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ri.ATFORM Oh' IS'):'.
Uc orgunifrn have recently had much
Id uy coricerninK an alle.ned ttletle In
the ileinwrnttc plalfonn of 18!) Id the
uTi-ct Hint ihe Sherman act or IS'iii
wmild he repealed. The Louisville
1'imi loucheK on this iniliit. then, in
icfcninn to the uttitmle of Ihe demo-
ruu in 1S!C, tay:
"They were pledged In 1K!I to the r:
(H'ul of the Sherman silver act, hut
I lie democrats; then wo.ild not have rc
pealed that act; It took repuhllcan
Miles to carry out the pledges of the
Icmoi laile platform.
"Mr. Cicvehiud acted lilwi.self mcsl
Ihiikii ally in that whole contest. Me
-.mud fur the prompt redemption of (lie
1'i'ty pjedKe and he Macrillced party in
I'dir to protect the ii.'dit of tlie com.
Irv." ,
'I'lie statement thut the dcnujciatic
party pledged itself to the repeal of the
Sherman net is hut u half truth. Mi
Cleveland did not stand for the prompt
iiileniptlon of the party plcduia. He
tood for the rrdemption of soeh pledB'j
as would hest suit the purpose of tl'.o
llimn ier-, with whom he seemed to he
in league.
It mifcht he well for thos. Interested
in olitnlnliiK the truth to take a look .it
the democratic platform of 1S!). One
paragraph In th.at pint form Is devoted
to "Colnaire." The opuiii'.g senteino
ii'ai)s: "We denounee the repuhllcan
h'nislatioii known as the Sherman act
of ISiMi, as a cowardly mike-shil',
IraitshL with posslhllltles of datiRer In
the tut lire which should make all of its
snpnorters, ns well as its author, anx
iniis for lis fcpeedy repeal."
If. the coinaeu plank had stopped
there, there mlnht have heen reason for
the claim, hut the democratic party
did 4iot pledge Itfelf to the uncondi
tional reiical of the Sherman act. The
party did not promise the people that
v.ic Sherman act would he . repealed
.vitliout promising also the suhnthu
tinn of a himelnllie law.
It will he seen that the second sen
tence in the coinage plank read as fol
lows: "We hold to the use of hoth gol 1
and silver, as the standard money (,f
the country and to the coinage of hoth
gold and silver, without discrlminat'.nu
against cither metal or charge foi
mintage."
Then follows the declaration that
"the dollar unit of coinage of hoth
metals must he of eq.ial intrinsic ex-
hance.ihle value, or he adjusted
through international agreement, or by
such safeguards of legislation as shall
'nsure the maintenance of the parity of
the two metals and the equal power .)'
very dollar at all times in the mar
kets nnd In payment of dehfs," and
then It was said: "We demand that all
paper currency sha;l he kept at pr.r
with and redeemable Jn such coin."
"Such coin" meant gold and silver.
Mr. Cleveland, during his second ad
ministration, never undertook to ear
ly out these pledges. We did Insist
upon the repeal of the Sherman act.
because the financiers wanted thai act
repealed, but instead of maki.tg an
effort to keep both gold and silver as
the standard money of the country. In
stead of making any effort to bring
about "the coinage of both gold and
silver without discriminating agalnt
cither metal or charge for mintage,
Mr. Cleveland devoted his energies in
an effort to discriminate against silver
nud enhance the price of gold. He oh
lained his election upon a platform that
was interpreted for the rank and file of
the narty to mean bimetallism. Then
after hp was Installed in nthVn he car
tied out the one pledge in that plat
tonn which financiers desired should
The New- York World carries nt th"
head of its editorial crilumn dally the
market quotation of the bullion In a
-ilxer dollar. The percentage contin
ues to be considerably higher than Ihe
percentage of democracy In ihe World's
political claims.
A Trenton. X. J., man has not slrp!
'or ten years, say bis physicians. H'
-hot;M move out of the mosquito belt.
T'le descent of the republican party
i irnriy illustrated by events in Ohio.
"i .hi a Tliurmau to a Dick is a far
! e Japanese have so far est aped
'V sad attliction. Alfred Austin has
p.--' et nttemptcd to inauulacliire my
im about ihem.
Wa'l i-rtirt's pretended opposition
lil bae Mitlrely disappeared by the
Mine the gcntlcninu with the g. o. p.
f'.itngpaii starts on his loands,
It wii be noticed that the papers
Hat ihilm Abraham Lincoln their
patten saint devote much less space to
what Lincoln Said limn they do to
'iat firovt-r Clevelaud nays.
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Comment.
he redeemed and he utterly ignored
Ills obligation to his party to establish
bimetallism alter the "make-shift" had
been repealed.
A DKAI) ISSUC.
Those who insist thai the people
have no concern In the money question
should read the editorial of the Wall
Street Journal of Monday, February
T.K The Journal says: ,
"Let us get had; in this. country to
i erred economic principles in ti'l mat
ters relafini; to money and banking
We ou,;ht to cut loose one" nnd for a I
from all measures r.i Inlliitlon. c
have become one tif the great powers In
nuance, as In politics. We have put
ourselves upon a gold basis, now let us
go one atrp further and prove our ca
pacity for leadtrshlp in the business
world by putting our llnnuciiil system
upoii the sure foundation oi wound
principles."
Tho Journal declares that the gov
ernment should retire its greenback
circulation and that Congrr.;.' man Hill
f Connectlcult Is absolutely tight in
bidding Hint the existence of Mii.m'ti
:! in greenbacks is the greal.eht obsta
cle today In the way of cm n ncy re
form. The Journal admits that among the
people there exists a "strong prejudiie
against any measures looking to green
back retirement," but It insists that
this course Is of the highest import
ance. The Journal deals in an interesting
way with the plans by which green
back retirement may lie brought about.
One plan is to replace ihe greenbacks
by i.n issue of low Interest hearing
bonds, which would he available for use
by tho national banks as security for
bank note circulation and government
deposits. The Journal admits that one
objection has heen raised to a bond is
sue on the ground that it would replace
a non-Interest bearing indebtedness
with an interest bearing Indebtedness:
but It sus that if that objection lie
lound to be good, the retirement to'tld
be conducted by the issuance of gold
certificates in exchange for the green-
hacks gradually as the latter were
turned In for redemption. It also says
that tho retirement of the greenbacks
would release the $1.')I),(iiiO,Oihi in gold
row held in the tnas.iry vaults.
Kvery suggestion from such sources,
with lespeet to our money system Is
arranged along the lines of the selfish
interests of the financiers. According
to these plans, either the greenback is
to be exchanged for a gold certificate,
that must have the gold In the treas
ury before It may be issued, t hus lock
ing up In the treasury vaults one dol
lar In actual gold for every dollar In
greenbacks retired; or national hanu
liotes must he substituted for the
greenbacks. According to ibis latter
plan, the government transforms the
$:!4t;,000,0M In greenbacks Inm an in
terest bearing debt. In order that th(
national banker may use the bonds rep
resenting that debt to draw interest
for himself oa the on hand and ns
security for the national hank notes be
issues and speculates with on the other,
in addition thereto, them Is to he con
ferred upon the national banker the
privilege of expanding or contracting
the volume of our currency at least to
tho extent of J34t,iXN),uoo according to
the whims and selfish Interests of the
bankers.
Those who really believe that the
people have no concern In the money
question must be blind to the things
that are going one in the financial cir
cles of the country. What these finan
ciers desire is that the people shall lose
Secretary Wilson, after long and pa
tient Investigation, has discovered that
the people are being robbed by the
meat trust. Secretary Wilson will now
proceed to study along lines that will
reveal to him the astounding fait that
L' plus 2 equals I.
It will bp a brave man who attempt!
to read nloud to his neighbors the war
reports from the orient.
The men who would have the dem
ocracy outbid the republicans for trust
support Is not a safe ttiuii to put on
g.inrd In the democratic camp.
The men who pnsc ui democrats, but
who have been supporting republican
policies and candidates for tight years
sh( llbl not feel offended If requested ny
hyal democrats to show their papers
Poet laureate Austin's war poem Is
very much of the "sucking dove" order
but even nt that It gives war a dose
ci.a.se for horror.
The report that the Delaware pench
crop has been frosted Is an Indication
that Mr. "Gas" Addlcks may be ex
reded soon to Warm thing up.
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all Interest in that question. Then,
when the people have fallen asleep,
Wall street will arrange our money sys
tem according to Its own seltlsh Inter
ests and the people will awaken wheu
it Is too late to discover that they are
the victims of misplaced confidence.
WHY CONTEMPT Oh' COl'UT IS
0 ROWING.
For some time past northern news
papers have bwn devoting consider
able space to denunciations of what
thf y understood to lie the position of
(iovernor Vardamann of Mississippi
upon the race question. These newspa
pers expi firmed dlfllctilty in finding
words to convey their detestation of
Ahnt they conceived to be Vardnmann's
position, and they practically accused
him of being rrady to condone lynching
in any of its horrid forms, providing
the victim bad a black skin. lint In
this case, as in nearly all cases where
in northern newspapers undertake to
discuss the race question, they are mis
taken, and some of them are fair
enough to admit, it. (Jovernbr Varda
mann recently intervened and saved
from lynching a negro charged with a
nameless crime, and the negro will be
tried by jury. The Commoner has said,
and now repeats, that what republi
can newspapers call tho "race problem"
is with them merely a question of petty
politics.
A SANITARY PROI!LKM IN PAN
AMA. Now that the Panama canal treaty
has been ratified the real work that
confronts the country is beginning to
be realized. Hefore the canal work
proper may begin millions will have
to be expended in improving sanitary
conditions of the section through which
the canal will run. The canal route is
through the most unhealthy part of the
western hemisphere, and although the
Trench made but a small beginning on
the work thousands of lives were sacri
ficed to the deadly Chagres fever and
the poisonous malsmas of the isthmus.
Of the fifty-seven engineers, assistants
and clerks taken to Panama by Ue Lcs
cpps, fifty-four died in three months.
A naval surgeon appointed to investi
gate reports such a shocking condition
of filth in Panama and Colon that th;
surgeon general of the navy refuses to
have the report made public. The re
fusal of the president, to accept the al
ternative canal proposition, and his
d termination to force his own plan
upon the government, will result in a
vastly increased cost and in the sacri
fice of many lives.
Secretary Shaw Is advising the boys
to stick to the farm. The trusts Insist
on having somebody to gouge.
The making of the democratic plat
form of 1904 will hardly be cut rusted
into the hands of the men who found
more In the republican platforms f
189H and VMM) to support than ttuy
found in the democratic platfo-ms of
thosd years.
If he undertakes to bust the trusts
he will have no campaign fund, and If
ho does not undertake the task he will
lose the support of trust victims. Mr.
Roosevelt should try this on his pi-
ttt.ola.
It Is riltited that congress will ad
journ early without doing anything. Is
this surprising? Hardly. The present
congress was elected for the purpose
of letting the trusts "do" everything
and everybody.
The spectacle of Mr. Parry's non
union workmen organizing a strike Is
calculated to create considerable
amusement In union labor circles.
Mr. l'arry's union to fight unionism
seems to have sustained a few punc
tures.
Perhap.i by this time Professor
Trlgga has elevaud his estimate of
Shakespeare.
The time for holding primaries nnd
conventions is at hand. Put none but
royal democrats on guard'
There are many Indications that V'.
James H. F.cklrs of Illinois is takin.i
himself too seriously.
Congressman Hiitton !s earning t'n
gratitude of a heavily taxed people by
his opposition to the overgrown naval
arrroprintions, even if he does sei ure
the opposition of the contractors.
Mr. Cleveland's victory makrr was
evidently out of commission in 1 S'.4 .
The real American type with Its back
ground of poverty, discipline and hard
work, was characteristic of every
president of the I'nited Stutrs. he con
tinued since Washington, and could
navB becu said of W. J. Uryan if h
bud been alected.
WOMEN WHO CARE FOR OOGa.
Thoe Who Will Nurse Them Teiv
derb Ar in Demand in England.
Au advertisement recently printed
in a London Journal devoted to Inter
ests of the kennel brings to b;rtit the
fact that women who wilt devote their
attention t the nursing of dogs can
fin. I au abundance of employment. In
answer to this advertisement, a hun
dred applicants have already come
forward, but it is believed the tests
to which they will be put will prove
ton severe for a majority of the num
ber. Is no easy matter," the Ia
don Mail explains, "to take the tem
perature of a toy spaniel when the
little animal Is in high fever, and the
administration of medicine and dis
tasteful diet to a fractious bloodhound
Involves some risk."
The nurses for the first i.ix months
w ill be required to wear blue overalls,
surgical aprons and goloshes, but at
tho cud of this probationary period
they will be graduated into becoming
blue serge dresses, with "I. P. I"
signifying Hogs' Protective League
worked in re. I letters on the collar.
As the owners of the sick dogs that
enjoy the trained nurse luxury are
likely to be gentlemen of wealth, the
dog nurses will probably not be de
nied the usual matrimonial opportuni
ties. A STREET OF ROSES.
Citizens of Portland, Ore., Mean to
Make Their Town Beautiful.
A truly 'ragrant note comes from
Portland. Ore., which tells of some
public-spirited citizens w ho have start
ed out in a very practical way to earn
for their city the title of the City of
Roses; on a certain street the house
holders have planted several hundred
bushes of different varieties between
the sidewalk and the property line.
This method of city adornment has
been tried In a small way on other
streets, but in only the one referred to
have the residents gone Into the mat
ter by the hundreds. It was objected
by some that dogs and horses and,
above nil, mischievous boys, would be
likely' either to wreck the plants or
strip them of blossoms. The organ
izers, however, have settled the buy
and animal vandal question by en
gaging boys to protect the bushes.
This, the local press points out, Is
an experience in moral culture for the
boy, as by it he will be taught to re
spect tho property rights of others
and to take pride in what Is genuine
ly the purely decorative. Vogue.
The Parsimony of Wealth. -
I'pon the occasion of the presenta
tion of an expensive loving cup a few
nights ngo to a merchant who was
celebrating the semi-centennial anni
versary of his entry into business thu
recipient gave to the donors, his em
ployes, advice on how to accumulate
wealth. Many of those present had
been Identified with the firm headed
by the cup received upward of a quar
ter of a century.
Croesus dilated In extenso on the
importance of observing frugality in
small things, especially until tho
nucleus of a fortuno had been estab
lished. He Instanced as object les
sons two points in his career. When"
Incandescent mantels were Introduced
the magnate hesitated about adopting
them In the counting room because of
the expense Involved. Only when It
was demonstrated that economy could
be effected would he apply them to
gas jets. During the Spanish war he
paid the help In cash to save the cost
of tho revenue stamp tax; whereas
lormerly and since check payments
were made.
Subaltern Fooled the Colonel.
I doubt If the pranks of the present
day subaltern are as plucklsh as
those of his predecessors. I can re
member a story that went the rounds
some years ago of a daring junior
of the Grenadier Guards who chaffed
his colonel in a faehlon that would
not be tolerated to-day. But the colo
nel was not disposed to deal leniently
with him. Ho kept unusually late or
rather early hours, so one day an
early parade was ordered unexpected
ly, and five minutes before the hour
the colonel rode past the culprit's
quarters.
Cheerfully unconscious of impend
ing doom, the latter leaned out of his
bedroom window in the airy gar
ments of sleep to say good morning.
The colonel chuckled and rode on
but to his surprise at the stroke of
time the subaltern stepped out on pa
rade, fully dressed and all In order.
He knew of the trap and had donned
the looser garment over his uniform
to take a rise out of liU superior.
London Tattler.
He Knew They'd Fit.
"A friend of mine down south," said
Congressman John Sharp Williams
"Indulged In the luxury of a negro
valet, or body servant, as we call
them. This friend, in a riot of extrav
agance, one day bought a pair of loud
checked trousers. Ills valet envied
them and wanted them. They did not
seem to be coming his way fast enough
and he threw some grease on them.
'Charley, said my friend, 'take
these trousers and clean them. There's
a grease spot on them.'
"Charley took the trousers, didn't
do a thing to them, and brought them
back in half a day. 'Deed, boss,' he
said, 'I can't get that grease out.'
"'Did you scrub them well?'
" 'Yes, sail.'
" 'Did you try a hot Iron and a piece
of brown paper?'
" 'Yes, sah.'
" 'Did you try ammonia?'
" 'No. snh, I ain't done tried 'em on
me yet, but I knows they'll fit me.' "
Some Indiana Ars Masons.
C.rand Secretary W. W. Perry of the
Wisconsin grand lodge said that Ma
sotiry exists among the Indians.
"They have no lodges that I know
of," said he, "and I don't know where
they got their Masonry, but some f
the Indians are good Masons.
"Many years ago they brought a
shipload of slaves to New Orleans
and when one of them was put out on
the block to be auctioned off he made
the Masonic balling sign. Ik was
taken down from the blek, examined
nnd found to be a Mason.
"He was not mild Into slavery, but a
purse was raised by New Orleans Ma
sons to purchase his freedom and he
was sent back to Africa." Milwaukee
Sentinel.
XOTIIIft; HIT (SHAFT
SHI" SUBSIDY SCHEMES NEVER A
SUCCESS.
In View of Planned Raid en United
Statei Treasury, Reports From Our
Consuls A'jroad Make Interesting
Readme; J. J. Hill's Logic.
TLe fje that the old siiiisulUiy
gar.g of grafters have again made
Jheir appeatance in Washington and
are making a more determined effort
than ever before to break Into Cade
Sam's treasury, ami ihut a commis
sion will be appointed to draft a plan
for this congress to pass at its diort
session which will legalize Ihe raid
uiHin the treasury, culls attention to
the results of ship subsidy experiment
in other countries. No countries, in
proportion to their population, lave
paid greater subsidies to tho shipuiiig
interests than have France and Italy.
Ami no countries afford better exam
ples than do these of the failure of this
means of revh ing shipping.
. Tho French ship subsidy svsieiii
lat'-s from the year ISM, and was re
arranged iu IV.i:i. The payments of
the year LSIMi (the latest date con
tallied in the I'nited States special
consular reports I were:
Francs.
For bounties to navigation... O.'i 47 7"0
For bounties to construction. 4.1UI1.S1S
For postal subsidies 20.1 S:?.00i)
Total 3!),8ii4.nfiS
Thus the yearly . payment from the
French treasury for the encourage
ment of shipping reached In ISM, an
average year, the great sum of nearly
40.(100,(1110 francs ( JS,0l)l),(lti). Now
let us see tho result. According to
the report of the Cnited States consul
at Havre of Sept. tl, 1899. the total
increase c French mercantile tonnage
In the five years from 181)3, the year
of the enactment of the new law, un
til 18HS was (i!.9til tons, "the Increase
being limited to vessels which receive
no benefit from the bounty law of 1893,
while the steam tonnage engaged In
meeting foreign competition actually-
showed a decrease."
After eighteen years of bounty pay
ments a committee of the French par
liament In 1898 reported as follows:
"We do not hesitate to say without
fear of contradiction that our mer
chant marine Is In such a state of de
cadence that there Is reason to be un
easy about our naval fleet."
This Is taken from the report of the
United States consul at Havre to the
State Department, of Sept. tj. ISM,
who continues as follows:
'Many other extracts may be quoted
from the reports of various chambers
of commerce, from the speeches made
in the two houses of parliament and
from lectures delivered by experts in
economics, all lamenting the depressed
state of the merchant navy of France."
As appear from the figures given
above, the French government nays
postal subsidies, premiums on the
construction of French ships and
premiums on voyages made by French
ships. The effect of this policy Is
thus described by the I'nited States
consul at Marseilles Iu his report to
the State Department of July 20, 18fl!.
"The ship owners found the ship
builders constantly Increasing their
prices, until the xtint was reached
where the builders were accused of
calculating the amount which proposed
constructions would command and
adding that amount to their own cost
price, thus absorbing the premium for
navigation ami the one for construc
tion." This consul concludes that "The
merchant marine of France is in an
unsatisfactory condition" and gives It
as his opinion that "the Inferiority of
the French merchant marine is attri
butable to the timidity or indifference
of French capital."
The Italian government pays naviga
tion subsidies nnd construction boun
ties but the United States Consul Gen
eral at Rome In his report to the State
Department of July 23, 1S99, makes
the following comment:
"In view of the efforts of the Italian
government to encourage Italian ship
ping, the long seaboard, and the neces
sity of shipping to the economical life
of the country the results are certain
ly far from satisfactory."
It remains for the American people
to decide whether to adopt the arti
ficial expedient of the subsidy sys
tem, which must be continued In
definitely at ever increasing cost, or
whether to approve tho more logical
principle announced by Mr. J. J. Hill,
In the New York Journal of Commerce,
November 19: "Who pins his fail h
to the natural advantage of the coun
try and the wide-awake enterprise of
Its people, and not the paternal care
and coddling of the government, which
can help one interest only at the ex
pense oi others. All that really live
business men ask of the government
Is that it shall not put difficulties and
obstructions In their way. and shall
afford such protection of the laws as
will give them a fair field for their
energies. What they cannot then suc
ceed in, they are willing to leave to
others."
Judge Wade Arralfjnt Beef Trust.
Congressman Wade, Iowa's only
Democrat in congress, strongly de
nounced the methods of Chicago meat
pnekers during the debate iu th
House. He began by calling attention
to me stnionieni oi tne Attorney lien-e-nl
that no complaint had been made,
about, violations of Judge drosscup's
Injunction prohibiting the packer
from acting in concert.
If there was u bottle of beer in the
country that had not paid the tax or
If a Kentucky mountaineer ebons to
distill a little whisky without a li
cense, Judge Wnde said, there wan al
vays an olllcor of the governmer on
find to report Unit fact. Altlioug'i It
rns notorious tint the beef trus' was
still In existence ,n defiance of pub
lic sentiment, the department did not
lift a hand. He characterized the ex
:nso given, that nothing could be done
unless somebody fixed complaint, as
trivial. A government agent could find
all the complaint he wnnleil If he went
Into tho country beyond the Mir.sl.s
!ppl. Judge Wade told of the organlntlon
now being formed In Iowa, which will
soon be extended Into Nebraska, Min
nesota and surrounding states, to fight
he beef trust. It Is composed of
tirmcr, meal dealer and buKlnest
men who are suffering under exto'
of the meat trust, which la fixing
lilt
lowest prices for buying cattle and
charging exorbitautly for meat
Steers fed on 4'-eei:t corn and bring
Ing low prices at the Chicago stock
ards are being sold to dow'ntow n res
taurants In the form of steaks on tht
basis of Horn IS to 20 cents per pound
Thai fact alone. Judge Wade declared
was sufficient evidence that the beef
trust was still iu operation.
Meanwhile the case of the govern
ment against the trust Is now pending
b"fore the Supreme court on appeal
by th-' defendants, and will not be
reached for at least a year. Mr. Wade
said, although the Attorney General
could ask for its advancement under
the law passed In the Fifty-eighth con
gress. Mr. Wade lohl a story that convul
sed the House, when he said:
"I went into a Chicago restaurant
to dine. I ordered a sirloin steak. The
waiter asked me If I didn't w ant onions
with the steak. I told him that 1 did
not, that I was going to the theater
and that I dldn t want anything s )
malodorous as onions on my breuth.
The waiter looked at me pityingly for
a minute and then remarked: 'Walt
until you get your bill for the wteak;
it will take sour breath away.'"
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OFFICIAL "GRAFT."
Appropriations Diverted to Furnish
Luxuries for Minor Officials.
The "official carriage" graft has re
ceived considerable airing since the
subject was first brought up in Con
Kress. The statements of the heads
of departments show th.it there are "8
carriages and lill horses kept for the
use of department officials and that it
requires 21 coachmen to drive these!
carriages witli their sumptuous fur
nishings iu which the cabinet, and
minor officials attend to their official
and social duties and their personal
pleasure. This number does not In
clude those used bv the Interior De
partment or the Department! of Ag
riculture, which for some unexplained
reason were not called upon by the
House of Representative for informa
tion and volunteered none.
The department that is most lavish
in the number of horses and carriages
used is that of Commerce and Labor,
which, considering It. has only been in
existence about owe yea:- and already
employs 8 horses and 10 carriages,
may be expected to largely increase
its luxurious way of doing things
when It reaches the age of even the
youngest of the other departments,
unless Congress puts a utop to tho ex
travagance. That this carriage graft has grad
ually grown underltepiiblican admlnls
tratlons, without warrant of law, may
be seen from tho returns which show
that only one out of 24 nen is carried
on the pay roll as "drive-." The othet
2:1 are named In the appropriation bills
for more useful purposes, namely: 1
as a watchman, 10 laborers, S assist
ant messengers and 4 messengers. So
the labor of all but one of the 21 has
been diverted from the business that
Congress created the office for and
even the new Departn.ent of Com
merce and Labor follows in the old
footsteps of demanding lour messen
gers and then using thm for coach
men. Tlie purchase of carriages and
horses are nearly all covered up under
similar guise. Most of the appropria
tions used for that purpose being
scheduled for transportation or mis
cellaneous expense.
Hut few will object to cabinet of
ficers being furnished with a horse
and carriage to allow them to attend
cabinet meetings and other official
ftinctlonr, in appropriate style, but
that minor officials whoso time should
be spent In their offices nnd who have
no outside work to attend lo, should
have these luxuries under false pre
tennos is preposterous nnd should be
cut off us an excrescence more fit for
a monarchy than a republic.
Solace for the Unfortunates.
Workmen of the steel trust who
have bought preferred shares at $82.50
each Uion the Instalment plan aro
naturally troubled to see that Ihhiic
bobbing up and down In Wall street
more than twenty points below their
price. To "allay anxiety" the trust
announces that It will buy back at
$S2.50 the shares of any workmen of
the trust who are dissatisfied "with
their bargain in 190N! "And now
ladles and gentlemen," said Artomus
Ward In closing his lecture in London
"If any one of you Is dissatisfied with
the evening's entertainment let him
state the fuel at the box office and he
will be given n season pass to my
course In San Francisco winter after
next." New York World.
All Depends on the Ox.
Publishers of Republican high ".'it
Journals were umong those who i.ep
IKirted the demand for the removf.I of
duties on pulp nnd paper ut the recent
New York meeting of the American
Newspaper Publisher's association.
unci they are given a good scolding for
this by the New York Commercial, nn
organ of the trusts. There might seem
to be a little Inconsistence In their
attitude. Hut then ynu cannot expect
that a tariff for the protection of
trusts In general will appear the same
as a tariff for the protection of a trust
which hits them in particular. Gor
ing bi all well enough if It Is not your
ox that Is being gored. Springfield
Republican.
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it is moro pntliablo
man than ten books.
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bul at) lurlatiitsl . .iiitlHUitl f Ihr lliiu-eci aurla,
iS i ltt li Out llumlrva li.illar for aie fa of
!Vafiif-a i an-r.l St caurtlo thai cann.M i'i vur.i
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1 ak IWn r amity I'll t for ront!pattua.
AGRICULTURE IN WESTERN
CANADA.
Its Grain Fields.
Ranching Lands.
Dairying Resources.
The Kditor of the Wlscrnsiu Afire
rulturist, who was one of a party of
editors of agricultural papers who
took a trip through Canada during the
past spring, writes to his paptr in tin
following strain.
Tlie reason of his visiting Canada
was to satisfy hlnisiif that the reports
coming' to his paper regarding the
wonderful resources of that country
were accurate. In view of the wonder
ful settlement that was going on there,
many from this country crossing the
line iu search of permanent homes
and In view of what he had heard In
regard to conditions of soil, water, cli
mate, topography, fuel, grasses, rain
fall, markets, etc., and also the Infu
ence which these have had on the
present and future of agriculture, ho
deemed It necessary to mnke an ex
tended trip through all of tho nhova
territory.
In, speaking of the Province of MauU
tobn, he says:
"The province of Manitoba com
prises within Its limits the far-famed
grain growing valleys of the Asslnl
boine and Med rivers. Although called
the Prairie Province ot Canada, Mani
toba has largo areas of forests, tumor
ous rivers and vast water expansions.
"The soil is a rich, deep, mould, or
loam, resting on a deep clay subsoil.
It. in well adnpted to wheat-growing,
giving a bountiful yield of th finest
quality, known the world over as No.
1 hard wheat. During the past ten
years the growth of wheat nnd other
grains has steadily increased, until
now the production, by 25,000 farmers,
reaches over 100,0il0,()00 bushels. Of
the 23,0110,000 arable acres in Mani
toba, probably not one-half of It Is oc
cupied. Cultivated grasses yield about
two tons per acre and native grasses a
ton and a half.
"There can be no question but. thai
lairylng will become a great. Industry
throughout the Northwest, and espe
cially cheese-making, as tho climate ii
favorable and similar to that of On
tario. "Crops grown are wheat, barley,
oats, flax, rye, peas, corn for fodder.
brome, potatoes, roots, etc. Tho soil
Is very fertile ami moisture ample.
The climate Is good and the growing
season, while not quite so long us In
Wisconsin, matures crops as the sun
shines much longer, rising about 4
o'clock mid shines until about 9 at
night. One can easily read a news
paper at 10 p. ni. The long days make
growth fast and push crops to matur
ity ahead of frost.
'The ranching, the wheat -growing
and the mixed farming belts all cross
over Asslniboia. Tho yield and thn
quality of wheat raised along tho main
line of the Canadian Pacific railway,
at such places as Indian Head and Its
allied districts, have become famous.
Its possibilities aro shown by tlie
averages of tests macie nt the experi
mental farm in 1902. when eleveu va
rieties of the most suitable wheat,
sown on April the 19th. were cnt In
130 days and yielded 4,314 pounds of
straw and 43 bushels and 2 pounds of
grain per acre. Its mixed farming
area is exceiienr, its range came,
horses and sheep are the equals of any
seen in the Northwe:;t, and Its traeicss
port lou is underlaid with coal. The
town of Medicine Hat Is heated and
illuminated with natural gas. There
are abundant depositsot brick, pottery
and fire days."
Agents of the Canadian Government
will be pleased to mall an Atlas to any
one Interested and also all other In
formation regarding- railway rates, etc.
Love Is always far sighted.
Troilnt nl Itllllon Dollar Oram,
The two greatest fodder Dlants on
earth, one good for 14 tons hay and the
other SO tons green fodder per aero.
Crows everywhere, sn does Victoria
Rape, yielding 60,000 lbs. aheen and"
swine food per acre.
iTs-r start lOo it stamps to Tnn.
John A. Ralzer Seed Co.. I,a Cross.
Wis., ii ud receive In return their hlir
catalog and lota of farm sued samples.
(W. N U.)
Faith Is tho secret of firmness.
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r. Manrirnr t HKK 9.0O trial bom. ami tmtiaa,
U-U. U.ltLUiE,Ud., KU Arch Stmt, t'lulalpkla, l-
l'lensiire la but a wood, joy a fruIL
FREE TREATMENT
to ovory Sufferer of Stomach. Heart
and Nervous Dlaoaso.
The V.lino C'lioriili-fil Coniiuuiy, Sift fiooil
block, lies Moines, lews, Imvii l!envirt-d a
new slid wonderful MeUleliie w hich they call
" Klmo Celrlii " which five Immediate
relict and iiermonently eiir... every caw of
Sloiiim-li, Henri or Nerve Hlsense-, ttmt havi
irletl It. They liavn made arramreinenls to
iflvn nwny jnimi t'i-ceiil, lie of Klmo ( c
Inline In tlm l ulled Males to people allltcled
with any iliwftMi or weakness of llio Heart.
Stomach or .Nerves. They want every lowly in
try It, at thrlr eniM'itse. Send no money or
stumps Just write your name and addrcet
I'Jiiln and say what, puikt you saw this In and
Mel a Ixix of this wonderful Mecllelim free,
t.el well and tell your friends, that's all w
Mini. Write Onlay.
Tulenis are tools, not merchandise.
nr.n cross mix m.ra
Phould lie In evnry homo. Ask your rrocor
for it. 1-a'go '! o. package only 6 ceuU.
Hive a wouuin uuthoiity ami you
convert her into an autocrat.
When Your Grocer 8aya
he doca not have Defiance Stnreh, you may
l sure ho W afrnld to kenp It until hfJi
atork of Vi oi. pivkngea aru sold. Dellance
Starch U not only liter tluiu any other
rolil Writer Starch, but contains 15 o. t
the package nud solla tor Mini money ai l'J
ot. brauda.
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rir1.tla i.il.-wll.ll avuii l "HI M.lna
r lof CMIatlan ro l, Idiratnra. rl " I" lh
im arrasa-a for l.' nta Wrica al nam fof
M ll" partlmilar. Vlr. Ohrlallae KntM'i(
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