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Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-09

SOMEWHAT personal.

There is a suspicion that both parties in
Kentucky would like somebody to help them
let go.
The president of the paper trust lucidly
explains that print paper is higher because
il costs more.
There 10 reported to be less demand for
the small treasury notes, but the large ones
are as popular as ever.
Reports from Porto Rico regarding po-
litical riots indicate that the people there
are no more fit for self government than are
the Kentuckians.
Reports Of Munkacsy's failing health are
denied by his wife, who says he is improv-
ing. that he always recognizes her, but that
he cannot be reused out OF hie apathy.
In a delegation of Carol! county Mary
landers who waited upon Postmaster General
Smith the other day to discuss the rural free
delivery experiment now being made there,
a Mr.. Zile presented a remonstrance signed
by 1900 persons against the new plan ON
The ground that II gave general dissatisfac-
ton" while a Mr.. Fuss said he had no
fault to find with it,
Representative Vincent Boering is a resi-
dent OF London, Ky. and comes to the de-
Tense Of he little town. which has achieved
a doubtful fame since the shooting Of Goebel.
lie says: 1T is not the resort o. assagslns.
There has not been an open saloon ncr a
homicide i'm the town for the last twenty-five
years. 1t is just as accessible by rail as
Frankfort. / wish likewise to make It plaln
that London. ky, Is not the center Of feuds.
a. has been reported in the newspapers.
The town Is the seat Of a university, has
eight churches, a national bank and Two
newspapers"
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-09
TIE EARcE CONTINUES

The mountain has lahored and brought
forth a mouse. After all the hue and
cry about the great assault upon the
ramDarts of the railroads the reform
state Board of Transportation has
capitulated and gone over bag and bag
gage to the enemy.
While the organ of the reformers was
bclching forth fire and smoke and the
diplomatic attorney general was riding
his charger headed straight for the cor
poration citadel. the white flag was
hoisted and the masquerade eliminated
by resembling the order issued two years
ago directing the railroads to restore and
continue the carload rate on live stock.
True, Secretary of state Porter and At
torncy General Smyth, the great diplo-
mat, had themselves recorded as voting
against capitulatiOn, but they knew well
enough beforehand that the reform
auditor. treasurer and land commits
sioner had backbone to carry out the
agreement under which the do-nothing
railway commission has been perpetu-
ated.
In order to throw more duSA in the
eyes of deluded cattle shippers looking
for relief to the board, the railroads have
been commanded by their servants to
explain through their attorneys why
they should not allow them to make II
reduction of 10 per cent On the live stock
rate recently advanced. In due time,
say from one to three months. the oblig-
ing railroad attorneys will give the
board convincing reasons why the rates
should remain where they are-in fact
they will prove to their satisfaction that
the rates are too low now and would
really have been raised long ago were it
not for the anxiety of the benevolent
traffic managers to donate part of their
legitimate earnings to the farmers.
In the meantime Jim Dahlman, Joe
Edgerton and Gil Laws will continue to
draw $4,000 Il year out of the treasury
to compensate them for relieving the
fusion reform forces from the perpleX-
ing trouble of finding candidates for the
various state offices and legislative pc
sitions who will not be offensive to the
railroads and other great corporations
whose managers have so generously con
tributed to their comfort.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-09
TARIFF TAX on WOOD PULP.
a Convenient Mask for the Robbery
of Publishers

Inllade!onla Times.
There are very conclusive reasons why
the present tariff tax on wood pulp and
printing paper should be repealed, and there
is no 'reason in the interest of American
industry that pleads for the continuance of
these taxes. They are now simply an
element of robbery under color of law, and
they should be effaced from our statutes.
The paper trust is now taxing the news
paper AID book publishers of the country
many millions, not because of any such
actual ~increaso in the cost of producing
paper, but because the trust has the power
to eXtort from the purchasers of paper up to
the extent that would make tariff-taXed
foreign paper. and pulp cheaper than the
prices demanded here. This trust has played
it's scheme of eXtortion to the uttermost, and
congress should at once remove the tax that
protects no American industry and that has
become only ar agent to rob the consumers.
Two-thirds of the wood pulp used in the
manufacture of paper for American consump-
ton should come from Canada, but it Is
excluded by a tariff tax, and we are now
rushing headlOng in the destruction of our
forests, while Canada, with its almost limit
less supply of timber, cannot reach our mar
kets because of the tax imposed by the
tariff.
The two conclusive reasons which should
make congress act promptly are-trst, that
the paper trust should be at once halted in
its rapid destruction of our American
forests by the admission Of free wood pulp
from Canada; and, second, that the present
eXtortion practiced by the paper trust upon
publishers OF newspapers and books shall
cease to have the proteoti.n of the govern
ment.
The time has come when any trust that
makes arbitrary profits by tariff duties must
cease TO he protected by the government.
Where American Industry needs protection
II is reasonable to permit 1t, but where
alleged protection is used only for systematic
robbery, It must be overthrow.
We can now manufacture paper as cheaply
as any country in the world, There Is no
excuse whatever for a tax upon the manu-
featured article, and the raw material sh- uld
be free, not only because the general
principle is correct, but because If it shnll
not be done promptly our forests will be
practically destroyed within a few years by
tariff taxes excluding the lumber of Canada
from our markets.
Paper and pulp must be made free Of all
taxes, as the paper trust has demonstrated
that these taxes serve only a single purpose
that is to invite robbery under color Of
law.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-09
OppOSlrION 10 TIE 1REIrr

Opposition to the Hay-Pauncefote
agreement amendatory of the Clayton
Bulwcr treaty was expected. but we do
not think il is likely TO prove formidable
and for the reason that it is of II char
acter that if successful would place the
United States in Il wrong position he.
fore the world. The ground of hostility
to the arrangement entered into between
the diplomatic representatives of the
two governments is the clause which
provides that the United States shall not
fortify an isthmian canal. This is n
necessary condition to the maintenance
of the neutrality of the proposed water
way. In ~relinguishing its claim to
participate in the control of an istllmian
canal in Central America Great Britain
required that it should he kept free and
open mt all times. 1t proposed to give it
canal, which is under British control.
hut which annot be closed to the shiDs
# any other nation, in peace or In war.
The provisions of the international
convention neutraliZing the Suez canal
are II guarantee of the inviolability of
The canal and its ports, the free pas
sage of the ships of all nations in time
of peace or war and the delimitations of
the ports and territory that shall be in
cluded in the neutral zone. The canal
is not to be subject to blockade, no
right of war shall be exercised Of act of
hostility committed within n radius of
three marine miles from its ports Of
entry, no Notifications are TO be erected
ut either end or On the canal itself. 1t is
proposed that the Nicaragua or other
isthmian canal shall have a like status
to this, its neutrality being guaranteed
by international agreement.
Those who antagonize this proposition
urge that It would compromise Amer
lean control of the canal and that in
fact ii would not be an American water
way, but one in which every other ma
ton would have equal rights n priv
ileges with the United States under all
circumstances. These DIRECTORS insist
( that if an isthmian canal is built by the
United States this country should not
only control Il rs n commercial highway,
but that ii should also have II military
control over it, so thar in the event of
war to which the United States was u
/ party ii could shut out the enemy from
the use of the canal. In order 10 10 this
il must have the right to fortify the
waterway and maintain for It's protec,
ton an armament strong enough to re.
sist any effort on the part of n foreign
power To obtain control of il.
Plausible as this view may appear to
he, We think ii would be a great mistake
for the United States to insist upon for
tifying an isthmian canal or 10 refuse "a
absolutely neutralize such a waterway
In the first place, If this should be done
we should certainly incur the displeas
ure of nearly every other nation and In
the second place we should put our
selves in a position TO be denied priv
ileges which otherwise we could fairly
ask of other nations. Another point /,
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-09

IhlItu'lshlld RECORD.
Petitions to President Mckinley request
ing him to mediate between the Beers and
the British do more credit to the hearts Of
the petitioners than to their heads. The
war in South Africa is deplorable and it's
indefinite continuance would be calamitous
to two brave peoples. But President Nc
kinley could not mediate between them or
arbitrate their differences unless he should
be requested to do so by the contending
governments and unless an armistice should
be formally declared by them for the pur-
pose of opening negotiations to that end.
But neither of the combatants shows any
desire for an adjudication of the matters at
issue by a third party.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-09
TURNING OF THE SCALE.
Extent of the Revolution in American
Industries.

Philadelphia Times.
twenty years ago the United States i'm
ported Manufactured iron and steel to the
amount OF sos, 1861 53 and exported less than
oue-fourth of that amount-or, to be exact.
S15, APP 74 worth. In the year 1899 the i'm
ports had dwindled to SIS, 100, 200 and the
exports Of the same materials had swelled to
sos, $50, 645. These figures, uoverins the
two ends of a twenty-year period, let a
flood of light upon the industrial revolu-
tlon that has taken place in this country. We
nave not only ceased to depend upon the
rest of the world for iron and steel in any
form or considerable quantity. but we have
become an exporting nation on a large scale
in these commodities.
The chief revolution has taken place i'll
the last half of the twenty-year period. In
the calendar year 1890 our exports of iron
and steel were but 1927, 900, 900, while the i'm
ports were $44, 544, 40. The last ten-year
period has seen the imports decrease two
thirds and the exports increase four-fold in
value. If this ratio be maintained during the
next ten years the imports will have fallen
to zero and the exports risen to $40O, 600. 900.
The conditions for phenomenal increase in
exports are much better than in 1890, for our
resources in this direction are much greater.
while our agencies for the sale and ship
ment of iron and steel abroad are much
more effective than ever before.
In view of these figures, it is not ~surpris-
ing that iron and eel-producing industries
across the water regard the prospect Of
American competition with apprehension.
Our ineXhaustible resources in iron and
steel were well known long ago the world
over. Our ability to successfully compete
for the markets OF the world was never
demonstrated before. These highly crafty
ing statistics are certain to stimulate the
/ American iron and steel producers to greater
efforts to secure foreign customers, and 1T
is well-directed, hopeful effort that counts
in the competition for the worlds markets.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-09

mcnt, and in both cases the ships probably
earn all they get by speed and frequency
of s]aiinss. FlaUec, which has adopted the
universal bounty system now pressed upon
cur government, is complaining OF It's
absolute futility and is proposing the second
increase Of rates OF bounty in twenty years
because the French mercantile marine Is
not even holding its oyn. No person who
can read our economic history, or who can
reason, supposes that our merchant vessels
can be supported by the government for
thirty years and then be IN a condition to
meet foreign competition. They will have to
lave a constantly Increasing amount Of as
sistance until the system gets too heavy to
be borne and breaks down.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-09

ST. Louis ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Congressman Sibley of Pennsylvania, who
has just formally come over to the rcpub-
%licans, was one of the ableet and most
ardent of the Bryanite chieftains in 1896.
He made many speeches for Bryan in that
canvass and has spoken often since then on
the Bryanite side in congress. Events. how
ever, have shown Sibley that he was wrong
and he has got out of his old companion
ship. One difference between men like Sib-
ley and Bourbons like Bryan is that the
Sibleys learn something from experience,
while the organs do not. Many other in1u-
entail Bryanites will follow Sibley out of
their party before election day.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-09
MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME.

Denver Post.
The sun shines bright on my old Kentucky
The voters are booty and gay:
The rye Is ripe and me Bonrbon Is m hloGm'
The stone jug rises to kiss the waiting
mouth,
And the upturned eyes. gladly play
ON the soft blue skies of the sunny, sunny
In my old Kentucky home far away,
Put on a shirt of mail beneath YOUR Sunday
Wear an armor plate under your vest.
That's the SAFEST way when the Niger goes
And the white man Is there to protest,
Oh, there's gay old times when election
There's music to liven the day;
The sections spade stabs the Dark and
In my old Kentucky home far away.
The black smoke 9ours from the chimney
Vie fragrancc Of corn taipts the breeze,
1t rises IN until ne tears Of angels spill,
And the .uaH in the moon mas TO snccze.
The red Juice shines In the bottle on the
The sunbeams around II at play.
When your throat gets dry pun the cork
and hclp Yourself,
In my old Kentucky home far away.
The leud man hides in a corner of the
And waits for a shot at his foe;
That foCmau's soul gees a-kiting to the
hence.
To the land where they don't SHOVEL snow
The cororpr comes to Investigate the death,
Aud jays NJ comfortably gay,
And the verdict gays that he died from
want Of breath
In my old Kentucky nome far away,
Weep no more, my lady.
Weep no more today,
For things have changed In my old Ken
lucky home,
In my old Kentucky home far away.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-09

he considered is whether IL we insist
upon fortifying the proposed canal we
can obtain the territory from the Cen.
trail American countries which we re.
quire. Those countries might reason.
ably regard it as incXpcdicnt to allow
the United States to maintain Il military
force within their territory.
1t remains to he seen whether the
opposition to the new treaty that has
beer manifested will prove to be formid.
able, but we are inclined to think that
the arrangement will he ratified without
any important change.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-09

The Indications are that the British
army in South Africa has begun a gen
eral forward movement and if such
shall prove to he the case some exceed
ingly interesting events are i'm the near
future. There is no doubt that General
Roberts and his chief of staff, General
Kitchener, have been vigorously prepar.
ing for a campaign from which they
cXUcct to achieve decisive results and
having an available force for an adj
vance of perhaps 100000 men, most
amply equipped, it would seem that
they should he able to accomplish al
most anything they may undertake.
1t appears that while the task of re.
licving Ladysmith is not to be aban-
doned, rs ii was thought after the Spion.
kop reverse might he done, the plan OF
campaign now contcmplatcs II move.
mcnt i'm force probably toward the
Orange Free state, the effect of which
would perhaps be to draw Il part of the
Bocr forces investing Ladvsmith away
and thus lessen the difficulty of reliev-
ing the garrison. This clearly seems
to be the suggestion of sound strategy.
but ii would be Il campaign of great
difficulties. for the Beers have every
line upon which the British must ud-
vance strongly defended. General o.
q. Howard, whose military judgment is
of Il high order. has expressed the opin.
ion that British success must come from
SO combining armies as to greatly out
number the enemy on some important
line and then defeat him in battle all
along that line, as was done by the
union forces in our civil war. In the
Judgment Of General Howard, Kimber-
ley should be the Nashville, Kroonstad
the Atlanta and Johannesburg the APP
pomattoX of the South African war. 1t
is not improbable that the campaign
planned by General Roberts is upon
such lines, though no one would ven
ture to predict for it the success
achieved 10y Grant and Sherman.
The renewal of the attempt to relieve
Ladysmith is likely to be pushed with
even greater vigor than the two previous
efforts and will probably he more costly
in life. 1t is possible. however, that
II part of the Boer forces may be drawn
away from the ~beleagueTed garrison to
meet Il British movement elsewhere and
thus Butler be enabled to succeed. but
it is certain that the Beers will fight
most desperately to maintain their posi-
ton and only very superior numbers
will dislodge them. There is no definite
information as to whether or not Butler
has been reinforced since his last re-
verse, but the probability is that he has
been and that he now has a force at
least double that of the Beers. Such
superiority in numbers is absolutely
necessary to success against an in
trenched army Of such fighting ability
as the Beers and it is not creditable to
the military sagacity of the British com
manders that they have not sooner DIS
covered this. If they have finally real
lied it, as is apparently the case. some
thing decisive from their movements
may be expected.
Meanwhile interest in the South At
rican situation is intensified by the
latest news, meager rs that is, and there
will be worldwide concern in the prog
reSs of the new campaign which has
been entered upon and the results of
which may determine the outcome of
the war.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-09
Government Problems in Alaska.
Boston Transcript.

Not the least CT the problems with
which our government must deal in the near
future Is the government of Alaska. Among
the people of the new Cape Nome district
there is a general desire to have the gen
eral land laws extended to Alaska. to allow
homestead rights. At Cape Nome a volun-
tary government has been formed, but II
has no standing in law, Two thousand men
have respected the rights of one another.
but it is feared that when the rush of next
season comes and the district has a popula-
lion OF so 1000 a reign OF terror and lawless-
neSs will result. Many OF the gold deposits
are between high water and lew water
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-09
scuelching - vicious nill.

A bill was recently introduced in congress
the purpose Of which is to authorize the re-
moval of the charge of desertion from all
soldiers of the civil war who failed to secure
an honorable discharge. The senate com
mittee on military affairs yesterday reported
adversely to 1t. That is the way to treat
such scandalous bills. 1t is di2gracerul that
it was ever introduced. One OF the worst
crimes Of a citizen is to desert from the
military service of his country in time Of
war. The line cannot be too sharply drawn
between the faithful soldiers OF, the republic
and the deserters, skulkers and bounty
iumpers.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-09

senator Depew drove Pettigrew of
South Dakota into a tight place when he
placed the South Dakotan where it was a
question of veracity between Pettigrew
on one side and Dewey and Schurman
on the other. Aside from the character
of the men, Dewey and Schurman nave
no interest in telling anything but the
truth. while Pcttigrew's political future
istration. one trouble with the South
Dakota senator is that he talks so much
he has no time to ascertain the truth or
falSity of his assertions.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-09

Chicago News.

There are now, according to the war de-
partmcut's report. 1888, l52 American cttj-
zcne eligible for military duty. These fg-
ures, coupled with the widespread knowl-
edge Of American prowess difruscd during
the recent Spanish war, are enough to make
ombatHed Europe think twice and crawl
into q cavernous hole before attempting
such an undertaking as combat with the
giant of the world
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-09

Applicants for positions as census
enumerators are said TO exceed the sup.
ply of places, Ten years ago the same
situation presented, hut when the emu.
merators entered upon their work doz
ems of them became Disguised ana quit
after the first two or three days. The
chances are good that many of the pres
cnt applicants do not understand what
they are going after or they would not
be SO eager TO secure appointment
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-09

A returned Omaha man who has been
travelling in Cuba gives the warning
that prospective investors should steer
clear of the American colonization com
panies which have sprung uD since the
wal with Spain. This is good advice
and should be needed so long as bunco
ton company organized by Paul Van
derv0ort to catch suckers among the
members of the Grand Army of the Re.
nublic.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-09

Republicans have a striking object
lesson in the democratic circles OF the
destructive influence of clubs gotten up
in the interest of particular factions or
leaders for the purpose of enabling
them TO control primaries, conventions
and the party machinery. Such clubs
breed only dissension and inrernal strife
and do the party no good.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-09

TO elucidate the theory of the council
but refuses to increase the police fund
levy, would require a diagram showing
the mutations of the counCilmanic mud.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-09

BY switching issues on the livestock
rate question the State Board of Trans
portation may Re able to stave off action
until after election ne> fall. The peo
pie of the state will hardly submit to
any such delay. however. The long
lest taken by the board and its secra-
taries is II bar to asking for another va
cation at this time.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-09

Now that the school levy is fixed the
only hope of the school board To in
crease its resources lies in going AFTER
sources of revenue hitherto neglected.
No good reason exists why the income
of the school fund from police court fines
and from miscellaneous licenses could
not be more than doubled this year.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-09

The investigation of the election of
Senator Clark of Montana has devel-
oped enough political %rottenness without
going back to the election OF 1893. The
patient is not strong enough to stand too
heavy a dose at this time.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-09

Some Omaha people have always been
noted for public spirit, but the man who
took the school seat-cleaning contract at
ii losing figure TO prevent the city from
being cheated by the other fellow is GER
tainly entitled to the medal.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-09

The fusionists do not propose to let
any chances slip by. Remembering what
a potential political machine the Omaha
police board was under the Herdman
regime, they cannot give up so long as Il
chance remains to regain control.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-09
atoI',y.

While the movement is on in favor OF
~patronizing home industries we might
suggest that II part of the effort be de-
voted to the patronage of home news
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-09

Bryan as Il lecturer does not draw
any better in New York than he did
as II candidate. A few such incidents
should convince him that the great EN-
pire state has not changed its mind re-
garding his financial fallacics.