WHAT STATES THE WINNING PARTY MUST CARRY.
( From the Cincinnati Post. )
Before the campaign is fairly begun ,
it is possible to say just how many votes
in the electoral college each party is
sure of. Some States are safely Kepub-
lican , others safely Democratic. They
never change. In others the independent
voter thrives.
A study of the map shows that the
Republicans have strong holds on the
"New England States. Their strength ,
however , begins in the Ohio valley , and
-spreads westward. All the "white"
States are Republican.
The Democratic tide begins in the
South and sweeps northward and east-
-ward. Its States are black.
Scattered all over are the great de
batable States , in which the independent
voter thrives and which are the battle
grounds of both big parties. This is the
subdivision :
REPUBLICAN. DEMOCRATIC.
California 10 Alabama H
Delaware 3 Arkansas $
Idaho 3 Florida r
Town 13 Georgia 13
Kansas 10 Kentucky 13
Maine 0 Louisiana $
Massachusetts . . 10 Mississippi . - 1 °
Michigan 14 Missouri IS
Minnesota 11 N. Carolina . . . . 12
Nebraska S S. Carolina >
N. Hampshire . . 4 Tennessee 1-
Ohio 23 Tesas 13
Oregon 4 Virginia W
Pennsylvania . . . 34 Maryland 8 '
Rhode Island . . . 4 Nevada >
"South Dakota . . . 4
Vermont 4 Total 102
"Washington . . . . "
"Wyoming 3
TS'orth Dakota . . 4
Total . 1S3
ELECTION DAY IS NOV. S.
Total number of electoral votes . 476
Necessary to elect . ' . . -j
Republicans sure of . ! - >
Republicans must secure .
Democrats sure of . lj ;
Democrats must secure .
STATES SAID TO BE DOUBTFUL.
Colorado , with . 5
Connecticut , with . '
Illinois , with . -L
Indiana , with . J
Montana , with
Now York , with . * >
New Jersey , with
"West Virginia , with '
Utah , with . * .
!
" . * *
"Wisconsin , with -
Total . m
Thus it stands that if Roosevelt can
.carry Illinois , Indiana and one other de-
datable State he will be pretty apt to be
.elected , or if he carries Illinois and Wis-
oiusin he will likely win in enough of
die smaller debatable States to elect him.
On the other side , Parker must carry
.New York , "Wisconsin , West Virginia and
Indiana or their equivalent. lie must
carry both the East and the West. If
iie should carry .New York , New Jersey ,
Connecticut and West Virginia in the
East , he would lack 12 votes unless he
carried some of the Western States. If
he should lose nil these and carry Illi
nois , Indiana and Wisconsin he would
lack 22 votes.
The issues of both parties were made
, to suit the debatable States , and while
the Republicans have slightly the best of
It. the fight is an open one.
Iu assigning the different States to the
different columns , the experience of pre-
Tious presidential years has been the
guide. Only where a State has been
overwhelmingly and persistently Demo
cratic or Republican has it been assigned
arbitrarily to either column.
FLOCKING TO HARVEST FIELDS.
Eastern Collegians to Help Reap "West
ern Wheat.
Hundreds of Harvard students and
.others from Tech , Tufts and other Bos
ton institutions of learning are joining
the thousands of students from all over
the East in a rush for the West , where
they may earn good wages at helping
reap what promises to be the greatest
iarvest grown on the American soil. Last
year many Harvard students tried it and
-were so pleased with their success that
they will go again this ye&r and take
many others with them.
As usual , Kansas sent out its call for
in harvesting its
20,000 men to assist
-vast grain crop , a call which to every
American means plentiful prosperity for
another year. Should Kansas fail to
make the call , look out for a panic. Al
though the wheat acreage of Kansas was
te per cent greater than usual this
jear , floods reduced the output so that its
total crop is estimated at 05,000,000
imshels on 0,2-42,987 acres.
Kansas has a State labor bureau
whicii issues calls for laborers as needed.
This bureau gathers data from every
quarter of the State as to the numlyr of
men needed per locality and the time
when they will be wanted. It is no small
} * to gather 20,000 men of the right
nd at th right moment. Much de
pends on wSuther the wheat ripens slow
ly or with a rush. When all is ripe
practically * all the men in the State , and
not a few women , go to work. , Men
leave oflices , shops and pulpits for the
grain fields , as the wheat must all be
gathered within ten or twenty days of
the ripening or be lost.
Corn Crop to Beat All Hecords.
While the wheat crop will fall below
the earlier estimates , owing to the prtya-
lence of black rust in the Northwest , the
.jield Of corn promises to break all rec
ords , The anticipated yield is about
2,5154,847,000 bushels , which is 40,000-
.000 bushels more than the enormous yield
of 1902.
SSSSS *
HEPUBUCAN
KEY DOUBTFUL
KO-K I.ECTORIAIT
MIMIC WAR AT BULL RUN.
Nearly $1,000OOO to Be Spent in
Teaching 25.OOO Soldiers.
Prince William county of Virginia , the
scene of many bloody battles in the Civil
War , has been selected as the site where
nearly a million dollars will be spent
this fall In teaching 25,000 soldiers some
thing about the art of war. The maneu
vers that have been planned for the week
from Sept. 5 to Sept. 12 , inclusive , will
be the most extensive in the history of
this country. Nearly twice the number
of men and horses that participated in
the West Point and Fort Riley maneu
vers will be present , and the sham bat
tles have been planned on a scale that
will cause them to resemble the evolu
tions of an army belonging to one of the
military nations of old Europe.
Sixty-five thousand acres of farming
land , extending over an area ten miles
long and five miles wide in the northern
part of Prince William county , Va. , ev
ery foot of which was fought over time
and gain during the Civil War , has been
leased from the owners for maneuver
purposes. The Southern Railroad marks
a straight line through the center of the
strip , which begins at Mauassas and ex
tends in a northwesterly direction to the
little town of Thoroughfare. Several
miles of the Warrcnton turnpike are in
cluded in the strip.
The 17,000 militiamen , together with
their baggage and equipment , will pour
in from a dozen States at once on Sept. 2
and the day following. They will be met
at the station by specially detailed offi
cers who will assign them to their posi
tions on the field. Four hundred wagons
of the quartermasters' department will
be on hand to carry away the tents and
baggage as fast as they can be taken out
of the cars. Within six hours after ar
riving nt their destination , be it Thor
oughfare or Manassas , the militiamen
will be under canvas ready for the work
of the week.
Sunday , Sept. 4 , will be a day of rest ,
but over night will come a transforma
tion. The two peaceful tented cities , ly
ing some ten miles apart , will change into
hostile camps , hourly expecting the at
tack of an enemy. Picket lines will be
established , fires will be covered , the
men will speak in whispers and all will
be on the qui vive , awaiting the appear
ance of the foe. The following day will
occur the mimic war.
Prof. George V. Rodgers of Cleveland ,
Ohio , has been unanimously elected pres
ident of Baldwin College , Berea , Ohio.
He is a graduate of Drew Theological
Seminary of Madison , .N. J.
The Rev. William Lawton Brown , the
oldest living graduate of Brown Univer
sity , has turned his ninetieth year. He
is a resident of Wrentham , Mass. , where
he lives with a daughter in a cozy home.
Mrs. Mary W. Newberry , widow of the
late Rev. T. P. "Newberry of Philadel
phia , has been elected preceptress of
Ohio Wesleyan University. The Rev.
and Mrs. Dewberry were both graduates
of that institution.
As a result of several students at Mis
souri University , Columbia , having tried
with good results going on only two
meals a day 250 of the students have
now decided to leave out their midday
dinner for the next four months and note
the effect.
Mrs. oarah L. Hall of Jamestown , N.
Y. , has been a teacher in the public
schools for 50 years and is still active isi
the work. She celebrated the semi-cen
tennial of her work by giving a reception
at her school room , which was largely
attended by citizens generally.
The schoolma'ams of Cincinnati are
agitating for as good pay as the men
who teach in the schools get. "I know
had-carriers in this city who are getting
more pay than some of us , " says one
justly indignant young woman. "We
know just as mucK as the men do , ' ' says
another , "and here they expect us to
work for several hundred dollars less a
year , the mean old things ! "
The surprising contrast Is drawn be
tween the secondary consideration given
to sports in American schools and their
superior importance in the English sys
tem , even teachers being there chosen
for athletic ' attainments rather than
academic. Many have doubtless been
ignorant of this fact when deploring the.
tendency here to twine with the laurel
the captain of the 'varsity eight and
ignore the valedictorian. The pervading
creed in America that education has a
money value is strongly exhibited in the
reports.
Patronize those who advertiset
MAY BURN ITS COTTON BELT.
Texas May Start Bonfires Over Millions
of Acres to Wipe Out Boll Weevil.
If the present plans of the Boll Weevil
Commission are carried out , the cotton
area of Texas affected by the boll weevil ,
amounting to 5,000,000 acres , will be
turned into a vast bonfire , in hope of
thus effectually destroying the pest ,
which has cost many hundreds of mill
ions of dollars to Texas. The Boll Wee
vil Commission , the president of which
? is Jefferson Johnson , formerly commis
sioner of agriculture , will recommend
Hi is radical action to the Legislature.
Those who have given most earnest study
to the boll weevil trouble favor the
method as the only safe cure , and see no
hope iu the other remedies proposed
not even the Guatemalan ant.
The ravages which the boll weevil is
now committing in the cotton belt are
alarming. Up to two weeks ago Texas
had the most flattering cotton crop pros-
TICKING COTTOX.
pect in her history , and it would have
been safe until that time to estimate a
crop of 4,000,000 bales or more. In fact ,
the government crop report , showing a
condition of 91 , per cent for Texas , wvould
indicate a crop of that size for the State.
The largest cotton crop Texas ever rais
ed was that of 1898-1899 , when 3,555-
000 bales were marketed.
A percentage of 91 in condition would ' .
show the plant to be nearly perfect as
to growth , vigor and fruitage. That the
government report was correct is accepted - i
ed by all persons well acquaiuted with
cotton. But one thing the government
report did not take into consideration
was the ravage being wrought by the
boll weevil. For nearly two weeks the
State of Texas has been visited by heavy
rains. The daily precipitation and the
heat have tended to multiply the weevil
to a surprising extent. At the present
rate of progress the weevil is making the >
crop may be cut by from 500,000 to
1,000,000 bales. Great damage has been
done already and still greater damage
is feared.
It is because the Boll Weevil Com
mission knows of no other method of
wiping out the plague than by fire that
the recommendation will be made to burn
over the cotton fields. As all sorts of oils
and poisons have failed to destroy the
weevil , the commissioners have come to
the conclusion that the only remedy is
fire. It is in October that the weevil
hibernates. Mr. Johnson's idea is to have
the Legislature decree that upon a cer
tain day in October all the farmers in tha
State shall cut down their cotton plants ,
pile the stalks in heaps and burn them.
In the general conflagration weevil , eggs ,
plant and bolls will be reduced to ashes.
As all but the top crop of cotton will
have been picked by October the loss in
lint will be reduced to comparatively
small proportions.
There are nearly 10,000,000 acres of
land in Texas planted to cotton. Ap
proximately one-half of this territory is
infested with the weevil. As it would
require at least one fire to fcach acre of
cotton land affected , that would mean
5,000,000 or more fires.
Georgia I < eads in Peaches.
Georgia has held the lead in the pro-
ductioa of peaches for the eastern mar
ket since 1902 , and it is likely to be for
years to come the leading peach State
in the Union. The supremacy has been
wrested from Maryland. Twelve years
ago the order of the chief peach pro
ducing States was : Maryland , 0,100.000
trees ; Delaware , 4,520.000 ; New Jersey ,
4.300,000 ; Georgia , 3,700.000. Since that
time the peculiar excellence of the soil
and climate of parts of Georgia for peach
growing has been established , with the
result that Georgia has largely increased
tU.e number of its peach-bearing trees ,
whjle in the other States there has been
a diminution in the number of trees.
REMARKABLE FEAfS OF THE WIND
AT ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS.
Banked broken glass up in the streets
like frozen snow.
Lifted several huge roofs far in air.
replacing one neatly.
Blew heavy skylight downward inside
of high office building.
Pulled big trees out by the roots as it
they were young onions.
Compressed rain water into solid mass ,
so it swept through upper stories of high
buildings like a heavy wave.
Clipped high church spire off and set
it up on the ground close by.
Ripped Business signs loose and car
ried them into neighboring rival stores.
Ground and beat glass store fronts to a
fine powder.
Drove light straws through heavy
planks and tin roofs by force and com
pression.
Prostrated all * electric wires and wound
them many times around trees and
houses.
Lighted two cities as bright as midday
by continuous intense shimmer of light
ning.
RAINS IMPROVE CORN.
Principal Producing States Experience
a Favorable Week.
The weekly crop report issued by the
weather bureau is as follows :
The drouth prevailing in portions of
the central valleys in the previous week
has been relieved by abundant rains , but
drouth continues in central and western
Tennessee and is beginning to be felt in
the middle gulf States and over a consid
erable part of Texas. The central and
northern Rocky mountain districts and
the north Pacific coast region are also
suffering from drouth , the prevalence of
forest fires being reported fwm Idaho
and Montana.
The latter part of the week was too
cool in the lake region and unseasonably
low temperatures occurred in the iiorth-
1 ern Rocky mountain districts and upper
Missouri valley on Aug. 21 and 22 but
elsewhere east of the Rocky mountains
the temperature has been favorable.
I
I The principal corn States have experi-
' suced a week of favorable conditions ,
abundant rains having fallen throughout
, the corn belt , except in portions of Ohio
and ebraska. Corn has made satisfactory -
, tory progress in the States of the Mis-
I souri valley and is generally improved in
I the central Mississippi and Ohio valleys ,
[ although a considerable part of the crop
. in the Ohio valley has been injured be
yond recoveryIn the middle Atlantic
States and lower Missouri valley early
corn is now practically matured.
The spring wheat harvest is generally
finished , except in North Dak6ta and
northern Minnesota , where rust is con
tinuing to cause great injury. Rains in
North Dakota in the latter part of the
week interrupted harvesting. Harvest
ing is also nearly finished-on the north
Pacific coast.
The general outlook for cotton is some
what improved as compared with the
conditions reported the previous week ,
although shedding continues in every
State and rust is prevalent in the cen
tral and eastern districts. The unfavor
able effects of shedding and'rust * , how
ever , are less pronounced than were re
ported last week. In Texas the weather
conditions were favorable , but the crop
continued to deteriorate as a result of
rust and shedding and damage by insects.
In this State injury by boll worms is
decreasing , but the boll weevils continue
very destructive in the southwestern , cen
tral , eastern and coast divisions , having
caused the entire absence of bloom in
many localities. Picking is quite general
in Texas , except in the north portion ,
and is in progress in the southern portions
tions of the central and eastern districts
of the cotton belt.
In the middle Atlantic States and New
England tobacco has made favorable pro
gress , cutting being well advanced. While
the crop has been shortened by drouth
in the Ohio valley , late rains have im
proved the outlook in that section. To
bacco is making good growth in Wis
consin , but is about two weeks late.
Reports indicate a general scarcity of
apples in the greater part of the middle
Atlantic States and central valleys , but
in New England , New York and the lake
region the outlook is more favorable , a
good crop bening promised in the two
last-mentioned sections.
The reports respecting potatoes indi
cate that a good crop is generally prom
ised in the more important potato-pro
ducing States. Drouth has impaired the
outlook in portions of the Ohio valley ,
however , and rot and blight are increas
ing in Pennsylvania. Throughout the
central valleys and middle Atlantic
States the soil is in fine condition for
fall plowing , which work is in general
progress and is well advanced in some
olaces.
Japan's board of strategy , on the con
trary , appears to be getting results.
That British mission which intends to
retire from Tibet is still intending to re
tire. "
The Hague tribunal is still shut down ,
but the Krupp gun works are going day
and night
International larr appear. ? to be about
as lucid as law made by the ordinary
State Legislature.
Just the power of habit may have
caused the latest outbreak against law
and order in Colorado.
Some Constantinople humorist has ca
bled it as a matter of news that the Turk
is evading his promises.
If Mrs. Maybrick misses her inherit
ance she may have to turn her attention
to elevating the stage.
The optimistic person who thinks he
can change the popular pronunciation of
"Niagara" to "Ne-a-gar-ra. " with the ac
cent on the "gar , " is probably die lone-
somest man on the earth.
Unless Russia differs greatly from oth
er nations some desk strategists in the
home war office are already pointing out
how much better they could have done
than either Stoessel or Kuropatkin.
Pennsylvania barbers , it is said , will
refuse to cut tlte hair of a man who
shaves himself. This brings up the ques
tion , will a wife who truly loves her hus
band learn to cut his hair for Jiim ?
Rear Admiral Manney , acting in be
half of the government , signed a con
tract last month for the equipment of
wireless telegraph stations to provide
communication between Key West and
Panama , Porto Rico and Key West ,
the southern coast of Cuba and Pan
ama , Pensacola and Key West , and
southern Cuba and Porto Rico. The
shortest distance is four hundred and
fifty miles from Pensacola to Key
'West , and it is a thousand miles from
Key West to Porto Rico and to Pan
ama. It will soon be possible to com
municate with Alaska by the wireless
system ; and , when the stations are es
tablished on the Aleutian Islands and
In Kamchatka , it will be easy to talk
with Japan. Great progress has been
made in the perfection of this new sys
tem within the past year or so. The
steamer Campania , on its voyage to
this country early in June , on one day
received messages from Poldhu in
Wales , Cape Breton in Canada and
Cape Cod in Massachusetts.
The government has failed to pre
vent the immigration of the undesir
ables from Europe with all the re
strictions in force to keep them out.
In consequence there are 20,000 insane
and criminal persons in our prisons
who are supported by our taxpayers.
The insane are three-fourths of the
whole. Of the 15,000 mentally afflict
ed'by far the largest portion are from
Ireland , although the proportion of
criminal Irish is very small. Of the
5,000 in prisons and reformatories a
large proportion comes from Italy. The
startling fact has been developed that
no less than 90 per cent of all the mur
derers now confined in jails and pris
ons in New York State are Italians.
Most of the Italians who reach this
country stop in New York City or the
immediate neighborhood. In Pennsyl
vania , where the proportion of Italians
received is not so large , it was found
that Italians constituted 50 per cent ol
the murderers awaiting trial or undei
sentences of death or imprisonment
These facts would make it appear that
Italy is now sending to this country
the dregs of her society.
Records of the public land office foi
the fiscal year ended June 30 , 1904 ,
show that 1G,25SS92 acres of public
lands were disposed of during the year
compared with 22,050,928 acres last
year. The total cash received for these
lands was ? S,795S93 , as compared with
$10,557,618 last year. The number of
entries was 172,857. These figures in
dicate , according to officials of the land
office , that the public land boom of last
year is subsiding somewhat Last year
was the record year for twenty years
and The present is next highest in the
number of acres disposed of by the
government Lands were taken up In
twenty-four States and four Territo
ries. North Dakota led in the number
of acres and Oregon in the amount of
cash received. In North Dakota 1,798-
551 acres were disposed of , the money
received for the same being 81,234,218.
In Oregon 1,170,655 acres were taken
up and 51,442,576 received for tie
same.
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B
Just now there is considerable agita
tion among professional guides in
Washington on account of the spread
of the 'seeing Washington" idea in
street cars and automobiles. These
gentry formerly had a good thing of
It with , tourists , whom they would take
in hand when they first reached town
and conduct them all around and
through the various government build
ings and to see the other sights. A
few years ago some of the deparr
ments shut down on the profession
guides. The treasury forbade' them to
steer parties through its buildings. The
National Museum and other places fol
lowed suit. When they take parties
to any of these buildings the guides
nave to wait at the entrance while the
visitors find their way around as best
they can or secure the services of a
government messenger. There are gov
ernment guides in the treasury , capitol -
tel , bureau'of engraving and printing
and other buildings.
The annual report of the Pension
Commissioner for the year ending June
30 , 1904 , shows that 47,374 persons
were added to the rolls and 49,157
dropped , a net decrease for the first
time in the history of the department
The appropriation for the year was
8146,419,296 and the expenditures only
5144,712,787 , leaving a balance of Sl-
706,508. Of the 47,374 persons added
to the pension rolls , 326 were by spe
cial act of Congress , and of the 49,157
pensioners who were dropped death
claimed 43,820 , of whom 31,728 were
soldiers , 30,071 being volunteers of the
civil war. The total number of pen
sioners on the rolls as covered by the
report is 720,315 soldiers , 273,841 wid
ows and dependents , and G06 army
nurses.
That sudden cabinet changes are
sometimes confusing to United States
officials in other parts of the world is
shown by a message received recently
at the Navy Department from Admiral
Stirling , in command of the Asiatic
squadron. It read : "Instructions re
ceived ; will be carried out. Who is
Morton ? " The admiral had not been
informed of the appointment of Paul
Morton , of Chicago , as Secretary of
the Navy ,
COST OF STRIKE GROWS.
Union Men and Packers Have Lost Vast
Sums.
The labor struggle involving Chi
cago's greatest industry that centerIng -
Ing in the meat packing plants at the
stock yards has cost both the union
men and the packers a vast sum. A
statistical comparison shows the effects
of the strike. The strikers have lost ,
each week , $315,000 in wages , making
a total of 31,890,000 thus sacrificed.
What the losses of the packers have
been Is problematical. That they have
been Immense is admitted , but no esti
mates have been furnished by those In
position to tell.
The effect on the Chicago live stock
market has been great During the
first weeks of the struggle the receipts
were so small that the city became one
of the smaller centers instead of the
chief market of the world. The big-
packers , who had bought the- most and
the best consignments , were practical
ly out of the market As the struggle
dragged along , however , they began to
gather working forces large enough to
run -their plants on a considerable
scale. A marked improvement was
noted early in August
The packers In the last two weeks
have gained in the number of men em
ployed , in the number of animals
slaughtered , and In the shipments to
outside cities. From the first the em
ployers found the least difficulty in se
curing men to run their hog slaughter
ing departments. Less skill was re
quired to kill and cut up hogs than
cattle and sheep , and the packers cen
tered their energies on efforts to bring
the department up to normal. Two
weaks ago they were fairly successful
and now they declare they have no
more to ask.
The most skilled butchers were re
quired in the cattle slaughtering de
partment. Another fact led the em
ployers to go slow with this part of.
their plants. Each of the big Chicago
houses has branches in western cities
These distant plants , not so seriously
affected by the strike , were able to
handle cattle enough to keep the com
panies running without the necessity
of putting excessive pressure ou the
Chicago establishments.
Fort Worth , Texas , was especially
relied on by two of the companies.
The plants in that city kill practically
no animals but cattle. They were and
are now run overtime and they make
up any deficiency arising from the
short output of the Chicago plants.
The volume of output , the packers
say , is not wholly dependent on the
number of men on the pay rolls. Last
year there were many workers in the
employ of the companies who put in
little more than half time each week.
Now all the employes work full time.
The owners of the plants say that
the actual number of hours' work a
week of the present force is not much ,
less than the number of hours of work
a week of the former larger crews.
Consumers of meat have felt the ef
fects of the strike in the advanced
prices charged. The dealers have rais
ed their figures in accordance with the
credulity of their patrons , the packers
declare. The marketmen , however , say
they have been forced to pay more for
their goods.
The big packing companies , their
managers maintain , have not material
ly raised prices since the beginning of
the strike. An advance was made
when the struggle was a few days old.
This , it is asserted , has not been con
tinued. The sympathetic strike of the
teamsters cut the big companies off
from the- Chicago trade and threw it
to the independent concerns. The pack
ers quote figures to prove that these
smaller companies have taken advan
tage of their increased trade and have
charged greatly augmented prices.
While there has been much com
plaint from the live stock producers ,
the statistics Indicate that they have
suffered little in the stock yards mar
ket Prices have remained fairly
steady , although there were some days
early in the struggle when large * re
ceipts caused disastrous slumps. The
loss of the farmer has been chiefly at
home. He has been obliged to hold
back and feed cattle , hogs and sheep
alr&ady fattened for the market.
3Iagnitude of the Corn Crop.
The magnitude of the corn fields of the
West and Southwest staggers the imag
ination. The total yield for the United
States in 1902 , the banner year thus far ,
was 2,244,176,125 bushels two bushels
each , roughly speaking , for each inhabit
ant of the globe. On a single farm at
Tarkio in the northern part of the State
of Missouri Hon. David Rankin's
great bonanza corn plantation , the largest
iu the world about 15,000 acres are an
nually sown in Indian corn. Here one
may look upon a single field of more
than 6,000 acres.
Corn may make a metropolis. The
marvelous expansion of Kansas City in
the past two decades is due largely to
Its position in the center of the com.
growing region. The hog , the steer and
the horse are fed by King Corn. Time
was when Cincinnati was the great packIng -
Ing center of the country , but the hog
passed westward to root in the bigger
corn fields , and Chicago became the great
packing town. Now Kansas City is a
close second , and Cincinnati has prac
tically gone out of the packing business.
Prunes Will Be Cheap.
f
Producers and handlers .of prunes are
facing a great overproduction this year
and a consequent fall in prices. The
California and Oregon crop is estimated
at 150,000,000 pounds and there is a
"carry-over" from last year of 50,000,000
pounds. The crop in Bosnia , Servia and
France is estimated at 400,000,000
pounds , so that the American producers
cannot expect any export demand to re
lieve the situation.
Of the 90,000 Catholics in Japan. 10-
000 live in Tokio. /
