OMAHA DAILY BEE- THURSDAY , J0NJS 2t. 18DL
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And'now It Is tlie United Senate that has
boon striking articles from the free list.
Chairman Wilson must lie thankful that
the place where the free list once was still
remains.
Tho-Chlcago Herald dubs him "Willlo the
Cyclone , " The cyclone Is scheduled to strike
Omaha today. It Is well to be prepared In
advance for atmospheric change } of this
kind. .
The canal promoters took their time to
formulate the proposition which they have
made to the county commissioners. Let the
commissioners set about revising that
proposition "with equal care. Too much haste
may make waste.
Omaha will extend a hearty welcome to
the Incoming delegations to the conference
of frco silver democrats. Omaha has the
same hospitality for all her guests without
regard to nationality , creed , business or po
litical convictions.
President Cleveland has returned to Wash
ington and Is ready to sign the tariff bill so
soon as It may bo presented to him. That
Is the opportunity which he has been wait
ing .for ten years or moro. It looks as If lie
will not be compelled lo wait many weeks
longer.
The Board of Tire and Police Commls-
uloners must vctit Its garment to flt Its cloth
like any other Individual or company. If It
Is maintaining a flro department out of pro
portion to tlio funds atlttf command the only
thing to do Is to brine Its expenditures
within- Its 'financial resources.
Wo ought to have isome vigorous protests
against the Income tax when that schedule
is taken up by the senate. The populist
senators alone are capable of doing all the
work of defending It. In fact they are the
only ones who are really committed to the
principle of Income taxation.
So the enterprising smoke consumer agent
is to get $000 for the smoke consumer fitted
to the city Tinll boilers that does not con-
Eume. It seems that any one who has a
contract with the city may violate It with
impunity and then If he has the proper pull
come In and secure the payment of his
claims without deduction of any kind. Is
this the kind of example that Is calculated to
Torco contractors to llvo up to their obliga
tions to the city ?
Chicago insists that It was merely out of
consideration for the feelings of the New
Yorkers that their Indian supply warehouse
is not to bo removed for .the present and that
the Chicago establishment will -nevertheless
be mode the principal warehouse , most of
the supplies hereafter being purchased In
tl.at city. It Is plain that the fight over the
Indian supply depot Is to bo renewed at the
earliest opportunity. Neither Chicago nor
New York appears to bo satisfied to share
the privilege with the other. The warehouse
must eventually come west , but It need not
stop permanently In Chicago , Omaha ought
to put In a powerful plea for It when the
time comes to'make definite arrangements
for Ita re-location.
The house looks with favor upon the Bryan
bill to restore to the pension rolls the names
of soldiers' widows who , having remarried ,
have a second time become dependent widows
on the death of their second husbands. The
principle at the bottom of this measure Is
that the United States Is simply relieved of
nn obligation by the voluntary offer of its
patriotic citizens , who may take upon them-
aelves the temporary support of the veterans'
widow * . To be strictly logical , however , the
United States ought to bo a party to every
arrangement In which It Is so vitally in
terested. It ought to see to It that the pen
sioned widows , If they marry at all , marry
men who give promise of outliving them , and
thus of keeping them off the pension rolls
for the remainder of tholr lives. It might
become profitable for the federal government
to establish a matrimonial bureau for the
especial benefit of pensioned widows.
The Board of Education reminds us very
much of the man who locked his barn door
after the horsa was stolen. Within the
last two years it has squandered thousands
of dollars through the ? 5 a day building
superintendent , who could not earn $2.50 a
day at his trade to save his soul. Now the
board proposes to economize by cutting down
the superintendent's salary from $1,800 to
J1GOO n year. Now if the present superin
tendent is to bo kept in place for another
year ho la dear at any price and the board
has virtually admitted Hint fact recently
* * " \vhon It boxed him up and ordered that ho
should not purchase a single dollar's worth
of supplies or do another job without special
authority from the committees. If a really
competent builder I * to succeed him the sal
ary of Jl.BOO a year la not excessive. A
first class man should by rights be an archi
tect nnd experienced builder who could not
only understand plans , but know how to
remedy mechanical defects In school build.
Inga. Such a man can scarcely to bad for
loss than. Uio lalarjr now paid.
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One of the signers of the call for the
free silver democratic conference repeats
the absurd charge that the net of 1873 , by
which the pcoplor of the United States were
deprived of the right to have gold and sli
ver coined Into money without restriction ,
wns consummated In a crafty , Insidious nnd
most rascally manner , without the knowl
edge of the people , nnd for the solo purpose
of dishonestly Increasing the incomes of the
rlcli at the expense of the dcbton and
producers. This charge linn been exploded
again and again by the citation of the con-
gn-nslonal records relating to the repeal act
of 1S73 and other historic facts that can
not bo successfully gainsaid. The so-called
conspiracy of 1873 In n fable fabricated for
credulous dupes and money cranks by the
crafty bulllonalrcs who speculate In mining
stocks. The act of 1S73 was passed after
two years deliberation In congress. It was
folly and freely discussed In both houses
and the debate covers something like forty-
eight pages of the Congressional Record.
The act did not discontinue the coinage of
silver Into dollars for the best of reasons
that silver was then as now n commodity.
There had been no coinage of silver dollars
lars as a circulating medium since 18G1
and there were no sliver dollars or gold
dollars coined by American mints for use
as money for nearly seventeen years. The
only currency In the land In 1873 was green-
backn , national bank notes and shlnplnsters.
Oold nnd silver were used only to pay in
ternational balances and Interest on the pub
lic debt. During the whole eighty years
prior to 1873 only 8,250,000 silver dollars
were coined by all the United States mints ,
nnd the bulk of these dollars of the
daddies was never In actual circulation as
money , It was only after John Sherman
had brought about resumption of specie pay
ments In 1S73 , five years after the coinage
of HIM 37114-graln silver dollar had been dis
continued by the mint , that silver began to
bo a factor In our currency. In the first
five months nftcr the Bland-Allison act had
been passed In 1878 the mints coined 10-
000,000 of silver dollars or 2.000,000 more
than had been coined from George Washing
ton down to U , S. Grant. And In the fol
lowing fifteen years over 450,000,000 sil
ver dollars and about 70,000,000 half dollars
lars , quarters and dimes hnvo been coined
by the mints. At the present day less than
70,000,000 bllvcr dollars are In actual circu
lation , and something llko $380,000,000 re
main In the treasury vaults ready for. cir
culation whenever there Is any disposition
on the part of the people to absorb them
Into the 'circulation.
-All the talk about conspiracies to Increase
the Income of the rich nt the expense'of
the borrowers Is the veriest buncombe. If
the panic of 1S93 Is due to the act of 1S73 ,
what brought about the panic of 1873 , which
was equally disastrous to commerce ? What
brought on the panics of 1857 and 1837 ,
which occurred when silver was worth
about twlco as much as It Is today ?
It Is easy enough to conjure up plots
and counterplots by the men of wealth , but
the money lenders of the world have been
punched harder and suffered greater losses
by panics nnd bankruptcies than have the
money borrowers. The conspiracy of 1873
is a very slim peg on which to hang the
free coinage balloon.
OUR CAXAni.llV TtRl.ATlOKS.
There appears to bo very little probability
that any.thlng will bo done by the present
congress Tilth a view to compelling the Can
adian government to observe treaty stipula
tions with the United States regarding the
use of the Canadian canals. Reference has
heretofore been made to a bill Introduced
In the house of representatives providing for
retaliation when the Canadian government
shall discriminate against American vessels
using the Welland canal. It authorizes the
president In such case to withdraw the priv
ilege now enjoyed by the Canadian railways
of carrying merchandise In bond between
points in the United States through Canadian
territory. This traffic amounts to a very
largo sum annually , Tvhlch would go to
American roads but for the privilege granted
by our government to the Canadian corpora
tions , and it is contended that if J.he govern
ment of Canada discriminates against Ameri
can -vessels , in violation of treaty stipula
tions , the very valuable consesslon made to
the railroads of that country ought not to
bo continued.
The house committee on commerce has
heard arguments against the proposed legis
lation by representatives of the Canadian Pa
cific , but the opposition which will have the
greatest weight with congress cornea from
New England and the northwest , Represen
tatives of the commercial interests of Boston
were before the commerce committee last
week with a plea for the Canadian railways.
It is said that the Boston merchants secure
special privileges In the way of transportation
rates over the Canadian lines , because'those
roads are not compelled to observe the Inter
state commerce net In
the same way as
American lines. It is
a fact that the mer
chants of Now England and particularly of
Boston have long complained of unfair treat
ment on the part of American roads , and if
it be a fact , as it probably is , that they are
favored by the Canadian lines , it Is only
natural , from a strictly business point of
view , that they should oppose any legislation
whloh would bo likely to cut them off from
this favor. Many of the millers and mer
chants of the northwest are similarly situ
ated. They bellovo that the competition of
the Canadian roods with American roads Is
very greatly to their
advantage and they are
practically unanimous , as the testimony
taken by a senate committee several years
ago showed , In opposition to any Interfer
ence with that competition. Thus the alien
corporations , which derive a large part of
their revenue from handling American mer
chandise , have powerful Interests here to
plead for a continuance of the valuable priv
ileges accorded these corporations by the
government of the United States , and , as
these interests have exerted a potent In
fluence In the past , they may be expected
to do BO now. The belief Is , therefore , that
the projected retaliatory legislation will fall.
There undoubtedly Is a strong feeling In
congress , however , that something ought to
be done to protect American Interests against
unfair and damaging treatment from Canada ,
Senator Hlggliia of Delaware voiced a senti
ment largely held In congress and outside of
It when , In the course of speech In the
senate recently , he said that a matter of very
great Importance la the aggressions of the
Canadian rallwayi upon American railways
and transportation Interests In the Internal
commerce of the United States. The Can
adian corporations could hardly exist It It
were not for the American tralllc they get
through the privileges accorded by the gov
ernment of the United States. Indeed It la
said by those whoie opinion in a matter of
this kind U entitled to the highest consider
ation that these corporations would speedily
become bankrupt If the should lose this
twino. In view of this , to say nothing of
treaty obligations. It would se iu that tlio
Canadian government would ba disposed to
do everything necessary to retain the good
Will of the United States and to voH conlro- j
versles that might lead to retaliation. If
thai government , however , pers.stcntly re-
fu-es to do Its plain duly and subjects Atner-
Ittn Interests to annoyance and damage , ni
It has done , the tlmo will certainly cotno
when no Influence will bo able to prevent
the adoption of such legislation ns Is now
proposed.
The county commissioners have Invited five
prominent citizens to make suggestions that
will aid them In formulating the canal propo
sition under such conditions as would pro
tect the Interests of the taxpayers nnd con
sumers of power. As n friend of the project
The Bee deems It Its duty to caution the
committee and the commissioners against
leaving loopholes in the proposition that
would enable the opponents of tlio canal to
compass the defeat of the bonds at the
polls. They should bear In mind that the
proposition -when submitted will bo before
the voters of Douglas county for thirty days ,
nnd every line will bo scanned and every
omission of any Important safeguard will be
pointed out. The wild talk of reckless boom
ers that no restrictions shall bo Imposed
should not bo heeded.
Every vote against the proposition will
liavo to be offset by two votes In its favor.
We believe there are fully 10,000 voters In
this county today who will vote down the
proposition unless it Is hedged In by proper
safeguards. Inasmuch as the subsidy Is to bo
voted to n corporation It matters but little
who Its leading stockholders are. Corpora
tions proverbially hnvo no souls. Nobody
can prevent any stockholder from parting
with his interest , and no stockholder can be
held responsible for any act of the corpora
tion , or even Its debt , beyond the actual
amount ho has subscribed. It would be
worse than foolhardy to submit a proposition
which would not stand the test of a fair
and free discussion. The last canal propo
sltlon was beaten overwhelmingly because It
was loosely drawn and open to suspicion that
the money voted would cither be absorbed
by speculators and construction rings or
squandered in buying Wiley's electric light
ing plant. For that very reason It will be
much more difficult to carry the proposition
which Is about to bo submitted.
No matter how public spirited any tax
payer may be , nnd what great things are In
Bight If the canal Is built , the average tax
payer will Insist that the subsidy shall not
be given without ample guaranties that
every promise made by the canal company
shall be fulfilled to the letter and can
legally enforced. The great majority of voters
ers do not care whoso property will be en
hanced In value , or how much anybody will
make by availing himself of the canal power ,
provided that the promoters of the canal will
give us the tull capacity of the ditch , with
reservoirs , power house and plant of ample
dimensions to satisfy not merely the pres
ent wants of Omaha , but to afford cheap
motive power for the factories and mills that
are to bo established in years to come.
Anything less will not meet with proper
endorsement.
MAY 2VBBD A SMALT * LOATf.
The Indications are that the new tariff
bill will become law In tlmo to go into rffect
tat the beginning of the next fiscal year ,
July 1. It is estimated that when in fi.il
operation it TV 111 yield a surplus of from
' $35,000,000 to 450,000,000 , but the rnvonuo
will not be large from the new law during
the first six months of Its operation , for the
( reason that nothing will bo derived from the
Income tax or the duty on raw sugar , as the
bill Is now framed , until the beginning cf
next , year , and any considerable proceeds
from these sources are not likely to get
Into the treasury for several months after
that date. It Is reported from Washington
that the embarrassment which might result
from this situation has been n subject of
some discussion at the Treasury department ,
but Secretary Carlisle has deferred any
recommendations to congress in relation to
It until it should become clearer what the
tariff bill will provide.
The secretary is said to be in favor , If
the necessity arises , of the Issue tf short-
term obligations bearing a low rate of Inter
est , which may be set afloat by payments
to contractors or "by open sale in the stock
market. A plan of this kind was suggested
during the treasury stress last autumn , and
subsequently in the annual report * qf the
secretary of the treasury as an alternative
to the issue of bonds" . The recommendation
of the secretary then was thai ho be em
powered to execute from time to time , as
may be necessary , the obligations of the
government , not cxcoccding in the aggregate
$50,000,000 , bearing a rate of Interest not
greater than 3 per cent , and payable after
one year from date , and that ho bo per
mitted to sell them at not less than par , or
use them at not loss than par in the pay
ment of public expenses to such creditors
as may bo willing to receive them. It Is
believed that with the Immense surplus in
the New York bank reserves treasury cer
tificates or bills could be issued at a very
low rate , payable after six months or a year ,
at the pleasure of the government , and that
they would ba gladly token by the banks
ns a part of their surplus in preference to
Idle money.
It is expected that the treasury will con
tinue to have a monthly deficit until next
Januaty if the sugar duty does not take
effect before that time. The estimated re
ceipts of the treasury for the first six
months of the next fiscal year under the
senate tariff bill are , In round numbers ,
$158,000,000 , and the expenditures for the
same tlmo $183,000,000 , the apparent defi
cit being $25,000,000. It may be sorae-
whnt less than thla , but it seems entirely
safe to count upon a deficit , unless , as al
ready observed , the sugar duty should be
made to take effect at once , Instead of 'being
postponed until January next , and oven then
it la quite possible that the receipts will
run somewhat below expenditures , because
the heavy importations of sugar already will
prevent the treasury from realizing the full
amount of duty that would come to it but
for these importations. Doubtless the treas
ury might struggle along without a loan ,
experiencing moro or less embarrassment
from time to tlmo , but It is a question
whether it would be wlso to do this if the
suggested plan of a short-term loan at a
low rate of Interest , or an Issue of obliga
tions , as recommended by Secretary Carlisle
In his annual report , could bo carried out ,
The treasury ought to bo put In a position
to meet fully and promptly every demand
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It the park commission cannot look favor
ably upon the suggestion to establish a river
front park It certainly should not look with
disfavor upon another suggestion which The
Bee ventures to make now. It must be con
ceded that Hanscom park will for all time ba
the contra ) park of Omaha. It la a pity ,
however , that only eighty acres are within
the park enclosure. There should have been
at least 200 acres within the enclosure. The
opportunity to extend Hanscom park by an
nexing the unoccupied lands south will not
continue for more than a year or two if that
long. Why can't the park commission limo
100 acrea adjacent to the park for a period
of fitly years or lomwj with the privilege of
Its purchase wlien'tfiljfci can be secured to
buy It In ? The owner * of the greater part
of Jho land nro getting no rolurns and would
ddubllcaa bo glad to lei the city occupy the
ground for park purpof-a at a low Intercut
on Ita actual value.
With subllmo nerve ( tiscatl Intimates that
of the bids received In response to the last
advertisement for proposal ! for electric light
ing for the thrco year term only those of
Baker and the Thomson-Houston company
wore given bona flde. Ile says that ho has
.been unable to learn th nnmcs of the parties
comprising the Citizens company. Who
Baker may be he does not volunteer to tell.
At the same tlmo the only bids that were
supported by the ce/'tYfled check as required
wore those of the Citizens company and at
Baker. If there was any bid that was
not made In good faith It vras that put In
by Wiley for the Thomson-Houston com
pany. The trouble all along has been that
the council has not been acting in good faith
in considering the electric lighting bids.
There must cither have been a tremendous
shrinkage In the prlco of coal purchased for
the Lincoln Insane asylum during the past
few years , or an extraordinary thrlnkago In
*
Its delivery to outs'dcra . In 1890 the coal
bills aggregated over $14,000 and In 1891 they
exceeded $8,500 , and during the year ending
March 1 , 1894 , they had shrunk to a fraction
over $6,200. That Is very nearly the estimate
The Bee made of actual consumption at the
asylum when It first called attention to the
oxceislve coal bills.
Hastings Democrat : If we arc to take the
democratic state press for It , Congressman
Brynn's nomination for governor will bo
.practically unanimous. Is It the Intention
of his friends to force him on to the state
ticket and in a three-cornered fight crush
him. This may bo loyalty to Mr. Bryan ,
"but wo are unable to see it that way ,
Mlnden Gazette : The meeting of the Re
publican State league at Lincoln did not ,
as was anticipated by some of tlio delegates ,
attempt to "resolute" on the sliver ques
tion. The matter was left for the state
convention and wisely , too. The repub
lican party doesn't have to trim any in its
position on silver ; neither will It com-
piomlsc Its position for the gratification of
dernngoguos simply for momentary endorse
ment.
.Kearney Sun : The name of Hon. John C.
Watson lias been prominently discussed as
a congressional possibility In the First dis
trict during the past two weeks. Mr. Wat
son has represented Otoe county in the
state legislature several terms , and that ,
too , In the face of the fact that the county
has n decided democratic majority. Mr.
Watson would hpnor nnd do credit to his
constituency should ho be elected , nnd re
publicanism would find no abler champion
on the floor of the house.
Chappell Register : Matt Daugherty of
Kolth county ia out in dead earnest a.a a
candidate for congress , and with a following
that is forming formidable shape. Matt
has the right kind of timber in htm to
make n good congressman. He would make
an excellent representative for this district
for several reasons ! one of which Is , his well
known Interest In 'irrigation and his belief
that the general government should assist
the arid region to secure water for Irriga
tion purposes , either by river , streams or
artesian wells. His well known ability is
sufficient to convince all that ho would
know how to go after whatever he wanted
and that " ho would not shirk the responsi
bility , "as our present congressman does ,
for want of brains to do his duty. Matt
has the brains nn\l the energy , and when
he would be needed to look after the inter
ests of his constituents lie would not bo
found lounging on { the seats in the capltol
park , leaving his 'jtfojk to be done by his
'
colleagues as Mr. ' 'iKom. does now , because
he Is ashamed tolishow hls Ignorance or
too lazy to attoudjAo jils duties , presumably
the former. " _ '
The Mnilnium Unto Cnse.
Fremont Leader.
We have watched very closely the action
of John Li. Webster in the maximum rate
cnse , now pending In the federal court at
Omaha. Notwithstanding his well known
sympathy , if not alliance , with the rail
roads , ho Is compelled to admit with the
law In force , rutes will still be considerable
higher than In Kansas , the Dakotua or
Iowa. It appears , also , from his argument ,
that the railroads from Lincoln and Fre
mont to Chicago Bet 45 per cent ol the
through rate. Thus , If the charge to Chicago
cage is $100 , the charges from Fremont to
Omaha. 37 miles , Is $45 , while the railroads
east of tlio river to Chicago pet but $55 ,
and as the distance is extended farther
vrest the local rates Increase until they
rea h W pjr C'nt This Is a statement borne '
out by the testimony and is not as strong
ns trie facts will Justify. It appears from
Webster's argument that the main line
of the B. & M. pays 37 per cent on a val
uation of $20,000 per mile. It is known that
the right of way practically cost that com
pany nothing , ana that the actual co t of
the road did not exceed $15,000 per mile ,
and that on that cost It Is paying- more
than 50 per cent per annum. The same is
true of the Union Pacific and the Elkhorn.
Webster's speech more than justifies all
that the Leader has ever claimed as exoix
bttant cha-ges made by the Nebraska roads.
It shows that they are practically robbing
the people of this state by their extortion
ate rates , which their hired nnd subsidized
organs palliate and approve. Webster's
speech will make a good anti-monopoly
campaign document , coming as It do'es
from a leader In the republican party and
n railroad attorney , for It shows some of
the unscrupulous menus resorted to by rail
road managers to bolster up their Infamous
practices. We regret that Mr. Webster did
not enter more deeply into the discussion
of the subject , and which ( In our view ) he
should have done. The action Is brought
to enjoin the enforcement of the law on
the ground that the receipts will not Justlty
the reduction In the rates. This Involves
the question of the cost of the road , the
cost of operating , the receipts from all
sources and the amounts expended , and for
what. This necessarily would have re
quired a showing of the amount of free
transportation nnd of secret rebates. It is
true. Mr. Webster refers to both of these
In his argument and calls attention to
their Injustice , but no testimony seems to
have been taken showing the amount of
each. It Is evident , also , that a very large
amount Is expended for cappers ana strik
ers to control the politics of the state in the
interest of the roads. The amount so ex
pended Is known to be very large , and last
year probably not less than a quarter of
a million dollars. But whatever the sum ,
let It bo known. We find no reference ,
either , In the testimony to the bonuses
fhven to the roads. The 500,000 acres be
longing ; to the state was distributed Im
partially between the Elkhorn and what
now constitutes the B. & M. and Its
branches. The right of way was prac
tically clven to all roads over the public
lands of the state , and oven over school
lands nothinglllto the value of the right of
way has been paid. The II. & M. received
from two to three millions of acres of the
best lands in the Ht UM The lands sold lot-
moro than the cost-aof the road. The roud
not only cost Its ort-ners nothing , but left
a handsome surplus to build Its branch
lines , and still upon ihe road that cost
them nothing they are receiving a not
revenue of 60 per qentt of the actual cost
of the road if no bonuses had been given ,
The same Is true of the Union Pacific. Hr.
Webster , In Ills argument , Motes that the
corporations nro not Hoverned In their
charges by the cost to the company ot
transporting the property , but they charm
all that Xhe tratl\9 \ will bear. In other
words , suck all the jiilco out of the orange
except the-pulp , which Is left to the con
signee , so that they "may " get their freight.
Mr. Webster has 'Uorie a service to the
cause of truth In his argument , by ex
posing tlio rottemiess-Uiat has been known
to exist , but has b ( ! n > pprslstenly denied by
the railroad companies. '
or Tint
OMAHA , June 20-To the Editor of The
Hoc : In discussing the cnnal bond propp-
Bltlon ( be question * arc raised ns to what
demand there will bo for the power pro
duced , nnd , again , how will factories bo
.
The factors that control Uiolocution of
In Jut tries ni-f crude material , power , Iab4or ,
nirket jtor mnuufncturcd goods ari"d cnp
*
iic center of population In this country
U B/OW in central Indiana ; later It will
move westward tn Illinois , Iowa , and pos
sibly to Ncbnifka. .
The center of wealth anil commerce. Job
bing and manufacturing will move , ns hero.
toforo. with population. Chicago and St.
Ixnila were first Jobbing centers , nml arc
now becoming manufacturing centers.
The Missouri river clllcn arc liiHiomlng
Immense Jobbing centers ; soon factories
must follow. Thenc cities will bp the line
where the progress of factories west will
cease , bt > cnu e there will not lie aufllelont
crude material , power and labor west to
sustain them ; they would probably not bo
constructed this Bide of the mountains or
'i'herc' available tn Omaha ns crude mn-
toiial , grain for Hour , oatmeal , starch ,
glucose and miscellaneous ccrcnl goods ,
beets for sugar nnd broomcorn for broom * .
The Rlucoso factory that may bu secured
to this city works 1.000 men , and elevate- ;
and grinds 30,000 bushels of corn dally , nn
has nTbrtttery of boilers of D.WO horse power.
Cheap power Is the only questionable fen-
ture for us ns against locating east , where
coal H cheaper. The fact that Omaha is
not located In the midst of coal fields , and
that competing cities are so located. Is a
comparative disadvantage , but one that the
canal would more than remove by giving
superior facilities to all other localities in
this respect. The mllla nt Alchlaon , Kan. ,
n. small place , produce 4.000 barrels of llour
per day , and use 1,000 horse power. They
use wheat Jrom Nebraska and ship Hour
to Omaha.
A beet sugar plant with only 200 tons
capacity requires -2f > 0 horse power. Grain
elevators with moderate capacity require
230 horse power. The industries at South
Omnrm require 1.000 horse power. So It Is
apparent that 10,000 horse power would ue
required without much eltort for the class
of factories above referred to.
Again , ns crude material there Is acces
sible tin abundance of cottonwood , rags ,
( lax nnd other etrnw , felt and old papers
for making paper. The city of umuhn
alonn has a demand dally for fifty tons of
print , mnnllla and wrapping nnd building
papers nnd straw board , the manufacture of
which will use 1,500 horse power. These
papers , with cheap power , can be made ut
less cost here than they are being imulo
at any point In the world , and Is suscepti
ble of being developed , based on the de
mand for the product , to the extent of using
5.CCO her e pow r or more , twin y-four hours
per day. The water powers at Holyoke and
at manufacturing points In Wisconsin
make these great paper manufacturing cen
ters. In Denver the Platte Paper company
uses the timber from the mountains and
makes book , print nnd mnnllla papers , and
sells Its paper In Omaha and over the
entire west , and uses 3,000 horse power ,
steam. The plant -was built by local cap
ital and the enterprise Is very successful.
Twenty million dollars worth of Imple
ments are distributed each year from Coun
cil Bluffs and Omaha and $00,000,000 from
Missouri river points , and as much more
furniture and other products of factotlcs ,
made from wood. Those goods are manu
factured in Illinois and otlier western
states. The basis of the lumber supply for
these purposes Is now Arkansas , Tennessee
nnd the south. The rates are as low to
Omaha as to points In Illinois and adjacent
states , the average rate on furniture , cto. ,
from existing factories to the Missouri river
being $100 per car. These enterprises ate
moving west. To demonstrate : Walter A.
Wood & Co. , one of the largest Imple
ment manufacturers In the world , employIng -
Ing 3,000 men , lately moved from New York
to St. Paul. Also wool and shoddy , made
from rags and cotton , compose the crude
material necessary to make hats , caps ,
blankets , clothing and underwear. The wool
nnd rags are shipped from Nebraska east
for these purposes.
Rates on cotton from Interior Texas and
Arkansas points are less to Omaha than
New York. At Amsterdam , Cohoes , and
points along the Mohawk river , where
there Is water power , these factories are
congregated ; therefore it would seem that
power controls their location ; certainly it
is not crude material , labor or market.
In a similar manner the hides and skins
are shipped from the west to be tanned In
the east and manufactured Into goods.
The gloves used In the west are manu
factured at Gloversvllle , Philadelphia and
elsewhere east. Boots and shoes are mostly
made In Massachusetts. Lately , however ,
Chicago nnd St. Louis arp making these
goods extensively. St. Paul has seven ex
tensive boot and shoe factories , so that It
will not be many years until our supply is
made in the west. It Is not good argument
that "because our manufactured goods are
made in the cast it should continue to be
so. The theory Is exploded by the rapid
construction lately of these enterprises
west. There are no factories located In
Chicago or St. Louis that would not be
equally applicable to Omaha.
In the building up of cities , factories
come last , jobbers make the demand and
the producer of goods follows. It Is n mis
taken ldeaxthat in the east expert labor in
factories Is cheap. The women working
In factories at Cohoes and elsewhere fre
quently earn as high as $2 50 per day. There
is an abundance of available labor in this
city for factories , men , women nnd chil
dren ; again , the cost of living Is cheaper In
Omaha than east , the basis of expenses
among laboring people being their food sup
ply , nnd the difference of price on staple
articles , such ns milk , butter , bread and
meat , Is evident. So that all the conditions
that should produce factories to consume
20,000 horse power or more are favorable to
Omaha.
It Is true these factories are not all In
operation nt present , but It Is a rational
conclusion that during the period the canal
is being constructed the pluck , energy and
Intelligence that conceives and builds the
canal will in the meantime construct fac
tories to consume the power.
We already have four factories making
clothing nnd one Inctory making boots and
shoes and working several hdntlrcd people
and doing n prosperous business , but the
goods made at home are but a small pro-
portlon of the amount consumed. Besides
many large factories , there are an immense
number of smaller , iislng fifteen to twenty-
five horse power , that will grow Into large
enterprises. Cheap power will aid these
young plants to make cheaper product. Nu
merous Inquiries nre being made at trie
Commercial club by thosp looking west foi
Investment In factories. With the Incentive
the building of the canal will give , Omaha
will have an era of factory building that
will be surprising. J. E. UTT.
- o
Trying to Unload.
Sprlnefleld ( Mass. ) ncpubllcnn.
A movement In the constitutional conven
tion of New York that has considerable
strength alms at selling the Erie canal to
'the ' United States govcinment. The lenson
of the movement evidently Is to be found
In the disinclination' of the state to BO
enlarge the canal that sea-going ships may
pass through It fiom the lakes to New
"York harbor. Hut were the canal the prop
erty of the United States all New York
would Immediately clamor for the expendi
ture of an enormous sum of money on the
work. It looks like a "Job. "
Chicago Journal.
When the curtains at night , 'tween the dark
and the light ,
Drop down at the set of the sun ,
And the tellers return to the loved ones at
home ,
As they pass by my window Is ono
"Whoso coming I mark , for the song of the
As It Joyously soars In the sky ,
Is no dearer to mo than the notes glad and
free
Of the boy who goes whistling by.
If a sense of unrest settles over my breast ,
And my spirit seems clouded with care ,
It all files away If he happens to stray
Past my window n-whlstling an air.
And I scarcely Know how much gladness I
owe ,
And I never could tell should I try ,
But I'm sure I'm In debt , for much ploaaura
I get ,
To the boy who goes whistling by.
And this muslo of his , how much better It
Is
Than to bunion his life with a frown ;
For the teller who sings to his purposes
brings
A hope nts endeavor to crown.
And whenever I hear his notes full and
clear
I say to myself I will try
To make all of life with a Joy to bo ilfo
Like the boy who goes whistling by.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report.
ABSOUUTE1Y PURE
TO KEEP UP FIGHTING BLOOD
Congressman Oabinta Has a Plan for Pro-
vidirg Military Training.
WILL INCREASE OFFICERS AT COLLEGES
Ainu nt rrovldlnj ; Ono Hiimtrril nml Sltty
Old FlghUTA toTonrh tlio YoiuiKntcri
the Art nntl .Solrnro of
Killing Others.
WASHINGTON , June 20. ( Special to
Tlio Ilee. ) Congressman Cabanlss of
Georgia Ima introduced a bill "To inureaao
the number of nrmy offlcera to ba detailed
at colleges , " to as to permit the president
to detail not to exceed 160 officers of Iliu
army of the United States ; and no olllcor
shall be thus detailed who has not had
nvo years' service in the nnd
army , no de
tail to such duty shall extend for more
than four years , and officers on the retired
list of the army may , upon 'their own appli
cation , be detailed to such duty , nnd when
so detailed nhall receive the full pay of their *
rank ; and the maximum number of officers
of the army nnd navy to be detailed at any
ono time under the provisions of the net
HPrOVVfoVOmbcr ! ! ? 3' 1S93' " " " " "Hi'S ' sect
" of
i22,5 tl10 "evlsed Statutes as
amended by nn net approved September 20 ,
! ! > , ana an act approved January 13 , 1S01.
s hereby Increased to ICO. " This bill has
been referred to the committee on mili
tary affairs nnd will receive early
con-
sldoratlon. Mr. Outhwalto of Ohio , chair
man of the
committee on military affairs
says : I am In favor of Blvlns ; our young
men every advantage which may accrue
from military training. I think the High
school cadet system should be supple
mented by n oolUiRlato military training for
HIP young men who are so soon to taku our
places In the active affairs of the world. "
Captain Hull of Iowa , wiio Is also a mem-
, fcrn tl1 ? co ! l"lttccSB > K : "The Idea of
the Cabanlss bill Is a good ono. Our young
men have a natural fondness for military
affairs , and It should be fostered. "
The leave of absence on surgeon's certifi
cate of disability granted Captain Owen J.
Sweet , Twenty-fifth Infantry , In special
orders , May 11 , 1831 , Department uf Dakota ,
Is extended ono month on surtoon's certifi
cate of disability.
A general court martial Is appointed to
meet at West Point , N. 3' . , at 11 o'clock a
m. , on Wednesday , the 20th day of June ,
1894 , or as soon thereafter as practicable , for
the trial of such prisoners as may be brought
before It. Detail for the court : First Lieu
tenant Samuel E. Allen. Fifth artillery ; Flrsi
Lieutenant Mason M. Patrick , Corps of Bn-
glnoers ; First Lieutenant Edmund D. Smith
Nineteenth Infantry ; First Lieutenant Wll-
.lls P. Klchardson , Eighth Infantry ; First
Lieutenant Thomas II. Rees , Corps of En
gineers ; First Lieutenant Arthur F. Curtis
Second artillery ; First Lieutenant Arthur
Tlmyer , Third cavalry ; First Lieutenant
Frank Mclntyro , Nineteenth infantry ; First
Lieutenant Benjamin A. Poor , Sixth Infantry ;
First Lieutenant Luclen G. Berry , Fourth
artillery ; First Lieutenant Edgar Russell ,
Fifth artillery ; Second Lieutenant Marcus
D. Cronln , Twentieth infantry ; Second Lleu-
tenant Charles P. Palmer , Fourth artillery :
Second Lieutenant John S. Wlnn , Second
cavalry. Judge advocate. The court is em
powered to proceed with the business before
It with any number of members present not
less than the minimum prescribed by law.
Captain M. Swigcrt , Second cavalry , is de
tailed as professor of military science and
tactics at the Agricultural nnd Mechanical
college of Kentucky , Lexington , Ky. , to take
effect September 1 , 1894 , to relieve First
Lieutenant Charles D. Clay , Eleventh infan
try , who will then proceed to Join his com-
pany. Captain Swlgart will report In person
at the college , August 25 , 1894.
The resignation by First Lieutenant Odus
C. Homey , ordnance department , of the
commission as becond lieutenant of Infantry
( Seventh regiment ) only has been accepted
by the president , to take effect May 31 , 1894.
Leave of.absence for three months nnd Jlf-
teen days , to take effect beforo- proceeding
to Join his regiment in the Department of
Texas , Is granted Major WIrt Davis , Fifth
cavalry. The extension of leave of absence
on surgeon's certificate of disability Granted
Major John C. Mallory , corps of engineers ,
March 8 , 1894 , Is still further extended three
months on surgeon's certificate of disability.
DENIKD AT WASHINGTON" .
Story of Crilorqnta' ArroHt Not Credited nt
tin ) \Vur Department.
"WASHINGTON , Juno 20. A story coming
from Omaha to the effect that Charles
Cederquls , a private in the Second infantry ,
is under arrest awaiting court martial for
refusal to participate in target practice on
Sunday , met a very prompt denial at the
War department today. The officers say the
man has undoubtedly assigned a false reason
for his arrost. as target practice on Sunday
is unheard of in the army , and would be In
direct violation of the army regulations.
The United States soldiers have also been
exempt from any unnecessary duty on Sun
day , and In that respect has much the ad
vantage of the European soldiers. Even in
tlmo of war this rule has been observed
whenever practical , and during the late civil
war. President Lincoln , quoting the words
of Washington , made a Rcnornt order en *
joining ( ho observance of tno Sabbath on th
officers and men of ( ho army and navy , and
the tplrlt of this order still pcrvAdoa the
Service. Prosltlcnl Lincoln , In ttili order ,
* nld : "Tho Importance to man and boaai
nf the prescribed rest , tlio sncrod HRM 'of
Christian noltllcru nnd MAllora , n becoming
deference ( o the best sentiment of A Chris
tian people , nnd n dne regard to thft Ulvlnb
Will , demand that Sunday labor In ( ho nrmf
hml navy bo reduced to the tneiuurn of strict
necessity. "
The ruin thus laid down Ima governed the
nrmy from Llncoln'a time , ami about H'
labor that remained was the necos.i.uy guard
mount nnd the dally inspection. Olio at the
first acts of President Harrison wai to ro <
< 1iico the latter to a mere perfunctory form ,
by A general order directing the complcta
Inspection under arms to be held on Snttir- ,
days , and that the Sunday Inspection bo
merely of dress and general appearance.
WIMi I'HINT KNOINKKKS' ItlH'OUTS.
NiMiiitor Mnnilnroiu ( let' n Ill-solution of
Some Import Through the Homitr.
WASHINGTON , Juno 20. ( Special Telegram -
gram to The lice. ) Senator Mandcrson today ,
Introduced a resolution , which was consid
ered by unanimous consent nnd agreed to ,
Instructing the secretary of war to transmit
to the senate all reports , addresses and
papers pertaining to the proceedings ot the
World's Congress ot Auxiliary Engineers. It '
Is the intention of Senator atandcrson to
hive these documents printed , nnd the rose- ,
lutlon Introduced today Is for the purpose
of getting them Into the hands of the senate
In case they are needed to bo printed ,
Senator Mandcrson also Introduced a bill
extending for two years the tlmo In which
veterans of the Mexican war and War ot
the Rebellion can apply to the War depart
ment for honorable discharges , nnd a bill
to remove the charge of desertion now stand
ing against Huftis Uctz , who wns a private
In the regiment In which the senator first
served. The senator also presented memor
ials of wholesale and retail liquor dealers ot
Beatrice and Fremont remonstrating against
any Increase of the revenue tax on wlilxky.
Congressman Mercer called at the Post-
office department today and succcdod In hav
ing an Inspector detailed to the old postoffico
building at Omaha to make an Investigation
as to the advisability of putting an elevator
In the building.
J. O. West of Grand Island has written -
Representative Mercer , enclosing n letter to
Governor McKlnley of Ohio , requesting the
governor to stop nt Grand Island on his trip
to Denver. Mr. Mercer today forwarded tho1
request to Governor McKlnley and urged ,
that he ftccept the Invitation to speak at
Grand Island and that he also stop a night
at Omnlm nnd deliver an address.
The house committee on public
lands today made a favorable re
port on the bill of Congressman
Kcm , permitting each settler who has lost
111 ? claim by having to abandon It because
of poor crops to make another entry. '
Postolllccs have been established nt Eminqt ,
Union county , and Toi , Lincoln county , S. D. ,
with Joe Patterson nml John M. Hecron as
postmasters , respectively.
N. 0. Elliott has been appointed postmas
ter nt Vega , Jefferson county , la. , vice Ab I
Trueblood , resigned.
Anti-Option Jllll Occupied tlio llollflo ,
WASHINGTON , Juno 20. The ajitl-optlon
bill occupied the attention of the house and
an agreement was made that debate should
close at the adjournment tomorrrow and a
vote bo taken Friday morning. Speeches
were made against the bill by Representa
tives Warner and Goldzler while Mr. Rich
ardson of Michigan spoke In favor of it. >
TAl'l'IXO TJIK Jr'USXr
Lowell Courier : Muslin the sweet girl
graduate doesn't make her less dangerous.
Town Topics : llay Do you read after ,
going to bed ? Madge Yes. I love to read r
poetry on my back. May Uless me ! You'
must be a contortionist !
Somervllle Journal : When the shoe string ,
of a girl 37 years old comes untied , you
may be very surp that It was by accident ;
also that she will have to tie It up her
self. 4
New York Recorder : The now volume of. ,
war rumors from Europe Is bound In Mo- '
rocco.
Washington Star : "And do you mean to
say , " said the mun who likes orimmentat
phrases , "that his senatorial prospects llo
wrecked among the breakers ? " "No ; not
among the breakers ; among the brokers. "
Life : She He's n bad scholar nnd a poor
athlete ; why don't the college authorities
put him out , anyhow ? He Hut you ought
to hear his college yell !
Philadelphia Record : "That's what I get
for my pains , " sobbed the small boy ns ha
swallowed a dose of castor oil. '
Buffalo Courier : Good natural rivalry tn
business Is all right , but It IH carrying
things a trine too far when an undertaker
starts In with the avowed Intention of layIng -
Ing his competitors out.
Somervllle Journal : It Is hard to decldo
whether It Is the base ball umpire or the
Ice man who is most unpopular Just at the
picsent time.
ENCOURAGEMENT. ,
Puck. '
Ho gravely said : "I have been told
That you've declared you will refuse
My preferred hand , because you hold
Far other and far higher views.
"Now , was your motive to prevent
Mo from proposing , as seema clear ? "
"Why , no , " she gently said ; "I meant
I meant to give you courage , dear ! "
This Way ,
We're going- look down to the bottom of things ;
sort o' see where we're at , as It were. In other
words we're going1 to take an inventory in a few
days. Cash is easier to count , than clothes ; so wo
out the clothes way down , to save ourselves the
time , and to keep from carrying the sum "nor stuff
over. Suits will be sold for $7.50 $8.50 , $10 anrl
$12.50 , that are worth lots more money.
Boys' suits same way. $2,50. $3 and $3.50 , will
buy suits that you can't buy elsewhere for loss
than $1.00 to $2.50 more. A splendid boys combin
ation suit with two pairs of pants and cap to
match for only $4.50.
Straw hats and summer furnishings at clearing
out prices.
Browning , King & Co. ,
S. W. Corner 15th and Douglas.
