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About Harrison press-journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 24, 1899)
LCCIS LIS A SFZELU D. at THOMPSON TO THB SSSCUl AT A CRITICAL TIME. Oow. Porn tar. Congraooman Stark, World-Herald and Hundreoa of Othora Hava Dona Oraat Work. Omaha, Neb.. Aug. XL It low took H U Ut Nebraska boy will be saved tka humiliation of straggling aloaa kim the beat way Uey cu, wkUe th volunteer soldier from other state art gaily. Joyously and proudly carried home lnspeclal trains, aa the honored guests of their states. Governor Poynter, General BanTi Congressman Stark and the World Herald (which was latterly assisted by the Lincoln State Journal and other papers), undertook to raise the neces sary money to provide the FJrst Ne braska with a special train. A splen did effort was put forth and something over $10,000 was secured. The governor then waited upon the railroad officials and attempted to get these corpora tions to accept the $10,000 in cash and to depend upon the people of the state through the legislature to pay them the other 123,000 as soon as the legislature met again. The railroads declined to do so, upon the grounds that the action of the legis lature was uncertain and for the fur ther fact that such action would set a bad (for them) precedent. No amount of talk oa the part of Governor Poynter and Congressman Btark while in Omaha several days on this mission could induce the railroads to yield, and for several days it ap peared as if the Nebraska boys would have to hustle for themselves. As will be seen by the following ap peal, on Saturday evening; matters changed for the better: Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 19. To the People of Nebraska: I have an offer from Mr. D. E. Thompson of a loan of (24,000 to bring home the First Nebraska regi ment. I appeal to the people of Ne braska to send to me at once checks for such sums as each Is able to ad vance In order that the balance of $15, M may be promptly secured. The mon ey must be In my office by 6 o'clock Monday night Those who have already made pledget of loans will, I hope, send to me at once the amount pledged. With quick action on the part of the people of Nebraska the soldiers of this state now at San Francisco will bt re turned on a special train. All checks should be made payable to "W. A.- Poynter, Governor." I urge upon the people of this state tka necessity of quick action. W. A. POYNTER, Governor. At the present writing the governor has nearly sufficient cash on hand, to- Kher with Mr. Thompson's exceeding ly handsome contribution, to provide the First Nebraska with a special train af their own. Mr. D. E. Thompson waa the chief opponent which Senator Hayward had to meet before the late republican leg islature. He la a self-made man of great wealth. . No doubt the legislature will reim burse Mr. Thompson and all other con tributors to the First Nebraska special train fund. - SCHOOL LANDS AT AUCTION. How tha Commissioner of Public Lands Handles Them. Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 22. Commission er Wolfe has Just completed another tour of leasing school lands at public auction, under the new school land law, In the western part of the state, and (i ro uic iuuuniujj BLimruirii i, ing uie result 01 nis enorcs on in is tour In behalf of the school children. In Scotts Bluff county he offered and leased all that was vacant 7.530 acres. at aa average valuation of 23 cents per acre. In Banner county he offered 18,840 1 Manchester, N. H., Aug. 22. The opln acres and leased 13,200 acres at an av- I ion is rapidly growing among business erage valuation of 33 cents per acre. men of this vicinity that a gigantlo Tit Vlmkall Kraintv h ntfTmA 90 M ' rirIlo In hin? worked On the farm- acres and leased 14,960 acres at an aver- 1 age valuation of 25 cents per acre. In Lincoln county he offered 30,600 acres for lease and leased 26,560 acres at an average valuation of 40 cents per acre. In Deuel county he offered 33,812 acres for lease and leased 29,93 acres at an average valuation of 47 cents per acre. I In Cheyenne county he offered 58,840 acres for lease and leased 54,880 acres at an average valuation of 32 1-1 cents per acre; bonus, $50. In Keith county he offered 30,702 acres for lease and leased 30,142 acres at an average valuation of 67 3-4 cents per acre; bonus, $230. In Perkins county he offered and leas ed all that was vacant 26.081 acres, at aa average valuation of 23 cents per acre. Thus It will be seen that on this leas ing tour, Mr. Wolfe offered 237,096 acres ef school land for lease and leased 202, 19S acres of the same, at an average valuation of 38 2-3 cents per acre. These lands have not heretofore been leased, or. It leased, very little If anything has been paid on the contracts, and it has been necessary from time to time to oaBcel the same, so that, practically peaking, this land has produced no revenue during all the time the atate baa owned It but wtll now yield annu ally 94,701 for the benefit of the school fund, and as the lessee has been al lowed to establish the price he was willing to pay for the same, in open com petition, this annual Income Is as sured aad may be Increased wheneer the state deems It advisable to exercise Its right to raise the valuation of this In July the commissioner held similar leasing auctions in eight counties on the Blkhorn, west of Norfolk, when he eaT are 131.141 acres for lease and laaeed 12e.tif acres of the same at an overage of 77 cents per acre, thus se curing upon that land an annual ren jtal of tt.170. In addition to cash bonuses sssoantlag te $1,474 for a few choice whloh were leaeea at tnese auc- TJncle Jake baa arranged te attend public Mctlone la Dundy, Hitchcock, Unaea and Chase counties between Au- wat M aad eptember 2, at which ht eyfll oCer 71M0 acres for lease to tht fcpag bidders la opaa competition. Oa beateniber I and 7 he will oCei t'AJM tinea la Sheridan aad Cherry j itltg for lease to the heat bidders. iJ between eptenber IS aad M wlli 1 aUallar public loaetnga In Blaine, 1 Batte, Oraat. QarfleU, Hooker, Lo I Leap, Hoax aad Thoanaa counties, . naa ha wW edfer 14.M acree tot ' f aad kUer win have aoetlons fes 2.--4U JMalo, I 'ngMOaawBaej j mm- as? tdl i vrlli -s f r t AILHOAOS OYOOrHNO. Poop of tnta Part of tho Cauntn Hava Mlllltma in FrotaTht at Shako Omaha, Heb.. Aug. tt. The people at the west are being called upoa by tlM v City, Pittsburg Gulf railroad to stand by this railway In Its struggU to malatala something of an ladepend. ent existence among the great tranav portatloa llnee of tha country. This north and south railroad, com monly called the Port Arthur Rout, seeks to do a north aad south business, and as the Gulf ports are about oe third of the distance nearer to our pei pie than are the Atlantic seaboard, freight rate based oa the distance haul, ed would operate to make a wonderful difference in favor of the shippers la this part of tha country. The lines of railroad running east and west have for years monopolized this business aad have forced the trafflo out out of Its natural channels into the un natural, tedious and most expensive route. Hence the east and west lines and all the southern lines, which they control, are boycotting the Port Ar thur road with a view of forcing it to put in force the combination prices. sw.i-.tarv TTtt of the Commercial club has received a letter from J. A. Hanley. I traffic manager of the Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf railroad. In which ht la aaked to enlist the moral support of ; the Omaha business men to assist tht Gulf route to resist the boycott that la threatened by the other southern lines. Mr. Hanley says the boycott has been begun purely because his road was try ing to do some business from Missouri river points to the seaboard by way of the gulf ports, and that the Gulf route proposes to stand pat. He suggests that, as his road has been a potent factor In securing reduced freight rates from Omaha, its people should give it all possible support in the present con troversy. Secretary Utt has also received a communication from Commissioner W. P. Trlckett of the Commercial club of Kansas City on the same subject Mr. Trickelt incloses a copy of a circular that he is sending out to Kansas City business men and asks that the Omaha j people take the matter up and help boost for the Uult route in recuBiiiuuu of Its services In bringing down railroad rates from Missouri points to tht sea board. No action has yet been taken by the local organization, but It is likely that the matter will be brought before the proper bureau at once. Some of the Jobbers assert that Omaha shippers must hold up the hands of the Gulf people as a matter of self-protection. They assert that since tht road began operations two years ago merchandise rates from Omaha to the seaboard have been reduced from $1.25 and $1.35 per hundred to SO and 90 cents on first-class freight Previously the St Louis rate to Baltimore and New York waa 11 per cent of the Chicago rate. This waa computed on a mileage basis and If the DmahaTate bad been computed in the 1 plies will continue under the direction, same way it would have been about 130 ; of the quartermasters department or Eer cent Of the Chcago rate. But for the army, which will furnish or procure twenty years the roads charged an ar- I all the vessels required. Between these biliary of 60 cents from the Mississippi agents of distribution and transporta uumi ii . ... , , .. . .hA nn hand and the CTeat river to Omaha ana imi was oniy u- continued whenthe Gulf route came m?o the field and carried the freight to he gulf and thence on the Mallory line at steamships to Atlantic coast points it areatlv reduced rates It is alleged that a similar efTect has been proS in grain rates and that tcum . 7 . .. i . v i Dr.v niia V ttlft TO TP ' to Baltimore and New York were from la to 40 cents, but me uuu roum u cut them as low as 15 cents. It Is ar gued that If the other roads should suc seed In their effort to freeze out the Gulf route the previous exactions might u. resumed and that It la consequently lmnl,...nl that the boycott should not UCCd MILKMEN ARE SWINDLED. A Bogus Trust Does Up a Neigh borhood of Dairymen. ers of southern New Hampshire who i . . . , , ... r . ', i. i 'ira ,1 trn ll-Cl n in" DrOUUL'UUU OI UliUi r,ir the Beaton markets. I Agents have recently been going about among the farmers representing themselves as from the Milk Producers' union, which Is an organization of far- era formed for the purpose of mutual protection and which has for Its object the maintenance of the price of milk at as high figures as possible, and stat ing that a new stock company has been nroin lt in NfW Y OHC. WllU U mense financial backing, for the pur- . f -otnlr.o' xnntni rf Ule ml IK SUD- I nlv for the city of Boston. To this end they offer the farmers a contract the terms of which are that the farmer is entitled to one share or sioca iur every five cans of milk which he has for sale, each share of stock costing tht farmer $10, only $2 of which he Is to pay at the time of accepting the contract, but giving a note for the balance. The attractive thing about the con tract is a clause which states that the farmer shall receive four cents a can more for his milk than he Is at present fretting, and hundreds of farmers are wad to have Jumped at the proposition. They are told by the agents that thio ls their only opportunity as the agenU will not call a aecond time, ana mi the event of their failure to accept the terma of the contract they will not have the opportunity to sell their milk product for the reason that the new company proposes to monopolize the Boston business. The agents are claimed to have repre sented that the company would com mence to take milk unaer me 'ivhl prices stipulated October 1, but an In vestigation which has been made doee not disclose wnere me new wavy! haa any standing whatever, and that It owns a single milk can, a milk car, or has a milk depot, is not apparent. The agents are said to have met with phenomenal success In the presentation of their puns, and have reaped a har vest of $2 bills, which sum constltutei the first payment on each contract The farmer agrees to give up bit mil and pay $10, of which amount 12 la paid at once, and thea signs the greement and hands It to the agent Texas Raoa Troublo. rt.n.a T- Auar. H. A s Dedal froaa Orange, Tea., aaye the military and civil officers have the race trouble there ..n 1 1. hand, hat It Is feared that trou ble nay be precipitated again. White, cap notices have been posted In aad about Orange for the last several days that all the negroes must leave the vv clnlty or saffer death. Three negroes' anMailv wounded a few nlghta f ago by being shot from am bash. Tha iroaMe is purely a moor one, um Uberera beiag determined to drive otrt the Macks froaa that section laf-tlnt m... SW la Tmmmm and LfltseHat, tk) Heaatoa Light Cveh, about nsaa, arrtvad aader ordara freat Oov. aarara A delaibfuai w ra arrrref ajaa. u ws www v at rraw worse tfca ctwakry ta Laaeaa and tag rr- a 1 fotan U.S. COST FEED IC3.G30 THAT MANY PORTO RICANS IN ACTUAL NEED Will Require Ovar Ona Thoueand Tena of Food Eaoh Waak to Supply Strlokan Pooplo. Washington. D. C Aug. H Secre tary Root has made public a plan for systematically taking care of tha sup plies contributed for tha relief of tht destitute Porto Ricans. It provides for a central committee of representative citizens of the country, to which all lo cal committees are to report. This com mittee is to have charge of distributing the supplies, which is to be done in a manner to secure the best possible re sults. The following was sent out by Secretary Root to each of the gentle men named in the committee. War Department, Washington, D. C, Aug. 1, ls8. My Dear Sir: Tht gen- rou response of the American people to the call for relief for the people of Porto Rico, involvlng'the collection of fd and supplies offered of various kinds from different committees in dif ferent parts of the country, makes It necessary to somewhat syslemize the work of relief. With this in view I have determined to request the follow ing gentlement to act as 'Central Porto Ricaa Relief Committee,' to which I shall request all local committees to re port and which may perform the very necessary duty of co-ordinating the procurement and furnishing of supplies, concentrating the money furnished in one fund and reflating Its expenditure so that the supplies furnished may con form to the requirements In character and quantity, and confusion and waste o f effort be avoided, viz: "Hon. Cornelius N. Bliss, former sec retary of the interior: Brigadier Gen eral Guy V. Henry, formerly military B oyernor of Porto Rico; the Rt Rev James H. Blenk, S. M. D. D., bishop of Porto Rico, now sojourning In the Unit ed States; Hon. Warner Van Norden, president of the National Bank of North America; Mr. William L. Cor wlne, secretary of the Merchants' asso ciation of New York City; the mayor of Boston or such representative as he may choose to designate; the mayor of New York, or such representative as he may choose to designate; the mayor of Philadelphia, or such representative as he may choose to designate; the mayor of Baltimore, or such represent ative as he may choose to designate. "The work of distribution in Porto Rico will continue under the direction' of Military Governor General Davis, who Is devoting himself to the work with admirable Judgment and sympa thy. The actual transportation oi eup- " numoer oi wau . 'which knows what the others are do ng ; on the otter hand the new central committee Is expected to stand. It Is not anticipated that beyond forming the original organization very great 'time and labor will be required of the Of t. K . .atow anrl a f Mr Cft T. LOsTCC. WILD ItlV avo .. ' small executive committee, i "I sincerely hope the committee will be able to render this service of benefi 'cence and will accept the appointment. Very respectfully, HLIHU ROOT, "Secretary of War." Secretary Root also made public the followiner cablegram from General Da- l vis at San Juan, Porto Rico, under date of August 18: "I suggest that all relief committees In states report to central committee ' appointed by you and all funds col i lected deposited In New Tork or Wash : tngton to its credit, funds to be used at ! present for purchase of food, clothing, medicines, etc At least 1,040 tons of fn.irf nhould be shlried weekly until further notice. Have now fairly full reports from whole island. Cannot re , . . , ...,. f inn IWl i-i Ha tmA H 1 li I I linilrr CUvllIlBlT "1 v-w or assisted. Am starting public works ranldlv as Dossible and hope soon to get large numbers on self-sustaining basis, if local committees act without concert duplication and waste would be sure to result. Therefore, suggest can tral committee to regulate this and would give assurance to contributors that donations will be wisely handled. "Send all clothing and medicines of fered. Fully one-half beans ano rice ..nould be shipped in sacss wewnins, 100 DOUnOS Per ;, lui u iiiu- - the interior on pack animals. The sack Ins: material will be useful for clothing. "ni vifl APPEAL FROM THE BIBHOP. Kw Orleans. La.. Aug. 22. BlshoO Blenk of Porto Kico has issued an a ueal to all Catholic buBhope In the Unit ed States, reciting the devastation of the Island by the recent storm, Ceittng attention to the urgent needs of, the In habitants and asking nsembeva of his church to come to tneir airv. tMswtp Blenk offers to take charge all dona tions and transmit them to "hose dis tricts In Porto Rico wh'jre they are. most needed. He asks tAt communl- cations be addressed to 1 4m at Wash ington, D. C. . . mi la Cuba a Proa rfaMon? New Orleans, La., A'A- The case ' tviuiam A Cor. '.!e Havana dlrec- of William A Cox, Havana dlrec lory man, who was rrested In thU city, bids fair to bee e a cause cele i will come up bre. In the trial w before Judge Dug g at Issue will he. i IU ultimate raised which. If pres conclusion, would fi e courts to pass upon the ultli: tlona of this government In r. -Cuba. Vdefease oreign Cox's attorney w on the centlon tha country and that atsa courts have no Juti oensea committed In support of h to submit articles declaration of wa one says that "Cv a free and lndepe tide two expresf tentlon on the pal to assume severe) Mr. Weeterfleky Is now In fact i and aa each an dltlon treaty w before It can recti fled to this count no such treaty j discharge of blr Macon. Mo, nnloa at Are set tha pace fo their meeting u resolution aew ufaotared thaw Hill r r 1 1 I ei J I T&o ajjjdl' 'AlastWfc t aaad af tfeaf Mfemrr.' i tawui IS i TSVSTS AM PfUMO Ut. an tha N Ara Staadlly Oetng Up, Waahtngtoa. D. O, Aug. H. The aaat at tha aaossstrlta of Ufa ara today, oa aa average, if par cent higher than tkay were a year ago. Tka wage earn er who supported his family oa ILM during the last year must bow pay $1.14 for precisely tht aaaaa naoasaarlat and comforts Crops are plentiful The supply of raw material of all kinds was never larger. The amount of manufactured products Is In excess of that la any pre vious year. Without unnatural manip ulation these conditions would causa a decrease In prices instead of an In crease. Trusts have forced the Increase upon the people. The prices are going up and the tf per cent Increase which the heads of families must pay for necessaries goes directly to make dividends for largely over-capitalized combinations. It It claimed that since the trust era there has been a general Increase in the pay of tht wageamer of 10 per cent Thus the worker earns 10 per cent more, but pays 16 per cent more to live. price of meat 2 or $ cents a pound. forced to this by the greed of two trusts. ' Retail butchers have aavancea me An attempt is also Demg maae u form a cattle trust, and if this la ac-, comDltBhed meat will ro higher yet. ; On March 30 the National Salt com- J 0,11 J W fUI 1 UVl- M w ' cent trust laws of New Jersey. This company controls 90 per cent of the salt plants ef this state and Michi gan. Before the formation of the trust the price of salt per barrel of 320 pounds was 85 cents. A few days after the organisation of the trust an Increase In prioa wan made of 33 per cent. Since than there have been several additional Increases and today the pries of a bar rel of table salt is $1.60. Those to whom the Increase means something are the farmers who pur chase quantities of the coarser grades of salt for their cattle; also the meat packers. The latter are not much wor ried, as they have a trust The farm ers and housewives haven't. Since the formation of the National Carpet trUBt there has been a gradual Increase In prices until now the pur chaser pays 20 per cent more than he did formerly. Eighty per cent of the carpet mills In the Eastern and Middle states are con trolled by the combination. Outside of these states the carpet making Indus try is very small and the trust has tht business of the country fairly within Its grasp, particularly as It operates in harmony with the Wool trust and kin dred combinations. v There has been an increase m , of raw materials used by carpet mak- ers, due to comDinauons 01 mo cerns controlling the materials, but this Increase Is only a fraction of that charged by the carpet trust Furthermore, recent Improvements In the machinery used in carpet making more than onsets me increase m 1 price of raw materials, but the pur- j chaseer nevertheless pays 20 per cent ! more than he did for the same class of goods. ! ciied "Pn to "PP'y lne ar"l)' The average head of a family has ouf goldierB wMi de faster In that cll pald, perhaps, little attention to , tn8 ' mata than the FHIpinoa will from bul formatlon of such industrial combina- I . tlona aa the wire and wire nail trust, j v j Leoonte, Company F-The Unlt- the chemical trust, me luniucr haV Aid HUL Mil UaU. v h navi indirectly & share of the '" ... v- s&. nrlce which each of these comblnatloss haa made upon the com modity it controla. For Instance, the large dry goods or LrrtmMit store at which his wife buys a few yards of cloth Is forced to charge her a trine more ocuiuw , aperatlons of the trusts above named, i It seems a wide and dlsconnectea stretch between the yards of cloth purchased and the Iron, steel, nail, wire, lumber and chemical trusts, but never theless they all operate to send up the Prtce. In tha nrni piace, me cueimu" haa Increased the prices of the dye ttuffa used In coloring the cloth. The lumber trust has added its mite to the price of the pine boards out of which the packing case In which the sloth la shipped Is constructed. The wire nail trust has added some thing to the cost of the nails with which the boards are fastened together. The nail trust makes this Iscrease part ly for Its own profit and partly to cover the Increase charged by the steel trust 9nm t V, ra or material. The Iron bands which are nailed around the packing case to strengthen. It cost a trifle more than they formerly did because of the Increased price for the raw material charged by the iron trust. AI . In addition to these the operations of the wool or cotton mill trust have con tributed their share toward raising the j prices. 1 'tv,. era sno trusts in existence In the country, and almost In every in stance It could be shown that In some way the average consumer helps to well the profits of all. The print-cloth market Is three-quartan u i hlirher oer vard this year than last. Practically all the mills of the New England states are coniroiiea by a trust, but this Increase Is not due drtiely to the operations of that par ticular combine. The same causes which contributed to an Increase of the price of cloth also affected the prints. Cotton, however. Is slightly higher than last year. An ef fort was made this year by leading cot ton dealers to form a cotton trust with the co-oneratlon of the large southern plantation owners. The growers, bow- ever, could not be coniroiiea in me mu ter of acreage, except In a minority of cases, and absolute control of the raw material Is yet to be effected. The ramifying trusts Interested In the print cloth Industry, however. In con nection with the truat most Immediate ly concerned, have caused the prices to go up. Nearly every article handled by a hardware store Is the product of a trust and in stock of a large establishment represents perhaps twenty different flfttnKlnatlifta a majority of these trusts are depend t for their raw material upon the V steel, copper and brass trusts, and (each of the latter has Increased Its Ices heavily within the paat eight or k months, the manufacturing trusts, lowing In the wake af the other. We also sonde an Increase, tstallera, when forced to pay mere the manufacturer or producer, Inva Mj make additional provision (of Smeelvte when fixing a new scale of bee. The result la that for various Idea of hardware the pure Baser it Hag anywhere from 1$ to 100 pel t mora than twelve meatha ago. for stoves aad kitchen utensils gen ity tha increase varies bet w sea M I ! par cent bat far different tool Veiled by Individual trusts tha la nes la mac, higher. The average in aa to the eonsuaier la ta the aeighv teod of 4 per aaat ana tha wgaaloatlea of tha Asaai Stel feppMraovar m April la , a eapHal of t.MMf, and th .ihv of an arttmata laaraaai U tlOEDSDY CHI. OTIS ORITICISM8 OP MEN JUST PROM THE PRONT. What tho Returned Colorado Vol untoera Hava to Say About Philippine Campaign. Baa Francisco, CaL. Aug. M. Post Dispatch stenographers. Interviewed the mats bars of the First Colorado volun teers who returned oa the transport Warren, In regard to the conduct of the war In the Philippines. Like the men of the Washington, Pennsylvania, Oregon and Nebraska regiments who have come home, they agree that the campaign has been a failure so far; that General Otis has accomplished nothing and that the Islands, with thelt terrible climate and unruly natives, are not orth "Shtlng for. Borne of the expressions of opinion follow: w rjvn riThe natives are not a bit afraid of Otis. They say ha la afraid to leave Manila. H. Hanson, Company C The cam paign has been nothing but a series of blunders. The field officers are con- -.. 1 V..l n rwl. lat thnin attack when a good opportunity Is presented , Invariably be refuses. The result is the Insurgents always manage to es- ! an Anglo-American alliance. cape ! "if the democrats oppose Imperialism J. B. Hoven, Company E The rainy j will they gain German votes?" season Is now on in the Philippines "They certainly will." and tht climate then will kill more of I "Will the Germans subvert their op our soldiers in a month than Aguinal- ! position to 16 to 1 In order to vote do't forces could in years. Knowing ! igalnst imperialism?" this one may realize partly the hopeless "If imperialism, as used In this con, condition of affairs In the Islands. Add nacUon, means the subjugation ana to this an Inefficient commander and government of remote colonies rormmg mere words are Inadequate to express the magnitude of the blunder this country has made in taking up th black man's burden. W. R. Jacobs, Company fine ' , .,,.,,V o.nin.i thu PhlllD. ! plnea la found by merely glancing at Uountry. that many Germans who were the people who compose Its population. I heretofore decidedly in favor of the Do you suppose that any country on fa& standard will view Imperialism as earth that produces such undersized, j traught with more danger to the repub dtaenerate, filthy beings as the Kill- lie than the free-silver Issue." plaos are can be of any value to a white I Mr. Joseph Brucker, editor of the Illli nan? Why, if the native cannot thrive I i0ls Staats-Zeltung, said In response there what do you suppose a Cau- : lo the same questions: caslan could do? "Yes. the Germans are generally op- E. W. Jones, Company D A strong. I posed to Imperialism, because they give active, energetic fighter in commanu 01 100 000 men ,8 ten might oe able to ena me vears. II Oils naa a mmiuu l - nmtM iinn thA trouble. msu no - ---- Bl L. Langworthy, company if-ii : ui 01 me nwu imiwi iamii. Otis should die the Filipinos would riass of the Germans are against im mourn 1.1a death more than tho Amer- jperiallsm, because they take the word lean soldiers. ! m the right sense; they combine with It xt t T.amhrt Comoany F You ask ne-man power, militarism, Caesarian. e now jone n Wjil take 10 wnip mc My reply j, that under the VTtmt conditions it can never be done. Jl. united fctau-s will constantly be . gtatrs government has iaKn very heavv contract upon its hands. Sup- a .v,o iian.ls. what are going to do with them? Corooral J. C. Luttrell, Company F The campaign Otis has conducted tn the Philippines has been a farce of the worBt kind. He should be recalled at once and a man put at the head of the army who Is a fighter not an old wo man Otis Is held In contempt by all the soldiers, regulars as well aa vol unteers. Comnany H I t re would not care to live in mc i v nines The climatic conditions alone are such that no white man would de sire to remain there if he could possi bly help It. , take at least ten years to subjugate the natives Even thon the fiercer moun- tain tribes will cause more or less trou- hla Most people fall to realize the ilent of the territory of the Philip- ,J" ami that most of it Is nearly in- accessible to troops. J B. McMillan, Lornimnj - F. Maley. Company -"..-- dlans would be better cman u Max" O'Pits. Company H-The Philip pines have already cost this country 5 ore than they are worth. Before we get through the cost will have Increas ed an hundred-fold, so we have made a very naa unn"" n tir iiinrrl Comnany K If I were m. . inducement possible I would not return to the "'PP'"- O M. BUllwell. Company D This Is a Drofltless war anyhow, and the islands will never be of any use to this coun- trF. Madden, Company F-Otls has not been outside of Manila since he reach ed there He knows absolutely nothing of the conditions In he field, and he Is o egotistical that he will pay no at tention to suggestions from his sub- John McAuIey.Company D Whenev er the field commanders have a chance to strike an effective blow. Otis Is sure to Issue an order that prevents any thing being done. Of late the Insur gents have become more aggressive than our force. That Is a strong Indi cation that Otis Is lamentably weak. J E. Moon, Company E Oils' numer ous blunders In the Philippines have been sufficient to forever condemn him. C A. McVey, Company A General Otis may be a very good officer and man but as the commander of an army In the field he Is an utter fsJIure. F. T. McCory, Company 1 Otis has made a failure of the Phillp pYns campaign from a military atand- point, or u Rittenhouse, Company A I do not believe the Flllplnoa will ever sur render. Consequently I must say that I don't consider the Islaads worth fight ing for. If we manage to maintain a coaling station we should be very well W "h' a. Hart, Company A I never would return to the Philippine, even If they ehould offer me General Otis H. U Smith. Company B-The Till inM are utterly worthless and any revenue!.!. eSuitry may obtain from the Islands will be more than offset br the coat of holding them. P M. Barron, Company BAgulnal- fJlyZr -t above the rest of the Filipinos. OULT HO AD BOYCOTTED. v.... ntr. Mo.. Aug. H The first aetaaUr hettllt move la the boycott MUt Kansas City, Pittsburg A Gulf esslread haa been made, when the M la Marl Pad to refused to deliver four can freight which ware Mlled ta tha Oulf wad Tha boycott U not to go Into Seat ontll Augaat , bat thU action la takOB to mean that tha road f ght Sa fiSTj ntUbarg A Oalf laUad to force a2ul Kowtloa haa a yet beta tahoa by tb Wtttawrg el. yaii ro OtnUOANS LOVBU Wh Thaw Oppoee tho Imparialktea. Chisago, nu Aug. A latter alga, a by pronmlneat Oersnaa republicans at Chicago waa aaat from this city te president McKlnley recently, advising hint that If tha present policy of ter ritorial expansion shall be perelated la the republican party will lose the Ger man vote in IMt. This vow went te McKlnley very general' y la 1M oa the silver issue. That tht democratic lead era are aware of the fellings of the Germans la sufficiently clear from th platform of the Iowa democrats, adopt ed la Dea Moines last Wednesday. A local paper prints Interviews with well known German citizens of Chicago oa this eubject Mr. William Vocke, whe has been a republican since be fore the beginning of the civil war. who has been a republican candidate for congress and always prominent In party affairs, waa outspoken on the subject . . "Is It true,". Mr. Vocke was asked, "that the Germans are opposed to ex panslon, imperialism and an Anglo American alliance?" Mr. Vocke replied: "The spirit of the German press and the expressions of, leading Germans throughout the coun try Justify the opinion that the GerJ man voters are as earnestly and uni formly opposed to expansion, Imperial Ism and an Anglo-American alliance as they were In lt64 to the repeal of the Missouri compromise. At that time out 8 German newspapers In the country SO declared their unfaltering opposi tion to the Kansas-Nebraska bill. And about the same proportion of German newspapers the number having very rreatly Increased since then haa taken 1 decided stand against imperialism and parts of distant continents by military r olvil governors sppulnted by the federal government and maintained by military force, It is to be feared, so far as I have been able to watch the de- iminnmrnt of German sentiment In this s graver meaning to the word than tue anglo-Americans generally do. I am id certain republicans and republican rmwrs over a year aeo against the --- . ,,, OM,. n.. no conqueum. j "If the republican party should open- y declare for expansion and should thow inclination to favor an alliance with Eneland. then the German-Amer icana could not be held back by any lorce or persuasion from Joining the lemoorats. The entire Irish element f which in 1RH4 a part became repub lican, would Join the German element t md the democratic party would easily twin mates like Indiana. Michigan and I rven Wisconsin, which gave McKlnley ! md good money a majority of over loo.OOO. The Illinois Staats-Zeltung Is today the only German paper In Illinois not aostlle to the administration. There Is to German republican paper In the Hate of Indiana, none in Northern Dhln and onlv one In Cincinnati, which j R lukewarm for the administration, but ! itronelv antl-exnanslon. In Missouri llmosl every uerman huiu.r mo idmlnistratlon. The same In Iowa and ji other states. Aa things look now, the German element Is largely lost ta the republicans. Julius Goldzler, who was elected aa j i democrat to congress In 1S92, was a j told democrat In 19. In reply to the mentions asked of Mr. Vocke and Mr. Brucker. he said: I "The German-Americans are opposed i imperialism, beyond any question, fhelr antagonism is due to the fact t .nat. -'"'''- ;'"' " J whatever imperils It. The same spirit u hlch In the ante-bellum days espouse the cause of the negro slave; the same iplrlt which during the war made a republican of every GWman almost Irom the moment when he set foot on American soil, will cause the great mass of German votera to leave the r- DUniican camp the moment they are convlnfted that republicanism stand or Imperialism. The Germans are lov- trs of liberty. WEEKLY RECORD OF TRUSTS. Only a Few of the Most Important Combinations are Noticed. Aug. 15. Tho Bcott-Janey Electric company, capitalized at $30,00,0000, in corporated at Trenton, N. J. Thl com hanv ! nrzunlzMl to build and o Derate - " - electric railway The Nlles-Bementl-Pond company In torpo rated in New Jersey with capital . f $8,000,000. The corporation combine l large number of tool works in differ ent states. The Harding Paper company' plant at Hamilton, O., transferred to the American Writing Paper company, the paper trust Aug. 16. Prices of meat marked up by the beef trust Ice trust marks up In New York. The tobacco trust absorbs another big .I... In W,w V-l Uiifhanan 4. T.vall jf that city having Joined thu combiae. Aug. 17. A great railroad combina tion of coal producing Interests of tha Pittsburg district is made up. The cap italization will be $64,000,000. Aug. 18. The yarn mill combine 1 Ightlng an English syndicate for the possession of 75 print cloth mills of Fall River, Mass. Tht capital of thl ioncern, which experts to outbid the Rngllshment, Is said to be $130,000,000. It meditates the consolidation of all tha tot ton mills In the country. Aug. 18. An agreement of 88 chair manufacturing concerns announced at Srand Rapids. The company will be eapltallaed at 120.000,000. The window glass Interest effect a mneolldatlon at Columbus, O. The cap ital will amount to between $16,000,004 and IM.OOO.OO. COMBINE OF TOW MILLS. Dea Moines, la., Aug. tt. Fifteen tow mill nave rormea a comoine oy wnicw they tnpect to control the tow market tf the country. Headquarter for tha eomblne have been located at El ma, oa the Oraat Western, where a targe fac tory la la operation, aad where A Ck Brown, who haa engineered the com ae, haa bean placed la charge of tha Intereata of the new company, which baa been laoorporated. it I claimed that ail tow used la tho eoaatry I aanfaotarod la thea afteaa caul trhteh ara leaatea ia aorta ara towa, lima Mi sat trtOI Okt awa 13 p iiiim van ,'i
