Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, December 12, 1903, EDITORIAL SHEET, Page 14, Image 14
14 TIIK OMAHA -OAII.Y PEE: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12. 100.1. aucxo cvttruKATioJts sict'Ri. The president Jn his message renewed the assurance that sound and honestly conducted corporations have nothing to fear froln the supervision provided for In the legislation of the last congress of corporations, The Omaha Daily Per E. ROSEWATF.R, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. TERMS OF Ht.'nSCRIPTION. rslly Hee (without Hutidsy). one Year. .Km creating the bureau iiT.il.trii 7rt Be run" Yea.....V.'.':.... loo with authority to obtain Information re- Bunday bm, one icnr. f kX gnrdlrtc the onrnntzatlnn. financial con- Hnrurnnv nee line 1 er ,r' ' Taentleth Century Farmer, One Year.. 1.00 I dltlon and business management of cor DELIVERED BY CAtlHIWrl. I tinmHi.ua r.1 hnr tlmn Pnminnn nnrrlora rtallv TIM fmrlthniit RnnilavV tier COPY ZC I ' ' Jmiiy Hoe (wlinont miniiayi. per rr, i tMigngt-u m iiiieixini ur lun'igu -viu V?X?Veinrf "The corporation which Is hon Evening nee (witnotit nimoayi. p-r estly and fairly organized." said the evening ilee Uncluaing Bununyj, " I ... lio I nresldent. "whoRe mnnarers In the con shhT of its business recognize their ob- pertinent. , I ligation to deal squarely with their Omaha-Th Bee RulMing. stockholders, their competitors and South Omaha City Hall Building, iwn- ii. mihlli hua nntlilnir t. foi fifth and M Streets. I v . .. " council Biuffe 10 pearl street, i irom such supervision. i ne pur pose of this bureau Is not to embar Washington 601 Fourteenth Street. rns8 or legitimate business, but rn,n,::Z , n;, and edl- to aid In bringing about a better Indus- torui matter should be addressed: Omaha trial condition a condition under which nee, Editorial Department. I .. , .. , , .. . , , RFMITTANCE8 I l1111 nunu t w FLjriidivt7 iu mn auu Remit hr draft, exnress or postal order I recognition of nubile obligation by ail Only 2-cent lUmri accepted In pavment of Corporations, great and small. tonll n.nnnti Pfnnns phA'Kh PX'TUl U II I 1- .1 I t a i . , tVmah. n, ;.i.r MrhenaVs. hot accented. "inre.y " " P"? . tub BEE PUBLI8HINU tuarAfli. ous utterances or rresiaeni Kooseveit. Hi. l.na mnnatl. Jnr.1n.nil ha la STATEMENT OP CIRCULATION. v ' Stat of Nebraska, Douglas County, as. t not noHUie to lawiuny organizea ana George b. Ta-ehuck, secretary or in- x. conriucted corporations and such are en- Publishlng Company, being duly "worn, saya that the actual number of full and tlrely secure under the law. No cor- Elng nrn0r8undayTBe. Wtd dK Ion of this character, therefore. th month of November, WW, waa aa ioi- nould object to complying with the re- luWS. t- iv. 11... 14 2.T40 quire Hieiiis ul lue iuw uuu uii tuut uu 17 8o,iio g0 nocesBarily subject themselves to sua- JJ soiaao P'c'on of not being lawfully organl.ed aol"""".""i''',1B an conducted. As the president says, 21 30,oo tlie legislation under which the bureau 1 20,070 1 30,940 S 80,000 4 ar,4o 80,030 ... 41,100 1 Sl.TM 8. .. .SO.HOO 9. .S0.130 io :k,2io 11 2,0O 12 :..2O,04O 13 40.8R5 14 ....20,810 16 20,060 22 27,170 of corporations Is acting was moderate M 30.0.10 24 so,i20 1 ana ennractenzeu tnrouguout 26 30,000 9T S1.O20 2s 30,100 doing awny with any evil in them; "that 2 27,023 we drew the line against misconduct, w I not against wealth, gladly recognizing Total aa,3 the great good done by the capitalist Leas unaold and returned copl-.... 10,202 wh( a)one of ,Q wlth hls i Net total sales ' Net average aalea. QEO. B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and aworn to Derore me tma 80tn day or rsovemoer, a, D. 1903. M. B. H UNGATE, (Seal.) Notary Public Queen Alexandra should now be entl- tied to honorary membership in all the British fire departments. 022.07H I fallows, linen his work slnnir nroner nnrl . a. I f I ' o m . legiumaxe lines. ; There Is no strike among the coal miners JuBt now, but the coal bills have the same old repulsive look. All that the president says on this subject must commend itself to popular approval and serve to strengthen his claim to the public confidence. Nothing Is yielded and no concession is made to the opponents of corporation supervision and regulation. The faith of the presi dent In the soundness of the policy of publicity is as strong as ever and he hns no doubt that the purpose of the legislation providing for publicity will be fulfilled. Of course the law will be judicially tested. The first and greatest The adjourned Montana legislature Il'ltrlit move over into Colorado and rrv Its hand at settling It. nelchhor'a lahor f tll! trU8tS haS rU8ed to "PJ W,tb- troubles I requircmeuiA, a course expecieu 01 it in view or the fact that It made a Such complications as the Alexandretta strenuous effort to prevent the enact- lucideut reach the explanation period uient of the law, and the courts must promptly enough, but are a long time decMte whether or not congress has the leaving it ! I authority to require corporations en gaged In Interstate or foreign commerce We are pleased to learn from no lens! to furnish the government with Infor- leuilnent authority than the New York matlon regarding their organization and Herald that even In Bogota elections the conduct and management of their paM off quietly." j business. - Meanwhile . the bureau charred with Investigating the affairs VI J . ... I n is jusi possime we. may have a ef omoratlons will continue to nerfnrm tug-of-war to determine whether the ,ts duties fairly and Impartially and ouimmg inspector is reany a Digger without disturbance to any legitimate man man Ag-sar-iien, me great. slble for the failure of the commission to accomplish anything It wants our gov ernment to take the Initiative in calling another meeting of thnt body. This characteristic attitude of the Canadian government makes the outlook for reci procity negotiations exceedingly unpromising. ISDtrKKVKNT ItLkPHVTiK MfRGCR. The ti'imlganiatlon of 4.M0 Inde pendent telephone companies operating In lYtmsylvanln, Ohio, Michigan, Illi nois, Minnesota, Iowa and Nebraska has just been consummated through the orgiinh.atlou of a corporation to be known us the Interstate Independent Telephone association. The Independent telephone corporations have appraised their plants at $200,000,0K), and It is presumed that this represents the amount at which the merged corpora tion is to be capitalized. Yhen it Is remembered that the West ern Union telegraph system, which cov ers the whole United ptates and owns and operates three or four Atlantic ca bles, and cnbles that connect its sys tem with Cuba and the West Indies, Is capitalized at about $12o,U00,CKK), of which not less than 40 per ceu repre sents the purchase price of competitors that have been absorbed and pure water that has been injected, the excessive capitalisation of the new interstate Telephone association could be explained only on the presumption that its promot ers have modeled after the Bell Tele phone company, which by reason of its practical monopoly of the telephone business Is reputed to have paid $200,000 of stock and cash dividends for every ( 100 originally Invested. Be that as it may, the rival to the Bell company by uniting all the rural telephone systems in the middle and western states will be in position to make the competition something more than boys' play. Unfortunately experi ence has demonstrated that competition Is nearly always followed by combina tion. If the merged Independent tele phone company crowds the Bell monop oly too bard, it may compel another merger that would eventually place the public at the mercy of a more powerful telephone trust than had existed before the Independent 'companies were organ- fixed. Thp public cannot, however, fail to profit by the competition, even If It should be only temporary. Competition will result In giving the patrons of the telephone companies better service and Improved facilities for transmission, if not lower rates. It goes without saying people will not submit to a raising of rates or a deterioration of the service even If the two rivals later consolidate or combine on an agreed scale of ratea, aucceeda the nation can save big bills by pplylng tha test to congressional Junkets. A Mirgla for Economy. New York World. , Secretary Fhaw figures out that Uncle Sam will need 6?4.W2,14 .07 next year. By little stern economy that 1 -enta might he clipped from the bill. A "caldlns: Heded. Baltimore-American. A bill has been Introduced at Washington providing for clean money. Considering the various scandals now pending tn po litical and business circle, the bill la pertinent. rompeaialloa for n Placli. Clnrlnnatl Enquirer. It Is a bad state of affaire, Indeed, that has no compensation In It. If times should get hard again, and there ahould be a sur cease In the awful flood of new books, the people would have time to read a great many flrst-rate old ones that they never think of now. Solent Confab of "Has Berne." New Tork Tribune. Bryan and Croker's heart to henrt talk brought together the biggest "has been" nd the next biggest anywhera to be found outside of Egyptian mummy cases spat tered over with hieroglyphs telling what their occupants did In old times when po litical luck ran their way. interest Having devoted some months to en courages: strife in Colorado Senator Patterson now tries to shift all responsi bility to a governor he doesn't like. MUCH UECIPROCITT TALK. Boston may properly claim to be the center of agitation in favor of reciproc ity with Canada and the merchants of 4t.M AI4 , I .. . . I A. 1- J .11. Tha democratic nr. will haw. fe. ",al "lI "tt,c w mucu 1U best ingenuity to make the meeting lject within the past few days. of the national committee and President uure.i on eunesaay Dy Kooseveit appear otherwise than most T1 , w,Daaian felicitous. Charlton, a most persistent advo cate or reciprocity, who repeated a The wool growers and the wool manu- warning frequently heard during the facturers are trying to get together in Past or three years that unless the the Interest of legislation for their mu- United States shall enter into trade recl- tual benefit. The wool consumers have proelty wth the Dominion that country not yet been heard from. I wl" increase its tariff on American prod ucts and may accept the policy which is General MacArthur is the latest army being urged by Mr. Chamberlain. Mr. officer to be stood up as an example of Charlton said that it would be more ad the maxim that a military man should 1 vantageous to Canada to have reciproc- . not talk too much. The firing line Is ity with this country than the proposed evidently safer than the rostrum. British differential, but if. the former could not be obtained the latter would Secretary Boot will give General Mae- be taken. He admitted that reclDroeitv Arthur opportunity to explain just what would necessarily be confined mainly to be did say about war with Germany, natural products and expressed the oDln- ami arier an mat otners have said, the Ion that the American farmer has noth reneral uo doubt will be only too glad ing to fear from this. He declared that General James B. Weaver of Iowa, twice a candidate for the presidency, once as a greenbacker, and once as a populist, and now masquerading as a democrat, has been down east Interview ing himself on the political outlook. General Weaver declares that "If Parker Is nominated the democrats can carry three congressional districts In Iowa and they can gain another in Nebraska" and he expresses a willingness to run himself as the candidate in the district in which he lives. General Weaver carefully abstains from pointing out which congressional district the demo' crats expect to gain in Nebraska as well as from noting the self-evident fact that they will in nil likelihood lose the one district they now have in this state. If his hopefulness for Iowa has no more substantial basts than It has for Ne braska, General Weaver need look for no alarming number, of followers in his new rainbow chasing expedition. to do 80. the critical hour is at hand when Canada must decide whether she will have closer .!Jt" nation, with the United States tee in the coming .campaign. A presi dential contest usually meuns epough to or put up a tariff wall against this coun try. Jo to keep everyone busy who Is willing ....V V4 , ""U'"B lu . ,o,v '". haif 0f reciprocity was that of Governor Cummins of Iowa, who Is among the Omaha did comparatively little build- mOHt earnest advocates of the policy. It lng last year. ' The next season will muit l)e admitted that his speech was a have to show up more than its ordl- very Btron8 Pl"a for closer trade rela nary share to make good the deficiency tlon wltu our northern neighbor and it In new structures for store and dwell- yery '"'J o nave an innuence ra lng purposes. vorable to the cause of reciprocity, espe cially in New England and the north- Mrs. Bennett complains that the ob- west. Mr. Cummins said he advocated jectlonable features of her husband's will tue reciprocity of Blaine and McKlnley, were prepared in Lincoln by Mr. Bryan I but ttLt 89 Canada is concerned we and bis wife without the aid or consent think that neither of those statesmen f any of Mr. Bennett's family or busl- wa8 favorable to reciprocity with that ness associates. I country on the basis which it proposed and still proposes. Both of them were A big flouring and cereal mill In familiar with the operation of the treaty Omaha would pay out without regard which expired in 1806. after having been to the establishment of a grain market, in existence for twelve years, and they although the two would naturally help did not want another agreement of that one aioher. The order of precedence, kind, which was decidedly not favorable However, la not specially material. to the United States. Possibly another such treaty might operate differently, Those indictments for erecting Illegal inee conditions have somewhat changed, fences on the public domain would have I but there are still many who believe that saved the government a whole lot of reciprocity. If confined mainly to natural trouble had they been brought in a year products, would not be fair to the agrl ago. A few true bills then would have cultural producers of tliU country, in expedited the removal of the fences whose behalf it is contended that they more than all work of notification of all re as much entitled to be protected as toe special Inspectors. I are the manufacturers. We lo uot observe aiiT Indications of Western railroads have agreed to dls-1 Interest in thia anhwt .t v.ui,i,,Dnn continue their personally conducted though it is possible that It may receive wura. inis is Simply another case attention during the session of eonrres. where what is a good innovation for one The way to test the feeling there is for roaa ceases to be a paying proposition Canada to propose the reconvening of the vnen an tne roaas go into the same I high Joint commission, with reciprocity ueiue. ioi very ainerent. However, I as one of the subjects for consideration. irom conditions constantly evolving in I but this the Dominion government is not vuer lines or business. I disposed to do. Although it la MaanAri. A calamity is reported the like of which has not befuiien the city of Chi cago since the great fire of 1871. Five hundred delegates to the Interstate In dependent Telephone association were thrown into consternation by the dis covery that 100 tickets to the banquet with which the association was to wind up its proceedings had been stolen. For tunately the theft was discovered be fore the contraband tickets had been used, but not before the averted calamity had been chronicled to all the world by the Associated Press. Since then the impression prevails that had the ban quet toothpicks been stolen instead x the tickets it might have been worse. If the business men of Omaha and especially the grain exchange will take advantage of the laws of supply and demand, the problem of muking Omaha a grain market will be solved in short meter. There Is an abundant supply of grain within the territory tributary to Omaha, but the demand for the flour mills, cereal mills, distilleries and In dustrlal concerns, to convert grain Jnto finished products for consumption And export, is yet to be supplied. Former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Hamlin read the address of Governor Cummins of. Iowa in the lat ter's unavoidable absence at the ban quet of Boston merchants and manufac turers, but It may be safely put down that the substitute could not equal the original In point of polish, fervor and dramatic effect. To give full force to one of Governor Cummins' speeches, he must deliver It himself. The West Leavenworth Improvement club has reached the stereoptlcon stage with 3-eent fare and flve-mlnute car as the objective point) A stereoptlcon view of a curloud of 3-cent passengers would be a novel sight in Omaha, but It is a rommou, every-day thing to see men and women banging on to the cn straps without the use of the stereopti con. Has Openlac tor Economy. Baltimore Amarloan. An Interesting experiment will be made la Omaha when It will be attempted to prova that government laborers can be fed on well-rooked and sufficient food at cents a meal per masv If the experiment Growth of roatal Bnalneaa. New Tork Bun. At the close of the fiscal year of 1903 there were 2,935 railway mall routes In use by the Postofflce department, with an ag gregate length of 192.R62 miles. The cost of transportation, or "annual rate of ex penditure," was $38,607,624. Twenty-six ears ago the annual rate of expenditure waa $S.4d3.1J7, or less than a quarter ot the rate last year and only about a fifth of the amount which the department will ask for the fiscal year ending with next June. Moreover, $3,279,323 was expended In 1902-03 for railway postofflce cars, and the ggregate of all transportation costs of 1902-03 was $05,186,715. The estimate for 190 05 of $75,128,000 Is a striking demonstration of the rapid growth of the poBtal business of the United States. rotting on the Hotel Front. Four Tracki News. Why Is It that a man who lives. on $S . week when he is at home, wants to pend $S0 when he Is traveling for the houao? Why does he have to have a room with bath at the best hotel? He'll tell you It's to keep up the dignity of the house. Not a bit of It. It's to keep up his front with the boys. As a rule he doesn't deceive his cue tomers, or prospective customers. If he's a good man they know It. But If he Is shell fish he can't fool them by stop ping at the Holland house. If he knows his goods and will hustle and keep his expenses down, ha may be able to buy the Holland house after awhile. This making a hotel front Is poor bust ness. It Is like Eugene Field's remark in declining out-of-season atrawberrles 'It spoils the appetite for stewed prunes, Ancient Claim Revived. New Tork Bun. When the United States government was an Infant just setting up shop on the banks of the Potomac there wasn't enough money In the national strong box to build a shel ter for It. The comparatively venerable commonwealth ' of Virginia helped the struggling youngster out by lending It $120,000. The loan "was 'authorised by the Virginia general assembly on December 27, 1790. and the money was to be used by the young government for public buildings. For sixty years the creditor made no effort to collect this loan from Uncle Sam, but In 1860, the federal government appearing to be prosperous enough to Justify It, Vlr gtnla asked to be reimbursed. The Waah lngton authorities didn't pay, and now Senator John Warwick Daniel has taken up Virginia's claim and Introduced a bill In the aenate for Its payment with In terest since 1850. The creditor state Is willing to have Uncle Sam deduct from Its claim any money due to him, but It believes It la time the advance was re turned. LIKE TNG DREAM OF ALCHEMY. Startling Discovery tn the Domain of Science. Philadelphia Record. No more startling discovery has ever been made in chemistry nor, for that matter, in the whole domain of science than that announced at the London Institution on Thursday last of the transmutation of ra dium Into helium. The high rank of the discoverer (Sir William Ramsay) among the scientists of the day and the precaution observed by men of his stamp before pub licly and positively announcing the results of their experiments reduce to a minimum the possibility of error. The experiments of Sir William, moreover, were so simple that the chance of a mistake having been made la practically nil. He observed that radium gives off an emanation In the form of a heavy gaa. Col lected Into tiny flasks, this gaa displayed all the characteristics of radium, and un doubtedly It was radium merely changed from solid to gaseous form. Within two days the spectrum of the Imprisoned gas began to change, showing the typical yel low line of helium. In four or five days the helium lines grew brighter and In an other week the spectrum of helium waa positively biasing In the hermetlcally-aealed tubes that had been filled with the pure emanations or gaseous Output of radium In a word, one chemical element had been literally transmuted Into another of quite different properties under the eyes of the observer. It was as though lead or Iron bad been converted without extraneous In terventlon Into gold. If the element radium be convertible Into the element .helium through the operation of forces as yet unknown, why may not the element Iron be transmuted Into the element gold through the operation of th aame or allied forces? The dream of th alchemists may some time be realized. At any rate. Sir William Ramsey's discovery upsets the theory of the Immuntabllity of the elements, upon which the science ot chemistry Is founded. The theory had at ready been somewhat shaken by the dls- covery that the cathode rays generated In the Crookea tube are not due to a die turbance of the ether, as are light waves. but that they behave exactly like particles of matter carrying negative charges from the cathode. These particles, which have been called corpuciea, have been shown to be so Impalpable that the mass of a corpus cle Is only one-thousandth part aa great aa the muss of atom of hydrogen hit her t assured to be the lightest particle of mat ter capable of Independent existence. It has been suggested that th various ele ments are made up of varying aggrega tlona of the same kind of corpuscles. Th new discovery points in th sam direction, Bays Bir William Ramsay: "No wonder that with this amasing fact before them scientists are hopeful of read Ing th riddle of th universe. They are now Inclining more and more to the belief that all thing are electricity In different form and In varying combinations, and that In this mysterious force, which us every day, but which we cannot aatiafac torlly explain, la th solution of th graj problem which has tacked Kaokind f; centuries.' ' HEALTH is the Most Important' In buying food-products several things are to be thought of i. e., Economy, Results, Easy Handling, Reliability, but the most important is Health. Health means everything. In buying clothes, shoe hats, furniture, etc., if the buyer is deceived and gets an imitation the only harm is loss of money. In buying food- products, if imitations are supplied, there is not only a loss of money but perhaps an injury to health which is beyond price. Remember these fads when buying baking powder,, ROYA BAKING' POWDER ABSOLUTELY PURE POLITICAL DBIKT. During th present week New Tork democrats were quoted solid for Parker. Seven of the Grand Rapids bunch of boodlers have acknowledged In court that Salsbury told the truth. Speaker Cannon's stock of ciaars has not visibly Increased since the committee mem berships were announced. Governor Willis J. Bailey of Kansas authorizes the statement: "There Is no harm In a little game of poker." Ex-Congressman Jerry Simpson, known as the sockless statesman of Medicine Lodge, now declares that the money Issue la dead. Bo is Simpson as a political factor. Ed Butler, one of the eminent grafters Of Missouri, has been given a clean bill of health by the state supreme court. Butler Is past master of the art of promot ing his own health. One of Detroit's boodllng aldermen was recently robbed by a burglar. The pen alty for an offense of this kind should be something that th burglar can hand down to posterity with pride. The state treasury of Pennsylvania has balance, Including the sinking fund, of $15,8P0,000. It Is believed to be sufficient to carry forward the work of constructing the state rapitol building 'for a few years. W. A. Powers, recently a candidate for delegate to the legislature of Virginia, In reporting hla campaign expenses to the secretary of state, places his total outlay at 45 cents, 15 cents of which sum was expended for a dinner for himself and doubla that sum for a meal for his horse. William Rule, editor of a newspaper at Knoxvllle, is spoken of as the probable candidate of th republicans for governor of Tennessee. He has been fighting the battles of his party for forty years and during that time has held but two offices, thos of pension commissioner and postmaster. John W. Bookwalter of Ohio, William J. Bryan's latest candidate for the democratic presidential nomination next year, is a business man with a large manufacturing establishment In Springfield. O., was once upon a time an unsuccessful democ ratio candidate for governor of the Buckeye state, and Is the author of "If Not Sliver, What?" a work In advocacy ot bimetallism. Members of the Society of th Daughters of the American Revolution and of the other women's clubs and patriotic organi sations In Pittsburg, Pa., ar to make a house-to-house caVivasa, such as was never before undertaken In that city, in further ance of the efforts of th Orphans, th new local political party, to bring about reform In th conduct of municipal affairs. They hop to bava an appreciable effect upon the vote at th municipal election In February, especially In the choice of members of the city council. Th ''AmVn Corner" club, Senator T. Collier Piatt's favorite, Is planning a din ner for January 27, and has issued Invita tions to many notables to join in the festivities. On this occasion Hon. George B. McClellan, Tammany mayor of New Tork, Is to be the guest of honor. If all who are Invited respond In person, Presi dent Roosevelt will sit next to "Boss" Murphy, Orover Cleveland will touch. el bows with William J. Bryan, and Senator Piatt will be th next man to Mayor Low but not It either of them can prevent It. Th dinner will b at th Fifth Ave nue hotel. FREEIXJ OF THE WEST. Worth Looking; Into. Springfield Republican. The Interstate Commerce commission Is to give a hearing at Washington on th 17th regarding the action of th railroads In making special low rates for merchan dise to be exported. Thst it is a discrim ination against home consumers and In terests can admit of no question. Its le gality is therefor to be doubted decidedly. But If the law does permit, then the law should be amended. It Is well that th commission Is to take up the question. rn( kaac b tvtrmuNa" Esterbrook pea Is (ttanntce of Vertical admirably Vertical Oftr 150 other stylet every pm stationers Accept bo 556 ta abislate Its excellence No. 556 is adapted for Writing, varieties of to suit poae. All hare them. substitute. II The tsTEiwroo STta. Ptw Co. WrtM.Ci,Kl, aiissntsnetHI. Aa Epoch in American Industry and Finance. Chicago Tribune. The fear of a few months ago that the country was In for a severe curtailment of business and for hard times Is rapidly pass ing. Promotion has Indeed been largely checked. The New Tork Journal of Com merce prints some significant figures as to the aggregate capitalization of new cor porations with $1,000,000 capital or more during November. According 'to Its tables the total Is the smallest for any month since the beginning of 3f99, being only $r6,100,0C0. as compared with $115,HO.O0O In November, 1902. The total tor the first eleven months of this year Is $1,572,201,000, as compared with over $2,500,000,000 In the same period 'ast year, $3,500,000,000 In 1901 and $3,250,000,000 In 1$00. Some overcapitalized combines have been brought nearer to a solid basis by the se vere process of scaling down their market quotations, while other concerns could not Stand this treatment and have gone to the wall. The old, well-established concerns have suffered little, If anything railroads particularly having had a successful year. , Trade has revived and" promises to be brisk, although the prices will be lower, except as regards cotton goods. Exports continue plentiful, both ot manufactured and farm products. Even Wall street, which was on the verge of a fainting fit a month ago, seems now to be able to sit up and take notice. The patient was sur prised that th whole neighborhood was not In hysterics over Its malady, and, being let alone, It soon recovered. Wall street Is a chronic hypochondriac half the time and a reckless rounder the other half. What It needs when Its alternate fltat exhilaration and melancholy scire It Is to be unnoticed. If Wall street had led th country this time, as It has In th past, it might be In the throes of a panlo now. But It has now got too big for Its self-appointed nurse. It knew that there was nothing the matter with It and wisely refused to take patent nostrums and get sick because the nurse was ailing. Chicago Is an excellent barom eter for the condition of the Mississippi valley, and Chicago Is flourishing. Th country around It is prosperous. There have been fine crops. The factories hav been running steadily. There has been little stock watering. The west has been sober, Judicious and conservative. What It got It earned. It has had no dissipated night before and need fear no headachy morning after. If some future historian shall writ a history not merely of American policies and politicians, but of tn American peo ple, he will describe aa an epoch the years from 1SW6 to 1903. For they ar the years of a peaceful revolution th years when the debtor west paid off Its debt to the creditor cast. Until this present epoch the east has been the weat's absentee landlord. The west could only make so much profit out of Its fields and mines ns was left after paying Its landlord the In terest on mortgages and th dividends on preferred stock. But In th late un precedentedly prosperous period th west has finally been able to earn Itself out ot debt. It will use Its money hereafter to educate Its own children, beautify Its own homes, gardens and cities. Every man and especially every young man, has a regard for the looks and goodness of his clothes and the necessary fixings that go with them. Those of taste in dress will be more than pleased with fashion's fancies for the Holiday season thnt we have gathered together to make your choosing par ticularly easy, and as usual we are a little way ahead in the matter of "style" in these things. "There's an advantage" in doing your Christmas shopping in good season. Everything is new, complete and ready. Neckwear 50c, 79c, $1.0. $150, $2.00. House Coats $5, $6.50, $7.50, $8.50, $10, $15, $20 and $23. Lounging Robes ' $5.00 to $50. Bath Gowns $3.50. $5.00. $6.00, $7.50. $8.50, $10, $12.50 Suit Cases and Bags $5.00, $6.00, $7 50. $8.60, $10 up to $25. Umbrellas $1.50, $2.50, $3.50, $5.00 up to $15 ' Traveling 5et$ 1.50 to $10.00 Collar and Cuff Sets-$1.50, etc Oenulne Seal 5klaCap, two styles, $5.00 "And" No Clothing; Fits Like Ours. , n. s. wilcoa, mgr.