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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 16, 1904)
fl 9 1 r ri r I' lot 11 tl t n1 4! 11 ( ( d ID nt fM I tl P tl ft tl 1' 3 a f. Q V t R Red Cloud Chief. Pl'IJUHUliD WKI5KLY. mm r i.oi'i). KKlUlASIvA MM44M,'f' The hny crop nround Fremont la of very flno quality and KencrnuH qtian Vty. liny, year by year, Ih,o:io of the moat profltntilo crops. Home grower! will rcallzo (15 nn aero gross, this bo Jhk Tor tbo best ttirno liny. Artlclcfl of Incorporation havo been filed with the secretary of Ktnto by tho Ornliam Stock Farm company, of Hill ililo precinct, with an authorized capi tal Rtock of 120,000. Tho Incorporators nre John R. Qrahnm, N. P. McDonald und J. LcdIIo Graham. During a rnln storm lightning struck ono of a bunch of five oat stacks bo longing to Ed. and Will WllllamB, near Norn, and tho entire bunch was de stroyed. It Is estimated that tho five, stacks contained about 700 bushels of a very fair grndo of oats. ; Hurrah) county Is a world beater on crops this yenr. There hns never boon nnyttilng Just like It, taking everything Into consideration. Wheat and oats i are panning out far better than tho moRt Bangulno had predicted. Corn Is simply beyond all expectations. Tho Chicago Ranch company of Dawes county has placed nrtlclcs of Incorporation on file In the ofllce of the secretary of state. Tho authorized capital stock Is $30,000. Tho lncor IKirntorR aro W. H. Coleman, Frederick 8. llalrd, Joseph Wolf, William C. Mil ler anil Charles F. Hey wood. MIbo Mnry 13. Campbell, aged 73 yenrn, fifed nt tho homo of her brother, Tiidgo M. S. Campboll, of Nobraskn City. Mien Campbell had not been well for some tlmo. For many years she was superintendent of the Old Soldlors' Orphnns' homo of Now Jersey, but for tho pant sixteen years she niado her homo with her brother. Two boys named Smith and Rldgley, wIiobo homos nre near Cortland, left homo, taking a team belonging to a relative of ono of them. Thoy told their p.ircnth that they wore going to the I)luo liver on a fishing trip and nothing has bcon hoard of them slnco their disappearance. Shorlff Trudo has been requested to Join in tho search for them. Fremont has prospects of two arti ficial mono plants. A. M Holt and a number of prominent uiimuceji men linvo organized nnd leaBcd n lot on which thoy propose to construct a building. Oloson Bros., of Waterloo, In, J.otifled tho Union Pnclflc ngent that they would closo a deal for a lot on the iallroa.1 right of way near tho new mill. John Scdllnk was arrested in Fre mont on tho charge of brisking into n Union aclflo freight car. Ho says tho sen! was off nnd ho got In to ride, but the :nllroad authorities think ho may have disposed of It himself. Ho Is held awaiting Investigation. Nothing has been missed from the oar as yet, but an Invoico has not been completed. John Wiggins, for thirty years a res ident of Columbus, in lying- at his homo lu a critical condition as tnu result of a stroke of paralysis. Ills physicians nay that ho has practlcaljy no clianco to recover. Mr. Wiggins in G5 years old, and for many years was engaged In the llvo stock business. Ho bolongs to tho Masonic, order and lives with his pon nnd daughter nt tho family homo, his wife having died some three learn ngo. A wholesale Jnll delivery nt Colum bus was averted Just In tho nick of time. Tho prisoners nnd een left In the corridor during tho day tlmo on nciuiint of tho hot weather und when Jailer Itoslter mndo his rounds JiiBt beforn locking tho prisoners up in their tells ho discovered that three boltu holding tho grating over ono of tho windows had been sawed In two. Only ono bolt wna nil that prevented tho Hprlnglug of tho grating nnd giving liberty to tho Inmates. Tho shorlff In vestigated tho matter and tho Inmates laid the blame on W. F. Carter, who is awtttng trial on tho charge of horao stealing. A strict watch will bo kept over tho Jail from now on. It Is not often that a modest little town llko Tablo Uock can boast of two golden weddings within two days. Tho golden wedding of Mr. nnd Mrs. Mark Wlddineld occurred lately. Mr. Whldl tleld was born Novombor 20. 1829, In New York. Mrs. Wlddltlold. whoso luuldan name was Sarah K. Dowunll. wus born January 17, 1839, In Illinois nnd the couple wcro married at Peorln. HI.. August 2ti, 1854. Thoy have lived ut Table Rock only about three years. They havo threw children, ono n son living at Tablo Rock, n son In Iowa, und it daughter lu Illinois. A purse of $40 in gold wns preaonted tho couple. On the following day occurred tho goldon wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Wll ltnm Talbot, who have lived at Tablo Rock slnco 1881. Mr. Talbot was born In Maryland. March 17, 1829, Ills wife, whoso maiden name was Harriot Mnun, was born In Manchester. Eng land. August 22. 1837. nnd tho couplo were mnrrlod In Illinois, August 27. 3R.11. They havo flvo children, all of wlioi-i llvo In that vicinity, thero being t)no sons and two daughters. Tho state hank of Talmago has nni. tided Its articles of Incorporation lengthening Its Hfo to September 1, ItcM. Hugh Scbllley. superintendent of agriculture for tho Standard Sugar innipnuy reports that several prelim inary tests of boots have Just been mndo of tho crop around tho factory. They nro highly satisfactory nnd prom ise great things for factory and grow et. None of tho tests showed under 13 IK". cent of .iiigar and the best woro H. with n co-cfflcloncy of 82. Tho crop will bo heavy and tho beot3 rich this yenr. Tbfl wheelmen nt Fremont uro talk ing of organizing a protective associa tion, There seems to be an organized gang thore for tho purpose of stealing bicycles. I Tlcbraska ticks. ! DISPUTE OVER SHIP United Stnto3 and Japan May Have Disagreement WASHINGTON IS NOTIFIED Ilotli Ttiiatliina anil ,tapnnpie Are Airnko to Waililngton'i DncUlou Other News No ropresentatlvo of the United States hai yot boarded tho Russian cruiser Lena nt San Francisco for tho purposo of substantiating tho claims of Cnpt. A. T. IlerlliiHky that tho warship put Into that port solely for tho reason that tho boilers were In such a condi tion ns to render her absolutely tin seaworthy. Tho Russian warship has now remained In poit long over tho twenty-four hour limit, and prominent members of tho local Russlnn nnd Jap anese colonics mo evincing great In terest In what they uto pi one to dCBlg nato a "serious complication." It has been learned that local United States Iuscctor of Hulls nnd Rollers John K. Utilger will leave on tho Unltod States revenue cutter Hartley for tho Letin. Ho will make a thor ough Inspection of her bollcrB and ns tioon ns posslhlo will submit n written roport to Collector of the Port Strnt lon. Upon this report may depend whether or not the lcnn Is ordered to put to sen or whether she will bo al lowed to remain until such titno as the repairs deemed necessary inny bo made. Tho Japanese were the first to bestir themselves when they lecrned of tho presence of tho Russian ship. Promi nent members of tho Jnpnncso colony called on Klshaburo Uycno. Japanese consul general, und a long conference was held. What took place nt thl3 cession Is told by u prominent Jap tinesc. Ho said that it wns decided to luive tho Jnpaneso consul general call on Collector Strntton und mnke tho domnnd thnt the Lena leave port im mediately. In tho event of tho refusal of this request tho consul general wna advised to demand of Collector Strnt ton thnt ho (tho consul) bo allowed to bo tho solo Judgo of tho fitness of the Russian cruiser to put to son. In accordance with these plans, the Japanese consul called upon Collector Slratton short.! after ho entered bis office. Tho two gentlemen woro closet ed for nn hour nnd n hnlf. Neither principal of tho colloquy would dls-cp-,80 what had been said, but It wns learned that nt times the discussion was most animated. HARVESTER PLANTS CLOSE The Kniployima Ulnlm llnrvrster Trust Iloes Not WhiiI Agreement Nino thousand men havo been thrown out of employment by the clos ing down of threo big branches of the International Harvester company, tho McCormlek nnd Dcerlng divisions in Chicago und tho plant nt Piano, III. Following tho announcement that tho McCormlek plant, had closed camo tho information that tho Deering nnd Pia no plants had also been shut down. Tho notlco posted in each of the plants stated tho shut down would continue for nn indefinite period. Ofllclals of the company nsserted that tho only slgnificnnco in tho movo Is that tho dull season In tho harvesting Implement business has arrived and tho extonslvo Improvements are to bo mado while tho big properties aro not In operation. Trudo union lenders, howover, nssert thnt tho movo wns mado by tho Inter national Harvester company becnuso its ngreement with tho organized trades employed will oxpire Boon, tho union bcllovlng that tho company does not wish to enter Into another ngree ment. JETTING BUSY IN CHICAGO Nearly fl.000 Union Mm Co tit Work In One lny It Is estimated that about 12,000 men applied for work nt tho Chicago stock yards. About 4,800 of tho applicants were taken back by tho puckers. Many of tho non-union men failed to report lor work, but a number nppeared on tho Lake Shoro and Michigan Southern und other railroads, giving rlso to much dissatisfaction among tho union mon. Fow clashes, however, wero reported, chlotly fisticuffs between negro strike breakers und white unionists. About 14,000 non-union men are still at work In tho yards. Maine (Ion Itepubllcan Tho republicans carried Maine In the biennial election, returns Indicating a plurality of about 33,000 for William Cobb, tho republican cnndldnto for governor, compared with 33.3S4 for Hill, tho party cnndldato four years ngo. In the first and second election districts the returns Indicate tho re election of Allen and Llttlofleld by tho enmo majority as four years ago. In tho Second, Ilurlclgh ran ahead of his vote four years ago, IMPORTANT TAX DECISION Church Mown mid Others lnl Ilrclsltin Agalnm ItevriiiKi I.avr Judge Kellngor, of Nemnhn county, rendered his decision in tho enso of Church Howe nnd other taxpayers vs. ChaK. It. Hacker, aunty clerk, grant ing tho order perpetually restraining him from placing the flvo per cent in crease of taxes upon the assessment rolls ns ordered by the htate board of equalization. Tho following is tho record: "Tho court finds geneinlly for the plaintiffs and against the defendants. The plain tiffs nro entitled to Uio relief prayed for in the petition. The court finds that tho stnto board of equalization noted In good faith nnd without fraud in making tho five per cent Increase" A motion for a new trial was filed nnd overruled. Forty days was given to serve a bill of exceptions. Testi mony was taken regarding tho assess ment of personal property nnd real cstnto In Nemnhn county this year, and the court and attorneys went to Lincoln to tako the testimony of the members of the state board of equali sation. . Tho decision rendered by Judgo Kel lagor will effect twenty-four counMes In tho state In which tuxes wero rnl.-cd by the state bonrd of equalization. WOMEN ARE A POWER Vole of Fair Sex May Carry Three Doubt full Statu Ono hundred thousand registered women voters aro expected to decide the fato of tho two old parties in Colo rado, Wyoming, Utuh und Idaho this year. Should sentiment Influence them, and they he Induced to vote for Judgo Parker, the democrats probably will carry all four states und udd four teen electoral votes to tho number re corded for the democratic candidate. Mrs. J. Ellen Foster, president of tho women's national republican asso ciation, hns been sent west by the na tional committee to labor among the women of the four states. The num ber who will vote this year may be more than 100,000 because of the Mor mon question, which Is to play a prom inent part in tho campaign of Utah, Wyoming and Idaho. General Miller, formerly United States marshal for Utah, was In Chicago and told Chnlrmnn Cortelyou thnt Utah wns nil right so fur ns tho national ticket wns concerned, but he wns anxious regard ing the stnto. BEATEN TO DEATH Sidney Yard of Union Pacific I lie Scene of n Murder Union Pacific. Night Watchman Frank Wiser was murdered nt Sidney, Nob. It Is supposed thnt Mr. Wiser wns trying to drive tramps off the right of way nnd that in tho alterca tion that must havo ensued tho tramps beat him to death. The ground where tho slugging took place shows indica tions of a fierce struggle and tho body of tho wutchman wns very badly bruised. Tho po.st nun tern examina tion shows that ho must have been trampled to denth. The body wns found near tho llurlington viaduct and soma distance from where tho murder wns committed. After nn ull night search every effort Is being mado to find tho murderers and Sheriff Lee has fairly accurate description of one of them. All tho men in tho vicinity havo been run in ponding an Investigation and nil nearby towns have been noti fied to bo on tho lookout for the mur derers. There Is considerable excite ment over the matter und n determined effort is being made to locate the mur derers. NEBRASKA WOODMEN MEET They ltd urn From St, I.ouM With a lilt lluiirh of Vrlzei Drill teams from Nebraska camps of tho Modem Woodmen fared well in the drill contests held nt St. Louis. The following Biimmary shows tho principal wlnnlnga of Nobraskn tennis: Omaha camp team, No. 120, second prlzo in tho senior class, winning $330. Kennard camp, No. 1347, Kcnuard, Neb., won third prize lu tho pony con test, $90. Hebrew enmp, No. 434 1, Omaha, Neb., won fifth prlzo In pony contest, $C(). Pansy enmp team, Royal Neighbors of America, Omnha, Neb., won first prize, $100. This makes in all $(i00 lu prizes for Douglas county, besides Borne prizes for enmp inspection and sentry duty. Heroin Treatment llext Mnny elm trees nnd others through out tho stuto are infested with nests of worms. Some hnve been noticed with branches heavily laden with tho pests. Those owners of property who dislike tho filmy decorations aro using heroic treatment of fire. Rags at tho end of a polo, saturated with coal oil and lighted, servo as tho admirable fuel of destruction. Tho treatment means. Is recommended as the best aud surest PRSD.il MiTKLtUtt Policy of tho Republican Party Defended by Its Leader. Says Democrats Are Lack ing In Settled Con victions. National Welfare Demands Continuance of Parly in Power. Long Document Addressed to Speak er Cannon Deals Exhaustively With tho Great Questions Before the Country Public Dutleo Ably Per formed by Republicans Democrato Not Worthy to Be Placed In Charge. Oyster Hay. Sent. 12 Pri'sldont RoOBOvelt this mornln;; Issued his let tor ncccptlng tho nomination for tho Presidency tendered him by tho Re publican National Convention. In part tho document is us follows: Oyster liny N. v., ,. , September 12, 1WH. Hon J. fJ. Cannon. Cli.llrin.iii or the Notification Committer: Mv Ucnr Mir; f ri.i,...it it... .in,ni.M,i for the presidency tendered me y tho '.''tumui'im omnium i .invention, ami cor- i illv mtnrnvii tin. Tilitrni-,i ,,fiiiii.,i i.. i, lh'.t principles which wo prolcss 'nro thou- In which we believe with lie.ut and soul und strength. .Men may differ from us; hut they cannot nccu os of shifti ness or Insincerity. The policies wo have iiuinurii nro inose wnicn wo earnestly llold IIS CSHcntlltl ltl tilt. liMlf.inril ,f..lr..eu nnil reputo. Our actions Hpeuk even louner uinii our worm roc the inlth that Is lu us, Wo h:iM our appeal upon what wo havo done and aro doing, upon our rneill il .if rwl,n(,ilM,rfif l,t. ti.i. I lnnljt.i.l.tn 1 , It I"iui.,l II t'hiniMU'ltl during the hint HvM-n onn. In which we havo had complete control of tho kov crnnielit. Wo Ijitcnil 111 tho fulliio to v.iiij mi inu overiimeni in xne name way tl'at wu havo cuirlcil it on in tlio past. Tho acts of the Administration In connection with the wnr with Spain. tho Isthmlnn canal und tho unholdlnii of tho Monroe doctrlno the President defends nt length, nnd declnres tho party is prepared fully to accept the issue on these questions. He con tinues: In addition to those actH of tho admin istration which they en: lire to aciuill aftor nilfircnrcHcniliu; them, there mc otln-r.M whirn tiny dare not overtly or of ficially attack, nnd yet which they cov ertly tiring forward as iciinon lor the overthrow of tho parly. In certain great centers and with certain Krcat Interests our opponents make eveij orloil to show that the settlement of the anthracite coal strlko hy the Individual act of the president and the micicpHttil salt analnst tlw Northern Hccuritlci Company the merger suit nndei taken by the depalt nicnt of justice, wcro acts becaueo of which th prcucril administration Hhould hr tin own from power Yei they dare not openly condemn either act They dare not in any authorltntlvo or I'm trial inauner s.iy that In cither cno wiong was done or error committed in I he meth od of action, or In the cholco of instru ments for putting that n tlou Into eftect. Hut what they dare not manfully asett In opon day, they ick to ue furtively and through special agcnlH. Sonic of our opponents complain hecaus under tho anti-trust and Intondnto comnnice lawn sultH were undertaken which have been succewful; others, heviuse stilts wero not nuclei taken which would have been un successful. Th Democratic stuto con vention In Nuw York dealt with tho an thracite coal strlko by demanding In de liberate aud formal fashion that tin- na tional government should take possession ot the. coal Iletds; et champions of that convention's caun' now condemn the fact Mint there was any action by the presi dent at all though they niuit know that it was only this action by the president which pi evented the movement lor na tional ownership of the coal Holds from g.ihtug what might well have been an Ir resistible Impetus. Such mutually de structive ctltlclsms furnish an udeiiuate me.ihiiio of tho chance for coherent ac tion or constructive legislation If our opponents should be given power. So iuuc.li for what our opiMiaenls open ly or covertly advance in the way of an attack on the acts of the administration. When wo come to consider the policies Jor which they piolcss to stand wo are met with the dltllculty always ailsing wnen statements or poiuy are so maiio that they can he Intcrpteted In different whvs. Oh some ol tho vital (lUestions that havo confronted tho American peo ple hi the last decade our opponents tako tho position that silence Is the beat jios Mblo way to convey their views They cnntcuil that their lukrwuim attitude of p.ittliil ncqulesenco lu what others havo accomplished entitles thrri to be made the custodians of tho tinancial honor wid comme.tclal Inlensts which they have but leccntty sought to ruin. llelug un able to agree among themselves as to whether tho gold stainlnid Is a curse or a blessing, and as to whether we ought or ought not to have free and unlimited coinage of silver, they have apparently thought It expedient to avoid any com mittal on these subjects, and Individually each to follow hi" particular bent. Their nearest approach to a majority Judgment seems to bo that It Is now Inexpedient to assert their convictions one way or tho other, and that tho establishment of the. gold standard by the Iteptiblican p.ilty should not be disturbed unless there Is an alteration In the telatlve ipiaiitltv of production of sller and gold. Men who hold sincere convictions on vi tal iUi'KtloiiH can icspect eipially sincere men with whoso views they radically dlf fei : and men may confess a change of faith without compromising their honor or their Mdf-respi ct. Hut It is dlttlcult to respect an nttltude of mind such us has Ihvmi lalrly described above, and where thine Is no respect there can be no trust. A policy with k slender a IiufJs of principle would not stand tho strain of a single car of business nil- We on the contrary, believe lu the gold standard as llyed by tho usage and vor dlcl of the business world, ami In a sound monetary system as inatteis of principle; as matters not of monetary po ll'lcil expediency, hut of permanent or ganic policy, lu 1VM nnd ugaln in 1VM far-sighted men, without icgaid to their pnrty fealty In the past. Joined to work againFt what they regarded as a doluised monctnrv system, The policies which they clumiiloned have been iiti-idfastly adhered to bv the administration: and bv the act of Match II. !!). Congress established the single gold standard as tho measure of our monetary value. This nut reoehed the support of every Kepllb llcan In the house, and of very Hepuh lleuii except one In the senate, of our opMinents. eleven suiiporlcd It In the house and two In tho pollute; nnd one hundred and llfty opposed It In the house and twenty-eight In the .senate. The rec ord of the last seven years proves that tho pnrty now In power can bo trusted to take tho additional action necessary to Improve and strengthen our monetary system, and that our opponents cannot bo so trusted. Tho fundamental fact Is tint In a popular government such ns ours no policy Is Irrevocably settled hy law unless the people keep In control of the government men who believe In that policy us a matter of deep-rooted con viction. Ijiws can alwnys be revoked: It Is tho spirit and the purpose of those responsible for their enactment and ad ministration which must he fixed and unrhnngeable. It Is Idle to say that tho monetary standard of the nation Is Ir revocably ilxed so long ns tho party which nt the last election enst approxi mately forty-six per cent of the total vote, refuses to put In Its platform nny statement that tho question Is settled. A determination to remain silent cannot bo accepted as equlvuknt to a recanta tion, t'nill ntir oprinrtitn ni a party explicitly adopt tho views which wo hold and upon which we havo actid and nni acting, In the matter of a sound cur rency, tho only real way to keep the uutMlon from li'tmnlng unsettled Is to kcip tho Itepubllcan patty lu power. As for whnt our opponents sav In ref erence to cipltal nnd l.ilsjr. Individual or corporate, here again- all we nis.nl by way of answer Is to imlnt to what we havo actually done, nnd to say that If continued In power we shall continue to carry out the policy we havo been pur suing, and to execute the laws ns reso lutely and fearlersly In tho futuro as we have executed them In Die past. The action of the nttorney-gcncral lu enforcing the antt-trust and Interstate commerce laws, and the action of tho last congress In enl.it glng the scopo of th" Intotstnto commerce Inw, and In crentlng the di'ixirtment of commerco and labor, with u bureau of corporations, have for the llrst tlmo opened a chance for the national government to deal In telligently and ndep.iately with the qties. tlons afrecllng society, whither for good or for evil, bis?ause of tho accumulation of capital in great corporations, and l catise of tho new relations caused there by The laws nre now being administer ed with entire elllcleney; and ns. In their working, need Is phown for amendment or addition to them whether better to secure the proper publicity, or better to guarantee the rights or shippers, or In any other dlreetlon-thls need will bo met It Is now asserted "that the com mon lnw, us developed, nffords a eom pleto legal remedy njcnlhst monopolies." Hut there is no common law of the Unit ed States. Its rules can bu enforced only by tho stnto courts and officers. No federal court or otllcrr could tako nny action whatever under them It was this fact, coupled with the Inability of tho states to control trusts nnd monopolies, which led to the passage of the federal statutes known ns the Sherman anti trust act and the Interstate commerco act; and It Is only through tho exercise of tin- powets conferred by thesu nets, and by the statutes of the last congress supplementing them. Mint tho national government acnulies any Jurisdiction over the subject. To say that uctlon against trusts and monopolies should be limited to the application of tho common law is equivalent to saying that the na tional government should tako no uctlon whatever to regulate them. Undoubtedly the multiplication of trusts and their Increase in power has been largily due to the "failure or ofll clals chatged with the duty of enforc ing the law to tulte tho necessary pro ceduie." Such stricture upon the falluio of the otllclals of tho national govern ment to do their duty lu this matter Is ceitalnly not wholly undeserved ns far as the nlminlstration preceding Presi dent McKlnlcy's In concerned; but It has no application at all to Itepubllcan ad ministration. It Is also undoubtedly true that what l most needed Is "oiuelals having both the disposition and the cour age to eufoici: e.vlstliig law." This is pieclsely the need that has been met by the consistent and steadily continued action of the department of justice un der the pierent administration. So far as the tights of the Individual wage-worker and the Individual capital ist arc concerned, bath as regards one another, as regards the public, and as regards otgnnlzcd capital nnd labor, tho position of the administration has been f clear that there is no excuse for mis representing II, and no ground for op poking It unless mlsrtpresented, Within the limits ilellued hy the national consti tution the national administration has sought to secure to each man the full enjoyment ot Ids right to llvo his life and dispose of his property and his labor ns ho deems best, so long as ho wiotigs no one else. It has shown lu effective fashion that in endeavoring to make good this guarantee, It treats all men. rich or poor, whatever their creed, their color, or their biithpl.ice, as standing alike he roic the law. Under our form ot gov ernment the spheiu in which the nation us distinguished front the state can act Is narrowly cliciimscrlhed: but within that sphere all that could lie done has been done. All thinking men nro aware ot the restriction upon the ikiwit of ac tion of the nntloual government In such niHlters. Helug ourselves mindful of them, we have been scrupulously careful on the one hand to Is? moderate in our promises, and on the other hand to keep these promises lu letter and In spirit When we take up th" groat ouestlon of the tailff wo ato at once confron'cd by the doubt ns to whether our opponents do or do not mean what they say. They say that "protection Is robbery," nnd promise to carry themselves accordingly If they arc given power. Vet prominent persons among them assert thnt they do not leally mean this and that If they oomo Into power they will adopt our policy as regards tho tariff; while others seem anxious to prove Mint It Is safe to give them partial jsiwer. because the power would be only partial, nnd then fore thev would not bo able to do nils chief. The last Is certainly a curious plea to advance on behalf of a party seeking to obtain control of the govern- At the outset It Is worth while to say a word as to the attempt to Identify the question of tariff levlslon or tariff re duction with a solution of the trust ques tion. This Is always a sign of deslto to avoid iinv real effort to deal adf iiuately with the trust qustlon. In speaking on this point at Mltui'.MpoUs. on Apt II I. 1H03. 1 said: "The question of tariff revision, speak ing broitllv. stands wholly apart from tho iiCHlnin of dealing with tho trusts. No change lu tailff duties can havo any suhstiiutl.il effect In solving the so-called trust problem. Certain great trusts or great corporations aro wholly unaffected bv tho tariff. Almost nil the others tb.it nr'- of unv Importance have as a matter of fact numbers of smaller Ameilcan competitors; and of roun-o a chango In tho Uirlff which would work Injury to the largo corporation would work not merely Injury but destruction to Its om,,tl..r ,omtell(lirS! II lid eOUIlllV Of i course such change would mean dlsas J ter to all tho wage-workers connected i with either the largo or the small cot- notations, l-rom me sianopomi oi iim-c interested In the solution of tho tiust problem such a change would therxtoie merely mean that the trust was rellovt.il or the competition of Its weaker Amer ican competitors, and thrown only Into competition with fonlgu competltots. and that the llrst effort to meet this new competition would be made by cutting down wages, and would therefore bo pil murllv at the cost of labor. In tho case of some of our greatest trusts such a change might confer upon t hem a pos . tlve bonellt. Speaking Willy. It is ov dent that the changes In the tariff will affect tho trust for weal or for wis) slue plv as they affect the whole country. The tariff affects trusts only ns it af fects all other Interests. Jt makes all these Interests, largo or smull. protit ublii; and Its benellts can Im taken train the large only under penalty of tukluv them from the rmall also. There Is llttlu for mo to ndd to this It Is but ten years slnco the last attempt was made, by means of lowering tho tariff, to prevent fihiw people from pros piling too much. Tho attempt was en tirely successful. Tho tariff law of that year was among the caascs which In that vear and for somo tlmo nftiirwards effrctnnlly rieventcil anybody fiom pros . ling too much, and labor from pros, perlng at ull. Undoubtedly It would bo posslblo at the present tlmo to prevent any of the triwls from remaining pui Istous by tlw simple expedient of mak ng such a sweeping change In the tar ff as to paralyze liio Industries of tho country. The trusts would ceaso to puis-per- but their smaller compel tors wou d bo ruined, and Mia wage-workers would starve, wnun u woum ni ij -or to haul his produce to market. 'I he evils connected with the trusts can bo . ime urostiere Iff law. then all classes will share In the nrospetlty. If a tariff Inw Is passed aim ed at pi eventing tho prosperity of some of our people. It Is ns certain as any thing can bo thnt this aim will lie achiev ed only by cutting down tho prosperity of nil of our people. Krom tlmo to time schedules must un doubtedly be rearranged and readjusted to meet tho shifting needs of tho coun try; but Mils can with safety bo donn only by those who nro committed to tho muse of tho protective system. To up root and destroy that system would bo to Intfuru tbo prostration of business, tho closing of fnctorlos, tho Impoverishment of tho farmer, the ruin of tho capital ist, and tho starvation of tho wage-worker. Yot, If protection la Indcisl "robbery." nnd If our opponents really believe wluit they say, then 11 la precisely to the de' reached only oy ritiioiint vn. , n..,. ..j step, along the lines tnken by congress and the executive during the past three yours. H n tariff law Is passed under which Mm country prospcis. us the coun- u unnor tno preM-ni inr- structfon and uprooting of tho tnrlff. and therefore of our business and Irulustw.. that they are pledged, When oar ucl'l tti'iit last obtained power It waSvPZi a ..I,. f . .t...l.lHH n ....... ,1... ''TTlr I'lfllllll in iieeuiiiMU 11 IIHL'C11VI unconstitutional; anil in luirtinr lllllll I culler UIICllllSUUI- tlnn.il" or "robbery," then It hi Juet as ,,....... , i .... i ...... i .... .. . . . .. . ...... .M..,,.rt, wiiiuiiainuiiuriiii, jiim as mucii rontsTj . to revise It down, still leaving It pi elec tive, ns It would be to enact IL In other words our opponents have committed themselves to tho destruction of the pro tective principle In the tariff, using words which If honestly used forbid tbem fiom permitting this principle to obtain In oven the smallest degree. Kv'ry class of otir people Is brntntc-d :y the protective tariff. During tho last fow years the merchant hns pwn tho exisirt Hade of this country grow faster than evor In our previous history. Tim manufacturer could not keep his factory running lr it wero not for the protectlvo tariff. The wage-worker would do well to remember that If protection Ih "lob i "y'li."?'1 '! to ,IU Punished accordingly, ho will be tho first to pay Mm penalty; for either he will bo turned ndrlft entire ly, or his wages will bo cut down to Mm starvation no nt. As conclusively pIiovmi by the bulletins of tho bureau of Ulsir. the purchasing power of the overage wago received by thu wnge-wnrker has grown fas or than the cc-st of living, nnd this In spite of the contlnunl short nlng of working hours. The accumulated sav ings of tho wiirklngmon of the country, as shown by the deposits In Mic savings J ,,n.Yu I,lprpu"'-1 by lenpji and bounds. At no time In tho history of this or any other country hns there born un !!ifl8? Productive of material benefit alike to workliiirman nnd employer, as piHHcS BCVt'n CnrS tlmt ,iavo Just The farmer hns benefited qnltn ru much as tho manufacturer, the merchant, and tho wage-worker. The most wokiomo nnd Impress ve fact established bv the lust nV'VIV,".! ? tnp wlle nnrt even distribution flvSi.."'"11"?!" ' classes of our conn in?r . V. iih.e..CM,of uRoncles In produc ing this distribution nro shown by Mm census to be tho development of manii- ,,ZZ' .""'1 V" "('Plication Of new In ventions to nnlvirsal use. intni t!!i,fnr,vr V'"1" "-'"ding la ism the total value of larm property Increased rMV,P. Ilni !' 1""f WHIoiih iif flollars; he farmer gaining even moro during this pe riod than the manufacturer. Uons ago in xv:hlCt "? ,wou,l, hnvu ch.ke'd "he m.u velnus development of our national agriculture, but for the steadliV lucre s f ? ft"? ,f American manufactured ror rnrm products required as raw tnn- 0Poi?iltfiJr.",P,i,,",jr l''llng indiwtr es be mod lied from time to time to lit new exigencies, Hut the genuine utJdcrlyliig principle of protection, as It bus been ' emboli ed In an but ono or the America tariff laws for the last forty years ,a" y"rand M'",lU" " -nelleo,HoVc " L"n' fwi'jTly "PrV"'1- "o, ndvntitiigcous i.,,n,? 'rmo,s '""I capitalists and work- L no ti.n .t'i"mm' rco. ,md ,rn'! "" even Kind. Mint th" American poopki. If thev wfflV, LVi1; Ur,"a! """' business hcVmc will Injlpt that when these lnwu nie unSISS t,l,,y "hn" lM' modllUMl wTth th h,m7,Lc'.,ru "V1 '""servntlsm. i nd bv the friends nnd not tho enemies f t e nn,uunh7 mV",-.,, T,,!oy ca"" "kord )?. .. l M"', modlilentlon to thorns whe moil, 'termT'0" alMl rl'bCry "' ii.In.e,os'nB.w"at T nve to say about rv tty'mT :,f, rr"n",,lnK Amcrlnm In In"! tr let jno add a word of cordial airi-ic meat with the policy of In Vom i wnv In eluding within its benefits, by npuwirlair ..,.u,r ."''I'onents contend thnt the govern- ZrXlT' ln tho -rP,tlhS! T. i ,1,n'u, '1, Imnglnnry. nnd Is oh tallied by Including In the ojiMrmrv cur rent expense Mm sum of iftty million which wns paid for the right of Tny of he Panama onnnl out of th" ncetmi ate, surplus In the treasury. K L"K " ;"rrent or ordinary oxrunfllt re for the two years, there was n mirn hi, ;l,nenr,Iy ,"lK,.,,J' " """for tho yr 1!XM nnil of only a little moro than eight millions for' the vear that 1kV i,,. eloped. Hut this Olmlnut o of Urn mv nual surplus was brought about ilcslif . edly by the abolition of tho war fax ! Thn 'rt-'n"!1 1',;tV',n.t,W " I ho acts of March 2, 1P01. anil Aurli i" 1902. cut down the internal r"w,uo faxV, and live millions a yenr, in othc.r words lhi' ,?;I,".c,"m l,f '?ntlm Huston . sderably greater than tho reduction lr tho annual surplus. Slnco the r.Ios ol substantial change In t he rate of nnuim' expenditures. As compareil with the is- pie. the fiscal year that haa Just ".fas",! showed a rilatlvi'ly small Increaso In ex penditure (excluding the canal p.ivmeul a ready .referred to) while tho year pie vlous showed a relatively small 'locreVs. I ho c'xpcwilturis of the imtlan hav been managed In a spirit of economy n far removed from waste ns from nlt.-i-.ii ,. Iness; and lu tho ruture every effort wll bo continued to n-cure an economy n strict ns Is consistent with efficiency ..Ouof.'P0n.,'ll,,V!r,""'!'0 Indopoiirtunre it the Philippine Islands. Here again vv aro confronted hy tho fact thnt their Ir reconcilable dlffcren.-cs "if opirilor imoug themselves, their proved Inability to create a eonstnictlve policy when It) powur. and their remllness. for tho saki of momentary i.olltlcal oxpcIIncy. ti ibandon the principles upon which thev haro InslMted as .ssenllal, coimplre i"c puzzle us us to whether thoy do or il, not Intend In good faith to vnrry mil this promise if they nre given control ol Mie government. If our opponents came Into power nml attempted to cany out Mmir promises in tho Ullplnos hv giving thorn ludepend eucn. and withdrawing American contr... from tho Islands, the result would In a lrlghtrul calamity to the !1llnhio themselves, and In Its larger nskct wool.' amount tr. an iiiteruatl.iunl crtmo. n archy would follow; and tho iwnt via- "eat anarchic rones would U) iilrrctci) partly against the i Ivll government, nan ly against all forms ot religious und edu cational civilization moody i.-onfllcl wood Inevitably ensue In the nrchliiolHgo and Just as inevitably the IslaiidH would become the piev of the first power whlii lu Its own selfish Interest took up tin task wo bad cravenly abundonrd. During the last live ytars more ha been done for tho material ninl moral well-being of the Vlllplnoa than evi i before since the Islands llrst came within tho ken of civilized man Wo have open ed before them a vista of orderly devel opment In their own interest, und mil a policy of exploitation Kvory effort h being made to lit the islanders for scir government, and they havo already in largo measure received It. whlkj far Mm llrst time lu their history their iwrnonal rights and civil llbciths havo liecn guar anteed. They .no being educated; thev have been given schools, they hav lieeii given libraries; roads aie being built foi their use: their health Is being cared for- they hno been given courts in which they receive Juntlco ns absolute na It l In our power to guiinutist. Tlmlr In dividual rights to life liborty nnd Mm pursuit or happiness are now by net ol congress Jealously pafegnnrried umfer Mm American flag; and If tho protection of tho flag wero withdrawn tlmlr rlghti would bo l.u:. nnd the Islands wool, I In plunged hack mulct some form of vicious tyranny. Tho letter concludes: Alike ns lawmakera and as adminis trators of the law wo have endeavored to do our iiiuy In the Interest of the people as a vvlioi-. We mnko our ap peal to no class ntn to no section, hut In ull good citizens, ir. whatever iart ot tho land they dwell, nr.d whatever mav b their occupation or worldly condition. We havo striven both for civic light eousntss nnd for national greutniuot; am' wo havo faith to believe that imr huuilf will be upheld by all who feel love ol country nnd trust in the uplifting nf man kind. Wo stand fur enforcement of tin lnw nnd for obedience to the law: our government Is a government of order l liberty equally ulleiil to tyranny and ti anarchy; nnd Its found'itlon stono Is tb' observance of the Uw, allko by tho poo plo and by tho public servants, Wi hold ever before us as the nll-lmporian end of policy and adminlsttlon tliarelgk of peace at home and rougnft th world; of peaco, which cotnoa only bj doing justice. Fnllhfully yours, tiii;ui01i: KOORBVElr.