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t XH.HM,
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7 28,T!M
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I 28,000
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17 28,820
18 2,80
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20 80.3MO
21 30.120
22 20,000
23 3,510
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25 80,::iO
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27 20.H30
28 20.000
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1902. M. B. HUNGATB,
(Seal.) Notary Public
It is hard for Colonel Bryan to de
cide which he abhors most republicans
f reorganlzers.
Connecticut Is the latest state to en
dorse President Roosevelt, and the env
dorsement Is a hummer.
It's a safe bet that runny of the loud
est talkers about the price of anthracite
coal have never used anything but soft
coaL
With three bank presidents on the
Mercer primary tickets, Our Dave would
be safe If the dollars voted lnsteud of
the men. ...
Governor Savage may bring on his
militia ' In support of Mercer, but be
can't make the worktngmen of Omaha
upport Mercer.' ' "
Torto III co has been accorded ' Self
government only a-couple ;pf years, but
has already developed opposing political
parties just as If It came by them nat
urally. '
The organization of a gigantic com
bination of the Iron and steel industries
In England hardly consists with the
theory that free trude is the remedy
for trusts.
A man cannot serve two masters.
Mercer's first allegiance is to the cor
porations, and as between the corpora
tions and the common people, he will
always be for the corporations.
The test oath bluff has also been
called. Uegulurly registered repub
licans will vote as usual at the coming
republican primaries without an inqui
sition into the secrecy of the ballot.
The market house ordinance has been
again passed by the council for the
'ateenth time. That la no aanurnnoA.
boweverjthat It will not be passed up
and passed down a few more times.
A committee of the city council will
take charge of the city hall reviewing
Stand when President Roosevelt reviews
the Ak-Sar-Ben parade. Now will the
members of the school board be good.
Noth'ng like nn inevitable" overlap in
the police fund can be expected to deter
the Broatch-Mercer police bourd from
using the police force to meet the po
litical emergency presented by Our
Dave's desperate case.
If the railroad managers and bankers
could cast all the votes at the republican
primaries next Friday, Mercer would
win out hands down. But the wage
workers ought to have something to say
and will have somethine to snv.
Secretary Wilson's bulletin predicting
that the price of beef will soon begin
to fall at the result of abundant grass
and corn crops will be gratefully ac
cepted, provided It Is followed by fulfill
ment It Is safe to assume that the
meat packers' trust will not co-operate
rery strenuously.
cpeaner iavia u. Henderson was
uuanlmouKly renominated by acclama
tion, put he refuse to be a candidate
when even' a small portlou of his re
publican constituents differs with hliu
aa he conceives," on a matter of principle.
Dave Mercer But it would be an in
ult to the speaker to muke any com'
parlson with Dave Mercer.
m.
General Plerson's prediction that by
1910 the South African mines will turn
out an annual product of 1,000 tons of
gold, or four times as much as the
world's present output, Is a wild over
estimate. But It Is well known that
now that the Boer war is over gold
production In South Africa Is increasing
at a rapid rate. It is noteworthy that
large Importations of gold to this coun
try are now being made. " " .
nrtAKtn ntJDKRsoxa withdrawal.
If the withdrawal of David It. Hender
son from the race for congress In his
district means his retirement from pub
lic life It can be regarded In no other
light than a national calamity. As
speaker of the house Colonel Henderson
has become a national figure, the
speakership In Importance and Influence
ranking second only to the presidency
Itself. It will be conceded by friend
and foe that In that trying position
Speaker Henderson has acquitted him
self In the most eftlclent and creditable
manner.
No other man In congress could have
succeeded to the place vacated by
Speaker Reed and accomplished 'the
same results with as general satisfaction
and as little friction as has Colour!
Henderson. It Is no disparagement of
Colonel Henderson to say that following
In the footsteps of that plant of states
manship his notable achievement has
been to hold the speaker's power built
trp by .Speaker Reed and to guide the
course of legislation in smooth channels
without encountering the personal op
position which Mr. Reed met from mem
bers of the house of both political
parties. Speaker Henderson's hand upon
the legislative throttle has been the all
powerful factor for safe and conserva
tive law-making In the national halls of
legislation since the retirement of
Speaker Reed.
In view of these conditions, viewed
from the national standpoint. It Is cer
tainly to be hoped that Colonel Hender
son's determination to decline his re
nomination Is not Irrevocable and that
he will be prevailed upon to reconsider
his announcement and to continue In
the position of party leadership he now
occupies.
The reasons given by Colonel Hender
son for his refusal to make the race
for congress will, as a matter of fact,
strike broad-minded republicans as of
minor and inconsequential Importance.
The difference between his views and
the declaration .of the Iowa republicans
on tariff revision, emphasized in his
statement, Is rather more apparent than
real. Colonel Henderson declares that
he does not believe tariff reduction Is
the cure-all for trust evils and In this
only narrow-minded bigots will disagree
with him. Themost that ardent ad
vocates of tariff revision could look
for would be simply a partial relief
from exactions by the few trusts that
have been sheltered by tariff advan
tages.
The most careful reading of the Iowa
platform Bnno.m'emer!t does not. In our
Judgment, admit fairly of the Interpre
tation Colonel Henderson has put upon
It hut on the contrary It strongly re
affirms the historic protection policy of
thi nnrtv. Afnch mnro nrtn Vina hoim !
made of It by the Iowa democratic press
than it really Justifies, Even If Colonel
Henderson were at variance with a por
tion of the republicans of his district
on this one question, as he seems to
think, he is still In full accord with
them on all the most vltl issues of the
day, and they could well, afford to over
look one point to retain the services of
a man of such transcendent ability as
the speaker.
Colonel Henderson looms up so far
above all the other western members
of the house that should he retire the
speakership would certainly be lost to
the west. The west particularly would
rejoice If, after all, it should be found
that no considerable element of the
party in his district takes uncompro
mising Issue with his position and he
should yet allow them to re-elect him iu
November.
THE OYSTER BAY COXFERtXCK.
Very little Is positively known In re
gard to what transpired at the confer
ence at Oyster Bay between the presi
dent and leading republican senators,
but there appears to be no doubt that
one of the things decided was that there
will be no revision of the tariff at the
next session of congress. It is stated
that two of the senators, Mr. Allison
and Mr. Spooner, favored revision, on
the ground that It Is imperatively de
manded by the west, but it Is doubtless
safe to assume that the statement is
erroneous. Those senators know that a
general revision of the tariff, if done
with proper care, would be well-nigh
impossible at the short session of con
gress and It Is hardly conceivable that
they would recommend undertaking so
large and Important a task at that ses
sion. The Flfty-nfth congress snent over
four months on the DIngley tariff, for
the enactment of which it was called in
special session. To properly revise that
act In a session of less than three
months, with all the other business re
quiring the attention of congress, Is
obviously out of the question.
It is stated that the president is to
maintain his position as to the trusts
and also to Insist on his demand for
Cuban reciprocity. The president's at
tltude In regard to the great Industrial
combinations Is so generally approved
by Intelligent and conservative public
opinion that there Is the most conclusive
reason why he should maintain it It
la a sound and defensible position,
which has in view the correction of
evils and abuses without Injuring those
who are Innocent or Jeopardizing the
security of our entire industrial system
mo prfHiueut s ptun is remedial, as
opiwsed to the revolutionary policy of
the democratic party. The latter pro
posed, as forcibly expressed by Speaker
Henderson, "to kill the child In order to
cure it." President Roosevelt and the
republican party would preserve the In
dustrles of the country while remedying
those evils that are Incident to great
combinations. - .
It Is not to be doubted that the presl
dent will lublbt upon reciprocity with
Cuba, lie bus clearly indicated his
purpose to do so In some of his recent
public siK-eches. Mr. Rouse velt most
earnestly believes that It Is the duty of
the Uuited States to make some tariff
concession to Cuba, in order to promote
the material welfare of that country
aud he also believes that It would be of
beuetlt to this country to help Cuba.
He will therefore continue to urge
Cuban reciprocity and It Is understood
will have a treaty ready for submission
to congress when It assembles. There
are predictious that such a treaty will
be ratified, but ss to this no one can
now speak with certainty. Notwith
standing the fact that most of the state
republican conventions have declared In
favor of Cuban reciprocity, there Is still
a strong republican opioHitIon to It and
it Is at least doubtful if a treaty could
be ratified.
The conference at Oyster Bay Is to be
regarded as assurance of the president's
earnest desire to maintain harmonious
relations between the administration and
congress.
' 11 1
IBS, CMOS PACIFIC LOCKOCT.
SOUTH OMAHA, Neb.. Bept. 16, 1902.
To the Editor of The Bee: I read your
"Time for Plain Talk" editorial and was
surprised as well aa grieved at Its general
tenor and tendency. The business commu
nity and good citizens usually overlook
one-sided and prejudiced reports and write
ups, but when we find a great paper's ed
itor publishing such glaring and unjusti
fiable Ideas as contained In your article
the better element In this country may
well begin to prepare and fear for the
worst.
To tell how the Union Pacific railroad
or any other employer of labor should run
their business affairs is entirely out of place
for you or ma or any person not Interested
financially in the management of their
plant. If those employes, who were well
treated and better paid, did not like the
change to piecework It was their right and
privilege to quit and do better If they
could, but they have no right or authority
under the law to arm themselves with
bludgeons, brass knuckles and other
deadly weapons and awault, beat and mur
der those poor laborers who are willing to
work to support themselves and families.
I observe a strong disposition on the
part of public officers who are elected to
administer impartially Justice and protec
tion to every citizen and also on the part
of newspaper men to represent everything
favorably toward these thugs and law
breakers and reflect as unfavorably as pos
sible on the business men's corporations
and business world in general. The office
hunters and politicians are also eternally
clamoring for the union vote.
You touch very critically the fact that
a young man In the prime of life who was
willing to work for an honest living was
foully murdered by those ruffians who re
fused to work, preferring to loaf and guz-
rle bad whisky. Tou call the perpetration
of this terrible crime "a fray or skirmish
and say it was by no means an exceptional
incident. The world at large does not
need such a statement, as everyone knows
when these non-responelble bodies go out
on a strike they always mean to lntlml
date, harass, assault and kill, If you. pleasei
other poor laborers who are willing -to
work and fill their places.
What, I would ask, Is this country fast
approaching I answer frankly, anarchy
and revolution. But thank Ood there Is
and always has been good citizenship and
true patriotism enough to put down Bnd
subdue all evildoers, agitators and malcon
tents, when the business Interests of this
country, the agricultural and manufacturing
Interests, are once fully arbused to the ne
cesslty of their own defense the horde of
mischief's labor leaders, the union comblna
tlons and the politicians, will be 'quickly
brushed to one side and our Declaration of
Independence and glorious Institutions will
be strongly sustained, preserved and handed
down'to following generations unsullied and
untarnished.
Tou say Mr. Burt knew the rules of the
international union prohibited the ' piece
work system. I Inter from this that you
believe their obligations to their union are
paramount to the service and duties to their
employers. What an anti-republican and
preposterous proposition! Do you permit
your employes to override and disregard
your Instructions concerning their duties
toward you? If so, you have my unfeigned
sympathy, for your workmen have you by
the throat.
You Intimate the strikers are struggling
for life and subsistence when they quit their
Jobs voluntarily that were netting them 12
to $4 per day, and the army of vagabonds
who auit their work five months ago in
Pennsylvania and have been engaged de
troylng their employers' property and In
tlmldotlng and murdering their fellow men
presume are also fighting a battle for life
and sustenance while losfng $10,000,000
through Idleness, In wages, and you and I
help to foot the great loss because the own
ers and employers of the coal region will
not permit the. worklngmen to run their
business. And what free-born American
citizen, r ask. will submit to such un
reasonable and unbusinesslike conditions?
I think you and I and every true lover
of his country should discountenance and
frown upon everybody and every movement
calculated to foment strife and disorder in
the community and thus show our good cltl-
senshlp and true patriotism. '
DAVID ANDERSON.
It Is the policy of The Bee to give a
fair hearing to all sides In every con
troversy involving vital Issues, reserv
lng to Itself the rlpht to express Its own
views fearlessly from the standpoint it
believes to be for the public welfare.
Mr. Anderson's Indictment of labor
unions In general and the Union Pacific
shopmen locked out by Mr. Burt In par
tlcular is as unreasonable as it is un
Just. We are living in the twentieth
centurv and cannot meet modern in
dustrial conditions with eighteenth cen
tury methods.
Every civilized country has recog
nized the right of worklngmen to or
ganize for mutual leueflt and protec
tion. Within the past fifty years colos
sal combinations of capital have monop
olized every avenue to employment
They control vast armies of wage work
ers, who would be absolutely at their
mercy were it not for the trades unions
and other associations of wage workers.
Organized labor alone van cope with or
sanized capital. Were It'not for labor
organizations the captains of industry
would become harder taskmasters than
were the pharuohs of Egypt or the
feudal liarous of the middle ages.
The union labor trust Is cbseutlal for
the protection of the middle class, the
farmers and merchants, against the ag
gresslon of the railroad trusts and the
Industrial trusts that have become a
menace to American self-government
Prealdetft Roosevelt has recognized that
fact in his recent speeches. And all ra
tlonul people wbd want to perpetuate
free American Institutions agree with
him iu the declaration tuut the power of
the trusts must be curbed and lubur
must be protected in its right to resist
the tyranny of corporate monopoly
Mr. Anderson's views of the obliga
tions of the wuge worker to his em
ployer are IniM-d ou undent usage
when the man or woman who worked
for wages was the chattel prois-rty of
the man who hired him. iu these days
the only obligation Imposed npon wage
workers Is to do the work faithfully and
diligently for which they are paid. No
body contends that a mechanic belong
ing to a union has a right to slight his
work or refuse to obey his superiors In
the performance of the work allotted to
him. But every member of the trades
union Is presumed to be a man of honor
as much as the president of a railroad
or a bank. When he enters a labor
union he assumes obligations which he
cannot repudiate with honor at any
sacrifice. When members of a trades
union are locked out by demands with
which they cannot comply without
breaking away from the union or violat
ing their solemn pledges, a conflict is
forced upon them for which they are
not responsible. This Is precisely the
condition of the Union Pacific shopmen
who were discharged by Mr. Burt be
cause the rules of their union prevented
them from doing piecework. Mr. Burt
undoubtedly had a right to Issue this
mandate, but in doing so he assumed re
sponsibility for all Its consequences.
To denounce the men discharged by
Mr. Burt as a lot of tramps who pre
fer to loaf and guzzle bad whisky to
honest well paid toll. Is only heaping
Insult upon injury. The great ma
jority of these men had been working
day in and day out In the shops for
many years. Many of them are home
owners and taxpayers, whose sons and
daughters, educated In our public
schools, occupy positions of trust In vari
ous walks of life. The brutal assault
that resulted in the death of the young
rutin imported from Chicago by the
Union Pacific cannot be charged up to
the Union Pacific strikers, although' it
is an Incident of the strike. The un
fortunate man could have found em
ployment in Chicago, but was lured on
by the tempting offer of high wages
held out to strike breakers by the Union
Pacific recruiting officers. The coro
ner's inquest has developed the fact
that he came to his death not as a vic
tim of a plot or of an assault by
strikers, but in a fray with men em
ployed inside of the Union Pacific shop
grounds.
The comparison made between the
Union Pacific strike and that of the
anthracite coal miners only emphasizes
the necessity of curbing the greed of
organized monopoly. The cruelty, wick
edness and defiance of public sentiment
of the anthracite coal mine owners Is
without a parallel In Industrial wars.
These- multl-mllllonalres who have
amassed enormous wealth from the
earnings of labor refuse to recognize
Iho advance in the price of breud, meat
and clothing. They not . only refuse
their imported laborers the pittance to
which they are entitled, but have taken
advantage of their enforced Idleness to
double the price of coal mined at the
old wages before, the strike began.
While thousands of families are at the
point of starvations these soulless mo
nopolists are levyptjg tribute upon the
whole country and 'tilling their coffers.
They refuse to listen to any proposal of
arbitration, under tjie pretext that they
will not permit their r worklngmen to
run their business. If the conservative
business men of the country want to
head off socialism and anarchy, they
should protest vigorously against such
outruges and endeavor to find a solu
tion for the grave problems that con
front us, rather than attempt to excuse
and palliate the wrongs Inflicted on the
Industrial toilers, who constitute the
bone aud sinew of the land.
IVHF THE ItAlLHUAUS , WAST JUEBCtB.
Why are the allied railroad corpora
tions making .such a desperate effort to
force Mercer upon the people of this
district for a sixth term? That question
can be readily answered. Mercer has
always been a ready and willing tool
of the corporations and can be depended
upon to do their bidding. As chair
man of the committee on public build
ings, he Is in position to make trades
with members of the other committees
for bills' in which the corporations are
interested and render them Invaluable
assistance. In this work Mercer Is
worth his weight In gold. One example
will suttice:
When the Union Pacific railroad was
chartered it was given a land grant
subsidy of every other section of land
with li twenty miles of the main line
and a bond subsidy ranging from $16,000
to $48,000 per mile. The Burlington &
Missouri River road received only a land
giant subsidy. When that road en
tered upon the selection of its land It
found the Union Pacific road within its
territory south of the Platte, so It
crossed over into the North Platte coun
try and selected a large part of its land
rant in counties north of the Union
Pacific. In making this selection It
overreached Its grant bj about 200.000
acres. This land was disposed of to
settlers, who received from the Burling
ton warranty deeds for the land they
bought. The fraud was discovered by
Laud Commissioner Sparks," under the
Cleveland administration, and, being an
honest man. Sparks refused to issue the
patents for the Burlington lands that
were In excess of their legitimate land
grant Two years ago a bill was in
troduced iu congress for the relief of the
settlers on the lauds fraudulently ob
tained by the Burlington. This relief
bill was smuggled through congress by
the help of Mercer, under the pretext
that it was gotten up for the benefit of
the farmers, when, us a matter of fact
It wus for the benefit of the Burlington
company, which was bound to make
good Us warranty deeds. At the very
lowest estimate, these lands were worth
$10 an acre, and Mr. Mercer thus saved
ut leust $-,000,0M) to the Burlington at
one clip. But what benefit was this to
the farmers of Nebraska? What bene
fit was it to his constituents iu this
district?
The affinity of other railroads to Mer
cer can also reudily lie explained. Each
of these corporations has used Mercer
for some scheme thut brought bun
dreds of thousands of dollars Into its
coffers, and there are, doubtless, other
schemes on the stocks In which they
waut to use Mercer's Influence for their
own aggrandizement There Is a well
defined rumor, for example, that one of
these railroads contemplates an exten
sion through the Yellowstone park, for
which the government Is to vote a free
right of way. Mr. Mercer's assistance
Is very much needed, and Mr. Mercer Is
the man to whom they look to do It best.
To what extent the people of Omaha
or the farmers of Douglas, Sarpy aud
Washington counties are to be benefited
by national donations to the railroads
that will be capitalized Into millions of
dollars of railroad stocks for private
gain, has not yet been explained.
County Treasurer Elsasser prints an
other monthly statement, showing that
be Is carrying In the near neighborhood
of $123,000 of county money on deposit
in local banks. Although these same
banks are paying Interest on balances
of city money, Mr. Elsasser falls to
show where a single cent of Interest has
been turned In to the credit of the
county. No good and sufficient reason
has yet been advanced why the tax
payers should not have the benefit of the
Interest earned on county deposits as
well as on city deposits.
A Sweet Yoonar Thin.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The latest fad in trusts is a combination
of manufacturers of candy with a capital
of $9,000,000. This Is a case of lengthened
sweetness long drawn out aura enough.
But will it stick?
One leap of Roosevelt.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
Mr. Roosevelt has now been president of
the United Slates a full year. It has not
been a year of uniform success, yet it has
been by no means a failure. And the most
notable fact to be recorded Is that he is
now settling into his own natural stride.
Sh. Death!
Chicago Chronicle.
Senator Bailey has begun to breathe
heavily through his nose and hitch up his
trousers with omnibus earnestness. Pen
flcld. the solicitor of the State department,
who called the senator an asa, Is on his
way home from Europe. We shall have
blood and wounds anon.
Favorite of the Ksvy.
Philadelphia Press.
A general cheer will go up at the an
nouncement that the battleship Oregon Is
ready for duty again. The country has not
felt quite safe from hostile Invasion since
those rocks tn the Oriental seas tore nasty
boles in the bottom of the ship that made
the memorable voyage around Cape Horn
Blue Bloods at Newport.
Baltimore American.
Grand Duke Boris, It Is said, retired
from a Newport dining ball In a huff be
cause the soup was served to the hostess
before being lauled out to him. Five others
of the guests, it Is further told in this
thrilling rumor, left In his wake. Perish
the thought! Only five? Only live persons
In all America In whose veins courses
blood of sufficient bluenees to cause them
to rise In wrath and offended dignity and
walk with "me, too," air at the angry coat
talis of an irate duke? Only five people
who do not know when the soup should
reach the duke or the duke should reach
the soup? No. It must be a mistake. If
the nobility, of Newport knows how to en
tertain a monkey, It must possess sufficient
Darwinian Instinct to enable It to feed
duke according to Hoyle. Otherwise the
Four Hundred is submerged in the con
somme.
Manner of Paying; for Pavfna-.
American Asphalt Journal.
Every American city does a deal of pav
ing every year, and there is a great variety
of arrangements for payment. In the DIs
trict of Columbia the district pays halt and
the United States government half, and it Is
proposed to change the plan. Senator Mc
Millan of the committee on the affairs of
the District of Columbia, has been collect
ing information from leading cities on this
point. The cities where the abutting prop
erty owners bear the whole expense -of first
paving are Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo, Chi
cago, Detroit, Indianapolis, Minneapolis,
Omaha, Pittsburg and St. Paul. In Balti
more, Cleveland, Minneapolis, New Orleans
and Omaha the city pays all or the greater
part of the cost of paving street Intersec
tions. In Cincinnati the city pays 2 per
cent of the entire cost of paving. In ad
dition to paying for the street Intersections
the balance being assessed on abutting
property. In Charleston the expenses of
first paving are borne by the city. In St,
Louis one-fourth of the cost Is charged
against the abutting property per foot
the remaining three-fourths against the
property in the district defined by city ordl
nance in each particular case.
WATTERSON OX THE SMART SET.
Kentucky Editor Hands
a Bonqort to
the Idle Rich.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The term "smart set" was adopted by
bad society to save itself from a more
odious description. The distinguished
trait of the "smart set" is its moral aban
don. It makes a business of defying and
overleaping conventional restraints upon Its
pleasures and amusements.
The women of the "smart set" no longer
pretend to recognize virtue even as
feminine accomplishment. Innocence Is
badge of delinquency, a sign of the crude
and raw, a deformity, which. If tolerated
at all, must carry some promise of amend
ment; for among these titled cyprlana the
only thing needful is to know It all
In London and in Paris at Monte Carlo
tn the winter, at Trouvllle and Alt
In the summer tbey make life one unend
lng debauch: their only literary provender,
when they read at all, the screeds of
d'Annunzlo and Bourget; their Mecca, the
roulet table and the race course; thel
heaven, the modern yacht with the luxury
and Isolation. The ocean tells no tales; and
the "smart set" knows no law, when
tn extremis It can go to sea.
The "Four Hundred" In America take thel
cue from the "smart set" in Europe. Be
hold them at the horse show In New York.
Regard them at the swell resorts after the
show. All tbelr talk Is about stocks and
bonds, puts and calls, horses, scandals and
dogs. They the best society good Lord
Truly, we have come to a beautiful pass
If the simpering Johnnies and the tough
glrla that make Sherry's and Delmonlco'
"bum," that Irradiate the corridors of th
Waldorf-Astoria with the exhalations
their unclean Uvea and thoughts, emulat
tng the demlmondalpe of the third em
plre, are to be accepted even by Inference
as the "best society," while the good and
virtuous of the land, even though quit
able to pay their way home and abroad
must be relegated to the "middle class
and dismissed as simple "bourgeoisie.
The "Four Hundred'' are rotten through
and through. They have not one redeem
lng feature. All their ends are achieved
by money, and largely by the unholy use
of money.
Must these unclean birds of gaudy an
therefore of conspicuous plumege fly from
glided bough to bough, fouling the very
air as they twitter their affectations of
social supremacy, with no one to sby
brick or to cry, "Scat, you dsvllsl"
ROIXD JtDOlT SEW YORK.
Ipplea on the ('arrest of Life In the
Metropolis.
The tunnel projected by the Pennsylvania
ilroad under the Hudson and Bsst rivers
nd through Manhattan Island Is a glgantte
nrtertaklng, both In cost and from an en-
neerlng standpoint. H. O. Prout, editor
of the Railroad Gazette, estimates the total
cost at 140,000,000, of which 25.OOO,OO0 will
be paid for labor.
The new line begins at Harrison, on the
east side of the TasKalc river. Just across
from Newark. It runs along the south
Ide of the Pennsylvania main line for
bout 5,000 feet, at which point it has such
an elevation that It ran cross to the north
ward across the meadows to the west side
of the ridge Just back of Hoboken. On the
meadows the line crosses seven railroads,
besides the main line of the Pennsylvania,
and an Important highway, on which Is a
ouble-track trolley road, and It also
crosses the Harkensack river. All of the
crossings are over grade. That necessi
tates a continuous embankment, or viaduct,
from Harrison to the tunnel portal at the
est side of the ridge, about six miles.
At the Bergen ridge the line enters a
rock tunnel and emerges In Long Island
City, the total length of tho tunnel being a
little less than six miles. The total im
provement from Harrison to the Junction
1th the Long Island railroad Is twelve
miles and one-eighth. It is costly work.
Not a foot Is oa the natural surface; all
ts In tunnel or cutting or on embankment
for viaduct
Across the North river will be twe tun
nels and across the East river four, and the
tunnels are to meet at a great central sta
tion to be established on Manhattan Island,
between Seventh and Ninth avenues and
Thirty-first and Thirty-third streets.
On Manhattan Island the rails will never
be nearer the surface than forty feet, and
everywhere they will be below mean tide
level. In fact, at the highest point of the
tunnel the rails will be about ten feet be
low mean low water. Obviously, the sta
tion platforms will also be below tide level.
Under the Bergen ridge the grade of the
unsel will be 255 feet below tho highest
point of the hill. Under the North river
it will be thlrty-flve feet below the natural
bottom of the river and eighty feet below
mean low water. Under the East river
the depths are about the same.
The uptown movement extends rapidly.
The department stores, the theaters, the
hotels and the newspapers are in the move
ment. An uptown site for a new postofflce
will soon be selected. The appellate court
already has a building uptown. Commls-
loner Partridge has applied to the Board
of Estimate for an uptown site for new
police headquarters. The site he selects
is the triangle at Broadway, Seventh ave
nue and Forty-seventh street, In what la
known as Longacre Square. This Is an
admirable situation. There Is no doubt
that new headquarters are needed, and there
could be no better site selected.
That J. P. Morgan believes in rewarding
honesty In others was shown the other day
when he gave a little newsboy an extra half
dnllnr for gnln; several blocks to hand
him change from the purchase of a news
paper. As the great financier was driving
to his office a newsboy recognized him. The
boy ran alongside the carriage and shouted
"Hey, Mr. Morgan, here's a coal strike
extra!" Something In the paper caught Mr.
Morgan's eye, and, reaching for It,, he threw
the lad a half dollar. The carriage never
slackened Its speed. The boy clambered
on behind, and when It stopped In front of
Mr, Morgan's office he handed out 49 cents
Change.
"Here's, your change, sir," said the lad,
as Mr. Morgan stepped out. - '
"What's that for?" asked Mr. Morgan
gruffly.
Tou bought a paper from me at Liberty
street, and I couldn't give you your change,''
answered the boy. ,
"Never mind the change," said Mr. Mor
gan. Putting his hand In his pocket he took
out another half dollar, which he gave the
boy, telling him to . buy himself some
peaches from a cart standing near.
I call myself an indexer and a scrap
per," said the occupant or an omce not rar
from Madison square, quoted by the Even
ing Post. "By scrapper I do not mean
a pugilist, but a professional scrap book
maker. In these two fields, or, really one
Held, because no scrap book ts of value
until it has been Indexed, I am an expert,
That does not mean much, because there
are only six or eight of us In New York.
Our calling is the result of the clipping
bureaus, of which there are now some
thirty or forty In various parts of the
country. You subscribe to a bureau and
order clippings upon any particular sub
Ject or subjects. These are furnished to
you by tens, hundreds or thousands, ac
cording to the subject given. Each clip
ping is mounted upon a slip, which gives
the name, place and date of the paper
from which It Is taken. If you are wise
you will now employ an Indexer and scrap
per to put these Into permanent and valu
able form. If you do not care to engage
an expert for the entire Job you will And
it advisable to consult with one tor la-
formation and advice.
"In the choice of scrap books beware of
the gaudily bound affair with which the
market is flooded. They are poorly bound
and go to pieces before tbey are half
filled with scraps. What Is even worse,
the pages are made of thick wood pulp
paper, which dries, cracks and breaks ere
a year has gone by. I have seen scores of
nice looking scrap books which were
masse of fragments by the time the last
page was pasted with clippings. The
only kinds of paper which should be used
are either the -best linen or else Manila
hemp. Literary people may profit by the
usages in business offices. The books there
which are made for the heaviest wear and
tear have their pages of yellow or brown
Manila hemp paper. This Is particularly
the case with all first-class Invoice books
which will last till the day of doom. Most
of them will outlast their bindings and for
this reason nearly all are so constructed
that the heavy canvas bindings can be re
moved without trouble and handsomer ones
put . on' when so desired. What Is more,
they are very economical. A 250-page In
voice book costs $1.50, which Is less than
most of the pretty parlor table affairs
which contain but 100 pages and the poor
est wood pulp paper."
Extent of Morgan's Power.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
The editor of "Moody's Manual of Cor
poratlon Securities" has been studying his
latest bulky volume of facts for the pur
pose of tracing out the measures of J. P,
Morgan's immediate, active power In the
financial world. He finds that Mr. Morgan's
Influence la paramount In 55,655 miles of
railroad, or over one-fourth of the total
mileage of the country; that this mileage
Is capitalized at $3,002,949,671; that he
dominates the United States steel corpora
tlon with a capitalization of $1,389,339,556,
and three minor trusts, and that he Is now
to control a steamship combination of a
capital at the start of $170,000,000. The
total capitalized power of Morgan Is rep.
resented by $1,737.280,527 this aside from
the influence which necesaarlly radiates out
In all directions from so colossal a concen
tratlon of financial might. When Gladstone
was Informed that they had a man In Amer
lea (William II. Vanderbllt). worth $200,
000,000 In negotiable securities, he declared
that it was too great a power for one man
to have, and that the government ahould
look after him. Apparently the government
will have to look after Morgan.
ABVKDANT TIEI.D. . .
Approximate Flstnrea on tho seao'a
Harvest.
The national drpsrtment of agriculture
will not publish Its final crop figures for
several months to come, but the statistics
now given out of acreage and condition of
the principal crops, on September L make
It possible to present approximate figures
of the season's results, which are thus cal
culated In bushels by the statistician of
the New York Produce exchange as to
corn, wheat and oats. In comparison with
official estimates of yields for a few years
back:
Corn.
1K02 J.4!.0K1.0M
1901 1.622,51,8!1
llKH) 2.1H6.102.518
1SH3 2.e7f,143.!W.1
1SW 1.9V4 1H4.e)
1S07 1.992.9H7.il''3
1896 2.2S3.875.165
Wheat." Osts.
in,6ii.ono rw.j-7.oo(
74Mm.2t . ".W.Mra.T:
Ii22.2:,9.6i5 . St "9.1
Mi 3"3.MO W3.3-f7.S75
75.14 H.7 T..9.143
D.TO.H9.34S 77.84.S9
427.6S4,34 707,346.404
The corn crop is late, and In the more
northern sections of the belt It If still ex
posed to danger of damage by , frost, and.
will be till nenr the end of the month, but
there Is every promise of a harvest In ex
cess of any previously kcown. This Is an
extraordinary outcome for a season of ex
ceptionally low temperatures and high
moisture, and all the more fortunate in
view of the very low production, of last
year and the consequent depletion of, the
country's granaries.
The wheat yield has been three times
exceeded In 1901, . 1898 and 1891. hut Is
well above the average, and will leave a
large surplus for exportation beyond sup
plying the domestlo demand. The oat
crop Is large, but of poor quality. The
other cereal crops are as a rule above the
average, and potatoes and apples will be
abundant and cheap. The cost of food,
aside from meat, will thus be lower for a
year to come than It has been, and so It l
that the wind In some measure ts tem
pered to the lamb shorn by the coal and
beef trusts.
The corn and wheat comparisons In the
above table are probably more favorable
for the present year than the tacts war
rant. The year's acreage Is calculated by
the agricultural department on the basis
of laBt year's, and that was arbitrarily
Increased In order to make the depart
ment's estimates conform more closely to
the census revelations, showing that the
department had been greatly underestimat
ing the principal cereal crops. In other
words, this year's and last year's harvests
on a revised estimate are being compared
with previous estimates that are ad
mittedly too low. But after making all
reasonable allowances on this account, the
fact would remain that the season's yields
are a large average all around, and most
assuring for the continued prosperity of
the country.
PERMMAL BTF..
Maacagnl says he admires this country.
It is unnecessary to say that he will make
a tour here.
Mayor Tom Johnson has one comfort. in
his political tour. He's the "whole thing"
at his circus.
A nephew of General pewet, . the Boer
commander, arrived tn Berlin recently to
be treated by Prnf. Herrmann for a gun
shot wound.
Lieutenant Frank L. Harris, the only
survivor of the Hayes Arctlo expedition. Is
in uoaion. no was me nrsi man io piani
the American flasr In tha oreaent r.ltr at
San Francisco. , . ' . ..
Senator Pettus of Alabama, who Is 81
years old, has been enjoying" his vacation
IU jnUUUV IUiU LOB WlUlilBUDU rioi J HUB
by his aprlghtllness. He says he is good
for many years of public service. - '
Alexander Scammell Wads worth,' mid
shipman of Chesapeake, Is a great-great-grandson
of General Felts Wadsworth, and
his great-grandfather,-Alexander Soantmell
Wadsworth, was born in the Longfellow
house, in foniana. Me., in uw.
Major Cornelius Gardiner,-who has Just
arrived In San Francisco from Manila, has
brought with him a native Filipino, Emlll-
ano Gala, who will complete his studies at
the University of Michigan, having already
obtained the degree of B. A. at the St.
Thomas university of Manila.
When Admiral Rodgera was tn Japanese
waters lately he entertained Hlrai Suke
klchl, a poor fisherman, who was of serv
ice to Commodore Perry on the latter'
visit, which opened Japan to the world.
Hlrai Is now 90 years old and on his visit
to Admiral Rodgers was' accompanied by
his son, grandson and great-grandson.
The late Admiral KUUck, who went down
with the Haytlan gunboat the other day,
was not exactly a naval adventurer, far,
while his father was a Scotchman,' his
mother was a Haytlan. Adventurers from
Europe and the United . States, however.
have often figured as the commanders of
South American armies and navies. Tho
names of Cochrane and O'Higgtns are con
spicuous in Chilian military annals.
'irnri i--r ipn a xn I Bf f
where the ripest grapes are in your yard
ask your neighbor's boy.
Washlnaton Stax: "Do you enjoy walk
ing?" . . . .
'riiin TTi ..n T'tl take vMi for a ride In
the country In my automobile.".
Philadelphia Press: Tess She's per
petually smiling these days. -
jesa xea, ene goi a new set i wiw
teeth.
Tess Ah! I see; and ahe's determined
to "grin and bare It." . .
Hiinmnra American. wibbi n.vruuji .
tiava heen exDerlmentlnr with this new
compound for a week and I cannot decide
what It is. .1
Wise Friend Bay. old man, you've atrucs
a great idea for. a health food. ,
Chlcaa-o Post: "But are you sure," asked
the manager, "that you won't be troubled,
with stage fright?"
"Btnre fright! exclaimed the woman
scornfullv. "Huh! Tve been through two
church weddings and a divorce suit." ,.
Homervllle Journal: Mrs. WlTso'ti (up
stairs) What Is the baby crying about?
Mr. Wilson (flownsiairs) i ou win nave
to ask the baby, I haven't been able to
find out myself.
Philadelphia Press: Mam My steady
blew me off ter supper at a reg'lur
rest'rant last nlht.
Mag Say, they tell me he's Teal, re
fined. Mame Dat'a w'at! When lie pwurtvj fils
eonVe out In "Is saucf r, ter cool lrv he
didn't blow It like some guys -Would, "hut
Jlst fanned It wld 'la Panama. ,' .
Washington Star: "So you went to that
famous health resort?". , ,:
"Any result?" J ' :
"Decided. Became' Interested - In the
games of chance conducted there , and got
nervous prostration." , " :
YEARLING.
Somervllla Journal,
It may be that the skies are clear.
And that the sun Is shining bright.
To some the outlook may be gay.
But lift to us looks dark at night. . ' .
There's little comfort In our home, '
And all our household's In a whirl, '
For Hannah qjlt us yesterday, t
And now, alas! we have no girl. ,
"TIs true, we did not love her' much, . 1
hhe was not beautiful te nee,
Her work was sliom rightly done.
And with her tongue tine was too free.
But oh! we mine her from our lives,
Her absence leaves an aching void;
And now she's gone, we d not think
How frequently her faults annoyed.,' '
She waa the fifty-seventh girl
We've hired since lh gUd New Year'
And now we're waiting sadly for '
The nfty-elghth girl to aiipvar.
Fate, neiid her soon, and may she be
A diamond, a rirlot-luas pettrl, . "
One who will stay at least a week.
or what U life without a girll
