THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : FRIDAY , JANUARY 20 , 1891.
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have been In it.
IT is safe to eny Unit it will take the
ways anil mcnns committee longer to got
its income tnx bill out ) f the house than
it did to got it in it.
A HiMr.TAf.usT of Boston sends us
"A Solution of the Currency Question. "
Uo is too lato. Allen Root solved this
problem twenty years atro.
THE incotnu tax bill has finally pasScd
out of the committeestage. . But the
remainder of its travels are likely to bo
over u rough and rocky road.
Nuws from the seat of war In Florida
muy now bo dispensed with. But Brazil ,
Hawaii ana congress remain to furnish
material for which the telegraph wires
may bo constantly employed.
THE Ohio mine operators are prepar
ing to join the revival of industry by
asking the minors to accept 50 cents pet-
ton for getting out the coal. This
peculiar characteristic of the business
revival is not likely to inspire the coun
try with much confidence.
THE fact that an impostor may possi-
uly creoi ) in with other and worthy ap
plicants for assistance affords no excuse
for refusing to contribute to the char
itable movements that are attempting to
relieve the prevailing distress among
the poor.
CiiAiKMAN WILSON is thinking seri
ously of prolonging the debate upon the
tariff bill a few days. Pray , do. Wo
. ro becoming so accustomed to tariff
talk that it would bo indicting an tin-
justifiable hardship to cut it off too
suddenly. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
LKT it bo MeShano , or Gallagher , or
Ijams anything to allay thig distract-
tiig oitspeiisa.- -tioru'it is. almost a yea'r
since Mr. Cleveland re-established him-
salt on the governmental pay roll , with
only two democrats in the Omaha fed
eral building ! Wo submit , is this fair ?
THE rumor is paining credence that
there will bo no further fighting in Bra
zil unless the tlTorts making to adjust
the existing difficulties miscarry.
People are usually anxious to believe
what they prefer to bo true. Wo trust
that .those latest rumors may bo founded
on fact.
THE greater the amount paid for a
market house site the smaller the sum
that can bo expended for work and ma-
torlals in the construction of the build
ing. Sinking a largo part of the 9200-
000 voted for the market house project
in real estate will leave little to bo ap
plied toward the employment of local
artisans.
ANOTHER now cabinet in Sorvia
marks another revolution of the political
kaleidoscope in a country which changes
cabinets with the facility with which
ordinary mortals change their clothes.
A lUtlo longer and people will bo dis
appointed if cuch morning's paper falls
to announce the construction of a now
Servian ministry.
IT is argued that the removal of the
duty on bituminous coal will benulit the
people of Nebraska to no appreciable
o.xtont. Perhaps not. The transporta
tion companies still control the price of
fuel in the west. If the Wilson bill
could rotnovq the duty on coal Imposed
by the railroad companies the price of
the commodity could bo cut in two and
uo ono would ho Injured.
CONGRESSMAN BRYAN goes out of his
way to bo interviewed in order to an
nounce that the proposed income tax
bill contomplutes thu taxation of all
Incomes in o.\cos of S-l.OUO without dis
crimination , whether .derived from con
gressional salaries or not. Mr. Bryan
will have llttlo fear of encountering it
federal Income tax collector after ho
lias completed his term in congress.
THE county commissioners arc now
giving woj-k to unemployed men. Up
to date all applicants have boon given a
place on the grading force. The ex
periment will bo watched with Interest.
Just what proportion of the number of
mon employed provo themselves worthy
of such assistance will soon bo known.
The laggards , .If any , can IHJ run in as
vagrants and introduced to a broad and
water diet.
COLORADO has now had several wcoks
. oxporltmeo with Governor Waitu's spe
cial bcsslon of the stale legislature , but
finds itself no further advanced toward
a complete restoration of Industrial
prosperity than it would have bcuu had
110 legislature boon convened. The
governor also finds himself as far from
the rcali'/ation of his wild hoj'oj of fiat
currency as over. The cl iof result
thus far seems to have been the piling
up of the dally legislative expenses ,
with several moro days In sight.
ir/ir IIEQVIHR < ) < JLD ivtr.uE.vrs >
The circular issued by Secretary Car-
Halo calling for proposals for 5 per cent
bonds payable after ton years requires
the bids to bo made with the distinct
stipulation that payment is to bo made
In gold coin of the United States. It is
this apparent discrimination in favor of
gold as against all other kinds of
authorized currency which as much as
anything else has aroused the indlgna-
nation of the opponents of a bond issue ,
particularly the extreme advocates of
frco silver coinage. The issue of bonds in
exchange- for gold , it is claimed ,
will create an artificial demand for gold
and must in a corresponding degree
tend to depress the commercial status
of silver. Confining the call for bond
proposals to offers of gold only is duo ,
however , to the fact that the authority
Is to bo exorcised undoralaw which was
enacted to moot an altogether different
problem than that which now confronts
the treasury. The law of 1875 was part
and parcel with the resumption policy
and was designed to bring the outstand
ing greenbacks up to par. To accom
plish this object the law provided for
the accumulation of a gold reserve of
$100,000,000 by means of the sale of
bonds In the discretion of the secretary.
National bank notes and greenbacks
being equally depreciated at that time ,
it was manifest that cold bond pur
chases alone would meet the require
ments of the emergency.
But at the present day , when every
dollar Issued by the United States gov
ernment is equal In value to every other
dollar , it would bo dillleult to see the
necessity for exacting gold payments
were the operation to bo conducted
under a specially enacted law. Wo
have seen how easy it is for parties
wishing to export gold to secure thatgold
from the United States treasury , which
dare not refuse to pay out gold in ex
change for greenbacks for fear the latter
might bo thereby discredited. It will bo
equally easy for parties wishing to purchase -
chase the now bonds to secure gold coin by
the same method , so that to the extent
that tlio gold might bo drawn from the
treasury to bo returned to it In payment
for bonds the gold reserve would bo in
no way increased. While all this is pos
sible lit is not at all necessary , nor oven
probable , because the eastern banks
have sutllclent gold in their vaults
to rfdvanco all that may bo required to
take the proposed 850,000,000 boinl issue
oil' the secretary's bauds. If , moreover ,
the secretary intends to use the pro
ceeds to defray the current expenditures
of the government it becomes quite im
material whether the bonds are sold for
gold or for other currency , so long as all
the component parts of our currency are
of equal value. To the ordinary govern
ment employe or contractor it makes
absolutely no difference whether his
warrant is cashed with gold' , silver or
paper.
It is then only the peculiarity 'of the
law to which the secretary of the treas
ury has been compelled to resort that
requires him to confine the proposals
for bonds to these who have gold to
offer for them. After the gold has been
secured by the government there will
bo no assurance that It will remain in
the treasury for any considerable length
of timo. Should further bond issues bo
authorized by a now law this point will
deserve the careful consideration of con-
gross. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
AITACKIXO THK CIVIb SKRVICK LAfl' .
A resolution offered by a democratic
senator from Florida was adopted by the
senate a few days ago instructing the
committee on civil service to examine
into the condition of the civil service
law and the expediency of Its retrench
ment or Increase ; also the number of
persons employed in tha classified
service from each stuto and territory
and the dates of appointment. In dis
cussing the resolution Senator Berry of
Arkansas characterized the law as a
regular party machine which was used
to keep republicans in office. lie said it
was alleged that five out of every six
persons employed in the classified service
belong to the republican party and that ,
ho declared , is unfair and unjust. JIo
did not know whether the law could bo
repealed or not , . but ho _ boliovt'd that
it should bo modified and its operation
restricted , lie said ho know that the
civil service law nnd rules were not
carried out' in a nonpartisan way , and
that some of the most extreme repub
licans were holding office under a demo
cratic administration. Uo believed that
a democratic president ought to be sur
rounded by political friends and not by
those who were continually doing what
they could to make his administration a
failure.
The civil service law takes no account
of the politics ortho religion of the per
sons who seek employment in the gov
ernment Borvlco under it. The only
qualification required is the knowledge
necessary to pass the proscribed exam
ination , and if moro republicans than
democrats have found employment in
the classified service the explanation is
obvious. The statement of the Arkan
sas senator that such is the case Is un
doubtedly well founded'but his assump
tion that the republicans in the service
are doing what they can to make the ad
ministration a fnllnro Is manifestly
abjiird. The people who got po
sitions through the civil service
law are powerless to do any
thing against the administration. They
hold subordinate places under the con
trol of officials appointed without rofor-
euco to the civil service law aud sub
ject to it only so far as they are
compelled to fill a specific class of
vaca.'iclos from the ollglblo list of those
who have passed a civil serviceexami
nation. There Is not a republican clerk In
the departments at Washington or In the
public service anywhere who could do
anything to make the administration a
failure If ho had a disposition to. Those
only who are in a position to do this are
thu democrats who are at the heads of
departmentH and bureaus , exorcising
executive func'lons ' , and it is doubtless it
fact ai to some of those that they are
not doing anything to muko the admin
istration a success.
'It is creditable to the administration
that it has Incurred the displeaauro of
the extreme spoilsmen of its party , aud
yet if It were possible for these people to
bo reasonable- and fair they would admit
that It has done very well in replacing
republicans with democrats. It Is mem
orable with what extraordinary zeal
Mr. Maxwell , fourth assistant postmas
ter general , performed the work of beheading -
heading fourth class republican
postmasters , while the remarkable
vigor with which Mr. Qulncy made
democratic consuls must long remain a
notable example of activity iir dealing
out the rewards of partisan service.
Perhaps the spoils seekers would have
loss cause of complaint now If they had
not boon so oxosporatlngly urgent at the
outset as to compel Mr. Cleveland in
sheer self-dofonso to summarily shut
thorn off. That there is a very largo
element In the democratic party that
would like to rojrcal the civil service
law and restore the old spoils system
will not bo questioned , but this the
party will not bo able to do , though it is
qulto possible It may make the attempt.
DOW TO niSVKXSU CtlAHlTY.
No community In America is moro
generous and whole-souled in the dis
pensation of charity than Omaha. All
that Is needed to ralso the necessary
moans Is a systematic effort by parties
that enjoy the confidence of the business
community.
The business of relieving distress and
providing employment for men nnd
women who are disposed to pay their
way by work requires concert of action
and methodical collection and distribu
tion'
The first stop that wo must take is an
enrollment of all who are in want of fuel
and subsistence. The next stop Is tholr
classification into groups comprising
these who have shelter , but want sub
sistence ; those who have shelter and
need provisions and clothing , and lastly
the nomadic poor , otherwise known as
vagrants , who require shelter , food and
clothing.
When the enrollment has been com
pleted the names of all who are bolng
cared for by the county should bo struck
off. When wo know just exactly how
many people In Omaha are dependent
upon public charity wo shall know how
much money it will take to shelter , feed
and clothe them from now until the 1st
of April. And when wo know exactly
how much must bo raised to afford this
relief the men and women who have as
sumed the task of raising the relief
funds can go "about tholr work intelli
gently.
For our part wo have confidence in the
capacity of the managers of the Asso
ciated Charities to do this work , and wo
have unbounded faith in their integrity.
But since it has boon deemed proper to
enlist in this service a committee com
posed of fifteen of our wealthiest busi
ness men wo hope that they will expedite
the work on hand and co-operate with
tlio Associated Charities. It is said that
councils of war never fight. The dan
ger now is that precious time will bo
wasted and contention will bo promotocl
by rival managers of charity dispensa
tion. This is to bo deprecated , and if
possible avoided.
If the condition of our poor is as des
perate as has boon represented by Dr.
Duryca and others associated with him ,
it is imperative that several hundred
tons of coal and a quantity of provisions
shall at onoe bo distributed to families
that are exposed to freezing and starva
tion. There is every possibility that
a three-day bli/.zurd may out oil hun
dreds of homes from the coal yard
and the bakery. Such a condition calls
for immediate action , and the proper
parties to act are the county and city
authorities. To quibble about law in
such an emergency Is criminal. When
the state was devastated by grasshop
pers in 1875 , and thousands wnro exposed -
posed to famine , forty or fifty of our
business mon joined together and raised
over $50,000 by signing notes with "tho
governor on which money was advanced
by the banks. There was uo law for this ,
but the governor and business men took
tholr chances of tholr act being legal
ized aud being reimbursed by the next
legislature. The outcome was that im-
mcdiato relief was afforded , and the
legislature voted 3100,000 of grasshopper
relief bonds , from the proceeds ot which
the notes were paid.
The local emergency may require
heroic action , and law or no law wo
must act promptly to save tho'llvos of
people who are shelterless or without
moans to buy food and fuol.
THE Corbott-Mitohell fight at Jack
sonville was a distinct triumph of bru
tality'and every right-thinking man will
regret that the governor of Florida was
unable to prevent it. That ho did all in
his power to carry out the wishes of the
decent and orderly people of the state
will stand to his credit , but , unfor
tunately , Florida , as it appears , has no
law against prize fighting , and BO the
governor was helpless. Undoubtedly
the better element of the people will In
sist upon the enactment of a
law to meet a ease of this
kind no' the next session of the
legislature , but meanwhile It Is proba
ble that Jacksonville will bo the scone of
other pugilistic contests in which the
element of brutality may bo oven moro
marked than In the quickly-ended ono
of yesterday. The arrest of the princi
pals in this fight begets the hope that a
way will bo found to punish thorn so se
verely that others may bo deterred from
sooklng this free ground for auoh con
tests , and It will bo fortunate If others
than the fighters can bo punished.
Otherwise the club under whoso
auspices this battle took place ,
doubtless with largo gains to its
tremury , may bo expected to continue
the "sport" for which it was organized
until there is law to stop It. The de
moralizing effect of these pugilistic encounters -
counters IH admitted by everybody whoso
Instincts are not brutalized and there
should bo everywhere a strong and
earnest arousal of public opinion for
their suppression. Florida has had its
first experience in this sort of brutality
and It Is to bo honed the respectable
citizens of that state will demand' legis
lation as soon as It can be enacted that
will rigidly prohibit prize"fighting.
UP TO this tlmo the work of irrigation
in Nebraska hits upon confined largely
to the arid region on our western border.
This Is duo to the fact that no other portion
tion of the state has stood In great
need of irrigating ditches moro than
one year in five. Up along the
northern border , however , citizens
nro moving fof rtn extensive sys
tem of irrigation ito provide against
the dry season of July and August. In
that part of the sfato" there has rarely
been a total falluro qf"crops. . The Idea
scorns to bo that 'wiui irrigation In the
northwest counties/ moro diversified and
bountiful crops oatv'bo ' made certain
every year. The 'convention ' at O'Neill '
on the HOtli inst. wilt attract widespread
attention , marking , ' asl ltdoos , the initial
stop in that portion1ofj tlio state looking
to the reclamation on the Improvement
of a vast area of laud. '
A CORRESl'ONDHNT of THE BEE asks !
"If a youth agod'i" or over leaves Ger
many and resides long enough in this
country to take out first nnd socdnd
papers , then returns to Germany , forti
fied by passports to provo identity , can
Gorman authorities hold him for ser
vice in the army ? " As wo understand it ,
final naturalization papers are requisite
to a passport , the possession of which
ought to protect any citizen of the
United States In any European country.
If the lad , being a minor , cannot secure
naturalization papers , his father must
have naturalized in legal form to enable
the son to secure a passport. If the
father was never a full-Hedged citizen
of the United States wo would advise
the boy to defer his visit to the father
land if he desires to avoid service In the
imperial army.
IT IS impossible without definite in
formation to make a reliable estimate of
the number of people In actual need of
relief who are not already receiving aid
froih the county poor fund. At the
wildest guess the number ijoes not ex
ceed 3,000 , mon , women and children. At
S3 per week per capita , which should bo
ample , it would take about $70,000 to
keep those people from now until the
1st of April. That amount can bo raised
by voluntary contributions either in
money or its equivalent in fuel and pro
visions , providing that the mon of largo
means make a generous start.
IT is to bo hoped that the widow of
the late Senator Stanford will manage
to exist on the trilling allowance of 810-
000 a month granted her by the court
pending the settlement of the estate. If
slio finds it dillleult to live within her
income there are plenty of individuals
waiting for an opportunity to demon
strate by experiment tlio fact that it is
possible under a strict regime of econ
omy. After the estate shall have been
settled she may bo enabled to indulge in
a few trilling luxuries , but until then
she will have to live within the limits of
her allowance. ' ' '
WHEN Nebraska was. found to bo suf
fering from a disordered prohibition
liver our people sot to work and purged
the body politic Qf the dread disease.
Then followed peace : and contentment.
Iowa , a much older state , could notsshako
It off and has bBon' In charge of the
political physicians for twelve years.
The legislature at Dos Moines is now
making an heroic , effort to consign the
hated doirma to the oblivion it so richly
merits. The podplo df that state are
learning the dilTarppee between to.mpor-
anco and statutory prohibition ( alleged ) .
ALTHOUGH the 'mercury was gottlnp
down pretty close to the bulb , the en
thusiasm of local sports over the second
triumph of James John Corbott was not
cooled. To them It was a bigger event
than a presidential election. They will
discuss it in all its bearings as glibly as
the trained politician discusses the
Issues of a great campaign. Prize
fighting may bo brutal , tending to demoralize -
moralize and corrupt the minds of
American youth , but It certainly draws
the crowd and creates an extraordinary
demand for nowapaiwra.
Alnknx Tlii'in Squirm.
7n ( < r Ocean.
An old , out-ot-ilnto republican law , In the
oycs of Secretary Carlisle , will do moro to
save the nation from disgrace imd bank
ruptcy than nil the ninety democratic ma
jority iu congress. It Is the biggest objyct
lesson In sigiitof tno American people toduy.
No wonder it imikna democratic statesmen
squirm.
A
Kew lo rft Tlme .
A decided Improvement in railway trafllc
is indicated by the reports ot earnings for
the second wool : of this month. 'With
scarcely an exception , the ro.ids malto a better
tor showing than they did In the previous
week , nnd both g'-oss and not earnings for
the llrst week in Ji.nuary were in excess of
tlio earnings reported for the Inst week In
December.
( III till ) .MdlHl.
\vrli.\ilvcrtiser \ ,
No person with eyes In his head can fall to
notlco that there Is a revival In our national
Industries. It Is faint , nnd In some local
ities scarcely developed yet , but the ton-
dchcy U there nnd only slight onojuraco-
inent Is needed tn develop it Into a full-
( lodged return of prosperity. The fact Is
that manufncturors who nt ono tlmo were
alarmed now sue that , there Is realty no
ahead.
danger
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Tlio ( in-lit lEi'lnrin Show.
Kew Yon Sun.
Positively the lust few days of America's
Superb and Unparalleled Mathematical Mar
vel , the Wilson Subtracting Mnoliino ,
Makes a Uaflcloncy While You \\alt. N. H
Visitors nro Invited to inspect I'rof. Wil
son's rich collcctioirot unredeemable demo
cratic bonds of tho' issue ol IS'.U ' without
extra charge , A b'fcauilful souvenir In the
form of \Vooileh" Cuckoo Riven to each
visitor , matlnooa anjt openings ,
( liittlni ; ttiiclc nt Mill.
Denver llepuliltean ,
President Clovelaud. vetoed the bill for n
brldgo across the Jladflon river , between
Now York nnd ilm.j.urs&y shore , on Hatur-
tiny , presumably tnitot even with Senators
Hill and Murphy for ( tufoutlng the nnpoint-
niont of Mr. Hornbiawi/r / to u ( ilnco on tlio
supreme bench. Nuw If Hill and Murphy
will retaliate by dofen'Ung the Infamous Wil
son bill the countryi will bo a great gnlnor
by this misty llttlo democratic quarrel over
patronage and powers '
lnilimtrlul UuTlviil.
The Industrial history of the country slnco
thn llrst of the year shows n gonernl 1m-
provommit. It U true that wages have bcon
reduced us compared with the wages paid
before the stoppage two , ttirco or four
months ago , but mills , factories niul work
shops that were altogether idle on the llrst
of the year , paying no wages , hnvo slnco
resumed , and oven ni tno reduction nro
doing something to relieve the distress that
existed nt ttio close of 1SUII. Another nnd
most favorable sign U that there hnvo beoii
few stoppages slnco January 1st of mills
then In operation. Our telegraphic dU-
patches , dealing only with business estab
lishments outside of the city , toll of the re
sumption of work In llfty great mills and
factories slnco the 1st of January , nnd of the
cloaingonly of suvon. The llfty that Imvo ro-
auinou employed about 12iX ! ( ) hands ; thu
( oven that suspended employed about 7'JOO.
Tno wonder Is Corbott didn't ' o.tt him.
Mltcli ell fought for cash and got n choc * .
Will Hill provo himself the Corbott of this
Kngllah administration I
The tariff dob.ito la Inudod by ntlmlrors as
extraordinary. It Is extra ordinary.
Unless Mrs. tasKo bestirs licrsblf , Lillian
Ktiisell will walk off with the matrimonial
record.
There Is no Immediate danger of Clovo-
Innd Bonding a bottle Of rare old wlno to
Uavo Hill ,
The revolution In Jacksonville supplies nn
assortment of points that i'olxoto and Mollo
might prolit by.
Mexico's system of killing oft bandits In
bands of twenty Is to bo commended on the
score of expedition.
A crusade against cigarettes l.s raging In
San Francisco. Like other movements of
the kind , It will end in smoko.
Over JIOO.000,000 . languish In Now York
banks. That is about the only section that
voted for and got seine change.
"Ulio masticated pug from over the pond
realizes by this time the folly of monkeying
with nn Ainprlcan thrashing machine.
According to the Chicago Herald , William
Pcckham's chief characteristic Is "mental
eccentricity. " Why then arraign hu dom-
ocr.icy I
The tallest soldier m the Belgian army is
Charles fxnils Hecaus , who stands six feet
six and nun-half inches In his stocking feet.
Hu Is allowed double rations.
The Sugar trust pocketed 22 per cent on
$ .17,000,000 common stock nnd water last
year. A sudlclent surplus remained to
sweeten n few rnoro tanks of fluid.
Wowus , an Alaskan Indian , has nskcd
permission of the authorities nt Washington
to burn nt the stake nn Indian doctor who
failed to cure the son of the tribe's chief.
Senator Hilt is getting qulto gay. Ho has
attended several social functions of late , nnd
unly n few evenings ngo ho appeared at n
theater in the company of Inuios. Ho is a
moving factor in white house circles , too.
Should Peckham go the way of Horn-
blower , the nnmo of Judpo Simon IJ. Hald-
win of Connecticut , u distinguished mug
wump , will prob.tlily bo sent to the sonato.
The administration's democracy is painfully
wanting in Jackson inn .symptoms.
Wheeler H. Peckham , Just nominated to
bo nn associate justice of the supreme court ,
is almost ns devoted to sesquipedalian verbi
age as ever Mr. Krnrts was. The other day ,
speaking of shearing lambs in Wall street ,
he said It was done "without severing the
continuity of their epidermis. "
' Dr. ICvorott , the now Massachusetts con
gressman , wan asked how ho likml congress.
' O I" said the congressman , "it's the funniest
place I over saw. In the house they have
got the rules so Jlxwt thnt you can't get any
business in , and in the sonata they hnvo
them so arranged that you can't got any
business out. "
Till' INCOME 2\t.r.
Globo-Domocrat : The Income taxors tell
us that the refusal by the house to put n
duty on raw sugar will force their pot
scheme to the front. But what of it ? The
income tax has no chance of enactment. It
is destined to die young- .
Now York S'in : The Income tax bill is a
shameful consequence of the treachery of
Prof. Wilson's tariff bill for n dollcicncy. U
is n wnr tax , which , in the opinion of the
best constitutional lawyers , is unconstitu
tional. ICor that reason , howcvur , it is a
suitable appendix to I'rot. Wilson's uncon
stitutional tariff. The tariff , too. makes war
on democratic principles , and the tax is only
an incident of thnt perlidious assault.
Now York Herald : A tax moro obnoxious
to Americans tlian this inquisitorial monarchial -
archial imposition could not uo doviscd.
That the people of this country would never
submit to it is solf-ovidont , and it is equally
clear that they would visit with sweeping
condemnation any party that should force it
upon them. That the tax would bo us use
less for needed revenue as it is odious is
shown by the fact that under the proposed
bill the llrst attempt at collection would not
bo made until July. 1S9. > . By that tlmo It is
expected that ample revenue will bo flowing
into the national treasury from other
sources.
Chicago Herald : True , certain penalties
lire prescribed for noglectlntr to malto re
turns and for making false return. ? , but
unless ofllcials nro disagreeably inquisitive
there will bo n good stized arir.y of people
with incomes in excess of $4,000 who will not
bo touched at all. The income tax for which
the bill provides -vill bo largely a tax on
honesty , and that svch Is the case will soon
become notorious. The only way to muko
this kind of tax successful is to make the
exemption small and provide for thorough
assessment and collection. And that should
not bo done so long ns the protective sys
tem , with its double burden of taxation aud
tribute , is continued.
NKIllt.lSK.l AXlt JIKlllt.tlilC.lX ! ! .
Battle Creek will soon have a Drooin. fact-
tory.
tory.There
There nro 820 boxes In the Columbus post-
onice.
The Seward county fair will bo held Sep
tember 4 to 7.
Fire in the Alexandria hotel caused n loss
to the building nnd contents of about ! 00.
The Falls City High school intends to send
representatives , to Lincoln to attend the
silver anniversary of the State university.
Oscar Bryant , a Dakota county farmer ,
was thrown thirty feet from n load of hay
by the wagon "slowing'1 and was so badly
injured that ho will bo laid up for many
weeks.
Gcorgo Brown of Arcadia has boon ar
rested on the churgo of assaulting a 15-year-
old girl who wonted lor mm aud tins been.
held for hearing February 1. The jrirl is In
a critical condition from fright andsho ( may
never recover.
General Joe Hollman of Emerson has boon
visiting in Washington nnd has evidently
combined business with pleasure. Charles
S. Hollman has rccclvoJ notice of his tip-
polntincnt as post trader at the Hosobud
Indian agency In South Dakota.
Till ! COM1U ( JllOliUS.
Chicago Record ! "llo\v do yon manngo to
get RO many iieonlo Inloro.itud In your \vul-
furo ? "
"Easy enough. 1 borrow money of them. "
ImllaiianollH Jnnnml : Wnrkhouso Suporln-
tonilont Istliuro uiiytlilnK you would prefer
in the line ot work ?
Dismal UwvMiii ff It's all the same to you
I think I would liketo sit In thu parlor and
Unit tidies.
Llfu : MttloTilleI wish I was you Mr.
Seirnmilo.
Mr Sulfmiulo ( who has coino to dinner )
And why , Wllllo.
Wllllo Vunso yon don't gctyoui1 oars pulled
for outing with your Unlfo.
Philadelphia Itocord : Two Indlo * In a trolley
cur wuru ilNcussing a young ueiitlumun f rluml.
"Hns liu any talma for drawlim ? " usUcd om > .
"Of uourtiu , " mild the nthur spiritedly , "hu
told nui hu unco drew n beautiful turituy nt u
rnflto. "
Chicago Trlhiiiiot Young I'rotlyninn Ihail
honed , Miss liwimdolon , that tlio tlmo wui
wwrly at hand wliun 1 could honorably usk
you to ho my wife , but I four my bright ilrunm
H over. Itocnnt ruvurbos In Ijnslnus.s have
Hindu mo Jiliiolntoly imnnllos.s.
Miss tlwomloluu That needn't hinder us
from from bulug eiigasud , you kn w.
PATH.
fietrntt I'rce I'rtii.
They vowndotoriinl constancy
The youth nnd miildun nliy
Through tlmo and through titurnlty
Thuir love should nuvur illo.
Hut fata In life's uncurtain whirl
I'layod havoc with inelr plan
He's married to another girl ,
She to another man.
r .1X11 T11KX.
Somervllle Journal ,
Squeezed in th cutter' * * narrow aont ,
Wrapped up In fur rones , HIIIII ; and warm ,
With hunted Boapstiinus at thuir foul ,
Ills arm around her nlomler form ,
The lovers rldu.
The moonlight silvern hill and Hold ,
On both sides stretch wldu waxHn of snow.
I low can thu maiden help butylulil ,
And bay thnt. In MX month * ur no ,
Bho'll bo hu hridu ?
II ,
1,1 fo Is all rapturn to thorn both )
Thuir huarlM are warm , though cold the night.
HU lips press hurs , and , nothing loth ,
llor lips [ iross hls-for out of bight
Are tht > y , they louiw.
Hut wait it yemrl They will not rldo
On moonlight nlghtu In llvury tunm > ,
llu'll walk thu Hour , alimmt ho.slilo
Illnuolf. to Ntop thu baby'ij
Chock full ot woo.
WORK OF NATIONAL BANKERS
Secret of tlio Doorcase of National Bank
Oirculattoui
LITTLE PROFIT IN THE BUSINESS
Ooncrnl Money Supply Mot l.lkely to He
Udeotcd lto ] ) rti of iRiinrnnt Stntai-
liiou Dented bj u Treniurr
UOlclnl.
WASIIIXOTOX ntmitAa or Titn nisn , )
D13 lAwiiTKKXTit STIIKBT , >
WASHINGTON , . .Ian.3. . )
The steady decrcaso of iiatlonrvl bank cir
culation during tlio past six vvcoks , and tha
growing decrease during the past two weeks ,
has attracted ntteutlon at tlio Treasury de
partment. Hankers from the wept are wrltlni ;
to tliy comptroller of the currency to Itnov/
wnat It moans , and to learn if possible
whether It will affect the general money
supply.
An officer under the comptroller of the
currency , who Is frequently culled unon to
explain the enigmas of the rlso ami fall of
national bank circulation , after pondering
for some tlmo over the question , said to Tin :
IJi'.r. correspondent today :
"Tho action of national bankers during
the llnanolal stringency last summer and
fall In largely Increasing their circulation ,
airi their action during the p ist few xvoohs ,
when money lias boon plentiful niul interest
low , in reducing their circulation , is the best
possible answer to the Ignorant statements
of men in congress that there is an enormous
prolit In national bank circulation , and that
men accept tbo terms of the federal bam-
Intr laws In preference to those of the states ,
not because they are bettor for tbo com
munity In which the bank is located , but
because them is greater prolit in national
than in state banlcintr.
As to the Profit.
"Tho circulation of national o.inks Is decreasing -
creasing because the price of bonds has ad-
vailt-cd to a point whore , considering the
premium upon tbo security , profits in circu
lation nro not suillcient. Kxciuslvo of the
tax and reserve , there is today about 1.00
prolit In national bank circulation secured by
4 per cents. Any one can llgtiro the prolit
on circulation secured by the extended
fours , which pay 2 per com interest. You
can buy tlicse U per cent bonds nt par. Wo
ordinarily give 00 per cent circulation upon
bonds doKsltoil | ; but the market quotes
the a per cents these extended fours at
03 , and of course wo deduct that 5 per cent
from face value in giving circulation , so
that you can't gut more than S5 per cent
circulation on a 2 per cent bond. If there is
any populist or aiitl-naiional bank man in
congress who is so stupid that ho cannot
llguro this prolit ho can very easily llnd a
dry goods clone who can do it.
'When money is scarce and interest is
high the price of bond.i upon which circula
tion is based is invariably low , " continued
the treasury oflleial. "It is then that thorn
is prolit to the banker in enlarging his circu
lation. When money is plentiful and cheap
tbo price of bonds increases , and not only Is
there the ono inducement to the owner of
the bonds to withdraw them from deposit
with the treasurer , but there is an extra In-
iluiemciit : for withdrawing or diminishing
tha circulation. The returns from the
national banks of thucouiitry , showing their
condition on the 10th of last month , indicate
that there is now idle in the vaults of the
national banks of the country nearly orquito
10 per cent of all their cash recourses.
Il.tnUiTN Uimlilu to 1'iit Out .Money.
"There has been a natural diminution of
interest throughout the country of ll < f or a
percent Irom the ratn which prevailed dur
ing the recent hard times , not during tno
six or eight weeks wlien thuro was a cur
rency famine. You will see that , oven under
the prevailing low rates of wlOrcst , the
bankers are utmblo to put out their money.
There is absolutely u profit to bankers in
some localities now in withdrawing circula
tion , and 1 was about to s.iy that 1 knew of
a number of banks that would absolutely
iimku money by thu withdrawal of a part of
thuir circulation , oven though it cumo to
them without tlio deposit of bonds. They
would escape the natural responsibility and
the taxes ; besides , they would have the ad
vantage of the bond market. "
Hoforring to the proposition of Represen
tative Uryan of Nebraska to levy a special
tax upon national bank ciruilalion for the
purpose of raising a fund out of which the
depositors in the insolvent banks should bo
paid'promptly nnd in fullwhich would amount
to a direct insurance by the federal govern
ment for the full payment of all deposits in
tuulonr.l banks , the ollleial said :
Dut'8 .Nut l.IKo the Sprfliil Iliinli Tnr.
"I have never hoard the direct expression
of opinion given by Secretary Carlisle and
the president upon this proposition , but I
bollevo that such a proposition , standing
alone nnd upon its own merits , would bo
vetoed by thu picsldent. It is not only a
wldo departure from tbo principles
surrounding the national banking laws , but
it Is tlio ( tutoring wedge of a policy
which will finally overthrow the security
principle centered In all oftlces under the
joverumcnt whore public funds arc handled.
It is a pro posit ion , first , to relieve bankers
froIH all moral responsibilities and maka
banking a simple cold-blooded business ,
without character. Secondly , It proposes
that the parent government , which is sus
talnod by the people , shall insure the trans *
actions of private parties. It would bo In
effect exactly the i.tmo thin ? as a proposi
tion to abolish the bond which n tllstmrslnff
oniccr Is required to give for the faithful dls
charge of his oflleial duties and load the
burden of re.i | > onslblllty upon tha govern-
mcnt. it would cnrourago In bankers a
spirit of venture and would deprive them
of all measures of caution and con-
sorvatlvctipss which not only tha llnan
olal but the moral rcsponslblhtici
nt present carry. It has often been pro
posed that the government should under
take to handle a fund raised by the salaries
of certain employes , out of which Instiranca
policies and crutultlcs should bo paid In
case of death or disability. It has fre
quently been proposed that the government
should retain from the salaries of certain
disbursing and financial officers percentages
for the purpose of making good defalcations
and meeting other losses. I cannot for the
Ufa of mo see. why ttio proposition to create
.1 fund by taxation from which the de
positors In Insolvent banks are to recclvo
full payment for their credits Is not as ab
surd and unreasonable as the other scheme *
I have mentioned. "
Will Itpjfot Pcrldmin.
An agreement has been entered into bo-
twccn tin ) opponents and advocates of the
continuation of the I'ecUham nomination
which promises to insure rejection Dy prac
tically n unanimous vote. It has been
agreed that when the case conies up in
executive session the vole MOTII | continuation
will bo viva voce , which will escape the
record. A number of democrats wno voted
for the continuation of Hornblowcr have
expressed a desire to vote against J'ccUhain ,
but have asked that a yea and nay vote bo
not called , ns tho.do not desire to go upon
record as nntagonlidng the president.
It was stated on the floor of the sonata
today that the opposition to I'cckham and
the president's refusal to consult dctuocratlo
senators in maklngappainlmonts had greatly
increased durlmr the past few days.
PopulUtH Oppcuu tlio SMlHiin HIM.
All of the populist senators have an
nounced their Intention to vote against tha
Wilson tariff bill. Their purpose In doing
this is twofold. They say the bili slrlkci
the farmer's interests harder than any
other and gives him less than Is given any
oinor person , scconniy , tno popimsis uo-
llevo that hard times nro going to contmuo
whether or not tlio Wil.son bill becomes a
law , niul they fool that if the tariff law i §
chiinuc'cl the country will blame it for the
commercial depression , but if the present
law remains unchanged thu voters of the
I'ouatry will believe that the principles ot
the populist party would make conditions
hotter ami they will therefore vote with
them next November.
Thu belief continues to grow that If the
house makes the Income tax schcrno a part
of flio Wilson tariff hill the latter will ho ile-
fcatoj lu the senate , although then : may be
many votes cast by democrats i.gainst JoinIng -
Ing the two measures. Itsccmsccrtaia that
it will pass the houso. There is n majority
in the senate in favor of income taxes , but
the two propositions together are weaker
than they would bo each upon its own merits.
Inlluuiiro of Henry ( ii'nrgo.
Henry George , the well known fruo trader
and single tax advocate , has been admitted
to the floor of thu house , aud has occupied
scats among the democratic speakers on tha
tariff iluri.ii ; the past few days. This
accounts In a measure for the frco tr.ulo vic
tories which thu two Johnsons have been
winninir. Henry George has .coached them ,
and has directed the forces when it came to
votimr. Henry George has no moro right on
thu floor of cither house of congress than
any other private clti/.cn. Ho has never
occupied any position entitling him to such
a courtesy , and his admission to tlio lloor of
the hoiuo , ns well as that of ox-Postmaster
General Don Dickinson and other frco
traders , is a violation of the rules.
Will Nut llrnr ThiirMtou.
Chairman Morgan of the senate commlttoo
on foreign relations this week addressed a
letter to Secretary Grcsham requesting
him to invite Minister Thurston to appear
before the committee and give testimony in
the Hawaiian investigation. Secretary
Grcsham did not answer the letter , but
went to Chairman Morgan and persuaded
him not to luvito the minister to give testi
mony and the chairman finally yielded. It
is supposed that the administration is afraid
of Thurston's facts. Chairman Morgan
would have asked Minister Thurston to
tustify directly , but ho has no authority to
communicate with any diplomatic oillcer.
Itrirlly .Mentioned.
Fourth class postmasters were today ap
pointed for Iowa us follows : Duller , Kcokuk
county , Melissa Watts , vlco David Abel , re
signed ; Clayford , .Tones county , Uoburt buy-
dor , vice Hannah Jenkins , removed : Dah-
louega , Wapollo county , William Denny , vlco
W. A. Anderson , resigned ; Fenton , Kowsuth
county , Frank Hailcy , vlco J. L. Uoid , resigned -
signed ; UUlRoway , Winncshlok county , W.
K"Paloy , vice J. A. Galbls , resigned ; Steen ,
Winnobago county , O. li. Mossman , vice J. J.
Stcon , resigned. ,
Samuel Cottier of Omaha has placed his
application papers on illo at thoTreasury de
partment for the position of surveyor of
customs at that city.
M Stalker of DCS Monies , la. , Is at the
Howard. PBUUY S. HKATII.
An Anil-itoiiil Hour.
Atlanta Caiutltutton ( ikm. ) .
To Issue bonds Is llko pouring water in ft
barrel with tno bunghole open , anil the re
sult will bo , the same In both cases. 1 ho
moro bonds Mr. Carlisle puts out the moro
bonds will bo needed. The gold will continuo -
tinuo to run out almost as fast as it runs lu ,
and the process will continue until the greeil
of the eastern capitalists is glutted and the
llunnci.il resources of the pcoplo exhausted
t
miicura : nut : n'
.
unoclothe.i on Kartli
n
Your moiioy'a worth or your mouoy hqg'.c.
r
After . the Storm is over
j.
Then comes a nice day a nice day to buy
Trr trousers especially
r
Trr nice because you can
r buy them of us now
F at a discount of 25
per cent , any mons'
trousers in the house 11'
some fine ones.somo . ii ?
liner , all g'ood , this
season's goods relia
ble as any made
moro reliable than
_ most trousers. It's a
big1 lot to take oil * ol a $6 pair of trousers. It makes
the price pretty small for a S3 pair. No matter. 25
per oont oirg-oos. Wo will bo pleased to also sell
you a suit or an overcoat. On these wo are making1
very nice hard times prices. You can't afford to miss
this sale for it will bo money saved in your now
trousers' pocket to take it in.
BROWNING , KING & CO ,
I W. Cor. 15th and Douglas Sta.
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