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SATURDAY. FEB. 16, 1901.
OPPOSQfGt THE PRHLiRY LAW.
If the old-iine Republicans in Wiscon
sin wish to commit suicide they can find
no hotter way than to continue in thiir
opposition to the-primary law.
Wisconsin for years has been doiuinat-
Ed by as complete a political ring as ever
disgraced a state. There was no one
man who stood head and shoulders above
his fellows as boss—like Platt or Quay,
but there was a coterie which for self
protection and for spoils held together
and managed the machine. Twice this
cabal thwarted the will of the people by
defeating Robert M. La Follette and
nominating Scofield for governor. The
opposition to La Follette was that he
was not and could not be made a gang
fool; he had ideas of his own and th^
courage to back them up. Moreover, he
advocated the abolition of the convenient
caucus and the corrupt convention and
in their stead proposed to place a pri
mary elsction law that would allow the
people a voice in the choice of the candi
dates for office. He had other faults, but
this primary law heresy was the one un
pardonable sin.
The third time La Follette won, despite
the machine. Unable to defeat him at
the polls, the gang of federal officehold
ers who hold their places by grace of the
"gang " are moving heaven and earth to
<«>feat the primary law.
The law as proposed is radical in its
reforms and intended to wreck every po
litical machine In the state. The opposition
is natural. Such political gangs, wher
ever found, die hard but die they must.
The current of popular sentiment is run-
Ung strongly against the corrupt elec
tion measures which have so long dis
graced the dominant political party.
Many Republicans of Wisconsin think
that the fight now on will make Wiscon
sin a Democratic slate at the next elec
tion, but they affirm that they would
rather work with the Democrats with
the primary election law, than with the
old regime under the machine tactics.
THE CRISIS IX GERMANY.
The people in this country are pretty
generally aware that Germany is rapid
ly approach ing an industrial crisis
which must end in a general collapse
such as the United States suffered ten
years ago, and had experienced every
twenty years since the present system of
development obtained. Germany for the
last twenty years has been making won
derful progress in the industrial lines
under the stimulus of the Bismarcklan
protective policy. The country has been
depopulated to swell the crowd of ar
a in the cities and towns, which
havt sprung up and waxed populous if
not wealthy under this artificial impulse.
In other words Germ-any bus been hav
ing a boom—a boom as \vi!d as any that
have swept over the plains <<f t!io \Y. st
or through the oil regions of the older
Blairs. This boom, reared on a false
basis and sustained by a system of in
ternal taxation, is about to collapse. The
point has been reached by Germany that
was v. ached by the United States in
!':■*•. when every wan house was full of
every merchant stocked to his
utmost limit and no one to buy. The
cms!; then was inevitable—the crash in
Germany is Just as certain. It may not
come this year or next, but the penalty
for every such industrial boom must be
paid sooner or later.
Tins wonderful German boom began
about fifteen years ago; slowly at first,
then gathering strength, it overcame the
conservatism of the time and the peo
ple -iml in many cases out-did the best'
American boom records.
One does not think of a staid old Ger
man city on a boom iike that of Chicago
or Kansas City or the coast tow ms, yet
Bcrljn gained 207,00 during the last live
years.
The census of 1000 shows that Nurem
burg gained S2 p«r cent in the last tan
years and Stettin BO per cent during tha
same thn=. Frankfort-cu-the-Main gain*
cd CO per cent.
Taking the cities of over 100,000 popula
tion the gams in the last ten years have
been as srreat in proportion as those ol
the United States. Tlk? rural develop
ment or the United States has, however,
tak'^i with it a larg< r number of small
towns in which the increase may be
larger than ».he increase of correspond
ing towns in Germany
The b>om of the United States in the
line of raanufacturirc has been heM up
to so rne._extent by tlu? over-increasing
population from abroad. In this we have
had an advantage over Germany, that
country being compelled to seek a for
eign market for all overplus of produc
tion. The. ETiwvtli of the German cities
bring wholly from the country, the con
syniins power of the umpire has not in
creased- there h&s been only a change
of £-rcupatk>n and an cippraranee of in
crw.soj v.i-alth. When the crash conies.
Germany will not be uMe to recover us
quickly as the United States and .the
suffering: and ruin vlll be corresponding
ly greater. ' "•'•': : ■
This condition of Germany will compel
her manufacturers to place upon the
markets of the world a large stock of
goods at prices that will sell—Germany
must compete with the'other' nations or
go to the wall. Her colonies are not suf
ficient to take her surplus—and it can not
be consumed at home.
Heroin lies a remedy for the trust evil
in the United States. "With the tarff
removed from all trust-made articles,
they would be put Into direct competition
with those of German manufacture, and
what orro was regarded as an evil would
prove an unmixed good. It is a^seliish
sentiment, bat Germany's extremity is
our opportunity.
ME\E, fIKVE, TEKEL I'PHARSIX.
"A Daniel has come to Judgment." Con
gressman Babcock, of Wisconsin, al
though one of the most prominent Re
publicans in the country, has not only
seen the handwriting on the wall but has
boldly declared its meaning to the mod
ern Belshazzar as he sits at the feast, by
introducing a bill to remove the tariff
from the principal articles of steel and
iron manufacture.
Congressman Babcock. by this action
confesses judgment against the Repub
lican party and its policy of protection.
He admits the allegations made by the
Democratic party last fall, that the trusts
were the greatest evil that threatened
the country and that the Dingley tariff
■was the prime cause of the trusts.
What is true of the iron and steel in
dustry is true of every other industry
which has been pampered by a high pro
tective 'tariff. By clearing the field of
foreign competition, the tariff has en
abled the promoters of combinations to
crush out all domestic competition in
nearly all important lines of industry.
The solemn assertion made by this
twentieth century Lielshazzar, that there
were no trusts was believed by many of
his retai7iers despite the evidences of
their own senses and the cry, "Long live
Belshazzar!" drowned the voice of warn
ing. Now, however, while he sits at the
feast with his companions, drunk with
the pride of success, the invisible hand
of fate is writing as of old, "Mene, men?
tekel uplutrsin." The wise men of the
senate seem unable to interpret the
warning. Daniel alone has the wis
dom to decipher the meaning and the
courage to make it known.
It may be too late to save the party
that has been weighed in the balance and
found wanting, but Mr. Babcock may do
a service to his country by pressing his
measure. This Insurrection within the
Republican party is the only hopeful sign
of the present time. Whether enough Re-
X>ublicans can be brought to see the light
as it is seen by Mr. Babcock to insure
the success of his measure remains to
be seen.
Trusts are multiplying like microbes.
New Jersey alone received $1,000,000 in
fees for the organization of trusts and
the various mills are steadily grinding
Will the Republican party take a posi
tion in opposition to the interests of
trusts? That is impossible. The party
owes ks success to the very interests
which it has fostered and which now
threaten the country with ruin. All that
can bo looked for is a break in the solid
party ranks, a break sufficient to destroy
tin party majority and render anti-trust
legislation possible with the help of the
Democratic minority.
The Republican party has run its
length and is doomed to meet defeat in
its very hour of triumph. It has sown
broadcast the dragon's teeth from which
forces have sprung which it is either un
able or unwilling to control and which
are bound in the natural course of events
to work its ruin. The Republican party
has developed into a party of the few
backed by millions of capital; the party
of the opposition must of needs be the
party of the many, backed by the men
who vote.
All talk of party reorganization on the
part of the Democrats is futile —events
reorganize parties. The fortunes of In
dividuals .sink before the rising impor
tance of principles and the country's
good.
The warning has been given at Belshaz
zar's feast. Congressman Eabcock has
pointed out a way by which the Repub- i
lican party may avoid the fate of the
Chaldean king. Have the warning and
its interpretation both come too late?
It will take one wiser than Daniel to de
termine.
A\ ITINERANT EXPOSITION.
The proposition for a floating exposi
tion to take to "those who sit in dark
ness" the products of our civilization :s
one that ought to receive respectful at
tention from the government.
In the days when nations lived within
themselves; before commerce had knit the
world together with ties of financial in
terest, when men seldom left their homes
upon military expeditions, war was re
garded as the great civilizer. The writ
ers on European history allege that the
civilization of Europe was largely due
to the crusades; first by reason of their
power to unite men of different nation
alities under one banner in a single
cause; second because of the knowledge
of the world that was brought back to
Europe by tlr> survivors.
Those days of non-intercourse have
Ion? passed. The world is civilized now
by learning to use the arts that refine
and the sciences that lighten physical
labor. The great expositions have taken
the place, of the wars and crusades.
Through this friendly rivalry men are
brought to the knowledge of what the
world Is doing. Comparatively few,
however, of the vast horde of humanity
can cross an ocean or a continent to
visit ft world's fair or a Paris exposition.
A few see, many read of what was to be
Been, but the most are compelled to sit
in darkness. To go to those who cannot
come—to take the evidences of our type
of civilization, not only to the marts of
commerce, but to the "lesser people with
out the law" is the object of the proposed
floating- exposition.
This exposition if Inaugurated would
not be wholly philanthropic' in its object;
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1901.
the government is not inclined to favor
such schemes with public funds. The
interest of the government would be
commercial and vt can think of no DeUer
plan to acquaint the trading -world with
the products cf this mammoth republic.
To create trade there must be a demand,
to create a demand there must be a
knowledge of the articles of tradeV A
fleet loaded with the products of
the United States visiting the
various countries where it is desired to
plant American trade would do more to
build up an American commerce than
millions spent in subsidizing ships.
"With tl is Itinerant exposition acting a3
a sort of national trade drummer exploit-
Ing the nation's wares, business would
follow as a natural consequence.
The expense of such an exposition could
be shared jointly by the government and
the exhibitors. The vessels could be fur
nished and manned by the navy depart
ment without additional cost to the gov
ernment while the other expense or a
part thereof should be borne by tj^ose ex
hibiting their wares.
This suggestion from the United States
statistical department is in direct line
with the position heretofore taken hy
the Globe regarding the opening up
of new markets by offering a definite
subsidy for the maintenance of designat
ed steamship lines.
Tn this scramble for foreign trade it is
the now and unoccupied fields that should
be cultivated first; when these hava
been occupied it is time to talk of com
peting with Germany and England In
their own markets.
The Omaha police ars still listening
with strained cars to hear Pat Crowe.
As a hotbed of scandal and corruption,
our present method of electing -senators,
is certainly without a rival.
Arizona's champion heavyweight liar
has gone insane from brooding over the
success of Roosevelt's press agent.
While we keep on licking both the Fili
pinos and the revenue stamps, we cannot
help but realize that one is as unsatisfac
tory as the other.
The anxiety of the Republicans to gain
ground in the South would indicate that
they are not oversure of holding their
own bailiwicks in the North.
The American revolutionist objected to
the stamp tax but was quite willing to
pay his local tax. The more progesslve
Porto Rican proposes to pay neither.
On and after March 4 the mountain
lions of Colorado can cuddle down for a
long nap and the state will be obliged
to dig up the cash for its advertising.
Looking at the billion appropriations,
the question naturally arises whether it
is worse to be a victim of Manifest Des
tiny or of the nocturnal back-alley foot
pad.
A Typewriters and Stenographers'
union has been formed in New York city,
and employers of this class of labor are
likely to be compelled to take dictation
in the near future.
Itobert Grau has offered Zelie de Lus
san $24,000 for twelve weeks' appearance
in vaudeville and she has accepted. Let
us hope Mr. Grau will not find the ven
ture a Lussan one.
Mrs. Nation may be able to give
George Washington cards and spades as
far as using a hatchet is concerned, but.
she can never hope to be known as tho
father of her country.
The Republicans in Wisconsin are op
posing the primary election bill because
it would break up the Republican" ma
jority in the state. That certainly throws
a calcium side light on Republican meth
ods.
Church people at Winfleld, Kan.,
smashed the joints and the jointists got
even by smashing a church. They will
now flop a penny to decide who deserves
the most credit.
It may be as difficult to decide just
how long infant industries require pro
tection as it is to tell the exact day
when a pig becomes a hog, but a great
many people are convinced that a hog is
a hog from the day it is born.
When Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish awoke the
morning after giving her annual spread
and saw the function referred to in the
papers as a fish dinner she threw twenty
fits in rapid succession and sighed so
deeply that the policeman on the block
rung in a fire alarm.
Telegraphic dispatches report Southern
New York buried under snow drifts ten
feet deep and the East river so packed
with floating ice as to render naviga
tion impossible. It must be dreadful
to be obliged to live in those subarctic
regions.
The Pennsylvania legislature, says the
Toledo News, is about to move a reso
lution asking congress to submit an
amendment to the constitution to elect
senators by popular vote. Investigation
by a committee from this legislature
shows that there is little doubt but that
two-thirds of the states are in favor
of such a movement. If twenty-nine
states join Pennsylvania in this request
congress is compelled by law to call a
convention to propose such an amend
ment. This amendment will then have
to be ratified by thirty-four states, or
three-fourths of all. to make it a part
of our organic law.
The Porto Rican legislature dtd a cred
itable piece of work in sixty days, fin
ishing with a tax law. and then the
trouble began. A mass meeting of mer
chants in San Juan protested agaiiist the.
payment of taxes and appointed a com
mittee to go to Washington and induce
the president to veto the objectionable
law. Commenting on which, the Phila
delphia Times observes that "The Porto
Ricans have not explained h3w they ex
pect to maintain a government without
paying taxes, but it is a pity their readi
ness to protest against oppressive or
unnecessary taxation is not contagious,
and that our own people have not been
exposed to the infection. We pay federal
war taxes in time of peace, state taxes
for fat contract jobs and unnecessary
officials and municipal taxes to be squan
dered in all sorts of ways to little pur
pose. And we don't kick or protest at
all. The Porto Ricans, with a few short
months of experience in governing them
selves, have shown a greater fitness for
seli-grovernment than we after more than
a century of boasted freedom if readi
ness to protest against taxati ;i can be
accepted as evidence."
The Women's Reform League of Brook
lyn has had a bill drawn up to prohibit
all street and elevated railways operat-
ing in Brooklyn from collecting full fares
unless seats are provided, says an East
ern exchange. The bill provides that
not more than 5 cents fare shall be col
lected from each passenger who Is pro
vided with a seat, and not more than 2
cents when no seat is provided. If there
are vacant seats rin ■ the: car when the
passenger enters, however, he must pay
-5 TTiicxnrr-h-> ; isires"~a seat oV not.
If there are no seats when he enters
the car and oh'e' subsequently becomes
vacant the passenger has the choice of
sitting down and i paying 3 cents addi
tional or of continuing to stand
on a 2-cent Tfare. The bill stip
ulates that :,.iti, shall not cur
tail the existing system of transfer ex
cept that a 2-cent passenger cannot have
a seat after transferring until he pays
an additional 3 cents. The act provides
that it be operative every day in the
year and that the violation of.it is to be
punished by a $100 fine for each offense.
As the Twin City Street Railway com
pany has the same faculty of failing to
provide proper accommodations, this bill
is not without interest to the people of
St. Paul.
SATURDAY GLOBE GLANCES.
TA hat s the matter with Minnesota hav
ing a "Hall of Fame" to contain names
and mementoes of the state's greatest
men and women? it could be made a fea
ture of the historical library's new build
ing—when it is built.
—o—
A year ago today the siege of Kimber
ly was raised and the garrison, including
Cecil Rhodes, had a full meal for the flrst
time in many days.
—o—
There are 224 saloons operated by white
men in Manila and 408 by natives."
—o—
It is proposed out in Washington to
change the name to "Washingtonia" to
prevent further confusion with Washing
ten, D. C. Now it is often necessary to
say 'state of or "city of" in order that
hearers and readers may not be mis
led.
—o—
Oom Paul Kruger is at The Hague. He
is growing more feeble, and weakness of
heart action indicates that he cannot live
long. He has been under special treat
ment for his eyes, but the trouble with
his sight gives his friends less concern
than the state of his general health.
A capitol removal contest is on hand in
Washington. Tacoma wants to take the
state house away ; from Olympia, and
Seattle is said to favor it.
' —o—
The Rev. S. Rdward Young, pastor of
the Second Presbyterian church of Pitts
burg, Pa., favors boxing and all other
athletics which do not lower morals and
which tend towards man's physical wel
fare. He disapproves of prize fighting.
In comparing the two Mr. Young says:
"The. first is to knock life into a fellow
and the second to knock It out. Art and
good nature animate the first, while slug
ging and brutality are characteristic of
the second. Betting would be tabooed at
a clean boxing coriest; it Is all but uni
versal at a prize fight. A decent crowd
may witness higto-eiass boxing, but beast
liness, profanity and basest vulgarity ral
ly round the prize fight."
1 —6—
The will of William Perm, in his own
handwriting and several autograph let
ters, sold the other day in London for
$1,775. An American, B. F. Stevens, bid
$1,750, but a London bookseller named
Sabin went $25 better.
The year book of the department of
agriculture estimates the number of
timothy seed in a bushel to be about
55,000.000, while of clover the number is
about 18,000,000.
Twelve years ago today, the fiftieth
anniversary of the accession to the
throne of Queen Victoria, was celebrated
with great pomp in Kngland. Today
would have been her sixty-third anni
versary. • . .
Tho report of the special congressional
committee to investigate West Point is
im exhaustive review of the practice of
hazintr in all its forms, and while mod
erate in Lone, is nevertheless a stinging
arraignment of the many alleged brutal
practices enumerated. It specifies more
than 100 distinct methods of annoying
and harassing fourth class men, and
describes them in detail. The report
states thai a system of fighting has
grown up which is shocking in its char-
"TPi-Sir* f*f\l Y\^lkX AUTHOR OF:
"THE GOLDEN "ThA an S m ec y ab .^ ■
' mp «n^ >**k. W -»a "Monsieur Judas,"
filail " ■ "The Nameless City,'
U\J X^J- "Th 3 Dwarf's Cham
: T- m^ *^# ber," "The Red
—by Fergus HUME Headed Man," etc.
Synopsis of Preceding Chapters—The
scene opens on Fletmouth Pier, where
Norah ■ Wharton is awaiting the arrival
of her lover, Lieut. Jayne, .iust home
from Chinese waters. Among other
things the young sailor has brought with
him is a six-inch idol of beaten cold,
which Norah seizes eagerly to place on
the mantelpiece. Accidentally, however,
it gets dropped into a tall Chinese iar,
where for the time; the tale Raves it.
Next day Lieut. Jayne is missing, and
Norah remembers that on the pier he
had noticed a Chinaman waiting, and
that afterwards h e had seemed loss will
ing to give her the idol. A boat is found
on the beach somewhat damaged, and
with blood marks on the white paint
Rowland Gaskell, a cousin of Jaync's,
who also loves Norah, threatens to fore
close a mortgage on Jayne's property.
CHAPTER X.
THE KF.W SERVANT.
Wang Ho! Wang-He! Who on earth
was Wang-He? Man or woman, "or a
thing? To think that Leonard's liberty,
Leonard's life, should hang on that gro
tesque little image! Still, he was alive,
that seemed certain; and for that
knoweldege Norah was profoundly grate
ful. If only K he had seen the advertise
ment before selling- the idol to the gen
eral! However, it was too late now.
She must do the best she could to get
it back. With a sudden impulse she
seized the newspaper, and, tearing o«t
the advertisement, threw the rest of it
in the fire. ~ !"-"^'v' r".
"Mother might- s<h> it," she explained
to the astonished Fancy. "Don't say a
word to her about it. You know how it
would upset her. She has never been
herself since poor father "
And here it may bo stated that the
late Capt. Wharton had been found in
Fletmcuth harbor with an ugly wound
in his head. Who killed him, & hew
and why he hj.d come by his violent
death, no one ever knew. Thi3 was the
tragedy of Mrs. Wharton's lifa No ore
ever referred to it, and Fancy knew
that Norah must be strangely moved to
do so now. However, she said nothing
upon the prohibited subject, but held to
the matter in hand. The mystery fas
cinated her.
"What do you mean to do, Norah?"
she asked in a whisper.
"Nothing at present. I shall ask Cou
sin Rowland's advice."
"Better ask Teddy. He's clever if you
like, clever by a long chalk than old
Rowley."
"Teddy is only a boy. Fancy. I must
have some one more responsible to advise
me. I am afraid to answer the adver
tisement myself;"
"I don't see what's the good of an
swering it now. You've sold the Boo
jum."
"I can get it back again. When I
chow this to the general, I am sure he
■will not refuse to return it. I must
see Rowland. Don't say a word to
mother or Teddy."
Fancy pouted, ill-pleased at her boy's
exclusion. "You might tell Teddy, Nor
ah. Look how cltfvej: ke wwj over th«
acter. The fights are described, and the
committee states that tho "West Point
code is more vicious than the Queens
berry code. A stringent bill against haz
ing, fighting and brutal practices has
been introduced.
To make a success of life in any busi
ness it Is necessary to become Interested
in it with all pur might afld main. An 4
dOTTt WaTSiithe clock. -«*r
—o—
Little has been heard of Queen Alexan
dra since the accession of the king. She
says she is growing old and shrinks from
her new duties.
—o—
To burn books in public is not com
mon in civilized countries, but the other
day the people of the college town of
Forsythe, Ga., treated Edward Ellis'
"History of the United States" In thi3
manner, because they objected to 1113
way of treating the history of their por
tion of the country. Volumes 1 and 2
were burned in colHns in the public
square, with hundreds of the populace
and visitors as witnesses. Prominent cit
izens made speeches while the books
were burning, and ladies sang "John
Brown's Body L,ies Moldering in the
Ground" and followed it up with "Dixie. '
E. P. Hodges, a correspondent, in writ
ing from Porto Rico, says: "I have been
over the island and what I write is frora"
personal observation. If the people ot
San Juan and Ponce are hungry the in
habitants of the interior towns and vil*
lages are starving. The island is thick
ly settled. Every few hundred yards
you will find a wretched palm hut
crowded with negroes. They are simply
'squatters;' they live on the land be
cause the rich planters allow them to.
Bread, oggs and moat are strangers to
them. They are fortunate if they can
satisfy their hunger with a stolen yam,
plantain or yellow banana. You will see
trem, men, women and children, with
sunken eyes and emaciated, half-clad
forms. Many- die daily from the effects
of protracted starvation. Our govern
ment last year fed them on rice free.
This made them more lazy, for they
were practically paupers. At least ha)t
the inhabitants are destitute. As a Unit,
ed States army official said to me a few
dcys since: 'The ouly hope for the poor
fellows is a pestilence to sweep half of
them off the face of the earth and make
living room and wages for the remain
der.' "
By giving up the duchy of Cornwall to
his son, King Edward sacrificed an in
come of ever $5,000 a week, though he
now receives what is estimated to be
about $5,000 ; a day.
It looks as if Fort Snelling, although
one of the best equipped and eligibly lo
cated In the country, is not to be favored
as the for any of the new
regiments to be recruited under the new
army bill. Minnesota congressmen seem
to have lost their pull with the adminis
tration. The fact that a Minnesota man
was appointed to a $7,000 judgeship in the
Philippines without their knowledge is
an instance.
Today, Feb. 16, is the anniversary of
the birth, in 1497, of Philip Melancthon,
one of the great Protestant reformers
and co-workers with Luther; of Henry
Wilson, in 1812, the Massachusetts shoe
maker, who became United States sena
tor and vice president.
—o — •
New York dispatches note continued
talk among executive officers of railroads
over the large coming reduction in the
working forces by the abolition of com
petitive agencies and the centralization
of help at the general offices. The num
ber of men to be let out is placed at
from 25,000 to 50,000.
Every Friday in Delaware whenever
court has been in session that week,
somebody is whipped. A correspondent
who was present at a recent lashing
given to several victims says: 'The
spectators gaped with wide-eyed interest,
■wince-1 unanimously at each separate
lash, smiled sometimes at the contortions
of the victim, and laughed when his
grimaces in torture seemed ludicrous. As
each victim was led forth, his face was
studied with careful interest. 'With each
detail of fastening him safely to tho post
his crime was discussed. Usually he was
condemned for his action, and many a
'serves him ri^hf was exchanged. When
it was seen that the criminal was not
physically incapacitated by the stripes
received he was thought to be well off
and deserving of no further care. Of the
mental scars, stretching red across the
sensibilities and finer feelings, the spec
tators took no thought. Of the influence
which the contemplation of such a spec
tacle must have upon their own minds—
not a thought."
yacht. And he is hunting for informa
tion now."
"Well, we'll see." Norah wrinkled her
brow and thought. "This thing puzzles
me, Fancy. I can't understand why—"
"Mother!" whispered the girl in a stage
whisper, and the subject was dropped
as Mrs. Wharton, full of the new serv
ant, entered the room.
The much-recommended Jael proved to
be a slim, dark-eyed, dark-haired damsel
with little about her that was typical of
her race. She was alert and inobtrusive,
and evidently understood her duties. At
last Mrs. Wharton truly believed she
had found a pearl among servants. When
the trio were gathered round the drawing
tire for the evening, she looked trium
phantly at her two daughters.
'What did I say, girls? Isn't she a
treasure "
"Jael? Well, she seems to know her
work, mother. But I must see more of
her before I can be as enthusiastic about
her as you are."
Mrs. Wharton whimpered. "That's so
like you, Norah. You never give your
poor mother credit for what she does.
Jael is a paragon, you'll see."
"I can't bear her," cried Fancy, who
was framing in straw her picture of the
Boojum.
"Fancy. How dare you?"
"I can't bear her, n;a. She's so in
quisitive. Her eyes are all over the
place. 1'
'"That is natural! She must get to
know the house. But I see how it is."
Mrs. Wharton gathered up her wort
"You are both against me. You'll be
sorry when I am laid by the side of
your poor murdered father!"
"Mother, don't speak like that!" im
plored Norah. "You should not use that
word. No such thing was ever proved."
"He was murdered," insisted Mrs.
Wharton, weeping "and Leonard, who
c-ould have helped us. has been murder
ed, too."
"I don't believe it," said Fancy impet
uously. A sharp glance from Norah
pulled her up short.
'Hold your tongue!" raged her moth
er. "How dare you contradict! I'm go
ing to bed. It's the only place I get any
peace In. You both treat me brutally—
brutally!" and Mrs. Wharton, in a flood
of tears, left the room.
Neither of the girls followed her. They
were used to their mother's scenes and
storms in a teacup. Norah, paler than
usual, Bat staring into the fire; but
Fancy, with a shrug, walked to the Chi
nese jar. Here she compared her copy
of the Boojum with the painting.
"It's very good," she murmured. "I've
got it right, even to those queer letters
on the stomach. I wonder what they
mean, and why Teddy wanted a drawing
of the Boojum?"
"Did Teddy ask you to do that?' in
quired Norah, overhearing this soliloquy.
Humph!. I was wondering why you took
such trouble. What does he want with
it?"
"I don't know. It may help him in
some way, 1 suppose- Norah"—here
Fancy waxed solemn—' if any one re
stores Leonard to your fond arms it will
be Teddy Vyse."
JXq So Continued D*ibr4,
1 111 Off 111
ALMOST. AXI, SECTIONS OF THE
—£-airxT»y- op.™^™™ nf^ir.'nSiT
:-*- AS GOOD
IRONMASTEES ARE BEHIND
Have So Many Orders Booked That
Their Plants Can't Turn Them
Out—Pl«r Iron Again
Advanced.
NEW YORK, Feb. 15.— R. G. Dun &
Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade tomorrow
will sayi
Business continues of good volume in
nearly all parts of the country, and re
ports from the West and Southwest of
a satisfactory distribution of merchan
dise by jobbers begin to have a fa
miliar sound. Heavy orders come from
agents on the road. There is no im
portant change in prices in any depart
ment of manufactured goods and some
staples rise while others decline, but the
longer the situation remains as at pres
ent the surer the business world feels
about a rise in prices in the future, for
the demand for merchandise for prompt
consumption does not decrease. Some
progress has been made in the direction
of settlement of labor difficulties in the.
far West and temper of soft coal miners
is more amicable, while there is little
concern among steel interests over the
sensational stories of organization at the
mills to enforce demands for higher
wages. The standard measures of busi
ness make favorable comparisons. At
some points there are evidences of an
inclination to delay operations in iron'
and steel until something definite is
known regarding the proposed combina
tion, but this applies only to small un
dertakings which are insignificant in
comparison with the urgent dealings that
cannot be postponed. Purchasers find
difficulties in securing even approximate
dates for delivery of goods in many
products, and mills are so far behind
orders, as a rule, that no new contracts
are sought. Structural material and rail
way supplies are in greatest request, nu
merous heavy orders being accepted this
week at full prices. There is no inclina
tion to shade quotations of finished
forms, and pig iron at Pittsburg again
advanced.
No sign of weakness Is apparent in
any department of the boot and shoe In
dustry. Some manufacturers have book
ed orders that will insure running on full
time well into May. and it is an excep
tional case where jobbers can secure
March delivery even from the smaller
shops. Salesmen are returning from the
West and South with most cheerful re
ports, and, while local jobbing is less
brisk than last year, there is no com
plaint. Forwardings from Boston were
87,437 cases, agr-.lnst 83,265 in the previous
week, and, although the total for two
weeks is somewhat smaller than the
185,068 cases shipped last year, the move
ment in 1900 was heavier than in the cor
responding fortnight of any other year.
News regardir^r the textile manufac
ture Is less encouraging, despite the
fact that sales of wool at the three chief
Eastern markets rose to 6,972,600 pounds
far exceeding all recent records and
showing a gain of 960,600 pounds over
the same week last year. It was at this
time in 1900 that the movement com
menced to fall off and the depression
began which has continued ever since.
Cotton fabrics continue quiet and do
mestic mills are not fully occupied.
Liverpool cables have given no support,
while Manchester is securing raw cot
ton from India in unusually large quan
tities. These influences caused a fur
ther decline in middling uplands, taking
the price to the lowest point in three
months. Exports in January were valued
at $35,837,934, against $27,089.2.^1 in 190),
but the increase was entirely due to an
advance of 2.2 cents a pound in the price,
as the quantity was 1,842 bales smaller.
Wheat was advanced this week by re
ports of receipts at the mills unfit for
grinding. Flour output at Minneapolis
is much smaller than a year ago. and
a further decrease is expected. Atlantic
exports of wheat, including fiour for the
week, were 2,478,521 bushels, against
1.529,533 last year. Failures for the
week numbered 257 in the United States,
against 21S last year, and in Canada 40,
against 42 last year.
WEEK 1\ WALL STRKET.
Speculation Wn» Affected by Many
O|>|H>*iitK Influences.
NEW YORK, Feb. 15.— Bradstreel's
financial review tomorrow will say:
Diverse influences were apparent in the
action of speculation this week. In spile
of the strong tone which was manifested
early in the week, there were also indi
cations of a disposition to take profits in
the railroad hhare list, based on the be
lief that the immediate developments in
connection with the important combina
tions of properties had exhausted their
effect. There was a slackening of the
tendency to buy railroad shares, and thy
concessions in prices apparently encour
aged bearish operators to attack prices,
which they did on Wednesday with some
temporary success. On the other hiand,
the idea that the arrangements for the
purchases of the majority interest in the
Carnegie Steel company and its probable
sequel in the form of a new and larger
combination of steel interests than has
yet feeen seen, were progressing favor
ably- held up the principal industrial
stocks and kept the street waiting for
some announcement in the case. On
Thursday, when prices in the railroad de
partment seemed liable to settle down
<till further, the market as a whole was
again stimulated by reports that the
news of a rearrangement in the steel in
dustry might be brought out at any mo
ment. It was _£urtber agreed that the
large financial interests which are en
gineering the steel deal would be likely
to prevent any serious break in prices
pending the consummation of their plans
and this idea seemed to find support in
the strength of the coal storks and other
securities with which these interests are
identified.
There wore no other far-tors of general
importance to materially affect the. mar
ket at large. Reports of new combina
tions in the railroad world were circu
lated, but did not gain the same ere*
dence as during the preceding fortnight.
Weekly BnnU Statement.
NEW YORK, Feb. 15.— following
table, compiled by Braclstrect's, shows
the bank clearings at the principal cities
for the week ended Feb. 11, with the
percentage of increase and decrease as
compared with the corresponding week
last year:
! Inc. j Dec.
New York .......... $1,400,078,2741 65.1!
Boston 133.814.E56 9.2!'.
Chicago 122,351,657 0.81
Philadelphia 79.525.900 4.0
St. Louis "... 40,991,26<Ji 30.4]
Pittsburg :.... 36,755,573] 50.3
Baltimore 20,877,952 12.5
San Fran-isco 23,113,236 23.2
Cincinnati 18.398,5501 19.2
Kansas City 33,756,492 14.0
Minneapolis 8,577,015! ...... I 4.4
Detroit 8,420,117 7.2
Cleveland 14,070.100 14.4
Louisville 9,332,573. 4.8
Providence ......... 6.560.500 12.8
Milwaukee ......... 6,251,500 8.1
St. Paul 4,609,200 14.4
Buffalo 4,963,436 4.9
Omaha 5,861,390 19.4
Indianapolis . 7,602,594 25.0
Columbus, 0 ...... 5.931,G00 25.8
Washington ........ ;;,0!U.n77! 34.3.
Portland, Ore 2,023,562 13.3
Dcs Moines J. 37:1,425 20.8
Seattle 2,056.632 6.0
Tacoma 1,067,509 34.2
Spokane 562.040 ....... 2G.5
Sioux City 1,190.591 30.4
Fargo, N. D.. i 345,532 51.0|
Helena ." '! 30«. 424 i 73.01
Sioux Falls. S. D..! 172,707] 59.2!.......
Totals. U. ..'52,056,829,181; 36.51
Tctals outside N.Y.j. G56/;50,907|_J}.7!
DOMINION OF CANADA.
Montreal | $13,010.276"......1 6.1
Toronto 10,586,000 11.71
Winnipeg 1,953.207 23.7
Halifax 1,318,876. 3.0
Hamilton .:....! 736186 4.3
St. John, N. B ]• 732.055 23.2
Vancouver ! 627,976
Victoria ! 475,810 19.4
Totals ......... ,| $29,443,3861 2.7 :....'.
WKKK'S (iRAIff TRADK.
Comparative fr'lsures of Kxports of
W In'nt and Corn.
NEW YORK. Feb. 10.-Bradstreefs to
morrow will say: Wheat, including flour,
shipments for the week aggregate 4,314,878
GLOBE'S CIRCULATION
FOR JANUARY.
Ernest P. Hopwood, sup-nptejidar-*- of
Circulation of £c St. Paul Globe, being
duly sworn, deposes and says that the <
actual circulation of the St. Paul Globe !
for the month of January, 1901, was
as follows:
Total for the month 529,550;
Average per day 17,082:
ERNEST P. HOPWOOD. \
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 31st day of January, 1901.
H. P. PORTER, !
Notary Public, Ramsey Co , Minn, '
1 Notarial Seal.].
FURTHER PROOF IS READY.
The Globe invites any one and every ]
one Interested to, at anytime, make a I
full scrutiny of its circulation lists and '
records and to visit its press and mail- !
ing departments to check and keep tab '
on the number of papers printed and the
disposition made of the same.
bu, against 4.907,813 bu last week; 3,831,069
-<)L ftn \e - coJJ, esPonding week of 1900t
by in im, and 3,832.744 bu in 1898
From July to date this season wheat :
P KrtS, a^ ]25-790-S'4 bu. agafnst 136.X
«1 bu last season, and 159,055,930 in 1898-99.*-
Corn exports for the week aggregate
4,,60,422 bu, against 4,171 ,«0 (corrected*
last week; 3 490.335 bu in this week a '
hf T a^«: li- 845 T bu in 1899. and 5.056,575
bu in 1698. From July 1 to date this sea/
fSPiw^ xr*? rts are 124,704,300 bu. againsc
in. IS9B-99 bu last season and 104,840415 bit v
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.
OSSIP GABRILOWITSCH.
Ossip Gabrilowitsch, the Russian pian
tet, played before a large and unusually
demonstrative audience at the Central
Presbyterian church last evening. :,Tr,
Gabrilowitsch is much more conventional
in appearance than his name would sug
gest. His bow is unassuming. His hair 1
is thick, but it is not dressed in halo
fa&hion. His manner suggests modest
confidence. However, if this young pi
anist, who has not yet lived a quarter
of a century, bears none of the hall
marks of genius, there are bits now
and then in his playing which convince
one that when maturity has sufficiently
broadened his art, the title of genius will
not be withheld. His technique is bril
liant. He obtains a beautiful tone from
his instrument. There is nothing coldly
correct about his interpretations. Very
olten he is delightfully daring. Always
a rare and poetic fancy colors vividly his
playing. The greatest heights, it is ap
parent. Gabrilowitsch has not yet attain
ed. This was made manifest in tha
Beethoven sonanta (Op. 81, No. 3). But
one does not reach great heights in art
of any sort at twenty-five and the fact
that the sonata was not the least inter
esting number on the programme proves .
that for the young pianist those heights
are almost in sight. Schumann's gay
and sad, thoughtless and tender Fas-'
ehingsschwank aus Wien (Op. 26> afford- ■
ed opportunity for a display of fine senti
mc-nt, that was never sentimentality. Tha
romance and the scherzo were played
with the wild abandon and the bizarre
touch characteristic only of the Russian -
and the Pole. Perhaps the Chopin group
last evening aroused the most enthus-.
iasm. That gay, mad waltz in C sharp
minor (Op. 64, No. 2) was ffMpf&H witii
wicked realism and the audience de-.
manded it again. The nocturne in B ma
jor (Op. 9, No. 3) was beautifully inter
preted; the polonaise in A flat received
a polished and brilliant reading. GabriV*
cwitsch played his own 'Petite Seren
ade" was forced to repeat it. It is a
dainty and very pleasing composition.
Rubinstein's "Barcarolle" in G minor
was played and for a final number there
was the "Man iic Militalre"' (Schubert-
Tauaig). The audience refused to leave
until the pianist had responded to an«
other encore.
METROPOLITAN.
"The Belle of New York" will close a,
brief season of mirth and jollity at the
Metropolitan with a matinee this after,
noon and the farewell performance to
night.
At the Metropolitan next week James A'«
Herne's "Hearts of Oak" will be pre
sented by what is said to be a first-class
company, which is und'?r the direction of
the author. The sale of seats has been
progressing for several days, and a profit
able engagement is anticipated.
GRAND.
A matinee today at 2:30 and a perform*
ance tonight at 8:15 will conclude the en
gagement in this city of Fulgora's Eu
ropean & American Stars, who have been
pleasing large audiences at the Grand
this week.
The Grand's offering' the corning- week
Will be Charles H. Hoyt's merry lau*h
propeller, 'A Brass Monkey." This farce
has not been seen here; for some time, and
it comes on this occasion brought up to
date in every respect. Mips Mazie Trum
■bull will be seen in the lending role.
STAR.
•The "Bowery Burlesquers," at the
Star, close a successful engagement with
a matinee and evening performance.
They have had a successful business,
last night's audience packing the the
ater.
The "Twentieth Century Maids," the
strongest attraction of the season, opens
tomorrow with a matinee.
"Why Xot a Dnty Upon l>aborf
To the Editor Daily Globe: I perused
your editorial anent "The American
Workingman" with a great deal of zoit,
as it voiced the very opinions I have been
endeavoring to impress upon my Repub
lican friends ever shu-e, in 1890, I (earned
to appreciate what a farce their "Protec-.
tlon to American Labor cry is.
If the Republican party is really con
scientious In its pretentions, why docs
it not follow up Its tariff theory to it 3
logical conclusion by placing a duty
upon labor as well as upon the protluct3
of labor?
It places a tariff upon commodities to
enhance their value to whom? The con.
surner! Then why not place a tariff
on labor to enhance its valne to the em
ployer (the consumer of labor).
So far as the American workingman i 3
concerned, it is immaterial to him wheth
"er he has to compete frith the products
of European pauper labor shipped in
here, or with the pauper labor Itself in.
the shape of immigrants.
Labor, like water, soon finds Its own
level, and so long as it is - higher - here .
than in Europe, will mechanics and oth
ers flock here to avail themselves of
such conditions. But the fallacy of the
whole protective theory, so far "as its
effect upon the welfare of the masses
goes, is best demonstrated by the condi
tions which obtain in the tin-plate - in
dustry, in' Which, despite the almost pro
hibitive nature of the duty on such ar
ticles, those employed therein are con- ...
tinually compelled to resort to tho
"strike" in order to maintain a reason- .
ably fair standard of subsistence.
Were the protits of said industry dis
tributed among the labor capitalists in
anything like the same manner fn which
dividends are paid to the moneyed., capi
talists interested therein, there would bo
no cause for convjlalut, but the fact Is,
the moneyed element confiscate all - th>>
excess profits and compel their employes
to work for just sufficient as will tend to -
keep them! content, and thus obviate :thd':
possibility of a strike. . ~ _•;..;.:._
It is taking the American people a
long time to tumble to the trick that la :
being worked on them, but while there's
life there's hope, so what's the use?
Yours, etc.. . — A.Frv«s Man.'
St. Paul, Feb. 15. • -