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STOCK MARKET ON A BASIS
OF RESTORED PUBIIC CONFIDENCE
Business Nearly as Heavy as It Was During the
Boom Period of 99-02.
By W. G. NICHOLAS.
New York. Nov. 19.—The stock mar- i
fcet is resting on a broader basis of
restored public confidence than at any
time in four years. The volume of
transactions is nearly as large as it
was during the boom period of 1899-
1902, yet it is almost entirely free from
the spirit of mob speculation which
was at once the attraction and danger
(,( the former bull movement.
People of means are in the market
on as large a scale as before, if not
larger, but the little people are keep
ing away from the maelstrom, and
what is more, the market leaders are
evincing no anxiety to get them In,
being apparently well content to let
the situation develop without mob help.
Later on, when legitimate business
makes inroads upon the capital now
available for speculation and specula
tive investment the need may arise for
popular assistance in the unloading
process, but seemingly the time for
this has not arrived. Meantime, the
securities market gains In strength and
every important advance is sturdily
maintained.
Buxines* Ontlook Bright.
The business outlook is unquestiona
bly bright and a sentiment of hopeful
ness and confidence pervades every
department and class. Two years ago
money was 15 per cent, and the
snelves were overloaded with securities
which had not been paid for and for
which there was no stable market. To
day, with call money at 2 per cent, and
six months' funds a glut at 3% per
cent., with the goods on the shelves
paid for, and with business conditions
everywhere improved, it is not surpris
ing that speculative sentiment should
be optimistic and prices on the rise.
There will be no disturbance in the
money market on account of the with
drawal of $29,000,000 to $30,000,000 of
government deposits from national
banks, and its transfer into the vaults
of the national treasury. The money
is to be taken out of the banks, be
cause government funds are running
low' with which to pay current ex
penses. It is consequently clear that
the money so shifted will be put back
Into circulation with very little delay.
The process will be something like tak
ing money out of one pocket and put
ting it, into another. The public will
hot be Inconvenienced In the slightest
degree, and the Incident is not likely
to have more than temporary effect on
Interest rates, or In the supply of cash
available for business purposes.
Eventually, however, as trade ex
pands, industries become more active
and the chariot of progress is propelled
forward with increased velocity the
demand for money will improve and
rates harden. Mont, has been cheap
the last year or two because there has
been no general demand for it. As
the volume of business swells the funds
how employed in speculation will be
diverted into other channels and the
stock gamblers will have to pay higher
for the wherewithal to conduct their
operations. There will be a general
calling of loans and with automatic
certainty stocks will decline. That
turn in the stock market may be
weeks or months ahead. There Is no
felling.
H'he Smear Trust'* Problem.
How to distribute a great surplus
without attracting the hostile atten
tion of Congress thereto is a problem
which is bothering the management
of the Sugar trust. The surplus In ac
cumulated properties and unwieldly
cash Is said to approximate at least
150,000,000. Some put it as high as
875,000,000. What the figure really is
can only be conjectured, for the facts
ere only known to H. O. Havemeyer,
H. H. Rogers and a very few of their
close associates. The control of the
trust Is lodged absolutely In the hands
of Havemeyer and a handful of Stand
ard Oil magnates, and they adhere rig
idly to the policy of guarding the busi
ness secrets of the corporation from
public scrutiny or public knowledge.
A, he . r ® !? a rule of the Stock Exchange
that all corporations whose securities
are traded thereon must make periodi
cal reports to the Exchange of facts
about which shareholders and the pub
lic have a right to know. So far as
„ !r e ® t°* he Sllffar trust this rule is
a dead letter, and has never been ob
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The Shoes
J\s. yoa ought to have
The Price
you ought to pay.
These Men Shoes stand oat sharply
/ Jh among a crowd ancf prove themselves
** to evef y the best-such are
BYCK’S $3.50 SHOES
K you want to be indisputably certain that
\Aj \ yoar feet are correctly clothed and for a
(J long comfortable time, these shoes will
: make you so.
There is a lot of reputation in them, and
a lot of care and money, too—which you’ll
find there.
all styles
from the light patent leather for evening wear
to the water-proof for wet cold days.
served or enforced. The stock has
been traded in on the Exchange for
many years and enjoys an Immunity
in the matter of fiscal reports given
to no other corporation. This is be
cause it has always been a good gam
bling stock and also because Have
meyer has on many occasions told the
Stock Exchange bluntly and brutally
that it could go to hades, and that
under no circumstances would he re
veal the Inner operations of his trust.
Playing a Crosa-Pnrpoxe Game.
A curious game of cross purposes Is
being played in the Nashville, Chatta
nooga and St*. Louis minority stock.
The Louisville and Nashville holds in
Its treasury about $8,000,000 of the
$10,000,000 Issue, and It is well known
would like to get hold of the entire
amount. A plan has long been pend
ing to exchange Louisville and Nash
ville stock for that of the subsidiary
company, but before doing this the
larger corporation would like to land
in its treasury as much of the out
standing 20,000 shares as can be se
cured. To that end a studied policy
has been pursued of belittling the
earnings of the lesser line. Only last
year over $1,000,000 of the earnings
were Invested In new property, enough
to have added 10 per cent, to the divi
dends. This little road earns about 25
per cent, on its stock, and on that
as well as o.n that of capitaliza
tion Chattanooga stock is worth $2 to
$1 of Louisville and Nashville, yet the
market quotations for the shares run
along very close together. The ruling
insiders are dragging the play along
in order to tire out little and stubborn
holders, but if the interchange of se
curities is not very soon brought about
another Pan Handle campaign on a
small scale will be organized, and the
Louisville and Nashville party will be
obliged to show Its hand in the open.
Some day Chattanooga may jump SSO
a share in market price.
Keeping An Eye on Flint.
The people down in the Wall street
district compose only a small fraction
of those who are watching Charles R.
Flint with excited interest. Mr. Flint
is one of the most picturesque char
acters on the stage of finance and
trade. He is international. He pros
pers most and feds best when the rest
of the world Is at war. The chief
theater of his activities has been in
the West Indies and South America,
where he is regarded as about the big
gest thing on ffte map. He has had
his finger in every South American
embrogllo in the last twenty years.
His specialty is acting as broker be
tween countries at war with one an
other. He is at the present moment
scheming to sell to Russia five battle
ships owned by Argentine and Chili.
When these two nations were pulled
from each others throats they agreed
to a disarmament, which included the
abandonment of two warships by Ar
gentine and three by Chili, and Flint
was given the commission to dispose
of the vessels. Russia for months has
been trying to get hold of these war
machines, and the money for their pur
chase has long been on deposit in
Paris.
It being a rank violation of every
treaty ever written for a neutral na
tion to transfer that kind of material
to a belligerent nation, an embarrass
ing situation confronted Mr. Flint
which he thus far has been unable to
circumvent. Some years ago he was
caught red-handed In the act of dis
posing of ships of war through the
subterfuge of an intermediary nation
that had no standing of any sort. His
present position being generally un
derstood, every foreign office has its
eye on him and has every agency em
ployed to thwart his efforts to get rid
of the contraband property on his
hands. The belief prevails, however,
that he has found a way to work off
the battleships and that the deal has
been practically consummated despite
the very vigorous efforts of the Jap
anese government. Flint’s representa
tive has sailed for South America and
there is an air of expectancy about 25
Broad street, which is Mr. Flint’s
headquarters. If the deal Is put
through successfully Mr. Flint will re
alize a commission of between $3,000,-
000 and $4,000,000, a prize big enough
to stimulate his alert brain to its ut
termost capacity.
The White Hour Program.
An inspired editorial appeared in the
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 20. 1904.
Hale and Hearty
At *O3 Years
Johann Arnold, Who Is 103, Says
Puffy's Pure Malt Whiskey Cured
Hlin When ills Stomach Re
fused to Retain Any Other
Medicine.
Duffy’s Increases His Digestive
Powers ami Strengthens Ills
Weakened Nerves.
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JOHANN ARNOLD.
Reading, Pa„ March 15, 1904.
Gentlemen: It gives me pleasure
in my old age to testify to the bene
fits I am deriving from.the Judicious
use of your Duffy’s Pure Malt Whis
key. I am now 103 years old, hale and
hearty, have a good appetite and per
fect digestion. I have tried a number
of wines and whiskies for their stim
ulating effect, but my stomach would
not retain them. Your pure whiskey
agrees with my stomach perfectly. It
is retained by my stomach and pro
duces a mild stimulation, which my
condition at this age demands. It is
certainly a Godsend to the aged, who
need a stimulant to tone up their
stomachs, increase their digestive
powers and strengthen their weakened
nerves. Sincerelv yours,
JOHANN ARNOLD.
DUFFY’S PURE MALT WHISKEY
Is the Comfort and Support of Old
Age.
The sincere and grateful iribute of
Mr. Arnold, who has the distinction of
being the oldest citizen in Pennsylva
nia, to the invigorating and life-pro
longing powers of Duffy’s Pure Malt
Whiskey, is one of the most remark
able and convincing on record. He
reads and is dependent upon no one
for the little services and attentions of
old age. Mr. Arnold’s memory is per
fect, and his eyes sparkle with inter
est as he quaintly recalls events that
have gone down into history of the
past hundred years. He is firm in the
belief that with the comforting and
strengthening assistance of Duffy’s
Pure Malt Whiskey he will live an
other quarter of a century.
If you wish to keep young, active
and vigorous, and have on your
cheeks the roses of health, and retain
full possession of your mental powers,
you must take Duffy's Pure Malt
Whiskey regularly as directed and
avoid drugs of all kinds. It nour
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or feeble it may have become: feeds
and enriches the blood, and stimulates
the circulation, giving health and
power to the body, brain, nerve and
muscle.
The absolute purity of Duffy’s Pure
Malt Whiskey is attested by the fact
that thousands of doctors and hos
pitals use it exclusively, and that It’s
the only whiskey recognized by the
Government as a medicine. It con
tains no fusel oil.
CAUTION—When you ask for Duf
fy’s Pure Malt Whiskey, be sure you
get the genuine. Sold by reliable
druggists and grocers everywhere in
sealed bottles only. Look for the
trade-mark, die “Old Chemist,’’ on
the label, and be sure the seal over
the eorlc Is not broken. SI.OO a bottle.
Medical booklet with testimonials
and doctor’s advice free. Duffy Malt
Whiskey Cos., Rochester, N. Y.
Wall Street Journal a few days ago
outlining the White House programme
for the next four years. The editorial
was written by Tom Woodlock who is
ohummy with the President fend who
spent a couple of days with him in
Washington after the election. There
is force therefore In the double leaded
announcement that the President In
tends to saddle upon his party the is
sue of tariff revision and that In all
probability there will be a special ses
sion of the next Congress fterly next
summer to set the necessary machinery
In motion. The West and Middle West
are agitating for a revision and as it
was there that Roosevelt obtained his
overwhelming majorities and where the
backbone of his popularity resides he
will endefevor to make good by forcing
a scaling down of many of the sched
ules.
Reliable word reached Wall street
that the President has on a number of
occasions since the election, and to
divers and sundry friends besides
Woodlock given strong Intimation of
this tariff purpose of his. The news
is not relished by a great mfeny who
voted for him on the "stand pat”
theory, believing that it was his pur
pose to let things remain as they are
and do nothing to disturb existing con
ditions which innumerable Republi
cans as well as Democrats seem to
think quite satisfactory. In the Inspir
ed editorial referred to prediction Is
made that only slight reference will
be made to the tariff question In the
President’s message to Congress on its
reconvening in December, this being be
cause the session will only last three
months and is too short to give proper
consideration to the important issue
The present Congress dies on March 3
next after which time the President
may call the new Congress together
In special session, whenever he sees
fit.
Tennesae Coni and Iron.
Tennessee Coal and Iron acta, almost
the same way It .did when the Insid
ers of that industrial had John W.
Gates in the net. That was about
the time of Gates’ famous Interview,
two and a half years ago, which de
moralized the stock market and threw
bull speculators in a panic. Gates Is
one of the best Informed iron men In
the world and when he saw over
production everywhere he turned from
a bullish to a bearish position almost
in an hour. He dumped his long stock
and went short of the market on a
grand scale. Among other weak points
of attack picked out by him was Ten
nessee Coal and Iron which was a
very tightly held stock, all but a few
odd lots being locked up in “Jim”
Woodward’s strong box.
Gates found no difficulty In borrow
ing all ths stock he wanted on his
short sales (Woodward secretly sup
plying it) and he kept at It until he
put out 35,000 to 40,000 shares. Then he
became suspicious and started to buy.
Suddenly the hook caught In his Jaw
and the line tightened with Woodward
at the other end. Nobody learned ex
actly the settlement pries agreed up
on. but It is known that Gates gave
Woodward his check for $1,100,000.
That closed the deal and tho stock
slumped away rupldly finally settling
around 40, where it hung for a year
or more. It looks now as though It
might go to the previous high water
mark and psople are wondering
whether Woodward has been lucky
enough to got another whale mi his
book.
NEW YORK CITY’S
POSTMASTERSHIP
IS A BIG JOB TO MANAGE
WHY WILBUR F. W A KENAN IS
BEING GROOMED FOB IT.
HU Work la Aid of the National Re
publican Committee lu IMKI, It too
and 1004 Showed HU Ability ns
Well ns HU Party Loyalty.
W’retched Condition of the Queer
Triangular Bntldtng Which Now
Houses the Postofllee and Several
Other Federal Bureaus—No Relief
in Sight Tilt the Two Big Branch
PostolHees to Be Uullt In Connec
tion With the Pennsylvania and
New York Central Passenger Sta
tions Are Rend).
New York, Nov. 19.—President
Roosevelt will have few more impor
tant appointments to make during the
entire term to which he has recently
been elected than the naming of the
man to sit in the chief place made va
cant by Postmaster Van Cott’s death
In the queer, three-cornered granite
structure bounded by Park Place,
Broadway and Mail street, and known
as the New York postofflee.
There is probably no job In all the
federal service requiring greater ex
excutive force than this. It was chiefly
because he has shown this quality in
marked degree that his friends put
forward the name of Wilbur F. Wake
man as a candidate immediately after
the election.
A Strong Executive Man.
Since 1891 he has been general sec
retary of the American Protective
Tariff League, and, in that place, as
general appraiser, and in the work he
did for the Republican Executive Com
mittee in 1896, 1900 and 1904, he has
shown executive grasp an enforce of the
very highest order.
There was a time, years ago, when
the business end of the National Cam
paign Committee's work was mainly
carried on by a staff of men, largely, if
not wholly, recruited from purely po
litical circles—the places being given
in recognition of political services
quite regardless of the ability of the
men chosen to make good. In 1896,
the first campaign to be managed by
the late Mark A. Hanna, anew tack
was taken. The “business end" of the
committee's work was that year for
the first time in history done ac
cording to business methods, and the
result was highly gratifying, in 1900
the same policy was carried out, and in
year, too, the result was all that
could be desired.
“Baslueas End” of Campaign Work.
Comparatively few readers probably
un ?,® ra i that the real “business
end of a campaign committee’s work
is the printing and distribution of
campaign literature literature, but so
it is, and In these days this has grown
to such vast proportions that only an
expert can possibly carry it on with
economy and efficiency.
When Mr. Hanna took charge of the
campaign in 1896 he determined to
put the printing and distributing bu
reau of the committee into expert
hands. Through his connection with
the Tariff League, of which he was an
officer, he knew that Mr. Wakeman
had reduced the printing and distri
bution of political literature to a
science. So he asked Wakeman to ex
pand his force and take charge of the
bureau for the committee. He con
sented, and the result was that more
“pieces” of literature, by millions,
were distributed than ever before
Also the cost was less, and the distri
bution was almost infinitely better—
the “pieces” were actually placed in
the hands of voters; not simply scat
tered—and the voters who received
them, furthermore, were of the sort
likely to be Influenced.
A Judge of Campaign Literature.
Both Mr. Hanna and Mr. McKinley
believed that the big McKinley ma
jorities w'ere in great measure attribu
table to Wakeman’s skillful distribu
tion. "Coin’s Financial School,” an
exceedingly clever argument for six
teen to one free coinage, had enjoyed
a great vogue for several years, and.
undoubtedly had made many converts.
It was believed that Rs Influence could
be overcome If the right sort of single
standard literature could be got di
rectly to the voters, and after the
votes were counted Mr. Wakeman got
plenty of praise. Four years later,
and quite naturally, Wakeman was
asked to undertake the task a second
time. Again he carried It through
with great success.
His Tariff League Work.
This year there was some question
as to whether he should be asked to
be the committee’s executive head In
printing and distribution, but the un
certainty was short. Mr. Cortelyou
made an arrangement with Mr. Wake
man and the Tariff League, practically
similar to that made by Mr. Hanna
four and eight years eariler.and Wake
man carried out his part of the con
tract with the same efficiency and
economy as before.
To say this and nothing more can
mean but little to one not on the in
side. In fact, the magnitude of the
work undertaken and carried through
by the Tariff League on behalf of the
committee cannot be made completely
clear even with the aid of figures, but
PHYSICIANS EVERYWHERE
Know the Value of Pyramid Pile Cure
“Gratitude alone prompts me to
testify to the efficacy of Pyramid Pile
Cure. Last March I bought a dollar
package at the drug store, which
cured me of bleeding piles, and I was
a sufferer from them for eight years;
but I had not been troubled with
them since, until last September,
when I gave birth to a baby girl, and
after that I had a very severe case of
protruding piles, which a trained
nurse said was ths worst case she
ever saw. and my doctor told me to
get Pyramid Pile Cure again, which I
did, and was completely cured In
three days. I have not had piles of
any kind since, and It is all owing to
this wonderful remedy. My nurse
took a box, which I was glad to be
able to give her, for I know she will
be able to help lots of suffering peo
ple whom I could never see or know.
"I recommend 'Pyramids’ wherever
I know of any one suffering as I did.
It gives me great pleasure to be able
to say I am entirely cured, which my
doctor saya is true.. I say God bless
Pyramid Pile Cure.” From a former
great sufferer, Mrs. F. 8. Ancott. 120#
lTnlty Ht., Frankford, Philadelphia,
Ps.
This remedy, which is sold by drug
gists generally. In flfty-cent and dollar
packages. Is In a suppository form. Is
applied directly to the parts affected
and performs Its work quietly and
painlessly. Its value is evidenced by
the testimony given above, and we
urge nit sufferers to buy a package
now and give It a trial to-nlgnt. Ac
cept no substitute and remember that
there is no remedy “Just as good.” A
little book on the Cause nnd Curs of
Plies le published by the Pyramid
Drug Cos.. Marshall, Mich., and will
be sent free to any address.
The Bethesda Leper Colony in Suranim, S. A.
i.rcrrcu sT ti.kmknt of bkthksua 1
here are a few which will help a lit
tle.
Beginning the first week of the com
mittee’s active work 16,976,975 “docu
ments,” consisting of 272,995.450 "stand
ard’’ pages, were handled, and the last
of the shipping was done In ample
time to get all the "documents" ac
tually In the hands of the voters.
There was no surplus of millions of
pages as there often has been; there
was no burning of them to get rid of
them, and no perfunctory ami useless
eleventh hour distribution In the high
ways and byways where no one would
read them.
Inventor of Ihe “Stnnilsrd” Page.
There was no haphazard work.
Contracts that Insured prompt de
livery with the express and trans
portation companies employed were
entered Into beforehand, the league's
shipping • force was perfectly or
ganized, and the various print
shops, where the presswork was done,
were brought completely Into line.
Economy to a remarkable degree was
insured by the adoption of the “stan
dard” page.
In a way the "standard” p'age Is a
Wakeman Invention. Its adoption
meant two things. First, that there
would be no waste In trimming the big
sheets of paper, after the printing, as
there must be If the pages were of
various sizes; and second, thfet there
would be no waste of packing cases.
Without the adoption of the “stan
dard" pages there would have been
both. Of course, packing cases of
standard sizes were used alBo; this
made It certfein that 10,000 pages, for
instance, of any document whatever,
would exactly fill a case of a certain
size, leaving no empty space to be
filled with waste paper.
Mr. Wakeman himself has mfede no
move to secure the postmastership.
He left New York on the day after
election to go to New Orleans by
steamer. From New Orleans he will
go to St. Louis, after a rest of a week
or two. He will not reach New York
again until some time early In Decem
ber.
An Inadequate Building.
No one who has not given some at
tention to it can understand how very
great Is the business of the postofflee
here, nor how utterly Inadequate to
its purpose is the queer old building
in which it is housed.
It is pvercrowde, foul and stuffy
beyond description. The architects
who planned It seem to have striven
with all their might to make it as
inconvenient as possible. With the
light of heaven on every one of Its
three sides, there are parts of the
ground floor that must >be lighted arti
ficially even on the clearest, most
sunshiny day. In no part of the base
ment, where hundreds of men are
employed, is it possible to work at
any time by natural light. The venti
lation—well, there is pratlcally no
ventilation, and In the hot days of
summer the temperature in that base
ment is always some degrees higher
than it is outside.
A Wretched Arrangement.
The large main office, at the bottom
of a triangular inside court on the
same level as the street, has no out
side windows; they are shut off by
the corridors which are given to the
public, and between the corridors and
the big triangular apartment are the
individual mall boxes.
The room Is roofed with glass, and
it was believed, originally, that this
would make It amply light. It was
found soon after tho force moved Into
the building, however, that while the
glass roof would let the light In all
right, it would not keep the rain out,
and so a second roof was put on. Be
tween the two there are now such vast
accumulations of dust and dirt that
the light Is weak even at noonday,
unless the day is very bright, and both
earlier and later in the day, when the
sun’s rays are partially shut out by the
walls which form the sides of the
court, the gas Iras always to be light
ed. Moreover, despite the second
glass roof, there is never & heavy rain
that the water does not come down in
streams In some part of the big main
room.
The printing office—for the New
York postofflee does ail Its own print
ing—is in the basement, where there
is never any light at all, and where
from lack of ventilation, the air Is
always so foul that the air In the new
subway is purity Itself In comparison.
The Two Proposed Branches.
Much relief will be possible when
the two big branch postofflees to be
opened In the huge stations projected
by the New York Central and the
Pennsylvania Railroads shall be
opened, but this will not oom to pass
for some years.
What should be done would be to
remove all the Federal offices, except
the postofflee. from the building which
is now shared by various branches of
the federal Courts und several other
local bureaus of the United States
government. Until some such steps
are taken no postmaster can hope to
conduct the affairs of the office in a
perfectly satisfactory manner.
Though the postipastershlp of New
York is sometimes spoken of as a
likely stepping stone to higher politi
cal place, R has proved so in only
one instance In recent years. Thomas
L James, who was postmaster when
the present building was first occu
pied, was later made Postmaster Gen
eral by President Garfield. His son
in-law, Henry O. Pearson, succeeded
to the place and held it until his
death. A bust of Mr. Pearson, with a
tablet. Is about the only artistic deco
ration In the whole building. Former
Postmaster James 1s now the president
of one of the big town's best known
banks. His administration of the post
office was marked by great improve
ment In New York's postal service.
Many PostolMcr* In New York.
Vast as ths business of the New
York postofflee now la, It would be
vaster still If It wers the only post
office in the city as at present con-
BVMNAJM USPKII WITH AMERICAN DOM.
stltuted. In fact, it is the only one
of many postofflees. besides tha
branches.
In 1862 there were four postofflees on
Manhattan Island, located at Wash
ington Heights (now 145th street),
Manhattanville (now 125th street),
Bloomtngdale (somewhere In the 80th
streets. West Side), and Yorkvllle (In
the 90th streets. East Side), besides
the one which served the downtown
district, located near the site of tho
present postofflee. Under Postmaster
Abraham Wakeman. appointed by
President Lincoln, all Manhattan Is
land was made one postal district.
When the present ’’greater city”
was created by the addition of Brook
lyn, Staten Island, part of West Ches
ter county, and the greater portion of
Queen's county, there was some talk
of abolishing the Brooklyn postofflee
and ail the smaller ones in the territory
taken in. but wiser counsels prevailed,
and the postal system of the five coun
ties was left unchanged, otherwise the
present confusion and delay in deliv
eries would probably be worse than It
l*- Duane.
FRANCE DRINKS THE WINE;
BELGIUM THE BEER.
Ths V, I. Runs Behind Most Coun
tries In Wine and Beer Drinking.
Washington, Nov. 19.—France drinks
the most wine and Belgium the most
beer. The United States as a consum
er of spirits, beer and wins runs far
behind most countries. The monthly
summary of commerce and finance is
sued bv the Department of Commerce
and Labor says:
“France shows the heaviest consump
tion of the most concentrated beverage
spirits—viz.; 2.61 gallons per inhabit
ant. The other countries, following in
the order of their per capita consump
tion of spirits, are: Sweden, 2.13 gal
lons; Germany. 2.11 gallons; Belgium,
1.42 gallons; United Kingdom, 1.38 gal
lons; United States, 1.33 gallons; Rus
sia, 1.29 gallons, and Italy, .34 gallona.
"The figures per capita of beer con
sumption reveal the fact that Belgium
stands at ths head of the nations. Its
per capita consumption being 56.59 gal
lons; second In order Is the United
Kingdom, with 35.42 gallons, while
Germany, which shows ths largest ab
solute figures of consumption in tho
matter of per capita consumption,
takes third place, with 30.77 gallons;
the United States follows with 18.04
gallons.
“The consumption of wine may be
said to be concentrated in two coun
tries, chiefly France and Italy. The
figures of per capita consumption in
these countries—34.73 gallons In France
and 31.86 rallons in Italy—are almost
Identical with those shown for beer by
ths United Kingdom and Germany."
A THIRTEEN OUNCE BABY.
New York, Nov. I*.—Although he
cams Into tha world four months be
fore his time and was given up for
dead, the young son of Mra. Dors Falk
Is making a brave fight for his life.
He Is in the depths of a basket by a
kitchen stove, and la surrounded by
watir bags and roils of cotton. Later
on he will probably be placed In an
Incubator, for it Is believed he will be
able to keep up the pace of life with
other children in spits of his handi
cap.
The boy—ths smallest baby possibly
In the world to-day—weighs thirteen
ounces, less than a pound. Small as
he Is, his body Is perfectly formed.
Dr. Jacob Glass, the family physician,
said that the respiration of the child
was normal and that the pulse, though
faint, was regular.
THANKFUL PEOPLE
Thera are thousands of people
throughout the country thankful for
the Introduction of Hostetler’s Stom
ach Fitters, and still more thankful
because they were persuaded to try It
Asa result they now enjoy perfect
health. Those not so fortunate should
start to-day. The Bitters always cures
Indignation, Dyspepsia. Constipation,
nillonanem. General Debility, Chill*,
fold* and Malaria, Fever and Ague.
Give It a trial.
HOSTETTER’S
STOMACH BITTERS
SUBWAY HAS NOT
CHECKED “L” CRUSH
SAME OLD FIGHT FOR STRAPS
DEBPITK mono SI H WAV PASBKN
GBHB CARRIED DAILY.
There la go Brmln( Diminution ot
Travel u the “L” Line—OtHclala
Are Unable to Figure Out Where
the People Couie From—The Sub
war Supposed to I.eaaen Travel
ou the Electric Systems About
80,000 Persons a Day.
New York, Nov. 19.—While there are
widely divergent opinions as to the
quality of the sir In the subway and
experts are disagreeing as to whether a
loss of three or four per cent of oxy
gen will prove Injurious, and with ths
war against the station picture gal
leries, which Mr. Belmont has charac
terised as a "business entertainment
for the public," still raging and prom
ising to gain In bitterness, there Is
•till one matter connected with ths
subway on which the public Is a unit.
It Is a matter for universal wonder
ment that with the tunnel carrying
its thousands there Is apparently no
diminution In the morning and evening
crushes on the elevated Itnes.
It Is a fact which nobody who has
to use the "L" roads during ths rush
hours dispute that seats are as hard
to find as ever. In spite of the opening
of ths new rapid trunstt system. Even
the management of the two system Is
at a loss to account for the situation.
A careful study of the traffic figures,
now that travel in the subway has
supposedly reached a normal basis,
shows that for every 100,000 passen
gers carried in the subway there is a
loss of 33,000 in the number of those
using the elevated lines.
As there are now being oarrled In
the subway from 225,000 to 250,000 pas
sengers a day, there are at this ratio
74,250 to 32,600 fewer persons to fight
for straps on the elevated trains. This
number, however, Is so small, com
pared with the approximate million of
persons who use the “L” trains every
day, that It is measurable only by on
actual count of the tickets sold, aa
compared with the average sales just
before the subway was opensd to the
public.
Where the remainder of the persons
corns from who are using the sub
way Is a question which ths general
manager of the road, Frank Hedley,
admits he is unable to answer. Many
of them doubtless have deserted tha
surface lines, but if exact figures were
obtainable from all of the transporta
tion system affected there would still
be a large number of subway passen
gers to account for.
"It is a question which nobody has
been able to answer," said Mr. Hedley.
"and It always comes up with Im
proved transit facilities. The better
the means afforded the more persona
use them. They come from somewhere,
of course, but nobody knows sxactly
how to account for them."
But very toon there is likely to be a
decided change In the situation, duo
chiefly to the opening next week of the
Lenox avenue branch of the subway.
This will reach a large territory not
so far affected by the subway and is
expected to increase by more than 100,-
000 passengers a day the volume of
subway traffic.
Aa soon as the tunnel Is In operation
In lower Broadway, ao that the thou
sands who have their offices below City
Hall, the present downtown terminal.
And the subway as easy of access aa
the elevated stations now are, there
will be another tremendous Increase
in the numbers who will use the eub
wty, and by that time It Is expected
there will be a noticeable falling off in
the volume of “L” road travel.
—"Yea, ha did have a political jofc
but he resigned." "I'm surprised at
that. The last time I saw hint be tald
me his job was a regular little etna
cure." Tea. but it became a little
insecure recently."—Philadelphia Press,
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