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* THE ATLANTA GEO K0 TAN- WKnNF.SDAV, AUGUST 8. ISO*. The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. JTelephone *1 Connections. Subscription Rates: Published Every Afternoon One Year $4.50 Except Sundey by Six Months ....... 2.50 THE GEORGIAN CO. Three Months 1.25 st 25 W. Alabama Street, By Carrier, per week 10c Atlanta,' Gt. Entered ss second-class matter April a. HOS, it tbs Postoffice at Atlanta. 0«.. nuflsr act of coagnsa or Mareb 1 1171. Hearst’s Giant Stride to Power. The New York World, rival and opponent to all of the Hcarat newspapers, has in double leada upon lta ed itorial page the following paragraph: "There la now no algn of any power In ex istence competent to prevent last- year's Inde pendent candidate for mayor from becoming on September 25 this year's regular Democratic candidate for governor." The situation In New York reveals a remarkable condition of affairs which has a beating of Immediate Importance upon the national fortunes of the Demo cratic party and reveals In new and startling fashion the extraordinary power and prestige attained by William R. Hearst. The candidate for president In the Democratic cam paign of 1204, literally slathered with venomous and vin dictive abuse and slander which grew In the great me tropolis of the country, held on with tenacious courage and perseverance against the overwhelming tide of bit terness, and without a national friend and without a sin gle national newspaper at hla back, polled 206 votes In the national Democratic convention as the choice of his party for president of the United States. And behind foese votes In the natvxnal convention there thundered the tumultuous applause of a great au dience of nearly 17,000 people who showed that Hearst held a high and enduring place In the heart and In the confidence of the Democratic masses of America. Coming home frem this campaign and with the tides of slander still running high against him, Mr. Hearst with that magnificent courage of conviction which has always Illustrated, his distinguished and heroic public service, consented to lead the apparently forlorn hope of the Municipal League In the city politics of New York and In a whirlwind campaign stretching over six weeks of time, he swept over the polls to a triumphant victory out of which he was clearly cheated, but to which he was unquestionably entitled In the Judgment of every thinking and fair-minded man In New York. And now with that magnificent ballot which de stroyed and put behind him the slanderers who had hounded his career, the Now York reformers have pro jected Mr. Hearst Into the race for governor of the Em plro State. With the same dauntless spirit which Illus trated his previous campaigns, Mr. Hearst does not fob low slavishly In the wake of any organisation, but boldly nnd frankly states his principles and chooses 'his own organisation. And behold the result of courage, candor and su perbly definite convictions. Not a Democratic leader In New York has raised his voice ngnlnst William R. Hearst No opposition has been I organised ngnlnst him. Tammany Hall, which he fought to a standstill In his municipal campaign, Is prsotically eating bread out of his hand. And Murphy and McCarren, whom he bald up to public scorn, are following docile and complacent in the wake of his triumphant move. The New York World, which Is his leading opponent, frankly concedes the hope of victory, while In his favor tho ceaseless energy of his agents night and day all over the state Is produc ing most encouraging and definite results. * | Tho peoplo of America are coming to realise that the cstlmato placed upon this vital man by the editor of The Georgian, who was his friend and advocate In 1204, was a Just nnd proper estimate. He Is one of tho most remnrkablo men If not the most remarkable man In the field of public life In America today. He Is beyond all doubt or question the finest executive moving upon the face of American politics at this time, and we hasard hero tho statement which we confidently rest upon the future to vindicate, that in the'hearts of the American Democracy today, and at this time, William R. Hearst, the actor and doer, Is every whit as strong as William J. Bryan, the evangel and the prophet for the people’i rights. Man tor man, ballot for ballot, William R. Hearst would poll today In any state In the Union as many Democratic votes as Bryan and double as many as any other man. Now. consider for a moment the evidences of his power In New York. Ho has not truckled for an In stant to Tammany Hall. He has not begged for a mo- munt for tho support of the Democratic machine. The Democratic machine simply realised that It they did not Indorse Hearst he would run as an Independent candl dato of tho Municipal League and tjiat the Democratlo party would be third In the race and lose the electlob, machinery, patronage and all. And so with a recogni tion of his power as significant as It Is comprehensive and prudent, the Democratic machine and the Democrat ic bosses fell In behind the greatest Democrat of the state and the Ideal Democrat of bis time who does things rather than talk about them. And at the present moment It looks as If the most .united and vigorous Democracy that has followed a candidate for 20 years In New York would be behind this friend and champion of the rights and the liberty of the common people. Suppose Mr. Hearst Is elected governor of New York? It would at once make htm the most powerful In. dividual in bis party, and next to the president the most l>owerful individual In the republic. He would hold within himself the power once held by Hill and Croker i-omblned. He would be Tammany Hall. He would be the i-tnte machine, and New York would belong to him as completely as any state was ever held In bondage by an Individual. It he should be elected It would, make him In that tingle Instant the most potential Democrat In the re public. His prestige would leap shoulder to shoulder within an hour with that of Bryan, and In the greatness of bis executive administration he would day by day forge even to the front of the great Nebraskan as the executive of popular rights and liberty, as a foe to the trusts and as a compelling restraint upon the aggres sions of an unjust and selfish capital. There Is no parallel In this republic to this career that has grown so steadily, so persistently and with such heroic consistency out of overwhelming opposition which has always met him and fought and scandalised him and heaped upon him such abuse. it it a simple straight testimony to the fact that the I beans of the people go out longingly and loyally toward a man who docs something for them and for thcl terests. The voices of the subsidized press, the politicians and of tho magnates may howl their maledictions abuses for a decade agnlnBt a man like this, but In this age the people who think and hear and see know a great big strong man when they see him, and they know Hearst and know that they can trust him to do what says he will do, and that ho will execute what he prom lass. And knowing this they will give him their votes whenever he asks tor them no matter who elso may be knocking at tho door. It Hearst runs for governor of New York ho will be governor of New York. “Olamls thou art and Cawdor—and shall be more hereafter.” ■ Hon. William H. Fleming replies at length In Wed nesday’s. Macon Telegraph to the artlclo of Judge A. Miller upon disfranchisement. The Georgian regrets that the crowded state of Its columns which precluded the use of Judge Miller’s able comment, also shuts out the able but lengthy reply of Mr. Fleming. The discus sion between these eminent Georgians Is upon a blgb plane and Is worthy of the serious attention of men who are In search of the truth. The South Prospers Under Free Trade. Under the head of “The Growth nnd Progress of the South,” nrhlch has become a popular and Informing feature of this page, there recently appeared an article showing that demand for structural Iron and Iron rails was far greater than the supply, and that the general trade at Balttmoro In clothing, hats, dry goods, etc. showed that that city was more than holding her own against the competition of the North. These facts have led a correspondent to send us the following communication, which wo are glad print: To the Editor of The Georgian: The heading of this article may startle some of your readers who fancy that because we have a pro tective tariff the South Is prospering under protec tion. The truth Is the South Is prospering under free trade. Factories and mills are springing up everywhere throughout the South; Southern Indus tries are multiplying as If by magic. It Is not my Intention to divide our common country Into Indus- trial, or any other kind of sections, t am opposed to sectionalism. But the simple fact Is, the South Is thriving under free trade with, and In-competi tion with the blghly-organlzod, aggressive and un sentimental Industrialism of tho North. I say un sentimental Industrialism to emphaslto the fact that Southern Industries are not thriving because of the pity, Indulgence or toleration of their rivals. Certainly no Northern manufacturer says, "The poor, struggling. Southorn manufacturer is my fellow countryman. I will not undersell him." And no Southerner wants him to say It. Tho South stands by Its own strength. What a farce protection lsl The North Is able to undersell the English manufacturer In his own market, and yet wants to be protected from him In the American market. The South thrives under free trade with the North, and yet Is presumed by pro tectionists to need protection against the manu facturers of Europo, who are undersold by the North In their own markets. FREE TRADE. This Is sledge-hammer logic. The point of view Is original, and many of our readers, no doubt, had never considered the question In this light, and yet It Is the simple truth that the South Is prospering under tree trade as between this section and the rest of the country. On Monday It was shown In an article on this page that the amount In. vested In manufactures In the South during the Drat five years of tho present century had Increased 65 per cent, and the value of her manufactured products had Increased more than 31 per cent during the same length of time, thereby 1 leading the otLsr three groups of states Into which the country Was divided for pur poses of comparison, with New England at the very tall end of all. As our correspondent says, this has not come about through sympathy. It Is bocauso tho South Is able to compete In the open market with New England and the rest of the country. This Is, of course, undor free trado as between the states and constitutes a powerful argu* ment agalnat the theory of protection which the Repub lican party so assiduously fosters. There has been an awakening of the people throughout the country of late and protection Is about to be called to the bar kgnln. There are abundant signs that It will be one of the leading features of the next presidential campaign. Governor Cummins and his Iowa Idea" of tariff reform have won out In the Hawk eya atate by an overwhelming majority and the epl demlc of reform Is spreading. Suroly If the South can do so much In open com- petition without bounties or protection to her Infant In dustries, and If the great steel works and other en terprises can compete In Europe, selling their products actually cheaper than they are sold at home, this thing of protection becomes a solemn farce. It Is merely a machine by which the rich may become richer and trusts and monopolies may be born and nurtured. The South under free trade Is showing the rest of the country the fraud and folly of protection. The Question of Small Parks. The question of setUng aside a number of breathing spaces and small parks In the city of Atlanta Is one of too much Importance to go by default and the advocacy of It should not be allowed to languish for a single day. It la one of the most Important Improvements con templated for the municipal life of the people and It has taken a strong bold on the public mind. Those who do not follow closely the growth and development of other cities of the country have but lltUa Idea how much Importance this questlou has at tained. It Is a live sad burning quesUon In all the great cities, and Is becoming more Important every day. It Is being repllsed everywhere that as communlUes grow and the new buildings multiply the necessity for reserving breathing spaces at suitable Intervals beforq It Is too late becomes more and more Imperative. An Instance In point Is the fact that the comtnls- slonegs of the borough of Brooklyn having the matter In band have recently-canvassed the situation and have decided upon nineteen sites for new breathing spaces and small parks. These will be recommended to the board of estlmatea and the work of laying them out and providing for their future maintenance will begin at once. This should be conclusive evidence of the Interest felt throughout the country. Nineteen small parks for the recreation of the people Is a goodly number. It Brooklyn needs such a number surely a city of the else and Importance of Atlanta can afford to set asfoe and maintain three or four, even at the present time. It will not be disputed that Atlanta Is growing as rapidly aa any other city In the country. The waste places are being built up at a rate which will soon leave us no available ground for the establishment of small packs. We will have a magnificent area of brick and mortar—a great commercial and Industrial metrop olis, but no recreation grounds for tho children and for the people In general. This should not be. The far- seeing wisdom of the city fathers should provide for these small parks while there Is yet time, and the time to begin Is now. The Way to Influence Things. Tho element of common sense Is the Indisputable mark of a sound mind, and the Indispensable requisite to wholesome success. There Is not a cause or an advocacy In which dis cretion should not be duly mixed with valor or with zeal. And many an ass has brayed so loudly as to scare nway his friends. There are great causes being tried by honest men In Juries, in chambers and In legislatures. These men sometimes err la Judgment, and sometimes follow an environment which Is stronger than their Judgment or their wills. Those who seek to Influence these folk will find that self-respecting men can rarely be driven by bitterness or forced by low abuse. And many times such men and their friends are set In obstinacy or moved to retaliation by foolish heat In opposition. It la the mark of the vulgar and the cruel mind to seek to drlvo roughshod with the leaBt touch on the reins of Influence. Such minds are neither fit for responsi bility nor power. They are born for bondage and sub ordination. Men are moved and swayed by appeals to honor, to patriotism—and also too frequently by appeals to Interest But there are few men In this fearless ago who can be drives by a vulgarian with a lash. Of course these reflections are general and law- ful, but we have no right to prohibit an application If any mind Is so disposed. » Editor Stovall, of the Savannah Press, who la also Representative Stovall, of Chatham, gives us the assur ance In Tuesday's Press, that, the' Western and Atlantic lease will be defeated In the house of representatives. Thanks for the Information. ANDERSON, OF CHATHAM, EXPLAIN8 THE SUB STITUTE. To the Editor of The Georgian: In your news columns of yesterday, giving an ac count of the senate substitute to the Boykin bill, which substitute has been favorably reported to the senate by Its agricultural committee, you give the Idea that the object nnd purpose ’of the substitute Is to draw a clear cut distinction between bucket shops and legitimate ex changes, prohibiting tho existence of the former and allowing the latter to continue In business. This creates an entire])- erroneous Impression of the object and scope of the senate substitute. The substitute does nothing of the kind. It does not draw any distinction between persons or places, but applies to all persons and all concerns engaged in deal ings on margins, whether they be bucket shops, Indi viduals or brokerage houses. The line of distinction drawn by the senate substi tute Is a distinction between transactions themselves ac cording to their nature. If the transaction Is for a legit imate business purpose. It 1b lawful, but if It Is for a speculative purpose, or other than a legitimate business purpose. It Is made a misdemeanor. The courts of this, and many other Btates, In civil actions have for years drawn the distinction between contracts made for c legitimate business purpose and contracts made for any other purpose. The former con tracts they have recognized as lawful, but the latter con tracts they have held to be void as being wagering con tracts, and prohibited both by statute nnd by public policy. This line of cleaveage has been adjudicated upon so often that It has become a blazed trail, which the courts have no difficulty now In following. In determining wbnt contracts are for a legitimate business purpose. The substitute takes this established rule of the civil law and applies It to the criminal side of the court also. Under the substitute, any transaction which the civil law Jias recognized to bo legal as being for a le gitimate business purpose. Is permitted to stand, and all contracts which the civil law has treated as illegal are made a misdemeanor. This distinction runs nil through the substitute, nnd furnishes the test or criterion by which all transactions are measured. Tho provisions of the substitute apply ailke to all concerns and Individuals, nnd consequently restricts the business which may be done to actually legitimate business. Under this substitute no individual or concern could continue to do business unless able to support themselves from legitimate business alone. The further provisions of the substitute are intended In make It more effectual In stopping all forms of mar ginal gambling than a mere reliance upon the penalty would do by Imposing certain conditions upon all per sons engaged In tho business of making contracts on margins so as to produce the following results: First To afford protection to tho public by requir ing all concerns to prove their legitimacy by posting the names of tho legitimate exchanges of which they.claim to be members, and by requiring them to actually exe cute all ordorq received from customers, and further to give to customers tho proof or statement to show In do tal! the actual execution of orders. Second. To further Insure squaro and honest dealing by these provisions, and also by the provision’ that no orders shall be executed for ^mailer lots or quantities than are permitted by legitimate exchanges. Third. To actually eradicate tho bucket shops by Imposing In this way on all concerns requirements with which bucket shou» f-y their very nature cannot comply, anil therefore actu-uly to prevent them from being In condition to continuo business. Yours truly. J. RANDOLPH ANDERSON. Atlanta, Ga., August 8, .1906. Growth and Progress of the New South South which deserves something more tban pass- Raising Home Supplies . Mr. Richard Welghtman, one of the editorial writers on The Washington Post, and one of the best Informed men In the copuntry, has been writing to his paper of the glories of Virginia and particularly of what she haa done In producing meat for home consump tion. The Post, In commenting on this letter, says that the time Is rapidly passing when the South will depend upon the West for Its meats and the North for Its manufactures. In some places, such as that described, the emancipation has already come. South ern farmers are grasping the fact that diversification of products Is not only a source of wealth, but an Insur ance against loss. They find that their own beef, mutton, pork and poultry are superior, to the Imported meats, and can be produced for less money. Instead of relying upon a single crop and sending their money away purchase, the necessaries of life, they are keeping their money at home, and raising Just as heavy crops of staples as before. •The old notion," says The Post, ■that Virginia had seen Its best days In an agricultural sense Is no longer entertained. In view of the develop ments of the past decade. The ex hausting tax upon the soil In raising a single crop for years In succession led to the belief that fertility had departed forever. Nothlng could have been more erroneous. New methods employed by more enterprising farmers and the Influx of wealthy people who were at tracted by the natural beauties of the state have wrought great changes In places, and will transform the whole state In certain directions. Virginia's horses are renowned. Why should not the state take the lead In raising fine cattle as well? As for mutton and pork, the hills of Virginia should yield not only abundance for local needs, but should supply adjacent territory. Cer tainly the quality of hams produced In Virginia Is unexcelled, and Mr. Welghtman declares that ‘If It be pos sible to produce more delicious mut ton than that grown on the hills of this section, no one has yet heard of It.’ "The truth Is that Virginia should become, like England, the producer of choice foods, which will compete with those from other regions not by virtue of quantity, but through superior qual ity. In this branch of Industry all the essentials are at hand. The atate Is capable of turning out enormous quan tities of foodstuffs of the rarest kinds, from which greater profits may be de. rived than from .much larger areas In the West. The success achieved by a Richmond woman In putting up a pe culiarly delicious kind of pickles, ob tainable nowhere but In Virginia, Is a hint of wbat might be done In similar directions. It Is gratifying to learn that the Charlottesville region, at least, la well on the way toward this new development of the riches that remain In the soli of the Old Dominion." What fs said of Virginia may be said wltTi equal truth of Georgia. It Is possible for the farmers of Georgia to raise and cure hams that are the equal In every way of the Smlthfleld va riety. The cattle upon a thousand hills should produce beef and mutton and dairy producta Much has been don* along this line already, but It la possible for us to do still more. A CHOROUS OF DEMANDS THA T CHE A THAM RESIGN Cheatham Must Go. From The Wilmington (N. C.) Die patch. The committee.that at the Instance President Harvle Jordan, of the Southern Cotton Association, conduct ed the Investigation Just concluded, has reported that Richard Cheatham, of the association, dealt In cotton fu tures. The committee evaji finds such the truth upon the admissions of Cheatham himself. Then this Individ- ual must go. The character of the association and future confidence In It demand that he be removed. Cheat ham was prominently to the front In preferring charges against the agricul tural department and while his con duct Is not of the dishonest hue as that which enshrouded certain onea connected with the government de- rtment, yet he has not only been In- lecreet, but has been caught' red handed at gambling. He denies that he dealt In futures for personal gain, saying that he only represented others, but even the fact that he shuffled the cards and sat with a stack of some- body rise's chips In front of him does excuse him. Taking for granted every syllable of what he says Is he lends himself to a gams that ■ not coincide with the principles __ the Cotton Association and against something the association haa been warning Its members. Remember how the farmers who had grown reckless or thought(eas and dabbled In futures wpre warned by the press and admonished by the Cotton Association. Then again. If Mr. Cheat- not that so. I does of ham Is a fnan of such poor Judgment, of such weak determination as to deal In cotton futures while he occupies the position of secretary of the association, he la not competent to longer continue In service. The resignation of Arthur A. Fair- child, manager of the publicity bureau of the association, and who. It was shown, owned an Interest In the Pied mont Brokerage Company, haa been handed In. Cheatham's should be next. He Must Resign. From The Greenville Mountaineer. The Mountaineer la a friend of the Southern Cotton Association, and has been since Its organisation. It has done all It could editorially and other wise to aid the officers of the associa tion and to further the work of that body. We are still a true friend to the association and will support It Just as strongly as we have In the past. There Is no doubt In our mind that It has accomplished much good, nor do we think Its work Is finished. A great deal may yet be done, and we advise the planters and business men still to give It the warm support It deserves. But we must say that It seems to us that Secretary Richard Cheatham ought to tender his resignation. There are some who. In view of certain charges of speculation made against him, and developments at the Inves tigation of these reports ordered by President Jordan, will not give the association the seme support as in the past. Mr. Cheatham may be all right, but he bag acknowledged speculating In the nhmc of another In order to ac commodate that friend. The associa tion has been waging war -in all nnr-h transactions, and there will not be the samo confidence In it and Its efforts as long as an officer Is connected with It who will even "wink at" such trans actions. The association would better off with another secretary against whom there Is not the slight est suspicion. He Should Retire. From the Moultrie Observer. We have n,o doubt that the recent In vestigation of the Southern Cotton As soclatlon was demanded and prosecut ed by the enemies of the association, or at least by the cotton exchanges being opposed by the association, but some things were revealed that make the Investigation worth what It cost. The disclosures have already resulted In one man resigning, and If Mr. Rich ard Cheatham has the proper apprecia tion of the Importance of hln conduct and the harm he Is likely to do tho as sociation he will himself retire and re move the smoke and foul atmosphere from around the president and other earnest and conscientious officials. A Serious Request. From the Charlotte Observer. The Atlanta Journal, a paper which has been very much Interested In the Southern Cotton Association when It could turn attention from the guber natorial race, has a double-column ed itorial with black face type asking Secretary Cheatham to resign. When* It Is remembered that the secretary draws 65.000 a year os salary, to say nothing of what he may make by dealing In futures, this Is seen to be a serious request. Ths Report Disqualifies Cheatham. From the Mobile Register. The committee that Investigated the connection of Richard Cheatham, sec retary of the Southern Cotton Associa tion. with bucket shop gambling In At lanta, la as lenient In Its treatment of Cheatham as possible, but Its condem nation Is such that It disqualifies Cheatham. Either he Is deficient in knowledge of the proprieties of fils po sition or Is deficient In moral charac ter. In either rase he ought not to be secretary of the association. Msy Run Brokerage of His Own. From'The Columbia State. Mr.'Cheatham will now soon have the opportunity of running a brokerage business of his own, with no man to say him nay. He will be free, white and without office. In Tom Taggart's Class. From the Birmingham Age-Herald. Richard Cheatham’s resignation should go along with Tom Taggart’s and Chauncey M. Depew’s. PENCIL POINTS. The dog star must lie a sky terrier. Most political prophets expect political profits. The man with plenty of posh usually his a strong pulL The wisdom of youth Is often the Ignor ance of old age. ne Is wise who bolds s diploma from tbs school of experience. If “time Is money," the Inaccurate time- piece la s counterfeit mint. One trouhle Is that too many people keep the lid on their consciences. There are those who heed the "call of the wild" who are Indifferent to the coll of duty. Habit Is at first of diaphanous texture, but later It becomes like the shirt of Nes ses. Some men who office In sky srrapers leant to lay the blame on the elevator man If their offspring are not properly brought up. It Is safe to say that every girl Is as pretty as she can be. If she could be any prettier she would. The money Invested In a marriage license returns greater dividends on the nmount In vested than that used In any other way— either of happiness or unhappiness. Ily l'rlratt* I-enai-d Wire. New York, Aug. The Pittsburg millionaire Is determined to keep la the public eye. To the names Thaw, Coroy and Hartje Is now added Raf ferty ns a purveyor 6f news In tho Way of startling variations from the sober American marital situation. Ths latest addlton to the Pittsburg brand of millionaire newsmakers Is Gilbert R. Rafferty, one time the "coke king." Strictly speaking. Mr. Rafferty belongs to the nuptial-trouble colony only by hla proxy and Indirectly through his. son. His handsome daughter-in-law says her husband loved her until his father surreded In getting him to leave her and go to the Philippines as an enlist ed soldier. Tho name of Rafferty la likely to figure to n considerable ex tent In the newspapers for a while. While Laura Blggar Is not exactly In the class of the others, either as to being strictly a Pittsburg product or a muIM-miUlonaIre, her money, nearly a million, comes through tho Pltts- burger Bennett, and tho suit for 6300,- 000 ngnlnst her by her whilom friend and ally, may fnlrly be credited to the Pittsburg news incubator. Truly Pittsburg Is doing her full share toward tho edification of the multitude. Andrew Carnegie proposes to take no chances r.f having objertlnnahlo build ings erected near his Fifth avenue pal ace. That Is the reason assigned for hla prompt foreclosure of a mortgage of 6100,000 on two lots owned by Con tractor Daniel Gaffney. Mr. Carnegie Is not usually In ths habit of going around and foreclosing on little 6100,000 bits- of land, and so thoso who knew of the procedlngs be gan inquiring for a reason today. They found It In this fact. Mr. Carnegie feared tbat young Mr. Gaffney might build a stable, which would stare In the face of his mansion and mako tho neighborhood unsightly. Tho two lots, which were owned by Mr. Gaffney, adjoin the twin mansions of william D. Sloan and Wiliam A. Burden, Jr., who recently sued Mr. Carnegie beenuso ho had sold lots on the other side of them to General Brice. > Complaint has bean mode to the health department of the discordant notes given out by the pipe organ la John D. Rockefeller’s Fifth avenue Baptist church. AH Murray Hill Is up In arms against the Instrument The church is closed, but the organ sends forth discords by the’ hour. If hytnna, were played tho residents In the neigh borhood assort, thpre would not be any complaint, but a Jumble of musla la too much for them. There Is a row In the New York pro-* duco exchango over the cut made by* Douglas Robinson, brother-in-law oS President Roosevelt, In the scrub wom en, elevator men and porters employed! In the building. Mr. Robinson cut the women's wags of 66 a week to 65.50. The women work about eight hours a day. Ele vator men who were working twelve* hours a day and have to put In ona, night a week as watchmen, are cut frank 614 a week to 612. Nor does Mr. Rob inson believe that portere working fourteen hours a day are worth 612 a week, so he has cut tholr pay to 610. Mr. Robinson's estimate of the value of labor, however, does not colnoldo with that of a large number of the 2.500 members of the exchange, who drew up opetltlon to be served on the board managers of the exchange re questing that the wages bo restored. GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. By Prlvato Leased Wire. New York, Aug. 8.—Here are some of the visitors In New York today: ATLANTA—J. D. Jernigam Miss Jemlgan, B. M. Hall, Jr., P. Bowen, C. E. Crease, C. B. Gear, o. Hender son, H. Jackson, M. Lichtenstein, H. D. McDonald, J. C. McMIchari, E. IV. Rose, Miss M. B. Whiteside. IN PARI8. Special to The Oebrslsn. Porte, Aug. 8.—Mra. A. R. Powera end Master Henry' Elliott, of Atlanta, Go.; Mlse Dela Harris, of Cedartown, Ga, and Eleahof And Josephine Hill, of Grovetowrv Go, registered at the office of the European edition of the New York Herald today. THIS DATE IN HISTORY. AUQU8T 8. 1500-Pope Alexander VI died. 1540—Henry VH! of England married Cath- prlne Howard. 1®3—Jacques Ilasnaga de Itesaval born. 1S15—Najioleon emlterked for Ht. Helena. 1837—George Canning, English statesman, 1846—David Wllmot Introduced bis proviso l'iTudssion*’grauted to M. Thiers and other political exiles to return tb 1873—steamer Wswssaet burned on Poto mac river; thirty-five lives lost. 1851—Transvaal ceded to the Boers. Re public proclaimed. 1885—Imposing funeral of General Grant In _ New York. ■ - US6—British steamer Chstterthnn foundered nesr Sydney, N. 8. W.; fifty-four lives 1880-1- *>i iuer^Governor Atkinson, of Oeor- J»»—fi.-’nt. vint-Gcncral Nelson A. Miles, t!. 8. A., retired. 1804—Seventy-six persons killed In wreck on [Ho Grande rallroed user Pueblo. Colo. 1905—St. Thornes P. E. Church, New York city, destroyed by fire. THE PEG-TOP SOLDIER. (The* army uniforms designed by the English taller sre to hare peg-top trousers.) A man today must lie fully clad For whatever he tries to do; The soldier now Is all to the bad In en Ill-fitting suit of blue. He eiust look leredup end etlff end - "smart" And lose hla easy awing. For the tailors swears by nit aheara and That the uniform's the thing. The farmers who foacht at Ranker Hfll IHsgrared the army a fama; They gava the regular troops their fill. But their elothea were a crying shame. And Old Hickory's men, they were all trad blue And they rrumplM the veterans' line, Bnt the tailor aaya they would sever do, For their uniforms lacked design. peg-top trousers clad, Mrh soldier may calmly aay: "I'll do all that a wtll-drvaeed soldier _ ran _Rho la careful wbat le'a about, Bnt I ran not mix with a botn mats la an Ill-fitting, dingy clout."