8
ONE AND ONE-HALF MILLIONS
Is a Very Largo Sum of Monoy to Pour Into
tho Vaulta of tho Great Wealthy East
FOR LIFE INSURANCE PREMIUMS
Carpenter's Letter
(Continue from Seventh I'nge.)
tnclu annually, and told tno that It wits
doing well. Just beforo tho Chlnese-Japa-
ncso war It was making, so Mr. Danforth
said, aa much as 30 per cent a year. It Is
not doing this now, and, Indeed, somo of tho
other factories have been running at a
I loss.
4...... 1 Tll warehouses or go-downs of this fac
ie. TI.U Knurmom. Mum i.uvn Aw , U)ry nnj of q
from .Ncl.rni.hii Aiiiimilly Mln .,. ., ,,, i,i. , ,.,
Whampoa river, so that tho goods can bo
'shipped from thorn to most parts of China
by water. In somo of the rooms I found
thousands of bales of plcco goods and cot
"I wish thu peoplo of Nebraska could get ton yarn u BcemC(1 t0 mo lfml thero werc
tlinn to study tho life Insurance statistics acrcB of tnom ftnd i wns to)(, tlmt Uu,y
of this statu," said II, It, lloblson, tho represented hundreds of thousands of dol-
enorgotlu president or tno liaiiKers itcsorx) nrB n nctun vnuo A gnnB of workmen
K7..I..,,..!'..'.. ..l.ul . . . . ....
tit Alli'N foin-lintilCH.
Mfe association of Omaha, Nebraska's most
successful, vigorous and promising young
life Insurance company.
"I am determined that thu Hankers Itc
servo shall be a living example of tho
value of maintaining our largu financial
Institutions nt homo. It has therefore been
dedicated to that great economic principle
Hint sclf-liclti is Hid safest help.
"A million anil a half In gold goes east I
every year to swell tho bursting vaults ofl
the large eastern llf Insunwicn companies I
TIiIh represents a very large prcentage ofl
I lut entire annual savings of our people, I
It Is drawn directly and permanently from
our eliannels of trade. It Is unnatural,
wasteful and destructive of our own corn
merrlal prosperity.
"If the people of Nebraska will pay one
half of this great Mini to Nebraska life In
surance companies we can maintain In thl.i
slate several strong companies and we can
protect Nebraska from panics nnd perpetu
ate the flriiincliil prosperity of the state.
"Olio million and more goes lo these
alien companies nnnually never to return
to our banks and our business activities
It is a dead loss to Nebraska, except as the
contributors to tho fund borrow It back on
mortgages or municipal bonds. In ten
years, Interest added, this statu pours Into
tho money drawers of alien llnancial cor
poratlons n sum equal to tho entire re
sources of the national banks of Nebraska.
"Stop It. Muy Just as liberal, safe and
prolltablo policies for just tho samo money
from the Hankers Itescrvo Life association;
keep your money nt homo and help by this
means to arrest tho most destructive elo
meut of our system of financing. This
Htate cannot safely charge off a net Iobb of
$1,000,000 a year without suffering seri
ously This Is so patent a proposition that
argument Is unnecessary. Action Is de
manded." Write to II. It. Itoblson, Omaha, for terms
and begin at once to correct an evil which
the merest tjni in social economy must see
clearly.
was busy packing up tho goods nnd labob
Ing them for shipment, nnd other gangs
THE ILLUSTRATED JiEE.
of Too Chow about 1.000.000 pieces are
manufactured In this way.
Amerlcnn CiiIIiiiin In Clilnn.
I havo had a chat with Consul General
(loodnow about the Increase In tho con
sumption of American cotton. Ho tells me
It wns very great up to the breaking out j
of tho war and ho predicts that the bulk
of tho forolgn trade will eventually come
to us. As It Is now thu Americans have
never tried to push their trade In the Yang I
tso valley and south China, where, at a
rough venture, I should say at least three- I
fourths of the people live. Our cotton
goods nre shipped to Shanghai nnd sent to'
tho north, being consumed In great quan
tities In Chlhll. Shan Tung nnd other north
ern states. Including Mnnchurla nnd Mon
golia. This region demands n heavy cotton
to protect the peoplo from tho cold. In
most parts of China llltlo fuel Is used
except for cooking. As winter comes on
tho Chinese ndds coat after coat until
he nt Inst nssumcs almost the shape of n
October 'J8, 11)00.
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USE
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Purposes
I'tiilorsuil
In the (iovcrmnciit.
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At all First Class liars nnd Hotels,
Purity, Age, Strength
Is tho motto of tho
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This beer received tho highest award
for Draught and Mottled lloer ut the
TruiismlsslHslppl ICxposltlnn.
Hurriedly made beer Is unhcnlthful
Our beer Is thoroughly fermented
which requires a process for months
Wo use ikiiki but our own nrtuslau
well water In our brows, A trial order
will satisfy you that our beer Is pure
and healthful. Telephone 171.
Omaha Bnwing Ass'n.
WKAVING COTTON AT HOME.
were carrying them In nnd out of tho go- ball, relylns on wadded cottons to keep out
downs. In other places they were unload- the cold.
Ing cotton from tho boats, and as I came Sald Consu, Genera, 0oodnow. ..0ur
tho mill I saw men wheeling great bales fnclors want t0 rt tho dg h
hrough tho streets on wheelbarrows. The consllmo tll0 moBt cotton aml lt
bales wore strapped on each side of the bo for this reason that we have catered to
.,D,UK nu ...su ub iu ..uol u.ue lno northern trade. At any rate wo havo
almost monopolized lt. Nlnoty-ono per
cent of all our cotton that came to Shang
tho man who was pushing It.
The Cot (on l'lclilx or Clilnn.
I was surprised to find thnt most of tho
cotton iiblmI hero Is grown In China. It Is
hoi last year was shipped to Tien Tsln,
Clio Foo nnd Now Chwnng, 3 per cent went
.... 4 t... . It . . . . . .
ei.ltlvnln.l In nr.lrl.ou nt ,lHT,.rn.,l nlnnna 1 "u rilU MlllCy lO OO 801(1 111 WO
along tho Ynngtso and in tho south. I am l!.0" ".COll',r 'irovl"c' s cent
told It can be raised all along tho Ynngtso ,", . i K 1 cenl ru"
Klnng and even ns far north ns Tien Tsln.
Tho chief cotton fields of tho present nro
malned hero In Klangsu.
'Tho provinces lower down on tho Yang-
The $eal of
$atisfaction
"IXIIEN we deliver an order of
" printing we render full value
for our charges, and nlso "satis
faction." The "satisfaction" Is
thrown In, as It were, Jusl to ra
tify you and retain your patronage.
We nave only one way of doing
business, and that Is why every
customer gets "satisfaction." a
A. I. Root, Printer
414-416 South 12th, Omaha
jaw
CDrC by rrturn mall, full itr.rrlnilve
rntt . 'dicnUr. i, .Moody's tin.
proven 'inner ny ; em oi
rem. mid tliiriiieiit l iililiiu.
hisuito liAic, i no louiidjuon
I'tiiitipal ol tcicntlfic K.inrn( cul
line uie Ought clr.nl ami pio
Krcxlvcly lli.it onyUflvof ciilinaiy
ly Irani to cut unit nuke any i;ar
inrnt III any tl)lr, tunny mr
.mo lor I.iiiIIcn. L'hllilren.
)lrn nnd Hoys. , C.armrnu
Kiiar jnlecil to IH I'rrfcctly Willi
our trying on. A kmmlrUn ol the
.iloouy ylrln nwnnn liinuno in any
l.iily. riiou.iml ot ef t( dtrmakrr
our thrlr mcrr to Iho MiHjy h)tcin,
AkciiU Wttiucd. MOODV lV L'(l
P.O.Hox aiOO, Otaclaaatl.O
Bouth of Shanghai, spotting tho country ,8U nml soutn of Shanghai require n lighter
for about 100 miles back of tho seacoast. WC,K'. better bleached and n finer mndo
Tho plantations range from n fourth of nn c)tto- This Is so on account of tho wnrmor
aero to llvo acres In size. climate. You can't sell linen dusters for
Tho seed Is sown broadcast and tho wlntor ,woar J", North Da,otn or b,lfrnI"
plants co.uo up far more thickly than they !n(,rcnn 3il ln Florida. Our people
do with us. They nro thinned out nnd enro- in cvl'lontly supposed all parts of China
fully weeded, being hoed with a long 11:1,1 ", fn'no ;nnto nnd lt wns only last
slender hoe. Tho cotton is planted too c" tt they began to cater to this mlddlo
thickly. It Is almost as thick as small grain. "'V. .'' ' Ch,na 'r.ml-
bo thick that tho stalks rarely grow to a l ut wh" KP,S tho trn,lo Mr- 0olJnow?"
holght of more thnn threo feet. Tho bolls aslL'-
nro bo smnll that lt takes forty to fifty of ",t K"cs t0 H'o Kngllsh," was tho reply,
them to mnko n pound of seed cotton, and "They buy our raw cotton nnd mako nil the
they do not nverngo more than six to a I'rollt of manufacture, enrrlogo nnd han
stalk. It Is believed with bettor cultlva- ('llnK-Our factors should exploit this region
tlon nnd moro careful planting that China 11 ls tho ,lnat populous part of China and
might produce a hotter cotton nnd n greater t,l( richest. It Is the chief manufacturing,
(liinntlly. district nnd its trnde is of enormous value.
Picking cotton Is largely done by women T!' ""'"i" llnB ,ts richest lnnds In tho vnlloy
and girls, who go from placo to placo work- "r tll0''"W river, which Is always being
Ing for their neighbors. In somo parts of 00e. "no. as n result, tho peoplo Im
Chlna the poor peoplo clnim tho right to l'verls hed. broni middle nnd south China
pick nny cotton that is ripe after tho first '"",, V'C tcni Bllk nml rlco nn(1 tno mnst
frost. At this time most of the crop has f ,,ln f fnp,orl,,a which furnish China's othor
been gathered, but thero nro somo bolls pxPnr,s-
whli-h luive not vet ononed. There Id a Innilt to Cood l.tiek.
regular day fixed by tho village or district should wo IncreaBO our trado with
on which this picking mny begin, and nfter ('l''Ilr?"
that the poor turn out nnd go for nil tho "Thero Is ono thing tho cotton factors
cotton ln sight. Somo of tho women wnlk need to do right away. Thoy should study
miles to reach n region whero tho picking Is the mnrket. Thoy mako n mlstnko In think
good, sleeping at night in tho Holds or In Ing nnythlng will do for tho Chinese. In
tho outhouses until thoy enn gather what fact, thero are few markots which nro so
Is left. particular In llttlo things ns this. Tho
Tho bulk of tho cottons now used In Clilnn Chinese nro naturally conservative. They
are manufactured at homo. Wo nro ship- nro ni11 r fancies nnd superstitions nnd
nine morn everv venr and Knuland. India 'ml 8t undcrstnnd thoso to deal with
nnd (iorninny nro drumming the trnde. All them. You ennnot force them, nor can you
tho Imports, howovor, do not begin to touch nuonu tneir senso or propriety without
the enormous market. Tho Chinese are less."
clad In cottons, Only tho rich can afford to Take n little incident that happened last
wear silk, and of tho 400,000,000 nt least year. One of our American mills shipped
360,000,000 can nfford nothing else. I have to Shnnglml a big consignment of hand
seen It estimated that tho Chinaman on the kerchiefs for the uso of tho natives with
average uses at least twenty yards of cot- tho Chtneso character for good luck
ton a year. Now, thero are 400,000,000 stnmped on ono corner. To his surprise tlio
Chinese, nnd according to this tho omplro shipment wns a totnl loss. Tho Chinese
demands at least 8,000,000,000 yards ot this would not buy them nt nny price, for every
material annually. liignt uiinon yards is rinnninnn thinks too much of good luck to
24,000,000,000 foot. It Is enough nt 0,000 lilow his noso upon It.
feet to tho mllo to mako n strip 4.000,000 Tho south can mnko Itself the great cloth
miles long, cuough to reach 1C0 times K factory for tho Chliiene nf the f..i..m
around tho world, nnd ns each strip would Tho cotton raised here Is of such a staplo
uo lurco icei wiuo it umu uuipei u roiui- that it can never mnko tho Hnest goods,
way threo times ns wldo ns Pennsylvania nnd tho new factories, therefore, need not
avenuo around tho globo. t,0 considered as competitors of our mills,
Of this amount flfteen-slxtoenths Is woven Our cotton factories should send their
In llttlo houses by Chlncso women. Much agents hero to study tho markots. They
of It Is made by tho peoplo who ralso tho should lenrn Just what goods are wanted
cotton, tho ginning, spinning nnd weaving and how they can bo best packed and Bold,
bolng dono with hnnd mnchlnes, Tho cloth Tho Chinese market Is tho greatest of Its
Is very coarso, but closely woven. Much kind In tho world, and now Is tho tlmo to
of lt Is mado only thirteen luches wldo, ln develop It nlong tho lines ot tho United
plocoB about sovon yards long. In th olty States. FRANK Q. CARPENTER.
VARICOCELE and
NERVOUS DISEASES
wnnt to wrlto op talk to ovory innti who littrf
Varicocele or nny of tho Norvous Diseases which
nro tho re (lex olToots
of polvle nllmunts.
If you will tleserlho
your eitho care (ally I
will tflvo you a pro
fessional opinion and
my hook oxplulnlng
tho tuitu 'o of your disease.
I cure Varicocele in llvo days at my "Homo."
Delmer I). Richardson, 11. D., ,2n6i;7HlcMA,5o,.Av'
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