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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FBI DAY, SEPTEMBER It. 1900.
The Omaha Daily Bee
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Ornaliii should pass the ?l fso mark
without dltrhulty In Its relief fund for
the Texas fiol victims.
lifpuniUHiiK Mil ovi'r the country are
having liny raisings. iMinoorucy favors
startliig t!if Hag iu the other direction.
The Calveston catastrophe reminds rs
that the y"nr l!wx a a century (-tarter
Is breaking the record In every direc
tion. The new front jrorch on the Lincoln
residence looks lonesome while Hryan Is
Chasing the presidential rainbow across
the country. .
The new national bank statements Is
sued in response to the comptroller's
call furnlh further evidence of pros
perity in every line of business.
Kx-Senalor Hill has been taking Tam
many's bitter pills so long that he can
swallow one with ut making a face and a
Kjtectator might easily Imagine that he
liked thorn.
General Chaffee will probably with
draw with the American troops from
l'ekln, but they will be near enough to
ce that the door Is kept open for
American trade.
Nebraska towns are many of them In
dulging In the luxury of street falr. In
these times Nebraska, like the rest of
the country, can affoid to take u few
days olT and enjoy Itself.
The tinln-robbliig fraternity wants It
distinctly understood that It plays no
favorites between the different rail
roads. Uvery train that promises a
gooi nam iooks tue same to tiiem no
matter what label It carries.
Itussla appears to have a shade the
best of It In China. Through the medium
of a deposit In the Russian bank It has
posset-slon of .1.000.000 taels which It
proposes to keep as Indemnity for losses
and expenses Incurred in China.
Douglas county populists will dis
cover anew how much their democratic
allies think of them when they put iu
their requisition for full representation
on thi! legislative ticket to be nominated
by the coming fusion county conven
tlons.
'I he poKjcratlc intellect Is a peculiar
thing. The local organ insists In oik
column mat itooseveits speeches are
making converts for the poporrutlc cause
and In another proceeds to roast t lie
vlco presidential candidate for making
the same speeches.
Nebraska has Just received twin hon
om iu the election of a Nebraska man
as president of the National Association
of Kmhalmcrs and another Nebraska
man for senior vice commander of the
National Association of Sons of Yett
tins. Many thanks.
The Hee offers the suggestion that the
proper way to prevent the unauthorized
use of a name by the publisher of a cam
palgn book 's by the Injunction rottti
In such a case an injunction would be
perfectly Justifiable without the aid or
touBcnt of the Chicago platform.
CroUer has Just given another exlilbl
tlon of political Imperialism Iu New
York in forcing his candidate for gov
crnor to unanimous nomination, with
ex-Senator Hill as one of the tiuvvllllu
players in the cast. f cour-e the pint
form denounces Imperialism.
Only one complaint has b.-en tiled so
fnr with the Hoard of Kquallzatiou sit
ting to review the special assessment
levies, Property owuers are so anxious
In these days of prosperity to have
direct Improvements expedited that they
have dropped their usual obstructive
tactics.
As tho political storm center of the
nresldeutlal contest Nebraska Is to bo
treated to visits from more dlstlii
gtilshed public men in all parties than
ever before In any campaign. The cltl
zeii who neglects this occasion to edu
cato himself on the current Issues of
the day wljl be overlooking nu oppor
Unity he may never have agnln.
THE I I'D AS ELE TViS
Tomorrow the jieoplo of Cuba will
elect delegates to a tjnstitutonal c-on-vrntion.
whli h will a.iieiuble on thf
flrt Mondny in Novomlpr to fram a
oonxtltutlon for an Independent covern
mnt. Whil there has been mhw
fault findlna on the part t ortln
Cuban tfolltl'lAtisi, ohlelly of self
cceklnjf ikh. In resanl to the attitude
of th t'nlted States. It Is not exwctwl
that there will m any trouble In eonneo
tlon with the eb-etlon. Tliere l a con
siderable feellnu' that thoe who wpre
not in symimtliy with the insurnKtlon
nsalnst Simln should not iartleimte In
the formation of an Indeindeiit trot
ernnient. (Jeiieral fiomez has tirptd that
the SiHtilnnU exix'elnlly "lionld keep
aloof and leave to the "patriots" the
tn-k of frninlnr n eontltutlon and put
tin:.' In operation a sroverniiieiit. I'er
haps tins ttt;ctlon will bo to -ome
extent heeded, but the American nu
thorltles will undoubtedly see that 110
one who l. entitled to vote and deslref
to do so diall be deprived of It.
According to fJenenil I'ltzhueh I.oe.
who has Jut returned from llnvanii.
there is dlkHHtlsfnHlon over the pro
(Mfsed pontittttlotml ronrontlnn ln,cti-
of the requirement that the eonxtltution
xliall be submitted to this ?overnmeiit
for approval. The Cuban. who mnke
this objection iirtre that they should
have the risrht to make their own sov
eminent without the concent of any for
clsrri nation. We doubt whether the ill.
satisfaction on this coro cenernl and
think It tafe to say that It h probably
confined to the element which desire
to frame 11 constitution with discrimina
tions njmlnst a portion of the people.
The nlni" of the I'nlted States Is to se
cure the establishment of a government
In Cuba umler whii h all the people will
have equal rights mid privileges anil It
would clearly seem lo be Its duty to re
quire this. Having acted In good faith
toward the Cuban people they ought to
be willing to accept the aid and counsel
of this government In the highly Im
jortant and by no mcmis, simple task
of framing their organic law.
THK CU.i I. MISMIS' STHIKH
The strike of the anthracite coal min
ers, though ordered for next .Monday.
is already on. n large number of men
having quit the mines. The eonilii t
promises to be prolonged, both sides
manifesting a dlsitosition to light to the
finish. It Is to be said, however, for the
miners that they have shown an appar-
ntly earnest desire to submit their
grievances to arbitration, but the opera
tor have persistently refused to coll
ider that proposition, thus giving a do
ided advantage to the men so far as
public sympathy Is concerned. If the
ffect of the strike shall be, as doubtless
It will, to materially ndvance the price
of anthracite coal, that will be an ither
reason for the public sympathizing with
the miners.
It Is a regrettable conflict. It Is es.
tlmated that over 1 10.000 mcii will be In
volved, these representing perhaps
three or four times as many more per
sons wno win he aircoico.. 1 lien tne
increase In the price of coal which may
be regarded as Inevitable will be a hard
ship tf a vast number. From an eco
nomic point of view, therefore, the strike
Is most unfortunate. Of course an effort
will be made by demagogues to give It
a political bearing. This Is already ap
parent in a reported remark of the sec.
retary of the democratic national com
mittee. It Is quite characteristic of
that party to endeavor to make political
capital out of such a conflict, but we
cannot think that intelligent and fair-
minded worklngmen will be Influenced
by it.
DUTY OF THE KXI'.CVTIVE.
It is the contention of the Hryanlte
party that the course pursued by the
republican administration iu the Philip
pines is unauthorized and therefore
usurpation on the part of the executive.
The obvious meaning of this Is that no
effort should have been made to main
tain the sovereignty in the islands
transferred by Spain to the United
States under tho treaty of peace.
Mr. McKlnley says: "There has been
no time since tne destruction or tne
enemy s lleet wiien we could or should
have left the Philippine archipelago.
After the treaty of peace was ratified
no power but congress could surrender
our sovereignty or alienate a foot of the
territory thus acquired. The congress
has not seen lit to do the one or the
other and the president had no authority
to do either If he had been so Inclined,
which he was not. So long as the
sovereignty remains In us It Is the duty
of the executive, whoever ho may be, to
uphold that sovereignty and If It be
attacked to suppress Its assailants."
Mr. Hryan recognized this executive
duty when ho announced that If elected
he will convene congress in extra ses
sion as soon as Inaugurated and recom
mend an Immediate declaration of the
nation's purpose. He concedes In this
that he would not have as president
any power to promise Independence to
the Filipinos and surrender the Islands
ns an Inducement to peace. And If con
gross refused to adopt his recominenda
tlon. as he knows beforehand the senate,
at least, would do, what then would Mr.
Hryan 1I0V Would lie, as Senator
Foraker pointedly asked a few days ago,
haul down our flag ami withdraw out
troops anyhow, or would he go forward
with army anil navy, as President Mc
Klnley Is doing, to enforce peace and
thereafter establish government? It
would not be possible for him, miles
authorised by congress, to purr-tie any
other policy than that which Is being
pursued.
It Is not surprising that the Filipino
Insurgents, having little knowledge of
our political system, should find en
couragement In the promise held out to
them by Mr. Hryan, but It Is astonlshln
that Intelligent Americans should take
him seriously. There Is no doubl of tin
evil effect, as pointed out by Mr. Mi
Klnley. of the hopes raised by tin
Hryanlte party In the minds of the Fill
plims that with the success of that party
there will lie a withdrawal of our army
and of American sovereignty over th
archipelago, the complete Independence
of the Tagalog people recognized ami the
powers of government over all the other
xoples of the anlnixlaco conferred
UlKm the TacalC leader. There '.s
abundant evidence to sttpjiort the state
ment of the president that "the effect of
a liellef in the minds uf the Insurgents
that this will be done ha already pro
longed the rebellion and Increases the
ueccity for the continuance f a large
army." Hut for these falo hopes, de
clares .Mr. McKlnley, a considerable re
duction could have l?en had In our
military establishment in the Philip
pines and the realization of a stable
government would be already at hand.
We confidently believe that republican
success next November would be fol
lowed almost Immediately by the cessa
tion of all hostility to American au
thority In the Philippines, un the other
hand, the miccc.s of the Hryanlte party
and Its Inevitable failure to carry out
Its promise to the 1'illplnos would al
most certiilnly aggravate and intensify
their hostility.
M.tKixa the Asst:sm:.T nui.i...
The city tax commissioner and his
corps of assistants will start out next
week on the work of making the tax
assessment rolls for the coming year.
While tinder the charter the tax levy is
made by the etiy council, the rate of
taxation Is in reality determined by the
men who fix the assessments. When
the tax levy ordinance i-otnes before flic
council that body finds Itself confronted
with 11 demand for o much money
which mut Ik- raised from the limited
resources disclosed by the grand total
of the tax vnliiHtloii. and the tax rate
becomes 11 pure problem In division. To
reduce the tax rate therefore requires
an increase of the total assessment,
which can be Accomplished only by the
tax commissioner's staff.
One of the main objects of establish
ing a separate tax department for the
city was to Insure the listing of property
which had previously escaped the as
sessor altogether. While some reform
has lwcii effected in this direction since
the establishment of the otllce. there 1?
yet much room for Improvement.
The owners of real estate and other
tangible property have been pnylnz
more under the now system than they
did tinder the old. whereas the burden
would be lightened If the propcrtv
which escaie taxation in whole or iu
part were listed by the tax commis
sioner on a basis corresponding with
that applied to real estate values. To
Increase the ratio at this time, when the
railroads are not subject to assessment
by the city assessors, would be an un
warranted Injustice, and It Is equally
unjust to make the real estate pay the
share that should be liorne by other
forms of property.
While It Is doubtful whether we will
ever get a system of taxation that will
be entirely free from Inequalities, that
should bo the aim and object constantly
before the assessors, because In no other
way can the causes for complaint be
minimized.
The taxpayers of Omaha are entitled
10 the lowest ossble tax rate and If
they do not set It the tax commissioner
will have to shoulder a large share of
the resiKjiisibility.
The miners in the anthracite field have
been called upon to quit work on Mon
day unless a settlement Is arrived at
sooner. There Is hardly a possibility of
the strike being averted. It Is esti
mated that 140,00 men, who are the
breadwinners for over half a million
people, will be Idle. Without going into
a discussion of who is to blame for the
strike, one thing 1 certain and that is
that tho responsibility is n heavy one.
Many of these miners are of a class
who. If their condition becomes des
perate, will be likely to Inaugurate a
reign of terror In spite of advice of
leaders to the contrary. It Is th total
disregard of the rights of the public In
such Industrial situations which is creat
ing a sentiment In favor of compulsory
arbitration.
When there Is need for him the public
soon discovers mat tuo soiuier is 1101
half a bad fellow to have around. At
Calveston, when the heartless and law
less element commenced the looting and
mutilation of the dead, It was the sol
dier, with his discipline, who interposed
the first check. The company of regu
lars stationed there had lost a large
per cent of Its numbers In that awful
calamity, but those who remained were
the first to take a hand, under the direc
tion of their officers, to prevent social
disorder and protect the living and dead.
It Is men like this, when they only
amount to one In a thousand, that
democracy pretends Is a menace to the
liberties of tho people.
The Iron Age, the leading paper in the
country devoted to that Industry, in re
viewing trade conditions says that fur
naces now Idle will not many of them
start up until the result of the election Is
known. If Hryan should be elected they
will not start up at all. If even the
possibility of democratic success Is a
check upon the prosperity of the coun
try what would the event Itself accom
plish toward bringing about tlnaiiclal
ruin? Conditions from WM to KS!M! are
the best answer.
The local Hryanlte organ may be ex
pected to do all It can to mako the pub
lic believe that republicans are cut up
by dissension that endangers the sue
cess of their parly ticket. The only
hope of the democrats In Douglas
county lies lu securing the assistance of
disaffected republicans, but that hope
Is bound to be disappointed this year.
Omaha Is nearly even with last year
Iu the number of hogs packed at this
point. The figures will surely show up
still better when the statistics arc com
plied for tho entire year. It goes with
out saying that Omaha still keeps third
place as a hog lacking center and Is
pressing dose upon Kansas city for see
olid place.
The Hist session of tho Philippine com
mission appropriated .Vl.ix0.00i gold for
the building of roads alone in the
islands. Spain held the Islands for .".00
years and tho value of the Improve
meuts made In ttuU time was placed at
fjrt.nno.rv. st.1I denitxray Insists the
administration proposes to oppress the
1'illplnos.
An limrcurc Knnudntlnn.
Cleveland I'laln Dealer
To build a city on tbe sandi cems almost
as dangerous as to erect a bouse on tbe
same abiding material.
Tli-klr Ilnth Miles.
Philadelphia North Amtrkan.
The Vermont election bas resulted to a
miracle. The returns pleate both the re
publicans and the democrats.
I'ns tlir Mrumihoric to I'mUrr,
Wahlnton I'ost.
We are beginning to suspect that Mr.
Hanna is engaged In putting up the Jobs
which furnish Dick Croker with the prov
ocation for talking for publication. The
more Croker talks the better It will be for
McKlnley.
A Thriving Ilinmplr.
Globe-Democrat.
California Is celebrating this week tbe
semi-centennial of Its admission to the
union. When the door was opened there
were the usual predictions that the temple
of liberty had been desecrated and the
country ruined.
IliMf-nl the Ilrttrr Sldr.
Indianapolis Journal.
Such disasters ss that at Galveston bring
out the best side of the American character.
The prompt action of tbe government and
of many cities and the Increasing tide of
individual contributions will bring great
comfort to tbe surviving sufferers.
llefeig n. n Victor.
Chlcaeo Tlmes-Heralil.
Tho recent democratic candidate for gov
ernor of Maine says. "The republican plu
rality may be lees than 30,000, which I shall
consider .1 victory for my party." Now here
Is a nice, cheerful man of the kind that
we like to hear about. Wo are surprised,
however, that he can And it possible, with
his optimistic disposition, to remain in his
present political company.
XVr'lt lie Tlirrr.
Minneapolis Journal.
Nebraska ought to get in line this year
with Minnesota, the Dakotas, Iowa and
Kanax on the side of allegiance to sound
business principles. It cannot afford to
stand out conspicuously In that group of
growing, progresshe, prosperous states as
the only one whose people adhere to that
exploded nonsense that prosperity Is im
possible except on the basis of 60-cent dol
lars. Clcnn Cnmpnlun Till Vcnr.
Philadelphia Post
one respect our national politics are
In
distinctly superior to those of any other
nation. They are freer from personal abuse,
This was not always the case, for In other
years our elections ran the whole gamut of
vituperation and scandal, but since the
Cleveland-Blaine campaign, when the cli
max of intemperance In speerh and accusa
tion was reached, there has been a distinct I
and rapid improvement. .o rea.cn 1 mil.
No reason exists
this year why there should ne tne sngntesi
mud slinging. On all the tukets the can
dldatcs are men of conspicuous cleanliness
In their personal and domestic lives and
the Issues are sufficiently large to provide
the campaign orators with material without
obliging them to go Into personal matters.
Iliuicaty In I'lnnnrf,
Baltimore American.
Hre Is a good example of the Roosevelt
stl:
"You have got to have honesty; honesty
In matters of finance, honesty In the ad
ministration of tho national. state and
municipal governments. Hnd you have got
to have courage 'with honesty, but that Is
not enough. I dc'not enre how honest and
brave u man is, If ho Is a natural-born fool
he Is worth nothing on earth. You have
got to have common sense. A government
Is auch a difficult thing, especially In regard
to lis financial principles, that courage, hon
esty and common sense -enter Into every
problem, from the currency to the Philip
pines." Common sense applied to methods of gov
ernment In this country Is Just what the
rcoplu have always demanded. It will be
pretty hard to convince those practical
westerners that there Is any common sense
In this great era of prosperity In reducing
the dollar from 100 cents down to t5 cents
and In flooding the country with cheap
money and producing a panic.
ECIIOBS or
Olll XV A II.
Sc-lipnie of
n Smooth Filipino Mppeil
In the lluil.
Senor Pedro Paterno. a smooth native
schemer at Manila, possessing considerable
means and political ambitions, planned a
banquet In honor of the American commis
sion last month. It was to be a swell affair,
at which the Filipino dove was scheduled to
coo to tho American eagle. Paterno invited
the members of the commission and they
accepted. Next he planned to pull off a
few natlvo speeches on the guests and
these speeches he revised with great care
in order to Insure harmony of sentiment.
The purpose of Paterno was to pour out a
native wall for a protectorate on the Bryan
plan. Members of tbe commission learned
the details of the scheme before the ban
quet camo off and instantly gave the
sehemo and the banquet an official frost.
In behalf of the commission President
Taft addressed Senor Paterno the following
letter, reproduced from the Manila Free
dom of August 2:
Tho members of tho commission accepted
an Invitation to be present at the banquet
this evening. We arc advised that a num
ber of tbe speeches which have been sub
mitted to you for delivery this evening In
express terms support tbe view that an In
dependent government should be established
In tbeso Islands under the protectorate ot
tho United States. As that phrase Is or
dlnnrlly understood It would mean, as ap
piled to th present situation, that tbe
United States shall guarantee to protect
tho government for tbe Philippine Islands
from Interference or aggression by foreign
powers and should have little or no voice
In that government. In other words that
tho United States should assume respond
blllty to the world for a government in
which li could exercise t.o direct Influence
No one having any authority to speak for
the United States has ever said one word
Justifying the belief that such a protec
torate will bo established. It Is Impossible,
We of the commission who are sent here
with instructions to establish a civil gov
eir.mcnt have no authority whatever to
consider or discuss such a proposal.
By destroying the power of Spain In
these Islands, and accepting the sovereignty
thereof, the United States assumed a re
spcnsiblllty to tho world to establish hero
a civilized government of law and order.
which should duly respect the rights of
all, whether foreigners or natives. It pro
poses to meet this responsibility by mak
ing a government In which the citizens ot
the Islands shall exercise as lart;e a mcas
ure of self-government as Is consistent
with tho establishment of law and order,
Such a government has been established
In Porto Hlco. Further than this, the gov
crnment of the United Statm will not o-
The discussion of a protectorate or a pot
slhlllty of It lnolves misrepresentations
which may Induco submission to the an
thorlty of the United States by deceit. The
inenbers of this commis-ioti cannot bs a
party to any sui h misrepresentation.
incy could not then-tore o present a'
tho banquet tonight and hear the subject
of a protectorate dl.vussed witbou' rising
to state its utter impossibility.
To mold such a result in a banquet at
which they are only guests they prefer to
withdraw taelr tccnucia,
MAINE Points THE WAY
St L-
Whenever. In the ele "in f r g
In presidential years, the republicans wiu
Maine by a plurality of :' or ever t!-o
republican party carries the country In iho
national canvass two months la-er In tli
election for governor In Maine In Septem
ber, 1U. It was noticed that the republi
can plurality was 1909, a little below the
J0.000 mark. That was an Indication that
the conditions throughout tbe country were
unfavorable to the republicans, and the
truth of this presage was shown In No
vember, when Maine was beaten by Cleve
land. In September. 1S92. Maine gave a
republican lead of only 12.531 to Its re
publican candllate for governor. This
showed that the tide throughout the I'nlted
States was adverse to the republicans, and
two months afterward Cleveland beat Har
rison by a large majority in the electoral
college. In the election on Monday of this
week the republican lead Is above 22,000.
This Is short of the margin gained In Sep
tember. 1S96. when thousands of demo
crats remained away from the polls and
when there were more Indications of
Bryan's election than are present this year,
but It Is far above the 20,000 line of re
publican peril.
As a barometer for the country at Urge
Maine's election figures hold good for con
gressional years also. When the lead for
Maine's republican candidate for governor
In September, 1552. was down to S.ST2, the
outlook for the party wan seen to be dark,
and the great democratic majority In the
congressional elections two months after
ward was foreshadowed. So, also, the demo
cratic tidal wave in the congressional elec
tions of 15M was foretold by the 1S.?3 plu
rality for the republicans in Maine In Sep
tember of that year On the other hand,
when the lead In the September canvass
of and 150 went above the 30.CO0 line,
the republican avalanches In the congrcs-
I'BltMINAI. rOI.XTEIts.
I'rinr Wl Hwa of Corea Is In Washing
ton studying American Institutions.
At hl3 old home, down In Buckfleld. Me .
Secretary Long throws aside the cares of
Office and Joins In the annual festivities of
the Custard Pie association.
Joseph Choate. the American ambassador
to England, has a new secretary In the
person of W. B. Cutting, a young man who
graduated with honors from Harvard last
June.
Hiram Maxim, the American gunmaker,
was recently described by Lord Salisbury
as "the man who has prevented more men
from dying of old ago than any other man
that ever lived."
( The National Municipal league, uniting
over a hundred separate associations and
glUng voice and action to their common
alms, is tn hold its annual conference this
year at Milwaukee, beginning on the 15th
, H,dezo ot Toklo JapaDi who
, hag bfen sonl tQ Amer,ra by hlB R0Vern
ment to study the agriculture of this coun
try. is looking Into the cultivation of
tobacco In Virginia. Later ho will familiar
Ize himself with the growth of cotton.
A current news Item Is to the effect that
a German syndicate has ust bought SOO.OOO
oak trees crowing on the mountains of
eastern Kentucky and will cut them down
and ship them to Europe to help out the
wasting lumber supply of countries which
have practically exhausted their own
forests long ago.
Pickpockets robbed I'nlted States Sena
tor F. M. Cockrell of Missouri of his
pocketbook containing about J220 In Se
dalla, Mo., one day last week, and he did
not know of the loss unttl a postofllce
man returned the pocketbook to blm.
empty, except for some papers bearing his
name. A letter collector had found the
book In a street letter box.
Herr Bloch, the Russian privy councillor
and peace advocate, has offered the officials
of Lucerne the sum of J40.OO0 for the pur
poses of founding a museum to Illustrate
the art of war and the principles of peace.
An American woman resident In Siberia
Is trying to teach her correspondents in
this country how to pronounce Cossack In
the Russian manner. Phonetically she thus
expresses the word Kozak.
When Parliament dissolves Lord Salts-
bury will resign the office of lord warden
of the Cinque ports, an office whose only
emolument Is tho right to reside in Walmer
castle. He Is to be succeeded by Mr.
Balfour, who Is expected to live a great
deal at Walmer, which Is Just the sort of
country place to suit his tastes, being
easily reached from London nnd having
excellent golf links close at hand.
BAKING
POWDER
ROYAL Baking
Powder is indispens
able to the prepara
tion of the finest
cake, hot-breads,
-is O.ubc-Demotrat
wrncr sanal elec'ions In the first case and in the
presidential canass in tbe second were
heralded Once, to be sure, tbe republicans
carried the country for president after hav
ing been beaten In the Maine governorship
election. This was In 15S0, when the democratic-greenback
coalition elected Plalsled
governor. The setback In Maine la Sep
tember was seen to be a bad Indication for
the republicans, but the party Instantly ral
lied, and two months afterward It elected
Garfield and Arthur. j
Maine foilowlne Oregon and Vermont.
points out the road which the republican
party I traveling to victory, ine Dig re
publican lead In the Oregon canvass in
June was an omen of such great Importance
that not many sane democrats have since
then had any hopes of victory for their
party Vermont's long republican lead last
week, which was far ahead of the average
In presidential years In that state, shows
that the conditions arc still favorable to
the republicans all over the country.
Maine's verdict In the election Just held
proves that the republican tide is still
rising. If New York and Indiana wero
September or October states they likewise
would register the drift of sentiment whl:h
is surging to the republican side. There
Is doubt as to whether even Bryan himself
had any hopes of victory this year, though
he probably felt confident for a time In
IT'6, as many of his supporters undoubtedly
did. The current Is so unmistakably
against him In 1900. however, as provn by
"pointers' which have always hitherto
been trustworthy, that ctcn Bryan, as
fanatical as he Is. and as blind to the
obvious partisan conditions, must see by
this time that sentence of political death
has been passed upon him. Maine's voice
In Its state canvasses In presidential years
measures up to the full significance of Its
motto Dlrlgo, "I lead."
CHECKS ON Till: TIttSTS.
nusliimK Cnnsr Squrrilnc Out the
Ml lid nnil XV'nter.
Boston Transcript.
There arc signs that the trust movement,
which set In so strongly In 1699. has met
a declsle shock. The activity In the for
mation of large combinations, which aroused
tbe anti-trust agitators to renewed attacks
upon the 'octopuses" last ye- Is certainly
on the wane. Three facts are noteworthy
in this connection. The first Is tho de
crease in the number of new combinations
formed. During the month of August fewer
charters for corporations wero taken out
than In auy month since January, 1599.
Consolidation teems to have run its course
In most branches of business and tbe crea
tion of new trusts has well nigh ceased.
Another fad Is the shrinkage In the
values of Industrials. Not only are few
new trusts coming Into eilstc&ce. but also
the shares of those already forced arc de
clining. It was pointed out in our financial
summary on Tuesday that of thirty-three
trust stocks only one stands higher than it
did one year ago. The decline in the other
thirty-two shares averages seventeen points
and represents a total loss of tl6T.000.000.
It was Inevitable that this slump In indus
trials should follow the period of feverish
speculative activity in the new stocks. Most
of the recently formed trusts are heavily
overcapitalized. The value of their shares
is now falling toward a point that will
represent their real Investment value
It thus appears that the evil of over
capitalization is finding a solution in
the natural adjustment ot values on
tho stock market. The rcadjunment
would be facilitated by state laws en
forcing a larger measure of publicity in
the management of trusts. If the Investing
public could obtain In all cases full In
formation regarding tbe actual value ot
the plants and appliance owned by the
trusts, this would frustrate the practice
of stock-watering. The Investor who knew
that j ot capital stock represented only
It of real property would discount the
securities proportionately. This is the
point at which legislation can aid mcj.
effectively in the solution of the trust
problem.
A third fact in recent developments 'o
which attention should be called is the
Incorporation of many small concerns. The
New York Journal of Commerce estimates
that the total capital of industrial corpora
tions formed since January 1, 1900. having
a capitalization of (1,000,000 and more. Is
13,315.325.000. About one-fifth of this total,
or J700. 000,000. represents new- companies.
It Is clear that much of this new capital
must be competing in the fields of the big
combinations formed when the trust move
ment was at Its height. Here Is direct
rolls and muffins.
Housekeepers arc sometimes importuned to
buy other powders because they are " cheap.
Housekeepers should stop and think,
such powders arc lower priced, are they
inferior ?
Is it economy to spoil your digestion to
save a few pennies?
Alum is used in some baking powders be
:ause it is cheap. It costs but a few cents a
pound whereas the chief inereclient in a pure
powder costs thirty. Hut alum ii a corrosive
poison which, taken in food, acts injuriously
upon the stomach, liver and kidneys.
lOYAL IAKINQ P0WDIH CO,, 1C WlUIAM IT., filW YOMi
evidence that competition bas not btea
s'lfled but Is reasserting Itself ith ton
sideraM vigor
Th trust movement bss thus en-un'red
a seibacK from two side. On the &
hand tbe water la being urueeiM ou of
the irurt shares by the oprallM of the
flock exrbange. On the other band. iki.
competitors are springing up la oppo
to the large concerns. These two for-et
may not br sufficient to effect a -oo.i.e
solution of the trust problem, but they
certainly tninirr.lte the Importance of an
Issue, to which tbe Bryanltes are seeking to
give fictitious and alarming significance
I'OI.MIlll Itn.MUtKS.
' Rf!nin
Brooklyn Llf
sain; th- pactor
'I can't go to chur h
dees rot bellevs ti.a.
that, he txllven that
rotle go to tie 1 1 "
"Oh! Don t say
some co
"Well that Is Utter than nothing
Chicago Tribune "You can't b tnsens,.
file to the h'jnor of marrylnc Into 'hi
f-'tnlth family." the ardent oung lover rsld,
partly In J-t. but mre In earnest "l"s
a gret family. There are H.it.'iA.O &f us
In the world.'
"Then you are enough already, ' re
sponded the young woman with decllon
And she refused to enter the. family
Cleveland Plain Dealer "Phc l !
mot accomplished girl I eer knew. '
"Indeed "
"Yes. She can sharpen a lead pen -II
In two ways and always gives you ba:k
your knife when she borrows It "
Phllidflphla Tree: Borrow It Say. ol3
man. lend me a fiver, will yu?
Markley Sorry, but I m not making any
permanent Investments Jut now
Washlncton Star:
Mildred Ha e oj
ever been wood by
a in in In a snlr-
whisi
Alice No. but once whn I u vMMju
one of the mu'eums the teardtd worna-
tried to flirt with me."
''hicaco
Post-
The Chlnee w-f
fvnn with us
vet." he M with h. solemn
shake of the head
"I don t S'e how."
"Well, just you wait until yu h
American soldier repreented In Cnlne e ar
and then you win know how.
Delroit Free Pros Man Her
Tom, what arc you doing these days
Pork Packer I'm In th melt buslns
What are you dolr.s?
Has Man I go you cr.e degree bCe".
I'm In the meter business
Philadelphia Prri: Mrs. Po ird
think lit brush up my plap-pla lr,r -n
afternoon. I'm a trifle out of practice
Mr. Pound" Oh. I wouldn't, dear
Mr. Pounds Whyi You told m Mr
ftyitrt was going lo- all thU evnlng and
he munl'Ml.
Mr I'oun' Te. that's why.
Washlngtin Star- "f sm very m-KS
afraid." sld one eminent Chinaman "tr, -t
tho European powers are entirely to
formidable for us. '
"So am t." answered the other "M
onli- hop Is that they will undertake 1 .
strike terror to our hearts by making awful
examples of one another."
Detroit Journal:
The red man was p'atn!y
urged, 'arnestly. "'an
golns the pace.
"Hold up: we
you not hold up?
"Oh. !m a Sioux spender all rl2hf
plied the child of the forest, with borihrn
mle
We could not help but observe that St
was somewhat heated with wine, b.t hn
levity pained us much, nevertheless
school itnc.ixs.
W. J. Lampton In New York Sun
Wow'
Ten million "Wows"
Or more.
Rise o'er the land.
I Oh youngsters.
1 You re up Rtilnst it. sure;
mil Know me gall
Of gornment
Without the eonsnt of the governed.
And we tender von
Our 'arnest sympathy
September l lob.
Trmt s what It Is
Or It would r.ever loose th key
To lock the fetters on your Hrabi.
And jUe your brains
A chance, to boom
XVhat's brln to ou
When all you want l room and Urn
To let your bodies have full sway
The crowr.-up folks may fel the need
Of bok and brains.
Your work and world and wisdom
call for different stuff.
If It were so
That two times two were hopscotch.
And two Into ht went rtshlr.?.
Or d-o-g spelled "I spy."
Or geography were u description of tf-.s
earth's
Swimming hole.
Or jrumrr.ar wrc the study of th par'
of a boat.
How much more aiadly would you seek
True wld m
In the school house walls.
Or If the young- Idea were taught to shout
With a shotgun.
How silently you'd "Wow
XX'hen sad September
Shoved you into school.
The grown folks ought to go to school
Because they do not llk to play,
And 011. who do,
Should be let run
Until you. too. have grown beyond
The playing age
To And the need
Of what Is taught In school
Ain't that so?
Makes
the lightest
most
delicious
and
tasty
hot biscuit
If
not
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