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1SA72 M. B. H UNGATE,
(Heal) Notary Public.
It appears that nearly everybody at
Washington is ready to sprfttg s6me
sort of an anti-trust bill.
That story about the price of beef
coming down may be taken as sure
proof that the market for chestnuts
holds arm.
That the organization of labor goes
on apace is pretty well shown by the
Institution of the potato peelers' union
at Chicago.
From the descriptions of the opening
of the house it develops that Congress
man Mercer threw himself a bouquet of
real flowers.
President Roosevelt makes It clear
that he does not agree with those polit
ical doctors who prescribe tariff smash
ing as the exclusive nostrum for trust
evils.
Every corporation holding a franchise
to supply public utilities in Omaha is
enjoying a good thing, and it is no won
der none of them wants to have the field
divided with others.
Nebraska real estate dealers are about
to open their state convention in Omaha
What they will say about the value of
real estate as an Investment will not be
intended for the assessor's ears.
Senator Millard Intimates that Colonel
Mosby has seen a mountain in a mole
hill In the fencing of public lands by
the cattle barons, but the colonel In
sists that his eyesight is as good now
as it ever was.
Several of Nebraska's congressmen
elect are In Washington watching the
congressional wheels go round. It should
not take them long to catch on sum
clently to make themselves useful to
their constituents.
Secretary Shaw has put in- recom
mendations for appropriations for a
large number of public Improvements
throughout both Iowa and Nebraska.
Depend on a western secretary of the
treasury to watch out for the west.
From sentiment expressed at the pub
lic meeting called to discuss pending
franchise propositions, there Is no ques
Lion but what Omaha would like to have
cheap power. It Is water power, how'
ever, and not wind power that Is wanted
Corporal punishment is to be banished
from the Lincoln public schools by edict
of the board of education. If Llucolu
bas a surplus stock of pickled rods
this ought to permit other school dls
trlcts to lay in their supply at bargain
prices.
King Oscar, having banded us
bunch, to use the technical description,
In our matter with Mexico, seems to
Lave evened It -up lu the ltussian arbl
t ration. It looks like the application to
International settlements of the policy
followed by sagacious base bull uin
fires.
Omaha club women will try to do their
holiday shopping early In order to re
lieve the clerks In the retail stores from
the rush of the closing days. There I
Just a faint suspicion also that this de
cision is prompted by the idea that the
early bird gets a better selection of
goods and greater attention from the
tales people.
In point of literary style President
Roosevelt more nearly resembles lieu
eral Harrison than any other recent
president Ills diction U lu strlklug
contrast with the ponderous sentences
of Grover Cleveland's official deliver
ances. No reader will have any dlltl
culty to understand what the president
THE PIltSlDtHra M CSX AVE.
President Roosevelt's second nnntuil
rnesMtiup follows the plan of bis first one
In the treatment of public questions,
but It discusses fewer of them ami
more concisely. It Is lURrked, how
ever, by tht smite spirit that rhnrac
terlzod IiIh first rommuulcntlou to con
gress nnl In therefore earnest, hope
ful, confident and encourag-in. The
president rofrnrdu existing conditions
with the satisfaction which every
American citizen should feel and looks
to the future with the eye of faith and
a profound conviction that this ieople
will meet Intelligently and bmvcly
whatever demands shall be made upon
them. Having played a great part In
the world, wj cannot now play a small
part, even If we would, and to try to
do so would result Ignobly and shame
fully. Hut the president Is confident
that the American people will continue
to do their part In the world's work,
will be found still capable of solving
the problems thut confront them at
home and abroad. "Ours la not the
creed of the weakling and the coward;
ours Is the gospel of hope and of
triumphant endeavor," Is the charac
teristic way In which Mr. Hoosevelt
reassures his countrymen and lnsphes
them to greater achievements
Our glgaatlc Industrial developmept
must not be checked, declares the presi
dent While In the course of this '
velopment vaet fortunes tare been
made, yet In the aggregate these
fortunes are small when compared to
19 3o,i0the weulth of the people as a whole.
iU! :to ! wDlle tUe pIala IwI,lu are better off
22.!"..".."!!..3i.4io I than they have ever been before. Yet
23 2M,3i0j there are evils and these must bo reme-
24 80.0SJ0 .,i,.i, .., alinll uiiccppiI In lining
ouiy py proceeding puueuuy,
With
practical common sense, as well us
solution, separating the good from
the bad and holding on to the former
hlle endeavoring to get rid of the lat
ter." The president reiterates the
views expressed In his first message
nd later In public addresses respecting
national regulation of the luuusumi
combinations engaged In Interstate and
foreign commerce speaking now with
greater confidence than before as to the
power of congress to provide for this.
It having been demonstrated that the
necessary supervision cannot be ob
tained by state action, it must there
fore be achieved by national action.
The aim is not to destroy the corpora
tions, which would work mischief to
the entire body, politic, but to do away
1th any evil therein. "Publicity can do
no barm to the honest corporation,'!
says the president, "and we need not
be overtender about sparing the dis
honest corporation." The president has
no doubt as to the authority of con
gress to restrain monopoly and to pro
vide for the correction of the abuses
and evils incident thereto, and he evi
dently desires that this authority be
exercised as soon as possible, tt con
gress gives heed to the plainly implied
wish of the president there will be
legislation at the present session deal
ing with the combinations.
President Roosevelt speaks strongly
for the maintenance of the, protective
principle. The country!u8 always ex
perienced prosperity under a protective
tariff, the people have acquiesced in the
wisdom of the principle, and "It is ex
ceedingly undesirable that this system
should be destroyed or that there should
be violent or radicul changes therein."
lie urges stability of economic policy,
says that the country cannot prosper
nder fitful tariff changes at short In
tervals and suggests, that the tariff
should be treated solely from the stand
point of our business needs. The pro
tective principle, however, should al
ways be kept in view, in the Interest
alike of the great body of. our indus
tries and of the laboi employed In
them. The advocates of tariff revision
will find little encouragement in
the president's reference to this
subject, while the supporters of reci
procity will be gratified with, the state
ment that one way In which tariff
readjustment can be reached Is by reel
proclty treaties, which it Is declared
can be used to widen our markets, give
a greater field for the activities of our
producers and secure in practical shape
the lowering of duties "when they are
no longer needed for protection among
our own people, or when the minimum
of damage done may. be disregarded for
the sake of the maximum of good
accomplished." The message suggests
a tariff commission,, though this is uot
very rigorously urged, and there will be
very general endorsement of the ree
ommendatlon that anthracite coal be
placed on the free list, where it was
supposed to be until the importation of
anthracite disclosed the fact that there
is a duty on it
The president's discussion' of the 're
lations of capital and labor, their obi I
gatlons, duties and rights, merits care
ful attention and we tbluk will com
mand very general approbation. It Is
judicious, conservative and In complete
accord with the spirit of our institutions
and the fundamental principles of
sound social system. As the president
fays: "We can get good government
only upon condition that we keep true
to the principles upon which this nation
was founded and ' judge each man not
as a part of a class, but upon bis lndl
vldual merits. All that we have
right to ask of any man, rich or poor,
whatever his creed, his occupation, his
birthplace, or his residence, is that he
shall act well and bouorably by LU
neighbor and by his country." This
sound American doctrine, which should
be ineffaceably Impressed upon the
minds of our people.
The president urges reciprocity with
Cuba, pointedly setting forth his well
known reasons therefor. In regatd to
the Punuma cauul the uieimage ha
nothing definite to say except that w
can undoubtedly acquire good title from
the French company. Other portions of
the message relating to the Pacific
cable, the rhllippines, the army and
navy, irrigation, Alaska and conditions
among the Indians, will be found inter
esting and Instructive. President Hoose
velt has wasted no words lu his mes
sage and yet has given to every subject
presented adequate consideration.
THE MISSOURI TRUST LA If.
The Missouri trust law Is a drastic
one, and If the decision of the Kansas
City court of appeals in the brewery
cane Is sustained it will plant many
thorns lu the imth of unlawful trade
combinations. One of the provisions of
the law is that contracts with such
combinations or trusts are void and
that debts arising out of them are not
legally euforcible. It reduces the mat
ter to a question of evidence of the un
lawful character of the combination.
Iu a multitude of cases It Is exceed
ingly difficult to secure lce;il proof of
the unlawful character of a trade com
bination, even where the fact Is moi
ally certain and notoriously exists. This
Indeed has lecu the peculiar and often
Uie insurable difficulty under many
of the state aiT well as of the national
anti-trust laws of which the provisions
are severe, but the enforcement is dis
couraging. The progress of legislative
and judicial action is nevertheless stead
ily compelling corporate combinations
against public policy to act under many
disabilities. The illegal brewery com
bine at Kansas City, if necessary, can
of course conform to a cash basis in its j lu detail through the departmental re
dealings, but it will be at an immense poltg. lie more interesting fea-
disadvantage in competition with law
ful competitive concerns that ure free
handed for credits. Obviously the very
efforts to circumvent the anti trust laws
as the pressure of their enforcement
grows steadily hcuvier, as It inevitably
will, constitute a serious tax uud ob
stacle for unlawful business undertak
ings. THE TREASLRT REPORT.
The annual report of the secretary of
the treasury contains little of a statis
tical nature thut wus not already a
miliar to the public, the weekly nud
monthly statements of the operations of
the national treasury keeping the coun
try constantly well Informed as to the
financial affairs and condition of the
government The estimates of receipts
and expenditures for the current fiscal
year, which ends June 30. 1903, prom
ise a surplus at the close of the year of
$43,000,000, while for the next fiscal year
It Is estimated that the surplus will be
n excess of $31,000,000. These are re
assuring figures, but us they are made
upon the basis of existing laws it can
not be confidently predicted that they
will be realized. However, they give
assurance of a safe treasury condition
for the next two years, even should ex
penditures be materially Increased,
which probably will not be done. There
Is no apparent reason why the present
congress should add to expenditures t6
any considerable extent, and It should
certainly be the policy of the Fifty
eighth congress, for obvious reasons, to
observe Judicious economy. '
In regard to the currency, Secretary
Shaw thinks It desirable to provide for
the exchangeability of gold and silver.
This matter has been much discussed,
but the, proposition has not hitherto
met with very much favor in congress
and docs not seem likely to. The sec
retary also urges that the banking sys
tem is imperfect and expresses the
opinion that the time has come when,
in order to provide additional circula
tion, either the government debt must
be perpetuated and additional bonds Is
sued as occasion may require, or some
other system must be provided. He sees
no objection to the issuance of circula
tion based upon general credits, if
properly safeguarded. In this, It is safe
to say, public sentiment Is not at pres
ent with him. At all events, there is
no probability of any currency legisla
tion at the present session of congress
and there will be ample time In which
to discuss the suggestions of the secre
tary of the treasury before the meet
ing of the Fifty-eighth congress.
QVKSTWKABLE USE UF SCHOOL MOSEY
The action of the Board of Education,
commissioning the attorney of the board
to act as its representative at Lincoln
the coming winter for the purpose of
promoting legislation In the Interests of
the schools, at a compensation of $5 a
day in addition to his regular salary is
decidedly questionable use of school
money. The object of levying school
taxes is to benefit the school children
rather than the lobby at Lincoln.
We know that money belonging to the
schools bas been diverted for all sorts of
questionable purposes In the pust, but
that does not alter the fact that it Is
wrong. The euterlug wedge for this lat
est contemplated raid on the school fuud
Is to be found in the action of the board
two years ago sanctioning the requisi
tion of a committee of school board
members for expeuses for several trips
to Lincoln in the Interest of bills tbvn
pending before the legislature. The Bee
denounced this outrage at the time it
was enacted and pointed out the danger
that would arise if It served as a prece
dent
Aside from the expenditure of the
money, there is no good reason why the
Board of Education should maintain a
lobbyist at Lincoln. The members of the
legislature chosen by the people of this
city and county are retained for the
very purpose of representing the public
Interests for their constituents, including
the interests of the public schools, uud
there Is no good reason why they can
not take care of all the measures really
needed to promote the work of the
schools'
The truth Is that the legislation the
board's lobbyist is expected to look after
la legislation not so much for the benefit
of the schools as for the school board,
We bad an example of that not long ago
when a bill was pushed through reruov
lug the limit of the school tax and hare
since seen the result In the doubling of
the school levy against which the tax
payers have been helpless.
When the new school board organizes
in January, the first thing It should do
Is to rescind the commission of its paid
lobbyist.
Secretary Wilson does not too much
emphasize the point that no other coun
try, unless It le Canada, Is so well sit
uated as the t'nlted States for main
taining the health of domestic animals.
The full power of the national govern
ment can now be almost Instantly ex
erted, iu case of threatened outbreak
of disease, at auy point between the
oceans without regard to state lines or
local authorities. An Industry whose
annual product amounts to almost
$l,Njt.U(to,(KN) is too prodigious to be
endangered by inharmonious local ju
risdictions. The campaign now being
conducted by the Agricultural depart
ment against contagious livestock dis
ease lu New Kuglaiid will likely be fol
lowed by enlarging the power of the nu
tioual government to deal with such
cases.
It Is to be remembered that a presi
dent's message Is addressed to congress.
According to the original theory it was
not intended for the Information of the
general public. In large part the mere
Information contained in the ordinary
message at the opening of a session is
fully given to the public earlier and more
ture of presidential messages is the
recommendation or measures and poli
cies which they are made the medium
of communicating to the public us often
as to congress, although even on this
point it rarely happens that the atti
tude of the chief executive or his views
at least in outline are not known In ad
vance. Formal announcement has been made
of the Inauguration of an old age pen
sion system by the Union Pacific to take
effect the first of the new ytar. If the
road can manage to have a frequent suc
cession of strikes the number of em
ployes remaining in Its service twenty
years continuously will be considerably
reduced, and eliglbles to the pension
list correspondingly.
It has been a close finish between
the hunters In the northern woods and
the foot bull players as far as fatalities
are concerned, fourteen of the rormer
and twelve of the latter having been
killed outright during the season. But
in the matter of Injuries and broken
bones (he foot ball players are far
ahead.
The conviction and sentence of a dep
uty United States marshal In North
Dakota to two years in the penitentiary
for collecting mileage from Uncle Sam
when he rode on a free' pass must seem
hard to the victim ivheu he knows that
most of the other deputies and their
superiors have been doing the same
thing.
Where Are the Promoters f
Chicago Record-Herald.
Sliver seems to be about the only thing
that isn't getting higher in price. Evi
dently the people who form trusts will have
nothing to do with it.
Commendable Generosity
Cleveland Leader.
The Union Pacific Railroad company li
to pay pensions to its employes amounting
to $300,000 a year. That Is generosity on
the part of a corporation which must
be commended.
What's the Score f
Chicago Post.
Foot ball season score: Killed, fourteen;
maimed and hurt, ninety. Deer shooting
season score: Fourteen hunters killed,
eleven hurt. This leaves foot ball still
considerable of a lead.
Prelerence for Paper Money.
Buffalo Express.
The United States treasury now holds
(610,019,092 In gold, the largest amount of
gold ever held by any nation at any one
time. The explanation of It Is that gold
coin will not circulate In the United States
where the people have become accustomed
to the more convenient paper.
Was It Cause and Effect t
Boston Globe.
President Roosevelt's remarks to the
British labor leaders that "more and more
as our modern Industrial progress goes on
there is a tendency to work in federation
or combination, both among employers and
among employes, in corporations and in
unions," was followed promptly by the an
nouncement of the formation of a potato
peelers' union in Chicago,
Could Modern Drams Equal Itf
Kansas City Star.
The Nebraska man who was startled at
breakfast Thanksgiving morning by read
ing an account of his divorce from the wife
who at that moment sat opposite him at
table bad a unique experience, but be may
yet have cause to be thankful. Divorces
are not often surprises to those affected
by them, but where a wife shows such a
lack of confidence In her husband as not to
let him In on her plans for separation, di
vorce In any form ought to be a pretty
good thing.
They Come llisb, Bat
Minneapolis Times.
This Is not only a great country, but one
addicted In proportion to its greatness
to the luxuries and dissipations of life.
According to the Internal revenue reports
the production of distilled spirits for the
last flapnl VHP imnnntftri to 104.S04.651 gal
lons. Fermented liquors to the amount or
44,478,833 barrels were produced. The cigars
numbered 6,864,499,625 and the cigarettes
2.651.618.797. Of chewing and smoking to
bacco 298,048,339 pounds were prepared and
of snuff 17,671.135 pounds.
Maklnar the Money Go.
Springfield Republican.
Although but little more than four years
have nassed since the naval battles of
Manila and Santiago, Lieutenant Nlblark
of the navy. In a paper before the Institute
of Naval Architects, declares that since
then ordnance and cunnery havs been
revolutionized. "Guns and methods good
enough for 1898 are an invitation today
to disastrous and bitter defeat." Is this
sort of thing to keep up forever? When
will military preparation cease being revo
lutionised and doubled in expense every
four years? The man who can achieve
aerial navigation in a practical way should
corns along and put a stop to the whole
business. Hs could make war sa obsolete
as the Greek (alley,
Bonn Allot t m:w York.
Ripples on the Current of l.lfe In the
Metropolis.
The division of the Empire state Into two
states Is again broached. The proposition
Is to make New York City and Its Immedi
ate surroundings a new state, which would
have a population of over 3.000, 000 people.
Back of the proposition Is the desire of
politicians of New York City to cut loose
from the "up-state" vote, which Is per
niciously active In smsRhlng the plans of
the Gotham machines. 'While little serious
attention will be given the suggestion. It
serves to draw attention to the fact that no
native of New York City has ever been
elected president. There have hern since
777, when George Clinton was elected gov
ernor, fifty-five gubernatorial elections and
but four of the long list were New Yorkers.
n the last fifty years but one New York
City man has been elected United States
enator. A separate state would give a host
f ambitious statesmen the chance which is
enied them by "the country districts." It
may be added that few of the leading men
of the metropolis nrc natives of the city.
This Is especially noticeable In professional
nd commercial life, nearly ill the proml-
ent editors, lawyers, preachers and flnan-
lers and many leading physicians hailing
originally from outside the confines of Man
hattan Island.
Police court interpreters in New York
City appear to be on a higher plane than
polyglot aids in other countries. A recent
newspaper paragraph relates that when a
German who did not speak French was In
the witness box In a Paris police court, and
no official interpreter was forthcoming, the
witness' daughter would have been ac
cepted. But a representative of the "pro
cureur" demurred because of sex. The dis
pute ended In a barrister acting as Inter
preter. In the New York City magistrates' courts
there is no woman on the staff of lnterpre-
ers, but If one appeared as a candidate she
would probably find no obstacle to her ap
pointment, provided she complied with the
Ivll service regulations. But these are ex-
ctlng. Candidates who go before the civil
service examiners are required to prove
their knowledge of English, German, Italian,
Hebrew, Spanish, French, Scandinavian and
Russian. The civil service examination ex-
cts that a candidate shall establish his effi-
lency by composition in the languages In
which he Is expert.
Two brothers, heads of one of the largest
banking firms In New York City, have been
for years conspicuous for a peculiarity
which was thought to be confined to them.
Although they live near one another and
start for business at the same time, reports
the Sun, they have never been known to
travel downtown together on the same
train. If they arrive at the station simul
taneously, ns frequently happens, since
they often meet and walk together, one
always waits until the other brother has
started downtown. Then he takes the next
train. Their object In doing this is to avoid
any danger of the consequences that might
arise from an accident. In such a case one
brother would be on hand to attend to the
business.
Now a younger pair of brothers who seem
In a fair way to become as prosperous as
the prototypes, after a while, are emulating
their plan with even greater caution. They
live In the same house and are usually
ready to go to business at the same time
every day. But they approach Wall street
by diverse routes. They will not even trust
themselves simultaneously to the same rail
road, and while one goes to his place of
business by the Sixth avenue elevated, the
other goes to the Third avenue. Such a
plan not only prevents the consequences of
serious accident, but even a delay.
A man with an enterprise of only modest
proportions, say Involving the expenditure
of about $5,000,000, excites very little at
tention in New York these days. A week
ago a distinguished Catholic clergyman
came from Toronto, Canada, with a plan to
erect a cathedral that would excel St.
Sophia In magnificence and overtop the tall
dome of St. Peter's. The aura of this splen
did dream made New Yorkers blink a little.
but they took this project as a matter of
course. Now once more is tne newest ana
biggest" thing in the world planned for
New York, says a correspondent of the
Pittsburg Dispatch. This time It Is a hotel.
It Is to occupy the historic site once occu
pied by the old Brunswick, which, by the
way, was In Its time the biggest and grand
est and finest and everything that had ever
happened. Rubbing his eyes and trying for
a moment to catch up with the swift march
of events the average New York maa dis
covers that the New York. he knew vester
day Is a dead and burled city, as obsolete
as Herculaneum. If he on Tuesday turned
n at a doorway which on Monday had
opened to him its hospitable arms ho
stumbles on the ruins of demolition, pre
paratory to a new monster of enterprise.
Retreating he falls Into a subterranean In
ferno of pipes, wires and debris, out of
which he Is very likely blown sky high into
the rafters of another new skyscraper of
whose very existence he had never beard.
From this eminence he looks down unon a
city wrapped In a devastating cloud of
soft-coal smoke and gasps: "Is this New
York?" It la not. At least. It Is not the
New York of New Yorkers. Where only
the day before yesterday stood an ancient
city, the metropolis of complacency, pleas-
ng and pleased with Itself, Is now sprawled
an endless, Inchoate mass. At every corner
something Is being torn down to make
room for something else, which Is to be
the biggest thing on earth. Half a dozen
hotels are under way In Manhattan and a
dozen or more theaters, every one of which
s to make a new record for size and aolen-
dor. What Is to be the end? Already the
Waldorf-Astoria is a mere road house, the
Metropolitan opera house a roost for owls.
Delmonlco's and Sherry's are coffee stands.
All belong to the dingy past of day before
yesterday, and New York lives In the at
mosphere of day after tomorrow.
PEHKOSAL, ISO I KS.
George Gould has leased the Manhattan
elevated road for 900 years. And he expects
to collect the rent until the lease expires.
President Castro praises the Monroe doc
trine and says Venezuela leans on the
United States. This Castro is smarter than
some people thought.
Abram S. Hewitt has shaken the demo
cratic party for all time. He says he's no
populist, snd asserts that the democratic
party U composed of nothing else.
Heber R. Bishop, who, since his retire
ment from active business a number of
years ago, has spent the most of his time In
collecting art treasures. Is crltlcslly ill at
his home In New York.
Allen farm, once the home of Ethan Allen
the hero of Ticonderoga, will soon be trans
formed by its present owner, W. J. Vsn
Patton. into a public park and presented to
the city of Burlington, Vt.
Five couples Mr. snd Mrs. J. J. McCar
dy. Captain and Mrs. Henry A. Castle. Col
onel snd Mrs. H. G. Hicks and General and
Mrs. Mark D. Flower ate their twenty
fifth Thanksgiving dinner together at the
borne of General Flower In St. Paul.
Richard Stockton Emmet, the oldast
member la this .country of the famous fam
ily which was. Identified with the rebellion
in Ireland In 1798. resulting In the execu
tion of Robert Emmet, bas just died st
bis home in New Rochelle, N. Y-. la his
eighty-second yar.
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LABOR TI RMSO THE TABLES.
Xew Jersey t'nlon Applies to Court for
an Injunction.
Boston Globe.
The fcew Jersey glass blowers have so
completely turned the tables on a great
glass company In that state as to evolve
a very Interesting case in the history of
labor's contests with capital.
The labor union turns squarely upon the
great glass making corporation and asserts
that It Is an organization having for its
purpose the sale of the labor of its mem
bers. It furthermore asserts that a certain
glass company being in competition with It
has violated the laws of the state and the
labor market and prevented by force the,
organization's business of selling labor and
Is engaged In an Illegal alliance to prevent
men from leaving Its employ. It therefore
asks .that the glass company be enjoined
from interfering with the business of the
organization.
This Is the first time that a labor union
has ever asked a .Btate for an injunction
against a corporation, and as this labor
union Is a powerful one the case will prob
ably be carried to the highest tribunal in
the land for decision.
This case Is anomalous, since the glass
blowers assume the position of capitalists
who are being Interfered with while on
strike, and they aek that the company show
cause why Its Interference with Its late
employes shall not cease.
Hearing of the arguments In this ap
plication for an Injunction will be before
the greatest lawyers of the state. The alle
gations of the labor union have all been
carefully drawn and the issue will be car
ried as far as It can be legally.
The case assumes that the labor union
has exactly the same legal status as the
corporation, and is a unique case of labor's
turning the tables squarely on Its. adver
sary, as they have frequently been turnod
on It. The final decision will be inter
esting. BILLION DOLLARS FOR. INDIANS.
Vast Sums Spent on the , Wards of
the Nation.
Kansas City Star.
Most persons will learn with surprise
from the report of the commissioner of In
dian affairs that from the foundation of the
government up to 1890 the United States
has spent more than Jl, 000, 000, 000 on the
Indians. That Is an enormous sum. What
Is there to show for It?
Astonishingly little. Some educational
progress has been made and Indian out
breaks no longer menace settlers In the
west. But the full-blood Indian la still an
alien to American civilization. The $1,000,-
000,000 spent has not worked the transfor
mation that might justly havs been antici
pated. Moreover, after the expenditure of
this vast amount of the old method of deal
ing with the tribes Is being abandoned In
confession of Its failure to make of the In
dians Industrious, self-reliant citizens.
Most of the money spent must be charged
off to the account of political methods and
of futile experiments.
The costly failure in dealing with the In
dian problem has been due not to any de
liberate adoption of a policy of Injustice,
but to lack of foresight, to Ignorance and
to Indifference. At the outset no compre
hensive Indian policy was adopted. Each
administration was content to deal with
the immediate problems that pressed upon
It for solution. Thus grew up haphazard
the vicious reservation system. As the
white settlers crowded westward the In
dians were driven out and treaties were
made granting them forever the districts to
which they migrated. These conventions
were necessarily violated and the tribes
were, confined within narrower and nar
rower limits, while money compensation
was granted for the land. So in time the
Indians were restricted to reservations, in
charge of political agents, and were sup
ported as government charges.
The result of shutting them off from
Our Overcoats
are perfectly tailored, and those for the boys
are as stylish and up-to-date in cut and ma
terials as those the men wear. The materials
include all the desirable fabrics and we can
fit a stout man as easily and perfectly as his
lean neighbor.
$10 TO $40.
No Clothing Fits Liks Ours.
R. S. Wilcox, Mgr.
IA1IK )l
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Keep a food supply of
Ayer's Family Medicines on
hand. It's so easy then to take
one of the Pills at bedtime if you
feel a little bilious, or if your
stomach is a trifle out of order.
Just so with the Sarsaparilla.
A few doses will bring back your
lost appetite, give strength to your
weakened nerves, and relieve
you of that terrible feeling of
exhaustion.
And besides there are the
children to think of. A dose
or two at the right time often
means so much. iv?k''
civilizing influences, of encouraging Idle
ness and of discouraging self-reliance, has
been the disheartening lack of progress
that was to have been anticipated. The
same conditions would have resulted, as Dr.
Edward Everett Hale has suggested. If the
Ignorant PollBh or Hungarian immigrants
to the United States had been shut off by
themselves and treated as the . nation's
wards.
It has been demonstrated that the Indian
cannot learn civilization out of a grammar
and arithmetic and tl if ho cannot be cod
dled Into self-rcll:'t!( I- If he is to amouut
to anything he mus: take his chances with
the rest of the world. Of course this In
volves certain dangers. But it seems to be
the general scheme of the universe that
worthy results are not to be had for tha
mere asking. Lyman Abbott Is right In
contending that the only way for the In
dian to learn to live Is by living.
Fortunately this principle has grown In
favor In the last decade. The abandonment
of the old paternal system Is already In
progress. With the allotment of the tribal
lands in severalty and the Influx of white
settlers the Indian will have the chance to
develop his self-reliance, to learn the re
ward of Industry and to make progress In
every department of civilization.
PLEASING REFLECTIONS.
Cievelnnd Plain Dealer: "They have
named a brand of cigars for Barker."
"I should consider thut quite an honor."
"You wouldn't If you knew the cigars."
Detroit Free Press: "Your speech Is very
strange," said the foreigner. "I went to
the foot ball game and sat in the grnnil
stand and others had a grand time standing
up."
Brooklyn I,lfe: Flltor You want to tie
sure, Miss Serntchlngton, that all- the his
torical data of your novel Is strictly cor
rect. Miss BcratchlnR-ton Don't worry Shout
that, dear sir; people who know history
never read historical novels,,
Philadelphia Press: "My dear slr." began
the bunco man, "your face strikes me as '
being familiar."
"So?" replied the Intelligent farmer,
coldly. "Waal, my fist's different. - It pen
er'ly strikes people for beln' familiar."
Chicago Tribune: " 'Painless dentistry!' "
snorted old HunkH, who had Just hud a
tooth extructed and was opening his pocket
book with extreme reluctance. " 'Painless!'
H'mph! Yoj don't seem to think It hurts
to have to pay t! for two minutes' work!"
Washington Star: "Don't you think that
a newspaper In smaller, more compact form
would bo appn-clated?" tnd the publisher.
"No," answered his wife. "It must be
large enough for a man to hold In front of
his face when there are women standing lu
a street car."
New York Tribune: Robinson Crusoe hnd
Just named his man Friday when he was
readv to kick himself all over the Island.
"What a fool!" he exclaimed. "If I had
called him Saturday I'd have had a pay day
every day of the week."
Subsequently, however, the royalties on
his book more than, covered his loss.
ARMS AND THE MAID.
Eric Moore In Harper's Magazine.
Two hundred years ago and more
A doughty Dutchman reached our shore, .
And, save his own, no arms he bore.
Hut blunderbuss and sword.
Becoming something of a swell,
Through ehlft and thrift it soon befell.
He bought the grant his weulth could well
Afford.
As time went on, the humble lot
His rich descendants quite forgot;
Their 'scutcheons showed no stain or blot:
Their pride no shadow felt;
With heads erect they went their way.
Yet held the fruitful land. where they
In peace and plenty to this day
Have dwelt.
And more; the fairest of her race
Blue-eyed Katrina loved to trace
The arms and find her proper place ' ' '
Upon the pediRree;
Rta-ht heedful of her grandxire's fume,
With blushing eagerness she came,
A very sweet "Colonial Dame"
To be.
To heraldry she gave her heart.
And lauded much the draftsman art
Displaying on emblazoned chart
Her thrifty burgher line;
But since I caught her unawares
Descending the ancestral stairs.
The only arms for which she cares
Are mine.
U driving at.
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