Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 19, 1902, Page 6

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Business letters and romittanc be adaressea: dhe Hee ruolishing pany, Umaha. REMITTANCES. Remit by drart, express or postal order, Baysole to The Bee rublisning Compuny: mnly -ceut SlAmps accepled In payment vl Bail acoounts. bersona checks, except uu O _eastern exchanke, Lot Wevepled. ‘“u. BEE FUBLISHING CUMPANX. t. should Com- STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Btate of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.: George (zsenuck, seoretary of ihe lee Publisuing Company, being duly sworn, Says that the actual numver of full and compiete copies of The Laily, Morning, Evom( and Bunday bee priated uuring ath of May, iWz, was as iollows: EPEUENEREENNEERS Bubscribed 1; betore e this. alst 3'3’(“&: e Seal.) NG AR, Notary Public. e ——— Another democratic convention has turned down Bryan and Bryanism. em—m————— Nebraska flgures prominently among the states whose crop prospects are most favorable. e————— There will be no streets in Baltimore Jamed after Dave Mercer. In this re- spect Baltimore resembles Omaha. , Nothing is more essentlal to a con- tinuance of prosperity than a large corn crop this year and the promise is good for an abundant yield. Nebraska 18 just now getting all the rain needed and will return thanks for the timely soaking in the form of an immense harvest of all sorts of grain, SET— Whether it was lumbago or a plot to kill him, the fact remains that King Edward did not attend the Aldershot review, and thereby escaped an unpleas- ant afternoon. Manipulators of the corn market are getting thelr profits in season, for the promise is that the growing crop will be entirely too big for even the Chicago Board of Trade to corner. Coal baron and coal miner are still at loggerheads and each is threatening to do more than has been done. No mat- ter how the strike terminates the public will pay the bill or shiver next winter. —— Again the local democracy will be ed to settle the question of suprem- fcy between the Jacksonians and the Douglas Countyites. This Is one scrap the republicans can enjoy, but it's tough on the democratic mule, . e Tax Commissioner Fleming's determi- natlon to list all property for taxation at its cash valde will be commended it he will only list it all. The raflroad joker i the city charter will then be of more value to the railroads than ever. ., Competition for republican nomina- tlons for congress in Nebraska is in marked distinction to the efforts of the demo-pops to evade being put on the ticket. - What is worth having is worth striving for, and a republican nomina- tion is worth having in Nebraska nowa- days. Em——— It appears that the Boers had a larger force in the field at the outset of the war than was commonly estimated, the number being authoritatively stated at B0,000. There is no comfort in this for the British, however, since their army still numbered six times that of the in- trepid burghers. e ‘The republicans in every congressional district in the state except the Second bave made their nominations, but Mer- cer does not propose to submit his pros- pectus for a sixth term renomination until he gets good and ready, which may be"in July, August, September or poseibly not until the middle of October. ——— If the Pennsylvania democrats nom- inate Robert E. Pattison for governor the campalgn in that state will be ex- ceedingly interesting. Mr, Pattison has been governor of Pennsylvanla, has made a good record in public life and 18 very popular. He would give Judge Pennypacker, the republican candidate, & strong race. E— The Shriners are coming back fronr thelr pligrimage to. San Francisco, Omaba is & much wore important oasis on the return trip than it was on the outgoing, for it is here the tent of the tmperial potentate is now pitched. The local wearers of the fez and claws will be busy for a few days now felicitating snd entertalning the pllgrims. They will endeavor to live up to the motto, *If you meet a Shriner, ask him."” ASSESSMENT OF IOWA RAILROADS. The paramonnt ssie upon which Gov- ernor Cummins secured his nomination by the republicans of lowa last year was tax reform, and especially an Increase in the assessed valuation of rallroads. While Nebraska raflroad attorneys and tax agents point to Towa as a model of fair railroad assessment, the people of Iowa have for years complained of the partiality shown to the railroads and the discrimination against all other classes of taxpayers In the assessment of rall- road property. In Iowa, as in Nebraska, the railroads protest against paying additional taxes. They Insist that the rallroads are now paying one-thirteenth of the total tax collected in the state of Iowa, which in round figures amounts to a million and a half dollars, but one-thirteenth does not by any means represent the true ratio of value that rallroad property in lowa bears to all other classes of tax- able property. In the state of Minnesota, where the rallroads are assessed 3 per cent on gross earnings, they were required to pay $1,658,770 into the treasury last year and a proposition is to be voted on at the election next November to raise the rallroad tax from 3 to 4 per cent on gross earnings, which would be an in- crease of 25 per cent, or an aggregate of over $2,000,000 a year. That this propo- sition will carry is a foregone conclu- ston, With a rallroad mileage of 9,180 miles for Towa and against 6,842 miles in Min- nesota, it goes without saying that the rallroads of Iowa are worth a great deal more money and are earning a great deal more money than the raflroads In Minnesota. The rail- roads of lowa were assessed in 1001 for $47,071,258, and it Is currently reported that Governor Cummins will insist on an increase of 30 per cent, or about $15,000,000, in the assessment for 1002, For the next thirty days the state executive councll, which acts as a board of equalization, will devote itself to an exhaustive study and discussion of the rallroad assessment problem, and the outcome will be watched by the peo- ple of Iowa with intense interest. The people of Iowa, like the people of Nebraska, doubtless realize that the railroads have been a great factor in the upbuilding of thelr state, but inasmuch as the railroads are in position to levy an alhost arbitrary tribute upon the products of the state and make their patrons pay not only interest upon bonds and dividends upon stocks, but also the cost of maintenance and improvement of the road, as well as the money ex- pended for taxes, they see no reason why they should not bear their due proportion of the burden of taxation. — BANKRUPTCY LAW SUSTAINED. The opposition to the bankruptey law in the house of representatives was overwhelmingly defeated in its effort to have the act repealed, the majority against repeal belng 72. Public sentl- ment regarding the law is shown In the fact that of the 20,000 associations, lawyers, business men, etc, who are represented by resolutions and commu- nications before the house committee on this subject, only 10 per cent are op- posed to the law and even that per- centage bases opposition on the defects in the law which the house bill reme- dies. These expressions of opinlon were brought out by the judiclary committee, which sent something like 15,000 in- quiries, indiscriminately, throughout the United States asking for opinions about the law. The house amendments to the bank- ruptcy act are such as experience has shoewn to be necessary and they were carefully considered by the judiciary committee, aided by experienced outside opinion. These amendments will un- doubtedly very greatly improve the law and render its operation more generally satisfactory. The vote in the house glves assurance that the law will stand, but it is not likely that the amend- ments will receive consideration in the senate at this session. THE ALASKA BOUNDARY ISSUE. The Canadian premier, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, said in a recent interview that the most important question just now, as affecting the relations and friendly feel- ing existing between Canada and the United States, is the Alaska boundary question. He spoke of the situation as full of danger and all that is required to precipitate a disgraceful conflict is the discovery of gold in the disputed ter- ritory. He thought it not creditable to either government that so extremely im- portant an issue should have been left open so long and added: “We are most desirous that it should be settled on its merits, to insure coutinued friendship, to avold local and sectional conflict and to remove the cause of serious interna- tional lrritation. We are perfectly will- ing to submit the question to arbitration, but so long, of course, as the United States maintains that there is nothing to arbitrate, the menace of open con- flict on the disputed ground must con- tinue to exis The responsibility for this dispute and the dangerous situation growing out of it rests wholly with Canada. It was raised by politiclans of that country who put forth clalms to territory to which the title of the United States had long been established and for at least thirty years after the purchase of Alaska had not been questioned. It is territory clearly defined in the treaty with Rus- sla conveying to the United States title to Alaska and which was recognized on all maps of that country as being Ameri- can territory. As the New York Sun correctly states, the Canadian clalm was never heard of until the development of the Klondike suggested the desirabllity of a boundary theory which should give the Canadlan Yukon region a seaport by cutting through the American pan- handle. : This preposterous claim the United States government has declined to arbi- trate and doubtless will continue to do 80, because it involves a surrender of territory which the American people would not permit. The Canuadian pre- mier sald that nothing has been ac- complished looking toward a settlement of the dispute since the ndjournment sine dle of the joint high commission. The reason for this {8 to, be found in the obstinate persistence of Canada in its utterly Indefensible claim. But for that there Is every reason to believe the British government and our gov- ernment would have reached a settle- ment. It was due to this that the joint high commission falled to accomplish anything and left uneettled all the is- sues betwéen the United States and Canada which it was created to consider and adjust, the Dominfon government having made the rettlement of all other questions contingent upon the conces- slon of its claim in Alaska. It is possible that sooner or later there will be a serlous conflict over this boundary question, but if so the United States will not be the loser and mean- while It can be confidently predicted that there will be no surrender of Amer- fcan territory In Alaska. ———— RURAL FREE DELIVERY. Former Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith was presented last Satur- day, by many of his former subordi- nates, with a massive silver punch bowl in recognition of his work in In- stalling the rural free postal delivery system. The facts regarding the growth of the system under the administration of the Postoffice department by Mr. Smith are Interesting. When he took charge there were but 130 routes in operation and the number established or provided for when he retired was 7,000. In 1898 the appropriation for this service was $50,000, while for the current year it is $4,000,000 and the amount to be digbursed during the next fiscal year is $8,000,000. At the time Mr. Smith became postmaster general, in April, 1898, rural free dellvery was an experiment. It bhad become a per- manent part of the postal service when be retired from the cabinet in January last. The very great progress made in developing the system during this per- jod of four years was largely due to the earnest and energetic efforts of Hon. Charles Emory Smith and it is some- thing of which any man might feel proud. Speaking of the work Mr. Smith sald its value cannot well be over-estimated. “The conception which plans the actual dellvery of the mall every day at every door throughout the entire eligible por- tion of the country, covering over a million square miles of territory, and thus puts every home in touch with the world activities, is one of the striking {llustrations of the prodigious energies and wonderful achievewents of the American people. No other country in the world undertakes such colossal serv- ice. The only countries where univer- sal house delivery is tried are countries of limited area and compact population. In only two years of our advance we covered a territory greater than the area of all England.,” Mr. Smith ex- pressed the opinion that at the estimated rate of progress the whole available por- tion of the country will be embraced in this service in three or four more years. GROWTH OF PUBLICITY UF CURPORATIUNS. A bill has been introduced in the house of representatives providing for pub- licity of corporations engaged in inter- state business. The outlines of the measure as reported indicate that the measure has been framed along the line suggested by President Roosevelt and is comprehensive in its requirements. It provides for annual statements to the secretary of the treas- ury by the corporations showing full particulars of business and requires the secretary of the treasury to classify the stock of corporations into such as has been paid for in cash.or its equivalent and such as is usually called inflated or watered stock, the latter to be assessed Ly the government at 2 per cent per annpum. There is also a provision in the bill relating to railroad discrimina- tlon. While it is improbable that there will be any legislation of this kind at the present sesslon of congress, it is well to have the matter brought forward so that preparation can at leust be made for its consideration at the next session. There is practically universal concur- rence in the opinion expressed by the president in his first message to con- gress that all corporations doing an in- terstate business should be required at reasonable intervals to give public in- formation as to their financial condition and operations. The government should have the right, in the interest of the publie, to inspect and exawmine the work- ings of such corporations. There are other means of remedying the abuses and impositions of the grefit corpora- tions, but none is more lmportant or would prove more effective than pub- licity, and there appears to be no doubt to the power of congress to apply this remedy. The disposition to escape the rapacity of London's thrifty hotel keepers has overcome the patriotic desire of the English people to witness the coronation pageant to such an extent that the au- thorities have been appealed to to force a reduction in prices, to the end that the popular demonstration may uot prove a flasco. London tradesmen haven't had a coronation in a long time and they have evidently determined to make the most of this one. The excursion of Omaha business men which is now being piloted through the northeastern part of the state will not be in vain'if it awakens a sentiment in favor of more direct rallroad communi- cation with some of the rich territory which is now cut off from Omaha. Communities that should be among Omaha's best patrons have long been foreed to trade elsewhere because of in- efficlent train service. —————————r—r The losses to operators and miners from the anthracite coal strike are esti- mated to amount already to $30,000,000. What the conflict bas cost the consum- ers of coal in enhanced price cannot easily be computed, but it is a large sum. Not only is there no apparent prospect of a settlement, but there Is danger that the soft coal miners throughout the country will become in- volved, ‘a national convention having been called with this In view. It is a situation that menaces the industrial welfare of the entire country. e—— Where Work Awaits the Wi New York Herald. Kansas and Nebraska are appealing for Marvest hands and cannot get enough. For the unemployed the cry is still “Go west!" Mighty Handy Asset. Washington Post. It the democratic party deliberately courts another national defeat Mr. Bryan will be its logical candidate for 1904 and nobody knows this any better than the gentleman who has been using the party for the lecturing and publishing business. Enoug! to Spare. Indianapolis Journal. President Schwab of the steel trust ls & smart man, but when he said that “the worst thing a young man can start in lite with is influence” he was away off. Influ- ence is a good starter, but it cannot be depended on to carry to success & young man who will not help himself. Indlanapolls News, Tt looks as if it were pretty mearly an axiom that an American political scoun drel can not be punished. If the judicial proceedings do not slip a cog and by chance the courts sentence him, something else intervenes to prevent punishment. Th last {llustration is the Cuban amnesty that frees Neely and Rathbone. It would be interesting and instructive to know what influences brought this about. Sclence of Petty Swind Chicago Chronlele. ‘We are now in the fullness of the seanon when the swindling berry box is to be seen In its highest development and activity. If there is no way by which the vendor of f: measure can be reached the legislature should devise one. The man who professes to eell a quart when he really gives less than a pint is fine materfal for the bride- well, along with the rascal who covers green peaches with red netting. Government Money in Banks, Philadelphfa Record. Since Secretary Shaw took hold of the Treasury department he has increased the deposits of government money in national banks by nearly $10,000,000, and they were before conslderably above $100,000,000. Evi- dently the new secretary has no fear of a “‘pet bank" issue against his administration, such as was used with some effect by the republicans in the campalgn of 1888, when the democratic administration bad on de- posit with the banks only about one-half the present amount. Britain's Comic Opera Army. Baltimore American. Armies do mot appear anywhere to be model {institutions, but the investigation into British army affairs discloses a state of things which, serious enough on one side, on another smacks of comic opera. The suppression of polo is gravely recom- mended, because, on account of the strenu- ous eompetition between regiments at tour- naments, such high-priced ponies are bought and maintained as to keep efcient men who are poor out of the service. It is also recommended that the practice should be discontinued of keeping regi- mental packs of hounds, from which the irreverent outsider will draw the conclu- sion that the army is golng to the dogs in more ways than one. Before and After Ti Transport. Philadelphia Record. Recently the army transport Egbert was offered for sale by the quartermaster gen- eral of the war office, wide publicity being given by advertisements and circulars to the opportunity for investment. Only one bid was recelved and that was in the sum of $10,000. It was urged that the vessel must revert to the British flag, under which it sailed before coming into posses’ sion of the government, and hence must be reckoned as valueless or nearly so. Even the board of officers that examined Egbert considered $82,000 a fair valuation in view of the necessity of British registry follow- ing a transfer of ownership. Egbert hi been used as & hospital ship in the Phil- ippines. The government pald $200,000 for the vessel and spent nearly $250,000 in re- pairs on it. Yet all this is worth but & single beggarly, bld of $10,000. For bound- less rapacity and unadulterated gall the Pacific coast marine ‘“grafter” oertainly carries off the palm. PARTY WITHOUT A POLICY, Democrats Proclalm No Philippin P Americans Can Approve. New York Times (Ind. dem.) The policy approved by the Oregon demo- crats is in substance the policy of the re- publican administration. Under that pol- fcy the Filipinos are belng trained for self- government as rapldly as poésible. Presi- dent Roosevelt has not proclaimed that, when prepared for self-government, they will be made independent. He has no au- thority to make such a declaration, and to make it would be a reckiess act. But he bas sald that when they give evidence of fitness to govern themselves, then, and not till then, the question of their independence shall be determined. The Kansas declaration is unintelligible except as & dodging of the question. Short of reading a bundred speeches, many of them ignorant, some of them violent and none of them that we now recall embody- ing any matured and reasoned-out plan, no one could say what position the democratic members of the national congress have taken with respect to the Philippines. All the democratic semators voted against the civil government bill, which provides a civil administration for the islands and dis- trict and municipal governments, with popu- lar representation—the very thing de manded by the Oregon democrats. All the other democratic platforms adopted so far this year, that is to say, the platforms of the democrats of Tennessee, South Carolina and Indians. offer alterna tives to the republican policy such as no sane man of any party clothed not only with the power, but with the responsibility of the presidential office, would ever adopt and that no civilized people of any nation would ever permit to be followed. The declarations of purpose approved by the democrats of South Carolina, Tennessee and Indlana would make any other govern- ment but military government impossible in the Philippines. We should be com- pelled either to maintain order there by a permapent military authority or to with- draw and leave the Filipinos to their fate. The one would involve governing without the consent of the governed In perpetuity, the other a disgraceful and dangerous re- pudiation of national and international duty. It is perfectly plain that the democrats have no Philippine policy. They have formed no plan, proclatmed no principles, indicated no method that the American people in any concelvable circumstances would approve. It the state democratic conventions yet to come have no wiser or safer pronouncements to make on this sub- ject the leaders will be forced to confess they have falled miserably 1o the cM o create & Philippine issue. BITS OF WASHINGTON LIFE. Minor Scenes and Incldents Sketched on the Spot. Odditles of personal adornment are &o common in Washington that it is a task of genlus to create a sensation in that way, but the charming widow of Cushman K Davis of Minnesota has achieved that dis- tinction. Recently she appeared on the streets of the capital city carrylng on her arm a deep band of black crepe, to which was attached a fine miniature of her late husband. Stress of business and the dearth of time will lead to a change in the president's signature. He bas always been accus- tomed to write out his first name in full, but he finds that it will save him about 50 per cent of time and trouble to make it simply T. Roosevelt. Where a man has to sign his name about 1,000 times a day It does make a difference. There Is a man in the office of the auditor for the Postoffice department who, it is sald, owes his appointment largely to the fact that his signature contains but five letters. He is Second Deputy Auditor N. Chew. He does little but sign his name, and he does that for about elght hours a day steady. “It took the late Senator Plumb of Kansas nearly two years to get these water coolers placed in the corridors of the capitol,” sald & gentleman quoted by the Washington Post. “The senator was a fighter when he went into a fight and it is sald that some of his constituents who were visiting Washing- ton for the first time called his attention to the fact that it was impossible for a stranger to get a drink of water in the big building. Of course, people who know the ropes can dodge into one of the numerous committee rooms and get a dnink of water, and frequently something stronger, but be- fore the coolers were placed in the main corridors the stranger stood little show. ““When the complaint was made to Senator Plumb he at once determined that there should be water for all who wished it. The senator went to work, introduced a bill, but this was lost in committee, and after repeated efforts, lasting nearly two years, he managed to get it in s an amend- ment to an appropriation bill, with him- self as one of the conferees. He was ap- pealed to to give up the effort, but an- nounced that he would defeat the whole bill unless the amendment for coolers stuck. That settled it, and during the next recess the coolers were placed in the walls. The water is kept cool by golng through a coil of pipes through and around the storeroom in the basement of the bullding, where the fce for use in the building is stored. I never take a drink here but that I think of Senator Plumb, one of the best men who ever came to the senate and who killed himself by overwork.” “Before reaching his majority he was married to Miss Peter Mercer, and to her influence is due whatever of success he has attained.” Thus does Congressman Robert W. Davis of Florida pay a loving tribute to his wite, who dled at the Davis home in Maryland avenue, Washington, a few weeks ago. The above sentence is cuiled from Judge Davis’ modest autobiography, printed in the fast issue of the congressional directory. “All that T have in life, I owe to my wite,” sald Mr. Davis. ““We were married when both of us were very young—nelther being of lawful age. Poor as the old church mouse, we battled together against the waves of adversity, my wife constantly lending her ald to sist and cheer me when the clouds seemed darkest. As the years rolled on and on she was ever my able assistant, spurring me to greater efforts and broader achieve- ments. The modest little that { have ac- complished in life is due to her untiring energy, her constant devotion and supreme optimism. She could pentrate into the darkness and despair and see good In everything. “Acknowledgment of her material as- sistance to me In my career comes a little late, It scems to me now—it should have been publicly made during her lifetime. My only object in mentioning my wife's help to me in the revised issue of the di- rectory was to pay a modest tribute to her sweet memor; Judge Davis {s serving his third term in congress and ured of a unanimous renomination for a fourth. He Is an ex- confederate soldier and surrendered with the army of General “Joe” Johnston at the close of the civil war; was admitted to the bar before he became of age, has been a member and speaker of the Florida legls- lature. He was at one time general attor- mey for the Florida Southern ralway. Wives of the cabinet ministers, who al- ready are preparing for next season's so- clal season, report that there is a re- markable scarcity of young women In Washington who are competent to serve as soclal secretaries. In fact, there are not enough to go halt way around, and the cabinet ladies are in despair because they know that the shortage means a repetition of the anguish and humiliation consequent upon blunders which followed them so re- lentlessly all during la The soclal secretary is an important per- sonage in Washington society. To be sure, she is not much in evidence herself, but her handiwork is seen everywhere. The making out of the invitation lists, the mailing of acceptances or declinations and the other routine work connectad with the soclal season is the small and unimportant part of the soclal secretary’s duties. She 1s expected to be a walking encyclopedia of {nformation on the ins and outs of Washing- ton soclety. This information she deals out to her employer as necessity requires. Senator Jones of Nevada will retire from public life when his present term in the senate expires on March 4, 1903. He has been in the senate for thirty years and could remain thirty years longer If his life was spared for that length of time. “But I am now 73 years of age,” sald Senator Jones to a Washington Post reporter, “and while I am still in the full possession of all my faculties and my health I do mot want to linger superfiuous here. I think 1 had better step down before I get to be too old."” When Don Cameron was in the senate he and Jones became close personal friends and their intimacy has never been clouded. When Mr. Cameron recently celebrated “Farmers’ day” at Donegal Mr. Jones was one of the guests. This calls to mind the fact that the poem which Mr. Cameron fhinks is the best poem ever written and which he quotes to every friend was It is the story in rhyme of “Sliver Jack,”” who waa, working in & mining camp when & man of the name of Robert Waite, o' cute and slick and tongue to ridicule bible and to Savior was “just a common man. “You're a lai some one shouted, you've got to take It back.” Then .\eryhod started. It was the volee of Sliver . was & hot fight, wherein Jack nd made him confess 'th “and And _som l{m . bottle out and In ssed it ‘round, A;fl '0 a!-g'k to Jack's religion In & quiet And the spread 5t Infidelity was checked n camp that day. There is & suspiclon that the poem was written by Senator Jones aad be has never dealed it. FREE PASSES IN VIRGINIA. Gloomy Outlook for OMceholders in the 014 Dominion. Chicago Tribune. The new Virginia constitution has been subjected to muech ‘wdverse criticism not alone because the people of the state will hive no volce {n 1t4 adoption, but because of some provisions which are unjust and dmcriminating. There is one section, how- ever, which worthy of all praise and which would add greatly to the public vir- tue If it were in every other state constitu- tion. The section referred to absolutely pro- Libits free passes in the future. No county, district, municipal or state officer here- after will have free transportation on rail- or electric lines. No mileage appropriations will be made for members' trips while the legislature is in scasion. Two exceptions only are made. Firemen and policemen while on duty mmy accept free transportation from street rafl- roads All others, from the governor down to the lowest municipal underling, must step up to the captain's office and set- tle. This is as it should be. The prohibi- tion, with these exceptions, ia absolute and the penalty is severe. Any ocorporation which shall give a pass will be subjected to heavy fines. Any official who forgets him- self and takes a pi will forfeit his office. Of course, the officeholders are furious at the summary cutting off of this anclent, valuable and demoralizing privilege. Their fury ia harmless. If the constitution had to have the approval of the people undoubt- edly the officeholders would combine and they might defeat it, but as it has been adopted by the comvention, that ends it. Hereafter they must pay or stay at home, and whenever they ride they will ride as the plain people do. It will seem hard to them for a time, but in the end the feeling of dependence will be a solace to them and they will have the compensation of know- ing that the corporations will not have so much occasion to tempt them, and that both they and the corporations will be likely to be better public servants. DEFICIT ROCK AHEAD. Necessity for Going Slow with Federal Appropriations. Philadelphia Pre Representative Cannon, chalrman of the house committee on appropriatio: very small attention paid to his to the chamber on the possible prospect of a deficit; but all he said was true and the greater half of the danger was not sald by him. This year's surplus, instead of being $100,000,000, will fall some $10,000,000 to $20,000,000 short of that. The repeal of the war taxes cut away more tham this from next year's receipts. The revenue may run to $639,000,000 next year. It is more likely to be $600,000,00. The various appropriations in sight to- day run $90,000,000 to $100,000,000 over this. The regular appropriations are $590,000,000. They alone need all next year's revenue. There are left the permanent appropria- tions and the miscellaneous outlays, public bulldings, irrigation, rivers and harbors and the rest. In all, th foot up $100,000,000, or allowing for the appropriations which will not be expended mext year there are here some $60,000,000 of expenditures. The deficit next fiscal year therefore may be $100,000,000 and cannot be less than $60,000,000, without counting payments to the sinking fund. The working balance may stand this for one year, but not for two. The year after appropriations must be sharply reduced or new taxes imposed, anfl the year after is 1904, a presidential year. This is not a wise or prudent prospect at the opening of a presidential campaign. PERSONAL NOTES, Henry H. Callen of Newark, N. J, has returned home after spending fifteen years in South America, bringing with him one of the finest collections of tropical butter- flies ever collected by an individual. When Senator Spooner is in an exciting debate his hair seems to bristle up a little more than usual and he frequently runs his bands through it, catching it in bunches and twisting it into varied fantastic figures. The widow of the late ex-Governor John P. Altgeld has taken title to their home in Chicago, {n which he lived and where he dled, some of his friends having contributed to cancel a mortgage of $4,500 upon the property. A curfous resemblance exists between ex- Speaker Reed and Pat Bheedy, the.noted gambler—especially odd from the fact that, though the big lawyer is often mistaken for the sporting man, the latter is very seldom honored by the reverse error. Baltimore s’ conéidering & ‘plan of chang- ing the name of its North avenue to Schl avenue, In honor of the rear admiral. The present mame is no longer appropriate, the northern boundary of the city baving extended far beyond the avenue. Game Commissioner C. K. Sober of Lew- jeburg, Penn., known as the “Chestnut Kin, on account of his extemsive successful venture in the new fleld of ral ing an improved variety of chestnuts, been engaged by the national authorities at Washington to prepare for gratultous distribution a report to be issued on c! nut culture. 2 ‘While Colonel J. H. Estill was making his unsuccessful race for nomination as governor of Georgla he fell into conversa- tion with a citizen from the northern sec- tlon of the state. “I couldn't vote for you,” sald the vot: “I couldn’t vote for Do man that lives in Savannah. Why, you ain’t got but one Baptist church there and your city must be in bad shape. No, siree, 1 don't vote for no man that comes from such & lost place as Savannah.” SHRINKAGE IN STAPLE EXPORTS. Tendency of Forelgn T Mowtha. Springfield Republican Notwithstanding the recent rise of manu- factures to a larger place In the export trade, products of agriculture still consti- tute some 66 per cent of the total shipments of merchandlee out of the country. The current shrinkage in this branch of the export trade is therefore telling heavily against our exterlor commerce in general, and thie is a fact of immediate bearing on the course of International exchange and of importance In felation to the business outlook of the country. The May returns just at hand reveal & very sharp backward tendency in this par- ticular. Shipments of corn, owing to the fallure of last year's crop, have declined to 453,348 bushels for the month, agalnet 10,685,868 bushels in May of last year. Ex- ports of oats have fallen from 5,491,000 bushels to 144,117; of oatmeal there is a decline of one-half and of wheat a decline from 15,857,000 bushels to 9,576,367, Cotton, provisions and cattle also show material decreases in the outward move- ment and all exports of staples by values during May compare as follows with the month last year: in Recent Mns'. Breadstufts . Cattie and hogs Provisions . Cotton 17,138,484 Mineral ‘ofi. Totals The total loss from - year ago s $20,208,- 072, or about 30 per cemt. This s the smallest May export of staple products re ported since 1897, and compares with $58,- 556,900 in the month of 1000, $50,419,000 in 1899 and $73,122,670 in 1898. Buch has been the tendency in our for- elgn trade for some months, and it is llkely to continue at least up to the harvesting of another year's crops. No increase in shipments of manufactures and other than agricultural products is taking place suf- clent materfally to offset this heavy shrink- age in the movement of staples; and since imports are being well maintained our favorable trade balances, the wonder of Europe for thres or four years past, must suffer considerable reduction. As they have not been large enough in some time to compel gold shipments this way, they are now likely to prove not large enough to prevent an outward movement of gold, particularly in view of the heavy borrow- ings of capital abroad recently to finance various trust enterprises. The important fact brought out in these trade figures is that the ground is already belng cut from under the feet of the syndiogte soarers, and speculative enterprise, Insofar as it has calculated on an unbroken continuance of the recent enormous trade expansions, is -:nndy in danger of missing its calcula- tion: SMILING LINE! Washington !!lr * 'Casionally,” = sail Uncle Eben, finde a man ydll d a better llon wif de nel, hhon let de goverment take keer o’ deer se' tl vhlh h. pushes de lawn mower. New York Sun: Rev. Fourthly ~My go boy, how often have I told you )l'l is wgog: lo &0 filhlng on the Sabbath? Tommy—Oh, I ain't tryin' to get fish. I'm jest castin’ about for some of the ;:rmfl\l you said were in the running ( mpre Philadelphta Press: “Say!" sh i suddenly, as the bashful young mnnable*k:g into the nlerldren chair. "“You must think pal he stammered, “I don't un en'—lnd wh h ‘'You're on my hat!" she shrieked. Chicago Tribune: I nottee your preacher fomstimes stops abruptly. when apparently middle of his discourse, out the cloeing "hym a4 ARLEIYee es it an Inflexible rule t qun ‘Wheh he sees as many a8 six persons odding at onc Philadelphta Press: “Thi R ected the hun, boarder, retty ml:“ the " mintresn of " the ou see, 1t 15 Al the sked the hungry For ha had paid his bill . feesd Dtl‘lonv s and was a priv. pEhiladelphia Catholic Standard: “I nevey lce you stop a enkins' house o vaia’ the busybody. SR AN “No, he has become @ church member, you know." replied the beer man. ‘Indeed? 8o he's given up beer, eh? 1 , 1o, but I dalhlr it at the blck sats THE SHIRT WAIST GIRL. Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph. The shirt waist girl, Who sets awhirl The hearts of lll beholders, Agaln 18 he . To charm lnd cheer, And there's no room for scolders. In raiment light, And color bright, Bhe_forms a picture pleasing; She holds full sway en elither g Or serfous or teast; Bhe's here and there, Bhe's everywhere, In all directions going; Amid the hues Of blacks and blues Her shirt walst bl‘llht is glowing. ‘When da: l l.rl hut ‘The; 'l'Ml as & sn s trim and 13‘ always lm]lln‘ brightly. Long she will relgn— ‘Till summer’'s wane— \ !:'ar wlnnln approbation, queen Wherever .H On far-away vacation. 8o_careful be vl nmnld -o lightly, And “For hearts And conqu From now till July 1. On July 1st we shall begin to take stock and meantime there are lots of odds and ends in men’s and boys' suits tnat we would like to sell--when lines ot goods are broken, some sizes missing and sometimes when garments don't ‘We shall have a variety of bargains to offer you. §0 off as they are expected to do— we find, as every other trustworthy house finds, that it pays to cut off all profit and trust to & cost price to sell them quickly. For the remaining dsys of this month, therefore, you may fiad just what you want—for less than the usual price. No Clothing Fits Like Ours. Ryrowning-King -5~ Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers. R 5. Wilcox, Manages.