Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 March 1897 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS NEW^ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31. 1897.

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admitted. It wa* a combination to 11* rate* and to prevent competition. Every I argument which was based on the neceaI »lty of preventing a disastrous competition Is a justification for the ruling of the court. The question i B not as to the desirability of such devices — It Is ( as 10 whether the law allows them. So

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restraint reasonable has nothing to do with It. Nor Is It of any consequence that the combination Is made up of railroads rather than of manufacturing establishments. Whatever may be thought of Justice Peckham’s political economy or of the political economy of the Congress which passed the anti-trust act — and both are defective, and, to a certain extent, dangerous — the opinion of the court seems to bo a fair interpretation of the law. If the law is wrong, the

remedy lies with Congress.

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ROADS AND TRUSTS, the criticism of the recent f the Supreme Court in regard among railways has to the political economy of who spoke for the the parts of the opiaion so !ly have little bearing upon Involved In the cose, the Justice declared that It the anti-trust act. matter contract was In reasonable or restraint of trade. In either n by the statute. 1^ himself a* believing that the 0 trusts and combinations was net' simply that they might or did put up prices, but that they exerted too much operated to drive the small of business. In our opinion to be said In favor of i’s view. But whether It __ , who shall say that this was not tba theory of Congress when it passed the anti-trust act? And can It be denied that Congress has the power nd the old common law rule even reasonable restraint of question Is not whether such Is sound, hut whether Congress throws us back upon the act the opinion of the court cpnsct. The first section of the

follows:

vract. combination In the of trust or otherwise, or consplr- ‘ \ int of trade or commerce s several States, or with forts hereby declared to be 11person who shall make any or engage In any such or conspiracy, shall be of a misdemeanor, end Jon thereof, shall be punished not exceeding $5,000, or by imnot exceeding one year, or punishments. In the diacre-

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no distinction here between and unreasonable restraint of trade. AH contracts in restraint of trade are In express term* forbidden. Therefore, we think It ts little to the purpose tc criticise the opinion* of Jus- * The fault is with Con-

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that railroads scope of the act. itatute seems to be It forbids all eontracts of trade made by any ”comthe form of trust or other- '/• It is enough if and a contract in le made by It. An inwaa made to show that pot apply to railroads by in the sixth section of was a penalty prescribed well be enforced against section provides for the of the ofto confiscate for to do so tooonvery to is

CHICAGO’S MAYORALTY CONTEST. It is hard to recall a time when Chicago was more stirred up over a municipal election than it is at present. Four candidates are In the field — two regular representatives of the old parties and two independents. The former are Judge Sears, the machine Republican nominee, and Carter Harrison, the machine Democratic candidate. The latter are Washington Hesing, a gold Democrat, editor of the Illinois Staats-Zeitung, ami postmaster under the late administration, and John M. Harlan, a son of Justice Harlan, of the United - Stafes Supreme Court, and a lawyer of much ability and growing distinction. AH the candidates are comparatively young men. Mr. Hesing alone is more than forty. The two regular candidates stand for nothing but the typical machine politics of Chicago; Between the two machines In municipal politics there Is practically no choice. Both are corrupt; both are without sense of decent municipal government; neither has any notion of enforcing the liquor laws or the gambling laws or the Sunday laws; both are completely controlled by the grasping corporations that have robbed the city through corrupt aldermen of the control of the streets. Every one knows that knows anything that the election of either Harrison or Sears would mean a practical continuance of the same sort of corrupt administration as that which has. so long made Chicago a bye-word and reproach. It Is possible that the election of Mr. Heelng would be an improvement over either of thrne. But the probability Is not very great. Mr. Hesing is not a powerful Intelligence to start with, and he is an excessively vain and pompous mao. His associations have been largely with the very class of wealthy operators who have benefited from the mtsgoverhment of the city and the corruption of its politics; It is not possible that he would be strong enough to resist their blandishments, even if he desired to do so, should he be elected. , The one candidate that stands for what is best i* John M. Harlan. This man has the same vigor of Intellect, independence of Judgment and sturdiness of character that dietintfhish his father. A year or so ago he entered the Board of Aidermen, after a vigorous canvass, In which he was opposed by one of the most astute and unprincipled leaders of the machine. He went into the board as a reformer, and frem the very outset of his career showed himself the uncompromising foe of every Job which the corruptionists tried to put through. Boss Madden found him a lighter every time he marshaled his forces to despoil the city. The papers were full of Harlan’s work In the board, and the decent people of the dty began to take hope, feeling that at last a champion of honesty and right had ap-

peared.

Naturally, Harlan did not make himself solid with the machine by hi* course. Far from that he roused Its bitter hostility. Had It been seeking the best intereats of the city, his would have been the only name coruridered for the mayoralty nomination. As It was, his name was not considered by the polltiolane at all. When Judge Sears, a practically unknown and coktriem man, was nominated. Harlan announced himself as an Independent Republican candidate. He has the support of the best element of the press. He is making a most vigorous canvass, speaking with great power every day to thousands of voters. It is already practically conceded that there la no hope for the regular Republican nominee. But the Republican machine has not the sense to retire him from the field. Probably It would rather see Harrison elected than Harlan. If there were more time, Harlan, with his strong appeal to the honest, dei cent, conservative forces of the city, would be pretty sure to win. Hla chances are reasonably good as It 1& But In the quadrangular tight, with Hesing’a strength so slight and with the Republican force* divided between Sears and Harlan, the probablllte* seem to be In favor of young Carter Harrison, a man without experience ard with practically nothing to recommend him, except the fact that he is the son of his father, who was for many years mayor of the city when everything went. It would be a great thing’for Chicago If it could elect Harlan mayor. It would mean that the majority of the people have a deeire that Chicago should at last begin to conform to civilised standards In its municipal housekeepings

publicans and Democrats will agree. There Is probably not a cttlsen of the United States who will not be affected by It. The Increase of taxes will bear heavily on millions of people. Thus the Interest In tho bill is universal Yet there haa been no discussion of it worthy of the name In the House, and It will be voted for by many Representatives who have not the remotest Idea of what It contains. This can hardly be called intelligent legislation. It is well enough for the majority to take the word of the committee In regard to matters of comparatively little Importance. But when it comes to a bill which affects the public treasury, and alec the pockets of all the people, It would seem as though a conscientious legislator would desire to be Infornlfed oa the subject, and would wish to have the benefit of hostile criticism. But rapid as has been the action of the House the Republican leaders are now proposing that the duties imposed by the Dlngley bill shall go into effect at a date no one knows how many months prior to the passage of the measure. At this writing it Is expected that an amendment will be offered providing that the Dlngley duties shall be enforced and collected on all goods Imported efter April 15, and before the passage of the act, which were not purchased or in transit prior to April 1. If this amendment shall he adopted no one will be able even to guess what duties he will have to pay on his importations purchased or In transit subsequent to April 1, and brought into the country after April 15. No one can tell what the Senate will do with the bill, and those engaged In foreign trade will import their goods subject to duties to be fixed months In the future — that Is to say, of course. If the courts should sustain such retroactive legislation. This would be a fire stroke for prosperity. Speculators and guessers, and those who were fortunate enough to get tips from our statesmen would, no doubt, reap a harvest. But honest btwiuees men would suffer great loss. The excuse for this extraordinary amendment is that It ts nefcesshry to prevent the rushing In of Imports in advance of the establishment of the higher duties. The Republican leaders see plainly enough that it will be a long time before the Government gets the full benefit of the additional revenue from the new tariff, if every importer is allowed to bring In foreign goods not simply for present use, but for consumption months and years ahead. But this is a necessary consequence of our present system Aof taxation. It can not be averted by such desperate expedients as that proposed by the Republican leaders. If we are going to tax trade and industry we must be prepared to see business men Improve every opportunity that comes to them to take advantage of favoring circumstances. We expect them to bear without complaint the burdens which are Imposed upon them, and to endure the distressing uncertainty which is the necessary result of frequent and radical tariff changes. But now it is proposed to prolong this uncertainty for months. We are going to suspend the operation of the existing tariff law with Its known rates of duty, and subject importations to duties which tygve not been agreed upon, and will not be agreed upon for months. It is hardly possible that this amendment will be agreed to. But the fact that It has been proposed ought to bring out an emphatic protest. The tariff agitation has bad and is having a bad effect on business. The Dlngley bill Is, In many of its features, outrageous. But the adoption of the proposed amendment would ,be without palliation or excuse.

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tariff lfgislaTI ON, The House of Representatives will have passed the Dlngley tariff bill this afternoon, although it will not have considered more than one-third of the bill. When the House adjourned yesterday only twenty out of the 162 pages of the bill hod been gone over. On the other hand, when the measure reaches the Senate, it will be considered until the dreary and Intel mlnable talkers in that body grow weary of speech-making And condescend to allow a vote to be taken. Thus in one branch of our national leg-

islature It

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Is impossible to have any

proper deliberation and discussion, and Ift- tho other It Is Impossible to secure

anything like prompt action

The Dlngley bill is a most important — piece of legislation. On this point Rsmwk iMLl ^ j ..

NO CAUSE FOR DESPAIR. • There have been some rather excited communications in The News over the recent prize-fight. It is needless to say that The News abhors brutal spectacles of any kind. It believes that the law everywhere should prevent prize-fights. But we should like to suggest that things are not so bad as the writers of these communications appear to feel. Mr. Cottman, for example, finds that twenty years ago, when Mace and Allen fought (It was twenty-seven years ago) “the newspapers devoted a little space to the jsvent as an item of news, with some comments as .to the character of the fighters.” And yet in 1892 he finds John L. Sullivan going to his fight in a special car. and in 1897 the State of Nevada legalizing prize-fighting; and these events are reported with a. detail that causes Mr. Cottman to despair of the republic. Without referring to the files of newspapers of 1870 to see to what extent the Mace-Allen fight was reported, It Is sufficient to say that in 1870 camp-meetings, Acton Assemblies, Bethany Parks, University Extension work, and all the rest were not reported in anything like the present fullness. There were practically no such things as special cars In 1870. Newspapers and news-gathering then cost much more than now. The facilities were infinitely less. Methods of Illustration in common use now. which have been so wondrously perfected and so vastly cheapened, were not then invented. Expenditure in every direction was on a much smaller scale. Newspapers. like all things modern, have so grown that while reducing the price, they can lay before their readers ten, twenty and 100 times more news, than could newspapers in the* last generation. Examine the newspaper of 1870, with W* scan* report of the Mace-Allen fight, and it will be found that the same scantiness characterised all reports, while the whole world of special articles, general and particular, sojentlfic and fiction, was almost unknown to the newspaper of that day. Mr. Cottman and others who bewail the reports of unpleasant things, should take a larger view, get a better perspective. They will ses that for one tiring the very Incident of which they compute is one of the surest guaranties of tbs purging away of untowaadnees of all kinds. Nothing 's so wholesome to morals and manners as to let in the light. The golden age is always In the past for some of usj and so we are liable to forget that a change of standards from time to time doee not necessarily mean a towering of standard. There Is quite as much gentleness, respect and morality In the Intercourse of the sexes to-day as there wa* when men and women wore ruffles and flounces and the one made verses to the other’s eyebrows, and there was high-flown speech on all sides. As a matter of fact, the general standard of moral cleanliness and wholesomenss* Is rising. There is less vice; there Is toss brutality; tjiwe is less crime than there was In ths days when Mare and Alien “wewt off quietly to the woods in y -’

a cart, along with a select company of the ‘fancy,' and mauled each other in a modest, unobtrusive way.” There appears to be more of many things undesirable because of the greater thoroughness with which all news Is reported. By way of Illustration, one frequently hears the remark that diseases are Increasing. As a matter of fact, diseases are not Increasing. People died formerly as they do now. But the diseases were unclassified, were unoombated. There was a blessed time when we knew nothing of germs and microbes, but the little fellows were there all the same, doing their deadly work. Examine from whatever point of view one may, the world. In a large sense, Is getting better, and one of the means of making It better is publicity. Unnamable things can not be done In a corner and In the dark as they were. The light is turned on, and so' they are ceasing to be done. There is no occasion for despairing of the republic or for becoming pessimistic.

The people of the West should put their tornado cellars in order and get In readiness.

The fight in the Kentucky Legislature h»s reached that stage where it would he wise to have the membeny*earched for weapons.

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The Sentinel Is apparently *o saturated with Bryanlsm that It must divide society Into classes. It 1* trying very hard to argue that “laboring people” constitute one class and the rest of society another class. (As If other folks did not labor.) And It talks of “failure to keep faith with the laboring people of Indianapolis in this matter,” referring to the need of labor In developing the park system and in cutting doWn the court-house ground. It pretends also that It has found In The News support for Us own Insupportable position that public work ts to be done for the purpose of giving public employment,* by quoting some paragraphs from The News in which work necessary to be done on the two improvements mentioned Is spoken of as being a fortunate thing for the relief of people who want work and can not get It. It quotes from The News correctly as far as It goes. But It falls to quote from The News In this connection more than one statement that it was no advocate of labor for the sake of labor; that It opposed the idea of public work In order to give public employment; that the fact of public employment was simply an Incident and nothing more. AH th.es* utterances of The News the Sentinel carefully keeps out of sight. To be sure, it la not worth while to answer the Sentinel seriously in this way But we are Interested In having it known that Indianapolis is not engaged In the reckless and foolish policy of making public Improvements for the sake of giving public employment. The tariff Is a local question In one respect at least. When a Congressman’s constituents receive ‘’proper” consideration, he la disposed to vote for the bill.

Mau and Woman. TV, be a woman is to be a orvoturn Somewhat less than man. Lower sot upon ths scale of Nature When the world began. To be a woman is to be a spirit E>|ual-born with man. Made, as man Is, to InheSlt Heaven by Ood's ptaO. To be a woman ts to be the weaker In the Chinas of earth, Unto mar, subservient, meeker— Poor*.- in world’s worth. Being poorer, weaker, lesser In tiie earthly strife Marice—Christ teaches—Che possessor

Of eternal life.

Man *'would seem then, and not woman. Has the mewner ehare In the common lot and human

Both must bear.

Far the woman, though her burden

Be a broken heart.

In her weakness haa tho guerdon

Of the better part.

Man, la tW# world haring honor,

Heaven soon forgets;

Woman, wtth the yoke upon her,

God ward her heart sets.

The duty on lumber Is not going to help our protlem of forest preservation a bit. Senator Cullom saye “this thing of playing the lackey around the White House,” Is getting to be pretty distasteful to him. He would like to know whether he is on the Inside or the outside, and the sooner the point Is settled, the better. The appointment of Gordon to be postmaster at Chicago is considered by Mr. Cullom to be a personal affront, as Gqrdon has always opposed the senior Senator In Illinois politics. But we are not so surprised to hear these expressions of petulance and grief from Mr. Cullom as we are to hear similar expressions from Mr. Cullom’s colleague, the Hon. ‘ Billy” Mason. Mr. Mason had not missed a day at the White House since the 4th Inst., until last Thursday, when he laid down the law to the President in n few well-chosen words. He told him that “the boys” did not know SecretaryGage, or Palmer, the candidate for Public Printer, whose aj polntment has since been made, or the gentleman who has been promised Air. Eckels’s- shoes. Mr. Mason said “th4 boys” did know Tom Needles, and that they wanted him made Commissioner of Inman Affairs, and without delay, too. The President is said to have listened to Mr. Mason, but so far the name of Mr. Needles has not been communicated to the Senate. We venture to say that If Mr. Mason can not get what he wants, the chances of the less Insistent applicants are slim indeed. The Kentucky Legislature might try a little legislation for the good of the State between ballots.

And the nearer God riw- dwellath, ’ Better doth (she know By how much her lot exceileth

G-rov’ling man’s below—

TUI her heart overflows with ptty

For the fate of man,

Who, without Che heavenly city.

B1»e doth faintly ooan—

In Che eager market toiling

For the needful wage.

With the sordid traffic soUIng

Honor’s rirfln page.

Pity soon to love stlU turnetii

In a woman's breast:

Woman’s love to succor yeoraeth

Whom she loveth beat.

Alan to worship aye is willing

Woman thron’d on high;

But, when pity’s heat fultUUng.

Woman mocpech nigh—

Worship then goes out of fashion,

Man begin* to love.

And tjie woman’s shy oompaosion.

Like a frightened dove.

Fain would fly back to Us covert

From the world away—

But she enters, and her lover CSn. she not gainsay. : She la weakei. he is stronger.

And true love i* sweet;

Ho will be alone no longer. She i* his helpmeet. V' For fhs secret of her Heaven She has brought to earth, And in equal bargain given FOr a man’s whole worth. Greater, lesser, worser. better.

Which is which, it matters not— Man and woman Joined together,

One they are in heart and lot.

—London Spectator.

It looks as if the Palisades on the Hudson are to be turned into cash. For the last two or three years stone contractors have been blasting away, tumbling down thousands of tons of rock and putting it upon the market. Certain “sentimental” citizens of New York have been making frantic but vain endeavors for a long time to have a stop put to the outrage. The Palisades are on tho New Jersey side, and so far it has been Impossible to get the Legislature to do anything. The cliffs have been horribly defaced, and In many place* the fine sky line broken, but the contractors are not susceptible to questions of sentiment or aesthetics. In reply to protestatlona. they put In another charge of dynamite and fracture another portion of the cliff. It now seems that the Palisades will have to go. Trusts are pretty quick to squeal when hit, but we have yet to hear of any complaint from them in this State about the Linck bill.

A number of Senators have expressed their displeasure at the matting item In the Dlngley bill, and the Maritime Association of the port of New York points out that a blow to Chinese matting Is a blow to one of the few remaining lines of American shipping. China buys large quantities of petroleum from us every year. This Is carried to the oriental ports In American ships, which bring back matting as their return (jargo. It is only because of the cargo thus offered that American ships can compete for the carrying trade, and if the proposed duty on matting Is retained finally, these vessels will be deprived of their return cargoesj The railroad attorneys are still In conference. The “best legal talent” nowadays is paid, not so much for stating what the law is. as for contriving ways to get around It.

The recent decision of the Supreme Court in the railroad cases has given the hard coal trust a severe rap. This organization Is composed of a group of Eastern railroads, which own nearly all the important anthracite coal mines and control the output and distribution of coal. These companies have had a fine time of It. They could regulate the output of coal, the amount each railroad should carry, and the price that was to be charged for different periods. The result, of course, has been that the consumer paid the freight In more than one sense. There Is hope that under the decision the trust will go to pieces.

« SCRAPS. *» There are not lees than 2,000,000 dogs In the British Isles. Maine canoes are being extensively used on Florida waters this winter. The Bureau of Ethnology In Washington has at present about 6,500 volumes on anthropology. Ostentation has been described as the way other people “show (jff.”—Town and Country Journal. The population of Massachusetts In 1890 was 2,238,943. Of this number, 1,302,479 have bank accounts. The area of the group of Philippine islands is about the size of California. The total population is about 7,000,000. A merchant of Copenhagen was recently -fined ten crowns for having used the American flag as an advertising medium. The clergyman who tied the knot of a West Poland <Me.) couple recited an impromptu poem as part of the ceremony. The most valuable spots on the face of the earth are believed to be the four corners where Wall street, New York, touches Broad. One of the cranks elected In Austria favors the abolition of the Christian religion and a return to the worship of the ancient Teutonic deities. “Mme. Tussand” paid Dr. Nansen $5,000 for the blubber-soaked suit he wore when he ir.et Mr. Jackson on the Ice of Franz Josef Land. The matrimonial statistics of Berlin for 1896 attest that In that year twenty-one Berliners were married who had passed the ripe age of seventy-four years. Ernest White, of West Chester. Pa., has a small picture-frame made of 2.200 separate pieces of wood that lock into one another. It was made by hand. Only one marble statue of the human figure with eyelashes is known. It Is one of the gems of the Vatican, the "Sleeping Ariadne,” and was found In 1503. The Turkish court pianist receives $3,000 a year for his services, but he is temI>orarlly suspended^ every time he plays a tune the Sultan does not care to hear. Profesoor Bailey, of Ithaca, N. Y., ha* succeeded in grafting tomato on potato vines. In this case the tomatoes grew to Tull size, but the potatoes remained small. Puritanism transplanted to the Pacific slope has caused the prosecuting attorney at Colfax, Wash., to notify the local band that it will not be permitted to play on Sunday.

cbejlntest chillun In de neighborhood.” —Washington Star. Two bites into an apple picked up in a store cost a resident of Portland, Ate., three front teeth. He concluded that that must be the kind of apple from which hard cider is made.—New York Sun. "I have been troubled with Insomnia for the last two or three nights,” said Wallace. ‘’Nothing dangerous In that,” said Ferry, who was trying at that moment to think what It was his wife wanted him to bring home. "I wouldn’t loae any sleep over it, If I were you.”— Cincinnati Enquirer. One seetlon of Cae fishing laws of Florida provides that “whoever fishes for shad between sundown on Saturday afternoon and sunrise on Monday morning of every week shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $200, and by confiscation of boat and fishing tackle used In such unlawful acts." In one of the St. Louis Police Courts recently a man was punished with an exceptionally heavy fine for carrying concealed weapons. The Justice explained that he made the penalty excessive because the prisoner deserved one fine for carrying any pistol and another for carrying so bad a pistol that It was likely to kill at both ends. A medical journal has made some careful investigations among the colleges of New England, which enabled it to state that student* who do not use tooacco gain weight, bight and girth of chest From 10 to 24 per cent, faster than thoee who chew or smoke. The development of the lungs, If thi* authority is correct, I* especially retarded by the tobacco habit. A bright West Springfield boy made an amusing remark recently In regard to the prevailing epidemic of grip. Some one had called to see him as he was lying on his bed under the doctor’s care, and attempted to console him by saying that he only had the German measlea. “It don’t make no difference, he said. “I feel lots worse than I did when I had the United States measles. —Boston Herald. In the sixteenth century the average length of a doctor's life was thirty-six vears five months, in the seventeenth century it was forty-five years and eight months, in the eighteenth century forty-nine years and eight months, and in the nineteenth, fifty-eight years and n-ven months. It thus appears that doctors were three hundred years In learn^ Ing not to take their own medicine.— Chicago Chronicle. When Washington Hesing, of Chicago, wa* devoting all his energies to the conduct of hi* paper, the Staats-Zeitung, there was a big fire In Chicago which hi* Daper failed to mention. “Why didn’t we nave * report of that fire last night?” he asked next morning of a fresh reoorter who had been assigned to It. “My ,1*«r Mr. Hesing.” replied the young Jour-*, n«l!«rt In surprise, “there wa* nothing new to print about It. Every one in Chicago wa* there and *aw it.” “Young man,’’ said Mr. Hewing, "if any one ask* you If vou work for the Staats-Zeitung tell him no.” Even to-day Joseph Chamberlain retain* hi* youthful looks, although not to such nn extent a* some years ago. When he was a member of Mr. Gladstone’* administration ho had occasion to cross the Irish sea on a day when the steamer wa* overcrowded, and there were not berths for all. He was attended by a private secretary, with a beard, who ficked acquaintance with a Scotchman. J*be latter made a suggestion for the distribution of the party on the principle of age before honors. “You and I, mon, he said, “will occupy the bertha, and the wee laddie”—indicating the distinguished statesman—“can Ju*t lie himself down on the floor.”—N*w York Tribune. • = 1

EVILS OF AW EXCESSIVE TARIFF AWD ITS OFFSPR1WG, THE TRUSTS New York Herald. The tariff built up the trust*, and the trust* are building up the tariff. Look at the genesis of the trust*. To begin with, wo had tariffs to protect “infant Industries.” As these came to adult age and strength they demanded more and more ‘'protection.” They controlled nominations, corrupted State legislatures and log-rolled in Congress to get the tariff higher, ever higher. As a result of the exorbitant price* thus exacted from ths American people the barons amassed millions, until the artificial conditions created brought into existence an excess of Industrial plant. Then ensued tho destructive competition which led the manufacturer* to combine —as they claim in self-defense—into the trust* and put an end to competition. Excessive tariffs destroyed foreign competition. and the resulting trusts have destroyed domestic competition, and there you are. Many of these trusts are capitalized so highly that only one-fourth of the whole was issued for property, the other threefourths representing patents, good will, trade-marks and “earning capacity”; in other words, their power to exact arbitrary prices from the public. They have capitalized In many cases obsolete machinery and useless buildings, and are taxing the people to pay dividends on nil these. In doing this they are, indirectly, of course, offering a premium to others to embark in like industries with better equipment and lighter capitalization. Yhey are defying natural laws which will inevitably crush them In time. Some of them, like the whisky trust, the rail trust and the steel rail trust, have already succumbed; but other*, more shrewdly managed, are still levying millions of yearly tribute from the people, and under the terms of the tariff they are now dictating to Congress may Hvo long enough to feel the accumulating power of the evil force they are—unconsciously, perhaps—exerting for the subversion of our institutions. Heretofore the freedom of opportunity in every field of effort haa stimulated ambition and nourished a robust individualism which has made this country the despair of all the sinister propagandists of state socialism. "Have the state control the machinery of production and distribution? Never!” said the American workman. “I hope to control a bit of It myself one of these days. My employer was once as poor as I am now, and I expect to be a boss myself before long.” But now this man sees the avenue to advancement blocked by these vast aggregations of capital, with control concentrated in the hands of a few millionaires. There is no hope of his ever rising to be the owner of mill or factory of his own under this system. When he feels that these men have condemned him to remain fixed In the industrial and social position he now occupies he becomes dissatisfied. He has been taught that competition was the life of trade; that the socialists were wrong in thinking that the individual could be virtually effaced and the machinery of production and distribution so concentrated that the community could own and control It. But here he sees the concentration an accomplished fact, and not for the profit of the community, ■ but for the further enrichment of a few millionaires. As he hears of the vast sums gained by these men while his own opportunities are dwindling. his discontent increases, and the preacher of socialistic doctrines finds In him a ready listener. “Ah," says the glib agitator. “They told you such concentration was Impossible. but see—It Is accomplished. Look how this giant industry has been organized so that It moves at the nod of a single man. They have cleared the way for us. We have now only to substitute the agent of the government for the agent of the syndicate and the work is done;, and the profits will go to the l*eople who pay them Instead of into the’pockets of this man and his associates.” This Is the danger more serious than a mere question of a penny more or less In the yard or the pound that lurks In the further upbuilding of the tariff wall to shelter these combinations. It was doubtless some thought of this that led Mr. Cleveland In his message to say that through these combinations of capital “the farmer, the artisan and srakll trader Is In danger of dislodgment from the proud poattion of being his own master”; that impelled Judge Peokham, of the Supreme Court, to write In his opinion the other day that even a reduction in the price of a commodity "might be dearly paid for by the ruin of such a class and the absorption of control over one commodity by an all-powerful combination of capital”; that led Senator Sherman to declare that where the tariff fosters a trust It ought to be/abolished, and that Is Inspiring thoughtful men everywhere with fear and causing them to protest against the measure which Mr. Dlngley and his associates are trying to impose upon the count ry M THE WOOL SCHEDULE.

Cldeago Tribune (R<v.).^ Tho House will vote on the Dlngley tariff bill day after to-morrow. Before that final vote Is taken the wool and woolens schedule should be amended so that it may cease to be an outrage on consumers and a pit dug for the party to

fall Into.

The committee on ways and means has managed somehow to hit on wool duties which dlssatisi.* everybody. Although those duties are higher by 10 per cent, on the average than those of the McKinley law the iphio ram-rai*ers scoff at them and say they are not haif high enough. Nothing will satisfy them short of duties which keep out foreign wool and a bounty on the home-grown article which will make it bring the producer

60 cents a pound.

The committee's schedule is offensive to the manufacturers, for If it becomes the law they will be limited practically to the use of a few out of the many kinds of foreign wool they must have at their command if they are going to compete with the foreign mills In the manufacture of all the different varieties of

woolen good-j. ,

The manufacturers recognizing the need

of revenue will not find fauit if low duties are put on wool. But they do protest against duties which will force them either to raise the prices of their goods to a .agh figure or to charge for goods adulterated with cotton, cow s hair, and devil’s dust a little more than tlfey

charge now for an all-wool fabric. All those Republicans who lemember

the wool schedule of 1890, and what befell the party on account of It are justly alarmed when tny see on the committee on ways and means bourbons who remember the disastrous schedule* of 1890. but who seem to have forgotten the de-

feats those schedules led up to. When The duties on wool were ral*ed

20 to 40 per cent. In 1890 the wool-raisers of the United States were told that they were going to get better prices for their fleece*. They waited hopefully for those better prices, hut they did not come When the producers became Impatient they were told big stocks of wool had been Imported In anticipation of the higher duties, and that when those stocks had been worked off everything

would be all right.

Those stocks were worked off, but the price of American wool fell Instead of rising. It sold for less under the high duties of 1890 than the lower duties of 1885. The price of wool outside the United States had fallen greatly, owing to the enormous Australian production. Heavy surpluses had accumulated and they helped to force down the price. That of the American product could not be kept up when there wa* such a de-

cline outside.

The sheep-raisers, however, especially those who had free pasturing on Government lands, added to the number* of their flock*. Soon they began shipping tons of mutton to the Ea*t. thu* compelling the sheep-raisers of that section

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Checks Take the Town!! Eftrly Monday morning they :aid siege against feminine Indiana' polls and met with nothing more formidable than the ohs and ahs of enthusiastic admiration. Now the regiment is appearing on drees parade in our west aisle to the quick step—click! click! click! of the regimental band of scissors and cash-boxes. The following is the

array—under the command of Colonel Price.

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COn- Broken effects in German Checks, made from fancy DA MV r* y orns - a,ld in delightfully new an*] fresh color fancies. PAINT u 38 in, nide; valne 75c; price, a yd COM- Alight weight Ltamine Weave Check, that does not rePA NV P 4ulre a silk foundation—a splendid conception from PA1MY t Koubaix. France, In those magnificent colorings the French are noted for, 45 in. wide, all-wool and extra value for $!; mm price, a yd — * ©C COM- Three-toned Granite Checks, made by the finest Ansdamv c tralian wool, in the season’s sweilest colorings: valne PAINY $1.25; price, a yd — u’lA/uinjuinnjvuinjvmnjinnnnroin/vuuu vmrninjuuwuuvuwiru

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5c a pair

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HiilSsiPsi "Vhe House should have wisdom enough to rewrite this wool and woolens schedule or the Republican party will have both producers and consumers on Its baek, as when it went mad over, wool In 1890. If the House is insane the Senate must to-ep its senses and cut down those excessive duties. If not, itew® will be political storms in 1898 and WuO. _ — Mixed Metuphon*.

Kew York Fes'.

The following extracts from speeches made by vestrymen are given in a local K Mr U8 H UL^lf I paid a man to do a Jab, and he did not do it. I would not pay h Mr. O'C.—I* Mr. 91. C. in order in introducing fresh matter that has already bf M- D?—V move that we have a survey on this day (Thursday) fortnight, on a ^Mrl^p!—I am proud of my ancestor*, and I hope to be proud of my posterity, j Mr B -df this proposal is carried, the parish win stink In the event of the rate-

payers. ^ Origin of the Cravat.

The cravat was once the name of a great military nation, the Croats or Cra- | vates, of the Balkans. It was their fashion to wrap large shawl* or piece* of cloth around thtir neck* and shoulders. About the middle of the reign of Louis I XIV he uniformed several regiment* In !

.... . the Croat fashion, with huge shawl* j to take lower prices for their meat. The about thrir necks. The fa*hloo

latter finding themselves getting leu for their wool and their mutton than they did prior to 189A contributed with their votes to the defeat of the Republican party In the fall of that year. Very likely there are men with flocks of sheep who believe that if wool, on the free list now, is made to pay a duty of 11 or 12 cents u pound they will get that much more for their clip. It will not take them long to discover their mistake. A year’s supply of wool will be imported before a new tariff law can be enacted. Then when that has been worked off the manufacturer* will use more adulterant*. The supply of domestic wool will increase, but not the demand. Hence no advance in price need

be expected.

More mutton will be sent East and

( haiuiierlain On KxerelM. Sew York Times. Joseph Chamberlain's ancient bout that he did not take exercise is recalled flow that the colonial seemary haa been attacked by gout. The boast was sddreuod to a gathering of Birmingham athletes. “I do not cycle, he said, “I do not ride, and I don't walk when I can hi-lp tt. I don’t play cricket, and 1 don’t play foot-hxil, and I don't play tennis, and 1 don’t play golf—which Is, 1 have been aaaiwed, an indisnqnsable condition of stetesmarmhip. The fact is, I don’t take exerciu at all.” Mr. Chamberlain is not known to have changed his fession. He minister sitting in who ha* not, since the imvcrnnwfrt formed, met-with an a- xent titrougi cycling or „ r he had taken a few headers from horse.

Spring i* the seaaoo to purify, vtteliu an-1 « rich your blood, to build up strength * fortify health against the debilitating uason by taking

the shawl cRmiteahed in size to tho slight ■trip of cloth we stlil have with us.

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