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As an entertainer of mimic royalty
Mayor Moores holds the record.
To ourout-of-town visitors Make your
selves perfectly at home and propHM
to come again and come often.
. 'I! I I U
Does General Alger's success in Michi
gan Indicate that the "embalmed beef"
issue Is to be added to other complica
tions? No meddlesome medical men are per-
mitted to interfere with the engiigi-
ments of his royal highness, King Ak-Bar-Ben.
The law that requires candidates to
make sworn statements of expenses in
curred In securing their nominations and
elections should tie eltfier enforced or
repealed." " '''n .
In the conviction of Its bribe-taking
chief of police Minneapolis has set an
example for St. Louis in Its prosecution
of Its bribe-taking aldermen. Let the
housetieanlng go on.
From the results. David B. Hill Is Just
as much of a party boss In New York
as William J. Bryan is In Nebraska.
Each dominates the democracy of his
state with equal potency.
It ifc safe to say that the hard-headed
tankers of Germany are not accepting
the lately issued merger stocks as col
laterals for the gold which they are ad
vancing to New York banks.
The new ship combine has filed its
articles of incorporation In the state of
New Jersey, the mother of trusts. It is
a wise combine that would know Its
own father, but they all seem to know
their mother.
It's altogether too early In the play
to say whether the Stratton will case
will be in the smne-rlaas with the fa
mous Fair will .litigation. The size of
the jackpot and the number of lawyers
anxious to break into the game augurs
well for it.
The Iowa ate equalization board at
Its June meeting raised the assessment
of ta:iroads almost $4,000,000. Now it
bas decided to raise the assessment on
teal ettnte and other forms of property,
anl as soon as this Is done to give the
railroad assessment another boost.'
. Omaha still continues to hold second
place amoug the great pork packing
centers of America. The output of
South Omaha packing houses siuce the
1st of March exceeds 11 per cent of the
total output of packing houses in the
twelve leading meat packing cities.
If President Roosevelt succeeds In
patching up a peace between the coal
operator and the coal miners In the
time that would otherwise have been
devoted to his western trip, the disap
pointment cloud produced by the aban
donment of his tour will Indeed have a
silver lining.
Nebraska has lwo allotted its place
and space in the St.- Ixiuls exposition
grounds, but ' If the', next legislature
should make the samti appropriation for
the St. Louis exposition that was made
by the Missouri legislature for the
Transmlsslsslppl exposition the pro
posed Nebraska building would not be
visible through the most powerful
microscope.
The board of wonieu managers for the
St Louis exposition has already filed Its
protest against the fuggestlve features
of a midway that gave Chicago so much
valuable free advertising. If the mana
gers of the St. IxxiIh enterprise can only
start a vigorous aud widespread conten-
tion over the character of the midway
displays the publicity department can
taka a rest while tie battle rages,
THE COAL CONFERENCE.
resident Hoosovplt'ii jrrpat Interest In
t lie authracltp cml situation will be
fully apiirprlntotl ly the puWIo, whether
or not the eonfrrenre to he hnlii at
Wiislilngton today shall have any prac
tical result. It la an unprecedented cir
cumstance, this of the president of the
United States Inviting to a conference
with him the parties to a labor conflict,
with a view to reaching a settlement;
and there la reason at least to hope that
It will have a pood result. All the rail
road presidents who were luvlted to the
conference will attend, and frotn these
and the leader of the miners Mr'.' Roose
velt will obtain personal statements of
their respective positions. It Is under
stood that his aim will be toMnduce both
sides to make some concessions.
A Wllkesbarre dispatch says that all
Interests there are of the opinion that
the conference will bring about a settle
ment oft the strike. If this shall be
realized the country will owe a great
debt of gratitude to President Roose
velt, whose action Is prompted entirely
by regard for the public Interests. If
he shall succeed In convincing those who
attend the conference ' that It is their
duty to make such concessions as will
bring about a settlement he will have
performed a service of Inestimable value
to the country, for' prolongation of the
struggle will mean not only more or less
suffering to a great many people and in-
Jury to numerous Industries, but prob
ably grave and deplorable trouble lu the
anthracite region. The outcome of the
conference will be awaited with general
and profound Interest
THE TOBACCO COMBINATION.
The combination of American and
British tobacco Interests having been
fully consummated, it remains to be
seen what the effect will be upon the
trade. According to the statement of
the representative of the American To
bacco company who effected the amalga
mation with the British company, the
arrangement leaves the field open In
England to the latter on condition that
It does not Interfere with the American
company on this side. The rest of the
world Is left open to both and they may
work together or separately as they
choose,
A London dispatch of a few days ago
stated that the amalgamation of British
and American tobacco Interests was re
celved with mixed feelings, though un
bounded satisfaction was expressed at
the defeat of the American attempt to
capture the British market. At the
same time there was expressed an ap
prehension that the consumer will have
to pay enhanced prices. One Loudon
paper pointed out that the new monop
oly will almost Inevitably send prices
up, saying that as the Imperial corn-
pany has no rival to fear In the British
market It will be able to dictate fresh
terms and therefore dealers regard the
new amalgamation with considerable
alarm. It is to be presumed that the
American company will also send Up
prices, though . It may not be able to
pursue this course quite as arbitrarily
as its foreign ally. 'While the latter has
by this combination rid itself of a
formidable competition, It is probable
that the American company will have
to face growing competition at home.
although it Is undoubtedly in better po
sition now to break down home compe
tition than it was before the amalga
mation. The- working of this international com
bination will be watched with no little
interest. Its immediate lesson is that
such combinations are practicable, but
whether they can be made to operate
satisfactorily and advantageously to
those who enter Into them is yet to be
demonstrated. The effect upon the
market of the combination will doubt
less speedily be shown and it is safe to
say that It will not be In the Interest of
the consumers.
PROTECTING AMERICAN LABOR.
Judge Birdsall, republican candidate
for congress in the - Third district of
Iowa, says In his letter of acceptance
that whatever tariff revision or read
justment may be made by the repub
lican party "will be made upon the lines
0f protection to American labor." There
is no more important consideration than
that of protecting the interests of labor,
of maintaining the highest scale of
American wages and the supremacy of
the American workshop.
This was strongly presented In. the
speech of President Itoosevelt at Lo-
gansport. Ind., immediately before glv
ing up his western trip. He declared
that the tariff rate must never fall
below that which will protect the Ameri
can worklcgman by allowing for the
difference between the general labor
cost here and abroad, so as to at least
equalize the conditions arising from the
difference In the standards of labor hero
and abroad a difference which it should
lie our aim to foster insofar as it repre
senta the netdj of bet.er educated, better
T"1'1- better fed and better clothed work
lngmen of a higher class than 'any to
be found in a foreign country. "At all
nazaras,- saia the president, "and no
matter what else is sought for by
changes of the tariff, the American
workman must be protected in bis stand
ard of wages that Is, in his standard of
living and he must be secured the full
I etit opportunity of employment.
vital this Is to our material and
vM' well belug all . Intelligent people
understand. Well employed and well
paid labor is the foundation of pros
perlty. It is absolutely essential to
social progress. The country whose
working classes are much of the time
Idle and are poorly paid is decadent.
distinguished statesman has said: "To
Insure our growth in civilization and
I wealth we must not only have wages
" high as they are now but constantly
and steadily Increasing. In my Judg
ment, upon wages and the consequent
distribution of consumable wealth Is
based all our hopes of the future and all
the possible Increase of our civilization.
I The progress of this nation Is depeud
I nt upon the progress of all. Our clvill
I satlon la not the civilization of Rome,
civilisation of nobles and slaves, but a
civilization which tends to destroy dis
tinction of classes and to lift all to a
common and a higher level."
The republican pnrly proposes to
maintain the policy which has been so
fruitful of benefits to Inbor. It pro
poses that the standard of living of the
American worklngman shall not be
lowered and that he slinll 1m secured
the fullest opportunity of employment.
The democratic party assails this policy
and demands that It be overthrown.
The Issue Is plain and It appeals to no
class of the people more strongly than
to the wage earners the men who are
employed In the various Industries aud
are dependent upon those Industries for
subsistence for themselves and families.
It Is for them to determine which of the
political parties offers what Is best for
their Interests and welfare, and there
fore for the good of all the people the
party that stands, for the protection of
labor, or the party that antagonizes the
policy that gives such protection.
A CORRECTION CHEERFCLLT MADE.
In The Bee's computation of the ag
gregate amount of city taxes paid for
1902 by the various railroads that center
In Omaha the Omaha Bridge & Terminal
railway was credited with a payment
of 11,827.75. The attention of The Bee
has been called to the discrepancy be
tween the tax receipts of the bridge
company, which aggregate $2,474.74. and
the amount credited to them, viz.:
$1,827.75, and we cheerfully make the
correction.
The original figure of The Bee were
procured from the city treasurer and
were absolutely correct at the time they
were given, but the terminal company'
has within the past few days paid an
additional 5640.1)1) that was not em
bodied In the original computation of
the treasurer's report. The relative tax
payments of the various railroads that
center In Omaha as revised and credited
this day by the city treasurer are there
fore as follows:
InloK I'aclBo....
Uur.lnflon ,
818.UD4 MS
3,423 M
A&A7 r5
2,474 74
1415 lO
tut no
Missouri Pacific ,
Omuba Brldsre A Terminal.
Hock Island
Minneapolis A Omaha
Elkhorn
Northwestern .,
Mllvrankee ... . .
447 75
so oo
lO SO
Total fAT.iVH 6I
These figures represent the taxes paid
on all the terminal facilities, including
the main lines, side tracks, rights-of-way,
depot grounds, freight and passen
ger depot buildings, headquarters build
ings, machine shops, roundhouses, ware
houses and other property outside of the
right-of-way, furniture, fixtures and all
personal property of every description
owned by the railroads, and In addition
thereto It also represents the west half
of the Union Taclflc bridge and the Ne
braska half of the East Omaha bridge.
These properties at the very lowest
estimate are capitalized at $15,000,XX,
and had they been taxed In proportion
to all other property in Omaha should
have paid $180,000 in city taxes into the
city treasury to defray the expenses of
maintaining municipal government.
Crediting the discrepancy In the Inser
tion of the Terminal Bridge company
into the aggregate, the total amount of
taxes which the railroads centering in
Omaha have unloaded for the year 1902
upon all other taxpayers Is, therefore,
reduced from $154,550.30 to $153,803.41.
These figures are significant and in
structive. They still show that for
every $0 In taxes paid by Omaha tax
payers $1 representu a donation to the
railroads.
A MAN O VERACITT.
David H. Mercer's sworn certificate of
expenses incurred before ariQ during tb;
late republican primaries In securing his
nomination for congress aggregates $335.
In other words, Mr. Mercer has certified
under oath that each and all the sums
and other things of value directly or
Indirectly contributed, distributed or
promised by him, and, to the best of his
knowledge and belief, by any and all
friends in his behalf, or In any way In
connection with his nomination to the
office of representative in congress
amounts all In all to the sum of $335.
It Is an open secret that more than
$2,1X10 was expended in the First and
Second wards of Omaha during the re-
cent primaries In the interest of Mercer,
and the aggregate of money paid out In
his behalf In Douglas county will not
fall much short of $10,000. But Mr.
Mercer swears, to his best knowledge
and belief, that only $335 was expended
directly or indirectly, or In any way in
connection with bis nomination, and that
the sum of $335 represents in full every
penny which to his knowledge has been
expended or contributed toward the ex
pense of his primary election campaign.
Mercer's estimate of the sacreduess
of an oath may be inferred from bis
sworn statement of two years ago, on
fi'.e In the office of the secretary of state,
when he placed the total amount ex
pended for securing his election at $125.
When It is borne in mind that the post
master of South Omaha advanced $8)0
toward Mercer's campaign expenses two
years ago, of which amount Mercer re
paid only $100 and still owes $700, the
only conclusion to be reached la that his
memory is almost as frail as that of his
campaign manager.
People will be puzzled Just how to
account for Chancellor Andrews' refusal
to accept an increase of salary from
$5,000 to $0,000 voted him by the uni
versity regents. Dr. Andrews' Income
Is of course more than the larger sum,
because his $5,0(X salary as chancellor
Is supplemented by . earnings from
lectures and literary work outside of
the university, and it may be that he
prefers not to give occasion for a re
striction of this activity. It will be re
membered also that two years ago the
regents, with his approval, voted to ask
for a legislative appropriation of $20,000
for a chancellor's residence, whose free
occupation would have been equivalent
to the present increase of salary. Under
all the circumstances, the more rational
explanation is that Dr. Andrews' atU
tinle Is prompted by a sincere desire to
get bigger appropriations for the uni
versity from the coming legislature and
he Ih-Hcvps that this bit of self-sacrifice
will help to get them.
Every patriotic American citizen re
joices at the satisfactory reports dally
made concerning the physical health
of President Itoosevelt. While there
has been no disposition to take undue
alarm over the fact that he has been
In the surgeon's hands, news of steady
Improvement Is gratifying to the popu-
lar mind as well as helpful to public
Stability.
The Vermont legislature has come to
the rescue of the republican candidate
for governor, who failed to get a cer- trarMvt) t,n, of Urlff "reform." The dem- hcard from the republican platform and
tlflcatlon of election because he had ocrattc party has wandered after all sorts froru (he republican press. Preach prcsper
only a plurality Instead of a majority of of false gods and created all kinds of new ity and the gospel of the greatest good to
the votes cast Unfortunately, leglsla-
tures in other states are not always so
prompt to carry out the expressed
wishes of the rank and tile of the cltl-
jsens. ,
It Is noteworthy that the wrst Is not
on Its knees before Sacretary Shaw
pleading for money. It Is Wall street
speculators who are crying out: "The
west needs money." Would It not be a
good plan for the secretary to require
them to show a power of attorney when
pretending to speak for the west?
Colonel Bryan has been engaged to go
over Into "the enemy's country"
make a speech at Cedar Haplds.
and
But
It is to be remarked that he does not go
under the auspices of the Iowa democ-
racv. but at the invitation of a non-
partisan committee as a street carnival
attraction.
There Is a superabundance of money
In the west for moving the crops, but
there is not enough money In the west,
nor in the east, for moving the stocks.
Secretary Shaw's efforts to relieve the
ftock Jobbers have been partially suc-
cttst-l ul. The stock raisers did not need
any relief.
Where Mercy Awaits.
Indianapolis Journal.
Perhaps the best thing the next demo
cratic national convention can do is to re
solve that the party is without an issue or
man and throw itself on the mercy of
the court.
Hi
Plerp Loat Ills WltaT
Kansas City Star.
If J. Plerpont Morgan Is as shrewd as
some of his devotees allege he is, he would
never have permitted It to become known
that he is opposed to the nomination of
Mr. Roosevelt for the presidency.
Sample of Many Cases.
Brooklyn Eagle.
When there was a rampant antl-ratlroad
sentiment in this state the Railroad com
mission was established. As the president
of the greatest railroad In the United States
wrote the law establishing It, the railroads
have managed to survive.
What to Do In a Pinch.
Chicago Tribune.
We find the statement In the columns of
a staid eastern contemporary that a Brook
lyn firm has been experimenting with rose
wood and mahogbany as fuel, finding it
nearly as satisfactory as hard coal and con
siderably cheaper. ..Don't trade your pianos
for soft coal. Burn them. ..
Deeflnsr of a Bavd Boy.
Chicago Post,
Wall street Is treated very much like
the bad boy who Is always getting Into
mischief except for one thing. TJncle Sam
is more Indulgent than the average father,
for the latter, after getting his bad boy out
of bis scrape, not 'infrequently takes him
to the woodshed to impress upon him the
necessity for being less reckless in the fu
ture.
Cornlnc lire Fisrhtlnn- Methods.
New York Tribune.
Fire department experts and Insurance
sages are inclined to the belief that before
this generation passes off the stage the
number of movable engines will be greatly
reduced, because every big building will be
furnished with etandplpes and hose, with
huge water tanks and distributing tubes
and sprinklers, and a carefully drilled force
of employes ready for battle against flames.
This expectation has a fund of good sense
behind It.
Marvelous Development.
Philadelphia Press.
The manufacture of electrical apparatus
and supplies employed In the last census
year a capital, exclusive of capital stock, of
over $83,000,000. The value of the product
was over $91,000,000. This Is a good show
ing for a comparatively new business and
it will show a wonderful increase by the
time of the next census. It does not in
clude data as to operating companies In
electric lighting, telephone, street railway
or other corporations of that kind.
Pinched Comlnsr and GolnsT.
Boston Transcript.
The public is between two fires In the
matter of the coal strike, even If It Is likely
to be denied a fire for Itself. It Is asked
to send money to Pennsylvania to continue
the strike of the coal miners and to prepare
to contribute heavily here to alleviate the
suffering resulting from the strike It is
helping to" maintain In the coal reglona.
Meanwhile the coal dealers levy contrlbu
tlons upon It to support themselves during
the depression In their business.
Dlstlacalahed Coarase of
Buffalo Express.
a Woman.
An army nurse in the Philippines relin
quished her leave of absence in order to
tend two smallpox patients. Her devotion
to what she .considered her duty was ex
hibited the more clearly by the fact that
she had never had smallpox herself. Had
this nurse been a soldier and shown as dis
tinguished courage In the face of the enemy
she might have received a medal of honor
As It is. General Chaffee has done all that
can be done for her In the way of recog
nlzlng her service, by reporting It to the
War department with a commendation of
her courage.
Aa Overdone Bnalarss
Chicago Tribune.
Overcrowding is the motto of the day,
The factories are overcrowded. The thea
ten are overcrowded. The tenements are
overcrowded.. The only reason why one
does not say that the street cars are over
crowded is that they are something worse.
All such overcrowdings, however, are
sparaeness and loneliness compared with the
overcrowding of the bar. In 1&91 there were
fifty-eight law schools with ,073 students.
Now, according to an estimate made by
Prof. Huffcut of Cornell, there are 120
schools with 14.000 tudents. Meanwhile
the numter of full-Medgfd lawyers In the
United States Is said by the latt cenuus to
be about 114.000. No other profession, with
the exception of teaching and of medicine, is
so populous.
Prosperity
IiCslle's. Weekly (rep.)
The presidential campaign of lf'6 and
1S00 proved that on the Issue of prosperity
the republican party could not be defeated
and on that Issue It cannot be defeated
0 1904
If defeat comes In that year It
wlll come because of adversity, but. It must
be adversity as the result of republics;!
folly. Democratic leaders reallr.e this situ
ation perfectly and are doing the best they
ran to disturb existing conditions. Behind
all their talk against the trusts stands a
grim purpose to reopen the warfare on the
protective tariff. They recall that the flrst
aemorratie victory acnievea in twenty-nve
rB- from tne tlm of Buchanan to the
UM- w"a .
l"8"" mce Cleveland s defeat in ism. in
!,' ?" of, Tuf,
Kwwva. .j innu, 1
are turnln(, V. to Jeffersonlan principles
and tariff "reform." The rise In the prices
i domestic commodities, coincident wun an
era of Industrial combination and specula-
l,on' nas focused attention on the so-called
trusta. The coal trust Is denounced In the
cellar, the beef trust In the kitchen and
the tin trust on the roof. For the time
being the full dinner pall Is forgotten In the
outcry against the terrible trusts. The agile
and acrobatic, and not too conscientious,
demagogue sees In this situation his oppor
tunity and proceeds at once to declare that
protection la the mother of all trusts. He
does not stop to explain how it Is that In
free trade England the trust Is greatest In
number and In Influence. He refuses to
answer the question how protection can
rjosBlhlv he the mother nf the rnnl trimt mnA
the Standard Oil trust, while both ccal and
iron are on the free list. These lnronsld-
eraoie trtnes ao not feare him. His one
purpose Is to convince the wage earner of
the country that the republican party Is no
longer his friend, and that the republican
EX-SFTf ATOFt AIXE AD HIS ALLIES.
His Laatabrlons Forerant of Democ
racy C'ansee Comment In the East.
Brooklyn Kagle (Ind. dem.).
The Madison Mall does not take an en
couraging view of democratic prospects. It
declares that the outlook was never more
discouraging, summing up the situation by
saying:
A strange political blindness seems to
have fallen on many democratic leaders
Juet at the time when by the exercise of
ordinary common sense it was possible to
bring about a complete coalition of all the
elements that oppose republican success."
This stimulates curiosity. The impression
sought to be created Is that until recently
there was nothing the matter with the eyes
of the democratic leaders, that they saw
clearly, that they have Just become afflicted
with the loss of sight. As a matter of fact
the party has been In a wilderness for
about Beven years. This fact has been duly
and generously advertised. It Is common
fame. Dazzled by the glitter of a cross of
gold it broke away, becoming a wanderer
on the face of the earth, since which time
It has been wearing a crown of thorns.
The cross Is not so radiant as It was, but
the thorns are Just as sharp aa ever. In
point of fact and In spite of the impression
sought to be created by the Madison Mall,
the services of an oculist were very much
In order at Chicago, where political oph
thalmologists were unfortunately not con
sulted. So the blindness Is of long stand
ing. However, there are encouraging symp
toms. To those who take a subjective
view of things a wilderness may not be a
wilderness. It may be a fool's paradise.
To those who cannot or will not see, a
desert may be all oasis, but time Is remov
ing the bandages, and some day the dem
ocracy will return to Its own.
This disposes of one part of the Mall's
proposition, perhaps not to Its satisfaction.
Worse remains behind. According to our
contemporary it was possible a little while
ago, by the exercise of ordinary common
sense, to. bring about a complete coalition
of all the elements opposed to republican
success. Was It? The elements alluded to
are of almost Infinite variety. Though
some of them have been staled by custom,
they are In evidence yet. If representa
tives of all of them were locked up In the
same room together for more than a mln
ate there would be more than enough trou
ble. Not to be paradoxical, the longer they
were kept together the further apart they
would Inevitably get. It would be a choice
collection. At the bottom of the list would
be the opponent of republican success, who
believes everything to be upside down.
Consequently, he would destroy. It is a
far cry from the blood-to-the-brld'.es cry
to the other extreme, to the democrat who
does not believe that wealth can be cre
ated by legislation and whose opposition
to republican success has some sort of a
rational basis, and between the two are
many curious specimens. They will agree
on nothing but disagreement.
The Mall is mistaken. By no exercise of
common sense, ordinary or otnerwise, on
the part of leaders, can complete coalition
come. How, for Instance, would It be pos
sible to choke from the Commoner the
admission that dinner pails are not empty,
that the army has not been Increased for
the purpose of strangling liberty, that we
haven't all gone wrong or gone all wrong ,
and that we cannot possibly go right until
Its editor and proprietor has taken the
oath of office of president of the Vnited
States? The Commoner will never print
any such admission. It will go on persist
ing that the money question is not settled
and that the only way to settle It Is to
turn on the mints. Its editor will coalesce
with nothing short of that. There are
others who have had much to say as to
candidates and platforma and they are as
irreconcilable as Bryan. They shy at com
mon sense and they will have nothing to
do with it or with anybody who regards It
as a political commodity. With all due re
spect to the Mall, nothing can be more
palpable than that excision rather than
coalition Is In demand. Parties and Indi
viduals are homologous, they resemble as
well aa differ. There are times when noth
ing but a knife will save the life of an
Individual. A political surgeon might be
of service.
FKR.IOVIL NOTES.
Even Providence has no coal.
Captain 8. G. Cohen, former lord mayor
of Liverpool, has Just arrived In New York
Former Secretary of the Navy Long has
been elected president of the board of over
seers of Harvard university.
David Lowenburg of Norfolk, Va., has
been appointed director general of the
Jamestown Tercentenary Exposition, to be
held In Norfolk in 1907, to commemorate
the foundation of the colony of Virginia at
Jamestown.
Secretary Root has promised Minister
Quesada to allow all the records of the
I'nlted States military administration In
the Island of Cuba to remain there, except
those which are needed at Washington to
close up accounts.
A Philadelphia firm Is selling anthracite
coal for $4 per ton and has dlppo.ed cf car
loads of It at that 'r'.rp. It la not first
clais coal, however, but fine material from
the wasberles which the firm is dredging
out of the Susquehanna river near Dun-
i cannon.
as the Issue
protection In spite of the splendid record
of the past six year, should be denounced
and overthrown.
No one denies that there are trust evils.
but. as President Roosevelt recently said
We must not strike out blindly In an at- j
tempt to hit the trusts, and destroy all
commerce. When we have prosperity some
persons, for whom we do not much care,
prosper more than others, but It Is a (treat
deal better that some peoplo should pros
per too much than that none should prosper
at all. Some of ua will feel the good times
more than others, some less, but we all
fPei the Rood times somewhat, and when bad
Um" come w MrlU " PV ,, ,
the greatest number. Keep It before the
Amer"" thl du:ln ,,,e,pa,t "lx
ycurs, wnru mere nas dcfu nine ur nu
tartft discussion at Washington, we have
had an era of unparalleled prosperity. Com-
pare these six years with the preceding
years of Urlff discussion, of unsettled bust-
ness. of bankruptcies and failures, all lead-
Ing up to the terrible panic of 1833.
Is It not time to stop and think to begin
to consider the facts of the situation and
the peril that will come with a renewal of
the assaults on the protective tariff? Let
the battle against the trusts proceed on the
lines that the president has suggested or on
any other line that commends Itself to pub
lic confidence and that will accomplish Its
purpose. Bnt do not make the trust evil an
evcuee for an assault on the principles of
protection, which has done so much and
which ran do so much more to maintain
the highest standard of American wages
and to make the I'nlted States the first
Industrial power of the world.
Prosperity la the Issue McKlnley pros
perity in 1900 and Roosevelt prosperity In
1902.
B1DI0 THEIR TIME.
Packing House Merger Delayed, bat
Not Abandoned.
Baltimore American (rep.)
It might do Just as well to be a little
credulous In accepting the report from Chi
cago that efforts to combine the beef-packing
Industry have been abandoned. Chicago
bas ways of its own in doing things and,
considering all of the attendant circum
stances, this report may be one of them.
The rumored beef trust Is a creature of
evolution. The great packers, who virtually
control the supply of fresh meat, would pre
fer to retain their independence. Combina
tion to the extent of merging their proper
ties under a common control has never been
viewed favorably by them. Only when
hauled Into court for conspiring In violation
of the Sherman anti-trust act did they show
a disposition to effect an actual combina
tion. This disposition was very evidently
born of their newly acquired knowledge that
one gigantic corporation controlling all the
properties after the inauuer of the steel
trust might do with Impunity what several
concerns acting as one larger agreement
might not do.
Combination became, therefore, a natural
consequence of the sordid greed of the pack
ers. It was the only way open to them to
escape answering to the law; It afforded an
opportunity for the almost limitless exercise
of their desire to victimize the public and
It afforded the added advantage of depriving
the government of the defendants in pend
Ing -injunction cases. How many of these
incentives to consolidation still hold good?
So far as they are discoverable, all of them
The advantages to be gained from the or
ganization of a gigantic holding oorporatlon
and the opportunities afforded the packers
through such a control to war against the
pocketbooks of the people are'aa great to
day as ever they were. Nor has any Inti
mation beeu given that the government
might resent such an attempt to deprive it
of these individuals and corporations
against whom the pending injunction pro
ceedings were instituted.
Why, then, anould talk of abandonment
of the project be rife? The reasons given
dread of President Roosevelt's antagonism
to trusts; fear that a beef trust might give
form and substance to the anti-trust senti
ment now prevalent fail to Impress us with
their validity. There Is nothing in Presl
dent Roc-sevens threats unless congress
acts, and the attitude congress will
assume toward the trusts cannot be
predicted with any accuracy. J. Pierpont
Morgan plainly declines to heed either the
president or congress, and goes on with the
organization of his steamship trust. And aa
the business world takes Its cue from Mor
gan, it is hardly possible the beef packers
would turn In fearful flight when he stands
severe and confident. The other alleged rea
son is too shallow the idea that the beef
trust magnates should pay any heed to pub
lic sentiment Is preposterous.
While, therefore, it is possible that the
beef trust project bas been abandoned, or
its consummation postponed, no reason for
such action Is discoverable. And In the ab
sence of a reason the reports of abandon
ment may well be discredited. The people
should not permit themselves to be lured by
such reports Into a false sense of security,
only to wake up some morning and And that
the beef trust la a reality. Secrecy now a
deceiving of the public will stand the pro
moters In good stead. They need such pro
tection until the formalities of organization
ran be compiled with and the consolidation
actually effected, when they can snap their
fingers at opposition.
There's noth
ing so bad for
a cough as
coughing!
There's nothing so good for
cough as Ayer's Cher
Pectoral !
A cough means a great deal to a young person, when there
Is a family history of weak lungs, with perhaps a case of con
sumption Itself. Coughs weaken the tissues, congest the mem
branes, and prevent healing. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral controls
the congestion and inflammation, and the cough disappears.
Your doctor will explain, for we give all doctors the formula.
. O. Aytr Co., Lowell, at us.
Ws have M Ayer's Cherry Factors! In on 'smlly for over K rs. For all lung troubles
I am lura tbr u tw madicui lu ciuaI." V ag. I 1'cnsaov. Aipiun, Minn.
CKRTHAMK 4T101 OF WKAt.TII.
larnlcanre of Itenk teltlra Com
piled hy the Tresnsry te part nnt.
Raltlmoro American.
A bulletin Just lued by the Treasury
department shows that the aggregate of all
bank deposits In the United Slntes Is
S.5sr..0i.3.13fl. or $108 per capita. In ten
years' time this aggregate has Increased
S.P04.fi62.lS0. the amount on deposit In 1R!3
being but I4.630.4!0.ir.rt. Those who read
the figures qunrrsl will very naturally leap
to the conclusion that tho people of the
country are nearly twice as rich In 1!02
as they were In 1SH2. Such a conclusion
will be found entirely erroneous when the
figures are studied In detail. They will, In
fact, prove that proportionately the people
speaking of the great mass of the popu
lationare not as rich today sa they were
ten years ago.
The figures in detail show the national
bank deposits to aggregate $2,937.75.1,233;
those of state banks, $1,610."02,241; of loan
and trust companies. $1,271,081.14. and of
prlvato banks tho sum of $.f!7.0!M,H80 1s
shown to be on deposit. Now, It Is well
known that comparatively few of that great
class whom Lincoln designated as "the
plain people" keep their money In other
than savings banks. Their accounts are
uniformly small, and the national, state and
private banks dislike to bothet with depos
itors whose accounts, deposits and bal
ances are Insignificant. Hence it Is that
"the plain people," tho brain and brawn
of the nation, who lay by a little each
week and deposit it for safe keeping, go
to the savings bank for their accommoda
tion. From time immemorial deposits in
banks of this class have been recognlred as
the standard by which to measure the
wealth of the great bulk of our population.
What do the comparative statistics of
savings banks show? We know that de
posits of all kinds have nearly doubled.
but how do "the plain people," who put
their money In savings banks, fare? But
one answer can be made to either of these
questions. The showing Is very poor. In
1S92 the aggregate of snvings bank depos
its was $1,712,769.02(5; today It is $2.r.!7.004.-
580. This is an Increase of but $884,325.-
B54. In other words, while the wealth of
the nation on deposit has Increased nearly
100 per cent In ten years, the wealth of "the
plain people" has Increased only about
fifty per cent. Considering the enormous
Increase In our population In the last ten
years, this slight increase In savings bank
deposits mean that the per capita of such
deposits is smaller today than It was iu
1892.
Stronger proof of the oft-repeated asser
tion that t,he wealth of the country is, with
ever-Increasing steadiness, being central
ized in the hands of comparatively few peo- .
pie could not be asked for than U offered
by these figures. The deposits of the peo
ple are growing proportionately smaller,
while the deposits of the rich, of corpora
tions and of trusts are growing constantly
larger, and that at a rate of Increase so
rapid as to give rise to the gravest appre
hensions. i,i m:s TO A SMI I.E.
Chicago Tribune: "I wonder bow Venue
de Mllo cam tn lose his arms."
"Broke 'em off, probably, trying to button
her shlrtwalHt up Hit baik."
Buffalo News: Tom I understand your
friend. Miss Ryder, is a great horsewoman.
Edyth Yes. Indeed. Why, the other day
when she whs taken suddenly ill ehe sent
for a veterinary surgeon.
Town and Country: May Oh, I hate
these magazine serials1!
Kdlth-Why?
May You can never tell how a story ends
until It is finished.
Philadelphia Press: "To decide a bet, be
gan the visitor, "can you tell-me hew. a long
a man can go without food?"
"Well," replied the snake editor, ' "I'm
six feet three, and I've gone without It sev
eral times."
Chicago Post: "Truth la stranger than
fiction."
"To moat of us, yes; but still Its not so
bad when you come to get on speaking
terms with It."
Record Herald: "So," said the author's
friend, "you built this house with your own
hands?"
"Yes."
"Well, well, well! It's Blmply wonderful!!
You ought to have been a carpenter."
Baltimore American: "I think the blgpest
contract I ever took." remarked the doi j
tor, "was to treat a fat rrmn In a dime
museum for a snake bite. lie weighed ono
pounds, but I literally snatched him from i
tho Jaws of death." ,
"Maybe you didn't do it nil," sugirested '
the professor. "Maybe death found It had
bitten off more than It could chew."
AT THE 81 OF THE DOITGHNITT.
Chicago Tribune.
O. Ellen, In our hours of ease,
When we are "coy and hard to please, "
How pleasant 'tis to pass an hour
Within thy culture scented bower.
Creator of that toothsome fare.
The Handmade Doughnut debonair.
What feast of reason, How of soul
Around thy steumlng Oolong bowll
Here one the mezzotint may know.
Here voices soothe and 11k h t h are low.
A refuge this, to which we fly
To rest the weary ear and eye.
The people one delights to know
One meets In Ellen's studio.
On gala nights some Hon rosrs.
Or some distinguished beauty pour's.
One meets, auch nights, If one so please,
Illustrious men from over seas
A duke, a poet, or, less rare,
Some genius with piano hair.
But best we like the quiet night,
When low the voice and low the light;
When mien, our sweet hostess, pours.
And when no lion comes and roars.
Thrice blest Is he that knows the way
To this retreat, and has entree.
For voices soothe and lights are low
In Ellen's doughnut Studio.
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