Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 16, 1903, Page 6

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CORRESPONDENCE Communications relating ws and edl- torlal_ matter ahould be addressed: Omaha Bee, Béitorial Departm REMITTA Remit by draft express or postal order payable to The Bee Publishing Compiny Only S-cent stamps accepted i payment of mafl accounts, Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION, Btate of Nebraska, Doug'as County, 8. George B. Taschuck, secretary of The Bee Publieliing Company, being duly sworn mays that the actual number of full an complete coples of The Dally Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during ,flu month of Beptember, 20,120 28,780 28,720 29,206 ..27,240 ...28,700 28,850 29,040 Total 862,230 Less unsol Net total sales Net average sales........ GEORGE B. TZSCIU Subscribed in my presence and sworn to Lefore me this 30ith day of September, A. M. B, HUNGATE, Notary Public. e Have you registered? If fail to do =0 next Friday. not, don't No wonder Charles M. Schwab had to retire from the head of the Steel trust on account of 11l health, Ex-President Cleveland may have lost weight physically, but his public ad- dresses are just as ponderous as of yore. Did you register yesterday? If not, your next chance to get your name properly enrolled for the election will come Friday, October 23, The fine Italian hands of the superin- tendent of schools and the secretary of the school board are visible in the ma- Jority of filings of school board candi- dates. m—————— Members of the elty council who want to know what public sentiment is with regard to municipal ownership or the fencing out of the Great Western rail- roud had better put their eers to the ground. . In naming the place near Fort Riley chosen for the assembling of the troops for the fall maneuvers Camp William Carey Sanger, the authorities should know that they are taking grave liber- ties with the weather man. Republicans interested in better school government should not forget to take an active Interest In the republican pri- maries for nominating five members of the school board to take place between ®eon and night tomorrow. The Colomblan Senate is said to b figuring on a new plan to expedite the construction of the Panama canal. quickest way out would be for the Colombian Senate to back up and indi- cate its readiness to ratify the rejected treaty if given another chance. The restoration host of Dowie's Zion City, made up of 3,000 crusaders, has undertaken an Invasion of Greater New unfortunately the crusaders will make their advent into the metropolis a little too late to be York. Fortunately or able to vote at the lmpending election. e———— The “no answer" compared with the purty declarations. Voters have discovered that a reply to this question is not prerequisite to part primaries. —— Some of the disclosures in an 1pation the ship- bullding combine cases tend to furnish explanations why the trust maguates ob- Ject wo strenuously to enforced publicity of their financial ops underhanded sche nocent investor can be more successfully under cover, E—— In his spe ations. the banker was looked upon is different now. Some people couclusions. pay up. The constitution of Nebraska expressly requires all property to be assessed and That taxed in proportion to its value. appiles to men who sell goods at whole- sale and at vetall as well as it does to finished products fn mill and factory, and to the wageworker as well as to his em. ployer. pay less. The column under the head of party afliliations in the registra- tion books is gradually weakening as unreasonable I party These little ies 1o bunce the iu- worked much h at the banquet given to | to have it done directly by the municipal the State Baukers' association Governor | corperntion? Mickey declared there was a time when | us a nnisance in the commuaity, but that it may disagree with the governor as to his Jt all depends whether the man is borrowlug or has been cited to Nobody should be obliged to pay more than his due proportion of taxes and nobody should be asked to In the matter of taxation the OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1903. DEROUNCING AMERICAN TARIFF. In one of his addresses Mr. Chamber- luin took particular occasion to denounce the American tariff, his manifest pur- pose in dolng this being to create a prejudice not only in England but in the British provinces against our tarift |system. Tt was a perfectly natural | position for him to take under the circumstances, notwithstanding the fact that there seemed to be a little incon- sistency in his assailing a protective pol- fcy on the part of this country at the same time that he was advocating a change of policy on the part of the Brit- ish empire in the direction of a protect- ive policy. It is to be borne in mind, however, that the polley advocated by the former British secretary of the colonies is not one of absolute tariff protection, as we have it in this country. Mr. Chamber- lain's idea, after all, not the Ameri- can idea, but rather a modification of it, ymething like what we know in this country as a tariff for revenue only. The Chamberlain policy is really con- servative in its propositions. It does not, in its present propositions. contem- plate any very radical departure from the old system, but only so much of a change as will bring the integral parts of the British empire into a closer com- mercial relation with each other and in this way bind them more firmly as an fmperial whole, That is the meaning of the whole gcheme which is today agitating the British nation and the outcome of which will have an important bearing upon the commercial relations between the United States and the United Kingdom. As the matter now stands there & no reason to apprehend that anything will be done which will in the slightest de- gree mitigate against the trade between this country and the Dominlon. A good deal is being said in regard to the pos- sibility of our commercial relations with Canada suffering from issues be- tween the two countries, but there is nothing in the trade statistics to indi- eate any such danger. On the con- pary all the evidence is to the effect that in our business relations with the Dominion we are holding our own, with the probability of continulng this posi- tion. What effect the Chsamberlain | volicy, it it should succeed, would have upon these relations, it Is not easy to| &y, but it is quite conceivable that the United Stat would suffer less from whatever change in trade relations might be effected than would Canada, or even England herself. In short, while the United States wmight experience some little loss from the policy which Chamberlain is advocating, the prob- ability is that the United Kingdom -wotild be by far the greater sufferer. EXPLANATIONS IN ORDER, The members of the present city coun- cil were elected five months ago on a platform pledging them collectively and individually to municipal ownership. The first practical step in that direction was the ordinance introduced at the instance of Mayor Moores submitting to the voters of Omaba at the impending election a proposition to issue bonds for the establishment of an electric lighting plant. Under the charter every proposition for a bond issue must be published at lenst twenty days before election. Con- sequently the very last day on which the ordinance could be made effective was Wednesday, October 14. The elec- tric lighting ordinance was introduced in the council two weeks ago and should by rights have been passed a week ago. Its final passage was defeated by the abgence of a quorum at the regular session Tuesday night and the failure of a majority of the council to respond to the mayor's call for a special session on Wednesday morning. The question citizens of Omaha will naturally ask is, Who broke up the quorum, and what explanation can counciimen make to justify thelr de- liberate violation of the pledges on which they were elected? Why should councilmen leave the city when they must have known that their presence was absolutely necessary in order to pass the electric lighting ordinance? Was the absence of these members vol- untary or was it brought about by the agencies which the public utility com- panies usually employ to gain their ends? Oune of the absentees is reported to have said that he believed public senti- ment was no longer in favor of mu- nicipal ownership of electric lighting. It would be interesting to know from whom the absent member got his in- formation. Was it from the paid run- ners of the electric lightihg company, who have been tagging after members day and night and pulling them from saloon to saloon? What right have members of the couneil to assume that public sentiment has changed? Why should’ councilmen refuse to trust the people and let them decide for them- selves through the ballot hox whether they want to continue public lighting throngh private corporations or prefer Another member of the council wants the people to helleve that the fatlure of the electric lighting ordinance 1s due to the anxiety of the council to prevent the passage of the ordinanee closing cer- need of dodging. If it is made at the instance of competing railroad com- panies the people ought to kmow it There can be no middle ground. The council cannet claim to stand for Omaha and play into the hands of the corpora- tions that are trying to fence competing railroads out of Omaha. The truth is that there has been too much tampering with the council. 'The people of Omaha have stood it a good while, but they will not stand it forever. — Francis M. Cockrell of Missouri, whose fifth term in the United States senate will expire March 4, 1905, when he reaches the age of 71, is already laying his pipes and reconstructed his po- litical fences for a sixth term. Eminent Missourlans who aspire to Senator Cockrell's brogans are assured that his step is vigorous, his handshake whole- some and the world still looks good to the senfor senator. Whether Senator Cockrell will surpass Thomas Benton in length of continuous service in the upper house of the national legislature time alone will tell. In the language of the governor of North Carolina to the gov- ernor of South Carolina, "“it Is a long time between drin Many of the New York multi-million- aires have established residences in New Jersey and Connecticut to evade their personal taxes and their example seems to have been followed by a number of Omaha demi-millionaires and men in comfortable circumstances who have established their homes within the past few years outside of the clty limits under the pretext of a need of fresh air, but in reality to beat their personal taxes. The annual report of the register of the treasury shows that only a very small proportion of the registered bonds umed by the United States are held abroad. This is quite a change from conditions that existed a few years ago, when foreign capital was in a large part the basis of the American national credit. Nothing illustrates more strik- ingly the tremendous expansion of American financial resources. The defeat of the electric light bond proposition will only intensify public sentiment in favor of municipal owner. ship. It affords proof positive {hat municipal self-government will continue to be a farce %o long as city councilmen are more intent on serving the corpora- tions than on serving their own con- stituents. e, Too! Chicago Tribune. ‘Why, Mr. Platt! You giddy old thing! Wasn't Feeling Well, Just Then. Cleveland Plain Dealer. And yet Mr. Schwab was a sick man when he made that Ship trust killing. Lots of people are wondering what would have happened if he had been feeling good and strong. ———— Peasimism of 01d A New York World. John H. Reagan of Texas, sole survivor of Jefferson Davis' cabinet, says that “the United States is drifting rapldly Into a monarchical form of government.” As Mr. Reagan s 8 years old the republic will doubtless last his time—and longer. Creating Artificial Famines. Beltimore American. Another coal strike is impending In the west. When the much-tried and long-suf- fering public do rise In their wrath and take a hand in these artificial famines of the necessarles of life, as eventually they will do, the result will be such as will be seared into the memory of all responsible for the public suffering. Limited Refuge for Boodlers. Philadelphia Record. If Becretary Hay shall succeed in ne- gotiating treaties with foreign powers mak- ing briberies and embezzlements extr ditable offenses it will put a new barrier In the pathway of professional political pro- moters and thimbleriggers. It is to be feared that instead of fleeing to Mexico and Canada they may be induced to seek safety in Pennsylvania. Lambs Scoot for Cover. Springfleld Republican. Every few days Wall atreet announces the discovery of signs that the public is returning to the stock market. And every few days thero come revelutions like this in the Bhipbullding trust flotation, which show why the public is out and lkely to re- main out for & while. Confidence has been described as @ tender plant, but the trust promoters have acted as If it were an oak tree which could not be blown over. FATE OF THE STRADDLER, Trying te Ride Two Horses Headed Opposite Directions. Chicago Inter-Ocean. Comptroller Grout of New York City has issued a statement in which he char- acterizes the removal of his name from the Low munfcipal ticket as “lynch law and mob rule” The trouble with Comp- troller Grout is that he has falled abso- lutely to understand the conditions of his existence as a public official He was & member of the Low adminis- tration. He was renominated by the forces that seek to keep that adminis tration {n power on a platform which de fined .the forces which seek to put that administration out of power as “an or- ganization devoted to public plunder— an organized agency for the protection of vice and crime.” He accepted that nomination, and so made that definition of Tammany his own. The Tammaay convention 8o nominated Mr. Grout, which described the Low administration as inefficlent, extravagant, and corrupt. Mr. Grout also accepted—probably so- leited—that nomination, and by so do met and on a platform tain streets for the aceommodation of the Chicago Great Western railroad. This is altogether too gauzy. There is uo connection or relation between the two propositions. The council could have passed the electric lighting ordi- nance and deferred action on the Great Western ordinance. It could have passed the Great Western ordinance and voted down the electric lighting ordinance. p If the members of the city council who are playing bide-and-seek imagine they are fooling the people they are very much mistaken. If the obstruction of the passage of the Great Western law contemplates no distinction and no | ordinance is made in good falth for the favoritism between property-owning in - | henefit of veal estate owners whose roperty would be dumaged there s no ing made that description his own Here was evidently a situation in which no man could be neutral—in which every man interested must stand with one party or the other of his assoclates—in which no loyal man could possibly accept the support of both sides. The fusionists had said that Mr. Grout's associates In Tammany were scoundrels. Tammany had said that Mr. Grout's sociates among the fusionists wera scoundrels. As a private citizen Mr. Grout might have maintained friendiy relations with both sides. But as a candidate for public office it was necessary for him te take a side. He refused to do so. He showed that he was utterly destitute of any sense of loyalty to any one exceot himself. And he has suffered the penalty which always comes sooner or later to such shuffiers aud straddiers. ENEMIES OF PROSPERITT. Morganeering Shown to Be a Huge Confldence Game. Kansas City Star. Recent events have furnished an answer to Wall street's question as to who is the real enemy of prosperity. The New Yol Sun, volcing one view of the situation, i been implying that the president’s hostility to law-breaking on the part of the trus is rulning the country. The noble efforts of the captains of industry to benefit the poople, it has intimated, have been frus- trated by executive hostility. In the last however, another phase of the been forced to public attention. Last week the United States Steel cor- poration reduced its quarterly dividend in common stock to one-half its. former rate. Since this stock was known by well in- formed outsiders to be wholly water, the reduction had been anticipated. 1In fact, it was repeatedly polnted out at the time of the trust's organization that the pay- ment of dividends on the common stock could not continue and so would only mis- lead careless investors. In defiance of sound business principles the management continued to pay the dividends, apparently for the sole purpose of “boosting” the stock Its success was shown by the fact that at the last report of the corporation there were 28,000 holders of common stock, of whom 9,000 had been added within the pre- ceding year. Undoubtedly many investors believed the 4 per cent dividend would be permanent. Its reduction, revealing the es- sential weakness of securities with a face value of $500,000,000, must tend to shake public confidence in the policy of the coun- try's largest trust. On the heels of this event comes the testimony as to the promoters' plot in the shipbullding cembination. The exposures impel 8o conservative a newspaper as the New York Evening Post to remark that “a more vulgar conspiracy to pluck or shear the investing public’ has seldom been discovered, and that the “vendors of ‘salted’ mines are entitled to hold up their heads compared with the discovered trick- sters.” The men Involved In these proceedings are considered financial leaders. They have been bitter against the president for interfering in any way with their plans. Just what sort of “prosperity” has been fnvolved in these plans has been strikingly indicated in the last few days. The public could have no clearer proof of who are the real conspirators against the nation's well being. HUGE CONFIDENCE GAME. Green Goods Men Outclassed by Cap- » of Industry, jcago News When the green-goods man sells to the countryman enough rubbish to fill a carpet- bag with the understanding that it Is coun- terfeit money good enough to fool the pub- lic It is a case of a clever rascal swindling a stupld rascal. When a gold brick changes hands the conditions are much the same, ©ince the inference is that the brick has been stolen somewhere. The law puts swindlors of this sort in stripes and prison cells. When, however, trust promoters gather up a few manufacturing plants which have made thelr owners wealthy or which at least look imposing from a distance, pay- ing huge prices for them in bonds of a new company, issuing preferred and com- mon stock of the face value of millions of dollars and by means of prospectuses and other forms of romantic fiction inducing the public to buy the stock, the game is not called a copfldgnce, game. There is no protection glvep, fo the person who has confidence in thy integrity. of financlers posseseing great hames and playing con- spicuous parts {n,the world's affairs. The tradition of business honor reaches far. It cannot.be possible, say modest, hard- working folk, that such eminent men would conspire to rob us of uur few hundreds or thousands. So they buy the shares, be- lMeving that they have invested their money safely and well. 1t is a fine game, the profits being enor- mous fn many instances. Who shall draw the line between well-managed trusts rmun by honest men and mere stock-gambling devices which algo bear the name of trusts? Since the business of launching huge combines for a consideration engages the attention of even that great banker with the mouth-flling name, J. Plerpont Morgan, how shall the outside public with money to invest distingulsh between the safe and the extra hazardous when paying out its money for stock? The talk about trusts being a natural evolution of business leaves out the busy promoter, who makes trusts as a boy makes kites, except that he files them for huge personal profit, not for fun. Was the shipyard trust a natural evolution? Hardly. According to the evi- denco it was an attempt of men with names that have been honored in the past to make great profits and to sell out quick. The federal and state governments must take hold of this matter firmly. There are goods trusts and there are trusts that are little short of infamous. Publicity and punishment for crimes committed by im- posing confidence men Who utter green Roods in million-dollar lots must be applied for the protection of the public and for the preservation of old-fashioned honesty in the business world GAIN IN THE COUNTRY'S CASH, No Apparent Necessity for Curremcy Tnfiation, St. Louls Globe-Democrat, Another “highest” has been reached In the amount of the country's cash—the highest absolutely and the highest propor- tionately to populgtion. The total amount of money in circulation in the country at the beginning of October, according to the treasury's flgures, was $2.404,617,069. At the estimated population of 80,851,000 this is a per capita circulation of $29.7. The high- est previous per capita circulation, that of June 1, four and a third months ago. was 82964 The probability is that the $0 mark will be reached by the beginning of 1904 In the past twelve months the aggre- gate circulation of the United States has increased approximately $129,000,000, and th per capita gain has been $111 in that time. A rapid Increase has taken place in the past few years. In the middle of 159 the per capita was $21.10, although it was somewhat higher than that in the pre- vious dozen years. In 1880 it was $19.41, and in 1579 it was $16.75. As the specie resump- tion act went into operation in the be- gloning of 1§79, and as this incited a business activity unknown before since the civil war days, it would seem that our present proportionate circulation ought to be ample for all legitimate needs. The speculators are the only persons who are urgently asking an Increase in circu- lation at this time. The fact that the per capita of less than $20 was found to be adequate a lttle over twenty years ago, when trade was remarkably brisk, would indicate that the present figure, which is half as large again, is big enough for safety. While the country’s population is increasing with considerable rapidity, its circulating medium s expanding much faster. This indicates that the country can get all the money it n without making any assault on,our financial laws. Moreover, & very large proportion of the galn of the circulation s made by the gold element of it, most of which is repre- sented by its paper representatives or cer- tificates, The condition of the country's fnances will satisfy all reasonable de- war s, BITS OF WASHINGTON LIFE. Minor Scemes and Incldents Sketched on the Spot. Quartermaster General Humphrey h under consideration a proposition to en- large the army clothing plant at Phila- delphia so to make all uniforms for army officers. It is sald the quartermaster will favorably recommend the matter to congress. At the present time only the uni forme of enlisted men are made at the army departments, the officers being com- pelled to patronize high priced There ia constant Kicking among military men over the cost of thelr service clothes, and it will doubtless continue until the gov- ernment agrees to make them at cost price. General Humphrey estimates that he can cut the cost of tallor made uniforms for officers from 40 to 60 per cent, and at the same time furnish goods of a quality equal to that provided by the best tailors. He has talked the matter over with Secrotary Root and the latter heartfly indorsed the plan. In fact, he suggested the scheme of making the officers independent of the mill- tary tailors. The numerous and bitter complaints that foliowed the recent changes in the uniform were responsible for the idea of a service tatloring establishment. General Humphrey believes that In addition to saving the officers a great deal of money this scheme will do more to bring uniformity in the clothes of officers than all the rules that have been fssued on the subject. He eays that in spite of the most carefully drawn regulations the hatters of the country find it impossible to turn out service hats that conform to the requirements. In a com- pany of a dozen officers the visors of no two will be exactly similar. Discrepancies are also found in the coats and trousers of army officers. tallors The average tale that is told in the offi- clal papers that drift into the government archieves by the thousands daily is what has come to be known as a “human in- terest story.” There are dreary wastes of platitude and heaviness, wearisome mo- notony and “hard luck stories” galore. But amid all these and relieving the tedium of the rest are bright bits of unconsclous humor, sharp sallles of wit and expres- slons strikingly original and funny. The great bulk of the “queer” papers among the official documents reaches the pension bureau, reports the Washington Star. The veterans have a way of writing epigram- matic letters on occasion and of drifting into President Lincoln's habit of illustrat- ing points by anecdotes culled from per- sonal experiences. The following from a man, who is something of a fatalist in his way, will show a peculiar vein of thought and expression: “I Alwase Been a Puglecan Party. “I Alwase saclated with it. “I Been turned Down by it “1 Reed my Bibel. “I find from it hel 1s doomed. “I am also doomed *‘T spoas | must go to the Boanard. I must cloas." Down in old Missourl lives a veteran who evidently regards the recelpt of an official letter from Washington as a mark of dis- tinction and importance. Presumably he wanted to show the answer to his neigh- bors as an earnest of his close relations to the powers that be in Washington, and that is what he wrote to the commissioner of pensions: “Dear Sir—I haven't got nothin’ espeshal to write about but just thote I would con- gradulate you on the effercacy of your work In genral and your standing as a high and onerabel gent in particular. I would ltke to have the oner of your repll in ten days ‘written on a typewriter, etc.” Tt is not to be supposed, of course, that a pensioner or his witnesses are masters of medical phraseology. BSBometimes, how- ever, the veteran wanders from the path of generalities followed by most lay minds, and gets the vernacular of the medical fraternity mixed to a ridiculous degree. ‘The following was discovered in the pa- pers filed by a claimant who was seeking a pension under the general law: “Paraly- sis of right side has generally extended to adjacent parts of the brain matter, causing paralysis of application and in- tention.” What he really meant, and what he was pensioned for was paralysis of right forearm resulting from a chell wound Not long Ago a man who does not be- Heve in glittering generalities had this to ®ay in an affidavit flled in a pension claim, to show the widowed clalmant's financial standing ¥#, upon oath, that claimant has only two horses and two cows and very young colt, a twoshorse wagon worth about $15. Had somc other property when sol- dier died—namely, two mules, one team of horses, one heifer and one steer. One mule dled and one heifer was killed by lightning. | The remaining mule was sold to defray funeral expenses and other debts, one horse was taken sick and which was not worthy of attention since that time and the horse was given away. The steer was sold to pay doctor's bills and other debts, and further affiant sayeth not.” Active preparations are now in progress at the capitol for the coming extra session of congress. The officials responsible for the accommodation and comfort of congress have instructed Superintendent Eillo't Woods of the capltol to have it ready for occupation before November 9. Extensive improvements have been in progress since the dissolution of the Fifty-seventh con- gress, some of these having been under- taken two years ago, but Mr. Woods de- clares that the capitol will be ready for congress by November 1. The Fifthy-elghth congress will be com- posed of 38 representatives and four dele- gates, an increase of thirty over the mem- bership of the last congress. The hall of the house has been 80 arranged as to seat 200 members on each side of the main aisle, thus making provision for an in- crease of ten members. The new desks were procured for the last congress, and the additional number required for the accom modation of the approaching session are ready to put in place. The speaker's lobby has been finely frescoed by Rocherman, & pupil of Brumidi, who for many years was engaged on the decorations of the capitol, including the dome. “It's a safe bet that you have a strong set of grinders and a luxuriant growth of hair,” writes a correspondent to Dr. Wiley, the eminent chemist of the Department of Agriculture. This sarcastic observation was brought out by the assertion of Dr. Wiley that the human race is becoming so intel- lectual as to render it toothless and halr- less. This condition of affairs, he con- tended, was not alone due to advancement intellectually, but to the use of prepared foods as well. view Dr. Wiley has been deluged with cor- EE———— Most Eye Troubles begin in ehildhood. A little abuse—a little strain early in life~means much more after maturity. The slightest symptoms should be looked into. Usually if glases are prescribed in time— actual disease is prevented—and they can be discarded as the child grows older. 213 Seuth (6th Streel, « = Paxtos Block, |mo far as I Since this celebrated inter- | respondence. Many of the writers are sar. castic and nearly all of them take the re marks of the chemist seriously. One of them, as stated above expressed the opinion that If & bald pate was a sign of Intel lectuality, Dr. Wiley must surely have an excellent growth of hair. Dr. Wiley is making preparations tc start the poison squad on the fail ccurse. e denies dignantly that it 15 s purpose to Inaugs rate exporimants to ascertein the effect alcoho! on the human evstem. The popu larity of an ohol ¢ the large number of fered to sacrifice themselves in the in ests of sclence. 1t Is the purpose of Dr. Wiiey to confine himself to experimenta- tion with solids and not take up liquids, as he realizes that the government has no factlities to care for a group of ine briates. volunteers who of- Preparations are In progress in Washing- ton for the meeting of agricultural entists and experts which will be held about the middle of November. The local arrangements are in charge of Dr. A. C. True of the departmental expariment sta- tion service. There are sixty-five colleges and sixty experiment etations to be pre- sented by the delegates, and as each o lege and station is entitled to one repre- sentative the attendance is to be large. The program is now in the hands of the execu- tive committee, and Is expected at the de- partment any day. Dr. True is annually appointed by the secretary of agriculture as one of the two government delegates. He gives some interesting data concerning the importance of the institutions to be represented at the convention. They bave funds and equipment estimated at $70.- 000,000 and an annual income of $10,000,000. There are 3,500 men in the faculties of the Institutions and a total student body of 46,600, Of the students 6,209 are studying agriculture alone, and as each of them in- tends to make a life business of farming, thefr practical demonstration of the latest methods of scientific agriculture are ex pected to be of great service to the coun- try at large. The income of the experiment stations proper in 192 was $1,80,00, of which $500,000 was contributed by the national government. The stations employ about 70 experts and fssue some 40 publications annually. In addition to thelr work at the station many of the employes conduct er dellver addresses at farmers' meetings, and In 1902 it was estimated that they person- ally expounded the latest theorles of agri- culture to more than 1,000,000 people. MASS OF PEOPLE UNTOUCHED, erican Home Life Unshaken by Speculative Sharper: Jos Howard's Letter in Boston Globe. The United States is emphatically a na- tion of homes. Domesticity is our chief virtue. The first thought of every honest man, young or old, is to get a home. discover, the American home life, unaffected by monkey dinners, wrist bracelets, smart-set divorces, disloyal friends and toadies to wealth, is as solid and substantial today as it was years ago, when there was less glitter and more gold in evidence. Study the army of men, young and old, that starts out every morning to work. What are they going to work for? Every one of the millions either seeks op- portunity for labor or goes to his regular toll. What for? He earris his daily bread by his carly struggle. In great centers like New York and Boston there is more or less poverty, and with poverty, suffering. The great mass, however, earns literally fits daily bread. They know Indistinctly that there are very rich men, some good and some bad; rich women, some good, many sflly, recognize that this, that or the other man has a million dollars or more. What does it mean to them? Nothing. As a chain is as strong as its weakest link only, 80 & na- tion is as prosperous as its humblest class. In no offensive meaning is the term, hum- Dlest, ysed, but rather to indicate the great majority of us who say, with feeling, “Give_ us this day our dally bread" meaning thereby the elements that enter into do- mestic safety, comfort, ease and surety. Go to the markets, to the stores. Do you find any diminution in domestic purchas- ing? Never in the history of the nation was there so much sugar, tea, coffee, butter, lard, flours of all brands, meats, molasees and syrups sold. This is a well-fed nation, and food can’t be had without its purchas- ing equivalent Where there is one Rockefeller with an unsavory reputation, financial, greedy and avaricious, one Morgan dominating for while his rivals and friends alike, one eys- tem, blood sucking, nerve-wearing and com- munity-undermining, there are millions of honest men earning, thank God, thelr dally bread. For whom fis this bread? It is the nourishment of wife and children; 1t's hospitality to friends and nelghbors; it's a solid and substantial satisfaction to the man who earns it, as he sees those, who, to be sure, are dependent upon him, but who also love him, partake of and enjoy it. Of the right kind of prosperity the na- tion has full measure. Of the watered, nearly worthless, pretentious prosperity we have had more than enough. Thank heav- ens, those whose cunning induced it and whose avarice bloated It-and floated 1t, for that matter—are finding out, at a late can { date, to be sure, that while wind is useful in its sphere, no gas bag has ever yet been Invented strong enough to prevent its bursting when pushed beyond its power of endurance. Pity for the Dyin Baltimore American. The trusts are being approached more in sorrow than in anger just mow by those who comprohend the financial situation. Waltham is attested by | . | the sel- | Now, | and in a vague sort of way they! s o R PERSONAL NOTES. General John B. Gordon of Georgia hos | resumed his lecturing tour in the south | Gradually old institutions loss their | glamour. Since these late flood experiences ! down east folks wonder loss about Noah | Mre. Cortelyou will make her first ficial appearance as the wife of a cablnet minister at the public reception on New Year's day Countess Miranda, better known as Chris tine Nilsson, the singer. has completed furnishing of her mew palace near | Madrid. She has a rare collection of oil | paintings and old playbills | Captain Willlam 8. Cowles has Just cr. dered himself to sea jn command of the battleship Mississippi. He was acting chict of the Bureau of Navigation when that | order came to it, and so passed it along to himeeif. Margaret E. Sangster has been selected {by the American committes as the third { representative at the Canadlan national { convention of the World's Women's Chris { tian assoctation, which will meet in To- | ronto on October . | Former Chief Justice William E. Par- | menter of Massachusetts has just died In West Cambridge. Ho had been a lawyer since 1842, and remembered Boston as a town and saw Lafayette when the latter visited America. He was born in 1817. Franklin T. Davis, recently appointed district deputy grand master by the grand lodge of Free Masons of New York recelved an claborate gold offictal badge from Hiawatha lodge. of Mount Vernon recently. Mr. Davis is past master Hiawatha lodge, past high priest of Mount Vernon chapter and past commander of Bethlebem commandery, Knights Templ ot LAUGHING GAS, “DIA your college confer any degres on you?” but they gave me the third degrcn in my secret soclety, and you bet that's ail Lovant. I'm aching rom it yet."—Chicago ost. Pepper—I don't belleve thers was | dry eye In the house when the curtain went jdown on the third act. Mrs. Pepper—No | but' there seemed_to be the usual number of dry throats. w Yorker. . “For goodness' sal old man, you're a wreck! What's the mylttse with you?" “Fall cpening.” { \ “What! you don't mean to into a crush of female shoppers “No, coal hole."—Philadelphia gou weat Pross. o Fditor—You needn't bother about that historical editorial, Leader Writer—But it's all ready. I wrote it In two hours. “Well, T want a humorous one in its place. How long will it take? “'Oh, about two days."—Brooklyn Life. “Aren’t you ashamed to be an object of pity and derision? Oh, 1 don’t know,” answered Meandoring Mike." “Dere ain't nobody puttin’ cartoons about me In de paper, or makin' jokes be cauge T want to give away librarles an' colleges. ‘Washington Star. Excited Democrat—We'll drive you fel lows out of the promised Jand yet! All we need is a Moses! Phlegmatic Republican—That 18 what ails vou. You are always getting a Moses. He frads you In sight of the promised land and ieaves you there.—Chicago Tribune. “Is dey anything sweeter dan 'possum “Pass de plates roun’! Dis is no time for AtlantaConstitution. FATE OF THE BOODLERS, Milwaukee Sentinel. 'Tis with pain,” sald Hiawatha, That I read the many stories Now in active circulation Relative to local boodler: "Tis with pain and consternation That I see the various papers Telllug Low ihey first discovered And denounced the awful practice In our lovely Jittle city. Boodling, a8 I understand it, Is an ancient proposition; Mother Eve began the practice When she told our old friend Adam How to get a little rakeoff From the apple tree of knowledge; Yes, they got a little rakeoff— Little Caln and little Abel! And from that time on, my dearfes, Boodling flourished through the ages. Take Leonidas, for instance, Old Leonldas, the Spartan; Would his name have lived in history 1f the wise old duffer hadn't Held a pass? Not on your tintype! 1 could cite a thousand cases If I had the inclination. But I think the wisest boodler That I ever knew or heard of ‘Was a sawed-off little Injun Known as HMand-Behind-His-Blanket, ‘Who was on the common counell In the land of the Bigmittahs. In the land of grafts and holdups. Bmooth was Hand-Behind-His-Blanke! Very heavy on the varnish, Smoother than a Newport leader, Bmoother than the dimpled cheeklet Of the malden In the chorus, Yet with all his lovely polish He was caught at last, my ehldren, Caught and dealt with'quite severely; ‘This is how It was accomplished: In the vill lived a malden, Little Chemlcal. zella, Who had been iInfatuated With old Hand-Behind-His-Blanket, Tl he left her for anoth Then did Chemical-Gazella, Tn a suit for breach of promi: Introduce. as testimony, This Incriminating letter, Signed by Hand-Behind-His-Blanket: ‘Darling, T will bfl those earrings That you've hinted for so often ‘When we vote upon the measure Now before the common counell: ‘When I cast my little ballot As my blooming conscience dictates ‘There will be five thousand In it. And we'll have a champagne blowout Mumm's the word—your lovey dovel. In the center of the village Was a little fron flagstaff, ‘There the neighbors all assembled For a last long, lingering look at Dear old Hand-Behind-His-Blanket Who was fastened to the flagstaff Plentifully saturated With that staple preparation Bold by John D. Rockefeller; Upward. upward, ever upward Rolled the emoke. until the village Looked a little like Chicago. Thus did Hand-Behind-His-Blanket in de roun’ worl' problems! Pay the penalty for boodling!" Watches They go. “* The Perfected American of inferesting information free upon request. Watch,”” an illustrated book about watches, will be sent American Waltham Watch Company, Waltham, Mass. 1528 FARNAM We originated the famous “banker’s lost — It’'s worn by business men and every other man, no matter what his occupation. Decatur is a mighty sensible shoe. $3.50 and $5.00. Direct from maker to wearer.