Nebraska Newspapers

    THE DAILY BEE THURSDAY , SEPTEMBER 3 , 1885 ;
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"
E l"R TIIEHE 1" exclaimed the oyster , ai
It came in with September. .
shall bo done with otic ox
presidents ? " Wo any let "cm go Cahlcg
Tun frequent nnd fatal explosions oi
natural gas In Pltteburg ought to make
that oily a poDd ibid fjr accldont insur
ance companies.
BEN BUTLER , who objects to moving
hla cattle ont of Indian Territory , thlnkt
ho Is n bigger mun than the president. .
After vacation ii over somabody may eil
down on Bonj&mtn.
TUG Omaha exposition opens tomorrow
row and continues for ono week. It will
ha n great success in every respect , The
numorona attractions are bound to draw
a largo attendance from all parts of the
atato.
Tnc Ohoyenno Sun's laudatory article
regarding the Nebraska mil Tray cDmrnls-
elon , Inspired , no doubl by the chairman
of that body , ihowa that Charles H.
Gore knows hosv to mike hay while
the aua shines.
SOME idea of iho immigration to Ttxa
from the older southern states einca the
war , Et ; the Laredo Times , may bo bad
fromthi aotico of reunions of Alabama
brigade , Georgia regiments , Virginia
Black lii.no , etc , , in various portions oi
Texas.
BOSTON H l.terary sot la all torn up by
Robert Bnohanan'a broadiido blest. Ono
of his beat liiin is at Jones , whom ho tolls
to
" climb a hill , or t ko a header ,
Into the briny , billowy seas ,
Or find some strapping muai and wed her ,
Instead of simpering at teas 1"
NKDUASKA democrats are being fed
with fourth-ohm p-jttoffieoa at an average
rate of leas than tire oflioea perdiy.
This is pretty thin soup , and not very
much of it cither , bat it is the best that
c n ho had during the absence of the
chief oook on a fishing excursion.
THE Omaha Tribune , a Gorman dally ,
has jusb celebrated its second birthday ,
and may now barcgarded as a permanent
Institution. Under the able editorial
management cf Mr. Sohnaoko the
Tribune has made great s rides , and is
receiving the hearty onppart of the best
class of our Gorman population.
SARA , BAnNHAiiDr has taken a tumble
at list. It was a real tumble , too. She
fell down stairs , and the harmless nool-
dent was considered of saflicunt import
ance to bo cabled tj the United States
with the nssuranoo tbat she was moro
frightened than hurt. Imsmaoh as Sjtra
has signed a ecu tract to make another tour
of America , two yean honoj , we shall
now have a cablegram concerning her
ovcry time she msezoy. If advertising
rates were charged up agaltsi her , she
would nit make enough money to pay
the bill.
THE plank in the Mississippi domccralio
platform favoring the giving of state
pensions to dlaibled. confederate soldiers
Is likely to cioalo a great deal of discussion.
It is the opinion of a prominent lawyer
that if Miislsslppl or any other state
should attempt ta pension confederates
In this manner , thorj would not only be
strong objections raised , but numerous
suits would result , owing to the injustice
of taxing people for any such purpose.
The collection of such a tax would very
likely b3 resisted on the ground of ille
gality , and the probability la that the
tax-piyer would bo victorious ,
JUDGE FOBAKER , In his opening cam
palgn speech , made cno of the blunder ,
commit led by John Sherman , and that
was in defending John Roach and oharg
Ing his "ruin" to the democratic adminis
tration. In the first place Mr. Uoaoh
was not very badly ruined , as ho Is by no
means a bankrupt , and in the next pltco
tbo democratic administration Is not to
blame for his failure to comity with his
contracts. The less slid in defense of
John Roach by republican campaign enters
tors the bottor. He li very poor amrau
nitlon , and hardly worth being elevated
Into a political Itsue ,
COLOUADO Is to have a now oipltol
building in Denver , to coit $1,030,000 ,
the ucoiptcd plans fjr which were drawn
by Mr. Myers , who designed the Omilia
court house. The now Oulorado oipltol
will bo 295 feet long , 102 feet doap at
the center , and32Cfco5hlgb , surmounted
by a statue of Colorado , The itraolura
will r.quiro l.COO carlosts i f cut stone ,
11COOCO ( ! brick , nad 4,000,000 pounds
of Inn , Mr. Mjots hss adopted tbo
Gcr'niLian order of chtaio BrabiUcturi' ,
vh'cli la admitted to bo jha moat grace-
fol p'fdn.Ucn which the genius of Greek
architecture uud builders over evolved.
MENDELSSOHN AND MYERS.
Until yesterday wo had ground for
uiplclon , if not absolute belief , thn
neatly all the racket m de by homo talon
about the city hall placs emanated from
Mr. Mendelssohn. Now wo hive no
longer any doubt. Wo know that Mr
Mendelssohn and no other person conli
have inspired the uncalled for aisault as
an architect , which has appeared in ono
of our papsri. Mr. Mendelssohn came
to Omaha from DJ troll and he hai taken
it upon himself to show up Mr. Myora
standing as an architect in that city
His vaulting ambition to bo regarded a
the peer of any architect in America
loads him into an attempt to belittle Mr
Myers , by reciting what ho has and
wh\t ho baa not done in D
troit. Mr. Myora has only lived in
Detroit twelve yoari , and ho has doslgnoc
only half a dozjn buildings in that city
Ono of hla designs , that of a church , die
not glvo satisfaction , This was a chape
of Westminster Methodist church. I
is true , says Mr. Mendelssohn , that Mr
Myers designed the Michigan state capl
tel at Lansing , but that waa the first and
almost the last that ho was permitted tc
do for the atato of Michigan. Ho wa
given the plans fcr the construction o
the capltol , but was not permitted tc
have the superintendence of the asylum
This , indeed , la a terrible arraignment
But Mr. Myers will probably survive
The slate of Michigan has had no occa
slon to build moro thin ono c&pitol , one
It is barely possible that just sue !
apltsfnl homo talent ai Mendelssohn
may nave brought pressure to boar upon
the board which had charge of the erec
tion of the Pontiic asylum. There I
nothing discreditable In the fact that Mr
Myora has built only a dozen buildings In
Detroit in twelve years. Mycn is n
specialist on public buildings , and doe
not pretend to compete with { ho tecond
rate architect ! , who are slmpty ongsgot
In creating and designing private rosl-
dencJs and ordinary business housca. 1
would not pcy him to cmpolo with ths
clais when he has a broader fiolc
in public building ; . Hla standing in
Michigan is a great deal bolter than
that of Mendelssohn will bo In Nebraska
if ho keeps up this controversy. Mr
Myera is now building the city hall o
Grand Rapids , which Is the second olty
of Michigan. Ho is building the Texas
capital , which Is to cost $3,000,000 , and
has jast bcon awarded the contract for
planning the capltol of Colorado toboorcct
ed In Denver. Wo Imagine that there la
just as competent arohlteota in Den
ver as there is In Omaha. The Den
ver buildings are superior to any in
Omaha , but tha state board of public
buildings in Colorado gave Mr. Myers
the proferenoa over homo talent , because
they have conGdonco in his ability , which
has been proven in the erection of the
Danvor court honso. If Mr. Mendels
sohn had lived In Denver ho would prob
ably have sDught to prevent the selection
of Meyers.
Now it Is extremely unkind and un
professional in Mr. Mendelssohn to assail
Mr. Myors in such a back-handed way.
Mr. Myers did not force himself upon
Omaha. His plans for tbo court house
wora given proforanca over the ginger
bread picture drawn by Mr. Mendelssohn
and the doclsion of the commissioners
has the approval of all disinterested tax
payers. Hla admirable work on the
court house justified Councilman Good
rich , chairman of the committee required
to select the plans , in inviting Mr.
Myers to submit outline plans for the
city hall providing he took the risk of
tholr adoption , Mr. Myeis has ample
patronage outside of Omaha , but this
olty will be fortunate in securingHho ser
vices of a man of his ability.
Of all the architects In Omaha Men-
dolsiohn should have boon the last to at
tempt to belittle Mr. Myorj. Mr. Mou-
dolesohn oitno hero from a Detroit archi
tect's ofliso , and if Mr. Myera waa spite
ful ho might ask of what great and costly
buildings In Detroit was Mondelesalm
the architect. Oertalaly no architect In
Omaha has rocolved more generous treat
ment than Mr. Mendelssohn. While ho
was only reputed to be n skilled draufjhtt-
rnan before ho cauio hero , ho baa almost
at ono bound forced himself to the front
as a first-class architect. Ho has fared
very fottunatoly In his rivalry [ with other
Omaha architects. Through his associa
tion with Mr. ( Dufreno.ho csme Into
prominence , and was given prefer
ence over competitors. Ho haj no w
moro business than ho can properly at
tend to , i)3 should hvro boon content to
let well enough alone. Ho was only re
cently awarded the contract for tha beard
of traio building over others who claim
to have presjnted bitter plans , and today -
day the board Is hampered ( n Ita Hurls to
raise the money for the chamber cf com
merce on account of the alleged favorite-
Ism shown to him , With all this Mr ,
Mendelssohn does not seem to know
when he is well off. Ho n y learn ere
long that It is a very poor policy for a
man to try to build himself np by trying
to pull another man down , especially
when that man is head and shudders
aba vo him ,
ELEOriUOlTY AS AN ILLUMINANr
The streets of Portland , Maine , ara
soon to b ) entirely Illuminated with eloo-
trlolty , which , It is oipected will abolish
gai lam ; a from the city. Portland for
merly used 408 gai 1'ghts ' and 125 naph
tha lanterui , and oven then considerable
illstrlcta werj left la th.3 darkness , For
lomo Una pait , however , tha oUfzjns
iiavo hi ! a taita of good serrlco in the
> poratlon of 100 arj lamps , and now 25
nero are ( o ba placed , and the spares
> n the outskirts , 01 well as Home lonl- !
( s densely thidod bjr trees , supplied by
! 50 E-liiou "munijlpil" Incandescent
'
amps from the ai'mo station. By this
no ins the former wretched lighting Kill
be replaced by a system which will make
Portland th * best illuminated city in New-
England , md one of tha bolt in the
country , &s every gai and naptha lamp
will bo removed. Limps of from 10 to
DO candle power are to bo nstd as needed ,
and oparatol aa are llghlsaro io sotus ,
tholr circuit i being extended if neccsiary
over lorg distances and supplied by a
special Edison dynamo. The olty may
thus bo limited nt the sama moment and
the lamps extinguished In the mornln ? as
quickly , thus dlsponting with attendance
for these purposes. That this change
has been made after the most careful
consideration is evident when it Is re
membered that two-fifths of the stock ei
tha gas company Is owned by the city ,
and that no effort has been spared by tha
gas Interests cutsldo the olty ownership
to show the electric system too
oxpenslvo for permanent adoption.
Should tbo experiment provo successful ,
as it will In all probability , at Portland ,
the system will soon find Its way into
every city of this country , Hlthorto the
principal objections to electricity fet
street illuminating purposes have been
the uncertainty of the > llght and the ex
pense , The electrician * , however , claim
that they have overcome all defects' , and
that the street light to ba introduced k
Portland la simply perfect , and can bt
depended upon for continuous illumlna
tlon with CB much certainty as gas , while
the expense will not bo any moro. It ii
safe to say , thcroforo , that gas will soon
ba auporsidul for all Illuminating pur
poses by electricity , and the change will
bo hailed with delight by the victims ol
noxloua smells and exorbitant bills ,
which the wily gajomotcr has been taughl
so well to build up oich month.
OUR "RAILWAY REGULATORS. "
The throe $2,000 secretaries , Mctsn.
Gore , Oowdry and Basohow , together
with State Treasurer Willard and Aud
itor Babcock , recently completed a jank-
otlng tour over tbo Union Pacific. The
parly , which would have been complete
had Governor Dawoa been included , ex
tended ita "railway investigations" tc
Ohfyouno , ia Wyoming. The eminent
"railway regulators , " aa they are called
by the Ohoyenno Sun , rolled into Gkov-
onno in regal style In tholr "vory hand
some coach , " the private car of Charles
Francis Adams on last Sunday evening ,
and were given a drive about the city.
The Sun Informs us that "all expressed
the greatest admiration for the city , and
said , in response to a remark , that the
ono thing moat needed was a depot , that
If Cheyenne were in Nebmka the depot
would come in a hurry. " This kind of talk
from the Nebraska railway commissioners
may do in Wyoming , but it won't do In
Nebraska , How about the Union Pacific
oowahed in Omaha ? Is that much-needed
new depot coming in a hurry ? Wo should
say not. It la not coming in any moro of a
hurry than the depot in Cheyenne. It
would seem that the Nebraska railway
oornm'sjlonors are fcbout as powerful In
Wyoming as they are in their own state.
The Sun was also equally mlslnformedby
the voracious commissioners on other
points. It was told that the duties of the
commitEloccra "aro to stand between the
railroads and the people , and too that jus
tice is done to both. " If that is tbo caio ,
then why don't they do their duty ?
The Sun wss also led to say that
they both prevent discriminations
against particular localities by tha rail
roads , end also stand In the way of hasty
or uncalled-for legislation detrimen
tal to the roadt ? " So far as
unjajt discrimination ! ] are concerned ,
fray prevent nothing of the kind. The
people have no confidence whatever in
them , well knowing that their complaint ]
will ba pigeon-holed , and that they will
33 told that they must Book the courts
'or relief. They know that aorao excuse
will bo framed to dclsy notion. As to
10 if the commltalon will act regarding
railroad legislation , that cm only bo do
tormlnod In the future , but wo
venture to say that when the
matter comes to a toitthey will ba found
working In the interest of the r&llroads ,
for whoso benefit < ha commit slon was
notoriously created. The Oboyenno paper
concludes its laudatory article with the
statement that "tho
gentlemen compos-
ng the Nebraska commission are al
prcminont in tholr state , and of such rep
utation for fairness that their selection is
mrut heartily approved by the people and
> rees , " Mr. Gare probably put that in.
There is no paper In Nebraska that would
jive him such a strong endorsement ex-
opt the Lincoln Journal , in which the
Sun's article will probably bo reproduced.
FOOD ADULTERATIONS.
People generally have no idea of the
xtent to which the trade In adulterated
miter is being carried on. Uleom rgar-
no ani buttorlno are now irudo BO
perfectly in imitation of creamery butter
hat it ii difficult for the consumer to toll
ho difTaruno between the bogui and
enulna articles. Some months ago at
n exposition In India a simple of Amer-
ctn bogus bnltsr took the first premium
or creamery , and the fraud was not dle-
o ercd until aomo time afterrrards. A
ecuit Invtat'gitlon In Chicago showed
bat out of thlity tamplej purchased at
aliens phoas In that city and
labled and Bold as pure creamery
batter "received fresh every day from
the counliy" snly thrco proved to be
genuine butter. Pecpodouot ! care how
much of this stuff la manufactured if It la
only properly labeled and sold for just
what it If , Lui the practice of palming off
these compounds for pure buttjr is sim
ply obtaining monty under false pre
tenses. It is a crime , and oan uo
chubbbo punished. While tbo manufac
ture of oleomargarlno and bntlorine can-
ait bo etoppod , the msuofactarors can
fory caiily ba prevented frcru tolling
ttolr products under false names. There
[ a a ? av in Illinois which cojipels the
manufacturerj to brand their product !
with their right names , bat the
lair in that state Is evidently
n dead letter. It is about time that it
should bo enfoicad , and it would bo il
the producers of pure bnltar in that state
would combine and take the matter In
hand. If they do not do it iho adultera
tions will continue to ilood the markolt
as wall ai the country groceries , through
out the west and northwest.
Bat butttr Is not the only article ol
food that Is being extensively adulterated
and sold for "puro goods , " There IB
hardly any article of general use that la
cot In sorao way imitated or adulterated
with deleterious ingredients ,
This business , whioh it certainly damsg-
ing to honest Industry and harmful
to the consumer , should bo checked
in some way , but no long as
U yields enormous profits and
makes Immense fortunes for these en
gaged in It , it will bo a difficult matter tc
put n stop to it. Mr. Oolman , the com
mit sion or of agriculture , in his address
before the onnuil convention of the asso
ciation of official agricultural chemists ,
discussed this subject in a very practical
manner , and his suggestions will bo heart
ily endorsed by the honest producers and
the consumer * . Mr. Oolman nrgea co
operation on the part of tha general gov
ernment with the atato governments In
passing etringent lawa cgalnst adultera
tions of food , and ho thought that there
should bo a fixed standard of purity and
established methods for the detection of
adulterations.
THE city council ia ( lightly muddled
about the city hall matter. The ordi
nance pinscd nearly two months ego ,
which located the city hall on the corner
of Eighteenth and Farnatn etroots , makoa
It the dulv of the committee on public
propotty and Improvements , in conjunc
tion with the city engineer , to prccnro
suitable plans for the bnlHIng , and after
these plans have boon approved by the
board of education to submit them for
final adoption to the council. The ordi
nance leaves the cholco of rnaani for pro
curing pUn& entirely with the committee.
It do ca not require the ccmmitteo to advor
tiao for competitive plans. The employ
ment of the architect la left entirely to ita
judgment. The ordlnanco Is still in forca
and cannot bo rcpoilcd or changed by
resolution , if it can bo repealed at all.
Mayor Boyd and the board of education
have signed a contract under Its provis
ions and wo doubt whether power exists
in the council to amend or abrogate it.
All it can do Is to reject the plans if they
don't ' suit.
Now that the § 2,000 secretaries of the
railway commission have completed their
tout over the Union Pacific and its
branches in Nobratka wo shall soon look
for as big a pafTfor the mansgers of that
road as was recently given to the B. &
M. management. ; t.Tho Sioux Olty it Pa
cific will of course bo treated in the name
manner when its turn cornea. Tha tecro-
tnrlea of the Nobratka railway commis
sion say that they have not mot with as
many complaints as they expected.
This statement does not in the least sur
prise ui. The people know the timber of
which tbo commiajion h composed , and
they knotr that it is only a waa to of tune
to make any complaint ; .
Iz has come to a very pretty pass ,
indeed , when it ii necessary for A. .
J. Hansoom to make en affidavit to
bolster np his soa-ln-law ai a candidat
for a federal office , and advertise J. Ster
ling Morton as a bold , bid man. Moan-
lime , Mr. Lunbeitson , an offensive par
tisan , who goes gunning for snipe and
brings down bourbons In every campaign
continues to draw his salary with his
usual regularity.
WHAT dooa Councilman Funy moan
when ho nay a "thoro is a hen on " in the
effort to h vo Mr. Myera employed as
architect of the city hall ? la there any
thing crooked In It 1 Or tg inut public
nttrost ? Is thcro ( .anything In it any
where near aa selfish aa the scheme of
certain parties who want to sell to the
city a lot of ravines and gulleys In the
tuburbs for parks and boulevards ?
MAYOII BOVD'S veto of the ordinance
creating the ofiloa of sidewalk Inspector
was suitained by the council. The
mayor held that it is the duty of the etrcot
commhstoner to attend to the sidewalks ,
Now then , lot the street commissioner do
his duly , and report all sidewalks that
are out cf repair as well as the places
that need new sldowalkr.
COUNCILMAN- DAILY has been cap.
tlvated by aorno very pretty plans drawn
by home talent. Why can't they point
to the bu'ldlngs they have phnnod ? It
is easy onoujh to draw pretty pictures ,
hcC it ( a another thing to plan § 200,000
buildings that will stand the toit of time
and fire.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
" Tin : fact that the polluamen'd bal ( Ia
near at hand is a pretty sura Indication
that the overcoat season Is not far off.
\Vntcrwaya ( relegates ,
A number of the Nebraska delegates
appointed by ( ha governor to attund
the Northnestern Waterways o in
vention , which oeoiia at St.
L' ul , Mian , , to-day , pawed
through tha city yesterday ou
their way thither. John P. Uirtnun ,
delegate from Keurnoy , stopped dutiiig
the day in this city , Hon. John M ,
Thurzton will represent Omaha , Mr. Ben
Qalhghcr , tba other delegate , not being
blo to attend
O
The Douglas Qjunty Medical Soolttr ,
if tor two months adjournment , held an
Interesting BisslonTti i y night. Dr.Loo
read an bbU paper on 'Ai loitbotlci. "
which was follnwid by a general dltciu-
ion ! of the subject.
THE PROBLEM OF THE AGE.
The Gnal Qntslion of the Working-
Xno Mooting * t tlio Carpenters' '
Union Hull TuciiUy Nlplit Mr.
ICosowAtor's Address
Tououlng Up
"Homo Talent"
The public session of the Carpenters' '
Union Tnetday evening , as previously Jar.-
nonncod , filled the hall of the organiza
tion to the doors. Several prominent
speakers had boon Invited and the greater
number responded in person.
The president , William E. Metsgor ,
made a neat welcoming addtosa and in
troduced the first speaker of the evening ,
Mr. Edward Eotowator answered thee
o 11 to speak with an Impromptu effort
which was greeted with manifest
pleasure by hla auditors , Ho ex
plained that when some days ago he had
bcon Invited by the labor committee to
address this mooting , ho could not prom
ise BO to do as It appeared then that ho
would be away from the city at this time.
But aa ho was this night In town , ho had
gladly responded to tholr request. Ho
was a wcrklngman himself. For many
years ho had bcon the member of a
laborious craft , that of telegraphy. Ho
was ono of the orgnnlzara and cfllcois of
the TeUgraphei's Protective League ,
irh'ch waa established in 1870. Ho had
htd experiences with labor troubles ; had
bain on both aides of strikes , BO
that ho had ample ohanca for
practical study of the labor question ,
The greatest problems in labor la to meet
thu depression which overproduction pro
duces. With that problem the statesmen
of Earopo and Ameiioi have grappled ,
nnd have still left unsolved. It wonld
thua bo arrogance on my part to pretend
that I could Btho it. Tbo revolution
wrought by machinery , and the marvel
OUB mechanical Inventions cf the past
fifty yoara have dhplaccd millions of
skilled workmen the world over from
their regular vocations , and compelled
thorn to seek now fields of employment.
The new Inventions continue to crowd
workmen out of employment almost as
fast as they become skilled
in some cratt. It is concedcc
that machinery has taken the place o
tivo-alxtha of all the labor of the world
Where six men were formerly employee
twelve to fourteen hours per day , one
man ttith the aid of machinery can
supply the demand. How la this groa
army of turplus workers to find employ
ment cnnngi to supply Ihelr wants anc
these cf their families ? This is thi
problem which is wracking the brains o
iho ablest thinkers of the world. On
practical r.met'y is a reduction in th
hours of labor , which will necessitate the
Employment of a greater number cf men
There srj nostium doctors who pretocc
that Dome particular policy o
act of congress would maki
wages high and stimulate Industry
this is ospec'ally ' trno of politician
ivho want the workingmen'a votes. Dur
ng the last campaign Mr. Elaine ea'.d ' to
; ho worklngmen of Ohio and Pounsylva
nln , 'tho wonderful piosperlty which yon
enjoy is entirely duo to the American
r.licy of home protection. If you desire
this pilisy to continue , you will continue
in power the parly which has created it. '
And yet half the workmen were out ol
work end nearly starving and the other
half were working at from 70 to 9 (
cents a day. On tha ether hst.c
the free trade rantsra are always
howling about tha taxes anc
robberioa imposed by the protective
tariff. Last winter , the speaker said ,
ho had beard , , ) . Sterling Mor
ten tell a crowd of granges that every
ory yard of cjllco on the backa of thel-
wtvis was tsxul BX cents by the protect
ive tariff. As a matter of tact the calico
waa bought by tha formers for four cents
a yard , and that is cheaper than it can be
bought In free trade England , With
o'hers Morton had deluded himtell
for years with the idea that labor had to
bo lostcrcd and manufactures ttlmnla-
ted by high tariff protection. There lane
no doubt teat American industry has re
ceived great benefits from protection in
the p s % bnt today protection la as dead
as a mackerel for all practical purposed.
American machinery and American
inventions with low pticad akillad labor ,
are now abe ! to compote with ell tlio
world in open market. When the
Union Pacific was built common Iron
ral'a ' cost § 80.00 per ton. To-day Amorl-
oin steel rails can ba laid down for § 24 a
ton. A few months ate the ( Jinadian
Pacific bought 10,000 tone of rail In
Pennsylvania which shows that rails am
chopper In this country than they are In
England , ft Is BO with almost all chiaes
of manufactures. American watches
made by machinery have taken the place
of the imported. American sowing mi-
chinos , agricultural implements , guns ,
boots and shooa , cutlery and oven jewelry
are made cheaper and batter hero than ( n
Europe. The protection nostrum ii
a doid letter. A moro dFjctivo atlmu-
lanr , in hia opinion , wonld bo co-opera
tion. In England ml Franco the work-
icgmen have achieved great resulti by oo
opcrativo Industry , Tbo first essential Is
union and harmony among worklugmen.
Jay Gould , Vandetbllr , end other capitalIsts -
Ists oan meet at the Windsor hotel and
agree upon any policy relative tn labor ,
while drinking tholr champagne , but it la
a very different and dillioult matter for
several hundred thousand wotklngmon
to agree among themselves on any course. ,
The struggle with the problem of over ,
prodrctlon and over populitloa mntt con- .
lluuo for many years. Ho believed , (
however , that tncro la a limit to dlacov- ,
ary and invention which will eventually t
jive greater stability in proaeaslonal and ]
skilled mechanical labor. The telegraph
is the greatest Invention of this century.
Fifty years ago the most rapid commit- (
nictation was by carrier pigeons ,
ind reflecting signals. To-day the con- j
tlnouta are covered with a network of „
wires , and dozens of ocean oiblos girdle ,
iho globo. Communication with the )
Boat distant parta of the earth are ln-
itantaueoua. Uau ny nno conceive of B
; olegraph that will ba more rapid than
uslantanoous 1 Can any one conceive of
Juratlon longer than eteinltj ? Tele-
jrapli methods and eyolema mty bo Im-
jrovod , bat the electric telegraph la the
Unit of human Irgsnnlly. Jt Is BO with
lamination ; the tillow dip audthawax
: andlo W4rj eucoeodtd by burning fluid ,
ictroloum , ga nnd Oilolum llftbta. Oau
illy ono CDncelvo of sny illuminator
) r'ghtor ' than the elcc ilo light , Wo
mobility and cheapen the
iev.cas for electric lighting , bnt the
ilio'Ho will for cur-tarlea , if uot forever ,
euialn tbo illainiantor in its highest per-
eo Ion These citations were mideby
h speaker to tlluitnUH hla Idea of the
loiltcf Invention. Uafcra the era if
naohln rg UadvH onionvreia much more I
successful In elevating the standard ol
mechanic * . Now the goits and the
sheep are not separated ; the most skilled
carpenter Is classed with mor
who can hardly bnlld n
fence. Employers frequently atfe
why should the unions Intlst npjn equal
wages to all daises cf workmen , trhothoi
skilled or unskilled nnd they point to the
fact that iho unions Include not only
honest and good workmen but poor and
dltropntablo mechanics. This can not bo
avoided : whenever there is n strike over/
mm is picked up who can compete and
thus the unions are compelled often to
take in men who nro not a credit to
their craft. IncldontallyMr. Roaowntor
called attention to the ridiculous attitude
which workingmen occupy in the rquab-
bio over thn city hall plans. Omaha
worklngmoh had been quoted aa backore
of homo talent architect when in fact
homo labor has never boon encouraged by
Omaha orohltecta who alwaja
insist that contractors and build-
era should import building
nutorlih from nbrcad. When men will
put np four story bulldlnga to tumble
down at the first gust of wind , they are
hardly fit to bo trusted with Iho plans of
public buildings and toners 192 fool high.
In closing , the speaker reminded them
that there is no relief for labor to bo had
from the promises of politicians whether
they bo in congress , thaloglehlnro or the
olty council. Worklngmcn have their
own destinies In their htnds nnd mutt
help themselves.
The ringing applause with which the
andlonco endorsed Mr. ltsowatnt' posi
tion on the city hall matter , Indicates that
"homo talent , " aa no w popularly applied ,
has not the support of the mass ot the
cltlzonr.
W. J. Haevee , financial secretary of
tbo union , supported Mr. Rosowntor'a ut
terances relative to the city lull and en
tered Into a most Intelligent and clear
presentation of the labor problem , which
was oppreo'ntlvoly received.
Mr. Reeves was followed by J. H.
Thomson nnd 0. Gladdke , after which
the meeting adjourned.
There urn in the United States forty cotlin
factuiies , tha tersest being in Cincinnati.
A lltidgeton firm haa received a largo order
frcm Australia for Its new power nanchlnsr
preen.
preen.Tho
The Hajtlcn government has contrnctod
for light-house material with a Now York
manufacturer.
So far 378 miles of natural { jas-pipo have
bean laid to furtiiph rittsburg manufacturers
with gas frcm eovon companies.
A PIUsburK manufacturer has born requested -
quested to Eqnd in bids for the erection of
hoisting machinery for an elevator in southern
mum.
Exports of American products nro Increas
ing. A St. Lou's pipe manufacturer , htis just
shipped six carloads of plpo to Japau via San
Franclcco.
The wagoa of cobrod miners In Virginia ara
93 cants to 81 per day of ten or twolva hours.
In TennpRBeo , Geor < ? Ia and Alabama wafoa
nreSOtoOO canton day of cloven or twelva
hours.
Such Rreat mamifccturers as Krupp , Whit
worth , Armstrong and Hotchkiea have to sum
to America for all their < crew-bir wrenches
About 8J.OOO dozjn are exported to Europ
annually ,
A young Springfield , Mass. , mechanic hat
taken out unity-five valuable patents , cover
ing methods of propellicp CMS by comproisoc
air and by elaotricity , and fur tha storage <
electricity.
Jiurttt and Kankin , two ex-Jabnr ofliciai
of wfetern Pannpylvania , are icndcring ex
coHont cervices to workmpn by proachiog tin
gospel ofitotupernncG. Fellow-nroikmen tain
pcranca unions are being formed ,
The fifteen rubber.uont oincorna in th
United Statrs turn out 49,000,000 piira an
nually , and foreign inarkota are now being in
dustriouily sampled to extend thoaalo abroad ,
but a clumsy ftylo In wanted abroad.
{ IKaelish tradra-unionism is thoroughly
equipped for the forthcoming parliamentary
ctrugqle. The speakers have baan diilled aatl
Instituted. Thu programme has been agree * '
upon , and even the conservative party ia mor.
than half friendly to ita proposed measures
It is a mistakq to imagtnq that vro have
everything to learn from foreign eUillod labor.
A Mr. Mayer , of Gcimany , has b son a yea
or moro in our Ameilcan tanneries working a
B common workman to find out how Ameri
cans make suuh tuperior material. Ho is no
the only ono.
A new Iron mill is to i > 3 erected at Stetson
Pa , A new one at Columbia Is just complet
cd. Ono is to be erected a ( Lebanon. Axh
works ara to ba erected nt Wilkotbtrre. A
new pipe foundry is going up at Ittading
All this In additioa to a balf-dozsn atee
works ,
Mr. Uooclrlcli and tha City Hull.
Aldormin Goodrich was angry ycslcr
day morning. Ho stood In front of his
FMiiata ttrcot store , bathed In the chil
ilr of the dawn , and was reading tbo
morning organ of hli party. His uiual
good temper was a total wreck and as
reporter for the BEK approached , ho tore
the paper In two and pitched the frng-
monta Into the inbblth an opt ont by the
: here boy.
"It's a pit/ that come newspaper hired
lien never cm got anything right. Lee-
3or did not tay last nfght vrhat ho is re
ported to have said in that pspsr [ point
: ng 1o the fragments. ] Mr. L-.eder could
not have rusdu such remark ? , as ho wis
IB wull nnaro of what I wrote to Mr.
Myers as I myself. I did write to the
Djtrolt arohitoat some few weeks 8gobut
ncrcly informed him of the intended erec-
; ton cf a city lull Luilding hero and
liked him if ho would furnleh a guide
ikoloh of Bueh a atnitnro. Ho replied
.hat ho wai then buoy at Grand Rapids ,
iut would shortly pass Omaha on hla
ray to Denver , and ho would atop here
hen long enough to acaommodaU inc.
iVhon he came tbo other day ho brought
ho paper with him , which fa in outline
ilan intended merely to aft'jrd the Qrst
doa of n deolrabliboUrilDK , Ho mrgen
lothlng for it and , in fao1 , affords the
Ity a point of economy , saving the ex-
lonsa of a oommtttoo trip over the
onnty , sioh as the county oommlsAlonors
fore ccmpelled to male ta catch a con-
option for a oaurt hcutr. No , elr , Mr.
jsedor never aald in reference to me
rha'- tint newspaper puta In hla month. "
A gontlomin who had acoosud Mr.
roodrlch nnii , heard the latt remark * , In-
ur/ernd / hoio : "I don't believe , " said
f , "that Leedor ( s so snxbus to fatter
tidtsitst homo talent as he declares him-
elf. He cooks moro to bo put on record
ecauan ho imaglnie that tha working-
ion Hill applaud him. "
Tiio Couniy inuttcnte.
County Superintendent Brunnor for-
jirdod yesterday to State Superintendent
ontu hla report of the county Institute
eld heroin Au ast. From this it wonld
pptar tha toUl enrollmint was 84 and
10 average daily atteudinse 55 , Fifty-
fght cettifioatcs wira Issued. The total
t of the institute was $110,72 , of which
mount the county contributed $25. Mr.
Iruturin oanclrdfng hirioport utid that
in Jtiotitutu of 1885 w the most
11 tver held in Doughs county.
The Union 1'ucltio tr.ij Ciim in from
leaver yeUerdiy inoiuici ? oa < i hour Into.
'Y . f
PEARlM >
THE BEST THING OUT
ron
Washing & Bleaching
In Hard or Soft , Hot or Gold Water ,
BAVM IMKOR , TIUH unit BoAr AMAIIXOLY , and flrot
QnlTeruilMtUfacUon. Ho family rich or poor ahoald
bo without It.
Bold by Ml croom. BmrAftR of ImltoUoin well de <
llgned to mislead. rxARLixR U the O.NLT BArx Ube
Ttnr ( compound tad ( Jwort bean tbo above ijm-
bcland nutnenl
JAMB3 PYIiB NEW YORK.
BUSTLING BLAIR.
Public and Prfrafc Enlcrpriso in
WasiTlDgton'sMelroiioll ' ? .
A Ifoiimlo Oranlc AttomptB Bit'cido '
but Pails-.V Nl ht School for
1'oBtoflloo OnnilltlMtOB
Political and
Othcrwlao.
Corrc.MionicDco of The DIE.
BLAIR , Neb. , Sept 1 Uhlr has not
gene out of existence , nor lus it ceased
to be a city of lifo and nativity. On the vf 'fc
contrary , eur bnslnoaa men nrojjst be \
ginning to rcallz3 tbnt to continue to
grow and thtivj they in jst beallr them-
selvoi and show some enterprise , as In
evidenced by the lively Interest man
ifested in endeavoring to got n pork
packing establishment ncd a stove man
ufactory located here. The liberality of
some cf our binlcois men in thla Is
highly commendable.
The contract for a ssVm rf water
works has been lot to the Fairbanks , of
St. Loulo , tholr bid being the lowest
§ 16.018. Work will o immonco at once.
Thn schools commenced yesterday
with Prof. Bond ai principal , although
Prof. Miller was hero ready to act as
principal , ho claiming to bo the rogn-
larly appointed principal. As to that
the cDurta will probably decide.
The formers of thla locality nro mik
ing extensive preparations for stock-
feeding this fill , aj their Iminonau corn
crops w'll ' enable them to do so.
Politics is awakening the Interest of
tbo many candidates for the various
offices. Tha principal "bono of conten
tion" will bo the treasurer's ofliop , which
at present ia being bid for by E. 0 Jack
son , W. O. Hatch , Joa fi Oook and H.
Chapman , and year correspondent thinks
that when the roll is called , "allck end
sly Johnnie" Bggs will ba there.
Bill Grose , the hziest man In the
county wants to tuceed : himself aa sher
iff for a third term.
Lou Perkins will cuscjed hlmsolf as
county judge , and be ready for all sac'a
"enapb'1 as the Lsnnard Smith iMato.
W. Y. Miller , the intny time elected
superintendent , wants to euccjod him-
so.f , but Prof. Cither wood IB strenuously
opposed to it. If the "Icngott pnlo
knocks tbo parsimiaona" the Pfof. ought
to bo eucccsaful
Tha tomperinco people invo a tiaket
made np which thay oxp.'o ; to elect with
Into.'Y Hill'u nnnoy nnd In
fluoncj. Mr. Bill cjimo from .Kanem
whc-ra ho did much in aid of prohibition
and his efforts hero are unceasing In that
direction.
The domocratlo pirty will devote their
united and entire cffjrts In an attempt ta
aecaro the B'a'r ' postofllco. A night
school lua been timed for the benefit of
Harrimau and Arnold ai their penman-
thlp and orthography is ra her below the
standard of Obvelnad'a r-qalramenti.
In fact Hartlman retained Gluver before
the result of the eleo ion was known.
Glover is laid to be an eiollont teacher
tn both of the cbovn branch * B
Dr Mlllor'a manFridoy ( Q. G. Strlpt ) ,
wts hero a short time ngo "to write np
the town and schct n pos mister , " bnt
is there were no Glovers here , the town
Hai not written up and It was concluded
! o retain Hilton as pnetiuaeter.
Saturdoy night a fine looking young
lady , haying tha apposriiico eomawbatof
the demimonde clnu , got off the train
herd end stayed over nighTfio * next
iftomoon late oho was Econ going towards
the river along tha railroad track , and
iva ) ohsirvod by some men to throw hor-
: clf In front of n fast approaching train.
Dno of the gonthrnun , at thn ilik of hla
inn lifo , rcrcuod her with d.fliculty , she
icing determined to remain on the track.
She still pjreistod In going to tha river to
Irown herself , bnt trta taken to the jail
> y the marshal and the next day wni
Irlvon to Ualhoun by W. A. Brndhy It
faa learned that she was the young hdy
rho attempted euicldo at Lincoln a short
Imo ago. E.
Angof turn. Ilitturs IB known at the gren
cgu later of the digcetivo organa all over the
rcrld. Have It in your house. Ask your
ro cer or druggist for the gonuiuoarticlo , man
ia cturod by Dr. J. G. B. Slegert & Sons.
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