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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-01-04
SOCIAL SERVICE INSTITUTE MEETS

The American Institute Of Social Service" viii
the subject discussed the next meeting OF the
Get Together Club No. I. ladies night to be
held the Hotel 81. George, No . Clark-st-. on
the evening OF January Il William b Rowland. Of
The Outlook viii PRESIDE and the Rev. Josia
Strong president Of the American Institute Of So
caI Service. extension Of the League for Social
Service viii speak Its Origin Scope and Pur-
pose The other addresses viii he Training for
Social Service. the Colleges Opportunity, by Miss
Caroline Hazard, president OF Wellesley College
Social Service as q Career by some member Of
the executive committee Of the Institute The Col
iese Woman Of Trained Intelligence, and Her Re
latior Toward Soc7I Service by Miss Mary E
" ooIsey. president Of Mount Holyoke College; so
cfaI- Service in the Commercial World by Robert
T. Ogden. and Greetings from the Institutes Col
ishorarors' By William Il. Tolrnan, the director
Of the institute. Both Miss Woolley and Miss Haz-
ard are members Of the executive committee Of the
institute
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-01-04
THE MARKETS.
GENERAL MARKET REPORT.

New-YorA January ;. 1898
CoFFEE-After opening steady partial decline of
points tp-day's coffee active for
half holiday session fairly for time.
then developed sagging tendency closing with values
ranging frcm unchanged August points lower
and Gales Of 245oo bags The initial decline the i'm
mediate result of the lower market Hamburg which
declined 3t6iz pig, but also encouraged by the
confirmed freedom OF the and ncreas-
ing stocks accumulation The Arnert-
Fcan visible shows of about 1890 bags for
the month snd the Amsterdam cable reflected
material addition the there The primary
kets to-day however steady and unchanged prices
values IN those centres being sustained by purchases there
Tor the account Of large importers The selling here
seemed 10 be very largely local long
though later In the session the importers also offered
especially the September rather freely, and buyers
few. AT the presen. OF values Havre
mains closed until Monday and consequently there
advices from that The interior receipts
ported for TO day Is S95 bags Brazilian cable
estimates the combined Santos and Rio for
January $4,000 bags. The spot market quiet,
with quotations the 5l4c for Rio No J.
The Of prices local market day
vrer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-01-04
WINDOWS MADE OF PAPER.

FroT5 Inc PhiIadelphIa
Surgeon Captain K Tamura- OF the Inps. -. r.
japanese army. addressed recent Ineel,e %
military surgeons this country, and IN the
If his remarks Dr. Tamura called attention 70 me
rlse Of oaper for windows in Japan III pace OF
~iass II Is shown that where ventilation can
take place through glass, the air passes through
the pener quite freely. Moreover, the texture OF
the perer is such that. while admitting the air II
prevents in some degree the passage or germs
through n This point determined by count
ing the number of colonies of bacteria developed on
Fo1,nJ thai q per cent of the bacteria Of the air
were removed. The speaker summed up IN fne
zen If Paris inhaIes 1900 bacteria germs IN a cay
one in Berlin 5000 of them. We Japanese who i've
an air containing three times many as Berlin
and twice as many Paris, inhale only Zoo oac-
terra germs in a day, simply because we use paper
Tor the windows Of homes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-01-04
RUNAWAY BOYS IN CHICAGO.

Jaoob Feldman q feurteen-year-old boy whose
rome Is No la Fifth-sve-. BROOKLYN. borrowed
- from mis- brother. week ago. The following
dsv ne and chum. Michael Davis fifteen years
cid Of Degrsw-xt and Fifth-ave-. disappeared
Tho parents % the boys hae since searched for
then IN vain: but yesterday Feidman father re-
ceE-ed = dispatch from relative in Chicago. say
aE shat the BOYS there. Feidmans brother
r<zs gone TO bring back the runaways-
Benjamin Rozewski. thirteen years old. Of No
Is DrfSgs-zve has been missing since Tuesday.
-nd hts parents reported TO the police yesterday
that they thought he had gone West, as he had
often spoken Of IT. The boy took with him $50
that he had saved in an iron bank
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-01-04

,-.sf s+ir1s as follows: Flour dull BUT HfL
" snrjnr wheat TSr75c: No 3 oedf5tTc' 80
10 corn 44ssc No = yellow. 44@sc' 10 pat
81 Z 8i &c No 2eQss. No 81 rys lse for 10
eer 81 81 prime timothy seed 50 90 clover n =
e. 500 81 IS short sides uoosel &c -eso ~
$500 sboiders boxed) IS 259Ss so; shor: clear siaes
Soasl so6Sa 1o1s Nhiskey basis Of high wines 81 o.
a. d. produce Exchange to-day the butter iIarkeL Sas
ntst s5d steady: creaneries. iS1sci datries
- a-iat and s.eady: loss OF, cases returned -'
fY5eese dull: steady; 13i=9 lac
.rl--s,kAa Ian 3-Wheat lower; close. NO NortnetI
IL 80 No . Northern, T4G T512c; May s5sc- re
sqIi 1 5I45II.c. Barley firm; STANDARD oeci sdHi
s1ie sSd5sc Corn, May 421sc.
N 1I,-es1ois Jan. Close: May, 7s24 q7$5.c
- 5aitc on track No hard, f4ssci no ->ol'i-
en- '7sIzc: No , Northern, Il nc
A,,,ea,al,s Ian 3-Flour-Frst patents - soas "a
sscord rstents 81 1898 IS: first clears Sg e.
on cieare So 3oTse Bran in bulk Sl0 ouQsA" 20
,obuadelnhis Jan 3-Wheat quiet but steaoy; con n
,-sc- @-sse. Lamar T6Js 976izc Corn steady NO u
ev-.,r- elevator 5eis d5Ic Oats firm nut aulet
lite c1irneS 40Iz d41c. Butter firm: good
7lsst-r1 creamery zoe; nearby eggs q Io"e5
S-eeb nearby aec loss off do western @s loss Oh ~
ses.tv-ee+ern esr of: do southern &c oss OH
$500 49, hut quiet: NeN-Tork full creams prime
LII IA. do fair good small 15ts tc' 40 lIIi
A. fair 10 good large 131znl3fae- 900
TT1oy- 2l5 bbls. 2,l6seoe 10 IN Ir-hest
,o-1 50 GOO bush: 2oooo ehipfne:lts
ssa t,rsh. corn 5000 bush: oats 1900 eush-
g rougs Ian 3.-Cose: Wheat. Nc : REQ casn, &c
za5 NJ 743ze july, 7o@4c asked NO ns,e
corn Ne . cash May. SsiEc sskeo
~ , cash IS &c bid; May. SS'2c asked no Nhi'1
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-01-04
IN 4 TRANCE.
Delir;ous Woman Recalls Language Prac-
tically Forgotten.

From TIE Lancet ~ de-
, An me = recounted by Or Henry Freeborn Iae
latent vas q woman of seventy years "iO 49,
IL re night Of the 18th and l4th Of june SC
vas found 10 Be speaking IN languae g., Vas re-
20 tl7ose about her 1t sounoee as Al s.ie on a
,sstins some poetry sometimes, or CARVING on
CONVERSATION Al Others sne selals rss found to
-oern time after time TINS language Va 1900 the
- F47nGI,sfsri on the 18th Ia the eF-ning' N
Iiindostsni besan If friends and relations Of her
- $500 ~, the 18Th the Hindustani had disap.
ppesIess 20 : lste- date IN English, French and
1.e-na-, The psfient born IN lndla' WIFI
coun,Ty sh 1000 sT after Eve months voyage be
fore she four years old- - - ga Irs5s1
serTsnts snd spoke no English AT all her only
lsngusg &c being Hindustan1 ~ heI ne, H. 7heD
hrrsr 10 learn English and from that time she naa
never spoken Eindustani she apIeLeLIa-s, 81
15s--s 1hen She spoke again in rhe nrst language
she Tad heard The poem ~as f tI,t - rs
.o-asfFf-s which the ayahs are IN the hsbll ~ =
seating 10 their children, and the conEetsaIipIs
apparently with the native ser ~ r,tgit he
sslzen 70 the bazaar. to buy sweets
TSrcuz1, the whole deli-iun there coulo he rscog-
= sn,ss ~ were % later date. and she TOOK esens
II their progeI ero ffe sd Vent through IT, until
~ Marcb = she had reached the time ~nen sle
was married and had her children: growing up;
l,o- and girl II Is curious that after a lapse 81
sfxfv-six years. during Vnlsi I'M 80 nau L.
1PksIdf,od should b. recalled IN ceriGm The pa
iienf noR speaks English French aHe 1srf sS
sons Is n FEN fs..sdsstani words she is quite
able sIegk the language or e gol 9e Sor
- she any before her illness OF ever having
49, - really was Hndustani is that she
80 49, know nor has she ever known any osfiT1
lsnslsss ~, las lived much of her life in India,
- o7lso eles Ms the language, Recognized me poem
a. one coIenz o a. Of the conversations which
sre patient carried OF with her imaginary Nsi'O's
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-01-04
CHANGE or OFFICE FOR C, c. sHEvLIN

George =. Shexlin. a brother Of James Shevlin
chief lieutenant of Hugh Mclaughlin, the leader OF
the Kings County Democracy vas removed yestef-
CAV ~ County Judges Asphalt and Crane from
the place Of warden 10 the grand jury. which he
had held for many years and transferred TO the
place Of court officer with the approval and con-
sent Of the state Civil Service Commission A
reduction in salary from 1880 10 sl-2 year is
carried With the transfer
IN Mr. Sheylin's place Remington \. Snedeker
organization Republican Of the XIth Assembly
District. appointed Nj. Snedeker VIII take
charge II the grand jury room tomorrow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-01-04
EUROPEAN PRODUCE MARKET.

Liverpool ian. s.-c1ossng; whsst-spo: Arm. Nc
- Vs-.e-n winter INA. No California % sd
f,,tures weak: March Sc Nd: May. Is lad Corr
spo-Auiercan mixed new steady - 1870: american
tas ala arm IS inactive. January A. o1.f
Msr~b a. 2l.d: May nominal Peas-Canadizn steSdy,
q. ~ FT0ur-St Louis fancy winter steady. ss "a
Hons al London CPacine COAST hrE IS lzsGt e S. Seef
49, wsstern SOS Sd Hams-Short cut quiet. IS
T5a~on-C.uuaberIand Is 30 n. STEADY as "a.
Ia ass. long clear middler light
- "a 4. n aue. as Sd: clear middles heavy 80
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-01-04
.Including so.oes ex ship.

CoTTON-The cotton market showed less acISlty gu
generally ruling. Profit taxing was inc ,i-s
Of Opening unchanged prices 70
of points sold off quite steeoly IN ING -
of Continued largo from outside sources on t
strong statistical position and closed pareV sIedy
367 points lower. A good deal Of cotton was solo ~.
day rot only way of Hqudatng long acc 800
shorting the market on
that the strong statistical position OF cotton may
advance. Whicn
nearly Ic on the figures November IA anu go
sac on the weeks trading up to mat time let
re selling movement been increased largely with
ironnrtant closed Theodore IL
esrded "a the leader late bull movement aes
following cotton
and to-day sold practically the hsnesI
the season In Neu-York in New-Oreans Inc ree..L
acceptance
Of rt bales spot cotton delivered 70 me ul
contracts situation winch
realized and discounted In tina: spirit OF cancer
which ALWAYS observe toward the pubic tANe Lrs
means ~ announcing that have to-day resoio al
owned and for the present at least coupt lhe Pos
bilty further advance IN the S bad an
cotton they
the highest prices and am
under ~
+t7is crop TO come sight 35loo0 pa4es
American cotton
was about 200 bales. It is thus OBVIOUS tI t,+
world to-ia unconsured tcIaI
coo Trade IN America has undoubtedly rescheo Us
sTozee and doubt seriously whether the derlao al
emf -l Re equal assimilation OF SO large a.
~ cotton prices. which cioseiy 10
bcled by maintenance Of present values II Is PrUoa
fis thai fresh advance be initiated depecIs uPo
tbe nrnsnscts the next but tor the
inclined 70 advise all holders OF cotton 10 accept
figures where obtztnable -, ,..1 --.-.,s. +o l.av
oIioTs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-01-04
ROYAL BLUE LINE.

FOR BALTIMcRE AND MAs.tIN6IoN-Tsyo %
sI2I5 Mdt - -. -
asV ES,rntay only. -Paror only iiSia Isznsoua-
oscess Liberty 81 Ferry. South Ferry. Astor HoIss
1854 Broadway Is 3Ih Ave > C1toe
T53 St. 273 West 18TH 81. 24S
S-eIrnbux Ave Court St, 3&4. $50. Fulton
r,-c.SETyn. Broadway WILLIAMSBURG New Yorx
snsfsr Co calls and checks baggage 20 destination
prSTrP c. II BURT.
Itce-Presfent oen'I Manager General Passr Ags1G
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-01-04

Heroes What Brooklyn and the World Owe TO
T7eurv Ward Beecher.'
The body OF Beecher lies on a hillside in
Greenwood Cemetery. So steep is the approach 10
u that cannot 20 there in q carriage. Or.
Ffllis SAWS that the grave is inaccessible
than that Of other of the eountry's great men.
with the exception of that OF Daniel Webster. at
Ms-shbeld. Mass. Hundreds Of people visit Plym-
outh Church every year TO view the SPOT where
Mt Beecher preached The number OF pilgrims
would 90 into the thousands IL the tomb should
be built ir the church. which is only a shor. dis
fsnce from the Brooklyn Bridge. and easy OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-01-04

tsy.rpooa Jan 3 m3Soton- Pa,,can mid
business ssd: good middIing 4sod nadns
ding Isl. ed good ordinary 4StA,
low nioaniE. - tse CAV 1900 bales OF when
sor sDecuiatfon and export and i4eiaa e
900 bales tncf1oinE
ArleTio1 zr,-ss orsned firm and closed duiet ~ W.
icaI : Tsuuary s.70Gs.Ild+ Jsnusf. 81. -
@ 7od FEBRUARY and March : iV d., sns Jane
Tr1rg - All and MAY, 4.TOG4sle MAY sis
April 4aodt 80 srs Juiy 7i4i 72d; Jnly and August
zig L &c. 49, .,sTss and september. 4s414 SD
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-01-04
NAVAL STORES.

The market for spirits trpentine remained nm but IN
changed Rosin steady at lately qucteo prices
1leSs edv 10 We quote:
TURPENTINE-On- hois H971c' Hlo'1A'47
made. bbls. SEC -,o.
sc-,r1on strained 81 s5ds1 90; good strained
Ct sss1 %: d 81 ao6sl ~: e 81 95Gs2 p seo5gS2 70
q ssI5: H L 81 60; K. So NJ 80 'oelSo a. ~
81 o. " G. 81 -: " w 81 OOGsi 30
STOCK ON HAND.
E1ef-
S9t
-Tz- his
Tondon ian 3--Turpentine- SOS ID hoslIi-
American strained. IS. fine ss Sd
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-01-04
Yester-

Foreign Coffee -Rio-Cohee market weak; No
Rio $500; exchange, IL Nd receipts, 9o0 bags cleared
for the United States 10000 bags cleared for Europe
loo bags stock, $4,000 Santos-Coffee market
steady good average Santos $500 receipts 2Oo bags
stock 1856 600 bags HaburgCoee market opened un-
changed; 2:3o p Adh pig lower: sales,
bags; stock. bags, which 1.36s 600 bags
Brazilian Havre-Holiday.
The statistical position Brazilian coffee is as fol-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-01-04

"a 40 n sui-S as. short clear sscks. - 70 = q.
saouIders-squsrs II 15 y. quiet ais -
tierces quiet SIS. American Te1ned- n
-. am s2z "a Butter nominal Cheese urlr amer
ssn esest white and cnioTsd. Sis. TalioE-F-ine city
80. ga Australian London arm 3ss 50 I0T-
sS7tirs-spfrfts Arfn- cd Ros1n-cornrlcn nm -
a. perreIss5rn-Rsnned hrm. Sad L4nseeG OF IN.
Ss- e,ofton--ed oif-FIuu reaned-spot steady as ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-01-04
READING SYSTEM

NEW JERSEY CENTRAL r. r.
Liberty Street and south Ferry Oins from Souca
five minutes earier).
EASTOy. BETHLEHEM. ALLENTOWN AND
A. NJ. I'D. 44e $50 g 5 Easson 0niy9 P NJ Sun
WIkEsBARRE AND sCRASToN-z40o. els
NJ $50 n sI9dayI e p sr a ~ J. 90 2 ~
BARNEGAT-z4o9. 90 A. NJ. 30 g 20. 40 Lake
nd only). 500 {x520 Lakewood oaly1
p n Sundays. 1000 A. ".
TiNELAND AND BRIDGEToN-tz4Oo A NJ. f1.ss
LONG BRANCH, AsBtRY PARK. oCEAy
GROVE, POINT PLEAsesr AND sEAsHokE
POIyTS-z40o $50. II. 30 A NJ. A. $50 $50 p NJ.
SUNDAYS except Ocean Grove 800 A II. 400 P. NJ
FIIIIADELPHIA GRADING TERNINALl-zs425 Is.
FOO. 800. 200. 1000 +11oo A NJ t12oo. q ID.
Si5o. ZOO TACO. 400 800. 1900. fTSo So 90 P NJ
s12f5 Md -. -. -.
,sTH AND CHESTNUT STREETSS4 Is. $500 sfo-sc-
.1I.s0 A N. 100. +"34o. 500. TOO. ts23 P M
READING HARRISBURG. POTTsyILLE AND
WILLIAMsPORT-ii4 co. z425. fs %. 70 10 1000.
A oufv1, I 800. %. e 90 p u
Reading PottsvilIe and Harrisburg only. rAoo - ID
?. n
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-01-04
RAILROADS..
PENNSYLVANIA
RAIL1oAD.

~lNNOk uv0N10
RAILROAD.
I aNp s e w aN T% okTNpT sfREs
EBThe leaving time from Desbrosses and
CortIandt Streets Ii Eve minutes later than
that given below for Twenty-fhfrd street
station except where otherwise noted
7-so NJ FAST MAIL-I4mi1sd 70 two Psrlor Cars Ssss
aqd Dining Car New Yers 2 PltssOrF OA
East T;sS5E "a csssI.sa Com
ssm'nt sIegas DINING s0 4a.s and p99s %
sa9sti fals Gh,fsfG Lsss-1. e louis
sation Brax1ns nom sieeping Dinins and Bgr.s
1.55 T. VI CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS EMPRESS
!.asaagsi: S ciiesEs $ I9aIs Dining
cam For Id ~ees w. % Via 2as
o.ss ?. VI. WESTERN ExPREss-For chicago For
81. 55P esdeP5 P sss4Fde Ex PRE- p.surx and
c K19 OK ve ea ys valley
So E " GEyEAN a.v aMR cSGINsATI Elk
WASHINGTON AND THE SOUTH.
ang Dnas ca 9fT and Sa
ar Din 20 SO q 5i1i r - 1pnin S5
5s5 BiaI5g esF5 e asat sunday s.
ing carr 525 Congressional limited, ali Paror and
hhs G ca 3 DninS 10 Sp night 'Dinns carr 40
SOUTHERN RAILwAY.-E1press. 3.25. Us D 1910
ATLANTIC COAST LIND-Express SIS a and rs
sEABoARD AIR LINE RAILwAY-Express 125s ,. H.
N0RFoLR al Axb %E ESTE sS RA1wAYror Memphis
ca aRs Hf&1lean aN6 OHIO m R slIlw
FoR 67D PoIS 40 c asd e q and N6 sac
weekdays $50 .. daily.
ATLANTIC CTTY-a55 a. m. and 80 m weekdays
sundays f-55 m Through Vsstfbuled Trains Buffet
Partor Cars and Standard Coaches weekdays Par
Tor Smoking Car Psrior Cars Dining Car and Standard
Coaches Sundays
CAPE MAY--1255 D. m weekdays.
For points New York and Branch Railroad from
West Twenty-thtrd Street station. SIS Il 10
30 400 and 11& ,: m weekdays SUNDAYS. 3%s
weekdays Sundays. AS a n1 SIS D. m
FOR PHILADELPHIA.
$40 tDesorossss and Corandt Streets 500. ., 755
SO, 500 s25 1855 Penna. Limited 10 10 (Des5rosses
and Cortan9t Streets 10 ) Dining Carr. 10 IS din
arl 10 Desbrosses and Cortlandt Streets 220D IS.
C32S Dining Carr, 355. rs - Dining Carr 455 DIN
ING carr 80 Dining Can. T65. SIS. $50. e.
Il 10 night sundays TO- 75J Dining Car cosches).
125 Dining Carr 1.55 Dining Carr Is Dining Carr
800 40 Dining Carr. Sc Dining Car. Us Dining
ar, ls5. SIS. SOS. g. D D. m. -. 10 night.
Ticket Offices Nos 46i, 1854 III and 261 Broadway 1s2
Fifth Avenue (beow 25d ST; 23 Fifth tcorner
18th ST.; l Aston House; West Tventy-thfrd Stree.
Station and stations foot Desbrosses
Streets Court Street. $50 Fulton Broadway
and pennsylvania Annex Station Brooklyn; Station.
lily me We" 1ors transfer company VIII
call for ana check baggage from hotels and residences
through to destination
Teiephons 'e14 Eighteenth Street Pennsylvania
Railroad Cab Service.
W W. ATTERBURY. = r. WOOD.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-01-04
60 tuhom Or HlGp goureru

rs D,pS HAROLD WALLACE MORRIS viii coramuni-
csTe her present address % the undersgasd sns al
49, u somerhiug that may be to her adFanlase n
u care ~ Nessrs Reyneh & son. a. ehane@lS
T.ans London ". e.. England
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-01-04

Lackawdnna Railroad.
leave New York foot Barclay and Christopher scA
fse0A M--For BiFghaEfou and Syracuse
A N Buffalo, Chicago and St LouiA
81 al n Buffalo and Chicago
+1o0 p Nor Scranton and Plymouth
M Buffalo Chicago.
M-Utfca- Oswego I-haca. Bu1alo
800 N-For Chcaxo-slespsr5 open p "
Tickets az I15 AZ l1s3 Brcacray. y = S~S He''0'
q. P-ookTvn sDauy. Except SUNDAY.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-01-04
THE STATE OF TRADE.

Buffalo ian s-Flour firm. Wheat. nothing doing.
f,o-r Gfliet: No yellow 55iac: No corn 81 13c ets
stronger No white 3T1sc; No mixed "0tzc- belles'
zaa6ac Rye. No : in store. "osRc
chicago Jan 3.-The leading futures ranged as Ioi-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-01-04

Receipts breadstus al interior points In thousands.
cfphers eo omitted -four hhs grain bush as
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-13
TIME TO RESUME.

When the bread winners in any com
munity are all employed at good wages
its merchants are prosperous. When
large portion of the wage-working pop
ulation of a town is idle, business is
dull and mercantile pursuits become un-
profitable. Within the past year our
business community has been crippled
and prosperity lAs been seriously re-
tarded by labor strikes and labor lock-
outs.
In July last from 600 to 800 mechan-
les, who had been employed in the
Union Pacific shops for many years at
good wages, many of whom were
counted among our most thrifty home
owners, were thrown out of employ
ment This strike, or lockout, was a
most deplorable impediment to Omaha's
growth and a serious drawback to it's
progress. The loss entailed upon the
community by the Union Pacific ma
chinists' strike was aggravated early
this spring by the deadlock between the
building contractors and mechanics en-
gagged in the building trades. Within
the past six weeks more than 1000
wage earners-men and women-joined
the ranks of the unemployed, creating
a big gap in the wage fund that consti-
tutes the arterial blood of Omaha's
home traffic. On the heels of these labor
troubles came the protracted unseason-
able weather that threw wet blanket
upon the retail trade and aggravated
the commercial stagnation caused by
labor troubles.
These causes of business depression
have nearly all subsidized. The Union
Pacific strike has been amicably settled
and larger number Of men are now
actively at work in the machine shops
than have been employed in Omaha for
a number of years past. Most of the
working men who went on a strike in
the month Of May have resumed work
and are now earning good wages. The
only unsettled strikes of serious proper
tions are in the building trades. These
can and should be arbitrated at the
earliest possible moment so that Omaha
may again forge ahead with might and
main on its path Of progress.
The way to bring about resumption is
to resume. If the business men. who
have organized resistance to all I'M
reasonable demands on the part of wage
workers, wilfjnow organize to restore
the. channels of trade to their normal
condition they will have no difficulty in
removing all the obstacles in the way
of prosperous trade during the remain
ing six months of the year.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-13
THE CANAL COMMISSION.

President Roosevelt will have few du-
ties more important than that of ap-
pointing the Isthmian Canal commits
sion, provided for in the Spooner law.
1t is said that there are several hun
dred applications on file for places on
the commission, but very likely only a
few of these, that of men Of the highest
capacity, will receive consideration. 1t
is the intention of the president to ap-
point only skilled and practical engi-
neers, with one or two exceptions. He
wants good business men on the COM
mission, because it will have the ex-
penditure of an immense amount of
money and practical as well as scientific
judgment will be required in the prose
cution Of this great work. The pro-
fessional men whom he appoints must
possess engineering ability Of a high
order and be above reproach as far as
their personal qualifications go.
Politicians who have been urging the
appointment of one Of their kind on the
commission are said to have got cold
comfort from the president, who told
them that he proposed to restrict ap-
pOintments to men experienced in en-
cheering enterprises. Regarding the
construction Of the canal as perhaps the
greatest achievement Of ancient or mod
ern times, the president does not pro-
pose to injure the prospects of the un-
dertaking by appointing men not known
to be thoroughly competent to take
charge of it. This is a matter in which
political considerations should have no
weight or influence and doubtless will
have none.