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

THE OMAHA DALY BEE SRY MORNING, SURSCRIPTION. One Year Year TERMS O lly Bee (Without Sunday). paily, Bes ‘and ix Months Three Months unday Bee, On aturday ¥ Weekly Bee, One Year ....... FICE! tee Bulldin P Comer N ind Twenty-fourth Sta iffs, 12 Pearl Street Chamber of Commerce. Dmahn, h Oma ouncil | hicago O York, ‘ashington, The » news and edi- To the EAItor, Al communic torial matter sh All business nddressed Omi be made % and remittances should be Publishing company Drafts, ks and postoflice orde payable to the order of the company THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY S 0 RCULATION secretary of The I duly sworn full and comi Eve and Sunday ovember, 1594, ok tishing being the nctual n of the Dafly Mo printed during th as foliows was . 20,869 212 | | | | i Total . esone Lens deductions” for or 4 Y o Daily avera subscribed in my pres- Swom to betore e & s 30 day of D "‘( I|‘H v N. otary Publie. There are still thirteen days within which Judge Scott m tender his resignation and let Governor Crounse fill the place. What is to become of jovial old Santa Claus with his sha beard and furs i€ we do not get o snow storm between now and next Tuesday? . When the sed ¢ of agriculture is- sued the bulletin to apprise the people that they are eating too much it was not intended to curtail the consumption of Nebraska City eracked wheat and ot meal. Patronize home industrics, The searchlight of newspaper publie- has not yet penetrated many dark ssses of state institutions at Lincoln. Wait until the shadows are a little longer grown, when the taxpayers will receive the information to which they are entitled. Mr. Utt had better take ch: Burlington Beach and let the Omaha Commercial club transact its business through somebody who is - cocked, primed and loaded to do up Omaha every time she works at cross purposes with the Burlington. A liquor dealers’ propaganda is act- ively engaged in planning a campaign for the repeal of certain objectionable features of the Slocumb law. This would indicate that the legislative oil room will never lack a full and varied supply of red likker. Two years ago the legislature paid 81 cents per folio for printing house rolls and senate files. This year the printing -board has contracted for like service at the rate of $1.67 per folio. Does not that smack of jobbery? How much of this contract money is to go to the B. & M. Jouraal as a silent partner? The State Printing board has con- tracted for the printing of the State Board of Agriculture at the rate of $5.20 per folio. . Two years ago the price paid for the same class of w was $3.09. On the face of this showing it is apparent that somebody will get a rake-off. Who that lucky party may be will be made manifest later o, The wonder is that the State Board of Transportation has not asked for an appropriation for more office help. The last entry in the board's docket was made on June 9 last, since which time the board has been busy assisting Judge Brewer and the Iowa railroads 10 prove that freight rafes are too low, and whenever the secretaries could get 4 day off during the campaign they yelled for the blue-shirted statesman of Peru, The Burlington Journal has long heen the special apologlst of the State Bo: of Transportation. That paper has just secured the contract for doing the print- ing of the board at the rate of §: per folio. Two years ago it did the work for $1.48. T'his advange of nearly 100 per cent in price will doubtless be explained by the fact that the alleged Board of Transportation has demanded double the amount of apologetic brain tissue at the hands of the pap-sucking print shop. ———— There are some good features in the proposed arbitration bill just introduced in congress. The chances are, how- ever, that the good features will be knocked out and the bad features left In. What is wanted is not a perma nent commission appointed by the presi dent, which means another interstate commerce commission owned and con- trolled by corporations, but arbitration by jury, chosen fresh for each ease from among disinterested experts, represent- ing both sides of the controversy in equal numbers, The easiest thing on earth is to get & man to sign a petition. If the busi- ness men who are requesting the fire and police commission to appoint an Omaha man as fire chief had Informed themselves fully as to the difficulties with which the fire and police commis- sloners are beset in relation to the se- lection of a new fire chief we doubt very much whether they would have slgned such a petition. As a matter of fact, they are interested as much as auybody is in securing the most ex- perienced man that can be had to su- pervise the putting out of fires. All things being equal, an Omaha wan should have the preference, but the commission should not be hampered in making its choice where millions upon millions of property and the lives of ecitizens are at stake. | claim to further consideration. DEFEAT OF A MONUPOLY. A short time before the close of the Harrison administration Attorney Gen- eral Miller instituted a suit in the United States circuit court at Boston against the Ameriean Bell Telephone company, praying that what Is known as the Berliner patents for a combined tele- | phone and telegraph system, assigned 1o that company, be declared vold. The government presented a ve strong case, a chief point in which was that the patents were improperly issued, the commissioner having exceeded his power, and there were charges of mis- representation and questionable meth- ods on the part of the company in pro- curing the issue of the paten As re- corded in the dispatehes of yesterday, a s just been rendered in the , and it Is adverse to the company, the fiest defeat, we believe, the great teleplione monopoly has ever met with. In rendering the decision the court said that the course pursued by the American Bell Telephione company por- mitted the inference of dishonesty, and that, therefore, there should be a de- cree that the patent in question w void and shall be delivered up and can- celled. Of course the monopoly will not rest with this, but will y the case to the higher courts, smee the value of | the patent involved is said to be § | 000,000, aud that amount is doubtless an undevestimate, for with the patent secured to it the company would re- tain the undisturbed monopoly of the field for the mnext fifteen yen The decision against it in the cireuit court, however, warrants the hope that it will meet defeat in the higher courts, and although it may be several years before this is realized the promise of it is encouraging, at any ¢ to those who are paying an excesstve annual tribute to the mongpoly. It is also a reassur- ing fact that at last a court has been found with the courage to decide ad- versely to this powerful company, which has heretofore had everything its own w nd has seemed, by reason its t wealth and influ- ence, to be fmpregnable. No mo- nopoly has been more merciless than this in Iaying the American people under tribute, so that every member of it has become very vich in a few years. It may be quite natural t these men should desive to continue reaping the splendid harvest which their monopoly gives them, but they should not be permitted to do this by any such ille- gitimate means as they are clear shown to have used in connection with the Berlinée patents. We believe that the decision rendered by Judge Car- penter is fully justified by the facts as set forth by Attorney General Miller and absolutely sound, and it is to be regretted that such is the law's delay ) LICT! Among the unfortunate fruits of the democratic tariff policy not the least serlous are the commercial conflicts in which it has involved us with other countries. In consequence of imposing a discriminating duty on German sugar our cattle have been excluded from that market, and we are threatened with a more extended policy of retalia- tion if that duty is not abandoned. Joined with Germany in the retaliation is Denmark, and how soon - other coun- tries on the continent will fall into line no one can tell. In addition to this we are involved in a controversy with Spain, growing out of the imposition of excessive duties upon imports from the United States into Spain. Accord- ing to advices from Washington this difficulty has reached a point justifying our government in informing the Span- ish government that persistence in ex- acting the discriminating duties would beregarded as inviting the exercise by the president of the power of retaliation d upon him by law. It appears Spain has two tariff schedules and that she s been collecting the maxi- mum duties on imports into Cuba from this country while applying the mini- mum duties to Canadian products in competition with ours. Thus American flour has been shut out of the Cuban market, of which it had practically a monopoly for several years under the reciprocity agreement, and in other things our export trade with that island has largely fallen off. Appeal and re- monstrance having failed to accomplish anything it is now proposed to attempt to bring the Spanish government to terms by entering upon a commercial conflict, the effect of which, might be as damaging to our interests as to those of Spain. Can it be possible that the party In power hopes to extend the markets for American products by this means? Is it the part of wisdom to open a trade war with the rest of the world when our agricultural producers are suffering from the most serious de- pression they have ever experienced? The whole trouble proceeds from the abandonment of the reciprocity polic Had that judicious plan of commercial expansion been adhered to there would be no controy pain, our tle would ‘not be excluded from ( many and Denmark, and we would not stand in danger of a policy of retalia- tion from other countries. At the be- ginning of ne: v Brazil will renew the former tarift duties on our products and our exports to that country will decline, The course of these countries is entively natural, 1t was to have been expected. In the case of Spain, she needs all the revenue that can be ob- tained from Cuban imports, without too greatly oppressing the people, and while it may appear unfair to discrimin- ate against the United States in the levy- ing of duties it is not inexplicable under the circumstances. We had an agree- ent with that country which was mu- tually advantageous to the people of Cuba and to our own people. Under it our exports to that island were largely increased and its people obtained our products on more favorable terms thau before. Whether satisfactory or not to Spain, and there was a good deal of popular opposition to 1t there, that gov- ernment had never indicated any desire to have it terminated. It was aban- doned by this government, and with that action we at least impaired our It gave the Spanish government good reason for A loss of confidence in us, for when an agreement of this kind is contingent upon the tenure of a political party in control of the government and may be ruthlessly overturned by its successor there can Dbe little confidence in the stability of any arrangement. 1f Can- ada has been able effect an ad vantageous commercial arrangement it Is doubtless because Spain has greater faith in that country maintaining it. Perhaps we have a good ground of com- plaint, but our own mistaken poliey is responsible for shifting the advantage we enjoyed to our neighbors, It is to be apprehended that nothing will be done by the party in power to remedy this condition of affairs and that before that party can be driven from power we shall be in commerclal conflicts with half the world. It is an unfortunate situation and the outlook for our still depressed industrial and gricultural interests Is made less prom- 1 by it Yet the country wa 3 sured that the democratic policy would largely increase our foreign trade, to ‘When Mr. W, e jogged Com- missioner Utt for his masto inactiv- ity in connection with the state fair movement in the Commercial elub meet- ing last week he touched the bell-cord that should have been pulled months ago. It is well known iu inside cirele of the Commercial club that Mr. Utt i a Burlington man from the soles of 1 feet to the crown of his head. He was brought to Omaba and made freight commissioner for the bamboozled job- bers by Burlingfon influence and it must ® suid to his credit that he has been loyal to the interest to which he owes his position. That fact w clearly shown in the hearing of the maximum rate contest in which Mr. Utt's partial testimony and fictitious computations have been quoted by Judge Brewer in support of the railroad side of the con- tention. And it is not to be expected that the B. & M. leopard would change his spots by an application of Omaha Commereial elub paint. It may as well be d now as later that Mr. Utt has been closely identified with the Burling ton beach junta, which is pulling e string within reach to have the s fair perpetually located at Lincoln. In view of the fact that Burlington officials at headquarters in Omaha as well as Burlington officials at Lincoln are co- partners and co-workers in the Burling- ton beach saline land gobble it should be manifest even to a blind man that the promoters of the state fair location at Omaba are giving their case away when they place their proposition into the hands of Mr. Utt. At Lincoln they re being laughed at as a set of bloom- ing idiots. ¥ The Bee regrets exceedingly that it is compelled to pull the bell rope and sound the signal of distress. It may do no good at this late juncture, but will save a4 good deal of useless cxertion. If there is any show for Omaha in this project it must efther place a man at the head who has no Burlington strings to him_ or make its terms with Mr. Holdrege. That is exaetly the size of the situation ang there is no use of fooling away precious-time that could be devoted to some other project. So far as Mr. Utt is concerned, he is ut- terly unreliable when any scheme is devised for the commercial adyantage of Omaha unless the Burlington is in favor of it and expects to profit by it. —_— IS IT A CONSPIRACY? The treasury gold reserve is steadily running down, being now several mil- lions below the amount which should be maintained for the purpose of re- demption 'and keeping good the credit of the government. This depletion is due to the eastern banks. These in- stitutions, having parted with a large amount of their gold to pay for the last issue of bonds by the government, either on their own account or that of their customers, now appear to be en- gaged in restoring the gold to their vaults, for what purpose, except the gratification of hoarding the specie, is not apparent. There is nothing in the financial situation to create any anxiety which would justify the banks in ac- cumulating gold. No danger exists of silver legislation, notwithstanding the proposed efforts of some of the free sil- ver men fo get some sort of a measure through congress. In the first place, there is hardly a possibility of the suc. cess of such efforts, and if any silver legislation should be passed by congress it would be killed by the president., As to the new currency plan now under consideration in the house, it is doubt- ful whether it will be adopted by that body, while it Is practically assured that it cannot pass the senate. The out- slde opposition to it is very strong and steadily growing, and if the house has any regard for public sentiment the Carlisle bill will be rejected by that body. A solid republican opposition to it in the senate, should it reach there, is certain, and probably a number of democratic senators would also oppose it. As there is nothing to be appr Liended from these sources, what other danger is there inducing the banks to accumulate gold at the expense of the treasury and to the embarrassment of the government? There is no real danger, whatever fancied causes for apprehension there may be, This Leing the case, there is warrant for the belief, which is be- coming quite general, that the course of the banks is in pursuance of a com- man understanding among them, and that the purpose is either to force the government to issue more bonds or to obtain such legislation from congress as these institutions desire. It may be somewhat harsh to say that the eastern banks are conspiring against the treas- ury, and, therefore, against the govern- ment, but this is beipg said, and if the course that has been pursued s per- sisted in it will not be long before the belief will become general that such is (he case. Nothing wore detrimental to the banking interest of the country could happen than the growth of such a belief among the people. It would euormously stréngthen the opposition to the national baunks, and perbaps to all banks. It would seem to be the interest of these institutions, as well as wise and sound policy, to do everything prac- ticable to relleve the treasury from dificulty and embarrassment and to sustain the erMit of the government. 1t appeared ‘AY they were disposed to do his whem they promptly subseribed for the bonda At figures satisfactory to the governmieiif, but their subsequent conrse raises.a doubt as to the integ- rity of their purpose. Putting gold into the freasury’ only to draw it out again A8 soon as possible does not show an honest desire te help the government. It ratlier indieates a determination to take the fullest’ possible advant f the financial, difficulties of the govern- ment. It is a eondition that ought to command the éirly and serious atton- tion of congiss and be dealt with not by makeshifts, but by practical legis- lation that will provide a sure and ade quate remedy. The protection of the weasury against tne possibility of a combination of banks to deplete it of gold, and that such a thing might hap- pen s only too obvious, is manifestly of the most vital importance. The closing hours of the labor con- vention at Denver were marked by some regrettable ineidents of personal feeling, but such outbreaks are not unusual in assemblages, and on the whole the conduct of the conven- tlon compared favorably with that of the national louse of representatives and state legislatures generally. That this great mecting in behalf of organ- ized labor will exert a favorable in fluence in the direction of drawing workingmen into trades unions and binding them more closely together for the common cause of improving the condition of the working clas: it is safe to prediet. It would be uncandid to say that all that was done in the matter of declaring a policy for labor wis wise, but on most questions the action of the convention was judicious and sound. Perhaps the most serious ground for eriticism is the fact that the convention cousidered too many subjects, The cause of labor would be more effectively served if those who are chavged with its promotion would be content to accomplish a few reforn at a time, instead of attempting to « complish all desir at onee: e L The ordinance” converting Riversid.: park into Murray park has passed the council. The bait thrown out for per- petuating the name of Tom My ) a donation of nine acres of land ad cent to the park, and this donation has a string tied to it by which Murray or anybody else who succeeds him as owner of the, Murray tract will be por- petually velievéd from special including paving,’sewerage, curb, side- walks, ete. Ninesacres of land at $600 an acre are Worth $5,400. That would not grade, pave ‘and sewer 100 yards of boulevard., There is where Haseall's little joker comes dn, —_—— A Foregone Conclusion. GlobaDemocrat. It is prematiyré fo talk ahout the next republican camlidate for president further than to note the forezone and invigorating fact that he ean’t be beaten, let him hail from where he may., : it L Whoero the Interest Comes In. Ne® york Recordor, Of course, thé mational 'banks favor re- tirement of ' the legal tenders. They repre- sent $316,000,000--of capital on which the nation pays no interest. The banks would prefer to supply their place with currency based on bonds bearing 5 per cent interest. Where the Doubt Comes In. Chicago Record. Much doubt has been expresscd as to the fate of the new financial plan in Washing- ton. 'The senate and the house of represent- atives have been partly sounded, but there Is absolutely nothing to indicate how the Sugar trust and the rallway lobby regard the measure. ——— The Insurance Lung Haul. Globe-Democrat. The American fire insurance companies have had a comparatively good year thus far, the losses footing up $106,150,600, Bgalnat $132,817,400 for the same time in 1893, It is a pity that we are satisfied to call a good showing what in Europe would be termed startlingly bad. 'S is taxes, e Tone Down Your Diet, Kansas City Star. The Agricultural department issues a sol- emn bulletin telling us that we eat too much. ~The various provident and benevo- lent assoclations should have that bulletin framed and posted conspicuously in their rooms. Now that a cold winter is coming on people cannot be too watchful of an ab- stemious diet —————— Tribute 1o American Skill, Indianapolls Journal, An American iron company has captured a_$3,000,000 contract from the Russian gov- ernment for supplying armor plate for two new battle ships” against competing bids from the armor plate manufacturers of England, France . and Germany, including Krupp, The contract is the largest awarded by any Iuropean government in recent years, ‘and the fact that it comes to the United States Is a fine advertisement for American enterprise and skill. The Hom>» Industry Movement. Brooklyn Eagle, South Carolina._proposes to exempt from taxation for ten years the capital and prop- erty invested in ‘new manufactures. It did this once before and when taxation was re- sumed the ‘“new manufactures” disap- peared. Hancock sald that the tariff was a local tssue. To see the Charleston News and Courier, which is an extreme revenus reform fournal, supporting this scheme of state protection to local industries proves the trlumph of propinquity over pollcy, not of expediency over excallence in g mental affairs. —— Out of the Woods, Denver News, Whatever judges may think of their right to apply the law of 1500 to strikers on rail- ways, there I8 not a schoolboy who do not know that congress in enacting it never contemplated such a result, The clear-cut purpose of the framers, disclosed In the specches of senators and representatives, and in every word and line of the act, was to prohibit combinations of capital from ob- structing and impagsing the commerce of the try. Thégiudie piactically acknowl- edged this o cision, but hangs his distortion of the upon & thread so slen- der that at a glapcé fhe profession must see that he violates evely canon of construction familiar to it in doifs so. Discipiing of Bank OMolats. Ne ork Sun, Most assuredly the responsible officers of banking institutions are fully justified in holding’ all thelit erployes to the strictest 1ine OF Fight and’ proper. Dersonal eopduct No man should take a place in a bank who is not willing to submit to rigorous discl- pline as regards, his habits of lie. If in- dividual liberty us restricted, It 18 nec- essary for the safe conduct of the business that it should be. Of course, the presidents and other hightbfieers of the banks will themselves obey such rules as they may lay down for the guldinge of their subordinates, If a bank clerk ay not drink in a public place, or enter & pool room, or play or eraps, or give ‘way o uny "ot habit, neither may a bank president. CEMBER 20, 1894, rne nratRic OMAHA, Dec, 19.—To the Editor of The Bee: The thanks of the republicans of Ne- | braska, at least those who are not repub- | Nleans merely ““for revenue,” are due to you for the complete and candid manner in which you so ably answered the query as to why you still continue to be a republican. | The question—unealled for and impertinent- suggedts that it was a left-over squib of the recnt campaign, like the after celebration Fourth of July firecracker dscovered by the boy in the lining of his jacket, Of course it had to be fired, whether appropriate or not, yet the dignified and unassailable reply comes 1ike the business boom of a huge Krupp gun, the echoes of which will rever- berate through the hills and valleys of Ne- braska and jar to fragments the glass houses of some of our would-be statesmen, It is fo be hoped that the searcher for knowledge who propounded that question has gained the informaton he desired, for, no | matter what may have been the motive which inepired the question, it has resulted in cliciting many items of the political history of our state which must be instructive him, as well as of great ge al interest. The result of the last clection most clearly indicated that to the majority of the voters of Nebraska the explanation solicited by the callow editor, in his effort to Ingratiate him- self Into the good favor of “the bosses,” was unnccessary and uncalled for; indeed, it should begin to dawn upon the ‘mind of the rural journalist that the course pur-ued by The Bee and the cons stent policy of its able editor has very recently been emphatically vindicated Is it 1ot about time that country knights of the shears and paste pot who flaunt the republican banner should devote their time to acquiring some knowledge of the history and ‘achievements of the party, that they cel to pose as censors and critics of a Journal of such widely recognized merit and repute as The Bee, and oxerciss ther ener- gles in support of the principles promul- gated in their party platforms and in sup- porting as its candidates clean men of known ability, and only such as are good men and true? J. M. HUTCHINS. THE RECEDING Boston Herald: As there s nothing in tha export movements to accolint for such a heavy reduction, the only inference from the conditons which we have described is that a large amount of the yellow metal turned in by the syndicate was gold *‘with a string.” Buffalo Express: The loss of gold from the treasury since a week ago Friday has been $10,155,900. On steamers salling on Saturday there went $3,680,000 to France The reserve is thus below the $100,000,000 mark, and the rapidity of the fall is start- ling. It should make congress look seriously at the problem before it. Denver Republican: Let the yellow metal 80 if it will. We fought the war of the rebellion to a successful issue without gold, and we can fight any industrial or com- mercial or financlal war that may be forced upon us by coining our own credit and making the most of our own opportunities It every ounce of gold in the United States is taken to some foreign land. New York Tribune: The lecches of Europe are again vellow metal out of the treasury reserve so greedily that Mr. Carlisle may soon have to sell another lot of bonds in order to keep the vaults from being totally emptied. The speculative manipulators of the world’s gold supply never fail to have fan with a man like Mr. Carlisle when they find him at the head of a nation's financial affairs, Kansas City Journal: The nation is belng mulcted in a gold-bearing debt every few months, or weeks, by gold loans to keep up a fictitious and dishonest reserve, and then drawn out again by the loaners o repay the borrowings that covered the loan. So long as the policy of this great nation is dictated from the stock board in New York and by the men who loan money, so lohg will this swindle last—for, in plain, honest words, that is what it is. New York Times: It is easy to say, as some of the newspapers are saying, *‘What is the use of a loan to restore the reserve When the gold slips away within a fort- night?” In one sense there is.no use. That Is to say no single loan of any practicable amount would put so much gold in the treasury that the res:rve would surely not be ‘tnpiiired ‘fn’the course of time. So long as'the treasury is the one open reservoir of available gold, and so long as the demand notes are reissued with which to take it out, the gold will flow out whenever it is wanted in preference to greenbacks. RIPPLES OF MIRTH. gold-hungry pumping the Philadelphia Record: 800d-by)—I haven' Alice—Use mine, Charley (bidding the cheek to kiss you. Syracuse Post: McSwatters—I hear that Skiply is golng to settle in New York. f El:\ply's Tailor—I wish he had settled here rst. Hartford Couran “They tell me your servant s a_ jewel, sald the caller. “Yes,” replied the hostess wearily, “she's 50 much more ornamental than useful.” Boston Bulletin: “‘Say, Jack, what is the capital of Switzerland?" ack (who has just returned from abroad), —Why, the moneéy they get from travelers, of course. Detroit Tribune: walk in life."” “‘But she is only a chorus singer.” pocertainly. Her' husband is the hone. ‘She married below her trom- Vogue: Birl? Buffalo Courler: Penner (noolily)—The editor of the Hustling Humorist may be fond of poking fun at others, but there is one thing sure, Boggs—And what's that? Penner—He doesn’t know how. to take a Joke himself. The infernal old duffer per- sists in returning all I send him. A TERRIBLE THREAT, New York Press. “Are you going home to your mother asked he— The guestion came with a sne “No; I'm not so foolish, sir," she; “I'm going to br Conductor—How old are you, little answered s mother here.” Then down on his knees the husband fell And said he had treated her ill, And if she wouldn’t do that he'd—well, She might step on his neck at will, —— A MONOPOLIST'S WA Sam Walter Fuss In Yankee Blade, My wants are few, I sit serene Jpon contentment’s highlands, 1t 1 can have earth's continonts I care not for its islands, I would not climb upon a throne Through seas of bloody slaughter, It I can call all lands my own, Why you can have the water, Give me but these, they are enough To suit my hunible notion, And you can have for all your own The land beneath the ocean. And 'tis a generous slice of earth, And doubtless quite prolific, If you oan only drain it once: The bed of the Pacific, And all I esk is just this earth, To regulate and ‘man it, And I surrender all my claims To every other planet. cloth And 80 vou see I cut On a contracted patte 1 drop all claim To Uranus and Saturn, NTS. Give me the earth, Little T need, my wants are few, Nor would T have them greater, 1 only want the land belween The poles and the equator, Give me the earth, 'tis all I ask, For me and my wife Sarah, Then I'll give all my fellow men A house lot in Sahara, The earth is very, very small, And not in good repair; Compared with Sirius it is A very small affalr. And I just want it while I live, And Death, I'll not resist him, For after déath I hope to get The whole great solar system. Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov't Report Real Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE ON FEEDING WHEAT T0 HOGS Seorctary Morton Speaks of the Valne and Methods of the Move, FOUND IT MAK:S SUPERIOR PORK Results of Observations at the South Dae kota Exprrimental Station—Argentine Wheat Crop Not 8o Satistactory 3 Merchantablo as 1 WASHINGTON BUREAU OF Tt o 0T F WASHI The feeding of wheat to anim bocome so general throughcut this that requests are now constantly rec the Agricultural department for information as o the best methods of feeding that grain (o cattle, hogs and other animals. In the subject in an Interview Secretary Morton said: “Wheat value as an anintal food is great. But the wheat must be used carefully and with due regard to the habits and environments of the animals and the forage feed accompanying it. country cussing today upon it. “The profit in feeding wheat when that ce- real and corn are taken at the same price Is greater than in fe:d'ng the latter. Wheat weighs 7 per cent heavier than corn “The South Dakota experiment station has made a very comprehensive and exhaustive experiment in feeding ground wheat to hogs The pork from that feeding is pronounced superlor to any other. “The feeding should be begun by giving very small quantities to the animal. It should be mixed with chopped hay or with other grain, The department will furnish leaflets upon the subject to all country news- papers. “'The prospect is that the Argentine wheat crop, which is harvested this month, will not be as satisfactory as it was last year, nor thelr wheat as merchantable.” HERBERT ON ARMOR PLATE. The sehate committee on naval affairs had the armor plate resolution under considera- tion at its meeting today, and postponed final action on it until the next meeting. The member: of the committee were today fur- nished. printed copies of the testimony of Sec- retary Herbert taken bifore the committee at its last meeting. In his testimony the secretary explains why he did not divert the contract. He said: “When the case came up before the department there were two cour: open to me; one was to ahro- gate the contracts with the Carnegies en- tirely and refuse to allow them to make any more armor plate, giving all. the armor to the Bethlehem company. The objection to this course was that the Bethlehem com- pany had it hands full at this time and was behind with its contracts. This investi- gation by the committee, you will remember, took place more than a year ago. It would have taken fully eightcen months for the Bethlehem company to complete its own contracts. Not only would the government have been delayed, but there was nothing to compensate for the delay. I could not get the work done any more cheaply else- where. Any new company that might have bid for the work before undertaking it woull have to extend its plant and put in a large amount of expensive machinery. “I sent for the president of the Bethlehem company and inquired of him whether, if I could get more battleships ordered, his company could make armor more cheaply than it was then doing, the prices paid the two companies being the same. Of course I did not let him know of the investigation that was going on. His reply was that he could not make any lower rate. 8o it was clear that, first, If 1 abrogated the contract with the Carnegie company and gave it to the Bethlehem company this would be to delay the delivery of armor, for which the ships were already waiting, for one..or two years, or else 1 must find some other company to take the contract, and thers was no qther company equipped to make the armor that was needed. Under these conditions I de- termined to let this company go on, pro- vided it should pay damages. “The department knew that some of these plates were defective, but it was believed they would stand the ballistic test; that is the lowest test. The company was bound to make them as much better than this as it could and was liable in damages for itd fallure to do so. I thought, therefore, it was better to leave the plates on the ships and simply assess the damages.” Mr. Herbert also said the inspecting officers had not been as diligent as they might have been, and added: ‘Since the discovery of these frauds they have been more vigilant, not only there, but elsewhere, and in two cases since that time two other companies have been detected in fraud. Inspectors at the Carnegle works were imposed on for the reason that they were not present at night. Now they inspect day and night.” In the course of his testimony he said: “One thing I will say, if all these plates could be good and stand the ballistic test, then it would greatly benefit the reputation of our ships. It would remove the suspicion that has been created by the publication of the evidence. If, on the other hand, several of them would prove to ba more deféctive ved at | Growing | and fattening animals were found to thrive | than the board has belleved them to be, I would largely discredit the navy."” NEBRASKA IN CONGRESS, Congressman Bryan today appoared before the special coramittee on elections In advos cacy of his rrsolution limiting the presidency to A single term Congressman Halner will be unable to re- turn to Nebraska for the Christmas holle days on account of his committes work nator Manderson today offered a resolu- tion, which was adopted, providing that the secretary of the Interior shall report to the senale the number of acres of public lands in the state of Nebraska, exhibiting In said report the number of acres in each county of the state, and in cach land district thereof, and showing the number of acres in the state having been taken under the land laws of the United States having been abandoned or relinquished by the settlers thereon. This resolution was introduced to obtain informas | tion which will prove valuable upon the en actment of Senator Manderson's bill, which that all public lands belonging to States situated in the state of ¢ shall be granted to the state for the purpose of aiding in irrigation and res | elamation thereaf. ongressman Bryan will spoak the Carlisle financial bill, Congressman Pickler of South Dakota tos | day introduced a bl providing that a pen- | sion ¢t not less than $12 per month be granted to all widows now drawing less than that amount. IN A GENERAL WAY, Tho secretary of the interlor has reversed the decision of the commissioner of the gen- eral land office In the case of James D, Reddington against Jeremiah E. Kelly, in | the Watertown district, South Dakota, holds ing that portion of Reddington's entry which conflicts with Kelly's for cancellation A postofice has been established at | Springs, Sioux county, Ta., commissioned postmistress. Postmasters have been appinted in South Dakota as follows: Cortlandt, Bdmunds counly, Ole Anderson, vice J. A. Westgate, vosigned; Linden, Lincoln county, E. Jakobe son, vice H. Helgeson, resigned; Miner, Miner county, C. H. Coy, vice Mary L. Rob- inson, resigned; Moe, Lincoln county, Julia Mortensen, vice H. H. Hanson, resigned. tomorrow. on Blm and Katie Murphy ALL W NT TO TA Fourteen Who Wish to Advocate the Carlisle nin Thirty Against, WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—An_unexpeotedly strong opposition to the Carlisle currency bill fs disclosed by the list of those who have asked for time to epeak on the measure. Two lists have beun made, one for members of the banking committee who wish to be heard, and the other for members not on the committee. The committee list shows the members divided in party lines, except Representative Bllis of Kentucky. The other list shows fourteen members who will speak for the bill and thirty against it. Of the thirty against it, elghteen are democrats. The list of speakers is as follows: For the bill: McCreary, Pendleton of West Virginia, Bynum, Talbert, Berry, Lane, Brickner, Sales, Caruth, Tracey, Livingstone, Gresham, Coombs, Stockdal Against the bill: Dingley (rep.), (dem.), Hendricks (dem.), Cockran Bowers (rep), Bland (dem.), Beltzhoover (dem.), Coffeen (dem.), MeLaurin (dem.), Bryan (dem.), Daniels (rep.), Weadock (dem.,), Powers (rep), C. W. Stone (rep), C. K. Bell (dem.), Lacey (rep.), Maguire (dem.), Richardson of Michigan (dem.), Newlands (silverite), Dolliver (rep.), Simpson (pop.), Pence (pop.), Boen (pop.), Cooper (dem.) of Texas, Rawlins (dem.), Holman (dem.), Neill (dem,), J. C. Bell (pop.), Little (dem.), Hatch (dem.). All of those for the bill are democrats. Those agalnst it are: Democrats, eighteen republicans, seven; populists, four, and New- lands, silver, one. Sibley (dem.), Arbitration in Frarce. WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—Those who are interested In framing a code of arbitration laws to prevent or terminate strikes and lockouts may find suggestions in a report made to the State department by United States consul Whiley at St. Ettienne, em- bodying the detalls of the French law of 1892, and a summary of its practical re- sults. The details are very clear, and sta- tistics are given for the year 1893, when there were 634 strikes in France. In 100 cases recourse was had to the arbitration act. In thirty-seven of these cases the em- ployers and ‘in six cases the workingmen refused to accept arbitration. In two cases both sides declined to accept the findings, Poruvians Increasing Tobacco Dutiss. = WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—Probably to mect the emergencles of the rebellion, the Peruvian government has already increased the dutles on cigars, cigarettes and tobacco from others than South and Central Amer- ican countries, which is now taxed at 150 soles per kilogram; ordinary cigarettes at 50 soles per 1,000 packages, and Havana clg- arettes at 100 soles. The duties on other forms of tobacco are in proportion, and the government offers at public auction the duty on the consumption of tobacco for a period of two years, Working for the American Meat Trad WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—George R. Da- vis, director general of the World's fair, has arrived in Washington as a member of the Western Board of Trade, endeavoring to secure the removal of the German em- bargo on cattle and mehts. Mr. Davis is opposed to retaliation, and 18 devoting his energies to securing congressional action on the president's plan “of repealing thie dis- criminating duty on German bounty pald sugars, Your Monoy’s Worth or Your Money Back, —Bismark— The Man with the Hollow Head, Performs His Freaks of Nature, in Our Corner Window Weduesday and Thursday Evenings, Dream Clothes, Here are a couple of garments for night wear. We have most every sort of night shirt at all sorts of prices, from the plain white up to the silk em- broidered or the latest striped silk. The suits and overcoats at $15, $18 and $20 are splendid values at those prices. Perhaps not the best in the great wide world, but certainly the peer of any in this econgressional district. @W From now till Christmas the children’s de- pariment will show some very handsome boys' furnish- ings and novelty suits and overcoats, BROWNING, Reliable Clothiers, 8. W. Corner Fifteenth and Douglas Sts. KING & CO.,