THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : FRIDAY , SEPTEMBER 15. 1899.
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State , of Nebraska , Douglas County , 63. :
George B Tz onuck , secretary of The Bea
Publishing company , being duly sworn , says
that ; he actual number of full and complete
cooles of The Dally. Morning , Evening and
Sunday Be < \ printed during the month of
August , lk'J3 , was as follows :
, SMH-IO 17 24o : t
IS 24,805
8 21,870 19 24,771
4 21,770 20 2U,27a
C 21,1)10 21 24,8,11
22 24,041
7 ! . ! ! ! ! ! 2. ! 7r : 23 24,020
8 21Hr > 0 24 24,4:10 :
0 21,75(1 ( 25 SB.OOil
10 25,100 26 24,848
11 21.O1O 27 2BS : 4
12 21,7:10 : 23 24.UO2
33 2U.505 23 2I ,2OO
34 2I.WIO M 25,04t
K 21,8(12 31 27OUO
16 21,717
Total . 781,8 U
JJesa unsold nnd returned copies. . . . 1O,143
Net total sales .771,087
Net dally average 24,8Ui :
OKORGE B. TZSCHUCK ,
Subscribed and sworn before me this 2nd
jJay of September , A. D. . 1899.
M. B. HUNOATE ,
( Seal. ) Notary Public.
1'ho projected gold brick trust expects
to unload Its entire proeluct on the next
national democratic convention.
England requested a quick answer
from tha Transvaal and got It. Oora
Paul IB not so slow when It suits his
purpose to hurry.
Nebraska- educational Institutions ,
both the public schools and higher In
stitutions of learning , are feeling the
effects of Improved times In a larger
attendance.
South Omaha Is only 140,000 hogs be-
lilud Kansas\Clty In the packing houao
record since March 1. Last year at this
time Kansas City led by 530,000. An-
otlier season should close the gap.
Local democracy has not as much
time as formerly to devote to the alleged
troubles of Its opponents. It has enough
of Its own now to fully occupy the time
and a second crop Is just coming on.
The biggest part of the alleged disaf
fection of the Bohemian republicans
seems to consist of big type In the pop-
ocratlc organ. Bohemian-Americans
who believe In the principles of the re
publican party will not be led astray by
popocratlc plunder.
The Independent Judicial candidate
certifies that he spent no money In con
nection with his candidacy for the
Judgeshlp. Advertising space In the
local popocnitlc newspaper must bo
cheap or else his cards should have been
classified under the "free , position
wanted , " heading.
The great Nebraska trust smasher , At
torney General Constantine Jeremiah
Bmyth , seems to have overlooked the
fact that Deputy Insurance Commis
sioner Bryant practiced law while he
was dusting law books and that the In
surance commissioner may know a lit
tle law himself.
State Food Commissioner Hlbbard Is
Setting hungry and docs not propose to
wait any longer for the governor to help
him connect with his salary , held up by
Auditor Cornell. It must not be In
ferred from tills that ho proposes to
resign , but that ho simply proposes to
go Into court o locate the pie.
Cherokee , la. , democrats held a sena
torial convention , at which only two
delegates appeared. Neither one was
able to force the nomination on the
otlier , and as they were too few In
numbers to chase down a victim the
convention adjourned without action.
Kurly frosts have nipped democratic
ambitions In Town.
A llttlo over a year ago people along
the eastern seaboard were having a bad
ecnro over a threatened attack of Span
ish war ships. In a few days they will
again be straining their eyes to catch a
ellmpso of u war ship , but Instead of
preparing to take to the storm cellar
they will mount the housetops , it
makes a wonderful difference who Is
coming.
At Kansas City n. number of cattle
men got together and organized a com
pany for the avowed purpose of control
ling the cnttlo market The company
will operate throught agents In every
county of cattle-producing states. It U
composed of buyers and Bhlppers , the
cattle-raiser having no portion In It. As
'
to controlling the market , the stock
holders of the now company are simply
chasing rainbows.
\t \ has boon nuggcstod that the medi
cal association appoint a committee
whobo duty it shall bo to feel the pulses
of the n lilt ) fusion nominees for the dis
trict bench and to make public a report
of Its ( hidings. Then the bar associa
tion should meet and deliberate upon
the legality of an attempt to seat nlua
judges in seven chairs , and announce
their decision. That done the wild , mad
rush for olllco may bo resumed by the
confused fusloulsts.
TfOT OVH AFFAIR.
The BtiggeaOon that President Me-
Kinlcy proffer friendly mediation In tlio
Transvaal difficulty la undoubtedly
prompted by the host of motives , but
the Issue between England and the Boer
republic Is In no Bonso tlio affair of tlio
United States and both of the parties
to It would bo very likely to decline a
proffer of mediation. It Is true that
among the outlanders there are Ameri
cans who have Interests In the Trans
vaal and It Is tiie duty of our govern
ment to take nil legitimate measures for
the protection of those Interests. But
It Is not callrd upon to go beyond this
and every consideration of sound policy
requires that It shall keep aloof from
the Anglo-Boer quarrel.
There Is every reason to think that
the British government would regard
the proffer of mediation as Impertinent
It claims suzerainty over the Transvaal
Republic and has repudiated the claim
of that republic that It Is a sovereign
state. It has also refused to permit
any foreign country to participate in
the arbitration that has boon proposed.
In short , the British government as
sumes that It has an unquestionable
right to dictate the Internal policy of
the Boers and consequently would re
sent any foreign Interposition , however
friendly the Intention. As to the Trans
vaal government it is very doubtful
whether it would regard with favor a
proffer of mediation on tno part of the
United States. It Is by no means cer
tain that tiie Boers have unquestioning
confidence that in a matter involving
British claims and Interests this coun
try would be absolutely impartial.
At all events , the United States should
have nothing whatever to do with this
Issue , the parties to which are fully
qualified to deal with It as they shall
deem best We have quite enough
troubles of our own without taking
upon ourselves any obligation to try
settling the troubles of other countries.
Popular sympathy here la doubtless
largely with the Transvaal Republic
and nil Americans feel that war be
tween England and the Transvaal
would be most deplorable. But there
Is no consideration which could justify
our government In taking any part In
the South African Issue. „
PUSH THE SVOAR FACTOR ? PROJECT.
Omaha has several times In the past
(
three or four years taken up the project
for the erection of a beet sugar factory
in this dty. The feasibility of the .plan
has never been questioned and It has
lapsed from time to time only owing to
untoward circumstances that have
arisen at critical points in negotiations
either with capitalists expected to ad
vance the money or with the farmers
asked to undertake contracts to supply
sugar beets.
Another year ought not to be allowed
to pass without materializing the sugar
factory project The successful opera
tion of works at Norfolk , Grand Island
and Ames affords proof positive that
Nebraska Is destined to be the. seat of
a thriving beet sugar industry , and as
the metropolis of Nebraska , with the
finest sugar beet lands all around It ,
Omaha Is In position to make Itself the
head and front of the state's beet sugar
Interests.
The advantages that would accrue are
so patent that they hardly need reiter
ation. A sugar factory would at one
and the same time give employment tea
a large body -of wage-workers and fur
nish a profitable market for a crop easily
raised by farmers who trade In this
city. The by-products would soon form
the foundation for other subsidiary en
terprises , expanding the industry in all
directions. '
The prize Is certainly worth working
for and the Commercial club , which has
the matter in hand , should be given
every encouragement and assistance.
With business In all lines prosperous
and promising , the omens arc auspicious
to the successful promotion of the sugar
factory project this time and Its In
auguration in ample season to work the
next year's sugar beet product
KEEP TO THE FACTS.
In discussing the trusts , as everything
else , It is of the highest importance to
keep to the facts. In a recent Interview ,
which has attracted a good deal of at
tention , ex-Senator Washburn of Min
nesota said some things In condemna
tion of trusts which everybody opposed
to this form of monopoly can approve ,
but Mr. Washburn did not strengthen
his argument by what he said regardIng -
Ing the increased price of tin plate and
steel rails , attributing this entirely to
the tariff.
The Philadelphia Press points out that
from August 1 ; 1808 , to August 1 , 1899 ,
the standard grade of tin plato quoted
by the Treasury department In the
monthly summary of the bureau of sta
tistics Increased In price 77 cents a box.
In the same period the same grade of
goods In Wales Increased $1.45 a box
and that foreign increase was nearly
all jnjido in 1899. In other words , In
free trade England tin plates Increased
twice as much In price as in the United
States under a protective tariff. The
fact Is , as the Press says , prices of tinplate
plato have risen because every article
used in their manufacture has increased
in price. But us noted tin plates ad
vanced In price in free trade England
nearly twice as much as here , which
destroys the tariff plea.
As to steel rails , tiie truth is that the
price is not controlled by any trust or
combination and the great producers
are now engaged in turning out rails
contracted for at the price of a year
ngo , Mr. Washburn said that rails now
sell at f30 per ton or thereabouts , but
it is explained as to this that $30 per
ton was obtained on a contract for de
livery next year by ono of the entirely
Independent eastern concerns , because
the great western producers are not
anxious to bind themselves as yet so far
ahead. Such a transaction certainly
cannot bo fairly regarded ns showing
the prevailing price for rails.
Wo fully agree with Mr. Wnshburn
that the republican party must legis
late ngalnst trusts. It has already done
so , but this legislation has not been
effective and therefore the party must
supplement Itwith legislation that will
accomplish the purpose. We confidently
believe this will be done. Wo see no
reason to doubt that the republican
party , which In Its national platforms
of 1888 and 1892 declared against trusts
and combinations and which in 185)0 ) en
acted an nntl-trust law , Is now opposed
to the trusts and we feel sure that tiie
next congress will deal with this most
important question Intelligently nnd
Judiciously.
Meanwhile there Is nothing to be
gained by misrepresenting conditions ,
distorting facts , or trying to fix respon
sibility for the situation whore facts
show It does not belong.
CONDITIONS.
The statement of President Schurman
of the Philippine commission does not
throw much new light on tiie conditions
In tiie Islands , nor Is It calculated to
strengthen sentiment favorable to the
retention of the whole of the Philip
pines. Mr. Schurman argues that the
United States having assumed sovereignty
eignty of the archipelago and thus be
come responsible for the maintenance
of peace , order and justice , and security
of life and property among nil the
tribes , we must fulfill the obligation
as a matter of honor. But may we not
properly consider the sacrifices this may
involve ? Consider the facts. Mr.
Schurman says that the multiplicity
and heterogeneous nature of the tribes
Is something astounding ; that over sixty
different languages are spoken In tiie
Islands and that the speech of any one
tribe Is unintelligible to its neighbors.
Some of these tribes are civilized , but
a number are not It Is admitted by
Mr. Schurmau that the archipelago will
not be revolutionized In a generation
that Is , American civilization will not
generally prevail there within that
time. Very likely It will take several
generations to Americanize the archipelago
pelage , If Indeed It can ever be done ,
and It Is impossible to foresee what
trouble and expense will be Incurred in
the effort to accomplish It
The fact that as yet opposition to
American sovereignty has been shown
by but one tribe Is not to be accepted
as assurance that all of the other tribes
will quietly submit to our rule and
adopt whatever system of government
we shall prescribe for them. There Is
a large Mohammedan population nnd
unless tiie United States shall recognize
and tolerate the religion And the prac
tices and customs of these people they
may be expected to give us trouble. , . A
disposition to do this has been shown
in the treaty made with the Sulu sul
tan , which permits the maintenance of
polygamy and slavery , but it is ques
tionable whether tiie American people
will be willing to extend and continue
this sort of thing. However expedient
It may be at present , It Is so repugnant
to American Ideas and feeling , so offen
sive to the moral sentiment of this
country , that It is Impossible to believe
our people will allow It to become a
permanent 'feature of our policy In the
Philippines ; and whenever we shall de
cide to depart from It there will be
trouble.
Mr. Schurman says he has confidence
In tiie people of the Philippines and
thinks that under a wise general gov
ernment they might bo able to manage
the provincial and municipal affairs. He
urges that congress should establish a
government for the Philippines and
have it put in force In all parts , but this
would seem to be Impracticable In view
of the statement of Mr. Schurman that
the government that is well adapted to
one tribe may be required to be modi
fied for anotiier. Thus it will be neces
sary to have a variety of governmental
systems , arranged'to suit the peculiari
ties of the different tribes. That this
Is very sure to prove a perplexing prob
lem for congress and a troublesome mat
ter for the government Is obvious.
The solution of the problem , In the
opinion of Mr. Schurmau , will be found
in some form of home rule for each of
the tribes , under the supervision of the
general government at Manila. This ,
presumably , is the view of the other
commissioners and it will undoubtedly
have weight with congress.
This Is a year In which Mr. Bryan
admonishes the faithful reformers to
fuse. In counties where victory Is cer
tain ho tells them to fuse , where the
outlook is dark be asks them to' fuse
and where hope deferred maketh the
heart sick he Implores them to fuse.
Hero In Douglas county the unterrlfled
patriots are trying to obey the com
mands of the chieftain , but it comes
hard Indeed for populists who are popu
lists from a sense of conviction to sur
render their principles In order to as
sume the role of assistant democrats
In short to vote democrats Into offices to
which populists are entitled.
Nebraska , like Iowa , is Just now
struggling with the problem what to do
with Its prison labor. Iowa authorities
think well of the plan of operating a
twine factory , which in Minnesota has
made the penitentiary self-sustaining.
The great difficulty In Nebraska Is that
the contracts for prison labor have al
ways expired at a time when it was Im
possible to secure legislative action upon
any plan for changing the system of
employing the labor. In drawing up
now contracts It would bo advisable to
bear this In mind nnd fix the dates to
avoid the difficulty In the future.
The probability of an early settlement
of the carpenters' strike seems ques
tionable. This Is particularly unfortu
nate for the reason that the building
season will close shortly and mechanics
will be cut off from regular employment
until spring. Perhaps arbitration would
bo better than to stop nil work during
the good weather.
The bitterness of the Lincoln papers
against Omaha is as deep-seated as It
Is senseless. In ono issue this week a
Lincoln dally berates tha exposition and
gloats over the fact that the soldier
boys did not come to Omaha with the
trains which bore them from the const ,
la it not about time the Uucoln papers
abandon this small-bore policy In treat
ing of Omaha affairs ? How much
longer will Omaha merchants contribute
their advertising patronage to such a
paper ?
Residents of Walnut Hill have de
clared war upon the pigeons which In
fest the homes of that locality nnd or
ganized for a moonlight campaign
against the winged pests , and the
slaughter will be terrlblt- . Every true
patriot is expected to enlist for the fray
and If the pigeons do not suffer a regu
lar Filipino rout at the first onslaught
the governor will be invited to call out
the militia.
A Nebraskan In the Philippines writes
home to the folks to my that the pre
vailing silver money is a nuisance too
bulky. This potent fact was discovered
long ago by Americans at home , who
use silver chiefly for subsidiary coins
and a little of that even soon becomes
burdensome. Few people care to carry
silver dollars In their pockets any great
length of time when other currency Is
available.
From the clatter the democrats are
making one would be led to believe that
with them a nomination Is equivalent to
an election. They are log-rolling and
wrangling as bitterly as a batch of
monkeys and parrots. To a man up a
tree It Is awfully funny to see these
misguided partisans fighting over pros
pective spoils which they can never win ,
for It Is not In the pins not In the plus.
Germniiln'n Weakhcmi.
Indianapolis News.
The Germans threaten to boycott the
exposition , but under certain circumstances
they have no objections to entering Paris.-
All &IKIIN Point thilt AViiy.
Globe-Democrat ,
It Iron and steel are , as Is often paid , tha
barometer of business , tiho United States la
now enjoying Its greatest season of pros
perity.
Empty llottlci , of Gourde.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The prospective spectators of the Colum
bia-Shamrock yacht race arc already won
dering what th y can pick up on the course
to throw at the umpire.
Colonial Commerce.
New York World.
The Imperialist organs are making
a parade of the "rapid Increase o
our trade" with the Philippines. Ac
cording to the offlclal figures our exports
to the Islands for the seven months ending
July 31 reached the enormous total of $380-
1091 which wouldn't pay the- expenses of
the war for two days.
Ii"umlne In the Wnke of I'lnetie.
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Appearances Indicate that India will Goon
be suffering her second famine In
"three " yoare. The weather Is etlll beyond
the control of British authority , and crops
have met with poor success this year. If
a famine should follow the recent plague
in India and war should break out In South
Africa , England might well feel that the
white man's burden , .rested heavy on her
shoulders.
IIo'w"'We'GrOTV.
Baltimore American.
From January 1 to July 31 the United
States exported nearly ? 212,000,000 worth of
manufactured goods , which Is about $1,000-
000 a day. In 1895 , In the same period , the
exports of such goods -were In round num
bers $110,000,000 , or about $500,000 a day.
In four years this country has practically
doubled Its exports. No wonder the Euro
peans are thinking about what the future
may mean for them.
A Itcal Irf > iiB-Felt Want.
Indianapolis Journal.
The order prohibiting array officers pub
lishing accounts or pictures of any tests of
government arms or munitions of war
should have been Issued long ago. If such
testa and the conclusions to which they lead
have any value It consists largely In their
secrecy. There Is no reason why the United
States should test new Inventions and dis
coveries at great expense for the benefit of
foreign governments.
Injustice Cnnnot lro per.
Indianapolis News.
If the French are paying the least at
tention to what the papers and people or
other countries are saying they must begin
to have some shadow of doubt whether In
justice and cruelty to an Individual , rathe ?
than to acknowledge rascality In high army
places , can be made to stand. When a man
Is known'to bo Innocent men will not keep
silent while persecution and wrong to him
continue. With such champions as Zola ana
La'borl In France , and the whole world
pointing the finger of scorn at France for
Us Injustice , we may be sure the strife for
jtriith and Justice will still go on.
FOREIGN TIIADB EXPANSION.
Succexaful Iirrnnlon of the Market * of
the World.
St. Ixmls Globe-Democrat.
The Increase in the amount of exporta of
manufactured goods by the United States
In the past nlno or ten years is one of the
commercial marvels of the time. In the
fiscal year 1890 , according to figures Just
nent out by the Bureau of Statistics at Wash
ington , the United States exported $151,102-
37C of manufactured goods of all eorts. In
tlio fiscal year 1899 , which closed on Juno
30 , a llttlo over two months ago , the exports
of the same class of wares were $338,667.-
791. At the beginning of the period named ,
In the year 1890 , the country's Imports of
manufactures were $356,661,940 , They wore
$ ? 63,248,559 In the fiscal year 1899.
Hero Is an exhibit which will be a sur
prise to the world , and exceedingly gratify
ing to the United States. The amount of
the country's exports of manufactures has
more than doubled , tbo increase being 120
per cent , In the decade , while the Imports
of competing goods have fallen oft 26 per
cent in that time. The extent of the growth
of manufactures can be appreciated by com
paring it with the growth in population in
the Interval , which has probably been about
19 per cent. The United States Is expand
ing In number of Inhabitants far faster than
any other great nation in the world , but its
increase in the sales of its manufactured
goods abroad is lx times greater. More
over , the gain la still under way , as shown
by such figures as have como to hand since
the new fiscal year began In July.
Thla immense expansion in our ealea of
manufactured goods in the rest of the world
In a fine tribute < o the virtue of the protec
tive policy , and to the business sense of the
republican party in devlnlng it , and in plac
ing it on the statute book in defiance of the
opposition of the democracy. It also accounts
for the great activity In all the country's
leading Industries. More manufactured
goods are consumed now in the United
States than at any period In the past , but
they ore chiefly home-mado goods , and the
proportion of these articles which are used
here is constantly and rapidly increasing.
No other country in the worid is so nearly
eclf-subtalnlng as the United Statco , No
other has so many of the comforts and the
luxuries of lite.
GOOD I'EOPi.is Tuouni.no.
Sentiment of { lie Country
on the Wnr of .Subjugation.
Chicago Advance ( Congregatlonallst ) .
The proposition to organize an nntl-
Imperial political party may not take a very
serious hold upon the country. Hut It may
as well bo admitted that the Philippine
question Is causing trouble of heart to
many good people. It Is clear that some
of the reasons urged for the subjugation ol
the Filipinos do not commend themselves
to the righteous sentiment of the country.
The nrgumont that the possession of the
Islands Is necessary to the expanMon of our
commerce In the east Is ono of them. A war
of conquest for the take of trade Is not n
Justifiable var , and everybody In America
knows It. Killing Filipinos in order to
innko a market for our manufacturers or to
open a gate to China Is not a business
which win go down In ft land Oiled with
churchca and teeming and beaming with
benevolent institutions nnd philanthropies.
And no bolter Is the argument that the
war Is necessary to America's new role as a
world power. In a legitimate way wo would
alt llko to GOO America a world power , but
not on the basis of the conquests of pagan
Home. Wo have reached too high a moral
piano to drop back to the level of tlio world
before Christianity came. Wo must have
6 uo other reasons for swallowing up the
weak than Just to expand and ruto. Make
much of this Idea that \\o are to overrun
the world , and wo will soon bo reaching out
for Mexico and South America.
Bad as both of these arguments ore , they
nro at the bottom of the majority of the
speeches nnd articles in defense of the Phil-
ipplno business. The fact that they do not
satisfy the conscience of the country Is the
cause of much of the growing restlessness
and dissatisfaction regarding the matter.
The argument that the Filipinos are not
capable of aolf-rulo and need a governor
is somewhat better , but needs , llko homeo
pathic medicines , to bo taken in very small
doses. For there are a great many millions
of brown people in the world , and all the
tropics are full of Ecantlry-clothed people.
If we are to set about governing all of
them in the Interests of civilization , and
moro garments and morals , wo shall have
our hands full. It may well bo questioned
whether wo should have civilization and
morals enough to go around. For , if wo
can rely upon the news columns of the
daily press , wo are still somewhat in the
raw ourselves. And If wo are to make
new possessions something other than the
prey of political spoilsmen , wo must thor
oughly establish the civil service system.
But , unfortunately , we have recently been
moving in the opposite direction.
Then again , the argument has so long been
used to Justify all sorts of tyrannies , po
litical nnd ecclesiastical , that wo may well
stand In doubt of it Great Britain did not
think that our forefathers could govern
themselves. The largest church in Christen
dom thinks that the people cannot even be
trusted to read 'the ' bible alone. The Catholic
bishop who put a communion of 600 people
out of tbo church the other day thought that
they did not know how to govern them
selves. It is a way that all the Infallible
people have , but it is a way very strange to
America's manner of thinking.
The desire to spread Christianity , which
has also been urged as a reason for an ag-
greeslve policy , is commendable , but the
method Is new , and so far does not work
satisfactorily. No doubt our kind of Chris
tianity would bo a great improvement on
what the Filipinos have had at the hands of
the friars , but if we must kill them In order
to get them to hold still long enough to
preach It to them the drawback is serious.
Cortez conquered and converted the Mexi
cans as he went , but that does not seem to be
our forte , thank the Lord. Our better way ,
demonstrated in a hundred successful mis
sionary fields , has been to go in peace and
preach in love.
But there is an argument .for the war
-which has great force with the American
people , and 'that ' Is that we are In it. It is
safe to say that if we had It to do over
again rwo would not be In It. Being In it , the
country does not want to get out of it with
discredit or loss of prestige. But It wants
to got out , and every time It reads such an
article as that on the Filipinos in the August
number of Harper's it wants to get out more
than over. Our hearts have been too long
trained In sympathy for the weak and op
pressed not to bo stirred by such a history.
That the situation is a difficult one must
be admitted , but Inasmuch as it Is not satis
factory to the country from a moral point of
view , or to the army from a military point
of view , it ought to bo found possible
speedily to improve it.
TRUSTS AND TIIE YOUNG MAN.
Opportunities for Advancement De-
troycil liy Combination * .
Chicago Times-Herald.
Has the young man of today any chance
under the present tendency toward indus
trial combinations ?
Wo have been discussing the "trust ques
tion" from the standpoint of the producer
nnd the consumer. We have been considering
Its possible effect upon the future of politi
cal parties. Lawyers and politicians have
also studied the question In its multitudi
nous legal phases. But what is to be the
effect of the present tendency to form ; yusts
upon the young man who enters upon the
struggle for existence with limited capital ,
or with no capital but his hands and
brains ? Has the young- man a chaneo under
present conditions ?
These are questions answered w'th
trenchant and incisive vigor by ex-Senator
W. D. Washburn of Minnesota. Mr. Wash-
bum believes that the young man of today
is being deprived of business opportunity
by the formation of trusts , Ho says :
"When I was a young man I am now C8
I had the world before .mo , and thera was
absolutely a fair field for mo. Take all of
our most successful business men of today
and their experiences were like mine. They
entered the race without a handicap , and
their grit and capacity won.
"Now this building up of trusts puts a
stop to fair and equal opportunities for the
young men of today. The young man Just
out of college has no opening , as a rule. He
cannot begin business on his own account
against organized capital. He must Join the
procession.
"Ho must content himself with being a
more clerk and the chances are that ho will
never p < 't any further , because there are so
many In his class. "
It is difficult to escape the force of this
strong arraignment of the trusts. It will be
conceded even by superficial students of the
question that the formation of powerful In
dustrial combinations for the purpose of con
trolling the production of commodities must
Inevitably tend to crowd out the small pro
ducer and hence must discourage individual
initiative and enterprise. This means that
the young man who is looking for an oppor
tunity to engage in business Is shut out
from all lines of legitimate Industrial en
deavor , unless ho can control enough capital
to bftcomo a part of a great Industrial or
ganization , If ho cannot do this the only
avenue of business activity opened up for
him Is , as Mr. Washburn points out , a mere
clerkship In some great establishment , where
his personality Is obscured In the clerical
machinery that is necessary for the conduct
of those combinations.
nryaii'H Political Tripod.
Hartford Courant.
Senator Tlllmon tells the Providence news
paper men that in next year's campaign Mr ,
Bryan will stand on a three-legged platform
"a tripod. " There will bo a silver leg
and an anti-trust log and an anti-Imperial-
lem leg , Bays the South Carolina senator.
Which Bomehow suggests the memorable
experience of Zekle :
Ho stood a spell on ono foot fust
Then stood a spell on t'other.
An * on which one he felt the wu t
He couldn't ha' told ye nuther ,
rccnons op TUB WAIU
Snapshot eorreftpondenta nccompinjrlng lha
Philippine array arts not Increasing the popu
larity of the war by publishing some of tht
pictures taken nt the front. Collier' ) !
Weekly of the Oth inst. prints on the first
page a copy of a photograph representing n
telegraph station ot the American army on
the altar of a Catholic church at Cnloocan ,
The view shons the operator at work at n
table on the altar platform. Behind him ,
leaning on tlio altar , stands a lioutrnant ,
whllo in front , with a cigarette boUecn his
fingers , Is a cnptaln. One ot the wlrre lend
ing to the table Is wrapped around the taber-
nnclc. Underneath the picture Is the In-
snrlptlon , "H'cspectfully referred to the sec
retary of war. " The publication of the pic
ture has aroused considerable Indignation In
Catholic circles In the cast , The executive
oillcers of the Hols Name socdety of Brook
lyn , an organization of 10,000 members , have
publicly protested against tie profanation o
churchw In the Philippines. Iteferrlng to
the picture In Collier's , the society do
rlatxxl : "In our opinion the action of thcs
United States olnoMis la reprehensible
odious to the American spirit of right am
worthy of the severest punishment. "
This In not the first picture of the Mm
published In this country , nor Is It the firs
Instjvnco of the needless dew-oration ot build
Ings held pocrod by people who worship
thorcln. Harper's Weekly published abou
six weeks ago a photograph of the Intorlo
of a church converted Into an army head
quarters by American officers. In thla In
stance the occupancy of the building was
said to bo n necessity of war. But the eon
dltlon of the Interior forcibly recalled pic
tures of the desecration of IlUMlan churches
by Nnpoloon's army on his march on Mos
cow. Instances of the looting of churches
by the American army ore well authenti
cated. In a recent Interview in the Out
look Arohblshop Ireland mentioned the
sending homo by
Minnesota volunteers o
vestments uoed by priests in the celebration
of the mass.
Many sailors who were on the Olympla
when Dewey sunk the Spanish ships at
Manila , and nro now scattered on other
vessels , want to take part In the Dewcy day
parade and march at the right of the line
with the Olympla's crow. An effort will bo
made by the committee having It In charge
to grant this wish. Many of the present
crow of the Olympla wore not In the battle
of Manila and some of them have never
smollcd powder.
Notwithstanding the enthusiasm mani
fested by recruits , desertions from the army
are said to be greater now than ever bc-
fore ; proportionately greater than before the
Spanish war. So annoying has the evil be
come that the War department has raised
from $10 to $30 the reward offered for the
apprehension of deserters.
"Perjury in the taking of the soldier's
vow is like perjury in the courts very com
mon , " said an army officer stationed in New
York City. "It is the hardest thing In the
world to get a recruit to take the oath with
out some mental reservation. He swears
that he will bo faithful to the army , if the
array pleases him. Otherwise he reserves
the right in his own mind to throw up his
allegiance. Popular enthusiasm Is a poor
thing to make stable enlistments. "
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.
It only remains for eomo British soldier
to stub his too on the Transvaal border ,
and the row will begin.
Henry Savage Lander has nearly recov
ered from Hie torture inflicted upon him
when ho was captured at Thibet.
Senator Boverldge of Indiana declares
himself much Improved by his trip to the
Philippines , and does not believe the cllmato
injurious to a man in good health.
A Now York doctor Is now at work on the
comforting theory that when a man la
executed by electricity the shock only para
lyzes him and the autopsy finishes the Job.
The National Memorial committee has
voted 10,000 for the erection of a suitable
library at Hawarden for Gladstone's collec
tion of books , and the work will be begun
at once.
The latent "double" of Admiral Dewey to
ba discovered Is Henry T. Simmons o
Bloomlngton , Ind. The likeness is said by
friends of the admiral to be really remark
able.
President Krugor of the Transvaal sl ps
eight hours each nlghf. No matter how tired
he feels upon retiring , ha nightly seta an
alarm clock to allow him Just that amount
of rest.
The German emperor , who is going hunt
ing this fall in Lithuania , the moat north
ern province ot his empire , has agreed to
accept , as his guard of honor , 500 Lithua
nian girls who are famous horsewomen.
They will be the kaiser's only bodyguard.
Fire losses have been a growing quantity
pretty much all the year in comparison
with last year. The Journal of Commerce's
record shows an aggregate loss for August
of $9,703,700 , ngalnst $7,793,500 , and for the
eight months of $86,829,850 , compared with
$74,960,350 in the some period of 1898.
It only costs $100 for a license to marry
a Choctaw Indian woman , and up to Sep
tember 10 all whlto men who intermarried
with the tribe were entitled to 650 acres of
ground. The withdrawal on the date men
tioned of this premium on matrimony
caused a great rush of white men for Choctaw -
taw brides last week , and none were too
poor to ralso money for the license.
George Donaldson of Boston bos Just
completed a tour of Russia , and bo tells
many things that are interesting. He says
that Russia Is becoming a favorite with
American tourists ; that Amercan tourists
are extended more courtesies by the Rus
sians than any other tourists ; that be will
get a better room , and that tbo droaky
driver of St. Petereburg or Moscow , as ava
ricious as the cab driver Is generally , will
make a reduction of halt fare.
CHINESE IN THE PHILIPPINES
An IiilerestliiK DlNcnnnlon of the
QueHtloii in the Manila
American.
WASHINGTON , Sept. 14. The Manila
American , a copy of which has been received
at the War department , discusses the Chi
nese situation in the Philippines and what
it has to say becomes Interesting In view
of the order ot General Otis to enforce the
Chinese Immigration laws und Chinese ex
clusion act against the Chinese in tbo Phil
ippines.
The paper says ; "In the native inhabitants
of these islands the Chlno long ago dis
covered a kindred race ; the cllmato suited
him and ho found tbo country naturally
richer and less crowded than China. Slnco
( hen ho has been here and as the country
cannot very well do without him , it Is safe
to say ho is hero to stay. His sojourn In
the land and his association with the na
tives modified bis ideas a little. Most of
the Chinos born in the Island have fore
sworn their allegiance to the emperor of
China , They wear no queue and after liv
ing their life hero they have no desire that
after death their bodies should refit on the
soil of the "Flowery Kingdom. "
"Chinos have Intermarried largely with
tha Tagalos and Mestizos and as a class
the Chinese Mestizos have seemingly more
than held their own. Under the Spanish
regime many of them had acquired wealth
and received appointments to Important posi
tions. Today tbero are lots of Chinese
Mestizos officers in the insurgent army and
they are said to bo the bitterest insurrcctos
of all. Most of tbo Mestizos are of the
Catholic faith and numerous Chinos have
been converted , Granting that the Chinese
of the Philippines have already made some
progreie , it 1s possible that education and
changed conditions will do much for their
I children. But the problem U not one of
| posterity Alone. The Chinos of the present
must bo first conMdored. Is ho entitled to
i nit the rights thnt will bo given the Flll-
' plnoa and Is the status of his citizenship
to bo the onio ?
"The laws of the United States forbid the >
naturalization of Chlneo , but the Chinos _ /
who were born hero or wcro In the Philip-
plneo at Uiu tlmo the Islands paused under
American control , might stand on a different
footing. "
Death liy Iiockjair nt Pnntlnicn.
WASHINGTON , Sept. 14. Ooncral Brook *
reports the dea i of John S. Love , civilian .
employe. , o ! tetanus , September 12 , at W-
Santlago. /
LAUGHING IINKS.
Detroit Journal : She ehuddered nnd
averted her face.
"To marry for money , " ohc protested , "Is
to sell one's self and I can't see why it
Isn't just AS bad to sell one's pelf as ft Is
to sell dry goods or groceries ! Trade Is
tradel"
Shn was a candid girl nnd scorned the
Mibtln artifices of logic whereby some nro
wont to still the voice of conscience.
Indianapolis Journal ! "And you have no
clew , Jlr. Hawkshaw ? '
"I have plenty of clews , chief , but I can't
make any ot 'cm nt this case. "
Judge : Sirs. Mclubbcrty Murty , do yes
belavo the dead walk ?
McLubberty Av coorsol D'yex s'poso
they can nfToord to bo roldln' nhl the
tolme ?
Chicago Tribune : "And your court con-
vloted Dreyfus ! It seems Incredible. "
"Sacr-r-rol What else wns r.ere to do ? I
All ze circumstances pointed zat way ex
cept ze cvldencol"
Puck : Mrs. Chippendale But , James , you
have already been out two nights this
week I
Mr. Chippendale Yes , I know : but I'm
going to up , , if I can't win some of It back
tonlghtl
Detroit Journal : When n man freczeg to
his money It naturally tends to give him
the air of being : a cold person.
Judge : "Why do you wn te your money
by giving It to such a drinker as Jonof ? "
"My RrnoiouB. man ! it's not waMed. You
cnn pea the effect of It every time I glvo
him any. "
Indianapolis Journal : "Somo mem , " soM
the Cornfed Philosopher , "think they have
no religion and other men think they have
all there is. "
Chicago Newer : TVlllle Say , pa , IB a ward 1
heeler a physician ? %
, .1'a Yes. I guess so , Willie sort of po- /
lltlcal doctor , ns it were.
Cleveland Plain Dealer : "It's all up with
me , " cried the aeronaut , as he examined his
paraphernalia.
Chicago Tribune : Native What Is that
music the band Is playing ?
American Soldier I think th-ey call it
"How I Uovo ily Sulu ! "
Rochester Herald : "And Is Rockford tx >
much of an orator ? "
"Man , he could describe a boarding house
dried beat supper in such language that
your mouth would water with desire. "
Chicago Record : She This paper tells of
a man who stepped off a cliff and dropped.
3w feet.
He Huh ! That fellow must be a regular
human centipede.
Judge : "Mrs. Lettorby has the appear
ance of a woman whose liver is badjy out
of order. "
"It Is , but she doesn't call it that. "
"What does she call It ? '
"Genius. "
Philadelphia Record : Lady of the HOUFO
How la It that all the men who come around
for cold victuals nowadays are blsr. able-
bodied fcfllows ?
Ragson Tatters 'Cause , lady , it's only
big- , husky chaps wet kin stand dat k'.nd
of feedln. '
DON'T "CHEW TIIE IIAG. "
Denver Post.
In the battle of life when your cares ns a.
knife
Cut deep and are freighted wltti pain ,
When your skies nro all block and before
you the track
IB washed by adversity's rain ,
Isever weaken your grip , keep a stiff upper
lip ,
And permit not your courage to flag ;
Just keep bulging ahead through the gul
lies. Instead
Of sitting 'round chewing the rag.
Thought the lightnings may flash and tha ,
thunders may crash ,
And the tempest In anger may roar ,
Every cloud will be rent when its fury !
spent ,
And the sklea be as blue as before.
There Is never a woe you cannot overthrow.
But you never must loiter nor lag ,
For you never can hope to successfully cope
With your troubles by chewing the rag.
'Tls the will of the King that each mortal
must swing
The energy sword In the fight ,
Must struggle and toll in the midst o {
turmoil
Till the day breaks the shadows of night.
And we surely will miss the bright goal of
success ,
Of achievements we never will brag ,
Never baak In the sun of sweet victory won
If we sit around chewing the rag.
There is never a height In the scope of our
sight
But the feet of ambition can scale.
There Is never a priz . set to magnet o-ur"
eyes
But Is ours If wo hang to the trail.
We can climb every steep , every chasm
can lenp ,
Can surmount every hindering crajr ,
But we never can take e'en a crumb of tha
cake
If we sit around chewing the rag.
"NOW IS
THE TIME"
when the assortment is
large and complete ,
fresh and nice , to pick
out your Fall suit.
They are all here "wait
ing for you"at most
any price you want to
pay. Some are $8.00 ,
and plenty of patterns
to choose from. Some
are $10 , with more pat
terns to choose from ,
and from $12,50 to $25 ,
our showing was never
better. All materials
are represented. Top
coats , too , for the early
fall , might interest you
prices are low.