THE OafAJIA DAILY 33EE ; THURSDAY * FEJVftUAHY 1X ( 1808. |
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prpfrnro this 1st dnjof l'cbnii\rv. 1WS.
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Notary 1'uhllc
/ M. Kmllo Xola BceniB to be iiialntnlnlni ;
bis wi'll-etirni'tl roptitntlon ns .1 prol'llc '
/ Kourco of producing fiction.
The spring painting , repairing nnil
cleaning boom will be due In Onviliii lu
n short tlmo anil everybody should be
ready for It.
i _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
i\Ir. \ Holes of I own might call a. truce
nnd go over the matter with himself.
But then who would admire a man who
docs not occasionally change his mind ?
Promoter C ! ruble Insists that all his
Ktocl ; Jobbing cntcrprlsoq have been sue-
coHsfnl. They recall the successful sur
gical operation from which the patient
died.
The contractor who is lo undertake
the job of lining the Ohio state capital
might ntlllsw some of the root backs I'.IK
popocrnts sent out rim-Jug the Into iih-
pleasantness there.
Lincoln's birthday is to be generally
celebrated In the public schools of Ne
braska. No patriot's memory has more
good lessons for the young than that
of the martyr president.
It Is a Hltlo early to talk about a
short crop of Ice , but the price mark
on a small cube of congealed Missouri
\vlll doubtless IH > able to tell the .story
.wltli one word later In the season.
If Attorney General Smyth does as
veil for the- state comparatively on the
Hartley bond as City Attorney ConnelJ
has done for the city on the Holln bonil ,
there will be no kick coining from tlio
taxpayers.
Illinois democrats threaten to appeal
1o the courts to protect them In their
right to fuse. A revision of the Declar
ation of IndeiKMideiice to Include fusion
sis one of the Inalienable rights of man
will soon be In order.
It Is just announced that Oem Paul
Kruger has again been re-elected pres
ident of his South African republic.
Oem Paul's certificate might as well bo
made out for a term of his natural life ,
or until he dec-Ides to abdicate.
Naturally every one pecuniarily af
fected by the retrenchment resolution
introduced Into the Hoard of Education
is violently opposed to it. Hut they do
not seem to be ready with any more
practicable solution of the problem.
The Spanish minister to Washington
should know that , the rule against writ
ing letters applies as strictly to diplo
mats as to politicians. Lord Sackvllle
West , for example , learned this lesson
from that expensive old schoobnastei- ,
Experience.
President Dole's acknowledgment that
lie. does not know how the people of the
islands stand as regard annexation ti >
the United States Is likely to leave tli-
impression that there Is a good deal o :
uliiim about the republicanism of Hit-
Island republic.
Notice Is hereby served upon the pub
lishers of the olllclal guide book of the
exposition that a page must bo reserved
for an alfresco likeness of the long
distance architect In the attitude of
Hottom making love to Tltania In Mid
summer Night's Drefjm.
Russia lias given Great Ilrltaln assur
ance that whatever Chinese ports it
may acquire will bo open fre-j to the
commerce of the world. The public up-
parently < llri not know until now what
a philanthropic purpose actuates the
European land grabbers.
No wonder the chief of police Ignores
the ordi > r of the police board to shut
down the automatic gambling machines.
Has ho not a precedent precisely in
line In the board's willful disregard of
the law and Its otllclal oath when It
matin a man chief of police who never
in all his llta had a day's experience
in any police department simply because
of his supposed political pull ?
Statistician Hyde of the Agricultural
department estimates that the valilo of
the wheat , corn , oats , rye , barley ,
buckwheat , hay and potatoes har
vested In thu United States last
jvar was 91I1L'XX,000. ( ) What the
value of the crop would hnvo
bi'cn hail the republican party lost UK-
presidential election of the year before
can never bo known , but It Is certain
that It would have been much leaa.
r THE HKpanucAN ci.vns
The National League of Hcpubllcnn
Clubs will hold Us next annual meeting
In Omnha during the third week of
.Tune. Being the only natlonnl conven
tion of representative republicans for
the year 1SOS , the coming league con
vention promises to be the most Im
portant political gathering between now
and the nomination of the next presi
dential ticket. It Is expected that
nearly nil the great party loaders will
participate In Its proceedings and the
keynote of the congressional campaign
of 1803 will be sounded from the con
vention hall at Omaha.
As one of the pivotal states Nebraska
will be In the thick of the light during
the coming year and Nebraska ropim-
llcans should take special pains to profit
from this event. Their tlrst duty is to
reorganize nnd strengthen every repub
lican club that was active In the last
national campaign. With these clubs
fully manned by active party workers ,
reinforced by a rank anil tile of men
who believe in republican principles and
desho the regeneration of the party and
Its restoration to power In Nebraska ,
the party In this state will bo In posv
tlon to Impress the visiting delegations
with Its vitality and determination to
regain lost prestige us a banner repub
lican' state.
The attempt ; to organize new clubs on
purely personal or factional lines should
be discountenanced as far as possible.
The party In Nebraska cannot be
strengthened by scattering Its force In
order to accommodate ambitious lead
ers or ward politicians who want lo
wear big badges and meaningless titles.
What Is needed Is a compact organiza
tion enrolled In clubs that will turn out
In battalions rather than squads , and
whose meinlK'rs will represent all fac
tions and all .shades of opinion within
the party. Ono hundred clubs thus
organized can contribute more effective
service In a campaign than a thousand
paper clubs made up exclusively of
brigadier generals.
It goes without saying that the party
temper is ripe for reorganization on
broad lines. The work should begin
with a muster of the republican clubs
at the National league convention at
Omaha , to be followed up with an ener
getic canvass that will reach every
voter In every precinct and school dis
trict In Nebraska.
111K M.JMlF.l ) } JU J.UMK JjKTTKlt.
The Spanish minister ati Washington ,
Dupuy do Lome , Is an experienced dip
lomatist , who has shown good judgment
in the performance of the dilllcult du
ties that have devolved upon him since
the breaking out of the insurrection In
Cuba. It Is therefore not easy to be
lieve that he is the author of the letter
In which President McKlnloy Is char
acterized as a "low politician" and as
being "weak and catering to the rab
ble , " yet his silence in the face of so
serious an allegation will be 'regarded
by . .many as evidence of the truth of
the charge. It will be felt that an
Innocent man , with so much Involved ,
would make haste to deny the accusa
tion In the most explicit manner , ' invit
ing cv-ery opportunity for showing his
Innocence , Instead of avoiding the mut
ter as the Spanish minister has done.
Of course Minister do Lome will have
to make a satisfactory explanation or
ceasa to represent the Spanish govern
ment at Washington , lie will have to
siiow conclusively that he did not write
the letter he is alleged to have written
In order to continue In his position. So
great an Indignity to the chief executive
from a foreign minister cannot be con
doned , even though contained in a pri
vate and confidential communication.
Hut If the authorship shall be fixed on
Do Lome there Is no reason to appiv-
hcnd anything beyond his dismissal. It
Is not a mutter that should necessarily
cause any complication or controversy
between the governments.
' Tllh CHINK8K QUKSTHW.
The United States has an Interest In
the Chinese question which Is not fully
measured by our present trade wltii
China. That amounts to not far from
$ 20,000,000 , a year and has been growing
rapidly for several years , justifying the
belief that If thu privileges we now en
joy , In common with other nations , In
tills trade shall not be interfered with
our commerce with the Chinese empire
may within the next quarter of a cen
tury be Increased to very large proper
tions.
Hence the statements made by Lord
Salisbury In Parliament ) and by Huron
von Huolow In the Keiehstag are hardly
less Interesting to the American people
than to those of Kngland and Germany.
They are reassuring statements. The
Hrltlsh prime minister said that then-
Is no effort the country would not make
to maintain Its treaty rights , but he
declared that no one had shown the
slightest intention of Infringing those
rights. He further slated that he had
iccelved assurances from both Kussia
and Germany to the effect that Chinese
ports which they may occupy will lu
free to Hrltlsh commerce. This gives
an altogether different aspect to the sit
uation nnd appears to conclusively show
that the Hrltlsh government has secured
all It desired. There does not appear
to have been any "backdown , " as ha. <
been charged , but merely a single con
cession to China In the matter of the
proposed opening of a treaty port.
Huron von Huelow spoke In Justifica
tion of the acquisition of Chinese terri
tory by Germany , but distinctly dis
dained any purpose hostile to the In-
tegilty of the Chinese empire. On tha
contrary , he said Germany desired the
continued existence of that empire , As
to establishing a free port at ICiao Chan
he said that would be to Germany's In
terest In the futute , but ho thought it
would bo best to keep independent In
this respect for the present.
It is plain from these utterances that
there is no Immediate danger of a
change of conditions In China Inimical
to ( ho commerce of any country. It Is
reasonable to assume that the Kuropean
nations operating in China will not dis
criminate against American Interests in
that quarter , but will permit this coun
try to have the same commercial rights
and privileges aw they enjoy. If It Is
the intention of Itusala , us stated by
Lord Salisbury , that any port that coun
try fihnll obtain Ipavo to employ as an
outlet for Its commerce shall be a free
port for Hrltlsh commerce It Is most
probable that the commerce of all other
countries would bo placed on an equal
footing and certainly wo should expect
such consideration from Russia for
American commerce.
In this view of the situation It appears
to bo unnecessary for our government
to take any action In reference to the
Chinese question. Last week the New
York Chamber of Commerce adopted a
memorial to the president urging that
such proper steps bo taken as will safe
guard the commercial Interests of the
United States In China , but it is not
apparent that anything can be done bt-
youd the expression of a desire that
our Interests In China bo respected and
until It shall clearly appear that they
are In danger the wise thing for this
government Is to keep silent on the
Chinese question. In the light of what
was said by Salisbury and Haron von
Uuelow It appears that the United
States can safely keep entirely aloof
from affairs In the far east.
A DIVWKI ) COMMITTEE.
Division among the republicans of the
house banking and currency committee
appears to assure the failure of all ef
forts to have a currency measure re
ported from that committee. Some of
the members desire to report a complete
bill carrying out the recommendations
of Secretary Gage and the monetary
commission , while others are wedded to
personal plans of currency or banking re
form. The division was strongly shown
at a recent meeting of the committee and
It is hardly possible that the conflicting
views can bo reconciled .so as to allow
of a currency bill being framed stsil re
ported.
It has been suggested that perhaps
the best way to advance currency legls- }
latlon now would be for the ways and |
means committee to report a bill cov
ering the president's recommendations ,
but It Is not at all probable that that
committee has any desire to thus go out-
slda of its legitimate function , nor is
there any reason to think that its mem
bers would be more likely to agree on
a measure than the members of the
banking and currency committee. Chair
man Dlngley , it Is understood , while
favoring some changes In the currency
system , does not think It wise to urge
the matter at this time , because nothing
can bo accomplished. Speaker Ueoil is
in the same position. These leaders
know that If the house were to pass a
currency bill based on the recommenda
tions of the secretary-of the treasury
and the monetary commission it would
fall In the senate and they are indis
posed to waste time in a discussion of
the currency that could have no practi
cal result , but which might have a
more or less unsettling effect upon bus
iness.
This being the situation it seems safe
to say that there will bo no currency
legislation proposad in the house of rep
resentatives at the present session ,
which means that there will bo no such
legislation by the Fifty-fifth congress.
JWllAIj
A bill la pending In the Iowa legisla
ture for a law requiring school boards
to purchase books for school libraries ,
setting apart each year for this pmpose
not less than 10 cents for each per oi of
school age In the district , and in the
case of rural districts distributing the
books among the several sub-dlstrlctB.
This bill Is being pushed by thy super
intendent of public instruction , who ,
before assuming his olllcc the first of tlic
year , declared his belief that provision
for libraries for rural schools is one ot
the most important steps Unit can now
be taken In school work in that state.
The desirability of libraries for rural
schools has already been recognized in
Iowa as well as In. other states. In
one of the counties of IowaO'Brien
county nearly all the rural schools havii
1'brarles ' started , having been encour
aged to do this by a public-spirited citi
zen , who offered prizes of books for
the schools making the most valuable
additions to their libraries dtitlng Hit-
last school year. The pup'ls ' in the
several districts became hit > restt'd with
the teachers and .school officers and the
foundations were thus laid for many
small libraries. In like manner a teach
ers' library has been .started at the
county seat of the same county for Hit :
use of all the teachers of the county.
In Nebraska something has been ac
complished In a similar direction through
voluntary effort , stimulated by the olll
clal establishment of an annual Library
day , celebrated by appropriate pro
grams and book donations to school
libraries. There Is no question as to
the value of these libraries and no doubt
that their good work will go on through
many succeeding years.
Good books are of greater value in
the rural schools than In the city schools
for the reason that there are not m ?
many good books within re.ich of thosi-
who attend the country schools. Kvon
where private libraries are to be found
In country homes the books are not
always of a kind that are useful to in
quiring students. Tlia rural school
library movement Is delayed recognition
of the faut that as much If not more
good can bo done for the cause of popu
lar education by Improving the oppor
tunities of the chlldien in the ungraded
schools than in adding to facilities for
better education in the higher schools.
The outlook for increase In the gen
eral revenues of the United atates gov
ernment is said to be good. A suite-
ment Is expected soon from the olllclalh
of the Treasury department fhowmx
what may bo expected In Iho way or
revenues when Importations of wool and
sugar have Increased to the lurmal de
mand of the country again , nnd judg
ing by the increase shown In Uecnnbcr
and January It is reasonable to hope
that from the.se and other Hums the
customs receipts will bo greatly In
creased.
If the school board Intends to respond
to tlio demand for retrenchment it
should begin at once and not wait until
the deficit is again on the increase. It
is not a question whether or not bojne
good Is gained from this fad or that ,
but whether uudpf. the circumstances
the board can afford to expend money
for such luxuries. The plea that the
educational frills.Unit , have been en
grafted on our BJ > Wlc school system Involve -
volvo no additional cost Is simply ridic
ulous. Kvery time a now branch Is
added the expcii-Wacconnt Is Increased
and lopping It off must reduce the drain
on the board's resources. We suppose
the public scho'oL"mlght , teach paintIng -
Ing , sowing , thopiano , the violin nnd
a dozen other thlnjcs useful and orna
mental , but people , who want extras
of this kind are rightly required to
got them nt prlv'afp ' cost.
A duty of the United Slates and Ca
nadian governments that cannot bo
either avoided or put oft' to a more con
venient time relates to the survey of the
boundary Hue between the Canadian
Klondike country nnd Alaska. Within
a few weeks there will be thousands of
persons on the way to the gold Holds
and us soon as they begin locating
claims It will be Important that thej
know whether they are under the pro
tection of the stars ami stripes or the
union jack. A survey Is a simple mat
ter and might be attcndad to pro'iiptly
by mutual agreement between the gov
ernments.
Now this thing must stop. The next
time one Cass Gilbert writes from
"Hotel Nurnberger Hof Inhaber ; Otto
Schabangs Weln-llestanrant I Hangcs
Herlln W , " to Charles Howard Walker
of Hoston and Omaha , we Insist that
he address him as head of the archl-
lecrs'In-chlef of the Transmisslssippi
nnd International Exposition. Nothing
less would bo showing due deference to
the admitted fact that without the long
distance services of the eminent decor-
atov .the exposition would never have
been dreamed of , either by telephone ,
graphophone , phonograph or lithograph.
Not only should the legislature pass
a law forbidding anyone from referring
to the exposition without mentioning
the long-distance architect , but thu
courts should also Issue an injunction
prohibiting any but laudatory refer
ences to the short-distance architect.
The Transmlssisslppl Kducational con
vention lias been fixed for Omaha June
23 , 2i ) and 80 next. Kvery person in
terested directly or Indirectly In the
work of education in the Transmissls-
slppl states should mark these dates
with red ink on his calendar.
IiiniK mi Hurl ; .
Philadelphia Times.
When there's discussion of the dogs of
war being slipped war ships might be re
garded as the barks In. the case.
lllvnlry of ' ! ' < >
KnnsnD Clt > - Star.
IMIssourt and Kansas 'aro getting ready for
a race to see which will have the better
exhibit at Omaha and. which will be first
to have its display completed.
Thu "Hi'uvy Vllliiln. "
\V. D. Curtltn Chicago Record.
Thcro Is a well established report that the
author of "Tho Cuj-so of Gold , " the tragedy
which the populist c6mniltteo Is about to
put on the stage for campaign purposes , has
used Hon. J. Sterling Morton as his model
for the heavy villain.
Yim I > N < > r tlit * lllliiil.
Philadelphia Press.
Tlio United States tariff so far as It ex-
eludes goods docs It by means of a duty
which treats all alike , but Prussia In ex
cluding American fruit , as In the case of
American meat , does It by means of ad
ministrative processes that presume what Is
false and then act upon It. This Is a dis
tinction with a difference , but some yawp
ing free trader/ ! refuse to sec It.
Proof UN Strniit ; us .Holy . Writ.
Minneapolis Journal.
Tlradstreot's record for 1897 shows In
northwestern states 1,056 .failures , as com
pared with 1,450 for 189U and 1,310 for 1895.
In the whole country the total failures In
1897 were 13.083 , anil 15,095 In 1S9C. The
1897 record1 shows , too , a lirge falling oft
In liabilities. The jcar recently closed is
the best since. 1893. These statements tell
Tiioro for returning prosperity than vol
umes of populist sayings against It.
Cnlnnilly Ohiinx'turlHllc.
Globe-Democrat.
The democratic papers are rejoicing over
the exclusion of American fruit from Ger
many , and are hoping that thcro 1) truth In
the story 'that American wines and horses
will also bo shut out. They were Jubilant
a few years ago when Germany prohibited
the Importation of American pork , bacon
cad lard. Anything which Is calculated to
Injure or dlacrcdlt the country always brings
Joy to the democrats. Their triumph In the
present Instance , however , la likely to be
very ahort.
K' 'About ' Tliiiilnte.
Globe-Democrat.
American tlnplato manufacturers have
Improved their machinery to such a degree
that it Is In demand by the Welsh makers.
The niotnl used can 'be ' rolleU Into sheets
In this country cheaper than elsewhere , and
the higher grades of tlnplate are turned
out by automatic processes , An American
establishment which until recently Imported
nil Us tlnplato used 05,000 boxes of Ameri
can plate last year and Imported none. The
saving was over $60,000. American tin Is
no longer the target of free trade ridicule.
It Is In general demand at home , and Its ex
port Is growing.
"A llfNiini f Til 11 nil IT. "
New York Sun.
The Hon. John Pardon Altgeld has taken
the trouble to write a letter saying that
"the great democMtlo party must take no
backward stop , " As the great democratic
party has not shown any deslro to take any
backward step , the letter was not absolutely
necessary. Still , It Is welcome , for It con
tains this eulogy of the Chicago platform :
"Tho platform wo adopted In that year
was a second declaration of Independence
for the American people , and It Is much
stronger now than It was then , All wo
need to do Is to tifaiul manfully by It and
\vo will sweep this country as the hills are
swept by the bosom of thunder , ' * ,
Thunder , regarded a4 a sort of hill-clean
ing witch with a broom ( , ts a flno poetical
conception , worthy , of this eminent author.
Wo are compelled to say , however , that
thunder is not particularly formidable or
effectlvo.
lIl-lllN 1(1 ( O 1.
Detroit Jtmnml.
A man who has'befn an Inmate of the
asylum at Pontlacdfor many years has devoted -
voted every mom cL qf his spare tlmo In
manufacturing vtlielip \ , fondly supposes to
bo banknotes. Ha ) process of manufacture
la very simple and Unvarying. Placing a
plcco of paper of"t > anknoto size over the
decorated border of the cover of a book ho
rubs heel ball over the paper and thus obtains
a replica of the pretty part , as ho calla It.
Having fanned the border of tils note ho
fills In the Interior with decorations , ob
tained by placing his paper on the lids of
tobacco and other tins ; any surface answers
ao long as It IB hard , indented or embossed ,
Ho flnlihes hts note by writing In the center
In largo figures tbo value , ho wishes to glva
It. As ho has been engaged for fifteen
years at his hobby , and lias boon allowed to
keep his accumulated wealth ot paper
money , ho Is the proud possessor of three
llttlo stacks of notes , each about a fo t high.
Ho calculates bo Is worth billions. Ho has
never been known to mlas a night or waste
a mlnuto of tbo tlmo at tiU dlipoial in all
tha long fifteen years ,
, rue < jiii5sstv
ICvldfMico of liicrcnicOrll l r lu
Inilimtrjnnil Trntlc.
NVw York Oominerclnl AJvfrl'.tcr. '
Enemies ot sound money nnd protection
would no doubt like to bellcvo that events
were fulfilling their predictions ot woo
and disaster , but evidence of Incrcnilng
Activity In industry and I mile M too palpable
to bo talked down or denied , 1'or H97 bnnk.
clearings show n. gain of $6,000,000,000 , or
about 12 per cent over 1SOC , with tha volume
of clearings at present advancing at still
gteater rate. Two hundred railroads , rep
resenting 150,000 miles of track , report for
1837 Increased earnings of nearly ffiO.OOO.-
000 over 1S9C , and In the same period only
eighteen roads , representing 1,530 miles ot
track , went Into the lintuls of receivers
against thirty-four roads , representing B.nOO
miles ot track , for the prccodlnt ; year. There
were not only 2,000 less commercial failures
hi 1S97 than In 1S9G , but the aggregate
liabilities were $90,000.000 lesw. The total
output of pig Iron last year , although the
largest on record for this country , promises
to bo exceeded during the current year ,
whllo the demand , both at liomo nnd abroad ,
for steel rails , locomotive * and other flnlahcd
products Is steadily widening. The one
gloomy feature of tlio situation la the cotton
manufacturing Industry , but depression In
that Industry Is con lined principally to Mow
England. In the south all cotton mills are
running full tlmo and some ot them over
time.
There Is nothing fictitious about these
proofs of reviving business. They are ovl-
ilenco that money la again flowing Into pro
ductive enterprises ; that capital and credit ,
under asstiranco that the gold standard Is to
bo unflinchingly maintained , are tecovcrlng
trom tha shock they custalncd by the mcnaco
of Dryanlsm ; that Industry , relivised by the
Dlngley tariff from frar of unequal foreign
competition , Is taking on new activity nnd
that the demand for labor Is steadily expand
ing. Not a little of the new Impulse Im
parted to Industry nnd trade Is due. of cout-ae ,
to bountiful cropa and better prices for agri
cultural products , but 'this only confirms Iho
statement that Improved business conditions
rest upon a solid basis. Increased and In
creasing demand for products ot the ( arm.
the forgo and the loom , reduction In ttic num
ber of business failures and expansion of
bank clearings arc not results of speculative
activity ; neither are they sympathetic ot n
monetary policy which , as the last democratic
national ulatform nuts It , "has loc-kcd fast the
prosperity of an Industrial people In the
paralysis of hard times. " It only nenda pa
tient adherence to sound economic principles
to erablo the Amerlcnti people to rc umo
their place in the van of prosperous nations.
uisTHiirn..MIMIUHATION. .
Pt-oiiOMfMl Kiliirntlonnl Text of I.Ittlc
I'rm-tli-nl Vnlnv.
-Minneapolis Times.
When tills bill was Introduced In the
Kitty-fourth congress an Impression was
created nniocig naturalized citizens that the
tendency of Immigration Is to lessen tbo
rates of wages , lessen the opportunity of
securing employment , ami mat mure 13 uui
room In this country for any moro foreign
ers. It was another exhibition of the mean
and selfish sldo ot human nature. Many ot
our naturalized citizens were willing to push
hack the newcomers of their own race Into
the sea rather tlian share with them the
privileges and the possibilities of advance
ment which they have themselves enjoyed.
Agitation , however , has shown thla notion
to bo a mistaken one , and greatly changed
the sentiment of thu masses of our natural
ized citizens toward the Lodge bill. It Is
to the credit of our German citizens that
the meat active opposition to the bill comes
from them , although not one German Im
migrant In a hundred would fall under the
prohibition of the measure.
The Lodge bill Is opposed not so much
for what appears upon Its face as for what
Is , behind It. IP the capacity to Toad twenty
words of the constitution bo a proper test
of the fitness of an Immigrant , how many
thousands of our native-born cltbcns who
cannot come up to the standard ? If the
political Influence ot a few Immigrants who
cannot read our constitution bo dangerous
to the country , why not meet a far greater
evil t > y applying the education gauge to nil
Ignorant voters , native and naturalized ,
whlto and black ? The probability Is that
the Lodge bill , If passed , would bo the
forerunner of other natlvlstlc measures for
tlio jestrlctlou of Immigration. It Is under
stood that If the authors of the Lodge bill
could have had their own way It would have
presented far more drastic features. This Is
to bo seen by comparing It with the original
bill , which was vetoed by Cleveland , and
which was vetoed by Cleveland , and whluh
which was proposed to prohibit the right of
worklngmcn to travel to and from the coun
try In quest of employment. This favorite
purpose of the bill was abandoned , for pru
dential reasons , but with the Intention , no
doubt , to resume It on the first opportunity.
The exclusion of a few analphabetlcal peas
ants from Italy and Hungary would affect
Immigration only In a slight degree , lieneo
It would seem unnecessary to gratify the
spirit of natlvlsm by more severe measures ,
until the end should have been reached by
the total exclusion of all "outsldo bar
barians. "
There seems to be a growing tendency to
forgot , or to not consider , the Immense beno-
flta which Immigration has bestowed upon
this country In peace and In war. In com
merce. In Industries and In arts. The dis
position ts to regard foreigners as no longer
necessary In the development of the resources
of the country and as bolng dangerous to Its
political institutions by reason of tholr In
feriority and Ignorance. It was this arrogant
and jealous spirit which arrested the march
of the Chinese toward a. high civilization and
converted them Into the whimsical , fantastic
and Impotent race whose empire Is now about
to fall Into pieces. China Is harvesting the
curses of a policy of exclusion and iion-
Intercouso which has dwarfed the minds and
bodies ot her people. Instead of Imitating
the Chineflo their fatal example should bo a
lesson and warning to the pcoplo of this
country.
Til 13 Pill I OK OP COII.V.
Why It JIiiH Xnt Ailvnii < l vrllli Hit-
I'rloc of AVlii-at.
New York Sun.
In the February number ot the Forum
Mr. C. Wood Davis , the well known in
vestigator of the relations of food-bearing
acres to the world's bread-eating popula
tion , undertakes to ehow why the prlco of
Indian com or malzo la low , whllo that of
wheat U high. Ho attributes the phenom
enon not , as the po-pulUU do , to tha dc-
cllno In the value ot silver , but to the mib-
stltutlon of lard made from cottonseed oil
for tbo genuine product of the hog and
uno of cottonseed meal for fodder.
fa ono of the tables prepared by Mr.
Davis the fact la brought out that , during
the ten years ending In 1887 , the average
farm value of corn per bushel was 40.5
cents ; during the ten years ending In 1897
It was only 33.7 cents , this , too , although the
exports of corn , either In the primary form
of grata or In the secondary forma of beef ,
pork , mutton , lard , spirits , butter and
clierfio , have Increased more than 43 per
cent. Will It bo said that the decline la
prlco la explicable by a great Increase In
the production of the cereal ? Mr. Davis
points out that , as a matter of fact , we
produce relatively Icra malzo than wo did
ton years ago. The acreage under matzo
has licet ) , n'jnco 1887 , only 12,8 per cent
larger than It was In the preceding too
years , whereas our population lias In
creased some 20,000,000 slnco 1882. The
truth Is that wo consume losa malzo than
wo did formerly. Our domestic consumption
of malzo during the ten years ending with
1887 equaled 2G.7 bushels per head of the
population ; slnco 1887 It has fallen to on
annual average of 23.7 bushels. How IB this
diminished consumption to bo accounted for ?
If reliance can l > o placed on the estimates
made 'by ' the Department of Agriculture ,
thcro lias been , ulnco 1882 , a decrease of
A Royal Baking
Powder hot bis =
cuit is the lux
ury of eating.
4,000,000 , or nearly ono-tenth , In tlio number
of awlnc , although during the Rime period
the number of htinun beings In the United
States has Increased by some 20,000,000.
Had swlno Increased In tlio eamo r.ltln as
population , wo should hnvc had moro than
CO,000,000 In January , 1S97 , Instead ot the
40,000,000 shown by the Department of Agri
cultural. Had the number oven continued to
equal the 62,000,000 of ISO2 , and , liad each
nnlmal In excess ot 40,000,000 consumed no
moro than seventeen bushels of corn , an
tmdcrcstlmato , wo should have had nn an
nual farm demand for 200,000,000 additional
bushels , or the product of Eomo 8,000,000 ad
ditional acres , nnd there now would bo
neither n surplus of corn nor low priced for
this most Important of all American products ,
The diminution ot the swine herds and con
sequent falling oil In the demand for male
U ascribed by Mr. Davis , as wo have said ,
to the growing use of by-products of the cot
ton field. In the first place. It Is computed
that wo now nso , cltlicr for domestic con-
fiumptlon or for export , Bomo 450,000.000
pounds of the so-called "refined lard , " that Is
to say lard compounded ot cottonseed oil and
beef stenrlne , Now , no ono pound of gen-
nine lard represents ono-flfth of a bushel ot
malzo , the deduction Is that the 450,000-
000 pounds ot substitute for swine's fat have
neutralized the demand for 90,000,000 bushels
of corn annually , that Is to nay , a quantity
equal to an avcrago yield from 3,750,000
acres.
So much for the effect ot cottonseed oil
upon the prlco of corn. It Is to .bo . noted ,
In the second place , that everywhere in tlio
south cottonseed meat has displaced corn for
fattening purposes. Cottonseed mical Is , of
course , the residue left after the "crusher"
has extracted the oil from the seed. It ap-
PWTS that even to the corn bolt enormous
quantities ot cottonseed meal are shipped ,
wpcchlly In years ot defective corn crops.
Kor example , In 1S94 ono Kansas tattle
feeder ibought and used for fodder 11(5 ( car
loads of Texas cottonseed meal. 01 r. Davis
calculated that thcro arc , on an average ,
3,000,000 tons of cottonseed commercially
available , , nnd that these furnish feeO. g
stuff equivalent to 133.000,000 bushels of
coin , or nn avcrago yield from 5,500,000
acres of malzo. If , lo this displacement , wo
add that of the product of : t,7f)0,000 acres
neutralized by the employment of cotton
seed oil as n substitute for swine's fat , wo
flntl that the aggregate displacement ot corn ,
as nn outcome of the utilisation of cotton-
seoJ , which recently was treated as .1 waste
product , represents the average yield from
some 9,250,000 acres.
Mr. Davis' conclusion Is that the con
version of 11 by-product of the cotton field
Into , flrat , an o'i bio fat , and , secondly , the
most valuable of fodders , has extinguished
the deiMiid : which would otherwise have
existed for the product of nearly 10,000,000
ncros of malre , and has reduced the corn-
growers' revenue by probolily a fourth , and
the swine herds of America by a third.
, u\vi >
Lovely woman In Italy now leads a calf
about by n ribbon. In this country Bho
usually has aim on a string.
The quccn'a bodyguard for Scotland , the
Hoyal Company of Archers , contains the pink
of Scottish mobility , whcso ( .states are In the
Lothlans or on the borders.
Potter Palmer denies the story that ho
will build a house at Newport to outclass
everything there , nnd both Newport nnd
Chicago breathe moro freely.
The troubles arising from the Dreyfus case
nro aow explained. It appears that Franco
tins a clam at the head of the Intelligence
branch of the war ofilce Colonel Paty du
Clam.
Shlgetsuna Furuya , a young Japanese
newspaper man , who was a regular corre
spondent In Hawaii diirtag the revolution , lo
now studying law and politics la Ann Arbor
university.
John E. I'annler of Chlppewa Falls , Wls. ,
recently elected county judge , Is the young
est Judge In the United States. Ho Is only 21
years old and Is the first republican to occupy
that particular ofllcu la sixteen years.
Fran Coalma Wagner hss In her possession ,
according 'to Wagner's friend , Herr Hockol ,
four unpublished completed plays by her
husband , entitled "Luther , " "Frederick the
Great , " "Hans Sachs' Second Marriage" and
"Duke Hernhard of Saxe-Weluiar. "
HclreEsos' In search ot a title need not
attach thcmselver to decayed aristocracy to
secure 'tho ' bauble. The Italian government
announces a bargain sale of titles , which
heiresses so disposed may attach to a de
cent man and marry the combination. It Is
simply a matter of money.
Dr. Benjamin Lee , who has jinl been ap
pointed health ofllcor of Philadelphia. Is a
son of the late It shop Leo of Delaware
During the war ho acted as surgeon In the
Twenty-second .Now Ynik .regiment. Ho
has 'been n cloo student of hyplcne , and Is
a member of many learned societies.
A Now York business man said In speak
ing of William J. Qulnlon , the easy-going
cashier of the Chemical National bank : "I
have known him for years and years , and I
have ridden to and from buslnces with him ,
but I have never known him to read a news
paper In all that tlmo. I wonder whether
that Is how ho came to bo buncoed. "
Captain Dreyfus' wife complains that she
receives only cop.es of the lettera written to
her by her husband , the French authorities
retaining the original. This ts jiistltlcd by
those in hargo of the prisoner on the
ground that the letters , while Innocent
enough , seemingly , contain a cipher that ts
perfectly understood 'by Mine. Dreyfus.
The new French commnnder-ln-chlef Is
General Janiont , who Is a Breton. Ho Is G7
years of age , and served In the Crimea , Lorn-
hardy and Mexico. Ho was also at .MeU. In
1870 , and In 1SS5 commanded the Tongklng
expedition. This list post exempted him
from having to retire at the ago of 05 , which
Is Incumbent on generals who have not held
a command-ln-chlcf.
The battleship Kentucky Is to bo chris
tened with a bottle nf water taken from n
spring at which Abraham Lincoln often
slaked his thirst when a boy. The combina
tion ot patriotism and purity Is a commetid-
able ono and eminently suited to the pur
pose. Besides the selection averts the threat
ened battleof the brands for which the
liluo grasa state Is noted.
Aunt Nannie Mays , an old colored wo
man of Lancaster , Ky. , Is damaging the old
adage , "laugh and grow fat. " Shu has been
laughing' continuously for over three weeks
and has become emaciated end almost life
less , Nothing can atop l\er \ hut chloroform ,
and as soon as the effect weans oft she be
gins anew. Sovera omlntnt physicians have
gone to sco her in the hope of discovering
the cause ot this Incessant hilarity.
AHTISTIO
In ivcr > - Dotnll niul 1'lllrd
nllli iMforimtllon.
IlulT/ilo / Time * .
The prospectus of the TronsmlsJlsslppl anil
International Imposition , just out nnd taaucd
by the Department of Publicity nt Oninhn ,
Neb. , Is moat handsomely gotten up from
nn artistic standpoint. It furnlshc * n com
plete description of nil the buildings ttiat go
toward making up the housing place of this
exposition In a booklet ot thirty-two paged ,
Interspersed with beautiful lmlMono pic
tures , portraying the \arlous exposition
buildings end Riirroundlngs. A complete
rosier ot thc < officials In charge of the ex
position , nsell ns ot the United States
government commission , of the elate vlco
presidents nnd of stnto commlssloncra. Is
nlso given. Asldo from these features the
booklet abounds with n variety of useful
Information , such ns conventions to bo held
there , list ot rnllronds centering at Omaha
nnd Its hotel facilities , together with the
distances from various points ot the United
States and Canada. ivcr > one Interested as
n possible visitor to this exposition or exhib
itor should lie In posse lon "of the booklet.
Udward Kraewntor of The Omnha Hoe Is tlio
innnnser of the Department of Publicity.
no.vT ( so.
'A 1'iMV Chunlix or Attvlor for ICloiullUo
llti lu < r .
I New Vork World.
The thousands who nro planning to RO to
the Klondike this spring will do well to con
sider tlio facts.
Multitudes ot men hive gene thither
slnco the discovery of gold thcro , and nil ot
tliMM together hnvo brought out only nbout
$3,500,000 In gold. The easy probability Is
that taken altogether tlio Klondlkcrs have
spent moro than that sum In getting there
nnd getting back. Onu In 100 has grown
Hen In a small way. The rest liivo grown
hi'lplessly poor.
Gold has been found only on one creek
ami within a narrow region , every Inch ot
which Is already taken tip. Klght months
of dlllgont work by expert prospectors have
failed to discover any new diggings.
Only seven In every 100 of the men there
nre making their 'breadilid ' meat. These
nro olllclally certified facts. They should
servo as n warning to every man who has
n job that fills 'his ' mouth to stick to it.
The World's earnest advice to every such
man who thinks of going to thu Klondike I ?
Don't.
SMII.I.M : M.VKS ,
Phllido'.pliln Iteooid : It's funny , but thin
joke > : i me h\iclent : \ to sen through.
Detroit Journal : "I'm told Haldry lese *
Ms I'l-tid the minutehe l < e.riia : ti > ill Ink
llqucl. "
"No , ho keeps It and uses It for n fun
nel. "
Detroit Free 1'ress : Mother Why did you
out hint ott so unceremoniously at thu tclc-
P'IOIIO ' ? It wns iiido.
Daughter C.in't you seo7 My brick nnlr's
down , my front hair Is In crimps nnd thH
old dressing jarhot looks llko a fright. I
was never sj mortified In my life.
Tndlnnnpolla Jnurn.il. "How nro you gcl-
tintr uloiiK ? " asked the old friend.
" \\oll , really. " said the undertaker , "I
hnnlly s = ccm able to keep body ana soul to-
sell.cr. "
Chicago Tribune : "Well , Uncle rtouben ,
your daughter Kcturali has finished her edu
cation nt last , tins .she ? "
"Ycc , J icckon so. She says Ither niul
nythrr. Cost mo $1,100 , but 1 guess It's nil
rlBht. "
Harper's llnznr : Kthcl Isn't It strnngo
that Flossie attracts such Intellectual men ?
Maud Oh , no ; she tolil me she alwaj-3
planned her KOWIIS when they talk to her ,
and that n'ves ' her face that Interested ex
pression.
Detroit Free Press : "Well , sir. " snld the
chief of police to ono of his shrewdest ilo-
tcetlvos , "has any one succeeded In deciph
ering' t.mt mvsterlouH paper you found on
that suspect ? "
"Yes. It was a doctor's prescription. "
Detroit Free Press : "So that burglar car
ried off all your silver ? "
"Ye * * ! but what upset us the mo twas that
he drank up all our cro.mii , and wo had HOIK-
for our cclrco at breakfast. "
Chlcaco Tribune : "I notlro the report , "
observed Itlvcro "that 'President Dole of
Hawaii strotohod bl.f legs under the Whlto
House table/ the other day. f don't wo
Mhnt he wanted to do that for. Ilia leas
were absurdly long already. "
Washington Star : "I trust , " she sild ,
patronizingly , "that you are n true artist
that you vonflue your oltoits to an ele
vated plane. "
"Assuredly , I do , madam , " was the reply.
"I am a frescoer and In variably woik wlta
u ladder. "
Cleveland Plain Dealer : "Wouldn't you
llko to plunge Into tlio mlJst of tli2 smoke
or battle , Mr. Tlckleton ? "
"I I don't believe 1 could , Miss Minever. "
"Sir ! "
"Th-thcy burn s-smokelcss powder , y-you
know. " '
Detroit Free Press : "Jloblnson Is worried
nbout his new wife. "
"What's the trouble ? "
"She has drought her first husband's
picture down out of the attic and
It in the parlar. "
CLIMATE.
illuiljnnl Kliilln ? .
There wns n small doy lu Qiicdoc ,
Who pot burled In nnow to his neck ;
When asked , "Aro you friz ? "
Ho said , "Yes , I Is :
Hut wo don't call that cold In Quebec. "
Ilrownlnir , Klnff & Oo's Monthly. '
If I had a million In money
T > 3 you want to luiow what I would do7
Pil purchase a beautiful mansion
For a eool hundred thousand or two ; .
I'd furnish It richly all over ,
And then glvo my vanity vent
By Riving grnnd dinners nnd HO fortli
13ut I can't , for I haven't a. cent !
If I had n chock for ton dollars
Do you want to know what I would dot
I'd pay my landlady elpht BlilnerH ,
And gnl a new Hole on my shoe.
Anil then , for the dollar remaining' ,
I'd follow my natural bent
And BO to Homo play worth the Bcclng'
Hut f can't , for I haven't a cent !
If r had Jlvo cents In my pocket
Do you want to know what I would doT
I'd ffo down nt once to the "Palace , "
Whore Jnck sells an excellent drew ;
Til call up a schooner of Inner ,
And , smiling In fullont content ,
I'd blow off the foam and Hut , plague It ,
I can't , for I haven't a centl
Digging for money when it's mach so much easier right here
atnome ? How ? We'll tell you , Take a little consideration
with plenty of past experience , then add reputation take the ,
whole and place carefully in a $ JO.OO bill and the bill carefully
in your pocket and then come here , and get one of those medium
weight winter suits cheviots and cassimeres. You will fiosi-
lively make from $2,50 to $3.50 on every suit purchased. Every
one our own high standard make and each one warranted to
wear , to fit and to be the best value ever producded for $ JO,00.
"Satisfaction" or money ,