i Commoner
J Extracts From W.
An Instance of Tax noticing.
One of the companies established to
facilitate the organization of trusts has
itsuctl an interesting little pamphlet
setting forth the advantages of Jew
.Jersev over New York. At the same
time the pamphlet throws a side-light
upon the inotivesof the republican gov-
- - .
i-nior of ew ork. It quotes xnee
York Herald of December 0 as saying:
It was in the hope of attracting ag
gregations of capital to incorporate in
this state that the governor had the
last legislature to pass an at liberal
izing the corporation laws by reduc
ing the organization taxes from one-i-iirhth
of one per cent to one-twentieth
of one per eent of their capitalization,
besides making additional exemptions
favorable to concerns which obtain
: heir charters here."
The Herald complains that even these
concessions were not sufficient to in
duce the Northern Securities company
to take out a New York charter, as
New Jersey was even more liberal.
The pamphlet says: "The laws of
Vew Jersey governing the formation
and management of corporations are so
framed as to invite confidence and in
vestment." In another sentence the
pamphlet pays a doubtful compliment
to the New Jersey courts, saying:
The judiciary of New Jersey is above
reproach a. id corporations organized
in that state are not subject to non
.Nensical attacks."
Any law or regulation that has for
its object the protection of the public
or the compelling of a corporation to
lear its share of public burdens is al
ways considered nonsen-wal" by those
who derive profit from favoritism
r:iown great corporations
As an illustration of the difference
lietween New York and New Jersey
the pamphlet says: "In the year ls.i
the I'nited Verde Copper company as a
New York corporation paid to New
York city taxes to about the amount of
fc'?.1.0:x on an assessed valuation of S 1 .
41J.':U. to which the court of appeals
t-aid one million more might properly
be added. In the year I'.mk) the I'nited
Verde Copper company, as a foreign
corporation - paid to New York
city taxes to the amouut of S3." on an
assesscssed valuation of S1O.OO0. In
each case the capitalization, assets and
business of the corporation were the
same. The difference in annual charges
lH'tween S34.000 and S-.V represents the
net disadvantage of a New York corpo
ration."' Instead of making the laws of New
York more favorable to eorportions or
ganized there, why not not make the
laws more stringent in regard to the
foreign corporations doing business
there? In the instance above cited the
people of New York city lost 34.000 in
taxes by a nominal change in the resi
dence of the company, and the rest of
the people had to pay a little more in
taxes to make np for the loss.
The only remedy suggested bv cor
porations and friends of corporations
is to rtvieve resident corporations of
nearly a'l taxation in order to induce
them to remain in the state, notwith
standing the fact that such a po'iiey
wou'.d permanently increase the bur
den upon the small property holders.
When Tom Johnson wins his Ohio
light against the tax dodgers lie ought
to g to New York an. I givf .oine le.s
tons down there. Or. if ir. Johnson
cannot Ijc spared fro:n Ohio, probably
Judge Owen I Thompson of Illinois
might go to the Km pi re state and with
the assistance of a few school teachers
bring the corporations to time as he
has done in his own state.
Ex-Oovernor Shaw, the new secre
tary of the treasury, agues that be
cause the railroads control the num
ber of cars they use, therefore banks
should be permitted to control the
volume of money used by the people.
Whether he takes this position on ac
count of his bias in favor of banks or
because of his ignorance of the money
question is immaterial, the fact that
he holds such views shows that the
people at large will not le considered
daring his administration of the treas
ury department.
Some of the republican papers are
speaking unkind'.y of Senator Welling
ton. Among republican leaders it
seems to le an offense for a publie
man to have a conscience. Senator
Wellington honestly opposed imperial
ism and militarism, and he allowed his
convictisns to control his political con
duet. He will lose his place in the
senate, but he will doubtless enjoy his
exile more than he would enjoy fellow
ship with the republican if purchased
by the supression of what he believed
to be right.
Judge Dunne said that Judge Hanecy
had recourse to a suit for lilml against
the Chicago American, but Judge Han
ecy has taken no steps in that direc
tion. This recalls the story of the
man who complained that another
man had called him a liar. When ask
ed what he was going to do about it
he replied: "Nothing, I am afraid he'll
prove it if I stir the matter np any
more."
The difference between the trusts
and the people is this when the trusts
want anything from congress they
keep working until they get it; when
the people, want anything they make
one try for it and then spend a year or
two wondering why they did not get it
Anarchists want no government and
come would herd them on an island.
Trusts object to l-ing governed, but it
is to be noted that no republican has
Rtiggested the island remedy. It seems
that republicans prefer to give the
trusts the whole continent.
Representative Hepburn is due for a
reprimand for having admitted that
the democrats forced the republicans
to declare for free Cnba. The prema
ture utterance is not confined to the
army and navy.
The people know the men behind
the guns at Santiago, und they now
want to knott the men behiud Maclay
in the navy department.
If not barred by the statute of limi
tation, perhaps President Roosevelt
would reprimand Colonel lio sevelt for
that round robin affair i:; Cuba.
Comment.
J. Bryan's Paper. j
Cabinet Chang;-
Last week The Commoner contained
the following paragraph: "Postmas
ter General Suiith has resigned from
the cabinet, aud a shrewd politicial
wire-puUi has been appointed to .suc
ceed hiu:. The changes have com
mencedNext'." After the paper went
to press, but lie fore it reached subscrib
ers, another change in the cabinet oc
curred, a ad rumor has it that friction
between the president and some other
secretaries is increasing daily. Al
ready Long and Hay have been accused
of entertaining a desire to resign. In
another column will le found the New
York World's comment on Payne's ap
pointment. His selection is not only
surprising when wc remember the
president's reiterations on "civic vir
tue," but it is proof positive that the
president is shapening his administra
tion to secure a nomination at the
hands of the lie:. t republican coaven-
tion.
The postoflice department comes in
to contact with more federal officials
than any other department und is the
most influential part of the adminis
trative machine. Mr. Roosevelt's anx
iety to control th's machine in his own
Interests has never been made so ap
parent before. Of course he will not
withdraw Mr. Payne's appointment,
notwithstanding the severe castigation
administered bv th- World, but lie is
likely to alienate those who havt
boasted of his independence and cour
age, without conciliating tbo.se wuo
look to Mr. Ilanuu fur counsel.
The appointment of ex-llovcrnor
Shaw to tlie place made vacant by the
resignation of Secretary (luge is evi
dence of his purpose to let the finan
ciers have their own way in the con
ducting of the treasure department.
If there is anvthing bail in finance
that Mr. Shaw has not endorsed it is
because the matter has not been
brought to his attention. He has been
an utlra-gold man und ultra advocate
of the doctrine that the treasury de
partment should le run according to
the wishes of Wall street. Ou the
trust question he is entirely in har
mony with the corporations. At the
conference of western anil southern
governors called to consider the trust
question, he was the only one who
spoke of the subject in a flippant vein
the only one who dared to espouse
the cause of the trusts. As governor
of Iowa he has been the friend of th
corporations. With him at the head
of the nation's finances the ordinary
every -day people who make their living
by labor will receive little consideration
With the treasury department and the
postoffiee department in the bauds of
Payne and Shaw, the president makes
a good start towards controlling the
next republican convention, if, oi
course, the officeholders and corpora
tions can control it.
Republic-ana I'revrnt OUcussion.
Since the adoption of the Reed rules
the republicans have allowed but scant
time for tire discus-don of important
questions. Th?y often bring up a
proposition, rush it through the com
mittee at break-neck speed, adopt a
rule allowing a few hours for debate
and dispose of it before the people at
large know what is gving on. When
the Reed rules were adopted they were
defended on the ground that they were
intended to cut off filibustering, but
they are now used to prevent the de
liberation necessary to intelligent ac
tion. ,
While the democrats a re powerless to
secure sucicicnt time fordebate so long
as the republicans are disposed to deny
their request they ought to register a
protest every time an attempt is made
to summarily dispose of important
measures. The democrats have a right
to demand a roll call and on roll call
they can vote no, thus throwing upou
the republicans responsibility for any
unreasonable curtailment of discus
sion. The time allowed for debate on the
Philippine tariff was grossly inade
quate, and in view of the tiins wasted
by adjournments and recesses, the
limitation - was utterly inexcusable.
Other bills will be presseii involving
the welfare of the whole country, and
tha democrats ought to see to it that
there is ample time for debate or at
least compel the republicans to bear
the odium that must ultimately fall
upon those who prevent a thorough
discussion of public questions. If the
democrats agree to a rule which allows
too limited a debate, they then share
responsibility with the republicans;
when they resist the rule they compel
the republicans to tear the responsi
bility alone. A resolute and persistent
opposition ca the "part of the demo
cratic minority v?ill force the republi
cans to give more time to debate than
will be allowed if the democrats sur
render their contention ou the theory
that a contest is useless.
No effort is useless which calls pub
lic attention to vicious measures; no
debate is profitless which informs the
public in regard to those measures.
The Filipino found a Payne tariff
law in his C'h risings stocking.
If anyone disputes the principle in
volved in the initative and referendum,
let him inquire whether we do not
now indorse the principle when we
submit constitutional questions and
other important questions to the peo
ple. The closer the government gets
to the people the more sure is its
foundation and the more free from cor
ruption is its administration.
They forced Oallilio to recant, but
they could not control his mental res
ervation. Hut General Miles refuses
to even recant.
The coal trust indignantly denies
that it is selling American coal in
France cheaper than it is selling the
same kind of coal in American cities.
It merely offered to sell it cheaper in
France.
The chief difference between the
Dingley tariff and the Payne tariff is
that the people who pay the Dingley
tax had a slight representation very
slight when it was framed.
Without wishing Cyrus Leland any
hard luck, "Lit" Crum is glad that
Colonel Metcalf is -jut of Crum's way.
PEIVILEGE OF BANKS.
TOO GREAT ADVANTAGES ALLOWED
TG NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
Fixed Relation IJctween Capital and
Deposits, Established by Law la Need
ed Meanlnz nt Admiral Uewey's Trib
ute to tbe llero of Santiago.
A reader of the Commoner complains
that national banks enjoy too great a
privilege In being permitted to loan out
gve or ten times their capital stock.
He Ehows the" disadvantages of tha or
dinary individual as compared with the
Lank. While, as he points out, the
hank ha3 a great advantage in the
earning of an Income and in the ac
cumulation of wealth, there is another
objection, and an even more serious
one. to the manner in which banking
is done at present. When a bank with
a capital of one million is allowed to
receive and loan out deposits amount
ing to ten millions, the depositor does
net have a sufficient margin for secur
ity. A little shrinkage in values wipes
out the capital stock and leaves the de
positor no security save the notes
taken by the baak. In good times such
a bank makes enormous profits and in
bad times its failure brings disaster to
depositor? and is likely to cause a run
on banks more wisely conducted. There
ought to be a fixed relation established
by law between capital-and deposits,
so that there would always be a safe
margin for the protection of the depos
itors of tae community. But how can
banks be made safe as long as the
financiers control congress? The Com
moner. Admiral Schley.
If Admiral Schley needed a vindica
tion he obtained It in the splendid trib
ute paid him by Admiral Dewey in the
latter's minority report. In truth Ad
miral Schley did not need a vindica
tion. In the judgment of the American
people he is one of this country's great
naval heroes, and this is shown to be
true by the very general condemnation
which the court of inquiry's report has
met with on the part of the public.
Admiral Schley's detractors appear
to be very anxious to drop the affair.
Some of therti declare that there is no
need for further investigation. The
Commoner is inclined to believe that
further investigation is not needed. It
is true, however, that something re
mains to be done In order that justice
should be accorded to the hero of San
tiago bay.
Instead of congressional investiga
tion into facts that are already estab
lished to the satisfaction of the Amer
ican people Schley should be restored
to active service, and he should be ap
pointed vice admiral to hold the place
during the remainder of his life. Any
thing legs would be Inadequate.
If a congressional investigation is to
be had it should not be an investiga
tion of a hero; the naval officers and
employes who are responsible for the
assaults upon Schley should be investi
gated for the benefit of the fervice in
the future.
1h l'ostal Department.
it is a mistaken notion that the pos
tal department should produce a rev
enue. Its mission is to serve the peo
ple at the smalicst cost, and when the
department finds the receipts equaling
the expenditures it should Immediately
better the service. It is undoubtedly
true, as the postmaster general claims,
that the departms-nt Is the victim of
mail abuses, but it is not true that the
abuse is confined wholly to a too lib
eral construction of the second-class
mail privileges. The greatest abuse is
!n the letting of mail carrying con
tracts at exorbitant figures to railroads,
and in the payment of unreasonable
rentals for mail cars. It costs no more
to haul an express car than it does to
haul a postal car. yet the postoffiee de
partment pays from seven to ten times
more for hauling postal cars than the
express companies pay for hauling
their cars. It costs the railroads no
more to carry a ton of mail than it
does to carry a ton of express, yet the
government pays from seven to ten
times more for mall hauling than ex
press companies pay for their express
haul. Before the benefits to the people
are curtailed the exorbitant sums paid
for carrying the mails should be
brought down to just and reasonable
figures.
How We Ijove the Filipino.
Do we tax the Filipinos? We do
tax the Filipinos. Which way do we
tax the Filipinos? We tax the Fili
pinos both ways, coming and going.
We fix the tariff on our goods going to
the Filipinos, and Filipino good3 com
ing to us. In this way we save the
Filipinos much time and annoyance.
Do we love the Filipinos? You bet wa
love the Filipinos. We will give them
a nice Christmas gift of independence
with a lovely string tied to it. Also a
nice tariff bill. Toledo Bee.
Democratic Duty In Congre.
While it is evident that the fifty
seventh congress, with a heavy . Re
publican majority, is prepared and
able to do tbe bidding of the selfish in
terests which control the Republican
national organization and dictate the
party policies, the duty of Democratic
members is plain and imperative.
Democratic senators and representa
tives cannot hope to encompass a
winning vote in either house of con
gress. The fact does not, however,
lessen their responsibility to the peo
ple. Rather Is their duty more im
perative to vigorously combat all evil
measures and to compel an enlighten
ing debate on every important ques
tion coming up for action. St. Louis
Republic.
The Man the Democrat Need.
At the prefect stage of its history
the Democratic party needs, if it ever
did, the ripest judgment, the most
severely disciplined discretion, in Its
presidential nominee. The voters
whose impulses are toward the party
require a man whose political princi
ples have been deeply laid in reflec
tion and sharply tried la constant con
flict. There are such men. Having
them at hand, the democracy will
avoid the shallow subterfuge of a
campaign confined to the personal at
traction of soldier or vllor and a
soldier or sailor whoso public utter
ances would have to be censored b
an advisory board. St. Louis Republic.
The Same Result K very where.
So far as the consuming public i
concerned, the practical results of
combinations has been precisely the
same in France and Germany as in
the United States. Their confessed
object has always been "to preserve
the home market;" in other words, to
get as much as possible out of tha
home consumer, while working off
their surplus abroad at any prices that
would cover its cost of production.
And the more that other countries
have sought to protect themselves by
raising their tariffs, the more cer
tainly and surely have they strength
ened the hands of those who con
trolled the homo market.
Rome 'Welcome Cabinet Changes.
The disintegration -of the cabinet
probably is not regarded by the presi
dent as a disaster to Ids administra
tion. It certainly is not looked upon
as a calamity by the public. The re
tirement of Secretary Gage i3 a relief
to those who desire to see trade rela
tions with Europe promoted instead of
complicated with ill-advised and hasty
"retaliations" for imaginary Injuries,
and the public ear is turned expect
antly toward Washington to catch
Secretary Long's announcement of his
desire to be permitted to go home.
Philadelphia North American.
A Day of Reckoning lomln-.
Of course, we are forced to accept
and yield compliance to the princi
ple laid down by the United States
supreme court that our government
has power to impose duties upon
goods shipped from one part of our
"possessions" to another. But the
whole business is a departure from
the accepted principles of the repub
lic. And the time will come when the
chickens of Republican "packed"
eggs will come home to roost in a
manner that cannot fail to bring dis
may upou the nation. Grand Rapids
Democrat.
Same Argument Apply.
Some of the papers which defend im
perialism are also describing Jim Hill
as a public benefactor and apologizing
for the consolidation of the trans-continental
lines. There is a similarity
between the arguments which justify a
colon-Ial policy in the Orient and the
arguments which defend a railroad
monopoly in the Northwest. Both sys
tems are based upon the theory that a
few people are divinely appointed to do
the developing and that the rest of
the people are condemned by fate to be
developed.
Grand Army of ransacker.
The .register of federal officeholders
just published contains 222.000 names
and does not include the enlisted men
of the army and navy. Thi3 repre
sents a remarkable increase within
two or three years, and almost entirely
from the colonial venture growing out
of the Spanish war. In the depart
ment at Washington alone there are
now 23,160 employes, against 19.44G
two years ago. Springfield, Mass.. Re
publican. Vicious in Every Kator
The ship subsidy bill is a steal pnre
and simple. It proposes to take the
people's money and present it to in
dustries already established and profit
able. It is in the Interest of a class. It
is vicious in principle. Healthy indus
tries are not developed in such man
ner. The bill rests upon falsehood
and misrepresentation, and it ought
never to become a law. Rochester
Herald.
Only m Fair Rrojurat.
Th inhabitants of the Danish West
India islands ask to vote upon the
proposed sale of the islands to the
United States. This should surely be
their privilege. The Danish people
are intelligent enough and have suf
ficient capacity for self-government to
be accorded the privilege of having
eomethlng to say about the transfer of
their citizenship. Minneapolis Tri
bune. Want 7o Such ReclprocUy.
The president knows that no reci
procity treaties on the lines he has laid
down can possibly be negotiated. But
reciprocity has come to be a party
shibboleth, chosen ad captandum, to
tickle the ears of the dissatisfied In the
republican party and the president
must pronounce it, although his lips
are awry with the knowledge that it
means nothing. Houston Fot.
Regulation ef the Trusts,
Persons who have been disposed to
frown upon any sugestlon looking to
national corporation legislation, whe
have seemed to think the less said
about trusts the better, are now of the
opinion that after all wise national
regulation, producing uniform condi
tions throughout the nation, would be
preferable to the petty nagging of the
various state legislatures. Louisvill
Post.
Disputes Jones' Statement.
A California reader of the Comrjonei
disputes the statement made by Sena
tor Jones of Nevada to the affect that
the Increased output of gold "has ac
complished what bimetallism would
have accomplished." He points to the
fact that prices in general have not yet
been raised to the bimetallic level and
that there Is no apparent prospect that
they will be.
Should Make a Square Fljht.
The Democrats s?iould fight shy of
dangerour- remedies. If they cannot
uproot the evil of tariff abuse they
should go squarely on record as op
posed to it. . All of the responsibility
for the inadequacy of reciprocity will
thus rest upon the shoulders of the
Republicans, who organized it. Hous
ton Post.
A man U not necessarily idle because
he is not objectively performing labor
It is rather foolish tu take an Uto
pian view of life, but better that thsi
to have a car ker in the mind.
HEITFELD'S POSITION.
W. J. BRYAN DISCUSSES H13 RE
TURN TO DEMOCRACY.
Co-operation of the Tito Parties Fs
sentlat to the Success of Their Flat
(orai Queatlon of Imperialism Kow
the Greatest He fore the L'eopla.
Senator Heitfeld of Idaho has writ-
I ten a letter to tbe chairman of the
; Populist committee of his state, giving
j his reasons for becoming a member of
I the Democratic party. During the last
two campaigns the Populists and the
Democrats have co-aperated in the at
tempt to secure certain reforms vUich
both parties advocated. The first de
feat was due to a coercion such as was
never before practiced upou American
voters. The second defeat, as Senator
Heitfeld explains, was largely due to
the fact that times were better, which
fact caused a great many voters to
give apparent indorsement to Repub
lican policies rather than risk the ef
fect of what they considered a possible
change in, industrial conditions. The
issues which brought the reform par
ties together have not been settled and
are not likely to be settled by the Re
publican party. That co-operation must
continue is certain; the only question
is whether it shall be co-operation be
tween organizations or co-operation
between individuals under one organ
ization. This is a question which, must
be determined largely by local condi
tions. If the Populists were to join
the Democratic party they would
strengthen the reform element in that
party and assist in preventing the re
pudiation of the principles of the Kan
sas City platform. On the other hand,
where the Populist party is strong as
compared with the Democratic party it
may be wiser to co-operate than to at
tempt the amalgamation of the parties.
For ten years I have advocated co
operation between the Democrats and
the Populists because, while their plat
forms are not identical on all ques
tions, they are practically so upon the
questions immediately before us. The
two questions about which Democrats
and Populists differ are, first, the re
deemability of the greenbacks, and,
second, the government ownership of
railroads. As to the first it may be
said that the question of redeemability j
is of much less importance than the
question of the government's right and
duty to isue all the paper money used.
The Democrats believe in government
paper as against national bank paper,
and it would be the height o folly for
one who believes in government paper,
but favors an irredeemable currency,
to give direct or indirect aid to the Re
publicans In their effort to retire green
backs and substitute national bank
notes.
It will require the united aid of
Democrats and Populists to save the
greenback as it now is; when it is
saved from annihilation and the right
of the government to issue and control
the paper of the country is firmly es
tablished, it will be time enough for
Democrats and Populists to fight out
their differences on the question of re
deemability. (I am aware tha. some
Populists object to the word "irredeem
able." but I use it because it is the
word usually employed and best under
stood.) A3 to the second question, it must
be remembered that the government
regulation and control cf railroads is
more easiiy secured than government
ownership. If the voters are not will
ing to compel railroads to deal justly
with their patrons, they are not likely
to enter upon so great an undertaking
as the government ownership and
operation of the railroads. At present
there Is so much indifference upon the
railroad question that the Republican
party is aoie to fill the United States
senate with railroad attorneys without
protest from the rank and flla of the
party. The recent consolidations may
make the people study the question.
But just now there i3 an issue of
greater importance than either the
money question or the railroad ques
tion. The question of imperialism
strikes at the very foundation of our
government, and no one who fully ap
preciates the enormous and far-reaching
change which imperialism will ef
fect in our institutions and our ideals
will oppose co-operation because of in
terest in less important Issues.
Whether one can e?rve his country
best in the Democratic party or in the
Populist party is a question which each
must decide for himself, but whether
those who oppose an imperial policy,
trust domination and the control of
our finances by financiers, should unite
against the common enemy until the
country is saved from the dangers
which now threaten it is hardly an
open question. The Commoner.,
A Test of Sincerity.
The Republican party, both in its
platforms and through newspapers.,
professes anxiety to curb the rapacity
of the trusts. If these professions
have been sincere it can hardly refuse
to repeal tariff duties which have no
other purpose than to buttress these
combines. They may still use the old
arguments about the need of protec
tion against foreign competition in
some lines of Industry, but not in the
case of those which are underselling
foreigners on their own ground.
Something; New In Crimes.
It is gratifying to note the respon
siveness of the Porto Rican govern
ment to public opinion in this coun
try concerning the case of Iglesias. the
labor agitator, who has been senten
ced to three years' imprisonment for
trying to increase wages among the
workingmen of the island. The crime
of conspiracy to raise wages is i-rob-ably
a souvenir of the old Spanish law,
and the quicker it is got rid of the
better. The actual imprisonment of
Iglesias would be such a burning
shame that his pardon by President
Roosevelt could be confidently looked
for. It' is no crime in the United
States for any man to "conspire" to
have his 'own wages or the wages .of
others increased. Our labor leaders
have been in that business for many
years, with no small success.
Injustice Will Not Down.
In undertaking to stifle discussion
of the wrong- done to Rear Admiral
Schley the president embarking
upoy. f, very hazardous course. When
the French government found that a
mistake had been made in the con
demnation of Captain Dreyfus tho
whole power of official and military
discipline was applied to hush up the
scandal. It was conceived that "the
honor of the army" required that a
shameful miscarriage of justice should
not be discussed. But the scandal
would not down. The attempts at sup
pression only gave force to the inev
itable explosion, which overthrew the
ministry and threatened the integrity
of the republic.
"Hunger Duties" in Germany.
Hrrr Bebcl's phrase, "hunger dutie3,"
for the proposed new German tariffs
on foodstuffs fits them and ought to
lead to their eonarsnation. As Bebel
said, the tariff would mean a tax levy
of more than 000,000,000 marks and ic
Germany a mark is to the masses o!
the people almost as valuable as a dol
lar is in this country. And the levy
would be upon the poor and upon the
bread of the poor. Heir Bebel's elo
quent outburst was the warning of a
patriot, and its superheated portions
do not impair the stern facts and sav
age consequences he presented.
Herr Bebel's phrase seems only hap
py now. It may become grimly his
toric.
Where to- Look for a Leader-
From the settler's cabin may come a
Clay. From the towpath of the canal
may come a Garfield. From the woods
may emerge a Lincoln. From the corn
fields may rise a poet and- a scholar.
But who looks to the tenements or
New York and Boston ajnil Philadelphia
for our future presidents and our fu
ture masters of literature and art and
finance? Who looks to the slums of
the great cities and to their fetid
sweatshops for the world's leaders and
torenbearers? Yet the drift of this
country is steadily toward the tene
ment, and the drift from the tenement
is toward the slum.
The Declaration Out or Data.
The declaration of Independence is
probably rneered at by new-fashioned
Americans who stride up and down
the earth while they assume to decide
whether this or that people, struggling
to be free, are fit or unfit for self-government.
Nevertheless it is a docu
ment which continues to command re
spect in some quarters. That old char
ter of liberty is supposed to have laid'
down the principle that all men are
free and equal before V. e law and that
no man nor race was good enough to
govern other men or races.
Monopolists Bar the Way.
If anything is to be clone at all for
Cuba it will have to be done over their
(the supar men's) dead bodies. They
do not aean to yield one iota cf their
special privileges. Whether it be law
or treat that proposes to allow Cuban
products entrance into our markets,
they will fight it tooth and nail. We
saw what their cruel tender mercies
were in ihe case of the Porto Rlcan
tariff. They are prepared to display
the same callous inhumanity toward
the imperiled Cubans.
Too Many Political I'lumv
It is a safe assertion that in a ma
jority of the cities of this country
there are more officials than there is
any need for. New offices are created
for the purpose of making places for
those who have political claims on the
party or faction iu power, or of taking
care of friends of political leaders, and
it is seldom that these offices are abol
ished when the party that created
them goes out of power. It la an easy
matter to create offices, but it is-difficult
to abolish them.
A Temptation to Extravagance.
When millions are piled up in. the
treasury in excess of all necessities it
means that thrift is being retarded to
a great extent and that much money
is unjustly withdrawn from the chan
nels of trade, investment and self-support.
Furthermore, it means that con
gress is sure to be tempted to make
big log-rolling appropriations tor proj
ects of little or no merit, on. the "easy
come, easy go" principle, which is just
as pernicious in, national: as in. Indi
vidual finances.
Do Not Itcneflt by Prosperity
To the man who works for. stated
wages on salary, which, is not increased
when money is plentiful and prices
high, the general prosperity is really
iletrimental,. because he gets no more
than he did when the necessaries of:
life were low, but has to pay more- for
everything he bus. This is one of tbe
inconven.nces of a generally prosper
ous condition of the country at large,
which works a hardship in individual
cases, but does not alter the conditions
as a whole.
A Scheme for Centralisation.
Federal centralization and paternal
ism and socialism never were given so
exeat a boost as through the depart
ment of agriculture as now conducted.
and this at the demand of the granges,
It Is true that the federal supervision
of interstate corporations would great
ly promote centralization in govern
ment, and if there is a better way of
meeting the trust problem it ought to
be pointed out.
Supply Does Not Affect Prices.
It is noted as a remarkable fact In
the iron trade that, although the pro
duction of iron this year has been the
largest in the history of the trade, the
price of pig iron has varied very little
since the 1st of last January. Probably
this is chiefly due to the steadying in
enco of the billion-dollar trust.
Doc Not Know Ills Brethren.
Speaker Henderson tells his col
leagues that the large surplus in the
treasury i3 a real danger, but he should
remember that his brother Republic
ans are brave men. They will tackle a
surplus aa readily as a hobo will tackle
a pie and with the same results.
Where tho Fault Is.
It coats the government eight tlmt3
more to carry The mails than it costs
the express companies to have their
matter hauled. Postmaster General
Smith should animadvert on this fact.
Let it b nearer th? garret than th
cellar,
ANOTHER REMARKABLE CASE
TThlcb the Doctors Failed to Car o
Fndrrstand.
A Medical man as a rulo dislike to
acknowledge the value of a proprietary
medicine in fact, professional eti
quette debars him from doing so. Yet
there are many eminent physicians,
those most advanced in their profes
sions, who give full credit to the great
curative properties of Vogeler's Cura
tive Compound, from the fact that it
Is manufactured by an old and reliable
company, proprietors of St. Jacob's Oil.
from the formula of a brother physi
cian, who to-day stands in the front
ranks of the movt eminent medical men
in London, and on account of its intrin
sic merit, it is largely prescribed by the
medical profession; but, in the case
which we are about to relate, the at
tending physician called it "rubbish."
but, as it turned out. Mrs. Nettleton
tells the doctor that "rubbish or not, it
saved her life."
Mrs. Nettleton graphically trlatca
the particulars of her own case, which
will doubtless be of interest to many
of our lady readers:
"I had been an intense sufferer for
many years from dyspepsia, liver and
kidney troubles, when a little pam
phlet was placed in my hands, and.
although at that time I had been bed
ridden for more than six months. I
determined, after reading some of the
wonderful testimonials therein of cases
similar to mine, which had been com
pletely cured by the timely use of Vo
geler's Curative Compound, to try
some, especially as my doctora failed
to even benefit me, and I bad almost
given up all hope of ever being well
again. It is most interesting, and, in
fact, marvelous to relate, that the very
first dose of fifteen drops relieved m.
It was not long before L was able to
get up and about; three months from
taking the first dose I was enjoying
better health than I had bet-n for four
teen years. I continued well until a
few months back, when I was taken ill
again, my troubles being dyspepsia and
constipation. I had a doctor attending
me for a month, but continued to grow
worse, until I again found myself bed
ridden, when I bethought myself of my
old medicine, Vogeler's Curative Com
pound, which I immediately sent for
and took in place of the doctor's medi
cine; at that time I had not had a.
movement of the bowels for five days,
but Vogeler's Curative Compound soon
put me on my feet again in fact, com
pletely cured me a second time, but. of
course, this attack was not as bad as
the first, yet I fully believe I should
not have been alive today bad it not
been for Vogeler's Curative Compound.
If I had only thought to have taken
it when my last illnes3 took place, I
should not only have been saved much
suffering, but a $75 doctor's bill."
Mrs. Nettleton said: "I have recom
mended Vogeler's Curative Compound
for indigestion and eczema, and in ev
ery case it has proved a cure beyond
a doubt. Mr. Swinbank. our chemist,
has sent me the names of no end of
people who have been cured by Vogel
er's Curative Compound. By the way.
the proprietors have so much confi
dence In this great London physician's
discovery, that they will send a sam
ple free to any person sending name
and address and namins this paper
St. Jacob's Oil Co, 203 Clay Street,
Baltimore, Md.
Mrs. Nettleton is a confectioner, in
the Brighton Road, whro she has been
established many years, and is hon
ored and respected by all classes. Her
statements as regards Vopeler's Cura
tive Compound may, therefore, be re
garded as reliable evidence of its great
value. The public, however, may look
upon this remarkable statement as one
of the many which we are constantly
receiving from grateful peoplo all over
the world, who have been cured of
various maladies by the use of this
wonderful remedy, which is. the result
of an. eminent physician's life-long
experience. These people are nearly
always representative and well-known
citizens. .
The arm of law wouldn't be com
plete without handcuff.
One can never tell by a man's lookf
whether he was disappointed in iov
or only has dyspepsia.
Kother Gray's oweei. -o.ra for t'hlldraa.
Successfully used by Mother Gray, ourssv
in tho Children's Home in New York. Cure
Fevorisbnese,. Bad stomach. Teething Dis
orders, mova and regulate the Bowels anJ.
Destroy Worms. Over 30,000 testimonial.
At nil druggists, 25c. Sample Fkek. jLtir
drua Alien. IS.. Olmsted, LeKoy, N. Y.
If a man. loves a woman he oilers tu
give up smoking, but if the womar
loves him she refuses to let him do It,
rSB TIIK FAMOIS
Rpd Cro Hall Iliue. Lanro 2 or. pack oca t
The tallest trees are most in ta
power of the wind, and ambition men
of the blasts of fortune.
Starches Crack Clothes.
There is nothin'g so annoying to
women as the breaking of ironed goods
after coming froai the laundry. The
blame is often laid to the ironer.
whereas the fault is In the iJtarch. The
use of Dr,fiance starch is aa alterna
tive. It gives a soft glossy finish and
looks like new. Sella for less. goe3
farther, 16 ounces for 10 cents. Ask
your grocer for it. Made only by Mag
netic Starch Co.. Omaha. Neb.
It Is from the remembrance of Joys
we have lost that the arrows of afflic
tion are pointed.
How's This?
We odor On Hundred Dollars reward for nnr
ease of Catarrh that csuot be cured by HMl
Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHKNEY PTJ.. I'ros.. Toledo, c
We. the unuereim-l. have known V. J
Cheney for the las 15 yarn ami believe him
perfectly honorable in all bUMint'sstranH-M-tion
iml financially abln ti carry out any oblifia
tions made by their tirin.
YVet & Truiix. Wholesale rmff75t. toiii.
O Waldint;, Kinnnn it Marvin. V uulesale
Orusrirlhts, To!hjo. Ohio.
IlaU'avatarra Cure Is tnifri mtornaiiy. oct-
Inp direct, v upon theb!:ol anil mucous surf awl
"f the xysU'tn. Testimonials sent free. lric
foe per boltlo. Sohl by all I'l-iik'Ki.st.
nan t um:jr r uia uro iua w-.u
Activity is the presence of func
tion character is the record of func
tion. INSIST OX GETTING IT.
Some trroccrs say tht-y don't kep
In hand of U ni. brands, which th-y
cannot be sold to a customer who has
once us-d the 1G os. ik. Uctianco btartu
lor same money.
Coward3 die many times before tfcc'.r
deaths: the, valient never tastes
deatli, but oace. .
