Tunnn i n
AVI A A
Senator Millard Will Undortako to Dia
tribnto His Quota.
PUBLISHERS ESPECIALLY FAVORED
Seeds Will Oo Only to Those Who Will
Make Good Use of Them An I moor-
tnut llullng hy tho Supremo Court-
Other Nebrsulcn Mntters.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. (Special
dispatch.) An Illustrious Nebraskam
who at ono tlmo graced tho position
of secretary of ngrlculturo, repeatedly
declared that tho annual free ills
trlhutlon of Garden and llower soedd
by tho government was a fraud iinot-
tho taxpayer. Whothcr this bo the
caso or not, Senator Millard him tin
dortakon to dlstrlhuto his quota of
seeds in such a manner as to col
thorn only to personH who will make
tho best possible use of them In order
that they may be -of actual benefit td
Ills constituents. To this end ho haj
sent out tho following letter .to chair
men of county committees:
"Dear Sir: I am advised by tlrt
secretary of agriculture that mj
quota of garden seeds for next spring's
planting will bo at my disposal earry
In February.
"It Is my purpose, If possible, to
distribute theso seeds only to those
-who may havo uso for them. It has
occurred to mo that you may bo dis
posed to recoivo a quantity of thesa
seeds from mo and nsk tho newspa
pers of your county to publish tho fact
that you aro In a position to supply
tho local demnnd. Each packago will
bear my frank, so that all you need
to do Is to wrlto tho namo and art
dress of tho party applying for sccCs.
Do you caro to handlo theso seeds
this way? If so, base your requisition
for seeds upon tho number of nppllca-
tJons coming to you.
"Should tho publishers of any nows
papor In your county want a number
of packages for Independent distribu
tion, I shall ask you to mcot such de
mand out of tho consignment sent
you. I am not sure that I can send
moro than GOO packages to your coun
ty." TRANSFER INSOLVENT PROPERTY
A Decision by tho Supremo Court thnt
Tins Important Hearing.
UNCOLN, Oec. 10. A decision will
affect a great many transfers of
property by persons who were In
solvent at tho tlmo of transfer was
given by tho supremo court last week
In tho caso of tho Farmers' and Mer
chants' bank against Charles W.
Moshor. Tho action was begun by
creditors of Mosher to recover on
stock that was transferred prior to
tho falluro of tho Capital National
bank, of which Mosher was the con
victed WTOckcr. Tho opinion is by
Judgo Day. It is decreed that In tho
nbsenco of n mutual fraudulent Intent
tho law docs not lnterforo with the
right of a person, bo ho solvent or
Insolvent, to muko such disposition of
his property, based upon a valid con
sideration, ns his Judgment dictates.
On thin Blnglo point several trans
fers of stock, amounting to approxi
mately $50,000, aro held by tho court
to bo valid,
It is further held In tho opinion
that an insolvent dobtor has tho right
to employ attorneys to defend his es
tate and himself and to transfer his
property In payment of such contem
plated service, provided It Is done In
good faith and tho proporty trans
ferred docs nto oxceed a reasonablfc
feo for tho Borvlco which might rea
sonably bo anticipated.
A Nehrnsknn Honored.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. Congress
man Burkett Is receiving tho congrat
ulations of friends upon his selection
ns a member of tho houso committee
on appropriations. It is a mark of
special distinction. Few second-term
members In all tho history of tho
lower houso havo been considered
competent for a place on this power-'
ful committee, a membership on which'
brings to Its possessor quite as much
Influence as docs a chairmanship of
tho ordinary houso committee. Tho
appointment was a high personal com
pliment, for Mr. Burkett mado no ef
fort for tho placo,
, Furm Laud Hells for SOO on Acre, .
YORK, Dec. 10. Eighty acres of
York county land, Just north of tho
city, and owned by F. H. Cliupln, was
sold to Harris D. Hull of Marquette,
for $90 per acre.
Cnught Fish Over Time.
BEATRICE, Neb., Dec. 10. Joo
Eaton was arrested near Wymoro by
Officer Maxlleld. Batotn had thirty
six flEh In his possession which show
ed ovldonco of having recently been
caught. Tho game laws of Nebraska
say .that it Is not allowable to catch
fish Wweon now and the 1st of April,
1902: Eaton pleaded not guilty, but
ns tho possession of tho fish was
proven, ho was given thirty days In
tho county Jail to study it over.
KWJlt
JL VJLl
ON THE SMALLPOX SITUATION
State Hoard of Health aires Consider,
tlon to tho Same.
LINCOLN, Nob., Dec. 9. Tho sec
retaries of tho stato board of health
wero In session at tho stato houso.
Certificates to practice mcdicino In the
stato wero Issued to flvo physicians
and ono osteopath.
Dr. Brasch of Beatrice, Bcprctary of
tho board, Btatcd that tho rules sent
out to county boards some tlmo slnco,
relatlvo to quarantining and tho or
ganizing of local boards of health,
wero meeting with mnny responses
A numbor of tho boards havo replied
stating that they havo compiled with
tho requests, while others havo prom
ised to do bo nt tholr next meetings,
many of which will bo 'held this
week.
Tho small pox situation In tho Btato
was considered and It was brought
out that tho numbor of cases has not
materially Increased slnco tho last
meotlng. A bulk of tho cases at tho
present tlmo nro In tho northeastern
and northwestorn portion of tho stato.
INVOLVES IRRIGATION LAW
Cnie of Crawford County of Fnr-ltench
lot Importance to Nebraska.
LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 9. Tho caso
of tho Crawford company against
Hathaway, which Is of far-reaching
lmportanco to tho irrigation Interests
of Nebraska', has been assigned for
rehearing at tho next sitting of tho
supremo court Tho action originated
In a dispute over a small Irrigation
clnlm In Dawes county, but It has
grown to such proportions that It now
Involves tho constitutionality of tho
entire irrigation law of tho stato. It
has been beforo tho Btiprcmo court In
various ways for nearly two years
and In all opinions glvon tho court
has hold strictly to tho law of ri
parian rights, and contrary to tho Ne
braska law.
HIS LEGS ALMOST SEVERED
Distressing Accident to Young Man at
Falrbury.
FAIRBURY, Nob., Dec. 9. A shock
ing accident occurred a short dis
tance northwest of this city. John
Calloway, a young man who had pre
viously lost an arm, was holplng C.
C. Calloway clear a ploco of tlmbor
land. Tho young man used a light
ax, which ho could wield with ono
hand, and ho was chopping on ono
side of a tree while his undo chopped
from tho othor. When tho troo was
nlmost foiled an unusual stroko by
tho latter sent tho ax clear through
tho remaining portion of tho treo and
Into young Calloway's right leg Just
below tho knee, completely severing
tho bono and injuring thnt member
so that It Is believed It will havo td
bo amputated.
OHlclnl Fine Day.
OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 9. Sunorln
tondont Pearso has received nottcd
from Governor Savago that December"
20 has been designated as Flag day
In tho schools of Nebraska In honor
of tho date of the acquisition of Louis
iana by the United States. While not
having been officially recognized by
tho stato, tho schools of Omaha havo
obsorved Flag day for flvo years. Each
year upon tho recurrence of Decembor
20 tho flags havo floated from Omaha
school buildings.
Reported to Have Suicided.
FREMONT, Neb., Dec. 9. D. E.
Nobbles, aged about twonty-olght
years and unmarried, Is roportod td
havo committed suicide at Seattle,
Wash., a short tlmo ago by taking
carbolic acid. Mr. Nobbles was well
known In Fremont and vicinity, hav
Ing acted as superintendent of tho
sugar factory at Loavltt a year ago.
It is understood that ho was somo-
what addicted to tho uso of liquor.
Fire In Btato Initltuto.
BEATRICE, Neb., Dec. 9. A flro
which camo near ending disastrously
to tho stato started In tho laundry
department of tho Institute for tho
Feeblo Minded from clothes which
wero hanging too closo to a warm
pipe. Tho blazo was quenched In its
lnclpiency.
Sugar lleets or High Grade.
FREMONT, Nob., Dec. 9. Tho
Standard Beet Sugar company has
noarly completed Its .season's work.
Tho beets this year havo been of a
higher grndo than last year and whllo
tho tonnage has been much less, the
amount of sugar mado Is much
greater.
Klten Mitchell Tried to Hie.
FREMONT, Neb., Dec. 9. Ellen
Mitchell, a dining room girl at tha
Now York hotol, attempted sulcldo at
tho hotol, but did not Buccocd. Tha
guests heard some ono fall heavily to
tho floor In tho hall and a woman's
voice saying: "It is all over now."
She was' found lying on the floor with
a small bottlo nearly filled with car
bolic acid In her hand. Physicians
saved her. Sho had quarreled with
a malo employe of tho hotel.
AS TO CONTAGIOUS DISEASES
Nebraska Hoard of Health Devises Btrln-
cnt Quarantine Herniations.
LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 4. Tho mom
bers and secretaries of tho Stato
Board of Health havo submitted a
set of stringent qunrantlno regulations
which nro recommended for ndnptlon
by ovory county In tho state. Thoy
provldo for tho qunrantlno of small
pox, Bcarlet fever nnd diphtheria
cases upon strict sanltnrj 'nos. Tho
bonrd advises tho county commission
ars In each county to organize a lo
:nl board of health and thoy nro ur
ged to follow as closely as possiolo tho
rules submitted to thorn, which nro as
follows:
Whonovor within tho limits of this
:ounty nnd without tho corporato lim
its of any city or vlllngo a person is
luspectcd of having smallpox, scarlet
fever, dlphthorln of other contagious
dlscaso, ho shall bo Immediately Iso
lated within his own household ns
carefully as possible, and as soon as
a contagious disease Is recognized It
will bo tho duty of tho attending phy
slclan and of tho housoholder to give
written notlco of tho samo to tho
clerk of tho county, giving tho namo
of tho dlsenso and of tho family whero
It exists, with tho number exposed
and all other particulars that may bo
of any vnluo.
Tho premises where nbovo conta
gious diseases oxlst shall bo duly
quarantined by tho board through Its
proper officers, or an appolntco, (a)
by placing upon tho houso or some
conspicuous point upon tho premises
a placard giving tho namo of tho dls
easo In lotters not less than thrco'
Inches In height; (b) by n verbal or
written notlco to tho householder to
remain on tho premises and In no
way mlnglo with othor pcoplo, or nl-
low others, except physlclnns, to np
proach nearer than thirty feet of any
houso or person thus qunrantlnod.
This rulo to npply also in cases of
exposure.
Such quarantlno slmll contlnuo un
til, In tho opinion of tho medical ad
viser of tho board, tho luac caso of tho
dlscaso likely to occur thoroln has com
pletely recovered and Is ready ror dis
infection. Provided, however, that in
cases of oxtromo necessity ono freo
from dlscaso may bo released earllor
aftor thorough disinfection of person
nnd clothing, nnd with n certificate
from tho abovo named medical ad
viser.
Tho necessaries of llfo, as often as
occasion domnnds, may bo carried
within thirty feet of tho quarantined
houso by a neighbor or other duly
appointed messonger, but no nearer,
nor Bhall any effects whatever bo
brought away from tho household un
til thoroughly disinfected.
In cuso of death from contagious
dlseaso thoro shall bo no public fun
oral; tho body of tho deceased shall
bo closoly wrapped In shoots woll Bnt-
j rated with disinfectants and closed
In a tight casket, this to bo again
wrapped in a disinfected cloth, and
In such cases tho corpso shall not
bo carried to or near any body of
people whllo on its way to tho ceme
tery.
When In any school district or com
munity sovornl families say five to
olght aro infected with contagious
diseases, or very mnny exposures havo
occurred, tho board should prohibit
all gatherings of peoplo In that com
munity, including sessions of Bchools,
until In their opinion tho emergency
Is past.
All physicians should uso duo pre
cautions in tholr visits to quarantined
households to avoid tho danger of
contagion to tho well.
Whon, in tho opinion of the wedicnl
adviser of tho board, quarantlno can
safely bo raised, it shall bo done with
fumigation with a 40 per cent solu
tion of formaldehyde, using nt least
llvo ounces to each 1,000 cubic foot
of air space, solution to bo applied
by an approved evaporator or by tho
sheet mothod, the rooms to bo scaled
for at least six hours, all persons to
rccolvo a disinfecting bath and tholr
clothing to bo fumigated and tho
houso thoroughly cleaned. This Is to
bo dono In accordanco with tho sug
gestions of tho Stato Board of Health
to physicians.
When in tho opinion of tho board a
hospital Is needed to which individ
ual cases of contnglous diseases may
bo removed, or when such method
will accommodnto thoso without homes
at much less public expenso, or for
any other renson It is doomed best,
a building suited to tholr needs shall
bo provided.
Whoever In any way willfully or
negligently dlaoboys Wieso rules of
quarantlno and disinfection Bhnll by
such disobedience render himself sub
ject to prosecution and a flno of $25
for each and ovory offense and shall
moanwhllo, If Infected and subject to
quarantlno, bo held at tho quaran
tined house or hospital until tho tlm
for disinfection.
Alleged Horse Thieves,
OSCEOLA, Neb., Dec. 7-Shorlfl
Nuqulst returned from St. Paul, whoro
ho secured two horse thieves wanted
In this county for stealing a horso,
November 29, from Charles II. Olson,
twelve miles southeast of Strorasburg.
Tny waived examination.
THE LIVE STUCK MARKET.
latest Quotations From South Omaha
nnd Kansas City.
80UTH OMAHA.
Cattle There was n very light run of
cattle, nnd an tho deinnnd on the part
of jmokera wns llbcrnl the market ruled
nctlvo nnd hinder nil around on anything
nt nit good. The limited offerings of corn
fed steers brought buyer out enrly nnd
thoro was lively competition, particularly
for tho better grades. The general mnr
ket could safely bo quoted strong to n.
dime higher, nnd In n good mnny cases
sales wero mnde that looked a good deal
higher. Although tho bulk of tho offer
ings consisted of butcher stock, tho cow
mnrket wns nctlvo nnd higher. Tho bet
ter grades wero enslly strong to a dlmo
higher. Tho medium grades nnd ennners
did not show much chnngo. but still they
moved moro freely thnn they havo for
tho Inst several dnys. IIuIIh also sold nt
Rood, strong prices, where tho qunllty
wns nt all good. Veal cnlvcs nnd stngs
could be quoted strong. Thoro wero only
a few stockcrs nnd fecdors on tho mar
ket, so that sellers hnd no diniculty In
Betting good, steady prices for unvthlng
nt nil desirable. Tho common kinds,
though, were neglected, tho snmo ns
Usual. Thoro wero very fow westerns In
tho ynrds, but It Is snfe to quote beef
steers of good qunllty strong nnd active.
Hogs Thero wns not n very heavy run
of hogs, nnd as other markets woro
quoted higher prices Improved nt this
point. Tho market opened 101fl5o higher
witn tho prlmo heavyweights selling from
$8.15 to $8.20. Tho medium weights sold
largely from $8.05 to $6.10. butcher
weights from $8.00 to $8.03. nnd tho light
hogs from $6.00 down. It was not an
nctlvo mnrket, however, ns buyers and
sellers wero far npnrt In their views. Tho
bulk of the sales went from $8.00 to $8.05.
Sheep Thoro wero only a few cars of
sheep nnd lambs on snlo nnd a good pro
portion of what did nrrlvo wero feeders.
An-thlng In the- wny of mutton grades
sold freely nt steady to strong prices, ns
tho demntid on tho part of packers was
active. Tho limited offerings soon
brought tho mnrket to a close. Tho
feeder Bltuntlon did not show much
chnngo from yesterday. Tho choicer
hunches moved fairly woll, but common
stuff wns neglected tho same ns has been
tho caso for somo tlmo past.
KANSAS C1TV.
Cattle Mnrket strnmr to ICn hlc-lipr;
cholco dressed beef nnd export stoors,
$3.GJ?7.00; fair to good, $I.75S.75; mock
ers and feeders. I2.S54M.S0; western fo.'
HtecrH. J2.004id.25: WMlnrn
$3.S04H.76; Texns nnd Indian steors, $3.23
.m; icxns cows. $2,C0t?5..-: natlvo cow
$2.75JN.75; helfors. $3.0O5JG.40: cows. it.TMi
2.C0; bulls. $2.35N.15: calves, $3.avff6.00.
iioga-Ainrkot lOOTSo hlghor; top, $8.35;
bulk of snles. $o.KKTC.30; henvy, $6.250.33:
mixed packors. lG.0ofi(l..K): llciii. tr, rxinta v
Plfirs, $l.KftC33.
Sheon and Lnmlis MiirWnt iinn.iir. nJ
tlvo lnmhs. li.EnifM tk-
N.&0: natlvo wethers. M.KiTMV..
$3.00J3.40; culls and feeders, $2.00Q3.2fl.
CATTLE CONVENTION CLOSES
Last Session of the Fifth Annual Mectlnr
of Stockmen.
CHICAGO, Doc. 7. Tho last session
of tho fifth annual convention o tho
National Llvo Stock association was'
held at tho Studobakor theater yes
terday. Tho attondnnco was hotter
than for nny provlous day of tho
meotlng, owing to tho fact that tho
placo for tho next convention was to
bo selected. Pittsburg, Portlnnd, Ore.,
Denver nnd Kansas City woro among
tho cundldntes for ontortalnlng tho
cattlemen next year. Tho now execu
tive committee, with V. J. Hngorbarth
as chairman, reported tho ronomlnn
tlon of tho old ofllcors as follows:
President, John W. Snrlngor: vlco
president, F. J. Hargorbarth: scrond
vlco president, John W. Holt; secre
tary, C. F. Martin; treasurer. GeorKo
W. Colliding.
COMPLETING THE NEW B'i'BLE
Kplscopnl Cominlttsu About Through
"With Compilation.
NEW YORK, Doc. 7. A new blblo
authorized by tho lato general con
vention In San Francisco, to bo read
In all Episcopal churches In tho
United States, has boon In process of
completion by tho committee on
marginal readings, which has sat at
tho Eplscopul goneral seminary In
this city slnco last Tuesday nnd will
concludo Its work Saturday, says tho
Times.
It was stated thnt nn English firm
has promlBod to undertake tho publi
cation of this blblo without expenso to
tho committee. This new blblo is to
consist of the. toxt nnd renderings
of tho King James version, tho ren
derings of tho English revision nnd
tho renderings of tho recent American
revision.
Jellies Pentenred to Fire Yenrs.
DAVENPORT, la., Dec. 7. E. B.-
Jenks, a contractor, pleaded guIXy to
tho chnrgo of forging n relative's
nnmo at Mt. Pleasant nnd was sen
tenced to tho penitentiary at Fort
Madison for flvo yenrs.
Hiispxrtrd of 1'oitnMce Itoliliery.
SIOUX CITY, In., Dec. 7. Tho pollco
arrested Joo Rudd nnd S. F, Bradley
on suspicion of bolng tho burglars
who robbed tho Kronstadt (8. D.)
postofllco recently. Over $201) In
stamps was In their room.
Chill nodgs the Question,
NEW YORK, Dec. 7. Tho Chilian
reply to tho Argontlno government's
proposnl regarding tho settlement of
pending questions. Is. not. aB satisfac
tory us was believed at flrflt, says tho
Buenos Ayres correspondent of tho
Herald. Tho communication is very
long and contains a revlow of tho
wholo boundary question, but nothing
dofinlto about Argontlno's basis of set
tlement. Tho dlsputo Is as far from
solution as at tho beginning,
MISLEADING FIGURES
HAVEMEYER LITERARY BUREAU GET
TINQ IN ITS WORK.
Crwftjr Attempt of the Trust Mngnntn
to l'revent Facts Hearing Upon the
Question of I'rnteotlon fur tho Domes
tic Sugar Industry.
No. 01 Wall Street, New York, October
19, 1901. Dear Sir: As n good deal has
recently appenrcd In print regarding the
consumption of sugar In this country, the
vnrlous sources from which It Is ob
tained, tho amount of duty paid thorcon,
etc., tho following facts and tlgures will,
wo believe, bo of Interest to your read
era: Tho total consumption of sugar In tho
United Btatcs last year was 2.219.SI7 tons,
nnd, based on tho average lucrense of
6.M per cont during tho past 10 yenrs, tho
consumption this year should be 2.3GO,&S5
tons. Of this quantity 1.000,000 tons In
round figures will come from American
sources, sny Louisiana being nblo to pro
duco SOO.OOO tons. United Btntos beet fac
tories 1EO.O0O, Hnwnll 350,000 nnd 1'orto
Hlco 1CO.C00, nil being freo of duty, leav
ing l,St.5S5 tons to come from other
sources nnd on which duty Is pnld. Tho
average duty nsvessed Is $34 per ton, or
a total of SI8.9S1.000. Tho prlco of all tho
sugar consumed, howovor, bolng en
hanced to tho extont of the duty of $38
per ton, or n total of $SWS1.000, It Is evi
dent that $36,000,000 additional Is pntd by
tho peoplo In order to provldo tho gov
ernment with 49 millions for revenue, of
which the government Is not now In
need. If the duty Is taken off Cuba sugar
tho benont of So millions goes to tho peo
ple. On October 8 tho quotation for Cuba
centrifugal sugar, 96 degrees tost, freo on
board Cuba, was l.W cents per pound;
duty on samo amounts to l.t85 cents
equivalent to 88 per cent ad valorem.
Yours truly.
WILLKTT Sc Oft AY,
Sugar Stntlstlclnns.
Publishers of tho "Weekly Stntlstlcnt
Sugnr Trudo Journal."
Judging by tho liberal space glvon
by numerous nowspapers to tho mis
leading clrculnr Issued by tho statis
ticians of tho Sugnr Trust, It Booms
possible to deceive nil tho peoplo nil
tho tlmo,. nlthough Mr. Lincoln
thought otherwise. Not many years
ngo Wlllctt & Oray In their sugar
trado papor woro enrnest advocates of
tho tariff on Btigar and tho dovolop
mont of tho boot sugar Industry In tho
United States. Now thoy appear bo
foro tho public ns sponsors of n most
UNCLE SAM'S THANKSGIVING BILL OF FARE,
rcmnrkablo collection of figures, evi
dently designed to Impress tho peoplo
of tho nation that thoy aro bolng
robbed by the duty on raw sugar,
and It Is obviously hoped that con
stituents will Instruct their represen
tatives in congress to remove tho ob
jectionable duty.
Starting with tho proposition that
the pcoplo pay tho full duty, not only
on Imported sugar, but all produced In
this country, it Is Hhown thnt In order
to sccuro less thnn $19,000,000 of rev
enue, tho consumers are mulcted to
tho extent of about $85,000,000, In
othor words, domestic boot and cano
growers receive 3C a ton ns n bonus,
nnd tho home crop for tho current
year Is plnccd at a million tons. To
any ono familiar with tho facts this
gross exaggeration ns to tho domestic
crop would Btamp tho circular ns un
worthy of attontion. Of IxiulBlana
cano tho yield Is placed at n now high
record of 3C0.000 tons, nnd tho Hawa
iian output ns much moro, which Is
oven moro of a strotch, whllo both
Porto Rico enno and tho United States
boot crops aro suddenly enlarged by
nearly 100 per cont.
Tho total consumption of the coun
try Ih placed at 140,000 tons moro than
tho high record laBt year, an ostlmato
that Is not Indorsed by tho recognized
nhortago of fruit, which must seri
ously curtail tho amount used In pre
serving. But tho ullowuuco of only
$48,981,060 rovontio to tho government
Is porhapB tho most nbsurd fonturo of
this collection of absurdities, Fqr the
last thrco years tho tariff on sugar
lias yielded an annual return of over
$60,000,000, and ovcu. If thero .was no
othor consideration, this enormous
oourco of lncomo could not be surren
dered by tho nation without Bomo
equivalent incroaoo. .A glance at the
doflclt during the operation of tho40 different peoples,
Wilson bill will convlnco thhiklnr
men that tho addition of 1262,000,000
to tho nation's bonded debt at that
tlmo would have boon avoided If sugar
had continued paying its sharo of tho
running expenses.
"Remove duty and tho wholo 34,
OS1.0GO nccrno to tho public," says
this defender of tho people. If any
ono Is tempted by this sophistry ho Ib
referred to tho records ox sugar quo
tations rccontly ruling nnd thoso pre
vailing during tho unfortunnto years
of free sugar, Muscovado fair refining
avorngod a quarter of a cont lower
In thoso gloomy days than at prosont,
nnd tho difference on refined wns n
flhtulo moro. This Is not tho "1.685
conts" quoted In tho circular. More
over, It must not bo overlooked that
tho wholo ran go of prices was much
lower In tho dark days of freo trado,
owing to Idle mills and unemployed
workmen who could 111 afford to havo
sugar In their ten or coffee. Thoro
wns no such demand as at prcsont and
consequently prices would hnvo been
lower, Irrespective of tho tariff.
Whon Buch n mendacious collection
of misinformation Is widely distribut
ed It Is natural that tho reader should
seek tho reason for Its existence. Tho
quest is not difficult. Within n short
tlmo the boot sugar producers have
begun to nook markets beyond tho Im
mediate vicinity of tho reflnorlcs.
This has brought them Into competi
tion with tho largo enstorn roflnorlos
of Imported raw sugar, and tho result
has been lowor prices to consumers
nnd less profit for tho Amorlcnn Sugar
Refining Company nnd tho largo In
dependent plants. Slnco beet growing
Is still In Its Infancy and would com
poto with tho bounty supported prod
uct of tho old world, removal of tho
tariff would rotnrd Its development
and perhaps complotaly nnnlhllato
an Industry In which millions aro
Invested nnd thousands find employ
ment. Has not tho history of stool
making, tin pinto manufacture, tox
tllo spinning, etc., been such as to
emphnsizo tho wisdom of helping tho
growth of nnothor national Industry?
Thnt low prices will follow has boon
proved In nil the othor Industries, and
recent price cutting nt Missouri River
points show that boot sugar growers
aro already choaponlng tho cost to
consumors, though tho domestic yield
Is but a fraction of the total consump
tion. If In tho courso of tlmo It can
become poBslblo to keep at homo tho
$100,000,000 annually sont abroad to
pay for sugar, no ono questions tho
desirability of attaining that ond.
Perhaps tho most unreasonable sug
gestion of tho lot Is that tho pooplo
would secure tho benefit of tho rov
ontio lost to tUo govornmont, If tho
largo refiners could, secure nil tho raw
material from abroad and had no com
petition from homo producers thoro
would bo no limit to tho prices thoy
might charge, unless tho duty -was
also removed from refined sugar, but
for most obvious reasons this idea is
not. advocated, if tho domestic grow
ers nro to bo driven out of business
why not go n stop further and abolish
tho refineries, so thnt all forolgn ro
flnots might compoto in this market?
Cheapness might then bo attained,
but tho keen buslnoss man knows that
cheapness is not tlio first desideratum.
Bhould Not lie Forgotten.
Our foreign trndo b'oth in Imports
nnd oxports is qulto satisfactory, and
whllo wo aro congratulating tho coun
try on Its great trado expansion, It
must not lo forgotten that all this 1b
being accomplished under tho opera
tions of tho protoctlvo tariff laws so
much denounced and abused by tho
freo traders. Allontown (Pa.) Regis
ter. Verltnhlo llnbet of Knees.
Tho Russian ompiro contains more
than Blxty-ilvo ' lridopondont racial
groups. It Is a veritable Tower of Ba
bel. Even with tho omission Siberia
r.nd Central ABla thero roinaln in Rus
sia. In Eurono nnd tho Can nuntin n Inn ii
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