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State of Nebraska, Douglas County ss.:
ueorge a, Tzschuck, secretary oi
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
ays that the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Pally Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the
month of June.
lldij, wo as loiiow".
1 80,020
1J 31.1XV
17 80,1)70
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21 27.7UO
22 80,(130
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27 81,310
28 87,200
28 80,000
30 ,...80,030
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4 8O,H0O
B 3M10
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T 27.1X10
8 80,720
t 30,510
10 81,000
11 30,830
U 80,840
U h-30,730
14 .ST.MIO
IS 8O.770
ToUl 912,050
Less unsold and returned copies 0,7941
Net total sales 002,204
Net average sales 80.07S
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the summer mar have The) Baa
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notifying The Bee Business
office, la person or by matt.
The address vrlll he changed
as often as desired.
Now If they will only call In a few
more doctors to attend the pope.
When it comes to keeping up bis end
of the international . amenities, King
Edward takes no back scat
Give the corporations the courts and
they will not care who has the mayors,
councils, county boards and sheriffs.
With so many shining marks In the
Vatican, death stalking there (s appar
ently not satisfied with a single, victim
It this la the kind of weather that fol
lows the editors, it Is reasonable to sup
pose they are having all of their hot
time on this earth.
This Is said to be good growing
weather for beets as well as for corn.
Employes at Nebraska's sugar factories
may prepare to work overtime as soon
as the season reaches its height
The position of Imperial potentate of
the Mystic Shrine passes from the roll
lng prairies of Nebraska to the burning
sands of . Texas. This time the star of
empire goes southward to the Lone
Star state.
The petition of American Jews to the
Russian government is ready for trans
mittal. Advices from St Petersburg,
however, are to the effect that It would
be the part of wisdom to enclose return
postage with the document
That Jersey man who has Just waked
up after a five years' Bleep ought to
shake hands with himself. He has
missed reading about enough great
catastrophes, from Pelee's eruption
down to little' shipwrecks, to make him
stand aghast when be scans the back
files.
It is gratifying to read among the
list of guests at the royal banquet In
London the name of Chauncey Depew.
.We Will now be impatient awaiting
the return of the eminent story teller
with a new supply of freshly imported
jokes smuggled through tho customs of
flee.
By the way, what is being done to-1
ward taking up the offer of General
Mauderson to help procure the neces
sary petition of abutting property own
ers to permit of the repavlng of North
Sixteenth street in the regular way?
That offer should uot be allowed to get
cold.
An Omaha minister of the gospel ven
tures a few free suggestions to the
members of the pending editorial con
vention on what they should do to im
prove their newspapers. The editors
will please send In marked copies of the
papers containing their articles telling
- him what to do to improve his pulpit.
It Germany or Kngland or France, Or
any of the friendly nations of Europe
want to send a naval squadron over to
visit at American ports they may be
ussured thut the ottlcers and men will
be tneated right. We might even In
vite thera to an exhibition of the nu
; ticruil ,tuua on some convenient bas
ban Aluuiond.
From all accounts the Omaha Jobbers
are making a decided hit with " their
trado excursion through Iowa and
northern Missouri towns. Those plucei
ought to feel highly honored by a visit
carried out under such untoward cir
cumstances, which only goes to 'show
the push, pluck aud persistence of
Omaha business men more strikingly.
AS TO CCHRKACT LtOISLA TlOlt.
A numiKT of republican members of
the next congress have given their views
in jcogard to proponed currency legisla
tion and there is a quite general agree
ment that something should be done to
increase the circulation and render it
more elastic. In a communication to
the New York Commercial, Representa
tive 1'nyiie of that slate, who will prob
ably be continued as chalnnoj) of the
ways and means committee, expresses
the opinion that there ought to be leg
Ulatlon by the Fifty-eighth congress in
reference to tho currency, but he does
not favor any radical measure of cur
rent y reform. He thinks that whatever
is done oupht to be done gradually, with
the least derangement of business.
Mr. Payne stated that he should not
favor any proposition to enlarge the
powers of the secretary of the treasury
in dealing with currency matters, so
thnt he might act in a financial emer
gency. He thinks the secretary has all
the power in that direction now that is
healthy for the best interests of busi
ness and that to grant him further
powers would result in increased spec
ulation, trusting to the government to
aid in case disaster should result. "Bus
iness men ought to conform themselves
to the law," said Mr. Tayne, "and every
power given an administrative officer to
change the existing state of things at
his pleasure is a menace to one sldo or
tho other of almost every business en
terprlse." There is no doubt that this
reflects the very general view of those
who have given the subject Intelligent
consideration. It is manifestly not de
sirable that the head of the Treasury
department should possess powers
which would, enable ilm to adopt an
arbitrary Volley in relation to the money
market aiding or withholding aid at
his pleasure. Ills authority should be
clearly defined, so that there can be no
question in regard to it, and it Is to be
presumed that this will receive consider
atlon from the subcommittee of the sen'
ate committee on finance which is to
formulate a bill for introduction in the
next congress. The course pursued by
Secretary Shaw, while doubtless Just!
fled by the circumstances, met with a
great deal of disapproval and it would
certainly not be wise to perpetuate It
The Aldiich bill provided a remedy and
in this respect that measure was ac
ceptable. It is very likely that this pro
vision will be Incorporated in the bill
to be submitted to the Fifty-eighth con
gress. ,
As to whether there will be any cur
rency legislation by that congress is at
present uncertain, though the Indies
tlons are, Judging from the expressions
of republican members, that there will
be. The report that Mr. Gannon would
as speaker of the house of represents.
rives use his power to prevent such leg
islation was erroneous. He has had no
such Intention and as we said when th
report was given out If It shall be
found that a majority of republicans in
congress are favorable to new currency
legislation there will be no obstruction
on the part of Mr. Cannon.
. SUWG TK7ST PROMOTMM.
No little interest will bo felt in trust
circles in the suit against the promoters
of the Asphalt trust of America ordered
by the Judge of the United States dis
trict court at Trenton, N. J. A receiver
of this trust was appointed a short time
ago and the order for the suit is based
upon charges in his report of fraud In
volving many millions of dollars. The
report states that only 20 per cent was
paid in upon the 600,000 $50 shares and
thut $24,000,000 Is still due. It Is fur
ther charged that the promoters ac
quired the stocks of the constituent
companies a fid turned them over to the
consolidated corporation at a heavy
profit to themselves.
The method pursued in forming the
Asphalt corporation Is thus stated: The
promoters organized a company. They
brought into the parent company stock
of the subsidiary companies necessary to
form the trust But instead of turning
these stocks over at the market rates,
Instead of making an honest combine.
tlon, they charged the Asphalt company
of America vast profits, which accrued
to them individually. Thus It Is shown
by the report of the receiver in the
single Instance of the United Asphalt
company that in the transfer of the
stock to the Asphalt Company of Amer
ica something approaching $3,000,000
was made.
The trust was formed with a view to
an almost absolute monopoly In supply
lug asphalt for paving in the cities -of
this country, with the expectation of
exacting prices which would pay a large
profit on the expended capital. The
company was to control the supply of
Trinidad asphalt and, as the promoters
believed, the available supply of other
varieties that could be successfully used
in paving. It has been charged with
having municipal contracts so framed
that no kind could be used except those
of which It had a monopoly, thereby
making it the only possible bidder. It is
said that that part of the work of the
trust which related to the asphalt busi
ness was profitable, but the chief men
in the company loaded it up with other
properties at enormous prices, thus mak
lug millions for themselves. The man
agement of the trust was of a character,
as disclosed by the Investigation of the
receiver, to show very conclusively that
it was not organized for an honest pur
pose, that it was created for individual
profits without any regard to the future
and to the confiding people who were
drawn Into It by the unscrupulous pro
moters.
A number of men prominent In flnan
clal and commercial affairs are Involved
In the suit some of whom have already
suffered uot a little In the sacrifice of
hopes or expectations and loss of pres
tige. Whatever the consequences for
the promoters or their victims, remarks
the New York Journal of Commerce.
there Is likely to be an Instructive dls
closure of the affairs of a trust that
THE OMAHA DAIL.Y TIEE: SATURDAY,
failed because it found that competition.
which had been scotched, could not be
killed. It would seem that the dayof
the trust promoter has psssed.
TAX SH1RKIMJ PAR CXCCf.LtrCg.
When it comes to tax shirking the
Pullman Palace Car company and the
Pullman Tourist Car company take no
back seat as may be noted by the fol
lowing figures:
The pro rata valuation of the Pullman
cars running on the Chicago, Burlington
& Qulncy system in Omaha are assessed
at $11.30; on the Omaha & St Louis or
Wabash, $7.26; Illinois Central, $22.23;
Kansas City & St. Joseph, $02.65; Chi
cago & Northwestern. $13.91. The Tull-
man tourist cars are assessed as run
ning over the Chicago, Bock Island &
Pacific for $20.70; over the Chicago &
Northwestern at 61 cents; over the Kan
sas City & St. Joseph at C2 cents, and
over the Illinois Central at 65 cents. i
What a heavy burden the rullman
palace cars will have to carry In Doug
las county! With a 16-mlll tax, those
on the Chicago, Burlington & Qulncy
would have to pay 18 cents, on the
Wabash 11 cents, on the Illinois Central
35 cents, and the 'Fullman tourist cars
would tax the Chicago & Northwestern
road and the Kansas City & St Joseph
each three-fourths of 1 cent and the Illi
nois Central five-eighths of 1 cent
WViat a heavy burden! Whether these
corporations will be able to stand that
burden Is doubtful.
CUMPARATl VK RAILROAD ASSKSSMKKT.
In 1886, when the assessment of all
property in Douglas county aggregated
$15,638,474.65, the assessed valuation of
the railroads was $539,405.55. At that
time the Union Pacific, the Omaha &
Republican Valley, the Omaha & South
western and the Chicago, St. Paul, Min
neapolis & Omaha had the same mileage
in Omaha as they now have. . With a
total assessed valuation of $25,524,467.25
for Douglas county in 1003 the same
roads are assessed for $431,387, or a
shrinkage of $108,108.55 at the mileage
rate established by the state board. In
other words, while the assessment of all
property In Douglas county has in
creased by over $10,000,000 since 1880,
or more than 60 per cent the assessment
of the principal railroads that center In
Omaha and Douglas county shows
shrinkage of over $100,000 since 1886, or
fully 20 per cent'
In 1800 the assessment of railroads In
Douglas county, and no one would con
tend that there Is less railroad property
here now than then, nor that it is less
valuable to its owners, with the 1903
figures side by side, is as follows:
1890. 1908.
Assessed Assessed
Name of Road. Miles. Val't'n. Val't'n
Union Pacific S3.S2 $381,180 SO 1331.452
Om. A Rep. Valley.., 2.21 11.060 00 7,735
Ora. & B. W. (Bur.).. 4.82 81,812 00 81,690
Om. 4a N. PI. (Bur.).. t.SA 60,840 00 46.850
F., E. ft M. V 28.88 144.400 00 105.412
C, St P., M. St O.... 11.00 63,360 00 60.610
Mo. Pae (Belt Line). .16.64 83,451 00 166,400
C. R. I. A P .... . 6,580
Total $776,083 80 $763,629
Coming down to a period nearer to our
own, or only three years ago (1900), we
find that the assessment of all property
ln Douglas county aggregated $21,626,-
213.60, while the property of the rail
roads in Douglas county was assessed
for $094,704.70, as follows:
1900.
Assessed
Nam of Road. Miles. Val't'n.
Omaha & No. Platte (Bar.).. t.lT f 60.063.60
Omaha A 8. W. (Bar.) 4.86 81.930.20
Union Paclflo 83.82 326.536.00
Omaha A Republican Valley. 8.21 7,736.00
Frenmont A Elkhorn 28.88 103,968.00
C, 8t. P., M. A 0 11.02 67,304.00
Mo. Paclflo (Belt Line) 16.64 102,548.00
C, R. I. A P .77 4,620.00
Total $691,704.70
While all classes of property in
Omaha have increased 19 per cent in
their assessed valuation, the property of
the railroads, which more than any
other class has enormously risen ln Its
market value. within the last five years.
has only increased 8Vi per cent in its
assessed value by the state board, and
this entire Increase ln the assessment
of Douglas county is in the assessment
of the Missouri Pacific (Belt Line),
which has been raised from $93,451 ln
1890 to $102,548 in 1900.
The most Impressive lesson in these
comparative figures Is the fact that the
railroad terminals in Omaha alone are
worth ft least $25,000,000 and a very
considerable Increase of their value is
represented In the improvements made
within the past six years. If, as has
been asserted by the railway tax
bureaus, the value of the terminals has
been distributed on a mileage basis
along the lines of these various roads,
Douglas county surely ought to bave Its
full share of the distribution. In other
words, the valuation of the railroad
property in Douglas county ought to
have materially Increased within the
past six years instead of showing
marked decrease.
The people are not called upon to fill
any. more important office than that of
judge of the district court These
judges bave plenary power to Issue
writs commanding action or Inaction on
the part of all the other officers of gov
ernment They can invalidate legisla
tion enacted by the law makers on the
ground of constitutionality and they
havo almost unlimited power of punish
ment for contempt The Importance of
selecting men for judges who are not
only qualified for the bench by legal
training and ripe experience, but also
free from the corrupting influence of
private interests must not be underesti
mated. The grand total of the county assess
ment for the year 1903 is about $150,000
greater than the grand total for 1902,
the increase being found chiefly ln
Bouth Omaha, there being a difference
of only $3,500 between the two years'
figures for Omaha, while in the coun
try precincts a shrinkage of $40,000 is
exhibited. All this, of course, on the
basis of one-sixth valuation would mean
that the country precincts bad lost la
value of taxable property a quarter of
a million dollars since last yesf: The
absurdity of this proposition Is so ap
parent from Its very statement that
comment is superfluous.'
Superintendent Pearse of the Omaha
publlo schools and his brother, A. 8. Pearse
of the High school, , entertained the Na
tional Educational association yesterday
down In Boston, by reading papers. Su
perintendent Pearse discussed the labor
problem by reading a criticism of other's
papers on manual training In the schools.
A. S. Pearse, who Is teaoher of biology In
the High- school, was to talk on that line
of work. World-Herald.
Men are generally Judged by what
they do and not by w,Uat they say. A
man may rtfart a beautiful and instruc
tive essay on manual training and abso
lutely lack the qualifications of a su
perintendent for schools for a city of
Omaha's population nnd educational re
qulrements. A man may be a splendid
drill master for High school cadets and
a mighty poor biologist or he may be a
very poor drill master and , a good or
poor biologist Feople . who have
watched the evolution of the Omaha
schools have been greatly -puzzled by
the dexterity of the Omaha school board
to fill square holes with round pegs.
The National Manufacturers' associa
tion proposes to go forth with a war
chest of $1,500,000 to do battle with
the forces of organized labor. The
money would be better invested nnd
bring better returns If devoted to the
nronacation of eonciliatorv measures
pavliig the way to the general adoption
of some rational scheme of arbitration
for all serious contentions between labor
and capital..-
The South Omaha council is burning
midnight oil trying to figure out how to
, vi
act-y iuc uiuuiuini ui iejr uunu ueww
10 mills. The example set in Omaha
with its 8.75-mlll levy will make South
Omaha suffer by comparison unless it
., . . ,
keeps the rate down there also. South
Omaha cannot help sharing ln the bene-
fit of the campaign for tax reform I
waged here ln Omaha.
Things Are Different Now,
Indianapolis Journal.
Truly, times change, and we wltk thera.
Tk. V, ,K. tr... V,
B. v,
cheered and feted In London would hardly
have been thought of ln
Bonaparte and Wellington.
the
days of I
No Bin flan ln Indiana.
Chicago News.
One gratifying feature of the situation
Is that the next time Governor Durbln gives
an order to put down a mob the would-be
mobbers will not make' the mistake of sup
posing that the order Is a bluff.
Vnhealthy Brantl of Diplomacy.
. Philadelphia North American.
Now Casslnl 'has followed In the wake
of Sackvllle-Weat, De X.ome and Von Hoi
leben. Washington has ' an unhealthy
climate for a certain kind of European
...... . ...
diplomacy;
Writing Little In Much.
Cleveland S'tia-Dealer!
Was there ever such a carefully disingen
uous writer as Orovpir-fW-vftlanrt ? As evi
dence ln a court of Justice his letters would
be fully aS valuable aslhe paper on which
they are written. -He lr the great exera-
pllfler of the art pf; writing little ln much,
Bow Times Have Changed t
St. Louis Republic- 1.
England naval o moors are outdoing them
selves In entertaining, the officers of the
American squadron now lying ln Ports-
mouth Harbor, and It's "hands across the
sea" and "blood Is -.thicxer than wnr
till you can't rest. Which Is all right, and
hosts and auesta like each other tnm.nH.
ously, as they sbould-but how different it
wati when the lonely and audacious John
Paul Jones was sailing along that same
coast looking for Englishmen to entertain
him. . -.1 . ' -
Representatives ot a Great Industry,
Springfield Republican.
The, convention of th educators In Bos-
ton brings together a great body of ape.
ciallsts who represent' xne of our leading
national industries, for education on a
systematized scale assumes In this country
mammoth proportions. The, billion-dollar
steel trust Is not of so much consequepoe
as our educational plant, considered as a
business, although education nowhere can
be resolved Into a question of preferred
stock and first mortgage bonds ' yielding
so much per cent per year. If the schools
make men, they are Justified ln their exist-
ence; and who can put a price on a good,
capable man?
ost oi Holitng stoclc.
New York Tribune.
There are fully 600,000 locomotives In this
country. The Pennsylvania road builds 100
locomotives a year. There are nrohablv
200.000 passenger, baggage, express, parlor,
sleeping and mall ears. The cost of a
standard" freight car Is 8750 with wooden
underwork and 81,000 ' with steel under-
frame. The standard car la X feet innar
8xSH inside measure, the capacity Is from
so oon to too 000 nnun.t Th lif. . -
ten to twelve years. . The cost of a stand-
ard locomotive Is 810.000 to 812.000; weight
on wheels. 170,000 pounds; tank capacity,
6,000 gallons, and coal bin ten to twenty
tons capacity.
Haana as Campaign Manager,
Philadelphia Press.
Senator Lodge states In a published in
terview that "Senator Hanna will remain
chairman of the republican national com
mittee, and that to him will be left the
management of the comlna comDalin."
A better man could not be found for the
nlace. Hanna's exDerlence In nrevlous
campaigns will be of great service to him
ln managing another one. The national
committee to be chosen at the next na
tional convention will elect the chairman,
but it has always, with a few exceptions,
taken the man designated by the nominee
for president
According to Mr. Lodge's
statement President Roosevelt wants Mr.
Hanna to continue at the head of the com
mittee, a very wise choice.
Vanity of Uniforms.
Philadelphia Press.
President Loubet. of. France and M.
Delcosse, the foreign secretary, who are
making an official visit ln London, wear
no uniform of any kind, but dress In to permit them to buy for the various de
plain evening clothea Surrounded as partments should know what the mar
they hve been by gorgeous uniforms
worn by all of the British officials, their
plain dress has won respect for them -
selves and the republio of France. Amerl,
cans who represent the United States
In diplomatic offices may feel consoled
may
because they have no uniforms, though
unfortunately many of them wear a uni
form, such as that of a mllltla officer, if
excuse can be found, and - some get up
uniforms of their own. The French am
bassadors and ministers to foreign coun
tries all wear uniforms. It Is a vanity of
which few governments deprive their rep
resentatlves.
JULY 11, 1003.
OTHER LANDS THAU OCRS.
Japan's military ambition has crippled her
financially. It Is maintaining a standing
army of 157,828 officers and men, or double
that of the United Statea, and It holds In
the reserves and In the mllltla 445.2CT addi
tional, making a grand total of 603,11 offi
cers and men In active service and subject
to call. Then, again, although Its commerce
la small, It has been striving to build up
a powerful navy without apparently count
ing the cost of Its creation and support
These military establishments have been
organised on the presumption that It Is to
be attacked by some other power or that It
will have'to take the Initiative In the field
and on the sea itself. It has talked war
for several years and has been preparing
for It on a scale entirely out of proportion
with Its resources. It Is evidently begin
ning to face the financial difficulties which
are the natural outcome of such a course.
Possibly it will now dawn on the Intelli
gence of Its statesmen that the safer policy
for the nation's prosperity Is to husband
the country's resources for the exclusive
development of the arts of peace
nd to
vo,d trouble with Its neighbors which
is name to involve it In war. Financial
difficulties will doubtless prove as good a
preserver of the peace in Japan as they
have In other countries.
The situation In Macedonia is bad enough
no doubt but of all the reports In circula
tion it Is Impossible to decide which are
true and which false. A correspondent of
the London Times has been wandering In
the region around Strumites, the district
where Miss Stone, the American mission
ary, was captured, and which Is said to
have been tha scene of many recent en
counters between revolutionary bands and
Turkish troops and outrages by the latter,
At place called Smerdash, It appears, a
Dana 01 fuglUva- villagers were mistaken
for revolutionists by a Turkish detachment,
not long ago, and annihilated. Turkish
Irregulars In search of revolutionists are
not apt to be particular In the matter of
Identification. But the correspondent failed
to discover here, or In the neighborhood of
lBtlb whlch n visited, any extended
ul w",cn ,s up!
Posed to prevail everywhere. Poverty and
squalor prevailed on all sides, and there was
a marked disinclination on the part of the
natives to have anything to do with a for-
"1f1ner' but 0,9 ,nh";bltant of many of the
villages were working tranquilly enough
ln thelr fleldll. ln town of strutnlt
only twenty-three suspects had been ar
reated, and all of them except two were re-
leased after a fortnight's imprisonment.
ine Victorian (Australian) government
has Just won a victory over a railroad
union that Is likely to have far-reaching
conaeouences. On Mnv a .n th .h
- I ' - ..--..v.
nremen employed on the state lines, 1.800
)n gii 8truck work t ,,,,., ,
them leaving their emrlnes ni oil npt, t
dangerous points on the road. They ex
pected that all traffic would be paralysed
and that all demands would be granted to
them, as masters of the situation. Thev
were encouraged In their view by tho fact
that. In Western Australia and In New
South Wales similar strikes had ended In
the complete defeat and surrender of the
authorities. But ln Victoria the premier.
Mr. Irvine, proved himself Just the man
for the crisis. Summoning Parliament, he
declared that the strikers, as paid servants
of the state, were In practical revolt against
the state, and he asked to be endowed with
anfflnlamt aiilkAiilt.i a . .
JIT"' " . k !v w . mX
drastic measures to bring the rehels tn thair
senses. The temper of the house was such
that he certainly would have secured all
the powers he asked for, but before any
action coum De taken the unionists,
aiarmea at me position In whtrh h.
roun1 themselves, promptly surrendered
I and hurried "back to w6rk. Meanwhile a
temporary service of tramway cars wagons
and automobiles had been organized for
the necessary distribution or provisions,
while most of the men who used to ride to
business on the railroads took to their
bicycles.
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It Is not generally known that the cult!
vatlon of cotton has Increased to such an
extent during the last few years ln West
Africa that It Is now considered by the
urilisn government one oi me greatest ana
most Profitable industries of that portion of
"a possessions. Bampies or west Amcan
cotton ave recently been received by the
British Cotton Growing association which
show that the quality is superior to any
grown In other sections. An expert on cot
ton growing writes as follows in the West
African Mall: "So far as West Africa Is
concerned, It can with perfect accuracy be
stated that sufficient evidence Is at hand
I today to prove to the hilt that many parts
I of West Africa can produce a cotton grown
I from Indigenous seed, under primitive con
dltlons, not only equal to, but a .long way
ahead of, the class of cotton which Is most
extensively required by Lancashire, and
I for the supplies of which Lancashire 1
virtually dependent upon the United
States."
This main fact having been established
beyond dispute, the task of organising what
i Is destined to become. If worked on prac
I ttcal, scientific) lines, a great export trade
in raw cotton from West Africa will have
t0 take,, energetically In hand. It-Is pre.
I dieted by the enthusiastic ones that a de
I cade hence West Africa's cotton producing
capabilities will astonish the world.
u ta ta"1""" tne K,d ""'ne" of the Ran1
alBlncl ,n oou,n A,rH; ,on "m l re
cover rrom tne enects oi tne war, ana pre
diction from expert sources Is not wanting
that they never will fully recover. The
Pnt "on'hly output Is about 250,000
ounces, which compares with over 400.000
ounces for the month prior to the outbreak
of tne war' Production continues to gain
grounu piuwijr, uui uiu muui (iiuuiem mean
time becomes more and more difficult to
meet. Under these circumstances. If It ha
taken over a year of peace to raise the
mines up to little more than .half their
former productivity, the time of reaching
full productivity must still be a year or
more dtstant, if It Is ever reached. There
Is this degree of satisfaction to be gotten
out ot the fact the mine owners who
brought on the war will never be able to
make good to themselves the losses they
1 hsve suffered from It.
Plain Flgnres for Selling Price,
The Drygoodsman
We strongly advocate plain figures for the
selling price of merchandise. The one price
business of today, as we see It, is the only
I true way of doing business and to have
I the price of the article marked ln plain
- figures Inspires tne connaenee or tne cus
I tomer. Have the cost price of goods marked
so that It is bard ror an outsider to work
1 out the key, and keep this price mark
I secret.
I We do not favor the practice of permit
I ting all the clerks to know the cost of the
goods, only those wno are trusted enough
chandlae costs. If by the use of ready
cash or taking advantage or a turn in the
1 market a merchant Is able to purchase
goods under the market price ne is entitled
to more than his usual per cent of profit.
Ifrrve Tonle Saparnaana.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The joke that the postal officials took
Payne's salary compound for the nerves
has the foundation In fact that they were
disposed to take everything that was
neither red-hot nor Immovable. But the
- I Idea of strengthening their nerves seems
superfluous.
A1UE Wl AMBFUCAHSf .
Or Mast We Be DUtlagnlsked as CMI
ens af the lalted stalest
Washington Tost.
Secretary Hay contends for the word
'American" to denote a resident ot tne
nlted States. When he was ambassador
Great Britain he placed over the door
his residence the words "American
mbassy." This caused some complaint
among the representatives of the govern
ment to the south of us, and even
Canadians entered a protest at the Brit
ish foreign office, but It made no differ
ence to Mr. Hay. He could put up any
Ign he pleased. The Canadians had no
embassy, and even If they had no one would
have known them as Americans. Ths
same Is true of the South American re
publics. As for Mexicans, they nearly all
prefer that title to Americans. Secretary
Hay tried to persuade other embassies
nd legations to adopt the same design
ation. Some others have done so. but
whether It Is now the designation genernlly
used no one can say, but some of those
who attempted It abandoned the Idea when
they heard a protest had been made. Gen.
Porter would have adopted the name, but
all France there has been a designation
for the United States which has become
so well known that any other designation
would not do. To the French we are the
Etats Unls," and have been for more
than a century.
Secretary Hay contends that .we are
entitled to the designation, for the United
States really created America. It was
this country that cut loose from the old
world with an Independent government,
It was our people that made the growth
of America possible, and It was especially
the United States that made It possible for
other portions of the contlent to become
Independent and self-governing. By Its
position. Its population. Its power, and Its
omlnatlon of the western world the
United States Is entitled to the name
American If It chooses to use It.
Another reason why Secretary Hay
thinks It would be a good thing to adopt
or confiscate and use the word American
because In the alphabetical list of the
nations America would precede all others.
Austria now heads the list, while our
country Is down near the foot. This ad
vantage would be especially valuable at
The Hague tribunal, where the countries
are called In alphabetical order and where.
consequently. In presenting a case most
other countries would have the first show.
Just how In a legal tribunal llko The
Hague court we could come In as America
little doubtful, but perhaps If a law
should be passed declaring that ln all
International affairs our country should be
designated "America" foreign countries
would recognise the title. But what a howl
would go up from other countries on this
continent If this should be done! Of
course, they .cannot prevent all countries,
as they ' do now. using "America" when
they mean the United States and calling
our cltlsens Americans. In all foreign coun
tries we are known as Americans and only
few complaints are made. To the north
are the Canadians, and such they will re
main until they are annexed to the United
States and even then the title will stick.
To the south are the Mexicans, the Cu
bans, the Venesuelans, the Bolivians, the
Brazilians, the Argentines, the Chilians,
the Peruvians and others. To call any
one of them Americans would be a mis
nomer. We occasionally hear of a South
American, but that Is Indefinite. Tour
American" Is a cltlren of the United
States, the Stars and B tripes are the
American" flag; the big vessels of our
fleet are ''American" warships. Our troops
In, -China and the Philippines belong to the
American" army. The time we were ln
Cuba was the "American occupation." So,
as the world .goes, the United States Is
America and Its cltlsens are Americans. .
i.. .. :. n J .-.,.'.
POLITICAL DRIFT.
' ' '
The Ohio man has another hoot coming.
For the first time since the Civil War the
state is out of debt.
Irt his Fourth of July letter to Tammany
Mr. Cleveland referred to the "glorious
tradition." - Mr. Cleveland doubtless
thought of the society's traditions of the
Chicago Wigwam, but his thought would
not look so well ln print.
Ex-Senator William E. Chandler quotes
from a resolution passed September 17,
1902, to substantiate his statement that New
Hampshire was the first state formally to
advocate the nomination of President
Roosevelt for re-election ln 1904.
In one of the congress districts under the
new apportionment ln Texas there are
flfty-flve countries. Ths entire vote of the
district, however, Is only 22,000, an Incon
siderable figure when compared with the
vote of some New Tork City assembly
districts.
At the Iowa republican convention
counting machines were used for the first
time ln the state to record the votes. The
result of a ballot known Instantly as soon
as .the last county was announced. Instead
or detaining the convention until the
columns could be added. The result was
highly satisfactory. .
H. A. Taylor, assistant secretary of the
treasury department, was once a oountry
editor. Away back in 1867 he started the
River Falls Journal In Wisconsin, which
is still published. Some years after he
went to Hudson and published a paper
which was under his management a power.
ful factor In republican politics of the
state. Mr. Taylor Is still a prominent man
In his party, and for years has been closely
Identified with John C. Spooner. In fact.
it was Taylor who brought Spooner Into
public view and groomed him for the high
place he now occupies. He saw possibilities
In Spooner even before 8pooner himself
realised them.
Genuine
To a certain extent our lines of merchandise
like summer flowers are perishable.
If kept too long, they wilt or are unsea
sonable. From now until September 1st is
supposed to be the dull time in clothing. We
rather expect that the reduced prices at which
we are offering portions of the real B., K. &
Co. clothing and other articles for hot weather
comfort, will suggest to you that the proper
time has come for some genuine bargains.
But' prices won't convey half as much as a look
$ at the goods.
NO CLOTHING FITS LIKE, OURS.
' R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
TEACHING THB .WORM! TO D1R
Fares the Grim Reaper With tie Cold
Serenity af Philosophers.
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Tooe Leo, In his seventy years' service
to his church, has been an example to
priest and layman. By deed and precept
he has taught the world how to live. Now
he Is teaching the world how to dls.
At 93, with the work of lite well done,
he faces death with more than the cold
serenity of philosophers. He faces It aiih
the simple trust of the Christian. It Is a t
If the poet had forseea his deathbed when
penning the lines:
So live that when thy summons onies
to Join ...
The Innumerable caravan, which moves
To that mysterious realm, where each
shall take . ,
His chamber In the silent halls of death,
Thou go not like the quarry-slave at nlsli..
Scourged to his dungeon, but. suMai.it-u
and soothed ...
By an unfaltering trust, approach thy
grave
Like one who wraps the drapery of hii
couch . . .
About him, and lies down to pleasant
dreams. .
Every Incident In the death chamber at
Rome, every word spoken by the pope to
his people or about his people, suggests
this Image of the man ready to die.
When Grant squared his shoulders nnd
bowed his head to meet the end on Mount
McGregor the world was the better fur
it.
When McKinley, knowing that death wi
at hand, faced the supreme fact with
serene Christian faith, the world was the
better for 11
And today again the world Is the better
for watching at the bedside where death
has been robbed of Its sting and tho grave
shall have no victory.
POINTED PLEASANTRIES.
Willie Littleboy What's a hero, any
how? Hob Thlckneck A ' hero Is a feller that
dust to tie a tin can to a bulldog's tall
Smart Set.
Poet I asked the editor to give me his
opinion of my manuscript, but lie never
even looked at It.
AMCum Wouldn't even give it a cursory
glance, ehT
Poet-'-CursoryT That word suggests his
words rather than his glance. Chicago
Tribune.
Mrs. Brownovlch I understand your hus
band Is seriously 111. '
Mrs. Smlthlnsky Yes; he's too ill to do
anything except make good resolutions.
Cincinnati Emiulrer.
"Commercially, wo
from you right along,
lean.
are taking money
asserted tle Amor-
well, as long as you use It to buy tltl.-.i
we don't mind," returned the Englishman. -Chicago
Post.
"Do you believe In reincarnation t" said
the man with dark glasses.
"I don't know," answered Mr. Cumrox
uneitsily; "you see, when we give a party
mother and the girls always look after the
floral decorations." Washington Star.
"Any objection to my smoking here?"
asked the offensively cheerful man as tha
vessel gave another disquieting lurch.
"None," replied the pale chap In the
steamer chair, "here or hereafter!" Cin
cinnati Tribune. ...
Burglar Bill These gypsies don't know
anything. One of 'cm told Gory Gus that
he'd die on tho gallnws.
Dynamite Dan Well, didn't he?
Burglar Bill Naw. He died of old age
while woltin' for a new trial. New Tork
Weekly.
"That temperance lecturer spoke most
effectively," she commented. "He was full
of his subject."
"What was his subject?" he asked.
"Rum," she replied.
And even then she couldn't understand
why he laughed. Chicago Post.
Smlthklns There's old Buffklns. I don't
care to meet him. Let's turn this way.
Last summer I requested a loan of S20 from
him.
Tlffklns--Well. he ought to. have obliged
you; he's rich enough. . .
Smlthklns The trouble Is he did. Ban
Francisco Wasp.
"How did you come out with your law
suit?" "
"I won It."
"Get damages?"
"Sure. I got almost enough to pay my
lawyer." Cleveland Plain Dealer. J
Cltlman You re expecting something out
at your house, aren t you?
Subbubs Yes. and we're hoping and pray
ing It'll be a girl.
Cltlman That so? "
Subbubs Yes, the servant girl says she
doesn't like boy babies. Philadelphia Press.
THB VINE ON THE SPOVT.
Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune.
Deep In the heart of the city,
She washee and Irons all day;
Her tired old hands are shaky and thin,
And her hair, once yellow, Is gray.
She stiuida near a window to labor. .
And Bvcrv few moments looks out
And murmurs, "You're mine," to the smal
sickly vine
That's climbing tha old water spout
She' waters it well in the twilight, . ,
And tenderly touches the leaves
As they nod ln the sephyrs that sometimes
get lost
So far from the grass and the trees.
She knows every tendril It carries,
Koch bud Is a care, without doubt,
For she loves with a love that Is sent from
vine on the old water spout.
She Is wrinkled and ragged and tired,
Her children have left her, I know,
To fight the battle of life once again
She fought It for them long ago. ;
Frlendlees, alone, uncherlshed.
Her mother-love will not die out
Bo she croons an old tune, all the long
afternoon, '
To the vine on the old wator spout
It may be the world doesn't need her.
It may be tht world doesn't care
For the old lonely soul whose eyes are so
Whose volce Is as thin as her hair.
It may be the world has forgotten
And yet I haven't a doubt
God planted that seed for he saw there
. was need
For tho vino on the old water spout!
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