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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE; SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1002. 'Ire umaiia Daily Bee. K. R03EWATER, SDITOR. I'LBLIHIIEU EVERT MORNING. TERMS OF BL'USCHIPTION. Pally lwo i without htinuay), One Venr..H ") iJuliy lieu anu ouuuay, one iear S illustrated tore, one ear btiimay , one kvar. nJ baturuay tico, one teitr 1 'iwenumh Century tirmer, One ear...l.w DiiLl VfcKfc.D ii CAKHIbK. Daily Hee (wlmoul tfumlayj, pr copy.... c Uny iM-e (Without bummyi, iT wt-K...L:c Liaiiy tote ui luuing Buiiuay;, per wee..l.c femnuay ie, pvr cuy c Evening to- iwlthuiii MinUH), per WW txj Jtvemng fcee (including Bunaay), per ween 10c Complaints of Irregularities In cU'livi-ry liuum ue addressed to cuy circulation l bartDivnl. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee liullulng. fioutn Omaha city tiali Building, Twen-ty-nitn ana M HtreetB. Council eluas lu earl Street Chicago imu Unity Muiluing. New io-la fark now ttulldlng. Washington col Fourteenth Street. COKKEBPONUENCE. Communlratlona relating to news and edi torial matter mould ie addressed: Omaha bee, EoitorlHl iepartment. BUSINESS i,ETTERB. Business letters and remittances should be addressed: The Bee Publishing Com pany, Omaha. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payaule to The Bee Publishing Company. Only K-cent stamps accepted In payment ot mail accounts, i'ersonai checks, except on Omulia or en stern exchanges, not accepted. llih. Hh.hi PUBElBMliNti COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State ot Nebraska, Douglas County, ss: Ueorge B. Ttscbuck, secretary of The Bee Publishing Company) being duly sworn, says that tho actual number of full and complete copies of The Pally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during lha month of August, 1W2, was as ioiiows: l itH,TM 2 2S.T70 1 2M.US5 H 28,MHJ 17 28,820 IS 2l,80 J 20,770 to o,:wo 21 U0.120 21 20.OUO 23 80,510 24 i 28,735 28 80.330 26 20,800 27 2O.03O 28 20.0K0 29 8O.070 30 30,110 II 20,120 ,.2h,U10 . .liN.UOO ..2S.7IIO ..XN.TUO ..XM.7SO I SM.M4JO 10 ..2M.T50 II 2N.750 12 28,730 U itM.HilO 14 3M.U20 U 28,730 Total 900,440 Less unsold and returned copies'.... 0,877 Net total sales 8IK1.B03 Net dally average 28,021 GEO. B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 1st day of September, A. D., l!02. M. B. HUNGATE, (Seal.) Notary Public King Corn wants to stand off Jack Frost Just a little longer. v Why should Omaha "bo represented in congress by a nonresident congressman? As to the difference between Onr Dave and Omaha republicans, there is nothing to arbitrate. ' " ' . ! . The way for Dave Mercer to save the district Is to stay out since he . has moved out of it. How could all that Texas oil burn with' so much water as Is known to bo In tho oil stocks? In 1806 and 1900 the democratic cry was that prices were too low. Now It Is to be that prices are too high. Senator Berry declares that "if Jeffer son Davis was a traitor, he (Berry) is a traitor." Nobody, contradicts the Ar kansas senator. Tom Johnson, " having attained the weight of 300 pounds, feels that be la divinely appointed as the successor of Orover Cleveland. Talk about prosperity here In Omaha ward clubs have to put off advertised meetings becauso they are unable to get balls to meet in. The Iowa State Weather bureau plays a sure game. It does not venture into the hazardous field of prophecy, but Issues a monthly bulletin telling what tho weather hits been. . Senator Teller's predicament appears to be about this: That he was a repub lican too long to be a good democrat and he has been a democrat long enough w spoil him for a republican. Striking anthracite coal miners say they see no Indications to lead them to expect an early settlement of their strike. Now, If the unexpected would only happen. Luckily or unluckily, the oil in those Texas oil wells was not protected by fire insurance policies, else we might look lor another boost in fire rates by ue underwriters' combine. President Boosevelt will not stop at Council Bluffs. lie must have been led to believe that when he meets John N Baldwin in Omaha he will get all the reception Council Bluffs could give him There seems to be a decided difference of opinion as to the eligibility of men for positions as kindergarten teachers. the difference depending whether the question Is viewed by a inau or woman. . From, the- latest authentic explana tton It appears that Baldwin failed to reach the north pole because half his dogs gave out The explanation Is in every way both sufficient and sug gestive. . Fsom all accounts, the Grand Army of the Republic ought to make arrange menu for a sliuultuueous exhibition by a circus with euch annual reunion, to make sure that the attending crowd are undiminished. The worst libel on Candidate Mickey that has yet been perpetrated is the cartoon that represents him wearing a silk bat Fuslonlsts may scuff at blm as a farmer who albo runs a bank, but to top blm off in a slik bat is taking un warranted liberties. Although the population of the United States has increased -0 per cent since 1S90, the number of rattle ' has not Increased at all, and the foreign de mand for American meat Is muck stronger than then. This is one rea son why beefsteak is 20 cents a pound. CAX.WT BE BELIED VPOX If the dpmocratle party had never hml an opportunity to legislate against the trusts or to enforce the antitrust law pnncrod by the repuMlran party, the prrst nt appeal to tho people of Its lead ers to repose confidence ' In It' might have some wolpht. But the 'record of the party In regard to the trusts shows conclusively that It cannot be relied upon. The democrats have never been ble to agree upon any practicable policy la respect to the great Industrial combinations. Fourteen year ago a democratic committee of the liouse ot representatives Investigated the trusts nd reported that no ngreeuient could be reached as to a plan for dealing with them. The committee was hopelessly di vided on the question and left It to the determination of a subsequent con gress. In 18!K the Sherman antl trust law was enacted and went Into effect This was in fulfillment of the pledge made In the republican platform of 1888. A I democratic president and congress came nto power in 1803 and they did noth- actual strength or the fate of his can ng to enforce that law or to render didacy, it will take Iowa out of the It more effective. On the contrary the administration declared the act Of 1800 I to be defective and Inadequate and the I only attempt made by the democratic congress to deal with the trusts was a provislon in the tariff law of 18V4 the law which brought so much disaster to the industries and labor of the coun- try which even the democratic admin- Istration paid no attention to. There was an opportunity then for the party to strike the trusts, but It failed to Im prove It, although the demand for some action against the combinations was hardly less general and rigorous than it is at present At the first session of the Fifty-sixth congress the judiciary committee of the house, by a strictly party vote, reported constitutional amendment to apply to all territory subject to the Jurisdic tion of the United States. This pro vided: "Congress shall have power to define, regulate, control, prohibit or dis solve trusts, monopolies or combina tions, whether existing in the form of corporations or otherwise. The several states may continue to exercise this power in any manner not in conflict with the laws of the United States. Con gress shall hare power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation." The democrats, with four exceptions, voted acrainst the iirnnnwd flmpmlmenr. while all the republicans but two voted for it Falling to receive the required two- thirds rote it was lost. In rlew of this record what faith can the people hare that the democratic paily, if fclveu the power, would do any' thing to overthrow the trusts, beyond I perhaps enacting anti-protection legis lation, which would be disastrous to all Industries? A southern democratic con gressman la reported as saying that when President Roosevelt "gets the people educated and aroused to the necessity of action - by congress on this question, a thing which not only he, but the democratic party, is doing, these same people will have also come to renlize thm th H.m- cratlc party Is the only hope they have for the accomplishment of this purpose.' The people are giving very careful at tention to this question and It is not ap parent that the democratic rlew re garding it is growing in favor. TRK COLOHADO CAMPAIGN'. The campaign in Colorado this year I will command more general attention than usuaL The political situation In that state has undergone a decided chance In the last two rears. The fac- tlonal differences In the republican party have disappeared and the republicans are now united and harmonious. Most of the silver republicana have returned to their former affliiatinn nH th. to prosperlty that Colorado has en loved in common with the rest of the country has materlally strengthened tho republican organization. The populist element has ceased to bo a factor of any consequence and waa entirely ignored by the demo- cratle convention. Th rlomnernta hn. lug reaffirmed allegiance to the Kansas City platform It la not Improbable that the effect will be to alienate those of the party who regard the free silver question as dead. The legislature to be elected will choose a successor to United States Sen ator Teller, who has fully Identified him self with the democrats, and the sena toriul contest will be the Important fea ture of the campaign. Former Senator Wolcott is a candidate for election to the 18 8lron wn ln I v vi .Ur,u ami . prouaoiy more generally popular than Wolcott The re- publican leaders in the state believe the imny nss more man a ngnting cnance the corporation agents and railway lob to win and it is preparing to make a byiBt8 whlch infest the national capital. vigorous ana aggressive campaign.- BOIES A t'lit;sWEA TIAti CAKDlbATE. The nomination of ex-Governor Hor ace Boles against Speaker Henderson in the Third Iowa district Is an event of national importance, however lacking therein a congressional nomination may ordinarily be. It means nothing less than the re-entering upon the stage of the ex-governor as a candidate for the presidential nomination. It has been un dertaken in pursuance of a deliberate movement among the old conservative leaders to rescue Iowa from Bryanism; a movement w hose first step was sue cessfully accomplished in the repudla tion of the Kansas City platform In the late state convention, in which Boies was put forward as the leader. The ex-governor aud bis backers can hardly seriously expect bis election over Colonel Henderson, but they do expect uiBieriauy 10 reuuee tne majority or 11.- w u.vu u .ecureu against a wean candidate two years ago and by force of tue uuaa wave in a sound money na- uuuui i-aiuiiHigu. mere is no sucn nuiuraj republican majority in the dls- incu me ex-goveruor is a stroug cam- palguer and personally popular, having as democratic -candidate for governor carried the district by a majority of V. lue democratic leaders do pect and not without reason, to cut down materially Colonel Henderson's majority, possibly by one-half or more. In the prestige of a spectacular contest with the speaker of the national house of representatives, Boles will at once be put forward as the Iowa candidate for presidential honors. He was a formida ble candidate In the Chicago convention in J Nix I, as a preliminary to which In the silver agitation he had Issued a series of public declarations skillfully designed both to persuade the conservatives of the east that be was a safe man, and yet to sooth the silver and radical west ern wing with belief in his sympathy with them. Convinced that the demo cratic party two years hence will need a compromise candidate, and a western man with at least covert eastern senti ments. Boles will simply re-carpenter the platform of his former candidacy, shaping it, of course, to changed circumstances. But the significant fact the fact of na tlonal Importance, Is that Boles will dominate the Iowa delegation In the na- tional convention. Whatever may be the column of Bryan states. Its delegation will finally line up for whatever candi- date the conservative element may agree on, and be available for all the purposes of those who are now conspir- jng to wrench the party organization from the hands of Bryan and his friends, Mr. Bryan is simply deceiving himself jf he imagines that he can let things drift as they are doing In Iowa, and later leap Into the breach and storm the state. He will be powerless against a home presidential candidate, and with the great central western state of Iowa against him the backbone of his faction wm te broken, FIRl 1XSURAXCE BATES AbAM. It Is gratifying to know that Omaha is not the only place where the people are protesting against the recent ad vance in the rates of fire insurance ex acted from policy holders by order of the underwriting boards. Whereas Omaha has been content to protest nSalns the flarnnt discrimination wh,ch has weighted this city down with various adverse points on the rate schedule, In Philadelphia a concerted movement has been started against the advance In rates in general and con vincing proofs offered to show that the advance ordered was without valid ex- CU8e or Jn-Uflcatlon. In Philadelphia all the various busi ness associations have joined together In what is known as a fire Insurance committee of the allied business organi sation? of Philadelphia "fnr the pnrposn of "curing trough proper investiga- .a. I ,3 .nnnHnv.4 n sUn aa uil i . Iin I n tlon and representation a reduction in the rates complained of, believing that the Increase in Insurance rates is a menace to all business Interests." In pursuance of this object the committee has dissected the statistical exhibits compiled by the Are underwriters to show how the Insurance companies hare been constantly losing money, and bare pointed out bow the figures bare, been Juggled to make losses appear where, in reality, pronts nave Deea reapeu. nere the underwriters have claimed a loss of nearly $27,000,000 on the fire Insurance business of ten years past investiga tion of the Philadelphia committee shows an underwriting profit approxi mately of $70,000,000, which allows fof all legitimate profit on the capital In vested, The important point for us in the worn of th,s committee is that Its conclusions PPlT not only t0 1'hiiaaeipnia nut to every c,ty ,n tne unea Mates wnere flro rates have bcen ra,8ed under Pre tense 01 recouping exiraoramary losses, 8ays tBe rePn 01 tne committee: no S01 nsoa exl8ts for increasing the rates all over the United States." What- r 1 accomplished by the allied bus! ne8S "clatlona ' Philadelphia, there- fore' w,n lnure t0 the benefit of the PUcy hoIde everywhere and ought to have the 8UPPrt and actlve co-opera- uon OI lue OUBlueBB iuuKuoui country, TO SAVE TBK SECvyO DISTRICT. The republicans of Omaha desire to be represented In congress by a repub lican. Why should Dave Mercer frus trate their desire by thrusting himself forward for an unearned nomination for a sixth term, even if it were within his power at this time to usurp a renomlna tlon? The nonresident has made bis election Imnnnalrila hv aonHrntlnir himaelf In Bervlce aud Bympathy. as well aa In domicile, from the people whose com mi88lon he has too long borne. He baa .ilenatPd tho masses of the nartv bv obvious and incorrigible subserviency to and It waa only natural that he should transfer bis residence to the congenial atmosphere of the District of Columbia. The voters of Omaha will not tolerate blm. All candid observers know that bis election Is an Impossibility. A loyal republican would, under the cir cumstances, take himself out of the way of the party, or, rather, would not have dreamed of getting in the way. It is, of course, useless to appeal to Dave Mercer's loyalty, for that does not exist, but why should not republicans who are loyal to their own Interest and the party properly attend to the case of the nonresident whom tho democrats want nominated because they know they can beat him? True, the democratic committee bas passed a resolution asking all demo cratic eanillilatpa fnr the ltvlalature tn pledge themselves for municipal home ruie but that does not put them on record. The pledges will have to come froni th candidates themselves, no mat. ter what ticket they are on. What would the remibllcans of Totta wattamle county. Iowa, think if a re- publican who lives in Omaha and who has never owned a dollar'e worth of property or paid a dollar of taxes should ittemnt ts damlnur thm ind tate who should or should not repre- sent them In congress and In the legis lature? That Is precisely what John N. Baldwin of Council Bluffs Is trying to do for this congressional and legislative district. Champ Clark is stumping Missouri again for the forty-eleventh time and he says: "If I had my way I would make It a felony without benefit of clergy ever to utter that slanderous phrase again, 'Poor old Mlssou.' " Then why doesrt that state show us by going republican? So far as can be learned the unfortu nate death of the secret service man de tailed for the protection of the presi dent has not caused any resignations from surviving members of the service. There Is a fascination about dangerous callings that overcomes all the element of danger. All Wast William. Chicago Tribune. Mr. Bryan's persistency may arise from singular hallucination that the repub licans are anxious to see some other demo crat run for the presidency next time. "sowlsg the Win." Philadelphia Inquirer. It needs no sage to foresee that there will be another story to tell If the supply ot anthracite should, through a refusal to ar bitrate, become exhausted when cold weather is at hand. I'atlqu rbansrea of Time, Buffalo Express. Comrade Roosevelt, who fought wltt Wheeler In Cuba, found several men in North Carolina who fought under Wheeler generation ago. The whirligig of time brings about marvelous changes. Crop Ilryoad rtarsn. Minneapolis Tribune. It la most always the unexpected that happens. Farmers have been dreading early frosts this year because of the un usual coolness of the summer, but destruc tive frosts have held off until It is now too lata for them to do much damage. The crop year Is certain to be one ot almost unprecedented bounty, taking all crops by and large- No Seeoad Fiddle for Johnsoa. Cleveland Leader. Soma of the western newspapers assume to believe that Johnson is lauding Bryan with the view of getting on the ticket in second place with the Nebraskan two years hence. That is a mistake. Johnson does not help ether people with the purpose of "playing second fiddle" to them. He is after first place on the presidential ticket of his party and nothing less than that. Always Headed Right. . . Indianapolis Journal. It was sixty-two years ago that the elec tion occurred in Maine which gave rise to a political song which told how Mains went for Governor Kent Edward Kent was mayor of Bangor from 1S36 till 1838 and his election as governor in the latter year was the first indication of the coming de feat of . the democratic party throughout the country in 1840. Maine has pointed the way to victory a good many times since then. " . Old Hickory Will Keep. ;'' y ' Portland Ovegonlam. A more inappropriate gift than a cane coulfl' scarcely have been selected by the loyaftltlzens of Georgia forNOur alert, high- stepping young president. However, being made of well-ieafoned hickory, and duly stamped with sliver, this souvenir will keep 'Until that distant day, now scarcely to be Imagined, when Theodore Kooseveu will need a staff wherewith to support his tottering footsteps as be moves slowly about the house. ' Where the Moner Flies. New Tork Tribune. It Is not in the best interests of true, high class sport that the betting' on horses should go beyond bounds and become the chief feature ot the dally reports in the newspapers. One t the principal book maker at Saratoga is quoted as saying that the total of tho amounts risked at the Springs had averaged the portentous sum of $2,000,000 for each afternoon, and much exceeded the speculation known at any time heretofore on the American turf. This is probably an exaggeration, but the newspapers agree in. saying that the bet ting on the Saratoga course was amazingly fast and furious. It Is time to throw cold water upon so unwholesome a fever. The pace has become too rapid. PIXB TREES OT THE 8ANI1 HILLS. Progress ef the Government Experi ment la Ferestatlea. New Tork Sun. About 15,000,000 acres in northwestern Nebraska are so sandy as to be unfit for tillage. Two-thirds of thle region is still the property ot the national government. About twelve years ago the State Board of Agriculture and the Nebraska Geological Survey began to study the sand hills from a scientific point of view and reported that it was believed to be possible to cover large tracts of this country with trees and shrubs from which a good revenue might eventually be derived. Mr. Hicks of the geological survey also reported that the foresting of the sand hills would probably lead to considerable economic results. The national government, therefore, sent a large number of Scotch, Austrian, rock and jack pines, which were set out In fur rows In one of the worst locations in the sand hills In the southwestern part of Holt county. Practically all of these trees have thrived. The Scotch and Austrian pines have now attained a height of six to eight feet, ths rock pines four to six feet and the jack pines twelve to eighteen feet. The trees are now entering upon the period of their most rapid growth, their thriving ap pearance shows that they are well adapted to the conditions and the Division of For estry reports that they are certain, unless burned out. to attain suitable size for lum bering. These varieties of the pine tree, It Is declared, are perfectly adapted for hundreds of thousands of acres In the sand bills, where the natural conditions are the same as those under which ths present forest is growing. It is proposed to continue the work that Is so promising. An extensive forest In the sand bills would be of great value to the region where it exists and also have a favorable Influence upon the winds and temperature of s large part of western Ne braska and tbus upon the agricultural con ditions there. The forest itself would yield, in fifteen or twenty years, fuel and posts, the timber would be large enough In twenty-five or thirty years for telegraph poles and railroad ties and thereafter. If properly managed, would be a source ot continual revenue. ' Ths possibility of turning a large and worthless area Into a region of great util ity has been demonstrated. It Is aa Inter esting illustration of the efforts, now con stantly widening, to reclaim tba waste places of the country and turn Ihem to good account. In view of ths progress that Is being mads in this direction, we cannot say that any region in our land will not some day be found capable ef ad ding .to the general wsaita. Wealth Philadelphia One moat effective argument In favor of the uninterrupted prosperity of this coun try Is mot with in the unexampled sire of the year s crops. It is pointed out with much appearance of authority that we can nave no great Industrial disaster so long as the yield of grains does not fall and tho agricultural industries upon mblch our welfare rests sre In a high state of pro ductiveness, as they are known to be dur ing the present season. Such a misfortune to the corn crop as resulted from the drouth last year in a time of commercial nervous ness might have Induced a terrible finan cial catastrophe. Fortunately our pros perity then was solidly established, and this year our strength need not be put to a test, since the harvests already gleaned and to come are ths largest In the history of the country. After the experience ot last summer It is peculiarly gratifying that corn Is again to be abundant and cheap. The prices of fu tures tn the speculative markets have had their ups and downs. There has been anxiety because ot floods, and lately prophets of evil have discerned signs of damaging frosts, but the plants go on growing and the ears filling out so that by no chance can ths crop bo short of ex traordinary. It Is computed that It may reach the great total of 2,600,000,000 bush els, and the estimate appears in no wise chimerical, since the famine ot last year, instead of dampening the ardor cf the farmer for corn. Increased his assiduity, so that there is a greater acreage at the present time than ever before In the annals of agriculture on this continent. There is no crop among them all in this OTHER LAXDS THAI OtR. Probably no country presents a more Im posing array of vast consolidations of all classes and callings to protect the interests of those united In them than does Germany. A recent publication of the Imperial com mission gives some idea of iheir extent and usefulness. It calls attention to tho fact that Germany has 145 chambers of com merce and trade and ten of agriculture, around which are groupted the People's In dustrial council, the German Agricultural council and land-economy colleges. The interests of traffic are represented by tho Home Railways' council. The learned pro fessions are regulated by councils ot doc tors and lawyers. There are, it appears, various Independent associations to protect the interests of manufacturers, trade and traffic, as well as to represent special classes and vocations, such as the union of German smelters, ths great association of architects and engineers, the German fish ery union, the inland shipping union, the householders' and tenants' unions, all of which have been established throughout the land for all tho more important occupa tions and branches of Industry. Not alone the independent workers have thus banded themselves together. It transpires, but tho movement has spread and now includes unions of officials, commercial unions and iaauuiaiiuus of workers of every descrip tion. The cartel or union of masters has been formed chiefly for the promotion of Industrial objects. In addition, there are various associated enterprises ot various groups and classes, and last, but not least. the great co-operative societies of the work ing classes. A graphic summary this, which goes to show that when It comes to great collective, organized enterprises the Teu tonic Fatherland does not purpose to be behind the procession. i .; ; . The' stories about the young king ot Spain, which are being spread broadcast by the Parisian press, do not Indicate that the lad Is developing as yet the tendencies toward vice which made his grandmother. Queen Isabella, notorious and which brought his 'father. King Alfonso XII, to a premature end. They show rather a self willed disposition and a lack of reverence for his elders, which cannot be considered surprising In the case of a boy brought up as a king. The story that he Wishes to pass by on the other side the few eligible European princesses and marry the daughter of some South American millionaire reveals. If anything, a mind that rebels at the un natural limitations with'n which his matri monial Impulses are confined. But Alfonso XIII Is already paying one of the penalties of his position in having a great variety of stories about him printed in the Parisian newspapers. The Paris press is a kind of clearing house of the gossip of the royal families of Europe. It Is well known that the expenditure of $363,000,000 under the German navy pro gram, as ultimately expanded, will render Germany the second naval power in the world within five or six years. Public at tention having been concentrated upon this startling fact, there has been a tendency to ignore the efforts of France in the same direction. It is true that the French gov. ernment is by no means expending so much money upon additions to Its navy, though In or before 1906 France will have six new battleships and five new armored cruisers ready for sea. The aim of M. Lanessan, the minister of marine in the Waldeck Rousseau cabinet, was rather to Introduce such changes tn the distribution ot the existing naval forces of his country as signally to increase their efficiency In time of war. As these changes were embodied In a law which has received President Loubet's assent, they will be carried out Immediately, with the result that both In the Atlantic and the Pacific the French naval force will be superior numerically and In fighting power to that of Great Brit ain, unless counter-precautions are taken by the latter power. Another of the unwelcome sequences of the late war in Bout Africa Is manifesting Itself In the cost of living in the Trans vaal. The price of rents, labor, domestio supplies and everything else conducive to human comfort there has been advanced so that a man of moderate means or in come has difficulty in making both ends meet. White labor is suffering and Kaffir labor, on which the mines were formerly largely dependent, is unobtainable at the old rates of wages. The employment of Kaffirs as teamsters and camp followers by the British army commissary was only secured by giving the blacks higher wages than they bad received In the mines before the war. Now that peace has been estab lished these natives will not return to their old employment in the mines unless they are paid as high wages as they were re ceiving in army service. The situation, from the mine owner's standpoint. Is be coming quite serious. Operations in sev eral mines in the Rand district, which for merly paid dividends, have been hampered to such an extent, through the lack ot na tive labor, that they ara being worked at a loss. In other cases the mines have been forced to close through the same cause. Whits labor is not obtainable because ths scale of wages is not high enough to meet the increased cost of living. The published report of the Jewiih Col onization society having charge ot the Baroa de Hlrsch fund of 150, 000,000 Is of eapec al Interest because of the magnitude of the undertaking. More than S2,000,000 was ex pended in 1901, seven-eighths of this sum being obtained by interest and one-eighth being a draft upon capital. The admlnis tret toe expenses amounted to $150,000, or 1 tier ccat of the total expended. The Ar in Corn Publlo Ledger. country which Is so important as tnilze. While w raise more wheat than any other people In the world, we produce live times aa much corn as wheat. We raise three bushels of corn for every bushel of oats. Our corn crop Is about four-fifths of the world s crop. Indeed, this cereal Is prac tically our own, since many countries, Ar gentine. Mexico, Egypt and the Balkan States, must units their harvests to make i tp the Innnlteslmal total which Is not pro- J duced within our national boundaries. Its value Is our owa discovery. The soil and climate conspire to make the Mississippi basin a rich field for Its growth. Iowa, , Kansas, Nebraska and Illinois can each be depended upon to produce mors than :00.- 000,000 bushels per annum In prosperous ... . . , vears. and other states in mis Den are not far behind In the work of running up the country's great total. If we have an Immense crop of corn we shall be assured of a large export trade. By diligently advertising this grain we have at last succeeded in creating a market for it in Europe, when we have it to spare, at a fair price. In the government's fiscal year 1900 we exported 209,000,000 bushels ot corn and in 1901 177,000,000 bushels. The trade then reached a value of more than 180,000,000 annually. Last year we could send abroad only 26,000,000 bushels, of an estimated worth of tl,000,000. Ths large crop means more cattle and hogs and cheaper beef, bacon and all kinds ot meat products. It will Invigorate the carrying trade on the railroads and on ocean freight lines, and will in a variety of ways con tribute to the industrial prosperity of the country. gentina project Is the largest. In Argen tina $230,000 was expended for direct re lief, $435,000 for purchase of new land for colonies and $65,000 for administrative pur poses. American organizations received $40,000 In subventions and $110,000 by way of loan for agricultural work. In Russia $110,000 was spent for schools, $5,000 In subventions. $150,000 for workers' dwellings In Wilna and $30,000 for loans. The weav ers of prayer shawls In Dubrovna received a loan of $170,000, Roumanla received $141,000, Palestine, $50,000; Asia Minor, $65,000, and Oallcla $120,000. It is a worldwide charity of the very best description, for it alms to help those who help themselves. POLITICAL DRIFT. Maine went as it did for Governor Kent. The rotund Tom Johnson will do his trust hunting in an automobile. One of the candidates for congress In Maryland bears the name of Stump. He Is on it, too. ( The country In which Portland, Me., is situated voted enthusiastically against tho prohibitory law, which the late preacher sheriff struggled to enforce. Elected of ficials are expected to take the hint and wuvk both eyes. Malcolm Smith of Cedar Rapids Is one ot the busiest men in Iowa these days. He is chairman of the state prohibition commit tee, a candidate for congress in his district and also the nominee tor district Judge. Tho prohibitionists propose to make a vigorous campaign in Iowa this year. Craven McKab, nominated by the demo crats of California for state superintendent of publlo instruction, declines to accept the gold brick. "The - office," he says, "would be a regular white elephant on my bands and I would fall ot election by about 60,(100. My name waa used without my knowledge or consent." The two American cities in which the number of colored inhabitants Is Increasing mo it largely are Washington and Philadel phia. In Washington, where the colored men do not vote, the Increase Is of no po litical Importance, but in Philadelphia the Increase Is favorable to the republican party, already In the majority there. Dr. George C Pardee, the republican can didate for governor of California, is a resi dent of Alameda county, which includes the city ot Oakland, opposite San Fran cisco, and which is one of the strongest republican counties In the state. In 1890 it gave McKlnley 5,000 .majority. Without its vote Bryan would have carried Califor nia by 2,300. One of the democratic state senators ot Pennsylvania, John F. Hlgglna, who be trayed his constituents two years ago by voting in the legislature for the return of Matthew S. Quay to the United States sen ate, was a candidate for renomlnation from Schuylkill county, but at the primaries re ceived only 300 votes out of a total ot more thnn 6,000 cast. Galusha A. Grow, congressman at large from Pennsylvania, will not be a candidate for re-election in his home district. Mr. Grow celebrated his' 80th birthday recently. He was speaker of the house during the civil war. ' The venerable statesman Is quoted as saying: "I have appreciated highly the honor that has been dons me In electing me congressman at large, and 1 am satisfied with the record that has been made already." Several candidates have already appeared in Michigan for the senatorial vacancy caused by the death of James McMillan. At teutlon is called to two features of the Michigan canvass. One la that the late Senator McMillan and his colleague. Sena tor Burrows, were choacn by the unanimous vote of the republican caucus lu each case and the second is that Michigan has uni formly been represented by republicans In the senate since the present lines of party division were established. You THAT UETTEK CLOTHING THAN WE ARB SHOW ING IS NOT ON EARTH. Unless it is possible to better best. There are some features about our windows at present that makes it impossible to display the fine suits and overcoats which are sure to interest those dressers who fancy something different "from the ordinary ready-made clothing. If you want this kind "our kind" we would be pleased to have you come in and look over the styles we are showing at flO, ? 12.50, ?15, $18, $20, $25. "No clothing fits like ours." Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers. Re 8. Wilcox, Manacer. BI.AKPHEJIT ASD BOODLEItS. i. Indianapolis News: Think of that com bination of St. Louis boodlers taking sol emn oath In which they dared to appeal to Almighty God. What became of.th oath they took when assuming the duties ef the offices to which they were, elected T Minneapolis Journal: How1 easily one crime leads on to another ' Is show by the oath which the boodllng St. Louis alder men swore. Being united la a corrupt league to betray the Interests of ths city they pledged themselves to accept death at punishment for betrayal of 'their tonmos guilty secret, and thus opened the way foi murder. Such a blood-curdHng oath fti they swore sounds more like aa excerpt from the proceedings of j some Russian nihilist society than of a wmferenee ol some despicable American boodlers. But, after all. the boodler rs just abovtt as much ! of a villain ss the nihllUt. The daly dlffer- jnce U hat the ler .dlL fAiinw ' hut that ao-called fedeem- aood fellow." but that so-called "redeem ing trait" really damns him the mere, Springfield Republican: The publication of the Ironclad oath taken by the nineteen members of the St Louis boodle combine was the final touch needed to make ths story of municipal sorruptloa la that nobis American city romantic even In. Us vil lainy. The manner in which ths' boodlers swore "before Xbe Almighty God" not to reveal combine secrets, and to accept death from the other members tn ease ot be. trayal, places them quite In the rank with the old pirates ot the Spanish main. "Aad all of this I do solemnly swear, so help me God" such was the conclusion of the oath. Why is it that ths most Infamous rascals take their vows tn crime with sn appeal to ths Almighty to sustain them In plundering other people? No more absurd contradiction could bs conceived. The St. Louis boodlers, however, sre not unlike generations of rascals who have gene be. fore. Instead of Invoking the devil, their logical patron, they always turn to the deity when in a critical place. AMONG THE 'SMILE MAKERS. Detroit Free Press: "Pshaw! He's no good! He and I used to work right side by side." "Still, he may have recovered from the effects, you know, and turned out well after all." ' y ; ' .V Chicago Post: "Go," said the stern par ent, "and never darken my door again!" "All right, old man," returned the In corrigible. ''If I happen to get back this way I'll come In through the window." Philadelphia Press: "When two men start swearing at each other it's usually called ,'a stream ef abuse.' Funny, Isn't ItT" ' "What's so funny about It?" "Why, you'd think so much 'damming' would stop the stream, but it's Just the opposite." New Tork Sun: Joan of Aro was review ing the situation. "Strange," she murmured, "they talk about the Beef Trust, and yet It seems easy to get the Stake." Remarking that this was pretty Swift, she then proceeded to polish up her Armour. Cleveland Plain Denier: ' "I want to see the cook right after dinner." , "You are not going to discharge her, George?" "Discharge her? No, Indeed. I Want to get the recelne from her for this fiMlnr sauce. It ought to make the best kind of office mucilage." Washington Star: "So you are not going to Europe again?" , "Not for a long time," answered Mrs. Cumrox. "It la our Intention to live In America, thereby calling attention to the fact that we can afford to pay the highest prices for everything." Chicago Tribune: "I'd like to know what you meant, sir," demanded the Irate young woman, "by saying in your paper this morning that the popcorn counter at the charity basaar last night waa presided over by 'the dat little Miss Sklmmerhorn'T" "Good heavens, madam." said the editor man, turning pale "That was written - leff !" Philadelphia Press: "My Jelly' won't jell," complains the housewife. "In the Spanish," says the man. her husband, thinking to take her mind off her troubles, . ."that sentence would be pro nounced: 'My helly won't hell.'" "Well." sighs the woman, moodily stir ring again In the kettle, "there are some more things about the Spanish that this country should have benevolently assimi lated." PEACHES AND CREAM. Baltimore News. Peachek ' ' and Cream, Kplcure's dream!' Oh, what a dlnh for the dainty they seem! Silver and ... Gold, Tastily bowled. Tempting the palate, so lusciously coldl Half-spheres of rapture afloat In a sea Of lacteal richness that satisfies me! Peachea and cream, peaches and cream I Fresh from the joy-laden boughs they are brought. Bits from the great treasure-house of the with a fragrance enravlshlng fraught, Nectar-fed brood of the dew-refreshed sods; Dripping with wine that the eye starts agleam. Gold, they are set in the silver of cream! Oh, what a feast for the epicure's eye Oh, what a joy for the palate of man! Oh. what a smile to swift banish the sigh. Lighting the way on, life's burdensome span! Each brimming dish with its ecstaeles teem Bliss overflows In the peaches and cream! Peaches ami Cream, Epicure's dream! On, what a dish for immortals they seemt Stiver and Gold, Tastily bowled. Tempting the palate, so lusciously cold! llalf-sphrrea of rupture afloat in a sea Of lacteal richness that satisfies me! Peaches and cream, peachea and cream! (now