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Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-30
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

Some men are born rich, som inherit
riches, some go into the coal business.
When Schumann was in love he wrote:
II wish l were a smile that 1 might play
about your cheeks"
covered a method of turning silver into gold.
If he reveals it before the close OF the cam
paign he will spoil all the fun.
Queen Amalie of Portugal has been de-
voting much of her time to an ATTEMPT to
discover an anti-fat pill in order to stay the
tendency to extreme corpulency which has
been threatening to d~isfgure her husband.
A Connecticut father and mother, being
in need of money and finding that their
youngest child was an asset convertible int
cash, sold it for 500. Now a Judge has re-
leased them from their bargain and has or
dered the return Of the child.
Speaker Reeds talents are in demand IN
other fields than politics. Twenty-eight life
insurance companies have offered him the
position OF referee, an office held by the lat
William e. Russell of Massachusetts. Mr.,
Reed has accepted. The salary of the office
is 81, 400.
Tuesday, September 10 will be Perry's Vic
tory DAY In the program Of centennial eX-
erclses in the city of Cleveland. and adj
dresses appropriate to the occasion will he
made by Major Mckinley, Senator Allison
and others.
On the Pacific coast they are considering
whether 1t is right to kill a person who is
lncurably i'll and suffering terrible agony.
A clergyman started the discussion by boldiv
advocating from his pulpit killing under
such circumstances. A few years ago n
coroner's jury in London justified a woman
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-30
SOME INTERESTING FIGURES.

The latest circular of the United
States Department of Agriculture con
tains statistics Of the acreage, produc-
ton and value of the principal farm
crops in the United States from 1866 to
1895. A glance at its pages presents
some very interesting figures.
Within the thirty years embraced in
these tables it is found that the most
valuable corr crop ever harvested in
the United States was that of 1891. The
aggregate value of the corn crop for
1891 was $3.50, DDS. The smallest
returns for the corn crop of any one
year since 1866 was in 1872, aggregating
S435. 1920. The average price of corn
in 1872 was 80 cents a bushel and in
1891 40 cents a bushel.
The most valuable wheat crop eve
harvested in the United States was that
in 1891. valued at S513,472, III. and the
least valuable wheat crop harvested
within thirty years was in 1893, aggre-
eating $213,171 1881. The price of wheat
in 1891 was SO cents a bushel and in
1893 SO cents 4 bushel.
The most valuable hay crop ever
gathered in the United States was that
of 1893. aggregating in value $5TO, SS3,-
S72, and the lowest aggregate value of
the hay crop was 1877, when it was
valued at .$271, 1874. $50. The price of
hay in 1877 was $500 per ton and in
1893 SS.6S.
The largest potato crop ever gathered
in the United States was that of 1893,
a~ggregating in value $1OS,6 61 ,SO1. and
! the smallest in value was in 1874, ag-
gregating ST.. 1913. 800. The price per
bushel in 1874 was 67 cents; in 1893 50
cents.
The largest cotton crop of the United
States for any one year since 1866 was
in 1892, aggregating 1O,6SS,OOO bales.
valued at 5000 64, 900 in round num-
bers.
These figures are suggestive as well
as instructive. They show that corn is
absolutely king of all American agri-
cultural products. while cotton IN
wheat are both secondary to hay when
i converted into money. And the hay
crop of the United States Is worth more
than six times rs much as the silver
| product of the United States, and the
smallest hay crop we have ever gathered
| within thirty years exceeds double the
value of the entire silver product OF
| the world for the best year. Even the
insignificant potato crop for the insig-
niticant year 1874 when coined on the
market brings more than the output of
all the American silver mines when
they are doing their best.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-30

RECEIVERSHiP REFORMS.

While in the excitement of the pend
ing political campaign the mastery ad-
dress delivered some ten days ago by
Moorfield Storey of Boston as president
of the American Bar association failed
to receive the attention which it de-
served. Some of the plain truths which
he brought to light and emphasized will
afford food for reflection for thinking
people for some time to come. The i'm
portant part of the address, which took
the form of n review of the changes in
statutory and adjudicated law during
the preceding year, was that which
dealt with corporate receiyerships, and
especially he reorganization of insol-
vent railroads through receiyerships.
at Is to the courts" says Mr.. Storey
very pointedly. that we must Dol for
protection. Their authority rests pc
culiarly upon the respect of the people
for their absolute impartiality." He
goes on to say that the moment the
courts undertake to release insolvent
moment the confidence of the com
munity receives n shock. Had the
courts always refused to entertain ap-
plications for receivers when made by
the debtor corporation, or even if they
had selected impartial receivers and
facilitated the enforcement of every
agreement, railroads would have beer
reorganized more promptly and on a
more enduring basis than is now pos
sible. Judicial action which impairs the
obligation of contracts is more danger
Gus than any statute that aims at the
same result.
Proceeding further, Mr.. Storey dwelt
at length upon the fact that the great
railway systems of this country had
been built up and equipped with Dor
rowed capital. Many of the securities
represent Investments of more than
their face value. Capital stock has been
frequently issued without payment,
often AS n bonus to go with the bonds.
In this way the money of creditors has
been invested and the control of the
property retained by the debtor, the
railway company. The failure of a rail-
way company finds the managers united
and fully prepared for the emergency
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-30

Beyond the Mississippi lies the great
wealth of the days to come" SO says
Speaker Reed and so says everybody
who is converSant with the vast natural
and boundless opportunities
Of the great west. The latent wealth
is here awaiting only development. The
first requisite of development is capital
and capital will come as soon as in
vestOrs are assured that they need have
no fear of changes in II monetary
system intended to defraud creditors of
their just dues.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-30
A PUBLIC SPIRITED CORPORATION.

In making a subscription of $1,000 to
the stock of the Transmississippi FIX
position association for the New York
Life Insurance company President John
A. Mccall has placed the citizens of
Omaha and the people of Nebraska un-
der new and lasting obligations. The
New York Life Insurance company has
shown its faith in the future of this
city and state by the expenditure of
more than $1,OOO,0O DOC in the magnificent
office building which it has erected here
in the very center of the Transmissis-
sippi region.
1t goes without saying that every en-
terprise which has for it's object the
promotion of the material welfare of
the west will have the active co-opera-
ton and support of this great corpora
ton. In setting the example of public
spirit by it's liberal subscription to the
exposition of 1898 its managers have
shown n ~commendable appreciation
of the magnitude of the project
and their well grounded belief that
it will prove a most potential fac
tor in directing attention to the OPP
%portunities which this section holds out
to investors and cnterprising capital
lists. If all the nonresident owners of
Omaha property were as public spirited
as the New York Life Insurance com
pany the financing of the exposition of
1898 would be an easy task.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-30
BRYAN AS A LAWYER.
An Incident Illustrating the Extent
of His Legal Knowledge.

An Incident Illustrating the Extent
of His Legal Knowledge.
Carl Smith in Chicago Record.
By the way, you hear every little once in
awhile of something funny in connection
with Mr.. Bryan's newspaper career. Here
is an odd thing in which both his editorial
Judgment and his legal acumen were at
issue. Mr.. Hitchcock, who was proprie-
tor of the World-Herald, in the campaign
of 1894 contracted with the republican state
central committee to give that body the use
of two columns of space on his editorial
page, good advertising rates being charged.
A caption announced that This space is
engaged by the republican state central
committee" and Mr.. Hitchcock thought that
ought to make it clear to all that the mat
ter there printed was paid advertising. The
readers, especially the democrats, refused to
so understand it, however, and a great cry
of rage went UP. Mr.. Bryan, who held
the office of editor-in-chief was away at
the time and he was sent for in a hurry.
He returned and insisted that the contract
be revoked, and when the other parties re-
fused to cancel the agreement he ordered
the matter supplied to be withheld, where
upon an injunction suit was instituted by
the central committee. The contract pro-
vided for insertion of matter for a term OF
ten days, including two Sundays and
when the republicans asked eX-Judge H. j.
Davis, now of Chicago, to take the case he
told them they were sure to lose, as a con-
tract for Sunday work was illegal. In
desperation, however, they directed him to
go into court and try to enjoin the break
ing of the contract by the World-Heral
people. He did so. and by some phenome-
nal oversight, although the other side was
represented by half a dozen attorneys, in
GLIDING Mr.. Bryan, nobody but Davis thought
of that Sunday clause and he, very naturally.
instead of mentioning it, lay back and held
his breath until the court had decided.
And the court decided against Mr.. Bryan,
attorney and counselor-at-law
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-30

The Colorado State Board of Health
is entering vigorous protests against
the indiscriminate importation of sick
people into that state. 1t wants in
valids to obtain permits before coming
to Colorado and would have the grant
ing of permits depend on whether the
disease is likely to be transmitted to
others. There's are apparently draw
backs as well as advantages to the
health resort traffic from a business as
well as from Il social standpoint.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-30
PHILADELPHIA Record.

IHIIHutIpHIH NtUOFu.
The populists continue to assert that there
was bimetallism and the coequal circulation
of gold and silver as legal tenders down to
the crime of 1873" Yet in all that time
only 5000, 900 silver dollars were coined, and
in 1878 not a silver dollar was in circulation.
The act of 1873 simply recognized the fact
of its non-existence as currency. Since
have been coined, and they are kept in
circulation by the device Of silver certificates
and the promise of the government to main
tain them at a parity with gold. But with
the free coinage of silver on private account
this obligation would cease. and those who
should receive the silver dollars in payment
of wages or salaries or debts would have to
look out for themselves.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-30

who oheyed her husbands command 4
shoot him and thus shorten his deaf
agonies.
Georgia watering places. In default OF J
sea serpent, are discovering mysteriou
steamers in the ofing and vaguely hintln,
at possible tragedies TO be witnessed froi
their excursion boats.
When n patriotic Frenchman asked Calvt
with a falling infection. II II were possibl
she meant to return TO America again thi
year, she returned: They pet me there
you scold me here; why shouldn't IT,
baurier, the new Canadian premier. nigh
have made a fortune and a reputation a
the bar, but he rarely goes into court. lie II
poor. and 1t is said that II he were to dl,
now his estate would not amount to more
than $1,000. lie is considered the mos
pleasing orator in Canada and gained grea'
fame by the first speech he made when III
took his seat in the House OF Commons.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-30
THE room MAN.s MONEY.
silver the standard of the Poorest
Nations ON Earth.

Kansas city Journal.
Mr.. Bryan and others OF his class are
fond OF saying that silver Is the poor mans
money, and In one respect they are correct.
In every silver standard country without eX-
Ception wages are at the very lowest point
compatible with existence and the neces-
saries OF life are generally high. In China,
for instance. the daily earnings of a common
laborer would not pay for the pudding an
American workman has for his dinner, al
though in that nation the cost OF living is
not so great as in some others. by reason
Of the frugal habits Of the laboring man
and his vegetarian diet. 4 cabinetmaker in
China is content to work twelve hours a day
for IL cents, a brass worker gets 16 cents,
and a native typesottcI draws $5.2S for a
months wages. In India the wage Garner is
no better compensated, and the same may
be said of all silver countries. Coming
nearer home, the best skilled labor in Mex
leo Is paid not to exceed 50 a day in silver,
and those engaged in ordinary occupations
receive from 80 cents to IS cents per diem,
IN silver. These are the prices that obtain
in the larger cities; in the smaller towns
and in the country the rate is much lower,
ranging from % to 40 per cent less.
While the net money value to the Mexican
for his days work Is very much below that
of the American laborer, the cost Of his liv-
ing is far greater. He pays $3.50 for 100
pounds of flour, 80 cents for a pound of
bacon. IL cents a pound for sugar, 40 cents
for coffee, II cents for a pound of beans and
Sl.69 for a gallon OF molasses.
In short, wherever silver Is used as the
circulating medium 1t can be truly said
that 1t is the poor mans money" The
laboring man is forced to work for a sti-
pend that the American toiler would con-
slider degrading and pauperizing, and insult
is added to injury by paying him in a de-
based currency which further lessons his
compensation one-half.
Among the South American republics.
Venezuela is on a gold basis. Foreign sill
yer coins are not permitted to circulate
there and her own silver coinage is kept on
a parity with gold and is accepted in pay
ment of all public and private dues without
discount. This Is due to the fact says Mr..
Proskauer, United States consul at Puerto
Cabella, that at present no silver is coined
and never has been in excess of the gov
ernment's ability to redeem It in gold. 1t
Is generally understood that were the limit
OF ability passed the same conditions would
exist here that prevail in all other South
American republics. namely, silver would be
at a large discount and the poorer classes
would suffer in the payment of their dues.
Venezuela is, therefore, proud of the stand
ing its silver coin has among the nations of
the world" In consequence of this wise
policy labor is much better paid in Venez-
uela than in neighboring republics where
silver continues to be 1.-The money of the
poor people, and where the poor people are
depressed and miserable accordingly.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-30

For the first time in the nations
history Il candidate for the great office
of president of the United States is
heard in public speeches to refer to a
considerable section of those United
States as "the enemy's country" Set
over against this silly and bOyish
utterance of a boy orator the words of
Abraham Lincoln, spoken amid the
fierce heat of a civil war, and quoted
today by William Mckinley, 1--WE are
not enemies, but friends"
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-30

We are informed that Il esteemed
but over credulous townsman, Mr.. j. Il.
Kitchen, has Incorporated into his valu-
able book in defense of 16 to 1 free
coinage that forged editorial from the
London Financial News. Now that The
article has been proved to be Il rank
fabrication, we naturally suppose Mr..
Kitchens honesty will impel him either
to withdraw his pamphlet from sale
and circulation or have the unsold
copies %expunged and revised. No hon
est silverite would want to be RESPONSE
bic for the circulation Of n forgery.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-30
A POINTER.
An Andrew Jackson Letter on the
Money Question.

Money Question.
New York Sun.
Mr.. Efingham Lawrence of Bay Side, L.
l., brought to the Sun office yesterday
an autograph letter of Andrew Jackson's
interesting in its references to the monetary
disturbances of his time and in its appli-
cation to the present currency discussion.
The letter was posted at Nashville. 1t Is
as follows, the spelling and punctuation of
the original being retained in the publica-
ton:
'HERMITAGE, April 4th, 1S42.-Messrs,
Mounsel White & Co: Gentlemen-I have
the pleasure TO acknowledge the receipt of
your favour OF the Goth ultimo, with the
Enclosure OF bill OF laden for six pieces of
cotton bagging and four coils do, rope, by
the steamer Nashville, which / am informed
are deposited with Anderson and Hamilton,
Nashville, 7. amounting TO one hundred and
five dollars, which is duly noted and for
which i sincerely thank you.
81 regret to learn the gloomy prospects Of
the market, but still, we must be patient,
act with Industry and ECONOMY, and so
soon as the Banks are coerced to be hon
est, to resume specie payments or wind up
then and not until then will the pressure
in the money MARKET ceGse-then the SOL
want Banks will be able, in safety, to ac-
commodate the public. Then will confidence
be restored, and the present pressure will
pass away; and in one year, health and
vigor will be restored to the country again.
When confidence is again restored. which
II VIII be, as soon as the Banks pay specie
or the real representative of specie, mil
lions OF specie boarded up will be put into
circulation, which will at once give life, and
Vigor to the commerce Of the country, and
give a fair and steady price to the product
of the agriculturist.
''The people are now resolved to put this
paper system down that has destroyed the
morals as well as the prosperity of our
country, and to have an undertaking metallic
currency, or its equivalent. which will re-
store prosperity to our country, and put
down that rage for speculation. and over
trading, which that paper credit system
has produced, and which has had such a
ruinous effect upon our country. / am, with
great respect. your friend sincerely,
ANDREW JACKSON
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-30
HAVEN'T TIM Il.
Chicago Record.
A SUMMER NIGHT.
Written for The Bee.

Written for The Bee.
Full of reflected, lambert light,
The sky's great windows are
Gods signals flashed out through the night
To mortals from afar.
While lesser lamps that CLEAN and glow
Appeal to those who roam,
Where restless souls are apt to go
Beyond the reach of home.
Though worlds in which I have no place,
In ~changeless circles move
Yet tender brecZes kiss my face
Like lips of one 1 love.
And while the moon, relentlessly,
Looks down on many a grave,
UnselfSh waters, clear and free,
Thu shores Of sorrows lave.
Deep in the hearts of dark, still streams
TIL nights sweet peace / see,
And thus, through tears, mid hopes and
dreams,
Thy heaven waits for thee.
And meath thy footsteps. though unseen,
Are blessings rich and fair;
Though darkness spreads her veil between
/ know the flowers are there.
BELLE WILEY CUE.
Winside, Neb., 1896.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-30

The chances seem good that the Inter
state Commerce commission will not
only cogitate but also hibernate over
the Stickney disclosures of railway dis
examinations before it decides whether
not it is called upon to institute
prosecutions against the offending rail
road men for violating the law.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-30

Western Union might buy up the
whole of the Bell telephone plant and
there would still be ms much competi-
ton between telegraph and telephone
as now. For all purposes of public
concern the two systems have for years
been working in such harmony that
they might as well be one.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-30

in the suggestive collection of portraits
of the sheep of democracy and the
goats of the Bryan following, recently
displayed in Harper's Weekly, one looks
in vain on the left for the counterfeit
presentment of the Hon. Ig. Don
nelly of Minnesota. Such omission,
however, may be looked on as an ad-
ditional honor for the Hon. IL.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-30
Adultcratcd Foods.

HIIHUtINHIH ITtSS.
The state of Connecticut appropriated re-
Gently $500 to provide for tests OF adul-
~teration in common articles of food, the
tests to be made at the State Agricultural
Experiment station, in New Haven. Sam
pies to the number of S4S were purchased
in forty towns throughout the state. or
these samples 254 were clearly adulterated
and twenty-four were doubtful. The adul-
terations for the most part were not poison
GUS: they merely served to dilute the arti-
cles and to defraud the purchaser without
injury to his health.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-30
A Fiery COterie.

Kaiser Wilhelm continues to decimate the
ranks Of the older men in the army and
civil service in a fashion that is viewed
with alarm by his conservative well-wishers.
Advanced civilization has not snapped the
strength Of the good old adage Young men
for action and old men for counsel" The
young emperor is getting a fiery coterie
about him that will be more apt to create
than dissipate trouble. People who are per-
sistent in inviting trouble will get it sooner
or later, and then call for counsel that will
grudgingly respond.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-30

The formal notification of Bryan and
Sewall of their nomination by the So
called silver convention at st. Louis
is expected to take place at Lincoln,
September 8. Bryan is also scheduled
to participate in the Labor day demon
s~tration at Chicago on September Z.
that the silver candidate is booked to be
in 1G places at one time.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-30
Man Proposes, She Disposcs.

NI, IOUTS TtNWOTTV.
In the whole matter of matrimony wo-
man possesses unusual advantages. A man
proposes; she disposes. Say she promises
she sees a better catch, and an excuse 10
found to send her lover about his business.
She uses her advantages with mercy and
grace, however, as a rule, and it is we'll
she possesses them, when there is to b.
found a man who is shabby enough to en-
deavor to recover an engagement present.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-30

Every railroad employee in the country
ought to be for sound money. Put the
United States on Il silver basis and
scarcely n road would be able to con-
tinue business on present scale Of ex-
penditureS.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-30

If, the tone and character of his formal
letter of acceptance can be taken as
a sample, what an excellent inaugural
address Major Mckinley will make
when he is indicted into the presi-
dental office.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-30

The right of free speech is guaranteed
by the constitution and will be pre-
served, In the exercise of the rights of
free speech and free press lie the best
assurance that the people will be fully
educated on every vital issue that they
may be called upon to decide with
their suffrage.h'
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-30

which they inevitably have fore
seen. while itinnds the creditors scat
tered. i%gnorant and frightened and en-
tirely unready ho act. The outcome, ac-
cording TO Np,I Storey, is almost invari-
ably the preparation of a bill in equity,
prepared in. secret and without notice
to any oneSfifcrested. asking for the
appointment tuf receivers. The papers
are filed ii cburt and receivers are
named. TM managers of the insolvent
company have controlled both sides of
the litigatfonga tie r~eceivcrship
means sinfnly! the continuance of the
abuses by whikh the property has been
depleted anil ats credit impaired. All
the subsequent steps are similarly to
the disadvantage of the rcal owners.
There is a great deal more truth than
poetry in this ~arraignment. The records
of the federal courts from San Fran
cisco to New York. and from Portland.
| Ore, to the Mexican line, tell the same
story. Corporations representing bill
lions of capital have been r%eorganized
under receivership process and more
water has been injected than has been
wrung out. The receivership process
has generally aggravated rather than
improved the condition of the corpora
tons involved and 1t has too often been
protracted in the interest of the benefi-
| Charles until there was nothing but n
skeleton of the body corporate left.