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6 THE.ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY-JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1913. THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL ATLANTA, GA., 5 NORTH FORSYTH ST. Entered at the Atlanta Postoffice as Mail Matter of the Second Class. JAMES R. GRAY, President and Editor. Georgia’s Increasing Corn Crop. In their convection yesterday at Athens, the dis trict field agents of the Government’s farm demon stration work estimated that the increasing volume of Georgia’s corn crop amounts to thirty million dollars a year. This is particularly comforting news SUBSCRIPTION PRICE Twelve months Six Months 40c Three months * 25c The Semi Weekly Journal is published on Tuesday and Friday, and is mailed by the shortest routes for early delivery. It contains news from all over the world, brought hy special leased wires into our office. It has a staff f-t distinguished contributors, with strong departments of special value to the home and the farm. Agents wanted at every postoffice. Liberal com mission allowed. Outfit free. 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At a time when the cost of living is so burden some as it is today the public finds keen interest in view of the recent assertion by well -known au thorities that the State has been importing annually some eighty, million bushels of corn which could easily be produced on its own soil. Mr. J. Phil Campbell, who represents the federal department of agriculture in Georgia and whose earnest and efficient work has made the entire State his debtor, is much encouraged over the growing interest in corn cultivation. The movement toward diversified crops and economic methods of farming is now cheeringly under way. The tyranny of the one crop fetish is being broken. Planters are realiz ing, as never before, that it profits them nothing to devote all their land and energy to cotton and then have to spend their money for food necessities. The eighty million bushels of corn which Georgia has been buying irom distant sections have taken from the State each year more than fifty-eight mil lion dollars. That amount of money can he kept at home and turned to woiidrously productive account whenever the average farm raises its own grain. The reports of the district agricultural agents indicate that a thoughtful readjustment of affairs has begun and is moving steadily forward. If the State’s corn crop is increasing anything like thirty million dol lars a year, it will not be lopg before Georgia can more than supply its own demands and can take its rightful place as a seller instead of a buyer'in the markets of the nation. This development is due largely to the Govern ment’s farm demonstration corps; largely, too, to the splendid service and influence of the State Col lege of Agriculture; and it is due particulary, we believe, to the work of the Boys’ Corn clubs whose young legions are belting the State with a crusade of agricultural progress. in every reasonable plan to provide shorter and cheaper methods for bringing the farmer’s produce to the consumer’s pantry. Naturally, then, the bill now before Congress calling for the establishment of a bureau or “division” of markets in the department of agriculture has evoked nationwide approval. This project, if carried into effect as apparently it will be, will benefit the public in general and the farmers in particular. To no part of the country will it prove more serviceable and stimulating than to the South; it is a matter of peculiar satisfaction to the people of Georgia to know that this constructive measure was introuuced by Senator Hoke Smith, and that it has the earnest support of Senator Bacon and of the State’s entire delegation in Congress. Through the proposed division of markets, the Government would investigate the systems of mar keting farm products both in America and in foreign countries and would distribute this information to interested individuals and associations. The farmers would thus have the advantage of the whole world’s experience in this important field of enterprise and they could improve t’heir own methods accordingly. The division of markets would go further and, to quote directly from the pending bill, would make “investigation of the demand for farm products in various trade centers and the current movement of 'sutTrTnrrtttrctsv-giving specific data as to the supply, the normal demand and the price thereof, with a view to furnishing information as to the best avail able markets.” These reports would be communi cated to the farmers through frequent bulletins, sent either through the mails or by wire, so that the pro ducer would he in continual touch with a source of complete and accurate knowledge of market condi tions. It may he said, without going into details, that the bill provides practical and economic means for meeting the cost’of such service. It is estimated that of a nine-billion dollar food crop one-third remains on the farm, so that the producers actually sell about six billion dollars’ worth. But -y the time these products have reached the kitchen they have' cost the consumers something like thir teen billion dollars, a fact which shows that between the producer and the consumer there now stretches a great gulf of unnecessary expense and waste. Suppose that even a reasonable fraction of this intermediate expense could be cut away; certainly the cost of living would be appreciably lowered and at the same time the farmer could get a better price for his products. As conditions now are the farmers receive only six billion dollars while the consumers pay thirteen billions. This tremendous difference of seven billion dol lars is made up partly, of course, of thoroughly rea sonable and necessary expenses, those for instance of transportation and of a fair profit for dealers and retailers. But it is nevertheless evident that our present methods of distribution are woefully defec tive and extravagant and that they work a needless hardship both upon the farmers and the consumers. The purpose of the bill now before Congress is to improve those methods by establishing means whereby the producer and the consumer can deal more directly and more intelligently, one with the other. It would prevent the’ congestion of products in some markets and their scarcity in others. It would give wider and more definite value to the new parcel post systenj. In brief, it would supplant the speculative and almost chaotic manner in which farm products are now marketed with a well co ordinated and economic system. In behalf of the households ?,nd the agricultural interests of the United States, it is to he hoped that this progressive and eminently practical measure will be enacted by Congress promptly in order that its benefits may become available in the immediate future. Welcome Winter. Georgia peach growers can join heartily with Amiens in singing “Blow, blow, thou winter wind;” 'for, at this stage of the year the most skirling blast is not so unkind to an orchard as premature and treacherous spring weather would be. Weeks ago the traditional alarm over the peach crop was sounded. January seemed to have fallen asleep at its post and Winter, forgetting his gray hairs, fell to flirting scandalously with a hoydenish spring. From southern quarters of the State came re ports that peachtrees were budding and some of them, the stories went, were almost bursting into bloom. Such conditions unchecked would have proved fatal to the fruit; for, though our northern and eastern friends are disposed, to wink knowingly over these yearly alarms, there is generally a very seri ous basis for the peach grower’s anxiety. More often than not, "however, the weather re considers and turns cold in time to spare the orchards. The present fall in temperature has averted any immediate peril but it behooves all de vout peach lovers to keep praying for ,ice and crabbed, winds, Farm Lands and Loans. The town of Laharpe, Kansas, is evidently a prosperous and farsighted community. Its treasury, after supplying all municipal needs has a substan tial surplus. The city authorities have decided that instead of depositing this fund in banks they will offer it as loans to the farmers of the adjacent country at five per cent interest, accepting as secur ity mortgages on the land. Not every town, indeed, few are so fortunate as to have an overflowing public treasury, though if their affairs were always conducted under a busi nesslike system of government, that might more fre quently be the ease. But where such a surplus does exist it could not he turned to better account than the development of agricultrual interests. If this is true of thtx West, it is even more em phatically true of the South. One of the vital needs of this section is the means of securing money at a reasonable rate of interest* for the improvement of farms and the consummation of other constructive enterprises. And one of the most inviting oppor tunities for'capital in the East and the North and even in Europe is the lending of money for this purpose and on these terms. The natural resources of the South are, perhaps, unparalleled and oertainly unsurpassed in any quarter of this continent. In the soil of Georgia and neigh boring States practically everything needed for man’s sustenance can be grown; and the harvests are as abundant as they are varied. What bettor security, then, could an investor obtain or desire than land of this character'. A mortgage on such a farm is as safe as a Government bond. There are cheering signs that the sources of cap ital are at length discovering this truth. The estab lishment of easy and economic connections between them and Souther^ enterprise has already begun. The time is fast approaching, if indeed it is not already at hand, when the acres of this section will be considered, as they really are, one of the soundest securities and one of the richest investments to be found in the world. The Tree Planters of Ware. Long life and many branches to the Ware County Tree Planting Association! This interesting enterprise which was recently projected by the alert citizens of Waycross, and which is now extending to the adjacent country dis tricts will give organized energy to the growing sentiment for shade trees along city streets and rural highways. The dues of the society will be payable in trees and every member, man, woman or child, will pledge himself to plant at least one tree each year. If this purpose is consistently carried out, Waycross and its environs will h e transformed. The community will be even more prosperous tha o now; its realty values will increase, its appeal to home seekers will be more distinctive and its busi ness as well as civic interests will feel a quickening touch. It is scarcely less important to protect and to increase the trees of a city than it is to conserve those of the forest. Aside from* their vital bearing upon public health and comfort, trees add vastly to the appearance and the worth of property. They are the primal and the crowning touch of that sub tle asset called civic beauty. A growing town cannot afford to neglect its shade trees; for, the time will come when they will he difficult to get and wdxen their absence will be a sharp misfortune. Shade trees are as desirable along country roads as on city thoroughfares. The latest endeavor in the good roads movement takes account of this fact and throughout the Union, there is an effort to make roads attractive with borders of trees as well a’s durable and serviceable. A highway of this char acter enhances the value of every farm by which it passes and upbuilds the interests of all the country about. It is to be hoped that the Ware County Tree Planting Association will continue active and that its example will bestir similar enterprises through out the State. A Messenger of Progress. The spirit of enterprise and prosperity now astir in Florida has found a particularly pleasing messen ger in the “Progress” edition of the Florida Times- Union, of Jacksonville. The Times-Union has long held a distinctive place in Southern newspaperdom and its daily task is that of upbuilding its com munity and State; but this special issue marks an extraordinary achievement. ^ Comprising seventy-six pages of interesting and accurate information, well written, attractively illus trated and designed in a really materly fashion, the “Progress” edition is a credit to the Times-Union and a rich asset to all Florida. Indeed, its stimulat ing effect will be felt for the good of the entire South, Intervention As a Last Resoru Except as a last resort, the United States can ill- afford to intervene in the Mexican situation; yet, if all-persuasive’measures fail and the present reign of terror continues, our Government, as the great guar dian of the western world, will be compelled to shoul der its political and moral responsibilty. The cost or intervention would be stupendous; but recreance to the cause of civilization would be unworthy of the American people. A United States army, once across the Mexican border, would doubtless have to remain for long years or decades. This task, once assumed would be heavier and more intricate than that of the Philippines. Aside from its far-reaching toll of money and lives, it would distract the nation’s thought from the all important work of -economic and political reform upon which we are just enter ing. The means and energy that are needed for the betterment of our own people would be diverted to foreign uses and the era of internal progress that is at hand would be set back a generation. Therefore, until the duty of intervention becomes clear and in escapable, this Government should cleave to the pru dent policy it has thus far pursued and not thrust itself into a Mexican problem. That does not mean, however, that the United States should spare any pacific effort to restore order and civilization to its neighboring country. While avoiding forcible intervention as long as possi ble, it should do its utmost to effect some measure of mediation. Mr. John Barrett, director general of the Pan-American Union, has proposed, in this con nection, a plan which, if it can be carried out, will be admirably useful. His idea is that the United States take the lead in forming a peace commission, to he composed of one statesman from this country, another from some of the South American republics and a third from Mexico itself, who would undertake to bring a truce to the fighting and then to adjust the Mexican differences with a view to responsible and efficient government. Such a course would as sure the Latin republics that the .United States had no selfish designs toward any of their territory and would allay the suspicions of that character, which now undoubtedly e?:ist. Whether it would be- practi cable is, of course, open to question. But if media tion in any manner or by any means can he estab lished and can accomplish desired results, it will be preferable to intervention. If, however, the terrible conditions which now pre vail in Mexico City and which to one extent or an other have existed in various parts of the country for the past two years are not terminated by the Mexi cans themselves, then the United States cannot evade its manifest duty. Under the Monroe doctrihe, this Government is responsible, in a measure at least, for the safety of European interests in Mexico; if it would enjoy the advantage of that policy it must stand prepared to meet its responsibilities. Other wise it canpot expect the European powers to keep their hands off. But not until all other efforts have failed and the demand for intervention is crucial, should the UDitel States plunge into this troublous situation. A Fruitful Exposition. The South in general and the Palmetto State in particular are to he congratulated on the National Corn exposition which for three weeks past has been in progress at Columbia. Friday is the last day of the exhibits but the popular interest and the ideas they have engendered will continue to bear rich re sults for years to come. This exposition has been far more than a display of grain products. It has been an object lesson and a rallying point for the improvement of practically every field of agriculture; and, true to its name, it has been really national in scope. Exhibitors and visitors were present from every part of the South and also from the West. The resources and the progress of this section in the production of corn were demonstrated more' strikingly, perhaps, than ever before. Emphasis was placed on the work of the Boys’ Corn clubs, and of all other enterprises designed to promote scientific farming and to enrich rural life. Of particular interest and value is the fact that the exposition stressed the economic and the busi ness side of agriculture. Until the farmer becomes a good business man, he cannot enjoy the indepen dence and the financial rewards which his station makes possible; for after crops have been skillfully sown and cultivated and harvested there remains the final and very important task of marketing them skillfully and there arise divers other problems which call for thoroughgoing business methods. This subject formed a distinctive part of the dis cussions at the National Corn exposition. It was the keynote of many of the lectures and it brought practical testimony and suggestions from a number of the exhibitors, notably those from the Middle West. In Georgia there are heartening signs that farmers are becoming alert to the business side of their interests. In several counties, co-operative associations for the purchase of supplies and the marketing of products have recently been formed. This movement is bound to spread; for, wherever it is undertaken its results will stimulate others to similar action. In promoting the National Corn exposition, South Carolina has won prestige for herself and has’ren dered vital service to the entire country. Sanitary Methods in Canning. Through its board of directors now in session at. Louisville, Ky., the National Canners’ Association has stressed the importance of sanitary methods in the great fields of industry it represents. Reforms from within are generally more expeditions and often more thorough than those imposed from without; and, so, it is particularly gratifying to hear that the canners themselves are giving thought to a matter that so vitally concerns the public welfare. A majority of the families in this country are dependent in one way or another upon some form of canned products for their table supplies. Meats and starchy foods as well as fruits are being canned on a larger and larger scale and the use of such articles is steadily increasing. As the Louisville Courier- Journal declares in commenting upon the action of the* Canners’ Association: “The cannery is a val uable institution. It takes the surplus products from the farms, the orchards and the truck patches. Through systematic-processes it, is able to preserve them for indefinite periods and by its economic method of handling is able to put them quickly on' the markets—generally at reasonable prices.” The very extent of this industry makes it espe cially needful that it be conducted with the most sanitary methods possible; otherwise it would prove a menace rather than a benefit to the public. Dr. Frank Crane Frederic J. Haskin TWO WOMEN SEWING Panama Canal Tolls For genuine soul-satisfying communion and joy of talk 1 know nothing that seems more perfect than tftat time when one woman brings her sewing and drops in to spend the afternoon with another woman. I say seems, for of course *1 never tried it. T. am versed enough in womanly arts to be .able to cook a bit, that is I can fry you a fair plateful of ham and ,eggs and make real coffee, but sewing is beyond me. * There must be only two women. A third is a restraint. When the two get settled in their respective rocking chairs, and the sewing materials are brought forth, then begins the most ideal bubbling of human speech. jThe children are at school,'the men folks are at business, the hired gir.l is out; no one is by to They talk. It is real talk. It is not talk about anything, it is just talk, in its freest form. It is perfect self-expression. Neither wishes especially to hear what the other has to say; each wishes to say her own say. They think of so many things, and so fast, that sometimes they are both talking at the same time, like a grand opera duet. They say whatever pops into their minds. Thetr range is bounded not by the bounds of the universe. They say what they would not say at any other time and place, what they would not tell their hus band or children or mother. . If they treat of scandal, it is in its most artistic, appetizing form. But they do not speak of whispered matters nearly as much as they are supposed to, and when they do it is with so purely a feminine touch that it is almost antiseptic. They relate how Jennie w r ears out her stockings and Mildred cannot eat pastry, the felon on Bobby’s finger, and the way Mrs. Humperdinck’s last gown is made. They also give judgment on politics, litera ture, art, society, and religion. There is an air of eternity about the sitting. There is an atmosphere of universality and eclecticism here you find nowhere else. It is the most natural forthputting of personality you can discover anywhere in Nature, except in the twittering of two birds. Men are not capable of this free outpour in con versation. So much the worse for them. Aerograms From Antiquity BY EDWARD J. COSTELLO PARIS, Feb. 11—(A. D. 1810).—Aaron Burr, for mer vice president of the United States, and the man who once planned to be emperor of Mexico, arrived here today from Germany, with the earmarks of pov erty visible in his shabby clothing and indicating the depths of the vicissitudes through which, apparently, he has recently passed. Just what the slayer of Alexander Hamilton, now completely ruined in char acter and fortune, expects to accomplish here is a matter of speculation. Probably he doesn’t know himself. Few men have had more spectacular careers than has had Burr. His misfortunes may be said t<i date from the killing of Hamilton in *hat duel in the woods near Weehawken, N. J v July 11, 1804. If he had never run for vice president in 1800, and in that contest disclosed political traits which caused him to be generally distrusted, there might not have been a duel, he might not have become a fugitive, and today he might be living in splendor in his own land, in stead of bucking the fates in an unfriendly world capital, f | This Princeton graduate had served with distinc tion as a member of General Washington’s official family in the Revolution, had filled official positions in his own state with credit to himself, and had been elevated to the senate as a mark of the confidence had in him. But when he sought the governorship of New York, after his election as vice president, and was defeated, there arose the trouble with Hamilton which resulted in the challenge for a duel. This tragedy caused so much feeling against Burr that he fled to South Carolina upon learning that the coroner’s jury nad returned a verdict of murder against him. lit, was indicted, but after public clamor wore itself out he returned to Washington and served the re mainder of his term as vice president. With the blasting of his political fortunes Burr w*ent to New Orleans, where he made the acquaintance of Harmon Blennerhasset, which resulted in one of the worst scandals ever attached to his name. He formed the plan of obtaining a large tract of land, Ifeither by conquest or purchase, and establishing an independent government, with himself as chief ruler. Mexico appealed to him, and he decided to capture that country and set himself up as emperor, witn Blennerhasset as a duke and ambassador to England. The president of the United States, however, had been keeping himself posted as to Burr’s proceedings, and on October 27, 1806, denounced the whole under taking as treasonable. Burr was arrested January 14, 1807, escaped, but was shortly afterward rearrested in Alabama and conveyed to Richmond, where h e was placed on trial for treason May 22. of the same year. On September 1, after a long and wearisome trial, the jury returned a verdict of “not guilty.” 1 :say them nay. Markets for Farmers (From the Washington Post). Since the high cost of living was one issue on which the Democratic party waged its successful battle for the presidency, it is essential that ihe leaders of that party should give thought to ways and means for affording relief to the people in the next .four years. Already there has been some de cline in prices, but this is due to natural fluctua tions, and it is presumed that the Democratic leaders will feel that some effort must be made to bring about a permanent reduction. The parcel post may yet aid in the reduction of the cost of living, but something is needed to give the machinery of that new adjunct to the postal service real motive power. Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia, who is one of the strongest leaders of nis party in the senate, has introduced a bill which may vitalize the parcel post into a real agency for the reduction of the cJst of living. / Senator Smith’s bill provides for the establish ment in the department of Agriculture of a division of markets, which shall make investigation as to the systems of marketing farm products, co-operative or otherwise, in practice In various sections of the country and in foreign countries, and distribute such information to individuals and organizations inter ested in the subject. The bill specifically provides that it shall be the duty of the director of the divi sion of markets to make “investigation of demands for farm products in various trade centers and the current movement of such products, giving specific data as to the supply, normal demand, and price thereof, with the view* of furnishing information as to the best available markets.” A general system of telegraphic, telephonic, aad letter messages and bulletins for the farmers and granges would be provided, and it would enable the farmers to adopt plans of marketing that would facilitate the handling of farm products at a mini mum of cost. At present many of the farmers are in ignorance of the best methods of marketing, some times glutting one city while another faces a short age. The parcel post enables the farther to get into direct touch with the consumer, -but under the pres ent system he does not know' what consumer want3 his produce or exactly what prices are current Sen ator Smith’s bill would supply that deficiency The division of markets would be to the farmers what the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce is to business men. President Taft by authority of congress has fixedj the tolls, to be charged ships passing through the, Panama canal at $1.20 a ton. That is, all ships arel to be charged at this rate ex- epet those ships bearing the! American flag being engaged! in the coastwise trade. * Such' ships are to pass toll free. “Coastwise trade” means that' shipping trade that is carried! on exclusively between two or more ports of the United 1 States. The law for many, many years has given a mono poly of all such coastwise trade to American ships. * * * Now it happens that many; years ago when a canal from the Atlantic to the Pacific was proposed to be constructed b.Y private enterprise, the United' States entered into a treaty with Great Britain for the pur pose of making such private canal neutral in sovereignty and control, and for the further purpose on the American part of maintaining the Monroe Doctrine. At that time, of course, the only ;ight the American government had in Central America was the doctrine of the United States that no European nation should acquire territory in the Americas. That treaty, known as the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, provided among other things that the canal should be open to the United States and to Great Britain and to such other nations as should agree to the terms of the convention on terms of equality. When the United States later decided to construct the canal as a national undertaking it was discovered that t.ie c\ayton-Bulwer treaty gave England rights that were too inclusive, now that the canal was to be a governmental and not a private enterprise. Therefore, a new treaty, known as the Ilay-Paunce- fote treaty, was negotiated in consideration of the abrogation of Great Britain of its rights and privi leges under the older compact. This last treaty provided in so many words that the canal should be open on terms “of entire equality to all nations.” The entire controversy in its international aspect hinges upon th e construction of this phrase. If “all nations” includes the United States, then the official American contention is wrong and the British C9n- tention is right. For Great Britain insists that the term "all nations” includes the United States and that President Taft’s action, based upon the act of congress, in exempting coastwise American vessels from the payment of tolls is in violation of tho treaty. * * * Many Americans say that the canal was built with American money and that the Americans may do as they please with it. Many other Americans insist that a solemn treaty obligation is an honorable com pact that may not be set aside lightly and without the consent of the other party to the contract—they| believe that in granting free tolls to American shipsj in ‘the coastwise trade the president and congress have dishonored th e American flag and have brought the American nation into disgrace. Still others be lieve that even if there were no treaty with Great Britain that the exemption of the coastwise vessels 1 from the payment of tolls Is an unwarranted sub sidy, since these vessels already have, by law, an absolute monopoly of the trade in which they arol engaged. * * * * When the completion of th© Panama canal loom-, ed into sight. Colonel Goethals, the chief engineer of| th e canal, advised the president that it was time) for congress to enact a law fixing the tolls on tho! canal and providing a permanent organization for itsj operation. He stated that it would require two or three years for shipping and shipping routes to be readjusted, and that if we wer© going to hav© busi ness for the canal as soon as it was ready to handle* that business, legislation should be enacted as early as possible. * * ♦ With this in mind/ President Taft asked congress for a law regulating th e matter of tolls. He recom mended that these tolls should be levied on all ship ping, whether it be American or foreign, coastwise or otherwise. Later Mr. Taft changed his mind on the subject and in a private communication to the com mittee on interstate and foreign commerce of the house of representatives delivered through Secretary, Stimson, he recommended that coastwise shipping be exempted. However, the committee reported in favor! of tolls on all shipping. The Democrats were in a] majority, but when the bill was voted on a few| Democrats joined the Republicans to accept an amendment by Mr. Doremus, of Michigan, a Demo-| crat, exempting coastwise traffic from charges for 1 tolls. * * * Those who advocated the exemption of coastwise shipping from the payment of tolls asserted that; whatever rights England had under the Hay-Paunce- fote treaty, they could not be impinged upon by an exemption of coastwise shipping, since England has no interest whatever in that, and since * English ships were excluded from handling it. * * * But England did not agree. The British said that when the United States wished to undertake the building of the Panama canal it came to Great Brit ain and asked His Majesty’s government? to sur-, render some of the rights it. had under the Clayton-, Bulwer treaty, which had been in effect for fifty years. One of the things that had to be gotten rid| of was the agreement that neither government should ever obtain or maintain for itself any exclusive con trol over the canal. Another thing forbidden' by the Clayton-Bulwer treaty was the right of fortifying the canal. Englahd, also, under that treaty, had the right of assisting in the protection of the canal. * * * It was desirable, when the United States deter mined to build the canal as a government undertak ing, that these treaty agreements should be amended, and so the secretary of state, John Hay, negotiated a treaty amending them with Lord Pauncefote, the British ambassador. It is under this treaty, read in the light of the one whose place it took, that Great Britain insists that its ships, in particular, and those of the nations of the earth in general, shall be accorded the same treatment that we accord our own. The British) claim that thes£ two treaties give them the right to every advantage for their shipping that we claim for, our own, and that, therefore, not even American, coastwise shipp^ig can be exempted from canal tolls without violating th e treaty obligations entered Into; in the Clayton-Bulwer treaty and reaffirmed in the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. ♦ • * As will be explained in a succeeding article, the, British protest against the canal law makes numerous admissions as to what the United States may dO|< under the letter of the law, but at the same time asserts that these things would be in direct contra-i vention of the spirit of the Hay-Paun^efote treaty. At the same time, the British government standsi firmly on the ground^that the Clayton-BulVer treaty) gave to English shipping every right that is enjoyed by American shipping, and that this principle wasi directly reaffirrped by the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. Spring* fisherman, beware of the game warden. The city of Mexico is what might be called a hustling town. • The movies will have enough war material to last them through the dull seasons. Wall street has cause to be bothered, \jith all the lambs staying close on the farm.