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THIS OMAIIA DAILY BEE : THURSDAY , SEPTEMBER 14 , 1809. THE OMAIIA DAILY DEE. K. RO8EWATER , Editor. PUBLISHED KVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Bee ( without Sunday ) , Ono Year.JS.OO Dally Uee and Sunday , One Year S.OO Dally , Bunday and Illustrated , Ona Year S.25 bunday and Illustrated , Ono Year 2.25 Illustrated Bee , One Year 2.00 Bunday Bee , One Year 2.00 HnturJny Bee , Ono Year 1-50 Weekly Bee , One Year . , W OFFICES. Omaha : The Bee Building. Bouth Omaha : City Hall Building , Twenty-fifth and N Streets. Council Bluffs : 10 Pearl Street. Chicago : 307 Oxford Hulldlng. New. York : Temple Court. Washington : 501 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication ! ) relating to new and edi torial matter should bo addressed : Omaha Bee , Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. BuMnep.i letters nnd remittances should bo addressed : The Bee Publishing Company , Omaha. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft , express or postal order pav-ablo to The Bee Publishing Company. Only 2-ccnt stamps accented In payment of mall accounts. Personal checks , except on Omaha or Eastern exchange , not ncccptcd. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATKMICNT oif CIRCULATION. Btato of Nebraska , Douglan County , S3. : George B Tzschuck , secretary of The Bee Publishing company , being duly sworn , says that the actual number of full nnd complete conies of The Dally , Morning , Evening and Sunday Bees printed during the month of August , 1S93 , was as follows : 1 . -4,8.10 n : M , OJ : 2 . - ! l,7.'l ( ) 18 24,8015 8 . .11,870 ID iM.771 4 . J-1,770 so a ,27a 6 . J 1,1) 10 21 UI,8S1 23 SIMl 7 23 S4nao 8 . -M.850 24 : M-IIU : 9 . -l,7r 0 25 li5 , IOO 10 20 1M.S1S 27 3B,8a 12 . J 1,7:10 : 28. . ii-uioi ! 13 29 an.aou 14 . JS4UUO so a.1,0-11) 31 17OUO 16 Total . 781,8 : t Less unsold and returned copies. . . . 1U,1-IU Net total sales 771,087 Net dally average S-l,8 a GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK , Subscribed nod sworn before mo this 2nd day of September , A. D. , 1609. M. B. HUNGATE. ( Seal. ) Notary Public. The railroads inflict moro nolso In fighting out their rate wars and loss carnngo than In any other kind of war. Now that the long-heralded trust con ference at Chicago Is on , the monopoly on trust regulation panaceas should bo broken forever. It Is now up to Oem Paul and as ho looks at his pile of chips and ponders John Bull would give considerable to know Just what Uio "hole card" Is. Andrew Carnoglo hastens to make It plain that ho does not belong to the William Waldorf Astor class. Carnoglo has always been noted for having a pretty level head. Perhaps It wfts Dreyfus who stole Charlie Ross. Any one anxious to secure the reward for the conviction of the assailant could easily do so by.get ting a French jury. When things got dull down at Kansas City and the people need waking up they turn a Texas steer loose from the etock yards. That never falls to make a Kansas City man move. Texas will have a surplus of corn tills year for the first time In Its .history. Texas has been , doing pretty well slnco It began to follow General Sheridan's ndvlco about changing crops. It Is gratifying to note that the Com mercial club has sold about a thousand tickets for the excursion to Hastings , ns Omaha's contribution to the' street fair which that city will soon put on the boards. We all know that meat Is high and It has been explained to us why the prices were advanced , but an anxious public -waits to be told how long after the supply Increases tlio prices will bo reduced. Senator Hanna Is reported to bo In such poor .health that ho must abandon political -work. This will rnako It neces sary for democracy to hunt up another ficnrccrow. But thcro Is no such danger Imminent The experience of Nebraska should bo Bufllclent to Induce states whoso sol diers are yet to return to provide plenty of elasticity for- their reception pro grams. Otherwise they might not keep until the railroads got the men home. To locate a soldiers' and sailors' sani tarium at not Springs would bo a good thing for South Dakota , n better thing for the Burlington road and the best thing In the -world for rheumatic vet erans. A proposition so full of merit Is bound to win In the end. Ex-Governor Altgeld says ho would not advlso putting anything Into the next democratic platform which would make the party nppour ridiculous. Should the party follow this ndvico It will liavo to discard everything In herited In the Chicago platform. The Omaha-Qulncy lines have pulled away from Hues out of Omaha partici pating In the freight rate war on packIng - Ing house products consigned to points in the southeast This Is only another straw showing the utter futility of this ratocuttlngwarfare , which does not and cannot bo of the slightest benefit to a elnglo consumer in this section. A contributor writes to make the suggestion that the Minnesota volun teers returning from the Philippines might bo Induced to make their trip by way of Omaha , with a stop at the ex position , if the proper efforts nro exerted. Wo arc very sure Omaha would bo glad io entertain the Minnesota seta troops , but wo four it Is too Into to eocuro an acceptance of the Invita tion because we understand the rail road arrangemontB have boon already made to tsiko them homo by northern routes. AO KX.Tll.1 SESSION Of COAGKBSS. It Is given out in Washington as dclln- Holy settled that thcro will be no extra session of congress before the tluio for It to convene in regular session In Dc comber. It will bo remembered that there was considerable tallc early In the summer favorable to an extra session with a i view to securing legislation that would promote the work of the administration growing out of complications In our new colonial acquisitions. At that tluio The Boo supported the demand for an extra session , believing that congress should share with the president the responsi bility for the conduct of affairs in Cuba and the Philippines nud that consider able valuable tlmo might bo saved by the early organization of the house and the appointment of committees which might bo set to work framing measures to meet the problems presented , by the revenue , the trusts , the currency arid a number of other important subjects. All these Questions will have to betaken taken up by congress when It meets In December and will doubtless protract the session fat Into the summer , when an extra session might have adjourn ment possible before the hot weather sots In. Under the conditions , while the people will submit to the judgment of the president that no extra session Is needed , they will expect both houses of congress to get down to work at once In December and to meet the responsibility which rests upon them In a manner best calculated to promote the prosperity of the country and maintain Us station among other nations. An outline of the work to bo done maybe bo expected in the message which the president will send to congress imme diately upon its opening. This message we may feel assured will bo a state paper ranking with the best presented by previous presidents at critical periods of the country's history. ItESVL'fS OF TIIK 1WILDIXG While Omaha has In no way ex perienced a building boom during the past year a survey of the city will show that It has been making steady and gratifying growth In the way of new buildings to accommodate an Increas ing population. In the business center the building ac tivity has been coullned chiefly to the smaller shops and business blocks , the most pretentious structure being the new depot. At the same tlmo a compari son with the conditions of one or two years ago will show how many gaps In the building line have been filled , to say nothing of the Improvements which have been made upon the older struc tures. In the residence districts the build ers' marks are still more noticeable , the hills surrounding the city being dotted everywhere with roofs bright with newness. One pleasing aspect of the situation Is that most of these dwell ings are of moderate size and ordinary pretensions for the use of people of moderate means. The palatial man sions are represented and the largo apartment houses , too , but tlic great ma jority of Omaha's new buildings consist of smaller dwellings which will bo in habited by the tradesman and the ar tisan and the mechanic , who constitute the bone and sinew of the community. Another gratifying feature Is found In the fact that the demand for habi table dwellings Is still unsatisfied , and , while all the available houses are rented at fair rates , the prospect for continued building operations remains good. As a city of home owners Omaha will compare favorably with any other western city and no Investment is safer than suitable dwellings for Omaha households. USULESS APPEALS. Appeals are being made to the presi dent of the United States to use the In fluence of the government with France to change the verdict of the Uounes court-martial. Such appeals are utterly useless. This government and no other government' has anything whatever to do with the verdict of the Rennes court- martial. Whatever individuals may think , whether in public or private life , the government has no relation what ever to the decision of the Rennes court That Is a matter that belongs entirely to the French government and It would obviously be an affront to that nation If any other government should express even an opinion In regard to the de cision of the court-martial. The principle Is that every govern ment has an unquestionable right to determine for Itself what is treason and what measure of punishment shall bo accorded to that crime. It Is also the undoubted right pf every government to make its own rules and regulations in respect to the trial of Its people charged with crime , civil or military. What ever may bo thought of the trial of Dreyfus , and thcro Is no doubt that the intelligent opinion of the world Is that it was a most outrageous travesty upon law and justice , it is not the business or duty of any government to express an opinion cither as to the proceedings of the court-martial or the verdict To the French government nlono belongs the right to decide what is treason against that government and what shall bo the punishment of such a crime. No other nation can , under any pretext , assume to say that any net of Franco or any other government , In respect to its own citizens , is wrong or unjust. The same right that the United States enjoys to try and punish its citizens for treason or nny other'crhno belongs to every other country. Thus , as a national matter , the government of the United States has nothing to do with it and the appeals to the United States are absolutely futile. But that does not interfere with the protest of the people against the Injustice of the verdict of the Bonnes court-martial. The American people , in common with these of Europe and all other people , can properly and legitimately protest against the great Injustice that has been done to this man Dreyfus. It is a pop ular protest and not a governmental protest that is needed. It is well un derstood that so far as the governments are concerned they can and will do nothing. But the great popular protest throughout the civilized world Is what Is needed In order to nroilso Prauco tea a recognition of her duty. It Is useless to call upon the Ameri can government to Interpose In this matter. We have , as a nation , nothing to do with It But as a people vo may properly consider whether wo will have anything to do with a nation , so far as Its material affairs arc concerned , that has no respect for justice , right and law. OF LIHKHAL When the Greater America Exposition opened Its gates to the public Its exhibit was far from meeting the promise made for it by its managers. While the monumental mental buildings presented a striking appearance and the grounds were moro beautifully landscaped than oven during the matchless Transmlsslsslppl Exposi tion , the display of natural products , manufactured articles and works of art was Incomplete. The amusement sec tion of the exposition nlso lacked sev eral of the most Important features that had been advertised among the .principal attractions. These defects have been remedied by the new exposition management during the past sixty days. The gaps In the main buildings have been filled , the decorations perfected and many new features have been introduced which are worth coming many miles to view. This applies especially to the exhibits brought from Cuba , Hawaii and the Philippines. These exhibits of the new American possessions , Including as they do the native men , women and children of those countries , constitute the dis tinctive part of the present exposition , which In this respect far excels all dis plays from our tropical islands hereto fore made. The Greater America Ex position excels the exposition of 1808 also In the superb Illuminations , which alone are worth the admission price. Incidentally those Interested In the American aborigines will find here a large body of semi-savage Indians In native costumes and habitations , afford ing an opportunity for study not likely to be had again. These specimens of the original American of the preut plains represent a race rapidly passing awny. In view of the fact that the manage ment has already disposed of the build ings under contract for their dismantle ment and removal after November 1 the few remaining weeks of the Greater America Exposition offer the last chance to visit an exposition of such magnitude that will be presented west of the Mis sissippi for years to come. In looking backward over the course of the party of reform In this state the fact Is recalled that one of the prime Issues upon which the popocrats gained the ascendancy was based upon a popular demand for reduced railroad freight rates. The middle-of-the-road pops were sincere In their contention for a maximum freight rate law , but the leaders soon sold them out , and since Bryan hornswogglcd the faithful to fuse and vote for him the railroad freight rate issue has boon sidetracked. As a matter of fact the popocrats used the cry to get the offices , and once In office they care no moro for the Interests of the farmers. Omaha is the natural distributing center for the agricultural Implement trade for' ' Nebraska , Kansas , Wyoming and South Dakota. Its railroad and warehouse facilities are unexcelled In this territory and the Implement houses that are relocating hero will find that they have made no mistake. Proper encouragement to the movement started should bring to Omaha , the headquar ters of all the largo concerns that operate In this section and make this city the seat of the largest Implement business In the country. How terrible It would be If the su preme court should decide the law creating the do-nothing State Board of Transportation to bo unconstitutional. In that case Jim Dahlman and the other alleged secretaries to the governor would bo jarred loose from the state pay roll with no possible hope of rein statement This no doubt would be pleasing to the shippers of Norfolk , and to the taxpayers of the state , but it would bo deplorable from tbo view point of the ple-bltcr. The state oil inspector , Inkstand Gaffln , will seek to make political capi tal out of his attempt to Inspect the oil purchased by a railroad company whose officers denied him the privilege. But as a matter of fact the oil purchased by this company should have been in spected by the state before delivered to the railroad. The law contemplates that Inspection shall bo made before the oil gets Into the hands of the con sumer. In making up the Btato ticket the re publican convention next week should take pains to make nominations that will bring support at the polls. There nro only three places to bo filled one supreme judgeshlp and two university regencies but every one of them should add strength to the whole. This is the year for the man seeking the office to bo subordinated to the olllco seeking the right man. The weather man suya of the corn crop of Nebraska that it is now beyond nil danger of frosts. This makes a - suranco doubly sure. Once the corn crop of Nebraska hus safely weathered the hot winds of July and the frosts of September there Is no room for doubt of an immense yield. Corn is king in Nebraska and cattle on a thousand hills nro enriching our producers. We hear some talk about the prob ability of a Ncbraskan securing the ap pointment of clerk of the United States circuit court , a position inado vacant by the death of the last Incumbent , No good reason exists why a Nebraska man should not be given the prize which Is to be bestowed by the judges of the circuit court , In which Oniaha Is too often regarded as a station. In political as In military campaigns It is always to bo expected that the enemy will try to stir up trouble Inside the camp as well as outside. The al leged dissatisfaction among republicans with the republican county ticket Is chlolly In thu imagination of the ixjpo- crats , who would llko nothing bolter , but who are doomed to sad disappoint ment Globe-Democrat. Nebraska papers report a large demand for lands In that state. It Is quite extraor dinary to note how many kinds of prosper ity have been visited upon Nebraska by the defeat of Ilryan. I'nrtUnii Vlciv of Baltimore American. Emperor William has announced that nil the hopes of religion Ho In kings. This may Ao regarded ns a strictly partisan view of the situation ; certainly , there U email support for the theory In an Impartial stu.ly of royal biographies. Tivo KOOH lo Kenr. Philadelphia Record. The British eoldtcra have a wholesome dread of the Boers , who are flno marksmen nrmod with long-rnugo Mausers , but they have n still greater dread of the typhoid fever which Is nn nlmost certain accompani ment of campaigning In South Africa. Mnii-Mmlc DlNlhictloiiH VniilnhliiK. Boston Transcript. Ono of the great life Insurance companies hoa decided to cease Its discrimination ngnlnat women , and hereafter proposes to Insure them nt the eamo rates as men. The other companies will probably have to follow , and ea one other man-mado dis tinction between the sexes will have been removed. The OHtrlcIi Policy. Minneapolis Tribune. The uncensored dispatch which cornea through from Manila via Hong Kong tells n , gruesome tnlo of sickness among our troops In the Philippines. The percentage Is given as 36 per cent among the officers and 25 % per cent among the enlisted men. It this Is not true , the government should Im mediately publish the actual figures. There Is nothing to bo gained In trying to deceive the American people. ClmrnuturlHtlo of tlie Admiral. Chicago News. Admiral Dewey , learning that a British gunner had been crippled by the explosion of a cannon while firing a salute In honor of the great sailor's arrival at Gibraltar. hastened to the cot of the wounded man , talked -with him at considerable length , In quired ns to his future , and left him a snug sum of money as a present from the Olyra- pla's gallant crow. This kindly act was as characteristic of the admiral's whole nature ns was the dash Into Manila bay , and was but another of the many Incidents which have stamped George Dewey ns nmong the truly groat. ot tlic nine. Now York Tribune. In the articles classed as building ma terials the rise In prices slnco November , 1S98 , has been 35.1 per cent , and In tbo clothing class 9.3 per .cent , but In all other products the rise has 'been only 2.3 per cont. The clothing class la separately stated because cause the improved condition of the people has brought about : fivlargely Increased de mand. tor articles vGthat | class , and a rlso In prices greater than appears In most other products. Cotton and cotton gooda cov ered $573 of the tola } Increase of $1,330 In that class ; hides , leather and shoes covered $320 , silk and silk goods $193 and wool and woolens $186 , with $58 In rubber and rub ber goods. Slnco July 1 the Iron and steel products , lumber and others hero Included aa building materials' have advanced 12.5 per cent In two months , while articles of the clotiilng class have , advanced 2.6 per cent , and all other products have declined In price 1.8 per cent. The decline has been chiefly In breadstuffs and Is Incident to the eoason. PllOSI'ElUTY OF THIS WEST. Not a Grain of Comfort in It for Calamity McKaplioucn. Minneapolis Journal. A notable feature of the business eltua- tlon la the fact that very llttlo money will be required from Now York this year to move the western crops. Every year nt this season Now York has to prepare for a heavy demand for crop-moving funds. This year abundant money remains with the western banks. The process of debt-paying lhaa boon going on uninterruptedly the past two years , Thoj Interest charge on western farm mortgages has been very greatly ro- ducod. The years of heavy western bor rowing of eastern funds are past. There Is money U : western financial centers to move the crops and plenty of It. Your western farmer Is buying many things ho would not dream of buying five or six yeans ago. Again , labor , aswell as capital , is prospering - poring these days. The Now York Times publishes this epoclal statement from Brad- etreot's recognized competent authority : "Our observations from week to week lead us to the conclusion that conditions for labor and laboring people are very satis factory. Moro men are employed than at this tune last year , and at better wages. In March last figures tabulated by us showed that at least IGO.OOO moro men wore at work than at the same time a year ago , and since then matters have Improved very consider ably. Wo feel euro that the figures for the last throe months , which are shortly to bo published by the Now York state bureau of labor statistics , will prove this conclu sively. Our advices , for Instance , from Pitts- burg are that no able-bodied men need go without work there. And BO , Indeed , It Is practically all over the country. As for wages , our Information Is to the effect that they are fully 10 to 15 per cent higher than at this time last year. In these Industries where wages ore on a sliding ecalo for In- etanoo , In Iron and etcol and coal the rate that now prevails Is much higher. The prevention of recently threatened strikes Is a sign that , after all , labor Is not as dissat isfied as Eomo people profess to think. " The national -wealth of this nation la In creasing at a greater rate than ever before known and labor * Is getting a very fair share of the .Increase. Numberless new fields wait for development. President Russell of the American Bankers' 'association , in his ad dress at Cleveland the other day , contrib uted the following llttlo suggestion of comfortable - fortablo prosperity : "Tho business ot the country Is being done on a cash basis. The annual and semi annual Bottling days of the older states are not upon the calendar. The jobber finds hU profits within the discount of the manu facturers and the country merchant baa learned the lesson , tuys more carefully and pays cask , and so we see business paper surely disappearing. Banks must invest in other good oocurltlea , which under the new demand appreciate in value. Under this process and the growing wealth of our na tion high-grade securities -will bo absorbed and the banks will lend their aid to the de velopment of our Industries and trade with all nations. Already wo are purchasing the bonds of foreign countries. " It requires no long reflection over this statement to sco Ita bearing upon the stabil ity of our prosperity , It rests on a strictly conservative basis. There la not a grain of comfort for the pessimists. 1M11CI3S NnAltlNH Til 13 TOP. Tlio Doom In Iron. New York Sun. Pig Iron for which manufacturers were glad to get $10 a ton ft year ago la now selling for moro than double that price. The prices of ore , Iron and steel were al most stationary last autumn for some months nftcr the demand began to Increase. The advance , which began In December lost , wns elow and conservative till the latter part of February , when the market * , excited by an avahincho of orders , advanced shnrply. Then prices were stationary again for about six weeks ot Mnrch nnd April , and slnco thnt tlmo have been advancing. The law of supply and demand rules the day , nnd prices have no artificial stimula tion , but hnvo risen only ns they have been forced up by orders that have com pletely outrun the possibility of supply within the desired time. CointMirntlvo Itiumr ot 1'rlrrn. Springfield ( Mass. ) Republican. Bradstrect's prlco Index number , faulty as Its construction Is , In common with most other numbers of the kind , Is the best at hand for Iho American market , nnd records for August a further matned ndvance In average commodity quotations. The num ber at the close of the month wns 84,784 , ngnlnst 82,338 nt the clone of July , nnd 77,819 nt the beginning of the year. Save for n slight decline In April , the rise has been continuous r.nd quite notable. Extending the comparison back as far ns this particular record goes , wo have some wldo sweeps of the pendulum : August 1,1893 S4.784 August 3 , 1S < 7fi,53j ! AugUHt I , 1S97 C9,2i7i July 1 , 1S9B Go.OJil April 1 , 1S93 flo.DM July 1 , 15.92 & 0.629 July 1. 1591 91,03.1' October 1 , 1890 . . .105,9'jr , The figures represent the average fern n bo in 100 utnnlu commodities. Cold the Mil I n Motive. Boston Advertiser. According 'to ' the English press , when Sir Alfred Mllncr was leaving England for the cape , ho explained the British policy by asking : "If you saw a solid pile of gold worth JC500.000.000 over thcro , with 20,000 Boers armed to the teeth sitting upon It , what would you do ? " Ono of the lenders of the Outlandors' movement has been frank enough to say : "Wo don't care about the franchise ; wo want the mines. " At the re cent rate of Increase the Transvaal mines will yield annually In dividends. In a year or two , about $75,000,000. That Is the real explanation of the British attitude toward the South African republic. A SV.M1'AT1IETIO BOYCOTT. Chicago Chronicle : The opportunity for such a boycott Is presented In the exposition to be > held next year. It can bo made a practical failure by a skillful and energetic boycott from all who denounce the Injustice to Dreyfus and abhor the methods by which ho has been pursued , persecuted and In equitably punished because of- his Jewish blood and race. Detroit Free Press : This seems carrying a kindly and commendable sentiment to un warranted extremes. If there bo a dcslro to ostracise or boycott the French nation , by far the stronger reasons for doing so existed before Dreyfus wns known to the world. They appeared In the bloody con tests for Imperial honor and control , the merciless wars springing from religious dif ferences , relentless persecution to the death , the sweep of fire nnd sword striking not ono but thousands of helpless Innocents , tyranny , treason , revolution , treachery , extortion , corruption , licentiousness , all the sins of the calendar , now dominant In ono party or faction , now In another. Washington Post : Seriously , It seems to U9 that the civilized world Is to some ex tent Involved In this abominable affair In volved , wo mean , by reason of our recog nition ofand association with France and It Is a question In our mind whether wo can , In Justice to ourselves , hold moro than the most distant and formal relations with a government and a people capable of sanc tioning the unspeakable atrocity we are dis cussing. Should French public sentiment , expressed In an authoritative way , approve the action and the methods of Jouaust and his confreres at Rennes , every nation pre- tondlng to enlightenment , humanity and honor ought to ostracize Franco ns being barbarous and accursed. There is no place In Christendom for such , an unclean thing. PERSONAL. AND OTHERWISE. A bust of ex-Speaker Reed Is being exe cuted In bronze for the Maine legislature. Mayor Buck of Portland , Me. , a gentleman 75 years of age , has Just completed the feat of walking to the summit of Mount Wash ington , N. H. , and back again. The owner of Stonehengc , the old Druid monument on Salisbury plain , threatens to sell It to the highest bidder unless the Brit ish government will glvo him $625,000 for It. Experiments are about to begin In Louis iana for the manufacture of paper from refuse sugar cane. Paper made from sugarcane cano should be In great request for the cor respondence of sweethearts. A platform car recently completed at the Boston & Malno railroad shops. In Salem , Mass. , haa a carrying capacity of 100,000 pounds , 40,000 pounds moro than any other car on the road. It la thirty-two feet long. Smallpox epread In Altoona , Pa. , and the town board of health ordered the killing of all dogs and cats In Infected houses , that they might no't distribute the germs of the disease. The bodies of the animals were burned. The wooden belfry of famous Fancull hall , Boston , has been replaced by ono exactly similar of Iron , nnd It Is hoped that the work of altering and strengthening the historic building will bo completed by the middle of September. Theodora Tllton , who spends his time be tween Paris and London , has loat none of his aptness for repartee. The other day a friend asked him when It Is a man begins to feel old. He replied nt once : I'l'll tell you when. It Is when ho Is a sophomore In college. " The peculiar disease from which the czar Is eald to bo suffering Is known as aphasia , and In plain English Is using one word when another Is meant. If his majesty wants his bat nnd can't remember the word "hat" ho asks for something else , and ho Is unable to recollect the meaning of words when he reals them , Officials of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit company say they have been robbed of nearly $50,000 in the last six weeks by the new conductors , who have taken tho'places of the strikers of last July. The now men are said to have been "knocking down" fares industriously , but the leakage haa nt last been stopped. It la expected that the naval parade In Now York when Dewey arrives will be seven miles long and that 30,000 men will march In the land parade. The naval demonstration will take place on Fri day , September 29 , the land parade Septem ber 30. The Herald Bays the coat of windows which may bo occupied to ceo the marching of the procession will be "from $50 up , ac cording to location , " n.V.MIKH or TIltSTS. Kx-Senntor Wnnlihiirn Denounce * Unilnrnn Comlilnntloim , KvSenator William IJ. Wnuhburn of Min nesota , head of the attentive- milling Inter ests of Minneapolis bearing his narao , says that unless something la done to stop the formation nnd exproltntlon ot trutts finan cial ruin will overtake the country and the republican par'v ' will bo overthrown. In nn Interview In the New York Tribune of Monday last the cx-Unltcd States senator , a stnunch republican , gave his views as follows , In part : "Tho present Industrial tendency nmounts to nlmost a craro for trusts. Thcro Is hardly anything In the Industrial line that has not boon tnckled by Uio promoters of the trusts. All the promoters cnre for Is to get up these combinations , palm thrcn off on nn uniniti ated public , nnd then got out of thorn , after making all the money they can. I think the banks make n great mistake In lending their assistance to'tho promoters of these trusts. The banks finance them , the promoters meters make everything look plausible on UH face and the unwary < ire drawn In. "Tho worst feature of the Industrial trusts of today la that nc.irly every ono of them Is vastly overcapitalized. The promoter comes along with his Idea. Ho finds ono or two concerns making a legitimate profit , whllo half a dozen others nro practically I bankrupt nnd nnklng no money. Invariably the concern that has been most unfortunate Is the most nnxloua to go Into the trust. Thcso unthrifty concerns nre able to got along In tlmcu of great prosperity , but when wo get down to normal conditions these con cerns will go to pieces , no matter whether I they are In a trust or not. Just at present I there Is a demand for every conceivable I thing , and times nro elastic nnd money Is ' ' plenty. Everything Is floating nlong prcn- ' ' porously. When the collapse comes , ns como It will , It will sweep all these naturally nonpaying - paying concerns to financial ruin. Of course , the theory on which the trust Is built Is Its ability to raise prices , but that Is sure to result In trouble. "Take steel rails , for Instance. Ono nnd n half years ago rails of fair quality were being Bold at $17 n ton , at a profit of per haps $1.50 n ton. Wlmt waa the consc- quenco ? We sent rails all over the world , Invading Great Britain , China , Japan nnd other countries. With the enormous de posits of high grade ere In Minnesota nn.l Wisconsin , there Is no reason why wo should not bo nblo to produce rails nnd other stool products cheaper than any other nation. As a result of trust manipulation etcel rails now sell at $30 a ton or there abouts. Of course , the profit Is exorbitant. It Is an outrage on the public , and It Is shortsightedness on the part of the manu facturers , because they cannot sell their rails long outside of the country nt such an enormous profit. The result of It all will bo a tremendous collapse , and It will como a good deal quicker than most people think. When the tumble oomcs It will bo general. If only the promoters suffered It would bo all right , but the crash will carry pretty much everything with It , nnd the Innocent will Buffer with the guilty. "Tho natural conditions today are better than ever before. With a largo balance of trade In our favor , prosperity should con tinue for a long time. This prosperity has resulted In Inflation and the Issuing of millions of shares on wind. "Tako the flour trust. 1 nm personalry Interested In two milling companies , the Plllsbury-Washburn and the Wnshburn- Crosby. Wo were making not large money , but doing well and getting a fair return on our Investment. The other mills were not doing so well , owing to a lack of capi tal. Along came this man Mclntyro of Now York with MB trust proposition. Wo didn't go Into it , but the others did. The only concern that went Into the trust that was making any money was the Consoli dated Milling company. The trust Is payIng - Ing enormous calories , and spending money lavishly. There is certain to bo a collapse before long. It cannot lant two years. The security holders will then bo the real suf ferers , as the promoters will bo safely out by thnt time. These concerns that have not paid anything In ten years nnd have gene Into the trust with an enormous capi tal will not be able to stand up wh'en the pinch comes. "There Is ono thing that greatly disturbs mo. The republican party , whether Justly or unjustly , Is associated with trusts In the minds of the masses. As a party we have reached a crisis where wo have got to call a halt. Tbo republican party has got to dis connect Itself from trusts. It has got to do something more than adopt platform planks against trusts. It has got to put forth Its full strength and legislate against them. The feeling against the trust Idea Is Intense In the west. It Is so Intense In the repub lican party that the party will break ranks unless something la dono. The undertow of sentiment In the western republican states against trusts Is not understood in the east. The revolt may strike us ns early as next year. "It uecms to me , after giving the matter a great deal of thought , that the republicans In congress will have to cxamlno the sub ject thoroughly and whenever they find a trust is depending for Ita exorbitant profits largely on protective duties It will be the duty of republican congressman and senators to remove the duties at once. Wo canno stop short of that. The duties must bo re pealed when it Is shown that the trusts are benefiting by thorn. This should bo done with the duty on steel rails and on tlnplate Wo can make steel rails at a fair profl cheaper 'than anywhere else in the worli nnd the present prlco Is outrageous. The republican party may win nt the polls In 190 ( because of the remarkable achievements of our army nnd navy In the lost two years but legislation against trusts should not bo delayed on that account. LATIN AMERICAN IMIEJUDICI3. 'InivertiillNiii ' < t Ilnmly Clult for Com mercial Illviilx. Chicago Record. The story comes from the City of Mexico that the South American republics are much alarmed lest the1 United Stated attempt to control them. Americans naturally will feel amusement at these fears , for this nation already has on hand a plentiful supply of trouble In remote regions without going out to look for more. This apparently wide spread apprehension very llkoly has Its origin In the commercial Jealousy of Euro pean firms and governments. The now pol- Icy'of expansion as practiced on former de pendencies of Spain has given tbo tireless agents ot trade a powerful argument with which lo arouse the suspicions of the Latin- Americans. Such suspicions naturally preju dice the people against Americans and American goods and may lead to the erec tion of commercial barriers agalnat our products. It Is not difficult to understand how a thoroughly false Impression of the United States und Its attitude toward the South American republics could be created by de signing agents of European interests. It la assorted that tbo press of these countries la harping with remarkable unanimity on the Imagined purpose of the United States to absorb the South American republics. This suggests that sorao far-reaching and occult effort has been .made to Inspire fear Makes the food more delicious and wholesome ROVAl lAKIMO POWDER CO. . h ami prejudice. At the oaino tlmo the wld dcparturo of the United Statt * from Its former policy of keeping hands off remote territory la of Itself n lUmltng thing In the view of the feebler governments of the hem isphere. When the policy of expansion wa * grafted on the Monroe doctrine , to their timorous minds a warning struck which they must heed In order that they may continue to exlnt. The remedy for this panto Is fair drafting , When Cuba's free government shall bo es tablished the honesty of purpose which wo bonst will bo revealed. On the commercial sldo It may bo eald that the La tin-Ameri cans nro shrewd tradesmen and will be slow to close their markrta to those products that ate beet and cheapest. IIAU1I1M.UVS UIUJAM. Projected Combine of Vnnt S > - teiu of Itnllroniln. Kansas City Star. The latest great railroad combination talked of will bo also the greatest In the extent of territory covered If Us alleged plans nre carried out , flnco It will touch the Atlantic nnd the Pacific , the lakes nnd the guf. The Hnrrlmnn syndicate , which bought the Chicago & Alton rend , Is paid to bo planning to make ono vast system of roads out of the Chicago & Alton , the Balti more & Ohio , for nn eastern connection , the Illinois Central nnd the Kansas City , Pitts- burg Gulf to the gulf , nnd the Union Pa cific nnd allied lines to the Pacific coast. It Is also Intimated thnt an alliance Is to bo formed with the MIsMiirl Pacific nnd the Missouri , Kansas & Tcxna lines. The ng- grcgnto mllrago of nil the above companies , except the Inst two , Is over 14,000 mllra , and the Missouri Pacific and the Missouri , Kan- sns & Toxns will raise the totnl to nearly 2i ,00fl miles. Thn enormous extent of such a system way bo bent appreciated when compared with the consolidations which have recently been effected. The Now York Central , after absorbing two big companies and several smaller ours , has 6,000 miles of road. The Pennsylvania system , which makes greater gross earnings than any other In the worM , has 9,000 miles of rand , and the Atchlson system .controls 7,250 miles of track. The great Hnrrlmnn consolldntlon Is still In embryo , K , Indeed , It Is nny moro thnn the product of the Imngtontlcn of some dreamer. It would bo n rather curious clrcumstanco If one comparatively timall Interior company with less than 1,000 miles of road should bo made the nucleus of u vast system of H.OOO or perhaps 20,000 miles , reaching to the four extremities of the country and running to nearly every largo city In the United States. The aggregate cnpltnllzntlon ot this vast sys tem would bo not far short of $1,000,000,000. I'OI.VTKU UKMAIUCS. Detroit Free Press : "What Is your Idea of n. good Joke7" "Well , nny joke that makes you mad be cause you didn't think of It yourself. " Indianapolis Journal : "To the smalt boy , " said the Cornfed Philosopher , "tho man with nn npplo orchard nnd a savage dog appears In the same light as Oem Paul does to John Bull , " Cleveland Plain Dealer : "Yes , we've got the neatest pncknge for our goods you ever saw ! Cut glass cover , gilt washer , cameo seal , everything ! " "How about tlie contents ? " "Oh , the contents don't count ! " Ohio State Journal : Fluster Y.oung ma.n , I sec by this message that It was received nt your olllra day before yesterday. Why didn't you deliver It sooner ? Telegraph Messenger Huh I Yousn mus' t'lnk 1's a tree express. De orlls is four blocks f'um here. Philadelphia Record : Caller That plctliro you publlsned as mine this morning doesn't resemble me In the least. Are you sure there wasn't a mistake made ? Editor Sure ? Why , that cut has been used In hundreds of Instances and you're the first man to kick. Chicago Post : "Alter nil , this Is trfe best time to take a vacation , " said the man who had Just got bnck to the dally grind. "Tho best-'time ' to take u .vncatlon.'i .re- turned his wise friend. "Is always the tlmo Immediately following one's return from one. " Tlie I.iMvyor' * Motto. Somervllle Journal. Count that dny lost Whose low descending sun Sees no new client charged , No action new begun. DON'T GUOW1. , A11OUV T11K WISATHEH James 'Whltcomb Rlley. Us farmers In the country , as the season * KO and come , Is purty much llko other folks we're apt to grumble some ! The eprlne's too back'nrd fer us , er too f for'ard ary one We'll Jaw about It anyhow , and hev our way or none. ! The thaws set In too suddent ; er the frost * stayed In the soil Too long to eivo the whcnt a chance , and crops Is' bound to spoil ! The weather's either moat too mild , er too outrageous rough. And altogether too much rain , er not hair enough I \ Now what I'd llko and what you'd llko Is plain enough to fee ; It's Jeat to have old Providence drop round on you and mo 'And ast us what our views Is first , re- gardln' shlno or rain , And post 'em when to Bhet her off , cr lot her on ncrnlnl And ylt I'd rather after all , conslderln' otn r chores I got on hands , a-tcndln' both to my affairs nnd yours I'd ruther miss the blame I'd got n rulln * thing * up thnre. And spend my extra time In pralsa and gratitude and prayer. to the change we have made from the Cluett to .the E. & W , collars and cuffs , we have placed all of the Cluett collars at a special price , to close them out. Collars now are 20c , 3 for 50c , Cuffs now 2Sc a pair. Prices were formerly , 25c and 40c respectively.