Nebraska Newspapers

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larva mi) Until. Japan may ArcU ihMl
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In arlot'Hna tlirti nilllUrr men to w
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fmr William iliwliwra lil rnl "i'lnlon
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I'mm ih a.-tlTtiy of I . J. Hullr In th
tarrllna of uthril nillnn ilnntiT II
la piaia Mia l li prrtftn Iha planlrr In thf
todaravtll aa Ma partnrr now for hi
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fir rii aoli4 rrawna wlijr toii m Mr.
ltW rina n.i want in ralgn ofTW.
Mr hloa that many dollar of aurplua
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a-iraltaia Urlai tliat It la lurlllug
faatar than It la forming la lb Antic
una. reminamlrr Prarjr will hat to
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AKil i,iii,,I of iii' .Virih Aiiiftlinn
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I all In ll.a Mm lliifi of f r nfni lHl who
d,ir i :tt in liiii'li in any rtf
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fii.ii f iiM.na iif,iiiriiv, th'lr mr
II. If.alini Hi f.iltia man Id nraanlB'i
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nil ih I'Mfiifti ininl nf vrv roin
i, ... nil I i ia iniv fof Iha rallroa'l
n wmaa ll.aii thai. II ia a iar tnaniir
m tit ii.allliillnn nf th fililillf,
I lila a Iha Hum I ilRlialhla rxiilaa llmt
i aii ha fiffarail fur Hilllli nl rallroail ilnm
dial Inn, Iml ilia irrinli' mi wtiirli It l
a;rrnni11 ari falaa.
In fha Ural plain, thu rallromla wont
lulu hiIiii' Imif liiifnra thi. wi-ro .rt pr
Biilir-i'trii iii Dili iiirr n nil lu-Mirr mill
Inlia nf tatallmi fttnl rnta ri-gtilfltlnn.
Thi'jr Wnl Into Imllllra to am'tira rha.r
ir dial iiuifrrrrit iiMn flirm valualla
oiini'lMl irivilrKPB nml franrlilMoa. that
rtmlilH lham in iniinnpnllf" tranporta
linn. 'I'hi-.r ri'iimliipil In Kl1tlr to px-
!pliiii Mii prUHi'ic anil iniii'paHlona tlipy
hail pmniri'il throiik'ti polltlrnl uianipu
lailon, ami tha.r aiipplmiiriit tliolr Incur
alona Into Ilia ilonmln nf Hilltlra In or
iir lo api'iiri niiflotiHl nml ataii In ml
Krailia ami anlialillaa. ; ,
Tha rallroaila rappaicil ihi'Ir Invasion
Itiln I hi political iIoiiihIii to iniilf biii-p
nf thi roncaaalnns apciirpil tliroiifcl) ,or
rnpt matilpnlalliiii of Ipetalalutva. rim
grriwa, anil tlir iniiiilrnnro nf t ho imi
lltlral rranlun'a thpy hnil folatod Into
pitiiIIp nfllraa lu tin' atnlil liouw anil
In lh ilapartinrnta nt Waahlngtnn.
Thay fnaiPiiPtl thi-lr grip nKin all 1p
partnipnta of iroriM-iimciit. not liaciniHP
thay wara lirlnu (truiiinl lo ilontll, but
In onb-r to Im.t Irlbutp upon the couniry.
'rhna, for axnmplp, thpy Bucrivfb'cl In
IniTpaalng thplr Incoino from uinil trims-
imrtatlon until It now Apjcrpftntp over
I.'iii.iiiiO.iijni m year, while the Maine hit
rlr performril for exprpaa rompauipa
tloi'a not ylelil them half that atitn.
Ilia vlrtorli' r I lie niilninilw were
ai hlevpil In Hip courta. not because the
lilichecked np4ratiou of the upper and
lower nil lint oup would hare irrnuud tlieio
lo powder, but heeaune they reslMtert
any Interferem-e on the part of legiHln
turea ninl railway roiniiilaxlon to pro.
led their pntrnna nRalnxt uti.lunt lln-
Tlmltiatlniia and exceaalve exnctlnnx.
UMiklnc backward nt the experience
of Nebmaka. thla It the plain unvnr
nlahed truth. We tlnd Hint the land
grant rallrnada for ninny yearn refused
tn take nut patent mi their land In or
tier in bent their taxex, and they man.
aueil. moreover, to retnln million of
acre of Innd which under tlielr chnr
ter reverted to the public domain for
hnmeatead. by Ihixii nale of thone
land tn laud aymllcatp inaile up of
their own nfheer.
Had the railroad shown a ilixpnMtlon
to sire all their putmuH fair treatment
ami paid tlielr Jut proportion of taxes,
there would have been no upper nilll
atone and no ii-iner tnlllatone, so far aa
the people nf Nebraska are concerned, at
Iraat.
la Hint (here can be no Interference on
Hie part nf a atnte With the rlbt of em
plover and employe to enter Into a con
trm t In re aa t'i I to the hour of lnbor.
rimt I a mnlter of nbnliile freedom Ih
Iwern the jiarlli' which I ftunrnnteed
by the federal coiiMltutlnu. The decl
aloii present a new phaae in the InlHir
ipieatloti which I nf tha aretet Interest
and Importnuce.
a i, Alton rmni.t..i.
What Hie government liould do In re-
irard to the labor problem lu the Philip
pine I yet to be determined, but one
thing aeem to be pretty well etn bltxhed
and Hint I Hint there will be a restric
tion placed upon the Introduction of nny
more Chlueao coolie Into the Island.
Those MoiiKollan who are already there,
whether a laborer or lu other capacl
tle, will doubtles be permit ted to re
main. They have a certain value and
usefulness and If sent nut of the Island,
aa some have snirKested. would perhaps
be a positive ln from an Industrial
Jxilnt of view. Yet there I n very de
cided opposition to allowing an Increase
of the Chinese lu the Island nml as this
I shared by both the natives and the
commission It Is safe to conclude that
every effort will be made to keep Chi
nese hilmr out of the archipelago.
Meanwhile the question that naturally
suggests Itself Is as to what the Island
will do for development If they are left
dependent upon native labor. There Is
no question that there Is enough of such
labor to meet every demand If It could
bo depended upon, but there I the ditfl-
rulty. The Filipino Is a very uncertain
quantity when It conies to n question nf
work. The testimony Is that he will
labor only so long or so much a Is nec
essary to meet hi Immediate wants and
cannot be depended upon for anything
beyond that. Still It Is possible that he
may be encouraged to do something be
yond this when the promise Is held out
for remuneration which will enable him
lo live better than ever ln-fore. 1'n
doubtedly the problem of labor In the
Philippine I not a simple one, but It I
by no means Insurmountable.
Omaha a little bit Instead of alwaya
ndvertlslng It as one of the wickedest
of cities, their movement would receive
more sympathy and popular support. If
the ministerial crusaders really want to
banish social vice from the business and
residence section they ran do an on
short notice by simply centering their
fire Umn the owner of buildings used
for Immoral purples.
It must not be forgotten that of Ne
braska's $L,0 Ml.mil l floating sta'e debt,
more than a fourth i chargeable to
the defalcation of State Treasurer Hart
ley and would be liquidated at once if
the Hartley bondsmen were compelled
to make good on their obligation to the
state.
IIMMIII. riRITF.r IIOF.V
i Jiif' Method of froiwotlna
411 Kind of f'nfainrallfin.
I.lniiiln Sti-ffena In XcClure's ilevotes n
second i linii-r to New Jersey us a ftnun
clnl pinitp' haven. T'ne first ctniiter
biirrly sc.'atihed the surface of cnrriintp
polities ami i rooki finance. The spcnnil
(iutpter does not nrrci lo 'mtrle very
deep so iihupitiint is the msterlnl In s
state owned by corpom I Ions, run by cor
porations for corporation While the re
putHlion of the state Is well known, the
manner lu which corixirHi Ions run it ma
terially Increases the sum of public knowl
edge. In part Mr SterTenx says;
"Our captains of Industry wanted not
only to form truts without the law and
to finance them without money. they
wanted to control them without owning
tha majority stock. Jersey let them. In
ISftl It passed a law permitting stockhold
ers to vote by proxy; the losdprs thus
eonld corner the voles. Another law al
lowed stockholders to define a quorum.
Chinamen who believed they could
I i.i it t a 1 tr, it-1 n I . n i.iLnl.i.mpi. , 1 1 1, 1-1 1 1 1 man.
. , , Another gave directors powor to decide
Ishment simply because the tnltoinlh. ,, , .,, .!,,.
the '9t revision, stockholders could be
States took no action when I)owie him
self was mobbed nt Sydney have to
learn that circumstances still alter cases.
l.nod Time foe alienee.
Chicago News.
This is a good time for the naval ex
perts to lie low. Not till they know who
won the big sen. fight cbii thy show how
It could not possibly have ended any other
way.
Rlrth of til-eat Thoughta.
Washington Tost.
Colonel Bryan says that If silver was aa
valuable as gold and gold was as cheap
as sliver, financial conditions would b re
versed In this country. It must make a
man's head ache to have lo think up great
thoughts like that.
A Jolt for Frlendlr Senator.
Indianapolis News.
The opinion of Attorney General Moody
that eongre.ns has full power to delegate
the power of making freight, rates to the
Interstate Commerce commission or any
other subordinate tribunal Is another bit
of paving that doesn't make the pathway
of senator Elklns and his friends any less
rugged.
irm.VO FOR THE COXFl.ll T
The world waits with almost Impa
tient Interest for what It feels to be the
Imminent con It id between tho fleets of
Russia and Japan, but It gets no tidings
that Indicate definitely the locution of
the hostile squadrons or give auy Intima
tion when or where they may come to
gether. All that Is suggested In regard
to them in the dispatches is that they
are nearlug each other and that each Is
maintaining a most careful watch upon
the movements of its opponent. So far
as the Japanese fleet Is concerned the
most complete secrecy is maintained and
what leaks out in regard to the move
ments of the Russians Is by no means
trustworthy, a fact which shows that the
plans of the commander of the squad
rons of the lntter have lieen mimt adroitly
framed and are being shrewdly carried
out.
It appears probable that Admiral Togo
does not propose to force n tight, but Is
in a position to meet his foe under the
most advantageous conditions, while un
doubtedly the Russian commander Is
feeling his way with the utmost care and
caution, knowing full well the skill and
formidable character of his enemy. Hoth
realize the mat Importance of the result
of a conflict and hence are moving
toward the inevitable battle with all
possible care and precaution.
Raia of Optimism.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Chauncey Pepaw may have to pay hack
to the Rqiiitablc I.lfe Assurance society
Jl.ono.oco which he Is alleged to have re
ceived from It Illegally In fee. It was
Senator Depew who recently declared that
he could not understand why anybody
should ever be pseslmlatlc. We hope he
continues to be ohenrful.
run FRtr.r tt of cus tract.
The devWon rendered by the supreme
court of Ihe I'nlteU Ktatea on last Mon
day, declaring unconstitutional a law of
Ihe state nf New York prescribing alxty
hour for a week'a work in a certain in
dustry, was characterized by one of the
four dissenting Justice as one of the
moat liumrtaut that had been delivered
In a century. There aeem to b no
doubt that he waa right. The common
"MM wl" "' la "Jnt i Imprea.ion hitherto has been that the
in ajgnai inrpa. ami wim the ail
tal of Iha algnal -jia will -oma the
v hsjlluu drill ami other spectacular
r-tar. Ibal will rejureiiate Knrt
ObmH
slate, under the operation of their po
lice, power, had absolute control of the
lght to regulate the hour of labor
within I heir own borders; that for th.
people working In their factories they
bad an unquestionable right to say what
Bumlier nf hour they might be required
to put lu dally. I'ntil now It ha ls?en
almost universally admitted that such
m the rase ami there haa been no se
rious objection tn the proposition. I.eg
lalatnrea In varioti state have passed
laws prescribing hour of la fair and they
have gem-rally been operative without
challenge.
It remained for a liaker in a small
town of tha state of New York, who had
violated the iif-hour law of that com
monwealth, to bring forward the ques
tion nf the cnnslitntlonality of the state
statute. There were people in h aerr-
e wbw had b-een working bevoml the
prwrtrei hours. He waa persistent In
ariaiatainlng that he had a right to em
ploy these people and that he could not
t tie deprived of thla right by the tate
I v iKi'r M-i,i!n la B4-i In i 'aw. Me w railed to account In the
i-f ". adj la levnelts fitas-ttonit li I '"' ' ' ll thai alafa tribunal the
W a-MBHte a tanvarno Michey from . bidgmenl Went against him. The ease
l&at tiatlpp4 postmaster who has
It tU iel fr perjury gfter an In
elcatl eruVred by tn preablenl Is
f tw fllwa b know what Air
Naaxatelt a-sa hf tils reference to the
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iwi Mask, l.iamiurf WhitivitH.re
a4 tL gnarSBly iansay get through
nt. iit suits tny may have
Wsrtv. that ataniiaaihttia are tniiel
I Ml rttanlif ln aa wll M re.ele
sienna's fra hwsh m.la!.
f . n
! ty MfwMilaan.r rfleld Is
sse ag iwkiag alwni curvrste
'SM l s was, having rtiavnaered
ii 4i rMaisr watch claims to
Ii ia cxtnl Ibtissvissi laj Kaws is
i ag ! m ha thasj X4M.
a..rs stasninenra f
la hw SS.I l rleureiHta gwvarnne
tmmff't RaiMi thnt sofa-
s u. sg mu
In &) siols sews sa.nsl tha
t wia)sv tie arsnrney fea
ts si Ntsta) aa.. kn.rking. km now
k I haa avwIwHs a sultl. lest
a a-t rapn t viwlniing tha
a-vl is smtmtt k Mtt'u)M-ewt itiat
WVieri as ast aiata whu kj haa sm
) s iii ha il tit f"Miu III
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I iswa W Krg 1ms 4ou
as o luiug. Iaa-twaj4 uf
afc.4j bsw vra.tt ng tha
a " sa.toHii as anil yaa
' t i-4 a fnaehasasl tha
.k.M.pa). i haws hansrn
I f . ..'.uin.fcad) HHillM
a aiara4j nos rv
Isr- ! a si'- aasaeilHita) f an.
was finally taken to the i-ourt of lat re
sort ami the position taken by the t'tica
baker, that he had a right to make what
ever a contract he plea-ied with his em
ploye in regard In their hours of lalior
waa auatained.
As already noted there were four dia-
searing opinions, but this fact does not
interfara with the great significance of
tha majority decision. That la far-reaching
It aiMoiiutn ti a notice to every
sini thai I hare la no right In auy coui
uiuuwaslib to prescribe the hour of
lahe hi any occupation within its boiin-
ilai-lna, utiles smh occupation can be
shown ta b inimical to tha health of
thoa ngagt in it. Tlia police power
.if a si sis ma properly ha attended- to
tit peararttou uf thoae eraployetl In Its
Hatluntrtea who sea suh,i-rt to conditions
rtist mas imoaip their heaith. but not
ihaewla. la r1lnarv clreumalaneea
siM'h piwae aes taopemtiva.
Tha imports nt featvira of tha dacUion
The annual spring planting of a re
hydrants has been indefinitely post
poned by reason of the clash between
the water board, the water company,
the city council, the city charter and the
water bills. The water company re
fuse to honor the request for hydrant
planting until it is assured It will get
paid for them. The water Imard threat
ens to mandamus the water company,
and the water company retorts by call
ing attention to the fact that for the
last year it has lieen compelled to sue
for every water bill presented to tfce
city and does not now know whether the
water Imard or the city couucil haa the
right to order the hydrants. The diver
gence of opinion foreshndowa a test suit
In the courts a to who la who, with an
additional fee for special attorneys. In
the meantime the city la saving the
rental for additional Ore hydrants.
The position taken by Buildlntc In
spector Withuell lu regard to the sirlct
enforcement of the ordinance that pro
hibit the placing of boiler under the
auditorium or stage In a building that
I to be used In whole or lu part for
public entertainments la manifestly
sound and will receive the unqualified
endorsement of all classea of our clti-
sen. There ha been altogether too
much laxneaa la the enforcement of the
building ordinances by which life and
limb are to be safeguarded against con
fJagratloii. collapses and explosions.
Now that the supreme court has con
firmed him in hla title to the office. Dt
trlct Court Clerk Broad well might be
inclined to chip In a little stronger
toward the expense of procuring an
extra year through the biennial eh-ctlon
law without chancing another close
shave at the poll.
Interesting events divulged hy the
publication of advance sheet of the
"Red Book" at Washington proves con
clusively that tha government ha a suc
cessful plan for keeping information
from correapoiMlents lu spite of the fail
ure of tha senate to protect its execu
tive session.
Solving a Great Problem.
Indianapolis News.
The subject of the president's address
before the National Edueatlonsl associa
tion next July has not yet been an
nounced, but It 1b understood that there
Is a hope among some prominent educators
that he will offer soms solution of the
problem, which U now making school com
mlslsoners bald and gray, of making the
supply of schoolhouses square with thft
anti-race suicide policy.
classified, preferred and common, and un
equal power given to them. Cnder this
law you and I could organise a company
with property worth, say. a million. We
could Issue bonds for that amount: bonds
have no vole. If we then put out one
million of preferred stock with no vote,
and n million of common stock with no
value but a vote, we could sell all the
stock that the market would take ar.n
yet control the property. tn other words,
we could eat our cake and have It. too
which Is one secret of high finance.
A WARMSG FOR CORPORATIONS.
Monopoly Methods Cause Widespread
Pablle niatrnat.
Philadelphia Press.
Mr. John D. Rockefeller has been giving
money without protest to many causes for
twenty-five years or more.
The sudden outburst against receiving his
gift to the American Board of Missions
has been condemned by some of the fore
most and best trusted men In the denom
ination where the protest was made. It
has had no practical effect on the action
of the board. It has not prevented the
Baptist Board of Missions from continuing
to receive his large, liberal and long
continued' benefactions, not only without
protest ,' from that communion to which
Mr. Rockefeller belongs, but with the de
cided approval of Baptist religious papers.
The one result of the protest has been
to reveal a public bitterness on this sub
ject no one anticipated. Public opinion Is
changing, if It has not already changed,
and corporate managers should note the
fact. Many of them affect to treat Presi
dent Roosevelt's position as extreme. They
asserted no real public opinion was behind
him. Instead, by the side of great masses
In the west It Is conservative.
The managers of great aggregations of
capital need to wake up to the fact that
public opinion Is soaked through with dis
trust of monopoly methods. This distrust
Is far stronger and far more widely diffused
than most men msnaglng corporations
realise.
What once passed without challenge Is
being challenged. Mr. Rockefeller only did
what other men have done only more so.
But condemnation has begun. In trusts.
In railroad corporations, In Insurance and
In banking we have befors us a sharp,
sudden overhauling of old methods.
If corporation managers ars wise, they
will be warned in time and put their house
In order before the public Is at the door
with new and drastic legislation.
"The next string of legislation was to
enable promoters to buy up competing com
panies without paying money for them.
They were permitted to pay with shares
In the trust. In 1W nn act was pnssed
permitting directors to Issue additional
stock, and another authorizing them to
"buy property and pay stock therefor."
In the famous revision of 1SW. nil powers
necessary to water and pour forth stock
were rounded up In the famous dummy
director clause which declared that "the
Judgment of directors as to the value of
property purchased shall be conclusive."
The meaning of this law may be brought
out In a story Kdwln I.efevre tells. When
one of the great steel combinations was
forming, a group of financiers who had
been buying '.mpanles In one city got
drunk on the train that was taking them
home. They talked steel, and somebody
suKgi-sien nuying out certain mill at a
town on the way. They left the train
It was late, but they went to the mill
man's house n a hack and called him to
the window. He protested In his -light-shirt
that he did not want to sell.
" 'How much Is your plant worth?' they
demanded.
" 'Two hundred thousand,' he said, 'but
It Is not for sale.'
" 'We'll give four hundred thousand.'
" 'Not for sale.'
" 'Five hundred,' said the drunken finan
ciers. 'Six.'
"To make a long story short, the man
finally came down to the door, went with
them to a club, and sold his mill for sev
eral times what It was worth. The finan
ciers wold It to their trust for twice what
It cost them In watered stock, and then
they sold their trust out to the T'nlted
States Steel company at so high a price
that even Morgan quailed.
rtArr.noM or t oMntt T.
Kansas illy Star: The point Is bssed
on the right of eontrsct. And It la a very
reasonable proposition that a man who
wants to work extra hours for added ry.
or a man who Is willing to pay extra wages
for additional hours of work, should have
Ihe legal right to make contracts to these
ends. The rank and file of labor will not
be affected by the decision. Inasmuch as
the limitation of bonis Is very largely gov
erned hy agreements with unions, not by
state laws.
Pittsburg tUsimtch: The Cnlted States
supreme Justices, having the last voice In
the matter, the fact Is to he accepted that
the law for practical purposes Is wiped
out. The enforcement of ten-hour con
tracts by penal enactments becomes Im
possible In the Cnlted States. But as this
decision Is founded on the freedom of con
tract, the Inference Is quite clear that or
ganised' labor Is fre to Insist on eight
hour agreement as It lines In this city and
most of the state.
Bt. Paul Pioneer-Press: The decision ren
ders Invalid a great deal of restrictive leg
islation In various states, and makes hope
less all attempts by one set of working
men to Impose their rules by law upon
other sets. It leaves the matter of hours
to be worked out by argument and agree
ment, as It should be. not by compulsion.
It Is so plain that the hours of labor In
many occupations are too long, and that
the public would be a gainer by their
shortening, that an enlightened public
opinion will not only sustain hut demand
a general compliance with the reasonable
desires of the workers.
Chicago News: A study of the court's
decision In this ease In comparison with
an earlier decision of a Ctnh mining ease
enables one to gather what are likely to
lie the general principles that will guide the
majority of the court In the decision of
like questions In the future. The legisla
ture of Ctah passed a law limiting labor
lu mines to eight hour a day. The su
preme court of the Cnlted States refused
to set this act aside, affirming that It was
a valid exercise of the Mate's police power;
that labor in mines was uuhealthful and
therefore subject to regulation by the
state. The general principle appears to
be, therefore, that legislation of thla kind,
based upon the police power and designed
to protect health, will be sustained. But
legislation designed merely or primarily to
Improve the economic status of the work
ers will be held unconstitutional.
fifty Years tho Standard
The democrat are trying to claim
municipal ownership a their special
ami exclusive doctrine- lu Chicago. In
New York, in fact everywhere exf-pt
In iimaha. lu Omaha the democratic
organ tulks municipal ownership in
principle and oppoaea It In practice.
If member of the local Ministerial
union, who have sounded another alarm
and who want to organise another rice
crusade, would uccuaiouall boost
LIFE ISIRAKCR DISTlRBANt'K.
Baalnraa I adlmlwlahed hj the Hyde
Ipheaval.
Chicago Chronicle.
It la noteworthy that through all the
recent hubbub over Ufa Insurance people
hue kept right on taking out new poli
cies. There may have been some diminu
tion in the volume of new insurance writ
ten, but plenty of It has been coming in
Just the same.
Probably the quieter and more conserva
tive compsnles have been the larger pro
portionate gainers, but great sums of addi
tional Insurance have also been secured
by the aggressive institution and It la
quite possible that the aggregate totals of
new business for the current yssr to date
will equal the showing for any correspond
ing period In tha past.
More Important Is the fact that the pay
menta to policyholder continue to flow
on In a constantly Increasing atream. Of
course this hsd to be the case, for In all
the charges and counter charges that have
been made and are doubtleaa atlll to come
no question aa to the smple solvency of
any company has been raised.
That there Is money on hand to meet
every obligation la well known: Indeed, the
main trouble Is alleged to be that If any
thing In the case of the Equitable too
much of It haa been allowed to accumulate,
the chief disturbance being aa to whom
It rightfully belongs and who shall have
Its management.
Yet this ssms company la paying back
to Its policyholders right through the most
fearful upheaval a life Insurancs organ
isation ever faced an average of over lino,-
00(1 a day In death, endowment, annuity
and dividend claims. The exact figures are
not at hand, but It Is aafs enough to say
that during the two months or more lu
which the Equitable haa been under merci
less scrutiny and comment It haB with no
splurge or fuss and In the mere routine
o( Its regular duty dlshHiar.1 to its policy
holders over St'i.OUO.UOO.
In no other Interest save life Insurance
could such a condition exist, and when
this present storm shsll have cleared away
it will likely be found that not only have
pnllcvholdera In general not Buffered at all,
hut thai thousands of new ones have been
enrolled In th various standard Amerl
can organisations snd thst II f Insursnca
maintaina lis deaerved held upon the good
wil) and confidence of the wornl
"Business was reviving, nnd the Jersey
trusts began to flourish. Thev cau.d
complaints, but most of us took the advice
of the late Governor Flower, who said:
'Don't kick at the trusts; get into them.'
One loud political protest was raised In
Governor Flower's Mate: The Albany
legislature appointed a committee to in
vestigate al Jersey triints that were oper
ating In New York, and that committee
came down' to New York City after the
Sugar Trust. But the Sugar Trust put Its
books on a boat and rushed them over to
Jersey, and Jersey, under tho guidance of
her New York corporation lawyers, drrw
up and rushed through the Trenton legis
lature a hill to protect her own. This so
called protective act Is a remarkable
measure. It says: -No action or proceed
ing shall be maintained In any court of
this state against any stockholders, officer,
or director, of any domestic (Jersey) cor
poration for the purpose of enforcing any
statutory personal liability . . .whether
. . . penal or contracture!, If . . .
created . . . by the statutes or laws of
any other state.'
"Here wua a defiance to the other states.
Put through In eighteen hours, with the.
whole country watching the 'fight for Ihe
Sugar Trust's books,' Jersey was not
ashamed to be seen saving one trust from
possibly Just punishment for breaking a
New York law; on the contrary, she took
the occasion to announce to all trusts that
she would save them all from laws 'penal
or contrartural,' of all 'other states.'
And her drummers, the corporation trust
companies (at least two of them), sent out
to their clients, the trusts, an identical cir
cular boaatlng of the act. as follows:
" 'May we not refere to thla aa an Instsnce
of the wutchful care which the New Jersey
Corporation Guarantee & Trust company
(ditto the Corporation Guarantee company
of New Jersey) exercises over the cor.
poratlons located with It when we say that
this act, the Importance of which csnnot
be overestimated, was drawn by our coun
sel, was introduced at 8:30 p. m. of March
29, and by 2:30 p. m. the following day waa
signed by the governor and. became a law?'
Jersey la finding tha,'. her liberal policy
in licensing the trusts wss too liberal
it defeated itself. Gove, nor Stokes says
'the day of gigantic business combinations
Is on the wane,' and to catch the smaller
companies, he Is urging legislation to 'In
sure the faithful administration of the
affairs' of business companies, to guard the
'rights of the owner of a single shnra of
stock,' snd 'to remedy abuses.'
"Has her policy pnld the trusts? Of
course, the promoters have profited by It.
but has buslnens? Business men say 'uo.'
While I was working on Jersey. I had to
spend a great deol of time In Wall Street
and I Heard thla question discussed. The
feellna: nf conservative corporation men
can best be indicated by the proposition
two of them made to me; one was the
president of one of Ihe oldest and cleantst
corporations In the country, the other
corporation lawyer of national reputation
They said they would furnish the facts if
I would write an article ehowlng the
methoda by which some typical big cor
porations wete being 'wrecked.' Why were
they willing to tell? Because, they said
the financial licentiousness of the financial
rings they had In mind, were u menace to
corporate and all other business. And their
examples were all taken from Jersey-made
trusts, or from the operations of men In
terested In the exploitation of that state
which protected the wreckers."
Genlas la Crnili Lines.
Baltimore American.
A man In Iowa has Just been taken to
the penitentiary for stealing a Mississippi
steamboat and running away with It. When
burglary gets In a point like this II be
cornea positive genius and deserves more
reeiM'ctful recognition than the Imttllng up
of such unusal abilities behind links and
bars. However, the owner of these ahtll
tlea made the mistake of misapplying them
and using crude methods. He should hav
left the sieamhoals alone and dexnted him
aelf tn stealing railroads or legislatures
Then his exceptional genlris would hav
received Its dus In the ailmlrallou of bis
fellow mm.
Uade from puro cream of
tartar derived from grapes.
cans. The pall bearers Included the great
commsndeis of the army snd navy, cablnst
officers, senators, representatives and emi
nent civilians. The chairman of tha
funeral committee wss Senator Cbarlsa
Sumner.
Cnplaiu John Stover Jacobs, the oldest
fireman In Boston, died a few days ago,
aged SO vears He was foreman nf (ha
first permanent ateam fire engine com
pany lu Boston, was one of the assistant
engineers St tho big Boston fire In 1RTJ,
and had charge of the demolition of build
ings by the tise of gunpowder In the ef
forts to stay the spread of that conflagration.
PER0l, OTF.S.
Senator Ixtdge of Maseachusetts. expects
to start for Europe the first of next month,
and will remain abroad until the end of
August.
The Ixindon Graphic estimates that the
"West End" has benefited In the amount
about J5(iO,n0O,00O by the marriage of
British nobles to American heiresses.
Mr. Yerkea nays that even If Glasgow can
run its street railways, Chicago can't, be
cause the Chicago politicians are not
honest. Is this to he classed among expert
evidence?
The grand Jury at Frankfort, Ky., Tues
day of last week returned ) Indictments
against the Standard Oil company for pert
dllng without a license; and it wasn t a
very good day for indictments, either.
When General John Iawrence Sullivan
and General Charlet Mitchell meet In
Tacoma there will be such a battle as Man
churia never saw. But that la partly be
cause Manchuria la a heathen and uncivi
llzed country.
Mrs. James W. Smith oT Newark. N. J..
haa in her possession a highly-treasured
bit of verse from the pen of .Term Green-
leaf Whlttler. It is one of the few pro.
ductlons of the poet that has hitherto c
aped publication.
Edgar M. Helghn, who halls from Idaho
ahd I vice president and treasurer of the
Pacific & Idaho Northern, was In New
York City one day last week anil bumped
Into a Jostling crowd at an elevated rail
road station. When he broke away he
was short $160.
Some months ngo the New York Board
of Aldermen voted to give Hiram Cronk.
the last survivor of the war of 1812. a public
funeral. In spite of this Inducement to die
Mr. Cronk decided to remain among us a
while longer, and celebrated his 106th birth
day last Wednesday.
Henry K. Bradbury of Hollis, Mo., who
recently died after practicing law for over
half a century, is said to have had the dis
tinction of being graduated from Bowdoln
college at a younger sge than any other
of Its alumni. He enterted college at IS
years and was graduated at 17 in the fam
ous class of 1844.
There are only two survivors of those
who were dehlgnated to act as official pall
bearers at the funeral of Abraham Lincoln,
and each Is over 80 years old. One Is
Henry G. Worthlngton, who at that time
waa a congressman from Nevsda, and the
other is Alexander H. Coffrof' then repre
senting a Pennsylvania district in the na
tional legislature. The former was a re
publican and the latter a democratic rep
resentative and neither has changed his
politics since thst time. They are the sur
vivors of an array of distinguished Amerl-
FI.ASHK OF FI X.
"Ho you think your flying machine wlft
soon be completed?"
"My dear sir." answered the Inventor, "It
Is a matter of no difficulty to complete a
flying machine. Repairing the breakage la
the problem '-Washington Star.
Joakley It's funny that so many farm
ers are swindled hy bunco men.
Conkley Oh. 1 don't know. Farming
Isn't calculated to make a man ehrewd.
Joakley But to be a successful farmer
one has to be sharp aa a raiser. Philadel
phia Press.
The Doctor Doesn't this scheme for mak
ing gold of sea water appeal to your
cunidty ?
The Druggist Not a bit. I'm doing
fairly well with mineral water. Chicago
Tribune.
"Our liquor bill." wrote the editor of
the Muilsnck Puddls (Pro.), "Is a billion
dollars a year."
"1 wish, observed his wife, reading tha
article, "that you wouldn't use the edi
torial 'we' ao much. People mlgnt think
that It Includes the rest of your fsmlly."
Cleveland Leader.
Adams Quite a lifelike portrait of your
little boy. Isn't It?
Poplev not at all. Don't you ess, he's
sitting stlll?-Phlladelph1a Iidger.
"So they smashed your laundry snd
looted your cash drawer," said the polb 4
Judge. I
"They did," answered the intelligent ChH
Human.
"And what did you do?" I
"Nothing. They followed the usual cusV
torn and convinced me thst It was to my.
Interest to remain neutral." Washington
Star.
"Ah! Gabriel's trump at last!" exclaimed
the man. rising from the grave on the last
day.
"What is It?" Inquired his female neigh
bor. "I say It'FJ QaJirlel's trumjM -;
"I know, but what la itr-tTilladelphla
Press.
"We have got to get back to the peoplal"
bellowed the orator.
"That's what!" said a shaggy haired man
In the audience. "But you 11 have to move
a little faster. They ain't going to step
for you." Chicago Tribune.
KXH K.
Puck.
When mil find a man that's rising
From the plane where once he stood.
On who shows a seal surprising
At doing something good.
Don't cover him with praises
He might not bear the shock
Besides, such acta are craiee
Knock..
When vou And a lodge man truly
Fraternal at the heart.
Do not laud him up unduly
You only know a part;
He may be office seeking
A game you'd surely block
Be sure It's something sneaking
Knock. When vou find ft wife that's loving.
A husband that Is true.
Then remsrk Ihst "turtle-dovlng"
Seems quite absurd to you;
Devote vour time to sneering
About the "good home flock;"
At every word endearing
Knock.
When you find a club that Messes
Its home community.
One thst everybody guesses
Is Just what it should be, i
Don't Join their senseless srdor.
But all their transports mock
Just grab your hammer harder-Knock.
Bp
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