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Communications relating to news and edi torial matter should lie addressed; Omaha lice, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only 2-cent stamps accepted In payment or mall accounts. Personal check, except on Omaha or eastern exchanger, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska. Douglas County, as.: Oeorge B. Txschuck, secretary of The BM Publishing Company, being duly sworn, ays that the Bc-tuai number of full ana complete copies of The Dall y, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during tne month or March. was mm iuu 1. 20,3 IS I 81,510 4 31.010 I... ... 7... I... t... 10... II... 12... ...ai.uzo ... 31,04 H .. .81,060 ...W,lTO ...31,(BO ...31,000 ...Sl.TBO .. .31,720 17 81,700 18 81.7BO 19 81,NO 80 . Jl 81,IMtO 22 2O.210 23 83,250 24 31,040 25 81.510 2. 81,74 27 81.T70 28 31,070 29 20.OO0 30.. .81,020 U 81,700 13 81.7BO 14 81,700 IB 20,530 IS fll Rill ' Total' B70,OM5 Leas unsold and returned copies... 1Q,481 Net total sales 'Sl! Net average sales !0,JJ5B QBORQE B. TZ8CHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and eworn to before me this 21st day of March A. D., 1903. M. B. HUNGATE, (Seal.) Notary Public For mayor Moo res. of Omaha Frank B. The walk-out gentlemen should re member their Gilbert test oath law. We will now see how much of a pull the Easter bonnet has with the weather man. Does any one imagine a single Moo res man would have had a place on the ticket If the antJs had won out? - " Unless he can connect with a base of supplies. President Roosevelt may have to do without his colored Easter7 eggs this year. When It comes to machine work the anti-machine" machine can give all other machines cards and spades. tPvcn-MAKixa crcmo.'vs. ! Mr. James M. Berk, ussintant attor ney general of the United Statt-s. re gards the decision of the federal su preme court In the lottery cases and tlie decision of the circuit court of appeals in the Northern Securities case as mark ing a Lew and most Important epoch In the life of the nation. He jxilnts out thnt In the former cases the court sus talned the power of congress to prohibit Interstate traffic when prejudicial to the public welfare, while the decision In the latter rase subjects not only the Im mediate operation of every Interstate road, but Its very ownership through stock shares, to federal power. "The de cision," he said, "makes It doubly nec essary to determine as a matter of pub lic policy the exact and proper relation between the railways, upon which our prosperity so vitally depends, and the state." Mr. Reck referred to the suggestion of Attorney General Knox that the anti trust law should be so modified as to forbid only unreasonable restraints of trade and said: "The supreme court. in the joint traffic decision, by a bare majority of one, so construed the antl trust law as to bring reasonable as well as unreasonable restraints of trade within Its prohibition, and thus added Immensely to the difficulty of an already difficult problem." In the traffic case referred to the dissenting opinion pre- sented a very strong argument against the view of the majority of the court that the law prohibits reasonable, as well as unreasonable restraint of trade, It was held that the plain Intention of the law was to protect the liberty of contract and the freedom of trade and the dissenting opinion said: "Will this Intention not be frustrated by a con struction which If It does not destroy, at least grp. very Impairs both the lib erty of thd Individual to contract and the freedom of trade? If the rule of reason no longer determines the right of the individual to contract or secure the validity of contracts upon which trade depends or results, what becomes of the liberty of the citizen or of the freedom of trade? Secured no longer by the law of reason, all these rights become sub ject, when questioned, to the mere caprice of Judicial authority." It was further said that the remedy Intended to be accomplished by the act of con gress was to shield against the danger of contract or combination by the few against the Interest of the many and to the detriment of freedom. The con struction given by the court, it was de clared, "strikes down the Interest of the many to the advantage and benefit of the few," and it was clearly pointed out what the operation of the court's con struction would be. There la unquestionably a great deal of force In this view. The decision of the court, however, was perhaps Justl- ernriloyes. Both tuifc learned a useful lesson which It Is not to !e OmiMed will be employed In any future i!,.f'-'nces that may arise. The company has wisely recognized the brotherhoods as organization thnt must be dealt with In settling the terms and conditions of their employment and this course should strengthen the loyalty of the employes to the company. The Wabash settle ment is an example that should have a generally beneficial Influence. MUNICIPAL OHXKRSHIP liT TWO CITIES. A recent Issue of The Bee referred to the notable headway being made by the municipal ownership movement, as evidenced by the report of the commis sioner of water supply, gas and electric lighting to the mayor of Greater New York, recommending the establishment of a municipal lighting plant for the me tropolis and the movement on foot for enabling legislation to put that recom mendation Into effect. During the past week the municipal ownership idea 1ms received additional Impetus In two im portant American cities. 4 In the municipal election In Chicago, resulting in favor of Mayor Carter II. Harrison, notwithstanding the fact that he was running for a fourth term, mu nicipal ownership was the determining risk of suffering from popular suspicion and apprehension respecting the man agement of their affairs. It Is to be ex pected that after the bureau of corpora tions bet'lns Its work of Investigation, which will be shortly, most of the com binations subject to governmental in quiry will adopt the. plan of publicity, at least to such nu extent ns will enable their stockholders to obtain a pretty ac curate knowledge of how they ore being mnnaged and what they arc doing. In regard to the figures of the steel corporation's report, they are somewhat Impressive. The gross Income from sale of products and from InciJental sources In is stated to have been ?r00,fX0,0()0, which was considerably in excess of the International trade bal ance In favor of the United States for that year. The net income was over $13.'1,000,00 and the surplus for the year $3i,(H,000. Such figures certainly bear evidence of the great prosperity of the country and a statement In the report of contracts or orders that are yet to be delivered and that were upon the books at the beginning of the calendar year Indicate that the end of prosper ity Is still distant. Ilenry Watterson insists that If all the southern whites were transplanted Issue. In the statement given out by the ' to the north and northern whites sub- mayor Immediately following the an-' nouncement of the returns, he says: I regard the present election as less a personal victory for myself than as a vic tory for municipal ownership, which should lead to the development of public owner ship In national and state as well as municipal public utilities. Although run ning as a candidate of the democratic party, partisan lines were oast aside to a great extent. The election was a rebuke to the rapacity of those great corporations whose methods In the past as well as lu the canvass Just closed have always been, and still are, directed toward the corrup tion of clvlo purity. The only way to strike at the very fountain head of corruption in local polities Is to administer a few crush ing defeats to these giant corporations and In municipal ownership of all publto utili ties lies the ultimate solution of purity of clvlo affairs. In the city of Cleveland the outcome of the municipal election with Its vic tory for Tom L. Johnson was admittedly due to his position on the question of municipal ownership. The city now owns Its water department and It Is the hope of Mayor Johnson to see the mu nicipality furnishing gas and electric lights, and possibly heat, before he re tires from the city hall. Explaining his program, he declares: Next fall we expect to agitate all over the state the right of home rule and we shall endeavor to free the hands of each community so' that equal taxation mar be achieved. It will be necessary to awaken the people to the necessity of choosing a legislature which will act for the people From this it Is readily seen that the franchiser! corporations with their high, handed methods of bribery and corrup' stltuted in their places the race prob lem In the southern states would exist there just the same as at present His plea Is for the north to acquiesce In the disfranchisement of the blacks, but he says not a word about correcting the representation of the southern states in congress and In the electoral college, In which the southern whites vote not only for themselves, but for the dis franchised blacks as well. The enforce' ment of the constitutional provision for reduction In representation corre sponding to the abridgement of the suf- frage would be the best broke that could be put on the too general tendency In the south to draw the color line at the ballot box. The base ball tan who has tat on the bleachers twice entertains no doubts whatever that spring' Is really here.. : tlon have been sowinir tha wind nil nvor fled by the language of the law and It the country, and are sure to reap the whirlwind through municipal ownership President Castro says be will stand by Minister Bowen. In view of the man ner In which Minister Bowen stood by Mm, President Castro certainly ought to stand up now. is for congress to determine whether that Judicial construction shall stand or the law be so modified as to forbid only reasonable restraints . of trade. As was said by Mr. Beck, the recent de cisions have very much widened and in I creased the sphere and scope of federal activity and there can be no doubt that this will be largely beneficial to the public interests and welfare. Just as soon as the people become thor- oughly aroused to the dangers that be set them from corporate subversion of popular government. Germany is asking for subscriptions to a new 8 per cent loan of $72,000,000. It would be a 2 per cent loan if Uncle Bam were floating it, backed with his credit and resources. The queen of Holland has a chance to make a ten strike by following the lead of President Eoosevelt In arbitrat ing between the Amsterdam employers and their striking employes. It is to be hoped that when the su " preme court affirms the Northern Se curities case it will permit mil, Morgan and the others to keep the certificates of stock as souvenirs of the Incident The rank and file of the republicans of Omaha spoke at the primaries and they spoke for Frank E. Moores for mayor. The convention simply regis tered what the primaries had deter mined. Those Moros In the Philippines made a bad mistake when they went up against Captain Pershing. Captain Pershing expanded bis lungs and strengthened his courage with Ne braska ozone just before he was trans ferred to the far east The chairman of the prohibition na tional committee writes a lengthy dis quisition for one of the eastern period icals, explaining "why prohibitionists are undlscouraged." The trouble is that their opponents are still less discouraged and have lees to be discouraged about The action of the St Louis Judge, is suing a writ of dissolution against a plumbers combine, will strike a sym pathetic chord with .the public. The plumbers are commonly supposed to be able to extort all the traffic will bear without combining with one another to bottle up their victims. tasaSBKBB It Is reported that Governor Durbln of Indiana' has been mado the target for a set of swindlers, who have been getting goods from dealers patronized by him and having the bills sent to the governor. Governor Durbln occupies just the reverse position of some public officials who have the habit of getting goods from the dealers and letting other people pay ttie bills. It is announced that the Kansas cat tlemen, who hare unlawfully appro priated large blocks of the public land, will put up a strong fight against the tearing down of the fences. The atti tude of the land grabbers seems to be the same, wherever they are found they want to get the use of the public domain tor nothing and then think they have a grievance if they are asked to relinquish what never belonged to them. A VALUABLB KXAMPL The settlement of the labor trouble on the Wabash railroad is a valuable ex ample of what may be accomplished when both parties to such a controversy are willing to seek an amicable settle ment and each is disposed to'taake some concessions. In this case the company at first showed a determination to make a contest and secured an injunction on the allegation that there was a con splracy to Interrupt interstate com merce and the transportation of the malls. The company failed to sustain this charge and the injunction was dis solved, opening the way to a conference between officials of the company and representatives of its employes. The parties having been brought together and the differences thoroughly dis cussed, no great difficulty was experi enced in reaching a settlement with which both sides are entirely satisfied, Speaking of the settlement a leading official of the Wabash company said that there is now no reason why the re lations between it and its employes should not be perfectly harmonious, and an officer of one of the brotherhoods de clared that the settlement "proves con cluslvely that cool, calm deliberation will accomplish more than radical ac tion." This remark is worthy the at tention of all labor leaders and as well the employers of labor. It is an unfor tunate fact that cool, calm deliberation Is rarely employed in the disputes be tween capital and labor. The rule is for one or both parties to be governed more or less by Impulse and passion, which necessarily engender resentment and hostility. If It were otherwise and calm deliberation was given to these difficul ties there would be fewer strikes and the cause of industrial peace would be greatly benefited. That was excellent advice which President Roosevelt gave in one of his recent speeches when he said that very much of our effort In reference to labor matters should be by every device and expedient to try to secure a constantly better understanding between employer and employe. "Everything possible should be done Nto Increase the sym pathy and fellow-feeling between them and every chance taken to allow each to look at all questions, especially at ques tions In dispute, somewhat through the other's eyes. If met with sincere de sire to act fairly by one another, and If there Is, furthermore, power by each to appreciate the other's standpoint, the chance for trouble Is minimized." It ap pears to have been in this spirit that the officials of the Wabash company and the representatives of the brotherhoods met and came to an understanding which gives promise of prolonged harmonious relations between the company and its PEnsOAt AD OTnERWUR, In addition to his other shortcomings, Pennrll was an arrant coward. It took him two years to commit suicide. J. W. Curtis of Chicago bus a clock 400 years old, which keeps good time, and with a pipe organ attachment thnt plays as well today ss the day It was made. Vermont Is making up for lost time. Fol lowing the opening of the first saloon In fifty years, seventeen men were arrested and twrnty-one more warrants are out. General Miles wants to supply the Phil ippine soldiers with beef on the hoof. In stead of war being hell, he prefers to con vert It Into a succession of short-rib roasts. Jersey City has decided not to tolerate plays based on the careers of Tracy and such outlaws. It Is felt that holding up dramas of this sort will tend to elevate the stage. Ex-President Cleveland will make only one speech at the St. Louis dedication. For the convenience of out-of-town visitors he should bo scheduled to begin his stunt In the morning. The Ohio man who was a member of thirty-five secret societies died; but no body will take his example as a warning. Others will go on Inviting the grip In the plural number. President Roosevelt occasionally uses the word "bully" when in an esthuslastio mood. This Is said to be distasteful to several eminent authorities in Boston, and some body ought to tell him of It. It is announced that an old eating house In which Richard Croker proclaimed that he was out of politics forever has been torn down. This might mean the destruc tion of half the restaurants In New York. The Kentucky State 6tnklng Fund com mission last week burned $973,000 of the state's redeemed bonds, and the state now has a bonded debt of only $48,000. Thl will be discharged as soon as the bonds can be secured. Ex-Senator Kellogg of Louisiana and Judge Weldon of the court of claims. Wash Ington, are the only survivors of the 1111 nols electors who in 1860 were chosen to cast the vote of that elate for Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin. By proclamation of Governor Murphy of New Jersey 027 corporations char tered In that state, with an aggregate capital approximating $230,000,000 have been wiped out of existence for arrears in state corporation taxes. The infor mation Is vouchsafed, however, that most of the charters thus destroyed were for corporations organized to carry on some enterprise which failed alto gethcr to materialize or whose stock was never Issued for lack of dupes. It would be Interesting to know how much money has been absorbed from the credulous public by these corporations without strength enough to stand on their own legs. TEE EXODUS TO EUROPE. Already the spring and summer exodus of Americans to Europe has begun, hav ing started earlier this year than usual, and the officials of the transatlantic passenger lines are predicting an extra ordinary season for travel abroad. It Is probable - that before the summer has rolled around at least 100,000 Ameri cans will have gone to foreign lands and It is not too much to say that they will spend on an average $400 each That will make $40,000,000 taken out of the country, which is really a very con servntlve estimate. This will help re duce the trade balance and those who make the expenditure will doubtless get some pleasure out of it and perhaps also acquire useful Information, still it would be quite as well for most of the people who go abroad in quest of pleas ure only if they were to seek it in their own land and thus become better ac quainted with the country. There are portions of the great west where the scenery Is as fine as anywhere in the world, where the climate is invigorating and health-promoting and where rest and recreation can be had as hardly anywhere abroad, while the expense of It would be much less than a European trip. Of course there is benefit to be derived from an ocean voyage and there is much to be learned in foreign lands to those who desire to learn, yet it Is doubtless true that many of those who go to Europe really get little benefit from it. However, the annual exodus has been steadily growing since the be ginning of prosperity and may be ex pected to Increase from year to year, with the augmenting number of our people who have the means to visit the old world. Secretary Shaw Is said to be hardly pleased with the slowness of the bond holders to refund in response to his recent offer, notwithstanding the fact that his proposition is supposed to be favorable for conversion. Either the financial condition which the secretary expected to relieve no longer exists or the bondholders, who for the most part are bankers, do not appreciate the efforts of the treasury. In either event the likely result will be that Secretary Shaw will be slower In coming to the front In the future with new proposl tlons to alleviate the financial tension, SEl l LAR SHOTS AT TFIH PI LP1T, Philadelphia North American: If every one lived by the rule laid down b the Bprlngfield. Mass., clergyman whb says that every Christian should be In bed by 10 o'clock each night, there would be no morn ing newspapers to print the bright remarks of the reverend gentleman. Washington Tost: The ministers! Influ ence did not make a highly satisfactory showing in the Ohio municipal elections. At Cincinnati the ministers united In sup port of Mr. Ingallsand at Cleveland they opposed the election of Tom Johnson. But then politics and religion never did mix well In Ohio. Chicago Inter Ocean: An awful state of affairs exists In New Tork. Rev. Isaac N. Funk declares positively that he has re cently conversed with the ghost of Henry Ward Beecher, face to face, and Rev. Dr. Isnao H. Heldman explains the matter by saying that Rev. Dr. Isaao N. Funk lies. Something should be done to stop the con troversy right here. Portland Oregonian: Fifteen! new churches are built in the United States every day on the present average, and In a year the value of new edifices will aggregate $37,340,000. In conjunction with this statement Is the fact that in nine-tenths of all the churches In the country many vacant pews confront the minister Sunday rffter Sunday the year round. This seems to Indicate that It Is not Christianity, but denomlnationallsm, that constantly cries aloud for new churches. The presentment could without much effort be construed into a plea for church unity on the basis of economy. Not a Good Excuse. Philadelphia Press. The German official who criticised the American navy because of the large num ber of desertions from the ships touched on a sensitive spot In March 366 rjen de serted, or 1.29 per cent of the entire en listed force. It does not ! well by any means. One reason lven is that many of the men are enllrted in the interior, with out knowledge of the sea and they soon become tired of it But that Is not a very good excuse. WEALTH AND LARGE FAMILIES. Facta Overlooked In Discussion of the It ace Problem. Atlanta Journal. A good deal has been said of late in re gard to the alleged opposition of wealthy people to large families. It eeems to be tacitly admitted at least among those who have not studied the subject that people of large incomes and high social position have few children, and are Indeed opposed to them on principle. As a rule, these millionaire families aro not strikingly prollflc. But they are not childless. There is scarcely a childless household among them. Within the circle of the very promt nent there Is not a single couple which has not been blessed with one or more children. This sounds rather strange, but It is true. The fact Is, that the very wealthy are decidedly more prollflc than the "middle class" the dwellers in flats and apart ments, where there Is barely room for two and none at all for five or six. What Is more, these millionaire families turn out remarkably strong and healthy people, who spend much time out of doors and are far removed from the "gilded degenerates" which are commonly thought of as inherit ing ancestral millions in the third and fourth generations. Instead of becoming extinct, like so many of the "noble families" in France and Eng land, tke line of the American money baron, as a general rule, broadens out with the years. He more frequently becomes the common ancestor of twenty or thirty robust people than ot a feeble sybarite, the last of his house,, whose death flings the vast family estates Into chancery or into the hands of trustees. These are more or less comforting facta. It is far better, since there must be huge fortunes, that they should be divided out among a number ot heirs than that such fortunes should be heaped up from generation to generation. The Vanderbilt millions, for example, have been distributed among at least a score ot households; and they have certainly done more good to the community at large than If they had been entailed or concentrated In the hands of one Individual. "INDIGESTED SECl RITIE9." Market Clotted with Millions of Sys. dlcated Paper. Springfield (Mass.) Republican By "undigested securities" Mr. Morgan meant unswallowed securities, or securities still being carried by promoters and under writing syndicates which they have been unable to persuade the public to swallow. The amount of such paper overhanging the market Is problematical, but the New Tork Journal of Commerce ventures a calcula tlon, and at the same time It presents a list of the more Important new Issues of securities already brought out since Janu ary 1, or Immediately contemplated. The total Is a formidable one: Previously unmarketed securi ties I 800,000,000 Capital Issued so far this year: Railroad and Industrial 870.307,000 Municipal bonds 80.225,000 Philippine notes 8,000,000 Total $403,432,000 Prospective Issued authorized: Railroad and Industrial t 650.825.000 Municipal bonds. April 14,030.000 Mo-res PUBLICITY AND THE HTEKL TRUST. The United States Steel corporation has Just made public Its report for the year 1002 and it is credited with having given a complete statement of Its af fairs, thus taking its stockholders frankly and fully Into its confidence, The report is regarded, according to a New York dispatch, as really an event of the highest consequence. Many thluk It mark an era In the relations of the great corporate combinations to the public It Is believed that the example must In the long run be followed by other corporations toward which the people are looking with something of apprehension, a fear for which the se cretive blind pool management that is characteristic of some of them is in great measure responsible. There Is no doubt that tills courbe of the great steel corporation Is an example which other Industrial corporations will find it neces sary or expedient to follow In order to command public confidence. They may not generally be disposed to make pub licity of their affairs so complete as has been done by the steel corporation, but they cannot afford to continue the re cretlve policy they now observe at the Passing of Prohibition. New Tork Sun. New Hampshire, at the close of March, ceased to be a prohibition state, .follow ing closely in the footsteps of Vermont. The New Hampshire license law as adopted, provides for a state license com mission and graded fees, the right of the majority ot the voters of any locality to prohibit the sale or manufacture of Intox icants In It being reserved. ' Governor Batchelder has appointed the three com missioners (two republicans and one dem ocrat) to carry out Its provisions. This leaves Maine as the only remaining prohi bition state In New England, where a year ago there were three. Legeadi that Will Live. Kansas City Journal. It makes no difference what proof to the contrary Is offered, the American people will always believe and maintain that Ra leigh once lived In Virginia, that Putnam crawled Into a den of wild wolves, that Paul Revere saved his country by a ride, and that Barbara Freltchie dared the rebels just aa poets have written; that Funston did actually swim the Calumplt, and that Roosevelt charged up the bill in the battle at San Juan In the very way that Verest- chagln puts It. These things can no longer be considered as matters in dispute or points of controversy in our history. The belief in them Is as deeply Imbedded in the hearts of all Americans as is the belief that Washington never lied or swere and that Mrs. Leary's cow kicked over the lamp which caused the big fire In Chicago. Engineers In Fact and Fiction. McClure's Magazine. The popular notion of a locomottve en gineer Is of a nerve-racked man who spends half his time under a fearful strain. cool, but aware of great danger, with one hand pulling open the throttle to the last notch, the other on the reverse -lever, ready to back her, and, with a word to his fireman to jump, himself to stick to his post. If this were so, then all that I had been seeing elsewhere was exceptional Well, It Isn't so. These men are all very much alike; at bottom they are ot one type. Slow of speech, composed In mind and body; Intelligent, but not keen; ready but not especially alert; they talk quietly seniibly about their business. They don't know what "nerves" are, apparently. found two at home on their "off day," and one was lying down, the other sitting Idly and It was plain they could rest; they could He still, sit still, stand still. In other words, they bad the repose I bad noticed In other master craftsmen. There Is more true quietude In a locomotive cab than there la In the office of many an active bank president, much more than a draw ing room, vastly more than la a Pullman dining car. MISSOURI S Fl'BUO SCAKDALS. Integrity of Representative Govern ment on Trial. Kansas City Star. The disclosures of corruption In the Mis souri legislature and the revelations that are promised possess more than local In terest They are national in their signifi cance. Not only Missouri Is on trial In the Inquiries of the various grand juries, but the essential purity and perpetuity of rep resentatlve government is to be proved. The Missouri Incident does not stand alone. Bribery in Delaware and Rhode Island has become notorious. Municipal rottenness haa been exposed in Phlladel phla, Minneapolis and St. Lauls within the last year and thievery Is generally ad mltted to be a continuing manifestation, In a greater or less degree, In practically all large cities and all legislative asaem blies. To an alarming extent bribery has become, and a regarded as "a conventional crime." The popular conscience baa be come vitiated. Missouri will occupy for a while a hu miliating position, but It has taken course wtrteh will redound vastly to its credit. It will net only purge Itself of rascality, but may provide an antidote to "cleanse the stuffed bosom" of every repre sentattve government. It UBed to be that the fact of public cor ruptlon, alone, would awaken universal In terest and excite Indignation and alarm. But the spread of political disease haa had this effect that It requires now a public In vestlgation and a resulting conviction or promise of conviction to overcome popular apathy. In other words. Interest was cen tered formerly on the corruption ltsell and not upon Us effect on the criminals. Nor was speculation as to what prominent men would be Involved the matter of most con cern. That was true even as late ss the time of the Tweed scandal In New Tork or of the national "Star route" boodllng. That a different sentiment prevails now Is due to several causes. The rapid growth of cities and the mul tiplication of questionable methods has ac customed the people to the belief that grafting" Is a part of municipal life. The demagogy of party platforms, too, has made It difficult to differentiate between sincer ity and cant. The rural populace haa ex alted politics above economics and has been the victim of orators and pharisees. More than all, there has been so much money getting and business development that the people have neglected public affaire. Unquestionably It will take some time to overcome this inertia In the public mind. But the events that will accomplish it are following fast upon one another. In that work Missouri will take tbe most promi nent place. It is more spectacular and consequently more far reaching In Its ef fects when an entire commonwealth Is thrusting out Its own iniquity than when a city is engaged In such a task. It will have a moral Influence on every llglslature In the United States and the sympathy and encouragement of every state should be given the judicial and administrative offi cials of Missouri who have Initiated and are conducting tbe prosecution. Total 8564.325.0110 Grand total v $1,267,767,000 This Is apart from capital Issues pending in Europe of an aggregate amount ot some $524,000,000, which, of course, in the pres ent International mobility of capital, have a bearing upon the domestlo situation. It will be seen that the "undigested se curities" carried over from last year are placed at about $300,000,000 In aggregate amount, and before these have been worked off there comes pouring into the market a new supply of nearly $1,000,000,000 of se curities, to say nothing of what is develop ing beyond the Immediate range of vision. This is an extraordinary exhibit, even for these times of day-and-night work in manu facturing capital Issues. The securities market is already glutted. This Is admitted by Mr. Morgan, who makes the obvious fact the occasion for his recent interview. But the securities market Is like any other eubjeot to the law of supply and demand, and the comparative ease with which supply can be augmented as against demand renders this market peculiarly ex posed to tbe danger of overproduction. That danger is now upon it; in fact, the market is deep In the midst of the condition of overproduction, and It necessarily fol lows that prices sag and sag on the stock exchanges. Most of the new Issues pending are ot a much higher grade than the un swallowed securities carried over from last year, and they will be marketed ahead of the latter, so far as they are sold at all, but their great quantity will necessitate a sale at falling prices, and compel a general downward, revision In stock market values. thus leaving Mr. Morgan's undigested se-. curitles in a worse position than ever. Un der these circumstances It is Impossible that the stock market can experience any considerable degree ot permanent recovery for some t'me to come. IMP1OTI10 SMA1A HOMES. ent to Prosaot IBS wnierini Aspects of Ilodto life. Kansas City Btar. The American Institute for Foetal Service has named delegates to auena io in ternational Housing cotigress. wnicn is to be held In Paris from July to November, and the purpose of which Is to arrive at the best plans for making tne nomes or the working people, more especially in poorer classes, more healthful, convenient and attractive without Imposing eerloy additional burdens on the occupants. It is expected that in this long continued con gress the whole subject, from the stand point of the working people, the landlord. the tenant, the philanthropist ana tne municipal and state governments, will b" reviewed and considered. Much good should result tbe world over from such deliberations. This subject is one to which the people of this country should give special con sideration. The working people of the United States live better than those of any other nation In the world, but so they should. They are better paid. The op portunities for general education and re finement are within the reach of a muvh larger proportion of the population than In any other country. The Inducements for Individual ambition are greater In thU free, democratic land than In other parts of the world. Tet there Is scope for great Improvement In the domestlo environments of a very large class of American working people, and It should be the business ot all those who, through the obligations of spe cial fortune or those of official position, can do much to promote the social order, to give this subject attention. A little direction, given In the right spirit, will help amaslngly those who have little art in helping themselves In the Im provement of the material aspects of horns life. The matters of sanitation, cleanli ness, order, furnishings and decorations, both in the house and on the premises, can be greatly promoted through a meas ure of encouragement. These things do not necessarily make living more expensive, nor do they Increase the burdens of hnnu keeping. A house once In order may lie kept In order with hut little dally atten tion. But the greatest aid and incentive to better standards In the home is higher standards in the municipality. A city that has well paved and well kept streets, good sidewalks, plentiful shade, fine parks, hand some boulevards, an abundance of water at cheap rates, a perfect sewer system and a public-spirited administration will not only inspire clvlo and Individual pride in the hearts of its residents, bnt It will alsn Invite the better classes in all the walks of life. People who seek new and perma nent homes take into consideration the general advantages of a city as well as the. immediate Interests of their business or profession. PASSING PLEAS' VTRIES. "Isn't It ridiculous to call servant girls domestics r " "Because they're mostly Imported, eh?" "No. I had In mind the fact that thev never stay home at night." Philadelphia Press. "t hear Jones the sea captain. Is In hard luck. He married a girl and she ran awuy from him." 'yes; he took her for a mate, but she was a skipper." Princeton Tiger. "Of course that prima donna sings by note," said the man who la scantily In formed on music. "Not much," answered the manager. "I'd Ilka to see anybody effer her a note. She sings for cash." Washington Btar. "Toung man," said her father, sternly, "can you support a family?" "Oee whirs!" exclaimed the young- man, "you haven't lost your job, Lave yout" Detroit Free Press. , . Dashawray Tou don't mean to say she Jilted you? Cleverton She did. old man. That girl has the heart of a motorman. Brooklyn life. "Do you think It's wrong for man to kiss ber t he asked Klrl to I think It's a good hicago Post. Ilf TIIE BLOOMIXG WEST. Eastern View of Labor Conditions In tbo Imperial Domain. Boston Globe. Conditions for labor were never so favor able In the west as at the present time. Employment agents In Omaha, Salt Lake City, San Francisco and Portland are en gaged in an effort to secure men. Became of the scarcity of labor In the west new employment agents In the east are being employed to send men west. Wherever one turns In the west new projects are on foot. Extensive schemes have been laid out for Irrigation in several states. Capital In Colorado Is only await ing spring to spend several millions ot dol lars In projects which will require thou sands of laborers. The railroads are piled with machinery awaiting transportation to the oil country. The work of railroad construction was never so active as now. Everywhere. the bridge builders are look ing for men. In Utah, Nevada, Oregon and California electrlo power plants are to be erected. It is the intention not only to use the power for lighting and transportation purposes, but to Induce manufacturing es tablishments to locate there. But because the west Is so full ot busi ness It does not follow that New England Is declining. On the contrary, the logical con sequence of tbe prosperity of the west Is the even greater prosperity of New England. A Disagreeable Commodity. Somervllle Journal. The man who always tells the truth to every one he meets Is dead certain to be unpopular. permit . "Well." she replied. deal better for the man not to wait to get permission. - Suburban Druggist I have Just placed an order for two gross of plasters. City FriendWhat did you order so many for? Suburban Druggist For the backs of amateur gardeners. Chicago News. HI Say, ye know thet roll uf green paper thet thet city feller hornswoggled me inter buyln' last week? SI Tan. Hi Wal, I Jest wrapped a couple of $20 bills round It bo's te make It look real an' bought a $l,O)0 gold brick off th' same feller with It. New York Sun. EASTER BELLS AND SWELLS. James Barton Adams in Denver Post. Ring out, glad Easter bells, ring out In soft and sllv'ry peals. Ring out and sprinkle notes of Joy on Lent s retreating heels I Fill all the air with echoing chlmek, until the hills and plains And peaceful vales are swept by your me lodious refrains! Ring out, tilt music ripples o'er the bosom of the skltis, Till echoing peals from every peak ot yonder mountains rise! No deep-toned funeral knells will do, but clangings clear and gay To bid a lining welcome to this merry Easter day. Swing out, gay Easter belles, swing out In annual parade, In stunning gowns that during Lent non- penttents have made; Swing out upon the city streets in modistes' wildest dreams, Tour breasts all puffed with pride until tney almost rip me seams: turesaue designs. All burled 'neatb a floral wealth. of buds end flnw'rs and vines And decked with the remains of birds and feathers soft as down Fair visions visionary as the rattled heads they crown! Ring out again, glad Easter bells, as the procession starts! Tour notes will call forth answering chimes from scores of happy hearts; The swinging of your heavy tongues may seem real slow and tame Compared to prattling female tongues, but swing them Just the samel Ring out! Let merriment prevail, for naught but pleasure goes On this glad day ot praises and -exaggerated clothes On this one day of all the year to dear to belles and swells. Ring out your very choicest peala. Oh! Joyous Easter bells! Swing out In prink y picture hats of pie PTTy The Store of the Town Our showing of suits, overcoats and trousers, for spring and summer wear are ahead of anything we have ever shown and we ask but a chance to convince you of the fact. Suits 1 10.00 to $30.00 Overcoats flO.OO to $35.00 Trousers ? 3.50 to ? 9.50 Washable Vests 2.50 to 5.00 KOCLOTIIlXa FITS LIKE OUJiS.