THIS OMAIIA DAILY BEE : THURSDAY , SEPTEMBER 14 , 1809.
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K. RO8EWATER , Editor.
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STATKMICNT oif CIRCULATION.
Btato of Nebraska , Douglan County , S3. :
George B Tzschuck , secretary of The Bee
Publishing company , being duly sworn , says
that the actual number of full nnd complete
conies of The Dally , Morning , Evening and
Sunday Bees printed during the month of
August , 1S93 , was as follows :
1 . -4,8.10 n : M , OJ :
2 . - ! l,7.'l ( ) 18 24,8015
8 . .11,870 ID iM.771
4 . J-1,770 so a ,27a
6 . J 1,1) 10 21 UI,8S1
23 SIMl
7 23 S4nao
8 . -M.850 24 : M-IIU :
9 . -l,7r 0 25 li5 , IOO
10 20 1M.S1S
27 3B,8a
12 . J 1,7:10 : 28. . ii-uioi !
13 29 an.aou
14 . JS4UUO so a.1,0-11)
31 17OUO
16
Total . 781,8 : t
Less unsold and returned copies. . . . 1U,1-IU
Net total sales 771,087
Net dally average S-l,8 a
GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK ,
Subscribed nod sworn before mo this 2nd
day of September , A. D. , 1609.
M. B. HUNGATE.
( Seal. ) Notary Public.
The railroads inflict moro nolso In
fighting out their rate wars and loss
carnngo than In any other kind of war.
Now that the long-heralded trust con
ference at Chicago Is on , the monopoly
on trust regulation panaceas should bo
broken forever.
It Is now up to Oem Paul and as ho
looks at his pile of chips and ponders
John Bull would give considerable to
know Just what Uio "hole card" Is.
Andrew Carnoglo hastens to make It
plain that ho does not belong to the
William Waldorf Astor class. Carnoglo
has always been noted for having a
pretty level head.
Perhaps It wfts Dreyfus who stole
Charlie Ross. Any one anxious to
secure the reward for the conviction of
the assailant could easily do so by.get
ting a French jury.
When things got dull down at Kansas
City and the people need waking up
they turn a Texas steer loose from the
etock yards. That never falls to make
a Kansas City man move.
Texas will have a surplus of corn tills
year for the first time In Its .history.
Texas has been , doing pretty well slnco
It began to follow General Sheridan's
ndvlco about changing crops.
It Is gratifying to note that the Com
mercial club has sold about a thousand
tickets for the excursion to Hastings ,
ns Omaha's contribution to the' street
fair which that city will soon put on the
boards.
We all know that meat Is high and
It has been explained to us why the
prices were advanced , but an anxious
public -waits to be told how long after
the supply Increases tlio prices will bo
reduced.
Senator Hanna Is reported to bo In
such poor .health that ho must abandon
political -work. This will rnako It neces
sary for democracy to hunt up another
ficnrccrow. But thcro Is no such
danger Imminent
The experience of Nebraska should bo
Bufllclent to Induce states whoso sol
diers are yet to return to provide plenty
of elasticity for- their reception pro
grams. Otherwise they might not keep
until the railroads got the men home.
To locate a soldiers' and sailors' sani
tarium at not Springs would bo a good
thing for South Dakota , n better thing
for the Burlington road and the best
thing In the -world for rheumatic vet
erans. A proposition so full of merit
Is bound to win In the end.
Ex-Governor Altgeld says ho would
not advlso putting anything Into the
next democratic platform which would
make the party nppour ridiculous.
Should the party follow this ndvico It
will liavo to discard everything In
herited In the Chicago platform.
The Omaha-Qulncy lines have pulled
away from Hues out of Omaha partici
pating In the freight rate war on packIng -
Ing house products consigned to points
in the southeast This Is only another
straw showing the utter futility of this
ratocuttlngwarfare , which does not
and cannot bo of the slightest benefit
to a elnglo consumer in this section.
A contributor writes to make the
suggestion that the Minnesota volun
teers returning from the Philippines
might bo Induced to make their trip by
way of Omaha , with a stop at the ex
position , if the proper efforts nro
exerted. Wo arc very sure Omaha
would bo glad io entertain the Minnesota
seta troops , but wo four it Is too Into
to eocuro an acceptance of the Invita
tion because we understand the rail
road arrangemontB have boon already
made to tsiko them homo by northern
routes.
AO KX.Tll.1 SESSION Of COAGKBSS.
It Is given out in Washington as dclln-
Holy settled that thcro will be no extra
session of congress before the tluio for
It to convene in regular session In Dc
comber.
It will bo remembered that there was
considerable tallc early In the summer
favorable to an extra session with a
i view to securing legislation that would
promote the work of the administration
growing out of complications In our new
colonial acquisitions. At that tluio The
Boo supported the demand for an extra
session , believing that congress should
share with the president the responsi
bility for the conduct of affairs in Cuba
and the Philippines nud that consider
able valuable tlmo might bo saved by
the early organization of the house and
the appointment of committees which
might bo set to work framing measures
to meet the problems presented , by the
revenue , the trusts , the currency arid a
number of other important subjects.
All these Questions will have to betaken
taken up by congress when It meets In
December and will doubtless protract
the session fat Into the summer , when
an extra session might have adjourn
ment possible before the hot weather
sots In. Under the conditions , while
the people will submit to the judgment
of the president that no extra session
Is needed , they will expect both
houses of congress to get down to work
at once In December and to meet the
responsibility which rests upon them In
a manner best calculated to promote the
prosperity of the country and maintain
Us station among other nations.
An outline of the work to bo done maybe
bo expected in the message which the
president will send to congress imme
diately upon its opening. This message
we may feel assured will bo a state
paper ranking with the best presented
by previous presidents at critical
periods of the country's history.
ItESVL'fS OF TIIK 1WILDIXG
While Omaha has In no way ex
perienced a building boom during the
past year a survey of the city will show
that It has been making steady and
gratifying growth In the way of new
buildings to accommodate an Increas
ing population.
In the business center the building ac
tivity has been coullned chiefly to the
smaller shops and business blocks , the
most pretentious structure being the
new depot. At the same tlmo a compari
son with the conditions of one or two
years ago will show how many gaps In
the building line have been filled , to say
nothing of the Improvements which
have been made upon the older struc
tures.
In the residence districts the build
ers' marks are still more noticeable ,
the hills surrounding the city being
dotted everywhere with roofs bright
with newness. One pleasing aspect of
the situation Is that most of these dwell
ings are of moderate size and ordinary
pretensions for the use of people of
moderate means. The palatial man
sions are represented and the largo
apartment houses , too , but tlic great ma
jority of Omaha's new buildings consist
of smaller dwellings which will bo in
habited by the tradesman and the ar
tisan and the mechanic , who constitute
the bone and sinew of the community.
Another gratifying feature Is found
In the fact that the demand for habi
table dwellings Is still unsatisfied , and ,
while all the available houses are
rented at fair rates , the prospect for
continued building operations remains
good. As a city of home owners Omaha
will compare favorably with any other
western city and no Investment is safer
than suitable dwellings for Omaha
households.
USULESS APPEALS.
Appeals are being made to the presi
dent of the United States to use the In
fluence of the government with France
to change the verdict of the Uounes
court-martial. Such appeals are utterly
useless. This government and no other
government' has anything whatever to
do with the verdict of the Rennes court-
martial. Whatever individuals may
think , whether in public or private life ,
the government has no relation what
ever to the decision of the Rennes court
That Is a matter that belongs entirely
to the French government and It would
obviously be an affront to that nation
If any other government should express
even an opinion In regard to the de
cision of the court-martial.
The principle Is that every govern
ment has an unquestionable right to
determine for Itself what is treason and
what measure of punishment shall bo
accorded to that crime. It Is also the
undoubted right pf every government to
make its own rules and regulations in
respect to the trial of Its people charged
with crime , civil or military. What
ever may bo thought of the trial of
Dreyfus , and thcro Is no doubt that the
intelligent opinion of the world Is that
it was a most outrageous travesty upon
law and justice , it is not the business
or duty of any government to express
an opinion cither as to the proceedings
of the court-martial or the verdict To
the French government nlono belongs
the right to decide what is treason
against that government and what shall
bo the punishment of such a crime.
No other nation can , under any pretext ,
assume to say that any net of Franco
or any other government , In respect to
its own citizens , is wrong or unjust.
The same right that the United States
enjoys to try and punish its citizens for
treason or nny other'crhno belongs to
every other country. Thus , as a
national matter , the government of the
United States has nothing to do with
it and the appeals to the United
States are absolutely futile. But
that does not interfere with the protest
of the people against the Injustice of
the verdict of the Bonnes court-martial.
The American people , in common with
these of Europe and all other people ,
can properly and legitimately protest
against the great Injustice that has been
done to this man Dreyfus. It is a pop
ular protest and not a governmental
protest that is needed. It is well un
derstood that so far as the governments
are concerned they can and will do
nothing. But the great popular protest
throughout the civilized world Is what
Is needed In order to nroilso Prauco tea
a recognition of her duty.
It Is useless to call upon the Ameri
can government to Interpose In this
matter. We have , as a nation , nothing
to do with It But as a people vo may
properly consider whether wo will have
anything to do with a nation , so far
as Its material affairs arc concerned ,
that has no respect for justice , right
and law.
OF LIHKHAL
When the Greater America Exposition
opened Its gates to the public Its exhibit
was far from meeting the promise made
for it by its managers. While the monumental
mental buildings presented a striking
appearance and the grounds were moro
beautifully landscaped than oven during
the matchless Transmlsslsslppl Exposi
tion , the display of natural products ,
manufactured articles and works of art
was Incomplete. The amusement sec
tion of the exposition nlso lacked sev
eral of the most Important features that
had been advertised among the .principal
attractions.
These defects have been remedied by
the new exposition management during
the past sixty days. The gaps In the
main buildings have been filled , the
decorations perfected and many new
features have been introduced which are
worth coming many miles to view.
This applies especially to the exhibits
brought from Cuba , Hawaii and the
Philippines. These exhibits of the new
American possessions , Including as they
do the native men , women and children
of those countries , constitute the dis
tinctive part of the present exposition ,
which In this respect far excels all dis
plays from our tropical islands hereto
fore made. The Greater America Ex
position excels the exposition of 1808
also In the superb Illuminations , which
alone are worth the admission price.
Incidentally those Interested In the
American aborigines will find here a
large body of semi-savage Indians In
native costumes and habitations , afford
ing an opportunity for study not likely
to be had again. These specimens of
the original American of the preut
plains represent a race rapidly passing
awny.
In view of the fact that the manage
ment has already disposed of the build
ings under contract for their dismantle
ment and removal after November 1 the
few remaining weeks of the Greater
America Exposition offer the last chance
to visit an exposition of such magnitude
that will be presented west of the Mis
sissippi for years to come.
In looking backward over the course
of the party of reform In this state the
fact Is recalled that one of the prime
Issues upon which the popocrats gained
the ascendancy was based upon a
popular demand for reduced railroad
freight rates. The middle-of-the-road
pops were sincere In their contention for
a maximum freight rate law , but the
leaders soon sold them out , and since
Bryan hornswogglcd the faithful to
fuse and vote for him the railroad
freight rate issue has boon sidetracked.
As a matter of fact the popocrats used
the cry to get the offices , and once In
office they care no moro for the Interests
of the farmers.
Omaha is the natural distributing
center for the agricultural Implement
trade for' ' Nebraska , Kansas , Wyoming
and South Dakota. Its railroad and
warehouse facilities are unexcelled In
this territory and the Implement houses
that are relocating hero will find that
they have made no mistake. Proper
encouragement to the movement started
should bring to Omaha , the headquar
ters of all the largo concerns that
operate In this section and make this
city the seat of the largest Implement
business In the country.
How terrible It would be If the su
preme court should decide the law
creating the do-nothing State Board of
Transportation to bo unconstitutional.
In that case Jim Dahlman and the
other alleged secretaries to the governor
would bo jarred loose from the state
pay roll with no possible hope of rein
statement This no doubt would be
pleasing to the shippers of Norfolk , and
to the taxpayers of the state , but it
would bo deplorable from tbo view
point of the ple-bltcr.
The state oil inspector , Inkstand
Gaffln , will seek to make political capi
tal out of his attempt to Inspect the oil
purchased by a railroad company whose
officers denied him the privilege. But
as a matter of fact the oil purchased
by this company should have been in
spected by the state before delivered to
the railroad. The law contemplates
that Inspection shall bo made before
the oil gets Into the hands of the con
sumer.
In making up the Btato ticket the re
publican convention next week should
take pains to make nominations that
will bring support at the polls. There
nro only three places to bo filled one
supreme judgeshlp and two university
regencies but every one of them should
add strength to the whole. This is the
year for the man seeking the office to bo
subordinated to the olllco seeking the
right man.
The weather man suya of the corn
crop of Nebraska that it is now beyond
nil danger of frosts. This makes a -
suranco doubly sure. Once the corn
crop of Nebraska hus safely weathered
the hot winds of July and the frosts of
September there Is no room for doubt
of an immense yield. Corn is king in
Nebraska and cattle on a thousand hills
nro enriching our producers.
We hear some talk about the prob
ability of a Ncbraskan securing the ap
pointment of clerk of the United States
circuit court , a position inado vacant by
the death of the last Incumbent , No
good reason exists why a Nebraska
man should not be given the prize
which Is to be bestowed by the judges
of the circuit court , In which Oniaha Is
too often regarded as a station.
In political as In military campaigns
It is always to bo expected that the
enemy will try to stir up trouble Inside
the camp as well as outside. The al
leged dissatisfaction among republicans
with the republican county ticket Is
chlolly In thu imagination of the ixjpo-
crats , who would llko nothing bolter ,
but who are doomed to sad disappoint
ment
Globe-Democrat.
Nebraska papers report a large demand
for lands In that state. It Is quite extraor
dinary to note how many kinds of prosper
ity have been visited upon Nebraska by the
defeat of Ilryan.
I'nrtUnii Vlciv of
Baltimore American.
Emperor William has announced that nil
the hopes of religion Ho In kings. This
may Ao regarded ns a strictly partisan view
of the situation ; certainly , there U email
support for the theory In an Impartial stu.ly
of royal biographies.
Tivo KOOH lo Kenr.
Philadelphia Record.
The British eoldtcra have a wholesome
dread of the Boers , who are flno marksmen
nrmod with long-rnugo Mausers , but they
have n still greater dread of the typhoid
fever which Is nn nlmost certain accompani
ment of campaigning In South Africa.
Mnii-Mmlc DlNlhictloiiH VniilnhliiK.
Boston Transcript.
Ono of the great life Insurance companies
hoa decided to cease Its discrimination
ngnlnat women , and hereafter proposes to
Insure them nt the eamo rates as men.
The other companies will probably have to
follow , and ea one other man-mado dis
tinction between the sexes will have been
removed.
The OHtrlcIi Policy.
Minneapolis Tribune.
The uncensored dispatch which cornea
through from Manila via Hong Kong tells
n , gruesome tnlo of sickness among our
troops In the Philippines. The percentage Is
given as 36 per cent among the officers and
25 % per cent among the enlisted men. It
this Is not true , the government should Im
mediately publish the actual figures. There
Is nothing to bo gained In trying to deceive
the American people.
ClmrnuturlHtlo of tlie Admiral.
Chicago News.
Admiral Dewey , learning that a British
gunner had been crippled by the explosion
of a cannon while firing a salute In honor
of the great sailor's arrival at Gibraltar.
hastened to the cot of the wounded man ,
talked -with him at considerable length , In
quired ns to his future , and left him a snug
sum of money as a present from the Olyra-
pla's gallant crow. This kindly act was as
characteristic of the admiral's whole nature
ns was the dash Into Manila bay , and was
but another of the many Incidents which
have stamped George Dewey ns nmong the
truly groat.
ot tlic nine.
Now York Tribune.
In the articles classed as building ma
terials the rise In prices slnco November ,
1S98 , has been 35.1 per cent , and In tbo
clothing class 9.3 per .cent , but In all other
products the rise has 'been only 2.3 per cont.
The clothing class la separately stated because
cause the improved condition of the people
has brought about : fivlargely Increased de
mand. tor articles vGthat | class , and a rlso
In prices greater than appears In most other
products. Cotton and cotton gooda cov
ered $573 of the tola } Increase of $1,330 In
that class ; hides , leather and shoes covered
$320 , silk and silk goods $193 and wool and
woolens $186 , with $58 In rubber and rub
ber goods. Slnco July 1 the Iron and steel
products , lumber and others hero Included
aa building materials' have advanced 12.5
per cent In two months , while articles of
the clotiilng class have , advanced 2.6 per
cent , and all other products have declined
In price 1.8 per cent. The decline has been
chiefly In breadstuffs and Is Incident to the
eoason.
PllOSI'ElUTY OF THIS WEST.
Not a Grain of Comfort in It for
Calamity McKaplioucn.
Minneapolis Journal.
A notable feature of the business eltua-
tlon la the fact that very llttlo money will
be required from Now York this year to
move the western crops. Every year nt this
season Now York has to prepare for a
heavy demand for crop-moving funds. This
year abundant money remains with the
western banks. The process of debt-paying
lhaa boon going on uninterruptedly the past
two years , Thoj Interest charge on western
farm mortgages has been very greatly ro-
ducod. The years of heavy western bor
rowing of eastern funds are past. There Is
money U : western financial centers to move
the crops and plenty of It. Your western
farmer Is buying many things ho would not
dream of buying five or six yeans ago.
Again , labor , aswell as capital , is prospering -
poring these days. The Now York Times
publishes this epoclal statement from Brad-
etreot's recognized competent authority :
"Our observations from week to week lead
us to the conclusion that conditions for
labor and laboring people are very satis
factory. Moro men are employed than at
this tune last year , and at better wages. In
March last figures tabulated by us showed
that at least IGO.OOO moro men wore at work
than at the same time a year ago , and since
then matters have Improved very consider
ably. Wo feel euro that the figures for the
last throe months , which are shortly to
bo published by the Now York state bureau
of labor statistics , will prove this conclu
sively. Our advices , for Instance , from Pitts-
burg are that no able-bodied men need go
without work there. And BO , Indeed , It Is
practically all over the country. As for
wages , our Information Is to the effect that
they are fully 10 to 15 per cent higher than
at this time last year. In these Industries
where wages ore on a sliding ecalo for In-
etanoo , In Iron and etcol and coal the rate
that now prevails Is much higher. The
prevention of recently threatened strikes Is
a sign that , after all , labor Is not as dissat
isfied as Eomo people profess to think. "
The national -wealth of this nation la In
creasing at a greater rate than ever before
known and labor * Is getting a very fair share
of the .Increase. Numberless new fields wait
for development. President Russell of the
American Bankers' 'association , in his ad
dress at Cleveland the other day , contrib
uted the following llttlo suggestion of comfortable -
fortablo prosperity :
"Tho business ot the country Is being done
on a cash basis. The annual and semi
annual Bottling days of the older states are
not upon the calendar. The jobber finds hU
profits within the discount of the manu
facturers and the country merchant baa
learned the lesson , tuys more carefully and
pays cask , and so we see business paper
surely disappearing. Banks must invest in
other good oocurltlea , which under the new
demand appreciate in value. Under this
process and the growing wealth of our na
tion high-grade securities -will bo absorbed
and the banks will lend their aid to the de
velopment of our Industries and trade with
all nations. Already wo are purchasing the
bonds of foreign countries. "
It requires no long reflection over this
statement to sco Ita bearing upon the stabil
ity of our prosperity , It rests on a strictly
conservative basis. There la not a grain of
comfort for the pessimists.
1M11CI3S NnAltlNH Til 13 TOP.
Tlio Doom In Iron.
New York Sun.
Pig Iron for which manufacturers were
glad to get $10 a ton ft year ago la now
selling for moro than double that price.
The prices of ore , Iron and steel were al
most stationary last autumn for some
months nftcr the demand began to Increase.
The advance , which began In December
lost , wns elow and conservative till the
latter part of February , when the market * ,
excited by an avahincho of orders , advanced
shnrply. Then prices were stationary again
for about six weeks ot Mnrch nnd April ,
and slnco thnt tlmo have been advancing.
The law of supply and demand rules the
day , nnd prices have no artificial stimula
tion , but hnvo risen only ns they have
been forced up by orders that have com
pletely outrun the possibility of supply
within the desired time.
CointMirntlvo Itiumr ot 1'rlrrn.
Springfield ( Mass. ) Republican.
Bradstrect's prlco Index number , faulty
as Its construction Is , In common with most
other numbers of the kind , Is the best at
hand for Iho American market , nnd records
for August a further matned ndvance In
average commodity quotations. The num
ber at the close of the month wns 84,784 ,
ngnlnst 82,338 nt the clone of July , nnd
77,819 nt the beginning of the year. Save
for n slight decline In April , the rise has
been continuous r.nd quite notable.
Extending the comparison back as far ns
this particular record goes , wo have some
wldo sweeps of the pendulum :
August 1,1893 S4.784
August 3 , 1S < 7fi,53j !
AugUHt I , 1S97 C9,2i7i
July 1 , 1S9B Go.OJil
April 1 , 1S93 flo.DM
July 1 , 15.92 & 0.629
July 1. 1591 91,03.1'
October 1 , 1890 . . .105,9'jr ,
The figures represent the average fern
n bo in 100 utnnlu commodities.
Cold the Mil I n Motive.
Boston Advertiser.
According 'to ' the English press , when Sir
Alfred Mllncr was leaving England for the
cape , ho explained the British policy by
asking : "If you saw a solid pile of gold
worth JC500.000.000 over thcro , with 20,000
Boers armed to the teeth sitting upon It ,
what would you do ? " Ono of the lenders
of the Outlandors' movement has been frank
enough to say : "Wo don't care about the
franchise ; wo want the mines. " At the re
cent rate of Increase the Transvaal mines
will yield annually In dividends. In a year
or two , about $75,000,000. That Is the real
explanation of the British attitude toward
the South African republic.
A SV.M1'AT1IETIO BOYCOTT.
Chicago Chronicle : The opportunity for
such a boycott Is presented In the exposition
to be > held next year. It can bo made a
practical failure by a skillful and energetic
boycott from all who denounce the Injustice
to Dreyfus and abhor the methods by which
ho has been pursued , persecuted and In
equitably punished because of- his Jewish
blood and race.
Detroit Free Press : This seems carrying
a kindly and commendable sentiment to un
warranted extremes. If there bo a dcslro
to ostracise or boycott the French nation ,
by far the stronger reasons for doing so
existed before Dreyfus wns known to the
world. They appeared In the bloody con
tests for Imperial honor and control , the
merciless wars springing from religious dif
ferences , relentless persecution to the
death , the sweep of fire nnd sword striking
not ono but thousands of helpless Innocents ,
tyranny , treason , revolution , treachery ,
extortion , corruption , licentiousness , all
the sins of the calendar , now dominant
In ono party or faction , now In another.
Washington Post : Seriously , It seems to
U9 that the civilized world Is to some ex
tent Involved In this abominable affair In
volved , wo mean , by reason of our recog
nition ofand association with France and
It Is a question In our mind whether wo
can , In Justice to ourselves , hold moro than
the most distant and formal relations with
a government and a people capable of sanc
tioning the unspeakable atrocity we are dis
cussing. Should French public sentiment ,
expressed In an authoritative way , approve
the action and the methods of Jouaust and
his confreres at Rennes , every nation pre-
tondlng to enlightenment , humanity and
honor ought to ostracize Franco ns being
barbarous and accursed. There is no place
In Christendom for such , an unclean thing.
PERSONAL. AND OTHERWISE.
A bust of ex-Speaker Reed Is being exe
cuted In bronze for the Maine legislature.
Mayor Buck of Portland , Me. , a gentleman
75 years of age , has Just completed the feat
of walking to the summit of Mount Wash
ington , N. H. , and back again.
The owner of Stonehengc , the old Druid
monument on Salisbury plain , threatens to
sell It to the highest bidder unless the Brit
ish government will glvo him $625,000 for It.
Experiments are about to begin In Louis
iana for the manufacture of paper from
refuse sugar cane. Paper made from sugarcane
cano should be In great request for the cor
respondence of sweethearts.
A platform car recently completed at the
Boston & Malno railroad shops. In Salem ,
Mass. , haa a carrying capacity of 100,000
pounds , 40,000 pounds moro than any other
car on the road. It la thirty-two feet long.
Smallpox epread In Altoona , Pa. , and the
town board of health ordered the killing
of all dogs and cats In Infected houses , that
they might no't distribute the germs of the
disease. The bodies of the animals were
burned.
The wooden belfry of famous Fancull hall ,
Boston , has been replaced by ono exactly
similar of Iron , nnd It Is hoped that the work
of altering and strengthening the historic
building will bo completed by the middle of
September.
Theodora Tllton , who spends his time be
tween Paris and London , has loat none of his
aptness for repartee. The other day a friend
asked him when It Is a man begins to feel
old. He replied nt once : I'l'll tell you when.
It Is when ho Is a sophomore In college. "
The peculiar disease from which the czar
Is eald to bo suffering Is known as aphasia ,
and In plain English Is using one word when
another Is meant. If his majesty wants his
bat nnd can't remember the word "hat" ho
asks for something else , and ho Is unable to
recollect the meaning of words when he reals
them ,
Officials of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
company say they have been robbed of
nearly $50,000 in the last six weeks by the
new conductors , who have taken tho'places
of the strikers of last July. The now men
are said to have been "knocking down"
fares industriously , but the leakage haa nt
last been stopped.
It la expected that the naval parade In
Now York when Dewey arrives will be
seven miles long and that 30,000 men will
march In the land parade. The naval
demonstration will take place on Fri
day , September 29 , the land parade Septem
ber 30. The Herald Bays the coat of windows
which may bo occupied to ceo the marching
of the procession will be "from $50 up , ac
cording to location , "
n.V.MIKH or TIltSTS.
Kx-Senntor Wnnlihiirn Denounce *
Unilnrnn Comlilnntloim ,
KvSenator William IJ. Wnuhburn of Min
nesota , head of the attentive- milling Inter
ests of Minneapolis bearing his narao , says
that unless something la done to stop the
formation nnd exproltntlon ot trutts finan
cial ruin will overtake the country and the
republican par'v ' will bo overthrown. In
nn Interview In the New York Tribune of
Monday last the cx-Unltcd States senator ,
a stnunch republican , gave his views as
follows , In part :
"Tho present Industrial tendency nmounts
to nlmost a craro for trusts. Thcro Is hardly
anything In the Industrial line that has not
boon tnckled by Uio promoters of the trusts.
All the promoters cnre for Is to get up these
combinations , palm thrcn off on nn uniniti
ated public , nnd then got out of thorn , after
making all the money they can. I think
the banks make n great mistake In lending
their assistance to'tho promoters of these
trusts. The banks finance them , the promoters
meters make everything look plausible on
UH face and the unwary < ire drawn In.
"Tho worst feature of the Industrial trusts
of today la that nc.irly every ono of them
Is vastly overcapitalized. The promoter
comes along with his Idea. Ho finds ono or
two concerns making a legitimate profit ,
whllo half a dozen others nro practically
I bankrupt nnd nnklng no money. Invariably
the concern that has been most unfortunate
Is the most nnxloua to go Into the trust.
Thcso unthrifty concerns nre able to got
along In tlmcu of great prosperity , but when
wo get down to normal conditions these con
cerns will go to pieces , no matter whether
I they are In a trust or not. Just at present
I there Is a demand for every conceivable
I thing , and times nro elastic nnd money Is
' ' plenty. Everything Is floating nlong prcn-
'
' porously. When the collapse comes , ns como
It will , It will sweep all these naturally nonpaying -
paying concerns to financial ruin. Of
course , the theory on which the trust Is
built Is Its ability to raise prices , but that
Is sure to result In trouble.
"Take steel rails , for Instance. Ono nnd
n half years ago rails of fair quality were
being Bold at $17 n ton , at a profit of per
haps $1.50 n ton. Wlmt waa the consc-
quenco ? We sent rails all over the world ,
Invading Great Britain , China , Japan nnd
other countries. With the enormous de
posits of high grade ere In Minnesota nn.l
Wisconsin , there Is no reason why wo
should not bo nblo to produce rails nnd
other stool products cheaper than any other
nation. As a result of trust manipulation
etcel rails now sell at $30 a ton or there
abouts. Of course , the profit Is exorbitant.
It Is an outrage on the public , and It Is
shortsightedness on the part of the manu
facturers , because they cannot sell their
rails long outside of the country nt such
an enormous profit. The result of It all
will bo a tremendous collapse , and It will
como a good deal quicker than most people
think. When the tumble oomcs It will bo
general. If only the promoters suffered It
would bo all right , but the crash will carry
pretty much everything with It , nnd the
Innocent will Buffer with the guilty.
"Tho natural conditions today are better
than ever before. With a largo balance of
trade In our favor , prosperity should con
tinue for a long time. This prosperity has
resulted In Inflation and the Issuing of
millions of shares on wind.
"Tako the flour trust. 1 nm personalry
Interested In two milling companies , the
Plllsbury-Washburn and the Wnshburn-
Crosby. Wo were making not large money ,
but doing well and getting a fair return
on our Investment. The other mills were
not doing so well , owing to a lack of capi
tal. Along came this man Mclntyro of
Now York with MB trust proposition. Wo
didn't go Into it , but the others did. The
only concern that went Into the trust that
was making any money was the Consoli
dated Milling company. The trust Is payIng -
Ing enormous calories , and spending money
lavishly. There is certain to bo a collapse
before long. It cannot lant two years. The
security holders will then bo the real suf
ferers , as the promoters will bo safely out
by thnt time. These concerns that have
not paid anything In ten years nnd have
gene Into the trust with an enormous capi
tal will not be able to stand up wh'en the
pinch comes.
"There Is ono thing that greatly disturbs
mo. The republican party , whether Justly
or unjustly , Is associated with trusts In the
minds of the masses. As a party we have
reached a crisis where wo have got to call
a halt. Tbo republican party has got to dis
connect Itself from trusts. It has got to do
something more than adopt platform planks
against trusts. It has got to put forth Its
full strength and legislate against them.
The feeling against the trust Idea Is Intense
In the west. It Is so Intense In the repub
lican party that the party will break ranks
unless something la dono. The undertow of
sentiment In the western republican states
against trusts Is not understood in the east.
The revolt may strike us ns early as next
year.
"It uecms to me , after giving the matter
a great deal of thought , that the republicans
In congress will have to cxamlno the sub
ject thoroughly and whenever they find a
trust is depending for Ita exorbitant profits
largely on protective duties It will be the
duty of republican congressman and senators
to remove the duties at once. Wo canno
stop short of that. The duties must bo re
pealed when it Is shown that the trusts are
benefiting by thorn. This should bo done
with the duty on steel rails and on tlnplate
Wo can make steel rails at a fair profl
cheaper 'than anywhere else in the worli
nnd the present prlco Is outrageous. The
republican party may win nt the polls In 190 (
because of the remarkable achievements of
our army nnd navy In the lost two years
but legislation against trusts should not bo
delayed on that account.
LATIN AMERICAN IMIEJUDICI3.
'InivertiillNiii ' < t Ilnmly Clult for Com
mercial Illviilx.
Chicago Record.
The story comes from the City of Mexico
that the South American republics are much
alarmed lest the1 United Stated attempt to
control them. Americans naturally will feel
amusement at these fears , for this nation
already has on hand a plentiful supply of
trouble In remote regions without going out
to look for more. This apparently wide
spread apprehension very llkoly has Its
origin In the commercial Jealousy of Euro
pean firms and governments. The now pol-
Icy'of expansion as practiced on former de
pendencies of Spain has given tbo tireless
agents ot trade a powerful argument with
which lo arouse the suspicions of the Latin-
Americans. Such suspicions naturally preju
dice the people against Americans and
American goods and may lead to the erec
tion of commercial barriers agalnat our
products.
It Is not difficult to understand how a
thoroughly false Impression of the United
States und Its attitude toward the South
American republics could be created by de
signing agents of European interests. It la
assorted that tbo press of these countries
la harping with remarkable unanimity on
the Imagined purpose of the United States
to absorb the South American republics.
This suggests that sorao far-reaching and
occult effort has been .made to Inspire fear
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
ROVAl lAKIMO POWDER CO. . h
ami prejudice. At the oaino tlmo the wld
dcparturo of the United Statt * from Its
former policy of keeping hands off remote
territory la of Itself n lUmltng thing In the
view of the feebler governments of the hem
isphere. When the policy of expansion wa *
grafted on the Monroe doctrine , to their
timorous minds a warning struck which
they must heed In order that they may
continue to exlnt.
The remedy for this panto Is fair drafting ,
When Cuba's free government shall bo es
tablished the honesty of purpose which wo
bonst will bo revealed. On the commercial
sldo It may bo eald that the La tin-Ameri
cans nro shrewd tradesmen and will be slow
to close their markrta to those products
that ate beet and cheapest.
IIAU1I1M.UVS UIUJAM.
Projected Combine of Vnnt S > - teiu
of Itnllroniln.
Kansas City Star.
The latest great railroad combination
talked of will bo also the greatest In the
extent of territory covered If Us alleged
plans nre carried out , flnco It will touch
the Atlantic nnd the Pacific , the lakes nnd
the guf. The Hnrrlmnn syndicate , which
bought the Chicago & Alton rend , Is paid to
bo planning to make ono vast system of
roads out of the Chicago & Alton , the Balti
more & Ohio , for nn eastern connection , the
Illinois Central nnd the Kansas City , Pitts-
burg Gulf to the gulf , nnd the Union Pa
cific nnd allied lines to the Pacific coast.
It Is also Intimated thnt an alliance Is to
bo formed with the MIsMiirl Pacific nnd the
Missouri , Kansas & Tcxna lines. The ng-
grcgnto mllrago of nil the above companies ,
except the Inst two , Is over 14,000 mllra , and
the Missouri Pacific and the Missouri , Kan-
sns & Toxns will raise the totnl to nearly
2i ,00fl miles.
Thn enormous extent of such a system
way bo bent appreciated when compared
with the consolidations which have recently
been effected. The Now York Central , after
absorbing two big companies and several
smaller ours , has 6,000 miles of road. The
Pennsylvania system , which makes greater
gross earnings than any other In the worM ,
has 9,000 miles of rand , and the Atchlson
system .controls 7,250 miles of track. The
great Hnrrlmnn consolldntlon Is still In
embryo , K , Indeed , It Is nny moro thnn the
product of the Imngtontlcn of some dreamer.
It would bo n rather curious clrcumstanco
If one comparatively timall Interior company
with less than 1,000 miles of road should bo
made the nucleus of u vast system of H.OOO
or perhaps 20,000 miles , reaching to the four
extremities of the country and running to
nearly every largo city In the United States.
The aggregate cnpltnllzntlon ot this vast sys
tem would bo not far short of $1,000,000,000.
I'OI.VTKU UKMAIUCS.
Detroit Free Press : "What Is your Idea
of n. good Joke7"
"Well , nny joke that makes you mad be
cause you didn't think of It yourself. "
Indianapolis Journal : "To the smalt
boy , " said the Cornfed Philosopher , "tho
man with nn npplo orchard nnd a savage
dog appears In the same light as Oem Paul
does to John Bull , "
Cleveland Plain Dealer : "Yes , we've got
the neatest pncknge for our goods you ever
saw ! Cut glass cover , gilt washer , cameo
seal , everything ! "
"How about tlie contents ? "
"Oh , the contents don't count ! "
Ohio State Journal : Fluster Y.oung ma.n ,
I sec by this message that It was received
nt your olllra day before yesterday. Why
didn't you deliver It sooner ?
Telegraph Messenger Huh I Yousn mus'
t'lnk 1's a tree express. De orlls is four
blocks f'um here.
Philadelphia Record : Caller That plctliro
you publlsned as mine this morning doesn't
resemble me In the least. Are you sure
there wasn't a mistake made ?
Editor Sure ? Why , that cut has been
used In hundreds of Instances and you're
the first man to kick.
Chicago Post : "Alter nil , this Is trfe best
time to take a vacation , " said the man who
had Just got bnck to the dally grind.
"Tho best-'time ' to take u .vncatlon.'i .re-
turned his wise friend. "Is always the tlmo
Immediately following one's return from
one. "
Tlie I.iMvyor' * Motto.
Somervllle Journal.
Count that dny lost
Whose low descending sun
Sees no new client charged ,
No action new begun.
DON'T GUOW1. , A11OUV T11K WISATHEH
James 'Whltcomb Rlley.
Us farmers In the country , as the season *
KO and come ,
Is purty much llko other folks we're apt to
grumble some !
The eprlne's too back'nrd fer us , er too f
for'ard ary one
We'll Jaw about It anyhow , and hev our
way or none. !
The thaws set In too suddent ; er the frost *
stayed In the soil
Too long to eivo the whcnt a chance , and
crops Is' bound to spoil !
The weather's either moat too mild , er too
outrageous rough.
And altogether too much rain , er not hair
enough I \
Now what I'd llko and what you'd llko Is
plain enough to fee ;
It's Jeat to have old Providence drop round
on you and mo
'And ast us what our views Is first , re-
gardln' shlno or rain ,
And post 'em when to Bhet her off , cr lot
her on ncrnlnl
And ylt I'd rather after all , conslderln' otn r
chores
I got on hands , a-tcndln' both to my affairs
nnd yours
I'd ruther miss the blame I'd got n rulln *
thing * up thnre.
And spend my extra time In pralsa and
gratitude and prayer.
to the change we have
made from the Cluett
to .the E. & W , collars
and cuffs , we have
placed all of the Cluett
collars at a special
price , to close them out.
Collars now are 20c ,
3 for 50c , Cuffs now
2Sc a pair. Prices
were formerly , 25c and
40c respectively.
