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THE OMAHA DAILY JBBBt SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1002.
The omaha Daily Bee.
e. roseva,ter, editor.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.:
George B. Txachuck, secretary of lhe Bee
Publlanlng Company, being duly sworn,
says that the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Dally, Morning,
IGvanlnir ami Hunriav lUn tirltltpl UUrlng
IJ. month of December, MOL was foi-
l 30,100 w a,ww
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JJ S0,8H0
20 80,440
21 30,700
4 30,310
6 30,400
6 30,310
7 30,200
8 ao,aou
0 30,330
10 30,110
11 30,480
12 30.00O
13 30,450
14 00,030
22 30,010
23 30.48O
24, 30,480
25 ao,440
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23 ao.Gio
30,000
30. BUjUU 1
15 30,300
18 30,400
m r,n jun 1
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Less unsold and returned copies.... 10.0U8
Net total sales 083.10T
Not dally average 30,101
miuj. u. i,nv,iiuv.
Subscribed In my Dresenca and aworn to
bnforo mo thla 2lst day of December, a. v. 1
(Seal.) Notary fUDiic 1
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xiio e mu comroyuniy wu..., iu
old question of the long and short haul,
nmm. n.,mr vn,i tn Mm
,,. n..i..nv nnrmi wimii,nHt
lUAimjViO W 1'l.uuj x,uauv utMu ,!
U OI.vn,1 In rniirf liniiHO otv lin 1 or
D....V. "-"'- " I
A city tax rate of 30 or 31 mills would
read a good deal better as an advertise-
ment of Omaha than a repeUtlon of tho
84-mlll levy of last year.
Our frlonds of, tho noblo Elks do not
seem to bo acting very vigorously on the
suggestion that they divide up
the
tho
prollts of their beneUt fair with
auditorium.
Somo of tho members ot tho Commcr
cial club seem to think that tho Indian
supply depot Is a good thing for overy-
fr.'T uuc. va" luu
tcuh ivii uuunwui.
t- I 1 n 1 I
urauc uuo wu' u"
on tho strongm of tho recent oil dls-
coveilcs In that part of tho couutry.
Denver people could not resist an op
portunity4 to speculate.
Tl.n mm.,.Balnn mm ,, rnl0l, ,
1 crj- that strawberries aro to be scarce
I
next summer. Possibly, but tho avcrago
citizen has other troubles whicti are
occupying him at present
Senator Stewart has gone into tho
milk business In Washington. As he I
linn iihnminnoii tim Riimr iBi. i, ,ui
ri,,iv nf .ni.f iiiA .1 "
probably
tcou parts water to ono of milk.
If South Omaha will only continue Its
contentions over tho management of Its
prospective new, public library Mr. Car
negie may chango his mind and conclude
nmuntlrA nou' niihll Hhnora M, r
noHn mnv ohnnn hi minrt n,i onnVi,i
to plant his benefaction in .some other
soil.
Tho now uostmastor at Lincoln'' will
havo to vacate tho position of chief oil
inspector to tuko possessldn of his now
office. Now, who wants to enjoy a good
salary at tho e'xpenso of the Standard
Oil monopoly? Don't all speak at onco.
.
Tho sheriff's fees growing out of the
grand Jury Inquisition will, amount to
upward of $000. Sheriff Power would
not object to having n continuous per
formance lu tho grand jury room In
stead of merely a periodical appear
ance.
The nssurnnco has now been given offi
chilly that the auditorium will be ready
. nnvifnmrwliiift tlir. rfli,lo4ln nknwrtli
nv.i-u.Hmvunn w.vi v4t,BWUll I'MUlM
convention in October, but somehow tho
couvontlou people do uot appear to bo
ButlBtled unless tho nssurnnco Is repeated materlul to bolster up their charges after electric roads, which place the depart
Rt least onco each week. . tho cull for tho grand Jury had been ment stores of tho lnrcor cIHph nf !
Objection Is raised In somo quarters
to the delegates to King Edwnrd'S coro-
nation rouowiug tno customs or such
events. When foreign diplomats come
to this country they havo to conform
to tno usages wnicn prevail here. .When
In Rome, do as Romans da
Tho very folks who hollered loudest
for n grand Jury to clear the atmosphere
nro now most distressed becauso tho
atmospbero has been cleared. Clear
atmosphero takes away from thorn tholr
chief stock in triulo of political capital
upon which thoy havo to draw for well -
aetlned rumors to keep In business.
That student court-martial docs not
secnl to havo had tho desired effect of
pamquing uiiovory rrom ino mgu school
and Bomo now preveutl'vo will have to
be introduced. To u man up a tree It
would seem that there Is something rad
lcally wrong with the moral training ot
tho members of tho student body,
Whether tho remedy must bo applied at
home or ut school Is the open question.
an iMPOTKSTTnmvnAL.
Councils of war never flsht Mill rail-1
rontl commissions rarely do nny fighting
except with their mouths. When the
Interstate- Conuuerco commission was
crcmcu unucr tne compromise uuuonv
lllnimn 1)1 I1m It wan nnnnront to those who
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. . ,,.f , .H-,1 rnwilln-
...m ,4.i,i'.4 h,u nmfjvvi ui miiiiuiui ..,,.... .
.tlon serious study that the commission
would be powerless to afford the relief
which was sought by the advocates of
the government regulation of railroads.
1,,or nearly sixteen 'years the Interstate
Commerce commission has tried to keep
tho railroads within tho bounds pre-
?A but every effort In Umt
uui'cuvu nun iruvuu u iiiuuru uuu a
farce.
The primary object for tho creation of
tho commission was to provide a means
to check and suppress rate discrimina
tion and the giving of rebates to favored
shippers. But In spite of periodic scold'
Ings and threats of prosecution the com
mission has been unable to suppress tho
evil.
Tho very latest remonstrance of thu
Interstate commission ngulnst the rate
cutting practices of tho ronds and their
conspiracy with' the big meat packers Is
1
uniy a repetition ot tlio periodic scoiu
ings. Tho commission has been aware
of theso law-defying practices, but has
dono nothing to stop them and could do
nothing If it wcro so disposed.
According to the Chicago Tribune
Chairman Knapp exacted a promise
from tUeiraIlroad pre8,dent8 a ycnr ng0
that they would at once restore rates
ond maintain them. Two weeks later
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traffic offlcer of ouo of tho largest rail
road systems that the agreement with
iilm had been violated and thnt his com
puny had been compelled to make a
'arK contract at cut rates with a promt
nent shipper, yet no cognizance wns
taken of the matter until two weeks ago,
wilpn !, pnmtnlafilnn linen n tlio hnnrlntr
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111 VJUIl'UgU,
Wliv nnv nfllcor nf n rnlll-nnil nm.
lmnv should bo comnollod to violnto the
plain provisions of tho interstate com
merce net ond break his word of honor
.. ... . . . ....
v.ujeu.boiuu io a mjon.-ij uiu uu-
body will bo ablo to explain satlsfac
iu mu iiuuuua ui iiiu rvuua nu
are paying regular tariff rates. Why
tho eoninmnltv nf liitnrnaf nrentilr.nn1 rv.
" ,nta, ' ""7 enforce uniform
pressiy p maintain ana enrorto uuirorm
rates ond stop rate-cutting Is not ablo
to nroveut tho secret concessions to fn.
voriil tmtrons nt tho Mtiotisi. nf fi.o
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StOCkllO tiers Olid to the llotr meut of Uin
public Is also Incxnllcnble.
I
Tho nonpliiBlnn nf tim rnnimi..inn na
to Its lack of power to exact compliance
with its orders and enforce tho law nro
eminently sound. But it is doubtful
whether oven congress could materially
strengthen the act without a conslltu-
tlonal amendment that would authorize
jt to confer judicial as well as executive
power upon tho commission.
Comrress can. hnwnvor. ntmnoUmn
commission and brlnir to It a cordlnl
obedience to tho provisions of tho Inter-
stato commerce law by clothing the com-
mission with supervisory power In con-
JuncUon wtfa aQ ntcrBtnte conuncrce
court organized expressly for the ad-
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juuiuiuuu ui uii tuusuti urisiiiir uuuer 1
tho Interstate commerco law. aunh n
mwiomio Lumuiutvu iu v a li l 11 u
cn..rt 00,I,fl .,,, H,n
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tho commission by Judicial orders that "y ,naU or"or llousc8 direct to tho con
railroad magnates and traffic managers (,"'crs on the furm, at the vlllago and
would havo to obey. With nower to 'J1 1110 city, these purchases are usually
exact publicity and enforco its rules and
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reKUltlHOUB UlTOUgll a COUK Or COIUDCteUt
Jurisdiction organised expressly for deal-
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tug vfMu iruusgrcssors or tno law tho
Interstate commission would be some-
thing more than a curtain lecturo bu-
reau.
wouk of the o It AND JUltY.
A fin. 4.. .. ..... ..1 . ..1 4,
lvu WBW uuuuous session
tho S11" W called by' tho district
vuuii i iiivi-BiiKuvv' aucgeu corruption
in iociu government , has completed Its
work and received Its discharge. The.
report mado by tho grand Jury Is ex-
'' OUUJCCIH
linniSlliA nnrl aaaa loll ....1. J A. I
ombodled In tho Instcuctlons given by
tUO COUrt.
Tho Inquisition of the grand Jury
eectlvely dispels the rumors of syste-
matlc blackniull, of the vicious classes
for tue benefit of cjty officials and shows
tho originators and circulators of theso
reports up In an unenviable light. The
on,y proofs of corruption In local gov-
erument that warranted Indictments ap-
Penf to havo been found In the maunge-
ment, of. tho public schools of South
OWaua.
Tho members of tho Omaha Board of
Education wuo had adopted resolutions
calling for tho grand Jury receive a
merited rebuke for Bending tho grand
Jury on a fishing excursion without
offering any tanglblo evidence to sustain
tneir charges, as a matter of fact, it
has developed that nt the tlmo the school
I linnrtl tlflflHfwl MA t-l.unlll t Inn u nnnn a
I - v.w f.w.av VI t in
members nnd any grouud to warrant
such nctlon nnd only tried to gather
Issued.
iour-Ufths of all tho Indictments pre-
seated nro for violations of, tho laws
Kmut guiuuiuiu, uuu i-Biivciuuy ugainsi
keepers of places mujntalnlug slot ma-
cmno aeviceB. ine grand jury very
i'p-w revuiuuieuus tno suppression or
I all slot machines and tho more rigid
enforcement of the laws nnd ordinances
Prohibiting wine rooms and disorderly
worts.
rnr the most Importaut action of
the graud jury Is tho Indictment of
former Stato Treasurer Meservo for np-
proprlatlng to his own uso tho Interest
1 ou scuooi runds deposited in one of tho
Pout Omaha banks. It Is to bo re
gretted that the grand Jury did not tnko
uxoto time to look thoroughly Into the
relations of custodians of public funds
I " uiuohui - ui puouc mouuys
I which luterest Is etirued, but not
turned back Into tho respectlvo trees-
nrles.
When tho agitation for tho conveulng
of a grand jury was at fever heat Tho
Bee entered remonstranco against tho
I needles, oxoeuaje It would addls upon
the taxpayers. But the men who were
loudest In their cry for purifying the
atmosphere pretended to bco In the nt
tltudo of Tho Hco n sinister motive to
cover up corrupt practices by public
ollleers. tho outcomo win, we uciicve,
t'ntlv niiHtnln the nnsltlnn nf The lice
If I. Ill l.w,t,f !.. !, ,.,1 tnrv
'4i:i,j uiii uii'u(ju to" J"'
could have been Died ns an Information
by the county attorney If hc were a
vigilant, -fearless" and competent otllccr.
Tlio chief ndvuntago gained Is the
knowledge that tho ugly rumors and
scandal stories that have caused bo
much ucrlmoulous discussion arc without
foundation
OPPOSITION TO PARCELS roST.
Tho Nebraska retail grocers and coun
try merchants propose to remonstrate
In a body against the enactment by
congress of the parcels post bill now
pending In tho lower house.
Under existing postal laws parcels of
merchandise weighing not .more than
four pounds may, under certain restrlc
tlons, bo curried in tho malls. The
parcels pout bill provides that sixty
pounds of merchandise or other matter
that tho postmaster general decides Is
mailable may bo carried through the
mails for 120 cents and that every twenty
pounds thereafter, ifp to iiOO pounds,
may be carried at D cents for each
twenty pounds, until tho maximum of
1!00 pounds is reached. This Is simply
an effort to enlarge tho scopo of the
postal service and destroy the monopoly
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1,1 1 10 carriage or merchandise in amiui
packages weighing not to exceed 200
pounds.
Tho retail grocers and country mer
chants contend that the parcels post Is
11 Hcliomo Introduced In the Interest of
tho mull order or so-called, cat-houses
which will, If successful In their con-
Hplrucy, crush tho small dealers out of
existence. In this respect tho opposi
tion to tho parcels post of tho country
merchants and retail grocers differs very
mue lrom lUQ opposition 01 tno umnna
muni KroLXTH to me puuiic murKct
houses. Nearly every largo city in tho
country, and notably tho city of Mil
wuukee, where tho National Itctall
Grocers' association Is about to hold Its
annual convention and will fulminate
Its protest against the establishment of
the parcels post, enjoys the advantage of
. i,Hpl wminnf ,nntri,.iiv .ii.nt,,
mmMt "ouses without materially dlmiu-
,SU,US u,e numuor or its retail grocers
or seriously uffectlng their prosperity,
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n, Vuiwi0 yum.
"uum lu,u luu uiercuam unti
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rotn11 grocer or that they would be
wll'e(l out of cxlstenco by the moil order
"o"8"-'8 ,s- fallacious. lt this were truo
u wou,d slmp,y be nrKument In favor
ot 1,10 l)urccl8 P8t- because the chief
9IU 01 overnment is to promote the
welfare of tho largest number of its
t)eol,le- 11 u wero Possible for tho mall
order "0U8C to crush out tJio country
store and retail grocer It would' bo ait
indictment, not only of tho retail merr
cuant' but U,B0 ot tho Jblcr. The proof
of tho P"11'"B in the caUng. " Kvery
commodity nauuicd by Chicago and
eastern mail order. houses can bo bought
Just us cheaply, if not more cheaply, In
tJlimilH rrnm tlm rotnll rionlnra
11 ,s "ue mat minions ot aoi
lurs worth of goods are belnc shinned
in- ,nn !,. i,,lm. .1.
miac bccnuso of the belief that tho mall
ef ttttat : rtl 1 11 -liii tull.in I. ..i.mll
"""" ,"-"0 m SIU1U1
uumitltlca at the wholesale price. The
...nil nnlnn linitun la ilnnliil... ...... 1.1... 1
uuuuhcdb cuum
to 8''Ktly undersell the retail merchant
on mmu classes of goods becauso It sells
'of cush, while tho country merchant
who sells on credit must get a higher
price. Tlus Is precisely whv tho country
I. 1 . ... ... . . .
mcrcnant nuu retailer cannot be crushed
out by the mall order house, whether
iiie mercuaniiise is ueuvcrcd by express
or by until. Tho groat majority of the
patrons of tho country store and retail
grocer buy on credit nnd pay their bills
i . ,.
irOIU U10UIU 10 niOUtU,
The parcels post, like tho postal sav
Incs bank nnd nnutnl tnlnrrranl, 4a n
modom annllanco Which iifnrlv nil rlv.
lze(l governments havo adopted as part
of their nostnl systems In thn itomf
of the masses. Tho United States Is the
only civilized nation of any Importance
that has not yet established tho parcels
post. Every couutry In Eurone. ludud-
ng Turkey aud even Egypt, enjoys the
benefit of parcels post under lnter-
national postal trcntles, and tho United
States would linvn Innir l
tho other nations in the Introduction nf
tho parcels post were it not for the lu
iiuenee exerted In concress by tho ex
press companies, which would suffer a
great deal more from tho competition
of the parcels post than would tho retail
grocer or tho couutry merclmut,
Tho remonstrance of tho crocers
( n(.l..,.4. 4!. ... . .
I Ut llll? iaVCUln pOSC IS ai)OUt US
senslblo ns would bo a protost against
rural freo delivery or ncainst sulmrhnn
threshold of tho farmer. There is, how-
ever, no serious dauKer for tho nrospnr
from tho parcels post, uor Is thero likely
to no so long as tho express companies
continue to maintain tho Influence which
they now wield In the national legls-
lature,
Tho Chlncso emperor has received the
ambassadors of thp powers for the first
tlmo ns representatives of sovereigns
equal with himself. A few moro trips
of wandering In the wilderness may con
vlnco him that tho child of the sun Is
much loss Important thau ho had rated
Himself.
Mr. Millard Funkbouser's well-defined
rumors huvo been, sifted by tho irraod
Jury at uu expense of from $3,000 to
$4,uuu 10 mo taxpayers, but tho mill,
detlued rumors proved a good enough
Morgan to land Mr. Funkhouser for a
three-year term In the Board of Edit-
cation.
,A financial paper is authority far;
stutenieut that .westers fanam&iMHrtf
paid during the past fifteen years mort
gages amounting to ?0,GOO,000,000. If
nny ono is in a position to know what
tho western farmer has paid it Is tho
eastern money lender, who has been
having both capital and Interest thrown
bnck at htm without waiting for him to
call his loans in.
Pushing n Good Thine.
Chicago Post.
The Colombian government appears to be
willing to do almost anything to assist tho
United States short of actually digging the
Panama ditch.
Wnlt Till the Clnlma Are In.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Wo shall not know fully tho disastrous
results of that naval battle In the harbor
of Panama until wo learn how many heroes
have survived to claim tho glory ot It.
Try it on the Other Fellow.
Indianapolis Journal.
It was Artomua Ward whoso patriotism
took the form ot willingness to send all his
wife's relatives to the war. Almost every
protected Interest Is entirely willing reci
procity shall bo tried on some otbor one.
There Are Other.
Chicago Post.
Tiiero is said to bo moro or lets confusion
In congress over tho problems Involving
greenbacks, asset banking and other finan
cial matters. But If it is any comfort to
our lawmakers we might remark that this
confusion la not restricted to Washington.
Greed for Gold and Its Care,
Boston Globe.
What a tragedy could be 'written on this
Boer war. Tho greed of gold Inspired it,
and many are hoping that the curse ot
gold will follow it. It alms not at building'
up an emplro that may shine In posterity,
but at securing a huge pot ot gold on tho
ruins ot two once prosperous republics.
1'larlnn; 1'nlltlc.
Chicago Chronicle.
As was to bo expected, Germany denies
the unauthentlcntcd ossortlon ot Lord
Cranborne that Its government was' hostile
to tho United States nt any period ot the
war with Spain. Tho utterance ot thn
under secretary for foreign affairs was so
transparently "politics" in relation to the
prosent aspects' of European trade and self
esteem combined that It has not been taken
seriously anywhere.
Clean Mane' Demanded.
Minneapolis Times.
Thero is a campaign started by which
clean money Is demanded from tho United
States government, and it deserves to sue
ccod. Jtecent deaths from smallpox of a
banker of Montroao, N. Y., and his wfe, tho
Infection coming from soiled national bank
bills, has accontcd popular demand that the
United States bo as decent about Its money
as Is tho Bank ot England that refuses to
relssuo n note, replacing it with a clean
one whenever It Is returned to the fountain
bead. National banks can bo made to ob
serve the same rule and tho additional ex
pense would bo well Justified In the lessen
lng ot tho danger from Infection and In tho
appeal to the love of cleanliness that Is, or
should bo, Inherent In a decent and a Godly
people.
POOR hO IN IIS GLOIIV.
Palllna: Hint to the Level of the Hqaaw
Men of the Kant.
New York Tribune.
Are the untutored tribesmen of the plains
to be compelled to give up tho wearing ot
long hair, tho painting of th,olr faces, the If
iraamonai raiment, oi sum ana oi oiauKeu,
their savage nrtaorles of tomahawks and
hunting knives, their moccasins, their Im
memorial pastime's and dances, their prime
val habits, tho sholter ot tho (opes- and
the wigwam, the gatherings around camp-
Area, the smoking of pipes ot pe&co, tho
banquets on tho flesh ot fat young puppies,
the chanting of death songs, tho' koon-cyCd
following of trails, nnd all the customs
and' characteristics which havo como down
from the dusky ages when tho red men
roamed from sea to sea and had never seen
a palofaco or heard tho sound of powder or
known tho taste of firewater?
Is Lo to bo shorn ot overy last, lingering
touch of tho picturesque, tho romantic? So
tho commissioner ot Indian affairs seems to
be planning. Aro there no genuine, old
fashioned barbarians to bo left except
among the collego foot ball teams, the
warriors of pendulous tresses? Aro the
sachems and braves ot ancient Uncage and
long descent to be reduced to tho Ignominy
of shedding their typical attire and ot en
casing themselvca In Baxter street hand-me-downs"
nnd "Plymouth nock trousers?"
And must tholr lofty brows bo crowned
with second-hand "stovepipes?" Does the
commissioner of Indian affairs desire to de
base the unfettered wanderers of thp
prairies to the level of tho "squaw men"
ot East Fourteenth street?
TUB niCHBST NATION.
CoMBarUona oi the Wealth and Debt
of I,ea4ts Countries.
Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune.
The great rept&llo haa reached that as
sured and pleaftiat position in the ranks ot
nations whero It can sit back complacently
and let tho other follows do the' figuring as
to which ot the, leading ones among a select
few stand pre-eminent, overtopping all the
rest. The figures, aro: not home-made, but
aro from the Y'r 'Book, for 1002, Just
Issued by .the Lohdb Daily Mall, and they
show the following results: Under various
chapters It glvea the"re)atlvQ standing ot
five leading nations In wealth, as follows:
United Statee, 16,350,000,000; the uniteo
Kingdom, 11,806,000,000; France, 0,600,
000; Germany, 8,052,000,000; Itussla, 6,
425,000,000. As to' national Indebtedness It
gives the standing of the same Ave nations
as follows: Tho" United 8tates, 221,000,
000; aerroany, 651,000.000; United King
dom, 706,00Ov,O00; Itussla, 711,000,000;
Prance. 1.239.000.000, while tho percent
age ot debt to wealth In tho samo countries
standi: Tho United States. 1.4; United
Kingdom. 6; ae'rmany, 8.1; Russia, 11.1;
France,"l2.8.
Then' tho figures, dip Into some agricul
tural products and n wheat we lead cloven
nations 90,000,000 quarters for the year 1901.
llussia bad 42,000,000; France, 38,000,000;
India, ;30,000,000; Italy, 17,000,000; Hungary,
16,000.000; Spain,. 13,000,000; Roumanla and
Bahjarls, 12,000;000; Germany, 11,000,000;
the' United Kingdom,, 7,000,,000, and Aus
tralia, 7.000.000.
-Under the head of "The Fight for tho
Iron) Trade," the pig Iron product for 1900
of tno.nve leading nations is given bb iui
lowa: vTho United States, 13,789,242 tons;
the United Kingdom, 8,908,570 tons; Ger
many, 8,494,852 tons; France, 2,699,494 tons;
Russia,' 2,321,000 tons. Of steel tho product
Is given t The United States, 10,087,3
tone; Great Britain, 4.901,054 tons; Ger
many, 4,799,000 tons; France, 1,624,016 tons;
Russia, 1,194,0Q0 tons. .,
' The United Kingdom lost ground last
year In pig Iron and steel, producing 306,-
749 tons lees In 1900 than In 1899, and,
while that country Imported more Iron and
steel than In auy previous year, the
United States exported more than In any
previews year, The figures given seem
somewhat startling, but there appears to
be no ground to doubt their exactness. We
win Await patiently now tor tne snowing
a year hence and see bow they compare
4
OTHRR LANDS THAN OURS.
An American observer in Spain says the
domestlo politics ot tho country fore
shadow a revolt. The wholo country, he
claims, Is on the verge ot revolution. It is
as if Its homo Impulse toward overthrow
of dynasties wcro the forbear of the fivef
Isli temper ot the factions that make puny,
though sometimes tragic, civil wars In the
republics ot South America. All testimony
goes to show that In Spain parliamentary
divisions In tho Cortes aro ot less real Ira-1
portanco than the cleavage between aristo
crat and peasant, between merchant and
noble, that runs throughout tho kingdom.
It would appear that In Spain tho hour Is
ready to strike whenever tho man may ap
pear. The man has not displayed him
self. Tho man is hot Don Carlos, Idling in
Venice; ho Is not Weyler, chief of tho army
and professed adherent ot the boy king; It
has not appeared that the man Is the young
Alfonso, or that he will show tho personal
capacity to maintain his seat upon the
throne. It is only certain that Spain, once
mlBtrcss of nearly ail tho civilized world,
Is face to face with its tlmo ot adversity.
It has lost Ub last hold In tho now world;
It has surrendered lte outpost In tho Orient.
It trembles on tho brink ot Industrial and
commercial collapso and financial ruin. It
is ono ot tho problems ot Buropo whother
the statesmen ot Madrid, tho merchants ot
Barcelona, tho peasantry ot tho vineyards
and ftolds, tho laborers In tho mines and
tho bold Basque men can Join to maintain a
nation In its Integrity, or whether It shall
bo dismembered Into provinces.
Tho memorial which the Berlin Central
Association of Merchants has addressed to
the federal council, praying for a bill for
tho regulation of 'alt trusts and syndicates,
suggests that all such combinations should
be cempelted to enroll thcmsolves in a
"register of cartels," that their statutes
should be submitted to tho approval ot tho
authorities, and that thoy should by law
be obliged to rauko a public statement ot
tholr accounts every half year through the
medium of the Imporlal Oazetto. The me
morial refers to the sugar and spirit rings
ond tho linoleum trust, which. It main
tains, havo exercised a prejudicial lnfluenco
on tho welfare of tho community at largo.
It is, for Instance, highly detrimental to
tho Interests of the nation that German
sugar should be sold for next to' nothing
In' foreign countries, thanks to tho exist
ence of heavy bounties which como out ot
tho pockets ot the German taxpayer. At
home, too, tho sugar manufacturers have It
in their power to burden the Gorman con
sumer by artificially raising prices to suit
their own Interests, a proceeding, more
over, which often exposed the retail dealer
to serious loss and Inconvenience. In a
somewhat similar manner tho so-called
spirit ring could dictate to tho retail deal-
era the prices at which they should sell,
and had Imposed such terms that the deal
era found It impossible to realise a profit
The wholesale price of the same spirit sold
at Trieste for 14V4 kronen by the German
spirit ring was In Germany no less than 20
marks. Nothing except tho impossibility
ot crushing tho manufacturers who did not
belong to the ring forced the monopolists
to lower their prices.
The preas of Romo devotes considerable
space to a strange personage who made hts
first appcaranca In the Eternal City on
Christmas day and sprang straightway Into
fame. His name Is Richard Jannasch, and
ho was born at Frankfort-on-Oder. Till
the age ot 26 ho followed the trade of a
glazier. Then, having caught consumption
he determined to change his mode of liv
ing, "and for he last four years be has wan
dered up and down, sleeping on the bare
ground and living on tho fruits of the earth.
Ho is to some extent a man ot education
nnd ho writes pdotry. Moreover, In Gcr
man-speaking lands bo gives lectures, his
object being to Induce men to follow his
example, and thus cure themselves of their
dlscasesXor prevent them. Without shoes
and stockings, his hair reaching to his
shoulders, and clothed In a cotton tunic
over which ho throws a gray woolen cover
ing, ho walks tho streets of tho Eternal
City, followed by a gaping crowd, nnd hailed
as tho Man ot the Woods and a new Mes
siah. Several days ago, while passing
through Florenco, ho was arrested as a vag
abond, but after being detained for somo
hours ho was released, his papers being In
perfect order. This singular man. whoso
worldly goods consist of his scanty cloth
lng and about 2G lire, or 5, In money, and
who Is said to bear a striking resemblance
to Garibaldi, confesses that ho cannot re
main for more than half an hour in a closed
room.
The medical reports presented to tho local
Russian authorities by the doctors of the
different districts reveal an alarming state
of things with regard to Infant mortality.
It appears that In many of tho govern
ments tho "proportion of tho children who
die during the first year Is ns high as 40
and even 50 por cent. In Isolatod cases It
Is even hlghor. Tho reports ascribe this
terrible mortality mainly to tho Ignorance
ot tho peasants and to tho fact that the
mothers havo frequently to neglect their
children in order to work in tho fields. In
support ot this view it Is noted that the
death rate is considerably higher in sum
mer than in winter in spite of the soverlty
of the climate. Another cause appears to
be the growing practice of employing wet
nurses, with the result that tho nurses' own
children havo to be fed by artificial moans
This explanation is supported by the fact
that tho rate ot Infant mortality is much
lower among tho Mohammedan population.
In whoso caso the law obliges every mother
to nurse her own children, In one of tho
govornmcnts, for example, tho rato of In
fant mortality among tho Mohammedans I
only 140.4 per 1,000, whllo among the
Christians It Is 342.1.
Tho good-will of tho Negus of Abyssinia
is of considerable Importance to Great
Britain Just now, and muoh will depend
upon tho nature ot tho settlement regard
lng tho boundary lines between his King
dom and tbo Soudan. If It be true, as posi
tlvoly asserted, that the water supply of
Egypt and tho navigation of the Bluo Nile
are at tho mercy of tho 'power that eon
trois Lako Tana and Its neighborhood, It is
plain that England cannot afford to be in
different. It la said that a reservoir of
132,000,000 cubic meters ot water could bo
formed by a dyke, which would raise the
level of tho lako fourteen or fifteen feet
and that tho work is a comparatively trl
fling affair, presenting no great engineering
difficulties. A letter from a correspondent
at Jibuti to tho Paris Debats says that tb
English aro rapidly Increasing their lnflu
once and their rights In tho regions abut
ting on the Abyssinian border, nnd are in
fair way to secure nil that they desire,
Ho adds that the country south ot Sen
naar which includes the now htatorlo spot
Fashoda had always been supposed to be
a mero waste of no valuo to anybody, but
that now It is roported that It Is really full
of gold, and that perfidious Albion is quite
as eager to secure it on that account as
for the right of way of the much-talked-of
Capo to Cairo railway.
Modeaty of a Grab,
St. Paul Pioneer Press,
Every alternate ten miles on each aide
ot the proposed railroad from Cook's Inlet
to St. Michael, In Alaska, Is tbo modest
subsidy demanded of tho government by the
projectors' ot that road. It It Is granted It
will be one of the richest gifts ever be
stowed by the government oa any ot Its
clUie&s,
I'OMTICAIi DRIFT.
The first clean-up of the reform sx In
New York City Is a saving of 1100,000 a
year In salaries'. Scores ,of olnecures have
been chopped offt
Charley . T. Kills of Belleville, III., 93
years ot age, made a record that Is., n roc-
ord. Io hdl unremuncrntlvo offices, ono
1 . 'i - 1 I L 4..L I.. ...
ur lwu ui a uuic, tur ui'uu ncu-ui ji.-a,.
With the Illuminating experience of New
ork r.nd Pennsylvania brightening tho
path tbo legislature of Kentucky thinks a
mllllon.-dollftr capltol building will do for
starter.
A Boston pilgrim, while in Washington
recently, suggested Richard Olney as the
proper man for the democratic nomination
In 1904. flo tot Nebraska holds s mort
gage on that Job.
Perry Belmont, tho defeated candidate
for congress In tho Seventh district, New
York City, certifies that tho campaign cost
him $14,837.78. Besides ho got a poor run
for the money.
Mayor Harrison of Chicago, who knows
political machine when ho sees ono, has
wholesome dlsllko for other machines
than his own, Chicago police formed an
association for tho purposo ot protecting
themselves, but tho mayor thinks tho movo
Is an attack on, tho merit system. There
fore the pollco machlno goes to tbo Junk
pile.
Tho chaplain of tho New York assembly
lifted up hts voice the other day and prayed
ns follows: "And, Lord, wo thank Theo for
tho great riches and beauties ot this grrnt
Emplro state. Wo thank Thee tor tho great
lakos, With their argosies ot ships, our
broad rivers, with their mills and industry
on tholf shores, and for tbo sleepy canals,
with their slow-moving canalboats." Laugh
ter and applause followed.
Senator riatt ot New York Is to be hon
ored on March 28 by a dinner at tho Fifth
Avenue hotel la Now York City, whero he
ias mado his home for twenty-fivo years or
to, at which President Roosovolt, Governor
Odell, "many United States senators" ond
other politicians will bo present. It will
bo known as tho "Amen Corner" dlnnor,
for Mr. Piatt Is known na tbo original
'Amen corner" man In this famous hostelry
of republican politicians.
ALMS OX OF IOWA.
I.enar Career In the Senate Link Two
Generation.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
It Is an unusual honor Vhlch has bcon
extendod by tlio people of Iowa, to Wll-
IIBUI 44. milOUUI I'UI OI..U .VIM. l.V
returned to the senate. Ho entered that
chamber in 1873 nnd has been kept thero
ever since by successive elections. Hla
present term will expire In 1003 and he
has been chosen for another six years. At
the' end ot his present term he will be 74
years of age. Ho Is In good condition phys
lcally nnd mentally, however, ana win
enter upon his sixth term with a fair
prospect of living to complete It and ot
doing good work through tbo wholo ot tho
period, as he has been doing for tho past
twenty-nine years.
Wbon William B. Allison went to the
senate In 1873 to Bucceed James Harlan
General Grant was ontcrlng upon hts seo-
ond term as president. Henry. Wilson was
vlco president, Matthew II. Carpenter of
Wisconsin was president pro torn ot the
senate and James .0. Blstno was serving
his , third and Alsst term as speaker of the
house. The republicans at that time wcro
strongly in tho ascendant, but some dark
days tor them were closo at band. Thoy
lost the house In the elections a year later.
1874, for the first time since the canvass ot
1856, the year ot Bucbaaan's election. Tbev
almost lost the presidency in 1876. and' the
senate tbroko -away from them for a brief
tlmo shortly afterward. Tho dynasties of
Bayard and Salisbury were still In the as
cendant ra Delaware when Allison first
entered the senate and both had representa
tives In that chamber. Sumner and Bout
well were there from Massachusetts, Ham
lin and. Lot M.. Morrill from Maine, Conk
ling nnd Fenton from New York, Simon
Cameron from Pennsylvania, Anthony and
Spraguo from Rbodo Island, Edmunds' and
Justla 8. Morrill from Vermont. Sherman
nnd Thnrman from Ohio, Logan and
Oglesby from Illinois, Morton from Indiana,
Bogy and Schurz from Missouri, Ingalls
from, Kansas, Zach Chandler and Ferry
from Michigan, Ramsey and Wlndon from
Minnesota, "Paraqn" Brownlow from Ten
nessee, and Flanagan of Flanagan's mills
was there from Texas. Eight states from
the prairie and mountain region have been
added to tho national roll since then.
It. is an unusual honor which Is extended
to Iowa's eminent son. Only one other
man Justin 8. Morrill of Vermont wus
ever elected to ,a sixth consecutive term
in the senate, and Morrill died early In
his last term. Allison served eight years
In tho house before he entered the sen-1
TORE CLOSES SATURDAYS AT 9 P. M.
Simple
If every suit and overcoat could' be sold .in.
season there'd be no price reductions nowbut,-,'
we have to keep full assortments until the -last
and there is YOUIt chance. There is a price re
duction to you on pretty near every garment liere.
Broken lines mean broken prices.
Shirt Sale
Our entire lines of white f 1.00 laundered shirts
shirt bosom, open back and open back and front
styles at 75c each. :'-
Special
"Ilemember" that our exhibit and advance
sale of summer Juvenile Clothing lasts only. ONE
day longei it affords you an opportunity "f or a
wide range of selection which should not be over-
looked.
,
' Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers,
It. 8. Wilcex, Manager.
ate, so only Morrill, Sherman and a few
others cter had a longer tenure t mgn
political station In this country. As he
takes his place In tho senate tnrfe oays
he sees only two men In that body who
wcro there when ho first ealfrcd It-
Jones and Stewart of. Novaoa. Many
ahat measures hftvo been before congress
since 1873 resumption of specie payments,
- .. i J. ',L. ,..tM . 1 1 I 4(mli
greeuLiacniBui, iuo mini, sutci m
nhnsps and the legislation leading to ana
growipg out ot tbe war with Spain in 1898.
Allison got his nam linked with Bland's
in tho silver act bt 1878, which was passed
over President 'Hsyes voto, Allison, chang
inr it from a free coinage measure to a
limited colnago bill, the profit to go to the
government and not, sa In the Bland bill,
to tho owners of the bullion. William B.
Allison has been a sane and conservative
rnrrn In national legislation, and he ue-
serves the distinction which hi ststo has
conferred upon him.
SMILING REMARKS.
nx.uA riain rtrnirr: "The chaplain of
tho senate Is blind, Isn't he?"
Thin hnt account fof tils' praying for
the newspaper correspondents.
Wn.i.inirtrm Hnr! 'flome neople." said
Undo Kben, "glta de. reputation o Win
inci ncy m ioo iuy w biw vu .....
whut dey kip do."
Chicago Tribune: "Walter,", said the
professor, "your cook has been guilty oi a
sin of omlnalon." . ..... ....
"Ah. yen," pleasantly replied tne wmjwr.
who had seen hotter days. "He has left
undone a steak thnt ho ought to. havo dono.
I wilt havo to tnko It back to him."
Ilrnnllun T.lfA, "TIibv'm thlnklnv now Of
reversing tho imial process and first trying,
plays In New York' beforo taking them out
on tho road." .
"What's tho ldea7" .... .
"Well, If a play succeeds. In New York
the rest of the country will know Its
rotten."
Judge: Mrs. Chatterton (at the opera. In
whisper) Henry, can't you look blase7
Chatterton (wcarlly)-arcat Scot, nol I'm
too bored 1
Philadelphia Press: Towne Tou seem to
havo n little cash.
Urownc Yes; rnllrood accident.
Towne You don't mean to say you got
damugeH ....
Hrowne I mean to nay a railroad I took
somo utock In years ago haa finally paid a
dividend.
Detroit Free Press: Adams Do you be
llcvo It Is a sign of good luck to find fv
horseshoo on the rood 7
JohiiHon Of course, It Is a sign of good
luck for somo blacksmith.
Brooklyn Englo: "Aren't you glad you
aro living In this ago of Invention?" ex
claimed tho thin man with the wart en his
nose.
'Can't nay I am," replied the bnld-headed
man. "You seo I mnrrled a widow and
she's got a phonograph that Hho Is forever
having grind out records that her first
husband made."
XK ADVISORS OK YE l'RESS.
J. J. Montague In rortland Oregonian.
Sing hoy! for ye good Editor, A eks his
happyo Lotte,
Although ho llttel seems to knowo yo
Snnppo yt ho hap gotte.
Yo Lawyer & yo Doctor, Sc. ye Plumber, aa
Is known, . J
Must each his Husyncss conduct, unaided
& nlono.
Yo Carpenter must saw & plane, ye Hus-
tmndmnn must plow,
Sans nny klndlyo .Companyo of Folk to toll
thorn hnwn.
possess. '
An over-present .Stock of wlso Advisors of
Let him but write a Statement down; 4b' In
will forthwith, iblowe , .
A Contradiction of tt from Pro Bono
Publico. '
& Old bubscrlber will chirp uppe to setto
ye Matter straight,
Be eke ye Meaning will Fair .Play .wjth
Force elucidate,
While Constant Reader carefullye ye'Bub
. . Ject Will review, .. , ,, ... ,
ft Veritas. & Truth, 'A ""X" will touch Upon
It. too; ' r' ' ' '
Tho sixteen Issues following will every one
exprcMo . . ,
Yo thoughts of nil ye 'wise and great Ad
visors of ye Presse. '
When yt ye Paper enters on a fierce and
hotto Campaign,
Forth Comes yo kinde Communicant to
mako its Pathway plalne. a
If it shall err a single mill about ye Prlco
of oats.
Some Friend to showing Its Mistake a' tool-
umn-full devotes, s
It on Religion It mayhap shall get oft
slightly wrong,
Yet Letter-writing Brethren will turn out
nn Hundred strong.
& Cony by ye Wngonlood shall speak for
Rightfulness,
Which subject I a potto one with Advisors
of yo Presao.
Full hnppye Is ye Editor, nor hno a Mo
ment's doubt
Where ho mayo get ye Stuffe with which
to getto yo Paper out,
Nor yet where he may find out what 'tis
uppe to hlmo to saye,
For barrels of gilt-edged Advice ye -Mall
brings every dnyc.
Ills only Dutyo is to kill yo oft encrdach
lng News, - -
Which threatens sometimes to crowds out
ye Letter-writers! views,
& th!!2 0fllCu54!J0w.akc,, no Thought, and
heartily doth bless
Thoso always willing Helpers, ye Advisors
or ye Presse.
'..V
ft,
Truth
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