Show THE tim strobl strength h of a nation cation lice in its middle classes clas eos and so long as those aro am ablo able to own their homes and cm vm with tho the working workings of tho the government machinery no foo too from with out or within need bo be feared TUB mis now york herald aske asks in nil all why landlords land lorde who build fero traps and burn bum their tenants in them are not punished pun lahod by law the truo true reason Is that laws oro are not mado made so much for tho the prote protection w tion of tenants as a landlords NEATH tho the rulo rule of men entirely groat great tho the pon pen Is mightier than tho the sword dut but when they work together as v hen tho the of justice Is followed up by tho the prison pen tho the combination Is simply irresistible as a tho the man who has to go to jail can testify anz philosopher of tho the globo globe drops philosophy and cynicism long enough to say something awful real and practical A business man who makus it a practice to hang around around joints leaving his business to be taken caro of by hired help Is on tho the road to tho the devil aro are in every community those who expect to profit by the labors of others every town hoe has ita ifil citizen who eite sits idly down whilo while bis his energetic neighbor adds to his wealth tho the man who owns tho the c corner cmor mor lot and waits for the next fellow to erect a business block is recognized every where IT is the th beulus of american institutions and tho the design of tho the preat great principle of protection to build up manufactures the product of tho the field should go to food tho the man in the machino chop shop tho the mill and tho the factory the country which manufactures for foe othera others and yet produces all tho the food lid artisans consume ia Is tho the most certainly prosperous A itic reasonable A equi equality lity in condition among several classes of society demands the taxing of millions of personal property now untaxed which in the state of new york alone ie in osti mated at three thousand millions of 0 dollars there is 13 no reason justice or equity in taxing a farmer or a humble householder a high valuation on his farm or homo home while the millionaire aIro owner of railroad stocks bonds and tn mines aes ues escapes taxation almost wholly is no nation that takes so much interest in the career and personality sona lity of ita its leading citizens as do wo we americans but our attitude toward great men Is not sufficiently deferential to be termed hero wo we pay them respect but not homage we wd ore am inquisitive about them and like to feel that wo we and they stand on intimate terms see for instance the crowds that flock around the whito white and obtrude their friendly familiarity il ili arity larity upon each successive president until his lifo becomes a burden and ana his Vs right hand a shapeless mass THE taz effect of groat great wealth in diminishing public spirit which is the basis of true patriotism is been seen in the ro fasal of jay giuld to too do jury duty ha WAS fined for the first refusal and this on tho the second was increased to neither of these sums affects the millionaire but in paying them ho does not satisfy the courts and the publics claim on him probably jay jai gould would bo be a better juror than then thousands who arvo far lo 10 s than his capacity for money getting but jury duty Is one of the obligations of citizenship fron from which no good citizen will wish to free himself bime elf TUE moro wo we know of alaska alak the th more moro valuable and ana resourceful that region seems for some time there has been a desire on the part of en gland to encroach on our seals in that region bat bit the fur trade Is not the only or ei c en ca the main reason why the tle territory la Is to bo be prized so highly on the contrary one of tha most emi nor norl authorities on alaska recently cave gave it as his opinion that in the event of the entire destruction of the fur ecal seal the salmon cod com and herring fisheries of the territory and und which arc am destroyed by tho the seal would bo be ro pro enhanced and mul st much more valuable that the extermination of the beats wals aaa ft cy that need no alarm |