AN ILLEGAL
BUSINESS
Eai3ing Wolves and Oojotca Said to Bo o
Nebraska Industry,
WHAT STATE LAW AUTHORIZES
Claims Cnunnt Now Me Allowed litmus
Appropriation I Kxhnusted A Drdcl
rnry tluit ttiu Next Legislature Will lto
Culled Upon to Supply.
LINCOLN, Nob., Doc. 31. Raising
wolves anil coyotes for bounty la an
Industry that Is thriving In several
sections of the state. Cases are known
whore persons have maintained fnm
Hies of sometimes lis many as sixty
wolves and then presented tholr scalps
for tho state and county bounties,
which combined amount to ?t for
each scalp. Instances liavo also been
brought to tho attontlon of tho nil
thorlties where scalps have been re
covered after bounty was paid and
presonted again under separate and
now claim.
Tho Btnto law nuthoriczs tho audi
tor of public accounts to issue a war
rant for $1 for each wolf's scalp and
tho counties are authorized to pay an
additional bounty of ?3. Tho last leg
islature appropriated $15,000 for the
payment of wolf bounties for tho en.
suing blonnlum, but there was at that
timo approximately ?17,000 of unpaid
claims, which had accumulated slncu
tho appropriation of 1899 became ex
hausted. Governor Dietrich vetoed
tho appropriation, becauso no provi
slon was made for tho payment of
.tho old claims. It is estimated that
tho claims against tho state for wolf
ibountles now amount to fully $25,000,
tnnd at tnolr present rate of accumula
tion will reach ? 10,000 by tho end oi
next year.
Tho legislature of 1889 appropriated
$00,000 for tho payment of bounties
on wolves, ?45,000 of which was for
old claims and $15,000 for thoso at
tho ensuing two years. Tho latter
amount was soon exhausted, as was
nlso tho former, but the claims kept
accumulating as rapidly as over.
Tho state law provides that any per
son killing wolves, wildcats or coy
otes within tho boundaries of tho
stato and presenting the scalps of tho
same with tho two ears and faco
down to tho noso to the county clerk
of tho county in which the samo wero
killed, with satisfactory proof upon
oath that tho same w.oro killed within
the boundaries of the state, shall bo
entitled to tho following bounties:
For ovcry wolf so killed, $1; for ev
ery wildcat so killed, $1, for every
coyoto so killed, $1. Certificates of
such bounties, when so allowed, shall
bo Issued by tho county cleric to tho
person entitled thereto and upon tho
same being filed with the auditor of
public accounts the said auditor shall
draw his warrant on the treasury of
tho stato against tho general fund for
tho amount of such certificate, in fa
vor of tho person named therein or
his assignee.
"As there is no money availablo for
the payment of tho bounties on wild
animals wo cannot allow tho claims,"
said Deputy Auditor Gcorgo Anthcs
"But the claims keep coming In and
thoy will all go to make up a do
flcloncy for tho next legislature to
act upon. I havo been told on rella
bio authority," continued Mr. Anthcs,'
"that persons aro making 'a business
of raising wolves for tho stato and
county bounties. Claims como to this
office for sometimes sixty nnd moro
at a time. I am told that In somo
cases tho county clerks nro careless
in disposing of tho scalps presented
to them and that the claimants fre
quently recover them after thoy arc
thrown away."
Iluil Iflro at I.lhorty.
BEATRICE, Nob., Dec. 31. A ills
astrous fire totally destroyed four
business houses at Liberty, tho gener
al merchandise stores of O. C. Aspln
wall and S. C. Norris, and Floronco
Kolloy's millinery, also Olmstcad &
Tlmmerson's barber shop. Tho As
plnwall block and stock and tho bar
ber shop wore Insured, but tho others
woro not. Tho origin of tho lire is
not known.
larit lloiitl In the riilllpplnrr.
LINCOLN, Nob., Dee. 31. Captain
J. II. Culver of Mllford, this state, Is
In tho city on routo to his home. The
captain has boon oast for tho purpose
of Interpstlng capitalists thore In
"building a railroad which will bo
twenty-four mllos in longth on the In
land of Luzon, 'tho road, which will
bo the, second railway on tho island,
will run from llanlln bay to Sublg
bay.
Violation of Ouino I.itw.
LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 31. Cliiof
Gamo Warden Slmpklns has filed a
complulnt with United States Com
missioner Marlay, charging Samuel L.
Rounds of York county with violat
ing tho Lacey law. It Is alleged that
Rounds, who Is n commission mer
chant, attempted to ship gamo out
of tho state. A complnlnt under tho
Nebraska law was lodged in York
county and supplementary proceed
ings wore begun in this city,
HELPS ELKIIORN'S EXTENSION
1'rosprctlre Opening of Kosebud Agencj
1'lenses the Itonri.
OMAHA, Nod., Dec. 30. Officials of
tho Northwestorn system havo recent
ly learned something that cnusos
thorn to think still more highly of
their cxtonslon of tho Fremont, Elk
horn & Missouri Vnlloy railroad from
Vordlgrls Into Boyd county and to
plan n slightly different future for this
lino. Two weeks ago It leaked out
that the government would shortly
open up a portion of tho Rosobud In
dian reservation, Just north of Boyd
and Koya Paha counties and across
the lino In South Dakota. Inquiry was
nt onco mndo of Clem Dcaver nt tho
O'Neill land office, through which
agency this will bo done, nnd tho an
swer was that tho order was not yet
formally Issued, but that It would
probably tako effect soon.
This menus that about 1G0 square
miles of tho finest farm land will be
open soon for settlers nnd plans In
tho Verdigris extension liavo beon con
ditionally nltered to allow for this.
Tho primary intention of tho North
westorn offlclnls was to reach into tho
rich farm lands of Boyd county, In
which every quarter section has n set
tler and where tho best corn in Ne
braska wus raised last season. To
that end surveyors, under the direc
tion of General Manager Bldwoll of
tho Fremont, Elkhom & Missouri Val
ley rall-oad, bus been pushing tho
lino into tho county lengthwlso, about
directly westward. Mr. Bldwoll re
turned from tho sccno of the work
last Tuesday night.
"Tho men are now about forty miles
from tho starting point, Verdigris,"
said he, "and aro now spreading out
Into tho country along two branching
lines. Ono goes on westward toward
Butter, tho other reaches moro to tho
north. These nro both merely tontn
tlvc feelers, tho object being to chooso
which Is tho best routo for tho ex
tension finally."
The Mdmorlnl Fund.
LINCOLN, Nob., Dec. 30. Stato Su
porlntondent of Public Instruction
Fowler has prepared plans for tho col
lection of subscriptions for tho Mc
Klnloy monument fund among tho
school children of tho state. Tho
work will bo commenced January C,
and Mr. Fowler suggeBts that tho lists
bo closed January 128, tho fifty-ninth
nnnlvcrsnry of tho birth of tho mar
tyred president. With tho beginning
of tho now year tho stato committee
will commence tho actlvo work of
gathering funds. Tho Worklngmen's
association will havo its plans perfect
ed by that time.
Assign Term of Court.
YORK, Neb., Dec. 30. It has been
ordered by S. II. Sornbergcr and B
F. Good, Judges of tho district court
of tho Fifth Judicial district of No
braska, that tho terms of tho court to
bo held In tho several counties in tho
district during tho year 1902 bo as
signed ns follows: Saunders county,
March 30, Juno 9, December 1; But
ler, February 11, May 20, November
11; Polk, Janunry 21, April 29, Sep
tembcr 9; Seward, February 10, Mny
19, November 10; York, March 3,
Juno 9,, December 1; Hamilton, Jnnu
ary 20, April 28, Septomber 8.
Wolvrit (let th n Sheep.
PAXTON, Neb., Dec. 30. One of tho
heavy stock losses In this vicinity dur
ing tho "cold wavo was that In Henry
Abshlro's flock of ahcop. Ono thou
sand of them strayed away and many
of tho lnmbs and weakor old ones
wero killed and dovoured by tho
wolves. .
Fracturing the Sunday I.nw.
FREMONT. Nob.. Dec. 30. Local
police authorities claim to bo cognlz
ant of tho fact that Sunday poker
playing and liquor selling Is going on
horo in violation of the city ordinances
und thoy declare that they Intend to
Btop It.
Kmploym Itenioinhrred.
OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 30. From the
lowest salaried mossongor to tho gon
oral nianagor ovory porson who has
worked for tho American Express
compnny ono yonr received a $10 gold
plcco from tho company as n Christ
mas present.
Ilruiilin ills Neck In l'nll.
M'COOK, Nob., Doc. 30. While run
ning a wolf on horseback, John Sly
who lived on tho Robort P. Bar
ranch a few miles southwost of Mc
Cook, was thrown off ills horse. Ills
neck wna broken and ho was initantly
killed.
Wiiutnu Killing or Stock.
NEBRASKA CITY, Nob., Dec. 30.
Somo ono went Into a pasture south
of tho city and killed n flno two-yenr
old Jorsey holfer and loft tho carcass
after skinning it.
New Hunk for Trriiiuscli,
TECUMSEII, Neb., Dec. 30. Mrs. B
F. Perkins sold a frame building nnd
n lot on tho north sldo of tho square
to J. R. Plerson of Union and F. 13,
Bodlo of York, who will erect a bjnk
MERGING RURAL SCHOOLS
Superintendent Fntrler Tells Why He
Advises Consolidation.
LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 28. In a com
munication addressed to school people,
Stato Superintendent Fowler tllscussos
tho advantages of centralization of ru
ral schools. Mr. Fowlor advocates tho
consolidation of small schools nnd op
poses tho organization of rural high
schools as contomplnted by a law
passed by tho Inst legislature. His
communication in part is as follows:
'Will out stato school laws permit
several or nil tho districts in n town
ship to unite for tho purposo of form
ing a central nigh school?" I nnswor
yes. Tho lnw providing for n rural
high school Is set forth in sections 9
to 19, Inclusive, subdivision C, school
lnws of Nebraska for 1901. This de
partment, howevor, Is not In favor of
tho rural high school as contomplnted
In theso sections, for tho reason that
its plan is to lenvo the pupils of tho
lower grndo in tlicso schools in .their
own respectlvo Independent nnd, In
many cases, weak districts. TIiq first
condition of good rural schools is suffi
ciency of funds with which to provldo
and maintain thorn. How to provldo
thC30 funds Is not an easy problom.
Mnny of our districts nro small; tho
accessed vnluallon Is low, so Is tho
enumeration. With tho small share
of tho stato apportionment nnd with
a tax lovy that lias reached tho limit
of tho law, nnd yet a want of funds
to run a good school, tho question la
Indeed a serious ono, nnd tho atteud-
anco Is often such as to make the per
capita cost of maintenance unduly
largo, bo that often n common school
education becomes vory costly. Any
plan, therefore, that tends to weaken
tho already wenk rural school should
meet tho opposition of all who aro
.Interested In tho betterment of tho ru
ral schools. To overcome tho many
disadvantages of tho present rural'
school system in Nobrnska, and for
tho purpose of giving every farmer's
boy and girl In this wholo common
wealth opportunities equal to tho30 of1
tho boys and girls of tho vlllago and
city, wo redbmmend to tho careful con
sideration of every rural school board
and to tho fathors nnd mothers of
theso children In tho rural districts
tho consolidation of tho small schools
Into a control school and tho trans
portation of tho pupils thereto. Con
solidate or ccntrnllzo tho weak dis
tricts Into n common central school,
conveying tho pupils from every part
pt tho greater district or tho congres
sional township to nnd from school by
means of covered vnns or wagons In
chargo of clean, enreful, capable driv
ers. Such a plan would bo legal un
der our existing statutes, ns housn roll
223, passed by tho Inst session of tho
Nebraska legislature, removed tho six-
mllo limit In tho formation of school
districts and we ulready had a trans
portation law.
DIETRICH'S IRRIGATION SCHEME.
Thinks Ho Hits u I'Ihii Which Will lie
HiitlsfHrtnrjr to All Kloinuiits.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 2S.
Sonator Dietrich is remnlnlng in Wash
ington over tho holidays working on
a number of irrigation schemes, which
ho confidently expects will flnnlly bo
reduced to such form as will guuran
tco fnvornblo action during this ses
sion for an irrigation measure that
will immediately nld in reclaiming
largo sections of Nebraska for agricul
tural purposes. At present ho Is In
terested In bringing together thoso
who fnvor national ownership of Irri
gation and thoso who favor stato own
ership. Ho has a plan whereby tho
national government will control and
own tho reservoirs nnd the land own
ers control tho distribution canals.
He Is confident this solution of tho
problem will bring tho two elements
togethor.
Itrporti of Stato Hanks.
LINCOLN, Nob., Dec. 28. Reports of
stnto and private banks, made In re
sponse to tho recent call of Secretary
Royso, aro coming In rapidly. Of tho
442 banks In tho Jurisdiction of tho de
partment, 302 havo submitted tholr re
ports. So far. us a linsty oxamiuntlon
bIiowb thore has been vory little
change in tho condition of tho Instl
tlons slnco tho formor report wns
made. Deposits and loans nro about
tho samo ns when tho other cull was
Issued.
Clllll" Din of Hluiildfg.
CALLAWAY, Neb., Dec. 28. Chris
Burliop, a farmer living noar liore, has
lost eight head of enttlo from the ef
fects of blackleg. With this dlieMO
and thnt of cornstalk disease many
stockmen have suffered heavy lotaes
in this vicinity of Into, nnd thoro ap
pears in bo no holp for It,
I.oup City (lets First Knolis.
LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 28. Tho first
shlpmont of books from tho Nebraska
Traveling Library association wont to
Loup City. It hnd beon unnouncod
tho first consignment would go to
IJlnlr, but thnt city waived privilege,
Ciuglit iii it CornsliIIr.
PAXTON, Neb., Dec. 28. Prank
Knight had a hand cnught i;t a corn
crusher, rendering neccssnry tho ampu
tation of his fingers.
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET
Latest Quotations From South Omnhst
anil Kansas City,
SOUTH OMAHA.
CATTI.K-rThero wan nn exceedingly
light run of cattle, no thnt Mllers had a
good opportunity to ndvanco prion.
Packers evidently had to havo few
cattle, as they paid tho prices asked,
and trade ruled actlvo, everything being1
out of first lutnds nt an early hour. There
were only a few cornfed steers on sato
and thoso woro of rather Inferior qual
ity. Tuckers, howevor, IsiurIiI tliciu up
freely at an advance of 10lSc ovor Tues
day's prices, or fully lMttfto higher than
Mondny. Tho cow market was also
rather excited and higher. As compnred
with Mondny It Is mto to call tho mnr
ket fully IStftto higher, with occasional
sales showing a still greater advance
In view of the liberal demand tho twenty
etirs thut wero on sulo this morning were
soon disposed of. Hulls that woro good
enough for killers wero In Rood demand
this morning and prices wero n little
better on luesday. Stags also sold nt
higher prices, while veal onlvos woro ac
tive and strong. Thoro wero only a few
hunches of stookors nnd feeders In tho
yards, but thoro wus plenty to nupfny
tho demand.
llOOS-Thero wns a very light run of
bogs, and as advices from other points
were favorablo to tho soiling Interests
tho market advanced about u dime all
around. The hogs sold moro freely than
they have for somo llttlo time, aa all
the puckers wanted n fow nnd the light
run mndo It necossnry for thorn to buy
early. The prime heavyweights sold
largely from ju.Sft to JG.G0. Good medium
weight hogs sold In most oases from
ttf.tt to Jfi.30. and tho lighter loads went
from JC.1B down. Tho lightweight hogs
advanced ns much as did tho heavier
grades, hut stilt toward tho close tho
nmrliet was a little dull on tho toads
weighing much under 200 pounds.
SI I KM' There wero only about three
cars of sheep and lambs on tho market"
today, nnd as packers all wanted fresh
supplies the market ruled active nnd
higher. As compared with tho close nt
last week prices aro fully lMfSOe higher.
Owing to the actlvo demand nnd light
receipts everything was sold In good
Mention. Kwos sold ns high ns W.30, weth
ers brought 91.10 and lambs $5.00. Thoro
wero not enough feodum offered to mako
a test of tho market, but It la afo to call
tho market steady.
KANSAS CITY.
CATThH Murket strong: natlvo beef
steers, tl.7Mfti.G0; Toxas and Indian steers,
53.00'm t.iW; TexiiH cows, J2.2Sff3.50j natlvo
rows and heifers, $2.SOtJG.OO; stockcrs nnd
feeders, t2.7Vfft.23; bulls, t2.ltftJI.23; calves,
t3.7!W.S0.
llOUS-Markot GfjlOc higher; bulk of
sales, $S.7Mili.G0; hoavy, tfi.fiOTI0.75; pneic
ors, M.asrjC.Cfi; medium, tO.lOlfC.CO; light,
tS.2.Vg0.25; porltcrs, JG.OOD'COO; pigs, tt.OOfj)
5. CO.
BUERP-Markct strong; muttons, 3.00
04.23; lambs, Jl.50ff5.40; western, 3.50B
1. 20; owes, J3.0O1i3.7G.
CIIAl'NCEY Df PEW MARRIED
Ceremony I'urfornird In the Uulted
StHtrs Consnliite at Nice.
NICK, Dec. 28. Tho civil coromony
of tho marriage of Senator Chauncey
M. Dopow nnd Miss May Palmer took
place at 3 o'clock this afternoon In tho
United States consulate. Tho brldo's
witnesses were Union von Andre nnd
Unron do Cnntnlauso. Tho bride
groom's witnesses wore James Gordon
Dennett nnd Count do Sees. Among
others present wore Mrs. Palmor, Coun
tess do Sera nnd Baroness von Andre.
Sonator Dopow was In excellent
health and tho brldo was charmingly
dressed.
Tho brldo bolng a Catholic, thoro
will bo two religious ceremonies. Tho
first will tako place nt Notro Dame and
tho second nt tho Episcopal church,
at 11 In tho morning nnd at noon to
morrow, respectively, when ten bluo
Jackets from tho United States cruiser
Albany will form a guard of honor.
DATE TOR SIM'S SERVICE
First of March I.ll!y to rind IUm lin
ing Ciiblnrt l'osltlon.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28. Gov. Shaw
probably will not enter upon his du
ties an secretary of tho treasury enrlior
than tho mlddlo of February or tho
first of March. Tho president is un
der tho Impression Unit Secretary Gago
desires to ratlro about that time, und
ho has undoubtedly communicated to
Governor Shaw tho fact that ho will
ho noeded In Washington botwooii
thoso dates.
Notwithstanding tho official an
nouncements from tho whlta house
that Secretary James Wilson vIll re
main in tho cabinet, there continue to
appear unnouncomcnta of other mon
to succeed Wilson, tho Intest being
that of P. D. Coburn, secretary of tho
Kansas stato board of agriculture.
Secretary Wilson has suld ho expected
to stay in tho cnblnot and tho presi
dent has Indicated that ho desires him
to continue In ills otllclul family.
Allies Krsiitni'S Ills Duties.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28. Goneral
Mile resumod his duties In chargo of
tho army at his office In the War de
partment today. It Is said that he luis
decided to accept the situation with
tho host possible grace nnd will say or
do nothing to continue the controver
sy. Tho Incident will cause no de
cided change In his prearranged pluns
for tho future.
Alger "nfely Over the t'rls's.
DETROIT, Dec. 28. Dr. Howard
Longyoar, ono of tho attending sur
geons on Gonoral It. A. Alger, said to
night tnat tho critical period In tho
general's lllnuss had passed and thnt
lib rocovory wus practically certain,
so far as ho could determine at pros
ont. "Ho has been taking somo nourish
ment In tho form of broth nnd lias
passod a very comfortable day," wild
Dr, Imgycnr,
WOOL AND TARIFF.
WHY CHANGES IN DUTY SCHEDUESL
ARE UNDESIRABLE.
Unstnldo Conditions Would lie. Injurious
Alike to Manufacturers nnd to American
-Farmers Kngiigod lii.Klioep ami Wool
(Ironing.
Most opportune Is tho publication of
tho year's domestic wool clip by Mr. S.
N. D. North of tho National Associa
tion of Wool Manufacturers, Reciproc
ity schemes nnd methods for tho bene
fit of ono industry nt tho oxpenso of
others hnvo thrown upon Congress nn
avalancho of literature, nnd some ot
tho recommendations Indicate that
solflsh constituents nro willing to sac
rifice ttio sheep raisers if they can
thereby secure porsonal profit. Thnt
no change is dcslrablo in tho tariff on
wool will appear obvious uftor a llttlu
study ot experiences in this Industry
under tho last tliroo roVcntio bills. Dur
ing tho wlso operations ot tho McKln
ley law domestic ranches Increased und
tho homo production of wool roso to
348,538,138 pounds In 1893, whllo im
ports woro but 00,152,585 pounds. Im
mediately after tho enactment of tho
Wilson bill foreign wool was thrown
upon this market In such nbundnnco
thnt Imports rono to 350,852,020 pounds
in ono year, an iucronso of 63(5 per, cent
ovor tho receipts from abroad under
tho protective tariff, and oxcoodlng
evon tho high record of domostlc yield.
Moanwhllo tho homo grower found no
profit In competing with Australian
and other cheaply mined wool, so that
sheep woro sold for mutton nnd invest'
ors in the Industry lost lnrgo sums of
money. T no annual yield In tho United
Stntes steadily decreased until only
259,153,251 pounds wero clipped In 18U7.
With tho resumption of n reasonnhlo
barrier against outside producers thore
enmo n renewal ot domestic interest
In this crop, and each year brought
n larger total, until tho report Just
issued shows a clip of 302,502,328
pounds.
This question of prices has been the
most remnrkablo feature ot tho sltua
lion, although less bewildering when
studiod In connection with tho records
of Imports and general business condl
tlons. According to tho circular ot
Coatcs Uros., ono hundred grades ot
domestic wool averaged 22.78 cents a
pound on May 1, 1892, when tho conn
try was prosperous uudor n sound tariff
law and woolen mills wero actively
ongngod. Dy Septomber 1, 189G, tho
full effect of freo trado was holng foil,
nnd tho Bamo grades of wool averaged
12.22 cents a pound. Tills fall of IG
per cent In prlco was not only duo to
tho competition of outside production,
hut nlso to tho disastrous condition ot
all industries nnd business under low
tariffs, which rendered tho wngo earn
ors unable to purcluiBo frcoly of warm
clothing. With tho reversal of tariff
policy and restoration of a duty on
wool thore camo prompt recovery in
this business, together with such con 11
donco that tho speculative inlluouco bo
enmo prominent. Despite largo stocks
thoro wns lnllntion of prices and in Dc
comuor, isuu, tno nvcrago prlco was
21.70 contB, nearly two cents higher
than in 1892, That tho advance wns
obtained too rapidly has slnco appeared
in tho reaction to 17.0(1 cents,' July 1,
1901. Numerous and heavy failures woro
precipitated by theso erratic llnctua
tlous, not only among growers, but
dealers nnd manufacturers. Mlsfor
tunes must of necessity follow unstable
conditions, and theso Irregularities are
directly traceable to tinkering with tho
tariff.
It Is not difficult to understand why
tho recovery In all departments of this
Industry hns been slow, und only with
In tho last fow months havo distinctly
satisfactory conditions prevailed. In
addition to tho enormous quantity of
woolen goods of nil kinds that were uc
cumulated by importers, tho rccolpts
of raw wool from abroad during tho
threo yenrs ending July 1, 1897,
amounted to 787,797,405 pounds. No
amount of prosperity could absorb this
enormous stock in a short time, and It
wns a sliort-slglitcd policy that permit
tod tho violent ndyunco of prices, which
was naiurany loiiowcu uy sovoro ro
action. Even after tho flood of cheap
foreign wool had subsided, homo pro
ducers und holders of domestic wool
mado tho mistake of lullntlng quota
tlons all out ot proportion to tho gains
mndo In prices for tho finished prod
ucts. Consumptlvo demand, It Is truo,
was greatly Incrcnsed by tho healthy
tone of all busluessH hut tho rise In
prlco of woolen goods wns Blow. Manu
facturers wero compollcd to resort to
tho usual method under tho clrcum
stances, which was a reduction in qua!
Ity. Shoddy and chonp HiibstltutOT woro
used, whllo adulteration with cotton
wns goneral, Ultimately the laclc of
orders produced a salutary offuqt o;i
tun wooi maruei, aim prtcH wero
broiiKht dowp to a point where tho
mills could do business at a profit
Within a very short tlmo tho situation
has developed signs of nn encouraging
nature, and n slight recovory In prices
is recorumi. .uanuinciurors nnvo or
dors UHStirlng full occupation ot mills
until well into next year, nnd within a
fow wookn tholr purchases of raw ma
terlal In tho Boston market established
a now record for a slnglo week's trans
actions, whllo tho resulting niovomont
also produced tho lnrgest wook'a ship
ments. At tho sumo tlmo thoro Is ovcry
evidence that aiipplloa will bo amplo
for nil needs until tho noxt clip begins,
for Mr. North's report places tho stock
ut 050,051,812 pounds.
In tho light of thoso facts It must bo
peon that thh Industry is in no condi
tion for a revival of rovonuo changes,
oven If epoelal advantages might nc
cruo to somo other Industry by ruclpro
cal nrrangomonts. Every stato and
territory in tho Union hns a sharo In
tho raising of sheep, Even llttlo Rhoda
Island Is officially credited with over
10.000 head, whllo half a dozen states
average about three million each.
Struggling ngnlnst grcntor disadvan
tages than any othor Industry, at last
wool and woolons appear to havo at
tained a sound position, and capital no
longer hesitates to lond Its aid to fur
ther oxpanstnn. At such times it is
Imposslblo to ovorostlmato tho liarm
that might bo done by disturbing tho
situation in regard to customs duties.
WHAT THEY DEOIDED.
In tho Innguago of ono of its dole-
gateB, tho National Reciprocity Con
vention has proclaimed to tho world
that tho manufacturers of America
want no reciprocity thnt Is not spelled
PROTECTION. Now York Times.
An eminently correct conclusion.
Thnt Is preclsoly what tho convention
decided after n consideration of tho
Bttbject In all its bearings far more ox-
haustlvo than any heretofore given to
It by tho mnnufacturcrs of this coun
try. Prior to assembling, in Washing
ton thoy hnd thought about reciproc
ity only on the basis of Its posslblo or
probable Improvement ot tho export
trndo in a fow special linos. Thoy had
not thought nbout It In relation to tho
gonoral Industries of tho country ns a
wholo nor ns to Its bearing upon tho
country's prosperity as a whole. Onco
thoy hnd gono deoply nnd thoroughy
into this quostlon thoy discovered that
ns nn economic nnd a business propo
sition It would bo tho oxtromo of folly
to Bucrlfico tho entire homo market for
tho benefit ot n fow specialists whoso
industrlos nro not directly dopondont
upon a protective tariff. Tho matiufac
turera of this country know" a, great
deal moro nbout tho truo inwardness
of reciprocity than thoy did provlouj
to tho Washington convention,
AN INDIGNANT PROTEST.
American Wngo Earner "Wo don't
want any of this infernal nonsense.
Tnrlff tinkering hns always worked to
our Injury. Lot tho tariff alonol"
CARRYING KINDNESS TOO FAR.
Tho annexation of Cuba would
amount to oxnetly tho samo thing eco
nomically ns freeing Cuban sugar
from duty. PoBslbly nnnexatlon may
bo "manifest destiny," but wo nro not
destined to hnvo It It wo don't want
It. Expanding tho country Is a good
onough thing, but wo nro not called
on to sacrillco tno interests of tins
country to thoso of nny othor country,
not oven Cuba. Tho thought is bub
bling up In tho minds ot a good
many peoplo thnt perhaps wo hnvo
done enough for Cuba, nt leant for a
whllo. Tho wealth producing possi
bilities of tho Island aro qulto sufficient
without tho strangling ot our fnst
growing nnd wholesome bcot sugar
manufacture in order to favor Cuban
sugar. Tho Cubans biiouki do satisiicu
with what they havo and not seek to
ruin our Industries in a reckless effort
to build up their own on tho Jump.
Tholr country is fortllo in tho high
est dogreo, nnd thoy huvo only to de
velop It to become a vory rich peoplo.
Wo havo no call to Impair our own
welfare to still further onhanco tho
prosperity of Cuba.
,
ARE THE TREATIES YET ALIVE ?
Sonator Warren of Wyoming raises
a question which might form nn In
teresting subject ot Inquiry nnd do-
bate ot tho Reciprocity Convention In
WnBhlngton this week. Ho snys:
"In my mind there Is no actual dan
ger to tho wool Industry from tho Ar
gentine or any other reciprocity
trouty. These treaties expired by limi
tation and cannot bo revived. It Is
qiiostlonablo, ovon, whether now treat
ies can bo negotiated and submitted
under the two-year restriction ot tho
Dlngloy net provision. If thoy can
flioy Will never get past tho watchful
friends of protoctlon In tho United
States senato If .thoy contain might ot
danger to any American Industry I
hope, however, to sgo all ono-sldcd
reciprocity treaties effectively killed
off, so that thoy may lio Jongor eo'rvo
as n bogy man to tho timid wool buyer
or afford a pretext by Which tho bears
of tho wool market may depress prices
at tho expense and loss of the' wool
growor."
This vlow Is Bliared by mnny emi
nent lawyora In und out of congress.
TRUSTS AND PATRIOTS.
With tho American sugar trust ndd
Ing its facile Ingenuity to tho abilities
of Cuban statesmen It will bo strange
If tho Insular patriots do not almost
porsuado us toglvo them anything
thoy want reciprocity, freo sugar,
froo tobacco, freo anything ovon If
wo havo to dostroy an Industry or
two of our own to do It.