Conservative *
EX-PKESIDENT
CLEVELAND. Was
the address of ex-
President Cleveland before the Holland
Society of New York last Thursday
evening. The remarks of Mr. Cleveland
were timely , thoroughly characteristic
and deserving of the thoughtful consid
eration of his countrymen. He warned
his fellow citizens of the dangers attend
ing policies which we have lately
adopted and urged a return to that con
servatism which characterized the
early settlers of the New Netherlands
and animated those who estab
lished our goVerument and gave
us our constitution , the conservatism of
"justice , of honor , of honesty , of indus
try , of frugality , and of contented
homes. "
Mr. Cleveland referred to the effort
made less than five years ago to secure
the ratification of a treaty that meant
arbitration and peace between the two
great English speaking nations. This
treaty , unhappily , was defeated. To
day , the ex-president feelingly remark
ed , the same countries are working
along "parallel lines" this time not
for peace but for war.
Each is inhumanly trying to enforce
its government upon distant and un
willing peoples by cruelly killing object
ing natives. What an unhappy con
trast !
"This indicates a sad relapse , " says
Mr. Cleveland , "and in our case it is a
most serious one.
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Constitutional _ „ _ _ . -
Limitations. If England suc
ceeds in her at
tempt in South Africa she will but add
another to her list of similar acquisitions ;
a brave people will be subjugated , and
because of our engagement in another
quarter they will miss the expressions
of American sympathy which we. are
accustomed to extend to those who
struggle for national life and indepen
dence. On the other hand , with success
in our subjugating effort , a new untried
and exceedingly perilous situation will
be forced upon us.
"We can conquer the Philippines , and
< i after conquering them can probably
f govern them. It is in the strain upon
our institutions , the demoralization ol
our people , the evasion of our constitu
tional limitations , and the perversion of
our national mission that our danger
lies. As a distinguished bishop has said ,
f _ _ 'the question is not what we shall do
with 'the Philippines , but what the
Philippines will do to us. '
"Our country will never be the same
ngain. For weal or woe we have
already irrevocably passed beyond the
old lines.
"The republic will in some sort be
saved. Shall it be only in name and
. semblance , with
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Way of Safety. .
fair external ap
pearance , but with the germs of decay
fastened upon its vitals , or shall it
though changed , still survive in such
vigor and strength as to remain the hope
and pride of free Americans ?
"The problem is a momentous one.
its solution depends upon the extent to
which the old patriotism and good sense
of our countrymen can be rescued from
impending danger. Thus these are
sober days for thoughtful citizens
days for preaching days for sermoniz
ing. If we are to be saved from disaster ,
it must bo through the cultivation and
enforcement of that sort of conservatism
that should find a congenial home in the
Holland Society.
"In the midst of reckless tumult and'
in the confused rage of national greed
and bloodiness this conservatism should
defiantly stand forth and demand a
blearing. Let it be proclaimed that
American freedom and popular rule
cannot perish except through the mad-
dess of those who have them in their
keeping ; and by the blood and sacrifices
of our fathers , by the lofty achievements
of the free institutions they established ,
by our glorious victories of peace , and
by our reliance on the promises of God ,
let Dutch conservatism enjoin upon our
people a faithful discharge of their
sacred trust. "
Mr. Cleveland long ago established a
reputation for saying the right thing at
the right time and his address to the
Holland Society of New York will in
crease the confidence of the people in
the wisdom of his judgment and his in
tegrity of purpose. That both of our
ex-presidents should agree in regard to
the dangers now confronting the repub
lic is indeed weighty evidence that pre
sent policies and tendencies are wrong
and at variance with our history and
traditions.
WHITE PINES.
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TIVE next week
will contain an illustrated article on
White Pines and their cultivation on
the plains of Nebraska.
It will be merely a sketch , showing
ten years growth of a few thousand ol
these trees planted at Arbor Lodge in
June 1890.
Nebraska could
STARCH. . , , . , .
be and should be
the most potent factor in starch manu
facturing this Bide of New York.
"In a circular , offering $4,000,000 of 5
per cent twenty-five-year sinking func
bonds of the National Starch Company
interesting facts about the company's
earnings are given. Net earnings in
1900 are reported at $1,191,289 , against
an average of $787,578 for the preceding
five years. The company has outstand
ing $1,000,000 United States Sugar Be-
fining 6 per cent mortgage bonds o :
1921 and $8,000,000 0 per cent Natioua
Starch Company mortgage bonds of
1920. When the $4,000,000 new 5s are
issued the interest charges will be $440-
000 per annum , which , with the $208 ,
000 per annum required for sinking
fund , would make $648,000 to be
deducted from net earnings in arriving
at a surplus. Such a deduction leaves
$548,289. The 6 per cent on the $8,862-
000 preferred requires $281,720 , leaving
a balance for the common stock of
510,519 , or an amount equal to 14 per
cent on the $2,556,000 stock of this
class. "
This is the combination of capital that
fervid populists desire to drive out and
keep out of the state of Nebraska. For
the exile of this corporation the states
man S-m-y-t-h-e began an action in the
Supreme Court. He was afraid Ne
braska City might be wrecked by lavish
disbursements for raw products and
wage-earners.
THE CONSERVATIVE
STATE HISTORICAL -
CAL SOCIETY. TIVE , as everybody
knows , is careful
as to commending appropriations from
the state treasury for any other than a
public purpose. The State Historical
Society , however , is conducted solely in
the interests of the public. It is in the
interest of a public in perpetuity. Pos
terity as well as the present generation
will be interested , instructed and
benefited by the work of the State His
torical Society of Nebraska , provided
the work be done efficiently and con
scientiously. The secretary and treasurer
of the society has made an estimate of
the funds necessary for carrying on its
work , as follows :
Per Annum.
Treasurer of Society $ 2500
Secretary 100.00
Librarian and Assfc. Sec'y 1,40000
Collectors 1,200.00
Cataloger and Stenographer ( one ) . . . . 600.00
Clerk , newspaper work 800.00
Assistance , day labor 120.00
.Traveline oxnenses 400.00
Binding , newspapers and books 450.00
Purchases , books and newspapers 500.00
Expressage and f relent 250.00
Cases , picture frames , etc 250 00
$5,655.00
Two years 11,810.00
Printing two volumes of proceedings ,
$500 each , and one volume on the
constitutional convention of 1875. . . 1,750.00
Total for two years' expenses $18,0(50.00 (
The foregoing sum of $18,060 it is
estimated will cover all the expenses of
the society for the two coming years.
This is an insignificant sum when the
practical purpose for which it is appro
priated is considered.
News from Platte
SWINE PLAGUE.
county is to the
effect that the farmers therein have lost
a half million of dollars by the hog
cholera in the past four months. Its
ravages also in Otoe and other southern
Nebraska counties have been very great
and much loss has been entailed. At
Arbor Lodge , for more than a year , the
Guarantee Hog Cholera Cure , made at
602 BroadwayCouncil Bluffs , Iowa , has
been successfully used as a preventive
and between one and two hundred head
of swine have been kept in health and
thrift at a profit.