Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 21, 1890, Page 4

THE DAILY BE B. ROSEWATER, Bditor. | FPUBLISHED BVERY MORNING. | TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Daily and Sunday, One Yenr Eix monthe th Premium. OFFICES, fice Buflding. )Mice, 67 Ko okery . Rooms 14 snd Nosninaon Ponrtaonth Sirect Council Blnfts, No. 12 Pearl Street, Eouth Omaha, Corner N an Building. , "Teibuns Batlding. 1 Strosts, CORRESPONDENCE, All communications relating to news and edi- torial matter should be addressed to the Editor- 1al Depart Al bustnosed smittances should be addressed to The Bes Publishing Company, Omaha. Drafts, checks and Postofics orders 10 be maae payable to the order of the Company. Thie Bee Publishing Company, Proprietors. tuildine Farnam and Seventesnth Streets. THE BEE ON THE TRAINS. There 1« no excuse for a failureto got Tine BER on the trains. All newsdealers have been noti- fled to carry a full supply, ‘I'Tavelers who want Tk B and CAN'E get 1t on trains whero other Omahn papers aro carried aro requested to notify Tite Her Plense ho particular to glve In all enses fall tntormution a8 to date, railway and number ve 1 your name, not for publication or un. neceessary use, bt as a guiaranty of good faith THE DAILY BEE. fworn Statement ot Circulation, of Nebraska, Vs, Georgo 1. Tzschuck, secvetary of Tne Der Pubhshing Company, does solemuly swear that the actual circulation of Tik DALY IEE for the week ending February 15, 18X, was as follows: presence this Lith day of February, (Seal,] N, L. Notary Public. £tate of Nebraskn, I County ot Douglas, (5% Georga ‘1. Tzschuck, being duly sworn, de- Jken and siw that o is secretary of Tu B Publishing Compauy, that the actual average datly circulation of Tuk DAILY month of FeDruary, 18, 16,00 cople 1BKG, 1R854 coples Aprl 650 coplea; for \|l\y 1580, 18,600 (fll“l‘! for ||HIL' 1880, NK»&! coples: for lulyl. 1583, IS T3 coples; for Augist coples: 2 l‘m‘ll" for October, 1889 vember, 1880, 10,310 rnple 20,048 coples; for .I-nm::‘ BEE for the for March, Sworn to vefore d_subscribed 1n my 1,.;:« ioatile 1 xlu of Fobruary. 4. D ol E1l senate repre: the country doubtiess. nu!s “fiho consci —the Goodyear e S TOR INGALLS wants to quaran- tine Kansas and Iowa against sour mash and bock beer. He might as well try to quarantine the national capitol against boodlers. I't 18 reasonably certain that the pres- ent cold wave will not chill the warmth of the sinecures’ attachment for the city treasury. Nothing short of work would congest their circulation. THE new schedule of limited trains adopted by the allied Union Pacific and Northwestern lines will shorten the time between the two oceaus one day and envelope vivals in acloud of dust. SENATOR PADDOCK’S inquiry ahout the long and short haul has been re- spectfully referred to the interstate commerce commission with power to act. And this is the long and short of 1t, FICTITIOUS boundaries cannot separ- ate a people united in a common des- tiny. The property of Omaha and South Omana wili be enhanced by a permanent union as one municipal gov- ornment. THe legislative deadlock in Iowa has been settled to the sasisfaction of both parties, after a contest lasting five weeks. It is within the power of the republicans to avoid similar contests in the future by placing the party in con- sonance with the will of the people. Dead letter laws should be wiped from the statute books, and the third party crusaders should be allowed to reap all the glory and reward of their hobby. THE ratitication of the British extra- dition treaty by the scnate sett'es a long pending contention between both governments. In drafting this treaty, Seeretary Blaine carefully avoided the mistakes of his predecessor, and rigidly excluded political offenses from the list. The treaty covers nearly every grade of crimo and virtuully destroys Canada as a retreat for American rgscals. For this boon the honest sentiment of the country is truly grateful. Tue Chicago ’lnlnuw voices the sen- timent of the west in demanding that congress pause before 1t welds the cor- porate chains which fetter producers. Justice to the people who have re- claimed the wilderness and uncovered ‘the wealth of the mountains demands that the government shall not deliver the countey as a hostage to the Pacific railroads for generations. To exteud the debt for sixty years makes the gov- ernment & party to the crimes perpe- irated by the credit wobilier, and a beneficiary ot the exorbitant charges lovied ou the industry of the west for the past twenty years. m— Frw measures before congress possess greater interest for the public at large thian the bill to prevent adulteration ot food products. The success of the law vestricting the sale of bogus butter en- courages congress to uppiy & similar law to other depurtments. tion of food has assumed enormous pro- portions, Reckless firms d products with substances positively in- jurious to health, but so effectively that the adulterants can be discovered only by chemical sualysis. The bill drafted by the senate committee is iutended to check this rascally business by provid- {ag for the examination und analysis ot food and drugs sold in any state other than where they are manufactured. All manufacturers of goods iitended for shipment from ove state to another must furnish a samnle for analysis be- fove a license is issued, Sovere ponul- ties are imposed for selling fraudulent or deleterious goods. The bill is a long step in the diraction of protecting pub- lic, health from bogus food and vile Dostrums, Adultera- | otor their | THE CORN-RATE QUESTION. A correspondent whose communicu- tion apvears eisewhore in THE By takes the position that the agitation | for a lower transportation rate on corn Nebraska is detrimental to the He thinks its effect has been to from state. | demoralize the corn market, and that a mistake was made by the state officials in not making their appeal to the rail- roads in bebalf of the farmers privately and quietly. Logically from this view ne thinks tkat to maintain the agitation must make the situation more serious. We do not know to what extent our correspondent is acquainted with the disposition and methodsof the railroad on, butour own experience is that private appeals in & matter relating to the public interests have very little influence with them. Governor Thayer understood that the only hope of effecting anything for the farmers with the railroad manag was to make his appeal public, and hay- ing a® thorough knowledge of the desperate nature of the situa- tion from personal observation, he adopted the only - course that gave any assurance of success in making this question one of general public interest and discussion. In this way the railrond managers were com- pelled to cousider it, while had the course suggested by our correspondent been pursued they would in all proba- bility not have given it the slightest at- tention. True, the result is far from satisfactory, but the very thorough dis- cussion the subject has received is not without value to the people, though it may be some time before this is appar- ent to persons who, like our corre- spondent, are able evidently to look on only one side of the question. THE BEE has never advocated a pol- icy that would lead to a demoralization of rates. It has simply insisted that the ratiroads could afford to carry the corn of Nabraska to its natural markets at less rates than they are charging, and that it was necessary in the inter- est of the farmer and. of the general welfare of the state that they should do this. It should be perfectly obvious to every fair-minded mah that if the raiiroads could earry the corn of this state in past years at rates one-third less thaa tlrey are now charging they can profitably transport it at those rates at this time. What is there to justify rates today from six to eight cents higher than prevailed four and five years ago? No candid railroad manager will pretend that there is any, unless it be the fact that the crop to be moved is now very much larger than then, and it is the duty, as it is always the policy, of the railroads to exact all that the traffic will vear. 1f our correspondent is familiar with what THE BEE has heretofore said on this subject, we need not tell him that we totally disagree with his yiew that the farmers of Nebraska will be better off if wo further reduction is made on the corn rate, nor do we find in what he says anything to change our already expressed ovinion thatv the reasoning is wholly fallacious which asserts that a reduction of the transportion rate cannot operate to the ad- vantage of the. farmers who have corn to sell. Such a theory will not stand the application of any sound eco- nomic principle, though it may get a temporary support from the manipula- tions of the markets by spaculators. All that is asked in behalf of the furmers of Nebraska is fair and just treatment from the railroads. Redress for past exactions is not possible, but oresent relief is practicable and the de- mand for it reasonable. The simation can hardly become more serious than it is, either with respect to the farmers or other interests, and the agitation for lower rates will not be discontinued so long us there remains a hope.or a way of obtaining them. WESTERN IRRIGATION. 1t appears that a greater interest has developed 1n congress regarding west- ern 1rrigation than there was reason to expect from earlier reports, which rep- resented that there was litile probabil- 1ty of much being done respecting this important matter at the present session. Five bills relating to it have already been introduced, and the special com- mittees of both houses have held numerous meetings at which they have obtained a great deal of information regarding what is neces- sary to be done to redeem the arid re- gions, and considered plans and sug- gestions as to the best course to be pur- sued. All this shows that the matter is getting serious attention, as. its great importance deserves, and holds outa promise that some practical provision will be made for prosecuting a work which, if aver completed, will add vastly to the agricuitural avea of the cduntry and supply a sourze of contribution to the national prosperity that will many times repay the cost. Perhaps all that can reasonably be expected.of congress at this vime is a hiberal appropriation for continuing the surveys and locating the most uvail- able points for reservoirs, The opposi- tion to the government assuming the whole expense of irrigation is very strong in the east and a portion of the soutn, and it 1s not probable this can be immediatel overcome, however con- vinei.g the argument that the greatest expenditure likely to be required would prove to be o profitable investment for the government. The fact that private individuals would be even wncidentaily benefitted by o sys- tew of irrigation establisbed atthe pub- lic expense is suficient reason with casturn and southern members for op- posiug any proposal for government iv- rigation, although there is no public | improvement that does not incidentally ‘beuefit private individuals. But this watter of individual benelit is urged as a formidable objection to the govern- went providing a system of irrigation, and those who make it, whether sin- covely or not, are not likely to be in- duced to chauge their view. It will be uecessary, therefore, for the friends of icrigation to suggest a method that will avoid this objection, and a biil now being framed, an oatline of which has been given in the Wash- ington dispatches of Tue Bk, appears to do this, This simply pro- vides for creating irrigation - dis- teicts, the lands of which may be taken THE up by settlers free under the homestead law or atone dollar and twenty-five cents an ncre, ench district to have its own local government, so that the peo- ple thereof may contract for ecapital to establish and maintain irrigation. Tr- rigating companics, secured by mort- gages on the lands of settlers, would have their rights fixed for « term of years, during which time they would be paid for their service, and at the ex- piration of which the works constructed by them would become the property of the community. This plan may seem somewhat compli- cated, and it is probable that under it the progress of reclaiming the arid lands would be slow, but it would relieve the government .of any financial responsibility except in mak- ing the ney v surveys, and estab- lishing the district boundaries. Thero is, however, some danger that the action in promoting irrigation schemes 1s stimulated by congressmen with a view to enlarging their patron- age and finding solt places for relatives and political favorites. Mr. Hayden’s geological oxcursions were organized on that order. ——— BISHOP NEWM DEPARTURE. Bishop J. P. Newman, of the Metho- dist Episcopal church, is about to leave Omanha for an absence of several months in the east, where important church duties call him. Chief among these will be his attendance at the meeting of the council of bishops which will se- lect the place for holding the next geny eral conference of the Methodist Epis- copal church, which will meet in 1892. Bishop Nowman will take with him the very best wishes of this community, in the social atd religious life of which he has been during his residence here prominent and greatly useful. Eminent in ability, earnest in zeal, 1n full sympathy with the spirit of progress, and strong in the confidence of his large church constituency, Bishop Newman has been enabled to be of great service to Omaha moting & wider knowledge of the city’s character and possi- bilities, and this he has done with a most honorable and commendable loyaity. He has shown that his sympa- thies are actively with the west, whose vigorous energy, and euterprise are in, accord with his own character for earn- est and enthusiastic zeal in whatever he undertakes. This city and state have no more sincere friend than Bishop Newman, and none who will labor harder, within the scope of his opportunities, for their progress and welfare in all moral and intellectual respects. Hisinfluence has already been largely felt here in the divection of educational and religious advancement, and it is very sure to be still more marked in the future. Bishop Newman isone of that class of church- men who do not stand still, but keep abreast with the progress of enlightenment . and all that . is wisest and best in modern thought and life. As a citizen of Omaha, baving confidence in her fu- ture, he can be depended upon to iden- tify himself 1n every proper way with whatever will promote the city’s high- est interests. In behalf of this com- munity we beartily extend to Bishop Newmau the best wishes for the success of his efforts during his absence. OUR LORDLY P00 BAH. Councilman Davis has takes it upon himself to play acting mayar during the temporary absence from the city of Mayor Cushing and President of the Council Chaffee. It is doubtful whether Mr. Davis has the right to perform functions devolving upon the mayor, or the president of the council acting as mayor, in any ex-post facto way. The law makes it the duty of the mayor to approve or veto ordinances passed by the council within a fixed period after their passage. If he fails to approve and does not veto such ordi- nances within.that time they become law without further action by the council or by anyhody. Mr. Davis, as temporary president of the council, is only a substitute for the time-being for Mr. Chaffee and he certainly could not do legally what Mr. Chaffee himself has no authority to do. His signature to any ordinance passed a week ago is void and the points raised by Messrs. Lowrey and Bechel would seem to be well taken. Mr. Davis should be satisfied with the glory and renown that attaches to the title of Acting President of the City Couneil pro tem.,and Accidental Act- ing Mayor. What a long tail our cat’s got, to be sure. THE senate committee on territories has unanimously agreed to report in favor of theadmission of Idaho into the union. What little force the Mormons exerted against admission was nullified by the decision of the United States supreme court affirming the test oath clause of -the Tdsho constitution, In order to exercise the right of franchise under statehvod a Mormon will be obliged o make oath that he is ‘‘not a bigamist or polygamist,” nor **a member of any order, organization or associa- tion which counsels or encour- ages its members” to commit those crimes, or which “practices big- amy, polygamy or plural or celestial marriage as a doctrinal rite,” Under this sweeping oath the Mormons of Iaaho must abandon not only the prac- tice of polygamy, but must publicly demonstrate that the citurch no longer teaches or upholdsit as part of its creed. This is th2 solution of the whole Mormon problem. The church must wipe nut the revolution of Brig- ham Youne and return to the original teachings of the Vermont prophet. In no other way can it secure public re- spect and its members exercise the rights and privileges of American citi- zens. Individual members have al- ready declared in favor of the ehange, and it is not improbable that the church as o whole will soon cast aside the pre- tense of martyrdom and range itself on the side of law and order and decency. S Tue attempt of the Helfensteln gang to cloud the title to a large tract of land on the north side is a matter of great importance to the people. Inspired by attorneys who are ever on the wateh for flaws with which to *hold up” hon- OMAHA DAILY B in pro- est property ownors, and exact a fee, mereenaries(hre in position to impose costly burdens on the people and in- volve them in annoying and tedious litigation. The records of the county are open to all Every facility is afforded title sharksto pour over the public record books and ferrot such techrenl mistakes as will servo their purpose. There is no adequate safeguard against tam- pering with thd records. It is possible for a dishonét'man to manipulate the books, erase & word or alter the punctu- ation so as to confound the intent of the deed and cast a doubt on the title. Greater care should therefore be exer- cised in the register’s office and no per- on should be permitted to take the rec- ords from the counter under any pre- text. The code of civil proceedure should also be amended so as to_compel title contestants to file a bond indemni- fying the defendant for all expenses in= curred in case the plaintiff fails to es- tablish a claim. This would be a radi- cal check on title clouders who, under existing law, incur little or no expense in prosecuting their preposterous claims, A DISPOSITION is manifested among property owners on anumber of resi- dence streets to select asphalt paving. For residence or sparsely traveled streets, asphalt has vo equal in cleanli- ness and beauty. The great objection 18 its excessive cost and the fact that it is a monopoly. While property owners have a right to seiect the material, the bourd of public works should protect the city treasury from early inroads for repairs by insisting that bids for this material shall be based on a ten year guarantee. In New York the com- pany is obliged to keep asphalt streets in repair fifteen years. The present cost of repairs isunreasonably high, and is not taxed to the abutting property. The entire city is taxed to main- tain them. This should be avoided in the future by making the guarantee not less than ten years, GENERAL ATTORNEY THURSTON of the Union Pacific is on another politi- cal tour of inspection among the south- ern republican clubs, whose members are expected to be delegates to the next national convention. _As a political tourist Mr. Thurston can be pronounced an unqualified success. While the Union Pacific is out of politics Mr. Thurston is drawing a thousand dollars a month [rom its treasury for deliver- ing pohitical orntions and giving friend- ly advice freeof charge tohis clubs. Incidentally Mv. Thurston has also doubtless exerted a subtle influence in favor of the Union Pacific funding bill. There is where the stockholders expect him to refund hjs salary and traveling expenses. IT 1S about time the city building 1n- spection department had acquired a surface knowledge of architects’ plans, materials, and particularly of the strength of foundations. The system of inspection now in vogue is confined to extracting the largest possible amount of fees, without much regard to the character of the plans or the material used. The law was notintended merely as a tax on eunterprise. It was intended to give buiiders some protection from incompetent architects and Buddenseik contractors. Inspection should be prac- tical, not theoretical. THE practical failure of the bankrupt ordinance to reach the hawkersof shelf- worn goods illustrates the mental bank- ruptey of the council combine. It did not require an sotual test to demon- strate the folly of the ordinance. Drawn as a protective measure for per- manent business, it would have left the doors open for transients and levied an exorbitant tax on local trades-people. O>AHA real estate sales of last week were nearly twenty-five per cent greater than for the covresponding week of last year. The building vecord for the period meuntioned shows an increase of one hundred and ninety per cent. And this in the dead of winter. OUR citizens will rejoice to know that the government proposes to erect the finest garrison buildings in the country two mile below Bellevue, and we move that the new fort be christened Fort Heunry T\ Clarke, THE proposed bargze line between Pitts- burg and Omaha has been strangled by the blizzard, — An Incentivs to Peace. Providence Journal. It has been said that the wicrease in the power of modern weapons would eventually put an end to wars, but in this country the same result 18 likely to be attained by the cost of the pensions. They Need New ¥ork. St. Louts Glohe-Democrat The democrats cannot spare New York in 8 political sense. Hence New York will never get ballot reform until it secures a goveruor who will sign ballot reform -bills which its republioan icgislature passes every S “ The Ballat¥ of Bpeaker Reed. Chtéago Trivune, Reed is a tyrant of such Czarlike mien, that, t be hated,: needs but to be seen; yet seen too oft, familiar with bis frowa, we towl, we swear, we'weep, and then sit down. —From an Essaf on Reed by & Democratic Congressman, i S~ ‘Where the, Minority Rules. Detrait Tribune. In most s uv.nun states clections aro worse than a fartd.’ Minorities have ruled and majorities hayg been powerless Lo pre- vent, because tha election machinery has been in the hauds .t the bulldozers. This state of things cannot much longer exist. ‘There will ne a frés 'ballot or a fight, one or the other baioze long. ————— The Sugar Trust and the Tariff. Chicage News. It has been demoustrated that sugar can be produced in Kaneas and Nebraska at a iess cost per ton than 1w Cuba. This will bo a profitable industry in the western states Just as soon as the abrogation of the tanfl wall shail have removed the tariff upon. all commodities and taken from the sugar trust the power it now posscsses Lo comtrol mar- kets aund buy legislators from the common fuand. — - Les Them Show Theie Hand, Chicago Tribune. ‘This is the time for the Nebraska senators to come to the front. The farmers of thew state are subject 10 the tyranny of the FRIDAY FEBRUARY 21 1800 Union Pacific road, whoso rates are extor- tionato and which refuses to lower thewm, and says it is not within the jurisdiction of state authorities. This proposed bill is silent on the question of freight rates. It loaves it _in the unchecked power of the Union Pa- aific to charge #00 per cent more than the Towa lines, I8 1t to bo allowed to floece the farmers and merchants under the shelter of the United Ntates? The senators and representatives from Nebraska have how an obportunity to make au honorable record. They know and can point out the fallacies and omissions in this remarkable report and bill on which they will soon have to act. pie e ocaiiy STATE JOTTINGS. Nebraska. Among the needs of Pierce is a furniture store. Editcr Hoppor of the Imperial Republican is losing his eyesight. Potatoes are scarce in Harrison, Sioux county, and are bringing 1 cent a pound. There is not a vacant house in Beemer and more familios are coming in all the time. Wheat sown in Cherry county last fall is coming out all right and promises an abun- dant crop. ‘The spring term of the district court for Valley county opens at Ord Mareh 18, with eighty-five civil cases on the docket, Arrangements have been completed for a farmers’ alliance at Blanche, Chase county, and the branch will be organized March 1. Syracuse is greatly agitated over the water works question since the last fire #nd a proposition will probably be submitted to the voters in the spring. Frederick Tylor of Bloomington is charged with burglarizing a room at the Oweus house and taking agold watch and pocket- book belonging to Mary Laue. The hospital at Hastings conducted by the ladies of the city has cared for thirty-six patients during the past year, four of whom died and three yot remain in the institution. A Hastings lady broke open an ogg the other day and found iuside it another fect egg, sholl ana all. She is now wonde ing what would have been tbe result had the ©egK been hatched out. The canning factory at Beemer was sold at public auction last week and was purchased by a West Point man for $1,850. The build- ing will be rovaired and will be opened for business the coming season. The Custer county board of supervisors has entered into a contract with J. M. Ride- nour to take charge of the poor farm, fur- nish all the machinery, teams and kelp, and board all the paupers for $300 a vear, the products of the tarm to go to the county. At a convention of oid soldiers held in Red Cloud 1t was decided that the council of ad- ministration bo authorized to advertise for bids from the various towns in Webster, Nuckolls, Franklin and Harlan counties in Nebraska, and Smith, Jewell and Phillip counties in Kansas, for the location of the second annual interstate Grand Army of the Republic reunion to be held not later than October 15, 1890, lowa ltems. Several Clhinton county farmers have been taken in with the old lightning rod swindle. ‘The speed purses at. the Mahaska county fair have been cut down this year to 81,500, Thirty-seven nersons have united with the church as a result of the rovival at Porry. Des Moiges workingmen are holding mass meetings for the purpose of securing better orgavization. A company to erect a grain meter factory has been orgamzed av Audubon “with a capi- tal.stock of $50,000. In order to complete the new wheel scraper works at Mount Pleasant by May 1, 200 men are at work on the puilding. Tu prohibition fowa there can be nothing in the name of A. Decanter, a Marshall- town dispenser of temperance drinks. Measures are being taken at Missouri Valley to collect and ship to_the Dakota suf- terers'a car load of provisions and fecd. The big Fort Dodge creamery 15 com- pleted and will be opered with a banauet and ball in which all the farmors and their families in the vicinity will participate. Tt is said there is not a single firm in bus ness in Waterloo today that was doing busi ness when the Union mill company started its flour milis there twenty-tive venars ago. They are tho sule survivors of that by-gone age. Henry Untied of Donahue, Scott cSuuty, has apvlied for a patent on a rotary churn, which he claims will revolutiouize the busi- ness of butter making, Tt1s the shape and nearly the stze of a bass drum, and he claims he can bring batter in fiffeen min-~ utes with it, The Two Dakotas. Spink county has shipped 1,400,000 bushels of wheat since August 1. ‘The new Rapid City roller mill is turning out 125 barrels of flour daily. The new Knights of Pythias hall at Ar- mour was dedicated Wednesday. A bigbutter and cheese factoryiis the latest proposed inaustry at Mitchesi. McCook county is discussing the feasi- bility of erecting a new court heuse. Fred Culver, arrested in Sioux City for forgery, has been bound over to the Meade county grand jury in bords of $3,000. A Bismarck man advertised for 10, 000 pidt and 10,000 half-pint flasks, and a couble of small boys went around tack of the capitol building and gathered them up and deliv- ered them the same day. Tnomas Sorenson, @ farmer living near Dell Rapids, has invented a wind plow. The machine has a windmill attachment set on a pivot 80 as to adjust itself to the wind, The plow consists of s number of shovels on a cylinder, which revolyes when the machine 18 in motion and pulverizes the ground thoroughly. The people of Hatton are excited over thé verdict of the coroner's jury in the case of the deatb of the old man vamed Lommen, who was struck on the head with a hammer during the women's raid on the saloons at that plece about a month ago uand who died from the effects of his wounds last week. ‘The jury found that Lommen *“came to his death aceidentally by a blow struck by some person unkvown.” The Mayville Tribune claime fully twenty witnesses swore to the identity of the woman who struck the blow and says the fnding of the jury Is & dis- grace, e THE CORN-RATE PROBLEM. A Buyer Who Believes the Agitation Detrimental to Nebraska, Omama, Neb., Feb. 20.—To the Editor of Tue Bee: The freight problem and its re- lation to the value of grain in general and corn in particular, now being under general discussion, I thought that my knowledze of the situation—being a large buyer of corn for both seaboard and foreign account— might prove of interest to your numerous readers. I therefore take the liberty of writing you on the subject. Before the corn crop began to move to any great amount I clearly foresaw the ruinous prices that would surely prevail and suggested to some of wy railroad friends that it would prove beneficial to all parties interested for the railroads ‘to mako a vol- untary reduction on this product before it boeame u subject of general agitation. My remarks were made to minor ofticials, however, and nothing came of il The agitation finally came and the publicity given to it by the state officials has done more to demoralize the corn wmarket than would an actual advance on the rates in force before the reduction was ordered. Had the siate officials been sincere in their desire to benefiv the farmers and uot had in view their political preferment, they would have quietly catled upon the proper authori- ties, the same result would have been reacned, and tne whole world not be forced out of the market through fear of geoeral demoralization of rates, and its certaia re- sults, lower prices. When the reduction came, it was handled with rare good judgment by the railroads, and had the agitation ceased there, the mar- kets would have adjusted themsclves and lower rates would have beeu of same benefis 1o the state. As it is, for the present at leasl, they are actually of no good whatever, ‘This 18 explained by the state of officials and Ieldl newspapers of the state insisting oo still further eut, keeping up the uncer- w0 what the outcome will be, and 0 o a safe basiness, is necossarily foroed to soll an ovtion for some future month, Lo Hro- tect the actual proporty he buys each day. Were ho not able w0 do this, but was forced to ship his grain on the' market, taking chancos as to what it, will be worth on ar rival, the margins of not over g cont per bushols profit now, boing a full average with large seaboard buyors, would be spoedily in creased to at loast 2 conts per bushel, and leave thoso handiing the actual grain at the mercy of the consumers, after it arrived at destination, Past experience has taught the country what this means, Dealing in futures hias its abuses, but tho great grain interest of the wost would be ruined were it done away with, I was for threo yoars travoling froight agent for the Grand Trunk railway of Can- ada, and during that timo studiod closoly the question then as now under discussion: What does it cost to carry grain? 1 could come to no intelligent conclusion, and never met the railroad man who could show to me wherein the carrying of grain ceased to bo a profit and becomes all actual loss, The only way ono has of estimating theso matters, is the general outcome of each year's busmess, and surely the granger roads have not been paying property tho last fow years, when it is taken 1nto consid eration the amount of money wnvested and the chances taken in carrying on the busi- ness. The argument in favor of lower freights o tho Mississippi river and Chi- cago on grain because tho eastern trunk lines got a comparatively loss charge for carrying it to the seaboard than tho western roads for delivering it to them, Is nmot good, for tho reason that immense local 'traflic, both freight and pas- senger, enjoyed by the eastern roads, is so- cured only to a small extent by the roads op- erating in the west generally, especially in Nebraska, and the importance of this local tramic when figuring up the grand total of a yoar's business, is far beyond what oven a fairly well-posted shipper of grain would suppose it to be. Corn is dostined to rule low. . Nothing but & failure of the coming crop or a Earopean war can prevent this,and any further reduction of froights, or contin- ed agitation'of tho question by stato oftilals or teading newspapers will work great loss 10 the farmers of Nebraska. The east con- sumes grain: we produce it. Their interost 1 for lower, ours for higher values, aud every opportunity is seized upon by those controlling tie seaboard and foreign markets to force prices down, and there is no argument they ‘can make such good use of, in bringing this about,as a demor- aiization in rates. The sooner this fact is realized by those who have the tnterost of Nobraska at heart, the better it willbe for all concernod. The railroads have done all that can be reasonably askea of them. Their reduction of 10 per cent was much better for the farm- ors of Nebraska than 20 per cent would have been. Now let them make a public an- nouncement that no further concessions will be made, live up to thia declaration houestly and firmly, und then corn will be on its mer- 1ts and not constantly depressed by exug- gerated reports of a railroad war on freight rates, H. C. MiLLek. DAKOTA DESTITUIE. THE Governor Mellette's Course Endorsed by the Alliance at Northville: NowrviLLe, S. D., Feb, 17.—To the Ed- itor of Tne B The following resolutions were unanimously passed by the farmers’ alliance of Northville, sbventy members con- curring theremn, and have been certified to by Bzra Martin, president, and Joseoh Elsom, secretary, the action being taken previous to the recent change of front of the legislatare : Whoreas, The lower house of tho South Dakota legislature, now in session at Plerre, having resolved that there is but little deati- tution 1n South Dakota on account uf drouth; and that the majority of persons soliciting ald for their respective localities are impos- ters, thereby bringing disgrace upon the heretofore fair name of South Dakota; and, Whereas, Watertown and Sioux Falls, in their respective conventions—composed of bankers, money starks aud professional men —resolved that South Dakota was amply able to care for her own, and thut only two Sounties fwere drouth-stricken; therefore e Resolved, By the farmers’ alliance of Northville, Spiuk _cothty, S. D., represent- ing the east half of Fanlk and west one-third of Spink counties, That we hereby publicly denounco all persons ns misrepresenting the facts, when they say that the territory just named raised more grain than was secded the past season; and not one farmer in seven has seed for the spring sowing,and but little if_any feed for their teams; and many are entirely destitute of means ' to procure the same. Resolved, That we will ever remember those who misropresent us, Resolved, "That Governor Mellotto has our hearty thanks for his lato efforts in behalf of destitution, Resolved, That'we tender the Chicago & Northwestern railway tho thanks of ubis body for their kindly help in giving free and half rates on grain, gonds, etc., to many in this vicinity, avd the Northville relief asso- ciation, with those of our friends, eastand south, " are ontitled to like thaaks for the good they have done, and wilt be ever held in gratefu) remembrance. — MISSIONARIES IN AFRICA. Explorer Stanfey a Great Admirer of the Intrepid Christians. Stanley expresses much admiration for the heroic stuff found in many mis- sionaries to Africa. Speaking ot the hola Christianity has got in Mwanga’s kingdom in Central Africa he says: I take this powerful bod Christians who prefer sake of their faith toserving a monarch indifferent or hostile to their fuith as more substantial evideuce of Wie work of Missionary Mackey than any number of imposing structures clustered to- gether and called a mission station would be. - These native Africans have endured the most dewdly persecutions. Stanch in their beliefs, firm 10 their convictions, they bave held together stoutiey and resolutely, and Mackey and Ashe may point to these with a righ- teous pride as the results of their la- bars, to the kindly people at home who trusted i1n them. I suppose you do not know Mackey * persoually, Well ne 15 & Scotchman—the toughest little fellow you could con- ceive. Young, too, probably thirty-two years or s0,and bears the climate splen- didly; even hu complexion is unin- jured, not Africanized yet by any means, despite twelve years continual residence. ““These mission societies certainly contrive to produce extraordinary meu. Apropos of Scotchwen, can you tell me why they succeed oftener than other R;oplut Take Molfat, Livingstone and ackay—real Scotchmen with the burr, They swnd pre-eminent above all other missionaries, no mawter of what nation- ality, It is not because they are Scotch- men that they succeed. It is not be- cause they are better men in any one way or the other—physically, mentally or ‘morally of that we may vest as- sured; but it is becauso thoy have becn more educated in ove thing than all others, While | say this I review men- tally all whom I know and have met, and 1 repeat the statement mmldumly That one thing is duty.” - - A “Keep-Your-His-0On" Movement, “Hats off!” is to be a cry of the past. In future hats are to have no ceremon- ial sigmficance. They are to be rele- gated to their primitive gondition of simple articles of clothing, and will cease to play a part in the etiquette of salutations. This is one of the results of the recent influenza epidemic, says a London exchange, The medical faculty of Austria have doclared that the spread of influenza was very much as- sisted by the frequent doffing of hats to which cultiva ‘3 mules resort when they meet femate acquaintauces in the streets, Many lives are alleged to have been sacrificed to this mistaken canon of politeness. Meetings have accord- ingly been held in quite & large num- ber of townsin Austris, Bohemia and Styria, and unions have bean formed, the members of which pledge them- selves 1n future to keep their hats on in the street, and to use the military luto when they meet their is a curious fact that the influen: not been reportod ns raging very s ously anywhere in the turbanned Oriont, and so there may bo something to say for the new keep-your-hats-on moveinent. ane - Mors Than 8,000,000 notios, A caroful computation recently made puts the Catholic population’ of the, United States at 8301867, Tho r turns furnished by the various dloc authoritics show that there are pries 2,126 regulars and ¢ avs. They attend 8,420 chu stations and 1,680 chapol! 202 orpha r timatod. 22701 orphans. The theological seminaries, with 1, dents, 125 collegos and 632 academiocs, and 3,209 parochial schools, with G54,- 338 pupils. Cnieago has the lu number of scholars in its schools ==~ 43,000 --- more as maoy pobulation as Brookiyn has the largest numbe orphan asylums, excopting Boston, Bul+ timore and Philadelphia, cach of these oxcoeding it by one; but Brooklvn, in its nine " orphan nsylums, cares for nearly as many orphans o dioceses, the number neing 5 There are 13 archdioceses United States, wi jcariates apostolic apostolic. They are govern: archbishops and 77 bishops, a few of the latter being coadjutors, who, with thoe uicars apostolic, have titular sees 1n in- fidel countries. The general statistics of the Catholic church in the United States comvared with the figures given in Hoffman’s divectory for 1880, shows the following incronse: Population, 143 5; churches, 67, chapels, asylums, cullcu«!\l, pupiis attend- ing purochial schools, 57,644, . roch- thun proportionate Young Vieginia on Her Muscle. The town of Wellsburg is all torn up, 80 to speak, over a sensutional episoda that occurred there lust week, and which continnes to form oae of the leading topics of conversation, says the Wheeling Intelligencer. The story that the sensation was started through the gossiping propensitics of o woman who is getting dangerously near the point where her age will ent her being longer designated as a young woman. R at slie st afloat some which in- volved the good names and fair repute of several well-known people whoso characters are said to ve above re- proach; anyhow, these started and nwy were this particular woman. One of her stories affected the good name of a very pretty young miss, nged about eighteen, who aetermined to have satisfaction. She accordingly se- cured a cowhide, but being unable to properly conceal it about her person, made up her mind to trust to her own little fists to punish the gossiper. Ac- companied by a younger sister, she went to the room of the woman sho wanted, stepped in quietly, locked the door, stated her errand and then pitehed in. The first blow sent the gossiper off + her chair and under a sewing machine, and then there was a picnic. The miss of eighteen threw heeself on her de- famer, and held her down while she pounded her and pulled her hair. The woman howled for help and one of the poli: flicers of the town hearing tho racket hurried to the scene. He found the door locked,but as the tumult in- side increased he finally adopted a heroic course and smashed the door in. As he did this the young girl, her eyes aflame with the excitement of her vic- tory, jumped up and handing the offi- cer a 810 bill suid: “This will pay iny fine—I fixed mys2lf for this before [ started in on her.” The punishment inflicted by the girl on the woman was quite severe. e Luxury Next Door to Poverry, I'll yenture the assertion that there is no city in the wor Id where iuxury and equalor live so close together as in New York, saysa New York letter to Pitta- burg Dispatch. The other day I had oceasion to eall on Mr. Andrew Carne- gie regurding his new library in Alle- gheny. 1 took a Broadway surfaco car, getting off at Fifty-sixth street. i walked eastward on Lllu numbered thor- hfare, which was filled with swarthy Iufilans sitting in the doors of their shops, from which emanated in ve-y large quantities excited snatches of their musical language and strong airs from stewed garlic and stale beer, | walked on, wondering if my distin= guished friend could novhave an humble namesake who ahode in this neighbor- hood. I crossed Sixth avenue, and lo! a grand transformation scene! A mo- ment befove, mid squulor und rags: ncross the street, luxury und laces. It is up in this portion of the city that the Vanderbilts, Astors and such nabobs live, but they never know what daily goes on within a stune’s throw of their palatial homes, L A Costly Deer Park in Maine. One of our Maing oxchanges suys: “The large deer park at Petit Manan Poiut is rapidly nearing complouon. It has cost many hundreds of dollurs.” “*Many hundreds of dollars” is true, only many thousand of dollars would bo betier,” says the Machias Union. We s it stated by good authority that the wire for the feunce cost $14,000 at the factory in Connecticut where it was made, The cost of freight, costof labor in building the fence, the wood, timber, nails, spiles, etc., used in the feuce will cost at least $14,000 more, to omit meo- tion of the first cost of the land to be en- closed, about seven hundred acres, for the deer park, nltogether making a cost of about 36,000, perhaps #40,000. The fenca is twelve to fourteen feet high. The wire is network, four feet in width, and two breadths of it are used around the entire park. Expensive for poor men, but for millionaires only trifle.” - To Make Shoes Last. 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