THE OMAIIA DAILY BEE: THTJHSDAY, MAKCII 14, 1001. Tim umaha Daily Bee. 13. ltgainVATKIl, Kdltor. PUIJLIHI1I2D HVKltY MOtlNINO. THHMH OF SL'lJSClUPTION. Dally lieu (without Sunduy), Ono Year$.00 Daily lku iinil HufiUuy, Une Year 8.W Illustrated lit e, One Year 2.00 Bunday Hue, una YcUr 2.W Uattiroay llee, Uno Vcnr 1-50 Twentieth Century runner, Ono Year... 1.WJ Ol'KlCKS. Omnhai The Dee Untitling. Houth utnahn: City null ilulldlng, Twenty-tilth unu M streets. Council lilurrs; lu i'curl Street. Chicago; Itiw Unity HulMlng. New York: Temple Court. Washington: UA fourteenth Street. COIUUiSPONDKNCK. Communications rcn.tli.rf to news and edi torial nmtt'.T Hhoulu he udurcssed: Uinaha lice, Kultorlul Dupaitment. . JJUS1NK83 LKTTHIIS. Buslncs's letters and remittances should be addressed: 'i o ilea Puullshlug Com pany, Umulm. ItKMITTANCEH. Itemlt by dratt, express or postal order, payable 10 'Iho Uco Publishing company. Only '.'-cent stumps uccepled In payment of mull uccuunlH l'ersonm checks, except on Omaha or iJastern exchanges, nut accepted. THK Mils i'UHLlHltlNO COMPANY. STATKMUNT OF CMHCULATION. fltnto of Nebraska. Douglus County, ss.: Ucorgo It. Tzsrhuck, secretary of ThoXUee Publishing company, being duly sworn, says that the actual number of full anil complete copies of The IJally, Morning, Kvenlng and Hunduy llco printed during the montn or l'euruary, ivui, was as ioiiowb I an.aio is an.wio 2 ,,.al,lNO 16 IW.oaU 3 au.tiuo l? an.sio 4 iitl.130 IS 5,U70 C t......U,8i) 19 25,010 6 211,010 0 25,870 7 20,27O 21 25,840 8 25,750 22 23,770 B iil,:i(0 23 UII, 110 io 20,ur . 24 20,005 II ar,7Uo ' 23 su.uuu 12 23,00 8 20,-WO 13 23,770 27 20,200 11 1:5,7(10 28 20,580 Total 7:il, 1UO Less unsold and returned copies.... 12,124 Net total sales 710,oaO Net dally average 25,070 OEO. B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to beforo me this 4th day of March. A. D., 1901. IBcal.) M. U. IIUNQATE. Notury Public. Those St. Joseph fjlrls are showing reul western grit If nothing else. If we liavo no BtorniH In March we will hnve no harvest lu July. The mortality among hills lu the legis lature Is approaching the record mark. Horcas will have to subside pretty fooii., Ilrynn is on his way homo from the east. lletween kicks on the weather people can congratulate themselves that March only comes nruiitid once n year. Pat Crowe Isn't treating the public right. Ho hasn't written a letter for publication for more than n week. Hon. John M. Thurston has now at tained the limit of legal fnme. Ho has been admitted to practice before the Interior department. The llluff Tract park Is about to be come a reality. This consummation of tho negotiations will be welcome to the people of tho north end. Naming committees to decide on a day for adjournment is it certain sign that the legislature realizes tho approach of the time when pay stops, Among other building permits Hint have not been takun out In Omaha this spring Is one for a residence which was to bo the homo of a congressman. Itallroad freight rates are receiving some attention from the legislature. A reduction of JO per cent Is not so much, but It will be appreciated by the ship pers. , Doiu-Carlos takes the trouble to state he has not abdicated. The trouble with lion Carlos Is that the Spanish throne has abdicated t.o far lis he Is con cerned. A "wee bit coo" which brings almost lier weight In silver on the miction block Is certainly an animal to bo proud of. And she was born and bred within tlfty mllo. of Omaha. Up to date the domnge done by the March storm has been conllued to elec tric wires strung on poles. Tho benefits will be garnered into bins and cribs dur ing tho glad harvest time. King Kdward of Kngland, In response to an address of his Quaker subjects, stated that it would bo his constant ef fort to preserve peace. The man who had hold of the bear's tall was also a strenuous advocate of peace. Prof. Mo'oro and his assistants will have tl hard time to shake tho popular faith lu. the old-time, theory of equi noctial storms. The present evidence Is too strong to tw brushed aside as mere coincidence. A South Dakota woman has goue Carrie Nation ono better In tho matter of effoctlvo use of a hatchet. She ap piled the Kansas, weapon to the head of her husband with the result he is now the most peaceable man In South Dakota. About this time -of the year tho ox- titoble correspondent begins to slaughter cattld through tho coluinns of tho east cm press. Given a March storm and the fakir can kill lu a day moro animals than nil the packing houses along the Missouri river. Iowa stock feeders are again coin plaining that the bridge arbitrary Is shutting thorn out of the South Omaha market. Here Is a chance for the Com mercial club to do a little more work Omaha should huVu an equal chance with Chicago In her own territory. The report of the hospital service in the Philippines shows that the stories of universal sIckuesH among the soldiers Is not true. During January, In spite of tho constant itcUve sprvleo of tho troops In scouting and skirmishing only 7.-M per cent of the men wero uuder the care of the doctors and of these H5:i wcro wounded. There were eighty three deaths, which Included those killed In uctloii, out of u force1' of 07,-115. IIKSJA .U.V It A ntllSVS. One of the greatest of American citi zens, lu a period of great men, will be the verdict of his countrymen nnd of history upon tho career of llenjamlu Harrison. In every station he dis tinguished himself. As soldier, states man and lawyer ho nchleved eminence and honor. From an humble beginning In life he attained to the highest posi tion In the gift of the American people, Illustrating lu his career tho possibili ties of American citizenship. There Is presented elsewhere In our columns the principal facts In the public life of General Harrison. These tell that as a soldier he was Intrepid, faith ful and capable, as a United States senator able and conscientious, as the chief executive of tho nation patriotic, upright nnd strong. The military record of Uenjauiln Harrison Is less brilliant In achievement than that of some others, but ho was never found wanting lu tho discharge of any duty nsslgned him. In the national senate he won a leading position and became recognized as a statesman whose opin ions and Judgment were entitled to great consideration. As president he gave the country a clean, business-like, dignified administration, free from scandals, careful of Amerlcnu Interests, conservative nnd patriotic. General Harrison had few peers as a lawyer. It has been said of liltn that ho was a lawyer by natural gifts. If tiot an orator In the highest sense, Gen eral Harrison was certainly endowed with exceptional qualities ns a speaker. Few men were ho successful lu holding the attention of nn audience and all that he said was worthy of being listened to. His speeches lu the' presi dential canvass of 1888 were remnrkuble for their sagacity and versatility, sup plying campaign material for his party of tho greatest value and yet never pru Hcutlng a point for the uttack of the opposition. The republicanism of Benjamin Hnr rlson was of tho most sterling char acter and his services to his party were of Immeasurable value. Both the public and private life of this distinguished man were irreproachable and the United States has never hnd a more patriotic citizen. His death will be sincerely mourned by nil his countrymen. TUB FlllCTlOX AT TIES TS.V. Tho dllllculty between tho British nnd Russians over a piece of In ml nt Tien Tsln and the decisive action of the British chief of staff nt Pckln, is reported to hnve created some alarm In Loudon. It Is not nt all probable that anything of 11 serious nature will di rectly result from this Incident, but It Is possible that It may have 1111 un favorable lntlucnco upon the future relations of tho British and Itusslans lu China. It Is chlclly Interesting as showing, as the Loudon papers point out, that the harmony of the nations is liable at any moment to be disturbed. This has been for some time appar ent. As a matter of fact the "harmony of the nations" Is to a considerable extent superficial. There Is little real confidence between most of tlicni and as to. Great Britain and Itussla there Is probably none at all. British suspicion of every movement or act on the part of Hussla has recently been strongly manifested, while Uussla's faith In Grent Britain has never been very great. Gcrmnny Is watching both with 11 more or less suspicious feci lug nnd Japan doubts all of them. Under such circumstances the Ho-called harmony Is certainly liable to be disturbed at any time and it will be surprising If there arc not more serious Incidents than that at Tien Tsln as a consequence of territorial claims. Fortunately there Is no danger of the United States becoming Involved In any dllllculty of this character. We have no torrltorj' In China to quarrel over and do not want nny. We can therefore regard such Incidents as that at 'J.'lcu Tsln with perfect complacency. it should he tiwe. The statement of a London paper, that the government has modified the uncon ditional surrender policy In South Africa, should be true. According to that paper Lord Kitchener, has been authorized to offer amnesty to the Boers and their leaders, except where treach ery Is clearly proved, but the Cape rebels Will be punished by disfranchisement. It is also suld to bo contemplnted by the British government to aid the Boers In restocking their fnrms nnd to offer to establish some kind of civil government as soon as all the commandoes have surrendered. If such a change of policy has been decided on It shows that common sense has taken the place of passion lu British councils nnd that the efforts, of those who have persistently opposed the stern nnd releutless policy of the gov ernment have not been In vain. Great Britain can well afford to show some magnanimity to tho Boers; Indeed, It would be 11 very grave blunder not to do so. The Dutch In South Africa will re main there and tho question for ling- laud Is whether they shall be mado to feel at home, or have Impressed upon them that they are a subjugated people, whose presence Is tolerated but not de sired. That eminent British publicist, Mr., Jnmcs Bryce, recently said that "the memory of bloodshed and of a war held to be unjust will fill an ex ceptlonally tenacious rnco with a hatred far deeper and moro lasting than the Irritation which now exists a hatred which may somo day cost us onr'bold on South Africa." Another prominent Englishman has declared that British policy, as It has been proclaimed, "will Inevitably lose us the whole of South Africa as a British possession within the lifetime of many men who arc now living." The reollzatlon of these predictions Is most probable, If tho British govern ment adheres to the harsh policy which It announced a year or moro ago a pol Icy not only of subjugation, but also of government of a character that could not fall to keep alive among the con quered people a lint reel that, as Mr Bryce snld, might some day cost Great Brltnln her hold on South Africa.. Tho Boer docs not easily forget, but ho lo not without gratitude, nnd those people, while It Is natural that they will long remember what thoy have sulTered at tho lumds of tho British, may by just and magnanimous treatment be brought to as loyally submit to British authority as do tho majority of the Dutch of Cape Colony. Under a fair and generous IM)llcy, that would permit the Boers to participate lu government and would In most respects place them on a political equality with their kinsmen elsewhere In South Africa, allowing them also the widest opportunity for Improving their material nnd social condition, the hatred engendered by the war would gradually diminish nnd perhaps in a generation or two entirely disappear. Oil the other hand u severe and oppressive policy must Inevitably operute to Intensify Boer hatred and keep alive the spirit of revenge. It is to be hoped, therefore, thnt the Loudon paper's understanding of the proposed change In British policy Is well founded. It would bo wise, honorable and there can be no doubt fruitful of beneficent results. AMSTUCIIACV IX T1W t'EtD LOTS. Aristocracy has Its advantages In a democratic country after all. Mrs. O'Leary's cow attained lusting fame through tho menus adopted by tho am bitious youth of Ephesus, whose name hns been forgotten while his deed Is handed forward from generation to generutlon. But If the O'Leary family source of luctcul supply had been placed on the miction block, even after the subsidence of the contlagratlon she engendered by her futlje kick nt the milk pnll, It is doubtful If sho had fetched above $U3. Yet lnjie Is a cow of whom few peoplo have ever heard, brought to bo sold nt public outcry lu South Omaha, and her purchasei proudly hands over us her price $11,705, u greater sum than waa ever before given for a cow. What Is tho difference lu these cows? Their breeding. Tho one was merely n cow; tho othe,r has a lineage which can be traced back for many generations. Her strain Is pure nnd her descent direct from bovine kings and queens, and she stands among the herds herself u queen. Tho sale Itself Is a triumph for the western breeder. Years of patient ef fort on the part of one man mado this magnificent animal possible, but It took the awakening of the stock breeders of the west to tho vast Importance of aris tocracy to bring about the condition under which 11 buyer is willing to In vest a fortune In u single animal. Not that line stock breeding Is a new Indus try, for It Is not. Interest In It, how ever, was never so general nor so keenly alive as at present. Conditions which govern stock raising In the west hnve changed greatly In u very few years. The settlement of the broad prairies of the central west during tho last decade has cut down the open range to a com paratively Insignificant area, and has naturally reduced the, opportunity for supplying tho demand for beef from this source. Feeders, who once de pended on the herd owners for their sup ply of cattle, have found themselves re stricted because of tho failure of tho range to produce the number needed. A new condition has arisen nnd new meth ods nro required' to meet It. The Intelligent farmer has long known tile value of well bred stock. Hu Is uow applying that knowledge to practical use, and tho number of lino bred ani mals that have been doinlclled on west ern ranches during tho last two or three years argues that the time Is not far distant when the great bulk of the beef supply from tho west will bo'from herds lu whose veins Hows the blood of sires nnd dams whose names arc kept high in tho herd book. The range steer will not disappear, at least for many years, but he Is no longer the grent fnctor lu tho packing Industry he once was. The demnnd of tho world for better meat has overtaken him, and the nrlstocrat of tho bovine race has him uuder the hoof. Tho English budget shows a prospect ive deficit for the -year of l?,J70,0(X),000 and the treasury officials are at their wit's end to discover some method of meeting It. Taxation Is already high nnd British trade Is languishing to an ex tent which would seem to render Im possible the Imposition of further bur dens. When conditions abroad and lu the United States are compared the peoplo of this country find every reason to congratulate themselves. President Hadley of Yale Insists thnt his vision of empire has beeu Incor rectly reported. It Is not tho trusts which ho fears will enthrone an em peror at Washington, but ho fears the conscience of tho ptople has gone to sleep. It mny take short mips, but al ways rouses up In time to prevent nny dlro calamities and the professor can quiet his fears. ,The supremo court has passed ad versely on the law uuder which tho rail way commission exists and the secrc taiies drew salaries and now tho senate has passed a bill repealing the law. If the house passes It and tho governor signs it possibly the secretaries will bo convinced they are separated from om clal salaries, but they will insist upon being shown. What moro natural than that Bryan should pay his respects to tho Honorable Slxto Lopez? Is not tho Honorable Slxtoe the personal representative of that noble patriot, Agulnaldo, In whose cause Colonel Bryan and his followers are willing to sacrifice Old Glory and everything else Americans hold dear? Spring shouting may bo Indulged in this year, the new game law having failed to carry the emergency clause In the houso. After this year, however, birds lu Nebraska will be enabled to carry on their housekeeping arrange incuts free from disturbance by hunt ers who give no thought to posterity. The senatorial fight at Lincoln, tho war lu South Africa and the troubles In China must nil take a back seat In Nebraska for a time uutll the uuuual controversy over "Wet or dry" Is set tled nt the city and village elections. When the leirlMlntiirn Is llllllllv ud- Journed nnd tho correspondents wake up and read the ninny drennis thoy have had during the session they will won- ir how their pipes hnppcued to burn long and steadily. . KiitniiKlliiK Allliuicr. Philadelphia Ledger. This eountrv will tint Win flreat Urttaln to take Manchuria away from Hussla, nor Hussla to take It away from rjreat Urttaln. ItiMviird of Merit. Washington Post. Thcro Is a consensus of opinion to the effect that tho country can well afford to pay tho Hon. Tom Carter a salary of Jo, 000 a year for his services as a fair commis sioner. ltluht I'p to the Footlights. Kansas City Journal. Whftt With Kpflntnp Mnrtrnn ilnfvlni- flrnflt Ilrltaln, Plerpont Morgan organizing gi gantic trusts and Gunner Morgun the ecu tral figure- In the Sampson trouble, thb Morgan family seems to bo monopolizing tho center of tho stage. An ITiifttitvcil Mystery. Haltlmoro American. Ono of the weirdest mysteries of tho world Is that, when Irresponsible peoplo start .out to make troublo, how unerringly accurato Is their aim. Hcsponstble people, attempting to do good, cannot hit the mark ono hundredth as often. Shnll Wei Abrogate f Indianapolis Press. Since tho British cabinet seems bent on driving us to a formal abrogation of this treaty, wo know of no better time to do It than right uow. It might be abrogated either by resolution of tho senate, ap proved by tho president, or by executive proclamation. Slnco tho sennte has ad journed, tho easiest and quickest way to accomplish tho desired result would be by presidential proclamation. Doubtless England would bo angry, but that Is as far as It would go. She lms no stomach for anything more than a war of words. Conduct of Porta Hlcnn Troops. Army nnd Navy Register. Tho troops from Porto Hlco which look part In tho Inaugural parado gained a great deal of pralso from their excellent personal nppearanco and One military hearing. Tho disciplines In tho command was up to tho standard of regulars and thoso In charge of tho soldiers while In Washington aro entitled to tho highest praise. Tho troops wore quartered on tho top floor of tho state, war nnd naval building, whero they conducted themselves with a propriety which was In distinct contrast to tho hood lumlsra of tho Pennsylvania militiamen, who wero quartered on tho lower floors. Thrift of the "Tribune." Now York Sun. Tho admirers of Colonel Bryan are forcod to seo with sorrow his growing subjection to Mammon. ( Asked to take the stump for Hon. Carter Harrison of Chicago, tho colonel refused. "His business Interests and editorial duties wero so arduous ho could not possibly assist." Thus does ho put money abovo man. Thus dotts ho admit his slavery to business, his base com mercialism. Let the Liberty bell bo tolled thirteen times. The Trlbuno of tho Teoplo is In his parlor, counting out the money. For all ho cares, Ahab may get the vine yard and the young man Absalom go over tho hill to tho poor house. Itnasln nil the L'nltril State's. Now 'ork Times. It Is clearly Judicious In tho Stato de partment to announce that It Is engaged In no separate negotiations with Great Britain or with any other power as to means to thwart tho designs attributed .to Hussla In north China, but It ought not to bo necessary. Certainly Count Casslnl Is in no danger of assuming that our govern ment will proceed In nny underhand fashion accomplished Its purposes with ref erence to Russia, and least of all that It will enter on the path of secret and sneclal negotiations which wo have expressly dis approved and nsked the other governments to disapprove. Tho relations of this government to other governments with regard to plans In China nro somownat ueucato nnti aimcult, but they aro so only in tho sense that even a llttlo blundering would produce great con fusion. Of such blundering there has been none at Washington, and that which occurred at Pckln Is not likely to bo re peated. Tho broad Jlnes of our policy nro clearly defined by tlio present , administra tion and have been patiently and firmly ad hered to. They will not bo abandoned or changed as long as tho capable and cool and far-sighted statesman at present at the head of the Department of State remains In 'charge. JU'SSIA. IX MANCHIIHIA. llcnr U Fcnutluir on a Large Slice of CIiIiir. Washington Post. Russia Is doubtless In Manchuria to stay. Russia and China have had close diplomatic and commercial relations" for 300 years. Theso relations have been of ns much ad vautngo to China as to Hussla. Tbo Amur river furnishes Russia with an approach to tho ocean, while the forces she employs to maintain thnt Una of communication Incidentally hold In control tho most dan gorous and turbulent elements of the Chi nese population. Tho territory has never been of any considerable valuo to the Pekln government. It has been, on tho con trary, a constant source of perplexity, troublo and expense. Whatever measures Hussla may havo found It necessary to tnko In order to preserve her footing In Manchuria, China now finds her most poworful protection In Russia's occupation of that dmgerous nnd unruly region. Thero aro nt this moment not less than 80,000 Russian troops lu Manchuria en gaged exclusively In establishing Husslan authority, setting up Russian laws nnd cuBtoma, nnd holding tho province under order. How can any European power now challenge the propriety of tho Husso-Chlr nese convention, and what effect would such a challenge havo upon- Hussla even If It wore offered? Tho very conditions thnt mnku tbo entente legitimate and proper forbid tho thought of physical In terference on the part of Kurnpe. As tho Berlin newspaper, Vorwaerts, de spairingly admits; ' "RusMa has what sho wanted nnd Is sure of China's ratification. Protests from the other powers aro rfow useless." This Is no doubt true as gospel. Hussla has It and means to keep it. Who will dlsputo It with her? Certainly not England, nltbaugb for nearly n century England has devoted herself to closing every possible, avenue by which Hussla might reach the ocean with her navies, peaceful and otherwise. Hitherto England has had Europe behind her. Franco nud Turkey at ono time; Germany, Franco, Italy and Turkey at another and so far has been succeRstul, But where can Eng land look for an ally now7 To Germany? Hardly, Germany Is In no mood for fight ing England's battles, and that Is what It would come to In this rase, France Is Hus sin's friend. The United States would bo glad to see Russia provided with n com mercial qutlot. Austria? But wo aro seri ous. Austria does not count, nny more than do Italy and Belgium, so far us this equation Is concerned. Indeed, England's only ally now In sight Is Portugal, nnd until these two lu combination shall havo thrashed the Boers, It Is not likely that they will interfere with Russia. MUJll OK AX AHII1 l,AM POI.ICV. (liiverntiiPiit Control nnd lllxtrlhntloii if the Witter Supply, Portland OregonUn. It Is time a policy wero adopted relative to tho so-called nrld Innds of tho United States. These possessions havo nn Im portant bearing on tho progress of tho country. They are not to bo disposed of ns nro lands that aro in condition for Im mediate cultivation or valuablo for timber or minerals, or by reason of riparian loca tion. They nro not In their natural con dition capable of yielding u living to civil ized man, and nro not, therefore, to bo offered to settlers with any hope that their acceptance will carry benefits to anybody. Somo provision must bo mndo for getting water upon these lands before they will bo corao of practical value. From tho experiments thnt havo been conducted, it appears clear that It Is within tho legitimate functions of tho government to provide for watering the nrld lands, for this necessarily Implies control of the water sources. In thrso wide, dry areas, ho who controls tho water supply has tho land nt his mercy. It Is frequently the practice of prlvato owners to get tho tracts on which springs nro located, or through which streams flow, by which dovlco they govern tho uso of vast areas. Thoso who cannot got to water rauBt leave tho coun try, and tho water owners thus hold it all. Of course, this practice cannot bo per mitted to provall. It Is not only rnnk lu Justlco to citizens, but It keeps the country from development and Is thereby Injurloua to tho state. Congress has already enacted laws that partially remedy this dllllculty, but they do not actively promote tho Im provement of the arid areas, A way Is provided whereby monopoly of water sources may bo prevented hereafter; but this hardly reaches tho real need of tho situation. ' At best tho arid regions nro not Inviting to settlers. Something should bo dono not only to mako it possible for homcbulldcrs to enforco certnln rights against water owners, but to bring tho country Into a condition that shall mako It attractive to tillers of tho soil; for It Is they who need encouragement, who mako thrt stato rich, who aro tho groundwork of social order, the baBls of civilization. So long as tho risk io great and It Is necessary to tako theso lands In vast tracts In order to uso them, thero will be no popuUr movoment to oc cupy them. They will remain vacant or fall Into tho bands of Irrigation companies nr live Block syndicates, who will, of course, uso them to their own ends. Another fen turo of tho problem Is the matter of get ting water upon arid land so situated that It cannot bo seasonably covered from nntural sources of supply. Storago reser voirs aro necessary In such cases, and they aro not only too expensive for ordinary farming communities to uudertuke, hut re quire higher engineering skill than settlers In a now country would find available Senator Wnrren of Wyoming has formed a plan that Is entitled to sortous considera tion. It Is to devoto tho profiecds from the salo of arid lands to projects that will so curo water for them storago reservoirs, Irrigation ditches, etc. Theso would be established and controlled for the general good. At most tho government would risk only tho receipts from tho salo of land that would be practically worthless without buch Improvements, and tho assurance of tho government that tho Improvements would be provided would command thu confidence of homcscckcrs nnd contribute to rapid settlement of tbo country. Hero Is a good plan to elaborate and build on. TIMU l-'OIl CAtTIO.V. How Courten- to Korelgnr rn linn Proven TCxiieunivc In Hie l'nnt. Now York Times. American manufacturers nre warned by tho Electrical Review that the time Is fast coming, If It has not ulrcady arrived, for them to show less courtesy and moro caution In revealing to foreigners tho Inner workings of American factories and In dustrial establishments. Hitherto it has been tho custom to open nl doom to tho visitor from abroad who expressed nn In telligent Interest In our methods and machines, nnd In this way our Hhops, especially those having to do with the practical application of electricity, have been veritable schools for tho European manufacturers, who, although they have always been careful to protect their own Industrial secrets ns much as possible, havo always been allowed and havo often hoeu helped to acquire Information wo bad to Impart. "Is It fair to ourselves," asks tho Re view, "to permit this 'stato of affairs to contlnuo any longor?" nnd It adds, after n reference to tho florco competition for the markets of tho world Into which our manufacturers havo ontered: "Whllo a great part of our superiority In certain directions Is unquestionably duo to well known agencies, still every manufacturer must havo somo particular short cut somo trick of tho trade which he has evolved himself, and which Is his own prlvato property. It Is time, wo think, that tho manufacturers awakened to the neces sity for keeping to themselves nny Informa tion which mny permit their rivals to tako advantngo of them. "Tho natural prldo with which wo have exhibited, perhaps Bomewhat boastfully, our Industrial establishments to tho foreigner should bo replaced with a still moro natural caution for fear thnt be may learn unmethlng to our dlsadvnntugo In the courso of his visit." Now, this nifty bo good practical advice, but one can hope that It Isn't even thnt, ond, nnywny, It rather goes against the grain, Wilt not the generous disdain of secrecy thnt hns permitted us to overtnko tho foreign com petitor nlso serve for keeping up with or passing him? now tiir cisxTimv opnxs. Foreign Ilemunil for American Rooils Mnke n Mmv llecoru. fit. Louis Globe-Democrat. In foreign trado tho United States last month mado n notablo record. It was tho banner January In the w'holo record. Thu total exports were $136,000,000, nn nmount nover equaled except by threo months In 1900 and ono In 1898. Tho total of manufac tured articles exported last month was $51,. 000,000, which Included n largo porccntnge of finished products In Iron nnd steel, Tho cotton sent abroad in January was slightly less In quantity than In 1A00, but an In crease of 2,2 cents n pound rnlsed the ro turns from $27,000,000 to $33,000,000. In the Inst five months tho cotton exports represented $202,000,000, or nn nvorngo ex port price of 9.7 cents n pound, a showing of great encourngemant to cotton Intcrosts, January's balanco of tradoi In our favor was $67,000,000, an Increaso of $25,000,000 over tho balnnce of January, 1900, Including ex ports of silver and gold, foreign Indebted ness to this country was Increased last month by $72,000,000. A general survey of the Industrial and financial field gives assurunce of a prosper ous year and a favorable business outlook In tho United States. It Is n suitable time to refer to the connection between good politics nnd good times. No ono doubted that republican success In tho national elec tion last year would Improve, business, but no one foresaw how emphatic nnd far reaching tho betterment would be. The ro nllty goes for beyond anticipation. At last the world believes In the financial sanity and rectltudo of tho American people. Tested in two elections, the good faith and good f.eneo of this country have been vindi cated. Business men nro not always as active In political affairs ns they should be. If this Indifference rests 011 the Idea that politics Is a minor matter with them they ought to compare tho present situation with that of Ave or six years ago and rcvlso their view of tbo caso. HAWAII MVP ItlH'OXCIU:!!. Smtliiipnt of (lie lulnnil Dlnplnyed In the 'I'errllorlnl Lrglnlntnre. Dtitrolt Free Press. Considering tho manner In which Hawaii became incorporated ns n territory of tho United States . nn assertive antipathy en tho part of tho natives of that Island Is not to bo wondered nt. When tho entering wedgo for American domination was In troduced thoy constituted more than 00 per cent of the population and wcro living under ono of the most liberal constitutions that could be framed In consonance with a constitutional monnrthy. Tho lawful gov ernment wns overthrown by Americans who, In connlvnnco with nbcttors In the United States, had sccrotly Imported nrms and ammunition. They suddenly took pos session of Honolulu, expelling the lawful government nnd holding control oga'cnt subsequent attempts of tho natives to ro cover their natural right. This smnll body of revolutionary Ameri cans constituted tho government with which President McKlnley mndo his trcnly to secure tho Islands nnd their people. Tho people who hnd advanced so far as to build up ouo of tho best forms of self-government had no part or voice In this trtatr. They wero tho helpless vlctlnu c.t -hat commercial greed which has selod tho con trolling Influences of our government with out warrant In n good jonsclcnco or the constitution. A fourth of tho peopla wo took In aro aliens nnd barred from :ltlgcn shlp under our naturalization laws, yet this did not dotor us from robbing tho native of their possessions, government and coun try. It is useless to go further into this affair to nccount for the spirit of antagonism manifested In tho first territorial legisla ture of tho Islands. We will not admit a Chinaman to tho1 United States, and yet ono of thut despised raco Is speaker of tho houso and tbo Independent homo rulo party controls both the scnato and tbo house. When this great government accepted the fruits of despoliation It was freely pre dicted that tho natives would seek, to re cover their Just rights and that they would eventually havo to bo kept In subjugation by forco of nrms. An act significant as to their temper appears In tholr having tho secretary of tho territory ejected from tho houso, though ho was said to bo prcsont ns the representative of President McKln ley nud reporting tho proceedings under apparent nuthorlty granted by a. territorial net. It waa nlso represented that ho was there as a spy for Governor Dolo and for the purpose of iutlmldntlng members. But these new citizens nro not ns sub servient to cxevutlvo authority as tho gen eral congress hns shown Itself to be, and the secretary was led out under an exag gerated conception of tho constitutional re quirement that tho threo branches of tho government must bo kopt entirely distinct, This Is a hnnd8omo scoro for a peoplo whom President McKlnley may have had In -mind In his Inaugural address of four years ago when ho warned tho country ngalnst "a citizenship too Ignorant to un. dcrstnnd or too vicious to appreciate, tho great vuluo and beneficence of our insti tutions nnd our laws." They show a marked disposition to accept our promises of Independence under a free government nt fnco value, if not nt a premium. FOllOOTTHX l,MAF OK HISTORY. Suggestive Precedent for Action on the Idtliinlnn Cnnnl, I.pulsvillc Courier-Journal. Under dato of July 3, 1863, Louis Napo leon, mounted upon a very high horse nnd surveying tho broken fragments of the union, engaged In what nt that tlrao seemed n posslblo war nt extermination, wrote as follows to Gqnoral Forcy: 'In tho actual stato of civilization or the world, tho prosperity of America cannot be n matter ot.ind'lffcrenco to Europe. Wo nro desirous that tho republic of tbo United States bo powerful and prosperous, but vva aro not desirous that sho should mako hors'elf mlctress of tho Gulf of Mex ico, domlnato tho Antilles and South Amer ica, and bo bo tho sole dispenser of tho products of tho now world. If,, on tho con trary, Mexico preserve her independence nnd maintain tho Integrity of her territory, If n government bo established thero with tho assistance of France, we shall havo rendered to the Latin raco on the other sldo of tho occun Its strength nnd prestige; wo shall have guaranteed security to our colon lea and those of Spain; wo snail havo established our beneficent influence In tho center of America, and that lnfluonce, In crentlng Immcnso outlets to our commerce, will procuro for us tho materials lndls- pensablo to our Industry. Today our mili tary honor, thn exigencies of our politics, tho Interests of our industry nnd our com- mcrco, demand that wo march upon Mexico, plant boldly our flag and establish thero even n monarchy, If that bo not Incom patible with the national sentiment of the country." Mark how a turn of tho whirligig of military fortuno put this patronizing and braggadocio manifesto to shamo nnd scorn. Tho government at Washington, onco, morn Impnct, had only to Intlmnto to the French omperor that his solicitude for civilization In Amorlca was misplaced, that the Jatln raco on this side of tho Atlantic could ha trusted to take caro of Itself and that th Monroe doctrine would brook no European Intrusion, and, least of all, a Franco-Auo-trlan monarchy In Mexico. The Maximilian schemo of Latin prldo nnd European vanity vanished Uko n soap .bubble. All that Mr. Soward said to Louis Napoleon with re spect to Mexico tho people of the United States nro prepared to say to England with respect to tho Nicaragua canal. PlOItSOXAI. .OTI58. Tho mikado of Japan Is a constant cigar ctto smoker, but nn athleto and a. lover of outdoor sports. He Introduced foot ball Into his country, plays tennis well nnd Is nn export hunter and flshqrraan. John E. Dubois, a noted lumber dealer of 'Pennsylvania; bns given the Dunham Medical School (homcopnthlc) of Chicago $1,000,000, without reservation. Part of th money will bo used for a hospital. Tho flnnnco committee of tho senate of California roportcd adversely a resolution for tho appropriation of $250,000 for the purchase by tho atato of tho Big Basin grovo of redwoods In Santa Cruz county. Tho reason given was that tho prlco wns "a llttlo high." ' Among tho members of the new Spanish cabinet la tho duko of Verngua, who was to Infurlnted at tho Ingratitude of tho Amorlcnns In refusing to pay with a band somo nnnulty his generosity In allowing his famous ancestor, Christopher Columbus, to discover this country. Citizens of Clovcland, 0 are pleased that tho Grand Army of tho Hopubllo Is to hold Its national encampment there next Soptember, but thoy have learned that they will need at least $80,000 to pay Its ex penscs, nnd are realizing that It Is al ready ttmo to begin to hustle, to raise the money. Rear Admlrul Ocorgo W. Melville is the possessor of several honors which It Is not generally known have been conferred upon him. Ho has a gold medal voted by con gress for Arctic exploration, an LL. D, de gree from Georgetown university, M. 8. from Columbia and D. E. from the Stevens Institute of Technology, It will bo wise for the Into Senator Carter of Montana to keen' away from seaboard cities until tho residents cool cff. Whllo thu natives might enjoy a peep at tho mouth and chin that killed cock robin tho destruction of harbor "pork" for tho year would seriously diminish tho hospi tality usually extended to statesmen. Thomas will therefore nblde In the Interior, whero ''paved- cricks" aro not necessary to make life worth living. AMIIIIICA'S GOI.Iin.V IIOAHD. Hvlilenee of Inureiisril lliinlnei Crcdll nuil I'roNpcrltj St. Louis Olobe-Deiuocrnt. Tho beginning of President McKlnley's second term Is coincident with tho scoring of ouo moro "highest" for tho gold ro servo In tho treasury nt Wnshlngton. Thi amount of gold In that depository Is nbout $190,000,000, which Is Iho largest sum over nccumtilated In tho trensury. Not nil nt It belongs to tho government. About $276. 000,000 Is held ns security for gold cer tlflcate.i which aro outstnndlng. Tho bank nnd tho prlvato Individuals holding theso notes nro tho owners of this amount of tho gold which Is In tho treasury. Tho gov ernment nets ns n trustee for them to this amount. But considerably over $200,000,000 of tho $490,000,000 Is free from this lien. Under tho law of March U, 1900, commonly known ns tho gold stnndard net, n rcservo or $160,000,000 Is set npnrt In tho trensury for a redemption fund for greenbacks nnd Shor. man notes outstnndlng. This reserve takes thp placo of tho $100,000,000 fund techni cally required under previous laws. Not only Is this $150,000,000 of gold held In thu treasury In excess of Iho $270,000,000 of tho fund held for tho redemption of outstanding gold certificates, but thcro Is In tho neigh borhood of $64,000,000 In nddltlon, which Is nvnllnblo for nny cxpendlturo which th government makes. This $6-l000,000 Is "free" gold. A few years ngo tho government had groat difficulty In keeping tho gold fund for tho redemption of greenbacks up nnywhero none tho $100,000,000 mark. In two yenrs In the second term of President Cleveland tho government had to soil $262,000,000 of In-terest-bearlng bonds for gold Ih order to keep tho fund up to n point which would provont tho country from dropping to tho silver basis. At ono tlmo In that period tho gold rcservo was down to $41,000,000. At tho present tlmo tho reserve nnd thp "free" gold Is mom thnn five, times us groat In nmount ns It wns then, or $214,000,000 In nil. This Is n sweeping change In condi tions. It marks an advance In bUHlnrs credit nnd prosperity such us tho country hns never scoccd previously In nny equal of time. All this transformation has been caused by tho wisdom of tho Amerlcnu peo ple In putting the party of Industrial sanlt and financial honesty In power nud keep ing It In power, POI.Ti;i UKMAltKS. Tn(Hntifi?wi1la trvsu ht i,n,A .,aiIa.,i m V t- nutu nn illicit snld tho Comfed Philosopher, "that tho mall WHO Wntl't tnt lin.itit,. linn r 1,1... t.lrti.'M can always ilnd soino one to buck him up." Philadelphia. 1'rrxn! Iliiutmtifl'MVnn't forget to vvnko mo nt 7 o'clock, ns usual, tomorrow morning. Wife Why. VOIl ilnn't hnvn tn irrw In lh ofllco. It's a holiday. iiuHuunu 1 kuow, nut vvnko mo at 7. I Want to havo till! HUtlRriintlim nf rntllnr- ovcr and going to slcc- nguln. Catholic Htumhml! Annum What In this "writer's crump" that you nownpaper fellows havo so often? Spacerlte Why, It's lxdng cramped for money. 1'vo got It now. Lend mo a V, will you? Detroit Journal Tho worm turned. "It Is not enough!" ho moaned. -Accordintrlv ho stood on liix h and hung by his toes from tho chnndollor. Finally, tho Worm's baby quit crying and smiled, uud ut this thu Worm doslstcd. Plttsburtr Chronicle: "Thnt ennfnninlr,! waiter," complained tho victim, "tried to hit mo In tho Jaw when I usked for corns apricots." , "Excuso mo," snld tho new vvnlter. whr had been summoned beforo tho proprietor, "I fought tho gent suld liuud him u few uppcrcuts." Phllndelnhla Press: Cnsev Did ver irn tell. til' thenytor, lasht Wright? -vicwuiieriy ui inn. ah iwns a stiKin. Casey Wns It so? What wns tit play? McCafferty P'lilth. thev elilled It Meltnfh. nn' sorra th' Olrlshtnuu thero was la It, ut all. THIS OI,l COUXTllV IIANI1. John L. Shroy In Philadelphia. Ledger. 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