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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 28, 1892)
OMAWA SUNDAY/ . . .AUGUSTSIXTEEN PAGES. THE DAILY BEE E. , < OSE\VATEIt , EtiiTrn. PUBLISHED EVERY MOANING. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY. TKHMS OK BUIISUIIII'TION. ftllr flee ( without t/iindnr ) One Year. . . . . . . . . f B 00 linllr and Siimlnr. Ono Vc r 10 00 Mi Month * . . 600 Ilirce llontiiii 3 Ml Fnndar Hep. Ono Ycitr. , , , . . . . . 2011 Hnttirdnj lice. Ono Vonr I M Ueeklr llco , Ono Ycnr 100 OKMC1C& : Oimilm , Thn tlcn millrtlng. South ( Jmnliit , corner N nml 2iHh StrooU , C'onncll IIIntTn , 12 1'earl Street. Chlcnno Office. 317 Clmmbar of rommoreo. New Vork , lloonn 13 , II nml 15 , Trlbnna Building \TftihlnRlon.M3 Kourtccnth Street. ' COIIIUCSI'ONDKNCK. All cnmmunlcnllonn relating In now * nnd fdltorlnlranltcr nliotiM bo uiluroueJ to tbo I.J- Itorlal Dcpurttiicnt. . BUSINESS I.KTTnn All btmlncti Icttnrs nnd rnmlttinJO * should h mldroMcrt to The lloo I'ubllihlng Company. Omnrm Jirnfu. checks nnil postonlco onion to bo mud payable In tlio order of the compnnjr. THE HER PUI1LIS IIINO COMPANY BWOUN 8TATBMKST OK CIIlCUf.ATION. Flute of Nolirnthn , I I ounlr of Donglns , ( ( Iconic II. Tischuclc , necrolnryof Tlir. HFK Pnb- Hulilne coniiiiny , ilora nolnmnlr iiwenr Hint the rctunl circulation of Tlir. DAILY Ilr.K for the vtcok cndlnic Augusta ? , IB'Jl , was ns follona : Kimilnjr. AiiBiHt 21. . . . 2T..II2 .Mondnjr , August 23 2.1.551 Tiirixlajr , August 1,1. . . . . , 21,657 \Vcdnc d y , Ainnmt24 , 23'HI Tliiiradar , AliunnZY. , Z1.MS I'rldnr , AtiKiiBt 2i ! .7. ' .1 tntlirdnj , Annual 27. . 25,500 Avcnigo , . .2.J.i89 : OKO. II. T7.SC1IUCK. Sworn to before ma nnd iiilmrrlbcd In my pres ence this 271 ll liny ofmmt , 1KIJ. N. I' . KEII , Notnty I'nbllo. Circulation for July 21,310. WHAT In the world arc the popaliata of Nebraska kicking nbout , anyhow ? Do they really know ? JOHN MOUUJY'H ro-olootloii gives the Gladstone party 1111 opportunity to tnko ft few trootl broiths. ; CONQUK.SSMAN KIMJORK 1ms boon ro- nominntuu by his admiring Texan con- Btltuonts. His mouth and foot are about Iholr size. SAINT JOHN is stumping it in Now England. To intiko everything appro priate , his sympiithi/.ors ought to open n. Innk oot for him. TllKKK powder magazines exploded in Texas yestordny , but the people who lived a few miles a way thought it was a joint debate of the Hogg-Chirk parties , nnd so paid little attention to it. CANADA will have a surplus of 20,000- 000 bushels of wheat to export this your and she would probably like to get the United States to take some of it off her hands. This is where retaliation scores its point. WITH a ptart of 812,000 the Now York World hue succeeded in raising $8,000 in two weeks for the wild west campaign. At that rate they will liavn raised enough to cany a democratic county in Wisconsin by January 1 , 1893. MINNA GALK , perhaps the ablest of the actresses who hnvo supported Booth nnd Barrett , will bo married next month and after a few weeks will leave thb stage. That is , she thinks she will. But there will bo many a gale before fiho does. Tine World-JremhVs feelings are hurt because wo called Cleveland a strad- dlor. Then why , if ho isn't a straddlor , doesn't ho answer that letter of the Free Trade league while ho is spoiling roams of paper answering other corres pondents ? Tun Chicago Jlcruld is another paper which needs some ono to introduce its .nows columns and HH editorial page to each other. It goes on 'day after day ewcaring that there is no tin plate made in this country , yet its issue of the 23d contains a full account of the establish ment at Brooklyn of a tin plate factory which will turn out 3,000 boxes per week. THK populists are going to establish eastern headquarters at Boston. How the culchawcd folk will stare at this crowd ! But their tune changes rapidly in the oast. Here and in Colorado and California the battle-cry is free silver. In Boston frco silver will not bo men tioned but Bellamy nnd the single tax will reign in its stead. There's nothing like consistency. THK osblo system in Omaha is certainly - tainly very inclllclont. Besides the slowness of snood , the irregularity of travel is very annoying. There is hardly a clay in which the cable does not stop from fit too 11 minutes 10 an hour or more. This is a thorough nulsanco and the public has a right to demand a bettor adjustment of cable running to prevent vexatious delay and confusion. Perfect the system by all moans. ANTHUACITK coal gees up 125 cents pot ion after Sopteinbor 1 , which is now close at hand. It is BO decreed by the combine and there is no appeal from its decision under the conditions now ex isting. The railroad companies in the deal are lighting for life in the courts of Now Jersey and Pennsylvania , and aa the fight will naturally bo more or loss expensive , tlijy will no doubt Kuep on hoisting up the price of coal to keep oven with the gamu. THK great llrm of Hloomlngdalo Bros , of Now York city have tried the oxporl- inontof advertising extensively during the summer montht * , oven moro than during tlm winter , and they have boon moro than gratified at the result * . Too many big IIOIHCM doom it their duty to mlvortlsa only at a time when people actually need thplr wares and tire walk ing over oauh other to got them any how. It is bolluvml that big Hummer lulvortlnlnj ; "will be the rule liuronftor , niiil it Id a businesslike nnd sensible rule. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ THK mooting of the union veterans at Sujuirlor was not a political gathorlng , but whan ono of the speakers rufurrud to Clovolnnd'd pension vetoes it was evi dent that the veterans had a decidedly strong fooling on Unit subject.Vull , why should they not ? Tlio gro-.it pen- glnn votoor was no friend of tholrs whun they were ilirhtlnir the country's bat tles nor when hits authority as prosidoiit of the United States gave him an oppor tunity to Hold thorn up before the world as nluis-aooKoru unworthy of con- bldorullou. JtA OAT TJIK ntUHT TllACK. In thoflo days of unfortunate misunderstandings - understandings and conflicts between labor and capital in various parts of the country it la gratifying to note the har monious and friendly fooling existing between employers and employes In the city of Omaha and throughout the state of Nebraska. An Illustration of this is found in the fact that the committee of worklngmon having in charge the ar rangements for the annual Labor day celebration hero has asked the Manu facturers association to soicot a speaker to deliver an nddros * on that occasion concerning the relations of the laboring man to homo patronage. To this request the Manufacturers association has re plied that it will not only furnish a speaker , but also a prlmo ox for tl.o bar- boouo. Moreover , the manufacturers will lend their inlluonco in every way to inako the celebration of Labor day a success , thereby showing that they take the right vlow of the relations existing between employer nnd employe. Nothing but good results can ensue from tills just apprehension upon both sides of the principle of common inter ests. What is good for the workingman - man is good for his employer , and on the other hand the prosperity of the employer must inevitably tend to the advantage of the wage earner , assum ing always that each Is actuated by a deslro to bo just and fair. In no other way can the interests of business and the prosperity of the workinijinan bo so successfully promoted as by the recognition of this important principle. It should not bu a moro matter of tem porary Hcntimcr.t liico the cITervcscont patriotism of the Fourth of July. The mutual obligations of employer and cm- ployo are deep and permanent and can not become the toy of every shifting wind pf caprice or passion or prejudice without mutual loss and "injury. v The workingmen and the Manufac turers association are on the right track. TllK DKMAKU Ul'OX OUlt SCHOOLS.J The latest census bulletin , giving sta- tiatlca concerning persons of school , militia nnd voting aires , shows lluit the number of persons of school ago in this sttitoin IS'JO wus 381,253. In 1880 the miniuoi- was only 101,81)8 ) , which indi cates a gain of 222,357. otr 137.34 per cent hi ton yours. Nebraska's per cont- ago of Increase is far greater than that of tiny-other state , except three or four of the younger ones that had scarcely any population at all in 1880. The general - oral increase in the United States of persons from 5 to 20 yours of ago was only 22.53 per cent during the ton years , which shows that .Nebraska's increase was more than six times as great as the average. The number of males of voting ago in this etato In 1890 was 301oOl ) . a gain of 172,458 , or 133.04 per cent since 1830. This percentage of increase is only equaled by Montana , Wyoming and Washington. In Nevada there has been a decrease of 32.)7 ! ) per cent In the voting population , but all ether states have gained. , Ono fact presented by this census re port is significant and interesting- appears that in the south Atlantic division but 5.07 per cent , and in the south central division but 0.55 per cant , of the males of voting aero are foreign- born , \vhilo in Iho western division 41.07 per cunt are foreign-bo . This om- phasi/.cstho fact that the south is not attracting immigration from abroad , while the west is gaining very rapidly in population , and adding correspond ingly to its productive power by reason of a continuous influx of foreigners who are applying themselves diligently to the development of the resources of the country. It is not necessary to seek far to find the reason of this almost unanimous profcronco for the wast on the part of immigrants. They are kept away from the south by the social condi tion existing there by the disro < * ar.l of law and of humtin rights which pro- vr-ils in the southern states. In the west all men are oqunl and there is jjor- foct frcodon of thought and speech for 'ovory innn. The remarkable increase in the num ber of persons of school ago in this state from 1880 to 1890 , and the growth which is still goini ; on tit the same rate , must impress every thoughtful citi/.on with a souse of the imperative nn d of con stant onlargoniLMit of the scone of our public school system. And it is highly creditable to the state of Nebraska that with such a rapidly growing dmn.ind upon her educational resources she has steadily maintained a supremacy among all the .states of the union in respect to the education of tlio young. If the growth in population and in the number of children of school ago continues for another tlccatlo as it did from 1880 to 1800 , the demand for school accommoda tions will bo enormously Increased. Wo bollovo that the demand will bo fully mot from your to year -and that our present high educational standard will never bo loworod. L J/O.YK1 * . A remedy for the ovll resulting from the derangement of the money markets of thu wo.-Ul in conscquonco of interna tional transfers of gold is proposed by Himry Clews , the well known Now York bunker and llnanolor. He proposes as a substitute for actual transfers of gold a ay ; to in of international money in the form ot bonds Issued by the four great goldpiiylng nations , tlio United States , England , ( jtirni'iny ' .ind tY.inco. All of those nations enjoy an equally high credit and are absolutely solid nn a gold basis. It is proposed by Mr. Clowd that each of these tuitions issue what might bo called international money in the form of government bonds bearing u uniform rate of interest , principal aim intorc'flt piyablu in gold , the principal payable at a long date , say llfly years , having coupons attached payable quar terly , it Is miggoUod that each of these four govornn'onts limit the amount of such international money Issued by Itself to 8200,003,009 , which would \koS800- , - 000,000 in all. The bonds would bo equivalent to gold , and bearing interest at the rate of 2 or 2 } par cent they would have a m.irkotubto f.ilu in all the money centers of the world. "When- over tin American propoaad going to Kuropo , " aiys : the author of this plan , "all it would ho necessary for him to do , instead of taking out u letter of credit , would bo to buy whatever quantity of the bonds ot either of those four nations to represent the amount ho intended to spend , which would bo cnshod , allowing accrued interest up to date at par , less a small bankers' commission. The bonds uhnuld bo in denominations 'of $100 , $ .500 , $1.000 and $10,000. When the traveler reached London ho would find It just as easy to sell ono of hia bonds as it would bo to draw money against a letter - tor of'crodlt. Ho would repeat the same thing at every point he would touch. Even trade balances could bo partially if not entirely settled by this interna tional gold interest-bearing money. " This arrangement would hardly suit the silver people , and wo are not prepared - pared to say that it is entirely practi cable. Mr. Clews is a recognized finan cial authority and his views are always worthy of respect , but this international raonoy scheme Is theoretical nnd maybe bo onon to serious objections not now apparent. It locks well at first sight , and will boar discussion and investi gation. A In the midst of the columns of stories of strife and bloodshed , strikes and evic tion , parricides nnd fratricides , treason and scandal , it is refreshing to road hero nnd there tales of quiet devotion and unwearied philanthropy such as have bopn current recently anent the "Shut i'n" society. For fifteen years it has been in existence , although but half of t'.ir.t ' tlmo as an organized body , but its work has boon so aulotlv and modestly done that few of the "shut out" ones have known of ll until recently. Its active members uro the inactive ones , those who are shut in their homos by any form of bodily infirmity and shut out from the wide world of work and pleasure. It had its origin ii ( the lone liness of ono sulToror who longed to com municate to some other sulToror. Hearing - ing of such n ono she wrotor and a correspondence resulted. Soon others joined J the circle and the band bocaino so largo that a mngazlno was started devoted to the interests of invalids. The magazine is called "Tho Open Window , " and its circulation runs into the thousands , scattered 'all over the world. Jennie Casseday , tlio saint of the llowor mission , is ono of the proihi- ncnt members of thissocioty ; Mary Love Dickinson was for a long tlmo the ed itor of "Tho Open Window , " and many others of a national reputation are in terested in the work. The aim of this society is not to give financial aid or medical direction , but rather the dissemination and mutual exchanging of reading matter and tlio interchange of thoughtnnd of words of cheer , by letter and in other ways. To many invalids the connection with this society is the ono bright spot in a life of pain and sadness. Too associate mem bers are not invalids , and to their friendly nnd kindly efforts the best work is duo. Any invalid may become a member of the society , if too poor to pay , without any charge. The children are banded together under the name of Little Sunshine Makers , and well do they honor their name. To those who think so many invalids must create an atmosphere of gloom , it would bo a revelation to road the little magazine and see how each ono strives to say something that will cheer , some thing that will brighten , not sadden. The hypochondriac , the self-absorbed soml-invalid might learn a lessen from * thcso to whom so much has boon donied. This organization gives the Ho to the thought that men and women are be coming selfish. Many society women thus accomplish much good of which the world knows nothing. Those who are shut in suffer much ; they are angels of mercy who seek to give thorn some grains of comfort without querying us to race or creed. SIlAllTKO. Profit sharing has boon tried with moro or less success iif various branches of business , but it has never until now boon suggested in connection with rail- ro.idlng. The recent strike of the switchmen on Now York railroads has ronowol ( consideration of the labor problem in its rotations to thn transpor tation interests of the country , and amoncf those who have contributed to the discussion is Mr. Ing-alls , president of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad company , who believes that so far as the railroads are concerned the solution of the labor problem is in profit shar ing , and in his nn.iual report ho sub mits Ills views for the consideration of the Dtookholdors of the corporation of which ho is the executive ofiicor. The suggestion coming from a practical railroad man deserves respectful consid eration. President Ingalls says that the prob lem of the future in railway manage ment seems to be how to make u fair return to investors while rates are con tinually going down and wages are in creasing. "A largo portion of the time of your officers and managers , " ho ob serves , "is taken up in mooting and consulting and discussing with the organized bodies of labor on the ques tion of wages. Stockholders should consider a plan of establishing a com munity of interests with the employes. If the company has arrived at a llnanolal position , as your dt.octors think it has , when It can wifely bo expected to earn its fixed charges aiid a surplus , they would recommend that the surplus bu equitably divided with the employes. " Mr. Ingnlls presents his plan in this form : "For instance , if your capital is $ ( ) J,000,000 and the wugos of the em ployes in ono year amount to $5,000,000 , let that bo the rale of division. If your surplus earnings are 8050,000 a your it would bo 1 per cent for the stockhold ers and 1 per cunt to the employes. An employe , then , who had served for the entire year without accident caused by his own negligence would rocelvo his 1 per cent upon the amount of his pay. As the earnings of the company incrouue the porcontngo will bo still larger.1 Of course this plan would bo practica ble only with railroads In the condltlcii that tie ] Chesapeake ft Ohio is repre sented to be ; In , and therefore could not bo made general , at any rule , not at once. It is questionable , also , whether it would commend itself to thu favor of railroad officials and stocicholdoi's gen erally even if Ha practicability , cspc- pecially in ttyp jgreat systems , wore demonstrated , ilt Is not doubtful that the great major&J ? , ' of"mtm ongapod in the railroad buaiuoss would welcome a sound solution of .the labor problem , but ll Is doubtful Ifwrniy of them would bo ' willing to find \u \ n the community of Interests whlch/tllio plan of Mr. Iniralls contemplates. Thfo natural tendency and disposition of th ftf corporations are hos tile tosuch nn arrrtligomont. Besides the security under mum u plan against con- Illcts would bo iiyulno moans complete , because r. failUiVto ' carry it out , for whatever roas'dii ; would bo likely to cause controversy. What U needed to solve the labor problem so far as the railroads are con cerned Is some general system pro scribed by law under which both the companies nnd the employes shall bo ro- qulrod , under heavy penalties , to settle any dllToronces that may arlso without interfering with the business of transpor tation. There should bo general legisla tion applying to till Intowtato railroads which would prevent , as far as it is pos- nlblo to do so , any Interruption of the service which the roads render to the publlo , and sooner or later such legisla tion will bo demanded by a publlo senti ment that will not bo denied. Tlio danger of the business of the country being brought to a stindstlll by the stoppage of railroad transportation through strikes Is growing greater every year , and the only otToctlvo way of averting it is by general legislation of the character suggested. nl'KHA 7.V OMAHA. There are several cogent reasons why the plan of instituting local opera in Omaha should receive liberal encour agement. In the first place its success would exert a valuable Inlluonco In promoting meting the cause of musical art hero. Wo are making as a community good orogrcfs in this respect , but there is needed the stimulus of u , high order of musical entertainments to give proper form and direction to the popular taste and invigorate the desire for advanced musical culture. Every intelligent person Recognizes the value in an educational way of the compositions of the masters in music. However admirable and thorough the schools may bo , no musical education cm bo completed and rounded out that does not have the benefits of a first-class operatic stage. It is there that wo got the very highest form and expression of musical attainment , glvinglnsplration to the appreciative and leaving upon the mind impressioila..which are a perennial incentive to effort , for higher achieve ment It naturuly | follows that this class of entertainment is refining and elevating , for it'lB im essential function of the best music to carry the thoughts and emotions above and away from the commoner nllairSjOf life and begot pure , gentle and ennobling sentiments and aspirations. ' ; } ' The position qf Omaha warrants the expectation that it will some day be come a recognised musicalBonier ox- ortlng an influence over a wide region of country for the development' of the "divine ark" It.fleponds entirely upon ourselves whcthor'tnis ' shall boxattatned at an early day or putofffo a remote period , or indeed , whether it shall over bo attained. There is certainly enough of wealth and intelligence and musical interest in this community to warrant instituting a local operatic stage , and wo believe there Js also sufficient liber ality. The movement to accomplish this is making favorable progress and its success is now well assured , but there is stifl opportunity for our citi zens of moans to show their interest in the commendable project and it is hoped those who have not done so will give it a prompt and generous support. THK Chinese exclusion law is proving a rather troublesome enactment to the treasury officials. Two interesting de cisions have recently been rendered. Ono related to the application to return to this country of two Chinese boys who came hero when 5 yours old and were taken back to their native land. The secretary decided that they are not exempt from the provisions of the law. The other case was that of two Chinese boys who were born in the United States and taken to China , and in this case the decision was that as the boys were born in this country they are entitled to citi zenship hero. Perhaps the most trou blesome question relates to the coming in of Chinese who have boon naturalized in Canada und Mexico , and thereby ob tained treaty rights as British nnd Mex ican citizens. The regulation requiring Chinese to register goes into effect Sep tember 1 , and the fact that a roprcson- tlvo of the Chinese government has ar rived in the United States , presumably to sco that his couutrymon are justly dealt with , shows that that government Is not altogether indllToront as to the interests of its people hero. The possi bility of complications with Great Britain and Mexico growing out of this legislation is its present most serious feature. , 1 , THK BKK promiuts today another Installment - stallmont of facts showing that the prices of articles , ' ' ji ) general use in this city have not iilcroasod in value under the present tariff ' Iaw , and , of course , this is true of tl'jjs section generally. Our informatlodi'was ' obtained in all cascs froih trusfyv&Hhy merchants , and is presented with absolute confidence in its accuracy. The facts submitted carry their own ljuiiimont ] , nnd it Is un necessary to say iinoro regarding them than that they completely refute the assertions of tjjo opponents of the tnrllT. Wo commend thorn to the care ful attention of nil our renders who desire correct information in u matter of general Interest. THK jeers at churches and ministers made by the disciples of Mrs. Lease and Weaver , have arrayed against them the entire religious press of the country , and t'jat ' represents many thousands of voters. It is perfectly safe to say that no small pare of thu credit of Harrl- son's election in 1888 must be given to the religious prossuind the membership ot the churches. THK mooting of the American Bar association at Saratoga was nn event of great Importance to the attorneys of this country , us it is every year. It brings together probably the greatest Intellectual body of which wo can boast. The addresses of John P. Dillon nnd Randolph Tucker were thoroughly char- nctoristlnof the men and creditable to the association. Ir AXDKUW JACKSON should sud denly return to life ho would bo sure to wander into the wrong political camp. What a palnful flfforonco , besides the fifty odd years , there Is between Jack son nnd Cleveland 1 FREE TRADE FALLACIES , I'rotcotlun niul ltuslti < ns I'nlturcft. It any one person can bo taken to omboily the vlows of the democratic purty unon the subject or nrotootlon- must bo ho who was selected , proaumably'upon account ot his preeminence - eminence nnd extraordinary cababltltlcs , to crosJdo over too Important committee on wa3 nnd moans In thq prosnnt democratic liouso of representatives. Hon. William M. Sprlngorof Illinois Is thus the ofllcml head of the forces gathered to attack the protuct- Ivo system as It exists in the United States. Ho assumed to huvo something1 moro than "a slight knowledge ot the science of po litical economy" and ho has ventured to outline - line the plan of attack In a carefully prepared speech delivered recently at Detroit. In this speoob , however , ho not only displays an utter non-comprehension of economic method but also descends to the lowest depths of demagogy. The whole of his so- called argument turns upon tbo cry that the pohoy of protection Is responsible for till the evils , disasters nnd calamities that have befallen this country for the past thirty year. * . The plausibility of a few of his points demands for them a more careful con sideration. The ilrst accusation that Mr. Springer orlngs against the protective tariff Is that It has occasioned nil the business failures and consequent losses to creditors In rccont times. 'Hostates his proposition as follows : "Turning to tbo burnau of statistics of the Treasury department , I Und Unit durlni : the past , twonty-llvo years , while protection has prevailed In all Its vigor ] ust as Its friends would have It , a vast army of Individuals , ilrms and corporations , in the United States , amountltig'ln number to nourlv 200,000 , have succumbed to the pressure of hard times nnd have Rene in bankruptcy. Their tiwojjuto liabilities have exceeded ? ; l.r > 00,000,000. .lust how much was realized in assets is not Riven In thn statistic * , but wo al. Know that as a ruto out little Is rnall/.cd by creditors of bankrupt estates. Nor is It known how many persons there were iti the long lists of creditors of those bankrupts how many there were who were losers of these $3,500- OOU.00.1' To bocln with , it is not a fact that the creditors of bankrupt estates realize nothing at all In oases of business failures. Statistics show that as a rule the assets average in the neighborhood of10 per cent of the liabilities , so that not much over one- half of these $13,500,000.000 could possibly bo charged to the ovll cITccti of tbo tariff. 13ut can the smallest iota of this loss bo charged to the tnrllTl A moro glance at the tables of bankruptcy as compiled by ll. G. Dun & Co. will prove that ovcry such charge is entirely without foundation. If wo examine these flguros wo shall find that the course of bankruptcy and of tariff legislation have no necessary connection The crisis of 1857 under the free trade regime was the occasion ofIDili failures , involving liabilities to the amount of $201,750,000. The crisis of m 3 during the protection period wns marked by 5,163 failures with liabilities to the extent of ? 2:2S-19 : { > , { > 00. In other words the failures of tbo great free trade panic , though less In number , involved a greater liability to creditors by ? C3,850,100 than the panic of 1bT3 , notwithstanding the fact that the tariff had been lowered 10 per cent In 18T3 ! , the preceding.vear. The number of business failures in 1S57 was , as stated , 4,03It decreased slowly until the outbreak of the war , w on It jumped to 0,093. A further decrease ensued for a few years , followed by steady In creases. The number first reached tbo 10,000 mark In 1878 ; tt ttioa fluctuated for live years and again touched 10,000 In 1SSI , since which time It has , with the exception ot the years I860 and 1887 , remained above that figure. It has not only Increased , but bos also decreased under the protective tariff. It has not only decreased , huu law increased during the frco traao period from 1S : ! ( ) to isin. isin.Tho The Increas In tbo number of failures with in the past twenty-live years is no proof of a shrinkage In wealth or doullao of pros perity. It is perfectly natural that the num ber of failures should keep puc-j with tuo expansion of commerce ami population. The volume of business In 189 : ) is moro than three times greater than it was in the decade ending with I860. Looked at geographically within tbf > United States , tbo statistic ! prove i rcfutably that protection has not oonn tbo cause of business failures. The great num ber of bankruptcies occur , not In the dis tricts where the tariff bus operated most , but rather In those localities which are desti tute of manufacturing Interests. For tbo year 1891 the number of business failures , compared to tbo number of parties In busi ness , was In the southern states , 1 to 5 ! ) ; in the Pile i 11 n stntns and territories , 1 totf ) . Tncso tttatos are chlelly mining and agri cultural. At the same time , tbo sim ilar figures for tbo eastern states wcro 1 to ill ; for the middle states , 1 to 109 ; for the western states , 1 to 129 all Increasing in prosperity under thu turllT legislation. If protection cause * business failures , free trailo ought to sootiro Immunity fiom such disasters. But this Is not so. The Dominion of Canada bus a tariff such as U demanded by the democratic party , but still It lus > been nflllctod with bankruptcy. Tlio llgurosuro : IH80. 1,2505 18S7 , 1'J.TJ ; 18S8 , 1,017 ; 1839 , 1,777 ; 1890 , 1,817 ; 181)1 ) , 1,889 or 1 in every 45 of those In business. I I.Mr , Springer's argument bo sound , then Great lirituln ought to bo the very paradise of business men its cases of bankruptcy ought to bo an malfjnlll- cunt minimum. What are the facts ! Ac cording to Mulhall tbo annual average * for Uaglund audVnlo * alone were ; n AM ) WALES. And in the wbolo United Kingdom the annual nveiugo for the porlod 1879-81 wui 13r.'U failures with i'UI.UOQ.OOO liabilities. Nor U thu phenomena of bankruptcy ex cluded from tbo continent. In Germany thuro were 5,903 builtiois failures reported In 1KS2 and 5.913 hi 18JH , The annual average - ago In Austria wui UJ'J In 1871-75 , 1.H01 In 1670-80 , and 1,017 In 1631-8 ; ) ; In l-Vunco. Dm , lu 18775 , 5,83 , J lu 18715-81) ) , 7,133 In 1SS1-S4 , nnd 8.0J4 In 183 , ' . . To any that bankruptcy Is loonllzod or ovou moro noticeable In protective countries tbaq In countries profctstng free Undo , U nn absurdity on Its very fnco. Mr. Springer was not content with thoio misrepresentations ot this sub jcotnt Detroit. Ho gees oil to say that ' The number of com mercial failures Increased In 1S01 as com pared with the year 18S9 , tbo year before the passing of the McKlnloy bill , 13 per coat , and the liabilities increased 127 * per cont. The McKlnloy law did not improve the financial situation , on the contrary it seems to have nddod fuel to tbo flame. " Why delect the year before the passage of the McKlnloy bill Instead ot thn year before it wont Into effect ! bhnply In order to make the increase in bankruptcy appear greater by adding in two years instead of ono. The MoKlnloy law did not go Into force until July , 1S9I ; Its effect upon business could not bo soon in the statistics of that roar. The real results are far different. R. O. Dunn ft Uo's statement , for Juno 80 , 1S93 , reports tlio failures for the lint six months of the present year nt n,50t : ni agMtist 0,074 during the same porlod In 18111. Ibo total liabilities of nil failures whloh occurred In the 11 Mt six months of 1893 were $02,000,003 , , while for the sarao period In 18'JI ' they were f93.OJO.030. The Ilrst six monthi of the year after the Mc Klnloy bill went Into olToot saw n dooronso of 571 In the number of failures anil $32,000- 000 In the amount of liabilities from tbo nix months Just previous to the enforcement of that law. If there Is any Inference to bo drawn from these llprurcj as to the relation between the tariff nnd bankruptcy , It Is that the McKluloy bill ha ? so stondlod mar- kotfl ns to strengthen business nnd reduce - duce the number of failures. Nona are so blind ns tlio o who will not soo. 'IHo chairman of the ways nnd moans committee could have secured thoto figures If ho ha-1 boon at till disposed to tnako a fair showing. Manv people , Ignorant of the real sources of bankruptcy , are ant to ascribe It to the first plausible theory advanced. It wns to these that Mr. Springer addressed hU sophistry at Detroit. Ho sought to Instil I In the minds of hisnudlt6rs" the idea that the causes nf business bankruptcy were different In protective countries from these operating in free trade countries. Now all xvlio have any conception of the immuta bility of economic laws under simitar condl ttons must sou at once the fallacy of this assertion. The causes leading to bank ruptcy are not only traceable , but have already boon traced. Uradstroots divide those causes into two main classes these that are duo to the faults of these falling and these that are not duo to the faults of these fulling. Under the ttrat nro ranked In competence , Including lnckofcaplt.il , neglect of business and fraudulent disposition of property : under the second head come dis aster , failures of others nnd special or un due competition. By classifying the reported failures according to the causes assigned , tbo following tabln is tbo result : IMIMMtKS IN THK ITNITKII HTATBH 1S")7-'J | . Amount of . Kail- Amount or vHESStl Liabilities. Year. ll res. | l.lnbllltk- ? . 1857 4,9.12 829,7iOOOU ! : 1875 (201,000,000 1853 4,225 U5.749.0UO 137li J.OU3 1UI.II7.00J IbS'l ' S.'JU 1877 8,872 IW.W.K.WH . ISflO SC7li 79,8'J7.000 187S 10,478 18CI II.TO.I 207,210,000 1S79 IM ! ( ni.4ioi.i ! : IBlIJ I.U53 2.1.04'J.OOO 1880 4,735 r .75joon ISrt I 495 7,899,1HX ) 1831 81.I55UI2 1801 6201 8,5711,000 1S3i 101,517,5114 1SU5 (30 17,025,000 183,1 0,131 172.874,172 IbM 1,505 53,76.1,000 , 1834 10 , WS 22(1 ( 313.427 1SU7 2.760 1KJIC , OOU 1835 lO.l'iiT ISIS 2,1.03 IUt94,000 ; , IPSli .1,8-11 lii.r.u.iiu istr.i 75.051,054 18S Will 1b70 88,242,0011 163 12I.B2'.l.'J7.1 1871 85,252.000 18-iM 10.88 J 148.7SI.3i7 Ib72 4..WW 11:9) ) 10.U07 187 , ) S.IM 18'JI 12,273 Ib'J.bta.llH ' 1t > 74 5,830 156.2 > JiC6o The litruros for Cnimcln present the snmo proportions. To trnco any correction Do- twoou tlicso causes of buslnnss tulluros and tbo policy of protection' would requlro a person - son of moro than human Intelligence. The crcnt majority of the failures In this country or olsowtioro nriso ainone ontur- pnC3 with loss than f,1,000 capital. Their projectors cither bocln business without sufficient capital or nttomyt to do too much business for the capital employed. The tondenoy to concentration of enterprise is not at work lu the United States alone. It Is just as marked In free trade Eucland and tbo various countries of continental Europe. It Is the concomitant of the Indus trial ago. Progress involves chnnco. It moans tno advance of some and the retro gression of others. It moans success for the capable and failure for the incompetent and unfortunate. Tnls failure 11 In business termed bankruptcy and increasing bank ruptcy Is to bo found In every country of the civilized world , protective as well as non- protective. VlCTOIt llosnWATElt. Uuiiril tli . ( iiitcs. Detroit 1'rct Viat. Now that tbo scourge of cholera has reached Germany the gates of entrance to this country should bo guarded with every care , for war itself would bo less n disaster than tlio corning and Hpread of this devastat ing plague. Tunes rnucitnn i.vs /r. Washington Stftr : The Notton slrl I * now overhauling her Iiitln to find out whothoror not thn plural nf "Rnllus" isgnlll. Atchl'on Global It tnkm a man to RO homo r nnd grumble liocnnso dlnnor li not ready , nntl tlion got lnlorn K > il In i > notrspnpor nnil koou dinner waiting for him until It li cold. I'htlndelphm Times : Whether closed In tlma OMiot. tlio doors of too tunny got-rlch-riulok suhotncs npio\r | to bo mainly trap doors. OliloncoTrlbtino : Urain mar yet bo niovod / throimhplpollnoH. Look nt tlio vnstiiuiuill- * tics of vmoklnx tubuurn tliut have sons tlirxf way. llnnh fate imd done for lior Its ttorM , And nt her nnsnlsli noumod to scolTj 1 found the Kunllu timid luiil burst Her left suspender button off , f.lfoi WIdtiwor It was she yllo drove mo to drlnu. Mhs Ai fa llttlo wonrvlmtcoultlsliohiAra ) driven you to thntyott would hnvo liked hotter - tor ? _ \'o\v York llornldi l.ovoll This marrying a rich wife li of nn , isa Mnrkhnin Why nut ? lioroll Hrenuio even nf tor she's fa asleep you can't Iliul her puokotl The Toronto World calls llio Unllml Stated nn "Inturnnltomil bully , " n "rfwitslt-buoklcr nation" anil n "diplomatic slmrit. " KNOCKED HUT AT 1.A9T , . Kc\v \ York Sun. f * . Stop , traveler ! buncnth tbU mound Thuro Hoi u ( Nile star. lln lutd the bust of every round , i\cept : tliuse ia the liar. Now Vork Tribune : Now thnt n nmii named Hrown has buau \vlio.siKiImlilsiiiuii6 "Uronu'lino , " the thing to do It to llncl n man niiiiiuil Jones who spoils his name and put them on exhibitionI 1'hllaclolphln Record : A tramp who vrnt milling rtwootly as ho slept on a buiu'lt lu Washington .square was aski'd when ho woke up what lui linn boon dreaming of. "Oh , It w-is such u blissful ono. " lie replied , "for you know thn aimul has liriuon sioimiolm and I drunmod 1 was n uualtliy oatuol with a great thirst for boi r. Mfo : Molllo I wnnilor why they mnrrlo'l ' , Ho Isn't noli , nur a foreigner ! not oven mi Ku- gllih lord. Dolllo No : nnd she hasn't , nny manor , not boon ( in the stage , nor dononiiythltig llko thnt , And her fnthor Is only n common American , not oven n Knickerbocker , I can't under stand It , Molllo ( with u bright thought ) Perhaps purhnpd they were In level 1'hlladolphln I > udor : A bailer burst In I Rochester n fo\r days ngo and the only person Injnieil was nyomu iii.iti who was siiiOKlne n clg.itoltu mi u struut corner throe blocks away nnothur awful wanting against oigar- utto smoking. Philadelphia Times : Thora Is now a buck wheat trust. This may not tnko It , bat It oor- talnly comes near the onku. aOODTIMKfl INOr.OHOIA. O. thoy'ro coltln' , sof.ln' ready for the count- In' of th'o votes You can lu'nr thu Imiloshlowln'fariui' near , An' the onnilldates are ninkin' of their niort- ira os nn' notes An' they're drummln' up the soldiers from the rear ! They're n-anllln * out the country thoy'ro n-Hpreudln' of thn HUMS An' WiiKln' up the woods with ono accord j While the voters lire a-funstlu' on thu juicy barbecues . An' fillln' up for Christinas , pniL.su the Lord ! DAI'S. I Samcrutlltnunuil. . j Vacation ( laysiiro almost gone , And school will BOOH lioiln , Tliu children who've boon running wild Will nil be guthurud In. The to\chors , much to their regret. Must study up square root , And teach tiiustnigizlinv young Ideas The proper wuy to shoot. Vacation's almost eono. nlasl And every child thinks thin : "What In the tuo of polni : to school When Ignorance Is bliss ? " A ni.\r JHOM European Eilttton Kew Voril 1.1. . rou BAiti.r PAI.U This quiet , yet graceful , costume itay ba made of any of the dark materials that are to bo used at the Ilrst suggestion of cooler weather dark gray beige or gray cropon the cuffs , co lar and trimming being of darker shade. Velvet bows on the lou.uo mutch the darker shade of tbo costume. ' & CD. Largest , Manufacturers and Dealers oruioihlngln the World. New Arrivals. With more confidence than ever we now announce the arrival of our new fall goods. Fashion plates from the leading tailors in the world have been followed very closely and as these garments were made by us and for us we know whereof we speak when we say that "never before has su6h magnifi cent clothiiu ? been place J on sale. The make , the trimming , the quality , the artistic completeness oi every garment are all points in favor ot our goods but the price ah , there's the rub. We depend a good deal on that. Hut see them ; it'll dp your heart gooj. Men's , boys' , children's , all alike. Bro wningKing& Co Our sloro io ! ) os nt OiSO i. m. . oxoopt HaturI I 0 . | - 0V . Pnr Kill S. hnurflin O r < Uy * . whun wo c-lobo ill 10 Pin. . | 0.l , lOl Iblll & UOUgluS Ol | . , < & ' -'t - - -ii J
