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_ THE OMAHA DAITA BEE : TUVRSDAY , , lt.TN.18 212 , 18)5) ! ) ) . Tim OMAHA DAILY BEE 13. IIO8KWATBH , Editor. 1'UnUSHED EV1SKY MOIININU. TBUMS or sunscmi'TioN. Pally Hco ( without Sunday ) , Onn Ycnr..J6.00 Dally lice and Sunday , One Year 8.0) Hlx Months 4.0J ' Three .Months 2.W Sunday tiec , Ono Year 2.W | Saturday Hec , One Vcnr 1.50 Weekly Hoc , Una Year W OFricng. Omaha : The Uee Building. South Omnlm : City Hall Building , Twenty- nrth nr.d N Streets. Council DlulTs : 10 Pearl Street. Chicago ; .Stock Exchange U\lllcllng. New York ; Temple Court. Washington : 601 Fourteenth Street. COUHESl'ONlJENCR Communication * relntlnjr to news nnd editorial mnttcr Miould ho addressed : Editorial Department , The Omaha lice. 13USINKS8 L.UTTKUS. Uuftlncsa letters nnd remittances should bo addrrHScd to The Ueo 1'ubllahlng Com- l > any , Omaha. IlKMITTANCKS. llemlt by draft , express or postal order payable to The lloo Publishing Company. Only 2-c rt stamps accepted In payment or until tiucuuru ; . I'ersoiml cnccttH , ua.ioi'i. un Omaha or Eastern exchnliKe. not nccepted. THE 13EB 1'UULISIIINO COMPANY. STAT13MI3.VT OK ClllCL'bATlUX. Btalo of Nebraska , Douglas County , ss. : Georijo } ! , TzschurU , secretary of The Dee Publishing company , being duly sworn , nays that the nclunl number of full and complete copies of Tin Daily , Morning , Evening and Sunday Ucc , printed during the month of liny , IkW. wnu as followe : Not total Bales 7.ilost : Net dally average a-laas GEO. 15. TZSCHUCK. 3ltl * / vlVi/irl nnd etn/M-M V\Bf/irn tnft t Vila 9/1 day of Juno. 1SS9. F. J. SUTCLIFFH. ( Seal. ) Notary Public. PartlcM I.ravliiK for tliu Summer. Parties leaving the city for the summer may have The Bee sent to them regularly by notifying The Dee business office , In person or by mall. The address win be changed ns often as desired. As a commencement orator President McKlnley nmlntalns Ills reputation for Baying the appropriate thing In the most appropriate manner. The. city and the railroads are only about ? 'JO,000 apart on a15,000 bill. It Is a decided concession , however , for anything. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ If the Elks arc as tenacious In their hold as the Kansas men were at Manila the St. Louis brewers may have some trouble In recovering the keys to their property. The shadow of a printers' Ink trust ! s cast by the depositing iucorpora- - tlpn articles In the New .Jersey trust ( hatchery. This promises to be one of the blackest Industrial combines on the list. ( Admiral Scliley declines to be drawn 1 into further ) newspaper controversy. j Several distinguished actors In the laic , \ war have for some time been wishing they had followed the same wise ex- ample. The greatest service the Commercial club can render to Omaha at this Juncture Is to Improvise ways and means for reinforcing the lire depart ment ami-purchasing the necessary lire apparatus. The demand for plowshares has not entirely eliminated that for gnus In England when , In addition to the funds available from taxation , the govern ment asks for a loan of $20,000,000 tel l > e expended in coast defenses. Captures of supposed train robbers In Wyoming are about as numerous as was the location of the famous Vendor family years ago. Every man who is found In the sagebrush Is open to the suspicion of being a train robber. The new Nebraska elections laws will undoubtedly have an Important bearing on this year's elections In this state , lut ) that does not relieve republicans one lota of the necessity of nominating only their very best men for every of- lice on the ticket. It was very generous on the part of the managers of the street railway company to permit Councilman Mercer to Introduce a resolution ordering the issue of transfers at crossings of Its various lines , which the company had decided upon as a concession to Its patrons some time ago. There need bo no clash between Omaha and Lincoln In regard to the reception of the First Nebraska regi ment. As the metropolis of Nebraska Omaha has ample means for hospitably entertaining tint returning volunteers and as the state capital Lincoln can extend a royal welcome to the boys after they have been entertained here. To think that part of the plan to raise a relief fund for the resuscitation of tile democratic party contemplates Dlllnir the nionev nn In the vault * nf ouo of the Imti'il national banku ! 1'or- liaiis this relief fund project Is only another conspiracy of the dread money power to make money scarce by con- contratltiK It In bunk coffers on call of the democratic machine. The Chicago postollleo has at Its dis posal eljjht street railway cars for the distribution of United States mall. The operation of these cars Involves nn expense - penso that would justify the laying of postal pneumatic tubes between the most distant distributing stations and it ROCS without Buying that pneumatic tubes would beat trolley cars clear out of slflit. There Is no city In Kuropc of half the population of Chicago that does ot enjoy the advantages of rapid mall transit by pneumatic tube systems. , rs TO FtiAxrinans tx vi'n.i. The Indications are that strong pressure will bo made upon the next congress for the repeal of the provision In the army appropriation bill of tiic last congress declaring "that no prop erly franchises or concessions of any kind whatever shall lie granted by the United States or by any military or other authority whatever in the island of Cuba during the occupation thereof by the United States. " It is apparent that syndicates and corporations want ing concessions in Cuba are preparing to urge the repeal of tills provision unit have already enlisted the support of Komu newspapers and government of ficials. The ground upon which repeat Is urged Is that the provision Is a hin drance to the development of business In Cuba. This amendment to tlic army appro priation bill was proposed by Senator Kovnkcr of Ohio , was thoroughly dis cussed and was adopted in the senate by a vote of17 to 11. There was no opposition to It lu the house. The amendment was suggested by the es. ecutivc appointment of an advisory board "to Investigate and report upon taxation , franchises and concessions In Cuba and Porto Hlco. " In the debate on the amendment Senator Korakor j said that "wo do not want the granting of any franchises , either Intel-provincial or otherwise , in the island of Cuba , " and Senator Lodge declared that It seemed to htm to bo of "the last Im portance that congress should say by statute , and say to all the world , that while we are holding those Islands by military authority wo are not going to have thorn exploited for commercial purposes. " "I want to see tills amend ment go upon the bill , " said the Massa chusetts senator , "because I want to say plainly to all the world and to nil spec ulators and to all adventurers who are trying to get concessions or franchises there that that business is not going on while wo hold military authority ; that 1L IB 11UL IU UU UU11U IIU111 LI UOV JHJV | IU have a legal , constitutional and proper government. I think that is a just and a righteous action for the United States to tako. " Other senators spoke lu a similar vein , the opposition being chiolly on the ground that the amendment was unnecessary because It was not the In tention to grant franchises or conces sions. Tbo reasons urged last March in sup port of this legislation arc as sound and valid now as they were then and It Is not to be xloubtcd that the decisive ma jority by which it was adopted will bo found opposed to repeal. There lias been no change In the Cuban situation to justify the slightest departure from the just principle embodied in this ac tion of the last congress , namely , that the granting of franchises should be left for the people of Cuba when they shall have established their own government. The United States is merely in military occupation , for the purpose of pacifying the island and enabling the people to form an Independent government. In that capacity we should , as was said by Senator Ix > dge , liold ourselves ab solutely free from the slightest sus picion even that there Is Jobbery or corruption , or that wo arc trying to ex ploit the Island for the bcnisiu of In dividuals or of corporations. It maybe bo a fact that this policy will retard business development , but the remedy Is in the 'hands of the Cubau people and our obvious duty Is to leave Its applica tion to them , simply using all proper efforts to induce thorn to apply it as soon as practicable. TUltX OVKll A XJJW LEAF. trlbuto nearly half a million dollars a year toward the maintenance of county Institutions. AVhlle n majority of the olilcers and employes are salaried and handle no public and private funds In an oiliclal capacity , others receive and disburse money collected in the form of fees , lines and Judgments. The ex perience of the county and city with the latter class justllies the 'popular demand for periodic reports and settle ments in order to avoid any losses to the county or Impositions on the public. The duty of the county commissioners Is plain. Every county ollicer who re ceives or disburses funds should be re quired to make Quarterly reports of every penny collected by him and every Item of expense for which the county Is liable. If such a rule had been strictly enforced during the past six years there would have been no controversies with district court clerks , sheriffs , county Judges and other olliclals on account of fees , collections or claims of any de scription. It Is simply amazing that strict rules requiring periodic settle , mcnts between the county and each ollicer have not long since been en forced. Now that we are approaching the end of the fiscal year The Hoe deems it per tinent to nrgo upon the county commis sioners to turn over a new leaf. The business of the county should be con ducted on business principles. No busi ness house , whether managed by a cor poration or an Individual , would allow its 1'inploj es or agents to carry on busi ness without periodic statements coverIng - Ing all money transactions and without striking a balance nt least twice a year , if not oftener. The mere fact that sheriffs , county Judges , clerks of the court , registrars of deeds and Justices of the peace who handle public funds in one form or the other have given ample bonds fora Until 11 nnmilitlm ? nild I lin fn t fitful * \ntfr\ttii- nnco of their duties affords no excuse for failure to compel periodic reports of money collected and settlements of balances. It Is the neglect on the part of county commissioners to enforce peri odic accounting by county olliclals that Is responsible for every shortage or de- falcatlon that has occurred in the court house for years , and this neglect is also responsible- for the excessive claims trumped up by olliclals against the county years after they had passed out of olllce. The refusal of any ofllcer to report his fee bills and all Income from what ever source under the law governing hi olllco nnd to promptly pay over the bal ances due the county should be good cause for his impeachment and removal. Only Bitch a policy pursued without po litical bias or favoritism will safeguard the taxpayers of this county npalnst peculation and losses through Incompe tent or dishonest olliclals. JL'l ) IV10US CUUXKEU The Cuban club of Santiago has ad vised the soldiers of that province to accept the American gratuity and lay down their arms nnd while the resolu tion containing this counsel met with some opposition there Is reason to think that it will bo accepted. In that event It Is stated that about $1.000,000 will be distributed , which will be a material help to business , The reason for thinking that the sol diers In Santiago province will take the gratuity and comply with the terms Is that the- people of that province feel more friendly toward the United States than the people of other provinces. This is due to the very able administration , of General Wood , which has inspired conlldcnco in and1 respect for Ameri cans. It is a really wonderful work that lias been accomplished by that most capable and elliclent ollicer and If it bo true , as reported , that he intends to leave the service the fact will be re gretted as well by the American as by the Cuban people. Another thing Is that the politicians are fewer nnd less inlluentlal In Santiago than in some of the other provinces , especially Havana. The counsel of the Cuban club is from every point of view eminently judicious and if it shall have the desired result the effect will be good elsewhere. MOttR TRSTlMOttr. The opinion of a medical ollicer of the army who has been In service on the staff of General Otis , as to the num ber of soldiers that will be required to subdue the Filipinos and hold the Islands , Is valuable as probably reflect ing the Judgment of military men with * whom he has been associated. Dr. Mc- Questen , who lias just returned from Manila , whore he was health ollicer , says that It will take an army of iroin 100,000 to 150,000 to subdue and hold the Philippines. "Our men simply can not stand the climate , " says the medi cal authority , after having had months of experience there. "Fifty per cent of them will be Incapacitated by sick ness and the territory overrun will have to be abandoned. " He referred to the climatic conditions during the rainy season , now on. lie further states that nothing decisive lias been accomplished for the reason that the American force Is not sulllclcnt. This Is testimony not to be lightly regarded , even If It be admitted that the estimate of the number of soldiers that will be needed to complete the work of subjugation is too high. There vere on our men. There Is no olUcial statement of the number Invalided by sickness , but It was probably not less than I,000 ! at the beginning of June , or nearly double the number of the killed and wounded up to that time. Since the commencement of the rainy season doubtless the list of sick has been very materially increased and it would not be surprising to learn that at prc'sent It numbers from 4,000 to 5,000. The hard campaigning of the past few weeks told heavily upon the American forces , hundreds of whom were prostrated by the intense heat. As to the statement that nothing decisive has been accom plished It is corroborated by the fact that our army Is today practically de fending itself at Manila. There Is reason to believe that the real condition of affairs in Luzon Is not being reported to Washington , or that Information received by the government showing the true state of affairs Is withheld from the public. At all events , there Is a growing popular feeling of dissatisfaction with the course of events in the Philippines which the admin istration should heed. After nearly live months of lighting with a people re garded as semi-savage It is humiliating to have to admit that nothing decisive has come of it And now we are told that the rail roads decline to accept the conditions under which the council is willing to close certain streets with a view to the future construction of subways and viaducts. The railroads have a perfect right to reject any proposition that does not stilt them , but they have no right to dictate terms under which they will build the Sixteenth street viaduct. The charter defines their obligation and the supreme court after years of litiga tion has afllrnied the right and power There Is only one thing for the rail roads to do In case they cannot come to terms with the city as to the closing of streets east or west of Sixteenth street and that Is to obey the mandate of the law. The embargo on traffic on the principal retail thoroughfare Is a source of Irritation and further parleyIng - Ing and dilly-dallying will soon become intolerable. The Italian hand of the American Hook trust Is still visible In the gov ernment of our public schools. Years ago the Hook trust foisted a sfiporln- tendent upon our public schools , whom In due time It withdrew and promoted to one of Its lucrative general agencies. When the successor of the general agent miulo himself offensive to the catspaws of the trust be was sum marily beheaded and a more trusty man put in Ills place , regard less of the consequences to the < u uiu imuiiu BCJIUUIH , 11:11. : Influence the trust exerted on the re cent change of High school prlnclpala may be surmised , although no visible traces have been left on the checker board. Everything trials to show that the rations furnished the American troops are as near perfection under all circum stances as It Is possible to make them. A board of experts In the Philippines , after an exhaustive investigation , rec ommended only trifling changes to adapt the ration to that climate , A similar board In Cuba has reported recommending no change whatever. English ofilcers In the Philippines re port to their government that the United States army is the best fed in the world. The people nt home would I not permit anything else , oven If theiv i were it disposition to treat HIP men otherwise. It Is largely o'wlng to this system of looking after the wants of the American private which makes him the best of his kind In the world , lie may not be the equal of the European for show purposes , but when it COIIUM to business he shines with the best of them. Latest news from the Transvaal in dicates that the ltot > rs are all ready fern n fight In easi > the trouble with England renders It necessary and also that tin.1 Dutch In other portions of South Africa not only sympathize with them but will give thorn active aid. From lately pub lished Information one of the chief grievances of the Vltlanders in the Transvaal l the alleged excessive tax ation , particularly the income tax , which In the Transvaal is IS per cent. On the face of It this looks like extor tion. Yet in Rhodesia , a purely English colony , lying next to the Transvaal , the English themselves Impose an In come tax of as per cent , or more than double that of the Transvaal , and other taxes arc about In the same pro portion. Summed up , it looks much as though the motif of the present agita tion Is solely a desire to possess the rich land of the Uocrs. A burned child dreads the lire. The lesson of the recent conflagration should not be lost upon the community. The ordinances regulating the storage of combustibles and explosives which were framed llftecn or twenty years ago should be revised to meet the pres ent conditions. There is nothing yet on the municipal statutes relative to other dangerous explosives than gunpowder , petroleum , naphtha and gasoline. There Is nothing to prevent the storage or transportation through the streets of dynamite in nlj its forms and com pounds much.more _ _ dangerous than naphtha and uasolliie. The Standard Oil company , ns a cor poration , has decided to abandon Ohio. The ofilcers of the company deny that the active warfare waged against the Company by the attorney general has anything to do with the move , but the public Is not likely to place much cre dence in the denial. While the legal fight against such monopolies will necessarily bo long and bitter , it can be. carried 'to a successful conclusion if properly persisted in. Cent of Continent. Phllndelohlu Times. The cost of our war In the cast is $1,000- 000 a day , nnd the sum of charges to its account is already ? 150,000,000. "Where Ciilinn Tnlent IN Vi > r-lol. New York Tribune. The fellows who got up the Cuban army pay rolls will miss the opportunity of their llfo if 'they dco't come up here and help Tammany make up election registers. HIMVVc Cro\v. ! Globe-Democrat. American manufacturers exported products worth $183,000,000 , In 1893 and $330,000,000 worth In 1898. Within a decade or two this will bo a bllllon-do'll&r .country In supplying the world with manufactured arfldfes. nt a D Phlladenhla ! Record. Ono of the reasons why volunteers whoso time of enlistment has expired hesitate to re- onllst for fighting In the Philippines Is be cause the government has armed them with Springfield rifles to fight an enemy using JIausers. They are asked to fight at a dis advantage. AVorkprn Get Their Share. Louisville Courier-Journal. A general advance of 25 per cent was made in the wages of the members of the .nuiuisaujuiuu jvsfcirciuuuii UL uuu , i lu uiiu Steel Workers at Detroit last Saturday. This raise applies to 45,000 men and puts wages at the highest point since 1892. The workIngman - Ingman Is getting his share of the good things passed around In these piping times of prosperity and the gold standard. Ilnveiiicyer'N CliaiiK' : of Tune. Indianapolis Journal. Mr. Havorneyer Illustrates In a now way the old rhyme that "When the devil was sick 'the devil a monk would be , but when he got well the devil a monk was he. " In the days of the Cleveland administration Mr. Havemeyer moved heaven and earth to secure -protection for his sugar , but hav ing failed to get as much as ho desired ho denounced the tariff as "the mother of trusts. " One Invention Spoil * Another. Indianaoolls Journal. The Invention of smokeless powder was a long stride in the art of war. This rendered the firing party invisible and enabled him to do greater execution , The next step was the invention of the telescope with which to lo cate the flash of the smokeless powder , and this Is now under test. The next win bo to invent a telescope for locating the man with the telescope looking for the man with the Invisible powder , and then it will be tlmo to call a halt. Are Tlify Worth the 1'rlccf Philadelphia Ledger. Probably In response to the demand for information as'to Jho health of our troops In the Philippines , the Wan department has published the statistics of the period from February 4 , the beginning of the Insurrec tion , to Juno G. They show that 2-0 men were killed In action and sixty-nine died of their wounds a total of 295 while 3C4 died of disease. It Is further stated that 1,360 men were wounded during the same tlmo , but how many were and are still on the sick list Is not stated , The figures are impres sive. Are the Philippines worth their cost In human llfo ? Apart from their cost paid In the lives of our brave soldiers , the ad ministration paid Spain $20,000,000 In gold for the Islands , nut Spain did not deliver them ; did not give possession of them , Yet Spain has the $20,000,000 and the United States has n costly and , apparently , nn end less war of conquest and subjugation. Uenerve n Hoynl WHuoiuc. Chlpazo News , Nebraska's regiment now serving in the Philippines wanta to come home. Of 1,200 men who sailed from San Francisco but 400 are left in shape for duty. The rest are dead or In the hospitals ; their colonel was slain foremost lu a desperate battle , and most of the companies are but phantoms gathered grimly round the colors. That regi ment deserves quick passage homo if It really wants It , and deserves all the best that Nebraska and the whole country can award it. Such men are a glory and an honor to any nation , but If they must face bullets in the Philippines why not send enough of them to end the matter without such slaughter ? The present situation in Luzon Is strongly reminiscent of the words uttered by a Mohawk chief when Ilrail- dock's men marched to Fort Duqursne and to their graves : "If they ore to flght , they are too few ; If they are to bo killed , they are too many , " XHW TltAOKS SIUVI3MH.NT. , \iiriiiii | > li lo Aim-rlcnn TruM AIIIOIIH llrlllxili MnntifiiHtiriTft. UoMon TraiiRrrlpt. Industrial circles In Great Urltaln are watching with Interest a new trades move ment which promises to bo of great Impor tance to all the industries of the United Kingdom. A consular report made by the United States commercial agent nt Limoges , where steps have been taken to put the sys tem Into operation , gives Interesting details of this scheme , of which little has yet been heard on this side of the water , but which Is fruitful In suggestions to American man ufacturers. Its originator , Mr. i : . J. Smith , n successful manufacturer of Dlrmlngham , does not pose as a theorist , or claim to bo a political economist. Students recognize lu the movement possibilities of better results than any other system so far devised. Seven years ago , according to the report , the first alliance was formed in tliu bedstead trade , which was then In n dcsperati' condition. No manufacturer was making money , wages were nt the starvation point , several firms had gone Into bankruptcy and others were tottering. Under this system , every one of the bedstead manufacturers has made a profit on goods manufactured , the condition of the workmen has Improved 23 per cent , and today the business Is ono of the most prosperous in Orcat Drltaln. Unquestionably a system which accom plishes any such result Is worthy of Investi gation. The Initial step In any trade Is to ascertain the cost of manufacture. It has been found that few manufacturers them selves know exactly what It costs to produce a given article of their own manufacture. In ono trade thcro was a diversity of opinion nmong manufacturers as to the est of mak ing the simplest of their articles. It was explained nt a meeting just what must betaken taken into account in making up the esti mate of the expenses Incident to the fabrica tion of this article , and each member wrote down his Idea of the cost. When their notes were compared It was found that the costs were 4 17s Sd per gross to manufacture , and thcso snmo goods were Rolling at 2 10s lOd per gross. To prevent manufacturing nt a loss a minimum fcalo Is adopted , Tjased on the ccst of a representative article , like n cer tain pattern of bedstead or a dozen plates. The .manufacturers bind themselves not to cut prices , and give 'bonds ' to that end , A system 6f transportation charges places every member on an equal footing all over mo world , no matter wnero nia works are located. Any manufacturer who wishes to como Into the combination may do so by subscribing to the conditions of membership and paying a fco to bo used for defense ngalnst foreign competition , collection of statistics , etc. The combination Is In many of Ita features a trust , with some of the ob- Jectlonablo features of American trusts eliminated. For the workmen , the wages , hours nnd conditions of labor existing at the tlmo the alliance Is formed are guaranteed as long as the combination exists. A wages and con ciliation board Is formed , to deal with all new conditions which arise , although It can not deal with the old wages a-nd conditions. The workmen have an equal right in every way on this board , and if some- question arises which cannot be settled 'by ' the board , an arbitrator may bo called In. So far , this never has been necessary. Until the dispute Is settled the workmen accept the empfoyers' 11:14113 uuuer jiruii'cju ucn ine quesiiou is settled by the board the decision is retroac tive , so that delay Is not prejudicial to any cause , and strikes and lockouts are elimi nated. The first rearrangement of selling prices carries with It a wage bonus for the workmen In proportion to the amount of the average advance. Finally , the employers , having formed n union among themselves , encourage trade unions In every way. None but union men are employed , and the work men refuse to work for any but associated employers. Excessive profits are Impossi ble , as the consent of the workman to any advance in price must be obtained. The proof of the pudding , In such matters , is In the eating. The results in the bed stead trade have been noted. It has been found , also , that under the new system there has been an Increased demand for the goods manufactured. The system has received the commendation of hard-headed business men and students of political economy , oat ! puBi3tig jo s-iajniOEjnncui oqj M-ioinaui j3iU | ni usatj uns iCSl ; ° sa ais -ua on. } Xq 3U.3no.iAi BIJAS p0nn [ oq ) which promises such large results. In a country where the trusts and the wage ques tion occupy so much attention as in America , ic wouia seem mat an inquiry into tnis practical scheme of co-operation might be conducted with profit. AXD OTHERWISE. Thomas G. Shaughnessy , new president of the Canadian Paclllc , began his connection with that line In 1S70 as one of the road's general storekeepers. Jullu Ward Howe , describing Hie Now York life of her childhood seventy years ago , says everybody rose early , breakfasting at 7:30 : In the summer and 8 in the winter. Mrs. Kmmons Dlalno has filed , In Chicago , an individual personal property schedule for $1,563,000. Since she Is by no means the wealthiest resident in Chicago , though her schedule Is the largest yet filed , her action Is being pointed to as an example for wealthy tax-dodgers. The Lipton Tea company , of London , of which Sir Thomas Lipton Is the principal owner , has been fined 10 and costs for making a false trade description by Includ ing the weight of lead paper and other wrappings In the weight of tea. It was al leged at the trial that .by this means the profits of the Lipton company wore increased 17,000 a year. This was denied by the de fendant. The Invitations to President McKlnley and President Diaz to attend the Chicago cele bration next October nro inclosed in handsome - some mahogany boxes made from the old government building nt Chicago nnd lined with purple velvet. That for Admiral Dewey is lined with blue velvet , bears a gold monogram and Is decorated wild silver stars. Kach invitation bears a pen drawing of the recipient. Slnco the annexation of Hawaii Frederick W. Job , who was consul general for that country , occupies an unique position. Hawaii being now a port of the United States has no consul here , but Mr. Job continues to per form all his former duties. No Invoice can be sent from this country to Hawaii without being certified by him. The last congress did not legislate on this matter or make any provision to cover the situation and Mr. Job appears to be In for the work connected with the place , if nothing efse. 'Senator Vest is not dead yet , " Bays the correspondent of the Chicago Record , "oven though ho declares that the politicians of Missouri have been trying to administer upon his estate. Nor has ho lost bis sense of humor. While a friend was sitting with him In his library the other day a servant brought up the card of a Mr. Wescott. Senator Vest read the name aloud , and then remarked to his friend : "I do not know the gentleman , but I judge from his name that be must bo a relative of mine. " When the California law requiring the elgnaturo of writers to articles of a personal nature printed In newspapers went into ef fect the other day the editor of tlie Sacra mento lice , In a signed editorial , greeted the Innovation with these words : "Ah there , Henry Theophllus flage ! Uieetlngs likewise * wise to you , Hotspur Valiant Morchouse ! To you. Grove Lachrymose Johnson , the Vcepln' Vllllam of the Valley , a royal sa laam ! Today , dearly beloved , goes Into ef fect a law grafted upon the statute books of Kie state of California by a parcel of escaped lunatics who , under the mistaken grace of God , somehow found sanctuary In the legis lature , " I3CIIOK9 OK Tim WAN. The statement I * going the rounds thftt General MncArthur of the Philippine * WAS ono of the youngrflt officer * to o.mnmnd n regiment , bong ! only 21 years of ago when ho achieved that distinction during the civil war. A correspondent of the Washington Post beats the record by three years. He states that Colonel Andrew ( Jedrtcs , chief clerk of the Deportment of Agriculture , was lieutenant colonel of the Eighth Iowa In fantry nt the ngo of IS nnd was In command of the regiment during the battle of Wil son's Creek. Ho served throughout the civil war nnd was mustered out with his regiment April 20 , 1860. The views of the governors of the states as to the adequacy of the American forces In the Philippines , procurc.1 and published by the New York Herald , arc a unit in favor of a largely Increased force , so that the campalfru may bo prosecuted with such vigor as to bring It speedily to nn end. Even those governors who disapprove of perma nent control of the Islands suggest that , i since that policy has been adopted , the ] struggle should ibo ended by the prompt suppression of the Insurgents , to the en that the lives cf our sodlers be not need lessly sacrificed. The Manila Times , one of the dallies pub llshed by Americans at the Philippine capl tal , approves the suggestion that the Unltc < Suites should trade- the Islands for th llrltlsh West Indies. It argues that boll parties' would bo gainers by the trade. "Tho Philippine. Islands , " saya the times , "aro n present a very poor bargain. They nro in a state of anarchy nnd the whole popula tlon Is In such a frame of mind that there Is absolutely no telling whether they wil over satisfactorily settle down again , thn in to say , like all races of mercurial tern perament , once they have become volcanic there la no telling how long they will take to become dovolcnnlsed. For example , mos South American republics have been n cen tury or moro running their own govern mcnts and nro even now little better thai so many snarling , quarreling packs of curs with revolutions every few months. The taste for rebelling Is a depraving taste am very difficult to eliminate once a people has contracted the habit. It Is worse thai alcohol , opium nnd 'hasheesh' habits nl rolled Into one. France , after a century of Indulgence , is even now the most unttablo /.nntilrv In nil Klirnnn. Thfi FllltllnOS rank superior to the European races , but even tholr superiority will probably not save them from the dangerous tendency to politi cal Instability. Moreover , the growth of the country is stunted. The parallel figures which wo have given show that , In spite o ! their magnificent resources In the fertility of the soil and the treasures of nature hidden beneath the soil , they have less trade and ralso less revenue than the little barren rocks and coral reefs in the western At lantic. " Six vessels of the auxiliary fleet pur chased by the government for $844,260 at the outbreak of the war have undergone n shrinkage In value as painful as a real estate boom. The appraised value of the six at present Is $270,000 , and the government offers them for sale at that sum. This represents a loss of $574,269. If the ratio holds good with the remaining eighty-four . .A l A * M.n nltiV.nan1 flont Itvltl llP fin easy matter to determine the vast sums ship owners made out of the nation's trials. Lieutenant Charles Crawford of the Twenty-first Infantry left San Franclaio with his regiment about three "weeks ago , bound for the Philippines. It Is quite possible tint ho will bo assigned to General Funston's brigade. It was this same Crawford who , In a competitive examination about four teen years ago for a cadetshlp , beat Fun- ston and won the appointment. Crawford went through the military academy and was breveted a captain for gallant conduct under fire during the. Santiago campaign. SUC.AIl KlXfi OX TIll'STS. I'Viittire of Hi * OimlmiRht on tin- I'rolectlvtTnrllT. . New York Tribune. Mr. H. 0. Havemeyer apparently decs not think EO well of tariffs as he did 'when In the days of the Cleveland administration he wafl moving heaven and earth to secure pro- tootlon for his sugar. Tariffs then were of great benefit to the people. .Ho believed In them , " ho worked for them , and only when ho finds that , as the representative of a trust , legislators arc not Inclined to favor him , which ho says they were when he ap peared as a private business man , does the bugar of his grapes change to vinegar and ho declares against protective duties. "Thero , you mean old tariff ! " ho shouts , "tako that ! and that ! and that ! You wouldn't prelect mo as I wanted , and I won't piny with you any moro ! " H Is all very funny. The tariff Is the mother of trusts because It doesn't ho'p 'Mr. Havemeyer'fl trust , as he thinks It should. Mr. ( Havemeyor announces that there Is ono trust at least which Is not pro tected ; he scorns the Idea that the pitiful duty no-.v on sugar Is of the least benefit to him In his efforts to secure a complete mo nopoly : ho cynically avows that his concern Is a trust of the most extreme sort , devoted not merely to money-making by combination and economy and production on largo scale , as are , some of the trusts , but to the crush ing out of all competition and the raising of prices wherever possible. Yet ho calmly re marks that the tariff to which his great trust owes nothing la the mother of nil trusts , without whose support none of thctn could exist. His existence Is the refutation of his argument. Mr. Havomoyer may bo "getting even" with the tariff-makers who disappointed him , but Just what Is to bethought thought of his logic ? Mr. Havcmeycr's Idea that the tariff Is the mother of trusts must amuse the Standard Oil people. The father of trusts was not much concerned with tariffs. The Standard Oil trust owed nothing to protection , It cared not whether oil was subject to a duty of fi per cent or BOO per cent It feiuroJ control of the petroleum of the country , nnd It has dominated the market not only of this country , but of the world. It is the greatest of all our trusts , as well as the oldest. And next to It in Importance many would place the sugar trust , that poor outcast from tariff support which weepjj over the sorrows of the dear people who have to endure the little trusts Instead of devoting their whole energy - orgy to protecting the sugar monopoly Mr Havemeyer Is n patriot. Ho Is willing to snvo his country even If ho Imj to sacrifice all bis trust relations and nelghhow to do it. HKviVAi , OK sailiiun.nixc ; . Kx < r orilliiiir > - Activity In the Sliln YnrilM of ( ln > Country. Philadelphia Ledger. The Hluo Hook of American shipping for shows remarkable activity in the ship yards of the United States , duo to the com bined Influence of the war with Spain , which took many vessels from the mercantile marine , and to the foreign demand for American products , which has induced the construction of vessels to carry the now trade. There are now building In our ship yards for the United States nnd foreign countries more than fifty war vessels valued at $40.000,000 , exclusive of armor and armament - ament , nnd moro than 200 merchant vessels of large size , valued at $30,000,000. Every ship yard in the country is busy. More than $6.000,000 will be invested in new uhlp yards on the Atlantic coast and In Improve ments to those already established. The yards on the Pacific coast will build as many vessele this year as In any three years heretofore - tofore , and the ship builders on the lakes have vessels under way valued at $0,000 000 Even Now England Is busy building wooden vessels of great tonnage , and scores of steam yachts for pleasure are under con struction. The activity In the ship buliainjr Industry , far from suggesting the thought that It Is nhlo to take enre or Itself , hai V revived the talk nbout subsidies , nnd It I * seriously suggested that the government shall hofp by bounties an Industry that is already overwhelmed with orders , r.nd np- penrw to bo entirely able to compete with the world In the construction of vessels. The government can very properly aid shippers and ship builders by improving harbors , deepening channels and construct- IIIR dry docks , but It will sqander the public money and tempt men to unwlso specula tion If It should enter Upon n subsidy scheme , especially nt this time of unwonted private enterprise. It Is said that the tendency In marine architecture nt present Is towards vessels ot greater carrying capacity nnd less itpeeil than the occnn greyhounds that have In recent years competed with each other for record runs across the Atlantic. Instead of the tlmo of passage being reduced , ns uomo people have been expecting , It Is likely to 1)0 lengthened , If It bo true that the slow vessels pay better than those which mnko the run across the Atlantic In less than MX \ days. It Is snld that eight-day vessels pay best , consuming much less coal and rcqiitr- , Ing so much less space for machinery nnd J coal bunkers that their cargo-carrying i capacity Is greatly Increased. The new vessels will probably be bigger than the old and more luxuriously furnished , and they will make up for lack of speed In greater comfort for the passengers. II\I3 ) y.IMMIYKS. Detroit Free Press ! Upholsterer Are you In n hurry for this sofn , miss ? . Shc-Oli , I would like It before- tonight. , Chicago Ilccord ! "Lucrotln , how did your clnli election go off ? " "Fine. Our faction bought over nil the voles of the other factions with 90 cents worth of Ice cream soda. " Washington Star : "I will stand up for my convictions In this matter , " said the politician , sternly. "Convictions ! " echoed Senntor Sorghum , apprehensively. "Why , man. It hasn't gone { .n fir ns that. They haven't even arrested anybody. " Indianapolis Journal : "And then the countess wns stripped of her lands nnd moneys ; of everything save her ancient 11 tit1 * "Oh ! No wonder sha went on the stage. " Chicago Post : ' 'Has your family laid down Its nrnia ? " nsked n Cubtn. "N'ot to the extent that wo hoped tc\ " wns the answer. "We're victims of a mo- iiuui > * AIIU UIII.Y Kiui siurc in luwu jias raised prices so that the Investment Isn't worth the 'trouble. ' " iSomcrvlllo Journal : ( Mrs. UJenks ( se verely ) Thro Is absolutely no excuse for polygamy , Ono wife Is enough for any man. 'Mr. ' Hjenks ( softly ) Yes. Ono wife Is too much for sonic men. 'Brooklyn ' Life : Jones Going to R5nd your wife to the seaside this season ? Onley No : can't afford It. Jones Why , she Isn't extravagant. Is she ? Galey Not th least : but last year while she was away I Wow In J330. Indianapolis Journal : Mudgi It Is an awful thingto realize you have made an egregious ass of yourself. Isn't It ? Yabsley Ain't you used to It yet ? Cleveland Plain Dealer : "I just noticed In the paper that the transmitter germs In fine telephone are perfectly harmless. " "That's n mighty good joke on my wife. " "How so ? " "When I left homo this mornlnir she wnn Sitft * nt I.nut. Somervlllo Journal. The air was hat at G a. m. . No fresh nnd cooling 'breeze Fanned Mother Knrth or softly stirred The leaves upon the trees. At 10 the fun wias working hard With flattering success ; Th ( > mercury was .boiling hot- Ninety degrees or less. At noon the heat was furnace-llko Dogs gasped for want of air. At 1 great strong 'thermometers ' , . Were bursting everywhere. And then at last one prim old maid"1' Said , with a. modeFt cough : "I think I'll go upstairs and take iMy winter flannels off. " Til 15 HIVAI.S. S. E , KIser In the Times-Herald. Brown envied Jones , his neighbor , who lived Just across the way , And often rose from praying to disconso lately say : "If I could stand In Jones' place how happy I F'hould ' be ! If I cou.d have his blessing ? , they would be enouirh for mo ! " And so he struggled on and on , and step hv step he rose , liut Jones was always Just ahead to rob him Jones looked upon his nelghlvor Brown with rnvir In his breast ; lie had the lines t 'house ' In town , but still VBH snrrly pressed. "If I from all my debts were free , " ho oft In secret said , "How truly happy I should be , how high I'd hold my head ! " And day by day ho strove away beneath hs ! heavy load. With hopes of overtaking1 Brown upon the toilsome road. Thev traveled far , each thinking that the other kept abend , And honors came to each to live long- after ho was dead ; Jonr envied Ilrown nnd Brown set out to pass Jones on the way , And , either blind unto the truth , pressed onward day by day If Brown had never heard of Jones and Jones .had . known no Brown Would they have reached thn places whcra they put their burdens down ? "They'll Wash" Some kinds won't without changing color. We refer to our lines of Children's Wash Suits. They are the inmg lor nor weatner wear and for the country. The cost is trifling a pretty good wash suit may be had for $ J.OO , and suits costing $ J,25 , $ J,50 , $2,00'and ' up are worth just that much more a point below $1.00 is not worth anyone's while to go. Straw and crash hats and caps galore , and at prices that MUST please.