Tins OMAHA DATJjY ttJtSlfli FRIDAY , OOTOBBtt' 8/1807.
THE OMAHA DAILY BE&
U. ItOSKWATBR , Editor.
KVEUV MOHN1NO.
TI'.HMS OK HUlISCItiraON.
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All cpmmunlrallrnii rMntlr.K lo nfwn ? n'\ \ . ' , l.ll ! ° '
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HUSINllKS J.KTinilH.
All tiunhiFM Ifttrrs nd rftiilttnncen should tie
ddrts ed to Tlio IVo rulll Mnn Comimny.
Omnha. Urnftd , check * . expie nnd pmlollltj
mtmcy orders to be made payable to the ora'r
of the company. . . . . . . . .
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INSIST OX HAVING TIIK HED.
"No Gut-Minns need apply" Is tlio
watchword of tlio popoeratlc mongrels.
As a salary grabber Itndflpld Is PX-
ccllud only by Kcdlli'ld as a feu grabber.
Tom Iloctor fools vwy lonesome as the
only democrat on the democratic county
ticket.
Watch for The Hoe's Nebraska crop
review tomorrow. It will be exhaustive
nud reliable.
The weather man did nicely by Ne
braska all summer , but a few weeks of
intermittent rains now would not be un
appreciated.
Prices of provisions are going up In
Alaska nutl the Klondike country 'in
about tbe revcr.se degree that the ther
mometer is going down.
Nebraska's crop for 1807 will Ik- sized
up iu The Hue tomorrow and It will
make a showing of which every Ne
braska n may well feel proud.
Sixth ward republicans will steer clear
of the popocratie decoy ducks that are
trying to crawl under the tent as dele
gates to the republican county conven
tion.
It looks very much as if the man who
wrote the A. It. C. platform of principles
and the man who wrote the democratic
county platform were one and the same
person.
Complaint Is made that in many parts
of Missouri the wells and cisterns have
Bono dry. This might bo a good time
for Missouri to experiment with Ken
tucky's thirst quenchers.
L
Neither the Morgan execution nor the
fast horse races should bo permitted to
Interfere with the duty of all good re
publicans to register their votes at the
republican primaries today.
Itepnbllcans should nominate a county
ticket made up of capable men who have
nothing to explain in their public
records. The way to get such a ticket
la to attend the primaries today.
The. United States gets more space at
the Paris exposition. To state it con
cisely , Major Handy has succeeded In
impressing the Frenchmen with the fact
that the United State.s Is a growing coun
try.
Frank Illbbard has been so often be
fore the people of Douglas county that
one moro turning down will not seriously
discommode him. He Is used to forlorn
hope * ) and his Job as state oil Inspector
goes right on.
Great IJrltaln declines to play In the
diplomatic sealing fields of Japan and
Ilnssln , but has no special objections to
talking mailers over with the representa
tives of the United States. In other
words , there are occasions when more
than two constitute a crowd.
Attorney General Smyth Is trying to
oxcnso the failure of the stale's attor
neys In the maximum rate ease before
the decision has been handed down by
the supreme court. The hunch of the
attorney general may bo right , but ho
should nut anticipate his cue.
It will bo as hard tills year to find out
which of the two democratic candidates
for mayor of Greater New York Is fa
vored by Bryan as It was last year to llnd
out which of the two vice presidential
tails to the democratic kite was preferred
by the head of thu combination.
Kaspar's apologies for Hedlluld and
Iledllold's apologies for Kaspar are mak
ing thu mongrels weary. Everybody
knows Unit Kaspar and Kedfleld had
tied up and agreed In advance to
masquerade under different false faces ,
lit order to make sure of getting an en
dorsement for both In two out of the
iu the popocrutic clrciu.
MA KINO MOltn MUXKY THAN M'KIKLKV.
When Wlllliiin .TciinhiKS Hryim wrote
Ills book nloiit tlio lost bnttta he left
out oni ! chnpter. In taking the Ameri
can people Into Ills confidence lie kept
Rtriclly eonlltlcnthil the secret nf making
a mint of 100-cont money out of the
popular sympntliy for n miiRiietlc prenl-
; dentlnl oinnlltlntc' . That secret , liow-
j < rver , can not be much longer kept from
! ( he people who arc dropping their hard-
em lied dollars Into his hip and making
him Independently rich.
Quite n part from the handsome roy
alty which Hryan enjoys from the sale
of his book and the comfortable Income
hi ! has fiom magazine and newspaper
publishers for special Planed contribu
tions , his dramatic performances on
Btnso and stump , at comity fairs , horse
races and Clmutnnqim meetings do not
yield him less than $1,000 a week. Some
weeks the.se star encasements reach
two or three times that amount. It Is
a matter of notoriety that Hryan has re
fused as lilfjh as $ " " > ( ) for a single
speech and Insisted on dividing the gate
receipts. Ills speech at Kansas City Is
said to have been listened to by fiom
' . ' . " ,000 to10,000 people , most of whom
were compelled to pay toll to pass
through ; i fence erected In the public
streets.
It Is , therefore , safe to assert that
Hryan has coined more money out of
his frets silver propaganda since ho was
defeated in the race for the presidency
than he could have earned In a lifetime
as a lawyer. In fact , he Is getting more
money out of his defeat than McKlnley
Is earning as president of the United
States.
The remarkable thing about Hyyan's
inoncv-imiklni ! nowers Is that the money
comes from thu moneyless , or at any
rate from the class of producers who
are struggling t make ends meet while
Hryan Is working them In the name of
suffering and oppressed humanity. In
his case , at least , It Is true that the rich
are becoming richer as the poor grow
poorer. If Hryan can sustain himself In
the role of savior of the poverty-stricken
and needy for the next four years he
will be able to retire .with a fortune and
join the other plutocrats In a life of
luxury and ease.
KKllOTlA'flXll AMKIllCAA' TREATIES.
Japan Is making good progress In
placing herself upon treaty terms with
countries In this hemisphere. That em
pire now has treaties with the United
States , Mexico , Peru and Chill and Is
negotiating with Guatemala. Undoubt
edly she will not stop with these , but
will In due time establish similar rela
tions with other countries In South and
Central America. The course of Japan
in this resncct Is one of the strongest
Indications of the progressive spirit that
actuates her statesmen , whose chief de
sire is to promote the commercial ad
vancement of the nation. The ambition
of the Japanese is to take a leading
place In the commercial world and the
Statesmanship and diplomacy of the em
pire are now being directed to this end.
The fact that Japan is proposing to
spend a verj large sum In building up
a navy does not imply that she has other
than peaceful Intentions. She .realizes .
tile necessity of having an adequate
navy for defense and the expediency of
providing it as soon as it is practicable
to do so and she is wisely/going / ahead in
Increasing her naval power , so that she
may be prepared for any emergency of
the future. Japanese policy , however ,
is one of peace , which her statesmen and
her people understand is essential to na
tional prosperity and progress.
AVTOKOMY FUlt CUHA.
The Sagasta ministry lias lost no time
in deciding to grant to Cuba what it is
pleased to call autonomy , "under the
suzerainty of Spain , " at the same time
announcing that the military campaign
will be continued a.s long as may be nec
essary. Autonomy means self-govern-
ment.ior political Independence , and It Is
needles * to say that this condition is In
compatible with suzerainty , which im
plies the exercise of paramount author
ity. It Is only partial self-government ,
therefore , that the liberal ministry pro
poses" to grant Cuba , Spain still main
taining a paramount authority In the
affairs of the Island , to be exercised
through a governor general and a council
of administration which would be under
Spanish influence.
The plan of so-called autonomy Is pre
sumed to be that which was adopted In
March , IS ! ) . " , as "the limit of indepen
dence that can bo granted to a province
without absolutely breaking the. bonds
of union with the nation. " The reform
act of 1805 provides for a council of administration -
ministration consisting of thirty council
lors , llftoen appointed by the crown , the
other llfteen eiected by voters having the
qualifications requisite to vote for provin
cial assemblymen. One of the qualifica
tions is that a man must be a taxpayer
to the state , so that a gicatjnanyaro
excluded from the suffrage. The act
gives the council of administration con
trol of public works , posts and tele
graphs , railways and navigation , agri
culture , manufactures , trade , Immigra
tion , public instruction , charities and ap
propriations for all the.su departments ,
but the matters of taxation and expendi
tures are determined by the Spanish
government. Under this act the powers
of the governor gvneral are not so exten
sive as at present , but they aru sulllcient
to permit a good deal of Interference on
the part of this representative of the su
preme government with the popular will.
Unquestionably the reform act of ISO.
make.s some liberal concessions to the
colonies , hut It falls far short of granting
autonomy and offers nothing that could
Impair Spain's authority In the colonies.
The Insurrcclion was In progress when
this reform act was passed and then as
now there was a liberal ministry In
Spain. The proclamation of these pro
posed reforms , however , had no effect
upon the Insurgents , It did not Induce
any of them , so far aa known , to aban
don the cause of Cuban Independence.
Their leaders paid no heed to it , but wont
on organizing their forces as If no such
promise of reforms luul been made , They
did not want this sort of autonomy. Is
tjiere any reason to think they will he
found less dl.spp.scd to reject It now ,
when after nearly three years of conflict
they have so advanced their cause as to
luako Uiuui coullduutly liupuful of ultl-
I malely achieving their Independence ?
I Nothing Is more certain than the failure
I of the Sagasta government to make any
[ Impression upon Ihe Insurgents by Us
offer of so-called autonomy. This re
jected , the purpose Is to prosecute the
war "as long as may be necessary. " This
menus more money and more men and
Spain Is very nearly bankrupt In both.
The S'agasta ministry will doubtless lu
given a fair opportunity to experiment ,
but It Is not destined to long life and
when It shall have ended Its career Spain
will experience Its greatest crisis In
many years a crisis that will shake the
throne to Its foundations and may
eventuate In the overthrow of the
monarchy. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
\ \ AXT MOl'.h TIMK.
The railroads of the country have had
nearly live years hi which to comply
with the act of congress requiring them
to place automatic couplers and other
safety appliances on their cars. They
now ask for an extension and the appli
cation for this will be passed upon by the
Interstate commerce commission. It ap
pears that as to passenger cars the law
has been pretty fully complied with , but
only about HO or ( X ) per cent of the
freight cars have been provided with the
safety appliances called for.
The law was enacted for. the protection
of railroad employes. The huge and In
creasing annual loss of life among train
men before the enactment of the law
and the unconcern respecting this mani
fested by railroad managers made an
'Imperative ' demand for this legislation
which the Influence of the railroads could
not overcome , though It was most vig
orously exerted In congress. Some con
cession was made to the roads In giving
them until January 1 , 1S ! > S , to comply
with the law , many who supported the
legislation' ' favoring a shorter period.
What plea the railroads will make for
an extension 'Is not stated , but It will
probably be on the ground that the de
pression In the transportation business
since the enactment of the law has 'ren
dered them fhmnclally unable to fully
comply witli its requirements. Such a
plea is likely to have weight with the
commission and an extension of time is
probable , but it should not go beyond a
year. The railroads are now making
money and there is no reason why they
cannot , if given another year In which
to do so , have all their cars fully
equipped with the most approved safety
appliances. The welfare of the employes
of the roads , In the better security to
1HV and limb , must not be lost sight of
In considering the 'intomsts ' or conveni
ence of the companies. The latter may
be able to show good reasons for an ex
tension of time , but twelve months
should be the limit.
d TJ1K MOKUHELS.
The triple-headed committee which has
been selected to manage the campaign
for the mongrel comity ticket has its
hands full With the task of pacifying the
conflicting and warring elements.
While the free silver republican con
tingent takes pride 'in ' the way in which
the democrats were tricked into endorsing
ing Kedfield , It does "not" lo&k"klmlly"ori'
the head of tin ; ticket , who is offensive
to the A. H. C. reformers.
Tlio better class of populists resent as
an insult and outrage the foisting of
Frank Knspar upon their party when
men who have for years battled for
populist principles had to be shelved
under pretense that Kaspar's nomina
tion was a political necessity.
The rank and file of the local
democracy repudiate the shameful
bargain by which the party surrendered
six out of tlio nine places on the ticket
to side partners who cannot contribute
one-fourth of the vote required to carry
the county. It is , moreover , manifest
that In the deal for three places'only one
slmon pure democrat secured recogni
tion , and if lie should be elected the
democracy will lose the Inrjrartnnt oliice
which Its candidate now holds.
No wonder , therefore , that pacification
f
under these conditions is a more dililcult
feat than driving two pairs of mules at
tached to the front and rear of one
wagon In opposite directions. The
longer the mongrel ticket remains In the
field the greater the discontent among
the thinking democrats and populists
who are expected to support and elect 11.
One of the significant signs of the
times is the dllltculty that Is being en
countered here and elsewhere to get com
petent men In sulllcient number to serve
as registration ollicials. A year ago
when the threat of Hryanism and free
coinage was hanging over the country
the dillli'iilty was to distribute the places
among the host of idle men , Itegnlar
employment has taken away the bulk
of the eligible list and now the apiwint-
ments hunt for applicants. Who says
the times have not changed ?
With Chairman Kdmlsten of HIP popu
list state committee Implicated In ques
tionable extensions of school land leases ,
Chairman Dahlman of the democratic
state committee Inextricably mixed up
with the railroad corporation * . Chairman
Itansom of the silver republicans ac
cused in file populist handbook of receiv
ing ? . " ( )0 ) of state money stolen by
Eugene Moore , and all three of the fu
sion slate chairmen on > tlio slate payroll
tlio work of reform may be expected to
go merrily on.
If any accident should happen on the
Sixteenth street viaduct by which people
should be maimed or killed the councilmen -
men who iicfuso to do their duty to tear
down tlii' ramshackle structure mid have
It replaced a.s soon as possible by a mib-
stantlal and safe viadiu-t will 1m civilly
responsible and criminally liable.
According toaprovlslonof the Nebraska
constitution thu acting governor gets the
governor's salary while the latter Is un
able to perform thu duties by reason of
absence from the state or Incapacity.
The acting governor does not care how
much the governor may prolong his
southern Junket ,
The clurkd of the senate and house of
the late fusion legislature no doubt have
good reason for holding back the printed
Journals of thu legislative proceedings.
The black and wh'itc record would fur-
ulsb Indisputable evidence In direct con
I
tradiction of ilalms now being put
1 forth In the T.st of popoeratlc can-
dldates Hint Oft parties llii\j" represent
stand for Ilitv > plc ns against the
monopolies nntlu | ) > corporations.
The Noaullffuf Kdueatlon Is the
only real estate agency that buys lots
In lSi)7 ) at ISlKiRrices. It Is also passing
strange t ha tneAvlij every piece of ground
bought by the ijotird has to be either
filled or cut tlownjbefore fit for use and
costs as much foPgrAdlng as the prop
erty is worth.
I'lli/it 1 p lii | nln.
Chlcijo Times-Herald.
A Missouri fanner recently plowed up a
pot. of gold coin's * nut it must ba remem
bered tliat there is moro money than usual
In the farmlnR business this year.
Tip for I'riiKi-OMMtvc Kurnu-rn.
Olobo-Dcuocrnt.
Tlio United Slates Imports 1,700,000 tons
of sugar and produces only 400,000 tons.
This Is tlio one great Item In which our
farmers and nunufncturcra arc behind the
times.
1)oli > 'n l.i-Kiip.v of li > li ( .
Imllnnntxills News ,
What n blessing the Dole government must
bo to Hawaii ! H hns Increased the bonded
debt from J2.000.000 to | 4.000,00 , and the
floating debt from $200.000 to $750,000. This
Is the way Engtfcid civilizes its colonies.
Till' l > oul > lclulcU Slop. '
New Yorlc Tribune.
%
With n corn crop assured In four states <
Iowa , Kansas , Nebraska nnd Missouri of
nearly 1,000,000,000 bushels added to the
abounding wheat crop , the march of General
Prosperity throughout the land ought to bo
accelerated to a double-quick step.
SiiKnr ImliiNtry. .
Globe-Dcmocrnt.
N'lno years ago the world's production of
cano sugar was larger than that of beet
sugar , but for 1SD7 the estimate is 4,773,000
tons of beet sugar nnd 2,432,000 tons of cano
sugar. H will pay the people of the United
States to sccuro their share of this great In
dustry.
Still Another Warning. I
Iluftnlo llxprcjs.
The families of negroes who went to
Liberia from the south on the steamer
Labrador , In the spring of 1896 , have arrived
In Liverpool in a destitute condition. They
say that the promises of the Llberlan agents
have been broken , that more than half of
the Labrador's party arc. dead , and that the
rest are trying to reach the United States.
This experience possibly will be a warning
to other negroes not to seek happiness In
Africa. The black man has a better chance
In this country than auywhero else In the
world.
rrnlili' MII % nK Tldcrtn.
Springfield ( Mass. ) Itcpubllcan.
It has been decided by the Michigan supreme
premo court that th6 legislature has con
stitutional power to compel railroads to sell
1,000-mlle tickets for $20 , good for any
member of a family , but not otherwise
transferable. There ought to bo no ques
tion about that in the case of any road
which voluntarily sells such tickets at the
prlco noiiiod ; and Ufis road might fairly be
compelled to bell such tickets and honor
them for passage whqn presented by any
body besides the ' ( Purchaser. But roads
which can afford1 to.make a 2-cont rate for
buvnrs of mtleace Hooks cam afford to make
the same rate to buyers of any smaller
quantity of mileage. The wholesale and
retail principle should have no place in rail
way passenger travel.
- OT ( he Sffil llurcnxi.
Niw . grk Sim.
At last a geojilnir obstacle to American
agricultural prosperity has appeared. A
decision of a 'tVeasury ' < 5fflcial forbids or
prevents the Department of Agriculture from
distributing any seed this year. It Is well
known that.nfttWnEjn the agricultural line ,
except weeds , will consent" to gro.w"unl6s by
the request of the Departpient of Agilculturo.
and In oonsequqnco of cfflclal seed. The
friends of silver 'and woo gaze Into the
future with glad eyes. Next year , weeds and
bulletins of the Department of Agriculture
will be thu only agricultural products that
will allow themselves to be produced. For
eign famines will have to starve. A happy
time of misery Is sure to come , provided the
earth hears of Uie Inability of the Depart
ment o ! Agriculture to replenish It.
Tin' Union l > nclllc
New1 York Commercial Advertiser.
The sale of the Union Pacific property
under foreclosure for an upset price giving-
the government nearly $50,000,000 for Its
second mortgage will 'Involve an unusually
large cash transaction. Ordinarily re
organization committees satisfy all claims
by a system of offsets nnd a redistribution
of securities , but the claim of the govern
ment cannot be mot in this way. It must
bo paid In money , and there is discussion
as to the effect 'tho ' withdrawal of so large
a sum from the general circulation will have
upon business. It Is hardly conceivable that
the effect can bo serious when excess bank
balances still remain BO considerable. If
the rate of interest should rise a llttlo the
balance soon would be restored by gold Im
portations , for which the money market Is
nearly ready now. nut at worst , the with
drawal of this largo sum from circulation
will be only temporary. The government
will shortly pay out all of It and moro , In
redemption of the fast maturing Pacific rail
road bonds.
_
M2IIIIASKA OFKICKHS K.VJOIM3II.
Preliminary Vic-lory for the South
Omnlm Stock YurilH.
ClilcaKO Tout.
A law regulating stock yard charges simi
lar In Its provisions to tbat just sustained
In Kansas by Judge Foster is now before
the courts of Nebraska. The South Omaha
Stock Yards company having applied for an
Injunction against the oulclals of the state
tp prevent the-n from , attempting to enforce
the law , Judge Munger of the federal dis
trict court grants a temporary restraining
order and directs tha testimony bo taken on
thu espontlal polnU in the case of the com
plainant.
At first night there seems to be a radical
divergence of opinion between the federal
court of the Kansas district and that of
the Nebraska district , but a lltlo reflection
ahows that the temporary writ Issued by
Judge Mungor cecinot be construed Into a
definite decision against the Nebraska statute
in question. The ultimate ruling of the
court Is by no means necessarily fore
shadowed by this preliminary step favor
able to the rompany. As In the Kansas
rase , two import ant. po'nts are raised against
the law. In tlu > first place , the company
alleges It to bo n unconstitutional attempt
to regulate intorfitajp commerce , over which
slate legislatures .have no Jurisdiction ex
cept within the limits of the police power ,
It asserts that Ma 'shipment of live stock
are from iwlnta1 outside of the state and
that the Imiidl'nH of the stock In the yardil
Is part of tliOiitljipplng. In the second
place , the company tillegcs that the charges
fixed by the sta.tu.tl > were so ruinously low
as to render tlui ilnwlncss utterly unproflt-
able and doprlvfl.thBrcompaiiy of Its property
and business opportunity without duo procebs
of law. In other worls , assuming the
power of the state < to Intervene at all , the
contention U that Uio paitlcular regulation
imposed Is unrpjssiublo and therefore In con.
It let with the federal constitution , If not also
with the cmMltmlon of Nebraska.
It Is evident ( that * testimony is needed to
support these allegations. The company's
earnest representations that It would bo
forced to suspend bunlneca if the law were
not eet asldo or modified by the legisla
ture practically left the court without an
alternative. He had to grant the temporary
writ In order to afford an oportunlty for
Investigation and the collection of evi
dence. Should the company establish Its
allvratlons the court will have the power
and the duty to avoid the unreasonable and
oppressive law. < Iut If it falls to prove
that the rates Imposed do not leave It a fair
return , the court must suutaln the law , however -
over objectionable It may be on the score of
rational principles of legislation.
The evidence , not the allegations , will de
termine the final order of the court. Mean
while the temporary writ Is manifestly
prompted by equity and the neceeulty of
getting at the facts of the matter. i
POIilTlC.il' SX.il * SHOTS.
Olobo'Domocraf The SAII Domingo silver
dollar is worth 35 cents , nnd In order to
prevent confusion the government Ima
excluded American money. A 100-ccnt
dollar Is something the ndvnnccd flat
financiers can not endure.
Louhvlllo Courier-Journal : Up In Mas-
sachusf Us the popocrallc nominee for auditor
expresses a doubt as to whether he shall
accept the nomination , nnd wants lime to
consider whether li * can afford to place any
obstruction In the way of returning prosper
ity. Is thcro another Ileucdlct Arnold In
camp ?
New York Tribune : Drover Cleveland .1
United States senator from Now Jersey ?
Just Imagine. If you can , the extensive smile
that overspread the features of James Smith.
Miles Iloss , "nilt" Daly , "Hob" Davis , Allan
L. Mcnermott , "Hilly" Thompson , "Tom"
Klynn nnd the other owners of the demo
cratic party , when they beard this. 'Mr.
Cleveland Is just ns likely to bo senator as
president for a third term.
Minneapolis Tribune : The nior Is revived
that px-1'rcfldcnt Cleveland t'Silgns entering
Now Jersey politics with a view to represent
ing that state In the semto as soon as an
opportunity otters. There a\venr \ to be some
plausibility In the story. Mr. Cleveland knew
there was no cl-anco for him In politics In
Now York. If there had been ho would un
doubtedly have continued his residence In
Now York City , nut New Jersey Is smaller
and easier to handle.
Duffalo Express : The managers of the
smelters nt Monterey and Aguas Callcntes ,
Mexico , have Informed their men that here
after their wages will bo paid In Mexican
silver , Instead of gold , at the late of two
silver dollars for one gold dollar. According
to the Hryan theory , that ought to be an
acceptable arrangement to the men , but , If
silver continue * to decline , their wages will
also fall , if measured by the- money of the
commercial world. An Intelligent wage-
earner will always prefer to receive his pay
In the best money In existence.
Philadelphia Record : The nryanltcs In New
York , who placed Henry George In nomina
tion for the mayoralty because Tammany re
fused to endorse free silver coinage , appear
to have "caught a Tartar. " Mr. George says :
"I shall make the light more on the lines of
18S6 than on the lines of the Chicago plat
form. I never was for the free coinage of
silver. I wo not last fall. I accepted the
Chicago platform , not because of free sliver ,
but because of the other things In It. " In
other words , Mr. George proposes to bo his
own platform , and ho ID too honest a man to
pretend to believe , for reasons of expediency ,
the thing ho does not believe.
TII13 IltlllCATIO.V MOVI3MI3\T.
Importance of < ln % Work Mntux'il Out
by tinI.liicnln Convention.
St. 1'aul I'lonecr 1'ress.
The Irrigation congress which has been
In session in Lincoln. Neb. , was significant
of the deep nnd general Interest which Is
felt on tlio subject of Irrigation by Uie people
plo whorfo homes are planted on the margins
or In the midst of the vast arid region
which extends beyond the 100th meridian to
the mountain ranges of the Pacific slope.
At one time it was will condemned by
geographers to everlasting sterility under
the name of the Gicat American Desert.
And this is. In fact , the case with most
of It south of the forty-third degree of lati
tude. Western Dakota and western No-
bmska and Kansas lie on the borders of
this dry belt , but they are far from hav
ing any of the characteristics of a desert.
On the contrary , they possess large areas
of extremely fertile soil. This is especially
true of the western sections of northern Da
kota anrl Of Mm frVlt Moot , , , . . . - itirrcu. nnrl
valleys of Montana. Their soils are often a
deep alluvium stored with the elements or
Inexhaustible 'fertility. ' But the summer
rainfall is Inadequate and uncertain. All
they need Is Irrigation to be made far more
productive than the prairies within the
limits of an adequate rainfall.
In western Dakota nature has provided the
means of an extensive system of irrigation
in the immense artesian reservoirs which
exist under that region. In Montana the
mountain streams afford a resource which
Is capable of Irrigating largo areas. In their
.normal condition , thosa streams do not afford
a sulllcient supply to redeem the great tracts
of rich land which are thirsting for moisture
during the hot summer season. 'But ' when
the heavy snows which fall throughout the
mountain region melt In the spring all these
streams and rivers are swollen to heights
which overflow their banks. If the super
abundant waters of the spring freshets could
bo caught and stored and distributed during
the season of vegetation , millions of acres
of fertile land could be Converted into
productive farms and gardens , and this Is
one of the problems for which the federal
ami state governments are asked to find some
practical solution. . These irrigation schqmes
are too vast to be managed by private enter
prise , and as the resulting benefits go to
largo communities it is Justly held that they
should not be subjects of private monopoly
or individual gain , but should be impartially
distributed by the government at the public
expense for the benefit of all participants
on some plan which would yield adequate
returns of revenue to pay the coat of the
worltH. It Is safe to predict that the
abundant means which nature has provided
for the irrigation of these fertile but arid
plains and valleys will not long bo allowed
to run to waste , and that eventually the
most productive portion of the west will bo
that lying within the limits of the arid
legion.
1'UOFITh OF COIU'OHATIOXS.
An Important Point Overlooked by
.luillt-liil TrlliiinnlN.
Kansas City Stur ,
Judge Foster , in his decision In the Stock
Yards case , missed an opportunity to lay
down some Important principles of law
respecting the capitalization of corporations.
It was shown by the testimony In this case
that the capitalisation of the Stock Yards
company was not governed by the amount
of money invested , nor by the Increase In
the actual valuation of the plant , but by
thu capacity of the business to pay divi
dends. In other words , the purpose of the
ollicials of the company has not been to
make a reasonable profit on the capital
actually employed , but to nuke all the ag
gregate profits possible , and then swell the
capital stock up to a point where these
profits would not seem to be exorbitant.
Snob a policy Is , perhaps , justifiable In
the case of an enterprise which Is subject
to free competition , and in which ex
traordinary profits may bo reaped by spe
cial managerial ability , or by genius in
economizing , nnd In adopting new pro
cesses which are the result of Inventive
skill , nut It is a practice which should
not be allowed by the courts In tlio case
of a corporation whlsh performs quasi-
public Ecrvlce. or whloh has a practical
monopoly of the business In which It Is
engaged , A corporation of this sort Is en
titled to a. reasonable return on the money
Invested , and for the labor and industry
expended by Its ofHclals In establishing
and managing the business , together with
a reasonable yearly accumulation of sur
plus to provide for emergencies. Hut
charges beyond what are necessary to pro
vide rhese revenues are. In effect , a tax
on the people for Ihe enrichment of a few
persons and should not be permitted ,
Especially should corporations be rigidly
restrained from arbitrarily Increasing their
capitalization for the purpose of making ex
cessive charges scum reasonable , or to hold
forth extra Inducement , for Investors to put
their money Into the enterprise. A railroad ,
u slock jtuilH corporation or a gas company
which actually expends $5,000.000 In the con
st ! uctlon of a plant , should not bo allowed
In Issue stocks and bonds for twice or thrice
that amount , ami to make the public pay a
return on the excessive capitalization. Such
n practice Is not only unjust , to thu patrons
of the company , but it puts afloat a lot of
dangerous hecurltles which are a constant
menace to the stability of the finances of the
country.
The collapse of corporations with excessive
capitalization , or tbe ultimate- shrinkage In
the value of their securities , results In en
ormous lOEsea of capital every year , or ,
rather , in the transfer of such capital from
the possession of those to whom U right
fully belongs to the pockets of men who
have practiced a fraud by selling securities
seemingly high value , which turn out to
be worth llttlo or nothing In thu end.
Innocent purchasers should be protected from
frauds of tlila sort , practiced under the
name of shrewd financiering , and the public ,
which contributes the revenues for the sup
port of corporations , should bo defended
against excessive charges to pay an income
ou watered stock.
THIS Ct'llAV SITUATION.
St. Louis He-public General Nuncx Is
when ho declares thnt Cuba Is not now worth
$100,000.000 nnd that the fulled States would
not give half that sum for the Island. Cuba
won't bo worth shucks If the war continues
much longer ,
Indlannpoll.t Journal : General Qome-x ,
Commander-in-chief of the Cuban army ,
writes : "U'eyler's succe or In Cuba , In or
der to cope with thu rebellion nt Its prevent
slngi' . will be obliged to demand 200.000
troops and $100.000.000. nnd even then ho
will fnll as Ignominlously ns.Veylcr hns
failed. " There Is not much compromise In
that.
that.Now
Now York Tribune : The Cuban debt nt
the outbreak of the present war , then , was
JlfiS.EOO.OOO.Vhnt It is now cannot bo ox-
nelly stated. U Is entirely wlthlu bounds to
reckon thnt this war has been costing Spsilli
nu nvcrngo of $10,000,000 A mouth. In March
last It was reckoned , from official flguies , to
have cost thus far over $1100.000,000. At the
present moment the total may well bo esti
mated at , $275.000 000. Adding that to the
amount of the debt before the wnr , the ap
palling aggregate of $ l4ifiOO.OOO : is reached.
Such Is the burden which the Spanish gov
ernment would Impose upon the Island whnso
Industries hnvo been ravaged out of exist
ence by the barbarities of the Spanish gov
ernor general ! At the present rale of 6 per
cent , the In tores t on that debt would amount
to $2C.C10,000 a year , or more than the entire
budget of the Island before the war. The
principal of the debt would bo $ L'71 to every
man , woman and child In the Islnnd. And
the public debt of France , now by far the
largest ever yet Incurred by nny nation In
the world , I'J only $1G2 a head ! Such In tlio
load which Cuba must carry If she accepts
the offer of autonomy.
Ol'T OK Till ? OltDI.YAUV.
In Japan the locks are placed upon the
jamb instead of on the door ,
A single sunflower stalk at Hums , Kan. ,
bore 233 bloonio at one lime.
Buffalo physicians are said to have n black
Hit of delinquents numbering 12,000.
In a H TO son of about eleven weeks $50.000
worth of blueberries were sold In Murquotte
county , Mich.
Afler falling thirty feet Inlo the bold of n
slcamcr at Canton , Md. , and c-triklng on his
head , a negro stevedore rode away laughing
and uninjured.
SIKCCSS has attended nn effort at banana
growing In Kltzgernld , Ga. . where n plaiil
reached the height of twelve feel and put
forth satisfactory fruit.
Were dentists fashionable In snalldom
what i harvest there might bo for the tooth
operators. A scientist who has been studying
the subject asserts that each snail has .10,000
teeth.
Maine Is boasting over the champion pullet.
She laid an egg seven and throe-quarter
inches long , six and n half Inches In its
greatest diameter , and with three yolks. It
was Ihe first effort of n 5-months-old pullet.
Thinking four kittens too much of a litter
George Varncr of Clay Center , Kan. , took
two of them away from his eat and disposed
of them. The next morning he found the cat
nurclng the Iwo remaining kltlens and two
llttlo cottontail rabbits.
Scrawny girls will find an argument for
loosening the purse-strings of too economical
swains In the fact that an Indiana man who
has practically lived ou nothing but Ice
cream for five years has Increased in weight
from 14Cf to 210 pounds in that period.
Tow Paugh of Backbone Mountain , the dis
tinguished snake hunter of Harrison county ,
W. Va. , has done 122 rattelftiakcs to death In
the past summer. He declares the largest of
them to have been of only the modest length
of eight feet. It had , however , eighteen
rflttlns.
Ono of the French poets says a woman's
word Is her tongue , and that she never al
lows It to rust. A woman in San Francisco
claims to have invented n system of phonetic
stenography by which the human tongue can
record not only the wonta of a speech , but
all Ita modulations. The Inventor states that
she hrjs tested her device successfully In
Chinese as well as English.
The undertaker engaged by the county to
put away the remains of a woman who
begged for a living In New York City will
not look tp the county for his pay. When ,
tlie" clothing tfafi remoVcvrfromntlc'bodytwo
banknotes , representing savings amounting
to $2,341.04 , were found In a pocket. Sowed
In the lining of her dress was $25 In cash.
A corduroy road made of small cedar trees ,
which were In a perfect state of preservation ,
was unearthed the other day thirty-eight
feet below the surface of the earth , seven
miles east of Aehtabula , O. Prof. Carl
Wright , teacher of geology in Oberlln col
lege , who has visited the spot and examined
the wood , gives it OR his opinion that the
wood has been where It was found since the
glacial epoch.
While Peter Carson of Kalama , Wash. ,
was eating his dinner a yellow jacket got
Into his month and was swallowed , or at any
rate went down his oesophagus , and , accord
ing lo the western chronicler , etung him In
the stomach. H took a physician's services
to give the bee Its quietus. Carson described
bla sensations as those a man might feel
who was blown up by dynamite Just as a
house fell upon him.
SEOUETAKY WII.SO.VS IDEA.
i'veloiimenf of .VeTV Iloiilrx lo the
Scnbonril.
llocky Mountain News.
Thn visit of Spprntnrv Wilson nf < lm llo.
partmcnt of Agriculture to the west promises
to be productive of good results In more ways
than one. The secretary Is a practical man
and1 not a politician and therefore gave close
attention to the agricultural problems of the
tranamlssourl region. He saw the possibili
ties of production before these states and he
saw also the necessity for outlet to market
In order that the products of the soil might
bo turned into cosh. The natural route to
the gulf was as a consequence forced upon
his mind , with all of the advantages that it
represents to the farmers of Kansas and Ne
braska , of Colorado and Wyoming and of the
other mountain states. He Is engaged on
plans whereby additional shirking and trnnt.-
portatlon facilities can be secured for the
opening of a foreign market to the people of
these states.
This is practical work which the News Is
glad to approve. It will inalco the Depart
ment of Agriculture of some direct benefit ,
not only to great sections of the country , butte
to individuals who till thu soil and live by
the products of the farm , the garden , the
orchard and the stock range. Its full benefits
cannot be expected to bo realized In a single
year , but once Inaugurated it will grow season
by season until the great bulk of the com
merce of this region lluds Us way to and
from tbe gulf ports.
Secretary Wilson's recognition of the re
lations between the transmlssourl and moun
tain region and the gulf rxirts Is of the
utmost value to those who aio Interested In
opening up this route of commerce and Is a
verification of al that the News has ever
written upon the subject. Ills olllclal action
can therefore be commended with all the moro
satisfaction as another Indication of the cer
tain trend of traffic In this portion of the
republic.
IOWA runs * COMMHXT.
Davenport Democrat , At the roquet of
Mr llryan the three nltver parties In Nc-
biMnkn which have combined In the hope of
capturing the offices , hnvo lusued a warning
which declare * "n still hunt Is being made
In every county In the ntnto by the paid
agents of the gold standard forces , the funds
being furnished by the corporations who ex
pect Judicial favors. " The "paid agents of
the gold standard forces" this ycnr nro the
men who buy wheat nud cnlllc. They are
pcittcrlnfi the coin In Nebraska ami this la
breaking the rnnks of the Ilrynnltcs.
Des Molnes Leader : For want of some
thing better , the newspaper correspondent *
are again taking up the case of Grover
Cleveland. For six months they left him
nloue , but his vnrntlon 13 now ever Two
ntorlfs have been hatched during Iho week.
One is thnt ho Is plotllng to get on the
New Jersey bench , nud the other Is tlml ho Is
lying awake nlghl iryliiR to devls- > ways to
get Into the United Slates senate. Doubtless ,
within n month we will have him n candi
date for thu presidency. In the meantime ,
however , as n matter of fnct , the subject of
nil this gossip Is nttondlng to his own nf-
fntrs with admirable assiduity.
Dubuiiuu Telegraph : In his latest report
Warden Madden of the Anamptui penitentiary
recommends that convict labor be fanned
out at wngcj averaging not less than those
pnld to freemen , and that n percentage of
their earnltigfl bo reserved for prisoners.
Thn Focoml p.irt of the recommendation Is
better than the first. Wages nro low and
steadily falling because there l.s a aurplus at
labor In thu mnkcl , nud If the surplus were
further Increased by the competition of con
vict labor , wages would further fall. A bel
ter solution would seem to bo the employ
ment of convict labor In some work which
would not bo undertaken nave to give It
employment and which would not conflict
with the Interests of free labor. Iowa need *
good roads and the convicts could not bo botr
tcr employed than In making them.
MIHTHKI'I. ItmiAltKS.
Soincrvlllo Journal : The bow-legged mnn
seldom Kcttt so frightened lluii his knees
knock together.
YoiikeiH Stiitcntnnii : She I don't look ,
nt till like myself today.
He 11 would bo n good time to have your
picture taken.
Uiooklyn Ltfu : She Our minister does
not Jump at conclusion ; " .
lie 1 should ray not. I ifever knew him
to reach n conclusion In less than nn hour ,
Indianapolis Journal' "Your American
public Is pretty thin-aklnncd , " commented
the visiting foreigner.
"Oh , 1 don't know , " replied the natlvo
Htatesmnn. "It seems to mil ml about ns
much tklnnlng : ns any other old public. "
Detroit Free Press : He In China n play
Is six mou Ihs long.
She-rJonr me ; wJmt a lot of peed nhoo
leather you pave in not being there to go
out between acts.
C'hlcngo Tribune : "For three month * . "
xnld the returned Klomllker , "all 1 hnil lo
eat was dried beef and hnrdtnek. "
"Hut you brought a good lot of gold back
with you ? "
" "
"Yes
"And I suppose you have got It safely In
vested ? "
"Yes I've bad a Rood deal of It put In
in ! ' teeth , "
Chleatro Hecord : "Aunt Marthn , did you
road this interesting story. 'A Tragedy of
Two Old MnicisV "
"No ; an old maid la tragedy enough
of lt = < ! lf.
ChlcuRo Post : "Ho doesn't look Ilko a
poet , does he ? "
"Is ho one ? "
"Well , I was told thnt a good deal of hlf
tltno 1 < devoted to meter. "
un , tniit nns no poetical slpnlflcnncc.
lie's an Inspector for n gna company. "
"Then he In the Held of romance , at
any into "
Chicago Tribune : "No odds how bad a
start a man has In this country. " the man
with the loud chlrt front nnd llasby dl.imond
was saylntr , "he's got n good a chance to
bo Homebody as any other feller has. If ho
watcnes tbe corners and 'tends strlckly to
business. Why , dang It , the owner of Star
Pointer was nothing bub a church choir boy
when he was a kid ! "
. Washington..Star : . "What this , country
wants to do , " said the reformer , "Is to
raise the requirements for olllceliolders. "
"Kxactly so , " replied Senator Sorghum ,
"and allow me to remind you that the prin
cipal requirement of an ofilccholdcr Is hi
salary. "
A LODGE NIGHT TEST.
Huston Journal.
If your -tongue be In peed condition for
doing-a little acrobat'c work , try rending Iho
followingwoid curiosity aloud. It may br >
familiar to some of you , for It Is one of the
treasures that we dugup out of an old scrap
book :
If you stick a stick across a n'.lck ,
Or stick a cross acroea a stick.
Or cross a stick across a stick ,
Or stick a cross across a crass ,
Or cross n cross across a stick ,
Or cross u cross across a cross ,
Or stick a cros stick across a stick ,
Orstlcka crossed stick across a crossed stick.
Or cross a crossed stick across a cross ,
Or cross a crossed stick across a Mick ,
Orcrossacrossed stick across a crossed stlcVL
Would that be an acrostic ?
OLD JACiv C1IASK.
There bo men born for great things who
have the Rift of gall ,
And some exist uho puzzle one "Why they
worn Itnrn nf jill-
But old Jack Chase of Tilden saw his call
ing clear.
And was roaily to enlighten all these wio
cnroil lo henr
That his mission In thin world of woe llke-
wJso thin vale of sin-
Was to BO down to tlio station nnd watch ,
tha train "pull In. "
You might mark him on the platform , If
e'er you passed that town ,
Ueneath a fr.iycd brown hat , gray hair and
coat , and lio.vrd dcnn
With sixty years of living , with a broom
stick for a cane ;
Forehead scarrvil , faeo rudely tunned both
by snow and rain ,
A-g.'ialng at the engine ; he'd watch Its
smoky [ light
'Till distance blurred the outline nnd hid
the train from .sight.
Hill Harjow , the smooth barber , and Field.
who DcHtlcs pills ;
"Hank" Klonjtead , the truth teller of all
that ranee of hills.
Would tell Jack quite oniplmtlc , Indeed , they
uiiml to Hwenr.
That the train would eomo along right , oven
If ho wasn't there ;
Whereat old Jack would sickly smile , or
else would silent grin
And make tracks for the station to watch
thu train roll In.
Days drifted from the Tulure , Iho pralrla
blossoms blrvA.
And minds of winter followed .their pinions
tipped with NIIOW ;
Whotlur sunshine' sifted through the trees.
or dark skies drizzled rain.
Jack Chuso was "not found wanting , " ha
never missed n train.
Hy tlio corner of the station old Jack was.
surely found
When the whlstln sounded shrilly and th
train's tread shook the ground
-SOL.
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