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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 9, 1896)
OAIAJTA DATTA" liEI ? ; n WEDGES DAT DEOEaiKEH 0 , 1800. Tim OMAHA DAILY K. KOHUVATUl. IMltur I'UIMilltKU IVi : V MullNIXO TI7HMH OP HUIMCIIIPTION. Dally lite ( vvithout Pun.1n One Yvnr 16 W Dully lire nn.l 8un.lny , One Year tl M Blx Month * SIM Three Months 12 M Sumlity lice. One Ycnr J ! W fUlunlit ) llee Oni > Ycnr tt M 'Weekly lice , Ono Yenr GS orrn isi Omntm- The Hi * HulMlnp Houth Orimhn : Hltmcr III * . , dr N n < J 54th BU. Council lilurrn. 1C North Main Btrrrt. Clilrnco Oilier 31J rimmbri ut rommerce. NI-W York Hootni n 1 < mil 1r. Tribune IIM * WnihltiRtoir 1107 f Hlrctt N W. coiiitnsi'ONun.N'ci : . All communications relating to noinn.t edi torial mntttr ln ul.l . Le nO.lrf . ! To Ihe KJItor. IIUSIN'USB 1.UTT1 US All liUflncf IfltprH nnd remlttrtiices honM b KlJicrtdl to Ihe lies I'libllfhlnu Compnn ) , Omnlm lirnftn checlu Mnl poMnMicc or.ler t b mnila punM * t tlio order of tl o cotnp ni. Tun nni : PUIIMHIIINQ COMPANY. JITAIKMCNT or ciucfi.Aiiox. State of N'-lmiHlcn , I DouKla rnunty. | OtorRp It 1 mchurk. fret-\ry of The Do * Pub- lliililiiK coinpnny , Iwliifc < lul > iiworii , rn > that the actual numlier of full nntl uomplele.oples of The Dally MornlnK , i\enlni : ; nml Sumln ) ISoo printed during the month of Novumlrer. UM , w.u .in fol- lov > a : 1 3I.CW 15 20ff : 21,141 17 2DC1G 3 21 4V ! IS : n.420 4 42,2I B S2 417 so % . : * ! 6 27.9:7 21 M III 7 21.224 22 21000 8 si.r.o 23 20672 9 20.110 10 SOV I 25 20 131 11 SI Ml 21 10 ail 12 20.77B 57 S01CI 1 } tO MO 5 < 20015 14 io en 29 20921 15 21,010 CO 20023 TotnH CCOH1 I.TM flodnctlnns for uinolil nnJ returne.l copies 12.7S2 Totnl net Fnlca riiTM Net ilnlly axcr.iKe 21 CS5 oioitni : : it TJ'.sr-ut'ric Huli rrll eil In my presence nn.l pworn to hcfore me thin I t ilny of JJeceinb-'r , IS'K ! . N P rnir. ( Seal ) Nolnrj Public Wo want no Piilvel KIM vice reform In the public splioolvsltMn of Omnlii. : Tlio iPKlslntuip can sttlkp oil by nuik- Ine ; the oil Inspci-llon luvv pffc'C'tlvp. Mexico H the place vvliprp the pie posctl ciiiulldacy of Hijau for the IMPS- ! deticy In 1K)0 ! ) Is most f.ivoiably u > - cplvoil. A tvvplve1 liuudipil dollar \vanl coiin- cllinan will lie no bettor than an ol ht litindiod dollar \vaid councilman. S.ilaiy Is no object. Secret in.v of State Olncy is bound to malto a iccoid if onlj b.v ( > sliiblHliln the prt-u'ileiit of an annual leport to congress fioni the State dcpaitiiient. The DoiiKlns ileleKatlou is hesitating \vhuther or not to take the. hpcakoishlp of the lower house of the loglslatuu1 on pounds not of modesty but of ex pediency. South Omaha \\"lll receive due i ( 'cog nition at the liantls of the exposition dliectoiy at nn e.uly day. Theie Is no disposition to Ignore the claims of the magic city. Speculator In Sandwich Island canebrakes - brakes and Honolulu coiner lots aie on the way to this connliy to boom Hawaiian annexation. Theie'.s mil lions In It. The revised chatter .should make It impossible for mossb.icks and non resident propel ty o\\neis to pi event the rcpavhiK of .streets In the business portion tion of the city. Wanted Inftnmntloii as to the whore nboiita of one Omer Madison Kem , sometime member of the national lionso of iepiesenlatl\es fiom the SKth Nebia-ska coiipessloual dlstiict. So long IIH the Ho.ud of idiicatlon : continues to squander tlie school fund on political leeches and barnacles Its declinations In fa\or of economy will lo ) taken for \\hat they me woith. The piosent chatter may be too metropolitan for the nl/.e of Omaha's pocketbook , but jumping to the other extreme lumuiiilliiK Om.ihu to village government would In the end be the most expensive economy. The conutiyalts \\ith bated bieath to le.unhether the members of the senate me all quite satlstledH \ \ the new sjstem \entilatlii } , ' the seii.tte chamber \\hlch has been eonstiucted nt such nie.it co.st to the taxp.iyeis tlnrlnj , ' the le lslathe Intel mission. Secietaiy C.iilisle has litKen caie of both the Omahii and Soutli Omaha fed eral buildings In his estimates of pub lic building appiopiiatloiiH. It Is plain that the secretary hatbor.s no special 111 fueling against Nebiaska because It Biipplled the head of the late popociatlc presidential ticket. The republican paity thiough Its repiescntatlves In cougies.s Is losing no time In inaUIng good Its piomlso to en deavor to hi ing about an Interna tional monetaiy confeicnce , but no rational pei.son believes that all the nations on earth could restoie the pi ice of blher to l.'J ! ) an ounce. A systematic elloit sliould bo made to Induce non-ieshleiit property owners to talto stock In the exposition. The < o who have actpilied anil are holding teal estate unwillingly aie the \oi.v men who should coiitiibute to an enteipiise wlilohill ( nhance the value of their ptopeity and cie.ttu a maiKet lor It. The letting of the coniiact for the constiiicllon of the thltty-tour miles of track connecting the two ialhui.\.s which will combine to form the dliect outlet for westein gialn shipments to the gulf Is cause for heait.congi.itula - tlous. It begins to look as If the Im memorial monopoly of ICan&as City weru at last to be broken. California Is going light ahead In Its pippaiatloiiH for participation In the Tiansmlsslsslppl Imposition. All the other tian.sinl.sslsslppl ntutes may bo re- llud on also to fall In line In tine time and make exhibits of their u'suiuces Huch as have never befoiu bivn pre- Hcnted to the public. The exposition Is to be the uxpusltlon of all the states west of the Mississippi and none of them \\lll bo content to lag bi > hlid | when all the otlioia are ucdUubly roprcaonted. 70 t ItttK Ill.Vl.til H The caucus of lepublkan Honatoix Instnieted the Hteerlng conimlttee to ln\estlgate as to the likelihood of get ting the Dlngley bill tlitotigh the Hen- ate and to devise a means to that end If possible. This action will bo ai- ] pioved by all icpublleansn \ \ believe It to be the duty of the parly lepie- Hontntlves In congiess to make every eft'ort to sociuo legislation at this ses sion for luci/'aslng the 10venues of the government. It may not bo possible to pn.ss the Dlngley bill In the senate or any IOVLMIUO measme based on It , but tli'il consideration should not deter the lepubllciins1 fiom making an uainest endiM\or for such legislation. When they have doiiu this their lesponslblllty Is at an end , but Tallin p to do It would certainly be regarded by the country as an liievctisable deielletlon of duty. Undoubtedly the chances aie largely against any tovonuo legislation. The silver men \\lio bolted the St. Louis convention and lofn.si-d to enter the enueus may safely be counted upon to vote against a revenue bill , al though they aio piofessedly sllil lu sympathy with republican tariff pollej It Is possible that some of the sound mii"'y tleinociats will stippott a love- nue measiiie on the lines of tlu Dlngley bill , but the piobabillly is that all of them will be found to concur In th > \lew of President Cleveland that th piosont taillT law will ultimately sup ply siitllelent louMiuo If given a fail oppoitunlty. If this should be tlil > C.I-.P of com so theie Mould be no hoje of tovonuo legislation and indeed It seeing \eiy likely that In any event the oppo sition will be stiong enoimh to prevent It. A do/on senatois determined to do this would be sulllclent. None the less the lopubllcan senator * ha\o adopted the pioper com so and it In to bo hop-d they will exhaust OUMJ- means at their command to se- cute the cniisldi > ratlon and passage of a moasmo that \\III give mine money to the tieasuty and better pio- tectlon to our Indiistiie ? . The connlr.v expects this of them and such loglsla tlon would not neeessailly InteifeM with a thoioiigh levlslmi of the taiill b.v the next tongiess. to be tintleitaken at an extia session If deemed ad\lsable by the incoming adinlnlstiatlon. 70 TIIK Urill.lt l.XTIIKStK. If your toes aio pinched by coins would yon allow the surgeon to cut off jour foot ? This is precisely what some of the chni tor levlslon quacks piopos , . to do for the lellef of Omaha. The taxpayets demand rational retiench ment and moie equitable dlstiibution of the bullions of taxation. They demand mand the abolition of sinociiies and taxeateis who lender no ser\ ice to the public. They demand better sifo guatds against icckless expondituie ot public ftinils and unic.isoitable exactions by franchlsed coipoia- tlons who supply the city \\ltli 1'ghtater ' , telephone communication and other necessary convenone"s ! They demand such changes In the chaiter as will simplify our municipal maihinery without Impalilng the elliclency of the seivice. Hut they do not demand changes in the name of letienchment and economy that will throw the dooisido open to gieatei abuses than those weaie allllcledith. . In other \\oids , they do not want to jump fiom the frjlng pan Into the tile. It Is pioposed , lor Instance , thai the new council shall consist of nine ward conncllmen , who .shall r > - coho $ l00 ! ! a ye-ir each and devote theli whole time to the business of the cltj. The h.i\ing in salailes thus effected would amount to siiioo ; a year. That seems veiy desltable , but what kind of a council \\ould wo got. and would It be an linpiovonient on what we no\\ have ? Nine waid councllmen would be tlie cieatntes of nine waul caucuses packed by political waid heeleiM. The Increase of SUM ) a jour In salai > would nut be siulleient liidnconient to business men ot ability and Integiitj to enter the cesspool of waul , politic- , and tltop out of linslno-s. No man ol gootl business ability could afloid to accept the job , e\en If he had the ie- molest chance of being elected. Nine Hi * > t class men \\lio de\ote all their time to tlie city's business could tiansact the business of the city more elliclently than It is now done by elgliteen councllmen , but such men would not seive tor less than SI.SOD to 8:2.r : > oo a year and would have to be elected at latge. Uven then it would be mm o desiiablo to make twelve or thiitoon the number i-o as to bieal ; up the waid iomlnation system , \\hltli has piuuMili'tl the ( holce of the best candi dates lor conncllmen-at-Iaige by allow ing each \\aid delegation in convention to name Its men. Another seiious ob jection to the nine \\aid councllmen scheme Is tlie impetus it would gl\e to Jobboiy. It now takes ten momhois to pass an oidlnanco or lesolutlon that ie- ipilres the expeudllnre of money , and It takes twehe uite.s to can.\ any such moasme o\er the mayor's \eto With nine councllmon It would only take live to pass an oidlnance and six could ovetilde the majoi'.s veto. It Is easier1 to ( ouuptly iiilliience the or six men than ten or twelve. A moie sensible change would be an inciease of the council Horn eighteen to twenty-live nujmbiMs , nine liom tlie wauls and sixteen elected at huge , and -make two-thhds necohsaiy to the enactment of any oidlnance. Instead of i.ilnlng the salaries Horn $ S ( > 0 to $1,1200 , leilute llu'iu to stOO : aear. . . It will bo moie dltllcult * to tamper with seventeen member * than with ten or twelve. The proposition to abolish the Hoaid of 1'ubllo Works will meet public ap- pioval , but we doubt the wisdom ol hiilHtltutlng the mayor and president of the council to act as two members of the boaul. Doth of those otllccrs would have to pass upon their own acts , one In a legislative and tno oilier in execu tive capacity. It Is pioper that ie- Hponslblllly shall bo concentrated In the mayor , and for that leason he should bo no pint of the contracting power. The propositions fo ( lo tway with the health olllcer.s , abolish sanitary Inspection , build ing Inspection and boiler In spection are altogether too sweeping. Omulm cuuuot uffoid to rutio iade Into n nierolllaio , nor will the wiping out of these positions make anyery marked decrease of our taxes. The cancer that has been eating out the vitals of the city Is boodleilsm and Job- btM-y. We have paid hundreds of thou sands of dollars In tiUnite to conduct ors and we have exempted millions of propel ty fiom taxation by favoiltlsm. This Is where the shoo pinches the baldest , and the ehaiter revisers do not appear to bo anxious to grapple with those defects In the law that have been the pi line cause of excessive tax- bin dens. Ill tll.XKY'S IlKt'tniT. The exceptional elieunistaiice of a re- poit by the M'crotaiy of state being tiansmlttod to congiess with the mes sage of the president Is to be accounted for by the extraordlnaiy Importance of our Intel national lelatlons. which made It pecullaily desiiablo that congress and the connUy should leeelvo fiom the Depaitment of State such Informa tion lospeetliig those lolatlons as the seciolary dc'Miied It advisable to give. In submitting this lepoit Seeietaiy Ol- ney has anticipated a probable icquest from congess ) for the detailed state ment regaullng the Cub in situation which he has made , while he has also shown a pioper appi eclat ion of the popular Inteiest In this most Important matter. Of couisp In all essential tespects the treatment of the Cuban question In the piesldent's message and in the le port of tlie seeietaiy of state Is allko. The same spit It peivados both and it is eminently lair and consei\atlve , without losing sight of the possibility that sooner or later the piotectlon of A HUM lean Interest , so largely Involved , may compel this govoinmont to take decisive action for the settlement of the conlllct In Cubi. Thus Seeietaiy Ol- noy say.s that the situation "cannot In- deilnltely continue without growing still vvoisp and the time may not hi ? far distant ! when "tho I'nited States must seiloiisly considei Its ilglits and mteiests , as well as Us Intel national duties. " Tills is not a tin eat , but it Is plainly a wanting to Spain that . h must not expect this country to com placently allow the utter dostinotion of Its Intel ests in Cuba , vvhldi have : tl- i e.uly suffered heavily. While declin ing to io < ogni/.o the Insingouts In an.v foim , for the sulllclent leason ( ha they have no goveinment and me no i political entity , our goveinmont does not theioby lolinquish its light of In tMTontlon wliiMi vpr It shall doom tin isseitlon of th.it light necessary to Its 'ntiMosts and vvolfaio. Tlio attitude of the pip ent adminls ttatlon having thus b on made per fectly clear , the Spanish goveinm nt i.tiMiot misappichcnd wliat is oxpectoi of It. If It shall not within a loason able time demonstrate Its ability t ( suppress tlie instiitecllon or will not accipt some Just plan for Ininglng tin mutest to an end , it must be picpaiot for Intel volition by the I'nltod States This m i.v not come under the piosent admlnistiation , whoso teim will oxptu v\Ithln tlnee months , but theie Is teason to believe that the succeeding idminihti.ition will not be less solicit ous of American Intelosts In Cuba. That it will caietully observe oveiy in- ternation.il obligation thoto can be no doubt , but it Is equally ceitain that It will laltliftilly guaul tlio lights and in- toiosts ol ( he Auii'ilc.ii ) people. An Inteiesting teatnro ot Secietar.v Olne.v's loporti Is the lefeience to the lollcy of ( ieimany towaul the United States. 'I hi > secietary sa.vs ihe exclu sion of our meats is unjustlliable on tlie assumed lotinds uiged by CSer inany and tills is undoubtedly so , the truth I'Ing that it is In retaliation for the alnogatlon of the leclptoclty agree ment witli that country and the Imposi tion of a dilt'cicntlal duty on sugar. This democtatlc policy is lespon-iblo lor the exclusion of our meats and for oilier me.istuos of the Curinan gov einment inimical to our tiade witli that ( onntry. It has been a costly pollc.v and undoubtedly the next admlnhtia- tion will make an e.uly endeavor to change It , whether siifcv sfully , so far as ( itvmitny Is conceined , must be 10- ganled as somewhat unceitaln , since tlieie Is avrv stumg and inlluential element lu that country which would vigoiously oppose tln > loadmissioii of A HUM lean meats , in repaid to the re- Imposition of tonnage dues on Cerman vf-pis , tlie seeietaiy of slate says tlu- law was nmndatoiy on the ptesldent , so tlrtt this action cannot fa lily bo re- gaulcd its ictallatoiy. aor.n roil ( IIIKS.XIIACKS. If those who uige the rothoniont of the gieenbacks would give moie con- sklciatlon lo what has taken place since ( he presidential election in tlie exchange of gold lor tlie legal tender notes they might Had a leason for changing their opinion. A ( voiding tea a late tteasuiy .statement there has Ill-oil : i stead.v gain In the gold leserve , while the amount ol ( lie I'lilted States notes held In the tio.istiry has steadily declined. This Miows that gteenbacks have been going out of the tioasuiy in exchange tor gold , revei.slng the pioccss tint prevalletl befoie the elec tion , and the banks have had an ox- peilenco similar to the tieasnry. The simple explanation of this Is that th. ' people pcifur the paper nione.v for geneial use , when they know It Is absolutely sound , to coin. Tills is not a new expeilenco. It Is a familial fact in cititcncy history and It Is not pocullai to this country. As to ihe greenbacks , the people know that the.v an ? based on go'd and t > o long as that li.isls Is sivmu they will hold on to tno paper money winch icpiesonts gold The maintenance of the existing monetary utaiidaid Is safe for years to come. The next thing to be done It , to provide the goveinment with suf llcent iovonue to meet expenditures With this accomplished all possible danger of any tiotiblo fiom thu gieon- liackK will be ivmoved and we shall hear no moio of them than we did din ing the thlileen or fourteen yea is aftei lesinnptlon when their aveiage annual redemption amounted to less than $1,000,000. \ Thu when bilng tlie thillllng Inlelll. uuo that Mr. Dry an bus not icad the s IKO. ( U'lioral I'aliupr | lr. leveling linvo not lin , but a K" i dewrop of luiiortniit | Htnto tloott * nu.it ! .i t' . c.'loil . from tlipiu. Iluntliigton and his coips of South- oin Paellle railroad lobbyists mo promptly 041 hand to aid congress In Its dellboultiii s on the Paclllc lallroad debt funding bill. The passage of the funding bill iut < ans millions In the pock ets of the Jlvitlngton ciovvd and no pains will bo spaiod to coital the prl/o. In the Intelval the people out of whom the moiioi would lie wrung must look to the few Independent and conscien tious lepu-seiitatlves to stand up In de fense of their lights. Appointments to places In the public schools at the pleasnie of the boaul are not In line with tine civil soivlce refoim. The plotismo of the boaul simply means that teachers and othoi employes aio to be subjected to the Individual capilco , paillsaii bias or 10- llglons prejudice of menibeis of the .school boaul. Senator DuboU has loslguod his place as seeiol.uy of the icpiibllean senate caucus and also that ol seeie taiy of the senate tepublloan "steer ing committee. " The senator has all he can do to steer his political life boat over tlie Idaho popociatlc shoals that thieaten to engnll him in political oblivion. The Paellle lallroad funding bill will be given the light of way by Speaker Kood within a few da.vs and with compaiatlvely smooth sailing Its p.ns- age thiough tlie house Is a foivgoue conclusion , but when the bill COIIUM up In the senate It will encounter a gust of wind that may piove fatal. Ptlson lo-form Is to be one of the llrst piohloms with which Captain Tan ner , the incoming governor of Illinois , has pledged himself to giapplc after he Is Inducted into ollico. The con vict labor question is to bo among the vital Issues betoie the Illinois as well as before the Nebiaska leglslatine. A INilltlcitl Itc . New York Ilcrnld The prohibition vote in the recent prcsl- tlpntltl clcrtlon v\ns oitlj half as larRO as hi 1S92 It ecptna tliat the prohibitionists also took the gold cure. \loiilli 1\nrrliirs , Clilinito Times IlernM Piobibly nind-tcntha of tlio bloodthlmty patriots who Inn et on plunging this countrj Into a v\ar with Spain wculil mnko their vhc.s get up to linil out \\lictlicr a burglnt \\as In the house or not. "Coltl IVn" n ( Mil- Old Slum ! . AVoFhlngton Star. The nuestlon ns to vlietherlnp v\lll be nerved In thr white homo thirhiK the rom- IIIK administration Is not accompanied by any doubts that the senate restaurant will be doing business at the old .stand. One \il\nnli i < ' of Cold. Indlinapolls Journal. There Is np lUugcr that any person will counterfeit the cold coins or thr United States with coin of prlvnic manufacture containing more gold than tlie genuine ones That la one advantage gold hns ovci silver Tin * ArKrniNitn ( ilrpc-Dcmrcrnt. "I predict. " says Senator Jones of Arl.an- ins , "that in 1S9S an overwhelmingly free illvor congress wilt bo elected " Ihonovhc bpt on the senator's predictions dining tlie lito campaign may bo glad to use thla tip to get even. _ Attncl.lntr tt" ' hiiurnr Trust. Philadelphia llocnrd A tili ; sugar refinery Is to be built In Ilrcok- 1 > n , to bo run In opposition to the Fngn M tut. When enough teflneilea hliall have jeen conati noted so that the Hurt can no 'oilier ' afford to nstrlct prolnctloa li > p\ir- auJilns them the monatrous nnd Illecial com- olnatlon tna > go ttio v\ay or the Who X.ill inst , and people who liiy sugir and bu > nails may then get oft with the raj ment of me ta\ instead of two Tin * Nation's Sloi-k of Ciolil. Knnsis Cllj Star The treasury htat raent for December 1 shows a total of SCS..OOO.OOO of gold In the 'oantry on that date Tint Is altncat $100- )00 ) 000 more thzn the country possessed hi ISin , and It is only $2J.OOO,000 liss than the naxlmum sum over hold , v.hlch v\as in 1SSS in view of the fact that the United Ptttca has passed thiounh a reiloA of live jeara of Jebt-pajlng to foielgn creditor , tlio present holdings of gold crrtalnly indicate that the mntry's currcntj la on a goo.l deal moro suUitantial basis llian most people suppcsc. It < 'iTiiltln r Tor ( lie NIHJ. 1'hlladplphla I.rdKir It Is estimated that about 1,000 men v III 'iave ' to be added to the navj In the next two years in order lo furiilih erewa for the no\\ vessels that will be icailj foi tcrvlco in th.U lime. Thc-so must li ) > provide J by congress. s.3 the limited number allowed by law haa iccn almost tilled , and the mar.nlng of the P irltan will exhaust t'io available forcrn The licst plan to provide men for the navj vouhl bo by nn clistle provision of li-x , \.hereby men could be recruited as peeded , without requiring fresh legialtlon every tl no a new ship to Hunched or the force , 'iom any raiwc , becomes toj small. It takes tlmo to dilll even able seamen for the work of the navy , a id exigencies somt'tlmeb nrUo n wlilch time la not to be had. If we arc to jecoino a navtl nation \ . o iiu.ut ho picpared 'or all contingencies , and ability to equip a fleet at short notice U one of these The sudden afsemhllng of England's famous n > - Rnuadion last winter waa an object which our nation should take to heart. WHY NOT A millCAV MICAIlf TinIiilttMl SI at CM Ciinlil | < > lit Supply- ' IIIKUN Ottn llfinniiilH. Inillnn pOlls Journal PieEcnt conditlana arc vei > favoiablo for the development of tlio beet sugar Industry n the United , States If congress could lie Induced to take , uold of the subject in a non- pirtisan and staleamanliku spiritVo are ho greatest suRsi > tliig people in the world nnd tlio Uitted States ought to bo one of the greatest nugar-pnxJilclng cotinti lea Statistics show that the consumption of augur In thla onntry Inci eased from twcntfour pounds per capita In 1SC7 to sixty-live lotinda In 1S91 rhld great Inn e-aao 'In consumption In doubl es s dne In largo nirasuto to the wldo uau of ratined goods and tlie freer use of biigar for Icmestlc puipc pi ( Some ot it goes Into cof- eo. the annual consumption of which In the- 'nllcd States ncruatcd from five pounds jcf capita In JSi7to { eight pounds In 1SU3 erhapa. also , Oil' Increased eoiuumptlon of lugar la paitly Jlue to tlie grov ing uio of v-and } which Is tutt a particularly cncourag- IIR sign Whitcser the caueeii w are the ejreatent sugar lAtliig people lu the world nnd by fnr the greatest part ofvlmt we consume - sumo la Imported Wo pny othrr countries fully $100.000,000 n > rnr for ettRixr , every pound of which ought to bo produced In the t'alte * ! ' 'tales , and , under ft Jttillclotm policy of onroiintRcniont for the Industry , could he Nearly every country in Kurope pays n bounty on the donuntlc production of sugar , and under the ntlmitlUA of thin policy Ucriiiiiny and Franco have reached a point whcro they not enl ) produce all the sugir they cotiflunu- . bat nro large exporters of It. As a result of thl ! ) policy beet sugar is driv ing cane sugar to the vvnil , and inihvs pre ventive lueosurea nro taken , will supplant It altogether Tliero la auniclcnt land In the southern states suited to the pioductlon of sugar cane to supply the entire domestic matket and there Is alio an extonslvo bell of cotintrj suited to the growth of sugir beets Careful cxi rlmontei HIO\V ! that BO far as temperature alone Is concerned the sugar beet attains Itn greatest perfection In a 70110 or vnryliiK wlilih throiifih the center ot which pathos the Iwthermnl HUP of 70 decrees for the months of Juno. July nnd Aumist This Isothermal line for Hie Unltoil State's boglmi nt the City of New York am ! pasypg up the Ilmlton rtvor to Albany ; thence , turning wo-tward , It runs thtouKh Sjracuso nml pniN.cs In n pauthvvcslerly direction , touching thc shore of Lakettrle ncnr Sandusky , 0. turning then In n noith- wenlerly direction , tl passes Into Michigan and reaches Its highest point In th.it Plato near Lawlng , then , pisslni ; In a. southwest crly illiectlon , It enl r- > tills stale near South Ik-mi anil | nt' < cs throiiKh MIchlBnn I'llv , tton. In n northwcslerl > course , continues tiroiiRh tlio cities of Chlr.iRo and Mndlmn. roachliiK Iho highest point near St Paul , Hience weatwaid , through Nclnaaka South Dakota , Colorado and New Mexico t'o Cnll- foinla As MI B.I r beets can bo urown euc- ce > 8tfnll > for a distance of 100 miles on eioh side of this Uiotliormnl line It Is evident Hint the boot "tignr area In the Unltc-d Stitw Is far more extensive than the cano augar nrea There can bo no doubt Hint n moderate bounty on beet supar would In n few yens develop a Rrcat nnd prolltible industry Thai ban been the recnilt In Oerninn } . Kraiico and Anslrln-HiuiKirj , nnd would dotiblless be here While the MrKlnlej law was In opera tion which allowed a boutit } on nugar pioduced In the United States the production of cane siiRnr lncri'ii"od fiom SG7.752.106 pounds In 1S9J to Otl.lBC.92J pounds In 1S9I. and that of beet eiiRnr from 12,004,838 pounds In IS'U to 15 101 290 In 1SU ! The bounty w.u lepcaled In 1S31 , and duilni ; the last two > ears thio American piiRar Industry Ins made no appreciable progress , while wo continue- pay at len t $100,000,000 a jeal for fcrclBll lugar , much of It proditeed In Germany under tlio bounty s > ttcm The war In Cuba has great 1 > rulnrcd our supplj of cano inignr from that source and made us moro depend ent than ever on European countries foi beet t.iRnr The conditions are not only favorable but Inviting for the uiloftlon ot a pollcj which will jMvo a new Impetus to the manu facture of ougar In the United State" and ln > the foundation of a great and profitable In dustry All Hint Is needed Is moro loiltln- tlon , but. uniortunalul } , that Is not obtainable. TIII : HI iiiinn Titr.sT. Ho % Hit * Ciiiiililiiiillnii 1'i-ollts bj Imv- HrrtilcliiK' . Niw Yoik 'VViirld Tlie 1 per edit dividend declared this -week by the Rubber trust Is ou preferred stock alone , nnd action on the common stock will not bo taken until the meeting set fet Januaiv 15 It Is salu that the- trust lias "a working capital of $12.000.000 outside of the cost ot Its eighteen plants" which [ 3 a pollto way of saying that its object as a conspiracy Is to exlort dividends from the public on a coi ner of the American market which It values nt $12.000.000 , nnd which will doubtless bo worth inoto than that If It can secure the lepeal or continued nullification , of the anti trust law The annt.a ! report shows that since the orgnil/atlon of the trust four years ago It lias paid Its regular dividends on preferred stocl : , "chaigcd oft $1,250,000 for depreci ation , " nnd had left a surplus of $110,000 , with surplus earnings on Investment of $1 0.1,000 Th\so figures Indicate tint tlie privilege of liwlessnS5 nt present cnjoed b ) the trust Is worth the $12,000,000 it Is blocked for But lawlecsnesa has not jet become- v < stcd light In thla eountiy , nor v/lll the Imva of the United States be null 111 cd for- cv er. < 1O\VY Pities CtMMIKVi1. - Burlinglon Hawheje : Mr. Holes Is , of ccuise , quite right In Intimating that the sliver quntlun Is dead. Hut he Is quite wrong when he believes that n "national nirrciicy , " under which title ho cvldentlj understands the greenback ctiricnc ) , Is tlie Ivjuo of Hie future That also ib a thing of the past , and It la n proof of Mr Holes' falling political eyesight that he is not able to nto it. Davenport Republican : Iowa needs n nunnfactuiing In ; ; , but It i by no means ceitain that the same legislature which refused to pias such a law last winter should b nsked to do so during the extra session Governor Dnke is opposed to any legislation coming up except tlio code revl- bion , wlilch b certainly voluminous enough of Itself , and It Is not infrequently the beat pait of wisdom to make liasto slowly. To \.alt for the election of another legislature , elected upon that very ls.suo among others would be a much better plan than to at tempt to bulldoze the nun who voted against It Into changing their mtiiils If , however , whe > tlie legislature meets so many of the formerly hide-bound prohibitionists have chi-ngid their views ns to make the passage of such n law desirable to n largo majority , then , of course , the bill will be hi ought up In splto of all opposition. TIM : KOI j. rues. Chicago Clnonlcle Mr Fltraimmons is n pi l.-o fighter by Injunction. Washington I'cat Sailor Sim key ia still in bed explaining how he licked ritzslm- mons St Louis Republic : Sharkey got every thing in hia fight with the Kangaroo Uio licking and the puiso , too Chicago Tribune- The use of the Aus tralian sjstcm did not aavo Lexicographer rit/jslniniona fiom being accounted out Chicago I'caf It took six San Francteco ploalcl.ins to decldo uiut was the matter v.ith Sharkey , when every ono else lu the countiy knew tint It was merely that I"ltj- slmmons hit him Now and then there- seem lo bo drawbacks lo being a physician. New York Sun Wo bellevo that , In dajs gone by James Coibctt could have whipped Robert ntzalmtnons. Hut , nlnco the sule- quent advance of time and the Sharkey com bat in Sin KinuclEco , In wlilch , speaking colloquial ! ) . Mr Sharkey was not , wo are equally confident that Mr Coibctt will never venture professionally into Mt. Kltzsimmons' compaii ) . Avri-s II.OON i.iujtu : iN snssiov. Mimy I'riiinlniMit VVorl.crx in the 'IViuiiiTjiiicr riinsc Prc-Ni-iM. WASHINGTON. Hec 8 Tlio annual con vention of the American Antl-Saloan leigue liegan this mcrnlng. the bes-sion being held lu the Calvary Hsptlst rehool hojse Promi nent pcrrat8 : from all parts of tlio country ara prfeeut and the meeting promises to Leone ono of the moat Interesting In aid of Ilia tempetanco cause over held In HID ciplUl It ) Ono hundred and fcventeon d--leGUod nro In attend nice Of I hew slxleon ate iiallon.il , clgl't date and nlnety-tlireo rcpre- kenthiK eparato or Jiil/itloiik Among the moio prominent workers In the temperance Liuro present ar Illrnn I'rlco Rev I , . II. Wilson , James L Ilwlnu. Rev. A J. Knctt , Rc-v Howard Uuoiel ! and Mrs Amilo vv'lttc- iii ) er PERFECTIOM MODE.R/VTION / IN SIX BOLTERS WERE ABShST Dubois , Pottigrow , Mautlo , Onnnon , Squire , Teller Not nt Onticus. DECLINE TO MEET WITH REPUBLICANS Sliver Sfimtiirx AVltn llolti-il A lf > 'n .Niiiiiliiittliin nt M. l.outt Itctiiiiln Out In the fold from Clioli'i1. WASIUNOTON. 15cc. S The most notice- nblo feature of the republican Retiate caucus which tsscmblcd today , as seen from the outside , was the absence of tlio men who had bolted the nomination of McKln- loy bocatiae ot the gold standard platform These who were nlncnt were Senators Oil- bols , Pettlgrew , Mantle , Cannon , Squire nnd Teller All these except Tolle'r were In HIP city nnd could have attended If the ) hid been so dlrposed. Indeed , eomo of them were In their committee rooms In the capitol - tel whllo the caucus was In progress Th.it their absence was Intentional was clearly shown by the following letter , which Senator Unbolt ) sent to the caucus and which was read soon nfter the meeting was called to order b ) Senator Sherman. tl S SKNATi : . WASHINGTON , n. C- To I loii John Slid man. rimlrnmii Cum us of Ripiilillran Senntctrt. , Washington , D ( . " . . blr 1 hcicbv re-spiclfully resign mv posi tion tm sootetarv of Ihe o.iucus of upubll- CMII soimtois 1 ulio ri lKii mv position ns u mcmliep mid seorelur ) of lopuhllcau advhoiy or " .suoilng" vommlttee of the semite Veiy trtil ) ) ours , ritui > T nunois. The bolters had all received Invitations , which were sent them ns If the ) had never left Hie part ) , but they had decided not to attend. They had found it Impossible to communicate with Senator Teller , who has not jet reached the city , but all expressed confidence that If hero ho would not have. gone Into the confeienco. If the bolting sllvcrltcs wore conspicuous by their ab sence , tlio silver men who remained within the party were , ns n rule , exceptionally prompt In their attendance Senator Car- tiT. who. whllo ho refused lo accept the Dingley tariff bill and ) ct lefused to walk out of the St. Louis convention , was the second man to outer the caucus chamber nnd ho wns followed closcl ) by Messrs Wol- cott , Mitchell , Shoup. HantUiroiigh. Cameron , Piltchard , Perkins and Clark , who hereto fore have alwas voted for silver when the question was before the senate There wore no long speeches In the caucus and ver ) few spechcs of any character. Sen ator Dubois' resignation was re ceived without n word of comment "Wo just closed up the rankw and marched on , " said ono of the participants , In referring to the Incident after the clo c < of the meetIng - Ing Senator Ledge moved the election of Semtor Wilton \\ashlngton In Ills stead as Mcrotary , whllo Senator Shoup was placed on the bteorlng committee In the plaoo va- ciled by his colleague Thlu commilteo was nlyj enlarged by the addition of the uamo of Senator llanpbrough of North Da- kola. The Dlngley tariff hill wns referred to the steering committee , with Instructions to Investigate ns to the likelihood of getting the bill through , and to devise a means to that end If possible. It was the prevailing opinion that the best policy demanded the pissagc of the bill , It possible to encompass It , but the opinion nccmcd to bo quite an general thit this result was not within the range of possibility The entire question was referred to the committee with very liberal powers. Senator Gear brought up the Pacific rail road question , ns did Senator Lodge the Immigration bill. The Pacific reid bill was icferred to the steering committee , but after Mr Lodge had explained the status of the Immigration bill , the- caucus desired to stand by that as a puty measure and to press for Ita eaily consideration. The cau cus also decided for an International agree ment on silver by agreeing to the following resolution Introduced by Senator Wolcott- Unsolved That n spec ! il committee of five members of this < -iuieiis bo appointed to lec'ommend some plan vs hereby legisla tion ma ) be had In this session of congrisK looking to an international conference with the leading commercl il nations of the world for the promotion of bimetallism The action of the caucus In referring the Uln ley tariff bill to the steering committee and the eiiiumstances updcr which this ac tion was taken are accepted in the Honato ns ptnctlcally the end of the agitation In the Interest ! of the measure The debate In the caucus developed that there was wide differences as to the advisability of at tempting to pass the bill , even among the republicans nnd the opinion was expressed b ) some who were on tlio Inside that fully one-third of the republican senators , not Including the silver bolters , were antagonls- tlo to the bll. \\TI-THUST I.A\V i. % siii'itnvii : uiiintT TraiiHiiilHHiiurl IVd M ANsnolnllon I'll siIK HrliiMT Vl'KlK'il. WASHINGTON , Dec 8 The supreme court tnd.i ) began the hearing of argumcnlo In the case of the United States against the Traiismlssourl rrelght association , Involv ing the anti-trust law The milt originated In the circuit court of the district of Kan sas and wa < , Instituted by the government for Hie purpose of enjoining the further execution of the pooling agieemont between eighteen railcads ! constituting the truiiMnls- soml association on Hie ground that the pool was In violation of the anti-trust law of 1S30. The circuit court dlbiiilsed tlio hill and the decision wed sustained by the elr- eult court of appeals ( i r the Klghth cir cuit The government then appealed to tlie Btipieme couit Attorney General Harmon opened the argument for hla depirtment IIo made a strong appeal for a construction of the law which would prohibit pooling by all competing Hues , which ho claimed wax the Intuition of the statue with uupoct to lallroads. ( "Itj I.ols Nut ( i ) ! ! < > Honii-HlriuliMl. WASHINGTON. Dec 8 The secictnry of the interior liss decide 1 Hint the amend ment to section ! ) 2,289 and 2.2DO of the Ra- vl'jeil Statutes does not mithorbo the home stead entry of linds Included within the limits of nn incorporated to.vn U Is held that sound public policy would not allow ouch ncquial'lon of lands so situated and thereby likely to largely enhance In value. iiM > oTitiiuwisn. Vermont proudly claims that there VVM much less drunkenness In her IrghttaMnp during the CMOII ! just ended than u tta1 M. De ( lorlnchc , the loader ot the pro r Jccted Height ! notith polo expedition , Is now In Copenhagen Inking advice ot the nclen title authorities there. llrnry 13 Abbey li quoted nn having * nld flhortl ) before his death that "people , who went to Huropo In flcarch of rultird nbbes could find ono In America that w is as utterly ruined as the woi t wreck In IJu rope. " The New York board of aldermen lins voted to give n franchise to a fuel gnn rom- piny to lay COO miles of mains In that city The company guarantees to mtppt ) fuel gn to households nt 10 cents per 1,000 cubic feet , and to manufacturers at enl ) 25 cent * Quito In contrast with the mateilnllotla temper of the ago was that remark onro made b ) 1'rof Agasslz , when offcicd n higher salary If ho would remove to another position than the ono ho was so laboriously and faithfully filling "I cannot afford to waste my time miking money ! " John P Koeney , mijor-elect of AVobnrn Mn i , and probably the > oimgest tn.iora \ the nation , for ho Is only 21. gained hu education after ho had learned to support himself as a leather finisher. Ho wan gtadilitcd from the Hoston Unlvctslt } l < nvv school , and wns admitted to the bar when only two weekt past his majorlt ) . The > late flcnrr.il Hlva Pnlaelo. the Me\I cm minister to Spain , had moro than the tisml vcrsatllltj of the Casllllnn stitcs- ntcn He wns not only a law > or and editor as we'll as a soldier , for every distinguished Mcxle.in has tolluvvrd those three profes sions but ho wan also a poet and the olllelal historian ot the war at the Inter ventlon IJllhtt Ilnirltt's name has been revived In Connecticut by a paper read before tlio Stito Historical society Ilnrrltt Ins been dead seventeen > eai.s and Is piactlcall } for gotten \ ouat tor of a century ago there was h.irdly nn Issue of a periodical that did not contain some reference to "tho learned lllarksmlth. " When Ilurrltl wns 30 jcam old It was said that ho could lead fifty languages A curious and novel cxpci Intent has been tried In llcrlln A number of pi eminent nillst.s wcie leqnested to send to an exhibi tion a picture cmbodjlng their Idc.1 of the personnllt ) of Christ Among them were limit , K.unpf , M.irx. Oabrlel , Max , Skiu- blni , Stuck , Thoma , Uhdo and Zimmerman The Savior was represented nt halt lengths , detached ficm the surroundings ordinarily In Btich plolurcfl , with merely a Innttacnpo or cloipl effect for background. H.ich pilnter also sent explanatory notes with his work , stating why he hail represenlcd the sacred figure In Hint piitlculnr way. I.AIICIIIM : CAS. Llfn : "Uncle Julius , what Is npprccla- 'Appreclnllon ? Well II Is a queer old thing something like malaria ; people alw.ijd get It away ftoin home. " Cincinnati Tribune : "I want a Job In thla " museum "On what giounds ? " T' " 1 am tin- only close acquaintance of Me- Klnloy who luvn't been mentioned for Ills eablnol. " Indianapolis Journal"Wo Imvc met Hie enemy. " shouted the Spanish caplnln , "and they are houis behind us " Detroit Krce Press "I see Hint v ou arc your own vvashei woman. " sild Mis Spltoly , mho wns loading her poodle pist the place. "yen. " retorted Mrs Simply , "but thank goodness , I'm not reduced to i > Mliignuiso - glrl for .v dog " Now York Sun : "I read of n imn , " said Mrs Hllklns In .1 faraway tone , "who when ever ho H > rnt any money on himself , gave his wife an equal amount for hcrsilf "Whew , " sild Mr. llklns ! ! , In an eminently iipnrli ) tone , "that fellow must ha' been awfully rich. " Washington Star : "Do dog dat keeps snappln' an' praneln1 an' prlekln' up hh yean , " said Uncle llbon , "gits do repytatloii ob belli' povv'ful kiiouln' . Hut lilt am da one dat ur.ips down on tie * tug tin * takes t'lngs ( .is ) vvlfout c illln' 'tcnllon tor hlsso'l il.it h.il ) do real gumption " Chic igo Ilccord : "Unclo George , what la n djpiipptli' ' " "A dyspeptic Is n delicate pel "on who hns to have pi el il dishes ,111 piled for him and then wlilils la ami oats some of uvet ) thing ulso on the table. " Now York Truth Tom Hairy I don't see any st lisp In git Is kissing o.ioh other. Now , you hntu tin- gill Jon Just Icl'sed Prudonoo You bet 1 do , but Just spo how the freckles show vvhcru I kissed the pow der oft' Cincinnati I'nqulrer : "Isn't this delight ful ? " bald she "It Is , " said he , from the ro.ir of the tandom. "Why should we not go Hitougli life Ibis vviv ' " " " " "On wind" The vvhc Is rolled on. but the conversi- tlon lawil four 01 live blocrfH behind , panU Ing heavily A NiW PUNCTUATION 1IARIC lloston Transcript. Said who had edited _ . ' - Squlbbs , long _ .y \ A litimoious niaa/lue ; , \ As mill ) MSH. bo turned , ' Ono penny bit to glean There's fame and fortune walling for The man who'll Introduce f A puiictuatloii i-.irk to add ( To those wu havu 111 use. ' 'T would sivo us care and worry . . And labor full one-half , lifer If humoilsts i HUM have n mark > To show ua vvlu n to laugh. - ' Stnr. It's curious , what n slsht o' good a llttlo thing will ilo , How ) c Kin htop the fiercest stoim when It IK Mils let blow. An' i ikv tlio sting fron vvlnit commenced lor i inkle when 'twill Mioko ; Ity keepln * Htlll an' trc.itln' It cz If It vvus .1 JoUo. Yu'll Had diet \o kin fill a place with Hinlli s Instead n' tcni.s. An * keep the .sunshine gleamln' thiough the Hhadous of the jeai.i li ) Jes laugliln' . Polks sometliiKs falls tor note the possibil ities that Hu In the way ) oi mouth Is ciuvln' nn' thi > twinkle In jcr i > yo : It ain't HO much VN hut's "tld thct luirtH ez vvlnit ) o thinks lien hid ; It ain't t.o much the doln' ( > ? the way a thing Is did An' many n home's1 kep' happy an' con tented , d ly b ) dav , An' III < o/ not , a kingdom hcz been res cued from tl < < ty Iy ) Jus laughln' . Y WB Those & 1.OQ , $1 SO , $1.70 Shirt Walste fo Be sure you see them they are great bargains. A/so these .Boys' Undershirts . K- - An early call will secure the best selection. S. W. Cor , 15th and Dotijjlas