THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDLV.Y , FEBRUARY 8 , 1891.-SIXTEEN PAGES.
l KOSKWAT.EU EDITOR.
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AccouutXG to the British pioss , Sir
Jullnn I'nuncofuto lias inserted the Inat
limb of Ills nnmo where Sir West amputated -
tatod his olllclal hond. Sir Julian talks
too much.
AMID the cnro nnil Mtifo of worldly
nffalrs , Chicago docs not propose to neg
lect the future stato. Ilor enterprising
boomers have filed a mortgage on
Bch woln fui th's paradiso.
A HONUS of $1,200,000 , It annually paid
to stlllo compotltlon In tians-contlnontal
tranio. It is an insignificant portion of
the total sum squeezed frompations of
the Pnclflo roada by the o\orlaml rail
way monopoly.
TiiKcouitof last resort of Now York
decides thnt slooplnfj car rompanlos arc
roaponsiblo for the safe keeping of a
trrwolor'8 property , when tlioy afford no
better protection than a cutnin. Slowly
but surely the traveling public is gainIng -
Ing an equivalent for extra fares and
the payment of the salaries of porters.
Tun proposed bridge on the boundary
line bot\vcon Douplns and Sarpy coun
ties looks very much llko u scheme
to hit two birds with ono etono.Vo
shall not bo surprised to see an urgent
demand for a bond subsidy from both
countlcH and the right ofvav by which
the bridge is to escape taxation in either
of them.
OUT of an estimated population of
28,000 In Alaska loss than ono thousand
are entitled to the rights of cili/onshiy.
In the light of thcso figures it is not sur
prising the movement for 11. territorial
government is enthusiastically sup
ported. It would create just enough
olllccs to go around.
TIIK Arapahoe Indians declined to absorb
serb the Messiah craze second-handed
and ordered an official Investigation of
Its Bouroo. Five stalwart bucks com
posed the committee. They proocodod
to the homo of the pretender in Nevada
nnd demanded proof of his powers ,
which was not furnished. They found
him a common half-brood , with red hair
and a Hmbor tongue , and bearing the
Imported nnmo of John Johnson. The
report of the Investigators la Interesting
for brevity nnd congressional tone.
" \Vo look upon him as a clover
Bohomor and great fraud , and told him'
BO in plain words. "
THE destruction of forests on tlio pub-
domain is attracting v ido attention.
Millions of acros'of government timber
lands have boon denuded for mercan
tile purposes. The law pur mils the out-
. ting of timber on public hinds for "fuel
nnd dompstie purposes , " but the greater
part of the timber is foiled for railroad
ties and bridges by workmen employed by
mercenary contractors. The spoliation
of forests on foothills and mountain sides
is a menace to the prosperity of adjacent
settlements. Governor Beaver of Ponn-
Bjlvanla nnd Governor Toolo of Montann
call attention 'to the subject in their an
nual messages nnd earnestly urge logis'
lativo action to preserve forests , cspoci'
nlly ut the hondwatofd of streams. State
'
mid national associations nro actively
nl'llng the work , and It is probable
that legislation , both sUite and national ,
will soon IMJ hnd to offoctholy chock the
destruction of public forests.
IT 13 deslrablo that the government
shall not boj committed to any extravagance
ganco In connection with the Colurabiar
exposition , but the disposition of some
members of congress to reduce economy
to the point of niggardliness cannot be
approved. The exposition isanatlomv
nITuir , nnd as such should rocolvo llbora
consideration from the government. II
is proper to put a reasonable limit tc
salaries and to provide ngalnst waste
thnt may como from unnecessarily frequent
quent meetings of commissions am
malingers , but n. plcayunisl
polloy in there or any othoi
direction ulll not bo creditable to th <
country and will tend to impair th <
character of the enterprise In the ostl
inatlou of the \\orld. As was sold b'
Congressman Buttonvorth , the world 1
looking on to see whether the fair cat
bo carried on successfully a thousam
miles from the seaboard , and then
ought to bo a national pride ID the mat
tor.
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The position of
IIR Interest rates In Nebraska , ta atnlod
n his inaugural incHsngo , and the action
f tlio Bonato in p.issing almost unani-
nously the resolutions declaring It to bo
ho sense of thai , body that the prevall-
nu lotjal rate of inlurcst should not bo
hanged and that 11 is inexpedient to ox-
und the time of slays of oxocutlou on
mortgages , will have n reassuring effect
ipon outside capital. These declara
tors came none too Boon to allay the
growing fooling of anxiety which hartal-
eady operated to induce eastern capital-
sts to withhold proposed imostmonts In
his state , and In seine instances to with
draw capital for transfer elsowhoro.
The Washington dispatches of Tim
> KK a few dnjs ngo recorded the expor-
once of an Indiana dealer In securities
vho luul visited Now England to ootaln
oaiis , there having boon pronosoil In
ndlnnti legislation similar In character
o that suggested in Nebraska. Ho
ound money lenders indisposed to have
mythlnglodo with the sccurlllus of
tatosvhoro radical loylslatton ro-
gnrdlpg interest nnd mortgngcs
vas contemplated and a gen
eral intention to withdraw from
uch states capital placed there ( or In-
CHtmont.Vhilo In matters of this
natuto the proverbhl timidity o ( cajil-
al is tipt lo run to an unwarranted ox-
rome , and exaggerated reports of an-
ii'ohonded danger obtain currency , thoio
un bo no question that eastern capital-
bts who had money hero wore becoming'
\ory anxious. Investigation showed
hat the nctuil wlthth.nval of capital
ms not been large , but there is no lack
of evidence that the money lenders wore
> reparing to make a transfer of capl-
, al us soon as they should
) ccome satisfied that there was
a real danger of the adop-
, lon of propobed legislation Inltnlcnl to
their interests. The bankers of Omaha ,
and doubtless of ether cities of the stnto ,
mvo answered all calls upon them for
nfornuttion with the assurance that
hero would ho no legislation in No-
> rasl < n damaging to outstdoccpital , and
, his Ins pioduccd n good oiToct in allay-
ng solicitude , hut there was needed to
! ully reassure eastern investors an offi
cial expression such as that contained In
llio message of the governor and the
resolutions adopted by the somite.
The wholcsomo effect of this cannot
'nil to bo at once manifested
n swooping away nil anxiety and aporo-
tionsion , and perhaps inducing a more
.icti\o inflow of capital than might-
otherwise have Utlton place. In that
event the agitation will not have boon
without value , and perhaps inany ovcnt
some good will como of it in an educa
tional way. It Is to bo presumed that a
ijroat many members of the legislature
have learned to take a broader view ,
than before of the questions involved
in legislation relating to charges
upon capital and its investments ,
and have como to understand that
a now state , like Nebraska , which
must borrow money for the de
velopment of its resources , and which
is surrounded byanaetlvo competition
for capital , cannot afford to impose any
conditions or restrictions -upon It not
imposed by neighboring states. Outside
capitalists may fool confident that nil
danger of legislation unfavorable to
legitimate investments in Nebraska lias
passed. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
.1 STllOKO LIGHT ON HAlLltOAD'3.
In the February number of the Arena
Mr O , Wood Divis , a publicist of .ising
fame , turns a strong light on modern
railroad methods. By a careful compl-
Intion of oulcial statistics ho lays baio
the whole Iniquitous system of watered
stocks , ilatsocurities , lictltiousdnldonds
and exorbitant rates , as a skillful sur
geon dissects a subject under the knife.
No person who reads his exhaustive ar
ticle -will wonder thnt the producing
masses are crying aloud for f oforin.
Ho lovlovvs the hisoiy : of railroad
financiering in the United States , and
makes a merciless comparison of the
nctuul cost of the roads with the iisll-
ttous values represented by Inflated
issues of bonds and blocks. .Reduced lethe
the simplest terms , his showing is as
follows :
Total iiilloaRO In the Unltort States . . . . H5.W
Unpltiillnitlon pormlle , ( IS S > I no.T.'ll 00
Actual average cost pormllo . . . . 3)OOU 03
r.iirnlnss per inllo on letunl In-
vu > < tiiiuiit 1,021 8J
Earnings per nillo ou fictitious
capital 1,01075
Total yearly earnings on fictitious
( . xpltal 60,151,770 0(1 (
In computing the actual cost of rail
road construction at $30,000 a mile , Mr.
Davis appears to bo very fair. It is , well
known that in the praino country roads
are built at n cost of 83,000 to S15.000 ,
Ho allows the i.illroids the benefit of
197,000,000 acres of public lands given
them by the crovornmont and of munici
pal aid donated to the amount of $150-
000,000 to $2oO,000,000. In view of these
facts ho may well * > ny that if his calcula
tion errs it is on the side of a too liberal
allowance for cost of construction.
What , then , is the conclusion ? Simply
that the people nro joarly jiiving
dividends on more than twice
the capital actually invested Ir
the railroads , and that in tin
aggregate the sum thus \vrongfullj
extracted fiom their pockets amounted ,
in 1888 , to the astounding totil of $ SO-
12.5,770.
The process by which thla orirao is
committed under the form of law is well
known. It Is illustrated every time n
now railroad Is built in the west. Uotidt
and btock tire issued ( or a sum far in ex
eoss of thu actual cost of construction ,
which Is frequently mudo very high Ir
order to cover the profits of oflielulf
eocrotly interested In it. Then mor
stock is issued and placed oa the market
and bonds are sold in order to furnisl
money to pay fictitious dividends on tin
flat wealth thus created. When usolos
parallel lines arn built for the purpos
of being bought up , more stock am
bonds nro poured forth from the prolifli
printing press to pay for them , Th
people are then assessed to pay dlvl
dends ou the now stock and bonds , nnd t
make up the losses of the useless parallc
linos. Thus year by year the burden 01
the people's back is piled higher.
Is this iniquitous Bjstom to go on foi
over ? If BO , what will Iw the rallroa
rates imposed on future gonorutloai
who must furnish dividends for oconu
of water yet to come forth from the reel
f publlo credulity at Ihoblddlngof some
uturo Moses ot the rnltroivd tribe ?
Jlr. Davis BOOS but ono remedy for the
vll. Thla is rigid governmental ro-
trlction of rates on a basis of reasona
ble Interest for the original cash invost-
nent. If this falls , ho lias nothing
o suggest except outright government
wnorohlp.
Sweeping changes in railroad methods
and tralllc rates nro bound to come. It
villbo fortunate for the railroads if
.heir managers hive the wisdom to ati-
leipato the future by taking Immediate
tops to moot the people half way.
s uccRssrub .ri Jtumt a T/O.V.
Massnchussotta has a state board of ar-
) itratlon and conciliation , whoso duties
are Implied in Its tltlo. The annual ro-
xjrtof this board has recently boon sub-
nlttod to the legislature , from which it
ppoars that notable success has signil-
/.cd its olToils to wattle controversies
and avoit conflicts batweon employers
nd employes , Tlio bo ird hiis 110 power ,
f course , to enforce arbitration. It can
nly net upon a dUputo on the agree
ment of both pirtlea to submit an i- sue
ft Us cinsideratlon. But the boird
ins at every opportunity when a
onti-ovorsy caino to Its knowl-
dgo exerted an influence to brlncr
ho parties together on terms of oquil-
ty in the presence of an imp irtlal tri-
junnl , and by removing friction and ro-
ncing old C-IUHOS of dlltoi'onco to a
ninlmum , sought to olTout a settlement
aider which employes and workmen
night resume their natural and normal
elatlonsto o.ich > other. In many eases
his method of employing re-ison and
onciliatlon , by a tribunal wholly disln-
ercstod as between the partlus and do-
Iring only the general geol , wxs suc
cessful in effecting settlements ncsopt-
nblo to both sides and approved by the
geroral public nontlment.
The principle upon which this Massv-
chusotts bosud works , that of constant
vigilance regarding the relations ho-
ween omplojors and omplo oil , and the
mpartitil character of its investigations
of all controvoisieabrought to its atteti-
lon , has had the natural elToct ot com-
nondlng the hoard to the confidoneo of
> oth classes , and as a result appeals to
t becomu every joav mora numerous
its influence becomes more and more po-
tontln provontinp hasty and iiupulsivo
action svnd inducing pirties batwoon
whom differences exist that tlireiton an
outbreak to submit the mutter for the
adjudication of the board. In
such cases the results have in
variably baeii inoro satisfactory
, han' those following the inau-
'Urntloti ' of strikes , and the consequent
quent creation on ono or both sides
of a state of feeling that uus in itself
in obstacle to any fair and dis
passionate consideration of the griov-
iincos alleged , Another service per
formed by the board that has been of
much practical value is that of recom
mending wage lists from time to time ,
muny cases in which a question of prices
lias arisen in somoshop or ftictoiy hav
ing been settled by reference to thcso
carefully prepared lists of the board.
Although a number of strikes nnd
lockouts happened during thoyeir that
wore decided without tlio interposition
of the board , nnd almost without excep
tion dtsastrouslv to these who embarked
in them , the exertions of thuboaid vvoto
Instrumental in preventing much more
far-reaching injury to the interests of
employers and employed than tlioiocord
of the yonr's labor distutbancos in the
state shows. The toport observes that
the experience of tlio pant you1 with
controversies which havoarison between
employers and their employes has tended
to prove more conclusively than over
that strikes and lockouts are expensive
methods of dealing with differences of
opinion. So far as these methods are
proilucti\o of any definite icsult , they
'
beom well calculated to leave behind -
hind in the minus of the workingmen -
men a smouldering sense of grievance ?
unrodrohsed , and on the side of the om-
plojora.fooling that undue ptessuio his
been oxottod at a time when ho was
least able to withstand it. Arbitration
cannot bo made compulsory between pii-
uito parties , and there will always bo
coses of controversy and conflict which
inubt bo foucrht out botwo3n the o who
engage in them. But the success 'at
tained , by the Muss lohusotts board In
settling differences without a prolonged
cbntet and in averting otheis is encour
aging evidence of what may bo done by
a body th it has made ti claim to the re
spect and confidence of cuiployois ur.d
those who labor.
TIIK SUOAll iniK-T QUESTION.
It is plain that the ical animus of the
movement for the removal of the state
bounty on boot sugar is the complaint ot
farmers to th.o effect that they nto not
sufficiently paid for their labor.
In this complaint , us Tin : BEE has
hold ftoir" the first , there is n measure of
truth. The cultivation of a sugar boot
crop is a very dllToiont sort of nunual
labor from thnt Involved in the cultiva
tion of corn. It is harder woik , and it
costs more to the acre. This Is ono rea
son why it ought to bring much better
pecuniary returns. Another is the fact
that there is no claim ot an overpro
duction ol sugar boots , such as In very
productive years has reduced the price
of corn to a beggarly 18 cents pov
bushel.
For these reasons , farmers who engaged <
gaged last year in the cultivation ol
boots , nnd nelied no more thau corn
paid thorn the joarboforo , hal a right
to complaiu that they BIIVV no benefit to
bo derived by farmers from the payment
ot the bounty to the manufacturers
It is now announced , however ,
that the Grand ' Island. com1
pany will a-ffroo to .pay fanners
nn extra 50 cents a ton on beets If the
bounty is left undlstuibod. This ar
rangement will add from $5 to $10 pot
ncro to the farmers' jirofits , and vr\ \
perhaps bo entirely satisfactory. II
should at least bo carefully considered
There is n broader way of looking-
the whole- subject of the rttate eugai
bounty , and the legislature should nol
fall to study it also from this side. Nebraska
braska cannot afford to strike a crushin [
"blow at her most promising industry. 1
the sugar boot business Is encourugoi
no innn can calculate to whs
vast proportions it may' expand
AYuon It la considered that GUO luctorie
.hoelzoof that'll Grand Island would
bo required 16 manufacture the raw
sugar now Imntirtod' , that the United
States paid fflU.000,000 lost year to Gor
man and JFroTurU producers of this very
crop ; that If the state should progress
only BO fa - as to tnako sugar enough for
ts own consumption , it would keep in
circulation al Mlomo $3,500,000 that it
now sends nnhtTally to Uuropo , to the
"West Indict" iind to Louisiana ; thnt
when wo bullji , up this business wo de
velop town and country together when
these facts wroi marshaled before the
public , It begins to see what a great
stake it has in the further development
of Nebraska us n sugar state.
The latest indications point to a care-
tul study and reasonable adjustment ot
the question by the present legislature
hi UN
livery homo builder , present or pros
pective , is vitally IntoroUcd inthemovo-
mont to secure n modification of the
mechanics' lloti law , so far as It relates
to dealers in building materials.
The present law has boon so rigidly
construed by the courts that the man
who contract' ! fora houso.is at the mercy
of any one or all persons who supply ma
terial for the sli uclmo. No matter how
faithfully the owner mtiy fulfill his obll-
gntlons , or lunv'carotuUy ho niav guard
against dishonesty , ho is hold responsi
ble for the payment ot every cent's worth
of inntoilal In the building. In a word ,
ho is obliged to guarantee the payment
of bills in the making of which has had
no voice.
The fact is that the law as operated
and construed Is , nothing less than class
legislation. Why should the dealer in
building material enjoy privileges de
nied thojrrocor , butcher , tiilor or dress
inakerV The Inttor cmnot enforce alien
lion within sixty days , or at any time
nf tor the delivery of their goo Is , yet
the material mm is invested bylaw
with elements ot superiority and tlio
meio delivery of his goods and their use
on a lot constitutes a mortgage on both
building and grounds.
In nil ether dopirtmonts of business ,
the granting of cronit is carefully
guntdod. The successful merchant in-
quiies into the standing of the applicant ,
his ability to pay and his losouroos.
Thodealor.s In building in vtorlals are
by law relieved ot this precaution , and
credit is granted promiscuously , regardless -
loss ot the st lading ot the contractor ,
knowing th.-u in the event ot his failure
to piy the owner ot the building is hold.
The manifest injustice of the law is
nppiront to nil who have had any ex-
pot ionco in building. The most sorioua
question that at the outset confionts the
man who desires to erect a building is
how to protdct1 himself against lions.
lie may secure a good bond from the
rantinclor , but should ho deviate a hnir
from the conditions of the bond , it will
not stand the t&st of courts. 15ut this
does not proto'ct hlin from lions in case
the contractor proves dishonest.
The builder is , obliged to pay
the liittar nnd sue on the bond
'vith s'lght ' chances of succors.
In justice to 'all concerned , the dealer
in huildinVimtoualk-Hhou'ld bu'ioquired
to servo notice on the owner of the build-
lug at the lint delivery of mitorlal ,
that ho would bo hold responsible.
Pailuro to servo such notice Bhould opat-
ate as a bir to lions after the building is
completed and paid for. This would
compel miitoiltil mon to o orciso caution
iu giving credit and servo as a nrolou-
tionagunst irresponsible contiactois.
X VliO.'OSALS.
The piopositions which the Cm idin !
government his suggostol us subjects
for a lociproclty tieaty with the United
States , are faiily to bo interpreted as in
dicating a genuine desire to effect an
agreement that will bo mutually bene
ficial to the hvo countries. The ( list
proposal Is for the renow.vl of the treaty
of 1831 , with such modiflu > itions us the ul-
torod oiicuuistancos of both countries re
quire , and such extensions as shall bo
dobircd In the interest of both. The
treaty referred to did not woi k to the sat
isfaction of the United states. It was on
the whole a decidedly one-sided arrange
ment from which Canada derived much
the greater benefit It was not an agree
ment that fahly conserved the interests
of both countt ios and secured mutual
advantages. Its termination was wel
comed by all inteiests in this country ,
and the experience under it was such as
to create a nearly universal sentiment
hostile to reciprocity with Canada.
That treaty would conbcquontly have to
undergo modifications so swooping , in
order to miiko it acceptable to the people
ple of the United States , as to practic
ally make of It a now agreement , and
for this reason it would seem to have
boon wiser on the part of the Canadian
gox-oriuncnt not to hnvo proposed the
treaty of 1834 as the basis of n now agree
ment.
As to the proposed reconsideration ol
the treaty or arrangement relating to
the Atlantic fisheries , so as to give Ca
nadian lish free admission into our mar
ket in return foc-Tfiicilltios to American
fishounon in Catiitultin ports , it Is a ques
tion whether it vvjl ] bo acceptable to the
fishery interest ofuNow England. Hut
that Intel est Iut8inot ; the claim to con
sideration thnt Jjj-jtprmorly had , and the
'proposal Is to bai regarded with refer
ence to the geiftSr'Al bonolits that might
result. The roation ] of the coasting
laws of the Bbaupard and the inlniu'
waters dividing Canada from the Unltot
States might bo"tibno to mutual advan
tage , the fact bojng that BO far as the
inland waters ' \\tk concerned the lawi
have never bootj jjory rigidly enforced
by the United StaUs.
The fact thiit'tRb Canadian govern
ment appeals to the country on this qucs
tloii attests its earnestness , but after all
It is n restricted reciprocity that is con
tomplated. The cabinet ministers as
sort that there is. no intention to entoi
upon n policy that would discriminate
against Great Britain , nnd they boliovc
the Canadian people will notflunctloi
such a policy. It is clear that the influence
once of the government will bo thro wi
against the idea of unrestricted ro
ciprodty advocated by the liberals , ant
Its success in the election is inoro than
propablo. Very little has coma from
Washington regarding the Canadiar
movement looking to reciprocity , but ll
is not doubted that our govornmon
would give respectful cousidora
tloii to overtures for negotiations.
As to the Bontltnont of the
country , it is questionable whether a
majority of Uio people , nnd p.irtleula rly
the agricultural producers , nro in favor
ot reciprocity with Canada. It is extremely -
tromoly unpopular with the farmers of
the New England and middle states , nnd
there Is reason to buliovo thnt it would
not bo acceptable to a majority of this
class of our people. The election for
members of n now parliament in Cnnnda
will tnko place March 6 , nnd the result
\v 111 bo regarded with n great deal of
interest in the United States.
TIIK Sl'lllIT OK J7AOOJSJf.
A contemporary whoso habitat is n
western city secure from hostile fotolgn
fleets or armies remarks that the most
popular war this country will over fight
will bo with Knglnnd. "England is the
gtontiivnl o ( the United Stales , " de
clares this smgulnary journal from its
safe retreat , "and the day will come
when the struggle for supremacy will
have to bo decided. The mother coun
try Is our enemy , and In duo time wo
must destroy her power. " Sontlmont of
this kind is far moro general In the
United States than is commonly sup
posed , and it is not confined
to the Ignorant or thoughtless. Some
intelligent men , among whom it
is presumed the writer in our contompo-
raiy isontitloa to bo classed , seriously
buliovo that the United States will never
attain * to supremacy in commercial
power without u war with Great Britain
In which that nation shall suitor an
overwhelming defeat. Possibly this
feeling is less general than It was a gen
eration ago , or oven at n moro recent
Dutloci. but Into events have hid a ten
dency to stimulate It , and it might bo
sut prising , it a canvass wore made , to
find how many people on toi lain It.
The sentiment , hovvovorls neither wise
nor p Ui iotic. It is essentially umv orthy of
an enlightened and Christian peoplo.
The rivalry between England and the
United States la wholly commercial , and
the enduring conquests of catntmrco are
achieved by superior enterprise and en
ergy. Is there nny ro.ison why the
American people should doubt the ulti-
m Ho result ot a conflict that calls Into
action thobe qualities , nnd if there wore
how could n wirholp to the dcslrod
supremacy ? War moans destruction , in
'
whioh generally the victor suffers ul-
most as much as the vanquished. Kvon
wore wo propirod for n war with Eng
land , to whatever extent wo should crip
ple her power our own would pretty
surely bo injure J in noirly or
quite equal moisuro. Under pres
ent conditions wo should bo at nn
ononnou ? disadvantage in such a con
flict. Wo might indict heavy damage
upon England's merchant marine for a
time , but our defenseless seaports would
bo at the mo oy of English ironclads and
warships. To prepare for war would
involve Iho expenditure of enough money
to build lines of ships to run to every
considerable port Ire the vvoild , and when
the conflict was ended much of this
would bo swept away. In nldition there
would boa debt to bunion the pjoplofor
a generation or longer. In the oven ) , of
victory , could wo bo sure that the gain
would overbalance the loss ?
The true policy of this republic is ono
of peaceful conflict for commercial su
premacy , whether against the rivalry
of England or any otho natlo'i , and the
) rog''os9of ' half a I'ontury ought lo as-
uro us ot the certain utUiinmont of bitch
uptomacy if the oitu prNa and energy
of our people , aided bv an enlightened
statesmanship and a progressive national
policy , do not f til.Voara now chal-
onging the rivalry of llurouann nations
n the southern half of the hemisphere
.villi . encouraging promise of great re
sults , and when wo li ivo gained tlio
ascendancy there wo shall bo propirol
ivith increased advantages to invade and
conquer other Holds. The snldiorn this
country needs are the practical and in-
lolligenl business mon who will inlto-
duce our wares inlo every market , nnd
nstcnd ot battle ships wo must have
iwift ana commodious steamers that will
convoy tllo pioducts of eoil and factory
wherever there is a demand for thorn.
This is the only sort of vvai faro which
the l/nitod States can wisely , safely , and
with a true icgard for its high example
a republic , wage against rivals in the
contest foi commercial power.
Tun resolution reported 'n ' congress ,
oxpiessing bjmputhy with the porsecul-
ed Jews in Kussia , might have no effect
upon the imperial despot who is respon
sible for the bitter sufferings ot those
unfortunate nooplo , but it is none the
less the duty of this republic to make
Its voice hoard in rebuke of n policy
that outrages humanity and civilization.
Tlio intelligent and jubt sentiment of
this country , regardlossof nationality or
creed , unqualifiedly condemns the course
of the R-ibslan got eminent toward
the dofonbeless people who nro the
victims of "a vindictive nnd
wholly unjustifiable persecution , nnd
there is no good reason why this Bontl-
mont should not bo expressed through
the loprtsontatlvobody of the people.
The resolution reported by the foreign
affairs committee is unnecessary
amiable In its tone and language , but it
would bo moro creditable to the nation
than the omission of nil expression in
rebuke of this great wrong.
The Koch Ijmph remedy for consump
tion may yet proyo to bo a failure. The
most damaging testimony against it is
that of Prof. Honooh of Berlin , n distin
guished medical authority , who states
that out of twenty-two persons he treated
with the lymph , only ono showed im
provement , wnllo in several cnsos the
patients became worse. Ho therefore
abandoned its use. At least half n doion
persons In this country who ivoro inocu
lated with tholympti have died , in some
cases very soon after receiving the
treatment. It is ( rue thai in
ono or two instances the condi
tion of the pntlont was hopeless
when treated , but ntlll the weight of
evidence is not favorable to 1'rof. Koch'd
discovery. The distinguished Gorman
surgeon , Prof. "Vlrchow , declared re
cently in substance that tlio indications
nro that the lymph does not entirely
destroy bacilli in tuberculosis , but
drives them from the part most affected
to ether parts of the body , thnt a pa
tient Buffering from tuberculosis of the
lungs might bo found some time nttor
Inoculation to bo suffering from tuborcu-
losls in the kidneys or eomo other
orgnn. The concensus of opinion of n
number of Now York physicians who
invo experimented with the lymph is
unfavorable to its alleged curative pow
ers. To the great army of consump-
ivo3 who have found hope in this dis
covery the evidences of its failure will
coino with depressing effect.
TIIK bill introduced in the legislature
.o prevent foreign bodies of armed men
exorcising police powers in the state
should become n law. A lll o measure
was smothered by Interested parties in
the last legislature. The Plnkorton
ncrcenarios should be kept out of the
state.
OxiMiAr.t'of the legtslntivo session
will expire Tuesday and the sum totnl of
its labors is two bills , ono to pny the
members and the other appropriating
$11)0,000 ) for the relief of the dtouth
stricken section.
IT SHOULD ba observed that the
Seventh ward is not getting left to nny
sotlous nxtent In Iho now illtlilbutlou ot
clerical spoils.
Col. liiKi > rsil Mi\t "i it hoculnr Pact.
Intci virtu ( n MJ 3ItnnraiM\l \ Jonrnnl.
'ihero are a lot of men In this world who
think they nro d d Important. But they
aren't.
UHO Trli'plioiicf. ?
A'cui rorlt ll'niM.
It is trril cnoiiKh to note tlmt the people of
Clikaponro not yet going to church in their
airships.
He's Unlit That Wny.
Oifcnim Titlnuu ,
Bon IIoRnn ( uulintcd from the prize rltifi
into the ministry. Uov Snmtones but this
maj bo premature.
Onlj Tlilrtv-1 liron IJ.TJH to Ijl\c.
St .Tiwvti lie all.
The Nebraska Icglsliituio 1ms ntlcnRthcou.
eluded to act with a little common sense anil
( jot down to practical business.
Wn Arn Tin1 People.
jVrio Ynrlc ll'i Id
\Vhon a public man readies that point
vv heio bo ilous not caio what tlio newspapers
sav about him ho very soon ceases to bo a
[ iu bile in.ui.
I'rnliihltton Don't Prohibit.
KittiKttt Cttn Tlmr *
The Iowa prohibitionists , who do their
vv ovlc bj Ills nnd starts , h ivo started n crusade -
sade at Toit UodRe , la. When they nro worn
out in spirits and cash the Joints will still bo
there.
Wickedness N > t Conllncd to Cities.
Jlosfnn Jlenthl.
The brutnlit.v with which murders are com
mitted under the effects of bad rum or
whisky in some of the secluded towns of New
England parallels the worst atrocity found in
city life.
Itud ii ; otiili An v ny.
JUtnnrap'itls Tribune.
Dishonesty sometimes come1 } high. The
Sioux war cost the govoinmont $2,000,000 , not
to mention tbo vnluiblo lives lost The in
let ior'lcpartintnt docs not "point with pride' '
to its record in tliis
"WliatAt'N KiuiHii < 4 City ?
The annual report of President Eliot of
Hauard university Is full of Imlf-ioncealca
] ov over the rising atlilotlo supremacy of the
institution at CambililKO Perhaps thl * is a
hint us to thu tneaiiintf.of "Tlio HigliorEilucn-
Uon'nt Ilmviuil , " which. Mr. Kliot will soon
discuss in the west.
AVIicro lop * Oiiinlii Come In ?
Any Chlctigo man A ill refute an assoition
novvRohifrtue louuds of the pi ess that the
most be.iutllul woman llvci iu London nnd is
the wife of a well known socialist poet. lie
can cisllv show thnt tlio most beautiful
woman in the world -about 100,000 , of her , in
fact lives ii ht hero in Chicago.
'Joxt for iiunit * I'ronehor.
Sun 1'nuicfrco Ktnnttn'r.
On Saturday a nvm who stele 00 cents'
worth of properly was sentenced to two
> ems' hurt labor In 1'olsom prison. John C.
Hall , who stele ever $20JOJO , is still at larRo.
Justice la miKhtv and has a habit of prevail
ing in story books , but It does not scorn to bo
startlingly successful in real life.
Qu u < ; mlr < i of Statistics.
Situ 1'rnnctscn Clnoinclc.
The fallacy of per capita statistics is shown
by the nguios of German boor dritiltlni ; .
Those iovoil that the per capita consumption
of bjcr In the Icnisor's realm last year was 110
quails. This represents a little ever two
quarts a week , which is a mighty small nv er
ase tor the ordinary mascullno German , but
an ONtromoly largo ono for womeu and chil
dren. _
* You Take Yimr Choice.
Clttrimit Matt.
A bad , bid republic in Journal In comment
ing upon the factthatox-l'riwident Cleveland
and Governor Hill shook hands at a banqot
in New York tlio other niirht recalls a similar
occurrence at New Orleans recently , alter
which Mr. Dompioj's ' fiicnds wore disap
pointed. In the ca.su of the New Yorkers ,
however , neither man has ever disappointed
his f i tends.
in Court.
Even the courts do not overlook the minor
courtesies of life. It has long been considered
Improper to compel a foinnlo witness to tell
her ngo unless it is necessary to the better
undotitaiidhiK of thociso , nnd lawyers usu
ally withdraw the question if the witness
hesitates to uibdosotho Interesting sociot.
A Now Jersey court has now dcddod that a
referee cannot compel a lady who is not n
party to ttia suit to r.ilso hnr veil , so that aho
may bo idontlllod by a v < itnoss.
The VaiiiHlilin ; Negro.
fit. Ijoui * GW > C'lcmi > crat ,
The main consideration with statesmen and
economists is that in the ccnoral expansion In
population the negro Is not holding his own.
Ho is steadily ami rapidly falling behind In
the race with his white nolghbou. As a
force In legislation his Influence Is waning ,
The black bopy which a few fnncifdl parsons
In the south and north had conjuicd up is de
stroyed effectually and permanently , Prac
tically speaking , the negro problem
of yoslorUa/ ' .
fJOIt'N MUSIC.
F. K. n'uitnerliiin Jcinj > le Hitr ,
Since over the world was fashioned ,
Water , and air nnd sod.
A music ot d Ivors meaning
Has ( lowed from the hand of God.
In valley und gorge and upland ,
On stonnv mountain height ,
Ho makes Him n harp of the forest ,
Ho swoops the chords with might.
He puts forth His huml to the ocean ,
lie speaks and the wntora How ,
Now in a chorus of thuudor ,
Now In a cadence low.
flo touches the waving flower-bells ,
Ho phys on the woodland streams-
A tender soiiy Uko a mother
Kings to her child In drcums.
But the tmislo divlnu.it nnd clearest ,
Bluco ever tbo years boitiui ,
Is the manifold ptmlonnto nmslo
Ho uravvu from tUo Uoart of tuaa
Chicago 1'ost ! There Is a sort of sctitU
mcntnl fitness In the notion that the two
greatest republic * of the hemisphere the
olde-st nnil tbo youngest should bo the tint
to discover common Interest In free trmlo nnd
reciprocal comity 'I'fco moro
the merrier ,
St. Paul I'loncflr-Projs : We put col
Htignr , tcahldes ) etc. , from llrajsll on the frvo
list , \\hllo Hrnm reduces Itnircrt duties upon
American products to-tho i-vtent of about
( Ivo millions annually , which Is nil she is nblo
to do In her ptvsnnt llnaticlnl condition ,
After nil this molltnltmry discussion , reci
procity has actually bcyun to reciprocate.
Kansas City Journal ! This commercial
nriangomont promises very satisfactory re.
suits iitul Is n cotnploto vindication of the
wisdom of Mr. lllalno In Insisting that a
ro3lprocity _ provision should bo plncoil In the
Mclvinlov bill. It also shows the miixntanco
ol making the t At Iff legislation of the country
n lover In ni ranging our commercial relation *
with ether nations. -
Kansas City Times : Kcclproelty has piped
n lluto note In the president's proclamation
nnd an nntlphonnl In llmzll's consent , to its
terms. A proclamation does not create trade ;
nor docs n subsidy. The conditions that
innko n natural niutunl demand must exist.
\Vo got htilo from Ura/il except colfoo.
llra/U gets llttlo from us. U ho now arrange
ment Is nothing to lejolco over.
Chicago News : Time nlono can demon
strate the m-timl iiilvnntii03 of Mr Ulnlno's
Innovation In the American tarilt svstom If
reciprocity with the South , \mmloiui touti-
tiles proves imillt.thlo It Is possible that nn
American /oilvereln embracing C.uuula.Mox
Icoimd all the Liitln-Amurlciin countries mnv
Iw an uvcnt of the tint-distant future. With
such n consummation growing out of this
pielluilimiy llriuil tiontr the tame of Soo-
retmy lllnlnn ns an enlightened economist
will bo assured
St. Louis Olobo Democrat : Hiazll gets
nbctul of all tlin other count ! Ios of the contli.
neiit in securing n icciproclty treat ) with the
United States Her triumph is bj a "nock"
onlv , hoivcvur. as sotnoof tlio other nations
will iitiilmibU'illv enter Into n similar ntinng-
mcnt with us bofnio the joar cuds * *
Canada Is evidently nnvlous to establish a
svatcinof commercial reciprocity with the
United Status ; butshnmiy bo sine that she
will hnvo to give ns much IIM she Kets I'ho
time forono-slded treaties has gone by In our
diplomatic History.
Minneapolis Tilbuno : To rc.all/o mnro
fully the advantages of ri'elproilty with
IJra ll our merchniits must study the com-
increlal customs of South Amoiica , which
differ from otus In ninny wajs South
Amoileans have nlwnys complained thnt our
incicliants and mntmfacturQrs hnvo made no
clToits to conform to their customs in the
matter of long credits nnil have shown littlu
onttrinisolnstudjing the pceulliii vviints of
the South Amoilcin markets. With ieci-
piocity must come a lefunn In this icgard
and greater ontotpiiso or wo shnll not prollt
by it Iu the fullest measure possible
Chicago Tribune1 Kopubllrnns on the
wnvs nml means cominittco who hnvo been
nnd are opposed to itflptneitv whould medi -i
tate on wtat that policy is accomplishing lot-
their constituents , even under the Impcifuot ,
faulty Aldiich amendment They mav
ruach the conclusion thnt the wisest
thing lor them to do Is to own up
llko the repentant Mills of Texas that thev
liiuo Ix.rn wrong , and to promise that tluty
will do all thev can to push thiough before
March-I till which tune the lamp holds out
to liiiin , and the hnidenod congressional sin
ner inuy return the vniiotis reciprocltj bills
and resolutions which me before the house.
v-
\JEttItAtiKA AVJH'.V.
The Allinnco Herald is a now publication nt
Springfield , Koya I'alin county.
Ills reported that the Valparaiso Trlbuno
will soon como out as an alliance organ.
The Liuwood Independent is n now paper
published by W. II. McCinfllu of Bellwood.
Jj. O. Dustln proposes to dispose of thc >
Suninor Uisp itch and loeato at Oakdulo in
the mercantile business.
The Ilosclnnd Hoportor was about to sus-
] > oiid when tin ) bn.iid of tmilo came forward
with sufficient fund" to put the piper on n
holla footing.
George A. McArthiir has purchased the
Atkinson Graphicnhlch ho has beciiiun-
ning under lo iso for some time put , mulls
uovv ou nor ns well as pubhshei of the paper.
Messrs. 12. L > ICIplliigur & Son mo now
celltors and proprietors of the Loom is Homo
Ciiiaiil , whllo Mr W. A. How en , a foimor
employe of the lloldrodgo Nugget , is pub
lisher.
The editor of thu People's Itlpsawat Friend
lias discovered a bojcotting plot ag'iln t him
and olTor * a reward of WU for idcneo w hiclt
will loael to the conviction of any of t'.io pur-
lies connected with the conspiracy.
Hov. F. G. Yenny , editor of the Superior
Guide , has divided his plant and will at
tempt the expei inicnt of running a Hceond
paper at Cedar UlulTs. There is n distance
of 150 miles between the towns where ho will
net as editor.
Kdltor Hyatt of the Fremont flail has emit
sinokliifr and ho found it necessary to occupy
a column ol his piper to explain the matter
to his i eailors. Some of his cdltonals , however -
over , continue to smoUo when the major has
his "ro.istlng" J.ic.iel on. s *
"The nowspiper business in these days , " ' * '
says the Columbus Telegram , "doos not pro
vide a bed of roses , nor n well llllod manger
for the editor and his cmplovcs , The two-
plo seem to bo hugging what few doll us
they have rather than put them in pi inter's
ink in the hopes of Incioaslnjj their capital
and business. "
Frank AV. Spiaguo , form rly editor of the
HushvilloSun , and Into democratic candidiito
for secretary of state , has settled in a moio
congenial clime nt Urnndon , Miss , , wlioro hu
haaenguged in tburual cstnto business. Hu
lias onu consolation In his new home If tbo
democrats should over noininatohltn for ollleo
he would be sure of nn election.
A. F. Enos of the Long Pine Journal has
taken his wife with him on a two woeks'
tour in the eastern part of the state. Just to
show how it Is done Mr , JJnos explains thnt
ho has left n man in clnrgo "who will re
ceive inonojs nnd receipt for the same , but
will imy no bills. If you ewe us and jour
consloneo troubles you , call in nnd leave thu
cash Just tbo samu ns though thu editor was
at homo , but plcaso present no bills. "
Just how scarce news is sometimes In n
country town Is shown In the tallowing from
tbo Wnutiotn Breeze ; "Last week , in order
to sprint ? n little sensational news on tin un
suspecting public , wo announced thnt .luilgo
rislior was confined to the house with rheu
matism , and lilted him to stay at homo four
days for a half pound package of 'Hard
Times' smoking tobacco , but the boy that wo
sent to deliver the tobaci o stele it mid the
paper vvns still hot from the pi esshonlol
hero cnmo tho'Jtidgo over to town after that
tobacco , thereby hurting our reputation for.
truth and veracity in this our native town. "
I'ANNIAU JliHTH.
DetroitrrooPruss : Ho Thnt Miss Fan
ning you Introduced mo Lo Just , now would
make a man a capital wifo.
She Love nt ilrst sight , eh }
He O , no , not that ; but you nee , I have
discovered that she doesn't talk any ,
I ovvcll Cltl/on : "I cnn never marry you "
"Henwnsl You oan'U"
"No , it requires u minister to do it iu this
state , you bee. "
Smith < fe Onw's Monthly : Ills Sister
Cart le Uoldust has Just naked mo to bo ono Of
nor bridesmaids.
Jack Uv Jovol DOJ ou know , I think brides
are some of thu greatest fools thuro urul
"Why I"
"Because they never marry the best man.
Don't you know ! "
Philadelphia Times : "Why do you allow
that strange man to address you without an
Introduction ) " asked Mrs. Chicago.
"Because , " mswored her stepdaughter ,
"ho used to bo my pa before futher pot n di
vorce from mother nnd married jou. "
Atchlson Olobo : Tlio American girl , like
tbo American pork , goes every ivhora. There
is no country under the sun whom you can-
uot sco thu ono and tosto the othur.
Now York lieiald ; Deacon Iiarilsciabhlu
( to pisBi'iigor requiring thruo scats for himself
and baggage ) You are fro'll tha city , 1 pre
sume )
Mr. She it Yes ; how did you know III
Deacon Hardscr.lbtilo O , wo butchered
our countiy hoga three months ago.
Bt. Joseph News : You nro not altogether
wrong , Uurucoa , but yet the particular now
revenue cuttur you Inquire ubout it not a ,
iiiaculuo lor cuttluu' coupons oil bonds. , S