TIIE OMAIIA DAILY I1EE: FRIDAY, JANTJAIIY 15, 1904.
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,' ay that the actual number of full and
I complete copies of The Dally, Morning,
l Evening and Sunday Be printed during
i th month of December, 1903, was as fol-
lows:
SO.220 IT 90AM
- t SO.SUO U 80,870
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Net average sales 30,220
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, M. B. HUNGATE.
(Seal.) Notary Public.
The campaign for the election of a
president in San Domingo almost reaches
the dignity of a Kentucky feud.
If Nebraska is not careful It will noon
And Itself In the South Dakota class
as the divorce-seekers' happy hunting
ground.
District Attorney Summers' specially
prepared interviews with himself ure
now going into the World-Herald under
a Washington date line.
Your Uncle Mark is not at a loss to
reajlze the reason that he received the
highest vote ever accorded a candidate
for the senate in the state of Ohio.
With three public bodies Investigating
the Iroquois theater Are, there is a
bare chance that there" will be some
fuss as WCI1 US TeftfBBTs" in the ultimate
result " ' ' ;.' '
-Mr." Bryan'g resolution not to Influence
the democratic party unduly in its con
templated action may coma a little late.
In the opinion of many erstwhile prom
inent democrats.
' The Increased vote in the Commercial
club election reflects the Increased in
terest of Omaha, business men in the
various pending projects to push Omaha
further to the front It is a good sign.
With the United States in possession of
two ports of entry in Manchuria, there
Is certain to be two places In the dis
puted territory where life will be safe,
la a measure, at least, whatever hap
pens. ' The magnanimity of loyal American
people la again forcibly illustrated by
United States troops following to the
grave the body of General Gordon,
whose fame rests on his attempt to de
stroy the union.
Beet advices are to the effect that tho
Omaha postmastersblp competition will
be settled before the first of the month.
Those who are on the anxious seat may
take all the consolation out of this in
formation that they can. .
Now It is the cattle barons who are
to be saved by the relegation of Mr.
Summers to private life. Next it will
be the bootleggers and then the good
Indians and then the bad Indians. Any
thing for an excuse for another pull at
the 'publlo teat.
Baron Ilayashl, speaking for Japan,
declare that he expects the negotiations
with the Bussian government to con
tinue yet for several weeks. We knew
nothing, would be done until the war
correspondents and the news photogra
phers had time to reach the spot
Is It only a coincidence that Germany's
admission of the possibility of war be
tween Russia and Japan was immedi
ately followed by the. announcement
that the emperor had fully recovered
his health? It would be a lonesome
war scare in Europe In which William
did not figure.
Th deputy state labor commissioner
Is posing as an expert In crop statistics.
Inasmuch a this official's statistical ed
ucation was all acquired as a house
painter and political ward worker, his
right to apeak with authority on agrlcul
tnral product should be recognised
without question.
Anything Omaha can do to help Coun
cil Bluff retain and rebuild It state
school for the deaf which was burned
last year and for whose removal there
1 some disposition manifested In the
Iowa legislature, should be done. Omaha
and Council Bluffs are practically one
dry and what hurt one hurt the
other. We In Nebraska may not exert
much Influence "upon the Iowa leglsU
ture, hut every UU1 count, - -
A NVTABLS PRtCMDBST. .
The exchange of ratifications of the
commercial treaty between the United
States and China, which took place at
Washington Wednesday, establishes a
notable precedent. Only the day before
the Chinese emperor had affixed bis seal
to the treaty and acceded to the request
of Minister Conger for an immediate ex
change of ratifications. This was com
municated by csble to Washington and
as soon as possible Secretary Hay and
the Chinese minister had made an ac
complished fact of a convention which
secures to this country Important rights
In Manchuria and opens in that province
two new ports to the commerce of the
world. Immediately thereafter the pres
ident selected men as consuls at the new
ports, so that our government will at
once have consuls there to look after
American commercial interests.
It Is safe to say that there has never
been another instance of as speedy ac
tion In the ratification of a treaty and It
furnishes an additional illustration of
the vigilance of the administration in
respect to tho Interests of this country
abroad. This gives the United States
an unquestionable position in Manchuria
and whatever might be the result of a
war between Russia and Japan it Is said
that our government will insist on re
taining the privilege and right con
veyed by China in this treaty. It is ex
pected by the State department that this
convention, which is quite comprehensive
in its provisions, will contribute greatly
toward Insuring the open-door principle.
Whether or not It will have any effect
upon the far eastern controversy re
mains to be seen, but It Is possible that
Russia will find in it a reuson for modi
fying her attitude.
AO MONiTFUR COLUMBIA.
The statement comes from Washing
ton that the administration does not con
template paying anything to Colombia
on account of the secession of Panama,
nor will It go before The Hague tribunal
as a pnrty to any proceedings growing
out of the secession. If Panama Is will
ing to submit any issue with Colombia
to arbitration, well and good, but the
administration takes the view, as stated
by Secretary Root a few days ago, that
this government has done Colombia no
wrong and consequently there is no rea
son why It should pay that country any
thing. The senate democrats, or some of
them, would have the government ac
knowledge that it had wronged Colom
bia. That Is the meaning of the reso
lutions Introduced a few days ago by
Senator Bacon, declaring that the United
States should make full and complete
compensation to Colombia for the loss of
her sovereignty and property right's In
Pan a inn, "so far as the same may be
shown to be due to any act of the United
States through the land or naval forces
of the same." The republican position
Is' expressed in the resolution of Senator
Hule, which proposes to tender the best
offices of our government for the peace
ful settlement of. any claim that Colom
bia may make against Panama for in
demnification or loss of territory or in
creased debt burden. This Is manifestly
the proper position for our government
and if Colombia would take a reasonable
view of the matter there' is no doubt she
could obtain a satisfactory indemnity
from Panama.
TUB ARBITRATION MOVMMKNT. I
There can be no doubt that the move-1
ment in behalf of international arbitra
tion, which has just been given fresh
impetus by the conference In Washing
ton, will have results of the highest Im
portance to the civilized world. The
position which the United States has
always occupied in this matter gives it
a greater influence than perhaps any
other nation for promoting the cause
of arbitration and the popular character
of the movement here, which undoubt
edly has the practically unanimous en
dorsement of the people, gives it es
pecial strength. s
While the conference In Washington
was called with particular reference to
proposing a basis for an arbitration
treaty with Great Britain, it recom
mended that our government enter into
like treaties with other powers. Some
years ago an arbitration treaty was
negotiated with Great Britain, but
failed In the senate. There is now good
reason to believe that a new treaty
would be ratified by that body, which
understands better the extent to which
public sentiment favors the arbitration
principle. In the menntlme France and
Great Britain have gotten ahead of us
In this matter, having entered into a
treaty last year. This was brought
about largely through the influence of a
parliamentary "group" in France,
which visited England and laid the sub
ject of arbitration before the govern
ment. A corresponding committee of
the British House of Commons was or
ganised and the negotiation . of the
treaty soon followed. The United State
Is now to have a "group" composed of
members of congress," which-will affili
ate vwitu the interparliamentary union
for international arbitration. A meet
ing of senator and representative
Wednesday to organise a parliamentary
group was marked by an earnest mani
festation of interest in the matter which
gives promise that the plan will be en
tirely successful and there cap be no
doubt that it will be most helpful in
promoting the cause of arbitration. The
Interparliamentary unlou will hold Its
next session at St Louis In September
and It is suggested that congrpea make
an appropriation to defray the expenses.
There are some who are pesidmlstlq
regarding the value of international ar
bitration as a means of preserving peace
!nd strengthening friendly relations be
ween the countries of the civilised
world, but example of the efficacy of
arbitration in maintaining peace ar
numerous and there cannot be a reason
able 'doubt that a general agreement
among nation to submit certain differ
ence and dispute to arbitration would
operate most potently In the Interest of
peace. This would lead. It may reason
ably be assumed, to a general and large
ml notion In armament. The creation
of The Hague court of arbitration was
a great step, but In order that there
may be realized all that was hoped
from It international treaties, such as
suggested by the Washington confer
ence, seem necessary.
MR. BRTAtl'S CANDIDACY.
The official oracle has spoken and we
now have through the mouth of his
"very, very particular friend" a state
ment of exactly what Mr. Bryan wants
for the Immediate future. "Mr. Bryan
Is not a candidate." When, however, we
are told that "Mr. Bryan Is not a candi
date" we are to Infer that he is not a
candidate for th presidential nomina
tion on the democratic ticket of 10O4,
for In the same breath we are told that
Mr. Bryan is a candidate for delegnte-at-Iarge
to the nominating convention.
Mr. Bryan will be on hand at the head
of the small phalanx of Nebraska demo
cratsunrepentant bolters bnrred to
make sure, first, that no one is nomi
nated whose loyalty to hlra in his second
campaign is subject to the least sus
picion, and, second, that the platform
take no backward step, but shall en
dorse again all the monstrosities of the
Kansas City declaration, although some
new paramount Issue may be given n
place in the forefront
It i refreshing to hear from the same
source that Mr. Bryan expects to be
lively" In the St Louis convention in
order to prove to his enemies that he Is
not a political corpse. We only regret
that what he will do If things do not go
exactly his way is not yet confided to
the public. If questioned on this point
Mr. Bryan wonld doubtless answer that
he will cross no bridge until he comes to
It, and he would probably reply further
that he Is unwilling to give a bond not
to be a candidate again should favorable
conditions present.
The Nebraska delegation at St. Louis
In 1904, therefore, will doubtless bear a
considerable resemblance to the Ne
braska delegation to the Chicago con
vention of 180fl, likewise headed by
Bryan, who then, too, was not a candi
date until the promising opportunity
opened up. The difference between Chi
cago and St Louis will be that at the
former the Bryan delegation found the
seats occupied by a contesting delegation
who stood in with the national commit
tee that gave out the door checks, and
only managed to secure their rightful
places after a showing before the cre
dentials committee exposing the spurious
character of their opponents. Nebraska
at St Louis may not be the storm cen
ter it was in Chicago, but it will attract
equally as mneh Interest
The Bee takes pleasure in endorsing
the candidacy of William Jennings
Bryan for delegate-at-Iarge to the dem
ocratic national convention.
What The Bee has said with reference
to the charter limitations on the various
municipal funds should be . reinforced
by reference to the changes made in
these limits by the amendments enacted
by the last legislature, which are all in
the direction of increase. The maxi
mum for the fire fund has been raised
to $150,000 and for the police fund to
$115,000, while $2,000 has been added to
the library fund maximum and the park
fund maximum raised to $40,000, with
the previous maximum of $30,000 as a
minimum. The closest estimates by
those best informed on the situation
foreshadow a city tax rate of 12 mills,
with a possibility that It may be pulled
down to 11 mills, providing the school
board is not too voracious.
While the Real Estate exchange Is
looking after street signs it might also
do something In the matter of project
ing and sidewalk signs that obstruct
our streets in the business center. These
sign for the most part are not only
an eyesore, but positively dangerous to
passing pedestrians when the wind is
high. In a recent wind storm several
of our . principal business streets were
rendered really unsafe from flying sign
boards. No other progressive city tol
erate this abuse to the same extent
that Omaha does.
The new Commercial club directory
has the usual number of members who
are not engaged in commercial under
takings and who are only indirectly con
cerned with the important questions
that vitally affect our commercial inter
ests. It has always seemed to us that
the Commercial club would be a
stronger force If the management were
in the hands of men actively engaged
in commercial pursuits who wonld have
something at stake when a fight is on.
The populist national committee will
meet under the call on February 22. The
populists have a special- weakness for
making their demonstrations on red
letter days. The Fourth of July has
been the " favorite for their successive
declarations of Independence and now
they are using Washington's birthday
for advertising purposes. Strangely
enough, however, these national boll
days have not given them the coveted
talisman.
Having announced his acceptance of
the reforms proposed by Russia and
Austria, the sultan will now make im
mediate preparations for a revolt on the
part of his moslem subjects. The sick
man of Europe presents the difficult
spectacle of an equestrian trying to ride
two horses, each going in a different di
rection. Hi ability and agility were
never better shown than in the fact that
he ha been able to keep his seat so
long.
Not content with Its bridge and high
way extravagance, the county board
threaten to go Into the river and harbor
business with the Elkhorn river a the
basin. The next thing we know the
eoonty will be volunteering to asuume
th work of Missouri river Improvement
Just a If it had more money than It
knew what to do with. A If th county
tax were not high enough now.
The order of the Northwestern road
that a passenger train which start late
must stay late till it reaches ita destina
tlon may not give engineers an oppor
tunlty to show what they can do in the
way of speed with their pet machines,
but it may Increase the equanimity of
passenger who prefer to be safe rather
than sorry.
The stock raiser In convention have
been discussing the need of independent
packing houses. Their plea is that In
dependent packing ' bouse would give
them better price ' for their cattle. If
they could show that they would also
give the public lower prices on dressed
meats the movement might become pop
ular.
Aaotber Kick la Dae.
Detroit Fro Press.
Mr. Roosevelt having ordered the gov
ernment clerks to work seven hours a day,
It Is time for Senator Hoar to file another
protest against th United States' promot
ing revolutions.
Is the rare Toe Swift.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Railroad fatalities In the United States
last year reached an immensely Increased
total. So did the list of victims in burning
buildings. The pace, in some respects,
needs regulating.
Ilard Times for Plata People.
Buffalo Express.
The councllmen of an Iowa village have
decreed that hereafter every person who
wishes to dance must take out a license
and pay $15 for It. Between the fools and
the thieves who are put Into public office,
the plain people have a hard time of it.
Some Troubles Resides War.
Baltimore American.
What does the Russo-Japanese argument
amount toT Back to the banana forests
with the Panama question. Let Wos y Oil,
Iixy Gil and all the rest of the San Do-
mlngans be forgotten. What are such petty
problems when the National and American
Hase Ball leagues are warring between
themselves over Sunday games for th
coming season T
Joining; the "Silent Majorltjr."
Philadelphia Record.
The hemes of the civil war, on both sides.
are rapidly Joining their respective commanders-in-chief
who have been with the
"silent majority" many years. The con
federate Generals Longntreet and Gordon
have very quickly followed the three fed
eral commanders. Franklin, "Baldy" Smith
and A. McD. McCook, who died last year.
It lacks but one year of being forty years
since the end of the struggle, and it was
only because so many of the leading gen
erals on both sides were young men that
a considerable number of them lived till
recent years.
ROOSEVELT'S JACKSOlflAH FRJE1TD9
Popolar with the People, Hated y
Morgan eers.
Portland Oregonian.
The anniversary of Jackson's great vic
tory at New Orleans recalls the fact that
the salient qualities of President Roosevelt,
upon which rest his popular strength and
which inspire th highest confidence In his
renomtnatlon and re-election, are Identical
with those i jKikmn. Jackson's energy
and head-long oouiage in war first desig
nated him for political honors. Roosevelt's
dashing leadership at San Juan hill mad
him governor of New York and vloe presi
dent Jackson owed the politicians little
for his first election to the presidency; his
extraordinary energy and daring, his pic
turesque and striking individuality, cap
tured th voting masses of th country In
spite of all opposition. During his first
term of office he bitterly quarreled with
some of the ablest men of his party, but
he was triumphantly re-elected; during his
second term ha was squally independent
of the leading men of his party, but he was
nevertheless so poular that he declined a
third nomination at 70 years of age, when
he waa morally sure of victory. He became
the idol of the nation, despite the fact that
he made many mistakes of Judgment and
not seldom Indulged In speech of passionate
indignation.
Why was Jackson so Invincibly popular
In face of the bitter opposition of the ablest
men in both parties? His strength resided
in the patriotic magnetism that attracted
tlte great body of the people to him. He
was not a "still" man, but he was cer
tainly a strong man; he was absolutely
truthful; his public and prlvat integrity
and his personal morals were without stain;
he was utterly fearless, and so entirely
frank that his enemies knew what he in
tended to do as quick as his friends. The
heroic element In Jackson's character im
pressed itself on the popular mind and his
patriotism was not limited by section or
state. The most distinguished democratlo
leaders In the nation opposed many of the
measures recommended by Jackson, but
from first to last the peopl were loyal and
faithful to him.
Th reason of Jackson's popularity in
face of the opposition of the politicians
of his party wj do not need to go far to
seek. Jackson had always been very near
to the people all his days, and he always
took the people rather than the politicians
Into his confidence when he was president.
The people knew that Jackson was not a
great constitutional lawyer; they knew that
he was at times an Impetuous and Impru
dent executive, but they knew, too, that he
was absolutely trustwprthy in all matters
that concerned the safety of th union and
the honor of the American flag. They knew
that he had called France to quick account;
they knew he had strangled nullification;
they knew that he was totally without fear
and entirely above sordid appeal to political
self-interest. They, knew that Jackson
sometimes said imprudent things; that he
sometimes did things that had better been
left undone; but the absolute personal
trustworthiness of the man In all great
things goes far to explain the extraordinary
and invincible strength of Andrew Jackson
with th people.
The same qualities reside largely In Presl.
dent Roosevelt and explain his astonishing
personal strength with the people. The peo
ple feel that they know him, for he has
always taken them Into his confidence as
completely as Jackson was wont . to do;
the people know that he Is a man of pa
triotic courage, who would die for the flag
fearlessly If death for th flag was part
of his duty; they know that he Is a man of
veracity, of honor, of clean personal life,
democratic manners and temper. They
know he Is a man of action, a man of
sympathetic heart for 'the wrongs of labor;
they know that Wall street holds no first
mortgage upon his administration, and be
came th popl know all this they will
renominate and re-elect him so easily that
be will win th race next year tn a canter.
Against this popular confidence how feebl
Is the microscopic criticism of th democ
racy, who pretend that "prudent business
men ar scared and eonsarvativ men would
prefer a safer man at the helm." Th only
"business men" who are scared, the only
"conservative men" who want another pilot,
ar th Morgana and other trust Interests,
now said to b personally hostile to Roosevelt
IT Or WASHMOTOlf UFR.
Hlser leeiee as4 laeldeata Sketched
the Spot.
Pension Commissioner War receives
many queer letters from many "queer peo
ple. Having to deal on a cash basis with
nearly 1,000,000 persons. It Is not surprising
that some of the multitude address him In
various tones and dialects. But when his
subordinates take their pens In hand and
Jolly hlra with "beautiful thoughts'' In
prose, the fact Justifies an advance In
salary and an appropriation. Her Is the
latest symposium of "beautiful thoughts'
turned loose on the commissioner:
"Dear Sir: With pleasure not un
mixed with sadness, 1 hereby tender you
my resignation as clerk of the bureau of
pensions. The disruption of ties formed
during a service of nearly eighteen years
must naturally be attended by a feeling
deeper than mere passing regret; and while
I am glad lit my broken health and de
dining days to be free from the burdens
of official life. It Is with peculiar sadness
that I place my hand In th horny old
palm which has so long extended bread
and shelter to m and mine, saying, 'Oood-
by. Uncle Sam!' As one who sails from a
port where years of deepest meaning and
solemn earnestness have been spent where
the surges call with voices of friends and
comrades whose tender sympathy and helD-
ful hands have sweetened with hy-
dromel the cup of rue God s children all
must drink so turn' I from tho old build
ing where some of my tenderest memories
are garnered, and where I and my two
helpless children were shepherded out of
the storm Into the fold of a great and good
government. In looking backward upon a
long experience. It seems to me that only
"th true, the beautiful and the good' can
arise to greet us, for they are the real
things the Immortal part of our life on
earth. The rest has dropped from us as
the worn garments of our upward strug
gle; often tear-stained perhaps blood-dyed
In some dark Oethsemane known only to
Qod and the soul.
"Over these we draw the sacred dust that
fell from the great Sculptor's chisel, thank
ing Him for the evil as for the good. And
thus, with misty eyes I watch the reced
ing outlines of 'days that are no more.'
Dear old days! God bless them to us alt
and make them our stepping stones to
htsher things.
"Ooodby. Mr. Ware! In clewing my let
ter of resignation, allow me to present
throngh you my kind remembrance to the
officials of your department."
Mr. Ware Is sitting up late striving to
compose himself and a suitable reply.
The inquiry into the promotion of General
Leonard Wood, which dragged on for over
two months, established a new record for
cheapness In senatorial Investigations. The
total expenses were less than $2,500, includ
ing the cost of hiring stenographers to re
port the testimony and the payment of
the expenses of witnesses. This Is econ
omy, sure enough, when one Is wont to
observe the prodigal hand with which
money Is handed out when the senate does
anything out of the ordinary.
The old-timers at the capital say that If
any Inquiry of the kind Just closed by the
military committee had been held ten or
twenty years ago $50,000 would hardly hav
covered th cost. The limit of extrava
gance In connection with senate inquiries
was reached when the great fight on the
lection of Senator Clark waa made by his
millionaire rival. Daly. A regular army of
witnesses was brought on from Montana
and all of them were put up at the best
hotels after making the Journey to Wash
ington in Pullman coaches. They hung
about the city for weeks, taking in the
Bights and spending money liberally, know
ing that the senate would eventually foot
all bills. The cost of "that inquiry was so
appalling that Senator Hoar drafted a rule,
which was later adopted, limiting th ex
penditures for witnesses attending senate
Inquiries.
Traveling expenses are restricted to 7
cents per mile, as an allowance of $3 per
day during attendance before the commit
tee is everything that witnesses get. Fol
lowing up this streak of economy the senate
cut down the pay of the stenographers en
gaged In reporting testimony at hearings.
They now get only $1.25 a printed page for
testimony, whereas the old rate of 25 cents
per 100 words would have netted consider
ably more.
It is not considered Improbable that lino
type machines will be Introduced in the
government printing office in the not dis
tant future. This would complete the per
fection of mechanical equipment for that
huge printing plant, for in all Its other
branches labor-saving machinery has been
Installed. The subject will be thoroughly
Investigated by a subcommittee of the
house committee on appropriations tn con
nection with the consideration of the sun
dry civil appropriation bill. Members of
this subcommittee have been giving the
subject serious consideration with a view
to determining whether the introduction
of th linotype machine would facilitate
th enormous work of the, government
printing office, which increases at the rate
of 10 per cent a year. Th action of the
committee will, of course, be based on the
investigations already made and the argu
ments to be submitted at th hearing.
The Washington Typographical union is
outspoken against any proposition looking
to the Installation of machines in th gov
ernment printing office, but in its opposi
tion it stands alone among the typograph
ical unions of th country.
Dr. Edward Everett Hale, the new sen
ate chaplain, expresses himself as vastly
pleased with the welcome he has met
everywhere in Washington. Th doctor
tells with glee of an Incident In Boston at
Christmas time. Ha had preached In his
church and referred to three great anni
versaries In the month of December. After
the sermon a young reporter said: "Doc
tor, I can think of but two anniversaries
In December the landing of the pilgrims
and the shortest day' of the year. What
was the third?" Dr. Hal answered: "If
you think it of sufficient Importance,
young man, you might add Christmas day
to th landing of tho pilgrim and find a
substitute for, th other on you men
tioned."
Simply a Gamble.
- Hartford Times.
Comparatively little complaint is heard
from th army of 40,000 kindly men who
hav so generously exchanged a couple of
hundred million of dollars for th chromos
known as certificates of the common stock
of th United States Steel corporation. All
of them had an opportunity to know what
they were buying and the prospective value
of their certificate. They could not possi
bly "go it blind," for the facts were all
before them. If they looked Into th mat
ter at all they could not help learning that
there waa no prospect that dividends could
continue on thee shares. Th purchase
of steel common at any time during the
last two years has been simply a "gamble,"
and a "gamble" la what tempt a great
many good people when It is dressed' up
so as not to bear too oloa a resemblance
to a roulette table, or to a gold brick em
porium. A Chang ( B.
Louisville Coupler-Journal.
As long as three days ago Kobe sent out
dispatches saying that there were persistent
rumors of a collision between th Russian
and Japanese fleet In Tsushima strait.
Kobe) anttrs the field early for th Mole BL
Nicolas honors of the new war.
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Senator Russell A. Alger of Michigan Is
receiving some notice now as the possessor
of a fine touring railroad car.
Jack Pleasants, the hero of "The Quick
or the Dead," written by Amelia Rives,
whose cousin he was, has Just died in
Richmond, Va.
Chicago Is making a clean sweep with
its fire legislation. Hotels and club houses
are now being Investigated, people may
feel reasonably safe in Chicago, hereafter.
Paradoxes will never end. It Is said that
there are now eighty-eight varieties of au
tomobile on the murknt; and yet the death
rate Is being rapidly reduced In every great
center of population.
F. A. lindstrand, the new president of
the Swedish National association, Is pub
lisher of the Svenska Amerikanaren and a
member of the Chicago Literary board. He
first organized the association In
The warden of Sing Sing prUon Is snld.
not to have visited New York City for
twenty-nine years. He keeps, however, In
such close contact with promfcient cltixens
of the metropolis that he perhaps does not
miss much.
Michael 1. Rodklnson, who for forty
years had been engaged In translating the
Babylonian Talmud, died in New York last
Wednesday, lie had finished twenty vol
umes and also two volumes which formed
a history of his work.
Captain Charles P. Jayne, now residing
In Boston, had the honor of commanding
the first vessel that passed through the
Sues canal. The craft was known as tho
Moning, and although of American con
struction, was sailed under the British flag.
W. R. Olvens, who wrote the interview
In which Plerpont Morgan made use of the
famous phrase, "undigested securities,
says the New York financier is not the au
thor of that quotation. It originally ap
peared in a financial article in the London
Times and its patness Induced the Inter
viewer to ask Mr. Morgan as to its sig
nificance. Ex-Governor A. 8. Bushnell of Spring-
field, O., recently gave a dinner party at
his home to his family Including his two
married daughters, with, their husbands.
and his son, with the latter' wife and to
the women he gave $160,000 each in stock
of a narvester . company which pays 5 per
cent, while to the men he gave $100,000 each
of the same stock, making a total of $760,-
000. The governor afterward told a friend
that he Is worth Just $7,000,000 after having
given away his harvester stock.
TRYING TO BE TOO BIG.
Inflated Combines Conspleaoa tn tbe
Failure Record.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Business failures In th United States
in 1893 numbered 16,242, with aggregate lia
bilities of $346,779,889, and average liabilities
of $22,761. In 1896 they numbered 16,068, with
aggregate liabilities of $6,036,134, and av
erage liabilities of $14,991
In 1899 ther were only 9.S37 failure, with
aggregate liabilities of $90,879,8S9, and aver
age liabilities of $9,733. This was the lowest
record in number since 1887, and In aggre
gate liabilities since 1881, while returns
going back to 1875 do not show Its equal
in average liabilities.
The heavy failure record of 189S waa due,
of course, to the political folly which at
tacked all industries on the ground that
soma were too prosperous. That of 189$
was due to the insistence of a one great
party upon publlo and private dishonesty
as a remedy for industrial Ills.
In 1903 neither of these conditions ex
isted. There was no political attack upon
industry. There was a demand that finan
cial promoters obey the law, but that was
all. Yet in 1903 business failures, exclud
ing the ship building collaps and railway
foreclosures, numbered 12,069, with aggre
gate liabilities of $165,444,186, and average
liabilities of $12,879.
It will be observed that the failure record
grew from the lowest since 1881 to the high
est since the panic times of 1893-98 during a
period when the "big" corporation or
trust" idea took large and definite form
In practice and from a theory became a
veritable craze. ...
Analysis of the 1903 failure record shows
clearly how "big" corporations or "trusts"
Ayers
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brought moot of the losses. Out of 12.0T.9
failures 150 gave almost half the total lia
bilities. In manufacturing 156 concerns out
of 3,030 failing gave almost two-thirds of
the liabilities in that line.
Now, manufacturing 1ms been the fa
vorite field of trust-niRklng and exploita
tion, and In that field the metal division
has been most fully worked. And failures
In metal manufacture alone, rhnw very
large Increase In liabilities. Tliore were
considerable Increases in leather, glass,
clay and lumber, industries also favored
by trust-makers, but metals gave the most
of the 50 per cent increase in llalilllilea
over 1302.
In other words, those Industries which
since 189!) have been most largely consol
idated in which the "trust" Idea h;m had
fullest sweep in which promoters have
been most active In working for "big"
things during the past year have produced
more than the normal amount of loss by
failures.
The conclusion seems not unwarranted
that the heavy failure record of W03 was
due chiefly to the efforts of corporations
organised and managed after trust IdenL"'
to force their growth. They seem to h.fvc
failed largely because they persisted Id
trying to be too big.
LAlGHIXn LIKE.
Assistant Here Is a letter from .a man
who wants to know what relation a porta
Itlian sustains to the I'nited Hiatcs.
Answers to Correspondents Man S.-nd it
to the puzzle editor. Chicago Tribune.
"Ynu never tell me the truth. John."
'Then what's the uso of asking nit) ques
tions?" Chicago Post.
Don t hide yoh light under a himlirl,"
said I'nclo Klicn; "an' at de same iinii If
you whs cut out foh a ordinary, useful
sulphur match, don't was'o yoh time irvlif
to be a calcium." Washington btur.'
Gladys Men are such conceited things!
Why, one may see them any time gazing
at a looking glass.
Tom (meaningly) Yes, but It's alwavs a
good-looking lusa. Indianapolis Journal.
Charles-My wife's handwriting is awful!
Just look at that letter.
Jlls Friend How do you manage to read
Charles I don't. I Just send the cbeck.
Detroit Free Press. ;
"So," demanded the cross-examining law
yer, "you desire to make n categorical de
ntal of 'all the'Jehlirirs,-''ao"nrw
"No. sor," nnswercd the witness,, "hut
I'll say there ain't a doggoned worrud of
truth In any of them. Chicago Ilecord
Herald. .
"You are one of the best known men In
the country."
"Yes," answered the statesman. "Hut
I've about given up hope of being truly fa
mous. Nobody has named a . cigar after
me." Washington Star.
The eye of the indignant officeholder
flashed fire
"You Insult me, sir!" he exclaimed. "You
are making a brazen attempt to buy my
vote!"
"Brasen?" gasped the other. "Do you
think I am trying to buy you with pen
nies?" Chicago Tribune.
SII-H-HI
Chicago Tribune.
My maw she's upstairs In bed,
An' It's there wlf her.
It's all bundled up an' red
Can t nobody stir;
Can't nobody say a word
Since It came to us.
Only thing 'at I have heard,
'Ceptlng all Its fuss.
Is "tiE-h-hr
That there nurse, she shakes her head
When I come upstairs,
"Sh-h-h!" she sez at s all she's said
To me, anywheres.
Doctor he's th' man 'at brung a
It to us to stay
He makes me put out my tongu,
'Nen sez, "Sh-h-h" 'at way l
Jest "8h-h-hl"
t goed In to see my maw,
'Nen dumb on th' bed.
Was she glad to see me? Pshawl
Bh-h-h!" 'at's what she said!
'Nen I blinked and tried to see,
'Nen I runned away
Out to my old apple tree.
Where no on could say
"Sh-h-h!"
'Nen I lay down on th' ground
An' say 'at I Jest wish
I was big!. An' there's a sound
'At old tree says "8h-h-h!"
'Nen I t ry an' cry an' cry
Till my paw, ho hears
An' corned there an' wiped my ey
An" mop up th' tears
'Nen es "Bh-h-h!"
I'm go' tell my maw 'at she
Don't suit me one bit
Why d' all say "81i-h-h!" to me
An' not say "Sh-h-h!" to It?
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