TITE OMAHA DAILY REE: WEDNESDAY, MAY 3. 1903.
Tiie Omaha Daily Bee
E. ROSEWATER, EDITOR.
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G. C. ROSEWATER.
Secretary.
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before me this 1st day of May, 1906.
(Seal) M. B. HUNOATE,
Notary Public.
To make Omaha a 200,000 population
town by 11)10, Omaha must atand up
for Omaha.
Chicago and Warsaw aeeru to be play
ing for first honors In au unenviable
clans this year, with the result In doubt.
Utah must be trying to live down lta
reputation. Nothing has been heard
from the Smoot case since congress
adjourned.
The easiest way for the Board of Edu
cation to avoid a deadlock over the ap
pointment of an architect Is to appoint
,uo architect. - ' T
Mexico has arone on., the sold basis.
In a few years that country may develop
a race of statesmen loaded with "facts"
regardlug the "crjtue of 1900."
AMKMCAXir.ATioy or caapa.
Attention has frequently boon called
to the fiict that considerable numbers of
our people have emigrated to Canada,
taking up lamia in the northwestern
portion of the Dominion. This emigra
tion, principally, from our northwestern
states. Is still going on, though probably
not quite to the extent of a year or two
ago. The movement has naturally at
tracted attention In Knglaud and there
seems to be some apprehension there
that It will result In such au Ameri
canization of Canada as will not be to
the advantage of the mother country.
A London organ of the commercial In
terests thinks It has discovered that al
ready the infusion of American ideas
Into the Dominion has had an Influence
detrimental to British trade, in teach
ing the people there that they can deal
to better advantage with American
manufacturers than with those of Eng
land, not only in the matter of prices,
but as well in that of the quality of the
goods, which is the more important con
sideration.
But the Canadian people had learned
this before the American emigration
began, as shown in our steadily grow
ing exports of manufactures to Canada
for a number of years. That market is
supplied with goods equal in quality to
like articles marketed here and it has
been alleged at rather less cost, as to
some articles at least, than the home
consumer is charged. Notwithstanding
the preferential duties on British manu
factures in the Canadian tariff, our
trade with the Dominion has steadily
grown while that of England has made
little or no progress. This Js not due
to any influence exerted by the few
thousands of people who have gone
from this country across the northern
bonier and taken up lands. They cut
a very small figure In the population
of the Dominion and are not where they
can exercise any lnflnence upon trade.
It Is due to the superiority of Amerlcon
goods and the greater energy and en
terprise of our manufacturers and mer
chants. The London paper remarks that
Canadians are American in ideas and
In business habits and require treat
ment of a different kind to that which
s meted out to traders in other colonies.
This is so and as long as the British
manufacturer does not understand the
fact and act upon It he will be at a dis
advantage in competition with the
American. Indeed It Is not probable
that he will ever be otherwise than at
a disadvantage in such competition, for
Canada cannot, with a due regard for
her own Industries, accord him much
larger tariff favors than at present.
Americanization of Canada may be
making progress in some directions,
notably in inspiring the people with a
desire for Independence, but there Is a
different Influence operating upon trade
between the two countries and It Is one
which the British manufacturer will find
it very difficult, if not impossible, to
overcome.
Kansaa reports one of the best pros
pects for wheat in Its history, but it can
not be harvested before it has been de
stroyed at least twice for board of trade
purposes.
Now that Chicago is facing a coal
famine the inhabitants probably con
gratulate themselves', that teamsters
strikes are scheduled for May rather
than for January.
There is probably one point upon
which Grover Cleveland and the club
women of the country can meet after
all; and that la in opposition to those
who would make the killing and wear
ing of birds a crime.
The advertising department has called
the attention of the public to the mar
velous growth of the World-Herald s want
ads.-World-Herald.
Mr. Hitchcock has become the chief
editor that's very evident.
Omaha poasessea a score of modern
public school buildings which any other
city would feel proud to reproduce. Why
not use the plans of one of these' for
the Vinton street school aud see how
U would work.
If the Nan Patterson Jury makes It
necessary to reproduce lor a third time
the testimony upon which the state
hopes jto convict the woman the man
responsible can expect little mercy from
the Teadlng public of America.
Dr. Oeorge L. Miller's remonstrauoe
against the wauton slaughter of animal
from no other motive than sheer love of
slaughter might have been put more
tersely In these words: "What is fuu
for the boys Is death to the frogs."
If, as Secretary Taft intimates, the
I'auanm railroad company Is charging
more tb.au a Just return upon the lu
vestment for transportation across the
isthmus, what must be the facts retard
lug roads over which the government
exercises practically no control !
The next perplexing problem with
which the council will be called upon
to wrestle, is the division of Omaha
into twelve wards, containing as nearly
as possible an equal number of voters.
To adjust ward boundaries politically
on population lines is a very delicate
Job. .
"Old believers" at St. Petersburg ha
received privileges along with members
of other religious wets. At the present
time the ccar seems to be in favor
anything which will foster belief of a
kind, with the probable intention of
creasing belief In the power and Justice
of the throne.
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The controversy between City Elecrrl
clan Michaelsen and the Honorable
Joseph Burus of Lincoln does not dl
rectly concern anybody except the pa
ties Involved and incidentally the State
Board of Public Lands and Buildings
Id view of the fact, however, that Mr
Mlebaelseo occupies an official position
In this city, an explanation on his part
would be lu order.
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the works. On the other hand, if the
city's power to regulate is Inherent and
continuous, a contract with the city
fixing the rntes would not be worth the
paper It Is written ou and the present
owners of the water works would be
impelled to torce the city to purchase
the works at the price agreed upon by
the appraisers.
A RAILWAY CUXORtSS.
There will meet in Washlngtou city
tomorrow an International railway con
gress, the proceedings of which will
command the attention of railway man
agers In this country and In Europe. The
congress has been in existence for
twenty years, holding sessions once In
five years, this being the first one held in
the United States. It Is interesting to
note that all the discussions will be con
ducted in French and will be secret
They will have nothing to do with the
questions relating to railroads in which
the American people are Just now most
Interested, but will relate to technical
subjects.' Divided up Into five sections,
the congress will afford an opportunity
for experts In the various branches of
railroading to give opinions upon the
propositions laid down' by other experts
In advance of the meeting.
It Is needless to sny that the various
subjects to be discussed are of vital Im
portance to the railroad Interests ns well
of America as of Europe and doubtless
our railway managers will acquire valu
able information from the foreign visi
tors. While as a whole the railroads of
the United States are In some respects
the best in the world, there are still
some tilings to be learned from abroad.
A large number of European railway
men are here to attend the congress and
American railroads will be well repre
sented, the expectation being that there
will be In the congress more eminent
men encaged in railroading than have
ever assembled In this country. After
Its sessions the foreign visitors will be
taken a trip across the country and
back, in the course of which they will
make a special study of the equipment
of our railroads and probably also, ns
far as possible, the methods of management
REDUCIXQ THE WATER RATE-
The Omaha Water board has taken
the first step toward a reduction of
water rates to consumers by the, adop
tion of a resolution directing the water
company to reduce the meter rate
charges to all consumers of less than
2,000 gallons per day to the uniform
charge of 25 cents per 1,000 gallons.
The present charge is 35 cents per 1,000
gallons for those who consume from
100 to 500 gallons per day; 30 cents per
1.000 gallons for those who consume
over 500 and up to 1,000 gallons a day,
and 25 cents per 1,000 gallons for all
who consume from 1,000 to 2,000 gal
lons per day; 20 cents for those who
consume 2,000 to 4,000 gallons per day
and 15 cents to all who consume over
4,000 gallons per day, but no reduction
is proposed In the meter rates to con
sumers who already enjoy a 25-cent rate
or lower rates by reason of heavier
consumption.
Whether the water company will
carry out the directions of the board, or
whether it will invoke the power of the
courts to make a final test of its claim
that the maximum rate inserted lu the
original water works ordinance consti
tutes part of its contract with the city
Is a matter of conjecture.
From the viewpoint of the consumers
affected and the people of Omaha gen
erally, the action of the board will com
mend Itself, because even a small re
duction In water rates to.rfhe smallest
number will be welcomed. It must be
apparent, however, to all who have
given the subject of water rates any
consideration that the contention that
the city had a right to reduce rates
deemed excessive, notwithstanding its
contract with the water company, Is, to
say the least, novel.
Omaha water rates were jURt as ex
cessive ten years ago, when John I
Webster was city attorney and Howell
city engineer, as they are today. If we
have the right to regulate the water
rates now we had the same right ten
years ago. It is passing strange, there
fore, that neither of these gentlemen
even suggested a reduction, although at
that time they were contending that
the water company had lost Its fran
chise altogether because it had gone
through bankruptcy and undergone
foreclosure in the federal courts.
It will be remembered also that Judge
Munger then ruled that the foreclosure
sale of the water company carried with
it the franchise, and later on Judge
Munger also decided that the contract
of the city with the company was legal
and binding. Not only that but be
went still further after the passage of
the Howell bill by issuing a mandate
to compel the city council to levy a
tax of $100,000 to pay the hydrant
reutal for which the city was delin
quent. How far his recent decision will
sustain the contention of the inherent
power of the city to fix the rates for
water to private consumers regardless
of its contract yet remains to be seen.
If the city can fl water rates on the
basis of the aetusV Investment and cost
of service there would be no occasion
whatever lor municipal ownership of
HOW NOT TO PROMOTE TRADE-
According to a recent report from
Washington, negotiations between our
government and that of China for a
treaty restricting the immigration of
Chinese to this country have practically
been abandoned, at least for the time
being. It will be remembered that some
time ago the Chinese government de
nounced the old treaty, which expired by
limitation last December and Indicated
its desire to negotiate a new treaty on
more liberal lines. The effort to do this
has failed and while the exclusion law
remains operative and doubtless will be
strictly enforced, there is no arrange
ment with China in regard to the immi
gration of its people into the United
Statea and we simply discriminate
against them in spite of the protest of
their government
It appears probable that negotiations
for a treaty will not be renewed In the
near future and it is a question of in
terest, from the commercial point of
view, as to what, course the Chinese gov
ernment will take in the matter. Will
it retaliate by excluding Americans from
China, or will it adopt measures detri
mental to our trade with that empire?
Unquestionably that government lias a
right under the circumstances to adopt
some form of retaliation and It is by no
means Improbable that it will do so. We
have commercial treaties with China
which must, of course, be respected, but
this does not prevent the government
exerting an influence upon Its people un
friendly to American trade and favor
able to that of our commercial rivals
and It is conceivable that such influence
might hurt materially. Then If China
should decide to exclude Americans the
agents and representatives of our man
ufacturers nnd exporters would be kept
out of that country, which would cer
tainly be most damaging to our trade In
terests. We are looking to China as a
great field for future business In our
manufactures. Iu order to realize our
expectations It Is obviously necessary
that we have the friendship of that
country. Our position In regard to ex
clusion is such as to endanger continu
ance of friendly relations.
It Is one thing to exclude Chinese
laborers and quite a different matter to
shut out the merchants and students of
that country. In this respect our policy,
In the opinion of those who look at the
matter from a practical standpoint, has
been carried to an unnecessary extreme
and should be modified. It Is not to lie
doubted that it will have to be if we
would avoid Incurring commercial hos
tility nnd consequently loss of trade in
that part of the world.
more and better sidewalks, more street
repairs, more fire engines, and a greater
expenditure for public improvements in
every direction. If these good people
would not depend so much on the city,
nnd do a little more for themselves,
they might accomplish more than by
passing resolutions. It takes money to
make the horse go, let alone an automobile.
Hallrond men declare that private car
lines are not common carriers, but as
tills contention Is for the purpose of
evading the responsibility of the law
governing common carriers, were the
companies shorn of privileges It Is not
Improbable the same experts could
readily testify the other way.
Illinois has decided to emulate the
example of Nebraska by improvising
a moving picture show of its public
buildings and historic structures, for
the Portland exposition, In place of
erecting a state building which is sim
ply a rendezvous for visitors and does
not advertise the state.
Interesting; Advice I'aheeded.
Washington Star.
Colonel Bryan continues to offer his poli
tical advice with the confidence of a man
who believes that the people are the losers
If they are too busy to listen to him.
Opportunities for Heroism.
Baltimore American.
Peace hath Its victories. The art of
cooking Is to be taught In the army. The
soldier who Is a bad marksman may,
nevertheless, develop Into a high-class cook.
Taking; Fresh Hold.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
It Is worth mentioning that no sooner
had Mr. Cleveland said those things about
the women's clubs than the female suffrage
movement took a fresh hold upon public
attention.
High Level of Immigration.
St. Louis Olobe-Democrat.
The rush of Italian Immigrants to this
country Is so great the Mediterranean
steamships announce that they can book
no more at present. In looking around
for opoprtunities the lineal descendants of
the anclont Romans find nothing so at
tractive as the United States.
Mere Ornamental Than Iseful.
Chicago Chronicle.
As all the gun foundries of Europe con
tinue to work day and night, the peace
tribunal at The Hague may as well turn
off the gas, put up the shutters and post
the usual notice on the door announcing an
Indefinite suspension of business. A peace
tribunal la all right when no war Is going
on, but It Is not even ornamental aa soon
as the shooting begins.
Contentment Jarred Again.
Minneapolis Journal.
Just as the world had adapted Itself to
the doctors' injunction to drink copiously
of water, now comes the latest Medical
Record with the alarming statement that
water Increases the supply of nitrogen,
and this, In turn, causes too much stimu
lation of "proteld catabollsm." Without
being In a position to feel cocksure about
this. It might be well to have your pro
teld catabollsm cut out before It gives
you trouble.
First Great Sea Captain.
Springfield Republican.
A controversy has already been begun
as to whether Paul Jones was actually
"the father of,, the - American navy," and
the honor of the title la claimed rather for
John Barry of Philadelphia, who was ap
pointed by the marine committee of the
colonial congress to be captain of the
T-exington, the first armed cruiser of the
colonies, with which he made the first cap
ture of a British vessel, the Edward. It
Is not necessary to call Jones "the
father" of the navy or of anything else,
for his actual achievements are clear and
the title Is only a sounding phrase. But
as a matter of fact, a pretty fair argument
might be made for Jones' right to the
title on the strength of his very remark
able reports, made to congress on the re
quest of that body, In regard to the ves
sels of which It was the wisest to compose
our navy, and In regard to our naval or
ganisation. There were many better pa
triots In the navy than Jones, and so If
a title must be given him, let It be that
of which there can be no question and
which deals solely with efficiency, namely,
"our first great see. captain," for that he
was and possibly greater, too, In sheer
ability, than any that has coma after him.
There is a great deal of speculation
in railroad circles concerning the ob
jects aimed at by the Union Pacific mag
nates in their proposed issue of $100,.
000,000 of new stock. The most ra
tional gueHs Is that the bulk of the pro
ceeds from the new Issue will be ex
pended In double tracking the Hue from
Omaha to Ogden aud from Salt Lake to
Portland, with an incidental expendi
ture of several million dollars for en
largement of terminals commensurate
with the anticipated Increase in the
volume of business.
The reduction In the clerical force of
the city tax commissioner from six to
one is only the forerunner of the gradual
reduction In municipal expenses brought
about by the Impending merger of city
and county offices. Iu other words, it
Is the first step toward the eventual
consolidation of municipal aud county
governments that will be known in the
no distant future as the city and county
of Omaha.
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There Is altogether too much pater
nallum exhibited by the various im
provement clubs ' that have recently
sprung up In and around Omaha. Each
of these clubs clamors for more fire
hydrauU, more street corner lanjps,
DEMANDS OF THE Fl'Tl'RE.
I'nloa ' Parlfle Loan aa Evidence of
Foresight of Company's Growth.
Manufacturers' Record.
Nothing has lately attracted more at
tention In railroad and financial circles
than the proposition of the Union Paclflo
railroad to Issue $100,000,000 of new stock.
It is not yet announced as to what wilt
be the function of this Issue, but that It
will be used for Improvements of some
sort appears to be geperally anticipated.
This step by the Union Pacific la like the
developments which are. going on In the
finances of various other railways, the
purpose of them all being to enhance
transportation, capacity, and by so doing
prepare for handling a vastly Increased
volume of business which far-sighted traf
fic managers anticipate In the next sev
eral years.
The general belief exists, however, that
most of the railroads have not fully seen
and comprehended the ratio of growth of
population and the consequent expansion
of business in this country.
According to the census of 1900 the
growth In population from 1890 was 30
per cent. Assuming that a similar rate of
Increase to continue from 1900 to 1910. the
population now should be about 85.000,000
people, is compared with 76,000,000 five
years ago. But the Increase due to Immi
gration has been remarkably heavy, all
records having been broken within the
last several years by the extraordinary
Influx of new people from southern and
eastern Europe.
This swelling of Immigration would, of
course, tend to Increase the ratio of growth
of population In this decade as compared
with the last, and may assist In giving us
In 1910. Instead of 91.noO.000 or 92,000,000, a
total of very nearly, If not quite, 100,000,000
people.
Provision for the needs of from 16,000,000
to 20,000.000 more people (four or five times
the population of New York City and Ha
environs) In ten years, would necessarily
Impose heavy burdens upon the mills and
factories of the country and consequently
upon the railroads, and that without tak
ing Into consideration growth of business
from the Increase of exports and Imports,
or from the natural growth of consump
tion of products which accompanies the
Increase of wealth In the country. These
are the factors which demand study by
railroad managers In their preparations
for the future.
The men who have been counting In
thousands must now calculate In tens of
thousands, and others who have been cast
ing their sums In hundreds of thousands
must enter the million class.
I' Don their capacity to adjust them-
selves, to the even-hanging and expanding
conditions depends the successful move
ment of the commerce of the country
within the uest five years
I. IFF 171 THE SWT.
Not All the rosters Picture Sor aa
Bad aa KnoeUers Bay.
Billboards In this and other cities are
decorated with huge posters, picturing a
brilliant naval scene, calculated to thrill
susceptible young hearts and promote busi
ness In the recruiting office. One of the
famous White Squadron cruisers Is plowing
a painted ocean, while a sailor bold stands
on the bridge of another ship holsttpg a
flag salute to the passing warship. The
scene Is just the thing to awaken the
roving spirit in the young and induce them
to enter the service. Just now the coun
try wants fl.ooo young men between the
ages of 17 and 15. Recruiting officers are
seeking the right material in the west, and
the posters are Intended to prepare the
youthful mind for what Is coming. The
recruiting officers will supplement the
posters with equally fetching word pic
tures of the charms of life on the ocean
blue, the opportunities for seeing the
great round world and give the impression
that existence on land is comparatively
dreary,
A correspondent of the Chicago Tribune,
under Washington, date, says the descrip
tion Is' as far wrong as are the reports
showing that the enlisted men are badly
fed, and brutually treated and have no lib
erty, which found recrudescence In the dis
patch from Galveston In regard to the
alleged mutiny on the cruiser named after
the Texas seaport. The Galveston mat
ter will be Investigated by Rear Admiral
Evans, commander in chief of the Iorth
Atlantio fleet, but It Is expected by the
Navy department that the court of in
quiry will find that the report was greatly
exaggerated.
Just before Rear Admiral Evans left
Washington a few weeks ago to take com
mand of the fleet he conferred with As
sistant Secretary of the Navy Darling In
regard to the policy to be pursued toward
the bluejackets.
"An enlisted man would not be content,"
said Rear Admiral Evisna. "unless he had
something to growl about. He considers It
Is his prerogative to kick. In the last ship
which I commanded an orderly come to
me and reported tha( some men were at
the mast. As required by naval regula
tions, I Immediately went on deck and
asked the men to tell me their trouble.
" 'Well, sir,' said their spokesman, 'they
have put in a refrigerating machine In this
ship and it makes the water too cold for
ua to drink.'
"I kept my face as straight as I could,"
continued the admiral, "and replied:
" i think your teeth must be too soft.
Go to the dentist and have them pulled
out.' Later In the afternoon I heard some
gossip on deck which convinced me that
I need expect no more complaints because
of the operation of the refrigerating ma
chine." It has been considered a curious thing
that there have been fewer desertions In
ships serving abroad than those on duty In
ome waters. For Instance, not a single
man has been reported missing from the
Asiatic station. Yet there Is performed In
that quarter of the globe some of the hard
est work in the navy. Ships are cruising
constantly In the warm waters of the Phil
ippines or poking their noses Into Chinese
and Corean ports. Since the war began
they have not been permitted to go Into
Japanese ports.
The Navy department says that unques
tionably the personality of the commander
has a great deal to do with the content
ment of the men. This question of liberty
Is the most serious one with which the de
partment has had to deal. Rear Admiral
Converse believes he has found the solution
In a scheme which he has Induced Secre
tary Morton to approve and concerning the
execution of which he Is in consultation
today with Rear Admiral Capps, chief
naval constructor.
This scheme establishes "home ports"
for all vessels that is to say, each ship
will be assigned to a navy yard and go
there always for repairs and to be cleaned.
Admiral Converse expects ordinary re
pairs will require thirty working days each
year and docking and cleaning from five to
eight days. By going to the same yard
the crews have an opportunity to see their
families at least twice a year.
Moreover, when a ship needs ex tens', e
overhauling it will be placed out of com
mission at the yard to which it has been
assigned. It Is believed by this plan the
men will be saved expense traveling from
porta at which their ships put in to their
homes and back again and will have more
tlnio to spend with their wives or parents.
Rear Admiral Converse says: "It is
nonsense to say that the food served to en
listed men is bad. The galleys are spot
less, there is a dough-mixing machine, a
dish-washing machine and other modern
conveniences designed to enable the proper
nd clean preparation of everything served
to the men. Moreover, the food Is always
inspected by an officer before It Is eaten.
and In all my experience I have never
known an officer to permit a meal to be
served which he could not eat himself.
This Is particularly the case with the flour,
which Is never musty, and the hardtack.
which is never antiquated. The American
enlisted man Is well fed, well clothed and
well looked out for generally.
in the matter of desertion there has
been a good deal of exaggeration. Outside
of a certain class the greatest percentage
of men to leave was found among the coal
heavers. I do not blame them much, for
their work Is hard. We have tried experi
menting by calling for volunteers, who are
given special privileges on board ship.
They all want Jobs of this kind now."
Men who will enter the navy when the
recruiting parties come among them should
not enlist with the Idea that they will
have a "soft snap." There will be hard
work, plenty of It. There will be long
stays In disagreeable ports, where there Is
no recreation and where sanitary condi
tions are such that It would be dangerous
to the health of all, either officers or men,
to go ashore. But there will be opportuni
ties to learn a profession, to see the world,
to make a useful career with reasonable
compensation, and In an emergency to
fight for their country.
PERSONAL, NOTES.
The age of Hon. Chauncey M. Depew may
perhaps be guessed when It Is said that if
the Osier theory had been In practice at
the time, he would have been chloroformed
almost exactly twelve years ago.
The state senate of Connecticut has
adopted a resolution naming a committee
to procure a suitable . memorial to the
memory of Senator O. H. Piatt to be placed
In the state capitol grounds at an expense
not exceeding 115,000.
The keynote of Admiral Rojeatvensky'e
life Is work. He was once asked what his
favorite pastime was. "Work," replied the
admiral with his customary brevity. "Then
what do you consider your hardest work!"
"Being Idle," came the response.
Governor Horh of Kansas is an ardent
Methodist. Since his going to Topeka as
governor he has been much In demand as a
speaker at church affairs of different de
nominations. The governor feels even more
at home in a church affair than he doe at
a political convention.
George Gould and August Belmont are lit
a contest apparently to see which of them
ran pile up the most money In the shortest
time and do It without having talk about It
Belmont Is ahead of the game just now
according to the talk of the men on tho
street, hut Gould Is a hot second Belmont
Is making about $1 mr j, month and
Oould is just a little behind
GREAT GROWTH IS A YEAR.
Fascinating Story of Progress Told
la Flaares.
New York Commercial.
The first pamphlet copies of the statistical
abstrsrt of the Vnlted States for the year
1904 have come from the printer, and ss
soon as a few minor corrections are made
the edition will be ready fur distribution.
The abstract will make a volume of 659
pages and every page of the book Is a
fble of figures. It does not look Interest
ing, but the volume really tells a fascinat
ing story of progress In America present
Ing figures so large as to challenge the
human mind to comprehend them. Iters
are some of the facts derived from these
more than 660 pages of tables.
In a single year, the length of time upon
which all of the comparisons are based,
the population of the United States has
Increased by l.Ssn.OTO souls. The estimated
total for the country In 1904 was 81,752,000.
In the same year the amount of money
in circulation Increased by 1 151.450. 691, a
gain of upward of $3 per capita. The gain
In gold circulation alone was more than
$28,000,000. The Interest bearing debt of the
nation dereased by more than 119.000,000 and
the Interest payments decreased by more
than H.S80.000.
The thrift of the people at large Is shown
by the fact that In the last year the total
deposits In banks Increased by $44,8SS,406,
and the number of persons who deposited
money In savings banks alone was 270,215
more In 1904 than In 19H8.
In the year under consideration the people
of the United States were less dependent
upon foreign products, the Imports decreas
ing by about 134.000,000. At the same time the
exports to foreign countries Increased by
more than $40,000,000. The farmer Is still
king, for the total export of farm products
last year amounted to $53,643,073. This was
not quite so large ss the amount exported
the year before, but the demands for home
consumption were very large; there are
more than l.oro.OOO more mouths to feed In
the United States each year than In the
yeer before. American manufacturers sold
their products In foreign countries last
year to the amount of $452,415,921; this meant
sn 'ncrease In their foreign sales of more
than $47,000,000 over the record of the year
before.
More figures taken from the atatlattrnl
abstract almost at random show that tho
total value of farm animals In the United
States In 1904 was $3.onrt,6n,737, an Increase
of more than $8,000,000 In a year. The pro
duction of wool In 1904 amounted to 291.
7R3.0.12 pounds, a gain of over 4,000,000 pounds
In twelve months. The wheat crop was
85.000,000 bushels smaller than that of the
year before, but the production reached the
respectable figure of 652.!!S,617 bushels. The
corn crop was tremendous, the grand total
of the 1904 harvest being 2.467.480,934 bushels,
a gain of 223,000,000 bushels over the crop
of 1903.
Of the railroads, which are to the coun
try what the veins and arteries are to the
body, 4.696 mile were built In the last year.
The number of passengers carried was
more than 42.000,000 larger than In the year
before, the grand total being 696.908.994.
The total amount of freight carried by the
railroads one mile was 171.290.310.688 tons, or
over 15,000,000,000 tons more than In the year
before.
ETHICS OF DIRECTORSHIPS.
The Gonld Resignation from the
Union Pacific.
New York Evening Post.
George Gould's reasons for his resigna
tion from the Union Pacific directorate fol
low exactly the ethics of directorships as
laid down by his father, in his testimony
before the Pacific Railway commission In
1887; that case also, oddly enough, involving
directorships in the Union Pacific.
Jay Gould, while a director of the Union
Pacific In 1879, had bought control of the
Missouri Pacific, and was planning to ex
tend It Into Union Pacific territory by
means of the Kansas Pacific. Previously,
however, he had given his approval to a
consolidation of the Kansas Pacific and
the Union Pacific, and although (according
to his own assertion.) he offered $1,000,000
to be released from this approval, other
Union Pacific directors held him to It.' In
the investigation of these conditions by
the Pacific commission, Mr. Gould was
asked: "According to the ethics of Wall
street, do you consider it absolutely within
the limits of your duty, while a director
of the Union Pacific, to purchase another
property and to design an extension of the
road which would perhaps ruin the Union
Pacific?"
"I don't think It would have been
proper," Gould replied; "that's the reason
I let it so."
Cynics who refused to believe in the
white-souled financial integrity reflected by
this reply always asserted that Gould
had "worked off' his Union Pacific stock
at the current high price, while buying
up Kansas Pacific stock for 7 and i cents
on the dollar, and arranging to exchange
It for Union Pacific, worth ten or fifteen
times as much, on a ahare-for-shere mer
ger basis. The upshot of the affair was
Gould's return to the Union Pacific direc
tory, not very long afterward. In absolute
control of the property. The present In
stance will hardly duplicate that part of
the family history; but It may be recalled
that, even In 1879, Wall street said Gould
had "quarreled" with the Union Pacific
people, and on that assumption they broke
the market.
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BMW
Improves the flavor
and adds to the health
fulness of the food.
n.A13TIYK PRESIDENTS.
Railroad Managers Polling Wool
Over the Eyes of the People.
Chicago Record-Herald.
The railroad presidents who have decided
to organise "to defend ourselves and our
lights" are sorrowfully regretting their
negligence in not organising earlier. They
tell us that the shippers of tbe country
hsve aggressively gone to work to delude
public opinion while the railroad president
have been snooting the snooxe of the just.
To anyone who Is familiar with tbe concession-seeking
lobbies that railroads have
maintained at Washington and at the suu
capitals, with the activity of the railway
press agents and with the activity of the
Joint publicity bureaus the roads have re
cently established, the offended Innocence
of the presidents will seem worthy of be
ing greeted with a shout.
It is too late In the -day to try to pull
wool over the eyes of the public In this
manner. Not the railway companies, but
the public Is on the defensive. The laws for
federal control that are being sought are
not laws to deprive the railway companies
of their own management of their proper
ties, but to prohibit the misuse of that
right of management to the detriment of
classes, sections and special lines of trade.
If the railroad presidents can answer the
arguments of their opponents, well and
good, but the- plaintive note does not be
come them at all.
FOISTED REMARKS.
"I wonder If Mars renlly Is Inhabited."
"Give It up. but If Saturn Is I'll bet the
politicians own it."
Why?"
"RecHuse you can see the rings." Phila
delphia Press.
The easiest way to turn up your garden
ground for spring planting la to hire an
ahle-bodled man to do it lor you. Somei
vllle Journal.
"A college professor must know a great
deal."
"Yes. And if he wants to be famous, he
must nlso be able to express stsrtiing opin
ions on subjects that he never etudied
much." Washington Star.
Mrs. Puffer My daughter is to wed a
renl English lord.
Mrs. ijimb-o. well, T don't think you
have any cause to apologise. Husbands
are not so plentiful these times that a
girl run afford to be too particular. Bos
ton Transcript.
Doctor You require something strength
ening. Eat, two soft boiled eggs every
morning at breakfast.
Patient I do, doctor.
Doctor Then dou't.r-Chlcago News.
"Can't he act at all?" asked the first dra
matic critic.
"On rare occasions he can. For Instance,
I saw him getting next to some free lunch
todav and he acted for all the world like
a irian starved to death." Philadelphia
Ledger. ,
Ijiwver There Is your divorce, madam.
You are free, of course, to marry again, if
you like, but as a matter of propriety I
suggest that you wait awhile.
Fair Client How long do you think I
ought to wait, Mr. Bharpe a week? Chi
cago Tribune.
THE WAYS ARE GREEX.
W. E. Henley.
The ways are grean with the gladdening
sheen
Of the young year's fairest daughter.
Oh, tho shadowe that fleet o'er the spring
ing wheat!
Oh the magtc of running water!
The spirit of spring is In everything.
The banners of spring are streaming.
We march to a tune from the fifes of
June,
And life's a dream worth dreaming.
It's all very well to sit and spell
At the lesson there's no gainsaying;
But what the deuce are wont ana use
When the whole mad world's a-MaylngT
When the meadow glows and the orchard
snows.
And the air's with love-motes teeming.
When fancies break, and the senses wake,
Oh, life's a dream worth dreajnlng!
I
What Nature has writ with her lusty wit
la worded so wisely and kindly.
That whoever has dipped in her manu
script Must up and follow her blindly.
7r.v (h. ummi.r nrime la her blithest
rhyme
In the being and the seeming.
And they that have heard the overword
Know life's a dream worth dreaming.
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