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I The omaiia Daily Bee H. HOSHWATEH, EDJTuIt. Pt'ULIHHKD HVKItV MOKNINO. THUMB OV SlMlSCIUPTION. Dally )lro (without Sundny), One Yftir..$00 Hally Heo and Sunday, Ono Yiir " Illustruted live, One Vtar 2"0 Sunday lice, Ono Year Haturiiay Hcc, One Year LW Twentieth Century I'armcr, Ono Year.. l.t.0 OKF1CKH. Omuha; The Bee HuildlnK. Bouth Omaha: City Hall Building, Twenty-fifth and m Streets. Council Bluffs; lo Pearl Street. Chicago. llu fnlty Building. New York; Templu Court. Washington, SOI Fourteenth Street. COIUUSSPONUISNOK. Communications relating to nctvs and edl torlal matter should he addressed. Umaru llee, Kdllorlnl Department. HCSINL'dS LUTTHHS. Business letters and remittances .shouU bo addrc-Hi(-d; Iho Uce l'llbhsnlns Com pany, Omaha. ItHMlTTANCKS. ! Bcmlt by drait, express or postal order, Iaablu to The Ben I'uhllnhlns Company. Only 2-cunt stumps acteitud in payment of mall accounts. Personal chcckH, except on wiiiiiou or easitrn excimnges, not actepleu STATKMKNT Of CIHCL'LATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.s ueurgo U. Tzchucl m-orutury, of The Heo .ruuusning company, being duly sworn aye mat tho actual number ot fu I an I complete copies af Tho Dally, Morula, livening and Sunday Deo printed during ilw uuiiwt ui Juiy, vmi, was lis lullows. THE OfAHA DALLY HEEt TUESDAY, AVGVST 13, moi. ALL AHOVT THE nOliBlV. In 1S90, when William Jennings Bryan mauo nis nrsi campaign for a scat In con- grcsf, and again In 1832, he boldly declared that the duty on tlnplate was one of tho most iniquitous robberies over perpetrated upon tne nation Omaha Bee. Yes, he did, end ho never declared a truer tract lo rentier service docs not differ materially from n contract to deliver merchandise. Certnlnly so fur iih the inornl obligation Is concerned there Is no difference. Therefore the. action of those steel workers who, In spite of the order of the olileliils of the association thing In all his life. That tariff on tin, of to which they belong, have refused to disregard their contract with the em ployers, are entitled to commendation. They have set an example worthy of general emulation. 1. 2 3 4 6 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 14 IS 1G .an I DO .. 25,170 ..21,030 ..JJS.SfJl) ..an.u.'io ..r.,oir. ..ar., :i.'.o ..xri.nio ..nn.ivnt ..:.T.,a7o ..i:,-,,:i,-o ..y.-.,r,nr ..lis, or.o ..r.,070 17 25, ISO 18 2S.100 19 25,120 25,020 2S,ao& 25,020 .2.VU0 20.. 21.. 22.. 23.. 24.. 26... 27... 2i... 23... 30... 31... ...25,50 ...25, It 10 ...25,250 ...25.2MJ ...25,7IO ...25,2:tO ... 25,270 ...25,220 Total 7HI.015 X.CSH unsold and returned copies.... ,002 iNei loini sales ,,,,, ,.775,oiit jset dally average 25,000 OKO. 11. TZBL'IM.'eiC. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to mium me tins dial any of July. A. 1). 1D01. ai. II. lir.NUATE, Notary Public. I'AHTIUS LKAVIMi Foil 3UM31HU Pnrtlcs lenvlii (lie city for tiie HUtiiiner niny liuve The llee nit to them reictilnriy by iiotlfylnK The lice Ilimlnat olllce, In permin or Uy itinll. The udtlrca will he chniiKed ns often na itealreil. The truth about Nebraska will be known after the corn crop Is harvested. Mr. Tor Nndo Is keeping busy In a Email way entirely too late In tho sea bou. It In tinio for him to take a vacation. What Is the use of rushing to Okla homa and Texas? There ate still nearly 30,000,000 acres open to homestead en try in Nebraska. winch hot an ounco Is produced In the United states and probably never will be was not to prottct an "Infant Industry," for no sued industry existed or exists today. It was cold-blooded robbery of the poor for the benefit of the rich The Ilco Is now bragging about the great tin industry that grow up under the McKIn- ley tariff. Ilosewatcr ought to bo ashamed of himself. Ho knows that since tho tin that was used to salt nl mine In tho Illack Hills was taken out not nn ounce has been mined In the United States. The tariff on the tcrne plates Is so great that it nro hlblts (ho Importation of any of that sort of goods ond has raised tho price of tin 2TO or 300 per cent. Tin Is Imported Into this country and tho plates arn dinnnH acre to mo Denelll or the Tin trust and the robbery of oyory American family, es pecially tho families rich don't uso tin, but tho poor do. A great out? usi oi wnai are called "tlnplate mills' don't alter tho situation or make tho rob Dery less. nil. I . - ii'is is rrom tho Nebraska Inde pendent, the oracle of Nebraska popu 1IM1II, U Is by cxperlcnco'alono that nil theo rlcH must bo tcstcd-a theory that can not stand tho test of experience falls to tno ground Up to 1800 tho largest tlnplate mills of mo world were nt Swansea, in South vnles, nnd every box of tlnplate Im ported Into the United States was man ufnetured In tho Swansea mills. Yet not nn ounce of tin Is mined In "Wales. I no tlnplate Industry has nourished there because of the abundance of an thrnclto coal and Iron almost at thu very threshold of Its mills. The tin with winch tiie Welsh-made tlnplates are coated Is mined In Cornwall nnd trans ported by boat to Swansea. Tlnplate Is not made of solid tin. lint I.. ..I . . . is simply sueet iron plated with tin. The tin Imported to tills country for manu- A TIUIKA1 OF AXXKXATIOX. The Merchants' Union of Havana has threatened to go In for annexation If the United States refuses to make a reciprocity arrangement with Cuba satisfactory to the sugar and tobacco producers of that Island. Tito Union, do clares that Cuba, If she does not obtain concessions to which she has a perfect right, "in view of the fuct that she Is under the economic as well as tile politi cal protection' of the United States," should ask for annexation. It further declares that this would be granted by thu United States "as It would bo in comforinlty with tho desire of a majority of the American people." Thus, it goes on to say, "the successful opposi tion of the sugar and tobacco Interests of the United States to granting conces sions to Cuba would only result In the ruin of those Interests, since, with an nexation, Cuba would have free trade and this would mean tile overthrow of the sugar and tobacco Industries In the States." Heferrlng to tills, the New York Times remarks that the position of the Ameri can beet sugar ami tobacco Interests is one of Immense dillleultv. It suvs: Tho producers and capitalists anil active business men of Cuba are an nexationists almost to a man. They can easily get up an aniicxailonlst propa ganda that might lead to thu formation of a strong party demanding the trans fer of the sovereignty of tho island to tho United States. If that party should trim, with n fair tleld and no favor, but really, the cup cannot be spared from this side at this time. Through long association wo have become attached t the trophy, and, besides, should Sham rock win we would be deprived of th delightful annual visits of Sir Thomn Llpton. Yellow Journals have again detected Germany and France In an attempt to ueiy the .Monroe doctrine by securing possession of Islands north of Cuba nnd near the coast of the United States. There is no necessity of polishing tin your old gun and preparing to go to war against these two countries. The Islands in question are not worth onoucl to tho nations Involved to luduce them to bring about a diplomatic controversy with this country, much less an armed cotilllct. If a controversy Is ever pre elpitated over the Monroe doctrine some thing more Important will be at stake than two little Islands. A company with 5100,000,000 of can Ital Is cornering options on coal mining properties in Illinois With a view to forming a soft coal trust. A $ 100,000,000 trust Is a very Inslgnlllcant concern In these days. Anything less than a bil lion-dollar trust attracts no attention. lluntira Are liven. llultlmoro American. senator .McLaurln may not be so well versed In billingsgate, but he can call as many names as Senator Tillman. Horrors of .Modern AVm-fnre. llaltlmore American. What with Kipling writing for tho Kng llsh and Web Davis writing for tho Hours, It Is hard to decide which country needs uio most sympathy. DiiilUiniteil Adjustment. Detroit Tree Press. So much has been said about tho biggest ship afloat that wo arc content to let It go at that. It Is bound to appear In a soap advertisement, anyhow. come Into power and in the liaiiiu of tin fnctutlng purposes is free of duty, but people of Cuba nionose annexation to tne .McMnloy tariff placed a heavy duty the government at Washington, no ad- oit tlnplate and tin wares of every do- ministration and no congress would sunpuon. have the hardihood to delv American I len years ago, when William Jen- public opinion by declining the olfer. nings uryan planted himself on the I'rU-e Wim I'rlvnU-. Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. Tho state central committee of the sll ver republicans of Nebraska has closed out to the populists and Hrynn democrats. Just for how much Isn't reported. lloor of the house In opposition to a tariff on tlnplate, there was not a single tinpiate factory in tho country. Today we hav.e several hundred tlnplate mills The opportunity to take peaceable pos session of that rich Island which we have for half a century wished to make our own would Instantly be availed of uy any auininisiration in its senses. .o lliilin fur the Ulaeonsolnte. Washington Star. The western farmer Is unablo to seo how any administration could have prevented a drouth and tho eastern fiirmor u ijuna. j ne Times adds that "annexa tion is not a dream, not a mere negligible possibility, but a very real probability of the future, something to be reckoned with by earnest protectionists. It Is a scarcity of his products. On tho whole, t h. situation, calamitous though It may bo in some respects, presents very llttlo encour agement to populism Harry Miller, who Is deeply Interested lu agriculture, asserts that there is lit tle or no corn In sight in Nebraska. M Miller has evidently taken a bird .view froni a bucket-shop window. r, s-eyc Corn King Phillips discovered a credit of $i;t;i,000 In tho bank which he had lorgoncn an nDout. Other victims of speculation, however, will look a long nine nerore making any such discovery The Industrial commission has an nounced that it proposes to handle the trusts without gloves In Its forthcoming report to congress, but the trusts do not appear to be very much dismayed over this awful prospect. Dispatches from China Indicate nn iiKiccmcni nas been reached on the matters lu controversy and a llnal draft of tho protocol has been agreed upon. A kicking strap should be used when the order Is given to harness up. Iowa democrats insist they are en couraged over the political si'tuatlon lii that state. It Is noticeable, however, that It Is not .necessary . to. .put., up ii fence to stop the crush of .aspiriiutwhb want to make thu race tor governor. ' Tiie cooks In the roval na'lni.i' Jt Madrid have genu on ft strike and as the queen mother Is away from home the young king may be forced to K0t 1T I.I II... . .. I , . . . mi: iiiiujiiiig unti cook ills own breakfast. These are Indeed hard times lor royalty. which supply practically all the tlntilatc That would establish free trade with Pleased with tho nrlr-ea roiii(in nun is tiseii in tne united States. lhe assertion that the price of tin- plate has been raised IMK) to :!0() per cent ny the MeKlnley tariff is on a par with other reckless statements made by the Nebraska organ of populism lu dealing coming event that the self-interest qf Nun economic questions. Instead of alslng the price of tlnplate :i()0 nor cent ine mills engaged In Its manufacture In this country have sold It slightly below tne price It brought before the enact inent of the tariff. While It Is true that the rich use little tlnplate In the shape of dinner palls, Kitcnen utensils and tableware, they pay for thu bulk of all tho tlnplate nian- uractureti. Tho tlnplate consumed In tho rooting of business blocks, private dwellings and the thousand other pur poses ror which It Is used by the rich forms a much greater percentage than uie iiisigntncant quantity of tinware used by the poor. .-Mil ouiy nas the poor man not been robbed by the revolution wrought In the tlnplate Industry through the McKinlev tariff, but on the contrary he has been substantially benefited. Nearly ur.,000 worKinon are now employed at good wages In the American tlnplate mills, In an Industry that only a few years ago was exclusively carried on lu t!reat Hrltalu. Tho advantage of having an army of LT.,000 men employed In a prolltable Industry In this country In- stead of draining the country of millions of dollars annually In paying for im ported tlnplate must be apparent to every rational person. Cheering: Crop Advices lu l'hltndelphla Itccord, It will bo remembered that during tho Other testimony ui me micnso neat and drouth In the west some of tho crop "exports" figured tho probable damage to com as high as 800,000,000 bushels and oven con servative estimates placed the extent of Injury In tho four states of Kansas, Mis souri, Nebraska and Iowa alone at not less than 300,000,000 bushels. Now that tho sit uation has been relieved by copious rains there has been a marked chango of senti ment among the farmers In those states, which Is reflected In tho more hopeful press comments on tho crop outlook. Referring to the recent estimates of 300,000,000 bush els shortago In tho states named Tho Omaha Heo says: "Today no reasonable estimate would place tho loss at to exceed half that amount and tho probability Is that It will bo less than half. The outlook now Is that, so far as Iowa and Nebraska are concerned, tho i'lold of corn will bo a full average and per haps beyond, while In Kansas and Missouri tho corn production will bo very much bet ter than tho conditions of tho past few weeks have promised. In short, the prom ise at this tlmo Is that tho corn crop of of similar Import Is found In tho columns of the Jefferson (la.) Deo nnd tho Topeka (Kan.) Stato Journal. Tho latter sajs; "Farmers now realize that crop condi tions aro not bo bad as they thought, and Kansas corn Is showing Its recuperative powers, and as n result thcro will bo corn In Kansas Biilllclcnt to furnish all the feed required. People who rushed their stock to market now realize that they acted hastily." In tho first flush of reawakened hope fulness after n season of great despond ency there may not be as much of a tend ency to overcontldcncc as thcro had been previously to undue depression, hut It Is obvious, from the newspaper reports and noticeable thine about them nhm.M i, flow of water and not tho form of th- f iin nseu rienty of water mav W tnlned from the Potomac, twelve away, If the eltv U u-itiinv ... . With this Idea In view, wo studied tho f tains In Home, which tin- k..... for esulurles. "Another iVnturo of our plans Is tb.. treatment of tho vnrr trout, which make It attractive ond lmvi, nn on boating. Another thing that wo tdinU drive for la better en-nrrt Inn t Inn nf . parks," wnmc nut t o.Miitr.ss. Serlnii A!tentlnn AmiliMt Otllclul, In the Ciintum Servleo, New York Press fre p l Something for congress to do ni it. session will be to investigate the custon-.; Mrvico nnd Rome nr inn fnint-it ..m.. . . .. ., .. . , , . .. . - VIII. t mo testimony of railroad ofllclals and """lc m it who arc known by their bu nthnra In nlnan ,n..u ...l.u .i. . I tiprlnr ndlnr. n n.l 1... . . - n. . 1 v.vo.- luimi iui me agricultural i .wo nun ur im' treasury oe conditions lu tho principal corn-producing states, that the recent crop "scare" had been lntcmper.itely magnified. Tho forth coming report of the federal Department of Agriculture will throw oniclal light on tho situation but whatever may be tho show ing wticn It will make of the crop outlook partment nt Washington to be pr.v thing gross Irregularities constantly, yet who aro unmolested because of their powerful b.nk Ing by political agents whose lmstni .,s v (s to seo that tho revenue laws nro admins tere.1 to tho ndvantago of themselxe. ami their clients. i- . . ... i-1 urn mo way in winch public official nnvA.vs nircMi iii,.st. American Interests have evident!- been well eared for In the settlement of nnalrs In China. Flour and corn are both placed on the free list in the new tariff. There has been a growing trade in these products for several years and their free entry will be of considerable Denetit to the western farmer. j'ciuooratic papers are resurrecting uieir editorials of the vintagu of the ivieM-iunti campaigns. Democracy never hnhlu i. .. I ...... .. ,. lol- lno luture or meets the Issues of the present, but In sists upon presenting the frayed-out Is sues of the past, and even these need to be severely blue-penciled to render them presentable. Having visited tho midway nt the Pan-American exposition and witnessed that elevating moral spectacle known as the coochee-coocliee dance, (icneral Miles has suggested to the nianageinent of tho exposition tho propriety of mod ifying these dances when the West l'olnt cadets come to view the per formance In the Oriental theater. It is rather mean of thu coiniiiander-in-clilef to be so excluslvo lu his vacation pleasures. The annual farce or n Douglas county fair Is tebc, repeated this year. The usual exhibition of threu pumpkins, live squashes, eight turnips, a few stuffed geese and a swayback hog will be ills played In thu corner of a small booth in a remote part of tho street fair grounds, at an expense of !f;i,0iK) to thu taxpayers and a net Income of ifL'OO or $:iOO eacli to the coterie of expert agri culturists who do their fanning by jiUmtlug resolutions lu oUico bulldlugs. t iTHE UUSKRVAXUK OVCOXTIIACTS. '.'A, number qf steel workers, members of, , the Amalgamated association, have refused to obey. the order to strike!. on the ground that to do so would be a violation -of tbeir'eontract with the em ployers. A dozen or niore plants, em ijjoylug collectively thousands of men. ,w,Ul. thus cqntlnuo in operation because the-men employed In 'them are not only satisfied with tiie conditions! under which' they are working, but also fee) that by virtue of the fiiL'aL'oini.iit tiw.v have entered Into with thu employers they are In honor bound to adhere to the contract. The president of the local branch of the Amalgamated association at Mnsslllon, O., said a few days ago: "We have signed a contract for' a year and wo cannot possibly cease work." I he men at South Chicago. .lollet. Hav view, Youngstown and a number of oiuer piants nave taken a like view of their duty. These men do not thereby renounce tne organization of which thev are mem Iters. They do not proclaim hostility to tne Amalgamated association. They do not surrender their position as unloii men. They simply say thnt having en tered Into a contract, consistent with tho policy aud approved by the organi zation of which they are members, they regard It Incumbent upon them to re spect that obligation and to continue, to work under it to the end of the con tract. This is nn honorable position. It will be approved by Intelligent public opinion and by the conservative senti ment lu organized labor. It Is a posi tion t lint characterizes tho highest tie velopment of labor unionism in this country. Witness, for example, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Kiiglneers. For many years that organization, under Its wise and sagacious leadership, has never failed to conform to every con tract It has made. Onco having agreed to nu arrangement the engineers faith fully adhere to It. The same can be said of the International Typographical union, which 'by reason of its faithful observance of contracts lias become ono of tlfe- strongest and most trustworthy labor organizations in the country. Fidelity to contracts Is" as Incumbent upon labor as It Is upon capital. It has been said Uiat'tho obligation of a cou- the Cubans may hasten, If they find American protectionists actuated by a spirit of stubborn resistance to thulr reasonable demands." We think the Merchants' Union of Havana is astray lu assuming that a majority of the Americau people de sire the annexation of Cuba. There lias been very little expression of public opinion lu this country favornblu to nu- uexatiou aud so fur as can be Judged the question, If It were to be now sub mitted to a vote of our people, would have a majority against annexation. We also doubt the correctness of thu as sumption of the New York Times that if a Cuban party should come Into power and propose annexation, no ad ministration ami no congress would de cline thu offer. We should expect such an offer to be declined by the present administration, in the interest of thu American industries which annexation would destroy, unless It were known be yond question to have an overwhelming popular support. Jiut the threat of annexation is not to be lightly regarded by thosu Interests which are must deeply concerned in thu mutter. They cannot afford to Ignore it or to treat It with Indifference. It has strong support lu Cuba and thore ure commercial interests here that favor. It. The Times is at least right lu saying that It Is something to be reckoued with. I'unloii I, ends to the Tureen. New York World Worn.) . . . . .111. uryiuis voice 13 still for fnslnn. It ho could devlso a. fusion that would fuse mere mignt bo somo sense In It. But a tusion that simply melts democrntin ma lr.ol.1.... .I 1 . . . "uu leaves mo party every year deeper "In tho soup" Is no more attractlvo man tne diops of suds that mark tho bursting of an Iridescent soap-bubble. TlimtdliiK ut.p, ,llKnp inrtnutpy, Buffalo Express. The spectaclo otnho Sugar trust throt tling tho beet sugar Industry, as It Is mani festly trying to do in California, will not mako tho public more willing to tolerate legislation favorable to the trust wh-jn congress meets again. It was not for this that the United States government has been a. such palna to encourage bcot sugar produc.lon. Nome Itrwnrdn of Valor. Kansas City Journal. An uninspiring commentary on the treat ment of American heroes la suggested by the reminder that whereas Lord Hoberts gets JSOO.OOO and an earldom for his South jwncan services, uewcy gets a sword anil Is no longer a popular Idol; Schley nnd Sampson nro engaged In a controversy which casts discredit upon tho American navy and Ilobson gets a reward wholly In commensurate. Bravo old Joo Wheeler, who led his command on an army cot, gets only the half pay of his retired rank, nnd the gallant black "Tenth legion" that saved tho day at San Juan is where aro those bravo black fellows, anyway? Washington Tost: Tho Bryan CJrootlmr out in unio is not panning out as Its pro moters expected. Indianapolis News: Mr.. Bryan wonts thn "progressive democracy" to support tho regular ticket. He knows a thine or two. if urooi uocsu t. New York Sun: Mr. Bryan Is Inborlne under a singular delusion as to thn oiY-nt which a continued provalenco of the notions ho represents will have upou tho spirits of tho republican party. Washington Star: As a politician Mr. Bryan demands fusion, but as a Journalist he will find that his followlnc renresonts more shades of opinion than ono editorial page can take care of. Now York Times: Tho worm that Is gnawing at Mr. Bryan's heart Is not the fear of republican success, not the appre hension that Influence- will be lost, but tho perfectly sickening show- of his real strength In Ohio that these bolters will make If they nro not "called off." New York Tribune: In splto of all unsets nd disappointments Colonel Bryan still lings faithfully to the fusion habit. Ho ppcarcd beforo a committee In Lincoln the other day and strongly advocated the ro newal of last year's "hoodoo"' alliance of democrats, populists ond silver republicans. Cincinnati Commorclal-Trlbune: Hut ho Is amusing, nevertheless, and as a ono-tlmo leader of u one-time great party "through a slaughter house to an open grave" ho Is entitled to a respectful hearing for his gib berlngs, though It Is to be regretted that tho peerless leader should be Inconsistent in death who was so primly consistent In life: Baltimore News: In tho Commoner this week Mr. Bryan says In his leading edi torial: "It Is not fair to assumo that tho (Ohio) convention spoko for tho rank and flic In repudiating tho Kansas City plat form." By tho same line of argument tho conclusion might be Justltled that neither did tho Chicago convention of 1S90 speak for tho rank and flic. In which event the' party may havo been afflicted with tem porary Insanity only, and may possibly ro gatn lt normal mental poise. Cleveland Leader: Tho democrats who aro rebelling against McLean's platform In Ohio this year aro simply doing what Bryan said In 1605 he would do In tho presidential campaign of tho following year If tho plat form did not suit him. What will be tho result If Bryan's advice Is followed and democratic victory results? Will not tho 'gold bugs" regard It as a triumph for tho principles enunciated In tholr platform as well as a victory for the ticket? Will tho Ohln democrats who stand for principle fol low Mr. Bryan's advice? WASIIIXfJTO.V (iOSSIl. at tho elnfln of .tutv lUn mn.. rl , ll,! . ):r,ff .!,,,1,',,"! que.Uoi.nbly bo more encouraging If It o are guilty ; of Irregularities persist .,, .u , , "- luum iaae note or the efrect of the more ,m,u 11 P"iectiy evident that they feci w hate cr the foreign demand may be by favorable conditions which havo prevailed """rely protected from action tn ,h' reason of tho failure of tho crops abroad." since that date. lKton to remove them from their .J.-'. nnd to punish them by law ns well for tholr misconduct. It Is perfectly cWdr also, that their reliance upon political in fluenco to suppress Treasury department .i.vciigaiions is not misplaced, for such Investigations by tho Treasury ofllclalw a Washington aro never forthcoming, nl though thcro cannot ho any doubt that they know perfectly well of tho abuses which exist and havo absolute proof of tho Irregularities which aro committed. Thero are In tho customs service office holders who favor certain Importers as against their rivals, and who perform prt vate services for them undor cover ot their official duties, which services cost tho gov ernment and aru worth tn tho favored Im porters enormous suniB of monev In dutm A few of thoso Irregularities, perhaps, nro committed by tho customs otllelalH on "their own hook" nnd in accordance with thrlr own private arrangements and terms with the favored Importers, hut most of them nro committed nt tho Instance of nnd under orders from political agents who get their tools appointed at Washington and keep them In office after they aro known to ho "crooked." They put them In office nnd they keep them there to do tho work wldsh their masters havo contracted for with Im porters who do business with tho powers that bo rather than with the customs laws of the United States government. Now, since tho Treasury department nt Washington will not look Into this mal administration of customs laws by pull protected ofllclals, congress ought to do It. It ought to appoint an investigating com mittee 10 ug into tho crooked work that Is notorious and tho investigation ought to begin right hero in New York. It ought to nppolnt not a whitewashing commlttco made up of tho friends of tho politicians who profit by tho unchecked irregulari ties, but a commlttco. of keen, conscien tious public servants, who will como hero to get tho truth nnd lay It beforo congress nnd tho country, so that tho Treasury department will bo compelled to tako action in mutters which It now tdiows no likelihood of noticing, whatever tho reason. Thcro will bo no trouble about getting nt tho truth nnd revealing tho Ir regularities. Tho proof can ho obtained from tho honest customs officials, from the honest merchants doing business with the government and from tho records them selves of the custoniB service and of tho Treasury department. This ought to to ono of tho first works of congress. HniMieiiltiK of .Minor .Moment nt the .ntlonnl G'nnltnl. The government Is about to undertake tho stupendous task of towing tho floating dry dock purchased from the Spanish govern ment from Havana to Manila. It will bo taken through tho Sure canal. Tho distance to bo traveled Is estimated nt 12,000 miles and nbout 100 days will bo required to make tho trip. "To drug this ponderous steel structure will require tho combined efforts of four towing ships and It Is probable that two colliers and two ocean-golng tugs will bo Used. The most elnbornto nnd un.tn.ilnln towing appliances known will bo reoulred to prevent the snapping of cables and tho possible loss of the big dock. Cables of Mnnlla rope twelvo Inches In circumference will be used and will bo fastened to the tow by bridles mado of powerful chains. On tho towing ships tho lines will bo rlegcd to the new towing engine, which provides for tho taking up of slack rope caused by the ship or tow falling Into tho seas. Without this apparatus such n feat as tho ono proposed would bo an Impossibility, as thete Is no cable mado of sufficient strength to withstand the strain of so great a weight In heavy weather, and, even should the cable resist the violent Jerking caused by tho waves it Is more than likely that no anchorage on tho vessel would bo strong enough to hold the cable. Tho reason for this determination on tho part of the government to Bond tho dock to Manila Is the difficulty encountered at pres ent In securing docking facilities for over hauling our naval vessels In tho Philip pines. Tho only docks available nro those In Japan and nt Hong Kong and as wo now have a largo number of war ships and transports In the oast, each of which re quires docking nt least once In eight months, there havo been times when tho docks were not to bo had. .SOOTlll.VO ITCIWVO PALMS. nnil The Porto Itlcans, who clamored for free trade with the United States, are very much distressed because Brazilian coffee Imported into New York can be delivered and sold In I'orto Hlco at one third less than the planters of Porto Hlco have been receiving for It In tholr homo market. Against this unforeseen drawback to the operations of free trade with tiie united States thu merchants, bankers and planters of Porto Itlco huvo sent protests to the secretary of the treasury. There Is no remedy In sight; coffee, being on the free list in thu United States, must remain on the free list lu Porto Hlco. The Porto Klcans ought to havo remembered that you cannot eat your pie and keep It at the same time. The Lincoln Journal tries to apolo gize for Nebraska's part lu the Pan American exposition by describing "What has been done on a stingy appro priation." We do not believe this is either necessary or warranted. The ap propriation of 10,000 made by the legis lature was certainly amide for a credit able display along the lines of agricul ture nnd horticulture, in which Nebraska Is best titled to compete. It seems to be ample to pay comfortable salaries to a staff of six people, when one man nnd two boys could easily perforin all the work connected with the exhibit. Dou't let any one get the Impression that the legislature was stingy lu providing for Nebraska's Interests at Buffalo. The government, crop report Is de cidedly bullish on corn. There are strong Indications, however, that the government experts are underestimating the yield. Portions of Nebraska, for In stance, where It was at llrst thought the rains would bo of no service to com now report noticeable Improvement lu Some HemnrkR on the Vlclnnn AnnoylnK Custom or TIpiilnK. Now York Tribune. Tho custom house ofllclals at this port have adopted measures to prevent the tak ing of "tips" offered at tho piers by passen gers on ocean steamships to Inspectors of baggage It Is generally believed by travel lers or extensive experience who have crossed tho Atlantic many times that this form of potty bribory was exceedingly prev alent nn thu wharves In the '70s and '80s of tho nineteenth century, but that It has been largely suppressed In recent years. Now tho federal ofllclals Intend to wipe out the evil and they can do away with It entirely If thoy enter on the task with a resolute determination that thoy will stick to It to the end. Of course, thore can bo no defense of such a wrong. No one should bo per mitted by tho uso of money or Influence to obtain exceptional privileges from tho rep resentatives of tho custom house. All pas sengers should bo treated Justly, without partiality or discrimination. But It must bo admitted that the practlco or giving tips," an unsound and Inequtta nio practice, nas spread widely In the United States In the last thirty years. In tho first half of tho last century It was not tho custom to hand over extra mricy to waiters in hotels ond restaurants, to serv ants of nil classtB, to cabnion and others who were called upon to do their regular nnd ordinary duties, nnd who were not ex pected to exceed tho usual routine of their callings. But the objoctlonable practlco has come over the Atlantic and armies of wago-earnnrs levy petty tribute upon neo plo who no longer expect to rccelvo proper ationtion unless they pay out considerable sums r addition to tha regular charges. In wnat hotel or what restaurant In New York or any other large American city do tho patrons now venturo to hopo for prompt and faithful service unless they bestow liberal "tips?" Tho employes In these places as a rule aru negligent, Indifferent and ovtn offensive In their treatment of guests who ect on tho conviction that thoso who servo thorn should look to their employers for reasonable compensation, and not put them selves In tho attitude of beggars for bounty to which they aro not entitled. It Is a vicious and annoying custom, that of "tipping," but It Is extending almost everywhero and Is working moro and more mischief year by year. It tends to fostor PKKSONAI, AMI OTIIMIt WISH. condition. Thero Is no farm crop which possesses the recuperative power a fawning, cringing and servllo spirit among of' corn and should tho season from now ",uou wu" "-coive me - tips,- ana io increase on be favorable husking tlmo Is likely to reveal some surprises. Shamrock II reached this side In good condition and will soon bo ready for the cup races. The American nubile will bu pleated to seo It start lu the best of cxtravnganco among tho givers. Lmpleycra of all classes ought to pay fair wages to thoso who work for thorn and to forbid their, employes to accept gratuities under any clrcumstancos. "Tips" aro a burden and a nulsanco and they ought to bo abol ished altogether. But Unhappily thcro is no sign that tho end of a mlschlvvous system I Is approaching. Jny Cooke, whoso operations In govern ment bonds during the civil war made him famous, will celebrate his SOth birthday August 10. Tho emperor of Russia docs not bellovo In tho eight-hour day for himself. Ho works nil day and beldam retires boforo 1 or 2 o'clock In tho morning. Miss Laura Conger, daughter of Minister Conger, Is nn excellent linguist, nnd while In China mastered several of tho native dia lects, which she now speaks fluently. Mrs. Bobert Isolds Stevenson hn had a fireproof vault built In her San Francisco house, where sho keeps tho numcrouB un finished or unpublished manuscripts of her husband. Tammany looks well to the prosperity of tho ple-blters. Salaries of city ofllclals for Juno show an Increase of J120.000 over Juno of last year. This la exclusive of manda tory Increases. The Ocrmnn poet, (Jerhart von Amyntnr, colebrated his 70th birthday on July 12. He was it major In tho Prussian nrmy and took part In two wars. Serious Injuries compelled him to give up tho sword nnd to tako up tho pen. One of tho enthusiastic leaders In tho movemont against department stores In Chicago last year Is now promoting a de partment store of retailers. Ho says that It was no uso to fight tho concentration movement. "Why," ho explains, "even tho wives of dealors who hail signed pledges not to patronize the big establishments per sisted In doing so when thoy saw bargain sales advertised." Tho statue nf Queen Victoria which Is to be placed In front of tho Ontario Parlia ment buildings In Toronto is a replica of tho ono erected lu Hong Kong, tho work of Postmaster Oencral Smith was visited at his ofllco by a photographer a few days ago nnd after his picture had been taken and a number of prlntB had been run off It was discovered that tho photographer had unwittingly furnished the head of tho Post olllco department with a goatee, whereas ho had beforo had a smooth face, except ing tho possession of a mustache. Tho nd dltlon of tho goatco made a remarkable chango In tho postmaster general's coun tenance, nnd ho has been given the unusual opportunity of seeing Jubi how he would look with his hlrsuto nppendago before undertaking to prevent It by the natural nnd more usual method. The trick of tho camera which produced this Illusion Is only t'iscovored by a careful examination of tho photograph. When so examined It Is seen that tho knob on tho back of a chair In a corner of tho postmasUr gen oral's ofllco protruded in tho picture from tho chin of the subject photographed In fiiioh a way as to form a goatee In ro nnt. ural a way that thoso not well acquainted wmi air. smiui would novor suspect that It was polished wood and not hair. If this picture survives the lapse of time It may glvo rise In nnnthor generation to a discus sion whether the postmaster general did or nio not woar a goatee. SAID TO nn 1MINNV. Baltimore American: "Pahson Potter say las night dat hit gwlno bo S26 degrees lv t ti hebbon." said Kldcr Snowball. I lessah." replied Brother Darklolgh, "an' all dat cong'gatlou des tuk ono look at do t'' momonter nn' den backslide fer all dey In connection with tho work of tho post- , "' " ""-- cuu iinHi year, thoro Is an Interesting story of how n young attorney gavo evidence against himself. He had written nn improper letter to a iiitirric.i woman and was suspected by her husband. Tho latter accused him of tho act, and after lending tho husband Into an nncr office, locking the doors and display. Ing a loaded revolver, tho attorney admit ted his crlmo nnd taunted his victim. How to trap him was a question, ns ho denied tho charge In public, but laughed at the aggrieved husband In private. Finally, at cotiRldorablo expense and 'pcnuiiiiro or much thought a miniature telephone was contrived with nn almost Invisible transmitter, n the ii. oi a siik nat worn by the hufiband, with an Insulated Ann gold wlro connect ing with n receiver In the possession of a imi insperior. Another visit was paid to tho attorney's ofllco. and again behind hfs closed doors ho acknowledged repeat edly that he had sent the letter, but this . i ' . 1 100 otnor c,"l of ...u loiuimwne nenra every word. When ......urn,-,, W1, ,no evidence tho lawyer tirnln flmt.n .....1 - . . ' w.... umi uuiueGKOq, Boston Transcript: He Ynu appear to b alnrmlngly ignorant lu horticulture. I m nfndd you hardly know ono Hower frrm uriother. She-Ouess yoti'ro nbout right. Not even grahnin from whtto. Llfo: Mrs. Uppcrten-Tho king dors n t seem to bo nenrly so happy ns he wns when he was merely u prince. Mrs. Vcrlswiil Naturally. It's tho dlff r enco between brilliant prospects nnd d-ip realities. n. . , mi... .M.inn.ni ... M I . M naa llfnTI - . - '?"r ' rf."'-. u'T ' i. Vi i, Af Vi. rTk Olmstcad. D. II. Burnham ueaigneii uy ui" - aim i naries F. McK m whn worn ,.!..,, ,,ii., cvmiitn nine, feet hlnh. thirteen feet1.. . , ..... "c wm- wo uero appointed ...... n. --- li uuiiiiiiiMilun IO ( OV 80 means for hon.nl long nnd ton feet wide. Thero will be , fyIn(J tho c, !,.!"r turned from a visit to the principal Ku- A Berlin newspaper publishes somo curl- ropean cities In search of suggestions for uieir worn., Cbarles Mooro, clerk of the ous dotalls respecting tho letter bags of i Renato committee on tho District dm tirinninnl Kuroiican sovereigns. Iho pope holds the first plnce. as ho receives every day from 22,000 to 23,000 letters and newspapers. King ICdward VII comes next, with 3,000 newspapers and 1,000 let ters. The czar and tho tlerman emperor rocclvo each from fiOO to 700 letters, ap peals, etc.; tho king of Italy 500, Queen Wllhclmlna from 100 to 1.10. Tho pope, says tho samo authority, employs uo fewer than thlrty-llvo secretaries. Tho only inembor of the first Australian Commonwealth Parliament whoso return Is to bo petitioned against Is King O'Malley, who nearly hended tho poll In Tasmania, tho vetoran Sir Kdward Braddon being only a few votes In front of htm. He Is an Irish-American, who went to Australia ten yonrs ago as tho representative of a New York assurance society. It is alleged 'by tha petitioners that ho never went to the trouble of legally making himself a British subject. However that may be, hu has olready sat without objection In tho local Parllamont of South Australia, where ho distinguished himself by his fanatical teo- totallsm and by bringing In a bill every nf rn lumoia. accompanied tho commission on Its tour. Mr. Olmstcad tald tho results had been entlsfnctory. "Wo spent two months In Washington before wo started," said ho. "working Mil tho general plan of Improvement. Our purpose In going abroad was to study the solution of similar problems In Kurope. "Broadly speaking, wo Intend to go back to tho plan mado a century and a half ago by Charles Peter L'Knfant tinder the dl rectlon of Oeorgo Washington. It Is an extraordinarily good plan and wo shall at tempt to bring about a realization of It In a general way, so far ns ! practicable, t'ndcr this plan the mall was ono of tho most lmpnrtnnt features of Washington. During later years It has been lost sight of nnd broken up so that few pomons really know that a mall exlits In tho city. We havo not yot decided upon tho extent of new parks, but our plan Includes the reclaiming of thn Anncostla river and tho filling In of tho flats, -which nro at present In nn unsatisfactory condition and which will ho converted Into park lands. "Wo aro convinced that tho great fen- year for the abolition of barmaids Ho In- turo of Washington should bo the free use variably referred to publlo houses as . of water In fountains. These fountains "drunkerics." should bo running all tho tlmo and th Chlcngo Tribune: "It may b mercy fancy, remarked Mrs. Selldom-Holme. but since my husband began drinking the wu'or from that Iron spring ho has scorned t io .. ,lmcs "s obstlnnto as ho used to h.- ' Perhaps." suggested Mm. Nexiloio. 'tho water Is tinctured with pig Iron." Brooklyn Kagie: Church Settlement Young Lady (klndly)-I hopo you brush your tooth regulnrly. Maggie. Mngglo (Indignantly) Brush me teof Wot would I do that for? Thero aln t no hair on me teet! Hecord-Hernld: "Htisslnn Ideas aro not all so bud." "Kor Instance'" "Well, In HuksIii when a man writes rn Improper book tho czar makes him chew It up and swallow It." Washington Star: "You should bo thrifty and lay snmethlni; nsldn for n ruliiv i)hv' said the man who gives advice nd libitum "fliisier, said tne Kansas fnrinnr, 'vni talk like n lilnmo thoorlht. Wlmt plo need to do Is to lay something t.s '(o agnlnst a drouth." Phllndolphla Uncord: Muggins What h the mutter with Wigwag? Ho look v r rled. Bugglns-Ynu know ho sent his wlfo r.ii' of town for the summer. Muggins That oughtn't to worrv blm Hoggins But sho threatens to conic homo next week. Puck: Mrs. Oorcas There can bn nn cx citso for u mnn who goes fishing on Su day. Mrs. Cleek Not In those days, nl a y rate, when thero nro so many opporhm t es to play golf. Tin: ( iiii.i)i,i:s.s. H. K. Klser In Chicago Hrcnrd-llernlil "I wonder why 1 Hhid those tears When thoy laid my llttlo dear child away? After Km lapso nf wearying years I am glad that f sit alone today; I can hoar his laugh and his glad wild shout, I can see htm still, as ho ran about, And I know Iho prayer ho used to say I hold his plcturo to my faeo And I fancy I fool his hnnd ngalfi As It creeps Into mlno and hn token his idace On my knoo, ns ho did lu tho fair dnvs when Tho world and tho fates woro kind to mo Ann ill" songs i neard wero lint songs of IUO, And 1 stirred tho envy of other men "His days woro only days of Joy, nappy, on siiouico, uio nours away; Ho was glad with tho glen of a careless i)oy, Ho laimhcd ns only tho Innocent mnv: Ho never wiia doomed to wearily fret, no never loosen nnck witn vain regret ai mo ciose or n sorrowful day. "I keep tho llttlo clothes ho woro, I treasure thn shoes that onrnseil lilu fn, Th way was smooth that ho traveled cr' j no powers tnai nioomca nt Its sides wero swi-t; Tho winds that blow through his curly l,n.r nun iiiiiwn inn in iii'itcoiui roaimii unl fnlr- Thcro worn no grim foes thut ho had me-et. "I wonder why I Micd thoso tours vt non mey crosM-u ih hands and lai him nway? After tho InpHo of wearying years i iiiii muii wim i ion nionu louuy Ho know llfn's rllldllCHH. hut nnl Km u-nr And I Iwvo bis memory, ami I know 1-1... u. ...... .. I. I .. ii.v muci ii i iruyvr no usuu io say. )