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'Cbe Conservative * VENAL NEWSPAPERS WHICH , , DEMN THE HANNA-PAYNE l > lfr ) > . N * Some people call this bill a "graft/'I- know just exactly where that criticism' comes from. The people who say that the subsidy is intended for a few ship owners on the Atlantic Coast are those people whoso interests will be disastrous ly affected by the increase of our com merce. This criticism is for the most part paid for. Senator Hanua at Board of Trade Dinner. It is absurd to talk of such a bill as promoting the development of an Amer ican merchant marine. And so far as the building of ships is concerned , it is more than doubtful whether our build ers of steel ships need any subsidy. Wo are now producing steel fabrics of all kinds at less cost than any other country in the world , and there is apparently no reason why we cannot compete success fully with any other nation in the build ing of steel ships. In all probability the steel trusts , and , perhaps , a shipbuilding trust , would manage to appropriate , if not the whole , at least a part of the subsidy in increased prices for material and construction. So that it is doubtful whether the shipowners would derive enough benefit from the subsidy scheme of the Payne bill to encourage them to add any new ships to their existing fleet , even if anything was lefc after the latter had drawn the bounties to which it would be entitled under the bill. It is possible that the bill might be so amended on the lines suggested by Mr. Stevens and other western members as to remove some of the chief objections to it. But unless amended in such a way as to be plainly promotive of the upbuilding not only of an American merchant marine but of American trade with foreign countries , it will be diffi cult to justify the taxing of the Ameri can people to pay subsidies to ship owners. St. Paul Pioneer Press ( rep. ) . We are glad to know that there is a most excellent chance to defeat the Hanna-Payne subsidy bill. In a special to the News of yesterday it was pointed out that the republican congressmen of the West are beginning to feel the pressure of public opinion. Republican opposition will come from Minnesota , the two Dakotas , Michigan , Iowa , Wis consin and Illinois. These men have found that the bill has become associated in the minds of their constituents with trusts and the general capitalistic ten dency. We hope to hear that some of our Indiana congressmen have seen the light on this subsidy business , and that they will not allow themselves to be whipped into line by Payne , Hopkins and Qrosveuor. The people are against the bill , and they are right. Indianapo lis News ( ind. ) . "Our industries stand in battle array against the reciprocity treaties , " says the San Francisco Call ( rep. ) . "They measure fairly the damage those con ventions threaten to American labor and production. That damage has its radix hi-the cheap labor of the tropics. The further . issue is , will we multiply the / \ liarmxby adding tovtho small amount of such labor iii , Jamaica the millions of tropical toilera.in.pnr own islands ? " " < s\ A plan of the Quay leaders in Penn sylvania to insure' their control of the republican legislative caucus next year is to exact from republican candidates for the legislature a pledge not to accept an independent nomination if they are defeated by the party convention , and to attend the senatorial caucus and abide by its action if nominated and elected. IJOOKS BY E. P. EVANS. Animal Symbolism in Ecclesiastical Archi tecture. Profusely illustrated. Win. Heinemann - mann , London ; Henry Holt & Co. , New York , 1890. 1890.Evolutional Evolutional Ethics and Animal Psychology. D. Appleton & Co. , New York ; "Win. Heine- maim , London. 1898. Beitrage zur Ainorikanischen Littorntur and Kultur Geschichte. Gotta : Stuttgart. 1898. The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Pun ishment of Animals. With two illustrations. Win. Heinemann , London. BOOKS BY ELIZABETH E. EVANS. The Abuse of Maternity. Published by Lippincott. Philadelphia , 1875. Laura , an American Girl. Lippincott , Phila delphia , 1884. A History of Religions. Truth Seeker Co. , New York , 1892. The Story of Kaspar Hauser. Sonnenschein & Co. , London , 1892. The Story of Louis XVH of France. Son nenschein & Co. , London , 1893. Transplanted Manners , ( a novel ) . Sonnen schein & Co. , London , 1893. j Confession , ( a novel ) . Sonnenschein & Co. London , 1895. I Ferdinand Lassallo and Helene von Donniges , A Modern Tragedy. 1897. ( In Press , Truth Seeker Co. , New York ) . The Christ Myth. THE WAY TO GO TO CALIFORNIA is in a tourist sleeper , personally con ducted , via the Burlington Route. You don't change cars. You make fast time. You see the finest scenery on the globe. Your car is not so expensively fur uished as a palace sleeper , but it is just as clean , just as comfortable , just as good to ride in and nearly $20.00 cheaper. It has wide vestibules ; Pintsch gas and high back seats ; a uniformed Pullman porter ; clean bedding ; spacious toilet rooms ; tables and a heating range Being strongly and heavily built , it rides smoothly ; is worm in winter and cool in summer. In charge of each excursion party is and experienced excursion conductor who accompanies it from Omaha right through to Los Angeles. Cars leave Omaha every Thursday afternoon , arriving San Francisco fol lowing Sunday , Los Angeles Monday. Only three days from the Missouri River to the Pacific Coast , including a stop-over of 1 % hours at Denver and 2 hours at Salt Lake City two of tl most interesting cities on the continent. Write for folder giving full infer mation. J. FKANOIS , Gen'l Passenger Agent , Omaha Neb. Che fltlantic l ontllp ) IN o o BELOW ARE GIVEN A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS. A leading feature of THE ATLANTIC during the llrst six months of 1000 will bo CIK flutobiosrapbp of 01. 3. stilltnati. Mr. Stillman's career as artist , editor , and newspaper correspondent in var ious foreign countries has brought him into touch with many of the most strik ing personages and events of the last fltty years. The early papers of the series give singularly interesting char acterizations of Dr. Nott , the famous President of Union College , of Ruskin , Turner and other English and American artists , of Kossuthwhom Mr. Stillman served as secret agent , of Emerson , Holmes , Lowell , Agassi/ , and other members of the Adirondack Club. 3ofin fiske. During 1000 THE ATLANTIC will pre sent several papers from Mr. Fiske , among which will bo one upon "Tho African Slave Trade in the Fifties" and another upon "The Life and Work of Huxley. " Zitkala = Sa ( Red Bird ) Xitlmla-Su , a young Indian girl of the Yankton Sioux Tribe of Dakota Indians , who received her education in the East , lias written for tliH January , February , and March numbers three exceedingly interesting papers , entitled 1. Impressions of an Indian Childhood. 2. The School Days of an Indian Girl. 8. An Indian Teacher Among Indians. fiction * One of the most important features of THE ATLANTIC for 1900 will bo the pub lication of a large number of Short Stories of the lirsf quality. Conspicu ous among these will be " 'Maud Evelyn" by Henry James. There will also bo stories by Kato Douglas Wiggin , W. D. Howells , Sarah Orno Jewett , Joel Chandler Harris , and many others. foreign etter $ , One of the distinctive features of THE ATLANTIC for 1000 will bo the appear ance at regular intervals of letters from England , Franco , and Germany. The lirst letter in the series will bo "A Re view of England in 1899 , " by A. 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