Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 17, 1902, Page 6

6 THE OMAHA DAlLY BEE B. ROSEWATER, EDITOR PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, ally Bee (without hndny One Yea aily Hee and Sun llustratéd Bee, Une unday Bee, mv g::(wnhouv. Sunday), per copy. (without Bunday), per weex ? Bee (lncllldilll uumuyu per week. l.n Bunday Mee, per coj EVeniag Bes (without Sunday), per week 10 Jvening . Bee (1llcllldlnl nunu-n. per week. . 1 . 16c i irregularities in deilvery ”wwmuuxruufl. o uity Circulauon OFFICES. omn.— e Bee Buliding. o:zn:—'«,uy ¥ Building, Twen- lv-nnh and M Btre Councll Blufts—10 P-rl Btreet. Saengoion Unity Bullding. New York—Temple Court. Waeshington—501 Fourteenth Btreet. CORRESPONDENCE. X Communications relating to news an editorial matter should be addressed: Omana Bee, kditoriai Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. mittances ghould Pubushing Com- pany, Omaha. REMITTANCES. bt ‘ord Remit by drafi, express or order, able H The r‘Pulmmuu Company, niy Sosat stamp accepted in payment uf i accoun Personal cheoks, eXospt o8 Omaba or easter anges THiE BEM PUBIASHING COMPANY. e T ATRRRE, O CRCULATION, e of lebraska, uglas George B. Tulnuck. sgoretary of h- Bee Publishing mpan; being auly says that the -cm.l’ numper o’ tull & complete copies of ly, Morning, Evening and Sunda; E Bee prlnud during the month of June, ‘was as follow: EEERFENREEESE Total % Less unsold and ‘returned ooplu Net total sales. Net dally lvlrll’l . B. TZ8CHUCK. Subscribed in_my co and sworn to betors me this Mt dply of :um. A, D 1902 Seal.) M. B, HUNGATR Notary - Pubile. —_— A grocers' trust\ is the natural se quence to offset a butchers’ trust. Nonunifon men come and nonunion men go, but the strike on the Union Pacific does not subside. It used to be between slaughter house and packing house. Now It is between engine house and market house. ‘With a steadily rising thermometer, it will presently be too warm even for the issue of Injunctions and mandamuses. e Towa democrats need a newspaper or- gan at their state capital, but whether they feel the need of it to the extent of $100,000 is decidedly open to question, EE——— Milllons may be lost in the Chieago grain market by reason of the superb summer weather, but for every million lost in the corn pit ten millions are made in the corn belt. ———— All interest now centers in the na- tional golf champlonship. The com- petitor who mgkes the best score on the links can command first page position at least for a day. For some strange reason Secretary of the Navy Moody seems to have become imbued with the queer idea that naval officers ought to know how to plow the ‘water rather than the land. m—————— The new battleship Malne has come out of the shipyards ready for the tests. It Is to be hoped, however, the new Maine will not try to outdo the old Maine in making a record for us to re- member. e The St. Louls exposition has gotten inte the courts already over resistance to its effort to acquire land by con- demnpation. No real exposition can get on the road to success before it gets into court. L ‘Wyoming republicans have nominated all the present state officers who are eligible to re-election, but it is worth noting that none of the Wyoming state officers had made themselves ineligible by their own acts. S The terms of Acting Mayor Karr and Acting Governor Steele bave been ex- tended beyond their original expecta- tions. The attractions on the Pacific coast are too numerous and too great to be passed on the fly. e The enterprising British newspaper men who are figuring out the changes in the British ministry can now appre- clate the fun our Washington news- paper cortupondanu enjoy every little while bullding new cabinets for our presidents. e The itinerary for President Roose- wvelt’s fall trips through the west and southwest is made up. If by mis- chance it should fall to show a place as- signed to King' Ak-Sar-Ben, it would be the first time that august potentate was caught without his lucky bean. e The troubles accumulating on Nicara- gua lllustrate again the adage that “It never rains but it pours” Nicaragua ‘was banking heavily on the prospects of a canal bullt with American money, but with the location of the canal trans- ferred to Panama, Nicaragua futures have taken a decided decline. ——— Bouth Omaha people are being regaled ‘with the usual complalnts from subordl- nate divisions of the municipal govern- ment that they have not been given sufficlent appropriations in the levy ordinance. Most cities go through this performance every year, but it is seldom that a city department cannot cut its garment according to the cloth, If made distinetly to understand that no more cloth is to be had. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1902. PLAYING A DESPERATE GAME. The Indian land lease ring, which has had its own way at the Winnebago res- ervation ever since the appointment of the redoubtable Charles P. Mathewson as agent, s making a desperate effort to retain its grip on the reservation lands. It is an open secret that fhe six or seven land speculators who consti- tute the close corporation that operates in reservation lands have done a land office business at an enormous profit. By adroit manipulation, they managed to secure control of leases of over 40,000 acres of Indlan lands and sub-leased them at an advance of from' 50 to 200 per cent to actual farmers. Three of the leading speculators, who have man- aged to acquire leases for -over 20,000 acres, are as follows: F. B. Hutchens, who brought an unsavory reputation from Sloux City over Into Nebraska, held leases last year for 8.390 acres; C. C. Maryott, brother of the Indian trader at the Omaha reservation, held leases for 7,816 acres; the O'Connor brothers, Indlan traders at Winnebago, held leases ‘for 5,041 acres. Four or five of their associates in land lease speculation have control of 20,000 more acres. With ample means at its disposal, the land lease ring now proposes to divide half a million dollars by the purchase of the allotment lands that are to be sold under regulations that are eminently satisfactory to the ring. These regula- tions, held as strictly confidential by the Indian bureau, were in the hands of the coparceners almost before the print- er's ink was dry, and they have lost no time in proceeding to forestall outside competitors. Under the regulations, the price of the land must be deposited in a bank at the time the sale is ma While this will not seriously embarrass the mem- bers of the ring, it will keep out the men who would buy and settle the land iIf they were permitted to make partial payments, as was done In the conduct of former Indian land sales. This In- dlan heir land properly belongs to the government, and, if sold through an im- partial commissioner, industrious farm- ers, willing to permanently locate and cultivate the land, would purchase the land instead of the epeculators, who will efther resell at an enormous profit or lease the lands to tenant farmers at a valuation largely in excess of the pur- chase price. The partial payment plan and the plan to dislocate Agent Mathewson from his job does not meet with the approval of the land syndicate. Its members boldly assert that they do not propose to be disconcerted by The Bee nor its editor. They make no secret of it that they have enlisted the backing of in- fluential men in public offices and are sure of United States Attorney Sum- mers, who played into their hands through the manipulation of the federal grand jury that enabled them to frighten Indians and white men in and about the reservation who were dis- posed to make complaint, or who had signed afMdavits In_ support of the charges that had been preferred ggainst the Winnebago trader and agent. But we shall see what we shall see. The departments at Washington are proverblally slow, but even the reddest of red tape cannot shut out the search- light of publicity. Right will eventually prevail and the greed of the men who have enriched themselves by fleecing and swindling the Indlans will be ef- fectually curbed in the no distant future, e THE PRESIDENT IN BARNEST. The effort of Mr. Griggs, chairman of the democratic congressional committee, to depreciate and discredit the attitude of President Roosevelt regarding the great combinations, does not commend itselt to all democrats. The Detroit Free Press, for instance, one of the ablest democratic newspapers in the country, says in reference to the recent statement of Mr. Griggs implying that the president’s movement against trusts is only a bluff, that the entire public career of the head of the national gov- ernment and the whole story of his life tend to brand the accusation as a libel. “Such faults as he has,” says the Free Press, “grow out of his extreme candor and that aggressiveness which is at its best when he Is opposed. He Is not only a born fighter, but he fights in the open and the prospect of encountering defeat impairs peither his bravery nor his valor.” The Free Press belleves the pmldznt to be thoroughly in earnest in the mat- ter of trusts and remarks that no “bluff” would have gone far enough to have dragged men like Mr. Morgan and Mr. Hill into the courts, provoked the Meat trust to a threat of dire revenge or ex- posed by investigation the inherent evils of the Coal trust, adding: “He has shown himself a poof politician as the game Is played these days, but he is next to the people and if he keepy Stralght on In the way he is golig they will probably see to It that the trusts and the trust servers do not do the now- inating in 1804." This democratic paper reflects the opinion of all whose judgment is not completely under the control of partisan prejudice, which precludes them from conceding any honesty or sincerity to the declarations or acts of those in po- litical opposition to them. There is no doubt, we think, that & large majority of the people belleve that President Roosevelt 1s earnest in the trust matter and is determined to do what he can to bring about the legislation which he regards necessary to the regulation and supervision of the combinations engaged in interstate commerce. He has made his position in respect to this entirely plain. His is not a policy of extermina- tion. He recoguizes the fact that If it were practicable to destroy the combina- tions this could not be done without infiicting enormous and possibly irre- parable injury upon the business of the country, domestic and foreign. But the combinations may ‘be subjected to gov- ernmental regulations. They may be placed under such supervision as will require them to deal openly and fairly with the public. Some of the more serfous evils now complained of can be remedied. This is what President Roosevelt will endeavor to accomplish and that he will earnestly exert himself for its attain- ment will not be doubted by any one who understands his character. In the meantime there will be no abatement of the efforts of the administration to enforce existing laws. THE MINERS' CONVENTION, The result of the natlonal convention of miners, which meets at Indianapolis today, will have great interest not only for the striking miners in the anthra- cite region, In whose behalf the conven- tion was called, but for the general pub- lte, which is concerned as to the future supply and price of coal. The conven- tion will consider the question of a sym- pathetic strike by the bituminous coal miners and as an alternative to this the supplying of rellef to the anthracite strikers. The probability is that the representatives of the latter will urge a sympathy strike, but there is sald to be a strong feeling among the soft coal miners against this and in favor of the rellef plan. If it should be decided to extend the strike to the bituminous miners a grave situation would be presented and it is therefore to be hoped the convention will approve the rellef proposition. In either event It Is very likely that the anthracite operators will take steps very soon after the convention to resume mining. Some of them have stated that they were prepared to do this at any time, but would defer action until after the miners In natlonal convention had decided upon a course. A new phase in the contest is therefore to be expected soon. e—— A JUST PUNISHMENT. The action of the president in retiring General Jacob H. Smith, whose “burn and kill” order brought reproach upon the army in the Philippines, will be generally commended. Although Gen- eral Smith has a good record as a sol- dier and Is undoubtedly a capable offi- cer, his retention on the active list would have been a great mistake in the circum- stances, It was manifestly necessary that he should be made an example of, both for the benefit of the army and the credit of the government. His offense was not mitigated by the fact that in only one instance was his order carried out and therefore the punish- ment decreed Is entirely just. In his review of the case the presl- dent speaks of the well:nigh intolerable provocations which the .army ia the Philippines suffered ‘from the cruelty, treachery and total disregard of the rules and customs of civilized war- fare on the part of its foes. With these provocations the American people will perhaps never be made fully ac- quainted. The court-martial records on file at Washington, in cases where Fili- pinos have been the defendants and the charges against them have been atro- clous cruelty to American soldlers, omit in most instances details of the methods of the cruelty charged, but enough is given to show that the barbarities committed upon our soldiers have been of the most brutal and dia- bolical nature concelvable. Referring to a number of cases reported a Wash- ington correspondent says: “These cases simply furnish examples of the character of warfare against which the American soldlers have to contend in the Philippines. The stories told by enlisted men of cruelties practiced by natives who were never captured and concerning whom no record has been made, show more brutal atrocities than any to be found in the archives of the War department. Hundreds of soldlers in the Philippines have disappeared and their fate has never been ascertalned. In the army it is known that they fell into the hands of murderous Filipinos and were probably butchered in accord- ance with the blood-thirsty and cruel methods usually pursued by these peo- le.” p’rho Smith matter having been dis- posed of in the proper way should now be allowed to rest. — Just to keep up a show of independ- ence, the populist end of the Third dis- trict congressional convention had to go through the form of nominating a popu- list for congress, pulling him down, bow- ever, at short meter to hand the allied certificate to the present democratic in- cumbent. When the democrats give back anything to the populists that they have managed to sequester under the fusion plan of operations, it will be much colder than any day we are likely to meet in & midsummer month in Ne- braska. —_— « Senator Burrows of Michigan is cred- ited with the ambition to engraft on the rules of the senate a penalty for members of that august body who in- tract the peace by assaulting thelr assoclates. Whether such a rule is prac- ticable depends on whether the rules can be amended without unanimous consent. If unanimous consent is nec- essary the chances are sixteen to one that the senate will always have one or two brulsers responding to roll call who will not consent to punishing them- selves. e— The Weather bureau summary of crop conditions chronicles more favorable temperature and atmospheric conditions in all the central sections of the coun- try. The government crop bulletins have been conservative all of the time when alarms were being sounded over the incessant rains, refusing to see the damage on which the exchange specu- lators were counting. The people who depended on the information furnished by the government are the ones who have come out safely. In Nebraska the rallroad attorneys point to Iowa as the ideal state, where rallroad property s taxed on a fair and equitable basis. In Iowa the rallroad attorneys point back to Nebraska and contrast its low assessment with that of Towa, which they pronounce extrava- gantly high. One thing they agree on, however, in Iowa and Nebraska both, and that is that the farmer has much the best of it in taxation over the rail- roads. Executors of the will of Cecll Rhodes are Inviting suggestions as to the best methods to be adopted for the selection of candidates for scholarships under its provisions. It is just possible there may be difficulty in finding capable young Americans worthy of the scholarships willing to go to England for their edu- cation when they can compete for schol- arships at our best American universi- ties with almost the same chances of winning out. A hope is expressed that the Rhodes’ scholarships may be awarded for the year 1908. If so, the most satisfactory suggestions will come out of the experience acquired in put- ting the scheme into practical opera- tion. Colonel Willlam J. Bryan has accepted an invitation to speak at the forthcom- ing banquet of the New England Demo- cratic league in conjunction with Sen- ator Balley of Texas. The presumption is that the support of the pugilistic Texan is necessary to enforce the har- mony sentiments that will be expressed by the great silver leader. E—tam— lort for the Cormed. New York World, No man ever got caught in a corn corner ‘who followed Commodore Vanderbiit's rule: “Never buy what you can't pay for nor sell what you haven't got.” Cola ©i The Ooming Test of Demoeracy. Detroit Free Press (dem.) tbly in time no man will be consid- ered & good democrat undess he can prove that his family has voted the ticket straight for at least three generations. Expert Opinio: ‘Washington Post. The gentlemen who cared for the remains are disposed to resent Mr. Bryan's declara- tion that Mr. Cleveland stabbed the demo~ cratic party. The expert opinion to the effect that he hit it on the head with an ax. You Can't Lose 'Em. Chicago Chronlele. Catch a Cecil asleep when there is a public office iA sight! The most noble marquis and his insidious nephew have worthily maintained the family reputation which was in full fragrance as far back as the time of Elizabeth. ed Popuiar Favor. Chicago Inter Ocean. General Kitchener is the present hero of the hour. How they come and how they go! It seems only yesterday that it was Wolseley. Then it was Roberts. Now it is Kitchener. And iIf Kitchener goes Into the war office it will soon be somebody else. Basis for an Issue. Indianapolis Journal. It 1s announced on what is called excel- lent authority that the attorney general will make one epeech during the campaign in which he will set forth clearly the policy of the administration respecting trusts Now, it some of the several brands of dem- ocrats could do a like service for the dem- ocratic party the country would have the basis for an figye. of Our Time. New York Tribune. Officers of: the Pennsylvania railroad an- nounce that the enterprises and improve- ments to which that glant corporation is now committed will cost at least $100,000,- 000. Such figures would have staggered bellef In any generation befors this one. No task, however vast, appears to be im- possible In these days of colossal plans, and the world goes spinning down the ringing grooves of change. Strategy in Peace. Philadelphta North American It must be a great relief to the British public to have Lord Methuen announce that he does mot intend to fight his battles over sgaln, The promise goes to show that he is a better strategist in time of pedce than of war. If General Buller had been wise he would have maintained the same reserve on his return to England. His love of controversy, which caused the re- vival of the stories of the slege of Lady- smith and the fight at Splonkop, has done much to dim his prestige. After all, it was to Kitchener that was assigned the tedious task of fighting over the battles of the earlier generals, from Roberta down, and his fighting was done on the South African veldt, not at London banquets. ———— PERSONAL NOTES.' High hopes are entertained as to young King Alfonso. It is reported that he is learning to swear. Thomas. B. Reed does not jump into the pewspapers heatedly declining nominations that haven't been offered him. Geronimo wants to hunt down Tracy and says he can do it. It cost $1,000,000 to hunt down Geronimo, and the government will hardly take another risk on him. In about five years, when foreign nations want to fight, they’ll have to borrow battle- ships from Mr. Morgan, with a guarantee that they will be returned in as good order as when loaned. Governor Odell of New York has refused to issue extradition papers in the case of a mother who took her own child out of Connecticup, having been awarded the Ilit- tle one by order of the court. It was noticed when John D. Rockefeller was bidding his son goodby at the steamer dock In New York a few days ago, that the Standard oll man looked careworn, wrinkled and aged to an extent not generally dreamed of by those who only see him oo- casionally. There are 257,006 names in the new oity directory of Boston, an increase of 4,722 over the number last year. Surprisingly, the John Sullivans this year outnumber the John Smiths three to one, but there are no indications that the Smiths are in danger ot extinction. D. H. McAbee, state factory inspector of Indians, is urging that & law be enacted requiring architects to pass an examina- tion in ventilation appliances. He says that most of the school houses in the state have no ventilation except through the windows, which is wholly unsatisfactory. Prof. A. G. Bell, who bas just been deco- rated by the London Soclety of Fine Arts with what is known as the Prince Albert medal, was formerly professor of vocal physiology in Boston university. He was born in Edinburgh fifty-five years ago. Prof. Bell is the fourth American to receive this bonor, his predecessors having been Captain Eads, Thomas A. Edison and D. E. Hughes. Jobn J. SBcannell, former fire commissioner of N York, has made glad the heart of an old friend, General DuBois Brinkerhoff of Flshkill Landing, N. Y., by buying at auction the general's farm, which was sold to satisfly & mortgage. After his purchase Scannell sald to the previous owner: ‘“‘Mr. Brinkerhoff, that farm is yours to stay on as long &8 you lMve. Order what you want to lmprove it and send the bills to me." MOUND ABOUT NEW YORK. Ripples on the Current of Life in the Metropol What appears to be the largest pudding that has thrilled the nostrile of New York solons since Jake Sharp wielded the mu- nicipal cutlery fills the city councll cham- ber with appetising odors and presents a temptation almest as irresistible as that which impelled Anthony of anclent memory to take to the woods. The pudding Is the tunnel project of the Pennsylvania Rail- road company, which has the sanction of the mayor and city comptroller and nets the city a handsome annual rental. The ap- proval of the aldermen Is necessary, but that has been delayed under various pretexts. The president of the company has intimated to the reluctant solons that the company will pay ‘“milllons for i provements, but not a cent for tribute. The solons, however, fondly belleve they can Philadelphia the company and decline to proceed to business because they have not had a chance to do business in a busi- nesslike way. Some judiclous friend should read to the hesitating dads the story of what happened to their brethren in Bt Louls recently. New York and its suburbs are in the grasp of whooping cough, that dread disease of children. Doctors at the health board say it amounts almost to an epldemic—an epldemic which might be prevented it people would but take the proper preeau- tion. They say that many of the children now suffering from the disease and some of those who have dlied might not have been sick were it not for the prevalent but nevertheless unreasonable idea which pre- valls that a child must have the disease some time and, hence might as well bo ex- posed to the contagion first as last. Never was there such a dangerous doctrine, say the health board men; that the less a child is exposed to any disease the better for the child. A curlous featurs of the present increase in whooping cough, says the Times, that the proportion of adults afflicted is greater than usual. This is particularly the case in the Oranges, N. J., where the coughers are very numerous. In New York City the average weekly death rate of the disease for the last three months has been over thirteen, in face of the mis- taken notion that whooping cough fs not & dangerous malady. The number of deaths from the disease last year was 389 in Greater New York. The number of deaths for the first six months of this year wi 308, and if the present prevalence continues last year's deaths may be doubled in num- ber betore January, 1903. Manhattan has had, of course, the great- est number of deaths. - Brooklyn is sec- ond. Then follow the Bronx and Queens. Richmond 1is singularly free from the isease. In all of last year only four deaths occurred there from whooping cough. In his talk on needless taxation Mayor Low shows that the people of New York are suffering excessive taxation of at least $6,000,000 & year, owing to laws which com- pel the city to provide double back-action sinking fund protection for bond issues which go Into investments ylelding sufficient revenues not only to pay interest on the bonds, but to lay up a fund to cancel them at maturity, and yet for which same purpose the taxpayers annually must contribute both Interest and einking fund deposits. There seems to be no flaw in Mr. Low's argument that there should be legislation to remedy this condition of affairs, which, if continued until 1928, would give a fund that ‘'would contaln, after discharging the last bond it 1s pledged to redeem, the vast sum of $300,000,000."" But at the same time the mayor seems to suggest the change in order that the city may have more money to spend in “doing everything that good judgment re- quires to be done” in dealing adequately with the city's current needs, whereas what the taxpayers want is that the expenditures should come down, o that the taxes may come down, The little “fresh-air girl” of flction, who sald “You put it in,” when the country boy milked the cow, has many prototypes m real life. Two little girls from the slums who arrived at the country home late at night, relates the Post, came out on the pazza the next morning to view the vicinage. Great was their hostess' surpriee wnen she saw that the two children looked upon the land- scape and all its constituent parts with manifest disapproval. Determined to find out what wae the matter, to fathom the working of these juvenile minds, she sat down with them on the grass amd drew them into a long, confidential talk. “What's the matter, children,” she aski “why are you disappointed with tme cou o ““Why, there's no grass here,” sald one, pulling & blade and biting the end of it. The woman could only gasp. ““What's your idea of gras: «he asked at last. Little by little she managed to bring it out. Grass was about the heignt of & man, to begin with. « “If this were larger, would It be llke grass?”’ was the next question, and prompt “Oh, no!" showed that there was still more to be explained. “How is it different?" “Why, it's black,” sald one. “Black and white,” sald the other. Sud- denly the explanation flashed upon the *‘fresh lady' mind. The little girls had obtained their idea of vegetation solely from pictures they had seen 1in school booke or papers, ordinary black and white prints. The idea that color of any sort ex- isted in the country bad never enterea their Ittle East Side heads. “It a1a not meed the cycle parade, suc- New York letter, been & revival of eycling as & sport this season. Thousands of people who had temporarily abandoned the amusement have returned to it with new zest and interest. The reaction which fol- lowed the great boom of several years ago was entirely natural, but this reaction has reached its limit and the pendulum is be- ginning to swing the other way. It was a fitting way of celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of cycling in America by hold- ing a parade on Fifth avenue.” SARTORIAL SPLENDORS. Clothes of Dasslin posed for the Army. New York World, To the honors won by the army of the United States on many & hard-rought field new luster is mow to be added, so far as military millinery can do this, by & drese coat of eye-dazzling splendor. As suits an era of expansion, this garment is bigger than the coat that Grant and Sher- man wore. It is really longer; it is made to seem wider by putting the two rows of buttons down the front further apart. And the color! Ah, the color! Halt-wen cords of red, yellow and blue; half-inch rows of gold lace on the collar, gold lace and a French knot"” on the cuff, gold cord and aiguillettes on the shoulder; lapels that rously open to reveal yet more ex- panses of red and blue and yellow! And the chevrons, incorrectly polnting down- ward, under which our commanders have most improperly and irregularly won thelr battles—these will hereafter point up, her- aldically symbolizing the rafters of a Bouse. Let us have the sartorial splendors by all means; let us get the vitally important mat- ters of heraldry stralght. But let us mean- while not forget that the most glorious uni- form is that which is never worn in a war of, oppression or used to overawe human as- pirations for freedom. ASSALLS THE SUGAR TRUST Remarkable Document Just Issued by Authority of Benate. ATTACKS ALL WHO FAVORS RECIPROCITY Reviews the History of the d Changes the Postal Service. (From a Btaft Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, July 16.—(Special.)—A remarkable document has just reached the document rooms of the senate and house from the government printing office. It is ntitled “The Deadly Parallel” on Cuban tarift reduction and was compiled by Tru- man Q. Palmer. It waa ordered printed during the closing days of congress s a sonate document. Mr. Truman oalls it “a parallel without a parallel jn the record ot falsehood.” It contalns axtracts from the testimony of those favoring Cuban reci- procity, compared with similar extracts from the testimony of those opposed to it, before the ways and means committes, and hundreds of extracts from newspaper edi- torials and other news sources, the object being to show how little ground the ad- vocates of reciprocity had to stand on. Mr. Palmer does not hesitate to attack everyone in favor of reciprocity with Cuba, and In his introduction makes the following ref- erence: “With a people mone too scrupu- lous with their words, especially when their pockets are concerned; with & gov- ernor general at one end of the cable urg- ing tariff reductions and nxious to facili- tate the early withdrawal of his troops; with a secretary of war at the other end of the cable animated by the same feelings, and with a misinformed press, the sugar trust, the great benefactor of any tarift reduction on Cuban raw sugar, has had a marvelously complete annel through which to fool the people.”” An interesting comparison s made between the letters and cablegrams from Cuba to newspapers and commerclal organizations in the United States claiming that there was great distress in Cuba, and the statements of witnesses before the committes on ways and means, on practically the same da; to the effect that no suffering existed in Cupa at that time. Considerable space i given to the exploitation of the position of Senator Blkins on the Cuban reciprocity question, as well General Grosvenor and Representative Steele, Speaker Hen- derson and others. Reviews History of Industry. A review of the history of the sugar in- dustry in this country follows, in an effort to prove that the American Sugar Refining company would be the primary beneficiary from the passage of the reciprocity bill. This is supported by a great many clip- pings from the editorial columns and the news columns of hundreds of newspapers. Following this 18 a digest of the testimony before the ways and means committee, for | the purpose of showing that the Oubans are not distressed and that the people who are asking for tariff concessions are Amer- ican syndicates who own vast sugar plan- tations in Cuba and Spaniards who still hold alleglance to Spain. Mr. Palmer takes up the war betwoen the sugar trust and | the beet sugar interests of the Missouri valley and claims that the sugar stock went up from 116% in January, 1002, to 133% on March 22, the reciprocity bill hav- ing been adopted by a majority of the re- publicans of the ways and means commit- tee on March 18. In this connection he gives hundreds of other clippings from newspapers relating to the war on beet sugar by cane. suger refining interests. The purpose for which this compllation was made and printed is not apparent at present, the bill having been defeated, but it will doubtless be used extensively n support of the arguments of the opponents of that measure, and will probably be in evidence next winter, If the subject again comes before congress USE STEAM TO STOP FIRE Method to Be Employ Quench Flames in an o1l Well. Novel to NEW ORLEANS, La., July 16.—News from Jennings, La., says that the fire at the Jennings well No. 2, owned by the Hey- wood brothers, is still raging, but that the great valve has not given way. Those who are fighting the fire are now planning to surround the burning well with bollers and to attempt to snuft the fire out with steam. Hundreds of people have been attracted to the scene. Two tauks, containing almost 2,400 bar- rels, have been burned, and it is estimated that 50,000 barrels from the gushers have been destroyed up to this morning. W. Heywood sald that if the steam plan was successtul the fire would probably be sub- dued fn four or five days. The fire engine from Beaumont, which arrived during the night, was unable to accomplish anything. There is oconsider- able apprehension at the scene of the fire, but it is not thought that there will be great danger to surrounding property un- less the great valve gives BELMONT IS AGAINST REIFF Jockey Ruled Off English Track Cannot Ride on Metro- politan Track, NEW YORK, July 16.—Through authori- tative sources it is learned that Chairman August Belmont of the Jockey club has taken & decided stand against the rein- statement of Jockey Lester Relff by the Western Jockey club. Reiff was ruled oft the track by the English Jockey club, On Saturday John A. Drake of Chicago, according to report, declared his intention of presenting Savable, Relff up, at the Futurity post. Mr. Belmont is reported to have sald that under no clroumstances will Relff be permitted to sport silk on & Metropolitan track. As the situation stands, the Jockey club finds it necessary to decide between the English Jockey club and the governing body in the west. As in the Sloan case, Mr. Belmont and his assoclates will, it 1s sald, support the constituted turf suthority of England. SULTAN LOSES GREEN CROWN Decora it Stolen from the Fr sul at San Franeisco. SAN FRANCISCO, July 16—A porch climber entered the residence of French Consul General de Lemagune last night and got away with diamonds and jewelry worth tions, to whose courts M. de Lemagne had been sent in the diplomatic service of Fraoce. * One loser by the thief the sublime porte. The robber took the green crown of Turkey, & gold and enameled emblem with which M. de Lemagne bad been decorated. This decoration is merely loaned and upon the death of the reciplent 1s to be returned to the sultan. This was & heavy plece, worth as gold 3600, WHY INDUSTRIALS ARE LOW. Waterlogged Combines Badly Shaken. Philadelphia Press. The industrial has fallen on evil times. Not even the enormous earnings which the last report of the United States Steel trust indicate, and which It has oertainly earned, have sufficed to advance its stooks. Nothing seems to be suffiolent to lead the general public to treat the earnings of these corporations as are those of rail- roads In determining the value of thelr atock. The Colorado Fuel and Iron company, which a month ago was to lead the ascend- ing 1 of these sccurities, has dropped abruptly some twenty-three points, from 110, In & short time, and has passed its dividend. Theee have been few, however, during the last ten years. Once, just be- fore 1803, and again in the recent boom. But the fall in this company means less than the abrupt fall of the American Ice company, which found itself in trouble last week, havi: fallen from 31%, which it was last January, to 12%, which it was last week. It, too, has deferred its dividend and decided on a bond issu The Dis- tilling Company of North America la golng through & “readjustment” and has fallen from 10 last February, to 5%. These all are added to the long list, which includes Asphalt, Amalgamated Oopper, United States Rubber company, which h begun to advance, but is still less than half its price & year ago, and others in like condition, It is true of all of these that they have gone through the same change which found the American Sugar Reflning company (the Bugar trust) melting 90 per cent of the sugar used in this country, and leaves it melting less than one-half, with a‘constant increase In competition. When the United States Rubber company was consolidated it included practically all the plants in the country. Today its capacity is considerably less than half. When the Asphalt trust was formed it united the competitive com- panies in a single corporation. It is no longer without a rival. Even the Steel trust by another year will have a much smaller fraction of the steel and fron out- put of the country than when it was or- ganized. It is for this reason that it dee sires to issue $50,000,000 of bonds and the prudent among its preferred stockholders are trylng to turn themselves into creditors at § per cent Instead of remaining preferred stockholders at 7 per cent. The broad difference between these com- panies, however, and the same plants when they were In private ownership is that the loss, due to lack in profits, decreasing out- put, or even suspension, was once felt by a fow, and is now felt by tens of thousands, ‘The recent lists which have been published of the stocks held in the steel trust show how widely the securities are diffused. Probably five years ago not over 5,000 per- sons owned all its plants. Today they are owned by nearly (0,000 persons. The management and control of these corpora~ tions depends no longer on ownership, but upon manipulation, speculation and ‘“‘man- agoment.” The steel trust has in all 10,- 185,602 shares. The largest individual holder holds 160,340 shares, or a iittle I than 2 per cent of the entire stock. There is no combination which holds even 10 per cent. Ownership 1s diffused through a vast number of small stockholders, who are only too glad to vote for any group of able, powerful and visible men who m lkely to give them dividends. There is a complete change from past conditions of manufacture, in which those who controlled owned and those who owned controlled. It will render it possible to plunder any of these Industrials whenever ability and integrity happen to be separated in their management. B SMILES ON SUMMER BREEZES. Bomerville Jou Perhaps it ma: fort you these oty July days to lhlnx Bow it would make your back ache if you had to shovel snow ‘as you did last winur Puck: “He is a terrible woman hater.” “Yes; I suspect that he must at some time been a floorwalker in & department store.” Washington Star: “Don't you think thes anybody has rights except yourself?" Certainiy, anawered The trust magnate. “There are numerous rights which we do not possass. But we are gathering them in s rapidly as possible. Philadelphia Press: Mrs. Bubbuos—Dring & thermometer with you 'Mn you come oufi from town this evening, He ¢ Bubbubs—Huh! I'd bétter brin or three. One thtrmnmcter ceuldnt&t 10 do the work in this hot hole. Chicago Record-Herald: “But why are you u.klnl lour doctor with you on your trip?” he asl ng am ' nof here is to be so much answered, “and you know strong, anyway. Washington Btar: C "Contommm!. Uncle Bl “is a fine, de trouble about 1t is l It kl 3 lhé to stinguish. fum lasiness. . ° i Brooklyn Life: Mrs. Wickler—Did ever see lw' all the necessaries of " she very, Ju ckler—] o. th.y hlv.n't all gone u, "Wall. 1 should to have ynu oo tlon on« lhln&(h‘ hun #one up.' salary. Boston Transcript: “So this portrall of one of your Socestors? 'He do:n 't Ino: mych ke you.” S never had an copy my nyl don’t you kno Enowportanity to ‘Washington Star; Whai makes 80 sure your compotmon 'll\ bea hllm-fl the pub “Because,” answered the song writel confidently, “my musical friends say the music is trash and my terary agTee that the words are tommyrot,” Chicago Post: "H‘urn don't 1, the promoter, as he submitted a financial statement of & prospective enterp “Don't _they rned the investor, Well, my ex experience With them has taught me ve a mighty good Tation o ‘what tm't eo. THOUGHTS ON VACATION, J. J. Montague in the Oregonian, There’s & murmuring brook in & mountain retreat, That over the boulders is flowing, Where the scent of the hemloc\u s wlw and sweet, And the life- f' ng breezes are The grass ke velvet b-mlh the tall rees, The squirrel is nyollll , calling, The high branc far-away seas, An?n;he needles like snowflakes are fall- And |h!r‘ the mosquitoes are bigger than r stop work for a minute, an? e Wiisides are sprinkled with treachs erous Each one 'fl'h & rattiesnake In IL There each stretch of all And the camper, for exercise ts out at dawn for a is exactly | iy Iu:‘t’ Ipfl‘ld the next week in returning. There's & surt-circied beach by the side of the billows are tossing and combe Who:v tno tall ships are leaving the rooks ee, Andthe skiek are aglow in the The campfires gleam on the sand dunes by ht, Ml‘!hi nl‘hl birds to seaward are g bove while its bread « Bt oF Tghe o O'er the uneasy ocean is streaming. And thers the botel bills are hak & mile As iy ll'.'l the fllh Ihl{ they feed And uhless you do utterly Dothing but Th. l'm Bummer girl There I:‘M(hln‘ to do Mll D..l ou:l dz\ That brings crowds to the four-by-nine -uu 8o when 1 consider these places agaln 1 guoss I'll not take & vacation,