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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-03-21
PASS SHIPPING BILL
MEASURE TO sURsIDIzE MER.
CHANT MARINE APPROVED
BY THE SENATE.
Six Republicans Oppose and One Dem
ocrat Favors Its Passage-A Flood
Of Amendments Is Offered, but Very
Few Are Adopted-One Submitted
by Mr.. Hanna Applies to British
Ships Bought by Morgan.
Ships Bought by Morgan.

Ships Bought by Morgan.
Washington, March 1S.-After pro-
longed discussion the senate passed
the ship subsidy bill, the final vote up
on the measure being AZ to 81. Sen
ators Allison and Dolliver of Iowa,
Spooner and .Quarles of Wisconsin,
and Proctor and Dillingham; of Ver-
mont, Republicans, voted against the
final passage of the bill. and Senator
EtcLaurin of South Carolina, voted
for it. Some amendments to the bill
were adopted, but they we're all agree
able to those in charge of the measure,
the friends of the bill voting down
ception of amendments offered by Mr..
Allison and accepted by Mr.. Frye, linn
iting the time of the operation of the
contracts made under the provisions
of the bill to July l., 1920, and provid-
ing that the amount OF the expenditure
under the mail subsidy paragraph
should not at any time exceed $8,000,-
0GQ annually, none of the amendments
agreed to materially affected the bill
as it was reported from the commerce
committee.
The voting upon amendments began
at o'clock and such a flood of them
was offered that a final vote upon the
bill as amended, was not reached un-
til just before 6 o'clock Amendments
offered by Mr.. Vest of Missouri, provid-
ing for free ships" and for the appli-
cation of the provisions of the anti
trust law to the shipping industry were
rejected, as was the amendment pro-
posed by Mr.. Patterson of Colorado,
providing that no Chinese person
should be member of the crew of a
subsidized vessel. Mr.. Pettus of Ala
bama, offered an amendment provid-
ing that the total expenditure under
the bill should not exceed 100000
in any one year. It was adopted in
committee of whole but later in the
senate was rejected by decisive vote.
The senate agreed to an amendment
offered by Mr.. Spooner, providing that
! congress should have power to amend
! or repeal the act without impairing
any contract made under it's authority
Ny Hanna of Ohio, offered and the
seratc adopted three amendments ap
plying directly to the acquisition by
| Mr.. J. P. Morgan, and his associates OF
the Leyland line of British ships. They
provide that no foreign-built ship shall
participate in the proposed subsidy;
that nothing in the bill shall be con
| strued to prevent American citizens
or corporations from holding or operat
! ing foreign ships in the ocean carry
ing trade; and that no foreign-built
ship Of any line. thus acquired by
! American capital shall be admitted
! hereafter to American registry.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-03-21
CHICAGO Union Stock Yards.

Chicago, March Cattle-Good to
prime steers, $650@7.10; poor to me
dium, $4.25@6.3O; stockers and feed
ers, $2.50@5.00; COWS and heifers,
s1.25@5.5O; Texas steers, $4.75@6.OU.
Hogs-Mixed and butchers, S61O@
6.55: rough heavy, $6.1O@635; light
S6.00@625; bulk of sales, $6.201G.40.
Sheep-Good to choice, $475@525;
lambs, $400@6.65
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-03-21
Sioux City Live Stock.

Sioux City, Ia, March 17.-Cattle-
Beeyes, $4.C0@5.75; stockers and feed.
ers, $250@4.50; COWS, bulls and mixed
S2.50@4.50; yearlings and calves, $3.50
0425. Hogs-S6.00@6.20
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-03-21
Rhodes Growing Weaker.

Cape Town, March 17.-Mr. Rhodes
took some nourishment during the
night, but WAS decidedly weaker in
the morning. At o'clock p. m. his
condition was unchanged.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-03-21
Duluth Grain.

Duluth, March 17.-Wheat-Cash
No. / hard, 751ac; No. 1 Northern
72hc; No. Northern, zoe; No.
spring, CSC. To Arrive-No. ! hard
75hc; No. / Northern, 721hc; May
1910; July, 73%c. Flax-Cash, $l.73
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-03-21
Wednesday, March ~,

Senate-Ship subsidy bill occupied
practically the entire day, Messrs. Nc
Cumber On. d. and Depew On. W
speaking in favor of the measure.
House-General debate on postofice
appropriation bill continued.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-03-21
St. Paul Union Stock YARDS,

St. Paul. March 17.-Cattle-F Fancy
butcher steers, $5.75@G.10; fancy
butcher COWS and heifers, s4.75G510;
good to choice veals, $4.50D5.25.
Hogs-$6.00@6.35. Sheep-Good to
choice, $4.50@5.Q0; lambs, $500@625
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-03-21
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, March -Wheat-March,
731sc; May, 74h @745sc; July, 75Ac;
Sept, 74%c. Corn-March, 60kc;
May, 61B@62c; July, 61%c; Sept.
59%c; Dec. 49Ac. Oats-March,
43Mc; May, 44%c: July, 36c: Sept.
30Ac. Pork-March, $500; May,
1855; July, $15.45. Flax-Cash
Northwestern. SLIP; Southwestern,
$1.6S; May, $173h. Butter-Cream-
cries, 1S@26c; dairies, 18@23c. Eggs
--15c. Poultry-Turkeys.> 1O@14hc;
chickens. 10@11hc. - ..'.> 's"@#1'
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-03-21
Monday, March II.

Senate-Shipping subsidy bill passed
practically as introduced.
House-River and harbor bill taken
up and the entire day devoted to it's
consideration.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-03-21
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
MinneacoI:S Wheat.

Minneapolis, March 17.-Wheat-
Cash. 721kc; May, 72hc; July, 743sc.
On Track-No. ! hard, 751kc; No.
Northern, 73Hc; No. 2 Northern, II Is.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-03-21
t HIS DEATH SUDDEN
FORMER GOVERNOR ALTGELD OF
ILLINOIS STRICKEN At CON-
cLUSloN OF SPEECH.

Was the Principal Orator at a Pro-
Boer Meeting at Joliet and Physi'
clans Say He 0ver-Strained His Al.
ready Overlooked Physical Pow
ers-End Came After Lingering in
Unconsciousness for Short Time.
Joliet, Ills, March 13.-Former Gov
ernor John P. Altgeld died at the Ho-
tel Munroe, this city, at 1909 a.. m: He
had been unconscious since midnight.
Mr.. Altgeld was the principal speak
er at a pro-Boer mass meeting Tues
day night in the Joliet theater. Just
at the close Of his speech a sudden
dizziness seized him and he was as
sisted from the stage. The meeting
proceeded, the audience not realizing
what had happened. Mr.. Altgeld was
taken to the door Of the theater, where
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-14

ing local government are made to fall
upon the real estate Of the respective
towns and counties.
The trend Of tax reform is toward a
separation OF sources Of state and local
revenues. The older states, like New
York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and
Ohio, are gradually readjustlng their
tax systems SC as to leave real estate
subject to local taxation only, while the
state derives its income exclusively
from taxes on franchises corporations,
inheritances, etc. But before Nebraska
can fall in with other states in the mat
ter of tax reform it must adapt it's con-
stitution to the changed conditions. In
the meantime, however, the battle
against tax exemption and tax evasion
will have TO be waged along the line
to force assessors and boards of equaliza-
ton to list all taxable property at uni
form rates.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-14
WHERE RELiEr MUST BE soUoH.

Nebraska real estate dealers and real
estate wne are wrestling with the
problem Of tax reduction and tax reform
that will make investment in real es-
tate. whether on the farm or In the
city, attractive and profitable. Various
plans for equalizing taxation and in
~creasing revenue have been discussed,
but in the end substantial and per-
manent relief can come only through an
amended state constitution that will en-
able Nebraska to carry into effect the
most modern ideas of fair state and
local taxation. The recommendations
Of the Industrial commission on that
subject can readily be carried out in
most of the states hat are not ham,
pered by constitutional strait-jackets.
Nebraska must either force the cam
paign for a fax assessment OF cor
porate properties and corporate fran
chises or continue in a constant strug-
gle against an accommodating public debt
1t is an open secret that Nebraska is
running from 100000 to $4,000 be-
hind every year. While Iowa, with no
state debt. has 100000 of surplus in
its treasury, Nebraska's floating debt IL
about 100000. While the state tax
rate in Iowa for 1902 is 3 mills, the
state levy in Nebraska varies from 7 to
s mills.
The state tax, however. constitutes
Rha unaalauk a.ark - fAn ka- haanHona
1t is the local taxation that pinches
most severely. because under existing
conditions and abuses the great corpora
lions have managed to beat their taxes
and shift the burden upon real estate
owned by individuals who enjoy nC
special privileges.
While the constitution Of Nebraska ex
pressly provides that ''every person o.
corporation shall pay a tax in proper
ton to the value Of his. her or it
property and franchises" the transpoT
tation corporations have succeeded ii
getting the revenue laws so frames
that their property is assessed in bulk
through a state board OF equalization
while all other property is subject =
assessment by local assessors Thi
manifest discrimination. made unde
pretense OF distributing the rOllinI
stock and local improvement along tn
entire line on mileage basis. has praC
tically exempted railroad property fron
local taxation and at the same time ha
not increased the mileage valuation o
the roads Thus millions OF dollars @
property that should be returned 10
local as well as general taxation
thrown into the dump at a mere son
and the expenses incurred for maintain
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-14
ALARMED nv ExPosuRE.
widespread wrOnE wrOaEht by Dis-
c~riminsunE FreiEht Rates.
Portland oreronlan.

crtmtnattnE FretRht Rates.
Portland oregonian.
The annual report Of the Interstate Com
merce commission by it's revelation appears
to have brought the offending railroads 70
their knees in an attitude Of at least
transient submission to the laws OF the
country, The favored shippers are also
willing ito be good" for the future. It
seems to be a case Of rogues who feared
that congress would make the halter draw
in order to enforce a better obedience 70
the law. The railroad managers and the
favored shippers have not taken the alarm
a moment too soon. for the indictment OF
their audacious violation OF the Law bv
the Interstate Commerce commission has
already excited the indignation OF the in
huential press Of the whole country. The
report OF the Interstate Comerce commis-
sion cites. specific instances In which the
published trafno rates on meats are regu-
larly cut, contrary TO law. in the interests
of four or nve large packing concerns.
Published tariffs are violated in the Hain
trafhc contrary to law. To cover these
criminal proceedings vouchers are de-
stroyed and records altered. The effect
OF these lawless acts is to build up q mo-
nopoly Of the mest-packing. business in the
hands OF a few concerns and crush out
16-A N0mRNNAN0Aa &A4 W NaA6 ~ eANNA
business upon each railroad into the hands
Of some particular buyer.
The wrong wrought 10 Widespread in its
injurious influence The farmer loses. the
consumer loses and the small shipper is
obliterated. Grain and grain products move
to the seaboard upon secret rates and the
profit on this secret rate In divided with
the ofncers Of the line over which the
shipments are made. This is . crime. a
penitentisry ~ofense,, but under existing law
1t cannot be suppressed, A mere agreed"
rate lower than the published tariff cannot
J be punished unless the failure of som
specific shipper to get this rate Is proved.
individuals only can be indicted. They
escape. when the law fines corporations.
juries will convict. This, briefly stated, Is
the argument OF the indictment OF the
offending railway managers by the Inter
state Commerce commission, which desires
the power TO make rates directly and to
enforce them, and the commission asks
laws to punish the crime that the railway
managers have been committing, for they
have violated the law requiring an ad-
herence to published tariffs; the law
against secret rebates and discriminations
and the law against concerted trafic com
binations, and they have Just confessed
their guilt by publicly announcing that
their confederacy of railway managers and
favored shippers will henoeforth obey the
law. N' go
The startling thing about all this busi-
ness is that the men who form this guilty
confederacy to defy and outwtt the law
are railroad magnates on the one hand and
millionaire meat and grain m~onopolists on
the other, men Of the highest Intelligence
and ability, who do not hesitate to break
the law to swell their ill-gotten wealth.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-14
PERSONAL NOTES.


Lord sholto Douglas. brother Of the mar
quis Of Queensberry. has purchased a saloon
and lodging house in Spokane. Wash. He
says he wants to live there because he likes
the town
A beautiful and pathetic ceremony wal
the casting OF sixty-nine floral pieces upor
the waters at Gloucester. Mass, last sun
day. in memory Of the men who went down
to the sea in ships from that port and never
returned.
Francis Griswold Landon, a member Of
the New York legislature. has introduced
into that body a bill to tax advertising
posters. The idea is to gut some limit t.
the disfguration Of town and country
scenery by inartistic and ~unsightly bill
boards.
Prof. Frank Y. Young Of Chicago, is ex.
perimenting with the purpose Of producing
light for that city with the Odor from thu
~stockysrd district. working along the. sam,
line as Prof. Gorham of Brown university
who has been producing light from old beef
steak and p~orkchops.
Algernon sartoris, the grandson OF Gen
eral Grant, is going into business and will
begin at the bottom Of the ladder as an en-
ploye OF the Westinghouse works at Pitts
burg. He intends to master the intrica
cies Of electrical mechanics and Of the nnan
cial features Of the work.
The Georgia commission has informaIl,
agreed upon Alexander H. Stephens, tn
congressman, and DIR. Crawford W. Long a
the discoverer OF anaesthesia. for the sub
tects OF the states two statues TO be place
In Statuary hall in the capitol at Washing
ton. TIL selection cannot be dehnitel
ratified until a meeting Of the commission
70 be held in July.
The population OF the civilized worl
may be divided today into two classes,
says General Stanley Lee in the Criti
"millionaires and those who would like
be m~illionaires. The rest are artists, poet
tramps and babies-and do not coun
Poets and artists do not count till afts
they are dead. Tramps are put In prisoi
Babies are expected TO get over it"
William G. Brown. who has been electe
third vice president OF the New York Cen
trial railroad and placed in full charge {
the operating n mechanical department
OF the road. has risen from the ranks. hay
ing started as q section hand on the Nj
waukee 4 st. Paul. He Is vice presideI
and general manager Of tbs Lake shOl
railroad. which once he viii retain.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-14
LET ALoNn.

The house committee on immigration
has a majority opposed to immigra-
ton. There is a voluminous bill In the
hands of that committee which provides
for the further restriction Of immigra-
ton and 1t Is expected that 1t will be
favorably reported to the house. The
Official source Of this measure is under
stood to be Commissions of Immigra-
ton Powderly, who has incorporated
in It a section authorizing the COM
missioner to administer all immigration
laws and exercise control over all OH
cials and employees In that branch Of
the public service. It provides that
with consent Of the secretary of the
treasury the general commissioner shall
establish all rules, emit all instructions,
examine all papers, documents and Sc
curities of officials, make all contracts,
and In short embrace in his person all
the powers and duties of the immigra-
ton bureau. This would make the com
missioner a very important official and
the present incumbent of that Office
likes importance.
Perhaps this measure of Mr.. Pow
DERBY will pass the house, but there is
reason to think it might not be sue.
cessful in the senate. because there II
is likely to receive thorough discussion
There is no necessity for this proposed
legislation. The Industrial commission
which very thoroughly investigated the
subject Of immigration, does not recon-
mend any further restrictions, unles:
the suggestion Of an increase Of the
head tai a be so regarded. The com
mission recommends more effective "a
spection along the Canadian and Mex
lean borders and this is entirely proper
but it proposes no additional legal re
straints. Evidently that body believes
existing laws to be sufficient If properl!
enforced and so will everybody VIII,
can look at the matter unselishly anC
without prejudice.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-14
Boundary Line of Work
Philadelphia Press.

such men. There is nothing more pitiful
than to hear one so situated inveigh
against the persistency with which he Is
pushed aside and utter his regrets that he
cannot turn his mind to reading or to the
study Of art after he has accumulated the
fortune he coveted. The pleasure is de-
MED him because he put money before
mental development and failed to cultivate
the faculties upon which men must fall
back as age advances.
The men who live longest and carry their
usefulness With them furthest are the men
who In the hurry OF business or professional
life have not forgotten to broaden their
mental vision and lay Ut a mental store
to draw upon as the years come on. Such
men never grow old. To them, as Victor
Hugo said, forty is the old age Of youth
and fifty is the youth Of old age They
keep themselves young by knowing the best
that is In their business OF profession and
by fertilizing their Intellect by reading,
study and observation, and their sympa-
thies open by letting the result go out to
enrich their own lives and the lives Of
others. Their brains never harden. They
never take on that diseouraging look which
shows that a man has reached his growth
that his brain has hardened into a mold and
will take in no new ideas. Such a condition
is the last stage Of a mans usefulness.
All men like to remain young. Muscu-
larly this cannot be don In spite OF the
best care, the most vigorous dieting and ali
the comforts and 'conveniences that money
can obtain the muscles harden and grow
useless. But the mind can always remain
young, and as It is in the mind that a mar
lives mainly when he has passed forty 1t II
his own neglect or misfortune II he grow:
old there. II Mr.. Whitney has used hi
opportunities to broaden and cultivate him.
self, II he has refined himself mentally b.
contact with art and literature, he is still
young mentally and some OF his most pro
ductive years lie before him. He hal
reached the period described by Cicero fl
ID Senectute'' when 1.-THE knowledge of
life well spent and the record OF many gooc
deeds Is most pleasing"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-14

The voluntary retirement Of william G.
whitney Of New York City from active
business and his expressed determination
to devote the remainder OF his life to rest
and recreation has started anew the old
debate as to what age should mark the
boundary line of work. Mr.. whitney re-
Gently passed his 6Oth birthday, and It is
In fulhllment Of a promise made TO himself
that he Is about to retire and leave the
stress and strain OF the care OF the fortune
he has accumulated to the next generation.
But as he is still in good health and in
the natural course Of events has man.
years before him the wisdom of his act is
being subjected to examination.
The result OF the debate so far proves
that no particular age can be liked upon
as the limit of work for all men and all
occupations and that experience shows that
the better a man prepares himself for his
work in life and the more he develops his
latent powers the longer is the period OF
usefulness to which he can look forward.
At a meeting Of the Chicago Federation OF
LAbor a few days ago Il was asserted that
it was almost impossible for a man over
45 years of age to obtain employment. One
leading railroad was named as havlns
made a rule not to hire n man over that
age. and a delegate was moved to ask bit
terly II "a man hould not be dragged out
and shot when he reached the age OF ASP
It is probable that this assertion needs
qualification, but 1t is nevertheless true
that . man who depends wholly upon his
muscular force and never develops his
mental powers grows old the quickest.
Next comes the business man who has
made the accumulation Of money the sole
object in life. His duties have necessarily
brought him into contact with a higher
class of men who have educated him, &c
far as he could be carried with the lacl
Of effort on his own part. But this limit
is soon reached and he finds himself, Al
an age when he should be still CROWNS
and developing, out Of touch and out o
temper with life. Fifty years can b.
named as the dead line OF usefulness o
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-14
THE ooURrs AN OBSTRUCTION.

In reference TO the proposed legisla-
ton for increasing the powers of the
Interstate Commerce commission, the
Philadelphia Press remarks that the
difficulty with these and all similar
measures is the jealousy Of the federal
courts. It says they are certain to
minimize all grants Of judicial powers
outside of their own Jurisdiction. Reg
ulating rates." observes that paper, 'tis
a judicial, not an executive function.
The federal courts love no rivals.
Whatever the power granted the COM
mission over rates. its exercise is certain
to be passed on by the courts and by
the time it has been so passed upon
not much will be left Of the original
grant Of power"
There is warrant for this view in the
experience Of the Interstate commission
with the federal courts, but is there
no remedy? The constitution gives con-
gress the power ito constitute tribunals
inferior to the supreme court" May 1t
not, in the exercise Of this power, con
stitute a court for the specific purpose
of considering issues arising under the
interstate commerce Law and thus avoid
appeals to. the various federal courts
now existing? 1t would seem to be
quite within the constitutional authority
Of congress to create a court Of this
character, the decisions of which, If not
made final, could be appealed from only
to the supreme court At all events,
the statement Of the Press that the
federal courts, by reason Of their jeal'
ousy of power, constitute an Obstruc
ton to the carrying out OF the public
demand for relief from violations OF
the law by the railroads presents a mat
ter for serious consideration. Certainly
IL it be well founded our federal judi
ciaI system needs reforming. However
the immediate duty OF congress is tC
amend the law so as to enlarge the
powers of the commission and it ear
then be determined whether the courts
are the obstruction alleged.