POPULISTSNOT SINCERE
Dobaacd Attitudo of Fusion Lcadora in
Their Hypocrisy.
A GREAT BEATING OF TOM-TOMS
Ilat It li AU for I'litltlciil KfToct No
Manhood, No Hi'iiNo of I'utiirc, No
tiqaro Toed llunliica All HyjiocrUy
and Voldnrol.
After more than thrco years of solf
humlllnllon nnd nbasomont to the rail
road companies, nftcr ucccptlng every
favor offered and bogging on their
Londed kmcs for more; after mora
than thrco 'years of tho moat abject
end blind servitude, tho populist state
officials 'liavo commenced to make
capital for tho next statu campaign, by
a wanton and foolish pomccutlon of
their benefactors. The fnct that thoy
have allowed thrco full years to elapso
ticforc making any movo, that rates
established have not been Interfered
with, that tho assessments fixed beforo
they came Into power havo not been
changed, Is sufllclcnt cvldcnco of tho
insincerity of tho present bluster and
houso-top persecution of tho railroad
interests. Tliero Is probably no great,
nt least no pormancnt, danger In It
to tho companies. Tliero will bo n
Croat beating of tom-toms wd a wholo
lot of. orders and suits thnt'jpfll not bo
enforced or brought to trial Until after
election, when thoy will bo quietly
dropped. Tho pop stnto officials havo
been goaded on by tho World-Ilornid,
tho auger of wjioso editor hns been
crouscd by the neglect of tho populist
party to recognize his power and hu
mor his ambitions. Ho has turned
titnto's cvldcnco against his co-con-nplrators
and Is loudly demanding
their persecution nt tho bar of public
opinion. And tho poor, little, weak,
cringing, venal populist stato ofllclals
unilor tho stinging lash of their par
ty press nro being driven, halting,
half resisting, half-yielding, bel
lowing steers from a cornfield. Leer
ing and grlmunclng nt tho railroad
companies to ansuro them they do not
mean It and to save their passes, thoy
drew down thoir faces whon thoy turn
toward tho people and attempt to look
rorlous and Hovcro. Next to farming
tho railroad Interests of Nebraska nro
by far tho largest und most Important
in tho state. Thoy nro no much a part
of tho stato as any other interest nnd
r.ro of tho greatest Importance. They
(hould not bo tho Bport of politicians
nor tho targot of Irresponsible dema
gogues. Common uonBO would suggest
that an Interest of such magnitude
nnd lmportnnco should bo dealt with
in a manly, square nnd buslnesu-llko
way. Thoy should rccolvo open and
exact justice, they should not bo nn
royed by childish Interference but
11(0 all others they should bo required
to do right. But tliero is no manhood,
no Bonso of Justice, no squaro-toed
business In fusion politics. It Is nil
deceit, falso pretense, sneaking hy
pocrisy nnd foldorol. Tho populist
etato ofllclals may annoy and hurry tho
rnilrond companies for effect, but they
will not do anything that will bonoflt
tho people. If thoy steal anything
from tho corporations it will bo coined
Into political buncombo for thoir own
ubo nnd whllo tho companies may suf
tor tho people will not bo in tho least
benefited. York Times.
Teller' ICntlomciiiGiit of (Jold,
Senator Toiler Is, of course, opposed
to tho financial bill which Is boforo
his chamber, tho principal purposo of
which monsuro is to put tho gold stand
nrd in tho statutes. Ho dislikes tho
bill for soveral reasons, but chiefly on
this nccount. Yet ho unintentionally,
nnd perhaps unconsciously, says n
good word indirectly for it. "Is thorn
any. necessity, for this legislation to
lncroaso Amorlcan credit?" ho asks.
"I would like V) ask iho Senator from
Rhodo Islan'l (Aldrlch) whether there
In any trouble with American credit.
Ib thoro any othor country which can
sell its securities at such high prices
ns wo can? All our bonds nro hlghor
thnn aro thoso of nny other country.
Nobody is quostloulng our honesty.
And yot wo havo legislation hero tho
avowed purposo of which is to
etrongthon our crodit and rollovo tax
ation." Tho Colorado sonator paid a flno
tribute hero to tho morlts of. tho gold
otnndard which, ho opposes. Ho passod
n plowing eulogy on tho republican
rinrty which ho hnB loft, and which
nc is in tno nniiit ot denouncing, it Is
tho gold standard which In tho causo ot
tho ndvnncorrient In tho credit of tho
United States. It Is tho republican
party which Is rosponslblo for tho gold
utandnrd. "Is thoro nuy othor eoun
try which enn soli Its BocuritlcB at
iiuch prices us wo can?" Not ono. Our
low intorcst government bonds rule
hlghor on tho marketB of tho worTd
than do tho British consols, which nro
Europe's gllt-odgo Becurftloa. "Nobody
la, Qijustlpnliig our honoHty." Tho equ
ator Is'omphntlcally corroct horo also.
Moreover, nobody will ovor havo n
chanco to question tho nntlon's hon
esty whllo tho republican party re
mains In control ot Its government.
Tellor is unqiiostlonnbly correct on
both points. Tho crodit of tho govern
ment Is tho highest in tho world and
its honosty Is undisputed simply be
cause tho ropubllcnn party is now, hns
been for soma tlmo past, nnd is llkoly
a i. ......... . i i , .
iu uu'iur rtuiuu iiiuu w cuiuu, 111 com
ploto chargo of Its affairs.
It is u pity that Tollor loft tho re
publican party. Tho senator is n man
of character nnd nblllty. No othor
man who has ovor boon on tho silver
sido has ns much brains as Teller, ex
Jones, of Novndn, and Jones Ikib
abandoned that causo, und has como
back to tho ropubllcnns. Tollor will
bo compelled to do tho samo lu tho
very near future Ills stato is drift
ing back to tho republican party, ns is
ihown by tho fact that in tho rocont
county elections It choso 181 ropubl
can ofllclals, ns compared with only
olghty-ono domocrnts, and only 21G of
ml tho non-ropubllcnn olomonts of ttio
stato In combination, and theso num
ber eight distinct parties or fractions,
Teller Is out of placa in tU ilrju.nl to
aggregation. bis present itnlUtlons
Socconunntr?8r JSiSoT uoTZ
from all connection with tho forces
which control tho nation destinies,
nnd mako It glorious and prosperous.
Moreover, ho Is putting himself in a
falso' position, nnd Is liable to havo
his motives and ideas misunderstood.
Though ostonslbly an anti-ropubllcan
and an nntl-gold standard man, ho hns
just furnished nu lmprcsslvo tribute
to tho beneficence of tho gold standard
and to tho financial sanity nnd cour
ngo of tho republican party.
rrmlucU of tlio West.
Tho total wheat production of the
United States In 1898 was 075,148,000
bushels, of which 83 per cent was rais
ed In tho west.
The production of corn for the entlro
country was 1,921,000,000, of which tho
west raised 1,410,000,000, or 75 per cent.
The oat crop amounted to 730,900,000
bushols, of which the west produced 72
per cent.
Tho farm value of cattle, ohcop and
heps for the entlro country was $1,
389,97,000, of which tho west owned
$1,055,110,000, or 70 per cont.
Tho west nbo produces practically
all of tho gold and silver, most of tho
coppor nnd zinc, and n largo share
of tho iron and other metals. It Is
nlso n rcmnrkabla fact that almost
onc-hitlf of the total cotton production
of tho country come3 from wcBt of tho
Mississippi river.
I'lenty of (lold.
It only tnkes a few words to dispose
of tho chargo that there Is an Insuf
ficient nmount of gold in tho country,
nnd that Is constantly increases in
value.
From 1492 up to 1871 tho world's
production of gold was 19,087,823
pounds. Slnco 1871 tho total produc
tion hns been 13,420,035 pounds.
From 1492 to 1871 tho annual pro
duction was 50,485 pounds. For the
Inst twenty-eight yenrs tho annual av
erage hns bcon 402,903 pounds.
It would seem that there is no dan
cer of a scarcity of gold.
rUpuimlon of tliu Currency.
The total circulation of bank notes
on February 28, 1900, wnB $249,434,878,
being nn Increase of $6,532,511 In ono
yenr. Tho high water mark In tho cir
culation was reached in 1882, when
tno amount was $301,880,704. From
that tlmo to 1891 there was a steady
docllno to $1G7,577,214. During 1893
It wns Increased by tho panic scarcity
m tho currency, anil further expan
sions were made In tho thrco following
years when tho banks subscribed Ub
orally for government bonds.
I'rutprrlty lii Wlai'onnln.
In 1898, tho seml-centennlnl of Wis
consin's admission Into tho Union,
thoro wcro in tho stato 10,417 manufac
turing Institutions, capitalized at
$240,510,401, and employing 115,269
1-ands. The totul annual output waa
valued nt $248,450,101, or a llttlo aioro
than tho total capital stock. Slnco that
tlmo there has been an increase in tho
number of establishments, and tho
number of hands employed.
Freight Shipment Inortiiklug.
For tho week ending March 12, 1898,
Chicago made a now record, hnvlng
thlpped by tall ,158,232 tons of freight.
This was whllo tho I.eltcr wheat ship
ments wore in progress. This record
wns broken during tho last wcok In
February, 1900, when the freight
shipments by rail amounted to 212,
312 tons.
Sheep Vuliira.
It is recorded that a farmer in Ful
ton county, Ohio, recently sold 25 head
of sheep for $800, being nn nverngo of
10.40 per bend. Tho farmers there
say that under tho Wilson bill porlod
that nu ml) or of sheep would not have
brought to exceed $125, and that tho
ownor would have had to look around
r long whllo for a purchaser at an)
price.
Coat Expansion,
In 1870, throo yenrs boforo tho
"crlmo" was committed, tho United
states mined 36,80G,560 tons of coal
and Great Drltain mined 123,682,935
tons. In 1899 tho United States mined
244,000,000 tons, and Grout .Britain
234,000,000.
Tim lloud Crop.
Tho lato John I. Dlalr, of Dlalrs-
town, N. J it is said, listened two
hours to a Now York promotor who
wanted to sell him $100,000 of bonds
In a now corporation, thou asked:
"Aro you dono?" Tho man had about
! talked hlmsolf out and frankly said
so. ineu mo ngcu mimonniro re
marked: "I'vo got all tho bonds I
want. Tho printing pross Is always
busy, and tho only crop that novor
fulls is tho bond crop."
Tno "l.llyV Soldier llitlnd III.
Captain Hugo do Butho, Mrs. Lang-
try's youthful husband, has been dan
gerously ill nt Capo Town. Ho is n
mombor of tho staff of Gonornl Kltch-
oner, by special assignment ot Lord
Rubortu. und displayed courngo and
BOUllerly qualities In tho battlo of Co-
lcnso und In othor engagements In
which ho has participated. Ho accom
panied tho staff on Its entry Into Kim-
beiioy, and It wub thoro ho was takon
111.
An Old New Wotnuii I.uvryer.
A now aspirant for logal honors 1b
Mrs. Cathorlno V. Walto, n western
woman, 71 years old, who will soon
go to Donvor nnd establish n law of
llco tluro, with hor husband as a part
ner. Rumor says that Mrs. Walto Is
by no means n poor woman, as sho is
tho ownor of largo tracts ot land,
runny horses nnd n block ot real os
tato in Chicago. Her husband was at
cue tlmo a Judgo In Idaho.
llm llo m Fruit to lllm.
Charles Mnjor, who less thnn two
j ears ago, was a struggling lawyer at
tho Shelby county, Ind. bnr, and who
was mado wealthy by his book "When
Knighthood Was In Flower," ltaB Jimt
paid $17,000 for a farm near Sholby
vlllo. Try throughout llfo to mako friends.
Enemies will mako thomsolvos. And
the truest companion is bo who most
enjoys solitude.
THEY MfSS THE POINT
A F EE-TRADE AnOUMBMT
WITHOUT FORCE.
Large I'rofll and Iow Price In the
Iron und Steel Indutry Sustain llm
Contention n to tho Valuo of tho
1'rotoctlvo Toiler.
Tho free-traders aro seizing upon tho
opportunity afforded by tho bringing
of suit by Mr. Frlck against tho Carne
glo company and by the statements
mado by him in respect to the enor
mous profits mndo by tho company to
reiterate their old claim that the pro
tection of American Industries Is a rob
bery of tho American pcoplo In behnlf
of American manufacturers. Just how
they would flguro It out to show that,
with tho samo degree of activity In
tho trado and with tho samo rate of
wages, the prices of Iron nnd steel
products would havo been lower or tho
profits of the steel companies less dur
ing tho last two years, If thcro had
bcon no tariff on Iron or steel, docs not
appear. American manufacturers havo
exported great quantities of Iron and
steel products since the enactment of
tho DIngley law. In foreign countries
they havo no advantages, either from a
tariff or otherwise, over nny foreign
manufacturer of Iron and steel. Yet
it has been tho American manufactur
ers who havo, In largo measure, con
trolled tho foreign markets, who have
secured largo orders In face of their
foreign competitors. If, as has been
tho case, American manufacturers
havo, In open competition with all tho
world, secured tho lion's sharo of tho
orders for Iron and steel products In
other countries, whnt possible shadow
of a reason Is thcro for the assertion
thnt tho tariff has enabled them to un
duly Inflato prices?- If foreign manu
facturers could not offer lower prices
or greater Inducements to foreign buy
ers, what reason Is thcro to supposo
that they would havo done, so In tho
caso of American buyers?
Tho truth of tho matter Is that tho
prosperity of this counfry under our
restored systom of protection has beon
so great that our Iron and steel plants
havo been hard put to It to fill orders.
Thoy havo beon crowded with work
to thoir utmost capacities. In such a
stato of affairs It is inevitablo that
profits should bo largo. Tho tariff has
been connected with theso enormous
profU3 In theso respects only, viz., thnt
It is tho protectlvo tariff which lias
given to us an iron and steel industry,
and that it is tho protectlvo tariff, as
embodied In tho DIngley law, which
has given to tho country such wonder
ful prosperity that our iron and steel
mills havo been overcrowded with
work. For It Is American prosperity
which Is responsible for tho largo prof
Its. It Is tho American demand which
keeps tho mills running. Foreign or
dors aro not extensive enough to keep
our mills running, though they do help
to run up tho profits.
AQREEABLY SURPRISED.
Waee-Karner Voluntarily Accorded a
Share In Employer' 1'rolltM.
Five hundred wage-earners In ono of
tho large mills at Paterson, N. J., wore
agreeably surprlsod last week when
pay day came. Instead of ono onvelopo
thoy received two. In ono envelope was
tho Burprlso In tho shape of tho usual
pay and a 5 per cent lncroaso; in tho
othor tho explanation. This was sim
ply that tho company now finds Itself
nblo to keep its promise of sharing nny
prosperity whlcji might como to It with
Its workers: that trado had Improved
and, a 5 per cent advanco was mado
possible Tho advance, of which there
had beon no Intimation wnatevor.
causod mucn rojoiclng.
It is understood that tho Barbour
Flax Spinning company, which em
ploys sovoral thousand hands, will take
similar action, tho ndvanco of 5 per
cont having been agreed upon by tho
two companies.
Episodes llko theso, bringing Joy to
tho hearts of many thousands depend
ent upon tho wages paid nro charac
teristic of tho period of "McKlnloy nnd
prosporlty." Thoy furnish an ngrooa
bio nnd vory lnstructlvo contrast to tho
condition of things which exlstod dur
ing tho novor-to-bo-forgottcn tlmo
when tho country was experiencing tho
fruits of "Cleveland nnd tariff reform.'
Wage-earners in thoso days sometimes
got two envelopes Instead of ono, but
tho second envelope nlways contained
nn unpleasant surprise In tho shnpo ot
a notice thnt "lu view ot the existing
dopresslon it hns been found necessary
to roduco wages."
To find employers of labor volun
tarlly admitting their employes to a
sharo of their profits and thoir pros
porlty Is doubly pleasant and gratify
ing, for it conclusively proves what has
boon so lnslstontly disputed by free
traders, that protection oporates nllko
to the advantago ot wage-payer arid
wage-earner.
Where Charity Should neRlit and Knd.
Charity ought to begin nt homo If It
begins anywhere. But It Is n long sight
bettor not to havo any call for charity
to begin at all. Tho better way Is for
very ono to havo plenty of work at
good wages, and so bo able to pay for
rerythlng needed. This Is tho way It
has beon with tho American -pcoplo
Tor slnco tho enactment ot tho DIngley
Uw started up tho Urea of tho factories
of tho country nnd gavo to every man
who wants It n chanco to work. Thoro
has beon llttlo noed, for charity. Tho
old charity doling days of free trado
and freo Boup houses havo gono. The
doctrine ot tho protoctlvo tariff is not
to begin at home, or anywhere, with
tnarlty, but to begin at homo with tho
prorldlDg of. work far thoso who want
It; to see to It thnt tho American peo
ple arc not robbed of thoir chanco to
work, and that tho American market
Is not given over to tho products of
foreign labor, but is mado sccuro as tho
market for Amorlcan products. In this
way there 13 an end put to all neod
for tho bestowal of charity on any ono
who is able nnd willing to work.
PROOF OF PROSPERITY.
tluinnrkitlilo Prcrrano In the Number of
tlio Unemployed,
Probably In no slnglo year In tho'
history of tho Untied Stnto3 has thcro
been so great n change In tho Indus
trial conditions. Think of Itl In tho
great Btnto of Now York fourteen
months ago more than n quarter of thu
working pcoplo wcro unemployed and
sacking work from day to day to en
able them to procure tho nocossarlcs of
life. Withiu tho ensuing ton months
tho unemployed numbered less than
flvo in every hundred, nnd, ns tho
World suggests, at the present tlmo
tho por cent Is "Incalculably small,"
probably les3 than 2 per cent. But
tlicEe statistics do not toll the entlro
story. Tho fact must bo remembered
that tho report of tho New York labor
bureali covers only ten months of tho
year 1899, from Jan. 1 to Nov. 1. In
tho early months of 1898. and during
the previous two years or more, tho
depression was far greater. Tho proc
ess of recovery from tho awful stag
nation and prostration Incident to tho
nntl-protectlon policy of tho Wilson-
Gorman act had commenced, and somo
progress toward tho restoration of In
dustrial prosperity had already been
modo'provloiiB to Jan. 1, 1899. The full
mcasuro of tho happy results of the
DIngley act can bo known only by com
paring present conditions with thoso
existing nt the period when Industrial
prostration under tho Wilson-Gorman
net was mo3t complete. Thnt period 13
not covered by tho report from which
tho above Is quoted.
As wo havo said, the figures alluded
to refer only to New York, but it Is
safo to say that if tho statistics cov
ered tho entlro country tho improve
ment shown would bo equally Tnnrked
In many states, probably In all of thoso
having Important manufacturing In
dustries. Wo nre quito nssurcd that
Pennsylvania makes as good a showing
as New York. Industrial prosperity
has reached high-water mark in nearly
every community, and only In locali
ties where a vast excess of unskilled
labor abounds aro there Idle hands
seeking employment without being
able to find It. Theso localities aro
few now and tho number Is diminish
ing from week to week. Wllkcsbarro
(Pa.) Record.
A Timely Rescue
Itoaion for Confidence.
It has grown to bo almost proverbial
that a presidential year Is a bad year
for business. In fact, this has often
been presented as a reason for length
ening tho presidential term. Tho year
1900, however, bids fair to discount tho
provorblal claims. Wherever statistics
aro gathered .together tho fact appears
that the year 1900 has started out with
better business than did 1898 or 1899
wonderful as was tho showing made
by each of thoso years. Every sign
points to a bigger volume of business
for tho country thnn ever before. Busi
ness men fcol reasonably suro that tho
country will not consent to go back to
tho starvation days of Democratic tar
Iff reform; thoy feel reasonably euro
of tho continuance of our present pol
Icy of giving protection to Amorlcan
Industries. Thereforo thoy havo tho
confidence to go nhead. With protcc
tlon ns tho established policy of tho
country, with no possible cjangcr of Its
downfall, presldcntlnl years, as well an
all other years, will bo years of nation
al prosperity.
Iteat, Sound, l'oriuanoiit.
Kansas City Is said to bo very proud
ot tho fact that moro buildings wero
erected within tho limits of that city
during tho year Just ended than .during
any other twelve monthB since 1890
when tho "boom" was at Its height
Even "booms" havo to take second
placo when It comes to comparison
with tho results of a national protec
tlvo tariff policy. Under tho prospor
lty which a protoctlvo tariff Inevitably
brings to a country tho valuo of prop
erty Increases to tho top notch without
nny "boomors," nnd, what Is oven bot
U.1, tho values aro real nnd sound and
pormanent.
Oucht to Hro It.
It will bo dllllcult this year to con
vince tho votors that thero Is urgent
noed of a change when all of thorn havo
employment nt good wages, and tho
people nro contented and happy. A
blind man ought to bo nblo to seo that.
Clovoland Leader.
aire 17 More Such I.le.
Dobs Bays that tho prosporlty of tho
country is a "ghastly llo." All right.
The moro Khastllness wo have mixed
with our lies tho happier wo will all bo.
Lawronco (Kan.) World.
TRADE WITH GREAT BRITAIN.
mote Which Testify to the WUdom of
tho American Toiler.
Analysis of the conditions of trado
between tho Unltod States nnd tho
United Kingdom Is very encouraging
to us. It Is weir known thnt tho ln
croaso In our cotton manufactures has
bcon immonsD. Now mills havo sprung
up all over tho south, nnd thoro has
been grcnt oxpanslon of tho output of
tho mills In tho northern stntcs. Nev
ertheless, our imports of cotton goods
from Great Britain in 1899 were in ex
cess of thoso of 1898 by about $1,600,
000. This proves two things firstly.
that tho present tariff cannot foster
an American cotton trust, and, second
ly, thnt tho Increase In wages nnd oth
er forms ot Income has been so groat
ns to demand a supplement of In
creased Imports, in addition to tho ln-
rensed output of home-mado goods.
Another curious and eminently
pleasing circumstance Is that our Im
ports of pig iron from Great Britain
wero more thnn threo times nB largo In
1S99 nB In 1897; thoy wore worth $300,-
000 in tho last named year and $1,280,
000 in tho first. Tho free-trade theory
is that it is better to ship pig iron,
which Is but oho advnnco from raw
material, to bo brought to the perfec
tion of manufacture abroad; tho pro
tectlvo practice has resulted In largj
Imports of foreign pig to bo manufac
tured by well-paid American artisans.
Whllo wo havo enlarged our Imports
of pig iron, wo have diminished thoso
of manufactured steel; our Imports of
cutlery were n third loss in 1899 than
in 1897; our tln-plnto Imports wero
greatly reduced; our imports of worst
ed yarn, worsted tissues and woolen
tissues have shrunk in ratios varying
from one-third to two-thirds during
the last two years. Concurrently with
this our Imports of machinery for tho
manufacture of cotton and woolen tex
tiles havo risen from $1,220,000 In 1897
to $1,825,000 In 1899. This is tho result
in largo mcasuro of international pat
ents upon the machinery Imported. It
Is nlso concluslvo cvldcnco of n great
expansion of American manufacturing
enterprise
Wo now stand a closo second In tho
trado of tho world. A few years moro
of protection and oxpanslon will give
us first place. Chicago Inter Ocean.
Make n, Note of It.
Discussing tho lumber trade, E. C.
Baker of tho Baker Brothers' Lumber
Company of Plattsburg, is reported to
havo said recently:
"Tho lumber trado is in an unusually
prosperous condition. There is a great
deal more market than wo can find
product with which to supply it, whilo
prices aro constantly advancing. Yet
tho Increased prices do not seem to
havo interfered with building in any
way. Tho outlook for continued ac
tivity is very bright."
This is a decidedly different situa
tion thnn was tho caso when tho Wil
son law was on our Btatuto books
Thcro wcro no surplus of market dur
ing that tlmo. Thousands of lumber
men wero Idle, and, even so, thoro was
still a good deal moro product than
there was a market. Lumbarmen will
do well to mnko n noto of tho contrast
and to remember it when tho tlmo
comes again to chooso between "Tar
iff Reform" and tho continuance of
our present prosperity-bringing Pro
tectlvo Tnrlff.
llocauae.
A commercial paper says: "Travel
ing men aro being received with open
arms everywhere. Thoro is no haggling
about prices or terms. All they havo
to do la to show thoir goods, which
must bo of bettor quality than hereto
foro, guarantee prompt delivery, and
thoy aro sure of liberal orders." In
splto of tho trusts, thereforo, tho trav
eling mon seem not to bo left out or tlio
good times. Under tho protectlvo tar
iff, tho business of tho country Is in
creasing nt such a rapid rate that it
will bo lmposslblo for a3 many travel
Ing men to bo thrown out of employ
mont by tho consolidation of different
Industrial concerns as thoro will bo
demand for becauso of tho establish
ment of now Industries and becauso ot
tho growth and lncroasod trado of all
tho business enterprises of the country.
No ltcion Why.
It may bo good policy to encourage
tho building and oporatlon of fast
ocean liners llko tho St. Paul, Now
York, etc., which can bo tnken Into (he
servlco of tho government during a war
and converted Into cruisers, but such
ships should not bo encouraged to tho
prejudice of tho freighters, upon which
tho extension of our ocean commorco
depends, if congress enn bo mado to
see tho matter In Its truo proportions
tho shipping bill may bo mado ono of
tho most popular protectlvo measures
ever passed by that body. Thero is no
reason why our Industry on tho sea
should not bo protected ns well as our
Industry on tho land. Minneapolis
Tribune.
What to IWprot.
Tho present prosperity of the coun
try has caused no relaxation of efforts
on tho part of tho Republican admin
istration nnd Congress to lncroaso
our prosperity and provide for Its con
tinuance. Tho people know by ox
porlenco that thoy can nlways oxpect
prosperity from tho Ropubllcnn par
ty. Sonora (Cal.) Independent.
They Will Learn.
Tho Industrial growth of tho south Is
puzzling to those statesmen who havo
alwayB opposed tho national policies
which havo mado this growth possible.
In time tho peoplo In Dlxlo will loam
to appreciate tho principles upon which
thoir industrial prosperity Is to rest.
Peoria (111.? lournal.
IT IS QUITE A TRICK.
l'lcVInc lip a Strlnc of Itargna Itequlfoe
More Than a f.lttlo Ueuernliihlfb
"It Is alt very well to talk about the
captains and pilots of tho Inrgo sound
steamers having hard times," said an
old-tlmo sailor at tho custom houso,
"but for real good scamnnship you
must go to tho captain of n tug. Ho
has to bo nblo to handle his boat nn
if it wero nbout six inches long, and
that Is no easy matter." "Look nt
thnt," ho continued, calling tho atten
tion of tho nssemblcd listeners, nnd
pointing to n tug Blowly steaming out
Into tho harbor. "Just watch him nnd
bco tho wny he hns to maneuver If you
think hnndllng n tug Is nn easy Job."
Then nil watched, nnd truly It did tnko
moro than a llttlo skill to handle tho
tug. First, Bho steamed to tho nearest
pair of barges, and taking n position
nt tho side, wns mado fast. A mlnuto
nfterwnrd tho two barges nnd tho tug
began to move slowly townrd nnothor
barge. Then thero was consldcrablo
tacking and moving about. Tho people
watching, with tho exception of tho old
salt, could not understand what It was
nil nbout, but thnt very soon becamo
evident, oven to tho uninitiated. Tho
checker board moves completed, it was
Been that tho tug with tho barges wero
In such a position that throwing a tow
lino from tho stern of ono bargo to
tho bow of. tho other was easy. Tho
hawser was paid out until tho barges
wero far enough apart to bo safo and
tho crab-llko evolutions wero repeated.
Theso wero gono through with several
times and each tlmo another bargo or
pair of them was added to tho tow, and
scarcely nn hour nfter tho first bargo
was picked up, tho tug with six barges
in tow was stenmlng slowly out of tho
hnrbor, taking nn easterly direction.
There, now," Bald tho sailor, "what
do you think of that bit of piloting?"
and nil who had watched tho operation
of picking up tho tow wero obliged to
neknowledgo that easy ns It had looked
It would require moro than a llttlo sea
knowledge to do tho trick without In
juring ono.or moro of tho barges and
In anything llko tho tlmo. Now Lon
don Telegraph.
TEACHING PERSISTENCE.
Even Mero Italic Cnn lie Knrouvncrd lb
the Il.thlt ot Trying Acntn.
Fow little children, of course, volun
tarily set themselves to overcome dif
ficulties, yet moro would do so If par
ents nnd nurses wcro not in tho habit
of catering to that Mightiness charac
teristic of all young things, which
lends them to follow up whatever mo
mentarily attracts their attention. The.
capacity to dwell for a long tlmo on
ono thought Involves both Intensity
of deslro and lnnato ambition to roach
right results. I havo seen this strug
gle for perfection in an incipient form
show itself in a llttlo child but IS
months old. And how sincerely I
respected that llttlo one. Ho was sit
ting in his mother's lap beside tho li
brary table ono evening, when in an
idlo mood sho took up a penny and set
It on tho head of a small gilt Imago
threo or four Inches high and with a
head scarcely larger than tho head of
tho coin. Seeing that tho baby watch
ed her, sho said playfully: "Baby can't
do that!" The llttlo ono's brown eyes
sparkled with a look that seemed to
say, "Oh, can't I?" And taking tho
penny In his fingers ho essayed to bal
ance it as sho had done. It fell. 'Oh,"
said tho baby, quietly, and picking it
up tried ngaln, with tho samo result,
without tho least sign of discourage
ment ot Impatienco tho llttlo thing
tried over and over again for a scoroof
times, until at last ho succeeded In
balancing tho coin on tho head of tho
image. Tho bravo baby! Wo gavo him
a round of applause, and ho looked
from ono to tho other of us with a curi
ous little glanco of satisfaction. Tho
next day ho could not bo prevailed
upon to undertako tho samo feat again.
Ouco having demonstrated that ho
could do It tho act lost Its Interest.
Hero was a tiny horo in want of dif
ficulties to conquer; an infant Newton,
excelling In tho ability to concentrate
his wholo mind upon a slnglo object
so Jong na it wns necessary for that
object to engross his nttentlon. Wom
nn's Homo Companion.
To rrnierve Flub.
Everything that appertains to tho
preservation of food products In a
jmro and uncontamlnatod stato is
of very great advantage to tho world,
nt largo. Within tho past fow yeara
thcro has been no llttlo complaint
about tho unwholcsomenes3 of fish.
To bo a suitable artlclo of food, fish
should bo used within a few hours
aftor thoy havo been caught, as they
deteriorate and decompose with very
groat rapidity, producing ptomaines of
a most dangerous character. Tho now
Idoa Is tho preservation of fish In n
tank of sea water, which Is continually
agitated and kept In circulation by a
pump. So strong Is the current mado
by the pumping engine that tho fish
must swim almost constantly to keep
from being drawn upward by It. Somo
of theso tanks hold 2,000 pounds of
fish, and tho wnter is furnished In
such quantity that It entirely changes
flvo times nn hour, and Is, In the
course of tho chango, re-oxygonlzod
and mndo wholesomo. Sixteen hun
dred pounds of fish wore kept for eight
days In ono of thoso tnnks In perfect
condition. It is claimed that tho cost
of preserving them in this way u less
than half a cont n pound per day.
IIU Hot Saggeitlnn.
Grinder Whnt! nsleep at your desk,
idr, and work so pressing! Meekly
Excuse mo, sir; baby kept mo nwnko
nil night. Grinder Then you should
havo brought It with you to tho offlco.
Iils of Knt-IWi AVnmrn.
England contains 2,000,000 morrtV
women than men. i