THE COURIER.
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era nnd the clubs should encourage
thorn to purcbaso the things produced
at homo. She also announced that
tho90 wishing tho establishment ot a
clasj in Pronch Bhould give their
names to the secretary. A number of
applications for such a class have been
made, but ten names are required before
starting A new department.
The year book will be issued as eoon
as tho names of all members bavo been
obtained and Mrs. Field made an appeal
to tho women to uso their influence
towards increasing the membership to
at least 400.
A charming break in the reports was
mado by several musical numbers from
Miss Clara Ferronberg, a young soprano
visit'ng Mro. A. J. Sawyer. The music
was received with great delight by all
the ladies. Miss Frnenberg sings with
an ease and certainty that come from a
thorough training. Her interpretation
of the little ballads, two of which were
in English and one in German, was ex
ccodingly artistic, and strongly marked
by her own individuality. She gave to
tho numbers an arch vivacity quite un
usual among singers. Her songs were
"Twas April," Nevin; "Swabian Maiden"
Frocb; and an old English ballad,
"Mary of Argylo." Miss Anna Stewart
was a skiliful accompanist.
Tho leaders of the departments were
each called upon for a thort report.
Tbey announced their plans and the
dates for their meetings, and cordially
invited all the club members to enroll
under their leadership. Mrs. F. M.
Hall, leader of the art department, said
that tho work would be of a more
practical nature than previously. She
gavo the outlines and the nameB ot the
speakers for the winter.
Mrs. Nellie M. Richardson, leader of
parliamentary practice, spoke of the
increasing knowledge of parliamentary
procedure among cultivated club women
and said she would have advanced
work for former members in addition to
the general principles for new members.
The first meeting is next Tuesday at 3
p. m.
Mrs. Eli Flummer, leador of current
events, said there would be some
changes in her department. Roll call
will be answered with items of news.
Mrs. Plummer invited ihegood listeners
as well as the talkers to her department,
Miss Brackett, leader of the history
department, announced that tho study
would relate to tho middle colonies and
the i evolution. On Thursday afternoon
of this week the class will begin the
study of New York.
The program of the literature depart
ment undtr Mies Towne shows a union
of iiction and Browning.
Mrs. Abel read the outlines for the
child study department, which will be
gin next Saturday with h lecturo on
"Heredity" by Dr. Stein.
The household econ )mics, Mrs. John
A, Ames leader, will meet next Monday
at 2:.K) p. in. at tho Y. W. C. A. rooms.
Tho program was nob announced.
Before adjourning to the tables where
Mra. J, N Uaknr and Mrs. F. E Labr
were waiting to servo delicious ices, a
motion was unexpectedly made by a
lady that in tho future the memberp
Bhould bo requoHtoJ to remove their
hatB at the meotinga. Before putting
it to a vote tho president demurred
slightly. SboBaidtbat that was posi
tively the lust appearance of her sum
mer hat and she would feel it a bard
lot to be required to remove her new
one. On amendment that the president
and secretary wore not included, tho
motion carried, The ladieB lingorod
until twilight to discuss the plans- and
to moot old friends.
LETTERS TO "GREENBOY."
J. H. Tynimle.
Is Griggion a good story teller?
Fino. He haB been married eight
yearn and his w jfp believes, pyBrythjng
be t?l hr
III.
It was my intention to give you a
tabte of so-called "imperialism'' and its
twin sister "militarism.'' While in
terest in the trust conference recently
held in Chicago has not quite evaporat
ed, it may be well to say something of
trusts as a public issue, although I
might as well pick up a live coal. It is
small wonder that people call the trust
question "a burning issue." It cer
tainly is tho dominating issue, whatever
other hue and cry and worthless side
issues may be raised.
More industrial trusts and mono
polistic "combines" were formed in 1898
than in the entire quarter of a century
Bince the Standard Oil Company
parent, guardian, and pattern of Amer
ican monopoly first began to destroy
competition in illuminating gas.
All combinations of capital and identi
cal or similar lineB ot busineea are
trusts. Every trust fights shy of the
word "monopoly." Yet tho termB are
practically identical. A patent will
give you a monopoly with its profits. If
jou subsequently combine with coming
competitors you form a trust and still
monopolize a certain article or line ot
articles. The only difference is that
the monopoly is at first in the singular
number and later on in the plural.
There is barely that difference between
them attributed to the sultans of Tur
key by the late Mr. Gladstone. He
said that the only difference between
the living and the dead Sultan was the
difference between Abdul-Assiz and
Abdul as Was.
It is contended that not all combina
tions of business and capital have il
legitimate purposes and not all bro at
tended with disadvantageous circum
stances. While restricting competition,
the trusts are credited with being the
result of competition and the natural
result of natural conditions. By con
solidation cf capitals, plants and tho
management, a goodly percentage of
expenso is eliminated and this makes
possible the continued use of capital
and the uninterrupted employment of
labor.
It is admitted that consolidations
mean Joes of position and loss of em
ployment to a great number ot indi
viduals and places some occupations on
tho retired list. The introduction ot
tho sewing machine and other labor
saving devices is pointed out as a par
allel case. That the cases are not par
allel needs no t xplnnation from mo.
But the toasted cheese in the trap at
the end of a lony trail of Liraburger
leading up to it, it is the solemn prom
ise, backed by some well selected earn
plep, that the price of all the necessities
and comforts cf life is cheapened to tho
coneumers. This 1b tho relatively small
quantity of milk within tho bard shell
of tho cocoa nut.
My dear hoy! When the process of
concentration haB como to a completion
tho law governing both prices and
wages will como to the front with ir
resistibio force. Tho consumer will bo
charged the highest price that can be
squeezed out of him. Such is human
nature. The laborer will be paid tho
lowest wageB upon which he can hold
body and soul together. For such is
human nature also,
Tho democratic party ns now consti
tuted has no very high opinion of tho
U. S. Supreme Court. I have. And
these aro the words UBnd by tho Su
promo Court: "It iu truo tho results of
trusts or combinations may bo different
in different kinds of corporations. Yet
they all have an essential similarity, and
have beoh inducod by motives of indi
vidual or corpcrato aggrandizoment as
against tho public interest.''
Were fHP tliopn who prolan fa
"smash" the trusts. They wish to do
work BUch as- HorculeB Ib reputed to
have accomplished by putting to death
a variety of monsters "hydra-headed"
and otherwise. "Octopus" is a favorite
name for the trusts. Calling of names
and all argument by invective is puerile.
Yet this is what the democrats aro just
now engaged in. Tbey rarely dwell in
tho realms of facts. Their businesB 1b
to gallop on phantom Eteede. It they
had lived in the day? of Julius Caesar,
they would have objected to crossing
the Rubicon because they might get
their feet wet.
Tho other side of the medal has been
ably presented by Bourke Cochran, who
said in fact:
"Tho thing you are seeking 'to anni
hilate' is the great economic tendency
toward association, which if suppressed
in ono form, will soon find expression in
other shapes numerous and diverpe.
The power moving men toward these
combinations is essentially lika the law
of gravitation, which can never be sue
cessfully 'annihilated' by statute, and,
therefore, we ought to direct our atten
tion to the more reasonable task of
limiting and regulating these great
agencies rather than the impossible
project to overthrow them altogether."
The absolute evile of trusts are per
haps best understood by thoBO who re
cognize the tendency to combination
and to production on a large scale as
something to be regulated and con
trolled rather than to bo annihilated.
The remedy seems to lie in tho direc
tion of witbho'ding any and all kinds ot
special privileges. The ready possi
bility and probability of competition is
sufficient to prevent combinations from
taking on monopolistic characteristics.
In all this muddle, keep this in mind
as a central theme. "The support ot
trusts or even their passive toleration is
equivalent to a childish belief in the
stability of human nature."
and cheerless, and the rats have full
sway until another night.
HERE AND THERE IN OMAHA.
The Trans-Mississippi exposition left
one mark of its presenco behind it in
Omaha and, chat is the concert garden,
or ns it might more appropriately be
called the beer garden. Theso resorts
aro a cross betweon the root gardens of
the eastern and more pretentious cities
and tho little cooped-up family resorts
found at tho rear ot many saloons in
Nebraska towns. There ia usually a sa
loon in connection with tho Omaha va
riety and there is always a bar in the
room or near by, from which waiters
carry drinkB to all parts of tho house
while the "performance" is going on.
As for tho performances they are
risque There is usually a "prima don
na" soprano with a cracked voice that
eoundB Iiko an old fashioned organ with
tho wheesy tremolo stop on in full blast.
She wears gowns that onco decked u
better singer, but in their faded splendor
they carry a hint of genteel shabbinoss,
Of course thoro are dancers a concert
garden without dancers is very like
dinuor without Boup. Thoy come out
and pirouotto about in abreviated skirts
and turn somersaults and all that sort
of thing just the same old dances that
woro used in grandfather's time, and
thon shy behind tho tcenoB to wait the
next turn,
Of course thoro 1b a sleight of hand
mau and he doeB some tricks, bad
enough goodness knows, and then there
1 moro singing and the show comes to a
closo with everybody on tho stago rag
ging and singing ot tho top of boory
voices, By this timo tho sodden men
and women who havo bad tho tomority
to Btay through tho wholo show are jun
mellow enough to enjoy anything, und
thoy all join in with tho singors on tho
stago with a wild hurrah. Ihoo thoy
stagger to thoir feot and Btumhlo to
wards the door, The ligh'B go out ono
by one, until thorn Is but ono faint gas
jet in the grout room und the ghostly
barton tin t borollko place-empty
In speaking of hiB garden one promin
ent manager said "We do not expect to
do much business here until after the
exposition is over. We simply try to
keep up expenses until then, for the
Midway does all that sort of business
during the summer and fall. But I tell
you we don't care about that. You see
the Midway has taken the curse from
plactB liko this. It has educated the
people of Omaha aud they don't think it
so bad to come in and drink beer ind
listen to the shows. Formerly, only the
lowett classes patronized ub, but now
we havo a clientage among a better
class of people and ynu would be sur
prised to see what men and women will
drop in during the course of the after
noon and evening. This winter we ex
pect to do a big business and are nro-
nnrincr to nut on nrntfcv on-td ahnmi " M
It was at a banquet at the Her Grand
hotel. The table was bright with fhw
ers and wine sparkled in glasses about
the white board. The talk driftnd to
literary subjects. Some one remarked
"That waB too bad about Mrs. Peattie'e
cottage in Michigan burning up wasn't
it?' "Yes." remarked another one,"
they say that about fifty of her manu
scripts perinhed in the flames". "D -good
advertisement that,' said the old
newspaper man, "It certainly meant a
notice in the associated press," and with
that the talk drifted to other subjects.
Some men aspire to social place
Ana some in battle seek renown,
While others crook the servile knee
And bend the neck to wear a crown;
And some wtll ask a wreath of bay
Before they barter self away.
Sortie men will sell themselves for wine
But some demand a purse of gold,
While others for a woman's smile
Consent to be ignobly sold;
For one and all are made of dust
And have their price in greed or lust.
Some men demand a higher price
And some sell out for but a song,
But high or low, or rich or poor,
Or good or ill, or right or wrong,
Each soul, however, clad in mail
Some weakness has wherein to fail
William Reed Dunroy.
"I am now," said the barkeeper, as be
took the seedy gentleman by the coll ir.
"going to kick you down the street."
"If you please," said the seedy gentle
man, resignedly, "would it be any more
troublo to kick mo up the street, aa that
is the direction in which I am going?"
Indianapolis Journal.
Tho Poot- Poets like others have to
begin at the foot.
Sho Is that tho renBon why a poet's
bead has such a neglected look?
Bighead In hear that England is go
ing to fight tho boers,
Bumpor Good idea. There aro a lot
of bores in this country that I'd like to
eco licked.
QtOOk0i 00V'OOOl0JO
I Ladies' fining H1-
Meals 1 5 cents and up'
The ' UTOPIA is a
O uiuruuniy up-MJ-uacw
sort for hungry people,
fr' especially the ladies.
Q Clean, cool, and invit-
k intr.
C D, D. DIM, III ?
5 I D. OAVTON, Ml I
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