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I'AHTIHS LI:aVI.(J poll SIMMCU,
Pnrtlcn Irnvlnir the olty for
lr MUiiinier mnr linve The Bee
ent to tbciu rtKularly liy
nntlfyliiK The Ilee Ilonlne
olllce, In prrnon or liy mnll.
The mMrmn ivlll lie uhnniicd
tin often ni !elrrd.
Kansns Is nlwnya Htitrorliic At pres
ent It Is minVrliiK from a our fainlno.
Unless all hIjjiih fall .the Ak-Sur-llen
festivities of 1001 will lw 11 record
breaker The thermometer Is well behaved at
present. One siieh spree as that of July
should be enough to last for a decade.
Tho latest fad to be Introduced In the
IIlKh school Is automatic bells and
clocks. It Is hoped this automatic fad
will not extend to the teachers.
An enterprising thief stole $1!."0.000
worth of gold bars from a San Fran
cisco smelter. That thief has tho cor
rect modern Idea there Is 110 use operat
ing on 11 small scale.
The warring factions lii Venezuela arc
now at the proclamation stage. The
casualties up to date consist of a few
sheets of paper and a couple of over
worked typewriters.
Oreat Hrltaln has balked at the last
moment on signing the agreement which
Is expected to settle the troubles In
China. (5 rent Hrltaln Is as coy as a
prize lighter in search of free advertise
leg. The most profitable Industry In the
United States marshars olllce seems to
lie In the arrest and conveyance to the
federal court of Indians charged, with
smuggling liipior Into the Winnebago
reservation.
High railroad olllelals have again de
creed that no passes shall lie given to
shippers. The contracting freight otil
clals are supposed to know that the
word "small" belongs Just in front of
the word shipper.
A leopard cannot change its spots, but
they can be changed for with a
Jalnt brush. The South Omaha city
council may reorganize Itself ouce more,
but It will still be recognized as the
same old elty council.
Twenty human beings lost their lives
by gasoline explosion In a Philadelphia
tenement block. The same thing is lia
ble to occur at any time in Omaha for
want of systematic regulation In the
Btorago of explosive oils and periodic
olllclul inspection of premises.
The Ohio man who whipped up his
horse to get across the track ahead of
u train with u load of nltro-glycerlne
succeeded iu the attempt. Load and
man nnule a sudden disappearance as
the llnale, but In the language of the
surgeon; "the operation was a success."
Nebraska City Is enjoying its water
tight Sunday observance hugely. Inns
much as the liverymen and undertaker
refuse to hire their horses and hearses,
parties who want an outing pass them'
selves off as doetors aud thus get the
exclusive privilege of desecrating the
Sabbath.
After advertising for several weeks
tho lire an'd police commission has
been unable to procure the mueh.needeii
horses of standard dimensions and
requisite sliced for the use of the lire
department. Sooner or later the lire
department will have to be equipped
with automobiles,
The professional revolutionists In the
Philippines have not all of them learned
that It Is a trade without prollt where
tho United States Is Involved. (Seneral
Malavar has Issued a manifesto iu
which he promises the natives great
things, but those of them who have
come Into active contact .with the bust
uess end of the United Slates army
will need a large amount of showlug
Heroic tuey uru reuuy to believe.
Ftm max 'ik' of Tin; stiukk.
The strike of the steel workers Is re
garded with a good deal of Interest
abroad and It Is needless to say Unit
there would be no regret on the part
of the American Iron and steel man
ufacturers If the strike should extend
and be protracted. One tiernian paper
has expressed the hope that for the sake
of the (.tciinan Iron and steel Industry
the strike here would continue with In
creasing Intensity and undoubtedly there
Is the same feeling In other countries.
1'orelgn manufacturers are more solic
itous than ever regarding American
competition since the organization of tin
American Steel trust and they are nat
itrally hopeful that the strike will have
the effect of relieving them of this com
petition by crippling the Iron and
steel Industry here.
That such will be the result If the
strike extends and Is long continued
there can he no doubt. "It requires no
expert In llnaiiee or trade," observes
the Springfield Republican, "to see that
a serious disaster to the Iron aud steel
Industry of the United States, brought
about by the quarrels of the Steel trust
with a trust of workmen, would Injure
severely the prosperity of the country
by curtailing the foreign trade in Iron
and steel and by Impairing the ca
pacity of the trust lo pay the enor
mous Interest charges on Its capital
stock." A prolonged contest betweeeii
the Steel trust aud Its union employes
would certainly be most damaging, per
haps utterly destructive, to our foreign
trade iu iron and steel and It would
probably take years to recover the lost
ground. This Js the most serious phase
of the contest, though depression of
the trust securities might prove calam
itous. .Meanwhile the situation shows little
change. There Is still talk of a possi
ble settlement, but It does not appear to
have any very substantial basis. The
delay In Issuing a general strike order
may be a favorable indication, or It
may simply mean that the olllelals of
the Amalgamated association are not
yet fully prepared to make so radical
a move. As to the olllelals of the, steel
corporations they have given no sign
of a disposition to settle upon any
other conditions thau they have already
proposed. So far as can be Judged from
surface Indications, therefore, there is
no promise of an early termination of
the contest.
T11K M.illYl.AXD MU'UllIslVAXS.
The republicans of Maryland are not
assured of victory this year, but they
have bravely announced their position
on national questions, whereas the dem
ocratic platform deals chiefly with state
matters. The Maryland republicans are
In hearty accord with the domestic and
foreign policies of the national adminis
tration and with republican tariff and
currency principles. There Is no trim
ming or evasion in their platform anil
while they will make the caiupalgu
chiefly on national questions they un
doubtedly will not uvold discussion of
state affairs.
Tho democratic campaign "will be
under the management of former
United States Senator Gorman, who Is
one of the most skillful and adroit poli
ticians In the entire country. Mr. CSor-
man desires to succeed Senator Welling
ton and will do tho best political work of
which he is capable to that end, but it
is doubtful If he now has as much In
fluence as formerly. He Is a most re
sourceful politician, however. The dem
ocrats of Maryland are committed to
the policy of negro disfranchisement,
which ought to assure their defeat,
though possibly It will have no very
material effect.
The .Maryland campaign will be of
less general Interest than some other
state contests, but the result will not be
altogether unimportant.
XOT FOll AXXEXATiOX.
General Gomez r.as denied the report
that he had described himself as an
annexationist. He admits that there
are many Cubans who desire annexa
tion, but neither he nor Senor Pal urn
are among them and he Implies that
none ot the chiefs of the revolution aro
annexationists. Gomez Is fully in tic-
cord with extstlug conditions. He holds
that the Piatt amendment settled the
question of the future political relations
of Cuba with the United States and he
evidently regards the arrangement
Hint has been made as final.
Whether It Is llual, however, may de
pend a good deal upon future commer
cial relations. If the United States de
clines to make liberal tariff concessions
to Cuba It Is not to be doubted that the
annexation sentiment there will grow
anil may become so strong with the
people that they will Insist on urging
this country to make the Island Ameri
can territory. At present the annexa
tionists are tho sugar aud tobacco grow
ers, the property holders anil those
engaged In business who believe their
Interests would be benefited If Culm
were a part of the United States. If
Industrial and commercial development
are retarded because the products of
the island are not shown special ravel
in the American market, annexation
would undoubtedly become very popu
lar and a very earnest attempt lie made
to turn the Island over to this country.
It by no means follows, of course, that
the attempt would succeed, for the In
terests here that are now prepared to
oppose granting any concessions to the
sugar and tobacco of Cuba would even
moie vigorously oppose annexation.
ihe question of our future commer
cial relations with Cuba, therefore, has
11 very great deal to do with determining
whether the present political arrangi
ment Is tlnal. That question will be do-
elded at tlie next session of congress.
At this time 110 onol seems to havu
any dellnlte Idea as to what may be
done. What the Cubans want Is well
understood. They ask that their sugar
and tobacco be admitted to the Ameri
can market free or with a morel nomi
nal duty, urging tlmt it will be a bet
ter policy and a cheaper one to give
Cuba the means of selling her products
than to send there men of war and
soldiers to put down anarchy. The
reply In this Is that such a policy would
j result lu destroying the Amerk-uu btigar
and tobacco interests and thee pro
wise to light such a policy with all
the M)wer and Influence they have.
The Importance of this matter can
not easily be overestimated. No one
can foresee with certainty the possible
dllllcultles and dangers Involved lu It.
The representative In this country of
the Kcoiiomlc associations of Culm
says; "The principal course of revo
lution lu Cuba has ever been of an
economic character, so serious and so
Intense that Spain has found herself
powerless to llnd a remedy for It." The
problem is not rendered less dllllciilt and
perplexing by change of conditions.
T11K rtCKKDKST CITY.
Tent Kvangellst Morton Smith tie
dares that Omaha Is the wickedest city
he has ever visited, When Mr. Smith
reaches Denver, the Colorado capital will
be the wickedest city; when he reaches
Salt Lake, the city of the saints will be
the wickedest city, and by the time he
reaches San Francisco the metropolis of
the Golden Gate will have become tin
most wicked of wicked cities.
In this respect Kvangellst Smith Is no
different from other evangelists whose
stock lu trade Is to discover and con
vert the most wicked city. The city lu
which these Itinerant preachers are lo
en tod for the time being Is always the
wickedest, Just as the last congress Is
the worst congress or the last leglsla.
lure the worst legislature ever known.
These touring evangelists do not hesi
tate about administering a coat of black-
wash to every city where they happen
to pitch their tents. It is essential
to tho success of their mission
that they should be emotional and sen
sational and paint lu glaring colors the
vice that permeates humanity In every
community, and especially in the larger
cities; to depict every town as a modern
Sodom and Gomorrah and roast Its olll
clals lu rodhot crucibles.
As a matter of fact Omaha Is an or
derly aud well governed city and will
compare favorably In this respect with
any other city of Ilk u population. It
will certainly boar comparison with
Kansas City, St. Paul, Denver and
other cities of the west. From a moral
and religious standpoint It will rank
lnllultoly higher thau Chicago, St. Louis,
San Francisco or other cosmopolitan
American cities.
In the matter of open vice and drunk
enness uo American city cau approach
Loudon, Liverpool and cities on the
Furopeau continent. Kvangellst Smith
Is doubtless familiar with the conditions
in these large European cities, aud yet
he has the assurance to come to Omaha
and denounce tho city as the wicked
est on the globe. There Is some consola
tion lu tho prospect that Omaha will
only remain tho wickedest city until this
modern Jeremiah reaches the next
wicked city.
Tho government crop reports Indicate
that oven among experts, who aro sup
posed to have tho best means of Infor
mation, there Is considerable doubt
about the extent of damage to the corn
crop. Corn Is at a stage lu which only
time can develop how much, If at all,
it is damaged in some sections. In every
state in the corn belt scattered showers
have saved portions of the crop from
damage, while other Holds in tho same
neighborhood even aro practically unin
jured. With favorable weather from
now on It Is a safe prediction, so far as
Nebraska and Iowa aro concerned, at
least, that the loss has been fully dis
counted. Eastern papers and specula
tors who depend upon alarmist reports
for their Information can certainly tlud
tho most prosperous collection of "starv
ing" humanity in the world If they will
only come out Into this country.
One feature of the steel strike which
has not been discussed to any great
extent up to the present Is forcing itself
to the front. The losses to the men in
wages aud to the company iu decreased
output has been figured out, but the
loss in the form of shrinkage of values
or tho combine stock runs Into the mil
lions and will be millions more iu case
the strike becomes general. Finan
cial houses back of the combine are
said to have raised a pool of ?;!00,0u0,-
000 to protect the stock. In other words
these men must stand ready to buy lu
that amount of stock when it Is thrown
over by timid Investors. The Investor
loses, but the big fry, when they have
secured the stock at a discount, will
settle the strike aud scoop lu u hand
some prollt.
Omaha has been banking so often and
so long on futures and options iu power
canal projects that It would hardly be
prudent now to stake Its future on the
Fremont canal as a foregone conclusion.
While Tho Hee has been lu position at
all times to unfold the plans of the
promoters, It has been willing to let Its
more enterprising and loss reliable con
temporaries have the credit of the ex
clusive exploitation of the negotiations,
hitches and counter-hitches that have
advunced or retarded tho power canal.
When this project attains tangible shape
and the negotiations aro concluded The
llee will publish all the particulars and
point out all the important advantages
that will accrue therefrom to the people
within the sphere of Its Influence.
The authorities urn having somu dllli
cully locating tho exact boundary of the
Louisiana purchase. As a matter of
history It is a good thing to have the
question settled, but as the United
States owns all the adjoining land and
has no Intention of parting title there
will never be any (rouble about the lino
fence.
The ruin-prayer remedy did not pan
out In St. Louis. A light shower fell lu
spots two weeks before prayer and no
ralu has fallen since. The bible says
"the prayers of the righteous avalleth
much," and the only Inference thai can
be drawn from the premises Is that the
Mlssouriaus do not trot In that class.
The governor of Georgia appears to
have at last become awake to the ne
cessity of allowing the orderly machin
ery of the law lo operate lu cases where
uegruci me u wived. Uvhiitf ordered
out the militia to prevent any lynching
when a colored man lu that state N
brought out for trial. Demonstrations
that the law can and will furnish an
adequate remedy for crime will iu time
check If not eradicate the lynching
habit.
I'nll or Cur 11 KIiik.
Urooklyn KhrIp.
Kings of corn corner seem to last about
r year, on nn average. Hccaust- the corn
keeps right on growing as If It did not
know It was cornered.
Troubled of Trl(M KImrk.
Kansas City Star.
The fierce anger which J. I'lorpont Mor
gan displayed nn Saturday rather tends to
prove that raultl-mttllonalrcs like every
body elseiiRYe annoyances ami troubles of
their own.
t'oiiniinier I'll) the I'ri-lplil.
New York World.
Last year's coal strike settlement In
creased the cost of production 10 cents a
ton. Tho operators have Increased the
wholesale prlcu 10 cents per month for live
successive months.
I'riiln,' from .Sir Hubert.
Philadelphia Hecnrd.
General MacArthur's tribute to Ameri
can soldiers' high courage and patriotic
devotion In tho Philippines Is praise from
Sir Hubert Stanley, Indeed. No soldier of
tho republic is belter qualified to pro
nounco the verdict: "Well donol"
I'mniliM the Tlrril I'colhm.
St. Paul Pioneer PresK.
Hetween tho silliness of his "farmers'
trust" proposals, tho rottenness of his
bookkeeping, and the rapidity of his vi
brations between mllllonarlsm nml bank
ruptcy, Phillips, tho alleged Corn King,
vies with Klljah Uowle In his ability to
give steady-going people a very tired feel-InS-
More Clory In Dlxiiute.
81. Paul Globe.
A rainmaker In Nebraska has been work
ing at his trade exploding powder In tho
upper atmosphere for the last few days,
and now, contrary to tho weather bureau,
au abundance of rain has fallen. While
tho rainmaker va,s at work tho churches
were praying for tho same concession. The
question now nrlscs, Who Is entitled to the
glory?
C'uhnii lnilpipiiil-iii-i- unit flnKitr.
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
When tho pcoplo of Cuba sco tho sugar
planters of Porto Itlco getting about $20 a
ton mom for their sugar In United States
ports than Cubans can get, tho latter will
begin to query whether a lamo and propped
up "Independence" Is half as sweot as would
be a stalwart union with tho United States,
accompanied by perhaps $20,000,000 addi
tional lncomo to themselves.
niiNlncnn 011 it Stroily Footing.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Despite rumors of a corn famine, great
Industrial disturbances and excitement lu
tho stock market, business now appears to
bo on a steadier footing and prosperity
moro general than, was tho case a year
ago. In this way only can the fact thnt the
business failures In July last pusscd were
fewer in number by ninety-six, and nearly
J3.000.000 JesB In aggregate amount than
in July of 1900, hi explained.
Xoi' So Di-eailent After All.
. New-f York World.
Franco is the onlgrcat nation In Europo
that has had hi strength of mind and of
purposo to establish n republican form of
government. It b Iho only nation on earth
which has rnade successful attempts to solvo
tho problem of tho. unequal distribution of
wcalthf based upon tho unequal distribution
ot land. Its percentage ot pauperism Is tho
lowest In Europe, Its percentage of Individ
ual efficiency in production Is the highest
among tho groat nations.
Tom lU-ed'n Idea of .Sue-emu.
In a letter nnnonded to n Rkntrh nf th
lato William L. Wilson, former Speaker
Keen says; I had great respect for Sir.
Wilson, because ho had convictions and was
truo to them. There was somnthlnir vprv
pathetic in his last struggle, death-struck
as ho was, with that greatest of all human
forces, ponular feellnir conn wrniiL- Thnt
that feeling Is doomed to revulsion does not
lessen us power. Human life Is too short
for tho vindication of tho wlsn man whlln
yet alive. Many Buna may set and many
aarK nigntB cover the earth with clouds be
fore tne truth is ripened into fruitage. Ho
Is happier who Is wronc when others nra
wrong; but no Darwinian "survival of tho
fittest to survlvii" will ever convince tho
manly mnn that th prn Ir nnt nnmAttilKir
higher than happiness. Doing your duty,
and facing tho consequences, la success lt-
Beu.
CIlTTIXfi I.OOSi: I'HOM IlltV.W.
Maryland NtriUcn the I'ltee Set by
the llucki-ye State.
New York Tribune.
The democrats of Maryland havo lost no
time In seconding tho notlco of disposses
sion served on Cqlonel W. J. llryau by the
democrats ot Ohio. Three weeks ago nt
Columbus the Ohio democrats challenged
Colonel Bryan's pretensions to continued
party leadership hy excluding from their
platform any montlon of tho "peerless com
moner's" namo or any referenco to tho party
policy which his presidential candidacies in
1896 and 1900 had mado "Varamount." At
Columbia) a minority of six delegates out of
950 had the courage to protest against this
brutal snub to a leader whoso power a year
ago within tho party was absolute and un
disputed. At Baltimore not a single dis
senting voice was raised when resolutions
wore reported which Ignored completely not
only tho Nebraska stutcsmnn's past services
and present counsels, but contemptuously
dismissed as worth not a single syllable the
Issues written under his direction Into the
Chicago and Kansas City platforms. The
Ohio democrats, though discarding as hope
less and profitless the party's former de
mand for free silver coinage, still thought
It expodlent to echo some of last year's
empty thunders about "Imperialism" and
trusts." The party In Maryland Is cither
mora candid or more reckless about ad
mitting the hollowness of recent democratic
campaign cries, for It throws Uryanlsm and
all tho follies of Uryanlsm overboard to
gether by declaring that It "Is not necessary
to do more In regard to national Issues than
to reaffirm our steadfast alleglancn to the
cardinal doctrines of tho democratic party
as expounded by Its Illustrious founder,
Thomus Jefferson."
No one, however not even the present
wearer of Jefferson's mantle could have
been greatly surprised at the alacrity with
which tho Maryland democrats Imitated
their Ohio brethren In cutting loose from
the ponullstlo program forced on them by
Colonel Dryan's succnsjlvo candidacies for
the presidency. To Its credit, tho demo
cratic rnrty In Maryland never fully yielded
Its opposition lo free silver coinage, nor
did the local party machinery pass at any
time, as It did lu nearly every other east,
ern and iMddle state. Into tho hands nf
managers In sympathy with Colonel Bryan's
policies or personal ambitions. It was to
be expected, therefore, that at the first fa
vorable moment the Maryland domoeracy
would oxpress Its unveiled hostility to a na
tional democratic lendershlp under which
defeat has come In four campaigns out of
the Inst five In whnt had hitherto been held
to be a stalwart democratic stato.
wiir.N -nn: n n wn.vr ut r.
Siiininrr llrrnlilim Winter (irlp nil
the 11L1111 ltd er.
A graphic account of what winter moans
In the frigid Klondike region Is given In
a letter received on Wednesday by Mrs.
Mary K. Kendrlck of tlrooklyu from her
brolher, Prod A. Nash, who writes from
Forty Mile as of May 20. This Is a de
scription of the breakup of the Yukon
river and throws a light upon the hard
ships that must be endured In residence
there and the destruction and devastation
which follow the mighty throes of nature
when she awakens Into spring.
Mr. Nash's letter, printed In tho Brook
lyn Ilagle, Is n description of this srene
us It passed before him, and ho says:
"WOOD CAMP ON THH YUKON, May
20. Well, the Yukon broke at 8:1.. n. m.
MaV 17. Onp-hnlf hour hnfnr,, ihn l,r.at
the Ico looked na solid ns It did In the
wlntrr. We could see It coming, heaving,
grinding and pushing, while down the river
It was as solid as ever. Finally It nil
commenced to move as far as wo could
see. Then the lirht
cakes of Ice, six to ten fect thick, weighing
Hundreds or ions, would rear up on end,
thirty to forty feet high, and the noise
was terrific, grinding and crushing trees
along the banks and sweeping them nuny
like matches. In places where cakes of
Ico would strike thn hnntca h
plow up high masses of rock and earth.
Tho Ice was so solid that It would not
give, as the "itikon broke before tho Ice
got rotten. This was caused by the Stew
art and White rivers breaking and the
large volume of water pouring Into the
Yukon started tho brenkun.
"Well, It ran for twenty-flvo minutes and
then slopped, which was mined t.v a Inm
below Forty Mllo nt an Island. Tho water
commenced to riso very rapidly, until the
river got out of Its hanks, floating huge
rnkes of Ice. nvor thn rnimtrv. Tim nm
cakes now weighing hundreds of tons a mile
inim me river. Tho town of Forty Mils
Is situated on Hat ground, at tho Junction
of tho Forty Mllo and Yukon rivers. We
Know, irom tho way tho river was rising,
that tho town would bo drowned out. It
was In sight of im and wo kept watch. We
could not sco tho people, but wo could see
tho Ico floating nround and over tho build
ings, It kept Jammed and raised the water
until 8:30 p, m., when it broke. Then was
wm-n wo taw ico moving. It had piled on
top, layer after laicr. durlnc th inm nn.i
wo could see three stories of 10-foot Ice
netting down with trees, boats, cnbinn and
on ono cake two dogs, poor things, howl
ing. "After this Jam started the water fell
twenty feet in thlrlv mlnni,.. tn,,.i n.u
banks of Ico along tho river twenty fect In
HIM", inai nitcrnoon wo could see camp
fires and tents on tho bluffs nround Forty
Mile, and wo knew thn imvn....
find that the men and women and children
11-n 10 taKO to the bills. Tho next day wr
went to town and fonmi i,.ihi.
of desolation and destruction; houses
H3iici away, oth-rs with sides or ends
broken out with water nml o.. ...i.t.
goods n mass of ruins, hoiiso logs, cloth-
ins, irunKs, provisions and every concelva
blo thing.
"It catno up so fast that everybody had
fevu um WUU JUSL U'lmt fhnv tn 1-
some had a very close call at that. Tho po
lice boys and others did some very heroic
ork rescuing people from upper windows
"Tho Indian mfcti
-mm. u , "-" j auu wiic and nvc
children had nn exceedingly close call. They
' ' -"" nu me pouco and others
wore , afraid o go to them over the jammed
Ice. because If It started while they were on
It it was sure death. Finally a man named
Royal and an Indian got a canoe over to
them and got them across to tho high
ground in safety.
"Whcro our cabin Is located Is across the
Forty Mllo river from the town on much
higher ground. Still the Ice and water
Kot up to tho cabin, but did not run In
ours being the only occupied cabin In the
whole town that was not flooded. The big
cakes of Ico smashed throo boats for me
also carried away one cacho that I had my
tools In, and thn wntpr r,i ,. ,..
inches deep in the cache I kept my food In,
"n.us it Dauiy. nut we dried most of It
SO OUT loss WBB vnrv !!.. o ... '
. --w ..b,t. .JVUiC ui WIO
people lost everything they had on earth.
...o nuuuiK companies' losses are very
heavy. Tho A. C. company lost $75,000. the
N. A. T. and T. company lost about 10,000.
But overvone IbUph it .
- iuuM-ijaiuivuiy unci
all aro eager to help ono another. We are
back again to the wood camp, feeling first
rate, and glad to know that we witnessed
tho hugest breakup ever known of the
liikon, and tho old Imllnna iii ,t..
est water evtr known by four feet. It was
ma grandest signt I over witnessed and It
would be well worth a special trip to soc."
IMIITSTIIIAL CAPITALIZATION.
llov Value Ale Iluonteil tilth Wlml
and AVnter.
Philadelphia North American.
According to figures Just published bv tho
American Statistical association, the aggre
gate capitalization of Industrial corpora
Hons In tho United States at the end of 1000
amounted to tho enormous total of $3,368,
601,100, or, exclusive of duplications
through the merging of some comDanles
Into others, of U, 143,142,700. This takes in
no concern capitalized at less than 11.000,
000, nnd, on thn other hand, does not allow
for capital authorized but'not Issued. Ball
road, street railway, gas and electric light
ing consolidations are not Included In tho
above figures, which cover bonds ns well as
stocks.
That this era of Industrial consolidation
has only Just come into Its strength Is
shown by tho fact that of the lotai capital
ization 13,075,410,000 was created In the two
years, ma nnd 1900. nnd, Judging by what
has been dono during tho first half of the
present year, It would seem that tho tre
mendous capitalization of industrials prior
thereto only represented consolidation cap
italized In Its Infancy.
Thus wo havo tho Pnlted States Steel
corporation alone capitalized this year at
$1, 101,000,000, Including bonds and stock,
whllo corporations with $50,000,000 capital
have uprung Into existence, with a rapidity
that Is startling. It must be remembered
that a large proportion of theso new corpor
ations result from a merging together of
previously created companies. At tho samo
time this process has almost Invariably re
sulted In an Increase of capitalization, cer
tainly not less than 25 per cent on the aver
age. Tnko tho Steel trust as nn example. It Is
at once the vastest and best known of tho
Industrial corporations. Here tho compa
nies consolidated had an aggregato capitali
zations In stocks nnd bonds of $1,019,600,000,
nf which about $160,000,000 remained unis
sued. The present corporation has a cap
italization In bonds nnd stock of $1,404,000,
000, practically all Issued and outstanding.
So In tho shufllc which brought iiie fltel
trust lo life there was an Increase In capi
talization of $.185,000,000, or nearly 40 per
cent.
No ono will contend that tho actual value
of tho properties combined Is greater be
causo of such Increased paper capitaliza
tion. The virtual monopoly scoured, to
gether with tho economies In production
mado possible by doing things on a vast
scale, may. and doubtless docs, enable thosn
properties to earn a greater return on their
nctual value, whatever that may be. Shorn
nf nil sldn Issues and considerations, the
present method nf organizing Industrial
corporations Is an effort to capitalize the
future and make tho present pay t'jo coats.
WAMII.Mii'll.t tilMP.
I,ntet TnpiiKrniihle ,1lni lnrcl tv
the (Iim ei-iinient,
In Us terles of topogr.iphlc ntlas sheets
tho Pnlted States geological survey has
Just Issued a number of new and Interest
lug maps They cover sections of several
states and tcrtltories and arc distributed
as follows: Three In Indian Territory, one
la Montana, two In Washington, one In
California, two In Wisconsin, three In
Wyoming and one In West Virginia. Most
of them are on a scale nt one-half Inch
to the mile nnd nil of them besides show
lug the ordinary features of rivers, towns
roads, etc.. also exhibit the relief of tho
country hy mentis ot contours or lines run
nlng througli points of eminl elevation.
Thosf of Indian Territory, known as tho
Ptonewell, Tnlnqunh and Tusknhom.i
quadrangles, from the names of the most
Important towns In each, are of Interest
ns showing the physical features of that
little known country. The whole series of
the maps of this territory are now coming
out rapidly nnd will be of value lu con
ncctlon with the political reconstruction
which is at present going on among the
Indian tribes, which will ultimately lead
to n larger development of this country.
The Hamilton quadrangle of Montana In
eludes a portion of the Hlttcrroot moun
tains, which form 11 part of the border bo
tween Idaho and Montana. It Is an ex
ccedlngly wild and unfrequented region nnd
with tho adjoining territory has been set
opart ns the Bltterroot Forest reserve
Tho section Included Is rvmarkablo for a
series of narrow nnd almost perfectly
straight canyons, which nrc admirably de
plcted on the map.
The Chelan quadrangle, In central Wash
Ington, shows tho topography of the lofty
mountain wilderness about the shores of
tho southern portion nf the beautiful mnun
tntn-cnclosed lnke of that name, which
Is one of the scenic features of the west
and the Kllcns quadrangle of the same
state, gives nn Idea of the moiiutnlnous
country about nnd to the southwest of that
town.
The Wisconsin sheets, the Muskcgo nml
Waukesha quadrangles, which get their
names irom inn laso nnd town nt tnnsc
names, Illustrate well the moranlc char
ncter of a largo part of the stato of Wis
consln.
The three Wyoming sheets arc Interest
ing; they nro tho Newcastle, Cloud Peak
and Dayton quadrangles. The first gives
tho region lying about Newcastle, on the
western slopes of the Black Hills country
Tho second eovtrs part of tho Big Horn
mountains and tho forest reserve of the
snmo namo In tho vicinity of Cloud Peak
nnd 1b of especial Interest as exhibiting
four distinct glaciers on tho sides of this
mountain, which has nn altitude of 13,163
feet. The Dayton sheet shows with great
clearness the bluff eastern escapement of
that section of tho Hocky Mountain range
r Tho Nicholas quadrangle 1b a section of
Nicholas county, West Virginia, on the
western slopes of tho Allegheny mountains,
Topographically It Is an cxcollont example
ot n well matured region, with a fully de
veloped and complex drainage system. Be
sides being nn accurate map of tho lo
callty, Its characteristics as a physio
graphic typo ought to mako It useful In
educational work.
Of special Interest also from an cduca
tlonnl standnolnt is thn Mount t.vaII roll
fornla sheet. The countrv It rnvrrn lu In
the very heart of tho Sierra Nevadas, and
Includes nart of the Ynsemlt Vntinnni r,rv
and tho lower end of Lake Mnnn. A num.
her of tho rugged Sierra peaks aro to be
louno, ano tno series or profound canyons
which have madn thl r.rinn fn,n f
celebrated Mono craters, the remains of
extinct volcano action; several "hanging"
valleys of tho Itush Creek canyon, aro also
to bo found, ns well os the Mount Lyell
glacier, tho Conness Mnnnt. n.in-i m,,i
nnd Parker Creew glaciers, remnants of
tno great ice sheet which formerly cov
ered this section, and are fully described
by Prof. Ilusscl! in on -early volumo of tho
reports 01 1110 survey.
TOO FAST AM TOO FA n .
In the Paee of Today the One thnt
KIIMf
New York Tribune.
Berlin sends word thnt n nnmi,r . .
iioyai Aieteoroloclcol Instltutn nf Priunin
has ascended in a baloon to a height of
more than 33,000 feet. In soaring abovo
tno mountain tops, in digging to depths pre
viously unknown. In umlcrwnt nr navlirn.
tlon, In unprecedented speed on the sur-
laco or tno eartli, abovo tho surface and
beneath It this generation is
fents of tho fathers appear so weak and
tecDie ana slow as to provoko derision.
But is It not nosslhln Mini In mum. nr thc
exploits of this Impetuous era tho velocity
is excessive ana mo rusn too headlong?
Is It wise to hurry tno fast and rnn nsM
moderation and self-restraint with n mA.
lessness which takes heed of nothing? Is
It prudent to draw too heavily nnd
too ranldlv unon tho reserven nr vltniitv
and elasticity among tho people of tho
1 mux Are we inn going 100 inst and too
far lust now? Mlcht It nut hn iirlvlDni,i
to call a halt, to pauso for a llttlo whllo
and to take time to think for a brief
season? The pace ot today In many things
Is a paco that kills because it Is so furious.
Put on the brakes and hold the train in
check.
i'i:nsoAi, .oti:s.
After- all. Earl Bobcrts' $500,000 will
hardly compensate him for tho loss of his
son.
Shan a In somo of the Texas oil com
panies nro selling as low rs !i cents each,
with a splendid chance of losing oven that
amount.
Josoph Jefferson is ngaln in excellent
health. His checks arc rosy, his eyo bright
and his step firm. Ho says thnt ho owes
his good health to his out-of-door life.
The Texas legislature at Its special ses
sion this month is to be asked to make an
appropriation for a monument over tho
grave of General Albert Sidney Johnston In
Austin.
King Victor Dmmanuel has won the
hcurts of even his republican subjects, since
a noted republican in speaking nt Naples
the other day said that It did not matter
much If tho country remained a kingdom
as long as tho present king reigned, be
cause no president could bo a better ruler
or moro liberal.
Thomas W. Lawnon, owner of the Indc
pondenco, Is something of a fatalist. The
toss of a coin hus determined for him moro
than ono stock transaction. Ho believes
that whatever befalls after a man has done
his best is part of a grand scheme of the
total of human events. Ho believes la tho
good luck of certain numerals; thn flguro 3
nr Its multiples appear In all his affairs.
Ills ollke Is nt 3.1 State street, Boston. Ills
telephones are 3.13 nnd .1339, respectively.
His yacht's first sailing test took place on
June 3. He wears a watch chain consisting
of 333 gold beads.
Through the clforts of Silas Dowey Drake,
tho founder of Dewey Park, a suburb of
I'lalntleld, N. J., It Is proposed to erect nt
that placo a statue of Admiral Oeorge
Dowey. Tho corner stono Is to be laid on
September 2, Labor day. Mr. Drake sont
an Invitation to tho admiral to be present
on the oecaslon. Ho received a note from
Admiral Dewey lu which ho expressed him
self as appreciating the honor which Is to
he shown him by the citizens of Dewey
Park and vicinity He regretted, however,
It would bo Impossible for him to bo pres.
ent owing to his numerous oQlclal duties,
I.VMII.K.M'i: OF Tltt STM,
lniilf lnn anil r.itnrtlniK Prnt-tlceil
t'lntn rnttiitiii-r-..
Indliiimpnll New.
There Is a great deal of opposition to
trusts, of which one hears comparatively
little. We Hro nil familiar with tho po
lltlcal denunciation of them, much ef
which Is known to be purely den1agoglc.1l
Tho fears of tluwe who deplore their tno
manifest Influence In politics and their
control of certain governmental function
have been set forth very clearly. Those
who believe In the old-fashioned gospel
of competition and Individualism have
had their say. But the merchants ami
manufacturers who aro customers of the
trusts have for the most part kept their
grievances to themselves. Yet those
grievances nro real, and they are keenly
felt. The little Imposition and extortions
thnt they suffer Ht the hunds of the Inula
have developed a bitterness that U omln
ous. Not content with controlling pro
duction, the trusts seek to runt rot dlstri
button. They Insist In manv eases lu
making the price nt which the dlsulb
ntors shall sell mid In saying to whom
they shall or shall not sell. To nil com
plaints of unjust treatment they turn a
deaf ear. A largo buyer of certain artlete
In this town declares thnt hn never has
any trouble when ho buys from an in
dependent producer, but that he Is sub
jected to ninny annoyances when he buv
from the trusts. In the Intter rase he it
not only not sure of getting honest weigh'
tmt ho Is reasonably sure to get shnr
weight nnd there Is no redress. The c
plnnatlon Is that there Is nn Individual re
Bponslblllty. Thn man In charge of the
mill or factory Is responsible to a bonrd
In New York, nnd his only object Is to
make as good a showing ns possible. His
aim Is not to please his customers, but to
earn dividends on tho watered stock of thn
trust.
Thus all over tho country n feel of tho
bitterest hostility toward trusts Is grow
ing up among the most Influential nnd sub
stantial business men. And It Is strnngn
that tho trust people do not realize It.
Powerful as these combinations are, they
nro going to need friends and when they
need them they will need them badly. But
apparently thero Is no consclousnesn thnt
thcro may bo a day of reckoning ahead.
Nothing will hasten Its coming so much
as tho Insolent nnd unfair and In somo
cases dishonest trentmont of their best
customers by the trusts.
IIKTTBH TIIAX Till: COItJf CHOI.
Vnnt riilhlll(li- nf the fleet Suunr
Industry.
Chicago Post.
Is corn the best crop for such states as
Kansas, Nebraska and Illinois to culti
vate most extensively? Tho question has
been forced upon the attention of tho
agriculturists by the prolonged period of
drouth to which tho district known as tho
corn belt has been subjected, and from
which tho crop has suffered enormously,
so thnt a negative reply thereto is bolng
unwillingly forced from many who havo
heretofore relied on corn as tho chief source.
of their Income. Tho corn crop Is subject
to periodic fnilurcs, tho recurrence of
which every six or seven years has always
been attended with severe loss, amounting
In many Instances to disaster, so that If
a suitable substitute could be found for
It tho agriculturists are now In a condi
tion of mind to adopt It with alacrity.
But Is thcro any such substitute? An
affirmative answer to this question may
bo found In a special report which has
receutly been submitted to the Department
of Agriculture by a special agent appointed
to Investigate tho beet sugnr Industry of
tho United States 'and tho possibilities of
Its development. Tho sugar beet. It la
well known, delights in Just such soil as
Is to be found In tho three states named,
and In tho continued sunshlno to which
they wero subjected throughout the month
of July. Thcro are no limits to the possi
bilities of development In tho sugar beet
Industry, and the cultivation of it much
moro extensively than has yet been thought
of would In all probability result in the
enrichment of all concerned.
As an Inducement to tho pursuit of tho
Industry the report In question points out
the rapid increase In the consumption of
sugar in this country nnd the probability
Hint this Increase will continue nt an ac
celerated rate for years to come. For tho
fiscal year which ended Juno 30 last tho
sugar Imports amounted to nearly 2,000,000
tons, nnd for generations to come tho
American peoplo must rely largely upon
foreign producers for their supplies. It Is
gratifying to know that the report in ques
tion credits Illinois with being ahead of
all tho other states as a producer of beet
Bugar. In the opinion of tho Investigator
It win be but a llttlo while before Illinois
will be taking advantngo of tho many op
portunities that exist In this stato for
becoming the center of n vast sugar manu
facturing region.
I.KillT AM) IIIIKiHT.
Washington Star: "Experience." snlrt
Uncle Kbcn. "Is a vc'y pow'ful teacher, hut
you wants to look nut foh her. H doesn't
do do sailor no good to know whnh de rock
Is uftuh he has done run Into it."
Yonkers Statesman: Hedd Have you seen
those new itolf stocklnits of Linus? They
look like a checkerboard.
Oreen Should think they mlcht c vn hint
the iippeiirnnce ot having n game leg.
Baltimore American: "Whore Is that
page? nsked tho icing of the royal chnm
berluln. "Sire, he Is m sslng so much thnt he seem-
eth llko a llyleut."
"Aye. by in y rood," roared his royal high
ness, "he Is tint only a blank page, but he
Is a lilnnkety blank page!"
Phlladrlnhln Press: "Did you ever sen
aiivthlntr no stuck tin ns that mnnn?" re
marked the sawbiick.
And why not? milled the mllkfnc stool.
lie's well-connected, you see."
Hnmorllle Journal: "Havo you n family
tree?" naked DJnhnxoii
No. confessed Hlaeksnn. "but mv
grandfather went nut to California with Ihe
tiers and was Hanged nn one. -
Plilhiihdnhln Times. ".Smlcclns thinks
pretty well nf his voice, doesn't he?"
Yen, nut u s just annul gin in ine noun
where he'll have to choose between Ills
olee nnd his friends
Chlciico Tribune1 The Doctor Ton had
about Swlskers They've made him think
he's going to be appointed Inspector of
muttrest.es-an nfllce that exists only In his
mind.
The rrnfcssnr-Ali, then, he expects to flu
a vacancy.
Tin: iii:ai,tii.i'(hii) .m..
Al. Cool lu What-tn-Knt.
Ills eyes are ballB nf pnllshed steel;
Ills lungs nn- Hiioiueh dried:
Ills blood Ih lioulllon-cnncentrato
In veins nf leather hide.
Ills muscles ;ri-iik llko pulley rnpes
When hurried Into piny;
Ills hnlr Is llko piano chords
Home chords are lost, they ay.
Ills heart's n little globe of punk
A house of constant gloom.
For love can never burn within,
Because there Isn't mom.
111k appetite Iiiih dwindled ilnwn
To 111 his little food.
Till fruit Is "water In a poke"
And bread Is "so much wood."
lint npple inrln and pumpkin pies
I In rinds of then) altruist:
And wiHIles brown and chicken stew-
Aro "terrors nf tin- past."
And. smiling, from his cst he slips
A tiny box of tin,
With capsules brown and pellets pink
All rattling within,
Then with a gulp, he swallows down
Ills dinner frnni the can
This t'iddurt of ihe liriilth-food school
The concentrated man;
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