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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY , AUGUST 30 , 1892.
THE DAILY BEE
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l i-jUico Circulation l r .Inly ill , : ! Hi.
tlio suspender innkars tire strlk *
totf. Tlioy hnjo to sco the btisa uses to
rliich their products nro now put.
Till' ratnumkora tire soiling1 qulto
ihcnply in this sttilo. Anybody cnn
hnvo n ruin without artificial slimuln-
llon.
COLLAR the cholera by compelling
Ihoroupli clciinsinir of all cities and strict-
jst quarantine regulations. Prevention
boats euro every tiino.
COUIIKTT and McCnftroy had a violent
Jimrrol yesterday over their proposed
Bght. Why didn't they hnvo it out
tlffht thoroV Thorn's no time like the
present. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
SOUTH OMAHA packers are looking
'or ' shipinonts of western catllo this
reck. This will enliven the yards ,
vhlch have * not been as dull as
luring the past summer.
INFORMATION that after nil Carnegie
lees not own his casllo in Scotland but
limply rents it must produce intense
pain in the circles where calamityitcs
ind demagogues do congrrogate.
A THOROUGH house and street dom
ing may cost some discomfort and a good
leal of money , but It will do a great deal
of good ovon-if cholera _ should not come
nrithln 3,000 miles of Omaha. An ounce
of psovontion Is worth a pound of euro.
THE ninth minimi report of the bureau
of statistics of labor of the state ot1 Now
i.'ork shows that there lids been a not
Increase of wngcs in 1801 of $0J77,92..09 :
RB compared with 18)0 ! ) in 0,000 sop'irato
establishments ( all which made returns )
In thatslato. Thisis an ollicia ! report and
must bo accented as absolutely reliable.
Now. hoar the rant that the McKinley
law reduced wngcs.
OLIVKII WKNDIJLL HOLMES coin-
bratod his 83d birthday yesterday by
receiving the greetings of friends from
all over the world , in person or by inos-
page. The genial autocrat boars his
years lightly and no palsy seems to have
touched his h'anpy humor. There Is
certainly no author living who is more
genuinely and unreservedly esteemed
than this first huirtorist of American
literaluro and poet of a very high rank.
TIIK news columns of the papers nro
doing the best republican talking just
now. Yesterday democrats were com
pelled to road in their own organs that
"several tin plate manufacturers closed
their works In England Saturday , and
that 10,000 men engaged in that work
were idle , many of whom sailed Satur
day to find work in America. " Now
what must democrats think of their
lying orgalns which still claim that no
tin plttto is made in this country ?
Tins republican county commiUoo has
made a number of blunders which are
liable to cause discord and contention
and may finally result in disaster.
Thcso blunders can and ought to bo
ruutifliitl. The apportionment of dele
gates Is wrong and will work rank In-
justlco and disaffection. The continu
ance of the caucus and the double-
headed delegations to bo elected at tlio
primaries will surely stimulate oonton-
tion. Last but not least the idea of
electing delegates to nominate mombars
of the legislature and county ofllcorB
thirty days before they are to moot in
convention bodes no good to tlio logis-
tlvo and county ticket. The chances
for making combines and tr.ules are lia
ble to result In ilia choice of unpopu
lar and undesirable candidates who In-
Blond of strengthening would become n
drag upon the ticket.
TUB preparations for celebrating
Lubor day in Omahii promUu u inomor-
ublu occasion. Thosa having charge of
the lUTiHigoinonts have inuilo out u p.-o-
gram lhal will bo interesting to every
body. The p'irado will bo extensive and
prob.ibly the llnost slrool display ol
Omaha industries ever given , while the
exercises to tuko place at Syndicate
park will furnish ampin entertainment ,
Intellectual and social , to the hosts ol
labor who will gather thoro. Undoubt
edly the request that the factories and
wholesale houses shall close during
the day will bo complied with
in all oiisos where it In praotl-
cable to do so. Labor day bus grown In
favor since It was instituted nnd the
nurltsot the holiday are now every
where recognized. It is an occasion
when communities are furnished with
tin object lesson IIH to the forces and the
achievements of labor , and this is valua
ble , while it also exerU an elevating in-
lluimuo upon all in the ranks of labor
who have n proper appreciation of the
oliiiraolor .of the ( lay. It has become
Hiunly established as u pormtuiont boll-
duy wuorovor instituted. .
UP AT OA'OB.
Omaha must tnko stops at once to put
herself in condition to roatat the opl-
domlo spread of cholera , It is almost
Inevitable that cholera will bo imnOrtod
into this country within the next two
weeks by way of Now York or one of the
European ports on our sea coast. Our
location along the main transcontinental
line oC tr.ivol and at the crossing of ono
of the great rivers is bound to oxpoao us
to a visit of the scourge within n few
weeks after it roaches Now York. Every
city in the country is now engaged in n ,
thorough house and street cleaning.
Omaha , must not lag behind in making
sanitary preparations. We cannot hope
to escape the contagion by merely de
pending upon the salubrious atmnaphoro
and healthy climate. Wo must oxorclso
all the precautions to confine the disease
within nartow limits and to isolated in
dividual cases.
Our health board has only $1,500 at
its disposal to pay salaries of the city
physiciantho moat and milk inspectors ,
dump watchman and ether employes for
the next four months. In ether words
wo have not a dollar in the city treasury
beyond the amount actually needed to
cover the running expanses of the
health olllcors and inspectors for the
ordinary work devolving upon thorn.
The extraordinary emergency which
confronts us dotnimds prompt action and
olllciont work. Solf-proaorvation is the
first law of nature. Wo must immedi
ately provltlo the moans for a house to
Iioiiso inspection and enforced cleaning
up of everybody's promises that are
liable to brood or spread contagious dis
eases.
A proclamation by the mayor calling
upon all oiti/.ons to clean their houses ,
promises and persons wiVuld bo'timely ,
but it would not bo sulllciontly effective
to muko the public health secure. The
health board must bo placed in position
to employ a largo force of plumbing experts -
ports and drainage inspectors , nnd their
recommendations must bo carried out
oy property owners under sovcro
penalties. The Board of Health must
bo empowered to supplement the pro
cess of voluntary house cleaning with
a sulllciont force of competent and onor-
gotiemon and women to do the cleaning
where parties have failed to carry out
instructions.
While the house cleaning process is
going on the cleaning up of the streets
ind alloys and the destruction of gar
bage and filth should bo carried on by
ho Board of Public Works and police
lopartment.
Inasmuch as the charter prohibits the
ransfor of city money from ono fund to
mother the moans to ciirry on the
campaign against filth , foul air and con-
agion must bo raised through our mon
eyed men on assurances that they will
> o reimbursed by the city after the log-
shiluro has empowered the council to
do so. There will bo no trouble in se
curing the necessary funds if the mayor
voula call together our leading businessmen
mon and bankers , who will doubtless aid
ilm cheerfully in the work of sanitation.
TllR RKPURLIGAN LRACIUK MEETfNQ.
The annual meeting of representa
tives of the Republican League of No-
jraska. to bd hold at Grand Island to-
narrow , will be practically the opening
of the republican campaign in this stato.
A largo attendance is expected and un
doubtedly the mooting will bo charac-
.erized by more than ordinary interest
ind enthusiasm ? As heretofore stated ,
ihoro are over 230 republican clubs in
Nebraska , having a membership exceed
ing 25,000 , and if all of them are fully
represented at Grand Island the attend
ance of club men alone will bo about
1,500. But there will bo many others
there who are interested in political
affairs and whoso presence will add to
the interest and significance of the oc
casion.
The mooting takes place at a time
when the outlook for republican success
in the national contest is bright and
growing brighter. The presidential
election will take place ton weeks from
today , and in no campaign since 1880
were the prospects of republican victory
so good at this period of the campaign
as they are now. On every hand the in
dications nnd the -conditions are of a
character to justify republican confi
dence. There is not apparent any
where the least disaffection in the party
so far as the national ticket is con
cerned. Those mon whom it was feared
might disturb the harmony of the party
will give loyal support to the ticket. At
all points the republican line is united
and strong , and every day increases the
assurance that President Harrison will
bring out the full strength of the party.
The more carefully nnd thoroughly re
publican policy and principles uro dis
cussed the moro strongly they commend
themselves to the Intelligence and patri
otism of the pooplo. The more fully
the course of tlio present administration
is considered the stronger its claim is
been to bo upon the respect and support
of the country.
On the other hand , the democracy Is
disturbed by dissensions and frottocl with
doubts. Nowhora is it free from those.
Its candidate hits not evoked the enthu
siasm ho was oxpcctid to by hid ardent
adherents , and ho 1msi done nothing
since his nomination to increase interest
hi the oauBo of hlspirty. It is placed
on the defensive by the record of incom-
potency made by its representatives in
tlio present congrusj. It is compelled
to face the fact that its predictions two
years ago of disaster to the country from
the now tarilT law have not only failed ,
but that the business of the country ,
foreign and domestic , has been very
greatly enlarged In that timo. In short ,
the domooratio party wrong on the
tarilf , wrong on financial questions , and
wrong on every subject that a floats the
welfare of the people nnd the progress
and prosperity of the nation Is experi
encing greater embarrassment and per
plexity than in any previous campaign
since its memorable declaration that the
war was n failure.
The situation , therefore , is most en
couraging for republicans. The out-
looic , us wo have said , warrants confi
dence , but the victory Is not yet won ,
and there is earnest , vigorous , zealous
work to bo dona In this the republi
can clubs will have a largo and very im
portunt sharo. With more than 2,000-
000 active men enrolled in thorn they
couatituto a force which , if properly di
rected , will exert a powerful Influence
upon popular nontlruont , The Republi
can League of Nebraska will unques
tionably do Its full duty , nnd it la to bo
hoped that the meeting at Grand Island
will bo such as to carry promise to the
republicans of ether states that Ne
braska will bo found in 1892 where she
has always boon , conspicuous in the list
of republican states.
A31EHIOAN S/f/i'S FOH AMKllWAN COM
MKHOB.
It is the policy of the republican party
that the foreign commerce of the United
States shall bo mainly carried on in
American ships. In n recent address
President Harrison said ho believed the
tribute wo have paid to foreign nations
in the way of freight charges will
speedily , in a largo measure , bo abro
gated forever. "Those great stores of
agricultural products , " said the presi
dent , ' 'which wo pour out from our
granaries to feed the nations of Europe
should , nnd I believe speedily will , bo
delivered at tlio port of Liverpool in
American bottoms. " Not until this
policy is fully carried out , so that our
products shall bo convoyed to Europe
and to South America and to every
land with which wo have trade , in ships
Hying the American flag , will the
United States attain to the first place
among the commercial nations of the
world.
There is hardly a moro Important
question for the future determination of
the American people than this of
American ships for American commerce.
Pew people have any conception of the
extent of the tribute which the mer
chants and manufacturers of this coun
try annually pay to foreign nations in
the way of freight charges. It amounts
to between $150,000,000 and $200,000,000 ,
and is of course increasing from year to
year with the growth of our foreign
trade. This vast sum , taken out of the
pockets of our people , is nearly all ro-
.ained abroad. It goes to enrich the
orolgn ship owners nnd ship
) uilders and' to pay the labor
employed in the building and sail-
ng of ships. Such a sum annually ox-
landed for the subsistence of our own
icoplo would add very materially to the
mme demand for the products of the
arm nnd the factory and various inter
ests would find from it increased pros-
icrity.
But this is not the only or the most
mportant consideration. A merchant
nnrino equal to the demands of our
commerce is essential to commercial
independence and to rapid commercial
expansion. Wo are necessarily at pres
ent largely at the mercy of foreign ship
owners , who nro able to discriminate in
'avor ' of the commerce of their own
countries , and undoubtedly do so to a
considerable extent. Ono of the most
serious difficulties in the way of the
growth of our South American trade is
ho fact that most shipments from this
country take an indirect course by way
of European ports , which causes great
delay. For this reason it takes longer ,
as a rule , to got goods from Now York
to any port of South America than it
does from England or Germany , though
the distance by direct route is favorable
to Now York by several thousand miles.
It is a generally sound proposition that
commerce follows the llag , and in order
Lo enlarge our foreign trade as rapidly
as is necessary to keep pnce with our in
dustrial progress wo must have our own
ships. It was the opinion of the South
American representatives to the pan-
American conference that this is abso
lutely indispensable to enable us to se
cure supremacy in the South American
trade. The producers of the west are
no less interested in this question than
the merchants and manufacturers of the
east , and perhaps oven more so , since it
is the products of thn farm that consti
tute , and probably always will , by far
the greater part of our foreign com
merce.
OLOSIKO IN ON TUB COAL COMBINE.
The action brought by the' attorney
general of the state of Now Jersey to
annual the lease of the Central Railroad
of New Jersey by the Philadelphia &
Reading lias resulted in a victory for
the pooplo. Chancellor McGill has
lilod an opinion granting the prelimin
ary injunction asked for by the attorney
general , nnd on joining the Reading ccnn-
pany from operating the Now Jersey
Central railroad. The decision Is re
garded as a sweeping ono in itivor ol tlio
stato. While this decision cannot bo re
garded as final , owing to the determina
tion of the Reading company to go to
the court of last resort , it is neverthe
less interesting. Hero is Chancellor
McGill's opinion :
Ttio objout of the information Is to liavn a
certain indenture ot lease bouveon the
Central nnd Port Heading railroads , and
also a tripartite aproomont between tbo
Central , Port Uondlog and Philadelphia &
Reading railroads , decreed to bo ultra vires
nnd therefore void , and also void upon tbo
ground of nubile policy In that they toiid to
urouto a monopoly of the nnthraclto coal
trauo In ttio state by stifling competition
between tbo contracting corporations , nnd
thereby to Increase the price of anthracite to
the Inhabitant * of tbo state ; to oltootuully
destroy the ctfact nf such lease and agree
ment a mandatory docrco U sought to unjoin
the Port Heading to surrender aud return to
the Central Its corporate franchise and
property , nnd n restrictive decree which
Bhull perpetually restrain the Port Heading
from hereafter cont.rollini , ' nnd intormoddllnp ,
with such franchise nnd property , and tbo
three compaiiloi from all future combina
tions which will arbitrarily increase or tend
to Increase ttio price of coal to the people.
"When it appears , " says the court ,
"that fiiah a corporation , unmindful of
its plain duties , nets pro-judbiully to
the public in order to make undue gains
and profits for its stockholders , it uses
its powers In a manner not contemplated
by the law which confer * them. " The
lease , says Chancellor McGlll , was made
not only without legal sanction , but In
defiance of an expressly prohibitory stat
ute. ' 'Thoro are peculiar features in
the transaction nor considered , " ho
says , "that evince \l \ JJlIo danger'much
more serious than appears in the more
transfer of corporate duties to perform
ance by a foreign corporation. The par-
tics Interested are producers of anthra
cite coal , They constitute two of the six
great anthracite coal carriers. Through
the lease ot the Lohigh Valley , throe of
the six great coal curriers are controlled
by the combination. "
The answer of the defendants denies
hat cither the Philadelphia & Reading
or the Now Jerseyl joqtfal owns any coal
ands , but the court- holds this to bo amore
moro evasion , as tlib Rbtxding road owns
n majority of the stoc of the Reading
7oal and Iron company , while the Now
Torsoy Central owhi a majority of the
slock of the Luhlglvand Wilkesbarro
Coal company. "To & .y that those con
ditions do not tondi to n disastrous
nonopoly in coal ( " 'teays ' the court ,
'would bo an insult lo intelligence. It
s possible that such a''mon6poly may bo
used , as the dofontlantls suggest , to in-
reduce economic , ntyl cheapen coal ,
mt it does violence no knowledge of
uiman nature to expect such ti result"
L'ho real kernel ofX the argument upon
vhioh the opinion of the court is
outulcd is expressed as follows :
The commodltty in which tboso compnn-
os deal U n necessary of Ufa In this stato.
t Is tlio principal fuel ot Its homos and Us
actorlcs. The slightest Increase In Its prlco
s felt by hundreds of thousands of parsons ,
or their necessity compels thorn to pay that
ncroajo. If once monopoly bo established
> y destroying competition , whether that bo
through Icaso or co-operation , the promoters
of It and shareholders In It may have what
ever price this combmatlon suggests.
President MoLeod of the Reading
company says Jhat the decision will not
seriously affect \\\Q \ \ \ comblno , as it will
only bo necessary for the Now Jersey
Central to bo operated under the man
agement of its president , its relations to
.ho . Reading company remaining prac-
ically unchanged. The decision of the
Sow Jersey court is , however , impor-
ant. It may not immediately protect
.ho . people from the rapacity of the
uingry coal combine , but it atlords
gr6und for the hope that relief through
, ho courts will come sooner or later. It
s expected that the suits now pending
n the state of Pennsylvania will result
n favor of the people. The Reading
company will appeal the cases and fight
o the last ditch , but in the and the
ight must prevail and the monopoly bo
crushed. It is a moroquestion of time ,
and the people will have to boar the op-
) rossion of the anthracite robbers as pa--
, iontly as possible until they are com
pletely and finally routed.
EVWK\CK OV ANXIETY.
There is deep anxiety at the demo
cratic national headquarters in Now
York. There is substantial evidence
that the state of Now York has boon
n-actically given up , although n strong
effort will bo made to got votes for
Cleveland there in splto of the dis
couraging outlook. Mr. Cleveland him
self is said to place little dependence
upon his chances in the Empire state. . .
3.e is at the bottom of the vigorous
movement now onjfoqj. to secure elec
toral votes in northwestern states hith
erto republican andisYfarraly supported
n this scheme by ; Dop M. Dickinson.
Gorman nnd Whitney .are opposed to it
ind favor a concentration of democratic
effort upon the doubtful states of the
oast. n ' .
There can be no'doubt whatever that
Mr. Cleveland is much weaker now in
, ho manufacturing sidles of Iho east
than ho was in 1888. 'Then ho repre
sented an indefinite1 policy that wont by
the name of tariff reform , which was
supposed to moan lilllo or nothing.
Now ho stands upon a platform that'
calls for free trade and condemns pre
lection as an unconstitutional form of
public robbery. Four years ago Ihoso
democrats who were interested in enter
prises needing protection did not regard
the candidacy of Mr. Cleveland as a
menace to their interests because they
did not believe that anything was meant
t > y tariff reform. This year they are
confronted by an absolute and uncon
ditional demand for free trade. There
can bo no mistake about it. The de
mand is put in such plain terms that it
cannot bo misunderstood.
Under such circumstances il is by no
moans strange that the doubtful states
of the east , all of which are extensively
Interested in manufacturing , should bo
regarded as much more doubtful for-
Cleveland than they woro. four years
ago ; and it is therefore easy to account
for the frantic efforts which are now
being made to raise a largo corruption
fund for use in the northwest. In tlio
results anticipated from this undertak
ing the democratic campaign managers
will certainly bo disappointed , but if
they wish to concentrate their energies
in this direction no faull will bo found
by the ropublicana Now York is a
pretty good state to have.
Tim poor Indian will lose a true and
tried friend when Senator Dawos re
tires , as ho has just announced , next
March , from a career of oighleen years
in the senate , preceded , oddly enough ,
by exactly the same period of service in
the house. There have bogn few moro
faithful or conscientious men in public
lifo than ho , and yet his ago has earned
for him a rest Who will succeed him
will form an interesting question.
PHKSIUUNT HAUIUBQN has our per
mission and advice to see Canada clour
through in this retaliation business and
clap the maximum rates upon them in
a few days if they show no signs of com
ing oil their verjuntuch exalted dump.
RKALIAT the polijilojiins are not run
ning tills canipaig'ry * , ij.'ho.oominon sense
people nnd businoaj'tdon are doing it.
They began it by jSiufcjcing out the poli
ticians at Minngapipjis and they will
keep it up by olocUtigjIarrisou. [ |
t' J > oii 4ur Uo Tliumlor.
The receipts fromVcimomn duties are In
creasing ut ttio raio of $ lDOu,000 a-niontb.atid
the receipts from liHoHiul rovoauo nt tbo
rnto of 8500,001) a month.Tboso figures nro
calculated to spoil a gx)0d' ) deal of democratic
talk about federal baanruptuy under repub
lican rule. _ * _
A Illotr fur'U Illuir.
CMwao Tlmti.
Urand Mnsto. * Bwoonoy has expressed him
self somewhat vigorously upon ttio brutality
of the Now York mllltiu In dealing with tbo
strluers , but so far u known bo has cot yet
pronounced an opinion upon tbo striking
switchmen who bold him up against a tola-
graph post , blacked his oyoj aud otherwise
disfigured blu countouauco.
\Vloril Chunk ! ot lliirinony ,
C/ilcaod / Mer Octan.
T3rer Dunn , of the Now Yortt Sun , calls
Dror Pulitzer , of the Now York World , "a
scoundrel end on Impostor. " Uror Pulltior
threatens to "atop advertising the Hun"
unless Dana agrees to stop tclll'nif so much
truth regarding tbo dotnocrtola family.
These ulllorouoet In tbo Tiger family seem
to bo widening a the dog days are passing.
FREE TRADE FALLACIES.
Promotion nnd fc'nrm Mnrtgngo * .
11.
The second accusation against the protec
tive system made by Mr. Springer In his recent -
cent speech nt Detroit Is that relating to
mortgage Indebtedness. Of the numarous
calamities nnd misfortunes for which pro
tection IB lo bo hold responsible In this coun
try , ho lias selected the question of farm
mortgages for specific charges bouauso , os Is
well known , such debts affect the farmers
directly nnd It Is the vote of the farmers for
which the chnlrmnn of the ways and moans
committee is particularly anxious to bid.
What Is. the logical connection between pro
tection ana mortgage Indebtedness I A man
of ordinary Intelligence would reply that the
coincidence of their oxlstonco Is dun , not the
ono to the ether , but simply to Iho progress
of advancing civilization. Hut Mr. Sprlngor
has im answer of his own. Ilo sees between
the phenomena n relation of cau o and effect
nnd Illustrates his Idea with thoio words :
"The conMi3 bureau vas requested by nn
act of congress to collect nnd make report
upon tbo number and amount of mortgages
upon real citato In the United Stntos in ISM.
Reports as to only six statm have , up to this
time , been published by the census ofllco ,
nnmoly Alouainn. Illinois , Iowa , Kansas ,
Nebraska and Tennessee. In those six
stntos It ns found that there was nn a\ror-
ago of $01,00 per cnpltn of tbo whole popula
tion of these states , of prlvato Indebtedness ,
secured by mortgage upon real ostuto. If
this nvorago is maintained throughout the
union the whole of such Indebtedness In the
Unitnd States will be found to exceed $5,500-
000,000. The volume of this vnst Indebted
ness Is not diminishing , nt the so-called pro
tection to American Industries increases. In
the stnto of Inwa it npooars that there were
? Jl,000OJo morn of mortgage Indebtedness
recorded In 1800 than in 1SSO nn Increase ol
? ) ,000,000 a year In that stato. The per
centage of Increase of mortgage Indebtedness
la that state In ten ycnr.i wns 76 ; In Illinois
It wus IfiS ; In Kansas It was ever 1200 ; In
Alabama It wns11 ; ) ; in Tennessee it was 1110.
In the wliolo country tbo Intotcst change on
mortgage indebtedness , nt nn nverago of 0
per cent , 1111101111 ts to over &U5,000,000 a year.
The people who nro Htrngglltu" under this
mountain of debt are tbo victims of high
protective tariffs. "
Not long ago we were told by the loaders
of the people's party that the vast evil of
mortgage indebtedness was to bo traced sole
ly to the perverted course of monetary legis
lation during tbo past two decades. The
remedy which they suggest Is the Inflation
nnd depreciation of our currency by moans
of the free coinage of silver and govorntnont
loans to the farmer. Now wo are told by n
loader of the democratic party that the alll-
anco men nro nil wrong. Mortgage Indebtedness -
odness Is not the result of monetary legisla
tion but of turiff legislation. When wo buvo
conflicting stntomcmts from parties of equal
authority or rather equal lack of authority
-our only rosoti/oo is to carefully examine
tbo subject for oursulvjs.
First , lot us glance at the par capita fall
acy. Tbo application of par capita statistics
Is In Its very nature of very limited utility.
The reason of this Is that the composition of
the population differs greatly In different
countries and In different parts of the same
country. In ono the number of women pre
ponderates over that of man ; in another the
reverse la true. In ono the ratio of children
to adults is largo , in the ether small. In the
east agricultural immigrants ara few , in tbo
west they ara numerous. All thcso items go
to complicate aud render entirely usolcss any
per capitnstatistlcs of mortgago. Women give
fewer mortgages than mon ; adults alone are
legally capable of incurring debts ; now sot-
tiers In agricultural regions are moro apt to
borrow upon security of their lands than the
older inhabitants. The per capita ratio of
tnorlgatro indebtedness to population is ut
terly without significance.
The only purpose ot Mr. Sprlneor In deal
ing with nor capita figures is to mislead the
people by unwarranted deductions from
them. Ho reasons that if , ia six states
that ratio is $91.00 , then In
the whole United States the aggregate In
debtedness can bo found by multiplying Dy
the iicuro representing tbo total population ,
nnd ho states $5,500,000,000 ns his result.
Tbis manipulation is Jugglery of the worst
Kind. Extra census bulletin. No. 20 , states
explicitly that the mortgage1) iu tno six
states already tabulated constitute ever ono
quarter ot all that have boon executed in the
whole United States during the decade just
closed , and , presumably , a greater proportion
of thoao mortgages remaining still
uupaid. The existing mortgage in-
dobtoanoss of these six states m
1800 was 31.002,611,103. So that tbo
total ( or tbo' whole country could not possi
bly exceed $ iOUOCOO,000. Mr. Springer has
exaggerated the evil by ever $1,500,000,000.
The census furnishes uomu interesting
statistics , especially upon mortgages in
Nebraska. The following table shows the
number and amount of the mortgages oxo-
cutcd each year , although it does not ro pre
sent tbo actual present debt , because many
of them have been paid. Most of the farm
mortgagns ara payable In installments , but
the mortgage records show no payments un
til ths whole debt is cancelled.
SIOllTOAOIiS IN NISIIIUSkA. 1830-0.
Ma. oil
'
. N'mber Amount
tears. Acres.
1830. . 17,023 t
1831. , 1U.W4 JI)0,87S ) 12,1MI
Ib'O. , JW.731 18,718
' 'U.tWI rj.ui5
Ibtfl 2'J.WO 23,724 08
HS5 35,515 87,531,843 551777
45.3U1
IbST 6U.2117 47.3lU.133
ItiSS 4:1,8:12 : : oS,4l,8 ! 7
ISb'J IS.UIl 4J.U37.UU 2K.U12
Total 3,17.873 SJ74.SU8.358 225 420 112.411 ]
These figures present several important
points. W'bilo mortgages hove increased in
Nebraska In the ton years covered by the
census , yet their course has not boon ut all
uniform. There were decreases in 18S1 and
iu 1888 ever the number of the preceding
year , but a decrease in amount was mani
fested in 18S8 nlono. The maximum In num
ber was Incurred in 1887 ; butlf wo consider
mortgages nu acreage property by thorn-
sol vos the climax came In 1830 , a.yoar earlier.
\Vhat Drought the figures up In 1837 was the
wild speculation in city and town lots when the
real estate boom was at Its height. Can these
variation SDO charged to turiff legislation I
During all this period iho tariff remained
unchanged , with the exception of the revision
of 18Si. : If protection were un nctlvo cause
in creating mortgage indebtedness the
increase should have been uniform througn-
out the period and'nll variations of but a
minor importance. With the facts as they
are the democratic accusation against the
protective policy falls ridiculously to the
ground.
If not the result of tbo tariff , to what nro
mortgages duet Tbo census bureau has pone
to no little trouble to roako this inquiry and
its conclusions uro at tbo command ot every
oongroksinan , Mr. Springer Included.
Tjiostatistics as rogurds Nebraska refer
to six counties in which special Investiga
tions were conducted , namely , Brown , Ungo ,
Hayes , Klinball , Tbuyor und Washington
counties. They purport to give the oojucts
for which the Indebtedness wus Incurred ,
and wbllo tbo object nnd the cause are not
nlwu.vs.idontlcal the former throw * sufficient
light upon the matter for vulld conclusions
Economic science would divide tbo causes
Into personal and nonporsomil forcos. The
former comprises part payments for land ,
the purchase of now machinery or
stocks ; they are all in a doyruo
voluntary transactions in which the
borrower assumes the risk In the firm expec
tation of gaining by the operation. The 1 ut
ter Includes sickness and loss by lightning ,
tire , drouth or dUoaso disasters that occur
allUo in protective us well as nonprotootlvo
countries ,
In tbosix Nebraska counties mentioned ,
the securing of purchase inonoy or deferred
payments wus the leading object of mort
gage indebtedness iu the 8U3J oases re
ported. Uoul estate purchase and Improve
ments , combined with no other oDjoctn , rep
resent 05.18 per cent of tbo face of existing
mortgages in Drown county , 87.73 per cent
In Gat'o countv , 77,8'J per omit In Hayes
county , O7.fi ( ) per cent In Klmball county ,
83.JU per cent in Tboyer county ami 81.41
per cent in Washington county. Purchase ,
Improvements , business nnd the acquire
ment of various articles of personal property
orty , when not associated with ether objects ,
account for VI.39 per oaut of the lace of ex
isting mortgages In Drown county , PO.f.3 per
cent In Oaco oounty , 05,35 par cent in Hnvos
county , U7.00 per cent In ICiuibull eoun'tv ,
U0.13 percent in Timycr county nnd OJ.31
per cent in Washington connty. Ot the
whole SU3'J mortgage * only ,11 were reported
ns occasioned by sickness and
death , nnd only 20 ns ociMslonod by
disasters ever which the borrower bad
no control. Thirty persons executed
mortgages In order to cngngo In outside
speculation nnd seven to rolonn nt n higher
rate of Intercit. Four persons became In
debted for the purposes of higher education ,
six to defray attorneys' fees nnd tbo ox-
pcnoi of litigation and ono to defend him
self upon trial for murder. Two men wanted -
od to buy paint , ono to go Into the newspaper
business nnd ono to ombnrk in the millinery
business. One farm wns mortgaged to pay
for nn organ , two to pay alimony , ono to
onnblotho proprietor tb got married nnd twofer
for "purchase money nnil to buy whisky. "
A fair snmplo ot the purpose fo > which
mnrtgngos tire glvon by Nubraska farmers
may bo found In the records of Hamilton
county.
During the first six months of 18W. ! l3l !
SSI farm mortgages , aggregating $2S * > ,048 ,
were recorded In Hamilton county. Of
these , 104 , amounting to $103,780.51 , were
glyon for purctimo money ; 115 , nggrogating
> 1511,133.(1(1oro ( ( for renewal ot old loans ,
andll'J , uggregntlng30,13".r)5 , were for now
loans. During the same period the releases
of fnrm mortgages filed amounted to ? 'J24-
( i01.or > . These roloaio * , of course , do not Include -
cludo payments made on note * sopurod by
mortgages which are not yet mnturou.
Uurlug tno yonr beginning July 1 , ISOl ,
nnd ending July 1 , 189J , onlv llvo sales under
foreclosure proceedings were made by the
sheriff of Hamilton county. I his mforns
striking proof that the alleged Increase of
.farm mortgage debts nnd the rajild absorb-
tion of our farm lands by foreign capitalists
Is n political campaign fiction.
How many of these mortgages can bo
tninod directly or Indirectly to the so-called
disastrous influence of the taritll Will uny
sane mini contend that the rojult could have
boon ohaneod by any such simple dovloo ns
the abolition of our Import , dutlnsl Porhiips
under the benevolent nuspluos of free trade ,
crime and litigation will co.iso , people will
forbonr to mo paint or nlav upon an organ ,
divorces will bo secured without alimony
nnd tbo marrlngo state entered without ox-
pontio. Umlor thathnppv regime paonlo will
graduate without dlfllcultv from the fnrm to
the nowsp.ipor , speculation will cease nnd
mon wilt an longer "buy whisky.1 * All this
is tbo logical outcome of the illogical posi
tion assumed by Mr. Snrlniror.
VioTon HosnwATun.
IMTIU'
Philadelphia Times : Hase ball managers
nro only human. They , too Irine on to u
pitcher 111 long as tlinro's anything In it.
Now York HuraUl : Korolsnor What mtikes
American woman su bright and eleven' ?
Native Well , you see , wo tslvo our women
liero luilf n chance , and tlioy Kut so ull-UroJ
smart they tal < o the ether halt.
Indianapolis .Journal : "I cnn sc-t von n job
of huullnn Iron for a foundry , " said the om- '
plormimt : inunt.
" 1 pass , " responded the Idle m.in. "I don't
Intend to bo nn Iron HnKur thu second time
tliunk you. "
lUnsliamton Uopublloan : The snoctnclni
mobt udmlrod by young Indies uro old beaux.
Now Orleans I'lciiynno : The change rents
tur that chucks up the drinks sold In a saloon
Is the bur-gain counter.
AN 1:0110 : KIIOM IUJ//.AIUI'S IIAV.
Kitiuas city Journal.
I IIml. In every section ,
Now onuses for dejection :
\\hnt Bhall I do my sinking hopes to raise ?
I tonlly think I'd hotter
Writ" someone a brief letter ;
I haven't written one for two whole days.
Atchlson Globe : When a mnn doesn't know
liow to spell n word bo writes It so horribly
that his correspondent onnnot tell whether
the word Is misspelled or not.
Washington Stnr : The mnn who carries n
parasol In the sun has a. shudu the boat of It.
Kato Field's Wnshlniton ! Ilo ( putting on
tlio ring ) So glnd you like opals ! So many
girls am afraid of 'em.
She ( suspiciously ) How do you know ?
Ilo Tried 'om.
"This confinement Is killing mo , " com
plained thu Itasstan prisoner.
"You do look p.ilu , ' fommonted thu cuard.
"I'll see that yon ict a IcnuutliiK tomornnv. "
Boinnrvlllo Journal ! Statistics show that
four man In every six u o tobacco , but what
( statistics do not ahow Is that three out of ( our
of them try to borrow most of It. from their
friends.
A coo iIDEA. .
JVno Yorlt lleralL
It may bo fun to sit and broil
llr.sldo u brawling stream
And see the fish you cannot catch
In Himllt waters glo im ;
Hut I detest the tangling lines
And curse thclrsnnrly Htrundsj
I want to lump right In the pool
And catch fish with my hands.
untu
Rnmcrvltlc Journal
The Summer Olrl Is comlne homo.
All browned , nnd plump , nnd rosy ,
I'repnrort to rs.iko tbo winter seem . .
Extremely nice und cozy.
She's bathed , nnd danced , and walked , and
sailed ,
And rend u book , nnd Illrtod ,
Till to thn young man she has left
The whole world scorns deserted.
The flush of health Is In liorclicoks ,
With fun hur eves lire dancing ;
The flush nf conquest In her heart
MUKCS llfu seem most entrancing.
Ah ! soon nho'll bo thn Wlutor Girl.
And we shall bow before her ,
For she WIIH Hindu to bu adored ,
And therefore wo adore her.
C.l.lf/MJfJ.V Vr.ATTKK.
This might bo called n democratic week in
Mobrnskn. In addition to the state conven
tion today , tbo democrats of the Fifth con
gressional district hold their convention at
Keil Cloud , Thursday , nnil on Hnturdtw nt
Urolton Ilow ocourfl the Sixth district Uottio-
cratlo convention. This Will bo the nearest
to n democratic week thnt Nobrnskn will
uomo this yoar.
Still this Isn't ' nn entirely domoornUo wnck.
The people who visit Ornml Island tomorrow
will not ronlUo thnt tuoro Is a democrat in
the wliolo stnto of Nebraska , or an Independ
ent cither.
The ontbuMasm with which the ohl bourbons
bens nroi * > ropnrng ! to place camllilnlos In
nomination by petition was Illustrated nt
Unttlo Creole last Saturday. The demo
crat I o county convention had boon- called for
that day , but it didn't moot. Ono or two old
atnndbys gathered nt the appointed lime nnd
place mul than adjourned until September 20
for the want of moro democrats.
The real dark horse for governor Is not J. " \ * °
Sterling Morton or Or. Miller , but N. S.
llnrwood of Lincoln , who has been n mug
wump after the Clovolntm pattern. llnrwood
was n republican up to within the last ilvo
yoars. Ho was private sccrotu ry of Governor
nor Gurbor nnd delegate to the national re
publican convention of ISSI nnd delegate to
the national democratic convention ot ISM.
Ho was formerly of the law firm of Hnr-
wooO , ICulloy & Amos nnd his supporters ex
pect him to draw heavily on disgruntled
railroad republicans ,
The C.-MS county candlaato for nttorno.t
general , Mr. Uorlng , fools very confident of
his nomination In the democratic stnto con-
vontloii today , mm It ho fulls It will only bo
because ho has been sold out.
There Is trouble ahead for Congressman
McKoIghali In Iho Fifth district. He bus
chullongL'd 1'rof. Andrews to a joint dobata
and the latter has accepted.
It remained for the telescopic oars of the
World-Ilorald's staff correspondent nt the recent -
cent republican state convention to catch a
remark that was unheard by any other mau
in tlio convention ball. Ho assorts that a
delegate cried "Damn the Swedes" whllo
making n speech on the lloor of the convon
tion. Among 1,500 people the World-Herald
correspondent was the only ono who hoard
the remark. The young man's curs will bo
in great demand when tolephoiitu communi
cation ts established between tbo earth and
the planet Mars.
Editor \Vnblquist of tbo Hustings Demo
crat is hU party's candidate for state senator
from Adams county. Wahlqulst is tha
young man who was slated for auditor early
in the campaign ; but ho pave it out cold that
ho wasn't running nn the stnto tlckot In a
yonr when the chances for success were so
hopeless as in the present campaign.
General VlfqunlnMs a candidate after
Grover Clovoluiia's own heart. His gratu
itous Insult to the veterans nt Do Witt week
before last , when ho assorted that 150,000 old
Boldlors were drawing pensions secured by
perjury and fraud , will awaken responsive
sympathy in the breast of tbo man who ve
toed nearly 509 pension bills.
Judco Irvine says ho Is not a candidate for
congressional honors ana would not accept
the nomination under any circumstances. ,
W. D. MoHuijh says the same thing and
Judge Doano is loft with n clear track to sq-
'
cure the democratic nomination if ho so will's
Members of thu old Union club nro talking
of circulating n petition among the business
men of tbo city asking Henry EMtabroolr to
bcoomo u candidate for the congressional
nomination at the bands of tbo democrats of
the Second district.
Judge A. L. Sutton and Captain J. Q.
Hart of South Omaha are both more than
willing to bo members of the next legis
lature from this district. Charles G""J U
nUo In the legislative race.
John M. Thurston has accepted on Invita
tion to address tbo State Republican lo ) u <
meeting at Grand Island Wednesday.
Another challenge for a political dobatf
has been Issued. This time it comes from
Poyntor to Molldojohn. Pojntor will prob
ably toll the people of the Third bow hi
managed to forage on the enemy when hi
wus preuidont of tbo senate.
Andrew Bocltmnn of Oaliland has entered
the race ns candidate for state auditor on
the democratic ticket. It loolts ns iflbi
first ballot for that nomination would show
moro starters thauthu republicans put for
ward.
est MamitMOlnrors ivnd De.ilors
argof Oluthlug In tlio World.
"If I 'uz pa
I'd buy my boy a new suit of clothes before I
sent him off to school , " is the
height ol the average boy's am
bition just now. We are show
ing the finest lines of fall suits
for boys and children ever im-
* i
ported. No old styles. New nov
elties , new shades , in fancy and
plain cheviots , cassimeres and
worsted , checked and striped
cassimeres and everything new under the sun. Boys'
suits , 4 to 14 , $2 up ; 14 to 18 years , $6 up. A full line
of fall overcoats , the very latest , at special prices. Hoys'
hats and furnishing goods in endless variety. This sale
is special in the children's department the coziest spot
in town. Ladies who are out shopping will enjoy a rest
in our easy chairs , to which they are equally welcome
whether they buy or not.
BrowningKing&Co
Our store dny , olosos when ut wo fiSO : uloio i > . m. at , except 10 p. ID. Uatur- | S.W , Cor. I5lli& Douglas SI