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was relying on the oft repeated charge
that rates were too high.
H0ld-Up Bills.

The prejudices engendered in the
public mind were taken advantage of
by individuals usually not members
of either branch of the legislature, to
procure the introduction and passage
by the house or senate, of all sorts of
bills attacking corporate interests,
with no other motive than that
Of personal gain by traffic in their
real or assumed influence with the
members. The business has grown
from year to year, until it has almost
assumed the dignity of profession,
and many members of the legislature
have afterward become aware of the
fact that they had unwittingly lent
themselves to the consummation of
the schemes of the professional hold
up During more than one session of
the legislature regular syndicates have
been formed for the introduction of
what have, by long familiarity become
known to the general public as hold
up bills. These bills have not always
attacked corporations Bills to re-
duce fees of sheriffs, county clerks,
clerks of the courts, and other county
officers, so-called pure food bills, at
tacking single article of manufac-
ture, bills for the regulation of various
kinds Of business, have been intro
duced with the purpose and expecta-
tion Of causing the parties threatened
to hurry to the state house and raise
fund to be disbursed for the defeat
Of such legislation. During the last
session of the legislature, bills were
introduced to regulate freight rates,
to regulate the length Of freight
trains, prescribing the number of
brakemen to train, to compel the
railroads to equip their engines with
certain kinds of ashpans, to equip the
Pullman cars with fire proof safes.
and numerous other bills of like
character Believing that the rates
attacked were just and reasonable, and
that the details Of the management
and operation Of the road could better
be left to the men who, by years of
service in the employ of the roads had
become familiar with the subject, the
railroad companies of course opposed
such legislation. There has scarcely
been bill of this character affecting
the railroads, introduced in the last
| ten wears. that some man assuming to
have great influence with the mem
bers, has not sought out representa-
tive of one or more of the railroad
companies and offered for a considera-
tion to prevent it's passage.
| 1t is due to the members of the
legislature, however, to say that in
most instances these offers have come
from the outside, from men who have
The Conservative, 1902-01-30
Tbe Conservative.

tIlc aggressive dCGlOu VI JlS ueW party
caused the rival roads to make COM
mon cause against threatened adverse
legislation. A legislature was elected,
majority of which was pledged to
radical rate regulation, and bill
known as the Newberry bill was in
troduced. Neither the introducer of
the bill nor single member of that
legislature pretended to know any
thing about the numerous factors that
enter into the adjustment of railroad
freight rates, and, as matter of
course, were unable to say whether
the then prevailing rates were un-
reasonable or not The question had
been a political issue, and they were
bound by party pledges to reduce rates
any how. There was not man in the
body who had ever spent single day
in the service Of an railroad company,
making rate sheets And from the
very nature Of things they could not
know whether or not railroad rates
were too high or too low. This fact
was emphasized when, some days after
the bill was introduced, it was dis
covered that the bill actually raised
nearly every rate in the schedule
When this fact became known, the
bill was withdrawn and another in
troduced, making an average rate SO
low as to have finally been declared by
the United States supreme court
to be unconstitutional because
the reductions were so great
as to make them confiscatory.
However, the agitation for a reduc-
tion of rates was continued by the
politicians, although the people them.
selves were making little if any COM
plaint. do not think that so much
misinformation was ever furnished
to the people of this state on any
other subject by the politicians who
hoped to secnre Office for themselves
or friends, by rousing and taking
advantage of prejudice against the cor
porations. One incident in illustra-
tion: One of the founders of the new
party, former farmer, but at that
time publishing newspaper, made
complaint before the board of trans
portation, charging the railroads with
extortion amounting to robbery on
grain rates to Chicago. After radi-
Cal speech to the board on these lines,
in which he stated that he repre-
sented the farmers of this state, I
asked him if he thought the farmers
of Nebraska would be satisfied with a
rate which would carry their wheat to
Chicago market at three cents per ton
per mile. He replied, "yes, if the rail
roads would make that sort Of a rate,
I would not be here to complain.
When [ showed him that there was
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VI UHe SCaCe Dy reuuClnR raCeS as 1aSC
rs increasing business would enable
them to do so.
1t will he remembered by those
present that during the almost total
failure of crops in western Nebraska,
in 1880, and again in 1898 and 1895,
the railroads voluntarily came to the
relief Of the sufferers by furnishing
free transportation to thousands of
the citizens of the drouth stricken To-
calities who came to the eastern part
OF the state, or went to other states
in search of employment, and to the
numerous agents of the different 10.
calities who went east to solicit aid
from their more fortunate brethren,
and in one year more than quarter
Of million dollars in freight charges
was rebated to the people of the west
ern part of this state OH seed, grain
other relief goods
The foregoing has, believe, estab-
lished the right of the railroads to an
interest in the politics of the state,
for in almost every case political
issues resolve themselves into mere
business issues, in which so great a
factor as the railroads of Nebraska are
certain to be affected one way or the
other.
Railroads and Politics.
The extent to which the railroads
participate in politics is and has al
ways been very greatly overestimated.
Politicians and the press have very
often found it seemingly to their in
terest to mislead the people on this
subject, and the defeated candidate in
convention and at the polls, has many
times jumped to the conclusion that
he was beaten by the railroads when
as matter of fact the railroads had
no object or participation in his de-
feat. AS in every other state, so in
Nebraska, large numbers Of men seek
ing public Office have sought to gain
favor with the people by charging all
their misfortunes to oppression by
railroads and other corporations, and
some years back a great party which
for several years swept the state, was
created and built up on the theory
that the interests of the railroads and
the people were divergent and con.
ficting. and that the former were en-
gagged in. robbing the latter Of the
legitimate fruits Of their toll. Dema-
gogues in all parties encouraged this
idea, and the state was over run with
candidates for Office, and politicians
demanding the most stringent and
unjust legislation against nearly all
forms of corporate enterprise. Up to
this time railroad DarticinatiOn in
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Fuel Oil at Sea a Success.

The Matson Navigation Company
steamer Enterprise. the pioneer deep-wa-
ter oil-burning steamship in the Pacific,
has returned from Hilo, Hawaii Terri
tory, completing her initial round trip
with the new fuel She was QUILTED
with tanks and oil-burning furnaces as
an experiment. Her tanks carry 100
tons, or 5000 barrels of crude oil. They
were supposed to have sufficient capacity
to carry her the round voyage. The es,l-
mate was q correct one, for she reached
port with full cargo of $500 tons Of
sugar and enough crude OF still in her
tanks to carry her a long distance fur
Their. The trip was made ON schedule
time each way.
Not only has the fuel bill of the En-
terprise been greatly reduced. but the
voyage was made with q crew of three
firemen instead of the twelve employed
when the vessel was a coal burner. Her
experience is thus likely to influence the
entire steam feet sailing to and from
this port
The Oceanic steamship Mariposa has
had her furnaces altered for oil burning.
and tanks have taken the place of her
coal bunkers. Other steamships are sure
TO make similar changes. which will
greatly expand the market for the crude
on product Of this state.-San Francisco
Chronicle.
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TOO MUCH MEAT EATEN.
New Yorker Thinks Increase in Price
will be Beneficial to All.


u the action of the wholesale slaugh-
terers OF meats would raise the price to
81 pound the effect would be to con-
vince the hard-headed public that meat
is not a necessary of life. That says
Victor Smith in the New York Press,
would be an end gained. The way to
keep the price of meat within reasonable
limits is for the public to quit buying it.
Let us all try it for two weeks. We con-
sumo in fourteen days over 100000 600
pounds of meat, which we do not require
as physiological necessity. Peas.
beans, potatoes, cabbage, Oninons, corn
Whole-Wheat bread, corn bread, some
fruits and plenty of water are all we
need. No one likes meat more than |
do, but last year | did without it for
eight months, and after the first week or
two did not yearn for it. Result-better
general health.
If we should do a little more high
thinking and less high living we should
learn that the actual necessarieS of life
are water. air. coal or wood. clothing and
'sumpn teat." If deprived of water. air
and ''sumpn teat' we should die; if of
coal or wood and clothing we should suf-
fer. Air is of the highest importance.
water next, then food. But of food
there are so many different kinds that
corner would be an utter impossibility if
people would only quit getting panicky
in their demand for any certain staple
that becomes, by manipulation, scarce
and high priced. When meat is cor
nered let US eat vegetables. and con-
verso. When wheat is cOrnered let us
eat corn. etc. We would lynch any man
or corporation attempting to corner air
IN,
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CRAY DAY AT ATLANTIC.


This days a lustrous pearl: The rounded,
misty skies
Melt into the sea. The placid sea is all one
with the sands;
The wet. salt-shining sands mirror the fir
mament.
It's gift this day, Of n rare gray pearl!
The perfect globe, such as the goldsmith b
loves
And, loving. fashions reverently.
Nature ig lavish in her SMILES, for here is
gold.
Behind the clouds, the faintest CLEAN of
gold, ring,
Like to the gray pearls setting, shows the
west.
As we sit here. globed, in a vast content.
And take the comfort of the grayness,
The perfect peace that waits on sea and
land.
Not for us the glare that reveals Ger
tainty.
Rather this lustre, Isolate and beautiful,
Creations gift. surely as the sunshine,
It's gift, this day, of a rare delight.
As swimmers trust to the buoyant sea, so
we
Let 20 our pettlness, our false rivalrles,
and float
Far, far away from our Buddhist wheel
to realms of loftier ken.
Sara G. r. Hallowell in Lipplncott's Mag
aZiDe,
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THE DISCARDED JESTER.

Once more to sit beside the King
In iingling cap and piebaId vest.
And hear the audience chamber ring
with laughter at my latest jest!
Once more to stand behind his chair
And, while the lords and ladies dine
To take from his own hand my share
OF dainty meat or fragrant wine!
Once more to hear my merry quip
Run ripping round the joyous Court,
ca, cen once more to feel the whip
For the sharp wound bestowed in sport
Men tell me now the ancient fire
Has left my words. my wits wax dull;
IhtF say l am not worth my hire,
That l may be no longer fool
Another sits where erst / sat.
And l-once went to dine with Kings
Strive With the beggars at the gate
For broken meat the scullion brings.
Aud vet methinks his iests are tame.
Forced in their method. framed by rule;
They surely lack the vital flame
OF mine-the poor discarded fool
e. T. Larken in Chambers Journal.
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They We're almost at the corner of a
busy thoroughfare 1t had been Wet
and the lamplight glimmered across the
pavement
Beyond was the dim greenness of
| trees. and the scent of wet May iloated
across to them. The moon hung apart.
incuriouS. behind a veil of yellow vapor.
| and as they looked Big Ben struck thu
third quarter.
He sat down beside her at the window
do you see that seat just inside tn"
park gate:" ,
| good sight you must have.'
'Short- sighted people always see well
! far away. There is a pair OF lovers over
there. and see the colOred lamp shades
and hear the music here. and they think
! it very fine indeed. but do you think they
| would come in if we asked themE
| She looked little puzzled, but he did
not heed her--he liked a person he could
| forget. and he went on talking to HIM
| self. as it were: mo, they are better
where they are. The scent of the May
| is stronger there and the darkness is a
! kindly cloak | should like to 60 over
| there myself. only''-with a whimsical
| flash of the Short-sighted eyes-'I should
| be alone. and so | should not require an
umbrella as they do"
No doubt he was talking nonsense, but
| the perception of it visible in her eyes
! recalled him to himself. He finished his
| tea and took the cups away. When he
came hack he said diffidently, Good
/ night Mrs. paused. He had not
! caught her name, and rather wished to
| know it.
She noted his expectancy. but for some
| reason did not respond. A little flush
| that rose in her cheeks was the only
sign she made of having understood.
| Good night. Mr.. Crawford" she said
He bowed and went away. but as he
went down stairs ne said TO himself.
''She knew my name after all, and vet
she never mentioned my novels or wor-
ried me in any way. y wonderful wom-
an
An hour afterward Mrs Willie Dan
vers was seated in her tiny drawing
room. having cafe uoir with her hus-
| band-0r. as she preferred to call him.
| her "chum.
and how did you get on with your
interview" he asked.
"Beautifully-he never knew it was
going on. He just prattied away about
| the old and the new women. children.
| cups of tea, lovers and uni rellas. and
| | distilled heaps of copy from him. Now
| and again, though. | didn't quite know
! what he was driving IT," and again her
| clear gray eyes assumed that faraway
! look that had interested Justin Craw-
| ford SO much.
Il am not surprised" said Mr.. Dan
! verS dryly. There is fine casual CON
tempt about husbands at times.-Nation-
| nj Observer
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TO BRIDGE SALT LAKE.
Southern Pacific is About to Build a
LoRH Trestle Across II.

One Of the most remarkable tasks of
railroad engineering undertaken in the
West in recent years is about to be be
gun by the Southern Pacific in Utah.
For the sake of saving four and half
miles the railroad is about to build a
new line 10J miles long, and for part OF
the way the road will run on timber
trestle across the Great Salt lake 1t
lake over a route bothered by many
sharp curves and heavy grades. The
work will take three years to complete.
1t calls for an expenditure of SS000 600 Il
year. The most formidable part will he
the building of the trestle across the
main body of the lake at point where il
is seven miles across.
The lake bed is comprised first of a lay
err of fine sand from six to thirty inches
IN depth, Then comes hard stratum
of soda formation from Il foot to eighteen
inches thick and after that sand and blue
clay alternately for an indefinite depth.
The road will be built on piles driven
into the mass, The trestle will be built
high enough to allow for n rise of the
water. which at this point is now about
thirty feet deep. 1t has been the expert
ence on the lake hitherto that sand tends
TO accumulate around driven piles. If
TINS should be repeated here the result
will be a Swallowing of the water and
Increased security along the road. Be
sides saving time on the southern Pa
cite the construction of the line will
bring immense deposits of guano on is
lands in Salt lake within each reach Of
markct,-\ew York sun.
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prisoner. Two of the men brought blood
hounds.
4 won't hey him torn up by them
dogs" announced the warden; mot eff
he killed tn hull town. faint Chris
tian. I'm fer law an order. an we're
goin' ter catch this Teller right. We
amt goin' ter hev him ct up by no
dogs"
II was explained thet neither of the
dogs would be unmuzZled; that they
would merely be used to trace the man.
eye don't need no dogs" said the
warden. II talked 18th tibet Teller
yestedy an | know. Ye don't need no
ven git him easy enough. Thet's whar
he's went"
In spite Of this they took the dogs.
The men were on horseback, and for
the first five miles they had no difficulty
in following the animals. The dogs ran
straight, their noses close to the ground.
The trail was easy Tor them to follow.
Then the road became rougher and
rougher as the path led up the mountain
side. Ten miles from the town the party
had to abandon their horses, leaving the
animals in charge of one man. After
that they slowly made their way up the
mountain, the dogs, still in leash, Juggling
frantically at their chains.
The cool brisk air of the October
woods, fragrant with pine and balsam,
made no impression on these men.
They were hunting a human being. a
murderer. Two or three suggested that
it would be a good thing to hang him as
soon as he was caught.
''NO. We won't" said the warden. "Me
an tn sheriff's runnin' this hunt, an
it's gOin' ter be lawful all through. I'm
goin' ter take thet Teller back ter jail, an
he's gOin' ter be tried for murder
The others gave Sullen assent.
Suddenly the party stopped. Half a
mile above them, standing out in the
clear fall air III sharp lines, stood a
small log cabin.
"He all lives thar" said one of the
party in a whisper.
The dogs tugged harder on their
chains.
WED better 90 kinder quiet" sug-
gested the warden. "Mebbe he's got a
gun"
Slowly the men made their way toward
the house. From the place there came
no sound. The men came nearer and
nearer. Two or three drew pistols and
held them ready for instant use.
The warden, closely followed by his
posse, finally stood in the doorway of
the little cabin. The sunlight streaming
through the open window fell on the fig
ure of the fugitive sitting with bowed
head beside II tumbled bed on which lay
the dead bodies of n mother and child.
The man looked up dreamiIy.
Il Wuz sho'ly sorry ter hev ter kill
Torn he said slowly. "but ! wuz jess
natchelly 'bleeged ter come. New York
Daily News
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Bad Water Spells Industry.

Artificial flowers are now made II
such perfection that ii is sometimes ditIi-
cult to detect which are false and which
real trade that was formerly con.
hned to Paris has crossed the English
channel, and even the Atlantic ocean, but
while our skilled workers in this lovely
industry succeed ia making artificial
flowers of much beauty they do not quite
approach the products of Partisan work
shops. And the reason? 4 simple one
the quality of the water that is used
in creating these millions Of blossoms
and blooms. That. at any rate, is the
belief Of expert judges Of this branch
of trade and it is the same reason which
gloves proudly to defy their imitators
in all other countries Of this globe Bos.
ton Herald
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Great Britain's output of steel during
the year ended on the 31st of March last
aggregated 1850, 900 tons. \ single con-
Germ in the United States produced twice
as much during the same twelve months
This is no Yankee brag" This is sober
verify. The "single concern" of course,
was the United States Steel Corporation.
whose precise output in the period re-
terred to was 9,035,000 tons, which was
10 per cent. Of the whole steel output Of
this country for the year.
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Wooden Russia.

wooden Russia" is the name familiar
ly applied 10 the vast forest areas II
Russia in Europe. which cover AGA DIS
600 acres, or SO per cent of the entire
area of the country. Yet some fear is
felt that the country may he deforested
through the cRrelesSnees of private own
erS, and the government is considering
steps for the protection of the forests.
In Russia houses built of any other ma
terial than wood are almost unknown
outside the cities. ana wood constitutes
the principal fuel.
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The world is getting smaller. 1t is
only a short time ago since Admiral
Bob" Evans was, on his own confession,
trying TO avoid getting cross-eyed
from looking at the pretty women Of
Milwaukee on both sides of the streets
at one and the same time, and now he
is in Japan, among the cross-eyed beau
ties of the Orient
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POPULARITY OF GRAY HAIR.
Combined with Youthful Face it Elk
erts Strange Fascination.

erts Strange Fascination.
MY next book shall have a white
haired hero, and he won't be old, either.''
says Il Chicago novelist to the Chicago
Tribune. Il am convinced that if a
book appeared whose hero boasts of sill
very locks and youthful face its popu-
larity would be assured. No publisher
need be afraid to risk his money on it.
1t would be the talk of the drawing
rooms, and sentimental school girls
would rapturously devOur its pages, fol-
lowing the white-headed hero with I'M
slaked interest through to the end
There is a fascination about the
young man with gray hair. At gather
ing the other night [ counted a dozen
white heads, all giving background to
faces glowing with youthful vitality
These men seemed the most sought after
of any in the room; in fact, the only
men | have heard women rave about this
winter have been the white-haired ones.
why is it? That is what | have
been trying to study out and | have
come to the conclusion that it is owing
to the look of maturity it gives man,
minus the disa greeable accompaniments
of age We women like TO play; we are
children. We like to look up to man
with reverence. feeling that he is older
and wiser than we are. But it spoils the
A'''. nv - ne ihipS run Iutulhdtlslu oI
wabbles with n superabundance of flesh
or complains of his eyes or teeth or his
digestion
Il think q woman's ideal man-though
she will never admit it's one who has
been through all hfe's experiences. She
is content that he should have the expe-
riences If he viii but tell her of them.
\ woman naturally yields 20 the judg-
ment of a man who seems older and
wiser than herself. The gray head gives
all the appearance of age and experience.
while the youthful face lends itself to
dreams of romance. The combination is
irrneiSfiblo -
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Before permitting themselves 10 be-
lieve that Capt. Bernier of Ottawa can
reach the north pole with an automobile,
Arctic enthusiasts should view the pic
ture taken by DIR. Nansen. looking to-
ward the pole from his "farthest north. -
and try to imagine how an "auto" could
possibly jump from peak to peak on the
upturned masses of ice.
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If Hetty Green We're to use her Ii
censed revolver, it might be awkward for
the people she didn't mean to hurt. Per-
haps, however, it isn't human beings that
she expects to shoot. Hetty belongs to
the sex unprovided with bootjacks, and
there may be plague Of cats in her back
ward
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The report by way of Victoria that the
revolutonists in China are enemies only
~ the Manchu dynasty will quiet fears
which are natural in view of the late
distardly work of the Boxers. 1t has
been thought that the rebels were OPP
posed to foreigners, but il appears that
Western people are 10 be protected and
their trade encouraged, 4 struggle Of
this kind will be more interesting than
fearsome from the standpoint OF out
SiderS