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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 12, 1897)
JLJJLJI ; UMAJIA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY , JAtfTJAIlY 12 , 1897 * Tim OMAHA DAILY BEE. , natter. rtmt.lKHRU 13V131IY MOIlNtm TT.ItMS OF HUllBCUIPTIOK. Dully tlirt ( Without Stindny ) , Cnc Y or M CO Dully He * on. ) Sunday , Una Vcnr S 00 Klx Months , * 00 Three Months * JO Humlny lire , Onn Yenr * W Haturday I If. Una Year I M Weekly life , One Yenr * Ot'TICKS ! Omhlmt Tlio n c Iltilldlns. Hmith Umalm ; Mlnnor 11IU. , Cor. N nnd S < th 8t . Council lllulfg : 10 I'cnrl street. Chli'fiR Olllcei 317 Chnmbor of Commerce. .V-v York : llnoins U , 14 nnd 13 , Tribune HIilR. V.'rtililiiRtfjn : Ml KIM i-lrtct. COUIlKSPONnUXCK. , . . All eomnuinlculloni rclnllnr to now nnJ cdl- toilul mutter rliouM \ > t nililrcmwili To the bdltor. llL'HINKflH I.KTTKIIH. . , , , All blislnoi * Ifllcrj nml renilltnncea iihould l ) ml.li-cmnl In Tlio lleo lMilill lilnn Company , OniRlin. Di U. . cli < : cl < and postoillco oMeri to In. mmlc pnyiihle lo Hie nnler f tlio romtiany. TIM : nun ruiiusiiiNO COMI-ANY. STATHMnNT OP CIIirilLATlON. f'tnte of Kfl.rnnlm , I liuiRUi County , i , ticarcq U. TinnueK , nccrrtnry of Tlio Ilec I'nb- IlKliIni ; oanip.ny , being iluly iiworn , ny Hint the ncliuil nanil-cr cf full nml complete copies of The W.-illy Mornln ? . KvcnlnR nnd Kiinriny Hoc printed ilurlnff llio inonlli of Deecmber , 1M , wns ns fol- lf'W1 < : 1 19,059 ,7 19.767 t : oiso * ' " " " ' " 3 w.m i ! ! . ! ! ! . ! losij A M.116 20 : o.M5 r 2o.ni ; li 19.S1I r sft.ww nt 19.STO 55 ! 19.918 s ! ! ! ! ! ! . ' ! ! . ' . ' . ' . " ! . ' n.'wj 21 20.0CS . - , , 10.102 " ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' 10 ! ! ! . ! . . . . . . . . . . jo'.oiii 2i ( 19.3SS 11 20,011 7 10,500 i : , 10,070 28 20011 ! 13 i. . . . 20.C70 20 20,008 It 19.S93 SO 20,051 13 19.S2S 31 10.923 1C SO.KO Totnt CS1.9M IJMIS ili'dncllons for tinnolil nnd returned ciiptcr t1'5" Totnl net sales 612.JM Net dnlly nvernRC 19.uj ononni ! n. TScnnucK. . Piibwrlhoil In my prenencc nnd sworn to before - fore me thin M day of Jandnry. U97. N. i' . rim. . Penl. Nolnry 1'ubllc. Aftor-f'Ipdloii pornsal of ilntfonn pli'tlgcs iniiilc before oli'dioii Is oxorclso for tlio nipniory. The inu'1iliip : im'tliwls of tlio Illinois frcp silver tli'iiioi'rat'y In stiito politics nro liL-Klnnliif : to out-Tweed Tweed In their Imixi'ii effrontery. Tlio pcojilp of Oiniiha want HIP exposi tion Inentcd on the .site Unit Is moist snlt- nblp for the purpose without regard to who Imppfiis to own real estate In the IninuMllate vicinity. When the legislature Rets ready to Investigate the state treasury It will not have any dltlleully in Ki'ttiii at witnesses whose testimony will throw on the subject. Senator Vest of Missouri will succeed himself In the senate. With another six years' term assured him , the soiin- lor's How of vltrlolle lan uaKe might to bo faster and louder than ever. Our amiable fusion contemporary has a fjresit deal to say about a commission to report on uniform divorce laws some time during the next century , but It has not a word on the serious condition of the state treasury. In view of the coining changes In the army ami navy , due to the operation of the compulsory retirement laws , the name of Colonel Ouy V. Henry should not be omitted from the list of olllcers desirous of promotion. The new'piwtotllec site , with all Its general and special sewer attachments , comes high , but we must have It. It seems necessary , however , to alter the entire municipal sjstem of drainage to tap that underground river. After lOmperor William succeeds In raising dueling to a higher plane of ethics and morality he might (1ml ( a profitable Held for employment In mak ing prize lighting a harmless pastime for members of polite society. Western railroads will hereafter re quest the autograph of each passenger who travels on a pass. We know lots of people who will be only too glad to exchange all the autographs that may be wanted for a few pasteboard annuals. Itrynn has given the public his defini tion of what constitutes a democrat , but lie has not yet Informed any one whether or not Senator David It. Hill Is Included within Unit definition. Hill , It will be remembered , says he Is still a democrat. There are lots of people who have not subscribed a cent to the exposition who 'imr not only able but morally bound to count to Its support liberally. The slock Kiibscrlptlon.s should be raised to the million-dollar mark before the ground is broken for building operation * . The state oil Inspector's annual report Is promised for this week. The public- Is curious to know whether or not it will show that the Standard Oil company continues to pay Inspection fees on oils not Included In tlio law simply for the purpose of avoiding criticism by The IJce. It may be gratifying to the Hoard of Fire and Police Commissioners to know that the police Judge certifies In his an nual report to the ellleleney and vigi lance of the police force. Now" let the board reciprocate by certifying to the ellleleney and vigilance of the police judge. , The sultan gives It out cold to the powers that he will never become a khedlve , although he admits that he may 1m the last of the caliphs. He may be cither or both of these , and a vl/.ler and n Janizary and a yashmak thereto , but ho will still be the lord high executioner par excellence. rotor Itlrklmnser now turns up as a representative Oermau-Aineiican free ellver democrat. With a commission as member of the police board , Issued by those stalwart republicans , Churchill and Itussell , and the endorsement of his fellow CJerman-Amerlean free silver democrats , with whom ho never claims Kinship excvpt when wanting an olllce , 1'eter hopes to be able to convince. Gov ernor Holcomb and the fusion legisla ture that it Is of the utmost Importance to the cause of silver that ho should bo continued In his Job , whatever may be done with the police comiultuloii lu\v. or THE FVNDISO ; / . & . The decisive defeat of the Pacific rail road funding bill In the hotmo may safely bo accepted ns conclusive ngalnwt any legislation by the present congress ex tending the debts of the 1'aclllc railroads to tlio government It Is possible that the Gear bill , now In the hands of the senate committee on Pacific railroads , will bo reported to the senate , but as It Is not probable that measure would faro any better In the house , should It pass the senate , than the defeated bill , It Is hardly likely that the senate will be dis posed to waste any of the brief time of the present session upon Its considera tion. Moreover , It Is exceedingly doubt ful whether a funding bill could bo pawned In the senate. There Is a strong opposition to such legislation In that body which could easily consume the time un > - tll the close of the session In speaking against a funding bill and It Is not to bo doubted that this opposition would avail Itself of every means at Its command to defeat such a measure. It may therefore be concluded that the action of the house has lulled the funding scheme so far as the present congress Is concerned and that It Is finally dis posed of If the president shall take ac tion under the authority of the act of congress of 1887 , charging him with the duty , under conditions that now exist , of Instituting Judicial proceedings , Includ ing foreclosures of the government lien. In his annual message President Cleve land said ho had felt Justified In with holding action under the statute for the reason that congress has for a number of years almost constantly had under consideration various plans for dealing with the conditions existing between the Paclllc roads and the government , but he Intimated an Intention to carry out the mandate of the law In the event of no action being taken by congress for a solution of the problem. The way Is now open , for executive action and it Is to be presumed that the president will direct that judicial proceedings bo Instituted against the road. Such a termination of the prolonged conte.st will bo entirely welcome to the people of the west , for whatever the final settlement It Is hardly possible that It will be to their disadvantage. The governor of Maine says that state will adhere to prohibition. He admits that there has not been a full realization of what "the most ardent and enthusi astic advocates of prohibition prophe sied and hoped , " but good has been ac complished. The ruial towns are free from the groggery and the governor sug gests that all that Is now needed I. * a public sentiment which will enforce the laws In the larger towns and cities. It does not follow that because there are no groggerles In rural places there Is no liquor sold in such places. Perhaps In no other prohibition state is there so much surreptitious liquor selling as In Maine. As to public sentiment In the larger towns , It Is never likely to lu very much different from what It is now and It Is confessedly not favorable to prohi bition. Nowhere has prohibition been tried under more favorable conditions for Its success than In Maine , yet It has failed there almost as badly as in Iowa and Kansas. The law Is not enforced , never has been and never will bo. The fact that liquor is not openly sold In rural places amounts to little , for those who want It can obtain It even there. It is publicly sold In the larger towns nnd cities and it is there that the great mis chief of the trallle is done. It is mani festly unreasonable to say that there Is good.In a law which is thus disregarded and whlclL does not have the support of public seiitlnitMit where It is most iicido.l. Till } DKl'AHTMKXT KTOllH. Tlio legislature this winter should P.IFS a law prohibiting men anil corporations from combining In any line of business to crov/tl out others engngcd In UUo business , to mo nopolize tl'e trade. The penalty ahoulil br yio forfeiting to the state tlio entire prop erty used by such men and corporations The department otore Is n curse to the best Intercuts of merchants and should bo legis lated against , If It la possible to reach It. While they may cheapen the wares han dled , yc.t they have the same tendency cs thu trust , to drive out of business the small merchant and inulco It r.lmost Impccalblo for the young man to engage In business on hts own hook , and compel him to become a hired man. Crcto Democrat. Some persons might cut oil' their noses to .spite their faces , but the great intit-i of sensible people can m'Ver be persuaded that thai Is the safe rule to follow. He- cause the rise of the great department stores has brought certain evils In their train Is no good reason why they should be blotted off the face of the earth and their property seized and confiscated to the state. The question of the department ritore must bo viewed fiom the broad stand point of the general public. If a man has a legal right to conduct a dry goods store , he must have a legal right to con duct a grocery store and a crockeiy store and a shoe store also , and a k'gal right to conduct all of them together under the same roof. As a matter of fact the prototype of the modern depart ment store Is to be found In the great co-operative stores established by the Itochdale pioneers and other organiza tions of laboring men In this and other countries for the purpose of securing goods and wares of first quality and at lowest cost. The department store en deavors to effect the same economies by purchasing for cash In large quantities and reducing operating expenses to the minimum. So far as It Is successful In this the customer shares the saving In the cheaper price at which his purchases are made. The department store Is one of the outgrowths of the new Industrialism , and to suppress It without supplanting It with something still more advanced Is as Im possible as to abolish the use of , rail roads because they have been abused and compel people to go back to wagon- freighting. On thu other hand , the growth of the department store bus unquestionably worked hardship to a great number of people In thu community. It has blocked the path fur the comer grocery and the small tradesman. It has vacated hundreds of stores that might otherwise have boon rented to shopkeepers of various kinds. At times Us competition hns not been confined to legitimate lines and It has been known to resort to methods of undermining rivals that would not bo countenanced by reputable merchants. If any of these abuses can bo reached and remedied by legisla tion , the subject Is one properly within the Jurisdiction of the lawmaker. " . The department store , however , Is hero to stay , and what Is wanted Is to get the greatest good out of It for the public combined with the least evil. There will bo a great deal of Interest In financial and business circles through out the country In the proceedings of the business men's currency conference which will meet at Indianapolis today. It will be a representative body , embrac ing a number of men of national repute in financial and commercial affairs who will give character and authority to the deliberations. It Is not the purpose of the conference to formulate a plan of cur rency reform. It Is proposed to commit that task to a commission of experts to bo created by the conference. The ques tion of currency reform will be discussed lit all Its phases , but while no detailed plan will be formulated the conference will undoubtedly give expression , in the form of resolutions , to Its Judgment of what Is desirable for reforming the cur rency. The conference Is timely. It Is well at this Juncture to gel In this way from practical financiers and business inch their carefully formed opinion regarding the currency system of the country and their suggestions as to how It may bo Improved. There Is a quite general be lief that It ought to be and can be re formed. In the opinion of many It Is not sutllcleiitly elastic , does not accom modate Itself as It should to the varying conditions of business. Then there Is th.1 complaint that In sections of the coun try there Is rarely an adequate supply of currency , while at the financial centers money Is much of the time superabundant. The chief contention , however , of the ad vocates of currency reform Is that the government must be "taken out of the banking business , " which means that the legal tender paper obligations of the government must be retired. It Is safe to say that the Indianapolis conference will be found practically unanimous In favor of tiiis policy. It may not pro- r.ounce for any plan for retiring the legal tender notes , since that would forestall the proposed commission , but that it will express itself In favor of getting rid of this form of the currency may be confidently anticipated. A declaration of hostility to the green- bucks will not be in accord with popular sentiment. No party will now propose the retirement of that currency. Kep- ivsentatlve Walker , chairman of the house committee on banking and cur rency , has said in effect that no such proposition will be considered by the re publicans of the present or succeeding congress. In a letter recently written by S'-nator ' Sherman he says ho does not sympathize with the movement to retire United States notes from circula tion , lie does not think there is any danger or dllllculty In maintaining a limited amount of these notes In circula tion. "The maintenance In circulation , " -aid Senator Sherman , "of ? 'Ull.OOOono I'nlted States notes , supported by a re serve iifSIOO.OCO.txiO gold , not only saves the interest --ilMli.OOO.OOO of debt , but is a vast convenience to the people at large. The absolute security of these notes was never called in question , after the resumption of specie payments In 1ST ! ) , until the reserve was being trenched upon to meet deficiencies In current revenue brought about by what Is known as the Wilson far I IT law of IS-1. ! " It Is not to be doubted tli.U this expresses the view of a large majority of republicans in congress. It is a reasonable expectation that the Indianapolis conference will be able to contribute something toward the solu tion of the currency problem , but If so It must do inoio than urge the retire ment of the legal tender notes. Mr. Uryan's paper falls all over Itself In complimenting Senator Vest of Mis souri on his endorsement for renomina- tion by tlie democratic legislative caucus and says that he has been tried in many ways and never found wanting. Senator Vest , It will be remembered , Is the man who made the nominating speech for Hland at Chicago. It was Ids place to liave withdrawn his candidate's name when Hryan's nomination became prac tically assured , but he doggedly declined and Insisted on hanging out to the end against the Xr-bra.ska man , thus forcing Governor Stone to announce the with- Irawal of Uland , Hut Vest later gave a foi mal-acquiesccnce to the Chicago ticket ind shouted for free silver and has thus once more become a great and good man n the eyes of the Itryaiv organ. The disposition of the Woman's club to erect a suitable building for Its own mewses and for use In connection with he exposition should be encouraged and substantially assisted : every possible way. No feature of llu > coming fair will uove more attractive than this nor mort fruitful In financial .returns to the women , the exposition and the city at large. If It is true that Cadet Taylor is a candidate for the olllee of public printer it Washington , It shows that the chronic olllcosceker cannot be frightened by M own record. As chief clerk of the gov ernment printing olllce Cadet left sev eral things behind him that might re quire explanation unless he can claim tlio protection of the statute of llmlta tlons. So the festivities In celebration of the queen's achievement as Kngland's longest - est reigning monarch are to bo called the diamond jubilee. The reference to the most costly of precious gems Is doubtless Intended to prepare the public fur the size of the bills that will bo presented to the government for the ex penses of the unique entertainment. The privilege of being subject to tlio munu sovereign ? o r over sixty years Is ono the peophi.-otijjht to bo glad to pay for. The Santa Wo ofllclals Indicted for violation of1 Hlb Interstate commerce law bnvo been acquitted. Nothing else , however over , was to have been expected. Tin , Interstate loifj'mercu ; ' law never yet was violated by , a railroad company but at effort to locate responsibility rcsultet simply In 'n-'iludliig that the law vlolatct ' ' Itself. uM Drfi-rrcil. Chlcnuo llecord. The question'ns to which Is the only real slmon-puro Jncksonlan democrncy will bo decided nhout the year 1900 , and there's no lisa bothering about It now. Hi-form In P.liTlloit of St. I'nul O lobe. Wo fall to sco any sign of betterment for the federal senate. Wo do not bcllovo that there will be or can bo any until an election by popular vote Is decreed. The people do not , by any mcutia , always select or support Ideal candidates. Hut It Is seldom , Indeed that they fall so low In their choice ns the state legislatures , with which powerful In terests that Reel ; control of the senate find II so much easier to deal. Iti-voinio Out of Tolmri'O. IndlannpolU News. It seems to us that this would bo a good tlmo for this country to try the experiment of getting a decent revenue out of tobacco. Wo cannot , as wns proved yesterday , protect the business In nil Its departments ; nay , wo cannot protect ft In any of Its departments without Injuring It In other departments. The ways and means commlttea would do well to take these gentlemen at their word nml turn Its attention to doing the only practical thing , which Is to got ns large a revenue ns possible out of this most excellent and rlgbt- rous tax , leaving the antagonistic Interests to fight It out among themselves. Minneapolis Times ( silver. ) William J. Bryan In his Chicago speech made the remark that the people who bc llovo In free rllver should testify to tholr faith by supporting free silver papers , which goes to show that William J. Uryan Is un aware of the controlling motive of the people In buying and reaiHtig newspapers. As n rule , the newspaper subscriber Is looking for the nblo treatment of a variety of topics and Is not to he put off with an organ which merely glvrn him views of the silver question or any other mooted topic. When the silver papers get to ba newspapers also they will obtain circulation by .natural . meth ods. Tlu > Iiiiiirnvlni ? Outlook. l.oulnvlllo Courier-Journal. The American National bank of Denver has resumed business and the Hoanokc , Vn. , bank and several of the SU Paul and other northwestern suspended banks arc preparing to jcopcn. Comptroller Eckels has ordered the payment of a GO per cent dividend to the depositors of the National Hank of- Illinois , and the financial horizon Is altogether clear- Ing. Hcally the northwestern situation must be sounder than was at first supposed or the runs started at St. Paul and other places would have carried down many more concerns. Several of the banks that were forced to cleno were Intrinsically sound , but were cleaned out of cash by frightened de positors. . AI < , Tin 's tlio It nil. Louisville Courler-Journnl. The allvcrltcd who call themselves demo crats are working for the ro-o'cctlon of the republican protectionist , Senator Dubois. Chairman Al'kansaw Jones , for Instance , de clares : f "I , for one , feel as anxious that Dubois should 'bo returned to the senate as though he were a democrat. The democratic senators fret thus about tlio matter , and they have united In a letter to the Idaho democrats exprcst'Int , ' their opinion to this effect. " Query : If , as the rillvcrltprf Insist , votliig foja republican/ makes a' fpubirean ot ft sound mnney democrat , why doss not voting for B. republican make a republican of a sil ver democrat ? lie IV.-IN n. liny IIIiiiNflf. &HC.IRO Tribune. These carping critics who have denied to President Clovclar.d the ptcssesalon of any normal human sympathies will bo discom fited by the touching eplsodo that occurred during a recent drlvr. The chief executive was rolling along enjoying the scenery when the equipage was forced to slow up by a bevy of gypsy children who wore playlni ; marblea In 'ho road. The driver was about to whip up the horses when a plaintive cry arose from the group not to run over the marbles , and the president ordered the car riage to lo ) stopped until the playthings could be rescued from peril. It was a gracr- ful act and should not bo considered merely as an evidence that the president lias a marble heart. THU PACIFIC CAlll.U. Projected I.liio from Viuirmivrr to . \imlrnllji. XPW Yoih Times. Dispatches from London Indicate that the report of the Pacific Cable commission will favor the laying cf a cable which will bring all Greater Ilrllain Into Immediate communi cation with the mctrcpolti of the empire. South Africa and India arc- already provided for In this respect. Australia and New Zealand remain to be Included by the line It Is proposed to lay from Vancouver to Australia , touching none but Ltiltlsh pos- se:3loiu > . Undoubtedly , however , an ox- .cnslon will b > > madn from the moU con venient point on the main line to the Hawaiian Islards. That will dlspope of our Hawaiian cable scheme , which has for so long remained In a iitato of suspended aal- iratlcn fu the senate. Of course , that was a political rather than n commercial scheme. C > rus W. Field looked Into the matter very carefully and concluded that It could not be made to pay. It does not follow that a branch line to a cable across the Pacific would not pay , though It I ? not to bo ex pected that the main line will pay for a long tlmo to come. Jleanwlillo It will require generous subsidies. POSTAL SAVI.VfiS 1IAMCS. The Trifling Objection Urxi-tl the Proposition. Clilcnso Hi'cord. The chief objection raised by these who question the wUdom of establishing postal savings banks In the United States Is that this country 1m H not a national debt sulll- clently large 61- letting ( a permit the perma nent Investment in government securities of all the fuiidsj > b. | : | ned through thcao agen cies. No dojM.hls / ' . la In part thu reason why congrcfis.'hasnot , ( already put the ays- tom , In opsraf { ( > n. It must bo freely ad mitted , too , thalr * government securities fur nish the berii 'Investment for savliico ac cumulated through , the postofllce depositories. .V.tnitrlcvj with large national debts , like Great Hrltaln and France , can moro con- vcr.'lcntlly cstabl ! < ] h postal savings banks' , h-.ireforo , thiin ii' ' country like the United States , which 'lias 'a comparatively small na tional debt that' 'Is' ' not permanent. Hut It Is er.tlrely feasible for the United Slated to Invrct such funds In a nafa nnd practical inannlr.1 and the comparatively email Inconvenience. Involved In dcvl ng some , othur torm-jaf , Investment than govern ment secuiltle fjUp.ulil not stand In the way ? r HID establishment of a system that would irovo of suclfjiryat benefit and convenience to the people. In Italy It Is found entirely feasible to In vest the savings bank funds In oilier ways : lmn In gorornrrlont bonds. Much of It It , oaned to provinces and communcn. The stata of the American union are generally TCO from heavy Indebtedness , but all tlic great municipalities nro In debt , and their used for costly Improvements la such that lives t of them will continue to be In debt 'or years to como. Municipal bonds are con sidered by private Investors gilt-edged se- curll'li-s , and It should bo pmslblo to frame a law providing for thu safe Invcxtmcnt of postal savings funds in this manner. Kx-Postmftdter General Wanamakur's rec- ) mmomlatlon Is an easy solution of the prob- em. Ho would have the funds loaned to national banks In tlio utatea In which the ; originate. Uy declaring these loans tnmt funds and mailing them preferred claim * agalnit the banks , na Mr. AVanamnker vug- gestod , there could bo practically no danger of tlio eovorumeut uuffcrhii , ' IOJK thereby. PAST Tim HXPHniMMXTAT. STAOR. Tribune ! An long na the culti vation of the sugar beet \a \ confined to the newspaper It won't amount to much. Our farmers should Join In the good woVk of booming the beets. They can make this state the rlchrat In the union It they BOO nt to do so. Kvcrythtng depends on the farmcm In Nebraska. Hebron Itcpubllcan : If moro men planted sugar beets It Is reasonable to suppose that moro sugar beets wouM bo raised. It there were moro acres of sugar beets planli-d less acres would be planted to corn , less corn would bo raised. If lem corn w ta raised what was raised would command a higher price. So you see sugar beet culture means not only profit from the beeta. but profit from the Increcsed value of other products. Can't you BCO the point ? Holdrege Citizen : Other states are catchIng - Ing the beet sugar crnzo and are preparing In trnt tlii > lr finll In urn If tliov mil rnlsc sugar beets succeasfully. If they can we may rest assured they will offer Induce ments to get factories located In their in hints. Nebraska hr.s gone through the experimenting stage nnd found out that nho can raise them successfully , nnd that If the matter Is pushed It can bo made n great Industry In this etnto. The question Is ehall wo keep on and have numerous factories erected In this state or shall we quit and have some other state secure the lead In 'this great Industry. Grand Island Independent : Irss than five years hence any politician known to be op posed to the development of the sugar beet Industry will have no vlandlng In Nebronka. The farmer who knows anything at nil re garding the culture of sugar beets realizes that It Is a diversified crop Hint brlngd big returns. The farmer who does not engage In beet raising knows that farmers thus nt work do not come Into competition with him In raising corn , oats nnd other crops , and he Is therefore favorable to the Industry. The laborer , merchant nnd business man be gin to realize nlo that vast sums nf money distributed through the factories bring In creased business nnd therefore the sugar be"t Industry has como to stay and the politicians want to cut their cloth accordingly , Schuyler Sun : Some decided action should bo taken by the legislature In regard to the beet sugar Industry of this state. Let some- kind of a bounty law be- enacted by which the farmer may be benefited. If thta l done nut only will the farmer receive direct benefit but the manufacturer will bo assured that the Industry Is protected , settled , nnd an established and recognize Institution which has passed the experimental utage. When it la once settled that tills Industry will re ceive Its proper nnd due support from the state there will be no trouble In flccurlng IhOEO who are enterprising enough to Invest capital In the enterprise. Hut let the subject hang fire until some other state takes the matter In hand , offers Inducements nnd lends encouragement and we will lo c- the oppor tunity of ilnvnlnnlni ? nno nf ll-m rrrrtnfrvat In stitutions In the world. Wo In Nebraska can Just as well ns not lead , not only the United StntcH , but the world , In the production of sugar. COICV AT SIXTY CUXTS. How u Shrewd Kiirini'r linl.seil tin- Vnlinof HlM'Crop. DCS MnlnOH deader. J. J. Chandler of Shunandoah , la. , writes the Sunllncl of that place as follows : "As there seems to bo some < loubt In the minds of some of your renders as to the cor rectness of my estimate of prices realized from corn fed to 101 cattle at Solomon , and ns that estimate was made from memory , I have since taken the trouble to make n state ment from bills of cost and sale of cattlu , which I hand you nnd which Is as follows : September 1 , 1SCG , 101 cattle cost In Omaha $3rG7 fiO Cost of driving same home > a ss Interest on money 7 711 Total W.7IS 92 December 22 , 1SS3 , 101 cattle net In Clilcngo JQ.U7 57 Ilnlnnco $2,29S K > Amount of corn foil 4,000 busicl-j Net per bushel 53 i cents "In the ahavo statement I make no account of hog feed for 100 hogs following the cattle. " Mr. Clmndlcr's statement Is n perfect Illus- tnitlon of the possibilities of realizing on In n .18 * surplus grain at thla time. It shows precisely the possibilities of bringing stock from other states , not as rich In grain , but richer In stock than Iowa. Mr. Chandler has doao Just what Henry Wallace recom mends the Iowa farmer tn do , and jiwt what he wants the railroads to help In doing. Mr. Wallace proposes that the roads grant fcedlng-ln-trantlt rates to promote bringing lock cattle Into Iowa. Under .inch an arrangement cattle could be bought In western stales and billed to the Chicago market at regular through rates. Arrived nt the dclrcd point In Iowa , they could be fctoppsd , fattened on Iowa's cheap corn , nnd when finished , sent on under the original billing , getting the benefit of the through rate from tlio original point of shipment. A through rate Is much ICPS than the sum of two local. % Millions on millions of bush els of corn are In Iowa ready for feeding , If only the .Hock can be had. The money is iieio 10 neip me process ; me uanKS nave It , and Mr. Wallace , who hns Investigated the in-atter , says they would use it In the furtherance of such legitimate speculations. Tin ease of Mr. Chandler Is an exception In that he lives EO near to n western stock cnttlo market that he could drive liU stock lidnie. A farmer at n greater distance from Omaha could not d so , nnd the mil- road rates would nt once 'become ' a rerlous consideration. It Is for such ca.ses that rcedlng-ln-trnnsit rateo nre wanted. The freight agents of DPS Molncs have dcclde.1 to recommend their roads to grant the [ irlvllcgci. One or them declares that eslrlctlons easily bo deviled to prevent fraudulent use of the privilege. It woulJ seem that the cons-ent of the railroad man agers Is the only thing needed to put the plan Into execution. To turn Iowa's Immense surplusage of grain Into money at rcatonablo prices will solve the present business problem , no far as this state Is concerned. The rallroado should be able to see It. A practical step would be for representatives of Inwa busl- icas organizational to go to the railroad hcad- Itiartcni and lay the matter before the man agers. Would it not bo within the province of the Commercial exchange to take hn- ncdlate steps to secure the co-operation of other like organizations in Iowa , In rending n strong Joint committee to Chicago to confer with the railroad men ? run PAIITY o.v TH i AL. Some IteiiiiirlCH on tlie PopnllNt Ail- iiilnlNtrnllon In .VfliriiHkn. Knni-ns City Star ( Ind. dem. ) The populUta are now in absolute control of Nebraska and will have an opportunity o demonstrate their capacity for government , t haa become the custom to regard popu- Ists aa wild-eyed fanatics , mid the ncta of certain leading Rplrlt.i In that organization tavo , In a measure. Justified this cutlmntc. Jut it may bo said that In Nebraska thu wrty Is In Ita best form , and co r onalbll- ly makes conservatism , It la not Improbable hat the officials of Nebraska will be able to irovo that the republican party label Is not iltogother the badge of respectability or the ! gn of capability. Governor Holcomb haa low entered upon Ills second term us i x- cutlve and ban Justified the warmest ncomlums an to his Integrity and patriotism , unil the now legislature , according to 1m- urtlal icporu , ! composed of men of torllng honeaty. That being the cazo , then- .1 no rea&on to expect disaster in con- otiucnco of populist control. On the con- rary , there are substantial reasons to hope hat the present administration In Nebraska vlll demonstrate that populists , guided by oiimTUt'am. are quite ns capable of govern- ng as memborxi of any other party. Tlit- populists will understand , of course , that hey can't hurt Nebraska without Injuring bcmsclvra. I1HIKF HITS mil THIS 1MKMHUS. The December report of the Lyons cream ery liliows the receipt ot 220,020 pounds of milk which produced S.80tpounds ot butler fat : gross receipts , $1,818.30. Hutter netted 17U cents. This pnyit better tbnn corn or wheat. Huffman & Kolllns of Antelope county ex pect to put In 300 acres of ntfulfn next gprlng , making BOO acres altogether. Nearly every farmer there who has experimented with this forage plnnt expect ? to luerrano his ncrengo the coming aensou. Twenty-four ncres of beets raised by K. I * . Ohnstedt & C'o. of Wnyno gnvo n profit of * 103.S7 nftcr pnylng $23i.23 : freight on the beets to the Norfolk factory. If the bounty of 11 n ton Is iccclvod the profits will be over $700. The labor In raisins the beets amounted to $ r > U2.C5. As n sample of what rim lie done under Irrigation In Nebraska cornea Careton Tniel- sen nt Iiotip City. lip has gathered from alxty acres of Irrigated laud , nnd didn't get the water on It until August 10 , 5,000 tumhcla nt nnrt , Onin nf tlt/i tl'int lifjidltpflil 1HO bushels to tluacre. . Ho think * lie will gel nil averngo of 100 bushels next year. A. II. lllgolow of Hartlctt planted threo- eighths of nn ncro of ground to peanuts lait spring. He harvested this fall from this piece of ground forty-one bushels of No. I nuts. The sandy trail In this locality l Just right for this crop. These nuts are worth $1.60 per biiHhel. At that rate the crop would bring $173.50 per nt-rc. Mr. Hlgelow says the crop Is no moro trouble to raise than potatoes. Why not mop raising so much corn nnd try n few arrca of peanuts ? According to the Nollfih Leader , there Is n big profit in keeping cows onch year to the farmers of that section , and especially Is this true where Intelligent feeding and care of the nnlmals Is given attention. In speak ing of this subject. George Couplnnd of Cedar valley stntes that ho has kept an oxnc account of the Income from his cows the year , nnd Is surprised at the remarkable showing. During the year he has had ai nverage of lx nnd one-half cows giving milk , from which ho has received returns o $250. or nn average of over J3S.no from oacl cow. The animals have been well cared for and the winter months have proved the mc t profitable of the year , owing largely to the fact that they have been fed om alfalfa which expedience lies demonstrated In superior to any other feed. During the year 1S95 the Albion creamer } received 1,021,597 pnundH of milk , paying to the patrons , after nil expenses were paid , the sum of $10,015.53 , or an average of nearly 02 cents per 100 pounds of milk for the year During 1S3G there wns received 2.797.01 pounds of milk , paying to patrons nflur nl expenses were paid $1-1,701.41 , or nn average of nearly 53 cents per 100 pounds of mill for the year n gain of 70 per cent of mill over the year ISO.'i. but a lots of 17 per i-i-nt In price rrrelvcd per 100 pounds of milk the cause of the loss being the lower price of butter , as nil know butter fnHmvnil tlic depression of everything else and droppei to the lowest price over known for this class of butter It cents In Now York. The Fremont Lender says that cducatlni scorns to bo desired by nil men In nil trades and all professions. The day of men who stumbled along In any profession or trade without an education is nt nn end. Things nro nil being performed on nn educatlonn scale ns never bofoio. Farmers undcratntu this as well as any class of men , and reallz lag It tlio farmers' Institutes are belli ; , established In almost every county In the. stato. Over sixty will be held this year , nni before another year rolls around uvorj ouiinty will hold an Institute. Dodge county and the neighboring counties have hern among the leaders of Institute work and the } present a fine program every year , and no enterprising farmer should miss a session of the institute. No trade or profession re quires more careful study than the farmer Bvcry day nomethlng new evolves on OIL farm , and If the farmer docs not keep up with the progressive march he is auro to be come a back number. The next Institute will bo held February 10 to 12 , Inclusive. 1M31SO\AI. AMI OTIII3UWINI3. The Duke of Richmond receives the largest pension in the world. It Is ? 93,000 a year , and Is n perpetuity from the time of Charles II. A Kansas man hns discovered that brandy can be made out of wet rawdust. From this It may bo Inferred that the men who "any nothing -but paw wood" are. simply ncqulrlng n Jag. Hurglars are the grc t terror of Mmc. Pattt's life at Cralg-y-Nos castle , and she has had nil the window shutters fitted with electric bells , which start ringing at the slightest touch. The mutual admiration nnd harmony that exist between the governor of Michigan and the innyor of Detroit are delightfully cdifyl.ig. "Love's youngdream" lan't a marker to It. And nil because both ofilces are held by the same ofilclnl Hon. Mr. 1'Ingree. The British bishop of Hath and Wells was surprised , after putting up nt n hotel In the Pyrenees to receive a number of plumbers' business cards. It developed that his name had been Inserted In the visitors' book as " .Mr. Bishop , England. Profession. baths and wells. " Ono of the first acts of Governor Dlack of Now York was to establish a permanent board'to regulate the uniforms of the state military ofiiccrs , but he reserves .the right to veto what the board may decide on. It Is undcistood that this Is a hit at the pro fusion of gold lace and fcathera. Prior to the caucus choice of United States secator In Pennsylvania , one faction sent 300,000 circulars to the republicans of the state requesting them to forward tin- enclosed pcstal card to their repre-scnta- tivM In the legislature. This bit of po litical work ccst $10,000 In pcstage alone. A Chlcrgo poltccmnn who caught n would- be suicide wading toward deep water In the lake drew his revolver anil ordered Jilm to come ashore. The wretch hurried in nnd begged for mercy. He said death had no terrors fo- him , but he really was afraid nf n Chicago policeman with a re volver. Matlldo Helutzo. who , nftcr polfonlng her husband with nrsenlc at Earnawko , Prussian Poland fled to the- United States , whence her extradition was obtained , lias Just been executed at LIFSES , the decapitation , as urual , being effected by mi-ana of a big two-handed swcrd wielded by the executioner Itclndcl. Phil May smokcri enormous cigars. Ho la ono of the least conventional of nrtlrts who affect bohemlanUm. He has been teen In the Strand with a frock coat , yellow boots and n straw hat. Ho often receipts an ac count by rapidly drawing his own charac teristic fnco ncroi',3 that of her gracious majesty , with the Inevitable cigar between his teeth. "To have been n shoemaker In his youth , " saya the Now York World , "and to have rtacn at 37 , eelf-educatcd. to the position of Judge of the federal court for the dis trict of Nebraska , Is the very remarkable achievement of William I ) . McIIugh of Omaha. IV ; La a native of Illinois , where he was admitted to the bar , and where he practiced law. Ilia friendship with Secre tary Morton was not the least of the causes of his success In life. " A contest at typesetting with the linotype machines to Ecttle the championship of tliK world will tn'te ' place In Buffalo , N. Y. . January 21. The ccntcftants 'Will be Barney J. Mousing of the St. Louis Prot-Dlupatch and George W. Grion of the Buffalo Hvcnlng News. The typo to bo set Is No. 2 nonpareil , slug to measure 13'/4 ims pica , or 27 cms nonpareil , the epccd of the machines to be ninety-five revolutions per minute. Green Is the champion operator of the world. He won thu championship nt Chicago In Novem ber , 1S ! > 5. On that occasion he ect 78,900 cms to Taylor'o 70,000. Seven hours wa.i the tlmo. In March , 1890 , Mousing contested agalntt Francis , another crack St. Louln or jrator. nnd at that time beat Green's record by about COO urns an hour. Highest of all in Leavening Strength. Latest U. S. Gov't Report. Hour AM > imimrp. noMon Trnvolor : rrlacllln-My rtcnr. your dress Is so short that I m nfrnlit they cnn CP your nnklen. Prunolhx-Atid It's no long Hint I'm half nfrnia they cnn'l. Chlc-ngn Record : 7"lB'lV ' ncVfi , J.'n 2 Mwenr off : ho anya lib niothtr-ln-luw In nil good ns momborrthlp In a lompornnco no- clotv , " i ( y _ "She k'lssea him every time ho comes ' Into the house. " " Detroit Frc-o PresM : "no yon think. IMrvemi , Hint your non Is nnjulrlnR u good education at COHOKOV "Ho must tm gottln' the best , tie ilrnwa on mo about every other day to ninko pny- mcnttt on It. " Chlongo Tribune : " "Tlio Impudent thing ! " exclaimed Mln * ( llliisnnl , mill tiulvorhin with wrath. "I mot Hint young Peduncle on the street n few minute * nfio for tlio llr.Ml time slnro we had our ii'.mrrel. After ho had pnsscd mo 1 hoard him whistle , _ J Just Toll Them Tlmt You Saw Mo.1 And \ I hadn't even looked nt him ! " Now York Advertiser : JlilKH-Tlioro Is n man who bus a number of movements on foot for nuikliiK moiipy. Itlnks-Who Is ho ? JlnkHdon't know hla name , but IIP'B n dancing teacher. Detroit Journal : "Wns ho pretty full ? " "Standing room only. " "Kh ? " ' ' ' Knld. If ho fuller 'That's whnt I . wna any he couldn't stand. " Indianapolis Journal : "I hnvo oallod to npply for the position of bill collr-otor. " said the slinrp-nosed man who stood In tlio doorway , "I understood you xvnntod un < % " "Tlmt Is exactly what wo want , " said the business man. "The lust man we hud soomoil to bo only n bill presenter. " Indianapolis Journal : "I , " ho shouted Impnsslonodly from the rostrum , "I shall bogln at euro In the noble work of crush ing tyrants ! " Then , after the Rtorm of applause had ceased , ho wont home nnd tried to mash the hlrod girl. Cincinnati Tribune : "Jawklns Is nn ex port In somn things. Ho stood across the room tlio o I'll or night and blow n pl-ino lamp out with ono breath. " "Too bad. I thought lie had taken , the gold euro long ngo.1' Detroit Journal : First Savngo T sus pected till along that thin profession of conversion was not slnooro. Si-rond Savage Ah , to bo sure ! When a person doosn't wear n stitch of Hollies all tlio year except Just before Christmas , timl Ihon nothing but golf stockings , why , who could help but suspect him ? Cincinnati Knqulror : Mrs. Drlnkliorn-l did have pome hopes that you 'would swear off on the first. Mr. Drlnkhorn Apnosh. I may have my faults , all rl' . but ain't no man c'n ao.-use mo ot ever being a quitter. Washington Star : "General. " said the olllccr. "tlio report that you hnvo mud * tin end of your opponent by violating y mr truro and poisoning him la bring denied " "Denied ! Do fioy refuse to accept f'l.-'s for whlrh I am willing to vouch ? Who dares put this affront on my honor ? " AN' TURN II13 AVKNT. Detroit Kroc Pre.t.n. "That goes without saying , " says younj Mr. Vatichn. ( The roosters already were crowlnir. ) "What bothers mo mostly , " mid Knto , with a yawn , "Is something that says without going. " TIII : HIIIP or STATH. Washington Stnr. Say. fi'llers-can't ye foci It ? She's a-bllln' now fur steam ; Yo klii toll It by her murmurln' an' the tromlilo of the beam. The engines Is all ready an' she'll never go astray Wcth n bran' new crew an' cap'n fur to got 'or under way. The future Is before us an' beyond the misty blue. ThenIs fortune for the many ; disappoint ment fur the Tow. Wo Hi every voice n-clieerln' we'll sot out to conquer fate When WUI'm pulls the throttle valve an' starts llit' ship o' stato. Wo'vrpin right clus to breakers , an' she'd sort o' pitch nn * roll Till she made us fear that mebbo she wns Kottln' past control , Dut , without a-blamln' no one , nor a-tukln' no one's part. We're kind o' slad she's rostln' fur to got n. better start. Hero's to the preparation for the comln' festive day When the Hags are all a-wavln' an' the liiinds begin to play ! An' every man will lull * a linn' to keep 'cr true an' straight When Wlll'ni pulls the throttle valve nn' starts the ship o' state. No Amount WILL SHLL COon.S. OUK CLOTH ING IS ITS OWN BUST ADVUKTISK- MKNT , AND IF WK CAN HUT 1'KK- SUADU YOU TO VISIT OUU STOKE AND SKI3 FOR YOUHSKLF HOW IIANDSfKMKLY TAILORED Ol'R SUITS AND OVKRCOATS ARK , WH IIAVK NO CONCERN AS TO WIIKHI3 YOU'LL IJUY. I'RICICS JUST NOW ARE AT THEIR LOWEST \ND TIIIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE IF YOU ARE A JUDCJE OF CLOTHES \ND VALUES , IN 11OTII OF WHICH RESPECTS WE OFFER YOU OL'R HEST .lUDOMENT AND ADVICE. 1UJT WHAT IS MORE. WE HACK UP OUR PROPOSITIONS WITH AN \I5SOLUTE AND UNEQUIVOCAL JUARANTEE THAT EVERYTHING SHALL HE PRECISELY AS REPRE SENTED. AND THE VERY REST TO IE HAD ANYWHERE FOR T1IH MONEY. SEE OUR DOUGLAS STREET WIN- ) OW IF YOU CARE TO LEARN HOW IEALLY GOOD SUITS AND OVER COATS LOOK AT A REALLY LOW 'IGURE. S. W. Cor. 15th and Douglas