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1JTI3. M. B. HUNGATE,
(Seal.) Notary Public.
New slogan of the railway tax shirk
frs What's the constitution between
Railways, auywuy?
We would suggest that before the
editor of the World-Herald familiarly
calls him "Tom" he would first learn
how to spell his name.
1
For some unfathomable reason no bills
to eradicate the Hussiau thistle pest
have Imblx'd up yet In this session of
the Nebraska legislature.
Several features of the proposed new
revenue law for Nebraska can be Im
proved and should be Improved before
the bill Is ratified by the legislature,
The decision of Judge Orosscup on
the beef trust Injunction discloses at
least one federal Judge on the bench
who con be Independent of the corpora
tlona. Hans for the meat packers' merger,
which was to have been launched as
Boon aa the pnekers won out in their
Injunction suit, wilt now have to be re
vised. It didn't require an Increase In the
salaries of Judges on the federal bench
to stimulate active competition for
every vacancy occurring among their
number.
Bryan's call to arms does not seem
to be reverberating very loudly through
the democratic press. If a second call
won't bring them, resort, might be
had to the draft
The national good ronds convention
meeta at an appropriate time. Season
able object lessons of roads to be
avoided should be plentiful just now in
all' parts of the country.
The powers of Europe will present a
Joint vote to the sultan In view ot the
sultan's known financial stringency.
They will have to take care or be will
ask them to cash-it at once.
It Is easy enough to put up a straw
man . to knock him down and to mis
quote public men lu order to lampoon
them. The public, however, has little
eyruputby with such methods. .
Senator Quay has certainly not lost
his ability to make it decidedly uncom
fortable for those who get In the way
of his pet schemes. Ills fight for the
statehood bills shows 'that he is still a
stayer. v
If the coal strike arbitrators only do a
good Job by rendering a decision that
appeals to. the public as eminently Just,
they will be in ositlnn to set up In
pertuoneut business as healers of labor
troubles.
If the Great Western needs a Mis
souri river bridge to come Into Omaha,
what's the matter with the South
Omaha air Hue for which Our Dave
presented the charter to Tom Black
burn about a year ago?
Governor Mickey is dear-sighted on
the question of constitutional revision.
It will be Just as easy to carry amend
ments to the constitution direct as to
secure the popular vote necessary to
call a constitutional convention.
nx&vm i i
It Is given out at the interior depart
ment that in view of congressional lu
action on the subject, prvpunitlous will
bv made nt once to execute the law
against the Illegal fencing of the public
domain. Colonel Mushy may have
chance to call out his cavalry yet.
The Heal Estate exchange has shown
itself to Ik the .-most live business or
gantzatUm lu Omaha. If It sets slnuit
in earnest to erect a special office build-
lug to be occupied by Its members, we
may put It down that the project will
W carried through to successful s com
pletion. - . - .
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II ,,.1. IVrlftlll rheckS. HCenl OH
coxstitvtjohal rsvisjos.
Governor 'Mickey's position on the
question of constitutional revision, as
cut lined In the Interview glren to The
Hoe, should command the Immediate
find favorable consideration of the legis
lature. The governor elates clearly the
irnsons why revision should proceed
through the submission of amendments
by the legislature rather than by the
submission of .a proposition to call a
onstltntlonnl convention. Summed up,
these reasons are:
I. That the amendments needed to
remedy the defects In the constitution
can be framed as well by the legislative
committees ns by the committees of a
constitutional convention.
II. That to meet the urgency of the de
mand, revision by amendment can be
made effective at least two years
earlier than revision by convention.
3. That the expense of the convention,
which might reach as high as $200.0nn.
Is unnecessary and would be specially
burdensome to the state in Its present
embarrassing financial condition.
4. That It would be as easy, If not
easier, to secure ratification of amend
ments submitted by the legislature as
to secure popular endorsement of the
proposed call for a convention.
8. That revision by convention must
run the gauntlet of endorsement at the
polls twice, first to call the convention,
and then to ratify Its work, while re
vision by amendment can be accom
plished by one submission to the people.
Governor Mickey's enumeration of
needed amendments Includes the most
Important, although one or two other
subjects should be ndded.
One amendment should be submitted
providing for an increase in the number
of supreme court Judges.
Another amendment should revise the
schedule of salaries paid to state
officers, or, perhaps, leave the determi
nation of these salaries within certain
limits to the, legislature.
Another amendment should deal with
the Investment of the state school
moneys and forever put an end to the
practice of farming out the trust funds
on the plea that legitimate investment
Is barred by constitutional prohibition.
Still another amendment should pro
vide a way for municipal home rule for
all cities whose populations entitle them
to the full measure of local self-government.
On most of these subjects the amend
ments drawn and submitted by the leg
islature of 1895, and which failed of
ratification because of the disturbing
farters of the presidential election,
would still be serviceable with possibly
a few modifications.
The committees on constitutional re
vision In the two houses of the legisla
ture should at once make a careful and
thorough study of the constitution and
formulate the amendments which will
make that document conform to the
present needs of the state.
TH BtEF TRUST INJUXCT10X. '
The decision rendered by Judge
Orosscup In granting a temporary in
junction against the so-called Beef
tmst, in the case Instituted under the
Sherman anti-trust law, lucidly and
forcibly sets forth the facts and circum
stances which show the existence of a
combination In restraint of trade. Hav
ing explained the nature of the business
of the defendants and the method of
conducting It, the court said that the
averments In the petition of the govern
ment state a case of combination and
whether or not this was unlawful de
pends not upon prices, with which the
law as interpreted by the supreme court
has no concern, but whether it is in re
stralnt of trade.
"Whatever combination," said Judge
Orosscup, "has the direct and necessary
effect of restricting competition is,
within the meaning of the Sherman act
as now Interpreted, restraint of trade."
He held that the agreements of defend
ants were nothing less than restraints
upon competition and therefore combi
nation In restraint of trade. Hence a
ease under the low of 1800 had been
made out. The very clear exposition
given by Judge Orosscup must remove
whatever doubt there has been in the
public mind, and it has been by no
means general, as to a combination of
beef packers, and it seems also to as
sure the final success of the govern
ment's case. At all events the granting
of the temporary injunction Is a Just!
flcation of the proceedings Instituted
and it will not be very surprising if the
defendants allow the Injunction to be
come permanent, though this Is thought
to be Improbable.
A DCCLIXMO TRADS BALAXCK.
The trade balance In favor of the
United States has declined during the
last few mouths, though not to any
very serious extent, and it is still what
any other country would regard as ex
tremeiy satisfactory. hue our ex
pons of merchandise have recently
shown a reviving tendency, the value
of these for January being larger by
several million dollars tliau for the
same month Inst year, the linitort move
ment has l-en very heavy. There have
been eight successive months of the
heaviest Inqiorts on record, the result
of the great trade activity and pros
perlty of this country. It Is stated that
our purchases of foreign luxuries have
beeu on an unusual Bcale. Still the ex
cess of exports over Imports for last
mouth was more than $48,(sN),0O0, not
very much less than a year ago. Dur-
lug the seven mouths of the current
fiscal year the trade balance in favor
of the United States has exceeded $258,
Oi 1,000.
It is remarked that aside from our
crop failure. In IWl the decline in the
trade balance Is due to abnormal trad
activity and high prices in the Uu!te
States, coincident with depression
. K .
&uruN-. in course xms caunot go on
Indefinitely. The New York Journal o
Commerce sajs that fvluVutly natura
forces ant at work leading to reaction
and counteracting; the extraordinary
conditions that have prevailed In this
country for the pHBt five years. "As
soon as supply overtakes demnnd more
normal conditions must be expected to
prevail, although It must be acknowl
edged that that contingency is not yet
at close range." Indeed It seems to w
remote and the decline in the trade bal
ance Is by no means significant of nn
approaching reaction.
MOHK FVWER FUR THE MESIDfiXT.
The power conferred upon the presi
dent of the United States by the law
creating the bureau of corporations ap
pears to be regarded in some quarters
and doubtless by the corporations
generally as dangerous. The law gives
the president authority to make public,
in his discretion, . Information obtained
by the bureau in regard to the organiza
tion, conduct and management of cor
porations, other than common enrriers.
The Investigation required to be made,
under the direction of the secretary of
commerce and labor, Is Intended to sup
ply the president with such Information
as he may need In order to intelligently
recommend legislation respecting the
corporations. If he deems such Informa
tion to be of public Interest he may give
It, or so much of it as he thinks proper,
publicity. It was thought better to thus
make publicity permissive, relying upon
the Judgment of the chief executive,
than to make It mandatory.
The New York Commercial calls It
"a tremendous power,", under which the
president may make or break it good
many corporations at will, and says:
"Not that the facts about a company's
affairs are always In themselves repre
hensible or damaging to' its reputation,
but their use in certain hands and at
certain times might ruin almost any
corporation. Think for a moment what
might result to the average company
doing an Interstate business If some fine
morning Its bank, its attorney and Its
managers and employes should exploit
In print all they know. Yet the presi
dent, under this law, can learn and make
public all that these' persons could."
Now a company or corporation that Is
doing an Interstate business lawfully
and on an honest basis would not suffer
from having the facts regarding Its or
ganization and business conduct made
public, but it Is not the intention of the
law that Information regarding corpora
tions of this kind shall be given pub
licity. The purpose is to expose any
corporation that is found not to be law
fully and honestly conducted and it Is
In the discretion of the president to de
termine how far this shall be done. For
the sound corporations the law Is really
protection. The information, these
will give will be secure. Only the un
sound or unlawful corporations have
anything to fear from the operation of
the law and these should be exposed
Those who see danger In the power
thus conferred upon the president as
sume that at some time we may have
chief executive who will want to de
stroy all corporations. Rational people
will have no apprehension on this score.
It is a possibility, if Indeed It be possi
ble, far too remote for present atten
tlon. So far as President Roosevelt Is
concerned, no corporation organized and
conducted In compliance with the laws
and which deals fairly and honestly
with the public has anything" to fear
at his hands. He is not an enemy of
such corporations. On the other haad
those that are not complying with the
laws must expect that he will exercise
fully and firmly the power conferred
on him. The assurance of this will
doubtless have a most salutary effect
nr
The principal purpose of the Omaha
charter amendment bill fathered by the
Douglas delegation In the legislature
seems to be to effect a readjustment of
the salaries paid various city officers.
And the principal purpose of the salary
readjustment seems' to be to almost
double the salary of the city comp
troller' by raising it from $1,800 to
$3,000.
The salary of the governor of Ne
braska Is $2,500. Why should the
comptroller of the city of Omaha be
paid as much and more than the state's
chief executive?
The salary of the chief Justice of our
supreme court is $2,500. Why should
the comptroller of the city of Omaha
be paid more than an occupant of the
supreme bench?
The salary of the auditor of state is
$2,500. Why should the auditing offi
cer of the city be paid more than the'
auditor of state?
The salary of the city attorney Is
$2,500 and the position requires a law-
jer of thorough training and tried ex
perience. Why should the city comp
troller, who Is simply an accountant, be
paid more than the corporation's legal
adviser?
The salary of the city engineer Is
$2,500 and the position requires techni
cal skill and practical experience In
construction of public works. Whv
should the city comptroller, who ' at
most supervises three or four office
clerks, be paid more than the engineer
in charge of all the city's construction?
Under the existing Omaha charter the
city comptroller, the city clerk and the
city electrician all receive the same sal
aries. Why should the salary of the
city electrician le reduced &W0 and that
of the city clerk be Increased $200, while
the salary of the city comptroller Is In
creased $1,200?
Why?
South Dakota's legislature is provld
lug by law for keeping a complete In
ventory of all proierty belouglng to the
state lu any of Its departments or In
stltutlons and for having the lists
checked up eriodlcally. This Is a good
Idea that should coinmeud Itself to law
makers lu this and other states. The
tcudency of public iwupvrt j tiought with
money out of the public treasury to dis
appear mysteriously is perhaps nut as
strong as formerly, but there la no qnee-
tlon that much loss Is still sustained In
this manner. If a plan can be devised
to put a complete stop to It, It should be
readily adopted.
The assertion of Attorney Ben White
of the Elkhorn that the terminal prop
erty of railroads has no value aside
from its connection with the main line
Is on n par with the assertion of Attor
ney Baldwin of the I'nion Pacific that
the value of the terminals Is insepara
ble from the value of the entire road.
We have right here In Omaha a strik
ing object lesson of the value of rail
way terminals aside from their connec
tion with the remainder of the system
n the leases by the Union Pacific to
the Chicago trunk lines, giving them the
use of the Omaha flopot facilities for a
stipulated annual payment. In St.
Louis the railway terminals converging
n the union station ore all owned by a
separate corporation distinct from the
allroads entering over them, which pay
a rental for the privileges enjoyed. Not
only are the terminals in St. Louis sep
arately owned, but they are separately
valued. Some Idea of the real value of
such properties may be obtained from
the fact that- the St Louis Terminal
Railroad association has Issued $18,000,-
000 In bonds, with an additional out
standing issue of $17,500,000, making
the total amount of bonds on which it
pays 4 per cent interest $35,500,000, to
say nothing of the aha res ' of stock
which may claim dividends. The most
difficult thing for the railroads enter
ing Omaha to explain Is how they were
able to estimate the value of the Omaha
terminals and figure out their earnings
for the purpose of defeating the maxi
mum freight rate bill ten years ago.
while they now insist the terminal
values ore Inseparable for taxation.
In a speech at Baltimore, William Jen
nings Bryan declared that if his friends
can ever get entire control of the na
tional government they will institute so
many reforms that the republicans will
cot obtain a foothold In a generation. If
we remember rightly, the same promises
were made with reference, to the con
trol of the state government here In
Nebraska by the Bryanltes. but when
they were once In the saddle they for
got all about reform, with, the result
that the republicans regained not only
a foothold, but the whole thing.
Measurements by County Surveyor
Edqulst of railway mileage in Douglas
county do not tally with the returns
made by the roads for purposes of tax
atlon. But that Is not surprising. In
making up their schedules the paid tax
evaders of the roads are accustomed to
dropping all the franchise values and
big blocks of rolling stock., and it Is
only in keeping with their practice to
forget a few miles iof trackage here and
there.
Will Haver, Karaea a Raise.
St. Louts Globe-Democrat
If President Roosevelt shall succeed la
settling the strike problem and regulating
the trust nobdy ' will feel like objecting
to the proposed Increase of his salary to
flUU.OUO. '
The Wrlht of Evldeaeo.
New York World.
An Issue of veracity raised between
President Baer on the one hand and the
Civic Federation, headed by Grover Cleve
land, Bishop Potter, Archbishop Ireland
and men of like prominence. Is unfortunate
for somebody.
Promoting; Good Roads.
New York Tribune.
The demand for broad tires should keep
pace with the active and encouraging prog'
gre8s of the agitation for good roads. Ruts
tn the highways would be comparatively
few and cause comparatively little trouble
were It practicable to abolish entirely nar
row tires on vehicles.-
k An Appropriate Combination.
Chicago Poet.
A bill has been introduced in the Wis
consin senate providing for the dtstrlbu
tlon in the schools of a history of the
Standard Oil company and of the United
States senate. We must admit that our
backwoods statesmen may be pardoned
for assuming that these two things may
be most appropriately studied together.
No Occasion for Sarpriae.
Philadelphia Record.
There is no reason why the president
and Secretary Root should have been sur
prised, as they are reported to have been,
at the "interesting discovery" that the
globe which stands in. the cabinet room.
and which was prepared from British Ad
mlralty charts, "sustains the contention
of the United States In all particulars" as
to the Alaskan boundary. It Is an ele
mentary part ot the case of the United
States that British maps, and even Cana
dian maps made not many years ago, show
the Alaskan boundary Just where the
United States government has always said
It was. The Canadian claim is only a aosen
or fifteen years old.
WEALTH IS FARM AS IMA tS. '
Namber and Value Inrrraalaar at a
Tremendous Pare.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
An Impressive illustration of the In
crease of actual wealth that has been go
ing on in this country during the last few
years is shown In the estimate of the num
ber and value of farm animals at the be
ginning of 1903, Just issued by 'the statis
tician of the Agricultural department.
According to his figures there was a gain
of 487,573 In the number of animals over
the previous year, and a gain of $119,845.
450 In their value.
As the value la estimated at the tremend
ous sum ot 13.108.515.540, it can be readily
seen what an important element of our na
tional wealth la to be found tn these ani
mals. Every item on the list has Increased
in number and value with the exception
of "other cattle," mules and swine. Milch
cows have gained, but other cattle show
a falling off of thirty-one cents per head
In value, and a decline ot 68.591 In number.
Horses have advanced $3 64 In value per
head and gained 26.149 in number. Mules
have gained $412 per head in value, and
though tbey have lost 28.927 In number,
presumably on account of the British buy
ing, they ' now represent an aggregate
value of 197.753.3:,7. as compared with
lll6.411.704 for January 1. 1902. Swine
gained seventy-fly cent In average value
and $22,852,908 In the aggregate, but lost
1.776,266 In number.
These figures when taken In connection
with the vast sum represented by the value
of the 1902 farm crops, show that the crea
tion of the actual wealth on the farm has
been going oa at a trtmeudoua pace.
ROUND ABOUT HEW YORK.
Ripples aa tha Caxreat of I I fe la the
Metropolis.
An unnamed comlo opera soprano In New
York, who has an abundance of money and
a wicked penchant for Imitation, shock
ingly offends tbe dignity of the elite by
Imitating Mrs. John Jacob Astor In every
way possible. Never since the ancient
house discarded peltry as a business have
the Astors been so annoyed. And that, too,
by a comic opera singer. The climax came
last week, when the woman ot fashion
added to her stable accoutrements of a
horse cover of fine seal leather with the
Astor crest wrought Inconspicuously In brass
In one corner. Every one waited for the
burlesque queen to do likewise. The next
time she appeared her horse was covered
by the leather trappings. But the crest
was as big as a saucer.
A practical Joker or a man ol unsound
mind made victims of four churches In
Brooklyn last week, mailing to each pastor
a check for $5,000, drawn on the First Na
tional bank of Brooklyn. Tayment was
refused on presentation. The four churrhps
are the Jones Methodist Episcopal church.
Rev. Otho P. Bartholow, pastor; Bushwlck
Reformed church. Rev. Edward Nlles; the
South Second Street Methodist Episcopal,
Rev. Frederick Saunders, and the Plymouth,
Rev. Newton Dwlght Hlllls, pastor.
All four pastors received their checks on
Friday and Informed their congregations of
the good fortune that had befallen their
churches at tbe Friday night prayer meet
lng. At the Bushwlck avenue church the meet
ing was turned Into one of thanksgiving
and "Praise God, from whom all blessings
flow" was sung.
All the checks were presented for pay
ment on Saturday. All of them were re
turned to the depositors marked "No ac
count." The checks were signed Robert
Schneider, Jr.
Public curiosity bids fair to he aroused to
an unusual degree by an excavation soon to
be made on the property at the junction of
Pearl and Beaver streets, New York, be
cause on that spot, according to report,
once stood tbe house where lived Captain
KIdd when he was not busy with his "long,
low, rakish craft." Not only will an ex
cavation be made, but, as a fifteen-story
building Is to be built on the site, caissons
will probably be put down, so that if the
lats Captain Kidd stored his treasure there
nothing can prevent its discovery.
In Kldd's time the shore of East river
was between what are now Pearl and Water
streets all beyond that on the present map
being "made ground" and the present own
ers of the plot In question say that tbe
report of Kldd's possession of It at one time
Is well authenticated. The plot Is flat
Iron in shape.
Of the millions of bottles used every
year about one-half are lost, and the other
half used again. They are collected by
servants. Janitors, rag pickers, dump pick
ers and small boys, and sold at a half cent,
a cent, or two cents, to a Junk dealer, who
disposes of them to a bottle dealer, from
whose place, when tbey are cleaned and
assorted, tbey go back again Into trade.
"The business," said a dealer quoted
by the Evening Poet, "looks simpler
than it really la. Collecting is easy,
and cleaning presents no difficulties.
When a bottle Is very dirty, say, where it
contains paint, it costs more to clean it
than it wilt sell for when cleaned. Such
bottles are never bought. The assorting
demands considerable trade knowledge. All
bottles which have names Mown In the
glass are put by themselves. They are
purchased by their original owners, and
sometimes by Imitators.
"Drug store or prescription bottles make
a class. We don't care much for them, aa
they are so oheap originally that the profit
Is very small. Rhine wine and Moselle
bottles are in large demand, as tbey are
nearly all imported. Whiskey and gin
bottles make good stock." They go to the
distilleries, bucket shops and cheap saloons.
Champagne bottles are not quite so profit
able. They are used by Amerloan cham
pagne makers, cider bottlers and mineral
water men. Cologne and fancy perfumery
bottles go to tbe East Side, where cheap
scents are manufactured. Many patent
medicine bottles, especially those of odd
design, are bought by the manufacturers.
The same rule applies to Ink and mucilage
bottles, but only to larger sizes. , Magnums
and extra chlantls always find a ready
market.
"Another Important point Is the attltnde
of a customer. Many bottlers, saloons, and
drug stores will receive our goods delivered
in open baskets. It does not hurt their
trade for the public to know that they use
second-hand bottles. Others are very
different, and insist on their bottles being
packed In boxes and crates, as if they
came from the glass works. Formerly we
did a lalge business In beer and milk bot
tles, but these trades have organized an
excellent system of co-operative collecting
and distributing which was, of course, at
our expense. We do not utilize broken
bottles. In Europe they sre mixed with
mortar and laid on tbe top of low walls,
where they make an insurmountable bar
rier. They are also broken finely, mixed
with plaster of Paris and poured or rammed
into ratholes. When the plaster sets, no
rat will ever gnaw It. Mixed with cement,
broken bottles make a good beton or con
crete for military walls."
PERSONAL, NOTES,
The business to be handled by the new
Department of Commerce will aggregate
about $20,000,000,000 this year. Secretary
Cortelyou may have to remove his coat.
The North Dakota legislature passed
suitable resolutions on the death of Cap
tain Alexander Orlggs, the pioneer steam
boat captain ot the Red river, who founded
the town of Grand Forks.
Commenting on the statement of Presi
dent Eliot of Harvard that the average of
Harvard graduates' children Is less than
two. Miss Susan B. Anthony says: "That
is quite enough. Harvard graduates do
not always make the best fathers."
Although the women of the kindergarten
bazar turned up their noses at the cotton
handkerchief Mrs. Roosevelt sent tbem, the
Texas legislature Is of the opinion that the
gift Is not to be sneezed at, representing, as
It does, the chief staple product ot tbe
south.
James O. Stewart, the official photog
rapher of Abraham Lincoln, and during
whose campaign for the presidency be made
over half a million pictures. Is still living
In Bloomlngton, 111. He owns one ot the
finest collections of Lincoln photographs
In existence.
Senator McComas was pressing an amend
ment to a pending bill when there were
about half a score other members on the
floor. It came to a vote at length and only
Mr. McComas responded to the call for ayes.
No one voted "no" snd President Pro Tem
Frys gravely proclaimed: "The aye baa lt.M
Since the recent sgitallon of tbe tem
perance question in the United Slates senate
Mr. Clark of Montana haa corns' to be called
"the walking speak easy." Tbe rule against
selling liquor in the senate cafe is being
rigidly enforced, but the Montana man
carries in his pocket a small looking but
rapacious fllc ' Die old Scotch whisky.
He never takes luncheon alone, but always
invites a colleague, with whom he shares
the contents of his Bask before they begin
their midday meal
bomb rmnT ihdla aobhts,
now the Klrkapaos Were Worked by
a Kaaaaa nastier.
Indtanapolla New.
The latest report of the Indian Rights
association indicates thst there Is still
need of Improvement In our Indian service,
and especially In the appointment of Indian
agents, which is still on a political basis,
and a bad one. A bishop of the Episcopal
church recently spoke from a Philadelphia
pulpit of an agent known to him who "lay
drunk on the ground," exposed to public
view an unfortunate example to Indiana,
who should look to him for protection and
guidance as the representative of the great
father. Another agent who violated a
United States statute and rendered himself
liable to a fine and imprisonment which,
by the way, was never Imposed was only
removed after more than a year's per
sistent effort on the part of the associa
tion. A man at one time agent at Fort
Belknap, Mont., Is under indictment for
malfeasance In office. His predecessor In
office charged with similar offences com
mitted suicide when this agent was In
dicted, rather than risk a similar fate.
But most ot the agents do not commit
suicide. They hang on as long as there is
a cent to be made.
An interesting specification la made In
the case of the Klckapoo Indiana, formerly
of this state, but now tn Kansas. A mis
sionary among them charges that th
agent, who Is also president of a local
bank, was privately Interested la tbe pur
chase of the allotted lands ot deceased
Indians; that all eheoka given to the In
dians for annuities, eto., must be presented
st the agent'a bank for payment: thai the
trader stands by the paylrjg teller when
such payments are made, and the amount
alleged to be due him from each Individual
Is deducted before the Indian Is given any
money. It Is further claimed that when
the law permitting the sale of the lands of
deceased allottees was passed by congress
the agent and two of hla business asso
ciates formed a company for speculative
purposes, and that through misrepresenta
tion, duress and the use of money, options
were secured on nearly every available
piece of land at prloea ranging from 40 to
60 per cent less than the real value. These
business associates of the agent had free
access to the agency records describing the
available tracts, together with the names
of the heirs, while other parties wishing
to secure the land found It Impossible to
get Information necessary to comply with
the regulations of the department In this
matter. Competition wae therefor vir
tually forced to slga agreements to sell
these tracts for the price offered. Where
money was given to secure the Indian's
consent, it is sajd that such amount was
to be deducted from tbe stipulated price
when settlement was made.
One Instance Is given where these en
terprising speculators, upon learning of tbe
death of a young girl, went to the house
while the funeral services were being held
snd endeavored to Induce tbe parents to
sign an agreement for a sale of their
daughter's allotment. They were unsuc
cessful at the time, hut shortly after that
the father of the dead girl, while intoxi
cated, gave his consent to a sale of the
land. Subsequently the man's wife was
taken to the agent's - banking office and
kept there until she finally signed the
agreement. Of course the great majority
of tbe people of the United States want the
Indians treated with at least common de
cency, but there does not seem to be much
hope for it so long as they have anything
to be cheated out of, and the chance to do
the cheating is made a political plum.
Somebody once suggested that only Seventh-day
Adventlsts should be appointed
Indian agents because they believe the
day of judgment Is in progress. It might
be worth while to try them.
EAST AND WEST.
New England Plea for Tolerance and
Cordiality.
Boston Globe.
We are older than the west, wo know,
and young America is disposed to be some
what impatient of age.
This Is the only real difference between
the two sections, a difference for which
neither Is responsible. It is not our fault
that we are the elders in the sisterhood ot
states, and the west cannot help being
young. But this gap between us In years
Influences and estranges our temperaments
more than the gap betwen us in miles.
"I can," is the boast of the west.
Too often New England haa foolishly re
plied, "You can't."
That never Is worth while. To tell a msn
he can't do thla or that Is only to challenge
and spur him on. When the westerners
seek to do something that the east believes
to be unwise, we should not tell tbem they
can't do It, but rather that they ought not
to do it.
Age should study to meet youth half way
in the gulf of time that separates them.
There Is nothing so pitiable and useless and
hopeless in this world as tbe old man who
permits the past to form a shell about him
and isolate him from the present ana the
future.
New England must look more to the west
than it is Its habit to do. It must not
measure American projects either by the
standards of Old England or by those ot
New England, but by the American stand
ard. There are too many of our people
who regard the continent lying beyond tbe
Hudson as a terra incognita. Those who
have not seen the west should see It, and
many of those who have traversed It should
go again, with more open minds.
It is worse than useless to go anywhere
with our own little private and arbitrary
tape measure forever tn our hands, chang
ing our skies without changing our minds.
That was the trouble with tha celebrated
lady who went to beaven and complained
because it was not like Boston. It Is Just
as absurd to institute such a comparison
in Omaha or In Rome.
Seasonable Hint.
Indianapolis News.
If Queen Wllhelmlna names the umpire
In tbe Venezuelan case, it is to be hoped
that she will not select any of the cog
nomens that are applied by the bleachers
when tbe home team is losing.
" : 1 "
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Cleveland Loader.
Experts In rha grain trade bars eoras
quite generally to the optntoa that thev
world's production of wheat last year ex
ceeded the largest crops ot all other sea
sons. It Is thought that the yield was'
about B per rent blggor than that of the
greatest harvest previously recorded, which
made 189S famous in tha grain markets.
This Is an Important factor In the com
fort and welfare of the civilized world,
where nearly all ot the wheat Is grown. . It
Is a strong Influence on the side of economy
and abundance In food, and It means much,'
In a business sense, for many millions of
farmers in various parts of Europe, Amer
ica, Australia and Asia. Africa grows
little wheat
It Is Interesting, also, to note that the
United States, though exooAdldg any other
country In the production ot wbeat, did not
have a record-breaking crop last year, un
less the Statisticians are in error. It wns
the third best wheat yield in tills coun
try, though not far behind tho unmatched
harvest of 190L But In Russia. ' Austria.
Hungary, Germany, RoumanJa, Spain and
Canada, besides a tew countries of less
Importance In wheat growing, the crop of
last year beat all others.
It will be noticed that of theso lands
which came to the highest point they have
ever reached in wheat production, Canada
Slope is' new. Soma of the others are
among the oldest. In point of olviltzatlbsv
and Ullage, In the world. When Spain can'
heat all records In growing wheat, what
shall be aald of the predlptiona made, from
time to time, that the world would bn
cropped to exhaustion tn a comparatively
short period, and would then become unfit
to sustain such a population as it already
supporter
There Is good cheer for those who like
to look far ahead Into the future of the
race in such facts aa the increasing pro.
ductlveneas of ancient lands like Spain snd
Italy. It all means that with tolerable
care man will never use up the capital
which the globe he Inhabits has given.
TICKLISH TROl'GII
Wrla-ht Is your new book pure fiction?
Penman Tes, It Is.
"Well. You've made a big mistake.' It's
the other kind that payo." Tonkera Slates
man. First Mormon That Elder Smudge Is a
Widower, Isn't he?
Btcond Mormon Pretty much. About
three-fourths. New York Sun.
He My brother carries tho brains of the
family.
She Doesn't make him round shouldered,
does it? Yonkers Statesman.
Tan I put up hero tonightr asked the
seedy man who was signing his name in
the hotel register.
"Yes, air.'' said the clerk. "In advance."
Chicago Tribune.
"It seems he was a gay old rake,' after
all. Two widows have turned up, I hear,'' .
"Yen. Which proves that sometimes It's
the 'bettei half that doesn't know how
the other half lives." Philadelphia Press:
"Don't spen' all yoh money on clothes," '
said Uncle Eben. "It's a gnevi deal like
spendln' yoh hut' dollar foh a pocket book
an' den dlacovertn' dat you aln' got no mo'
use foh lu" Washington Star.
"But, my dear husband. It really Is un
just of you to abuse mothers-in-law so.
There aYe good ones."
"Well well, never mind. I haven't' said
anything- against yours; It's onlv mine I'm
grumbling about. Boston Transcript. .
"First of all," said Dr. Price-Price, "I
hall have to take your temperature."
"See here," cried the new patient, "I
was warned that you'd take purty near
everything I had, but you Kotter, cure me
before you git your pay." Chicago Tribune.
MtlR Kreerh I AVftrhpflM Rlpnnl- AriiLtflrr
remark that I had an extraordinary voice. .
miss repprey xes, no am say extra ordi
nary, and he aked me afterward if "extra"
dtdn t mean the sama as "exceedingly.
Philadelphia Press.
A WORLD OF LITTLE- THINGS. '
A. J. Waterhouse in New York Times.
A tittle trill of lausrhter. a chord in na
tures sons-:
A Mule deed of righteousness to stand '
against the wrong;
A little duty heeded; a little honor won;
A little mil surrounaea, ana a nine Kind
ness done;
A little labor dally; a little prayer and
praise;
A little act of kindness to gladden weary
days;
And so the whole creation to its ceaseless
heaven swings.
For little man is living In a world of little
things.
A little hone to cheer us, although it wait-
eth still:
A little fire for comfort when winter nlghta
are chill;
A little dream, God-given, to blesa us on
the way;
A little welcome waiting us at ending of
the day;
A little purpose shining through every deed
we do;
A little bunch of roses to overspread tho
rue;
A little peace surpassing to which tha
spirit clings,
For little man is living in a world of little
things.
A little hope, a little love, a little toil and
rest ;
A lime glimpse oeyona uio veil, a UlllO
problem guessed;
A little faith, a little doubt, a little blinded'
trust;
A little halting journey, and a little of It a
dust;
A lime inowiragQ njr-i ru j ox mua ways wo
wend;
A little dream of heaven awaiting at tho
end;
A little strtiB-gllng upward, although on
broken wings, .
For little man Is living In a world of little
things.
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