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About Plattsmouth weekly herald. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1882-1892 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 19, 1891)
71' A blUAAtli; ill Platlsmouth Herald K NOTTS BROS, Publishers rnblliheil every Thursday, tand daily every renins except Hunday. Registered at the llattsmoutta. Neb. post TBcefor transiiis!i)'i through the U.uS. mall teod Has ratf. , Otilee corner Vine and Fifth streets. Telephone 38. TERMS KOIt W KEKLTi Oae copy, one year, in advance $1 SO One copy, one year, not in advance 2 00 Om copy, six montlil. In advance .. 75 Oucc 'py, three month, in advance. ... 40 TKH.MH FOK DAILY Ouecop one year in advance too Unecopy per week, by carrier 15' One copy, per mouth 60 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY II) lb?lg As Unclk Billy In s at death's door, the prayers of his old followers go out like sweet incenses for bis rcstoratioa to health. Wittt the exception of Grant be is the grandest, truest type of the honest, bluff soldier this ago has produced. He is great in the two senses of the word bis illustrious services to his country, bis truo soldierly qualities in obeying orders as well as his masterful qualities a a great Meld raarsh-dl n planning and conducting campaigns and handling large armies, placs him among the greatest captains of this or any other age. General Sherman is today perhaps more cordially hated by the relicts of the Southern Confederacy than any other m Union officer; and it is on accouut of his reductions. Hardware, us i rule, is uncompromising loyalty and his undy- cheaper ut wholesale than before the pair ing hatred of treason; The bluff old sol- sage of the McKinley bill, linen thread dier has always recognized the immense js cheaper, flmbels are cheaper, Ken--cost of this restored union, the price tucUy jeans are cheaper, most kinds of northern patriotism paid for its mainten- clothing shows a downward tendency, ace and preservation; and he has always sugar is sure to be cheaper; fafai produce Relieved that to preserve it these sacri- ficos thould not be forgotten. The sickly sentimentality embraced in the mugwump cry that "the war for the de struction of the Union is over, and you canst not dwell on its hisiory," he re- cognized as a confederate argument to of ten the crime of treason and recom loyal mend it as a mistake clothed with loy intention;:, instead of a crime hatched by "traitors wlio preferred human slavery to universal liberty. Like many loyal men he could not understand why we should teach to our children fia brave storie of Hunker Hill, Monmouth, Valley Forye and Yorktown, when' loyol blood was poured out in defence of our declara tion of independance, and shun the less ons I raruod and sacrifices made on the thou.-ud battlefields of this country for the preservation of the Union and the maintenance of republican principles on this continent. Uncle Billy is the last one of our leaders, unpuiirched by political ambitions, resting modestly on the laurels he won on the many battle field-1 the war for the Union and de fense ot the old flag; he is loved, hon estly loived by all loyal hearted citizens. 4Ie is worshiped by his old camp follow ers -w hose only prayer is that be may be pred yet these many years to enjoy the rapidly increasing greatness of the na tion he helped to resca from the plot- -ings of traitors. The report that Col. Eaton, of the Ne braska Citv Pres. and Col. Huebner. of he Newf. had ioined the Y. M. C. A- of -ihat town, lacks confirmation A glance Class legislation has failed and is in t the Nebraska City papers, however, defensible from every point of view, leads us to think the report correct. If Workingmen are therefore wrong in de it Je true, w congratulate the members funding its continuance and should re f the Y. M. C. A. on this renewed evi- member that their condition is inter idence of their zeal and power for good, woven with the Kral welfare of the and we would willingly make a liberal peoille of whom theT are a Part- There donation if thev will turn their batteries is a widespread notion among working. onto Race and Keithley of the Weeping Water papers. We havo had no hopes for either of them, but if Eaton and Huebuer can bs reformed, something in that direction might be the result of per sistent labors with Colonels Race and Keithley. General Miles scored Colonel For sytbe severely for his action in the Wounded Knee battle, when Forsythe went with the Seventh cavalry to dis arm the - Indians, which resulted in a great slaughter of the red men and the loss of several soldiers. Forsythe's ac- tions have just been reviewed by the secretary of war and by the president I completely exonerating the gallant colo- J ncl from all charges of brutality or ac- I tions unbecoming a soldier. General Miles seems to have received a very black rye, and at this distance seems to have been possessed with a strain of jealousy ery unbecoming a soldier in any capa- city and appearing much worse in a rommanding officer. 'I a The new Spanish Cortes will be even more strongly protectionist than the next .American house of representatives will ltd democratic. In a commercial sense, fcowever, Soaio, on Cuba's account, will be compelled to make her peace with the ,g United States. " Will you suffer liver complaint? with dyspepsia and Shiloh's vitaiizer is WHO PAYa THE TARIFF? .18 a r:i I IliC lit!W AIIRTIC ill inriu, English nw. u fact urri, particularly in Sheffield, uro rviuc n llio wni 8 of tM ir employes. 1 hey Impo tlniH t- partinlly neutralize the Hkt t of th iiirreas-j in duty, Dims t ot their action throw a my of litjlit on tlte iucfctiin. Wl o pay tl;o 1 ui ill ? WOOLEN GOODS AE CHEAPER. The Anu-riemi Ei:iniii't inxke.s u strong and timely point by quo prices of flannels in Jinuxry, 1890, and iu January, 1801, tnkiu the Kl n ot the New Ynik Dry U !a Chronicle b it authority. The Mclv'tilcy bill increased the duty on all kinds of wool and u all !Klnu8 "i niHiiuiaciun or wooi.nt.n, j n;xt to lin plate, the- democrats and free traders chose wool and t'a prudurtH us thi awful example" of the MtKinley bill. Clothing was to increase in price, and hlnncktts Htid 11 inncls were to k' como luxuries for the rich all "on ac count of the tariff," according to the free trade prophi ta. " Four ' months of opera' ion of Mie Mc K'nley bill lias proved the falsify of t!t ir pic iiciions. Prices are not higher; tli.-y are lower. Rut let the figure quoted by the economist from the Dry Goods Chronicle speak: FI.XNNKI.S 8TKVKN8 B. II. FINK WHIT". Price iu J''iiu ry, I'rices hi unary, 18un, before tho lsi, after tl;e "ii T miens bill." "inf.niou bill :' No. 1, 3-4 2liW2V6 XX.. 3-4 29 (dm No 2. 7 ft Sl'4f''i XX . 7 8 ;'3,3.- ii: 27! i 2!i 31 li 29 3l!i I xx No. 2. 4-4 Vm&VillA . 4 4 33 CiWi Hallard Vale Mills flannels show like is aboat the onlv marketable stuff that remains firm. A KING'S REPLY TO WORKING MEN. Inter Ocean. The reply of King Leopold of Belgium to the deputation oi workingmen from the Council of Industry is well worth keiug taken to heart and studied by the representatives of those federations of labor who threaten a universal demand for short r hours on May 1. King Leo pold, who is oue of the most widely-read ani liberal monarchs in Europe, disa bused his hearers ot the belief that he was a dictator, and added: ''Working men are wrong in considering themselves a separate caste. We are k!1 Belgians, iu different grades, and all workmen." The kiag was riy.it. Ail capiiui is but accumulated labor, and workingmen have the betterment of their condition entirely in their own hands. Though the Belgian government is one of the freest in Europe there has been discon tent brewing there among the bourgeoi sie, culminating m monster meetings, from one of which a depudation was sent to interview the king. The Con servatives are disposed to favor the popu lar demands, which for the time take the shape of demanding an extension of the franchise, and the workingmen taking advantage of the feeling pressed their own grievances, not &3 a part of the people, but as a class. The reply of King Leopold points a moral and has a general application to the labor situation everywhere men that those not actually engaged in manual labor do not work. Nothing could be more illusory. King Leopold has illustrated a great truth when re minding Brussels workingmen how much of a laborer he is, and how little they have to gain by renewing the worst forms of cluss legislation E. L. Cokthell, the noted Chicago engineer, read a very important paper Wednesday before the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers on canals and watcr- ways. Mr. Cortbell proposes to build two or three ship canals and enlarge a few places in the St. Lawrence river that ocean craft might land in Chicago and other lake ports. He points out yery clearly the feasibility of the scheme and the almost incalculable adyantages to be deriyed from such a course. We believe that before many years Mr. Corthell's plans willbo adopted, or similar ones, and then with the completion of the Hennepin Canal from Lake Michigan to connection with the Mississippi, which is now being prosecuted, we would soon make seaports of our Mississippi River towns. Burlington, as a seaport, situated on the far interior of a great continent, wo id 8eem a little odd, yet practically it would be a fact. Cheap transportation a great'problem that is easily solved with cood water routes to the markets of the couctrr. Arrived at Wildman & Fuller's a com- IMPORTANT RAM ROAD RUL r ING. ;iln emoontf. ke of tlm. Ftimp. rt nt do Momyel made l.y tl.., Iuti-BtafM Commerce Coin- tnUion Iim l-it b. e.i rendered in tlio cnHf of the N.-w Yoik board of trade v. th! lVii tity I VMiiia add olher railroad coinp. mies. It i.s to th t lfict, generally hp-nkinr, thtt where ineieliatidisc is hliipiifl from abroad itrto this country, it Kh'ill not be Iimu ed by the railroads I'rtHii the p rt of n' ry to the place of final ih-!ivi-iy at a bnvi r rate than the reyulnr charge upon internal trnflic be tween eueh point'. As the matter has heretofore s ood, ihe railroad and steam ship coinpanieH have Combined to make a through rnt; from Liverpool, for ia s'ance, 'o Chicayo or Sf. Lout-1, less than the Finn of the ocean and inland rates, theieby giving the foreign shipper a de cided advantage ver the local shipper on the ft.uue iuland huMness. That is to s-iy, the railroads have boen carrying Eimh-b and Frencu goods from the At lantic s aboard to the eitie- of the wert und south at pii -es considerably below those itnpiiS'd upon' Ii' ine dealers in like products. This form of discrimination is in iiiifi bt) unjust and unfair, ami the Iuter.stute Commerce Commission rules that it"is also in direct violation of the law. The decision affects all Ihe eastern trunk lines, and many of the western roans that have traffic arrangement with fui.'t lines. It is not likely that the railroads will care to resist or eyade a riding that simply places the foreign and dom- stic fehippets on an equal footing. I hiir home traffic is worth far more to them tl:an that which comes from abroad, and if any favor is shown it should be to the former. Tue matter has a certain significance from ' tho tariff point ol view. It involves the idea of protection to American manufacture s and dealers against foreign competition. There is no reason why the European shipuer should have reduced freight rate3 on in land transportation, and bo enabled thereby to neutralize iu whole or in part the duties imposrd upon his goods for protective purposes. The most that he can reasonably ask is the same rate that domestic shippers have to pay. This is all that he will get hercattcr. He must compete with the American trader on even terms so far as the distribution of his goods through the country is con cerned. There will be no more through rates bo arranged as to permit him to ship merchandise over our railroads at less than the established rates for local traffic. The ocean charge can fnot be controlled, of course, and he is at liberty to make all he c:.n o'it of thut; but v!e;. his goods reach our shore and aro trans ferred to the railroads for internal ship ment, they will have to bear the same burden of cost that is placed upon the competing domestic products. BANKERS AND TREASURY CHIEFS Globe Democrat ; Presumably the president will disre- gard the advice of those persons wh urge him to give the treasury portfolio to a banker or some professional finan cier. There is no necessity for limiting the field of choice to these occupations, In fact, there are certain weighty rea sons why the official to be selected should be sought elsewhere. The technical knowledge which the successful bankc possesses would undoubtedly be of great service to the man who holds the post of secretary of the treasurv- That this knowledge, however, is not indispensable is proven by the fact that very few o these officers have ever had it. while nearly all of them haye met the require ments of their position in a manner fairly satisfactory to the country. McCulloch and one or two other of our treasury chiefe had some training as bankers be fore going to that office, but the great majority of them, like Hamilton, Galla tin, Dallas, Chase, Sherman and Win- dom, knew nothing of financiering in any direct and practical way when placed in charge of the mouctary depart ment of the government. Eyen in Eu rope, where technical knowledge in the case of government financial officials is deemed to be more of a necessity than it is here, this consideration is not and never ha3 been rigidly insisted on. With us, and to some extent with other na tions, all the technical information es sential to a finance minister can be amply supplied him by his subordinates. Moreover, there are practical and posi tive reasons why the selection of a bank er for head of the treasury would n; t be desirable. His training, to a larsru de gree, unfits him for this office. The In tellectual development induced by his calling is one-sided, and must necessari ly produce a rigidity of view and a lackof elasticity of mind and fertility in expedi cnts essentialin this post. There is noclose or direct correspondence between his call ing andthe duties of the head of the mone tary arm of the government. From the nature of his occupation he, more than 6 the average intellectual man of affaiis, wonld be likely to be fettered by example and to be hampered by precedent. In the face of conditions which are con AN stantly changing he more than a man would bo impeded ly tradhion. We re f( r nw to tliu typicnl b.uikr, and not to f cUm wiiiwe labor in 'npi.yme..i nave i.cen ,uppi.nientea 1 i : . t . i . ITS ! . 1 - . " l",c 1 ' vice iu a niun mncini rapa city. A t-tatesnian is the man who is needed for secretary of the treasury. I The has a good knowledge of the prin ciples of finance in its broader pha-es. sound views on the question, sigacity, courage r.nd tact, a htatcMimn has the. meotnl equipment requisite to make him an acceptable chief of the (luaucial de partment of th'i government. Okoveu Clkveland has finally set at rest all doubts as to his having changed front on the silyer coinage measure, he having come out squi.rely against free coinsge. This is very sad, considering the fact that the Western worshippers of the immaculate Grovcr are also devotees at the shrine of free silver. What will the Journal man of this city do now? The one principle to which h'j has ben wed, po harshly thrust aside, we fear will necessitate divorce proceeding at once. Come to think of it, however, principles don't usually seem to worry a democrat very much. The only democratic prin ciple we ever heard of that has not been changed is the office hunting prin ciple of "'get there" any way you can only get ther. This is the cardinal dem ocratic doctrine -which even the w r did nut change, so that under the circumstances, Cleveland's ultimatum will probably have no effect on his huu izry ana enthusiastic iouowers in uie West OUR TRADE WITH BRAZIL. American Keonoinift. Mr. Joseph O. Kerby, United States Consul at Para, Brazil, reports that twe thirds of the rubber exported from hi consular district comes to the United States. From January 1 to Septembe 30. 1890, the total exports were 10,OSP., 020 kilograms, of which 0,093,114 kilo irrams camo to New York. He reinforces the earnest picas made by our represen tatives at other ports for the passige of the shipping bills, by pointing out that, notwithstanding our liberal purcliases two-thirds of the goods imported into the district come from Europe. He gives in detail a specimen cargo of jioods from Soain. which contains almost j , nothing tha could not be supplied by American farms or factories. Mr. Kerby asserts confidently that our own merch ants could profitably compete with the prices of these European goods, but un fortunately their rivals have superior transportation facilities and receive the rvitg of a trido which rightfully should belong c the United States. CLARK'S HOG REMEDY tart Clark's Poultry Remedy. BEST IN THE WORKD. For sale by 0, H, SjNYDEU, Druggist, Plattsmouth, Neb. DISEASED HOGS Cannot becomo healthy food simply by the process of death. SWINE RAISERS owe i to themselves and society to ADVOCATE REFORM In swine raising that will promote the public health. Hogs should be fed, r. Jos. Haas' ; .i-;-'fjt;.-''fe??:i-;:?.-,:-,;l HOG and POULTRY REMEDY The only reliable medicine for swine. Used successfully for fourteen years Prevents elsease, Mrresis uisease, stops uougn, Hastens Maturity. Destroys Worms, Increases ihe Flesh. For sale by F. G. Fricke & Co Plattsmouth, Neb. Pucces; '23l!)s caus, 12.53. $2.5 $t.2 j and oOo per p-tckage. The larges aretha cha ip jst, Write ror testimonial llogologry," a 6t-pnge nainphlet on swine will be nailed for a 2-cent stamps Orders by mail receive prompt attention. JOS. HAAS, fndianapolis SCH1FFV AIM'S ASTVM CURE JS Cnrtmhl Mp. NO Wfi rtTSO fi-r KKHCLT8. 1im tiH "it I . J inhalation, )m action ! tsuutdiau. iract ad C.r 3in, i and a car ta tbit rwttt in ml rcmala caa. A r.git trt .i armggitt, or by mail. ,'uif Fre tor it&ip. DR. R. 8CH1FFMANN, PmI. Mlw. '; J W HENDEE & CO (Successor to U. V. Mathews.) CAI5K V A COMPLETE LINE OF Hardware, Stoves, Tinware Etc. Having completely rcclcan 2(1 and renovated. "We now have as neat a hardware stock as can be found in Cass County. We respectfully invite the public to call and learn our method of doing business. Hardware can be sold cheaper for cash than on time and we are the people that propose to do it J. W. HENDEE & CO. Everything to Furnish Your House. AT I. PEARLMAN'S -GREAT HOUSE FURNITVING EMPORIUM. Under Waterman's Opera House Vou can buy of him cheap for pot cash or can cecnre what you need to furnlnh a cottage or niiiiifiou on the INSTALLMENT T-LAN. STOVES, RANGES AND ALL FURNISHINCS. . Agent for the Celebrated "White Sewing Machine. TIii largest and most complete Stock to select from in Cass County . Call and see me Opera House Block J PEAKLMAK. Insure your property against fire, lightning and Tornado in tlie AMAZON INSURANCE COMPANY. Of Cincinnatti, Ohio. Commenced. Easiness October v CASH CAPITAL Stockholders individnally liable , under the constitution of the State present net surplus is a net Duarantee of about $700,000,00 to policy holders. Losses paid in mnetec-n years, (since organization) nearly four million dollars J. H. BEATTIE, Secretary. Win. L. BROWNE, Resident SU FOB DSILV AND WEEKLY asiy ttw IPapers iia the MODERN- S3oo.ooo.oo QAZZAM GANO, President. Agent, Plattsmouth Nebraska 9 WEEKLY HERALD, i ; ,1 1 aSS, j f 15 "1 1 o. kli-v ! 2' -f f tJ. :V," " -g . t t
