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The Wealth Makers and Lincoln Independent Consolidated.
VOL. IX.
LINCOLN, NEBR., THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1897.
NO. 4.
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,ator Pettigrew Polnti oat Some
Result! That mil
Follow.
NOT LEVIED FOE PROTECTION
Will Build up ft Gigantic Truit
Which Will Bob the
Poople.
fin forests Disappearing,
When the lumber schedule'provldiug
for a tari.' tax of 2.00 f per thousand
feet upon white pin lumbar w reached
ia the euate hut week Senator Petti
grew of South Dakota took Uhe floor
and pointed out the real intention of the
framar of tbe bill and the reeiilt that
would follow it adoption. He showed
that it could not be defended 00 the
protective tariff theory, for there was
no industry in it to be built up. To
lituiten the cutting of the timber meant
only to hasten the destruction of tbe in
duetry for in ioea than ten yeuretime
tbeeupply of white plus tree would bo
exausted. lie said:
"Mr, President, the principle of pro-
tection a advocated by tne republican
trnrtr during all It history U that by
building up indnnri in tbl country
through a tariff fr protection those In
i dustrie will compute with each other,
and thus lower the price of the article to
the American consumer, luat is the
fundamental principle of the doctrine of
protection, and it has been taught on
every stump since the republican party
came into existence. We have been fur-
lushed time and ugain with example
after example of this doctrine and the
effect and force of its operation. We
have been told on every stump in the
country that if we placed a duty of 2
cents a pound on fails thnt were 0 cents
a pound when imported from abroad,
by the application of American genius
nails would be reduced through compe
tition resulting frc-m the creation of fac
tories in this country, an 4, sold for a
cent a pound. Ho always and every
where we have been taught the doctrine
of competition, the fundamental jjirifi
ciplo of our civilization,
f' ' v well that the republican party
took tha positiol. Has it abandoned
that position, or does it stand upon it
today? If it stands upon that doctrine
today, then it has no application what
ever to the proposition to place a duty
of 'i a thousand on white pine lumber.
The white pine of this country is a pe
culiar tree and it requires two centuries
for It to growfjid become fit for lumber.
J t extended frflfSi Maine to the western
part of Minnesota, following the Kt.
Lawrence Uiver and the (Jroat Lakes, It
does not reproduce itself wJien the forest
is cut off.
This map which I propose to use in the
illustration of the distribution of the
white pine forests of this country, shows
where these forests were once located,be
giniiing in Maine and running down
through Pennsylvania into West Vir
ginia. The portion of the map colored
yellow shows the ureas which they oc
cupied. Very little remains in West Vir
ginia, and but few trees remain in Penn
sylvania; the rest has been cut off and
very little still remain in Maine, A
little white pine is still growing in north
ern Michigan. This spot (indicating)
represents the area aliUle in Wisconsin,
a little in Minnesota, and the rest ha
been cutoff, and destroyed. Two hun
dred billion feet Lave Wn taken from
this area in the last twenty-five years,
and in the last ten years about 77,000,
OOOfeet, uud all that is left, according
to the report; of the Agricultural Depart
mont, made by Professor I'ernow, is 17,
000,000,000 fe In Miunesot a, 10,000,
000,000 feet in Wisconsin, and 5,000,.
000,000 feet in Michigan, There isn
supply, then, to last about six years at
the present rate of cutting, and then it
will begone. .
The lumber supply for the great states
of North and Houth Dakota, Iowa and
western Minnesota was taken from these
two areas indicating in Minnesota nud
Wiseousiii, due company owns of these
two area of pine 1 0,000,000,0(10 feet,
and there are 27.000,000,000 fmtt in all.
A very few companies own the rest.
The proposition, then is to plnee a
duty of f 'J a thousand upon this timber
for what purpose? Mr. President
if a duty of I'J a thousand Is placed
Upon this limlier will be aunt down the
lakes into the New Cngland market uud
into, New York mid MtMaeiiiMit. 'J ' t, v
are supplied with while pine timlteriiow
from In and a, and it route mios th
takes and the St, l.nsreiee river into
(hio, New York and New Luglwid. 1'iit
a iJ'UV of $'i a tliiniiiu on this limber,
and tlieii tiieo slate will draw upon
mir i'hii "ir c tl tipply In Michigan,
iiiiiiiu and ,Miiiiiiiit, already too
until,
In. sin plus in these ttHt-x, nit iltut
the itsi.t r ceil rut will be mil ttmittt
il.mtt the hike litln Hot mint, ru market,
ulnl Hi I UMitdiau fillilsr l put t uitiH
Into IhU nntry at nil, but mil be
li i. d nblnild, lor while pii Is w itrt,-
lli'iiutiliMiti il,i world. Tint tltiniiin I1ir
it Iseteit shi te, iiltd Insl.n I of our g. I
ttltij! it it Mill . .lupin. I Iritis 1 1. ) ihhii,.
Iiy, rind w shall It ioittft!et tt,i.
for uHiit I tut in this euuuiry i 1 1.
li'.n il n tltMuii .d U,r enry Umi u
1 siiit.Vr s Ii'h llt.t Aim l i mi t ui.i,y
A-N.it. ini mil 4,. n it,) tihn u Uii.tf
pis Im to ii 'lit nd d lnn lhtMi ..r
Ml Iw I lis iMtefivl pf low iMiUiuimtw
A
TARIFF
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who own them, which bos been going on
now for week and weeks. There baa
been no protest from them in this direc
tion to preserve tbe forests, and instead
of this being an effort to protect an
American industry, it is an effort to ab
solutely destroy it in the intesest of a
few men who have cornered the entire
product. Neither can it be restored
again.
Our theory of protection ia that one
factory after another will be built up
and thus industries will be increaaed.bat
this proposition is to destroy this Indus
try, for these trees do not regrow, as
every -one familiar with this matter
knows, for over this vast region where
tba white pine has been cut, other timber
baa grown up and the white pine is gone
forever. Therefore we see there is no
good argument for this proposition.
Are republicans going to vote for this?
Are the senators from Minnesota going
to rote for it? Are they going to com
pel the people who live on the prairies,
their constituents, to pay to the men I
who have cornered the pine of Minnesota
and Wisconsin f 2a thousand more than
they now pay? There are more cousum
era of pine in Minnesota and Wisconsin
than there are producers; more men who
have to buy lumber than men who pro
due it. What argument can be made
why the people of the Dakota shall be
compelled to pay tribute to tbe men who
have cornered the pine in these two
states? It may be argued that it would
make a market for southern pine. We
already buy southern pine.
1 bought 2,000,000 feet ol southern
pine In one season. That pine comes
up from this region, Mississippi and
Louisana, We use that in connection
with white inn. It will not materially
Increase the market for hard pine to put
a duty on white pine. You simply put
us lu a position to bo robbed by men
who have cornered our timber supply.
Take 400.000.000 feet of white pine
from this region, in Minnesota and Wis
consin, down the lakes to an eastern
market. What effect must It have upon
our market Jo tannuian pine win
come into our country not a tree; but
this pine, the already short supply will
be drawn off to supply the markets of
the east, and the effect of taking Hint
400,000,000 feet, which is about the
amount of whit pine used In the east,
will be to add the 92 per thousand to
all the board our people buy.
Politically, sellislily for ioonotex
pect to seek reelection from the republi
can party I ought to be silent and al
low you to puss ttiebiu witu turn pro
vision, I should like to site you uo It
and carry the state of Houth Dakota
nx t year, or North Dakota, ei ther, Po
litically, I ought to be silent and let you
go on with your work. Whew we had
only ls.'l majority last year we will have
8,000 next year. There is no possible
ground on which to justify this sort of
a thing, Hut I propose to have it thor
oughly understood jusl what you are
doing, and then if you want to do it,
very well, I propose to plead the causa
of the brave people who have gone out
on the frontier and who have built
home on the prairies, many of them
still living in sod houses because of the
agricultural depression which has made
It impossible for tnein to purchase the
while pine at present price.
Mr, Allen, I should like to ask tne sen
ator how many individuals or firms own
the white pine in this country?
Mr, I ettigrew. I cannot answer tne
question, but I should like to have the
senator from Nebraska do so if he can.
I understand that the firo warden who
has charge of the forests of Minnesota
says that there are 200 firms engaged in
the cutting of all kinds of timber In the
state of Minnesota.
Mr. Allen. I have been informed that
less than a dozen men oc a dozen firm
lossibly, I should put it own the entire
white pine supp.y in the L tilted htate.
Mr. Pettigrew. I think this is true of
these three states. Enormous fortunes
have been made. I understand tbe
stock of one corporation, tbe Mississippi
lioom Company, 1 believe it is, used to
be f 100 a share, and it is now $0,000 a
share, and yet it is proposed to add to
the price of that which Is left for the ben
efit of these rich corporation. It hardly
seems possible to me that we can en
dorse any thing of the sort.
It is urged in the interest of protection
thnt you want to equalize the cost of
producing tine lumber In this country
mid the cost of producing in Canada.
Then, in renponss to a resolution from
tliii body, Carroll D, W right bus shown
that it conts more to produce 1,000 feet
of pitm Inutlstr in Canada thuu in thu
t inted Mates, 1 horulore the plea for
Inlior is destroyed.
Mr, Allen, I nndrHtand, if the tien-
ntor will permit me, that the theory of
protection contemplates the iurreusu of
un industry rather than its dicnme,
Mr. Petthtrew, Certuinly. Ihavi'ii-
ltirid upiHi that point soiiiewliat,
Mr. Allen. I lie senator tins showu
that the forests are rapidly dinpienr.
ing, and that lu thst'our) of n fw year
they must become extinct entirely,
Therefor the theory of protection iw
Ininl.v cunnot apply loan Industry ol
thnt kind.
Mr. Pettigrew, (Wtainty not. I think
stated that within twenty live yenrs
we inl ifoo.oiM i,i n lo.iiuo put of nlniti
pine nud ud it up, Them is ti In ilui
cmwitry mid in t aiiud'H nt niit ?5,ihmi .
Otni,tiniH.t, nut over h'i,oii(l,oou,Oiff
lit the t.!ilul,
'I'ltoln In nut tell Jjeai's' nppiy ol wli le
pine in both i-.iniitr.i-ii, tin I Vl tlin prop,
outturn l to lii'ivn tin while piit" i-r.
lite e and lilnrlt Ititllki u oi iroin do
iMlillit.1,1 imd liiru Hi h hoi" nlln li.ii,
id ihtnmwlnt ir tiatroy;ng slut I tU;i
til Ids !itii irnt't reniiiimiK in iln-.
lir.lt. tthv l it? U no uruvm nl
I It tit liU'it Win! It I Mi ! i Hot
pl.itlinn? Willi Wtilit tip ttuin? fi.llij.ll
lti Mum w ho hnvw corner h lupine lit
lli liiiwt ItMtiliiMt and ins itlsndr
inanr linos iniiUi.tiaiim. ny nr in
I'rte Is to tvnUtm Wptn lltrlr lniti,l,
1 Im Irnt iii it ijr idiws, Tiinyurslu
httsl UmIikw At p. ukl, u that hy
can take advautageof the cheap freights
down tbe lake and dispose of the entire
timber and realize at once, and then per-
naps do as some of our millionaires,
move to Europe and ujoy the rest of
their days. f?
I do not know that iaey will goto
Europe. I do not blame tbera at all for
getting rich; I do not blame tbm at all
for advocating the tariff, but I do blame
the representative of those states if
they will allow them to do it. Who
must be opposed, then, to this increase
in the value of tbe small areas of the re
maining pine? The people who live
throughout this country, on the prairie
of Minnesota, Iowa, and the two Da
kota. How long ar they going to
bear the burden uncomplainingly? Not
more than one more election, and I doubt
if they do that."
Tbe senator continued and produced
figure to show that there wo no doubt
that the available supply of whit pine
would be exhausted in a few year, and
answered the charge mo4 by to advo
cate of the bill that the f?rica of lumber
bad declined on account of tba importa
tion from Cauada, and ttjat men in the
lumbering districts bad been thrown out
of work accordingly.
II said; "The price of white pin de
clined because there wos.ln the first place,
previous to lH'J.'l, an enormous demand
which stimulated the cutting ol the
trees; but owing to the depression which
came with a decline in price resulting
from the complete demonetization of
silver in this country by the repeal of tbe
Kbermanlawin 1803, with the misery
and distress which came to the furuifng
community ali over the land, our towns
ceased to grow and our people censed to
prosper, and they were unable to pur
chase. But the lumbermen bad continu
ed to cut, and tbe dull season found a
large amount of pine ou band, and com
petition among the lumbermen lowered
the price; and that I all there Is to it.
"Now. there is anotherthiug, Mr. Pres
ident. These same men who can com
bine and oK'n an office here in the city
for thu purpose of securing a duty of 1
per thousand on pine can easily combine
after they have secured a duty, to main
tain the price Ht the full limit ol the
tariff.
"Sometimes I have thought that the
condemnation of trusts was left out of
the republican platform at Ht. Louis on
purpose to got an excessive turiff upon a
greut number of items that consumer
use iu this country, and then combine
without violating their party pledges In
putting the price up to the limit of the
tariff. The two conventions before the
last denounced trusts, but when the
trusts got together in convention at Ht,
Louis they concluded not (o ubuseeoch
other, and left it out entirely. And so
we have the excessive raises all throughly to .bear to have congress take
til pending bill
There 1 another provision more vici
ous than the tariff proper. It is tbe clause
which allows a rebate of 2 per thousand
feet on imported pine that is used again
ii) exporting products. Concerning this
provision the senator said:
"Tbisbfll'provide that thereshall be a
rebate of Hie duty ($2 per thousand) if
it is exported. It ts within thirty days
that the Standard Oil Company let a
contract for W0,000 worth of boxes,
and they specified (perhaps here is the
reason why they want a duty on white
pine) Mint tba boxes should be made out
of Canadian pine. Why? Decauss they
would get the rebate of f 2 per thousand.
When they were asked why they insisted
on Canadian pine, they uaid, 'There Is
going to be a duty of $2 per thousand
on pine, and we will get the rebate.' Ar
mour ship largo quantities of boxes to
Europe, uud he will be placed in the
same situation, ho the government
really would be imposing the duty for
the purpOHeof putting it into the pockets
of these people. Here is another trust to
be taken care or. Two hundred million
feet it is estimated are exported in this
way."
PLEASANT RECEPTION.
Tendered to Mr. and Mrs. Elon W. Nel
son Upon Their Return,
Au elegant reception wo given last
Tuesday evening by tbe etate house em
ployes in honor of Mr, and Mrs. Elon W.
Nelson who bad just returned from their
bridal tour among friends and relatives
iu Wisconsin, It was given iu the Sen
ate chamber which had been beautifully
diswatud with llowers and hand painted
drajteries. The guest of honor, Mr.
and Mrs. Nelson entered Hie chambur nt
i) o'clock and took their place in the re
ceiving line, at the 'head of which was
Laud Commissioner J. V. Wolfe and
wife, then Mr. and Mrs. N'elsou, and iet
uty Secretary of State Witenr and wife,
on the Itsft, After the two hundred peo
ple had passed ths line and offered con
Kratulutions, delii'ious retrehiiient uere
served, Musiu was rendered by a eon
i'aliiti orchestra and a bund of colored
liters. Iinnciiig was indulged iu until
h late hour.
All ai(ii- that It wus one of (he most
pleasant reception pyrr giveu iu this
iy. i
Mil ftfttlrr l liulr,
The Old Settlers aniMin(ioii of Lau-eiixli-r
futility will hold their animal
picnic nt l.ineota Park, Juie 'J t. Many
iniiniiiiii eiiterliiuitr, eiits uud imin-ini-nis
Mill lit pmvi I" I, A full projtraia
Mill I mi .itlillln t i't Vi it,
The rvinniii d it rciiiuikaMrt woiu.
an, Mis liiiisthtna lliHii-ke-ll, witi
liiiiied I'Mdiiv, stj n it,ini-r, Moh,.
lull-gram, l lio, hu knew Iter t
if she Mil Mil' 1 1 Him ur oi l.
Mie ttn Pi irilnd lijihlefil tiling fcj,
tt Hum only i ittoiiihi i4 i fik
f ining mail, Hi h.i l t.iti ti'inliUt
priii!y hi ts and iu U l.i-t.i,. n.
did a Mian's w.-iit, mult im t-titf).p)n
K uu I and pt her tiiaint.il Iriltur,
Th Isiifcrss.issf give all .
all lh liin. it.'sJ II,
PROCEEDINGS IN CONGRESS.
Serioualy Considering an Export Bounty
for Wheat and Cotton.
Washington, D. C, June 7tb, 1897,
(Special to the Independent,) From
the present outlook it ia possible that
congress may adjourn by July 15th. It
is expected that the senate may pas tbe
bill a early a the first of July, and
that within two weeks the House may
take action and the conference commit
tee of the two House reach a final
agroement. So July 15th f tbe last
date fixed upon by the republican for
tbe great grand swell of prosperity.
MAY BUN FROM THE BUG Alt SCHEDULE,
Senator Tillman ha tbo sugar trust
and their friends in congress frightened.
He may soon have them on the run. He
has been pushing bis resolution calling
for an investigation of the scandal con
nected with tbe sugar schedule in the
Wilson bill a well a the ugar schedule
iu the pending tariff bill. There is a
uuitod and determined effort in certain
quarters to prevent action on bi reso
lution, and at least for tbe present. It
is whispered among knowing one that
tne republican are getting ready to
withdraw the present sugar schedule,
which would give about twenty million
dollar profit to the sugar trust, and to
substitute a lowor schedule iu order to
prevent an Investigation. It should be
said in justice to (Senator Tillman that
he im not acted as a partisan but a a
patriot in this matter. He ha not tried
to shield the democratic party by simply
ankiiig for an Investigation of any cor
rupt influence used by tbe sugar trust iu
shuping tbe present bill; but he has de
manded that the conduct of the demo
cratic party two years ago in shaping a
schedule in the interest of this same
trust be equally investigated. His ac
tion in this matter bus uo doubt caused ,
some coolness between him and certain
leading democrats. Tbe investigation
should b had whether the psesent sugar
schedule is withdrawn or not.
INDECENT IIA8TE.
Two years ago on the 20th of lust
May, the supreme court in a memorable
uud monstrous decision, decided the in
come tax unconstitutional, During this
whole time congress has taken no action
looking to the relief of the people from
this alarming and oppressive decision.
A few weeks ago the supreme court ren
dered a" decision on the anti-trust law
that tn some extent embarrassed tbe
great rltilroud corporations of the coun
try. At one the railroad lobbyists cen
tered at Washington and brought pres-
action, to'sut aside, tbe "decision of the
court by passing a pooling bill, On last
l riday heuator llutler in apeecn called
the attention of the Senate and of tba
country to these facts and contrasted
tbe difference iu the conduct of the sen
ate when the Interests of the people were
effected and when the license of the rail
road corporations was in the least inter
fered with. He called attention to the
fact that in December li'Jo buffered a
joint resolution proposing an amend
ment to tbe constitution providing for
uu income tux; that this resolution was
referred to the judiciary committee, and
that up to this time he has been unable
to get a report from that committee,
lie called attention to the indecent baste
with which congress was proceeding to
give relief to the railroadsaud contrasted
it with the indecent slowness of congress
to move iu giving relief to sixty-nine
million of people. Ilfaave notice that
he would not only flu" the pooling bill
but that if tbe judiciary committee
would not report his resolution that he
would reintroduce it and ask the senate
to consider it in committee of ths whole,
and that be would ask the senate to
take a vote on that measure before the
pooling bill was ever considered.
EXPORT BOUNTY FOB WHEAT AND COTTON,
The amendment to tbe tariff bill pro
posed by Senator Cannon, providing for
an export bounty on wheat and cotton
a tbe only mean of giving protection
in a tariff bill to agriculture and farm
labor has attracted no little attention
and is receiving serious consideration.
The question is one of real merit and is
gaining strength in congress each day.
It is not yet certain that such an amend
ment can be adopted.
SENATOIt I'KTTIUKKW'H I'l.AN.
Senator Pettigrew has introduced a
bill thnt to a certain extent illustrates
the principle! known us tbe initiative und
rt-feruuduiu. His bill provides for the
voters of the country at the uext con
Uresnionnl election casting their Votes
directly for or ngainst certain great ceo.
uitinic proportions, la this wuy, the
iti'tiplit would, in a certain sense, initiate
It-islation. A Purer expression of the
mntiinei'ts and desires oi the Aiaericau
lople can Is) gotten iu this way than
iliruiiKli purl v convention and party
lunihuiery. Thousands if not millions
nf vorrs at every election vote for meas
ures I hey do not approve mid fnil to
vote lor other iiifii-ure that they favor
because they lnut either submit to their
poley or leavm I heir party, and parly
pri-juditu is so strong th it in this way
I be peopUt yr tiller year fail to yi-t r
I n in which a laru majority of the
voters f tvtir an I desire IiuIiih' it it row
pi tin mi lt .V'-tir that tits iteopln will
never n 41 oi rule in this country unlil lite
lllteipl. of tlin iitltiiiliVM audr !r ti.
il'ini urn pill into us-ration, u that Mm
tenilit nut l;ilnln dlfWt'.V Independent
of purljf lino Itiui-ry and ,arly euuwip
Hull.
m oner ih Pit s-wiitit niaeiiin on
I Im mat kit (or tint in. til. , llend th J
of lh "litib'l" lol"ltl" twwlitg Hum Mil" II,
iui pHMr, It your neighbor mJ a
w littr iiini'inn ull bun about tli4ph.M
dil opparlubily,
WdvM lnlifu or etmt., t a (War!
tandy ealUrtw.eur guaruild,l0eX&
POPULIST DOCTRINE
1
Postal Savings Banks. Municipal
Ownership, and the Iniative
and Referendum.
ADVOCATED BY BIO DAILIES.
Encouragement for Those who have
Long Advocated Deform
Policies.
Result of Their Adoption.
The course taken by the populist party
iu the last campaign and it magnificent
development of strength has started the
thinking machines connected with many
of tbe great dailies in tbe country. Th
result is very flattering for those who
bave'long advocated populist doctrine.
Study and honest , investigation makes
convert for our party and its principle.
Three foundation planks in tbe populist
party are receiving very favorable con
sideration. Postal savings bank, mu
nicipal ownership, and tbe principle of
tbe iniative and referendum are gaining
rapidly in public favor. Ths Chicago
Record in a recent issue advocating pos
tal saving bank says: '
"Suppose tbe people who deposited
their hard-earned savings in the col
lapsed Globe Saving Bank had beeu
mabled to deposit their money in a
postal Saving Bank under Federal con
trol. Suppose, instead of plucing their
earnings in4k bands of private Individ
unit who had not the skill Or the princi
ple to guard them at every point, the-jjff
had today the knowledge thnt, no.mff.
ter what local Idist urbance may have
troubled tbe'National government, their
laving were absolutely secure, and
would be returned to them immediately
on the presentation of their proofs that
they were depositors. Would those de
positor now be fighting for the main
tenance of their rights and meekly ask
ing for the return of eveu part of their
deposits?
No. They would be going on just as
before: saving their money and deposit
ing it iu the coffers of Uncle Sam. They
would have tne absolute aseurance-.tuut
no matter what mismanagement triigbt
occur in a given branch of the system,
the government etood security for their
deposits, and no agency not ufficiitly
powerful to destroy the government
itself could deprive tbera of a dollar of
their savings.
if the people are to be encouraged to
be frugal und contented let them have
so;ne sure means of saviug their money
some plan by which each depositor cau
rest assured that no reckless banking
methods, no amount of dishonesty and
no jugliug with trust funds can deprive
him of bi property. Without some
such system the people who would prefer
to be saving and thrifty are surely going
to be discouraged."
The New York Journal, tbe only paper
of importance in New York City, that
supported Bryan in the last campaign,
is now advocating other relorm in ad
dition to free silver, concerning city
ownership of railroads says:
A deputation of Knights of Labor has
presented a petition to Mayor Strong
tbat measures should be taken to secure
municipal ownership and control of cer
tain city railways, which by their charter
may revert to the city under certain
comiitions, These condition have so
far matured, it seems, a now to consti
tute an option. Among the special
reasons adduced is tbe plea that the
metropolitan street system is rapidly
becoming an octopus, which will soon
absorb alt the tramway line of the city
unless immediate steps are taken to
wrest tbe spoil from their tentacles.
Thi is a perfectly proper and reason
able claim, but in the opinion of the
Journal it does not go far enough, or
lay the ax to the root of the evil. It will
bo, of course, advantageous to tbe pub
lic interest thut the city should own one,
two or three railroads, ou the principle
that a part ol a loaf Is better than none,
but the vital quosiion involved in lite
outlook is the acquirement of all tbe
roads by the municipality a result
which we telieve to be imminent in the
irot distant future, similarly with the
systems of gas und electric ' lighting.
That it lies within thecontrol of the mu
nicipality to Institute hiu-Ii steps as will
lead to this result we believe to be in
controvertabie without violating any
essential right ol imlividtjtil or cor
poration. The label of siM'ialisut which is nt.
tarhed to all such m heme like the cry
of "mad dog,' i n baseless as the en
nine stigma often time i; The city has
as much iuherent right under our pre.
vailing system to supply the tie. of
travel and illumination as to furnish its
drinking water, or to clean It street.
Cnglish govemtit-ntil method
Intvei
never been Pimi'l' il its wH tHiistie, e j turn lavor in return; .in i un a ite n bs
many oi the priinrwatt uiesof lb l ulled ; tlii"'lv'es, is the republican party iu
Kingdom have pushed this theory of Uebtet t tin sugar Irust lor campaign
inuuii-ipat ownership of trainwav to full ' contributions, or are senatuM indtvid
Mleut in -priu lne. The retiit have , nall.v iudeb'ed to th trust for campaign
be- so coits.ieuously tis!ieiory a Iv. j h-lp? W repeat there is basis lor such
i ltatleiiga ths admiration of til! visitor, j nupi.uts, And the sfmite owe it to It
ttliks lu -t'..-teni y of w-rvnti and vhia ( -ll to Tih tb uuilty of ch ar itself of
tie of f.trvs, suspicion. It inav b that . inventiga
l it" iihiim rapid'y ths agitation for' lion would Is futile und serve to untold
a similar revolution, in Ain.ntun ri'tes to.U.in.' it tuny b that the ugr
I t'gi!i) tlte better. It is a rv rat hii b trnst iltlelitls would refuse t answer
th I, un lev. I, So whiU lh demand of !)titlM. and bring the investigat'im
Hi kuitftiu of Labor doe tint ko far j to naught. Put ths ttmil should t
eiioutt, i ytt add re.- ltli l' ait Im- j l't be mad- by ths . ntit.t, snd made
mvdiati-ly pra- tn-itl ud practible result ' vriwusty. Twullelh Ventury,
which may inaugurate the larger
change."
When the newspaper hare become
convinced that tbo principles of tbe pop
ulist party are just and that in their
adoption ia prosperity for the country,
they will soon lose their prejudice againat
thoname. They will discover that the
people's party banner is the only emblem
under which all genuine reformers can
unite.
EUGENE MOORE IS HELD.
Judge Hall Sustains Tbr of tbe
Mine
Count Trial Next Term.
Judge Hall of the district court in
Lancaster county, listened to the argu
ments in the case of the State againat
Eugens Moore last Saturday. Moore's
attorney bad filed a general demurrer
to the statu' information and osked o
have all of the nine count therein con
tained quashed. Tbe argument occu
pied most of the day and Judge Hall
reserved his decision until this week. He
reduced hi opinion to writing an an
nounced it Tuesday morning. He
quashes aix of the counta and sustains
three.
Tbe court overruled two of the counta
which charge larceny and sustained
three which charged embezzlement. The
other four were defective. Concerning
tbe difference between larceny and em
bezzlement Judge Hall bold that tbe
crime of grand larceny ia complete only
wnen it is louna tnat a person lelonioua
ly takea money; that it ia of the value of
."15; that it belongs to another person;
that it waa taken from tbe owner' a pos
session; that it was against bis will, and
tual there was felonious intent to de
prive tbe owner permanently of it use.
te crime of embezzlement is complete
n it is proved that tbe defendant i
officer or other person; that he is
arired with tbe collection, receipt, safe
eepiug, transfer or disbursement of the
lublic money or any part thereof be
longing to the state; that the defendant
j on or receiver c, pubiic money belong-
ha collected a such officer or other per-
ing to the state; tbat be has converted
any portion of such money to bis own
use or to tbe use of any person or per
sons, and that he has acted with fraudu
lent and felonious intent t ai deprive the
state permanently thereof. The court
therefore states that tbe second, fifth,
seventh and eighth counts, charging em
bezzlement as a person charged with the
holding of money, are defective in failing
to allege facts whereby the court upon
refcrrcr.ee to the statutes may be in
formed that the dehmdent at tbe time
complained of was a person charged ly
law wdtb the duty of collecting or re
ceiving or safely keeping or transferring
or disbursing publto money.
Concerning tbe argument made by
Moore', attorney, that a auditor be
had no right to receive tbe fee with
which lie is charged with embezzling,
and that therefore be could not be held
responsible in hi official character, the
court holds that the law requires the
auditor to know that the fees for official
certificate isued by bim ns auditor for
tbe state are paid for in advance a,
issue, v. . -
Judge Hall hold that: "It fa tbe offi
cial duty of the auditor to require and
see that tbe fee fixed for any statutory
service requested of him by insurance
companies 0 ethers be paid into tha
state treasury before lQ performs the
service.
"He may perform thi official duty in
either of two ways: First, by requiring
the party asking a license to do insur-
' aiitso business o? procure a Copy of any
document on file in his office to pay the
lee in advance into tue state treasury
and bring bim tbe receipt; or, second, by
collecting and receiving such fees him
self as auditor in advance. In the latter
ise it becomes, under the common law,
his official duty to keep such fees aafely
and under the constitution to transfer
them into the state treasury in advance
of the performance of the service by
him."
This decision, if sustained in the su
preme court, would seem to fix Moore's
responsibility, and tbat under it he may
be convicted of embezzlement.
Wheu we see a great trust thus favored,
a trust that ha been exacting an enor
mous tribute from the American people
under the shelter of tariff dtlies, when
we see a trust tbat has vaunted its abil
ity to compete on a plane of equality
with tin, ie"i unts of the world, to make
and sell sugar as cheaply as it can be
made and sold, asking and being granted
protection against foreign competition
of, say, one-quarter of a cent a pound
when tbe imposition of such duty will
enable the- trust to raise the price of
sugar to the American consumer one
quarter of a cent above lite price at
wlorh it could profitably make aud sell
sugar, and thus levy a tribute on the
American 'ople of one-quarter cent a
pound on the l.0i,P0i,()(! pounds of
sugar consumed anmmUy, or a tribute
ol $10.1100,00(1, men nuturVv stop and
ask; What did the sugar trust do iu re
turn for sueh favor? l uder what obli
gation to th trust are the fruiter of
tits tariff bill who grunted thi favor?
What favor has the trust done to seii-
atom or ths republican party to Ih given
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