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Atlanta Georgian. ||MM—yw—■ JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Telephone Connections. Subscription Rstes: One Year $4.50 Six Months ....... 2.50 Three Months . ,.,, 1.25 By ( arrirr, per week 10c Published Every .Afternoon Except Sundsy by THE GEORGIAN CO. st 25 W. Alsbsms Street, Atlsnts, Gs. rad as HfflKlrLiK matter April S. ISOS, at tka Paatnrira St Atlanta. Ca.. under art of congress of March L IRS. Some “Spots on The Sun.” unable to determine an Institution or a Unless thou find occasion, hold thy tongut; 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.