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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1001.
The omaha Daily Bee.
E. H03BWATER, EDITOR.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
Htato of Nebraska, Douglus County, s.:
Oeorge U, Tzschuck, secretary of The llee
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
says that the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Ually, Morning,
.Evening ana Hunday Ilea printed during
the month of April, 1D01, was us follows:
1 M.MHt 16 117,0.-0
2 SMI.M70 17 UT.700
3 U'J.ftMII IS ii7,MO
4 U0,,-,;!O 19 7,10
b UO.-NO H) -7,0 10
6 no.ouo 21 u,:ho
7 -'o,;!.i( a ur.uoo
b ail, 100 23 'J7.U50
H U7.000 21 i!7,7SO
10 20,-100 26 27,100
11 118,180 26 27,. 10
in ;..:to,r:ro 27 27,soo
13 ...2S.000 2S 118,375
II S,Mir. 29 27,020
15 ;I2,;100 30 27,'JttO
Total 8S7.SOO
Lem unsold and returned 6opies.... 12,201
Net total sale 81(1,000
Net dally uvcrngc 2S.1S5
OKO. D. TZSCHUCK.
Subscribed In my presence nnd sworn to
before mo this 1st day of May, A. D. 1901.
M. 1J. HUNOATE,
Notnry Public
The pojiorrutH are now llnlile to hnye
another attiu-k of "Damn the supremo
court."
lty tlio way, Ik the smoke nuisance
ordinance still 011 the municipal statute
hooks subject to enforcement?
It will take several Philadelphia law
yers to tell just what the supreme eonrt
of the United States lias decided in the
Porto ltlcnn Vases.
If the ehatKCS npuliibt Fire Chief
Iledell were coiitlned to tall swearing,
lie would doubtless lmvo n rlfjht to
plend privilege. All lire chiefs do sweat
on occaslou.
Omaha would have been pleased to
have President McKlnley stay longer
and accept lis hospitality, but under the
circumstances the president will take
the will for the deed.
Of course Omnhn constantly wants
now school buildings Just ns every
growing child constantly wnnts new
clothes, but sometimes both have to get
along awhile without them.
It lh to be hoped the South Cnrollua
Konatorlal contest will not absorb nil
Interest that would otherwise huvo been
taken In the Charleston exposition,
which Is billed to open In Deeembct
next.
Chicago policemen should not be so
easily stampeded ns to turn In a riot
call when the Hosebud Indians enroufo
east arrive In town. The Indlaus have
lived too long In Ncbraskn to be trouble
some. If the fusion reformers had remained
111 control of the state Institutions, does
anyone Imagine they would have discov
ered that the paid employes In some of
them almost outnumbered the pupils or
Inmates?
French agriculturists propose to use
cannon against the grnsshoppers. A
hummer and a small block of wood
brought together with force with the
grasshopper between them will also kill
Iho pests and cost less.
The sultan of Turkey has changed his
mind Hbout prohibiting the importation
of typewriters Into that country. As
the mnbnssudors of nil tlio powers signed
the protest the time was considered
opportune to put his mind Into the back
motion.
Two members of the famous First
Nebraska regiment lmvo In succession
held the position of water commissioner
ut Ilentrlco. The members of the regi
ment made n record In tho water works
line while lu the Philippines which ap
pears to stick to them.
Tho Presbyterians lmvo settled the
creed question so far as It npplles to
them. It might be lu .order for the
democratic party to get together and
try to detennlnu Just what they believe
and what It requires besides an appe
tite for otllce to bo a democrat.
The government will have all tho vol
unteers out of the Philippines by July 1,
although tho democrats have loudly
proclaimed that they would never bo
withdrawn. It Is simply tho old differ
ence between republican and democratic
promises nud predictions.
The first Interest of Nebraska and Its
neighbor states Is to linve tho uuocoii
pled territory built up by Industrious
peoplo who will contrlbuto to as well
ns share In the general prosperity. So
rur ns tho various Irrigation project
are a means to that end timr will linve
the cordial support of every ono Inter-
esieu in me upbuilding of this western
country.
Stories that tho Porto Hlcau Immi
grant? arriving lu Hawaii nro being
mistreated on the route come from the
Islauds. If It Is true that tho contrac
tors and steamship companies are abus
ing them nnd furnishing Insuillcleut
food It Is time that proceedings were
Instituted to punish the guilty parties.
Aside from questions of humanity the
goTernment cannot afford to couute
utiucu suvu uctlous.
STATVS OF XKIV FUSSKSSIOXS.
The llrst reports of the decisions of
the Pnlted States supreme court in
the Porto Illcnn cases were misleading
nnd consequently the Inferences and
conclusions drawn therefrom were fo"
the most part Incorrect. The decisions
were not nil Verse to the policy of the
government, as was nt tlrst stated, but
In the main sustain that policy, par
ticularly In regard to the status of the
new possessions. This Is that they are
"domestic" territory, belonging to the
United States, but not 11 part of the
United States, within the revenue
clause of the constitution. Therefore
the Fornker act 1$ constitutional so
far as It imposes duties oil Imports
from Porto Itlco and as congress has
full authority, In the opinion of the
court, to control and govern ncqulred
territory, that net Is In nil respects
vnlld.
Tho one point on which the court
ruled ngalnst the government was the
contention, In the Delimit case, thnt du
ties were properly collected on Imports
from Porto Itlco after Its cession to
the United States and before the legis
lation by congress because It was still
11 foreign country. Its cession, how
ever, having made it "domestic terri
tory," the Imposition of duties upon
Imports from the Island was held to he
Illegal until congress had so ordered
and the Importers can recover what
they paid. In the Downes case, on the
other hand, duties were, collected under
the act of congress and .In this the gov
ernment was sustained. It thus ap
pears that the products of territory ac
quired by the United States must, be
admitted free of duty to this country
until there Is, legislation directing
otherwise and that congress can act In
the matter without regard to the rev
enue cintisc of the constitution,' vhkh
the majority of tiro supreme court held
"deals with states, their people and
their representatives." It would there
fore seem to be within tho power of
congress to make different tariff regu
lations for Porto Itlco nud the Philip
pines, to 1)0 determined solely by the
conditions lu those islands nnd the com
mercial relations deemed to be desira
ble between them nnd tho. United
States. In a word, the constitutional
provision requlrlng'thnt duties, Imports.
nnd excises shnll be uniform through
out the United States, has no applica
tion whatever to acquired territory nnd
need not be considered by congress In
making revenue regulations for such
territory.
Nor does any part of the constitution
extend by Its own force to ncqulred ter
ritory Tho decision says: "The prac
tical Interpretation put by congress
upon the constitution lias been long
continued and uniform to the effect thnt
the constitution Is applicable to terri
tories acquired by purchase or eou-
quest only when nnd so far as congress
shall direct." It was held that the
power to acquire territory by treaty not
only Implies tho iwwer to govern such
territory, but to prescribe tho terms
upon which Its Inhabitants shall be re
ceived by the United States and what
their status shall be. Thnt Is to say,
congress may determine whether the
people of our "domestic territory" shall
be clt Izons or subjects. This, however,
will apply only to the Inhabitants nt
tho time of acquisition. Their children
thereafter born, "whether savages or
civilized," said the court, "will be cit
izens of the United States, entitled to
all the rights, privileges and Immunities
of citizens." There will bo very general
onciirrenco In tho opinion thnt "If such
be their status tho consequences will
be extremely serious."
The dissenting opinions are strong
and will undoubtedly exert a great deal
of Influence upon tho public mind. Tho
majority decision, lu sustaining the
policy of the government toward tho
new possessions, assures Its continu
ance, with such modifications ns chang
ing circumstances nud conditions shall
require. That this will bo satisfactory
to n majority of tho American people
It Is probably safe to assume.
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CANADIAN CUMFF.TITIOX.
Our northern neighbor Is showing a
grent deal of Industrial nud commer
cial enterprise and promises to de
velop a competition thnt may provo
quite formidable. Kspoclnlly Is this tho
case In the Iron and steel Industry.
There nro now several large companloB
engaged lu -thnt Industry nnd n few
days ngo there was reported tho or
ganization of another company with a
capital of ?120,000,oor, which menus lu
Canada that this amount will be actu
ally Invested lu tho enterprise. Some of
tho directors of tho company nro Amer
icans, but tho business will be con
ducted in Canada nud will come Into
competition with tho American Indus
try, unless It shall bo absorbed by tho
steel trust of this country.
An Ottavn dispatch says, that such Is
public confidence In the future devel
opment of tho Iron and steel Industry
lu tho Dominion thnt tho government,
not satisfied with having contracted for
the supply of rails to relay 1,000 miles
of tho Intercolonial railway, Is en
deavoring to nave a tleet of fast steam
ers for tho Atlantic service built In
Canada out of Cnuadlan material. It
is stated that there Is a standing offer
of a subsidy of $750,000 n year from
Canada nnd $130,000 from tho Imperial
government for tho establishment of
this Hue. Owing to the demand for
shlpplug caused by tho war In South
Afrlcu this offer has not been availed
of, but now tho government' has en
larged Its plans. Tho tlunucc mliilster
auuouuced In the Dominion Parliament
last week that he had offered several
British shipbuilding rirms a substantial
bonus to transfer, their plaut to Canada
and construct the ships ut Sidney,
whero plates will bo turned out shortly
In the necessary quantity by tho Do
minion Steel company. The subsidy of
$1,000,000 a year for operation of tlio
steamers will bo u further luduccuiont,
Caunda has been maklug for several
years steady Industrial and commercial
progress, realizing from It an Increase
In capital which Is stimulating tho en
torprfso of fls people. At tho name tlmo
the government Is mnnlfestlug a hearty
, sympathy with tho ponuliu- Interest In
Industrial and commercial affairs and
11 liberal disposition to promote such
enterprises ns will contribute to the de
velopment and prosperity of the conn
try. Canada has large resources nud
there seems to be no reason why the
Iron and steel Industry should not be
developed there to extensive propor
tions, while the policy of building up a
Canadian shipping Interest, even If It be
necessary to employ liberal subsidies
for the purpose, Is obviously wise. A
Canadian merchant marine, cnrrylng
the products of the country to foreign
markets, there Is no doubt would be
the means of adding very materially to
the volume of Cnuadlan commerce, be
sides creating a shipbuilding Industry
that would be valuable.
It Is gratifying to note the enterprise
and progress of our northern neighbor,
because It adds to the aggregate wealth
and to the Industrial and commercial
power of this continent, nnd the United
States has little to fear from Cnuadlan
competition lu tho world's markets.
nit: statu faiii am;.
The Hoard of Public Lands and Ilulldlngs
Is responsible before the people for tho
selection of a suitable site for tho fair.
It Is the Judgment of tho State Hoard of
Agriculture and citizens generally who are
Interested In the fair that tho old site is
essential to tho success of the enterprise.
If tho state officers can find a better loca
tion and equip It with buildings for less
money thin the old site can bo secured for,
they will be given unlimited praise for
their good management. If they make a
blunder and wreck tho fair for all tlmo to
come, ns they can easily do If they take
the advice -of Interested property owners
here anil enemies of tho fair In other cities,
they will bo held accountable by the voters.
Tho responsibility rests with the state
board, and It Is Impossible to shift it upon
any other shoulders. Lincoln Journal.
There Is no doubt that tho people of
Nebraska will hold the Hoard of Public
Lands and Buildings responsible for the
selection of a suitable site for the state
fair and a proper expenditure of tho
money placed nt Its disposal by the
legislature.
We heartily concur with the Journal
that tho board should steer clear of the
advice of parties Interested In any par
ticular site. For that very reason tho
board cannot consistently accept the ad
vice of tlio Journal, whoso mnnnger Is
reputedly Interested In the sale of the
old fair grounds nt the exorbitant price
of $-J2.000.
There is no danger that the board will
wreck tho fair for all time by entering
to the enemies of tho fair In other
cities. The assumption thnt there are
enemies of the fair In other cities hns
no foundation In fact. If other cities
had been disposed to wreck the fair,
they could hnve prevented Its permanent
locntlon two years ago and benten the
appropriation this year. What the peo
ple of other cities and for thnt matter
tho people of tho whole state Insist on
Is that the stnto board exercise the
same business judgment that its mem
bers would with an Investment of their
own money.
Another feature tho people outside of
Lincoln deprecate Is thnt any consid
erable sum should hnve to bo paid for
the purchase of a site lu view of the
fact that the legislature of 1890 wns
persuaded to locate the fair perma
nently nt Lincoln on the express prom
ise that suitable grounds would be do
nated for thnt purpose. During the
period when tho fair was located In
Omnhn Its citizens contributed over
$100,000 for site nud buildings or which
the state fair was given freo use. And
this enormous expenditure only covered
three actual fairs.
With a permanent location Lincoln
hns been favored sufficiently wlthdut
asking the stnto to retmburso stockhold
ers lu a former fair association for
money subscribed with no idea thnt It
would over be repaid.
The difficulties governments contend
with In dealing with Oriental peoples
are ngnln Illustrated In the case of tho
English lu Iudln. Tho authorities lmvo
been forced to relax regulntlous In
tended to prevent tho spread of tho
plague simply because the people would
rather die than receive medical treat
ment. Unfortunate as such conditions
are, It would be moro disastrous to en
force the regulations ngnlnst tho preju
dices nud superstitious- of the people.
In some portions of the Philippines tho
United States Is confronted by slmllnr
conditions, though they do not nffe.ct
tho public health. Manners and cus
toms of centuries' growth cannot bo
overturned and brought Into conformity
with modem Ideas In a day, a month
or a year. Those who complain because
this is not done nro either Impractical
enthusiasts or simply grumbling for po
litical effect.
The doctors of theology have dis
agreed as to tho propriety of censuring
Mayor Moores for the policy he Is pur
suing simply beentise no two preachers
have tho same Idea ns to what policy
should be pursued. Tho truth Is that
Omaha Is us well governed as any other
American city of equal population.
Vice nnd lawlessness nro Inevitable lu
population centers, nnd the only prob
lem Is how far repression nud suppres
sion can bo carried. Experience hos
taught that spasmodic crusndes accom
plish llttlo lasting good. Tho stream
never rises above Its source. In tho
loug run tho grent majority of a com
munity get the kind of government they
want.
American buyers of Northern Pacific
stock have kindly consented to let tho
British speculators caught In tho
squeeze off on tho snnio terms ns were
granted In Now York-. The next time
tho British speculators see an Ameri
can trap set they will bo careful about
sticking their lingers luto It.
There Is nothing to prevent any sub
urban railway promoters from proceed
ing to make surveys nnd lay out their
lino without waiting for tho county to
give them a freo right of way; In fact,
a survey would bo an evldeuco of good
faith thnt would go a great deal further
than mere hot air.
If Tillman should be defeated for re
election as senator from South Carolina
It would throw (he eutlre burden of
lliaklnc tlllliL-s llvelv In the senate I111011
Bailey of Tcxns. As this Is Bailey's
llrst season there It would be asking
considerable of him to expect blm to
till the places of Imth Tillman nud Petti
grew.
MlilllliiK nf the Storm Outer.
Brooklyn Knglc.
The storm center has shifted from tho
lakes to Columbus, O. A mothers' con
gress la in session there, presided over by
a woman that never had a bnby!
Ilellncil ,tMIi n limit.
St. Louis Olobc-Democrnt.
The Impression seems to bo slowly per
colating at West Point that when Uncle
Sam says hazing must be stopped he means
"stopped." The word Is clearly defined
In the dictionary.
Annther Ynnkce Trick.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Uncle Sam expects to got Just ns much
Indemnity from China as If he kept an army
there to collect It. This Is another Yankee
trick which the powers arc unable to either
comprehend or Imitate.
llurnliiK the llMtnnee of Trnile.
San Francisco Call.
Europe owes us a largo amount of money
on the balance of trade, but from tho num
ber of Americans who nro rushing across
the Atlantic for a good time this summer
II looks ns If most of It would be burned
before winter.
t'heiv, llrotlirrn. C'licw.
New- York World.
And now the tobacco trust Is to he
"paralleled" by a strenuous rival. Thai's
tho trouble! No sooner do you get your
trust formed and sit down at ease to enjny
your dividends than some rude outsider
wants to share them.
Cnn't Itu Without Them.
Judlunnpolls Journal.
A committee of fourteen British experts
and scientists has reported, after eighteen
months of careful Investigation, that there
Is no such thing as hereditary drunken
ness and that love of intoxicating liquors
Is In no case transmitted from parent to
child. This does not lessen the reasons
for temperance, but It does away with n
non-sclentlflc argument.
'I'm Ink llnllroitil Proper!).
Springfield Republican.
The Texts supreme court has reached
the strange conclusion that to tax the
tangible property nf a railroad and to tax
tho franchise also Is a case of double tax
ation nnd forbidden by tho stnte constitu
tion. It has been said thnt corporation
rights receive scaut respect In Tcxub.
This can no longer bo asserted. Railroads
aro taxed in Massachusetts on their tangi
ble property, nnd also on their franchise,
and no ono hereabouts has over had the
hardihood to call It double taxation.
DrnwIiiK Flnr Distinctions.
Phllndelphla Record.
James It. Keene, the great Wall street
operator, mnlics a very neat distinction be
tween stock gambling nnd speculation
Speculation, ho says, Is based on knowledge
of the markets, while tho gambling Is car
ried on In Ignorance. Thoro Is a much bet
ter distinction. The speculators are like
the faro dealers, who manipulate the cards
and tho box, while tho outsiders are sub
ject to the "splits" and to all the other
risks of tho unequal game. Though the
dealers sometimes loso by overplaying tho
game, the outsiders In tho long run never
win.
Chlnrwe I.out In Iloston.
Fibre, nnd Fabric.
Sir Claude MacDonald, when Interviewed
In Japan on the' loot question In China, said
among other things :'
1 much .deprecate the uitra-scnsationai
accounts as to footing that have gone home,
and cannot help smiling at the fact that
one of tho gentlemen of your fraternity, (a
newspaper man) who was' waxing Indignant
on the subject, had In his pocket nt the
very tlmo of hln accusations a Jade teapot
valued at 500."
Two thousand five hundred dollars seems
a big sum to pay for a teapot, but in the
days when thosd. things wero made men did
not worship the almighty dollar ns now, and
tho labor of an artist was cheap. Tho cost
when mado and tho vnlue now nro very
different. A Doston firm recently placed on
exhibition In tMci Lart museum many rnro
things which had been looted In China.
Among them wore some very rnro Jades In
tho form of vaBes, teapots, etc. Ono small
teapot, not over four Inches cither wajs was
valued at 1,000, nnd many vases were val
ued at over" $1,000 each. It makes no differ
ence 'what Ur. Wraonl or Sir Clatido Mac-
Donald may say, tho loot Is here and In
every largo city of Europe, America and
Asia.
TRADI; WJTH TWO HOWEHS,
Commercial Itelntlona of the United
Stnte. Germnny nnil Hiiln.
New York Tribune.
A few months ago, when this govern
ment In accordance, with law and treaty
obligations increased the duty upon sugar
Imported from Itussla to an extent corre
sponding with. Russia's practical export
bounty thereon, there was a prodigious out
cry to tho effect that we were alienating
our best customer and jeopardizing the
best part of our foreign trade and It was
urged that wo should foster trade relations
with Russia even nt tho expense of those
with Germany and all other European
countries. It was gravely asserted that
our sales of machinery, tteel and Iron to
Russia amounted to $30,000,000 a year and
that a single city In this country sold $20,
000,000 worth of agricultural and other
Implements to Russia rnch year. Wo
pointed out at the tlmn the manifest ab
surdity of such utterances, and now comes
official corroboration of our view of the
case. t
Official reports show thnt In tho year
1900 Russia's total Imports from the United
States wero valued at only $21,6G1,S1G, raw
cotton forming about six-sevenths of the
whole. At the same tlmo Russia's exports
to tho United States amounted to only
$1,780,280. Those figures Indicate nn Im
portant commerce, yvhlch doubtless should
be preserved and fostered Dut compared
with our wholo foreign trnde, or with our
trade with any one of many other countries,
It Is pitifully small. For example. In Iho
same year Germany's commerco with tho
United States amounted to $242,941,832, or
more than ten times as much ns Russia's
trade with us. It was also, by tho way,
greater than Germany's trade with any
other country In the world. Certainly, then,
if we wore confronted with the alternative
of sacrificing tho trade of one or the other
of the. two countries we should sacrifice
that which wbb only $23,452,855, rather
than that which was $242,941,832. A trade
of $10 Is better than a trnde of only $1.
There Is, howovor, no need of sacrificing
one, for the other. The United States, on
Its broad and equitable tariff system, can
cultivate trade relations with all the world.
We are not Informed that this government's
action concerning Russian sugar has de
stroyed American commerce with Russia or
seriously Impaired It, nor do we believe It
will do so. In this view of the case we
are confirmed by the official statistics of
trade between Russia and Germany. They
are the two countries which have most
been waging tariff wars with each other.
Yet In 1000 they did business with each
other to the amount of $170,535,320. If such
commerce can exist between countries
which confessedly wage Industrial and com
mercial wars against each other, a country
which eks only "peace, commerce and
honest friendship" with all nations should
be easily able to maintain Ita trade with
aU.. ....
Financing Union Pacific
United States Investor.
The cruel war being over, tho Union
Pacific stockholders foot the bill. The
Is what tho application for the listing
of $100,000,000 convertible 4 per cent bonds
means; the llorrlmnu syndicate nro financ
ing their purchases of Northern Pacific
with the new convertibles. The fight made
by them In their Individual capacity Is
paid for by the Union l'nclflc ns a corpora
tion. Ami Wall street shivers nnd has
forebodlngB. For Wall street, having re
covered from Its speculative intoxication,
sees things more clearly nud Is disposed
to be critical. Sixty million more con
vertibles moans an additional fixed charge
of $2,400,000, the first $40,000,000 for the
Southern Pacific purchase causing a charge
uf $1,COO,000. Four million fixed charges
means necessarily a less secure position
for the stock. Th'osc who ore Inclined to
measure values by tho yardstick of pres
ent earnings will make light of this addi
tional charge. They will show that Union
Pacific Is earning 8 per cent on tho com
mon nnd can be mado to earn 10. North
eru Pacific Is earning 7 per cent on both
classes of stock, and with the preferred
retired can earn 10. Hence, why those
forebodings? Have Uulon Pacific stock
holders really anything to fear? This
would seem to bo a 'fair question.
Uut have wc any right to take present
prosperous conditions us a basis for exam
ination? No one knows how great n price
was paid for Northern Pacific control.
Suppose we tiike 120 for tho nvcrage price
paid. At 4 per cent it nets 3V4 per cent.
In other words, Union Pacific Issues n 4
tuy cent bond to finance, nn Investmeut
yielding Si per cent. True, Northern Pa
cific can puy mure, hut can It through
thick and thin? Unloti Pacific can bear Its
additional burden nnd still pay
dividends, but what when the
times of depression come and earnings
fall off? These nro the questions that nro
ngltntlng tho minds of the thoughtful and
causing a more careful consideration of tho
true reserve force of these railroad sys
tems. Hut another phase of the subject comes
more closely home to the holders of the
convertibles nlrendy Issued. At present
they sell nt a figure thnt amounts to n
good premium. Now, for a 4 per cent
collateral bond, even with tho "sweeten
ing" of conversion Into stock, pnr Is high
enough. It seems only rensonabto to sup
pose, then, that Union Pacific convertibles
nre selling too high nnd must drop when
the new bonds nre put on the market.
Of course, we will 'bo told that for a call
011 Union Pacific stock for five years, the
Hli.ClvLIMTI.'G JUDICIAIXV llt'HKI.l).
A IlnlliiK Fnvornlile to Colrt-Dlnodetl
CniiNnlrni')'.
Washington Post.
Itoth the boycott nnd tho blacklist two
evils that nre Identical In character hnvo
been condemned by various judicial trib
unals, Such decisions hnvo been approved
by tho conservative sentiment of the coun
try. Rut Judge Daker, In a recent Chicago
case, has upheld blacklisting as the exer
cise of a lawful right. He putB It on a par
with strikes, thus:
"One has the right to decline to enter the
service of. another, and soveral persons act
ing Jointly In pursuance of an agreement
to that effect have the right to so decline.
So one has tho right to decline to employ
nnother, and several persons acting Jointly
in pursuance of an agreement to that effect
havo the right to so decline."
The blacklist nnd the strike aro unlike
in many respects.. Tho strike Is employed
to enforce demands for a change In wages,
hours of labor, methods of payment, and
other conditions of employment. It Is n
liarstT remedy for grievances, but It is
often, tho only remedy. An unreasonable
strike Is nlmost certain to fall. And a
Justifiable strike generally falls If attended
by unlawful violence. A strike Is but a
temporary disturbance. Those who en
gago In It do not unconditionally refuse to
work. In fact, they want and expect to
resume work with renewed zeal and energy
under more favorable conditions. They do
not enter Into a conspiracy to ruin their
employers. It often happens thnt tho grant
ing of their demands would be advan
tageous to both sides.
Rut blacklisting the agreement of a largo
number of tunn-ratlons In tho same busi
ness not to employ a man who has offended
any ono of those corporations Is a con
spiracy to ruin that man and starve his
family. It Is a cold-blooded conspiracy.
capable of doing Incalculable harm. It Is
tho twin brother of tho boycott. Neither
of them Is defensible. Both aro foreign
devlcea and totally Inharmonious with that
spirit of fair play which Is characteristic
of Americans. Doth aro steadily growing
In disfavor, and neither of them can be
popularized by any amount of Judicial tink
ering. In this age and country nothing
cin last that Is manifestly unjust. "For
over the right comes uppermost."
IT.HSOVAl, NOTBS.
Lieutenant Richmond P. Hobson, U. S.
N., has accpted an Invitation to deliver tho
Fourth of July oration at Jamaica Plaln3,
Mass.
George Lonnox Wntson, designer of Sham
rock II, began hli work an a naval
architect In 1872 and It was ho who de
signed the Drltannla cutter for King Ed
ward VII, then prlnco of Wales.
Lester Morgan Spier of Glens Falls, N. Y.,
now a senior nt Yale, will come Into a for
tune of $3,000,000 when he reaches tho age
of 30. His late father, William E. Spier,
thought that was soon enough for the youth
to get control of such n fortune.
General Catchlngs of Mississippi, whose
term In the house ended In Mnrch, aald
recently: "My congressional career took
a big slice out of my life. I went Into the
bouse at 38 and now that I am 54 I shall
try to practice law and mako somo money.
A Baltimore man, convicted on n charge
of "having willfully neglected to supply a
dumb animal a horse with tho necessities
of life," nnd sentenced to pay tho costs,
Jold tho Judgo thnt be might havo the
horso for the fine, but tno magistrato in
sisted Upon getting the money, $1.45.
Prosper d'Eplnay, tho Parisian Bculptor,
who if or somo' years past has done most
of his work at Rome, has just comploted
a plaster model of John Paul Jones, who
Is represented standing beside an auchor,
with drawn sword, ns If nbout to leap upon
the deck of nn enemy's ship, at tho head
of a boarding party.
Secretary Lyman J. Gage, In an article
In tho curreut number of "Success," says:
"Tho successful banker must bo a trained
man. Originality counts for a grent deal,
but It Is safer when ono Is young to fid
low the beaten track and to profit by the
wisdom of thoBe who havo learned In tho
school of experience."
Alfrid Farlow, tho Kansas man who was
slated by eastern papers ns tho successor
of Mrs. Eddy as leader of the Christian
Scientist, denies the allegation. Ho says
there are several members In the rankB
who are his superiors, and that "Christian
Scientists obscrvo the rule that progress
Is fostered by the survival of the fittest."
Clarence Halstcad, son of tho noted edi
tor, Is a Wall street broker and among the
youngest of the lot. Six feet two. with a
cold blue eye and great depth of chest, he
does not look to be a man who would be
put down easily. He Is on the staff of G.
H. Holt & Co., bankera, to whom he Is
of considerable value on account of his
wide acquaintance among public men.
bonds nt say 103, or even higher, would be
a alr proposition. And then thcie are
many who still loot, fur the common stock
to go on a 5 per cent basis, nnd thus war
rant higher prices thnt will more than
Justify present quotations of the converti
bles. Yet, wlthnl, this further large Isiue
of convertibles Is menace to the holders
of those marketed ngalnst the Southern
Pacific purchase.
And then the strange form the much'
vaunted "community of Interest" has dc
eloped Into Is startling those who have
learned to respect precedent nnd swenr by
Inherent natural laws. These continual
and ever-Increasing Issues of collateral
bonds aro looked upon aa designed tilt I
mately to work dlsoMcr. Reference Is
mode to the Reading crash brought nbout
by n man ambitious to control the destinies
nf several properties. It will be remem
bered how purchases of stock made by him
on mnrgln were foisted upon the Rending
road, causing It n los of about $1,500,000.
Here, In this Northern Pacific mutter, there
Is n f rune what analogous position. The
Ilarrlmnn syndicate enter Into n fight for
control of the rond, pay stiff prices for
the stock, nnd then calmly Issue Union
Pacific bonds to financier their purchases
It will be said that ns tho purchases wore
made to protect the Union Pacific inter
ests, It naturally should foot the bill.
Nw, leaving nut of dlscussloiuwhether per
sonal animosities did not play no small
purl In the ronlcst, and whether guar
antics could not have been obtained that
would have protected Union Paolflc with
out costing It one cent of expense for
these opinions nre by no means rarely
expressed tho principle Involved Is dan
gerous. Granting that In the present case
the Ilarrlmnn syndicate has acted honestly
and fairly for the best Interests of Union
Pacific, ennnot nn emergeney arise where
unscrupulous men will make uso of this
means to unload upon a railroad cor
poratlon at much higher valuations than
they paid for tho securities that give It
no ndvnntago proportionate to the expenso
entailed? To tho stockholder who remem
bers the rotten manner In which of old
railroad affairs wero transacted, the op
portunltles which n continuance of tho
present method would afford for wrecking
railroad properties, is not ono to Inspire
him with enthusiasm.
It certainly Is time for the holders of
stock to call a halt In the reckless and
wholesale Issuing of bonds for the finan
ciering of deals contracted by officials In
their Individual capacity, and the sooner
this Is done the better.
tiii: vaki:k tf.iihoii.
Knrnpt Xoir IVnrn to l.nse Kven Hit
Itetntl Simp Timle.
Lclpzlgcr Tngeblatt.
It Is no pleasant feeling to see ono whoso
progress wo have watched with t he su
periority of a fatherly well-wisher gradually
outstrip us. As long as the giant America
remained In its child's shoes and amused
Itself at the expense of Its old aunt Europe,
but could not got nlong without her assist
ance, wc were often Irritated nt the young
boy which began to stretch out its strong,
undisciplined limbs. Wc could not bo ser
iously angry with him, however, because the
stronger nnd larger ho became the moro
ho consumed, nnd one must say this of
him, ho paid In ready money for what he
consumed, nut tho boy with tho Insatiable
nppetlto has got upon his own feet, and,
like the man who would not marry becausu
ho did not see why ho should support
Vio daughter of other people, young America
does not seo why It should support tho
Industries It foreign 'countries. America,
whoso Industries wero quite unimportant
twenty years ago, has in tho menntlmo
reached tho height whero it can get along
In most things without foreign Imports,
With a quickness almost without example
In the history of civilization, nn Industry
has been developed which, without any old
trndltlou, produces In many respects pro
ducts worthy to be used ns models. What
Is Inciting In tradition Is mndo up for twice
and three times In innchlnes and talent
for Invention and Organization, more fnv
orablo conditions of production and
cheaper raw material.
It Is difficult lo do anything ngalnst this.
Wo ran not forbid America to develop Its
Industries anil to expand the same with
tho help of lis gigantic trusts to a dizzy
height. AVo can not provent It, unfortu
nately, from placing it preposterous duty
on manufactures which simply cuts oft all
foreign competition; but what we should
strongly fight against Is being pushed out
of our own market by tho underbidding of
American industries. Tho Importation of
American goods Into Euroro la becoming
steadily moro dangerous.
Even In fancy articles. In which tho
European market has set tho styles for
tho entire world, tho American manufac
turers aro beginning to compcto with tho
European. British calico prints aro also
nlready receiving competition from Amer
ica. As we hear, trnvelcrs of a known
American house havo offered American cot
ton stuffs In England with much success,
and the London authorities declare them
to bo tasteful and worth their price.
nut also In other ways tbnn with the
wholcsalo Import America Is becoming
ominous to us. Tho enterprising country
Is making us happy nlrendy with retail busi
nesses of Its own. Tho largo shoo factory
of Julius Barthmnnn, In Newnrk, N. J,,
has decided to establish fifteen shoo stores
In tho largo cities of Gormany. Tho largo
department atoro proprietors, Slcgcl, Coopur
ft Co., intend to cstnbllsh a branch In
London. It ought to bo tlmo to consider
how ono can defend ono's self ngalnst this
dangerous competition. As wo have al
ready stated beforo, tho only means we see
to protect ourselves from this threatening
storm of American goods Is a middle Eu
ropean, or, still better, a European tariff
alliance against America, In case America
.docs not profer to adopt tho policy of the
open door nnd by a considerable reduction
of Its duties mako It possible for foreign
goods to compete in Its own markets.
COM.KOH-llltKI) WOMRX A0 WIVES.
Ilemnrknltle Crltlflum uf n University
Hour.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
Tho Northwestern university at Evans
ton, 111., Is a co-educatlonal concern, and
It was to a class In this Institution that
Prof. J. S. Clark talked last week of how
poorly the modern woman compared with
her mother and grandmother, nnd how gen
erally the college. bred woman failed as the
manager of a household. He concluded his
remarks with the following, for which
ho Is being widely donounced: "You young
men who are looking for wives among tho
college-bred women of today uro on the
wrong track. If you over do get one, God
help you."
Rut this reckless Instructor should not be
too severely crttlolsed, evon though ho does
throw mud at his own employment. What
bo says Is no moro than what wo hear said
every day or two from successful business
men and others regarding the higher educa
tion of men, It Is tho voicing of a false
Idea as to the object of education, which
has pervaded the whole community, and
which college men have done as much as
anybody else to keep alive. If the college
bred man falls to gain distinction In some
educated profession he is generally ac
counted a failure. If he takes up farming
he usually figures as a good deal of a fail
ure among hit classmates and others. If
ho goes luto huskies with only Indifferent
success. It is tho same. If he does not
Hliltio conspicuously us an Intellectual fono
nay whet c, tho money spent on his training
Is commonly logartled n having beeit
thrown nwny. lie Is poor, nnd tho unedu
cated but successful business man points
to his education ns something to be avoided.
Ills w.tlk In life Ii uncnnrplcuous, nnd he
figures poorly at tho class reunions,
In a word, It the college education his
not unfitted the mail for cerythlng except
tho "higher vnll.s" of life. It comes lo bo
accepted ns on expensive failure. What It
has yielded In Iho way of i's personal us
ftoclatloiitf, what has been acquired uncon
sciously from It In Intellectual discipline,
what has been gained in the love of books
nud of the silent companionship thus af
forded with the genius of all nges, ami
what has been won In all the individual
resources of self-diversion and entertain
ment which become of priceless value n
advancing ago cuts nway the compnulon
shlps of life these count for llttlo or notli.
big In the common ultimate by which the
worth of education Is measured by the
world's ntnndnrds of "suecesa."
If so false nil Idea can gain prevalence la
respect to the higher education of men,
nothing more Is, of course, to bo expected In
the matter of tho education of women,
whore the mischief of It must be quite as
pronounced. How general tho offent of the
higher education upon women Is In creat
ing discontent with the natural and ordi
nary duties of life, nnd In Instilling the
Idea of being destined for n "enrcer," Is a
matter of somo dispute. This Northwest
ern university professor would havo us bo
Hove that It is very common. Hut no
should question It. notwithstanding this ex
istence of a foolish sentiment among par
ents, nnd too oftou nmong tho educnteil
themselves, thnt the education Is a failure
If the "career" Is not forthcoming, and It
the object of It is not above the perform
ance of the duties of a wlfo nnd mother.
The great majority of the graduates of
women's Institutions of learning marry nnd
settle down contentedly to a domestic' life,
ami that they make any the worso house
hold managers because of their education
Is not credible. They turn out n good deal
better than tho common public estimate re
specting education would have them. They
have not been unfitted for the humbler call
ings of existence, and beyond this they
have gained Inestimably In the capacity to
do or vaiuo to themselves nnd others. Tho
cases where marrlago has been followed by
a fevorlsh and nbforblng ambition for ii
public career are the exception and not the
rule.
To say that such women, by virtue of
such an education, have been made some
thing to bo avoided by men In search of
wives Is to write down the latter as lordly
brutes who can brook no measure of equnf
Ity in tho other eex. Thero be some among
them who answer this description, and evi
dently they nro not nil of the uneducated
class.
WlllTTI.KII TO A POIXT.
Somervlllo Journal: You cnn't hollpvn
moro than half you henr. but you oueht to
believe everything you Bay.
Ohio State Journal: Miss Prtiiln I'm clml
I didn't go down Wall atrcot the other iluv.
na I Intended.
-Miss Askor Why? "
Miss Prude Didn't vnu henr nlioul Him
dreadful manner they squeezed ono another
uiiwn mere 1
Chlengo Trlb.ino: Merchant Yes. I
you thnt keg of white lend. What's tho
matter with It?
Customer Well. It Isn't white, nnd It Isn't
lend. Otherwise It's nil right.
. ..,a.i:..,l I..-.UI1I. CMIUUK lirillK Will
4t.tu till ..nil fff .. .. ... ..... .. .. .. ...
tll,llnflAl..l,ln 1J.....1. ..-,... ......
...... .... vv... . luttii n nif,inm-, IIS-
aertod the temperance lecturer.
mime. rcmurKon me reilow with the
nnwn tlrkft. 'lt tvlll tub tl,u 1.1..
back.
Cln vein 11,1 Ttiif,i fl..!... .r.. . ,
. . - . ....... - ..... ... ...... . . n iuii ii.iii
(lint Rlinn tl iip..t. i.lrl ... tnl.l c-...... 1 .
much n distressing snlfflng habit."
"I hndn't noticed It. Aro you dure eho
sniffs?
"Am I sure? Why, I nsked her to mam
mo last night nnd she sniffed several
times."
Y.lHll!ni?tnn Klntv r ontifo. , -
very poor judge of oratory," said the mild
mannered person.
"Can't you recognize fluent sp.aklng
when you hear It?"
JienemlN on my personal feelings.
If a frleml Ik mnkliiLr Mm Bnuorti. i. 1. .i
quencp. If It Is not n friend It is mere
garrulity."
Detroit l'rrn Prcia. HW'l.n. ,11.1 .....1
- - -- --- - - . ...(,. .l,l .,,.1, .11111
Joe full out nbout?"
"He thought I ought tn be friendly
enough to give him thnt dog; and I thought
ho ought to be friendly enough lo buy It of
1,1V.
Cnthnllr. Hlnii.tnr.l- "I K.1I.... ...
the visiting Londoner, "thnt some of vounli
best people claim descent from the Ktigllsh
nobility."
"(111. nn!" rnllH fVin .t......M .....
..... .i,.,i.v, nirjj ia Hill
hn best. Our best peoplo clnlm nscent
lIUIll II.
Philadelphia Press: "I ennnot treat voir
case." began Dr. Price, "without a diag
nosis," "That B nil rlnlit." Intitrrimloil Mr Vn.
rltch. haughtily: "f suppose that'a the mcd-
iciii worn mr ico in advance.' Nnnm yer
Plttnl)iirt:li Chronicle: "Well, illrf vnu
strlkp a gusher In your oil venture?" said
iseecnwnoa to iNnrinsuiP,
"No." was tho end renlv: "mv nil well tvn
n gushlcsH one."
TUB TWO FISIIKIOircV.
J. J. Montague In the Orcgonlnn.
Oh, ho wns a sport of the chilled sort.
with a unity ouck sun ana n nig uiiick
clear.
And he raid that hN wish wns to lnnd nil
"c Ilsli , , , .
That would rise to n fly In the brooks
nenr nnd far.
His rod was of ateel, and his splinter now
creel
Astonished tho nntlvrs that lived there-
nhollt.
While his brllllunt-hued flle.s filled them nil
with surprise
He had every devlco for the taking of
trout.
He started nt dawn, ere the Inst stars
were gone.
For tho head of tho brook where the
tlshtng was tine.
I will not do n thing but bring back a
big string,"
Ho observed with a wink thnt wna largo
and benlen.
Half 11 mile, up the brook this hot Hport
ovcrtooK
.v imrtfiiiuieii iw" wiiu 11 uiu willow poi.
Who clearly wns bent -from tho wny that
ne went
For the heart nf tho brook the town
flahcrman'H goal.
They both angled nway through the warm
xummur day
Went wudlug throush rimes or casting
In pnolo,
Worked over tho ahoals and dipped Into
tho holes,
dinning minnows nhend of them,, schools
upon schools.
The city mnn'n tiles loitered oft for n rlro
On the edge of a. riffle, with counterfeit
squirm,
Whllo tho small country lad, with whnt
tackle ho had,
Depended nlonu on tho succulent worm.
They returned to the town as the red sun
went down,
Both torn on the bushes, and tired all
out;
And the small farmer youth, to be honest
forsooth.
Confessed ho hud landed all day not a
trout.
nut tho smart city chap took his creel 011
his lap, ,
And emptied out strapping big fhh by
the score.
"I'm no liar," he snldi "hut I've got 011 the
dead,
Threo hundred nnd twenty, perhaps a few
more."
The lesson, good friends, thnt this plain
talo intends
In its roundabout fashion to try to lm-
purl,
Is
Uo
on't always take every old country
IllKO
Of u "swell city fisherman" story to
heart.
No mutter what kind of (inn tacklo you find
In n lIshcrman'H bauds, you will have to
allow
Thnt the fellow who'll get tho llsh out of
the wet,
He he bumpkin or dude, la the or.u who
knows how.
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