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l.VSIST 0II.YVINK THIS HER.
Tltoro lin.s bwii'iinotluM- ' of plnyors
In tlio ooiuvrt of Kuroi > t % . Austria , Is now
working tlio horse lldille.
For Hiilo c'lit'nii si large quantity of
yi'llowhiU'k water works norelottes on
application to tln > fx-niayor.
riace your ortlws for the Sunday Ieo !
nntl the beaut If ul oillclal blnlseye view
of the exposition that will be Issued
with It as a supplement.
Boston democrats 'sidetracked the
Chicago platform In their city conven
tion. Someone had read to them the
news from New York city.
Nebraska beet sugar factories are
working full time this yoiir. There Is
room for a beet sugar fa'ctory In nearly
every county In the state.
Senator'Turner of Washington pre
dicts a deadlock between the house and
senate on curivnry legislation , and he
will do what ho can to make sure of it.
Wonder 1C Jj. I ) . Fowler ever indulged
his "guessing" abilities in forecasting
the names on the memorandum slips
stowed away by Uolln in the city cash
drawer.
The case of ex-Auditor Kugono Moore
I Is only another example of the danger of
/'lvlng / the custody of public funds over
t to a man who can not say no to his pre
tended friends.
Promoting their political pollcvmen
find rewarding ! their political newspaper
lackeys' seem to bis tlio only ideals of
Governor Ilolcomb's non-partisan reform
police commissioners.
Congress will hardly retbv the green-
liaclw , but neither will it allow them to
1)0 depreciated by making them redeem
able In any money of less value than one
hundred cents In gold coin.
A proposal to , erect a statue of Wash
ington in London met with a chilly recep
tion hi th ? Kngllsh capital. Certainly ; so
would a proposal to erect a statue of
George III at this American capital.
One good reason President Simon Sam
doesn't immediately nuvt the fierman
demand on Ilaytl for Indemnity in the
casu of Luuder Is that he hasn't the
money at hand and doesn't know where
to get It
Hemember that The Hoe Is the only
newspaper published In these parts that
hoops before the public an accurate
Bworn statement of bona lido circulation
whoso correctness can not bu ques
tioned.
Up to date this paper that has to hire
u brass band to explain that It Is for
Omaha has not had a single good word
fur the proposed Transmlsslsslppl
Teachers' convention at Omaha during
the exposition.
Bryan Imagines ho sees a fusion gain
In the latest Nebraska election returns.
This Is the same Bryan who assorts that
ho was counted out of the presidency a
year ago , although burled under a
plurality of nearly three-iiuarters of a
million of votes.
State Auditor Cornell can rely upon
popular support la any action he may
take to bar out unsafe Insurants ? con
cerns , whether Incorporated companies
or fraternal associations , The auditor is
expected to protect the public against
fraudulent or catch-penny Insurance
seh.'ines and he cannot apply the tests
too strictly.
The olllclnl organ of the populist state
inachlno prints Bryan's remarks at St.
Loula about opposing the retirement of
( lie greenbacks , but carefully cuts out
the part In which he openly repudiates
the populist doctrine on that subject.
Perhaps the populist machine does not
want to let the rank and tlio of the party
know that their former candidate for the
? rwldjiiey Las slapped them lu tLo to.cn.
IIA\h TtlKVShHVKD THEM
The free silver rcptibtlf i > tty Is n thins
Of tllO ( KlSt. flttd A8 U lifts Otltllvod Us UBOflll-
ncivi u fttioiiM nuxpcni ] era It In ptACod in the
RrnvD , U was a proper organization tor tout
nw. ami durhiR the presidential campolRn
w s ot much Rood , as republicans who were
hlmetalllsts would vote for Ilryan under Hint
rcimo when otherwise they would cling to the
old party name. To begin with the name
free silver republican was a misnomer. A
nwn could not bo n republican and bo tor
free silver , because republicanism under the
construction of the national party platform
meant a Rold sMndard. The party served Itfi
mirpMo and was nil rifiht last year , but Is
no IwiRor a HvlnR reality. The members can
Join cither the democratic or populist parties
and still advocate the same Ideas. Schuylcr
Quill ( pop. ) .
Coming from a Bryanlte organ , this Is
the most , candid confession yet mndo
that the sllv.jr republican organization
was never anything more than a snare
to catch gnlllbles for the popocratlc
ticket. This purpose , we an now told ,
It has served -ind tlio party ndvlpcd to
suspend before It dies of dry rot.
But will the handful of silver repub
licans suspend Just to please the popu
lists and democrats who publicly declare
they have no further use for themV Will
they admit that they have been prac
ticing fraud and that ihey need change
nothing but their name to become good
popullstsV
Will the silver republicans voluntarily
give up the privilege that has been ac
corded them of a full third ot nil the
elective and appointive olllces r-mirollod
by the fusion combination ? Will they
r-L'tiouueo their right to select the nomi
nees of the two other silver parties and
step aside from all share In the manage
ment of the combination e.tmpalun and
the distribution of the party funds ?
Will a duck desert the water or a hog
refuse to food on swill ?
TllK JS3MTK HAKh. TAX.
One of the numerous bills relating to
the currency already prepared for Intro
duction In congress provides for the re
peal of the 10 IKT cent tax on state bank
Issues. The Louisville Courier-Journal
says there Is a pretty widespread desire
for the repeal of this tax , or such a
change In the law as will permit state
banks to Issue currency. This is undoubt
edly true , at least so far as the south and
portions of the west are concerned , but
the efforts that have been made In con
gress for the repeal of the tax did not
show much sentiment In other sections
favorable to It. It is possible that since
the question was last before congress
there lias been a growth of sentiment In
favor of doing away with the tax , but
this dons not appear in the suggestions
submitted to the monetary commission ,
most of those whoso communications to
that body have been given to the public
being opposed to repeal , whew making
any reference to the matter. Theiv are a
few llnanclal authorities who think the
tax could bo safely removed , believing
that under existing conditions the state
banks could b ? trusted not to abuse the
privilege of issuing currency , but we
have no doubt the great preponderance
of llnaiiclal opinion is against repealing
the tax , the ground of this opposition
being that it would open the way to a
restoration of the ante-bellum state bank
currency.
When the question was before the
Fifty-third congress the representatives
from the south were practically unani
mous in favor of an unconditional repeal
of the 10 p3r cent tax. They had a few
allies among the democratic representa
tives from other sections , but a majority
of these were opposed to removing the
tax without the condition that the state-
banks should 1 > 3 subject to the supervis
ion of the federal government so far as
Issuing notes and providing for their re
demption was concerned. This diver
gence of views prevented any action
being taken. Possibly hud the southern
representatives been disposed to accept
conditional repeal It would at that tlmo
have been effected , but that would have
Iwcn a compromise of their view that the
tax Is unjust 1C Hot unconstitutional. It
is needless to say tint there is no chance
of the tax being repealed by the present
congress , there being very few repub
licans who are not favorable to It.
SKCHRTAIIV ( J.lOll OK TIIK DEFICIT.
The secretary of the treasury has an
nounced that his estimated deficit for the
current fiscal year , which ends .Mine 110 ,
IS'JS ' , will not exceed ? ir > ,000 , < )00. ) The
excess of expenditures over receipts in
the lirst live mouths of the year has av
eraged about J,0no,000 ? ! a month , so that
Secretary tinge must expect a very largo
Increase In Importations during the last
half of the year to justify so moderate
an estimate of the deficit at the close of
the year. But the secretary Is a careful
and conservative man , who studies the
situation In a practical , business way ,
therefore his judgment will be accepted
with a great deal of confidence.
While nothing is more uncertain than
revenue estimates , a very considerable
Increase in the receipts of the govern
ment from customs , beginning with the
new year , Is assured. There has boon
a steady monthly lncroa.se of revenue
from this source since the present law
went Into effect , the receipts for Novem
ber exceeding those for August by about
? . ,0 < XOUO. ) It Is true that tlu customs
revenue has not ( jnlto met the expecta
tion of the supporters of this law , but In
view of the heavy importations before
Itvnt Into offeet there is little reason
for complaint. It Is a noteworthy fact
that the receipts from the present tariff
in the first four months of Its operation
were larger by several millions of dollars
than those for the lir.st four months of
the Wilson law , although whlL- the lat
ter was pending importations were hold
back for the lower duties. The Increase
of customs receipts under the present
tariff has occurred with no revenue of
any consequence from sugar , wool and
many other revenue-producing articles
with which the American market had
been filled to overflowing. It Is the opin
ion of treasury officials that the revenue
from sugar alone , after the stock now
In the country Is used up , will reach
? 5tXK)00 ) ( ) per month , while that from
other sources must increase siilllclently
to ndd not far from that amount monthly
to the receipts. The Importations of
sugar will begin early in the now year
and an increase in other Hues of Impor
tations Is confidently to bo looked for
early lu Uio coining year. There ap
to bo Rood rcnson for the belief
mild to prevail among treasury officials
that the rt'cclptfl will nverago ? 1,000,000
a day by the spring of 1808.
It Is to bo Inferred from the mntemont
of Secretary Gage that ho believes the
tariff law will ultimately furnish am
ple revenue and that therefore ho will
not recommend any changes In the law ,
but rather urge that It bo given a fall-
trial as It Is. The enemies ot the policy
embodied In the present tariff ore mak
ing a good deal of outcry against It because -
cause It has not stopped deficits nnd
while this rooms to have made an Im
pression In some quarters not unfriendly
to the principle of the law It Is not prob
able that any attention will be paid to
It by the administration or by the re
publicans In congress. It Is quite proba
ble that there will bo democratic at
tacks on the law In congress and that
changes in It will bo proposed , but there
Is very little likelihood of any being
made affecting Its general character. It
should have i fair test as a revenue
measure and we have no doubt that
President McKInley and the republican
leadersIn congress will bo found to en
tertain this view. It will be tlmo enough
to make changes if at the end of a year
It shall have proved to bo Inadequate.
1I7M31 TUB f\Jl7ffC2VOA' MliASS.
In order to protect the legal rights of
The Omaha livening Bee ns the paper
having the largest circulation in Douglas
county and under the law entitled to
the advertising of notices of liquor li
cense applications , the publishers of The
lleo have iK'on forced \o \ apply to the
district court for an Injunction prohibit
ing the members of the police board
and their employes from violating the
law. This Injunction has been granted
and all persons Intending to apply for
liquor licenses or druggists' permits will
do well to take notice of Its scope and
Import. This Injunction means :
First , That The Omaha Kvojiing Bee
Is the paper having the largest circula
tion In Douglas county and Is ready to
prove the fact either in court or before
any unprejudiced person or persons.
Second. That to procure n liquor li
cense or druggist's penult notice of the
application must be published for two
weeks In the paper having tlio largest
circulation in the county.
Third. That no resolution of any po
lice board designating any paper other
than The Omaha livening Boo as the
paper entitled under the law to pub
lish Ihinor license notices Is legal or of
any effect.
Fourth. That every liquor dealer or
druggist who publishes his notice of ap
plication in any paper other than The
Omaha livening Boo does so at his own
risk.
risk.Fifth.
Fifth. That tlio publisher. ? of The
Omaha livening Boo will assert their
rights under the law and protect them
by every legal remedy at their com
mand.
TillIIATTIAX lAGIDKXT.
The difficulty between Germany and
Ilaytl , growing out of the imprisonment
of a German subject , will probably not
involve the United States , but it has an
Interest for Americans showing how
easily this country might become em
broiled with foreign powers in consequence
quence of IU assumption of guardian
ship over all the independent countries
of tills hemisphere. We have assumed a
very great responsibility under the Mon
roe doctrine and the obvious danger Is
that It will some time bring us serious
trouble through the folly or recklessness
of some of the countries that look to this
republic for protection. There Is no doubt
that the llaylian authorities would have
been more discreet had they not felt that
they could call upon the United States
to help them out of a difficulty. Ths mo
ment Germany threatened summary
action to secure tlio indemnity demanded
llayti appealed to thrs government , thus
showing that in their defiant attitude
toward the German diplomatic repre
sentative the Ilaytian authorities had
counted upon the support of this gov
ernment.
We should give such countries to un
derstand that they must do what is fair
and Just in their relations with other
countries or take the consequences ; that
while the United States proposes to
insure the Inviolability of their territory
It does not intend to take up their quar
rels caused by recklessness or folly and
Interpose to save them from just pun
ishment for their Inexcusable mistakes.
The Injunction asked to protect the
rights of The Omaha livening Bee as
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the paper having the largestcirculation
in Douglas county and thereby entitled
to the advertising of all liquor licoiwo
notices was granted by the district
court. As there is only one equity court
In session at tlio present time the in
junction was necessarily granted by that
court. So flagrant , however , was the
violation of ( lie law and so plain the
right of The Bee to equitable relief that
no court of equity could have refused to
Issue the restraining order prayed for.
The clap-trap of the World-Herald
about The Bee's Injunction being pro
cured by favoritism is simply tlu squeal
of a bunco man caught In tlio act of at
tempting to swindle liquor dealers out
of their money on false pretenses of cir
culation for a fictitious paper.
Schoolmen of Iowa are greatly pleased
over the statements credited to the
newly elected superintendent'of public
instruction In regard to plans for en
couraging the collection of libraries for
the schools of the state. Iowa has been
keeping well In the front In educational
movements and school libraries are now
looked upon by nearly all advanced
educators as essential where other pub-
lie libraries are not accessible. One ad
vantage about a school library Is that
It will go on doing good through years
to comu and grow from year to year.
livery Intelligent person in this com
munity knows that the circulation claims
made for a pretended paper .under
the name of * the Dally World-
Herald nro bogus and fraudulent.
No person ever saw any such paper.
There Is a Morning World-Herald
and an livening World-Herald and
a Weekly World-Humid , cax-h of
which Is as distinct from the other as IB
the Chicago Times-Herald and the Chicago
cage Post or the New York Herald
and tha Now York Bveuluj ; Telegram.
The nocnlloit Dally World I U" aid Is
nlmply a fiction not up l y n KK > of
bunco nipti ( , j iu-p | them In their at
tempts to gull liquor dealers nml druggists -
gists and to wndp. the law.
Some of the Iowa republican news
papers nro ntelnptlng ( to belittle the
Transmlsslsslppt'lixposltlou nnd ulti
mately prevent the state of Iowa from
being represolited among the states
there , apparently on the ground that the
democratic newspapers and politicians
of Iowa In the last campaign said mean
things about republican management of
state affaire , 'flic political campaign Is a
matter of history nnd need not bo fought
over again. But thp proposal to splto the
state of Iowa In retaliation- fancied
Insults by campaign mud sllngers might
lead some people to Imagine there was
some groundwork for the false charges.
A Transmlsslsslppl Teachers' conven
tion to meet at Omaha during the expo
sition can be organized without Inter
fering In the least with any other similar
assemblage at any other place. Because
the National liducatlonal association Is
to hold Its annual meeting In Washington -
ton In .Inly Is no reason why tins teachers
of the transmlsslsstppl states should
not meet here at any tlmo convenient
for them.
The Commercial club has endorsed
The Bee's suggestion of a great Trans-
mlsslsslppl Teachers' convention In con
junction with the exposition. With the
active Interest of the Commercial club
the proposed convention can be made to
materialize as an unqualified success.
The election figures In Kentucky have
all been footed up and 11 Is found that
the free silver candidate for governor got
1S7-1S'J votes , against the 1217S)0 ! ) cast for
Bryan last year. The free sllverltes have
not so much to glorify over In this.
Why llavlil IN Ctilin.
Wnnhlrifiton Post.
David I ) . III11 Is quite too practical to
cnRaKO In a quarrel over the leadership of
the Now York democracy. David will wait
until there is something to lead before
becoming excited.
A Utii-Nlloii for
Indianapolis Journal.
Canada's refusal to take part In preventing
thi ? destruction or seal leads the -Now York
Trlbun ? to put the followliiK significant
Inquiry : " \Vblch Is worth most to Canada ,
pelaslc scaling or the railroad bonding sys
tem ? " Congress or the administration might
give our bumptkus neighbor an opportunity
to answer.
at ( litKroiit. .
IJuffnlo Kxprobs.
While the lull -In speculation continues ,
It Is well \\orth nc-tlng that cot only Is the
United States sending abroad great quantities
or cotton , grain nntl manufactured articles ,
but It la also loaning money In London.
This Is decidedly a time of buslnos suprem
acy on the part of the American republic.
That supremacy mdy be expected to grow ,
rather than dwindle as the months go by.
War SlKHH Alironil.
Philadelphia Ledger.
To these who know little or nothing of the
resources of diplomacy , and who. can Judge
only by reading and Inference , It seems
impossibletbat the Jong expected general
European < war can be much longer averted.
To them the dlfllcultles In the way of the
maintenance of peace and the complications
which forbodo war are Increasing with
frightful rapidity. As fast as one ithreaten-
Ing trouble Is apparently averted , another
and perhaps two talce its place. The out
look at the present moment Is anything but
loassurlng. The Turkish question Is by no
means safely settled , and .when added to this
are 'Emperors ' William's bullying utterance
with respsct to Norway , Germany's high
handed seizure of Klao Chau , ar.J the fric
tion between England and Franco over the
Niger region , It will bo seen that the average
observer of what Is going on hcs at least
some basis for wonder how the great states
men "will " be able much longer 'to ' stave off
the general European 'war which has so long
been expected.
- Over Africnii Sioll .
Hostoti Globe.
However exaggerate * ! the first reports of
conlllct between French and English troops
in the Hinterland region may have been , It
Is certain that a great deal of Jealousy and
111 feeling iprevall as a coD.scqueneo of the
dispute over "rights" In this African ter
ritory. It will be fortunate for both coun
tries' iieaco of mind If a succession of armed
conllicts deus not occur In the land In dispute.
That the trouble In Africa will ever be so
serious as to bring about war between the
union Jack and the tricolor Is Improbable.
War under present conditions Is much too
crstly an undertaking for cither Great
Hritain or Franco to enter upon if it can be
avoided with honor. Still "It is the un
expected which happens. " ard the coonor
some definite plan of peaceably settling the
territorial "rights" in question is agreed
upon the better. As a matter of fact , of
course , this 'Whole business of opening up
Africa la a grab game , with Germany , Franco
and the long-pawed and graspln.g lion of
England as rivals. The only consolation is
that , however It comes out , eavagery loses.
A Vllo IN-nsliili .Sivliullc.
Collier's Weekly.
Mention has been made in this paper of
the expense Imposed upon the American
people by tbo flourishing industry of marry
ing veteran soldiers for the sake of the
pensions to which widows arc entitled. The
recent suggestion of I'onsi'Dii ' Commissioner
Evans that pensions bo denied to the w.ldows
of soldiers who may marry hereafter Is said
to have created consternation In the vicinity
of the national "soldiers' homes , " where
the marrying1 of veterans Is a regular busi
ness. Veterans the older the better who
will marry for a modest consideration , In
rum or money , are in great demand by
women who will premise never to disturb
their husbands ln > any manner ; nil that the
bride asks Is a marriage certificate and
record and such papers ns may enable her to
Identify her husband at the pension bureau.
Twelve dollars 'per ' montli docs not fccm a
largo return for a marriage investment , but
It haa already produced several tliousar/l
dollars Oar each of many women who married
decrepit soldiers , and not for love , HOOII
after the civil war cuded. Tlio business IK no
disgusting and disgraceful as U Is dl honest ;
It can ho ended abruptly by an amendment
of the law In acconfanco with Commissioner
Evuus'
Ioynl < < > Auu-rii'aii I'll' .
Chicago Itccoril.
As an Innovation In the noble art of ce
menting International friendships , Ambassa
dor Hay's great Thanksgiving day speech la
London demcnilH the warmest commendation.
For years amU sad.orfl and ministers pleni
potentiary have been struggling to add to the
gaycty of natlona by touching Invocations
to the goddcvss of peace. Preach ambassa
dors , metaphorically speaking , have hugged
Itusslan in In'A ' tor's to their bcaonw. Gorman
diplomats with unction have assured envoys
of Austria how ( joyous was It to them to
meet thus gloriously the hcart-love-of-thelr-
respectlvo-fatherlamU to celebrate. Ambas
sador Hay will neither Indulge lu platitude
nor will ho get lachrymcoe. In hla llery
address he talked little of International re
lations , hut , as the dispatched say , "ho paid
an eloquent tribute to the unknown artist
who la the early daya of New England first
brought to perfection the- pumpkin pto. "
There Is tact , there Is Independence of eplrlt ,
their U friendlyIr.atructlon to the dinner
Biictils In this kind of speech. No one can
feel offended at Mr. Hay'a praise of pie.
Alt mutt bo Interested , U not charmed. In
the future , It U hoped , a long line of am-
l > itaadors talking ou state occasions to for
eign dlgnltarlra will follow Mr. Hay's ex
ample and let their fancy eparkle brightly
on the themes of mlnco meat , hasty puddings
and salcratus biscuit.
10XVflOI8llAT10VH OP tMn'
I < tiKiitit-lnii * iVovPla lit .VoliritnUn Mlncrr
( lie I'rnilnrt of N'HiranUa. Politic * .
Sioux CMly Journal ,
The Oiwihn World-Hemld says it Is to bo
regretted that writers of fiction like Mrs. Kntc
Clcnry nnd Ilnmlln Garland should bo eter
nally looking on the blue and dismal ride
of things. The World-Herald docs not thlnlc
their writings will have any particular often
to the disadvantage ot Nebraska nnd recog
nizes that they write ntnwly to answer n de
mand for the lugubrious and dismal ; tor U Is
not .to bo forgottcn , * nys this Omaha paper ,
that It Is just as easy to travel about Ne
braska and find men and women who have
triumphed over adverse winds nnd withstood
the buffetlugs of fate. The World-Herald
proceeds , In a way most refreshing , to give
Mrs. Clcary nnd Mr. Garland a few Instances
uvon which delightful ntorlcs might bo
founded depleting the other nnd brighter side
of Nebraska lite. The World-Herald , In the
spirit of true philosophy , concludes by say
ing : "Tho country which will provide a man
with n good living without the recompense of
some species ot toil has not yet been d la-
covered. It may be discovered some day , but
until It Is Nebraska will answer fairly well
as a substitute , "
No doubt both Mrs. deary and Mr. Gar
land will be surprised , If not delighted , to
find this lecture In the Omaha World-Herald ,
which -xipcr , It may bo assumed , has afforded
them as much raw material for their unhcopy
stories as any other source. It Is understood
that these pcoyle deal In fiction , and they
have license , ns everybody grants them
freely , to exaggerate the pictures of llfo they
may represent as real. Nebraska Is a con
venient field for them because people have
been educated to believe horrible things of
Nebraska by the official representations It
has made or Itself , through the apostles it
has actit up and down the land notably In
the person of William Jennings Dryan. Of
course , therefore , It stands to reason
that the lugubrious stories should
ho laid in Nebraska , ns a locality
upon which dismal thought has been
located as a. result of much missionary work ,
and to that quarter men and women turn ns
the ( ilace where the business of robbing
liberty and ororesslug the yoor Is experi
menting In a manner that may well alarm all
the people of the United States.
The World-Herald and Mr. Dryan are to
politics what Mrs. Cloiry and Mr. Garland
are to notion ; though the business of the
latter Is Incident to and , dependent upon the
activity and measure of success of the busi
ness of the former. These people In fiction
write to answer a demand , arid the World-
Herald writes nnd Mr. Uryan talks to the
tame end. If It be wrong to thus engage In
fiction , how frightfully wrong 11 Is to thus
engage under eoleira prptenso of telling the
exact truth. Ah , Indeed ; as the World-
Heiald says , "It Is Just as easy to travel
about Nebraska nnd find men and women
who have triumphed over adverse winds and
withstood the buffetings of fate. " Go whore
men zrid women may , the adverse winds and
the bufletlngs of fate arc not to be escaped.
Human existence Is Inseparable from con
trol , and he who will not .fight Is quite sure
to bo trod upon with hobnailed boots.
People have as good a chcacc In Nebraska
as they have anywhere , and a vastly better
chance than lu many places which could ho
named , and the World-Herald 'believes this.
It it does not always feel freeto say so. Tlio
horse once In a while needs the spur and
the ox the prod ; and It appears that the rule
holds good as to human kind. Salvation Is
free , and yet everybody must work out his
own t-ilvatlon. The storlct ) of Mrs. Cleary
and Mr. Garland If taken Into the imagina
tion render people gloomy , just ns populism
If taken Into the blood enervates men ami
women and rrnders them dismal. The truth
on the brighter and the more hopeful side ,
wherein is Illustrated caurage and self-reli
ance and the fruits thereof , Is the better
foundation for fiction as it is for politico.
SlKiAH III3I3T
Ya.st anil Profitable lliiiiu * .Market Tor
( lie PriuIiK't.
Chlcaso TImes-IleraM.
The dcvelcpment and opening to transpor
tation of largo and productive agricultural
areas In India , Russia , Argentina. Australia
and other countries have In recent years
brought about the sharpest competition in
farm products and very low prices. The
cheap labor obtainable In some of these coun
tries cannot bo duplicated In the United
Slates and If American farmers would offset
this serious disadvantage they must devise
better methods , cater to the home market
and wherever yosslble raise the- bar of ocean
tonnage against foreign competitors.
Tim United States annually consumes sugar
and Its rcanu.'acturcs to the vnlno of somp-
thlnrt like $1 0,000,000. three-fourths ot which
is Imported , the proceeds going ihaiQjy'to the
beet and cane growers of other cumtrlpH. ?
Hero Is an opportunity for the farmers of
the northern and western states , in many of
which sugar beets grow to perfection. Prac
tical experiments have already been made ; n
some se3tlrns , notably In Nebraska and Cal
ifornia , with results that could not bo more
promising. About 40,000 , tons of beet sugar
was produced In this country last yoir , con-
nldcrably more will bo produced tills and
there Is scarcely a limit to the expansion of
the Industry. Wo have millions of acres of
soil peculiarly adapted to the sugar beet ,
enough , If utilized , to supply ourselves and
the rest of nunklnd with sugar. Any two
or three of a dozen states might easily ) reduce -
duce enough sugar to supply our own wants
and turn the balance ct foreign trade largely
and peinctually in our favor.
Co-operation on a scale ot some magnitude
Is necessary First , an ample supply of
beets within n small radius must bo assured ;
then a manufactory to reduce the product ,
costing $200,000 to $230,000 , is required. But
these things , wherever profitable , ought to
bo within easy reach of American means and
enterprise.
Tlio benefits to other Industries and to the
country as a whole would ho great. Every
ton of sugar beets grown at home is so much
taken from the Increasing acreage sown to
grain , so much deducted from the competition
of overgrown crcps and from tlio bills to be
settled abroad.
PRHSOXAl. A.VU OTIII < : il.VI.SI3.
Undertaker Smith of Leavcnworth. Kan. ,
at the recent reunion of the Grand Army
veterans , displayed in front of h'fl establish
ment a huge sign , "Welcome , Comrades. "
The town of Muskcgon. Midi. , rejoices In
the possession of an uncammonly liberal
citizen , Mr. Charles II. Hackley , who has In
all given to It a half million of dollars for
public purposes.
The sultan of'Turkey Is greatly Influenced
in his public policy by a Swede , Carl Jerascn ,
who was a common nrtlfan , employed , before
Abdul Hamld's accession , In the workshops
of the Ylldlz Kiosk.
Hansen , engineer of the excursion train
that was wrecked near Copenhagen last sum-
nipr , having been hold responsible for -tho
disaster , has been sEmtenced to four months'
Imprisonment nnd to pay a flno of < H,875
crowns , or $12,020.50.
Harry DP Windt , the famous globe trotter ,
says : "I have roughed It for the just fifteen
years In Siberia , In Dornca , and In Chlnrso
Taitary , but I can safely describe my climb
over the Chllkoot pass as the severest
physical experience of my life. "
The recent statement that there Is only
one surviving schoolmate of Abraham Lincoln
lias been disproved. Mra. Susie Vwger of
Hhlnevlllo , Ky. , now In her 00th year , was a
schoolmate of tlio great emancipator at the
first Hchoal session lie attended.
The old Ilotsy Hess house In Philadelphia ,
where the first American flag la said to have
been made , had a narrow escape from de
struction by IIro on the night before Thanks
giving day , a fire breaking out In a near-by
varehouso and doing $10,000 worth ot dam
age.
age.John Holmes , the brother of Oliver Wendell
Holmes , was almost unheard ot until his
recent severe Illness brought him Into public
notice. James Russell I/owell once wrote of
him as "ono of those choice poets who will
not tarnish their bright fancies by publica
tion , "
A largo hall , named after Paul Ilcvore , has
been dedicated In Dos ton by the Charitable
Mechanics' association. Itevero was the
founder and first president of the association ,
and 1liu principal address of the dedicatory
exorcises was delivered by Frederick W. Lin
coln , great-grandson of the patriot and ex-
mayor of Boston.
Captain Henry Henley , who gave the federal -
oral government tbo first Information in re
gard la the Knights of the Golden Circle and
their secret work In Indiana during the
war , has been living In llloomlngton , Ind , .
for the last twenty years , Curiously enough ,
the fact did not become kuowu to hie neigh
bors until a lew days ago.
THIS II\\V \tlV V THI3ATY
InrotiMlllnltiuinlll- tlio Mrainro
Piilntci ! Out ,
Hon. r > i\nl l Agncw In the forum.
There Is no oxprpwi power In the constitu
tion to acquire nud Incorporate n foreign ter
ritory nnd people li'lo the union. Precedents
nro cited to Jus'lfy the nniiexullo.-i of lUwnll.
P.recedcnt does not nm tul the contulMiiloii.
Amendment requires a vote of two-thr'e ! of
congrefa nml of tliroe-fourtlu of the mutes.
Consent of the Bcn.ito nloiio Is not enoui h.
Precedent belongs to the leges lion sepptn * . ;
It has no force except by un.ige find content
and must bo precisely In point. There Is no
precedent to justify the admission by treaty
of Hawaii. The purchases of Louisiana ,
Florida nnd Alaska are cited j but these nix-
not In point. A purchase unauthorized by
the constitution can bo Justified only by nn
overruling necessity for the national safety.
To warrant the exercise of n power not
found In the constitution , the necessity must
bo clear and Imperative. Without this It Is
a violation of the oith of office. The life ot
tlio constitution Is ns sacred to the people
as natural llfo Is to the Individual.
What Interest has the mass of the people
In this treaty7 None whatever. Let It be
confirmed nnd a precedent will bo estab
lished having no limit to danger. Folly may
eelzo San Domingo , Avarice covet Cuba nnd
Greed grasp the Islands of the njrlhbc.ui boa.
Variant Interests will create controversies
nnd constant struggles , ending in disunion
The union , stretched nnd distended , will fall
to pieces of Us own weight nnd weakness , a
prey to discord nnd foul nmbltlon. Now look
at some of the consequences In night :
An ocean state 2,100 miles distant from
our coast nnd 5,000 miles from the sent of
government Is liable to mishaps. The tele
graph may convey news , but no force can
reach It In lesa than a fortnight. Land and
nnvnl forces must bo kept there for Immedi
ate use.
Incorporation confers a citizenship upon
aliens not within the naturalization laws ,
comprehending 24,407 Japanese , 21.01C
Chinese , .11,018 Hawnllnns , 8,185 half-breeds ,
Bomo South Sen Islanders bealdoa 15HU
Portuguese , 2 250 Kngllahmcn , 1,432 Ger
mans and a tow others. It will give Hawaii
two senators nnd n congressman , alien In
character and foreign In interest , to vote on
American measures. It will confer n right
to send sugar and other products Into our
ports without payment of dutlca. It will
endanger the Munroo dnctrlnwe ; eaMiot
acquire distant ocean lands and yet debar
Kurope- from American possessions.
Wo Incur constant danger from the natives
seeking to recover their Just rights ; they
must bo kept In subjugation by force of
arms. Wo should bo bound by the existing
treaties of Hawaii with fo'elgn nations and
thereby bo liable to foreign complications.
This mixed brawn , yellow and dusky people
ple , partly pagan , cannot be absorbed by ns-
almllatlon , for they cannot marry with
American whites.
In his inaugural Mr. McKlnloy warned the
people ngnllist "a citizenship too Ignorant to
understand , or too vicious to nip'eciue. | ; : the
g-cat value and beneficence of our Inslltu-
tlons and our laws. " At that moment
Hawaii was below his horizon.
PHOSPKIilTY'S MAHCll.
l IiiiltiMli'inl CiinilltliiiiN la ( In-
1 iillt-.l Slates.
I'lillutlelplila Ileconl.
An Incident happened n day or two ago
which Indicates more forcibly than words
can do the approaching return of activity
in engineering construction and In machin
ery manufacture. The purchasing agent of
an Immcnso manufacturing establishment
visited one of the Inrgc machine tool works
In this ctty , and asked : "How soon can you
deliver n machine ? " The manager re
plied : "In three weeks , if we work nights. "
"Oh ! that won't do , " said the purchasing
agent ; "I want It immediately. " He w-s
told that such valuable machines were not
carried In stock , as the loss of Interest and
the risk were too great. The agent then
said that ho would like to walk through the
shops ; which ho did , accompanied by the
manager. Presently ho saw a machine of
the kind ho had just Inquired about Installed
as nn Integral part of the manufacturing
plant. It was securely fixed on Its founda
tions , nnd upon It was a piece ot work about
half finished. At the same moment ho spied
an empty freight car on the tracks running
through the slues , and said to the manager :
"Why can't you put that machine in that
car now , nnd have It dellvced at our place
by 0 o'clock tomorrow morning ? " This was
a atuni'pr to the manager ; but after a little
further talk In the olllco tlio sale was com
pleted. It was then quitting time ; but the
necessary hands ( crane operators and others )
were detained , the machine was quickly
stripped of Ita belting , of the retaining baits
In the foundations and of the work upon
Its table. It wee then holsto.l by the crane ,
loaded on the car and sent off. When the
mechanic who was employed In superintend
ing the work of this machine cnmo to his
post In the morning ho was amazed to find
that the big machine had disappeared np
completely as though It had been swallowuc'
up during the night by an earthquake.
Several other Incidents of similar charac
ter have come to our knowledge , and al
though the aggregate amount of new work-
Is not yet sufficiently large nor so gener
ally distributed as to cause all the wheota
of this great manufacturing center to hum
with active Industry , the fact that such in
quiries for "Immediate delivery" ( Instead of
no inquiries at all , or else demands for "low
est prices" ) nro now being received In sev
eral largo shops affords conclusive proof that
the Intending purchasers have received
orders which they are not at the present
moment fully equipped to fill in the required
time.
time.Wo
Wo have stated that the Baldwin Loco
motive Works are regarded 'by ' mechanics
hero ar.'l elsewhere ns a kind of trade harom-
ctcr , indicating In advance of general activ
ity the approach of a wave of high pressure
of work. These chops are now quite busy. I I
A significant feature of the present state of I
affairs , ( prognosticating oxpenslon of trade , I I
Is the appearance In the dally mail of many |
manufuctutlng comerns of Inquiries from I
entirely now foreign correspondents , stating I i
In effect : "Wo have seen In Biioh-aiiJ-such I
American technical magazines your advortls- I
mcnt of machines , and desire to know I I
further p.irtleuliirs roRRtdlnc OIMII , " Thl
shown that foreign mnnufncturvrs t.ro nmr
ne.iitnlriR the fldvertliomonta In American
t > ipr . nnd m maklns Inquiries of Amorl-
can manufacturers .for * nachltv < ry whieJi It
wotiln hnvo been u'vlcas to have. flUempted
to force upon their Attention a few yiwrs RO.
Having prrcMvcd n ycnr or more RO these
npprnachlnK changes In Industrial conditions
In this country , we have done our ln-at to
open the eyes of manufacturers to the
golden opportunities which hnvr been hang
ing within their grasp And nlmosl ready to
drop Into their hand * Tin so who hnvo
been nctlvo have caught the ripest fruit ai
It fell ; but there Is still .in nbund.uit harvest
waiting to bo gathered , and It will bo tha
fault of the manufacturers If they shall fall
to fill their establishments with foreign
erders nt remunerative prlco. . Wo have
during tlio past year discussed 'these subject *
from every standpoint except that ofMil -
ties. The rccrvmilc questions Involved , the
scientific advancement In oiianufai'ture , the
Intellectual force of American Invrntois nnd
the critical Judgment ns well ns pxportness
of American mechanics , have all been used
ns arguments to elucidate these problems. In
the later papers wt > have been olded by quo
tations from tlio speeches and writings of
foreign engineers , mmiuf.icturws and states
men who hnvo now nwakrned to n full real
ization of the grcn-1 - changes that hnvo boon
going on , almost unnoticed , until now It Is
apparent to the dullest comprehension that
this country Is no longer dependent In an
Industrial sense upon Kuropc. but Is lu posi
tion to lend the world In all useful activities.
TAUT itirii'criu.\s. :
Cleveland Plain Dealer : "Why does ( lint
Imnl-drliilUnK HeaHloy wenr hit ) hut all the
time ? "
"For four he can't get It on If he takes
It off. "
_
Chlcapo llroord : "Did you Imvo u Kood
tlmo at your progressive ouchor club ? "
"No : none ot the women \vho got mad
was there. "
Somorvllle Journal : Short young men
nro attracted by tall young women , nnd
vice verna. U la well to hnvo juimi'boily
able to roiich up mid turn down the gu ,
Chicago Tribune : Culler ( trying to offer
sonic consolation ) Your huslmml wan quite
u lender In society , was ho not ?
Widow 1 think he wua. He belonged to
eleven of them.
Yonkers Statesman : Sue llrette 1 never
KIW sueh u oold iiudlouce In my life.
Footo Light Uldn't they warm up a lilt ?
"Well , wtii-ti they spnku of brlnclnu out
the author , 1 believe .some of the nudlt neo
got ihot. "
Indianapolis Journal : . "ICvor notlro , "
nskod tlio Htuve , "what a modest crr.ituro
the eloclc Is ? "
"IlcfcrrliiK , I presume. " said the wond-
box , "to her holding' her hands before I. , r
faoo ? "
"Why , no , not so much that ns to her
habit of i nulling herself down. "
Chicago Pont : "Of course It will bo rnn-
oeded t.hat Christianity Is spreading , " suld
the lecturer.
"Well , I don't know about that. " Inter
rupted a. man In the front row. "We n m
to have about us many sea seipent Htoius
as ever. "
Washington Stnr : "It was very wlii- , "
said Senator Soririium , "to wait until ! ' " > -
comber for the nsst mblncp of comsrtMH. "
"What tllll'uicnce docs It make ? "
"It gives the pub'lc a ehanoe to Pt tli > ! r
minds oft the foot ball players and pay
some attention to the country's other great
men. "
San Francisco Argonaut : W.ien a certain
tfL'iH.ral was camplnit on the lower MLi-
Hlsslppl .his nej.ro boy , Harry , \vni ona
day asked by K friend whether the B n nil
was not terribly annoyed by mosquitnos.
"No , sab , " said Harry ; "In the ev < n'
Mars' George la so 'toxlcatod he don't
mind the tikei > tem , and In the moniln1 the
s'.ceetors Is so 'toxlcatcd they don't mind
Mara'
Detroit Journal : "Your highness Mill bo
rejolct'd to learn , " the grand vizlrr wui
s.xylng , "that there are no flintier requests
from the powers. "
"Ah , yes , " rejoined the stiltan , affably.
"To be sure. We were rather tired of boned
Turkey. "
It appeared , now , that the court Jester
was onpugcd In devising a plan of mone
tary reform , nnd thus a portion at least
of tbp u. nnl < lutl"s of that functionary hnd
temporarily devolved back upon the throne.
Tim nt'.sici.M ; moi : .
Grape Duffy Unyland In Chicago Journal.
In grandma's room , one rainy dny ,
Swvet Madge and Ethel , lil.incho nnd 'Mao
Talked of the waltz and redowa
In a lutiKhliiff chatter , nil.
And grandma listened , sitting straight
In hltrh backed cru'r , bcsld ? thr- grate ,
Her cheokH abloom with roses late ,
As they go.islped of the ball.
I3nt grandma'd been a lassie , too ,
And In her eyes of faded blue
The sinolil'rlng fire flamed up anew
As she heard their voices bright.
Then back her thoughts across the ipncs
I llto homing doves , unloosed , did race
To reach a Tnom'ry hnllcr.vod place
All aglow | Alth candlelight !
She sees a barn with rafters bare ,
Illnh , bronze-hued pyramids , and there
A lad with silky , yellow hair ,
I Iko the rfpo and tanseled corn ,
She sees a double waving line
Of ladM and lassies , bravo nnd fine , ,
Mow back and forth In lively time ,
To the fiddle and the horn.
Ilor honrt takes up the 'music's beat.
She hears the trample of their feet , ,
An now they part and now they meat.
With a curl's- , staid and low ,
Dark eyes look straight Into her own ,
As two and Iwo advance alone ,
A youth and maid ; she hears n tone.
And her cheukM tit-gln to glow.
The dance Is done , the tasks begin.
The lantern light is pale and dim.
She gives a sidelong glance at him ,
An ho , ) Mhful ! , lingers near.
The rustling husks away they strip ,
A laugh and song on oarh young lip ,
And Komofiln- ? else ? she gives the slr ! | >
Ilo has found the scarfet car !
Thn lights grow pale , the music dies ,
Before her dim and fadu 1 eyes
The vision of her ( rlrlhood Hies ,
AH the day ineltB Into dus'.c.
The girls p.teal out and leave her there ,
In her od ! f'i ' hIoaPd , hlRhlmok chair ;
Hut , smiling mill , she hums the air
Of the anulont "Money Musk. "
bftw iiwP 3'sEf tif r.s < #
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