AFFECTS LAND LEASES
Result of a Recent Decision by tho Ne
braska Supreme Court.
CONTRACTS CANNOT DE SIB-LET
Department Cotntn.mcicr wiicox ik(ucs
circular ltdntiva to tho Hounioii nt nlno years ago wo had an old-fash-cicvi,in.i,
oi.to Vurioiu other .Mat- 1" twister in Nqlson and tho freaks
ttrmicru unit There In Nebriuku.
LINCOLN, Juno 2G. A decision of
the supremo court just rendered will
seriously affect tho validity of laud
leases in tho Omaha and WInnobago
Indian reservation. Tho caso passed
upon was ono brought by the First Na-
tlonal bank of Pender against A. Lar-
00".
Tho I'loumoy Land company for n
number of years has hold leases of In-
dian lands upon the reservation. In
part this, was a mero real cstuto spec-
ulatlon, and tho company has sublet
'tho land to various persons. Ono of
these lessees was Larson, who executed a
n note to the company for tho amount
of his rental $G00. This camo into
tho lmnds of tho First National bank
of Pender In tho duo course of busl-
ness. Larson refused to pay and was
suoil.
Tho supremo court holds that ho
doesn't ha 0 pay because 'the United
btates statutes say that any subletting
of tho Indian lands shall bo null and
void. Thoreforo any contract of that
character is uncnforclble In court.
INFORMATION fOR VETERANS.
Department Commander Wilcox Will
Ixmio Circular About Kucitmpinent.
OMAHA, Juno 25. Major R. S. "Wil
cox, stato department commander ot
tho Grand Army of the Republic, will
lssuo a circular to tho posts In tho de
partment relative to tho national re
union to bo held at Cleveland, O., be
ginning Septembor 9.
In this circular ho will announce tho
routo selected by tho department and
glvo tho railroad rato to bo charged
from Omaha. Tho rate will bo about
$21 for tho round trip, but tho com
mander hopes that It may bo reduced
boforo September 7, tho day tho spe
cial train will start. As soon as tho
circular Is Issued tho adjutants of tho
local posts will ascortaln tho number
of members of each post who will nt-
tend, and this information will bo scut
to tho departmental headquarters so
arrangements can bo made for thi
pnrty.
Mnjor Wilcox will send a communl-
cation to tho commanders ot tho de
partments of Colorado, Wyoming and
Utah asking them to unlto with tho
Nebraska department In Its train to
Cleveland. It is generally believed that
Utah and Wyoming departments will
Join, while the action of tho Colorado
department Is uncertain.
St'lto Auditor' Itcport.
LINCOLN, Juno 25. Tho scml-nn-
nual report of tho stato auditor shows
that- tho total outstanding Indebted
ness of tho stato on June 1 was $1,981,-
280.29. Tho amount Is considerably
larger than on a corresponding day
two years ago because of the deficiency
and miscellaneous claim warrants
which wcro issued within tho last few
wooki.
Orcunlzu it Humane Society.
NEBRASKA CITY, Nob., Juno 25.'
A branch of the Nebraska Humano so
ciety was orsanlzed here. These offi
cers were elected: President, J. Ster
ling Morton; vlco presidents, A. T
Rlchnrdson and Mrs. M. L. Hay ward;
secretary, Miss Martha Holsc; treas
urer, John W. Stolnhart.
Itnllrniul Mint l'ny I)innp;c!i.
LEXINGTON, Nob., Juno 25. El
rick Flchoncher sued tho railroad conv
pany for $2,000 for damages done to
his son In a fire started by a 'Union
Pacific engine. Tho Jury, after being
out for twenty-seven hours, returned
a verdict for Mr. Flchoncher.
Fimt ICttn on IJurl'nuton.
PLATTSMOUTH. Neb., Juno 25.
What Is considered a remarkably fast
run over tho Burlington's line between
Plattsmouth and Omaha was made
twenty-ono miles in twenty-one mln-
tltOJ.
YV. It. Hnlilen Wei In Kiinmi.
HUTCHINSON, Knn., Juno 21.
-W.
H. Holden ot Kearney, Nob., a
well
known editor, died hero of apoplexy.
Ho at ono tlmo contiucieti a papei
al Duiutn, Minn, in iuo no wuh iiMH-
dldato for congress in tno icnin uis-
trlct.
Fremont llojr l Drowned.
FREMONT, Neb., Juno 25. Carl
Toenjos, ll-yoar-old son of Rov. G.
Toonjcs of tho Gorman Lutheran
church, was drowned In tho Platte
river. Ho was In bathing In company
with a number of other boys of about
tho same ago and Jumped from tho
bank whero tho current was swift and
carried Into deon water. Ono of his
companions, Bert Klttlo, made a des
perate effort to save him, but was un
REMINISCENCES Of A CYCLONE.
An OliM'nnhloneil Twlnter tlint Strongly
ImprcMctl n Ncbnttknu.
LINCOLN, Nob., June 24. Dr. W.
II. Mcllenry of Nelson was In tho
:Icy soveral days ngo and tho recent
tornado at Dorchester suggested to
his mind soveral cyclono rcmlnls-
conces. One cyclono In particular had
mndo n deep Impression. "Eight or
v., -
liold," said he. "That cyclono was al
most human In Its intelligence. iudE-
lmr from Bomo of tho thlnK3 u tlltl
sovoral incldentn hnnncned which
knocked out r.omnlntolv tho Dorchester
tornado story. In tho north part of
town thcro lived an invnlld who had
not walkod a sten for five years. Sho
KVas asleep when tho storm camo on
her hntisn .mil illrnntlv In tho nnth
0f tho cyclone. Well, air, that storm
picked her up so gently that her som-
nolent senses wcro deluded into tho
belief that sho was making n quick
voyago in an nlrshlp. Her bed sailed
gracefully through tho nlr for almost
mile, tho Invalid smiling In her
dreams. Then sho was gntly depos-
Ued botween two straw stacks upon
olght or ten feet of chaff Hut that
wasn't tho wonderful part about it.
Dgwn in town Warren Knnpp runs a
soda water fountain. That cyclone
whisked around his storo pretty lively
and In tho general confusion mixed an
Ico cream soda, flavored it with plne-
applo syrup and carried It to tho bed
side of tho invalid. By her pillow
It descended with a gentle thud and
sho awoko to find two long straws,
carefully selected from tho farmers
utraw pile, protruding from tho glass.
An hour later tho invalid was res
cued and taken to tho homo or a
neighbor. Tho soda water glass wa3
donated to tho museum of tho local
High school."
MUST PAY DY JULY 1ST.
Of Intercut to 1. 11 ml l'urchascra In Uton
unci MlHUHirl JlcnermtloiiH.
LINCOLN, Neb., Juno 21. The set
tlers on tho Otoo and Missouri In
dian reservation lands in Gngo county
and also across tho lino in Knnsas
will bo interested In tho following dis
patch from Washington:
Tho purchasers of lands In tho Otoo
and Missouri Indian reservation in
Kansas and Nebraska will bo expected
to make final settlement of their ac
counts with tho government by July 1.
Tho time, under tho law, expired a
year ago, but a year's graco was al
lowed so as to bring the matter to
a final close without hardship. Some
of tho settlers havo recently been In
formed that they could sccuro a fur
ther reduction In tho prlco to bo paid
for tho lands by giving their cases
into tho hands of certain attorneys.
It Is understood that a number ot
settlors woro almost coerced into con
senting to Join with others In nn at
tempt to securo further concessions.
Tho copy of a letter purporting to havo
been sent by an attornoy named Van
Arsdale, of Cheyenne, Wyo.. to set-
tiers on tho reservation was trans
mitted to Washington, and the depart
ment Immediately wired him to know
If ho had written such letters. Ho
replied that ho had not and could
not understand how his namo was
used; that ho had acted as attorney
for tho eetllcrsi and advised them
that tho tlmo for final settlement
would expire on July 1, and that there
would bo no further graco. It is evi
dent that settlers aro being misled,
and It is posslblo that thoso who fall
Into tho snaro will forfeit their lands.
Life Sentence for n I.nil.
LINCOLN, Neb., Juno 21. Accord
lng to decision of tho supremo court
Ernest Bush, tho lC-ycnr-old boy who
was convicted of murdering Silas Bal
loy near Benkolman on Fobruary 7,
1899, will havo to servo his llfo son-
tenco unless executive clemency comes
to him. Tho chief objection raised
by tho defendnnt to tho decision of
tho lower court was that tho ovldcnco
did not Justify conviction. Tho su
premo court holds that tno boy's con
fesslon was fully corroborated by oth
er ovldence.
Church Destroyed by Lightning.
NEWMAN GROVE, Nob., Juno 21
Salem church, ton miles south of this
city, was struck by lightning and en
tirely consumed. Tho edifice wns own
3d by tho Swedish Evnngollcal Luth
oran denomination and was built ton
yciirB ng0 nt (l cost ot $.1,500. All tho
nirnltur0i including tho pews, two or
aml R ?300 on ainung, were
save(li in8r!1ec $2,500.
Court Donlm tin- Motion,
LINCOLN, Nob., Juno 21. Ono ot
tho 102 opinions filed by tho supremo
court wns a donlnl of tho motion of
Attorney General Prout to dismiss
tho caso of tho stato against tho Rock
Islnnd railroad becauso of tho judg
ment of tho United States court,
which held that tho attorney general
was enjoined from proceeding against
tho railroads to collect penalties for
alleged violations ot tho maximum
rato law.
ESTI
EHIGTIONBTSTOBM
A1
Tornado Swesps Northern Nebraska and
Leaves Trail of Death,
ONE FAMILY IS SORELY BEREFT
t'other nnd Children liutnntly Killed In
Wreckngo of Homo Wind Strip
lloillcs of Clothing Dwelllngi "'
Other Handing Torn to 1'locet.
NAPER, Neb., Juno 22. A terrific
tornado went down tho Kcya Paha
valley, twenty miles nor of Stuart,
Holt county, at sundown last cvonlng
nnd left denth and desolation In lta
wake. Eight persons dead and several
others Injured is tho result of tho
twister's trail.
Tho dead: Jacob Greening aged 55;
Mngglo Greening, cged 12; John Green
lng, aged 8; Mary Crooning, nged G;
Jacob Greening, aged 3; Clara Ander
son, aj,ed 7; Ida Anderson, aged 5;
Bertha Anderson, nged 10.
Tho Injured: Mrs. Jacob Greening,
seriously; Theodoro Anderson, aged 8,
dangerously; Mrs. August AndcrBon,
in a critical condition; Otto Metz, se
vere bruises; Henry Motz, leg broken.
Tho weather had been oxtromely sul
try all day and nbout C o'clock storm
clouds gathered In the northwest and
toon wcro seething, boiling, black
masses. Threo funnel-shaped clouds
formed, ono of which followed tho
valley in lta mission of ruin and
death.
It first paid a visit to tho homo of
Henry Motz. It was'scen aprpoachlng
by Mr. Mctz, and ho aud his brother
Otto wont into a slough, lay down
and hung onto tho grass. They were
picked up by a twister, carried 200
yards and dropped, then picked up
again and carried back, then picked
up a third tlmo and Hung to tho plnco
whero they wcro first. Otto la badly
Injured. Henry had a leg broken.
Tho tornado then paid a visit to tho
homo of John Berg and scattered out
buildings nnd farm machinery around,
but Injured no one.
From thcro it went to Jacob Borg's,
upsetting a granary full ot corn, and
then camo back and took another
chauco at tho corucrlb, reducing It to
kindling wood.
Then It whirled to tho homo of John
Hauff and toro It up badly, but hurt
no one.
It then struck tho dwelling of Ja
cob Greening, killing Jacob, Maggie,
John Mary and Jacob, Jr. Tho only
ono of tho family to escape Is Graco
Greening, nged 14.
Your correspondent today witnessed
tho gruesome sight nt tho placo whore,
twenty-four hours beforo tho Greening
family had lived In peace nnd happl
ness. Not a vestige of tho house re
mained, while out on tho bare ground
hi tho morning sun, with only a blan
ket to cover their nakedness, lay tho
father and four dead children, a bruis
ed and blackened mass ot humanity,.
Four horses, a lot of sheep and other
domestic nntmals wcro killed at this
place, whllo a new mowor wns picked
up, carried 100 yards and twisted out
of shnpe.
From hero tho twister went through
big timber on tho bottoms, smash
ing It down llko so mnny reeds, and
struck tho now brldgo ncross tho
Kcya Paha. Tho brldgo was totally
wrecked.
It then took a Jump and struck tho
house of August Anderson a quarter
of a mllo distant. Mrs. Audersoa was
homo with her children, the husband
at a neighbor's. Seeing tho storm
coming, Mrs. Andorson thought the
chteken coop at tho brow of tho hill
a safer placo and took tho children
and went Into It. Tho cyclono wreck
ed both houses, killing Clara aud Ida.
Mrs. Anderson nnd baby wero tak
en up In tho air thirty feet and vio
lently dashed to tho ground. Mrs
Anderson is In a critical condition,
while tho bnby was not Injured in
tho least. Bertha Anderson, aged 10
died this afternoon making eight dead
altogether. Theodoro Andorson, aged
8, Is dangerously hurt. Mr. Andorson
probably owes his life to being away
from home.
Noth'.ng was left around tho An
derson place except wrcckngo. and tho
valley up and down a long ways Is
lltcered with broken board and house
hold furnituro In u thousand pieces.
(ilrl Killed by l.lchtlilui;.
HAWARDEN, la., June 21. Tho 12
j tar-old dnughtcr of V. A. Brest, llv
lng ten miles south of Hnwnrdcn, was
struck by lightning and Instantly 1:111
od. Sho was standing bucldo tho stovo
when tho bolt entered th j chlmuey
and followed the stovepipe. Tho re3t
of tho family wcro uninjured.
Out ml Nclir.-iHUu Wi t.
ST. PAUL, Neb., Juno 22. Thera I
an abundance of ralnull In centra
Nobrnska at present. Copious show
ors havo fallon nearly ovory night for
tho past week, tho last measuring one
and one-fourth Inches. The rainfall
for tho past week has been In tlif
neighborhood of two and one-hull
inches. Small gialu Is in excellent
condition and 11 heavy crop of whoal
and ryo Is absolutely assured. Com
u little backward.
EXPLOSION Of THAT LOCOMOTIVE
Opinion ot nu GUI Hallroml Engineer i
to tho Cniifte.
BEATRICE, Ncb Juno 22. A cor
respondent wns talking with nn old-
time railroad engineer hero when tho
Columbus disaster was referred to.
"What, In your opinion, was tho
causo of tho accident?" was n3kcd.
Without any reserve, ho said: "Tho
causo, primarily, was that tho cnglno
was poorly constructed. It was a
choap John affair and If they do not
cduco tho pressure on theso big tubs
moro of them will go just as that cn
glno did. The point is right here:
Tho company Is In need of say fifty
engines. They tako tholr specifi
cations and go to every factory In tho
country to get prices. Of courso they
all cut tho prlco nnd tho quality ot
material and workmanship Is also cut.
When It comes to constructing tho
boiler no hand work la employed, A
bushel of rivets aro put In tho 11 ro
and heated to a tcmpcraturo no one
knows whnt. Then they nro put In
and given a lick nnd a promise by a
trip hnmincr. Scarcely nny hand
work nbout It; nil machine. As I said,
they aro carrying too much pressure.
Thcro In too much contraction and ex
pansion; tho bollors won't stand It.
I bco they talk about tho water bolng
low. That Is nonsenso of tho moat
nbsurd sort. They wero on tho. siding
only a few moments boforo waiting
for another train nnd had only got
outstdo tho mllo limits when tho ac
cident occurred. Poor construction, In
my opinion, la responsible for tho
wreck."
Ileur HclMteilt Thin Week.
Tho engagement with U10 Bollstedt
band for a Borles of concerts extend
ing over tho month of Juno expires
on tho 29th. Thcro has brcn a largo
attendnnco from the first and all havo
been delighted with tho efforts ot this
celebrated band. Special features arc
to bo provided from now until the
close, nnd Increased attendanco Is
looked for. Two concerts each day In
a lnrgo pavilion sprend for tho pur
pose, with reduced prlco of admission
to tho nfternoon entertainments. Hear
this great musical organization while
thcro Is yet opportunity.
, Two New Ktuto llittilcH.
LINCOLN, Nob., Juno 22. The Stato
Banking board Issued charters to two
new stato banks. Ono Is tho Bank of
Noma, Mcrnn, Custer county. It has
a paid capital stock of $10,000 and
its principal Incorporators aro Charles
E. Ford, S. K. Warrick and J. M. Kim
berllng. Tho other charter was given
to tho Nowcastlo Stato bank of New
castle, Dixon county. Its paid capital
stock Is $10,000 and Its Incorporators
aro Charles E. Crew, A. B. Francis,
Thomas Hoy, T. J. Hoy and A. II.
Marshall.
High School Mil)- Ulro ItelutlvcH.
LINCOLN, Nob., Juno 22 Tho law
passed by tho last session of tho legis
luturo forbidding school directors from
hiring relatives for teachers without
tho unanimous consent of tho board
has aroused considerable discussion
and mnny inquiries havo been received
by Stato Superintendent Fowler nBklng
for his opinion of tho law Ho has
decided that tho law applies only to
rural districts nnd not to high schools
Drowned In the llluo.
SEWARD, Nob., Juno 22. R. Luck
cr, a blacksmith of Germantown, was
drowned In tho Bluo river, threo miles
south of Ruby. Ho wa3 Bwlmmlng
across tho river to sot some fish lines
when ho was taken with cramps. Flvo
men wcro on tho bank, but without
a boat and they mado no nttompt at
rescue Tho body was recovered.
David City ClinutRiiqnn.
DAVID CITY, Nob., Juno 22. Tho
program for tho first annual session
of tho David City Chautauqua assom
lily Is out. An exceptionally good list
of lecturers, preachers, volcnllsts, olo
cuttonlsts nnd musicians has been so
cured, and tho grounds havo been put
In first class condition. Tho session
opens Juno 27.
Mellilc John Oom to Wyoming.
FULLERTON, Nob., Juno 22. For
mer Assistnnt Secretary of War Mel
klojohn has gono to Wyoming to In
spect copper mines In which ho lately
secured an Interest. Mr. Melklejohn
wns accompanied by Thomas C. Koch
and If. E. Knnpp, who had Joined with
Ultn In tho Investment.
I
Secretary Hay has returned to
Washington from Buffalo and ro
sumed his duties at tho Btnto depart
ment.
l)lcu Mate fair llptnlU.
LINCOLN, Neb., Juno 22. Tho Stat
Board of Agriculture met nnd discuss
oil details collected with tho stato fair.
Arrangements woro mado to supply
fodder and forago to owners of stocl
I.lu-htnlnc Ktrlke Church.
ST. HOWARDS. Null.. .Innn 5
During ft storm lightning struck tho
German Luthernn church eight miles
northeast ot hero and It was burned
to the ground.
RODUCER AND USER.
THEY ARE INTERDEPENDENT
UPON EACH OTHER.
How the l'mctlcnl UpnrAtlan of tho
1'rotectlvo I'rlnclple Meet thn Ite-
qulroincnt of I.egWhitlnn for thn (Ircnt
out (looit ot Ilia UrcilUftt Number.
J. D. Wilson ot Randolph, Mo., re
cently nddrosscd tho following to tho
editor of tho American Economist:
Conceding that tho tariff on wool
makes tho grower-money, who pays It
In the end, tho man who wears tho
ool. or who? Seems to mo that legis
lation should ho for tho greatest good
to tho greatest number. In other words,
don't moro peoplo wear wool than
grow It?"
Answer: Questions of this sort tho
Frco Traders havo been asking for
many, many years, nlways answering
them to their own comploto satisfac
tion. In their way of looking at It
protection benefits tho fow at tho ex
penso of tho many. Our western friend
has got It all figured out In tho sumo
way. Pity It Is that hl talents should
bo wasted away out In "Darkest Mlz
rouryl" Ho should havo been n col-
lego professor. But wo shall tako him
he Is nnd endeavor to boIvo his
conundrum.
Conceding, na In says and this Is an
Important concession thnt tho tariff
on wool mnkos money ror mo wooi
grower, who pays It? Principally tho
forolgn wool grower, who Is compelled
to nccopt a lower prlco for his product
In order to sell it In tho United Stntoa
nftor tho duty has been ntlded. Posslb
ly tho man who wears clothing mndo
of wool pays somoof tho tariff, but not
much. Clothing la Uttlo or no higher
in prlco thnn it was In days of non
protected wool undor tho Wilson tariff
law. If a suit of clothes could bo
bought a trifle cheapor, then tho wngo
earner and tho farmer woro nono tho
better off on thnt account, becauso
neither tho wago earnor nor tho fnrm
er had nearly so much money to buy
clothes with as they have now. If you
could buy an ovorcoat for a dollar and
didn't havo tho dollar to pay for It,
ou woudn't bo anything llko so well
off as though overcoats wore selling
at $10 apleco and you had $15 In your
pocket with which to buy.
But tho pivotal thought tho groat
Froo Trado conception of our Mis
souri friend Is to bo found In his con
eluding proposition that
'Legislation should bo for tho great
est good of tho greatest number, lu
other words, don't moro peoplo wear
wool than grow It?"
Most uB.su redly legislation should bo
for tho greatest good of tho greatest
number. Most assuredly moro
woar wool than grow It. Right
hero Is tho ntrongth ot protoo
tlon nnd weakness of Froo Trade. Not
only docs protoctlon call for loglola
tlon that Involves tho grentost good
to tho groatost number; It legislates
for tho Kroatc3t nood of tho whole
number. Thsro Is today In this conn
try no Individual not one who Is
not In somo way distinctly tho gainer
by tho policy of protection. Even tho
Importer or tho American ngent for
forolgn morchaudlso Is the bonollclnry
of n stato of prosperity which has In
creased tho domand nnil llkowlso tho
purchasing power of tho most liberal
body of purchasers and consumors tho
world has over known. Tho uso In tho
United States of foreign mndo articles
of art, luxury and fashion wns novor so
great as now, whllo tho production and
consumption of domestic articles of all
sorts (that Is to say, tho gross volumo
of Internal trado) and tho sales to for
elgncrs ot articles ot domestic produc
tlon aro so much grentor than over bo
foro that for tho first tlmo In Its his
tory tho United States haB bocomo tho
leading nation of tho world allko In
domestic and forolgn trade, nnd, ln
stcad of bolng In debt to tho money
centers of Europo, Is now a creditor
nntlon. Tho economic policy thnt has
brought all this to pass may surely
bo considered as productive of tho
greatest good to tho greatest numbor,
But our Missouri friend neods soma
light on tho question, "Don't moro peo
plo wear wool than grow It?" As wo
havo said, this question must bo an
swered In tho r.fllrmatlvo. 80 do moro
peoplo ent wheat and corn and beef
nnd mutton and pork than raiso thoso
articles. A thousand times moro poo
plo uso nulls than thoso who mnko
nails. So with every article of uso
and consumption. Tho usurs and con
Burners outnumber tho producers mnny
times over. Protection takes account
ot this condition nnd by diversifying
production nllko In tho factory and on
tho fnrm calls Into being a tromondous
nrmy whoso needs and requirements
nro mutual and Interdependent. It In
sures to tho American furmcr n profit
able market for his wool by Insuring
a steady demand on tho part of per
sons who wear but do not grow wool,
nnd by taking care that tho cheapor
wools of forolgn countries shall not
como In nnd break down tho prlco of
homo grown wools. Otherwise tho
American wool grower would havo to
go out of business, ns so many thous
ands did when wool whs deprived of
protection In tho Freo Trade tariff law
of 1891-1897. Is It not a wlso tariff pol
Icy that diversifies Industry In agrlcul
turo and enables tho farmer to profit
ably produco nrtlcles which ho could
not otherwise- produon oxcopt at n Ions,
aud that by creating nnd furnishing
omploymont for a vast aggrogato of
busy anil woll paid wago earners In
nurea to tho farmer a near by, close-to-
homo demand at profitable prlcos for
his products?
OUTLOOK FOR FLAX AND LINEN
Last year there were 2,300,000 acres
given over to tho rnlshiR of flax In tho
three states of North antl South Dako-
'nJ J?Ert!5
liiiiv vtiifi jvt o mv oiit aat nuiiv ml'
Increnso of 200,000 acres over tho fig
ures for last year. Tho flax Industry I9'
one more to bo added to tho list of In
dustries which owe tholr establishment
In this country directly to our protoc
trctlvo tariff policy. It, along with tho
silk Industry, tho tin plate Industry,
tho steel Industry, nnd a host ot othcrsi
In their turn, has been belittled nnd'
snoored at by tho free traders and tho-
protection given to It has been opposed'
with violence. It la In n fair way now,
howevor, toward attaining silch pro
portions thnt theso followers ot Cob
den will bo obliged, In order to rctnln
any rcputntlon, even a somewhat
shaky one, for truthfulness, to drop
their cry of "bogus Industry," so far
as llax-ralslng Is concerned; nnd tho
tlmo Is not very far distant when tho
United States will bo nblo to entirely
supply its people with linen ot homo
manufacture, as well as with nntlvo
woolous nnd cottons and silks.
HIS ATTITUDE.
l'rctlilent MoHlnley Not III Sympathy
with Freo-Trnite Innovation.
There Is Rood roa3on to bollovo that
tho vell-lnformcd Washington corre
spondent of the Philadelphia Press
speaks with knowledgo nnd authority
when ho nsserts that President McKln-
ley Is opposed allko to tariff revision
nnd to tho Kasson plan ot reducing
tariff rates by special trado treaties.
Tho president, It is said, doprccates tho
opening up of tho tariff question as
disturbing nnd injurious to business
intotoats, nnd tho Babcock folly of
slaughtering tho minor concerns by re
moving nil protcctlvo duties from for
eign products competing with tho pro
ducts of tho steel trust will recelvo no
oncouragomont from tho administra
tion.
With equal posltlvonoss It is nfilrmod
thnt President McKlnloy has not
only exerted no prossuro for tho ratifi
cation of tho French reciprocity treaty.
but, on tho contrary, has boon in fuU
sympathy with tho protectionist op
position to thnt 111-iulvlscd nnd mls
chlovous Instrument. According to tho
Press correspondent tho prcaldont
did not oxnmlno tho French troaty bo
foro submitting It to tho scnato for ap
proval, nnd honco was not 'awaro that
Commissioner Kaaaon had agreed upon
a draft distinctly designed to bonofit
certain Industries by withdrawing
needed protection from other Indus
tries. With equnl reason It mny bo taken
for granted thnt tho president had not
Investigated tho scope nnd oporatlon
of tho proposed Argontlnn treaty,
which provided for a reduction of 20
por cent from tho duties on wool pro
vided for In tho Dlngloy tariff law.
Undoubtedly tho president Is lu
favor ot reciprocal trado arrangements
that shall onlnrgo tho forolgn demand
for American products, but It Is real
and not bogus reciprocity that ho fa
vors tho reciprocity authorized by tho
Republican natlonnl platform of 1900,
In "whut wo do not ourselves pro.
duco." Thoso who Imnglno" thnt Presi
dent McKlnloy Is today anything less
than tho sound nnd consistent protec
tionist that ho nlways was aro nursing
a vain delusion. Tho president Is a
friend of American labor and Industry.
Mnko no mlstnko about that!
They Never Itclleot.
Philadelphia Record managers and
other frco traders, whoso main politi
cal policy Is, "Anything to deprlvo
Amerlcnn wngo earners of em
ployment nnd wages nnd enrich forolgn
monopoly by giving them our homo
market whllo wo pay tho taxos," aro
still battling for n return to tho robber
Wilson tariff which swindled, accord
ing to Snmuol Gompors, two nnd ono
half millions breadwinners out of their
Jobs. Do theso enemies of tho com
mon people ovor rollect thnt tho Rulor
of nations Is also tho God of tho poor,
nnd thnt His Justlco Is moroly dolayod?
HE WILL NOT SUCCEED.
Itenlpronlty tho Wrnnir Wuy.
Let us havo no tampering In tho way
of reciprocating treaties that do recip
rocating tho wrong way. To bo rjjro
such treaties curefully constructed as
sist American industries but ttuy do
so, as tho patterns rojected show, at
tho oxponso of certain other American
industries. This, then, Is not reciproc
ity, but simply nothing moro or loss
than tho English tariff Idea of fair
trado, Racino (Wis.) Journal.
Whut Don He Wutit','
Babcock, of Wisconsin, continues to
romark thnt tho Republicans ot tho
West nro in favor of a reduction of
dutlivj on nrtlcles which can bo pro
ducod horo moro cheaply hnn olse
whero, nnd htn listeners contlnuo to
wonder whethor Jin wanta tho Rpubll
can party to bo a party of tariff re
form. Syracuse Post-Standard.
able to get to him In time.