Nebraska Newspapers

    PORTO RICAN SUGAR.I
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AFANtgM. KNCLI8H AND CER
MAN LAND OWNERS.
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Mr. C F Saylor, cl the Department
of Agnrwitare. ha* recently been on
au j&riai trip to P*rto Rico. He
RvBi clearly that thoae wbo would
b* heS: by absolute free trade are the
A;atat, English and ctbrr European
•wwerw <4 tbe puintaucn*. and not the
N.! *♦ >*.under » He says:
* Let _» look into tbe factories
tt« merit«« and 1 do not tear chal
Rug* in this respect because I bare
bee* n eter> fa tor? ;n Porto Rico.
Watreer cwp us i* invested in tboae
a* *iriit emana * *: a.i from .eland
a *r<e» :*■ pu-e,t Spanish. It does not
be «ng *o Porto R.ru. Tbe ptcuiur
system ma.ctained by Spain through
ail at the business concern* and so
ft as tne.r own capital was employed,
threw everything ,nto tne band* of
tfte Spaniard* wbo were simp.y in
Poet** R.oo doing business They do
not leictii to that clement of Pm®
Rj an* 'bat we feel au tender about,
and would not become titlxen* of Por
’ R.i® or th-* country, whatever be
c bmw of the < oaat.tuttcnal question.
Other tnurei are owned and con
troaed by Eng. at capita' , other* by
German and tbe entire factory sy»
. tern by Sp*n.«b Eng.i»t and German
' These factor.e* mainly through
tte.r heap labor can. with absolute
?*ee trade put nugnr on tbe market
at New York at cost to tbemaelve*.
for 2 rent* s pound This would be
S* for a *hort ton of sugar. Sugar
ha* bee* telling thi* year for IT© per
ton With fre* trade this would be
a proCt at S3' on an outlay of ffi*
which I figure is 7L per cenL Wbo
get* tht* profit? There la only one
way for handling imported sugar In
this country ,ahu ’h*: is tb-«>ugh the
two or three *»*gar combination*
mainly through the sugar trust. They
•grew with tbe p asters er manuisr
terws to take this sugar, refine It. and
♦ y.» * it on the maraei dividing the
profit cm a certs m basis, as ts now
t» Lg don* and as hae been dime be
!***t *. Hi*a..sb p.antcr# and the
sugar trust for year*. How will they
x * id* the prof's" Even** Earh get
t :g I'H per ren*. * We do no: know.
€**. y the par-lie* interested know. This
point it clear however, and tbs: is
that the Porto R.mn» are not bene
fi-•«->* - cep.y 'he #ugar eott.i».nat ms
of tht» country and the foreign plant
er* or matufa furers of Porto Riri*.
' 1st * it a grest deal that we should
have freed the Porto Ri ans from a
risdmus a* had as slavery, mak.ng
wLat run-vusum we of tight ought to
task* .t |astir* to the people of thi#
ccuntry. aswur.og them that after they
> o* attained the standard that on*
v ought to have to en>oy the rtgbts and
pr.r .ege* of the constitution of the
c -ttry it*' then they might be ad
m-ited With equal pr:v.»eges with the
rest t*o you think this ought to be
before wage* are paid :a that country
•-•me where near in comparison with
wages in this country or before the
average eftinrn of that .country shall
si least hr able to understand tbe pri
mary principle* of our government
and institutions? We ray oa We
should especially not hr mg in this
great horde of cheap laborers who re
ceive Was r* r day than one person
c-raid live am in this country, snd yet
they are supposed to s-.pport families
it thin. We believe the laborer* of
• • • • * - : * .
proposition.
"f -f course we don't undertake to
*..r that Porto Ram is itself is afford
ing all this great hazard, but in tbe
I arto Ri-sn tdl! we have tbe princl
t * at Stake Oniy l& per cent of the
re»«nt k K.nWy tar ff is exacted, and
this only to maintain the principle
hat we have the constitutional right
>i,. place a tariff against the Philip
pines and Cubs when the time arr.ves,
"hrs Rico ha* been able, at hex
Ki 1.mum. to export about <4>.<MK> tons
of augur ft* seen Id be able if ell
ter resource# were brought mio play.
* *eec us about 1 per cent of our
* Hj* sum 'Lc Philip
t a** and Cubs ark for the same pr’.v
a* eg* the*, if wii. be an entireiy d.f
grtvsif quest,km. And yet the same
principles are involved that I have
AianwnH-d in Porto Rico. Isn't it
enough that we have expended so
much biooi and *rea». re in wresting
tbesr .# .and# from tb* condition they
w*re n. at tbe same t.me offering
#-.**> iclp in the future that is con
M si*lent with fair and honest des .ng
with our hi interest# sad people?
*! am s tborough be!.ever in ex
panse** I b«l w» that expansion is
fraught with nrnlmlaWW ivtvrfit both
*C the in hat .tatt# of the island and to
tfcc peep * of *hi* cr-entry, when con
gtvws *L* have framed such fair,
hevsest |ust. sod equitable regulation*
as are con*cent with tbe r.ght of
tair own labor and industries."
military not guilty.
I fr Mti. i«<M Alii O—o»—IW*
*» Mteku IM Act*
L-xuet: ».*w isif. who >u the active
tepnamtit.%« of Govern of bieaenen
*erg th the Idaho mining nota. baa
he*® giving ij t.st.^ony before the
cotbfndi.ee on military affairs of the
komt of represents t.ve* He declared
that the mi.Mary authorities who had
hem ivlH into that cmr.ct by the
la or trouble*. never went beyond
tie.’ bound* ih a s.ng'* laataice. At
It it the m-f of the military which
ar« made the Mihjert of this if veatign
Clot, i* matter* not no far aa rofigress
is col- emeu, what may have been
dote by the state authorities of Idaho
>■ 'easing the riots ahd maihUin
it9 order. If there was any auacon
dac «o the part e4 those oAclals they
mo*- answer to the people, or the
anchor ties Of the state
g\ I® rep.j to the Questions of Mr
liohetloo® aa to why the aher fl and
musty commissioners of Shoshone
count l had bee® suspended from trf
§<*• and martial law declared witness
§t«-"iaiT said thsA his artions were In
•rrurda»ne with the inotrurUoos of
Steweneberg. and were la the
of taw and oedsr. Ho ou*
A CONSPICUOUS SIGN OP THR TIMES.
lus.on with the lawless element, and
be* a use he feared they might wrong
fully expend the county's money and
do other things antagonistic to the
state. He assumed from the attitude
of these county officials, who, instead
of as*.sting in the apprehension and
proses ution of those who had been
gu.tty of conspiracy resulting in the
destruction of the Bunker Hill and
Sullivan M.lis and the murder of two
men. that they favored the miners,
and obstructed the process of justice
He believed that the interest of the
community demanded that they should
be prevented from interfering with
the execution of the lam-, and from
comforting the lam less element, and
he accordingly placed them under ar
re»* For that, he said, he was
I answerable to the people of Idaho,
and that -b*> military officers were not
to be heid responsible in any degree.
ELI PERKINS DOWN SOUTH.
Oats strange Adululout from m Dyed
la-(be-Woo! U rmorra t.
The other day, says the Louisville
Commen .a!. Li Perkins mas intro
cu eu to J ,cge Scott, an old dyed-m
tbe-wool Kentucky Democrat. The
; uig* u. well known in the Blue Grass
| :rg.un an j the grand old Kentuckian
I has aim ays been looked up to as a
H.gh Pries; of ' befo'-the-wah Democ
i racy.”
Perk.ns was in*roduced by an old
Iiemo< rat and Judge Scott supposed
that El was a Democrat too and be
!**- ame confidential mith him at once.
Horn are we Democrats getting
along. Judge?” asked Eli in a confi
dential tone.
The Judge looked at Eli a moment
to see if hr really manted information
-bout th< party, and slowly remarked;
"Well. a.r. we are getting on very
well financially but politically we are
running behind.—Yes, I'm afraid we
are running behind.”
“What causes this*” asked EH.
Well, air ” said the Judge, sadly,
"I am afraid our party has not been
i!together right. We have erred in
j some things.”
Wnere nave me erred. Judge?”
Weh nr. i Late to admit it. but our
1 \rr Cleveland policy hurt us Ken
. ns. 1 wouldn't say it to a black
Repub.*an. but we Democrats all ad
! nut it among ourselves. You see,”
*a;>J the Judge, "we used to get 35
**n j for wool, and a big price for
hemp and tobacco before Grover came
in. but that Wilson bill hurt us. It
Lr ked wool down to 12 cents. Free
j e, put u to help the cotton fellows,
ruined our hemp and it rotted in the
gr >und. Then we lowered the tariff
n *< > and our tobacco went down
on u*. We didn't complain, but we
a:s diu a good deal of think
ing Cattle and hogs got lower and
lorner an i wh*n Grover ment out we
mer* pretty poor—yes, dog-on hard up,
sir! ”
"Are they still bad—the times?”
asked Ell,
No honestly the times are good.
Wool and h* mp and tobacco have dou
;e»: in pt .re and are still going up.
Cattle and hogs aie high and our blue
grass farmers are getting rich.”
“Well, what is the matter then?”
"Why these good times have
kno< ked out our dear old Democratic
part' Our Democratic farmers say
*:»> will never vote for free trade or
lew tariff again.”
•'Well, what can we Democrats do?”
asked Ell.
1 hat« to admit it.” said the Judge.
»ad:y. ' but if we Democrats want to
»:n ir. Kentucky again we’ve got to
L«-ep the tariff right where it is. That
<>l.j Wilson bill and Bryan's free silver
w t.« a scarecrow to every farmer
in Kentucky and Tennessee. We've
tr.ed low tariff and we know—I’m
ashamed to *ay so—but we know It
hurt us' No. sir, the people are pros
perous. hut our Democratic party is
do.r.g poorly. I wouldn't F2y it to a
• ~t k Republican hut that is the way
• ♦ Iwoocrats talk among ourselves.”
As the Judge got off the train at
Islington, he remarked: "Yes. and
There was another mistake we Dem
ounts made. Grover Cleveland want
ed to fiflk the Republic of Hawaii and
put a nigger on the throne. We Dem
rats didn’t complain, but it made us
«ick for between you and me. we
Deni rrats ain’t puttin’ niggers on
•nron***. McKinley's white governor
over a republic suits old Kentucky and
the South.”
ttMfrrn |’ro»p»rtlT.
One of the oldest transportation of
ic ala m Indianapolis said the otbs-.
day that during the last six months
every car and locomotive had been
kept in constant service there.
■rsually.” be added, ’there is, in
winter months especially, a week and
sometimes a month when there are
empty cars in considerable numbers
Handing on sidetracks and dead en
g :»es in the houses, but in the last
six months—yes, twelve months—our
1 ustness has been limited to cars and
the power to haul them, and there is
as ret no sign of s decrease.”
Shipments of grain and provisions
for export have considerably increased,
and the east-bound movement of live
stock ana dressed meats was the hear
ieat ever known in April. West-bound
the tonnage of both high and low
class freights continued heavy. Agri
cultural and harvest implements are
being carried by train loads, and in
heavy groceries, hardware, glass,
paints, oils, etc., the shipments are
also unusually large.
SOME TRADE FAILURES.
Racord of Ynri of Prosperity and Bntl
utu Depression.
Business failures during the first
three months of this year were even
less in number and liabilities than in
the early months of 1899, notwith
standing the fact that there are a
larger number of business concerns in
the country. I-ess than 900 business
failures in each of the three months
of this year is a fact that stands out
prominently as a record of business
prosperity. But the value of this
year's record can be better appreciated
by the following tabulated compari
son:
FAILURES—JANUARY TO MARCH.
(From Bradstreets.)
Year. Number. Liabilities.
1891 _3.400 $44,348,783. .Harrison
1892 _3.207 35.861,749. .Harrison
1893 _3.069 39,424.144. .Harrison
Average 3.226 $39,878,225. .Harrison
1894 ....3.969 $49,085.088..Cleveland
1895 _3.812 46.910.443..Cleveland
1896 ....4,512 62,513.926..Cleveland
1897 ....4.042 51.994,482..Cleveland
Average 4.084 $52,625.986..Cleveland
1898 _3,515 $36.198.566..McKinley
1899 ....2.779 31.221,658..McKinley
1900 _2.697 29.157,101 ..McKinley
Average 2.997 $32,192.442..McKinley
During the Republican administra
tion of President Harrison, with the
Mcivinley protective tariff in opera
tion. there were on an average 3.226
failures in the United States in the
first three months of 1891-93, with lia
bilities averaging less than $40,000,
000 a month.
But the Democratic president, the
Democratic administration, the Dem
ocratic congress and the Democrtic
free trade tariff of “perfidy and dis
honor." changed this moderate record
They made a new record for the coun
try. a Democratic record of failures,
and brought the monthly average
number up to 4.084—an increase of 858
a month—and the average liabilities
up to $52,625,985 a month, an increase
of $12,747,760. This was a great Dem
ocratic record of failures. It was un
paralleled. Nearly everything went
smash.
But a Republican president. William
McKinley, a Republican administra
tion. a Republican congress and a Re
publican protective tariff began to
build up the country again, and the
three months’ records of 1898-1900
show only an average of 2,997 failures
—1.087 a month less than the Demo
cratic average, and only $32,192,442 of
liabilities, or AN AVERAGE OF $20.
500.000 LESS OF LIABILITIES EACH
MONTH THAN THE DEMOCRATIC
RECORD OF BUSINESS BREAKING.
The figures are from Bradstreets.
REVENUE QUESTIONS.
Comparison of Republican Surplus and
Democratic Deficiency.
Secretary Gage has transmitted to
the house his estimates regarding the
surplus that will be created in the
treasury at the end of the present
fiscal year and at the end of the next
fiscal year if the present laws for
raising revenue are continued in force.
This information was in response to
a recent resolution, adopted in the
house on motion of Chairman Payne.
Secretary Gage's estimates follow:
Fiscal year ending June 30
Receipts: 1900. 1901.
Customs .$233,000,000 $240,000,000
Internal rev
enue. 292.000.000 300.000.000
Miscellaneous . 35.000,000 37.000.000
Total .$560,000,000 $577,000,000
Expenditures:
Civil .$104,000,000 $115,000,000
War . 135.000.000 125,000.000
Navy . 55.000.000 60.000,000
Indians . 11,000.000 10,000,000
Pensions . 143.000,000 145.000,000
Interest . 42,000,000 40,000.000
Total .$490,000,000 $495,000,000
It will be remembered that under
the last Democratic administration,
the then secretary of the treasury,
Mr. Carlisle, was always presenting
his deficiencies of revenues. The fol
lowing comparisons is as interesting
cs it is instructive:
Republican sur
1900. 1901.
plus .$70,000,000 $80,000,000
1S94. 1895.
Democratic De
ficiency .$69,803,261 $42,805,225
The same results are being experi
enced by farmers and wage-earners
who. in 1894 and 1895 were always
confronted with deficiency, but are
now in possession of a “comfortable
surplus” that Ftesident Cleveland was
so fond of talking about, but which
he could only put into the pockets of
British bond buyers.
m ga tosldo’i ( radratUlL
Agulnaldo has not yet presented his
credentials as delegate-at-lsrge to ths
Kansas Cttg convention.
BRITAIN’S MAINSTAY.
THE MERCHANT MARINE FLEET
SAVES THE EMPIRE.
fl«r Shipping Makes Good Her Eoor*
naoni Adverse Balance of Trade —
Shipbuilder Cramp's Views— Passage
of the Shipping Bill Is Irged.
Four generations of the Cramp fam
ily have in succession contributed to
their present pre-eminence in Amer
ican shipbuilding. Their Philadel
phia shipyard now ranks in extent
and output with the best in Europe, I
its product being always regarded as
unexcelled in finish and efficiency.
Mr. Charles H. Cramp is the present
head of the family and its shipbuild
ing company. On this account, and
the weight of authority given to his
utterances on the subject of ship
building, as well as the probable early
passage of the shipping bill, what he
savg is of timely value.
“Great Britain’s imports In 1S97,”
said Mr. Cramp, when asked for a
brief statement, exceeded her ex
ports by $780,000,000, which is the
largest adverse balance of trade in
British history. How does she make
it good? Chiefly through her vast
shipping. Let me explain: At the
last meeting of the directorate of the
Peninsular and Oriental Steamship
Company—the largest in the world. 1
by the way—Its president placed its
average earnings at $50 per gross ton,
and which, in view of the competi
tion to which it is subjected, may be
regarded as the minimum per ton
earning of British steamships. In
formation from other authentic
sources indicates that the average
earning of the entire British steam
fleet, consisting of 7.310,000 tons, will :
not fall short of $70 per ton per year.
The British steam fleet, therefore, an
nually earns $500,000,000 a year. Her
sea-going sailing fleet, consisting of
2.735.97G tons, earns between $45 and
foO per ton per year, or say in the
aggregate $130,000,000. The annual
profits of banking, commissions and
insurance in connection with this ship
ping are about 14 per cent of the traf
fic earnings. This shows: Steam
fleet earn $500,000,000, sailing
fleet earns $130,000,000. and other
profits on shipping amount to $CS,200.
000—showing a total annual earning
from British shipping of $69S.200.000
a year, say in round numbers $700,
000.000.
“The earnings of her shipping, it
will be seen, nearly wipes out Great
Britain’s adverse trade balance,” con
tinued Mr. Cramp, “and her revenue
from foreign investments far more
than exceeds the difference.
“Of this colossal revenue.” con
cluded Mr. Cramp, “the United States
contributes a little more than two
fifths directly: or, in other words, the
producers and consumers of the
United States pay to British ship
owners not less than $280,000,000 a
year as the common carriers of Amer
ican commerce to and from all parts
of the world.”
Congress is therefore confronted
with the necessity of relieving the
American people from the annual
JOE SIBLEY’S PLATFORM.
Tells m New York “Yellow*’ Why Be
Will Seek Re-Election.
Congressman Joe Sibley, who was
nominated by the Republicans of the
district in Pennsylvania that former
ly was represented by a Democrat,
was asked by a correspondent of the
New York Journal on what platform
he proposed to ask for re-election to
Congress. His reply was character
istic of the man. He said:
“As an optimist, and not as a pessi
mist; as in favor of $16 a thousand
for hemlock lumber in my district
as against $6 a thousand four years
ago; for 9-cent cotton as against 4
cent cotton; for $1.55 a barrel for oil
as against 55 cents a barrel; for 40
cent corn as against 20-cent corn; for
a bigger rate per ton for the man who
digs the coal than was paid to the
owner four years ago; for three
eighths of one per cent of the popula
tion out of employment as against
40 per cent four years ago; for $2 a
ton for carrying ore on the great
lakes as against 60 cents a ton; for
$2.S5 a day for the ore handlers as
against $1.25; for an average increase
of 25 per cent In wages over four years
ago; for a surplus of $90,000,000 in our
national budget as against a deficit
of $75,000,000,000 under the last Dem
ocratic administration;- for the con
tinuance of the opportunity for every
man to secure remunerative employ
ment, and the banishment forever of
soup houses from this glorious coun
try; for an export trade of two bil
lions annually, requiring three times
greater product of our manufactures
than we have at the present time: for
the growing trade of the Orient, which
will require all the farm products of
the great west and a good deal of our
industries, and will keep wheat at $1
a bushel and upward.
“There are 100 more planks in my
platform similar to the above, but my
chief plank is that I am for a con
tinuance of the splendid prosperity
that we are enjoying undpr the ad
ministration of President McKinley.
JefTernontan Import alia no
Mr. Bryan's recent remarks about
"imperialism” sound very much like tBe
criticisms that were hurled at the Jeff
erson administration when the Louis
iana purchase bill was before Congress.
As a sample here is a quotation from
the New York Herald of March 21.
1804: "We revolted from Great Brit
ain because her Parliament taxed us
without our consent, expressed by rep
resentatives. Our colonies may adopt
our principles. Even the limited mon
archy proposed in the bill now under
discussion in the House of Representa
tives will not probably be established,
and it is next to a certainty that the
session will terminate leaving Jeffer
son in complete possession of all the
despotic powers which were lately ac
quired by the Spanish monarch.”
Colored Voter*.
Senator Tillman’s recent speech
about the negro voter seems to have
been but a preliminary toward dis
franchising him in the south, judg
ing from the action of the leading
political party in Virginia. This evi
dently is in strange contrast with the
CAN HE ESCAPE A SMASH-UP?
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drain of $280,000,000 now contributed i
by them for the employment and per
manent enrichment of Britons. It is
conceded by all, and the president and
bis cabinet are emphatic on the sub
ject, that the only way of overcom
ing this adverse and dangerous con
dition is for congress to speedily come
to the aid of American shipping. The
passage of the shipping bill, the pro
visions of which are in perfect ac
cord with the urgent official recom
mendations of the president and the
secretary of the treasury, and which
bill has been favorably reported from
the committees to each branch of
congress, will revive American ship
ping in the foreign trade and lead to
the eventual retention at home of
these vast millions, the foreign outgo
of which drains us of all our gold or
its equivalent in our products.
But rrlm
Since 1897 there has been a gen
eral upward movement in the price of
commodities in the United States.
This was the cry of the Democratic
party in 1896: “Give us free silver
and prices will advance all along the
line.” But the Republicans killed
free silver and prices went up all the
same.
Kxpanalon for Fanner*.
The agricultural reports show that
our sales of agricultural products
abroad during the past three years,
1897-1899. were more than $500,000,000
greater than in the preceding three
years. 1894-1896. The American farm
er is participating in the benefits of
expansion.
David JeeUyU-Hyde Hill.
The report that the Hon. David B.
Hill Is prepared to support a platform
that drove him to the political woods
In 1896 is by no means startling. David
la just that sort of person.
The Railroad Record.
There were 4,500 miles of new rail
road built last year, as against 2,219
miles In 1898, and 1,650 miles la 1895.
avowed anxiety ol members of the
same party to admit the native Porto
Rican to the full rights of American
citizenship.
For an Fight-Hoar D.ty.
Senator Penrose (Rep.) introduced
a bill in the Senate limiting the hours
of service of laborers and mechanics
employed on works for the United
States in any territory or the District
of Columbia. The bill provides that
every contract hereafter made to which
the United States, any territory or the
District of Columbia is a party, which
may involve the employment of labor
ers or mechanics, shall contain a pro
vision that no laborer or mechanic do
ing any part of the work contemplated
by the contract in the employment of
the contractor or sub-contractor shall
be required or permitted to work more
than eight hours in any day. Ev.ery
such contract shall provide a penalty
of $5 a day for each laborer or me
chanic who works more than eight
hours a day. The provisions of this
bill do not apply to contracts for trans
portation by land or water or for such
material as may usually be bought in
the open market, whether made to con
form to particular specifications or
not.
Bagging and Binding Twin*.
Farmers will find a reason for the
advance in bagging and binding
twine by studying the foreign prices
for Manila hemp and sisal. In-both
of these fibers there has been an ad
vance of 100 per cent in value in the
foreign market within two years. Jute
has also advanced over 50 per cent
within the same period.
Big Trusts Fighting.
Recent troubles between the steel
and wire combines show that even big
trusts can not compete amicably for
trade. As a matter of fact, the big
ger the corporation, and the more
it attracts publicity, the more vulner
able it ia if it does not deal fairly
by the public or its employes.
THE ARMY OFFICERS
TESTIFY IN THE IDAHO MINING
INVESTIGATION.
Ate Prisoner*’ Food end Thought It
Excellent — FonUhed Miner* Who
Tried to Balld s Tnnuel had E*
cap*. ,
The Military Affairs Committee hag
listened to the testimony of three army
officers on the matter of the &“eatrient
of the Coeur d’Alene miners, held as
prisoners in Idaho by the soldiers, and
on the general character of the food
and accommodations. Capt. Edwards
narrated the circumstances of the de
tention of Mr. Heney after the state
authorities had given permission for
his release. He said that a tunnel bad
been dug by the prisoners, that they
might escape. When it was discovered
investigation was made to determine
who had done it. He suspected that
Mr. Simpkins had been a leader of
this movement, accused him, and upon
admission, had him confined in the
county jail. He ordered Mr. Heney
and some of the other prisoners to fill
up this tunnel, and they refused to
work. For this insubordination, the
witness said, he put Mr. Heney on
bread and water, for the good of pris
on discipline, and held him until h«
had performed the work. Some other
prisoners had been punished by his or
ders for violation of prison rules. This
punishment consisted of a diet of bread
and water, and being required to
forego the luxury of hay for their beds.
This, however, was not severe because
they had their blankets and quilts to
sleep on. He said there was no de
nial of free speech, and added that on
the 4th of July, a celebration was had
in which the soldiers, as well aa the
men, participated; speeches were made,
rough riding and other games were in
dulged in. The suppression of the Mul
len Mirror, and the order preventing
the commemoration of July 11th, by a
public gathering, originated with the
civil and not the military authorities.
Major Allen Smith of the 1st Caval
ry corroborated much of Capt. Ed
wards’ testimony, and approved all of
the measures taken by the latter, 6uch
as the punishment of prisoners, for the
good of prison discipline. He told of
a meeting which had been held at
i which the question of permitting men
to resume work at the pumps was con
sidered. The union had ordered th6
men to quit the pumps, and as this
would have resulted very speedily in
the flooding and the destruction of the
mines, the matter was brought to the
attention of the witness and of Lieut.
Lyons. Ten minutes was given the
union to meet and rescind its action,
and the union complied, after which
the men returned to work. Had this
action not been taken the mines would
have been damaged to such an extent
that it is doubtful if they could ever
have been resumed.
Major Smith said that he had not
arrested any one, but that he had re
quired a man to be prosecuted for
draping the American flag in black,
and putting it at half mast on the 4th
of July. He said he had received no
complaints of brutal or inhuman treat
ment of the men. nor had he heard any
complaints of suffering among their
families. As to the quantity and qual
ity of the food served he said it was
sufficient and very good.
Lieut. Heiberg testified as to the
treatment of prisoners and their food
and accommodations. He said that he
h^d heard of no infractions of the rules
by the men, nor of any improper treat
ment of them by the troops. He said
he subsisted for two weeks and a half
upon the food from the prison kitchen,
and considered it of superior excel
lence. As to the matter of punishment
inflicted by Capt. Edwards he consid
ered that it was not severe, and that
it was necessary to maintain disci'
pline.
Nebraska’s Farm Valors.
Regarding the prosperity now prev
alent in the west, a paper from the
interior of Nebraska says: "With
the price of steers ranging at from
$4.CO to $5 in Omaha, hogs near the
$550 mark, corn near the 30 mark
at home, and the country full of
money, it doesn't look as though the
presidential campaign is going to ma
terially affect prosperity, at least not
in the agricultural and stock-growing
belt. Four years ago hogs sold for
$2.80 in Stanton, while good corn com
manded but 14 cents. Oats, rye and
barley show the same wide differ
ence in price. Butter is worth nearly
double what it was then. The same
is true of everything the farmer has
to sell, with the exception of wheat,
and even that is several cents higher
now than then.”
Nebraska's Horrible Example.
Nebraska affords a striking horrible
example of the effects of a Democratic
administration and a free trade tariff.
Its bank deposits show it:
Year. Amount
1892 . $24,.891,113
1893 . 17,208,47*
1894 . 18.074.832
1895 . 14.200,7 < 5
1896 . 10,227.537
1897 . 13.902,940
1898 . 18,225,180
1899 . 21.666,111
These figures represent the deposits
in all banks in Nebraska under State
supervision only. The decline during
the Democratic administration of 1893
97 is as remarkable as the increase in
deposits under the present administra
tion of President McKinley.
More Work at Home.
With 100 per cent of increase in the
population of the United States dur
ing the last thirty years, there has
been an increase of only 60 per cent
in our total imports of foreign goods.
This shows how the American work
man under protection Is acquiring the
American market.
Demtad for Fa per.
The man who writes the Kansas Oty
platform will have to draw heavily
upon the paper mills If he attempts tc
explain all of the miscarried predic
tions of 1896.
Mlasoar! ImproTinf.
Republicanism in Missouri must b«
on the increase. Democratic legisla
tures seldom take the pains to Goebel
ise a state when there is no danger.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON IX. MAY 27—nr att
.q "ATTHEW
13: 24, 33.
Golden Text—“The rum .
„ r,*,d *• tlie World"
—Matt. 13: 38-ft,. ... .
u. * arable of the
Kingdom—The Wheat _
’neat aud the Tare*
-lb. Mustard “
24- “Tho kingdom , »
kingdom which has . <n !s tho
and which Jesus '~‘11 ln ht-aven,
lish on earth, in v", ' c‘1lme t.° *‘stab
heaven are obeyed , ' laW!t °r
earth becomes like and thus
37. “Likened unto r, n. ,, r .. .
good seed.” Th. ,v . ‘lUh 4°w«*
of man (v. 37,. wb \ , *' lh* Son
good seed. He b< r <>urie of all
Eden, and ha* b-. ” Kiird<11 ,,f
Every good man. v 'er, fdm'e*
child of God. born , ;*Un^ S\a
Spirit, and made s , ' th*
God. And Jesus r:i. ‘ »“«
through which th. - ^medium
2K “But While me -1, (it,” i " e at
night, in secret. It v, , . ”
sower slept, for “he ; th?
shall neither slumt- r h Israel
when the ohor-.K v l- ; nor
when the ch.mh i- , . r j , i
often most busy s- r . v hen the
church is awake and m ,..rn‘« but
cretly, unobserved. „ • p:i.*,l. “ill.
tv.eT 2S ”« ^devil
whenf” T 'ar>' ‘"long the
wheat. Tares art n. • a i,,generate
kind of wheat, as u ,Xa and
many commentators v, im.gmed but
a distinct species, whi-i ha, m. original
relationship to wheat or barley f‘rcf
Thomson.
26. Brought forth fruit, then appeared
the tares also.” When the grain is
headed out; there -can b* no mi take
then. As once 1 heard it remarked in
that country, ‘the
28. “Wilt thou then that we
gather up” The tares ought not to be
there. They are an evil. Let us root
them out.
29. "Nay." This plan was forbidden.
(1) because to root out the tarvs would
ruin the crop, and defeat the purpose for
which the good seed wa u “Lest
while ye gather up the tares. v» root up
also the wheat.” Because there was dan
ker of mistaking the wheat f : t..res; be
30. “Until the harvest” (v. Stn. or age.
In the original, the wonl • world” taion)
here is an entirely different w. d from
that translated “world" in v. > It does
not refer to the physical world, t t to th«*
present era. or age. whit p en at the
day of judgment and the com , of tha
Son of man. “Say to the re« Tim
reapers are the ang* Is" tv. , Matt.
10: 27: 24: 31; 2 Thes. 1: 7 "Ga her ve to
gether first the tares." These v.ere gath
ered out as far as possible in stalks bear
ing their heads of seed. But in addition
to this, since flour "of mixed wheat and
tares cannot be given even to animals, all
the baskets of wheat are carried from
the threshing floor to the flat roofs of
their houses, where the\ are emptied out
on mats, and the tedious separation of
grain from grain is carried on. sometimes
for days, until the wheat is finally rid of
this unhappy admixture —Thomson.
Gather the wheat into my barn." where
it will be preserved, and accomplish the
end for which it was sown. Then tv. 431,
when separated from evil, the righteous
shall shine forth as the sun. the symbol
of gladness, of truth, of glory, of life in
themselves, and of giving light, and life,
and cheer to all around. tSee L'an. 12: 3.)
32. “Another parable." To show an
other side of the kingdom of God and
thus correct env mistakes which are sure
to rise if only one side is seen.
31. 32. “Like to a grain of mustard
seed. . . . which indeed is the least of
all seeds." Not the least of all seeds
which botanists know, but the smallest
that men sow in their fields; and the
smallest of these in contrast with the
plant which grows from it. "Greatest
among herbs." And becometh a tree; not
massive like a fir tree of Lebanon. or oak.
but an herb so large "that the birds of
the air come and lodge in the branches
thereof.” It became the greatest of the
kind that grew from such seeds.
33. "Spake he unto them " To the peo
ple on the seashore. "The kingdom of
heaven is like unto leaven." l.caven
among the Jews generally consisted ni ,i
lump of dough.
An Old Anchor.
Xot long ago the crew of an Eng
lish trawler engaged in lobster fishing,
I near Kinsale, had groat difficulty in
getting their anchor aboard. It was
firmly fixed in some massive, hard sub
stance in the sand bank. When at
last they succeeded in bringing it to
the surface, there was attached to it
a very ancient anchor five tons in
weight, the shank being over ten feet
long and the bend of equal propor
tions. Fastened to the anchor was a
small cannon. The anchor, which prob
ably belonged to one of the ships of
the Spanish Armady. wrecked on this
coast, had become converted with ma
rine matter, and this, in the three cen
turies during which it had been im
bedded in the sand, had been converted
into a rocky fossil substance. The an
chor is, of course, considerably worn;
but it still presents a very massive
appearance, and must have belonged
to a large ship.—Youths' Companion.
rlSltw. -
Her Genile Retort.
Judge Taft of Ohio, who will be as
sociated with Gen. Wright in the Phil
ippine commission, tel is this story of
how his wife once turned the tables
on him when he attempted a bit of
sarcasm at her expense. The judge
and Mrs. Taft attended church one
Sunday morning, and after service
Mrs. Taft was the center of a group of
women who stood in the aisle and he4d
a long and animated discussion on
some topic of feminine interest, as
women will. The juoge grew impa
tient at the delay and was verj grum
on the wav home. At last he said.
“Do you know you chattering women
reminded me of Balaam s ass blocking
the way?” “Oh. no.’* replied Mrs.
Taft, severely, “You are mistaken. It
was the angel that blocked the way of
the ass!”—Memphis Scimitar.
LITTLE CLASSICS.
The empty vessel makes the great
est sound.—Shakespeare.
He who is firm in will moulds the
world to himself.—Goethe.
Wise men and gods are on the
strongest side.—Sir Charles Sedley.
It is good to rub and polish our
brain against that of others.—icon
tsiignc.
A man who cannot mind his own
business is not to be trusted with aie
king's.—Saville.
Drive prejudices out by the door,
they will re-enter by the window.—
Frederick the Great.
There is no vice so simple but as
sumes some mark of virtue on its out
ward part.—Shakespeare.
All our possessions are as nothing,
compared to health, strength and a
clear conscience.—Hosea Ballou.
Minorities lead and save the world,
and the world knows them not till
long afterwards.—John Burroughs.
Morality and political economy
unite in repelling the individual who
consumes without producing.—Balzac.