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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-27
WHAT is A COMBINE ?
The Wholesale Haul, the Retail Haul,
Congress and the Alliance.

There are combines and combines, but
what is bothering congress just now is to
decide what is the difference between a
combine called an alliance and COM
bine called a sugar trust; combine of
Iaboring men to raise wages and a com
bine of manufacturers to keep them
down. These questions involve nice dis
examinations and must be settled before
congress can pass law that viii
reach the one and not the other and at
the same time not come under the head
Of special legislation such as would COM
pei the courts to declare the law null
and void
If the unions, alliances and other so
cieties would keep this problem before
them in the discussion and passage of
resolutions at all times there would not
be so many blunders, and less silly non
sense and misunderstanding sent out to
the world to be published. They should
aim at such combines Of capital as extort
pay for and dividends on values that
never existed outside of printed certifi-
cate or a board quotation. When an al
lance or union aims its shafts at other
branches of labor, or at any honest in
dustry they simply strike themselves,
which very thing has been done several
times Of late in Kansas alliances, as will
be seen by references to these columns.
Congress itself went into a combine
called the Interstate railway law"
which was for the avowed purpose Of
killing competition between railroads at
great natural business centers, and to
force railroads to serve the small shipper
at the same rate as the great shipper; the
little town at the same price as the great
and natural business center. The law
killed the competition between the roads
on the long haul, and knocked the prin-
ciple which recognizes the necessity of
wholesaler and retailer" higher than a
kite, but it resulted in enforcing a com
bine among railroads to the detriment of
the commerce of the country, and which
has burthened rather than relieved the
producer and all other shippers, and not
benefited the railroad owners. TO illus
trate: If four railroads, reaching from
New York to Wichita, under the oldIaw,
should through their competition run
freight between the two places down to
the smallest possible minimum rate at
which it could be done on such a whole
sale haul, every dealer and every consul
mer that could reach Wichita would be
benefited and unquestionably. But the
law Of congress which attempted to elm
mate the retail feature" or mid |
dleman feature" of commerce, !
and to make all frelght-rates
at wholesale prices simply did the /
opposite thing, that Is, killed the whole
sale haul and the competing haul and
forced the railroads into a combine to |
MAINTAIN the costly and unnatural equI- |
librium between the long and the short |
haul.
So when an alliance demands that the
manufacturer shall sell to the alliance
direct, the alliance upon the other hand |
must agree to take care of the manu-
facturers trade as it is taken care of by
the wholesaler and by the retailer, or
otherwise the alliance demands foolish
thing and an unreasonable thing.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-27
RE-REBUTTAL BY RESUBMISSION
REPUBLICANS.

To the answer made by the Topeka
Capital for the demand for another vote
on prohibition the Resubmission club
makes a further reply. which was trans
mitted to that paper for its this morn
ing's issue. coDy of which was fur
nished the EAGLE. and which l. a.
follows:
WICHITA. Kan. March 2G, 1890
To the Editor Topeka CAPITAL
We did not anticipate the necessity &C
addressing YOU a second letter upon
the subject which called out the first
Your reulv indicates that Your surround
ings have not sufficiently impressed YOU
with the importance OF the subject 20
prompt you 10 give / the consideration
YOU otherwise would.
We do not subscribe To the doctrine
that anything l. fair in politics. We be-
Eeve that Candor. fairness ana HONESTY
are as essential In politics a. IN business.
ReSubmIsSlon means autl-prohlhltlcn.
and nothing less We regard our posi-
ton Is InvulneTa5le. and Scurn al sub
teriuZe, evasion or Vretense. Both
reason and experience teach us
that utopian schemes for the reformation
Of mankind by legislative enactments
must ever end IN disappointment. Pro
hIhItl0n Is no exception 10 rhe rule. - .
daily exemplified by is workings II this
commonwealth. IL i wrong ~ pr1uc8-
pie and perniciorls n Its effects, /: Is
itself the worst p0sslole form 81 lnJean-
perance. L is the orator and -glstaIner
II tfe POINTS the boot leEEers and
tie peEnIcious lunch rooms. and d
productive of more dTJfnkenEe-s than
amy and ali other causes cunblue'3. Ma
scheme ever devised t5y mar foT t3e az
c0mpiisfgnaIsr 81 any purTc-. has proved
- utteTly futile The effect has t-en 60
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-27

II one of the leading railroad corpora
lions ofsthe east undertakes TO test the
constitutionality of the interstate com
merce law, as indicated in Yesterdays
dispatches, the issue can be brought to
definite conclusion IN short order. if it is
pressed. But there is a widespread sus-
picIon that the railroads secretly favored
ENHANCEMENT of the law, although they
openly opposed it, in the first instance.
1t this suspicion was well founded. II Is
clear that the law has been disappoint
ing to them in some particulars. In any
event the public are not only WILLING hur
DESTROYS that the law ba renealed
whether decided constitutional or moi
rs far Is It's practical effects upon the
commercial interests are concerned II
has proved 10 be delusion and a snare
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-27

The predictions as to weather for
March. distressing as they were to the
apprehensive, have been fully verified in
many parts OF the country. But in the
Happy Valley of the Great Arkansas the
weather for the month thus far has been
almost phenomenal in its mHdness. both
a. 10 temperature and absence of wind.
With the exception of two or three DAYS
the weather has been remarkably calm.
while the mean temperature has been
above the average. For equableneSs of
climate and freedom from severe atmoS-
pheuc disturbances the southern portion
Of Kansas Is not eNceued if equalled on
the continent.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-27
KANSAS MANUFACTURING STATS
TICS.

As has already been announced. the
census statistics Of manufacturing IN
dustries viii be collected separately from
other matter in certain cities by expert
agents, the towns N Kansas thus with
drawn from the general enumeration are
Wichita, Fort Scott. AtchisOn. Kansas
City, Lawrence. Leavenworth. Topeka
and Salina Labor Commissioner Bet
ton, thinking men could easily be found
in the state able to do the work in those
cities. wrote some time ago TO Hon. R. P.
Porter. superintendent Of the census. to
that effect. He received a reply from
Hon. Carroll d. Wright. commissioner
of labor. that he had no doubt Kansas
men would be selected. but the congress
sional delegation would be the best per
sons 70 Law the matter before.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. CENSUS
OFFICE, WASHINGTON. d. c.. March y.
1S90.-This Office Is In receipt. by refer
ence from Hon. Carroll d. Wright. COM
missioner of labor. of your letter of
March -. 1890. relative to appointment
of special agents 70 collect statistics Of
manufactures in the state of Kansas
The superintendent of census directs
me TO say in reply that il Is the desire OF
this Office to appoint, for each OF the
cities inkansas which NAV be withdrawn
from the general enumeration. special
agents that have the entire confidence Of
the manufacturers III the city for which
appointed. The appointments VIII prob
ably not be made before next july and
great care viii be taken in the selection
of the persons 10 whom the work VIII be
inStrJIsted.
Your interest In the matter Is highly
appreciated. and any suggestions YOU
may have 10 make viii receive careful
consideration. Very respectfully.
r r. WILLIAMS,
Special Agent IN Charge OF Manufactures.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-27

bunco case before Commissioner Scott yes
terday was simply damnable 10 the buncO
steeUer> and no punishment which can bs
inflicted upon them by the statutes seems
adequate in this case. a poor old colOred
man, 60 years of age, senile and childish,
with but "a few dollars between him and
starvation. j. iuveigled into this den Of in
fanny and there robbed OF his money by
gang of the most damnahle sharks that
ever cursed any City-meu who have not
will not harm helpless members OF their
own species And when the poor old col
ored man told his story IN his way, with
the tears running down his checks, these
excuses for men set back and laughed at
his tears. Damn such -Cuundrels' No
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-27

Mansfield, o., joins Boston in recon-
mending riding in electric street cars as
a cure for rheumatism. The faith in the
virtue of this novel cure is growing, and
as sufferers become more sanguine of its
worth Wichita's far reaching electric
lines with their comfortably upholstered
ears should not be overlooked. The
beautiful lawns with flower beds figured
tancifully into graceful lozenges and
squares that abound in this city would
furnish sufficient advertisement and
pleasure TO the eye Of the rheumatic to
forget his pains without the aid OF the
proximity of an electric current.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-27

The conscience fund at Washington
has been enriched by an addition of
81 800 from a stricken patient. 1t is
lamentabIe that such an arrangement is
not provided for in municipalities if the
absence of conscience in the modern
alderman did not eliminate the possible
ity Of such a thing.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-27

The real work of census enumeration
viii begin June 1, the time allowed by
law in which to complete the enumera-
ton being fifteen days for the towns and
cities and thirty days for the country
districts. The collection of the statistics
of population will be completed by June
30, and if Mr.. Porter's lightning calcula-
tors work as fast as he promises, the
principal results Will be known not later
than August I.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-27

As was naturally to be expected, the
Cherokees have taken advantage of the
action Of the government in expelling
intending settlers from the Cherokee
strip, to re-assert their claims upon the
said lands and renew and enlarge their
demands upon the government precedent
to any settlement of the disputed owner
ship of the strip. The principal object
they have in thus attempting to compi-
cate matters seems to be to secure delay.
What they hope to gain by such dallying
is not clear; in fact there is nothing to be
gained by them in the final outcome if
they should succeed in deferring a settle
ment Of the matter, for it Will be made
on the basis Of right and justice whether
effected now OF postponed for years. The
sooner it is settled the better for the In
dams, because they can never receive
any benefit from the land by simply
holding a hollow claim upon it, while
the price the government may pay them
VIII be of substantial benefit from the
date Of settlement. The American In
dian is a queer bird.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-27

The Railway Age remarks that "elec-
trlc street railways continue to multiply
remarkably, and gives the number Of
these roads in operation in the United
States As over one hundred, with numer-
Gus other lines under construction. The
Age also says that a great majority of
the lines thus far constructed Use the
overhead wire system. The application
of electricity to this purpose, however.
Is but in the incentive state. so TO speak.
There Is little doubt that it viii be devel-
oped IN the very near future to the ex-
tent that the wire viii be entirely dis
pensed with, the storage system taking
its place.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-27

The London tailors are said to be the
most wretched OF artisans of the metrop-
Oils. Poorly fed, poorly clad and poorly
lodged, their condition is pitiable. Last
Sunday they addressed an appeal to the
queen. 1t relates the awful miseries Of
their existence.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-27

As indicative of how very dead the re-
submission sentiment Is, we note, from
the Leavenworth Sun, that in that city,
where issue was made in the Republican
primaries the ants secured the over
whelming majority Of five votes.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-27

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-27
Reapine What he sowed.

From the indiana polls aeV,--
II was Bismarck who taught the pre-
eut diseased and ml-shapeucd ruler Of
Germany 90 hate his English mother and
throw insults upon her and curse his
own English blood but it seems that 90
the same time he put other and moro
dangerous notion into the shallow pat"
If his prDtcgr. a- the youuEster bias
grown big enough and Tra-umptiurs
enough 81 humble and Insult if7 old
teacher. Verify to accept an American
truth. chickens Iy come home e. rest.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-27

The Voice, It Prohibition organ pub
lished in New York, tells how it expects
to conduct the Prohibition campaign in
Nebraska. People in Nebraska perhaps
know more about the laws they want to
govern them than a publishing house in
New York city which is printing a Pro-
hibition paper for what there may be
IN II
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-27
Not 8 Natural Rsght.

FroD the Philadelphia IECuLrcr-
That voting l. not q natural or heredi-
tarv right l. uudeRiahle. Else why the
distinction between the races or the arii-
trarv age Of z that i relIiresic l. there
any natural law that SAWS man must ~
p years old To vote. or that be MUS
have resided any given number 81
months II a state or the nIted State:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-27

The April number Of the New England
Magazine viii contain an article on
Gladstone. by William Clarke. The
frontispiece is given to a striking por-
trait of THE Grand Old Man, from a
recent London photograph.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-27

Alphonse Daudet and Prince Bismarck
have smoked more tobacco than any
other two men in Europe, and Alphonse
is a bigger man than all the forty I'm
mortelles and Bismarck is greater than
anv man in Prussia.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-27

Times must be close down in New
England. The northampton Gazette
says never in recent years was there
such complaint in that city Of dull times
in trade. And yet no one can account
for it. With now and then an exception
the merchants say trade is small. Peo-
are not buying as much groceries,
clothes, meat, or gratifying as many
more eSthetic wants.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-27

Who has not been interested in the
unique position which Speaker Thomas
Bracket Reed has recently taken in
national politics? Would YOU like to see
an excellent picture of him and also of
his birthplace and residence. These are
given with a very readable article on the
subject in the New England Magazine
for ADriL
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-27

Those fellows and scalawagsa in gen
eraI who wish to go to Canada and stay
there whether the government viii or no
have Just one week to do it in. The eX-
tradition treaty goes into effect April
fourth
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-27
Cause and Effect.

From the rupofla Republican.
Port Scott has put itself ia line with
the rcsubmis7ion movement Saws tho
Atchi-ou Patriot. IL does look like it
from here From what we can learn,
Fort Scott is having boom.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-27

The state board Of charities claims that
a saving Of about $4,000 has been af-
fected by the beef contracts as awarded,
and on account of which it was severely
criticised at the time
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-27

The worlds fair as it stands now is to
celebrate the 'quadri-centennial and one
of the discovery Of America. 1t VIII
be held-in Chicago-in 1S93-maybe.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-27

The aIacrity with which all the Bis
marcks resign is only equalled by the
quickness with which King William
accepts the designations
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-27

The Oklahoma papers are emphatic in
their preference for an Oklahoma man
for governor of their new territory.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-27
EXCHANGE SHOTS.
a Beauty, and Very Suggestive.

A Beauty, and Very SUBJECTIVE.
From Che Union Citv. OK. Clipper
The Wichita EAGLE has taken on q
new head or i'm other words has changed
its familiar appearance. The new head
ing is "a beauty, and very suggestive.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-27

Massachusetts thinks of raising the
salary of its governor from $4,000 to
SS 00O
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-27

proposed, to be dismissed as impractical
after more or less discussion. The new
scheme now before the senate while
voluminous and apparently somewhat
complicated, is yet carefully detailed and
made quite comprehensive as whole,
and viii doubtless afford basis for the
change that must take place ere long if
it is not adOpsed as drafted.
The author of this new plan is Mr..
Samuel Shy, of this city, at one time and
for several years the law partner of Cas-
sius NJ. Clay; the noted Kentucky COM
moner: he has devoted much time to
formulating, revising and perfecting it,
and he Is thoroughly convinced that it is
just what the government wants and what
the people viii demand when once its
provisions are understood. The subject
is certainly one of the very first i'm
pOrtance.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-15
CORPSE IN A CASK.
How a Murderer Disposed of
His Victims Body.
Shipped 1t Across the Ocean in
a Barrel.
Duty Assessed on 1t at the New York
Custom House.
Other Very Interesting News-Dominick
McCaffrey no Match for Jim
Corbett.
Associated Press Dispatches. |

New YORK, April IA Copenhagen
cable few days ago told Of the horrible
murder of factory messenger some
time ago, by one Philipsen, soap
maker, who had confessed and said he
strangled the messenger for the money
he was carrying, and packed the body
in barrel OF lime which was sent to a
fictitious name at Racine, Wisconsin.
1t is now learned that the barrel arrived
here on the steamship Thingvalla, Feb
ruary 4th. 1t was shipped and the
charges paid by 'Mr. Smith," and con-
signed to Beresford Bros, Racine, Wis
consin, Wells, Fargo & Co. being named
as forwarders. The cask was sent to the
appraisers Office, where the head was
taken off, and little of the contents ex-
amined, having the resemblance of plas-
ter of paris. The cask was then reheaded
and set aside with the duty fixed at So. so.
The express company wrote to Racine
and learned that there was no such firm
there. Word was then sent to 'Mr.
Smith," in Copenhagen, but of course
no reply was received. When Philip
sens confession was made the authori-
ties cabled to the Danish Consul here,
and the cask was examined by officers.
The body was found in it in fair state
of preservation, though those who
opened the cask were driven away be-
fore more than one hand and the side of
the face had been uncovered. 1t is not
yet known what disposition will be made
OF it.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-15
EASTERN ECHOES.

Ernest Lynn Dickinson, of the fresh
man class, Trinity college, Hartford, Ct.,
has received news of his accession to a
fortune of 100000, through the death
of an uncle in France.
The Commissioner of Indian Affairs
has received a telegram from the Indian
Agent asking for troops to suppress
threatened uprising OF the Indians on
the Tongue River Reservation, Montana.
Ex-President Claasen, the wrecker of
the Sixth National, Lenox Hill and
Equitable banks, OF New York, has
answered the Grand Jury's indictment
in the United States Circuit Court. He
pleaded not guilty.
j. Monroe Shellenberger, lawyer, now
fugitive from justice, after having
swindled the residents of Bucks county,
Pa, out of $15O,OOO, was seen in New
York, Saturday. Large rewards are
offered for his capture.
All trains between New Orleans and
Jackson, Miss, on the Illinois Central,
have been suspended. Railroad men
overflow that it will be several days be-
fore communication will be resumed.
The Pan-American conference has
adopted the report of the committee ON
banking, and the supplementary report
of the committee on customs regulations,
recommending the establishment of a
central union bureau of information and
statistics concerning customs.
1t is said the Grand Trunk and North
ern Pacific have joined hands to build a
transcontinental line west from Winni-
peg to Victoria, via the Vancouver Mar
III H.
route originally selected for the Cana
dian Pacific by the Mackenzie govern
ment.
At Trent Falls, N. H., the alleged con-
fession of Isaac B. Sawtelle is universally
discredited. 1t is generally thought that
the story is fabrication; that if Saw
telle is the author he has constructed it
to make it appear that the murder was
committed in Maine, so he may escape
the gallows.
Mrs. Peter Monaghan and Herman
Heinrichs were fatally gored by cow at
South Orange, N. j. They approached
the animals calf, when the cow broke
the chain by which she was tied,
knocked both of them down, and then
attacked them with her horns and hoofs.
They were terribly cut and bruised.
A package containing three and one
half pounds of dynamite, several cart
ridges and twenty-five feet of fuse, was
found near the State reformatory at St.
Cloud, Mimi, and it is thought some
one desiring to blow up the institution
had left it there, probably being
frightened away at the critical moment.
Last week the body of an unknown
man was found in the Kaw river, at Ar
gentine, Kan. From railroad ticket it
was ascertained that he was on his way
from Portland, Ore, to New York, and
from other papers that he was probably
H. G. Basset, of New York. The Cor
oner's iury returned verdict of acci-
dental death. No zone appeared to claim
the body and it was buried in the pot
/ ter's field.