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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-03-12

The out look for wheat is much bet
ter tlau wa the ease early in the
season. The wheat farmer had wei
nigh Ispared after two or three wears
Of heavy losses in the business. There
seemed to bc no favorable conditions t.
present to encourage til" farmer during
that period ui distress The out-iooh
now is improved. There is Il prospect
for renlunerativc prices in the future.
The worlds supply is reduced so t!!at
the next crop cannot supply the def
cheney. The wheat field. of the mid
die woSt are being devoted largely to
feed for cattle. Tne surplus of the
United States Will probably nev u
reach ti,c grand total Of other recent
.ears. II is no radical change in IN.
plan~ Of the filters of he soil that vii
eliminate the wheat surplus of the
! United States. The changes are il
process Of execution. The wheat i,
| giving place to the rotations dictate,
by science and the probabilities of fut
IRE profits. On the plains ofthc grea
northwest Whca. has not reached
maximum surplus. The great brcn,
staple Is til" king of crops in our do
main and must by natural condition
continue Ia he So. Freight rates arr
growing cheaper. They are still! he
You'd the province of equity, but tn
Cascade locks will open the door t
future release. When the Inland En-
pire can find an open market on
native resources will redeem our fo
tunes.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-03-12

The date for tie nuptiaIs of X.prc4i-
dent Harrison is fixed for April bth.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-03-12

1t is reported that the Indian ponies
on the Umatilla reservation have the
scab, the same disease that has played
havoc with the sheep in some regions.
II scrub horses are permitted to ,legen.
crate upon the depleted ranges for Il
long time us they are now, nature viii
surely visit them with some pestilcncc
and when it does come it will Kill the
good horse too.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-03-12

1t is claimed by the Weiser Signal,
the POcatello Advance. and other pa
pers Of the state, OF different political
beliefs, that II text book in Idaho
schools, Mays "Our Governments Is
wrong on the silver issue and matters
possessing more or less political color.
Ing. If the quotations presented are Il
guide to the principles of the book, il
should he eXpunged from the curricu-
lum of the schools.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-03-12

Business men too often are called
to draw upon the vital resources of
trade to meet the stress of Hard times.
The stock business in the northwest
Is In danger from having the reserves
reduced. The cattle business is the
source Of profit that has held up this
country to prosperity while distress
prevailed in many other districts. Cat
tie have remained firm in price with IA
ready cash market during all the time
of the recent financial disturbance, and
In this fact lies the danger of reducing
the producing stock. The ranges are
extensive in our interior and the men
who occupy them have the stock busi-
ness under control. BY conservative
methods this source of income could be
maintained, but there is apparent dan
ger of this item of our income being
reduced in the near future by the effect
of hard times.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-03-12

The Salvation Army in the United
States seems to he confronted 10y what
might be crisis. The commandment
and his beloved wife have been super
ceeded by an officer sent from England
by the General in command. The
American srmv had made wonderful
progress within the past few years and
1t was becoming Americanized. When
the work first began in this country it
was unpopular and the field was not u
promising one but the adaptation of
principle to conditions change the reIa.
tionship and at the present time the
army is very popular. The work it
has done is admitted and its field for
future work is enlarged. The best
church societies admit its usefulness
and 1t is one of the great reform agem-
cies of American social ethics. The
American division is no longer in sym
pathy with some of tine English manuel
Of arms. Ii is said that the fact that IT
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-03-12

The stand taken by congress for the
extension of sympathy to Cuba has
aroused strong feeling in Spain. The
bluff is made that international law
does not justify the sympathy or the
declaration. 1t is not question OF
international law. 1t is above law; it
Is u declaration 10y strong nation that
1t will support weak power in strug-
gle for liberty. There will be no Ameri-
can to stand for form, but they will
fight for principle.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-03-12

Trusts III a general sense are eX.
ecrated by the public. Strong or
CARNATIONS backed by unlimited
wealth for selfish ends are conspir-
icies and are therefore held to be
illegal by the laws of the land.
The whiskey trust is perhaps one
OF the most widely known of all
business conspiriCies from the fact
that it has been before the COM
mittees of congress and the courts
of the country to such an extent
as to advertise the unwholesome
business methods. The fact that
this strong union did not influence
trade i'll one of the recognized ne
cesities of life, i'll great degree
caused its workings to be contem-
plated with indifference. There
! have, however, been many other
trusts exposed at different times in
the past, which brought out senti-
ments of disaproval. The dealing
in bread materials, by strongly cap
italized organization has imposed
wide spread distress upon deserv-
ing poor people. knowledge of
these impositions have induced the
enactment of antitrust laws which,
however. like too many statutes
aimed at the evils that yield large
profits to capitalists, they have
been ineffective.
The undertakers trust is perhaps
one of the strongest organizations
III the land that does not make an
effort to conceal the fact that it
thrives by multiplying the misery
of sorrowi,lg patrons. This is one
,of the wealthicst organizations in
the United States. 1t spreads to
every corner of the country and
its gTasping agents visit every
household that is distracted by
the visitation OF death. This
agent comes with the argument
prepared by the trust that best
suits the eNigencies of the case.
To ,he poor he holds up the senti-
nent of the dread of the 'Potters
, field and in the self respecting
the spirit of false pride is aroused
to increase the unholy profits OF
the trust.
Every Cemetary in the country
lis controlled by some agent of an
| undertakers trust and if a poor
mourning wife's or mother S
friends desire to do the last kindly
offices for her dead they are de-
MED the right, The grasp of the
monopoly is so strong that a neigh
borhood is not permitted to lay the
widows child at rest without an
expense that means a year OF hard
ships to follow. There is none OF
the soothing effect of neighborly
sympathy in the poor mans fun
eral OF to-day unless his sepulchre
is chosen. far out on some untrod
knoll where the winds howl UNI
heard
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-03-12

1t is to he hoped that Cleveland will
support congress in declaring the Gu
bans rs belligerents. Without his ac>
ton the resolutions are without effect.
The herald., 1896-06-29
BRIEF POEMS

In Q recent competition in England con =.
testants were required to send in twenty
four line poems with two-syllable lines.
Here are some of the efforts:
This year.
'Tis clear
AS day,
Maids may
Propose
To beaux
Who dread
To wed.
Eight years.
Ny de asars
Must pass
Before
Once moro
You can
Ask man.
Ny N.Y. pearls .;a;s
Have hys,ds pride;
The men,
And then
They'll sue
To you.
This poem is succinct and dramatic:
Miss Dyke
on bike
Would ride
Hyde Park
And show
In Row
That she
Was free
Nor cared
Who stared.
Pace fast.
Unnerved
She swerved.
Men shout
Look outl
Hard fate,
Girl hurt,
Torn skirt,
Hopes dashed
Bike smashed!
Many sportsmen will sympathize with
this gentleman:
Went out,
Caught trout
First try,
May fly.
Lost net.
Got wet
In bed,
Hot head.
More i'll.
Blue pill!
Grew worse,
Cross nurse.
r!ys sia guid
Pay down:
Old Brown
Claim'd mora
Then swora
Nose split.
Said beak.
For sin
And here is whole summer holiday
tersely worded:
Comes dawn
Brief yawn;
Cold tub,
Brisk rub:
Brush hair
Downstair.
Through day
Bands play.
Fine sand,
Waves Nrand:
Read news,
See views.
Comes eve,
House leave;
Seek pier.
Drink beer:
Hear song.
Stay lonC.
Comes night,
Fleas bite;
Kill three,
Let be;
Gnats hum,
DrAanaa nAaaA<
The herald., 1896-06-29
Occidental College

Editor Herald: The new location for Oc-
cidental college is a matter which, just
now, interests many Presbyterians here
abouts. For reasons it appears to be gen.
orally conceded that it is not best Ia re-
build on the old grounds. We under~and
that flatterng offers from suburban local.
iteis all about the city have been made to
the board of trustees. The presbytery has
the Pasadena side of the city. The purpose
seems to be to locate the institution as
near the center of population as possible
| Other things being, equal, the Pasadena
side would and should get the college. The
difficulty with the. several propositions
from that quarter is the money require
ment either for the site or buildings. or
both. AS one interested I am inclined to
the opinion that the board will have to
abandon all that side of the city. An en-
dowment is the imperative need of the in
stitution and 1t is doubtful If the present
board of trustees would be willing to un-
dertake the work again without It.. The
presbytery, by pretty nearly unanimous
vote, has pledged itself to raise an en-
dowment Of not less than $4,000. within q
year. This believe 1t can and will do but
the several sites above referred to are all
without buildings and my fear Is that the
>Ae~nt - p.iaA aannax Ear hath huildiu1a
The herald., 1896-06-29
CHARITY

The Cleveland Recorder is one of the
soundest papers in the country on social
questions, and there is a volume of truth
in the following comment it makes on
charity:
Miss Graffenreid makes plea in the
Forum for improvement in the homes
of the poor. Her good feeling is evil
dent, and the unwholesome conditions
which have excited it are sad enough
But it seems to US that the American
sentiment of Independence is chal-
lenged by the schemes now so COM
mon among people more inclined to be
charitable than to be just, for the
housing of the poor.
What should we think of a pathetic
plea in a leading magazine for i'm
proVement in the housing of the rich?
Suppose that charitable women should
investigate the kitchens, the closets,
the bed rooms, the plumbing and the
home habits of deniZenS of Fifth ave-
nue. in New York or of Euclid avenue
in Cleveland, what should we say?
We are told that the question of hous-
ing the poor is different. But how is it
different? Families that by some twist
of fortune succeed in getting out of the
ranks of the poor live decently enough.
which indicates that the question of
housing the poor is simply a phase
of the poverty question. Innate help
lessness has nothing to do with it.
The people whom we find in the Door
classes, badly housed or filthily hived,
are In that condition not because they
are essentially different from other
people. but because their poverty pre-
The herald., 1896-06-29
THE M'KINLEY ACTS ACHIEVE.
MENTS

a good deal has been and will be said
during the next few months about the
Mckinley tariff as a revenue raiser But
1t was not as revenue raiser so much as
a revenue reducer that the treasury de-
partment knew the alleged product OF
Hanna's proteEe. In fact a part Of the
title of that act describes 1t as an act for
the reduction Of revenue and at the time
Of its passage a reduction of tho revenue
was indeed needed, but not to the extent
and in the way made by the Mckinley
law. That reduction was accomplished
not by lowering taxes on imports but
by raising them to the point Of prohibi-
tion, so that articles that paid duty be-
fore cease to do so because the tax i'm
posed was high enough to discourage
their importation. The tariff was made
less of revenue producer by making 1t
more protective. and certain sums that
the federal government formerly re-
ceived in duties went to the parties who
were given a cinch on the home market"
by reason Of the prohibitive features of
the Mckinley law; so that where the
people ceased paying taxes into the pub
lie treasury they were compelled to pay
tribute to the beneficiaries of protection.
The success OF the Mckinley act in re-
ducing revenues is evidenced by the fact
that the customs collections fell from
$229, ,Ooc, 900 in 1890 to SIT. 7.o0o. 900 in 1892.
q loss of $52, 100000. During the Harrison
administration, which for its last two
years had the sustaining power Of the
Mckinley law behind 1t, q treasury sur
plus of SIS. 900. an annual surplus of
500. 900, 900 and an excess Of $9S, ,000,0 900
in the gold reserve all went up the flume.
In the last four months Of Harrison's
term the expenditures exceeded the re-
ceipts by about $6,0Oo,O 900, and it is no.
torious fact that the secretary of the
treasury had the plates made ready for a
bond issue, just before he went out Of
office, for the two purposes of replenish-
ing the gold reserve and securing enough
money to exc out the expenses of the gov
ernment. The issue was STAYED off by
utilizing the national bank redemption
fund, by deferring payments on certain
appropriations. and by swapping, after
much negotiating with New York bank
ers. $S.250.000 in greenbacks for gold. The
cold, immovable facts should deter too
much boasting about the Mckinley law
as a revenue producer and gold reserve
upholder.
The herald., 1896-06-29
MARK HANNA

There Is little room for doubt In the
minds of those who have studied the
man that in Mark Hanna the Republi-
can presidential nominee will have an
energetic and masterful manager, not
only during the canvass now on, but to
the end of Major Mckinley's official life,
should the Canton Napoleon reach the
presidency. To another-to any of the
defeated candidates whose names were
presented to the st. Louis convention
the domination of such a Warwick
would have been intolerable. To be so
completely owned by a peremptory
business man, who held mort
gage upon him, not only for
every step of his promotion, but
on the very roof over his head, would
prove chain too calling to be worn
by a Reed an Allison. a Morton, or even
a Quay. But Mckinley is an easy man,
an attitudinizer, maker of phrases,
the Boulanger of American public men.
While it is quite unlikely that Mark
Hanna will take any office at the hands
of Mckinley, who can believe that his
ambition will be satisfied with the cleo
ton Of Mckinley? On this topic the
Terre Haute Gazette makes the follow
ing pertinent comment
Hanna will probably not take an
office. He does not need one for the
money there is in 1t, for he is already a
very rich man and growing richer rapid
ly. Nor does he need any Office for the
patronage it has and the pleasure he
might derive from it's distribution. The
patronage of any one office is small
thing, retail business, and Marcus An
toniuS Hanna Is to be a wholesale dealer
In offices-the greatest this country has
ever known, just as he is now the most
absolute boss any party has ever known,
in this country. Major McKinley's tai
entS do not lie in the direction of man
aging men and distributing Offices He
Will hand all that over to Mark Hanna.
In the event of his election, and Hanna
will control it all as completely as he
has handled his campaign for the past
two years, telling him when to speak and
when to hold his peace.
Nor Is this all. Should Mckinley be
elected there will be a special session
of congress and tariff bill will be pre
pared, Mark Hanna will write the iron
and ore schedules Of that tariff bill and
supervise the other schedules to be writ
ten by the proprietors of the trusts that
have been his quartermasters and com
missar1es in the campaign, the preliIn-
mary skirmishes Of which are tlist now
ending so triumphantly. Mr. Hanna. will
write that tariff bill so that the peonle
Ct the United States, the hewers of
wood and the drawers Of water. the
The herald., 1896-06-29
AT THE THEATERS

ORPHEUM-vaudeville never had
stronger representation in this city than
will be presented at the Orpheum to-
night. Five new features will grace the
bill this week, every one of which ri
said to be among the very best in their
respective lines. Pre-eminent above
them all, in fact above all other vaude-
Vile attractions on the stage, will be the
bewildering dances of the famous Pap
tnta. She is the queen Of the myriad
dance and besides being the perfection in
grace and form her beauty is marvel
lously enhanced through the clever ar
rangement of mirrors and varied col
ored calcium lights. Critics who were
profuSe in their praise of Loie Fuller, the
original fairy queen of the serpentine
dance. concede the great superiority of
Papinta in the transformation special
ties which dazzle the audience with their
brilliancy.
Lawrence and Harrington, originators
Of the bowery boy and tough girl in
vaudeville, will give lively turn abound
ing IN original fun and laughable charac-
ter studies. No less attractive and
bright will be the acrobatic perform
ance of the world renowned Meers Bros,
champions of the slender wire. The old
favorites, Washburn sisters, will main
comedy vocal specialties.
Bimbo and Tehi in their performance
of the black art and mystic fakir acts,
are unequalled. The two hold-overs,
Lizzie B. Raymond, the famous COM
edienne, and the rollicking team of COM
edians, McAvoy and May. will continue
as attractive and entertaining as ever.
LOS ANGELES THEATER-Beside
being an uncommonly good and pleasing
actor and having the reputation of get
ting the very best plays obtainable, John
Drew has always been surrounded by an
excellent company. He has not been
guilty Of that mast serious fault of the
modern stellar syStem-Shining, as do
most stars, like an electric blaze in the
center of so many tallow dips. On the
contrary, he has not been afraid to sur
round himself with the very best talent
obtainable, and the result has been a
company altogether meritorious individ-
ually and collectively. Therefore, when
it is said that this year his company Is
better than ever-of super-excellent his
trionic caliber-much may be expected
from it, and much will be seen by those
who attend at the Los Angeles Theater
for the five nights and Saturday matt
nee, beginning Tuesday. In addition we
are to see the two best plays in which
Mr.. Drew has appeared during his en-
tire stellar career They are Christo-
pher, Jr., by Madeleine Lucette Ryley,
and The Squire of Danes, by that clever
author of Liberty Hall, r. C. Carton.
The sale of seats is very big and our
theater is likely to witness It's most bill
liant engagement toward the season 8
close.
The herald., 1896-06-29
GOLD AND SILVER AT CHICAGO

The material for the national Demo-
cratic convention to be called to order
in Chicago July 7th next, has about all
been provided. Democratic conventions
for the election Of delegates to the Chi
cago meeting having been held In every
state and territory excepting possibly
Alaska, from which no returns relative
to the subject have been received.
The national convention will consist
of $50 delegates. If the two-thirds rule
which has governed in such conventions
of the Democratic party for over half
the period of its existence, be adhered
to, $40 delegates will be required to NOM
mate the candidates for president and
vice-president.
As everybody knows, the contest for
the control of the convention will be be-
tween the advocates of the free and un-
limited coinage Of silver and the oppo-
nents Of that proposition.
The following table will show the ad-
mitted strength of each faction-Michi-
gan, Nebraska and Texas are omitted
because of contests in each which may
disturb any calculation embracing their
votes:
The herald., 1896-06-29
The Scilly Flower Industry

A correspondent of the London Times
states that the growing of early pota-
toes has been completely superseded as
the chief industry of the Scilly islands
by the cultivation of the narcissus for
the English flower market Ten or fif-
teen years ago the narcissus was looked
on as an unmitigated pest by the farm
ers, and cart loads of bulbs We're to be
had for the asking by the pioneers Of
the new industry. But now the better
sorts of narcissi cost from Ell oG2 per
1000, and an acre of land takes 400, 900
bulbs. About 400 acres are under this
cultivation, and the islanders draw
about f40000 year from this source
Nearly all the potatoes and other veg
etables consumed in Scilly have now to
be imported. AS soon as the forcing of
narcissi is over the houses are filled
with tomato plants. A correspondent
says that the cost of carriage from Scilly
to Penzance is 3s. Cd. per cwt., which
is excessive, and he suggests that the
steamship service should be bought up
and improved by the Great Western
Railway company, which would also de-
velop the tourist possibilities of the is
land.
The herald., 1896-06-29
English Children As oift-Takers

Every American man must remember
the shock of surprise with which he first
encountered in an English novel the no
ton of schoolboy, a gentleman's son,
taking money as gift from his parents
friends and guests. Nothing could have
been more foreign to the American idea,
In my time, than that, and suppose it
is still the same. Neither parents nor
boys could have submitted to the thought
without modification. But here the
feeling. or at least the fact, is quite diff
ferent. A hard working man. who lives
up to the last penny of meager profess
sional income, can give half sovereign
tip to the schoolboy son of a friend or
acquaintance of his who has $40, 900 a
year, and the boy will pocket it, and the
father will. at the most. look the other
way. I used to think that this had its
explanation In the fact that parents and
bond here as in America, and that the
father cared less than an American
father would care for the dignity and
self respect Of his son. On the other
hand. however. 1t is certain that the
English father holds himself RESPONSE
BILE for his son, and spends money solic-
itously In trying to start him in life long
past Tue stdee WieH an American youtn
would be expected to go out and shift
for himself And. indeed. the older ono
gets the palmer it Is to be seen that any
and every attempt to dogmatize about
the difference between the two peoples
Of the two countries must be subject to
all sorts Of reservations and contradic-
tory notifications. But 1t is true that
the English child is allowed to cadge for
money in a way which is unknown to the
American child of the same social grade,
and that this is by no means confined to
relatively poor people. This fact has
always seemed to me to rob the English
child of a great deal Of the interest
which with us attaches to childhood.
Not I alone find him less interesting; 1t
is universal judgment upon him.-New
York Times