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THE NORTHWESTERN. BENSCIIOTKB ft GIBSON. Ed* and Pub* LOUP CITY, • - NER m- - - —g Anton Dvorak, the Bohemian com poser, has been made a member of the Austrian house of Lords. LI Hung Chang probably would be willing to pay the Indemnity himself if the empress dowager had not been so rude to him in the earlier stages of the game. President Schwab of the steel trust will have the most luxurious pri vate ear in the country. That alon* should sell several million dollars worth of the common stock. Green and yellow chartreuse may no longer be manufactured in France if the bill against religious associations goes through, as the head of the or ganization of Carthusians, the monks of the Grande Chartreuse, is situated outside of France. Detroit will soon celebrate the two hundredth anniversary of its founding by Cadillac. Eastern people are apt to forget that there is so old a city in the west. In the story of the settle ment and progress of Detroit much is revealed of the history of "the north west under three flags." The latest Paris idea is to pave the streets with glass, and experiments are now being tried to that end. Accord ing to the Telegraph's correspondent, pure glass is used without admixture of cement, but subjected to a special treatment, called devitrifaction. The result is a hard, smooth substance, opaque, absolutely non-porus, absorb ing no foreign matter, and thus re taining no dampness or unpleasant odors. The varied character of the Manila population is shown by such items as these, taken at random from one issue of a local daily: "Sim Viaeo, a Fili pino, ran amuck on Calle Anda on Thursday night and attacked Du Tang with a heavy scantling. Mandarin Chang Quing, son of Carlos Palanca, the Chinese millionaire of Manila, has been appointed ambassador to Mexico, and is expected by his father to visit Manila about April 1.” Ex-Empress Eugenie has given to the municipality of Paris the cradle of Prince Douis Napoleon, the only son of Napoleon III. and the Empress. Prince Louis was killed in the Zulu war in South Africa in 1879. The body of the cradle is made of rosewood and is dec orated with enamels in antique silver and chiseled bronze. The frames are of silver. A statue holds the imperial crown, in gilt and bronze, over the pillow, which is of white satin em broidered in gold with the letter "N.” The cradle was originally a gift from the municipality of Paris to Empress Eugenie. Farmers of Wabash county. Indiana, are building good roads by co-opera tion and at much reduced cost. They have an agreement among themselves on road-building, each owner of land abutting on a highway to be improved pledging in work or cash $1.50 per acre within half a mile of the road. Pay ment may be made within three years, and the burden thus distributed is hardly felt. The work is done in dull seasons, and gravel roads have re placed the old mud highways over many miles of turnpike. On the com pletion of a road the task of main taing it is assumed by the county au thorities. The general design for the naval' arch, which is to be erected at the Battery, New' York, has been approved by the trustees of the Naval Arch As sociation and the organization of the finance committee for the collection of the funds, with which to construct it will be effected at once. The design was prepared by Krnest Flagg. It is estimated that the arch, including the statuary, will cost $S50,000, while the sea-wall, beacons and monuments will cost $300,000 more. In organizing the committee for the collection of the fund, every care Is to be taken to make it as representative as possible, in order to give perfect confidence in the project. The French military authorities, after protracted experiments, are said to he so far satisfied with the value of the motor car in war time, that they are making arrangements to acquire, if necessary, the whole of the auto-cars for military service in the event of the army entering the field. Notices are said to have been sent to owners of auto-ears, asking them if they are disposed to sell their vehicles to the government whenever the country should find itself threat ened with war. and also requiring them to fix prices of the cars. The ac tual purchasing price will be decided upon by the military authorities when the vehicles are handed over after taking into account the depreciation they may have undergone in the mean time. Recent experiments by railway offi cials in Berne with an automatic ticket machine, invested by a Swiss, have given entire satisfaction, says a Berne correspondent. The machine is simi lar to the ordinary automatic ma chines, but the glass cases contain the tickets on which are printed the names of fhe stations and the price of the ticket. By dropping in the right amount and pulling a handle the ticket Is set free. The machinery is so well :onstructed that an insufficient sum or any base coins will not work the ipring. rs NOT RECIPROCAL. DEFECTS OF THE SPECIAL TRADE TREATY PLAN. ContlDfliif Rcttnu Why t.ie Propmwl Schema of Unrestricted llrclproelty Would Not Operate to the Advantage of tlie United State*. In the concluding portion of the sec ond lecture on ‘ Economic Aspects of Reciprocity,’’ delivered by Mr. John P. Young of the San Francinco Chron icle, before the College of Commerce of the University of California, various phases of the practical workings of the reciprocity plan in the United States are presented with marked clearness and force. The lack of certainty in the matter of revenue production which attends the operation of special uaue lieu I it's m urged aa uu luipuiwui objection to that process of enlarging aur trade with foreign countries. The question of revenue is held constantly in view by congress when engaged in the enactment of a tariff law, ar d the schedules are so adjusted as to Insure with reasonable accuracy an amount of revenue which, added to that de rived from internal sources, will meet the requirements of the government. Not so in the case of schedules altered in miscellaneous fashion through special commercial conventions. If, under these treaty arrangements, the duties on certain articles are materi ally diminished, so must be the reven ues. Moreover, the consequences of this kind of tariff tinkering may prove to be mischievous, for as Mr. Young points out, if we reduce the duties on Russian beet sugar to please the exporters of American machinery, how shall we deny similar reduction of duties to other sugar producing coun tries without exciting jealousies and retaliation? If, in order to escape this kind of friction, we make the reduc tion of sugar duties uniform with all countries, as we must in the long run, what then becomes of the revenue from sugar duties? Another point of the utmost import ance is emphasized by Mr. Young in this connection—namely, that while tariff laws may easily be repealed or amended at any session of any con gress, commercial conventions consti tute contracts and obligations very difficult to retreat from and which of ten continue in force long after their workings are recognized to be in jurious. At best the process of abro gating commercial treaties is a slow and tedious one, and the effect is to create rigidity in a direction where flexibility i3 highly desirable. A reciprocity treaty is not necessar ily reciprocal. It may prove to be quite the reverse. Mr. Young cites the supposititious case of wine producers and prune growers who were promised protection for their industry and are as much entitled to it as are the mak ers of machinery. We enter into an arrangement with a foreign country which contemplates an increased pur chase on our part of foreign wines and prunes and an increased sale on our part of machinery. This may or may not prove to be the outcome un der the arrangement. It is quite pos sible that the foreigner will send us an additional quantity of wines and prunes without in turn taking from us an additional quantity of machines. The practical workings of reciprocal trade arrangements may thus prove to be far from reciprocal. Mr. Young raises the question whether it is not an economic blunder to assist our o\er grown Iron concerns by means of spe cial trade treaties to market their surplus product In foreign countries, and thus prevent the creation in unde veloped lands of facilities which would enable the peonies of those lands to supply themselves with articles of iron, and at the same time compel the domestic consumer in our own country to assist in this work of spoliation by charging him more for what he uses of the product thus forced out than the foreigner i3 compelled to pay. Herein is suggested an aspect of the reciprocity idea which the trust smashers have certainly overlooked. Of course, so thorough and deep searching a student of cause and effect in economics as Mr. Young has shown himself to be w'ould not pass by the pertinent point concerning the true definition of reciprocity as expounded in the national Republican platform. He directs attention to the fact that in their platforms the Republicans have always insisted that true reci procity consists in the exchange of non-competing products. This fact Is Ignored by the advocates of tariff tinkering by trade treaties with a per sistency that carries it out of the do main of accident and places it in the category of intentional suppression. Tho favorite theory of British Cob denites and Free Traders that if we wish to trade with foreigners we can only hope to do so by buying from them as well as selling to them is dis posed of by Mr. Young as scarcely worthy of serious consideration in view of the facts of commerce as dis closed in the statistics of our foreign trade in the last four years of ade quate protection. “Such a conten tion,” says Mr. Young, “scarcely de serves a serious answer. Individuals and aggregations of individuals known as nations do not buy things to please the persons purchased from; they buy because they need the things bought. To buy for any other purpose would be absurd; to buy merely to make trade brisk world be uneconomic and therefore silly.” Emphasizing this point, Mr. Young brings his lecture to a close by an illustration borrowed from an article which appeared some months ago In the American Econo mist. and which he quotes, as he aaya, “in the full confidence that the ap positeness and humor of it will dc more to suggest the faRacies of the advocates of reciprocity treaties than any arguments 1 have been able to produce.” The story quoted is that of a merchant In a small New England town who kept a little store whoss chief patrons were children. The shopkeeper, wishing to stimulate busi ness and to establish reciprocal rela tions with his little customers, pro ceeded to distribute gratuitously among them one hundred pennies. The result was a marked increase in business activity. He distributed an other dollar in the same way. Result, more briskness. When, however, he came to take stock and count the money in his till, he found that the money had not increased perceptibly, while his stock of candy and trinkets had materially diminished. As he glanced at his depleted shelves and thoughtfully rubbed his head, he re marked: "Gee whiz! There wasn’t much profit in it; but there ain’t no denying that it made trade mighty brisk w’hile it lasted.” That little an ecdote might furnish food for thought on the part of those who so strenuous ly advocate the employment of artifi cial means for the extension of for eign trade. THE PUZZLE OF ECONOMISTS. __ Free Traders Won'd Itednre Trade Bal ances by Importations. The newest puzzle for those who are called economists is the outcome of the Republican policy which, in three years, has enabled us to sell the rest of the world $1,819,825,819 more than we purchased during the three years which ended Juno 30, 1900, to which must be added $750,000,000 for the fis cal year which will end with next June. After they have accounted for all of this cash debt which the rest cf the world owes or has owed us, they find that a large portion of it has not been paid, but has been loaned abroad. Economists, as they are called, often arrive at peculiar con clusions, but thus far no one of them has expressed the opinion that Amer icans are giving foreigners the world over hundreds of millions of dollars annually. The puzzle is, how is Eu rope to liquidate the indeterminate amount of money standing to our i credit? One of them, who is a Free- j Trader, suggests that the only way j the volume of our exports can be , maintained is to so adjust our TarifT ■ that Europe can liquidate a much j larger portion of the favorable trade I balance by selling us merchandise which we are now manufacturing at j home in sufficient quantities to abund antly supply the home market. This means that wo must close our fac tories of certain lines of merchandise j and turn their employes to idleness | and their families to want in order to j enable foreign nations to pay the j trade balance in merchandise. That | would be economics with a vengeance, j There is reason to believe that there ; is no present cause for fear about the j inability of Europe to pay us what it | owes. During nearly a hundred years ! the trade balance of the world was j against the United States. It was not ; a large amount each year, but it was < from $15,000,000 to $30,000,000 an- j nually—enough to drain all the bul lion the country produced and much of the cotton. For years this drain upon the contribution of this country to the world's stock of precious metals made money scarce and the rates of ; interest much higher than those of Europe. For years we purchased most of our Iron, woolens, glass, crockery, etc., in Europe, and paid them out of the money, stock and materials that should have been kept at home. Now the situation has changed. Under the Republican policy the country came to produce in abundance the articles we used to make an adverse balance of trade by buying. For years we I paid iiiftii ui auciroi uu tuia amount of our indebtedness for goods purchased abroad over the value of those we sold. Then we were a debt or nation and paid the penalty of such disadvantage, and would be paying it now if the self-styled economists could have their way. Now we have become the world's creditor nation. If our debtors cannot pay at once let them pay interest, as did the United States.—Indianapolis Journal. L’ENFANT TERRIBLE. Miss Free-Trade—It is perfectly dls* i gustlng to see how that child persistii in getting fat on the wrong kind of i nourishment. I __ Sun Didn't Shinn. In 1897 Grover Cleveland officially Informed congress that there could b< no speedy return of prosperity. Poor I old Grover, he had been afflicted with a congress of incompetents aad ther« 1 was no silver lining to his cloud. Tba sky lacked the sun of Protection.— 1 Clinton (Mo.) Republican. , The South Hop. "Not W«.p, 1 No regrets are being expressed in . the South over the defeat of Dryan. . ' The prudent men of the South are sat , j lsfled to get double th.s money for - their cotton that they would have re 1 ; celved under a Populist admlnistra 2 : tlon.—Camden (N. J.) Post-Telegram. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON XI.. JUNE ie, REVELA TION I, 0-20. Golden Teit: .levin I'hrUt the Sams Yesterday, and Today, and forever— ll#l>. 13. 8.—Jesus Appears to St. Johu. 9. I, John, who also am your brother, arid companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called I’atmos, ter the word of Hod, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. 10. 1 was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet. 11. Saying. 1 am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last; and, What thou soest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Per gamos, and unto Thyatlra, and unto Sar dis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Lao dicea. jg. Ann i turnon to see wiv spake with me. Ami being turned, l saw seven golden candlesticks. 13. And In the midst of the seven can dlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. It. His head and his hnlrs were white like w'ool, as white is snow; utid his eyes were as a flame of lire. 15. And his feet like unto line brass, as If they burned In a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters. 16. And he had In his right hand seven stars; and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword; and his countenance was as the sun shlneth In his strength. 17. And when I saw him. 1 fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me. Fear not; I ain the tirst and the last. 18. 1 am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold. I am alive for evermore. Amen; and have the keys of hell und of death. 19. Write the things whirh thou hast seen, and the things which are. and the things which shall be hereafter. 20. The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest In my right hand, and the seven golden candlestoeks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches; and the seven candlesticks which thou sit west are the seven churches. The almost unanimous opinion of an tiquity assigns this book to St. John, the Beloved Disciple, "who was known In the early Christian church by the beautiful name of Epistethios, the leaner upon the breast.' " (Milligan.) The term, "the divine,” In the title Is not found in the most ancient manuscripts. It mentis "the theologian,” "the preacher.” The discus sion as to whether the same person could have written the Revelation that wrote the flspel springs from the great differ ences in the style of the Greek, and from differences in the literary methods and underlying thoughts of the two. The sec ond set of differences Is probably a nat ural result of the difference In theme, and the tirst differences, those of language, would spring from the second, and also might have been caused by a long lapse of time betwen the two compositions. Gosoel, Epistles and Apocalypse were all written by St. John, the son of Zebedee. The Revelation was written on Patinos, or at Ephesus after John's i«durn from exile. Patmos is one of the Sporades. 24 miles from the coast of Asia Minor, Mile tus being the nearest city. It Is the tra dition that John, having been plunged In boiling oil. and came safely from that torture, was condemned to work ther> In the "mines,” that Is, the marble quar ries. Banishment to small islands was common, and Patmos Is only 15 miles in circumference. It is of volcanic origin, and is extremely rugged and barren. Pat mos, now called Patirio and Palmosa. con tains about five hundred houses, and a massive building, the monastery of St. John. On the mountain side is a natural grotto, where, it is said, St. John had his visions. A small church is built over it. From Patmos (Tristram) "the distant range, under which nestled Ephesus, was just visible: and the aged exile, when uttering his words of warning, could trace the outlines of that province.the churches of which he had tended so many years” The ancient tradition declared that John was banished during the reign of Doml tlan (A. D. 81-96). Some scholars, how ever. assert that the differences between the Greek of the fourth Gospel and that of the Revelation are so great that no man could write both books without the Intervention of many years between the two. Since the- Revelation Is written in very imperfect Greek, they say It must have been written as early as the reign of Nero (A. D. 54-68); while the Gospel was written toward the close of St. John’s life, after a long residence in the Greek city of Ephesus had rendered him fami liar with that language. Some competent scholars, however, deem It possible to as sign all John's writings to the last decade of the first century. The Revelation Is a marvelously writ ten volume. Milligan says; "No book probably ever proceeded from the pen of man all the parts of which were so close ly Interlaced with one another." It Is written throughout In the language of symbolism, which is as definite as any other language, when once we have the key. Four keys have been proposed: The theory that the book describes events al ready past, contemporary with the seer; that all its scenes are yet to be unfolded, at the Lord’s coming; that the book em braces. In outline, the world's history, from John's time to the end of the world; that the Revelation Is a picture of con flict between the forces of good and those of evil, exemplified and fulfilled by many events, past, present, and future. The last view seems most probable anil profit able. The Revelation consists of (1) an Intro duction; (2) the epistles to the seven churches: and <3) a series of visions, the chief of them being those of ilie seven seals, the seven trumpets and the seven bowls. These visions picture the struggle of the church against evil, of Christ against anti-Christ: they seem several times to arrive at the climax of judgment, and to revert again to the beginning, un til at last, after this varied review, John is permitted to see the millennium, the final judgment, and the new Jerusali m. Throughout the book there is the fullest use of the Old Testament, and especially of Daniel's visions; there is also a re markable parallel with our Lord's dis course in Matt. 2t. The Revela Hon was doubtless written for an Immediate as well as an age-long object. The immediate purpose was to console and strengthen the persecuted Christians of John's day with assurances that Christ was alive, and that his cause would ultimately triumph. Mineral ReconnoWmnce of Cuba, Three expert geologists from the United States geological survey have been detailed to make a geologic and mineral reconnoissance of the island of Cuba. They are I)r. C. Willard Hayes, T. Wayland Vaughan and A. C. Spencer. Messrs. Hayes and Vaugh an have reached the island and taken up their work, after conference with the military governor. It is expected that these geologists will accomplish results of distinct economic value to the island. WON PHYSICIAN’S HEART. HIM Honor* Patton Will Parry Hr. \V 1). Oro** tu P«nn*Tl van la. Miss Honora Patton of Curwensville this state, was taken ill about a rear ago while studying in Paris, says the Philadelphia Times. This circum stance gave rise to her acquaintance with Dr. William D. Gross, an Ameri can physician practicing in the French capital. As a culmination of a pretty romance conics the announcement that the young couple are to be united in marriage. Miss Patton h:s been in Philadelphia the last few weeks mak ing final arrangements for the wed ding, which will take place at Cur wensville, and nwaltlng the arrival of Dr. Gross. The wedding will he one of the most elaborate affairs ever ar ranged in that part of the state with in years. Music for the occasion is to be furnished by the Pittsburg Orches tra and a Philadelphia florist has been engaged to decorate the grounds and home. The ceremony will take place in June. Miss Patton is a tall, stately brunette, and since her debut In society some years ago she has been much sought after and admired. She is ac complished and talented in many ways. While at Wellesley College sho obtained high honors. After graduat ing Miss Patton made a tour of the world, and later settled in Paris in order to complete her musical educa tion and study the language. Being devoted to her work. Miss Patton en tered little into the gaieties of society, and as a consequence of too confining study her health broke down in Febru ary of last year. For many months she was under the constant medical attention of Dr. Gross, and during that time the personal charms of Miss Pat ton so fascinated the American physi cian that some months later they became engaged. After a complete re covery Miss Patton returned to this country, and a formal announcement of her engagement was made. Dr. Gross is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and is recognized as the leading American physician in Paris. CAUGINQ TIDES IN CANADA. Acc-umte Survey of Those In Tower St. Thw ranee Completed. The Canadian Marine department has just completed an important sur vey of the tides and currents of the St. Lawrence River, says a Montreal dispatch to the New York Sun. The survey is based on extended observa tions, taken during a whole season of navigation, throughout the St. Law rence estuary from Quebec to Point de Monts, a distance of 300 miles. Tidal instruments of the latest self recording type were placed at eight different points throughout this region and a continuous record was secured day and night of the form, height and time of the tides. This method large ly made up for the shortness of the season as it secured the information in the most complete form. The record was also simultaneous throughout the region, in which the tide increases iu height from five feet at the mouth of the estuary to eighteen feet at Quebec. The changes in the tide can thus he easily followed and its rate of prog ress and other data required for prac tical purposes can be correctly ascer tained. The work of the Canadian tidal survey is now being extended to the Pacific coast and this year tide tables based upon direct observation will be issued for Victoria, B. C., and the Gulf of Georgia. These are the only tide tables issued for the Pacific coast between Astoria and Port Townsend in Washington to the south and Sitka in Alaska. Steps are being taken to bring other western ports into relation with these tide tables. nnilding Churches la Chicago. There Is an unprecedented activity in the building of churches in Chica go, at the present time, and, in spite of the labor difficulties which extend ed far into the fall of last year, twen ty-one churches have been built since then or are still building. Among the buildings in course of construction or already finished, are some rather pretentious structures of brick and stone, costing from $25,000 to $75,000. One-third of the number are Roman Catholic churches, and the rest are almost evenly divided among the Methodist, Episcopal, Presbyterian. Baptist, Evangelical and Jewish de nominations. A man expects rounds of applause when he begins to climb the lader of fame. GONE BEFORE. “It singeth low in every heart, We hear it each and all — A song of those who answer not. However we may call. They throng the silence of the breasV. We see them as of yore— The kind, the brave, the true, tho sweet, Who walk with us no more. " ’Tis hard to take the burden up When these have laid it down; They bright nod nil the joy of 1-ife, They softened every frown: But oh! 'tis good to think of them When we are troubled sore! Thanks be to God that such have been, Although they are no more! "More homelike seems the vast un known Since they have entered there; To follow them were not so hard; Wherever they may fare; They cannot be where God Is not— On any sea or shore; Vhate'er betides, Thy love abides— Our God forevermore.” an historical location. JTorthwnt World'* F«lr Sit* A**oelatloi» rbrovtn Interesting Fact*. The officers of the Northwest World’s Fair Site association claim to havo made a discovery which they think will have much weight in tho selection of the site for the Louisiana Purchase exposition, says the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. They say the homo place of Gen. William H. Clarke, gov ernor of the territory of Missouri, i9 located on Goodfellow avenue, In northwest St. Louis, and covers part of the vast property on which the as sociation has obtained options for tho benefit of the directors of the World's Fair. Secretary E. T. Grethcr, Presi dent Lewis E. Snow, Treasurer J. M. Williams and others have been visit ing the different property owners for the past two weeks, spending hours daily in interviewing the oldest In habitants and looking over old muni cipal documents in an effort to get his torical data. It was while on these expeditions that they gathered data which they assert shows conclusively that on tho identical spot where now stands the Goodfellow mansion, Good fellow avenue and Natural Bridge road, formerly stood the residence of Gov. Ctarke, at which place, known to the Indians as Council Groves, the Indians met to make their treaties, and from where started the Lewis and Clarke expedition. Directors Fred Deibel, Jewett Wagoner, John Fitz gerald, H. H. Ellers, Judge David Murphy, Ed Wr. Greer, J. L. G ret her. Edward H. Bickley, George P. Pren dergast, W. S. Brawner, M. M. Fits gerrell, Fred Spangler, H. B. Schilling. W. J. McDonald, W. H. Redemeyer, Sidney E. Davis and Charles H. Fil ley, the executive committee, will go before the World's Fair site commit tee to state that the Goodfellow place is singularly appropriate for a fair site and that the natural conditions surrounding it fulfill all the require ments. The history associated with this place, they will argue, could well be pceserved by permanent buildings commemorating the exposition, Lunii'ii Wool. The new beverage, so-called, that Is being Introduced under the name of "lamb's wool,” is as old as the hills, Victor Smith says. It is nothing more than the juice of apples roasted over spiced ale. Every Irishman should know it. A great day for it used to be the feast of the apple gathering called "la mas ubhal,” pronounced "laramas ool.” The corruption Into "lamb’s wool” was easy. Teachers an;I Oltl M title Preferred. A farmer's wife, writing to th? American Agriculturist, says that it has been her good fortune to take sum mer boarders for the past seventeen years, and she sums up her experience thus: "I have had boarders of all ages, from the baby with its nurse to the aged grandmother, but my favorites are maiden ladies and school teachers. They are most always contented.” Fino feathers may not make fino birds, but they make soft pillows. "COMMUNITY OF INTEREST." Borne of the Effect* of the (ireat Kail road C hange* Which Are Occurring. ‘’Community of Interest” seems to be the watchword among the great rail road corporations, nowadays, and cer tain persons who are apt to decide upon topics of general Interest, especi ally new ones, without thinking upon the facts, have supposed that this meant an arrangement of interest only to the railway companies participating in the deals, traffic arrangements, leases, etc., which show in the stock transactions and engage the thought and ability of traffic and passenger agents. It Is undoubtedly the financial Interest of tlfe corporations which moves their officers to enter into con tracts, but the consideration of this topic necessarily Includes that of the convenience, comfort and attractions which they can offer to their patrons. If competition be less intense, and rate wars be relegated to the dead past, it means that more attention will be paid to those Inducements which will bring business to up-to-date lines of transportation. An instance of the early profit of the public is most worthy of mention. Un der the plan of arrangements known as “Community of Interest” very close relations have been established by the Missouri Pacific System with the Den ver and Rio Grande railway, the Rio Grande Western Railway and the Southern Pacific Railway and other lines diverging from Junction points. So that now, for the first time in the railway history of the country, a pas senger may take train at St. Ix>ui3 and remain therein until he has reached San Francisco. The route is one of the most popular because of its great scenic beauty, and because it gives the traveler Die benefit of variety of al titude and climate, taking him across the smiling plains of Kansas into the wonderful canyons of Colorado, and through her most noted mining locali ties, and by the great inland salt sea, where a great religious organization has builded a city of magnificence in an oasis of the desert, and whose po litical power lias been maintained in spite of the objections of the concen trated power of the United States and in the face of ail the obstacles which have ever, from the dav.n of Christi anity, contended against its establish ment by any sect or creed. These places arc of great interest to the traveler of today, and since they may be visited with s n h ease in tho magnificent trains of this monster sys tem of railway, the tide of tourist traf fic is belli-; turned to them by natural selection. The Missouri Pacific and the Rio Grande rnarh all points in Colorado, Utah and the West, and thus ‘•Community of Interest” among the railroads already benefits the public in such un everyday way as to convince the thoughlh rg person that he must revise his hasty judgment. *.