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THE BANNER, WEDNESDAY MOR NING, DECEMBER It, 1907.
WETS
GRIFFITH &
WELCH'S
COTTON LETTER.
Daily
Interior Receipts.
RAILROAD TIES EAT FORESTS.
Last Yr.
Today
From the Washington Times.
Augusta.. .
2.26S
2,833
A hundred million ties a- year are
Memphis..
6,013
7.307
being used by the railroads of the
St. Louis .
5,691
1.501
country , according to calculations
Cincinnati. .
670
112
made by direction of the forest ser-
26.955
27,623
ice. Tile railroads paid $50,000,00-)
Athens. December 10.
The government estimate was
made public today at 1 p. m. The
estimate of the total crop for 11*0.‘*8
is 11,678.000 hales. We consider the
figures conservatively full, based on
the ginners’ report of yesterday. The
effect upon the market was just as we
predicted in former letters. The
purely speculative end of the busi
ness immediiiti.lv began liquidating
and in doing so ran quotations down
»bout fifty i»oints. There was a
slight reaction just before the close.
We do not expect the foreign markets
to follow the full extent of the decline
tomorrow and look for a gradual rise N’t
during tin* week with some roc^s-
sions. hack to the point before the re
port.
Athens closed steady.
St. middling 11 11c.
Middling 11 Me.
St. low middling 1 lc.
I/)\v mi hiling. 10 7-8C.
St. G. Old., 10 l-2c to 10 r#-sc.
Hlm s and G. O. 9 1 4c to 10c.
Tinges 10 5-Sc to 10 7-sc.
(’lean Stains 10c to 10 l-2<*.
Dirty Stains. s l-2<* to 9c*.
New York Cotton.
New Y rk. Dect inner 10 —Tin* ro
ton market opened steady at a declim
t;l only 1 to 6 jKiints. which was con
sideraldy better than due on the c
hies. Following the call the prices
eased off. however, to a net loss of
about 10 to 1- points under scatter
ing liquidation, with trading outer
and smaller operati ns inclined to go
too slowly, pending the publication oi
the bureau report at 1 o’clock. Sen
timent sH*me<l ratio r bearish, owing
to the disappointing Liverpool market,
reports that sjK>t cotton was offer!nu
r>n an easier basis than last week in
T* xas. an l the idea that a bullish
bureau had b«*« n discounted. but sell
ing was checker! by the expectation
of bull support in the event <»f an\
material setback. I^ater fluctuations
were irregular ami the market during
the middle of the morning was within
2 or 3 points of the lowest.
The market continued quiet dinin'
the late f‘ retioon. but tailed firmer
on cove ring with prices alMittf 3 to h
points net iiigher at midday.
gpiit quiet: middling uplands 12 1.7.
middling gulf 12.40.
The following were the ruling prices
In the exchange today:
T tie. steady at decline, middling
11.85c.
Open Closed
January 11.08 10.70
February 10.71
March 1121 10.s0
April 1125 10.82
May 11.20 10.84
.1 lltie . . ... 10.1*0 1 0.8 1
July 11. 22. 10.71*
August 11.00 10.5:
December 11.56 11.2*.
Liverpool Market.
New York, December 10.--Liverpool
was due to conic 2 1-2 to 2. points
lower on near and 2. to 3 1-2 lower on
distant positions. Opened quiet
steady, eight points down on near and
six points lower on late months. A
12:15 p. in. was quiet, net S to 1* point
lower on near and 0 to 7 1-2 lower o:
distant positions. Si>ot cotton i
good demand. 8 points lower: mid
dlitig 6.34d; sales 15,000 hales; es
port 1.500 bales; American sales 11
50 bales; imports 17.000 bales, lnclu 1-
Ing 16.200 bales American.
At 2 p. m. futures were 6 to S 12
points lower. Futures closed steady
net G 1-2 to S 1-2 points down.
The following were the ruling prices
in the exchange today:
Estimated Cotton Receipts.
Houston expects tomorrow 12.500 to
13.500 bales against i 5.830 last year.
New Orleans expects 26.000 to 29.-
500 hales, against 2474S last year.
Galveston expects 13.000 to 15,000
Pales, against 17.796 last year.
Comparative Port Receipts.
1906-7 1907
Galveston 2,4.444 25.5;
New Orleans 15.52,8 17.3!
Mobile
Savannah
i ’harlestir n
Wilmington
Norfolk
r York. . . .
toil
Philadelphia •
Total to all ports
2,.390
1.718
.1.674
1 .oo:
1.281
1.029
Government Crop Estimate.
Washington. D December in.-
I’he crop re|H»rting board of tie- Imi
t».iu of statistics of the department <*f
igrieulture from the r» t>orts « f cor*
*• spotideiits and agents, today issued
,*. reiKut estimating that tie* total
liroduetion of cotton in the United
States for year 19078 will amount to
7.581.96,8.000 (Kiunds i not including lin
•ers l equivalent to 11.6,78.000 of 500
(K»un«i grass weight bales.
The estimate 1 production in '* on
for ties in 1906, and used timber
equivalent to the whole product of
600.000 acres of forest.
The average price paid was 48 cents
per tie. Approximately three-fourths
of the ties were hewn and one fourth
sawed.
Oak. tlie chief wood used for ties,
furnishes more than 44 j>er cent., m
ly one-half of tin* whole number, while
Southern pines, which rank sec
ond. contribute about one-sixth. Doug
as fir and cedar, the next, two, with
approximately equal quantities, sup
ply less than one fifteenth apiece.
Ten per cent of tin* ties purchased
were treated with preservatives eith
er before they were purchased or at
tin- treating plant of the railroad
company. At least ten rnilro ut com
- are operating their own plants
for tin* preservation of their construc
tion material.
With nearly 300,000 miles of rail
road rr < kag* anil approximately 2.
old ties in the mil*, there are ovet
sou.nub,nun ij«*s eoustantly subject t<
wear and decav. The railroads re
port than in tin* form of lies eedai
lasts eleven 'ears, cypress ten yei.tr:
VIEWS ON SITUATION
IN MIKADO’S L
The Japs will Demar-Oi
terest into the United
Slates.
: lid
e(l" (NMl
•a i s
p, und Sub s by
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
slat*
follows:
. . . .1 l.qft**
1.091.on »
1 s;,s 4i0'»
Florida .
Alabama .
Mississippi
Louisian i.
Texas. . .
Arkansa
,ma 919.mMi
Chicago Quotations.
following were the ruling quo
< on the exchange today:
Open Close
May.
July
CORN: —
May. .
Inly. .
OATS: —
May. . .
July
FORK: —
tunary.. .
Of t’.m
S used.
*d lumb
md and
in which wood
es are fourth in cost, saw-
■ In ing first, firewood sec*
hingles and laths third, h
been calculated that the amount
mam
►f wood I!
■quivnlent
111«
•b year in ti**s
product of 600.'
i 1 that !<> iimintaiii
•> oin* in the
growing
JRE ENOUGH STORM.
• ■ New York rimes.
York man who had h
ng in the White mountain.-
i t urn to town told of an
with ;. New Hampshire*
From the Baltimore Sun.
However diplomatically it may be
explained, the recall of Viscount Aoki.
the Jaixmese ambassador to th<| Unit
ed States, oil the eve of the sailing of
the American fleet for the Pacific, is
certain to produce an unfavorable im
pression on the public mind. For
many months we have been t:ld that
there is not only no friction between
the United States government and the
Japanese government, but it lias even
been stated that there have been no
differences gni've^enougli for seriou
diplomatic negotiations.
The San Francisco school affair an i
the small riots in that city in which
a few Japanese were injure tl and some
Japanese lunch rooms damaged w uld
hardly have aroused such intense feel
Ing in Jia.jrttn if so many Japanese had
not been hostile to Americans. At tie*
atne time the feeling against the
lajrmese on the Pacific const has
grown until tin* people of the coast
appear to be d< termined to pre-
further Japanese immigration,
rh it this sentiment is not confined t-.
Americans is proved by the riots
igainsf. the Jnpanese at Viet ria and
ithor points in British Columbia,
took all the influence of the pro?
! to induce the S. m Francisco
liool lK»ard to admit Japanese to the
hite schools and this was hacked up
Koo.sev» li’ s |»ers: lial preinis *
xclude Japanese coolies from tin*
United Stales. The amendment to the
immigration bill which w»;s intended
•otnplisli this seems to have fail
iinpietely. During tin* present
A Five Cent Cigar
Which Affords
Keen Enjoyment
Just smoke it
Oolo
1 u>
flu
out of the baling,
better judgment was
mountains were v* il
mist and cloud that
I
May. . . .
LARD:—
anuary
May
SIDES: —
lanuary.. .
May
in the Japanese immigration to
• tember. and i' I (he United States. \t tin* same tine*
Kqiiiuox. o:* I Secretary Root lias net succeed.*tl
natives call it. |j n securing firm Japan ta formal con
planning a certain I u> this policy of exclusion. In
rip on bis motor cycle, but t.lie morn-1 foci. public seniiment in Japan is
bad be**n intenditm 1 opposed- to any concession to tin*
grav and overcast thai I United States and a ]*ow< rfu! part\
t* li M»n*.e ln-sitation ab ut get:ing I demanding that all Jnpamse In*
He w t.> trying to persuade aim- | idmitted into the United Star.- on
aiue Exiting as Europeans.
The Jtipanese invasion of Hawaii,
where they may soon form a majority
the entire imputation, has alarm* d
Pacific coast Americans. Despite the
vigorously expressed disapproval o!
President Roosevelt. tie* UalifornD
representatives have decided to off«*i
bill in congress to n strict all ini
igration from tin* Orient T.iey pro
pose to have the entire question *te
d in congress and hope to si*'*iin
the passage of a Util that will pvacti
ally exclude the Japanese.
In p fennig »o his recall. Viscoun
Aoki says he returns home me vly r-
xplain to his g*>vernnn*n t in* sit in
lion in the United Stab
Tone barely
middlings 6.34J
steady: salt's
15.000:
Open
Close
Jan-Feh . . .
. . . 5.96
5.96
Feli-Mar. . .
. . . 5.97
5.96 1-2
Mar-Aprii. . .
. . . .5.99
5.97 1-2
April-May. . .
. . .5.99
5.98
May-June . .
. . . 5.99
5.99
June-.Iulv. . .
. . . .5.99
5.98
Aug.-Sept . . .
. . . .5.86
5.87 12
Sept-Oct. . .
. . .5.75
5.75 1-2
Oet-Xov. . .
. . .5.65
5.64 1-2
Nov-Dee. . .
. . .5.92 1-2
5.92 1-2
Dec-Jell. . .
. . 5.92 1-2
5.92 1-2
THE RISING TIDE OF
TEMPERANCE
What prohibition has recently ac
iinplished in its remarkahh* effcc'
upon imblic opinion in th** T'nited
States is graphically shown by Mr. F
?. Carter in an impressiv** article in
iln* current Harper’s Weekly, undei
the title “The Rising Ti b* of Tempt
The following are some
concrete results:
ie liquor traffic is prohibited 1
law in om*-hatf the territory of tie
United States.
In only five states—Montana. Idaho
Wyoming. Utah and Nevada, has th
saloon resisted the temperance ad
vance.
In Texas not only is the sale of li
quor on dining cars prohibited by
law. Tmt a traveler may not even take
a drink from his own flask upon a
train unless he can show by a physi-,
cian’s certificate that the liquor is for
medicinal purposes.
Even in Kentucky, famous for its
hiskey. where $1,000,000,000 is in
vested in distilleries, 97 cut of 119
ounties are “dry.”
The National Temperance Society
has distributed prohibition literature
aggregating one billion, two hundred
million pages of printed matter advo
cating total abstinence for the indi
vidual and the entire suppression
the liquor traffic in the United States.
Tliat this extraordinary propaganda
is having tremendous effect is amply
demonstrated by Mr. Carter's article.
even tins
against him.
i d in wreths I
had settled |
lowu almost to their bases. He was
tting his wheel ready, wheu one of
the n* ar bv farmers came up and
med over the fence, watching him
1 s’pose ye <l.;nt mind gottin’
*;.“ he finally insinuated.
Oli. T don’t boll* vc it's going t
in.' answered tin* optimist, jauuti
'It looks a bit threatening, but
I think it will clear pp by noon
tn going to start just tin* satin*.’
The farmer was sib-nt a moment
lien In* point- d solt mnly toward th
I. nds. which bad ♦ ntirely shut out
mm vi»*w the mighty mountain four
miles away.
Young man.’ he said impressiv
he pointed. ’ Ixmk that*. When
Saturday, Dec. 1 4
The Thalians
Present
The Barrister
A Three Act Comedy
Prices 25c t-j $1.00
' Box Scats J1.25
Seats Reserved at Palmer’s Drug Store
Wednesday, Dec. 11th.
[•loll l
i'll!'
Go.l Almialit
flown over Ki'ar-
ouldn't
A REFLECTION.
I'lom Hi. Wasliington Slav.
\ \\ .'isliinpl-.Kii fflncatfir tolls
:im>o.inu .-tory of his rfillf^e day
Now Knjrlarnl. Oiif of the instltu
tirii’s most enilnenl professors w;i>
U-ctnriiiK. His class for some reason
was restless, and after fidgeting for
a time a number of the students tool,
no piins to conceal their weariness
The professor remained a while
apparent unconsciousness of their at
titnde but suddenly stopped. After
an instant's pause he leaned forward
his face taliing on a charming and
characteristically quizzical expression I United States than it was
Spot Cotton Market.
Atlanta, steady, 11 l-8c.
New York, steady, 11.85c.
New Orleans, firm 11 7-8c.
Liverpool, steady. 6.34d.
Galveston steady. 11 3-4c.
Mobile, quiet, il 5-16c.
Savannah, quiet. 11 l-8c.
Charleston, quiet 11 l-16c.
Wilmington, steady, 11 l-8c.
Norfolk, steady, 11 1-Jc.
Baltimore, nominal. 11 5-8c.
Boston steady, 11.85c.
Philadelphia, steady 12.10c.
Houston, steady, 11 l-2c.
Memphis, steady 11 3-8c.
Augusta, steady 11 3-8c.
St. Bouts, quiet, 11 l-4c. -
Louisville, Ann, 11 l-4c.
Cincinnati, nominal.
ami to i
icoful negotiations h**
tw<*on the two imuntrms. But ;!u
Iapam*s<‘ in Sin Francisco ami X**"
York firmly believe that. Aoki will
never return hut will be replaced by
lop | some ambassador who will inaugural
vigorous Japanese lndicy. Baron
Kaneko. who war, formerly a special
nvoy to the country, of Baron China.
minister at the Japanese foreign
iffice, may be selected for this mis
sion. Bm tie* choice will probably
fall on Baron Takahira. former Japan
minister at Washington.
Not long ago the United States sent
ambassador to J ipan. who
was expected to pour oil upon
roubled waters, and Secretary Taft
his recent visit to Japan was ac-
:orded every honor duo to distinguish
ed •officials of a friendly nation.
On the surface Japan appears to
be much more friendly toward the
ear ago
ECONOMICAL EXCAVATION.
From Engineering News.
It. is common enough nowadays t;>
ear people remark that the govern
n* nt. is certainly going to build the
•..mil: and that the work is going
(ii**ad rapidly and well; but that the
i*«>st "ill he “out of sight,” “because
government work is always so c :st-
l>. you know!"
While it is t«M> soon >et to say what
unit pi le* s will be reached for the
bulk of til** work, when the whole
plant is in place and the operating
force is “turned up." tin* figures for
the cost of excavation in the Uulebra
cut for tin* past year certainly in-
•cresting. it appears that the averag-*
• iist <»!' excavating about 5.500.U0U
•wbic vards, three-fifths of it ro?k.
it some ten miles by train
ibutiiur it on tin* dumps was
* nts per cubic yard, which
duties an arbitrary allowance
*! 12 cents per cubic yard for the
'*ost if Mu* plant used. Remembering
the tropical conditions, tin* heavy rain
fall. the eight-hour dav. the high cost
of labor, fuel, materials and every
thing else, this indicates that thov
are not only making the dirt fly’ at.
Panama, but making a dollar do th *
the most work possible—which has
been set down by high authority as i
propej- function of the engineer.
Again, in dredging work, we learn
that at La Boca, on the Pacific end,
an old French ladder dredge excavated [who may
during the past year 1.213.000 cubic
’ aids at an avearge cost per cubic
yard of about 10 1-3 cents, the ma
terial being towed out to sea in hopper
Ceiltaiilly figures like these deserve
onsideration by those who make rash
:cneralizations as to the extravagance
government work.
muling
Hid disf
igun
and siad:
“Gentlemen. 1 must ask that you he
patient and bear with me a few mo-1
meats longer. 1 still have a few’ mor*
pearls to cast.”
ONE THING CERTAIN.
“That horse, sir, can’t he bought
for $1,000.”
“No. I suppose not. I’m blamed
sure he can’t be sold for It.”—Cleve
land Leader.
RUSSIAN PARALLEL
TO THE DRUCE CASE.
From the Daily Graphic.
The Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailo-
vitch has lately issued in St. Peters
burg a little work entitled “The I^e
gend of Alexander I in Siberia.” Om
finds in it curious parallels to the sen*
national mystery which Mr. Plowden
but the ordering of Admiral Evans'
battleship fleet to the Pacific, white
it was received without a protest
must have made a powerful impres
sion upon Jatpcn. Though it has so
bered the Japanese ’’jingoes” and
there is now little of the wild talk
of war that excited” that country a
few months since, the government
seems little inclined tl> yield any
thing to the United States.
While the chances of war appear
to be extremely remote, the Japanese
problem is far from successful sola
tion and is one of the most perplex-
’TWOULD HELP.
Knicker—What is jour idea of a
model currency system?
Bocker—One by which the waiter
won’t be able to bring you change
for his Up.—New York Sun.
SAFE.
First Cat—Hadn’t we better move’
Second Cat—Not the least danger,
my dear. It’s only a woman throw-
ling things at us.—The Circle.
is now endeavoring to unravel. Thus, ling wiUi which the administration ha ;
like the fifth Duke of Partland, th? | had to deal.
Czar Alexander I is alleged to have
led a double life and also to have ar-1 THE CHESTY BEEFSTEAK,
ranged a bogus funeral of himself. I From the Houston Post.
The story has long been firmly credit-1 The Armour company announce an
ed by the lower and middle classes in I other reduction in the price of meat
Russia, and it has even received a | We confidently expected to see the
measure of countenance from the best I time when a sirloin steak will meet
of Alexander’s biographers, Gen. I a silver dollar on terms of absolute
Schilders. Of this legend the Grand I equality instead of spitting in its face
Duke has made a careful study with | and kicking it off the sidewalk
the result that he shows conclusively
by documentary and other evidence, I A TIMELY HINT,
that it is a legend and nothing more. | ‘‘Ef Providence hears de po’ man
Iw’en he cries,* said the old colored
De Witt’s Kidney and Bladder Pills I philosopher, “it’s a good idee for him
afford quick relief from all forms of I ter start ter cry airly in de year, so’s
kidney and bladder trouble. A week’s I he kin git what he’s cryin* for by
treatment 26c. Sold by all druggists. |Christmas!”—AUanta Constitution.
SKULL MENDED BY
NAPOLEON S SURGEON.
From the Indiauapolis News.
Dr. William B. Fletcher was a stu-
«l»*nt in cratiiology, and at his death
he l**ft an interesting collection of
skulls, human and of the lower ani
mals. These relics are kept in a case
at the Fletcher sanatorium, in East
Market street. Among them is one
of peculiar interest, of which the doc
tor was quite proud, and about whtch
lie delighted to talk oo his friends. •
“This skull.’ as the doctor told the
writer, “was worn as late as 1868
by an old German. who as a boy
eighteen or twenty years old was In
the campaign of 1812 under the great
Xaploeon. in his disastrous invasion
of Russia. This old German came
to Indianapolis, and for some years
took can* of the horses of Dr. Theo-
philus Panin and of mine.
“He was about 72 years old when
he died. During the Russian cam
paign he had been out down by a
Russian sabre stroke which fractur
ed his skull, but the important tiling
in Ins story was that his skull was
trephined by Larrey, Napoleon’s great
surgeon, himself, the broken pieces
of bone removed, and that he should
have come to Indianapolis so far
away from bis borne and have lived
to such an age.
This was. in substance the story
told by Dr. Fletcher of the surgeon
‘garded among the
founders modern surgery, as a
man who was remembered by the
great Napoleon in his will, made at
St. Helena: 1 bequeath to my sur
geon. Larrey. the most honest man l
ever knew. 100,000 francs.”
POWDERED MILK.
From the Washington Herald.
Improved processes for reducing
milk to the form of a powder or com
pressing it into ‘ablets, have led to
increasing use of milk in these
forms. Powdered or compressed milk
is not only employed for provisioning
ships and for transportation to dis-
ant places, hut for the use of bak
ers and confectioners. In France a
w process for powdering milk has
recently been invented. The milk is
forced under a pressure of 250 atmos
pheres, through a tube one-tenth of a
millimeter in diameter, into a closed
chamber heated to 167 degrees Fah
renheit by a current of warm air. The
rapid expansion of the milk on en
tering the chamber turns it into a
cloud of vapor and the water is car
ried off by a current of air and the
solid parts of milk fall in powder to
the bottom.
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Millions ot bottles of Foley's Hon
ey and Tar have been sold without
any person ever having experienced
any other than beneficial results from
its use for coughs, colds and lung
troubles. This is because the gen
uine Foley's Honey and Tar in the
yellow package contains no opiates or
or other harmful drugs. Guard your
health by refusing any but the gen
uine. Sold by all druggists.
MONDAY,
DECEMBER
The Big Scenic Production
Daniel Boone
on the Trail
Real Wolves,
Bears and
Souix Indians
Popular Prices
Gallery - 25 and 50cts
Balcony - 25 and 50cts
All Lower Floor 50cts
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