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TAX shirking must go.
TUB cable road location is still a mys
tery , but there is no question on which
street it ought to be laid if public inter
ests are to bo consulted.
Two thousand dollars seems to bo
about tlio limit of the personal wealth of
Omaha's wealthiest citi/.cns , if tie
returns of the assessors are to be believed.
SAM RANDALL'S "noblo tariff reform
measure" reduces tlio tariff § 3,000,000 ,
and knocks off § 20,000,000 annually from
the internal revenue. Mr. Randall is a
tariff reformer for monopolies only.
THE smoke of factories and forges and
the whirr of mills are the atmosphere
and music which every enterprising citi
zen of Omaha will welcome to our midst.
Industrial activity means mercantile and
domestic prosperity.
A nmz saw should bo provided by the
county commissioners for James Crcigh-
ton to tackle the next time he flics into a
rage over the impudence of any man in
questioning his assessment. A new
board of county commissioners shotfld
also bo provided to protect citizens who
are witnesses for the state from insult at
the hands of the tax shirkers.
Mit. GLADSTONE maintained remark
able vigor during his Scotch campaign
ing tour , but the wear has finally pro
duced a demand for rest and ho will re-
' mam a week at Ilawardou for needed
recuperation , before meeting the electors
of London. Every friend of Ireland will
hope that no may in that time bo thor
oughly re-invigorated for the resumption
of his great work.
SENATOR INGALLS , if ho is not misrep
resented by a Washington paper , is not a
hidebound moralist. lie is quoted as
saying , in reference to the measure be
fore congress prohibiting pool-soiling
1ml book-making at horse races in the
- /strict of Columbia , that such a law
Ought not to bo eiiactcd , for the reason
that "evnrvbody knows that horse racing
naturally encourages bolting , and people
have a right to do as they please with
their money. " Upon this theory of the
right of the individual to employ his
money at his pleasure , of course any form
of gambling is defensible , and ought
to bo tolerated without restraint
or hindrance. But without discuss
ing the moral feature of the
matter , it may bo observed that horse-
racing is a legitimate aport that may bo
properly encouraged , and tlio objection
to pool-selling and book-making in con
nection with it is that they have a ten
dency to corrupt it as a sport and to turn
the race-courses of the country into mcro
Gambling avonnos , with the inevitable
effect that races are determined according -
ing to the interest of the parties to them
in the pool-boxes. The best results
liavo boon obtained in courses where
miblio betting was not permitted.
TEN years ago , the publication of tin
item announcing that a New York mu
seum was about to send out a skilled
hunter in search of a good specimen of u
buffalo would have been received with
bhouts of laughter throughout the west.
To-day it excites little comment. Then
the country was swarming with herds of
bison. Dakota and Montana alone annu
ally sent tons of thousands of robes to
the eastern markets. Kansas , Indian
territory and Texas furnished an ample
supply for hunters. The Platte and
Republican rivers of Nebraska still
contained largo herds. To-day it is
stated on good authority that there are
not now more than from fifty to ono hun
dred buffaloes in the whole of Montana ,
outside of the National Park , where there
nro probably from 200 to 5)00 ) head. Hunters -
tors lie in wait outside the limits of the
National Park , waiting for the animals to
cross tlio line , when they lose no time in
dispatching thorn as soon as possible , A
stampede may occur at any time , , widen
may result in all the bullalocs now in the
park leaving , and if such wore the case ,
very few , if any , would escape. Skins
of buffalo heads are now valued by taxi
clormisls in Dakota at $50 each , from
which it may bo assumed that they have
given up all hope of procuring any more.
The American buffalo la practically ex
tinct. A few small herds aru still roam ,
ing across the border in Canada , but of
tlio hundreds ot thousands which once
hold possession of our prairies and dark
ened our plains in their wild stampedes ,
twinrcoly handful remain within the
promoting lines of the Yellowstone 1'ark
Neglecting An Important Question.
Thcro was point in the suggestion of
Senator Hale , made in the course of n
speech in the senate on Monday , that it
would bo well if the president were to
devote less time to the consideration of
certain comparatively minor matters and
give more study to tlio great uncultivated
commercial licit ! that is open to the
American people , but the president might
very properly reply that there is little
use in employing Ins time in such study ,
except as a matter of personal informa
tion , when the great majority of his party
in congress care nothing about tlio sub
ject , and ho would bo powerless to
awaken an interest in it. The democratic
party is not wcigitod down by a profound
solicitude regarding lite commerce of the
country. The elements that constitute a
majority of thai political organization
neither comprehend nor care for the con
ditions and necessities of American com
merce , while the leaders m congress are
continually engaged in n "light to the
finish" to determine which ono has the
greater skill nml shrewdness in tarifl tink
ering , with tlio sole object in view of per
sonal political advancement. The average -
ago democratic congressman has no
thought or Interest beyond the boundar
ies of his district , and the slr.tesmnuship
of the best of them is narrowed tojhe
wishes of a constituency , or in its whlest
scope to the demands of a section. This
has been largely true of the democracy
for half a century , but it is more conspic
uously tlio fact now than ever before in
the history of the party that it lias no
great and trusted Jcaderof broad national
statesmanship. The contentions of Ran
dall and Morrison , for example , arc , in the
most generous view that can be taken of
them , nothing better than the battles of
politicians struggling for personal su
premacy. It U a bra7.cn mockery for
such men to prate of their devotion to
the pledges of party or the welfare of the
country , when every move they make is
palpably designed for their individual ad
vantage. Morrison being up , the ono
study and effort of Randall is to drag
him down , and thus the party is continu
ally in a state of warfare waged by self-
seeking factional leaders.
Every intelligent manufacturer and
merchant in the country knows that there
is si vast and growing commerce in the
southern half of the hemisphere of which
in-tlie very nature of things they ought
to have a liberal share , but of which they
get only a very small part. England ,
Germany and Franco command nearly
the whole ot it , and every year their grip
upon this immense trade , which'is grow
ing witn wonderful rapidity , becomes
stronger and surer. Every year the diffi
culties and obstacles which shut out the
American merchant and manufacturer
from this commerce become more nu
merous and harder to surmount. Every
year there is more urgent demand for the
outlet which these great markets would
afford for our surplus products. But the
alleged statesmen of the country con
spicuously just now the democratic states
men utterly fail to comprehend the
exigency or tlio possibilities , and go on
in the same old beaten path with nothing
before them but images of themselves.
This matter , than which there can bo none
more important , has been dinged into
the ears of congress for years , and al
ways with thosamo result. The present
congress will but follow in the tracks of
its predecessors. Wherefore should the
president give time to tho. study of a
subject upon which in nil likelihood ho
will never bo called on to pass judg
ment ? Anew and a wiser generation ,
with the augmented pressure which n
greatly increased demand for new mar
kets will make upon ltt may bo expected
to estimate this question at its full value
and deal with it practically.
A Thin Mask.
Mr. Randall's tariff bill is a very thin
mask behind which the democratic cham
pion of the great industrial monopolies is
trying to pass as a revenue reformer.
Having succeeded , with the aid of thirty-
four of his party , in defeating the effort
of Morrison to reduce tariff taxation. Mr.
Randall was forced to disclose his hand ,
and to suggest what , in his opinion ,
would meet the pledges of his party and
the requirements of an overtaxed people.
The result is a bill which Pig Iron Kelly
might have drafted with no inconsistency
to his record as the father of protection.
It proposes to reduce the internal rev
enue $20,000,000 in order to prevent that
amount of reduction in tariff imports , to
increase the free list to the extent of a
tuillion dollars and to reduce duties to
an equal amount. Two millions of tariff
reform and twenty-six millions lifted
from tobacco and rum sums up Sam
Randall's prescription for the decrease
of overtaxation from which the country
is suffering to the tune of $85,000,000 a
year.
year.Mr.
Mr. Randall holds his scat in congress
through the money and the votes of mil
lionaire monopolists whoso vast
fortunes liavo boon acquired by the stim
ulation of un exorbitant tariff and the
indirect tax which it imposed npon the
public. His personal and political inter
ests are involved in preventing any legis
lation which will reduce the treasury dur-
plus by reducing the duties on iron , salt ,
lish , lumber , blanket ) , tools , sugar , knit
goods and other articles used by the
farmers of the west. Those interests he
proposes to further still more by reduc
ing the revenue from tobacco and
liquors and maintaining the tariff on
food and clothing. It is a very thin mask
which Randall is using so thin tliat it
conceals nothing. His tax reduction bill
has unmasked him as a bogus reformer
of the high tariff breed and the enemy of
nil genuine and equitable tariff reform.
The Biijillnh Kloctlons.
The linst of the English elections will
bo hela on Saturday , but the number will
bo so fi in all that no inferences van bo
drawn from ( he results. On Tuesday
next the great borougus will begin to
cast their votes on the momentous issuu
of Gladstone and homo rule or Salisbury
and coercion. By the end of the week
the question will be decided. It is quito
impossible in advance of the polling to
predict the probable result of the great
contest. Observers like Justin McCarthy
confess themselves at sea and predict
a close election. Both Gladstonians
and unionists are claiming the
day , but the most ardent friends of the
premier admit that hU cause is seriously
handicapped by lack of funds and the op
position ot the radical wing , led by John
Uright and the traitorous Chamberlain.
Mr. Gladstone has a task , of 'giant pro
portions to perform in order to secure a
working majority in ( he next commons.
All the social forces are hgalnst him.
Tito accumulated wealth of centuries op
poses him. Religious liberty and national
prejudices rise as barriers in his path
way. To win the day Parnell must
carry his elghlj'-.iix nationalist scats ,
the ministry must secure eighty-eight
seats in Wales anrt Scotland and in ad
dition at least IC'3 out of tlio1G > Knirlisii
constituencies. The liberal victory of
la t fall outside of the Irish members was
gained with an undivided party. In the
coming election an equal number of
liberals pledged to support Gladstone
through thick and thin must bo secured
in the face of n party rent with division.
These are the cold facts which must ho
taken into consideration in estimating the
chances for success. There is no denial
that they are not encouraging to
the friends of Ireland. Hut the votes of
the English laborers ami mechanics are
nn undetermined quantity and that Mr.
Gladstone has the heart of the English
people with him is beyond question.
\\hattliepnlsationsof that mighty engine -
gino may accomplish in the coining
struggle no ono can venture to predict ,
but the hopes of its powerful effect in
overturning tliu cohorts of titled wealth
anil narrow minded insular bigotry arc
sustaining and cheering on the grand old
man and his followers in the mighty
struggle in which they engaged.
Indecent
Mention has heretofore been made of
the fact that the New York Society for
the Prevention of Vice bad begtt a cru
sade against the indecent advertisements
of cigarette vendors , and the action lias
hud its effect in inducing all reputable
dealers to suppress the offensive pictures.
This sort of advertising Inis had a great
growth in the past two or three years ,
and it was high time that long-offended
decency should enter a forcible protest
against its continuance.
Referring to this matter the Now York
Times observes that indecency in adver
tising is by no means confined to prurient
tastes , and it notes that a clothier in
Brooklyn "lias discovered that an an
nouncement of sudden death startles neo-
ple , and has made use of this discovery
by employing death as an advertising
medium. " This ingenious draper
sends about the city n wagon
carrying in plain view ti stuffed
figure representing a corpse with the
legend in large letters , "drop dead , " fol
lowed by announcement.- ! relating to his
business. This is altogether the most
outrageous advertising expedient we liavo
ever heard of , but in nearly all of the
great cities ot tlio country tlioro are of
fensive methods employed by a class of
merchants , showmen , and dealers of ono
kind and another , to attract attention to
their business , which public sentiment
ought to array itself against so strongly
that the lawmakers would be forced to
slump them out by enactments carrying
heavy penalties for their violation. No
reputable and self-respecting business
man will , of course , adopt such methods
of advertising , and those who are capable
of doing so are not entitled to any leni
ency or consideration. In the absence of
laws for suppressing this objectionable
advertising , popular reprobation can be
shown by the refusal of self-
respecting people to patronize
a business man who employs
it , whether ho sells cigarettes , or cloth
ing , or anything else.
There are legitimate ways of advertis
ing which are far more serviceable in
attracting people whose patronage is de
sirable than the methods whicli arc , in
nearly all the largo cities , an olToi'.so Id
public decency and to cultivated taste ,
and the better class of merchants employ
no other. For the most part , the columns
of the widely circulated newspaper is
the sufficient and the surest medium
which the merchant can nso for making
known the attractions of his business ,
and this is no less the case with respect
to all kinds of legitimate amusement , as
most of the better class of managers
admit. But , in any event , indecent ad
vertising ought to be suppressed , and re
spectable people will wish that the
crusade against it may become general
and cflective.
What 1)10 It I'rovo ?
While looking with contempt upon Head
and his deportment the board felt that an
investigation would relieve them of any
possible charges of collusion and set at rent
any doubts which might exist us to the jus
tice of the assessment of the men who had
been accused of tax evasion. The result of
the meeting yesterday proved the wisdom of
the board's decision. It proved conclusively
and beyond the possibility of successful con
tradiction that the men named by Head had
to an Individual turned In a truthful assess
ment of the valuation of their personal prop
erty , and that in many instances they were
assessed more than in common Justice they
should bo taxed. More than this , the Inves
tigation showed further that the wealthiest
class of citizens pay their full proportion of
taxes. ZTmiftl.
The only scintilla of truth in this com
ment is that tlio commissioners looked
with contempt upon Rand. It is also true
that the board is anxious to make the
middle class of taxpayers , and especially
the Knights of Labor , believe that they
wore honest in acting as equalizers of
taxation. The remainder of the state
ment is an insult to common intelligence.
The whole proceeding was a huge furco
from beginning to end. The conduct of
tlio commissioners shows them to bo
cither incompetent or dishonest ,
or both. Most people who
have watched their performances of
late will concliidii that both will fit them
boat. Fiom the outset they never in
tended to equalize the taxes except to re
duce them for .somo of their own favor
ites. Read's personal conduct cannot bo
considered m connection with this im
portant question of tax-shirking. Ho may
bo a very bad man and a tax-shirker
himself , but that docs not justify men
who count their wealth by the hundreds
of thousands in evading their taxes by
making ridiculously low returns , The-
"contempt , " whicli wo are told the com
missioners had for Read , docs not
justify the disgraceful browbeating nnd
bulldozing to which he was subjected in
their presence. They were sitting in the
capacity of a court of inquiry. It was
their manifest , duly to cite the parties
against whom complaints were made ,
and not sneak behind Read and pretend
that ho was the person at whoso orders
merchants and tuxpayuiH wore called to
dance attendance upon them. It was
their duly to conduct the inquiry themselves
selvesor through the county attorney.
Read was not in the position of
a prosecutor , but only a. witness for
the slate * Barring thli pec'ulur method
of conducting the investigation , what did
it prove ? It proved in the first place that
most of the merchants fini ! jobbers of
Omaha liavo maifo full returns of their
nicrclmmliso ami tnro ben ring nn uiulito
proportion of personal taxes as compared
with the returns niail6 by capitalists and
land speculators. II proved beyond a
reasonable doubt that millions of mort
gages now on record under the very
noses of the commissioners are not taxed
for n dollar. It proves that April
Fool's day is a very convenient time
for men to transform their moneys
and securities into 'government bonds
which become the property of other par-
tics on the 2tl of April , it proves that
our whole system of taxation is rotten to
the core and Unit the men who built up
Omaha in tliu shape of homes , factories
and stores bear an undue proportion of
the burdens of taxation. It has also
proved that any attempt to obtain relief
from the favoritism or dishonesty of
assessors through the county commis
sioners is hound to fail until the people
decree a change of methods and of
olllcinls.
An Oflleer , Not n Gentleman.
There is a tendiMioy on the part of the
army to resent civilian criticism of inlli-
tnry courts of justice. The court martial ,
they claim , is a peculiar institution and
its methods and results cannot bo fairly
judged from tiu > standard set by the civil
courts. Hut occasionally cases arise
where the miscarriage of justice by court
martial is so manife > t Hint even military
defenders of the workings of the court
are forced into silence. Such a one has
recently come into p.iblic notice at Fort
Meade , Dak. , where Lieutenant Charles
A. Varnum , of the Seventh cavalry , was
arraigned before a court of his brother
olHcws on the double cliarjro of "con
duct unbecoming an ollicer and u
gonMcmnn" and "conduct prejudicial to
military discipline and good order. "
Lieutenant Vnrimm's ollense consisted
in arresting the wife of a sergeant of his
regiment who was creating a disturbance
in the quarters , having her forcibly held
face downwards on a table in the mess
hall and there beaten by a couple of sol
diers with barrel staves. The ollense
was admitted and the court sat in sol
emn judgment on the evidence. Their
verdict is a blot on the service and a last
ing disgrace to the members of the court.
Lieutenant Varnum was acquitted of
"conduct unbecoming an ollicur and a
gentleman , " but was found guilty of
the bocond charge and awarded n trivial
sentence.
It is to the credit of General lluger , the
reviewingautliority , that he denounced in
unmeasured terms the finding of the
court and disapproved both the findings
and the sentence. The department com
mander administered a just rebuke to
the court for its refusal to cashier an of
ficer unlit to associate with gentlemen
and for its decision that such barbaric
brutality was not inconsistent with the
ideas of honor and .conduct required
by the United -States service.
If Varnum had been a civilian
in the Uhick Hills where his brutal ot-
fensu was committed , that frontier soci
ety would very promptly have passed
sentence upon him by suspending him
from the nearest telegraph polp. Therein
seems to constitute the difference in
opinion between Deadwood and Fort
Mcado as to what constitutes a gentle
man , which by law all ollieors are sup
posed to be.
Tun Stinking Water statesman who
employed a number of Ussilngs rousta
bouts to take up claims in southwestern
Nebraska for a stock comnany in which
ho was interested now throws the whole
blame for the questionable transaction on
his dead brother Alonzo. Alonxo never
had a hundred dollars in his pocket in
his life , never carried a H. & M. book of
passes which wore freely distributed to
the Stinking Water pro-cmplors , and cer
tainly had no influence with the land
ollico siillicicnt to secure fraudulently
the claims belonging to honest settlers
which tiio Hastings brigade jumped on
that memorable morninir at McCook.
COXGUESS will not adjourn just at pres
ent. Mr. Cleveland intimates that it will
take several weeks for the executive to
consider , us carefully as ho wishes , the
various bills which will bo passed to him
for signature. This is bail news for the
lobby. _
CABINET PUDDING.
Secretary Manning Is reported to bo much
Improved in health since his arrival at Hot
Springs.
Secretary Bayanl requests a 510.000 appro
priation to procure evidence relating to the
French spoliation claims.
Secretary Bayard is one of the best horse
men at the capital. He Is frequently seen
mounted upon a fine Kentucky thorough
bred.
Secretary Lnmar has accepted an Invitation
to deliver tlio memorial address at the unveil
ing of the Cullunm monument at Charleston ,
S. 1. , next November.
When Secretary Bayard Bees a Maine fisii-
cnnan approaching Ids mansion ho retires to
the back settlements and puts a notice on
the windows , "Gono fishing ; back in a
year. "
Chicago Tribune : Secretary Whitney Is
said to have put In writing his determination
not again to hold an office ; but that's noth
ing , Secretary Whitney also put In writing
his assertion that the Dolphin was a failure.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat : The secretary
o war a party fronl .Massachusetts of the
name of Kncllcott , If wo are not mistaken
Is said to bo desirous of resigning. As no
plausible excuse lias iver been given for his
appointment , the country will readily con
sent to let him go without requiring him to
furnish any special reason for such a move
ment.
_ _
Itundnll I tan the Floor.
Having retired Mr , Moirlson as a revenue
leader , Mr. Itandall now lias the lloor.
Just lit 'i'lino.
J'/itfntlclp/ifa / Pitts.
President Cleveland got over on the frco
Undo raft Just In time to help Mnk It.
The Power of Endurance.
Jlnettill Herald.
The steady reduction ot the public debt Is
a proof of the nation's power of endurance ,
not of of Its prosperity.
A Hiiro Possibility.
JSinUn'jttin Fne l'ett ,
An exchange says that "a nice of hairless
Americans la probable. " I'lcaso glva ulaco
aud date ; also excursion rates.
Hotter Shake Hand * .
Cluiiletton ( S. ( ' . ) Kewt.
Congress Is far behind with its business ,
and the interest of the whole country do-
mauds that southern and northern congress
men nlike shall devote themselves to the du
ties of the present , leaving the dltfereuces
and bitterness of the past to die out a ) speed
ily and as completely as possible.
The Annrclilst Martyrs.
Tor men who wish to become martyr * , the
annrchlsti on trial are making rather desper
ate elf otts to save tholr necks.
The Nnllon'H Landed K.stntc.
A'rio 1'orfc Trlbimt ,
There li no question that public opinion In
both pai ties slioiitfly favors a policy of great
caution in conserving the nation's landed es
tate.
Cnn't Suit Everybody.
This nilmlnistratlnu Is not making any
body particularly happy , It Is turning out
too many otllcehohU'rs to suit one side and
not enough to please the ether ,
Almost n ComtiTcte Failure , ,
7yny ( .V. T. ) Timrt.
The best thing that could be done would bo
to abolish the whole civil service reform ma
chinery ns at present constituted. The thing
Is an almost complete failure. It Is a sham ,
and always has been one.
An Indistinct Id en of Its Duty ,
The Yale crew I * said to have "been ham
pered a good dealbv recitations. " The thicker
the skull the better the sculler , and recitations
have no place in a boating Institution. The
laculty of Yawl college appears to have a
very Indistinct Idea of Its duty.
No Host Tor the \Vleked.
Thl-HH * .
alt la asked how editors pass their leisure
moments. Bless your dear soul , they don't
pass them. They never catch up to them.
An editor is usually from ten to forty years
behind his leisure moments , and always dies
before ho gets within gnu-shot ot the rear
most of them.
AVhcro Are They Now ?
Marti Itiitantt.
Where are they now I the myriad host
Of great ones pone before ;
Hciiowiieit on earth ( or famous deeds ,
I'hllanthropy and lore.
Where are they nowl the mighty kings
And mouarcns of histoilc tame.
Whose regal power knew no control ;
Vast empires trembled at their name.
Where are they nowl the bold , the bravo ,
Once used to war's alarm ;
Those waniors ilerce with martial mien
Who saved fair lands iront harm.
Where are they now ! t1m o learned ones
Of science In Its varied forms ;
Pride of genius , lot'tv minds ,
Whoio inuw'ry outlives time's rime storms.
Where are they nowl artistic throng
The painter , sculptor ami musician ,
Great poets whose immortal works
Con lei red on each such high position.
Where are they nowl ah , mystery I
Kternity alone can tell ;
Bevond the grave no voice Is heard
To break the mystic bi > e.ll.
What matters it how great our lives ,
Or kind to us is fortune's brow ?
A time will come w.'ien sons of earth
Will think and ask : " Where are they now ? "
Protection Versus Free Trade.
To the Editor of the BEE : Having
road the letters of Messrs. Siblcy and
Brodcrick inserted in your late issues ,
upon this subject , 1 beg you kindly to
condescend to grant mo a little more of
your space , in order to reply to some of
their statements , and express myself a
little further in favor of lariflT reform ,
prefacing my remarks with the assur
ance that I will no more impose such an
intliction upon you and your readers.
These gentlemen ( Messrs. U. and S. )
seem to have slightly misunderstood me ,
ai ) in my former letter 1 did not advocate
frco tradc.neithcr did I advocate a whole
sale reduction of the tariff. I simply
said that 1 believed free trade would
come in the course of time , Uiul that as
a preparatory measure or a step in Unit
direction a wholesome tariff reform could
bo inaugurated at the present time. Be
lieving as I do , that trade or commerce
is as mucli subject to the laws of nature
as is the health of the community , and
that all interfering with , damming Jor
bolstering up of the free course of trade
is in the end injurious and mischpvious ,
I therefore advocate less protection or
more freedom in commerce as a benefi
cial measure calculated to promote am1
extend trade. Protection in my opinion ,
tends to contract trade , whereas on the
otiier hand frco trade tends to expand it.
Protection may bo : v necessity in a new
country or small colony , in order to iniiku
it a country , but in a largo country like
this , which lias arrived at full manhood ,
and is able to compote and compote suc
cessfully in many of its industries with
any other country , wherein , tnen , is the
good of having snob industries clogged
in tiieir growth by a high tarifl' . Mr.
Sibley says , ' 'can any free-thinker , oven
an iron protectionist , deny that free
trade is a forerunner of starvation
wages , misery and want ? " Yres , I for
one deny that statement , and I have only
to point him to Kngland , which lias now
enjoyed the blessings of free trade for
forty years or thereby , during which
perioiiof time her trade has quadrupled
in extent , and wages have more than
doubled. The expansion of trade does
not tend to lower wages , but rather to ad
vance them. Again ho says , "competi
tion with cheap labor ( Chinese ) la ono of
the gravest anil most aggravating cases
wo Tiavo had to deal with as a nation , "
Well , with regard to the Chinese. I must
say that I for ono ( and I think 1 may
speak for the most rabid free trader )
would not shed a tear unless they were
toard of Cjoy should they take their de
parture from these uliorcs instiintcr. But
when we conic to consider the labor ques
tion wo are at once confronted by the
query , what constitutes cheap labor ?
YVlio can dclinc what is cheap labor and
what is dear labor. Jt is very much a
relative matter , for what ono man may
consider good wages another man may
consider very poor wngcs ; another
thing the value of wages con
sists very much in their purchashing
capacity. Suppose ono man to earn $3
nor day under a high tariff , and it costs
him ! - a day to live , ami another man
earns $1 ! a < lay under a low-tariff rate ,
and it costs him just 1 to live , they each
save a dollar a day of their wages , but
the man who saves the $1 under the low
tantf , is considerably the richer man of
the two , simply becauao Ids earnings
have the most purchasing powui" . Then
again this so-called cheap labor Is not
such a curse to the country as protection
ists assort.for there are many enterprises
which have been undertaken and com
pleted , by means of comparatively cheap
labor , that are to-day , and always have
been , of great utility and benefit to the
community. Enterprises which prob
ably could not have been accompliMhed
but for the comparatively low price of
labor. Again in connection with the
1 abor question , 1 will ask "How are you
going to keep up wages when there is
such a constant stream of immigrants
coming to the country ? Is not the posi
tion of the mechanic and laborer rather
insecure , placed as hu is between the
'devil and the deep sea'the upper and
the lower millstone. " The pressure that
conies from beiow , or in other -wordu the
competition of labor , and the pressure
whicli comes from above , which is the
tendency of employers during dull times
to lower wages. Even if it were possible
to btop immigration that would be only a
partial remedy , for in addition to iiiiini
gration , there is the natural incruaso
of the resident population growing up to
bo competitors an the various fields of
labor , and it is becoming quite a serious
matter how to provide lor the rising gi-n-
oration. The times are not ad they were
not so many ycnrs ace , when the sou fol
lowed the trade of ids sire from gener
ation to generation. No , nowadays our
youths are ambitious ; they prefer to go
into business of some sort , rather than to
laborious work , ami Hint brim ? so , it then
appears to me that with a high pioteetivo
tarltf it will become more and more of a
diflieulty for onr American youths to en
gage in business , unless the avenues of
trade are widened and expanded. Fur
ther on , i\Ir. \ Sibley makes this highly
philosophical remark : "Did you ever
think that every dollar that leaves our
border makes us a dollar poorer ? " I
fall to cateh on. Are wo supposed to
give away our money for nothing ? Do
we not receive full value for itT How ,
then , can it be lo t ; it is simply a dollar
transaction , n mere matter of trade or
exchange. Then ho goes on to say : "Sup
pose we buy yearly one hundred million
dollars worth ot imported goods. This
in ten years would amount to n billion.
Here we are a billion right out of pocket
and nothing to show for it but n lot of
oldnvg-i. " 1 would like Mr. Sibley to
show me how or where in the name ot
common sense wo are to get the billion
dollars unless we work for them. Would
our merchants bo so green as to
keep on imporlinggoods unless they were
assured that the country was pros
pering aud that they could sell them at a
profit , and wo would have nothing to sell
to.or buy from , other nations. Are wo ,
in the event of free trade becoming the
policy of the country , to do nothing but
sit down like a lot of spiritless , helples *
imbeciles , and view the misery around
us , or are w to take our grip sack in our
hands and hurry oil'to other shores ?
Mr. Slbloy eloMS ! Ids letter by advising
laboring men to think , yea , even to tliinlc
a thousand times before they vole for a
free-trader ; yes truly , by all means think
over it , but do not think through preju
dice , nor through a narrow feeling of sol-
lishness , for such sellisliness in the end
never pays ; but think of it calmly , deeply
and seriously , not from one point only ,
but from all points of your mental com
pass , and give your vote fenrlo.-sly for
what you consider is the wisest and bvst
policy. Five-traders as a rule take the
mutter very calmly aud patiently , believ
ing as they llrmiy do , that sooner or later
free trade is bound to come , anil when it
does come it will come.to stay. 1 still ad
here to my former assertion that our
present liign tariu" is an obstruction to the
establishing of manufactories in this city ,
and I think that eru many year * go by ,
many of our strongest protectionists will
see it to be a fact , as well as 1 do.
In conclusion 1 have this to say : That
just : is free trade will give us truths so
will free thought giveus security and
w.-altli. GKO. MOKTON.
The Story of Davtu Davis * Fortune.
Chicago Herald : "Judge David Davis
made one of the InekieM deals in Chicago
property ever known , " said a real estate
agent yesterday ; "in fact , he was fairly
forced by circumstances into an invest-
'
n.ent w'liieh made him a millionaire ,
.lust about forty years ago , when Davis
was a young lawyer , struggling for a liv
ing , an eastern client , a manufacturer ,
placed info his hands for collection a bill
against a Chicago linn , winch was on the
verge of bankruptcy. The bill was
something like $3,000 , and the linn ,
though In hard luck , were honest , aim
wore willing to do the best they could to
satisfy their creditors. They told the
young lawyer that they couldn't raise
any cash , but they had some land on the
outskirts of the city which they were
willing to give up. Davis , thinking that
BVOU land was better than nothing , ac
cepted the proposition , aud a deed was
made out in his name. A few weeks
later he met his client in St. Louis , and
told him what had been done. But the
client was notsalislied.
" 'That will never ilb,1 he exclaimed ;
'von had no authority to take land in set
tlement of our account. It takes money
to carry on business , and wo must have
cash. We don't want any wild western
lands. This will licvor 'J.o.1
"Auu "the client expressed so much dis
satisfaction that the younjj lawyer took
it very much to heart. He determined to
try aud make a new basis of settlement
with the debtors. He came to Chicago ,
but could do nothing with the linn. Ho
tried to sell the land even at a sacrifice ,
but could rind no purchaser. Chicago
was then a town ot only twelve or fifteen
thousand population , and nobody fore
saw that in a quarter of a century it
would spread all over the Siirronnding
prairie. Reluctantly , and most to satisfy
his client and his own sense of wounded
honor as an attorney , ho decided to lake
the land himself , lie went to Ulooming-
ton , with some dilliculty raised the
money , sent it to his client , and retained
the deed in his own name.
"His honor in this case was the founda
tion of his large fortune. That land con
sisted of eighty acres lying between
Twenty-sixth and Thirty-first streets and
west ot the tracks of the Pitlsburg , Fort
Wayuo & Chicago Railroad Company.
For several years the taxes on this
property kept the young lawyer 'land
poor , ' and ills holding was constantly in
the market , without purchasers. He
finally rcali/cd that it was good property
and hold to it. He paid out a good deal
of money for taxes and assessments , but
ton years ago lie sold one-half of the
tract for 7-1,000 , and the remaining
forty acres , with the eighty houses which
lie has erected thereon , arc estimated to
bo worth a cool million. Turner & Dond
are the judge's Chicago agents , and tor
years ho hits been deriving a ! handsome
revenue from this property. Nonrly omt-
half of Ids whole fortune consists of this
'wild western land' which his indignant
client and his own honor forced upon
him forty years ago. "
PSORIASIS
Ana All Itching ami Scaly Skin nnd
Scalp Diseases Cured by
Cutlcura.
PEOIIIASIS , oo7omn. tottnr. ringworm , lichen ,
priti-itiiB , HcnUI lirticl , milk cniNl , diunlniir ,
biirliors' . Imlfuis' , HTOCUIR' uud wiiHlinrwoinnn's
itch , and every spncius of lie-hint ; , hnrtilnt ; ,
fiualy , pimply IimnorH ol the skin nnd si'iilp ,
with loss of fmlr , HTO positively unml liyCutl-
cum thii Krrmt Eklu euro , and Cntlcmni ftmp ,
an ( jxinibito skin liimutlllor ( ivlcMiiilly.iinil ( 'ntl-
( . lira lloKolvvnt.thu now blood purilmr InKir-
niilly , wlu'ii pbyalchuiH and nil other romudius
lull
PSOWASIS , OlfsOAJ/V SKIN.
I , John J. I'uso , I ) . I ) . H. . Imvliih pr.'ictlenri
dentistry In Iliisi-onnty forlhlrty.llvojviuvi mid
bolng- well known to lluiiiMindH hurimlMiiitri. ivltli
a vlow to hi'lp nuy who aru iillllcloil us I linVii
boon for tliu piist iwulvo yuniB , tnMIfy tlint thn
Cntiunru Itumudlog cui-cd mo of IVorlnfilB , or
sculy akin , In ulxht dars , ullor tliu doctor * with
whom I hud consulted tfavo mo no help or en-
oouraKiMiiont. JOHN J. IMSK.1) ) . U. H.
Newton , N. J. _
DISTUKSSlNcTKltUrriON.
Vonr Cutlcum Jtointullini naiTorme : ! n won
ilorfiil ruro lint rummer on ono of onr onstoin
oni.unnlilironllumnii of Mivonty yours or ajo
who snirurod with u loarfnlly distroi-binjr rrnp
linn on lilfi lionil nnd IHCII , nnd who hail IrU'd iU
lumcdloi and doctors lu no jiiirposu.
, i' iCO.
Toxarktma , Ark.
MONK WOXDKKVUL VJST.
II. K. Oirpontor , lloiiilorxin , N. V.fiiiodo
psoriasis or K'piosy.ot' twenty yuan' btmidliiir.
by Cutluiiru Ituiutilles. Thu most wonderful
euro nn record. A duslpimful wf scalus foil
Irom him daily 1'hysiHaiu mid hi * IrloniU
thought he miist tlio. Curu sworn 10 buftno u
jiiftico < il tliu poacu Hiicl llondurson' most
prominent citizens.
CUTCIUUA KKMKUn-S :
( iiuld by ull drn ul'ts , 1'rlco : Cutlnurs , SO
eta.i Itesuivvnt : fl.tW , Soap , ! Ko. J'rt'pnrcil by
tllO I'OITKH DllUU ANU L'llrlMIOAJ. CO. , lloflOl ) .
Send for "How to Cure Skin Diseases. "
Oiri ri TTTTIKV the ooinploiioii und tkln by
J3JujtX unln thu C'uUouru tie-up.
OItl lC IN TIIK llAUIt , dtltfh In
tint sulo , cnuiipa , nhootlnv und lUnrp
pain * , rhnumiitlo , nonntlirlu , mid
% kfiutio piilin , and ovury exicnml
pain and aclio ctiro-lby tiin l-urmira
Anti-1'uiii 1'hmiur. A now iuiO p'r-
foot uiiluiotii to pain Jc.
t2T PERRY DAVI3' . * 3
PAIN-KILLER
JS mXDMMUNDED HV
riiyslclnns , Mnil lc > rs , Mlsalonarlpj , Jtixnnp i
of Vnctnrlcs , Work-shop ? , Plantation. ,
Nur ( M in Hnpitnls In jnort , every
body everywhere who has
ever given It a trlnU
TAKEN INTr.ll.V.M.t.Y IV W1M. tIR rOUM > A M ! ' "
K.UUMI CL'IIK roil
srnnnx COLDS , cim.ns , TAINS n
THH STOMACH , CKAM1S , SUM
MKH AIs'l ) HCnVKI , t'OJt
PLAINTS , SOUK
TH110AT , &c.
AITMU ) IIXTIIIIN'AM.V ,
IT IS TI1R MOST KfTKCTIVK AM ) tlKST I INtM" t
OS KAHTlt l\ll ) Critl.NO
SPRAINS , imiMSrH HI IK M ATI 1
NKUUALG1A , TOOTH ACIIK ,
Ut'HNS , FUOST-1UTKS. o.
Prices , 26c. , 60c. and $1,00 per Boa \
FOR SALE BY ALL MEDICINE DEALERS
t5y Beware of Imitations.
Nebraska National Banli
OMAHA , NEBRASKA.
Paid up Capital $360,001
SuplusMny 1 , 188B 25,000
11. W. YATT.3. President.
A. K. TOUZAUN , N'ioo President.
W. H. S. HUOIIES , Uiishior.
. , . tmiKOIOHS :
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H. W. VATIM , LEWS S. HBKD.
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Oouoral IliukluK llusluiuj
rsM sn E9
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r.\iiAUi Tiiiori'oKcr : Pit I'm.i , i'in : i. v AST
til > nmy f.ml a l'rl > rt nnd rvIHWci c ire In the i
FRENCH HOSPITAL REIS
Driirliuilpilliy I'pol. JiriVIAM : .of 1 .
Aiioti | fl livall 1'ii'ni'h riiTBluinmnnil bpntcr | i > 1tlly nntf
mcci HHriilly intro'lnfod lieir. Allue ltr'iirnirlo osnnj
clmliiH | irmni.tlj ciiwked. THKATJ1 * ! ; pMiiK neif
| wi-r rmil nindlc l c.nJon.rnif ntx\ . : , ril I , C. C n iittt <
lionotll'-oor ( lirmallwith ) lx cinliii'iit doctors Kld'.K
CIVIAl AUErJCy. No. 174. Fulton Streut. N w Voik.
liKtunllr rellrr
lnu > t vlaltiit uttiiclitf , !
, . T r llhlr Alt. ! ' ! ' . ClIJtt bTS
Hinlinlntl.iu , tluu nmchlu ? the iliwiwi iltrert , riln-3
Jos tlio pps in , < i > cililnlL-i Iron rf\tt | D T <
letpectflratlon , Anil KKPUCl'A VM'U BbB % _
< 1whrrf allollirrr nr > 1U ( % ! l. f ( rUl roailnrr * IbrmMtH
Jtlrptlral of H. lmir.rdltUUfrrt aod ncrr.f tllrir * ffrrt.l
Jl'rlM.MIo. and # 1.Oin uf < lrui > lili nr IT u ll Trlilfa
' i frro fnr nuiip Ur. U. SI IIIIHUXM. n l.
Mrs Dr H H
, , , , Taylor
HasliaJS years' hospital practice ; slvoq th
pnmo practice anil trcutmoiit usoil In the tics
hospitals. Kldnr-y discuses , all blood nnd skin
disciiM'S n spi-cliilty. -
ric-onitlons.old sores , and
fever sort's cured. TruiUinoiit by oorrctpond-
once Hilicltud.
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Street , Omaha , Neb ,
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Clilelir rf > r IvnslUrT * ml uho no ullit-r , or InclotT t
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Omaha , Neb.
DR. IMPEY.
isos * j&ax-j&.m : si1 ,
Practice limited to Diseases of the
EAR NOSE AND THROAT
EYE , , , ,
Glasses fltfcd for nil forms of defective
Vision , Artiliclul Eyes inserted.
017 Ml. CImrl4w8t.St. I.onlH,3IO.
A rtguUrcrxlutU of two U > dl t Collr ( < < , b > > ten lontn
H.J 'i U lb ipecl.l IrMtininl of CHIIUKIC , Nl tou < . H >
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Physical Wetknosi ; Mercurial and oilier Affec
tions of Throat. Sklnor Uones , Dlood Poisoning ,
old Sorei and Ulcers , ore irott-i vitu imi r iioU4
actonen UlcitselrnllSa prluclik | * .Hmfelr. PrlMlul/ ,
Diseases Arising Irom Indiscretion , Eicess ,
Exposure or Indulgence , which imiutt > on or it
follSulDf < IT.I1. i nertomnex , drMlllr , ainotn or llttil
ted defieUrt memory , plrapltioaltia f eo , jib/ilcit decay ,
Tcrilontolh elel/or rrnulll , ooufuilOBor IJ M. lo. .
rendering Marrimto Improper or unliappr , uj
rtruiutnllr.d. . I'.mpbltl ( H | ( ci | on I In Un , ml
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tent. It does invny with .Sal-
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UIolclioH , nnd ull IHSOUROS aim
imperfections ol'llioskin. It
overcomes tlio flushed appear-
unco of heat , futigiia and ex-
ci lonifliif. 11 makes n lady of
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'J'Y ' ; and so natural , gradual ,
nnd perfect are il.x oilbcl.s.
that it is impossible t/t detect
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