THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY , JAXUAHY 17 ,
THE OMAHA
B. HOSIiWATUH , Editor.
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( SenU NotnryJMibUe. _
" Tsii't hns downuil tin *
-t ' Hrynnisni that
In Nt-
in Oinnhii or
.wlillwni . n.nrt.v
; -asli : : it Is bootllerlsm.
Tlic school board is not the only place
whore luiodkTs linvi * found aMS \ \ -
inont. Thenart - still others.
( Srowlnn alarm Is manifest In certain
Vo'Hillst ( lunrti'i'S lost thi > middlc-of-
llu-.road uloiuiMit stin-ads ont and laUc. ?
In nil of the road.
Men who di-slre contracts with the
school board will hereafter he com
pelled to furnish proof that they are
not detectives in disguise.
Omiiliii liuoplc cnn si'tul ro-ilstoreil letters -
U'tter car-
tors throuali their di'livory
rlors without noiiif : to the postolllcu. In
n little whllo every house will l > o n niln-
liiture postolllc'u in itself.
YCH. Omaha ouslit to have u initrkut
house , nn-audltorluin , a fireproof hotel ,
n lieet HiiK'sir fai-tory nnd : i do/.eu other
Importiint public Improvements. But
hammer at uie at a time.
Missouri is after a piece of ground
supposed to liL-loni ; to Nemaha county ,
Neb. Whatever may be said of the
merits of the claim , it must be admit
ted that Missouri knows a good thing
when It sees it.
The f'ommorclal club has plenty of
work before it ( or the coming year. By
vigorous and united effort it can ac
complish much for Omaha's good , but
It must keep up tlie light without Inter
ruption or intermission.
1'oople of other slates will never be
lieve that the election contest In Ken
tucky is really In earnest until Colonel
Jack Ohlnn has taken 'a shot at some
of his opponents. There can tie no real
war In Kentucky unless Chi mi is
mixed up in It.
English veterinarians who propose to
vaccinate American mules before ship
ping them to the Transvaal should bo
careful not to make the application to
the hind leg. The American mule is
sensitive about undue familiarity with
that portion of his anatomy.
The home otliee strategists in London
figuring out what Ceneral Bnller Is goIng -
Ing ( o do are not hampered as the gen
eral IK. The home contingent docs nut
have to reckon with what the Itoers
will be doing while he Is working out
his plan to outgeneral them.
Sentiment among fiisionlsts in Ne
braska appears to he that the deputy-
ship in a state ollh-o Is not necessarily
to be considered in the light of a second
end mortgage on the olllce when the
rights of the chief as holder or the llr&t
mortgage have bi-en extinguished ,
The Idea that the school hoard must
be run by a combination whose mem
bers must stick together for good or
bad Is wrong In principle and vlcioim
In practice and the so < nor that Idea Is
repudiated by school hoard members
the better for them and for the city.
The announcement Is made that
Omaha Is to have another outlet to Chicago
cage by way of Quliiey. Whllu this
community gratefully appreciates the
opening of new lines , It Is not KO much
11 new outlets to Chicago that It wants
11A
A as It does some line that will let Omaha
a ont of the discriminating bridge- differ
ential.
Itallroad men tell the truth home-
times , at least. One of them Informed
a shipper who made complaint of treat
§ ment received when he threatened to
appeal to the State Il.iard of Transpor
S tation that "they were not afraid of ( In
III board. " Why should they be ? The
worst allllctlon the board ims been to
the railroads hits been in an excessive
demand for free passes.
.i.\r/-n'.in I-KKI.IXU.
While generally the Kngll h people
are manifesting a loyal and patriotic
devotion to the g vernment and an ear
nest purpose to support It m carrying
on thn war , there Is a considerable and
Influential element of opposition , which
promises to make Itself heard when
Parliament meets , at the end of tills
month. There has been formed what
Is called the South African conciliation
committee , the object of which Is Indi
cated In the mime , and It IH said to 1-
ready embrace In IN membership a
larciiiumbor of prominent people ,
mostly outside of politics. This com
mittee Intends to commence a vigorous
campaign when Parliament assemble * ,
If not before , against the continuance of
the war.
It Is not to be expected that the ef
forts of this committee will amount
to liny thing at pieseiit , but should the
British forces In South Africa coittlnu ; '
to experience reverses the committee
would perhaps be able to command ii
popular snpiMirt which would exert n
great influence. There Is no doubt that
the sentiment now N overwhelmingly
In favor of prosecuting the war to the
bitter end. but a few more defeats or
even a protracted failirre TO accomplish
anything might produce a great change
In public * opinion. Meanwhile the gov
ernment Is being sharply criticised , even
Its former friends not sparing their con
demnation of Its manifest weaknesses
and shortcomings.
( lUVKltAMKXT I'llltMUM I/ / .
The bill providing a territorial gov
ernment for Hawaii is encountering
some opposition. The measure Is stiJl
In ( lie house committee on territories
and on Monday its general purpose was
explained by Mr. Illtt , who replied to
some of the objections that have brcn
made to It. One of these relates to
the property iiualiticatlon for voters for
members of the senate and It was stated
that this provision Is in line with the
local sentiment and usage In Hawaii ,
which It was thought wise to yield to.
Undur the property qualification there.
would be comparatively few entitled to
vote for members of the upper housi ;
of the legislature and consequently leg
islation would be practically controlled
by a very small minority of the people.
It cannot be said that this is consistent
with American policy. . In asking legis
lation of tills kind the aim of the prop
erty-holding element Is obvious and we
cannot see any good reason why con
gress should yield in tills matter to the
desire of a small minority of the pee
ple. All who are given the suffrage at
all should be on an equality and the
proposal to discriminate seems to us to
be distinctly unrepublican.
It is undoubtedly desirable that a
suitable government shall bo provided
for Hawaii as soon as possible. The
administration of affairs there under
existing conditions Is said to be far
from satisfactory. But in framing a
government for the islands care should
be taken not to violate any principle of
our political system or to create u piece
dent which might become troublesome
or dangerous. In dealing with the new
conditions and responsibilities we can
not safely disregard those principles
upon which our own government Is
based.
n'O//v OlTllti VOMMKllL'lAL ChVU.
The exhibit made by the oflicers of
the Commercial club of the work done
by that body during the past year is
highly commendable. Tin * olub has
rendered effective and Invaluable
service In stimulating enterprise , har
monizing conflicting Interests and ad
vertising the resources of Omaha and
opportunities It affords to Investors.
The club has , however , not been an or
iginator of projects or Ideas , but an
effective promoter and adjunct in giv
ing them vitality. This was as true in
respect to the Transmisslsslppi Kxposi-
tion as it Is to the home Industry move
ment , the demand for a market house ,
an auditorium , for flouring mills and
beet sugar factories , all of which had
been vigorously advocated by the press
prior to their being taken up by the
club , which simply sought to carry Into
effect such enterprises as commended
themselves to Its membership as prac
ticable.
Kor examphj , the agitation for sugar
beet culture was begun by Tlie Hie
back in the ' 7's ( ) and public sentliiKnt
In favor of a market house and an audi
torium has been fronted and crystallized
by the unceasing efforts of The llee
and other Omaha dnllles. "Pntron'zt *
llomo Industry" wan - . < he keynote
sounded by this paper nearly fen year *
ago and the Inception of the Manufac
turers' as-JfK'Iatlon dates fiom 1SH1.
While the ( . ' "inmerclul club Is enlarg
ing It * sphere of activity and is to bis
complimented for what it has done , it
lacks the element of centralization so
essential to success In modern business
organization. Concentration Is the onUv
of the day In every department of In
dustry. The Commercial club might
have accomplished greater things hud It
n-1 - scattered Its energies by trying to
do too many things at once. HammerIng -
Ing at one nail will drive It home. The
Commercial club should center its ener
gies and drive only one nail at a time.
The social features of the club , the
periodic Imni'iiuts and Junkets doubt
less tend to retain members who mliflu
otherwise drift away , but they should
be only the means to an end aii.l not
the end for which fin * club Is main
tained. The main object of this club ,
If we understand it conectly , in to
Imlld up Omaha's commercial suprem
acy by enlarging its field of activity
ami fostering a spirited rivalry wlih
competing cities.
In this ran ! Omaha must strive to 1m
on an equal footing as regards trai's-
portatlon and distribution facilities and
that means that the city must bo In
j position to force concessl-uiH and fill-
| treatment from the railroads whenever
, Omaha is being discriminated against.
And the failure to assert Omaha' *
1 claims to Just treatment nt the hands
of railroad magnates Is the vulnerable
point of thu club as compared with the
commercial clubs of Kansas City , St.
Joseph and other towns that compile
I with Onuiliu lu its tributary ti i-din y
on that nail the club should hold lts.tr .
ready to hammer whenever occasion de
mands. Here N where its combative *
energies and potentiality can ( in most
effective work In making Gmitlia a'
gre.it distribution center.
' in/t7.S TIIK MATTKti WITH Till !
t'AHMKItl
.lames .1. Hill , the Ureat Northern rail
road magnate , has contilbutcd an article
to the last New York Independent 01 our
Pacific coast development , which close. ?
as follows :
' "The farming community constitutes
over one-half of the patriotic and Intel
ligent population of the country and n
I large percentage of the capital. What
i has congress ever really done f-M1 the
i farmers ? Losing back upon its his
tory for the last quarter of a century
we do not find any Independent legisla
tion to benefit the farming community.
This cannot continue Indefinitely. If
something Is not done for this great
rural world , producers of so much of our
natural wealth , the country will hear
from them. "
Coming from a great railroad promoter
meter tills admission is decidedly starl-
ling unless Mr. Hill Is talking through
, his hat. If congress has done nothing
| for the farmers It Is because the railroad -
' road managers would not let their at-
turners In conarcss do something for the
farmers besides malllni ; them congres
sional apple sacuo In the snape of cab
bage seeds for flower beds and horse
chestnuts for chestnut norses.
It Is an open secret that the corpora
tions control or own most of the lawyers
and two out of three congressmen and
senators are lawyers. For this state of
affairs , however , the farmers have them
selves to blame. They take as naturally
to olly-tongued and silver-throated law
yers as a red-headed girl ( Toes to a white
horse. This is manifest In every legis
lative body and political convention , and
j no change need be expected until the
I farmers assert themselves and force to
| the forefr-nt the most clear-headed and
! clean-handed men of their class. That
| does not mean fancy farmers , who let
j their farm worU out , and political wise
acres who make hay while whittling in
front of the country grocery , but men
who have good schooling and yet are
not ashamed to do their own plowing
and reaping.
It is the substantial class of real farm
ers the country will welcome In the hnlU
of legislation and in positions of tnml
that demand inflexible integrity coupkul
with good horse sense.
LUOK1XG FOR AT-II' ISSUKS.
The Brooklyn Kagle thinks there is no
doubt that the opposition to the McKInley -
ley administration Is looking for new
Issues and believes that It Is finding
them. "Mr. Bryan reiterates 1i to 1 , "
says that paper , "as an unchangeable
proposition , but he will content himself
with its subordination if not with its
suppression. Nearly all the rest of the
democratic party would be willing to lot
it drop out of sight. " The Kaglu re
marks that "the disposition of thejle-
mocracy to subordinate or to shelve
free silver , the division in the party
itself on expansion , with the probability
that expansion miy not be an issue at
all In the fall , and other signs of the
tJmes , make interesting and significant
the hunt of the party for new issues. "
Tills reflects the position of a large
majority of eastern democrats and of
some in other sections. These desire
to subordinate or shelve free silver and
would like to find new issues that should
promise to win popular support. But
there is no Indication that Mr. Bryan
and any considerable number of his ad
herents ! are willing to subordinate sil
ver. Bryan himself has very emphat
ically declared on several occasions re
cently that silver will not be subordi
nated in tlie coming campaign and who
ever has read the speeches of democratf
In tlie house of representatives in the
debate on the financial bill can have
no doubt that they have as ardent an
attachment now for Hi to t as they have
ever had. rnquostlonably a very largo
majority of tlie democrats of the south
are still In favor of free silver and they
can bo held together only by that isstu > .
There is a very strong sentiment in that
section favorable to expansion , because
the most Important interest in the south
realizes the need of new markets , yet
( hire Is no doubt that the vote of that
section will be against "expansion. 1C
the democratic national conventicii shall
take that position , and in favor of the
free coinage of silver at K ! to 1.
As we have heretofore said Mr. Bryan
will not tolerate the subordination of
the silver question for the reason that
It is absolutely csFcntlnl to his reten
tion of the party leadership. lie Is fully
Identified with It in tin * public mind
and there Is no other question in re
gard to which his opinions carry equai
weight and authority with his sup
porters. .Many iiir.ong his adherents
differ with him In respect to expansion ,
but as the champion of free silver they
give him nnqncstlonlng allegiance and
loyalty. Ilenci were Mr. Bryan to
iill'.w . this question to be even put in
the background , If he should admit tint
It Is not the paramount ! sue , he would
endanger his party domination and open
the way to his del IT nemcnt as a
leader. He may modify Ids'views , as
he lias already done , In regard to ex
pansion. He may trim as to other
questions. But In order to keep at Hi'
head of his parly and to retain the fo'-
lowlng he has created. Mr. Bryan must
bo uncompromisingly faithful to silver.
This being so , the democrats who arc
seeking to displace 10 to 1 with o'uc
oilier Issue will got no encouragement
in the next national convention tlr *
party. Anti-trust and nntl-lmpcri.illsm
will be given a place In the platform ,
but not to the subordination of silver.
The deni'Cratle campaign will lie di
rected , as was that of ISIHJ , by Mr.
Bryan , and the Issue of which that
leader Is the incarnation will not bo
given an Inferior place among the qms-
tlons dlK'iisucd.
The supreme court of I lie 1'lilted
SI.VCK ! , ! ! * tl.illy and tinniy kii-chiMl
0:1 : ( ' < licjid the ni ; ml i1 at the s.vs
leii til pi'iiM -iilln. ; r .1 x under our
i
laws by information of the r unty at-
lorney Is in nuy way In conflict with
the clause of the federal constitution
whiting to the grand Jury Indictments.
' As a matter of fact the point at Issue
has been decided over and over again
by the supreme court and It Is amazing
that It should be brought tip again In
any sej-lonsne-s. If the system as prac
ticed In Nebraska were any different
from that of other states then * might bo
s-nie reason for questioning Its validity.
The rights and privileges accorded per
sons accused of crime In lids state are
as great as anywhere else.
j The populist city convention will bo
i the first to be held and populist candi
date's the llrst hi tin * Held. But the
populists lnfve established the prece
dent In their conventions of nominating
candidates and then rescinding their ne-
, tlon at adjourned srs-lons , after the
democrats have been held up for lli-
; pitted places on the fusion ticket. Are
wo to expect a repetition of tills exploit ?
| Prospects at present are that the disc
I tigalust the Standard oil company will
1not 1 come to ityal until after the great
. trust-smashing attorney general Is out
I of olllce. When one looks around In
vain to see the wrecks of numerous
trusts ruined by the present attorney
general he must wonder why delay
should be of any Importance to tlie
Standard oil eoni'iany.
Birds of a feather Hock together. No
wonder Cowle , Hess , Iroy and the other
school Ixjlird disreputables were in and
In with .John L. Webster , Cadet Taylor ,
Billy Saunders , Hugh Myers and , llm
hunt in ( lie great un-Patriotic league
which was to reform and elevate repub
lican politics in Omaha.
r I | i tlu > CciiNiii-nlili ) ,
Uuffalo ExurcAs.
One effect of the succession of Ocneral
Wood to the chief command in Cuba Is that
thu American public Is permitted to hear
u great deal more about what la going on
lii the Island.
Trouble In IUI-KI > Ilum-licN.
Washington Popt.
When the Hon. William Vincent Allen
charges the Hon. Benjamin Hyan Tlllman
with being a trustmonger , then the Hon.
William Vincent Allen Is hunting bother
In largo bunches.
AVliy KnUirN Thrive.
Chicago Chronicle.
Announcements thnt a St. Louis adver
tiser who promised to make everybody richen
on tbo smallest Investment and that every
body of the name of Klser Is contributing
to secure a share of a Dutch estate of
J 10,000,000 tend to prove the allegation of
the bunko chief that " fool Is born every
minute. "
Army LONXPN In the I'lilllmiliicM ,
Globe-Democrat.
Our army losses In the Philippines cov
ering the whole period back to the begin
ning of hostilities with Spain are 361 killed ,
203 died of wounds and accidents , "S3 dlod
of disease and 1.892 wounded. The total
Is 3,242 , or about one-third of the Drltlsh
losses from bullets , disease and captures
In South Africa.
Who .StiDiillcN tin ; Inniilriitlon f
New Y6rk Mall and ISxpress.
How history 'tides ' keep repealing Itself !
Here comes tbo news again that the heirs
of Anneko Jans have resolved to hold a
meeting at an early day this time at Omaha
to devlso ways and means for coming
Into "their own" their own , us they figure
It , being now the tidy sum of $750,000,000.
Thu holrs of thlH esteemed Dutch lady are
so many shining examples of faith triumph
ing over experience. They never are , they
never have been , but still they ara "always
to be blessed" meaning that ultimately
their claims are to be allowed and paid In
hard cash. What ft is that keeps them from
becoming victims of hope deferred can be
only a matter of conjectureWe suspect
that some enterprising lawyers , possibly
for a consideration , keep furnishing them
the elixir.
All liilcriiiidiiiilll Aallcllon.
Now York World.
The news from London that an epidemic
or Influenza Is spreading over the. whole ex
tent of the somewhat limited Island would
not ordinarily be a matter of concern In the
United States. It fa of course with regret and
sympathy that we learn that the nobility and
sentry of Orcnt Ilritaln are sneezing and
that the customary rules of etiquette have
been relaxed to tolerate a distressing , but
wholly unavoidable , sniffing to high life.
What renders the epidemic a matter of In
ternational interest and nympathy Is the
startling ; IIC/WH / Hashed under the ocean for
the information of all whom It may concern
In this country and especially In greater New
York. This Is the brief Item which says :
"Mr. Croker's valet lias the Influenza. "
Unices later Information should convey the
grateful news that the allllction Is slight and
that the Illustrious patient Is recovering the
consequences to tills country would be dis
tressing. When the dispatch was posted on
the bulletin board of the Democratic club
the first member who read It tmrczcd violently
lently , burst Into tears , sought the relief of
his pt : ket handkerchief and meeting a
fellow member at the door sympathetically
remarked : " ( lood borrllg. Have you seed
the telcgrab frob Kglad ? "
IJKMOVI : Tim I\TIX < ; IJISIIIH. :
iii Tumi TraiM'n tinKicllnj ; of
a Kill ) ; Out < > f n .loll ,
Detroit Krco 1'ress.
Malleloa Tanu has had his light hidden
under a bushel and iho cause of civilization
would bo served -by removal of the handi
cap. Ho Is n man to gruco lioston , Kansas ,
Lansing , Omaha or any other place where
the tin ob of the public pulco throbs true to
Paul genericlly speaking.
Mr. Taiiu Is the gentleman who proU-ats
through tlio London Tlmca bocaiuo thls >
country , Germany and Knglnml divided
Samoa Into three parts , just as ancient
Haul was once divided. Ho brands ibis ex-
erclBo of power as a gross violation of the
treaties and a crime against the law of na
tions such as was the illamcmbernu-nt of
Poland , Denmark and Trance. Ho deslg-
naica The Hnsuo conference aa the great.
cr.t farce In the century , saya that the con
trolling puwom pnmcto war for the sake
( f gain , nnd that the civilization introduced
Into Samoa Is worno than that It overthrow.
flight you are , Tanu. Modern nsgrt-BElon
Ii purely speculativeIt is out for what It
can makei Its proftiulona ara a blind. The
peace conference was the farce of the cen
tury. The two nations In the van of Chris
tian prrgresa hurried home to Innugurato
war. In a majority of cases government
established by ronnuorlng powuis is run
with un cyo to the jualn chance , otllelals
skimming the cremn before any secondary
prlvllegm hnvo opportunity. It la n big
game of robbery within a clcak of respect
ability. Htrango peoplw count as nothing
wlit.-n mighty nations want to expand.
Hut what would yen do , Tanu ? Come over
here. Ltcturo. Hun a magizlne. Kvm go
to the Unltul States si-uuio You woul-l d >
no better , 11 as null , a * you art- doing at
homo.
i
1 ' K ! uor.s or 01 it \ \ vit.
An Interesting thrco-cornered fight Is on
In Washington over the spoils of war , grow-
int ; out of tlif detructlon of the Spanish
Ilwt nt Santiago. Tlie question * Involved
Is the amount of prize money to be dis
tributed among the oflicers nnd men of the
llccl , and Incidentally whether the cruiser
New York , Admiral Snm-.uon'i | flagship ,
WPS In the fight. Admiral Sampson's law-
> era contend thnt It was nnd the attorney
general admits the claim. Another class of
claimants wants the New York shut out of
the contest , asserting the cruiser was not
In the fight at the start or the Mulsh.
. It the conn holdo that the- New York was
In the the claims .f
fight ( the prlzc-hunt-
' CM will bo cut In two and the national
ticnsury will bo the gainer. Without count-
i Ing the New York with the American licet.
i the superiority of the Spanish fleet In men
'niul ' guns Is generally conceded. The sue-
I cess of the American fleet over n superior
I fleet largely Increases the prize money. Aa
; a consequence the claims of the crow of tlio
Now York will bo vlgoiously ronus1' ' . ! , not
because the contestants love Sampson less ,
j bill becaii-o they love the prize n little
. cnoro.
With nn nrmy of C3.000 men In the Phil
ippines , great dllllculty Is experienced In se
curing nn adequate number of olllcors. A
cc'i-ii'Spondcnt of the Chicago Hccord re
ports that the commanding general has
found It necessary to put olllcors In positions
out of keeping with their experience nnd
actual rank , and to overload others with
n-ore duties than they can perform suc
cessfully. Colonels have hern promoted to
meet the need for brigadier commanders :
majors have been rcqnliud to act as col
onels , at tlie same time discharging duties
In other capacities ; captains , nnd In some
cnFes lieutenants , are fulfilling a major's
duties , in command of battalions , while
young lieutenants , just out of West 1'olnt
or fresh from civil life , and wholly Inex
perienced In the routine of work In the
field , are In charge of companies largely
made up of men recently recruited.
A soldier writes the Army and Navy Jour
nal to this effect : Ho was In the hospital
nnd the nurse who had him In charge was "a
dlstractlngly handsome girl with a pure
Greek profile , reddish brown hair the kind
Unit seemed full of little golden tendrils In
the sunlight and eyes as liquid as a fawn's. "
Whin she put her finger on his wrist his
pulEc wont up to 175. She dosed him for high
le\cr. He began to pay her compliments ,
she told him to put out his tongue. He tried
live times to make a proposal of marriage ,
but each tlmo she thrust a thermometer Into
hlT mouth. Why should the nation's heroes
bo thrown Into serious mental disturbances
of this character ? Glvo us a nurse with a
face llko a Dutch bayonet charge and a
Ilguro llko a clothes-horse , or wo will not
an&wer for the recovery of the youth and
llower of our land.
According to a special dispatch to the New
York Times , the story that that portion of
Lieutenant Glllmore's pay allotted by him
to his wife was withheld by the Navy de
partment from July to some time In October
o : last year because the lieutenant was be
lieved officially to be dead , Is denied by the
deportment. On the contrary , tlie pay was
withheld from April until some time In July ,
and It was so withheld because , the allot
ment having been made only to April , It
required that amount of time for the de
partment to determine that it would be
legal to continue It until the lieutenant
could be again heard from.
0TIITSTS. .
< > T ait ICxjiiTl on ( In * I Illlty
of : . finch.
Minneapolis Times.
In reply to a series of questions submitted
to him by the Industrial commission , John
D. Rockefeller , president of the Standard
Oil company , has presented a written state
ment wherein ho sets forth the purposes and
advantages of combinations or trusts. Mr.
Rockefeller summarizes these advantages as
follows :
" 1. Command of necessary capital.
" 2. Extension of limits of business.
" 3. Increase of number of persons inter
ested In the business.
" 4. Economy in the business.
" 5. Improvements and economics which
are derived from knowledge of many Inter
ested persons of wide experience.
" 6. Tower to give the public Improved
products at lews prices and still make a
profit for stockholders.
" 7. Permanent work and good wages for
laborers. "
As to the command of the necessary cap
ital , that depends largely on circum
stances. Some of the truots have not been
commanding capital as successfully of lute
AS their promoter had hoped. It is un
necessary to enumerate them , but Wall
street could furnish quite u formidable lls > t.
Whether there Is a greater extension cf
< ho limits of buslnctu under a monopoly
than by the operation of Independent con
cerns and whether there is an Increase In
the number of persons Interested may be
questioned. Trusts , when they shut down
plants In order to reduce production , cer
tainly reduce the number of persons In
terested in one way by the number of
workmen discharged. A trust may have a
greater number of stockholders than the
Independent concerns of which It has been
formu ] , but wlion the percentage of water
Is taken Into consideration , wherein Is the
advantage ? In some cases the only dlf-
ferenco Is that wore investors are swindled.
i Economy in Iho buslnofa may bo granted.
The trusts got along with fewer ofllco men ,
traveling men , operatives and laborers than
{ did the Independent concerns. fly so much
Is the public's consuming power reduced
and tln > sum total of want Increased. Many
Interested persons of wldo experience ! can ,
by their knowledge , effect Improvements nnd
economics , says Mr. Rockefeller. Will not
ton manufacturing concerns produce nf
many experienced and Interested persons ns
the ono trint Into which they may be In
corporated ?
The power to give the public Improved
products nt less prices and still make a
profit Is the sixth advantage set fortli by tin
Standard oil monarch. Tlio power exists ,
but not the disposition. It has not been
manifested by ono of the great trusts. On
the contrary prices have been doubled ,
'
, trebled nnd quadrupled. A few days ag >
the Times printed a list of twenty-Hire *
trusts I lint had hristcd the prices of thtir
products from 10 to 150 per cent , nnd It Is
not claimed that tlie list was by any means
complete , either.
| Permanent work and good wages for la
borers , IB Mr. Rockefeller's seventh and
last advantage. This will bo regarded as a
joke by late employes of tlio tin trust , the
wlro combine , the furniture trust ami othen
that I'.ivo closed down plants In various
parts cf the country. The trusts that make
inonoy and tistiibllrih new planu Instead of
closing old ones will give permanent on-I
Iiic-rcii'lng employment to labor and thos
which do not will not. Employment IB not
given for the worker's aako and thu ruin
that applies to Independent concerns applies
to truals. When men are wanted thsy will
ho employed and when they are net needol
they will be Idle.
Iliforrinii again to Mr , Rockefell < * r'B
"power to give the public Improved product
at JOBS prices , " etc , v.o note with pain ilu.
boinu naughty HUhordtnato must have bucn
Jn mischief while good Mr. Rockefeller wn
busy with his epistle. An order lias bicn
Issued that Standard oil prlc-c * must go up
3 f PIUS n gallon. Prude oil U Just us cheap
UK 1 ! ever -AJB uii'l the"i * < on 'nle of j/ro-
Un tl"li" Ju t UB gri-at. but thi uunn a . >
likta llttlo mauer of j
j m re Ihl- year nnd an advance of 3 iviiti
on ibn ii70.nnn.nno Rnllons consumed In the
t'nltcil Stales would Jrst about mnko It.
, This arbltnry rnl-lng of the price of oil
shows the "power" of which Mr. Uoakefel-
. ler spenkfl , but not the exercise thereof In
the manner Imllc.ited In his sixth reason
quite the reverse In fact.
nt i.iiin\mi > Mss iWAU. .
Some UiMiiitrliN nn Ilrlll'li ( ii-ncrul-
niilji N i\v IIIK ! n Ontitry Ami.
riillailclphla Press.
j In n lorture In 1'rovldence , II. I. , the
| other evening Mr. Charles l-'ranrls Adams
| of I'nstoti called attention to the fitrlkliiR
I similarity between the tnrttcs of the Hr.ttsh
In the American revolution and In the war
of 1S12 , nnd the tnctles they arc pursuing
today In South Africa. Mr. Adams Uuhb.nl
this characteristic "bulllieadodnuss. " nnd h ?
I olnlmo'l ' Hint the muse of American Indi-
I pcndenco In 177 ! > nnd tlie integrity of thu
American government in TS12 owed much to
thli quality In the llrltlsh generals.
I Mr. Adams' comparison IB ns pertinent ns
i H Is striking. If Lexington nnd Uiinkor
! Hill luul not taught the Americans that they
I could fight the llrltlsh successfully fi\nn bs-
1 hind stone walls nnd hcdjv s and Improvised
Intronclnuenta , It la doubtful If the colonists
would hnvp had the heart to enter In earn
est upon the contest for Independence. And
i every schoolboy knows how the llrltlsh
j fought these two buttles. At Lexington tlio
| lingllsh trcops were sent Into nn open
, cntintry of which they knew little and of
which their enemies know much , nnd were
j oxposcd to the lire of every freeman who
I had a rifle and the ammunition to load It.
: And at Hunker Hill the llrltlsh army was
1 hurled with the most roekloss "Inillhendcd-
I nets" against the American IntrenchmiMits ,
' to bo driven back twice and to succeed only
i when American ammunition failed. H was
tlao same sort of tactics that have brought
disaster to the ItrltUh In South Africa.
Hut perhaps the most conspicuous Illustra-
i lion of "bullhcndcdnoss" thnt the Hrlllsh
j gave In this country with Us attendant
dlpastcr was seen at the battle of Now
Orleans. The common American opinion
IH that that light was won through the
skill nnd energy of General Jackson. Hut
Mr. Adams gid ; | of this battle : "At New
Orldins Jackson had no right to succeed.
Pakenlmm ought to have won the day , and
It was duo to his bullheadeiiness that lie
didn't. libs force was much larger than
that of Jackson. The latter had merely
raw recruits , vhllo luktnhain had the
llower of the English nrmy. This Ilritlsh
oillcor was defeated not because be failed
In overestimating Jackson's forces , but be
cause ho underestimated them. He did not
know enough to use the force ho had. Those
uiuler him at New Orleans were more rc-
llrible than those troop.M at Waterloo. They
had learned their business. " Had General
Pakcnham made a Hank movement across
the Mississippi river , which Jackson with an
utter lack of foresight had left unprotected ,
New Orleans would have fallen a ready prey
to the British and the Sth of January would
never have been celebrated.
The Hrltlsh generals are committing the
same blunders In South Africa which their
predeccoacra committed in America. There
is the same "bullheadr.l" . tactics , the same
disregard of the advantages offered by the
( lank attack and the same reckless waste of
human life. If the same tactics arc con
tinned the result In South Africa may bo
the same ns in America.
01)1) I.'K.VITHKS it I' I.IKI
An old woman arrested for street begging
In Marquette , Mich. , had In her dirty ragged
clothing $3,445 In bills anil eleven $100
United States -1 per cent bonds. She was
fcont to the asylum , the authorities urging
that a woman who thus made a savings
bank of her clothes must ho Insane.
While working for an oil concern In Brad
ford , Pa.nvo years ago John Uurkctt fell
and Injured his head seriously. As a result
he lost the power of speech and never ut
tered a word until one day last week , when
ho slipped and fell , striking his head on a
log. The sudden sharp pain angered him
exceedingly and to the surprise of fellow-
workmen he uttered a volley of sulphurous
talk. Since then ho has had no difficulty
with his speech.
One of Iho most remarkable coincidences
on record has come to light in Lyncliburg ,
Vn. , and Augusta , Gn. In each city there
Is a Walter Clark , whoso father was named
Samuel and whose mother's maiden name-
was Walker. Both Walter Clarks have
brothers named Samuel and William , uncfos
named Charles and John and an aunt named
Elizabeth. Yet the men cannot trace any
relation between the two families.
Because the young women composing the
basket ball team of Erasmus High school
of Flatbusb , L. I. , had a sor' of practice
gomo with five young men of the Brooklyn
High school , Dr. Gunnlson , principal of
the Erasmus school , lias caused the team
to disband. The game was played without a
chaperon and the girls were attired In
bloomers and sweaters , but several spec
tators say that It was all entirely proper ,
and there IB a division of opinion among
the aristocratic residents of the town over
the episode.
Queer things occasionally happen down In
Maine. The papers there now arc tolling
how a well known woman In Sahattls , while
skating on < the pond , foil through the Ico.
and when hep husband pulled her out she
fuiind a trout caught In the wire meshes
of her bustle , which had served as a hind
of life preserver. Her husband , greatly
pleased , requested her to go back again
Into tlio water nnd "be set over again , " as
ho said , but Bho declined tlie proposition.
When William Wood went to tlio Insane
asylum In Topekn , Kan. , twenty years ago
ho was practically penniless save for nome
non-prodiictlvo mining property in Colorado
to which his title was disputed. Accord
ingly the Btato lias paid all his expound ;
In tlio Institution as n free patient. Now ,
however , that his claims to his Colorado
mines Iiavo been legally established and
'ho ' mines have been paying handsomely for
some time , his guardian lias been presented
with a bill from the asylum of $1,000 or more
for food and clothes already supplied and a
notlco that $2.80 a week will hereafter be
charged for lilH keep.
A mathematical prodigy , Indeed , IB Arthur
Griffith , n 10-yenr-old youth , from Mllford ,
Inil. , who exhibited his JXIWITK hcforo thu
scientific men nt Now Haven Thursday. As
n starter lie was asked to glvo the product
of 417 and 2,33. Hcforo the quoetlon wnH
fairly linked ho hail given the mmver , ! i7i95. !
Multiplying C7G by 2)1 ) lie gave the answer ,
lC2li ! ) ( , quicker than ( in ordinary writer
could have placed the original numbers ono
beneath Iho other on aviate. "What day of
tlio wosk was March 31. tsr,7 ; " nuked Prrf.
Phillips. "Saturday , " replied the prodigy
before the profosroro had tlmo to count two.
And the. records proved him to bo correct.
Barbara Krcitchle'H nephewcnys of the
tradltl'iml Incident : "There's nothing In '
ft. On the day the confederate's passed , i
thrcugh hero the old lady we so sick | i
that 1 was called on to carry Iho vessels <
from iho church to her Iriu'ao t > o thnt '
!
iho pacrnmcnt could | > e administered to
her , and I knew well If who was that H-k
blie couldn't hnvo been up waving n flag
or anyiulng cUe. All the facts In tlio case !
wcrn ( hat EOIIIO woman on the street watch
ing the nrmy had a small American flag In
her hand , and It uas sUKge.-li-d to her that
it mlK'li' ' be wiKcr If tbo put U on i of sight
\\hlli' ilii' ] , ia.t * lun WUB puttingwhich elio
did" But uhui docs Whlitler care tndjj ?
\ VII'lllVrilHS. .
Kid McCoy has n now blow , which ho
cnlls "tho cork-crew. " That's what knock *
'cm.
'cm.H
H transpires thnt Julln Marlowe's real
iiRino is "l-'rost. " Mr. Tabcr discovered
U some time ago.
Lieutenant Ollltnoro , recently release *
from captivity In the Philippines , gets cot <
treatment from Iho government. He is ns
! signed to temporary duty on the ( Jlacler.
Admiral IVwoy's loving cup I * mndi
I of 70,000 dime- contributed by-school ehll
! dren. It Is to bo hoped ho will not try t <
ill Ink the health of the donors Individually
It Is said thnt "Senator Plntt of Nei
York is n gmd story teller , nnd can sin ,
a song , If nfed be. " A peed ninny win
hnvp had political denllngs with him him
found that he could oven give- them n sotu
, and dnlice.
I A rumor having gotten into print thai
1 Wllilnm ( loobcl. Iho dofnUed candidate foi
goxornor of Kentucky , was about to wed
thai gentleman declares It to be wlthou
foundntUn. adding : " 1 hnvo always brct
too busy to marry. "
'
, Lest some moral ho drawn from the sud
den death of n innn nt n prize fight tin
other night In New York , It will be well tc
bear In mind thnt within this week i
woman died suddenly while singing "Nenrci
My God to Thee" at n funeral.
Fashionable audiences at tlio Metropolitan
opira house , .Now Vork , are Buffering more
thin season from the fleas than over be
fore. The management Inys the blame
on the pet dog show of lust full. Krlendi
of the dog ay thnt the liens came over
with the Milanese chorus supporting Calve.
; The audiences can take their choice.
' i Honoro Palmer , son of Potter Palmer , has
actually gone to work for the Merchants'
Loan nnd Trust company of Chicago for Jfi a
1 > week. Some of his wealthy friends guy him
by to.'cphono ' , and the other day he found
his desk In his olflco decorated with a gor-
gcotiH wrcatli of carnations and roses.
Inscribed : "To Honoro Palmer ; a reward
of industry. "
Scandal threatens the Soldiers' Homo nt
Bath , N. Y. , because General Sickles , presi
dent of the board of trustees , Is nci-usod of
having received and couvcited to bin own
'use eggs belonging to the Institution. In
defense of the general It Is Bald the eggs In
controversy were a present from a friend
who owned the hens that laid them , and the
hens were not worked overtime.
TiinrciiTS THAT Tinti.
llotrnlt Journal : A good deal of piety
springs from Iho hope of being i-U-ctcd to
salvation on the factof tin * returns * .
Boston Budget : Carryo They say she has
given up advocating "womiin'H rights. '
Oliolly Yi-s ; flu1 goes In for "woman's
lofl-J. "
Carrye What arc they ?
Cholly Widowers.
Washington Star : "Talk ortn't to lie ro
lled on too much , " said t'nclo ICbon.
" ' Tain noei'ssarll : ' ilo man dnt innde de
mos' No" ' Year's resolutions dat'H goln'
abend and llvln' do mos' orderly an' 'spec-
table. "
Chlca-ro Post : "Wl-at kind of n cut do
you wnnt ? " linked the hutc-hoi * .
"I think , " replied the iibseni-mlndeil man
who had be-on rending tbo sporting column ,
"that you may give mo an upper cut. "
Somcrvlllo Journal : lllcks Did you see
that si-iindulous Kory aLeut Jenkins In the
paper this morning ?
Wicks Why. no. I'll Bond out nnd get a
copy rljht away.
Philadelphia Hocoid : Tommy Pop , \\-luiti
a -.unit drama ?
Tommy's Pop A tank drama , my sou , Is
11 'ilny that's HO bad iw to drlvu people to
drink.
Detroit Kren Press : "What Is n piano
recital , Cousin Billy ? "
"It1 ! ' when somebody pounds the piano so
bard that the people In the uudk-nce can't
hear ono another > lk. "
Chlriigo Tribune : "Why are you < | iir8-
tlonlng mo FO closely ? " demanded the
woman , turnlni ; 11:1011 : him. "Do f look as
If I hud ever killed anybody ? "
"Your eyes arc- ( | iit < ciipahlu of It ,
madam , " gallantly replied tindetective. .
Whereupon she relented , and presently
IK ; wont away with the desired Informa
tion.
Tina "Mucus1
Thorp' . " como trouble In the Transvaal ,
Now and then tlie cannon roars.
And the roaring- tolls to England :
"There's a Cromwell with the Hours ! "
Krom the veld a red light rlsos
Writing on the heavens , It soars ,
Writing \vordH that shake all Knglnnd :
"There's a Cromwell with the Boars ! "
From Now England's shore once rose ft ;
Now our people all glvo thankH ,
Then Its mowngo was to England :
"Them's a Cromwell with the Yank
Thus , the spirit of freedom rises ,
E'en from Africa's sunburnt shores ,
KIsos and bcvomcn ineiirnato ,
In the Cromwell of tlio Boers.
So the cannon roars at ovoninn ,
Fnodom'n : volco llrnt right Implores ,
Then It calls with ihundi-rlng accents :
"Come a Cromwell to the Uocrs11 !
Cromwell , though men mil him Knigcr ,
Washington with us he HCOJ-OS" ;
Man. he dies , but spirit llvos on.
Hence the Cromwell of the Boers.
, , . , x , , DAVID J. LUWIS.
Hastings , Neb.
Neb.Men's
Shirt
Sale
Wednesday and Thursday
To reduce our vast - assortment
ment and make room and pre
pare for our spring and summer
lines , for TWO DAYS we will
give you your choice of our
ONE DOLLAR stiff bosom
Colored Shirts for
The different styles on dis
play in our window on Fifteenth
street.
Two days only this sale lasts
Wednesday and Thursday.