G THE OMAHA DATLY BEEUMONDAY , JULY 13 , 1891 ,
FOREIGN FINANCIAL REVIEW ,
Dealings Unusually Mcagro Throughout
the Leading European Money Centers.
BUSINESS AGAIN LISSAPPOINTED BULLS ,
I'nrls Prfocs Sllnlilly Ailvnncctl Wllli
It Kiilnr Current of Transac
tions 1'rnnlr.rorl IlonrHO
Vciy Quiet ,
ION box , July 12. Thcro wnn rather moro
Oomnnil of discount during the pnst week nt
1 % per cent for tlirco months and Jf per cent
for short. The dead season has sot In on the
stock exchange. The miirkcts nro absolutely
Btagnnnt und although quotations inovo up
nnd down , denllnfis nro unusually incuRro
The cxtromo cheapness of money assists In
vestment in Blocks , but no spirit for business
exists nnywhcro.
In foreign securities there were sharp fluc
tuations In I'ortURiicso during the week ,
the result of Friday's close buhiK
n rlsu of M per cent on the week.
Spanish closed per cent up. South Ameri
can securities wcro lint ; Uruzliinn relapsed 1
nnd Argentine \ per cent. Knpllsh railroad
securities showed a pcnornl upward tendency
on Improved trafllc on American railways.
The course of business ajjaln disappointed
bulls. Every now nnd npulu prices improved ,
only to relapse cwlnt ; to lack of genuine pub
lic support. The week's variations in prices
include thu following :
Increases : Lnko Shore , 1 } per cent ;
Louisville & Nnshvillc , 1 # per cent ; North
crn Pacific preferred , % percent ; Central
Pacific. Union 1'nciflc nnd Wabnsh , pre
ferred , yt per cent each. Decreases : Den
ver , preferred , yt per cent : Norfolk , pro-
ferreu. 1 ucrccul ; New York , Pennsylvania
& Ohio nnd Ohio & Mississippi , X per cent
each There was so mo demand for Canadian
securities , Grand Trunk tlrsts and second
preferred advanced " per cent ouch , and third
preferred and guaranteed \ % per cent each.
Mexican railway was weak ; seconds nnd
ordinary rclapsod 1 percent. Of the tnls-
cellaneous securtties Hell's Asbestos dc-
rn-aserl * < per cent on the week , and Iludaon
Hay Ji per rent.
Havana Trade Itcvlcw.
HAVANA , July 12. Thu sugar market was
quiet during the past week. Holders were
too high for buyers and in consequence n
very Mnnll business was transnctcd.
STOCKS Scarce , with quotations ns fol
lows : Molusses sugar , regular to good po
larization , fa.rJXC.J''JSJ . Mubcovado for
peed refining , 90 degrees polarization , S-MUJ-J
& 2.2.1 ; centrifugals , 1)2 ) to ( Hi degrees , $ i.GSJ .
Stock in warehouse at llavumi , ( iSS boxes ,
1.2711,000 bngs , ,800 hogsheads. Receipts for
the week , 11.1US bogs and ! ii ; hogsheads. Ex
ports , .V.1,000 bags , fiO.'t hogsheads , of which
ii , ( IUU bngs und 1-18 hogsheads were to the
United States.
BAON ( $1.85.
HUT mi Superior American , $13 gold per
quintal.
Fi.ofn American , * 18 gold per barrel.
HAMS American sugar cured , ? 17 per
quintiil for northern ; Wi for southern.
LAUD in kegs , $12.50 gold per quintal ; in
tins , $1-1.75.
Lr.Miiiu : nominal.
SIIOOKS Nominal ,
HIANS : White , JO. 70 gold per quintal.
CIII.WINO TOIIACCO S2.-10 gold per quintal.
Ilooi's Nominal.
BXUIA.NIII : Quiet ; London ,
per cent premium.
Sl'ANiaii GOI.II ? J.au
I'crlln Ilcvicw.
Btnci.iN , July 12. Prices were very firm on
the bourse during the week. Emperor \Vii-
lium's Biioccli in the London Uulkl
hall produced an excellent cflect
on the market. Prussian consols
yesterday rose 1 'j ; per cent on the day ; Uus-
Binn lj < j nnd other foreign securities ? . Lo
cal speculative nnd mining securities also ad
vanced.
The closing prices of yesterday were :
Prussian , 100 ; Dcntscho bunk , 151.10 ;
Mexican ( Is , 0 roubles , 224.115 : Uochumers ,
112 ; Ilarpeners. IbS ; short exchange on Lon
don , 20.M' ! | ; long , 20.18& . Private dis
count , 3' ' _
Frankfort Itcvlciv.
FiuNKFOKT , July 12. The bourse was
quiet during the week pnst. Prices were
llrm. The closing quotations of yesterday
include : Italian , 02 ; Hungarian gold rentes ,
01. 40 ; Portuguese , ( XI ; Spanish , 71UO ; short
exchange on London , 20.1)5 ) ; private discount ,
8 % per cent.
Itovlcw.
P-Uti ? , July 12. On the bourse the past
week thcro was n steady current of business
which enhanced prices. Tnreo per cent
rentes ndvanccd ! iO centimes on the week ;
Credit Fancier shares , 5J.f franco ; Itio Tintos ,
HJji francs ; Bank of Franco shares , 45 francs
und Suez Canal shares , 20 francs.
Information Krco.
Do yon know that any old sere or cut oan
bo absolutely cured by the intelligent use of
Hullcr's Barbed Wire Liniment' ; Bo merci
ful to your horse and try It.
. \J111S OP XOMlTIHt'JSST.
Otoo county needs n now jail.
The State bank of Morse Bluffs has been
organized.
The Hitchcock county fair will bo hold nt
Culbertson , September 22d to25th.
The Ulysses milt dam was" washed out by
the heavy rains , causing a loss of $2,000.
The old ooldiers of Saline county will hold
n reunion In Henry AppU-cato's grove near
Crete next Wednesday , Thursday and Fri
day.
day.Louis
Louis Sinlthburgor has been appointed
clerk of Stantou county to succeed \V. F.
Sharp , who recently lost his life through
drowning.
A mad dog scare existed in the neighbor
hood of Springfield , Siirpy county , last week
nnd n number of canines wcro killed. No
persons wcro bitten.
J , F. Johnson , ono of the best known resi
dents of ICdgar , died ns the result of arsenical
poisoning. Ho was n prominent Oddfellow
urn ! was burled under the .direction of that
order.
Mrs. Nnnoy Llttlo of ICcnnccco precinct ,
Dnwson county brought suit nunlnst her
husband on thu charge of having stolen two
hoi-s.es from her on the night of Juno 22. The
evidence was not suillclcut to convict und bo
was acquitted ,
Thu Wnhoo Wnsp has changed hands ,
Smith & Suhram retiring and being suc
ceeded by Wright & Pylo. Under iho old
iimmtKcmont the Wasp has been ono of the
very best weekly papers printed In the .state
olid the promise Is made that the new owners
will not allow it to deteriorate.
William Smith , n colored veteran of the
Into war residing at Nebraska City , was ex-
nmltied at Plattsmoutu for u pension and the
board recommended that ho bo granted fS n
month. Being without funds Smith was
forced to walk to Nebraska City. The exer
tion proved too much for him und ho died In
n few days.
John Heath nnd his wife of Washington
county nearly lost their llvoa by poisoning *
the other day. They were taken suddenly
ill and n physician who was summoned
declared they were HtilTerlng from arsenical
poisoning. Proper remedies were applied
und their lives wcro saved. A daughter who
nui nwny with a circus nnd was brought
back homo was suspected of having adminis
tered the poison , tmt she denies all knowl
edge of the crime.
The old fabto about the boy who ? cried ,
"Wolf , Wolf , " had n counterpart In IJundy
county thu other day..ibo Shufcr , n brick-
maker , went in swimming In a lagoon near
Ough In company with two vqung men. Ho
slipped Into n deep hole , ami when ho ctimo
to the Hurface ho screamed for help. Ono of
uls coinimnlons dragged him out , but shortly
afterword ho slipped in again nnd once moro
screamed for help. Again ho was rescued
nnd then ho laughed at his companions , say
ing ho had only been fooling them. In it few
minutes ho fell into the same hole a third
tlmo und screamed , but thn boys concluded
not to bo foocd | any moro , Shu for disap
peared under the water und when ho fulled
to risa to the surface his companions realized
the situation. They dove for the body but
flld not recover It for thrco hours. TUo hole j
in which ho was drowned was an old clay pit
which Shafcr bad dug himself.
lown.
Hnylng nnd harvesting hiu commenced In
the southern part of the state ,
An cge on exhibition at Grand Junction is
nine Inches In circumference and weight six
ounces.
Grand Junction grain dealers are offering
to contract the new crop of oats at 21 cents
per bushel.
A row , accidentally shut up In a barn nt
Cedar Kuplds , stayed there four Weeks with
out food or water.
A painter locked up In the Uubuquo county
Jail Is decorating the walls of the building
with landscape views.
G. M. Jnmlson of Ford complains that
green Uco are destroying his npulo trees and
wnnts to know \vliai , will kill thorn.
The annual encampment of the Sixth regi
ment , louti national guards , will bo held ut
Webster City , commencing July 20.
Fred Dear , n fifty-year-old carpet weaver ,
has deserted his nlnotcon-y car-old wife In
Uubuquo after mortgaging all his property.
A move 'is being made at Hamburg to
secure n Joint discussion between the thrcn
candidates for governor early lu the present
campaign.
Oliver TIbbcts , n'u old settler of ICossuth
county , and his daughter , a young lady about
twenty-live years of ago , were both buried in
ono grnvo at Algona ,
Mayor Duncan of Burlington has nskcd for
moro police to aid in looking alter the licensed
st loons and other Irregularities In that city.
Thu present force , ho says. Is inadequate.
Harry Long , n boy eight years old , caught
onto a moving train ut Now Hampton and
v/as thrown under the car. Uls leg was
crushed and i-ut oft near his body and ho
died in thirty minutes after thu accident.
Duhuqiio rcoplo nro signing u petition to
the district court asking tout the noisy - electric
tric street cars be enjoined from running nt
night , or clso some kind of gearing bo sub
stituted that will do away with the nubanco.
Walter Spollman of DCS Molncs captured
n butglar and was holding him when n
ilriinjteu pcllcoman came along , nnd thinkim ;
Spcllman was the burglar knocked himscnsc-
ii'ss with n billy. The real burglar escaped.
William Storey , a veteran of the Mexican
war , died at his homo in Dubuque county last
week. His death leaves but lour survivory
of that war in that county Hugh Smith ,
James Kowiui. James Carpenter and Henry
Kelly.
John C. Irwin of Marcus township , Chero
kee county , lost a large .sow weighing nearly
four hundred pounds in the late deluge , and
found her iillvo and well flvo miles below his
home , she having evidently bwiim the whole
distance.
The superintendent of the Iowa Iron works
at Dubuque has announced that arrange
ments have been completed whereby the
plant will bo removed to St. Louis , ft will
probably bo about a year before the works
will be removed and in the meantime they
will be operated In Dubuque.
Great preparations tire being made for thoraces
races nt Knoxvillo. August 11 to 14. The
now mile track will bo formally opened nt
that time and some great sport is expected ,
as the track is very fast. All the stakes and
purses amount to $1,000 to $2,000. Twenty-
eight horses are already paid up in a single
race and all the other events are well filled.
On the llrst day ladles will be admitted free.
Excursion rates will bo given on all roads.
W. F. Gault , an old nnd respected resident
of LcClalrc , went on an excursion up the
river with n party from his village on tlio Jo
Long. On the way homo after dark In some
manner Mr. Ganlt walked off the bank into
the river. His cries for help wcro not heard
and he was left to battle the waves. He kept
alloat down the river two miles and landed
ut Cordova , where n man took him in n skllT
nnd put him on the Abnor Gile , which landed
him at his home. His family , who wcro on
the Jo Long , hud not oven mijscd him.
They have some practical Jokers in Dickin
son county. The Lake Park News 1ms the
following : "A wedding is said to have taken
pb co in Excelsior lately that was not down
on the regular programme. A young man
dressed in his sister's clothes made love to a
young man of the township , nnd in duo
course of time received n proposal of mar
riage , which was accepted. The wedding
came off ns ngreed upon , but the same eve
ning the 'happy husband' was chased nwny
from the home of his bride with an nx , nnd
ho has been afraid to show up since , proba
bly being onto the Joke by this time. "
Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup for chil
dren teething softens the gums ana allays
all pain. 25 cents n bottlo.
A Puzzler for the Doctors.
The physicians of the Mtiryland Uni
versity hospital uro puzzling' their brains
to discover whether Frederick Beesingor
is su'Torinjr from u trouble ot interest to
the medical profession on account of its
novelty or whether ho is an adopt in the
art of simulation. On last Wednesday
morning Beesinuor was found lying ap-
purontly unconscious at the corner of
Baltimore and Pine streets. IIo
was taken to the hospital , where
ho has since remained in a state
of coma. llaving1 tried all the
usual means to revive him , as a hist
resort ammonia was applied. As hooti
as ho inhaled it ho became conscious ,
but became unconscious ajjiiin immedi
ately after its removal. While under
its influence he stated that ho came from
Milwaukee , but this was all that could
bo fjot from him. All day long ho lies
in his cot blankly staring at the coiling.
After a consultation of the faculty the
doctors have decided tfint his ailment is
a form of hysterfn. The strangest part
of his trouble is that ammonia is the
only thing tried yet that has any olToct
on him. As soon as a towul saturated
with it is placed to his nostrils ho be
comes rational in a moment. To bodily
pain ho seems to bo insensible. Pins
stuck in his llcsli are unnoticed by him.
A galvaiiie battery roused him for a
while , but thoolVcct was not permanent.
Use Haller's Gorman Pills , the great con
stlpatlon and liver regulator.
Well on :
The professional beggars in Paris ,
who stand at church doors , on the
bridges , or other good corners of the
French capital , are very often richer
than most of those of whom they implore
charity. It Is no uncommon thing to
hoar of important sums of money being
found ut the lodgings of deceased men
dicants. Till their death they generally
try to keep their secret , but a beggar
who was for many years known
as Pore Antoine , and who used
to stand on the stops of
tlio Church of St. Surplice , seemed to
like to boast of his wealth. Not long
ago ho , in a moment of temporary in
sanity , brought on by illness , throw him
self out of a window ami was killed on
the spot. A nuui named Guillumin , to
whom he had promised to leave his for
tune in conHitloration ' of being provided
for in his old' ago , at once appropriated
the money , amounting to 1)0,000 ) francs.
Cunning Pore Antoine hail , however ,
made u will leaving all his worldly goods
to his nephew and cousin. Guiilemin
restored 70,000 francs , but ho was con
demned to two years' imprisonment because -
cause he kept the remaining 20,000.
Gcsalor'sMagioHcadnuno Wafers. Cures nl
hcmltchcs in 20 minutes. At alt druggists
To Clear Your \ ViiHlilivl ) 1'ljui.
Just before retiring at night pour into
the clogged pipe enough liquid boda Ive
to fill the "trap. " as it is called , or the
outlet. 13o Bute that no water runs into
it until the next morning. During the
night the lye will convert all the ollal
into soft soap , and the llrst current of
water in the morning will wash it away
and leave the pipe us clean as now.
DoWllt's Little Early Ulsers. Bestlittlo
pill ever nmile. Cure constipation every
time. None equal. Use them now.
KnlHO Teelli.
The manufacture of false teeth for
horses is a new industry just opened in
Paris with a capital of 2,000,000 francs.
DoWltt's Ltttlo Ku'rly UUors ; best llttlo
pills for dyspepsia , sour btomaclrj bad breath.
WAREHOUSE AND GRAIN LAWS
Elevators and Inspection Essential to the
Making of a Market ,
NEBRASKA'S ' LAW A VERY GOOD ONE ,
Interviews with Groin Men of Oilier
StatcN Ile nrdhiK the Operation
of Their Warehouse-
IllHf.CUtlutl JjlUVH.
Although the stntcs of Illinois , Missouri
anil Minnesota long ago passed warehouse
bills providing rules ntul regulations for the
storage and Inspection of grain , the recent
action of the Nobrnska legislature in the
snmo direction has been the occasion of n
great deal of comment , especially by the
casturn press. As passed by the legislature
there Is nothinc especially striking about the
Nebraska law , which was copied after ttio
laws already In existence In iho older states ,
but under the wrong Interpretation of cer
tain papery it has been made to appear In the
light of something now In legislation. It has
been compared to the sub-strcusury scheme
and has been laid at the door of the farmer's
alliance , wncn in reality the members of that
organization wcro Inclined to oppose It in
the legislature. It has been further
represented Hint the state will Issue receipts
to farmers \vtiich will bo negotlablu In upon
boiu-ds of trade , and furthermore that such
boards arc springing up nil over the state
and that farmers can gain admittance to
them by paying a small sum.
Some eastern papers have been giving
large spuco to suoh nonsense , and it may not
bo out of place to recall n few facts regarding
the Nebraska warehouse bill facts which
have already been published In these col
umns , but which anpcar to be lost in the
great mass of rubbish that bus been pub
lished on the subject.
The Nebraska warehouse law was
copied from -the Illinois law without
any ossuntial changes , us it was
thought Unit a law which had been in
force for so many years and which had
given such general satisfaction , would prove
equally successful in Nebraska. This refutes
the claim that it is an experiment or some
thing now in legislation.
Tiio Nebraska warehouse law has for its
object the Improvement of the facilities for
bundling grain within the state ; in other
words , it was designed witli tUo object of
transfering some of the grain business now
done in eastern cities to Nebraska. Nebraska
grain men wore of the opinion that ut least
some of the grain mown in this state ought
to bo storc.il hero and sold direct
to the consumer instead of being all shipped
to Chicago or St. Louis and held in storage
there. In order to do this it was necessary
to liavo an inspection established by law
which would give Nebraska grain a certain
standing in the markets of the country. It
was also necessary to provide laws regulat
ing warehouses which are as essential to n ,
grain market as stock yards are to a live
stock market. The law does not affect
private elevators but only such as declare
themselves public warehouses.
Summud up in a few words the Nebraska
warehouse law makes it possible forcutor-
ptlslng mon to put money Into elevators and
build up a gram market in the state in the
same way that capitalists a few years ago
invested money in stock yards at South
Omaha and built up a great stock market.
That is all the law is expected to do.
The Nebraska legislature did well to copy
after the Illinois state law which has proved
a great success and given general satisfac
tion , which cannot bo said of the grain laws
of some other states. Interviews with a
number of Chicago grain men which were
recently published in Tin : Bni : brought out
the fact that they are well pleased with the
operation of their laws and that thflir aavico
to Omaha was to ailout the sama rules as re-
cards the inspection of grain as prevail
there.
The warehouse laws under which Minnesota
seta grain is handled were passed in8i5. \ .
They are generally satisfactory to both the
farmers and the gram buyers , though the
past two years the operation of private ele
vators has to some extent hampered the
commission. The laws themselves are re
garded Just , but tno enforcement of them has
in some cases been so lax us to cause a great
deal of adverse comment. The invest
igation of what is known as "tho
Duluth wheat steal , " which was in
progress nearly two months by members of
the two houses of the legislature , grow out
of the looseness of the inspection department
at Duluth , and there is a disposition in some
quarters to connect the commission with" the
trouble. About 250,000 busnols of wheat has
disappeared from the Duluth elevators in the
past live years. A great deal of this was
shipped out as screenings in 188(5. ( A lurge
quantity of wheat in that year was bin
burnt , and the inspection department explains
that it'choso this method of getting rid of it
rather than to publicly announce that the
wheat was spoiled and create a panic in the
irnun markets. In some quarters it is charged
that when this grain reached BuiTalo it
was civen a high grade and several
people enriched by the Jugglery. There is
nothing but favorable comment among the
millers and fanners for the Minnesota law ,
par so , but thcro is a deal of grumbling
n.ainst the inspectors. Charles Cannlne ,
the Duluth grain buyer , insists that wheat is
often graded No. 2 in the country and turned
Into the elevators as No. 1. II. U. Stoulock ,
the Hendrum grain buyer , says his profits
have all been eaten up the past two seasons
by prejudiced grading and heavy dockauo.
W. A. Scott , the St. Paul buyer , says there
is a combination umoiur the elevators and inspectors
specters to bear prices uud undergrade
gr.iln.
The Missouri law has proven still moro un
satisfactory , The grain commission men of
Kansas City are not favorably impressed
with the warehouse law of Missouri : in fact
they cannot express themselves sufllciontly
to show thuir opposition to it. They claim
to represent the sentiment of all largo grain
dealers in the state when thov say that the
law as adopted by Missouri is impracticable ,
unreasonable and unjust , Is hurtful to the in
terests of the farmers and bcnollts no one ex
cept the imlloivi and small elevators. Of a
dozen of the leading grain commission men
in the Exchange building who wore Inter
viewed by Tin : Uii : : , all had the snmo objec
tions to find with the law , and all volun
teered the prediction that If the
Ncrnska law had been copied after the Mis
souri measure It would have proved n fullura
and a sore disappointment to the farmers of
the state. In this respect , while the opinions
may bo rather one-sided and partial , it mav
still bo interesting to quote several of the
leading grain mon above referred to.
Mr. Davidson , of iho Jinn of Davidson &
Smith , says the Missouri law is , in the llrst
place , too stringent. Elevator companies
can not live up to Its provisions. It imposes
a large additional expense upon them and re
quires such an explicit and minute report as
to bo Impossible to comply with It. The law
Is unjust , bucnuso it makes its pro
visions only nppllcniila to elevators
with a capacity of COXX , ( ) oushols and over ,
while elevator. , below that capacity can do
as they plr.aso and carry on a business that ,
under the law , would bo n crime If done by
thu large companies. The most objectionable
feature of the law Is the clause relating to
the mixing of grains , a system which It pro
hibits altogether In the regular elevators , or
those with n capacity of 60,000 bushels or
over , or which want to do a general ware
house business in handling gram for the
farmers and issue receipts. Without mixing
grains it is simply Impossible to do business ,
as the only thing a llrm can do in handling
everybody's ' grain , of as many different
qualities as there are seller.is to
mix it and muko a unliorm grade
to supply tliu demand. Now the injustice
of thu law comes In hero where an
elevator with a capacity of10,000 bushels can
handle every farmer's grain. Issue receipts
for it , clcnu It und grade It just as though
ttioro was no such law In existence , while a
larger elevator must comply with the law in
rcgurd to mixing , reports , etc. , or do busi
ness simply as a private company and handle
no other groin except tr.ot of the llrm. This
is what all the large companies are doing ,
They do a strictly private business , mix their
own grain as they please , and the former gets
no bcnclit from tno law. Ttio law , it Is tlrmly
believed , hurls the farmer to the extent of S
to 10 cents per bushel. To bcconm a regular
elevator under the state law of Missouri the
company is compelled to give a heavy uoud ,
lloforo the now law went into effect the
Union elevator , of which Mr. Davidson is a
member , could handle any one's grain and
issue receipts for It , but now the company la
doing only a prlvulct.business. The grnln
men are all In fiivprof the Inspection law.
but every member dftho exchange entered
n vigorous though ( Uofejs protest against the
bill when It was pending In the legislature.
Thomas Uest , n lariro exporter , says the ex
port business from Missouri has been killed ,
as the new law provoats shippers from mak
ing n uniform grade from the multiplicity of
grades received , consequently not. sufllcietit
of ono grade can bd received to 1111 an order
of any consequence The law Is all right for
the millers and the , sample trade , but It Is
absurd when tt upnjcs ) to ttio bulk of the
grain business. Sumo firms ore building
small elevators to get around the law , whllo
others are moving n'qnm the river Into Kansas -
sas , where thcro Is a stringent Inspection
law but no obnoxious warehouse , nou-mlxlug
business.
Mr. Fisher , of the Armour commission
company , thinks the taw , as in force , a mil-
fltincc. burdensome. There Is no market
from Sail Francisco to Now York that Is not
a mixing market. It must be done In order
to do business r.nd supply a uniform grade of
grain , The company's largo clovator burned
down some time airo , but will not bo rebuilt ,
as the company cannot afford it under thn
now law. The Ititcr-Oeonti elevator was the
only one that tried to operate under the now
law , and It went under In n very short time.
Hut ono clovator has been built in Kansas
City since the law went Into effect , but n
number have been put up on the Kansas
side. Just an the elevators handle less grain ,
so much loss Is It to the bcnollt of the farmer ,
and forces him to sell as the elevators
want it , Instead of storing It , as
was done before the law. Of course the
farmers would gain If the elevators could go
on losing money in trying to run tholr busi
ness in accordance with the now Jaw. Other
objectionable features to the law are that ex
penses will bo increased at least ii'i per cent ,
and the reports which the companies are
compelled to muko can not always bo verified
under oath , because It would require too
minute an examination of the crain. The
law is practically Inoperative In Missouri ,
and largo elevators are simply handling their
own grain and have not quullllod under the
warehouse law ,
The other commission men Interviewed
practically repented In substance the opin
ions of the gentlemen above quoted , and all
were emphatic In that the Missouri ware
house law is an unjust measure , and is rcallv
working to the farmers' detriment. All ,
however , wcro In favor of the grain inspec
tion law.
AS THE llAUjilO il > S SEE If.
An Interview 011 the Important Ques
tion of Kreiglit KatcH.
Mr. Charles J. Greene Is attorney for the
B. & M. railway and has views of his own
on the question of reduced froft'ht rates und
cheaper transportation in Nebraska. In
reply to a question of a BCK reporter , he said
he had very carefully road the article entitled
"Tho Path to Salvation , " which appeared In
the editorial columns of TUB I3ii : : on May iiS.
"Have vou any objections to stating your
views upon the suggestions .therein as to
what ought to bn done to bo savedi" was
asked.
"I hu.ve no particular objection to stating
my views , though of course I do not atroo
with those suggested by Mr. Koscwator in
his article , " replied Mr. Greeno. "I'ho sub
ject resolves itself into two propositions :
"First , admitting that the local rates of the
railroads of the stato'nro unjust and unreasonable
enable , will it help the party at this late day
to rcduco the rates either through legislation
or through the action 6f the board of trans
portation ? Any effort in that direction
would bo solely for the purpose of capturing
a portion of the independent vote ; but I
cannot see how it would avail us now , inas
much as the independents have mot with
considerable success in recent elections and
are , therefore , strongly impressed with the
idea that their party is to bo the
ono of the future , especially in the
west , and any effort upon behalf of
the older parties to'steal their thunder'will
not only fail to capture any portion of their
vote , but will necessarily disgust und alien
ate a , { reat many who do not. believe that
further railroad legislation or regulation is
Accessary or udvisublq under present condi
tions.
"I do not see how the independents ran
make any capital out of their exploits in the
last legislature. They claim they wore sent
there to regulate railroads ; they simply at
tempted to enact a law which amounted
practically to confiscation , u law which could
not meat the approval of the deliberate Judg
ment or conscience oiynterests of the state. .
Hud they desired to regulate the railroads
they could have framed a bill which would
have become a law and which might have
satisfied the more conservative element of
the people of the state , and the efforts of the
members of the legislature to defeat the bill
was not so much n protest against regulation
of railways as it was against unjust and un
reasonable legislation. There is more danger
in too much regulation than thcro is in too
little regulation. The o > vners of railways
must be permitted to earn a reasonable
amount upon their investment , and it seems
to mo that whan the people 'como to
consider thcso things calmly and dispassion
ately , they will realize that a system of tr.iiis-
l > orlution charges much lower than any other
state in the northwest , not oven excepting
the state of lown , is not fair to the railroads
of this state. So far as the action of the
panics represented in the legislature at the
list session is concerned , both republicans
and democrats favored a reasonable law , but
tholr voices and their votes were drowned
amid the clamor of the independents for such
a law as would inevitably cripple , not only
: ho railroads , but all the business Interests of
the state. Therefore , 1 say , that upon the
record made by the parties of this state , I do
not see wherein the indtpamUwts can gain
anything whatever over either of tno other
imrllcs.
y. The idea of n further reduction of rail-
oiul rates is based on Iho assumption that
; ho local charges by railroads for transporta
tion in the state of Nebraska arc unjust
md unreasonable. I cannot discover any
grounds for this assumption , It Is well
mown that at present the llnnnclal condition
of the country is in a precarious situation ;
that railway properties in thn last two or
three years have depreciated to the amount
of $3,000,000,000 or ? ; t)00OUO,000 ( ) ; that
railways everywhere have reduced their
expenses enormously , discharging em-
iloyos , postponing repairs , discontinuing
.ho construction of new roads and , in fact ,
economizing in such way us to take out of
the property itself. Yet , notwithstanding
ill these reductions , the trafllo IMS been so
iirht tnat the llrst six months of the
iresont year show a decrease of over
5-1,000,000 as compared with the corresponding
spending six months of lust year ; and
use the fact is published that ono
of the largest railway systems in the
west has fallen short of Its charge ) and ox-
lenses during the tlrst six months of the
iirescnt year something llko $200,000 These
: ondllions and showings have created a dis-
rust in the money muntet of the country , so
that those who nro carrying the burden of
railway maiwgoment/nad operation are serious -
ous alarmed as to wli imay , bo the ultimate
result. It Is well known that during the last
two years rates have been greatly reduced ,
especially through rates , and also that meth
ods long used ton malrtainlng rates have
been declared Illegal ; which has brought
ibout a condition of constant warfare-In
which the weaker railways are being driven
to the wall and 'Hut ? stronger ones to the
verge of bankruptcy ; 1 do not say that
what has been jdouo ought not to have
joon done , but T. ' , , io | insist that , view-
ng the history qf ; the lust thrco or four
rears and the cnoYinous changes which
invo taken place.iu und thu condition
of the country "ponorally , that rail
ways should have aibrcathing spell. They
should bo permitted toihuvo a llttlo time ut
least In which to readjust themselves to the
altered condition of things.
"When you consider the vast and compli-
: ated nature of rullwuy enterprises and the
fact that so much of our national and local
> rospority depends upon their success , it
seems to me that wo ought to cease from as
suming that r.nlroids nro an unmitigated
evil , and trout them as wo would any other
business or institution. Our state Is yet
Doling and needs many mile ? of additional
allrnadd. Thus far in its history and de
velopment no citizen of NolmisUu bus In
vested permanently any money in their
construction or operation. What
ever has been done but been
.hrouL'h the aid and oaoivry of
rorciiHi capital and capitalists. Just how
eng thost * in the east who have money to in
vest will continue to do so In Nebraska and
other western states with all iho possibilities
of unfriendly legislation shadowing thorn , Is
not a dlDlcult question to answer. Thus far
our state has comparatively escaped the
greater evils which have fallen upon some of
> ur sUtor states , but if wo are ta glvo way
to the constant Importunities of the dema
gogue and the politician and permit thcso
things to go on , "all for lha glory of party"
wo shall soouilud iho hour of roctiouluj ; at
linnJ , niul In the disasters of thut tlmo wo
shall find the cnnso of the imrty Involved In n
common calamity with all the liusinoss Interests -
torests nna hopes of the stnto. . These views
may seem n llttlo pessimistic , but ono has
only to visit the money centers of the cast
nnd talk with ttio financiers to ro.illzo tlio
gravity of the present situation.
I therefore unhesitatingly say that
I do not approve of the suggestions contain oil
in the article referred to. I bcllovo I am
right , nnd that the future will dcruonstnto It , "
"Do I understand you to sny that the agita
tion of railway charges for transportation
should bo discontinued entirely by the
republican party ! "
"I believe the republican party of this
state should always do whatever tlio highest
peed of the people of the state demands , and
If , under existing conditions the subject of
further railway legislation should bo twr-
mlttcd to rest for avbllo , the republican
party ought to have the courage and the man
hood to say so. Why , think of it , there Is
not an enterprise or n business In
the state thut could relatively stand
for o year the assaults which
have been committed against tlio
railways , mid at this tlmo when everyone Is
hard up , when there is n scarcity of money ,
or nt least when it Is almost Impossible to
obtain it , and when anxiety atitt distrust are
widespread throughout tno lau-J , and es
pecially when so much has been accomplished
In the way of reduction of rates mid of other
wise regulating railroads , is not it reasonable
and Just that they , with nil tlio Interests at
stake , should bo permitted u llttlo tlmo in
which to recuperate ?
"Nobrasita , as a matter of fact , has lower
through rates Until any other one of the
northwestern states , and in the matter of
local rates only those of Illinois and Iowa
are lower. Everybody knows that the
Illinois railroads huvo-all the business of the
several states north and west of It , and Its
own enormous local tratllc , centering In
Chicago ; but even the railroads of
Illinois are not having a picnic l > v any
means. So far as- town Is concerned , it may
have succeeded in regulating railroads tea
a point uclow where tliey are able to earn
anything above operating expenses , but It
has also succeeded In fixing in the mind of
the people of the cast that It Is a state very
much to bo avoided when It comes to u matter
of Investment. The depreciation of values
In the stuto of Iowa , both in the towns nnd
In the country , Is sltnpli enormous , and while
generally referred to the effect of prohibitory
legislation , it is largely attributable to
the wholesale slianghtor of railway in
terests. What the people of the
state desire is moro money , moiv Investments ,
moro enterprises , more activity , none of
which can como when the people , or a consid
erable portion of thorn , nro continually de
claring their antagonism to the influences and
interests through which thcso things must
come , if r.t all.
"I do not know that I care to say anything
further , except that thcso views tire my own.
\Vhilothcymaviiotbo in accord with these
of some of the leaders of the party. I bellovo
they will meet the approval of the best judg
ment and experience and conscience of these
who have at heart the interest and prosperity
of our state. "
If you dccido.froni what you have heard or
readthat you will take Hood's Sarsaparill , do
not bo ind uced to buy any substitute instead.
MISUSKI ) TiltUH IMS ES.
Clergymen anil OthcrH Who Can Get
No Store Passes 1'roin the Ituilro.ulH.
All interesting monthly publication
which can't bo bought ut tiny prico. siiys
the Now Yoi'lc Sun , but would iiuiUo
mighty interesting rending for ti good
iiiiiny folUs , has just reached its fortieth
number. It is issued "for the exclusive
ufeo of those persons to whom it is sent , "
and lest anybody ciso should got hold of
u copy nnd begin u libel suit the pub
lisher has omitted to subscribe his ntuno
und address. Tills publication is called
the "Oonlidcntial Memorandum , " and it
is issued by the railroads for their own
uso. It contains the names of persons
blacklisted for misusing pass privileges.
Nineteen of its pages are devoted to
blacklisted individuals and seven unges
to the names of papers which have violated
lated good faith in the matter of passes.
The papers on the list are all weeklies ,
and include many trade papers and ono
or two of religious complexion.
The "Confidential Memorandum" does
not mince words. It describes a certain
theatrical agent as a "d. b. , first water , "
and boldly calls tv citizen of Houston ,
Tex. , "a fraud. " There are numerous
clergymen on this black list. There is
ono from St. Francis , Minn. , who got
there because ho'altored and loaned the
half-faro permits given him by a. rail
road. Another clergyman , this ono from
Santa Fo , is charged with altering his
permit so as to include his wife , and a
former member of congress got on the
list for loaning his pass , a fate shared by
a member of the Iowa legislature for a
similar reason. A Missouri clergyman
transferred his pass to another , and a
business man of Wichita , Kan. , is on
the list charged with trying to person
ate a pas-sholder. None of these gentle
men will over got moro filvors from any
railroad in the country.
Constipation poisons the blood ; Do Witt's
Little Early Risers cure constipation , The
cause removed , the disease is gone.
Species oi1 Forest Trees.
Sir Dietrich Brandis , F. It. S. , states
that North America bus about four
hundred nnd twelve species of forest
trees , distributed as follows. Atlantic
region , 170 ; Pacific region , 100 ; common
common to both , ten ; Hooky mountain
region , forty-six ; Florida tropical
species , seventy-four. Europe has
only 158 species. At least six
ot the Not tli American species are
also indigenous in Europe. The ex
tremely rapid destruction of American
forests is not ' only an alarming waste of
resources'but has resulted in great loss
from the appalling Hoods thut are clearly
traced to removal of the trees from the
hillsides.
Dr. Birney cures eiiurrti. Uco bldj' .
A Iteinnrkalilo Kaili-oir.l.
Probably the moat remarkable rail
road in the world is that running from
Gloggintz to Lounoring , near Vienna.
It is onlv twenty-live miles in length ,
but cost > ) ,000,000. It begins at an ele
vation of I.'IOO feet and lias ltd terminus
at 18,000 foot. It ban fifteen double via
ducts , seventeen tunnels , and crosses itself -
self nine times.
DoWltt's Lltllo Early Uisors , best pill.
Lowest I'rcHsui'i ) on Ueco.rd
The lowest barometric pressure on
record Is7. . lllfl Inches , which wiw ob
served in 18S5 during a storm over the
bay of Bengal. The storm was also one
most ronmi-kablo for its tjinallnc.ss its
diiunot'T being about ono hundred miles
for its liorcoucbn and for ltd indraught
towards the center.
The Turning- Point
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rmininiviidntlon of "i o frli-nil lo try ti , h. tt.
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