The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-08-14
Nebraska in the Market Again.


Bears on Burlington have sold the
stock because of tn. cooler weather in
the West. claiming that considerable
damage hse been done to growing corn.
Officials of the Chicago. Burlington and
Quincy say that the yield in Nebraska
is one OF the best raised in twenty years,
that il is making good Roadway and the
outlook 10 most promising. Burlington
is, Of all the western stocks. the cheapest
to buy-it will sell at par this year.
Rock Island lie going up and, with the
iucrease Of the dividend in September.
it will be selling well above 80, aad an
ticipation is always in order. For the
first time in half dozen years the prac-
tical railway managers Of the West are
confidently enthusiastic over the traffic
outlook. 1t has been notable in recent
wears that the average railway manager
has been inclined 10 be peseimistic. He
has recognized confronting conditions;
he has been too well aware OF agricul-
turai unhappinees. Of small crops. or
poverty prices every year, to permit him
to have much confidence in prospective
railroad profits. In 1897, for the fret
time in nearly decade, the railroad
manager is face to face with conditions
that assure not only crowding traffic.
but remuperative transportation rates.
and the ives ern railroad manager has
beeu a bull, q believer in coed times.
Wall street could not have a more in
q rental heipsr-zpreacher of prosperity.
who knows what he talks about, and
whose past peseimiem mskes his present
confidence all the more significant.
To me. the most smusing feature OF
the excitement il the appearance in
various cities Of cunningls-wor1ed ad-
vertisemenis announcing the formation
of companie to explore the new gold
bearing n gion and inviting the public
TO subscribe for stock. The excitement
had brought the great American con-
fidence operator to the front with a
rush. In some csses / have seen pros
pectuses Of companies whose capitaliza-
ton is placed at e, 700 or lsss, and to
which individuals are invited to sub
scribe sums a small as Is and $40 /
have heard the saying that "a fool and
his money are soon parted; aleo OF the
sporting axiom that - new sucker is
born every minute" and cannot think
Of surer plan OF chucking away SO or
go without possibility OF it's return
than by giving it to someone who claims
to be going out into the wilderness to
eink it in q go.6 mine. 1t is much
simpler than buying a lottery ticket
With it or burying it in the 8: nd. Some
people like 10 spend money reckless y.
Some ought to regard the s~iodling
Kloudike advertisements as q godsend.
The painful part Of it is. however,
that the five and ten dollar bills will
not be subscribed by people that can af-
ford to lose them. They will come from
the pockets OF silly wage earoers Of both
sexes, who fancy that they see ia these
dishonest advertisements q chance to in
crease their miserable savings. The
philosopher will say, serves them :ght, =
and it probably will serve them right
fos oe course the bogus companies" will
land gudgeons by thousands; bu, that
does not lessen the criminal resp nsi-
bility Of the newspapeFs that print the
lying advertioements. They are the
.'cappers" for the akin game" and the
money that they receive ID their share
q the spelling Of the foolish. A sad,
I'd world it i. NY masters. Are there
Hoee fools than raecale in il after al,
veadsr!-Town Topics.