10 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATURDAY , JULY 1K ( 1880.
11 South 15th Street ,
RESIDENCE PROPERTY
No.4. Fu'l lot on 3. SOtli , two lioticoi.
nenrliciivomroithst. A bargain. . . $ l"jOO "
No. 5. Tall lot on S. Mill , t io houses ,
nunrLiavcmroith tt. Cbunp 4,200
NO. 30. Kl3rfunt 10-room linuio , city
\ui or , bntli , gns , etc. , on 1'nrk avo. O.QM
No. 47 , ntlxl50 , Hour -Otli nnii DOIIK ! 19.
with'nwo iliiolioueotlo : bist bur na
In Onmlm " , 'JOO
No. r,2 Two lull lots on I'.irk avoimo with
la-fin line liouso unit all conveniences.
Arm-6 tunmln 5 , < " 0
No. Ml-Two full lots hi Nelson's odd. , 0
room Imiiso , nt n tmritida 3,503
No. M Vull acre , HlmeliiuitfU's add , ,
with ( I room lioim'.uow mid nit In Rood
rdpnlr " 'm
No 01 ICO.tUH , tiood 7 room liousu , Imrii ,
well , cislurn ; roots ior $30 per mo. . . . 4,500
VACANT PROPERTY.
2 lots in Hillside , cnH (3,000 ,
3)lnt ) < la Uiuiscom I'lnuo $1,003 to 3,000
a lots In lllmobuugli t'liue * , VUU
1 ot hi McCormnck'A mid 2,1)00
Slots liiTliornbnrg I'lneo GOO
Slolsln KotiiitMs 1th ntld 3WO
2 lots In 1 o'lniin I'lr.oo 690
I lot In Kcyoa mid 5,0)0 )
4 lots In Marsh's mid $ iWO : 133,000 ,
Slots In Hood'sfrl udil 700
5 let On Lowo'sht n'Jd $5Wlo H.V )
21uts la I'lirmcnter'a 1'hico 700 to 823
llllots In lloJ o'd I'liiL-o OODtrt700
Slotsln Auliuru Hill SSO
OlotslnSprlnirHlll .TOO
allots In Klluy.l'liu'o $000to lrx)0 )
10 lots In Siumdcrs & Hlmobmiglis , $ 'JOJ to 45 }
These are only a few of the many pieces I have , and I would like to have you call and see
me , and I will make you money. Remember the place and name ,
fjliowii up In Its peculiar ronmntlo lUlit | q wnll
Worth olnolnir fiiiulllnr to ovorlioily , and u lirlof
outlluo limy IntorOKt Ibo-to who Imvunot tlinu to
read throiiKh the iiiliiutlvo description ul a Ills-
torloid rcuord. Yours nto , wlicn Onmlm wim a
inure Jnillun ciuiip , anil oui'Miccts ocluiuil from
the muPOIIKS ot wild Indliuis , thu chief ol a
Btiirn ( Unit iocuteJi where our projunt hlxh
school stunds ) hud u > > vonilorfully fair daughter
cal led Mnhn. Ik'liif , " posxo sod or many a chiirm ,
This Mahawns womtllppuil by thu cruel Indians
with u ra 10 ilovotloii , and c'poclnlltwo yoinijf
Iiiaiiins curried this devotion eo far that It
ripened Into \viirm lovu. Ono of thono young
men wus ntmnelully poor , hut Intollootiuilly
rloli. while the ether wu the possessor of
worldly riches , hut montidly poorer. Malm
loved do.irly . tlio Hint ono , but lior Bullish futhor
luid iiuulo up Ida mind that Mio should marry
thu otlioroiio ordlo. In the sllunno ofoiioinlld
61111111101iilt'ht Mahu mid liertnio lever ll < > d , nu-
compniilc-d by govern ! Holdlora of the old sturn
, thiit were In Bvmpiitliy with Mului iin < l her
chdlcd , liml 'calliHl thompclvus OmiiluiR or
Stuliut followers , huoco the iiiuno Oiiialm. They
arttftul/.vil thomrolvus nod cnmpoil uonr the
Bhoro of the Missouri whom the present ridl-
ronfl brlilffo l located , llestlni ; upon such u
romanlo | loinidiitton.Omnha lo-ihiy Is Riilnlnif
tlio admiration of thu wliolo Union. I lor pro-
gre lias ( icon ustonlsliliiKly rapid and solid ,
and tunult I7.0U9 tire ootod lor tholr rcllnoiiiimt
and liberality towards every iiniiravoinoiit.
Thoruforo wo lovlto unstorn peoplu tlmt love
plontyot'fri'Shalr to como out and tmlld their
lioinea in the Ciiite City. Ituud over the bargain
list this week oiTprnd In real oHtuto bvonoof
Oiniiliii'H ( successful buslaoss moil und convince
yoursolf.
, MlltorED
North } of lot"-i'"oloek ' 12 , E. V. Smith's
: tll ; ( , with an elegant 7 room house , well ,
cistern , bujrgy slictlvajjjon siied , barn ,
choice fruit trees , etc. , $3,230 ; Sl.UOO
cash , balance to suit.
4 lots C6 > cl31 , Isaacs & Soil's addition ,
with 7-rooni liouso , barn , etii. , ( barn alouo
cost f 1,000) ) yoo barrels cistern , 100 bar
rels filter , irooil well , fruit trues ; cheap at
? 8.000 ; S8ODO cash , balance on easy terms.
Lot -15xl8 , east front , south 10th St. ,
8-rooin brick house , cemented basement
with wooden floor , burn for four horses ,
well , cistern and out-houses , So.OOO , one-
third cash , bal. to suit purchaser.
Lot OOxl 10 , on upper Capitol avonnn , 3
bouses with 7 rooms oaon. sfG.OOO. Rents
for ifoO per month. $ ! JOOOilowu , , bal.I ! yrs.
Corner lot 00x115 , on 20th and Capitol
avo. , with 0-room house in first-class con
dition , $4,200 ; $2,500 cash , bal. easy.
Lot 00x182 , Davcnort ) at. , with ono
0-room and ono o-room house , ? 0,000 , half
cash.
Lot 50133 , Improvcmont Association , with a
2 room house , larpo barn , otc. , § 1,8.0 ; § 170 cash
balance tMO per month.
I.ot In Hldiin'sild udd.3OX ) ; form easy.
LotWIxlB ICount/.ii i ItiithV add. , Sl.iWO ; $100-
$500 u.ish. balance f 10 per month.
I.ot3Mx203 ) , Walnut Hill , cast front , corner , 7
room house , Imrn. well , clJtern , coniontcd col
lar , all fenced ; fOOJ ; oacli ; ? 1-UJ cu h , ba'anoo
t S per month. " ' '
Lot COxlffi , cast front , N. 10th St. , with
It will pay you to invest your money with us as we do not indulge in ; speculat
ing schemes , but carry on a strict commission business , We invite you to call on
us , and assure you a careful attention and honest treatment.
Lm Broker 1604 Fa m si up-stairs. Telephone , 7S3 ,
Rooms 12 and 13 , Paxton Bilding , Cor. I5th and Farnam.
Largest list of property of all characters , City and Suburban , Farms and Lands for sale
throughout the state : Telephone 779.
IJUSINUSS
No. 12.1 A fine lot OOxlV3 ! on Juokson-st. ,
near lilth. very cheap at .fll.O'JO.
No. . 172 183 foot square on railroad track.
A line location ; a bargain at $15,000 ,
No. 110 A line improved briok block ,
business property , on llarnoy st ,
SBO.OOO.
No CM A splendid corner on Fmmdors St. , U )
ft fft \ , abar0idn nt SI.OJO.
No. 601 : ; splendid full lots on Jones St. , flno
wiirolioiuu or lobbing property , otio u cor.
iiur. both for JiiOj.
Ko , ft'Uii ' A full lot on llth at , corner of alloy ,
nil iii ttnlii irtl 10,000.
No. 103 Asploiulld business propcrlj' on
( Saunders st , 1'JO foot fronttigu , aiid
,500 worth of improvements , nil for
$ i,500. ]
No.54 ! < A full corner lot on Howard st ,
partly Improved with 4-story briok
block ; venlod for $8.303 per year ,
which can bo incrousou witli a small
outlay to $1,800 , Only for n few
days at 10,000.
No , 477 180x1110 pn Loavpuworlli-st. ,
uloso to Holt line , a good pro&pootivc
business property , voryeluiap , sfll.OOO.
No , 47'J : ) Hplendid lotst , corner 30th und
Luiuvst. , good prospective businusj
pvopnrty. 1'or the two. cheap at
HOOO.
No ' 11 Ono or the finest rornorgon Hunipyst. ,
Kiiuli ut iiro hurd loK ti.UiOO
No KM. One ( ijttin olmleiist corners on Jjth ft. ,
tioar Mllluid hott'l , fcD.WO
No \t-pUMidldiiirnur4ixl3-J on Ilarnoy st.
niul a biircida ut0UUO !
Is'o 0 > , " > . Afmj corner lUtixlSO on Suuiidors st ,
couth of , thi brldife , vlivup at f l d )
No as ! Xueor ) tliobi-st cnrnor on .S.iim.lerj . st ;
I'JOilW .S.und 1 { I rout , n bargain nt f.t.000
. 5plcnOnl lornor. 0(1 left hunt on I'uui-
Inv si. , wlili ilorei , H burg ixlu at $10,000
No 020. An oiUKiint corner lot with gmtdl In-.iM-
cm Dodjo tt , Clicap tit f 11,000
No es . A oholca buslne-3 lot ClxlSO , ItousoT
roomi > .Alaio3iuri-oiiiidod by etortu , on
flori t , for a f\v duys only at Ilia low prioo
of H.iO ' I S . .
No eJlAoliolco comer lot aud house on Butm
nt '
No. " 1 Half lol on Nlcliiila1 ? street , nonr
loth,5 room house , neil , eh torn , olo. 0,000
No , 81 1'til 1 lot.nlon 7 room liouso In linn-
BCOin I'luco , tlie nicest neighborhood
la ttiucltvenstfrontelegantvlo\r. . . . 3,500
No. 8.1 Kull lot. TXJWU'I 1st ndd , 5 room
housewell.clstorn and buriiui ; ? y terms :
barenln l.WO
No. 88. Vt lot , nlco co'tiXRO , In Arm-
Btronit's u Id. Vir/cliotp 3/100
No. 01 , Fu'l 1ft , smn'l liouso. In Improve-
mo'it a'o'-ln'ldii ndd. ; flOO cn-di , bat-
nuoo 410 per month. A barRidu 1,7.0
No. DO. S fu'l Ion In Walnut Hill add. ,
nlco 5-rooin collage ! very casr pny-
molds 2,100
No. 07. Nlco 8-iootn houfo on Karnum
street. V.naf terms OCOO
No. Ul. H lot nenr IHth and Oallforala
sti.,0-dooin hou < onll < oa\o lUn ui. . 3,000
No. 141 Full lot wah h ) use In Hnvrtliorno
mid. This Is 'o y ill n ; > 1,700
No. H8. .1. I.ltedl'k'SHiili. full Iot.7ri.xt40
ens f oat. irooilt-roii ) : ! c f go , mod-
era couvonl'inLV'S. Thi'io s 41,0 % ) of
a ImvKiUn In tlild iritr.uiul on easy
terms i 4,500
PHOI-KUTV
No 17U room hoiiseand barn , ' lot
IWxl-IO. onlllth st. , ? : i,000.
No. 171 Good house and lot on Ilarnoy
Kt. , SJ5.000.
No. Olo. A splendid property rontins
for $ ' . ' ,800 per year ; u bargain at
Siri.oool
No. 1207 Klcgant liotiso , largo lot , 10
room house , modern improvements ,
two blocks from court house , $10,500 ,
No. 108 A splendid 3-Btory house , 0-
rooms , lot OOsl 10 , 1 block from car
lino. A bargain at $4,000.
No. 119 0-room house , barn and half lot ,
mmr High School , $5,000 ,
No , 055 Lotl3xl33 ! on California st , near
21st , 8-room house , .south front , very
desirable and cheap at $5,000.
No , JuO..House of rooms , lot 33vl83 ,
south front , on Webster , near 20th st ,
$5.200. -
No , KJO A corner lot , 157x00 , near High
School , ! 3 houses on and room for 5
more- , when all improved , will pay
20 per cent on investment , $ ll,000. !
No1M ! A line south front full lot with
liouso 8-rooms , shade and fruit trees ,
clcso to a street car lijio , Terms easy
and remarkably cheap at $0,000 ,
No. 1G5 11-room house , modern improve'
mcnts , good barn , corner lot , blouk
from -street car $7,500 ,
No Ml. A choice corner \vltu 9 hnusot. 8 ana H
rooms , u blocks from car line , a bartrnluat
* *
No 111. A flno oust front lot COxUI , la LuKo'a ad , ,
\ \ Itli n lee house , clicnp nt f : JOM
No 117 , .Vu oleeunt 0 room house , inut from n\\ \
( ieorKlftiivo , jl.'iVJ
Kol9'l. P.ait front on floorsla nvli. . full lot , new
houses rooiuj , mndornliuprovemonts , M.OJJ
NoJil. A cliotoo isoutU front lotGOzlU , house in
nlco ordxr.il roomson Sowurd st , cheap , f.'I.WO
GOJ. A fhok-e oait trout lot3Jilto , houao 3
loom.i. $ l,7. > i ) .
* No UT. liiant Improved res ! tonoo property
on St. Mju-rn avc. tsxltti , 10irtO )
No COS. A full lot oust front , u blocks south of
titMuryj uvo.-'houses routluy I'or $ U5 , u bar-
Cidnut tJ.CU )
NuiUj-tlooii nonso and lot ou Saonu * ix nv ,
o heap t
2 olt'gant houses , $9,000 , one-third cash ,
balance easy.
Full lot Uiixltft , on California st. , with
nice improvi > mont.s , § 0,000 , one-third
cash , balance o vcars.
UNiaiPKOVKI ) 1'KOPKUTY.
I.ot 03x124. Iii Isn-o & S'Uoi's add ( Ion
$1.1 0 ; 71) ) 0:13)1 : ) biila ice In ! 1 on s.
I.o Rlu > \ . A. Ito Iclt H id I'lon , $70) ) cu h ;
\UdoMibiil uuotJMilt.
Lot'Ox : irji , , in P os oct PI uy , S7JO ; M cas1 ! ,
I nlanco 1 and 3yoiua -'pirco ' t.
L(0vi-in 1'ii'O.V - < Hdn-8 addlt'o'i , 81i:0 ;
54 lOons'i. I a'nn o to a It.
Lrit In West S d nd 1 on w thin 14 blocks
from the o.i iu n ? fufiorto d .or ill iluy i oulv
I1 H 0 ; * li ) don , hnu ! oe # .W o.'oryi year ut
8 , o-cciit ,
I o1 In Ma u o u Ma jo , $1,030j ; rnih , tnliniio
3 year i.
Lot 50x150 , llanscom Place , east front
ou Virginia avc. , $1,500 , half down , bal
ance ! J years.
Lots-10x1-10 , in Clifton Place. $1,200.
Lots iu W. A. Kcdiok's add. , $750 ; $200
down.
Lots in Uupont Place , ? 050 , $150 down ,
balance $10 per month. Hero is a goou
opportunity to secure a homo for almost
nothing.
Lots in llanscom Place , $1,750 , $1,010
cash , balance 3 years.
Corner lot 60xl2 ! ! , Chicago st. , ono
11-room house , one 0 and ono 8-room
Io. ( MU. II lots ono n corner , east front , on South
luiliHt. , Broom houau mid other Improvements.
Unsy terms iiuit u jcrout ImrKuln ut WWJ
No. U'JJ. A nlcucnttiiKuO rooms , lot UlxlilJ , east
front , ! i mlle west of I' . U , cheap ntOX )
NoOIO-Asplcndlil full lot nml 10 room IIOUFO ,
on Hurt st , , iiear20tli.prlco _ lownt $5,500
HI53IDKNC1' I.OT3.
No , 15 choice lots on Sherman nvo. ,
from $ ' 3,500 to $8,000
No. 30 elioioo lots a block from Slier
man ave. . from $1.500 to $18OOJ.
No. 100 oholco lots in South Omaha ,
beautiful , on projected street ear line
from $450 to $800 ,
No. 301 lOlotsln Tliornburg Place , from
$ JJ50 to : * 550 each ,
No. 13ft Lot on Virginia ave , , $1'J50.
No.J8U Lot block 5 , llansoom Place ,
$1.500.
No. 5IU 3 elevated beautiful lots on Vir
ginia avo. . a bargain for all , $3,203. ,
Mo148 Lot , Shinn's add. , $050 ,
No. ! ! ) ( ! A splendid olovatud lot fronting
Haiisuoiu Park , price low at $1BQO.
No. 510 , r'our of the choicest rosidmicu
corners in the city , ouch l)3vl31.Sucli ;
pieces are getting source , For price
and terms inquire at our ollico.
No. 120--A niuu lot on Park ave , and
north of tlio park , and very cheap at
$1.400.
Nu. 15'j ' 1 east front lots north of Hans-
coin Park and west of Park ave , A
bargain. Eaoh $1,000.
No. 320 A ehoiee south front lot in Don-
iso's addition , $10)0.
No. 501 3 oliolco lots in Marsh's Place
$1,050.
No Ml. A tow choice lota left In HlllilJo No I
ana 3 , ml $9CO ; 1 01110 a bloolcs fromstroot car
on Oinoliii ; et ; Cumin ? st U going to bu
pnvod thU aummerU blocks bvyond thuju lots ,
loU.ono a corner , oust
, In fihluu : M add , -J blocks front oar Hue
easy Icnai for the two , tifon.
Ho\To'sndd ftv )
Slotsln Diipout I'lnco TOO
&ncro9 In Mnyflcld 1,500
10 lota In Lincoln I'lnco COO
LMotslnCoburn's diili-illvlslon I.UCX )
lint In RV. Smith's ndd l.fOO
Slots In Kostors 3,300
Slots InTorrnco add , .
Alois In Lnko's add $ l,000to 2,000
1 lotlnCrcston 1S.OCO
Business Property.
1 full lot on .InnVson street 12,000
SJI'cL't on.Tones street 8,000
2 I nil tots ( in Hthr-trm 12,000
22foot on Vuriium
0 < K83 foot on .lonos ft. , bargain ? ,000
I'uII lot on Lunvoawurtli st , with lots oC
trnckiiffo I runt 11,000
> 5 lot niulgtoro on ? t. Jlnry's Avenue . . . . 4,200
house , stable and granary , cistern
and well , $15,000.
Lots in Sunny Side add. , from § 1,100 to
$1,800. und also lot.s in I'arkorM add. from
$850 to ? ! )00. ) 1 have also the finest lots
in the l'ollowin < r additions :
Suiimlers & llimebatigh's ,
Walnut Hill ,
West Cnnling ,
Uoiinookon's Addition ,
King's * Addition ,
Kilby I'laco.
Orchard Hill ,
Lowe's First Addition ,
Bedford Place ,
Plain View ,
Kirkvvood ,
( tart huge.
and the new sc'cohjl addition fo Bedford
L'lace , whore a homo ean bo secured at
extremely cheap figures.
Will have a , nu v , beautiful addition
laid out next week , Como early and se
cure bargains. .
Beautiful aero property in the lovely
Lovgren Park at $400 per acre.
Aero property in different directions ,
within 8 and 31 miles from the postoillco ,
? 200 to $300 pov aero.
No 578. 3 lots , ono n corner , east front , oo Vir
Klulu uvu. , . ' , < KM
NII 480. A. HploiidId property oo St. Mary's nve ,
l.'Uft tjiiiiiiru , corner of Htroot miJ ulluy , south
trout , fU.O.H )
No 001. A otmli'o lot oo Virginia ave , $1,100
No5KI. Tno ulcjraMt full lots on I'nrk live , oust
front mid H Imnmlii tit $4,0(10 (
No.liK. Aohulco lot. on Virginia uvo , Sl ro
No/Hi / , 1 uholco corner lot , east front , an Vir.
. Klnla uvo. not fur from Lniiroowortb , $ lbOO ,
And - lot < nuxt tn 111" corner , $1,009
No20 , A uholco lot on 1'ink uvo , grout burynlu
u $1,100
No r/.H. A ftno lot In I.uVo'H add , $1,700
No r& ) . 3 of the olioli-o-t lots north of Cumin ?
st cast front , line bliudo uod fruit trees each
aw
No 1K3 > 4. 2 c'loirunt lots on Virginia nvo. north of
I.puvoiiwoi-lli , ono u corner , for the two ,
14.TOO
NoUCl. A oliolc'O fouth front lot hi lleOiek'sauli-
division , -Y-.V )
No B7'J. A clioloo south front lot , 1 blocks west
of I'nrk av , and north of the purl ; , $ ! , ' - ' . ' > ' )
No4'1. . : i eplondld 1"H bloaks wust of I'nrk
live , nml north of Ilnoscoin I'laco , ono a cor-
ucr.a urPHthnrifiilu utfl.SOJ
No Jrits hi Oxford Hueu from f3TO to < 400
Nol'JI. : i buuulllul sonlii nod oust front lots In
Marsh's mill , nuur Louvonworlh stichuup ,
? -.UJO uucl i,6i oaoh.
No i-otj In Hawthorn atl'l from $ KO to fOO'J '
No 650 Porno oloKiint loUon Io\vci uvo , 3 lilooki
Bouth of Dr. .Muicor'fl nmnalou ; fluu vlow ,
cluziint iilncn for n rluo houiu , prlou from
BUSINESS RIVALRY BANISHED
King Consolidation Usurps the Throne of
Gornpotition in Railroad Affairs.
THE PROBLEM OF REGULATION ,
Centralized Wealth and Power Sn-
lu'rlor to i ho Uuvcrnmctit Tim
Ucnictly and How to Apply It.
ritoM LAST sA
John ( ' . HYIrJi In the Itymlar Mr iff ire Monthly for
July ,
Consolidation , consoltdation , consoli
dation , is tin ! trend in tlio development of
transportation. This is so , in spite of the
competitive principle on which our na
tion 1ms sought to stand. This iiiitlon has
sough' to look to no rulers of grunt and
long-continued import unco. It lists stood
on the ground of reinstating its rulers
with power at short inturvnls ; this em
phasizes the idea thul the sovereign
power rc.sts with the people. Next to
this , the dominating idea on wliieh wo
have rcstud has been that competition
among our citizens would control our
affairs. The theory of no-government
in that part of II. which does not delegate
largo power to individuals and the
let-alone theory have gene hand in hand
in our public policy. Hut , curiously or
otherwise , the compact of thought of the
fathers with its traditional acceptance by
intervening generations does not hold
pure in deed at this time. There was
aggressive statesmanship in founding the
republic ; the statesmanship since that
day lias not huuii aggressive. The most
di > lingushcd ! names in civil all'nlrs since
that day have been Jackson and Lincoln ,
whose nggres.siviMii'ss has been that of
repelling innovations or evils ; Lincoln
broke the bank of the slave-power anil of
tlio rebellion by his emancipation procla
mation , and attained the highest point of
inspiration and during over yet reached
by an American statesman ; butit was the
heroic stroke of defence , not of aggres
sion. No .statesmanship arose ; during
the forty years that it was practically an
issue , that was able and aggro.vsivu
enough to keep back the war for slavery
and secession , although it was proved
immediately after the war was over that
it was a war for ait abstraction an ab
straction of selfishness , ignorance and
prejudice that wsus dissipated in the light
ot a new day , and an abstraction that
might have been dissipated a generation
earner , without the bellows ot war , with
a dillorent order of statesmanship.
While we may bo proud ot our founders ,
we need not bo proud of all the states
manship that has preceded us , nor accept
the belief that a final orthodoxy has been
reached in this country for the govern
ment of a great nation.
Jt is certainly not the highest order of
society that it should be automatic ; it is
so in China. Accepting this to be the
fact , we need not light oil' innovations as
though in them wore the seeds of de
struction.
What is it that now confronts us in the
status of the transportation companies ,
( ho monopolies par excellence of this
country ?
The chief proprietors have life-leases
of power , to be bequeathed to whom they
will , while c-ivil ollicers and legislators
have to go frequently back to the people
to be reinstated or deposed.
They have wealth beyond the dreams
of avarice
They build upasubsidiaryclass around
thein , who establish colossal fortunes by
special rates , rebates and drawbacks , and
are exempt from the American principle
of competition. Of this class the Stand
ard Oil company is the great typo.
They possess great power over the in
comes and savings of tlio people by eon-
trolling avenues of investment , and can
and do greatly use this power to absorb
uch investments for themselves.
They have the power to tax commerce
arbitrarily , and so tax it all they think it
will bear , barred only by one strong in-
Ihicncc , their internal jealousies.
They cheek personal ambition , inde
pendence and enterprise , as success in
very important lields of activity can only
be obtained through them.
"Tho rapidity and case with which their
fortunes have been acquired , the magni
tude of their fortunes , their freedom from
personal relations , and consequent free
dom from sense of obligation to those
from whom they derive their incomes ,
make them a class favored above any
other that has over existed.
And yet the spirit of much of our
society is that there is no opposing power
to draw 111)911 ; it is a ease ol lais&ox. fairoj
the evil , if it be an evil , und in ho far as
it is an evil , will work itself out in time.
A reiiresontativo of the class has drawn
a parallel between himself ami his class
and the highest representatives of the
political powiitof the people. The Now
York Sun , of December M , 1885 , givos'an
account of an interview between its re
porter and Air. Uliaunooy M. JJopow con
cerning the late Mr. Vandorbilt. The
Sun's interviews , as is well known , are
approved before publication by the per
son interviewed. Said Mr. l-joiiuw : "Ho
hud a poor opinion of politicians of all
kinds. He said to me : 'What is there in
politics to bo desired ? There is no money
in it , and by going into it a man break's
up his business and is generally unable to
resume it afterward. It lays him open to
endless abuse and gives him no und ot
trouble. There is very little honor in it.
1'olitielans never impressed me at all , I
had three United States senators in my
ollicotho other day , and I paid no more
attention to them than if they were so
many clerks. It they hud been great
shippers , great railroad men , or great
buslnesn men of any kind. I should Imve
been interested m them , but as It was , i
did not understand them. They do not
impress me at all. Whenever i go to
Washington they want to sell mo a
patent , or ask for a place on some of my
roads , saying Hint they want to get outof
polities. ' "
Docs not this reflect correctly the
opinion of railroad magnates themselves ,
and In great degree popular opinion , that
these nmjnatos are greater than the
highest representatives of tlio people
that tnero is no law to which , from the
pinnacles of their greatness , they are
amenable ?
1 have claimed consolidation an the
special and remarkable feature of trans
portation , whether it bo of railroads in
any of their forms , telegraph lines , gas
lines , and .still other forms of transporta
tion developed and developing. These
consolidations are national and municipal
in their character , tending to the bring
ing of any one system , however exten
sive it may be. under a single manage
ment. Instances are almost too tritu to
bo worthy of mention. Jn the greatest
examples wo have the Western Union
Telegraph company ; tholMintlngton , the
( Jarrctt , the Gould , the Vaiidorbilt and
other railroad systems ; in municipal
all'alrs , the consolidation of the elevated
railroads ot Now York ; in luss dotrreo ,
the consolidation of the onjinary street
lines , and the consolidation of the gas
interests. How far do we have to look
into futurity to see , judging by the past ,
the management of thu railroads of the
United States emanating from a single
olik'o ?
In this service of transportation the in
dividuals who are served cohere , they
become the public ; the transportation
company , acting in its proper biihero , Is
the "servant" of the nubile , as the presi
dent1 and all executive ollicord are ser
vants of the public and of t'je people. If
transportation companies favor 'one it
docs not end there , H injures somebuly
else , the favor received L an Injury to the
competitor of the favorea one.
This is positive evidence , ns the condem
nations of public anil private property
for their use is negative evidence , that
linneternise public fuiU'tious.
If it was not prolitablo for Individuals
to establish the most approved means of
transportation , it would bo the duty of
the sttuo to establish thorn. On th'n
theory the United stales government
grants lands mid its credit for the eon-
si. met ion ot the I'acific .railroads , indi
vidual states have built canals , and cities
coif-tnint water-works and sowors.
AH this , in connection with thu charac
ter of the power of railroad and oilier
transportation managers , moans that
they not in the exercise of public power
nml in the execution of public functions ,
the same as kings rioted in their power
before it was satisfactorily demonstrated
that Hi oh1 only or most legitimate use waste
to exercise for the interest ol the public
a delegated power.
The United States , standing on the
ground of laissofalro more than any
other civilized nation , has been the
slowest in asserting itself in regard to
the public functions of railroad compa
nies , and , wiillo wo cannot weigh accu
rately the value to us aM a nation of over-
construction aid | oyor-eompetltion in
railroads , prosunUng that there lias been
a value in them , wo have hud violence
done to the spirit ot our institutions : wo
have had the conditions of life , actual or
relative , miulu harder to the average
main wo have had suspicions cast upon
the dictum of Lincoln , that this is a gov
ernment of the people , by the people , and
for the people ; and wo have seen the
transportation corporations usurp or con
trol tfie wealth , the honors , the govern
ment ( of their own spncillu and ot a gen
eral kind ) of the United States in a wav
that is abhorrent to the general sense of
justice of civilized , or at least Kngllsh-
speaking , people. Wo have arrived at
that position where we cannot claim
much advantage , except our virgin soil
and what conies' from our extent and
isolation , over the. governments of Ku-
rope that emerged into civilization from
the dark ages , whose people have been
alllictcd with the theory of the divine
right of kings , and who are , in one coun
try or another , now loaded with primogeniture
geniture , entail , aristocratic orders in
.society , churclt government imposed
upon state government , ami a system so
prejudicial to per onal advantage that
years of youth are condemned to partici
pation in or preparation fur war. The
special kind of humanity that , it has
been claimed , grew ami would continue
to grow on American soil , seems to have
many departures from the boasted type ,
and we assimilate more and more to the
older governments , or if wo go on as
wo are sroing shall we not tie torced to
admit it ? to the more steadfast types of
civilization.
Already the toryism ot Great Hritain is
looking with admiring gaze to the do-
mooraoy of the United States , rapidly
establish ing , as it is , a privileged und a
favored class , and such leaders as Cham
berlain and Morley , on the crest of a for
ward movement , men of olllee anda
great following , forgo ahead on the line
ot equality anil freedom such as the latter
nart of the nineteenth century has
brought forward , anil give small heed to
the teachings and institutions of the
United States.
Hack of all these facts and postulates
is the question , How far is transportation
legitimately a subject of government , a
branch of government this us distin
guished ironi being a mutter merely of
commercial enterprise ? Wo see how
easily tnthspqrtation runs to one head , to
one leadership. Competition does not
keep this buck ; wo have thoroughly tried
the competitive principle , with all the
predilections of our people and our gov
ernment iu its favor , and it has failed ;
competition has been eliminated ; nolens
volcns , the single leadership is arriving
or has arrived. The question then is , is
that leadership to bo hold by a single in
dividual intent on seeking his own for
tunes , building up bulwarks of private
fortunes around him , breaking down re
sentment to liis bizarre position by trav
esties of courts , by legislators who smile
and smile , and see their way to vote for
him , by douceurs to the placable , by dollars
lars at elections , by free rides , by tele
graph franks , by proprietary and subsi
dised newspapers , by retainers to
high-roller lawyers , by political economy
manufactured expressly for his benefit ,
by pillars of society droning of the dim-
gerous tendency of the times , by laissc/
lain ; , by audacious soil-assertion and
robbery , by chameleon politics , by lofty
public spirit , by smiles , lies and en
treaties , by the advertising generous
hand , by the adulations of intelligence )
and virtue which .millions of dollars so
easily command , and when all else Jail
by sordid and brute force pressed homo
on the weak or galled spot of the body
politic or tlio private interest ? This is
tlio commercial side of transportation as
presented in the United States in the year
of grace 1880. Would It not bo well to
sec what there is in govern mental transportation -
portation , to pay some attention to thu
experience ot contemned monarchical
governments , to cry a halt on the libnrty
that permits one or 11 few to absorb the
substance of the state ; to organize this ,
or commence it at least , by some of the
simple forms ot regulation that demand
publicity , that ferret out discriminations
that mean commercial theft und punish
them , that stop vibrations between low
and high rates in accordance with the
whims of disturbed gall or exultant
avarice of transportation rulers , that stop
the prior knowledge of a favored lew of
what is to bo , and so deprive them of
enormous advantages In trade and trans
portation' '
This i.-i the way. or the most Important
stop , in the limitation of wealth in the
United States. I'laco no embargo on en
terprise by a dead-linn on which is writ
ten , "Thus far shall thou go and no
further. " Lot the incimj.ivo of ambition ,
of nrnrice , if you will , be keen to tlio
last , but hedge the opportunities so that
no one man's ' opportunity greatly ex
ceeds that of others ; put the strain , not
on getting a living , a competence , but on
getting enormous multiples of thu.se.
Even then extraordinary fortunes may
come , but they will come as the result of
circumstances tnut could not bo guarded
against , and as the result of commanding
and extraordinary talent that never
comes in rafts ( which would be implied if
the present great fortunes worn taken us
a criterion of ability ) , and these sporadic
fortunoi will not bo a threat to and acor-
rupter of .society ; they will not build up
n Hepuruto cl.iss ; they ' .Till be seen as only
one of the iinusul things In social devel
opment.
A government relation to and regula
tion of railroads is uliitisoil with a larger
general regulation of society by govern
ment than wo haye heretofore hud , and
which is. in course of development in
Germany under tlio leadership of His-
murok , 'which is constantly attaining
greater ground in Knglund in the popu
lar mind under the leadership of Clrun-
bcrlnin and others , which in not strenu
ously objected to by ( ilud&touo , und which
bids fair , when that at present dioturbed
country guts rest from the exciting Irish
question and lias time to recover iUolf
irom the excitenionl of its recuiii foreign
complications , to express Itself in laws
bearing on the inturnal polity of the
country. The United Status has not
gnmtly entered the lists in thii respect.
It lias not enlarged upon the principles
of government incorporated by it in Ihe
coiiMtitution ; it bus boon aimo.st the last to
yield the prlnoiple- slavery , and now
stands by. tcuing Gurnumy , at least , try
ing experiments in governmens wldeli it
has not ventured upon. It must be ranked
u | present among the connurvntive gov
ernments of tie | world. Tlio national
trepidation of "reforms" is greatest in
Great Hritain , where there is not the ab
solutism to hold them In chock thatthcro
is in Germany.
Sti'i ] > oj < ] we want to stand on the
ground of 4ncorpornting no now princi
ple in our government ; where dou tjutt
lo.V ( the railroad problem" We see the
consolidations that have taken and nro
taking place. Those consolidations moan
centralization , and cenlrali/.ation Ins
been the be'.o noil" of the t'nited Stales.
The question is , shall that centrnli/.ntmii
remain in private hands , with the \nrioua
tils und violence to our institutions that
we are positive of. or shall it come under
subjection to or be shared by ( ho agents
and'representatives of the people' '
Certain things are natural in their reg
ulation ami government. The first of
them Is the war power , wliieh is the.start
ing point of civilization. Next Is the
preservation of order from disturbance
by internal outbreaks and violence , which
is the function of the poliee. 'llierc is
the preservation of custom and the
growth of equity , which is the function
of the law. the courts , the legislature ;
ami there is tlio execution of the law ,
which is the function of the ruler and hit )
assistants. A superior civilization aids
comnurce bv the establishment of light
houses , by Improvements of rivers and
harbors , constructs canals , lookr after
the public health in the establishment of
quarantine , prevents the spread of Infec
tious disease , provides cities with water
and sewers , socks to insure education
among its citizens , regulates and con
trols the medium of exchange. The gov
ernments of civilization have been pro
gressive in those regards. This country
now confronts the problem of too great
power in tlio hands of the wielders of
transportation they thwart the first
principle * of our government , and the
iron of their oppression has entered into
the soul of our people ,
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A LONG-DISTANCE TELEPHONE.
Tlio 1'coiillur Soliomo l > y AVIiloli It
Itcnclicd tin ; I'ookets i > C Wall
Street Mon.
Special Now York Correspondence of
the Globe-Democrat : The investigating
committee of the stock exchange has had
under its secret process of examination
about the most curious and funny case of
stock manipulation ever known. Men
who dcemeti themselves too shrewd to befooled
fooled were ludicrously taken in by a tel
ephone that pretended to run to Chicago ,
but realty hud its other end in the cellar
of the same building where it began
That was all there was of a long-distuiieo
telephone .scheme so enthusiastically ad
vocated by W U. Miles. When this
young man came to Now York ho entered
the produce oxelumgo anil drove a thriv
ing business as a Tloor-trndor. As ho hud
formerly been employed by H. A. Ar
mour , the Chicago speculator , it was
generally believed that ho represented
that house iu the exchange. He did
actually execute some order for Armour ,
ami so it came about that the other
brokers on the floor watched ins actions
closely. When ho bought they followed.
So he made money fast , for if ho bought
in a given line of stocks it created Mich
an immediate demand that the price al
ways rose several points , whereupon
Miles sold at a lumdsomo profit. When
the boys at lust 'saw that 1m was .specu
lating for himself , and not acting on in
structions for Armour , they changed y
their tactics , and when ho bought they
sold. Miles , of course , lost a good dea'l
of money before lie iu his turn discov
ered that he bad exhausted the possibili
ties of hi.s KoJioinn. Ho Jui.s nnlv and
board of a very roseate hue , and ho hud
not been in the produce exchange many
days before ho was nicknamed "No 3
Ki'd , " after n variety of grain , and by
that sobriquet ho is universally known
to-day. Ho hus u pleasant address and
won many friends.
A 1.ONG-DISTANCK TKI.KIMIONK.
Not long ago ho begun to take up long
distance telephoning. It was generally
understood that he possessed himself of
rights in a grout improvement that would
render communication between such
points as New York and Chicago a sim
ple matter. After. . . awhile ho announced
that ho hud gone to tlio expense of get
ting temporary connection with the C'ity
of the Lake , and had placed a telephone
iu hisolllco. Ho was so brilliant a fellow
and , withal , so attractive personally , that
ho found little dilliculty in interesting his
friends in the enterprise. It\yus the same
old scheme , to start oil1 with a capital
stock of $200,000 ; of which 10 per cent
should be subscribed to pay for adver
tising , construction expenses , perhaps ,
and other outlays. Jlut ho did not want
anybody to put money into it before it
had been tried , and gentlemen interested
might investigate the contrivance at xvill
in his ollice. Ho was now a member of
the stock exchange , and several operators
wont down to his Broad street olllco and
tried the telephone. It worked to : v
charm. The Chicago man's voice could
bo heard with perfect distinctness. They
inquired about stocks , quotations in
grain , the weather , and all questions were
answered promptly and clearly. They
compared thu advices received with the
ticker , and found thorn correct in every
particular. It was a big thing. Thu
boom started and it grow.
n"Tiero'fl ) no hurry about this , " said
"No. 3 Hed. " ' ' 1 liuvo to go to Chicago *
this week. Cull mo up when I got there
and let mo talk to you. " On the day ap
pointed his friends implied their lips to
the transmitter in Hroad street , and in
response to their "How-de-do ! " oumo the
well known voice of "No. 2 Hod" with
his "Sumo to you. lining yo ! " It WUH
wonderful. One would have thought tlio
auburn-haired operator was no further
away than Wall .street , or llobokun at the
most. Stock was freely subscribed , and
tlio 10 per cent paid in. it is asserted , to
the tune of i18)0. ( ) ( ) .Some of ( his was
certainly spent in advertising , but mighty
little in construction.
AN UNKIND SKHI'Tir.
lint one day , as the hiiNine.ss did not
suom to develop very 1'i t , one skeplio ,
hurd-hcurtod and unkind , made an orig
inal investigation , and discovered the
Chicago mid of the wire in "No 13 Keil's"
cellar. There a silent , or rather an un
known , partner in Ihe ontnrprixo nut lie-
side a tiokor industriously communicat
ing with New York. "No. 2 ItodV visits
to Chictgo were explained , nml the only
query is , did ho live in his cellar all tlio
tinui ? Tha investors were much ashamed
of themselves. They wont inclined to
keep it quit ) ! and let the ingenious spoc-u-
lalor off on the repayment of I1) ! ) per cent
of the money paid in , but i | has leaked
out , and WallMrcci bus fallen a luughlii" .
Then those who were bitten moved with
more energy , and .Mr. Miles had ( o oiler
his heat in the exchange for suit ! under
threat of trial bcfom the managing i-nni-
mittco , a proceeding Ilint would undoubt
edly have resulted in his expulsion. The
sale took place yesterday , and .Mtti'.a i.s
miles aw y.
Utrk'ti German 1'lln Ointment.
.Sure euro for blind , blofiilim. , ahil itching
J'llci. One box lias uiuod thu worst cusus ot
ten years stiuitllnv. No one nc-cd siiiTur tun
minutes nftur uslnjt thU wonderful Klik's
( .icrinun i'ilo Olutmunt. It ubiiiiibs tumois.
alliij.s llin Itcliln ; , ' at once , acts ns : t poultice ,
fives InMaml lelief , Klik'.s ( iciiiun 1'lln
Ointment U ) > rcpaif < l only tor 1'iles and
itchliiL' of Ihe private parts , and nothing oKe.
Kverv box Is wurrniltcq by our auonts. Sold
ifcimt by iii.ul on '
.
ClovoimiU , O ,
Sold by 0. if ( } oi > pdm.iit and Kului & Co. .
Kill und JJouL-lue. Ulh uuil Cumli.
