10 'Che Conservative *
MORNING GLORIES.
O children dear , awake bntimoa
To hear the morning glory chimes ]
At break of day
They ring for play ,
And sweetly call , "Como , don't bo late
"When all the joys of morning wait. "
Up , over upward towards the sun
The morning glories swiftly run.
' They climb and fling
Their bells to swing
Far over all the lovely heads
Of flowers in the garden beds.
They've trailed their leaves beyond the
ground
And twined the old rail fence around.
They've covered all
The gate post tall ,
And hung the broken tree with green
Until its bark can scarce bo seen.
All dressed in colors like the sky
They've crept above thn lattice high.
"The world is bright
With golden light ;
O come and see its shining hue ! "
Ring out the bells of palest blue.
O listen , while the faint chimes steal
Above us in a sunrise peal I
"The dnw drops hero
Are fresh and clear , "
Call bells that swing in robes of pink ,
"Come out and see the flowers drink 1"
"A silver web the spider weaves
And fastens it among my leaves.
It hangs in air
And looks so fair.
The pretty lace was made last night , "
Sing swaying bells of snowy white.
The fairies say , I've understood ,
That only children who are good
And sweet and dear
This chiming hear.
For them alone the blossoms sinp ;
And bells of morning glories riny.
MAHV FRENCH MOIITON.
TARIFF SCHEDULES.
MILTON , Mass. , June 15 , 1899.
EDITOR THE CONSERVATIVE ,
Nebraska City , Neb.
Dear Sir : I judge from reading some
copies of THE CONSERVATIVE that you
are a free trader , or at any rate hospit
able to any honest discussion of the
question. It has always seemed to me
that one of the most important features
of a tariff was its great simplicity , "so
that he who runs may read. " "When I
was a boy , more than sixty years ago ,
I knew the British tariff by heart , it
was so simple. I do not think this
could bo said of the so-called Dingley
tariff. I doubt if any merchant , or
lawyer , could interpret it without cavil.
Let us make a little comparison between
the British and the Dingley tariff in this
point of simplicity. In the British tar
iff there are twenty articles and seven
items. In the Diugley 2,669 articles
and 4,941 items. Really , I believe this
matter of items would puzzle a Phila
delphia lawyer ( supposed to bo the
most able in the country ) which must
lead to endless law suits , and discour
age an honest reporter.
To illustrate what is meant by articles
and items let us take the article of
knives. The tariff then proceeds to
give what they call items , thus :
Beam. Bowie , as hunting.
Curriers. Budding , as pocket-knives.
Drawing. Carving , see table-knives.
Farrier. Chopping or cleavers , as
Fleshing. cooks' knives.
Hay.
All of these at 45 % ad valorem.
Miniatures , as charms , 60 % .
Pen , or pocket knives with spoon or
forks , as pen knives ; clasp-knives ;
pruuiug-kuives ; budding knives of all
kinds , or parts thereof ; erasers ; mani
cure knives , or parts thereof , wholly or
partly manufactured , valued at not over
40 ? * per dozen.
These at 40 % per cent ad valorem.
If valued at over 40 per dozen 1 cent
each and 40 % .
If valued at over 50 per dozen and
not over $1.25 per dozen 5 each and
40 % .
If valued over $1.25 and not over $3
per dozen 10/ / * each and 40 % .
If valued at over $3 per dozen , 20
each and 40 % .
Provided that blades , handles , or
other parts of any or either of the above
articles imported in any other manner
than assembled in finished knives , or
erasers , shall be subject to no less rate
of duty than provided for pen-knives ,
clasp-knives , pocket-knives , and prun-
ing-knives , manicure knives and eras
ers , valued at more than 50 and not
over $1.50 per dozen ; putty , as painters'
knives ; straw knives.
All these , 45 % ad valorum.
Table , butchers' , carving , cooks'
hunting , kitchen , bread , butter , vege
table , fruit , cheese , plumbers' , painters' ,
palette , artists' , shoe , forks , steels , fin
ished or unfinished , with handles of
mother of pearl , or ivory 16j each and
15 % ; but not less than 45 % ; with
handles of deer-horn 12 each and 15 %
but not less than 45 % ; with handles of
hard rubber , solid bone , celluloid or
other material 5j * each and 15 % , but
not less than 45 % ; with handles of any
other material l j * and 15 % , but not
less than 45 % ; tanners' knives , 45 % ;
toy knives , 85 % ; knife sharpeners , 45 % .
Handles , horn , except for knives men
tioned in paragraph 153 , 30 % ; knife-
handles , or slabs for , of mother of pearl ,
except for knives mentioned in para
graph 158 , 85 % .
It seems to me that our good friends ,
the cutlers , must have their choice of
two things : To cheat the government ,
or be liable to a congestion of the brain.
JAMES M. BARNARD.
'Whipple said :
.
' ' insult
'Irony is an
conveyed in the form of a compliment. "
But John Weiss remarked : "Irony is
jesting hidden behind gravity. "
And a few weeks ago THE CONSER
VATIVE in a moment of lamentation
brought on by observing the inefficiency
of certain tax-assessors in Nebraska who
always have been and , perhaps , ever
will remain innocent of ownership
either in personal or real property de
clared that all assessors should be non-
properhy holders.
THE CONSERVATIVE might have then
also said : "Never fail to get a black
smith to repair your watch 1" Or :
' 'When you are sick call in a lawyer.
When you are in litigation get a phys
ician. "
In view of results THE CONSERVATIVE
abjures irony. Upon the attempt al
luded to The Indianapolis Journal , with
oppressive solemnity , comments thus :
"Ex-Secretary of Agriculture Morton
publishes an article on taxation in which
he expresses the opinion that assessors
should always bo carefully selected
from holders. He
non-property con
tends that persons who own neither
real estate nor personal property are
best qualified for valuing the property
of others. This contention seems to be
fanciful. The best qualifications for an
assessor are intelligence , honesty and
nerve , without regard to whether he
owns property or not. "
The Journal gives the essentials for a
good assessor. The citizen who has them
has also , as a rule , property both real
and personal. A blind man can criti
cise colorings in a picture about as well
as a man who has never acquired pro
perty can value property. However ,
The Fremont Tribune takes another
view of the matter and esserts that :
"In a characteristic vein of sarcasm J.
Sterling Morton declares the ideal as
sessor to be a man who has no property
of his own. He , Mr. Morton says , is
the one to fix the value of other people's
property. This suggestion may not be
far amiss , after all. Such a man ought
to be unbiased as to property , having
none of his own to influence him. "
By a parity of reasoning the confirmed
invalid would be unbiased in estimating
the blessings of perfect health. and a
follow m hell could best describe , depict ,
portray and elucidate the delights of
Paradise.
NEBRASKA CITY'S RAILROAD
BRIDGE.
Iii this number of THE CONSERVATIVE
may be found the origin of the beautiful
and enduring railroad bridge which
spans the Missouri River at Nebraska
City. The organization of the Nebraska
City Bridge Company and the secure-
meut of a charter authorizing the con
struction of the bridge from congress re
quired some energy , tact and persistency.
At last after much vexatious delay and
many letters and trips to Washington by
the secretary of the original company
the right to build the bridge was granted
by the government of the United States.
But not until 1880 could capital be in
duced to undertake its construction.
That year under the direction and supej-
