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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-02
THE AGRARIAN MEN4CE.

The Agraran movement in Germany and
especially in Prussia, is making rapid progress
ana Dius 1ar soon to dominate the politics of
that empire. Indeed it might be said that 1t al
ready dominates them. for beyond doubt il IL
the most formidable single factor with which
the Government has TO deal in Parliament. 1t
is no longer the Centrum, but the Agrarian
party that blocks legislation until 1t can have
its will 1t is no longer the Centrum but 1.-THE
Agrarian party, 10 which the Emperor himself
must make concessions In his domestic and
foreign policy. This is In part because Of the
numerical strength which the Agrarians have
developed, and which they have shrewdly de-
velOped i'll the very places where 1t Will count
for most; and in part because of the aggressive
truculent disposition of the leaders and indeed
of the rank and file of the party They are
Junkers, "squireens." the swaShbucklers and
rough riders of German politics
Beyond doubt these representatives of the
land-owning and agricultural interests are en-
titled TO full hearing and to generous consid-
Grafton. The ominous feature of the case is
however, their inclination TO sacrifice or n
compel the sacrifice, OF all other interests IN
their own. That is hot good thing for any
party 10 do in any State But ii is q particu-
larry bad thing TO be done by party which
however great It's adventurous influence is not
naturally the chleI party and does not represent
the chief welfare Of the State. And such latter
is the case with the Agrarians of Germany
That country is not prominently an agricult-
ural country. II has vast interests no doubt I'm
grain and sugar and wine Some parts OF il vie
with the most fertile and most productive I'm
the world. Yet other and extensive parts of II
sterile and almost desert like On the whole
IT can bear no comparison with, let us saw the
genial climate and generous soil OF Franco nor
with the vast range and variety Of agricultural
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-02

extra price upon goods when the Government IS
the purchaser And If some honest man pro-
poses to stop the scandalous work by restricting
payment for supplies to the ruling market
prices there is prodigious hullabaloo ralseu
against him, though he were Infringing upon
the rights of life, liberty and the pursuit OF
happiness.
So there is the other side of the "soulless cor
poration' theme. Doubtless some corporations
do act toward individuals and toward the pup
lie as though they-the corporations-had IN
deed no bodies to be kicked and no souls 10 De
damned But what of the attitude or 1ndlviu-
uals toward the greatest of all corpora tons!
Doubtless it is true that some men, who In indi-
vidual capacities are honest and honorable, III
their corporate capacities act much like knaves'
But is 1t not equally true that men, who in deal
ing with individuals or private corporations are
scrupulously honest, In dealing with city, state
or nation deem 1t right to grab all they can.
whether honestly or not? 1t is strange moral
obliquity which leads men TO think 1t less
wicked to steal from q million persons than
from one. Yet 1t Is precisely such trait that
causes public works to be much more costly
than private works, and that makes such con-
trast between Mr. Wyndham's estimate and
Lord Rowton's achievement.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-02
PERSONAL.

The Rev DR. Wright. editorial secretary of the
Spurgeon: His power of reading perhaps never
equalled. He would sit down five six large
books and master them at sitting. He sat
with his left hand fiat on the page at the left side
Of the book. and, pushing his right hand up the
page the right side until the page projected a
little, he turned 1t with his finger and pro-
ceeded to the next page He took in the contents
almost at glance, reading by sentences as others
to what he read. He made a point of reading
half dozen of the hardest books every day, as
he wished to rub his mind up against the strongest
minds: and there was no skipping. | several times
had opportunity of testing the thorOughnesS OF
his reading, and L never found him at fault
The oldest recipient of the British Royal Huma ne
Socety's medal is the Rev. William Grips Ledger.
of Lisnakea. Ireland. to whom has just been award
ed that honor at the age of Seventyffve for res
cuing drowning woman in March
Governor Stanley of Kansas in speaking of the
prosperity of that State said recently that in Fin
ley County there IS but pauper. yet the county
has poor farm which cost $4,000 and is now
maintained for the single inmate
To sgnalize his departure for Paris where he will
be of several expert electricians represent
the General Electric Company at the Paris Elk
position. reception was given in Lynn. Mass. the
other evening, to Alexander Nebal. a native Of
Chilli, who is employed at the company's works in
Lynn. Mr.. Nebal arrived in this country four
years a member of the Gillian Legation to
the United States He afterward went the In
stitute of Technology, from which he gradu-
ated with high honors in mechanical and electrical
engineering.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-02
Nep21ork DAILY Mibn1re:
MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1900.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN-A British convoy and six guns
were ambushed by Beers near Bloemfontein and
captured; sickness on the prison ships at Cape
Town has delayed the sailing of the transports
TO St Helena President Steyn is at Lady brand,
stirring up the Beers to renewed resistance.
- Dublin is filing up with visitors and deco
rating extensively in anticipation of the Queen 8
visit The exploring steamer Southern
Cross, bearing the Borchgrevink South Polar
ew-Zealand: Mr.. Borchgrevink reported that
the Magnetic Pole had been located; N. Hansen.
zoologist, died the voyage. Eleven
fresh cases Of plague and two deaths re-
ported at Sydney, n. S. W.
DOMESTIC.-Comment caused at Albany
the failure of Republican county conven-
lions TO indorse Governor Roosevelt for renom-
ination. - Senator O. H. Platt, of the SEN
ate Cuban Commission. gave out a statement
regarding the capability of Cubans to govern
themselves. - Governor Steunenberg, Of
Idaho. made strong argument for the pres
ence OF Federal troops in the disafected mining
districts ~ The passage Of a tariff bill for
Puerto Rico is assured in the Senate
CITY.-It said that Tammany might ask
the April Grand Jury to investigate the Police
Department in the hope of getting whitewash-
ing verdict and staving off a Special Grand Jury
inquiry. - Archbishop Corrigan dedicated the
Church of the Holy Name. - A horse ran
away in Madison Square Park, upsettng its
men and woman in its long up Madison
ave; one mans skull fractured -
Father PardOw preached a sermon denouncing
the Reformation in the light of the higher
criticism" at st. Patrick's Cathedral.
THE WEATHER.-Forecast for to-day: Fair.
Rain tonight. The temperature yesterday:
Highest, "a degrees; lowest. SO; average, 44Ss.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-02

higher than the rate In 1sso'90 which must
have been over 1.3 per cent and in turn was
doubtless higher than the actual rate during the
decade now drawing TO It's close. But an In
crease OF 1.61 per cent yearly besides the known
immigration would be needed to work out from
the population reported In 1890 the number estl-
mated for this year by Treasury officials. and
something must still be allowed for the unre-
ported immigration from and through Canada,
which amounted to 100000 in the five years
before Government records were stopped.
1t is exceedingly desirable that there should
be secured, at the outset Of government or
outlying possessions, an accurate account OF
the population within the United States and OF
the wealth and industry developed on this con-
tinent from the seed sown by revolutionary ex-
pansion. The Indians who found rowing
about this continent did not seem to the found
ers of the United States to have such title to
government suited to the needs of the human
race that it could be considered wrong to push
them back and make room for better manhood
and higher civilization. But in these days we
are hearing persons much more sanity than
the Puritans that they count 1t a sin to subdue
q Philippine savage, and so much more patriotic
than Washington that they hold his views OF
expansion in horror. Yet the growth Of this
Nation has been the best proof whether the free
institutions here established have been hailed
as blessing to mankind by the oppressed who
have escaped by millions from many other lands
to find asylum here.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-02
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COST.

Mr. George Wyndham, the Parliamentary
Secretary of the British War Office. has shown
himself in the present war an exceptionally
capable administrator. For that reason the peo-
pie of the United Kingdom are disposed to put
full confidence in him and to regard whatever
he proposes to do as all right. He has, for ex-
ample, estimated the cost of permanent bar
racks for the enlarged army which the Govern
ment is organizing at $500 per capita. The
average British taxpayer may think that is a
pretty large sum. but he will take for granted
that 1t is as small as 1t can properly be made.
For is 1t not the estimate of a man of the high
est ability, most comprehensive knowledge and,
of course, integrity and disinterestedness above
all suspicion? Yes it is the estimate of such
man. And yet we are confronted with the con-
crete fact that Lord ROwton has built on ex-
pensive sites in the city Of London high class
dwellings of brick and tile, with sanitary plumb
ing. baths, hot wafer supply and 'all the mod
ern improvements. at cost for land. buildings
and all Of only $500 per capita. No one would
dream of erecting more costly buildings than
these for military barracks. and the land occu-
pied by the latter would certainly be less costly.
Why, then, should the cost to the Government
that is. to the public-be 40 per cent more than
TO a private constructor?
We cite this example as one just at hand and
noteworthy because of the updoubted character
of the administrative officer concerned but
there are plenty more on every hand. This one
is in entire accord with the general rule 1t Is
not only when Tammany Hall builds n court
house or canal ring repairs and enlarges a
canal that the public treasury is looted But
when honest and able officers undertake to do
work, or, rather, get it done, and to secure
supplies for the public service the cost Is
somehow or other greater than il would be to
a private individual corporation 1t Is not
always but we afraid, generally so. Men
to think they ought 10 get larger profits
from Government contracts than from private
contracts. and that they are entitled to put an
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-02

capabilities Of the United States And what
nature has denied 1t the Reichstag can scarcely
bestow upon II.
1t is rather an Industrial and commercial
country that Germany is and is to be great.
For such career nature has bounteously en-
dOwed her. No European land is richer in min
eral resources, in timber. in water supplies and
In all the elements of industrial greatness. No
people are better fitted for the prosecution of
the useful arts and sciences than are the Ger
mans. No nation of Europe save one seems bet
ter suited for commercial enterprise. And there
assuredly Is not one that has made In the pres
ent generation so stupendous progress in these
things. Great Britain Is still superior to Ger
many In manufactures and in commerce, but
she Is not advancing so rapidly, and Germany
is rapidly gaining upon her. The United States
may be making great or greater progress in
manufactures, bat in ocean commerce it is COM
pletely distanced.
Now, the Agrarian movement is a menace to
Germany because 1t is inimical to these greater
and indeed, paramount interests of the empire.
manufacturing nation requires cheap food. If
its own farms can supply it. we'll and good If
not, 1t must look elsewhere; and anything that
prevents 1t from looking elsewhere is a detri-
ment to it. That was the lesson Great Britain
learned when the Corn Laws were abolished.
That Is lesson with which the United States
happily is not concerned, because this peculiarly
favored land is able to supply all its own needs
more satisfactorily than any other could do.
But in Germany the enforcement of the Agra
rian demands will mean an increase in the price
of food, and that will mean either industrial
distress increase in the cost of industrial
production and the latter will mean impairment
Of the greatest interests Of the empire
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PASTOR S-Continuous Performance.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-02

This is the last week of the session at Albany
and the favorite week Of the jobbers- IL is 100
late we fear. to pass some measures whlch the
public welfare demands. but 1t is not 700 late
to kill various schemes of plumber known anu
unknown. which viii try to sneak through III
disguise before adjournment. IL honest mem
bers will only keep their eyes and ears open
they can still do much 10 prevent knaves from
making an unsatisfactory legislative record con-
siderably worse.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-02
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE MONDAY. APRIL 2 1900.

business was crowding all manufacturing WORKS
for months ahead and they started this year IN
that condition but have since much reduceu
their untitled orders.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-02

Mr. Quigg Is still organizing meetings 10 ue
pose Mr.. Gruber from his leadership. just as IL
the voters of the district had not declared ti1
other night by large majority that they did
not know what Mr.. Ouigg had TO say about it,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-02

Let our Statutory Revision commissioners DC
sent home at once to practise law iheS arc
worse than useless in Albany.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-02

II Colonel Gardiner chooses to assume that
the general desire to have his utter unhtness
for the office of District Attorney demonstrated
in such a manner to warrant his removal
amounts TO a conspiracy nobody viii, object.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-02

The passage by the Assembly. with only slight
opposition. of the bill requiring fire insurance
companies to pay the full amount Of policy in
case Of total loss is rather surprising. in view
of recent confident assertions that it would
never get out of committee. What influences
were brought to bear In its favor we have no
means of knowing, but there are arguments
against it to which careful consideration ought
to be paid before 1t is permitted to make fur
Their progress. There fire insurance COM
panies which are in the habit Of hagglinS over
just claims. for the purpose Of straining the re-
sources and wearing out the patience Of policy
holders and so compelling them to compromise.
and a suitable redress for such oppressive con-
duct ought, if possible. to be provided. But a
law to promote would be extremely
mischevous thing The bill which has just
passed the Assembly seems to answer 10 that
description and If, in spite of appearances. it is
proper and salutary. the fact should be clearly
demonstrated prior to its enactment.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-02

We wonder II Austin Is going to prove
recreant" to Platt's Quigg?
The Winslow mail., 1900-10-04
IN TERROR OF A DRAFT.
The Extraordinary Failing of an
Otherwise Thoroughly HUI
Person.

Lord Blessington, the husband of the
celebrated countess of Blcssington, had
a horror of a draft. He was able
Count dOrsay used to declare-to de-
tect a current of air caused by the key
being left crossways in the keyhole Of
the door. He and his wife and youth
were one day walking on the banks Of
the Thames: The boy, skipping back
ward and forward, went several times
dangerously close to the edge of ,ne
bank.
"Tale care! Take care!" cried Lord
Blessington, exhibiting a degree of so
licitude most unusual where another
person was concerned.
'For heavens sake, mind what YOU
are about, boy, or you'll certainly fall
into the river!'
After two or three repetitions of his
alarm in this fashion for the lad. Lady
Blessington, losing patience, said: "Oh.
let the boy alone; if he does fall into
the water he swims like fish,
"Yes, yes" said his lordship. in in
jured tones, that's all very well: but
what about me? shall catch nv death
of cold driving home in the carriaoe
with him."-San Francisco Ar0onout
The Winslow mail., 1900-10-04
L esUIt Of z HIarrinm

York house, which is one of the su-
perb residences in England. which had
been rebuilt by the elder Buckingham.
was bestowed by Cromwell on Fairfax.
one of his most faithful followers. Fair-
fax had daughter, Mary, a little brown
body, with but a small treasure of per-
sonal attractions. Dut her father nos
sessed York house. The wanoerinn
duke wanted his own again, and he de-
clded to try to recover it by Offering his
hand-we can say little about his heart
to Mary Fairfax. lie had every CON
fidencc in his own powers Of attraction.
and the result proved that lis conf
dence was well founded He nought
England in disguise, presented himself
to the girl, won her love and the. favor
of her father, and was married TO her
on September G, 1857. This maxriara
eXasperated Cromwell, who, as some
say, designed buckingham for one of
his own daughters. He had the new
made groom arrested and committed
to the tower, where he remained til. the
death of the protector and the abGica-
ton of his son.-Chicago Evening
News.
The Winslow mail., 1900-10-04

"Saw your smoke last night before
dark. We thought it must be somebody
out prospecting, and SO we took look
over this way this morning. Struck it
rich?''
Eyes; we've been here all winter. You
see where our claims are staked out.
Dick Taylor has gone to register them.
Better stake out before anyone else
comes. I guess you'll find plenty of
room above US. don't mind. telling you
we've made our pile here, Bill. We've
just found that this quartz ledge is a
mine of wealth. See that your claims
take in a slice of it,
Before the words were fairly out of
his mouth the two men were tearing up
the valley like madmen, and before long
they had staked out their claims, and
were hard at work, bent on the one all
absorbing quest for which they had
braved the rigors of an artic winter,
thus far without success.
Half an hour later they had scraped
away the soil and moss, and sampled
the rich gravel just above the lightly
covered bed rock. The first pan of
gravel was washed out, and a moment
later the man Tarbox had accosted as
Bill came running up, with a beaming
face, crying:
"God bless you, Tarbox, for giving us
a straight tip! Look at this! Well be
rich in no time! Look!"
The perspiration was dripping from
his face, his clothes were torn and full
Of mud, but what rocked he of such
things? In the pan he held joyously
forth was a little heap of coarse gold,
which was worth fully 5000.
Then, as if remembering that he was
wasting time, he turned on his heel and
dashed back again like a schoolboy,
throwing his arms about his partner
and hugging him in the excess of his
joy.
Then, actuated by one common i'm
pulse, the two men gave a wolfish yell
of eXultation, and fell to work once
more, tearing out the moss and. soil with
desperate energy. They had reached
the goal for which they had left home
and dear ones, and, with superhuman
strength, they went at the work of Dig
ging and washing, unmindful of all else.
Meanwhile Tom and his friends had
returned to their digging. With their
crude implements it would be a waste
of time to attack the ledge, and. they
determined to stick to the gravel until
Taylor returned They had only dug
up very small part of their claims as
yet.
The following day Tarbox saw thin
column of smoke several miles away,
and said to Avery:
There's more Of them coming"
'They may not be coming here" re-
piled the old miner.
"Yes, they are" was the confident
rejoinder. 'These two men saw our
The Winslow mail., 1900-10-04
THE DELICATE FLAVOR.
unique Method of French Chef who
Made Most PaIatabIe
Salad,

At one of his famous little dinners prom
lnent. professional man of Washington was
greatly pleased with the salad, as were also
his guests. Evidently it was partly meat
and partly vegetable, but the favor was new,
distinct and understandable. This was SO
talnt that one guest declared: "It's not a
taste at all; only SMELL"
At length some one suggested, says What
to Eat, that the chef be asked for the recipe,
upon which the host remarked:
My man greatly dislikes being asked for
recipes. On this occasion, however, his van
lty may overcome him if we tell how greatly
we have enjoyed the dinner, and the salad
in particular; At any rate, well see"
The Frenchman soon appeared, and was
yisibly affected, not to say elated, by the
compliments.
"Eet gif me great plaisir," he said, "to tell
how max re salad. Eet YER seemple. I
haf ze laitue 'rrange ready, an / haf re
meat chop, YER fine an dry; de celeri haf
chop YER fine, and l haf re pomme de terre,
re patate, an stan leetle an dry; zen
l mix zem up. Zen l max ze dreesseng
mayonnaise; madame, she know. half all
YER COZ ready as re feesh ees self. Zen
as re sal-lad ees to serf, TAX une tete all,
parrdonnez moi, one leetle cloaf of re gar
lleek an needle him in re mouth, So an
breathe gentle, YER gentle, on ze salad.
Eat git eet re flaveur del'cat."
The Winslow mail., 1900-10-04

We've done well here and want to get
out. Make US an offer tomorrow. We
will give you until tomorrow night to
look around and see what you are, BUY
ing"
His friends gave a prompt assent to
this proposition. and the two capitalists
had no choice but to acquiesce as grace
fully as possible.
The following noon they came to
Dick Tayor and offered him $50 coo for
the five claims. He laughed and re-
piled:
''Do you think we are foolish? They
are worth five times that amount"
An hour later they offered SIS 900 and
were refused
Seeing that he was determined, the
elder man said:
''We' are only authorized to expend
100000. VIII you take thai: 90
After a short consultation the Offer
was accepted and preparations were at
once commenced for the journey to
Dyea, where the formal transfer was to
be- made.
The younger of the buyers was to re-
main. at the spot to look after the claims
while the other would go to Dyea with
them.
The following morning they loaded
their wealth on the horses and started
for civilization.