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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-10
MINNESOTA EDITORS.
Arranging for the Annual Meet
ing I'm February.

ing I'm February.
An important meeting of the officers
and executive committee of the Mime
sofa State Editorial association was held
yesterday at the rooms Of the st. Paul
Press club. The object was to arrange
programme for the next annual meet
ing of the association, which is to be
held at Minneapolis, Thursday and Fri
day, Feb. Is and &c.
There were present j. A. johnson, of
the st. Peter Herald, president; f. E.
Barnum, of the Sank Center Avalanche,
secretary; Vice President Joseph,
Leicht, of the Westllcher Herold, Wi
mona; Alva Eastman, of the st. Cloud
Journal-PresS; Bronson Strain, of the
Battle Lake Review; G. p. Slime. of the
Northwestern Printer, ST.. Paul, chair
man of the executive committee, and
David Ramaley, of st. Paul, treasurer.
II. G. Day, the first vice president, sent
a letter explaining that he was pre-
vented by illness from being present.
After much deliberation and discus
sion the following was mapped out as
the
FIRST DAYS PROGRAMME.
l. Welcome address by Mayor Eus-
tbs, of Minneapolis.
2. Response, coupled with annual adj
dress of the president, by j. A. John
son, of the st. Peter Herald.
8. "reminiscences, Journalistic and
Otherwise. Col. JOHN III. Stevens, the
first white settler in that city.
4. Early Journalism in Minnesota,
Fl. P. Hall, of the st. Paul GLOBE.
5. How to Conduct a Newspaper, C..
G. Whiting, OF the Marshall News-Mes-
senger.
8. How to Build Up Circulation,
Alvah Eastman, of the st. Cloud jour
nal-Press.
This concludes the first days eXer-
cises, except the discussions which will
take place on the last two topics.
SECOND DAY.
For several years, at every meeting
OF the Editorial association, the question
of making business organization to
handle advertising has been mooted.
1t was decided to put nothing else on
the programme for the second day ex-
cept that topic and the election OF Of
fcers. ii. q. Day, of the Albert Lea
Standard. will open the business discus
sion from the newspaper standpoint,
and j l.. Stack, OF Stacks Advertising
agency. will present the agents view.
1t is believed that the meeting W i'll be
one of the most entertaining and pr oft
able ever held by the association.
Xeuralgic headaches prom pity cured by
3 rOmO-SeltZer-tria bottle 10 cts.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-10

Everything else in our stock in same pro-
Id this month. and at the prices we have
, entire stock can be disposed of. All
Before calling on us go to
hen come to US and see if you are not saw
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-10
FOR THE UNEMPLOYED.
Schuneman & Evans Make a
Charitable Move,

Schuneman & Evans Make a
Charitable Move.
Schuneman & Evans have con ceiyed
a unique means of helping the unem-
ployed. Wednesday evening the firm
will give its holiday opening; but, UNI
like openings of the sort heretofore
known, 1t will cost the public 10 cents
apiece to enter the store; that is.
between the hours of and 10
o'clock. The admission fee goes to The
benefit of the unemployed. To make
the event more interesting to the public
Messrs. Schuneman & Evans have en-
pleyed Seiberts full military band to
give concert in the store during the
time admission is charged. The pro-
gramme of music which will be per-
formed by the band is as follows:
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-10
SCHOOL FIRE ESCAPES.

A Citizen Urges That they Be Put
Up Very Soon.
To the Editor of the Globe.
Seeing the heading Fire Escapes
Needed" in the GLOBE, cannot help
but express my feelings. like many
other parents whose children attend the
public schools.
l was surprised to learn that our
schools are entirely. l might say, with
out means Of eyre IS In case Of ira
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-10
JOE NOT THERE.

Mr.. Ehle Allen Plays a Joke on a
Guest.
An amusing incident is reported from
the Merchants. About O'clock last
night one of the guests rushed up to the
clerk, Ehle Allen, and anxiously in
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-10

The following members of the Mime
sofa Editorial association, which met at
the st. Poul clubhouse yesterday. were
registered at the Windsor: f. E. Bar
mum, Sank Center; Joseph Leicht, Wi
mona; John A. johnson, st. Peter; Al.
Cloud; e. A. Paradis. Merriam Park;
Dell L. Sutton. c. P. Slime, st. Paul.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-10
ALDERMEN RECONSIDER,
and AWARD THE CONTRACT TO THE
ACME COMPANY
sEEGER FINALLY DowNED.
Zimmerman Was Absent, but the
Remaining Ten Members OF
the Board OF Aldermen Vote
to Concur With the Assembly
In Awarding the street-Light-
ing Contract.

Ten of the eleven members OF the
board of aldermen voted yesterday for
the awarding of the gasoline street.
lighting contract to the Acme Vapor
Stove company. The absentee was
Aid. Zimmerman, who had an impor-
tant business engagement and could not
wait to attend the meeting.
The aldermen reconsidered the vote
by which they failed to concur with the
assembly in awarding the contract. and
at the suggestion of the city attorney
the motion was made to concur in the
action of the assembly.
Before the vote was taken Aid. Mark
ham raised the question whether it
would not be a good idea to have the
Acme company give q bond which would
insure the city against any failure on
its part to light the ely. Ii. f. Stevens,
who represented the company, said that
some time ago it had been proposed that
in order to show the good faith of the
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-04
THE RATE ON BALED HAY.

Considerable comment has beer
aroused throughout Nebraska by reason
of the recent action of the State Board
of Transportation in acceding to the re-
quest made in a shippers petition ask
ing for a more favorable rate on hay,
and many of the notorious railroad
organs have FASTENED to attempt to make
political capital out of the wonderful dis
covery that the rate on hay established
that which is laid down in the new
maximum freight rate law.
In the first place the action of tn o
State Board of Transportation in rela-
ton to the rate on hay has been for the
most part misunderstood wherever it
has not been Intentionally misconstrued.
The charges by way OF the Elkhorn road
for shipping hay from Holt county to
Omaha had been I cents a hundred for
some time past. in early October the
railroad gave notice of an increase in
those charges to 10 cents per hundred,
and 1T was against this increase in
charges hat the protest in question
was filed. The State b oard of Transpor-
tation then did not lower the previously
existing rate. 1t merely forbade the
railroad from keeping in force the rev
rate of 10 cents per hundred that it was
trying to impose. To characterize this
new rate as excessive and unreasonable
required no very great amount of cour-
age, because the 7-eent rate had long
been in effect without any objection on
the part Of the railroad. Without
changed conditions making the cost OF
carrying hay from Holt county tc
Omaha greater in October han it wa:
previous to October, the new rate wa.
manifestly extortionate on its face until
the proof to the Q -ntrary should be forth
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-04
o~RuMBIING oiBIyETs.

Washington Postsp King Humbert Is con-
fronted with q rather. formidable job of turn
ing out rascals. .ia-Cj
New York Press:i The Italian govern
ment is having the usual experience Of try
ing to run a firstJclass business on a second
class income.
Minneapolis Timesi In France and Italy
ex-premiers and eabiiiet ministers are almost
as numerous and Important as colonies in the
United States. Ioi (
Kansas City Stari Cabinets have re-
signed or are restgning IN France, Spain,
Servia and Portugal To the American poll
tician this incomprehensible.
New York Advertiser; Italy's ministry
resigned. and now the ministries Of France
and Seryia follow suit. b Hawaiian min
istry was still on top at latest advices.
New York World: France, Italy, Spain,
Portugal and Seryia are enjoying cabinet
crises. They must have some excitement
over there, as they don't play foot ball.
Kansas City Journal: France and Italy
are to have new cabinets, but the United
States will probably be obliged to put up
with the present one In spite OF the fact
that it is the poorest one in The world.
Philadelphia Ledger: Senator Spuler,
who will be the now premier of France, II
he should succeed In forming a cabinet, Is a
brilliant journalist aud statesman. but holds
no fixed opinions. He is al opportunist, ad-
justing his policies To suit opportunities as
they occur. He has served in the cabinet
before, and Is in every way qualified TO be-
come q prominent hgur. in French politics.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-04

coming. Tho railroad failed 10 make
out its case, and the board could scarcely
have refused to accedc - the petition.
50 far as concerns the l5-cent hay rate
deduced from the maximum freight rate
bill, it must be remembered that that
act merely fixes the m1xima above
which the rates are not to b. raised ex-
cept after going through the judicial
procedure provided in the act. The new
law does not direct that a single exist
ing freight rate be increased. 1t pro-
ceeds upon the theory that the legal
schedule is lower than that now exist
ing, but 1t does not make the maximum
rate also the minimum rate. Tho law
expressly directs the State Board OF
Transportation "to revise said claSsifi-
cation of freight as ho~reinbef)re es.
tablished whenever it shall appear to u
majority OF said board just and reason
able to revise said classification" With
a board inclined to carry out the law
the fact that u lower rate had for
a long time previous to its enactment
been p~rofitably enforced by the railroad
would in itself make the legal maximum
excessive and unreasonable n bring
into operation that mandatory clause
which requires the board to revise and
lower such maximum.
The inference which the railroad
organs have sought to convey is that
the new maximum freight rate law
would enc to raise rates rather than
lower them because in a few items its
schedule is higher than that now in
force. The fact that the railroads have
had the law tied up In the federal
courts-it appears now indefinitely-is
the best evidence hat it's enforcement
would cut into the present exactions
and not increase them. Had the State
Board of Transportation conseientiously
exercised its power to fix rates there
would have been no call for the recent
maximum rate legislation. 1t will take
more than a refusal to allow the Elk
horn to raise its rate on hay to restore
the state board to the confidence of the
people.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-04

stove for less than $3.50, and for what is
claimed to be OF a s%ootless quality he
must pay Sc perfton. This lcaves tho
dealer a margin of profit on every ton OF
coal sold to private consumers of from
$3.50 to $40. WILL anybody doubt for a
moment the existence of a coal combine
in Omaha? Ieu5
Is there a ~rttineay? The last legis-
lature passed alaw to prohibit just such
pools and combinations organized to
fleece the public. '!This law made it UNI
lawful for any coal dealer Or dealers, or
other person or persons, partnership,
company, corporation or association to
enter into any agreement, contract or
combination for the pooling or fixing OF
prices. Heavy penalties and costs OF
suit = imposed upon those convicted
of violation OF this law. 1t is within the
power of the labor organizations
or any other class of citizens
to test the right of ccal dealers
and railroads to extort tribute from The
people OF Omaha by excessive prices on
a commodity that every resident is COM
PEELED to buy. We believe that the
courts, if invoked by the people, will
break this local trust, and enable con-
umers to buy coal at reasonable prices.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-04

DOWN W TIL n LOCAL COAL TRUST.
In every large city there are hundreds
of competent and industrious mechanics
and laborers out of employment during
the winter season. Omaha is no better
off in that respect than other cities.
Business depression the past five months
has resulted Embarrassing the aggregate
number of unemployed men and in a re-
duction of wages for many of those who
have been fortunate enough to hold
their positions. 1t is within reason to
say that the number of unemployed men
of families was never greater in Omaha
than it is today. 1t is also true that the
cost of living has not been reduced in
fair proportion to the scaling down of
wages. Anything, therefore, that con-
templates q decreased cost of the neces-
saries of life TO the consumers of Omaha
is worthy OF consideration at this time.
THE BEE has frequently of late made
reference to the excessive price of soft
coal, due solely, as we believe, to a COM
bine among local dealers, abetted by
railroads over which the coal is shipped
into Omaha. That such a combine exists
is proven by the fact that the stiff prices
prevailing could not be maintained with
out a pool between the dealers and
the transportation companies. The
average prices OF the best grades Of
soft coal per ton at the mines in Iowa,
Kansas and Missouri as reported to The
BEE are: Slack, from Is to so cents; nut,
so cents to 81; mine run, 30 cents to
81. %; lump, s1.25 to 81 go. The average
railroad tariff rates per ton on these
grades of coal from the states mentioned
to Omaha are: On slack, 81 to $l.32; on
nut, mine run and lump, S1.1S to $l.60.
1t will be noted that the cost OF trans
portation of a ton of coal is in most in
stances greater than the original cost of
the product at the mines. Take for ex'
ample the price OF mine run coal, the
grade which, more than any other, is
sold to the thousands of private con-
sumers, the h~ouseholders of Omaha. 1t
sells at the mines, less than 300 miles
distant from this city. at from so cents to
sl.25 a ton. For hauling this Goa the
railroads charge from about one and one
fourth to ne and one-third times the
first cost of the coal. This would make
the fair average cost of this standard
grade OF soft coal, laid down inthe yards
of the Omaha dealers, not to exceed SIT
per ton.
These figures are not invented, but
will bear in~vestigation. Every private
consumer knows that he cannot purchase
q ten Of mine run soft coal fit to put in
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-04

LABOR organizations the membership
of which is composed largely of m
ployes of the Union Pacific railway
promise to invoke the federal court to
restore the old scale OF wages on that
system. They contend that ii the court
can fix the salaries of the five new re-
ceivers 1t can also hearken to their
humble appeals. Their claims are
worthy of consideration and If the re-
ccivers are entitled to a salary of
$4,000 each the men on the line are GER
tainlv entitled to their old rate OF pay.
The principle involved is the same. Ii
the court car fix the pay of the mana
gers it can fix the pay of every mar on
the road. This may be a place where
the Railway Employees association can
show it's hand, unless it is a jug-handled
affair, as we have always believed it to
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-04

ONE of the most recently established
charities in New York City aims to give
employment to worthy laborers and at
the same time to improve the condition
of the tenement house district. A con-
siderable fund has been subscribed,
which is to be devoted to keeping the
streets clean in a densely populated area
which receives but little attention from
the street cleaning department. The
charity will thus operate in a two-fold
direction-upon those furnished employ
ment and upon the poor people who are
given a better sanitary service. The
fund might be expended in supplement
ing any branch of the municipal govern
ment with equally beneficial results to
all concerned. Here is an opportunity
for local pbilanthropists everywhere.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-04
ENrERpRisiNG AND 1NvINCiBLE.

There has been q great deal of blow,
buster and solicited puffery for pre-
tended ne wspaper rivals of THE BEE in
these parts. But an intelligent com-
parison affords striking proof every day
in the year that THE BEE has no rivals
worthy of the name in its broad field
between Chicago and the Rockies. THE
BEE does not feast it's patrons on roast
turkey and cranberry sauce Sundays
and Christmas and starve them on water
Cruel and wind pudding the balance of
the week. The BEE can be relied on to
furnish the most savory dishes to it's
readers day in and day out. 1t is simply
absurd for concerns that are eking out a
bare existence to boast their superiority
in any department of journalism over
this paper.
THE BEE pays out more money for
editorial brains and Geographic news
than all the dailies in Nebraska, together
with Council Bluffs. Sioux City and Des
Moines dumped in. In the quantity and
quality of these dispatches, including
cable service, congressional news, fnan-
cial reviews, markets and exhaustive re-
ports of every incident that occurs on
land or sea, THE BEE is and will con-
tinue to be peerless and invincible.
When it ONE to the earnest
and intelligent discussion of ma
tional, state and local issues it's
alleged competitors are simply not in it.
Ring organs and fake factories have to
be put m stills and resort to the we'll
known methods of the mock auction and
cheap john shop, but The BEE always
has been and expects always to continue
to be %patronized on merit alone. Those
who subscribe for it get their moneys
worth and those who patronize Its adj
vertising columns know that they are
investing in a paper of known circula-
ton. In buying papers OF buying space
for advertising experience has always
shown hat in the long run the best is
the cheapest.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-04

CHICAGO savings banks have decided
to cut down The rate of interest which
they pay to time depositors from 4 per
cent to ) per cent per annum. This will
doubtless prove "a very profitable move
for the stockholders of Chicago savings
banks, but il is u black eye to the indus
trial army of Chicago and incidentally
20 the re'ail merchants OF that city. The
Chicago savings banks are at this time
reputed to have SIG, 100000 on deposit
and a reduction of l per cent on savings
deposits means a shrinkage of $3.50, 600 u
year in the scant incomes Of the army of
wage workers who have laid by a portion
OF their earnings for a rainy day. The
first effect OF this reduction will prob
ably be the withdrawal Of several mil
lions from the Chicago savings banks, to
be either used in paying off debt already
incurred or in private loans. Chicago
bankers have SO far given no sign Il a
disposition to cut down the rate Of in
terest en- leans, although it is well known
that ioanable funds are oy~erabnndanti in
their vaults. The return OF c'nfdence
does not seem to work both ways.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-04
Chicago Herald.

ssThe mills of God grind slowly" but a
grist generally results. 1t was so in the
case Of Mosher. the bank wrecker of Lincoln,
Neb., who has finally been put in zebra garb
in tho penitentiary at Sioux Falls. He was
tor many years a republican boss and a
prison ring contractor at Lincoln. He
robbed the state through his contracts, and
later of a large sum of state money deposited
in his bank. He robbed his conhding private
depositors as well. He rode on the top
wave of success while republican politics
prevailed in Nebraska, but the end came.
There is a moral hidden somewhere here
that dishonest politicians and bank officers
may profit by if they discoverit soon enough.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-04
Tnlman and the Courts.
PHILADELPHIA Ledger.

TVtHVttFTTtFF IIcuUTs
To use an everyday, homely expression,
Governor Tillman evidently believes that
soft words butter no parsnlps." In his
message to the general assembly he gives
vent to his feelings toward the courts in
consequence of their action towards the
state liquor dispensary in language more
forcible than elegant, more earnest than
diplomatic. Judging by the phrases that
have been sent out by the dispatches as be-
ing thickly scattered through the mes sage
as outlets for his wrath, the document, US
a state paper, must be truly extraordinary,
interesting and exciting.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-04

HoUsEHoLDERS should demand that
their grocers shall sell them coal oil
that will stand the legal test and the
dealers will in turf be particular to buy
none other. The LEGAL dealer is not to
blame for the inferior and dangerous
compounds that are sold throughout this
city in the nam OF kerosene. They pay
the price Of the best oil and in many
cases do not know what they are getting
until the consumers make a report to
them. Every citizen is entitled to the
protection the law affords in this re-
spect.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-04
wrestling with the Deficit.

A good many people are reserving their
final opinion of the pending revenue bill
unit ii is completed-in other words, until
the ways and means of raising all of the
necessary revenue have been stated and
explained. The present bill suggests how
the revenue can be obtained less some $40
600, 900 or $50, 100000. 1t is necessary to
know how this deficit is to be met-whether
by an income tax or a corporation tax or u
duty on sugar or on some other articles now
on the free list-before the cautious states
man can safely commit himself to en- unqual-
fled opinion concerning the measure.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-04

NEBRASKA still offers inducements
for the settlement of desirable immi-
grants within her borders. People de-
tions cannot do better than to seek
comfortable homes on Nebraska farms.
The mex year is bound to witness an
increased immigration, accompanied by
q rise in farm values all along the line.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-04

IT is to be expected that the presi-
dents forthcoming message to congress
will be II OF extraordinary interest and
length. Matters of great national i'm
portance will demand the presidents
attention and his expressions will be re-
garded as in a measure foreshadowing
the policy of the administration on lead
ing Issues now before the public. 1t
gees without saying that THE BEE will
print the message in full.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-04

IF H Bank of England is driven
into politics by reason Of a proposition to
secure q closer connection between the
government and the management of the
bank the results cannot but prove I'M
fortunate for all concerned. The two
United States banks failed to withstand
their Introduction as factors into poll
tics. Experience has shown that politi-
cal banks cannot be sustained.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-04
Assorted Taxes.

4IFTTIUpOIto tUWTtC.
The democracy's way Of removing the bu"-
den of taxation from Il long suffering people
Is a wonderful thing TO behold. Not since
the civil war has any party coquetted with
so many schemes of taxation more or less
odious. Never has there been Il time when
the American people were threatened with a
greater variety of taxation OF the most OBJ,
noxiouS forms.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-04

Lowell Courier: Filing n will sometimes,
rasps the feelings of disappointed ~icgatees.
New Orleans Picayune: All persons old
enough to bear arms should be vaccinated.
Buffalo Courier: The season is here when
the bravest of us are glad to get under cover
Philadelphia Record: Muggins: 7 never
knew n man TO take so much interest In his
business AS Closciist. Buggins: What Is he2
Muggins: A money lender.
New York Herald: 1ravcrs-Did you find q
five dollar bill in the pocket of that ovcrcoat
you repaired for me?
Taiior-lcS, sir.
Travers-Then why the mischief didn't you
send 1t To me?
Tailor-You told me you didn't want to SEQ
the bill for six months.
indianapolis Journsl: Mrs. Hashcroft-This
Hawaiian row has proved u good thing for me.
Mrs. Drydappie-ln what way?
Mrs. Hashcroft-The boarders get to discuss
ing IL Mt the table every morning and they get
so mad they can't eat anything.
Life. Bobby-Pop. what is reason?
Fond Parent-Reason, my boy, is that which
enables Il man to determine what is right.
Bobby-And what is instinct?
Fond Parent-lnstinc Is that which tells o
woman she Is right whether she Is or not.