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otton as desired.
it * Ltiborl knows now , If ho did not
before , Just what a blessing nn Amer
ican Wife Is.
Iowa democrats picked on a cabe-
hardened victim to head their ticket.
Fred"White has been defeated so often
that once moro will not hurt.
Admiral Dowcy has cabled that he
will anivo In Now York September 20.
He will not bo in need of ear trumpets
to hoar the welcome which awaits him.
"Tho populists were permitted to fill
one. place on the ticket" So reads the
, report of the Iowa democratic conven
tion lri the local popocratle organ. How
kind ! . . , .
The only original Camp Poynter Is
the ante-room of the governor's apart
ments at the cupltol , but It has been de
serted since the offices hav6 'all been
given out
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
As usual , our old friend , General
James B , Weaver , was the whole thing
at the Iowa populist state convention , ,
and , what Is more , ho was almost the
only thing. *
Nothing serves sowell' as a coroner's
inquest to bring out the fact that no
two persons wtyo are w tnessgsUolan
act can be depended on to have seen
the same thing
Farmer White has-been drafted'once
moro * Into the BerYlceTof "tlieTIowii'IIemo-
crate to try it again against Governor
SnawAs a volunteer sacrifice' the
political altar Mr.'White is a shining
success.
General Jluilncz announces that he
proppscs to consolidate the two rcpubi
lies in the Island of Hayti into one gov
ernment For a man who is not : in- con
trol of cither government the general
is decidedly sanguine.
The doctors called by the coroner to
thro wan X-ray upon -the cause of the
death of James Smith disagree just as
much as dolho people who don't know
anything about anatomy nnd surgery.
When doctors disagree , who shall decide
'
cide ? . . , , .
An inheritance tax "of $150,282 has
been paid Into the public treasury to
relieve the Pullman estate of 'the in
heritance tax lien under tho.Illinois in
heritance tax 1'qwi The inheritance
tax may bo u'revonito producer ouco in
a while. * "
A Now York pqljco Judge 1ms fixed a
schedule of rates for plain .drunks so
that the Sunday .Jug .comes $1 cheaper
than the week-day'product. His reason
is that Sunday is the only day on which
most men cau find time to cultivate It
in this prosperous era , and ho does not
feel like putting a prohibitive tariff on
any Industry ,
Those who wore clamoring for the ,
, raising of more men and the vigorous
prosecution of the war In the 'Philip-
I/ pines will probably turn their attention
now to decrying the taking of so many
men from the peaceful walks of life to
convert them into" soldiers. It will
never do for the calamity shotitcrs to
run out of a crlevnnce.
The silver republicans of Eancaster
county , the eccoud most populous
county in Nebraska , managed to.drum
up llftceu delegates to their county nom
inating convention. But the farce
of masquerading" a separate
and distinct political party , demanding
a share of the fusion spoils , la kept
right up , us ff tbcra were really borne
sliver republicans in the rank and lllo
behind the foV btllco seekers who label
themselves with the uarna
f
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xnc WE A
According to "Qoln" Ilrtrvey the
United Stales of America has been n
bankrupt imtloJi for the post ten years
and If the figures of the ap stlo of free
coinages could bo accepted ns gospel
trnth the United States never will bo
abTo to pay Its debts unless Us crod
( tors can be forced to settle at 50 ccnis
on the dollar. In the campalgrt of 1SWJ
Harvey publicly asserted that the debt
ot tlie United States aggregated forty
billions , , while the assets , based on the
census returns of-1800 , aggregate only
twenty-four billions. In the lecture
Coin Harvey is delivering in Nebraska
towns this summer lie repeats these flg-
tfres , which fact In Itself Is a dead give
away upon the apostle of finance. If
it was true that the debt of the nation
in 1800 was forty billions and Its assets
were computed at sixteen billions IORB
than its liabilities , some change has
certainly taken place in both within
the * past three years. It Is kqown to
all men , Including Mr. Uarvoy , that
hundreds of millions nnd possibly bil
lions of bonds and mortgages have been
tmld off sluca 1800 and It Is equally
true that n very marked advance has
taken place within that period in prop
erty values. On the one hand hundreds
of millions of bonds have been scut
back to America from I3uropt > In ex
change for American products and the
nlafkot value of railroads and indus
trial plants that are capitalized as cor
porate property has Increased enor
mously , while ttie western'farmers and
owners of town property have paid off
millions upon millions of debt since
1800. ' But deluslohlsts like Harvey
close , their eyed to all 'these stubborn
facts and 'persistently keep on repeat
ing the exploded fictions cbncdc'ted for
political effect
They talk as glibly of forty thousand
millions of dollars ns they do of forty
thousand dollars and scarcely seem to
be aware of the fact that Hi would take
a man ten years of tcn-hours-a-day
work to count ono bljllo'n of dolldrs lri
tcntdollar gold pieces , The true fig
ures of the actual debt of the United
States would fall at least 'twenty-four
billions short of Coin Harvey's estimate.
The largest portion of this debt Is that
of the railroads , computed at about six
billions. The debt of all other corpora
tions , exclusive of banks , will not ex
ceed two billions. The national debt
of the United States nnd the debts of
all tlic states , counties and cities of the
United States do not exceed two and a
half , billions. The debt of the banks
to their 'depositors and the debts of in
dividuals are less than five billions.
The most extravagant estimate of all
the liabilities , public , corporate and in
dividual , docs not at this time exceed
sixteen billions instead of forty bil
lions , as is claimed by Harvey , and the
resources of the United States at the
lowest estimate must have increased
at least 25 per c6nt since 1800 , which
would make the total assctjf thirty bjl-
lions. In other words , the ledger ac
count of the United States shows a
balance of fully 'fourteen housanau'mll-
llons on the credit elde. JEstfrna'tlng Joe '
population of the United States at sev-
cnty-flvemllllons : , the wealtji. of its people
ple , after deducting all debt , national ,
state , < 5ounty , cl y , corgoratq and1 pri
vate , would be ? 180 for- every man ,
woman and child. But that amount
does not represent the actual wealth.
It must be remembered that the bulk
of all the debt , ' public or private , Is
owing to the American people. Of the
sixteen billions of debt less than 25 per
cent is held in foreign countries. The
grcatcr'proportlon df the national debt
and the bonds and mortgages issued by
counties , cities , corporations and indi
viduals is held by American investors.
Thb bank deposits , which aggregate
about three billions , are all owned by
individual homo depositors , the na
tional government and local govern
ments. Insteadof being a bankrupt
nation , as Mr. Harvey contends , this
is ono of the rlchcst'natons | on the face
of the earth'and It1 } colossal debt In
reality represents what its own people
own in the form of' bonds , mortgages
nnd bank deposits.
TUB IOWA. DEMOCRATS.
The democratic party of Io > ya has be
fore it a hopeless campaign. It will bo
overwhelmingly beaten , next November.
What there is left of it is faithful to
the doctrines enunciated at Chicago in
1800. The plank In the Iowa democratic
platform denouncing trusfs asserts that
"these trusts and combinations are the
direst outgrowth of the policy of the re
publican party" and demands that they
bo suppressedTy "tho repeal of the pro
tective tariff and others privilege-con
ferring legislation responsible for.
them. "
The democratic party of the country
hopes to win votes chiefly through op
position to the trusts , butin , order to
do this the party will have to do more
than assort that republican policy is re
sponsible for the combinations. It will' '
have to show intelligent voters that it
has ever done anything for the suppres
sion of trusts , As to the tariff , it can
bo conclusively shown that not a few
of the trtists arc without the least tariff
protection , while < others- having -such ,
protection could survive ltd with
drawal , since they are now successful
competitors in the world's markets with
European manufacturers. Any one
who will take the trouble to .examine a
list of trusts will find that many if not
a majority of them uro entirely inde
pendent of the tariff.
The republican party has always op
posed the trusts. The democratic
party is now for the first time declaring
hostility to them. The republican na
tional platform of 18S8 has this plank :
"Wo declare our opposition to nil com
binations of capitalrorgunlzecl in trusts
or otherwise , to control arbitrarily the
condition of trade among our citizens ,
and wo recommend to cougress and the
state legislatures - lu their respective
jurisdictions such legislation as will
prevent the "execution of all HcliiMilea' to
oppress the people by undue charges on
their upplesojrl | > yuujuHtratoa for the
transportation of their products to irmr-
kct. " In 1800 a republican congress
enacted on nntl-tnist. law and two
years later the republican national con
vcntlon saldi "Wo heartily endorse
the action already taken upon this sub
Jcct and ask for such furtncr legisla
tion as may be required to remedy anj
defects in existing laws and to render
their enforcement more complete am
effective. "
The anti-trust legislation passed by
the republicans In 1800 the democrats
destroyed In i894 and defeated Its reenactment -
enactment in 1807 , The McKlulcy
tariff law contained a section declaring
illegal "every contract , combination In
the form of trust or otherwise , or con
spiracy in restraint of trade or com
merce among the several states or with
foreign nations. " The next congress ,
under democratic control , passed the
Wilson tariff law , in which there wns
substituted for the sweeping anti-trust
section of the McKlnlcy law a provision
of no practical use whatever nnd which
even a democratic administration made
no effort to enforce. In the last con
gress the democrats of the semite would
not permit the anti-trust clause"of tup
McKlnlcy law to bo Inserted in the
Dlnglcy law.
Such are the records of the republican
and the democratic parties in regard to
the trusts. The former has opposed
them"'for years and enacted national
and state legislation for their suppres
sion ; the latter has never until now
raised Its voice against them and when
It had control of the executive and legis
lative departments of the government
failed to do anything for their suppres
sion. The intelligent voter , familiar
with the records , will hardly expect
moro from the democratic than from
the republican party in opposition to
the trusts.
JJEMOCHAT1O ItBVOLT IN KENTUCKY
The Kentucky democrats who' have
revolted against the nomination of Wil
liam Gocbcl for governor have placed in
nomination John Young Brown , a mane
o ability and popularity , who should
poll a largo vote. The fight between
the factions promises to become exceed
ingly bitter as the campaign progresses
and It will be surprising If there is not
some bloodshed grow out of It. The
opposition to Goebcl is not entirely due
to the fact that he Is the author of the
obnoxious election law , which the re
volting democrats denounce iu their
platform. It is to a very considerable
extent on personal grounds nnd it Is
this that will create the bitterness
which is certain to characterize the
campaign.
The revolting democrats endorse the
Chicago platform and favor the nomina
tion of Bryan for president in 1000 , not
withstanding the fact that Mr. Bryan
has declared for , Goebel and promised
to speak in the state for that candidate.
This would seem to plape the demo
cratic national leader In a somewhat
awkward position , but doubtless he will
find a way to adjust himself to it
It is highly probable that this , fac
tional conflict will result ; inthe 'election
of the republican candidate for gov
ernor , Mr. Taylor , -who Is running on
an uncompromising honest money plat
form and Is pretty certain to get the
votes of a considerable number of
bound money democrats.
, REINFORCING OTIS.
The order for the enlistment of ten
moro regiments of volunteers for serv
ice in the Philippines will forcibly assure -
sure the country of the determination
of President McKlnley to push the war
with all possible vigor. The volunteer
regiments previously ordered have with
ono or two exceptions their complement
of. men and there is every reason to ex
pect that all of them will be in Manila
by the middle of October or at latest by
the beginning of November. They will
go pretty well prepared for immediate
active service. The ten regiments now
ordered it may require two mouths or
longer to recruit , as men willing to
servo as soldiers In the Philippines are
apparently becoming scarce , but they
should be ready at least by the begin-
nlng of December.
When all these reinforcements reach
the Philippines there will be a force of
over 50,000 , or moro than double the
number when hostilities commenced ,
and it will bo a splendidly equipped
army of as good fighting material as
the world can produce. Such an army ,
with the existing difficulties to cam
paigning removed , should bo able , If
properly handled , to sweep through the
Island of Luzon in sixty days and un
doubtedly it Is the hope of the adminis
tration that this will bo accomplished.
Thq reports show that the Insurgents
are active and there arc no indications
that they have lost materially in
strength or that they are not still well
supplied with arms and ammunition. It
may bo that the reinforcements being
scut to General Otis will have a ten
dency to overawe the , enemy , but as yet
they are exhibiting a wonderful
tenacity. At the same time there are
indications of- revolt in other islands ,
which may require the attention of part
of the force intended for operations at
Luzon. At all events , the president has
decided norie too.soon . to greatly
strengthen the army in the Philippines ,
for there is reason to apprehend that
every Soldier to bo sent there will bo
needed.
If ex-Senator Warner Miller is so con.
fidcnt the Nicaragua canal cau bo built
for $100,000,000 and that it will pay
dividends on that Investment , why docs
10 not borrow the money , as ho says he
can do , and build the canal ? This
would bo decidedly more profitable
than fighting tjio transcontinental rail
road lobby in congress , which ho affirms
a the only opposition to the plan of
getting the government to invest iu the
ditch.
According to the Chicago Inter Ocean ,
which has Us source of Nebraska news
In thd otllce of the Omaha popocratlc
organ , the news of Senator IIaywurd'
Unefas had scarcely been reported when
n conclave of democratic politicians as
sembled In the state house and waited
on Governor Poynter to urge him to
.commission ex-Senator Allen to the
Hayward succcssorshlp. This would
certainly bo Interesting If true , as well
as complimentary to all the democrats
who would doubtless cultivate sena
torial aspirations if the opportunity "pre
sented. The Whole story Is. of course ,
Just a trlflo premature and will lie swal
lowed with several grains of salt even
by those who do not know that It was
Incubated In the Fakery.
Were it not for the fact tlmt a human
life Is practically In the balance the
Dreyfus trial would be the- greatest of
farce comedies. Witness after witness
Is called , not to testify to Avhat he
knows of the guilt or Innocence of this
j\cctt9cd \ , but as. to his beliefs. If the
witnesses would testify to moro facts
possibly the Judges who nro summoned
to hear the testimony could arrive nt n
verdict. Queer people , those French
men.
Governor Itooscvclt has made It
plain that he hns no ambition for cither
the first or second place on the repub
lican national ticket next year. The
enemies of the administration are doing
their best U 'out Governor Roosevelt
Into a position where he will cmlmrass
McKlnlcy , but his good , hard sense can
bo depended upon < o keep him out of
error.
Douglas county republicans drt not
wflnt to repeat tho. mistake of last year ,
when tlioy practically throw away two
places on the legislative ticket to please
the vanity of nertr-slghted leaders.
Every man on the ticket in the coming
campaign must add strength of his own
instead of being a > dead-weight on his
associates.
The emperors of Kussla , Germany
nnd Austria are planning to have n
great hunt lu the near future. In the
meantime a'large ' number of men might
find employment rounding up the game
so it will bo handy and in just the right
position to be slaughtered without diffi
culty when the royal hunters appear.
Five members of the school board re
tire , this year , their successors being
chosen nt the election next November.
This should give the people Interested
In the management of the public schools
( in opportunity to distribute a few te-
wards and punishments.
Gcriuanr Fcc-In the I'lnch.
* L Indlanapollsi News.
, It eeema that there are others. The prcna
Is calling tor the regulation of syndicates
and trusts la Germany.
of Fire
Indianapolis Journal.
In the past seven months of the present
year the losses by flro In the United States
exceeded those of. the corresponding period
of 189S by $10,000,000. This means that $125-
000,000 of property will be destroyed by
flrea this year , dup chiefly to carelessness.
The Broflicflioort ot Jone .
Cinlcago News.
Mayor Jones or Toledo , O. , Is one of the
incorporate of a/cWtpany Which intends to
try co-operative th'eUH3s.an , a gigantic scale ,
numerous JndifsfrlaVJcolgnles being one of
the leading ; featuren''o ' ( tfio scheme. Mayor
Jones has long' doflo What be Could on a
small aCalo In ttie co'-operatlvc and eoclal-
sclence lines and the publio will watch his
efforte'-vrtth1 much Interest when he is given
an opportunity to'work out his plans With
larger backing.
Stand from Under.
Springfield Republican.
There were severe thunder storms in va
rious parts of the country Saturday and Sun
day. In Maryland two personswero killed
by _ lightning-whllp standing under a tree.
In South , Carolina two brothers drove under
a tree to get out ot the rain and one was
killed by lightning. It is about as eensible
to stand under a wall during an earthquake
as to ecelc. the protection of a tree when
lightning1 is playing near at hand. One
would better slay olit In the rain.
Not a One-Man War.
Washington Post.
A generation ago wo had a great war In
the United States and there were many
thousands ot citizens on the union eide of
-the line whoso Sympathies were on the other
aide. They called that mighty upheaval
"Lincoln's war. " It was a false and mean
phrase , Intended to eerVe an unpatriotic pur
pose. There Is not much similarity be
tween that conflict Among brethren and this
suppression of Tagal Insurgents , but they
are precisely alike In the fact that no presi
dent or cabinet was respopelble for either
of them. This Is no moro McKlnlcy's than
that was "Lincoln's war.
Oar Trade ivltli Japan.
Now Yprk Mail and Express.
'A ' fact worthy ot note is that , In the rap
idly developing commerce of Japan , no other
power has equaled the United States in the
enlargement of Its trade relations. In flvo
years we have Increased our exports to
Japan nearly sevenfold , while England has
increased hers threefold and Germany less
than fourfold. Flattering as is this showing
for American enterprise and Ingenuity , the
larger congratulation must be upon the Im
mense growth of Japan as a consumer of
the world's goods following her adoption of
Occidental methods and institutions. Her
showing for the past flvo years merely sug
gests the stupendous possibilities of the
Orient as -whole , not only as a source of
supply for the world , but as a customer of
the advanced nations as a result of this in
ternal development.
PACTS rOIl PESSIMISTS.
Lavrii of Trade Accomplish IVIiat
Fu lonl U Yelled I'or ,
Minneapolis Journal.
Drudstroet'a prices report shows the Index
number for staples , August 1 , to bo 82,353 ,
as compared with July 1 , when it was 80-
118 , the highest figures since April 1 , 1893 ,
joforo the panic , and 25 per cent above the
aw price level on July 1 , 1896 , Which was
65,952. During July , live stock , fruits , raw
and manufactured textiles , metals , coke and
coal , oils , naval stores , building material
and inlKcellancous items figured in the ad
vance , whllo 'brcaflstuffs ' and irovUlona and
groceries fell off a little , and bides and
eatber and chemicals and drugs were un
changed , Of 105 staples enumerated , torty-
ive advanced in July , thirty-nine remained
unchanged and twenty-one items showed
decreases. Qf the 105 articles , sixty-five
live advanced eince a year ago , eleven are
unchanged and only twenty-nine are lower
han a year ago , and , compared with July ,
.897 and 1896 , four-fifths of all staples are
blghtr.
This showing ought to be accepted with
oy by the free ellvor advocates , who , in
806 , screamed for high prices along the
whole line , which they said it as only pos-
ilblo through -the abolition of the gold
tandard and the adoption cf the single
liver standard , They perceive now that ,
or two years past , there has been a
change , although they do not admit It ; that
he higher prices ot the large measure of
> ro perlty are due to anything except
'gold qfTquo" manipulation and temporary
ipuru , ,
rnruts op
Chicago Chronicle : The Htuntlon is UK
most serious that hao yet been confronted
And If Mr. Loubct guides the republic oafelj
through the coming crisis ht > will havt
prorod himself the foremost French states
man.
Philadelphia Times : It is something ter
rible to contetnpfato the paaslons unchained
by this cruel persecution cf an Innocent
man. In tha days ot noVc ) plcrre slmllat
passions deluged Franco In the blood ot her
children , and it the enemies ot Dreyfus
could have their way now another reign ol
terror would supply nmplo food for the torch
and the guillotine.
Philadelphia North American : Dreyfus
himself , It is now manifest , Is In deadly
peril. The spirit which aimed the pistol at
his attorney is not likely to spare him.
The more evident it becomes that the court ,
no matter how reluctant it mny bo , must
ncqult him , the moro necessary It will be
to guard Dreyfus against assassination , The
villains v.ho have persecuted him ulll not
hesitate at the final Infamy ot murder.
Baltimore American : It Is safe to ivagai
that tha antl-Dreyfusltcs will bo found at
the bottom of the affair. Thcea men have
Involved Franco in a seemingly endless
scandal and have now tried murder to help
make good tholr contentions. In the light
ot yesterday morning's tragic happening it
la doubtful it many in Franco would criti
cise the court-martial It It would acquit
Dreyfus on the evidence already adduced ,
provided the government would then pro
ceed to effectually exterminate the band ol
trouble makers.
Chicago Kens : The assassin with bis
cowardly bullet now stands forth as tha
overshadowing flguro ot the Dreyfus case.
Laborl , Dreyfus' attorney and steadfast de
fender , has -been shot down , whllo Mcrclcr ,
chlct enemy of the man on trial , is reported
to bo in danger of death at any moment.
Any Frenchman who expresses oven an
opinion on cither side of this strange trial
exposes himself to the risk ot murder , white
the principals Involved in Iho grim tragedy
walk dally on the edge ot the abyss with
tottering steps.Murderous hysteria seems
to hold Bway in France , and the world , as
tounded , can but stand malting , wondering
what the end will be.
PEHSO.VAh AND OTHERWISE.
A St. Louis tailor has cloned with two
women at the same tlmo.
Ex-Governor L. Bradford Prince of Now
Mexico has a collection of over 1,000 stone
idols once worshiped by the Pueblo Indians.
What's in a name ? William Pine-Coflln
is soon expected at his homo in Hempstcad ,
L. I. .Ho hns spent two seasons in the
Klondike.
Judge Ferris of Cincinnati has ruled that
the costs incurred In contesting a will can-
hot > bo ordered paid out of the inheritance.
This is likely to make some ot the Cincin
nati lawyers weary and wary.
William AJ Plner , the eccentric million
aire and cx-concrcsmnan , who died in San
Francisco last week , owned the Tcst library
of books on California's history In the world.
These -will probably go to Stanford university.
Dr. nlchard Kandt , the German traveler ,
whoso recent Journey to the sources of the
iNllo has attracted much attention , Is to be
paid an annual salary of 7,000 marks by the
German foreign office to enable him to con
tinue his explorations.
Lllluokalanl , former queen of Hawaii , Is
'keeping ' house in Washington , Just as thou
sands of other widows with small Incomes.
She now calls herself an American. She
recently said to a caller : "I am. a thorough
American. I love the history of thecoun
try. It is the heir apparent of all that
former nations have had to fight and perish
for. "
"Joo" Letter , the young Chicago million
aire , has-Just demonstrated his ability as a
wing shot --Last 'year- ' heproved himself
a dangerous manipulator of the wheat mar
ket. Last 'month ho showed himself to be
a courageous fire fighter when flames threat
ened to destroy the summer hotel at Brigh
ton Beach , N. Y. , and last Saturday he
missed only one bird In a team shoot at
Long Branch. It Isn't every man who can
be eo clever In many ways.
Captain E. Ross Smith of the One ( Hun
dred and Fifty-ninth Indiana volunteers ,
who , it Is said , had the distinction of being
the youngest captain in the United States
service during the SpanlshrAmerlcan war ,
has again been honored with a captaincy
in the United States service. He was only
19 years old when ho took his company to
the field. Ho is the only son of Captain
S. II. Smith , a veteran of the civil war , and
his homo is in Washington , Ind.
"Tom" Reed , who has Just returned from
Europe , spent much of his tlmo on the other
side riding a bicycle , and as a result there
Is a remarkable redaction in his girth. When
ho landed from Ihe steamer his checks were
flabby and there was a generally tired feelIng -
Ing apparent about him. Although he
brought six big trunks 'back ' with him , the
customs officials could not discover any
thing dutiable in them. "I know a little
about tariff matters myself , " ho said , "and
I guess I have not made any mistakes. "
COllX CHOP .AND FIUCES.
Koctora in lie Coimldereil in Calcu
lating the Ilcturiia.
Kansas City Star.
Kansas and Nebraska have produced such
extraordinary crops of corn this year that
, he people of the west are able to overlook
ho Important fact that other sections of the
sountry are not similarly blessed. The latest
official crop reports indicate that these two
states will have 650,000,000 bushels of corn
his year , compared with only 292,000,000
bushels produced last year , an Increase of
358,000,000 bushels. But the aggregate crop
of the entire country , as at present esti
mated , is only 214,000,000 bushels larger than
last year , so that outside of Kansas and , Ne
braska the country's corn crop this year is
144,000,000 ( bushels less than it was in 1898.
Almost all of the states in the cast and
south ( have less corn this year than last.
Ihe deficiency in those eecttons amounts to
aver 100,000,000 bushels and as the east and
south , even dn their best years , find It neces
sary to buy great quantities of eraln inthe
west It is evident that this 100,000,000 busliel
shortage ibis year will result in unusually
largo purchases from the states which pro-
luce a surplus above home needs. Not only
ire the east and the couth rtiort , but even
such important slates as Ohio. Indiana and
[ owa have less corn tills year than last.
It is also worth while to bear in mind that
the surplus of old corn , carried over from
preceding crops , is muon less now than it
was a year aco. '
Another important fact to remember is
that Europe is certain to take more corn this
rear than it has imported in the last twelve
months. Tbe foreign demand for corn is
jrowlng every year , though the quantity
which Europe takes Is dependent largely on
jrlces. When corn is as low as at present a
'orelgn demand for about 200,000,000 bushels
i year may be counted on with reasonable
serialnty.
In view of all the facts and conditions here
numerated farmers and merchants will do
ivell not to get their Ideas about prices too
xvw , Big crops necessarily must cause low
prices , ibut there is no good reason for ex
pecting the value of corn this year to drop
is low oa it has in two or three former years
if cxtraordlna-y crops. New corn for De
: ember delivery is selling now around 21
: ents ! bero and 29 cents in Chicago. In 1896 ,
Then the greatest crop on record was pro-
luced , corn eold as law as 17 cents u bushel
n Kansas City and under 20 cents in Ghl-
: ago. No such low prices are to be anticl-
> ated thla year , ( or the reasons that bare
> een stated , even though it Is true that Kan-
las and Nebraska have raised enough corn
o keep the railroads busy for two years
muling U to market.
(10LDBX DAYS IX T11D
Tide of PrnnptrUr CoimpicnonN
In the I.niut.
St. Louis Globb-Dcjmocrnt ,
Oroat news Is coming from \b6 corn-grow
ing states thcso days , Not only has the
wheat crop In Missouri , Kansas , Ncbrarkn
and other states of this neighborhood been
above the average , but the corn yield la
going far ahead of alt previous figures. The
Kansas corn crop will , according to the
estimates , be R long way in excess of 300-
600,000 bushels. Nebraska's corn ylcM is
placed at from 275,000,000 to 2JO.OOO.OOO
bushels , nnd thd latest reports eccm to In
dicate that It may go up to the 306,000,006
mark. Iowa nnd Missouri are In equally gocd
fortune. The news from Colorado , Minnesota
and the Dakotas is likewise ! encouraging in
the highest degree.
This immense Increase In the crops Is
causing same curious things. The demadils
on thd Inbcr bureaus In the farming regions
In the west were never so great In the past
as they arc now , and the agencies are power-
toss to mocl them. Wages higher than
any gUcn In many years are offered , but
the supply ot nork6rs' is far below the de
mand , Women are working In the harvest
( Iticlu In Missouri , Io\va , Nebraska , Kansas
nnd all the neighboring stales. This is a
eight familiar enough In the old world ,
where -women are in the habit ot working
out of doors with men. It la aftogcthc
new Jn the United Slates , however. Wornc
are drawn upon to help In the harvoatln
because the , supply ot men is inadequate
Tha crops are the largest ever known , an
the labor of the women is necessary to prc
vent loss through delay in harvesting.
The ucst , llko the rest ot the country , 1
at the high tide of prosperity. ISvcryb'od
Is cheerful. Tbe outlook is brighter tha
it has been In the agricultural regions i
many years. The populist and the Bryanlt
politicians are becoming so rare in the cor
holt that they -would bo curiosities ; Ther
Is no time for croaking even if there wer
any cxctiso for it Everybody Is bUsy anc
enthusiastic. Not only do all the corn am
wheat raisers believe that this is the bcs
country in the world , but they are con
vlncod that these are the brlghlwt day
which the country has seen in many years
Prosperity and happiness nro encountered on
every hand. There is as dense a slfcnc
among the croakers of calamity as thor
is In a frogpond in the arctic regions ) in
January. The populist nnd democratic lead
ere are still , and their du es ot a year o
two ago arc denying that they over belonget
to Iho combine of whlners. An easy ex
planation is hero given to the fact tha
Bryan has to go to the south or the caste
to find audiences tlicso days. Nobody can
bo found in his own regions any longer to
listen to his litany of woe.
EXPORTS OP nUTTKIl.
ForclRtt Demand Injnrcil liy Ship-
nientn of Inferior Quality.
Loulsvlllo' Courler-Joilrnal.
Ono of the most eccentric of our articles
of export is butler. Nearly twenty yean
ago , namely , in the fiscal year 1880 , wo nen !
abroad 39,000,000 pounds of butter. In 1895
oiir exports were 5,600,000 pounds. The ncx
year our sales abroad were nearly four times
as much , while in 1397 they exceeded 31,000-
000 pounds. In the fiscal year 1899 , which
ended June 30 last , theyTvcre but llttlo more
than 20,000,000 pounds.
Violent fluctuations of this sort are not
common -with respect to other important expert -
port vroduets. Tie Department of Agrl-
culture has directed Its attention to the sub
ject , but -while it has collected some valuable
Information it does not , so far as reported
fully account for the extreme fluctuation in
exports. It is suggested , however , that the
indifference of the American producer stands
In the way of foreign trade. Llttlo attention
is paid to the export demand exce > pt when
there is overproduction in the United States
Naturally the surplus which goes abroad
under such eondltions is not specially adapted
to the foreign demand.
The department gives the figures for the
imports of butter inlo Great Britain nnd
Ireland for the year 1897. The total was 3-
217,801 hundredweights , of which the United
States furnished only 154,196. The impres
sion prevails in England that American
butter is not only inferior to the best homo
butter , but also to that of Denmark and other
Scandinavian countries , Franco and the
colonies. That this is largely a matter of
prejudice bos been shown by the readiness
with which American creamery sells when
offered as English or Danish. ' "Selected
creamery from the United States , " when
offered as such , can only be sold at a reduc
tion of 2 cents a pound below similar butter
made In England.
It would bo a mistake , however , to sup
pose that this prejudice against American
butter is altogether unfounded. Unques
tionably indifferent ibuttcr has been exported
in considerable quantities at times. Tha
English makers are prompt to take ad
vantage of such mistakes , and an Impres
sion once created Is bard to combat. The
conscientious makers of a good article suffer
more or less from the efforts of the leas
scrupulous to sell their product for what it
is not. Nevertheless , this is not the only ,
perhaps not the chief , difficulty , American
butter is wanted , but there is a demand
for a steady supply of an article that is
found satisfactory. Many inquiries have
been sent to America for the address of an
establishment that can furnish a largo
amount ot creamery butter at regular in
tcrvals. It is desired that this bo brought
to a regular standard and maintained there.
It would seem that it ought not to bo dim-
cult to accomplish this , yet so far It ap
pears not to have 'been ' done on a scale to
equal tbo demand.
cnusAtra OP PENSION ATTORNEYS.
51nllcloun Amrnult * on tlic I'ennlou
Coinmlmiloncr Pall .Klnt.
Philadelphia Publio Ledger ,
An examination of tbo { policy and con-
du.ct of tha , I'enslon bureau under Commis
sioner Evans shows that it is essentially a
"Soldiers' bureau. " Of the 1,741 employes ,
566 are ex-union ooldlers or sailors , and 452
ore drawing pensions. The commissioner ,
tbo two deputy commissioners , the medical
referee and ten of the fourteen chiefs of
divisions are union veterans. Twenty-six
of the forty-three medical examiners
were union soldiers or Bailors. Of tbo 110
reviewers seventy are union veterans. Thus
it will be percelyed that , for the greater
part , applications for pensions are passed
upon by men who were themselves union
soldiers or oallors during the civil war , and
who arc , therefore , in complete sympathy
with their worthy comrades.
Excepting Corporal Tanner , qvcry pen
sion commissioner of recent years , whether
republican or democrat , has been denounced
ay disreputable attorneys and others in
terested in fraudulent or invalid claims.
One critic at Syracuse , N , Y , waa brazen
enough to charge that the ( bureau was dom-
natcd by southern sympathizers , and that
Commissioner Evans , who -was born in
Pennsylvania and volunteered from Wiscon
sin , was at the head of a conspiracy against
union Soldiers , Mr. Evans Is and has al
ways been a staunch republican. Ho was
nominated for governor of Tennessee by
i la party , and U is 'believed that ho was
lefrauded of the election. At the last na-
Iqnal convention he polled tbo next blgh-
i-st vote to Mr. Hobart for the vice presi
dential nomination , To charge such a man
vltu being prejudice * ! agalbst the worthy
eteran Is obviously a calumny , President
tfcKlnley has t > een threatened with the loss
if the soldier vote unless he oball remove
2omml8foner Evans and entrust the Pen-
ilon bureau to somebody who will permit
he attorney to raid the United States
rcasury in the Interest of deserters anil
ithers without a legitimate pensionable
itatus. Tlicee enemies of Commtcstoner
Svans do not hesitate to declare that they
vlll vote for Bryan And free illrtr In order
to bo revenged upon the president for odd *
tlnulng an hencst mnn In'the office , In
the meantime , the president shows no sign
of surrendering to the clamor of an Inde
cent mob. He knows nnd appreciates Mr.
Kvans' \\orth , And realizes that the grat
< body of the Grand Army ot tha Hepublla
ask only Justice for veterans , and are thor
oughly satisfied with the commissioner In
hi * determined efforts la runkfl tha rxmMon 1
list a roll of honor.
Whllo there Is no excuse for the malicious .
Aspersion ot Iho Pension burcaa by a pro
fessional attorney , eomo otherwise well-
meaning veterans may bo led Into assocln-
tlon with the crusade by reason ot their
Ignorance ot pension laws. By this tlmo
It ought to bo well known to every volcrnn
that , In the main , there arc- two classes ,
ot pensions. The < bnsls ot pension under
tha general law is disability by reason ot
* oiind ( Injury or disease contracted in servIce -
Ice and line ot duly. Under the net of
ISdO thq basis of pension Is Incapacity , duo
to any permanent mental or physical disa
bility , not the result ot vicious habits , to
such a degree as renders the claimant unable
to earn a support by manual labor. The
commissioner of pensions In adjudicating
clalms.ls obliged to conform to the ruling *
of the secretary of the interior , who Is his
superior officer. Applicants whose claims
have bden rejected cannot see , orvlll not
sec , that the pensionable status mnst first
bo established ; that disabilities Incurred
after the war are of a different clftss from '
those originating ( Hiring the war , nd that
the applicant for oho class must bo In
capacitated to earn his support by manual
labor. Thus the commissioner of pensions
Is often denounced because he "nill not
glaringly violate the nets Of congress.
MUUT AS Allti
ClilcnRo Post : "My long-lost etatcrl" ht
exclaimed.
Naturally slip looked surprised , but she
noon recalled tlmt two seasons before she
had promised to be one to him.
Puck : OUCrefo ( hotly ) Mo nnclstors wor
Ixlled frum Erin years ngd. THOt's moro
than yes kin boast av ! '
Casey Well , yez don't blame St. Patrick
fcr phwat ho done , do ycz ?
Chicago Tribune ; Rivers Where arc you
golnp to spend your vacation ?
Brooks I'm going1 back to God's country
for a month.
Rivers You'll feel nwfully lonesome.
Indlnnnpolls Journal What Is the best
way for a woman to preserve her youth
ful bloom ? nsUcd the youngish lady
boarder.
"Quit Using It , " growled the Bavago '
Bachelor.
Philadelphia North American * : "Isn't it
pretty tough to gvo ! a man n year for steal-
inp n to\v cigarettes ? " asked the ctltprlt.
"The sentence , ' said the court , "Is not for
stealing , but for smoking them. "
Chicago Times-Herald : "Why do 'you
\vnnt % our vacation extended ? "
"Well , it took metW < J weeks toKct used
to loallng- and now I want two weeks moro
to get used to workingagain. . "
Indianapolis Journal : "This ) Is quits a
come-down for me , " said the thermometer ,
as the weather moderated.
"Still , " said the rain Knujre , "I'm glad to
see you taking it so coolly. "
Somcrvlllo Journal : If a man's necktie Is
tied to his wife's satisfaction , ho Is pretty
sure to toe the sort of man 'that ' other men
call sissy.
Washington Star : "What Is there In that
Interview to get so excited over ? " asked the
cold-blooded citizen.
"Why , don't you sec , it's ono ot the most
remarkable productions of Its kind seen 1n
months. The man who gave It , out hasn't
denied a w&rd of It. "
Ilnln nntl ilic Rancher ,
Denver Post.
u
The rancher gazed on his eun-parchcd field *
with a frown on his rough , red face ,
And wished < lie could ulter real wicked talk
to properly flt the case.
And 'ho ' moped around with despondent air ,
hi ? spirit all dead to pride.
For gone were his drcami of the harvest
cash rolllnpr.dn no a golden tide ,
But tho'tre'6 toads started prophetic songa. '
and the peafowl Uttered its tries,3
And the Rooosetoone told htm Its , silent talc.
and -the clouds bunched up In the 8kici ,
And the rains came down in a soaking flood
and his fields turned green with delight ,
And now you would think that he owns the
earth , with every blamed planet in sight.
"WALLS OP COnN. ' .
Ellen P. Allerton.
What do they hoi- * , these wails of corn ,
Whose banners loss In itho breeze of morn ?
He who questions may well bo told
A great state's wealth these walls enfold.
No sentinels guard these walls of corn ,
Never a sound there of warder's iiorn.
Yet the pillars are hung with gleamingcold. .
Left all unbarred , though thieves are bold ;
Clothes and food for the tolling poor.
Wealth ito heap at the rich man's door.
Meat for the healthy and balm for him
Who moans and tosses Jn chamber dim ;
Shoes for the barefooted , pearls to twlno
In tha scented tresses of women fine ; .
Things of use for the lowly cot.
Where ( bless , the corn ) want comctli nit ;
Luxuries rare for the mansion grand ,
Gilts of a rare and fertile landi
All these things .and eo many more ,
It would flila book to name them o'er ,
Are hid "and held in these walls of corri ,
Whose banners loss In the breeze of. morn.
Outing
And Dress Straw hats
for ladies and missis ,
25e
Regular price has been
one to three dollars
This is a rare chance
to purchase one of the
best straws made for
almost nothing Buy
one for next season ,
if you have enough
for this.
'
> i . .
Boys' Crash
Suits ,
J4 to 19
years-
$1,75 $ , $2,00 , $2,50