New-York tribune., 1891-12-27
so DO THEY ALL OF THEM DREIM
BYRON WEBER FALLS ASLEEP AND UPON
AWAKENING BECOMES A USEFUL CITIZEN.

BYRON WEBER FALLS ASLEEP AND UPON
AWAKENING BECOMES A USEFUL CITIZEN.
High up on the top floor of n dlngy uptown fat In
secondavc. sat Byron Weber. elbows resting on the
table before him and his head between his hands.
Lately graduated from modern peoples university
where lie had devoted tho best Of his life TO the
study Of the great social and economic problems Of
the day, his overw0rked brain was burning with seem
ingy wonderful thoughts. His life had been one long
struggle against poverty but. thanks to good wages
his knowledge Of useful trade had enabled nm 10
work his way through great university. where at the
age Of thrty.two he had taken the Masters degree
Every trade book. every radical utterance
seemed 10 have found an abiding place In his nina
SO as he In his bare study late in the afternoon
OF an oppressive July day. the wonderful sentences OF
Progress and Poverty" the doctrines OF Mathus'
John Mosts anarchstic words, the pictures OF this
extravagant Beamy the Wild vaporings OF dynamlterS
and the sad refrain OF his NlhilIstic Russian
friends were whlrling through his feverish brain.
No wonder then that Byron Weber's head sank
gradually to the table. and his long arms spread our
before him. lie borne down, overpowerd WIN
the mass of thoughts, which, extravsgant as they
were could longer stimulate. The mad' WIG
ntoxicaton they always brought gnve way to stupor
that was haStened By the terrible heat and the struggle
to comprehend them.
This broader had shifted uneasily in his chair all
the afternoon trying to devise by which he coud
show the people how they deceived by the protect
i've tariff. lie would found a paper, IN WHICH, uas
after day. he could direct shafts OF logic al TINS os
ing curse Tariffs said he, make Uamps anu
trIsts." .
These words had hardly escaped his lips when MS
head fell TO the table. Then the weary eyes OF ths
dreamer closed and he should have Deeh al pe'oc "'
the world. but lie was not.
Down in William-st lie was trudging along, weary
and footsore. Up four flights of rlckey ola "ooaen
stairs he climbed to the editorial rooms oi i"r''
Trusts and Trnmps his new paper, which hau pech ''e
dream Of his life.
Ii was late at night and "Iarihs, trusts o"'
Tramns, was TO come out the following morning one
OF Weber's friends, who had more money tha' o'S'c
tlon little Of either. had consented TO furnish SUI
6ccnt money 10 print the first issue. Weber felt con
ddent il would sweep the country and that Deiore
day had passed at least 10000 cash SuoSo'iPuo"'
would come pouring into tile once
How Byron Weber tOed that nisht t
o'clock I'm the evening lie had sent the asV p"so v,
convr N the printer Tariffs, Trusts and Tramps
was not to be n newspaper, except as II might iro''
time TO time record the blShiing influence OF the pro
tective tariff In various parts OF the country ana tue
terrible increase in tile number OF mlhonaires' ~
uas q weary wait from o'clock that night uhtil
early the following morning, when the hrst eoo" VI
Tariffs Trusts and Tramps' came out
~Ahls said Weber. that is striking name ior III,
paper I'll print the title In red Ink rs SOON IL S
on nv feet a.,
He was surrounded by a dozen Socialists MS
,,,,as In the new undertaking. They were waiting
arvious,v for the paper They wanted 10 see ther
rfI utterances I'm print At last the papers canc'
Each man took copy of the paper ana turheu 10 s'
own article first They were all agreed that iri"e'
Tr,st, and Tramps" would bring free trade anu u,'i
versal happiness within the year This mnd oi .no
nta
free they thought would rival even Utopia ooo0 '"'
new paper ten years old
FINALLY when they had read and reread the paper
the little WillIamst attic began to grow ghtef-tne
sun wos rising and II would soon be daylight
Then each man shoudered huge bundle OF the
,o,- rndicoI p,per and started each in n different
direction TO distribute the edison Byron "'o'',
fired as he was. insisted on carrying the hea'ieS'
bundle 1t was q great weight for man WHO was
never strong But it was labor of love- The enthu-
,a,,c dreamer shuflied along STOPPING and persplrnc
,rdor tho great bundle. He fastened along towaru
rho Park Place elevated station. What wonderiui
day dreams occupied his mind as he rudgeu hioHe
lie cnred not that the casual passer-Dy houced nS
sbabby clothes and his worn look lie was never
more serious in his life. "They scon Mt me- ne sao
tomorrow my name will be on the tohsue' VI
Millions ia
So he dreamed cxutnGly as he hurried on. lie
-ooched Droodwav but neglected 10 look around him.
ond beforc he knew where he was heavy hre engine
dashed past him. knocking that great bundle OF papcrS
into tbe mir scattering them In hundred directions
lie was terrified to see his precious papers carried
high in the air by the strong morning breeze
Then BYRON Weber awoke with start. IL was all
dream. ~
breeze was blowing the papers from his desk lie
so, there and sbuddcrcd over his dream Then groan
esconcd his lips rnd few bitter tears dropped from
his eyes.
To Byron We,ers sensitive nature his dream was
us rs real rs IL Tariff, Trusts ana Irainps hau ao'
o,lv gone TO press just real as If Inc had actually car
ed long bundle of the papers IN tue gray ua" ."e
norninc through Sprucest. to broadway, and they lao
boon knocked from his shoulders BY the dre-engne
and scattered to the winds.
As he sat in his that evening, fuly CONSCIOUS
that h. had not embarked In such prccarouS en-
tcrpri,e n great feeling OF relief came over him. lie
piced ND some Of the papers HipS on Inc taDe De-
tore him and saw that they prce-lists of paper
and other material he would need in publishing MS
new papcr lie began an examination OF then' Ihey
hod been delivered few hours before by the poStman
"Nov- said Weber, I'll look through these price
lists and by the time get ready TO start my paper
I Will have learned practical lesson about the pro
tectlve tarr-a lesson worthy OF editorial hoce I'D the
first issue"
Weber then continued his examination Of the price
u.,s NJ paper. ink. type, etc. At the same time he
omnared the prices with the prices OF the same articles
in England and other free trade countries
Here was new occupation for hlm-learnng prac'
ca lesson about the effect of the arn ana Its ehect
an nrices Heretofore he had confined his researches
20 the theories of other men-dreamers and others
whose actual knowledge of the varions conditions OF
rho battles Of life was painfully deficient. Stored
away in Weber's mind was much Of the accumulated
wisdom of years of free trade reasOhinP anu
Sreamnr and mere at tile very outset, In ms peru
sai of Some plain matter-ofiact business clrcularS
his beloved theories were set ~ nals' h rev siPe
a,res lie had discovered that the prices OF the very
nSs,icIss he wanted were lower in the United states
,nSer high protective tariff than under free trade
=. since the day Of first lesson In pontlcal
economy laid he, have held that "a tarir was n
,.y az cour,e ! have listened TO the attempted