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-4dLuneapolis Journal.
ARMY OP UNEMPLOYED.
anaaanaaannn
Marked Distress in Shipbuilding and
Iron Industries in Britain.
Britain to-day lias more money tlian
Work. Redundant enpitui Hps Idle or
at toe unproductive interest of one per
ent Kedundnnt labor is idle at the
aeasoa when employment should bo at
Its best. The distress is most marked
1m toe shipbuilding and iron Industries.
Uoreinuncratlve freights account for 11
goore Teasel being laid up In the Tyne
last week, making the total 04 or 300,
00 tonnage. In shipbuilding only 35,
00 are employed, compared with 45,
00 last year.
Mr. Thackeray, president of tho
North of England Iron and " Steel
Trades) Conciliation Board, declured
that he could not remember trade mi
baa for 40 years, except in 1880. The
Mersey docks are full of laid up v ea
sels, and there are thousands of sailors
without ships, while 500 ships' officers
are walking the streets instead of the
aormal 60 or 00 out of employment.
From 0,000 to 7,000 doekhands ore
without work.
The Glasgow Distress Committee es
timates that next whiter 0,000 heads
f families will require providing for,
but funds are exhausted. ElKht' ship
yards are without work. Shipbuilders
trace the "slump" to the abnormal
cost of production and the shrinkage In
freights.
la Manchester the .engineering and
shipbuilding trades are in a very bad
state. The workless number 15.000.
Tho Boilermakers' Trade Union reports
about 10,000, or 20 per cent, unem
ployed, mainly due to the shipbuilding
trade depression, intensified by the en-
mImamImm a. . 1. n ....I I. ...... t
coast of England. The prospect for the
Immediate future is very had, as mem
bers largely depend upon the ship
building trade.
Goretmment Chemists Find a Subatl
' tnte for Wood Pulp.
The chemists of the Department of Ag
riculture believe they have solved the
problem of cheaper paper that will dis
pense aitogettier witn the use of wood
fiber. The new material Is tflie ordinary
cornstalk new used only as fodder.- The
, a or cm moot ofaemlsta predict when the
fMAfinfarfura of tha npur kind nf nnnr lit
started a a large scale it will be at leant
60 per cent cheaper than the print paper
now tunas irom woou puip. it auto win
wt an end to the danger of a pulp fam
ine, which already has begun to assume
MU-miog proponioos. rrouigai exirava-
mamma tin IK i (,In. Ar.nrrt r. f fnM.1 m ftM-
". tit fires, and tbe Increased demand for
woou oi roe spruce irpo cvusea oy line
'growth of newspapers ail over tli world
have threatened to exhaust all the world's
supply of paper mjttcriaj.
.Many experiments have been made to
, discover some other 'material to replace
the wood pulp. Some 5,000 different ma
terials have been tested, but vainly. ' Tho
chemistry bureau of tbe Department of
Agriculture has been one of the most earn
est workers In this matter for years, but
not, iiui sum wuvk unro wio rtnsiu.va i
ao positively successful as to permit any
announcement. TIe first practicable earn
pies of the new paper have been manu'
factnred by Dr. II. 8. Bristol and hjs as
Infanta, Dr. Bristol ll8 carried his es
: a'u-IibeiiU to the point of Ealing tbe
paper in five shades. The white paper Is
smde from tbe bard outside shell of the
. stalk and the yellow crudes from the
uitfh, TJie yellow grades have much
longer fiber and resemble the paper made
from linen rags or cotton. This kind of
paper Is soft and pliable. Millions of tons
of cornstalks will be available for this
new manufacture. At present tho stalks
aiw cut and used only as winter food fur
tbe stock on tbe farms. The process of
manufacturing the new invention Is much
easier than that Involved la reducing wood
pulp to paper.
Greatest nuiiernr loueeiioa.
The famous collection of butterflies and
moths, comprising nearly 100,000 Secl
soens. and said to be tlie greatest col
lection in the world, has been sold by the
widow of the collector, the late Herman
fttrecker of Beading. Pa., to the Field
Museum of Chicago for $20,000,
BIra. Halns Wants Dlvoree..
Mr. Claudia L. Halns 1 suing her
husband, Captain Peter Halns. for dl
rorco. Halns Is iu a Long Inland Jail
awaiting trial for killing William An
His of New York. lie claimed Annl
and Mrs. Halns were lovers and he
shot him to death at the Bay View
Yacht Club's dock In July. Mrs,
Ilalus strenuously denlea (but there
was anything wrong between her and
Ann la. She will probably be a witness
against her husband.
Secret of m luii Life.
Dr. Doyen, the noted F.i'iich scientist
before the Congress of Medicine at tic-
XHrva, told of his- experiments tending to
prove Uiat mam may prohaig life hiileli
Kely, thus carrying into the field of prao
tical applicsrr. theories of Prof,
Metchnikoff. wlio dtwoverod the ltliagocy
tone composed of white corpuscles in the
blood. Doyen says that iu nuiltiplyin
the white corpuscles, "we lncrase the
coefficient of vital resonance." 1I clalti
to have found a iipiid which (liifiuitely
BBiiHIplit-s 111 white corpuscles. It is ap
plied surgically, but the niemod is not
toads pubuc
fto
It Waa Predicted and the Real Occurrence.
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE.
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In the following table will be found the number of Totes
each. State la entitled to in the Electoral College and statistics of
the result in 1004:
190.
, lOlectoru!
States.
VOtMS.
A I aim um ; II 11
Arkansas 0 ')
California 10
('olorndu
CulilKHrtk'iit . .'. 7 . .
Delaware "
lloriclu
ft
i::
3
27
l.'l
13
(Jeonrlu . i::
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas 10
Kentucky ......... 13 13
liOillHlaua , 9 D
Maine , 0
Maryland 8 7
Mnftxuchuxelts Hi ..
Michigan .. . . 14
Minnesota 11 . .
MlMHlHMlppl 10 10
Missouri 18
Montana ..- 3
Nebraska 8
Nevada 3 ' . .
New Hampshire 4
New Jersey 32
Now York 30 ..
North Carolina 12 12
North Dakota ....
Ohio ...
OkliiluMiia
Oregon
I'eiiiyhoulu ....
Rhode Island ...
Bouth Dakota
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Vlrglnlo
Washington ..
West Virginia
Wyoming
Totals
Electoral votes necessary to a choice in 1908, 242.
or
The Iloyal Canadian Yacht Club has
decided to challenge for the Canada cup,
now held by the Rochester, N. Y Yacht
Club, the race to take place in 1900.
Isaac O. Weir, who as "Ike Weir tbe
Belfast spider" won the featherweight
boxing clmmplonshlp of the world twenty
years ago, is doad at Somervlllo, Mass.
Arranccments for a Marathon race, the
first to be held on the Pacific coast, have
been made by the Ctmtury Athletic Club
Tbe courae of twenty-five miles will ex-
leua irom r ruiiuaie to uajwarua icr
shaded roads and canyons. The rsce
will probably be run Tbauksgivlng day,
The Royal Automobile Club race on the
Isle of Man, which was won by W. Wat
son, probably will be the hut to be run
on public nignway in ureal nnnuu
Opposition to It on the part of tbe gen
eral public bus been strong and, were It
not for lack ot jurisdiction over the lale
of Man. the local government board, of
which JoTiu ilurns ts pnwiuent, undoubt
edly would have prohibited the content.
Itulh Dillon, a 4-year-old Sidney Dillon
trotter, owned by Sterling H. Holt of
Indianapolis, and driven by Milla,rd 8an
ders, surniiHcd 13,000 race goers at Co
lumbus by winning all three beats ot tlie
HoHter-Colunibus stake, valued at iO,
000. Ruth was nowhere in the bettlnn
being overlooked elmoKt entirely and sell
Ing at $10 in pools of $225. Spauisli
(uecn wus the first choice, while tiiere
was a heavy play on Aquln.
Jerry B., the chestnut gelding by Ar
got Wilkes, driven by Cox, captured the
big end of the $5,XK) purse hung up for
the 2:13 pace by St, Paul buxines in in
for St. Paul day at tho Miuneeota fair.
At Columbus, Ohio, Hndgewood Boy.
so strong a favorite for the free-for-all
pace in the grand circuit card that he won
barred in Die firat heat betting, was given
a beating by Citation, but tbe Illinois
mare had to set the world's rtu-ord to do
It. Her heati in 21 and 2 :W, fol
lowed by Hedgewood Boy la 2:0,J1, ere
the faatest two ever paced by a m:ire in
a race.
Alleging that Battllnjt Nelson woiil.1
have biHn pliyxicnlly iciablo to meet Joe
(iuns in the rluv h i July 4, If it hud noi
been for his serviceit' uh n pliyscian. Dr.
Ben Apple of San I'ranrisco Iihi IIUmI a
suit for $15tl. Ho ays this fee is due
from tbe liirht wt-iulit champion ot the
w oi'ld.
Whether to allow open practice thin
year is the quest iou which la bot .icrinti
the ITniverxity of lows football eoache
at the prvMcnt ti ne. Tho nhdllhUinx of
secret pra-tice w'll IncriMKe the Inferex'
of tho sludeiit body and t'oacbe Catlin
and Critritu are wrinuly considerinc tlie
' vhaage.
llenlt of Presidential Election, in
Parker Uooscvelt
lectors. Plurality., Electors. Plurality.
37.3ST.
17.574
10
5
7
3
115,822
34,582
38,180
4,35-1
.18,732
20,303
3K,03i
03,041
158,700
120,003
15
13
10
113
42,542
(1
1
its
14
11
IS
3
8
3
4
12
30
30,701
51
82,0711
227,715
1(11,404
25,137
13.15!)
80,082
1 2,885
20,185
80,508
175,552
uO.IW
41,G
..4 .. 4 38,322
. . 23 . . .' 23 255,421
4
..4 .. 4 42,034
.. 34 .. , ....... 34 500,519
..4 .. '. 4 1C.70C
..I) 9 50,009 ...
..4 .. ....... 4 50,111
..12 12 20.284 .'. .......
.. 18 18 115,058 .. .
..3 .. '.. 3 29,033
.. 4 .. 4 30,082
... 12 12 32,708 '..
.. 5 .. 5 73,442
.. 7 .. 7 31.785
..13 .. 13 150,057
...3 .. ....... 3 11,569
...483 140 524,482 330 3,069,092
APPLE CROP 25,000.000 BARBELS.
Estimated Yield la Fully as Large
as 1007 Despite Droughts.
If the apples harvested in the com
mercial orchards of the United State
this year were converted Into plea there
would be 0,250,000,000 of thein, which,
placed side by aide, would make a path,
of almost 075,000 miles. The total
welsljt of this mountain of pastry
would be almut 0,250,000,000 pounds,
including 0,125,000,000 pounds ef flour,
lard and other ingredients In tbe popu4
iar American dessert. For transporta'
tlon 154,100 cars of standard capacity
wouiu oo required.
Twenty-five million barrels, or 02,-
500,000 bushels, Is the estimated yield
tnis seuson, according to reports re
ceived by Harry J. Neely, secretary of
the national apple show of Spokane,
from 15,000 growers operating In the
various belts in the union. Tba returns
show that while droughts, excessive
rains or pests wrought buvoc in many
districts In tbe middle western, eastern
and several southern States, the entire
crop Is fully as large as In 1907, and
It Is better distributed. Prices also
aro higher than lust year.
Mercury fo Tabrrenloau.
Medical Inspector Htyibett of the navy
una iraiisuiiueu to me ueimrtment a in
ner written by Surgeon B, L. Wright oa
the treatment ot tuberculosis with mer
cury at the naval hospital at Newport,
It. I. From this it would appear that
mercury, judicioualy used, "Is a speciflo
In the treatment of tuberculosis In nil its
forms." In some of the cases treated the
patients were almost -at death's door.
ALL AROUND THE GLOBS.
Mrs. Warren, wife of Dr. Warren,
Methodist bishop of Colorado, is suing
the etate of Hannah H. Foster, former
Denver red light queen, to ferevloan a
niwrtnage socuriug a loau of $5,000 sev
enteen years ago.
President Roosevelt has received the
resignation or Hamilton Fish, Assistant
Treasurer of tbe United States at New
York, to take effect Oct. 21. Mr. Fish
having been nominated by tbe ltcpublio
an" of the Twenty-first District as ona-
uiuate for Congress.
DelcKittea from thirty-three States el
tho United State ami five Canadian prov
ince and the presidents of several uulver
n'.tl.Hi were present at tbe meeting of the
.International Tai Association, until this
year known as tho National Aswoclatiua,
at Toronto, Can. .
The people and government of Servla
wr greatly excited over tbe annexatioa
of Herzegovina and Bosnia by Austria
and demanded from the lowers guaran
tees that the indeanlen-e of Servia be
respeeted if, It be not possible to prevnU
the anuexation of those previucea. Tas
peopla are reiwrted te be ariulag far
guerrilla warfare.
MOUNTAIN Lir.L MOONSHINERS.
School Children Peddle tba Boose la
Kentucky.
'Moonshiiilng by school chUdrea Is
the new ent phase In this species of
liiwlcHMtcs In Kentucky. They are
being sent by Uirlr parents an4 others
to solicit trade In the mountain settle
ments and along the mountain rouds.
On tlteir way to school they carry the
drink, dlnjieimlug It to whomsoever wlU
buy, and after school they are sent te
deliver It to tbe village customers.
Whether tbe moonshiners believe that
by making their children Ibe purvey
ors of the whh&ey they ssay escape de
tection or whetber tticy ,realize thnt
the llttJe ones win more customers, in
spector say that more children are
sent out and each day more of the
illegal liquor Is sold. Although govern
ment sleuths have driven the, wily
moonshiners to such straits, the sym
pathy of Uielr neighbors' In the moun
ts Ins has not decreased. By moonshls
er and many mountain villagers til Ike,
moonsUnlng Is regarded as a legiti
mate business, and government inspec
tors are regarded when It Is safe to de
ao, as marks for guns. ,
So there are many persons In sued
sections, primitive in their Instincts,
and thirsty enough to violate the law,
ready to buy the liquor when there Is
a knock at the door and a child stands
there, school bag over theashoulder r
albeit n School bag that sags suspi
ciously with weight.
Tills, the newest and most startling
development at the moonshine traffic in
mounmin fustncPHcs, follows wbat the
government officials tbonght was a
virtual suppression of moonshlnlng.
Last fall they announced that they
bad stamped out the illegal business.'
But they have found ttiat Illegal dis
tilling is no sooner stopped is one sec
tion than other stills, mushroom like,
spring up almost over night in another.
!Durlng recent years a number of
women bare been arrested on charges
of moonshlnlng. Some of them bad
evaded the search of revenue agents
for. many months. Their stills are
usually well secreted deep in tbe moun
tain fastnesses and it takes a careful
search to find them. Women tbe
mountains in the moonshlnlng belt
have long been noted for their bravery.
Often they have stwod by their men,
and they bundle a gun as well as their
lovers, husbands or sons.
Now that Che children art being
trained is the illicit business the proV-
lem of moonshlnlng becomes more seri
ous still and the suppression of it will
become more difficult
A anion of hatters in the United
States was established as early as 1800.
San Francisco (Cal.) Laundry Work
ers Umlon now baa a membership of
1,375.
Iron Molders' Union ef North America
will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary next
year.
Th4 shoe clerks of Terento, Can., have
recently organized a union, and its mem
bership Is steadily Increasing.
The Interlocking switch and signal mes
of the B. & M. road have organised a new
union for the Boston terminal division.
A new union of retail clerks, including
various branches of business, has been
recently established in Melrose, Minn.
. Steam Engineers' Union has raised the
per capita tax from 10 cents to 20 cents
a month and established a defense fund.
A new union of blacksmiths, affiliated
with tlie International Brotherhood of
Blacksmiths, has been organized at Dun
kirk, N. Y.
. The threatened strike of Belfast, Ire
land, Iron molders has been averted. Tbe
men agreed to accept a reduction of one
shilling a week.
Steps to form a Boston (Mass.) branch
of the new A. F. of L. metal trades de
partment were begun recently by Boston.
machinists lodge.
September wa a very busy period with
the organizer in the anthracite field of
Pennsylvania endeavoring to rehabilitate
the miners' union.
International Brewery Workmen of
America has a membership of 42.570 in
S73 local unions and ISO branches; also
a cash balance in tihe treasury of $300,
192.00, an increase in the last two years.
In order to encourage thrift among its
employes, the Northeastern Railway Com
, pany, England, some years ago estab
lished a savings bank, at which deposits
as low as sixpence are received, 4 per
cent interest being paid on accounts up
bo 200, and 2'a per cent on sums iu
excess of that amount.
In the 192 untffns, with about 05,000
members, reporting to the New York
State I-abor Bureau, the proportion ot
Idle members, which at the end ef Janu
ary was 30.9 per cent, snd at the end ot
Vtliriiaiv iinil Mrih .t7.5 ner rent, fle-
Clined In April to 33.9 per cent, in May
to 32.2 per cent, and in June to 30.2
per cent. These figures indicate plainly
a steady though gradual improvement in
the state of employment during the sec
ond quarter of the yoar for union labor.
By a referendum vote the Poster Art
ists' Association of America has decided
to affiliate with the American Federation
of tabor. The union has pastted its tenth
anniversary, and there are locals in every
Important lalmr center of the country.
The new liability bill of New Zealand
provides that every worker who is a
party to a strike shall be liable to a 10
fine, and an additioc-al fine of 1 for ev
ery week during which Hie strike con
tinues and he remains a party thereto.
The penalties for a lockout are 200 for
the initial offense, and 50 a week dur
ing its continuation.
Henry Abrahams, secretary of the Bos
ton C L. I!., recently predicted the five-
bour workday in the shoeiuaklng Uusl
na of New England within a very few
years.
Metal polishers, buffers, platers aad
brass and ailver workers' unions, ef Bos
ton, Mass., have already begun tbe plans
for the international convention, which
will be held there next August.
It is the plan of the St. Louis (Me.)
labor unions to build a magnificent tea
pie in which all the labor rganitationa
will have headquarters and which will
oentaia a hall so large that coaveartioas
be bell la St, luis.
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i Political
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Bryan anil llciiulilienn Senate.
There tire some who fuifcy that the
flection of Bryan would lie merely a
Inilt In wlih li neither parly would have
fill! control of the gtivi'Httii'.'iit. and thnt
this would lie it restful period for the
iiMintry. How tittle the persons who
hold this view linve cotiflilcrWl the prac
tical feature of such u situation, ami
Bryan's qualities us mi ngitator.. Re
cently he wiim questioned as to wh.lt
he could do tis PreMldi'tit with a Repuli
llcnu Somite to rivkou with, and he re
plied it pome length in u hjtccch at Buf
falo, lie ,iai(l lie could nuke n lclti
nlng by presenting ineiiHiiren of tariff
reform, for the regulation of vrpora
tlons it ml railroads, for the guarantee
of bunk (li'ixiKlts, for declaring the ulti
mate lndciHmlctice of the Filipino, nml
for setting In motion nil that Is liuluil
ed In the Denver platform". One of the
things In that platform Is greenbacks ns
emergency currency, though Mr. Brynn
was careful not to give this fact lyir
tlcular mention. He Is n free trader,
and there Is not the slightest diubt
that he would show It in his tariff pro
ceedings. His messages, nil marked by
his persona! nml. party bias, would lie
lnccsNiint, according to his rash habit
with the Issues lie takes up from tiuie
to time. '
A President has extensive powsrs of
his own und weighty methods of Infill
cueing even nn opposition Congress.
After March 4 next Mr. Bryan would
call Congress iu extra session, and -it
Is probable that, along with his elec
tion, the House would be Deinucni'lc.
Ills vast resources In patronage would
he applied tolirenk down what remain
ed of Republican control and to hasten
the day when all departments of the
government would lie Democratic. He
suld at Buffalo,: "It Is reasonable to
assume that the Republicans lu th Sen
ate will recoguize the force of publl'.'
opinion and see the folly of putting
themselves in opimsltlon to the de'lber
ate judgment of voters." A Repuniican
Senate under Bryan would be on the
defensive at every point from the n'
ment of Bryan's inauguration. He
would treat it as a laxly repudiated by
the people anil lagging superfluous on
tbe stage. His messages would be
fanned to discredit it with the country,
isd he would adroitly try to saddle
upon It the responsibility for his own
mistakes and failures. Whatever went
wrong, his ready excuse would be that
tie Republican Senate crippled his iio'ii
c'.es and that all would be ns rosy ns
h!s accustomed promises if his party
br.d full power to act.
It must be remembered that Mr. Bry
,n condmnned the administration of Mr.
Cleveland ns severely 'as those of Me
Jvlnley and Roosevelt. He would not
iccept any of these as a mode! iior sub
crllie to the financial policy of Mr.
Cleveland, lie would be the exponent
of Bryan exclusively, and ihl-f.isliiouod
Democrats cannot intelligently support
him with any other underst ludlnc. In
Jtryau's whole career the seeds of revo
lution have lurked. Ills treatment o
his party Illustrates the readiness with
which he resorts to the one-muu power.
If the Republican party after twelve
years of full authority camot hold it.
lim ngulcst Bryan, It Is vain to expect
to resist the general upheaval he rep
resents when nil the line Is curried ex
cept a Republican Senate. Bryan's
election l;ould not fall short of a Bryan-
zed government. The Seunje also could
i'0t prevent this result. Bryan would
vet power It and nt the same tl.no idiift
;ill blame to its shoulders. Let U) oppo
neiit of Bryanlsm Imagine that It can
be indulged half wuy. It Is not hnlf
right nor half safe. St. Louis (ilobe
'.einocrut.
Real Molber ot Truta.
Brynn proposes to "bust the trusts"
y "busting" the tariff, wutcb wouia
mean tiuttlui: tins country on n iree
trade, basis, and would effectively
bust" American Industry generally.
together with the opportunity for work-
ng men and women to earn and obtain
Vmcrlcnu wages. A neat reply to Bryan
on tills point was inane ai a meeting
held by the National Ouninercial and
Industrial League In New York, by
I-)dward Vroom, an actor, and who him
also gained recognition ns nn effective
political speaker. As Bryan Ik some
thing of an actor himself, there was
Alness in his being so "called down.
Mr. Vroom w ho has Just returned from
England ulludiug to "Dr." Bryan's nos
trum ' for curing trusts spoke as fol
lows : i
Dr. ' Bryan pniMses to cure sill our
Ills with hi' anti-tariff pill n he for
nierly proosed to do With Ills free
silver pill. . He tells us that our pro
tective tariff Is all lli the Interest of
the trust that the trust would never
have leeu created If the tariff had not
existed, lie chooses to Ignore the fact
that , iu free trade F.hgliind the trust
was first established: that free trade
England was the mother of the trust
that In Birmingham and Liverpool In
Mu'K -hosier, Bradford niul.the otht
manufacturing centres of the Brltlwh
Isles the huge textile, rubber and in
numerable other trim! have leon cre
ated and have flourished for years
where no protective tariff exists."
That Is plain truth, and effectually
puncture the notion that five trade is
inimical to trusts. Troy Times.
Tkr 'I'm ft Tour.
One of the must Interest hig phases v
vlr. Tail's reivnt tour through tho Wcs
ha been hi remarkable display of ph.
Icnl enduraniv. Except for a ho.irsi
less, he has come out of the orden
.ipimrently as strong and lis fresh u
he was on the day he iniide the llrst
s-ech of the Journey.
The lest which Is put tion a atiil
dato in one of these rear platform cam
palgus Is little appreciated. The num
ber of addressee made In a single da
would try out tbe most leather-lunge
of lawyers. Mr. Tuft, iu his tour, de
llvVe4 us many a sixteen between sun
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rise and nightfall, there IstictuAily no
itir which the candidate- caa coll his
own. He often leaven a hu and Jains
way through crowds us Inte as mid-
ight and before daw:, ho Is dressed and
prepared to talk to a group of admirers
which tins waited for him throughout
the night. Then there Is the handshak
ing, a thing which laconics a torture
fter two or three days of the exercise.
There are tricks about the game which
save the muscles of the politician, bnt
II of them fnilwhen the candidate tries
hem upon n iminiier of husky fanners
t iron moulders. The strain Is terrible
f the tour Is n long continued one. stub
s Mr. Bryan, tried mid seasoned, loves
to make.
Yet all who have come in personal
contact with Mr. Tnft have long-iimwu
the extraordinary vitality of the man.
le has boon powerful from his youth.
lis college mutes were familiar with
his physical force and on the bench it
was tils practice for years to leap ti
the aid of colleagues when they began
o show signs of overwork.
That strength of body qualifies one
for the presidency would lie tlie most
foolibh of arguments. Still, the cxeeii-
ve must have unusual vltnl force or
he would early break down under the
burden of the duties of his olllee. Ho
must have strength not My for his
work, but nlso sufficient to throw off
the sense of his rcHiionsibilltles wlm
rest and recreation lire Imperative.
In Mr. Taft the country will hnvo a
resident who Is a imwerful mrtn both
physically and mentally. Thnt he i des
tined to become one of our strongest
'residents is clear to all who have come
n contact with him. Toledo Blade.
Mr. l.oni(Hrlh'a Denial.
Nicholas Lonjrworth ' declares ' ahso
lutoly and utterly false the report that
in hl recent siieech nt Rock Island ami
again in Indiana he advocated two
terms for Mr. Taft and then the re
eieetion of Mr. Roosevelt to the presi
dency. There Is no stern chase half so
long as that which a denial must make
when It sets out to overtake a flying
falsehood, but In the present Instance
Mr. Longworth's statement Is so ex
plicit and so convincing that the pub
lic hardly will hesitate to accept It.
From the first the story was so im
probable as to arouse Incredulity. , Mr.
ongworth has always acted with such
admirable good sense in the somewhnt
tryJn;? position of the President's son-
in-law that the people of the country
will lie all the more ready to take his
word thnt he never was guilty of such
a piece of political folly and had taste
ns the "third term for Roosevelt" story
implied.
Moreover, It must be borne In mind
that there are not lacking Individuals
in both parties who will take advantage
of the campaign to circulate canards
against their jKilitieal opixiin'iits.
Among misguided partisans the Golden
Rule is n lost art, or at least an archaic
custom. Indeed, the government weath
er bureau should nail to the mast Its
roorback warning and the general pih-
Hc should keep several grains of salt
within reach while perusing the cam
paign yarns which will be uncovered
dully until election time. Chicago Tost.
(unnldrr the Consequence.
A Democratic paper lectures a Penn
sylvania .manufacturing concern for
giving notice to its meu that it will
shut down If Bryan is elected. If such
is Its purpose its notification is n mut
ter of business, and may be of service
to those who will have time to look
lsewhere for a Job. The concerns that
:ive notice of this kind will not tie one
n n hundred of those that will nci-es-
surlly shut down If the next President
Is Bryan, the free trader, the free all-,
ver ajiostle, the advocate of tho public
ownership of rnilroads and other Issues
calculated to disturb business to its
foundations. The emergency currency
plunk In the present Bryan platform Is
a greenback utterance. Not many firms
will announce that they will stop if
Bryan Is elected, but thousands may
find It compulsory to stop If the chronic
agitator, a mun of proved fallacious
Judgment, Is Invested with the powers
of the presidential office.
Sent Ueuioeralt Confederate Money
Some unkind person or persons sen!
the Democratic National Committee
$t'.,0(K In Confederate money Just tied
It up in an express package and sent
it along to help out on the payroll for
next wick.
A careless clerk, whose eyesight grew
unsteady at the unexpected apar-
niice of ull the money In the world,
rushed Into Mr. Mack's office, without
iniikimr a careful examination of the
bills, and reported the glnd tidings that
the Standard till Company had devoted
a venr's earnings to the cause of De
mocracy.
Mr. Mack held down his startled
emotions long euough to take a look at
the treasure. It Is udmittcd that there
are exceisllugly unkind persons In the
world.
Wnuta l'ajralrse I nil out r.
The business men ulid the employed
wage earner tun see no benetlt In
change to Bryanlsny und they"' have
little sympathy with a mau whose
hois for success Is based In n large
measure on having as many men uu
employed as jmsslble. Tho unemployed
are being gradually nbsorlted by In
creasing industry, and they 'will think
seriously before Inviting nuothor perl
od of Idleness by preclpltting a tariff
scare that would close the mills und
paralyze Industry. Jersey City Jour
mil.
Can't Hart "Joe."
All tlie Democratic orators are throw
ing bricks at Speaker Caumui, but there
Is hardly anyone In the country bcttc
able to take care of himself. Phlladel
phla Press,
UAL;
CHICAGO.
The Weekly Review of Chicago Trade,
published by R. G. Dun k Co.. says :
Statiktla.l comparisons now bejin with
the week a year ago when tlie depresxtoa
started. Further evidence of sustained
recovery is furbished by increasing pay
ments tCirongh the hanks and a commer
cial mortality wine is lower than 'the
corresponding weeks of VMfJ and 1SHX1.
Distributioa of ftuidied products and
gcnerkl mcrtftaiidise exhibits a wider vol
ume, although vnriable weather retards
a seasonable almorption in leading retaH
brauches here and at the interior. Ag
ricultural reports are more gratifyiag,.
corn being in good condition and rains
ample for the completion of winter wheat
seeding.
The markets for the principal grains
aliow decline In values and the aggregate .
movement here Is smaller, but flour sales
remain exceptionally heavy, anil there is
strong buying of both provisions and live
stock on improved supplies.
Wholesale markets disclose a ligiliter
attendance of outside buyers and bonne
dealings in the staples are less active,
although the comparison with this time
lust year is not unfavorable in textftea
and fabrics, clothing and footwear.
Manufacturing generally advances a
well as expected, Qtpecially In iron awl
metal working, but tlie underlying coadi-
tior.s form u healthy basis for inipreve-
ment in tfiw? near future.
Delayed contracts were olnscd thia
week for considerable tonnage of struc
tural steel and rnWn. Rolling stock is
now in better - request, more cars lieing
requisite to meet the expanding freight
offerings.
Money ts in abundant supply and rates
for commercial paper average about 4V4
per cent for choice needs. The outgo of
currency o move crops has slackened,
and there is quiet in investment opera
tions, commitments being mainly sus
pended until the election is ever.
Bank clearings, $250,023,574, are ft.
per cent under those of caiTOKponding
week In 1907. Failures reported In Chi
cago district number- .18, against 21 last
week, 28 a year 'ago and 21 in 1906.
Those with liabilities over $5,000 number
5, against 2 last week, 6 a year ago and
7 in 1900.
NEW YOBK.
Retail trada still reflects the induenee
of warm weather and the approaob nf
election breeds conservatism as regards
heavy baying and Uhe projection of new
enterprises. However, there is moro do
ing and more confident buying of raw
material by manufacturers, who anparcnt
ly forecast a change for the better iu the
latter part of this year or tbe early part
of next.
The large movement ef wheat to mar
ket is responaihle for . the optimistic
tenor of report from distributive ceu
ters in the Northwest. Effects of the
urougfii are snown in almost xoiai suspen
sion of steamboat traffic on the Ohie
river and its tributaries, the holding yip
of large quantities of ccal a'ocg that
Stream, die prevalence of destructive for
est fires and the low stage of water sup
plies. Reports as to collections vary, be
ing best lu the Northwest and poorest in
the South.
Tbe situation in textile Tiara is inter
esting and not without encouragement.
While jobbing trade is confined largely te
small immediate shipment er iiliing-IYi
orders, there Is fair activity in the Chi
cago district and farther west, where the
breaking of tbe drought has helped senti
ment.
More interest has been developed in the
iron and steel market, -and considerable'
new business has been done iu the East
in basic pig.
Business failures in the Uaited states
for the week ending Oct 22 number 281,
ngainst 244 last week, 220 m the like
week "of 1007, 1S4 iu 1000, 178 In 1005"
and ISO iu 1004. Business failures ia
Canada - for the week ending with Oct.
90 nninhpr St. whioh eomnnres with 29
last week and 3!) iu this week last year.
-Bradstreet's Commercial Reiiort.
Chicago Ckttfc, common to prime,
$4.00 to $7.00; bogs, prime heavy, $1.0(1
to u.uu; sneep, iair to cuoiee, $j.uo
to $4.40; wheat. No. 2, 08c to $1.00:
corn, No. 2, 70c to 71c: oats, standard,.
4 to 47c; rye, No. 2, 74c to 75c; aay.
timothy. $S.0O to $13.00; prairie, fX.4M
to $11.00; butter, choice ereamf , 2.Te
to 2tic; eggs, frei, 23c te 25c: potatoes
per bushel, 52c to C2c.
St. Louis Cattle, $4.00 to $f.2.1; hogv
$4.00 to $0.00; riicep, $3.01 to $4.25;
wheat, No. 2, $1.01 to $1.03; corn, No. 2r
64c to 65c ; oats. No. 2, 4" to 4(5c ; rye,.
No. 2, 72c to 7,'lc.
uincmnau vairie, .iiu to i.hi;
hogs, $4.00 to $."U10; sheep, $3.00 to
$3.75; wheat. No. '., $1.01 to $1.03; corn.
No. 2 mixed, Ti'-o to 7ttc; eats, No. 2
mixed, 48c to f.u-; rye, Ne. 2. Mc to 82o.
Detroit Cu tie, $1.00 to $4.50; Iiors,
$4.00 to $..(); sheep, $2.50 to $3.50;
wliaat, No. V.. $1.00 to $1.02; corn, No. a
yellow, 77c to 70c; oats. No. 3 while,.
A(t. to .Kl- rv Nn 2. 7lt In 77n
Milwa-.kee Wheat, No. 2 northern
$1.03 tr $1.05; corn, No. 3, UDc to 70c;.
oats, standard, 50c to 51c; rye, No. 1
73c ' 74c; liarley, No. 1, O.'Ic to 61c;
por, mess, $13.50.
Buffalo; Cattle, choice shipping steers,
f.4.00 to $3.50; hogR, fair te choice, $l.0(V
to $li.25 ; sheep, common to goodi mixed,
$1.00 to $4.75; lambs, fair to choice,
$5.00 to $0.50.
New York Cattle., $4.00 to $5.50;
hogs, $3.50 to $5.85 : rfieep. $.1.00 to
$3.75; wheat. No. 2 red, $U7 to $1.08;
corn. No. 2, 70c to 77c; oats, natural
white, 50c to R2c; buttor, creamery, 25c
to 27c; eggs, western, 21c te 25c.
Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed. $1.00 o
$1.02; coin. No 2 mixc 70e to 71c;
oats. No 2 mixed, 4!)c to 50c; lye, N.
2, 77c to 78c; clover seed, October, 4.05.
Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00
to $0.75; hogs, good to choice heavy,
$3.50 to $0.05; sheep, common to prime,
$2.50 to $3.75; wheat. No. 2. t.O0 to
$1.01 ; oa,-iit No. 2 white, 7 Jo to 77c; otta.
No. 2 white, 48c to 40c.
Foar new stenni-liipa are to be built
for the White Htar line service. Two wiH
be the largest ever Unnnhrd. being be
tween 000 and 1,000 feet ia length.
In a fight ever ao estate left by their
fattier, Josevh and Thmans Mattingly,
aged SS and A5. rMectivh, were kills
ai Craaeaviile, W. Va. .
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