THE SEMLWEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
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I MUST OPEN OP
GATES OF TRADE
-All Important Problem Which
Now Confronts Congress,
Says President.
SHIPS OUR GREATEST NEED
America Fears No Nation and Is Am
ply Able to Defend Itself Great
Task Ahead In Helping to
Restore Peace Economy
Is Strongly Urged.
Washington, Dec. 8. President Wll
on today delivered his annual address
to congress. Problems brought out by
the great conflict In Europo engaged
the greater part ot his attention. The
message follows:
Gentlemen of the Congress:
The session upon which you are now
entering will be the closing session of
the Sixty-third congress, a congress, I
venture to say, which will long be re
membered for the great body of
thoughtful and constructive work
which it has done, In loyal response
to the thought and needs of the coun
try. I should like In this address to re
view tho notable record and try to
make adequate assessment of it; but
no doubt we stand too near the work
that has been done and aro ourselves
too much part of it to play the part of
historians toward it. Moreover, our
thoughts are now more of the future
than of tho past.
While wo liavo worked at our tasks
of peace the circumstances of tho
whole age have been altered by war.
What wo have done for our own land
and our own people we did with the
best that was In us, whether of char
acter or of Intelligence, with sober
enthusiasm and a confidence in the
principles upon which wo were acting
"which sustained us at every step of
the dlfllcult undertaking; but it is
done. It has passed from our hands.
It is now an established part of tho
legislation of the country. Its useful
ness, Its effects, will discloso them
selves In experience. What chiefly
strikes us now, as wo look about us
during these closing days of a year
which will be forevor memorable in
the history of the world, Is that Wo
face new tasks, have been facing them
these six months, must faco them in
the months to come face them with
out partisan feeling, like men who
have forgotten everything but a com
mon duty and the fact that we are
representatives of a great people
whose thought is not of us but of what
America owes to herself and to all
mankind in such circumstances as
these upon which we look amazed and
anxious.
Europe Will Need Our Help.
War has Interrupted the means of
trade not only but also the processes
of production. In Europe it is destroy
ing men and resources wholesale and
upon a scale unprecedented and ap
palling. There is reason to fear that
the time is near, if ftybe not already
nt hand, when several of the coun
tries of Europe will And it dlfllcult to
do for their people what they have
hitherto been always easily able to do,
many essential and fundamental
things. At any rate they will need our
help and our manifold services as they
have never needed them before; and
we should be ready, more lit and
ready than we have ever been.
It is of equal consequence that the
nations whom Europe has usually sup
plied with innumerable articles of
manufacture and commerce of which
they aro in constant need and without
which their economic development
halts and stands still can now get only
n small part of what they formerly im
ported and eagerly look to us to supply
their all but empty markets. This is
particularly true of our own neighbors,
tho states, great and small, of Central
and South America. Their lines of
trado have hitherto run chiefly athwart
the heas, not to our ports, but to tho
ports of Great Britain and of the older
continent of Europe. I do not stop to
Inquire why, or to make any comment
on probable causes. What Interests us
just now is not tho explanation, but
tho fact, and our duty and opportunity
in the prenenco of It. Hero aro mar
kots which we must supply, and wo
must find tho means' of action. The
United States, this great people for
whom we speak and act, should bo
read, as never before, to servo itself
and to servo mankind; ready with its
resources, its energies, Its forces of
production, and Its means of distribu
tion. We Need Ships.
It Is a very practical matter, a mat
ter of ways and means. We havo tho
resources, but aro we fully ready to
uso thorn? And if wo can mako ready
what wo have, have we tho means at
hand to dlstributo It? Wo aro not fully
ready; neither havo wo the means of
distribution. We aro willing, but wo
are not fully able. Wo have tho wish
to serve and to serve greatly, gener
ously; but wo are not prepared as wo
should he. Wo aro not ready to mo
bilize our resources at once Wo aro
not prepared to use thorn Immediately
nnd at their best, without delay and
without waste.
To speak plnlnly we have grossly
orred in tho way in which wo havo
stunted and hindered tho dovolopinont
of our merchant marine. And now,
when wo noed ships, wo havo not got
them. Wo havo year aftor yoar de
bated, without end or conclusion, tho
best policy to pursuo with regard to
tho use of tho ores and forests and
water powers ot our national domulu
In the rich states ot tho West, when
we should havo acted; and they aro
still locked up. Tho key is still
turned upon them, tho door shut fast
at which thousands of vigorous men,
full ot Initiative, knock clamorously
for admittance. Tho water power' ot
our navigable streams outside tho na
tional domain, also, even in tho east
ern states, where we havo worked and
planned for generations, is still not
used as It might be, becauso we will
and we won't; becauso tho laws wo
havo mado do not intelligently balance
encouragement ngainst restraint. Wo
withhold by regulation.
I havo come to ask you to remedy
and correct these mlstnkes and omis
sions, even nt this short session of a
congress which would certnlnly seem
to havo done nil tho work that could
reasonably be expected of It. Tho time
and tho circumstances nro extraor
dinary, and so must our efforts be
also.
Use and Conservation.
Fortunately, two great measures,
finely conceived, the ono to unlock,
with proper safeguards, the resources
of the national domain, tho other to
encourage the uso of tho navigable
waters outside that domain for the
generation of power, have already
passed tho houso of representatives
nnd aro ready for immediate consider
ation nnd action by the senate. With
tho deepest earnestness I urge their
prompt passage. In them both
we turn our backs upon hesita
tion and makeshift and formulate
a genulno policy ot use and con
servation, In tho best sense
of those words. We owe the ono
measuro not only to tho people of that
great western country for whose free
and systematic development, as It
seems to me, our legislation has done
so little, but also to the people of tho
nation as a whole; and wo as clear
ly owo tho other in fulfillment of our
repeated promises that tho water pow
er of the country should in fact as
well as in nnmo bo put at tho disposal
of great Industries which can make
economical and profitable uso of it,
the rights of tho public being ade
quately guarded the while, and mo
nopoly in the uso prevented. To hnve
begun such measures and not com
pleted them would indeed mar tho
record of this great congress very
seriously. I hope and confidently be
lieve that they will bo completed.
And thero Is nnother great piece of
legislation which awaits and should
receive the sanction of the senate:
I mean the bill which gives a larger
measuro of self-government to the peo
ple of tho Philippines. How better,
in this time of anxious questioning
nnd perplexing policy, could wo show
our confidence In tho principles of
liberty, as the source as well as the
expression of life, how better could wo
demonstrate our own self-possession
and steadfastness In tho courses of
justice and disinterestedness than by
thus going calmly forward to fulfill
our promises to a dependent people,
who will now look more anxiously
than over to see whether we havo in
deed the liberality, tho unselfishness,
the courage, the faith we have boast
ed and professed. I cannot believe
that tho senate will let this great
measuro of constructive justice await
tho action of nnother congress. Its
passage would nobly crown tho record
of these two years of memorable la
bor. An Important Duty.
nut I think that you will agree
with mo that this does not complete
tho toll of our duty. How are wo to
carry our goods to tho empty markets
of which I havo spoken if we have
not the certain and constant means
of transportation upon which all profit
able and useful commerco depends?
And how aro wo to get the ships If
we wait for tho trade to develop with
out them? To correct tho many mis
takes by which wo havo discouraged
and all but destroyed tho merchant
marine of the country, to retrnco tho
stops by which we have, It seems al
most deliberately, withdrawn our flag
from tho seas, except whore horo and
there, n ship of war is bidden enrry
it, or some wandering yacht displays
it, would take a long time and in
volves many detailed Items of legisla
tion, and tho trado which wo ought
Immediately to handle would disap
pear or find other channels while wo
dobated tho Items.
Tho case Is not unlike that which
confronted us when our own conti
nent was to be opened up to settle
ment and Industry, and wo needed
long lines of railway, extended meaiiB
of transportation prepared beforehand,
If development wns not to lag Intoler
ably and wait Interminably. Wo lav
ishly subsidized the building of trans
continental railroads. Wo look back
upon that with regret now, because
tho subsidies led to many scandals
of which wo aro ashamed; but we
know that tho railroads had to be
built, and If we had It to do over again
wo should of course build them, hut
In another way. Therefore I propose
another wny of providing tho means
of transportation which must precede,
not tardily follow, the development
of our trado with our neighbor states
of America. It may seem a reversal
of the natural order of things, but It
Is true, that the routes of trade must
bo actually opened by many ships
nnd regular sailings and moderate
charges before streams of merchan
dise will flow freely and profitably
through thorn.
Must Open Gates of Trade.
Ilenco tho pending shipping bill,
discussed at tho last session, hut as
yet passed by neither house. In my
judgment such legislation is Impera
tively noeded and can not wisely bo
postponed. Tho govormnont must
open those gates of trado, and open
them wide; open them before it Is
altogether profitable to opon them, or
altogether renuouablo to ask private
capital to open them at a venture
It is not n quostlon of tho government
monopolizing tho field. It should tako
action to mako It certain that trans
portation at rcasonnblo ratos will bo
promptly provided, even whero tho
cnrrhigo Is not nt first profitable; and
then, when tho carriage has become
sufficiently profitable to attract and
engage prlvato capital, and engage it
In abundance, the government ought
to withdraw. 1 very earnestly hope
that tho congress will be ot this opin
ion, nnd that both houses will adopt
this exceedingly Important bill.
Tho groat subject of rural credits
still remains to be dealt with, and
it is a matter of deep regret that the
dlfllculties of the BUbject havo seemed
to render It Impossible to complete
a bill for passage at this session. But
It enn not bo perfected yet. nnd there
fore there nro no other constructive
measures tho necessity for which I
.will at this tlmo call your attention
to; but I would bo negligent of a
very manifest duty were I not to call
tho attention of tho senate to the fact
that the proposed convention for safe
ty nt sea awaits its confirmation and
that tho limit fixed in tho convention
itself for Its ncceptanco is tho last
day of tho present month. Tho con
ference In which this convention or
iginated was called by the United
States; the representatives of the
United States played a very Influen
tial part indeed in framing tho provi
sions of the proposed convention; nnd
those provisions aro in themselves
for tho most part admirable. It would
hardly bo consistent with tho part
we havo played In the whole matter
to let It drop and go by the board
as if forgotten and neglected. It was
ratified In .May last by tho German
government nnd In August by the
parliament of Great Britain. It marks
a most hopeful and decided advanco
In international civilization. We
should show our earnest good faith
In a great matter by adding our own
acceptance of it.
Charting of Our Coasts.
Thero Is another matter of which
I must mnke special mention, if I am
to discharge my conscience, lest It
should escape your attention. It may
seem a very small thing. It affects
only a single Item of appropriation.
But many human lives and many
great enterprises hang upon it.
It is tho matter of making adequate
provision for the survey and charting
of our coasts.
It is immediately pressing and exi
gent in connection with tho immense
coast lino of Alaska. A coast line
greater than that of the United States
themselves, though it Is also very
important indeed with regard to the
older coasts of tho continent. We
cannot uso our great Alaskan domain,
ships will not ply thither, IT those
coasts and their many hidden dangers
are not thoroughly surveyed and
charted.
Tho work is incomplete at almost
nvory point. Ships and lives hnve
been lost In threading what were sup
posed to be well-known main chan
nels. Wo have not provided ndequate
vessels or adequate machinery for tho
survey and charting. Wo havo used
old vessels that were not big enough
or strong enough and which were so
nearly unsenworthy that our Inspec
tors would not have allowed private
owners to Bond them to sea. This Is
a matter which, as I havo said, seems
small, but Is In reality very great. Its
importance has only to bo looked into
to be appreciated.
Economy Is Urged.
Before I close, may I say a few
words upon two topics, much dis
cussed out of doors, upon which it is
highly important that our judgments
should bo clear, definite and steadfast.
One of these Is economy in govern
ment expenditures. Tho duty of econ
omy is not debatable. It is manifest
and imperative. In tho nppropriatlons
wo pass we are spending the money
of the great people whoso servants
we are not our own. We are trus
tees and responsible stewards in the
spending. Tho only thing debatable
and upon which we should bo careful
to mako our thought and purposo
elenr Is the kind of economy demand
ed of us. I assort with the greatest
confidence that tho peoplo of tho
United States are not jealous of tho
amount their government costs If
they are sure that they get. what they
need nnd doslro for tho outlay, that
tho money is being spent for objects
of which they npprove, nnd that It Is
being applied with good business
sense and management.
Governments grow, piecemeal, both
In their tusks and In the means by
which those tasks are to be per
formed, and very few governments are
organized, I venturo to say, as- wise
and experienced business men would
organize thorn If they had a clenn
sheet of paper to write upon. Certnln
ly the government of the United
States Is not. I think that It is gen
ernlly agreed that there should bo
a systematic reorganization and reas
sembling of Its parts so as to secure
greater efllciency and effect consider
able savings in expense. But the
amount of money saved In that way
would, I bellovo. though no doubt
considerable in itself, running, It may
be, Into the millions, ho relatively
smnll small, I mean, In proportion to
tho total necessary outlays of the
government. It would ho thoroughly
worth effecting, as every saving would,
great or smnll.
Our duty Is not nltored by the scale
of the savings. But my point Is that
tho peoplo of tho United States do
not wish to curtail the activities of
this government; they wish, rather,
to onlnrgo thorn; nnd with every en
largement, with tho moio growth, In
deed, of tho country Itself, thero must
come, of course, tho inovltablo In
crease of expense.
The sort of economy wo ought to
practice may bo effected, nnd ought to
bo effected, by a enroful study and
assessment of tho tasks to bo per
formed; nnd the money spent ought
to bo made to yield tho best possible
roturns in efllciency and nchlovomnnt.
And, llko good stownrds, wo should
so account for overy dollnr of our ap
propriations as to mako It perfectly
evident what It was spent for nnd In
what way it was spent.
It is not expenditure hut extrava
gance that wo should fear being criti
cized for; not paying for tho legiti
mate enterprises and undortnklngs of
a grant government whoso peoplo
command what It should do, but mid
Ing what will benefit only a fow or
pouring monoy out for what need not
havo been undertaken nt nil or might
hnvo been postponed or better nnd
more economically conceived nnd car
ried out. Tho nation Is not nlggnrdly;
it Is very generous. It will chide us
only If wo forget for whom wo pay
money out nnd whoso money It Is wc
pay.
These aro large and general stand
ards, but they are not very dlfllcult of
application to particular cases.
The National Defense.
The other topic 1 shall tako lcavo to
mention goes deeper Into tho princi
ples of our national Hfo and policy.
It Is the subject of national defense.
It cannot bo discussed without first
answering some very searching ques
tions. It is snid In some quarters that wo
ore not prepared for war. What Is
mennt by bolng prepared? Is It meant
that wo aro not ready upon brief no
tico to put a nation in the field, a na
tion of men trained to arms? Of
course wo aro not ready to do that:
and wo shnll never bo In Umo of
peace so long ns we retain our pres
ent political principles, nnd institu
tions. And what Is It that it is sug
gested wo should be propared to do?
To defend ourselves ngainst attack?
Wo havo always found means to do
that, nnd shall find them whenever It
Is necessary without calling our peo
ple away from their necessary tasks
to render compulsory milltnry servlco
In times of pence. '
Allow mo to speak with great plain
ness and directness upon this great
matter and to avow my convictions
with deep enmestness. I hnvo tried
to know what America is, what her
peoplo think, what they are, whnt
they most cherish, and hold dear, I
hope that some of their finer passions
aro in my own heart, some of the
great conceptions and desires which
gnvo birth to this government nnd
which havo mado tho voice of this
people a voice of peace and hopo nnd
liberty among tho peoples of tho
world, nnd that, speaking my own
thoughts, I shnll, at least In pnrt,
speak theirs also, however, faintly and
Inadequately, upon this vital matter.
Fear No Nation.
Wo are at pone with all tho World.
No ono who speaks counsel based
on fact or drawn from a jimt and
candid interpretation of rcnlltles
can say that there is reason for fear
that from nny quarter our Indepen
dence or tho integrity of our territory
is threatened. Dread of tho power
of any other nation wo aro Incapable
of Wo aro not jealous of rivalry in
tho flolds of commerco or of any other
peaceful achievement. Wo mean to
live our lives as we will; but wo mean
also to lot live. Wo aro, Indeed, a
true friend to all the nations of tho
world, becauso wo threaten none,
covet tho possessions of nono, desire
the overthrow of none. Our friend
ship can bo accepted and is accepted
without reservation, because It Is of
fered In a spirit nnd for a purpose
which no ono need ever question or
suspect. Therein ilea our greatness.
We are tho champions of peace and
of concord. And wo should bo very
jealous of this distinction which we
have sought to earn. Just now wo
should bo particularly Jealous of it,
becauso it is our dearest present hope
that this character and reputation
may presently, In God's providence,
bring us nn opportunity to counsel
and obtain peace In tho world nnd
reconciliation and a healing settle
ment of many a matter that ban cooled
and interrupted the friendship of
nations. This Is tho time ahovo all
others when we should wish nnd ro
solvo to keep our strength by self pos
session, our influence by preserving
our ancient principles of notion.
Ready for Defense.
Krom tho first we havo had a clear
and sottled policy with regard to
military establishments. Wo never
have had, and whllo we retain our
present principles and Ideals wo never
shall have, a large standing nrmy.
If asked, aro you ready to defend
yourselves? We reply, most assured
ly to tho utmost; nnd yet wo shall
not turn America into a military
camp. Wo will not ask our young
men to spend the best yenrs of their
lives making soldiers ot themselves
Thero Is another sort of energy In us.
It will know how to declnro Itself and
mako Itself offectlv should occasion
arise. And especially when half the
world !b on flro wo shall bo careful
to mako our moral liu.uranco agaliiBt
the spread of tho conflagration very
definite and certain and adequate in
deed. Lot us remind ourselves, therefore',
of tho only thing we can do or will
do. Wo must depend in ovory tlmo
of national peril, in tho futuro us In
tho past, not upon a standing army,
nor yet upon a rosor-o army, hut upon
a citizenry trained and accustomed
to arms. It will ho right enough, right
American policy, based upon our ac
customed prinoiploB and practlcos, to
provide a system by which ovory
citizen who will voluuteor for
tho training may bo mado familiar
with thu uso of modern arms, the rndl
m on Li of drill nnd manouvcr, and tho
mnlntonnnco and sanitation of camps.
Wo should encourngo such training
and mako It a means of discipline
which our young men will learn to
value. It Is right thnt wo should pro
vide it not only, but that wo should
mako It an attracttvo as possible, and
so Induce our young mon to undergo
It nt such times as thoy can command
n llttlo freedom and can seek tho
physical dovolopinont thoy need, for
mere henlth's snko, If for nothing
more. Every means by which such
things can bo stimulated Is legitimate
and such a method Binacks of truo
American Ideas. It 1b a right, too,
that tho National Guard of tho staton
should bo dcvolopcd and strengthened
by every means which Is not Incon
sistent with our obligations to our
own peoplo or with tho established
policy of our government. And this,
nlso, not because the tlmo or occasion
specially calls for such measuros, but
because It should bo our constant pol
icy to mako theso provisions for our
national peaco and safety.
More than this carries with It a re
versal of tho whole history and char
acter of our polity. Moro than this,
proposed nt this time, permit mo to
say, would menu merely that wo had
lost our self-possession, that wo had
been thrown off our balance by a war
with which we havo nothing to do,
whoso causes cannot touch us, whoso
vory oxistenco affords us opportun
ities of friendship nnd disinterested
servlco which bhould mnko us
nshamed of any thought of hostility
or fearful preparation for trouble.
This Is assuredly tho opportunity for
which a peoplo and n government llko
ours were raised up, tho opportunity
not only to speak but actually to em
body and exemplify the counsels of
peaco and amity and the lasting con
cord which Is based on Justice nnd fair
nnd generous dealing.
Ships Our Natural Bulwarks.
A powerful nnvy wo hnvo nlways
regarded as our proper nnd natural
means of defense; nnd It bus ulwnys
been of defense that wo hnve thought,
nover of aggression or of conquest.
But who shall toll ub now what sort
of navy to build? Wo shall tnko lenvo
to bo strong upon tho seas. In tho
futuro ns In tho past; and thero will
bo no thought of offense or ot provo
cation In that. Our ships nro our
natural bulwarks. When will tho ox
ports tell ub Just whnt kind wo should
construct and when will thoy bo
right for ten years together, if tho
relative ofllcloncy of craft of differ
ent kinds nnd uses continues to
chnnge ns wo havo seen it change
under over very eyes in theso last
few mouths?
But I turn nwny from the subject.
It Is not now. Thoro Is no now need
to discuss it. Wo shall not alter our
attitude toward It becauso some
amongst us nro nervous and "excited.
Wo shall easily and sensibly ngreo
upon a policy of dofenso. Tho ques
tion has not changed Its aspects be
causo tho times nro not normal. Our
policy will not bo lor an occasion.
It will bo conceived as a permanent
and sottled thing, which wo will pur
suo at all seasons, without haute nnd
nfter a fashion perfectly consistent
with tho penco of tho world, the abid
ing friendship of stateB, nnd tho un
hampered freedom of all with whom
wo denl. Let thoro he no misconcep
tion. Tho country has been misin
formed. Wo hnvo not been negligent
of nntlonnl defense. Wo nro not un
mindful of tho grent responsibility
resting upon us. Wo shnll lonrn nnd
profit by tho lesson of overy exper
ience nnd every now clrcumstanco;
and what Is needed will bo adequately
done.
Great Duties of Peace.
I cIobc, as I began, by reminding
you of tho great tasks and duties of
peace which challenge our best powers
and invite ub to build what will Inst,
tho tasks to which wo can nddresB
ourselves now and at all times the
free-hearted zest and with all tho fin
est gifts of constructive wisdom wo
possess. To develop our Hfo nnd bur
resources; to supply our own people,
and tho peoplo of the world as their
need arises, from tho abundant plenty
of our fields nnd our marts of trado;
to enrich tho commerco ot oilr own
states and of tho world with the prod
ucts of our mines, our farms, and our
factories, with tho creations of our
thought and tho fruits of our charac
terthis Is what will hold our atten
tion and our enthuBlasm stendlly, now
nnd In tho yenrs to come, as wo strlvo
to show In our Hfo as a nation what
liberty and tho inspirations of an
emancipated spirit may do for men
and for societies, for Individuals, for
states, and for mankind.
Skunks Yield $3,000,000 a Year.
The skunk brings annually to tho
t nippers of tho United SIntes nbout
three million dollars. It stands sec
ond In Importance only to tho musk
rut among our fur-bearing anlmuls.
Tho value of a skunk In tho raw
for market averaged from nbout twen-ty-flvo
cents to fS.GO In December,
101". nnd usually runs higher.
In 1011 2,000,000 skins were export
ed to London alone. Although this
fur Is not very popular In America,
Europeans favor It, becauso It wears
well and has a luster which makes It
rival the Russian Bablo In appearance-.
The Mexican States.
Mexico consists or 32 states and ter
ritories and la politically a federated
republic, its constitution bolng pat
terned aftor that of tho United Statos
Of America. Tho population of tho
country In 1000 was i:i,Ci7,000. On
account of tho strenuous Hfo of Mexico
for several years past 'it is llkoly that
Its present population Is not much in
excess of that of H years airo
F. W. BUTTON NAMED
DODGE COUNTY MAN APPOINTED
JUDGE IN SIXTH.
SUCCEEDS JUDGE HDLLENBEGK
Governor Also Names Dr. Carr One of
the State Board of Health
Secretaries.
Lincoln. Governor Morchcad has
appointed County Attorney V. W. But
ton of Dodge county to succeed Su
preme Judge-elect Conrad Hollenbcck
on the bench of tho Sixth Judicial dis
trict. Judge Hollenbcck resigned to
take effect January I, 1915. Tho new
Judgo will accordingly tako his ofllco
on thnt date Simultaneously the gov
ernor announced the appointment ot
Dr. 10. A. Carr ns a member of tho
board of secretaries of tho stale board
of health. The latter has been a mem
ber for four years past and wns ono
of four recommended for reappoint
ment by tho state homeopathic medi
cal association.
Initiative and Referendum Results.
Governor Morchcad has issued his
proclamations on the Initiative nnd ref
erendum propositions ns voted on at
tho late election. Ho proclaims tho uni
versity extension proposition carried
for extension on tho downtown campus
by a vote of 147,017 for tho downtown
fotB to 05,177 for tho slate fnrm loca
tion. Tho employers liability nnd
workmen's compensation proposition
curried by & vote of 02,5111 to 85,777
ngnlnst. The Nebrnska City armory
appropriation was recalled by a vote
ot i:i:?,457 for the recall to 40,520
ogolnst. Woman suffrage lost by a
veto of 00.7.1S for the proposition to
100,842 ngainst.
Asks for Less Money.
Attorney General Martin has filed
nn estimate of expenses of his depart
ment for tho next two years Ho asks
for $14,000 less than wns allowed two
years ago, $27,050. This amount In
cludes tho salaries of tho attorney
general and two assistants, each of
tho three receiving $2,000 a year, one
stenographer at $1,200 a year, $250
for extra stenographic work, $.1,00Q
for ofllco expenses, printing. .briefs,
traveling expenses, furniture and
supplies, and $10,0()0 for tho uso of
tho attorney general in conducting
prosecutions and enforcement of law
and expenses of procedure Incident to
tho state railway commission.
Students Making Telescope.
Supreme patience a deslrnblo and
neeoBsary quality for collegians to
cultivate has boon developed by
students of tho University of No
braskn In tho most unlquo construe
tlvo feature over attempted at that
Institution. This i was ilono In tho
mnking of a telescope, a tojescope
which Is eighteen feet long and with
tho eyc-plcco nnd tho objective pieces
will be slightly under nineteen feot
In length. Tho objective Is twelvo
inches In dlnmoter. Tho work was
undertaken under tho direction of
Prof. Swezey, who teaches astron
omy at tho university.
Money on Insane Accounts.
Payment on tho delinquent lnsano
accounts are being innilo by most of
tho counties in small sums. Pierce
county has paid $l,:i()() with notice
that a levy would bo mado to ralso
the rest of tho amount duo of
$2,852.75. Hayes county ulso sent In
tho second $200, nccordlng to nn
ngreemont that $200 would bo paid
each year until the full $1,007.09 had
been paid.
Appropriations for 1913.
Estimates from thirty departments
and sources to which money wus ap
plied In appropriations of tho 10L5
session ot tho legislature show that
If tho figures are mot by tho solons
greater appropriations will bo re
quired than two years ago. Tho to
tal sum appropriated for tho thirty
departments then wns $1,748,957. Tho
totnl of tho 1015 estimates as com
puted at tho auditor's ofllco Is $1,
871,700 an Increase of $122,G:i.
Clamoring for Agriculture Report.
Bequests from all parts of tho
country aro now being received for
tho 1011 report of the secretary of the
State Board of Agriculture. This
volunio will contain tho Nebraska
crop statistics by counties. Last year
tho publicity department distributed
a Bpoclul edition of I!,000 to supple
menl the regular edition of 5,000.
Tom Ryan Pardoned.
Thomas Ilyan, better known as Tom
Mcintyre, who Is suld to hnvo sung
his way out of tho penitentiary, bus
been granted an unconditional pardon
by Governor Morehead.
Angus Cattle Breeders to Meet.
President C. S. Ileeso and Secre
tary D. N. Syford havo announced
tho meeting of tho Aberdeen-Angus
nssoclatlon of Nobraska to bo hold
In Lincoln January IS to 211.
Corporation Tax Due.
Two hundred and ninety-one corpo
rations doing business In thla state
most of thorn state concerns wore
certified to tho attorney genorai aa
dollnquent In tholr corporation tax
payments. Ninety-seven corporations
have hoadqunitora in Omnhn.