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The International peace conference
1ms citcn : Its lust dinner and drawn the
last -whiff from the pipe of. peace.
Arbitration is a preat tiling for every
body's country except your own imlcss
your country" llnda itself- the under dog.
Just why the new geyser In the Yel
lowstone park should be named. Dcwey
docs not appear. The admiral Is no
sponter. _
Minnesota Is the latest state to take
up the enforcement of the anti-trust law.
Still the Nebraska statute Is allowed to
slumber.
Now that Ingcrsoll lias been cremated
he may be in condition to avoid the
painful process of passing through
purgatory. _
The popocnitic guns nro now all
aimed at General Corbln , but Corbln Is
a man whose temper Is not easily rolled
by blrdshot
The most Important problem with
which Oniahti will have to deal In the
near future Is municipal ownership ot
public necessities.
Omaha Is way behind all other Ameri
can cities of equal population In the
matter of suburban electric tramways ,
which constitute the most Important
feeders of the retail trade.
New Yorkers propose to show Admiral
Dewey some fireworks on his return.
The admiral Is somewhat of an expert
on fireworks himself and Itwill not dote
to spring any Cheap John affairs on
him.
Either the change of climate has af
fected the late Colonel Ingcrsoll'g style
of oratory or the spiritualistic medium
who baa brought him back to earth has
done a poor Job of translating his utter
ances.
"Glad to see you ; come again In about
ten dnye , " says the Nebraska com to
the rain , nnd If the call Is repeated the
king of the prnlrlo country will give
the grandest exhibition of filling up
empty cribs ever seen in the state.
Omaha should not lese heart. Den
ver has at last secured the erection of
a viaduct for which It lias been lighting
for fourteen years. Omaha hopes to
beat that record on Sixteenth street ,
but thcrl ) Is no certainty that It will.
Some of the Iowa democratic ad
mirers of Cato Sells , whom It Is pro.
posed to run for governor , presented
111 in with a sliver water service. His
sideboard wus probably already fur
nished with an ample supply of steins.
Tlie popocratlc scheme to do some po
litical plugging In the First Nebraska
before the men come homo aud learn
the trim situation has been blocked and
the wall wlUch went up from the skir
mish linn In San Francisco was audlblo
In Omaha.
accent decisions of the courts , have
made Insurance agents somewhat care
ful of colliding with laws intended to
prevent combinations to keep up rates ,
The convention of Iowa Insurance men
met behind closed doors and it is given
out that nothing In the nature of a com
bination was formed , The -people ot
Iowa will , however , have some doubts
regarding this statement.
Under one pretext nnd another the
state has been worsted from first to lust
on the penltontlnry'labor contract. In
this respect the popocratlc otllclals have
In no Who done better than those who
preceded them. They started out with
a steal In the shape of n purchase of the
nsscts of the old contractor niul have
wouiul up the list of errors to date by
allowing a political favorite to tlo up
$4,450 belonging to the state. Great Is
reform which doca not reform.
TAXATION or r
1'nder the express provision made by
the state constitution regarding the
raising of revenue all taxes are to lie
levied by valuation , PO that every per
son or corporation shall pay a tax In
proportion to the value of his , her or
Its properly and franchises. The con
stitution has been In force twenty-four
ypnrs ami yet no corporation has ever
been made to pay one dollar of tnx on
Its franchises. The only ground upon
which state , county nnd municipal
boards of taxation have been nblo lo
qxcuse the failure to assess and col
lect a franchise tnx In this slate has
been the pica that It is dlfllcult If not
Impossible to ascertain the vnlue of n
franchise. This plea will hardly bear
analysis. The fair assessment by our
local assessors of real estate taxable
under the present laws has never yet
been made , but nobody contends that
nil property shall go nntaxed because
the actual value of property cannot be
determined with any degree of nceur-
nry. The truth Is that the provision
of the constitution which directs the
assessment of franchises has been de
liberately Ignored and delicti because
assessors and boards of equalization
and legislatures have been tampered
with and corruntlv influenced bv the
managers and agents of franchlsed cor
porations.
To begin with our legislatures have
omitted to enact laws governing the ap
praisement of franchises and thus left
a loophole for assessors nud boards of
equalization through which they can
crawl by pretending that they have no
means ot finding out what a franchise
is worth. And yet the vnlue of a fran
chise Is not such an Intangible thing
as Its owners would like to make us
believe. The vnlue of a franchise Is
the differences between the actual cost
of the property of the frauchlsed cor
poration , as measured by the cost of Its
duplication , and the market or selling
value of the property at the time of as
sessment.
It goes without saying that the mar
ket value of a franchlscd corporation
Is gauged by Its earning capacity or
the surplus of Its earnings above fixed
charges ami operating expenses. For
example , if the plant of a franchlscd
corporation , including right of way ,
costs ? 1,000,000 , nnd the surplus over
and above operating expenses , ordinary
wear and tear nnd interest on the
money invested aggregates ? 00,000 ,
the value of the franchise , esti
mated at liberal interest , say 0 per cent ,
would be $1,500,000. That Is to say ,
allowing Interest on the actual Invest
ment nnd wear and tear as ordinary
profit of a franehised corporation , the
extraordinary profit or surplus meas
ured at 0 per cent would represent the
Interest on the franchise.
Assume that the plant of a corpora
tion enjoying a valuable privilege in
the shape of n state or municipal fran
chise Is assessed In the same proportion
as all other property , why should the
state or municipality be deprived of the
tax justly assessable against the most
valuable asset of the corporation ? It
may bo true that the product assessors
cannot make returns of a franchise
which is diffused over a whole county or
even a whole state. For that very reason
the county and state boards should
make it their business to require fran
chlscd corporations to make a showing
of their earnings and expenses , with a
view to ascertaining the vnlue of the
franchise for assessment purposes. No
body will contend that the franchise
when assessed shall bo rated for taxa
tion purposes at a different ratio from
that applied to all other property , but
it Is only right and fair that franchises
or special privileges from which In
comes are derived through the public
use shall bear their proportion of the
public burdens.
TO JXST1TUTE CIVIL ,
It Is said that one of the duties of the
now secretary of war will be that of
formulating regulations for the govern-
incut of Cuba and Porto Hlco nnd that
this matter will be given Immediate at
tention. It is understood to be the de
sire of the president to establish as soon
an practicable some kind of a civil gov
ernment In Porto Hlco and to arrange
preliminaries for enabling the people
of Cuba to take part In the administra
tion of the civil affairs of that Island.
"Porto Ulco being a portion of the do
main of the United States , anything
done by the president will be subject to
congressional action. As to Cuba , how
ever , the American occupation , accordIng -
Ing to the declaration of congress , Is
merely temporary , for the specific purpose -
pose of enabling the people of the Island
to establish a permanent form of gov
ernment , to be administered by officers
of their own choosing. It is stated that
the president is anxious that the initial
steps shall bo taken In this direction
at the earliest practicable day , in order
that something definite may bo pre
sented in tils annual message to con
gress. As now indicated the first duties
of Secretary Root will be to formulate
a plan for holding a popular election
in Cuba for the principal olllcers of the
provinces , who will hold nud admin
ister their places under the protection
nud general direction of the United
States military authorities In accord
ance with Instructions of the president.
Preliminary to this a census of the popu
lation will bo taken , for which prepara
tions are now making.
Undoubtedly congress will early In the
( session provide for establishing per
manently In Porto Hlco n civil system.
The people of the island are anxious
that this bo done nud as they ore giv
ing complete obedience to American au
thority It Is obviously expedient to give
them civil government as soon ns It can
bo done. The people of Cuba have , an
indisputable claim to bo permitted to
form their own government with the
least possible delay and any action
which President McKlnley may take in
furtherance of this will undoubtedly be
approved with practical unanimity by
American public sentiment. There nro
some who urge that it will bo years before -
fore the United States can safely leave
Cuba to the government of its own people
ple , ns wo promised to do us soon as
pacification was accomplished , but those
who ttiko this view are generally found
to bo friendly to annexation aud feel
that the longer American occupation of
Tuba Is continued the stronger will be
come the sentiment , both there and in
the Tnlted States , fnvomble to an
nexation. It Is by no menus certain
that this would be the effect and It is
quite possible that If our government
should announce1 a purpose to Indefi
nitely protract the military occupation
wo should soon have n more or le. s
formidable revolt to suppress. At all
events , the L'nltod States should not lose
night of the solemn pledge It made to
the Cuban people nnd It Is gratifying
to learn that President McKlnley Is
keeping that pledge In view.
At present the Cuban situation np-
pcnra to bo less disturbed than It was
n short time ago. The disaffected ele
ments nre not so aggressive. Hut It
may bo the calm before the storm. Our
government should spare no effort to
convince the Cubans that every nisur-
mice It has given will be faithfully ful
filled.
XUT TtlK WunKIXOMAX'S WRAIW.
The right of American wngoworkors
to withdraw from the service of their
employers whenever their pay Is deemed
Insufficient or their treatment becomes
Intolerable is conceded by nil right-
thinking people. The right of every
human being to better its condition nnd
the right of each Individual bread
winner to seek redress for grievances or
to enforce his demands for higher wages
or less hours of labor by all peaceable
and legitimate means cannot be called
In question. In every struggle In which
working people engage with capital for
the amelioration of their condition pub
lic sympathy -will always be found on
the side of labor so long ns labor Is
content to seek redress within the
bounds of law nnd order.
It Is only when worklngnu-n engaged
In strikes resort to violence and adopt
anarchistic weapons that public senti
ment revolts and demands the suppres
sion of force by force. In every In
stance where worklngmeu have allowed
themselves to be placed in the attitude
of public disturbers and rioters the out
come has been disastrous not only to
the parties actively engaged but also
to the entire cause of labor.
The Cleveland street car strike affords
another example of the lamentable folly
of worklngmeu seeking redress by the
employment of explosives aud terrorism.
Dynamite Is not the weapon by waluti
American workmen can hope to re
dress their wrongs or better their con
dition. C5od hates a coward and the
use of explosives under cars occupied
by inoffensive women and children Is
n moat dastardly mode of warfare which
no right-minded person can countenance
or condone.
It is to the credit of the leaders of or
ganized labor In Cleveland and nil other
American cities that they have not only
disclaimed all sympathy with such rep
rehensible assaults on life and property ,
but have denounced them In severe
terms. Mob law nnd nuarchy cnn have
no place In our system of government
and nobody Is more vitally concerned
In the preservation of our republic thnn
the tellers nnd producers of America.
A nusixass OICUSADE.
A Baltimore dispatch of n few days
ngo announced that a movement Is on
foot among the jobbers In groceries in
Maryland to assist the association of
southern wholesale grocers In Its op
position , to the exactions of the various
industrial combinations interested in
grocers' specialties. There was a
largely attended meeting of the South
ern association some three weeks ago , at
which It was decided to make war on
combines and shortly after the meeting
a campaign was started which resulted
In the drawing up of a list of the combines -
bines from which the members of the
association will make no purchases. It
is stated that all the members are
pledged to stand by each other In the
light The jobbers who have joined In
the crusade intend to purchase entirely
from Independent corporations.
The concerns against which the asso
ciation declares It will discriminate nro
the National Biscuit company , the Amer
ican Sugar Kcllnlng company and the
American Tobacco company. This move
ment , which seems to have been care
fully organized , will be watched with
great aud general Interest , for it muy
prove to be the beginning of a wide
spread resistance on the part of Jobbers
and retailers to the exactions of the
trusts and a practical means of crushing
the combinations. If this southern ns-
soclatlou of grocers shall succeed "in
what they have undertaken It will bean
an incentive to the organization of like
associations in otlicr sections of the
country , not only of grocers , but of
other lines of business subject to trust
exactions. It Is therefore- quite possible
that n most formidable crusade may
thus be organized against the combina
tions , with the result of building up in
dependent corporations and ultimately
driving the trusts to the wall.
Success will largely depend , of course ,
upon the good faith of those engaged in
the movement and it Is perhaps In this
that the chief danger of failure will bo
found. The combinations will , of course ,
spare no effort to draw members away
from the association und they can afford
to offer liberal Inducements in order to
accomplish this. It is , however , a com
mendable effort to throw off trust tyr
anny nnd exactions nud ought to be
successful.
TUB MASSES IIEHB AXD AllltOAD.
The contrast between the masses In
this country nnd the masses of the old
world , said Archbishop Ireland , who has
just returned from a protracted visit
abroad , Is moro remarkable now than
ever. "Tho American poor nro happier
and 100 per cent more intelligent. Their
surroundings nro better ; their chances
are better. Where there Is ouo case of
misery here there arc hundreds abroad ,
aud by abroad I mean England us wch
ns the continent. " This Is in accord
with nil the testimony of intelligent and
careful observers of the condition of the ,
masses of the people In Europe nnd In
this country ,
While there have been periods In which
largo numbers of our people were out
of employment and there was n great
deal of privation and suffering , there
bus been no time during the last half n
century when the American people ns a
whole were not better off In nil material
respects than the people of any other
Innd. They have been bolter paid for
their labor , they have enjoyed more of
the comforts of life than ( he people of
any other country , while as to means
of Intellectual Improvement and social
advancement they exist here to n greater
extent than anywhere else In the world.
There nre , It Is true , undesirable condi
tions here. Many employed in mills
nnd factories nre unable to earn more
thnn sulllclent 'for n bare subsistence.
The workers In the coal mines of Penn
sylvania nnd some other states arc sub
jected to.no little hardship nnd priva
tion , their existence being little better
than a life of slavery. The sweatshop
Is still doing Its deadly work In some
of our cities. Hut these conditions nro
being ameliorated from year to year nnd
there Is reason to hope that they will
In time bo remedied. Good progress
has been made In mitigating the hard
ships to willed some classes of labor
hnvo been subjected and there can be
no doubt that this will go on until all
hits been done lu this direction that Is
practicable.
'Phe statement of Archbishop Ireland
that the American poor uy which It is
presumed he meant the whole body of
wage-earners are happier and 100 per
cent more Intelligent than the
poor of Europe , should receive the
thoughtful attention of all and espe
cially of those who are continually
seeking to create dissatisfaction among
those who toll and to promote among
the poor n feeling of hostility toward ,
the rich. It is not dllllcult to under
stand why our people should be happier
than those of any other land , when It
Is considered that Industry Is nowhere
so well rewarded as here aud that no
where else are the opportunities for Im
provement and advancement so good ns
in the United States. As to superiority
In Intelligence. It would be strange if
with our public school system it were
otherwise.
Americans generally do not fully ap
preciate the superior conditions lu their
own country and too few of them take
the trouble to acquaint themselves with
the facts which show how very much
better off our people as a whole are
than the people of any other land , not
excepting England.
England Is following In the footsteps
of Germany in the matter of Introduc
ing schemes advocated by the socialists.
A bill lias just been introduced In Par
liament which provides that every des
titute mau and woman In the United
Kingdom of the age of 05 shall be en
titled to receive a weekly pension of
5 shillings , or ? 1.'J. of American money.
It Is estimated that this new depar
ture will cost the government $50,000-
000 a year , but Inasmuch as It strikes a
blow at parish pauperism which prob
ably absorbs a greater sum In the long
run for the maintenance of the desti
tute poor there is no loss to the tax
payer Involved in It The probabilities
are that the measure will be followed
by a compulsory savings law modeled
after the German law that sets apart a
fixed amount of the earnings of every
wngeworker to be applied to bis relief
in case of sickness , want of work and
old age. With such , a supplementary
law no pension will bo necessary for
the relief of anybody who is able to
work when In good health.
A decision rendered within the last
week by the federal court for Minnesota
enunciates the principle that state rail
road commissions cannot regulate or
control express companies beyond the
state limits nnd cnnuot consequently
compel them to report their enrnlngs
with a view to taxation , excepting tolls
collected as public carriers within the
state limits. The principle laid down
in this decision is doubtless correct if
state lines are to be strictly construed
as boundaries , beyond which public car
riers doing business In the state cannot
be made amenable to the laws of the
state. The decision , however , only em
phasizes the imperative demand for na
tionalizing the business of public car
riers , whether they are railroad , tele
graph or express companies. All these
agencies nre engaged In Interstate com
merce and should be subject to uniform
national regulation.
According to a special cablegram not
yet verified the sultan of Sulu lias
Issued the following proclamation to
his people : "I have met the Americans.
They have come among us as friends ,
not to Interfere with our religion , rights
or government. All those who love their
country or sultan I warn to be friendly
and not molest them. The Americans
are like a box of matches. You strike
one or two and they all blaze up. " The
sultan of Sulu may consider himself
very fortunate that his people are not
fire worshippers and the cllmato of his
country does not compel them to touch
off a box of matches every time they
want to go to supper.
The summary of casualties In the Phil
ippines shows the same condition noted
in the Cuban campaign , a remarkably
large percentage of olllcers killed nud
wounded. Foreign military authorities
commented upon this during the cam
paign in Cuba and set it down as1 duo
to reckless exposure. The difference Is
duo to divergent theories ono that the
olllccr is everything nnd the private
nothing , and the other , which obtains In
this country , that the officer must bo a
leader instead of n follower. It Is this
which procures service out of raw re
cruits nnd volunteers which Europcnns
only expect of veterans.
Uncle Horace Boles is not the oracle
of Iowa democracy any more. For
Koino time ho has been trying Indus
triously to 1)eslrido both the free silver
nnd sound money horses , but the Spread
between them Is too great. He Is keep
ing up the effort to please both factions ,
but has only Isolated himself from both.
The presidential bee does some strange
things when It gets Into n man's bonnet
and ex-Goverpor Boles.has a ease which
api > eurs hopeless.
Ilitinniir Trrntmeiit of Aiilmnl * .
lialtlmoro American.
A humane society In New York Intends
to Inaugurate a novel crusade by Introducing
into the schools a study of horses and other
animals with a vlo\v toward their kind and
humane treatment , It being felt a powerful
aid to enlist the Interest of th crowlnc gen
eration. An abuse which need * to bo cor
rected everywhere Is the habit of allowing
younp boys armed with stout carters' whips ,
to drive horses In any fashion they please.
\o ( < < iUl fiicl < ir > - to .Hiol |
Philadelphia Record.
A settlement whlcb should give to the
Philippine Islands eolf-govcinment under a
protectorate of the United Stale.1) ) would not
servo the spoilsmen and speculator : ) In Wash
ington. Under such a plan ot peace the pros-
pectlve booty of Philippine rice , tobacco and
sugar plantations would disappear. Hence
thcro must be some moro killing.
Why lliixliK'.i * In ( iooil ,
Indianapolis News.
The country Is Retting so used to pros
perity that It seems to take It entirely as
a matter of course. 'Men ' have apparently
forgotten the recent era of depression , or
If they recall It , they wonder how It was
possible that a land which Is now enjoying
such wonderful prosperity could ever have
known unfavorable business conditions. It
Is not necessary to set forth the facts which
are so clearly stated In the trade reports
for the week. They arc all favorable , llusl-
nc.38 Is better than It over was before at
the present season. Our people arc at work.
Prices nnd wages arc Rood. Demand Is
largo and apparently Insatiable. ForelRti
trade Is all that could be asked. Crops nro
good , and wo shall be able to feed our own
people and to make up whatever shortage
there may bo abroad. The few labor
troubles nre local , and , as one report sa > s ,
"do not affect national business. "
Triint C
Chicago Chronicle.
People who have a fancy for what arc com
monly known as ' "Industrial" stocks may re
gard with Interest an Incident in the forma
tion of the blcyclo trust. There was some
dlfllculty In effecting the combination and
In order to adjust conflicting views wo are
told that "tho capital was reduced from $ SO-
000,000 to $40,000,000. " We may feel certain
that this reduction was made not because of
any compunctions concerning overcapitali
zation , but because It was feared , that there
might bo some dlfllculty In disposing of the
shares. That Is to say , the blcyclo trust ,
coming In at the tall of the hunt , has a
smarier Held to draw from than did the
trusts that wcro formed curlier. The public
la "loaded" with Industrial shares. The sig
nificance of the Incident lies In the Implica
tion that trusts are capitalized not at the
value of their property and prospects , but
with reference to the absorbing capacity of
the stock market. And we may bo sure that
though the blcyclo trust cut Its capitalization
In two the older trusts did nothing of the
kind. They put the figures as high as the
speculative craze seemed to Justify and the
result 'Is being made manifest In a shrinkage
of hundreds of millions In the "industrials. "
XEIIIIASICA'S IIH.VVli SOIIII3R HOYS.
Tribute < o the Rnllnnt l < "lKlitcr of
the Vint Il 'Kliiicn < .
Denver News.
The governor of Nebraska and other
prominent state ofllclals will receive the
Nebraska volunteers on their arrival In San
Tranclsco and after their miiBtcr out will
escort them 'home , a second reception await
ing them at Lincoln , the capital of that
etate. This is a deserved honor to and
recognition of a regiment that has rendered
elgnal service In the Philippines.
The Nebraska regiment bas not been second
end to nny in lighting qualities. Indeed , it
has endured an unusual amount of hardship.
For weeks In the advance from Manila It was
on the firing line. Its steadiness and heroIsm -
Ism excited the admiration of the general
officers and old regulars , -who nave no use
for volunteers , were glad to acknowledge the
splendid soldierly qualities of the boys from
the corn-husking state. Plainsmen , and
mountaineers alike have won the distinction.
It is the fighting blood of the pioneer that
has over been first to shed iteelf for the na
tion's cause.
Scarcely a year has elapsed since those
brave , hardened , disciplined soldiers , who
have marched aud fought as Napoleon's old
guard never did. wcro farmers' boys and
clerks , mechanics and laborers In the state
of Nebraska. The man who transformed
them into soldiers and , from on undisciplined
mass of 1,200 recruits , evolved as splendid a
fighting machine as ever marched under the
flag , was brave Colonel Stotsenberg , who fell
In one of tholr desperate charges , shot dead
at the head of the regiment. For his exact
discipline ho was berated by politicians of all
parties in his state , who are now tumbling
over each ether to do honor to his memory
and the regiment that 'bis ' genius created.
The politicians will bo forgotten , but the
name of Stotsenberg and tbo deeds of tbo
regiment ho led to his death will bo forever
imprinted upon the history of Nebraska and
the nation.
STATISTICS O.V 13IMIGHATION' .
FlKUrcn Show n Xotntilc Increase Dnr-
Juir the 1'nnt Tcnr.
Now York Times.
There was a notable incrcaso in immigra
tion durln ; the fisMi ! year ended Juno 30.
The Immigration bureau reports the total at
311,707 as against 229,299 for the preceding
fiscal year. The number Is by no means so
great , however , as in past years of great
prosperity , when this country seemed all gold
to the Impoverished and struggling peoples
of the old world. In the rich year of 1880
there wcro 457,257 Immigrants ; in 1881 , 669-
431 ; In 1882 , 788,992 , which Is the largest
number for any ono year in our history.
In the prosperous year in the beginning
ot the present decade the volume of immi
gration again swelled to 'big ' proportions.
There ivoro 623,084 in 1892 and 602,617 In
1893 , but the coming on of hard times in the
latter year checked the stream , tbero being
only 314,467 In 1894 and 279,948 In 1895.
Tbo United Kingdom and Germany used to
bo the great sources of the stream. They are
surpassed now by Italy and Russia. During
the decade 188180there was on annual avor-
ego of 146,000 immigrants from Great Brit
ain , of which 65,000 were Irish ; an average
of 145,000 from Germany , while Italy sent
an average ot only 30,000 and Russia and
Poland less than 600 A year. Last year Great
Drltaln sent 37,000 , ofwhich 31GOO were
Irish , and Germany 26,000 , Out Italy came
to the fore with no less than 78,000 immi
grants , which is tbo largest number sent us
by any ono country. The report of the bu
reau of Immigration credits Itussla with less
than 2,000 Immigrants lost year , but wo sup
pose that tbo greater part of the Immigrants
classed ns Hebrew cumo from that country.
On the other hand , It seems probable that of
the 20,000 credited to Poland the larger part
must have been Hebrews.
Norway and Sweden , which sent us an
average of 56,000 a year during the last dec
ade , Imvo fallen to 23,000 , Including Panes.
Only ono Swiss was reported as arriving last
year ; there used -to be about 8,000 every
year. There 'Wore fens than 1,000 Hungari
ans , which lo a tremendous falling off from
the average of 30,000 a year that was for
merly the rule. Perhaps this Is no occasion
for mourning , as this class of Immigrants
came with no intention of remaining. The
low number reported last year may bo duo
In part to the memory of the shooting at j
Lattlmer. Of the 78,000 Italians who camo'
to us last year , 65,000 came from
the south of Italy , not tbo most desir
able class of people to aid to our population.
A good many of South Italians also come
here expecting to lay up their wages and go
back to Italy ,
Tallowing tbo usuaf rule , we should look
for another marked Increase In Immigration
during the present year , A revival of busi
ness activity and the brisk use of money I
naturally Increase the opportunities to obtain -
tain employment and It Is aa day laborers
that most ot our Immigrants expect to snake i
their living '
m.ASTS FIIOM HAM'S HUtlX.
Act today and rest tomorrow.
Don't talk of future doing , but Ho , now !
Christ changes the city by changing the
citizen.
Divine revision and supervision pcrfcc
human plans.
Church services arc a nmins , and not an
end of grace.
It Is only borrowed wings thut make high
i ! night dangerous.
< Y new heaven and a new earth are both
discovered In Christ.
Sin makes our sorrows , but these sorrows
often turn us from sin.
It would bo hard to have to go to heaven
and find It a foreign country and a land
of strangers.
MILLION IKM.I.AltS MOIIK WA I >
Vindication of the 1'rotcvtlvo Tnrlft
on ( lie 'l'li > I'lalr liulnxlry.
Philadelphia Imtulrcr.
The Increase of 15 per cent In the wages
of the tin-plato workers of the United States
Is a very significant and noteworthy In
cident. It Is significant for two reasons ,
first bcr.iuso the ability of employers of tinPlate -
Plato workers to pay hlcher WBRCS , or , In
deed , to pay any wogea whatever , Is wholly ,
admittedly nnd Indisputably due to thn
operation of the duty Imposed on foretell
tin-plate by republican legislation , and , second
end , because the tin-plato industry Is di
rected by a concentration of organized
cnpltnl , which democratic demagogues arc
never tired of quoting and denouncing as A
typo of nil that Is most danccroim and
reprehensible In the line of industrial mo
nopolies.
No Intelligent man can reflect upon thcso
two circumstances without being impressed
by tbo weight nnd scope of tholr signifi
cance. Thcro never WHS a clearer , n
stronger , a moro Incontrovertible example
of the beneficent and influential operation
of a protective tariff In building up homo
Industries than that afforded by the history
ot the tin-plate industry In the United
States. Prior to 1SPO no tin-plato was
manufactured in this country. Americans
use moro Un-Dlalc than any other people
and all wo used was bought abroad , mostly
In Wales. This was because the foreign
manufacturer , being able to obtain skilled
labor at about half the rnto ot wanes cur
rent In this country , could make tin-plato
so much more cheaply than It could then be
produced hero that competition with him
was impracticable. This situation was
brought to the attention of the ways and
means committee , of which Mr. McKlnley
was then chairman , and the tariff bill of
1890. the so-called McKlnley bill , subjected
foreign tin-plato to a protective duty.
The result was immediate. To the utter
confusion ot the democratic free traders ,
who Insisted that tin-nlatc could not bo
manufactured here , nnd who shed many
bitter tears over the distress of the work-
Ingmnn who would bo compelled to pay so
much more for his dinner call , American
tin-plato manufactories sprang up at once.
The industry advanced l5y leaps and bounds ,
aud by the tlmo the calamity-breeding Wil
son tariff was enacted It had attained to
such proportions that' even the democrats
shrank from removing the protective bar
rier behind which it had been developed.
They reduced the tln-olato duty , but did
not repeal it , and tbo Industry , by that tlmo
too firmly established to bo seriously af
fected , continued to prosper. ' It was prop
erly cared for in the Dlngley or present
tariff , and now It employs some 20.000 men
at excellent wages , and it Is estimated that
the advance just granted will involve the
distribution among them of an additional
$1,000,000 annually. Could the protective
principle bo moro conclusively vindicated ?
RESULT IS SATISFACTORY
Report of the United Stntcn Ilonrit of
Ordnance on Gun Tents He-
cciitly Made.
WASHINGTON , July 29. The report ot
the board of ordnance nnd fortifications of
tests recently made at Sandy Hook has bocn
made public by the War department. Ono
of the tests was tbo firing of an Isham shell
containing 113 pounds of explosive gelatine
from a twelve-Inch gun with 415 pounds of
powder. The shell weighed 1,018 pounds
loaded. No fuse was employed , as It was
desired to test the ability ot the loaded shell
not only to cnduro with safety the shock of
discharge , but also the shock ot impact.
The result was most satisfactory. These
shells are now to bo tested against armor
plato. The board witnessed a firing test of
the scvcnty-five-lnch Maxlm-Nordonfeldt
quick-firing mountain gun and says that In
gonerarcxcollenco this gun Is believed to bo
superior to any other of Us kind now in the
service.
The board then Inspected fragments of
shells in which the high explosive thorite
liad 'been ' used as a bursting charge. The
fragmentation was satisfactory. The re
sults of the tests so far made with this ex
plosive are considered to 'bo very satisfac
tory , both for field and alego projectiles.
The board at the same tlmo tested the
Sims-Dudley powder pneumatic guns of five
Inches. Two and ono-halt-inch projectiles
wcro loaded with explosive gelatine bursting
charbea. The Merrlam fuse , It is stated ,
bas proven both safe and reliable.
The board has prepared a program to sub
ject thorite to a final test In order to fully
establish its value. The report Is signed
by General Miles , president of tbo board.
I'KXSIONS FOIL WESTERN VI3TKKA.VM
Survivor * of ( lie Civil War Ilcinrni-
licreil TIJhe ( ( ieueriil Government.
WASHINGTON. July 29. ( Special. ) Tlio
following western pensions have been
granted ;
Issue of July 17 , 1899 :
Nebraska ; Original1 John Fee , Beatrice ,
| 8. Increase John I. Merrlam , Omaha , $10
tn $ .10.
Iowa ; Original David L. Hardy , deceased ,
Blakesburg. $20 ; William Herrold. Sno
City , $8 ; John M. Carr , Otley , $6 ; Thomas T.
Andoraon , Indlanola , $8 ; Henry Mlllhouso ,
Lone Tree , $8. Additional Efmor A. Plckott ,
Manning , $2 $ to $6. Renewal and Reissue
Simeon Trlplctt , Henderson , $0 , Increase
William Ilurch , Clarlnda. $8 to $10 ; George
W. Freeman , Sprlngvllle , $8 to Jio.
Original , Widows , etc. Mary A. Whllsel ,
Iowa City , $8 ; Eliza L. Reynolds , Agency ,
$15.South
South Dakota : Original Charles Fcrrell ,
Deadwood , $8 ,
I'rnlrlR "Will lie .Hunt < Europe ,
WASHINGTON , July 29. The Navy de-
partmcnt has arranged to send the Prairie
to Europe mine tlmo during next winter. It
will bo used In connection with the American
exhibit at the Paris exposition and may bo
employed In conveying the naval and other
portions of tbo government exhibit to Paris ,
ft Is possible that the Prairie will remain on
the European station to ( servo as a nucleus
of the squadron which la to bo reestablished
lished there.
I'orlo Itlpo ( 'iixtoniM Trtuifinctlonii ,
WASHINGTON , July 29. The War de-
mrtment bas made public Its first complete
itatemont of customs transactions with the
several ports of Porto Rico for the first six
months of 1899. The receipts from all
courcca for the six months named by the
customs authorities are $746,742 , San Juan
furnishing $311,022 and Pence $262,500. $
Mormon MlNNloiiiirlrn Sail for Knxland
PHILADELPHIA , July 29. Twenty-nine
Mormon missionaries from Utah galled on
the steamer Pcnnland from this port for
Liverpool today. They are air young men.
In bpeaklng of their missionary work in
foreign lands , R , G. Mcllvarrle , one of the
party , eald : "Thero are 3,000 Mormon mis
sionaries now at work all over the world nnd
the number is dally Increasing. Every man
goes at hla own expense and because of the
fjJLh that la In him , "
2 > RCTI < AIt ? IIOTS AT TUB rt'I.riT. '
Iloston Globe : Ingersoll would be used
oftencr ns n text todny If thcro wcro more
of thp churches open.
i
I KanMa City Times : Inn Maclnren tolls
his countrymen that American churches nr i
run to make money. Well , did ha not work I
some of them to advertise his lecture course 1 ,
A cnsc of guilty conscience.
Hoston Globe : An advertisement of the
meetings nt the gospel tent In Now York ,
where Evangelist Moody Is now engaged In
the herculean attempt to save that wicked
city , announces that the leaders nro "nil
stars. " How many shows can say ns muchT
Chicago Journal : From Springfield , Mo. , lR\
comes the announcement that Colonel In-
geraoll has been lecturing there under the
auspices of the splrlaiallstlo medium , Corn
Richmond. This news will bo comforting tea
a large number ot theological people who
have believed the colonel to be less con
genially occupied.
Chicago Chronicle : It Is with pi-eat grati
fication that wo welcome back to town our
Rood friend and brother the Nov. Doctor
John Qulncy Adnms Henry. Brother Henry's
return to the scene of his former triumphs
Is gratifying lu more ways than ono. It
not only denotes that wo nro once more to
have his stalwart nld In grappling with the
hosts of sin in Chicago , but that the city of
Now York has been regenerated fully and
completely. For , as wo understand It ,
Hrothcr Henry Journeyed to thnt metropolis
with the purpose of sanctifying Manhattan
Island nnd we innv bo sure that ho wouldn't
Icavo until ho had finished the job. Ho
has , therefore , put New York In the straight
aud narrow path and has returned to finish
up with Chicago , which bo evidently dooms
a considerably tougher proposition. Let u
hope that , this time , ho will not turn back ,
having once set his hand to the plow.
SirUAItED ntOM Till ) 1'UN.NY MEN.
Washington Star : "Mlglit T nskvlmt
your nationality la ? " Inquired Uie man who
hail been talking irolltlcM.
"Certainly. My nnceMtors cnmo from
various countries. I am a Oermau-Irlsli-
French-Dutcli-Swcdlsli-Anicrlonn. I Imve
no patience \vHIi a man who limits himself
to merely ono hyphen. "
Chicago Post : They bad met at T-Jnrragati-
sott Pier.
"I thought you said you preferred the
mountains to the seashore , " remarked the
girl In blue. *
"Oh , that was before pnim consented to
let mo get a dainty little $ 3 bulbing' null , "
wus the reply.
Brooklyn KaRle : "How did you nnd
Oeoreo got along t the seashore ? " asked
'her best friend. , , .
"Swimmingly , " "was the reply.
Cleveland Plain Dealer : "Will you love
mo whoa I'm old , George7"
"Not if you look like your mother. "
Chicago News : "I wlt-li. I were n. book , "
remarked the neglected wife of the profes- >
for , "then perhaps you would pay soms at- w-
lentloii to me. " ' \
"A'hi" ' exclaimed the profeaior , "If you
were only an iilmamic then 1 could ex
change you every year. "
Philadelphia North American : "Tho news
papers have effected u combine at last , "
said Suthcr ,
"How do you know ? " asked Billets.
"Here's a story about u. yarn manufac
turers' trust. "
AM , 11 All , TO OUR FLAG.
All hnll to our flag ! Tho' it bs tattered
ml worn ,
All hiUI ! to Its colors and bars :
'Neath Its folds as it floats hearts ar
rcnded und torn ,
Yet we love Its old stripes nnd Its stars.
No 'heart ' In our land of lt tears is nshamcd ;
No heart .but that thrills with full pride.
"Tho too shall be vanquished ! " voices countless -
less proclaimed ,
lAiul wo gave them. They foujht and
they died.
Thpn hnll to our flae ! Be it battered or'
new ;
It sheltered , encouraged nnd led
Our brave-hearted lads who wore coata of
the blue.
We weep that BO many arc dead. ,
If sturdily loyal , If Iruc and it brave ,
Tho' the Ilnff wo salute 1 > n. Hhred ,
Wo will hall to "Oldi Glory , " our honor
wilt nave ,
"While weeping o'er souls that have fled.
'All hall to our flag ! It has floated o'er
fields
Where life-ebbing , crimson waves rolled.
It hath wrapped 'round our hearts , and th&
spirit no'er yields.
Our precious dead doth It enfold.
Baluto with bowed form and with tear-
dlmmeU eye , ,
The lluir that went down with our slain.
Salute yet n aln ! Hear the war batUecrr
Where bullets sped faster than rain.
All hnll to our Jierocs ! Jleto honors -whera
due ,
But remember our fallen nnd dead.
AH hail ! With love's welcome "our boys"
ot 'the ' blue.
Ah ! the tears thntwe slHntly shod
For our heroes who never will meet with
u moro ;
For our boya who bequeathed with their
Aa they crossed to the brink of Kterntty's
The Hag borne aloft until death.
Hall , all ! to our fluff. Dear bought the
price given
Of a country'n deliverance from woe :
Angushe ! < t voltes cry out to the portals of
heaven ,
And heart-cherlsheU hopes have bowed
All hall 'to our flag ! . Love its stripes and
Its s tars ;
Cherr Wild as It KOPS papslnp by ;
No thing can compare with its colors and
Blood-p'urclin.spd "Old Glory ! " Wave high.
-NKLLIB HAWKS , Friend , Neb.
Let us
reason
together.
If you don't ' happen to
want anything in the way
of Summer Clothing at
present , you wont read
this. If you do want
something and want the
best for the least money ,
this advertisement will in
terest you.
We are clearing out all
the broken lots of Men's
Summer wearables , They
are going at half-price or
less , and that means actu
ally below cost. But it is
cheaper for us to sell them
now at this rate than to
carry over a lot of clothing
to next summer.
YOUR chance is now.
The lowest prices of the
season have been reached.
We close Saturday even
ings at 6 o'lock.