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JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
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Thyself or others careless talk may wrong.
—Sir John Denham.
A Curious Political Rumor.
There Is a curious story afloat In political circle* to
which we give currency here tor the almple purpose
of dl crediting It and to point the morai which auch
at cries carry.
It ttnnes to The Georgian from an out-of-town poll-
tlrlan that certain Influence* have been brought to bear
ant<<. • the moat stalwart men of the Populist party to
put Into the Held a straight ticket for governor and state
lumen offleers in the coming November election, and that
J'M. ■ Hines haa bean asked to lead, and has consented
t«> i- d this forlorn party In the campaign.
W Our Informaut goes on to say that this movement baa
jto foundation In the belief that the present campaign
wm wucii the Democrats In Georgia had reached such
proportions of bitterness and division that an Independent
ticket might have a strong support In the general elec-
Ho: mid might possibly be supported by ono or the
char of the factions at preaent stirring in our public
Ilf- The theory of our Informant waa that the Populist
party should nominate this ticket, that the Republican!
should either publicly or privately endorse It aud give
their full etrength to It In the general election ae an
efr»rt to break up the solidity of the Democratic party.
I'-ehlnd the conversation ran also a veiled suggestion
that in case of thia division the negroes rarbo have been
greatl} exercised In this campaign could be brought In
a solid body to the polls and with their strength Joined to
euci strength as might como from the Democratic dls-
affected, that the Independent Populist ticket might be
triumphantly returned In the general election. '
1hl* story Is so full of Improbabllltlea that It only
needs to be told to be discredited.
In the first place we do not believe that there la any
considerable portion of the Populist party that la in favor
of putting out a Populist ticket In the present campaign.
In the second place we believe If auch a ticket were
put out that out of 2.1,000 Populists who voted for Toth
Wat sc A In the presidential campaign not more than two
or ilireo thousand at the outside would support It, aa
the Populists hav* pretty well made up their mind* and
their ballots for the forthcoming struggle In August.
Again, It Is entirely out of the line of probability that
Jujlge Hines would accept a nomination for govornor at
this time, aud under such circumstances. It Is under-
yti»ul that Judge nines himself Is formally committed
to the gubernatorial race and baa given auch asaunuicea
of support a* he could not probably cancel at tbla time.
The most Improbable of all improbabilities I* that the
Democratic party la llkaly to suffer any serious split
from the action of the primaries In August. Tbe Demo
n's Me people of Georgia have divided under the banners
of i be different candidate* who are running for governor
In ibis campaign, but we do not hesitate to express the
conviction that whan tbe convention assembles and.tbe
nomination Is made, that an- unbroken rank bf
Derot crata will follow the nominee to a triumphant eleo
tlon ,
We are not going to have any division after the pro-
Hum iry battle la over. There la no likelihood of a split
In iim Democratic party at tbo and of thl* campaign,
and wa are aura that all classes of our people will be
glad, no matter how It aoda, to dose up the bitterness
ami division of the** unfortunate days, and week*,
and months, and to unite onco atom without taction
mid without anger In the work of building up the state.
The only thing In the entire rumor which bears a
shadow Is the mere suggestion that In any possible con-
Hiis icy the negro, vote should he brought In to decide
Up- vital Issues now pending between white men In
Georgia.
Tbo mere hint nnd rumor of such a condition, vague
and shadowy a* It la, will simply serve to emphaslao
one, more In the strongest way tho nocesslty of putting
auch pi sHblUtlet out of axlatence forever by statute and
[ legislation.
A Woman Whom Woman Lov*.
The Dally Tribune of Ualnbrldge published on
June 6th a beautiful picture of Mrs. John K. Donald-
sonJ president of the Ralnbtidge chapter of United
Daughter* of the Confederacy, and formeily known
and loved In Atlanta and throughout tbe stale a*
Mn-. Loullc M. Gordon. Under the cut appeared
the names of St veterans upon whom she conferred
Croieaa of Honor amidst Impressive exorcises held
st iho courthouse and presided over by Colonel John
K u..imldson as master of ceremonies.
In speaking of the scene. The Tribune aaya: “It
wmdd have been hard to tell who got the most
I'lessitrc out of It, the veterans In receiving the
cross.*, Hr*. Donaldson In conferring them, or the
midlenoe In witnessing tbe exercises.”
Mrs. Donaldson la always one of tho nseful and
. it, rsive women of the state. Her services In cause*
[inidle and private that relate to the development aud
ha:>;>laeaa of the people of Georgia have always been
• >r uch a marked and notable character that this ms
id. a-.id gifted woman richly deserved to rank among
in, most appreciated factor* of our present day civ
ilisation la Georgia.
Perhaps the highest tribute that can be paid to
M ra, Donaldson la to say that she Is a woman whom
all women love, and whom all men admire, and she
has been In all ber life time so helpful and thoughtful
io other women that she richly deserves the uni-
(ertal popularity which she enjoys.
A Chicago man wLo bad not been able to utter a
d for twenty rone years, suddenly walked up to hi*
l.- r, the other day, and asked. “Is It hot enough for
!" Ax, soon as he ha* been Interviewed ou “What do
thlnh of ChicagoT" be will be free to enter Into
tral conversation.
It's warm already, but Just think of that auditorium.
The general public finds Itself
whether The ?.’ew York Sun Is
There are times when we are Inclined to regard It
aa an Institution No paper In this country ever carried
tbe personal equation farther than did Tbe Sun when It
ihone for all under the edltorahlp of Mr. Dana.
He waa a man of strong personality, extensive In
formation and a particularly graphic style. He gavo
a vigor and iprigbtllnea* to the editorial page which
had never been enjoyed by any newapaper. The Sun
became the arcbhlerophant of pure Rogllsh and strict
accuracy. It was In It* native element when It wa* dis
coursing on tbe Greek dithyramb and Its relation to
Roscoe Conklin'* curl; the comparative utility of tbe
jinricksha and tbe gin rickey, or the essential beauty
of esoteric Buddhism.
ft knew more about a greater number of things than
any newspaper In tbe country.
And some of It waa true.
Then there were other traits In Its nature. It was
fond of bear stories, flah stories and Georgians. A vein
of delightful drollery ran through all Its utterances—
something between Indulgent patronage and open ridi
cule.
It was a great paper.
The present editor* realise that It was a great paper
In those earlier and better days and thoy make a distinct
effort to conduct It along the old familiar lines. Bnt there
Is a conspicuous absence of tho vanished hand, and the
once melodious notes “on half-strung harps wbliio
mournful to the blast."
The Lucifer of letters has fallen from bis high
estate and we find The New York Sun among tbe moet
notable sinners against the primary rule* of grammar.
for Instance, In a recent Issue we And tbo state
ment that one 'John Rowlen went “from Worcester to
Brockton on Saturday, presumably to attend the holt
day."
Now, we have nothing whatever to asy as to tbe
motives of Mr. Rowlen. He la st perfect liberty to go
where he pleases, so far as we* are concerned, and we
bave no doubt tbat he bod earned hi* holiday.
If he Is one of those subscriber* who have been
reading The Sun for twenty-seven or eight yesre he was
entitled to a holiday.
Hut we submit that he did not go to attend the holi
day. He may bave gone to attend the festivities of the
holiday. He may have gone to attend hla beat beloved
to tbe merry-making Incidtnt to the holiday. But The
Sun does him a grievous wrong to Intimate that be went
for any such abstract purpoao as to “attend a holiday.”
Perhaps we are hypercritical In our view of the
great fountain of criticism, and, digging a pit, have fallen
In it.
So we will pass ou.
Discussing the embalmed beef eruption, Tbe Sun
■ays tbe question Is, “whether tbo federal Inspections of
cattle and hogs h** been lax or not." Now, we cannot
say for certain whether the Inspections "baa been lax"
or not, but we are quite confident that some of Tbe
8un’s bright young men, who are rattling around In the
Dana shoes, are distinctly lax. 8ome of their views
"ha* been” as lax as their parts of speech, all of which
becomes cumulative evidence that The Sun Itself Is a
“has been," and “Ichabod" Is written on Its phylac
teries. •
Perhaps It will bo claimed that the bright yonng
man who confused his parts of speech wss late for his
apimlntment at the rathskeller, or that the printer, who
le the convenient and conventional scape-goat of errors,
was not singularly awake when he came to those plural
Inspections, so we will call another witness, who testi
fies, In reviewing a recent book, that the author caused
his (lady) detective to "fall lu love with the man who,
upon pain of dismissal, her chief has commissioned her
to arrest" The man "who" she waa commissioned to
arrest may have been a very bad man, but w* are aura
be would not have murdered tbe King's English like
that, even under the severest provocation.
Ilut enough Is as good as a whole barbecue, io we
rest the case.
It all goes to show the wisdom of the old Scotch
woman who explained tbat Ih* street! of the New Jeru
salem were so clean because everyone "swept before his
sin door.”
These obeervatluni are made la excellent good hu
mor, end yet we cannot say that we hare been drawn
Into them from entirely Impersonal considerations. For
some several weeks The Sun has been "excerpting"—oi
The Sun Itself would say—Isolated sentence*, from these
columns as texts for more or less pungent "raillery at
The Georgian.
It hasn't hurt auy, we protest, and we even know
papers which -The Sun doea not atop to read at all.
But when we pause to weigh the quality of tbe wit
and drollery for which we are taken aa an excuse, w*
naturally ask the question with which we began, li The
Sun an Institution or a habit?
Its attempts to continue Danaeaque long after the
master hand Is still would Indicate that It Is merely an
Institution—an Impersonal personality, so to speak-
handed down like the demise of the crown.
But the reading of It and the acceptance of It as a
fountain of wisdom or bumor Is merely a habit which
such of Its readers as ding to tt hare acquired by year*
of application.
It waa the Duke of Wellington who said that ''hAlt
la ten times nature." instead of second nature, and the
place which The Sun occupies In the world of journalism
goes to confirm that view.
Incidentally It may be noted that The 8un of the
present day doe* not ridicule or asaall auch editors at
support the Illustrious'highwayman who la reputed to
own Tho Sun.
It prints no bear storieg when Mr. Morgan U,on the
bull side of tbe market.
And the same explain* the milk In the cocoannt
and the hair on the outside, too.
city of Atlanta. It Is one of the Imperative needs of the I that the circumstances are such as make the Judicious
present and will lie more and more a necessity for the weep.
future that Atlanta should have a market, a great central 1 Mr. Stuart appears to have had but little reputation
market. In political circle?. He not hla training In an old book
In one or two great buildings, such as other cities (store and afterwards became somewhat prominent In
have, all the meat shops and the vegetable and trucking the Young Men's club organized to secure the election
stands of tho city might be concentrated. This would j of Garfield. SIdcb that time he has served ono term
Inure first to the convenience of tbe shopper, without ns mayor of Philadelphia. But no one appeared to know
having to go from street to street and from section to sec- what manner of man bo was. Few members of the cpn-
tlon of the city. Housekeepers could And under one roof ventlon had ever aoen him and thoy know- but little of
an opportunity to make a selection from the supplies kept I his caliber or convictions.
on hand by a score or more of these smaller merchants. But he was put forward by tbe Penrose machine, and
In the second plsce this arrangement would Inure that seemed to be enough for the faithful henchmen
essentially to cleanliness and to health. With all the of tbe autocratic senator. Penrose Is the creature of
Atlanta Needs a Market.
The horrible dledocure* In the great meat packing
establishments of the country have created a profound
Impreealou In Atlanta. We are perhaps as little touched
here as In any part of the country by the personal hor
ror and danger of this situation, but at the same time
we are more exempt then other cities and other sections
and stater In the distribution of this poisonous and de
caying meat
Suggestion* of. many kinds are pouring In upon the
newspapers In reference to the conditions created by
these exposures.
Atlanta it rortunate In the possession of dtliens
dealing In this great commodity of meat, who In Urns
past and at preaent ere above the suspicions of any
unsanitary or dUhooorebl* dealings with their customers
But there It one thing which, without reOectloD
upon anybody, can be done and ought to be done in tbs
meat shops and vegetable stands kept under one roof- tbe
Inspection by the city could be more careful and com
plete than It could under present conditions. The entire
sanitary system of our market region could be under
official supervision and kept to the highest standard of
cleanliness and wbolesomeness, not only with regard
to tbe meats and vegetables, but with regard to tbp
surroundings, which sometimes, by neglect, come to be a
menace to health.
Under these conditions, too, of close personal con
tact, competition and the comparison of stalls and stands
would unquestionably raise the standard of tbe supplies
kept and sold.
For these three amply sufficient reasons Tbe Geor
gian Is earnestly In favor of a market for tbe city of At
lanta, and we believe tbat we express tbe voice and pref
erence of tbe great majority of those who live here when
wo say that public approval would rest like a bened/Hlon
upon any official or private sources that would set to
work at the earliest moment to establish sueh an Insti
tution for Atlanta.
A Naw LL.D.
At the recent commencement of tbe University of
Alabama* the degre bf LL.D. waa conferred upon the
Rev. M. B. Wharton, D.D., now of Eufaula, Ala.
Dr. Wharton wa* for many years pastor of the
First Baptist church of this city, and Is known and
loved by many friends In Atlanta, who will And
pleasure In this recognition accorded to his talents
and attainments.
Dr. Wharton la now Ailing the pulpit of tbe Bap
tist church at Eufaula, whose membership Is one of
tbe largest In the state.
The Pennsylvania Machine.
The Republican parly of Pennsylvania has adjourned
after nominating Edwin S. Stuart for governor of the
state.
The carrying through of the slate Is regarded as
a distinct triumph for the Republican machine, with
Senator Periroae at Its head, and It is generally conceded
Quay, just as Ponnypacker was, and he seems
to hare studied the game of practical politic* at the feet
of tho former boss with fine effect. He Is a cold, satur
nine, calculating tort of man, who goes In to win, and
the Immediate object In view was to secure the nomina
tion of a machine candidate.
But he has not done so without creating consider
able discontent. The Lincoln faction of the party waa
strong enough to cast nearly a quarter of a million vote*
In the last election. ' It Is a faction to be reckoned with
and they were determined to bare some kind of recog
nition on tbe slate adopted in tbe convention.
Tbe machine gives It out that tbe wishes of the Lin-
colnltes have been met and that harmony prevails, but
tbe leader of tbe faction hastens to announce that such
waa not the case by any means.
The present indications are that he Is going to
AgbL In fact he gives It out tbat he will make an ap
peal to the Democrats to Join him In the effort to. defeat
Stuart, and a merry wir will soon hr on.
There can be bnt little interest In the metier down
this way oeyond tbe fact that all lovers of good govern
ment would like to see the Anal and absolute defeat of
the old machine which was built up by the unscrupu
lous method* of Quay. True It seems thxt Penrose has
been successful, but we opine that If the former boss
were alive and bad been at that convention he would
have found a way to placate the Llncolultea.
And then, too, It must fce remembered that the wave
of reform has been sleeping over Philadelphia rather
strongly of late. Mayor Weaver's successful resistance
of the machine In Philadelphia gave tho reform element
heart of grace, and they bave been carrying the cam
paign Into the state at large.
The very fact that Stuart Is the nominee of tbe ma
chine will militate against him. and a combination of
the Llncolnltea and Democrats, If It Is formed, will give
him some uncomfortable quarters of an hour.
of the rial to
ATLANTA—J.
n»*<*d Wire.
June t.—Here are some
In New York today:
Allen, C. \r
Coyne, T. \V. Gnthrlght. W. p j on „
W- £. Wllmerdlng, J. H. Boynton ^
tv. Freeman; A. It. Silvern. a!T E,£
SAVANNAH—Mrs E. Alcott, Q p
Alcott. M. V. Alcott, J. Rosenheim
c I McCarthy, P. G. Doyle R tv'
Doyle. C. F. Poser* "'
IN PARI8.
Special to The Georgian.
Parle. June S.-SIra. Mary Grant
Dickson. Mr*. Bell.- Robinson Ml..
Alice and Mrs. Aaron Harr Steele a n 5
MISS Loul.-e Dubose, of Atlanu and
Miss Augusta Wood, of Savannah’ rer
Dicrd at the office of European edition
Of The New York Herald today
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
The public has begun to realize tbat “potatoes and
Ashes are very good dishes" to have on almost any old
morning.
THE GREAT WHITE CROP
By D. PRESTON PARR.
NO. 2.
As the cotton crop of 1906 Is about
being pitched for the American belt. It
may be said we approach a stags In
the Industrial development of our coun
try and the world, the like of which
hOs never been seen before. Th* co
operative attempt of planters to limit
the acreage and constrain Its bounda
ries may haVe Its effect, but that this
will diminish this yser’s crop as com
pared with last, to th* extent planned
for. Is little likely. It Is easier to rs-
solve on a reduction of 26 per cent
In acreage planted than It Is to offset
It. Agriculturists are not prone to
association of effort, and their train
ing and experience lends little force
against their natural go-as-you-please
Individualism.
Even though the planters themselves
may hav* contributed and may still be
contributing to the present high price
of cotton, an encouraging market con
dition prevails, and we all know the
acreage pitched le largely determined
by the price of cotton at planting time.
Despite the enormous crops of 1904 and
•1906. the manufacturing world still
hungers for cotton, and there are only
about 6,000,000 bales visible In the
world, or to put It exactly, accepting
Secretary Hester’s February statement,
we have 6,192,979 bales In all the world
to last us till the new crop comes In-
The Indies, the Uraxlls and Egypt are
credited with 1,616,000 bales of this
stock on hand, while the American
total Is 2,747,079 bales. In continental
Europe and Great Britain there are
1.640.000 bales of this stock, mostly
thought to be owned or controlled by
spinners, while In the states there are
1.617.000 all told, whether controlled by
•pinners, factories or planters. India
•till holds less than.a million bales,
966,000, while Egypt haa In store less
than 200,000, a paltry trifle of 191.000
bales.
For a sustaining balance beyond, the
Oriental crops are even now almost
available, but 1 faar Lancashire oper
ations may fall upon another season of
that terrible heart-sickness which en
sues upon hope deferred. If their re
liance must rest In any great part
upon tbe cotton crops of Asia and
Africa for 1906. Indeed, aa conditions
now exist, tbe syss of the world turn
naturally In our direction for raw ma-
terlal to supply their looms and spin
ning jennies. So It la like to be for
years to come, but that does not Imply
there will be no change In conditions
and that we will be permitted to retain
the supremacy we have achieved with
out a contest. The law of life Is
change and ths price of prosperity, like
that of liberty. Is eternal vlgllaaee.
Cotton and Democracy.
Almoet coeval with our growth In
prosperity, political prestige, popula
tion and power, production of cotton
has breesteA the front ranks of our in.
duitrlal progress. A half a Uoxrn years
before our revolution we were culti
vating cotton and the sleepy arts of
peace, taken over from the east. That
war waa barely over when American
genius Inaugurated an Industrial revo
lution even more far-reaching In Ite
sweep. Ell Whitney, of Massachusetts.
Invented the cotton gin In Georgia and
some unsung genius In South Carolina
started the American kmgrow method
of annual seeding and cultivation.
In 1770 the American output of cot
ton was 2,000 pounds, none exported.
Even a year later, when British In
dustry had enlisted tbe loom ot Ark
wright end Hargreaves' spinning Jen-
ny. not a pound of American cotton
found Its way Into English mills.
One year after Whitney's gtn gras
perfected 417*4) 417.600 pound* of
American cotton, equal to about 1,000
bates, found Its way Into British mill*.
Even then Lancashire was all our
market and In average years ths Amer
ican cotton belt was supplying her
spinners with about oas-slxth of their
raw material.
In on* hundred and ten years ws
ran the American product from a bar*
thousand bales to fifteen million. The
development drove British Islands,
provinces and eoloolea out of th* cul
tivation, cut African hopes clear of th*
problem anp left the India empire high
and dry among the derelicts of the
Jtas-beens. If to the fittest survival 1s
vouchsafed, we may reasonably expect
to realise on our demonstrated qual
ifications, but that does not mean ws
may pause In ths race and rest on our
oars. Having Isd the manufacturing
world to Its present high point of at
tainment In the growth and manufac
ture of'cotton, are we eate In curtail
ing the area of cultivation, while we
seek to enhano* the planter's share ot
gain? Are we right In discouraging
the fruitfulness of the earth, combining
and co-operating to diminish demand
by decreasing supply, relying upon pre
cepts and practices common In the
commercial world but heretofore doubt
ed and divided In tbe domains'of pro
duction, agricultural and mechanical?
1 do not think w* are myself, but then
not being a planter, I am perhaps not
altogether qualified to stand at the
planter's point of view. I do maintain,
however, that It Is th* planter who Is
stifling his point of view and thereby
lowering his standard.
A return to "cotton trees" In th*
garden and "rattoonlng" the patch
might be a more radical way of reduc
ing production, but It would be scarce
ly more un-American than abandoning
those calls for efficiency we have Im
posed In this country upon labor and
Invention. Across the pool I have been
wont to tell my British friend* that th*
American dutifully followed the scrip
tural Idea of earning hie bread In the
sweat of hi* brow, while th* English
man always wanted to earn his In
the sweat of some other fellow's. In
crease of output In proportion to cost
of rpoductlon Is an American Indus
trial Ideal. It may have been mislaid
In the shufftt, but It has not been
lost, and ws don't need to lose It.
Com petition Is still the life of trade,
widened now to International fields of
contest, and atilt It commands efficien
cy, as all dsvelopmeut must, undsr the
operation of that very law which pro
vides for the survival of the fittest.
There Is no halt In the process, no side
stepping In the march. To pause Is
to turn back and lend our competitors
a lift In the race, and this advantage
Americans haw never willingly con
ceded to competitor*. To combine by
agreement, In defiance of natural law:
to limit Individual freedom by stress
of co-operative compulsion, la rather
more radical socialism than we of th*
States have ever committed ourselves
to, so far, and frankly, I don't be
lieve we are going that road, even
though we should "resolute till the
cow* come home." Now, If wa were
In Great Britain w* might count on
an act of parliament perhaps to help
us along. Over there government does
not hesitate to stand In with those who
would build special privileges Into or
ganic law. Over here w* still stand
out theoretically against that sort ot
legislation at any rate. True, we hav*
an Internal revenue tax on tobacco,
and a customs tariff, too; but we have
nothing to match that act ot parlia
ment which forbids lbs growing of tifc
bacco In Ireland, so the Imperial gov
ernment may enjoy th* widest oppor
tunity of profit possible under • three-
shilling custom* duty on tobacco. Onq
may safely conclude we are not apt to
enter upon any such chapter of leg
islation, and that being the case, one
may be permitted to doubt If the Amer
ican cotton belt ran be reduced by
resolution, even as much as six Inches,
as long as tbs price of lint yields cost
of production and a modest profit on
the grower’s capital employed.
Th* Georgian's Cartoons and Editorial*
Marietta, O*., June 7. 1*06.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Your editorials, "The Beef Poison
ers Worse Than Morales" and "A
Rockefeller Mystery," In Tuesday’s
Georgian, should commend you to the
everlasting gratitude of nil well-wish
ers of humanity. You cannot too
fiercely and drastically treat such sub
jects. These detestable villains de
serve the execration of their fellows;
should spend the remainder of their
days In solitary confinement, fed on
stale Igead and their own pm rid beef
preparations, and their families be for
ever socially ostracised. The public
must not too tenderly deal with thi
unmitigated fiends. They are worse
than professional thieves and highway
men—the veriest outlaws.
Brewerion’s cartoon In last even
ing’s (Wednesday’s) Georgian, “The
Insolence of Crime," Is an educator.
He Is a genius, and his works will live
after him. You, Brother Graves, are
engaged In a mighty work, defending
the rights of the masses against ths
classes. Continue exposing private and
public wrongs and commending clean,
Just, honest living, as you have been,
and you will have the commendation ot
the best element among mankind.
Thanks for your courage and Inde
pendence, and long life and unlimited
success to The Georgian. • , .
J. W. COLLETT.
Marietta, Ga, June 7, 1906. .! .
Not Fair to Mr. Rockefeller.
Rome, Ga., June 6, 1996.
To the Editor of The Georgian;
I notice that the papers avail them
selves of evsry opportunity to say un
kind and cutting things of Mr. Rocke.
feller, and The Georgian la no excep.
tlon of the rule. They never say any
thing kind of him: they never mention
the fact that at home he Is a good cltl-
sen, la moral and upright, la a deacon
In a church and upholds morality, gives
liberally to charity and has given mil
lions to the cause of education and
missions, who stands well at home,
one time kerosene olt sold at 76 cents a
gallon. After he got control of It, It
sold as low as 16 rents at retail, and
now at 20 cents. They never mention
that the poor as well as the rich are
benefited by this. There are eupposed
to be eighty millions of people In this
country; fully 76 per cent 6f them are
benefited by this 66 cents on each
gallon sold, and It amounts to millions.
My son, Fred Goran, who Is now
associate editor of the New Orleans
Item, has written a very sensible arti
cle on this subject. If you will publish
It I will send It to you. It expresses
my Ideas on the subject exactly, though
I had never spoken to him on the
subject. He, like myself, likes to see
Justice done to every man, and If a
man Is trying to do right It Is the duty
of every good cltlsen to help him, give
him erery encouragement we can.
Yours very truly,
M. F. GOV AN,
Rome, Ga., June I, IMS.
THE VIOLET.
O faint. dellHous. *prtnff-tlme violet!
TliIn odor. like n try.
Turn* uoliiricMljr In memory* • want* to let
A thought of sorrow free.
The ndtunil of wind-borne 1*1!*, more tweet
nnd low.
And udder than of yore.
R comes star, Trent Ihst Moved piece.
And that lietoeml hour.
When life bung ripening In love's golden
Like grs’pes shore a tourer.
•prlnt^gora singing through Its reedy
The Isrk' slnts o'er my head.
Drowned In the sky-O, pees, ye visions,
I would that I were dead!—
Why hut than opened that forbidden door.
From whlrh I ever fleet
O vanished Joy! O love, that »rt no more
Let my vexed spirit be!
O Hotel! thy odor through my brain
llsth searched, nnd slung to grief
Tblo ommy dny. so tt * enrae did Main
Thy trivet Ivor.
Returns Thanks.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Will you please allow me, aa chair
man of the monument committee, to
express through the columns of your
C iper my sincere thanks to the foU
wlng Atlanta friend* tor tlielr gen
erous aid In Contributing to the Con
federate monument, which was un
veiled In Palmetto June I:
Governor Joseph M. TerrelL R. F.
Maddox, of Maddox-Rucker bank;
James Floyd. Atlanta National bank;
Otari** " lekernham, president Atlanta
IV*.'. P 01 " 1 railroad; C. H. Arnold.
Arnold Hat Company; J. K. P. Carl-
JUNE 8.
1772—Robert Stephenson born.
1776—Committee appointed by Conti.
nental congress to draw ud Dec
„„ laratlon of Independence.
1809—Thomas Paine, author of "The
^ 0 29??H7 n '” dl * d ' B ° rn Jan -
1816—Germanic confederation const!.
‘tiled by treaty of Vienna
1823 Russian forces passed the Dan
ube.
1831—Sarah Slddons, celebrated Brit-
Ira"''”"' dled ' Born July *.
1844—Treaty for annexation of Texas
«... ‘"J'wted by United Staten senate.
1846—Andrew Jackson, seventh i,re«|.
dent of United States, died. Ih.rs
March 16, 1766.
1151—Douglas Jerrold died. Born 1809.
1859—Napoleon and Victor Emanuel
entered Milan.
1862—Battle of Cross Keys, Va.
1867—Francis Joseph of Austria
crowned king of Hungary.
1869—Colonel Crane, U. 8. A., killed by
Colonel Yerger at Jackson. Mlse.
1873—Resolution proclaiming the fed
eral republic passed the Spanish
cortes.
1877—Business portion of Galveston.
Texas, destroyed by fire.
1881—Eighteen hundred buildings were
burned In city of Quebec.
1885—Archbishop Bourget died.
1892—Bob Ford, murderer of Jesse
James, shot at Creede, Colorado.
1903—Dissolution of union of Sweden
nnd Norway proclaimed by Nor
wegian parliament.
The Beef Question.
To th* Editor of The Georgian:
The expose In the meat packing In
dustry Is incomplete, since the Investi
gation does not extend to this bus|.
ness In all of Its’phases and ramm-
catlons.
To have good beef, a good ox Is the
starting point. How are we going to
have a good ox?
Aa It Is, this ox Is raised by a far
mer. What does this farmer know
about the kind of food the ox ought to
have In order that the ox be fit for
building the body of man In a healthy
condition? Doe* the farmer raise the
ox for food first, and money second;
or for money first, and last and all the
time? Who ought to or has the great
est Interest In the ox as food, nut aa
money—the farmer who raises the ox
or the public who eats the ox?
Is the fanner examined as to his fit
ness to furnish food for the public, ts
the teacher Is examined as to his or
her fitness to teach the public?
How about the fitness and qualifica
tions of the men who handle the ox
while on the trains or on the rind
to the packing bouse?
Where are the packing house men
to get the clean, tidy, dainty people
needed to moke the packing house
business an Ice cream parlor con
cern?
The men, women and children needed
In this business are drawn from the
publlr, and are Just what the public
or consumers furnish.
Since th* public do not educate and
train people for this business, how can
they expect the packers to get them?
The packing house people might be
empowered by law to establish such
schools, and th* people thus educated
would be entitled to better compen
sation than those at present employed.
This extra expense would Increase the
price of beef, which the public would
kick against In fact the public is
not able to pay for beef If properly
handled, simply because of the proflt
which Is exacted, first by the farmer,
then by the railroad*, the stork yard
companies, the packers and the mail
ers. This profit exceeds the original
coat of the ox.
The public demands cheap things,
and the packers are simply trying to
comply with their demands.
No law 'can supply the public with
good beef, except a law which raises
the ox and educates Its handlers In the
form of beef to the people.
Here we have a business which the
public, by common consent, hsvs
>lared In the hands of a das* who are
known not to be and are not expected
to be equal In personal cleanliness nnd
In scientific attainments, such us ws
find In the employees of our Aral fam
ilies and first-class. hotel*.
What we need Is a law to supply
the packers nnd the ox-ralsera with
the cleanly and scientific help needM
to insure good food: and which will
compel th* packers and farmers to em
ploy such help and pay the waxes
needed to keep such help In * deen,
healthy condition.
This sounds like slavery, but It
not. It Is scientific freedom, for It
•hows that all Industrie* need clean,
scientific help, and that It will take ths
wealth and the papers of government
to eecure It.
In this packing house matter, we a*«
the supreme need of ths training. *■
public expense, of all labor, and Its
compulsory employment
Our public school system needs, to re
enlarged and extended so as to IsK*
In all trades and occupations, thus ex
cluding women and ths unfit from a*
occupations which sre Injurious tc
them physically and morally-
Thus the public will have first m
spected the labor, and this labor wl"
Inspect the packer and the meat.
The morals and th* physical cle*n
linen of tbe hands which feed, cloth*
and house us, Is but • reflex of pubi:
morals and cleanliness. .
W. A. JOHNSON.
62* Whitehall Street
Atlanta. Osu, June 6, 1*96.
la Germs sy It I* ' rendered
that • child should "go up” before jLffS
down In the world, so It * smrisd
•s soon as It Is horn. Is ease 'ben .*"
no stair*. the nurse mounts • 1*Me M
with tbe Infant.
ton, commission merchant; Frofeefjj
J. A. Richardson. T. E. Zell*?.
vllle Banking t'ompany: Or. Eduarc
Lyndon, Lyndon Manufacturing
pony, Mlse Cliff Lyndon. Respectfully
MRS. S. M. DEAN.
Chairman Monument Commute*
Palmetto, Ga., June I. 19*4.