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T Spend a Pleasant Hour at ', ', : The Cosy Corner ; Jtom troop. PROPRiEroi;; ; THE PLATTS MOUTH HOTEL 1 P. F. GOOS. Prop. J OUR MERCHANT MARINE Hon. J. Sloit Fasset When in Plattsmouth get your dinner at The Perkins House j Cutbmann & Cory, Proiu. t C. A. RAWLS I ATTORNEY 1 t i j Offices in First National bank bldg j WE PRINT SALE BILLS AND PRINT THEM RIGHT ! A. L. TIDD 1 LAWYER i Re'ern',e: Pank (if Eagle, Eagle. Nehawka Bank, Nehawka. Rank of Murdock. Murdock. First Nat'lbwnk, Greenwood. State hank of Murrav, Murray. First Xat'l bank, Plattsmouth. C. A. MIBSKUl, D. D. S. ! ..Graduate Dentist.. Prices Reasonable All Work Guaranteed Twenty-six Years' Experience Office in Fitzgerald Block FACTS Q The news items of the home com munity. J The things in which you are most interested. J The births, weddings, deaths of the people you krow. 2 The social affairs of our own and surrounding towns. ThtM mrm At Iliad of fact this papar fit roa in ry Utua. Th, mrm certainly worta Ik lubKriptioa prica. yerybodys agazine THE GAME GETS YOU You simply cant beat Wall Street. - Even if you guess right part of the time, the commis sions and interest charges eat you up. Put pur money into pur civn business. x And buy the April EVERY BODY'S. There's a good investment. FOR SALE BY Herold's Book Store. Ma IT'S VERY UNUSUAL to see such handsome turnouts as goes from Manspeaker's livery stable. Our rips are up-to-date, our carriages are swell in stylo and comfortable to ride in, and our horses are always well groomed, well dressed and well fed. When you want a drive onio to Manspeaker's for vour turnout. M.E.MANSPEAKER J. UK s' ''d Tvery Rani v.infc K M.i n S' riHi1ninith. Ni l.. However gentlemen may differ iu o'.her respects, there is no room for an honest difference of opinion a'r.ong pat riotic Americans as tj the desirabilitj of restoring our merchant marine to it former i osition of importance unon th high seas. Its laiguidiiitg aid djing conditions has been a matter of regret ' a id humiliation for fifty years, and yi t ' Congress has taken r.o effec. v. sttpj ' to enable American mariners to niett I their deep-sea rivals mccessfully in the contest for carrying our own gomis into , the nn:ketsof t'le world which s.re today accessible only by wattr. The great j international contests of modern times 1 are not concerned with armored navies and 13-inch guns, but they have to do j withtiade, with commerce, with the j interchange of products of industry, and the weapons used are skill and1 thrift, labor, tariffs, and subventions an'l subsidies The universal cry frm every civilized nation is trade and ever more tiale, markets and ever more' markets, as the power to produce over-' takes by leaps and bound , with the application of steam and electricity, the power to consume and the rivalry for access to the markets and the posses sion of the mtrkets of the world inten sities. It not only intensifit s in energy and aggressiveness, but it intensifies in necessity ard utility. Adequate mar- . kets for ihe consumpt'on of o.ir surpljs i products are indispensable, for they have to do with the welfare of our la- I oonng pejple, our manufacturers, ai.d our merchants. They touch the pro.--, ptrity of the farm and of the works h p, as well as of the counting hcu-e. The situation in such that we cannot any longer afford to ignore it. The body of our merchant marine l.es pro.,- trate and bleeding before us. The s'.t uatio.i is too serious to be ign ited in the interest of an academic attitude of mind. It is a question of national pro-, tection, of national security, and of the univer.-al welfare of all classes and of 1 ail interests among all our pio,l-: a!:d not of u construction of the i.'onsti'.u t'on. It is of two-MI significant;. First we nhouid have the carrying capacity, giving us ueee.-s to the markets of tr.e Aorld for the purpose of commercial 1 profit; second we should hae a n.vy an 1 a body of scan e i in constant readi ness to assist our armored thips in ese jf conflict for the jiurpo.-e of national .ccuiity. (Jur production of minerals equals the output of our factories; our r.ilroads r.ave increased so tremendously that if put in a single line they would reach to the moon; our telegraph wires have in-! creased by hundreds of thousands of ! miles; our.telenhone wires have reachtd ' an equal distance. Our interstate com-. merce reaches proportions far in excess ; of all the exports and imports of all the i exporting and import'n; n itions in the I world, ourselves includeJ. For the past 8 ven years we have grown richer at the rate of $8,000,0(10 each day, holidays and Sundays included. The great prosperity which has bless ed this country has been for r.o tingle class, but has reached to the poorest paid toiler in the most crowded citiesof the land. We live on a higher plane of physical comfort; we pay the highest wages in the world, and the output in any line of human endeavor is higher in thii country for individual workmen than anywhere else in the world Al most all of our multiform enterprises are protected by a system of tariff laws so adjusted as to overcome the natural disadvantages against which we other wise would be compelled to struggle, such as the lower plane of living and the lower wages preyailing in other; countries of the world. We protect the farmer and the artisan; we protect the mechanic and the manufacturer; we protect the output of the North, the East, the South and the West, and un-1 der the stimuls of this protection the I creative energies of the American peo-1 p'e have surprised and bewildered the I world. j But there is one industry- one calling, not less noble than scores of others thus carefully protected -which seems' to have been systematically neglected, if not wholly despised, and that is the carrying of our own goods to the mar kets of our neighbors. Ninety per cent of the people of this world who are pos sibly customers 'of ours must be reach e.l by means of the deep sea. We furn ish II per cent of the export trade of the world --we carry less than 1' per cent of it. We pay S210,0io,O0O each y ?ar for frieght and passenger service on the deep seas, of which ships bear ing the American Hag receive less than 1 ) per cent. In 110 we carried !I0 pt r cent of oir foreign trade; in 1st it), with 1,200.0 M tonnage of registered vosseN, wo carried Cm per cent of our foreign trade; this year of grace we have only nine sea going steam-propt lleti vessels carrying our poods on the Atlantic, with a tonnage less than DO.ooo, and on the Pacific only seven steam-propelled vo S'.'l, with less than oO.OOO tons. N ) missionary is so efli.-ien ii th rea' development of trad1? as a pr.;-'r means of transportation and communic-1 at ion. j What would we think of the sagacity of John Wanamaktr if he hired Siegel ' & Cooper to deliver his good-t for him? Hut that is just precitely what we are doing in the great markets of the world. Not a single hhip carrying the Ameri can flag sailed to South America i set porH outh of the Caribbean Sta, and only four small steamers there. We are the best customers of South Ameri ca. We buy ,'!0 per cent of what Brazil sells, and we sell Brazil less than 13 per cent of what she buys. We sell China 10 per cent of what she buys We sell Africa less than 1! per cent of what she buys. We sell South America less than 5 per cent of what she buys. Our best customers by sea aie England and Germany and Japan, but England, Germany and Japan carry the good 4. The markets where we must go for future growth, the st-call-ed "undevt lopnf markets," are the markets whither we are sending no American vessels. The reasons for this cond.tion of affairs is not far to seek. If two ships of equal capacity ami equal intelligence in direction and adminis tration leave a port, that ship will obtain the business which can render the same service for the least money, a d tl e ship can render equal service for the least money which c ti the least to build and the least to maintain and operate, then that thip can carry tre trade the cheapest which receives t ie most artificial assistance in the way of government subsidy or government r taint r. The ships of the Unitid Stites have to meet a handicap at each o ie of these t ire necessary steps. It cd-ts mori to build ships in the United Sftfos because i: costs more to pay eery man who labors on any part of t ie vessels of the United States, and it co 1 1 more to pay every man because our system of tariff hns lifted up the whole plane of living ami the wage scale tn a point it has not reached in any o'.her country of the world. It costs from 2" to 10 per cent more to build an American ship and equip it thai in any other country. If it costs : i) ,(HM to build a ship in Americi it would cost $.'5(10,000 to build the same ship in England. It would cost 5 ptr cent, or $."0,000 to borrow the money in Amir'c i and 3 per cent or, .$!),0!)t) to bjrrow the rr.o ey in Er gland, r.r.d there you have a hand;cap of $ll,O(,0 a year, which must be overcome before t ie An;c c in bout can meet the English bo it on even terms. It will cost each b)it' pVr cent for depreciation. It win ensi eacn noai o per cent lor in surance; but for the ordinary repairs it will cost the English ship 2 1-2 per cer t, w lile it w ill cost the American ship S 1-2 per cent, and there is a handicap of $1,0)0 more before the Amtrican ship can meet the Engli h ship on equal tern?. I . will cost 2.") per cent more to feed the crew of an American sh:p than to feed the crew of an Englihh ship. It costs from 2"i per cent to 30 per cent more to pay the crew of an American ship than it does the crew of an Et g lish ship, and these two handica 8 mu it be met and overcome before the two hhips can compete on an equality of terms. If by greater ingenuity, or the application of better machinery, or by the willingness of the American sai -ors to live on a lower plane than their brothers who work on land, it would be possible to equalize these differences, there still remains the handicap of sub tidies. All of our opponents and all of our rivals subsidize; little Japan sub sidized over $',000,000 a year, and she is driving us off the Pacific. Germany subsidizes by giving over $5,000,000 a year in cash and by giving relates and favorable differentials on government railroads to be etnorted on German ships. She subsidizes sufficiently to give the German vessels an advantage over their competitors. The Hamburg-Amer ican antl the North German Lloyd lines have themselves, in the last eightet n years, increased over two millions of tonnage in registered deep-sen vessel One line alone, The German-Humburg-Arnerican, has paid in ten years $"1. tOf.dOO in dividends, an average rate of over 7 per cent-12(i per cent of their! invested capital. This is a significant contrast to our own dwindling merchant fl;et. France subsidises $!l,OOtl,no a: y ar. I England subsid zes not less than ST,-' OIO.ikhi a year, and she subsidizes when ; necessary to meet the competition of her rivals. Recently she presented to! the t'unard Company f.vn i.f the most ' superb steamships in the wnrll-7'0 feet long, costing ;?(!,. M),ooo each. ; These boats were bestowed upon tie Cunard people upon terms which sut - stantially anvmnted to a gift; the Cun ard Company ha only tu make an in-1 conie over operating expenses. This is is competition that no individual r cor poration can successfully nie 't and over-, cirne. The l.usitania and Mmiretania, i 1 l.oiMi tons each, able to carry each 10,-, iO0 s.oldiers, fully equipped and armed, j urn I'vinp off our commerce. If eitht r j f '. fit in ( II I.f lifted on en ', it would' tower 250 feet higher than the Wash- ', ington monument-living off our com-' merce in times of peace, to utterly de- stroy up in times of war, together with ! our commerce! These two boats alone can carry as many men anil munitions of war as all of our Atlantic merchant vessels combined. Tht most prejudicetl mind must admit 1 that this is an unnatural and an un-. healthy condition of things, and the in-; telligent observer realizes at a glance ' that it is an entirely unnecessaiy contli- tion of things; it is not necessary forus, i who have succeeded in every single ! direction to which we have turned our, attention, to be whipped by all the world, including the newest comers in-: to the family of nations, on the high ! seas; our people have proven time antl 1 a,'ain their msterfulness and their! n itural superiority at sea. Hon. J. Si.oat Fassktt. The Changes of Time Painted Warriors of a Few Years Ago Now Organize a Bank. Indians of Nez Perce tiibe, which under the leadership of Chief Joseph, led Generals Howard and Miles such merry chases almost a third century ago, are organizing a company to estab lish a bank at Fort Lapwai, Itlado, southwest of Spokane, in which the chief business will be with red men, who are to receive approximately $1."0, 000 fropi the ftderal government this yep.r as interest and money tlue them on the sale of th'dr lands. The bank will have a paid-up capital of $Lr,0(Hi, of which $12,000 is held by Indians, five shares being the maximum allotted to any single individual. The board of directors will be Indians, with Corbett Lawyers, a graduate of Carlisle, as cashier. He is now clerk in the office of O. H. Lipp, agent on the reserva tion. Others interested are Edward S. Riboyn anil Thomas Moore. Most of the Indians on the reserve are wealthy through the sale of their lands and many of them have accounts in banks in various parts of the northwest. It is expectt d that the bank will have de posits of $2')0,ooo in a short time. This is the first institution of its kind i.i the Pacific Northwest. Long Time Subscription Payments. Contestants anil their friends should remember the ex' ra votes allowed on five-, ten-and fifteen-year subscription payments, to both papers, antl that payments of this kind will count fast wdien it comes to winning one of the grantl prizes in the contest. Payments of the above denominations count as follows; New Old Subscriptions. Subscriptions. Five years $10 10,000 votes. 8,000 votes. Ten years $20 21,000 votes. 17.000 votes. Fifteen years $30 31,000 votes. 2S.KJ0 votes. BAILEY & r.lACH THE DENTISTS latcvt Aott loKcr 111 l-Gnf Omtl t Iflioo tile Mi". Hft-"ulMrtl (Irnul 01 tlu Ii I be Miotflt Weil. iicm oneouNT to citv vitirea. M fleet tutor Hik . IMI. A finiti. OMAHA, NEB. Want Column i i WANTED. WANTED-Manager for Branch office we wish to locate here in Platts mouth. Address, The Morris Whole sale House, Cincinnati, Ohio. 83-8 WANTED - Agents to handle good close in addition property to Musko gee, Oj. For particulars address Schnulz & Crabtree, Muskogee, Ok. 8i-3 t V ? ? V V ?. V ? ? ? t t ? V ? ? ? r ? Watches m Jewelry Are in our line and we handle them extensively, so we can show the finest line in Cass county, excepting none. We have a fine line of bracelets, hat pins and umbrellas which would be suitable for Easter. Also the celebrated Elgin, Waltham, Ham ilton and Howard Watches of which we have a full line. If you are interested in anything in the jewelry line drop in and see us. JOHN W. OMUL, C. B. & Q Watch Inspector. Y T f f T r v T T T r f f y r f f y y i jtl tf HIIHMIM Wise talks by the office boy H j r " Some one sent the boss a bunch of books en titled, "Rusiness Nuggets," "The Road to Suc cess," "The Man in Front" and such like.I think he's been looking them over, for when I came to work this morning he handed me this: Every thing comes to those that wait, and the lazy boy waits to greet it; but success comes on with a rapid gait, to the man that goes to meet it." I had to laugh, because he's the boss; but to tell you the honest truth, a boy on this job doesn't get any chance to apply thess wise hunches. Actually it's no credit firv a fellow to beindustrioua here, because he cant be anything else. If ke lets up for an hour he wouldn't get his orders out anil then there would be people coming in and saying lots of tierce things, but nothing about "business success" or the "lazy boy waits to griet it." Have you tried Curtis P.rothers Janis. Retains all the fine natuni , flavor. Gieat. Picnic size. 25c. Don't forgit to order a nuiV. vX Goods P.est Flour with your next order. H. M. SOENNICHSEN 1 t '"IIH HH M.MIMMtltH IMII ? ? ? ? ? ? ? t t r f ? t ? ? ? ? i ? ? ESTABLISHED 1871 The First National Bank f y OF V Plattsmouth, Nebraska. f y s WE II'JXT YOUR BlMMSN, BE IT X L?1R(1E OH SMJjjL. J-HM"Ht"H X I We Understand Your Wants" and Can Fill Them. Y your locality to represent us. Ex perience unnecessary ; $110 per month and expenses. Write for particulars. Monarch Cigar Company, St. Louis, Mmsi uri. $.;' PER WEEK and expenses to men' with rig to introduce poultry and stock remedies. Experience unneces-1 sary. Reliable company anil exclu- i sive territory given. The (irant Co., i Dept. .::, Springfield, 1.1. Ts-12 WANTED -Young men ami women to fill positions paying ?! 00 to $2000 fieri annum. I!ig demand for stenograph ers in the Government service, as. well as in private business life. Our new method of teaching shorthand by mail insures us thorough and practical a training at your own home as is obtainable by personal attend ance at any business college in the country. We guarantee success. Complete course for small cash pay ment; balance to be paid when you secure a position. Trial lesson free. Central P.usiness Institute, Central. P aiding, Washington, D. C. I turnmire mat rseases t Y Y Y v f Y t t OM Winter with his vvign of ice and sn-y.v will .soon ho jjono. Those chilly blasts will be a thir.yc of past. Spring with its now demands will soon he htrtf. and you will iK'ed some new furnitiuv. Our line is re plete with up-to-date, designs and patterns, which- ::rr sure V) please, and at prices, which are Mire !o apptd to the prudent buyer. See cur display, we are glad to show the goods and quote you prices. STREIGHT & STREIGHT t v. t V t t f ?. y I