States was n skilfully executed Job. It was
done by men who are experts In tlio business
ot cable laying. It was dotio rapidly and
without any trouble. Its layers deserve
commendation. The cable wus not expen
sive. It is uiio itilos long , ana cost $150,000 ,
or about JT.O for oaoh mlle oflts length. It
will be of moro value every year to the
Bahama islands than Its total cost , and 'it
will redound to the honor of its originator ,
the governor general , Sir Ambrose Shea.
Tlt.lT VOt.l ) Ml IKK.
Minneapolis Tribune ; Many cltlrons of
Nobraskn nro anxious to grasp the hand that
didn't prnsp Boyd's.
rhlcntjo llornids Governor Bovd was en
tirely justifiable In refusing to tnlto the ex
tended hand of UsutporTlmyer.
XNnsliington Post : If "Governor" Thnytr
was so anxious for a shako ho should have
shook that gubernatorial seal long ago ,
Larmmo Boomerang : Boyd ndtnlntstorod
righteous robukc to Thayer by refusing to
nccoot the proffered hand. Thaynrhns mndo
lilinu'lf mi odious UK uro tit the political
history of Nebraska.
Chlcuuo Tribune : Mr. Hovd Is undoubt
edly the rightful governor of Nobr.tskn , b"dt
lie ought to keep his tamper. A man who
can't shako hands with persons ho docs not
Itlto Roldom rllmbs to permanent political
greatness.
\Vnshlngion Start Possibly the refusal of
Governor Boyd to shako hands with ox-Gov
ernor Tlmyor was simply a well meant slop
In the direction of reform , mi effort to do
nwny with snmo of the iltoiint wear nnd tent-
to which public men nro subjected.
Kansas City Journal : It pays to bo polite.
ot oven the governor of Nebraska can nf
ford to bo n boor. Hovd enters on the dis
charge of his duties very lnnusptclouslywlth
thn wcliMil of his false stop In showing such
notorious lack of courtosv to his office. Ills
state and his fellows.
Chicago Times : If ( Jovcrnor Bovil of
Nebraska had boon n smodtli hypocrite , or
bad boon n colm-lo , conventional person , ho
'
would ttavo'tnkon Usurper Thay6r's lianfl In
, n ploii&ntit , nom-ommluul way. But possess
ing strong Individuality , guided by honest
aims which scorned tlio tergiversation ot
such n fellow ns Thnyor , Uovurnor Boyd reJected -
Joctod the prbtTored hand , waved nsldo the
roptibllcan Pecksniff with his 11UI6 inventory
of cuspidors nnd pln-i'uMilous , nnd permitting
the follow to sneak out wburo ho had snciikod
In cut i-red himself upon tlio dUchnrgo of
the gubernatorial ofllco to Which the pcoiV.o
elected him.
_
/M.M'.S HOIt.WiTS ,
There h never any hoavotlly music hi a
gloomy heart. „ .
The world Is slow to believe that a sin is
black ns long as It pays well.
Going to a charity ball to help Iho Lord
Is something the devil Is nlwnys roadv to sny
amen to.
Pco | > lo who make the most noiio nt n
church entertainment are generally vrv
qtilot during a revival.
The kind of religion that tells In the long
run Is the kind that never hoxvls nnd growU
because there is no pudding on wash day.
C'nnrrilr' * III * Ml t l < i > .
Uiscoi.v , Nob. , Fob. 13. To The Editor
of Tut : BII : : : I must acknowhdgo that tlni
sentence you quote from my first article of
the silver debate Is very badlv constructed ,
nnd may possibly bo underltood as you Claim
to understand it. Hut you will observe that
if the $0 is understood to muati Interest the
sentence would be absurd. What I intended
to say was that the volume of credit inonov ,
liasod on deposits , for whluh the people i i
compelled to pay , la equal to $0 for every
dollar of actual money. 1 will thank you to
glvo this item nn Insertion. , ) . Utmunws.
Kntu Hold's Wnslilnelon : The roll 'Inns
newspaper might bo less Inturestlns. but II
would bo vitBtlj more resnoeUblo If It
wouldn't steal Its jokes ,
Smnamllu Journal : llllli Don't you think
Miss Clint torbox has a Unoly month ?
rilsh It miht. ! ! be. If shu Ui > pt It still
lloston Transcript : Sim ( from ChlciiRn ) Oh ,
how I do love thesu gio.U mount-tins ! Clil-
civ.'o , you Icnow , IB only ii few root nbovo the
level of the luku. He ( from St. l.odlM I know ,
lint then remember that ( Jhlc.uo toot uro su
much moro portentous than foot olsonhcro.
WANTEIl A VAI.K.NTI.VE.
Shu no'or axuocts u vulcnllno from iinyono ,
"Oh , no ! "
And yet sit cvury mill : you'll find
Ili-nratdilna the 1 > . ( > . < t
Then , If pure-bunco tlmre comes no mail
1'hiit brings tlio written kiss ,
Vati'll see her sort of "out of soils. "
I'ronounuliiv mules .i
Nt > w Yoric Herald : "Slooulng caii.teltlvs In
your church peed ? "
" ( irncloiis bioiid fecats , high bucks , long
jormons. "
Atlanta Constitution : Hill Collector Three
tlnios have 1 walked six miles to collect this
Kdllor [ know It. You're too moan to hlro a
horai > !
Wnslilimtnn Star : "Hlgloy Is iiulto a snoll ,
'Isn't iipf"
"I proMimu ho Is. I'.voiy tlmo be travels In
n slconhiR ear bo Inilsls on holng put In upm < r
ton. "
STI10Mlt.il THAN POI'B IMAOI-.HI ,
\Vlio so.irchus I'opo111 find this .statement
tlieio :
"And bounty draws us with a slns'o hulr , "
And ono nt rand not the color ot our wlfu's
.May draw n- , Into era vest fumlly strifes.
Ham's Horn ; It won't do anv good to look
ra sultmn us an owl if yon nro In the h.iblt of
skinning people In bnslnoss.
lloston Courier : The ' 'horn of plenty" never
fulls to the lot of the man who taUoi plenty of
1
Klmlra Rnrotto : The oUnivncunt
until must not hope for a "lavi'ry" reputa
tion.
YonUcrs Statesman : ( icHIni In a plckln It
not an I to make a mull look well pronorved. .
Si CO.
K. W. Corner liilli anil Doiifflii ? Stj.
The Long and * ' rrtf
the Short of It r - : ' ; u :
e got too many suits left yet , and
as we've only got about
ten clays in which to
dispose of them , before
spring goods arrive , we
place them before you
at inducement prices ,
Monday. The styles
and sizes are many and
the colors are popular.
They will go fast next
week if prices are an inducement. The
overcoats are not numerous , but the prices
are such that if you can wear one you buy
it. We can save you money.
Browning , King & Co
KuinrJuys vunliiii-tt. nil : Io p. m. ! I ' Cy - nml ts .