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Harrison Press-Journal
G. A. FHIPPs, Publisher.
HARRISON,
NEBRASKA
waalUy resident of a town In
Miller ounty. Mo., has selected a site
near hla own home and is building for
timself wiU bis own bands an elabo
rate torn a,
For six scholarships recently award
id by the Cworgia School of Technol
gy there iwre 569 applications. ThU
accepted as evidence that the young
white men or the South are inclining
toward manual and mechanical work
is a career. Georgia papers note Ttiis
thange of sentiment with much satls
iactlon. Foraerly there was a preju
Uce against mechanical labor.
A pathetic example of devotion to
urt has just occurred in New York,
ueonard Cordes, long a noted orches
tra player, was dying on Wednesday,
'hen he called for his violin. It was
I valuable Italian Instrument and when
le took it in bis bands he began play
ng "When the swallows homeward
ly." Just as be finished playing that
eautiful melody his heart ceased to
teat In the coffin with him will be
Juried his loved violin.
The robbery of a sum of money,
many jewels, and other valuables, rep
resenting altogether a sum of $50,000,
waa carried out the other day In the
Rue Quincampoix, Paris, In a most
audacious fashion. The burglars took
in apartment on the fifth floor of the
house on Saturday, paying $55 as their
first Installment of rent The next
day they bored a hole through the
floor Into the apartment immediately
below while the tenants were away
spending the day In the country.
When these unfortunate people return
ed at night they found their safe
blown open, their rooms In confusion,
their money and jewelry gone, and the
robbers escaped.
The veteran academician, Sidney
Cooper, has just entered upon his
ninety-ninth year, and still paints a
few hours dally. A series of his
works was recently exhibited in Lon
don. In France also a remarkable In
dividual works on steadily, although
he has reached the age which gives
a man a right to rest. Jules Verne haa
begun bis ninety-ninth book, and has
lived ,to , see many of his fantasti
cal tales of adventure by land and sea
and air come within the bounds of
possibility. As age is not without its
achievements, so it need not be with
out Its hopes of a new start. A Chi
cago woman of ninety-two lately
apologized to Miss Jane Addams be
cause she was not neighborly. She
had always meant to be neighborly,
but bad put it off from time to time.
When the hot weather was over she
Intended to begin.
In giving organs to 350 churches
in Scotland at a cost of nearly a mil
lion of dollars, Mr. Andrew Carnegie
has but followed a hint given by two
famous Americans. When Moody an J
Sankey first went to Scotland.the novel
. feature of an evangelist singing to a
small America organ, created much
comment So simple and catching
were Mr. Sankey's tunes, however,
that they were resung in every village
from Klrkmalden to John 0 Groats,
and the call for small American or
gans on which to "try the tunes"
came by the hundred. It is interesting
to add that nearly thirty thousand dol
lars in British royalties on the Moody
and Sankey hymns being refused by
the evangelists, the Scotish committee
turned It over to the Moody church in
Chicago. As a Scotch-American to
Scotchmen, Mr. Carnegie has certainly
repaid their Just generosity.
Another disaster, similar to that
which occurred two years ago, has be
fallen the Welsh colonist in Patagonia.
The River Oam wy has once again
overflowed its banks. The harvest had
not been gathered, and tha people had
to fly to the mountains. By a great
effort the embankment on the north
ern side of the valley has bsen kept In
tact Lower down the river flooded
over many farms. The place was like
a sea; the embankment had to be bro
ken down to allow the water to go
back into the river, and it ebbed
gradually. At Oalman great efforts
wen made to safeguard the Souses,
but the river rose higher than it did
two years ago, and flooded three-quarters
of the whole valley. Only three
houses are reported to have collapsed
ia this locality, but the whole of the
year's crops are practically ruined.
The colonists have held a meeting,
asking the Argentine government to
grant them land on the hills on each
ids of the valley, where they could
escape ia case of need. It was also,
resolved to ask the government to
Niters those who are la seed, to as
sist tbs ookmists generally la making
' good Us damage, and to take asasares
to protset them against farther floods.
The breaches la the embankment are
being tiled ap, but a good many eolo
alats dselars that they will emigrate) to
It tfl aoUworthy that of Us men and
worn asawtloaad la Us recent edition
of IwiWto la America," flfty-alas
or oat of those whose education Is
kaow art aCSsft graduates, and sev
mttf ftt ntmi college. Tans
tVfrt rcZt grsdaatsa art barely
a tM VzHni of tl total popula
tes. 7 tzZ oat oas-half of
rarnf t La aCaUol distinction,
i tit TtZzZZi rrssk remarks,
UZitC HS30 of Ms, so far
ri t2 la eoaoaraK. are a
r.rJ trJLii to cms Cm
PLUTOCRACY'S AIM
IS TO MUZZLE THE HONEST
TION OF PRESS.
POR
After Havtac Parchaee the Dtolwutt
Paper Freedom (or Dishonest Frees
ad Maul far Honest Free Is the
Aim of C orporm tlons.
The attempt of the plutocrats to
muzzle a free press and free speech is
as old as the government Hamilton
and the Federalists tried it and were
so thoroughly defeated that as a party
they disappeared from the stage of
American politics, but tbeir teachings
unfortunately did not die with them,
and now appear again under the stress
of national misfortune, taking advan
tage of popular excitement to again
rear its hideous bead. The Nashville
News well describes this when it says.
An arbitrary government and a free
press can never agree together without
an explosion. This ia a self-evident
fact, and is the teaching of history.
It is as well known to the gentlemen
who are seeking to monopolize the in
dustries of the nation and lax all the
people for tbeir industrial benefit as it
was to Thomas Jefferson or any other
of the foundera of the government
Free speech is essential to a free peo
ple, and the one cannot exist without
the other. Undoubtedly the blackest
portend of trouble in the future which
has recently shown itself is the dis
graceful attempt of the organized cap
ital of the country, through its subsi
dized newspapers, to use the sentiment
aroused by the national misfortune of
the murder of the president, as an ex
cuse for an attack on the freedom of
the press. If this were an isolated case
it could be put down to the idiosyn
crasy of some hysterical editor. But it
is national and shows unfortunately
from the number of papers engaged in
it, that an enormous percentage of the
daily press has been acquired by the
same interest which now controls prac
tically, all the transportation lines, the
coal oil, the ships, the iron, the steel,
the coal and the agricultural machin
ery plants, and which is reaching out
after a monopoly of the hardware, the
retail dry goods business and the fed
eral judiciary. The order has been is
sued, and from Maine to California the
chorus of yelps and howls from the
pack has answered vociferously. The
burden of the song is the same in ev
ery case. The cry is "yellow journal
Ism," and the demand is that the gov
ernment be allowed to decide what
may be said and what may not be said
In a newspaper about public affairs.
CIVIL GOVERNMENT OVERRIDDEN.
The civil government in the Philip
pines which was established on Dec
laration Day to emphasize that a cer
tain amount of freedom had been in
augurated and to carry out promises
made to these Filipinos who surren
dered, is a farce., it now appears the
military claim full authority and have
ordered the deportation of a civilian
who on appeal to the Supreme Court
that the civil end of the dual govern
ment has set up, has been ordered re
leased under a writ of habeas corpus.
General Chaffee, however, holds that
the court has no such power and is in
fact a figurehead to please the Filipinos
and fool the American people into be
lieving t'aat peace exists there, and has
appealed to the war department, who
is, through the president, the real
power under the extraordinary Spooner
amendment
The trouble arose from the fact that
the government has been trying to
carry water on both shoulders, to be
prepared to trace its authority to
either source as legal exigences may
seem to require with a view to meet
the constitutional questions that are
before the United States Supreme
Court If the civilian can be deported
by the military commander there can
certainly be no civil government In
the Philippines, and tbe expensive one
that has been set up Is worthless.
LABOR LOOKING AHEAD.
The steel strikers appear to have
learned a lesson from tbe result 01
their late repulse by the steel trust
for Uelr organ, the National Labor
Tribune, In discussing the effect of the
strike, says: Now, as a matter of fact,
there is never likely to be a time when
the steel corporation can afford better
to precipitate a fight than it could the
past summer. Wnat it fears, and what
every other trust fears, above every
thing else is a public anti-trust agita
tion which will affect tbe elections,
snd either bring about hostile legisla
tion by the existing congress or bring
into power a congress representing a
hostile political party. A year from
next month a new congress will be
elected. Two years from Uat again
Uers will be elections for not only a
new congress, but for a new president
Tbs best time for a strike, from tbe
company' standpoint. Is when there ia
no political campaign In progress. The
worst time, from its standpoint. Is the
time of a campaign of some Import-
THE COAL TBCST.
The coal trust. It no appears, can
work fas double twist on Us pries of
wal. As Us trust controls Us rail
roads Uat carry the coal aad alto owas
Us coal mines,' they can, whsa they
havs raised Us pries of coal to , Us
too aotch, give It an extra twist by
raising Us freight oa coal, -all Ut
traffic will bear," as Us follow! ag ta
terriew la tbe Washlagtoa Post shows:
"Wail Ue recent combtaaUoaa of rail
roads la this country kav aot Mate
rially advanced freight rates at far as
eoal is eoaesraod, tkoy Bars caaaitsd
m tko pries of coal bsiag .aetaagii."
rsaMtfkof Mr. Joka Daff, a eoal Jotftor
af Now Bedford. Bam "Ton ass." as
continued, "all but sbout IS per seat
of tbe total output of coal of Us Unit
ed States is controlled by the railroads.
Prior to the consolidation the roads
owned as many mines as they do now
but it was individual ownership, and
competition kept the price down. Now
there is no competition, and as a re
sult we pay just about 11 a ton more
for coal, both hard and soft, than we
did one year ago.
"The Lehigh, tbe Philadelphia and
Reading, tbe Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western, the Jersey Central, and
the Pennsylvania roads in the big Mor
gan syndicate own practically all tbe
coal mines in this Eastern section.
They secured them by increasing
freight rates to the mine owners along
their lines, thereby compelling them to
sell out Railroad rates for shipment
of coal are about the same, but they
stay down because the companies don't
have to put them up. They put the in
crease on the coal Itself. Of course we
here in tbe East ship most of our coal
by water, but most of the barge com
panles are controlled by the railroads
of the combination. Rates hae not
advanced for water shipment, because
an Increase would immediately drive
many vessels now carrying other prod
ucta into tbe coal business. -
TBR PRESIDENT AND THE TRUSTS.
President Roosevelt In his Minneap
olis speech delivered but a few weeks
before big accession to tbe presidency,
said: "We shall And It necessary in
future to shackle cunning as in the
past we have shackled force. The vast
individual and corporate fortunes, and
the vast combinations of capital,
which have marked the development
of our industrial system, create new
conditions and necessitates a change
from tbe old attitude of tbe state and
nation towards property."
To which the. Kansas City Star re
plies: ''These are pointed and direct
sentiments inspired by conditions to
which no thoughtful and sober-mind
ed man can be blind. They are not
uttered In any spirit of Intemperance
agitation or any false alarm for polit
ical purposes. They come from an in
fluential "member of the party which
capital in modern years has regarded
as its chosen champion. They do not
proceed from a person who has ex
cited the suspicion of the conservative
element by the radical character of his
opinions."
If President Roosevelt tries to
shackle the trust and corporation,
which are all noted for their cunning,
he will split the Republican party into
two camps. He will bave the common
people with him, but tbe Republican
politicians will be against him, at
least tbe most important of them who
are maintained in their places by the
money of the combines. But Presi
dent Roosevelt making a stump speech
and Roosevelt as President may be en
tirely different persons.
GAGE AND GAMBLERS,
The Wall street sharks and their
side partners, the bankers thereabouts,
should keep a. tighter muzzle on some
of their number or buy up some more
of the newspapers that are apt to let
the cat out of the bag. To work their
graft on tbe United States treasury
they should all stick to the same tale,
or the people will be asking with
more emphasis than they are now, why
Ue treasury should be run in the in
terest of the banks and the Wall street
gamblers. Tbe banks of New York
made a demand on Secretary Gage for
money. He gave it to Uem out of the
United States treasury in order Uat
the money stringency might be re
lieved. Now comes a banker of New
York Forgan of the First National
who says in Ue Chicago News: "At
tbe same time our deposits are keeping
up in a highly satisfactory way. Coun
try banks are not withdrawing Uelr
balances and this is doubly gratifying
when applied to tbe Institutions in Ue
northwest where heretofore Ue de
mand at this time of the year has
necessitated a heavy diminution of Ue
moneys deposited In the reserve cen
ters." Under the circumstances why do
you suppose Mr. Oage was so ready to
extend aid to tbe New Tork bankers.
The financial organs of Wall street
are hinting that another combination
of capital will soon be announced Uat
will be more startling than the enor
mous Steel trust, but they do not tell
us what line of enterprise Is to be
monopolized. Tbe consolidation of all
the railroads is about due, instead of
the community of Interest plan they
are now working under. In vastness
of capital snd the number of men em
ployed that combination would be a
fearful menace to our political Institu
tions which would make thousands of
voters at the beck and call of one man.
The Inevitable result of tbe Imperial
istic tendencies, of Ue government is
found In the annual . report of Us
beads of bureas of Ue army and navy.
They all demand more officers aad
mors men, and tell of the great dan
ger to Us country If their demands
are not complied with. As Us army
has been raised to a maxim am of 1M,
000 men aad tbs aaval fores largely
Increased by Ue last eougross, tko
former at all events far beyond what
Is asossisry. these demands for a still
greater Increase is pretty good proof
that Us Democrat charge of ml 11 tar
lam is rapidly being acoamptUkseV '
A report last issasd by tko radish
Board of Trad gives sUtisties of tk
m la rates of wages aad Us
hoars of labor. Ta groat fsatars ia
tko. riot la soal mlaers' wagaa, whisk
ta tk ditsrsat districts raago from tf
to 41 par ssat No wondar tko EagUsfc
Ma to eompvt wttk
soal, wttk oar towsr lairs'
ti va&M of aaa tsia.
SAW M'KINLEY ANGRY.
Osi Ocraaloa Wbaa lb Lata PresMaai
Was Rlghteoaslr laeHsakas,
i One remarkable characteristic of
President McKinley was that he very
seldom lost his temper. Very few of
his friends, even those who wen most
intimate with him, had seen him In
an angry mood, but be had shown his
temper In tbe presence of statesmen
once or twice in a way to surprise
them. Just before he was nominated
for President, McKinley wag cam
paigning in the West He had a pri
vate car, and Mrs. McKinley and her
colored maid were with him. At Dan
ville, 111., he made a speech, and while
the train stopped the maid went to
find a drug store and secure some
medicine for Mrs. McKinley. After the
speech the car was attached to the
limited train, and, amid the wild ex
citement of the enthusiastic thousands,
the train pulled out for Terre Haute
for an evening meeting. Boon after
the train started the colored maid was
missed and McKinley requested the
committee to stop the train until she
could be found. They assured him
that the train could not be stopped,
it was limited on Its run, and some
one remarked that such a train could
not wait anyway for only a colored
girl That remark .made McKinley
mad. He seized tbe bell rope and
gave It a vigorous Jerk, remarking
with emphasis that the train would
stop and that he would not leave Dan
ville until tbe girl was found. He
did not propose to leave a strange
colored girl there in a city filled with
excited crowds to possibly meet In
sult because of her color. She was
under his protection and he would not
go until she could be found. The
train came to a sudden stop and the
dignified committeemen, now meek in
the presence of their Indignant leader.
turned out to institute a search for
the missing colored maid. She was
found, the train moved on, but it was
some time before McKinley's good
nature could relieve the embarrass
ment of the comrclt'.ce. They had sen
McKinley mad, and it took them a
good while to get over the sensation.
SIGNS ON WAGON ROOFS.
Wrinkle That Haa Coma ia With tha
Ralldlaf of Flats.
"When flats began to multiply," said
a man who lives in one and so, natur
ally, takes notice of things associated
with them, "the owners of delivery
wagons and so on began having signs
painted on the roofs of their wagons,
to catel the eye of those who dwelt
In homes above the street level. They
painted these signs first with the namt
one letter under the oUer, like a silne.
straight down the middle of the wag
on top from end to end. Sometimes
they painted the name in the same
location, but with tbe letters arranged
in tbe ordinary way, this making a
sign that could be easily read from
one side of the street only. Then
they took to painting the name on the
wagon roof In two places along either
side of tbe top near the edge. Thus
painted, one or the other, of course,
could be easily read from either side
of the street In wagon roof lettering
the latest thing I have seen was on
the top of a moving van, whose entire
roof was covered with lettering, in
lines placed crosswise to the top and
beginning at the forward end and
running, line under line, clean back to
the rear end, so that Ue van's exten
sive roof, as you looked down upon it.
was lettered like a great poster. And
of course this was not done Idly, for
tbe van is a vehicle that may stand
backed up an hour or two in front of
a house and tbe poster on its roof
is then brought where it can be easily
read by anybody in the air along that
side of the street way. New York
Sun.
Aa Apology.
The Green Bag, an English legal
journal, tells the following story: On
one occasion a junior counsel on their
lorsblps giving judgment against his
client, exclaimed that he was surprised
at their decision. This was construed
into a contempt of court and the younc
barrister was ordered t attend at the
bar next morning. Fearful of the con
sequences, be consulted his friend,
John Scott (afterward Lord ElrfnnV
who told him to be perfectly at ease.
for be would apologize for him in a
way that would avert any unpleasant
result - Accordingly, when tbe name ot
the delinquent was called, .Scott rose
and coolly addressed Ue judges: "1
am very sorry, mr lords." ha M
"that my young friend hss so far for
gotten himself as to treat your lord
ships with disrespect; he Is extremely
penitent, snd you will klndiy ascrlbs
his unintentional Insult to' his Ignor
ance. You must see at once that it did
originate in that. He said he was sur
prised st the decision ot your lordships.
Now, If he had not been Ignorant ot
what takes place la this court every
day had ha known you but half so
long as 1 have done ha wonld not be
surprised at anything you did."
It Is a surprising fact Uat ws ship
innually from Ue Halted States to
Iwsdsa mors Uaa fl ,000,000 worth of
Keel machinery, including sveryUIng
from a typewriter or cask register to a
locomotive, and ws take oar pay la raw
suteriaL The exports of Iron aad steel
lust about balance Ue Imports. Sws
ltt ssad us pig Iron, steal Ingots,
bars, rods and sheet Iron. Ws make It
p into BMcklaory dad toon and scad
t back to kor. ' "
A tort can llvs tf days wlUout
mild food, mrly drlaklng water; IT
lays wiUoat IUsr sating or drink
g. aad oaiy avs days whsa sating
0114 food without drlakiag.
TARIFF AND PRICES.
WHY SENATOR HANNA IS AGAINST
. RECIPROCITY.
II Vfould II tc a Tunicary to Relieve
tha Paopla freas tha Hardens 1
posed By the "Sctentlheallr Arranged
Schedules".
We have the authority of Mr. Han
na Uat the protective tariff is too
scientifically adjusted to be meddled
with. Mr. Hanna not being consid
ered an authority on Ue tariff, thin
information would not be valuable bad
be not been boss of tbe Republican
party. So far all that Mr. Hanna has
said about Congressional legislation
haa been attempted if not accomplish
ed, so that we are forced to believe
that it is not Intended to attempt any
tariff reform, however much needed.
There is no doubt that Mr. Hanna
is technically right in his estimate of
the way the tariff has been adjusted
and yet the way the present tariff
was built waa very simple. Each
manufacturing or producing Interest,
except the ordinary ' farmers and
planters, were invited to come before
the Republican members of Ue. Ways
and Means Committee with a sched
ule that would protect their particu
lar industry and the whole were then
arranged under the same schedule as
Ue McKinley tariff bad been. Of
course there were some who wanted
more protection than was given them,
tbe rate being adjusted to suit the gen
eral scheme. The wool growers want
ed a prohibitive tariff, but Uelr inter
est clashed with the carpet and wool
en manufacturers, who wanted free
raw material and here was where tbe
scientific adjustment came in to play.
It was so with some other interests.
Tbe proposed reform of placing on
tbe free list those trust productions
that the trusts are selling abroad at a
lower price than they are selllug them
at home would probably not affect the
revenues, for but few, if any, impor
tations, are made under the present
tariff rate, and if the foreigners at
tempt to import when the duty is re
moved there will be no revenue pro
duced, for there is hardly much like
lihood ot the trusts allowing any im
portations as they will bring down
their price to the level, where it would
be unprofitable for tbe foreigner to
attempt to compete. Tbe result there
fore would be that the price of trust
articles would be reduced to our con
sumers just low enough to prevent
foreign competition and this would be
the present price less tbe tariff rate
about 45 per cent AH these trust
made articles would be reduced In
price, - which would about equal the !
foreign price with the freight and j
profit added.
This should not much interfere with
business, except the trust monopolies
and the time for the change from the
high tariff to tree trade in these trust
articles could be set for enough ahead
to allow the Jobbers and retailers to
get rid of their stocks in anticipation
of the lower prices that would prevail
There is nothing scientific or myste
rious about this proposed tariff re
form and there is no reason why it
should not be adopted except that the
trusts wonld kick vigorously and
threaten to reduce wages and other'
wise make all tbe trouble possible,
But give them a little time and they
would adjust Uelr business to Ue
lower level
This is not ideal tariff reform, for
there are many other inequalities that
require adjusting almost aa much as
the trust monopolies, but it would do
tor a beginning snd a tariff for rev
enue only with high rates on luxuries
and low rates on necessities, which is
tbe Democratic doctrine, will follow
when the people demand it
A TANGLE IJt THE PHILIPPINES.
The extraordinary spectacle of two
governments set up by one suthorlty
in the Philippines has led to a clash
between tbe military and Ue Supreme
Court, in which tbe President has re
fused to Interfere, Uough both held
their authority through him. ' Com
mentlng on this strange state of af
fairs the Washington Times says
in enect me military ana civil au
thorities are told to settle It between
Uem. But suppose they cannot; what
Uen? They are already In disagree
ment, and the Issue having ben made,
some higher power should decide It
The very circumstances that there has
been such a clash shows thst Ue di
viding line between tbe military and
civil Jurisdiction Is not clearly drawn,
and Us first duty of tbe home govern
ment is to maks it clear. Unless this
la done Uere is liable to be ever-re
curring disputes accompanied by much
lll-fsellng snd tbe effect cannot be
other than bad upon the native popu
lation.
One of Ue specious pleas against
extending Us - Constitution to the
Philippines is Uat the people there are
Inferior aad altogeUer unfit for self-
government; and still we are furnish
ing them fairly strong evidence that
ws do abt know so very muck sbout
government ourselves, a prime es
sential la government Is certainty
boU aa to Ue law and wher the pow
er Is vested by which U law Is to be
enforced. This essential is wholly
lacking la Us Philippines. 7h mili
tary aad civil branches of the local
government aro at loggerheads and
Us President of Ue Ualfid sXates, la
whom tbs supreme power has been
vested, refuses to Interfere. Probably
tko affair will get straightened out la
a fashion, bat nevertheless ft is a sug
gestive of a very unsatisfactory condi
tion of government la our new pos-
Wky Us President sboould decline
to decide U point Is aot apparent
Tbe reason given out is that too..
United States government should astf j
Interfere with the local government
any more than Is absolutely necessary.
There may be force in this reason, but
It Is bard to Bee It The local gov
ernment Is literally the creature of tha
President There being a divided au
thority In the Islands, It is of tbe
highest importance that Ue line of
cleavage should be drawn so sharply
that there should be not the smallest
doubt concerning it '
Tbe statement of tbe issue that haa
arisen between Goneral Chaffee and
the court is a meagre one. The gen
eral is simply said to have ordered the
deportation of a man first described as
a civilian, but later as a soldier. This -difference
may have an Important
bearing upon the question ot author
ity. There may be other points in
volved which make it unwise for U
President to interfere. Possibly it
would Involve the necessity of an ex
plicit statement of tbe authority un
der which he himself is acting
whether by virtue of his position as
commander-in-chief of the army and
navy, or under the Spooner resolution.
In certain contingencies the difference
might bave a great deal of legal sig
nificance. If the President fs merely
acting as commander-in-chief of Ue
armed forces of the Republic. It Is of
course suggestive of a state of war. As i
is well known, a military commander i
can do many things In war that woaid ,
not be upheld In peace. It is not im
possible that the administration de
sires to leave this question open for
the present because of the bearing it
may bave upon the legal status of the
Islands. But whatever the motive the
refusal of the supreme power to decide
a question of authority between sub
ordinates certainly creates an anoma
lous situation in government
THE PFRI'OSE OP THE TRUST,
It is evident that the trusts are In
tent on the overthrow of organized
labor. Tbe Steel trust has virtually
disorganized the Amalgamated Asso
ciation and will doubtless complete
the Job at the next attempt It Is an
nounced "officially" that the presi
dents of the coal carrying roads of the'
eastern states have refused to consider
any proposals for a joint conference
with the officers of the coal miners'
organization. The great coal operat
ors have decreed the death ot union
labor, as did the Steel trust tbe death
of the Amalgamated Association. How
ever,. In doing this, the trust officials
are cutting from under them the main
support to their "right" to own the
coal mines and the steel factories and
the railroads. Having had demands
which they consider Just turned down,
having been refused even a conference
with their employers, what is more
natural than that these men should
look for some other method of getting-'
a bearing?
After a careful investigation of the
ways and means they will learn a les
son from the employer that of con
trolling the law-making and law-enforcing
bodies of the country. That a
majority shall rule Is a principle which
we admit theoretically as right, the
employes are largely In tbe majority,
hence they learn, and are being forced
to learn that they have the coveted
power in their own hands to turn the
machinery of government to their own
advantage, and they will do it And
in doing this, there will be no infringe
ment of the rights of the minority
there will be no privilege or protec-'
tion granted to one class of citizens
which Is denied to another, as in Ue
case to-day.
TARIFF REFORM, NOT RECIPROCITY.
The ilmple question that tbe Repub
licans of tbe coming Congress must
settle is not reciprocity for tbe benefit
of the few, but tariff reform for Ue
help of tbe many against the trusts.
On this question the Commoner says:
"The period of excluslvencss is past"
That means that our country must en
ter the markets of tbe world, and when
It does so It will be absurd to talk
sbout needing protection from foreign
ers. When we sell abroad the freight
must be added to the price we must
sell at the foreign price less the freight
In other words, we bave Ue ad van Use
of double freight when we sell at home.
When it is admitted that we can pay
tbe freight and compete with foreign
ers, no one will have the audacity to
ask for a high tariff to protect domes
tic manufacturers against foreign com-'
petition.
Mr. McKinley's statement that we
cannot sell everything and buy noth
ing is an axiom, but It will shock the
high tariff advocates we have gone on
the theory that we ought to sell to
everybody, and buy of nobody. But tbe
president s speech suggests one melan
choly thought. Tariff reform Is about
the only thing tbe reorganizes favor '
that Is Democratic and It would be
really cruel If the Republicans ahonld
sbandon protection and leave tbs re
organlscr no issue at all.
The Wall street gamblers are afraid
of Ue future, according to Us press
reyuru. ana me Doom In stocks Is
over. The next thing to look for will
be a reaction from high trices la aa-
cesslties and then reduction of wages,
or the trusts will bsve no money to
psy dividends on their watered stocks.
Morgan and company must be carrvlnr
a pretty heavy load by this time If the
reports are true of the amount of trust
stocks that hare been unloaded oa Ue
syndicate.
' Tbe 8ulUn of Sulu Is ud to a trick
or two. He pretended tn ha iew ..
would not reielvs tbe consreaamafi
Itlng the Philippines. He has probably
heard of Us way thsy treated the Mor
mon Roberts and prefers to an to his
pension In peace to haviig gay ma
troversy about It,
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