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Subscribed lt my presence and sworn to
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1901. JI. 11. HUNOATIC,
Notary l'ubllc.
PAUTICS i,havio " l'OII .sum .mi: It.
I'nrtlm IrntliiK Ihn elty for
tli it NiinuiH-r inn j- hnvo Thr lieu
put Io llioni remilnrly liy
nntlfyliiu Tho lice llnnlnr.in
ulllrp. In prrsnn or hy. ninll.
The nilclrfM will lio chniiKed
n often an desired.
Governor Shaw Is1 modest,
would not decline.
but he
The annual rovlval of the project for
n new beet sugar factory within hailing
distance of Omaha In again due.
Tho public schools reopen today.
The educational mill Is the biggest mill
that opens Us doors In this country.
Thero Is no record of what the gov
ernor of Iown said to the governor of
Nebraska during his recent visit, but
they both smiled when they parted.
In sounding for n cable fro.m Australia
n valley In thp ocean 2.S00 fathoms
deep has been located. 1'osslbly, If It
wcro searched, I'at Crowe might bo
found.
People of Omaha and South Omaha
nro ready to push along the project for
n military road to Kort Crook. This
Improvement has been altogether too
long delayed already.
The tlrst stake on tho St. Louis expo
nltlon grounds will be driven today. If
tho Mtssourlans are to get their show
ready on tlmo they will be forced to
drive stakes lively from now on.
A Philadelphia woman Is under ar
rest In London, charged .with forging
securities to the amount of .f.'OO.OOO.
Philadelphia iicoplc may be slow, but
this woman can prove nu alibi to tho
charge.
Tho Chinese envoys should not bo so
particular about bumping their heads
ou the tloor in front of Kmperor Wil
liam. The Chinese have .received so
many hard knocks of late that a few
additional bumps will not count.
Lord Salisbury Is slated to bo made
a duke on the occasion .'of tho corona
tion of King Kdwa'rd. It may bo neces
nary to distribute several such honors
before tho king can be otliclally as
sured that his crown Is on straight.
Tho sultan of Turkey appealed to the
German emperor to help him in his
dltllculty with France and received In
return the sound advice to pay up.
That Is always good policy when a
man arrives with a distress warrant.
Tho democrats of Douglas county pro
pose to follow In the wake of the repub
licans and havo a more equitable rep
resentation In county conventions. The
democrats always did follow the repub
licans, but they never seem to catch up.
A steamer captain al Duluth has been
lined $1,000 for failure to stop his boat
and assist In saving drowning people.
That Is not a huge valuation to put on
human lives, but a few lines of that
kind would have n tendency to make
men whose better Instincts do not act
as a prompter to act in ore humanely,
r
Where Omaha surfers In comparison
with other cities Is In the large area
over which It Is spread. If It can only
fill in tho vacant spaces In the central
part of tho city to give a more compact
business area, It will Impress observers
much more favorably. Omaha's efforts
to expand should bo directed to the In
tcrlor lather than to tho outer edge.
Medical, reports from Santiago, Cuba,
show no yellow fever there since I)e
comber. 1SW. For the last hundred
yeurs previous tp this the city had
never been free from tho yellow
acourgc. Thin result has been ' no
couipllshed by the enforcement of snnl
tury regulations and an enforced clean
ing up of fho city. Santiago has reason
thankfully to remember the Ainerlcau
Visit.
FCHIItr.lt TAX 11KDVCT10X VHOUAIU.V.
An effort will lie inatlu at thu coining
session of coiiKross to further rcdticu In
ternal revenue taxes ami It Ih thought
probable tlmt It will In; sttcces sfnl. Thu
commissioner of Internal revenue estl
mates that Instead of .? 10,000,000 re
duction In ruveiniu, which was estimated
when the last coiikicsh cut oft a portion
of the war taxes, thero will not ho more
than $27,000,000 reduction, due to the
Increase of business In all articles sub
ject to Internal revenue taxes. The
first two months or the current liscal
year show an excess of receipts Over
exnondltitres of about S.'.OW.OOO. This
Is accounted for by the large re
duction In expenditures as com
pared with last year. The government
has paid out In the two months of this
liscal j car about .l.'l,ooo,ooO less than
In the corresponding period a year ago.
Thero Is .$178,000,000 In the treasury
alter all the demand liabilities upon the
treasurer have been met and In spite of
the purcliiiJ-'e of bonds to keep down the
accumulation of Idle money in the gov
ernment values. The New York .Journal
of Commerce remarks that very likely
the surplus tor the current liscal year
will not continue at the unprecedented
rate at which It has begun, but that It
will amount to a largo sum In tin;
twelve mouths cannot bo doubted, while
the enormous available cash balance
would make It perfectly easy to run
tho country') llnancca with a dellclt for
two or three years. Hence that paper
thinks It will be a great mistake If early
In Its upproachltig session cohgrcss shall
not make n large reduction In thu taxa-
tion
It may not be advisable to abolish all
the war taxes, as some propose. 11 is
j said that treasury olllclals aro inclined
to recommend that some forms of these
taxes be maintained permanently and
perhaps It would bo wise to do this. Hut
the present condition of the treasury
certainly warrants the opinion that a
considerable reduction In revenue can
safely be madu and any further relief
from luxation which congress may tln.l
It expedient to give will be welcomed
by thu country. It Is nut desirable that
money shall continue to accumulate in
the national treasury at the rate of the
past two mouths. It Is not a good thing
from any point of view to have In the
treasury an amount of money very
largely In excess of the requirements of
the government. It Is apt to prove a
detriment to business and It Is certain
to Invite extravagauee In public expen
ditures. A safe working balance In the
treasury should always be maintained, J
but whenever the revenues assure an
accumulation beyond what Is necessary
to the maintenance of such a balance
there should be a reduction of taxation.
That uppcars to be the present .situation
and the public will expect cougie.-s to
act accordingly.
TUllKEi Al'l'BALU TU UEllMAXV.
The Htiltau has asked Germany to uso
Its good otltcea to settle the dispute with
France and It Is said that Turkey will
be adylscd to settle as soon, as posslblej
,'fho, German government has a great
deal of lnlluonce with the Turkish gov
ernment and It Is probable that If Gur-
many cares to use Its good olllces any
advice which It may give the sultan will
bo heeded. If, however, Abdul IlamM
expects that tho Gorman government
will be In any way partial to him he Is
certain to bo disappointed. Franco and
Germany nro on very friendly terms at
present and tho latter will do nothing In
the Interest of Turkey that might to tho
slightest extent unfavorably affect that
good feeling. It Is of far more Impor
tance to Germany to cultivate friend
ship with France, whose ally Is ltussla,
than with decadent Turkey, which Is
without a sincere friend In Furopc.
Doubtless the lntluenco of Germany
would be exerted to prevent war, be
cause u conflict between Franco .and
Turkey might lead to a general Euro-
pcau war, but If she acts at all in tho
controversy there can bo no doubt that
It will bo to urgo .Turkey to settle on the
terms submitted by France, which the
latter Is not at all likely to recede from.
The fact Is that the French dcmnuA4
nre fait and Just and shu cnuuot now
abandon any part of them without some
sacrlllco of self-respect. Franco Is "well
prepared to light If necessary and In a
single-handed conflict with Turkey
there can be no doubt what the result
would be.
.Meanwhile reported conditions In
Turkey seem very threatening to the
government. There are said to be disor
ders and military uprisings in several
parts of tho empire and once this sort
of thing gets welf started It Is likely to
make rapid headway and become ex
ceedingly troublesome. Wo think It safe
to .predict that there will not bo war
between Franco and Turkey, but the
conditions seem favorable to Internal
dllllcultles In the latter which may have
most Important and far-reaching conse
quences. TUB I'AA-AMMIWAX CUXOHESS.
Extensive arrangements nre being
made for the reception and entertain
ment of the delegates to thu Pau-Anier-twin
congress which Is to meet in tho
City of .Mexico next month. A dispatch
from that city says that ftie huge hall
of ambassadors lu the national palace,
In which tho sessions of thu congress
will be held, Is being practically rebuilt
and work Is going on day and night to
have everything lu readiness when It Is
needed. When completed the room will
be one of thu handsomest lu thu world.
Some doubt has recently been ex
pressed as to whether thu congress will
be as largely attended as has been ex
pected and also whether Its dellbera
tloils are likely to have any practical
results. It bus been suggested that ills
trust of the United States Is likely to
operate against thu success of tho con
gress. The trouble between Venezuela
and Colombia, which seems to be grow
lug more serious and may Involvo other
republics, will very likely prevent those
countries from being represented lu the
congress, while there aro one or two
others that may not send delegates,
though we believe all have promised to
do so, but the Indications seem favorable
to a good attendance. As to results, of
.iiirii no ili'llnlle conclusion can bo
j formed, but U seems hardly possible
that the deliberations of such n body of
Intelligent men should bo wholly tin
productive. There Is no doubt some
feeling of distrust In South America tic
ward the Tutted States exists, but wi;
think It has been much exaggerated and
.the congress will afford an opportunity
for showing that It Is groundless.
a srw ttmn'Aiin.
The .Douglas county republican com
mittee has taken a step forward In ap
put tinning the representation for the
ucxt county convention.
"Within the past twcjve years repeated
but futile efforts had been made to re
adjust the disproportionate distribution
of delegates between the city wards and
country picclncts. Notwithstanding the
fact tluu the disparity was becoming
more mari:t'd from year to year as new
prcclntts Mere curved out by the county
board, the successive committees lacked
the nerve to right the wr.ong end re
lieve the party lioin Its ridiculous pre
dicament. Every time the ii.ck; n was
brought up Its advocates were told that
the demand for a change was Jmt, but
untimely. "Not this time, but some
other time," was the cry of the timid
politicians who lack the courage to as
sert the supremacy of principle, over ex
pediency. The new apportionment ndopted by
the committee Is by no means the full
measure of Justice and equity, but It Is
a long step in the right direction. While
Omaha and South Omaha aie given In
creased representation, the vote of the
country precincts in the convention has
also been Increased, although the pro
rata of republican votes outsjdo of the
two cities has not Increased. With sev
enty out of the 22." delegates In the com
ing convention the country precincts will
cut if very respectable II sure and con
tinue to be a force to be reckoned with
by aspirants for nominations.
The concession of live more delegates
to each city ward and four moru to
South Omaha is by no means In propor
tion to the comparative voting strength.
The smallest republican vote polled In
any ward In Omaha is equal to one-half
of the total- republican vote of all tho
country precincts, and, while each ward
in Omaha is to have lifleeu delegates,
seven precincts that constitute half the
country representation will have thirty
live delegates. On the other hand, the
largest ward In Omaha polls twelve
times as many republican votes as are
polled In tho largest country precinct,
yet must bo content with only three
times tho number of delegates in the
convention.
Willi these stubborn facts before
them, the republicans outside of the two
cities certainly have no Just ground for
complaint or disaffection.
Few people realize the extent to which
skilled wage workers contribute to the
population of a great city like Oinalia,
for example, until the labor organiza
tions are marshalled in Imposing array
for a parade on some festal occaslou.
Tho tendency of modern Industrial life
W to Increase the relative proportions of
skilled to unskilled labor, of specialized
ability to ordinary muscle. Even the
common labor Is of a higher grade of
Intelligence than n few decades back.
The progress of tho nation ia nowheru
better shown than In the ranks of labor.
The Omaha Typographical union do,
cllnes to be a party to the proposed boy
colt of Ak-Sar-Hen or any other 'public
entertainment where the funds are
raised by general subscription and the
only returns expected must como
through an increase of business. This
is commendable, lloycotts of public en
tertainments can accomplish no good
purpose and should be discountenanced
by all classes of the community.
Tho launching of a now war vessel
used to bo such a raro occurrence that
people went great distances to witness
It. Nowadays the performance Is be
coming so common that It scarcely pro
duces a ripple, of excitement on tho
sea of public opinion. Hefore long wnr
ships will bo more familiar llgures on
the ocean than old-fashioned sailing
Vessels.
After thu czar has seen tho German
naval maneuvers he will go on a visit
tn France and that country will try
to show him that the German navy Is
not much after all. Among the nations
of Europe thero Is as much effort to
secure thu friendship of Hussla as Is
made by the moneyless but titled gentle-
nuiu to capture the visiting American
heiress.
Local populists propose to fuse with
the democrats on the basts of keeping
all the appointive Jobs they have and
getting as many more as they can, leav
ing thu democrats to monopolize the
elective olllces. Itemeinber nil the tlmo
that the Inspiring motive power of fu
sion Is declared to be principles ami not
spoils.
Hryan's friends should see to It that
every speaker who comes to thu Jack
sonlun picnic Is searched before entering
thu grounds. A well-founded suspicion
Is abroad that some of them contem
plate bringing a 11111 boom (or bomb)
along with them.
Teachers in Germany will not be al
lowed to pull the ears of pupils here
after on tho ground that It Injures tho
hearing. If corporal punishment must
be used lu tho schools nothing devised
up to date can take the place of the
shingle.
The Mailer it Version.
Saturday Evening Post.
It is to bo remembered that Ilarkls gen
erally Rota his plnce beenuso he Is willing,
liven an otllco ltkes to bo Bought.
A SltiiinliiK PonKllilllty.
San Francisco Call.
What will it profit the Iowa democrats
to havo reaffirmed the Kansas City platform
If IJryan should strike oil and ault politics?
Tills Sinuclia of TrcriHOii.
Chicago Chronicle.
Mr. Warden, chairman of the democatlc
state central committee of Wisconsin, (lies
In the face of ordcru from Line In, Neb.,
by announcing that tho free silver sine
is dead and hurled and by declaring la
effect that tho party must movu forward
out of tho popullstte rut In which It has
been floundering for several yars. T) Is
lika Is In harmony with domocradc
thought, but It means death and destruc
tion to the last ditch program of populism.
Ilpinnnil lor I'u Idle l.niul.
Indlamtpollx Journnt.
To those who have been led to believe
that the United Stat-s has no desirable land
unsold, the report that more homestead eti-
tries were made last year than any year
since the passage of the act of that name Is
a surprise. The sales amounted to 13.153,
SS" acres, or an area equal to tbrce-flfths of
Indiana.
MrlkliiK the Colinumer.
Philadelphia Record.
Tho manufacturers of plows havo ar
ranged to advance tho prlco of thtlr prol
uct 10 per cent. The excuse made for tho
ndvanco Is the Increased prlco of steel
caused by the strike. The farmer who pays
tr.oro for his utensils cannot get back hla
money without advancing the prlco of bread
and meat, and so In tho round of tho mar
Lots the strikers find that the boomerang
aimed at his employer finally comes back
to hit himself.
tjill I In tin- l.nlior Wnrlil.
Itoston alobe.
Tho factory operative of sixty years ago.
with his long hours, servility and wrctchcJ
pay, may havo had to be contented, but It
argues nothing for the old Bystem. Shorter
hours have been tho salvation of American
worklngmen. They mean self-respect, In
creased tlmo to study their rights ntid en
larged manhood generally. The cont nlol
3lavo was never an argument for an out
grown und outlawed system of Industry.
Ilni-il I'uslieil for nn limir.
Philadelphia Tress.
The hunt for an issue on which tho dem
ocrats can appeal to tho nation In 1901
has been solved by some of the frco trada
nowspapors. Their proposed Issue Is tho
abolition of tho laws against smuggling
by steamship pnsscngers. So Important Ha
they regard this Issuo that they make dally
assaults on tho law and on Secretary (lag
for enforcing It. Hut ns only about one-
eighth of 1 per cent of our people go abroad
In a year, It docs not promle to be a
very popular issue, though It will b, en
thusiastically supported by ths fordgn
steamship owners, who have no ptrs nil
Interest In tho welfare of the United
States.
licet .Simnr mid the Trust.
Cleveland Leader.
It Is quite probablo that the next session
of tongress will witness a struggle for llfo
by tho beot sugnr interests of the country
against tho machinations of tho Sugar
trust. It fc desirable that all neutral
classes should understand In ndvanco what
the agents of tho Sugar trust will mean
when thoy propose the removal of all
duties on raw sugar and tho retention of
full protection for rcllners. They may
talk of cheaper dugar, but they will bo
aiming to smash and wipe out of existence
tho only forco which now keeps down thts
prlco of sugar and forces tho American
Sugar Itctlnlng company to lower I's 1
market quotations at the beginning of the
canning season. If tho American people
can bo deluded by the special pleading of
ouch nn organization as tho Sugar trust
they will deserve no sympathy. Its true
purpose is too apparent. It stands too
clearly for monopoly and tho extortion
which is the child of completo control of
great Industries.
MFK ov a locomotive:. '
Ita Value No.t lit (Atte, but tn the Serr
Ice Performed.
Chicago tribune.
An English engine, built In 1870, has run
4,000,000 miles and Is still In service. Tbe
managers of the' road to which It belongs
aro proud of this record. In tho United
States a first-class passenger engine makes
from 100,000 to 110,000 miles a year, and at
tho end of twenty yeurs is supposed to be
ready for tho scrap heap. Seemingly
iVmerlcans are moro extravagant than
British railway managers, but tho former do
not think thoy are." Thoy bollove their
policy la tho more economical one.
As soon as a locomotive Is put In service
In this country it is pushed as hard as is
possiblo In doing profitable- work on tho
assumption that by tho time It has been
driven to death thoro will bo bo many Im
provements lu locomotives that it will bo
uneconomical to keep tho old ono In service
even If It can bo rebuilt. Thus when slaves
were cheap a Cuban planter would -reason
that It was moro economic to work a slave
to death and buy a now one than to exact
less labor from a slave and thus havo his
services for a longer time.
In England an cnglno is taken great caro
of. It Is rested occasionally. Its lifo Is
prolonged as much as possiblo. Hence It
Is that an cnglno can bo kept In service for
thirty years. Tho men nt tho head of Amer
ican railways contend that so old an cn
glno must bo an expensive one becauso it
cannot do tho cheaper work a modern en
gine Is capable of. Tho American policy Is
vindicated by Its results.
T1IH COKN OUTLOOK.
KHtlmnte of the l'robnlile Yield
nil
thr Vnlue of the Crop,
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
What appears to bo the most careful and
Intelligent inquiry of the conditions In the
corn crop yet made has just been completed
by Hradstreet'a and it shows a probable
ytold of at leant 1,400,000,000 bushels. This
would be a decllno of about 700,000,000 bush
els as compared with 1900, when the crop
was 2,100,000,000 bushels, us estimated by
tho Department of Agriculture In Washing
ton in its final figures. It would, bo a ro
ductton of about 600,000,000 from tho esti
mates mado at the beginning of July, be
fore the drouth had como In destructive
shape and when rains were looked for at
any day.
As the Globe-Democrat has moro than
once pointed out, a falling off In the yield
of corn or wheat does not necefcsarlly mean
a reduction In tho income of tho wheat and
corn growers. In fact, the opposite la some
times tho case. The l,21L',000,000-bUBhcl
corn crop of 1891, for example, brought to
the producers $10,000,000 more than did the
2,151,000,000 yield of the succeeding year.
Thero had been a drop In price, as estimated
on December 1 of each year, from 45.7 cents
a bushel in 1894 to 25.3 cents in 1895. This
moro than offset the Increase of over 900,
000,000 bushels In tho later year. In the
present tnstanco there Is also an Increase
In prices as compared with 1900, and this
Is much more than tho decreaso In yield
which Is Indicated at tho present time.
It Is, of courso, the consumer and the
railroad and general transportation Inter
ests, and not usually tho producers, which
suiter la a reduction of tho crops. Unlesi
the fulling off amounts to about CO per cent
tho grower commonly makes up In Increased
prlco what ho loses In decreased product.
The loss of tho railroads, steamboats and
general public, however, may be serious In
a shortage tn yield, In tho present case
the loss will not be felt so severely as It
would havo been in an ordinary year, bo
cause tho wheat yield this year Is much
greater than It ever was before and the
level of general prosperity throughout the
country Is higher than It has been at any
tlmo In tho past. Hero aro allowances
which have to bo mado In computing the
effects of tho corn shortage Moreover, it
will bo poialble, If the weather bo favorablo
from this time onward, to havo a larger
corn crop than tho 1,400,000,000 bushels
which Is now Indicated.
Campaign
New York
The Nebraska republicans in their stntn
contention at Lincoln on Wednesday seem
to have broken all recent party records for
energy and harmony. At one brief sitting
they adopted n platform, nominated can
didates for three minor statu olllces, and
disposed with skill and limitless of a
troublesome incident lu local politics which
threatened to prove a source of weakness
In tho approaching campaign. A republican
stale treasurer, whose embezzlements had
discredited an earlier republican adminis
tration, was released from prison on parole
not long ago by Governor Savage, and the
coavcntlon, though not assailing the gov
ernor's motives In granting clemency,
strongly protested against any condona
tion of tho treasurer's orfenm and asked
for an Immediate recall of the tlckct-of-leave
given htm. This one cause of friction
removed, tho delegates accomplished their
work with altogether gratifying celerity and
good feeling.
As lu ecry other statn this year, the
republican party in Nebraska Duds a plat
form already written for It in the political
policies overwhelmingly indorsed at two
successive presidential elections nnd car
ried Into fruitful elfect through repub
lican legislation and republican administra
tion. Facing nn opposition whosu solo stock
in trade 1b captious denunciation of these
policies, and whoso efforts to block their
triumph have twice resulted in Ignominious
failure. Tho Nebraska republicans arc
Justified in again "commending' to th(
Judgment of the people tho purposes ami
achievements of tho national administra
tion," and In asking popular approval of a
program which they thus Indicate.
The ro-csta'bltahment of prosperity
through u return to tho policy of protection;
adherence to n financial policy which has
augmented national, municipal mid In
dividual credit and reduced the rate of In
tend to tho lowest point in our history; an
rill-l I.MHSI'K.VSAlll.i: MAX.
He Who Unduly ApprrelnteH III Own
Iniliortiini'r.
Success.
Somo of the most successful business
men In this country mako It a rulo to dls
penso with the services of nny man In
their employ, no matter how Important
hla position may be, ns soon as he comes to
regard himself as "Indispensable."
This may seem harsh and even unbusi
nesslike, but If we look Into It wo shall
find that there Is wisdom In this practice.
Experience proves that tho moment a man
looks upon himself ns absolutely neces
sary ho usually ceases to exercise to the
fullest extent tho faculties which have
helped him to rise to that indlspensahlo
point. Ho becomes arrogant and dictatorial
and his lntluenco In nn organization Is
bound to bo more or less demoralizing.
Many concerns have been seriously em
barrassed by the conduct of managers, su
perintendents or heads of departments
after they had reached positions where
they thought no one elso could tako their
places.
This undue appreciation of one's own Im
portance Is ns disastrous In Its results as
utter lack of self-esteem. It 1b really cvl
denco of a narrow mind and Ignorance of
general conditions, for tho man who Is
up to the times, thoroughly posted In re
gard to tho world-wide trend of the twen
tieth century, will realize that there are
very few people In the world, no matter
what their talents or ability, who cannot
be replaced. It Is a very rare character.
Indeed, that is imperatively necessary and
tho man who actually reachoB this point
docs not brag of It, nor act as If he con
sidered himself "Indlspensahlo."
STEPriNG-STONES OP D13STINY.
Helping: Cubans Alone the Pntb of Ed
acatlonnl I'rojres.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Tho way wo tyrannlzo ovor the poor
Cubans is truly reprehensible. Wo aro
not contont to lot them run their schools
In tholr own way, but Insist upon bring
ing their teachers hero for Instruction in
English nnd other things affecting their
work. Fifty-four women and twenty-four
men are In this city now on their way to
Cuba. They havo been for two months
In a summer school at Harvard learning
how to teach and now they will go back
and practlco upon their fellow Islanders.
That Is, all but soven of them will go
back now. Soven will bo a part of a
colony of fifty Cuban teachers to tako
a normal courso for a year In tho train
ing school at New Pair In thU state. When
wo rcallzo tho extent of tho social lntluenco
of a teacher In a rural community, such as
tho Cuban schools to which most of these
teachers will go, tho far-reaching effect of
this training upon tho civilization of Cuba
can hardly bo overestimated. Tho public
school la the cornerstone upon which in
telligent and successful self-government
rests. We havo dono moro to establish and
maintain good public schools In Cuba than
tho Spaniards did In tho Interval between
Columbus and Lee. Wo did send to Cuba
Neely and Thompson, who stolo from the
Island postofflce, but wo did something In
advance to offset that when wo sent A. E.
Fryo thore and gave him a free hand dur
ing tho American Interregnum to establish
an cffcctlvo school system. Wo havo sup
plemented that by tho education of Cuban
teachers hero since, a policy which scorns
likely to go on until tho Cubans havo suit
able normal schools of their own. And thus
we are preparing tho way for manifest
destiny to work Itself out In Cuba by tho
easiest and most natural stages.
LAUOIl L'NIO.S INCOHIMinATini.
4
Future Anprct of the Steel Trdit
Townril Orirnnlneil I.nbnr.
Chlcngo News.
In announcing that in futuro the Steel
trust will enter Into no contracts with the
Amalgamated association until that body
has become Incorporated, J. I'lerpont Mor
gan brings forward an issuo which may bo
expected to figure largely in tho labor con
troversies of tbo futuro.
Tho nttltudo of tho Steel trust officials j
simply this: The organization which they
represent Is duly Incorporated and chartered
and can bo held legally to account for tho
keeping of Its contracts. If It Ignores Its
contract obligations It can bo reached
through tho courts nnd damages can be
collected from It. While the trust Is thus
bound to abide by any formal agreements
Into which It may enter, tho other sig
natories to tho contracts In the ense of
labor disputes are not so bound, While
labor unlonB gonerally keep to tho spirit
and letter of their agreements, in this
respect setting nn example which corpo
rations do not always follow, thore Is noth
ing to compel them to nblde by their con
tracts. Tho leaders In an organization llko
tho Amalgamated association may enter
into nu agreement In good faith, but they
cannot commit the organization as a wholn
to tho undcvlntlng support of that agree
ment. There may he a change of leaders
or of conditions; or tho trust bodies them
solves may bo guilty of aggressions which
In tho belief of the union mon morally ah
solvo them from their contracts, nut while
hey are free to act upon tho assumption
that there has been a moral abrogation of
contract, tho corporation Is nono tho less
boifnd legally to a literal fulfillment of Us
agreement.
Tho history of union labor In this country
shows that Instances of contract-breakIu
Well Begun
Tribune.
Incalculable Increase In tbe valuo of labor
and property through au honest endeavor
to give the peoplo a stable dollar and n
chance to cam It; the building up of an
enormous balance lu our favor In trade
with foreign nations; tho suppression of
unjustifiable Insurrection In tho Philippines,
nnd tho establishment In that archipelago
of the prlnclplse upon which popular
government ami equality of rights depend.
On such n platform and with united and
harmonious effort the republican organiza
tion should repeat this fall its notable and
decisive victory of n year ago. Slnco 1890
republican successes In Nebraska havo
been Infrequent and republican leadership
has been distracted by' personal and fac
tional quarrels. Under vigorous inanogo
ment the opposition elements were fused
Into a strong nnd disciplined party, which
took and held control of tho state. Kf
forts to break this control usually proved
futile until 1S9S, when tho republicans re
gained the legislature and recaptured the
governorship, besides wresting the state's
electoral voto from Colonel Ilryan. This
year the defeated democratic presidential
catidldato Is trying to rally the fusion forces
for another contest nnd the indications are
that an alllanc" will be effected between
teh democratic and populist organizations,
the so-cnllcd silver republican party having
passed by its own confession through the
last formal tlirorn of dissolution, Tho
fusion managers cannot hope to maintain
their coalition In the face of two. or threo
successive defeats. Their fight this year
will, therefore, bo a desperate one, for n
victory now would go far toward restoring
them to power at Lincoln In 1!02. The
mornl advantage to tho republicans of n
triumph In November is equally clear and
the progress of this "off year" contest In
Colonel Bryan's stnto will be followed with
general nnd widespread Interest.
on the part of the unions have been com
part Ivcly rare. The unions havo shown
usually a bcuso of mornl responsibility and
a disinclination to ovado their rcsponsl
blllty oven under provocation. Ilut, as tho
recent strlko In somo of tho western stool
mills has shown, the breaking of contract
obligations Is not unknown. Tho South Chi
cago wtccl workers, although enormous
pressuro was brought to bear upon thorn,
sturdily refused to break their contracts,
but somo other unions, following President
Shaffer's ill-considered advlco, set their
agreements nslde. Morgan nnd his fellow
magnntcs now declaro that they" will treat
only with bucIi organizations as can bo held
to account In tho courts nnd made to suffor
pecuniary loss for violations of contract.
If tho legal restrictions Involved In the
Incorporation of labor organizations ham
pcred the unions In certain controversies
they would also tend to the excrclso of
greater caro In the making of contracts. It
Is a question, moreover, whether Incorpora
tion would not give the industrial bodies a
moro clearly defined and securer standing,
STATISTICS OV FAltM I.AHOH.
Iimtructlve Fneta Gleaned from Con
ana nulletln.
Chlcugo Post.
According to statistics prepared by the
Department of Agriculture thoro Is a groatcr
number of persons engaged In somo form
of farm work than In any other branch of
labor. In 1890, out of 22,735,661 persons, 10
years of ago or over, having gainful occupa
tions In tho United States, 8,395,634, or 36.1)
per cent, wore engaged In agrlculturo: and
of these, 3,004,061 wore agricultural labor
ers. The main object of tho statistics Is a con
sideration of tho wages paid this class of
labor. It Is shown that those who work for
hlro on tho farm aro a decreasing element as
compared with tho cntlro farm labor of tho
United States. Doubtless this la duo largely
to Improved agricultural machinery and Its
wider Introduction.
Fnrm wngeB a month, by the year or sea
Bon, without board and with board, were
higher In 1899 than In 1898. Tho smallest
changes In the rato of wages from 1898 to
1899 wore In Georgia, Texas and New Mex
ico, each less than 1 per cont. Tho highest
gala was In Minnesota, 10 per cent; followed
by Wisconsin, 10 per cent; Washington
and Michigan each 9 per cent; North Da
kota, 8.G per cont; South Dakota, 7.5 per
cent, and Wyoming, 7 per cent.
Thero has been a gradual Increase in tho
rato of farm wages In tho United States
slnco 1879, when It reached tho minimum.
As the demand for such labor, especially In
tho harvest season, 1b still good, nnd the
supply has decreased fully ono-tbird, tho
tendency of wages would, naturally, bo up
ward. Tho uncertain character of farm work,
largely dependent as It ts on tho promise,
of crops, and varying from a pressing de
mand for help In summer to practically no
demand at all In winter, makes It difficult
to determine Just how many laborers gain
a livelihood entirely from agriculture. Tho
llgures given represent tho number em
ployed during tho year, but It Is well known
that n great many moro work on tho farms
In summer than In winter, Theso statistics
do not follow tho summer surplus In the
period between harvests.
IMCriSONAI, NOTES.
The dowager empress of Germany left
a fortuno of $2,200,000, or $200,000 apiece
for each of her children.
Senator Hawloy of Connecticut Is tho
senior surviving officer of tho original or
ganization of tho Grand Army of tho Ho
public. A New York trust company proposes to
float the stock of a now $50,000,000 plow
combination, but perhaps It has water
enough to float itself.
Tha sultan of Turkey Is himself some
thing of a theoretical soldier. His favorite
rending 1b military history of tho most de
tailed and technical sort.
Sven Hedln, tho explorer, reached
Chnrkhllk, In tbo heart of China, last April,
without hearing of tho troubles In the
eastern part of tho empire Hn found
tho Chinese polite nnd obliging!
Commissioner Kerr, head of tho City of
London court, is retiring after a long Ifgal
career. Ho Is a natlvo of Glasgow and
at the ago of 80 ho Is entering upon tho
enjoyment of a pension' of $15,000 n year.
Governor Orman of Colorado Is credited
with being ono at the host shots In that
state and has a collection of trophies won
on hunting trips Into tho Ilocklcs which
can bo equalled by few sportsmen In this
country.
William Dean Howells, the novelist,
writes very slowly and, although his hand
fooks llko a hurrlod ono, It Is really almost
laborious. At the same time ho finds dic
tation Impossible, nnd, therefore, depends
entirely upon his pen.
When tho present emperor of Germany
was born, January 27, 1859, the babe was
doscribed to tho expectant crowd hefore the
palaco by Field Marshal von Wrangel In
theso wordB: "Ah sturdy a llttlo recruit
as heart could wish to see,"
On Wednesday last there was a reunion
near Akron, 0 of men who voted for Lin
coln One of tho speakers was Judge U.
D. Tlbbals, a republican war horse, who
In the course of his remarks declared that
if Lincoln were to run for congress in
Ohio the republicans would not elect him
hn would not have enough money to pay
ordinary campaign aisuesmcnts and expenses.
ItOt.MI AIIIIIT XKW YOlilC.
ItnppritliiRK Here nnil Thrrr In ttm
ntlnn' Mrtt-uiinll.
There Is no lack of faith lu betting circles
of the ability of the defender to beat Sham
rock II In tho approaching contest for tho
Atnerlcu's cup. Whether their faith la well
founded remains to be Bceu. An ubundanco
of money to hack tho American boat is ou
call In New York, some at 5 to 3, but gen
erally even money. A big pot of lirltlsh
coin camu over last week with Skipper
Jameson of the Shamrock and was Hashed
about tn betting resorts, causing n sensa
tion among tho fraternity. Tho bluff was
soon called and Jlf0,000 taken la one bunch
at odds of C to 3. Tho remainder of the
pot was taken at llko odds. Since then
backers of tho lirltlsh boat havo cabled
homo for more money, conclusively show
ing that they possess more confidence of
"lifting the cup" this year thnn over be
Plans for the erection of tho largest and
most expensive hotel ever built, to cost not
less than $4,500,000 and to be over 3S0 feet
high, nro now contemplated by the Subway
Kealty company of this city. It Is proposed
that thu new hotel shall occupy the entlro
block front on tha west side of Park uvcnua
between Forty-Ilrst and Forty-second
streets, and In every respect the new
hoatclry Is to bu the equal, If not the su
perior, of any hotel now lu existence. For
nearly two montliH tho architects for the
realty company have been preparing plans
for tho eolossnl edifice, and It Is now ru
mored that they will bo completed within
tho next threo weeks. Thero will then
remain only tho formal adoption of tho
plan boforo tho beginning of the work.
The plot upon which tho new structure Is
to be located fronts 196 feet on Park nveuuo
nnd runs back 105 feet, and the buildings
upon tt are already being torn down.
Jersey City, not to be outdono In ths
matter of morals, and reform, tins armed
Its chief of police, Murphy, with brown
streamers, a pasto bucket nnd n brush, nnd
the billboards are adorned ns they never
were before. Entire bovios of chorus girls
nnd terpslchorcnn luminosities, as well ns
individual samples of stellar hlgh-klckcrs
aro made to appear ns If they were gazing
over a high board fence. This unlquo, not
to say startling, effect has been produced by
Chief Murphy's artistic combination of
brown paper and a pasto brush. Tho brown
paper Is pasted over tho pictured beau
ties, covering them from tho wnlst earth
ward. Even thn Jersey gents nro in re
bellion nt this adulteration of their choic
est edible.
Ono of tho chief puzzler for tho ro.il
retnte men of the mctropollB Is whether or
not tho fashlonabln residential growth of
r-irtt, nt'niiii,, win ftvtmnl biivfind One Hun
dredth stroet. At that point tho lino of
growth scenm to bo Interrupted by tho
Hebrew hospltnl improvements, yet prac
tically as Insuperable nn obstacle scorned
tn nrorimin its oxteiiston beyond Ninetieth
street. When tho Huppcrt ninnslon wnB
built n Ninety-third street tncro were wry
tow roil .vatnt.. men natiite enough to agree
with Mr. Iluppert that ho was locating his
dwelling In what would yet provn a high
grade residence center, ana noi unui An
drew Carncglo purchased the block and a
half of avenuo front at Ninetieth and
Ninety-first street nnd began tho erection of
Ma ti.r,nn.finn renldencn was nil skepticism
removed. Slnco then, however, not only
havo private individuals been eager io pur
hi., rnclrtnnrn nlnla In the nineties (18 well
as tho eighties, but speculative builders,
quick to rush ill. havo Bccureu prncicui y
....vihlns toff. Mnklnir canltnl of the ccr-
rivi; kuiHQ
talnty of futuro development, tho specu
lators havo nlmost Invariably made lm
n.nnn,rnt. nn ilm lniH.' ntirchascd. The
result Is they havo been repaid "pramptl
for their foresight, most oi ineir imprum
ments having been sold nt handsome tlg
... rnniilirfiblv before completion. In
fact, what 1b popularly known ns tho "wes-
ern colony" in Millionaires- row is iocniu
between Elghty-ecvcnth nnd Nlncty-tlflh
streets. Of courso westerners, nnd fr
tlmt. can bo fcund Bcnttcrod
.ii n,i .lnu-n th avenue, but In no
slnglo section aro they "hunched" together
to such nn extent ns between mo airecn
named.
rnrv nmall hurclars of both sexes, who.
ages range from 3 to 13 yenrH, lnvalcd a
vacant houco nt 239 Grovo street. Jersey
City, ono day lat week, nnd Btolo hundreds
of dollars' worth of property. When tho
children got to their bonus thoir mothois
took from them pieces oi nno iuviuuu
Inn TnnnnfMil Wnre. cut glass, lambs,
bronze, ornaments, bric-a-brac, linen and
other household articles. wosi oi w.u
.nih.r. (nnk mens to return tho goods
ns eoon as they found out whero thoy cams
from, and for hours after tho robbery thero
f rnllnm nt tho Grovo street
house with their arms filled with goods.
Tho robbers went to tnq nouso uy. iu"
and threes until about 3 o'clock forty of
them swarmed all over It. They raided
bureau drawer?, brouo open uoxcb, n......
n nii.riitn tho contents of n
china closet and then ran homo with their
booty as fast ns they could, only to return
. t. ia cnid that thero wero moro
Bpanklngs In Jersey City tho following night
1 . . l V n tilatnrv nf Inn
than ever ncioro m i i
town.
MOHT AM) HIUr.llT.
. rAnta T Tn t vnil nn-
.iSST ho'1 HtVkctad iir that flVinsley
w-enrs?" . ,,
"Yes, nnd I m arrniu in raicmm.
..M.'lyi.12. im, un rnmo to mv loom my
umbrella was abstracted, too."
Washington Star; "nMto. Mtfu
SSoS er e do , Id In Imiicst
man nctln nlgii as proud us do InlriultoiiH
puNson dat stucK im wu u " -
im. vnrit Times: "Just think what hap
pened to me. Clnrn. I wn- oiUhuutlng ami
"Oh you told mo that a week ago!"
..Vt"' "i. ifcinV whv. I didn't hear It
myself until yesterdnv.
T'lttsbunr Chronicle: Mrs. Snaggs-Haa
'rlnce Chun decided to prostrate himself
lefore the Gertnun emperor
Mr HnaKKS-Not yet. As I understand It.
.Jlnr, Clmrt wilt bow only to tho In
vttsiblc, Romervllln Journal: Feeling HiiAw
cyuntue. ytil';?ZM o -I"
meat, '"lint you ought to work very hard
at anything."
Chlcngo Post: "I'd hate to play poker
jih the HUltun of Turkey."
''Weu'iniy man who enn put up so good
. V '.i1' ".!.., o linn.l In llln l.nmn nf
mternatlmiiil politics would l)fl a wonder
at
linTHIIIUTIO.V.
T-l ...... V-n.-
Autumn's coming on, Tgm, nnil I'll need u
nui ill i;iuuti;a
Thnt will shield mo from the shivers when
ine iroHiy norm winu mown,
I thought It well to toll you, slnco the snow
Is not remote.
That since you'vu worn my slilrtwnlBt I
menu to wear your coat.
Your rutawny will do, Tom, when unit
autumn stylo prevails,
Except to simply nmput.tto " portion of tho
I've a letter from my mother, nnd this Is
what she wrote;
"Thomas wore your shirtwaist you've n
right to wear hjB coat,"
Now don't flare up nnd fret. Tom,- nnd I !t
mo that I shan't
It will nut hurt the garment, you cun wohi
It when I can't;
You've monopolized my taffeta, thn Kwcllen
thine float.
And since you'vu worn that shlrtwalut I
mran to wear your com,
