Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 28, 1892, Page 7

OMAHA DAILY BEE AUGUS "AGES, EFFECT OF MKINLEY TARIEF Prices of Personal and Domstic Necessaries Lower Today than in 'Ninety. FACTS FOUNDED ON INVOICE FIGURES Leading Wholesalers and Retailer Omuha Aver Thelr Goods are Cheaper Now h They Were Two Years Ago— Workingmen Benefitod ot Has the MeKinley tariff Iaw materially in- creased the cost of the necessaries of life to the people of Omaha! A ropresentative of Tie Brr undertook to fina u correct and conclusive answer to this question during tho past few days. Moco than a dozon staplo articles of wencral con- sumption, the duty upon which was affected in some degree hy the McKinley bill, wera solected to furnish a basis for the inquiry ‘There are many articles of common use which the McKinley bill did not touch and othors upon which the duty was remoyved or decreased by that law. For the sako of the test, n wide range of articles, having a va- riety of tarift conditions attached to them, navo been sclected. In the limited space tiere occupied 1t would be impossiblo to give the tariffs on every grado ot tho various ar- ticies, but the figures presented are ubon tho same grades of goods under the tanft law of 1883 aud thatof 1590, knowu as the McKinley law. O1d and New Tarif Rlankets—Old tanff, and 35 per cont; McKinley tariff, 83 cents per pouna und 35 per cent. Carpets—O1d tarifl on ingrain 12 conts per square yard and 80 per cent, oa Brussels 20 cents per square yard and 30 per cent; Me- Kizloy taniif on ingrain 19 cents per square yard and 40 per cent, on Brussels 23 cents per square vard and 40 per cent. Clothing, ready made, woolen—Ola_tarift, 40 cents per pound and 5 per cent; McKin loy tariff, 404 cents per pound and 60 per cent. Cutlery, table knives at 2 to 83 per dozon -—Old tariff, 35 per cent; McKinley tariff, 40 cents per dozen and 30 per cent. Barthenware and china—-Old_tariff, 20 to 00 per cent: McKinley tariff, 25 to 60 per cent. Advance of b per cent on a fow lines. Fiannels—Old tariff, 12 cents per pound and 35 por cent; McKinley tariff, 22 cents ver pound and 85 per cont. Glassware, plain and cut, also lamp chim- neys—Old tarif, 40 per cont; McKinloy tar- iff. 60 per cent. Kunit zoods, wearing apparel—Old tariff, 24 cents per pound and 85 per cont; MeKini tariff, 44 cents per pound and 50 por cent. Shirts, whoie or part linen—Oid taniff, per cent; McKinloy tariff, 55 per cent. _Tin plate—Old tarift, Te per pound; Me- Kinloy tariff, 2 2-10 ceuts per pound, Umbrellas, both silic and alpaca—Old tarift, 50 por cent: McKinley tariff, 55 per cont. Sugar, from Nos. 13 to 16, Dutch standard —O0ld taniff, 23; cents por pound. Tho Me- Kizley bill made sugar free and placed o bounty of 2 cents per pound on domestic sugar bearing a test of ) degroes by the volariscope, and 13{ conts a pound for domes tic sugar staading a tost of 8 degroes. Free trade papers and orators assort that the amount of duty on imports is added to the prico of the articie wicther imported or domestic, and that tho consumers av obliged to pay that much more for the arti- cles mentioned in theabove list than they did before the McKinley bill went into effect, Let the morchants of Omaha, who have handled these various lines of goods every mouth for the past five years or more, an- swor the question. They will tell the story to the public as they told it to Tur Bee ro- orter and the readers of Tie Bk can judge or themselves, The Poor Man's Blanker. Mr. Kelioy of tho firm of Kelley & Stigor says:. “With regard to blankets | will say that there has been no incremso in prico since the McKinley bill went: into effect. 1 think the reason for this is that mora peopie have gone into tho business of manufactur- ing. The competition has boen sharper and improvea machinery has nelped t keop the prices down. Weare seliing blankets fully as cheap now as we did three yenrs ago. In tho hosiery department 1 can say about the sume. The price of hosiery has been kept down by a_determined effort on the part of the manufacturers and their em- ployes at Chemnitz, Germany, to brenk down American competition' and gou the tariff again removed. When the MeKinley bill went into oftect the hosiery manufacturers of Chemnitz, Germany, bad a meoting with their employes and stated the situation. They said, *If ‘we can move right along for six months and supply the Amori- cnn trade just as usual, despite the tariff, we can drive 1ho new mmnufactories in Amcrica out of existenco in that time." The manu- facturers agreed to knock off their profiis if the employes would worl for a mere pistance, and by so doing they have been abie to do- liver their goods in New Yori with the tavifl added as cheap or cheancr than the Ameri- can manufacturer could produce domestic gonds, By this squeezing process the hosiery manufucturers of Germany have held their pace in the American market, bul 1 don’t think that can last much longer. They noped to break down the American compe- tition in a few months, but they have not succeeded. 1 look for & change soon. The German laborer can't work much longer at starvation wages in those hosiery mills, In umbrellas there has been no espccial chango in price since tho McKinloy bill weat iuto offect. As to linens, the tariff was raisod on all grades of goods that fell below 100 threads tothe square inch, but by o outting of profits the manufacturers and the merchants auoling the goods have been enabled to keep tho retail prices at very near the samo figure as bofore the change in the tarif,” American Cutlery and Tin, Tho Lee-Clark-Andreosen company say: “Many grades of cutlery have aavanced dur- g the past two years. ~Lho consumption of American goods has been very largely in- creased, however, and the quality of dom. tic goods is improving all the time. The American cutlery today Is just as good as can be produced anywhers in the world Our best catlery comes from Connecticut.' Mr, Reetor of the Rector-Wilbeimy com- pany said:- “The general effect of the Me- Kinley bill bas b¥on to advauce the price of cutlery mado i this country, p +We mport very litue cutlery, The Ameri- ean cutlery is s good or botter than tho Eurovean. Thera are somo linesof goods that we import simply because some people will have certain kinds of knives or razors or some such thing no matter whnt thoy cost. The consumption of American made cutlory I8 growing rupialy and the quality is improy- Ing overy year.” Speaking of tin plate Mr. Rector said that Lho price at present was not over 5 to 10 per cent highey than it was prior to the passage of the McKinley bill. **We are now buving Amcrican tin plate,” he sald, “and we are not dowg It because wo aro philanthrop- 18ts, by any means. Our checks are gowg tothe Awerican manufacturers of tn plate rather than to the Eoglish makers, because Wwe can get the American goods for loss money.” Mr. Charles O. Loveck of Lobeck & Liun, retail baraware dealers, said: I bought a stock of table knivos last week, and 1 bought the goods just as cheap as 1 over bought them. There bhas beon a vise of about 10 per sont on pooket knives, but I wiil tell you why that Las taken place. In the cutiery factory the fe grinders are the bigh-priced men. Now, we handle tho pocket knives maaufuctyred-by the Humason & Beckley Maoufacturiog company of New Britaiu, domestic goods, When the Meiinley bill went into effect the grinders whog work for Humuson & Boeckley demanded an ad- vance of 10 per cent in wages, and thoy got it. The manufacturers were obliged to raise their pricos just thut muoch. ‘The advance 1n brice has gone into the pock- ewof the workigwen, The uumnnfior American made woods bas been iucreased wonderfully agd the quality has been im- roved since the MeKiuly bill went futo ef- oct. Lot me tll you wnother ihing. The MoKinley law bai complotely shut out @ whole lot of cheap, worthless forelgn gouds. You remember a fow ycars ago of seeing tho riug-game fakirs along the strepts with s bushel or two of alleged knives stuck iu a boardt Well, those were foreign 00ds of the cheapest possible sort, ome of thew had the numes of American wholesalo firms on them, but they were wade in Eoglaud or Germany all the'same. The McKinley bill sbut that business completely out. 0 forelgn wade 18 cents per nound article in our line oan be palmed off now as being domestic goods. 1f a knife ot a razor is made in England or Germany, the name of the country musi be cut in the blade be- fore it can be soid 1n this country. That was & splonaid thing. Why the whotesale merchants right here in Omaha used to have their names out on foroign mude goods, and veople who purchased them thought that they weré buying American goods. The cheap grades of foreign goods were represented as domestic goods, Sinca that business has been stopped, people are leatning to have a great deal move confl- dence in American cutlery. On’ building hurdware we arp far ahead of the foreign manufacturers, To use & cominon phrase, they are not in it with the American manu- facturers in that line. Take that whole line of goods on that sido of our store, and you will hardly find an article in it that is not made in this country. We make better goods in all those lines than they mako abroad.” Effect on Clothing Price The thing that interests the averago man most mboul this time of year 18 price of clothing, roady made “woollen clothing, such as the overy day = work- ingman and his boyvs wear. What has the McKinley bill dono to affect its handy price? Mr. Levy of the Nebraska Clothing com pany said: *“Wa handle domestic gooas al- most, exclusively. There has been a very slight rise in price in some lines of goods, but it1s scarcely worth mentioning. The udvance has probably been about 5 per cent on such gocds as rango from 812 10§20 a suit. There is very little of tue fine im- ported woods sold in Omuha, excepting to the select fow. The great majority of peoplo woar the dowestic goods man- ufactured in Massachusetts, Connecti- cut and = Rhode lsiand. There are some western mills starting up that will in time gel a fair busiuess. [n shirts the prices have uot advauced and the McKunley tarift had no perceptible effect ou the prices of flannel underwear. ~About all the flaanel va- derwear used 1n this country now is from Aracrican mills. Tho dowestic flannels aro Just as good for tho ordinary wear, and I don't know but they are betier, There aro no fine flunnel snirts to speak of in the mar- ket, but other stylos and grades of goods bave become popular and the fine flanuel shirt has not been missed. In knit goods wo have not experienced any advauce in price excepting on fine Cardigan jackets, that form but a minor part of our trade. The American mills have almost complete control of the market ana the quality of woolen goods turned out by them is improving every vear; they turn out as good goods today as any of the oid-country mills, sxcepung ina few of the higher grades, In bosiery we have quit selling the cheapor grades of British make because they have been knocked out of the market by the American_woods, We sell American hose today at 15 conts that is just as good as tho British hose we used to seli at the samo price. Someof the higher grades of hose have been advanced about 10 per cent, but it is not noticed much in our trade. Mr. Gamble, manager for the Continental Clothing company, said: *In the main our goods are ju-t as cheap as they were two years ago. The only ready-made zoods that Liavo been advanced since the passage of the MeKimley bill ara the coarser grades of worsteds made In Europe, and we handle but very little of them; in fact, tho Iuropoan worsteds are not sold to any ex tin re nade goods. We handle the Americ worsteds which are of far superior quality, and on all grades of domestic. goods, 1 ing the high-grade wovsteds, there no advance in prico over the ruling price two yearsago. A man can purchase any goods in our stock today at as low a price as he could two years ago." Carpets and Queensware Are Cheapor. Mr. J. M. Stewart of the Omaha Carpet company—We are selling goods cheaper to- day than we did prior to tha passage of tho McKialey tarift law. This applies to all grades, both foreign and domestic. There was an advance in tho price of jute, which affects goods in which that material is used, but the advance did not last ong. The prices went down again and are lowor now than ovor. A very large prcentugeof the carpets sold ‘now in” this country are from our own wills. They are just ns'good as the foreign 2oods. Gaten & Lauman, dealers in queensware— Thero hus been no increase w the price of our goods since the MeKinley bill was passed: in fact, wo are selling eoods todny cheaper, both wholosale and retail, than we ever did vefore. The improvement ia the facilities for making glassware. particularly in_ putting on the stems, which is dono in Pittsburg, bas lowered the price. We sell glassware as choap, 1f_not chieaper, than we did two vears ago. Fully 90 per cant of the glassware sold by us is of domestic manufacture. During tho past ten years the prices on the goods We handle, iucluding queensware, china, glassware, crockery and all, have fallen at loast 25 per cent. Thore was an increase for a sbort ime after the tariff law went into offect on & certain brand of lamp chimneys, brit the roal cuuse of that was not the tarif. They .are back to the sawe price again Lamp chimneys are as oheap or cheaper now than over. Mr. Gateh turned to his desi and picked up a bill for goods mow on the way to Omaha from the eastern manufacturer. “Here is o bill for lamp chimneys that wo will compare with the price we paid two years ogo,” and going to nis files he found an luyoico for 1800, Upon comparing the two invoices it wns found that the goods purchased o fow weoks ago were nearly 2 cents per piece cheaver than those pur- chased in 1590 prior to the passage of the MeKinley bill, In seeking information on the price of ar- ticles that go to make up the everyday meal of the averago man the reporter intorviewed Mr. Fleming, who operates two of the lead- ing retail grocery stores in the city, and this is what ho said:" ~Coffee is lower, excepting Java and Mocea, Sugar, as everybody Lnows, is selling now at cighteen to twonty pounds for 81, vhereas it was only twelve to fourteen pouuds for 1 two years ago.” Moct on Pootwear. Mr. George W. Cook, shoedealer, had this to say about the price of footwear: “We aro selling shoes cheaper now than av any time auring tho past five vears, not because leuthier is any cheaper. but because the cost of manufactur- ing fino grades of shoes is less than ever be- fore. So far as I am able to judgo the Me- Kinley bill has had no effect whatever upon the price of boots and sby We used to buy & good muny French calf shoes, but of late years wo manufacture just as good calf hoos hero in America, and make them heaper than the French shoe can be sold in our market, Tne great imvrovement 1n machinery, whereby we have been enabled to produce shoes justas good as the hand- made, by machinery, and at much less ex- pouse, has brought' the price of boots and shoes down, and machine-made shoes are turned out today that no hving man can ais- tinguish from a handmado shoe."! Summ‘ng up the situation it is found that the actual cost of liying in Omaba today is lower thau it was Lwo years ago, But one articlo in the whole range of common neces- saries 1 shghtly higher, and that is cutlery, whilo there aro scores of articles, and articlos much more important in every household, that ure cneaper now ‘than they wero two voars ago, or prior to the passage of tho M- Kinloy bill. Al A Rellable Man, M. J. Griner, a justicn of the peuce at Priut, Mich., suvs oue bottle of Chamber- law’s Colie, Cholera and Diarrbama Remedy saved his life. [le bad been down with bloody flux for throo weoks when he com- menced using this medicine. Tt soon cured bim aud ho believes saved his life, Ho also says it saved tbe liyps of three railroad men in'that vicinity, ‘Squire Griner is a roliable aud conscientious mun, and whatever ho says cun vo depended upon, ————— The Poeumatio Sulky. The pneumatic sulky has come to stay on the race track. = Robert Bonner sayss0 und he s presumed to spenk authoritatively on the shuject. He is also of the opinion that it is going to re- volutionize trotting records, as 1t en- avles o horse to travel from two to three geconds faster in the mile, The strik ing thing about the new sulky 1s the low wheels. In the old style vehicle the the driver sat between them. Nowhe sits above them. The wheels average thirty inches in height, uabout the same as a safoty bicycle seen on the roads and tracks, A sulky with the pneumatio tire attachment gets down in weight to about forty pounds, while the decrease in draught is at least 50 per cent. It is Mr. Bonner’s idea that a record of 2.05 is entirely possible with this new raeing machine, WILL WARM UP T THE WORK Omaha's Ohurch Leaders in Great Trim for the Winter's Campaign. ANTICIPATING A VERY BUSY SEASON Rov, B, Fay Mills Will Tlend a General At- tack on the Ramparts of Sin—C ing Church Conventio: Local Church News, With the approach of autumn comes the rekindling of spirivual zeal and enthusiasm in the hoarts of tho religious workors of Omaha. Tho pastors of the various congre- gatons who have beon rusticating in the cool mountain or lake retroats, or recuperat- ing under the classic shades of the numerous Chautauqua assemblies that are now scat- tered over the whole country, are returning to their recular flelds of labor with their physical sirongth renewed. Their brains and hearts are aglow with groat and burning thoughts d anxious bopes conoorning the work of the year upon which they are about to onter. They all ap- pear to have a deep seatea hope that great success is in atore for the faithful toilers in the Lord’s vineyard hero In Omaha, and that the people of this city are to bo awak- ened soon 1o & deeper interest in religious matters, ooking Forward to Prosperity, Choir leaders are picking up the loose reins preparatory to another season of hard work in furnishing melody for the worshiring congregations, and religious and philanthro- pic leaders in all the churcues are girding up their loins, spirtually speaking, for ro newed effort, ' Those who have been but tallow dips religiously during the hot, ener- vating weather of summer, will soon become arc lights in the galaxy of spiritual heacons that are to shine atout the altars of the various churches of the city during the com- ing year. In somo respacts the year just opening promises much for the religious growth of Omaha, For the first time really in the his- tory of the city what are known as the evangelical churches of the city have Joined hands in securing the services of a celebrated revivalist, the well known and ominently successful Rev. 8. Fay Mills, who is toopen a series of evangelical meetings here on November 80. Something like thirty of the evangelical churches of Omaha, including the Presoyterian, Unitea Presby- terian, Coneregational, Baptist, Mothodist, Christian and Lutheran will unite in this rovival effort, wiich will doubtless last a month or more, depending upon the success of the meeting. Mr, Millsis a young man, the son of a minister, who has met with remarkable suc- cess in wwakeniug a religious spirit ie many of the large cities, both east and wost. He hus recently beld great revivals in Portland, Ore., and San Francisco. e Depends on His methioos arc not of the dramati He 1s of a quiet, persuasive nature, but his magnetic powec is said to be something very urusual, and before a community is aware of the fuct e has an_interest awakened in reil gious matters that is remarkable. He i by Mr. F. L. Greeuwood, a very ctive singer, Tuere will be & meeting of represontatives und pastors of all the churches intercstod in the meetings at the Young Mon’s Christian Association parlors on September 5 for the purpose of getting tho preliminary arrange- ments in shape. Personal Magnetism, style. AMONG THE WORKERS, Church entions Ci ng— What Local Pastors Are Dolng. The triennial convention of the Episcopal church will be held in Buitimore in October. “Thero will bo botween 600 and 800 delegates present from all parts of tho Uhited States. Groat interest is already being manifested in the church over some of the leading topics of discussion w be taken up. The church litargy and the bymual will be likely to receive a good deadof attention, Thne dele- wrates from Novraska are Dean Garduer, Dr., Dolerty, Rev. John Williams, Rev.' Dr. Hewett of Lincoln as ministerial delegates and Hon. J. M. Woolworth and O. M. Carter of Omuha, W. B. Stacey of Codar Rapids and A. J. Pheips of Schuyler as lay dole- gates. St. Andrew's Brotherhood, the Kings Daughters and all the auxiliary organizatious of tho church will send representatives to this great convention, The Nevraska syuod of the Uuited Pros- byterian church will meet in Kearney next Tuesday. It is expected that tho synod will be a very interesting one. ‘U'ne opening ser- mou will bo delivered by Rov. J. A. Honder- son of the Park Avenue churcn. Movements of Methodists, The Nortn Nobraska conforence of the Methodist_church will convene this year in St Paul on September 14, Omuha minsters are_already prepuring to attend. The itinerant system of the Methodist church compels the pastors of thut denomi- uation to change pastorates at least once overy five years, and this fuot and other causes will take frow Omaha this year a num- ber of the ministers of the Methodist persua- sion. Rev. George M. Brown o1 the Hans- com Paric churen has filled the five-year limiv and will pass to some other pastorate; Rov. Crave of the Seward Street church has also completed the five-year limit, but even if he bad mot he would go bence, anyway, because he has decided to euter the missionary work in Inaia and will rtin a week ortwo for Bombay, The pastors and people of all the Methodist churches of the city will tenaer Rov. Mr. Crane a farewell recoption at the First Methodist church next Tuesday evening. Home from Thelr V: Dr, Joseph T. Duryen, pastor of the First Congregationsal church, returued last weok from the New York Chautauquu, where be took an activo part in the session.’ Dr. Dur, yea eays ho was amazed at the wonderful growth of the parent Chautauqua during the past five years. Dean Garduer returned last Friday from his summer outing at Baytield, Wis, His face is bronzed aud bis bands are blistered, but be certainly never looked healthier or happier in his life. He enjoyed his vacation hugely. A part of the time he spent in building a summer cottago with his own hands, He cut away the trees, laid the foundation and constructed tho house almost entirely without assistance. Both be and Mrs, Garduer were so well pleased with tha chimate ana the surrounaings av Bayfield that they decided to speud each summer va- cation there in the future and on vhis account the summer cottage was constructed. ocnl Notes, The conyention of the young people of the United Presbyterian church, ~held during the past week at the Park Avenue church, was very successful, tuth as to the attond: ance aud the character of the programs pre- sented. Dr, Towne will address the Young Men's Christian association Sunday afternoon ut 4 o'clock upou tho subject of “*‘Popular Sui- cides.” The Omaha Young Mon's Christian asso- clation will hold a grand opening reception some time next week, the aate 1 be decided later, when tho decorators have completed their work upou the interior of the library, reception rooms aud oftices, cntions, General Keliglous Nows. ¥ Archbishop Feenan of Chicago is credited with being the richest prelate iu the United States, The Lutheran population of Chicago is es- timatea av 250,000, of whom 125,000 are Scandinavians. It is reported that four Jewish rabbis, 200 priests and 3,000 Jews have been converted and are now members of Lhe Church of Eogland, A new Norwegian versiou of the scriptures has just beon published, the work of fifty yoars bestowed by the most competent scholars in Norway in our day. The Cobristian Eudeavor constitution has now been travslated into all the importaut languages of the world, There is & chapter among the Zulus and ove in Samoa. Four hundred recruits are adaded to the movement every day. Tho oldest church in the United States is the church of San Miguel, erectea at Santa Feo, N, M., sevenly-seven years before the landing of the n’ng:l‘m n Plymouth Rock, twenty vears beforf’'¥he foundine of St. Augustiae, Fla,, and *fiffy-three years aftor the landing of Cotutm b A gospel and colpofiage carriage under direction of Rev. Jobn C. Collins, secretary of the Bureau of Supphes of New Hayen, Jonn., assistod by ILx P. Tibbals of New York, is now making* tour through New England, tiolding roliglons sorvices, scatte ing tracts and religiohsmupplies to the non- church-going elassesq 4 Several years ago @movement was inaug- urated among college stidents in America to sccure the plodges of Students to enter on the missionary worlt’ ‘Noearly 6,000 havo pledged themselves Lo 8ftor the foreiwn fisld. t s stated that abewt 550 nave already entered on the work. 18ome 500 aro in theo- logical scnools, and 195 in medical colloges. In Great Britain there are under tho di- rection ot the British Sunday School union 000 schiools, in which upward of 00,000 teachers aro engaged o structing 7,000,000 scholars, In the United States there are upward of 100,000 Sunday schools, moro than 1,000,000 tenchers and 8,500,000 scholars. In tho wholo world the schools are said to number 183,300; the teachers 1,009,509 and the scholars 17,16 g NEBRASKA ON WHEELS. Second Exhibit Train to o Sent Out by the State Business Men, Eyerything now looks very encouraging for the next trip to bo mado by tho advertis- inj train to be sont out under tho auspices of the Nevraska State Business Men's associa- tion, and to be kunown as ‘“Nebraska on Wheel$ No. 2.1 The first ventuve of this kind, mado last your, was an ungualified success. Tho train visited the richest portion of the central states, and was productive of much gooa. The newspapers of the towns visited were very liboral, and the state was aavertised more thoroughly than ever bafore, and m iny families ave lving in the state today as a direct rosult of the missionary efiorts of tho men who hiad chargo of the exhibit. This year the train will leave Nebraska on September 25, some days later than last yoar, The change was made for good rea- sons. Nebraska's bountiful harvest will havo been gathered by that date and tho differont counties in better shape to preparo for a proper exhibit. By this arrangement, too, the train will be able to have completed a portion of the trip and will be i Chicago at the formal opening of the World’s fair on Ootober 21, Space for the train hus bcen se- cured on the fair grounds and much benefit is expected to result from this visit to the city by the lake at that time. Counties desiring to make exhibits this year will have until Septembor 8 to secure space in the traln aud arrange for their exhibits ana advertising matter. The asso- ciation will meet at theoflice of tho secrotary of tho State Agricultural society on tho fair grounds at Lincoln at 1 o'clock on Thursday, Septembor 8, when the final program will be announced and arrangements made for the departure of the train,. The counties that propose taling space 1n_the train must have all arrangements made by that date. General Secretary Hodgin of the Stato associntion reports that twenty counties have made partial arrangements for space 1 tho train and thav at least ton counties more are wanted to et the exhibit up on the acale that is desired. The State Dairymen’s asso- ciation will make an exhibit, and thera will be a number of exhibits: of the various in- dustries of the statguaside from the farm products. Mr. Hodgin, with the consent and ad- vice of the state voard, has made the necessary arrangements for the' dransportation of tuo train by the mfferent gailroads through tne central and northera states. He has doue an immense amount of. work in_this_counec- tion. and )s vory anxious that tho stato should be finely represented in the train. Mr. Allison Knoe, the artist who decorated tho train last year, is now in the city, blan- ning tao decorations for the exterior of the conches, and will be on'hand to arrango the exnibits as rapidly as they arrive in the city. il TALKED UNION DEPOT. Another Conferencw.of:Interested Partles Held Without Rosult, A speciul mesting of tho city council com- mittee on viaducts apd railronds was beld in the mayor's ofice yesterday afternoon to consider the union depot- question and en- deavor to effect an amicabla, settlement, President homas E. Kimball of the Union Depot company, Assistant Goneral Manager Dickinson and Solicitor W. R. Kelly of tho Union Pacific company, General Monager Holdrage of the Burlington, Mayor Bemis, City Engineer Rosewater and City Attorney Connell_were also present. The object of the moeting was stated by Sol Prince, chair- man of the committes. Mr. Rosewater said that the first thing to bo cousidered was who bad the power to dis- solve the existing injunction. Nothing could be done until that was removed. Mr. Kolly thought that it would be necessary to begin entirely over again, but Mr. Connell main- tained that the injunction could easily be sot asido if an amicavle arrangomont could bo made between all partics voncerued. Mr. Holdrego broached a new dificulty Dy vaising the viaduct question. If the city was anxious to reach an_understanding with tho railroads it should settio that matter, too. He maintained thut tho city had been un- reasonable in tho matter and some conces- sions ought to bo made, A loug controversy cnsued which demonstrated that Mr. Hol- drege and_ certain city ofticials held widely divergent ideas ou that subject, At length Mr. Connell submitted a propo- sition touching the original subject of con- troversy, which was discussed at longth, and » decision postponed until & future meeting. Mr. Connell’s proposition was, briefly, that the oity should release its claim to tie upion depot property and to the Union Depot company’s bouds, the company, on the other baud, to glve up the property which had been claimed and fenced in by the city and the $150,000 bouas voted by the city, and to complote the depot as s0on as possi- ble. A difference arose as to tho exnct boundaries of che property included in vho depot site. Mr. Kelly claimed all that was inciuded in tho Saunders deed, while Mr. Counelt thought that it only included what is within what is known as the Green line. Aftor considorable discussion, the whole mutter was postponed untila future meot- ing, and_in the meantime the attorneys, in conjunction with the city engincer, will check up the property in controversy and ascorisin Low much difference exists be- tween them. The idea of a Faraam streot location was brought up, but Mr. Dickinson emphatically declarod that a change was now out of the question, G agy Custom House Recelpts, Following ave the recéipts of the Omaha port of entry for the past week: One car teu from Jaogn for McCord & Brady; four cars tesokor Paxton & Gal- lagher; ouo case of haddMerchiofs from Gor- many for Kilpatrick, Koch & Co.; eleven cases of musical instriments from Germany for Max Mover & 4o/ six -cases and one cask of wine ufebm England for R. C. Mclntosh; two oases of glassware from Antwerp for GGatob/& | auman. 2 - Do Witt's Sarsapariligapsiroys suon poi- sons as serofula, skin djapnses, eczoma, rbheu- matism. Lts timely usesaves many Hvos, r Flavoring Extracts NATURAL FRUIT FLAVORS. Of perfect purity. Of great strength, Economy In thelr use Flavor as dellcately &nd deliclously as the fresh frults Rose etc. WHO WILL SETTLE THE BILL Features of the World's Fair Souvenir Proposition. WILL NEVER GET INTO CIRCULATION Relle Hunters Wil Issue 18 Never ¥ Government for Redemption. —An 1 View, Take Care That the sented to the Seonomic Wasnixaroy, D. C., Aug. 27.—[Spocial to Tur Bek.)—In the light of the proposion to sell the souvenir half-dollars of the Colum- bian exposition for ono dollar each, it is 1n teresting to caleulate who is going to pay tho 2,500,000 which coagross voted to the World's fair as a ift, aad tho §2,500,000 pre- mium to be realizea on the coins. It is avi- dent that the World's fair directors and tho speculators do not expoct any of these coins o be putin circulation, Although they are good for fifty cents in the purchase of any article of commerce, it is evidently the cal- culation of the World's fair directors that all of them will be wanted as souvenirs, and that they will be put away 1n souvenir col- lections aud never get wnto circulation, In this caso they will never bo presentod to the troasury for redemption or exchange, It would not make any difference to the purchaser of the souvenir whether it was made of brass or copper or gold. 1ts valuo is not o coin valve, but a valuo as a souvenir. It is unforiunate then_that the governmeat did not bave the forethought to make theso coins of ope of the baser motals, and thus save the difforence botween tho cost of the silvor and tho cost of brass or copper. Tho exnct cost of the silver will be the govern- ment’s contributior, or about £1,500,000. The coins will be made of subsidiary coins now in the tronsury, but the silver of which thoy will bo made’ would cost the goveri- ment_not more than §1,500,000 if bought in the markot today: 80 tho motual contribution of tho government will be $1,500,000 in silver and the costof coining the 5,000,000 halt-doliars, The World’s fair peo- ple will contribute nothing. The public (here and abrond) will contribute the re- maindor of the £5,000,000—that is £3,500,000, S0 $3,500,000 will be ono of tho items of tribute paid by the visitors to the exposition. They will et in return for it 1,500,000 worth of silver coined in souvenirs, Tribute of the St The Postoftice dopartment is going to do a much better stroke of business than the ‘Treasury department in the matter of souve- mirs, Third Assistont Postmaster General Hazen says that the number of the jubilee stamps that will bo ratired from circulation by the stamp collectors will mwount up to tho hundreds of thousands. W hat does the gov- ernment make on these stamps! Under the contract with the American Bank Note com- pany ordinary stamps cos! 00 conts per 1,000. Tako the lowest estimate made by Mr, Hazen—100,000 stamps retired by the stamp collectors. PLere are ton denominations v stamps. Thoy aro thel, 2, 3, 10, 13, 30 and 00-cent stamps. ' No collector of stomps would ve sutistied without a full line of these stamps—the entire sories. One hundred thousand stamps would be 10,000 sets, the fuco value of which would bo 10,- 600." At 7 47-100 conts per 1,000 these 100,000 stamps would cost the government just $7.47. Protit on the stamps retired from circulation by the stamp collectors av tho timo of the issue of tho ‘Yubilco stamps’—$16,- 502.53. From this, of course, would have 10 bo taken the cost of the new dies and plates for printing the new stamps. This a serious question, for the dies for the cont swamp cost $1,200, and those for the other stamps §5%0 each—a total of $5,700, But Mr. Hazen believes that the number of stamps to be laid aside us souvenivs will be nearer 300,000 than 100,000, and the profit on them,exclusive of the cost of plates and dies, is Iikely to bn $20,000 or $25,000. If the issae of stamps, like the issue of voins, could be limited to 5,000,000, iv wouid bo spfe to say that more thun une-half of them would be tired without cancelation, Tha modest little orofit of the governmont on these, under fay- orablo conditions, would be $109,113.25. Too Many in the BBusiness. The regular medical practitioners of Wash- ington have a grievance—not a new griev- ance but ono that increases with each year, Tt is the outgrowth of the department system which gives the dissatisied government Largest stock of HUMAN HAIR enst of Chicago. Guaranteed stri Mrs. R. 111 S, IE'I‘H.V {ud 2 5 4 T " THE EVANS, The Hot Sprin tly first class. H. Davigs, OPP. POSTOFFICE of America, Hot Springs, In the W, fotly tnsull ablo States. Beantiful Mountain Climate, Conl No_ Mosquitos. 3 above the Son ath bakota ilot Springs ro attractl all over thy world, and ora curing wgo than any sp baths, ete. and other in- 0.5 MARDE | In the U, 5. For rates, formation, nddress, Hot Springs. South Dakot, "THE FALL TERM OF THE OMAHA Opens next Thursday, Store, 1ith and Dougl spme date. Send for zue. Addross ROHRBOUGH BROS clork six and a half hours work a day 1n cold woather and four and a half or five and o balf hours in warm weather. A newspaper writer was going down town o160 morning recently to begin & day's work, which wad to last fourteen or filteon hours, when he beard two old codgers on the front soat discussing their work. Ono of them was a devartment clerk. The other asked of him intercstingly—"and how loug do they make you work ! +Until 4 0'clock, unless it's too hot," sald the other lugubriously. The questioner shook his hoad slowly, sympathetioally. “That's too long,” he said with much feoline, The complaint of \hedoctors grows primar- ity out of the fact that the govornment clerk has more sparo timo than work time u the twenty-four hiours of tho day. If he 18 wm- bitious ho wants to improve his condition and he reads or studies in tho aftorndon or ovening hours, 1f he is not ambitious ho #oos down to Marsball hall on a steamboat excursion 1n the summor and speuds bis ovenings at the theater in the winter soason. Ior the encouragement of the ambitious, law schools and medionl schools have been ostab lished here with night classes; and every year thiere s a lutge number of young attor- neys and physicians turned loose on ‘the community. There ure four medical collogres grinding out dinlomas and many department clerks graduate from thom overy yoar, More Physicians Than Pat The young physisian colobrates tho inves. titure of bis titlo by opening an oftice and hanging out asign, But ho does not resign his vlace in tho department. He could hardly hope to make his living in moaical practice for a time—so he continues to draw bis govesnment salary and practices medi- cino after 4 o'clock p. m. Thero aro so many of theso peripatetic physicians in Washin ton that they form a recognized elnss, They are known as *night _doctors.”” Their pra tico is necessarily limited but it intorfores very disagroeably with the small practico of regular physicians. It has increased the corps of practicing physicians in this city until there is now one to overy 300 of popu- lation. Some day thoro is going to bo so lively a protest from the regular vractitioners that the heads of the departments will interfere, 1t is a rulo now in tho department sorvico that o man and his wite shall not be borno on the dopartment roils at the same time, The theory is that it is tho man’s business to support his wifo and that her place should bo given to some deserving woman who hus 10 one to support her. Soms day tho heads of the departments may be. forcad to make a rulo that no one who is carrying on a busi ness outside the dopartment and who pre- sumably has sufliciont means of support, shall bo kept in the department service. Have Appeslod to Congress. The regular practitioners have appealed to conaross ngainst this abuse and against another which scoms even more flagrant— that is, tho establishment of a regular local practico by physicians and surgeons who hold government commissions. The ph: cians of Washington are brought into com- potition ~with the physicians of tho army, the navy and the marine hospital service who aro stationed hero, Theso gentlomen, though holding commissions, and voceiving large salaries from the gov: ernment, enter into competition with the Washington physicians for local co. Presidout Grant's rogular physician was Dr. Norris of the army, Ho had ouo of the most tucrative practices in Washington. An army surgeon had charge of Gioneral Sheridan’s case in bis last 1lness, President Harrison might call' an army or navysurgeon in a great emergency, but the Harrison family has always employed a physician in ecivil life, just us the Clevelands did bofore them, An unhappy outcome of this practice of army and navy surgeons was the disgrace that feli on Surgeon General Philip S. Wales of the navy a year or two ago, Dr. Wales had a large local pr: His position in the Navy department involyed a groat deal of ofticial work. Instead of attending to this work Dr. Wales spent much of his time with his patients. The work was neglected, some one imposed on Dr. Wales and robbed the government, and when the robbery was dis covered Dr. Wales was tried by court martial. No one suspected him of dishonesty but he was convicted of careless ne of duty, A ‘repetition ot this experienco wiil pos- sibly induce the heads of the War, Navy and Treasury dopartments to prohibit officrs of tho army, navv or marine hospitai service going into private practice. P e “Lata to bed ana_eariy to r1se will shorten tho road to your home in the skies. But early to bed and “Little Early Riser.”tho pill that makas life longer and better and wiser. Will Clo City Enginoor rosewater served notice on the Board of Pubiic Works yesterday that the Eleventn street viaduct was unfit for travel and that it should be closed at once. An order 1o that effect will probably be is- l AMUSKMENTS Farnam St, Theater POPULAR PRICES, 4 Nights Oy Today AL2:30. Tonight at 8115, The favorite German Dialect Comedian Mr. GED. G. STALEY In His Succosstul Comody-Deama, Royti? Pass Under the manugemeont of HARRY DOEL PARKER, Seo the great Locomotive Race, 2 Real Working Enginas. { The greatest railgond scene evor pro- duced 1n thi V. A Superb Company of Players. Picturesque Costumes., New and Catchy Songs. Matinee Wodnesday. Farnam St, Theater Thursday, 3 NIGHTS. Friday, Matinee Saturdaiy, “LAUGHING ROOM ONLY,” LOUIS WILL S. Uelinge = Rising —IN Liaughable Gomedy “Tangled Up” A Hurrah of Jollity. New Stars But Old Favorites. Incidental to the Comedy the Serpentine Dance is in- troduced. OF THE FAYORITES. svn! EW BUYD'S niiiue Friday, Saturaay, Sunday, Sept. 2, 3 & 4 Engagoment of the distinguished Actor and Play- wright MILTON NOBLES With the Assistance of the Gifted Ingenue DOLLIE NOBLES And o Well Kquipped Supporting Company In the followlng Ltepertolre, yNizhtand A SON OF THESPIS, arday Nigh......FOR REVENUE ONLY. FROM SIRE T0 SON. THER— Frid Satu Sunday Night sued by the board tomorrow. Tho s Thursday morning at 1 usual pri ) Keats opens BALLOON ASCENSION avo PARAGHUTE JUMP rros o cuons AT 2q4th AND BELT LINE, SUNDAY AUGUST 28th, 1892, Jetween the hours of Three and Five O'clock. By PROF. BELDEN Who has been special clouds, so that those who failed Qisappointed this time. ing acronaut. air. IT'S FREE. Tak sngagod o renos Take all the children to Ho makes a thrilling jump whon up a half mile in mid- man and 24th Street cars. his famous jump from the to sec him last Sunday, may not be se the greatest liv- e South Omaha and Sher- Ave. or Hanscom Park on't Forget the Date. September 13-17, NANGY HANKS 2:07% Will Trot af St, Joseph’s Great Fair, Thursday, Sept. 15, Great Free-For-All Stallion Race September 14, y iy ALOIN, 2:14%4, winner of the §10,000 race at Grand Rapids. LOBASCO, 2:15%4. ROB- ERT RYSDYK, 2:13%; PAT. DOWNING, 2:13%; INCAS SENATOR CONKLING, 2:16%. Over two hundren entries of high quality trotters, pacers and running horses. A new and very fast mile track. , 2:14Y%; GRATTON, 2:17%; Thirty thousand dollars for speed purses alone, The greatest collection of agricultural exhibits ever seen in the west, Fifty thousand dollars in premiums for live stock and other exhibits, . One fare for the round trip from all points within a radius of 200 miles of St. Joseph, JOHN 8. BRITTAIN, President. H, J. KLINE, Secretary.