Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 9, 1885, Page 4

HE DAILY BEE. Ouana Orricn No, 014 axp 916 Fanvan S, Nrw Youk Orrice, Roost 66 Trisoxe Buitp: Na, The Six Month The Weekly I3 ooy One Ye with pren A every Wednesday without premiu on tria ows and Editorial ho EDITOR OF THR RS, iittances should be 1811150 COMPANY, OMATIA. rors to o made pay. ord:t of the company iz BEE PUBLI»HING CU., PFID) THE ROCK SPRINGS RIOT. The attempt of the Unlon Paclfic man- agers to evade rerporsibility and hold themeelves entirely blameless for the massacro of Ohinamen at the Rock Sprirgs coal mines will not be suocessfut with the thinking people. While it ls true that the prevalling system of coal minlng in Wyomlng was begun years ago under the Gonld and Dlllon administra- tlon, the pretet managers cannot plead fgnorance of the abuses to which miners have been rubjected. The cfliclals atsert that the mines are operated by contractors, who employ the m'ners, and therefore the railroad ocom- pany s not responaible, as it has nothing whatever to do with the men. It trans acts its btusiness s'mply with the con- trastors. Even If that were the case, the Unlon Paclfic cannot absolve itself from a share ot responaibllity In permlitting the contractors to contlnue the employment “Tur exposition folks are walting for the clouds to roll by. Tars klod ol wenhor ll rough on tke raco—human as well as horse, Every cloud has a silver lining, and 1t 1s about time for the lintug to show up. Tux St Lol Republican aske, 4‘What is a dollar?” It looks llko a very big thing when you haven’t gota cent. AFFIDAVITS a8 to origlnality and piracy are now in order among our local con- temporaries, but nobody can make these papers angry enough to print an affidavit of bona fide clrcalation. e Mz. Gere has gone to Blatr to In. ventigate the rallroad wreck. He has been conductor of a wrecking train for a number of years, Politleal wrecks have been his best hold. Ir the weather clerk does not sjon im- prove the quality of his goods by giving usa liitle warmth and sunshine, the Omaha exposition managers will prefer charges of offensive partisanship against him, Tue labor demonstration in Chicago was sn enthusiastic and eminently re- spectablo offife. The proce:slon was composed of ths varioustr:des arsomblies and unlons, th:rs betug fully 8,000 rep- resentatives of honest labor In the line. Tue appointmens of Mr. Higglns to be reglater of the Grand Island Jand office has been ratified by the democrats of Ord, In mais meeting asscmbled. Mr. Higgins can now proceed to business, and Dr. Miller can rest satisfiod that his ocontidence in tH/gzlns hss not been mla- placed. Some of his other endosements, however, sre not quite so unanimou:ly ratified. Tue recent decislon of Chief Justlce Hayes, of Idaho, affirming the constitu- tlonality of the territorial election law relating to polygamists wlill no doubt have the effact of checklng Mormon colc- nization in Idaho.jA great many Mormons have lately drifted into Idaho, and the gentlles were anything but pleased at the perceptible increase in the ranks of the polygamists, THE natural gas wells in and around Plttaburg are displacing coal as a fuel to such an extent that it s beginnlng to effect the labor of the coal miners. It ls sald that the striko of miners, soms 4,000 to 7,000 in the vicinlty of Pltts- burg, Is largely due to the use of gas In- stead of coal. An enormous = quantity of coal has been used in that manufacturing olty, and the subatitation of gas s rap- 1dly golng on In all the various manufac- turing establishmente, JunGe REAGAN, of Texas, exprasses the opinfon that we are now passing through the ordeal which is to deter- mine whether our freo constitutional form of government and clvil liberty are to be malutaiced by a free and Inde- pendent people, cr whether the Ameri- can people are in the future to be the cringing slaves of oorporations and mo- nopolies. This 1s not the opinion of Judge Rosgan alone, but of many other eminent and clear thinkers, E——— Tug Mlssouri Pacitic proposes to bulld # branch from Weeping Water or Avoca to Lincoln. This will make a third line be- tween Omaha and Lincolo. It will be shorter than the Unlon Paclfic, and not any longer than the B, & M. This move- ment on the part of the Miesourl Pacific will i all probab!lity hasten the building of the B. &M, extension from Omaha to Ashland, which will make a straight llne between Omaha and Llacoln of about fifty miles. This will be the short line and can be traveled In about an hour and a half. —— Tar Unlon Puclfic is selling Rock Springs coal In Denver at §6.00 per ton, and In Sldney at $8.50, The distance of Denver from Oheyenne s 110 miles, while the dlstance from Cheyenne to Sidney is 102 miles. The question natur- ally arlses what causes the difference of $2.60 In favor of Denver. The answer, of course, will be ‘‘ccmpetition,” But suppose that there Is competition, Inas. much as (he Unlon Paclfic can carry Rook Springs coal 400 miles eastof Sldnoy to Omahs, and sell it here at $7.00 per ton, It would reem that the price at Blduey certainly ought not to be any more than that at Denver, 1f, as s said, the company s obliged on sccount of gompetition t) cut prices below what it ‘oan aft . rd we say that It ought not to cut aball. It is slmply mokiog one party for the benefits received by another, other words it {s aa unjust dfsximing. This {s oup of the great wrongs of whole railway system west of the our! rlver, of Chinese and steadlly Increase thelr number. But let us look at the facts In the osse. Accordlog to the statement of a reliable man, who epent a number of years at Rock Springs, the contract with Beckwlth, Qainn & Co. to furnish ccal to the company at .o much per ton, and supply all the necessary machinery and labor, is & mere subterfuge. The con- tractors are slmpla egents or superintend- ents, behlnd whom the Union Paclfic operates, In order to prevent the govern. ment from Interforing. The Unlon Paclfic paya the miners,furnishes the machinery, and holds ilself responsible for all the ranning expentes of the mines. The company also> malntalns the system of deallng out supplles from its stores to the miners, This |is slmply an Ingenlous method of robbery, which was so prevalent in Penn- sylvania, Ohlo and other states untll the last year or two, when the leglslatures of some of these states passed lawa making ita penal offense, In Wyoming, as it was in Pennsylvania, the coal miners are compellad to trade at the railroad com. pany’s stores, operated by Beckwith, Qalnn &Co., by whomtheyaracharged ex- orbitant prices. Not satlsfied with hav- ing a monopoly In the coal trade in that territory, the greedy corporatlon main- talng a monopoly on the merchandlse trade In all its trlbutary mln Between low wsges for Iabor outrageous priccs for provislons and other neczasaries the miners are ground down until they find it difficult to live even if with the stristest economy. None but Chlnamen can stand any such presiure. As they can live on almost nothlng, they can afford to work for the Union Pacific contrastors at low wages and pay high prices for what lttle they buy and consume. Under all these clr- cumstances the white miners have been drlven to desperation, and becomlng co - vinced that the Unlon Pacific was at- tempting to elther reduce them to the level of the Chinese, or gradually freezs them out altogether by the importation of Uhinese, they rasorted to force to ex- pel the obnoxlous element. Who was mainly responsible for the massacre? The maddened miners’ mob, or the men who got up the system that drove these men tomurderousdesperation? The sgents of the company have at all times enconraged Chinamen, as well as Mormon miners, and in this way have held down all others as with a rod of fron, That the Union Paclfic contractors have systematically tyranized over the white miners end treated them like slaves, and subjected them to all sorts of annoyances and indignlties, there s but little doubt. We have dencunced In un- measured terms the action of the white miners in slaughtering the Chinese, be- cause the Ohinamen wers not re- sponsiple for belng alive mor for belog employed in the mines. Bat the Incentive for the crlme was far- nished by thelr employers and a glant monopoly, which has destroyed all po sible chance for competition and fair deal iog In Wyoming. The lesson taught by the desperate miners, bloody though it was, thould not go unheeded by the Union Paclfic. That company should as soon as possible abandon the employment of Chlneee, and if 1t will perslst In mon- opolizlog the coal mining business, let 1t at least have the decency to do away with ita stores and permit competition In the necessaries of life and miners’ supplies. Gilve the white miners a chance to bay where they can buy the cheapest, and there will be less cause for complalnt, The Rock Springs massacre presents another phase which calls for serious ro- fleotlon. At the Instance of the rallroad, which has had a mortgage *on nearly every governor of Wyoming, federal tzoops have baen called for to suppress the Inaurrection, and to prevent a further oatbreak. No sooner did the troops put ta an appearance than the company re. sumed its tyrannical pollcy, and ths an- nouncement was made that the coolies will be put to work agaln under the pro- tectlon of Uncle Sam's bayonets. Now while it is the duty of the govern- ment to suppress Insurrection and rabel- lion, and euforce law and order in the territorles, 1t besomes a serluus questlon whether the army is to be employed as & police at the dictates of & corporation, which was mainly lostrumental In caus- Ing the outbreak by a lawlets system which is unrepublican and contrary to the spirlt of our institutlons, s the army to be degraded into & sort of slave- driver! The slave.daivers in the south I their palmlest days never presuzmed that the army should be employed as a posse to be placed over thelr chattels and keep them from muitiny. WE never belittle enterprise, and hence the Bek, without reserve, complimented the Herald on the exsellence of its Buuday lssue. Whether the matter in the paper was entlrely orlginal or partly mads up of reproductiozs from other sources, in of little concern to the patrons of that journal. No dally paper oan be entirely original, Tt ls essential that a dally paper shoald contaln not only the news of the day and original editorlals, bat aleo the best featares of its exchanges. It s purely a matter of tasto on the part of the editors, who desire to ocater most suocessfally to the publie, as to what the quantity or qullty of the varled contents of their paper shall be, If a cook gots up a good dinner, nobody oares whether he borrowed hia reelpes from a cook book or whether his dishes wera ontirely orlginal, The petty and spitefal effort of the Re- publican to disparage the efforts of the Ilerald only shows that it ls a great deal easler for some persons to run down the productions of others than it ls for them to excel by their own efforts, The efforts of the Republican to be a monltor of Omaha journalism are simply im. pertinent, Tur ralny weather which has so seri- ously Interfered with the operiog of the Omaha expesition shows that 1t Is very foollsh to limit an exposition to four or five days. The tlme s altogether too short, and makes the success of the expo- | , sitlon almost wholly dependent upon the weather. One or two ralny days knock the programme sadly out of joint. We wouldjsuggest, under the circumstances, that the full programme of the exposition be carried out, commencing on the firat favorable day, and that in the faturs the time of the exposition be made to cover two weeks at least. IF the exposition was of two woeks duration two or three ralny days would not Interfers to any eerlous extent. WiscoNsIN's census shows a popula- tion of 1,963,930, This is & galn of 21 per cent over 1880. The development of | the lumber interests and the building of rallroads In the northern half of the state are the maln causes of this large Increase in that old state. Some of her northern towns have had a most remarkable growth during the last five years, Incress- Ing from small villages to the proportions of good-s'zal cltles, finely built, and equipped with all medern improvemsnta and convenlences, Wlaconein is one of the best states In the Unlon, and her many sons and dsughters In Nebraska will rcjolce at her continued prosperlly, PoETRY 8 by no means a royal road to wealth, Walt. Whitman, whom some people rank as a poot, has just recelved from his Amerlcan publisher the royalty for alx ‘months on hls productions. It amounted to §22 06, We are not eur- prised, therefore, to leara that Mr. Whit- man, whose works find quite a number of readers In England, has manifested his willlogness to gratefully accept anything that may result from the English move- ment to ralse a testimonlal for him. #o much unsold unthracite above grownd, And yet, with the certalnty thus afforded that th'rty-one or even thirty millions of tons oannot bs marketed, it is well known that the neccssities of some of the parties to the combination forbid to cinsent to a reduction of their shares. It seems certain that an- thracits mining will not be made profitable for some time €5 come, that prices must be low, and that raileoad tolls on conl must de- cline rather than advance.” ROSH HOSHONAH, The New Year 5640 of the Jewish Oalendar—The Day and Its Obaervanoes, To-day at sundown the Jewlsh people thriughout the world will cele- brate the advent of the year 5646, This belng the wseventh Jewlsh month— ““Tishri"—there ocours some of ths most important festive days cslebrated by that people. Now Yoars Is the hollday com. menclng the first of “the Tea Days of Penltence,” and ‘‘Yom Kippar,” Is the last of these days. To explain tha ob. ject of celebrating the new year In the seventh instead of the first month “Nisan,” it may be said that in avoord- with the Jewish tradition the world creatod in the month of Tishir, whereas the first month is only commem- orated as the period of thelr Indepsndence by belog delivered from the Kgyptian bondage. The object of the Jewlsh Sabbaths, holy and festlve days commenciog always at sundown 1s bated upon the theory in nouardnnuv to biblical quotaticn, “‘It was evening and mornlng,” hence the He- brewa’ day erds at slx o’clock, instead of twelve o’clock, and the time after belon to the succeeding day. A notlceable toi i d the entfre suspention of businese, and every s:aclite repalrs to hls hcuse of worshlp, and there devotes h!s time to moral reflections, This {s more peh)epfi- ble on the “Day of Atorement,” where every adult fasts from evening to even- ing, and devotes the entire day In the sanctuary. The divine services at the synagogue during these occaslons aro awe.inspiring and edifying to the Hebrew, and both eolemn and Instructive to even those not belenging to this faith, The music on these occaslons aro traditlonal selections, bbl Benson will lecture to- night upon the nnl{)ect of “The Re- flectlons of the Hour,” and In the morn- Ing upon the subject of “The Proper Computation of Time.” In this clty the day will be observed by a general cloalrg up of businees houser, aod in attendance upon the di- vine services 2t .he synagoguo, Services will commence {hls evening at 7:30 o’clock. A cordial invit- ation 1s extended to the public. The Jawmh soclety, ‘‘Ckevra Bikur Chollm,” will hold services at Lytle's hall this evening and Thursday and Fridsy mornlng. — —The hackmen and cabmen occapy the choice place at the depot *'stand” now, while the poor expressmen are driven out into the mud. —Judge Brandies last nighf Dickerson and Mrs, Sadie Davl —The overland traia op the Union Pacific eame in yesterday an hour late. THE BUSINESS OUTLOUK. The business situstion throughout the country, particularly In the large com- merclal centers, continues to Improve with the advancement cf the fall season. According to the New York bank state- mentof (ast Saturday there wasanincrzase ofover $4,700,000 in the loans, whilethere was a falling off In the deposits, The im- mense turplas reserve, which was Indicy tive of a stagnation of business, has been decreased nearly $13,000,000 siace the 1st of August. These facts are taken as concluslve evidence of the revival of leglt- imate buslness, as most of this money has been called for to bs used ameng merchants and manufactarers, whose tee- timony is to the effzct that buslness has improved, and their opinion is that it will continue to increase in volume, Af- fairs in certainly very encouraglng. The textile mills of the east, which havo been pursulng a very conservative course and aarefully feeling thelr way by running on half or three-quarters t!me or with a re- duced force, are now nearly all working on fall time with the usual number of opera- tiver. The woolen mills are reported to be baving all they can do, and some are even reported to be 80 overcrowded with work that they will not accept orders for jmmediate executlon and delivery. In varlons other branches of Industry there seems to be conslderable activity, and al- together the cutlock 1s quite encouraglng, The railroad situation, however, is com- plicated with other great matters, two of which—graln and coal—are now particu- larly dlscoursging. 1f It were not for the surplus from the harvest of 1884, our wheat crop of 1885,1 with a gocd Earc- pean demand, would have to be counted a dlsastrous failure—the worst for many years. But having that sur- plus, and the European demand being light, it results that our wheat has fallen to prices that in the long 1un would be tulnous to the mass of farmers, At such prices cur usual export of wheat would count us comparatively little in our bsl- ance of account abroad, while unfortun- ately the quantity which we can market is diminished, The danger of war be- tween England and Russia is entirely past for the present, and the Russlan orops will come forward freely through the open ports of the Black Sea, while no threat of attack upon the Su:z canal discourages the free movement of Indla wheat by that route to the English markets, and the guantity coming s larger than ever, The harvest In Great Britaln ls falrly good—the acreage being somewha! re. duced, but 1he yleld per ecre an average one—whlle the Hungarlan crop s re- ported excellent, The coal buslness isin bad shape, The Philadelphia dmerican ssye: y dissolved, The quantity mined this yoar will be two, possibly three, millious of tons lews than was proposed, yet the mar- ket 18 full, and all storage room awaitiog the market is porged, 1t is the testimony of all who know the facts that never was thers ! Industrlal circles are|; iticura Indorsed ly Physicians, Druggists and Chemists, as nearly Infallible. T am selling moro of thy Cuticura Remedies for dieessos of tho skin and blood than any o The Couloura Soap, ns ts st olass quality do all of my soaps in deman 58 8 beaatiflerard pro MR HALL, Frankfort, Ky, Remedies oxcoed botb in ssles and kin remedy we ever handled, and ive that ve recommend them to our urod that they w.1I receive real beneflt and eatisfactory result DA, D. BOWMAN & S0Y, Bourbon, Ind, SORES ON NECK, Chas, Brady, Somerville, Mass , who refers o Dr. J. Wood, druggist, of this city, certifies to a won- o rful oure'of runuing soros, on the neck which had been treated by hospital physicians without oure, and which yielded complately 10 the Cuticuin Rom: cdios. CURED BY CUTIOURA, My skin diseaso, which retisted several pop: romgdies aud othor remedics sdvited by physioan, has been cured by your Cutioura Romedios. Th surpasaed my most sanguiae oxpectations and rapid. Iy effected a cure. J. C. ARENTRUE. Vincent es, Ind, Sold_everyw] Cuticurs, 60 cents; ol vent, §1; Soap, 25centa® Porraz DRUG AND CExMi. mbl‘a Boston, Mase SEND FOR “HOW TO CUBE SKIN DISEASES.' PIMPI ES, Blackheads, Skin Plemishes and Baby Humors, use Cuticura Soap, NS that seems o instantly relieyed Plat ¥ over the in orgiaates. No ¥ cther pluster or liniment or apylisnce h this now, origival otidote to ran ed the At druggists “SHOOTING AND SHAR best piaster ever Oompour 250 ; five for $1,0, miled fre Potter Drug & Chemical Co. Boston. RB.R GROTTE beneral Westem Agent 710 Bouth 9th Bt., Omibs, Telephone 602, Corre vpondeace solicited THE SEVEN MODERN WONDERS --AT- 1119 Farnam Street That &5 pair Pantaloons is something which surpasses anything out- side of a merchant Tailor's establishment, they were made to order for $10. See them at the Only Misfit Clothing Perlors, 1119 Farnam street That elegant satin lined suit for $20 is sure to catch you, it wa made4o order by a merchant tailor for $45. For your intersst coms t2 the On'y Misfit Clothing Parlers, 1119 Farnam street, That $§15 Overcoat made by a merchant tailor for $30 would prove a capital investmant should it prove your size; see it and others at the Only Misfit Ciothing Parlors, 1119 Farnam street. That Prince Albart suit which was made by a merchant tailor for $70 to be sold at the Only Misfit Clothing;Parlors for $32 50 is one thing wh'ch will quander the people to know how it can be sold for such a price; to satisfy any curiosity visit 1119 Farnam streat 4And v hen you see that elegant Astrican Beaver Overciat lined all 5thrcngh with raw silk,made for 885 to b> sold for $35 you will have ro hesitancy in saying we have genuiae bargains in fine clothing at the Misfit Clothing Parlors, 1119 Farnam street One thiny above another is that French Worsted Corkscrew Four Button Cutaway Frock suit made by a merchant tailor for $60 to sold for $28 at the Only Misfit Clothing Parlors,1119 Farnam street. There are eight full drass suits, swallow tail coats; they are the mos$ elegant in cut and trimming an eye ever saw; the price of h is less than the first cost of material; your interest is our benefit at the Only Misfit Clothing Parlors, 1119 Farnam street Our Pantaloons Department! Embraces all the prevailing styles both in cut and fabries that America and Europs produce, will be sold at the following prices, $3, $4 50, $5, $6 50, $7, $7 50, $8, $9 and 810, which is less than half the or- iginaprice. This is a't opportunity of a lifetime, and should you need clothing you should not pass this by, Doa’t miss the Seyen Wonders AT THE ONLY Isfii Glothing Parlor 1119 FARNAM STREET. 1119. Opexn Evenings Until 9 O’Clock.