Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-06-01

subsection . nation Of 400, 900, 00o.
II 10 interesting and profitable to con.
slider the causes that led to this 70.
markable achievement, remarks the
New York Journal. A good deal oil
the mystery IL cleared away whom We
assert that the japanese ore both
patriotic and self sacrificing. The
Chinese, on the other hand, ore self
indulgent and have little or no love
Of country. From the outset OF the
struggle, civilized nations extended
their sympathy to japan. It seemed
plain that any improvement In
China's status must be brought
about by heroic treatment. Even
Ii Hung Chang realized this, and
now acknowledges that the higher
interests OF civilization have been
subserved by his countrys defeat.
The influence Of Japan on China is
sure to be beneficial. The Chinese
are clever and In many respects an
admirable people, but they have been
held back by o narrowness OF view
and q retroactive disposition that Is
bound to disappear under Japan's
progressive treatment.
SPEAKING OF Mrs. Hetty Green, the
richest woman in the United States
cher fortune IL estimated ct CSC, 0O0..
OOO), the New York Journal says:
Hetty Green Is said to be q rich WON.
an-so rich that her personal tax 10
fixed ut ~, 900. Yet Hetty, with
all this money, has no home. She
asks the people she meets to tell her
Of some place where she con sleep.
She never sees on the walls around
her any little embroidered legend,
.'God Bless Our Home" nor does she
see the associated objurgation about
Our Cook" She cannot let herself
live in ordinary comfort, believing,
apparently, that II she has no home
sho will not have to pay the taxes.
Il 10 therefore hardly worth while to
be 10 rich In purse II you IRE 90 alb
jectly poor in soul. II you have to
sneak through life living always on
the ely, lodging from house to house.
and making your dinner on five cents
worth Of crackers bought ct . gro.
Gerry, what Is the use OF money!
There are hundreds OF thousands Of
poor women In the tenement houses
In this city with just enough to live
on who may. perhaps, envy Hetty
her millions. but who IRE far hap.
pier than she is.
An official Of the Agricultural De.
partment, discussing the recent In.
crease In the price OF cattle, which ID
said to be the primary cause for the
increase In the price Of beef In the
country, says that 1t may be occa-
stoned by the decrease In the corn
crop II the past few years. The last
great crop OF the country was THAT
grown In 1891 and available In 1902
II amounted to 1000. OOO, 900 bush
els. The crop Of 1892 was 1880.
900. 600 bushels; that OF 1898, ], &c.
O00, 900 bushels, and the crop o.
1894 less than 1900. OOO, 900 bushels
Corn 10 the principal food OF beeI
cattle. It IL true that the farmers
have used wheat for cattle food dur
ing the depression OF price OF this
cereal, but the falling OF OF the corr
crop, In the opinion Of the OF:
may have had more to do with tn
rise than anything else. Lack Of thu
principal food for cattle may hav'
induced stock raisers to put upoi
the market moro cattle than for
merly. Another reason for the de-
crease In the number Of cattle Il
given In the fencing In and closing vi
OF many Of the stock ranges ant
ranches. The settlement Of tn
Western States by small farmers he
made stock raising in great herds les
profitable. and 1t Is said that the In
crease In cattle has not nearly KEEP
pace with tho increase In population
Of the country.