Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 24, 1895, Page 7

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1895. SAID WHILE AT THE FEAST fpecches Which Were Delivered at the Home Industry Fanquet. HARD FACTS AND MANY GEMS OF THOUGHT Eloguence Uncorked by Orators Who Stood | Up for the State of Nebraska, Her Products and Her Many Pros- perous Industries. The home industry banquet, given by the Manufacturers and Consumers association of | Nebraska last Friday night to ths members | of the convention of traveling men, was the | largest gathering of its kind ever held in the | state. There were 500 covers laid and after discussing the excellent menu the oratory was turned on by Toastmaster J. C. Harpman of Lineoln, The address of weleome was delivered by | Hon. George P. Bem's, mayor of Omaha, after which Hon. Buclid Martin was intro- duced, responding to the toast, “Looking For- ward.” In speaking upon this subject Mr. Martin said: “Looking forward ia a theme that in more expert hands Is susce| ble of much elabora tion. What I shall say upon th's subject is from a business standpoint only. In bor- rowed language, not new by any means, Ne- braska has come to the parting of the ways. The vital question is, ‘Are we to remain a fairly good agricultural state only, or are we o enter at once upon such an era of prosperity as we have never bsfore known?' 1 contend that the decision of this great question lies entirely with her cit zo:s, o wall represented at this banquet. “In order that we may arrive at a prcper solution of this question, it is necessary first 1o determine what makes communities pros- perous. While the smaller cities and towns depend upon ghe fertilty of the sofl in ad- Jacent torritgry, the great cities of the coun- try depend not only upon the fertility of the surrcunding lands, but upon the facilities for conducting traffic among themsclves and with the people or communities contiguous, who have something to buy or sell, and upon their ability to produce something. It Is very com- monly and truthfully said that farming is the most neccssary avocation, because the farmer prcduces something. Large fortunes are often made by merchants who buy an article and sell it for a little more than they pay; and while this is a necessary ingredient, large clties cannot be maintain:d upon th's kind of trafiic alone. We must produce some- thing. “Cities are usually indices to the surround- Ing country, hence Omaha, as the acknowl- edged metropolis of Nebraska, may be fairly assumed to be representative of the state, so far as ccmmercial prosperity Is concerned; Tence if Omaha prospers the prosperity of the state naturally follows. THE GREAT CE: “This city is well TER. situated to become a great distributing center. There are no large or competing cities near us. 1t is from 400 to 500 miles to any of the large cites either to the north, east, south or west. To the north we have Minneapclis and St. Paul, to the ea:t Chicago, to the south St. Louls and to the west Denver. True, there are some good towns within the territory described, but noth'ng that will interfere with the growth and prosperity of th's city. Chicago, Balti- more, New York, Boston and New Orleans have all grown and become large and pros- perous cities upon less territory individually than we can control, with proper effort. ““The so'l of Nebraska, lows and other terri- tory emptying its product into this as a mar- ket, is not excelled in any district of the same size (n the United States, and I doubt very much It it is equaled. We produce as ! large It not a larger variety of cercals than any other territory. If Omaba fails to be a great city it will not be because it is not eur- rounded by the necessary farming country, nor because the fertility of the sol is lack- ing. the main factors that go toward making any city a success as a manufacturing center mmy bo summed up as cheap material, cheap fmel for-producing power, and skilled labor at reasonable prices. “So far as lumber Is concerned, golng into the manufacture of many articles, Omaha is better situated than most of the surround- ing cities. Having used Cincinnati and St. Louils as a paitern, we must compare our- selves with' them. Lumber can today be Jaid down a: chcap If not cheaper in Omaha than in either of these cities. We are nearer the great pineries of the north, about as near the hard wood districts of the east, and have practeally the same rate of freight from the hard pine reglons of the south, so that so far as this branch of materlai is concerned, we can safely say chat we are at no disadvantage. “There can be but little difference in the price of fron delivered here than at the cities referred to. It is admitted today that the cheapest place for the production of pig iron in the United States is around lake Michigan, 50 we are almost as near the fountain head as the cities with which we are tonight to compete. “In fuel, we are placed at a slight disad- vantage, but situated so_near the great coal flelds of Tawa, there can be but little differ- ence In this direction, Our facilities for re- ceiving and distributing goods are second to none. - Among. the great rallijay lines in the United States, quite a number connect Omaba with ail the principal cities and ma- terial produeing districts. AS A MANUFACTURING POINT. “The principal point of disadvantage labor, and the ouly question then left for discussion is, whether or not labor can be wroduced here at such prices as to com- pete with labor of the east and south, There aro but two things that enter into the cost of producing labor: The maintenance of a home, either by ownership or by renting, and tho cost of lving. Ekilled labor is educated labor, and always follows and is a result of a demand. “Skilled labor keeps pace with the product of the manufacturer. There are many lines of goods that can be made to advantage in many of the larger towns in tnis state. Ne- braska City, Lincoln, Beatrice, Hastings, Kearney, Grand Island and Fremont are capable ‘of equaling the towns above re- ferred to. “With one of the best wheat producing states In the union, the citizens of Nebraska import nearly all of the flour they use. Why should we not -manufacture our flour rather than to pay freights upon our product to Minneapolis and have it returned manu- factured? It is true that Minneapolis has some water privileges, but the larger mills frequently run with steam power and thelr coal costs no less than our own. With all of the southern, western and northwestern portions of Nebraska producing a good quality of wheat, wo have but few mills attered through the country on small streams, using but a small proportion of the wheat grown. In Omaba we have two or three mills doing well and producing what individually might scem to be quite a large amount of flcur, but nothing as compared ith the demand for this most necessary rticle. There is no apparent reason why Ouiaha, at least, should not be a good point for flouring mills. “With the larger portlon of the sugar used in this country imported from Cuba and the Sandwich Islands, and with Ne- braska capable of producing beets In endless quantities, this should be one of the greatest beet sugar producing districts in the world. All we lack Is enterprise and some one to take hold and push the thing to completion. In place of two suceesstul beet sugar manu- facturies in this state we should have fifty, When we have cheap labor there will be no difMiculty In this dircction. SHOULD MAKE A HUSTLE “Oat mills prosper at Sioux City and other polnts in lowa. With Nebraska producing a5 good quality of ocals as any state In the union, we shoull manufacture the oat weal for our Jobbing houses. “Nebraska City has a stareh mill in sue- eessful operation, and has demonstrated the tuct that the best corn for the manufacture of starch is grown on our own soil. In- stead, then, of having one starch factory In Nebraska, located at Neberaska City, other tewns should imitate this exemplification of what pluck, energy aud capital ean do when intelligently applied, snd we should not ouly Rurnish our merchants thelr stareh for bom sonsumption, but should be large exporters of this important commodity. is | semblies, and carriages there Is but one thing lacking in this city, and that is skilled Jabor. Buggy and carriage factories, which produce a large portion of the manutactured product of Cin- cinnatl and St. Louls, are but shops for putting together the parts of a vehicle. The raw material can be shipped here, put to- gether here and sold cheaper than they can to be shipped to St. Louls or Cincinnati, put together and shipped as a manufactured product, as the freight rate ls always more on a manufactured article than on the raw material “Any resident of this city whose business calls them down toward the union depot upon_ mornings during the summer and fall, and has scen the hundreds of farm wagons disposing of farm products upon Howard street, can appreciate the crying need for a market house. Give us, then, a market house, s0 that the production of vegetables will be stimulated and increased, Give us cheaper rents and consequently cheaper living; give us such legislation as will decrease our tixes and consequently decrease house rent, and the problem is solved—we uave become a great manufacturing center; we have created a great market for the products of our suil we have produced something; we have made an articlo much more valuable through the medium of skilled labor; we have stimulated the jobbing houses, and we have furn.shed customers to the retallers of the « And the transformation like that so vividly pie- tured by Du Maurier, who, througii tie magie wand of Svengall, traasforms the voice of Trilby, so will our manufacturers be equally the potential factor, the ma wand in the hands of skillad labor, tran forming us from mediocrity Into a mighty commercial Colossus, and the transition will be as great as from *“Ben Polt,’” as sung by Trilby in the Latin Quarter, to Trilby's Chopin under the magician's mesmerism. RHEEM AT HIS BEST. The happy hit of the evening was made when L. M. Rheem of the Amerfcan District Telegraph company responded to the toast “The Munufacturers' and Consumers’ Asso- clation and Its Work. In doing this he said: ““A speech without some kind of an apology preceding it, always reminds me of home without a dog. That is, it may be a very zood thing in its way, but it has no protec- tion. You see, when one of we fellows, or rather one of we gentlemen, get up before an audience and, without any preliminary spar- ring for wind, plunge at once into the intri- croles of a subject there is a suspicion in the minds of some that they are listening to what is known in oratorical parlance as a prepared speech, and although the speech may be interesting, yet they seem to have an idea that in some indefinable, mysterious, oc- cult manner a swindle has been perpetrated on them, and on the community at large. Like the gentle but inexperienced maiden who has just discovered that yesternight's burning declaration of love was but cold taffy, and came from the art of her lover, in- stead of from his heart, their resentment is quick, and in a few days we are passed by them 'to the hands of the critics who imme- diately place us on a grid-iron and we are roasted and toasted and spitted. A YOUNG ORATOR. “If we have political aspirations, and want to run for coroner or assessor or constable, that carefully prepared specch is brought out again, and the chiliren of our brain, whom we' created by burning the midnight cas at $1.75 per 1,000, and whom we sent forth on their mission with the highest hopes, come trooping back to us, and, as they come they point the finger of scorn at their old papa for having been too big a chump to apologize at the right time. Now, Mr. President, 1 am a young orator, and I ant to start this thing straight, and want (o say that I am ready to apologize for any- thing, even for being alive, but for espe- cially for the sublime cffrontery, the unmiti- gated gall Qisplayed, when so humble an individual as 1 presumes to address an audienco composed, as this is, of men high in the world of religion, law, commerce, let- {ers, polities and railroads. “I have not included in this catagory the manufacturers and consumers; as it is of them, or their assoclation, that I am to speak this evening. “The Manufacturers and Consumers asso- ciation is an educational institution. An educational institution whose foundation is loyalty to your state. Its faculty is com- posed of twenty-one directors and a secre- tary, all of whom, excepting, of course, the speaker;are well ‘qualified to carry out the sbject of the institution, which is the build- ing up of a great state. Its curriculum is the shortest of any of the great universities, being confincd to the interpretation, the i1- lustration and the demonstration of three words, which are ‘“Patronize Home In- dustry.” These words are its college yell, and on iis banner is emblazoned with them its coat of arms, the spinning wheel. Its students are numbered by the hundreds of thousands, and its graduating classes are getting 80 large that it will soon be neces- sary to rent the states of lowa and Wyoming to furnish room enough to hold our com- mencement exercises. Its course Is free to Al UNITY IS NEEDED. “The Idea of the establishment of this in- ution was first suggested by Flannagan's elebrated remark, ““What are we here for?” I feel tonight like the grand father of 1,500,- 000 of people, pretty tired, and I want you to imagine that I am your grandfather and not get angry at what the old man says. The Manufacturers and Consumers assocla- tion is more than an educational institution There is no one association or individual that has done more to unite and cement together the different communities of this te into one harmonious whole than this association, and if there is anything under the heavens, any one thing, that the state of Nebraska needs, it is unity of action and purpose in all things. ““There Is one thing that the Manufacturers’ and Consumers’ association has got, and that is unity. They are the most unanimously united set of men that I ever got tangled up with, and the best natured. Why, you couldn’t get a fight out of one of those fel- lows with a club. You couldn't make them quarrel, anyway; £o that you want to follow their example, and form all the associations you can for the good of the state. ““T'll tell you what let's do,’ we used to say when we were boys, and we are nothing but overgrown boys now; there is not a man in the crowd who fsn’t ‘an old boy; I'll tell you what let's do; let's get rid of this con- founded jaundice and dyspepsia, and let's get religlon, ‘and after this every time you take a drink, instead of saying, ‘Here's to us,’ say ‘Hera's to Nebraska.' “I am ready to admit that it will take con- siderable more wind to say that, but you live a great deal longer, provided you don’t take too many drinks. And then, when you go away from lome, and any one asks you whero you are from, or what you are, don't say that you are an Omaha-Nebraskan, a Lincoln-Nebraskan, a Grand Island-Nebra kan. a Kearney-Nebraskan, a Fremont-Ne- braskan, a Broken Bow-Nebraskan or any other kind of a Nebraskan, but say that you a Nebraskan, and that by the eternal you mean busines HOW TO FEEL GOOD, “Gentlemen, do you cateh that spirit? The spirlt “of '76? The grasshopper spirit that makes a man want to jump around and do something. Why, gentiemen, we have got one of the greatest armies here on this earth All we lack is organization and discipline, and we are golng to have them, and when we get them, we'll whip all creation. When we get them we will {ssue our declaration, and wa'll do just what those fifty-six men’ that mado the declaration or indenpendence did, and I have it right here. I always carry a dose, of quinine and the declaration of inde- pendence around with me to make me feel good; we'll put right down at the bottom of it, ‘And " for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the pro- tection of 'Divine Providence, we mutually pledgo to cach other our dives, our fortunes and our sacred honor,' and then we'll go in and win. While I have been talking I have been dreaming, and now I see a vizion, and I haven't got & gun. I am looking 4 couple of hundred years into the future. Two hundred years! An infintesmal part of the swing of the great pendulum that marks a measure of eternity. I see the broad plains of our state under a summer sun. The ground l& covered with verdure, the trees and the flowers are magnificent. On every forty acres there fs a happy home, and a rain maker on every section. In the blue Itallan sky that bends above the picture I see written ‘Unity, Peace, Prosperity.’ There are 100 stars In the flag that floats above it, and In the center brighter, larger, fairer than all the rest shines the star of Nebraska. “Mr. President, 1 have made a speech, dreamed a dreaw, and seen a vision. That Is about a day's work, but before closing 1 desire 10 say that in my long, eventful and ormy career, 1 have addretsed many as- ranging from Chinese Sunday zchools to lynching parties, but in all my “dn the Moe of farm wachivery, bug. +s dos | cxperience I have uever had a kinder, more cordial recevticn than that of Lhis evening. | There has not been a gun drawn, a harsh | word spoken, nor a missle thrown. To say, | gentlemen, that I appreciate this treatment | but faintly expresses my feeling. 1 can only say that if any of you gentlemen ever want to make a noise similar to the one I have | made this evening, and any one tries to pre- | vent you, send for me, and I'll see that you | are protected if it takes the entire national guard of the state of Nebraska to do so." LOVES OLD THINGS BEST. Tn speaking to the toast, “The Packing In- dustries of Chicago,” JohA 8. Knox, traffic manager of the Cudahy Paeking company of | South Omaha, satd ““The official program which I hold in my hand has me billed to speak upon ‘The Packing Interests of Nebraska.' “‘During the past six years I have spoken upon this self-same subject, or others closely allied to it, once or more each year, ani every time a_ number of my present hearers were among the victims. [ therefore imagine that If their real sentiments were expressed they would say that my topic should be labeled, ‘Stale Chestnuts.’ “‘The author of that fine comedy, ‘‘She Stoops to Conguer,” puts into the mouth of one of his leading characters this sentiment, ‘I love old things best; old books, old wine old friends.’ Now, if he had only extended the list to Include old sermons and old speeches our clerical friends might have some Justification for the occasional repro- duction of former efforts, and some excuse for repeating previous talks on, Our Pack- ing House Industries “The subject at best Is a dry and statis- tical one, and it is exceedingly difficult to think of ‘much, if anything, that {s new or entertaining to those not dircetly interested. To those who have not been affiicted In the past 1 might say that the packing business | in our state sprang with almost a single bound from birth to full manhood without the usual Intervening periods of infancy, childhood and youth. T could call their at- tention to the fact that in a single decade we have reached third place in the race for suppremacy, being exceeded only by Illinois and Missouri, both of which are much older and of greater population, and whose pack- ing houses were established on firm founda- tions, whilo Nebraska was yet the almost undisputed home of the Indian and the buffalo. I could tell them of our little southern suburb, South Omaha, truly termed the “Magic City;" magical because of the almost Aladdin-like transformation by which a few thousand acres of ordinary grazing and farming lands were converted into one of the busiest and most thriving and encrgetic manufacturing centers of the west. FOOD FOR REFLECTION. “It would not be amiss to mention that in this little burg commercial transactions of considerably more than $100,000,000 are annually conducted, the sale of a single firm reaching nearly $25,000,000. “Unless we stop and analyze them for a moment the mind does not grasp and comprehend these stupendous figures. If instead of saying $25,000,000 per year, we say $80,000 worth of goods sold on every one of the 300 business days, we begin to realize the immensity of the transastions, and when we multiply this by four or five we can faintly conceive what is meant by the volume of traffic referred to. Mr. Chairman, the manufacturing in- terests represented around this festive board are large and worthy of all praise for their development, but the single one named in the title of my toast outwelghs all the rest combined. The packers employ more men, have a larger pay roll and larger capital in- vested than all the balance. Our products have carried the name and fame of Ne- braska to almost every land under the sun. Last summer, while on a little outing trip, it was my pleasure to ascend (o the summit of Pike's Peak. Almost the first thing to greet my eye was a sign telling weary and panting tourists of the restorative qualities of one of our Nebraska packer's preparations. Travelers in other lands tell us that our Nebraska goods are as famillar there as upon the shelves and counters of our home dealers. Nearly every vessel that leaves the docks of Montreal, Portland, Boston, New York, Philadelphia’ and Baltimore carries as a_por- tion of her cargo packing house :products from Nebratka enroute to Europe to ap- pease the hunger of the myriads of' people who inhabit the-old world. ! Recently a movement of no small pro- portions has been inaugurated whereby Ne- braska packers are making direct shipments by way of the Pacific coast to the land of the mikado and crysanthemum. In fact, Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, the beginning of that series of victarles which have crowned the banners of the Japanese army and navy dated from the reception of a large con- signment of Nebraska meats, beef extract aud—shall I say it?—Nebraska oleomargarine. IF THE HAND IS NOT STAYED. “This statement brings to me a phase of my subject which has the merit of being new, and yet I hesitate to speak concerning it, because it cannot help but cast a chill upon the enthuslasm which should character- ize such a gathering as this. My judg- ment, however, is that despite its unpleasant nature it is eminently proper to lay before you, for who knows in the light of the events of the past few weeks when the axe of de- struction, wielded by the strong arm of the law, will be laid at the root of the business trees you have planted and nursed to partial or complete development? I refer to the recent action of the legislature of this state whereby one of the most thriving branches of the packing business will be driven from the borders of Nebraska unless the calm judgment of the honored chief magistrate of this commonwealth shall interpose and prevent it through the use of his constitu- tional prerogrative. “It was clearly shown in the discussion upon the floor of the senate and house of representatives that the prohibitive legisla- tion enacted was for the specific purpose of enriching one class of producers at the ex- pense of others. That the instigators ex- pect by throttling competition to Increase the price of thelr products and force the large army of consumers o pay whatever is de- manded. “However much we may differ regarding the question of protection in international affairs, no right thinking man can defend the principle as between the states of our unfon or between business competitors in the individual states, This would be pro- tection run mad. “I do not want to pose as an alarmist or prophet of evil, but if such legislaticn as I am discussing is placed upon our statute books and is upheld by our courts, then are we dangerously near an era of soclalism in which class will be arrayed against class. The one which can muster the largest num- ber of votes in the legislative halls will crush the other out of existence, and they in turn will be destroyed when the ever changing tide of popular passion and pre- judice places in power an opposing class, Thus the work of destruction will go on and the enemies of progress will pull down the splendid creations built by your patience, toll and energy with greater swiftness than you and we, with all our skill and labor, wers able to erect them. “Let us hope, Mr. Chalrman and gentle- men, that we may avert such impending dargers by awakening the genuine American spirit in the bosom of every citizen, 5o that they may in future select as law makers those who will conscientiously act for the best interests of the people and not imagine that their supreme duty is to obey the be- hests of the few constituents to whom their election s due. “Le us also remember, in the words of the lamented Garfield, that ‘God reigns' and to hope that our land and nation, so often preserved through His protecting care, will continue to be guided by His all-wise hand.” BOOMED A HOME PRODUCT. Joy Morton of the Nebraska City oat meal mills, in responding to “From Field to Fin- ished Product,” said: “In this movement, from ‘Field to Fin- tshed Product,’ there is still a missing link (not a Darwinian link by any means), a factor that is as absolutely essential as the farmer, the manufacturer, or the railroad; a finished product, usually quite capable of taking care of himself, whose light is never hid under a bushel, who 15 always moving, and there- fore, on the theory that value depends on movement, he may properly be considered the most valuable of all the links in the chaln, His good will is essential to the manufacturer, and should at least have been prepared for market in some state as far off as possible, lhis assoclation Is now striving to in- troduce something ‘English, you know,' away out here In Nebraska. If the effort were belng made in New York, where anything English is propah, from walstcoats for chap- ples, or trous:rs which turn up in New York when it rains in London, to Job lots of counts and lords for rich young ladies, it would be easy, but here is a very different proposi- tion, and 1 sincerely hope that this English fashion will be adopted in Nebrasks, not be- cause it is English, but becauss it will en- | A | Samuel Bell, MeCook. rich this state and its peovle and keep your money at home, Al is the simplest, surest and cheapest way Yo set the wheels of in- dustrial estabiish#{sfits going In Nebraska. In addition to g ‘cémtinuous production of goods of the very highest quality, our manu- facturer must study the wants of his custom- ers to style' ot ‘package in which his goods are packed, ahd must see to it that they are always ‘properly made, and full weight. Nothing 'di¥gusts a friendly-inclined buyer more quickly than a slovenly made or short weight packagé of home made goods He feels a good' feal worse about it and lays it up again¥t the manufacturer longer than he would if ft ‘wire a foreign produc- | tion “In_conclusion, fet'me again commend to you all, and to my fricnds, the traveling men, in particular, the good English fashion of patronizing home made good: Remember that If this packagé were an English produc- tlon, offered for sale in an English market, it would be recommended by the English merchant to the Engiish housewife as made exclusively from home-grown oats and packed in a home made box, while she, as a truc Briton, would bring up her children to be- liove that no other kind of oat meal was healthful, and they would swear that the bird which ornaments the outside of the pack- ago was an English quail, a true, loyal sub- ject of her majesty, whose picture had been taken when in the very act of whistling ‘God Save the Queen.'” SENT HIS REGRETS. Instead of being present, Congressman D H. Mercer sent the following letter, which was read by Secretary Holmes “I am In recelpt of an invitation to attend a Home Industry banquet at Omaha, Feb- roary 22, and I regret very much that my official duties are such as to deprive me of the plensure of joining the happy, congenial band, which will in o fitting a manner celebrate Washington's birthday, and, at the same time strike a decisive blow fn behalf of Nebraska's many prosperous industries, “The banquet will be complete, for, in ad- dition to the jobbers and manufacturers, you will have with you the traveling representa- tives, a class of men for whom I have the highest admiration. Next to the press, for g00d or evil stand the traveling men, and I rejoice to add that so far as my knowledge extends, and 1 have had much experience with tho boys, as & class, they rank with the same number of business and professional men permanently situated. ““For some time the traveling man was mis- understood, but that time has gone by, and today he is as welcome to the city or town as the morning paper, and quite often just as full of news. We aiways admire the brain which establishes a large jobbing house or manufacturing plant, and by skill and energy makes the venture a success. And we equally admire the travellng man, who, by his court- esy, business tact, and honest dealing, con- quers state after state of territory, and finally makes him a partner in the business he so ably represents. ‘‘But enough. I wish T could be with yo! Long live and prosper Nebraska industries. LIBRARY RETRENCHMENT. Board of Directors Take Steps Looking to the Reduction of Expenses. Six members of the Board of Directors of the Omaha Public’ Library were present at the regular monthly meeting last evening, the absentees being Mr. Sudborough, Miss Poppleton and -MfS. MclIntosh, Aside from passing upon thq usual bills, the directors talked and acted upen the question of re- trenchment. It seemed to be the unanimou sentiment that greatér economy was needed in the administration of the library during the coming year by reason of the reduction of the library lévy from 1 mill to three- fourths of 1 mill, A resolution presemted by Mr. Rosewater was amended and adgpted to read as follows: Whereas, The city council, in order to _keep the annual tax layy for the year 189 within proper bounds, has seen fit fo cut down the estimates of expenditures for the public li- brary by one-fourth, thereby greatly reduc- ing the resources- at the disposal of the directors, and [ Whereas, There is a general demand for economy in all branches of the public serv- ice, admonishing the directors of this li- brary to keep the cpst of maintenance at the lowest possible point, be it Resolved, That thy sliding, soale of sal- aries In force in the Omaha Publio. Library, in so far as it affécts the salaries of at- tendants after they shall hayve reached the class receiving $10 per month, be and the same |s hereby indefinitely suspended, and be it further Resolved, That .the delivery stations be abolished from and after March 15, 18%, and be it further Resolved, That the telephone service be discontinuéd on and after April 1, 189, The board decided to postpone the ques- tion of stlll further retrenchment, and, in order to act more intelligently on the sub- ject, appointed a committee consisting of Messrs. Wallace, Rosewater and Perine to investigate and report upon promising fields for financial economy. MARTIN'S BUND APPROVED. Creighton, Paxton and Murphy Qualify and Cleveland Signs the Commission. WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.—The Postoffica department has approved the bond of Ruclid Martin, signed by Johin A. Creighton, William A. Paxton and Frank Murphy, and the presi- dent has signed his commission as postmaster at Omaha, —_—— AMUSEMENTS, Matinee audiences at Boyd's are, as a rule, the least undemonstrative of any of the crowds that congregate there. Yester- day afternoon’s audience, however, forgot its usual nonchalance in the vivid por- trayal of Shylock by Walker ‘White and compelled him to return to the sta and bow his recognition twice. Shyloc as Mr. Whiteside causes him to stand be- fore the footlights, 1s a.Jew carried away by his itching for ducats, yet with a sub- ordinated love for his daughter that is at once human and touching. His demand for the mnomination in the bond is not actuated by inhuman flendishness, but purely for. revenge: revenge on the Chris- tian ‘who has publicly reviled him., Miss Wolston, as Portfa, filled the part accept- ably, but it Is to' be regretted that the scene where Portia and Nerissa confront their liege lord at Padua was emasculated. Last night Mr. Whiteside brought his en- gagement to an’end with a performance of “Richelieu. [ — PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS, Church Howe is In the city. G. W. Fox of Lexington is at the Paxton. J. N. Pearson, Macomb, IIl, is a Paxton guest. C. M. McKnight of Winnebago is a Paxton guest, Danlel Nefsy, Spearfish, 8. D., is an Arcade Buest, J. M. Lamb is ‘registered at from New York. * H. McCartney and wife, Thurman, Ta., are guests at the Marchants. J. €. Smith and:wife, Cincinnati, 0., are registered at the Burker. Ex-Attorney Géterdl J. Deweese of Lincoln was in the city yestdrday. Joyce, the milliher, goes east this weak upon his usual bugipess trip. Miss Esther Lyons, with the Paul Kauvar company, is stopplig at the Barker. Mr. W. G. Whitmore, wife and daughter of Valley, took dintibr at the Murray yester- day. v Mr. and Mrs. “§d“Hanlon of the Hanlon “Fantasma' compapy, are guests at the Mil- lard. [P H. H. Waterbury, C. E. Miskell and 8. B Setter, from Luu.#u. are registered at the Barker. N At the Mercer;,(Oj{o F. Papport, Norfolk; L. P. Larsen, J.. K, damen, Fremont; A. H. Bird, Cummenvillej M. A. Warren, Lincoln; D. J. Hamilton, York; G. Gallaher, Kansas City; F. H. Russell, Deadwood; Eug‘ne Pitts, and 'wife, Beatrice; 0. H. Osborne, Lincoln' George B. Toyle, H. A. Stacy, Chicago; Gharles Riner, Indlanapolis; George Finle Dayton, O.; C. H. Breck, jr., Richmond, Ky C. B. Ganssen, Louis; D. P. Owens, C. W. Méller, Beatric?; B. R. Collum, New Orleans; W. L. Montgomery, Alton, Ia.; L. H. Beason, Honolulu; R. B. Bush, Beatric Koch, New York; Benjamin F. Balley, Lin: | coln. the Barker Nebraskuus at the Hotels. At the Millard—J. H. Ayer, Bdwin J. Mur- fin, Lincoln. At the Dellone—W. E. Snyder, Winnebago. At the Arcade—Frank Wilson, Fremont; H Henry, Pender; C, M Hough, Calhoun; C, M. Kokjer, Clarks; At the Merchants—S. A. C. Hull, Hastings; G. H. Baughman, I coln; C. B. Huffleld, Glenrock; Robert Byer: J. Brown, Liberty; Holdrege; D. Bennison, Hay Springs. FORM A NEBRASKA DIVISION Traveling Men Ally Themselves with the National Protective Association. CLOSING D\Y CF THE CONVENTION Mote Extendve Patronage dustrics to the Ly South of Mome In- Recommended and a Prayer gislature Offered - Visit to Omalia Packing Houses. The second day's session of the traveling men's convention was called to order at 10 o'clock with President Bastman in the chair A committee was appointed to report on the question of organ'zing a Nebraska branch of the Travelers Protective ation. The men named for this purpose were Messrs, Huston, Crandall, Steele, Linke and Tuttle, Short talks on hotel accommodations and a post mortem on personal experiences in Ne- braska hotels was the next order of business. Messrs, Winterstein, Clese and Lee addressed the convention on the subject Mr. Helphry told a good story at the ex- pense of the landlords. He said that one way that traveling men could get ahead of landlords who gave them inferior service was to carry a small bottle of bedbugs their pockets, The system to follow this procedure was to appear at the office counter the morn- ing following the occupancy of one of the rooms in the hotel, and ask for a reduction in the schedule of prices wh shared by a roommate. The landlcrd gener- ally committed himself by saying that he would reduce the price 25 cents for a room- mate. Then the traveler could flash the bot tle of fifteen or twenty bugs and claim a re- bate on his hotel bill for the job ot of insect ‘‘comrades.” There was generally a balance in the traveling man’s favor. James Slusher gave his views on unsatis- fatory hotel service, and recited a laughable 1n5|';1em in his career in connection there- with. It was the general opinion that If the velers could organize a protective associa- tion it would have a tendency to make some hotel keepers brace up. The following long, poetical telegram, sent deadhead, by Walt Bixby of Lincoln, was read: Am sorry, but T can't be there, 1 have no broadcloth clothes to wear, And furthermore, regret to state, Your notice came one day too late, It came at night, but 1 saw it not, Til wmorning, and it made me hot To think that cruel fate should balk Your wish to hear and mine to talk, The train has gone, I'm in a fix, Farewell then all, God bless you, assoc in the bed was BIX. RESOLVED FOR MUTUAL GOOD. The committee on resolutions submitted the result of its labors as follow Whereas, There is ition among some of the people ate to not properly encourage domestic industries and enterprise with their patronage; therefore, be it Resolved, That in order to promote the growth and development of home indus- ve recommend that our people, and s men especially, patronize more ex tensively the business interests of the stat be it further Resolved, That we most earnestly pro- test againt any change in the laws of the state at the hands of our legislators inimi- cal to or destructive of any home industry; be it further Resolved, That we tender to the sufferers in the drouth-stricken district of our state our sympathy for suffering endured and our hope,” cheer and encouragement for their future, Resolved, That we extend our thanks to Mr. I'red Krug and the Omaha Tent and Awning company Of Omaha for courtesies and acts of kindness shown us in the case of_our annual meeting, Tesolved, That the thanks of our associ- ation are ‘dué to the Manufacturers and Consumers association of the state for the generous manner in which we have been entertained. Resolved, That coples of these resolu tions be furnished to as many of the daily papers of the state as the secretary deems expedient, with requests for publication. William' Fetzer, chairman: R, E. Watzke, James Reed, E. P. Day, John H. Harberg, A. H. Marshali, commiitee. ALL WILL GO TO CHURCH. A motion to attend Rev. S. Wright Butler's church in a body this morning, was unani- mously adopted. A resolution of thanks was tendered to Rev. Leo Franklin for services rendered during the convention. The Traveling Man’s Official Railway Guide was_endorsed. Chairman Huston of the committee ap- pointed to formulate a plan on permanent organization reported in favor of organizing a Nebraska division of the Traveler's Pro- tective Association of America. James Winterstein took the floor and op- posed the idea of pledging Nebraska travel- ing men to support the insurance features of the National Association of the Travelers Protective assoclation, which he thought would prove unsatisfactory. He favored a separate organization of Nebraska commercial men into a body distinctively Nebraskan and not as an auxiliary to an association whose past dealings with traveling men were still fresh in unpleasant ‘memory. Burt W. Lyon of St. Louis then made an explanation to the effect that Mr. Winter- stein was getting the Travelers Protective Assoclation of America confused with the Travelers Protective Association of the United States. The former, he said, was an honor- able successor to a dishonorable parent and the organization which was under con- sideration was not the gang of plunderers who robbed commercial travelers years ago. Mr. Winterstein made another vigorous pro- test against the scheme of the ‘gentlemen from St. Louis” to have Nebraska travelers tie to their national organization. Mr. Lyon repiied and the discussion as- sumed a somewhat personal aspect, The de- bate grew acrimonious, Mr. Winterstein lead- ing the opposition forces, while Messre, Lyon, Lee, Hodgin and Huston upheld the idea of being an auxiliary to a national association that would be of protective and legislative benefit, While the verbal battle was at its height F. J. Crandall rushed down the aisle like a peace angel and poured ofl upon the tidal wave of trouble. When it came to a vote upon the disposi- tion of the committes report it was afopted amid the shouts of the v ctore, Mr. Winter- stein and his followers died hard, however, but subsequently bowed to the inevitable and said that the minority would abide by the de- cision of the majority and “stay with them" in making the Nebraska divtsion of the Tray- elers Protective association a success, With three cheers for Nebraska, the Manu- facturers and Consumers association, Nebraska business men and all who extended c:urtesies 1o the delegates during their sojourn, the morning session adjourncd at 12:30 o'clock. Many of the delegates acceptd an opportun'ty to pose for a group photograph immed'ately after adjournment. VISITED SOUTH OMAHA. Prompily at 1:30 o'clock the delegates formed into line and marched behind a mili- tary band at the Webster street depot, where they took the train for South Omaha to ac- cept the Invitation of the officers of the Hammond Packing compangk. and Krug's brewery. The killing department at the packing house was iIn operation when the dclegates arrived at Hammond's, and they were inter- ested spectators of the process and other slghts of the great packing house plants of the Magie City. On the homeward trip Krug's brewery, where they inspected the magnitude of that industry, and expressed thelr appreciation of Omaha hospitality, while a few maintained, with moderate indulgence, the theory that patronage of home industries was the proper thing. At 5:30 the excursionists returned from South Omaha and marched to Krug's hall, where they adjourned sine die, amid three cheers and a tiger for Omaha and Nebraska. Just before adjournment a telegram was recelved by Mr. Lee from John C. Wilkinson, Murray Carleton and G. P. Heckel of St Louls, of the Board of Direetion of the Tray- elers’ Protective association, congratulating the new Nebraska dlvision By resolution the convention also decided that all Omaha applica s for membership i the Nebraska division should be received by Becretary Holmes of the Manufacturers «ud Consumers' assoclation. Mr. A. H. Buck- staft of Lincoln is the present secretary of they stopped at | that were found in a mail sack DID we get your order? chance—to take advantag be folly not to examine them.) /7/ N7 of those $8.00, $9.00 and $10.00 Pants Remnants YESTERDAY, «P4—9$5..$6 If not—you will have another of “a goz;d thing”. (‘Twould Tomorrow—monday) We will clean up the balance of them—and you the assortment neither mean nor stingy, On Tuesday— will find You can expect to find the finest display of Spring and Summer Woolens that will be offered in this city. (We're working nights now-—getting them ready.) WRITE FOR Spring Samples. /o8 Mm TAILOR 15th st the Nebraska division, and applications for membership may also be sent to him. J. M. Birmingham of Council Bluffs, repre- senting Scofield, Shurmer & Teagle, compris- ing, as he says, the only anti-monopoly oil company in the country, attended the con- vention yesterday. DR. HOLUB COMES TODAY, Loctures this Afternoon and Tomorrow Night on Matters Concerning Africi. Dr. Emil Holub, the famous African ex- plorer, will reach the city this morning, and at 3 o'clock this afternoon he will speak at National hall, Thirteenth and Willlams streets. His subject will treat of matters and facts connected with the interior of Africa. Tomorrow evening he will speak at the Young Men's Christian association rooms, at which time and place he will furnish his hearers with a rich treat. Dr. Holub went to Africa in 1872 and set- tled in the diamond minins district to follow his profession. He remained there until he acquired a sufficlent sum to meet his ex- penses. He made three trips into the in- terlor, traveling as far north as /14 degrees and 40 minutes south latitude, in all 2,900 miles. According to Dr. Holub there are two na- tive races In southern Africa—the Hotten- tots and Ba-N'thu. The former race is di- vided into many nations, which are fast be- coming extinct, due to fhe excessive use of Intoxicants introduced by the English. The women scem especially addicted to the habit. The original Bushmen, from whom the present Hotlentots sprung, are wholly ex- tinct, and have been for some centuries Dr. Holub has made exhaustive archaolog- fcal researches with regard to this race which for a long period and by noted ethnol ogists was regarded as the ‘“missing link. The study has been made from engravings and hieroglyphs chiseled on rocks, the key to which was discovered. The few archacological remalns that have been discovered have led Dr. Holub to be- lieve that this race bears a striking re- semblance to the mound builders. Their arrows are tipped with fvory and bone. It is not thought that this anclent people had any well regulated system of worship, al- though the engravings of horn vipers and sand vipers may show {hat these reptiles were held in special esteem. e — COMMERCIAL CLUB POLICY. OMAHA, Feb, 25.—To the Editor of The Bee: My attention has just been called to an article in a paper published by the Young Men's Christian assoclation, under the heading of “Two and One-Half Mil- lons,” and signed “Director.” I am very much surprised that any one at all familiar with the workings of the Commercial club of Omaha should charge the members of this organization with being in favor of the liquor tratiic or open gambling. This club s composed of ve business men 1 was organi of look- ing after the comme s of the city of Omaha. We , a8 an or- ganization, taken any action of even con- sidered the matters referred to In the ar- ticle mentioned. We are not organized for the purpose of Tegulating the city govern- ment of Omaha_or looking after the morals o our people, We believe that the business men of Omaha, s a rule. are In. fayor of good government and a sirict enforcement of law, and it is in very bad taste, to say the least, for a director of the Young Men's Christian assoctation {0 throw mud at the very people who are doing more to sustain the” organization of which he 1§ director than any other class. Take away the sup t of the business community of Omaha m the Young Men's Christian association and_what would be the result? There may be differences of opinion among many good lo as o the methods to be employed in_controlling vice or stamping it out of existence, but we have enough to do in our organiza- tion to look after the commerclal prosperity of our city and leave matters of this kind to others who have more time and inclina- tion to dabble with them than ourselves It is not our Intentlon to enter into any argument on the subject whatever, but sim- ply o say that articles of this kind are ae Eross misrepresentation of the sentiments of a large majority of the members of the Commerclal club, [T —— Jucksonian Olub Meoting, The meeting of the Jacksonlan club was well attended last night and considerable interest was manifested in the welfare of the organization, The sentiment, as ex- pressed by members present, was in fayor of securing permanent quarters, 1o be sup- plied with good, democratic literature, and Kept Spen "every' evening for soclal’ pur- Lange, J. P. Dugdale, Willlam eburne and Thomas Todhunier ‘were elected members of the club. The club will definite action will the hall question, be token - Purt of the Elbe's Mail, An Interesting souvenir of the Elbe dis- aster was received at the postoffice yester- day in the form of a package of letters hich was in found floating off the a fisherman, and was evidently in the mall room of the steamer when it went down One of the letters is addressed to Hanna AMUSEMEN BOYD’S BEGINNING SUNDAY, THE Grand Falry-Like 20 Sou __Wed, 7 th DS ANIGHTS Matinee FEBRUARY 24, WORLD FAMED THE GREAT BILLIARD MATCH., Night Prices—! Lalcony G0c and Matinee Pri ny, Ze and Se. Irst floor, G0c, ~First floor, ¢ and Pantomimie Spectacle, and $1.00; T6e; balco- BOYD’'S THREE SAT. COMMENCING THURSDAY, ° 7~ THE NAPOLEO! ~IN A~ ENTERTAIN ~OF— Magic, Mirth and SC #Astntic Trunk M Nouh's Ark."" ‘olumblan tion=" NIGHTS, MAT. FEB. 28. N OF NECROMANCERS HERRMANN THE GREAT, New, Elaborate MENT Mysts MAGI- ENIC DISPLAYS “Tho Artist’s Dream, ystery. Transformas And a vast array of Mystic Novelties, and Asslisted by MME. HERRMANN In her Creatlons, Bewlldering Spectacular Dance Prices—§1.60, §1, 76c, H0c and 26c. W- ), EMPIR Po THL 1331, BUROESS, MANAQOER ular Prices. FOUR NIGHTS, Commencing TONIGHT PAWN TICKET 210, M T Johnson, 2624 came from h the ex velope, which appearance, WEA Yalr with [ON, or Nebrask ase-Falr For Migsour coming southe For lowa- I HBremen. South INEE Pierce street, WEDNESDAY, tion of the back of the en- ars a somewhat sea-soaked R e THER FORECAST, Sunday. Yeb, 23.—The a, |—Falr; rly al warmer; portion; southerly winds. OFFICK OMAHA, Feb. perature’ and aum tem; um_ tem e temperature. iplitation Condition of at Omaha for 1804 rmal tempe Excess for the Normal precip! Deficiency for Total precipita | Deficiency &) Loeal Becord. 2.—Omaha_record ralnfall, compared 895, 1594, o6 17 % 3 41 00 perature. ... perature 10 . 00 temp the day and since ature ... day \tation the da: tion sin e March 1.... L. A. WELSIL, O erature and precl Winds Promised for forecast South Dakota and Kane south winds, winds bee warmer in the eastern OF THE WEATHER BUREAU, of tem- with the | corresponding day of ‘tne past four vears mect again on the evening of March 9, when | regard to L ¥ itatio @arch 1, 13 G ek ¢ March 11656 Inches 1642 inches bServers Omaha, and - is well preseryed,