Omaha daily bee., 1888-01-06

acts OF the board, n disintercsted OBJ
! server would suppose it was organized
for the special benefit of Lincoln as
against any other point in the state" o.
Speaking briefly of the tariff the Nor
folk News condenses a volume into the
| following: 1.-The theory of the protec-
tive tariff is that whenever an industry
becomes profitable and powerful through
its operation. new establishments would
spring up, and in this way home compe-
tition would reduce prices and prevent
monopoly. The theory is correct, but
by the formation OF trusts and combina-
tions of manufactures it is imperative
in practice. 1t is in this fact that the
danger of destruction of the American
system lies. If congress will throttle
these monopolistic trusts and combina-
| tions and make home competition posi-
BILE, it will have taken a long step toward
reduction of the surplus"
| The Crawford Crescent announces au-
thoritatively that the b. g. M. extension
| to the Black Hills will cross the Elk
horn Valley road at Crawford Two
| corps OF engineers under the manage
ment OF Il: S. Woolcy and f.. l.. Bill
! ings, numbering sixteen men in each
party, have charge of the locating.
The former is running the survey from
| the summit to the railroad crossing at
| Crawford, while Mr.. Billings superin-
tends the work between the summit
and Homingford, u survey of about
eighteen miles. The grade from Craw-
ford to the summit is one and tifty-ivo
| one hundreths part of foot for every
one hundred feet. This is an eXcep-
tionally steep incline, in fact one of the
| heaviest in Nebraska. The entire
route over the Pine Ridge has been {,
very difficult piece of engineering, and
reflects great credit on that gentleman s
ability. During the past week the
| party located here was strengthened by
the arrival of f. G. Tucker, superin-
tendent of construction for the B. q M.
| company, who intends remaining here
until the completion Of the road.
The proposition to cut down passenger
rates to 2 cents a mile while freight
rates and discrimination riot undis-
turbed, is viewed with suspicion by the
| Independent press of the state. The
Beatrice Democrat says: attorney
General Leese seems inclined to get u
little cheap notoriety in his parade as {,
| reformer, and in demanding Il reduc-
tion to 2 cents mile on passenger
rates. The attorney general may be
acting in good faith, but many of his
recent breaks are SO extreme, and so
contrary to all reasonable business
measures, as to create the impression
that he is in the employ of railroads.
The state board of transportation can
| hardly be expected to place passenger
rates in Nebraska at lower figure than
| it obtains in other states east of us,
where the. travel is so much greater
| The trouble is, that the railroad ques-
| tion has for years furnished a subterfuge
for demagogues, and nothing the dema-
| gogues have done, as yet, has given any
relief to the people. The railroads
should not be allowed to discriminate
between individuals or localities. They
should be required to give the public q
good service, and good accommodations,
but demagogues and blatherskites
efficiency of the service in their attempt
to gain little cheap notoriety."
Iowa Items.
The Western Normal college at Shen-
andoah, has an attendance of 700.
Prophet Foster, of Burlington, pre-
diets "a storm and cold wave for to-day.
Senator Wilson is operating belt
railroad around the legislative pasture
in Des Moines.
Mrs. Mary Casper, of Musserville,
while handling a skillet of boiling lard
fell and spilled it over her person last
| CNCullS3 SCttluluS hcE arm
and face frightfully.
Attorney-Gen Baker questions
the correctness of Judge StOneman S
decision declaring the registry law un-
constitutional. He doubts that it is a
material abridgement of any man 'sright
to vote.
Colorado.
The hay crop of the state for the past
year is valued at 81, ,000,O00
The Leadville mineral district has
produced in gold and silver. since 1860,
$l32,S90, ,939.
Colorado ranks fourth among the
states in the building of new railroads
during 1887. Kansas leads, Nebraska
comes next and Texas follows.
Never in the history of Colorado has
there been such "a scramble tor public
lands as during tho year just closed.
Nearly five million acres of land were
filed on at the several land offices in the
state.
The total bullion production of the
state for the year is placed at $24 $40,
043.79, which is a little more than
2,0OO,O 900 less than the amount reported
last year. The value of the different
metals produced was as follows, in round
numbers: God, $5,GOO,OOO; silver,
$l4 ,O0O, 600; lead, S., 100000 and copper,
$2i0,00O.
Colorado's coal output for 1887, as re-
turned to Inspector Mcneil, shows a
grand total of ,79l ,735 tons, which at
the rather low average of $3.50 per ton,
represents S6,271 ,O72.5O, In 1883, with
the prospects now in hand for increased
development, and the stimulus given by
| the arrivals of new railroads, the total
will reach SO, ,000. 900.
Colorado.
A recent fire in Bozeman destroyed
property valued at $40,0 900.
Two hundred tons of silver bars valued
at $6,OOO,OOO were shipped from Butte
last year.
The copper product of the mills OF
Butte for the last year reached the
enormous total of 73,700,000 pounds.
The National park is now sort OF
Gretna Green for young people in east
ern Montana who want to marry but
whose parents object. 1t is free pitch
in there.
The new smelling works to be erected
at Helena will involve the outlay ot
81 600, 900 to 81 100000. Henry Willard