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ri Ml itM i i .. . "- I 1 V i. i FT.tll.filKli Mfvll.lBIO. ' . (Columbus gonvnat. ColiliillxiM, ?e1r. Kntfpl tit lli I'oKtnllicc, ('olnmfoin, Nilir., inoiitnl-cln lunll mutter I'UIIUSMKIt WKDNKS1UYH MY Columbus Journal Co., (i.Nfoitrou.vriMi.) rnn or Mim-ciiii'Tin! Oaornnr, l moll, ',''"" iritM 8 1 IIIOllltlK I' iri-i-inoathi .It.! , .10 WKUNKHDAY, AIMil'SI i', tW. r:z:t:::i n. asb::?, xi:t:r. IlKSIlWAliS Tim i!nt oihwIh jimr tinim m rmir irir. or ntW"'r iIiiiw to Iml llttm jour iil.rrlllti I""''1' '''inn JimO'i Miimn Mint ,fl) ttx-iit Iihk IxH.ti rwohiil tip t Jim. I, llt. Kt'inft t" ll. I. H'' ml "i "ti. NWn'ti iii)tiiiiit In nmili', tl ilnlii, wlilrli ntiir it ii nivli't, will Im flmiiiti'l iioi-onllliul). DISCONTINUANCES Iti'MMitinlMi' KiiWrlli-er-will com Iruix In nit'ivii llif Jotirniil ntitll tin liihlllii'tciir.i niitihiil li li'tliT I" iliM'ontltiiiii, wlii-ii nil irti'iinn;i' mtinl Im piilil. If Jim 'I" tiijl it.1i i,i Jotirtitil ootitliitiiil for iitiotlnr )i-ur nf-l.-r tli" limn imlil for liim i'iilriil. oti shutiM iniiiiilnl lnitlf) lis t'lilixl'litltillllH It. I'HAMiK IN AMHIKHH WIuti nnti-ritiK rliiuufi' In tlii.ii'lilri', iiIiitIImthIioiiIiI ! urt In ulii tln'lr nlil iik wi'll it" llii'lr imw mMri-s. Tin: ui:kf ntcsr cash. Those who havo complnlnod that tho federal authorities atWniihlngton were nnt sufficiently nctive in tho proceed ings against tho combination of beef packers tuny learn from tho address of Attorney Ooneral Moody before tho Lincoln club of lloston that thoso pro cnoitliiK" litive boon pushed with nil prnctlcnhli-i rapidity. In regard to tho criticism that facts havo boon with held from tho twoplo which thoy had it right to know, tun attorney general ozplalnod that much or tho work of hi department can ho done elllciontly only when it In douo quietly and in secret nnd thnt it 1h not easy to draw tho lino between facts which ought to bo confided to the public and thoHO which, for tho timo being, in tho in torost nf public justice, ought to be withheld from it. Mr. Moody presented n review of the proceedings, which shows that thero wan no nvnidahlo doliiv from tho timo they wero iUNtituted until indict ments wero returned nguinst thnpnek- rs by tho grand jury. Tnoro waH it Kroat ileal of nrduouH work required of tho oflicinls of tho Department ot JuHtico mid no one who will rend tho statement of the nttornor general can doubt that this work wan carried on with all jtnssihlo vigor and zeal, or Miiostion tho oarnoHt purpose of tho administration to leave nothing un done that watt necessary to bring to jnst ice thnso against whom there wait the charge of having violated tho law That purposo still prevail, Mr. Moody expressing tho hope and belief that the indictments against tho tckers will bo brought to trial during the current year. Tho public may rent aHHtired that if thin Is not douo it will not be tho fault of tho Department of TuNtico. That department has never had greater demand upon it than at present and it Ih meeting them as promptly an practicable and an a due regard for legal requirement! permits. The timely statement of tho attorney general should remove any doubt that may exist regarding tho intention of tho administration to enforce the lawn. Omaha Hoe .;: local (U!AL ih:au:i:s TO IILAUK.' When mi army uttciupth to flight 11 buttle under the envoi of darkness, tl ih apt to nun its guns at its. own men. Likewise the friend of the farmers elevator moveineiit, in (heir '.mil to "get at" the Hit-called grain triiwl, lire apt to become conftiHed by their ignor ance of the subject, and to level their guiiH at the bent friends the farmer and the community at liiru'c have Farmers' elevators lrivo en n in e istencu becatiHe there were ted aliuneb to be remedied. Hut the fneniln of the moveinetit have been purtinlU Htdi- tracked on tin theory that the local dealern have belonged to the "pool" or trutit which ruin the fanner of Hovoral centH a bushel on all the gram lie murk elH, ami ho the promoter- of the funnel' elevator idea have taught the public to view the average local grain dealer uh a thief or Homething wnrne. The local newpapern in many of I he Iowiih of Nebranka think to enrrs favor with the fartner by pmuiini: oilt that the local grain dealer hIhiiiUI pay more for thir grain, in Hpite of the fact Hint overylMiily knowrt the avinige grain dealer in Nebraska has not earned one tenth an much on liin ihontnient during tbeliiHt ten yearn uh the uveruge farmer. In ColumbtiH, where it would be charged that all the local grain dealers Itelong to tn "triiHt", there are people ami newnpapiri tint owe their voicih to kill the grain ImmucHH of ColumbtiH, ami to drive trade from our city, by adver tising to tltn witrld that 'ColumbtiH Ih in the clutches ol tho octopiiH and farmer! arc oheattnt by our trust owned grain liiiyorn". The real underlying facts of our loaal oonilitimis are over looked by tho ovor-zeahiui eneminefl of tho "IruBt" They do not ijuoU' tlgurea to ebow average pricew paid for grain in Coltitn bufl eomparHtl with prices pild In Htcr towns If they did, tln-y would flnil Columbtiri in the front rank. They would Hud that the evcellent inilln of Platte County have created u demitul for unliable productH, that Iiiih kept the prieen of grain ton point where the profit Iihh hardly proviib-d a living for the eclusiu grain dealer. The) do not hIioa freight niton at ColumbtiH coiupareil with the freight rati-Hof HJHtcr towiiH. Ifthes did, they would show the public that ColumhiiH Ih discriminated againM by tlierailroiidi", They would rIiow that while the brunch towriH north and went, get the name rate that Columbus geta for weHteru mark elH, Hnllwood and Ibchland get a one cent better rate and Hclmyler two contH better. In view of thine factn, iiiHteiul of ignoraully making HtatctucntH that tend only to drive litisinoMH from ColumbnH, the btiHiniiss men and the the new'HpapiiiH Hhotild get together, and through the Comment' il Club, should make mm in vestigiitinn of market priccH and of freight rates mill tnlic Mime ditect, intelligent steps toward hcctiriug u Hipiare ileal fur (.'oltimbiiH grain men which would increase htisineHH and build up our town. The case of Tom YVnrrul and oilier Him'lnr agitation in doing much in the way of publicity to straighten out abuses in the grain IiuhIiic-h. lint when the smoke clears away it will liu found thai It ih the monopoly of terminal ware houses exorcised by the large elevator compnmoH, combined with railroad re baton and other forum of diHcrimination, that are responsible for the evil for which the local deulers art ignorantly blamed. The members of the stute drain Dealers' association, by organiz ing are doing what all cIiihsch of butiinotiH men are doing for the promotion of their intoroHtH. Take away the uIhihoh of the terminal ware-house and the diH criminating rates and this iiHsociiition will be a positive honcut to the public iih well iih to itH own memberH. Let the businesH men of Columbus through the Commercial Club try to correct the discriminating freight rate which operates against our own grain dealers and our cit) , in a business-like negotiation with the railroad conipmj, instead of wanting energy in lll-il rejted abuse against the railrouds ai.d our local gram dealers who happen to be memberH of the drain Dealers' uh uicia turn. I''armernan not getting n iiiuh for t heir grain, but it is not the fault of the local dealers nor of the ( train I haulers' aHHiiciatiou. Aim the gun at the mark and not in tho air. UA I Llil). l MiX'Kli T1SISU. In Uh last isHtie the Platte County ArgtiH touched upon a subject which is of Htilllcieut public import to warrant seriniiH discussion, That in tne itieH tinii of newspapers receiving uiileage in payment for advertising space. The editor of this paper always low taken the position that the exchange of mileage for advertising is lirnt of all un businesslike, and that advertising mile age ih viewed by the railroada in exactly the same light iih they view the free puss for tne judge or the legislator. Adver tising tnilouijo for the newspaper man, like, the free puss for the olllce holder, ih viewed by the railroads as u courtesy, tending at least to cultivate friendly relations between the patties. The railroads piefer to enter into lndelluite advertiHing contractH with newspapeiH, for the tame reason that they piefei tit extend tho piuH courtesy to theolllcial. And tint editor who cries out against the free pass fin the udge, must to be con sistent, protest against the lndelluite and unbusinesslike advertising mileage con tract for himself. The editor of this paper is opposed to the free pass system although we do not hhnro the views of those who be lieve that every pass works as a bribe. We aie equally opposed to the adveitis ing mileage sxhUmii which lends to cor- nipt i be press as much as does the pass mi the bands of a judge, corrupt the lietich. And we should like to see the newspaper men of Neliiuska stand up and demand cash for railroad aiheitls- ng and pa then lares when they rido in Ihe railroads. The Seward'connty nupervtsors took a peculiar po-dtion at their meeting July 18, to the effect that all freight bridge lntnbor, material for their now court home, etc. fhould be shipped over the Northwestern. Ther argued that, as tho Northwestern paid their taxes promptly and took pot lock with everybody else, and farmers In partic ular who havo boon compelled to pay more taxes, it was only fair thnt the county should favor them with any advantage that miaht accrue from freight shipments on bridge lumber nnd tnnterial for their now hundred-thousand-dollar court house, Our own board moved in tho samo direction, bnt recommended a boycott of the two mails that aro contesting their taxci. As this appeared to be going contra ry to law, thoy rescinded tho matter and ordered it expunged from tho rec ord. Everybody believes tho roads own the leglnlatuni and own tho courts, whether true or not, and that their claim of being ovor assussrd is merely homo play, a make-believe, and of courso feel resentful accord ingly. Kntler County Press. The Albion News analyzes the mean ing of "graft', in the following well chosen words: No man .single handed and iilnnn can organize and operate a large graft system Me must have the negative asMistanc.iof those having ejes but who wi I not see and those with ears that hear not. It is natural that men are liable to recover their sight and hearing unless it is to their advantage nut to. They ipiiet their consciences by sa ing they have done no wrong, and enjoy tho fruitH of others wrong-doing with a serene unaccoiintability; It Is a fact that money may be "tainted", but the taint cannot be all supplied by the giver. No money is tainted that is received lawfully, for a lawful purpose, and with no director indirect liability of unlawful or improper character. Law cannot dellne or govern these tine points of honesty. A live, active nnd sensitive conscience is the only accurate indicator that marks the dividing lines between fidelity ami infidelity. The World -Herald ih dealing out some iiuatiswerable argument to the socialists. The fact is the socialists are likelytori.se up in Nebraska ami tike the plaiMof the former fusion partus in this stare. Thim it becomes a matter of the preservation of its party for the World Herald, and self preservation is be llrst law of u tttir . l-'reuiont Tri bune. The Woild Herald last year cussed the republican party for the state debt. Now it is cussing the republican paity for making a levy to wipe out the state debt. Lust year (but organ of tefoitn opposed the passage of the new re venue law, although it was the lack of an elllcient teveniic law that wits re sponsible for toi our large state debt. Now it objects to tho wot king of the new revenue law because it is about to remedy the condition which hefoie it charged against the republican parly. And the baud pltys on. It has boon ipiite u while now since the trusts and monopolies got absolute possession of the country and all its re sources, ank didn't leave more than a possible ehun ce lor a common laboring man to make a scanty living. Hut wo have noticed that in llie midst of these dire happenings the few common labor ing men who have not taken time to outline plans of government and whittle up dry goods hoes, have risen steadily fponi poverty to comfort, and even to allluenec, great wealth and prominence-, the same us they used to do before the trusts took possession ami removed all of the laboring man's chances to live Lindsay Opinion. COLUMBINES. WISI-: I'liODl'CF.ltS ALAIlMHIt The American, pure food law which our secretary ol Agriculture has worked through Congress after much labor and with uicntdiulculty seems to he agitat ing the wine producers of tletmany. The American consul-general at Frank fort (lennany, writes "Tho (ionium wine producers and ex porter, are alarmed over the action of our Agricultural Department in drafting a new law to prevent tho adulteration of foodstuffs, wine, etc. They are mak ing strenuous efforts to ward off what they call "this great danger totheii in terests." The various associations of wine growers and the chambers nf com merce in Western (lennany hae mentor iali.ed the (Sertimn Onvcrutucut to in terovene. Even United States consuls have received printed circular letteis protesting against the application of the said law to shipments of (Ionium wine, which is claimed to be pure and wholesome It is doubtful if tho democrats of Ne braska can fool the populists again with the "fusion" fake. Wo have always been led to believe that cattish bite bettor when it is rail ing pitchloiks and your umbrella has blown out into the middle of the lake and our itihltorcoat is at home ami yu have imiivms slippeis on your feet I I'm a mistake Last week an old ft lend with whom we used to i;o to school in the days of out youth hlcw into town and sinick us for two dollais wherewith he might be enabled to blow out again. Not being accustomed to entry an) thing that small, wo were compelled to go and borrow it from another good friend hcie. Now in case tho parly of tho Hist part fails to send us those two bucks as he cngHged to do should we stand the loss or should the party of the second part, who loaned us the money, lose out Or should we divide the loss? Or. in case he does send it, could we with propriety reproaenttn the party of the bocoihI part that we never received it and offer to conipr.unie at fifty cents on tho dollai r The ouo thins that has most worried tho supporters of Uoonovelt, and n which tho opporition has tnken the greatest delight, Is toe Paul Morton iuol.lent. The LoomU tlowon case can be boiled down to a mere question of taste, which it uot an ethical mat ter Bat the alleged whitewashing of Morton has been played up extensively as a s'lanro abandonment of lioosef alt t:rlnclp!ea and a rccntrencn to the doctrine of special privileges. , It if nno of those cases where every man must form his own opinion, and as far as wo nru concerned wo like Teddy n great deal better for ilolnff It than wo should if ho had done nthenviso! Of courso it was u backdown from the so-called Koosevelt program which, as popularly interpreted, has been nothing more or less than the good old Kilkenny program when yon see n head, hit it. Hoosnvelt has been pictured in tho popular imagination as a sort of perfected type of the genus riponorter; one who is always abroad with a lantern looking for a malefac tor that ho may smite off hit ear or something ; it mail of blood and teath whom only delight is tho adminis tration of strict, relentless justice of tho Old Testament variety : one who never sleeps, never loafs, never luugns, never weeps, never tnkes a drink, never forgets what bis wife told him to bring home for supper; In short, a a man without auv of the endearing frailties common to humanity. It is a bloody nnd distressful plctnre and we are glad to see it blotted ont. A man who stays by his friends clear up to tho limit, sometimes even to tho detriment of his own reputation, makes for himself a butter character than ho loses. If yon nnd I were boy hood pals anil stayed by each other through all tho trials of IlinirUuimlng the profefso's and working the regis trar nnd being called upon the carpet for college spirit ; and If you grew up ami tho accident of politics put you in a place whore, yon could maybe put mo in jail for the violation of some slumbering statute which everybody else was violating with perfect Im punitv ; and if you knew deep down in your gizzard that I was just about is honest in the general run as you yourself nnd a good niau nnd good citizen: and if you thn said that ynn would stand by the comrade of voui y.outh nnd wonld not allow ht-n to he singled out for nttuck to satisfy popu lar clamor- if you should do this yon would bo doing just what Koosevelt diil with Paul Morton. Yon wonld be violating tlm strict letter of Mosaic justice ami you would lu roasted to a finish by tho opposition press ami orators. None t.f us would admit m advance thai .m would ever do such a thing, but if it came to n show down most ot us would do just at Honsovolt did. We all understand that in this gloiious laud of tho tree, public utterance on matters pjlitical has about ns much to do with nrivate conviction as black tins to do with wbito. And most of tho men who are publicly condemning Roosevelt for his notion in tho Morrou incident are secretly admiring him for the same. Hero's to Toddy. We'll stay by him though nil the world turn against him. 0 Natutally we ate deeply affected by the strenuous peisiniiil writing which our old friend the Argus directs against us this week. Ah nearly as we can tell fioni this distance, wo seem to have been knocked into n cocked hat and then some. A man in Hades with his back broke is In a happy condition com pared to us at this moment. However, wc think the case is hardly as serious ns tlio Argus mhmus to consder it. Vanity is a natural human attiibuto and we all like to he advcitised, but considering the value of space we doubt if we have evei dune anything wbicn would entitle us personally to a ten-inch double-col limn editoiiitl leader of double-leaded long primer. Hut wo are not the judge of that. It appears that the trouble started over an article that recently appeared in this paper deiogatory to lirother Rocke feller. In the mind of the Argus the authorship of the said article is some what a matter of doubt. It may lie re turn ked in passing that the uuestion of absolute identity has often bullied de tectives, juries, historians and genealogi cal inxestigatoiH. However, the Aigus dually saddles the opprobrium upon us for the reason, as it very logically oh seives, that our co-conspirator in this publication is a candidate for olllce and any man who has no mote sense than to inn tor olllce wotibt have too much sense to write such rot. lly a piocess of reasoning that is somewhat obscure the Atgus also arrives at the conclusion that we are in doubt as to whether we ate tolihef, hornet miters or junk dealers Except that the list of possibilities is incomplete, the Argus is coriect in this. Coming to tho real point at issue, wo admit without argument that Mr. (Rock efeller is a shrewd business man, and is not in tho habit of giving something for nothing. Wo admit that he is a regular attendant at and contributor to tho liaplist church. Wo admit that he is entitled to the support of tho ltov. Dr. MacArthur of New York and of tho Platte County Argus. Wo admit that the Standard Oil Company has a right to advertise its wares in any pare! which will accept its advertisements. We admit that the agent of tho Stand ad found as much fault with our article as does the Argus, anil offered to make pence by giving us Ihesmue advertising contract that it had closed with the Ar gus and the Telegram, Wo admit thnt our friend the Argus an. I our former friend tho Telegram had a perfect right to form their offensive and defensive The Bread in the Dinner-Pail When the working man "knocks off"' at noon, he likes to find the bread in his pail light and tasty, not cnititv and lltllw:l!tllf lit. "-fab - Ana it tne cook kiiowi her business and uses that superior Puritan Best Patent Flour the bread will be a de light and a satisfaction to the appetite every day in the year. n fS J -'. tfiKW m L--T V A .aS Ar v . z- ,..i VH 'sMfflifiSSS'S SH WH'AliA T-M s J a rMvPwQn v tS 1 w 11 v iWN lin'' Ask for Pictures for the Children Wells-Abbott-Nieman Co. yW'ttS. Sold Only by H. Ragatz I Co. fhe Only Double Track Railway be tween the Missouri River and Chicago Fast dailv train servicr viu the P-hir.-ion l ininn Pacific & North -Western Line from rviint in Nebraska to Chicago and East Six trains a day Omaha to Chicago, without cnange. i wo trains uauy oeiween Uinahannd at. raul and Minneapolis. - Ghe Best of Everything , Hir r.itis, tickets anj full Infnrmition apply luaKcms union I'.iciru i or AJJti'sb J. . RUHR, lilt. Cm. FrtliM and Pati'i. sgt. Chlo.iRn ft Nnrtli-Vi.tcrn Wy. OMAHA, NHB. . NWtl YOU WANT Journal Job Printing BECAUSE: Styles wo always iii-tii-diitc. Work i "iiuraiitued. Prompt delivery. IteiMMiuhle price.-). If we haven't it we will tinier it. We ean .-ave liti-ine- men money on printed limns w "in net eitruveil eards fi ir Mieiety peupl ; belter .-Ivies at lower piiee. Journal Sule 15'ilN lirin; crowd-. .lout mil Letter Ilcail.i briny bu.-iiics-. Try n. Only Daily in Columbii-. Help u pu?h. Columbus Journal Go. iillinnro, untl tlie Atkub Iiiih it perfect nlit to lilit the ImttleH of the ili.--creetly Hilent Ttli(jriiiii if it wuiiu to Wu iitliiiit liiiully thnt v mlvettii-r for lliu ruilroiuls in iciiirii fortriinoportittion In nliort, we lulniit etieli nnd nil of tin contention of llie ArytiH. Wu mile liuit the Aiumm, in itH twenty inches of Hpucc, fmliil tn olTer imy iuti tlculion of tlii! coiirtte pursued liy iiclf untl its nlly in nutkini; lontriu'is witli the KtHUihtril Oil cninmny whereliy tliey were to receive from the Sliiiiilaul Oil couipnuy secret cush rulmte to nn inililliiite amount, to the detriment nf the Columbus citizen who ni'ikc hi-, living hy Bellini: oil. Thi wiih renlly the only point of our previous wiiuni; ami wu are sorry Unit the Areas over looked it hccnii the omission would indicate one nf three things Firstly. nur former article was signally Inckini; in clearness; Bi'comllv, the Arizns is luck infill perspicacity; thirdly, the Argus is lacking in honesty of expression. Wc are sorry to think that uny of these hypotheses ib true. We hope, with good care, to lie up and around in u week or two. Z OnlambnB hi a few things to ho proud of. Down In Fremont, which U a bigger town tbAii this, tho ladies bAve arrived At the conclusion thnt pUyiog tta ball on Sunday 1b a crime wblnb It is ap to them to stop. Their rnetbod of procedure In as follows: HATing loAfed All week wbilo their work was done by yervanis, thoy are in no need of rust or recreation on tho seventh dtty ttud enn without lmidsiiip devote that tiny to the strenuous labor of lulvcrfiMiii! theniselvci lfiivini: nrrnvnd themselves liko the lilies of the field, they pioeecd to tho buttle, front honring enniems, spy ghuses nnd noto books, shedding ubrond the in consn ot their Iwiilgn presence, the lus tre ot their silks mid Mitius nml tho balm of several hundred kinds of roses Heiug admitted to the hall grouud on payment of two hits iter eapltn, they nstnluUli tiieiiiMilves in ,i uinspleuou place, ifmse ilunr slum tnoring draperies in bccomine; manner and proceed to possess themselves of informntiiiii uj.'ninst the liaiticipunts in the hideous drnuiit unfolded before their vlituruiN .v , nntnig imnu's ami ili'M'rlptioiiH in their note bonks; ink ing snapshot viows, front and rnw, of each player ami the umpire And all to the end that those young men who have probably been nngnui d in hard labor for six long days, ten hours for a dollar nu 1 n half, may bo haled into police court nnd mulcted in tho sum of n week's wagon. The press accounts of a renciit game report that tho Indies were subjected to much joshinj- by tho ungodly spectators, which sntuo the ladies seemed to enjoy very much. Possibly if they didn't enjoy it they wouldu't chase utter ir. It is hardly nocessary to obsorvo that the persons uudor discussion are not the Fiomnut women but the Fremont Indie- Aftrr the game is over the ladies wed thoir way homeward in slate, ring up llie mrnil girl to got suppor, wonder where tho deuce the kids are, tpikn up on rum punch and formulate their report. And tho altars are broke in tho tom (ilus of linnl. v. ii--L