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Agaiatt Threa jndicali.
OBJICT LESSON IN FARMING FINANCE
JllcUlnaon nnd inline Connttra Slmvr
Hovr to Find n Quick Market nt
Hotter Price thnn the Com
blnatlnna of Cnpltnl Offer.
SOLOMON, Kan., Sept. 1. (Special.) The
farmers In western Dickinson and the cast-
.1 part of Saline county, around Solomon,
havu solved the question of coping with
stalled sratn trust, and they have
further proved their solution. The grain
trust has been represented at Solomun by
thtee syndicates, one operating In each of
tbo three lines of railway entering Solomon.
These syndicates, with a large number of
owners of private elevators, form a state
association, which has been able for the
past two years to fix arbitrarily the price of
wheat at nearly every shipping point In
the Kansas wheat belt llecause of their
strong organization they have been able
to keep farmers from seccurlng cars from
the railroad In which to ship their own
grain, and also to sti.)? competition on the
part of buyers outside of the association.
For two years the syndicates which con
trol hundreds of elevators In central and
western Kansas have kept the price of
wheat at Solomon 14 cents below tbt Kan
sas City market, whereas If the farmer
shipped his own grain he would receive'
within 10 cents of the Kansas City price,
after paying freight and commissions.
Oy the manipulations of the syndicates
the farmer was prevented from shipping his
own grain and was compelled to keep it or
sell It to the syndicate and accept what
they gave him. The 4 cents per bushel
which the syndicates took from the farmer
represented a largo portion of his net
profit! and ndded enormously to the profits
of the syndicates, which were pooled,
(irncrnl t'prlnltiK of rnrmera.
Early last spring after legislation against
the grain trust had failed of passage, there
was a general uprising among the farmers
throughout the state against the trust. At
the beginning of the movement the farmers
around Solomon organized a co-operative
association to fight the trust, and while
many similar associations have since been
formed In the stute, nono has been so suc
cessful as the one at Solomon. It has
practically driven the trust out of buslncsi
nt Solomon, and has paid the farmers an
average of 6 cents per bushel more for
wheat than the syndicates would have paid,
I.c3lde accumulating In the first two
months It did business profits equal to halt
of the capital stock of the association,
which will he divided among the farmers
nt the close of the year.
The success of the association Is due to
three things: Placing men of experience In
charge of the business, making friends In
stead of enemies of the railroad companies,
nnd placing a provision In tho by-laws
which keeps the trust from driving It out or I
business.
This later feature Is a provision com
pelling each member who sells wheat out
side of the association to pay Into the as
sociation treasury 1 cent a bushel of what
he receives, Soon after the Solomon as
sociation leascdnn clevntor and began to
do business one of the syndicates at
tempted to drive It to the wall by forcing
up lh prko of wheat. From the time tbt
farmers' elevator opened It received 50 per
cent .of ,tbe wheat marketed In Solomon,
while the throe syndicate elevators received
less than in per cent.
lny Hljrher' thnn flyndleatea.
On July 16 the farmers' elevator was pay
ing 52 cents a bushel for wheat, 4 cents
higher than the syndicate. The day follow
ing one of the syndicate opened the fight
on the farmers' elevator by offering 55
cents a bushel, This was Immediately ro
ported to the manager of the farmers' ele
vator, but instead of trying to meot the
price, as fast as tho wheat came In he
welshed It, gave the owner tho correct
weight and then sent him on to the syndi
cate elevator to sell It at 55 cents. When
ho got his money the farmer returned to the
farmers elevator and paid In 1 cent per
bushel. thereDy netting him 54 cents. For
several days the syndlcato not only bought
wheat at a loss, but virtually paid ex
penses and a profit besides to the Institu
tion It was trying to run nut of business.
In le6 than three wcik8 It gave up the
fight, JocKed Its jlevator and withdrew Its
agent from Solomon.
Another syndicate realizing that a fight
by raising th price was futile, started a
blockade on the farmers' elevator by keep
ing It from cecurlng cars. It was this that
the farmers most feared. A car famine al
ways follows a big wheat crop and It Is
sometimes impossible to secure cars for
w eeks nt a time unless special pressure can
bo brought to bear on the railroad com
panies. There are today thousands of
bushels of wheat piled on the ground along
Kansas rallroadf. because of the lack of
cars.
It was therefore no surprise to the mana
ger of tht farmers' elevator when an order
for car was not filled by the railroad on
which the elevator was located. Instead
of onter'.ng a complaint, however, nnd en
gaging In a quarrel with the railroad com
pany as most shipping associations have
done under like circumstances, the Solomon
manager trderrd cars on another road. The
other company, eager to secure business
from a rival line, promptly filled the order,
t.nd the manager set teams to work to haul
the grain to the cars.
Otmtni'le Set lr Opposition.
A few mornings later the farmers' man
ager found a string of loaded coal cars In
front of his elevator, so that the approach
to the chutes was cut off. Still no com
plaint was entered, but a carpenter was
summoned and In two hours a new chute
1o the other side of the elevator was built
and the work of hauling away the grain
went on. During the day a traveling freight
agint came around and inspected the ele
vator. No allusion was made to the nhort
ago of cars, nor to the coal cars, but he
was allowed to see the great amount of
grain that was going to a rival road. Ho
left soon after and the first freight train
that came along took away the coal cars
and left an abundance of empty cars In
their place. The farmers have had no
trouble in securing all the cars wanted
since.
Thu Solomon farmers placed their brt
busitiest men In charge of their atsocbtlon.
The preildmt. S. II. McCullnugh, Is cne of
thi most rurcenful farmers In cntral Ken
res and raU.il 20.000 bushels of wheat thlo
year. The vice president, A P. Col'.las
who owns a large farm just south of Solo
mon, has upent several years In the legn
laturr, was a World's Fair comtnlsloner at
th time cf the Columbia expofltlcn Mnd has
had much experience In dealing with trans
portation matters, Much of the succ"s
of the association Is tlue to his advice and
planning. The secretary. W T. Harris, It.
addition to raising f00 hcrci rf fine whra'
this yesr. It president of the loial tank
and handles the financial end cf the nttocln.
tlon.
Kinplo)' r,M-rlriu'eil Mnnnuer.
The directors employed as manager J. H.
Johnk, a man of experience In buh g-aln
buying and milling. It has been their
pulley to sell wheat direct to the mlllf. in.
it'ad of shipping It to the grain c n era
Wheat of high gradj that is soM o thn
syndicate and trudt dcalcn is inucd In b)
'elevators with Inferior praln uai:i It Is t
du - cd to
a common grade for export pur-
poses. Millers are anxious to secure huh
grade wheat that has no poor gram in .t
Jnr 7m,B,V w. ."E? T.
for guaranteed grain, A few yents aco 'hi,
larger mills maintained unn'l elvatois at
convenient points In orde ti secure tte
best wheat for t lelr high- grades ft
flour, but the hnJ'raUs have corape'led
many of these eleviiors to cits.
The Solomon asso Itt'o.i has handled rvr,
100,000 bushels of wheat durlnr; the f.r?t
two months It has been operated ana -u
of It has gone td he ir. lis Instead of being
shlnoed to Kansas City, and on most of t
,1
the association baa received a premium, ny (
doing this the assoc'a-lon ha been able to
pay Its members within ' o' ! ctntJ ef the '
Kansas City price and sMIl make a gooi I
ftrAfit .Hif.ffnB If 1 h.id thlnni.! the vhnt t
to Kansas City It wo-ild have bad to pay '
0 cents freight and 1 cent per. bush' 1 com- .
mission for selling it oj tho tloard of Trade
Shortly before the new wheat began to IP
come Into market a farmer who was a mem
her of the association wished to sell 2,000
bushels of old wheat In order to make bin
room for a portion of his new crop. He
brought a sample to the manager of the
tarmers' elevator for Inspection and asked
how much he could pay for It. The man
ager notified several mills of the amount
and quality and asked for bids. The fol
lowing day he told the farmer he could pay
s2 cents a bushel tcr the wheat.
1'ays 3tore thnn Promised.
At the same time the normal price of
wheat at Solomon was only 48 cents, based j
on ins Kansas uity mantel, ana me iarmcr
was skcntical about the manager's ability 1
to make good his offer, but the manager ,
guaranteed It and tho farmer brought In ,
his wheat. WBen trie last loaa was in me
manager told hlra he would raise the price!
a cent, as the wheat bad been already re
sold to a mill for 65 cents and the associa
tion did not wish to make a profit of more
than 2 cents a bushel from Its members.
At the time the association was started It
was not the purpose of Its promoters to do
more than a local business, but at the solic
itation of other localities It has branched
out. At the time the syndicate raised the
price to 55 cents In Solomon the same syndi
cate was paying only 43 cents at Talmadge,
twelve miles distant. The farmers around
Talmadge sent a delegation to the Solomon
association asking that they be admitted ns
members and that a branch farmers' eleva
tor be established at Talmadge. This re
quest was refused by the Solomon direc
tors, but they offered to help organize an
Independent association at Talmadge and
to sell. Its wheat to mills. The offer was ac
cepted' and It has worked so satisfactorily
that rlmllar arrangements have been made
with other organizations and now the Solo
man association Is handling grain for farm
ers In Dickinson, Saline, Ottawa, McPhcr
son and Darton counties.
One peculiar feature of the association Is
Its method of declaring dividends. So great
are the profits of handling wheat compared
with the capital Invested, even when the
margin Is very limited, that It U probable
that tho Solomon association will have a
surplus In Its treasury at the end of this
year ns large as Its capital stock. It Is
capitalized for J2.500 and the shares are
ji.f,o.
Jin Corner In Stoek.
No member can own more than sixteen
shares and most of them own only one each.
The by-laws provide that a dividend of S
per cent shall be ideclared upon the stock,
but the balance of the profits shall be
divided among the members in proportion to
the grain eech one has sold. For Instance,
the farmer who has sold 10,000 bushels gets
ten tiroes as much as the one who has only
sold 1,000 bushels, because It Is reasoned he
has contributed ten times as much to the
success of the organization, although each
may own only one share of the stock.
It Is the enormous profits In the grain
business which impel the so-called trust to
hang on to Its monopoly as long as possible
The syndicates and members of the combine
frequently make a net profit of from i to 10
cents per bushel at points where theyihava
no competition, and this profit all comes
out of the farmer. The little town of Claflln
In Harton county, a place of less than 200
people, last year shipped more than 200,000
bushels of wheat. The profit on this, even
at 2 cents a bushel, would have exceeded
the capital necessary to handle it. A cer
tain grain dealer In western Kansas, who
had an Investment of less than J3.OO0
cleared over $1,500 on twenty cars of wheat
In less than three weeks,
In addition to the profit that Is figured
on In buying the grain an additional profit
Is made by mixing and grading It. For In
stance, a northern Kansas dealer one year
made a specialty of buying corn In ths ear.
At the end of the year his books showed
that ho had sold as many bushels as he had
bought, on all of which be made a good
profit, and he had left over 1,500 bushels
which he bad accumulated In shelling the
corn.
For Whooplnsr Canga,
"noth my children were taken
lth
whooping Tough," writes Mrs. O. E. Dutton
of Danville, 111. "A small bottle of Foley's
Honey and Tar cured tho cough and saved
me a doctor's bill.
Death from Smallpox.
HUMBOLDT. Neb.. Sept 1. (Special)
George Ricbard.ion Is dead of smallpox. He
nursed his family through the disease and
was then stricken. He was a veteran of
the civil war.
Wm. Finn of Lima, O.. obtained excellent
results from the use of Foley's Kidney
Cure. "It relieved my backache and severe
pain over the hips. It toned my system and
cave me new vim and energy. It Is an
honest and reliable remedy, a sure cur
for all kidney diseases."
Illalr Defeata Omnhn Senators.
ni.AIB. Neb., Sept l.-(Speclnl Telegram.
The Illalr Clothing company team won
from the Senators of Omaha at base ball
today. S to 2. Ilatterles: Illalr. Noyes and
Epllng; Senators, Kelly and Penson.
Tim Ormsby
"I'm not sayln' what I'd do If I finds a
roll o' shlnplasters In a lumber yard." sjU
n .... . .v . t.j
Tim Ormsby. "It pears to me now that
go an rent a lower berth o Mister Loraax
an' watch th telegraph poles rush by, but
it's government bonds to a casce:ed rev-
enue stamp that I'd go clean off my trolley large an' Intercstln" family cy it. flut once
like all th' rest, an' If I can't find th' owner he turns a trick In a new town, where he's
I'd probably start a clrcnlatln' library 1 h to strange he can't find the opposite side o'
It. 1 can see myself now gain' down ih' th' street He taps th' strong box all right,
street buyin' newspapers with !0 gold an' starts out with a bag o" doubloons, but
pieces, an' taking no change." In raakln' his getaway he geta lost an' walks
"nut you roust remember the boy who In a circle, an' pretty soon he falls over a
found this money was a very email boy," bag o' doubltloons. The minute he claps
said the dtsk sergeant. "And anyway, It his lamps on It ho begins to bear funny
Mould be no more than honest to try to nolres In his bonnet. He don't know it's
find the owner." the same bag ho lost, so he takes It to a
"That's the angle." said Tim. as he rum- newspaper office an' advertises It, an' gets
niaged through the new prisoner's effeds pinched for hts pains.
to tee If there was any cheing tobscco, "That's why I say I don't know what I'd
"but standln' lookln' on Is a lawyer, o'd do If I finds a rat's neat made out a green
nough to bo admitted to th' bar, an" why paper. I'd probably be rattled wors'n Illllli
don't he'strp up to th" kid nn' tay. 'Uitli llryan If you'd give him a yellow boy on
boy, that's a beaut of a rat's ntst you've subscription,"
got there, I'm a collector o' rat's n'etti, "You'd search for tho owner, of courss,
an' I gives you two bits for th's one, an the rame as any other honest man," said
It's a nice, pretty boy you are.' Dut no; the dek sergeant. "The money would
th' lawyer goes bughouse like nil th' rcit never do you any good If you didn't."
that finds money, an' has to go lookln' fcr "That's gospel," paid Tin. "I've got It
th' cwner. on' th' owner always has so figured out that tbev's flvo kinds o' money
much without It that It makes him lo:k earned momy. stolen inouty, found money,
lumpy to carry It Th' express companyil Inherited money an' money von at poker,
pay dividend with that dough, but the law. Th' Inst two kinds U the only kinds that
icr could buy a naughtymoblle an a lite docs you any good. With money that's willed
vrnimrn runnv: crnniMQP
i'ljUlinoun VUU1 o JUIli mJU
Thwe Wbo Eell"d io 0700111 s"es Hat
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Ihsir Ejet Optaad.
STATE FAIR SHOWS A LAND OF PLENTY
So Xlimeron Are the exhibitors that
the Allotted Space Is Crumped
tlonntlful Harvest In
frill Uvlleiee.
fFrnm a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Spt. 1. (Special.) Secretary Arcner. .Mrs, Andrews, rrea nunu. n
Robert V. Furnas and the Agricultural Ham Woodbrldge and Hugh Tllton.
Hoard of Managers were busy today com- lMrrncr Fe7TiTe7To.nl nation.
? " ' VCI, M ,1 .
' wnirn will i luiiuunj u in in n w mv ,-.-
nt 7 o'clock tomorrow morning, aii duiio-
Ing arc filled to overflowing and nearly
mei-y -xhlblt Is In Its place and In readiness
for the snow to begin,
The live stock will make one of the
i h fair " c. H.
it,,rt n ihp board of managers. "The
entries In that class hate far exceeded our
expectations and It has been necessary to
build additional sheds to accommodate the
late arrivals. With the legislative appro
priation we constructed three large horse
barns containing tbirty-elght stalls each,
flvo cattlo barns containing sixty stalls each
uu ut uu uv.-ji uiu. -
over 1.000 animals, making a total capacity
exceeding that of the old sheds In use last
year. We thought the) would more than
nuia m "v,
have been very agreeably disappointed,
"ine agricultural uispiay win Burpiiac,
all
those persons wno Deiieve ine iocai
drouths caused general damage to crops
this year. Ordlnarllly each county entering
the collective class Is given a space of fifty
feet, and we had Intended making a similar
allowance this year, but yesterday four late
entries made It necessary to cut to thirty
seven and a half feet.
The fish exhibit arrived last night and by
tomorrow tho tanks will be filled and ready
for the Inspection of the public. The poul
try building U crowded to the dome and the
dairy building Is In about the same con
dition." The Lincoln are department will supply
a complcto set of fire lighting apparatus for
the protection of buildings and exhibits, u
Is the intention of the department to give
dally exhibitions with the apparatus. A
live stock show ring has been constructed
near the horse barn;.
Dr. Hill Iteitlft-ns lreldenc .
It Is announced semiofficially that Dr. H.
Hill of Alma has resigned from the office
of president of the Nebraska State Dental
association. According to the report In
circulation among tho dentists In this city
his withdrawal Is prompted by objections
urged against his advertising, It being al
leged that he used his position ae president
for private gain. Neither report, however,
has been affirmed by Dr. Hill. His resigna
tion, if tendered, will come before the ex
ecutive board at Its next regular meeUng.
The members of that board are: Dr. Hill,
president; Dr. Shannon, vice president, L'n
coln, F. D. Sherwin, corresponding secre
tary. Lincoln.
Claht .ew Specie of Fish Foods.
Dr. Charles Fordyce, dean of the Ne
braska Wcsleyan university, has returned
from Put-In-Bay, where, in connection
with several other educators, he has been
encaeed In a biological survey. Dr. tcr-
dyce Is a specialist on a class of animals
nromlnent among the nsh roods ano nc was
asked by the United States ftsh commission
to make a classification of tneo animais
and to determine their relation to the fish
erles of the country. His work resulted in
the discovery of eight new species and the
Identification of many European forms not
heretofore reported In this country
Luxor I.oilgr Itememliers Oilman
Luxor lodge of Theosophlsts met last
night at tho hame of Mrs. H. B. Patrick,
Sixteenth and J streets, and parted resalu-
lions of respect for John J. Glllllan, wno
was killed two weeks ago. .Mr. Glllllan was
a member of Luxor lodge.
Ilavelack Firemen Victorious.
In a contest at University Place yester
day afternoon the Havelock volunteer fire
department was victorious over the volun
teer department of University Place, it is
possible that the winners may enter the
championship event at the etate fair.
To Settle Larue Kitate.
NEBRASKA CITY, Neb.. Sept. 1. (Spe
clal.) Charles F. Scovllle, husband of the
late MUnnah Hawks Scbvllle, filed a peti
tion In the county court yesterday asking
for the probate of the last will and testa
ment of his wife. Mrs. Scovllle was a
daughter of the late Robert Hawke of this
city. The latter died several years ago,
leaving a valuable estate, consisting mainly
of realty. He left a will giving to each of
his children certain pieces of property In
this city and county and stipulating that In
case any of them died without Issue the
property should revert to the other heirs.
Mrs. Scovllle died without Issue and. It Is
stated, made a will giving her property to
her husband. This will Is sealed and will
be opened September 24 In court and the
question of Its being admitted to probate
pased upon, The estate Is valued at $32,
000, Tho other heirs of tho late Robert
Hawke contend that under the terras of his
will Mrs. Scovllle could not devise her
property to her husband, and have Inti
mated that they will Institute a contest If
Bho has attempted to do so.
Vrt Point DclrKntlon,
WEST POINT. Neb., Sept. 1. (Special.)
The committee of the democratic party np
pointed for that purpose has selected these
delegates to the democratic state convention-
W. A. Smith, James McNamara,
Joseph Smith, M. M. Tyrell, Edward
Gallagher. Robert Kelly, John McKeegan.
Tells What
Found a Roll
membership In the Country club, an' s t th'
kid up In a shoe-shlnln' ttand.
"Yes, scrseant, they all rocs daft when
(hc;.efl'nds a big lump o" money. I has a
frlcC(1 once th(U.g R porch cilrober-takes to
nrvln' un wlndowB as natural as Steve
Ilrodle to bridge Jumpln.' an supports a
William Emlet, Ous Wessel, Ernst Muleher,
George Hubcnthal. G. P Hoy, Henry Kloke,
Charles Meyer, Henry Burner, D. W. Clancy,
F. D. Hunker, Julius Thlelr.
The republican county convention has
been called to meet In 'this city October 7.
The convention will be composed of 111 delegates.
Company C llelntUen' A'ftortntlon.
BEATRICE. Neb., Sept. 1. (Special.)
At the annual election of officers of Com
pany C Relatives' association thtte officers
were chosen President, Mrs. J. F. Macey,
vice president, Horace Langdon; secretary,
Mlts Mary Reedv; treasurer, Charles
Gcddcs; executive committee, Mrs. Knouse,
Mrs. J. R. Qulnn, Miss Hattle McLaughlin.
A. II. Holllngworth. Mm. C. M. Peters, O.
K. Reedy, Mrs. J. M. Jones, Colonel Harry
TKr.UMSEli. NVh.. Sent. l.-fSneelaU-
... . .
""i v. r, uiivun: i, .iu.n-
inee on the republican ticket for the office
of coroner, has sent word to Chairman W.
A- Campbell of the central committee that
It will be Impossible for him to make the
run, and desires that his name he not
Placed on the ticket. The vacancy will be
filled nt the Drst meeting of the commit
tee,
Charge of HootleKglng.
GRAND ISLAND. Neb.. Sept. 1. (Spe
cial.) United States Deputy Marshal Moore
yesterday brought before Commissioner
Rode of this city Ell Warner of Nelson, on
phflre. of bootleBclnK. On hearing the
h lB J !f V ,1. ftni 5
0ffl b
fuU of im wgg uken ,o tha
cty for safe keeping,
Knsllsh KmnireHcnl l.ncicrnni
WEST POINT. Neb.. Sept. 1. (Special.)
The rnnual meeting of the English
Evangelical Lutheran synod and tho
Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary
society of Nebraska will open In Grace
Lutheran church, West Point, September 18,
and continue to tho 22d. Rev. Luther
Kuhns of Omaha will deliver the opening
sermon.
Prlnoner on Kmhenrlement Charite.
TECUMSEH. Neb.. Sept. 1. (Special.)
Sheriff C. B. Strong Is expected tomorrow
from Colorado Springs, bringing wi:h him
O. E. Mason, who Is wanted here on a
charge of embezzlement. Mason Is charged
with leaving the state with JS0 of money
belonging to the local lodge of Maccabees,
He was recorder of the, lodge.
Church I.umhrr on Parade.
ST. EDWARD, Neb., Sept. L (Special
Telegram.) The first lumber was hauled
for the new Swedish Lutheran church
northeast of here yesterday. A parade was
formed of the thirty loads of, lumber and
headed by the band marched through the
principal streets. The new church Is to cost
J 7,000.
Grand Island Dank Hnlnrfres,
GRAND ISLAND. Neb,, Sept. 1. (Spe
cial.) The First National bank of this city
has bought the lot and building east of
Its present house and will cnlargo Its build
ing. New Pastor In Tecumseh.
TECUMSEH. Neb.. Sept. 1. (Special.)
Rev. G. P. Morse and wife have arrived In
Tecumseh from Obcrlln, Kan. Mr. Morso
A is the new pastor of the Christian church
nere, and negan nis wortt toaay.
TO KILL THE DAMHtl'FF GERM
la the Only Possible War of Harlna; a
Permanent Cure.
If you see a woman or a man with lux
uriant, glossy hair, you may be sure neither
has dandruff to amount to anything. In
nearly every case where women and men
have thin, brittle hair they owe It to dan
druff. There are hundreds of preparations
that "claim" to cure dandruff, but not one
but Newbro's Herplclde tells you that dan
druff Is the result of a germ burrowing Into
the scalp and that permanent cure of dan
druff and Its consequent falling and bald
ness can only be bad by killing the germ,
and there Is no other preparation that will
destroy that germ but Newbro's Herplclde.
"Destroy the cause, you remove the effect."
ROOSEVELT IN THE PULPIT
Vice President Preaches In Chicago
ttefore I.envlnc to Address
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CHICAGO, Sept. 1. Two lay sermons, a
luncheon with several Illinois politicians
and a visit to Hull House were the events
that occupied Vice President Roosevelt's
time In Chicago today He left tonight for
Minneapolis, where be will deliver a Labor
day oration tomorrow.
After breakfasting at the Chicago club
with Paul Morton of the Santa Fe road, the
vice president was driven to the Trinity
Dutch Reformed church on Marshall Field
avenvie. This Is the church Mr. Roosevelt Millions of dollars worth of German Hgrl
usually attends when In Chicago and he Is cultural products and wines are annually
known personally to many members of' the i imported to this country. A tariff against
congregation. After the sermon the pnMor thee products of the German farms and
Invited him to the platform and the vlco j vineyards equal to that Imposed by Ger
president, as has been his custom when j many would prove an effectual bar to their
visiting this church, made a short Informal
address, telling the worshipers that true
happiness could be found only by trusting
God and being faithful to the country. When
he had finished he stepped down from the ,
platform and mingled with tho congrega- j
tlon for half an hour, after which he drove ,
to the First Methodist church and ad- I
dressed the congregation there. A number
of politicians were waiting for the vice t
president when he returned to his hotel and j
the party took luncheon, and as the affair j
was private It Is not known whether politics
were discussed or not. When the party
dispersed Colonel Roosevelt walked over to
Hull House, where he had a private talk
with Mrs. James Adams until train time,
when he left at 6-30 o clock for Minnesota,
Would Probably Happen if He
of Money In a Lumber Yard.
to you or that you exrhance th' bill" chlos
for you can hnvc all kinds o' frolics an"
pass at th' wnterln' places as a gent o'
wealth an' breedln', Imt stolen money you're
afraid to spend; with earned money you
think o' the blood you sweat carnln' It every
time you lay down a 'opper. an" with found
money you swing wide on the curve an'
go down th' street lookln' for the owner
and breathln' hard llko Cnmllle in th' third
act."
"I dare say you jever found any burled
treasure. Tim?"
"No. but I comes nea'r It once. You se?,
It's like this: They'ie a guy llvln' alone
out In th' edge o' town that has a field
all growed up to Canada thistles, an' one
day he drop3 out o' 3lght. A neighbor
calls an' finds a note on th' table, an' ths
note says th' man has n guilty conscience
an' so Jumps In th' lv.jr an' ends It all.
'It was me robbed the Gannon Ball exyresB.'
th note says, 'an' you 11 find th' Bwag at
th' foot o' a clump o' thistles,'
"Dut that guy's a cheerful liar, for when
he turns up safe an' sound a week later
they ain't a thistle In the field all been
dug up by Idiots lookln' t-r th' swap an'
I'm one o' th' Idiots that used a spade. An'
that's bow near I came to flndtn' burled
treasure.
"Now, If you'll lend me that paper ono
I saw you dallyln' with a minute ago, I'll
go cut an' get a supper for me appetite,
an' if It happens to be gnawed by rats I
won't have no call to ak questions."
FRANCE ITCHING FOR WAR
Bptblle WilHig tttt Turk Should B Iti
Tot in First Strangle.
WASHINST0N SPECULATES ON RESULT
Canned Meats Demonstrate Value In
Philippines Mnrh Work Ahrnd
for McKlnley Admlrnt
Sampson's Illness,
(From ft Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Sept. L (Special.)
"Should the present difficulty between
France nnd Turkey result In war It will
be a popular struggle among the people
of France,' said a man who has been In
timately associated with the French peo
ple many years, "Ever since France was
so thoroughly whipped by Germany In 1ST1."
he continued, "tho French people have been
spoiling for a fight. The republic has
never engaged In a war since It was founded
upon the ruins of the third Napoleon's em
pire. In 1S70 France bad a paper army far
In excess of the combined armies of the
confederated states which subsequently
formed the great German empire, at least
the people of France believed that they
had. Sedan convinced them of their folly.
But that the spirit of patriotism was deep
seated In the French people was shown
clearly by the wonderful manner In which
they paid the Indemnity demanded by Bis
marck. Patriotism still exists In Franco
and the lesson of 1S70 and 1S71 was well
learned, Zola, In his novel, 'La de Bacbe,'
told his countrymen many unpleasant
truths. They resented the Zolaesque
method, but they have profited by their
lesson. Even the Dreyfus Incident was
not without benefits.
"Franco today lsa military power of far
greater strength than we In this country
are disposed to believe, Modern methods,
learned from Germany, have superseded
those which were responsible for 'The
Downfall.' Modern engines of war have
been developed to higher efficiency than
In any other European state. France Is
prepared for war today as she never was
before. Should there be another conflict
with Germany the outcome would be more
difficult to predict than was the case thirty
years ago. The conflict would certainly
lack the oncsldedness which was so ap
parent when Alsace and Lorraine were
lost.
"A war with Germany would undoubt
edly be more popular than any other In
which the French could engage. But any
war would meet with popular approval
among the volatile French. They would
have been delighted If they could have
Joined Spain against the united States In
1S98. It would have been a master stroke
nnd winning bid for popularity If the
French president could have started a
row with England when relations between
the two countries were strained two or
three years ago. Now that there Is a pros
pect of war with Turkey the French aro
once more happily ejxpectnnt.
Turks FlKht to the Death.
"What would the outcome be? W!l Tur
key Is a warlike nation. Her soldiers aro
fanatics and they have no fear of death.
They fought bravely with Greece and while
they are always In a state of seml-mutlny
In times of peace, principally because they
seldom get their pay, they are ready for
a fight at any time. They have the ad
vantage of location and France would have
dlfibult problems of transportation to
solve. A war between the two would be
long drawn out, In all probability, unless
other European governments Interfered.
For many years a tacit alliance has ex
isted between France and Russia and tho
latter country has long desired a seaport
In or near the Mediterranean. But for the
alliance between Great Britain, France and
Turkey would have achieved her aim long
ago. Her opportunity may be near. But
It Is not likely that France and Russia
will move upon Turkey without embroiling
other European nations. The present
strained relations between the Porte and
France may precipitate the long expected
general European war. But I am confident
that tho sultan will pay up before the
necessity for an attack upon the Bos
phorue arises. He roalUes that the end
of his emlre will be seen when Europe un
dertakes the task of forcing him to an ac
counting. Prohibits American Products.
The new German tariff will serve as a pro
I hlbition against the import of many Amer
i can products which have heretofore found
n ready market In the empire of the kaiser,
That there will be attempts made to se
cure retaliatory legislation In congress this
winter needs no argument, but no retalia
tory legislation Is likely. The German
tariff law was undoubtedly framed for tbs
prime purpose of protecting German agri
culture from American competition. But
the schedules apply with equal forco to the
, products of every other country on earth
entry Into Amerlcnn ports, nut such a
tariff will never be Imposed, because 1'
would have to apply with equal force against
I all other countries. The result would be a
general tariff war, the United States
against the world.
J fJrrmnn People Will Kcsent It.
It Is now nearly twenty years since the
I meat packers of the west came to congress
! and asked for retaliatory legislation against
Germany. The latter country, In the re-
P"8? e demand of the agrarians had
I i"st 'eaued a,n edl(t aButely inhibiting
American pork products. Trie excus. w-s
that trichinae had been discovered In Amer
ican bog meat.
The packing lnterets sent attorneys to
Washington who prepared elaborate argu
ments In support of the demand for retali
ation. Pages of the Congressional Record
were filled with these arguments and 'h
archives of tho committees on agrlculluie
and ways and means were filled with vol
umes of literature on the subject of German
unfairness, nut nothing enme of the agl a
tlon then and no legislation Is likely now
The people of Germany will be the gr?at
sufferers from the high tariffs. American
meats and Amerlcnn cereals have come to
bo an absolute necessity to the poorer
classes of Germany and If they arc ttrorg
enough to make themselves felt In the elec
tions they will force n change In the ta-lff
Jutt ns they before forced the authorities
to admit the American hog upon terms of
equality with the German swine,
Where Cnnueil Cunils Hxeel.
This subject of the attempt to stop the
Importation of American food products by
ono Huiopean state brings to mind that the
trade In American canned meats was almost
ruined three years apo through the army
food scandals which resulted In tho retire
ment of General Egan, formerly commissary
general of the army- It will bo recalled
that Borne over-zealous friends of tho
soldiers In Cuba made much of tho fact
that some of the meats, which had been
Improperly sealed, spoiled In the hot cli
mate of Cuba. One excellent young officer
of the army near Santiago condemned
several inousana cases or cauneq neei ne- i
cause of "the horrible stench which greeted i
blm when he approached the cases contain
ing the cans." Those cases were returasd
to the United Stntes and It was found that
less than half a dozen cans had spoiled and
these became of Imperfections In the cans
themselves. "The beef scandaV so called,
was a proline topic of discussion for some
weeks and then It subsided.
A few days ago an officer of the commis
sary department, recently returned from
the Philippines, discussing the subject of
the food supply of the army In the Islands,
said. "The American olJters In Luzon
frequently preferred canned meats to '.ae
fresh supply which were killed In Manila.
In fact, that applies to officors as well as
men. It Is not to be understood that tinned
beef would be chosen rather than a slice of
a prime rib roast such as could be bad In
any restaurant In Washington, New York
or any other American city.
Philippine Ilcef Inferior.
"But Philippine beet Is not to be compared
with the American article any day of the
week. In the first place the cattle are not
like ours and again the butcher In Manila
knows nothing of the science of curing fresh
meat. It Is kilt today and sell tomorrow
with him and the consequence Is that there
Is a big trade In American canned meats of
all kinds In the islands. Chilians as welt
as soldiers buy them and I never heard the
slightest complaint of unwholcsomeness.
"The fact Is," he continued, "that when
the Spanish war broke out we sent
thousands of boys to tho tropics who had
neter had any experience In hot climates.
They were physically unable to relish the
food furnished to them and naturally they
complained. After a year on tho other
side of the world these same men could eat
anything and It can be said with truth that
no army In the world, whether at home or
abroad, was ever so well cared for and so
well fed as were the volunteers who main
tained the Stars and Stripes is the Philip
pines until Agulnaldo surrendered "
Work Ahead (or the President.
President McKlnley Is expected to reach
Washington by the 15th of September. Upon
his arrival hs will tako up a number of im
portant matters which must be dlrposcd of
preliminary to the assembling of congress
In December. Invitations have been re
ceived by the executive officers of the gov
ernment to go to tho Pan-American expo
sition at Buffalo next week, and there to
meet the president. From the Buffalo ex
position the president nnd one or two cf
the members of the cablnot expect to go to
the Grand Army national encampment The
president will be tho guest at Cleveland of
Senator Hanna, and It Is hardly probable
that hp will remain there more than two
days. As the enenmpment begins In Sep
tember 9. the president will be able to stay
a day or two at bis home at Canton before
coming on to Washington.
Unless there Is an unexpected change In
the present condition on the Isthmus and in
South America, It Is not believed that any
serious problem will preaent Itself to the
president upon his return from that quarter
All reports which have been received from
there Indicate that tho conservative attitude
of tho State department In relation to the
reported revolution was warranted by con
ditions there.
Sampson's Illness Is Serious,
There Is little doubt that Admiral Samp
son will not be allowed to go before the
Schley court of Inquiry. The admiral's
friends have been trying to keep the fact
from the public for days, but In the past
two days Information has come to the Navy
department which could not be kept from
the public. The physical and mental con
dition of the admiral Is such that the Navy
department officials have been moved to go
ahead with the preparation of the case
without assistance from him or hope that he
will be able to go on tho stand.
Department officials would prefer that the
admiral testify. They have hoped, as have
some of his friends, that his condition would
Improve so as to make It possible. That
hopo has been abandoned. Already Rear
Admiral Johnson, who Is In charge at the
Port Royal station, has been selected to
succeed Sampsoi at the Boston navy- yard.
Of course. Navy department officials Insist
that the selection of Johnson has only been
because of the prospective retirement of
Sampson In February, but It Is known that
there Is an Intention as soon as the work of
the yard Increases to send Johnson on
and Sampson relieved or given assistance,
which it is admitted he needs.
The admiral has been suffering from an
Indisposition which attacked him soon after
the close of the war with Spain. At times
there has been a marked Improvement in
his condition and hope was felt that he
would be entirely himself again. Only re
cently he went Into the New Hampshire
mountains with the expectation that the
change of air and the relief from official re
eponslblllty would result In a permanent
Improvement. From Mrs. Sampson It Is
learned that this change has not been what
was expected, and hence the conclusion ou
the part of department officials that the
admiral, If alive when the court convenes,
will not bo able to appear before it.
The admiral cannot move even the short
est distance without assistance. Mrs. Samp
son Is Invariably at his side, nnd seems to
anticipate his slightest wish. He acts llko
one who hns not the slightest Interest In
life. On Thursday several naval veterans
from Boston, after repeated calls, were per
mitted to see Admiral Sampson a few
minutes. What ho said to them was uu
Intelligible, and the visitors were hastily
dismissed. One of them said It appeared
to him ns though the disorder was of a men
tal nature that the admiral wore a haggard
look.
For two days the utmost care has been
taken that no visitors see Admiral Sampson
It Is said that all news regarding tho coming
Schley Inquiry is kept frorn hlra. His con
dltton, It Is said. Is so alarming that the
sllKhtest Bhock, It
3crlously.
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the otrjer remedies combined."
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