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The OMAHA Daily Bes K. BG6EWATER. EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVEIllf MOKN1NO. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, pally bee (without bunaay). one i'ear..W-00 Ialiy bee ana eunuay, one Year w Illustrated iee. One leal bunuay nee, one ear tiaturuay tine, one Year I-1' Twentieth Century iirmer, One Year...l.uu DELIVERED BY CARRIER. PaJlr Bea (without Sunday), per copy.... ic Dauy ltee (wltnout bunuayj. per we?a...l Daily Bee (including Sunuayj, per wee.. lie Munoay bee, per copy 00 bvenlng Bee (without bunaayi, per ou Evening Bea (including bundayj. per week lwo Complaints of Irregularities In delivery hould ba addressed to City circulation De partment. OFFICES. Omaha, The Bee Building. South Omaha CUy Hall Building, Twenty-filth and M Streets. Council Bluffs-W fearl Street Chicago l4o Unity Building. JJew York 23.S Park Row BulMlng. Washington oOl Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edi torial mstter should be addressed: Omaha Be, Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. Buslnesa letters and remittances should ba addressed; The Bee publishing Com pany, Omaha, REMITTANCES. ' Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Bea Publishing Company. Only a-oent stamps accepted In payment of snail accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPAQ X. STATEMENT OP CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, as: Oeorge B. Tsschuck, secretary of The Bea Fubllshlng Company, being duly worn, aaya that the aoiual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bea printed during the month of September, liwU, was as fol low: l ao.x.to J 3O.T40 j 80.ABO 4 ao.xio 18 81,1 BO 17 81,02 1 81,140 19 81,190 (.... .... 7.... .... .... 10.... 11.... 13.... 13.... 14.... IS.... .,.81,670 ...80,420 ...29.8TO ...80,000 ...SO.TUO .. .81,000 ...30,820 ...81,2(10 .. .81.200 ...20, BOO ...81,000 20 11 22 23 24 25 26 27 2 29 30 .31.4AO 20,70 81,000 84,800 32,240 ... 31,200 30,770 80,9(M 29,020 30,800 81,100 Total Less unsold and returned copies. .02t4,22A . 10,144 Net total aalea ..918,081 Net dally average - OOWJ GEO. B. TZBCMUUK, Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me thla nn nay oi wpirmmr, A. D., 1902. M. B. HUNUATK, (Seal.) Notary PubUc. And still consumers of bard coal reel that they need not to get hot over It Those market gardeners are not to be blamed in asking for their money back when the show failed to be pulled off. The sale of the Omaha street railway property seems to be a serial story printed on the Installment plan one chap Or at a time. The Stratton will contest threatens to develop Into another case of "nothing to arbitrate," If only enough lawyers break into the litigation. E-Senator Peffer has shaved off his whiskers, thus corroborating the ear lier report that he has forever aband oned the Kansas populists. By the time the Grand Army of the Republic reunion is on at Washington Fresldent Roosevelt will show us that he Is no hospital soldier, either. Visitors from out of town who want the best newspaper during their stay In Omaha will read The Bee. No other local paper can nil the bill as well. Up to date we are In the dark as to the position of the various candidates for the legislature on the paramount local issues of home rule and railroad taxation. Rural delivery has grown into mag nificent proportions. At the present Uncle 8am is already paying out over a million dollars a month for delivering letters to the formers. St Taul young women have organized ft girl's league for uniou with union men only. If the Omaha girls would follow suit the Union Pacific lockout might be unlocked before Thanksgiving. Residents of Council Bluffs and South Omaha may consider themselves doubly fortunate. They have all of the benefits of Ak-Sar-Ben brought freely to their doors without any of the attendant bur dens. Teople of Omaha and vicinity acquired the midway habit through two succes sive years of expositions and it has not been allowed to die out by disuse. That accounts largely for the popularity of treet fairs In this neck-o'-woods. Governor Cummins delivered an ad dress from a Des Moines pulpit Sun day night. The purpose of the innova tion, as It is explained, is "to popular ise the meetiugs." Now if the same church will secure Speaker Henderson It will make a hit The Missouri penitentiary will need enlarging for the reception of the mu nicipal boodlers and promoters who are now ou trial at St. Louis, just because they were so Indiscreet as to leave $250, 000 of lubricator funds in a safety de posit vault Department of Agriculture experts have figured it out that the 1902 corn crop will beat all that have gone before It and raise the topnotch record by 200, OOO.iXiO bushels. Two hundred intuitu bushels alone would be a big output for tbs average corn licit state but Ne braska this year will register close to 500,000,000 bushels. Corn is king. The Indian land speculators near the Omaha and Winnebago reservations have received a Bevere jolt at the hands of Secretary Hitchcock. The revised rules of the Interior department require all the Indian reservation lands to be old under sealed bid to the highest re sponsible bidder. In due tlm the land lease ring will also discover that a pull with Agent Mathewson does not reach far at It used to. MISSOURI i.TD RtBRAtKA. The supreme court of Missouri has Issued a writ of mnndnmus. ordering the State Hoard of Equalization to re convene and make a new assessment of the railroad, telegraph and express com panies and other corporations whose properties are subject to assessment ond taxation by the stste board on the basis of their actual value, which means the market value of their stocks and lond. This action of the supreme court of Missouri stands out In marked con trast with the recent refusal of the su preme court of Nebraska to grant re lief to the taxpayers of this state from flagrant discrimination in favor of railroad corporations. In Missouri the sessions of the State Board of Equalization are held In public, and not In star chamber, as In Nebraska. The Missouri board designates days for hear ings and publicly invites county and city officials aud all citizens Interested in assessment of railroads, public bridges and telegraph property to pre sent their statements, testimony and arguments, while the Nebraska board allows its time to be monopolized be hind closed doors by railroad tax agents, attorneys and pass distrib uters. The assessment by the Missouri board are made on careful estimates of the valuation of tho tangible property, classified Into roadbed, superstructure, rolling stock, depot buildings and other Improvements on the railroad right-of-way, whereas the Nebraska board has dumped together all railroad property regardless of betterments or Increased vulue and increased volume of traffic and earnings. The striking contrast between Ne braska and Missouri railroad assess ments Is presented by a comparison of assessments la the two states the last two years. The railroad mileage in Nebraska for 1801 was 0,052 miles, as sessed for $26,442,254, or $4,679 per mile, while the total railroad assess. mcnt for 1802 is $20,588,592, with a mileage of 5,704 miles, or an increase of 52 miles, which at $4,061.57 per mile shows an actual decrease of $17.43 per mile or $97,918 less in 1802 thun in the year preceding. The total mileage of railroads in Mis souri for 1901 was 7,427 miles, assessed for $112,673,980, or $14,605 per mile, The total mileage of the Missouri rail roads for 1802 Is 7,552 miles, or an In crease of 125 miles, which, figured at $14,605 per mile would have added to the total value for 1902 $1,825,625, making an aggregate of $114,499,611. But the Missouri board raised the as sessment of 1902 from $112,673,886 to $120,870,668, or an increase of $8,107. 682, muking the average per mile $16, 005. According to the auditor of Mis souri all property in that state is as sessed at one-third of its actual value, while the ratio In Nebraska is about one-sixth. Assessed by, the Missouri standard, Nebraska railroads would average $8,002.50 per mile, instead of $4,661, and the total assessment of Ne braska railroads would be $45,724,429, instead of $20,589,592. And yet the Missouri supreme court declares that the Missouri board has been derelict In its duty In assessing the property of the railroad, telephone and telegraph companies, away below their true valuation as measured by the price of their stocks and bonds. In a nutshell the Missouri . assessment . of railroads at - double the value placed upon them in Nebraska is pronounced Intolerably unjust and the people of Missouri are given relief by their su preme court Tan UIVKPENDENT iXDCBTRlES. It is a well known fact that every article that is produced by a trust Is also produced by outside parties, some of them of comparatively small capital. These Independent Industries are nu merous, they employ a very large amount of capital and a great deal of labor, they constitute a bulwark against monopoly and their preservation Is man ifestly desirable. The last census report furnishes In structive statistics in regard to the in dependent Industries. It shows that In 1900 the total number of manufac turing establishments In the United States was, 512,339, of which 785 were corporations controlling 2,040 plants, All the establishments together em ployed 4,749,270 wage earners, of whom 400,046 .were employed by corporations or trusts, being a fraction over 8 per cent of the whole. The total wages paid by all manufacturing establish ments during the year was $2,034,2X5,, 456, of which $195,122,980 was paid by so-called trusts being a fraction . over 9 per cent of the whole. The total value of all manufactured products dur ing the year was $11,820,784,665, of which trusts produced $1,667,350,949, a fraction over 14 per cent of the whole, These figures show how great a part Is played In our industrial system by In dependent or' Individual enterprises, which compete with the combinations. According to the democratic campaign text boox there are 287 trusts, so-called. of which It claims 168 enjoy tariff bene fits, though it falls to designate which these are. (Conceding the claim, how ever, it is still a fact that only about 14 per cent of our manufactures are pro duced by the combinations or trusts, which also employ only about 8 per cent of the wage earners In the manufactur ing Industries and pay only a fraction over 8 per cent of the wages annually paid In those Industries. In 1900 there were 13.896 establishments engaged in iron and steel manufactures, of which 2.040 were in combinations or trusts. The entire number of these establish ments employed 733.968 persons and paid out In wages $381,875,489, of which the combinations employed 143,609 per sons and paid $1,008,583 In wages. The product of the trust establishments was a fraction over 28 per cent of the whole It being Impracticable to remove tariff duties from, goods made by the com binations without removing protection from their Independent competitors, any on can. understand after au examlna- TJIK OMAHA DAILY UEEt WEDNESDAY, tirm of the above figures what the ef fect would be of the democratic propo sition to put trust-made goods ou tho free list It would simply result In destroying many of the Independent in dustries, with enormous Injury to both capital and labor. The bulwark against monopoly being thus broken down there would be a clear field for the combi nations and there can be no doubt thnt they would make haste to cultivate It. No more certain way of destroying competition with the trusts could be de vised than the democratic free trade proposition and with the destruction of our Independent Industries there would be created international combinations so formidable as to be almost beyond con trol or regulation. THt trkasurt policy. There has been shown In some quar ters a disposition to liud fault with the course taken by Secretary Shaw for the relief of the money market but there appears now to be no doubt that results will Justify his policy. There was an apprehension that the secretary contem plated some more or less radical ex periments, but he promptly removed this by assuring the market that noth ing of this kind would be done, though In this connection be let it be understood that the national treasury must not be expected to do anything that would pro mote reckless speculation. While most willing to do everything within his au thority for the protection of legitimate business, he did not propose to make the government a party to any purely spec ulative operations. These must take care of themselves as best they could. Lie has met the exigency, as now appears, Judiciously. A departure from the former policy of the treasury was necessary, but it Is not of a nature to which any serious objection - can be made. In releasing the banks from the requirement that they should maintain a reserve against deposits of govern ment money secured by government bonds a large sum has been made avail able for the use of the market and It Is a perfectly safe proceeding. No pos sible harm can result from it and the benefit will be very great The proposal to accept as security for government de posits first class securities other than government bonds may not be generally approved, but there can be no doubt of its safety. The "country banker from Iowa," as some of his critics have contemptuously styled Secretary Shaw, seems to have a very clear and adequate comprehen sion of what the situation requires and has established a very strong claim to public confidence In his financial judg ment americax labor advahtaub.s. There is a statement in the report of the commission of the British Iron Trade association on labor conditions in this country that should interest American worklngmen. It says that in the United States workmen appear to enjoy a larger measure of Independence, based on the kuowledge of the fact that work is more easy to obtain than In older countries; that they are able, as a rule, to save money, and are, there fore, less dependent than when living, as la not unusual in Europe, from hand to mouth. This is the statement of men who make the comparison chiefly with the labor conditions in Eng land, where they are on the whole better than anywhere else In Europe. There is a good deal of Independence among the worklugmen of England, but not so much as here, where the labor field Is so much more extensive and the opportunities so much greater. The chief advantage to American labor is in the higher wages which enable the prudent and thrifty to save from their earnings. Still another advan tage pointed out by the commission is the readiness with which workmen here of exceptional capacity can them selves become employers and capital-, lstfl. These are conditions which It is mani festly most desirable to maiutaln and if it be asked how this shall be done the obvious answer is, by continuing the policy under which the conditions have been created. A generation ago American worklngmen could not be in dependent because work was not then so easy to obtain as now; neither could they save much, however thrifty aud economical, from their small earnings. Our marvelous industrial progress and commercial development have given to American labor a degree of independ ence, with other advantages, enjoyed nowhere else by labor. It is of the highest Importance to our material and social well being that this shall con tinue and in order that it may there must be maintained the policies to which it Is due. No class of our people have a larger Interest In this than work lngmen. The merger of the American and Brit ish tobacco manufacturing concerns shows bow futile would be the repeal of the American tariff duties as a means for the suppression of gigantic indus trial combinations commonly known as trusts. The potential force of the British-American merger agreement is the clause in the compact that binds the contracting parties on both sides of the Atlantic not to compete with each other but on the contrary to co-operate with each other to maintain prices. The re peal of the duty on tobacco would therefore have no more effect on the in ternational combine than the pope's bull agaiust the comet. Secretary of War Root says that when he gets ready to retire from the cabinet there will be no rumors, but simply a resignation. Secretary Root is likely to make 'himself unpopular with the Wash ington yellow Journal mind readers who imagine that they have a divine mission to prepare the public mind for coming cabinet changes. The Lincoln Journal Is discussing the practical features of an electrical trol ley line which It says is sure to be built between Lincoln and Omaha within the next five years. Before the Lincoln Omaha trolley line Is built however, the lines connecting nearer points such as Omaha and Plattsmouth, Omaha and Premont Omaha and Blair will have to matiiallze. One thing at a time. The aggregate amount of taxes levied upon all property in the city of Omaha to defray the expenses of city govern ment for the year 1002 Is $1,110,000. The amounts paid In by all the railroads thnt center in Omaha, including also nine miles of the Oninha Belt line, tho west half of the Union Taclflc bridge and the west half of the Omaha Bridge and Terminal company's bridge, all their terminal facilities, passenger and freight depot grounds, passenger and freight depot buildings, headquarters buildings, machine shops, roundhouses, town lots and Improvements outside of the right of way, furniture, fixtures and all other personal proiH.-rty Is $20,549.00, distrib uted as follows: Inlon raclHc fl,m4 IM Burlington 8,423 HO Missouri Paelac... . . . Omtkt Bridge At Terminal.. Rock Island Minneapolis At Omaha 2.B27 83 1,827 78 WM lO 622 SO 447 78 Kl OU lO SO Elkhorn Northwestern Mllwanke . Total. 2tt,ft49 OO The lowest estimate of the) actual value of railroad property In Omaha is $15,000,000. Had this property been taxed the same as all other property in Omaha, namely, at 40 per cent of its actual value, the total tax from railroad property would have aggregated $180, 000 for the year, 1902. Manifestly the unrighteous and Inequitable mode of as sessment which now prevails has en abled the railroads to unload upon the other taxpayers $153,453.40 of city taxes, which they should have paid under the rulo of uniformity in taxation. With the appointment of 3eneral Al ger to be United States senator from Michigan the senate receives another former cabinet officer Into its member ship. Instances ore few where cabinet officers have refused to look upon a sen atorial seat for a promotion, but there are many instances where senators have refused tenders of cabinet appointments on the ground that they would consti tute no promotion. As chairman of the Irish Parlia mentary party, John Redmond has called a meeting of the nationalist members of Parliament to prepare their program lor the coming season. Isn't this going to unnecessary trouble? The program of the Irish nationalists at the coming seaslun will be the same as it was for the last session. They will be "agin the government" Sor Fame In Its Action. Indianapolis News. If the honorable gentleman from Illi nois is elected speaker of the house It will be mighty little use for the demooratlo members to look for glory In bis mouth. SpectBc , for Degeatraey. Washington Post. . , The lawyer who Is to defend William Hooper Young will endeavor to prove that be is a degenerate. Well, there is notblug In the law to prevent the electrocution of degenerates, ,) Not Thoroughly Learned. Chicago Post The Gregson Incident, in which a British officer waa whipped and ducked because be was "socially undesirable," seems to In dicate that the lesson of the Boer war on the worth of "social" standing In armies is not yet thoroughly learned. Rrdoclnc tho Nation's Debt. Boston Transcript. While the purchases of government bonds by Secretary Shaw have attracted atten tion chiefly becaute of their effect on the money market and the circulation of cur rency, the fact ahould not be overlooked that the debts of the nation are being paid up at a rapid rate by these transactions. Horace Boles and Hta Cnre-AII. Philadelphia Press. Horace Boles, the democratic candidate for congress in Speaker Henderson's dis trict in Iowa, has at last discovered some thing to offer as an excuse for running. He finds that tbo Issues are the trusts and the tariff, and ha wants the tariff "battered down," even if it is "reduced below a rev enu basis." Experience has shown that a democratic revenue ba.la for the tariff means a big deficit and bu.ines. prostra tlon. But the country does not want any deficits and disaster, such as the democrats served under Cleveland. Home Building; and Ownership. Saturday Evening Post. During the present year there Is more home-building than was ever known In the history of the country; and the Important part of it Is in the suburbs and in the rural regions within reach of cities. Moreover, there is distinct Improvement in the size. quality, and genuine merits of the houses And what Is of even larger Importance Is the fact that every man who builds is try ing to get as much ground about his home as possible. AU this 1. the best kind of good new.. It means happier Uvea, stronger children, and the best generation of Amer icans that the nation hss ever known. Mailman Vnlne of Laaa. Mehan's Monthly. The maximum values of land In tha North Atlantic states were reached la 1880, and the falling off during tbs past decade ba. been especially marked. In the south Atlantic and south central states farm values reached a high mark In 1860. Tha heavy drop of ten years later reflects the havoc of civil war. Sines that time tha trend of value, in these states has been upward. In the west the values have rap Idly advanced. The only apparent excep tion Is the last decade. But the lower fig ures for 1900 are due to tha large amount of cheap land thrown open to tha public. ftlmiile American Faahloa. Kansas City Star. Royalty Is given to a useless expenditure of words, as of everything else. In drink ing to the health of the czar last week the shah of Persia said: "I take this Ood given opportunity to thank your majesty for the kind sentiments and kind, sympa thetic and pleasant welcome which I have received in your empire. In the hope that the ties uniting the two countries, already so firm, will be drawn still closer than they have been In the past, I drink to the health of your majesty, their majesties, the em press and your august family, to the hap piness, glory, and long duration of your reign and to the prosperity of your states." An American citizen, would have said: "Here's hoping." with quite as satisfactory results. OCTOBER 1, 1902. impudence of Wall Street Detroit Free Press (dem ). The attack mads by the Financial News on Secretary Shaw baa all the characteris tic Impudence of Wall street. Mr. Bbaw does not live In New York, and so It Is Idle to suppose that he could possibly know any thing about administering the affairs cf Ms office. Every msn that lives In New York Is a veritable humanised Bullion Report, while no man living outalde of New York can ever learn anything about finance. Nevertheless, the Outlanders might be In telligent enough to take the advice of the Truly Inspired, and this, It appears, Mr. Shaw hss not had sense enough to do. "The secretary seems to be conducting the business of the country more on the scale of a retail store than as the financial agent of a great nation whose Income Is the largest In the world," sneers the Financial News. "Does the secretary suppose that trade will thrive and business prosper with the secretary of the treasury so adminis tering the surplus revenues of the govern ment as to maintain an interest rate of 20 to 25 per cent?" The disadvantage of locking up tho money of the country in the vaults of tho treasury are apparent: but the Financial News cannot expect anybody living outside of New York to believe that the recent ROUfD ABOIT NEW YORK. Rlaploa on tho Current of uts la the Metropolis. The vast number of skyscrapers In ths metropolis, besides creating a race of rub bernecks, adds a new aliment to tho stock of common afflictions. It is known a. "skyscraper feet." The floors of the big buildings, as a rule, are of concrete or marble. Instead of wood, as used to be the case with office buildings before the era of very high edifices. The new physical ill Is suffered by ball porters and elevator men. and is a painful soreness In the feet, which culminates In corns and similar excrescen ces. Attendants in office buildings walk about on the hard floors sll day, and they find that the exercise In many cases leads to sore feet. The soreness Is not a trifling matter, eitner. Many men can be seen with their shoes cut to ease the pressure. ana tney nmp about the hallways in a way that speaks eloquently of their suffering The doctors have a scientific name for the new disease, but the elevator man who poured his tale of woe into peoples ears me otner arternoon could not remember what It was, except that It bad a doleful sound. A New Yorker of a statistical turn of mind has been figuring on what the people of the city pay for luxuries and other things. ror instance, he says: "For our dally newspaper reading our papers use from 450 to 1,000 ton. of white paper a day, wmcn in tne average eight-page oaner amount to from 8,000,000 to 20.000,000 copies. The various press associations cable us between 80,000 and 100,000 words a day. Our entertainments In our forty odd theaters cost us from $76,000 to $100,000 a nisnt- we nii on our stock exchange floor over 251,000,000 shares of stock during the last year, and while 1,000,000 shares a day Is a large average, on May 9, 1901, the traffic amounted to 8.338,695 shares. And so it goes. We surely are Justified In de claring that New York Is the city of big numbers, as well as big things." There Is a retail establishment oa Fifth venue which Is probably without a paral lel In New York or this country In the fact that, although technically a shop, as It deals only with private purchasers, it has no till er money drawer and no cash la ever seen In It in connection with any business transaction. The things sold, re ports the Evening Post, are so costly and most of the customers are so rich that payments are Invariably made by check. A similar condition prevails In the parent house in London, established some thirty years sgo. The New York store has ex isted about twenty-five years and now rivals the business of the original estab lishment, with which it Interchanges arti cles In stock, as the needs of customers re quire. There ba. also been for the last few years a branch of the business tn Paris In charge of an agent, but the amount ef stock kept there la small In comparison with that of the two other houses. The business of the firm controlling these places Is dealing in antique art objects, such as are sought after by experienced connoisseurs and wealthy collectgrs, not a few of whom are multimillionaires. Orig inally the firm dealt In antiques, curios, tapestries, etc., but these did not include such expensive thing, as are frequently handled now. The grade of the stock Im proved with the growth of the business and the establishment Is known throughout the art world today a. among the most liberal buyers of the most costly objects In Its line,, which It is always able to dispose of at a profit. One of ita representatives In conversing on the subject said that a fine thing could always be sold at a good price, and that bla people were never afraid either to buy such a thing or to keep It on band for a long time, as It was sure to Increase in value like old wine. Really fine old art objects and curio, are .teadlly getting scarcer and the demand for them is now greater than the supply. One of the districts of New York city that has completely changed as to Its ap pearance In the last ten years Is that small spot which was known a the "Flvo Points."- Mulberry Bend and other streets In the vicinity which used to be choked with squalid life, are now open to the sun and air, so that It is difficult to Imagine them under their old conditions. True, there is a "Five Points clothing house" at one corner. The sign I. flaunted with much dash, as If begging passers-by not to forget that there used to be a col lection of thieves' kitchens and crooks' workshops where now 1. green grass and electrlo lights. Aside from this one sign, there is little to keep In one's mind the ancient character of the quarter. Wide streets, and, above all, Mulberry park, one of the most attractive breathing spots In the city, have driven out the wretchedness and crime of old, and when one goes to the Five Points now, be finds himself la one of the most cheerful neighborhoods oa the whole esst side. The mere bigness of New York Is the quantity that first strike, the newcomer, say. a Pltt.burg Dispatch letter. Later be finds that the city has other claim, to the distinction of being called the world', metropolis. He find, that about half ' the big .hip. that plow the ocean are beaded for this port. He discovers that modest looking men that have offices on Broad street are financing South American re publics, exploiting Mexico and figuring on plan, to open up China. He, find, that there are a number of men here who prac tically own a half dozen Islands of tha Philippine archipelago and who Individ ually bave more power than many of tho world's potentates. He learns that while Plerpont the First Is a very grsat man indeed, "there are others." He need only stand oa the curb In front of the Stock Exchange for s few minutes to discover that men who talk in millions are not large exception. He discovers that there are politicians here, who don't know the difference between the nominative and ob jective or the singular and plural verbs. squeeze In the money msrket was due to this secretion of revenue. Everybody out side of New York knows that the Wall street speculators, with their financial air ship methods, are chiefly to Name tor the pinch. They are the people that have been boosting up the Interest rate. As for the surplus. It Is only a flyspeck In comparison with their Inflated transaction. The experience of hundreds of Ofciaha resi- The secretary of the treasury Is not re- dents, expressed publicly throish news sponsible for the government's having a papers and other sources, plana Poaa's surplus. He does not frame the revenue laws, lie Is not responsible for the reve nues, and he may dispose of the funds of' the government only as congress directs. He Is a subject of law, not s financial despot. It s the theory of Wall street that the sole function of government Is to promote Wall street speculation, and provide mesns for assisting the operators when they have been squeezed In the vise of their oifn reck lessness. For them the Treasury depart ment Is a House of Providence which ought to be ready and willing at all times to re lieve their distress. If the government fails to meet their notion, of Its responsl- bllity, It follows, of course, that the secre tary of tho treasury Is a blithering Idiot. A man that does not know enough to help Wall street does not know anything. whs make some of the petty rulers of Eu rope and Asia look like unto the Inconse quential nine-spot. Then, when be leaves Broadway and plunges deep Into the In terior by way of a croestowa street, be makes another great discovery. New York is not merely a great American city) It is a great coemopolls as well. Ho may walk through the Ghetto on the east side for an hour without encountering a single per son to whom ths English language Is fa miliar. He may stroll through Chinatown, Just a little of the Bowery, and for all practical purposes be Is for tho time trans planted to Peking or Canton. A half bout In Elizabeth or Mott streets Is practically a half in Florence or Milan. In little streets that dart off from the river front he will see sights and bear sounds that con jure up pictures of London's Wbltechspel. Along upper Broadway or Fifth avenue he will be forcibly reminded of splendid Parts and Berlin boulevard.. From tbs tall dome of the World building he may see, within a radius of a half mile, the oils podrtda of nations snd the quintessence of all Ameri can cities. CLEAN KEW9PAPER9 PROSPER! Q. People C Healthy Minds Rallrlae; Their Support. Youth's Companion. There are encouraging indications of a revival of clean Journalism. It Is not com ing through the establishment of "endowed newspapers." Few practical newspaper men believe in that agency for the reform of deplorable newspaper tendencies. Tho very fact that a newspaper waa endowed would so far detach it from ordinary conditions of publication as to make It useless as sn I example. Moreover, the existence of such a newspaper would imply confession that a really clean and moral Journal was un profitable; else why the endowment? It Is not philanthropy that is wanted so much as business sagacity and a good news paper sense Joined with a high purpose. A newspaper la not a moral tract, and cannot be displaced by tracts. A man who should spend millions in endowing newspapers that were too good to stand alone would not be nearly so great a benefactor as the man who demonstrated that a clean newspaper can be made to pay. This demonstration Is now being made In several American cities. Soma of tho most successful newspapers repudiate altogether the methods of the "new Journalism." They do not disfigure their psges with cheap pic tures, nor with huge blotches of red Ink, nor with headings In .type four Inches high. They do not pad three lines of actual news transmitted by cable with half a column of lurid details manufactured In the office preceded by a lylpg date line. They have no dragnet out tor scandals; they show some - respects for rights of privacy. Yet tholr news service Is of the best. They are well written and well edited; tbey ap peal to healthy minds; their circulation Is large and Increasing. PERSONAL NOTES. A Bombay Parses proposes to band over $5,000,000 to a trust for the relief of Indian calamity stricken districts. There Is said to be not a college graduate on the New York republican state ticket, though some of them have played foot ball. Armstrong Cornsllk, who has been granted a pension by the North Carolina pension board. Is the only Indian thus provided for by that state. Cornsllk Is a Cherokee. He served In the Sixty-ninth North Carolina regiment from April, 1862, to the close of the war. The new comet, which will be visible to the unaided eye In a few days, is approach ing us at the rate of 8,000,000 miles a day. It is understood, however, to be scheduled to pas. the earth on a side line. Its destina tion is unknown. When Lord Salisbury and bis family were at Homburg recently Lady Gwendoline Cecil, bis lordship's daughter, bought him a cane chair. She was rather proud of her bargain, saying the shopkeeper asked I mark, for it, but that .he bad got It for 4. "My dear," .aid the portly ex-premler, "are you sure It will be substantial enough for me at that price T" We f the majority of the people who visit our store know that we make every article of clothing we 6ell, in our own fac tory and makes it exclusively for our fifteen retail stores? So one else can purchase or have dealings with it what ever. Borne clothing stores tell you how good theirs is, but the only have some manufacturer's word. For a num ber of years our name has been before you and the reliabil ity of our merchandise has made us what we are today the biggest and best ready-made clothiers In the world and when we say that our suits and overcoats at flO up to $30 are the best on earth you know we' are speaking the truth. No clothing fits like ours. Visitors are welcome In our store and we wish to make this their headquarters. Our waiting rooms are all that could be asked for, and whether you purchase or not we want you to come here and make yourself thoroughly at home. Don't forget we have the official Ak-Par-Ben necktie. Jroiin Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers. Q. 2. Wilcox, Manager. FIRM FOUNDATION. J Nothing; Can Underrhiis It In ; Omaha. PeooLe are somtlmes slow ti reeognln true merit, and they cannot be tlamed. for J so many In the pat baa been liimbugged. Kidney Pills on a firm foundation Mr. W. C. Thomas of 1110 MartHa street, trsveler for the Fremont Brewing Co. of Fremont, Neb., says: "The constant Jar ring of train, when I travel afftcts my back snd I think causes the severe pains which catch me In the loins, especially mornings, when I have awful work to get on my shoes. I thought sometimes my back would break. Seeing Doan's Kidney rills advertised. I got a box at Kubn & Co.'. drug store, corner 15th and Douglns streets, and before uslnx them many days the pains disappeared and I was finally cured. I never Intend to be without a box of Doan's Kidney Pills in my grip. I can not speak too highly of this valuable prep aration." For sale by all dealers. Price M sents. Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N. ' Y., sole agents for the United States. Remember the name, Doan's, and take no substitute. FLASHES OF FTJH. rrro!t Free Press: "She didn't read the bookT" "No; the cover design didn't harmonise with any of her house gowns." Indianapolis Newn: "When a man of 20 considers a woman he thlnke of her beauty, but at 80 he thinks of her loquacity." "What does he think at 40?" "Oh. he thinks only of himself by that time." Cleveland Plain Dealer: "She is plain enough to stop a clock." "If she's as plain aa that T Should think she would be more apt to make It run." Boston Transcript: Hester How did you enjoy your ride In your automobile?" Edwin Oh, we didn't ride any: we only put In our time fixing the machinery. It wasn't very exciting, but It waa wonder fully good exercise, Chicago Newst Hhnployraent Agent I have a oook that will just suit you. She is a young widow and Is very fond of chil dren. Mrs. Rlchlelgn But we have no children. Employment Agent Oh, that'll be all right. Ma'am. She has six ot her own. Baltimore American: "And' you say your friend Is a professional humorist?'1 asks the incredulous person of. the candid In dividual. "Well.'? says the candid one, "I don't know whether he Is or not, but he Is one of them people who think, It Is funny to spell 'funny' 'ph-u-n-n-y.' " Boston Transcript: Mrs. Barnes I bone you will have a pleasant winter, . Mrs. Howes, Mrs. Howes O, I am sure to have that. Just think of the amount of enjoyment mere win oe in telling; people wnat a dreadful time I had at the heach the past summer on account of the terrible weather I "It in tha Barb. Brooklyn Ufa. Today I asked of Madge, the winsome . sprite. To whom I'm pledged by grace of love's old story, "Were you not rather startled when, last night, "I caught you In the dark conservatory "And kissed you?" The effect -of her reply I'll leave for you to glimpse, then draw the curtain: "Well, no, not startled," came fcer answer shy; "I thought twas you but wasn't cer tain!" BE READY, 1-' S. B. Klser In the Record-Herald. When the train you wish to board comes through, Be ready; Not a precious second will It wait while you Wish to hurry .bark to see If perhaps there still me be ' Some little thing which you forgot to do Be ready. When she sweetly looks at you and sighs some day, -Be ready; Someone else may hover near, prepared to ay The word that you In fear Hesitate to let her hear; Love is often lost when it is turned away Be ready. Opportunity will some day ring- your boll Be ready; She will not inquire If you're in or well. She will not stand waiting there, While you hasten to prepare. She must hurry to where anxious others dwell. Be ready. A messenger will summon you some day- Be ready; Ha will not withdraw. Implore him as you may, H will not consent to wait While you pray to Ood. too late. To lot you live to clear mistakes a way Bo ready. Arthur Ho cfimati The youngest and greatest pianist who will be heard In America this season. "The dry bones of the wan ing f aeon were ruilely shaken last Tuesday night hy Ar thur Hochman. He has priceless gifts." William J. Henderson in the New York Times, March 18. 1902, His picture will shortly appear in these columns. Wonder - J 5-Q
