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complete newspaper. Heretofore wo have
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earlier hour than is now done under the new
arrangement.
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news Is conceded throughout the west. Its
special cable news , unrivaled press dis
patches and Its special telegraphic sorvlco
from every important point have { rained for
this paper an enviable reputation not alone
confined to this state.
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clal newspaper train , there can bo no doubt
that our patrons will continue ta show their
" "appreciation of newspaper enterprise.
all ready for the voting to
coininonco.
WE KNOW plenty of men who could
use that 32,000,000 , bequest as well as
Chauncoy Dopow.
IT is a relief to know that a man can
bo a democrat and a biraotallist at one
and the saino time.
EVERY little helps. So thought the
duke of Edinburgh when ho took his in
heritance of Saxo-Cohurg.
WOULD it not bo advisable for that Lin
coln job olllco to revise its advertise
ment which speaks about the now max
imum freight rates going into effect on
August 1 ?
THE appeal for aid for those rendered
destitute by the South Chicago lire is
being generously responded to in the
World's ' fair city. Hard times do not
blunt the edge of charity.
SOME of the eastern socialistic fire
brands scorn to be forgetting that free
dom of speech in this country still
leaves every ono responsible for con
sequences of his uttonincos.
Now that the national encampment of
the fanners alliance has come to an
end , wo are patiently watting for the
announcement of the next stand of the
professional populist agitators.
CONGRESSMAN SPIUNQKR announces
his opposition to the repeal of the 10 per
cent tax on state bank issues. And
many people are still wondering for
what the last national democratic- plat
form was proclaimed.
A KANSAS state bank commissioner
lias formally proclaimed the insolvency
of all the Now York City banks. This
proclamation is on a par with some of
the ether emanations from the pro ont
ututo olllclals of Kansas.
SENATOR IIiLii need have no-fear
about being awed by power or corrupted
by federal patronage. Federal patron
age has not boon going very much in
Taminany'B way since Grover resumed
his place as olllco dispenser.
THE school hoard of Now York City
wants only 84,1)71) ) ) , 100.82 to run the
schools during the year 1803-1 , an In-
oroaso of $454,270.59 , over the preced
ing year's estimates. The increase
ulono would sulllco to support tlio
schools in a fair sized city. s
IN SPEAKING of Senator PofTor , the
Chicago Tribune deplores that BO fine a
state as Kansas should bo represented
In the senate by "such a blind booby
mlsloador. " The Tribune's nympathy for
Kansas as a state is iwfootly proper ;
but if PolTor. were only in the house ho
might find enough boobies in Kansas to
make up a rospootablo constituency.
IN CONNECTION with the bogus bond
swindles , we wish to impress it upon our
readers that wo uro In no respect to beheld
hold responsible for the assertion mudo
in advertisements now being circulated
and credited to THE BEE in a way cal
culated to leave the impression that
they are recommended by this paper ,
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JS t'OAK/DB.VCB HRTUll.WMl
According to n reported statement of
the comptroller of the currency , the re
ports from the banks throughout the
country Indicate n greatly Improved con
dition of affairs within the past vook or
two. There were only a few baik fail
ures during the past week , which were
moro than offset by the number of sus
pended banks that resumed , and the
comptroller Is given a& authority for tlio
statement that currency is becoming
plentiful again and the worst of the
panic Is over. This asiuranco from a
publlo offlclal who has the best pos-
slblo opportunity to know what Is
going on in financial circles will
bo received by the country with confi
dence , and especially so when It Is sup
ported by ether testimony. An Interview
with a number of the principal officers
of savings Institutions In Now York re
sulted in obtaining Homo very reassuring
information. The president of ono of
the largest savings banks in that city
said that there were strong Indications
that conflilonco had begun to return.
He said that tilnco the banks had notified
depositors that they would require
thirty and sixty days notice of the with
drawal of any * sum over $100 from the
hanks not over 1 per cent of the depositors
had put in such notices at all , and many
of thobo who had given notice wore
sending in withdrawals of the samo.
Re'ports from a number of the savings
banks of New York show that very few
6f those who a month ago manifested a
desire to withdraw their money from
these institutions have availed them
selves of the privilege of doing so at
the expiration of the time which they
were required to give notice. Ono
banker said lib was convinced that of
all the notice * his bank had received
but a very small proportion Indeed was
inspired by lack of confidences , but
rather were given as. a precautionary
measure solely. .
There is greal encouragement in
those reports. The reduced number of
failures or suspensions of national banks
is an exceedingly wholesome sign , Indi
cating , as it does , that the weaker in
stitutions have boon pretty thoroughly
weeded out nnd that those which have
weathered the utorm are on a firm
foundation. The number of banks that
have boon closed since "tho beginning -
ginning "bf the year considerably
exceeds a hundred , but probably
quito threo-fnurths of these will have
resumed business before the end of the
year , and , in case congress shall author
ize tlio issue of national bank notes to
the face value of the bonds doposttcd to
becuro circulation , as it seems likely to
do , it M not to bo doubted that by the
beginning of next year the banking
facilities of the country , as well as thot
bank circulation ) will bo greater than
ever before.
Equally important is the fact reported
from the east that the withdrawal of
deposits from the savings banks for the
purpose of hoarding has practically
ceased. Doubtless the same is true of
ether sections of the country. It is
the case hero , and so far as wo are in
formed it , is generally so. It is a grati
fying evidence of returning confidence ,
but what is now to bo desired is that the
money which'has boon withdrawn from
the banks and is in hiding shall bo re
turned , so that it may got into circula
tion. It has been estimated that fully
$150,000,000 , and possibly'moro , is being
withheld from circulation by individual
hoarders , and while this is relatively
but a very small sum it moans a great
deal when hold in Inactivity at
a time like this. There can
bo no doubt that its r cap-
appearance in the channels of trade
would have a wonderfully revivifying
effect. It is also to bo remarked that
the banks seem to bo manifesting rather
moro confidence , and it may bo perti
nently suggested to these institutions ,
though It is to bo presumed they already
understand it , that they have the most
important and inlluontial part to play in
the restoration of confidence. Indeed ,
complete confidence cannot bo regained
without them , and therefore it is their
highest duty to use every proper effort
to promote and stimulate it.
Wo are disposed to think that there is
soundness in the opinion of the comp
troller of the currency that the country
has scon the worst of the financial stress ,
and If such bo the case a steady change
for the bolter is safely to bo counted
upon. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
DH.l JHA'O T11K COljUIl LINK.
Two events of the past week have
served to nhow thit ( the time has not
yet como when the color line is to bo en
tirely disregarded. The first of these
events is the refusal of certain of the
southern Epworth league societies to
patronize a hotel at Chicago which ,
under the auspices of the league , has
opened its doors to momburs without re
gard to color. The action of those so
cieties is all the moro surprising inas
much as they seem to go far out of their
way for the very purpose of drawing
public attention upon themselves.
Tlio Epworth league is a distinctively
religious organization closely connected
with the Methodist church , which
counts among its membership no small
number of negroes. Chrlstfanlty has
from the very Inception been ono of the
strongest factor's working toward the
universal brotherhood of man. It knows
neither master nor slave , neither rich
nor poor. The chief tondonoy of its
teaching is the solidarity ol all man
kind. While it is true that almost all
the great churches split at ono time
upon the , dividing line of slavery , yet
since its abolition they have boon looked
to to exert their Inlluonco in the direc
tion of reconciliation. Few people want
to see the two races Intermingle in all
their social relationships. This is do
slrod by neither party. But for a relig
ious organization to tuko pains to find a
pretext to revive race antagonism can
not bo too severely deprecated , So long
as there is no compulsion for any of the
societies to patronize any particular
hotel a boycott is something entirely out
of place.
The ether event referred to is the In
stitution of proceedings against several
prominent citizens of Lincoln because
they refused admission to a fashionable
bathing resort to a person on account bf
his color. This is nothing moro than a
rehabilitation of the old civil rights con
trovereyinvolving the question whether
such an institution is sufficiently of n
public chnrnctor to come under the
statutes regulating such subjects.
The case will no doubt bring
up an Interesting point under
our constitution , because the latter was
accepted by congress only upon "tho
fundamental condition that within the
state of Nebraska there ehall bo no
dental of the elective franchise or of
any ether right to any person by reason
of race or color. " The words "any ether
right" are much moro comprehensive
than those found In any previous or sub
sequent legislation by congress. They
mark the height of the equal rights
movement. How far they extend will
probably bo decided should these cases
bo appealed to the court of l&st resort.
The negro problem Is undoubtedly ono
of the most serious with which wo shall
have to contend in the not remote
future. These incidents uro but ovl-
ddncos that It is still with us , that It
continues to crop out at unexpected
times and places. The solution Is yet to
bo Indicated , nnd until It shall bo indi
cated both races should bo counseled , to
avoid friction whenever possible.
POSTAL TKLEOllAPllYIN EKHLASD.
In every country of Europe of any
magnitude the tomograph forms part and
parcel of the postoflloo nnd is owned and
operated by the government. Yet no
where" has postal telegraphy com
mended itself more to the people of all
classes than in England , and in the ex
perience of England the advocates of
federal acquisition of the telegraphs In
this country find ono'of their strongest
arguments. The English systum was
acquired from private corporations
under conditions most burdensome to
the government , and notwithstanding
the handicap with which it started , it
has attained n success that is concod&d
by all. No proposition to return to the
regime of the private monopoly wpuld
for n moment receive the serious consid
eration of any material number of intel
ligent British citizens.
The cause of postal telegraphy , BO
universally espoused throughout Eu
rope , finds its firmest friends in the
men who are actively engaged in its ad
ministration in both high and low posi
tions. Of these , Mr. W. H. Preeco ,
chief electrician to the postmaster gen
eral in England , whoso views are given
on another page of this Issue , is an illus
trious example. Mr. Preeco is a prac
tical electrician ; ho has been given
entire charge of the public telegraph
and telephone systems of England and
ho is an authority on all matters elec
trical in nature. When Mr. Preeco
says that government telegraphs are
"an undoubted success in England , ' ' ho
knows whereof ho speaks by reason of a
long and active connection with their
management and operation. Ho con
siders the telegraphs there oven moro
republican than hero , because they belong -
long to the people , are maintained by
the people , and are supervised directly
by the people who use them. And as
evidence of their wide , popular employ
ment we have the fact that 69,683,480
messages were transmitted during the
year 1891-2 , being an increase of over
3,000,000 , , over those of 'the preceding
like period. . j
As to the part played by politics in
the postal telegraph department , Mr.
Preeco is emphatic in saying that "in
England the civil service is entirely dis
tinct from politics. " Every person con
nected with the postal telegraph is ap
pointed for merit , and holds his place
during good behavior. He is entitled to
affiliate with whatever political party
ho chooses. Not long ago an English
operator , when asked as to what ho
would do should his superior question
him on the point of his politics , said that
ho would have that official called to ac
count on tlio floor of the House of Com
mons. Mr. Prceco's words are equally
explicit : "I can speak for myself that I
do not know the politics of a single man
on my staff , and I am quito sure that not
ono of my mon know mine. "
All the chief arguments against postal
telegraphy are easily controverted by
reference to the experience of the
government in England. The dis
tinguishing feature of public ownership
of telegraphy is that such a system
affords faoilitios to every town and
village "irrespective of the fact that
they pay or do not pay. " It does not ,
as is the custom with us , leave unprofit
able stations entirely without tele
graphic communication. It encourages
the dissemination of news and Intelli
gence instead of discouraging it. It
places the price of sending telegraphic
messages within the roach of the poor
instead of confining the use of the
system to the rich and comparatively
well-to-do.
TUB SlllllNKAOK IN
As everybody understands who has
given close attention to the corn-so of
financial events during the past four or
five months , the disclosures regarding
the condition of certain trusts and the
forced liquidation resulting therefrom
played no small part In shaking con
fidence and disturbing credit. When it
was developed that the National Cordage -
ago , the General Electric and the Dis
tilling and Cattle Feeding combinations
were practically insolvent there \vas
naturally nroatod a fooling of distrust
toward all the industrial stocks. The
reasonable assumption was that all of
them had boon pursuing virtually the
some reckless policy which was shown
to have characterized the management
of the trusts whoso Insolvency had boon
exposed , In those cases it was found
that there had been not only overcapitalization
talization and exec-salvo valuation , but
on the part of the officers of those com
binations the most unscrupulous spoon
lativo manipulation of the securities. As
a writer who is evidently familiar with
the whole management of those combi
nations says , all sorts of roso-colorod re
ports were put in circulation
when the stocks of those com
panics were placed on the market.
Alluring statements of enormous earn
ings to bo made from the combination
of numerous properties and their opera'
tion under ono management were scat
tered broadcast , and for a time largo
dividends were declared in order to
carry out the deception. Money was taken
from the capital account and diverted
to dividends , and the plant * were al
lowed to deteriorate .in ardor to keep
down expenses nnd ffJ tH ) earnings for
the purpose of paying largely unearned
dividends. .
This condition Of ojTalrs could not , of
course , go on irarpolimljyi The day of
reckoning had to como , and when
It was discovered "lhat the Insid
ers had xmlofcfttl nn enor
mous amount of _ stock upon
a gullible publlo the break came.
Everybody fnmiIln1 > ! "w\Ui the course of
the stock market knmrjp what the consequences
'
quences wore to th'JOndustrlal stocks.
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They wont down with'a" ' crash. Accord
ing to a statement Just published the
market value of the Stocks of fifteen
combinations most"pVomlnont In the
nnirkot has fallen dvor $230,000,000 In
1893 nlono. This Is equal to about f > 2l
per cent of the market valuation of these
stocks. AH these companies were largely
over-capitalized at the beginning. Fic
titious values were placed upon plants ,
patents , good will , etc. , nil of which took
thp-form of stock. These developments
and the enforced liquidation of the com
binations could not fail' ' to have a most
damaging effect upon confidence and
credit.
The point to ho considered in connec
tion with this showing is that the trusts
still remain , and that as long as such is
the case they must continue to bo moro
or loss of a menace to financial confi
dence and credit. Thorp can bo no as
surance that these combinations will not
pursue In the future the same reckless
nnd unscrupulous policy that they have
practiced in the past. Just at present
they are compelled , In common with
all ether business Interests , to pursue a
careful and conservative course , but
there is no reason to doubt that as soon
as the financial skies shall clear most of
thorn will bo found returning to the
former methods of speculative manage
ment and reckless manipulation which
, were responsible for' the condition of
affairs already noted } It is not in evi
dence that there has been any change in
the principles or policy of these com
binations. Thoy" are simply under
constraint. When the opportunity
offers these In control of them
will not hesitate to adopt what
ever policy they may find expedient
or practicable to recoup themselves.
The question that naturally suggests
Itselt is , how much longer are these
combinations to bo permitted to exorcise
so largo an infiuonco upon the financial
affairs of the c'ountry-and to continue to
bo a menace to confidence and credit , as
well as destructive to trade competi
tion ? There is a federal statute in
tended to suppress ; Uaom. How long
must the country wait for an adequate
effort to enforce the > law against trusts
and combinations Ims restraint of trade
and in hostility td tho-ipublio interests
and welfare ? 30 > *
AN EXPEKisiENTf'fs being tried In
Washington with $ municipal lodg
ing house , the outqprnopf which will bo
watched with no little i interest by citi
zens and students' who are devoting
themselves to s'ddiologlcal 'problems. '
The Washington11 Municipal lodging
house was oponod'Vran\ia'ry : ' \ 1 , 1893 , and
already its officers /are1 claiming for it
. . . . _ .lOOu JlJlU , " ' '
the success which , j originally pre
dicted for it. According to the last re
port of the .superintendent , the tramp
element has boon , reduced to a
minimum , and this fact has become
evident by the courts , by the police
and by the absence of vagrants from
the streets. "Citizens , " says ho , "aro
less annoyed by these road beggars
than has been the case for many
years , and though other cities , by their
free soups , their free lodgings and their
sentimental charity 'doles , ' may bo en
couraging idleness , shif tlessnoss , novorty
and tramps , Washington can no longer
bo charged with that crime. " Since the
house was opened , 1,198 different per
sons were enrolled , 6,419 meals were
served , 4,185 nights lodgings wore given ,
employment was secured for sixty-eight
and twenty-nine were turned away for
refusing to work. All applicants were re
ceived who were willing to comply with
the rules of the house. All these facts
a re interesting from ono point of view ,
but before the success of the experiment
can bo affirmed wo must have statistics
of cost and expenditure and also a fair
comparison of the conditions existing
both before and after the municipal lodg
ing houbo was established. No adequate
judgment can bo arrived at until it is
subjected to a much longer test of time.
THE immigration laws Of the United
States , whjlo intended to apply to all
aliens coming to this country with a
view to gaining a residence hero , have
always boon administered with reauoot
only to these who are transported from
Europe as steerage passengers. The
idea that these lawn can bo violated by
steerage passengers only Is , of course ,
based upon a narrow vlow of the subject ,
but the reason thorofor lias probably
been the small number of cabin immi
grants and the difficulty of distinguish
ing them from returning European tour
ists. But that this Is not a all-let enforce
ment of the law has been recognized by
the immigration commissioner. Tlio latter -
tor says ho will do nothing just at present ,
hut'that after the World's fair has been
closed , ho expects l&e'reBBurdepart
ment to require tluatirall immigrants ,
whether they travolBln''tho ' steerage or
cabin , bo manifest ! ylth his depart
ment. Ho is of tho'oplnlon that a great
many skilled .contjfab.i1 laborers have
boon coming into tj\d Country as cabin
passengers , and this ho thinks will bo
prevented by niarirb $ } jng them. Tlio
main difficulty will u'riso with these who
deny that they Intend 'to ' gain a resl-
donco in this country.'This class has
thus far boon abloto'avold ( all legal
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regulation.
No ONE ought to have any objections
to the University of Pennsylvania or
any ether educational institution adver
tising itself as much as it desires. The
University of Pennsylvania is a great
educational factor. It has secured the
services upon its faculty of mon who
are enterprising and progressive , and
nothing BO well illustrates their enter
prise and progress as the way in which
they have'manipulated tuo government
printing office to slug their praises at
the government expense. When the
federal bureau of education wants to
help the cause along by publish
Ing an account of the work of Benjamin
Franklin , there Is no necessity ofpnrnd'
Ing tlio virtues nnd attraction ! ) of the
University of Pennsylvania in n volume
of four hundred nnd fifty pngos just
uccaltso Franklin once had minor
relations with that institution. If
the members of the faculty wore
only as onorgotto in carrying on
their labors nt the university as they
are In their attempts to secure endorse
ments from bodies , such , for example , as
the American Bankers association , which
knows nothing about their work , and
to have their advertising matter printed
nnd distributed at the expense of the
people , the university would got along
without any advertising whatever.
NOW roil the final stage in the house
silver debate.
Two ( lorn ! Slgni.
W\U \ < uteli > hta Vreti.
Congress nndf the coilntry'both show signs
of Improvement.
The Canttni : Atrajr of n Fad.
H'ashtn0on ( Pott.
The prohibition frul has boon nn oxponslvo
luxury for the Iowa ' , republicans , and they
know when they Imvojind oilough.
Temperance Improvement.
Francis Murphy k authority for the state
ment that there Is loss drinking now , because -
cause it Is harder for men to obtain posi
tions. The stress ot competition Is so much
kconor that the drinking man hasnochanco.
A civilization which makes mon cease In-
tompornnco is a good thing.
Italic Kxplnrntlon.
San FVa > icl ca Chronicle.
The unexpected always happens In Arctic
exploration , Peary never droaracd that ho
would have nnydlQlculty in trotting all the
dogs ho wanted along the Greenland coast ,
yet It looks now as though his oxpodttlon
would bo ruined because money cannot buy
the few dogs that ho requires for his sledges.
It would bo ah ignominious end of high
hopes were 1'oarv forced to turn baok < because -
cause of this potty obstacle.
* a Nooesiarjr 6f Lite.
* New Yurh' Hun.
The newspaper has bncomo a necessity to
Americans and to bo shut out from a knowl
edge of what is going on in the world would
bo us great a hardship to thorn as any ether
except lack of food , clothing or shelter.
The life is moro than moat , and the body
morn than raiment ; and the satisfaction of
the mlnifis as legitimate as the satisfaction
of the bodily wants , nud of a htghor order.
The newspaper is the university and the
library of the people , the common school of
manhood. It is the great UnbaUug club of
politics , the exchange of business , the record
of each dav of human experience. It is
necessary to the proper discharge of the
political duties of the citizen.
But a uowspjDor , at lo.lst a good nowfl-
paper , is moro than a necessity. It brines
into the narrowest life some sense of the
vast lite of the world. It is full of t raped v
and uomedv. wit und passion , the heroic and
the humble , the crlmo and the merriment of
nations. It is a great realist history. It Is
a dully commentary upon human unturo.
The Grunil A'rmy KncuinpinonU
f-tladclp/ifo / Record.
The approaching twenty-seventh annual
encampment of the Grand Army of the Ilo-
publlc , to bo hold at Indianapolis , promises
to prove of special interest from several
points of view. Owing to the attraction of
the World's fair , the attendance of veterans
is expected to bo unusually largo , and pYo-
vlsion has been made for fully 100,000 men.
The faot that the encampment is to bo held
at Indianapolis , where the order was organ
ized In 1800 , besides bringing up many
romln [ sconces , will also invite comparisons
as to numbers.
It is a splendid proof of the vitality of the
Grand Army that up to a year ago It contin > -
ucd to increase , but the last , o nicl.il report ,
showing a member ship of 407.781 , admits
that it has practically reached its maximum
'strength ' , and * that a rapid decrease must
soon begin. There is no ground for suppos
ing , however , that the Grand Army will
suffer any'diminutlon of enthusiasm or in
the fooling of comradeship among Us mem
bers ; and although the depleting ranks will
load to future meetings moro and moro of a
pathetic aspect , the time for holding the
last encampment will bo many years hence.
I'KOl'LK ANU THINGS.
What a plight the democracy of Iowa
would be in if Horace Boles should move out
of the state.
The paucity of news from Gray Gables In
dicates that a slxtv-mUc zone has been es
tablished around Buzzards Bay.
If Carter Harrison annexes ono of the fair
maids of Now Orleans the Crescent City
will bo made a suburb of Chicago.
Next to the silver question the great
dlQlculty confronting the nomocracy is to
find ways and means to plucato Bill Springer.
The recent downpour of boor among the
rods of Now York caused a stringency In
the till of the anarchist organ und it sus
pended.
Kentucky hns discovered a native , John
Caldwell , who knows not the taste of blue
grass dew. Ho will probably bo tried for
treason.
Governor Russell of Massachusetts emu
lates Governor Boies in declining a third
nomination before it is offered. The exam
ple will ho continued to acceptance.
The financial question will not bo fully
elucidated In congress unless the Nebraska
statesman from Stinking Water gets his col
lar and elbow cinch on the question.
Although Senator Voorhoes talked on all
sides of tlio question in a friendly spirit , it
is given out that honcofortli he Is persona
non grata to the court of Colorado.
Mmo. Paul will sail for America on
her regular annual farewell tour October 23.
She will bo accompanied by Mmo. Fabrl ,
Signers Galussl , Lely and Novora , a maid , a
valet , a cook , a monkey , two parrots and a
pug dog.
The bupologlst of Mr. Morton's depart
ment allows brilliant opportunities to pass
his door without an interrogation. There
are swarms of gold bugs and sllvor bugs and
a cloud of humbugs In Washington , and ho
hasn't .said a word ,
Twenty-four hundred bottles of Teutonic
booze were poured on tno thirstv earth ut
Downs , Kan. , a few days ago. As the fluid
cut sorpontlno tracks through , the parched
dust a colony of temperance women sang
lustily , "We'll Tap Another Keg Tonight. "
A movement is on foot In South Carolina
to have John C. Calhoun's body , with the
sarcophagus erected over it by the state
legislature some years ago , removed from
St. Philip's neglected graveyard in Charles
ton to Fort Hill , whuro was his homo and
whoru the college ho wished for has lately
been established ,
Our recent guest , the Princess Eulalla ,
has KOIIO to Itoyan , a FVunuh watering pluco ,
where she will remain thrco weeks. Upon
her rot urn to England , which will bu In saml-
state , the Infanta will visit Queen Victoria
and several members of the Orleans family.
Meunwhllo her llttlo Rons are staying in
England with their governess , an English
woman , and the Inf-inta herself will take up
quarters in u furnished house on Wost-
bourne terrace.
Edison declares that If ho was so disposed
ho could cause a panto among the dealers In
precious stones. Hn says that ho can man
ufacture line sapphires for next to nothing ,
and that ho can produce ru Dies superior to
the natural stout ) for (5 u pound. As rubies
are sometimes moro valuable than diamonds ,
no could sot the Jewelers crazy within a
week If ho felt disposed to do so. The
artificial production of precious stones ho
regards a mere scicntlno diversion , how
ever , and has no Intention of bearing the
market.
Whou a mild summer zephyr laid low a
portion of Cherokee , la. , the New York
Tribune of July 1U culled editorial attention
"to this mysterious manifest at Ion of nature's
power , which seems to bo almost peculiar to
the west , " and urged that a sclontillo Inves
tigation of its causes bo undo. A sim
ilar manifestation of nature's powor"
having swept Now York and adjacent
states , an Investigation should bo instituted
before tlio wreckage Is cleared away. Of
course the "manifestation1' ' 1s not peculiar to
the east oh , no. "It is possible that if the
causes were known , something might bo
donu to prevent" u repetition of the catai-
tropho In the uast.
C r nl I'rmlnotlnn In th Couirnltit. .
At this imrtlcttlnr Urns , when ( trout Agita
tion li abroad In relation to certain of the
important mining Interests of thn west , nd
som9 doubt nnd itlitrust arc being town con *
corning the general lnihutrl.il condition , it
appears specially opportune to nslt publlo at
tention to the progress and present state of
those imiustrloi whloh , U Is bollorod , moro
oxnotly RUARO development , and upon which
actual permanency rest * .
H would not ho a difficult undortaklng to
recapitulate the history of western grain
production from Its beginning up to the
present llmo ; wo , however , shall confine
ourselves to n rovlowof the expansion which
Is recorded as having taken nlaco during the
term reaching from ISSO to the oloso of 18SU ,
and which li amply sot forth by a compari
son of the data furnished by the sections on
cereal production contained In the national
census reports which are luado at the close
ot these respective decades ,
At the end of the decade closing with the
year 1870 the total area of land under coro.il
production in the state of Nebraska was
UWJ,140 ) acres. By the end of tlio ton years
terminating with 1889 the nroal extent had
'grown to 7ltllUC9 ) acres , which shows that
during the brief space of ono itccado the land
dovotcd to the production of grain nnd corn
in this state had Increased by4,459,8 3 acres ,
Of no loss than I27i per cent.
Fron Nebraska ' wo may proceed to Col
orado andobs'orvo what has transpired dur
ing the same term of years In that stato.
Colorado Is not only younger In respect of
the period of settlement , It Is also loss an
agricultural statothan Nebraska , andyot wo
Jlnd that during the ton ypars from 1870 to
1881) ) its acreage dovotoii to cereal production
had increased by 202.3 per cent. In 1870 the
total extent dovotcd to grain anil corn pro-
ductlon was 110,733 acres , and by the closdof
the following decade that area had become
augmented to 350,080 acres. It Is not the
purpose of this article to iimko a comparison
of the values of respective Industries , but
rather exclusively to call attention to the
development of the Interests of agriculture :
yet It Is specially gratifying to find , at the
momcmt when ono section of publio thought
Is afraid that the future of Colorado may al
most bo glvon up , that its ground Industry
and the foundation of all other interests , is
developing at such a rapid rate.
It Kansas DO included In the present con
sideration wo llnd the Increase of cereal pro
"
duction"as notable almost as in the oxamulos
already given. In 1870 the pram and corn
production of that state covered 5,770,150
acres , and by the close of 188U the area had
grown to 10,574,180 acres , showing an ox-
p.insiou expressed by the sum of 4,708.030
acres , or 83 per cnt. It lshowover , when wo
coma to the Dakotas that expansion in ccical
production Is met with which is nothing
short , of stupendous. In 1879 both the
states were designated "Dakota. " and their
combined urea under cereal cultivation was
453,233 acres. In 1889 the aroal extent devoted -
voted to the growth of grain and corn in
South Dakota was 3,701,001 , acreswkich was
nn increase during ton years of 3,354,871
acres , or 904.5 per cent. In North Dakota ,
during the same term of years , the urea
under cereal cultivation rose from 100.505
acres to ! ) , 'J3.1.H)3 ) acres , which gives an In-
crcuso of 3,127,488 acres , or no loss than
U035.5 percent.
If wo now consider In aggregate the five
states whoso Individual rates of development
have already boon ? iven wo shall bo nmazod
with the contribution of this combined area
to the corn and grain production of this
country , and to the cereal supply of the
world. At the close ol 1870 the recorded
aroal oxtcnt under cereal cultivation In the
said flvo states was U,847,05i , auros , and at
tbo end of the decade closing with 18SU that
area had increased to 2o,8'- 3,733 acres , an In
crease of practically 10,000,000 acres In the
short term of ton years. If wo consider the
meaning of this vast expansion expressed
in bulk prod iction or busuels > of graiu and
corn , and in this way como to un approxi
mate estimate of the monetary vuluo of the
colossal increment of products our amaze
ment can ouly exceed itself. It has been
shown that the increased aroal cultivation
was 10,000,000 acres. The average yield of
corn , wheat and oats Is found to bo about 2-
bushels per acre ; 10,000,000 , acres at ! 3 bustiols
per aero gives ail increment of bulk produc
tion of 3o2,000,000 bushels. Now , taking the
normal value of wheat at 05 cents , corn at
35 cents 'and oats at 20 cents , the normal
average price of the three cereals may bo
put at 40 cents per bushel ; If then our incre
ment of 352,000,000 bushels bo valued at 40
cents per bushel , wo obtain the great sum
ot $141,000,000 , which expresses the
value of the product In cereals In
1890 over , and In excess of , what
it was recorded to bo In 1830 , and the actual
increase of production which 'occurred dur
ing the past ten years within the specllled
area of the central west portion of the coun
try that has been considered.
We might , with great Interest , extend our
considerations , and so far as to indicate the
expansion of cereal production over the area
treated of In comparison with Its growth in
other sections of the country. That would
lead us hoyoud the purpose of this article ,
which Is expressly to set forth the increment
of values which has taken place in one direc
tion ot Industry , and within the section of
the country In-which wo are directly con
cerned.
It must bo understood , however , that our
observations have Docn wholly confined to
the cereal production , and do not embrace in
any sense the consideration of all branches
of the land industry , nor do they approach
an expression of the total Increment in agri
cultural products and values. The extended
tracts devoted to the production of hay , the
1ncrnn o In Cfttito raising nnd tine fretting ,
have noi Iwen alluded to , ami ! hnrb ro exp
lain now branches of Agrluiillurnl cnlcrprtao
such as thn growing ami production of sugar ,
vrhlch have actually come Into oxlitonco
ilurlnj ? the i > st ilecmlo.
lint lot ui look rnoro oloioljr ftt the nature
ot the Industrial development which wo have
considered , nnd particularly lit respect to U t 1
claims to conditions of purmnnenuy. Over V
the full breadth of the agricultural nrea ,
where Indruaso of ooro.il production has oc
curred , hou < ci and hoiucsto.uls h.ivo boon
Planted , and the owners and tillers ot' the
1.1 nils have become permanently located.
Kollrwlne the settlement nnd occupation of
the lands , small centers of population anil
business have been chosen , nnd villages and
towns have boon established. Tlio o towns
are the nccessn-y outcome of the .tattling of
farms , and they nro both absolutely onon-
tlul ono to the other. These tacts and cir
cumstances nro of the very nattiro of per
manency. The lands are Improved , homos
nml farmsteads nro llxcil , and there they
will remain. There are other enterprises
which nro boomed Into bolncr , ami holdup
until the nolso of thorn subsides , nnd then
they nro dropped nnd forgotten , The devel
opment of which wo hiivo spoken Is a struc
tural part of the permanent growth of the
country. It was the beginning of the coun- ,
try's growth , the country will grow us It
grows , nnd It will boholtl thp advent nhd dis
appearance of hosts of enterprises nud
schemes.
> Vo have callcil attention to thli particular
section of the country beoauio wo nro per
suaded that the local authorities nml people
are without nnv Approximate conception of
Hio vnstiiosj of growth of the Industrial con
ultlons In which they nro located , nnd that ,
at this time , wlion oven local distrust U
about , they may realize how they stand In
comparison with n decade no , nnd how per
manently strong they have become. Anil
wo have based our statements upon the data
fnrnishcd by the national government In
order that capital at n distance may form
sonic just understanding of the magnitude
nnd growth of the permanent Industrial con
ditions and of the security with which In
vestments may bo placed In the central west
WALTER MAXWELL.
IttASTS FHOX HAM'S UOItX.
All work is hard work for a lazy man ,
The heart , ' not the head , Is the real master
of the man ,
The golden calf never grows into a cow
.that gives milk.
Pol Ishlng a rascal's head never niakca hU
heart any whiter.
No matter how1 much rnllglon wo profess ,
nil that counts Is'what wo live.1
It Is breath wasted for the man to pray for
a revival who will not pay his debts.
The man who has no business of his own
to attend to generally gooi to bed tired ,
The moro the church mixes with the world
the less it can do toward saving sinners.
There is no greater blockhead than the
ono whoso mistakes never teach him any
thing.
You will miss it If you undertake to
measure a man's rollrlon by the lougth of
his faco.
There nro moro than a thousand different
trays In which a conceited man can brag of
himself.
If the time over comes when the dovll
can't uiako a * Ho look as whita as the truth
ho will have to quit.
The man who starts out to use up the
hlblo will bo too old to enjoy his victory bf
the time ho gets through with his job.
SAltJiAIll
KlmlraGarotto : Tlio chef nmlios no preten
sions as a sharpshooter , but lie can hold his
own nt tlio rango.
Tld-Hlts : "Tlio plpnsantost way to tnko
cod llvor oil , " says nn old gourmand , "U ta
f.ittnn pigeons with It and then cat the
pigeons.
Washington Slnr : Many n. young man has a
fit-cat futnrti alioad of him. The gru.it diffi
culty 1 $ that It puralsts In keeping tliuro.
Lowull Courier : A good hroozo Is essential
for u yuclit , race nnd It Is nn wonder tlmt the
owners of the IXKHH llnd It hard In thusa times
to "rulbu tlio wind. "
'ICnto Field's Washington : . "What would you
call Mls-i HluuUult'n tyuu oChoauty ? "
"Wall , I don't know ; It soonu to me to ho
plod. "
Wnlf : "Please , Incly , kin I Imvo a lit on your
lawn ? I fool It n-coniln' . " "Go around to the
back and Imvo It on my daughter's now tennis
court. It needs rolling. "
Philadelphia Record : Philadelphia Olrl-
Does Waldo over kiss you ? Hoston Girl If by
tlio word "kiss" I apprehend you to iiioau
oscillatory demonstration , 1 may say that haloes
( lees not.
Indianapolis Journal : First Visitor You
fliiy your time for Night-seeing li limited ?
Second VIMtoi-Yes. I fool that 1 ought to
spend ono day Hoeing tliu fair and that
leaves uio only ntnu days for doing the pluU-
ance.
Washington Star : "Did yoz Ivor nollco the
gout nt 'In nioals ? " said Mrd , Dolan.
"Not In particular , " replied hur husband.
"tin's a credit to us. Ho always plckg out
the tomaty cans wld the grano labuU an 'em.1
A JOKU IN TIIQ HAW.
Indlanavolts Journal.
A man ; a mnlil ;
A leafy Kludo ;
A savuKo do ; a father )
Thun well mix up
Youin ; man and pup
And dad and you have your Joke
all compounded without un ; fur
ther pother.
ft CO.
Largest Manufacturers and Retailers
of Ulothlnz In the World.
Something New.
That's what we are all in search of but it
can't be found. The coat
still has a collar and the
pants still have pockets , but
they're not quite so wide
and they're just long
enough. In faot wo are
very well pleased ourselves
with our
New Fall Suits.
They are excellently , made
up and embrace all the lead
ing styles in both colors and out. We doubt very
much if you will find their match in this state ,
Our tailors have done their best this time , sure ,
and it will be a good idea for you to view our dis
play now on our counters.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
tin. tore OPOD Haturduyiill orory evening 1U. till 0/JQ. | S , W , Cor , 16th and Dou to Sts ,
