THE OMAIIA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, JAJs CJA"RT 8, 1902.
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Implement dealers lu convention In
Omnlia are cordially Invited to mnkc
themselves fully nt home.
Tho problem of aerial navigation never
had as good prospects of solution as
tire brought to It by the year 100L.
Our visiting editorial friends from
Manitoba may yet get n chance to wear
those fur overcoats before they return
home.
Omalufs vital statistics for 1001 show
a slight dellclt In the number of recorded
births. Omaha will have to offer a few
prizes to do better next year.
1'olice Judge Gordon wants It dis
tinctly understood that he is not a quit
terat least, nof so long us there re
mains the slightest chance to connect
with the salnry.
If It ,1h not extremely careful when It
gets Into Its Investigation Into dlscrlm
lnnUng rates the Interstate Commerce
commission may run the risk of llndlng
what It Js looking for.
( Six men are tobe legally hanged on
one day next month In North Carolina.
Tho authorities of that "state are evi
dently making an effort to bring the
legal execution record up to the lynching
llgures.
It is noted that several democratic
papers in Iowa liavo recently suspended
publication. Preaching democracy In
Iowa Is about as 'encouraging and re
munerative as practicing law In a
Quaker settlement.
For the first time In many years the
school board has been organized by the
members of tho board rather than by
tho paid employes of tho board. The
change certainly cannot bo detrimental
to tho taxpayers and school patrons.
When It Is proposed to rhnke ox-
rresldent Cleveland one of tho repre
sentatives of this country at thei-corona
tlon of King Kdward we should re
member that the coronation takes place
In June, which is Just when tho Huh
blto best,.
While the troops are being withdrawn
from Cuba It might not bo out of order
to impress the military authorities with
tho fact that a few more regiments
can bo comfortably taken care of a
the various posts lu tho Department
of tho Missouri.
Tho Chinese emperor Is back In IVkln
If ho misses somo of tho little orna
meats nnd curios which formerly
adorned Ids palace hu should remember
that tho disappearance of such things
Is not uncomnlon when others have oc
cupied tho house during thu summer
vacation.
Tho appearunco of Tom L. Johnson
and William Jennings Hryan as simul
taneous performers upon a. public plat
form In 'Cleveland ought to enthuse the
admirers of tho millionaire mayor who
would Uko to seo a man with a barrel
succeed to the jwsttlon of democratic
holr 'apparent.
At "tho close of tho llscnl year nearly
every city fund has a slight balance to
Its credit. Contrast this with tho deficit
In tho school fund. The school board
wo must remember, has had a great
Napoleon of nuance at the head of Its
unanco , committee (luring tho past
twelve months.
Mayor Low's Inaugural message to tho
Hoard of Aldermen was short and to
tho point, simply asking Its co-operation
in giving tho city an administration en
tlroly freo from favoritism and oillclal
corruption. Tho best part of It Is that
Do ono doubts that Mayor Low means
Jfutf what ho says.
WAS THE DEMAXD l.'XltKASUXAlit,K1
In Its Sunday Issue, the Lincoln Jour
nal says:
W. 0. Sears of Tekamah, speaker of the
houso of representatives, though not very
successful In making United States sena
tors, has now undertaken the Job of mnklng
lata orncers. Following In the wake of
Editor Itoscwatcr of Omaha, ho has de
manded of Governor Savago the resignation
of State Treasurer Stuefcr, The strange
and peculiar demand, considering that It
camo from a lawyer, was tho subject of on
executive session of the state officers, Mr.
Stuofer being about the only executtvo
officer not present. Tho letter re
ceived by Governor Savago wah In tho form
of an emphatic request to demand State
Treasurer Stucfcr's resignation or to call
an extra session of tho legislature to deal
with the chargo that Mr. Stuofer had been
milking the school fund." Tho governor
will do neither, and ho to Informed tho
writer. Ho will not call an extra session
of the legislature because ho sees no
emergency. He will not ask for tho resig
nation of any slate officer becauso ho has
o right to do so under tho constitution or
tho statutes.
Incidentally, tho Journal makes the
ssertlon that nil the state officers, after
giving full consideration to the points
alscd by Speaker Sears, have decided to
stand by .Mr. Stuefcr.
In the M)lluted atmosphere of the state
house the demand of Speaker Sears for
leclslve action on lie part of the gov-
rnor to safeguard tho treasury and put
a stop to speculation In public funds
may npiwnr strange and peculiar. To
tiie people of Nebraska who nro In-
ensely sensitive about peculation and
speculation by custodians of the state's
money, the coursoMUirsued by Speaker
Sears will appear eminently proper.
To the people, It Is wholly Immaterial
whether .Mr. Soars succeeded In electing
Is preferred candidates for United
States senator, nor does it matter
whether ho Is acting on his own motion
upon the advice of others. As a
mailer of fact, Speaker Sears, prompted
olely lu the Interest of the taxpayers
f his own county and the state at large,
took It nfion himself to right the wrong
lerpetrated through the connivance of
Treasurer Stuofer. In comimnv with
x-Senator Xesblt and ex-County Treas
urer IMper of Hurt county, ho made a
personal call on State Treasurer Stuefcr
lu the middle of November and
formally demanded restitution of
tho amount absorbed by the mid
dleman who purchased the Hurt
county bonds with cheeks drawn bv
'rcasurer Stuefcr on deposits of school
money In two'Omahn banks. Falling to
secure any satisfaction from the treas
urer, Speaker Sears laid the matter be
fore the governor, nnd at his request
filed a written complaint, coupled with
ti demand for a thorough Investigation,
which. If found to sustain his charges of
rooked work, should bo followed by a
request for the resignation, and lu case
f his refusal to resign the convening
of the legislature for such redress and
ueh safeguards as that body could pro-
Ide.
If this action on the part of the
speaker meets with the disapproval of
the state ofllcers, they show very little
ppreclatlon of the gravity of tho offense
charged and of tho responsibility that
ests upon the executive for the proper
onduet of thu various departments of
tate government. If the state officers
mitglne that the tide of public sentiment
can be stemmed by ignoring and seeking
o cover up the shady bond deals of
the treasurer, they mistake the temper
of an exasperated people.
Tho attempt to mnkc out that the
action of Speaker Sears was Instigated
by the editor of The Hce will not shield
Mr. Stuefer or anybody in the state house
who can see nothing wrong lu his boud
deals. As a matter of fact, the editor
of The Heo knew nothing bf tills matter
until tljo Hurt county committee, headed
by Mr. Sears, on Its way to Lincoln,
called on him to ask his advice. Struugo
and peculiar as It may seem to the
Lincoln Journal, the views then ex
pressed by liiin were precisely the same
as those subsequently voiced by Senator
Dietrich, .although the senator at the
time was not aware of what others hud
advised.
Whether Governor Savage and his
close advisers will persist In a refusal to
respond to the demand of Speaker
Sears, wo are not lu iwsltlon to guess.
Hut If the other state olllcers keep their
ears to the ground they will soon dis
cover that any effort to cover up or
condone any questionable olflclal act
will shake public confidence, so essential
to success.
.1 GOOD STAllT.
Tho reorganized Hoard of Education
lias made a good, beginning. It has
taken tho first step toward retrench
ntent by a vigorous application of the
pruning knife. The proposed reductions
In salaries may not be based on scion
tlflc principles, and may In somo respects
have to be revised, but It affords grati
fying proof to the taxpayers that tho
new board Is determined to give them
relief wherever It may be possible.
The public schools of Omaha have be
como topheavy and altogether too ex
pensive. In this respect they do not
materially dlll'er from the public schools
of several other cities that could be
named. In an address on public school
education, delivered at Philadelphia last
week, Prof. Nicholas .Murray Hutler,
president of Columbia university, Is
quoted as saying? "Ono of the great
problems Is the operation of an efficient
school system, when no one knows Just
what such a system should cost lu com
parison with other municipal needs, and
tho most difficult question of all Is to get
u competent body of responsible cltl
zens on school boards."
Judged by Its first session, the new
board cannot fall to commend Itself to
tho great majority of thu people whom
It represents, it Is to be deplored that
the minority, and especially tho newly
elected members, should have arrayed
themselves against retrenchment. It Is
amazing that Mr. Funkhouser, who, as
chalrnmu of the llnanee committee of
the old board, , was In position to in
auguriuo greater economy in the ex
peudltures of the public, schools, should
have opposed the proposition for gen
eral retrenchment under the plea that
tho plan which Member Hobert Smith
submitted on behalf of the minority
would effect n saving of from .f.'O.OOO to
$7i",00) annually. The question naturally
presents Itself: Why was It that Mr.
Funkhouser and his associates lu the last
board did not make any effort to bring
about this saving of ?r.0,(XK) to $7,000?
In this connection It Is very singular
that only a few weeks ago Mr. Funk
houses and his associates denounced The
Hce and Its editor for asserting that a
saving of from $,'0,000 to !$7.",000 a year
could be effected lu the management of
tin public schools without Impairing
their efllcleticy.
Unfortunately, the proposed retrench
ment cannot be put In operation before
the end of June, Inasmuch as the posi
tions filled and salaries established by
the last board are fu the nature of con
tracts which blinl the new board until
the expiration of the school year.
FACIXO A DIFFICULT .SITUATIUX.
The Interstate Commerce commission
will begin a searching Inquiry at Chi
cago today as to whether railway com
binations have affected railway rates
or railway service. It Is announced that
this inquiry has been instituted at the
Instance of President Itoosevelt, with n
view to formulating rccomtuendatlo'ns
to be embodied In a special message to
congress recommending such amend
ments to the Interstate commerce law
as will suggest themselves by the facts
elicited in the testimony taken by the
commission.
Tiie commissioners are represented as
expressing the belief that the com
munity of Interest railroads and the
railway corporations controlled by the
Northern Securities company are sub
ject to prosecution under the anti-trust
laws. The commissioners refuse to con
cur with the attorney general In the
opinion that the supreme court, lu a
recent decision, has knocked out tho
nntl-trust Sherman law. On the con
trary, they construe the decision in the
Missouri Joint t rattle cases as declaring
that this class of combinations are di
rectly lu conflict wllh existing statutes.
While not sanguine of success lu break
ing down the Northern Securities com-'
pany combination, tho commissioners
believe they will be able to demonstrate
by the testimony they will adduce,
that there Is ample ground for
the institution of proceedings against
that combine nnd also that the scope
and fiower of the. Interstate Commerce
commission should bo enlarged, as rec
ommended by President Itoosevelt In
his annual message.
Whatever may be the purpose of the
commission, it may as well be assumed
at tho outset that the purpose of tho
railroad managers will be to avoid the
making of any disclosures that will sub-
ect them to attack cither by the courts
or by congress. Whether the commis
sion locates Its pumping station at Chi
cago or at New York, It will be Im
possible to pump oil out of tanks that
are full to the brim and running over
with water. The traffic manugers and
freight agents who have been manipu
lating the rates over the transconti
nental lines are not likely to unbosom
themselves concerning cut rates and re
bates, even under threat of penalties
that Include Imprisonment as well us
heavy lines.. It Is well known that un
der the existing statutes the commis
sion Is powerless to enforce Its orders
and at best can only remand violators
of the law to tho tender mercies of the
federal courts.
When the Interstate Commerce com
mission was created, fifteen years ngo,
It was apparent to everybody conver
sant with the act that Its usefulness as
a regulator of railroads and as tribunal
for redressing the wrongs of the ship
pers was curtailed for want of Judicial
power, which, under the federal con
stitution, could not bo vested Jointly In
an executive body as It has been by
Parliament lu the British Hoard of
Trade.
At best, therefore, tho Interstate com
mission Is simply a board of supervi
sion, without control, with the Incidental
function of n bureau of railroad stutls
tics. With tho best of Intentions and back
ing tho commission will, wo fear, bo
unable to get any satisfactory results
out of Its Impending special Inquiry Into
the operations of railroad combinations
organized on the community of Interest
plau.
It Is doubtful also whether congress
will be able to materially enlarge tho
elllclency of the Interstate Commerce
commission, even If the railway mag
nates who are Interested In preventing
such a grant of power should withdraw
all opposition.
WllEHE IS JUSlAIlt
The citizens of Denver have organized
n vigilance committee to protect them
selves against highwaymen, thugs and
vagabonds, who have, for many months,
been prowling about the streets of that
city and carrying on their depredations
in defiance of law and the police. Resi
dents of the Colorado capital sought re
lief from this state of affairs some weeks
ago by calling a grand Jury, but the
grand Jury has adjourned without going
Into the matter. The murder of a little
boy and attack upon his sister on New
Year's night stirred up public Indigna
tion to such a pitch that It was decided
to organize u vigilance patrol which
should stop every man on tho streets ut
night and subject him to inquiry as to
his Intentions and arrest every niun who
could not give a satisfactory account of
himself. With the exception of the Pnt
Crowo Incident, Omaha has never hud
such a state of affairs since the '(iOs,
and the question naturally asked Is
Whero is Joslali Flynt, tho professional
tramp reformer, who painted Omaha In
tar and represented It as tho worst gov
erned and most lawless city In America?
The proposed reduction of tho salary
of the superintendent of public schools
from WW) to $3.00 will not meet tho
demand for the regeneration of the pub
lic schools fn.ni the top down. The ob
jection to the retention of Mr- Pearse Is
not so much because he receives ?:i,(KK),
but becauso In. R i10t earning $;t,e00 and
Is unable to earn It. What the city
wants Is a man In tt ?:i,00 place
and not n ? l.'.'im man lu u ?:i,(i()0 place.
It would be preferable to pay ?l,0(K) a
year or even more for an educator of
the first magnitude who would devote
his entire time and talents to the public
schools and could bo trusted to reorgan
ize the system on modern lines, based
on experience in other large cities, ami
who would religiously abstain from med
dling In any other buslnos or dabbling
lu politics.
Tho Inspector general of the Iowa
National Guard is evidently hunkering
for u little acttitil warfare. He has llled
a report, In which he takes strong
ground against admitting women to the
annual encampment, on the ground
that the feminine charms are too much
of a distraction from military duties.
The Inspector general had better en
trench himself and prepare for a siege.
If the sweethearts of the soldier boys
are not to see them parade and go
through the maneuvers of mimic war
fare, of what practical use Is It to bo a
soldier?
Chicago packing house representatives
all had sudden calls to attend to Im
portant business Interests elsewhere
when they were wanted to testify before
tho Interstate Commerce commission on
the subject of manipulation of packing
house rates. It Is very plain that each
of the packers depends more upon being
able to secure as good rates as any one
else than upon securing stable and
equitable rates for all shlpisjis.
Trade statistics present some curious
conditions. Hides are now -JD.4 per cent
higher than they were fourteen years
ago, but leather Is only !..'! per cent
higher, and, stranger still, shoes are
actually S.H per cent cheaper. These
discrepancies represent the great revolu
tion In processes of manufacture and
tell tho story of the supremacy of
American manufactured products lu
other lauds.
It Is reported that railroad men will
get even with the lines which have de
cided not to Issue passes to employes
of other roads by routing business
wherever possible to lines favorable to
granting trunsiortatlon ns of old. The
average railroad man has several tricks
up his sleeve which oven the magnutes
who ride on special cars cnuuot ufl'ord to
Ignore.
An alleged expert, who has been
studying tho question, asserts that
American workmen are overfed. In
spite of this announcement, the Ameri
can people will continue to wish the
American workman three square meals
a day and trust to his Intelligence to
keep the' country In the front rank of
tho Industrial world.
Several ppoplo whose names were used
by Governor Savage as buttresses for
his pardon of Hartley profess as much
astonishment nt seeing them In the list
of petitioners ns they were at the action
of tho governor. But Mr. Hartley's
smooth lawyers will not be phased by a
little thing ilke the unauthorized use of
a man's name.
The (Jrnmlilrr'n Hnrvmt.
Saturday Evening Post.
The man who likes to grumbfo Is really
tho only man who getB any comfort out of
misfortunes.
No Ocennlun for Haute.
Kansas City Star.
Prof. Loeb's discovery that death la
merely a mlcrobo will scarcely Justify all
of tho undertakers In going out of business
at onco.
CniiRrrsNlomil Space Filler.
Washington Post.
Those editors who complain of tho bio
graphical redundancy of tho Congressional
Directory evidently overlook tho fact that
the gentlemen could have had raoro spaco
had they so desired. There Is no limit oa
that sort of thing.
Gcttlllir firmly fur Iltislne.'
Now York Tribune.
With a brand new president of approved
patriotism and ability, Cuba should turn a
fresh tobacco leaf In her history of toxturo
and fragrance unrivalled. Iter now budded
prosporlty should not end In smoko, like
her principal crop, and will not If we can
help her out In any way.
American Mounts for Hurra.
Portland Oregonlan.
Great Hrltaln buys large numbers of
horses In tho United States for use against
tho Ilocrs. and the only reason our Doer
sympathizers abide it Is becauso they know
a good many of tho horses eventually fall
Into tho bands of the Ilocrs and thus pro
long their resistance. Hero we seo the
senso of humor performing an International
sorvlco that facts and argument would be
powerless to effect.
Trouble Ahcml for Combine,
Philadelphia Hccord.
It is evident that the year 1902 Is going
to bo a year of trial, tribulation and weed
ing out for many of the syndicates, com
binations and spread-eaglo corporate en
terprises of tho past two years, It has
been easy enough for promoters to visit
Nqw Jersey and get authority for all sorts
of predatory financial undertakings, bjt
It la ono thing to float stocks and bonds
and Quito another thing to And cash for
promised fntorcst and dividends. The dis
tress that follows upon default for Im
provident or decolved Investors Is sadden
ing, but nlso salutary.
Hokum Interview.
Philadelphia Press.
Governor Shaw of Iowa on reaching Wash
ington Friday night was of courso besot
by newspaper reporters who sought his
vlcus on various political questions, To nil
Inquiries ho replied; "I have nothing to
vay on those questions. Some Interviews
have boon sent a it from Des Moines and
Chlcngo purporting to como from me and
giving my views, They woro wholly un
authorized. I havo said nothing on those
subjects nnd wll say nothing." Thero Is
altogether too mi('h of this bogus Interview
business and flovjrnar Shaw and his wife
also appear to have been moro or less the
victims of that lind of discreditable) work
on the part of f certain class of uoivu
papers.
Freight Rate Injustice
Indlanapoll
It Is a curious fact that tho topic which
will occupy tho attention of congress when
It reasBemblcs this week an Isthmian
canal Is one which will affect tho country
n generation henco rather than Important
affairs of today. It will tako ten or nioro
years to complete It, yet Its priority In
congress would seem to mako It tho lead
ing question beforo tho country. Thorn Is
reason to bcllovc that many people think
otherwise, nnd that If they were to name
tho topic which congress should first con
sider It would not bo tho Isthmian canal.
For Instance, there nro many Intelligent
people and a largo number of commercial
organizations that believe It Is more Im
portant thnt the Interstate Commcrco com
mission should havo authority to enforce
Its decisions In regard to tho Inequalities
In rates and the Injustice to many shippers
by favoritism to others. All that the com
mission enn do now is to gtvo publicity,
which Is not effective. Hither that body
should be a tribunal with nuthorlty to en
force Its decisions or It should bo abolished,
Tho commission finds that discriminations
agaliiBt localities and persona exist. Somo
of them nro very unjust, not only to Indi
viduals, but to wholo communities. Tho
commission, for instance, found that n
number of railroad companies wcro carry
ing grain to Minneapolis at rates which
discriminate against Milwaukee to tho ex
tent of 1 to 5 cents per 100 pounds. Such
discrimination deprives Mllwaukeo of tho
privilege or right to equal competition In
tho grain trade. Tho commission has no
power to enforce Its finding, but tho rail
roads cut tho discrimination In two, so that
tho Injustice to that city Is only half as
marked as It was. It the commission had
power to enforco Its findings tho rates
would havo been so adjusted that both cities
would bo treated fairly. All of tho railroad
companion except two agreed to an cqultn
blo schedule, but the two companies pre
vented an net of Justlco because they wore
OAIISKN OF OIJIl l'llOSl'KIHTV.
Ileeoril of (lie I'nat Yenr nnd tiie
Future Outlook.
Ualtlmoro American.
In rovlowing American trado for tho year,
Hradstreot'fl calls attention to the fact that
1D01 has been a grcnt record-breaker among
five successful years of expansion, In spite
of certain drawbacks, which might havo
been expected to exert n seriously retard
ing effect. Among those wero the panic In
tho stock market In May, tho great stool
strlko In July, somo largo failures, the
Blump In the price of copper and espe
cially the shortage In tho corn, cotton nnd
oat crops. In tho faeo of these depressing
factors business has been done In such an
enormous volumo that tho old world has
become alarmed at American progress.
To what has been duo this great advance
In tho faco of the obstacles Just mentioned?
Tho explanation can bo found, In a large
tqeasure, In tho American himself and Ills
method of doing business. Tho Industry
and spirit of our people nro such that they
aro able to do business quicker and moro
effectively than other people, and they aro
not afraid to try experiments In foreign
fields whllo capitalists of other countries
are figuring on tho cost of making new ven
tures and tho chance of success. Iluslness
Is In general better organized In this coun- J
try than clsowhcro. uonnectcu witn tno
question of organization are. of courso,
labor-saving machines, admirably adapted
to tho purposes In view, and high wages,
which means efficient labor, and tho mutual
interest capital and labor, when business
In nil Its aspects Is considered, havo In each
other.
Tho natural resources of the country.
of course, count for n great deal, but this
factor would not In itself explain present
conditions. It Is tho application of the best
labor nnd tho requlslto amount of capital
In developing natural resources that do
termlno Industrial supremacy In this age.
It has been said, for Instance, that In Eng
land the question In a factory Is: How long
enn tho old machines bo mniio to lasu
whereas, In America, tho inquiry Is; Will
the new machine do moro and hotter work
than tho old? And If It will It Is adopted nt
onco. Tho American Idea Is to uso tho best
that Is available and to discard that, no
matter what It may havo cost, when some
thing moro efficient Is produced. In follow
ing this plan tho educational effect upon tho
workman Is very great, and soon reaches
a point whero the lazy, Incapable operative
muBt give place to ono who Is better, Tho
wcedlng-out process must, necessarily re
sult In securing a high grado of labor.
which, using the best labor-saving machines,
results In nn enormous increase In tho pro
duction of goods at a relatively lower cost
the greater tho efficiency of the labor be
comes. This Is nothing moro than tho ap
plication of scientific methods In produc
tion nnd, all things considered. Its finest
example Is Been In tho United States.
Having abundant raw material, efficient
labor nnd the best machines, It Is evident
that tho nations that have not theso ns
they aro found hero must bo distanced In
competition In tho long run. Tho balance
of trade In our favor at thu close of the laHt
fiscal year was 1800,000,000. With nothing
more serious to disturb business than what
has happened this year. It Ib fnlr to argue
that It will bo much greater by June 30, 1002.
PKIINONAl. NOTI3S.
Mayor Low of Now York refuses to per
form tho marriage ceromony, saying that to
do bo would tako up tlmo which might be
Bpent to much greater advantage.
Mr. John O, Mllburn of Ituffnlo, at whoso
houso President MoKlnley died, will be ten
dered tho presidency of tho Now York State
Har association at Its meeting In Albany,
January 21.
Marsdon J. Perry of Providence, It. I.,
the business partner of Senator Aldrlch, is
said to havo in his llbrnry tho best collec
tion of Shakcspearlana In America. It has
cost him over 150,000.
Jacob Cantor, tho now borough president
of New York, declares that among his first
acts will bo to givo a thorough scrubbing
and cleaning to nil tho public buildings, In
cluding the school houses,
Henry H. Wells of Preston, Minn,, has
presented to tho Minnesota State Histori
cal society a melodoon owned by- John
Brown, tho hero of Harper's Ferry, and two
pictures, ono of them a likeness of John
Drown.
Many persons In London stayed up all
night New Year's cvo and many others got
up unusually early next 'morning In order
to bo nt tho postofneo In tlmo to secure the
now postage stamps bearing a pbrtralt of
King Edward,
Thomas A. Walker, a wealthy Hardin
county (Iowa) stockman, landed In Now
York City In 1838 with but 24 cents, nnd
still possesses the Identical 24 cents, which
he will retain as a valtiublo holrloom for
his children's children.
ThomaB Estrada Palma, the first presl-dent-elect
of Cuba, Is tho descendant of a
distinguished Castlllan family, and has
been called the "Franklin of Cuba," Palma
nt one tlmo conducted a school for boys at
Central Vnlley, Ornngo county, N, Y.
M, Hamard, the French sculptor, has Just
completed, nt Paris, tho model of a statuo
of Marshal Rochambcau, to bo presented
to tho city of Washington as a companion
to tho statuo of Lafaycye, It will ba ready
to tai to the United States next April.
s Journal,
moro Interested In Minneapolis than In Mll
waukeo business,
Another enso Is cited by a writer In the
North American Itoview which is of more
Importance than that already cited. Ono
fourth of the cheese made In the United
States Is turned out by tho 1,700 chcos
manufactories In Wisconsin. It was dis
covered that the freight rates on cheese
from points In Wisconsin were a third more
than from points In tho dairy region of
New York, tho exact figures being 40 cents
per 100 pounds from polntB 210 and 220
miles distant In Wisconsin from Chicago
and 30 cents per 100 pounds from points
C50 to 6S0 miles distant In Now York from
Chicago. It Is not noccnry to explain that
this Is a most unjust discrimination against
n great Industry In ono state, and one for
which thero should bo a remedy If tho In
terstate Commerco commission Is to bo of
any uso. Tho same writer, Mr. Hacon,
president of tho League of National Asto
clatlone, considering tho subject of trans
portntlon, Bays that by the classification of
articles of freight for all tho railroads east
of tho Mississippi river which went Into ef
fect January 1, 1900, many articles were
classified at ft higher rate, such necessaries
of llfo as sugar, coffee, soap nnd starch
having a rato of 20 per cent higher than
before. Ho asserts that many nrtlclfS
shipped In less quantities than a cnrload
nro rnlscd from 33 to 80 por cent over car
load rates.
Those alleged cases of Injustice, If they
exist as cuargod, aro of greater Importance
to tho pcoplo who Uvo and labor and bur
and sell today than In tho construction of a
canal which may benefit a "portion of the
American people who shall occupy tho
country years hence. Tho surprlso of peo
plo generally Is that congress dons not
cither provo that such unjust conditions do
not exist or provide remedies If tho charges
aro sustained.
HITS OF WASIIIJfOTON I.1FI3.
.Scene nnil Incident Observed Aronnd
the Xntlonni Cnpltnl.
' At tho coming-out party nt Jho Whlto
Houso last Friday evening tho first lady of
tho land displayed clever diplomacy and
turned tho tables on tho fortunate gallants
of Washington. Most of the dancing par
ties of tho capital are favored with an
abuudnnco of women, resulting In n con
splouous array of "wall flowers." For tho
Whlto House function Mrs. Itoosevelt de
cided that malo guests on that occasion
should do duty as wall flowers, and carried
out her plan by Inviting 350 young men and
1G0 women. It was thereforo tho young
men who played tho part of wall flowors
and watched tho gay whirl of tho fortunato
young women, who all had partners. Somo
times the young women dtvldod dances Into
a dozen turns In order to help out tho men,
ho found the tables tor once turned upon
them. Plain young women, who heretofore
seldom danced a half dozen numbers out of
twenty found themselves besieged with pe
titions "for Just ono turn around tho
room." It was a novel experience for the
girls.
A letter to tho Chicago Chronlclo says
thero Is much speculation in Washington
society "as to whothcr Mrs. Shaw, wife of
tho new secretary of tho treasury, will at
tempt to enforco hbr views ns to total ab
stinence. Mrs. Hay being In mourning nt
present, Mrs. Shaw becomes premier lady
of tho cabinet and thereforo whatever she
may do In thp piattcr referred Is of vast
Importance A cold-water table In tho cabi
net would bo looked upon as a calamity, so
it Is fervently hoped that whllo Mrs. Shaw
may ndhere to her personal predilection
alio will extend to her guests the hospital
ity to which they havo been accustomed.
Foreign representatives do not share her
views as to Intoxicants and Mrs. Shaw, as
Mm. Ttoosovclt's chief social assistant, will
bo called upon to entertain many notables
from abroad,
"At tho Whlto Houso It Is the Invariable
custom to servo five different wines at
ovory Btato dinner. This custom wns
broken only during tho administration of
President Hayes. Should Mrs. Shaw de
termine to servo only water many who par
ticipate In state dinners as a matter of of
ficial routine would bo greatly prejudiced
against her. It Is social law that ladles
occupying official positions shall bo very
careful of their utterances to tho public.
Indeed, It Is very seldom that a mistress of
a cnblnot household will consent to the
quotation of nny opinion. Mrs. Shaw's re
cent unconventional utterances thus are
Fomcwhat bewildering to tho ladles of the
cabinet circle."
"This talk about President Itoosovclt con
ducting his heart-to-heart talks In the
Whlto House through a mcgaphono Is all
nonsense," said Senator Elklns to Senator
Hannu tho other day. "I've Just como from
tho Whlto House and tho president talked
to mo In a very low tone of voice."
"What did he say?" asked Sonator
Ifanna.
"Ho asked mo tf this wasn't tho finest
weather I ever saw."
"I want to tell you a good story about
Governor Shaw," said M. A. I Judson of
Clinton, In., to a Washington Post reporter.
"A noted public man was onco visiting In
Dos Molnos, a guest of Governor Shaw, As
customary, tho governor took bis friend up
on tho dome of thn capltol, which commands
a beautiful view of tho city and the sur
roudtng country. From tho west sldo of
tho domo tboy gazed across tho river to
ward the finer residence section, and Gov
ernor Shaw said: 'I only know of one
othor view In tho world which Is ns beauti
ful as this.' 'What la that, governor?' asked
his friend. Governor Shaw took him by the
nrm, led -him around to tho other sldo of
tho llttlo balcony. "Tho view from this
sldo of tho domo,' roplled the governor."
Thoro aro threo members of the present
houso who are dog fanciers and they own
somo of tho bear pedigreed stock in this
country. Those members aro Doldler of
Ohio, Kuppert of Now York and Bhallen
bergor of Nebraska. Each Is a recognized
authority on somo certain kind of dog and
tho threo nro often together, talking dog,
Holdlor runs to polntors, setters ami fox
terriers, Ituppert to St. Bernards, and
Shallenbergcr to mastiffs and St, Bernards.
Each Is vory proud of his kcnnols.
Some wag notified tho constituents of
noldlor that every man who could provo
that ho had voted him for representative
would recelvo a highly bred dog. Tho ro-
suit has beou thnt Beldler'a prlvato secre
tary, Franklin W. Hall, Is on the verge of
nervous priVtrntlon endeavoring to ex
plain that his chief haa only a few dogs
nnd that tho gift story Is all a Joke,
When a stranger Is Introduced to Presl
dent Hoosovelt tho latter Invariably Bays:
"I am dollghted to meet you." The ex
pression l always tho same, whother the
person presonted bo nn applicant for a
position, nn Influential member of the re
publican party or some visitor to Wash
ington who merely wants to go homo and
toll tho folks how the president looks. No
less emphatic phraso suits tho strenuous
young man In tho White Houso, President
McKlnloy uacd to eay to callers, "I am
glad to meet you," aid when he really
had nny feeling In tho matter ho would
say, "I am very glad to meet you."
President noosovelt Is also energetic in
his handshaking. Ho generally seizes both
hnnds of his visitors ami gives n few pump
handle strokes, tf tho visitor has lost an
arm by war or accident tho president con
centrates tho attention of both of his
hands on tho visitor's remaining member.
Around tho White House thu "doublo
shake" Is becoming tho fad, while visitors
aro greeted by nccrotnrlcs, clerks, mes
sengers, doorteiiders nnd policemen with
"I nm delighted to meet you."
"How aro you, Paris?"
"How are you, Will?"
In this familiar way two grave and
reverend senators, Fryo of Maine and Gib
son of Montana addressed each other when
they mot a few days ngo, relates the Wash
ington Post. Moro than fifty years Ind
elapsed since they were lu cnllego to
gether nt Uowdoln, Senator Gibson wns
born In Oxford county, Maine, soventy-threo
years ngo, but went west to MlnnenpollA
In 1838, seven years after ho graduated.
This being his first experience In national
politics, ho came Into the eennte with com
paratively few acquaintances, and so ho
has heartily renewed his old friendship
with Fryo. Although ho has been nwav
from Maine for nearly half a century ho
still keeps track of men nnd things In tho
state."
"TIIH MAN KIIOM IOWA."
.llRnlflraiit Itnnr from nn Ohio
1 .Mrnrnphone.
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune (rep.)
Tho Man from Iowa hns arrived safely at
Washington, registered nt tho Ebbltt, callod
upon tho president, pnld his compliments
nt tho Treasury department, has had bov
eral anecdotes told of and conccmlug him
and Is now ready for business. Eastorn,
western, northorn and southern papers
havo been exercising their paragraphic wits
over tho advent of the Mnu from Iowa and
condoling with tho Man from Ohio In his
fading from view. Lot tho prces content
itself with discussing tho Schloy court of
Inquiry, or some of tho other subjects held
to bo of vital Importauco In tho effete cast,
tho frozen north, tho anagostio south and
tho wild and woolly west. Ohio Is still hero
and tho Man from Ohio Is not considering
oven tho barest possibility of having to
tako a back scat.
But, lu tho meantime, lot tho dovll bo
given his duo, nnd tho claims of Iowa to
distinction among Its sister states moot
with tho most profound acknowledgment
nnd sympathy. If it has had greatness
thrust upon It, lot It be freely conceded
thnt It Is becauso It has thn men who nro
worthy of tho honors thoy nro wearing. It
hns two membora of the cablnot Wilson,
nn honest farmer, and Show, an honoBt
financier, Mr. Wilson being a native of Ohio
and Mr. Shaw of Vermont. It hns ths
speaker of tho house Iowa has In tho per
son of tho vory capablo Mr. Ilradoraou, n.
natlvo of Canada, and It has tho leader of
tho b en ate, In Sonator Allison, a natlvo of
Ohio. Moreover, Senator Allison baB n
most capable lieutenant In tho senato In
tho person of tho junior senator from Iowa,
Senator Dollfvcr, a natlvo of Virginia.
By no means lol tho Man from Iowa be
disentitled of oven ono Jot or tlttlo of his
honors nor let Iowa bo deprived of all Its
glory, for, whllo it has Its sister states hon
oring its drafts on tbolr surplus of great
men, Iowa can always bo relied upon to
hold up Its end of tho political strings and
furnish Btntesmcn to the cabinet, the sen
ate or tho 'speaker's chair, possibly, oven,
for the Whlto House, but that Is another
story. If Iowa should ever draw too heavily
on Canada, Ohio, Vermont or Virginia,
there aro forty-two other states on whom
It can draw and, thero'a always ,Hoo.Lob.
Davis In a plnck. '
IIIIKI3ZY CIIAFF.
Philadelphia Press: Mrs. Rromrno And
who ts the president of your club now, Mrs.
Mnlnpron?
Mrs. Mnlaprop (proudly) I am tho pres
ent Incumbrance, Just now.
Boston Transcript: Harding I saw Fred
talking with Holcomb as I enmo by tho
club, I didn't know that Fred was ac
quainted with film.
Bulger Ho Isn't; hn loaned film J5 about
a week ngo.
Puck: Llttlo Zlmrl Paw, what fs a
country seat?
Farmer lluckovcr It's whero a rfch city
man has gone "wny back and eat down.
Yonkers Statesman: Sue Drette I seo
they hnvo named a cigar after your fend
ing man I $ f
Tho Manager Well, I hone to gracious It
will draw better thnn ho does!
Somervlllo Journal: "How do you like
my new waist?" slio coyly asked.
f'Very pretty, Indeed," ho answered; "but
I too u wrinkle In It thnt I wtll press out.
If you will let mc,"
Philadelphia Press: Cousin May I
thought you -were engaged to Mlsa Yellow
leaf. Jack Not much I I couldn't love a woman
with a past Uko hers.
Coustn May Why, what do you know
about her past?
Jack Nothing, except that It began too
soon to suit mc,
Chicago Post: "Is he a golf enthusiast?"
"Oh, no. He protends to be, but ho Isn't,"
"How do you know?"
"Why, ho gives up playing when tho
thermometer sets down to zero."
Puck: Passenger Tt's shameful to havo
to wait so long on this switch.
Conductor Well, If you want to finish
your trip in nn ambulance wo can go on
nnd collide with that other car.
Washington Star: . "Do man dat suc
ceeds," said Uncle Ehen, "Is do ono dat has
do grit to git up every mornln' an' put
ditto mahks under his New Year resolu
tion." IOWA, Oil, IOWA.
James Barton Adams In Denver Post,
Iowa, Oh I Iowa, you'vo won another heat.
You're getting there, Indeed you nro, with
ccntlpedal foot,
You'ro knocking tho persimmons down
from off tho highest twigs
And 'round tho rlpo nppolntlvo fruit nro
dancing Joyous Jigs.
You're shoving old Ohio back Into tho
has-been ranks,
You'ro giving her tho rlnky-dlnk In front
and on tho flanks,
And yondor heaven only knows when you
will eenBo your play
Of globhllng tlio official earth, ambition
I own I
Iotfu, Oh I Iown, It now Is very plain 1
Thoso hawk-eyes sot within your bond
were not placed thero in vain,
And those sumo blrd-llko eyes know wlisn
a good thing Is In sight,
And nfter ft your hawky wings bear you
lu rapid flight.
With greedy talons of tho hawk you grasp
tho choicest cake,
And with triumphant hawk-like screams
tho echoes you nwakn!
You show tho world your flowing hair
bears not a soed of Tiny
Oh, you urn tt, and somo to spore, pro
gressive Iowa I
Iowa, Oh I Iowa, you surely are on top,
You'vo that Ohio feeling now nnd won't
know when to stop!
Into a hnblt ft will grow, as In the Buok-
eyo state,
So strong you cannot shako It off; 'twill
cling to you Uko fato!
Your presidential timber you shbuld now
drag to the front
And seo that it Is seasoned well to bear
tho b&ttlo's brunk
Tho Hons will suroly look to you for
lender In tho fray,
When next tho campaign trumpet sounds,
Impetuous lowu!
Oh I Iown, from bleak Dakota's reml-f rigid
zone
Down to that land whero people dwell who
always must bo shown,
From whero tho Mississippi flows along
your eastern shorn
To whero the great Missouri sweats damp
mud from every pore,
You yet havo men who tilled the soil and
fed tho squealing liogs,
And men who llrst observed tho light In
cabins built of logs,
And they nro Just the sort of men thn
country needs today, -
And destiny Is on their trail, Ohl brainy
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