Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 6, 1901, Page 6

ThE OMAHA DAILY Bm] E. ROSEWATER, EDITOR PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING TERMS OF 8UBSCRIPTION: Dally Bee (without Sunday), One Year..$ Dally Bes ana sunday, One Year liustrated B One Year Y Junday Bee, r w Saturday Hee, One Year. ... Lo Ewentleth Century Karmer, One Year.. 1.0 DELIVERED BY CARRIER. aily Bee, without Sunday, per copy aily Hee, without Sunday, per week. .. aily Hee, inciuding sunduy, per week.s Undny Bee, PEr COPY.....o.viieiriiie Evening Hee, without sunday, per w Evening Bee. Including Sunaay, per Compiaints of irrexuiarities in deliver shoula be addressed to City Circuiation be- partment, OFFICES. Omaha: The Bee Buildin S Bouth Omahu: ity Hil bsuilding, Tweaty- Bith ana sl Biree Council Bluns: 10 Pearl Street. Chicago: 1640 Unity Building New York: Tempic Court. Washington. 601 kourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE Communications relating to news and edi- Fial matter should be addressed: Omaba e, kditoriul Department BUSINESS LETTERS. Business letters and remittances shduld be wadressea: Ahe Lee Pubidshing Company, Otiahu. REMITTANCES, Hemit by drait, express ot postal order, payable 10 dne Bee Cubidsniug Com| Ouly t-cent stamps accepled in payme mail accounts. FErsonui checks, nges, 1 [ PUBLISHING COMPANY. Omaha or enstern exch THk BEE OF CIRCULATION. Douglas County, s George ary ot ihe Bee Lublisning Comp. Uuty sworn, suys that the a r oot full and compl pies of The Daily, Mornink, Lvening ana Bunany Bee printed during the month cf Octover, 1%i, was ad 101~ lows 1o BRB00 8. L2020 1 4%, 410 ... 170 28,020 2N,050 29,170 82,720 [ 28,510 L ENTTO [ Lo 2RNO0 0,710 10.... 28,700 (80,490 [T 28,800 " 20,073 2. 20,020 cee 2,400 1 L 2,060 LB0,780 1 48,080 Wioioppon 16 Total . ' Less unsold and returned coples... Net totul males 0T AVT 't daily average y L. 20,274 GEORGE B, TZSCHUCK. Bubkcribed 1 my befo 101, (Seal.) presence and sworn to o me this dlst day of October, A. D. M. B. HUNGATE, * Notary Public. The prognosticator has had and it is now the turn of the man. hix day told you w0 I'rom this time forward the battle cvy must be reduced taxation and equitable “ssessment. A man with a full stomach is not so easily excited as a man with an empty stomach, This may account for the general Indifference exhibited in the elec- tion. Business men who allow themselve to be buncoed by the paid eirculation ex- hibits of fly she duped s are Just as easily by smooth politiclans of the pattern, Em———— St Petersburg telegrams stte that an anarchist fired two shots at the chief of the secret service, but missed him. The chief must be laylng the foundation for an appearance in vaudeville, The campaign for vetrenchment and economy in the management of the vari ous branches of local government will not close with the election. On th contrary, it has but just begun. w that the campaign is ov Mercer may be expected to return to Owaba to take anothery bird's-eye view of the new residence which he has been constructing on paper for the past five years, Reports from Guatemala are to the ef- fect that the country Is suffering from the depreciation of silver currency. And a few misguided souls would still ke to plunge this country into the same dilemma, — A company has been organized with a capital stock of $1,000,000 to manufacture liquid air for refrigerating’ purposes. None of the product will be needed to scnd a chill up the backs of defeated candidates, t———— The Real Estate exchange has a big task carved out for itself in bringing about reduced taxation that alone wihl give impetus to real estate investments. 1t 1s, however, a task well worth per- formiug at whatever expense of effort, The state and savings banks of lowa contain § in deposits today than the The statements of the national bunks show a similarly large increase. lowa people are not missing any of their shave of prospe! St Kansas enthusiasts assert 50,000 acres of shale land in that state con talu $200,000,000 worth of gold per acre, The owner of Colonel Mulberry Sellers' eyewater patent had better hurry up and trade it for a few acres of this gold brick land, ‘The dispute between Chili and Argen- tine is said to be in a fair way of set- tlement, Life in South America would be intolerably dull if these two coun tries did not have a dispute of some kind on tap. Both are discreet enough, however, not to allow the differences to get beyond the wordy period, The big rallroad worked out the community of interest project to their satisfaction, If reports magnates have are to be believed. When it has been put into operation shippers along the lines may not be uble to comprehend the complex plan in all its details, but they will know how it works, m— OMAHA NOVEMBER 6 1901 AN IMPRACTICAL SCHEME. The failure of the last leglslature to make an appropriation for Nebraska's participation in the Louisiana Purchase exposition at St. Louls has inspired Governor Savage with the Idea that the people of Nebraska can be induced to ralse the necessary funds by voluntary Joans, to be refunded by the legislature of 1903, With this end in view the sposes to appoint five take charge of the meriptions, as well as the of these moneys in the govegnor p missioners 1 pnign for su disbursement constry the placing of the state's exhibits, While the ambition of Governor Sav age I to see Nebraska creditably repre sented at the 8t Lonis exposition, there i« no lawful authority for the appoint ment of such a commission by the gov ernor or by any one else, and the pre sumptior that publicspirited citizens will respond to a call for an exposition loan, whose repayment will depend upon the disposition of a legislature not yet eleeted, is, In our opinion, entirely un warranted. When it ix ren how difienlt it was for Governor tor to rafse the money required to pay the rallvoad fare of the First Nebraska volunteers returning from the Phillp pines with a gloriotis record, under the pressure of patrlotic enthusiasm, the impossible task which the governor would fmpose upon his proposed com mission will be realized. Exclusive of the Thompson $20,000 cheek' the amount of actual money ralsed to bring home the Flrst Nebraska In regponse to most urgent appeals, hacked by the whole press of the state was only half the sum asked for. N such conditions prevail with regard to the 8t. Louls esposition. The men who have money to lonn are not in a frame of mind to put it out without a guar anty of repayment or to content them- selves with getting their money bac without interest, as did the men wh advanced the First Nebraska transpor- tation fund. Quite apart, however, from the ob- stacles in the way of securing a re spectable sum of money by the process contemplated by the governor, we do not believe the people of Nebraska will en courage any scheme. that forestalls legis- lative appropriations and imposes upon them an lnvoluntary tax. The practice of making loans that are to become a charge upon the state without authority of law s fraught with danger and should ndt be countenanced except in xtraordinary emergency. No such emergeney 1s presented in the case of the St. Louis exposition. FRANCE MEANS BUSINESS. That the French government is very much in earnest in the course that has been taken toward Turkey s conclu- sively shown in the overwhelmlng vote by wlilch the Chamber of Deputies sus- tained the action of the ministry. In stating the situation to the chamber the minister of foreign affairs made it clear that there was mnothing sought but a compliance on the part of Turkey of pledges given and the fulfillment of treaty obligations. There'is no purpose of aggrandizement, no political scheme to subserve, but simply the protection of French interests and the settlement of just claims. It Is a perfectly just and necessary position that the Irench government has taken and it should have the support of all Europe. The sultan is still hesitating about the payment of the French claims, perhaps in the hope of intervention from some source to prevent their forcible collec- tion. This is possible, but not probable. Great Britaln, it would seem, can have no motive for interference and it s the understanding’ that Germany advised the sultan to pay the claims. Russia, being France's ally, will of course do nothing in the way of intervention, that power probably having been consulted before the move was made. Meanwhile the French fleet is proceeding to its des- tination in Turkish waters and the sul- tan fully understands that this meaus business. A POLICY OF INACTION FAVORED. According to some of the Washing- ton correspondents the general senti- ment of republican leaders in congress I8 in favor of a policy of inaction at the ‘coming session in regurd to tariff, revenue and eurrency questions., The correspondent of the New York Jour- nal of Commerce says that there prob- ably never was a time In the history of the republican party when, posses- sing an easy majority in both houses of congress and the control of the ex- ecutive branch of the government, there was 8o general @ disposition to believe that the interests of the party could besy served by doing nothing. That is phatieally the conviction of the party leaders in the senate, assserts the corr spondent, and the men who have most influence in the house arve confidently reckoned on to second the policy of inaction, Bo far as the question of further cur vency legislation is concerned congress will do well to let it alone. As we have hervetofore sald i regard to this qpes tion Its agitation would be mischievous and it is highly satisfactory to learn that the program outlined by Secretary Guge finds little support. Certainly no proposition to retire and canecel the legal tender notes, which Is & feature of Mr. Gage's program, will be given a mo ment's serious consideration. There is no sound reason why these notes should be retived and popular sentiment is very strongly against permanently with drawing them from the currency. The party that should do this would be over- be whelmingly rebuked. As to providing an asset cur ., there I8 no urgent demand for it, and as the former comptroller of the eurrency, Mr. Dawes, has most convincingly shown, there ar grave objections to such a currency. he business of the country is being carried ¢n undisturbed and unhindered The board of review which is charged with the equalization of city tax nssess- ments will convene shortly. The boards of review of previous years have busied themsel' chiefly with reducing the returns of the assessors on personal property alveady largely undervalued. ‘Why not give the overburdened owners of real estate the beuefit of the doubt? under the existing currency system and it I8 wise to take no risks I making radical experiments which might un dgrmine general confidence in the sta bility and value of the circulating we dinm. The removal of obstacles to the de velopment of our foreign trade, how ever, is & matter of such urgent iw ‘tion of a Nebraska building and | | bin portance that congress should not treat it with indifference. Our commercial expansion I8 the pressing problem ahd it is perfectly certain that we cannot promote such expansion by adhering to our present policy. This was clearly un derstood and forcefully declared by the late president and we cannot doubt that a very large majority of the people view the matter as he did. We must en ter iuto closer trade relitions with other spt the alternative of This is becoming mor ery da The con tinental nations of Europe may not com commercially against the United States. A customs unfon of those na tions is undoubtedly impracticable. But may individually do much to in American commerce and there s uo question that they will make an effort o do this if we show no disposition to give reasonable consideration to their interests, It will be the imperative duty of congress, therefore, to earnestly con sider what may be done for the develop countries or ac commereial war and more evident ¢ ment of our forelgn trade. A pol of inaction respecting the cur rency will be judicious, but to do noth- ing respeeting the vital question of our nmercial expansion would be the gravest possible mistake. BANKRUPTCY LAW AMENDMENTS. The National Association of Credit Men is actively urging amendments to ikruptey law and some of these bably be adopted by congress, great care should be taken not to may have the ef There Is dan n- by those opposed but make changes that feet to weanken the law. ger that this will be done in the ady tuge likely to be take to the law, when amendments are pro posed (o seek its emasculation, . The matter is one to which business organizations should give careful atten- tion, since it Is the mercantile commu nity that 1s chiefly interested in the act. In an address before the Credit Men's Assoclation of Minneapolis a few days ago it was stated that the most impor- tant respect in which the law calls for amendment, as viewed from the re- quirements of the business world, are the sections governing discharges and a proper and reasonable policy regard- ing payment made on account within the inhibited perfod of four months, now held by the supreme court of the United States to be preferences which must be surrendered if the creditor wishes to prove his claim for the balance due him. The changes asked for in the matter of discharges, it was stated, are slmply that the law shall be so amended that men who have been guilty of fraud upon their creditors may be prevented from obtaining their discharges. This seems an entirely fair and reasonable demand, since the law should afford no protec- tion, n indirectly, to fraud in any form. There appears to be good rea- sons, also, for amending the section of the law requiring the’surrender of par- tial payments as a prerequisite to the creditor proving the balance of his claim. Under the present ruling men who have been paid in full are undis- turbed, but the man who has been paid in part must surrender, which seems obviously unjust. There is no question that the bank- ruptey law can be improved, but in mak- ing changes great care should be taken not to impair those parts which have been shown to work satisfactorily. Another conspiracy to murder a de tached garrison of American soldiers has been discovered in the Philippines. The worst feature of this, as in other similar cases, is the fact that the ringleaders in the consplracy are men who have taken the oath of alleglance and accepted civil office under the United States. In the face of such treachery and the violation of all principles of personal honor, which are of common occurrence, the Filipinos are clamoring for a greater measure of control In the local government. The new law passed by the commission, fix- ing punishments for these crimes, is likely to work some reform. At least, the same parties are not likely to turn traltor more than once. The honors paid to Admiral Vilawil, the Spanish officer who perished at Santiago, when the body left Havana to be taken to his native land were n fitting tribute of brave survivors to a man who perished, The ceremony was under the direction of United States naval officers and many attended it. Men who have the courage to perform brave deeds are always ready to pay tribute to the sume qualities in another, even though an enemy. Admiral Vilamil lost his lite fighting for his country, and these honors paid to his memory will have a good effect in removing the scars left by that struggle, The grand jury will convene today and members of the Board of Edu cation who clumored so persistently for it will be afforded an opportunity to tell all they know about the true in- whrdness of those well-defined rumors which were circulated to offset the re sentment created by Its extravagant wanagement of school affairs, An ordinanee reducing the fare from to 4 cents for all passengers who are obliged to stand in street cars and hold onto straps bas been introduced before the city council of Chicago, 1t this ordinance becomes a law it will Have the effect of stimulating the gal lantry of stingy male pussengers. —— Joshing the Sleuths, Washington Post SuMicient time has elapsed without re sults to enable the public to come to (he conclusion that Pat Crowe's last letter was intended as a “come-on’ circular P ————— Warriors in Battle Array. Baltimore Those enemies of American eral Alger who were pleased that he wrote & book are now probably doubling their emiles since the war correspondent got after him. A pen artillery brigade is by no means a foe to be despised, even by an experienced fighter. e . te Exacted by the Sea. New York Tribune. The toll which the sea takes from those who trust it for a livelihood is pathetically | iluatrated 1n the anmouncement that the fishing season just closed has cost the sin gle port of Gloucester, Mass,, the lives of 10 leas than sixty-two of fts stalwart fieh: ermen A Fiscal New York The federal treasury's latest balance shee continues to glve countenance to a curlous fiscal paradox. By the war revenue tax reduction act of March 3, 1901, & cut of from $40,000,000 to $45,000,000 was made in the treasury's annual income. The fiscal year ending June 30, 1900, had shown a surplus revenue of $79,600,000 and this huge balance was diminished only to $75,000,000 in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1901 The re ductions In the internal revenue schedules to the ¥ urday Evening Post Mr. John W, Mackay plans to lay a cable 8,600 miles long to connect Hawaii and the Philippines with fhe United States. 1t will be a great convenlence and of large finan- clal value to this country. He hopes fo have it working within two years. The fine thing about it is that no subsidy of guaranty is asked. In these days, when every corporation seems to want to dip into the public treasury for its private en authotized by congress would, it was terprises, it is cheering to find a blg MAD | grayg)y calculated, restore a fairer bal ready to do a big thing 1n the right way | el Lo receipts and expenditures without asking for public money to pay the | joavine™ the treasury merely the margin bill needed to securs it against some wholly — unexpected national demand. The tax re- Retirement of Minister Wa. duction law has now heen In force four Indianapolis Journal months, Yet under its operations the The recall of Minister Wu Tingfang by | treasury balance, instead of shrinking to less than half its former volume, has mounted almost as persistently as ever and now threatens to reach or pass the super- fluous Agures of 1900 and 1901, In the last four months the net excess of government his government will remove a picturesque and interesting figure from American life. Mr. Wu {8 & man of broad views, a shrowd observer and good talker and he has come to be In great demand as a speaker and lecturer. It is by no means certaln that | receipts over goyernment expenditures has his recall is due to the fact that he was |been about $22,000000, and as September becoming too popular in this country. It |and October produced much larger sur is the tiaditional and established policy of | pluses than July and Augusi, and each China o 1imit a minister's term of service | month a larger surplus than the corre sponding month last year, it seems not un reasonable to calculate on a surplus for 1001-02 running far up toward the $100,000 at one post to three years and the enforce- ment of the rule fs sufficient reason for the action | is case. bR e 000 mark. T It is scarcely just, of course, to chargn ok the Fold. L i o the tax reduction act with the apparent Philadelphia Ledger. Senator Jones of Nevada left the repub- lican party to fight the cause of bimetal- lism. That issue being dead, as he ac- knowledges, he claims the right to return to the republican fold, as on all other issues ho 18 in harmony with it. General Weyler of Spain left the liberal party be- cause his views on the conduct of the war in Cuba did not harmonize with the views of that party., The war being over and Its Vissues dead he seergno reason why he should not return |.thr liberals. Both gentlemen, having t'¥led to establish the principles in which they belfeved, are ready to assimilate with the majority, and this Is good eitizenship. absolute failure of last winter's well-meant effort to Aiminish the syrplus and lighten The law of the burdens of federal taxation. PERSONAL NOTE! Jeremiah Curtin, the lingulst, has just returned to Milwaukee, where he was born, | from a trip to Russia, | Judge John H. Reagan of Austin, Tex., who has been seriously ill, is improving rapidly and will soon resume his duties as chairman of the rallroad commission. President Roosevelt keeps his office desk In a very orderly manner. He uses the shears and paper-cutter that were pre- sented to him when he assumed the duties of vice president last March Wellington G. Singhi of Rockland, Me., | has in his possesslon a photograph of Abra- | ham Lincoln, the negative of which was not retouched. It is a curlosity, and shows characteristics of Mr. Lincoln which a finer finished picture would conceal, Up to the present time the Schley court of inquiry has been in session thirty-eight days, averaging four hours each, a total of 152 hours. The testimony and documents will fill a book of 1,700 pages, averaging 319 words to a page. The cost of the trial to Admiral Schley is put at $20.000. Rev. J. B. Dunwody, who married Presi- PROSPERITY OF TODAY. in n W hy and Vigorous Condition. Baltimore American. To say that the business of this country is still advancing sounds trite and monot- ouous, but it is welcome, nevertheless, owing to the pessimistic wailings of badly informed observers. Those who theorize only argue that the climax of our prosper- ity 1s a matter already experienced and passed, while the facts flatly contradict ny such contention. Evidences are dally accumulating to prove that our movement is still upward, and aggressively upward at that. Though the gambling end of specu- | dent Roosevelt's parents, s still living ln lation is languishing, real business s in|® little tewn in Colleton county, South an especially healthy and vigorous condi- olina. He.is 86 years old and per- formed the ceremony in Roswell, Georgia, December 18, 1853. Mr. Dunwody knows | by heart the family tree of the president on his mother's side. Few subjects of the British ruler are in- | clined to refuse the honor of knighthood when offered, and yet this is what A. G.| Jones, governor of Nova Scotia, did twice during the duke of Cornwall's visit to Canada. Mr. Jones' ancestors settled in New England over 200 years ago, but after the revolution emigrated to Canada. Ex-Senator Henry L. Dawes of Massach setts quictly celebrated his 8ith birthday at his home in Pittsfield on Wednesday, Octo- ber 30. Many telegrams and gitts of flowers testifled to the hearty rongraulations of his untold numbers of friends. He s still in good health and discharges efficlently the duties that fall to him as chairman of the Indian Tribes commission. Governor Rober* M. La Follette of Wis- tion. Whether consldered domestically or with regard to our forelgn operations, our progress Is pronounced. In both lines of enterprise we are supreme. The average of our forelgn commerce, as shown by re- cent statistics, places the Unlted States in the foremost position {n the world's race. We are now the leading exporting mation on the globe, with every likelihood of our leadership growing more clearly defined and more permanently fixed. This has been achieved through the medium of extraordinarily shrewd business methods. Our ufacturers have broken their way into foreign markets by a serfes of temporary comeessions in prices which have rendered Eyropean competition ut- terly impotent. By so doing they have succeeded In opentag up new flelds n which American enterprise can operate, and at the same time have kept the wheels of their mills running so regularly that the earn- Paradox Pribune March 3 has by no means fulfilled the ex- pectations of its framers. Yet ft has checked materially the inflow of internal revenue collections and for the first four months of the present year has lowered the treasury’s total receipts about $4,500,000 At this rate it will result in a cut of $13,- 500,000 for the full twelve months—about a third of the sum the secretary of the treasury and congress planned to sur- render through last winter's legislation The block on which their calculations stumbled was the unsuspected shrinkage of expenditures, due to the program of econ- omy enforced in the War department by Secretary Root. For the month of October the War department’s disbursements were only $9.643,470, against over $14.000,000 in October, 1900. Equally gratifying reduc- tions were made in the months preceding, and in consequence the treasury's expendi- tures for the first third of the present fiscal year have fallen short of last year's figures by some $27,000,000. Naval ecxpenditures this year show a tendency to increase, which may slightly counterbalance the sav- ing effected in the army account. But it 18 «afe, perhaps, to assume that the fiseal vear's expenditures will drop far enough below those of 1901 to invalidate completely the calculations of the framers of the tax reduction law. The paradoxical results of that measure will continue to exclte a curt s Interest. Yet it will be readily agreed on all sides that the treasury can hetter at ford to.smile at a paradoxical surplus than to frown at a paradoxical deficit, WASHIN BITS OF IFE N oN. People Natlonal Etchings d Eventa nt the apital. | A unique document, dubbed “The Log of the Teachers' Transport,” has realhed | the insular bureau of the War department It glves not only the official details of the trip of a bunch of schoolma'ams on the transport Thomas, from San Francisco to Maniln, last summer, but also sketches some of the incidents which enlivened the jour- ney. The teachers published a journal of the voyage, which is included in ““the log." ‘This journal shows that the teachers had a good time and that there was some romances on board, though it does not confirm the report of sixty weddings at Honolulu. One paragraph from this teachers' journal will give an idea of the romance of the voyvage. This paragraph reads as follows “We are a happy family on board the Thomas, and not without evidences of natu- ral aftection. Honeymoons by the dozen glow with the soft effulgence fore and aft, while romance spoons in sheltered places and Cupid whispers his secrets under the lee of the lifeboat. Goo-goo eyes look un- love beautitul to behold flourishes upon the teachers' transport like the royal palms in the queen's garden. of the Philadelphia North American calls attention to the groving practice of army officers stationed in Washington requiring soldlers and ma- rines in uniform to act as coachmen for officers’ familles. The custom is causing much comment and unless the officers guilty of such misuse of their authority do not speedily recognize the impropriety ot the proceeding congress may take a hand to work a reform. A United States senator spoke very strongly about the prac- tice. “It 18 & disgusting thing to me to see men who have enlisted to fight for their country belng put to playing the lackey to the little tin gods of the army and ma- rine corps,” he said. “Only this morning I saw a fine looking young feRow, who seemed keenly to feel his position, driving A correspondent ings of their laborers have waxed unusually large. The same conditfon still obtains despite the shrivellng in value of industrial stocks. Actual business is larger in vol- consip, who has suffered eeverely from il1- ness, was able to be at his desk in the capitol at Madison for a short while one ume this year than ever before, and fs still | day last week for the first time in four expanding; but the rank overcapitalization | months. He rode to the capitol on horse- of many of the companles In question is | back from his farm, about ten miles dls- causing speculation to waver. So much | tant, taking two hours for the trip and the better. When the stock market grows dangerous floating capital will seek legiti- mate business. Perhaps, the unprofitable- ness of speculation at this time may give being accompanied by his another gentleman. physician and actunl business another {mpetus, That domestic trade Is traveling rapidly s o . » 1y Merrily 1n the direction of & greater volume fs| "7 'Me Susar. Menapoly Meerily shown by the weekly bank clearings. The Pipes for Free Teade, showing last week was splendid. Brad- Philadelphia Record (dem.) strect gave the returns for eighty-one| Since the western beet sugarmakers have cities. These represented every section of the country. Out of elghty, there were seventy-two which showed increases over the same week of last year and only eight which suffered decreases. demonstrated their ability to sustain their industry and even to enlarge their markets in the face of unspairing trust competi- tion, the organs of the sugar refining com- bination have begun (o pipe the tune of free trade fn raw sugar. Figures and esti- mates presented by the Sugar Trade Jour- nal credit the beet sugarmakers with 150, 000 tons annual production. The vast ter- ritory adapted for sugar beet culture has been scarcely touched as yet and it is not difficult to discern in the mind's eye an economic era in America from which im- ported sugar, raw or refined, will be prac- tically excluded. Communities in modern nations are rich and prosperous in pro- portion to their ability to maintain their people in comfert and supply necessities of living without ultimate dependence on distant territory. When the great west shall have filled up with a teeming popula- tion there will be no need whatever in that quarter for sugar sent from the distant sea- board. This plain truth the organs perceive without difficulty or evasion and their chief concern at this juncture, accordingly, is to carry conviction to the public mind of the necessity for tariff changes that shall in- crease the scope and welght of current advantages of the powerful sugar refining combination. In pursuance of this under- taking it Is pointed out with Impressive emphasis that the consumer pays the al- erage duty of $36 per ton not only on the SHOOTING AT THE C Theories Discredited In This Country Worked Acroas the Se Kansas City Journal Chief Moore of the United States weather bureau pauses in his work of forecasting the weather for his own country long enough to throw some ridicule at his con- temporaries over in France. From the statements made by Chief Moore it ap- pears that the French have been converted to a theory which was tested and pretty thoroughly discredited in this country sev- eral years ago—namely, that approaching hallstorms may be checked and broken up by firing cannon charges into them. The vineyards in sunny France are greatly damaged every year by descending hail- stones and the grape crop frequently cut short in many localities. Some sclentists of the meteorological variety promulgated the theory that this annual loss could be prevented by the use of artillery, and they succeeded in 80 impressing the government with the value of their idea that large amounts of money were expended to put it into practical operation, Thousands of stations, Mr. Moore in- | dutiable sugar imported—about 1,360,000 forms us, were scattered through the grape | toNs—but also on all domestic sugar con- growing districts equipped with the ord- | Sumed. By taking off $45,000,000 of vevenue | nance and machinery necessary to glve | that 18 not needed there would be assured a net henefit of about § 000 annually | to the American people. Hence, according to the advocates of Sugar trust interests, the only proper thing for congress to do would be fo remove the raw sugar duty entirely—equivalent, at present prices, to 86 per cent ad valorem. 1t makes quite a difference, indeed, whose ox Is gored in this perpetual struggle to | control for private advantage the American warm receptions to all approaching clouds which looked as it they might have a hail- storm concealed about their person. If mo hail fell after the bombardment the pro- moters triumphantly claimed a vindication and cdngratulited the people on their es- | cape. If the hail came anyhow it was an exceptional and the fall would have been much more disastrous it it had not been opposed by eclence. In this way the | ,o,o01 gources of sugar supply. When vineyardists lave been jollled along and | po"hrgponition to put raw sugar on the the government has been persuaded that | oot N LT bodied in & clause of the it is dolng a great work for agriculture. | (W U N e Sugar trust lobby moved | The vineyard owners doubtless find, When | poicon oo oarin to keep the tax inviolate they come to count up their profits, that {,py, Jophies of the capitol at Washington | there has been no change in the gencral | gy pped with pushing agents of the mo results, but as yet they are making no loud | yo0 01y and the scandals they created In complaints of the futility of the eystem ‘\an«l out of congress constitute one of the It will be remembered that in Kansas | pogi startling and significant chapters in and some other states experiments of this | ¢ne history of modern American politics kind were made several years ago, chiefly [ and business. The sugar duty was saved With a view of breaking up ApProaching | ug the eleventh hour in the federal senate tornadoes; hailstorms, however, were 1n-|gnd great fortunes were made almost in cluded. But western farmers are not 80 |4 day by the lucky few who possessed ad easily fooled as the grape growers of | yance information of the legislative out- France and the failure of the undertaking | come of the dispute. was quickly realized and the cannons were | But now all Is changed. Tt is not foreign silenced. France could have saved Itself | peet sugarmakers, but producers here at some money and ridicule if it had taken | home, who are to be knocked down and note of the American experiments, or at | dragged out at the behest of a contingent least have adopted the American method of | of successful speculators who claim vested fully proving a new scheme before inau- | rights of control of American eugar xv|dl-;~ gurating I upon a large and cxpensive | tries. Clrcumstances do, indeed, alter l-ul- cases. | has gon a couple of stout, aged women about the shopping districts. I venture to say that man entered the service from a love of adventure und to degrade him in such a manner is an outrage. Unless the army and navy officials themselves take cogni- zance of these abuses I shall certainly take it upon myself to have the senats propound a few queries to them when con- gress rext convenes." The United States court of claims ren- dered a decision last week which will tak a few millions out of the natlonal treas- ury. The court entered judgment in favor of the state of Pennsylvania for $1,006,740, though deductions were made for direct taxes levied aguinst that state in 1851 and remaining unpaid, which brings dowh the amount to be paid to Pennsylvania to about $650,000. Awards were also made to the states of Malne and New Hampshire, the former state getting $131,587 and the latter $122,047. In a case growing out of the Span- ish war the Union Transfer company of New York got a judgment for carrying the mails of $41,801. There are other states having claims like that of Pennsylvanla, and their attorneys are now at work preparing them 80 that ultimately a large sum may be taken out of the treasury as a result of the de- cision of the court of claims. The history of these claims goes back to the beginning of the civil war. At that time the govern- ment called on the various states in the north for troops to subdue the rebellion. The states were asked to equip the troops, the government to repay the states at some future time for the expense. The etate of Pennsylvania had no money at the time with which to equip troops and it borrowed $3,000,000 for that purpose. It Issued bonds which ran for ten years. It pald In interest on the bonds and expense In negotiating the loan altogether over $4,000,000. When the government pald back the money the | state expended in equipping the troops it aid not pay the interest and expenses the state was put to In borrowing the money. When Theodore Roosovelt was governor of New York one of his customs was to ansemble the heads of state departments in | the executive chamber once a week in a sort of a cabinet meeting, for the purpose of discussing state department matters. At several of these meetings the civil service law came up for discussion, and on all such occasions the jokers would have not a lttle fun with the governor, because of h views growing out of his previous connec- tion with the National Civil Service com- mission. One of the governor's last cabinet meetings wae lke “Hamlet" without Ham- let, Mr. Roosevelt being in the west. All the other state officers were present. Sec- retary of State McDonough, in a dignified manner, rose and offered the following, | which was adopted without a dissenting | volce | W as, Governor Theodore Roosevelt to Chicago, and, | “Whereas, Oyster Bay has gone Demo- cratle, therefore, be It \ “Resolved, That the civil service law be | suspended for one year Recently & letter reached the Treasury department from Grimshy, Englana It contalned a $30 confederate note and In rather pompous language demanded that ita equivalent in gold be forwarded at once to reat the address given. Treasury officials say that the incident was not an uncommon one. Although the civil war closed thirty- six years ago confederate notes and bonds #re received two and three times a week Nearly all of them come from England, where the bonds were sold. Few people in the United States are Invelgled into pur- utterable things to eyes that look again and’ chasing or giving value for t obligations. Some of the Englishmen who bave been notified that the bonds and notes are worthlese have grown indignant and re- plied to the department that they propose to take actiom looking to the creation of an international Incident ualess the paper 18 redeemed. AMERICAN IN RUSSIA, Bullding Trelley of the Empire. Philadelphia Record, In view of the anmouncement municipal council of the city of &t burg has taken favorabls action that Petera- seoms to be tolerably certain that A group of en terprising Pitisburg capitalists will recetve from the Russian government a concession for rebuilding the street car lines in St the it Petersburg. The contract will require the expend! ture of many millfon dollars and involve the purchase of a vast amount of equip ment in the manufacture of which this country leads. It Is accordingly mot diM- cult to prophesy that most of the ma terial will be purchased here, despite the provision that Russian manufacturers shall have the preference, since Russia's prog- ress along manufacturing lines hae mot been of a character to make her a very serious competitor. The fact that this groat contract hag been secured by Amer- fcans serves as a sharp reply to the sug- gestion, repeated so frequently abroad ot late, regarding combined continental ac- tion against the invasion of forelgn mar- Kets by American goods. It tndlcates, to thoso who fancy (hat international trade may bo permanently diverted into unnatural channels by means of artificial barriers, that ways may be found to break an open- Ing through when least expected By the abundance of our matural re- sonrces, joined to native skill and intellt gence, surplus capital fe accumulating here faster than in any other country. It must week an outlet abroad when it can find none at hand at home. That it is already moving in this direction the St. Peters- burg contract unmistakably indicates. Tha increasing employment of American capital wlong the same lines in foreign fields will inevitably resul in a continued demand for American manufactured products, in apite of any effort to shut them out; for thos who furnish the money for great publie works or huge private enterprises are usually In a position to dictate the details. 1t would be far better for ur forelgn rivals to foster our budding policy of reei- procity than to seck to restrain our com- mercial growth because they fancy them- selves unduly crowded RETIREMENT OF GREENRACKS, ~ of the Program Out Secretary The Outl P The feature of Secretary Gage's program | which will awaken the most criticism, whether favorable or adverse, is the pro- posal that the greenbacks be retired. This proposal has been welighed down hy the { accompanying proposal to lssue interest- | bearing bonds to ralse the money where with to redeem the non-interest-bearing greenbacks. Secretary Gage seems to avold this difficulty by calling attention to the enormous surplus,now in the treasury, which would itself suffice to pay off two thirds of the greenbacks and by propos- ing to pay off the remainder out of surplus revenues as they accumulate. He pro poses, furthermore, that the banks be re quired to pay 2 per cent Interest upon the surplus deposited with them in the future and points out that if this rate had been paid on the average surplus In excesa of an a4 by ample reserve for the last thirty years ($50,000,000), the government would have saved $32,000,000. Over against this, how ever, miust bt met (he fact that during these thirty years it has kept in circula- tion $250,000,000 worth of greenbacks over and above the gold reserve against them and thereby has saved interest payments on its bonds to the amount of over $7.500.- 000 a year, or over $200,000,000 in all. Fur- thermore, it is also to be recalled that those who oppose the depositing of public funds with private Institutions do not be- lleve that an excessive surplus should be locked up In the treasury vaults, performing no service to the business community and yielding no interest to the government. The ideal of the independent treasury system inaugurated by Jackson and Van Buren was to divorce the government from embar rassing and corrupting relations with the banks, and its advocates belleve in reduc- ing taxation or paying off debts whenever an excessive surplus begins to accumulate in the treasury vaults. It is generally quite as practicable for the government {o save 2 per cent by using its surplus to buy up interest-bearing bonds as by depositing it at 2 per cent with the banks. The larger question broached—whether the government or the banks ought to control the circulat- ing medium of the country—wlill come up for later discussion. SMILING Washington Star: “De reason so pe of us doesn’t git along,” said Uncle Ebeh, s dat we gits down dreamin’' of automobiles When we orter be pushin’ a wheelbarrer. Teacher—Why did the Harper's Baznr: 't day of thanks- pligrim fathers sct a s'pose they wanted to play ny- T W) with ‘the Indians ud—-What makes va used to find Town and Country: N you treat Juck 80 (old1y? im so fnteresting? e Tidn't you know 1 was engaged to him now? CAT vore thinking of he noted her you us Chicago Post: me?” asked the thoughtful mood 2 “No,” she answered coldly. “The doctor advises me to avold painful thoughts Ohlo State Journal: *How's your circu lation” asked the phywlclan i he laid his_fingers on the pulse of the slck editor, “well, T wonldn't tell everybody, doc. replied 'the editor, confidentially, “but we Kuarantee 2,000 subscribers and have halt that many Judge Mre. Waggles—[ met the doctor today and told him ab t your malaria. He sald you were to take ‘some whisky every time you ad the chilln Wage! All right, my de I'll shake for the drinks Chicago Tribune: “Peopla generally think friend. But 1 suppose you don't care a rap for public opinion Wperhaps not,” responded the man wha was complling directory of crooks. “‘and Vet I seem to be spending u good deal of time getting the con census.' 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