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TRIBUNE.
H # F. M. KIMMKLL , Publisher.
McCOOK , NEBRASKA
I NEBKASKA.
H * As unsuccessful attempt was made
H f to rob the bunk at Hickman.
M Tiiki' .b is si probability that Schuyler
B will have a chicory factory soon.
M Tiik Furnas .school board Will not
H furnish any more school supplies.
H Tkcumseh is having a series of re-
H vival meeting's that arc -well attended.
| A family of five children were taken •
H ; sick with diphtheria at Gordon. Three
H have died.
H LAfimi'i'i : has a hold on about two-
H t thirds of the people of Uenkclman at
H the present writing" .
H Tub Craig- creamery , some time ago
H sold at sheriff's sale , will-commence op-
H erations in a few days.
H _ Tjie break in the Uurwell irrigating
H < Htcli is repqrted to be repaired in time
H to be ready wlien spring comes.
H TiiEODOiiG Foss of Sterling was chop-
H . $ ? ' mg wood when the ax glanced and'
H went half way through Ms foot.
H Most Nebraska towns report that
1 "the ice harvest has been completed and
H dealers have secured all tfyey want.
H The Blair collar factorj' is behind on
M its orders for goods and more men will
H be put to work if the present rush con-
B tinucs.
H .Iuiigk Crawford of Scribncr won a ;
M S50 suit of clothep from Hon. Nick
H , Fritz a wager that McKinley would reM -
M ceive a majority of the popular vote.
H t Katie Stawieze , an 8-year-old girl ,
1 was run over and killed by the cars at
m South Omaha. Death was instanta-
M iicous , a part of the skull having been
M removed.
1 C. Greex , a contractor on the Elk-
B liorn road at Chadron , at the point of
H a gun , compelled Fred Thomas to give
1 np some letters written to the latter by
H ' Green's wife.
H Jonx WniGirr. a school teacher1 near
B ITowe , was found unconscious in the
school house from an attack of paraly-
sis. He was removed to Auburn , where
be is now recovering.
M Sheriff Kavaxatjgii of Platte county
lias offered a , § 50 reward for the arrest
and conviction of the person who stole a
borse and buggy from the premises of
BH Daniel Owens , a farmer living about
J ten miles west of Columbus.
M A corxsheller at Seward owned by
H the Vergin brothers is making a record
1 ior itself. One of the brothers lost an
J arm by getting it in the wheels , and a
f few days later another brother lost
Bh three fingers in the same manner.
BV J. H. Pope's barn near Silver Creek
Hj was entirely destroyed by fire. Eight
f head of valuable registered horses.
H several tons of hay and a quantity of
Bptj grain were also consumed. Loss about
Jj S2,000 , partly covered by insurance.
Hj The directors of the Table Rock
B ] Chautauqua have decided to hold the
H second annual meeting of that institu-
ftw tion from June 30 to July 7. A pro-
H gram is being prepared that will excel
K all similar meetings-of the .kind in the
B state.
Judge GREEXEdosed his last term of
court in Kearney last week and then
sent in his resignation to the governor.
to take effeet on the 15th. The new
judge will have to be appointed .at
once , in order to hold tlie < term of court
in Loup City.
i * * Rev. Isaac Irwix , a pioneer of Johnson -
| son county , died last week , aged 80.
Mr. Irwin came to the county in 18G0
* and homesteaded a farm. He was a
Baptist preacher of the old school and
spent many years of his life in the up
lifting of mankind.
O. R. Paese of Adams county shipped
several head of fine fat cattle to Oma
ha. While at the scales weighing
them one frisky steer caught him on
its horns and tossed him up in a lively
j iashion for a short time , but he was
• not injured seriously.
[ Burglars again entered the post-
j office at Exeter the othet night. The
| safe was blown open , but the robbers
were frightened away before thev
could effect an entrance to the steel
I / - chest , where the cash , stamps and
I money orders were.
Philip Smith , who has just been ap
pointed to a cadetship at "West Point ,
is a typical Juniata boy. He has
grown up in that city and is now teach
ing in the Juniata public school. He
will take his examination for the ca
detship at Leavenworth , Kan.
A Boston ( Mass. ) dispatch says : C.
Victor Hart of Lincoln , Neb. , was
found on Charles street in an uncon
scious condition from the effects of a
dose of Carbolic acid
, evidently taken
with suicidal intent At a late hour he
had not regained consciousness.
Two Indian boys , aged 14 and 1G ,
came to Late Yeatons , in Burt county
last week , tired and worn out. They
ran away from the Genoaf Indian school
and walked all the way to Mr. Yea-
Ion's. The boys said they were home
sick and began to
cry , saying they
were so tired they could go no further ,
ilr. Yeaton kept them all night and
topk them up to the reservation next
-day.
f A pathetic case representing the
t futility of belated justice occurred at
J Hubbell. Louis Keiser , an old soldier ,
J has been for the past fifteen years a
j helpless paralytic , his sole attendant
j being his wife , whose care and fidelity
j were unsurpassed. Sometime ago he
j applied for a pension. Congressman
Hj Earner , who personally visited Mr.
j Keiser , indorsed his application and
H | last week wired the veteran that his
H bill , allowing 372 permonth , had passed
Hj the senate , and only awaited the signa-
H \ ture of the president. Mr. Keiser died
KV the day following the receipt of the
good news.
H The citizens of Hemingford and Box
j -Butte county are . looking forward for
H a prosperous year. Several fine busi-
H ness blocks will be constructed within
B the next six months. Several families
B have moved to the town in the past ten
H * days and others are preparing to
BBB do so.
H Evangelist CoLEof Chicago has been
H holding a great revival at Holdrege/
SB ! Nearly three hundred have professed !
BBI faith in things spiritual ;
SB ! Articles of incorporation of the
H Bankers Guarantee Fund life association - ,
H * -tion jf Omaha were filed with the sec-
BBI rotary of state. It is a mutual c6m-j
BBJ Jany and without capital stock.
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LOCAL LEGISLATION. !
WORK IN NEBRASKA'S SENATE
AND HOUSE.
The Woman Suffrage BUI Given its
( juletus-r Both Branches Now Getting
Down to Actual Business Bills- Passed
and New Measure * Introduccd- The
Trans-Misslsslppi Exposition Matter
Miscellaneous Legislative Notes.
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The Nebraska Assembly. ,
Sesate. Tlio senate comineiiccd another
vveck on thtt 8th with most of the members
present. The house bill for t ho appropriation
of $10,000 for the payment of. the incidental
vxpeiibcs of the present legislative session
tras read the third time and passed. The bill
to lax all stale and private banks in order to
create a fund for the protection of depositors
of insolvent banks was read the third time ,
but It was then discovered that not only had
serious errors crept into the engrossed copy ,
but that the bill itself would , if passed , prac
tically repeal the state depository law. After
a desultory discussion , in which it was easily
seen that/ unless it could be radically
amended it was doomed to defeat , its author.
Mr. .Johnson , mowd that it bo recommitted
to a committee of the whole and the senate
agreed. Senate file No. 11 , to authorize county
attorneys to employ assistants in certain
cases , "was recommended for passage. Mr.
Canadav , from the committee on education ,
reported Senate Hie Xo. 110 , providing for
the display of the United States Hag on every
school building In the state , with the recom-
inundation that it be indefinitely postponed.
The report of the committee was adopted , no
effort apparently being made to ascertain the
nature of the bill to be postponed. Later Mr.
Caldwell moved'that the vote by which Hie
bill was postponed be reconsidered ; but the
motion to reconsider was lost. The senate
then adjourned.
Sexate. The 9th "was an unusually busy
day in the senate. House roll No. 5 , to re
count the ballots cast for the constitutional
amendmentsrelatingtojudgesof the supreme
court was considered. The senate substituted
a bill of its own for the one which passed the
house and there must necessarily be a con
ference before the two'legislative branches
come to an agreement. The senate passed
the bill with twenty-four votes in its favor ,
two more than the requisite two-thirds ma
jority required by the constitution to give it
the emergency clause. When the bill had
been read the third time. Senator Murphy , re
publican , of Gage , moved that it be recom-
mltted to the committee on constitutional
amendments for the specific purpose of adding
to it an amendment. His motion was voted
down and final passage of bill showed 21 to ( i.
The next bill to be read and passed was senate -
ate file No. 8" , by Mr. Mutz. to provide for
full net weight and measure in all articles
sold in original paclcages. Senate file No. WO.
by Mr. Dundas , was read the third time and
passed. It enables counties to vote bonds for
the erection of county buildings at special
elections. Senate file No. 1S5 , also bv Mr.
Dundas was passed. It repeals a portion of
the law governing the branding of domestic
animals , so as to mitigate the severity of
branding sheep and lambs. Senator Hansom's
bill , senate file No. 47. requiring that chattle
mortgages on household goods must be
signed by both husband and wife , was passed. .
Senate file No. 17. by Mr. Talbot , was passed. .
It requires the. time in which appeals may be
taken to the supreme court from one year to .
six months. Senate file No. 50 was passed. It
reads as follows : "Where the county board of •
any county in tills state has heretofore employed - ' ,
ployed any attorney-at-law In any civil '
action wherein the county was a party and J
in which It was interested , and such attorney \
lias rendered services for the county pursu-
ant to such employment , the suid employment - <
ment is hereby ratifed and made legal , and v
the county in whose behalf the services were ' .
rendered'is authorized and required to pay j
such attorney a reasonable sum for the services - .
vices so rendered. " J
'jExate. There was little done in the sent
ate on the 10th outside of routine work. The ]
senate received the report of the conference \
committee on the recount bill , house roll No.
; "L The committee reached an agreement by
mutual concessions. The principal conces
sion made by the senate was the section of
the bill providing the manner in which the
ballots cast for the constitutional amend
ments shall be counted. As the bill passed
the senate this section provided that the bal
lots of but one county be counted at a time.
and that as soon as the count is completed
the ballots shall be sealed and immediately
ftiturncd to the county from whence they
were received. The conference committee
agreed upon an amendment which provides
that , although but one county shall be taken
up at a time , and the ballots from thatcounty
sealed up , they are not to be returned until
the entire count is completed. The joint resolution
elution No. W. introduced by Mr. Feltz , was
read the third time and passed. It provides
for-a memorial to congress , asking for the
.ratification . of the treaty of arbitration
• recently signed between the United States
and Great Britain. The committee took up
senate file No. 74 , to define cruelty tochildren ,
prescribing punishment therefor , and for the
guardianship of children in certain cases.
Mr. Ransom read a lengthy letter from John
Williams of Omaha , urging the passage of
the bill. The committee recommended that
it pass. Resolution No. 13 , relating to woman
suffrage , was advanced to third reading.
Senate file No. 103. by Mr. Graham , to " define a
.legal newspaper , was recommended to pass.
The bill removes the. restrictions imposed by
the law of two years ago. which requires a
newspaper to have been published at least
fifty-two consecutive weeks before they print
legal advertisements. Messrs. Dundas and
Heal , both of them for many years publishers
of the newspapers they now own and conduct ,
favored the passage of the bill. After a
lively discussion'the bill passed.
Senate. The Trans-Mississippi matter
came up on the 11th in the shape of a pre
amble and resolution offered by Mr. Murphy
of Gage , to the effect that it was highly im
portant that definite legislation be had at
once. There was objection and the matter
went over one day. There was a lively dis
cussion over the stock yards bill. The com
mittee had recommended its passage.
Amendmenns , motions and counter motions
prevailed , among others one to indefinitely
postpone. It was defeated and the bill sent
to the senate file. From the committee on
railroads , Mr. Osboni .reported with a favor
able recommendation senate file No. 1-fi , a
bill introduced by Mr. Schaal of Sarpy to
require the right of way of all railroads in
the state to be mowed each year between the
15th of July and the loth of August. The bill
was sent to the general file. Mr. Johnson of
Clay reported house roll No. 3. to repeal the
beet sugar bounty law- with the recommen
dation that it be passed ; also house roll No.
31 , a bill to regulate the organization and con
duct of mutual plate glass insurance com
panies ; also file No. 40 , to authorize the
organization of mutual hail insurance
companies. Senate file No. 78 , amending the
school laws , was favorably reported. The
senate agreed to purchase 5,000 copies of Gov.
Jlolcomb's message. The engrossing com
mittee liavlnc renortod that senatetile. Xn.
102. the bill defining a legal newspaper , had
been correctly engrossed , it was placed on
third reading and passed. Adjournment was
then had.
Senate. The upper house on the 12th in
volved itself in the liveliest kind of a row
over the valued policy law. The contest
arose over the report of the judiciary com
mittee recommending that senate file No. 30 ,
a bill introduced by Mr. Murphy of Gage , be
indefinitely postponed. The bill proposes to
extend the provisions of the valued policy
law to personal property. During the debate
llie.remarks of several senators took on a
personal aspect and no little bitterness of
feeling was manifested on both sides. The
report of the committee was adopted and the
bill indefinitely postponed. The committee
on privileges and elections In the Evans-
JefTeoat contest case reported , findingagainst
the contestant and in favor of the contestee ,
and that said John J. Evans is entitled to the
seat in the senate from said district per his
certificate of election. Mr. Murphy then
called up his resolution of yesterday urging
Immediate action of the lower house on the
Trans-Mississippi exposition bill. In speak
ing of the resolution lie stated that he offered
it in no spirit of partisanship , but only in the
interests of the exposition. The present ses-
siomvas half over and no progress had been
made toward passing the bill. It was on the
general file In the house , where it was likely
to remain until it could be reached in Its
turn , and there was grave danger that the
final action would be delayed until the clos
ing hours of the session. The resolution was
relerred to the committee on labor. Senate
file No. 173 , the bill providing for a tax on
state ? banks for the protection of depositors
of Insolvent banks , was read the third time
and passed by a vote of 17 to 12. Among bills
Introduced and read the first time were : To
regulate stock yards and to provide for a pen
alty for the violation thereof. To provide for
the granting of divorces in certain cases , with
mt li. , " > " ! ' J' ' " ' ' ' " ' ' 7" | ' ' " " '
tUeemergencj clause attnehed. To amcnl
sactleA , 6 of chapter xllv , of the compiled
tCMHi i of Nebraska for 1805 , and to repeal
said ii i section as now existing. To amend sec
tion 3 , subdivision 5 , of chapter lxxlx , of the
compiled , statutes of 1805 , and to repeal • said
section its now existing. Tpimena sections
1) j . 10 and 17 , of article viii , of chapter lxxli , of
the compiled statutes of Nebraska. 18U5aud
to repeal said sections. Senate flic No. 101 , by
TUr. Deal , was read the third time and passed.
It provides a legal procedure by which two
or < more counties may lie consolidated into
one county. The bill Is for t lie benefit of such
counties \ as Grant. Hooker , Mcl'herson and
Logan. The people of these sparcely settled
counties feel that their taxes may be lessened
if their county governments can lie consoli
dated. The senate then adjourned until
Monday at 2 p. m.
House. The house on the 8th devoted part
of its time to killing the woman suffrage bill
and passage of the act providing for travel
ing : libraries. A motion to reconsider the
woman suffrage bill was lost. Colfax county
sent In a petition asking that $350,000 bo ap
propriated for the Trans-Mlssisslpnl exposi
tion. It was referred. A number of new bills
reported on by committees were recom
mended to pass , among them being : House
roll No. 140 , by Rich of Douglas , providing for
the adoption of minor children , was first con
sidered. House roll No. 100 , by Rouse of Hall ,
piovldes that all expense incurred by one
county i In taking care of an insane rosldentof
another county shall be paid by the latter
county. i House roll No. 200. by Hull of Har
lan , provides for the compensation of county
commissioners. . Soderman's hill , fixing the
salaries of county attorneys , is House roll
No. 145. It provides a salary of S300 for county
attorneys In counties having not more than
2.500 ; inhabitants. Five hundred dollars is
allowed county attorneys in counties having
over < 2.500 and under 5,000 inhabitants.
Among new bills the following occur : House
roll No. 24(1 ( , to prevent the adulteration of
candy ( , and fixing a penalty for the violation
of i said act. To provide lor the assessment
aud taxation of sleeping and dining cars
used and operated In the state of Nebraska
and to provide penalties for the violation o *
this act. To regulate the business of .life in
surance in the state of Nebraska. To repeal
section 12. chapter ii , article I. compiled stat
utes of Nebraska of 1S05. entitled "County
Agricultural Societies. " i'ollard sent up a
lesolution that a committee of five be ap
pointed by the speaker to investigate the
sugar beet Industry and report a bill along
the lines of encouragement to new factories.
The ' speaker appointed I'ollard of Cass , Shel
don ' of Dawes , boderman of Phelps , Wooster
of Merrick , and Roddy of Otoe.
House The first business of the house on
the 9th consisted in reading a number of pe
titions. i Among bills passed were the follow
ing : The committee's substitute for house
roll No. 37. This is a measure compelling all
owners | of ditches crossing public highways to
bridge the same. House roll No. Uii is an act ?
for the relief of J. M. McMillan , ex-county
treasurer ; Of Thomas county. It is shown in
the J bill that in 1S95 McMillan had paid to the
state the sum of $15.21 in excess of what was
due. ] House roll No. 15. by Knpp.is the measure
appropriating S-l.fSi to reimburse.Royd county
for expenses incurred in the trial of George
D. Mulliban. Moses T. Elliot and Alfred ii.
Harrison the charge of having murdered
Barrett Scott of Holt county. House roll No.
0'J. ( provides for the u3e of public scales and
the , appointment of a weighniaster. House
roll No. 185 , by Gaylord , an act to legalize the
acts of the county clerk of Buffalo county
j in issuing certificates for bounty for the de
struction of the striped and gray ground
squirrels. ; It has an emergency clause at
tached. ] Rich's bill , house roll No. 133. defin
, ing i cruelty to childieu. prescribing punish
ment therefor and for guardianship of
children in certain cases. The next bill
passed was one which was little understood
liy the senate until its provisions were ex
plained and endorsed by Senators Grothan ,
Dearing and Conaway. It was senate file No.
37. introduced by Mr. Conaway , designed to
prevent blindness in infants. It is a fact well
established in the medical world that at least
Sper cent of the blindness in the world is the di
rect result of an inflammation of theeyelldsof
infants when a few days old. This inilamma-
tion is easily checked by the application of
simple remedies , if taken in time. This bill
requires all parties having new-born infants
in charge to notify a competent physician of
any such inflammation. The Trans-Missis
sippi exposition bill was considered. Action
taken resulted in placing the bill where it
was and it must now take its place on the
cencxal file. A number of bills were read for
the first time , and the house then adjourned.
House. The first business of the house on
the 10th was consideration of house roll No.
145. which , in the original form , makes a
severe cut in the salaries of county attorneys.
It was fought step by step by its opponents ,
with the result that when the bill was recom
mended for passage in the committee of the
whole , but 5200 was lopped off from the sal
aries of the county attorneys of Douglas and ,
Lancaster counties. None of the provisions
affect present incumbents. Hull , from the
house conference committee on house roll
No. 5. the bill for the recount of the votes
cast for the constitutional amendments , sent
to the clerk's desk the report of the com
mittee , which was -read , and adopted by a
vote of 09 to SI. Bills recommended by com
mittees for passage were : To regulate the
sale and manufacture ot cider , and to pre
vent adulteration. Defining what shall be
legal tender in the payment of debts , and
naming gold and silver coin. House roll
No. Ill , by Rouse , providing for trans
portation for veteran soldiers to aud
from soldier's homes. House roll No.
109. by Felker. an act to protect employes
from being blacklisted through the machina
tions of guarantee bond companies , was re
committed for amendment. House roll
No. ! ' . ! . recommended for passage , provides
that incorporations doing an accident insur
ance business in Nebraska , shall be deemed
mutual benefit associations. Veiser objected
on the ground that the convention that nom
inated liim had instructed against all
amendments to present insurance laws of the
state. Bills on first reading included : A
concurrent resolution. No. 444. to congress ,
relating to the arbitration treaty. To pro
hibit the taking of mortgages , notes , bonds ,
contracts or other obligations in writing ,
payable in any other than lawful money of
the United States. To provide for the pay
ment of certain items of indebtedness owin"
by the state of Nebraska for printing and
publishing notices of amendments to the
state'eonstitution voted on at the general
election in 1890 , and making an appropriation
for tlie payment of such items of indebted
ness. To prohibit theatrical and other stage
and circus performances , also base ball and
foot ball games on the first clay of the week ,
commonly called Sunday.
House. Bills passed by the lower branch
on the 11th were : House roll No. 109. This is
a measure providing that expenses incurred
by one county in taking care of an insane pa
tient resident of another county , shall bo
paid by the former , and if the patient is a
non-resident of the state , the expense shall
be paid by the state. House roll No. 110 , pro
vides for the adoption of minor children.
House roll No. 23. provides that owners of
private warehouses may issue warehouse re
ceipts that shall have the same force and
effect as those issued by public warehouses.
The above were the only measures passed.
Bills recommended for passage were : House
roll No. 211 , by McGee. providing for the es
tablishment of county poor houses. House
roll No. 221 , by Eager , providing that sc'iiol
district boards shall have general charge of ;
schools and have the power to grade and
classify scholars , and that after July 1,185)8 ) ,
vocal music shall bo taught in all public
schools. House roll No. 143. by Casebeer , pro
viding for tho-letting of state printing con
tracts. House roll No. 421. by Avebb. defining
a legal newspaper. House roll No. 85 , by
Curtis , providing for the payment of county
surveyors. Speaker Gaffin's anti-foot ball
bill was next in order. This is house roll No.
235. It provides heavy -penalties for players
of foot ball and all parties engaged in the
game , including spectators and newspaper I |
reporters. The tine for violation of the proj j
visions of the bill is from $20 to $100 and im
prisonment in county jail from ten days to
three months. After quite an animated dis
cussion the bill was recojumitted , the motion
to indefinitely postpone having been de
feated. The house then adjourned until
Tuesday at 10 a. m.
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
The Trans-Mlssissippl exposition bill has
been put aside indefinitely in the house. Ef
forts to give it consideration on the fiftieth
day of the session failed.
The two houses are divided in regard to
the amendment recount bill. Committees of
conference have been appointed.
The joint resolution , instructing senator
John M. Thurston to vote for free silver at
every opportunity offered him. was passed In
the house by a vote of 00 to 20 , a straight
party vote with two exceptions.
The woman suffrage question has been in
definitely postponed.
The committee appointed to visit the Peru
normal school recommended that the dormi
tory be rebuilt.
A resolution lias been adopted in the house
providing that no warrant be issued' to pay
members visiting state institutions until the
expense accounts have been furnished the
auditor and allowed by the house.
There was a spirited discussion in the house
on the report of the committee on education
in reference to lioating the American flag
over every school house in Nebraska. It was
decided not to keep "Old Glory" flying.
j $100,000,000 A YEAE.I
REPUBLICANS WILL ADD TO
THE FARMERS' EARNINGS.
Their Flung for Substantial Aid In the
Beet Sugar Industry in the United
States Will Soon Bring Promised
Prosperity ,
A round hundred millions Is the sum
which republicans propose to add to
the earnings of the farmers of the
United States in a single Item , if they
succeed in carrying out the plans urged
upon the ways and means committee
at Washington last week. The way
this is to be accomplished is by giv
ing such encouragement to the beet
sugar industry as to make it practi
cable for them to produce all the sugar
for which this country now sends
abroad $100,000,000 annually. This
question was argued by men who have
not a dollar of personal interest in the
beet sugar industry , but are moved by
their belief that it is practicable to so
manage beet sugar culture by tariff
or bounty , or both , as to bring this re-
suit. It was evident that the repub
lican members of the committee were
greatly impressed with the facts pre
sented , and are likely to give generous
encouragement to this industry in
framing the next tariff bill. One of the
speakersvMr. Herbert Jlyrick of New
York , showed in his address that jt
now requires every pound of the wheat
and flour exported by the United States
during the past fiscal year to pay for
the sugar imported. The total value
of all live and dressed beef , beef products -
ucts and lard exported during the
past year barely equalled the amount
paid for imported sugar. Our immense
import trade in cotton represents in
value only twice as much as our import -
port of sugar. Our vast export of tobacco -
bacco must be magnified thrice to
counterbalance sugar imports. The
barley , oats and rye , fruits and nuts , ]
hops , vegetable oils , oleomargarine , i
butter and cheese , pork and hams that 1
were exported last year all put together - (
er represent in value only two-thirds i
of the sugar imported. It is an economic - ]
nomic crime to compel American farmers -
ers to raise staples in competition with 1
the cheap-land-and-labor countries , i
with which to pay for imported sugar , 1
besides standing the freight and commission - c
mission both ways. No wonder agri
culture is depressed , for not only are i
American farmers deprived of the home
market for ? 100,000,000 worth of goods I
annually , but imports of other products i
that can be grown within our borders a
average $120,000,000 per year more 1
wool , hides , cotton , tobacco , vegetables , t
breadstuffs , dairy produce , fruits and \
nuts , hops , hay , oil. rice , flaxseed , a
bristles , bark , sumach , chicory , eggs ,
hair , etc. Add imports of manufactures
of hides , wool and cotton , most of
which could be made in this country
from domestic produce , and we have a
total of nearly $300,000,000 a year , of
which American farmers could , should
and must , have a larger share without
necessarily curtailing their exports of
farm products.
Mr. Myrick stated that practical ex
perience and scientific tests haveshown
that sugar beets can be grown from the
Hudson river to the Pacific and from
the Carolinas to the lakes as rich in
saccharine content as those of Europe ,
which now furnishes so large a proportion
tion of sugar to the world and makes
it entirely from beets. The people , he
said , want factories established to af
ford a market for these sugar beets ,
which they are willing to furnish at
from $4 to $5 per ton. At these prices
the crop is a new and profitable one.
Every acre devoted to it will by so
much reduce the competition in other
branches of farming.
An acre of corn at the west , yield
ing forty bushels of grain worth 15
cents per bushel , will buy something
more than 100 pounds of granulated
sugar at the grocery store. That same
acre of land devoted to sugar beets will
produce from 2,000 to 3,000 pounds of
refined sugar , like the finest white su
gar you can buy. The corn , under such
conditions , returns about $6 per acre
for all the labor and capital invested
in that crop. Sugar beets yield $25
to $50 per acre ; while they require far
more labor they pay for it and leave a
profit of $10 to $25 per acre , which is
handsome compared to the meager re
turns from corn , wheat , oats , etc. The
labor item is of vast importance. In
Californian experience , for every man
who gets a job on a grain crop forty-
one are employed to raise beets. The
labor on 225 acres of beets yielding
6,082 tons ( including $3,500 pay-roll at
factory during the manufacture of. this
lot ) was $15,000 ; the same land in bar-
lny required only $300 for labor.
Beet culture , however , cannot be
learned in a single season. It is high
farming , intensive horticulture , like
the market near our great cities , which
is the result of fifty years' experience.
Under the best management it takes
from two to four seasons for the far
mers in any locality to learn how to
grow beets to the best advantage. Un
til this is done , the sugar factory is
not assured of an abundant supply of :
beets of proper quality. Meanwhile the
immense investment is at risk from
$300,000 upward in each factory and
at best the factories can only run 100
or 150 days each year. Experience in
this country has demonstrated that
where the industry has survived this
first stage it has in every case become
well established , to the satisfaction and
profit of the farmer , laborers , railroads
and capitalists interested in the busi
ness.
Europe is now sending us neaily 100
times as much beet sjigar as she die
fifteen or seventeen years ago. Sie has
developed her beet sugar industry by a
liberal system of direct subsidies , high
"
protection and expert bounties , until
the European beet sugar industry has
practically ruined the cane sugar in
dustry of the tropics and stonopolizeo j ;
t
the sugar markets ot the world. To
complete the destruction of the Ameri
can sugar industry , or at least to pre
vent the further development of the
beet sugar business in this country ,
Germany has recently increased its ex
port bounties. And France is about to
follow suit. This enables their sugar
to be sold in the United States below
the cost of production in this country.
What is needed is a reasonable specific
duty on all imported sugar , with an ad
ditional , discrimination duty from coun
tries having an export bounty , equal to
that bounty. Then , with such aid as
the various states and localities inter
ested may offer to secure sugar facto
ries , the beet sugar industry could be
put on its feet in thin country within a
few years. Mr. Myrick added that , dur
ing the past sixty days farmers' or
ganizations have been founded in sev
eral \ hundred counties to advance their
interests in raising sugar beets , In se
\ curing factories to work up the crop ,
to obtain needed legislation to devel
op the industry , and to protect it
against the trust. It is now proposed
to unite these and hundreds of new
organizations ( in a national sugar-beet
growers' society.
liiisIiicsH and Finance.
Holiday i week between Christmas
and the first day of the ne v year is
always a quiet one in trade circles. The
financial world is preparing for the
payment 1 of dividends and interest on
Jan. 1 , and naturally no new finan
cial enterprises are begun. But the
Christmas ' trade , taking the country
over < , was good even better than was
expected. < While the tendency was to
ward the buying of less costly grades
of ' goods , the volume of the holiday
traffic 1 was so large as to be a surprise ,
for business men have grown pessi
mistic i in the three years since the pan
ic 1 of 1S93 , aild were not disposed to ex
pect 1 anything satisfactory.
The bank troubles in Chicago , pre
cipitated < by the failure of the National
Bank of Illinois , did not have any se
rious results. This was because the
failure was not the result of general
conditions , which are recognized as
sound , but because of individual mis
management of the worst sort. The
stability of the general run of the
banks of the country is shown by the
fact that the failure produced no ill ef
fects save to institutions which were
connnected with the ill-starred bank.
The real abundance of funds is
makedly shown in New York by the
ease of the money market. While pre
parations are going actively forward
for the January payment of interest
and dividends , the interest rate shows
but little appreciation. In New York
time money v/as liberally offered last
week , and the demand was not eager ,
as borrowers appear to have made
their contracts freely earlier in the
month.
Won't Pay to Hear Him.
Cincinnati special : William J. Bryan
stopped here an hour to-day on his
way from his lecture at Atlanta. While
saying that his lecture was a success , it
is understood that he does not look
with favor on his lecture engagement ,
and may ask to be relieved. He re
marked to a close friend that he had
made a mistake in undertaking to de
liver a series of non-partisan lectures.
A dispatch from Atlanta says : It is
probable that Bryan's lecture tour will
be abandoned. He delivered the first
of a series of fifty lectures , for which
he was to receive $50,000 , here Wednes
day night. While the Grand opera
house was filled to the doors , and the
audience numbered 4,700 people , the
receipts are said to have been only
$1,534. Deducting the $1,000 paid to
Mr. Bryan and the expenses paid for
hire of the theater , printing , lighting.
etc. , the margin of profit left to Mr.
Bryan's manager would not be suffi
cient to encourage him to continue the
series.
V. E. McBee announces that he has
transfered to an Eastern syndicate or
club his interest in the Bryan lecture
contract. He says that some time ago
he received an offer which meant a
handsome premium on his contract ,
but he would do nothing without Mr.
Bryan's full indorsement. This he re
ceived , and the transfer is announced.
It is generally believed , however , that
either the Seaboard Air line people did
not like their general superintendent
figuring in outside schemes , or that
this is an advance indication that the
lecture course is to be abandoned.
Bryan's friends say he is not enthusi
astic over the lecture idea and would
like to get out of it. If Mr. Bryan's
lour is abandoned , it will not be the
first instance of a political celebritv
failing to turn his prominence to finan
cial account. A few months ago Sena
tor Hill entered upon an extended
course of lectures. It came to an end
after four appearances. The receitps
were not sufficient to pay the lecturer
and compensate his managers for the
outlay and risk.
Italscs Worms for a Living.
In Hancock county , Maine , there's a
man who earns a lot of spare cash by
the culture of worms plain , everyday
angle-worms. He has a plot of land
fixed up for the purpose , and he plants
the crop and waters it and looks after
it as one would potatoes or parsnips.
The most of his worms go to the fish
hatcheries at Green lake , where they
are heartily appreciated as edible by
the trout and salmon.
A-Genius.
Talk of successful men ! Look at Mc-
Dives. When he came to the city ten
years ago there were several thousand
men here who had from $5 to $5,000
apiece in their pockets , and McDives ,
didn't have 50 cents in his pocket Well ,
sir : , all the money that those other men.
had is now in McDives' possession.
That's what I call genius , sir , ye3 , six ,
genius. Boston Transcript
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rh * rngUUt and the Governor o * jl JM
Jfevuda Meot. j W M
Reno , Nov. , Feb , 12.-Pugilist CorjfyLU
bctt passed through Eeno , Nev. , Inst - - ' flH
niffht , on his way to San Francsco ; , . i , T4H
and Governor Sadler of the Sage Brush ) $ M
state was one of the first to clamber - M
aboard the train for presentation to * H
Corbctt. He shook Corbett by the B
hand heartily. M
" 1 am pleased to meet you , Mr. Cor- , m
bctt , " said His Excellency , nialcinjr a. H
critical survey of Corbott's towering < V
iiffuro and broad shoulders. M
"And I am pleased to meet you , < ? replied - m
plied Corbctt. "You proved by sign- M
Ine that glove contest measure and. H
Pivintr the people what they wanted m
that there was no hypocrisy about you. m
It needed some governor with the H
strength of his convictions to break m
the ice in matters of this kind. It is H
to be hoped that your example will be , H
followed and that there will be less : H
hypocrisy about things of this kind in ) H
the future V M
' AGAINST TRUSTS. ' ]
The Illlnolg Appellate Court Kcndcrs n * f |
Decision or Much Intero3t. / H
Chicago , Feb. 12. The apppllato- 9H
court has affirmed the decree of the , M
superior co ' urt of Cook county njmov- - H
ing the Farmers' Loan and Trust com- H
pany from the position of co-trustee o * J j H
the Lake Street Elevated railroad first " H
mortgage. > H
The decision holds that an outside
trust company must deposit § 200,000 T < a l
with the state auditor in the .saino / H
manner as Illinois trust companies arc . JH
compelled to do. and failure to do thab > H
makes .them liable to removal. The H
eastern trust companies are not likely J M
to comply with this ruling. They declare - H
clare that if they should deposit S200 , - M
(100 ( with the state auditor or Illinois H
half the other states in the union H
would pass legislation compelling' jH
them to make similar deposits , and "H
that would be impracticable. , JU
CANAL BILL ABANDONED. M
Senator Morgan Will Try to Urine ! t |
Up Daring the Extra Session. H
Washington , Feb. 12. Senator Morgan - M
gan , the champion of the Nicaragua H
canal bill , announced in the Senate- > H
yesterday his abandonment of that J H
measure for the present session of H
Congress , and , thereupon , it was displaced - H
placed by the bankruptcy bill. He j H
gave notice that he would renew his H
advocacy of the bill at an early day of H
the coming extra session. H
The bankruptcy bill succeeded to the H
advantageous position of "un finished H
business , " but the debate went over H
until to-day. The agricultural appropriation - H
priation bill was taken tip late in the- ' H
day and passed at S3,255.500. It led to- | fl
lively debate , in which Secretary Morton - _ M
ton was sharply criticised by Senators- " " M
Vest , Chandler , Tillman and others. • _ n H
'Vantod 1'ermlstdon to Carry a ( inn. H
San Francisco , Feb. 12. Mrs. Net- |
tie Cravens , who alleges that she is |
the contract widow of ex-Senator M
James G. Fair , complained at police fl
headquarters that she is being ha- fl
rassed by private detectives and that . j H
she is in constant fear of a murderous > l H
attack upon her. She asked permisv - \ J |
sion to carry a pistol , but the police l
v
commissioners declined to grant heir & - l
request j/ |
Colored I.ad Sues a Congressman. { |
Washington , Feb. 12. Henry Jarvis - H
vis , a colored bell boy who was arrested - M
rested some time ago , tried and acquitted - , |
quitted on the charge brought by Kep- M
resentative Boatner of Louisiana , of" M
robbing him of 52 ; ; , has sued the con- |
grcssman for 530,000. The boy claims H
his good name and reputation and M
standing in the community has * been. H
injured. H
To Dispense With Sherman. H
Canton , Ohio , Feb. i- According , H
to a private dispatch from Washing " j l
ton. received yesterday bv a lnr-ni < vi _ A l
lower of Foraker , President-elect Mc- H
Kinley has decided to dispense with % I H
; Senitor Sherman as prospective secre- -l H
tary of state to save the partv in this H
state from disruption and the state * M
offices from the Democrats. H
Pennsylvania Capital Jnjval. |
nARnisnur.fi , Pa. , Feb. i. 'i. Senator |
' . Thomas of Philadelphia introduced a |
'bill to remove the state capital to M
Philadelphia , provided that Philadel- M
phia shall file a legal agreement on the v l l
part of the city to furnish the statu % l
the necessary site for the caoitol and * -i l
public buildings. ' H
MVE STOCK AND I'KODUCE MAUKETV H
Quotations Prom Xcw York. Chicago. SU j |
Louis , Omaha and Elsewhere. H
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