Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 29, 1894, Page 13

EVELOPMENT OF THE SOUTH Eenator Walsh of Georgia Tells of Its Un- rivaled Resouroes, MARKED PROGRESS OF TWENTY YEARS In Extent of Agriculture and Horticulture, In the Production and Man Cotton, Iron and Wood, the South I8 the Richest Country. (Copyrighted.) From the April day in 1865, when General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General U. Grant, the southern people have steadfastly 1 devoted thelr best energles to the upbuild- ing of their material intercsts, Sectional bit- torness and partisan h retarded the development of the richest and greatest natural resources with which the god of nature has ever blessed a people. There s not fn the temperate zone a country abound- ing in such possibilities of undeveloped wealth as the southern states. It 1s no exaggeration to assert that the south Is not only the garden spot of, the world, but the richest in undeveloped re- sources of any section of the United States. That portion of our common coun- try extending southward from Virginia to Texas, embraced in what was known as the southern confederacy, is the richest climate, all things considered, In the habitable globe, But to assert {s not always to prove, The ' late General Robert Toombs, who was one of the Intelloctual gladiators of the south, a man of great inuflence in Georgla and an orator whose tongue was tipped with elo- Pty quence, was noted for his epigrams. He is creditéd with saying that figures could be made. to lie like tombstones. But the prac- tical man must have facts and figures in order to demonstrate the correctness of as- sertlons. To state some things is to prove them. To assert that the south fs the richest country in egricultural, mining and manu- facturing possibilities needs practical demon- stration, and to prove this statement by facts and official sources is the duty imposed upon me. THE WEALTH OF THE SOUTH. The late Hon. Willlam D. Kelly of Penn- sylvania, the father of the federal house of representatives, who on account of his de- votion to the fron intcrests of Pennsylvania was Irreverently named “Pig Iron” Kelly, is recorded as saying that the south Is the richest and most Inviting section of the union on account of climatic advantages, diversi- fled agriculture, wealth of timber, mineral resources, Inexhaustible water power and raw material for manufactures of Iron, cotton and other industries In wood, marble and granite. The census of the government for the decade ended 1890 confirms the state- ment of Mr. Kelly. Were Horace Greeley in the flesh today he would answer affirmatively as to the the south's’ resources of the fleld, forest, mine water power, climate and raw material for diversified agriculture and manufactures, and he would urge all the ambiticus and indus. trious young men of the eastern and middle states to “go south” young men, and grow up with the country. The south and not the west is the promised land, We should never discredit ourselves, how- ever, as veritable opponents of the south's wealth of natural resources, but whenever we can find natural testimony from those c prominent in official station or recognize experts in political cconomy who are not of our section or of our political faith, such witnesses should always be placed on tho stand to prove the pre-eminent attractions of the southern states as the most Inviting fleld in tho United States for capital and labor to develop. UNRIVALED MINERAL RESOURCE: One of the strongest witnesses for the south is Mr. Robert P. Porter, superintendent of the caucus. In a review of the agricul- tural and industrial progress of the south, »d upon the officlal statistics of the last sus, Mr. Porter says: \ “The mineral development and the in- j crease In manufactures during this period (ten years) has been of such magnitude and of such importance as to seriously attract the attention of the world. The south is today producing as much coal, iron ore and pig iron as the entire United States pro- duced in 1870.” With a fact like this estab- lished by official statistics, it is not to bo wondered at that as careful a statistician as Edward Atkinson should say that, stand- s ing on top of the highest peak of the Great Smoky mountains he would find In a radius of seventy-five miles the future iron producing region of the United States. Those who iive in the south and in the midst of all this progress know it and realize it far better than the people here In the north. To my mind the progress of the southern states in the manu- facturo of steel will be as great during the - next ten years as it has been in the produc- tion of coal and pig iron during the past decade. The class of labor atfracted to " these rich mineral reglons will be of aigher character than of the past, that Is to say, there will be artisans and mechanics who will command a higher rate of wages and hence increase the consuming power of the south, Mr. Porter sustains his position by officlal figures. In 1870 the production of iron and coul in the United States amounted to 15,000,000 tons of bituminous coal; 3,163,830 of iron ore, and 1,860,000 tons of pig iron, In 1890 the central southern states produced 17,772,945 tons of coal; 2,917,629 of iron ore and 1,780,900 of pig Iron. In the abundance of raw material to pro- duce pig fron, the south may be said to defy competition. " The ore, coal and limestone are found close together. The bountiful hand of nature placed them side by side in the hills; mountains and valleys of the south when God first said let there be light and brought order out of chaos. There they have rested through the ages until in the myaterious workings of Providence, they are brought forth from their hiding places to lift the south and her people from penury to affiuence. An Investigation into the cost of pig iron in the northern and southern states shows the great advantages that the south enjoys. The cost of making iron in ths northern states, seventy concerns reporting, ranges from $12 to $20 per ton. In the southern states, twenty establishments report the cost from $8.05 to $12.50 per ton. I am informed -~ by two prominent and reliable citizens. Colonel B. W. Cole of Nashville, and Mr. Thomas K. Scott of Augusta, both well known in southern railroad circles—that pig iron can be made as low as $7 per ton. COTTON MANUFACTURING. The south has made the most wonderful progress in cotton manufacturing. In this in- dustry it is only a question of time when she will lead the world. This is a daring asser- tion, but time will establish its vindication, She furnishes now over 60 per cent of all the cotton that is used in its manufacture, In the production of the material, as well as in its manufacture, sho should defy success- ful competition in the flold as well as in the factory. She has all the natural conditions in her favor. the #0il for its growth, and all the essential con- ditions for the manufacture of cotton at minimum of cost. She has the climato, the water power, the raw material and the labor. The south needs capital, experience and skill lo compete with New and Old Engnd in the manufacture of the finer styles of goods, but these will come. The south now leads In the coarser fabries. It is important to note that the south has practically demonstrated her ability to control this department of the market, While New England mills were shut down during the last summer, the cot- ton mills of the south were running on full time and making money. There may have been a few yarn mills here and thero in the south that were on half time because of the suspension of mills In the east that used their product, but all the large mills in the south on cotton goods were on full time dur- ing the dullest year in the history of the country, New England friends docolved themselves. They took counsel of their interests and persuaded themselves that the south could not compete In the manufacture of cotton. We lacked certain conditions of climate, Which were absent only in their estimation, were detrimental to successful cloth making. Our climate was either too hot for Weaving or too emervating for labor, when experionce has demonstrated that it is best 8dapted o both, We have the most rellable ~—— She has the climate and 5 o 1d, and it 1s fast becoming | The climate enables the | help to live cheaper. It costs less for fuel and clothing, house rent and food than in New England. The southern cotton weaver works eleven hours a day, winter and sum- labor In the the most expert men. With cotton In the field near the fac- tory, with cheap coal and cheaper water power and expert and reliable labor the south {8 determined to command ample cap- ftal for cotton factorfes and to become the conter of this great Indus’ It requires no analysis to demonstrate to the intelligent reader that there Is no good reason why the south should not manufacture the cotton grown in her fields. This will come. The south appreciates her advantage, and she {8 pushing for suc- cess In the manufacture of cotton as well as fron. These results were not obtained in a day in New England or in Europe, but the south will march to still greater industrial achievments to demonstrate the doctrine of the survival of the fittest, That the south has made astonishing pro- gress it Is only necessary to recite a few statistics which 1 find In a recent issue of the Manufacturers Record, In 1860 the south manufactured 10,500 bales; In 1870, 94,000; in 1850, 234,000; in' 1890, 674,000, and in 1503, 744,000 bales, In 1880 the south had $22,000,000 In cotton mills; in 1800, $61,000,000, and in 1894, $97,- 000,000, estimated.” The number of mills in 1880 were 180, and in 1894 they were given as 405, The number of looms have increased from 14,000 to 00. In 1860 the south had 217,000 spindles; fn 1893 the south had 517,000 spindles, which Increased their capteity by nearly as many spindies as the whole section had thirty-three years ago. The value of the product in 1880 was $21,000,000. In 1890 it was $47,000,000. The vaiue for 1503-4 is not given. Industrial and commercial depresson re- tard but do not stop the growth of cotton mills in the south. The increase in spindles last year was over 200,000, The Manufac- turers Record states that “the world has about 85,000,000 spindles, representing an in- vestment of over $2,000,000,000. Of this num- ber the United States has about one-fifth, or over $400,000,000, and less than one-fifth in the number of spindies, or over 15,000,000, While the south produces over 60 per cent of the world's cotton, it has only one-thirticth of the cotton manufacturing business.” North THE OMAHA DAILY Bl'iFl SUNDAY, APRIL 29, 189-TWENTY PAGES. Commencing at 8 A. M. fixtra Fine 4-4 Shecting 2C% Manafacturers’ and Importers' Stocks of Ladies’ and Children’s Underwear Ladies’ undervests, with crochet finish, manufactured to sell for 18c, our price b 8¢ Ladies' maco cotton vests, to sell for 22¢, our price 12¢ manufectured Ladies' Egyptlan coton V-shaped vests, manufactured to sell for 35¢, with tape neck, our price 20c Ladies' Richelleu ribbed, erochet finish, manufactured to sell for 30c, our price 7c Ladies’ lisle thread vests, in ecru and white, imported to sell for 40c, our price 5¢ Ladies’ lisle thread vests, high neck and long sleeves, imported to sell for 60c, our price 25¢ Ladles’ fine lisle thread vests, silk finish, high neck, long sleeves, imported to sell for 50c, our price 3 for $1 Ladies' Egyptian lisle thread vests, silk embroidery, imported to sell for 65¢c, our price 3 for $1 Ladies lisle thread drawers, knee length, finished scams, manufactured to sell for 65¢, our price 48c Ladies’ silk vests, imported to sell for Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia lead in cotton manufacturing and show the greatest increase in new mills. Water power is prac- tically unlimited in the states named, There is ample in Georgia alono to manufacture into goods every balo of cotton raised in the south. With cheap and abundant water power and coal at first cost, there fs no limit, except capital, to the extent to which the south can profitably engage In the manufac- ture of cotton. With the natural advantages of the south, capital and skill will come to bulld the factories where the raw material 18 produced. THE AGRICULTURAL SOUTH. So much of this article has been devoted to the mining and manufacturing indus- trles and possibilities of the south that I fear I may not have space left in which to present its great Intercst—agriculture, The idea that the south Is lacking In energy or enterprise does gross injustice 10 her peo- ple. When it Is remembered that the south emerged from the war penniless, her recus peration from ruin and desolation best dem- onstrates her capnbilities and the courage and energy of her people. In 1860 the wealth of the south was estl- mated at less than five billion dollars— $4,800,000,000. When the war closed one- half of this was gone. Four million slaves were set free and the agricultural and other interests of the south in stocks, bonds, railroads and general business were destroyed. ~ With nothing but the land left, “and mourning in every house- hold for the brave men who had fallen, the southern people began anew the battie of life. How well they have succeeded the ma- terial regeneration of the south attests. When it is remembered that it was not until 1877 that the south saw the last of the re- constructed state governments, which were placed and malintained in power by the fed- eral goveriment—history does not record in any age or any country such wonderful material regeneration. In less than thirty years—eleven of which were devoted to de- ruction rather than reconstruction—or rather in seventeen years, the wealth of the southern states s within $600,000,000 of what it was in 1860; but a falr ¢stimate of the aggregate wealth of the south at this time would make it equal to what it was at that time. In an address delivered by Governor W. J. Northern, at the opening of the Augusta exposition, he stated that the agricultural products of the south, exclusive of cotton, for the past ten vears will average more than $1,000,000,000 yearly, or a total of $10,- 609,000,000 The products which yield this vast sum are corn, $300,000,000; wheat,$4), 000,000; oats, $35,000,000; tobacco,$36,000,000 sugar and molasses,§36,000,000; rice, $9,000,- 000; hay, $25,000,000; potatoes, $19,000,000, and other crops, $185,000,000; making tho enormous total of over $10,000,000,000. The figures are authoritative, having been ob- tained from official sources in Washington. The cotton crop will give an annual aver- age yield of $300,000,000, and to this should bo added $27,000,000 for oil, cake and hulls, What the south has added to the aggre- gate wealth of the world in twenty-seven years is marvelous. It is the money crop of the south and the gold crop of the United States, because it far exceeds in volume and value all the other agricultural exports com- bined. Estimating the annual yield of cot- ton at 6,000,000 bales and the price at 10 cents a pound, it will be found that this one southern crop in twenty-seven years has added over $9,000,000,000 to the wealth of this country. This dops not include the valie of the oil, cake and hulls from the seed. This industry is a growing one and adds over $25,000,000 a year to the value of the cotton crop. Owing to the universal stagnation in busi- ness the world over, the cotton planters for the last three seasons have suffered se- verely. The south has devoted too much attention to the production of cotton and too little to grain and other crops. When the low price of cotton s considered, the condition of the cotton pro- ducers in the south is far better than that of their brethren in the west. No country in the world but the south could stand the selling of its main product for less than cost for three years. But this is what the south has dome. It has gone very hard with the planter, and he could not stand the pressure were it not for the fact that necessity has compelled him to abandon the all-cotton plan and to engage in diversified agriculture. The south can as easily raise her own food supplies as she can cotton. Not in thirty years has the southern farmer had as much bread and meat of his own rais- ing as he has this year. This {8 the reason why the farmers and planters of the south have withstood the hard times. If this en- forced econcmlie policy, growing out of the low price of cotton, makes permanent in the south diversified agricultural pursuits, the southern farmers will become the most independent and prosperous people in the world. WEAL' OF TIMBER. The south abounds in timber. As In cotton, fron and coal, the south leads the Inited States or any other civilized country, in its area of timbered land and the varioty of its woods. The census puts the forest area of the United States at 417,000,000 acres, of which the south has more than half, or 211,000,000 acres. The south de- rives an annual revenue of $150,000,000 from the sale of timbe In Richmond county, Georgla, in which the city of Augusta {5 located, there are over 100 different varieties of timber. The percentage of southern lands that are wooded Is over 41 per cent, The timber when utilized will open a vast fleld for wood working establishments in the south. As in the manufacture of cotton and the making of pig iron, the manufacture of wood Into the various articles in which it 18 used will open new and profitable enter- prises for the south, OTHER GREAT INDUSTRIES. Lord Bacon sald that three thing a natlon great and prosperous—' Fertile sofl, busy workshops, and easy means of conveyauce for men and goods from place to place.” The immense advantages which the south enjoys on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts is in- estimable. She has practically more than three-fourths of the eastern sea coast of the United States, and In the development of forelgn trade with Mexico and the countries south of us she has superior advantages over any other section of the union. The south {s blessed with a fertilo soll for the production of the cereals and all the food crops for man and beast. The southern states are admirably adapted for diversified agricultural pursuits. Whatever in the way made $1.26, our price i 57¢ Ladles’ silk vests, hand crochet arms and neck, in ecru, white, black and cream, im- ported to sell for $1.50, our price 3c Ladles’ union snits, silk finished lisle, knee length, manufactured to sell for $1.50, our price 98¢ Misses' jersey ribbed vests and ‘knee pants, manufactured to sell for much more than our price. f Size 20, 18c; 22, 20c; 24, 22c; 26, 26c; 28, 5 Millinery. Large, nicely trimmed hats in black, brown and tans at $1 All small hats left over from last week's sale of $2.50 and $3.50 hats 8o for Tbec. Dress Goods, Silks. 1 case checks and mixtures, manufac- tured to sell for 40c, our price 18c 2,000 yards of changeable novelties, ported to sell for 46c, our price 4c ¢ 9-4 BLEACHED SHEETING, manufactured to sell at 22¢, our price 15c. Commencing at 8 A. M. im- M BY 3 ANUFACTURERS’ AND IMPORTERS' SALE IMPORTERS’ he IMorse Co. 3% MILLION OF MANUFACTURERS’ STOCKS % MILLION OF DRY GOODS CARPETS STOCKS ) CHINAWARE Bought for Cash for 50 per cent. of Original Cost— This is the grandest chance to supply your wants for positively one-half-—yes, and less one-half—regular prices. 1 case flluminated nbveltles, vers pretty, imported to sell for 50c, our price 9c¢ 1,000 yards light spring plaids, imported to sell for 60c, our price 38¢ 1 caso > beige, new shades, and imported to sell for 65¢, our price 39¢ 3,000 yards whipcord and diagonals, all new shades, Imported to sell for $1.00, our price 68c 1 case of crepons, all new spring color- ings, also black, imported to sell for $1.00, our price 58c 1 case 48-icnh storm serge, imported to sell for 90c, our price 7c 2,000 yards Scotch suitings and homespuns, imported to sell for 85¢, our prico 9¢ About 50 fine imported dress patterns, that were Imported to sell for from $20.00 to $50.00 o pattern, our prices for same are $10 to $20 storm serge, imported to our_price 87ic 40-inch English_serge and henrietta, im- ported to sell for 70c, our price 2ic 42-inch satin figured nov only, imported to sell for § 5c 40-inch plain_and figured boliste, in black fmported to sell for $1.50, our price 65¢ | Black and white check, imported to sell ' for 75¢, our price 48c Linen Dep’t A good unbleached damask, imported to sell for 50c, our price, 5c, inch bleached damask, imported to sell for 76c, our price, 9c. 64-inch bleached damask, imported to sell for 86c, our price, B4-inch sell for §1,3 tios, black our prico 9c. 66-inch bleached damask, imported to sell for $1.00, our price, 9c. 5-8 all linen damask napkins, to sell for §1.00 a dozen,our price, tmported 69c. 6-8 all linen damask napkins, imported to soll for $125 a dozen, our price, 97c¢. 5-8 all linen damask napkins, imported to sell for $1.50 a dozen, our price, $1.19, Heavy Barnesly bleached towels, 20x44, manufactured to el for 20¢, our price, 10c, An all linen damask towel, imported to sell for 16c, our price, 9c- A very fine knotted fringe towel In fancy weave, imported to sell for $1.50, our price, 156, A MANUFACTURER'S STOCK OF MUSLIN UNDERWEAR. Ladies' muslin drawers and ecorset covers manufactured to sell for 45c, our price...... 23c gowns, corset manufactured to Gowns and skirts made of fine muslins and cambrics, elaborately trimmed, manu- factured to sell for $1.50, our price 97c¢ Manufacturers line manufactured to sell for our prices..... 48c skirts and for 75¢, our Ladies’ drawers price covers, sell of children's dresses , $1.00 and $1.25 .25, 98¢ 73c Manufacturers stock of children’s mull and silk hats and bonnets at less than “15¢ "25¢ 50¢ 756 An imported stock of corsets, an odd lot of French woven with spoon stéel and laced hip, Warren, Coraline and Mussing, and the popular Aurora, regular price from $1.00 to $150, our price..... 47c Another lot of fine sateen and contil, including the P. short, medium and long; also the C. P. ‘and J. B., all well known French mukes, regu- lar price, as you all know, is from $2.00 to $3.00, our price..... $1.23 Ladies’ and Misses’ Hosiery, Ladies' fast black full regular made hose, manufactured to sell for 20c, our price 12%c TLadies' drop stitch fast black hose, man- ufactured to sell for_25c, our price manu- fmported corsets In D., in 17¢ s than lies' tan hose, fast colors, manufactured to soll for our price 18c Ladles' extra fine fast b ck high spltced heel and toe, imported to sell for 3be, our 25¢ Ladles' fine tan hose, fast colors, im- ported to sell for 35¢, our price 25¢ Ladies' lisle thread fast black hose, im- ported to sell for d0e, our price 35¢ Ladles' fine lisle hose, in tans, with boot ttern, fmported to sell for 65¢, our price 3 pair for $1 length hose, in tans, fast patterns, imported to sell 35¢ - Ladles' opera colors, also b for 7bc, our pr e Ladies' all siik hose, a fine quality, im- ported to sell for §1.25, our price 75¢ Children’s bieyele hose, ribbed and fast black, manufactured to sell for 20c, our | price 1lc Children’s heavy ribbed bicycle hose, double knee, heel and toe, fast b ufactured to sell for 35c, our price 18c¢ Boys' extra heavy bicycle hose, fast black, with double knee, heel and toe, imported to sell for 45e, our price 5¢ Misses' extra fine ribbed and plain hose, spliced heel and toe, Imported to sell for 40c, our price 25¢ Children's and misses’ white double heel and toe, imported G0¢, our price 35¢ Misses' fine lisle thread hose, fast black, silk finish, all sizes, imported to sell for 75¢, our price 50¢ Chinaware. Cash was King and our buyer among the manufacturers and importers of chinaware at the right time enable us to give astonish- ingly low prices. We bought five lots at less than 50c on the dollar of their value. Charles Ahrenfeldt & Sons’, New York, French, German and Vienna china at 50 per cent less than ever offered before. American Lamp and Brass Co., Trenton, N. J., 3 immense lines of lamps, stand, vase footed hose, to sell for j and banquet lamps, at a heavy loss to the manufacturer. International Pottery Co., Trenton, N. J T MOR o CO. of agricultural and_ horticultural crops that are productive in the United States can be grown to advantage in the south. Mines are being opened and factories and work- shops are in operation all over the south, but the southern people have only made a Dbeginning in the race of industrial progre The phosphate mines in South Carolina ar Florida must be considered in any intelli- gent presentation of ‘“The Development of the South.” _ Therein are untold millions of wealth, and the same is true of the mar- ble and granite that rest in the mountains and valleys of Georgia and other southern states. In north Georgia, where the blue skies reach down and kiss the hills, where the genial sunshine verdures the loveliest valleys on earth, and goldens the waving grain, there are Inexhaustible supplies of iron, coal, granite and marble. The cul- verts on the Marietta & North Georgia rail- road are built of marble. Stone mountain, in middle Georgia, has an abundance of gran- ite to pave with Belgian blocks the cities of the United States. The south is abundantly supplied with transportation facilities by river and rail. The Mississippt and its tributaries; (the Alabama, the Chattahoochee, the Savannah, the James and ‘others insure cheap transportation to the sea, and abundant and unfailing water power for all kinds of manufacturing enterprises. The south has been no laggard in the construction of railways. According to re- liable authority the railroad mileage in- creased from 19,500 miles in 1880 to 43,400 miles in 1889, THE PRECIOUS METALS. In the Appalachian range, embracing Maryland, Virginia _and North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee, from 1880 to 1892, the gold and silver mined, according to the geological survey and report of the government, amounted to $4,60: The precious metal product of this belt Is practically all gold. Systematic gold mining Is carried on only in North and South Carolina_and Georgia. In the production of gold, North Carolina, Georgla and South Carolina rank respectively thir- teen, fourteen and fifteen among the gold producing states and territories . In David T. Day's report of the mineral resources of the United States for 1802, re- cently published, there is a review by Mr. S. F. Emmons of the precious metal In- dustry of the United States since 1850. Mr. Emmons says that “it Is probable—when the geology of the belt becomes better known, and mining gradually falls into the hands of those who possess not only capital but also sufficient practical knowledge of the business of mining to be satisfied with reasonable profits—the gold product of this belt will gradually become an important contributor to the nation’s wealth.” In twelye years North Carolina produced of gold and silver (mostly gold) §1,926 South Carolina, $706,609; Georgia, $1,72 AREA AND POPULATION, The southern states, excusive of Mary'and, West Virginia and Missourl, contain 793,000 square miles. This is a vast empire, geo- graphically considered. In climate and products, in natural advantages and unde- veloped resources there is no equal area of territory in the world comparable to It twelve states of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgla, Ilorida, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas would not be crowded if they contained the present population of the entire union. Georgia, with her 60,000 square miles, comes within 6,000 of haying as much area as the New England states combined, while Texas, with 260,000 squar miles, has a larger area by 83,000 than the Middle and New England states to- gether, which have only 153,000 square miles In 1860 the entire population of the United States was 31,000,000, The twelve southern states had 10,000,000, of which 4,000,000 were negroes. In 1870 the population of the south 1760, is placed at 11,000,000, but these figures are not correct, as it s generally believed that ~_this census was improperly taken. In 1880 the population had increased to 14,400,000, and in 18900 to 17,659,000. Outside of Texas and Florida there has been no systematic or de- termined effort to induce fmmigration, but notwithstanding this lack of effort the popu- lation of the southern states shows & sub- stantial and healthy growth. THE SOUTH'S FUTURE {s assured. Her climate and soil and health insure the diversity of crops. Her cotton, fron, coal, phosphates, woods, marble, gran:te, clays and other raw material, with cheap and unlimited water power, must inevitably make her the manufacturing center of the United States. So great are her natural ay- vantages that a Chinese wall might be built around her, and her people could increase 1d prosper as no other people in the world The south extends a fraternal ilnvitation to [ fictent in geography, Thomas, capital and labor, come from whence it may, to aid in the development of her unrivaled and marvelous resources of the field, forest, mine and factory. The land ¢nd the fullness thereof shall be the inheritance of those who honestly possess it, and who come with minds, hearts and hands to aid in its up- building. PATRICK WALSH. — - PRAITLE OF THE YOUNGSTERS. Harpers Bazar: ‘Now, Johnny,” sald Mrs. Bunting to her little boy, Who was going to a party, “you musn’t eat everything on the table, or you'll be sick. Now promise me!" + The promise was given and the little fel- low departed in high gice over the prospect of a good time. When he returned, his mamma asked him: “Johnny, did you remember your promise about eating?”’ “Yes' 'm; 1 didn’t eat near everything on the table. I remembered what you said, and I didn’t eat a bit of bread and butter, nor meat, nor milk, but just mince pie and ice cream and pickles and nuts and cake and candy and—" Johhny didn't finish. His mother had fallen off her chair in a dead faint, A pretty schoolmistress told a rather amusing story at the boarding house re- cently. She asked one of her classes to put the nouns “boys,” “bees” and ‘“bears” into a sentence. The scholars thought intensely for a few moments, when one ragged youngster, with a look of victory on his face, raised his hand. “Well, Johnny," said the school teacher, “What is your sen- tence? Boys bees bare when they go in swimmin’.” ~ The teacher did not call on any more of her cla The Congregatlonalist tells a story of a church which is much given to setting apart Sundays as special “days.” On Baster day a little girl of the church went up to the pastor and said: “Mr. S., aren't we going to have anything in our church next Sun- day?’ “Why, yes, the regular service,” said the pastor. Well, but I mean som: thing extra.” “What for?”" “Why, it's April Fools' day, you know,"” sald the child. Mamma—What did you do to entertain the little girl that came to play with you? Lottie—We looked at pictures and tgld stories, Mamma—Why didn’t you play at keeping house and visiting? Lottie—We did try, but she didn't know anything mean about the neighbors and we didn’t have anything to talk about. “Please give me some more chicken," sald Teddy, as he passed his plate the fourth time. “I'm sorry there is no more, but we only had half a chicken on the table,” answered the hostess, kindly. “Humph,” grumbled Teddy, “I don't see why you don’t kill a whole chicken when you're about it." Mr. Fondparent—You dreadfully de- In fact, you don’t know anything about geography. Tommy—It's not as bad as that. I know the names of lots of citles and countries, but I don't know exactly where they are. are Cook’s Imperial, World's fair, highest award, excellent champugne; good efferves- ence, agreeable bouquet; delicious flavor. e op Louss In Orego SALEM, Ore,, April '28.—The hop louse has appeared In this section of the state. While there were not any a week ago plenty can now bo found. A hop grower at Aeola, Polk county, reports them in that vicinity in great numbers and a little earlier than last season. They are now in the second generation, and willi develop into the third in a few days, when they will fly to the hop yards, Anti-Administrution Avmy. ST. LOUIS, April 28,—Lebanon, 8t. Clair county, I, will send, within two weeks, to Washington about 200 eitizens to protest agalnst the actions of the present congress. John Lupton, the leading photographer of Lebanon, a strong people’s party may, will lead the delegation. A Favorite for Coughs and Colds. “Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy s the best medicine for coughs and colds we have ever s0ld," says S. Keel & Son of Cold Kun, Ky It is a favorite because it can always be depended upon. It loosens a cold, relieves the lungs and effects a permanent cure. Whooping cough Is not dangerous when this 1emedy is freely glven, as it liquifies the tough mucus and and makes it casier g ex- pectorate. 25 and 060-cent bottles for sale by druggists, THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION An Omabha Man Produces a Novel Full of Startling Revelations. RIGHTS AND WRONGS OF THE WORKINGMAN The Pleturesquo Story, '06, a Romance of Utopia,” Appeals Strongly to Brains and Con- science. As the armies of the unemployed are con- verging at the nation’s capital to demand relief the subject of the rights of the unem- ployed is coming to the front and the fssue will have to be dealt with intelligent in accord with a spirit of humanity. In this conjunction the city of Omaha may be con- gratulated on having produced a worlk, *96; a Romance of Utopia,” that sheds more light upon this vital problem than any other pro- duction of the century. The writer, Mr. Frank Rosewater, a brother of the editor of The Bee, has devoted much of his time dur- ing the past fifteen years to the closest study of its Intricacies and has succceded in o mastering his problem as to present it in the shape of a most thrilling romance, The novel is extremely fantastic in style, revealing a power of imagination that is astoni*hing and a capacity of grasping problems 50 as to present their most vital element in picturesque style stripped of un- ne ary ambiguity. he scene of the re- markable story is laid in a weird world liter- ally of glass hidden in the midst of the vast forests of Central Africa, From the beginning the reader is borne along by a series of surprises and is constantly treated to queer and grotesque noveities while graduaily becoming acquainted and inte ested in the characters and the Institutions of this peculiar world, which s divide into two sections, one economically an a gravated duplicate of our own world, while widely differing in its outward characteris- tics, and the other an ideal creation, de- plcting graphically what might ba or is possible in a well regulated society. These two sections, whose affairs are adjusted on almost dlametrically opposite principles, later in the story become reunited after one of them has passed through the throes of a revolution, in depicting which Mr. Rose- water displays phenomenal power. The fickleness of the mob, the realistic speeches of its leadegs, the destruction of the public buildings in’ flame—the blind confidence of the ruling classes and all the lights and shades of cause and effect as they touch the social life are brought out in a masterly manner, carrying the reader along as un- der a spell. The mainspring of the story, however, Is in_the relations of capital and labor, and in this Mr. Rosewater shifts the {ssue to a con- test between capital and property, and the former is vigorously arraigned as an immoral agpression upon the latter. The key to Mr. Rosewater's position is revealed when he says: “Modern production is a co-operative process involying the combination of many kinds of labor through exchange to produce the variety of articles necessary to sustain lite, and being a co-operative system under which the isolated individual is helpless to produce it could not rightfully ignore the moneyless man, subjecting his property of labor to conflscation in Idleness and holding it thus also subjict to extortion or partial destruction as the only alternative by which it may be saved from total destruction in idleness 0 fully grasp his position on this great ques tion the book itself must be read and the reader will find what his eritics all con code—decided originality and some start- ling revelations Alien ownership of our properties, Mr. Rosewater treats as another form of na tional debt constant draft on our cur- rency to pay Interest or dividends, and he has stirred up considerable attention to this foature by showing how dependent we are upon the reinvestment of theso funds, in tho absence of which we are liable to grave financial disorder and panics at any time. On currency - he presents some distinctively original fdcas and theories that cannot but help to clarify much of the muddle in which this branch of sclence has long been enveloped s Another pronounced feature of this branch all of which is condensed in a single chap ter, without doing violence to the story, is a proposition on which the purchase of capital could be effected by the masses with ap- parent justice to its present owners and yot without home is also considered in his ideal society, and here is advocated a degree of privacy, hardship to the purchasers. The coupled with security and independence, far beyond that at present attainable even by the most favored familics. It would seem that the capacity of one small volume vould be more than exhausted after touching upon so many phases of this broad theme, but the felicity the author in interweaving much of matter through picturesque incidents is such that his additional touches on philosophy and igion serve to relieve, becoming agree- ble contrasts and strengthening the Interest in the story, whose varied currents center in_life itsclf. In this department the author reveals the same faculty of penctration and the same acility in approaching a subject so as to reveal its elements in true relation and harmony. To him creation ‘s nat a tog of the past, but a continuous process, und God is the ‘ideal that in all gods has lived and through whose worship men have ever ewn nearer to his image. The true living 0od i3 a God progressive, whom we mitt worship seeking him in the highest. He is the ideal in the broadest senze and in tlc Ighest sense, and His worship should b Urongh all forms of aspiration and effcrt. “Wio wculd not go throuzh the forge cf sacrifice in worship of his God to taste the being of a god—to rise and grow and } crcated In the everlasting mareh that makes the music of the spheres? Who would not worship the Ideal and make sicrifice for being Striking views of Immortality and retri- bution are also presented and must chal- lenge attention from the theologian, what- ever creed he may rej The author regards harmony and Justice s in the de alogue d all s glous, can on to this supreme test proven disorders and have proven irreligious renounced the authority and the trail of history wrecks. W ; cternal progress is God's price for creation. The hook is receiving so telling a recog- nition that already a second edition is in print. Paper cover, b0 cents. Published by the Utopla, company, Omahu, A WOMAN’S MONUMENT., the order of the uni- whether soclal or s they conform of society hav stems of igio they stubbornl of universal law is full their of must seek God in the highe Appeal for Funds to et a Memorial Honor of Mary Washington. Some years ago a number of ladies of the United States, feeling keenly the nationa! reproach of the lack of a suitable testi- monial to the memory of the mother of the very foremost man in our history, organized the Mary Washington National Memorlal association for the purpose of repairing that neglect. Though they encountered many un expected difliculties and cmbarrassments, they have continued to labor devotedly In the cause and have made most gratifying prog- ress. They have secured as a site the plot of ground near her home at Fredericksburg, Va., containing a pecullar shaped ledge of rock, which was her favorite place during the latter years of her life for bible reading in and meditation, After much consideration of a number of designs offered, th lected one, collected a sufficient sum of money to go a long distance toward carrying it ouf, and have had the monument erected Now they are in urgent need of more moncy to complete the payment on the monument sultably inclose the grounds, put them in oper order and maintain them. At least 5,000 will be required for this purpose. The monument {s one entirely creditable to the distinguishel woman whom it commem orates and to women of America who thus honor themselves in honoring her. It is the first instance in history of a monument to a woman erected by wom - Uncle Sam's 1 keeping. IMAHA, April To the Editor of The Bee: Can you give fligures from statistics what it costs to run our government now and what it cost to run It ten years 10, 'RIBER Almanac we I 1503 have been § $532,814 THINGS To the Editor ot The Bee: To answer a would you please answer the following questions through the columns of The Bee: First, Is an infidel eligi ble A SUBE Chicago News o From the the ¢ arn penditures 66, ; for 1883 the INFIDELS AND Neb., April 25 WACO, to an elective office under this govern ment? Second, is an infidel eligible to jury service? Third, Is an infidel obliged to take an oath in a court of justice? THOMAS GIBBBONS No, ho must simply t to the same penalty 1. Yes Yes. 8. make affirmation sub, for falsehood us is meted for perjury, ck, man- | | manufactur Commencing at 9:30 A. M. LADIES'’ 3C. worth of at Just HOSE .00 ware, royal udder-glaze ¢ on the dollar,’ ¢ wCumberland, W, every description at pric bought elsewhere very mvily tsburg glass factorles needed money, too Wao've arranged 5 big bargains Ables loaded with tho cream of these stocks, and for your convenience have so designated as follows Table No. 1. Cholce on this tabl Table No, Cholee on this table, Tabl ) Cholce on this table, Table No. Cholce on this table, 25¢. Table No. 6. Cholee on this table, 49 We'll sell a first class decorated dinn sot, manufactured to sell for $9,00, for One manufactur to sell for $10.00 for One manufactured to sell for $20.00 for And ny other dinner sets at pro- Extra Specials. Heavy polished table tumblers, n top jelly tumblers, 2 e glass water pitchor, 190, 4-piece cream set for 19¢ Large glass water pitcher, 49, and 6 tumblers to mateh Large fmitation cut glass berry bowls, one Glass hand lamps, 19¢, Beautiful vase lumps, s0c. $5.00 banquet lamp and shado, $2.10, e china cuspidors, 39¢. The latest Parisian decreos rectly reflected in Morse's great ment department One special lot of man- ufacturer's sample lune, a vast and varfed collection of exquisite conceits, at less than the original cost amples of what may bo sonn: all cor- outer gar- Ladies' and misses’ capes at less than man- s price. CAPES, CAPES. CAPES, $2.18, §3.08. §4.08. CAPES, $9.08. les' and misses' jackets at less than | JACKETS. JACK JACKETS. § $3. E JACKETS. JACK $5.98. 7 Ladies’ suits at prices, SUITS. SUITS. SUITS. SUITS. $4.05 $5.98. §7.48 $0.08. Children’s reefer jackets in 1 to 12, at less than manufacturer. REEFERS. REEFERS. R $1.43 RS. REEFE! $4.48. waists at than manu- prices. WAISTS, $3.98. WAIST! L Children's and Misses” HHoe Commencing at 2 P. M. GET THERE ON GALLOPERS Why Live Stock Commission Men Caunot Wait for Morning Street Cars, of nis | THEY MUST MEET SHIPPERS EARLY Less “Plensure” Combin See Stock Th 1 with a Trip to n Formerly— Tt is Now Business Only and Go en Home. The majority of the commission merchants South Omaha ride gallopers and espect- ly in the summer time. It is about thix season of the year that the stock men get their saddld horses clipped up in the latest style and go to their offices in the Fxchangs building upon horseback., Perhaps 60 per cent of these gentlemen live in Omaha and the balance in South Omaha. They are all early risers and the clip they strike in get- ting to business quarters in the morning is a caution, All of them are expert riders. They are happy In the saddle astride a good speedy galloper, and although some of them wear hair and moustaches streaked with silvery gray they sit as casy In the saddle though they were riding on the hair- in stuffed cushion of a $200 phaeton. Tle trains bringing stoc| In all the way from 4 to 7 o'clock In the morning. The stockmen aim to reach the yards not later than 6, and in order to do this they must get up by 5, and some of k to the y ards get them even reach the yards by that hour, A stockman who reaches his office later than 7, as a rule, gets left. The shipper who comes With his stock wants to see the man or firm he consigns them to bifore he sees anybody else. He has been adyised the day the before how market stood, and he is doubly anxious now that he is on the ground with his stock to know whether there has been or is lable to | any particular change one, y_or the other before he gets his cash, which is now only a quostion of a few hou Information from any other than the man who does his business goes for naught with the owner. He confides and banks on him and if he is not on hand when the train arrives the shipper Is liablo to give him a *‘roast. It the shipper has not already gone to his breakfast his commission man proceeds to give him a hot meal and then they go to business. A buyer is found, the stock {5 cashed, the shipper and his fricnds resumo their sociability for aw hour or two and the shipper returns home. Up to the time ho Eets his draft, however, he is the busiest man on the premises. After that he prac teally lets loose with both hands, and there have been instances where shippers have been placed on the homeward bound trains by friends in a condition that might be called hilarious or mellow The men who spend most of the money at the bar and in the hotol about a stock yard, however, are not, as some people im- agine, the fellows who owned tho cattle, The spenders are the commission men or their assistants, but the old-time customs are gradually dylng out and the average seller now transacts his business and goos home. A few years ago when a shipper came fn with a blg conslgnment of stock It meant a little sproe and a session or two at draw poker before the trip was complete, The man who used to run the poker gamo that petronized by the stockmen was telllng a group of persons that his rake-oft had been as high as $90 a day. There aro still kmen who can play a pair of duces pretty hard, but the old-time sport in its regular way has gone out of fash In Omaha among this class of men, und some of the boys are sorry (hat such is the fact, Judging from the tales of exeltement and experlence they relate of the days gons by. Croupand Whooping Congh. “I have threo children who are subject to croup, and have found that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy will cure them quicker than anything else 1 can got. If you do not be- lieve that this remedy will curo the croup, as I qid, try it, and you will soon bo con- vinced."—R. M. Chatman, Dewey, Tl Whooping cough 18 also deprived of all dans gerous consequences when Chamberlain's Cough Itemedy Is freely given. Thero s nothing equal to it for either of these alle ments For sale by druggists,