Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 20, 1894, Page 4

W= o ostablished to obtain fud THEOMAHA DAILY BEE. B. ROSEWATER, Editor. MORNING, BVERY SUBSCRIPTION. Year TERMS OF Tee t Jiwe and Sunday Sunday),_One One Year e (wit 1 Bix Fhreo Month Muniny Hor Eaturiiny 1 Weekly 13 Omaha, T £ Commeren Tribune I ana 15 Tor F wireet, N. W CORRESPONDENCE, | Tatter Mhoald be nddresed BUSINESS LETTHRS feckn anid postoffice oriers & PUBLISHING COMPANY hington dl- tor. ws an [ To the B All busin should be addres i, mads % lotters o Th Draft pryible THE DEE CIRCULATION st The Ioe Pub. ways that the MENT OF wocrotary luly swor nd o vening Muy actual Total . Tens deductivng for s ot it Total sold L 7,078 Dally nverage net cire s 22183 7 GRORGE B. TZSCHUCK and subscribed In my pres- June, 1804 Notary Bworn to hefore m; o this 24 day 1) Public. Now that Charley Unitt's official organ has turned up its toes, he will probably have to smprovise an official handbill. President Cleveland need have no fear of returning to his post of duty at Washington Those anarchists are vouched for as entirely harmless. The rain-makers will soon go out of busi- ness in Nebraska. The showers of the past week have reached the top-notch of the prayer-gauge. It's a vapor stove manufacturers’ trust now, but it runs a great risk of going up with a flash. Those vapor stoves always did require the greatest precaution to avoid danger. nor low are spared by the Speaker Neither high epidemic of congressional malaria. Crisp himselt has been compelled to suc- cumb to the terrible scourge in order to maintain his salary unimpaired during his absence from the house. All Chairman Wilson's personal sacrifices to get coal on the free lst go for naught when the senate Insists upon having coal made dutiable, Congressman Wilson must begin to wish that he had taken the credit for a duty on coal to himself. 3 The silver conference is to be a rather ex- clusive affair. Nobody will be admitted to the floor who does not subscribe to the 16 and 1 unlimited free coinage fad, and the gallery 1s to be exelustvely reserved for Bryan's claquers. Under such conditions harmony Is assured in advance and enthusi- m can be uncorked so long as leather lungs will hold out. The Insurance agents are doing their ut. most to prevent the Board of Education from carrying out its plan for an insurancs fund of its own. They are bringing pressure to bear to compel the board to take out new insurance policies, whieh would practically nullify the resolution of the board to be its own insurer. The new plan should elther be rigidly adhered to or entirely abandoned. Senator Perkins of California must be ex- ceptionally consclentious to refrain from vot- ing on the coal schedule for the reason that he has a personal interest In coal mines on the Pacific coast. His assoclates in the senate did not suffer any scruples of consclence when they voted for free silver, notwithstanding the fact that they or their #riends were personally iInterested In silver mines and mining stock: Investors are not yet jumping at the op- portunity offered by the passage of the gen- eral electric franchise ordinance to estab- lish competition in Omaha. In extending the Invitation the council has expressly re- rved the public lighting as a monopoly for Mr. Wiley's company. A monopoly of the public lighting is always accompanied with & monopoly of the commercial lighting. The general ordinance has flattering prospects of remaining a dead letter. The garbage question is as unsettled now as it was a year ago. The wrangle has ex. ended through the council, the Board of Health and the courts. In the interval the ipeople are forced to submit to ineMcient and inadequate service. When the garbage job awas rallroaded through the council last year overy one was apparently impressed with the necessity for prompt and speedy action. Since the job has fallen through this haste has been supplanted by the most gross in- difterence. This question can not be put off forever. The attorney of the school board has been directed to draw up the annual contracts with the school house janitors. Why there should be signed contracts with janitors awhen there are no written contracts with teachers or other employes s incomprehensi- ble. A contract for labor holds the clty for ithe full time at the stipulated price, but the janitor may quit work whenéver he sees it or he may strike for higher wages. The way to employ janitors Is to engage them as they are wanted at fair wages during the pleasure of the city, which means during 8004 behavior. In Chicago the campaign against the smoke nuisance has gotten as far as the institution of several sults for damages against ono of the worst offenders by the owners of neigh- boring property, who propose to show ex- actly how much they suffer from the smoke nulsance and to demand pecunfary compensa- lon for their loss. Should this move prove successful and the right of property owners gment for the damages which they suffer on account of such violation of the city ordinances, a won- dorful impetus will be given to the introduc- tlon of smoke consuming devices Men who will brave a pullc prosecution fear the whims of & jury that may be called upon to Mx the pemalty for their neglect. A mul- * tiplicity of private suits for damages for in- Jury caused by smoke will In that event be- come the most effective method of enforcing the amoke nulsance ordinauce. HOW WE ARE LOSING POPULATION. 8ince the hard times begun in this coun- try the tide has turned and emigration from the United States has assumed extraordinary proportions. Tt is said for first time in the Nistory of steerage traffic the home-seeking aliens are less than those the homes they left and Industrial skies on bright with tide was moderate the army lockouts majority leaving that the who are returning to the commercial side of ocean At first the outflowing it it swelled loyed Increased multiplied. The have left of the people who way, and each money accumulated of labor. Having feel that it is better land, the than and there, I8 a when this hope. the were in volume as and of the and great and more strikes those who country forelgners, are thrifty of afford to pay with him or years are class can carries thelr one by months ved up some money they to go to their native living i3 less until the depression is ain in this country labor. The rates for pe being very low acoumulated where of here, passed and an active demand for steerage passage to E men of work who something are taking advantage of it to visit their old These people have taken with them In the aggregate several millions of dolllars, drawn from the savings banks, all or the greater part of which wil be spent abroad and Is therefore so much taken from the wealth of the Probably most of thesa people will return when times improve, but very likely many of them will remain away, for it is by no means certain that the improvement In industrial condi- tions in tho United States will come o0 soon expense wait in nd out nave homes country. or will be o great as to Induce the return of such of these people as may find employ- ment abroad. It 1s doubtiess safe to calcu- late that fully one-fourth of them will not come back and there will be comprised in these the most desirable class of aliens—In- dustrious and thrifty people, who make ex- cellent citizens. In the meantime has been a marked decrease of fmmigration, particularly since the beginning of the present year. rom the figures of immigration so far this year it Is indicated that the of aliens who will come into the country during 1894 will be smaller than for any preceding year since 1878. The people of Europe, familiar with the unfortunate industrial con- Qition here, and staying where they are, and unless there is a revival of the industries and bustness of the country within the next three months those who want a complete suspension of immigration may have their desire gratified without any additional legis- lation for its restriction. Every man who returns to his native land in consequence of his inability to find employment here Is a messenger bearing a warning to his ac- quaintances abroad to stay away from this country, and there could be no more poten- tial form of restriction upon immigration than this. Those who are still calling for turther restrictive legislation may therefore quiet” their fears, it they really have any, for the conditions here are proving to be a most effective check to immigration, while operating at the same time to send out of the country people who have the means to g0 In so great numbers as to tax to their full capacity the accommodations of the steamship lines. There are thousands ot others who would return to thelr native lands if they had the means to do so. There are some whose prejudices are so strong or whose ideas are o narrow as to regard the outflow of population as a good thing for the country, but no one who can take a common-sense and practical view of it will so think. Not only do the people who roturn to Europe take out of the country a large amount of money that will not come back, but they reduce the body of sumers and thus lessen the demand for American products. The loss of 100,000 peo- ple out of a population of 65,000,000 does not appear to be very material, but everybody must admit that it would be much better it the conditions were such that they could remain here and have employment that would advance the development and increase the wealth of the nation. This is one of the consequences of the democratic assault upon the long-established economic policy of the country. It has not only almost put a stop to the inflow of population, but it has also forced many thousands to .leave the country, and for this it is unable to show a single compensating benefit. there number con- POLICE CORRUPTION IN NEW YORK. The facts thus far brought to light by the committee of the New York state senate which is investigating the police force ot New York City show that the present Tam- many managers are no less venal and cor- rupt than in the days of Tweed, though they may generally use their unscrupulous gains in less prodigal and viclous dissipation than did their predecessors. It is said of the Tam- many leaders of today that while they have been a more intensely money-getting set than were those of Tweed's times, with a few ex- ceptions, the flaunting of vices in the face of the public and all those things which shock the public sense have been carefully avoided by the leaders of the Croker regime. Nearly all of these men have seemed to have es- pecial pride in their familles and to have led self-respecting lives so far as domestic relations are concerned. But they seem to have been no less greedy and unscrupulous than their shameless pre- decessors of the Tweed period; no less will- ing to profit by corrupt practices and to acs quire wealth, or lay the foundation for it, by forcing tribute from all the depraved and lawless classes who Infest the metropolis. The disclosures of the investigating commit- tee furnish startling evidence of how the police of New York City have been used to exact contributions for the perpetuation of Tammany rule. The counsel who is direct- ing the investigation is reported to have said reoently that it would not be an over esti- mate to say that $20,000,000 have been pald corruptly for police protection and in the shape of police bribery within the last twelye or fifteen years. Whatever the sum may have been the greater part of it has been turned over to the district commits tees of Tammany and used to keep Now York City in the control of that political organi- zation. That the managers of Tammany, having access to this money, have not failed to turn a part of it to their personal advan. tage there can be no doubt. When Richard Croker became the head of that organization a few years ago he was not a rich man. Now ho is very wealthy, and no explanation has ever been made showing that he obtained his wealth In a legitimate way. He and his friends have shielded themselves against in- quiry by asserting that this was a matter with which the public had mo concern. As 5000 as the evidence of police venality began to be disclosed Croker fled to Europe, os- tensibly for his health and by the advice of his physician, but there is strong reason to beliove really for the purpose of avolding being called before the Investigating commit- tee. Other Tammany leaders have become wealthy within a few years, and while it s doubtless true that some of them have been fortunate In business enterprises and in spec- of | ulation. it Is not questionable that they owe | & part of thelr gains to the corrupt practices that are being brought to light Tammany and its leaders cannot the odium of these developments, for organization controls the police department of New York. It would be absurd to assume that its leaders have known nothing of ths corruption and venality t existed in the department, for the evidence ot was before them. It would equally absurd to assume that while permit- ting it they did not profit by It. The only sure remedy for this state of affalrs s the overthrow of Tammany as a political organi« zation. It Is Inherently corrupt and unsecrus pulous, and as long as it Is permitted to ro. tain power it will seek to perpetuate its rule by venal and dishonest methods. It the results of this investigation do not lead to its overthrow the Niw York City will forfeit all right to clean and honest government. escape that constantly be people of KEEP UP THE WORK. The Commercial club and Manufacturers assoclation have done a great deal of good work for Omaha since thelr organization. The Commercial club has infused life and enterprise into the jobbing and retail trade by concerted effort to increase and extend trafle. It advertised Omaha's re- es at home and abroad, and exerted a wholesome influenco In favor of united action in support of measures and proje that tend to promote the growth of Omaha. The Manufacturers and Consumers associa- tion has given powerful impetus to local manuficturing by the home industry move- ment. It has not only enlarged the patron- age of our mills and factories, but drawn other manufacturing concerns into Omaha by convincing their that this is a promising fleld for industry. It goes with- out saying that both of these have had a good deal of up-hill encountered many obstacles by tho prevailing business depression and gen- cral despondency among investors. In fact it Is surprising that they have achieved any results In the face of such discouraging conditions, Their success under untoward circumstances and almost insurmountable difficulties only goes to show what pluck and perseverance can do. The consensus of opinfon sighted business men is that we have reached bottom and are now on the eve of a gradual era of improvement and de- velopment. The new tarift bill will doubt- less become a law within sixty days. How- ever detrimental some of its features may be to commerce and industry the settle- ment of the tarift controversy for three years at least will tend far toward bring- ing on a revival of activity both with im- porters and manufacturers. The importers who have allowed their stocks to run down to avoid loss by the Impending reduction of duties will feel safe in laying in new stocks. An increase of purchases by jobbing houses will naturally follow. Manufacturers will readjust their output to the changed con- ditions under the new tariff. Some con- cerns may be forced to close altogether by the abolition of import duties below rates that would enable the American manu- facturer to compete with pauper made im- ported wares. But the great majority of factories and mills that were closed down by the panic and kept closed by the uncertainties of tariz tinkers will resume operations and run in full blast before the end of the year. With the re- sumption of trade and manufacturing will come re-employment of idle labor, increased consumption and steady revival of business. Under such conditions the prospect for recovering lost ground and forging ahead is as good for Omaha as any of her com- mercial rivals, What is needed now s preparation to meet the demands of im- proved conditions. The Commercial club and Manufacturers assoclation should not slacken in their good work. Stiffen the backbone of the doubters and grumblers by hammer- ing away incessantly at some project, and encourage every enterprise and help to re- store popular confidence by pointing the way to new enterprises that will contribute toward Omaha's materlal welfare and srowth. We are very near the turning of the tide and all we need is a long pull, a strong pull and a pull all together to reach the shore. o to has sour owners assoclations work and reason of among far- —_— Secretary Morton has been once more utilizing his letter writing abilities, this time for the benefit of the coming conference of free silver democrats. Somebody out in Tecumseh had the audacity to complain to tho secretary about the failure of democratic candidates for civil service offices to fetch the places. In reply he was informed that it the democrats didn't pass as good exam- inations as the republicans it was their own faults and they deserved to get no plums. “When,” he adds, “the members of a party cease to study economlc questions, and are willing to have outsiders like populists do thelr thinking for them, to the extent of prescribing flat money as a panacea for all commerelal depression, it s not surprising that they get somewhat behind in the study of duties pertaining to the various depart- ments of the government.” This is directly in point for the free silver democrats. To Secretary Morton free silver coinage Is as heretical as pure fiatlsm, and every one who subscribes to either is hereby warned that the democrat who goes into the coming con- ference leaves hope of federal patronage be- hind. ‘We are reliably informed that every dele- gate to the conference of free silver demo- crats is to be presented with a handsome souvenir in the form of a medal commemo- rative of the occasion. The metal is to be Issued on the basis of 16 to 1, the alloy con- sisting of sixteen parts of iron to one part of brass. The face is to represent an idol, with the body of popullsm and the head of Bryan in the attitude of delivering his famous speech on “Why You Should Vote for Me for Senator.” The obverse side will show fragments of the former idols at whose shrines the Nebraska democrats have wor- shipped in the past. These medals will pass current in payment of all political obligations and will be redeemed at their market value by any self-respecting pawn broker. The prospect of securing such a valuable me- mento ought to assure the attendance of every democrat who wants more silver. The Philadelphia Press reads the opinion of the United States supreme court in the Texas Railroad commission case as estab- lishing the right of the states to determine reasonable rates by state judiclal process. 1t appears, furthermore, to be apprehensive that this decislon might make it possible for a state adjudication of rates in due season to drive pretty much all the roads into the federal receivership corral. Of course there is no danger of this at present, nor is there any likelihood that the state courts would approve a maximum schedule of rates that was clearly confiscatory in fits character any more than the federal courts. The danger s rather on the other side, that the railroads in the future as In the past will - succeod In man- fpulating courts so that they will overthrow rate schedulos that,dre quite reasonable to every falr-minded awdsidisinterested person. The state courts ardfdsIwell able to inquire into the question nr_‘:(ei;-.\pquuxp rates as the sleral courts. All they, want is to be free from foderal Interferbnce. the mbine When Cowghi ha¥f’ Bben ousted from city offies ‘ the Wiley ¢ in the council declared fhat they were ready confirm any competent man the mayor would nominate. The mayor has nominated whose competency eannot be called in question. He is {hé‘most practical elee- triclan in the city, huf the Wiley contine gent has hung him up.: They do not dare te question his capacity’or fmpugn his integrity. But they say he is foo dlow. Yes, he Is too slow, and so is every other man not consort with Wiley! The fact is a man who is not willing to sell himselt in advance to play dummy and catspaw has no show ot being confirmed by Wiley's contingent. electrician’s to a man who does Senator Hill reserves the right to vote for the tariff bill or not when he sces what it s as a finality, Can it be that the uncon- querable David is preparing to hedge when the issue is squarely presented? Mr. Hill has said that he would mever vote for the bill so long as the income tax feature re- mains incorporated in it. He knows that that feature s there to stay as long as any other provision of the bill. It Mr. Hill Is sincere his mind must have long ago been made up as to his vote on the final passage of the bill. Dangerons Empl New York World. The servant girl who sends telegrams without authority Is first cousin to the Carnegie workman who cheats the govern- ment in violation of the wishes of his employer. SR Bad Year for the Doctors. Globe-Democrat. The public health this year has been exceptionally good, and some of the doc- tors say that plainer living s the cause of the improvement. If the democrats don’t use this fact in their platforms they will miss their only chance for a jubilant note. —_————— Smashing His Ido Minneapolis Tribune. Carl Schurz, who used to worship Cleve. land, is now hammering his idol with a club. Tt is the custom of certain savage tribes to smash their gods and carve out new ones when y or rain are not answered. Huma ure {s much the same the world over. It would be interesting to know what Mr. Schurz wanted. Class L. islution Defeated. Springfleld (Mass.) Republican. An_eight-hour day statute in Nebraska has been declared une itutional by the ate supreme court. The grounds stated are that it is special or class legislati in view of the exemption of farm labore and that it denies the right of parties to contract with snce to compensation for their services. This I1s not likely to prove an unpopular decision in many parts of Nebraska. The average farmer Know that the more he works the more he gets and he would be unable to understand or Sympathize with a movement which seems to rest on the contrary rule. I Clean Out the Consplrators. Cincinnati Commercial. No more Infamous’ conspiracy has ever been unearthed at Washington than -the one which is now being slowly and re- luctantly uncovered by the senate commit- tee. It s fair to presume that all the old trusts are involved in®it, although none but the Sugar trust has yet been revealed. It presents the gravest question that can be considered by any people, and that is the integrity of our rulers, 'There is but one remedy, and that Is to turn every man involved, and everyiman who attempts to shield the guilty, out of; office as quickly as it can be done, 'As.to the proposed legisla- tion, there can be no further question about it among homorable men. Not only should it be defeated, but every existing law under which a 'monopoly “has been Down with the trusts and the men who sup- port them. — Congrissman Bryan “Cuts Loose.” Chicago Herald. A aispatch from Omaha announces that Congressman William J. Bryan, the young center and whirlwind of , will make a speech at Lincoln in t staté the Zist. inst. on this subject: *We Favor the Immediate Re: the Free and Unlimited Coinage of Gold and Silver at_the Present Ratio, Without Waiting for the Action of Any Other Na- tion on Earth.” This is like the case of a book reviewed by Macaulay. He sald that the title page contained enough matter for an ordinary preface, and the contents of the preface would fll an ordinary volume. It has been for the Interest of the demo- cratic newspapers to pufft Mr. Bryan into notoriety as a great national orator, and they now see what they have done. He begins to feel that he is too big for the party. It is like the chap who was jilted by his girl. He explained the troubie by saying that “he had flattered her so much that she had got to be too proud to speak to hin It is not the first time that overs praise has produced cephalic enlargement of a serious character, even while it is ridiculous in its manifestations. Mr. Bryan gave it out himself, some time ago, that he should not be a candidate for another term In congress, and that he should cease to be a democrat “on account of the silver question.” It is easy enough to see Why the young oratorical cyclone of the Platte valley concluded he would not go to congress again. In 1380 he was elected over his republican opponent by 6113 ma- jority. In 1892—the great landslide year Tor other democratic ~candidates—his ‘ma- Jority was 110, He lost 6,477 of his majority in two years. His disgust for a congres- slonal career s explained. Mr. Bryan's election to congress in 1590 was quite a lift for him in life. HIs success at the bar had been unsatisfactory, and it was a munificent boon when the demo- crats took him up and elected him to con gress. It was not their fault that he nar- rowly escaped defeat the second time he was o candidate. He failed to work for himself, and mistook the artificlal famo which had been created in the newspapers for home popularity, The trouble with newspaper fame is that it cannot vote. Home popularity can vote, and in that respect is more powerful than fame with all its trumpets and the wind to blow them. It Is understood that Mr. Bryan will not return to the practice of his profession, He has confided to his nelghbors that he “has u better thing.” Something in the Coxey line. He s to become, 50 they say, a wan- dering advocate of the silverites and their theories. He Is going to convince the coun- try, or try to, that to call a thing a dollar makes It a dollar, whether it is a dollar or not. This will be a great mistake for Me Bryan. He s a personal lllustration of the electric truth that simply calling a_ thing so does not make It s0. ‘The democratic ney papers have been calling him for three years a splendid democratic orator and Statesman of national merit and interna- tional promise. The experiment was a failure. * Calling him so did not make him 0 more than ealling 45 cents' worth of r a dollar makesiit a doll The Coxeyites expect.a revival when the young oratorical cytlont of the Platte val- ley gets around amdng the people. New vagabond armies, they anticipate, will fol- low him. The tatterdemalion brigade will Whoop it up for him ayd surround him us long as the people will provide rations and other comforts of thamp life. It Is prob- able, however, that the democrats of Ne- braska will not be tmcomsolable. They can- not be much worseIbff without him than they have been with-him. When he cut loose they will not hmur. affected than a ten-acre ot is when a balloon that has been held down Within It s cyst off o float away on the air. They 'wif stand solidly to- gether, will plan {Hélr eampaign with pru- dence, 'foresight and.gourage, and will make the best fight that {hey cari against repub- licans, Bryan, cnxm,rbs, the world, the flesh and otheér enemfes, formed should be repealed without delay. | PLATTE RIVER ¢ OMAHA, June 19.—To the Editor of The Bee: It s usually nelther pleasant nor profitable to sall in opposition to the current of public opinion, and consequently many NAL, people are willing to trim their sails 8o as to | drift with the tide, even when they know that it carries them away from what they consider to be safe anchorage. For that rea- we often find men who are opposed to schemes for supposed public Improvement, who are quite outspoken against it in private, and yet they do not have the cou their opinion in public. Much foolishness and great fraud often arise from this selfish habit of Indifference, We all admire the modesty which makes many shrink from a contest, and yet this virtue is often carried to such an extreme that it becomes cowardice At the meeting held at the court howse on Saturday night I am confident that many were opposed to running through the Platte canal scheme without due consideration and care, and yet they were avers entering thelr protest against the large majority who came to the mesting determined to vote for the canal at all hazards. When a OUng man, whose position and experien: gave him a right to speak, gave strong and sensible r ne why we should not Jump Into this scheme without consideration, it was very evi- dent from the unkind allusions made by many of the speakers that the meeting was not anxious to hear anything which might taken as opposition to the canal. 1 presume that all sorts of bad motives will be attrib- uted to the writer for his opposition to the scheme, and yet it will be difficult to give any good reagon, except his sincere convie- tions, why he should be in opposition to the Platte river cana If it is to benefit the city now or in the immediate future I am as likely to be bene- fited as any one, because I am not only ac- tively engaged in business, but I also own a considerable amount of real estate Not- withstanding my interests and also that I am always pleased to be in sympathy with my fellow citizens, I am from my present Kknowledge quite opposed to the canal scheme in its present condition. 1 am really in- clined to think that the whole project is quite wild in its conception. It will be un- derstood clearly that I have no knowledge of engineering, and I consequently take it for granted that the statement of the expert engineers, backed up by the stitement of our very able city engineer, Andrew Rose- water, are correct, and that the scheme, merely as an engincering feat, is quite feasi- ble. Indeed, in the:e days there is scarcely anything in the engineering line but what is possible. 1 am confident that our en- gineers could today build the pyramids of Bgypt or any other of the seven wonders of the world, and in such cases the only ques- tion that is ked is, “Will it pay?"” And that I the question’ which I mean to ask in reference to the proposed Platte River canal. Before I answer this question let mo refer briefly to the present condition of the city. We were tald at the meeting in elegant and eloguent language that the city was to be compared to a sinking ship, and that except help was offered at an carly day we would, as a city, sink to the very hottom- less pit. This was, indeed, the keynote for all who manifested their enthusiasm for the canal scheme. I except from this statement Mr. Herman Kountze, for he was not an enthusiast, but came to the meeting to tell them that he was anxious to do a little. and cautioned them to prudently investigate before they rushed headlong into what might not only swallow up their capital but also the credit of our city. Let us analyze carefully the present condi- tion of the city and see if we are "eally in that fearful condition which is represented by a “sinkiug ship;” If so, it behooves us to keep active in more ways than one, and if it turns out that we are not in that sink- ing condition, then it certainly behooves us to keep cool and not frighten both the passen- gers and crew, especially by false reports. Let me glance over the leading industries represented here in Omaha. First, the banks: If I mistake not our banks are in as good a condition as the same number of banks in any city in the country, and they have weathered the late storm without, so far as I can remember, a single failure. They are today in a healthy condition and with an unimpaired credit, and with more money than they can use to advantage. Second, the manufacturers: It is quite true that we are not essentially a manu- facturing city, but at the same time we have a number of large manufacturing plants whose product is natural to this locality, and I am inclined to think that they stand well in comparison with any similar manufacturing establishments in the country, and that they are having a fair share of prosperiiy, even in these hard times. There is doubt but what our large smelting works and our packing in dustries could do more business than they are doing at present, and their stockholders weuld probably be glad to get larger profits, but I am inclined to think that they are teday Just as profitable and as prosperous as the woolen, cotton, steel or other manu- facturing industries of our country. Third, the wholesale trade: The whole- sale dealers here are largely depending upon the people of Nebraska, and it Is well known that the industrious people of Nebraska are by no means rich, and that they are de- pending every year upon the returns from their agricultural products; and for that reason the wholesale trade In Omaha Is at all times a little uncertain, but notwith- starding that fact, the wholesale dealers have passed through the late panic without almost a single failure and with unim- paired credit, so that many of them are teday able to borrow money in the' east as low as 3 per cent. They are also rejoicing in the lato rains and they are making ample preparations for a good fall trade. Surely that does aot mean that they are in a sicking condition. The chances are that the majority of them did not make much money during the last year, but all they want now 1s to be let alone, 80 as to average one year with another, and It is the writer's opinion thut this constant “hue and about our weak and helpless condition doing us a great injustice, Fourth, the retall trade: My business makes me very familiar with the “true in- wardness” of the retail trade, and I am sat- isfied that the trade is overdone, even for the normal condition of the city, and that in these hard times many of them are having a hard struggle perhaps for existence; but it let alone the prospects are that they will weather the storm without failures. They want above all things to be let alone. They do not want any of that “stimulating” which was referred (o receutly In your editorial. Many people would like to see new stores being opened, and additional competition and excitement, forgetting the fact that we have now in Omaha more capital invested in the retall trade than the whole trade of the city is able to profitably support. Rifth: I come now to an industry (If it may bo called an industry) which is in a sinking condition, and the people engaged in this occupation, whatever you call it, are truly in a sinking condition, and they are the peoplo who are clamoring for a camal, or for anything under heaven, profitable or unprofitable, which may afford them reliof. I refer to the real estate dealers Some five to ten years ago, when the city began to have a natural and steady growth and when the people became somewhat rich by the work of their own hands, they naturally wanted to see the city improved and made into a fit place for living, and so they began the work of improving in the way of sewers, grading and paving, and at that time a per- fect hotde of adventuerers hurried into the real estate business and began by every means_possible to boom the city. At that time they sold houses and homes to our I boring people, and indeed to many others, foolish and fictitious values, and took mort- gages upon these homes. They were also 80 far carried away with their own son /s Take no Substitute for Royal Baking Powder. It is Absolutely Pure. All others contain alum or ammonia. e QI be | ' statements that they Invested all their su | den gains In moro real estate, and once or twice they extended the limits of the city so as to have a larger field for their operations This could not last forever, and so a reaction came, and every one of this fraternity who convenlently leave town hurried oft to California or elsewhere to seek new vietims The mortgages planted upon the homes of the poor some five years ago are now falling due and bearing thelr natural fruit. The poor men who have been paying part of the principal and the interest and taxes are now | no longer able to pay, and they are being une ge 1o give | | very fortunately foreclosed out of house and home, These poor people are truly in a_ sinking condition, and I am sorry for them from the bottoa of my heart. The real estate agents are also in a strait, and they are clamoring for a canal, or for anything under the sun to give them immediate relief, and like many others thoy are apt to think that their own small environments means the city at large. “Where all the rustic the men murmur re mad “They take of thelr bourg “For th worl In addition to the foregoing we have of course the poor unskilled laborers, who have been Induced to come here for work under the false cry of unusual prosperity. They are to be pitied, for however honest or in- dustrious they may be they are at present great wave that cchoes round the | ot able to get work; and yet I hear around me everywhere a cry for and a more extended city, reaching out, as one of our judges said, “to Seymour park.' For heaven's sake, let us give up this foolish cry that we are in a sinking cond nd that except something desperate is done we will soon be beyond redemption. It not true, as our average condition will compare favorably with any eity in the count and what w ant is to be quietly let alone, and then the eity will grow naturally and health- ily, as all cities do, by the industry and economy of its inhabitants, w, as regards the canal, it Is quite feasible, and is estimated about $3,000,000, ‘but even after it is built no one is yet positively sure that we would have sufficient water to justify the original cost. econd, it is said that it would give present employment to our people, but it would not only do that (for that is not what the real e men want), but it would also bring large influx of population—the worthy and the unworthy—and when the work was done we would be very likely to have a condition even worse than that of last winter, for here laboring men when thrown out of one job cannot easily find an- other, and for my part I would prefer to see a steady and slow growth in our popu- lation—one that would secure comfort, good citizenship and education. Third, we are told that manufacturing industries would im- mediately spring up whenever the water power was finished. Now, in all modern times I am not aware of any such sudden change as is mentioned by these enthusiasts. Manufscturing depends for its success upon many things in addition to mere power, and everywhere, even under the most favcrable clrenmstances, so far as my observation goes, it has been a slow and steady growth; and ‘any establishments that might come here without undergoing this gradual evolu- tion from small beginnings would very likely be a failure. T am told that we have had at one time nail works in our city. What has become of them? Perhaps some of the older citizens who helped to start the enterprise may be able to give us something of its his- tory. Lately they have been proposing to pay a bonus here to a new shoe factory, and I was told by one of our most shrewd and capable mer- chants that he meant to subscribe to this bonus “because,” he significantly added, “'I expect to be able to buy in the factory within two or three years at 25 cents on the dollar.” If T mistake not the story would be this: When we had the power, in the shape of eithor water or electricity, it would be essential that we should have pecple here to use it, and any number of failing adventurers would come here to start factories and would put in their old wachinery and plant at a fictitious vaiuation, and we would be asked in each case, either as Individuals or as a city or county, to contribute a bonus to start the factory. It wculd probably take the shape of the county giving the bonus and capitalists subscribing to the stock. A prudent merchant or manu- facturer who has capital to invest and who has brains enough to use his capital to the best advantage will always quietly look over the situation and take into account all tho conditions, and will, as a rule, begin in a small way and trust to his success for further growth; and it our water or el tricity is to remain unused until we have a suflicient number of such sensible people to use it I am afraid that a good deal of it will go to waste. Surely these prudent people are the only ones that our city will want. Let us remember that one failure is worse for a city than the mere lack of ten factoriss—especially if they are struggling for existence. Let us remember tliat our bonded indebted- ness is now already about $5,000,000, or about 25 per cent of our assessed valuation; let us think that over and remember what that means. It means that If we paid our debts at once it would leave us only three-fourths of our present property. I am well aware of the fact that our assessed valuation is not the real value, but after all, I venture the opinion that if the property was put, as the saying is, “under the hammer” today, 50 as to realize this $5,000,000, it would take the best part of the 25 per cent. For the general truth of this statement I would refer my readers to those who have lately heen foreclosed out of their homes. We have become o much accustomed in this country to “protection” and “bounties” and ‘‘bon- uses” that we have a foollsh feeling that nothing can be done except we have special more population sald to to cost AR S N T R to broken lot sale of men’s paying more than $14. S. W. Corne B R ¥y SOETAL | legislation, and except money is voted, & if, forsooth, the voting of money and the collection of taxes meant the creation of woalth. Let us not forget that the real es= tate boomer Is “an unproductive consumer,’ and that his gains are but a tax wpon in- dustry. [ think {f our business men gave this matter consideration they would unders stand it somewhat more clearly, and would not lend themselves so readily as they did to the “Real Estate exchange” on Saturday night, whoh they made their dramatic march fnto the meeting. T confess 1,d0 not remember anything se spectacular sinee the days when C. 1. Mayne used to start twenty-five wagons with a band of musie to visit suburban proporty. It was indeed highly suggestive of Coxey and his army, and these bonuses are at the foundation of the whole Coxegite moves ment If the city of Omaha or the county of Douglas are anxious to encourage a healthy growth, assoclated with genuine prosperity, let_them pay bonuses to those who are now here In the way of judiclous expenditures and reduced taxation, = I sincercly hope that the people will think twice befors they vote $1,000,000 for a schemo of which they know neither the beginning nor the end. I had supposed that it had become a matter of vell established public policy that the voting of money should not be at any time subs mitted to a popular vote; and I respectfully ask the question: Have the people a right to vote publ tey (not their own) for private us THOMAS KILPATRICK. gyl & NEBRASKAAND NEBRUSK NS State apportfonment of school money gives Buffalo covnty $6,734 Johnson county corn is roported growing $0 fast you can almost see it shoot up The Gage county prohibition will be held in Beatrice Tuesday, June 2 A Sarpy county farmer has some alfalfa that has grown fifteen inches in seven weeks. New potatoss are on the market at Pawnee City. They are selling for $1.50 per bushel, Three Papillion cyclers made a run up to Beldon, Neb, making the distance of 150 miles in two days The Amelia mery is turning out about 600 pounds of butter a day and the product 1s daily increa Elwood has deforred final action the building of a factory, which poned until October. Farmers in Pawnee county report the corn crop farther advanced this year than usual owing to the early spring. Mr. and Mrs. Root, Sand Creek township, are suffering with a severe siege of the measles. Grand Island has already raised wards a grand Fourth of July and expects to make it $1,000. J. Snider of Furnas county shelled 1,700 bushels of corn last week and sold all but about 400 bushels at convel toward was post- an aged couple of $100 to- celebration ew York W Friend—Your two sopranos appear to be very good friends, Manager—Yes, each thinks the other can't sing. Somerville Journal: good Hamlet? Thespis—No h syllable as yet. Truth: “The baby mother.” “Yes, 1 the same. Buskin—Is Cassius a s only achieved the first is wonderfully like its have o mind her just Boston Transcript: Fir: v this, that our party mpalgn In an honest, r and straight- forward w What more can you say of your party? ~Second Politician—We won. olitician—I can conducted the Arkansas Traveler: F you hadn’t better ma; too easy-going. Daughter sure if you could see what for him to say good night think it easy for him to go. Washington S my poem?" asked [ ther—I'm afrald him. 1 fear he's Iasy-going? I'm struggle it is you wouldn't ‘Has the editor read the long-haired young . “T flon’t know for sure,” replied boy, “but he's sick in bed today Medical News: Doctor—Did you apply a mustard plaster to your spine? Patient—Y e “Didn’t you find it a great help?" paNe; I'felt that It was a great draw- hack. the office Boston Beacon: Maud—Did you know voung Golightly i awfully rich? "Why, they say he has money to burn. Clara—Has he? Oh, how I wish he'd take me for a matchd REVENG Washington Star, 'Tis now the girl in dainty white Gets even with the preacher ‘Who talks till late on Sunday night— A somewhat prosy teacher. For, on the platform, pretty dear, Through hours she holds her station, And makes the pastor stay to hear Her piece at graduation. A JUNE NIGHT TRAGEDY. Somerville Journal. on the side veranda, ned from view by leafy vines, Bdward toward his dear Amanda Tenderly at last inclines. “Do you love me, dear?’ he ag “Love me faithfully and well And if she does not, she masks her Cold indifference fairly well. 'Round her walst his arm goes stealing, On his shoulder rests her cheek; Both of them just now are feeling’ Too enthralled with bliss to speak. Then a shriek of terror gave me. Chills that made my blood run thick: “Oh, that horrid June bug! Save me “Kill him, darling! Kill him quick! SOY sananst There were never any greater bargains ever offered under any circumstances than at our great suits. We made a lot of people happy. They went at half the regular price, some getting a good suit for $5, and none There are just a few left. Browning, King & Co., 15th and Douglas.