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before me this 4th day of October, A. D.,
1903. M. B. HUNQATE.
Now get ready for thanksgiving.
Tuesday's snowfall was heaviest In
Omaha, but a little of it fell on the un
just also.
It will be observed that Utah isn't
worrying much over this distressing
problem of race suicide.
"A long pull, a strong pull and a pull
all together," as they say at sea, will
land tho Omaha Grain exchange.
It is not until the day after Thanks-
giving that the mother of the foot ball
halfback feeli her deepest gratitude.
Colombla must bear in mind that tha j
first column on the first page is dedl -
cated to those who do something mora
than talk. I
Array officers anxious for promotion
eagerly await the time when General
Wood and Major Rnthbone shall chance
to meet alone.
The Moros violated the provisions of
the Dates treaty and the consequence
was precisely what the general told
them it would be.
Senator Millard ought to dispose of
that Omaha postofflce plum without
needless delay. Why keep so many pa
trlots in suspense?
Mr. Untermeyer is mistaken. What
ho believes was on attempt to bribe Mr.
Nlxou was really only Mr. Schwab's
conception of a practical Joke.
The prospective investor and taxpayer
limy very profitably remember that Ne-
braska's golden corn is mined without
the expensive protection of state troops.
The Springfield and Rock Island ar-
senals are turning out 350 of the new
magazine rifles each week day. Sun-
days wo devoutly renew our prtyer
that nobdy will oblige us to use them.
While the Omaha improvement clubs
ore making a concerted effort to
Induct? the park board, the Board of
County Commissioners and the city
council to Join together for making
Omaha more beautiful, the city council
is being importuned to disfigure Omaha
by granting permit for street corner
advertising signs.
It is now up to the members of the
supreme court to say whether the new
revenue law is unconstitutional either ln
part or as a whole. Should the court
declare the whole law invalid the old
law remains in force and a deficit of at
least three-quarters of a million will be
created ln the state treasury by reason
of the loss of Income that was expected
to nava been produced under the new
law.
A Chicago lightning calculator etl-
mates the cost of the Chicago street car I he did not regret retirement as chair
strike up to date to be $1,270,000, Among I man of the committee and disclaimed
the item included in the estimate are:
Tho value of , time of the mayor and
arbitration committee, $10,000; the value
of lost time of citlxens who had to walk,
$1,000,000; the loss to the company's
I-roperty, $4,000. Judged by - these Ug -
utes, the mayor of Chlcugo must be a
ebon p ii.an, While Chicago foot passou -
gers oppear to be rather high priced.
Kansas City grain dealers threaten
the Great Western with a boycott
unless they are given the same rate on
grain. shipments from Kansas City to
Minneapolis that have been given by
tha Great Western from Omaha
to Minneapolis. Inasmuch as the dls -
tance between Omaha and Minneapolis
is at least 150 miles less than the dls -
tance from Kansas City to Minneapolis,
fhft tmnrarlv rwiiieat wntild am ta be
a piece of sublime impudence, but Kan
sas City Las always been toted for
cerra. -
fl'IM L Tilt, SIX AT K.
Culm wus tllscuwtl la the t'nltctl
Stutos donate Monlit.r, the pHiiinilsrly
Interesting, feature of the debate beluif
In regard to the resolution introduced
by Nona tor Newlmuls of Nevada pio-
nonlni that Cuba be invited to Income ;i
suite of the United States upon tortus
of equality with the states of the union.
Senator Hale declared his opposition to
the policy proposed by the resolution,
as did Senator Lodire and Senator
Piatt of Connecticut. The Maine seu-
at0r remarked that we would not send
nth an Invitation to Ureal Britain for
the annexation of Canada, while Mr.
riatt and Mr. Lodge expressed regret
that the resolution bad been introduced,
the former for the reason that It might
lend to misapprehension in Cuba and
rorto Rico and the latter because It
seemed a reflection upon our good faith.
Mr. riatt expressed the belief that
the resolution did not represent In any
considerable degree the business or po-
lit leal sentiment of the. United States.
He declared that the best interests both
of the United States and of Culm would
be subserved by separate existence,
saying that what this country had done
for Cuba was for purposes of friend-
h, lld - t f - eirran(llzeiuent "We
havenade n glorious record lu our re
lationship to Cuba," observed the Con
necticut senator, "and let us not mar
it." There is no doubt as to the fate of
the resolution mid its rejection will
have the approval of a very large ma-
21 :o.2k jority of the American peopre, who de
ls. 30,7l l !,. (I.. n.vor.ln
luni urn v- ui'uii nunii uu ,
full opportunity to show their cajiacity
for self-government under republican
Institutions. They have thus far done
better than was expected, they appear
to be very generally satisfied with their
government and nothing more is bo lug
heard there of a desire for annexation.
Were congress to pass such a resolution
as that of the Nevada senator, although
it disclaims a desire to "annex forcibly,
or to assert sovereignty over, the island,
or to exercise any form of compulsion,"
the effect could hardly be otherwise
than disturbing to the Cubans and
menacing to the contiuuauco of peace
ful relations.
That it would be a very grove mis
take to annex Cuba as a state upon
terms of equality with the states of the
union no one who will consider the mat
ter intelligently can doubt. It would
give the Cubans two senators and sev
eral representatives in congress. They
would choose presidential electors.
Obviously it would be most unwise and
unsafe to give a people so widely dif
ferent from ourselves in nearly all re
spects and knowing so little of our po-
'cai institutions tne power to assist
ln making laws for our government aud
ln determining the election of a chief
magistrate. Besides, we should cer-
taluly have another race problem on
r hands and one perhaps more
troublesome than that we have now to
deal with. These and other consider
at long that will readily suggest theru-
selves place Cuban annexation among
tho things to be regarded as utterly im
practicable if not impossible. As was
said by Senator Lodge, we have all the
control of Cuba, in n military point of
view and a politicul point of view, that
we can possibly desire.
DOCS JAPAN MEAN WAHt
The latest advices appear to strongly
Indicate that Japan is about ready to
open hostilities with Russia. The re
ported dispatch of Japanese war ves
sels, it is conjectured for the purpose
of intercepting Russian vessels of war.
manifestly a very significant circum
stance and if the surmise rrgarding It
sna11 prove to be well founded the prob
ability of war ensuing is very great
Buch a result would not be at all sur
Posing. The conferences at Tokio be-
twen representatives of the Japanese
aua "ussian governments nau no satis
factory outcome ana it is believed to
1)0 "raiy possible tnat tne conflicting
interests of the two powers can be roc-
Pnclled Bna adjusted on a satisfactory
I a818'
BoUl nations, while professing on
earnest desire to avoid war, have yet
been "teadily preparing for a possible
1 II 1.. 4,.. .,
wuuu-1 BUU 11 lI,e i"'on ou moo
nuBt tamillar with the situation that a
Russo-Japanese war Is a certain event
of the uot remote future. It seems not
unlikely that Japan has concluded that
tue time ,8 Rt hand 10 makR an effort
to .check Russia ln adding to her Asiatic
naval power and it will not be surpris
ing If further news from that quarter
of tbe worla u of a decidedly warlike
character. Should a conflict come
its
effects would be far-reaching.
M0HQAH DEPOStV.
Senator Morgan of Alabunia has been
aPosou iroui tne cnairmansnip or tne
I ommlttee on intcrncennlc canals and Is
ueeeeaea Dy so.iator Hanua. Mr. .Mor
gan,. who held the position for many
J years, stated in opening his speech in
the senate in opposition to the course of
the government regarding Pauauia that
partisanship in the conduct of its af
I fairs, at the same time declaring that be
I had not and would not reverse his posi
I tion on the canal question at the in
I stauce of any party caucus.
1 The Alabama senator has been styled
I the father of the Isthmian canal projec
1 and he hat been a consistent and per
I sisteut advocate of the Nicaragua route,
refusing utterly to accept auy opinion
I however eminent the Kource, uufuvora
I ble to that route. Change lu condition
I and ln public sentiment made lmpera
I Uve a change in the chairmanship of
I the iuteroceaulc laiuii committee and
I the selection of Seuutor .Iluuua for the
1 positiou was a proper recognition of hi
efforts in behalf of the Panama route,
1 as well as his support of the action of
I the government. The Ohio senator re
I centlv aaiil: 4Tha Piiiihiiiu sitiiHtfi-kti I
- 1 not a political question, not even a tech
I nical question. The people of this coun
I try waut an Isthmian caual built aud
they want It built by the Panama route.
They lmve accepted that route and they
propose to stand by the president In the
matter of constructing the canal."
The speech of Mr. Morgan denouncing
the course of President Roosevelt in
recognizing the Republic of Panama
conclusively shows that he was no
longer suited to the chairmanship of the
committee which will have charge of
whatever legislation may be necessary
to the carrying out of the reat enter
prise that is now assured. Undoubtedly
Mr. Morgan will iersevere In his efforts
to obstruct and delay the project, but
he will be less potent than If he were
at the head of the Interoceanio canal
committee. AVlth Senator llanna as
chairman of that committee It may con
fidently be assumed that whatever duty
shall be required of it will be diligently
attended to.
AXOTTltR VMSIDVS RAID OA TRKASCKY
The contents of the river and harbor
pork barrel, which Is to be logrolled
through congress at the coming session,
are computed to aggregate the modest
sum of $500,000,000. Announcement is
made from Washington that the , river
and harbor boomers in "the east are
confident of finding strong allies this
session ln the western congressmen, who
are interested in the irrigation projects,
and all the Mississippi valley states will
bo more eager for a river and harbor
bill this year than ever before. In
order to secure sufficient support for this
omnibus bill, the work will be laid out
on the Installment plan, but the amount
of expenditure for the coming year is
not expected to exceed from fifteen to
twenty million dollars.
Omnibus bills that involve the expen
diture of hundreds of millions on the
Installment plan constitute the most
plausible schemes for floating gigantic
jobs under pretext of trifling immediate
expenditure. The manifest object of the
frnmers of omnibus bills is to tie up
meritorious appropriations with ques
tionable appropriations and pull them
through together by the combination of
Interests that have nothing in common
except the mutual desire for making
sure the passage and approval of. their
schemes. Rational and well digested
plans for the Improvements on, repairs
of rivers and harbors that need Im
provement should encounter no opposi
tion In or out of congress, but schemes
for dredging dry creeks and construct
ing costly dikes and docks, where no
ommerce Is ever likely to require har
bor facilities, is a most pernicious sys
tem of legalized waste and Jobbery.
Omnibus river and harbor bills and
omnibus building bills should be dis
countenanced and discontinued forever.J
Every tub should be made to stand on
its own bottom. Every proposal for
costly public improvements should be
considered and promoted upon its
merits. The president should be given
free hand to approve or disapprove
each appropriation Involving large ex-
penditures instead of being forced to
choose between approving bills that
combine appropriations that are deemed
essential with appropriations that are
not much better than downright steals,
Reconstruction of the Fremont-Colum
bus electric power canal plans is said
td be in progress once more in New
York, and the fate of the enterprise
will, we are told, bang In the balance
for one more week. As a matter of
fact, the power canal will remain frozen
until the thaw sets ln on Wall street
and confidence shall have been restored
In industrial securities.
The Chicago Great Western may not
make a nickel out of the Omaha grain
rate cut, but it is getting thousands of
dollars worth of free advertising and
an unlimited amount of credit that will
insure for it a large share of the grain
traffic when Omaha becomes a first
class grain market
ttalte Correct.
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
The understanding Is that all South
American Islands sold to foreign countries
must pass through the United States cus
tom house.
An Impious Suggest loa.
Philadelphia Record.
The price of crude oil has been advanced
Ave cents a gallon. Is the University of
Chicago in need of money, or la it some
churches that are to be endowed this time?
Belated News.
Baltimore American.
One of the members of the British Indus
trial and educational committee that has
been making an Investigating tour of the
United States says that the American girl
has no superior. But this will be no news
to the American girl.
The a Will Pig Kir.
New Tork World.
The story that Mr. Bryan and his friends
have agreed to unite upon Richard Olney
as their candidate for the presidential nom
lnatlon next year Is Just a trifle less start
ling than would be a report that they had
decided to concentrate tm Grover Cleveland.
Apologies In Order.
Chicago Record-Herald.
One of the new congressmen from Penn
sylvanla is alleged to have been nominated
because he wrote a poem complimenting
Quay. If this Is so, we shall have to beg
Quay's pardon. It has never been supposed
heretofore that he permitted sentiment to
figure in Ms business.
Kick Agalast SpelllasT He form.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Filibusters are bad. Highwaymen are
censurable. But spelling reformers, lik
pirates, can well be called the enemies of
mankind. Devices to malts entrance
knowledge of the English lungxaga easy
are to be resented. The knowledge Is de
Kimble. But all history Is proof tha
knowledge easy to obtain is soon forgotten,
while that hard to acquire la permanently
appreciated.
Xervjr to the Last.
Indianapolis Journal.
The defiant manner In which Tom Horn
Indian scout and tighter, met his death on
the scaffold, shows there are other motives
beuldes conscious rectitude that enable men
to face death with composure. This des
perado thought as much of earning th
plaudits of his companions by not lotting
bis nerve as a Christian martyr would of
dying for a principle. Human nature 1
queer ooiupouDd.
ROVND ABOVT !EW YORK.
Ripples oa the (irrral at Life la Ik
Metropolis.
Back of the zeal of congressmen and sen
ators to adjourn the extra session Is the
potential Influence exerted by mileage al
lowance. If the extra session should be
continued up to the regular session, which
begins December 7, members of congress
could scarcely ask for double mileage, but
an adjournment will furnish sufficient ex
cuse for a haul on the contingent fund.
Mileage allowance makes a tidy sum for
members coming from points west. For
Pacific coast members It amounts to 11,600.
There Is a congressional poet In Washing
ton who answers to the name of Smith. He
halls from a Pennsylvania town of the
mellifluous name of Punxsutawney, and,
strange to say, ln view of the native mod
esty which has prevented him from making
known his identity, his stanxas have been
printed from one end to the other of the
country. Here is one:
"Said the Hite-atlte-tlte
To the Goo-goo-loollte:
'It's very apparent to me
That somewhere back In
These woods there dwells
A horrible Ju-Jub-Je.' "
It has been estimated by Washington
florists that the flower display In the two
houses of congress on the opening day cost
fully $10,000. It was rich to excess and old
timers say that with each succeeding ses
sion the aggregate cost of this tribute in
creases. Singularly enough, says a Boston
Transcript letter, the senators and repre
sentatives do not themselves encourage
such extravagance; In fact, many of them
ave done everything possible to discourage
but without great success. For the most
part of the offerings came from their con
stituents, men and women working ln the
departments here on small salaries, who
feel that some display of this kind Is neces
sary as an evidence of their continued
gratitude to the patrons who have procured
positions or promotions for them.
A few of the more elaborate floral works
come from organieationti, political and
otherwise. For instance, while Mr. HeatwoTe
of Minnesota was ln the house he received
regularly on the opening day of each ses
sion a beautiful floral gift from the em
ployes of the government printing ofllce.
He was chairman of the house printing
committee, and ln that position It had been
possible for him to do certain things which
the printing office people regarded as Im
portant. Floral gifts provided ln this way.
by contributions from a number of persons,
do not tax heavily the resources of the
givers. The real sacrifice comes when some
poor clerk, working on a small salary and
supporting a family, takes the better part
of a week's pay, or perhaps more, ln order
to let some man ln congress who has be
friended him know that he is not ungrate
ful.
A case ln point was alluded to by a promi
nent western senator. Several years ago he
obtained a place In the government print
ng ofllce for a constituent. After a while
the man went Insane and his widow who
thus became the sole support of a large
family, was given a place In one of the, de
partments. The' money which she earns
will hardly keep herself and family supplied
with the actual neceesartes of life. She
lives very simply and often goes without
clothing which she needs ln order to pay
docotrs' bills and other extras. Yet this
woman, at the opening of the session last
December and again last week, placed on
the desk of her senator for a few minutes'
floral piece.
Among the Imposing and beautiful dwell
ings of publlo men in Washington none per
haps excels In beauty of architecture the
dwelling of Senator Eugene Hale of Maine.
The residences of more than a score of
great politicians are among the most mag
nificent In the world and many pronounce
the Hale mansion the most pleasing of all
It Is of the colonial style of architecture,
fronting 100 feet on Sixteenth street, with
a courtyard ln the rear. It Is so large and
Imposing that vlnltors frequently mistake
It for a public building.
A Washington letter to the Chicago Rec
ord-Herald has this chunk of gossip: "Miss
Mne Wood, the young lady who left her
desk in the Postofflce department at Wash
ington to 'settle up an estate In New Tork
at the time Senator Piatt was busy trying
to get married to another lady, has been
rudely called upon by the postmaster gen
eral to explain ber 'absence without leave.'
Dispatches from Washington say that Miss
Wood lived ln a back room of a downtown
boarding house before she went over to
New Tork and that since her return to
the capital she has been occupying a
suite of rooms at a fashionable hotel, hav
ing shown no Intention of resuming work
at her department desk. She declares, how
ever, that she will put up the fight of her
life 'if an attempt is made to deprive her
of the clerkship she holds In, the govern
ment s service, and It Is said that she
speaks as one who feels that the nation
Is under an obligation of some kind to go
on paying her a salary whether she works
for It or not. Evidently Miss Wood has In
some way become possessed of an erroneous
Impression concerning the obligations of
our glorious republic. It Is always painful
to see a lady working too hard for a liv
ing, but discipline must be maintained.
If the lndy clerks were permitted to run
away at will for the purpose of 'settling
up estates" serious complications would
soon follow. 'Miss Wood must be generous
and not exact too much from the depart
ment presided over by Mr. Payne."
All arrayed In their Sunday-go-to-meetin'
clothes and wearing tall hats, the Michi
gan delegation In the house or representa
tives called on Speaker Cannon to see
about their committee places. They found
the Illinois man clad ln a rather scrubby
looking suit, with an enormous quid of
tobacco in his cheek. William Alden Smith
ss spokesman delivered quite an oration,
dwelling on the glories of Michigan and
winding up with the fervently expressed
hope that tho wolverine state would not be
neglected. Mr. Cannon arose and said
"Centlemen, I appreciate all that your elo
quent spokesman has said and I deeply
feel the honor of this visit. I am sure you
are all aware of the perplexities of my
presont position, and " Here he shifted
his quid and concluded: "Oh, what's the
user Boys, 1 11 do the best I can for you,
dui iei s cut out the speechifying."
"Fully one-half of the horses used by
the brewers of Washington." said a fat
and ruddy driver of one of the big wagons
to a Washington Post man. "are beor
swlllera, and there are horses belonging to
our company which will not leave the de
nvery yards until they have had their
bucket of beer In the morning and at lunch
time. They have acquired a taste for the
beverage, and they refuse to do their work
until they have been supplied. Now, I sjy
tne horses acquired a taste for beer, but I
guess I am wrong about- that, for It is nrv
candid opinion that horses naturally love
oeer. I hey seem to have the Same taste
for It that hogs have for the 'maah' and
beer from the still-houses. It Is a well
known fact that in running down and lo
cating Illicit stills In the mountain dlsu'cts
the revenue officers are frequently aided ln
wieir work by watching the hogs, the
raxorbacka sniffing the 'mash' for two
miles distance.
"Our horses fatten on beer, and It Is
noticeable fact that the ones drinking the
most beer kaen In the beat physical condl
tlon and can do the most hard driving,
The horses draw the Hue OA stale ber.
Emphasis must be given to the fact that
Royal Baking - Powder - Risen
foods- light, delicate hot-biscuit, hot rolls, doughnuts,
puddings and crusts are not only anti-dyspeptic in them
selves, but aid the digestion of other foods with which
they assimilate in the stomach the joint, the game, the
entree important parts of the Thanksgiving Feast.
Royal Baking Powder makes the food finer flavored,
more tasty, more healthful.
and one of them will have to be powerful
dry In the throat before he will drink it,
but give him a bucket of fresh beer and it
will soon disappear, and he will neigh for
more. Drivers, helpers and horses are al
lowed a liberal supply of the fluid by the
company, and I would do without my mugs
before I would see my horses go thirsty."
The head of a "President's church" ranks
higher ln the glare of publicity than other
clergymen, and so gets more attention
from the newspapers. So It was that a
well-known Washington divine once felt
called upon to send a message to news
papers throughout the country correcting
striking omission ln one of his appeals
to the Almighty.
The incident, related by Collier's Weekly,
occurred In connection with an important
function at the national capital, at which
Rev. Dr. Byron F. Sunderland, pastor of
the First Presbyterian church-which then
was known as the President's church, and
with which Dr. T. DeWitt Talmage was
subsequently associated was scheduled to
deliver the Invocation. Dr. Sunderland pre- j
ins iraer sume nays in advance.
and in accordance with a request promptly
furnished a copy of It to a press associa
tion. The latter sent the prayer In ad
vance, subject to release on the appointed
day, to the newspapers through the length
and breadth of the land, and It was set tip
ln type forty-eight hours ln advance of Its
delivery.. It was a brief but fervent ap
peal to the throne of grace for mercy on
a benighted world.
Suddenly Dr. Sunderland made a great
discovery. He had been reading over his
prayer, and found at the eleventh hour
that an essential feature was missing. He
telephoned the press association office and
asked that a correction be flashed over the
wires. This was the message that went
broadcast to newspaper offices:
"To Editors: In Sunderland's prayer, sent
in advance, after words divine mercy. In
sert following: 'Bless the president of the
United States and grant Thy divine guid
ance to him and to all those In au
thority.' "
The president's preacher had forgotten
to Intercede for the president In the first
draft of his supplication!
TILLMAN 1H A KEW ROLE.
The Boath Carolina Killer Dross His
Gh and Takes Up the Bible.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Mr. Jim Tillman, ex-Ileutenant governor
of South Carolina and one of that state's
most prominent man killers, has taken ex
ceptions to a sermon that was preached a
few Sundays ago by the Rev. W. I Glth
ens of Beaufort. The preacher, It appears,
said some uncomplimentary things con
cerning Mr. Tillman, who has written to
him as follows:
"I notice ln the State of today what pur
ports to be an excerpt from a sermon deliv
ered by you on last Sunday, your text
being from the twenty-first chapter, eight
eenth verse, of the Gospel of St. Matthew.
"Will yon take as your text for the next
Sabbath the seventh chapter, second and
third verses, of the same gospel?
'You are much deceived If you, like
others of our thinking ft el that you rep
resent one-quarter of the Christian minis
try of the state, for I have letters to prove
the contrary.
"I heartily commend to your devout
study also the fifth verse of the a fore-mentioned
chapter of Bt. Matthew.
"Tour congregation might also read the
fifteenth veree.
The verses referred to read thus:
"For what Judgment ye Judge, ye shall
be Judged; and with what measure ye
mete It shall be measured to you again.
"And why beholdest thou the mote that
IS In thy brother's eye, but considereth not
the beam that Is in thine own eye?
"Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam
'out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou
see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy
brother's eye.
"Beware of false prophets, which come
to you in sheep's clothing, but Inwardly
they are ravening wolves."
It is encouraging to see that Mr. Tillman
has put up his gun and adopted the Bible
as a weapon of defense. Let him go on
studying Matthew, and after finishing with
that book it may profit him to look through
Luke, Mark, John and the others of tho
New Testament. Also he might find It well
to study the seventh verse of the fifth
chapter of Second Kings., and there la
something In Exodus, twentieth chapter
and thirteenth verse, that may Interest
him.
Let Tillmau Le encouraged by all means
to go on with bis Bible study, so that the
editors of South Carolina may go about
reasonably free from the fear of being shot
from behind a pump or something equally
serviceable.
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S0YAL BAKING SOWDER CO, NEW YORK.
STEEL FREIGHT DISCRIMINATION.
Foreign Buyer Gets Rates Dealed
Home Consumers.
New Tork Tribune.
It cannot be denied that the highly pro
tected steel manufacturers make an un
pleasant impression on the publio mind
when they steadily and of fixed policy sell
their goods abroad at a much lower price
than they will give at home to the Ameri
can consumer. There are some valid argu
ments for such sales, at least when they
are Incidental and exceptional. A "bargain
counter," when It will not interfere with
goneral business. Is legitimate. The manu
facturers must get a certain price for the
bulk of their product. If at times they have
a surplus which cannot be disposed of at
regular rates, they naturally seek to .get
what they can for It where It will not
hurt their regular trade. The American
consumer may think that he Is entitled
ta the benefit of some of these bargain
sales, but stability Is nevertheless desir
able. Even he would suffer ln the long run
by great fluctuations and attempts to work
off surplus stock at cut rates. - But when
the export business grows to enormous
proportions and manufacturers find it
protlable to manufacture for sale abroad
vast quantities of steel the year around
at cut rates, then the American consumer
has a right to complain of the discrimina
tion. When that discrimination Is carried
further by a combination between th
manufacturers and the railroads his dis
satisfaction tends to become Just indigna
tion. The legality of Thursday s action of the
Trunk Line and Central Traffic association
Is likely to bo tested. It made a cut of
S3 per cent in the freight rates on all
domestic steel products shipped for export.
It may be legal, but it Is certainly wrong.
The railroads are common carriers, char
tered under American law to serve the
American people. The private manufacturer
may discriminate against his own country
men If he wants to. He only raises a
question about the wisdom of tariff rates
that enable him to do so. But the railroads
have a publlo duty. It they can afford to
carry steel at a certain rate the consumer
in New Tork is as much entitled to the
benefit as the consumer ln London. It is
said that the cut rate will be more than
compensated for by Increased tonnage. In
that case let the domestic tonnage like
wise be made more profitable, by the stimu
lus of low rates. If a reduction of one
third in freight rates between Pittsburg
and New- Tork will swell the European
consumption of American steel, the Ameri
can consumer can be trusted to see a cor
responding opportunity In the cut.
It costs the railroads no more to bring
steel to the American buyer than to the
exporter. It is not to be patiently borne
that they should take advantage of his
helplessness ln being unable to get steel
abroad to charge a freight rate on steel,
from the place where he lias to get it at
a high price, which Is 50 per cent greater
than the rate at which they will carry
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$3.50atid$5 rAn?iAr.l,' 5otld$3-5o
that same steel the same distance for
somebody else. What has the Interstate
Commerce Commission to say of such dis
crimination, such unfaithfulness to the pri
mary ends for which American railroad!
enjoy their corporate privileges.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Henri Rochefort says Dreyfus Is to be
tried again. Rochefort is getting to be as
bad as the war correspondents In the far
east.
John Hyde statistician of the Agricultural
department at Washington, who Is now
In London, is suffering from nervous
breakdown, due to overwork.
A movement is on foot in St. Louis to
erect a monument to the memory of Bill
Nye. If all for whom he made life more
cheerful would contribute. It might be
easily accomplished.
General Reyes threatens that the United
States may have to fight "the entire
Colombian people." His phraseology Is
somewhat more Impressive than the census
reports from Bogota.
William Archibald, of Newark, N. J., has
been awarded the silver medal and diploma
of the St. Petersburg Photographic society.
His pictures that won the prlie were photo
graphs of lightning flashes.
J. Scott Harrison who has had charge
of surveying the boundary line of the
Yellowstone National Park, Is In Butte,
Mont., and says the gigantic task, the work
of eight years, has Just been completed.
Professor Spencer Bassett, who said In
a magatlne article that Booker Washington
Is a very great man, has paid the penalty
of his rashness by losing his position as
teacher of English in an obscure little
North Carolina college.
Supreme courts these days are wrestling
with strenuous problems. The supreme
court of Ohio, has Just solemnly decided
that a hencoop Is not a chicken house, and
the supreme court of Connecticut has a
case before It which hinges on Ann's age.
Representative James Kennedy of
Toungstown, O., has been taking liberties
with his boyhood friend, Representative
Hogg of Colorado. Desiring to introduce
Mr. Hogg td Representative Hedge of Iowa,
Kennedy led his friend around to the
lowan's desk. "Hedge -Hogg," was his la
conlo exclamation as the two 'met. -
Where the Lash Cots.
Chicago Chronicle.
Delinquent youngsters In Denver are hav
ing a fine time of it. The Juvenile court
law permits the Judge to hold parents re
sponsible for the behavior of their children,
and the result is that frequently the parent
is fined or otherwise punished Instead of
the child. There la a certain amount of
Justice In this, but what If the child has
Inherited his sin not from his parents, but
from some remote ancestor over whom the
parent had no control? It Is hoped In such
cases the Judge will not be too severe. Some
children have Inherited their propensities
straight from Adam.
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