The Red Cloud chief., 1899-07-14

do not except any trade or craft.
II you see a group Of six carpenters,
painters, plumbers, timers, or what.
not, II is q ten to one bet that three Of
the six are idle. They are the greatest
strikers OF work / ever saw; that is,
among white men. II is no exaggera-
ton to say that one American work.
man is worth two Britons. This in.
efficiency, .sloth and systematic sold
iering is today n OF the greatest hand.
leaps on manufacturing in Great Brit
ain aud explains in great degree why
the u. s. and Germany are taking
away the English trade. The home
manufacturers are being pushed to the
wall through the great influx Of foreign
goods. We can make and sell to Eng
land any number of articles of general
use, cheaper than they can be made in
that country and this | attribute to the
superior activity and effectiveness OF
the American workingmen.
The average member ola governmet
commission knows how to get all that
is coming to him in the way Of comfort
and perqs, While everybody was ex-
pressing pity for gthe Isthmian Com.
mission, which was supposed to be ar
t%rangiug for a summer stay on the
Itshmus Of Panama, which was 'Uever
classed as a healthy resort, the comm.
ission was arranging a very different
sort Of a trip. 1t was discovered" that
something valuable might be learned
at the Paris end of the Panama Canal
Company, aud thither the commission
will go at once, and stay there long
enough to make the arrival OF Its
members on the Isthmus occur IN the
pleasant weather OF November. Verify,
man is ever eager on scent OF a snap,
and none is compared with public snap
The Panama Company :offered to fur
nish the commission n certified copy Of
any desired portion Of its record, bu,
the offer was decliaed, because there
would have been no god reasons FOL
a trip to Paris had the offer beer
accepted.
Quite a number OF Speaker.to-bt
Henderson constituents will have
material cause to rejoice because his
election to be speaker Of the house |.
an assured fact. During the two oil
three days he spent in Washington h,
earned the difference between tn,
influence welded by even Us prominen'
a member of the house as he had beer
forsome years, and that of the speaker
He made no secret of his having com,
TO Washington to get some appoint
ments for the boys in his district, mol
that his visit was entirely satisfactory
Although everybody nov calls hin
General" he never claimed such rank
as the height Of his military career
which began as a private, was to b,
Col OF an Iowa regiment OF volunteers
But he will be General" to the end o
the chapter now. He couldn't stol
the toadies fromgiving him the title
he considered it worth while to try.
Gen. Joseph Wheeler is as happy q
a boy with his first trousers, or u CIR
who has just spubbed \ man she know
loves her. He has been ordered to tn
Philippines for duty aud will sail iron
San Francisco on the Goth inst. II
says he will not resign his seat in tn
house as he expects the campaign viii
be short and successful and that b
will be back before congress meets
Others think that IL he returns by tn
time congress meets, he will have :
leave before the fighting 10 finished
and that Is about the last. thing b
} would wish to do.