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Omaha daily bee., 1883-09-13

possible rate. A manufacturer carrying
on his work in person feels a delicacy in
screwing down his workmen below what
he knows to be living wages. He may
even be the victim of a sentimental feel
ing Of consideration for their needs, which
induces him to better their condition in
such ways as his wealth enables him to
do, trusting to make it up by better work
and more careful management. In a cor
poration this is not 80 easily done. The
men who W the pillow neither hold nor
drive. Incompetent management is com
pensated for i'll the expense account by
screwing down wages. Where $50 many
take part in the ownership there is always
a wicked partner" to whose interference
all hardships of workmen can be charged.
And thus 1t came that corporations had
no souls, a fact which has been ground
into the mind of the workmen and crys-
talized INTO his proverb. But it is only
now that the principal owners of large
corporate enterprises have been willing
to acknowledge that they have no souls.
Ever Jay Gould has been too smart to 60
upon the record in this wise. Wander
bits THE public be id" is classic.
And here we have Mr.. Nervin Green,
president of the Western Union Tele-
graph company, brought face to face wiz
a plain question of the senate comT zee
as to whether the company coulo 1T af-
I'D to dc something to better the con-
dition of its employees, and replying that
corporations are organized to make
make money, and mot for the good of
the public" The public will return its
thanks to these gentlemen for so plainly
defining their positions. The growth of
these vast units of money power is the
phenomenon of our time. The encroach.
ments upon the purity of the ballot, the
impartiality of legislation, and the justice
OF legal decisions have aroused the gray
est fears of the intelligent and patriotic.
Without an exception they have acquir.
ed their valuable franchises under the
%pretense of serving the public. When
pressed upon by legislature and courts
they even 10Y fall back upon this pre-.
tense, and appeal to their splendid rec.
ords of business success. In pursuit of il
they disregard all considerations but
those Of dollars and cents. The public
counts for pocket-books, and labor
counts for 30 much force; the welfare
of human souls and bodies does not
enter into their account. They are not
for the good of the public, but for making
money. This is, at last, the truth and
the whole truth. Itdeserves to be blazoned
upon banners, printed upon the back of
ballots, taught in the public schools, and
preached from the pulpits. The corporate
rattle has sounded. Let the public look
to itself.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-09-13
The Test.

The future of the Anti Monopoly move
ment is not to be judged by the work il
did at Chicago, 10 much as by the re
spouse it meets with from the people.
The great question upon which Anti
%monopolists were divided, was as tC
| whether public sentiment had arrived a
that point which demanded and woulo
sustain such q movement. The response
to the call seemed to indicate that it had
The work of tho convention has now beer
carried to all parts of the country, and
the favorable response which it has mel
with at the hands of the honest, liberty
loving men and ONE of the nation,
exceeds Il most sanguine expectations.
The convention was not composed of men
who WELD great political influence. 1t
was not composed of men who WELD the
great power that wealth gives. They
were simply earnest men and women of
average intelligence, to q great extent
unknown to fame, largely of the producing
classes, unskilled in political diplomacy
or trickery, intent only on doing the
work they were delegated for, and doing
it to the best of their ability. They
were thoughtful, determined, and to some
extent obstinate, tenacious of their rights
and opinions, and ready to defend them
against all attacks. There was no lack OF
pet hobbies and extreme views. Such q
gathering could not fail to contain discor.
dant elements, and yet we never met
with a more tolerant body of people, mol
those who submitted to the slaughter ol
their pet theories more gracefully oil
philosophically. Their zeal for the genera
cause of Anti-monopoly was greater thar
that for their wellnursed hobbies. That
is what this conference, one of the mos
turbulent and unmanageable gathering
that ever met N this country, helG
together for two long days, and made it,
work full, complete and efficient, ant
than went home to continue the worl
until the object for which they startet
out shall be accomplished. The favorabl,
response which their work has received
is not due then to the separate of aggre
gate individual influence of the men who
composed the convention, but the fac
that tho sentiments enunciated are the
sentiments of the people, and theil
enunciation has touched a cord which hal
yibrated to every part of tho nation, ant
wIll continue 10 be echoed and re-echoet
until tho people are fully aroused TO tn,
danger that threatens them, and to tn,
remedies that are within their reach
Justice.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-09-13


ACCORDING to the st. Louis RepubH-
can Gen. Grant has been talking and il
the reported conversation is true, talking
very foolishly. The General is said tc
have freely declared that he would rather
sec Conkling president than any man in
the United States; that he thought the
democrats had SO good a chance this time
that he wanted them to make a good
nomination and that he thought Sam
Randall would fill the bill. The people
three years ago forced General Grant Out
of politics much against his will and his
present views upon political questions will
carry little influence in any quarter.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-09-13
THE TRADE SITUATION.

If reports from various sections Of the
country are to be believed, we have
reached the beginning of the end Of the
business depression which for six months
past has almost assumed the proportions
of a minor panic. That we have failed
in repeating our experience Of ten years
ago, has been due largely to the sound
condition of the currency, the slow con
traction Of credits at the first appearances
of the coming storm and the bsunteous
yield of our harvests during the past two
years.
Since the opening Of the month, signs
of improvement have rapidly increased.
The bank ~clearings indicate a greater vol
ume of business. Wholesale merchants
report a steady enlargement of orders
from retailers and manufacturers stocks,
which have been brought down to the
lowest point, by conservative policy of
keeping the supply only abreast of the
demand, are being rapidly recruited under
increased orders from the trade.
The large increase over early summer
estimates in the wheat harvest has been
followed by assurances of a good foreign
demand for our e%xportable supplies. This
has of course an important influence
upon trade as determining to ZONE extent
the prices of the grain for home con-
sumption and assuring a fair return to
our farmers for their labors. An album
dance of money in farming communities
means a good demand for commodities in
the wholesale and distributing c%enters.
1t is largely owing to this knowledge and
a fair certainty of an unparalleled yield
in corn that q vigorous crop movement
has set in and that merchants are begin.
ming to stimulate trade by laying in
larger stocks than those needed for i'm
mediate consumption.
The decrease in business failures
which is weekly growing more marked is
another healthy and hopeful sign and
warrants the increasing confidence in
commercial centers. Locally, our mer-
chants profess themselves as well salts
fed with the outlook for q good fall
trade. Orders are already coming in
briskly from country dealers and reports
from commercial travellers give hopeful
prospects for the immediate future. With
the bountiful crops of which this state is
nearly assured Nebraska farmers and
business men alike may look forward
with a reasonable degree of confidence to
q profitable season.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-09-13
PARTIES AND PAR1Y NEEDS.

The labored discussion between the
Herald and Republican as to what con-
~stitutes the difference between the two
political parties would be painful il it
were not ridiculous. So far as party
principles, as enumerated in party plat
forms, are concerned the difference is
very much that between the historic
tweedle-dum and tweedle-dee. 1t would
take a telescope Of enormous magnifying
power to discover any material difference
in the calibre of the men who are manip-
ulating the party organizations, lodging
every material issue in State legislatures
and Congress and bowling charges and
denunc!ations against the opposing par
ties
Neither of the present political parties
fairly represents the most enlightened
public sentiment or are subject to the
best political influences of the times.
And as party candidates depend upon
party support through the medium
of political organizations the
ablest men either refuse the
allegiance demanded by machines and
rings as the price of political success or
violate their own convictions by suppress
ing their honest sentiments when elected
to office.
Tho nnnpnn,tnn,a 10 chat thnr.a.la -
voters who have stood within the party
ranks when it meant something to be a
democrat or n republican and when plat
forms contained clearly defined issues,
are standing aloof and forming tho large
army of independents which made itself
felt as a great political force in last falls
election.
Party lines are growing looser every
year, and this tendency is the natural re-
suit of the dishonesty of party platforms
and the feeling that old issues that have
long since been settled and old prejudiccs
that ought long ago to have spent their
force, do not and cannot influence the
voters who desire to think for them
selves. Parties have become mere names,
craftsmanship is daily being left more and
more to the men whose chief interest in
the party is for what it brings them in
dollars and cents, in personal notoriety
or in local influence. The need of both
political parties is regeneration and reju.
venation. We need more candor in party
leaders and more honesty in party plat
forms. There are great questions loom
ing into prominence in the political and
social sky of the country which need only
capitalization into issues to divide polit'
ical sentiment into two fairly opposed
groups. There are honest differences ol
opinion AZ to ends TO be secured and
methods adopted which are sufficient to
make up platforms on which political
battles of national interest could be
fought and won on a party basis. And
there are men with the brains and the
nerve aid the heart TO awaken enthusi.
asm and attract a following on broad is.
sues il they can DO drawn out of their
present retirement and cured of their
disgust, which they share with thou.
sands, at tho cowardliness aud drifting
imbecility Of parties as Low organized
ard conducted in this country.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-09-13

SOME of the Nebraska delegation pro-
fess to feel insulted over the
bouncing of Vandervoort, for official mia
conduct, and claim that they should have
been consulted before the removal. And
why should the heads Of departments
consult senators and representatives or
swap opinions AZ to means and methods
of reforming the service when the inter
ests of the government demand the
prompt removal of lazy, incompetent and
insubordinate oficialsl Is a congressman
to be summoned to Washington every
time q political ~favorite fails to perform
his work in n of the departments, and
is removed TO mako room for a better
mani If the change of officials was
merely n of political expediency the
case might be different. There have
been such changes, and the views of the
politicians most affected have, under
such circumstances, often been consulted.
But in the present instance tho only
question was that of removing a man
who had failed and refused persistently
TO perform his duty as a clerk in the mail
service. All the consultations possible
with the Nebraska delegation could not
have changed the facts. And Mr.. Ores
ham acted strictly within tho bounds OF
his official duty, and Of political courtesy
IN making the renewal as promptly as
possible, without aifording any opportun-
ly for outside interference.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-09-13

The Utah commission are still cheerful
and in the ring with another proposition
for submission TO congress at It's next
session. The leading point in the propo,
sition is the retention of the commission
in Office at the same old salary Of $1,000
a year with nothing to do. Congress
will do well To abolish government by
commission as soon as possible after the
opening of the session.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-09-13

THE fall trade has begun to boom as
the advertising columns of THE BEE bear
witness. Omaha merchants know where
they a secure the most value for their
money and during fair week we are COM
polled to ask more consideration than
usual from our patrons on account of the
pressure made upon our reading columns
by anxious advertisers.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-09-13
DANGER SIGNALS.

Buzz saws,
Ball dogs,
Green w~atermelons,
Didn't know IL was loaded pistols,
Opium shops,
Gambling dens,
Dull razors,
Counterfeit notes,
Rams horns,
Hornets nests,
Lightning rods,
Mules hind legs,
Mic ~glycerine cans,
Forty.rod viskey.
Weak stomach, from which result Indigestion, dys'
persia, and various blood affections are also signals
Of danger which should be needed without delay, and
for which Burdoek Blood Bitters arc especially adap
ted. The medicine rcnoyates, puridcs and strength
ems the drculst.ry organs, thus building up the entire
ystep.
". A.. Edgers, Of Frankville, Canada, SUI.
fercd from q disease OF the liver and kid.
neys, that brought him so low his life va
d~espaired Of; he lay for thirteen days with.
out an operation OF the bowels; after TAX.
ing one bottle Of Burdock Blood Bittors he
was enabled to leave hi, bed and drive out.
Three bottles more completed . cure, and
he says that he is now a better man than
he has been for twenty years
Omaha daily bee., 1883-09-13
Esapora.ed vs.. Canned Fruit.
ia Sacramento Bee

Letter Ia Sacramento Bee.
There has been considerable complaint
this year among the fruit raisers of Cali
fornia On account of the low prices their
fruits ndnotably apricots-hav brought
at the canneries, and the fear has been
expressed that the industry will soon
cease TO be profitable, The grower, az
usually eireumStanoed, must either sell
his crop when ripe or let il rot on the
ground, and az tho local market for fresh
Omaha daily bee., 1883-09-13

WHO are the cable lawyers in Omaha
in the republican ranks" They can be
counted on the fingers of a single hand
and every one Of the FIVE can be dupli-
Gated by IN ADLER one from among the
democrats. Two much politics and too
little study is what has been the trouble
with republican lawyers in Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-09-13
The Key Found at Last.

Capitalists who wonder that the work
ing man should have anything againaI
them would do well to remember tina
working men are not all fools, For sew.
ersl generations before the present the
English have had the proyerb that ''oor
porations have no souls" The conduct
Of business by competitive undertaking
necessarily leads to buying the labol
used in procuring the goods at tho loves
Omaha daily bee., 1883-09-13

HORACE GREELRY's farm at Chappaqua,
New York, has been sold at auction for
$4,000. His daughter, Gabrielle, be
came the purchaser at that sum, the
neighbors refusing to bid against her.
The farm is said to have cost Mr.. Greeley
$50, 900.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-09-13

The reformed monte sharp of the Blair
Pilot reads THE BEE a farewell out of
Republican society, which is as uncalled
for as it is silly. The reformed monte
capper of the Pilot was long ago read
out of all society but that of tho railroad
Republicans to whose coat tails he has
hung whenever there were any political
loaves and fishes to be distributed.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-09-13

NEBRASKA weather is willing to do a
great deal to accommodate the eastern
markets, but it gently refuses to play in.
to the hands of Chicago spectators by
furnishing a frost which will impair the
value of its magnificent crop of standing
corn.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-09-13

To-Day and tomorrow will be the
great fair days and thousands of Ne
braskans will visit Omaha for pur,
poses of instruction and entertainment.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-09-13

HENDRICKS is stamping it in Iowa and
the Haweyes will have IN opportunity of
seeing as well as hearing of the Great
Fraud.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-09-13

THB Electric Light company seem to
need several new dynamos to push their
contract with the city through the coun.
Gil.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-09-13

: TALKING about records, will TIE Re
publican publish its own.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-07-18
The Uecadence OF MINING.

1t there is any one element of specu-
latlon in this country that has run its
course it is that of mining for the pre-.
cious metals. While there will always
be delving in the earth for gold and sill
yer, and that many people who under.
stand the business will get rich at it,
there is no need to deny, but the ele.
ment of speculation in that industry is
dead, and we hope forever. Mining
speculation, or rather speculation il
mines, IS too hazardous business to
long attract the investing public. The
chances, nay, the almost certainty Of
losing, are too we'll established to longer
lure the speculator. The extent tc
which this wild spirit of gambling led
people in the past few years, and the
millions of dollars sunk in it is well nigh
incalculable. We have at hand the lasi
issue of the New York Mining Stock
Register, which purports to give list
OF all the precious metal mining com.
panies Incorporated in the United States
The list foots up the handsome aggre.
gate of Z, 442. Large numbers of these
companies are incorporated with $40,
$1,000 capital, but if we estimate them
all at So, 600, 900, the aggregate Of CAPT.
tai represented by these companies is
$37, 220, 100000, if we estimate that Of
this nominal sum 10 per cent was &C.
tually paid in for stock and assessments
we have the enormous amount of So,
100000, 900, representing the actual cash
invested in the business during the pas,
ten months.
OF course of the $500 companie.
named in the register before us not one.
tenth ever showed metal enough to con.
stitute even fair prospect. Fully &C
per cent were worthless from the start
and fully one-haf of that 80 per cent
were organized to make money by I'M
loading stock on the public. We look
over the list and see scores Of compan.
les that never had any existence save OF
paper, and never owned an inch of de.
veloped or valuable ground. OF the Z,
500 companies named, we are able tt
pick out just 80 that ever paid divi.
dend. OF that 80 we can pick out 2Os
that never paid but one or two divi-
dends, and can name a hundredpf those
that never dug their dividends out OF
the ground. Indeed, of the few remain.
ing companies that ever did pay any.
thing like regular. or honestly earned
dividends, those which continued to dc
so and paid largely on the money in.
vested can be counted on the finger.
ends of a mans two hands. And the
men who have reaped permanent adj
vantage and have held on to the wealth
SO got can ce counted in the same way
Altogether, there never was conceived
in the mind of man a plan so well cal
culated to extract money from the peck
cts of the people, without equivalent, as
the system of mining speculation which
has just spent it's force throughout the
country. TWAS bold scheme of rob.
berry; it deluded millions and ruined
many thousands, and the country will
rejoice at its downfall. Chicago Herald.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-07-18
Bill Nye in the Tolls.

Bill Nye in the Tolls.
'.Who is running the Boomerang in
your absence, Mr.. Nye?'''s
20, it, running.
Seriously, who is taking your work ?''
Nobody is taking it very seriously,
but it is good deal more serious than
when was there
''Who is your candidate for Presiden-
cy?''
''Well, if you won't give it away
will tell you. Ishould like to see Lydia
Pinkham at the head of the govern
ment. =
Lydia Pinkham?''
used to be engaged, but l broke it off be-
cause she was such a giddy young thing.
Still, | feel that she lost a good deal in
losing me, and should like to sec hel
have something to make up for it
.'What is the rest of your slate?''
t'You make that out. I'm only par.
ticular about Lydia. =
1T is rumored that you thought OF
running yourself?''
II did, but was only fooling.''
"What do you think Of the Cars cor.
opation?''
..I'd rather he should be coroner-atcd
than I. Now, my friend, l feel stupid
interval coming on. Remember I am
an invalid, and go easy with your ques-
tons. know the trying situation in
which you are placed. There is my
cousin and his wife gazing 1T you as il
you were an escaped curiosity. know
how it is myself. The general public
looks upon newspaper folks as peculiar
specimens. I have had people before
now look at me sif they wondered how
got away. 1t is painful, shudderine
curiosity similar to that with which a
smallpox doctor is generally regarded.
do you any good to ask me where / lost
my hair, for won't tell you, and won't
tell either what is making it grow in
again. You don't take me for q patent
medicine advertisement. hope?''
''No. 1t is true that Wyoming women
like to vOte?'
eyes, but that's got nothing to dc
with the condition of my cranium.'
elbow do they generally vote?'
elm ballot-boxes.
..No, but which party?''
ssDepends on whether the party is
sweetheart or husband. They often vote
against the latter party if he doesn't go
all right on temperance questions. There
used to be woman Justice of the Peace
out there, and she fined her husband fol
getting drunk. Women are eligible as
jurymen in Wyoming. They ride to
election in carriages and seem to enjoy
it,
"Would you intimate, sir, that you
have no more to say? I wished to ask
your opinion of the Presidential success
sion if anything had happened in con.
sequence of tn eshrimp salad Mr.. Arthur
took at Savannah the other day.
''Took? He didn't take it. A slow
smile overspread the face of Bill Nye.
His kindly eyes CLEANED. He pulled
his mustache ends up around the corner
of his nose. ''He didn't take that salad.
He only borrowed it. Going? Don't
hurry. Stay and beat me at whist.
Goodbye; sorry to have seen you in
such an unpleasant capacity. Good
night. Sweet dreams. y = Chicago Int,
OceOa2.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-07-18
A Fine Year for Colts.

Mules sometimes live to an advanced
age in Texas, but horses are never al
lowed to exceed the age Of eight years.
An eight-year-old horse sells better than
one OF more advanced years. The own
er OF horse would not tell lie, but
he files the horses teeth and lets the ami
NAL lie about its age with its own mouth.
Mr.. O'Shea, a lately arrived immigrant,
was ignorant of these facts when he
came into Austin, from his farm, last
week to buy q horse.
Didn't You find a horse to suit you?"
said his friend Major Bryan.
I'm after lookin' at forty foine horses
at Taste, but / didn't foind wan that
shooted me. Yez must have had . foine
sayson for colts here about eight years
ago. 5
.sHow is that, Mr.. @ Shea?''
well livery haste ! saw was just eight
years az age. Z g Teas Siftinqs. ~
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-07-18
Wanted Harmony,

Whalebone Howker of the Lime Kiln
Club arose in the interest of harmony.
He had lately read no less than three
different predictions as to when the
world was coming to an end, and each
one had q date of its own. While all
were made in the interest of the white
folks, the six million colored people in
this country were more or less interest
ed. They did not propose to hang
around here after the world had come
to an end and all the white folks had
pegged out. He wanted the club to de-
eide upon and set an official date, or to
call meeting of the prophets and have
them agree upon some particular day
next fall after the melon season was
over and everybody was behind on his
house rent.
The subject was referred to the Com
mittee on Fisheries, with instructions to
bring, in a Specific date most convenient
to all.-Detroit Free Press.