ft
THE RIVER OF LIFE
Tho moro wo live, more brief appear
Our life's nucceodlng Hinges;
A day to childhood seems a year,
And years like passing aces.
The gladsomo current of our youth,
Ere passion yet disorders,
SUals llrmcrlng- Ilko a river smooth
Along Its grasBy borders.
But as tho careworn choek grows wan,
And sorrow's Bhufts fly thicker,
Te stars, that measure life to man,
Why seem your courses quicker?
When Joys havo lost their bloom and
breath,
And llfo Itself Is vapid,
Why, as we near tho Falls of Death,
Keel we Its tide moro rapid?
It may bo strange yet who would change
Tlmo's course to slower speeding,
When ono by ono our friends havo gone
And left our bosoms bleeding?
Heaven gives our years Of fading
strongth
Indemnifying fleetness;
And thoso of youth, a seeming length.
Proportioned to their sweetness.
Thomas Campbell.
Daisy's Blue Beads.
DY MRS. MOSES P. HANDY.
(Copyright, 1901: by Dally Story Pub. Co.)
"Mother," said Daisy Maaon, Impa
tiently, "why on earth don't Jo Davis
oak Emily to marry him and bo dono
"With It? Ho has beon coming hero
to bco her every Sunday night slnco 1
can remember, and nothing comes or
It."
"Oh, well," replied Mrs. Mason,
soothingly, "there's no hurry. They
aro young, and have plenty of time. 1
am sure I'm not anxious to havo Emily
married. I don't know what wo should
do without her."
"Nor I," admitted Daisy. "Hut I am
tired having pcoplo ask mo when ho
and Emily aro going to bo married. It
would bo a relief to my feelings to bo
able to tell them that they were en
gaged." "I don't see what people havo to do
with It. It is none of their business
who comes courting Emily."
"No, It Isn't, and that is just what
makes mo mad. They talk aa If Jo
was Just flirting."
"Now, Daisy, you know that is ridic
ulous. Everybody in town knows
that Jo fairly worships -tho ground
Emily treads on. Why, ho never looks
at any other girl."
"Then, why don't ho speak out?
Mother, do you think thoy can bo en
gaged?" Mrs. Mason shook her head. "No,
Indeed, Emily would havo told mo, cer
tain, sure."
"Yes, I suppose she would. But ho
ought to ask her. I wonder Emily
stands It I wouldn't, I know. Fath
er ought to ask him hla Intentions
I've a great mind to do it myself."
"Tho Idea. As if father would do
Buch a thing. Why, it would scare Jo
to death, and Emily would dlo of mor
tlflcatlon."
"And then wo should havo two fun
crals instead of n wedding. 1 don't
care, somebody ought to do something,
It makes Emily ridiculous, and I'm
going to toll her so."
"No, Daisy, don't do any such
thing," said her mother. "All pcoplo
aron't alike, and you would only hurt
your sister's feelings. You know Jo
Is dead in love with her, ami ho will
tell her so when ho gets ready."
"Well, I wish he'd hurry up. 1 don't
think much of a man who wants to
imarry a girl and hasn't spunk enough
to say so. I think I, bco any man treat
mo Ilko that." And Miss Daisy gavo a
toss to her pretty head which boded
'111 to tho man wno siiowa try it.
In a small country town whero
"Oh, Daisy, really?"
everybody knows every ono elso, most
men and all women take a lively Inter
est in the affairs of their neighbors, in
Hayvlllo Jo Davis' courtship of Emily
Mason was ono of tho stock subjects
o( gossip. Tho two had been keeping
company for live years, moro or les3,
and Hayvlllo was agreed that thoy
ought either to double or quit. Thoro
was no apparent reason why they
should not bo married. Jo had a good
farm left him by his father, and his old
mother would bo all tho better of a
daughter-in-law Ilko Emily. Jo's pa
rents had married lato in life, and Jo
was an only child. It was fragmont3
of this gossip which, roachlng DalBy
Mason's cars, had wrought her up on
the subject. Daisy was Emily's young
or alBter, the prettiest girl In all Hay
vlllo, with a dozen or so of boaux,
whom sho led a danco.
Thero Is many a true word spoken
in Jest. Daisy felt that decidedly some
thing ought to be done. Sho had al
ready tried to help matters by effacing
herself upon various occasions, enter
taining her own visitors on the porch
when Jo came, so that the presence of
others might not prevent him from pro
posing to Emily. To hor dlsgwrt theso
small rarpeuvorB had been fruitless:
now sho ff-t that moro vigorous meas
ures woro necessary.
Thoro was a third 8lrter"ln tho Ma
son family, a little girl twelvo years
younger than tho brother who camo
next to Daisy. Hosy Mason was n gon
eral pet, not only In her own family,
but with moat of tho neighbors. Natu
rally a clover child, constant associa
tion with her elders had mado her
wise beyond her years, and her bright
Baylngs wcro told and quotod all over
town. Jo Davis was especially fond of
her, and puld her almost as much at
tention as ho did to Emily. It was to
this llttlo ulster that Daisy turned for
help in tho present emergency.
"Roslo," sho asked, "can you keep a
secret?"
" 'Courso I can," answered Hoslo, In
dignantly. "Don't you know mother
Bays I nover toll anything I oughtn't
to?"
'Yes, but this la different. 1 want
you to ask Jo Davis If ho and Emily
aro going to bo married."
Tho llttlo sister was shocked. "Oh,
Daisy, I couldn't. Mother would bo an
gry, and Emily wouldn't Ilko It a bit."
"Listen, Rosy. They won't mind at
all If you do it tho right way and don't
let anybody know I put you up to It
I'll give you my bluo beads If you will."
"Your blue beads? Oh, Daisy, real
ly?" exclaimed Roslc, but still sho
looked doubtful.
"Yea, my bluo beads, for your very
"I am indeed. It she'll havo me."
own. Now, listen. You know Jo wants
to marry Emily, everybody knows it,
and wo aro all willing that ho Bhould,
but ho Is so bashful that he don't daro
ask hor. Now, if you help him out ho
will bo fondor of you than over."
"I think sho would say yes If ho ask
ed her, don't you, Daisy?"
"Of course I do; but sho can't if ho
don't, and sho would bo pleased, too,
bo you Geo nobody would mind, don't
you?"
"Aro you sure, Daisy?"
"Yes, dear, qulto sure. And then
think what fun it would bo to havo a
wedding In tho family. I would bo
bridesmaid and you and Jo's llttlo
cousin Nelllo would bo llowcr girls. You
would havo a beautiful now whlto
dress, and a big hat all Mowers and
chiffon; oh, It would bo grand. You
know I wouldn't ask you to do any
thing wrong. Then you shall have tho
beads, as soon as you ask htm, and It
mother and Emily are angry 1 will
tako all the blame. Hut they won't bo.
Everybody will bo glad."
During tho next day or two Roslo's
wise llttlo head did a great deal of
thinking. The more she pondered tho
more It scorned to her that Daisy was
right. Jo must lovo Emily or ho would
not come to seo her so often. He nover
wont to see any other girl. Peoplo
certainly expected thorn to get mar
ried. Had not old Mrs. Drown, who
was always trying to find out every
thing, endeavored to pump her, Rosy,
again and again, and callod her a sly
llttlo puss, -because sho told her noth
ing. Then she did so want the beadB.
Not even Carrlo Wells', that all tho
girls at school made so much fuss over,
were aa pretty as thoy. So sho ques
tioned Daisy onco more, and DalBy ro
Iterated hor assurances, saying:
"Tho next tlmo Jo and Emily are by
themselves, and Jo calls you his llttlo
sweetheart, all you have to do is to
tell him that you had rather bo his llt
tlo sister, and ask htm If ho isn't going
to marry Emily; ho will bo your
brother If ho does, you know. How
can ho mind that?" And Roslo agreed
that ho couldn't.
Fortune favored her. Tho next Sun
day was a bright Septerflbor day, and
Joe and Emily had tho parlor to thom
solves. Daisy had discreetly gone for
a walk, and tho rost of tho family woro
sitting out on tho porch. Roslo went
to tho door of the parlor and peeped
In. They sat, Emily and Jo, one on
one side of tho table, ono on tho other,
as thoy had so often, talking qulotly
as usual.
"Coma here, Roslo," called Jo.
Roslo went In and took her stand be
side his kneo. Ho drew her to him
and stroked her curls. "You'ro my llt
tlo sweetheart, aren't you?" ho asked.
Roslo shook her curly head. "I'd
rather bo your llttlo Bister. I'd Ilko
that You aro going to marry Emily,
aron't you?"
Emily turned crimson, but Jo laugh
ed, delighted. "I am, indeed, it sho'U
havo me."
"Oh, sho will, won't you Emily?"
and tho llttlo matchmaker lied.
Having taken tho plungo, with
Roslo's aid, Jo's bashfulness vanlshod,
and when Mr. and Mrs. Mason came in
a llttlo later they found Emily and her
accepted lover waiting to recelvo their
comiont and blessing,
Roslo woro tho blue beads to school
on Monday, Thore was but one draw
back to her happiness; overyono mado
so much of hor, and her honest llttlo
soul shrank from accepting tho credit
which belonged rlghtl to anothor.
"Please let mo toll them tho truth
about it," sho begged of Daisy, but
Daisy said "No."
State Capital
Expressions Emulative for the Good of
Republican Supremacy.
The republicans of Lincoln hnvo ev
ery reason for congrr.tulatlng them
selves nnd tho city over tho result of
tho primary election. Tho nominees
wero selected by tho direct vote of tho
rank and fllo of tho members of tho
party, and nn absolutely unnssallablo
ticket has been put In tho field in con
sequence. In tho old days when men
wero nllowcd to namo delegations
from their own wards with tho under
standing that thoy might trado them
In nny way thoy wished, tho party was
humiliated by somo of tho nominations
mado by almost every convention.
Tho Lincoln system has shown Itself
to be the cleanest nnd best means yet
devised for selecting tho nominees of
a political party, ic lias revolutionized
tho municipal government of this city
In less than llvo years, it has driven
out bosslsm nnd installed tho Individ
ual citizen nnd taxpayer in his rightful
position as dictator of tho management
of tho party. Tho Lincoln system Is
now firmly entrenched In tho city, for
It would be a bold ward politician to
oven suggest a return to tho conven
tion plan. If tho members of the coun
ty centrnl commlttco wish to assist in
the growth of tho party they may do
so by providing for tho cxtonslon of
the Lincoln system to tho cntlro coun
ty. Senator Miller of Buffalo having
been delegated by his committee to
visit tho reform schools at Kearnoy
and Geneva, submitted n volumnlous
report. In his report on tho Kearnoy
school ho says:
" i he school consists of seven sub
stantial brick buildings, very much
out of repair, situated on a high bluff
overlooking tho great Platto valley.
Tho view Is ono of tho grandest in tho
state. A change in tho administration
has recently been made, Hon. J. N.
Cnmpbell retiring from the suporlnton
dency and Prof. J. T. Mallalleu as
sumes tho duties; tho latter speaks
well of tho efficient work of his prede
cessor. Tho present superintendent
comes In thoroughly equipped for ef
ficient work, having served In this ca
pacity with credit, for eight years, and
has lately visited similar Institutions
In other states for the purposo of stu
dying their methods.
"Thero aro at present 129 Inmates,
divided Into four families, with ono
teacher and ono matron for each fam
ily. "Tho boyB aro called up at G:15 In
tho morning, prepared for breakfast
which Is served in a largo hall of tho
mechanic building at 7:00. Flvo hours
each day aro devoted to study In
school, and flvo hourB to work In the
various Industrial departments. Dur
ing tho summer months tho boys havo
from C:30 p. m. to 8 p. m. for recrea
tion; whllo during tho winter montliB
they havo play rooms in tho buildings,
"Wo consider this schol of vast Im
portance to tho state; designed as It
is to greatly reduce tho criminal class,
taking tho boyB who aro bo unfortun
nto as to without proper homo train
ing and instill within them hnblts of
Industry, self-reliance and noblo as
plratlons."
Representative Hanks offered tho
following resolution In tho houso last
week:
"Whereas, It has pleased Him who
is Inllnlto in wisdom nnd controls all
things Jn His dlvlnq power, to remove
ono wno was n member of tho Twen
ty-soventh session of tho Nebrnska
legislature, tho Hon. David Brown, of
Otoo county, by death, therefore bo it
"Resolved, That It Is ..io sense of tho
Joint bodies of tho legislature to mourn
tho loss of ono who has served his peo
pie bo many times in public office wKn
honor to himself and credit to the
great state of Nebraska; bo It further
"Resolved, That wo honor tho mem
ory of tho Hon. David Brown. We, his
neighbors, and all persons acquainted
with him, honored and respected him
during llfo. Ho was a good citizen, a
correct man, and a, loving and faith
ful husband and father. He represent
ed in himself tho best citizenship of
tho state, and in his death wo havo
sustained a great loss, and tho stato Is
deprived of a good cuizen; bo it fur
thor
"Resolved, That theso resolutions bo
spread upon tho Journals of both
bodies of tho legislature, and a copy
bo forwarded to his widow and Bon,
to wnom wo oner our slncoro sym
pathy In their hour of grief. And nlso
one bo sent to tho loca. newspapers
ot weorasKa city.
Tho following companies havo filed
articles of corporation with Secretary
or stato luarsn: uinta Petroleum
company of Omaha and Uinta county,
Wyoming, with a capital of $10,000;
Paxton Mitchell company of Omaha
with n capital of $G0,000; Puritan CI
gar company of Grand Island with a
capital of 5,000; Seward Dry Goods
and Millinery company of Seward with
a capital of $15,000.
Tho legislature must cut tho garment
according to tho cloth. Nobraska Is
prosperous and rlci., but her assessed
valuation is qulto low and tho constl
tutlon limits tho stato levy to llvo
mills and thoro you nro. Let not tho
appropriations overrun tho probablo
revenue for tho coming blennlum. That
Is ono of the bounden duties of a lcirla
latlvo body to perform. Overlaps
should bo left entirely to the sapient
municipal governments. They do not
become a sovereign Btate.
, Tho new battleship "Nebraska" will
bo constructed, nccordlng to the decis
ion Jimt mado by tho secretary of tho
navy, by Morun nros. of Seattle. Tho
bid of this firm was abova the limit set
by tho government, but tho peoplo of
awutio wero bo anxious to establish
tho ship building Industry In their city
thnt thoy raised a fund of $100,000 to
enable tho firm to tako tho contract at
tho government prlco without losing
monoy. Tho new ahlp will bo an ob
ject of Interest to all citizens of No
braska who visit tho chief city of
Washington during the period of Its
construction.
bsenaifono
Tho manner In which tho lato fusion
administration filched from tho tax
payers nnd gnthercd in tho loaves and
fishes Is gradually coming to light.
Tho latest discovery Is In tho stato
auditing department where It hna been
found that r.t least ono mnn had his
namo carried on tho pay roll at $1,200
per year as county trensury examiner,
but tiovotcd much if not all of his
tlmo to tho examination of Insurnnco
companies, thus not only drawing dou-
blo pay, but neglecting to do whnt ho
was paid for doing. '
Tno law requires thnt county treas
uries shall bo examined nt IcnBt every
two years and tho stato auditor Is em
powered to appoint two Individuals to
perform thnt duty.
investigation reveals tho fact that
this part of tho public sorvlco during
Auditor Cornell's last term was sadly
neglected, many of tho county treas
uries In the s'ato not having been examined-
In tho last thrco years and tho
system having degenerated Into a com
pieto farce.
Tho secret ot this neglect lies In tho
fact that tho oxamlncrs aro paid a
salary of $1,200 per year whothcr they
work or not, nnd as no fees nro allowed
and nB fees of from $5 to $10 per day
and expenses nro allowed Insurnnco
cxnmlnors tho recreant officials found
It moro profltablo to neglect their spe
cific duties and forngo upon insurnnco
companies.
There Is documentary evidence In
tho auditing department thnt J. A.
Simpson, who wns a county treasury
examiner under Auditor Cornell, drew
his salary regularly aa such, yet neg
lected thnt part of his duties and de
voted much of his tlmo to Insurnnco
examination, for whlcn ho received
fees of from $5 to $10 per dny nnd ex
penses. Thoso who claim to know
whereof thoy speak aro Inclined to tho
opinion that all of tills money did not
go Into Simpson's exchequer, nnd that
It is a mathematical problem solublo
through tho process of division or sub
traction with Auditor Cornell na a
component factor.
Tho stnto normal school at Peru,
asldo from being a harbor of rcfugo
far fusion politicians has, under fu
sion control, becomo un cxponslvo lux
ury to tho tax payers. Ever slnco tho
fuslonlsts acquired control, tho mer
cury In tho expense thermometer has
beon rapidly rising, ns attested by tho
following figures showing tho nppio
pr'atlons for tho respcctlvo' periods:
1893-1895 $42,100
1895-1897 48.29G
1897-1899 49,842
1899-1901 55,437
1901-1903 appropriation asked.. 60,140
1901-1903 for Improvements.... 75.0C0
It will bo seen by tho foregoing tab
ulation that tho expense- of maintain
ing tho school has lncrensed each blen
nlum until now $50,280 Is demanded
for salaries nlono or moro than It over
required under republican rule to do
fray nil oxpenscs, salaries Included.
Of tho $48,29G appropriated In 1895,
$5,000 was for new Improvements,
which would bring tho current ex
penses nt thnt tlmo down to $43,29G.
From 1895 to 1897 thero wns an In
crvnso In current expenses nlono of
moro thnn $13,000 and tho propon-1
Increase in current cxponscB at this
tliro over two years ago, when moro
than !50,000 was appropriated for that
purpose, Is $10,000. Tho lncrenso Is
accounted for In various ways, but In
each instance tho hnud of extravagance,
is visible Ono instance, was brought
to light during tho campaign last fall
when nn Investigation developed tho
fact that n fusion newspaper plant
wns occupying spacious quarters In ono
rf tho stato buildings nnd wns having
Its rent, light and heat provided for
nt tho expense of tho state, and, In ad
dltlon, was mulcting tho stato on Job
printing nnd supplies which for some
unaccountablo reason It was allowed
to supply tho Institution ut its own fig
ures.
Somo sophomores of tho Btnto uni
versity succeeded in fustonlng n sign
to tho braces of tho roof at soldiers'
memorial hall Wednesday. Janitor
Uhl first observed the sign when ho re
turned from his dinner at 1 o'clock. It
Is a largo red banner with tho figures
'03 In white. It Is not known how It
was placed thero, as It Is suspended
fifty feet from tho lloor and thor np
pears no way of climbing to this point.
Somo of tho freshmen nro now won
dorlng how thoy can removo tho ban
ncr.
Tho problem of tho burned peniten
tiary Is still in abeyance. A local
architect has been engaged to oxamlno
tho remaining walls and report to tho
state board of public lands ami build
ings on their condition nnd estimated
cost of rebuilding, pursuant to tho dl
rcctlons In the resolution adopted by
tho house. Tho report Is not expected
for several days.
Acting Governor Savago has Issued n
requisition for Fred Brnllcy, who Is
wanted In Boyd county on tho chargo
of criminal assault. Tho complaining
witness Is May Allgor. Bralloy Is un
dor urrest In Marshall county, Mlnnc
8ota. Tho stato agent who will bring
him back to answer tho chargo Is Her
man oinmcr.
Nebraska's reception by tho occu
pants of tho rovlowlng stnnd on Ponn
sylvnnln uvenuo was recompense for
the trouble It took to get thero. It Is
an earnest of tho feeling ontertnlncd
toward this stato by tho leaders of thu
nation s affairs.
Well Informed citizens of Lincoln
predict thnt tho proposition to voto
bonds for a city lighting plant will
carry. It Is feared by tho friends o
this Bchemo that If tho bonds carry
they will bo tied up by Injunction and
that this will dolay tho work seriously
If It does not defeat tho object of thoso
who hnvo Interested thomiilvcs In
cheaper municipal lighting.
Tho death of Representative Brown
Increases tho difficulty of Beouring an
option with republican votes. Tho
fun number of members of tho Iegls
lature at tho beginning was 133.
THADE AND PHOMT.
A DISTINCTION WHICH SOME
PEOPLE DON'T GRASP.
Katnely, That n Country Mny llaro nn
Iiiitnenae Volume of Trnfllo of tho
fcort That Carrie with It No (lain In
Wraith.
Tho following from tho London Sta
tist Is very Interesting reading, and
tho conclusion from our English cou
sin's point of view Is certainly In
genious If not Ingenuous. It will bear
perusal:
"Tho foreign trndo of tho United
States merits the enreful attention of
tho pcoplo ot this country and ot tho
United States. From tho United
States wo securo nenrly 30 per cent
of all tho foreign produco wo need for
food nnd for manufacture, and the
United States finds In Great Britain a
market for noarly one-half of the
products they sent abroad. Now lot
us look at tho other side of tho picture.
Tho United States purchaso from this
country less Uinn one-fourth of their
total Imports ot foreign produco, and
wo sell to tho United States not much
moro than 10 per cent ot tho produco
wo send abroad. In other words, Eng
land buys from tho United States
nearly four times moro produco than
sho sells to thnt country, nnd It Is
mainly In conscquenco of our hugo
purchases that tho United States aro
ablo to buy from other countries silk,
coffco, tea, etc., nro nblo to provldo
tho Interest upon their foreign debt,
to provldo for freight nnd Insurnnco
chnrges, to meet tho very lnrgo ex
penditures In Europe of American
tourists, and to nccumulato capital out
of their foreign trade.
It will bo noted that In tho ten years
from 1880 to 1890, when our Imports
from tho United States declined, tho
total exports from thnt country nlso
fell off, nnd that In tho ton yearb
from 1890 to 1900, when our purchasos
of Amorlcnn products greatly Increased
by reason of our great prosperity, tho
total exports ot tho United States also
showed Immcnso expansion. It will
thus bo. evident that tho further
growth In American exports In a largo
measure depends upon tho capacity of
this country to buy moro largely.
"Tho growth ot tho Import trado of
tho United States and of our exports
to that country presents a very differ
ent picture. Compared with
tho total expansion In Amorlcnn Im
ports, tho lncrenso In Imports from
this country has been insignificant,
Compared with tho enormous expan
sion In our purchases from tho United
States, tho Blight growth In their pur
chaser, from us Is a matter which re
quires very serious attention at tho
prcsont tlmo, when our trade with Am
orica is checked by tho prohibitive tar
Iff now In force.
"Tho question now has to bo put.
Uns not tho object of Imposing pro
hibitive customs duties by tho United
States beon fulfilled, and will not their
retention hnvo a very adverso effect
uprn Amorlcan trndo In tho future? In
189G It wns CBsentlnl for America to
bring about n balanco of trado which
would enable tho country to meet nil
Its foreign obligations and to maintain
Its gold standard. But tho decision of
the American peoplo In 1890 and 1900,
together with tho laws which have
been passed and probablo further
amendments In tho next Roeslon ot con
gress havo Insured tho maintenance of
tho gold standnrd.and tho necessity of
restricting Imports for this purpose has
passed away. Moreover, in view of
tho great strides mado by tho manufac
turing Industries ot America In tho
pnst ten years, there Is now no doubt
that American manufacturers aro well
ablo to moot any possible competition
net only in tho home, but In foreign
markets. Henco Amorlca no longer
has reason for Imposing either a pro
hibitive or a protective tariff. America
has, Indeed, now to fnco tho question
of how Bhe may lncrenso tho prospor
lty of other countries, and in vlow of
that prosperity sell still larger quantl
ties of hor produco abroad. To do this
It Js evident that Bho must bo willing
to purchnso tho products of other
countries In return for tho produco
sho sells."
Thero Is ono Idea that our frco trado
contemporaries across tho water do
not seem to grasp, and thnt la that our
foreign trado Is Incidental, not our
wholo existence. Wo havo a homo mar
ket thnt Is almost Immeasurable. It is
from forty to 100 times greater than
our foreign mnrkots. And It Is as
valuable to us, as producers, an all the
foreign markets of tho world would bo
If wo possessed them exclusively,
When wo abandon our protcctlvo tar
Iff wo abandon our homo market. It
la n dozen years bIiicq Tom Reed told
U8 tho modem Aesop fable, and It will
bear telling right hero In caso the
youth of the London Stntlst never rsad
It:
"Onco thoro was a dog. It wna
ulcn llttlo dog. Nothing tho matter
with him excopt a few foolish freo
trndo Ideas In his head. Ho was trot
ting along happy as tho day, for h
had In his mouth a nlco shoulder of
succulent mutton. By and by ho camo
to a stream bridged by a plank. II
trotted along, and, looking aver tho
sldo ot tho plank, ho saw tho markets
, of tho world and dived for them,
mlnuto after ho wns crawling up tho
bank tho wettest, sickest, tho nastinst
tho most muttonless dog that ever
swam nshoic!
As for increasing tho prosperity of
other countries so as to onablo thorn
to buy moro of us, thnt reminds us of
another llttlo storj-. It was very dull
tlmcH with Jonathan Plumb. So ho
took n dollar In pennies out of tho till
and gavo them to tho passing school
children, somo of whom camo In nnd
spent their pennies at Plumb's candy
counter, After they wcro gono Plumb
eaya to himself: "Well, thnt wns a
llvoly hit of trade. Tomorrow I'll scat
ter two dollars." But at night as ho
cast up his accounts It all dawned on
him and tho profnno cindymongcr
Bummed It up as follows: "It makes a
h of lot of trndo but d llttlo
profit."
COMPETITION.
t Cannot Ho ARMirrtl UiiIcm Industrial
Knteriirlte Iln I'ncournRoil.
Every few days wo read nn editorial
paragraph In tho Democratic papora
calling attention to "nn Important con
tribution In another column." This
'contribution" turns out to bo a syn
dicated froo-trndo article A short
tlmo ago It wns a now tlrado against
protection by Henry W. Lamb. Now
It is a "Trust Remedy," by Prof. Bas-
com of Williams college, upon whom
tho mantlo of Prof. Perry seems to
have fallen.
And so tho new frcc-trndo propa
ganda seems to havo begun In earnest
Very wily nro theso ncndcmlclnns nnd
theorists. Tho old stock arguments nro
laid asldo and a brand new contention
Is brought out Tho prices lie- has
been filed away. Tho markets of tho
world aro being captured so rapidly
under protection thnt tho frco raw mn-
tcrlnl Idea has been given n quietus,
nnd ho with nil tho old stock argu
ments of tho American Cobdonltcs.
But taking their cuo from tho recent
Pctnilist-Democratlc platform tjw free
traders pretend to seo our downfall In
tho rise of Bo-cnlled trusts; and trusts,
they tell us, nro created, nourished nnd
maintained by protcctlvo tlutlm. "Ro
call tho Bpoclal privileges," says Prof.
Bascom, and then ho makes his very
remarkablo assertion:
"Tho 1 in media to purposo of protec
tive duties Is to restrain competition
nnd build a wall around tho protected
Industries."
Such a statement convicts tho writer
of being either a fool or n knavo. Pro
tection Is nnd always has been tho very
foundation of all competition.. Without
protection thero would not oven oxlst
tho opportunity for competition. . It In
competition that has built up our great
manufactures, that has Improved tho
quality of Amorlcan goods nnd lias
constantly reduced prices. Suppose "wa
tako away Uio protection from goods
manufactured by so-called American
IrustH and let In tho goodH mnnufno-
tured by English trusts. As soon ns
wo nro at their mercy up will go
wages In tho United Stntcs. Tho small
er concerns will bo wiped out first,
and If any survlvo it will bo tho bo
called trusts. Thero Is competition .to
day In ovory industry protected .by.,or
tariff laws. So keen is this competi
tion thnt goods woro nover bettor mado
or prices moro reasonnblo. Prof. Uns
eam nnd Secretary Lamb and the wholo
of tho New England Frec-Tradq
Lcnguo mny thcorlzo all they will, but
thoy cannot fool tho worklngman by
telling him that tho way to Improvo
his condition Is to lower his wages or
glvo his Job to foolgnors. Every now
Industry created nnd overy established
Industry lncrensed menus moro labor
and moro laborers, better goods, main
tenance of high wages nnd prices
cqultablo to both producer and con
sumer. If tho tariff Is needed,' then
keep It. If It Is not needed It docs no
harm, and will bo ready whoa it Is
needed.
But If wo nro to keep labor omployod,
If wo aro to keep wnges up nnd prices
down, wo must havo competition. And
wo cannot havo competition nt homo,
with foreign goods Hooding our mar
kets, or with our smaller industries
destroyed and our wcakor concerns
driven out of existence.
THEY NEVER SPEAK AS THEY
PA9S BY. " '
Bo My Valontlno Again this Year.
Apply tho Nnma Itulo.
Wo havo found protection to homo
manufactures nnd products to ho suc
cessful in building up our country. Ap
ply tho sumo ruin to our merchant ma
rlno nnd tho same rcbiilt will follow.
Shipyards will spring Into being, ,t?ach
giving employment to thousands, and
tens of thousands of others will Indi
rectly bo employed In nllled Industries.
Protect Amorlcan shipping by a sub
sidy properly guarded, Piatt Co. (III.)
Republican.
It la Woll tit Ilo Cmlilleil.
Mr, Clovcland rcfors to tho protcc
tlvo system as "coddling." . It makes
no dlffcronco what It Is called. Tho
plain fact is thnt undor protection tho
country has been prosperous. When
It has not boon "coldled" as was tho
caso under Mr. Clovelnnd, tho country
has gono In tho direction of tho dogs.
Tho American pooplo nro not studying
over theories when thoy havo been
ablo to observo tho result o2 conditions.
Peoria (III.) Journal.
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