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VOL. V. NO. 236.
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, APRIL 5,1907.
pT>T/TI7. In Atlanta: TWO CENTS.
iTXVX^rj. On Tralna: FIVE CENTS.
TWENTY KILLED, ONE HUNDRED INJURED
BY CYCLONE WHICH WRECKED TOWN;
FACTORIES DEMOLISHED BY STORK
Alexandria. Destroyed
t
While Inhabitants
Were Sleeping.
HOUSES DESTROYED;
STOCK BLOWN AWAY
Railroad and Commercial
Town in Central Louis
iana Struck by Cy
clone.
MAKING OF A NEWSPAPER
WATCHED WITH INTEREST
BY PUPILS OF EDGEW00D
Dallas, Tex., April 15.—Train
dispatchers of the Texas and Pa
cific railroad here report that in
a cyclone at Alexandria, La.,
about 2 a. m. today at least twen
ty persons were killed and more
than a hundred injured.
The property loss is reported to
exceed $1,000,000, in the city and
it is many times greater in the
country.
The storm is reported to have
been one of the worst ever seen
in that section of the state, and to
have wrought appalling havoc. A
great part of the town i$ in ruins.
Fifty houses have been torn to
bits and several stores and facto
ries and bnildings demolished,
while other buildings were badly
shattered.
Sleeping Town Destroyed.
A wide swath was cut by the cy
clone, extending; for mile* through a
rich and populous (arming district.
According to reports received here,
the cyclone struck the town with
scarcely a warning note. The sleeping
citizens wore aroused by a tremendous,
terrifying roar of wind that was scares
ly heard before It seemed to All the
whole air of the town with a deafening
crash.
Houses toppled down) or were lifted
completely from their foundations and
dropped many yards away, a shapeless
mass of timbers with their occupants
crushed In the ruins.
Roofs were torn off and went sailing
through the air. Trees wore uprooted
and tossed a hundred feet Into the air,
and some of them were carried mllee
away.
Men, women and children and ani
mals were caught up In the mighty cur
rent of wind and some of them tyere
carried a block In the air.
Alexandria la in the central portion
of the state. It la an Important rail
road place of 7,000 population.
A special train has gone from Fort
Worth with physicians and nurses.
NINE REPORTED KILLED
BY ALEXANDRIA TORNADO.
Special to The Georgian.
New Orleans, La., April G.—A cy
clone swept over the city of Alexandria.
Lu., at about 2 o'clock this morning,
"Ith the result that several persons
are dead, many Injured and a hundred
factories, stores and dwellings wrecked
or damaged.
The dead which had been removed
front the debris are:
M. I. DUNN.
JOHN BRECK.
FOUVILLION WHITE.
HOSE DUDLEY.
Thirteen persona had been carried to
ino hospital suffering from various In-
Jurles, some of them fatal.
The city power plant, the Alexandria
r e and cold storage planf were wreck
ed. Further details of the cyclone arc
not learned here, but It Is feared that
"hen the full report is received the
death list will be lncreaaed.
EDGEWOOD AVENUE SCHOOL.
Teachers and Children Visit The Georgian’
Modern Plant From Top to Bottom and
Learn Something New.
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“It’s more interesting than a play,”
remarked one of the party of teachers
in The Georgian office Friday after
noon. She, with her aseoclatea from
Edgewood Avenue School, and a whole
roomful of children, were being shown
through the modern plant from top to
bottom. And her remark was echoed by
the rest.
The children enjoyed their visit no
less than the teachers. Every child
likes machinery, and these watched
with wide-open eyes the clicking lin
otypes as they cast the shiny ndiv lines
of type for Friday’s Georgian. They
saw the deft fingers of the man at the
keys, saw the little brass moulds come
clattering down-ibe'e chutes, watched
the long Iron armbend down and pick
up the moulds and stvljtg them Into
place as a human arm might pick
marbles from the ring! They watched 1
the busy “make-up” men as they placed
the typo In the forms. They saw the
stalwart stereotypers making the heavy
metal plates to be clamped on the
press, and, best of all, they watched
the big press begin to grind out the
flnlBhcd papers, folded, counted, ready
to read. They didn't mles anything
while they were under The Georgian’:
roof.
These visits of the school pupils be
gan several months ugo, and before
they ere discontinued the upper grade
pupils of every school will be given an
opportunity to visit the plant. No
feature of school lifo In Atlanta has at.
traded more attention this year than
these visits, anti they are anticipated
for weeks before and talked of for
weeks afterward.
7HE GEORGIAN’S GUESTS
FROM EDGE WOOD SCHOOL
Tho following teachers and children of
Edgewood avenue school were Invited to
visit The Georgian:
Mrs. W. P. Johnson, .Mins Fslly O. Long,
Mrs. W. J. Albert, Miss Ethel Davis, Miss
Emms McDowell, Miss May Christian and
Miss Pearl Cannon.
Eighth Grade.
Bertha Allen,
Maude Fowler,
Hone Harris,
Lilia I.ee,
Tommie Perdue,
Ellen Blttlck,
Kuby Kockmorc,
John Beck,
JoHoph Greenfield,
Henry Jameson,
Charlie Powell.
Mary Bpdinger,
Lula Grogan,
Klolsc Ivey,
Vera Love,
Willie Mae VJnlng,
lluth King,
Leila Powell,
Horace Cannon,
Ixinnle Herndon,
Earle Stone,
Seventh Grad*.
Allan Chapman. Charles Adair,
Clarence Arnold, Willie Acree,
George Bell. Walter Brice,
P. Paver Greenfield, Grover Mnrka,
Fletcher Moreland, Arthur Clarke,
William McLeod, Z. A. Terry,
William Watson, Mattie Cheek,
Ha Mae Ingram, Frances Hightower,
Minnie Hornsby.
Sixth
Pearl Collins,
Edward Newlll,
Henry Mauldin,
Bernard McDermon,
Charles Candler,
Grady Marks,
Grade.
Nolle Cc
May Bradford,
otto Bcoffgfns,
Hugh WflFef,
Daisy Dennis,
iutunn Knox,
Augusta KklH.il,
Francea Browne,
Myrtle Mauldin.
GRAND PEACE CONFERENCE
OF LABOR AND CAPITAL
TO MEET WITH CARNEGIE
New York, April G.—The "peace 1
meeting to be held this evening at tho
residence of Andrew Carnegie, between
100 representatives of organized labor,
100 representatives of capital and 100
representatives of consumers will be
the most notable gathering of the sort
since Mrs. Potter Palmer arranged a
meeting of capital and labor in her
Chicago mansion.
Grover Cleveland was one of the few
who declined. Mr. Cleveland, who had
been osked as a representative of the
public, felt' his health would not permit
ils attendance. ,
Archbishop Ireland, Bishop Potter,
Charles W. Eliot, president of Harvard;
Benjamin L Wheeler, of California Uni
versity; Nicholas Murray Butler, of Co
lumbia University; James Speyer,
banker; Seth Low and Cornelius N.
Bliss, will, however, be among the rep
resentatives of the consumers, or the
Pl John 'Mitchell, of the. Mtoenr Fed-
oration, who has been ill In Indianap
olis, will be here from that city, as one
of the foremost representatives of la
bor. Others will be Samuel Gompers,
A. B. Robertson, grand chief conductor.
Order Railway Conductors, Ccdat; Rap-
Ids, Iowa; James B. Duncan, grand
secretary Granite Cutters of America,
Quincy, Mass.; Daniel J. Keefe, presi
dent International
rlne and Transport Workers Associa
tion. Detroit; Warren Slor.e, grand
chief Brotherhood Locomotive Engi
neers, Cleveland; William D. Mahon,
president Amalgamated Association of
Street Railway Employees of America,
Detroit: William J. Bowen president
Bricklayers' and Masons International
Union, Indianapolis; J. J. Hannahan,]
grand master Brotherhood of Locomo- i
live Firemen. Peoria, III.; James OCon
nell president International Associa
tion of Machinists, Washington; Jo
seph F. Valentine, president Iron
Moulders' Union of North America,
Cincinnati: James H. kjrocn, president
International Typographical Union, In.
dlanapotts; Dennia A.Hayes.presh.ent
Jsoclatlon of the United States and Can
ada, Philadelphia; William Huber,
president United Brotherhood of Car
penters nnd Joiners of America, In
dianapolis, Ind.
Among the representatives of capital
the following named are expected:
Henry Phipps, director United States
Steel Corporation; August Belmont,
president August Belmont & Co.; W. A.
Clark, president United Verde Copper
Company; Clarence Mackey, president
Postal Telegraph and Cable Company
New York; H. H. Vreeland, president
New York City Railway Company;
Samuel Mather, of Plckands, Mather &
Co., Cleveland; Franklin MacVeagh, of
Chicago; Ellison A. Smythe, president
South Carolina Cotton Manufacturing
Association, Pelzer, S. C.; Francis L.
Robbins, president Monongahela River
Consolidated Coal and Coke Company,
Pittaburg; Don R. Hanna, of M. A.
Hanna A Co., Cleveland.
SHOTIO DEATH
Youthful Slayer Is Captur
ed Immediately After
the Crime.
Sarfuh, Russia, April 5.—A police
Inspector named Fleloff was killed here
by a 6-year-old schoolboy named Kuz.
__ ___ nethoff, who shot him down with a re-
GUae* >> Bkiwe»' and Bottl* «'««•« AS- velvet. The boy was captured.
WILL FICHT
Administration Forces
Are Hurriedly Sum
moned For Action.
Washington, April 5—.President Roosevelt
is preparing to follow up the disclosures
made yesterday and the day before with
more startling announcements heariug s ou
the alleged machinations of Harrlinnn,
Hearst, Rockefeller and his other arch-ene
mies.
It Is even claimed 'by the president's
friends that the $5,000,000 fund feature,
which was revealed at the white house yes
terday, will dwindle Into very small propor
tions before tho president .gets through
grilling the men who are said to be plan
ning the defeat of his policies at the next
Republican national convention.
Just ns fast as we get additional facts
the public shall know them," announced
one of the president’s right-hand men to-
J “ y ' CABINET BEOS PRESIDENT.
The cabinet, with possibly ono or two ex'
ceptlons, believes the preshleut bus done
the tight thing In nnnouuclng to the coun
try that there Is already a rich man's cabal
PRICE
TO
OF MILK
BE RAISED
Dairymen tc Meet
Saturday Night and
Organize.
ADVANCE PRICES
TO FIFTY CENTS
Milk Men to Follow Law
Rut Say Must Put
Up Pi'ice.-
organised to fight his policies In conjcrejiH
and before the country. They believe tue
response from the country will lie so prompt
and emphatic ns to satisfy doubters that
t,he president knew the wise course and
took It.
The white house cntnpalgn ngalust this
cabal, It was again' made plain today, has
only Just opened. The assurance was glv
to the correspondents that they will bo
kept fully Informed ns developments take
place, which are calculated to llumlne the
workings of tho conspiracy In different
pnrts of the country.
It developed today that Taft movements
are being organised In some states that
have been supposed heretofore to have
strong fnvored sons. Thus a high official
who Is t loading politician of Iowa do
dared today that Governor Cummins would
have to fight for a delegation from Iowa
because there would be nn effort by the
friends of Roosevelt and Taft to give tho
delegation on first choice to Taft.
Philadelphia, April 6.—'It la abso
lutely untrue,” declared Senator Pen
rose today regarding tho statement In
published reports that he disclosed the
tale, "Rich Men’s Conspiracy,” to de
feat Roosevelt and his policies.
"I have never said any such thing.
I
believer In Roosevelt'
and Us policies,
have always been a supporter and a
“ " i's administration
LIEUT.-C0L, BARKER
WILL RETIRE FROM
FIFTH REGIMENT
Lieutenant-Colonel Waller W. Barker, of
tbs Flftb regiment, will retire from the
service, and It I, probable that llnjor E. E.
''omeroy will be his .accessor,' •
The fact that Colonel Barker bs, asked
to bo retired only became known Friday
morning, and will create surprise and gen
eral regret In military circles. Colonel
Barker la one of the heat known and moat
popular military men In Ibe atate.
Hla papers, asking for .retirement, were
died with Adjutant Burton Smith, of the
Fifth regiment, Wednesday. They will go
from Captain Smith to the adjutant-general
of the atate, and will be Anally paaaed on
by the governor.
Colonel Barker hna been In aervlce since
1894, and la entitled to retirement If be de
sires. He glres as reasons for retiring,
pressure of private business matters and In
ability to give bla military duties close at
tention.
Major Pomeroy Probable.
It Is more than probable that Major E. K.
Pomeroy will be successor to Colonel Bar.
ker, nnd gensral advancement along the
line will doubtless follow.
Colonel Barker enlisted st n private In
Company B, Fifth regiment. In 1894, rapidly
rising through the ranks of noo-eommlaalnn-
olflcers until 1896, when he wns commis
sioned second nontenant In Company R. He
served successfully In that compnny os sec
ond and drat lieutenant nod captain.
The dairymen of Atlanta will form
an association Satufday night.
One of Ihe Brat things that will be
done will be the flxlng of a price for
milk and cream, which will be a ma
terial raise over the present price.
It la probable that the raise will be 25
per cent'. It may be more, and It may
be less. Some favor a greater Increase,
very few favor a smaller.
The organization of the dairymen of
Atlanta Into an association for mutual
protection and benefit has been going
on steadily for about two weeks—ever
alnco council passed the pure-mllk law,
which places a number of additional
restrictions on the sale of milk. The
organization Is now practically perfect
ed and a meeting has'been called for
Saturday night.
Meeting Saturday Night,
•The meeting will be at 117 1-2 White,
hall street. It Is understood that prac
tically all the dairymen of Atlanta—
about 250 In all—have Joined In the
movement. There are about 400 people
In Atlanta selling milk, but a number
of these have only a few cowa and sell
only to neighbors and friends. This
latter class will not be In the associa
tion.
There Is no doubt that the restric
tions placed on the dalrymon by the
new ordinance will decrease the supply
of milk, reducing the dairymen's reve
nues In this way, and wilt Increase the
cost of getting milk to the market,
making In this way a further cut Into
their proflts.
The dairymen say they have been
making little or no money anyway, and
these restrictions have made their
financial-outlook even more shady.
And so the association, and so the
raise.
“Wo Intend to make no light on the
ordinance, which, as a whole. Is n
splendid one,” sold Colonel Ed L. Wight,
proprietor of the Belmont farm,’ Smyr
na, Ga, one of the best-known dairy
farms In Georgia
"We wish to organise In order that
the ordinance may be carried out to
the letter. Inasmuch as I sell cream
according to the butter fat, the ordl
nance really affects mo but little.
Decreases Supply.
“It does affect many others material
ly, however. It provides that the milk
must be sold Juat as It comes from
the row. There Is no denying that this
will decrease tho supply. It provides
that cream must contain 20 per cent
of butter fat. I am Informed the av
erage heretofore has boon 14 per cent,
"This means that about 60 "per cent
more milk must be usedrlo get cream.
The ordinance provider that not more
than 100,000 bacteria per cubic centl
meter be In the milk. This will mean
expensive refrigeration, ft provides
for whitewashing the dairy at least
twice a year, and there are any num
ber of other provisions which will In
crease the expense.
‘To operate under this ordinance
with the present scale of prices will
mean a dead lose to ua. The reeult la
the people will get better milk and we
must get better prices.
‘The association will also see to It
that no discrimination Is shown one
dairyman over another, although I do
not anticipate this. It will protect us
from bad creditors, too.
"All other trades practically are or
ganized. Why should we not be?"
The present price of milk at retail
Is 40 cents a gallon, and of cream about
20 cents u quart.
Jerome Jones, organizer of the
American Federation of Labor, has
been Invited to address the meeting on
Saturday night. It Is stated that he
will urge the dairymen to follow the
law strictly, and If an advance In price
Is necessary, to make this advance
rather than attempt to evade the law
by reducing tbe quality of the milk.
BELL CULLED
T
Went to Store and
Was Fatally
Wounded.
ftpecls! to The Georgian.
Marietta, Ga., April 6.—Without re
gaining consciousness after he was
found mortally wounded In his store at
Nlckajack, Ga.. near midnight Wed
nesday night, Homer Moss died at 3
o'clock yesterday afternoon. He was
never able to give any clew as to who
committed the deed.
Homer Moss, who was a prominent
farmer and merchant at Nlckajack, was
33 years of age, and leaves a wife and
two children and a mother. He was
very prominent, and well liked In the
community.
Mr. Moss had gone to his home,
which was some distance away, for tho
night. At 8 o'clock the large bell at
the store, which la used as a call when
BO APPEAL IS
TO BE MADE
E
Trial Certain to Pro
ceed Monday
Morning. »
JEROME DECIDES
ON A NEW MOVE
Won’t Make Any Point on
Report of the Lunacy
Commission.
there Is no one there, was rung out. Mr.
Moss said to hls wife that he must go
and wait on the parties calling at the
store.
Mrs. Moss, who had retired, went to
sleep, and awakening at 11 o'clock
found that Mr. Mots had not returned.
She became alarmed, called the serv-
ante, and asked them to go In search of
Mr. Moss. Upon reaching the store
they found the rear door partly open
and Just Inside Mr. Moss was found
stretched unconscious upon the floor
with hls skull fractured from a heavy
blow on the head. Toward the front
of the store a large green hickory club
about three feet long was found and
Mr. Moss' hat and pistol were on the
floor behind the counter opposite.
The wounded man had some money
In hie pocket when found and nothing
was missing from the store which
would suggest a robbery.
Inqest Held.
Coroner R. E. Lawhorn was summon
ed from Marietta yesterday evening
and -held an Inquest last night. The
verdict was that Mr. Moss came to hls
death at the hands of unknown par.
ties.
No clew has yet been found by the
officers which will shed any light on
the tragedy.
It is not learned who the parlies were
who called at the store or what their
motive was.
by, taking notes.
“Possibly a brain storm!" Interposed
Attorney Hellmas, In hls calm, suave
manner.
"Might have been a cyclone," Ironi
cally Interjected District Attorney Co
logne, biting hls neck,
"Gentlemen 1" said Chief Jennings,
"wo will have no wrangling* In this
department. I am chief. We will first
have the city bacteriologist examine
the blood to ascertain Just how much
bacteria Is In It, thus ascertaining tho
age of the party killed, how fresh he
was, and whether he wee bughouse.”
Claude Smith, city bacteriologist, was
thus handed the ghestly And, and he
proceeded to hie laboratory. In about
an hour he came out, all the policemen
and detectltlffs awaiting hie disclo
sures.
"White or black?" asked Slick Car
ter.
Red!” replied the bacteriologist.
Old or young?" Inquired Sergeant
Lanford.
"Stale!” replied Dr, Smith.
"Male or female?” Inquired Spur
lock.
"Neuter!” replied Dr. Smith.
"What!" exclaimed all In unison.
"Yes, gentlemen. It woe Jelly."
There will be no Inquest.
New York, April 6.—District Attor
ney Jerome will not appeal to the ap
pellate division from the decision of the
lunacy commission, declaring Harry
K. Thaw sane. The trial of Thaw fur
the murder of Stanford White will pro
ceed on Monday, unless the opposition
Is made by the defense.
Jerome Is through with the lunacy
proceedings. He would not admit this
today, but from the best possible
sources of Information it was learned
thnt he realized that lie had no war
rant for nn appeal from the findings
of the commission.
Dines With Chief Justice.
To all Intents and purposes, Jerome
left the criminal court buildings todny
prepared to argue the appeal before tho
appellate division. He entered the ap
pellate court house fronting on Madison
Square and was received by Chief
Justice Patterson In the latter’s cham
bers.
After a few minutes the pnlr left tho
court house and walked to the Man
hattan Club around the corner. They
were Joined at luncheon by Dr. Allan
McLone Hamilton, tho expert upon
whoso opinion Jorome chiefly based hls
conviction thnt Thaw was Insane.
Didn't Talk About Thaw.
When Jerome came from tho club
he said to a reporter that hls meeting
with Justice Patterson had nothing to
do with the Thaw case.
'I shall make no application of any
kind In tho appellate division today. ’
ssld Jerome. "It would manifestly be
Improper for me to lunch with Chief
Justice Patterson nnd then proceed
from the table Immediately to hls pres
ence nnd make a motion and an argu
ment."
Thutv mado no effort to disguise hls
pleasure over the decision of the lunacy
commission In declaring hint sane.
A remarkable part of tho lunacy
board’s report Is that which Indicates
thnt the commissioners paid little or no
attention to the alienists who gavo
testimony In answer to a hypothetical
question.
The commission did consider thor
oughly the testimony of witnesses who
had tnlked with Thaw nnd had had an
opportunity of observing hls actions
while In hls cell In the Tombs and while
In the court room.
On Monday the Jury which has been
hearing the Thaw evidence will be In
the court Mom. Then Justice Fitz
gerald will no doubt approve the find
ing of the lunacy commission. If the
writ Is granted to Mr. Jerome there
will be no other course than to again
dismiss the Jury to be called when tho
appellate division proceedings are
ended.
Thaw Family Celebrates.
Mrs. Evelyn Nesblt Thaw was m
early caller at the Tombs today. She
ordered her chauffeur to call for her
at It:45, which Is the latest hour .it
which visitors are permitted to remain
In the prison In the forenoon Mrs.
Thaw looked bright and cheerful.
In celebration of the second wedd
anniversary of Harry K. Than t;
Evelyn Nesblt, and of the victorious
outcome of tho proceedings before the
lunacy committee, the Thaw family had
a Jollification at Ihe Hotel Lorraine
last night. A few friends were bidder
As late as 10 p. m. the Thaw chauffeur
was dispatched with a car to tho Man
hattan end of the Brooklyn bridge
to meet a friend of the family and tako
him to the Lorraine to share In the Jol
lification.
A WFUL MYSTERY INSE WER;
DETECTIVES, AND EXPERTS
DISCOVER CLEW TO CRIME
plain case of suicide!” ejacu
lated Spurlock Holmes.
It I am any sewer expert, that Is
murder In the first degree, fahren-
helt," calmly replied Slick Carter, In
telligence Just Jumping nut of hls eyes,
courage being written In large capital
red letters on hls protruding forehead
and sharp, alzxllng eyebrows.
course, allow, the author a slight In
trusion, to explain a few points In the
case. ,
About'9 o'clock Friday'•morning a
pedestrian was startled to see In tbe
sewer at tbe corner of South Pryor
and Hunter streets. Juat opposite the
city hall, large clots of exclamation
and Interroatlor. pointed blood.
The ghastly discovery filled him with
horror, and the police were Immedlate-
"Thls Is no time tc wrangle over | y no ti'fled. A baske; of policemen and
technicalities,'' said Newport Langford
sergeant of the Atlanta “detectltlfT"
force.
see here large clots of blood.
Whoever shed that blood Is dead, or
else will be soon. o» ought to be. This
being settled, It remains for us to
settle the point* on the strange mys
tery.”
But before we let the sergeant go
any further with bis illuminating dlc-
a bouquet of detectives gathered around
and soon the street. was blocked, with
eager, curious pedestrians. One man
said he saw early In the morning a ne
gro woman throw a bundle Into tlio
sewer.
Now, lei the. sergeant continue.
"A young man says he saw a negro
woman throw a suspicious looking bun
dle lr> here this morning early. Ho
says the woman acted strangely"—
"Exaggerated ego!” exclaimed Attor.
ney Partridge, who way standing near
Growth and Progress of the New South
The Georgian records here each day some
economle fset la reference to the onward
march of the south.
BY
JOSEPH B. LIVELY.
cotVon NORTH AND SOUTH.
That the cotton manufacturing Industry of the United States win
eventually be solidly centered In the cotton-producing section may be
regarded as a thing decreed by natural and economic laws. New Fun-
land will be compelled to eubstltute other Induetrles for her great In
terest* In cotton. The process of transfer from the East to the South,
which began some decades ago, and has not been halted. Is bound to go
on to a finish. But that consummation will not arrive In tho Imno-,Han-
future. The Yankee Is not easily ousted from any enterprise In which
he has secured a solid footing. He has been both surprised and dis
gusted at some of the results of the war of the early 6Q’s. It did not
occur to him when he was Importuning President Lincoln to put an
end to slavery that a free South would reach out a long and strong arm
and grasp hls great Industry of manufacturing raw cotton Into Innu
merable varieties of goods. Perhaps he might have been Just ns zealous for
freeing the slaves If he had foreseen all that, but a doubt on this point
Is not altogether unreasonable. At this time the cotton Interest of the
Mouth "nourishes abundantly, and rejotceth even with Joy and singing."
All the mills are crowded with work, and are paying good dividends.
New mills are going up till tho time. And the cotton producers are
quite as satisfactorily situated. Tho Chicago Tribune mentions the
cheering fact that, according to present Indications, this year's cotton
crop will bring a return of more than J700.000.000. an amount exceeding
by 3300,000,000 the total gold production of the world for 1206. The larger
part of this money will come from Europe. And further The Tribune sub
mits that when a comparison le made between the cotton crops of due
lost six years and those of the six years preceding that period It is
seen that there ha* been an Increase In aggregate value of more than a
billion und a quarter dollars.—Washington Post.