THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, JUNE 3, 1001.
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before mo this 31st day of May. A. D. 1901.
M. II. HUNQATK.
Notary Public.
Colonel Krynn Is Ktire now that Mc
Klnley Is an enitmror. Up to this tlnio
ho merely entertained suspicions. .
ARtilnalilo's opinion of the supreme
court decision In the Insular eases has
not yet heen flashed liy tho popocratlc
yellow Journals, hut It may hp expected
under hip black type almost any day.
Wonder If It will be safe for Charley
Towne to expose himself to contamlna
tlon with the Wall street plutocrats
wlurn he removes to New York? lie
oiifjht to take Adlai uIoiik with him as
a ehapcrone.
Dca Jlolnes put up $100,000 for the
privilege of having the Iowa state fair
located there as a permanent tiling.
Lincoln otiRht to gratefully appreciate
the Kenerous treatment accorded to It
by tho legislature and state board.
Olllcial computations show Nebruska
bunk deposits for 1000 to have been
$'Jo,89 1,000, or more than $1,000,000 In
excess of the deposits for 1892, 'which
has heretofore been high water mark.
Not a bad showing for a farincr state.
Henry Wattersou voices the demand
for a new deal for the democrats In
1901, not only in candidates hut also
In platform declarations. The troublo
Is that the old crowd still has posses
sion of tho deck, although all their
chips are gone.
With the advent of the tlrst of June
the price of Texas oil stocks have goue
up-un paper. A favored few, how
over, can get in on the ground tloor If
they tnko advantage of conditions. But
It will be a toss-up whether they come
out at the top story or emerge through
the basement.
Tho recognized organ of the populists
In Nebraska has again come urouutl to
the point of remarking that "whenever
a pass or rebate Is given a robbery Is
committed." When the state house was
tilled with populist pass passengers
this axiom was laid on the shelf and
relegated to disuse.
In all the hubbub over the decisions
of the supreme court In the Porto Hlcan
cases, the Porto Hlcans, who were
most directly concerned seem to have
token the matter inoro coolly than any
one. Not one of them has expressed
nuy audible desire to go back to the
conditions of the old Spanish regime.
Cinder walks are better than no
walks. The clnden walk may lie hard
on shoes, but It is not as dangerous as
a wooden walk, which exposes people
to Injuries for which the city and prop
city owncrt become liable. Neither
wooden walks nor cinder walks should
be allowed to bo laid on streets where
permanent grades have" been established
Tho general rule is safe to follow
that In the distribution of postoillce
patronage In the smaller towns rccog-
nltlon should be nccorded the editor of
the republican paper that has fought
tho battles of the party and kept alive
tho party spirit In season and out of
soason. f party serv.lco is to be tho
deciding factor, then the country editor
will In nine cases out of ten havo the
strongest claim,
Those Scotch universities object to tho
conditions of Andrew Carnegie's pro
posed gift that would place the bright
sons of ordinary life alongside of tho
nons of curls and dukes, but they do
not wunt to lot tho Carnegie millions
get away from them. The ipiostlon
resolves Itself Into this, Can the aristo
cratic universities persuade Mr. Car
ncglo that their plan of using his money
1b an Improvement on his plan?
The cutlets dismissed from at Point
havo decided to abandon effort to be
reinstated and to go to Kcuador to
engage In railroad bulldlug. They havo
been. ,tho victims of a vicious system
whlcli hitd grown up at the academy
and, though the general public oudorses
tho radical measures deemed necessary
to break it up, It will sincerely hope
that tho young uen may more thuu
retrieve thuuieclvcs.
UFFlCKHOLDIXa ASD Puri'LlSM.
One term of ofllcc his spoilt many a
good man. After sitting for two years
In his office chair he Is not worth a cop
per for anything else on earth. Nine limes
out of ten he becomes a wirepuller and
office-seeker and is utterly useless to hint
self and all tho rest of mankind. The
man who conies out of office and goes ac
tively Into business and acts as It he never
was an officeholder at all Is the chap who
does some good In the world. Office
holding Is a snare and a delusion. Never
accept an office except as a duty you owe
to the state and In return for tho benefits
that you have received from free govern
ment. That was tho gld populist doctrine
and It Is a good one, based, as all the pop
ulist doctrines are, upon good, hard, com
mon sense. Nebraska .Independent.
That may havo been tho good old pop
ulist doctrine, but If fco all the populists
arc backsliders. During the whole ten
years of populist activity In Nebraska
not a single populist officeholder, so far
as wo know, has completed one term
of olllce without looking for an exten
sion of olllcial life, either by re-election
to the same olllce or by promotion
to another. If any of them really ac
cepted olllce as n duty, they sought to
hold onto It as a prerogative. If they
found olllce to bo a snare and a delu
sion, they did not wake up to the fact
until after they were out of It. Not
that this characteristic Is peculiar to
populists or con lined to Nebraska, but
Nebraska populists havo displayed their
otllee-seeklng proclivities In the most
marked degree.
There is more truth than poetry, how
ov(f, In the assertion that quo. term
of olllce has spoiled many a good mall
and a great many niore hn.vc been
spoiled by two terms. This was evi
dently the view taken by the f miners,
of our state constitution when they put
up a bar against s'.ite treasurers hold
ing more than two terms, They might
perhaps havo done better to have lim
ited that and all the other statx offi
cers to one term of four years and save
the state the expense of annual elections.
GERMANS tX SUUTH AMEltlCA.
A short time ago a London news
paper solemnly warned the United
States that' (Ionium colonization of
South America Is part of the kaiser's
plan of empire and that the crucial
test of the Monroe doctrine will come
from (Senium aggression In thnt quar
ter. Particular refereuce was had to
the (icriuuu colonization In South Bra
zil, which Is believed to have been en
couraged by the Imperial government,
with a view to tho ultimate establish
ment there of an Independent govern
ment under the protection of Germany
and which would extend the lnlluence
of that nation In South America.
It Is now reported from Berlin that
u large number of Germans are pre
paring to emigrate to Kcuador and
that the movement Is being encouraged
by the government, lu pursuance of the
policy followed In Brazil of effecting
a Germuu occupation of the country
without offending the Monroe doctrine.
It Is stated that the Germans now lu
southern Brazil are strong enough to
secede from the Brazilian republic and
it is probable that they will before
long take this step. Should they suc
ceed, says the dispatch, the new state
would be nominally Independent, but
In reality a dependency of Germany
and a colony of that empire, nnd Ger
many would thus obtain a strong po
litical foothold In that quarter. The
Germaus hope. It Is declared, thus to
bring South America under their dom
ination without the use of arms and
without giving the United States any
ground for Interference.
The Germans have shown n great
dcul of commerclul. enterprise In South
America. German trado with that con
tinent has for years been making steady
progress and Is growing there more
rapidly than thut of auy p'ther country.
But that the Gorman government has
any such purpose, In encouraging col
onization and the extension of trade
with South America, seems quite In
credible. If the German settlers lu
Brazil should determine to establish an
independent government that would be
a matter for Brazil alone to deal with,
but In the event of Germany giving
assistance to such a movement there
would be ground for the application
of the Monroe doctrine und there can
be uo doubt that it would be applied.
It Is, however, uullkoly" that the Ger
mans in South Brazil seriously con
template secesslou and the formation
of an Independent government.
There Is uo evidence that they are dls
satlstled with existing conditions and
It Is not apparent lu what way they
would be better off with an Independ
ent government. At all events, If the
kaiser and the Genuau expansionists
are really dreaming of a new Ger
niauy In South America they will lw
wise to dismiss the idea, for nothing
of the kind Is practicable, Let Ger
many go on pushing. Its trade In that
continent with all possible vigor. To
her enterprise in this direction there
can be no objection. But any attempt
to plant he)' political Influence there
would encounter vigorous opposition
and inevitable, defeat.
A VW.7.LIXG QUESTION.
The question as to the application
of the supreme court decisions to tho
Philippines Is perplexing -the adminis
tration. Tho president hay asked At
torney General -Knox for an opinion as
to the constitutional effect of tho es
tablishment of civil governt'nent lu the
Philippines under the. sanction of the
Spoouer law', as to 'which tht're Is wide
divergence of vlcws. The tnrjft prob
lem Is of clp f .importance. ' Accord
ing to Wawhlngton dispatches, Senators
Lodge and Proctor, who are on the
Philippines eotnmlttee, are ilrmly of the
opinion that under tho decisions of tha
supreme court the tariff on Philippines
goods is destroyed. These senators, It
Is said, do not think any tariff-making
enu be done by J he Taft commission
or by tho president under the Spoontr
act. Whether tho president could still,
through the commission, keep the Span
ish tariff In effect or by executive or
der under his military powers Is what
the attorney geuoral Is asked for an
opinion on.
It would scon that there could be uo
controversy us to the difference be
tween the Koraker act und the Spooner
amendment to the army bll. The
former provides a schedule of govern
ment for the regulation atid control
of affairs In Porto Itlco, Including a
tariff regulation. The Spooner amend
ment delegates certain general powers
to the president, but says nothing In
regard to tariff. Indeed, when It was
proposed In the senate to give the com
mission created by the Spooner reso
lution express authority to make a
tariff for the Philippines the proposi
tion received no consideration, repub
lican senators urging that It would
cause a protracted tariff debate and
possibly Intensify the feeling produced
by the Porto Itlco tariff. This fact
weighs strongly against the contention
that tinder the Spoouer amendment the
president has authority to prescribe a
tariff, for the Philippines.
It appears, also, that some repub
lican senators doubt the wisdom of es
tablishing civil government In the archi
pelago at once, or until It could be
shown that the now government would
have something like as much power as
would be surrendered when the mili
tary power comes to an end. There
Is danger, however, In delaying the es
tablishment of civil government lu the
Philippines.
Thus the decisions of the supreme
court have complicated the situation
and increased Its dllllcultles. It Is pos
sible that It may yet be found neces
sary to call an extra session of con
gress to deal with the problem, but
this will largely depend upon the na
ture of the opinion given by the attor
ney general.
AT TUB CUUSSltUADS.
The natural law that governs the
growth of Individuals also governs the
growth of communities. Under the law
of the survival of the tlttest, the man
who falls to keep pace In the race Is
distanced and plowed under. When a
city ceases to progress, It goes back
ward and drops out of the running with
Its commercial competitors. In this ever
moving nnd ever changing world there
Is no such thing as standing still.
Omaha has fully recovered from the
financial disaster and general depres
sion that followed the drouth and panic.
It lias reached a crossroad when enter
prise and energy may send It fonvnrd at
leaps ami bounds or Indifference and In
action may relegate It to the rear while
Its competitors are forging to the front.
With a clear perceptlqn of the forces at
Its command, Omaha can double Its
population within the next ten years
and possibly even sooner.
First and foremost, Omaha must bear
In in I nd that this Is un industrial era.
The growth of great cities all over the
world durlug the closing years of the
nineteenth century has been brought
about by marvelous Industrial develop
ment by which human energy has been
centralized in production. The great
cities of the world are the cities that
give steady employment to the greatest
number of wage workers. The shlpplug
Interests and the Jobbing interests are
secondary to the manufacturing inter
ests. The tendency of the times Is for
manufacturers to deal directly with the
retailers.
As a distribution center Omaha al
ready enjoys superior advantages,
Omaha's greatest need Is mills and fac
tories. It does not necessarily follow
that only large mills and colossal fac
tories urc desirable. On the contrary,
the greatest manufacturing centers have
been built up by the encouragement of
small workshops that have been en
larged from time to. time as the demand
for their products warranted.
At this stage of its growth Omaha can
best promote Its future prosperity by
bonding all energies upon the acquisi
tion of more home factories. With an
Increase of its factory output, the dis
tribution will take care of itself and
with an Increase of Its working popu
lation the retail trade will expand of
Its own accord.
The commercial Ashing Industry iu
Iowa furnishes employment for 7,059
people nnd gives to the public n food
product valued at ?827,014. This is ex
clusive of the vast number of fish
caught by sportsmen und people who
do not put their product on the mar
ket. The despised buffalo fish leads
In commercial vnlue nnd the homely
cattish comes next. Those Inclined to
think the money wasted that Is spent
preserving and Increasing the fish sup
ply should consider these figures. It
Is not all done to give people a chance
for a pleasure outing.
By the way, the report about new
switches and sidetracks being added
to the facilities afforded by the stock
ynrds company raises the question as
to whether the extensive trackage now
belonging to that company, from which
it derives a snug revenue each year, Is
listed for taxation at figures auywhere
near what the assessment should be.
It is dollars to doughnuts thut this
valuable property iu almost wholly
escaping tho taxgatherer, while other
property owners have to make good Its
share.
Chicago's school board has turned
down a proposition to Introduce the
free text book system into the lower
grades of the public schools of that
city. Omaha, however, continues to
furnish fat pickings and continuous
(.linages of text books for the school
book trust.
Ono of our local contemporaries
sounds the alarm over tho prospective
life Insurance trust. There Is not half
as much dumago threatened to the in
terests of this sectlop by a life Insur
ance t'-utt ns there Is already Inlllcted
by tho existing fire Insurance trust.
Michigan has now unearthed a kid
naping suspect whose skill could only
have been acquired by having had a
hand iu the Cudahy case. We were
Just about to remark thnt It was time
once more to resurrect a newly-Hedged
brood of Clowes.
The proposed new ferry between South
Omaha nnd Manawa will, It Is asserted,
save sixteen miles to people who waut
to uiuke tho trip. If this be true, the
proposed ferry tuny fill a long felt waut,
nut wny should the county coium ss on
era give away a ten-year franchise for
Providence favors the striking ma
chlnlsts and all the striking machinists
lu Providence have returned to work
with ten hours' pay for nine hours
work.
WJiother Omaha hug taken front rank
as a muMcal city Is not material so
long as Omaha Is willing to support
an annual musical festival.
(limpet nf Toll.
Saturday Evening Post.
Hard work la the present means few
regrets In the future.
Worth WnllliiK For.
Washington Post!
It will take sevoral years to see what
kind of an officer and a gentleman an tin
hftjed West Point cadet will make. Hut
the experiment Is worth waiting for.
I'ruKrrKH Stulix n Tor.
Washington Post,
It appears that tho growth of the Ohio
mothprs' congress was stunted by an Im
practical woman, who Insisted on having a
married woman for presiding officer.
Thi- f'uitntr' Is Snfe.
Loulsvlllo Courier-Journal.
"The corpuscular hypothesis succeeds thy
atomic and we now' have an electric baso
of matter," says the Boston Olobe. We
bclfevo it is now safe to announce that
the Lean corner lias been smashed.
A Hrniiitp ContltiKriipy.
Indianapolis Journal,
If the time ever comes that a congress
elected by the people cannot be trusted,
nor the people thcmsolvcs trusted to elect
a better one, the country will indeed be
past saving. But that time Is far distant.
Good Friend to I. villi (In.
Brooklyn Eagle
To stand by tho United States Is never
an error. To trust the Bcuse and Justlco
of the American peoplo Is never a mis
take. To bollevu that what ought to bo
will bo and that what ought to bo Is con
stitutional Is to bank on certainty. To
llvo should be to learn, and Uvo and learn
Is the slncdro und friendly advlco we give
to those who should rest no hopo of re
pute on the lamentably large number of
occasions and Issues In which they havo
despaired of their country and misjudged
Its cltlcns.
I'lnln Knscllnh In Ilciiuuul.
Hartford Courant.
Some of the young gentlemen now busy
over their books In tho law schools or
law offices will 'be delivering the opinion
of the court long before tho clock strikes
1050. That Is an additional reason why
all those young gentlemen (since the wisest
of us cannot pick out the future judges
now) should bo Incited and required to
study two or three (at least) of the John
Marshall dcolslons, for tho style no less
than for the matter. He said what he had
to say In simple, straightforward English
every time. The ability to do that Is
worth having, and It Is much rarer among
the eminent occupants of the bench than
It o Ught to bo.
Iletln- of Culm.
St. Louis alobe-Demoorat.
Thv logical course for Cuba, of course,
Is annexation to (be United States, and
that co'ursu will ultimately be taken. It
Is about half a century ago since Ever
ett, Fillmore's secretary of state, told
Franco and England, which wanted to have
tho United States Join with them in a
pledge not to attempt the acquisition of
Cuba, that the fate qf Cuba was a purely
American question, in which tho United
States had a 'paramount Interest, and In
which the outside world, except Spain, the
owner of Cuba, would not be permitted to
lntcrforc, Everett, In that utterance, voiced
the views of every American statesman from
the days of Jefferson onward. Every Amer
ican statesman of any promlnenco for the
last 100 years' b.ag looked upon Cuba In the
light of an ultimate acquisition of the
United States. This attitude nf thn Amer
ican peoplo has not changed. Cuba, by
tho free voice qf Its peoplo, will one day
becomo United States torrltory, but It will
try independence first.
OUIl TllADE WITH El' II OPR.
CrorrliiB' In One Direction, Mtntlonnry
In Another.
New York World.
In strong contrast ivlth tho almost sta
tionary condition of our commerce with
tho Central and South American states for
the last ten year? Is tho great growth of
our commerce with Europe during the same
period,
Within that decade our total exports of
merchandise to all European countries In
creased" from 704,788.047 to $1,040,167,763.
Tho total of our imports from all European
countries Is another story. It actually
diminished from 4C9,30o,372 In 1831 to $440,-
667,314, in 1900. It Is our export trade only
with Europe that has Increased. The exact
ne't Increase, Including both Imports and
exports, of our European commerce was
$316,631,658 during the same ten years In
which our trade with all tho states of Cen
tral and South America has remained at a
standstill. Moxlco alono of all the Ameri
can countries to the south of us shows an
Increase in her commerce with the United
States In tbo iamo period amounting In
round figures to 1,500,000. ,
I, A ST VICAH'S IIUUMNUS.
Klrr I.oaaea In the United .Stales
IMucetl nf IS I (10,000,000.
Hartford Courant,
Again wp receive from the Chronicle
company that always Interesting compila
tion, tho "F!rc Tables." They make tho
flro wastes of 1900 this is tho Chroni
cle's phraso, and a good phrubc, too 1160,
929, SOS. The year cost the Insurance com
panies J93, 403,650. Since 1897 there has been
a steady Increase In the number of fires
especially of tho so-called small fires In
tho' was'to of property and ,ln the calls
upon tho underwriters, And nothing,
practically, Is 'done to check It. Our con
temporary thinks that carelessness (with
matches, cigar stubs, etc.) should be "pen
alized," as crlmols. How would our con
temporary Bet about It?
Last year's fres burned 131 American
fair and exposition- buildings, fifteen armo
ries, nine art galleries, seventy-eight
asylum buildings, seventy-nine volhgo
buildings, 143 clubhouses, nine convents,
forty-six court houses, three customs
houses, two dry docks, twcnty-flvo electric
power houses, fifty-four gas works, eleven
govornmcn(. buildings, 1&4 grain elevators,
seven gymnasiums, 622 public and society
halls, seventy-three hospital build
ings, 1,321 hotels, 354 Ice houses,
sixty-tour Jail's, nineteen public libra
ries, 1,31)1 liquor Btorcs, seventeen pub
Uo markets, nine ship yards, sixteen penlj.
tcnllary and reformatory buildings, forty
Hovfn police and flro department stations,
266 postofflces, seven powder mills, 470
printing hc-'uses, 142 railroad bridge, foity
one car h?ps, 331 station buildings, forty
roundhouses, forty-.elght railroad ptablcs.
943 restaurants, (welvo rinks, i"2S echoal
houses, thirty. one seminary buildings, two
state houses, 133 theaters and opera housts,
140 tobacco barns, 332 vessels at wharves or
on rlvor.i, fifty-nine wharves, eighty wind
mills and forty-two water tanks. The
number of Insured dwellings and tenements
burned. In this country lat year was 49,29i(,
of Insured barns, stables, granaries, etc,
14,678.
iy MIllltASKA's POLITICAL I'IKLll.
Bancroft Blade (ri-p.). The appointment
of Editor Richmond of the waiisa Enterprise-Herald
as postmaster of Wausa shows
a determination upon the part of the ad
ministration, both stato and national, to
credit the newspaper boys with a goodly
part of tho work In turning the state back
Into the republican ranks.
Papllllon Times (dcm.) Oovcrnor Sav-
ago says he Is going to knock a few sine
cures higher than a kite. We havo heard
this sort of promise before. Oovornor Sav
age may mean .what he says, but not every
man Is permitted to do as he deems best.
But If he does abolish a lot of offices whose
holders do nothing but draw fat salaries
from the state treasury ho will cam the
hearty plaudits of tho people.
Papllllon Times (dem,): The reform
forces of Nebraska should quit quarreling
about which party shall furnish tho can
didate for Judge of tho supremo court. The
first question to be decided Is, Who Is the
best man for the place? And when that
question la iKclded the other questions
should be forgotten. Nebraska's supreme
court has been tho victim of too much
politics for a quarter of a century.
Broken Bow Republican: It la painful to
seo how profouudly silent tho demo-pop
papers of thin vicinity are nboul the suit
brought by a republican attorney-general
against ex-Secretary Porter to compel htm
to turn Into the state treasury the mouey
ho carrlod awny with him belonglug to tho
state, it was not so when Hartley was
found to bo u defaulter. There still seems
to bo a difference as to whoso ox Is gored.
Silver Creek Times (pop.): Nebraska's at
torney general has notified our friend Porter
that he must put up $923.80, which he held
out on account of the stocks and brands
commission. Of courso ho should, but he
don't feel Inclined to do so. Tho fact of the
matter lb that our ex-secretary knows that
they can't make him, for the collection of
the money was lilt gal and the stato Is not
cntltlod to It as a matter of legal right and,
as he has It In his pocket, ho don't feel like
making tho stato a present of It. We are
sorry, for wo did hopo that none of our pop
ulist officers would Vfork the Oeno Moore
racket.
Schuyler Quill (pop.)! J. Sterling Morton
In his paper, the Conservative, advocates
tho organization of a new party and thinks
that a national convention should be called
for that purpose. Tho new party, he iays,
should dcclaro for tbo gold standard and
against government ownership of railroads,
canals and steamship lines, His views are
so nearly Ilka thoso of republicans that he
might as well get Into the republican band
wagon. That a party can be organized on
the tines laid down by Morton U very Im
probable, and If It wqre it would havo an
oxtremoly small following. A new party
which would gather together tho Bryan
democrat, the populist and the silver re
publican Into one organization would be for
the best Interests of the country. Such
an organization might march on to victory,
but tho ono suggestion by J, Sterling Is a
figment of the Imagination and there Is
about as much need for It as there Is for
another republican administration.
Beatrice Democrat: Tho Columbus Tele
gram and Crete Democrat are very mucli
perturbed because a thorough Investigation
develops the fact that the late popocratlc
state officers were more susceptible of
bribery and a cheaper lot than tho re
publcans. It Is shown that where tho re
publican official asked for a pass for him
self and family for a pleasure trip to the
mountains or scashoro he also demanded
enough money to pay expenses, while tho
pop official could bo put off with passes
alone, though ho usually placed a very
broad limit upon his demands for the paste
boards. So far as the Democrat Is con
cerned, it has found human nature to be
about the same everywhere. The pass hun
ter Is In no way changed by quitting tho
republican party and Joining the pops.
AVhllo a pass' Is a valuable thing, given for
a consideration, ltn use has become a cus
tom, and very few public officers of any
party refuse to bo bribed by them.
Hastings Tribune (rep.): Governor Sav
age has given It out cold that all the "soft
snaps" will havo to go and the people who
havo been tilting them will have to onco
more go out Into tho wide, wide world to
try and mako an honest living. This Is as
It should be, for these "soft snaps" wero
created by thn fustonlsts In order to accom
modate a certain crowd of their ever-faithful
followers who became one of them
purely because they believed In holding
offlco as long und as often as possible. But,
no doubt, this was tho way they had counted
upon reforming politics, and they certainly
succeeded In that one particular thing. As
an Illustration of how these "snaps" are
held, Governor Savage cites the State In
stitution for tho Blind at Nebraska City,
where there aro .forty-eight Inmates and
thirty employes, while at tho Deaf and
Dumb Institution at Omaha tho same condi
tions exist. This Is almpst as bad as a
holdup In broad daylight and cannot be
abolished any too soon.
OlflEKS KI10M TUB STATE I'll ESS.
Louisville Courier: Nebraska wants no
bull tights. Nebraska peoplo will not stand
for It, and Governor Savago Is asked to
put a damper on It In the start. South
Omaha Is libeling Nebraska In advertising
a bull fight and should bo enjoined from
further disgracing the fair name of the
state.
Hayes County Republican: Considerable
exctement Is reported to be on tap In tho
vicinity of Stratton over an alleged gold
find, and a large number of claims aro
said to have already been staked out. The
chances are that some farmer has been
shaking the accumulated dust out of bis
trousers pockets up there.
Oroeley Leader: The state of Nebraska
will scarcely ever know bow much It owes
to Governor Furnas and J. Sterling Mor
ton for the gospel of treo planting tbey
have preached and practiced tor so many
years. Many who had been brought up
under this gospel's benign Influence fur
ther cast and brought all sorts of tree seeds
with them when they settled on thu "tree
less waste," received fresh Inspiration
from their oxhortatlons and successes and
arp making tho commonwealth tho vorltahlo
paradise of verdure of which It Is capable.
li:itS().VAI, NOTES.
Sir Edwin Arnold's health continues to
fall rapidly. Ho is altogether blind and
goes out driving only about onco a week,
but continues hU literary work by means of
dictation.
During the months of April and May, New
York City had but fourteen days of sun
shine. Bala foil on thirty-seven days, mak
ing a total (all uf 13.79 Inches of water
where the regular supply is unlimited,
A lawyer In a Pennsylvania court grew
hp watm In his argument that n number of
matches In his pocket were Ignited, sot fire
to his coat and unwittingly ho presented
himself to the court literally In a blaze
of eloquence.
General Low Wallaco Is hard at work
upon his autobiography and recently roado
a trip to Kentucky to confer with some vet
erans, from whom ho gathored data for a
description of the battle of Snlloh, which
will bo included,
When asked the other day as to the ques
tion lift raised concerning tho syntactical
number of tho United States, ex-Secretary
John W. Fostqr said: "I think, aftor oil,
tho best answer Is that of the cartoonist:
'Between ourselves tho United States are
plural, but between ourbclvcH and any
other nation the United Slates ts singu
lar.' "
LIKE l THE PHILIPPINES.
I'lmt-lliiuil Ulifiorvntloni) of .NntlM-
("hnrnelprlKlleii.
Frederick M. Sawyer, , on Englishman who
has resided In the Philippines for fourteen
.years, has published tho results of his ob
servations In n volume entitled, "Inhab
itants of the Philippines." Tho New York
Sun's book rcvlewor devotes nearly a pagii
to a summary of the author's observations
and conclusions, somo of which are par
tlcularly Instructive to Americans at this
time. A notoworthy feature of Mr. Saw-
ycr's work Is his favorable estimate of tho
Inhabitants. Hu says he found his clients
punctual lu their payments, and his cm
ployes, whether workmen or servants,
skillful, Industrious and grateful. As re
gards the accusation of their being sav
ages and Incnnablo of clvllltatlon accusa
tions made by American politicians for
campaign purposes tbo nuthor reminds us
that tho Tagals treated their prisoners of
war. both Spanish and American, with hu
inanity, and In that respect may challenge
comparison with tho conduct of more pre
trntlous nations.
Writing before the outbreak of tho In
surrection against American authority, Mr.
Sawyer testifies that "the Tagals mako
good soldiers and can .narch long distances
barefooted. They gave proofs of pluck and
endurance when assisting tho French In
Tonquln. If well led thoy will advance re
gardless of dangor: when onco engaged they
become frenzied and bloodthirsty, most
difficult to restrain. They nre not Improved
by being made to wear gloves, boots, hel
muts and European uniforms." As sailors
thay aro unsurpassed In the cast. They
navigate their schooners and lorchas with
much skill, although tho rigging and outfit
arc seldom kept In thorough order, unless
they have a Spanish captain. They servo
both as sailors mid flromcn lu tho coast
wise Htcamern bolonglng to Manila, und
they manned nil tho smaller vessels of tho
Spanish navy In tho .Philippines. Most of
the British und foreign steamers In tho
far east carry Manila men as quarter
masters. The Tagals aro considered to bo
tho most skillful helmsmen.
As clerks and storekeepers Mr. Sawyer
found thn Tagals honest, assiduous nnd
wcll-bchavcd. As draughtsmen they wore
fairly skillful In drawing from hand
skotchfs, .and excelled In copying or trac
ing, but wero quite untrustworthy In taking
out quantities and commuting. Whon doing
business with tho Tagals our author found
that the elder men could bo trusted. "If
I gave thoip credit," says he, "for ono or
two years, which was often the case, I
could depend upon the money being paid
when duo, unless soma calamity, such as
a flood or a conflagration, had rendered It
Impossible for them to find tho cash. In
such an event, which seldom happened,
they would advise mo of their Inability
beforehand, and perhaps bring a portion
of the money, giving an Interest-bearing
noto for tho remainder, nnd never denying
tho debt. I never made a bad debt among
thorn, and gladly testify to their punctilious
honesty."
When dealing, on tho other hand, with
the younger men, who bad been educated
lu Manila, In Hong Kong or even In Eu
rope, Mr. Sawyer observed that the Idea
of tho sacredness of an obligation had been
eradicated and that no sufficient sense of
honor had been Implanted In Its stead.
"I may say that, whilst tho unlettered
agriculturist, with his old-fashioned garb
and qulot, dignified manner, Inspired roe
with the respect due to an honest and
worthy man, tho feeling evolved from a
discussion with the younger nnd educated
men, dressed In European clothos, who had
been pupils In tho Atcneo Municipal or In
(the University of) Santo Tomns, was less
favorable, nnd It became evident to mo
that, although they might be more in
structed than their fathers were, they
were morally below them." Elsewhere, tho
author points out that to take a young
native lad away from bis parents to place
him In n corrupt capital like Manila- and
to cram htm with tho Intricacies of Span
ish law, while probably In nil thoso who
surround blm there Is not a single honest
and upright man to whom he can look for
precept and example, Is to deprive him
of whatever good principles of action he
may once havo possessed, whilst giving
him no guide for hl3 future conduct. "Ho
acquires the European vices without tbo
virtues; loses his native modesty and self
respect, nnd develops too often Into a con
temptible pettifogger Instead of becoming
an honest farmer." Tho more educated
Tagals, It seems, aro fond of litigation, and
with the nsslstanco of native or half-caste
lawyers will carry on tho most frivolous
and vexatious lawsuits, with every artlflco
that cunning and utter unscrupulousness
can suggest. They will shamelessly per
jure thomselvcs or suborn witnesses. It
Is said that blank stamped paper of any
year can bn obtnlned for tho purpose of
forging documents relating to tho salo of
land. The corrupt nature of the Spanish
courts was a mainstay t such peoplo.
On tho whole, Mr. Sawyer bears witness
that thoro Is much that U good In tho
Tagal, much to llko and admire. The fact,
however, must not bo lost sight of that the
piratical blood Is strong In htm yet. "He
requires restraint and guidance from tho.iu
who havo a higher standard for their
aptlons than ho has. Left to himself, ho
would Infallibly relapse Into savagery. At
tho same time hp will not bo governed by
bruto force nnd, under oppression or contu
mollous treatment, he will abandon the
plains, re Urn to tho mountains and lead u
predatory life. Although not Just or truth
ful himself, he can recognize and rovero
truth and Justlco In a master or governor.
Courageous hlmsolf, only a courageous man
can win his respect. Ho Is gratoful and
whoever can securo his veneration and
gratitude will havo no trouble in leading
him." As wo havo seen, our nuthor testi
fies to th Tagal's excellence In many hnndl-
crafts and callings. Mr. Sawyer Is dlrpsEod
to doubt, however, whether the Tagals pos
sess tho montal and moral equipment for
any of tho liberal professions, "t should
not llko," he says, "to place my affairs In
tho hands of a Tagal lawyor, to I rust ray
llfo In tho bands of n Tagnl doctor or to
purchase an cstute on tho faith of a Tagal
surveyor's measurement. I do not say that
they aro till untrustworthy or that they
can novor becomo fit for the higher call
ings, but thoy aro not fit for them now, and
It will take a long tlmo nnd a completely
changed system of education before they
can becomo fit. What they want aro ex
amples of a high type of honor and morality
that thoy could look up to and strive to
Imitate."
Tho most numerous and, aftor tho Tagal,
thn most Important race In the Philippines
Is tho Vlsaya, formerly called the Pin
tados, or painted men, from tho blue tat
tooing which was practiced at tho tlmo of
thn Spanish conquest, To this race ho
longs thn mass of tho Inhabitants of the
six considerable Islands called Vltayus, and
lying between Luzon and Mindanao, This
people havo a language of tholr own,
whereof there are several dialects. In
appearance tho Vlsayas differ somewhat
from the Tagals, exhibiting a greater re
semblance to tho Malaya of Borneo and
Malacca, Tho men wear their hair longer
than the TngalH, and tho women wear a
patndlum, Instead of a taya and a tapis,
Tho patadlum Is a plccn of cloth a yard
wldo and over two yards long, tho ends
of which aro sown together. The wearer
steps Into it and wraps It around thn flgurn
from the waist downward, doubling It
over on tho front Into a wldo fold, anil
tucking It securely nt tho waist. The
saya, on tho other hand, ts a made skirt,
tied at tha waist with a tape, and tho
tapis Is a breadth of dark cloth, silk or
satin, doubled around the waist over tho
sayn, Mr. Snwyer says that lu disposi
tion the Vlsayas arc less sociable and hos
pitable than the Tagals; they aro alr.o
less clean In their persons and clothing,
The basis of their food Is rice, with which
they often mix maize. They nre expert
fishermen und consume large quantities of
fish, Thr.y flaw their food with red pep
per to a greater extent than do tho Tagals
In smoking and chewing betel they rcscm
bio tho other niris of tho urchlpelAgo
They nre great gamblers, and take delight
In rock fighting. They arc fond of hunting
and kill numbers of wild pig and deer.
They cut tho flesh of tho deer Into thin
strips and dry It la the sun, after which
It will keep a long time. They build ca
noes and other light craft, and 'thoy urj
very self-confident on tho water.
Our author sums up the results of his
observations In tho remark that "tho
Vlsnyas uru a promising race, and I feel
suro thot, when they havo a good gov
ernment that will not extort too heavy
taxes from them, nor allow the nattvo
and hair-casto usurers to qat thorn up,
their ngrtculturo and Industries will sur
prisingly Increase' Mr, Sawyer adds that
It Is to tho Vlsayas that tho American
government must look to provide a militia
that will first hold In check, and ultimately
subjugate, the piratical Moros of Mindanao
nnd Paragua. "Tho fighting qualities of
this race, developed by centuries of com
bat In defenso of hearths and homes against
Mohammedan aggressors, will be. found
qullo adequate, If thoy are well-armed and
led, to annihilate the Moro power within
a very few years."
CLIMAX OF NATIOXAI. COEDIT.
Thnt of (he t'nlleil Stale the Drat In
(lie World.
Saturday Evening Post.
A few years ago tho credit of tho United
States was good, but not remarkable. Somo
European financiers professed to doubt It,
Even at homo thcru were people who said
that thoy ,woro uncertain. W'e wero bor
rowing money nominally at 4 nnd & per cent
and actually at between 3 nnd 4 per cent,
When somebody suggested at that time that
United States bonds wcrp really on good
as British consols, an English paper re
sented tho suggestion as. an "Insult."
Today tho verdict of the market Is that
the credit of the United States Is not only
good, but tho best In the world, nnd not
only tho best, but so Incompcrubly the best
that, as In tho first America's cup race,
thcro Is no second. British consols return
ing their purchasers 4 per cent Interpst
tho first year, 2 por cent tho second nnd
2 per cent annually for twenty years
thereafter havo Just sold at 944. United
States 2 por cents nre soiling at 106$. Ger
man Imperial 3 per cents have been going
In Frankfort at S6 and French 3 per cents
In Paris at 101. Russian 4 per cents have
beon offered at par nnd United Stales 4 per
cents of 1925 havo brought 140.
The market's Judgment of the comparu-
tlvo merits of national securities is based
on very good reasons. United Statu bonda
havo a special value as a basis for bank
Issues, but prlvato Investors find them at
tractive, too. If all other conditions wore
absolutely equal thoy would bo better than
British consols, for they offer an assured
Incomo without nny deductions whatever.
wnue mo iirlllsli government promises to
pay a certain rate of Interest, and then
keeps back as much as It chooses undor tho
name of Incomo tax. It chooses to bold-nut
0 per cent this year next year It may keep
10 por cent, or n quarter or n half.
But the other conditions are not raual,
The United States carries by far the light
est burden of debt that is borno by any
great nation In tho world. When people in
Europe look In statistical almanacs thoy aro
deceived by the statement that tho national
debt of tho United States Is .over $2,000,000,
000. Even that would bo considered small lu
Europo but, as a matter of fact. It is moro
than twice as much ns wo really .owe. Our
actual natlonnl debt In the European sense
is less than ?l, 000.000.000. All the rest i
represented by non-lntercst-bearlng bonds
and certificates of deposit for which wo hold
practically dollar for dollar of cash In the
treasury. The bonded debt of Great Brit-
aln was about $3,200,000,000 a year ago, aud
is ovor 3,ii00,ooo,wio now. The debt of
Franco Is about $6,000,000,000, and that of
Russia over $3,600,000,000. Tho other Eu
ropean nations aro proportionately loaded.
yet tho United States could easily afford to
carry a heavier debt than any of the'm.
If wo manage our affairs with reasonable
prudence wo shall bo substantially out nf
debt within ten years. Then we shall pro
Bent the annoying spectacle of a nation with
perfect credit and no need for it. while the
countries that want the credit will not hvo
It.
IIHEEZy 1IISMAHKS.
Boston Globe: Mistress-Bridget. I r.11.
not allow you to havo your sweetheart In
the kitchen nny more. -
Urldget-Oh, mum. It's very kind of you.
but I m nfruld ho's too bnahfu( to come up
It, to the drawing room.
Chicago Itecord-Hcrnld: Jones-Somo nt
tho spring hats look llko strawberry short-
Smlth-My daughter bus got one that Is
plo K Imago of an open-top rhubarb
Chicago Tribune: "I suppose you penpln
i?"'". !?ro .nro bnrlns "CT oil wells ecry
day." tho stranger said.
nL"SMat'", responded, tho butlness-ltke
Trxfin. Mtvmi1r1 1nlswt ........ i . i.
Into the ground Wn t idlt iX'X.l'XSZ
prolltnblo to bore Into tho pockets of tho
tenderfcet.
Indlnnnpolls News: Ho was obviously
nnxlous. nnd she seemed almost willing.
Vf , ..I "!"1 BMP. Willi
n becoming blush, "before giving you n
unni answer,
"But I nm perfectly willing to take vou
without nnv rnfnrnnno " ot.iA ,..
Imously. ' ""'"
Washington Slnr: "An election to omen
ought to be considered one of the highest
gifts a community cun bestow on a man."
. .... ........ - , l. Hi;,mii,i tjt'ltliiuill, -i
Improves his standing ' Immediately. Out
n man has money or Ih going to get some,"
Detroit Journal: "He certainly has some
of the elements of n real poet '
indeed?"
" Why, yes I Not long ago, In competition
with, upwards nf 500 others for a prUa of.
fcrcd for n celebration ode. ho stood at tho
foot nf the Hit, nndiiy a -good comfortabls
margin, too!"
LATER OV.
Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
Thcroil bo kicks about the hent.
Ixiter on:
There'll bp, growls from all wo meet,
Later on:
Every fellow will declare
That It'j, mighty hard to honr,
And will wlrtj for chilly nlr.
Later on.
Thoy will oft oxprcss regret,
Later on;
When their brows nnd cheeks are wet,
Later nn,
That rudo gibes they used to flint;
At tho luicKwnrdness of spring,
And they II yearn for wfnda that atlns,
Later on.
High thn mercury will rise,
Later nn,
And Old Sol blaze In tho skits,
Later on;
All electric fans will whizz,
And tho soda founts will fizz,
And tho heat will fairly slzz,
Lntcr on,
They'll bo sorry that thoy growled,
loiter on,
And nt fuol donlers scowled,
Later on;
Fpr tho map who sells tbtrn Ice
will exact a heavy price
For n measly little slice,
Later on.
Hear In mind that 'twill bo hot
Later on:
Comfort vainly will be sought,
Later on; ,
Kn when springtime days are cold
Don't about the weather scold.
For there II be hent uncontrolled,
I-ater on.
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