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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 21, 1901)
Iha Victim of Swindles at Hantinga Takes His Los3 to Heart. FEAR THAT HE MAY GO INSANE A Iturllngton Kngluccr Struck by n Mull Cm no nt Tecum. ch Ciittlo Herder In Holt County Struck hy Lightning Ml collnncous Kt'lir.isliu Slatter. HASTINGS, Neb., Juno 18. Michael I less, tho Adams county fanner who was buncoed out of f 2,500 bj three confidence men, hns becomo seriously ill and it Is thought that ho may go insauc. He Is Gl years old, and while in Adams county during tho last fif teen years has gnlncd a reputation of being an honest and careful man. Mr. Hess hns not been outsldo of his homo since he gavo tho information to the police nnd ho Is now prostrated. Sher iff Simmering has secured n descrip tion of tho swindlers, as they stopped a week in Hastings nnd registered nt hotels ns Gcorgo M. Williams, John Thorn and 0. C. Haines. It Is said that Williams Is the leader of tho trio, nnd ho Is a smooth talker. Slnco Hess was buncoed Hastings business men havo been lighting shy oi propositions advnnced by strangers, but this did not cmbarrns nor prevent a young stranger, who has been about tho city during last wcok, from going to W. II. Llnnlngs, n money lender, for tho purpooo of securing a $10,000 loan on a handful of diamonds. Tho runn with tho diamonds claimed that ho wanted tho money to open up a gambling houso in this city. Mr. Lln nings refused to mako the loan, so tho fellow carted tho Jewels to two of tho banks, whero ho put up tho same kind of talk, but failed to get anybody In terested. Struck by the Mull Crnno. TECUMSEII, Nob.. Juno 18. Gus Lewis, engineer of tho Burlington's Portlnnd-St. Louis passenger train, which passes through this city, was leaning from the cab window looking toward tho rear of his train as it pasB ed through Sterling, and was struck on tho head with a mall crane. The train makes no stop between Lincoln nnd Tccumseh nnd when ho was struck it was running forty miles an hour. His left car was cut off, tho flesh of tho head terribly lacerated, but tho bones of tho skull were not broken. Ho was taken to Lincoln In an un conscious condition. Itellfttcdt Hiind Concert. Tho concerts given by tho famous Belstedt band of Cincinnati arn grow Ing In favor day by day, tho increased attendance showlug their popularity. Tho month's contrnct for music Is rapidly drawing to u close, and those v.ho have not heard tho band "In this sjrles of concerts should make hasto to do so. Tho engagement closes on tho 29th, tho band being under con tract to go to Kansas City during the month of July. Two entertalnmonts tiro given each day, afternoon and evening, tho price of ndmlaslon being reduced nl. the day concerts. Another Hlg I nnd Hale. RAWLINS, Wyo., Juno 18. Tho Un ion Pacific land department has sold to Cosgrlft Bros, of Fort Steelo and Salt Lako City 19,000 ncrcs of land near Mcdlclno Bow, in this county. The purchase Joins the tract of 12,000 ncrcs purchased last wcok by Quealey Bros. Charles Jackson of this place has purchased 13,000 acres of railroad land situated In tho western end of this county. An eastern syndicate Is now negotiating for a large tract In this county. Hrandlrig Toxin Cattle. LONG PINE, Neb., Juno 18. Fif teen thousand head of cattle have been branded nt tho railroad r.tock yards at this placo in tho last two wooks They are mostly Texas cattle on their way to tho Black Hills. Omahn Mnn'i Contract. OMAHA, Neb., Juno 18. Tho State Board of Public Lands and Buildings has a warded a contract for building tho firoprcjf wing to tho Hospital for Incurablo Insano at Hastings to Rob ert Butko of Omaha. Ills; Crop of Htrau-licrrlo. FULLERTON, Nob., Juno 18. A largo crop of strawberries Is being bar vested In this vicinity. Tho cherries which promise a bountiful supply, will be ripo in a few days. llor.liin riy lining Damage. AUBURN, Neb., Juno 18. Farmers In this locality report that thero 1b especially In tho north half of this county, strong Indications of serious damage from Hesslnn fly. In some fields almost overy stalk of wheat Is effected, whllo In others it is scarce lv noticeable. Indications are that harvesting will bo In full blast within ten days. Fall wheat Indications in localities affected by Hesslnn fly were never bettor than thlo year. THREE BOADSMfN ARE MELD. District Court Jury llcntlcr Verdict In tho llnrtloy Litigation, OMAHA, Neb., Jurto 17. Tho Jury In the Hartley bond caso brought in a ordict discharging W. A. Paxton, Thomas Swobo nnd Cadet Taylor from 11 obligations ns sureties for Joseph Hartley, tho defaulting state treas urer. John H. Ames, C. C. McNlsh nnd E. B. Brown were held to be Hablo for $545,017.1G, tho amount of the shortago In Hartley's nccounts. This wan tho third nctlon brought by the state to recover on the bond of tho cx-treasurcr. The defendants In tho original case were Joseph S. Hartley, F. M. Cook, A. B. Clark, John II. Ames, C. A. Hnnna, Mary Fitzgerald, Ed J. Fitzgerald, C. C. Mc NIsh, E. E. Brown, Thomas Swobo, Cadot Taylor, N. S. Harwood nnd W. Paxton. Tho caso first camo to trial in February of 1898, before Judgo Powoll, and a verdict was entered for tho defendants. This decision was re- crsed by tho supremo court. On n second trial before Judgo Faw- cett a verdict was roturncd ngnlnst all tho defendants with the exception Mary Fltzgorald, who escaped all obligations on n plea of insanity. This decision was reversed by tho supremo court, and tho caso came back to tho district court and has been on trial before Judgo Baxter. SHEEPSKINS FROM THE STATE Tvro Hundred uuil Eighty-Two Young l'coplo ltccelvo Them. LINCOLN, Neb., Juno 17. Two hun dred nnd eighty-two young men and women received, in tho prcsonco of n nudlcnco that filled tho largo nu- dltorljm to Its doors, tho certificates showing that they had labored faith fully for four years at the University Nebraska nnd wero entitled to nil uio honors attaching thereto. Of these eighty-seven received tho degree of bachelor of law and wero ndmltted o practlco in tho courts of tho state, seventy-two wero granted tho degree of bachelor of arts, and thero were twenty post gratluato students who wore enrolled with tho degrco of mas ter of art3. Wilbur C. Knight receiv ed tho degrco of doctor of philosophy, tho hlglnst honor conferred nt tho unlvorslty. Following the custom of previous ears, n commencement procession, including the distinguished visitors, faculty, alumni, seniors nnd their friends, formed on tho university tnmpue nnd marched to tho Audi torium, whero tho degrees wero con ferred. Mimic Diiy nml Night. To hear tho celebrated Bollstcdt band thero will necessarily havo to bo a hustle. The contract with tho Om aha Musical union for n month of music hns more than half expired, nnd soon nil opportunity for hearing tho famous Cincinnati band will have passed. Afternoon entertainments (matinees) can bo enjoyed nt reduced rates of admission. This is the Iden tical musical organization that won such renown and wns so popular nt tho two Omaha expositions In '98-99. If heard at Omaha this year it must bo In June, as tho engagement closes with tho month, when tho band goes to Kansas .City for a series of con certs. National Gunril Kncampment. LINCOLN, Neb., Juno 17. At the next meeting of tho Stato Military board an olllcer high In authority will submit a proposition to have tho en campment of tho Nebraska Natlonnl guard this year held in some secluded and rough section of the state, prefer ably among tho lnkes In Cherry coun ty, and ;lt least forty miles from tho nearest town or railroad station. Heretofore tho guard has held its en campments near largo cities. Nehrukn I'uncrul Director. BEATRICE, Neb., Juno 17. Tho Nebraska Funeral Directors' assocla tlon, in Fcsslon here, elected officers n followu: Prcsldont, II. B. Davis, Omaha; vice presidents, E. Rntnour, Weeping Wntor; A. II. Fellers, Hum boldt; E. Livingstone, Harvatd; sec retary, Gcorgo Brown, Supcror; treas urer, N. P. Swanson, Omahn; exocu tlvo board, H. K. Burket, Omaha; Jas. Heaton, Lincoln; W. G. Roberts, Lin coin; demonstrntor, W. P. Hoehen senile, Iowa City, In. Itulua AfTtct Chinch Ilus. BROKEN BOW, Neb., Juno 17. Rains in (his county nro bringing out tho small grain and corn In fine shapo and nro having a dcslrnblo effect on tho chinch bugs, which wore reported finite numerous in somo localities. Klcctft Stato Normal Teacher PERU, Neb., Juno 17. Tho State Board of Education met here nnd clec ted teachers to fill vacancies at tho Stato Normal. W. R. Hart of tho University of Nebraska was elected professor of psychology nnd pedagogy ot $1,000; C. F. Beck, formerly deputy stato superintendent, was elected as Blatant In mathematics at $1,000; S L. Caldwell was elected teacher of penmanship, Uawnlng and spelling nt $600. A Ferryboat Nortbfielil Goo3 Down Witb Hundreds of Passengers, LOSS OF LIFE IS NOT VET KNOWN Trcy Octitr.il Hxprc Hunt Maurh Chunk Dor tho Mlchlcf An Crah Camo Water Wn Instantly Filled with Struggling Jlen nml Women. NEW YORK, Juno 14. Ono of tho most frightful ferry collisions In tho history of this city took plnco at C o'clock thra evening Just oft tho foot of Whitehall street. The Northflcld of tho Statcn Island ferry, crowded to tho guards, was run Into and sunk in nlno minutes by tho Jersey Central railroad express boat Mauch Chunk. A ncoro or moro of passengers nro dead, but tho total drowned may not bo discovered for days. Within three minutes after tho col lision tho water was filled with frantic men and women, screaming for help nnd struggling to keep above the sur face. Before the Northflcld had gouo more than 200 feet from Its slip it be enmo apparent that n collision wns In evitable. Tho captains of both vessels rang furiously to their engineers to stop nnd back, full speed astern, nnd btoh boats whistled loudly. Then tho crash came. A startling cry of fear ns If from ono voice was heard, then tho shrickB nml shouts of the hundreds packed on the Statcn Island ferry. Scores of women fainted. Others lcnp cd madly Into tho water. Tho boats after nn Instant's pause succeeding tho ramming, separated. Through a great ragged holo torn In tho berryboat'B sldo water streamed In a torreut. Many of tho women wero hysterical and with whitened faces nnd tears running down their cheeks they clutched to tho llfo savors, which wero tightly Bocurcd In a network of wires. With hut few exceptions every man aboard behaved like n hero. All knew tho Northflcld was mortally hurt. It was rolling heavily nnd sinking rap idly. But theso men, somo of them laborers going from their work, others hankers from Wnll Btreet returning to their country houses on the Island, thought first of tho women nnd chil dren. Scores of men seized llttlo ones in their arms or took chnrgo of the two or threo women nearest them and encouraged them nnd cheered them with assurances of Bafety. Many of tho women refusod to be quieted, seized lifo preservers and Jumped. Tug3 and craft of every sort, hearing tho dying siren of tho Btrickon boat, steamed full speed toward her from the bay and from North nnd East rivers. Tho Northflcld was just floating, a crippled hulk, ns tho first tug bont reached it. In scores of enscs, women climbed over tho rail on tho saloon deck and hold their hands beseeching ly to tho tug boats, almost letting go thoir hold beforo the boats wero with in 100 foot. As fast as tho pug noso of n tug boat bumped against tho side of the Northflold It was blnck with struggling men nnd women, grnoplng In terror at anything that promlsed.a hand-hold to safety. In tho front part of tho North, field a dozen men passed women nnd children to tho nearest tugs, picking them off tho sldo guards, whero they clung In wntor to thoir knees and half unconscious with terror. 12:30 a. m. No bodies hnvo yet been recovered from tho Northflcld. Tho loss of llfo can only bo estimated by reports to tho pollco from eye wit nesses. Thero wns n full tldo flowing nnd thero is llttlo hope of recovering any bodies tonight. Mxy Adopt Atmtritllnn l'lun. HAVANA, Juno 15. Sonors Bravn. SUva, Alemnn, Botnncourt nnd Znynn havo been nppolnted by the constitu tional convention a commltteo to draw up tho doctoral law. It Is probable that the Australian system will be adopted. llllnnl Keep Up I'nen. NEWPORT NEWS, Vn Juno 15. Tho battleship Illinois nrrlved nt tho shlpynrd this nftornoon nt 5 o'clock nftor a romarknblo run down tho coast, during which she mndo nn nvornge Bpcod of fifteen knots under natural draught. American Hank Ahmad. WASHINGTON, I). C, Juno 15. Tho stato department hns been Informed by Deputy Consul General Hannuer, at Frankfort, Germany, that steps aro ho Ing taken for tho creation of n federal bureau of tcchnicB In the empire. Conger In AVuhliigtnu, WASHINGTON, Juno 15. Hon. E II. Conger, United States mlnlstor to Chlnn, Is In Washington for tho pur poso of calling on tho president nnd Secretary Hay preparatory to his re turn to Pokln. no expects to bou both theso officials today. Mr. Conger hns been kept fully advised by the stato department of Chlnoso nffalrn slnco his depnrturo from China, but desires a personal Interview with tho president and Secretary Hay. GET A CORNER ON MILK. I l'rotulntnt Ntlmulm Ci-rnincrlt l'ntcr Into u CoiiNOllilntcil Company. OMAHA, Nob., Juno 13. As a re sult o n conference held nt tho Mur my hotel a consolidation of all the creamery companies operating in Ne braska north of the Platte river has been effected nnd tho now corporation hns decided to upon In Omnha n creamery with a capacity of 3,000,000 pounds jf buttor per yenr of an esti mated value of $GOO,000. The meeting wns the rosult of tho Idea of J. J. King, secretary nnd gen eral manager of the West Point Creamery compnny, one of tho oldest Institutions of Its kind in the state. He bellovad that a largo amount of cx- reuse could bo saved by co-operation nnd ns lc result of correspondence tho meeting wns called. Each of tho constituent comnnnles will havo ono member on the bonrd of directors. When the new company if ready to begin operations tho creameries nt the different towns in thu state will be discontinued nnd in their place will bo estnbllshcd collect ing nnd skimming stutlous. The crenm will be shipped to Omnhn, where It will he churned. Tho Umuiiu creamery will cost $20,000, excluslvo ot buildings, the compnny having de rided to rent n building for the first nnd then to build one upon their own pinns upon railroad tracks, where their stock can be handled without tho intervention of wagons. RUSH FOR SCHOOL LAND. Greater Return to Stato Than 15vcr Ki prctoil 1'hU Year. LINCOLN, Neb., June 15. With nn increasing demand nnd n decreasing supply th.i school land that will bo iffcred for lease nt public miction In August will probably bring grenter re turns to tho stato Hum ever beforo in recent years. Inquiry for this lnnd bus boon very general from all sec tions of the stntc during tho last two weeks. lmd Commissioner Follmcr vlll stnrt on un auction tour nbout August 20, nnd It Is probable Mint his first tour will oxtend mostly through tho northwestern section. "You'd bo surprised nt tho domnnd for school lnnd," said Deputy Com missioner Eaton. "Every mnll brings if somo Inquiry. Some persons wnnt farm lnnd nnd others wnnt lnnd for insturngo. Tho demand, I think, Is greatest for land for grazing purposes ii. western nnd northern counties. "Thero will not be n grent dcnl of land availablo this year for the rea son that nearly nil of It has already been leased, nnd It is not likely much of it will bo forfeited. People who hold the land nro well satisfied and nro nble to pay tho rentals ns fast as they becomo due." "When too Hand IIcbIiih to Play." Ragtime and classical music dovo tees nro nllko pleased with tho Bell- ntedt band, for It gives selections that please all classes uud conditions. The program from dny to day Is varied nnd numbers nro ulwnys rendered ctodltnblo to tho band thai nfforded so much plcnsurc to visitors nt the Trans-Mississippi and Greater Amer ica expositions. The concerts lust through this month only, two enter tainments being glvcn'cnch day. Inoculating tho Chinch Hug. BROKEN BOW. Neb., Juno 15. This county hns been favored with several fine rains, which Is putting u stop to the work of the chintz bugs nnd bringing out smnll grain nleoly. Inoculation of tho chintz bugs In sev eral localities whero thoy wero tho worst is being tried, but ns yet tho experiments havo not been tested a sufllclent tlmo to determine whether tho experiment will prove successful. HI Whnlo Htock I (Stolen. OSCEOLA, Neb., Juno 15. A. M. Darling recently came to Osceola and engaged a building to open up n gen eral merchandise store. Ho hud trad ed n stock and had It stored nt St. Paul, Minn. He ordered It shippod hero, but when tho consignment ar rived ho found that nil of tho goods in tno Doxcs nan ucen stolen nnd their places filled with mattresses. Mr. Darling's loss 1b $5,300. Tramp I round Dead. ALLIANCE, Nob., Juno 15. An un known man, apparently n tramp, wns discovered lying dead beside tho track at Bonner, a Biding Bovon miles out on tho Denver line. Ho could not bo identified. ItOHUland roMofllro Itohlictl. ROSELAND, Neb., June 15. Tho postolllco safe was blown open liore nnd nbout $125 in personal funds and nlnm,in .,...1,... ,im. i.i.i Rt.iiiijio i wig niuiuii. l ll u tiiUtjill uioouuoumis were sent ior, Douiii) Collego iliilillnr. CRETE, Nob,, Juno 15 Tim jubi lee celebration of Donno college on raising the endowment Mini to $150,- 000 took nlnco nt Mm CnnirrmmMr.mil church, Prof. A. B. Falrchlld presid ing. Mnny congratulations have been received from friends of tho college. Mr. F. II. Chlckering of Ashland, Nebraska, trtistco and member of tho oxccutlvo committee, nddressed tho nudlence, tnklng for his subject "How We Did It and What Noxt." EE0IPU0CITY PERILS. UKELY TO -EAD TO INTERNA TIONAL CONTROVERSY. rittchtnr; t'p Hi" Tariff ly Special Trni'.o T.rrnltnj (llv,t to I'nvorn I Nation Ad vantage to Which Other Nation Aro Certain to Claim TIimiihoU c. The Philadelphia llccord, nn ardent ndvocnto ot frco trado, has something really sensible to cay on tho subject ot tinkering with tariffs by tho ne gotiation of special trade treaties. It docs not believo lu title- method of "whipping tho devil round a Btump," nnd its reasons for opposing that fichemo of altering duty schedules nro worthy of tho thoughtful consideration of that clas3 of protectionists who nro shouting for reciprocity on general l'rlnclplcs and without a Ihougiil wnnt mny bo Involved In tho scductlvo pro gram of buying more from, in order that wo may soil moro to, foreign coun tries. Speaking of tho French nnd Ar gentine treaties, which failed of rati fication by tho Forty-sixth congress, tho Record says: "In theso trontlcB tho protoctlonlMa clenrly saw nn opening for tho ad mission of tho knit goods of England and Germany nnd of the wool of Aus tralia on tho enmo terms. At tho snmo time they could not discern much com pensation In tho proposed reductions of the tariffs of Franco nml Argentina on Amorlcnn Imports, tho reductions being of much moro concern to tho consumers In thoso countries than to American producers. "Such Is, In fact, tho caso with all tariffs on reciprocity arrangements. To tho Amorlcnn people, consumers nnd producers nllko, n fnlr and squnro re duction of exccsslvo rates of duty Is Infinitely profcrnhlo to bargaining for privileges nnd prefe'rences In reciproc ity treaties. Nearly every ono of these trcatlcfl contained tho germ of Inter national controversy. If reductions of duty had been mado on French knit goods In n reciprocity treaty, how could tho samo reduction havo been reason ably refused upon tho samo classes of goodn from England nnd Germany? Tho duties on tho wool of Argentina could not bo reduced without limiting n llko reduction on tho wools of nil other Andean countries, or without In viting reprisals upon American trado." Of tho two propositions wholesalo tariff reduction and frco trado In spot3 by mentis of special trado treaties tho plan of tariff reduction is by far tho fairer. Under thnt plan the producing Interests of tho United States nt lenst know "whero thoy nro nt"; thoy hnvo amplo notlco of tho proposed tariff changes and nro allowed tho opportu nity of being henrd before final action Is taken. Under tho plnn ot reciproc ity treaties secretly negotiated, secret ly considered nnd secretly ratified by a Bluglo branch of tho law-making power, tho doniostlo producor dlscov era too Into for offcctlvo protest thnt n gamo of selfish udvnntnges Iiiib boon secretly plnyed to his Injury nnd vory likely to his ruin. Then follow, por forco, other spccinl treaties with other countries nnxlous to break Into tho great American market, and by tho tlmo wo hnvo run tho wliolo gamut of reciprocity It will ho found thnt wo hnvo plnyod Buch fantastic tricks with our protoctlvo duties ns to mnko our tnrlff systom unrccognlznblo for tho purposes of a coroner's Inquest. Wo havo parted with tho control of tho homo market nnd taken bread from tho mouths of domestic wago earners and their families, for thoro can bo no In crenso Importation of foreign mnnu facturcd commodities without n corro spondlngly decreased uso nnd con sumption of domestic manufactured commodities. For onco a frco trado argument Ib sound. If wo aro going Into the bus I ness of tariff rovlslon, by nil menus lot It bo dono oponly nnd nbovo board, and not In dark corners ami by the round nbout, uncertain, unfair, and most like ly futllo dovlco of so-called "reciproc ity"; or, If wo aro to havo n try nt reciprocal trado treaties, let It bo on sound, safo and strictly orthodox lines laid down in tho Republican natlonnl platform of 1900 nnmely, by tariff concessions on nrtlolcs which "wo do not ourBclvcs produce." In any caso, lot tho Issuo bo presontod fairly and snunroly. If tho country Is tired of protection and Is ready for another ex pcrlmont of "tariff reform" It will havo tho opportunity of saying so noxt yenr nt tho congressional elections Then if tho voters so elect, tho wny will bo opened for tho Installation of a freo trado congress nnd n freo trade ndmin Istratlon on tho 4th of March, 1905, Tho Amorlcan Economist iIocb not think thnt tho votcra of tho country will no clcct ,f ,l10 I"3110 of protection or freo trudo Is submitted to thorn on Its merits and stripped of tho deluslvo sham of reciprocity which Is not reelp rocnl. PROSPEROUS IN SPITE OF HERSELF Mr. A. L. Watson of St. LoiiIb is quoted In tho Now York Times as say I. in l.i nuiioit t.i nn.til 1 1 Imin I.. 1 , 1 rj ... kwiiuiuuim nt tun I flection "Wo hnvo much to be satisfied with llttlo to complain of, in respect to IiuhI nous conditions. On nil sldcB ther nro BlgiiB of prosperity. Merchants nr busy, labor Ib fully and profitably om Ployed, building operations nro on nn exieiwivo Hiwumii, III proBpects for tho crops in our neigh borhood nro vory promising, and tho railroads are going on to greater pros pertty." "Tho rain falloth on tho just and on tho unjust," Hnlth tho Scriptures; nnd although tho stato of Missouri did not Bufllclontly apprcclnto prciporlty to cast her electoral voto In tho last cam pnlgn for tho party nnd tho policy to which nil her prosperity Is due, alio la sharing with tho rest of tho country In tho good times which Dlngley law protection has brought to tho Ameri can people. Thero la tlmo yet for a change of heart; nnd perhaps four moro yonra of such prosperity as Mis souri is having will bring tho stato into line lu support of tho policy which looks out for nnd gives protection to mcrlcnn interests. MONOPOLY SMASHED BY PROTECTION. Now it la nnnouhced from London thnt "tho Welnh tin pinto industry, which lias already been stricken by American competition, Is menaced by early extinction, owing to tho failure of tho employers to ngvco on n scalo of wages." When theso Welsh rankers monopo lized tho market, na thoy did beforo tho MeKlnley tnrlff, thoy had n hnrd and fast trust of thoir own which dictated prices to tho helpless Ynnkccs, nnd wngPB to tho helpless workmen. But iVmcrlcnn rivalry has changed all this. Our mills, with Improved machinery and bettor paid labor, hnvo not only gained tho Amorlcnn mnrkct, but nro cutting Into tho markets of tho Welsh combluo" abroad. Tho comic sldo of It nil Is thnt tho protoctlvo duty of tho McKlnloy tar iff wna vociferously opposed by tho professional focn of monopoly. As n practical result It has smnshed monop oly, nnd In tho long run It is certain to glvo tho mnstcry in ono moro branch f tho groat Iron and steel trado to tho 'nlted States, whero It legitimately bo- ongs. Boston Journal. PROSPERITY AT THE BANKS, ji , o . n run.; iirt Owing to tho great lncrcaso ot de posits, extra help Is required nt tho windows of tho receiving tollers. A HINT TO MR. BABCOCK. Tho ttdvocntcs of tho proposition to remove tho duties now lovled on iron nnd steel must ndvnnco boiiio other nr- gument besides tho democratic war cry, "Tho tariff breeds truotsl" Thero Is nolthor logic nor common sonso In Hitch n statement. Tho prluclplo of n protoctlvo tnrlff ndvocntcd by tho re publican party In ns sound today as It wac In 1800, and Its malutenanco ns an cBsonttnl fuctor ot tho ndmlnlstrn tlvo policy Is ns necessary now ns It was then. Howover rapidly chnngca mny como In tho oxporlcnco of gov ernments thoy do not trend upon each other's hcols nt such u rate na to call for a comploto rovolutlon, or tho uttor nbandonmont ot nn economic policy the adoption of which bus resulted In such a marvelous Improvement lu our industrial condition during tho past four years. No doubt Mr. Babcock will kcop theso facts In mind whllo preparing his program for tho noxt session of congress. Protection, nnd not froo trado, wna Indorsed by tho voters at tho elections of 1S90 uml 1900. Mil waukee Sentinel. IT MEANS BUSINESS. Two thousand freight cars ordored during tho spaco of two wcoks Is tho iccord mndo by the railroads of tho country. That moans business, both row nnd In tho future. It pro3cnts ovl dnuco of tho fact that not only aro tho railroads crowded with business be yond their capacity to hnndlo, but also that tho ofllclals of tho railroads aro confident thnt tho rush of business Is going to continue. Thoy nro looking to tho futuro In thoir extension of tho equipment of thoir roads, nnd nro get ting rendy for the continual Increase in tho domnnd for transportation facili ties which tho ever-growing business prosperity of tho country will bring about. Tho demand for freight earn Is tho other cud of tho industrial chain, which has its boglnnlng In tho crowd ed order books of tho commercial trav elers, all of whom report that busi ness wns never so acttvo or orders so numerous nnd no heavy as now. MuUn Unite Bhmly. Tho Telegram would suggest that If thoro Ib to bo any tlnkorlng with tho tariff It bo dono by tho friends of pro tection, not Its enemies. It will bo best to mnke haste slowly. Wo havo had somo oxporlonces with democratic rovlslon of tariffs and wo nro hardly prepared to repeat them. Youngstown (O.) Telegram. Know llntr Ho Felt. Roubon Hay I kin npprcshyate what a bitter blow Urynn'a presidential do feat wuz t' him now. Jonathnn Straw How kin y'? Reuben Hay Waal, I know how bad I felt when I wuz defeotod for town mnrshnl Ins' Monday.-Columluis (O.) State Journal. ' v'. St
