THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : THURSDAY , FEBRUAHY IT , 1808 ,
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The dpstructlvuness of the modern
aviiV anniunoul Is proved beyond doubt.
Hlowln ? up nii'ii-or-wnr is too ex
pensive a luxury to he often Indulged in.
A headless police force Is ahnut as
peed as : i headless army. And the head
of Omaha's police force Is as good us no
head. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The Iroiiiiois cluh of GUI capo will defy
Title and superstition hy entertaining
( U-ovor Cleveland of Xew Jersey , April
lit next. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The east Iron plpo trust had to let so
Its hold wliiMi the court spoke. Now , if
it had been the lead pipe trust but that
would be another story.
If the Kansas I'aelllc has really been
knocked down for one-half Its value it
Is certainly queer that no one should
care to present a competing bid.
Ex-Senator Hill of New York declines
to f'o to Colorado to speak on .Teft'orsun's
hlrthday. lie evidently does not think
that his democracy requires a Colorado
brand. '
The position of director general or
f-eneral ninutiKor of the exposition must
come. It is Inevitable If the enterprise
Is to be carried out up to the plans of
Us promoters.
The action of the Spanish authorities
in coining to the relief of the Maine's
victims oiitfht to count something in
rubbing off the rough edges of the Do
Lome incident.
At least one statesman freshly out of
a job will not take to tlu American
lecture platform. What he do rot when lie
gets back among the Dons is of no
.special Interest to the American people.
Should Yeisi'r land his telephone the
question may become Important
whether the Instrument should be placed
on the wall of his law otlice In this city
or In the executive chamber of the state
house.
Another Indication that prosperity has
returned Is that n now piano playing :
phenomenon is coming over for a tour
of the American cities. These things
happen only when American dollars are
plentiful.
With half the money Illegally spent
last spring on political street sweepers
In the effort to sweep the popocratle
candidate for mayor Into ollice the
utruuLs of Omaha could bo put In ex
cellent condition.
The Missouri state building and ex
hibit are now assured fixtures , for thii
exposition. The states that have not
yet taken action for participation In the
great show will have to hurry to get
Into the procession.
Senator Allen publicly announces that
he has the utmost faith .In Mr. I5ryan.
Senator Allen expects Mr. Kryan to as
sist In re-electing him to tha senate.
Ills faith may ho put to a severe test
before the legislature meets.
Governor Holcomb's testimony in the
second trial of the Hartley bond case Is
not half so interesting as his testimony
in the first hearing. The governor has
learned by sad experience that It does
not always pay to tell too much.
Secretary Wilson has made the dls-
oovery that tobacco can be grown In
l-'lorlda as good or bettor than that grown
In Cuba. It has been an open secret fern
n long time that most of the genuine im
ported Havana tiller never saw Cuba.
. TtiQ state capital is to witness another
impeachment trial this time of munic
ipal ollleers instead of Mute ulllclals.
A repetition of the last Nebraska im
peachment farce Is not called for. One
example- that kind ought to bu tnitll-
clent.
Now let the popocratlo papers lull ;
about the tyrannical partisanship of the
gold standard press wlik'li , by publishing
in full the appeals of the silver parties
Tor fusion , has given them KM ) times
wider publicity than all the popounitiu
organs combined.
The condition of Omaha streets will
compare well with that of any other
city that has no money for street clean-
Ing. So will the condition of Omaha's
police compare well with that of any
other police force that Is commanded by
n chief who never gave n day to police
Kervlco and knows nothing whatever
about police wailc. ,
THE JjW.lSTEll 10 TIIK
The destruction of the battleship
Maine , with the attendant loss of life
Is a national calamity. Though a battle
Ahlp of the second cla. s , this eploudld
war vessel was really the prldo of the
navy , nml when she steamed Into the
linrbor of Havana the event appealed , to
the patriotic prldo of the whole Aincr
lean people. It was an , Incident of Inter
national Interest , which gave to the
Maine and her coinniaudor a place In
history.
The latest Information throws little
light upon the cause of the explosion
but it appears to lenvo no doubt that i
was an accident , due , possibly , to some
carelessness or negligence which wll
never ho explained. Perhaps a grcn
majority of those who read of the dis
aster at once concluded' that Spanish
displeasure at the presence of the Maine
In the harbor of Havana had thus man
ifested Itself , but there Is no good rea
son for such a view , although it Is quite
probable that there arc Spaniards In
Cuba who do not regret the disaster.
The appalling and saddening feature
of this most unfortunate occurrence is
the loss of life. Two ofllcers and 251
marines and sailors is the roster of the
missing at last report. Nearly one-
third of the complement of men on the
fated battleship were hurled to death hi
a moment , while a largo number were
wounded. The dispatches speak of this
as the greatest disaster that has befallen
the American' navy since the disaster at
Apia nine years ago , but there was no
such loss of life there as nt Havana.
The disaster at Apia In March , 1SS9 ,
was duo to a cyclone of great severity
which lasted two days mid swept the
Island of Samoa. Two American men-
of-war , the Trenton and the Vandalla ,
were wrecked , as were also two Orman
war ships , the total loss of life being
141) ) 00 Americans and 00 Germans.
The American ships wrecked nt Apia
did not Involve so great a loss , pecuniar
ily , as the destruction of the Maine.
It is gratifying to know that the ofll-
of the Maine - with
eors actt-u self-pos
session and bravery , while the prompt
efforts on the part of the Spanish au
thorities , by direction of. General Illauco ,
to render such service as they could to
the survivors of the disaster will be
appreciated by the American people
and undoubtedly will be dub' acknowl
edged by this government.
run
The proceedings of the convention In
session at Chicago , with the object of
promoting a better knowledge of the
value of corn as food for men , will com
mand the Interest of the producers of
that cereal throughout the country. It
Is a timely move , which ought to re
ceive the hearty encouragement and co
operation of all who are Interested In
the most Important , from the financial
mint of view , of American products. As
was shown bji the chairman of the con
vention , corn Is not only our most val
uable cereal , but the annual average
value of the crop during the last ten
years has been more than thirteen and
i half times , the value of all the silver
produced , or more than seven times the
value of both gold and silver mined in
the United .States.
The attempts that have been made to
Induce Europeans to make a larger us ?
of corn as food have not had very sat-
sfaetory results , but this fact should
tot be permitted to discourage further
ffort. It Is quite ; is important , however ,
or even more so , to educate our own
> eople to a larger use of the cereal.
Probably not to exceed 2."i per cent of
the American people , if so many , habit-
tally us. < corn. Double this number and
there will be created a market for this
cereal which will render a foreign , mar-
set unnecessary. It Is almost Inexplica
ble that so many Americans know al-
nest nothing about the superior food
jualitles of corn. The convention at
Chicago Is the Initiative of a movement
hat may have most beneficial results.
THK INTEltSTATE CIM3IISSHW. !
A bill has been Introduced In the
United States senate and is now In. the
muds of the committee on Interstate
commerce which proposes to grant to
ho Interstate Commerce commission
enlarged powers , agreeably to the rec
ommendations of that body In its last
innnal report. What the chances are for
such legislaton cannot now be deter-
nlncd , because while there Is unques-
lonably a majority In both branches of
congress favorable to maintaining the
nterstato commerce/ law and strength
ening It where It has been shown to be
veak or Inad2 < i.iiate , not all of these are
n favor of enlarging the authority of
he commlssiou to the extent it has
isked for. While the fact Is recognized
hat under the judicial interpretations
f the act to regulate Interstate conuiK'rce
ho commission Is little better than a
Igurehead , there is doubt among sonis
f the most earnest friends.of 'regulation
vhcthcr It would be wise to clothe the
commission with the broad and almost
lutocratio powers which that body urges
is essential to the elfeelivo enforcement
of the law. Thus the bill In the senate
nay conlldently be expected to encounter
Igorons opposition and if It pass It
vlll undoubtedly be In a modified form.
Meanwhile the commission's ivcom-
nondatioius are the subject of criticism
utslde of congress. Mr. Joseph Nlninio ,
r. , has recently published a rather vig
orous protest against the effort of the
ommlsslon to Induce congress to grant
o It full rate-making powers and other
idmlnlstratlve functions In thu manage-
ni'iit of tratlle over railroads In the
Inlted States , holding that what Is thus
isked for Involves a scheme of regu-
ation differing radically from that pro-
hied in the Interstate commerce act , an-
agonistic to fundamental principles
ipon which our governmental system
ests and detrimental to the commcrelal
ind Industrial interests of this country.
Mr. N'I in i no pronounces absurd beyond
xpivsslon "tho assumption that the In-
erstate Commerce commission Is capa-
ilo of administering the trallic interests
> f all the railroads anil thus of doml-
latlng thu commercial and industrial
nterests of this country. " lie urges
hat two kinds of legislative work now
onfront tha Anu-rlcan legislator the
> ne in the line of u better adjustment
f national regulation to developed con-
lltlons and the other in the direction of
the Interstate Commerce
commission from Its mischievous and
persistent efforts at the acquisition of
autocratic power , the manifest tendency
of which Is toward political disturbance
and toward that demoralization which
Is the Inevitable result of any attempt
to restrain the proper exercise of com
mercial and industrial freedom. "
That there Is some force in the ob
jections to the commission's ' recommen
dations must be admitted. Such broad
and comprehensive powers as that body
asks for might prove troublesome. But
It is perfectly obvious that In order to
have a more effective regulation of com
mon carriers , In order to do away with
existing evils which the law was In
tended to remedy , some enlargement of
the powers of the commission Is abso
lutely necessary. It Is well understood
that the law is being continually violated
lated , Large shippers throughout the
country know this to be the fact and
railroad officials themselves admit It.
The commission Is powerless to correct
this state of affairs and certainly it
cannot reasonably bo urged that It
should bo allowed to remain In. this
helpless and useless condition.
KUT A CLOSE
The Transmlsslsslppl Exposition Is not
a close corporation. From its Inception
it has been and Is a public enterprise
The funds that arc to bo expended upon
It have been raised by popular subscrip
tion and public taxation , national , state ,
county and city. It is a matter of pub
lic concern that these funds shall be hon
estly and economically expended , and
that business methods shall be enforced
In all departments. While the responsi
ble work of exposition maungemcnt has
uccn undertaken by a corporation whose
affairs nre controlled by a board of di
rectors , It Is none the less In every re
spect as much of a public corporation
as any concern founded upon taxation
ind public contributions.
For these obvious reasons any attempt
to exclude the public from information
about the exposition at any and all
stages of its progress Is calculated to
arouse suspicion , and destroy popular
conlldence in the management. While It
is a matter of necessity to keep grounds
and buildings closed against the Intru
sion of parties who have no legitimate
business there , It Is a mistaken policy ,
to say the least , to discourage or obstruct
free and full Inspection by directors or
stockholders who desire to verify com
plaints'that may come to them.
It is si greater mistake yet to pursue
i policy that would discourage and ter
rorize honest employes from calling at
tention to defective work , or fraud on
the part of contractors or gross negli
gence on the part of the inspectors.
When men are given to understand that
they risk their continued employment
f they dare to talk about Irregularities
) r frauds upon the exposition , they are
lot likely to make any exposure of ras
cality , however flagrant It may be. Such
i course Is notice to contractors that
they can do as they please If they can
unite themselves solid with parties who
ire influential with the managers.
The experience of all expositions has
Jeen that the contractors who are not
watched and checked at all points will
take advantage of every opportunity to
mload Inferior material and slight the
work. It Is this experience that has
nude necessary supervision of exposi
tions by a responsible head with execu-
Ive force devoting bis entire time to
> rotccting the interests of the oxposi-
iou. The failure to apply the lesson of
'ormcr expositions has unquestionably
cost the Transmlsslsslppl Exposition
nnny thousands of dollars , and further
delay In creating such a position will
entail still greater loss , to say nothing
of the constant clashing , confusion and
U'inorallzatlon among the different
mmchos of the work.
The south has been much troubled
ibout the colored man In politics. Now
he colored man in the factory threatens
o be the cause of heartburnings among
he southern people. Ground was broken
a few days ago at Concord , N. C. , for a
cotton mill which Is to be owned and
operated exclusively by negroes. The
iromoter has ? . > 0,000 in hand , which he
nis secured through two years of effort ,
and says he has ? 100,000 more pl.-dgad.
While colored operatives have not been
nUtvly successful in the southern mills
hey have been making progress , and the
kill shown by thil negroes who have had
ndustrlal training gives promise of ultl-
nate success for negro workmen In the
killed trades.
Mlnlstr Angell sends word back from
Constantinople to Ids associates of the
acuity of the University of Michigan
bat he will resign and return to bis col-
ego duties at the opening of the fall
crin. It was supposed that ho went on
he Turkish mission for the special pur-
lose of effecting a settlement of the
In tins of the mission boards for loss of
heir mission houses In Asia Minor , but
bese claims will never bi > collected until
ho UnlKnl SliiU's sends a licet of war
essels to the Medltpniuiean to bring
ho Torte to timi1. Dr. Angell Is doubt-
ess In a position to make an Inte-restlng
eport on the status of American mis-
Ions In the Orient.
Kven the diamond sclu'dule of the
Mngley bill , which was much derided
> y the free trade opponents of tariff
ovlslon , Is being Justified by the ens-
oiu house returns. The bill reduced
he duty from 125 to 10 per cunt. Under
ho new schi'dule the smuggling has al-
nest ceased mid the revenue from dla-
noud linportalinns Is liu'roased. The
ecords of the New York custom house
how that for the first six months of
ho new law the appraisements on im-
> orts coming under the schedule for
iri'clou.s stones footed up $7,100,000
gainst ? 1S < K,000 ) under the old law for
i corresponding period.
The Investigation Into the Maine dls-
ster should bo begun without delay and
mulled to a speedy conclusion , Thv're
s no good reason why tint olllclal re-
> ort should come dragging In after tha
) uopla luivo almost forgotten about the
viuit that occasioned it.
And now we arc told there Is dlssatls-
actlou everywhere in relation to the
cttlng of city contracts. There Is doubt-
ess dissatisfaction on the purt of un
successful comppUlors. Wo have nol
heard of any dl tlsfnctlon on the part
of the taxpayer\vlth , the asphalt pav
ing contracts , tor qxamplc , that are giv
ing Omaha tlrt * cheapest asphalt pave
ments ever cofl [ fictod In this country.
i i n i ; , '
The republicans/ Wyoming have
profited by the txpcrlcnco of the re
publicans In d\t6f \ ) elates. Nothing Is
over gained fgr republicanism by re
fusal to meet Iwuics squatvly and fairly.
Wyoming republicans promise to stand
firmly on the St-f/otils platform and In
the end they will ibo better off for their
wise decision. '
Ono of the Sitantah ministers declares
that Dupuy do Lome Is a fool. Call
ing names will not help the case any ,
and as for Do Lome , unlltncss for the
great trust Imposed in him is conceded.
Itut that Is .something the Spanish au
thorities ought to have known long ago.
A Vacation In I'roxpcct ,
Chicago Chronicle.
The KloDtltko continues to takn a great
deal of work off the fool killer's hands.
AmoriiMin Tnmllcft Smilibeil.
Indianapolis .Journal.
Anthony Hope , like others who filled their
pockets with American money and who liavo
boon most courteously tbeatcd , has returned
to make alighting remarks about us. using
such expressions , according to a cablegram ,
as "many alleged gauttcrloa ot American
women to whom ho was Introduced. " When
wo ccaso toadying to such celebrities they
may bo more civil on their return ,
Dictation in 1'iilltloN. .
Kansas City Star.
The Information Is vouchsafed by a demo
cratic organ that "Mr. Bryan has endeared
hlnwclt to the people of Nebraska because
ho has refused to become a dictator In state
and local politics , " and thcci the further
statement la made that "Mr. Hryan's mere
suggestion Is accepted by his friends as the
law of the silver party , " which Indicates
that Mr. llryan understands much better
than his followers the meaning ot dictatorial
politics.
Cum I n KT Our Wny.
1'hlladi'lrihla Jlcconl ,
| Two English concerns which recently com
pleted plans for lighting the city of Malaga ,
Spnln , with electricity have been compelled
to send to the United States for the requisite
plants. After having vainly tried to obtain
wtat they needed In Great Britain , they
Invo finally sent their orders to Plttsburg.
Thus the American product has gained an
other victory , which lias been properly recog
nized and commented upon , by our consul at
Malaga.
Thrlllliiu' Srfm > in Mltl-Oeciiii.
SprlnRllclcl Republican.
Tlic sinking of the Vecndam In mid-ocean
anil the night rescue of all on board make
a thrilling story soberly told by the two
captains concerned. The greatest danger
which 'hesets ocean travel at present lies In
the growing number ot ships which fre
quent the chief highways of ocean traffic
and increase the liability to collision , but
this has Us compensations In the greater
certainty of help being at hand In case of
accident. In th6 mam ways of transatlantic
travel a ship in distress has not to wait
long nowadays ati a-rule before being able
In summon a passing vessel to the rescue.
Had It not been for the near presence of
the St. Louis thoifato of 'the Veendam pas
sengers and crew anight have 'been very dif
ferent. In the heavyjsea. that was running
at the time. . . . i
St. I.oiil.sn \ the Kxiioxltlon.
St. Ix > uis feelsa. dqep interest in the visit
of the delegation ] ! from Nebraska to urge a
full representation of this city and of 'Mis '
souri in the Trangmlssisslppt and Interna
tional Exposition to bo held at Omaha. The
object Is ono ot thoiilrst Importance to our
people. , St. Lpus | , .bv.the largest city of the
Iransmisslsalppl resl.on' ' and Missouri the
'
largest state. Th'elr'fexlil'blts ' at Omaha must
bo equal 'to their' position. The enterprising
business men of St. Louis are well up in
exposition matters. They can and should
make a remarkable showing at Omaha. It
will pay thorn , and the rc-putatlon gained
will last. What Is needed now is a prcmpt
response to the appeals of those charged with
the labors of preparation. When the great
exhibition opens June 1 St. Louis and Mis
souri will 'be ' on hand and at the front.
, .SlHTllllU'llIlt SlKIIM.
1'lttsbuie Times.
Oao of tt3 ! mcst gratlfylrg slims of the return -
turn of prosperity Is found In the brief dis
patches that come In from time to tlmo from
the country plnces , telling of the creation of
new Industries. At Pord City , In addition to
the enlcc'gemcat of other plants , a pottery H
bullting , "larger tfian that the Kittannlug. "
Koynoldsvlllo will tnvo a ellk mill in opera
tion , employing 200 or moro hands by mid
summer. Morgantown is to liavo a large
raE ! plant. Clmrlerol will have a big silk
mill. Large purchases of timber lands along
tdu Bouthecn boundary of the state are for
the purpose or building extensive sawmills
to cut the lumber. Jolmsonburg la to have anew
now raner mill. All these Institution * } , which
are taken at random from , the telegrams of
the past week or so , are largo Industries' and
make Important additions to the towns where
they are building. The mojjment is going
on In all directions and the kuclllgenco terms
a part of nearly every day's telegraphic re
ports for the newspapers.
"WHY STO1 'Wl'i'H ' .II.
If tin * Country Itcini < ! liitcn n Portion ,
Why Xnt All UK HcLlxf
riilla * li > lila lleconl ( Dem. )
Mr. William J. Dryan has a very clever
way of putting things so that the worse
shall appear the better reason. Dut he Is
not always felicitous. In a late newspaper
promuiclamento advocating the co-operation
of democrats , populists and silver republi
cans for the campaign cf 1S98 , ho sots forth
the issues on 'Which ho thinks they could
agree , us follows :
"First They are unalterably opposed to
gold monometallism ,
' Second They dem.and the Immediate re
storation of bimetallism At the present ratio
by the Independent action cf this country.
"Third They oppose the retirement ot the
greenbacks.
"Fourth They oppose the -issue of paper
money 'by national batiks.
"Fifth They oppsso the Issue of Intorcst-
bearlng 'bonds ' In tlmo of peace.
"Sixth They favor the Income tax as n
means of raising a part of the revenue ncc-
ossary to administer the federal government ,
'
"Se'venth They favor the abolition of
truits.
" 'Rlghth ' They ard opposed to government
by InJunrtlrn.
"Ninth They'are'In favor ot arbitration
ns a means'of swUllflg disputes between la.
bor and capital. " ' 'J
In advocating this platform ho treats with
finD scorn wb.Uoliix calls the protunoa of
tollcltudo for themualntenanco of the national
honor and credit. 1 IIu decMrca that the
friends qt tlu ted ! standard "know that the
debtor , whether u 'public debtor or a private
debtor , meets all the requirements of the law ,
moral OB well as statutory , when ho dis
charges his obllgatljm according to the terms
of the contract. .Tlity know ttiat all through
t'u war the gtiqwinent and private debtor ?
as well paid qolu , obligations In gold , al
though gold was. pctli 3 cents on the dollar
liva than allver. ) { ,
The friends of ; jho' gold standard nnd the
frlccifri of honest * dealing know to be true
rrosiiely the contrary of what Mr. llryan
stairs. They know It would lie a dUhoneU
proceeding to taku advantage of the fall In
silver to pay debts with It at the ratio of
16 to 1. Ihcy also know that during the
war the government , and private debtors at
well , did not par coin obligations In gold
where It was possible to pay In greenbacks ,
worth perhap * half thllr nominal value.
And Mr. Dryart ! ilmplf ! knows ( hat there
were no silver dollars In thu country during
the war with which to pay coin debUi ,
Why should Mr. llryan longer beat about
the bush In vain talk about Immediate bi
metallism ? Ho should have tuo courage of
his populist convictions and declare for Im
mediate datum , if It be well to repudiate
ouu-half of tuo. public and private Indebt
edness of tli9 country It would be better still
to repudiate the otkcr half.
TIU : OAIN.
Knotn CnInitiated to Swell the Grnnn *
nt ihc Ctrnnncrn ,
1 Noir York Tribune.
Whether btislneffl lias Improved and to
what extent are questions of fuel about
which R partisan who hus ordinary scnao
dom not let his feelings dictate his state-
mcntfl. It Is Inconvenient to most men , and
harmful to the reputation of those who lifivo
a reputation that can bo harmed , to make
public assertions which can bo Instantly
proved false by commercial records the ac
curacy ot which nobody can dispute. Tbo
assertions recently made by Mr. Uryan and
some of his friends In congress are of that
eort , The automatic records' which business
makes for Itself , Just as gas or water regis
ters Its own passngo through a meter , are
every day proving those assertions false , and
either so Ignorant or so mendacious that the
man who makes them can Have no respect
for his own reputation , nnd little for the
sense ot his hcarcre.
Far Instance , the latest statement of ex
changes through clearing-houses shows an
Incrcaso over the same week last year of
51.7 per cent. That Is a gain great enough ,
ono would suppose , to bo recognized ns moat
significant , even by the dullest minds. If
It is said that part of the exchanges are duo
to operations In stocks , In spite of the In
crease In clearings through the Stock ex
change , the record Itself gives the answer
that exchanges at chief cities outsldo New
York for last week show a gain of 24.2 per
cent , comuarcil with last year , and 0.8 per
cout compared with the same week of 1802 ,
itho beat year In past history. If It is said
that the returns from the fourteen largest
cities may not measure the volume of all
business , the full record for the week ending
February 6 shows a still larger gain , 13.CS
per cent , compared with the same week In
1892. In Hho recular course of business of
all kinds the actual payments nt all the cities
where clearing houses exist arc to that ex
tent greater than In the best of all past
years.
Hut the volume of 'business ' expressed In
dollars may not rightly moisuro the quan
tities of products moved or consumed. The
amount of wages and of rent paid , of set
tlements for transportation , or on cortracts
for buildings or Improvements , finds nccur-
ate expression in the exchanges ; but the
change lu prices must determine the sums
paid for given quantities of products trans
ferred or passing into consumption. This Is
true , and again the everyday record of prices ,
including more than 300 quotations and about
nine-tenths In value of all consumed , tells
the story. Taking ail the articles , each In
its duo proportion to the aggregate con
sumption , $86.37 will now buy In the chief
markets ns much as SIOO would Imv In .Ian.
nary , 1S92. The best and most complete for
eign record , that of I'rof. Sauerbe-ck , makto
the present purchasing power In Great B''lt- '
aln MU4 against 100 in January , 1882 , BO
that a given payment means more In quan
tities than six years ago , though the change
has been less In Great 'Britain ' than In this
country. Kvery dollar paid In wages or in
( Settlement of business accounts means that
a greater quantity ot products has been
transferred or gone into consumption than
n Ilk" payment Indicated in 1S92.
Pushed to a Corner , the fighter for ca
lamity says : "The country has grown in
population , and hence payments might bo
larger nid yet the quantities of food or other
things consumed might bo smaller for each
person. " True , and the treasury report
each month puts the population at 73,557,000 ,
against 04,820,000 In February , 1SD2. The
ictual payments through fifty-nine clearing
houses doing bualness at both dates wore
$20.37 for every Inhabitant In the first week
ot February , 1892 , and 120.38 for each In
habitant In. . 4ho flrat week of February , 1S9S ,
a surprisingly close coincidence. And alnco
every $100 to 1892 would buy no more things
: lian 5SG.37 does buy In 1898 , It follows that
the payment or just the same sum weekly
in the two years for every Inhabitant has
provided for consumption or transferred In
Business 15.78 per cent more products in
quantity for each person this year than alx
years ago. If that is not a conclusive proof
> f improvement , even to compctlticn with
.ho best of all past years , the world , will
ook In vain for proof of anything.
AXOT1IISH 1HS1'1/I3ASKI > OXK.
\nthoiiy < IIoii > lliiKM DolInrH mid CutTx
tiniDoiKirx. .
Cleveland I'luln Dealer.
Now It is "Anthony Hope" who lias beeu
giving the people across the Atlantic views
concerning America and the American people
ple which were carefully concealed while
> n this side. Mr. 'Awklns decs not appear
: o have a much better opinion of the peo-
) ! e ho encountered on his lecturing tour
i < n the United States than had his fellow
lecturer , Nansen. American dollars were
welcome and he took homo a good many of
them , but the getting of the dollars was
Irksome.
"Prisoner of Zenda" Anthony Hope
"which hia name it is 'Awklns" hao been
tolling a "Lunnun" Interviewer tfat ho be-
llcvca "half the population of the United
States is composed of Interviewers whoso
prodomlnal characteristics are conceit. "
While everyone aaked him innumerable
questions as to bis opinion of the United
States and its literature , past , present and
future , no one a.sked him a single qucvstlon
regarding England or the English. Heally ,
Mr. 'Awklns , that was too tad , you know.
But American interviewers may not have
been so conceited as the Interviewed Imag
ined them. They were seeking informa
tion. They did not want information about
England or the English with ( he sole ex
ception of the English specimen before
them becausa the average American , and
especially the average American newspaper
representative , Is fairly well up oa both nub-
Jects. England Is a small pocket edition of
a country that can bo "done" In a short
tlmo by the -thousands of Americans who
cross the Atlantic on a summer vacation
tdp. England and the English ere described
and discussed "ad nauseam" In books , peri
odicals and newspapers In the hands of read
ing Americans which Is equivalent to eay-
Ing all Americans. Engllrfi events of con
sequence , and very many of llttlo consequence
quence , are known In American newspaper
ofllces some hours by the clock before they
occur In England , and Americans from Now
York to San CVanctaco are reading about
them In thelt nownpapora before Mr. 'Awklon
flnds the r.owfl In his Times , Telegraph or
whatever Lunnun ril'er ho gets from his
newsman. Besides , why should the opinion
of Mr. 'Awklns on England or Englishmen
be asked ? Everybody knows wliat the an-
swpr would be. Can there bo > Miy country
greater than England , or any people finer
than the EnglUC ) In the mind of the typical
Englishman ? Nobody blames an English
man for holding uucli views. Ho to as much
justified In that 0.1 an American is In main
taining the United States to bo the greatest
country on earth , and Its people the freest
end best , on an all around view.
To the average Englishman the United
States Is stilt n country of which ho has but
a mlaty conception. If ho has learned that
New York Is partly civilized ho Is still un
certain whether buffaloes are not hunted In
the streets of Buffalo , whether the municipal
boundaries of New York and Chicago do not
touch each other , and whether the great
lakes are larger or smaller than the llttlo
duck ponds that are called lakes In England.
Ho lias gained the Impression that It la n
land where dollars grow on bushes and he
la eager to come hero and uhaka the golden
fruit Into Ills hat. Now thuro Is a natural
curiosity among the American pc > oplo to
know the feelings of the visitor when the
facts as he flnds them are compared with
his preconceived notions. Not that "An *
thony Hope's" Interviewers cared a decayed
tomato whether bla impressions wore favorable -
able or not ; what they wore nfter wo a
self-revelation of the man. They had nq
conceit of themsplvra ; they simply wanted
to know the extent of 'Mr. ' 'Awktns * conceit
and they found out.
The joke of the whole business Is that
Mussrs. Nansen , Uwklns , and their kind
hypocritically pretend to be greatly In love
with America and Americans while they ore
hero gathering the dollars and receiving the
attentions of tbo people. U Is only when
they ore nafely out of the country with all
the available dollars pocketed that ( boy ex
press their real opinion. However uncom
plimentary they may then bo only thoae
who liavo run after the visitors and stuffed
their stoniaclm and their pockets have any
occasion to feel chagrin at the revelation.
Royal Baking Powder
Is iconomy itself.
rtmrr.vY i..MO.NTAXA. .
A Silver rintoornt tvlth .Mutter . to
11 urn.
' t New York Prow.
The hollowncfls of the outcry against wealth
In , this country hoa not received n moro
cenvloclng demonstration lately than In the
puiVlmBo of a $12.000 Fortuity , over the bid
of a Gould , by a Montana "allvcr king , " If
there were really nn American protest
against profuse an l unnecessary displays
of lavlslmoss , this man , one would think
would bo the flret to hear ( ind heed It. The
.tolling matsca of his state nre ccfltliMtalty
being armed by Its orators and writers nnd
their bayonets fixed In the direction of the
money power. This would argue the nctual
existence there of such n sentiment as ft
sensational local preacher tried to get up In
this city Inst winter against the giving ot
a -fancy ball , Ami when such n npntlnient
exists Its hostility carnet bo confined .to ex-
prcsaltos against people who have not made
their money out of silver mines.
But this purchaser Is not nt nil afraid that
his fellow-sufferers from the rigors ot the
gold standard will rend his purchase from
hta wall , Ho known that all Montana will
bo proud of It. There U , we feel quite- cer
tain , a copy la every "Vximplo room" In
llutto ot "Tho Choice of a Model. " and Mr.
Clark may and probably docii rest assured
In the belief that the presiding genius ot
each of these Instltutlcm will iio'cit to hj !
example with Importance , and remark to
the casual visitor : "Bill Olark's got the
original ot that. Bought It from old For-
tuay hhikvlf when he broke up. George
Gould couldn't stay with Bill. None of them
eastern fellows was In It when It came to a
showdown. " And every hcrJcr who vlulta
the gallery will bo nearly as much Im
pressed with the sight of the picture as
with that of the onyx cuspldora.
Montana all the tlmo will be , In print and
speech , just as near the verge of n bread
riot as olio has been chronically since 1803.
Thcro Is nothing funnier In American life
than the contrast between the dcllvcrnncea
of ltd citizens when local pride and national
politics , respectively , Inspire utterances on
one end the same subject.
I'KUSO.VAI. a Ml OTHKUAVISi : .
Thcro are snowdrifts In western New York
that nro fifteen feet deep. Everybody In
that section has "that Klondikefeeling. . "
The latest Klondlko enthusiast Is C. S.
McDuflco of Portland , Ore. He- appeared
there the other day with a tandem team
of seventeen goats , with which ho says ho
will pull 0,000 pounds of provisions Into
Dawson before the other speculators got
started.
Electrically operated cars appear to bo
a great success hi London. At least the
London electrical cab company ndvortlrcs
In the public prints there an Incrcaso In
capital stock , the proceeds of the sale to go
toward building new cabs for a service al
ready proved to bo popular.
Senator Burrows , while riding to ttio capItol -
Itol on a car recently , was looking over a
prepared speech , when ho suddenly realized
that ho was delivering It aloud to the great
amusement of the other passengers. Mr.
Burrows was so much embarrassed that he
got off the car and took the next one.
An Australian doctor was recently con
sulted by a young man who had lost -the
sight of ono eye. The surgeon told the
patient that a tumor had formed and that
the eye would have to bo taken out. The
young man consented to an operation nnd
was put under the Influence of ether. Then
the doctor took nut the wrong oyc , leaving
the patient entirely blind. It Is not neces
sary to twist any comment Into this para
graph.
A Moscow letter in the Paris Temps de
scribes Tolstoi as still absorbed in bla phi
lanthropic and religious activities , having
now reachert as lofty a scorn for "science
for science's sake" as he had before ex
pressed for art for art's saMtc. The trouble
Is that ho can make nobody undcratcnd
him. Ho cries out to lib fellows : "Why ,
open your eyes and look , it Is as clear as
day ! " but they remain as blind and puzzled
as over .
The memorial of Richard M. Hunt , archi
tect , will be erected next month on the
wall of the Central park , Now York , on Fifth
avenue , between Seventieth nnd Seventy-
first streets , 'cod facing the Lqno * library ,
with Its fitrcng end nlmplc ntrueture. The
monument will co'nslst of an exedra , whoso
piers will be braced by supporting statutes ,
ono representing sculpture , the- other achl-
tccture , and between thcue will be placed
a bust of Mr. Hunt upon a pillar.
There Is a great deal of regret among the
members of the diplomatic corps In Washing
ton society generally over the announcement
that Don Domingo Gana , the minister of
Chill to the United States , has been trans-
f rrod to London by his government , and will
leave Washington in the spring. Mr. Gana
is ono of the ablest as well as the most
popular ot the foreign ministers In Wash
ington anil his wife and daughter are counted
imong the most 'beautiful ' and attractive
women.
Friends of Senator Mason are chamng
him over the curious coincidence- that when
ho repaired to his Washington residence the
other evening immediately after his vigorous
and lengthy speech on behalf of Cuba , there
was an outbreak of fire under hla own rooftree -
tree , For a few minutes the aanator. and ]
hU son had a lively tusalo quenching the
blaze , which originated through the carcleas-
HCS3 of a servant in lighting a lamp. Scan-
tor "Billy" resents the Imputation , that ho
was so hot at the tlmo as to sot fire to the
place himself.
The Orange Judd Farmer says that the
country is again on the up-grade In regard
to llvo stock. The shrinkage In Its value ,
which began In 1SD3 , was reversed In 1897 ,
the total value January 1 , 189S , being
$2,037,012,000 , against $1,883,939,000 a year
earlier. In splto of the talk of a horseless
age , the average price advanced from $33.ti5
January 1 , 1897 , to $35.90 Jammty 1 , 1898.
The only Item in the whole list that can
afford the calamltylto a morsel of comfort
is the fact that the average price of inulea
per head Is a few cents less now than a
year ago.
Justice 'Brewer has noted some curious
coincidences In regard to the members of
the supreme court. The judges are seated
on the bench on cither side of the chief jus
tice In the order of the date of their appoint
ments , the senior at the right , the second at
the left , and so on. 'Before ' the retirement
of Justice Field , on the right of the chief
justice were seated the three colors ? , Justices
Gray , Brown and White. None of the asso
ciates who sat on the right of the chief
justice had children. Every associate who
sat on the left had a large family , and all
but Judge I'ockham had grandchildren.
I
sru.i , niti : iticcnuns ,
Ktiroiicnii Attprrrlndnn of Corn
.SI MM vn liy ( tic KxporlN.
Clcvflond trf-.vlcr.
Ixist year broke all records In the exports
of Indian corn from Iho United States , but so
far 189S has beaten 1S97 tiy nbout 2.000.000
bushels. At that rote the tola ! exports ot
corn for the cuircnt year will exceed 200.000.-
000 buBhcla.
Such unprecedented and prodigious figures
mean that the value o [ American maizeIs
being better appreciated In Kuropo than It
ever was before. The hold of the- greatest
cereal of the western hemisphere Is widening
and strengthening coiutantly. Henceforth , If
Is safe to say , corn will bo more used In
Kuropo for f coil Ing domestic animals , and for
human consumption , than it ever was bofora
the great crop of 1S9S forced prices down to n
very low level and inn do possible Hie Im
mense experts of 1897.
Of course American farmers will meet com
petition Ui the markets of the old world , In
corn as well as In other products. M.ilzo Is
being grown more nnd moro In the D.nnilm
valley and In some parts of South America.
Italy also tends toward a larger corn crop
and there may bo a gosd ilo.it * of competition
from southern HussKx some day. However ,
the countries which may attempt to rival
the United Statco In the production of corn
arc less numerous anil 1cm formidable than
these which compete eagerly with America
lu the wheat trade. Therefore wo have a
mucti better chance to hold the place al
ready won In the corn markets of western
Europe than wo over had to maintain such
a position In wheat.
As corn Is the most extensive and Im
portant crop In the United States the sig
nificance of these facts Is apparent.
I'OI.VTKI ) HKUAItKS.
Chicago Tribune : Next Door Neighbor-
Yon nro welcome to nil the turkey dressIng -
Ing you wnnt , Gcorglo , but tiren't you utralil
you'll cut too much and lie sick ?
Visiting Hey No'm. Wo'ro fnlth euro
people over nt our house. I'd like somu
moru dressing.
Indlnimpolls Journal : . "Did you hear
Colonel Plllldy's speech the other night ? "
"No. 1 understand , though , thnt ho mude
a bid for the Honsatorlul Humiliation. "
'So ? How much ? "
Chicago Record : "Wagner Is not ao bail ,
after nil. "
"Why ? "
"They say IIP 1ms never written anything
that can bo whistled. "
Detroit Journal : Tim Minister's Wife-
Why , here Is a safety pin In the collection.
imcd to put In u p.vnt.s-lniUon Is now mar
ried.
Washington Star : "Mother , " said Miss
Dolllo Ctimrox , "eun't father afford a ae.it
In the senate ? "
"A scat ! " cc'iopil the peed woman , scorn
fully. "I'd have you iindoratiind that ho
Is rich enough to have u whole pofa , If ho
deslrea It. "
Detroit Free Press : "I deceived you about
ono thing , " murmured the new wife to her
liiiHbnml. "I am older fmn I told you. "
"Don't mention It , my angel. J llnd that
your famine la fully twice ns largu as I
liad supposed. "
Soinervllip Journal : Scientists iisscrt that
the fly can inako six hundred strokes a
second with Its wings , but It prefers to
Inaf around on the bald man's head nnd
tickle him.
Abilene ( Kan. ) Rclleclor : "Gentlemen , "
shrieked n medicine * fnklr on the HtrePtH of
Abilene. "I pledpo you my honor that there
s no whisky In tils : medicine. " With which
the crowd gazed on him reproachfully and
melted away.
Ileeord : "Arc your children fond
of reading ? "
"I should say FO : thoie Isn't a boon In the
liou.se that lias a back , on It. "
"You said Just the reverse of this , " be
gan the constituent , but the politician Inter
rupted him.
"Hut. my dear sir , " said the latter patro
nizingly , "you seem to forget that that was
In another campaign. "
"You and the new boarder , " ' said the
landlady , "seem to bo hand-In-glove , "
"Why not ? " replied the Cheerful Idiot.
" 'Didn't you know that vro were kld4 tor
scthcr ? "
1MVAL OBMliTEIJIES.
\VnalilnKlon St.ir.
In Xoi.vherpvlllo , In Limbo Place ,
' .Md ! lurid rcclcliiK- murk ,
Two aired jokes met face to face ,
Who'd died from overwork.
"Where rest thy bones , since thou hast
died ? "
TCach asked him of his brother.
' "In the Almanac , " the ono replied ,
"Farce comedy , " the other.
A TOUCIIIXC. 'I
I'hlliuK'lplilii Times.
I. - w
The note bepnn "My dearest , " and then
went on to say :
"I nm doing- well at college passed a hnrd
exam , today ;
Athletics , too. are booming ; think I'm mira
to make the prow.
Out I will not talk or these things , dear ,
my thoughts are nil of you.
H.
"I'vo been thinking- yon dully of the
happy days pone by ,
Of the sunshine in your tresses , of tha
love-llBht In your eye ,
And I'm loiiKlnu , dearest , longing , for tlo )
time to come once moru
" \ Vliotivn f nn lift fncnlhm * liv * ho rlvpr'H
murmuring shore.
HI.
'I am lonely nh , HO lonely , and I would
that you were hero ,
That I might tell my troubles to your sym
pathetic car.
And yet I hate to ask It but could you
spare for mo
From your liberal allowance a ten spot era
a V ?
! IV ,
"I nm going to the Junior with a girl you
do not know ,
To the Sophomore nnd the Olgo Clnl ) nnd
I need fie rash to blow.
Send It , dearest , I Imploru you , If yon can ,
and send ll quick ,
Ami Imlluve me , 1 am always , dear , your
own beloved Dlcli. "
V.
Then lie read the missive over , made cor
rections here and then' ,
llubhcd his head nnd mulled quite aoftly ,
said : "I think 'twill make her Hlarp.
"It's no Ho she In a ilurllnir she Is a , darl
ing nnd I'vo missed her. "
Tiicn Im folded , stamped and Healed It , niJ |
addressed it to his Hlstcr ,
About the excellence of our twenty-
five cent neckwear the last day or so ,
we forgot to mention "Shirts. " Col
ored bosom shirts , with cuffs to match. They are made of a fine
grade of white muslin that washes soft and don't crack and split
around the bosom after a few visits to the laundry. The bo
soms and cuffs are of fine madras the colors are woven through
not printed on , and thereforewill hold their color. The shicts
are made to our order and we guarantee the fit. '
But drop in and them
see glad to show you
the good points about them. $ J,00 ? Yes.
.S * W , Cor.J0t7j and Douglqq
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