Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 27, 1893, Page 13

1 THE DAILY BEE. 'ER, Raitor TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, Daily Bee (eithout Sundny) One Yoar.. § 8 00 Dally and Sundiy, O ar vei 8 Six Months. Threo Months, Tee, Oie " [&! Mice, New York, I Pl o, Washington, 518 Fourteonth Stroet. CORRESPONT junieations rrolating t rind ninttor should be addressea: NUSINESS LETTERS, s lottors and_remiitances shonld 10 The Bewe Pubiishing Co nny, N n s, ehocks and postofiic rders made payable to the order of the com- Tribuno news and To the ties ipneing the city for the summer ean have TH ey sent wddress by Teaving an order at this office. PUBLISHING COMPANY. The Mea in Chloago, 7 DATLY and SUNDAY BEE 1s on sale in Auditor Great Northern hotel. Gore hotol Leland h Files of T braskn g, BEE can bo seen at the Neo Nebraska, County of Doug! George 1. Tzaoh Hishing compan; “aetual efreulation of nding August s molemnly sy ¥ DALY KL va i OLI0Ws: i Thursday, August riday, Algust Saturday, August 2 =t SWORN to before THE BER'S SPECIAL TRAT Tie Bee is pleased to announce thata special nawspaper train has boen chartered 9ia the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific rai way, to run from Omaha to Lincoln daily, which will enable Tur Bre to serve its patrons throughout the South Platte country with the very latest news. At Lincoln closo connections are made with trains south and westbound, which make it practicable for Tue Beeto cover & vast torritory with a complote newspaper. Heretofore wo have been compelled to go to pressata much earlier hour than is now done under tho new arrangement, The su ity of Tne Ber's telegraphic news is conceded throughout the west, Its special cable news, unrivaled pross dis- patches and its special telegraphic service from every important point have gained for this paper an enviable reputation not alono confined to this state. With improvea facilities for reaching the- Ppeople at a seasonable hour by Tue Bek spe clal newspaper train, there can be no doubt _ that our patrons will continue to show their “*appreciation of newspaper enterprise. WE ARE all ready for the voting to commence. ‘WE KNOW plenty of men who could use that $2,000,000 bequest as well as Chauncey Depow. I7 1S a relief to know that a man can be a democrat and a bimetallist at one and the same time, EVERY little helps. So thought the duke of Edinburgh when he took his in- heritance of Saxe-Coburg. WOULD it not be advisable for that Lin- coln job ofice to rovise its advertise- ment which speaks about the new max- imum froight rates going into effect on August 1? THE appeal for aid for thoso renderod destitute by the South Chicago fire is being generously responded to in the World's fair city. Hard times do not blunt the edge of cha SOME of the eastern socialistic fire- brands seem to be forgetting that free- dom of speech in this country still leaves every one responsible for con- sequences of his utterances, Now that the national encampment of the farmers alliance has come to an end, we are patiently waiting for the announcement of the next stand of the professional populist agitators, CONGRESSMAN SPRINGER announces his opposition to the repeal of the 10 por cent tax on state bunk issues, And many people are still wondering for what the last national democratic plat- form was proclaimed. —— A KANSAS stato bank commissioner has formally proctaimed the insolvency of all the New York City banks. This proclamation is on a par with some of the other emanations from the present state officials of Kansas. SENATOR HILL need have no ‘fear about being awed by power or corrupted by federal patronage. Federal patron- ago has not boen going very much in Taminany’s way since Grover resumed his place as office dispenser. THE school board of New York City wants only $4979,106.82 to run the schools duving the year 18934, an in- oreaso of $454,270.59 over the preced- ing year's estimates. The increase alone would suffice to support the schools in a fair sized city. 4 IN SPEAKING of Senator Peffer, the Chicago Tribune deplores that 8o fine & state as Kansas should be represented in the senate by “such a blind booby misleader.” The Z'ribune's sympathy for Kansas as a state 1s verfectly proper; but if Peffer. were only in the house he might find enough boobies in Kansas to make up a respectable constituency. IN CONNECTION with the bogus bond swindles, we wish wo impress it upon our readers that we are in no respect to be held responsible for the assertion made in advertisements now being circulated and oredited to THE BEE in a way cal- oulated to leave the impression that they are recommended by this paper, 000 | IS CONFIDENCE RETURNING? According to & reported statement of the comptroller of the currency, the re- ports from the banks throughout the country indicate a greatly improved con- dition of affairs within the past week or two. There were only a fow bank fail- ures during the past week, which were moroe than offset by the number of sus- vended banks that resumed, and the | comptroller is given as authority for the statement that plentiful again panic is over. currency is becoming and the worst of the This assurance from a public official who has the best pos- sible opportunity to know what is going on in financial circles will bo received by the country with confi- dence, and espocially 8o when it is sup- ported by other testimony. An intervie with a number of the principal officers of savings institutions in New York re- sulted in obtaining some very reassuring information. The president of one of the largest savings banks in that city said that there wero strong indications that confidence had begun to return. He said that gince the banks had notified depositors that they: would require thirty and sixty days notico of the with- drawal of any sum over $100 from the banksnotover 1 per cent of the depositors had put in such notices at all, and many of those who had given notice were sending in withdrawals of tho same. Reports from a number of the savings banks of New York show that very fow of those who a month ago manifested a desire to withdraw their money from these institutions have availed them- selves of the privilege of doing so at the expiration of the time which they were required to give notice. Ono banker said We was convinced that of all the notices his bank had received but a very small proportion indeed was inspired by lack of confidence, but rather were given as a procautionary mensuro solely. There is great encouragement in thoso reports. Tho reduced number of failures or suspensions of national banks is an exceedingly wholesome sign, indi- cating; as it does, that the weaker in- stitutions have been pretty thoroughly weeded out and that those which have weathered the storm are on a firm foundation. The number of banks that have been closed since ‘the be- ginning of the year considerably execeds a hundred, but probably quite threo-fourths of these will have resumed business hefore the end of the year, and in caso congress shall author- o the issue of national bank notes to the faco valuo of the bonds deposited to secure circulation, as it seems likely to do, it is not to bo doubted that by the beginning of next year tho banking facilitios of the country, as well as the, bank cireulation, will be greater than ever before. Lqually important is the fact reported from the east that the withdrawal of deposits from the savings banks for the purpose of hoarding has practically ceased. Doubtless the same is true of other sections of the country. It is tho case here, and so far as wo are in- formed it is gonerally so. It isa grati- fying evidence of veturning confidence, but what is now to be desired is that the money which has been withdrawn from the banks and is in hiding shall be re- turned, so that it may get into circula- tion. It hasbeen estimated that fully $150,000,000, and possibly * more, is being withheld from cireulation by individual hoarders, and while this is relatively but a very small sum it means a great deal when held in inactivity at a time like this. There can be no doubt that its reap- appearance in the channels of trade wovld have a wonderfully revivifying effect. Itisalso to be remarked that the banks seem to be manifesting rather more confidence, and it may be perti- nently suggested to these institutions, though it s to be presumed thoy already understand it, that they have the most important and influential part to play in the restoration of confidence. Tndeed, complete confidence cannot be regained without them, and therefore it is their highest duty to use every proper effort to promote and stimulate it. ‘We are disposed to think that there is soundness in the opinion of the comp- troller of the currency that the country has seen the worstof the financial stress, and if such be the case a steady change for the better is safely to be counted upon, DRAWING THE COLOR LINE, Two events of the past week have served to show that the tipae has not yet come when the color line is to be en- tively disregarded. The first of these events is the refusal of certain of the southern Epworth league socicties to patronize a hotel at Chicago wlich, under the auspices of the leagne, has opened 1ts doors to members without re- gard to color. The action of these so- cieties is all the more surprising inas- much as they seem to go far out of their way for the very purpose of drawing publie attention upon themselves. The Epworth league is a distinctively religious organization closely connected with the Methodist church, which counts among its membershiv no small number of negroes. Christianity has from the very inception been one of the strongest facto’s working toward the universal brotherhood of man. It knows neither master nor slave, neither rich nor poor. The chief tendency of its teaching is tho solidarity ot all man- kind. While it is true that almost all the great churches split at one time upon thg dividing line of slavery, yet since its abolition they have been looked to to exert their influence in the direc- tion of recounciliation. Few people want to seo the two races intermingle in all their social relationships. This is de- sired by neither party. But for a relig- ious organization to take pains to finda pretext to revive race antagonism can- not be too severely deprecated. So long as there is no compulsion for any of the societies to patronize any particular hotel & boycott is something entirely out of place. The other event referred to is the in- stitution of procecdings against several prominent citizens of Lincoln begause they refused admission to & fashionable bathing resort to a person on account of his color. This is nothing more than a rehabilitation of the old eivil rightscon troversy,involving the question whether such an Institution is sufMolently of o public character to come under the statutes regulating such subjocts. The case will no doubt bring up an interesting point under our constitution, because the latter was accepted by eongress only upon “‘the fundamental condition that within the state of Nebraska there ehall be no denial of the elective franchise or of any other right toany person by reason of race or color.” The words “any other right" are much more comprehensive than those found in any previous or sub- sequent legislation by congress. They mark the height of the equal rights movement. How far thay extend will probably be decided should these cases be appealed to the court of 1ast resort. The negro problem is undoubtedly one of the most serious with which we shall have to contend in the not remote future, These incidents are but evi- dénces that it is still with us, that it continues to crop out at unexpected times and places. The solution is yet to be indicated, and until it shall be indi- cated both races should be counseled to avoid friction whenever possible. POSTAL TELEGRAPHY 1IN ENGLAND, In every country of Europe of any magnitude the t¢legraph forms part and parcel of the postoffice and is owned and operated by the government. Yet no- where ~ has postal telegraphy com- mended itself more to the people of all classes than in England, and in the ex- perience of England the advocates of federal acquisition of the telographs in this country find one of their strongest arguments. The English system was acquired from private corporations under conditions most burdensome to the government, and notwithstanding the handicap with which it started, it has attained a success that is concedsd by all. No proposition to return to the regime of the private monopoly would for a moment receive the serious consid- oration of any material number of intel- ligent British citizens. he cause of postal telegraphy, so universally espoused throughout Eu- rope, finds its firmest friends in the men who ave actively engaged in its ad- ministration in both high and low posi- tions. Of these, Mr. W. H. Preece, chief electrician to the postmaster gen- eral in England, whose views are given on another page of this issue, is an illus- trious example. Mr. Preece is a prac- tical electrician; he has been given entive charge of the public telegraph and telephone systems of England and he is an authority on all matters olec- trfcal in nature. When Mr. Preece says that government telegraphs are *‘an undoubted success in England,” he knows whereof he speaks by reason of a long and active connection with their management and operation. He eon- siders the telegraphs there even more republican than here, because they be- long to the people, are maintained by the people, and are supervised directly by the people who use them. And as evidence of their wide, popular employ- ment we have the fact that 69,685,480 messages were transmitted during the year 1891-2, being an increase of over 3,000,000 over those of thc preceding like period. As to the part played by politics in the postal telegraph department, M Preece is emphatic insaying that * England the civil service is entirely dis- tinct from politics.” Every person con- neoted with the postal telegraph is ap- pointed for merit, and holds his place during good behavior. He is entitled to affiliate with whatever political party he chooses. Not long ago an English operator, when asked as to what he would do should his superior question him on the point of his politics, said that he would have that official called to ac- count on the floor of the House of Com- mons. Mr. Preece’s words are equally explicit: *I can speak for myself that T do not know the politics of a single man on my staff, and I am quite sure that not one of my men know mine.” All the chief arguments against postal telegraphy are easily controverted by reference to the experience of the government in England. The dis- tinguishing feature of public ownership of telegraphy is that such a system affords facilities to every town and village “irrespective of the fact that they pay ordo notpay.” It does not, as is the custom with us, leave unprofit- able stations entirely without tele- graphic communication. It encourages the dissemination of news and intelli- gonce instead of discouraging it. It places the price of sending telegraphic messages within the reach of the poor instead of confining the use of tho system to the rich and comparatively well-to-do. THE SHRINKAGE IN INDUSTRIALS, As everybody understands who has given close attention to the course of financial events during the past four or five months, the disclosures regarding the condition of certain trusts and the forced liquidation resulting therefrom played no small part in shaking con- fidence and disturbing credit. When it was developed that the National Cor age, the General Eleotric and the Dis- tilling and Cattle Feeding combinations were practically insolvent there was naturally created a feeling of distrust toward all the industrial stocks. The reasonable assumption was that all of them had been pursuing virtually the some reckless policy which was shown to have characterized the management of the trusts whose insolvency had been exposed. In these cases it was found that there had been not only over-capi- talization and excessive valuation, but on the part of the officers of these com- binations the most unserupulous specu- lative manipulation of the securities. As a writer who is evidently familiar with the whole management of these combi- nations says, all sorts of rose-colored re- ports were put in circulation when the stocks of these com- panies were placed on the market. Alluring statements of enormous earn- ings to be made from the combination of numerous propertios and their opera- tion under one management were scat- tered broadcast, and for a time large dividends were declared in order to carry out the deception. Money was taken from the capital account and diverted to dividends, and the plants were al- lowed to deteriorate order to keep down expenres and [pjvall earnings for the purpose of paying largely unearned dividends. = This condition of gffal course, go on perpetunlly. reckoning had to come, it was discovered that the ers had unlogded an mous amount of _ stock upon a gullible public the break came. Everybody familia}’ With the course of tho stook market ks what the conse- quences were to the' industrial stocks. They went down with'a crash. Accord- ing to a statement just published the market value of the dtooks of fifteen combinations most'"prominent in the market has fallen over $239,000,000 in 1893 alone. This is equal to about 524 per cent of the market valuation of these stocks. All these companies were largely over-capitalized at the beginning. Fie- titious values were placed upon plants, patents, good will, ete., all of which took the form of stock. These developments and the enforced liquidation of the com- binations could not fail to have a most damaging effect upon confidence and credit. The point to be considered in connec- tion with this showing is that the trusts still remain, and that as long as such is the case they must continue to be more or lessof a menace to financial confi- dence and credit. There can be no as- svrance that these combinations will not pursue in the future the same reckless and unscrupulous poliey that they have practiced in the past. Just at present they are compelled, in common with all other businoss interests, to pursue a careful and conservative course, but there is no reason to doubt that as soon as the financial skies shall clear most of them will be found returning to the former methods of spéculative manage- ment and reckless manipulation which were responsible for' the condition of affairs already noted, It is not in evi- dence that there has been any change in the principles or_policy of these com- binations. They” ave simply under constraint. When the opportunity offers those in control of them will not hesitate to adopt what- over policy they may find expedient or practicable to recoup themselves. The question that naturally suggosts itselt is, how much longer are these combinations to be permitted to exercise 80 largo an influence upon the financial affairs of the country and to continue to be a menace to confidence and credit, as well as_destructive to trade competi- tion? There is a federal statute in- tended to suppress them. How long must the country wait for an adequate effort to enforce the law against trusts and combinations im: restraint of trade and in hostility td the:public interests and welfare? PEd could not, of The day of and when insid- enor- Ci3%being tried in Washington with the municipal lodg- ing house, the outcome of which will be watched with no little. interest by citi- zens and students’ who are devoting themselves to sooiological problems. The Washington” fitfiicipal lodging house was opened’ Janhary 1, 1893, and already its officers “are, claiming for it the success which was originally pre- dicred for it. According to the last re- port of the superintendent. the tramp element has been reduced to a minimum, and this fact has become evident by the courts, by the police and by the absence of vagrants from the streets. ‘‘Citizens,” says he, ‘‘are less annoyed by these road beggars than has been the case for many years, and though other cities, by their free soups, their free lodgings and their sontimental charity ‘doles, may bo en- couraging idleness, shiftlessness, poverty and tramps, Washington can no longer be charged with that crime.” Since the house was opened, 1,198 different per- sons were enrolled, 6,419 meals were served, 4,185 nights lodgings were given, employment was secured for sixty-eight and twenty-nine were turned away for refusing towork. All applivants were re- ceived who were willing to comply with the rules of the house. All these facts are interesting from one point of view, but before the success of the experiment can be affirmed wo must have statistics of cost and expenditure and also a fair comparison of the conditions existing both before and after the municipal lodg- ing house was established. Noadequate judgment can be arrived at until it is Subjected to & much longer test of time. THE immigration laws of the United States, while intended to apply o all aliens coming to this country with a view to gaining a residence here, have always been administered with resvect only to those who are transported from Furope as steerage passengers. The idea that those laws can be violated by stecrage passengers only is, of course, based upon a narrow view of the subject, but the reason therefor has probably been the small number of cabin immi- grants and the difficulty of distinguish- ing them from returning European tour- ists. But that this is not a strict enforce- ment of the law has been recognized by the immigration commissioner. The lat- ter says he will donothing just at present, hut that after the Wiorlil’s fair has been closed, he éxpects the Treasury depart- ment to require that all immigrants, whothor they travel“in' ‘the steerage or cabin, be manifested with his depart ment. Ho is of the opinion that a great many skilled ,contfact' laborers have been coming into thie gountry as cabin passengers, and thys he thinks will be prevented by manifdsting them. The main difficulty will arise with those who deny that they intend'to gain a resi- dence in this counthy.” This class has thus far been nblo'w,woid all legal regulation. ¥ e No ONE ought to have any objections to the University of Pennsylvania or any other educational institution adver- tising itself as much as it desires. The University of Pennsylvania is a great educational factor, It has secured the services upon its faculty of men who are enterprising and progressive, and nothing so well illustrates their enter- prise and progress as the way in which they have manipulated the government printing office 1o sing their praises at the goveérnment expense. When the federal bureau of education wauts to help the cause along by publish- Ing an account of the work of Benjamin Franklin, there isno necessity of parad- fng the virtues and attractions of the University of Pennsylvania ina volumes of four hundred and fifty pages just because Franklin once had minor relations with that {institution. 1t the members of the [faculty were only as energetio in carrying on their labors at the university as they are in thelr attempts to seoure endorse- ments from bodies, such, for example, as the American Bankers association, which knows nothing about their work, and to have their advertising matter printed and distributed at the expense of the people, tho university would get along without any advertising whatever. NOW FOR the n;ml stage in the house silver debate. Sig Philadelphia Press. Congress and tho country both show signs of improvement. T ing Away of n Fud, Washington Post. The prohibition fad has been an expensive Inxury for the Tows republicans, and they know when they have had enough. —————— The Oas Temperance improvement, Indianapolts Journal, Francis Murphy is authority for the state- ment that there is less drinking now, be- cause it {s harder for men to obtain posi- tions. The stress ot compotition is so much keener that the drinking man hasnochance. A civilization which makes men cease in- temperance is a good thing. el Dogs Balk Exploration. San Franciseo Chronicle. THo anexpectod always happens in _Arctic oxploration. Peary never dreamed that he would have any difficulty in zetting all the dogs he wanted along the Greonland coast, yet it looks now as though his expedivion would be ruined because money cannot buy the few dogs that he requires for his sledges. It would be an ignominious end of high hopes were Poarv forced to turn baok. be- cause of this potty obstacle. Newspapers a Necessary of Lite. New ¥ork' Sun, The newspaper has become a necessity to Americans and to be shut out from a knowl- edge of what is going on in the world would be as great a hardship to them as any other except lack of food, clothing or shelter. The life is more than meat, and the body more than raiment; and the satisfaction of the mind is as legitimate as the satisfaction of the bodily wants, and of a higher order. The newspaper is the university and the library of the people, the common school of manhood. It is the greatdebating club of politics, the exchange of business, the record of eacn day of human experience. It is necessary to the proper discharge of the poli | duties of the citizen. But a nowspaver, at least a good news- paper, is more than a necessity. 1t brings into the narrowest life somo sense of the vast lite of the world. Itis full of edy and comedy. wit and passion, the her and the humble, the crime and the merriment of nations. 1is a great realist history. It is a duily commentary upon human nature. el T g y Encampments "iladelphia Record. The approachiug twenty-seventh annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Ro- public, to bo hetd at Indianapolis, promises to prove of special interest from several poiuts of view. Owing to the attraction of the World’s fair, the attendance of veterans is expected to be unusually large, and pro- vision has been made for fully 100,000 men, Tho fact that the encampmont is to be held at Indianapolis, where tho order was organ- ized in 1866, besides bringing up many reminisconces, will also invite comparisons a8 to numbers. Tt is a splendid_proof of the vitality of the Grand Army that up to a year ago it contin= ued to incroase, but_the last ofticial report, showinig & membership of 407.781, admits that 1t has practically reached its maximum strength, and that . rapid decrease must soon begin. Thero is no ground _for suppos- ing, however, that the Grand Army will suffer any diminution of enthusiasm® or in the feeling of comradeship among ics mom- bers; and although tho depleting ranks will lend to future meetings more and more of a pathetic aspect, the time for holding the last encampment will bo many years hence. —_—— PEOPLE AND THINGS, What a pli would be in if of the state. The paucity of news from Gray Gables in- dicates that a sixty-mile zone has been es- tablished around Buzzards Bay. It Carter Harrison annexes one of the fair maids of New Orleans the Crescent City will be made a suburb of Chicago. Next to the silver question the great dificulty confronting the aemocracy is to find ways and means to placato Bill Springer. The recent downpour of beer among the reds of New York caused a stringency in the till of tho anarchist organ and it sus- pended. Kentucky has discovered a native, John Caldwell, who knows not the taste of blue grass dew. Heo will probably be tried for treason. Governor Russell of Massachusetts emu- lates Governor Boies in declining a third nomination before it is offered. The exam- ple will be continued to acceptince. The financial question will not be fully elucidatod in congress unless the Nebraska statesman from Stinking Water gots his col- lar and elbow cinch on the question. Although Senator Voorhees talked on all sides of the question in a friendly spirit, it is given out that henceforth he {s porsona non grata to the court of Colorado. Mme. Patti will sail for America on her regular annual farewell tour October 28, She will be accompanied by Mme. Fabri, Signors Galassi, Lely and Novera, a maid, a valet, a cook, a monkey, two parrots and a pug dog. The bugologist of Mr. Morton’s depart- ment allows brilliant opportunities to pass his door without an interrogation. are swarms of gold bugs and silver bugs and a cloud of humbugs in Washington, and he hasn’t said a word. Twenty-four hundred bottles of Teutonle booze were poured on the thirsty earth at Downs, Kan., a few days ago, As the fluid cut serpentine tracks through the parched dust a colony of temperance women sang lustily, “We'll Tap Another Keg Tonight.” A movement is on foot in South Carolina to have John C. Calhoun’s body, with the sarcophagus erccted over it by tho state legislature some years ago, removed from St. Philip's neglected graveyard i Charles- ton to Fort Hill, where was his home and where the college he wished for has lately been establisbed, Our recent guest, the Princess Eulall has gone to Royan, & French watering plac where she will remain three weeks. Upon her return to England, which will be in sami- state, the infanta will visit Queen Victoria and several membors of the Orleans family. Meanwhilo her little sons are staying in England with their governess, an English woman, and the infanta herself will take up quarters in a furnished house on West- bourne terrac Edison declares that if he was so disposed he could cause 8 panic among the dealers in precious stones. Ho says thut he can man- ufacture fine sapphires for noxt to nothing, and that be can produce rubies suberior o the natural stone for 85 a pound. As rubies are sometimes more valuable than diamonds, ne could set the jewelers crazy withina week if he felt disposed to do so. The artificial production of precious stones he regards a mere scientific diversion, how- ever, and has no intention of bearing the market, When a mild summer zephyr laid low a portion of Cherokee, Ia., the New York Tribune of July 19 called editorial attention *'to this mysterious mauifestation of nature’s power, which seems to be almost peculiar to the west,” and urged that o sclentific inves- tigation of its causes be made. A sim- ilar manifestation of nature's power” baving swept New York and adjacent states, au investigation should be instituted before the wreckage is cleared away. Of course the ‘‘manifestation” is not peculiar to the east—ohb, no. 1t is possible that1if the causes were known, something wmight be done to prevent” a repelition of the cat trophe iu the cast. ht tho democracy of Iowa orace Boies should move out Corenl Froduotion In the Contral Weat At this particular time, when great agita tion Is abroad in relation to cortain of the {mportant mining interests of tho west, and soma doubt and distrust are being sown eon- cerning the general industrial condition, it appears specially opportine to ask pubiic at- tention to the progress and present state of those industries whioh, it is believed, more exactly gnage development, and upon which actual permanency rests. It would not bo a difficult undortaking to recapitulate the history of western grain production from its beginning up to the present time; we, howover, shall confine ourselves to a review of the expansion which is recorded as having taken place during tho term reaching from 1880 to the close of 1889, and which is amply sot forth by a compa son of the data furnished by the scctions on cereal production contained in the national ceusus reports which are made at the close of those respective decades, At tho end of the decade closing with the year 1879 the total area of land undor ceroal production in the state of Nebraska was 8,502,146 acres. By the end of the ten years terminating with 1889 the areal extent had grown to 7,001,060 acros, which shows that during the brief space of one decade the land devoted to the production of grain and corn in this stato had increased by 4,450,823 acres, or no than 1278 per cent. From Nebraska we may proceod to Col- orado and observe what hi transpired dur- ing the samo term of years in that stato, Colorado is not only younger in_respect of the pericd of settlement, it is also less an agricultural stato than Nebraska, and yet wo find that during the ten years from 1879 to 1889 its acroage dovoted to cereal production had fncreased by 202.2 per cent. In 1879 the total extent dovoted to grain_and corn pro- duction was 116,733 acres, and by the closo of tho following decade that area had become augmented to 850,986 acres. 1tis not the purpose of this article to make a comparison of tho values of respective industries, but rather exclusively to call attention to the development of the interests of agriculture; yet it is specially gratifying to find, at the moment when ono Section of public thought is afraid that the future of Colorado may al- most be givon up, that its ground industry and the foundation of all other interests, is developing at such a rapid rate. It Kansas ve lncluflmrln the present con- sideration we find the increase of cereal pro- duction as notable almost as in tho examples already given. In 1870 tho gramn and corn production of that state covered b, 50 acres, and by the closo of 1880 the area had grown to 10,574,180 acres, showing an ex- pansion expressed by the sum of 4,798,080 ncres, or 83 per ent. It is,howover, when we come to the Dakotas that expansion in cereal production is met with which is nothing short of stupendous. In 1579 both the states were designated “Dakota,” and their combined area under cereal cultivation was 453,238 acres. In 1880 the areal extent de- voted to the growth of grain and corn in South Dakota was 3,701,604 acres,wkich was an increase during ten years of 3,854,871 acres, or964.5 per cent. In North Dakota, during the same term of yoars, the aroa under cereal cultivation rose from 106,505 acres to 8,283,903 acres, which gives an in- creuse of 3,127,488 acres, or no less than 2035.5 per cent, If we now cousider in aggregate the five states whose individualrates of development have already been ziven we shall be amazed with the contribution of this combined area to the corn and grain production of this country, and to the coreal supply of the world. At the close ot 1879 the recorded areal extent under cereal cultivation in the said five statos was 9,847,654 acres, and at the end of the decade closing with 1889 that area had jncreased to 25,822,732 acres, an in- crease of practicaily 16,000,000 acres in the short term of ten years. If we consider the meaning of this “vast expansion expressed in bulk prod iction or busheis.of grain and corn, and in this way come toan approxi- mato estimate of the monetary value of the colossal increment of products our amaze- ment can ounly exceed itself. It has been shown that the increased areal cultivation was 16,000,000 acres. The average yield o corn, wheat and oats is found to be about 22 bushels per acre; 16,000,000 acres at 22 per acre gives an incrément of bull produc- tion of 852,000,000 bushels. Now, taking the normal value of wheat at 65 cents, corn at 35 cents and oats at 20 cents, the normal average price of the three cereals may be put at 40 cents per bushel; if then our incre- ment of 852,000,000 bushels be valued at 40 cents per bushel, we obtain the great sum of $141,000,000, which expresses the value of the product in cereals in 1800 over, and in excess of, what it was recorded to be in 1580, and the actual increase of production which ‘occurred dur- ing the past ten years within the specitied area of the central west portion of the coun- try that has been considered. ‘We might, with great interest, extend our considorations, and so far as to indicate the expansion of cereal production over the area treated of in comparison with its growth 1n other sections of the country. That would lead us beyond the purpose of this articie, which is expressly to set forth the increment of values which has taken place in one direc- tion of industry, and withio the section of the country in-which we are directly con- cerned. It must be understood, however, that our observations have peen wholly confined to the cereal production, and do not embrace in any sense the consideration of all branches of the land industry, nor do they approach an expression of the total increment in agri- cultural products and values. The extended tracts dovoted to the production of hay, the ineranse in eatslo raislng and hog foeding, have not been alluded 1o, And Vhars are cer tain new branches of agricultural enterprise such as tho growing and production of sugar, which have actually come into tonoe during the past decade. But lot us ook more vlowely at the nature of the industrinl dovelopment which wo have considered, and particularly fu respect to its nims to conditions of permanency. Over th of the agricultural ares, f coroal production has oot nd homestaads have been nd tho ownors and tillers of the ands have bocome permanontly located, Following the sottloment and occupation of the lands. small centers of population and business havo boen chosen, and’ villages and towns havo boon established. These towns aro the necessary outcome of the sattling of farms, and they are both absolutely osson- tial one to tho other. Theso facts and cir cumstances are of the vory nature of per- manency, The lands aro improved, homes and farmsteads ave fixed, and there thoy will remain. There are other enterprises which aro boomod Into being, and hold up until the noise of them subsides, and then they aro dropped and forgotten, ‘The devel- opment of which we havo spoken is a strue- tural part of the permanent growth of the countey. It was tho boginning of the coun- try’s growth, the country will grow as it grows, and it will behold thp advent and dis- appearance of hosts of enterprises and schemes Wao have called attention to this particular section of the countr because wo are per- suaded that the local authoritios and_people are without any approximate conception of the vastness of growth of the industrial con- ditions in which they aro located, and that, atthis time, when oven local distrust is about, they may realize how thoy stand in comparison with a decade ago, and how per- manently strong they have become. And wo have based our statements upon the data farnished by the national government in order that capital at a distance may form some just understanding of tho magnitude and growth of the pormanent industrial con- ditions and of the ln-urilf' with which in. vestments may be placed in the central west WALTER MAXWELL, P Sy BLASTS FROM RAM'S HORN, All work is hard work for a la: 3 The heart, not the head, is the real master of the man, The golden calf never grows intoa cow that gives milk. Polishing a rascal's head never makes his heart any whiter. No matte~ how much religion we profess, all that counts Is what we live, Tt is breath wasted for the man to pray for o revival who will nov pay his debts, The man who has no business of his own toattend to generally goes to bed tired, The more the church mixes with tho world the less it can do toward saviug sinners. There1s no greater blockhead than one whose mistakes never toach thing. You will miss it if you undertake to measure a maw's religion by tho length of his face. There are more than a thousand difforent ways In which a conceited man can brag of himself. If the time ever comes when the devil can’t make « lie look as whito as the truth he will have to quit. The man who starts out to uso up the bible will be too old to enjoy his victory by the time he gets through with Lis job. EET S SABBATH SPICE. the him any- to: Tho chef mnkes no proten- arpshooter, but ho can liold his own at the range. Tid-Bits: “The plensantest way to take cod liver ofl"says an old gourmund, “ls to fatton pigeons with It und then eut the pigoons. to d, Washington Star: Many o young man hus a great future alie lim. Tho great difii- culty i3 that 1t persists 1 ping thore. Lowoll Courier: A good breezo 1s ossential for a yacht race and 1t Is no wonder that the owners of the bouts find it hurd in these times to “raise the wind." Kuto Fiold's cull Miss Blaupe Woll, 1 plod.” Walt: “Ploase, Iady, kin L havo a flt on your lawn? I foel it a-conlin’.”" “Go around to the back and have it on my daughter’s now tennis court. It needs rolling.” hington: “What would you s type of hoauty ?" don’t know; 1t seows to mo to be : Philadelphia Girl— Does Waldo ever kissyou? Boston Girl—Lt by the word “kiss” I apprehond you to mean osculatory demonstration, L may say that he does not. Philadelphia Reco 0 First Visitor—You Indianapolls Journa s elng 13 limited? ar Limo for sigh d Visitor—Yes. I foel that I ought to ono day soeing the fair and thas wo only nino days for doing the plais- Washington Star: “Did yoz Iver notice the tat 'Ly m d Mrs. Dolan. in particular,” roplied her husband, “He'sa credit to us. He always plc the tomaty cuns wid the grano (abels an ‘em." A JOKE IN THE RAW. Indianapolis Journal, Aman; a mald; A leaty gludo; A savigo dog; a father; Then well mix up Young man and pup And dad—and you have your joke all compoundod without sny fur ther pother. BROWNING,KING™ Largest Manufacturers and Retallors of Clothing In the World. Something New. That's what we are all in can't be still has pants still have pockets, but they're not quite so wide and enough. very well pleased ourselves with our New Fall Suits. They are excellently made up and embrace all the lead- search of—but it found. The coat a collar and the they're just long In fact we are ing styles in both colors and cut. We doubt very much if you will find their mateh in this state, Our tailors have done their best this time, sure, and it will be a good idea for you to view our dis- play now on our counters. BROWNING, tore open every evenin [ Saturday sl i KING & CO., e (8 W, Cor. 16th and Douglas Sis.