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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 25, 1898)
TUB OMAITA DAILT BEE : SUNDAY , SEPTEMBER 25. 1808. 11 ItTTfWILING WILING WdLD S- A crisis Is rapidly approaching In th affairs of the League of American Wheel- men. ltd fate now seems to hinge on Its ability to maintain control of bicycle racing. An unprofitable seaion , together with the tendency of race managers to revolt against league dictation , have brought racing af- falrn to widespread confusion. Suspensions are being Issued by the wholesale from Chairman Mott's ofllce , but they do not scnro the racers very seriously. Out nt Denver all persons connected w'h a meet , 200 In number , were suspended for partici pating In Sunday racing In violation of the rules of the league. Llko conditions pre vail at Washington , Baltimore nnd New York. Scores of professionals and ama teurs have been suspended and tracks out lawed. Thd action of the league In the premises was undoubtedly Justified under Its rules. There had been crooked work on the tracks and Its orders had been openly violated. It was obliged to act vig orously or abdicate control of racing. But Us orders cannot enforce themselves , and those under the ban have , in many In- ttnncrfl , Ignored them. The fact that the league's power to punish Is Ineffective foreshadows a rupture likely to end In the abandonment of the cherished hobby of Chairman Mott. The American Cycle Racing association , nn organization of track managers , is rapidly - , idly coming to the front ns a formidable competitor of the 'Hague In the control of racing. Many of Its .members are on tha suspended lint , arc bitterly opposed to Mott , and are Industriously spreading disaffection nnd at thq Game time Improving Its op portunities. The nsBoclatldn , so far as la known , cares nothing for the amateur , ex cept EO far as the class may bn regarded ns a feeder for the ranks of the profcs- Elonals. It was organized to arrange and conduct track competitions between cycle racing stars of such magnitude na would insure gate receipts commensurate with the largo expense of controlling the dates nnd services of such men as Michael nnd Taylor , and of maintaining the pacing out fits necessary In the latest nnd most pop ular style of cycle racing. And yet , to the efforts of the association durjng the last season Is duo more largely than to nny other factor the decided revival of public interest In blcyclo racing. Wli I To the association , go far as can bo learned , has not ) cleared a large profit this season , owing to Its heavy expenses ono item of which IB $20,000 or more to Michael It has without question attained consid erable prestige among racing men as an ort ganlzatlon. Upon , that foundation , It Is said , the American Cycle Racing associa tion will , during the present winter , pre pare for a Reason of professional racing in 1899 , In which it will endeavor to control that element. That the association must to 'some ex tent lock horns with the league or- Ignore that body entirely Is Inevitable. From the present aspect of affairs , It Is probable that the latter will ho the association's present policy. The league , for Instance , has declared that It would granti no sanc tions for a second six-day race at Madison Square Oardqni-8Uc.h ns wqs hold Iflst year. The arsoclatlon , on the other hand , has declared that a six-day race Would be held , sanction or no sanction. And the coming race will thus prove the first sortie be tween tlie two bodies In what tnusf doye'.op Into a struggle for the control of cycle rac ing In New York nnd neighboring divisions of the leaeuont least. A member ot the league who Is opposed to race control thus ntntes the situation In the Now York Sun : "A MOBCB Is nqcdcd to lead the hesitating , confused and scattered army. U looks to me like laziness on the part ot nome of tboso who liavo the most brnlng nnd yet are doing nothing but ti\lk. \ Any ono of bovcrnl who are talking loudly Is capable of drafting plans for a now organization and writing out rules for It that -would be sub scribed by riders , managers and track own ers. The racing board Is making'a defiance nnd , whllo the real conductors and support ers of racing are waving their arms and shrieking- about Injustice , not ono Is trying to do anything practical toward placing the sport in new and capable hands. The Im portant tracks in good standing with the league are now In a minority. It seems tome mo the only thing for them to do Is to say nothing hiul uak no favors. The men who race for n living if asked to ride for HO much money will ride , because the league will not offer to them u cent not to ride. With the majority of the tracks beyond the pale ot the league. It needs only a few unsanctloncd meets and the suspension of the majority of fast men for league control to bo a farce. Instead of taking the bull by the horns , though , It looks as. If the track owners are likely Ho get down on their knees the same s ever and nrnko terms. I do not want to see the control of racing wrested from the I.eague of American Wheelmen. I want to sco It glvo It up voluntarily , but ft situation ] such ns this makes mo sick when I think of what might bo done by "those " who have1 been [ making the most noise. " A chronic century rider says that the crav ing | for a plo and sweetmeats on the part of the j returned soldiers Is a lesson for wheel men who rldo long distances. The same greed for saccharine matter Is shown by athletes of all kinds who suffer from exhaus tion , nnd except In cases where the body Is very weak and the digestion Is Impaired It Is argued to be a prompting of nature that should bo humored. The nutritious proper ties of sugar , "this " century plodder says , are Just what n man making forced marches and long rides requires and be recommends rid ers on tours and long trips to Indulge them selves Judiciously In sugar and candy , es pecially at such times us they are too tired to eat heartily of meats nnd vegetables. Ho states that In his experience he has found that the appetite reacts naturally nnd the stomach is spared being overloaded during the ride or being collapsed at the finish. "There Is danger , " says J. C. Monaghan , United States consul at Chemnitz. In a com munication to the State department , "of In creased duties being levied on blcyclco and parts of bicycles sent to this empire. A crisis Is looked for In Germany's bicycle bus iness. Failures have occurred nnd are to bo followed by others. 'This , ' says a writer who wants to see Increased duties , Ms the result of the enormous increase In the Im ports of bicycles and blcyclo parts from the United States.1 Ho speaks of the 'cheap and bad wheels' brought over nnd the indiffer ence of American manufacturers to the qual ity of their wares , although It Is known that American wheels and parts are the best In the world. The meaning of the article Is that bicycles will bo put under the class , 'vehicles' in the Oerman tariff and to pay , without doubt , from $10 to ? 1C each. TOM ! IJY T1113 1'ATUXT OFFICE. Aiiinzlne OriMvtli of Hie. Illcyolo In- iIiiNtry lit America. If ten years ngo It had been predicted thai before the close of the nineteenth century the manufacture of bicycles and bicycle supplies and of machinery for making them would constitute ono of America's greates Industries , the prediction probably woul < have found few believers. Statements have been made from time to time , says the Now York Sun , concerning the blcycle'a development In the United States and com parisons , moro or loss accurate , have been made ns to the skill and progress of wheel- makers In this and other countries. Eug llshmon have been pleased to assert tha greater advancement In cycle construction has taken place In England than elsewhere Frenchmen are disposed to think that tha wheels znada In France are as good as any others and the efforts In Germany to en courage the use of home-built wheels rathe than those made In America , by the pro posed Imposition of heavy duties on the latter , show that the superiority of Uncle Sam's machines Is duly recognized by the Germans. The remarkable growth during the las three years of the 'bicycle's ' popularity In countries where It was before almost a stranger offers new and great opportunities for manufacturers whose product Is strictly first class nnd whoso enterprise nnd genius are constantly alert. The exportation o wheels , ns Is shown by trustworthy stalls tics , has como to bo nn exceedingly 1m portnnt feature of the history of America and the foreign demand for American ma chines next year nnd thereafter is a matte of much consequence to the manufacturer : of this country. The past has demonstrate ! that cyclists on the other sldo of the wate are quick to appreciate the advantages o strong and speedy mounts. Whenever ou manufacturers have made desirable changes In their models It has required only a very short time for foreigners to become awar of the fact and to make Investigations re gardlng It. At the present time cyclists In nearly every part of Uio world are eager to know what modifications or radical changes wll bo revealed In the American bicycles o 1S99 , It la doubtful If the manufacturer themselves could adequately answer the In quiry nt this early date , as , very likely many of them are not yet familiar with In vonttons and suggestions which they wlsi to consider carefully before deciding ex actly how to fashion the new machines Never before has the iirogresslve wheel maker had so great a number of practlca and Ingenious methods and devices to selcc from us ho has now. Some Idea , at what Inventors vontors of this country have done within the last two years to Increase the comtor and pleasure ot wheelmen and of what th latter may hope to enjoy before the close o another year , may bo gained by examining the reports of the commissioner of patent at Washington for the year 1897. During that year the patents granted fo Inventions of bicycles , blcyclo parts , appll gTake It Up Stairs , i Too. n Nearly everybody uges Wool Soap down stairs 4X $ in the laundry. It's the one soap that won't shrink ft , woolens , and people must use it there. But you need - * \ ft it up stairs more up in bathroom and bedroom , Don't use on your face what you dare not use on wool . . 5) 5)M ' I is simply pure soap. Other soaps are called pure but they shrink wool. They lack our secret. Whenever you need a pure soap you need Wool Soap. You need it most for toilet and bath. That's where Wool Soap is important MY MAMA I WISH MINK portant , USIO HAP. WOOLSOAP IT SWIMS. All Grocers and Druggists sell It , nces and device * number nearly SQO. Scv- nty-elght patents were Issued ( or now bl- yctes , 43 for bicycles bells , 42 for blcyclo brakes , 41 for blcyclo tires , 33 for bicycle addles , 30 for blcyclo handle bars , 12 for ilcyclo handles , 15 for bicycle lamps , 14 for bicycle cyclometers , 13 for blcyclo luggage nnd parcel carriers , 13 for blcyclo wheels , 13 for bicycle frames , 12 for blcyclo chains , I for bicycle pedals , 8 for blcyclo gears , 7 or blcyclo alarms nnd 5 for blcyclo ball jcarlngs. Other cycle patents were as fol- OWB : Supports , 01 ; stands , 17 ; locks , 31 ; canopies , 4 ; drlvlns gear , 4 ; driving nnu propelling mechanism , 10 ; foot rests , 2 ; cranks , 3 ; crank hangers , 3 ; crank shafts , 2 ; attachments , 12 , and chain brush , 1. The nbove arc only n few of the wheel nventlons for which patents wcro granted , It appears to contain almost everything requisite for the wheelman's comfort nnd safety. Riders who care more for mild recreation than speed will find in the list many articles to please them , while the professional record-breaker should be able to choose a gear that will gladden his heart. The figures of the patent ofllco for 1807 , when contrasted with th'o report of that ofllco seven or eight years ngo , are doubly Interesting. In 1890 only twenty-seven fac tories wcro engaged In cycle making and less than 2,000 workmen were employed. The output was valued at u little over $2,500,000. In 1895 the number of bicycle factories In this country exceeded 200. an aggregate capital of more than ) 100,000,000 was Invested , upward of 60,000 workmen wcro employed and at least 800,000 wheels wcro turned out. Last year the production ot machines Is estimated at considerably over 1,000,000. "In 1880 , " saya the report , "a large proportion of the cycles used were Imported , mainly from England. In 1897 the exports of cycles and parts of cycles to England amounted In value to $2,128,491 and the total exports amounted to $0,902- 736. " But not only has the blcyclo benefited Americans because of the Investment of Immense capital and the employment of thousands of workmen In Its manufacture. At the present tluio It Is estimated that 2,000 shops In this country are engaged In the business of repairing bicycles ; most ot thorn also handle cycles and cycle supplies. In several of the shops from three to five repairmen are employed. , The manufacture of new machinery for use In making the parts of bicycles and blcyclo novelties has also given rise to an Industry which furnishes employment tea a very largo number of Americans. Invest ors have been busy day and night devising machines to facilitate the work ot con struction , with the result that the exporta tion of those products Is exceedingly Im portant by Heelf. It Is clear from the above , therefore , notwithstanding the numerous failures among blcyclo concerns two years ago , the marked reduction In the price of wheels and the statements of uninformed persons that cycling has loat much of Its charm , that the wheel occupies a. very conspicuous place. In the thoughts of the people ; nnd when the figures showing the extent of t"he cycle Industry for the present year are made known that fact will probably bp even more apparent than It Is today. * BICYCLE CHAFF. "Do you mean to tell mo that Barnes Tormer smashed his wheel Just because the tire cot punctured ? The Idiot ! " "That is what ho did. Ho said he would allow no confounded Inanimate thing of steel and rubber to hiss at him. " "You needn't Jump out of the way , " sar castically remarked the monkey-backed youth. "You won't get run over. This Is a safety. " "It Isn't the machine I'm nfrald of , " re plied Uncle Allen Sparks , thoroughly roused. "It's the darned fool that's riding it. " Molly How sad It Is to think that there are people In the world , like FIJI Islanders , for Instance , who have never known the de lights of bicycling. Dolly yes , and their costume Is BO ex cellently adapted to It , too. "Queer looking girl , Un't she ? Hides the. wheel well , too. " "Yes. She's built on the Cuban campaign plan. " "What's that ? " "Shatter ankles nnd reconcentrado arms. " " 1'oor Alice had to give up her blcyclo rid Ing. She Just could not learn. " "And why not ? " "She was so used to driving a horse that she kept Jerking at the handle bars all the time as If they wcro a pair of reins. " Whore Is the wheel she rode last year ; Her bloomers , where are they ? Why Is she never seen upon The boulevards today ? The lover whom she rode with then Did not lay down his life Upon the field of battle , but Ho took that maid to wife. Her tires are now all flattened out , Her bloomers hung away Beside a baby's crib she sings Sweet lullabies today. TRIP THROUGH NEW CUBA Condition of tha Interior of tha Island as it is Today , SUGAR AND COFFEE PLANTATION RUINS Money , Mncliliirry nnd Mrnnn of 'rriiimtiurlntliiuccilvil t < i lie- vlve ImluKtrj Niinnlnli llcnl- ilcntB Wii nt Aiiiiuxntloii. SANTIAGO , Sept. H. Wo know all about Havana in the west and Santiago In the east , the Now York and San Francisco of Cuba ; but what about the country between ! Since the blockade of Cuban ports began early In the war the Interior section of the Island , so far as the outside world Is con cerned , has been a place of vast silence Correspondents with pen and camera and military couriers with dispatches wept In land only as far as Onrcla's camp In San tiago province , or to the headquarters of President Maso , and the Cuban government In the province of Puerto Principe. Oc casionally theroMvoro brought to light small morsels of news about Matanzas or Car denas on the north coast , or about Clenfu- egos or Trinidad on the south. But the Interior , all the Inland towns , remained In Impenetrable gloom. In ehut up Ha vana knowledge was less than In the United States until th ; signing of the prp- tocol and the coming of peace. Then the opportunity to move about nt will proved too tempting to bo resisted by the trio of American correspondents who had rqI malned cooped up In the , Cuban metropolis for over three months. Wo dccfded to tra- verso this silent Inland district and to take a look at new Cuba during the first mo ments of Its freedom. Between Havana and Santiago the dis tance Is 600 miles. The railroad extends only half way , ending nt Santa Clara. The remaining 250 miles must be made In the saddle. Santiago has never been connected with the rest of Cuba by rail. Boats seemed to bo good enough for Cubans nnd Span iards. But an American company has al ready sent down there to report on the best route for a railroad to connect Santiago with Santa Clara and thence with Havana. The ClmiiKtt I" < Iie People. The train was scheduled to leave Havana nt 0 in the morning. It started nt 9 , a llttlo reminder to the passenger that Cuba Is still manaua land , Some of us had been over this same ground In April , Just before the war. Wo observed now that the physical appearance of the" country had not changed. The rains had Burned the ashes that lay over the burned fields , like a crust , from gray to black. That was all. The real change toy not In nature , but In man. In April , an armored car full of Spanish soldiers was at tached to the train. Now both car and sol diers wcro left behind. No fear now of a sudden rain of bullets , no need now of a scouting engine to precede the train In search of bombs or broken rails. For now wo were Journeying through Cuba the New. Even though the country Is still nil divine overhead and nlf devastation under foot , the condition of the inhabitants is changed. The people are free , free In their misery and their hunger to rove over the blackening fields , over the ruin and the desolation , un molested. At the stations along the line the surviving reconcentrados gathered , mute , stupefied cither by their long suffer ing or by the news that ) relief would soon come with los Americanos. A Uuxolntetl Country. The train rolled slowly through Havana province and Into the province of Matnn- zas , Into the sugar-cane valley , once the Valley Beautiful , now the Vole of Death , In April , when wo were there before , the smoke of a hundred fires hung over the val ley in one great , black pall. But ) now there was no smoke ; the last embers had ceased smouldering , the plantations , centrals , adobe 'houses were masses of black ruins , the terrible autographs ot fire and sword. The whole province resembled nothing so much as a huge ash heap. On , Into Santa Clara , province , Into the former garden spot of Cuba , perhaps of the world. Hero were the royal palms , still dominating ; but they were sentinels In a wilderness. This was the sugar paradise. In 1893 Gomez and Macco overran It "a ] machete. " Today It Is what the insurgent chiefs left It , paradise burned. Not a house Is standing , not a sour Inhabits the region. Such Is the desert that was created when sixty million dollars of sugar cane became drifting ashes. And such , Indeed , Is the condition of all the fifty thousand farms , plantations and ranches that wcro destroyed throughout Cuba during the war. Machinery here , as well as all over the Island , Is a thing of the past. What is not ruutlns In the fields has been broken up and shipped to America as old metal. Cuba must have a new outfit of machinery. But first slip must get money. Are the Cubans really BO poverty stricken , all of them ? From ray own knowledge I can state that gold woe hoarded by many Cubans during the war , and that now this gold will bo brought from its hiding places. StnrtliiR n Ilcnl Eatnte Iloom. In this province of Santa Clara are the tracts of land which a Cuban "land com pany/ ' with headquarters In Sant Clara nnd Washington , I ) . 0. , claims to own , Ac * cording to the prospectus the company can buy In this same Santa CUrn , for 100 cents , an acre of land , which will teen bo worth UOO dollars. "We are the carry birds , " the document continues , "If you would get the worms stick to us shares $1 each. Wo have located valuable tracts of timber , min eral and farm lands In the New Cuba. We will be the first on the spot to develop these resources. Better than government bonds , " So runs the prospectus. It will be Just ns well , however , for possible Block-takers In this company to take , first , a llttlo journey through New Cuba , .HliniilNli (11 nil to < ! ot Out. Then came Santa Clara city , whore the poorer people were standing around Idly , seemingly waiting for something to turn up. Their countenances seemed to say : "Well , the chapter of horrors Is ended , wo have burled our dead nnd HUH there ls a reign of misery. What next ? " Santa Clara , being BO far Inland , had received no relief for months. Upon this city Weylcr's re- concentration edict fell as heavily ns upon any of the seacoast towns. Kitty thousand reconcentrados were gathered hero In an area ot five miles surrounding the city , called the zone of cultivation. Fortunately , this was high ground. Death's harvest In Santa Clara was much smaller than In Man- tanzaa or In Clcnfuegos. Spain's soldiers still dawdled through the streets , but they were unarmed and they seemed cheerful. They were preparing to evacuate ; and to every Spanish soldier in Cuba the word evacuate means homo. We aw no surliness ; from the conscript to the comtnnndante , every man of Spanish blood , seemed delighted with that significant word , evacuation. Business . was at a standstill , though business mon j I were trying to effect a rally. Americans , j I with large Interests In outlying estates , had j arrived to look over their property. Through- | I out the city we saw n surprising number of 1 negroes. After n glimpse of the black faces in the Cuban army and a look at the black faces in Santa Clara , no one would have difficulty In believing that n full half of the native population ot Now Cuba Is of African descent. The negroes In Santa Clara hail drifted thcro from the sugar estates In the outlying province. When wo learned that each of the large estates In question used to employ 2,000 to 3.000 negroes nt n time , their great number was not so surprising. These Cuban negroes arc mostly uneducated laborers , unfitted , of course , for holding governmental positions. Yet moqy of them are growling ominously. They did the fight ing and now that Independence has come they want a voice of their own In the law making. Cubans , however , laugh nt the Idea of a "negro problem. " "These niggers , " sold the Cubans In Santa Clara , "will go back to the cane fields and work Just as peacefully as over. " SlMinlnriU AVnut Annexation. Many of the estates , through persecution and confiscation , have fallen Into SpariTSTi hands. The mere suggestion that Cubans may now govern Cuba fills these Spaniards with terror. Scores of them are In Santa Clara awaiting the Issue Cuban Independ ence or annexation. And how they pray for annexation ! This Is one of the many things Americans will have to investigate In helping New Cuba. Capitol will not rusli In off-hand. In the south It was not until years after the civil war that fortunes were made. In Santa Clara the Cuban mer chants understand the situation thoroughly. They liken Cuba to an Ill-used Individual , who has been rescued , by a powerful friend , from persecution nnd poverty , and tofif to go ahead and begin life anew , with the promise of every possible assistance from the benefactor. From Santa Clara to Santiago the Journey Included the crossing of the oft-described trochn. Once beyond this mass of barbed wire that formerly marked the Hue between Spain's Cuba and Cuba's Cuba , wo were practically in a Jungle , The desert wo had loft behind was really a civilized country compared to the country which wo now entered , this Cuba Llbre-twhlch the Insur gents have held during all the war. Here , In the province of Puerto Prlnolpe , were not only no railroads , but no roads for wheeled vehicles. Excepting In the vicinity of the town of Puerto Principe , there is no road over which a carriage or wagon can pass. Hero Is a most Important field for engineering enterprise the development of trarsportatlon facilities. What is now known as the Hoyal Road Is merely n. broad strip of country , sometimes fenced by cactus and barbed wire and passable only on horse back. Two daya of heavy rain practically stops traffic In all directions. Hero Is a great opportunity for building common roads , There is plenty of stone for the purpose. Such roada ns now exist cross rivers and streams by fords , which are im passable soon after the rains set in. The necessity for bridges is great. Our prog ress was uneventful , monotonous. Heat and Mosquitoes were the only enemies en countered. In desperation wo hurried on to the coast , through miles nnd miles of virgin forest , where the finest mahogany was In evidence , where rich iron mines were merely indicated , to the valley of Quanta- narao. Here Is the coffee district of Cuba. The plantations were deserted , but not in ruins. 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Dining Tables $3.50 up Sideboards $10 up Dewcy & Stone furniture Co. , 1115 AND 1117 FAItNAAI STREET. more than war to deprive Cuba of her nat ural wealth , Every foot of the ground over which wo Journeyed is capable of cultiva tion and that without hard work. There were no untlllablo declivities or rocky areas BCENBS IN THE INTERIOR OP OUIU. UK .jva'it i ; yyHfiiHHu UK 200 New Bicycles at Wholesale Prices { pl5 o $25 ' 99 Models now in. OMAHA BICYCLE CO. , Cor. 16th and Chicago. ED T. HAYDEN , Wgr. NEiV BICYCLES CHEAP On Monday from 10 toll o'olouk wo will eell a limited number of our $30.00 Alliance- wheels for $13.5O STEARNS TANDEMS CHEAP Prices on other \vhcela oorroanondi. low. NEBRASKA CYCLE GO , , Cor. 15th and Ilarney. na In Connecticut ; no fluids of sandy land as In Florida , Tbo Island's area | a about equal to Now York Btato nnd only 10 per cent of this reaoucoful area lias over boon under cultivation. At last wo reached a hamlet , a place ot adobe houses only. All tlie Inhabitants wera gone. Hut * mal | pntcliea of tround hera and there wore planted with coffee or sugarcane , or tobacco , just Ilka the door * yards in the suburbs of Havana
