THE OMAHA DAILY UEKt MONDAY , DECEMBER 25. 1803.
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Avrrnun Circulation lor Novi-inbor.SVJIO.
A Mr.uuv Clii'istums to yon all'
A 'mir.l.Y uoltlvuvo is not ntnlss at
thi.s housun of the ynni1.
A rn\v ( ilioico bortlis ua railway ro-
reivers for thn Kiintii Vo Imvo boon
filled without drawing on the presi
dent's honkof fcilm-nl olllco seokorn.
Douni.AS eonnly in now paying ( or the
cam niid Iccoping of nonrly llfty inline
people.Vo tin not umlorsttmd why tlio
HtitU ) asylums cumiot bo farced to receive
tbcso people.
Sioux CITY'S federal building la also
to bo delayed until pllcy can bo driven
HO as to secure a linn footinp ; for the
foundation walls. Omaha and Sioux
City may commiserate with dno another.
TIIK dnko of Saxo-Cobni'K-Gotlia may
resent boititf treated by the Hritish Par
liament aw an ordinary British subject
Hince biH transformation intoasovoroijjn
Gorman prince. Hut ho has no hesitancy
in retaining a part of tho'settlement
him by the Hritish poYornmcnt.
ei nly and subsidioa arc not yet
iiK'ompatible.
TIIK receivership of the Santa Poadds
over 0,000 miles to the already enor
mous mileage , of American ritihvayb
that is being operated under the control
of receiver.It runs the mileage of
bankrupt lines up considerably above
the : iOOOl-tnilo ) mark and makej the
year 1SOII a record-be.ating year in the
hintory of railway receiverships.
Acquitting the conductor who was
charged with being responsible for the
fatal Michigan Central wreck leaven
that holocaust just where so many other
railway disasters stand. It is almost
impossible to trace responsibility in tlio
face of eonllicting railway orders. Crim
inal negligence will never bo repressed
until the responsibility is brought homo
to tlio olliuials upon wlioao shoulders it
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belongs.
Tun governors of the states of Kansas ,
Colonulo , Massachusetts and Now York
have boon asked to contribute to a sym
posium upon "Tramps. " 'Governor ' Low-
elling lias publicly proclaimed the fact
that he was once a tramp , and is no
doubt capable of elucidating the subject.
The other governors , however , have
nuvctr claimed any atlinity to trampdom.
Let them write on a topic about which
they know HDiuothing.
TCVKKY business enterprise that has
boon alTooted by tlio industrial depres
sion is glad to sell its products at the
Hinno prices which prevailed before the
crisis , while in many cases prices have
been materially lowered. The Klkhorn
railroad , however , sets up the business
depression as n reason why it should ad
vance the rales charged for the services
which it performs and asks the State
Hoard of Transportation to vacate its
order to restore tin ; old rate on bay on
this ground. Slack business givns an
ordinary merchant no cause for raising
prices.is it in any way different with
railroad tralllcV
KN'dMSii railroads threaten to make
war on the new Manchester ship canal ,
which is to bo opened to tralllc next
week. They propose to adjust their rates
BO as to counteract the tendency of the
ship canal to draw business from Liver-
pnl to Manchester. The proposition is
nothing less than an attempt to intro
duce a diborimiimtion hatwcen Clio i\v >
points , and thus to favor one at the ox-
pause of the other. Uuilroad managers
tried that in this country' , and as a con
sequence brought up m themselves the
long and bhort haul clause of the inter
state commerce law. The English rail
roads will do well to hofcd the lesion.
Till : reception given to ox-President
Harrison by the Union league of Phila
delphia last Friday splendidly attested
the esteem in which the ex-president is
hold in that city. It is said that only
once or twice in its long and brilliant
history has the club room of tlio league
hold Hiiuh an assemblage as gathered
there on this occasion , or have the pro
ceedings at Kiu.'h a function boon inspired
and directed with so grout a measure of
licarty and Hpjntanejin earnestness. A
very lago proportion of the loading and
roprosontutivo men of Philadelphia
did h'Jiior to General Hari'iaon ,
partly out of respect for the
man and for the distinguished
rouord ho lias made in public life , sayt
one of the 1 cal papers , hut to a still
larger inoamro as nu expression of their
. conlldonce in and dovoti .11 to tlio p.irty
of which the ox-prosldent is ono of the
most prominent living ropresontatlvoj
and onu of the Hunt influential leaders.
Kvnnts huvo taught the i-o iple t > bettci
undertitand and to in > . 'u fully appreciate
the Borvioos to thii ojuntry of the last
administration , anJ with the roalizatiji
of the value of tlueo burvict-s thcio
comes enhanced respect and estonm f u
the distinguished liaad ol that adtulnis
tr&ti ) u.
1'IIK Pnt'l't.l'iT r-nt.Ktt .i\n MISSION.
HonaUir Poffor cnntributca an article
o the , V r//i / / Avirrinin Urvieto in which
10 ventures to explain the creed and
ntaslnn of the populist party. Some of
the cardinal doctrines enunciated in the
lopulist nrticlos of faith could , with
equal propriety and truth , bo endorsed
> y the republican party , the democratic
mrty or the prohibition party. We are
.old , for oxamplo. that the mission of the
lopulist party is to emancipate labor ;
.bat it believes nil ; non to have been
created equally and equally entitled to
-ho use of natural resources in proctir-
ng means of subsistence and comfort.
I'lio declaration of independence , pro-
nulgnted 'way back in 1770 , umbodios the
same declaration. The democrats claim
lofferson as their patron saint and
founder. The republicans made the
equality of man and the right of all to
life , liberty and the pursuit of happiness
the corner stone of their political edifice.
As a mutter of fact , every patriotic
American believes with Senator PotTer
that "taxation should only bo for public
purpose , mid that all moneys raised by
taxes should go into the public treasury ;
that public needs should bo supplied by
public agencies , and that the people
should bo treated equally and alike. "
Many of these doctrines have been
linniy entrenched in the law and prac
tice of our government for decades and
nearly all of them might bo subscribed
to without entailing upon n person the
necessity of classifying himself with the
populists.
It cannot then be so much In the ulti
mate aims of the populist party in
reality the attainment of good govern
ment that it can claim a peculiar posi
tion as distinguished from the other
political parties , but rather in the
measures which are supported as lead
ing to the goal. The demands of the
populist as given by Senator 1'offor may
lie opitomii'.od under four headings :
First , a sulllcientcurrency , consisting of
gold and s-ilver , coined on equal terms ,
and government paper , all of legal tender
quality. Second , interest rates reduced
to the level of average not profits in
productive industries. Third , public
control of transportation. Fourth , dis
couragement of largo private laud hold
ings. To the last three spceilications
but little attention is devoted. It is so
manifest that everything depends upon
what is considered to ba the average not
prollts in productive industries , how far
the public c.mtrol of transportation
should extend , and what constitutes the
line between largo and small land hold
ings that upon those points even tlio
populists tlnmsclvcs have been unable
to agree.
The whole populist mission then sifts
down to tlio ono article of faith , in
which all members of that party pro
fess belief , tlio proposal for a sulliciont
currency , Hiitllcient being interpreted
for the time being as meaning S30 per
capita in legal tender gold and silver
freely coined at a ratio of 10 to 1 , and
paper issued directly by the federal gov
ernment. What machinery the govern
ment is to set in motion to keep $ > " > 0 pet-
capita in circulation among tlio people
has not yet been divulged. Nor does
the Kansas bonator explain what ad
vantage it would bo to ODD men
who had SI each that the ono thousandth
man had his own per capita , SoO.und the
$4)51 ! ) ! ) which is credited to the other
forty-nine men. In other words , neither
Senator PolTer nor any other living man
lias been able to devise a plan by which
a given sum of money issued by the gov
ernment for a given number of people
shall continue to rumain in circulation
in equal proportions for all. Experience
of ages lias demonstrated a per capita
circulation to bo a fallacy , because no
two persons will man ago to spend an
equal amount of money oven if they
earn an equal amount.
If 100 men were given 3100 each on
New Year's day throe-fourths of them
would not have 8-5 by next Now Year's
day , while the remainder would have
absorbed the bulk of the money which
tlio others had expanded or squandered.
To demand time the ratio between gold
and silver must perpetually mnain 1 to
Hi is to assume that the ratio between
tlio metals has always been J to JO. The
fact is that when silver and gold were
neusured by shekels four parts of silver
vero equal to one part of gold. When
( Jjlninbua discovered America , that is
00 years ago , the ratio between gold
uid silver was as 10 to 1. By the time
the United State ? constitution was
rained the ratio between silver und gold
iad risen to 15 to 1. Alexander llamil-
, on , tlio first hecretary of tlio trcauiiry ,
iad it llxod HI liij to 1. So then the
irlcoof silver , as compared with gold ,
luid shrunk over 50 per cent from
the time America was discovered to
the beginning of the present century.
All the edicts of kings , parliaments and
congresses failed to keep these metals
together. The causes for the great
shrinkage between M ! > 2 and 1702 were
the same as they have been between 187U
tmd IS ! ) ! ! . The vast increase in pro
duction after the discovery of America
was repoiialblo for the bluiup of the ratic
from 10 to 1 to 15J to J. The enormous
increuso in orodaction , marked decrease
in the cost of production by bringing the
railroad car to thu shaft and dispensing
with pack in'.ilua and expensive guards
againt ruiid agouts , followed by inven
tions that inn leu the smelting of low
grade ores possible and reduce the nest
of refining from 50 to 10U per cent , coup
led also -with the general disusoof silver
by the great commercial nations , has re
sulted in a decline that must prevent fnr-
ever the restoration of the ratio of 1(1 (
to I.
I.If
If Mr. Poffor and other populist lead
ers were rational in their demands they
might possibly bring about the adoption
of a now ratio between silver and gold-
say 22 to 1 by which the equilibrium
between gold and silver coins could bo
restored and maintained for years
to come. As it is , they are
simply butting their heads against
a solid wall. The policy they
advocate is a policy of pure inllu-
tlon , turning its back upon every lesson
taught by the historical olieap money
experiments. The senator even ven
tures to proclaim that the populist
party is the only party that honestly fa
vors good money , and taunts the other
parties , which profess their purpose to
keep every dollar issued by the govern-
uicut equal in vuluo to every other del
lar , with failing to live up to their pro
fession because all our currency Is not
equally legal tender. Ho refuses to ( too
that were national bank notes
and silver certificates made legal tender
their convertibility would IKdestroyed )
and the danger of going to n premium
over gold made possible. Nor does ho
clto a ilncrlo Instance ilnco the rciump-
tlon of specie payments where any dollar
Issued by the United States has com
manded a premium over any other del
lar. On tlio contrary , were the point-
list monetary program carried out , the
time would not bo far distant when a de
preciated paper would bo quoted on the
market nt a discount.
The populist mission Is undoubtedly
ono of noble purpose. It is to improve
tlio government and promote prosperity.
Hut , unfortunately , inflating the cur
rency Is not the way to go about it , and
it Is nt present outlook quite unlikely
that Its mission will be fulfilled.
A COST/ , !
The managers of the Homo for the
Friendless have given to the public n
tabulated statement purporting to show
the relative cost of support of the In
mates of that and of other public chari
table institutions. As published , how
ever , the statement artfully conceals
any real information which such a
comparison might possible supply. Not
only does it fall to give the reader any
Intimation from whut sources and upon
what data the compilation was made ,
but it is also calculated to put tlio other
state institutions in an extremely bad
light. A searching investigation would
nhow that the methods of manage mont
in all of them might bo noticeably im
proved Hut It is manifestly unfair to
compare the cost of sustaining a child
with that for an adult , as well as to make
no distinction between institutions
where care by trained keepers is neces
sary and those where the inmates re
ceive no attention beyond mure watch
ing.Tho
The people of Nebraska know very
little of the actual work that is done for
the homeless children coiiiklod to the
keeping of this quasi-private corpora
tion. While they want all public moneys
economically expended , they want them
expended in a way that will do
the beneficiaries the most good. In
order to have the money voted by the
legislature so expended they have given
the Board of Public Lauds and Buildings
supervision over the state institutions ,
and in theory , at least , hold it responsi
ble for the proper exercise of its power.
If the managers of the Homo for the
Friendless will only devote themselves
to the economical administration of their
charge and will see that the destitute
children are brought up so as to become
good and honest citizens they will bo
performing their duties. Internal dis
sensions and bickerings and controver
sies with the state olllcers are not con
ducive to those results. If hormony can
not bo secured with a private board of
managers it will have to bo attained by
making the homo a purely public insti
tution.
UIXiEXr DKMAXU VOlt HKIAKI- ' .
The secretary of the treasury informed
congress in the plainest possible terms
that the demand for legislation provid
ing relief for the treasury is most
urgent. The condition of the treasury
is such , ho said , that unless some availa
ble means are promptly provided by law
for supplying the growing deficiency
the public service will bo seriously im
paired and pensioners and other cred
itors subjected to gi'cat delay and incon
venience. It was not neojn.iary for con
gress to wait for tlio report of the secretary -
rotary of the treasury in order to learn
this. The leaders of the majority in
that body wore entirely familiar
with the situation , tliu nature of
which has been made known to the
country from time to time for months.
Moreover the treasury olllcials were at
all times accosbiblo to these leaders for
any information they might desire re
garding the condition of tlio treasury.
Yet with this knowledge before them
the democrats in congress did nothing
whatever to strengthen the treasury ,
and oven did not agree upon any policy
with this object in view , to bo carried
into effect when congress reconvenes
after the holidays. According to the
latoat statement of government receipts
and expenditures , the latter for the
current month thus far have exceeded -
cooded the former by nearly $5,000,000 , BO
that for the entire month the receipts
will fall below the expenditures between
$0,000,000 and $7,000,000. From the
same report it is loai'iied that the avail
able cash in the treasury at the close of
last week was $ ' . )0.187,203 ) , of which $82-
122,101 is the net gold reserve. Since
December 1 the available balance has >
decreased nou'rly $5,000,000. Those
figures indicate that the estimate by the
bocretary of the treasury of the amount
of the deficit at the close of the current
fiscal year is much too small. Undoubt
edly the treasury will bn able to meet
its pressing obligations between now
and tlio time for tlio reassembling of
congress. Faith in the government will
lead creditors to wait if that should become -
come necessary and the gold reserve
may bo further drawn upon without
parsing the danger iino. Hut this state
of affair * cannot bo greatly prolonged
without such results as Secretary
Carlisle points o it in his report
and without intensifying public BO-
lieltudo and apprehension , If the
party in control of congress shall con
tinue to manifest the inoonipotoncy to
deal with this matter which it bus thus
far shown there will bo danger that
financial distrust will became more
sharply defined than lias yet been tlio
ctuo , and that as a consequence business
depression will become more severe.
The trouble is that the democrats have
no settled policy and such is the diversity
of views among them , duo partly to
political considerations and partly to
bcutional interests , that it is extremely
difficult for ttiom to agree upon any thing.
Thu evidence of this is found in the long
struggle over the quofctijii of internal
revenue taxation , not yet ondyd. Ono
tiling only In the situation is plain , and
that Is that until the business community
know the exact character of-the changes
to bo made in the customs and internal
revenue laws the business depression
will continue and the receipts ot the
treasury will not Improve. The addi
tional Internal taxes that may bo Im
posed will bVlng no Immediate re
lief , as SocroXliry Carlisle suggested ,
no matter what their extent or
nature , bccaiuo , now levies cannot be
collected until' ' they become due. The
remedy proposed by the secretary Is n"
issue of baiuh or short tlmo Interest
bearing obligations , and this is approved
by financiers whoso judgment is worthy
of the highest Consideration , but the
plan Is cortntivto meet with n formidable
opposition.
x nit.\xir \ , .
The action of the government in In
creasing the American naval forces in
Brazilian waters shows that there is n
feeling nt Washington that American
interests in Brazil are in greater danirer
than appears on the surface of things ,
\ecording to the dispatches tlio admin
istration regards the Hrn/iliuu situation
as being most serious. Advices froir.
the American minister have Indicated
that the insurgents might soon bo rcc-
ognixed as belligerents by the European
powers. If this were tlono it would
mean , of course , increased strength for
the insurgents and diminishing pros
pects' for the republican form of gov
ernment , tt would also mean
that tho. interests of the United
States would bo placed in greater
jeopardy , tor in view of the
sympathy which this government has
shown for the government of Unix.il the
insurgents. In thor event of success ,
would doubtless not bo over careful to
see that American Interests were pro
tected.
The latest advices say that the opin
ion prevails at Rio and elsewhere that
the United States would not permit the
restoration of monarchy in Brazil by
force of arms and that the opinion of
this country is looked upon as para
mount. "Tho United States is looked
upon , " says the dispatch , "as being the
great deciding power in all things
American , whether in North or Siuth
America , and this fact is generally ad
mitted by the representatives of all for
eign powers. " Very likely this view Is
largely entertained , but none the less
it is expedient that our govern
ment should bo in a position to exert a
physical as well as a moral inlliicnce
should there arise an exigency requir
ing It , and therefore the sending of a
strong naval force into Brazilian waters
is a precautionary move which the coun
try will cordially approve. It is all very
well to let it bo known from Wnshing'-
ton that this government and the Amer
ican people desire that the republican
system in Brazil shall be maintained ,
but this will have -a great deal more
weight if backed by preparation on the
part of the government to resist , if
necessary , any. interference in the polit
ical affairs of Brazil by European
powers. The presence in Brazilian
waters of a strong tiaval force will attest
that the United States government is not
indifferent to what is going on in that
quarter , but on the contrary is fully
alive to its interests and its duty.
There is no .substantial evidence that
the insurgents are recoivinjr foreisrn aid
or encourui nieiit. It was plausibly
ashumodtbat Admjral do Gamu was in
duced to espouse tlio revolutionary cause
by assurances of foreign insistance , but
nothing has yet been developed confirm
atory of this view , and it is passible
that the declaration of Gama in favor of
restoring the monarchy was merely a
bid for European support. At any rate
there have boon no disclosures which
warrant the belief that foreign govern
ments are seriously concerning them
selves about the political situation in
Brazil or that they are likely to do so.
None the less the decision of our gov
ernment to bo represented in Brazilian
waters by a strong naval force is judi
cious , for leaving out of consideration
the possibility of foreign interference
there are important American interests
in Brazil which must bo fully protected.
DuiUKO the past ten days there has
been an epidemic of ticket peddling in
the city , A man or sot of men conceive
nn idea that a public entertainment
should bo given for the benefit of some
social organization , or for the relief ot
some particular person or class , and at
once a delegation of ticket hawkers islet
lot loose. In some instances the objects
are worthy of consideration , but in many
cases they are not. For tlio protection
of these that are deserving some pro
vision should bo made by the city. A
week or two ago some unprincipled
scoundrel announced that a public en
tertainment would bo given , the proceeds -
coeds of which were to go to the news
boys in need of help. A great many
tickets were sold. The money was
pocketed by the confidence shark , who
decamped. An ordinance might bo
passed compelling all parties to got out
a permit from the mayor's olllco author
izing the sale of tickets for stated ontor-
taimonts , the applications to bo endorsed
by one or t.wo reputable ciU/.cns in each
case. Proper penalty could ba fixed for
violation. There is nooil of the adop
tion of such a measure.
Tun republicans of Pennsylvania are
talking of running Galusha A. Grow for
congress to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of CroncJ'al Lilly , who was
elected from ! 'iho , stato-al-largo. It
would bo a vary proper recognition and
reward of the publi services which Mr.
Grow lias rondo'odJ Among these the
most important ( Yasitho homestead legis
lation , of which ho was the author and
persistent advocate. . For ton years Mr.
Grow fought foritueihomestead law , and
had the grutlllcatloA of finally witness
ing the triumph of , his efforts and the
distinction of attaching his signature to
the enrolled bill as speaker of the house.
The musnificont-i'csults of that legisla
tion few people have any conception of
Under its operation over 53.000.000
acres of the public domain have boon
permanently occupied. Nearly half n
million farms , occupied by about 3,000.-
000 parsons , have been given by this act
to honest settlers and not to land grab
bers and railroad monopolists. This
comprehends nn area covering hioro
territory than all of Now England and
almost ns much as the entire acreage of
Now York and Pennsylvania and repre
sents at a rough estimate the enormous
value of $10.000,000,000. This alone en
titles Gnluslm A. Grow to a most dis
tinguished place among American
statesmen , but there is much besides to
his credit. The republicans of Pennsyl
vania would honor themselves by send
ing him to congress as representative of
the state-at-largc.
Gr.HMANY need nut become excited
over the fact that President Cleveland
in his annual message referred lo our
foreign relations with Franco as ex
cellent , and to these with Germany as
satisfactory. The president certainly
did not Intend any discrimination. The
imagined affront must bo attributed to
his somewhat limited vocabulary.
Culilnct Srmulll8. :
nulTdln Krprctg.
With Olncy itiiimlmg tlio Interests of
trusts mid Carlisle acting as an attorney fern
n lottery , the present cabinet cannot lay
claim to a largo measure of public con-
lideneo , or oven respect.
A \\nlinMi I'rcalr ,
Imllanaiinllt A'CIM
And VooriiccA , too , bus launched his boom.
If it win only kindly smash the I ? ray boom.
niul then curl up and die Itself as a result of
injuries received In the collision , an anxious
imblle will breathe more freely.
VI , , . "it" In the \Vnj- .
The World-Herald only requires two col-
linns per tiny In Its circulation bluff with
1'nr. Hm : . If Hitchcock had as peed a sup-
> ly of brains as ho luis of pall the \Vorld-
Herald would bo a moro consistent ami bot-
tcr paper.
Testing | li liiiniloycil. ) |
A'dlliiu Ctl'jKtar.
Only -150 or 2,000 recipients of frcJo food at ,
i Chicago soup house worked a day on the
streets to pay for their provondor. This test
will bo applied ccnunilly and will undoubt
edly show that the situation Is not nearly as
dark as some people beliuvo.
UcHiriicllou.
Denver /iVjmMfiMii.
Kvcry democratic senator and representa
tive should be ileliiRoil with letters , postal
cards , tcleprams and remonstrances in oppo
sition to that Iniquitous and detractive
measure from day to day until the uressuro
of public sentiment thus created becomes
too uroat for even the worst bourbon to
withstand.
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On With the ( iniiilVorK. .
Lot the state bank currency cranks frame
all the hills tlio.v desire , and lot all of them
bo reported. Not ono of them has the re
motest chance of passage. The silver heresy
was extirpated a few weeks URO. Lot us
complete the irood work by stamping out the
wild-cat lunacy.
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No Itrttur < ; iisi ; ol Clt I/.I-MB.
TUG OMAHA IJr.i : of Sunday -last contained
a handsome write-up of the early Swedish
settlement in and around O.iltland. Truly it
is that this Swedish colony has made won
derful progress toward establishing success
ful homes. There is no hotter class of citi-
7ens in this republic than our Swedish
brethren.
Thu Iliy : Stuln null Mormmiiam.
A'eiv York Sun.
Why ilidElijah Adams Morse. M. C. of
Canton , et into so wild a rijo ; because DeJc-
pate Hawllus of Utah twittou Massachusetts
with being a sort of pitron or founder of
polygamy ? President Kliol of Harvard
chivalrously defended the Mormons some
years aito , and everybody knows that con
secutive polygamy prevails in the Hay state.
Is , Morse pouting because Massachusetts is
called the mother of Mormonismf Does ho
want to restrict , her glory to being the
mother ot Morse ?
MullHIo Kill's I'olitlr * mill I'llll.
Xew York Ai'vcrttfCr. '
"Buffalo Bill" denied in an interview in
these column ! ) that ho has an ambition to
1111 the chair of the governor of Nebraska.
Nevertheless , Colonel Cnoy i" an honorable ,
upright man , who would rolled credit upon
the olllce. He is a staunch patriot and a
good republican. He has a bis heart , a clear
head and a steady trigger linger. Having
made a snug fortune bo could maintain him
self with dignity as governor of Nebraska ,
and tlio republicans of that state would
honor themselves In his selection. Hosliles
all his noble trails wo believe Colonel Cody
is also un Ohio man.
S iir ; IniliiHtry.
Denver Ncta.
It Is gratifying lo notice in this connection
the importance of tha boot sugar industry
which has sprung into existence almost llko
magic in the Pla'.to valley between Denver
and Omaha. It is but a bnef time since the
sugar factories at Grand Island and Xor-
folk , Neb. , were started and yet the an
nouncement is made that both of iheso en
terprises are producing sugarsuccessfully in
enormous ciuantities.
During the present year 10,000,000 pounds
of rellned granulated sutrar has been pro
duced at the Grand Island and Norfolk fac
tories. Mr. Oxnard , tlio superintendent of
the enterprise , writes that il.OUU acres of
boots were raised to supply tlieso enterprises
during the past snason , and that J" > n ton
was p.ild for the beets. Tlio factories used
about 'MO tons of beets daily anil the pay
ments to farmers for boots was about $3,000
a day , while the dally pay roll of operatives
in the factories exceeded ? 800. Among the
others daily outlays in c.xsli was f.'iOU for
coal , flOU for lime , ? 200 for coke and fTiUO
freight. With these ligures before us and
taking Into consideration the vast area of
tlio Platte valley , extending from Denver to
Omaha , it soums like folly to attempt to es
timate the extent or value of the sugar pro
ducing resources of tlio transmUsouri region.
U two factories , established as experiments
upon tlio lower I'latto at a coat of $500,000.
can produce 10.000,000 poundsofrofincii sugar
almost in their experimental Infant stage ,
what will they bo producing a few years
hence , when the boot sugar industry has
boon developed ? The v.tsl possibilities of
beet sugar production tire boyouil present
calculation.
CJIHINT.'ll.tti I'JUtSlM.
Kate Fltld'iVaiMnotan. ' \ .
UNDKIl TIIK MIHTI.KTOE.
Under the mUllutoo shu stood.
And yet ho nuvor klssud bur !
She WHS awfully annul iincl pretty , but
tihu hapiiuneu to bo his hUier.
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TIIK MOPDIIN CHILD'S CMIHSTMAN I'HAVKIl.
Now I luy inu down to liop ,
1 pray that stniUhtmy fact ) I II keep
The wlillu my fiitlior tflln that btali )
Old Snnta-Cmusluii fairy tuloi
1 hiiii | > thai 1 may no vise ( .how
Tlmt I ilw'l think the Ktciry'n 8.0 !
I foar'IWDuld hurt and urhivo htm much
To know I doubled yet , what fudso !
Highest of all in Leavening Power.- Latest U. S. Gov't Report ,
riroi1// \ /
Merry ChrUtmas :
HcUcMstcinlsm has brolicn out in several
onatorn cities.
Ho temperate with the plo. Its dnrk , mys
terious depths dyspepsia bear.
Sin Francisco's famous glass eater Is still
alive , though suffering great pane.
President t'lovnland wns eratltlcd by that
vindication in Chicago , ( trover Is easily
pleased.
Gold discoveries are reported In the vicin
ity of Hurllngton , la. Gold euro Institutes
have lost their potency in this e\so. ;
The opposition of Missouri senators to
good ro.ids serves to show bourbon attach
ment for the plank. They will walk It.
Thomas Wentworth Hlggln.son , soldier ,
historian , essayist , poet and reformer , com
pleted three-score years and ten , last Friday.
There is only one 'tale ofilcer In Kansas
who has not a sister or a cousin or an aunt
lu some fat public berth. Ills relative value
is not great.
A woman and a gun put to tllsht a small
nrmy of railroad squatters in Kansas City.
Tim combination always had n scattering
tendency.
Mr. Crokor assures Now York City that ho
will continue to direct the expenditure of her
millions , all reports to the contrary notwith
standing. Utchard U himself again.
Fred May emerge. ! from obscurity and
oxllo recently and paid a line of JV.i ) ) for as
saulting a policeman in New York. .May dis
tinguished himself a few years ago by 'light
ing a French duel with James Gordon Hen-
nett.
nett.Miss
Miss R Pauline Johnson , daughter of a
Mohawk chief , is ono of the big list of
Massachusetts poets. Attired in a red
woolen , sleeveless short dress , over which
was a fringed tunic of buckskin , ornamented
with ermine tails and colored lio.uls , and
with boar claws and panther toolh for
br.icelots ami necklace , she recited several
ol her own poems at n meeting held in Bos
ton thu other night.
An Iowa woman adopted irathor horole
moans to cure her boiler half of the prohibi
tion habit. Thinking water a spoeitU1. she
gently melted him Into n well , lie recipro
cated with endearing hies. Slio tossed In a
few rocks to agitate the lluid. Ho c.illod
her darling ducky. She emptied a shotgun
on his devoted head. Ho whispered. "Was-
sergivln' me , Pot ? " Then her auger and
energy collapsed and lusty yells for help
brought n roscuiug p.irt.v.
Civilization Is gradually overspreading
Maine. Only last week a largo slice of that
virgin wllnorness was opened up to seltle
metit by the completion of a railroad. He-
ports of the event sound like the recollec
tions of the oldest inhabitant , whoso memory
clings to incidents of early life In the west.
There were salvos of artillery and ringing
iH-IJs. and the primitive ) deiii/ons of the lo
cality surrounded the locomotive and gazed
with mouth auapo on tnc panting pioneer of
progress. The marvelous progress of Maine
during the past two centuries strcnplhcns
the hope that two more centuries will be
sulliciont for the forces of civilisation to con
quer the region.
llniru
What Is needed more than anything else
is a restoration of cheerfulness. The coun
try was never more prosperous than it is
today. Food was never more plentiful ,
never cheaper. Clothing can ho bought for
less money than over before. Hunts arc not
high. Money is plentiful. There is abund
ance of money in all the large cities of the
country and it can be borrowed without
trouble. Men who are known to be honest
have good credit. Merchants and manu
facturers are imploring small dealers to
make special efforts to do business. Yet the
times arn dull and it is necessary to establish
soup houses in all the eities. Men cannot llml
work. There Is a dullness which c-unnol bo
explained upon any of tlio theories which
ordinarily apply. The political economist is
at fault this time. His ilnuly spun theories
do not fit the case. The whole fault lies in
the people who are complaining of the dull
ness and stagnation of trar.e. They dn not
go ahead with the intention of doing busi
ness. Endeavor is at a discount , and thou
sands \vlio ordinarily are actively engaged
in pushing their fortunes now think that it
is better to wait while gooJ investments go
bv them and the best , business opportunities
are wasted. These peojilo should wake up
and go to work. They should throw oil' the
lethargy which has benumbed their faculties.
Tliev should declare that business ought to
be cooil and that it is pooJ. They will thus
make it alt that can ba ilcsiro.l.
.Sample F.iNo 1'nrtory NO\VH.
( . 'iiluiiilHin 'J elniram.
The Telegram begs to infonn Air. Frank
Schrnder. Washington correspondent for the
\\orld-Herald , that the postmaster has al
ready been appointed at Columbus and is
nicely ensconced behind the scenes , busily
engaged in licking stamps and registering
Christmas packages. This news ( ? ) is given
at tins time owing to the statement of the
above eorresM | > ndcnt in yostcrdav's World-
Herald to the effect that the appointment of
postmaster at Columbus was tumor consider
ation by tlio department.
A ColonilllMliWAtlHII. .
.
, , /n111 / thoviilotls , , : IUU | " 'diistry-dcstroying '
\Vilson
Dill. Hestoro silver to its old and
rightful place and value as money. Coin the
silver bullion now hold in tinTreasurv de
partment , and use thn surplus thus inado
available to meet thedoiick already crcatcd
under nine months of do iiucr.itii : mi.s"i > vern-
mont ami to reduce our national debt , and
there will be no need ant no excuse to issue
new bonds.
tOfCfifl.N' I'l'JIMAO.
Onlvoston Nowi ! The fnro-doulor n.lmlH
raw material fn-u.
: Tnlh nlMiut women bolng fllRhtyt
l < eel < nt
MllwnuUop.loiirnril : A man Cftn t.ilk him.
self out of it Job easier tlmn hoeau talk hlm
self into ono.
AtHiUon Oloho : Sneering li proti.ilily nn
effort of imturo to force lazy people to tak
&OIIIUU\UICllP.
New York Herald. "Where Is Yokes now )
The last tlmo I saw him ho wns mittrndlnq
thai n innn should toll tlio irulli In all clirum-
stances. "
"Hols In Iho hospital. "
Klmlfa O.irpttc : l.lfo Is full of dKsnp.ilnt-
mpiils. Manyn Klrl wlmovpcots to nmrry nnJ
M-ttliMlowii llnds < lnlin : to spttlo 'nny up on
tlio top Hour of m tpn-slnry UMICIIU'MI li"itso
J'hlpt : "Havo you road that nniiln on
'How lo toll n Imilrcct' " "No , 1 IIIM-II t tint
my aiU lee would lie : If you hn\r iitivtithnt
Important to toll u bad ojR. why , l > rck It
BPtilly. "
IndlnilnpolU .tout-mill Tlio' Stairs tin's
\ \ Ifi'- This jiapcfsavs Hut limy ta\ fmnils
In I'nrls. Tlii < StiilisitmiiVliv. . ilm' s iho
hrlKlitost. lili'u I uvpr lipard of. 'A nun ilnn'l
euro how inuiiv laves you pllnoli him ; if < < > r ho
Is dead. At least , 1 gupss hodoii'l , < irul if ho
did liu can'l vole.
Ti-llmne : Mr Cliitswiilpr < t""Uus
ever the spirllna I'oluinniiWlmt n l > : > ' > \ Hint
blllard plnyi Ivet ti iuil : < ln of hlinlf
Mr < ( 'husw uler iiin\lous to ihov * ih.it slio is
lid entirely Unornn ! nn the subject' n nl Is
why they nvn trying lo Ihid nn niiciun nurse
for him , Isn't U ?
n Star : "Thn polli'osiy : l
known you a Ion ; * lime , " -ml , I thu iniix
one of a pair of crhnliinls.
" 'Hint's very true , your honor. " iiidl the
spoUi'Miinti , "but vvu ln > | ii > < you unif I hold that
agin ns , ns wo nlTMilH that fact liy Un.i\\ln'n .
great many highly io.Hpi.rtiil > lu pooplr '
riiiuisoi'iiv ,
ACID Ymk I'nfS.
Wo dally prow In cxpi-rliMii-o ,
Hut not so sitii'ly In common sensp ,
A inlnuti ! or two of | oy t gain
\\e sometimes in Ifer an hour of pain
Tho' men mid women , \\u'ta ehlldivn stilt
And drag oilr sleds up t lie Icy hill.
'liilllni ; and pant Ing to roach Itscinwn
1 or the minute's pleasure ot slnlin d < mi
'I'hn ' Iliiwalliin
Abuse and misrepresentation on Iho
Hawaiian matter is moro than usually
worthless because there are good and sulll-
cicnt grounds for attacking the prosl Hit's
position In a manner worthy of intelligent
beings. Ho cannot bo attacked on the
ground that ho has ever cxcccdi'd his mi
tborlty as executive , or treated rongivss
with contempt , or favored a policy \\hich
was in any sense derogatory to our n.i'iuntil
honor. On the contrary , ho has * ji h exalted
alted conception of thu national lumor as to
be led thereby to favor a policy wln-sr fatal
weakness is its iiK'ali.sm. It is n sufltcient
answer to his plun to nay that it Is unprac
Ucabli\ President Harrison , if he hn < t , u ted
promptly after Stevens' mUdoint. . mipht
have carried < jt such n plan. It w is too
late to carry it out when Cleveland was In
aucurated , aud would have be.-n t m late
had the queen consented to his plans I pun
thi.s or similar ground an effective ubjivtion
to the Cleveland Hawaiian poiu-y can bo
based ; while it Is impregnable against the ttj
familiar attacus of Ins antagonists , based oti t.
u total misapprehension or inUstutenu'iii of
the tacts.
1 hen Ni > Or.mill < ; mi r.iui'li It.
Kearney Jiinninl.
Western Nebraska comes to the front
with the largest irrigation convention ever
held in this country. With over iltil ) dele
gates present am ! every one in earnest in
this great question there is sure to be some.
athing come of it. Irrigation will make
western Nebraska the garden of the western
world , and the movement is now under way
when this entire country will be under ditch.
Jt Is a subject that every man should Interest
himself in and advocate.
Creat ] mprm lilruco.
.iVeic I'm , V Mm
It strikes us that for a man earning no
more limn $ : u ) a mouth to marry and bring
into the world six- children is an act of as
great improvidence as can bo Imagined
Certainly ho cannot bo said to suffer froiv
"causes beyond his own control. "
C'//-l.- J/.I.S O.V TIIK JHHtlHfJt.
AVic 1 Mil I.cilucr.
Our rooftive flood was a ciihln rude ,
Our tire the plnt'-Unot.'n hla/u ,
And our eaiol t ) e shunt of the Motm without ,
Through the canyon' ! , rock-ilhhcd maze.
Hut the nroiidust guest uonlil have gladly
prosM'd
To thu least that \v is .spread for all ,
Where thu smoking tronhy of many 'icliaso
Kecked rich ami icd , and ouch KU'st In Ills
piico
Was n Ulnxof the finest tall.
Our i IIIrM hung dark houghs among
On the miller-girded wall ;
\Vo feasted and qualfud nnd rovelcd nml
laughed
Till the shadows began lo fall ;
Wla'iiMI heaped up hlKliur Hie failing lire ,
Anil with Indian iiiaids arrayed
I'iirn backwood dance of Iho olih-n ilmo ,
While u grl//led bcout , who huri passed lih
prime ,
A rlckoly banjo played.
In and ontof Iho whirling rout
We | KH | with nuriliisky gnoslH ,
Till bat and blnl In the laflersMil-rod
Ami peeped from tholr holes and nests.
Then we iralhc.red oiicu moro by thu henrtli-
stonu'b roar ,
AVhcu thu crazy danrn wn.s done ,
And l.ilkeil of the loved ones far nwuy
Who v.ero having their joyous Christmas day