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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
MONDAY, JULY jn. 1WZ
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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[ A man may well bring a horaa to tha water.
But he cannot make him drink without he will.
—Heywood.
Let the Southern Cotton Executive
Committee Be Judge.
t We take It for granted that the investigation com-'
mlttee called by Mr. Harvle Jordan to examine the sus
picions against his administration can scarcely saUsfy
Mr. Jordan himself, and we are perfectly confident that
It will not begin to saUsfy the great body of the cotton
association and the vast number of people who are Inter
ested In the affairs of the organization.
Whatever position we have taken In this matter has
been based upon tbe conception that the Southern Cot-
ton Association Is In every sense the greatest and most
Important organization In the South. There Is no other
organized body in these Quit and Southeastern states
that compares In Importance or In meaning with the
Southern Cotton Association, or carries with it so much
of the prosperity and development of the South.
Farmers' associations have been formed for these
many years iuut In these Southern states and have all
been Inaugurated with noble alms and lofty purposes,
looking to wholesome development and fair prices for
the products of the farm. Moat of these organisations
In time past have fallen to pieces through politics,
through corruption, or through the graft and Incompe
tency of their leaders.
It would be fatal beyond measure If this great body
of cotton growers and agricultural men should share the
fate ot| previous organizations. To avoid this catas
trophe It Is eminently necessary that the lives of the of
ficials of the associations and tbe executive beads of the
organizations should be absolutely free from any culpa
ble or dangerous connection, and as absolutely free from
even the suspicion of wrong-doing or of evil associations.
It was for these reasons and tor these reasons alone
that The Georgian has led the fight for a thorough, fear,
less, and sincere investigation Into the reflections which
have been urged upon certain officers of the cotton as
sociation.
Feeling that Mr. Harvle Jordan’* administration was
under Investigation, and that that administration mint
bo like Caesar's wife, "above suspicion," we felt sure
that tbo first Impulse which should have moved Mr. Jor
dan would have been to provide the largest, the com-
pletest and the most satisfactory court of Inquiry which
could be secured to pass upon 'these affairs. We cannot
sco how Mr. Jordan or Mr. Cheatham could be satisfied
for a moment, or expect the public to bo satisfied with
a committee selected as this has been. We do not think
It ethical or proper for Mr. Jordan or for Mr. Cheatham,
' who are both officers, not of the Georgia association, but
of the entire Southern association, to throw the respon-
nihility of their trial upon two members of the Georgia
association, however excellent and clean are these mem
bers.
We submit not only to Mr. Harvle Jordan, but to the
general intelligence of the farmers and cotton growers
of the South, that the most natural and reasonable court
of Inquiry that could have, been summoned to pass upon
these Issues would have been the general executive com
mittee of the Southern Cotton Association. This would
have brought Into the court, men Impartial, men remov-
ed from Mr. Jordan and his administration, men whose
verdict could not be by any stretch of suspicion, view
ed as an Interested verdict, and men, more especially,
who were entitled to hear and to past upon these
charges which affected their Interests and the general
association of which they were the guardians.
What right has Georgia alone to try an officer of the
entire Southern association? What right baa a general
officer of the association In summoning a court and a
jury, to 6mlt from that court and Jury those who had
an equal right to participate?
We did not attach, and we do not think that the pub
lic will attach, any degree of Importance to the court
of Inquiry called for session on Monday morning.
We are thoroughly convinced that It President Jor
dan. of the Southern association, and President Johnson,
of the state association, and Committeeman Peek will
lay their heads together, they will promptly adjourn this
small court of Inquiry and refer this question to the gen
eral executive committee of the Southern Cotton Asso
ciation. which can be called together by the president
to meet and to hear the evidence upon every aide which
touches the charges against the present administration.
This la what can be done and It Is what by nil means
should be done.
The reader will understand that the officers of the
Southern Cotton Association, through their reports and
correspondence, have the Hhole cotton situation of the
country at their flngor tips. If. then, there could be add
ed to this great equipment the facilities of a modern
bucket shop, the opportunities for making money would
have been superb, magnificent, charming.
. The temptation was Indeed great Let us trust and
believe that the future wilt develop the fact that the
Honorable Harvle Jordan and the equally Honorable
Richard Cheatham, did not yield to this temptation, and
that the Honorable A. A. Fairchild waa not really a
scapegoat, hut was. In point of fact, and beyond his own
confession, the only sinner In this transaction.
The columns of today’s paper will Indicate that
many thoughtful newspapers and periodicals throughout
the state and throughout tbe South Indorse The Geor
gian's demand for an Investigation Into the charges
which affect the official life of the Southern Cotton
Association. The Savannah Press. The Albany Herald,
The Mobile Register, all published In the great cotton
centera of the country, are among tbe number of news
papers calling for an Investigation. The Cotton Trade
Journal, of Savannah, one of tbe best reputed and most
respected cotton and trade Journals of the South, pub
lished In the great port of Southern shipments, has com
ments to make which are exceedingly Interesting as In
dicative of public opinion, and should be Instructive and
enlightening to Hands Jordan In the present emergency.
“Mike O’Grady’s” Confession.
Notwithstanding the statement of the
Richard Cheatham, made through The Constitu
tion a few dava ago. that he knew nothing of the
“Mike O'Gradv” in whose name some officer of
the cotton association was suspected of having
traded in cotton through a brokerage firm. “Mike
O’Gradv” turns un in the flesh, and confesses that
he placed monpv in the hands of Richard Cheat
ham. secretary of the Southern Cotton Association,
and authorized hifa to speculate for him on his
(Cheatham's) own judgment.
The confession scarcely needs comment.
The fact is established at last that Richard
Cheatham, secretary of the Southern Cotton Asso
ciation. has been’ using the advantage given him
bv his position, to speculate in cotton futures, even
though for the beneficial interest of his friend.
Alike O’Gradv.”
If Mr. Cheatham wishes to anticipate the
judgment of the members of the Southern Cotton
Aasociation. in whose interest he has been Waging
warfare against gambling with one hand while he
himself was nlaving the market with the other
hand, he will resign at once.
an approaching contest, and runs through a chasm whose ! dwelt among the rocks and under water falls; that they
' walls, about two miles In length, are for the most part were the enemies of the Cherokee nation; and they knew
Hon. perpendicular. After making five distinct leaps, as the - that these little folk had decoyed the missing hunters
chasm deepens. It settles Into turbulent and angry mood, i to death In the waters of Tallulah. In view of this le-
and so continues until It leaves the gorge and regains *'gend. It Is worthy of remark, that the Cherokees, be
lt* wonted character. The total fall of water, wlfhin the ; fore departing for the west, alw ays avoided the falls
two miles mentioned, has been estimated at 400 feet, and , of Tallulah, and were never found hunting or fishing In
the several falls have been named Ladore, Tempesta, ] their vicinity.
Oceana, Hurricane and Bridal Vei
The New Mr. Rockefeller.
It Is a new Sir. Rockefeller who has come home from
France to meditate among his millions.
It Is a case of “bless thee, Bottom, thou art trans-
Ihted," when the New York newspapers refer to him
as jolly John D.,” and In other terms of kittenish en
dearment
But the fact seems to.be that his liver Is working
exceedingly well and he Is bubbling over with good hu
mor. He was the most popular man on board the steam
er In which he rsturqpd to the United States. He met
the newspaper men at the dock with a hearty hand
shake and opened up freely when they wanted to Inter
view him. He even Invited them to come out to bis
country place and play golf with him.
He was a new and a better John.
It Is a great pity that ho didn’t see the error of his
way long ago. He would not have been pictured so often
as a sort of ogre, and he would not have Incurred tbe
odium of shutting himself up lu his hermit estate,
snarling at his fellow man.
Another sign of Improvement Is that he has author
ized hlz attorney to accept service for him In the case
soon to be tried In-Ohio against the Standard Oil Com
pany. He places hrmself In a much more' dignified posi
tion than by attempting to dodge the process server for
an Indefinite time, as some of his associates hare done.
There Is no rsason why the Standard Oil Company
should not come Into court and explain why It has done
certain things which, to put It mildly, look very much
like a conspiracy In restraint of trade. There Is no rea
son why Mr. Rockefeller himself should not come Into
court and tell what he knows about 1L
But It Is this change of heart which Interests the
people particularly at this time. The sun and the good,
warm air of France seem to have done the work for him.
Ho has shown that hts fellow millionaire, Mr. Sago, was
wrong—radically wrong—and that n vacation la a good
thing for any man. It has given him n saner and
healthier view of life and he must feel like n very dif
ferent creature.
His conduct In the future, and particularly In the
trial which will soon .take place at Findlay, Ohio, will
be watched with considerable Interest.
Wbnt It h« should loosen up and tell all he knows?
It Is nothing less than just to say that the refusal
of Hon. John D. Walker, of Sparta, Go., to serve upon
the Investigation «. immlttee, did not contain any sug
gestion of a lack of confidence or regard for Mr. Jordan.
Mr. Walker declined because of pressing engagements
elsewhere, and there was no moaning to hts refusal be
yond the one which he assigned. Howevor, our congrat
ulations to him .upon getting out of It were based upon
our own view of the situation and not on Mr. Walker's,
which we did not know. Mr. Walker Is clean, capable
and above suspicion, and we feel sure that however little
ho may have been willing to shirk the responsibility,
from our own point of view he I* fortunate In not being
able to serve as a member of this committee.
Tallulah Falls a State Park.
Nothing Is more apparent than that Georgians are
attending strictly to the material upbuilding of Georgia
and not at all to the beautifying of any part of the com
monwealth and the enhancement of the pleasure of the
people. ,
Prosperity makes mankind desire other pleasures
and other recreation, and there Is nothing which would
add more (o the Innocent pleasures and commendable
pride of Georgia than the ownership by the state of an
Immense park of mountain landscape at Tallulah Falls
with the great cataract s'et as a gem in Its center. Geor-,
gla Is able to purchase. Improve and beautify this natural
ly beautiful and romantic section. It could be used tor
encampments of our soldiers both state and national—
an Ideal training camp In time of war; for vast gather
ings of the people and for Chautauqua purposes, tt
would In time of peace become the favorite Mecca for
the pleasure seeker, the tired American worn down with
hard work and threatened with nervous prostration and
also tor tbe coavalescents; a pleasant resort and sana
torium for all daases and peoples. A chain of hotels
would dot the greensward; happy children plsy under
the trees and drink in the Invigorating osone, which
would make of them stalwart men and handsome wo
men. That Georgia had such a playground would at
tract visitors from other lands, and these visitors might
become citizens, colonists with money to pay for lands
and houses In our favored dime. All Americans glory
In the possession of Yellowstone park and speak with
pride of Niagara Falls, especially when their feet press
foreign soil. .
Virginia has Its Otter Peaks and Natural Bridge;
Oklahoma Its Wichita mountains; Kentucky Its Mam
moth care, California Its Yosemtte. Georgia should
preserve the falls of Tstlulsh ss a monument to Its sen
timent of the beautiful and grand!
. The following description of Tallulah Falls, taken
from "Our Native Land,” la generally regarded as one of
the most exquisite erer written;
Nowhere In Georgia can there bfe seen such a nov
elty of mountain scenery as Tallulah chasm. In the
northeastern part of the state. This Cherokee name
means the terrible, and was originally applied to the
river on account of Its magnificent falls. It runs through
s mountain land, and Is narrow, deep, clear, cold and
subject to every variety of mood; During the first half
of its career It winds .among the hills In uneasy joy, and
then, for several miles. It wears a pladd appearance and
you scarcely bear the murmur of the waters. 80on tiring
of this peaceful course, however. It narrows Itself for
At these points the I
stream Is exceedingly winding, and the granite cliffs on
either side vary In height from 600 to 900 feet, while I
the mountains which lrnck the cliffs reach an elevation
of 1,600 feet. Many of the pools are very large and deep,
and tbe walls and rocks are everywhere covered with
tbe most luxuriant mosses. The vegetation of the whole
chasm Is In truth particularly rich and varied; for you
may find here not only the pine, but specimens of every
variety gjf the more tender trees, together with lichens
snd vines, and flowers, which would keep a botanist em
ployed for half a century. Only four paths have been
discovered leading to the margin of the water, and to
make either one of these descents requires much of the
nerve and courage of the sapphire gatherer. Through
this Immense gorge a strong wind Is ever blowing, and
the sun never falls upon the cataracts without forming
beautiful rainbows, which contrast strangely with the
surrounding gloom and horror, and the roar of the water
falls, perpetually ascending to the sky, comes to the be
holder with a voice that bids him wonder and admire.
With regard to tho more striking feature of the
chasm next to the falls may be mentioned the Devil's
I'lilplt. -the Devil'.- Dwelling, the Kagle's Nest, the
Deer Leap, Hawthorne's Pool and Hank's Sliding Place,
whoso several names convey an Idea of their character
istics or associations.
After emerging from Its magnificent chasm, the Tat-
lulah river runs, quietly through a beautiful vale, which
Is so completely hemmed In with hills ns to be quite Inac
cessible to a vehicle of any description. In this narrow
valley standB a solitary cabin, which though now desert
ed and forlorn, was once tho happy home of Adam Van
diver, the hunter of Tallulah. In politics, which he de
spised, he went for men, not principles, and from tho
time that he fought under General Jackson In tho Creek
war until hlfs death, he continued to vote for him for
president at every subsequent election.
Many generations ago, according to the Cherokees.
It so happened that several famous hunters, who had
wandered toward the Savannah river, never returned.
The fears of the nation were excited, and they sent a
delegation or medicine men to find the hunters. When
they returned, they reported that they had dis
covered a dreadful chasm In a strange part of
the country. They said it wns n very wild'
place. Inhabited by a race of little people, who
PARK.
TALLULAH FALLS FOR
To the Editor of The Georglnn:
Aware that The Georgian takes the lead In advocat
ing those things which tend to the welfare, the pride
and tho pleasure of Georgians, I may be pardoned for
directing attention to a subject In which the people of
the dear old commonwealth are greatly Interested. 1. e.,
the permanent establishment of ample recreation spaco
at Tallulah Falls for the enjoyment of present and future
generations. That this Niagara of the South should -bo
developed and utilized for mere money making and that
the hills and della should be occupied by a population
devoted to earning a scant subsistence as mill opera
tives. grates harshly upon the finer sensibilities of a largo
percentage of the Inhabitants of the state. That It shall
be used by the Empire State of the South ns a pleasure
ground for its people has taken shape by the appoint
ment of a committee to acquire It by the senate and
bouse at the session of lUUa. The patriotic chairman
of the combined committee is thoroughly Imbued with
tbe spirit of preserving unimpaired nil the grand scenery’
and great water falls for the delight of the sons and
daughters of Georgia. Yet efforts are afloat to establish
electric power plants and pulp mills at Tallulah Falls.
That roaring Tempesta. raging Hurricane, seething
Oceana and the milder Bridal Veil shall bo harnessetl
to turn the wheels of manufactories, muffling their loud
voices and hiding their grandeur forever; that the grand
chasm shall become a stagnant lake, and the rugged
handiwork of Nature when at her best shall be obliter
ated that a few capitalists may add moro millions to their
riches, is vandalism pure and simple. Georgia will not
stand for It.
But before the committee acts some one of the many
Individuals and corporations who have an eye only to
their material advantage, may acquire possession of the
property and thus render the acquirement by the state
more difficult or perhaps Impossible. I am reliably
Informed, howevor, that If the committee Is ready to act,
that conditions are such that the state may acquire cer
tain portions of the falls nnd lands which would give it
the key to the position and preclude the development of
tho water power for manufacturing purposes. Quick ac
tion Is necessary, however, nnd cannot be urged too earn
estly by press and people. RABUN.
lly Private Leased Wire
| New York. July 3C,-
side
SOUTHERN PAPERS DEMAND
A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION
Speculating Officials,
From The Memphis Commercial-Appeal
News dispatches state that It has
been charged upon the floor of the
Georgia legislature that certain officers
of the Southern Cotton Association are
stockholders and'sharers In the profits
of a large brokerage firm, chiefly en
gaged In the handling of cotton futures.
This In Itself Is not an offense per
but In view of the fact that the asso
ciation has been most active In efforts
to suppress all forms of future con
tract trading In cotton the thing. If
true, Is most culpable. Immediately
upon hearing that such charges had
been made. President Harvle Jordan
appointed a committee of three from
among the officers of the association
to make an Investigation and report on
the matter.
The cotton growers should unite In
demande for. the strictest Integrity of
conduct by their officers, who are paid
and supported by a tax levied upon the
products of the tollers. The associa
tion's members ore moro than stock
holders In an institution; they are In
effect citizens of an economic body, a
body entrusted with their financial wel
fare. The demand Is for men of probi
ty and Intelligence to guide IL
The charges may not be sustained,
but It behooves the association at all
times to look closely after Its own and
to punish with severity malfeasance In
office, abpuld there be ouch, conse
quently President Jordan's act provld
Ing an Investigation cannot be too
highly commended.
The aseoclatlon has been a power In
the cotton market at times -Ince Its
organisation. That power cannot be
maintained It the-suspicion gains cur
rency that those In command are us
ing the wide Influence of the organ
ised growers for selfish and speculative
purposes. There should be absolute di
vorcement of the personal Interests of
officers and the conduct of Its public
policy.
Standing in With Buekst Shops.
From {The Bavannah Press.
We truet that the Investigation or
dered by Mr. Harvle Jordan will be
thorough. If any official connected
with the Bouthern Cotton Association
has' been Interested In bucket shops or
has been engaged In speculating In fu
tures the facts should be known. No
one believes that Mr. Jordan {tlntaelf
has been Implicated, but there were
rumors associating some one In. his
office with this kind of practice. Now
this la the very thing for which the
Southern cotton growers have been
expoetng the statlzttcal bureau , In
Washington. Such a thing Is Intolsra-
ble and should not be covered up by
technlcallty. We see it stated that the
association has no power to send for
witnesses or to administer oaths. This
would create a bad impression. One
man has already acknowledged that he
owned an eighth Interest In a bucket
shop, hut says that he has let It go.
Another man answers that all charges
that he was speculating In cotton fu
tures was "hearsay."
The whole thing came out during
Mr. Anderson's speech against Mr.
Boykin's futures bin. A cotton jour
nal, said to be the organ of the Cotton
Growers' Association, vigorously sup
ported the Boykin bill and viciously
attacked the opponents of that bill. It
waa then that Mr. Anderson was sup
plied wlttKlnformatlon which he used
on the floor.of the house that certain
parties connected with the association
were said to be speculating In futures
under an assumed name, and that one
of them was actually Interested In a
bucket shop. Just how far the facta
will sustain the charges wlU be proven
In the hearing If a full and free hear
ing Is had. Mr. Anderson claims to
have the documents and says he will
be able to show that some of the men
who have lined up so strongly for the
Boykin bill were living In glass houses
Trade Journal "Not Surprised.”
From Savannah Cotton Trade Journal.
We are not entirely surprised that
attention has been attracted to the con
duct of officers of the Southern Cotton
Association. The Cotton Trade Journal
called attention to a number of things
done on the part of President Jordan
himself, which were tending to Impair
his usefulness os the association's ex-
eruttve. notwithstanding they Involved
nothing more than getting Into com
pany with hla official name where he
did not properly belong. It was not
thought wise for him to become the
toot of promoters of this and that con
cern, In New York as well as tbe South,
as director or otherwise, an<! then per
mitting the parading of the associa
tion’s head as an Indorsement for pat
ronage among Its members. Unsolicit
ed Jetters of approval of The Journal's
position which came from nil over the
cotton belt was a sufficient assurance
that the people were opposed to such
alliances on the part of their president.
When the association's officers wish
to embark In enterprise! that may In
volve a withdrawal of confidence In
their fidelity to their trust, they should
be able to see what Is ahead for them,
and acting for Its welfare, retire In
favor of others without such entagle-
ments. '
"Will Havs a Tims Explaining.”
From The Mobile Register.
Ths Southern Cotton Association of
ficers will have a time explaining Sec
retary Cheatham's connection with the
Piedmont Brokerage Company, a buck
et shop of Atlanta. Cheatham has
been systematically bulling the market
for a year or more, persuading planters
to hold their cotton for a price that
was never realised. Meantime, so says
a stockholder In the bucket shop, he
has bead giving tips on the market,
making money on the side. These are
the same men who propose to Southern
people to put up several millions of dol
lars to make paper out of cotton stalks
—a neiv way to manufacture sunshine
from cucumbers.
THE MULBERRY SELLERS
OF THE COTTON FIELDS
Is the Cotton Stalk Products Company,
headed by tbe Hon. Harrle Jordan, and
heralded throughout the South during the
past few weeks, calculated to deceive the
unwary and Inveigle the farmers of the
South Into taking stock In a visionary and
Impracticable scheme?
The Chattanooga Tradesman baa taken
up the matter, and sounds a note of alarm.
In the Issue of July 15, The Tradesman
says:
The character of Colonel Mulberry Sell
era, so graphically depicted In Mark
Twnln’s book, “The Glided Age," was taken
from real life snd has Its counterpart In
many persons of the present day.
It la the rallying cry of Wall street In
every new enterprise that Is launched In
that realm of gilded allurements: “There’s
million* in It. and almost everywhere else,
snd In behalf of every conceivable scheme,
no matter how visionary. It la the aame old
song of Mark Twaln'a hero, **There’s mil
Ilona .In It!"
Colonel Mulberry Sellers had discovered
an eye water that was a certain remedy
for tore eyes, and he wanted to take this
to the detilxens of darkest Africa to treat
the afflicted there at $1 per eye. He ex-
plalnted that there were a million of them
who bad sore eves, and that, would be a
million dollars, but aa these had two eyes
each It would double thin aum, and so
be exelaltned exultlngly, by Irresistible log
ic. “There’s millions In It/'
Hut since Colonel Hallers' dsy, others
have exploited various schemes, on paper,
claimed
There'
ra|iiuiini lariutia r uruira, uu |mz|tci.
were equally as clear, and they all
ed by a similar process of reasoning,
re’s millions In if." With one It “Was
tbe making of paper from swamp grasses;
with aaothsr ft was gtsut powder from
corn stalks Into cellulose . _ ,
nets, and behind this there were actually
“millions”—lu stocks of questionable value.
Still another was going to atart a monkey
farm In Florida, aud use these In the cot
ton fields to displace the negro lu pick
ing cotton, while still another was going
to corral the Ore-flies snd do away with
gas or electric plants for lighting towns
—“ -- nn a manjr
snd cities. In all
>thera of similar cl.....
’There’s millions In It!'
these,
ter, th
But there I
eently been organised a company that for
elaborateness of exploitation and extensive
ness of claims lays it over all others ever
ed to a gullible public. Colo-
Sellers would turn green with
envy. If he were alive and could bear
.jys it
before presented to a ,
nel Mulberry
wbnt tbta company proposes to accomplish.
It Is called ’The cotton Stalk Products
Company," and waa organised under the
lawa of Maine with a capitalisation of
$15,000,000, and Its business will be to make
paper and denatured alcohol out of cotton
•talks.
Just listen to some of tbe many things
It Is going to aebltTe, as announced by its
S rombtera: It will enhance the value of
t»e cotton crop 1100.000,000 (???l; It will rev
olutionise (?) tbe handling of the cotton
crop and save |».OiX*.000: It will cheapen
the price of paper (?) and save millions
more: It will kill the boll weevil and save
175,004,000 to the farmers that Is now lost
by that pest (???). .
It will grow the material for the paper
mills—and three will l*e established every
5 miles through the cotton bett-at the back
door* of these mills, and this will save Ita
transportation. Iicstdea patting put of bust-
nesa the 7S0 paper mills novp In operation,
snd transfer their annual Income of $300,000,-
000 to the South!!! It will save tbe foreete
of tbe northwest, now being denuded for
.... , par ton. Thin
must mean the price In the Held aa they
stand, otherwise It would require a two-
mute team, driver and hauls to load and
unload with a delivery of mju t to
the nearest mill, nnd that would entail an
actnal loss In cost of lal»or alone ut that
price. Besides. It Is barely possible that
the crop »f stalks will equal In tons the
I per rent into aleo-
mg vo ?ne claims made. This
would give <,2SS.W0 too• of paper, about
enough to supply the dally papers In a
few of our metropolitan cities, and yet this
company Is going to put all the other paper
mills of the country out of business!:' •
Hot this Is not all of tha results, by spy
means, whirb are to follow from the opera
tion of this Mkhw mlmde-produelng com
pany. There will be • per cent of alcohol
obtained, ami this will so cheapen this ar
ticle that Internal enmbuetlou^engines will
errryu-here appear, and the horse will go
out of bnalnesa. Why. It Is told in till
announcement that In l»W there will be 580,-
000 of such engines In dally use!!!
These engines, of come, must be supplied
with alcohol from tho mills of this com
pany, which will render good roads evury-
where prevalent, and the railroads will be
like tho horse, relegated to non-use, snd
the rate question will be a thing of the
past. Yet tho crowning achievement to
resnlt from the production of this alcohol
In these mills Is to bo the running of tor
pedo boats with a speed equal to the fastest
express trains of the country!!! Mlrahlle
dlctu! ss the old professor of Latin used
to express. It. and thla would work a com
plete revolution In the construction of tor
pedo boats, which would then settle the
qaustlon forever of which was the strong
est-nary In the world, since these torpedo
boats could dear tbe seas of battle ships
before they could get Into action or even
turn around.
The public Is further Informed that this
gigantic conception came from one master
mlud, which now rules the destinies of the
Honthern Cotton Aoooclatlon, but this is
past liellef. It sounds like the Corn Htnlks
Company promoters, the old Routhern Cot
ton Corporation nnd the 15-Cont Cotton
Trust all combined. .It is worthy of these
and a half dosen Colonol Mulberry Sellers
thrown In for good measure.
Of course, such a company with such un
limited possibilities before,It has no stock
for sale! Away with such a base sugger
It msy be well for the public,
tbe dear cotton planters of the Bouth, to
read and ponder over tbo following letters
from two of tbe directors of this company,
snd compare them with the foregoing
claims put forth on the authority (»f the
reliabletow York Commercial and swallow
ed, twit. hook, line and pole, by some of
theleadlng dally papers of the Bouth:
'‘Birmingham. Ala., Jnne 30, 1906,—The
Tradesman. Chattanooga, Tens.—Hear Sir:
Roose
velt. while n member of the Reformed
church. Is no bigot In the matter of re
ligion. He attended the Presbyterian
church at Oyster Bay yesterday, the
anged specially for
listened to an np-
and joined heartily
services being arr
his edification. lie
proprlate sermon,
in the singing.
News reached me from Hanover,
Mjinj*., that .limit's A. CjiiiW-M, u h-
been dangerously ill from an attack of
pneumonia, has rallied somewhat, and
now has a good chance for recover/.
There should be an Inspiration to the
young men of the naval academy In
their new training ship, The Olynfpla,
from whose bridge Dewey fought the
battle of Manila Ray, and demonstrated
to the - world that the American navy,
Iri a generation of peace, had lost none
of the efficiency from the time Paul
Jones made It the most effective fight
ing machine which sails the seas. The
famous ship Is to be 4ised for the gen
eral instruction of future Deweys,
SchleyB and Sampsons.
The Lord’s day observance commit
tee of the Massachusetts legislature
sent to Coney Island to glean Ideas for
some new blue laws, sat In Magistrate
Voorhles* court this morning to see
what fish were caught In the legal net
of the resort yesterday.
They had done the whole island the
day before and .found the fun so Inno
cent and wholesome that they de
clared they would frame a very mod
erate law when they got home. Noth
ing happened in the police court today
to change the Impression their Sun
day's Jaunt had made.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, July SO.—Here are zome
of the vlsltora In New York today;
ATLANTA—T. Abbott, C. B. Bed-
well, A. Bluetentha], H. S. Cole, A. Diaz,
Jr„ M. W. Gray, F. P. Hayes, I A. O.
Morris, TV. R. Norrlz, F. W. Patterson,
C. P. Phillips, W. H. Rozer, T. J. Wee-
ley, C. Blosser, EL J. Dickey, F. M.
Kaufman.
AUGUSTA—Miss A. L. Branch.
MACON—R. S. Krause, J. M. Min-
ter.
IN PARI8.
Special to The Georgian.
Paris, July 30.—Mr. and Mrs. David
H. Keefe, of Atlanta,' Ga., registered at
the office of the European edition of
The New York Herald today.
aake enr eta
ment a, to the feasibility of tbe manufi.
tore for commercial purpose* of paper, jlc-
until ml alcohol end pther by-product, rrein
cotton .talk., I hare seen «omr very aalla-
factory sample, and bare received ...nr-
nnce* from W. W. Gibbs and M. W. Mara-
de», of Philadelphia, who claim that thee*
product, can be manufactured from cotton
•talka at an low a coat aa to make the pro
cess a. commercial sueceaa.
'-The understanding, however, upon which
I authorized the no of my name a, n direc
tor la distinctly that only an much of the
•lock, probably about IMkOOO, .hull tie of
fered for sale at pmrnt ea may he users-
•ary to build, eqnlp and flmmee one mill,
to he located, at some eligible point, and
that future stock offering, to ike public
are to he bused entirely upon the actual
reaulta obtained by thla mill.
"While the enterprise appear, to be an
Important one, the proceaa ahould tie given
a thorough, practical teat before atock la
sold and plant, eetabllehed on n large
•cale. W. P. O. HARDING, *
"Preeldeat Ft rat National Bank.”
"Birmingham, Ala., June », IKS—The
Tradesman, Chattanooga. Term.
I hare your favor of May St.
qulry In regard to the company organized
to utilize cotton atalka of the South.
"I do not know that I can give yon
th. Information that yon desire, and,
fer yon to W. W. Glliha, Penn-
Hdtng. Philadelphia, who con-
rnt.
-aa appealed to me for two rea
ls a wos’ khoy n fufft fiat tha
■r pulp la gradually Increaatng
r. and that the price of |—per
i very bnrdenaome to large con-
It would be n atrictly South-
ae and one that ought to ap-
Investors of the South.
-. one ran never tell what tha
ralue of a proposition tike thla
itU a fair trial baa tieen made
wale. The experimental plant
i have been a great anecraa, but
y other condition, might arlar
acturlng on n Urge arale. The
the corn pour at present U to
into one pUnt. and If thla ta
o Introduce them all over the
■lllse a product which haa here-
watted and burdensome to dla-
. W. II. HAMINOML
lent Republic Iron and Hteel
.OST IN EXPERIMENTS.
>man haa made aome Inuulrle,
he Msradcn t'.uflpunjr, of Pbll-
der the patent, of which' It
limed the Cotton Hulk Prod-
ly would operate. Ho far aa
•crrtalned. thla company haa
• pUnt that haa le-en operated
la! reaulta. and thla la heated
".Ky.. amt the following let.
reliable tourer In that city to
aan has thla to aay reganliag
den Company, af Philadelphia.
hullt and equipped a Urge plant In tha
city of Owensboro for t ho manufacture of ;
corn pith cellulose. The plant waa oper
ated for a number of yearn, the company
buying corn atnlkB from the farmers at
from J1 to $6 per ton. The company
I-ought nml worked up nn enormous amount
of corn atalka, but the great difficulty they
R -erlenced wrs In getting nullable ma
ttery for extracting tho pith from the
atnlk. They apent a largo amount of money
ling, and replaced the machinery
I three or four tlniei, at a tre
mendous ontlay of caab.
“ — ‘ don
the farmers, but tile writer la not Yamlllar
with the price pnltl for the pith alone.
It must have been a losing venture, as they
finally aava up tho manufacture of eellu-
far* entirely, and the plant Is now being
for manufacturing n special stock feed
made of corn nnd nlrnlfn. It teems thnt
the plant at thin time la being operated
by an entirely different company, as It
Is known aa the American Milling Company,
and wo do not know what disposition was
eror made of flio Marsden Company. It
Is estimated thnt they spent anywhere
from 11,000,000 to }2.0u0.000 In Owensboro
since the business wns first started.”
COTTON STALIKPRODUCT8 CO.
Editorial from Tbe Tradesman.
A few years ago, a company was organ*
tied In Philadelphia to make celluleee and
other vatnanle products from corn stalks,
nnd grent claims were made by Its pro*
motors nn to tbo benefits the farmers of
the conntry would receive through the
conversion of a waste product Into a source
of wealth.
The com
Into tbe ml... v ». «. — r —.
Inent In tbe financial and business world
were named as Ita officers ami directors.
Numerous factories were to be Immediately
erected In various portions of the corn
raising sectlou. and to give greater weight
to the lnuurblng of the company It was
allowed to get out that there would be a
tremendous demand for the product or
these factories for the lining of, navnl
vessels, throngb which they would be
come practically safeguarded from danger,
In that the elasticity of this material waa
auch that all holes from shot or shell would
Immediately be closed. . .
Under such announcements and claims
large blocks of stock were marketed, and
commercial |>o(llca opened up extended cor
respondence with the company for the Iocs*
ITTU llllTiarj, till I / UMB limui *— -
ed, aud tbe stock of the company went
to pieces, the last reported ooles being st
l%c on the dollar. „ . _
When tho. announcement of tbe Cotton
Stalk Products Company first
there was so much In It that bors ilBilarlty
to tbe original corn stalk concern, that wj
felt Instinctively there was a connection !*•
tween them, ami sure enough It Is the pat
ents and processes of tbe latter which the
Cotton Stalk Products Company are to uat*.
Ami then when a farther Investigation was
Isstltuted by The Tradesman such a dis
crepancy was found to exist b*t55f n * !h f
statements accredited to the president of
the new company and one of Its mo«
prominent directors, ss set forth In an arti
cle found elsewhere In our columns, that
The Tradesman, by virtue of Its Jens
E?Tnu'a-.triWiL
to aoand a aotr of caution regarding It
No one queattoua llwt pa|”-r can uo man,
from cotton atalka. aa It can lie from corn
fttnlka, ami n great many other araate ptwi-
ucta, but when the attention of cotton
raise re wna acemlnglj sought for the new
enterprise hr the statement that the «<[•
striirtion of the boll wfecll would fol-
loar Ita operation, aa a certalntjr, IMawa*
so utterly alwnnl that we were anrpruen
to flinl thoughtful publishers rpirqdurhif
It. foe cotton atalka are now regnUrty horn
ed In the Hekla where grown, and thl,
should certainly bare more effect toward
destroying the bell Weevil than^ would ra*
arent-
should certainly bare more effect
destroying the boll weevil than w
anlt from a mere remoral of them.
natured nleohol, • per cent, obtained In th,
proceaa would lie able to do In the opera
tion of tnrjtedn I—ale. when I here *re wo-
merous other anlwtanrea that yield '“.nt*
returns of nleohol; so much ao-that ltl»
wore, than aliannl to Imagine there could
lie a revolution In torpedo I-oat propui;
•ion on aeeoont of the small supply of
denatured aleobnl to bo obtained from thla
cotton stalk conversion. . . _
These statrmeate. together with otter*
equally extravagant and Irrelevant, mom
to Indleate that there la a atoek-Johbtni
aeheroe tiehlnd It, In whlek tie chief pro
moters are more Interested than la anv
K -llde lienMta to the farmers of tho
th. If aaeh experteieotal resell, havs
been aerotnpllsbed. as one le led to Infer
from the announcements made, why do not
these gentlemen pat their own money Into
the enterprise} S'o one will rejoice ne-re
over their aoeeeaa than mill Th- Trade*-
mas. I-at until tke enterprise ran be dem
onstrated possible and eommerehilly pr ,,B 1 t '
•hie w>- advise letting the n- l severely