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Patrons and friends are cordially invited to visit andavail themselves 31 tbe facilities of our Eastern Offices while II .Sew Yoik and Washington. Granite is the lowest layer in the world's crust. Perhaps this accounts 'or its being so high wheu one comes to >uyit. MO. Bouteli.k has easily won the elass fication of a harangoutantrue among he animals in the congressional bear rarden. • '-'-?'"• ■■■■ Wisconsin will harvest 2,000,000 tons if ice this winter. This is the kind of :rop that does not seem to be injured by Heavy frosts. ■^^__^~ Hypnotism is treated as a crime in Belgium. In this country opinion is divided as to whether it is a crime or a form ot lunacy. A daily journal says that ammonia applied to a coldsore will kill it. It will also kill the man with the sore unless be is careful in its use. They say that the Japanese never swear. The fact that they do not have lo shovel snow from their sidewalks probably accounts for it. Physicians pay that persons struck by lightning can often be restored by artificial respiration. If natural respira- j tion can be resorted to, however, the ! chances of recovery will be greatly im proved. The Christian Scientists of Spring field, 0., declare they will go to jail rather than submit to vaccination. Ou the same principle, they would rather be burned to death than fly from a burn lug building. Negroes down in Texas have been swindled by a man who peddled an oil which he warranted to take the kinks out of their hair. Not only do the kinks remain, bat the darkies have discovered a new wrinkle. The Chicago Herald devoted a long editorial to an endeavor to show why the city is pinched for money. It suc ceeds only indifferently in conveying the intelligence that it is because the officeholders "pinch" its funds. A Christian federation church has been organized in Chicago. Prohibition is the corner stone of the society, but as prohibition is also inculcated by most of already established churches, the need of the new one is not very manifest. Today will end the controversy over the federal elections law, and the sen ate will decree its repeal. This relic of the era of political intolerance has too long disgraced our statute books, and .here will be few regrets because ot its repeal. John D. Rockefei.lek has obtained control of nearly all the iron mines on Lake Superior and in Cuba. If there is anything else that Mr. Rockefeller Wants he will please make it known. He can have it for the asking— a small bundle of boodle. Columbus was assailed asa fraud and a failure by a Chicago preacher on Sun day. The discoverer was not a fraud.but when we observe how many idiots find refuge in the land which he discovered the conclusion is inevitable that he was in some respects a failure. Bob Ingersoll, in his last Sunday's lecture at Chicago, declared that "in liberty extravagance is economy." The colonel is evidently ambitious of being the most economical man on earth, for fie takes the most extravagant liberties with both reason ar.d revelation. An Omaha crank is bent upon taking the life of Judge Dundy, of Omaha, be cause he issued an injunction forbid dine a strike of the employes of. the Union Pacific railroad. Having been forewarned of the murderous intentions of the tellow, the judge should spare no effort to have him placed under re straint. Crankism must be made odi ous. A young lady in Chicago Saturday last had her third encounter with foot pads, and. as in the former cases, the robbers came out secoud best. She put both of the men to flight and pursued them into the arms of a policeman, but the officer permitted them to escape. The chief of police, who is in search of good material for "the force." has evi dently overlooked one person peculiarly fitted for the duties of a guardian of the peace. The majority of the senate finance committee give it out that there will be no hearings before the committee on the Wilson bill, it is also stated that the committee will report the bill back to the senate in a day or two without change. Both items are almost too good to be true, but it events bear them out, it augors a speedy passage of the bill and a safe deliverance of it from the dangers supposed, with too good cause to beset it there. "" ' OPTION TR AD I NO. The anti-option bill, which received its coup de grace at the last session of congress, is about to make its reappear ance in slightly altered form. In order to attract to its support those of the members of congress who are anxious to reduce the burden of taxation on the public, the new measure is to be in some respects a revenue bill. A synopsis of the proposed bill says that "several of the old bill's provisions are to be re tained, among them the regulation re quiring every dealer to pay a iicaase. This is to be small, of com and is for the purpose of establishing ths identity of the dealers rather thtn for the pur pose of making item pay a tax far the privilege of doing business. Another feature i*. the provision requiring every grain or cotton broker to ranks a report every day of th» number aad amount of his sales. It is not Intended that he record the name ot the '-purchaser.' nor is lie required to' report any purchases he has made. One plan which has not been worked* out fully is to \ make tho final purchaser pay a very small tax in the shape of a stamp, which is to be affixed to the warehouse receipt. ■'-*. The object; will be to make, a practically -, prohibitory tax on option trading as now understood, and on what are known as curbstone deals." Despite the care taken to disguise it,: the well's fangs are exposed beneath the sheen's fleece in this measure. It is an insidious effort to assert a danger ous prerogative— the' right of the gov ernment to regulate and 1 interfere with the legitimate private concerns of the citizen, aud to give control of the mar-, kets of the world Into the hands of a few monopolists, who can, by manipu- ; lating the prices of agricultural prod ucts, hold the farmers at their mercy. Ko one questions that there are evils Inherent in option trading. If is a gam bling business, pure and simple. A man buys or sells that which he does not own, relying upon chance for a turn in the market which shall result to his profit. But it is an evil that has its com pensations. Every corner in the Chi cago wheat market has put tens of thou sands of dollars into the pockets' of the farmers of Minnesota. It is true that the value given to the product by these operations has been largely fictitious, but the fact that the farmers have prof ited remains to the credit of the system. The anti-option measure finds its champions only among those whose in terest it is to reduce the price of farm products. The millers of flour are anxious to make as large a profit from tlieir investments and industries as pos sible. If they can buy wheat cheaply their profits will be large: if a corner enhances the price of the raw product their profits will be correspondingly re duced . It is, perhaps, true that if there were no option trading there would be greater uniformity in the market price of farm produce. It is equally true that it there were no millers' combinations and trusts the market would not be in its present depressed condition. Wheat a year ago averaged in price one-fourth to one-third more than it does at the present time. The price of flour today, however, is but about 10 per cent be low what it was in 1893— facts which show conclusively that the millers' combinations have succeeded in depress ing the cost of wheat while maintain ing the price of flour. .*?f:?. : Option trading may be immoral; it may tend to the establishing of fictitious values; yet it results in substantial benefit to the producer. At present it is a foil to the machinations of the mill ers who are combined to reduce the profits of agriculture and to extort as large a tribute as possible from the con sumers. The attempt to*" regulate the trade by congress is an usurpation of authority wholly without constitutional warrant. Congress has as good a right to interfere with the dry goods or the grocery business as with the graiu trade, and might with equal propriety dictate the manner in which all business should be conducted. All legitimate trade is self-regulating. Abuses creep in, but are in time cured. It sometimes . be comes necessary to fight fire with fire, and this is the species of conflict vow going on between the option traders and the millers' combine. The pot is making a terrible onslaught upon the kettle because of its color. ANGELIC REFORM. The city administration morning or gan is very much exercised over what it is pleased to term the danger of restor ing 'Yang rule.'-* In view of the fact that the P. P. has been the abject apologist of malfeasance in office; that it has iterated and reiter ated that the mayor, when he took the oath of office, never intended to enforce the laws, it is the sublimity of assurance for any criticism to be offered fro m that source. With the calmness and bravado of the professional prevaricator and the experience obtained in that line by de claring that no promise was made by the "reform administration" to kee p its oath of office, the organ proceeds to de pict in roseate hue the, angelic charac ter of St. Paul during the past two years. We seem to have been existing in a sort of hand-painted heaven, with out being aware that there were Angels to right of us, Angels to left of us And angels around us, "... doing the "hold-up act" on scientific seraphic principles. It has probably been the rustling of angels' wings which have taken the place of revolvers and slung-shots in knocking people down. ,?v- ; Iv our blissful ignorance of the hal cyon period in which we are living it is not necessary to take any account of the almost weekly prize fights fought to a finish until the Globe exposure led to the closing of the so-called "clubs." While prior to Mayor Wright's ad ministration the governor invoked the aid of the militia to suppress prize fights, after we became saturated with the holiness of "re form" this was un necessary. Under "reform" methods a colored pugilist styled the Detroit Cyclone fought and knocked out Frank Bor deaux, pounding him so severely that he was In bed for six weeks, while the Cyclone lay in jail with a prospect of being held for murder. Dick. Moore fought and knocked out Fitzpatrick, Tom Murray and the De troit Cyclone. He also fought twenty rounds with Shadow Maber. The Omaha Kid fought one Schoen berg to a finish, and was in turn knocked out by Tom Dixon. A prize fighter named Rhody knocked out McDonnougu. McManus ' served Richards in the same .manner* the beat ing beiug most brutal. These exhibitions were at the Phoenix club during the holy Wright's reign. By "knocked out" we mean that the men were - knocked senseless for varying periods, many times it bsing hours be fore full consciousness was regained. The brutality of these prize fights was disgusting, and nothing . akin to . it is ever witnessed on such "state occa sions" as the recent Corbett-Mitchell affair. [yyyy '■'■ ■ * * Zi^'A There wore fifteen or twenty similar prize fights at the Olympic, during which, among others, we recall Harring ton knocked out Fitzpatrick and the South St. Paul Cy cione. Instead of be ing glove contests, they were low, brutal prize fights conducted to the finish, and this kind of "sport" was of almost weekly occurrence until a few months ago, when the reports of the Globe gave such publicity that the holy "re former" no longer dared to allow them to continue. There never has been a period in the history of St.' Paul when gamblers and confidence men have so flour ished as under the present ad- I ministration. . Certain privileged sa loons, are the headquarters of these skin gnmblersoai-d confidence sharks, ana the sleerers can tie seen almost 1 in droves upon the streets everyday, Sun day not excepted, if his holiness and his orgnn should desire they can be sup plied with tho location of these confi dence dens, as well as the notorious THE SAINT PAUL DAILY GLOBE: . TSHAT ,MORKI>.G, FEBRUARY 6. .1894. drinking places resorted to by lewd women..* . ? V< Occasionally a victim "squeals, "^'nnd by. threatening exposure the police will recover his money, which '-shows;; that' the administration is fully advised as to what is going on. One victim, however, who was robbed in aVprbtected saloon," did not faro so well, lie lost $253. and his howl-was ' so great that the saloonkeeper burrowed the money and gave It to the police to return,* the confi dence robbers having fled. The victim, however, declares that be never r re ceived but live dollars. But the saloon man had bought his peace with the "re form administration," and it was Imma terial to him whether the victim of the skin game received a penny of his loss. And still the notorious newspaper apologist for crime, a paper which joins the mayor "in calling clergymen and laymen liars who say his holiness ever promised to "enforce the laws," lifts its voice in holy horror lest there should be a change, and distinctly urges a contin uation of the present "reform." In the comment we . have made we have not cited "hold-ups," burglaries, murders, etc., whichare defended on* the ground that those are general crimes occurring everywhere. We have only mentioned such matters as are clearly within control. Evils and crimes which are notorious, and which with an ad ministration making any attempt to "enforce the laws" would be sup pressed. If Jove understands his business he will find a little section of heavenly St. Paul entirely deserving of- his next thunderbolt. : - - Wheu it strikes the people should gather the remnants into a monument to the memory of the greater than An anias. THE VITAL QUESTION IN VOLVED. Mr. Reed said that the matter of wages was the vital question underly ing the tariff bill. Chairman Wilson agreed with him. Thus, we have the leaders on both sides of the measure agreeing that the effect of a tariff oir wages was 'the question of questions underlying it, motiving it, whether the bill be directed to the increase or the decrease of rates of taxation. It is historical that the earlier ground on which advances of the rates was asked for was that it was needed to initiate or build up manufactures. This was abandoned as untenable when the manufactures had so crown in power and wealth that the proposition : was either absurd or a fraud on its face, and the proposition was changed to the one with which we are all so familiar, that the rates must be high so as to render the employers able to pay high wages. Under the admissions of both of the leaders the question then is: Do high tariff rates make wages Inch? Mr. Reed affirming and Mr. Wilson denying it. Mr. Reed's assumption is yet shared by a large number of the wage earners of the country, men who are so imbued with a paternalistic idea of government that they are not ashamed to ask that its powers be used to compel consumers to contribute to their support; and this in the face of their own experiences, all of which teach them that however much a tariff may make '. their employers able to pay high wages, they do not do it ex cept under the compulsion of threats of or the use of force by organized labor. But, as tha question is still a vital one, and will be until it is rightly set tled, it is not amiss to ask the wage earners . to consider what has . been promised and what acquired by them during the thirty years of high tariff, a period now happily drawing to an end. During all that long period federal tax ation has been directed, so tar as im ports were concerned, on the lines and with the purpose stated by Mr. Reed. Surely, even in the life of a nation a third of a century is long enough to work out such a problem, and to either establish or refute it. .?? - ? .*!-_ Indisputably the first effect of a pro tective tariff is to stimulate manufact ures by the bonus offered. When all the people propose to be taxed to make any business more profitable, there will always be found plenty of men to en gage in it. This was one. of the first effects of the high tariff, and its imme diate effect was beneficial to labor be cause it made more jobs for the men hunting for them. It diverted labor from other and unfavored vocations, too, thus adding to the demand. ..'?■ Another and rapidly followiug effect was to stimulate and augment the sup ply of labor. It was inevitable that when the nation announced its purpose to directly and indirectly tax its citizens so that higher wages might be paid to labor, underpaid labor in all parts ot the world would soon learn of it and rush to embrace the offer. States formed immigration bureaus, and rail roads with land grants had their agents in every nation in Europe, urging peo ple to leave countries where dense populations minimized the opportuni ties for work, and coins to a country where farms were offered free, and taxes were"laid to increase the earnings' of toil. The response was ready and immense. For twenty-five years immigrants have poured onto our shores at the rate of half a million a year, almost exclu sively drawn from the laboring classes, coming here to sell their labor. Any workingman has sense enough to un derstand what the effect of that must sooner or later be, and that wages could only be maintained by a development of industrial establishments sufficient to absorb the labor thus thrown on the market. Another effect soon appeared. As labor rushed in to share the bounty offered, so capital rushed into manufact ures to reap the profits promised. But manufacturing has its inexorable limits. It cannot exceed 'the demand. If pushed beyond there comes a financial collapse. The crash of 1873 indicated that the limit had been far exceeded." The home market was the limit; the very tax that shut out imports shut in exports. The penalty of refusing a market was the denial of a market. 'No man can look back on that, long period from 1873 to 1879, with Its shops closed, workmen idle, tramps infesting . society every where, labor riots destroying property, and that under a- high tariff, without some doubt entering his mind as to the efficacy of protection. Another feature of the experiment developed. The manufacturers engaged in a 'desperate struggle among them selves for the possession of the limited home market. They sought to win it by cheapening tho price of their prod ucts. ; They were met by material men also protected, and standing firm for their share of the tax-mane ' profits. They could not reduce cost there. Or ganized labor resisted reduction in the coat of the labor factor or production. The inventor came to their relief. If men will not work for less wage, then put the machine in place? of men. The inventor invaded every occupation. He brought his deft - machine, with its almost human intelligence and its more than . human accuracy and endurance and rapidity of ' work, into every. work shop, and lor, each machine . that came in an average of live workmen went out. Then came the latest ; and final devel opment, the trust or combine. ; Capacity to make had doubled on capacity to con-' sume. Running full time, our shops could make in six months what it would take the country a year to consume. To avoid the glut ot overproduction and the inevitable bankruptcy of. it, the •matiu-* lacturers were driven to a combination to ascertain the limits of consumption and adjust production to it. It was the demand ot a necessity which 'knew no law. The result of it all wo have with us today in paralyzed industries, labor half-em ployed, idle i men ; «rowdlng the '■ avenues of.. industry, and the tramp again abroad in the land. - |- ? Is there nothing in all this to make the Intelligent laboring man stop and pon der on these questions of government? Is there nothing in it to shake -his con fidence in the ability of a government icf regulate industry? Is there not in . it the refutation or the whole protective theory?; And is there not in it that 1 which should make him willing at least to let another policy, that embodied in the. Wilson bill and advocated by the Democratic party, be tried?. Surely it cauuot worsen his condition. ?'\?"' ; - j ? THE ROW .AT RIO. Uncle Sam's new navy has proved very useful the last few days at Rio.— Cleveland Leader. • Admiral Benham would be sure to lead the list in a popular voting contest. Washington Post. - The action of the admiral Is to be highly commended. It ought to have been taken long ago.— New York Trib une.- ■'-.•'•--_.- --.}'.: ■ Admiral Benham's backbone 'Is all right, but he should keep his feet warm and his head cool. The country wains justice, not jingoism. — Chicago Dis patch. One thing appears certain— Admiral Benham, who is the commander of our squadron in Brazilian waters, has the true- blue American spirit. —Boston Globe. .7 ;...- .-.■.,-■ Admiral da Gama may ere long afford to the. startled eyes of United States officeholders the spectacle of a man who would like to resign and cauuot.— Washington Star. AaaZ'-^ AAAAi. The Cleveland administration de serves credit for giving Admiral Ben ham the instructions which - enabled him to protect American commerce in Brazil.— Milwaukee Sentinel: . - ; When Admiral Benham -fired on the insurgent fleet he gave the eagle the first opportunity to scream over a for eign foe it has had since we whipped Chile.— Pittsburg Dispatch. Admiral Benhain deserves, credit. American representatives abroad have peen very slow about making the na tions they are accredited to honor the American flag.— Buffalo Times. Admiral da Gama appears to be taking a shot at every flag he can see in Kio harbor. In the latitude of Brazil the only flag inspiring respect is the yellow one of quarantine.— St. Louis Republic. Every patriotic American will hope to see American interests in Brazil fully protected, but there should be no inter meddling in Brazilian. affairs merely for glory and buncombe. — Chicago Dis patch. ?'*-?: - : -?>••-*<-_.' ' The contretemps at Rio may not have been an affair of great Z magnitude; yet a man of less coolness and resolute firm ness than Admiral Benham might have made a serious blunder.— Philadelphia Record. AA.'y x.7; ..';■ "Who fired first?" is one ot the burn ing questions of the hour. We are not prepared to answer at this distance, but it seems reasonably certain that Ad miral Benham fired last.— Pittsburg Dispatch. 'V_? :?•?■- ?-•" 'AI-a'-aaZ A : AAi'AA'J Correct, Admiral Benham. Our navy is on the seas to . protect American citi zens and their property. Our foreign policy goes no further, but it goes clear, up to the limit on that line.— St. Louis Republic. ;-?.^??: ' -.' ..\ • - ';■■' The insurgent cause seems hopeless, : and it would be a shrewd thing for Da Gama and his followers to become prisoners of the United States, rather than of the so-called republic of • Brazil. —Richmond Dispatch. ... -■■ --'.<__.; : ...The decisive action of Admiral Ben ham in the harbor of Rio.de,; Janeiro in settling his differences. with,- the rebel Admiral da Gama has reflected • credit upon the entire United States -navy. -Z- Milwaukee Wisconsin. > 7 If Admiral Benham can . be judged from his conduct Monday morning there can be no doubt that the next insult to the American: flag in those waters will be accompanied by consequences of no pleasant sort to the insulter.— Chicago Evening Post. ; ,_ '■ Any pugnacious Brazilian that thinks the American eagle has lost Its voice aud its claws because it is not always screeching aud scratching has only to attempt liberties with the bird's plu mage to discover his mistake.— ville Courier-Journal. •„ >-C .;■•.•:-.*• Admiral Benham was acting under general instructions to protect Ameri can interests, and when he saw those interests violently assailed he would not hesitate long about entering a pro test that would be heeded.— Pittsburg Commercial-Gazette. - It is all well enough to let the Brazil ians show off their bad markmanship by missing each other nine? times out of ten, but when tney try their want of skill on American merchantmen it is time to put a stop to tbe nonsense.— St. Louis Post-Dispatch. By his prompt and decisive action Admiral .Benham has not only upheld the honor of the American flag; but he has won the gratitude of other nations whose merchant ships were exposed to the same dangers as ours in the ports of Brazil.— Milwaukee Wisconsin. So long as the combatants confined their warfare to each other.and allowed foreign vessels to enter and depart in safety.it was not so serious to outsiders; but the new phase of the conflict, if persisted in, may bring the war to a speedy Baltimore American. The prompt action of Admiral Ben nam in protecting an A merican vesse comes none too soon. It has been the rebel fleet that has-been the aggressor in this respect, and American interests have been continually imperilled since hostilities began.— Philadelphia Item. The sporadic revolutionists of South ern America may learn from Benham's demonstration, as the Bombay pirates learned from Admiral Porter, that the American flag, whether ashore or afloat, protects the property and persons of American citizens. — Chicago Inter Ocean. • ' - •'_*:•'■?■_ ■■l'A : -y- : •• ~. '_' Admiral Benham should run the Aquidaban down and sink her— or bet ter, save the vessel and sink the crew. The world is sick of the alleged Brazil-"* lan war, and it is a good time to em phasize the idea that the American flag is a good thing to respect.— Cleveland Plain Dealer. -7 . ! FIVE WENT DOWN. A Boat Capsized on the Florida! ' Coast and Several Lives Were' Lost. ; ' Za'aa^ ? ! ; Pensacola, Fla., Feb. 5.— an early hour yesterday morning seven men left the city in a small boat to go to Big Sabine, in Santa Rosa sound] about twelve miles from here. They were A. H. Rollins, foreman; G. M. Washburne, turner; Ed Moberly, finisher; Messick, a machinist, all em ployes of Harwell's furniture factory, of this city; a Mr. '• Rounder, an un known man and Hiram Brown, the lat ter sailing the boat. 7 A strong - norther ■ was blowing, and about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, as they started to return, the boat was. capsized. The . seven men clung to the boat for hours, ' but , finally Rollins. r ; Washburne, Moberly, -Messick and Brown became exhausted and sank to their .death one by one. The other two '; men held on and were rescued about noon today by a lumber lighter. • They were almost in sensible. The lighter has just .arrived here., bringing - the- news 'of i? the drowning.. Tin. .men were ' recent a r rivals here, having. come* from Michigan nnil lowa to work in the "furniture; fac tory. All of them were sliiglo men ex-* cept Rollins.': His wile Is expected here: in .*, few days.;-', .* -.*'. : IN THE THEATERS. W. T. Carleton has the best singing company . : that ho - has ; ever brought to St. Paul. ; 7 They, presented "Kra Di- _ ■"aVolo" last high t to another large house? lit the Metropolitan, giving the utmost satisfaction. Mr. Carjeton himself is a most excellent artist, and never sang 1 better than he is singing now. c Tonight they ;' will appear in the,, d illgh.'-, ful; musical work. ' "The ,- Chimes -of Normandy," with ? ""'Miss Al ice 'Vincent -as Germalne, Miss Mario Bell as Serpolette,.!. C. Taylor as f Grenechieux, Tom Ricketts as Gaspa'rd. jH. M. liiiiiiio as the Baillie, and W. T. ! Carleioh as Henri, Marquis de Conne , ville. The company will repeat A'Fra Diavolo" at the matinee tomorrow. The piices foi the Wednesday and Saturday matinee for the Carleton engagement have been materially reduced, the best 8-iatc for these two -performances being 51) cents only. '- -.'■.;.■-.. # *„ .-> -.r- '■.■.;..'■, r. s . ; •.. •-.<-. .■ ■ ■, * ... - .., ;...■,..•-, .Mine. Yale will lecture to the ladies 7pjiily next Thursday afternoon .al the -Metropolitan opera house, instructing the fair sex on physical and I body cult ure. During the course of the lecture, • in order to explain thoroughly the phys ical portion of her lecture, Mme. Yale appears in tights.; The price of -admis sion has been fixed at 50 cents for this attraction, and seate aro now on sale at . the box oflice. . * *~" This week at the Grand fun is flowing in sufficient quantities to supply all the demands of a laughter-loving, public, be they ever so great. Robert Gaylor may have many imitators, but there is but one Gaylor, the inimitable. There is not much of a plot in the play "Sport McAllister," but its absence is not felt, for there is endless laughter to com pensate for it. . ■?-'.;-.- Next week "Faust" will be the at traction at the Grand, interpreted by the Morrison company, .-including among others. Miss Rosabel Morrison, who has played the part of Marguerite upwards of a thousand times. This production is characterized by a most elaborate display of stage settings aud mechanical effects. _ WITH THE TRAVELERS. Hon. Pat Kelly, of Devil's Lake, N.D.. one of the ablest and most consistent Democrats in North Dakota, and one who, by his persistence andconsistancy as a '" member of . the last legislature, made the election of a Democrat to the United States senate possible, is at the Merchants'. The North Dakota papers claim he is en route to Washington as a candidate for the Devil's Lake post office. If enthusiastic admiration for Grover Cleveland and effective service for the party counts, Mr. Kelly Is in it, and will be appointed. * •";. Hon. J. W. Maher, the tallest Demo crat in North Dakota, lawyer, states man, farmer, is at the Merchants', en •route to his old home in Illinois, which he has not visited in ten years, to spend a few weeks. He bearg commissions for Eastern parlies, for whom he is agent, which he hopes will result in adding largely to. the population of .the Devil's Lane country. There are no ■ finer farming lauds on earth than those .in that region. '. ?\^ ?.£^-U-.. --__•' 1 : ZIIj •w * * Hon. James McCanna, of Cando, N. D., is at the Merchants',? en route to Rochester, Minn., 7 his old home. Mr. MfcCanua is one of the early farmers of that tportiou of North Dakota, and agreed with Maher and Kelly. that there are no lands superior to those of Town er and Ramsey counties now open for settlement or for sale by Eastern, syn dicates. In every instance where the farmers have been content -to make a living and build up a home, they have ' succeeded, and vote the Democratic ticket. Where they have "run head over heels in debt in their greed to crow rich suddenly, or to* possess the earth,.. they have become calamity howlers, and are now regulating the earth— in their minds. ? Senator Tom Bowen, of Duluth, is at the Merchants'. He says a few of : the Duluth Democrats are dissatisfied with the candidate for mayor, and may vote for Capt. La wis. but they are likely to be more than offset by the Scaudina viaus and anti-corporation Republicans who will vote for Jenswold. The poli ticians are all at sea, because every ward has been changed since the last election, and no one can tell the polit ical complexion? of:. any one of them with any definlteness. He thinks the Democrats may win, but will not be surprised if they do hot. The" election is today. ',*■ THE EMPEROR SPEAKS. He Announces the Signing: of the Treaty With Russia. Berlin, Feb. s.— The emperor this evening attended the dinner given by Chancellor yon Caprivi to members of parliament and delivered a speech. In this he announces the fact that the treaty of commerce with Russia had been signed. ?7? I:""?; His majesty said that never before haa.the reichstag to make a decision so fraught : with such important conse quences as this treaty. Its rejection, he said, would be inevitably followed by a tariff war, and at not a remote " period a real war. ~ - _ _ "Let every deputy." he continued: •'realize his responsibility. The favor able terms of the treaty were entirely due to personal intervention of the czar and his strong love of peace. The treaty is marked throughout, by love and peace. The czar had been compelled to overcome a vigorous resistance on the part of the manufacturing and commer cial interests of Russia." Emperor William was exceedingly gracious, and remained at the soiree for three hours.. Ilerr Levitzow, the presi dent ot the reichstag, submitted to the emperor the grievances of the farmers against the financial reform bill. His majesty listened attentively, and then repeated the passage of the bill was of high political necessity. By passing it the reichstag would win the lasting gratitude of the Germans, and he con cluded by saying that patriotism aud responsibility forbade its rejection. mm ;•* "f Satisfied With Caprivi..-'? London, Feb. The correspondent of the Telegraph at Berlin says: "The emperors outspoken support of the policy of Chancellor yon Caprivi. as indicated by his speech at the dinner giyen by the chancellor -Jast evening is highly ; significant as proving that he does not intend to alter the course which he has hitherto followed.and that there is no chance of changes as a result of' his reconciliation with Prince Bis marck, If a struggle occurs it will be between the 7 agrarian opposition and the crown. The emperor's speech has caused a great impression in political circles." American Loan Receiver. : Chicago, Feb. s.— Erastus P. Marsh, appointed receiver of the " American Building, Loan and In vestment society by the federal courts today, commenced suit for ••'sloo,ooo*. -in -the circuit court against William L. . Marstbn i and Fran cis B. Monica, the former secretary and vice president -of .the society.- .Mr. Marsh:. in his /declaration' iii forms the court;* "that' by * reason of ■ the illegal methods -.and practices of Marston ami Mod'oa., the society lost a gross total of 687.454." THOUGHTS ON CURRENCY. [Written for ihe Globe.l CHAPTER VI.? \\ tiik PIUCE OF sii.vi.i:. :.". Why is it that . twenty . years ago an ' ounce of silver was worth 11.90 in gold, while now the same ounce is worth only a 'over (»"> 'cents? ! Many people have been answering the question by saying, "The demonetiza tion of silver did it." Is this true? Let us see. ? What determines the' price of silver or of anything else during a series of years? Those who don't stop to think much will reply, "Why. supply and de mand, of "course."* Of course, supply and demand do no such thing. Think it out for yourself. Suppose a great in crease in the demand for silver will that permanently increase the price? No. It may cause* the price to rise, it is . true; but that very rise will greatly stimulate produc tion. More silver will be taken out of the earth in order to get the extra profit which the high price gives. This new silver coming into the market will bring the price down until there is no excessive profit in producing silver more than in producing other things; in other words, until the price of silver is not much, if any, above the cost of production. Here supply and demand will meet at a price that will fairly cover every item of cost no morel, Suppose, in their desire to secure the large profits due to high prices, men should -rush, into silver mining and overdo the whole business? Suppose the supply of silver should thus become enough greater than the demand to glut the market and bring the price down far below the cost of production, what then? Why, production «ould be checked. The excessive supply would be worked off— used up. Supply and demand would meet again at the cost of production, and things would move on regularly until some other disturbing element should come in to considerably increase or diminish price. . Indeed, any excessive permanent de mand for any product. is more likely to bring about a permanent reduction than a permanent, increase in price. The reason is plain. The increased demand makes production possible on a larger scale, stimulates invention, economizes time and space, and thus finally reduces cost, aud consequently brings down the price. ... 7,. . '-■'" /- .'"■--/._ ■'-.' Here, then.we see the natural, law that governs the price of silver or of anything else that can be readily pro duced. The price is determiued by the total cost of putting the product into the hands of the consumer— the total cost to those producers who are workinc under the hardest conditions, but whose product must be had to meet the de mand. y :-. ..' -•::•: vf/%-: : .-'._:v: The price of anything can never long remain much below nor much above cost. Changes 111 supply and demand never affect price very much nor for a very long time. Such changes can only cause prices to fluctuate up or down, but such fluctuations always tend to disappear and bring price and cost of production together. We are now prepared to answer our first question: "Why is it that twenty years ago an ounce of silver was worth $1.29 in gold, while now the same ounce is worth only a little more than 65 cents?". The cost of producing silver has diminished as compared with the cost of producing gold. It takes less effort to get an ounce of silver out of the earth than formerly. New mines of great richness have been opened, im proved machinery been introduced. As a natural consequence the price, measured in gold, has fallen. . If the price is now below the cost of production, as many claim, don't get excited about it; possess your souls in patience. Production will fall off until the price comes up to the cost, and there it will stop. You , can't keep it very much above, for production will then be stimulated, the supply will become excessive, and the price will fall. You can't keep it very long much below cost, for production will fall ? off and the price will rise; or else improve ments will be made that will bring the cost down to the lower price. If the price of silver, or of anything else, for that matter, regularly falls for a series of years, that is pretty good evidence that the cost of production has fallen. • - : Cost of production determines general prices. ' Changes in supply or demand, or both, simply cause temporary fluctua tions in price. . These facts constantly borne in mind will save us from . many wrong con clusions in discussing .the silver ques tion. The next paper will deal with the so called demonetization of silver. '.:■ ' C. J. Buell. *-':>•_- •' «■» — STATE LIBRARIAN. No more fitting choice could be made for state librarian than Charles A. Oil man. He is steeped in literature. His conversation shows his intimate . ac quaintance with books and authors. His very eyebrows betray the book worm.—Duluth Commonwealth. Gov. Nelson has appointed ex-Lieut. Gov. Oilman, of St. Cloud, state libra rian, to succeed Col. Taylor, lately de ceased. Mr. Oilman has baen quite prominent . in Minnesota history, met with financial misfortunes, and this • recognition in his old age will be appre ciated by many friends.— Mankato Re view. - • _Z':~-Za-ZA-iZ;ZZI"ZZ^ : '. -'■"':' It is stated with a degree of certainty that commands belief that Gov. Nelson will appoint Charles A. Oilman state librarian. The redoubtable man with the heavy brows has then indeed lost his grip and has made up his mind to go on the shelf. Iv that position he will have about as much political influence as one of the books on a shelf in the Moorhead News. The appointment of ex-Lieut. Gov. C. A. Oilman, of St.Cloud, as state libra rian, to succeed the late Col. Taylor, will be somthing of a surprise, but an agreeable one, to the many friends of that i gentleman in this city, and throughout the state. In making this appointment Gov. Nelson has rewarded one of his best friends, and at the same time selected a capable official.— St. Cloud Journal-Press. 'AZ.ArA.A: Gov. Nelson has appointed Charles' A. Gilman to be state librarian, to fill the vacancy caused by the death or Col. Taylor. Mr. Gilman is one of the pioneer, settlers of Minnesota and has held many public offices, being lieuten ant governor from 1881 to 1885. He was admitted to the bar iv 1876. The state library is largely a law library, and Mr. Gilman. should be well qualified to tako charge of it. —Duluth Herald. The Times presents its hearty con gratulations to Hon. C. A. Oilman, of this city, upon his appointment as state librarian. Politically, he deserves well of Gov. Nelson and his party. As a Minnesotian, he has done much to tor ward legislation in. furtherance of the building up and advancement of the the state, and in ability he is well qual ified to discharge the duties of the place. Mr. Oilman's neighbors and friends join in heartfelt felkUatious— St. Cloud Times. Gov. Nelson has appointed his old friend and political ally. Charlie Gil man, state librarian to succeed the late W. 11. H. Taylor. The appointment is quite a surprise, as it is a new field for the ex-governor. He will have a very efficient young lady Tor an assistant, and she will doubtless run the office. The ex-governor has been playing. in hard luck of . late, not [only politically but in other ways, and we _r. not sorry." to see him taken in out o tue wet. : We* trust that, he will he'go-d, however.— Fergus Falls .Journal.. Joined Atlanta".! ;Gl__*_. " Oi.vcix.vat... Feb. s.— Manager .Fred Sullivan, of Uie Atlanta Base Ball club, today signed llam-Keeiiaii. Joe Burke, VV. _?. Kisbinger and .Mike Ryan. TWO FATALITIES. Scalded to Death— Five Days' Ill ness Proves Fatal. "Special to the Globe. ; I-Ociiestki:, Minn., Feb. 5.— A two year-old child of Timothy. Mackey, a farmer living near Stewartville, was fatally scalded by falling over back wards yesterday morning into a tub of nearly boiling water. When his clothes were removed the skin over the burned parts peeled off with them. After living twenty-four, hours death released him from-further suffering. Thomas Hennessey, assistant engineer at the state hospital, and a promising young of the city, died yesterday afternoon of cerebro spinal meningitis after an illness of only five days. He was thirty-one years of age, and was to have been shortly married. J. J. HILL'S VI3IT. What He Dili During a Two Days' Stay in, Washington. y r Z; 'A Special to tbe Globe. . Washington, Feb. 5.- J. J. Hill is a modest gentleman.'- He spent two days in the city -last week, and did not ex press his views to a single newspaper representative, notwithstanding the fact that he knew the people of Minne sota were longing to know whether, he really was interested in Minnesota ap pointments now overdue, as reported in sundry Republican newspapers. What Mr. Hill did while in Washing ton was simply to dine with Secretary Hoke Smith; pay his respects to Presi dent Grover Cleveland in a brief and formal interview; occupy a seat in the ?! parquette at Sol Smith Russell's theatri cal entertainment; listen carefully to the final arguments of Reed, Crisp and Wil son in the most celebrated tariff debate in history, and smilingly shake hands with such Minnesota friends as he hap pened to meet in the national capital. Could any modest, polite and kindly citizen ot Mtnnesota do less or more than this on a visit to Washington? If there was any great political signifi cance to Mr. HilTs visit to Washington it is not probable anybody will ever find out sny more than those points listed above. The great public will be com pelled to be content with these ascer tained facts. Guesses and inferences are open to everybody alike, but the Globe correspondent has none to make. HONORS FUIt.BiSNHAH, Significance of the Compliment ary Resolution Introduced in the House. . Washington, Feb. Admiral Ben ham's future may be much affected by a recent incident in Rio harbor and the resolution introduced by Representa tive Money complimenting the admiral. The thanks of congress is an honor very highly prized in military and naval circles, and it carries with it not only dignity and honor, but also several im portant official advantages. : One of these is that the time of au officer's re tirement is put off. In the case of Ad miral Benham, he will be retired in April next, but should congress give him a resolution of thanks his peiiod of active service woulu be extended ten years further. This would be the most signal dignity at the present time, as there are few in the naval service who enjoy the honor. It would also carry the pay of an officer on the active list, . which is considerably above the pay of the retired rank. ? ; f? " Mr. Money has been alive to the facts that these honors attached to a vote of thanks, and he has sought to so frame his complimentary resolution as not to carry these legal privileges. Mr. Money is a strong admirer of Admiral Ben ham's promptness and Americanism, but he thinks j the Rio incident hardly ■notable enough to extend the admiral's service ten years or give him the privi leges of the floor cf congress. The rea son is quite broad, however, and the opinion prevails that it is the vote of thanks contemplated in the law as the basis for special privileges and dig nities. _ -_«_» . REPORTED AND DENIED That Ex- President Harrison Is to Marry Mrs. Lei and Stanford. SHEL,_.YyiL___E, Ind., Feb. The Daily Evening Democrat says tonight: The Democrat lias learned through a source which it believes to be reliable that ex-President Benjamin Harrison and Mrs. Stanford, widow of the late Leland Stanford, the California million aire and United States senator, will shortly be united in marriage at Palo Alto. The ex-president is now prepar ing to leave Indianapolis for the Stan ford university to deliver a series of lectures, and while there will be mar ried to Mrs. Stanford, whose wealth is estimated at $-.0,000,000. Mrs. Stanford was a warm friend of the late Mrs. Har rison, and during the late Republican administration the Harrisons and Stan fords formed a close and lasting friend ship, and one whirl, has terminated in the rumored marriage. Indiana Feb. s.— From a mem ber of ex-President .Harrison's family it was tonight learned that there was no foundation for the rumor that he is to marry Mrs. Leland Stanford. i «-_-_■ — JOHN CELEBRATES. ~ . .7 i Thirty Thousand Chinese in Frisco Have a Frolic. San Francisco, Feb. s.— The thirty thousand Chinese in this city com menced a celebration of the Chinese New Year at 12 o'clock last night, and this evening festivity is at its highest in Chinatown. The explosion of innu merable firecrackers and bombs vie with the tom-toms and gongs of Chinese mu sicians for supremacy, and pande monium reigns. The streets and alleys in the quarter where the heathen huddle are filled with gaudily attired Chinese making their way to the different joss houses to lay offerings at the feet of their favorite gods or bent upon making New Year's calls. They all -keep open house during the next three days, and the rice-wine flows lavishly. Farmers' Alliance Gathering. . Topeka, Kan., Feb. s. —The annual meeting of the National Farmers' All iance and Industrial union will begin tomorrow morning in this city. It is expected that about forty delegates will attend from states other than Kansas, and delegates are already on hand trom New. York,. Pennsylvania, Georgia, South Carolina, Texas. Indiana. Minne sota, South .Dakota, Missouri, Colorado and California. Tonight an informal reception was held at tha state house. Gov. Lewelling will deliver the address of welcome on behalf of the state an J. F. AVillits on behalf of the Kansas Alliance. Responses will be made by prominent members of the National Alliance. Tomorrow night President H. L. Loucks. will deliver his annual address. Demanded His Daughters. Quebec, Feb. _>.— Damase la Fortune, of St. Paul de Joliette. presented him self, at the Convent of Assumption, and demanded his two -daughters from the" superioress. 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