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In the meantime the state of bellig
erency In the anthracite coal district re
mains unchanged. ;'
Some more Venetian towers show
Signs of tottering. Venice should take
something for that tired feeling.
Reports indicate that while Colonel
Bryan Is making about ns many
cpccchcn oa ever, not eo many hearers
re present.
Is It not about time for candidates on
all tickets to define their positions pub
licly on the questions of home rule and
railroad taxation?
It will bo a very easy task to elect a
new board of directors for the audi
torium, but the new board of directors
may find It a very heavy task to finish
the structure.
Strangely enough the military maneu
vers at Fort Riley are going on Just
the same as If Nebraska's gubernatorial
accldency had not rescinded the order
detailing the Nebraska militia to partic
ipate in them.
Dr. Sheldon, in declining to be a can
didate for congress, Is doubtless able to
quote scriptural authority for his action,
although In the formal paper filed with
tho Kansas secretary of state be re
frains from doing so.
In Greater New York the city street
cleaning brigade has been detailed to
pull up worn wooden paving blocks and
give -them to the poor for fuel. Such
an experiment in Omaha would not be
out of place. Most of these, wooden
paving blocks have become stumbling
blocks.
Stockholders of the Chicago, Milwau
kee & St.. Paul road have authorized the
directors to Issue $25,000,000 of new
stock. Part of this new stock Is to bo
used for extensions, but a' very respect
able block, which represent" betterments
made within the last'&ve year, and are
charged to operating expenses, v,i'. be
distributed . by pipe line to the stock
holders Ilk Waukesha mlnerul waters.
The increase of live stock receipts at
the South Omaha market indicates the
steady growth of the live stock inter
ests in the country naturally tributary.
Those Interests are In a healthy and
prosperous condition. The advantages
of the South Omaha market are surely
pushing It to the front, and the records
Indicate that the business for the cur
rent year will exceed any previous year
In lis history.
John Brtsben Walker, who' claims to
have given the anthracite coal miners'
strike profound study, has appealed to
President Roosevelt to use bis in flu
ence with the conflicting interests to
make J. Plerpont Morgan the referee in
the fight Why not make Mr. Boer the
referee? He has been the Initiative
and might as well be the referendum in
the battle. He is only a coal baron in
the kingdom of which Morgan, is the
monarch.
Amendments to the city charters of
, Omaha and South. Omaha of the utmost
Importance to property-owning tax-pay
ers of those cities arc imperatively de
manded at the hands of the next legis
lature. .The time for considering and
discussing these ' aoieudmeuts Is not
after election bnt before . the election.
Candidates for the legislature who pledge
themselves to briug about specific re
forms can for the mot part be dVpvuded
upon to edeem their' pledges, but can
dklates who go free to do an they plvaae
will make faevs at you after they are
elected and politely inform ' you that
they know their own business and will
twt submit to dictation
The national administration having
fui.j ..ci id. d Unit It Is without authority
to lake any action In regard-to the an
thracite conl strike, and the operators
having absolutely rejected all proposi
tions looking to a settlement, appeal is
now to be made to the miners to end
the struggle, by resuming work under
the projiosltlon that something may be
doue to Insure them a correction of
grievances and fair treatment In the
future. In other words, the miners are
to be asked to show a patriotic concern
for the public interest by a surrender of
their demands, and a complete submis
sion to the operators.
The question that naturally presents
Itself is, Why should the miners sur
render and thus practically concede that
they are In the wrong, besides putting
themselves absolutely at the mercy of
the anthracite coal combine? They cer
tainly owe no more to the public than
the operators and In the general Judg
ment not nearly so much. . The coal
combine obtained its rights and priv
ileges 'from the state. Every railroad
connected w!th,U is a quasi-public cor
poration, owing certain duties and obli
gations to the public. : . If these corpora
tions refuse to respect these duties why
should the miners, who have no such
relation to the public, be expected to
yield and thereby place themselves com
pletely In the control of the corpora
tions? It might, be to the benefit of
the miners if they should surrender and
doubtless It would be to the present ad
vantage of the public, but most people
will doubt whether such a concession to
the operators, meaning the .destruction
of the organization of coal miners and
the firmer intrenchment of the anthra
cite coal monopoly, would be to the
ultimate benefit of the public. Indeed,
it seems obvious that the result would
be distinctly against the public interest,
for not only Is It safe to assume that the
miners would be subjected to greater
hardships and grievances than they now
complain of, but that the public Would
be mulcted to a greater extent -than
heretofore. Having broken .down the
miners' organization the anthracite coal
combine would have the public com
pletely at its mercy and how relentlessly
it would use its power everybody understands.-
The national administration has con
fessed that It is powerless to grapple
with tho sltaation. The able lawyers
of the government, who are undoubtedly
in hearty sympathy with the desire of
the president to . do something for
the relief of the public, find noth
ing in 'existing laws that will reach
the case. The anthracite opera
tors are uncompromising. There is no
easuu tu'. expect lliul the lulueiB will
surrender. They are ready , to make a
settlement through arbitration, but it is
most improbable that they will yield
and thus in effect confess that they are
wrong in their contention. It is believed
it6, be within the power of Pennsylvania
to effect, a settlement and the country
looks to the' authorities' of that state to
make an earnest effort to terminate the
disastrous conflict ' ' ' ,
THt WtST AND THE VUHREBCT. -The
statement of a banker of this
city that the west is able to take care
of itself financially is undoubtedly sub
stantially true and it is to be remarked
that this is a comparatively new expe
rience of the west and it must not be
assumed that it will be continued in the
future, however probable that may be
by reason of the large amount of money
certain to come to this section because
of the great crops. It Is a well under
stood fact that during the present lack
of money but a very small part of the
need for currency was due to the de
mands made by the west and that the
difficulty was largely local to New York,
being the result of stringency produced
in that center by unwise loans and the
attempt to Inflate Industrial enterprises
whose stock was being carried on money
advanced by the banks.
While It Is true that the western banks
have made a considerable drain upon the
east during the last few weeks, it is still
a fact that the deposits of western banks
in : the east during the past - year
have been more than ordinarily
large, exceeding thus far in the cur
rent year by nearly $2,000,000 the de
posits of the corresponding period in
the preceding year. When this fact is
considered It will be found that although
the call of the west upon the east has
been more this year than usual, there
Is still a balance in favor of the west
and so far as now appears there Is likely
to be throughout the season, though of
course this Is problematical. According
to official figures It appears that nearly
$14,000,000 has been deposited during
1002 thus far. from the west with the
assistant treasurer at New York for pay
ment elsewhere, as compared with $12,
000,000 during the corresponding period
of 1001. This of course does not repre
sent all the money which the west has
deposited in the east but it serves to
show that the amount has been consid
erably larger this year than last and
this Is a fact in the monentary situation
which is important
The demand on New York and other
eastern nioney centers this year has un
doubtedly' been somewhat larger than
last year or for several previous yeara
At least this Is what the figures appear
to show. But this fact does not ac
count wholly for the eastern stringency,
which is admittedly due mainly to
speculation, which the eastern banks
have not been sufficiently careful to
guard against although they had a bund
ant warning of the expediency of doing
so. ' Meanwhile there seems to be no
doubt that the west as recently re
marked by a Chicago banker, "will take
rare of Itself," although western bauk
ers may still deem It the part of wls-
lou to. withdraw money from the east
for use In legitimate business rather
than to permit it to remain there to be
employed in speculation.- It is a quite
satisfactory circumstance that the bank
ers of the west are showing a conserva
tive tendency in respect to the money
under their control sod In existing con-
dltlons they shonld maintain this policy.
It is sound and the examples should be
emulated by eastern financiers. ,
tyrtnsTATt cummissiox powkrlis!.
The investigation of freight rates on
anthracite coal to be made by the In
terstate Commerce commission will be
simply a farce. Whether the commis
sion concludes that the rates are too
high or not there will be no practical
result The commission has no power
to compel the railroad companies to re
duce rates, if found to be extortionate.
Commissioner Trouty forcefully admits
the Impotency of the commission and
makes clear the further important fact
that no other agency of -the government
is competent to deal with the subject
"Neither can any court" he truthfully
says, "compel them to reduce rates."
The commlvslon can, indeed, report the
facts as It finds them, but the only way
In which public opinion, if aroused, can
accomplish anything is, as the commis
sioner points out through congress to
secure "such amendments to the inter
state commerce act as will more fully
carry out its prohibition of discrimina
tions in sate making." But the rail
road corporation will not be much
alarmed at this prospect They have
confidence that the senate, as at present
constituted, will see to it that no such
amendments are actually passed, and
their confidence Is not misplaced. For
all practical purposes the Interstate
Commerce commission Is ornamental
rather than useful. What is the use of
investigation? Anybody can investi
gate. What is needed is authority and
remedial action.
WHKBM UMABA MIST LOOK FOR RCLltF.
Under the decision of the supreme
court in the Omaha tax case, the assess
ment of the property of the street rail
way company, the gas company, the
water company, the electric lighting
company and the telephone company
was increased about $1,500,000. All
these corporations combined do not own
half as much property as do the
railroads that converge in this city.
Yet the railroads, taking advantage of
a provision of the charter smuggled into
it for their benefit are paying less in
city taxes from year to year, notwith
standing the constant Increase in the
values of their properties.
A striking illustration of this flagrant
abuse is shown by the records of the
tax commissioner. In 1897 the aggre
gate valuation placed upon the railroad
property within the city of Omaha by
the state board was $410,041 and the
amount of taxes collected thereon was
$22,070. In 1809 the aggregate valua
tion, notwithstanding the erection of two
new paascngcr depots at na'cxpenoe of
fully $500,000 each, was $367,574, and
the total tax only $9,189. In 1901 these
properties were assessed for $193,674, on
which the total tax amounted to $6,584.
In 1902 the aggregate valuation returned
by the state board was raised to $205,855
through an Increase In the. assessment
of the Belt line, but the tax for lflO'J
aggregates only $6,175, because of the
reduction In the city tax rate from 34
mills to 30 nillls.
Contrast 1897 with 1902 and note the
shrinkage of DO per cent of the value of
the railroad property in Omaha in five
years and a drop in the amount of taxes
paid on this property from $22,676 to
$8,175. .
In view of the fact that the properties
assessed by the state board Include the
bulk of the most valuable assets of the
railroads, namely, their terminal facili
ties, depots and depot ground the pres
ent method of assessment on the mile
age basis is tantamount to tax exemp
tion, so far as city taxes are concerned.
The death of General Bela M. Hughes
at Denver removes one of the most con
spicuous characters who figured in the
stirring scenes in the early development
of the Transmlssouri and mountain re
gion. He was a tine type of the pioneer
who not only helped prominently' to
fight the battles of the frontier, but also
grew with the Industrial development
of the country as the frontier disap
peared over the mountains. . A Ken-
tucklan by birth, he settled early In
Missouri, where be established a reputa
tion as a lawyer and reached the rank
of a general of militia before entering
the field of the western prairies and
mountains. He soon became a. leader
in all the most important transportation
enterprises, being associated with the
famous Ben Holladay in the overland
carriage and a prime mover in the Wells
Forgo express, the South Park Stage
company and similar undertakings. .. He
was a leading spirit In the Denver Pa
cific, to connect with the Union Pacific
at Cheyenne, and as its president car
ried It through to success. His prom
inence and great activity in these un
dertakings brought him into close touch
with the pioneers', and few men had a
wider acquaintance between the Mis
souri river and the coast. He reached
the age of 85 years, having retired from
active business nine years ago.
Congressman Mercer is now in the
midst of his house-to-house handshak
ing campaign, but up to date he has not
yet divulged even to his most con
fidential admirers whether he in
tenda to settle In Omaha after election
or whether he will continue to reside in
Minneapolis, Atlantic City and Wash
ington. He has not yet disclosed
whether he intends to turn over a new
leaf after election and stop drawing the
$100 a mouth clerk hire which bo has
been pocketing for years, although it
was never intended to be- congressmen's
pocket money, but should have paid the
salary of some young Nebraskan willing
to begin life at Washington in a clerical
position on $100 a mouth.
Republican prlmanes will be held
next Friday, for the nomination of five
candidates for the Board of Education,
but up to this time not the slightest in
terest has been manifested by . the
voters most interested, namely, the tax
payers and parents whose children are
being educated iu the public schools.
Five members constitute one-third of
the entire board, and their tenure of
office during the next three years will
make them very Important factors In the
management of our public schools.
When It Is borne In mind that the Board
of Education disburses from $400,000 to
$500,000 a year, the Importance of se
lecting as members of the board men
who are Identified with the future pros
perity of Ouaaha, and especially men
who have a sincere desire to Improve
our public School system and raise It to
a higher plane should be manifest to all.
'
That ransom paid for the release of
Miss Stone, the American missionary,
looked so much like easy money that
the brigands are loath to retire from
business. Their latest exploit Is to cap
ture a wealthy Turkish land owner and
put upon him the moderate price of
$15,000. Inasmuch as the victim this
time Is not an American the chances are
that the draft will have to be heavily
discounted. '
Suppose that the New York banks had
been conservatively managed and had
discouraged and repressed the stock Job
bers and speculators, while a contrary
condition existed among the western
banks. Suppose that the latter were
now appealing to the national treasury
for relief from the consequences of their
own action. Imagine the outcry from
the eastern press that would follow.
Drawing on Imajrlnatlon.
St Louis Globe-Democrat.
Imagine tb king of England calling the
heads of great corporations together and
reprimanding them for their actions. This
1 one instance of the puerility of klnaa aa
compared with the president of a republic
There's the Rnb.
Chicago Chronicle.
Coming down from the Napoleon of
finance to the ordinary burgher, it may he
said that the currency problem is not how
to Increase Its volume, but how to get hold
ot a small proportion of what is already
outstanding. '
Boodlers Giving Themselves Away.
-"Washington Star.
St. Louis boodlers who handled thousands
are far siore ready to "peach" on their
pals than the artful dodgers who filch
pocket handkerchiefs. The higher you go
In crime, the further you seem to get from
a oode of honor.
Flaunting Wealth.
Boston Globe.
A gold scarf pin with a little niece of
coal set like a diamond in a gold crown has
passed through the New York nontnfflr.
The ostentatious display of wealth Is get
ting to be one of the greatest evils ot the
modern social system.
The Real Object.
.., ' San ttancisco Call.
Governor Boles has come out for free
trade as a remedy for trusts and Is making
It the keynote of his campaign for con
cr. We have thus another piovf that
the freetraders are willing to take any
weapon that serves in their fight against
protection. War against trusts is only an
excuse. Free trade is the real object.
The Nation's Growing- Income.
Indianapolis Journal.
The receipts of the treasury last month
over the expenditures were $10,675,434, so
that the surplus of the first quarter of the
fiscal year is about $9,000,000. If this excess
should continue during the year the surplus
will be over $40,000,000. When the war
taxes were repealed it was predicted that
the revenues would barely meet the ex
penditures, but so much merchandise has
been imported that the receipts are well
maintained.
American Tones for Americans.
Boston Herald.
Those truly patriotic Americans who
have always felt more or less humiliated
In singing our national hymn, "America."
to an old, second-hand - tune which
Englishmen and Germans empley for
their national anthems, are glad to know
that aa effort is jbelng made to get an
entirely original air to go along with our
words. Colonel Asa Gardner, through the
Society of the . Cincinnati, has offered a
gold medal for tbe right sort of musical
accompaniment for Mr. Smith's stanzas.
Therefore, tune up, all ye Yankee muslck
ers. Let the watchword be, "American
tunes for Americans."
- Who Owna the Earthf
Washington Star.
Many men who-before the coal situation
became acute viewed the doctrine of the
national . ownership of public utilities as
chimerical; if not; anarchic, have modified
their opinion. It Js probably within reason
to say that the coal strike has drawn more
serious attention to this question than have
all the socialistic theses published in a hun
dred years. Certain it is that more men
in the Hotted States are asking than have
ever asked before whether the life and
health, business and success of all men
shall b at the will of a few men whose
dollars are Invested in natural resources
and human necessaries. If the people shall
ever make negative answer to the question
they are asklog, the men who profess to
regard coal production or coal non-production
as a private matter will realise their
folly.
REGCI.ATE COAL ROADS.
One Effective Meaanre ef Carting the
Conl Monopoly.
Indianapolis Journal (rep.).
The country will expect congress to pro
vide some effectual bar against the repeti
tion of the present situation. With the
warning experience , of the last It should
have done so before, but continued failure
to do so will be Inexcusable. Legislation
on the subject should not be directed
against any class nor discriminate for or
against capital or labor, but it should pro
vide a means of preventing the Interrup
tion of an Industry so essential to the pub
lic welfare.
As usual, the constitution will be cited
as a bar to any remedial legislation, but
rightly construed it is not. Tbe constltu
tion gives congress exclusive power to regu
late commerce between the . states. The
anthracite coal trade is such commerce
and railroads which eogage In it are thereby
brought within the constitutional sphere ot
congressional action and government eon'
trol. Tbe constitution fixes no limit to the
regulation which congress may exercise
over Interstate commerce. It may regulate
such commerce to tbe fullest extent and in
tho (lightest detail. Tbe present interstate
commerce law is but a first step in tbe
exercise of constitutional power In that di
rection, and congress should take as majy
more steps aa may be neceaaary to safe
guard the public welfare against tbe greed
of capital, the demands of labor or the
clashing of Individual interests of any kind
The common weal is above all other con
siderations, and congress should take care
that it la safeguarded from Injury. - Aa
ether secsleo of congress should not be
allowed to pass without bringing every coal
road In the United States that' does an
interstate business under the operation of
a law that will prevent a recurrence of the
present situation,
White House
Pahllo Wrath Rising.
Washington Star.
Absoluts refusal to admit the public ne
cessities as a factor in the calculation will
bring upon the obstinate and short-sighted
obstructionists an overwhelming wave of
public resentment, of whose vast and fast
increasing volume neither operators nor
strike leaders seem to be fully aware.
Arrogance ot Mine Owners.
Buffalo Express.
There Is no loglo In the refusal of the
coal mine owners to negotiate with tbe
representatives of the union. Capital has
eomblned as well as labor In this struggle.
Capital Insists that Its combination shall
remain Intact so far ss united action is con
cerned, but It refuses the same privilege
to labor. There Is neither reason nor jus
tice in this position.
An Intolerable Condition.
Detroit Journal.
That which tbe president pronounced In
tolerable at the opening ot the conference
becomes more Intolerable after that hideous
exhibition of the spirit which actuates the.
one side In the contest and the apparent
fairness ot the overtures proffered by the
other. The president has failed, but it is
impossible that he has not formulated
plans for utilizing other means In staying
the calamity that hangs over the hearth
stone. Receivership for Mines.
Boston Advertiser.
The courts have not hesitated to take
charge of public service corporations and
carry them on by means of receivers. This
is a form of temporary application of so
cialistic principles, only so often employed
that the public Is used to the method.
Unless tbe owners of the anthracite mines
are able to run them, why not In the public
interest apply this power ot the govern,
ment, leaving the quarrel between the mine
workers to be settled out of court, sfter
the publio needs have been satisfied T
The Right to Organise.
-., St. Paul Pioneer Press.
They (the operators) may succeed in beat
ing the strikers for the time being. But
they will only have postponed the solution
of -the problem. They will sooner or later
have to recognize the right of their em
ployes to organize, and they would better
have embraced the opportunity offered by
the -mediation of President Roosevelt and
the proposition of John Mitchell to control
In some degree tbe character ot that organi
sation, eliminate Its mischievous features
and impose wholesome restraints upon it in
the terms of arbitration.
Fundamental Facta.
Indianapolis News.
Here are some fundamental facts of the
anthracite situation. Tbe men have as good
a right the same right to combine as tbe
mine owners. The men .have the same right
to declare on what terms they will accept
employment as the operators to say on what
term, they will give employment. The mine
owners want weraera; u m.nera warn
work. They differ as to terms. The miners
have from the start been willing to leave
questions In dispute to sn Impartial board
of arbitrators. The mine owners have re-
fused to do this or anything. Which side
seems to be tbe more reasonable?
The Present Question.
Chicago Tribune.
The question now Is whether the oper
ators will submit to -reasonable "regula
tions" or have their mines seized. -The lat
ter alternative .might involve the. govern
ment In some difficulties, but If the question
becomes one of seizing mines or starving
people. - "necessity knows no law." Some
one besides the present owners will get the
mines. The people of the United States win
have coal at reasonable prices, "peaceably
if they can, forcibly if they must." The
owners ot this little patch of anthracite
eoal territory, barely forty miles square, do
not seem to have their' eyes open to the
true situation at the present moment. They
are blind of ore eye and Incapable of see
ing much with the other.
Without Parallel in History.
Kansas City Star.
The failure of mine operators and the
representatives of the miners' union to
come together on terms ot agreement at
tbe White House conference does not
lessen in the least the great honor and
PERSONAL HOTES.
Newoort Is maintaining the reputation
aiven it by Colonel Watterson there are
forty-two divorce cases on the docket.
Indianapolis Is striving, with a ghoulish
story, to break the free ad grip ot St. Louis.
It won't sJLlck. St." Louis is playing with
live stiffs.
Squire Croker. It Is said, has lost $1,000.-
000 on the turf In England. If he won't tell
where he got It. people at least know where
some of It went.
M.vnr Harrison of Chicago has ordered
the arrest of all suspicious characters who
are hanging around the city without visible
means of support.
sn rhlraroans under 14 years old are
carried half price on the trolleys, and the
number under that age shows that the
census takers didn't half do their work.
iA.m Oliver Wendell Holmes has ac
cepted the Invitation to be the guest of
honor at the Inaugural exercises of Presi
dent James of Northwestern university, on
October 21-
tr Thomas A. Hendricks, widow of the
farmer vice oresldent. has consented to sell
the home whers her husband spent his last
years, to mske way for building improve
ments in Indianapolis.
The fact that the widow of the famous
"Parson" Brownlow ot Tennessee is still
living at the age of 89 has been brought
out by the erroneous report of a pension
having been granted to her.
In the treasure room of ths Maharajah
of Baroda Is stored a piece ot woven work
which cost $1,000,000. It is only 10x feet
in size, but it Is woven from strings ot
purs pearls, with a center and corner cir
cles of diamonds. It took three years te
make it.
General Lukas Meyer, the Boer leader,
was a big man with big Ideas. Some
years ago be formed a sort of republic of
his own, with headquarters at Vryheld,
but was persuaded to tack It on to the
Transvaal. He was always very popular
and used to be known as "the lion of
Vrybeld."
Mayor Low has officially esutloned the
beads of city departments against permit
ting tbe levying or collection of as
sessment upon publio employes for politi
cal purposes, as ths same is a violation of
the civil service law. Each one Is In
structed to Inform his men that they will
be supported In "resisting any attempts
to make such collections should any such
effort be m4." '
J. Daua Blckford, a New England Inven
tor, la actively Interesting himself and en
deavoring to engage the sympathy of other
inventors In a proposition to Mtabllah a
home for Indigent Inventors at West Med'
ford, Mais. A large dwelling house has
been aecured aud Mr. Blckford la about
to address letters te persons throughont
the country In an endeavor to secure coa
tfibutioBs for the purpose. . .. . ,- ;
Conference
credit due to the president for his
patriotic Interpretation In the case. Ills
offer of mediation is without a parallel In
the history of the republic. The Impulse
of a mere politician under the clrcuiu
stances would have been to keep aloof aa
far as possible from the controversy. Mr.
Roosevelt is much more than a politician,
though his courage snd sincerity and bis
disposition at all times to do what he
regards as best for tbe country are endear
ing him more and more to the people, thus
showing that after all the highest order of
statesmanship Is the very wisest politics.
Irritating and Inanltlng.
Milwaukee Free Press.
The attitude' of most of the presidents
and the tone in which they address them
selves to the subject matter of the con
ference must have been extremely Irritat
ing to rresldent Roosevelt, as It certainly
will be to the country. There was a scorn
ful and impertinent tone to the replies
made by the various presidents, more par
ticularly Mr. Baer. who was positively
Insulting to President Roosevelt In his
r.ference to Mr. Mitchell of the miner.
union, who was present at the conferei "e
as the equal of Baer snd the other presi
dents, because, first, the Invitation ot the
president made him so and because, fur
ther, he naturally possesses the qualities
that make him so.
Impudence of Mine Owners.
Detroit Free Press.
It Is a curious stste of affairs when half
a dozen men can Insult the president,
defy the national and state governments
and Impudently ask 80,000,000 persons what
they are going to do about It. Yet that Is
precisely the condition which exists today.
In Great Britain the coal trust under such
circumstances could be snuffed out and
Its property confiscated by act of Parlia
ment. - In France or Germany the army
would take possession of the coal mines
snd proceed to operate them until the
owners came to their senses. In this coun
try six men msy call their 150,000 employes
thugs, vandsla and outlaws In tbe presence
of the president ot the United States and
bluntly Inform him that when he gets
ready to shoot down their recalcitrant em
ployes they will consider the matter of
selling the people fuel.
Wages of Coal Miners.
Chicago Record-Herald.
In this connection the report of Bishop
Fallows of Chicago, who recently visited the
mining district on a tour of Investigation, Is
of great interest to the public. On the
queetlon of wages the bishop says: "The
miners' figures ss to wages are far different
from President Baer's. Baer has insisted
that the average day's wages for the 26,270
men working in the Reading mines is $1.89.
Thle would make the average annual wage
$396.20, but Mr. Mitchell can prove that it
is really only $348. Out of this must be
taken a total, in round numbers, of $100
for rents, powder, oil and the annual fee to
tha Pomn.nv.. rtncinr. l.vin h..t lws fr
foo(1 clolhlng ,, fuel... To clalm that the
,um ( Iug or twIce that amount
ufflclent t0 pr0Vlde food, fuel and clothing
for aB aVeraae famllv. to aav nothing of
educating children and supplying the ordl-
nary COmforts ' of life according to the
standard of living in the United States, is
an insult to popular intelligence.
Sab. line Cheek.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
As between the two bodies of men In
question, the legal presumption is in favor
of the miners' organization. The right ot
men to organize for their common benefit
snd protection Is Imbedded In our laws and
affirmed by hundreds of court decisions.
Whatever may be the offense of Individual
miners, the right of the organization to
exist cannot be disputed. At the same time.
the legal presumption is against the mine
owners' organization. It has acquired an
evident monopoly of a necessary of life,
Any such monopoly is abhorrent to our
laws. Its right to exist is never conceded.
but always questioned. Yet this monopoly
assumes its own right to exist and pre
sumes to deny the right of the miners'
union to exist. It scouts the union of the
miners, refuses to deal with them on any
terms as an organization and yet Insists
that they, and the whole American people.
snd their president, shall deal with it as if
Its own legal status were absolutely un-
questionable. What Impudence! What
nonsense!
AS TO OLD AGE.
A Short Dissertation Which Should Be
Interesting to Peealmlats.
Des Moines Register.
.Since the beginning of time old age has
been the biggest -bugaboo ever set up to
turn affrighted mankind Into .ways . of
righteousness and pure living. Eat, drink
and be merry today, while yoa are young,
for tomorrow .you will be old, aud old age
Is an abomination unto alU-eucb has been
the rule upon which those supposedly wise
have attempted to run tbe world. "Re
member now thy Creator In the days of
thy youth, while the evil days come not.
nor the years drawn, nigh when thou shalt
say, I have no pleasure in them." Thus
salth the preacher. But that he was the
first of a long line ot black-garbed pessi
mists that have come drearily drooping
down through the days, who that has lived
does sot know? Do ths days come oftener
to gray beard than to youth when he may
ssy, "I have no pleasure In them?" Or
rather has not a blessed disposition made
It that changing ages, like the season, ars
successively welcomed, and each, as It
The Power of Bigness
Ours is the largest business of tbe kind In the world
with Its central New York Factory and Fifteen Retail
Stores. . ,
This fact gives us great economic advantages in buy
ing woolens and In making clothing.
We manufacture the be,st garments we know how to
luake. .
And we've been at it' 50 years. That's why
"No Clothing Fits Like. Ours." .
Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers.
tl. 5. Wilcox, Manager.
comes, for the time seems the best, and In
' winter we would not turn to spring, aa lo
i spring we do not hope for winter.
Old age baa lis rotmolatlons no less than
youth. Supposing tbe windows are dark
ened snd the light has gone from the west.
Some prefer tho soft starlight to the glare
of day. It Is something to have uvea ami
Md . prt of m,ny thl0,. mt
man having lived would begin again! The
test Is good. The fearful school boy, look
ing shead to the sdvsnclng years, dread
the added tasks that are set before blm.
But the years arrived, the tasks at hand, all
seems easy and natural and right. Provi
dence has made it so. It Is doubted If a
man ever feels truly old. Tbe spsrk of
youth somewhere within us burns to the
end, and feelings and desires belie tbe
face In tbe looking-glass and the pitying
looks ot friends. No matter how slow,
stfalthy and Insidious tbe approach ot tbe
Pale Tretorlan, when he comes he Is un
expected, unlooked for. As long as life is
In him man Is filled with the thrill of
living.
Therefore, why fear old age or give it
thought? It is only a scarecrow at best.
It will ccme upon you before you, know,
snd even when it comes it is doubtful If yon
will realize. Hear Stevenson. "A sort of
equable jog trot of feeling.'.' he says, "Is
substituted for the violent ups and downs
of passion and disgust; the same Influence
that restrains our hopes quiets our appre
hensions; if the pleasures are less Intense
the troubles are milder and more tolerable,
snd, in a word, this period for which w
are asked to hoard up everything as for a
time of famine Is, In its own right, the
richest, the esslest and the happiest ot life.
Live so that when the so-called ovll days
come vou will still e able to rule your
self "
LIGIIIQ OAS,
Washington Star: "Is she a blonde Or a
brunette? asked one young woman.
"I couldn't say positively.' answered tli.
other. "I met her In one of the cities v. li
they are burning soft coal."
Chicago Tribune: "No, sir," said the
man In the mackintosh. "I know too mucli
to allow myself ever to get caught on a
jury."
"How do you manage It?" asked the man
who had his feet on the table.
"Didn't I Just tell you? I know too
much."
Baltimore American: "I observe,
madam," said the new boarder, "that you
have one of these pictures of a clock, with
the legend beneath: 'No Tick Here.'"
"Yes, sir," answered the grim landlady.
"Well," went on the n boarder, "does
that refer to your beds or your business?"
Philadelphia Press: Caller So the doctor
brought you a little baby sister tho other
night, eh?
Tommy Yeh, I guess It was the doctor
done It. Anyway, I heard him tellln' pa
some time ago 'at If pa didn't pay his old
bill he'd make trouble fur him. .,
Baltimore American: "Your majesty,"
sdvlses the Head Physician to the Cannibal
King, "had beat abandon your meat diet
for a few weeks."
"What shall I dor muses the- King, a
hungry look jpreading over his - counte
nance. "Ah." he smiles, as a happy thought
strikes him. "those last missionaries who
came to the island said they .were vege
tarians." , . .
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "An eastern
woman had her husband arrested because
he wouldn't bathe onee a week." .
"Wasn't he foolish?"
"Why so?"
"If he had taken Just that one bath he
wouldn't have been kept in hot water all
the rest ot the time."
Philadelphia Press: 'It's like pulling
teeth to get a drink in this state, isn't it?"
remarked the stranger In Maine. '
"Yes," replied the native, "and "when ye
get one and swallows it it's like havln'
teeth pulled."
Baltimore American: "No, Indeed," said
the crafty passenger agent to the bride
and groom. . "Our company doea.Jiot pro
hibit kissing on the platforms."und, Te
sldes, I would call your attention to the
fact that we have more and longer tunnels
than any other railway in the world,"
"SUPPOSIV SO."
Baltimore American.
We waste our time supposln' things,
Imaglnln' an" wonderln how
We d act or what we'd do if we
Were not the same as we are now.
We worry over lota of things,
When all the time we o'-ht to know
That guessln' isn't evidence
Supposln' so don't make .'t so.
Some fellows wear your patience but
Supposln' things, an' askin' whv
You do the wicked things you do-
Supposln' you should up an' die!
8uppo8ln' you should lose your health;
Suppose your friend should prove a foe
An' things like that. They got to learn
Supposln' so don't make It so. ,.
Supposln' Isn't worth a cent.
A man can fritter through his life
Supposln' what the girl would say .
If he would ssk her for his wife.
The man who wins the swiftest rsce
Don't think of anything but "Go!"
He knows he might get beat but, then,
Supposln' so don't tnajte it so.
So what's th use supposln'. things,
When trouble's almost sure to come?
It's best to wait until it strikes
There ain't no sen Be supyoaln' some!
"Supposln" things" don't educate
Us like the things we're sure to know,
And some day we are sure to learn
Supposln' so don't make It ao.
Arthur
Hochman
"The dry bones of the wan
ing season were rudely shaken
last Tuesday night by Arthur
Ilocbmau. He has' price
less gifts."
William J.. -Henderson
In the New York
Times, March IS. 1902.
His picture will shortly
appear In these columns. -
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