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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1910.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
T. L. SH3LT. NUK. .
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wiao It Will ha oontlnnad at tha
anharrlftton ratal ontll nolle* t» atop
plaaaa
In milrhi a abler. of addraia. plaa
tin tha old u wan ai tha naw addraaa.
It It dMlrtbla that all conlrmnlt*llo” ,
laotad nianierlnta will not ho ratnnrad
nnlott atompa an ml far tha pnrpoan.
Tha Oaomtan and Bowa print a no na*
elana or ohja^lonahla adyartlalnr rnat-
wr. BoWior dm It print whlaky or
any Bevor ada
; O than trait mama of trnth and know],
jadf*. w» romanhw tafora that tha wrllan
af haaka, tha aawapapar bib, tad all whoaa
aaOtat It to to (athar tad winnow facta and
ta tafora tha paoyla. Or ant than a diltr-
hrinad lava for toaait work aad a aunnch
ha trad for tha naklni at Ilia, lata thay per
vert tha Jtdtaaah af aar aattoa and taach
aa ta call tf(ht darknati aad duknarf IlfM.
Mir thaw aat ta drat tha mind af aar
•Mple with Manhood aad frajadlea. Slnao
tha taaltr and wladOB af a nation ara in
Mr ahtrta, any thay coant It thima ta aat
Ma haaar paaalana af Baa oa dra for tho
aakaaf tin.
; Herat this holdaaaa ta tarn tha onwalooat
Ight an thaaa who loro tha darkaaaa Moaaaa
thalr daada ara aril Pit lata thalr handa
tha ahlatng award af trnth. and maka this
worthy loan af tha chtnplont nf tha paopla
la tha pant wha hald truth to ha a holy thlnt
far which bob ahoald dim Uaha thorn raallii
that thay hava a ynhllo function la tha MB'
Boawnalth, aad that thalr coaitry Bay ha
aarad by thatr eenrift aad nnd.no by th.lr
aowardle. aad aUmca.
Grant thma tho heart of manhood ta cut
thalr rnldhty. ladnanca with tha forest which
•aka tha paopla atroai aad free, aad if thay
«e*«r lou, any thay rejoice la that aa print
ta thalr awn aonlt that thay, loo, hava hava
frivada af tha eoBmon am aad aarraata of
tha higher law.—Waller Banechtnbaach, la
Tha American Megisiae.
NO TIME L1KK THB OLD TIMB.
•There It na lima Ilka tha aid tlma, whan
you and I ware young.
Whan tha budt of April hloanomad, and
tho blrdo of oorlnotlmo eunal
.Tha gardtn'a brtghtaat glorleo by gum
mar euno ara nuraad.
•ut, eh, tha awaat. await violate, tha
flowara that opened fl rat I
There la no place Ilka tha old place where
you and I ware born!
Whore wa lifted ftrat our eyellda an tha
splandera af tha mom,
Prom tha milk-white braaat that warmed
uo, from tha dinging arma that bora,
Where tha daar ayea gll.tened o'er ua
that will look on ua na moral
Thara la na frlond Ilka tha old friend who
haa aharod aur morning daya,
No greeting Ilka hla welcome, no homage
Ilka hla praltei
Berne la tha acantlaaa aunflowar, with
gaudy crown of oold,
■ut frlandahlp la tha breathing reea, with
awaata In ovary fold.
.There It no love Ilka tha old lava that wa
courted In our prldoi
The our laavaa aro falling, falltng, and
we're fading aide by aldt,
Thara aro bloitoma all around ua with
the colon of our dawn,
we live In borrowed ot
tha light of day la gone.
Thara or* na tlmaa Ilka tha eld ttmee—
they ahall never be forgotl
Thara It no plica Ilka tha old plaee—ktap
groan tho deer old opofl
Thor. ar. no frlende like our old frlende—
may heaven prolong thalr Uveal
Thara ara no lovot like our old loves—
Ood bleu our loving wlveel
—Author Unknown.
GOOD-BYS.
Sweetheart, good-bye! That flut'rlng aall
la apraad to waft mo far from thiol
And toon, before tha farth'rlng gala,
My thlp ahall bound upon tho aaa.
Perehenee. all d.e'lat. and forlorn.
Thaaa ayaa ahall mint than many a yeari
■ Ut unforgott.n .v.ry charm—
Tha loet to light, to memory daar.
Cwoothaart, good-bye! one laat ambracal
Oh. cruel fate, two aoule to arver!
Yat In thla heert'a m-at aacrad placa
Thou, thou Ilona, ahalt dwell foravvri
And atlll ahall recollaetlon trace,
In faney’a mirror, over naar, *
■aoh (mile, each terr, that form that
face
Tho lott to alght, to memory daar.
The pi* akin may now be hunt up
alongside the bone hide.
Among Lntln-Americsn republics
revolution la ealchln r—Mexico and
then Brazil.
“Trouble trews over gobblera." But
for many gobblera trouble la all orer
now.
The bill for tha Thankegtvlng turkey
I- hnrdly paid betora bills for Christ,
mat gift! must be contracted.
i A national good roads association haa
! berp organized at Washington, D. C.
l'eare, prosperity and hspplnets attend
a nation of great highways.
The Atlanta conference and tha plane
i of eatermlnallon laid thereat ought to
make thet cotton boll Insect fret email
-Hough to be called the wre-waa
i weevil.
Enlarging the Matt Service on
Rural Routes. *
, . i .
A Washington dispatch is as follows: “A limited parcels
post for rural free delivery routes will be recognized by Post
master General Hitchcock in his forthcoming annual report.
Tho postmastgr general foresees the establishment of a general-
parcels post throughout the country as soon as the postal sav
ings system'is thoroughly organized.”
Whatever may be the delays and. difficulties incident to
establishing a general parcels post—and they seem to be more
or less imaginary—none of them apply to the immediate putting
into effect of the rural parcels post suggested by the postmas
ter general. Ho considers that the latter will be a preliminary
step toward securing the former, t
There is nothing alarming or unusual about it. It merely
means enlarging the volumo of mail service on rural routes,
and therefore the enlargement of its usefulness. And all that-
it is is merely permitting rural carriers to deliver on their
routes seven-pound packages instead of four-pound packages, as
at present. '
• It is proposed that tho delivery of the increased weight
packages shall' be eenflned to rural delivery systems about each
distributing center.
This, of course, would call for no additional expense for
enlarged equipment, nor would it interfere with the govern
ment’s existing mail contracts with railroads.
It is estimated that rural carriers tako out in their wagons
each trip an average of only 25 pounds of letters and packages,
whereas they could just as easily and without further expense
take out 500 pounds of mail mstter.
It is also estimated that if the 40,000 or more rural car
riers should convey only a small fraction of their total freight
capacity, it would produce an immense revenue and make postal
deficits a thing of the past.
Such a service would be of inestimable benefit to millions
and millions of fanners. It wonld cost the government practi-
riiny nothing to establish, and on tho other hand, would pro
duce a vast income. There is, then, no reason whatever why
congress should not authorize it without further delay.
A Town and Inhabitants to Order.
The model suburban town projected by the Russell Sage
foundation on Long Island, near New York City, is a Utopian
endeavor that is especially interesting in view of modern eeo-
nomio conditions, and interesting also in view of the fact that
it is backed by unlimited wealth. Tho foundation is the one
established by Mrs. Sage as a memorial to her husband.
It is an attempt to cure poverty, and if not that, then to
alleviate it as muoh as possible. But poverty can not be cured
by almsgiving, as is being more fully realized every day. So
the Sage model town is not to be a charity, but a self-sup
porting philanthropy that is expected to return a small in
come on the money invested in it.
Its aim is to make possible of attainment to persons of
very modest moans beautiful homes amid attractive and health
ful surroundings and amongst desirable neighbors.
Who else but a woman would havo had suoh a dream of a
spotless town with spotless inhabitants, for the latter, before
. they can purchase homes and become such, must pass a rigid
examination aa to their character and antecedents.
Every inhabitant will thus bo un aristocrat, not of wealth,
but of respectability and desirability as a neighbor!
, It is no unworthy dream, but it is subjoct to the weakness
of all such dream*—can it bo translated into realltyf
The difficulties of the project, however, are not being al
lowed to stand in tho way of the nllempt. Already expenditures
to JJbe.'ainotmt of $2,250,000 have ${#ti nrndo. One hundred and
forty-two acres of land at Forest Mill Gardens, Long Island,
• have been; .purchased and laid out by a noted landscape
gardener for a town capable of accommodating 1,600 families.
“The railroad station,” says a description of the model
city, ‘‘will be situated on the public, square, forming the en
trance to tho community. This square will be surronnded with
ornamental huildings containing the business offices, stores and
shops. A village green of two and a half seres will add to
the picturcsqueness of the ontranco gato and square. Bridges
will connect with the railroad station and entrances to apart
ments, so that commuters may enter and leave trains from
their apartments without exposuro to stormy weather.”
A city and its inhabitants, are, thus to be made to order,
with'the objectionable feature a.usual to both left out—a beau
tiful, inspiring endeavor, may it succeed!
But most Utopian communities have ^failed because they
took no account of certain^, fundamental facts of human nature,
which, unlovely and inconvWicnt tho they be, are nevertheless
facts.
People want beautiful homes, pretty parka, convenient
railroad stations, and desirable neighbors. But the Father Adam
in them makes them want also to say what style of arehitoe-
turo their houses shall be, makes them want a say-so about their
railroad station, so they can begin at once to demand a bettor;
makes them want to choose their own neighbors, so that they
can talk about them if they are not desirable, and if they are,
to talk about them anyway.
Tho only difficulty about making people happy is the faet
that they are just people.
COMPLETE ORATIONS OF GRADY
Ta publishing In handy form “Ths
Complete Orations and Speeches of
Henry W. Grady." Professor Edwin
DuBolts Sburter, of th* University of
Texes, haa dons a.dlatlnct service.*
Not before was It possible to secure In
—Thornes Moore. ' on# volume the addresses of the.man
Who a tends, by common consent, na
ta* representative orator of the South
since the Civil war.
In the memorial volume, edited by
the late Joel Chandler Harris and pub
lished shortly after Mr. Grady's death,
appeared several of Ms most widely
known orations. But that volume was
unwieldy end prepared In a erent !iui-
ry and moreover was conspicuously In.
complsts. In that It lacked the 'cele
brated address In behnlf of prohibition.
Professor Shorter's volume Is well
edited and wall printed In clear, large
typo. The book Alls a want. That It
will bs graciously received goes with
out saying.
•The Complete Orations and Speechee
of Henry w. Grady, edited by Edwin
DuBolse Shorter. Southwest Publish
ing Company.
UNCLE WALT * PHILOSOPHER
Be kind to old Dobbin, your long-legged bay, and pet him
and fondle his chops; for Dobbin is faithful and true to his
hay—he’ll work in tho tugs till ho drops. The gods who keep
eases on men won’t indorse the sport who in an-
KINDNESS ger will crack a club on tho ribs of his trusty old
horse, which hasn’t a chance to hit back. Be kind
to old Bossie, tho gentle-eyed cow, that patiently stands in her
shed; and don’t with the milking-stool oavo in her brow be
cause there’s no sense in her head. Tho gods havo no uae for
the, sinfnl galoot who loses his temper too quick, and wears 6ut
his grudge on an innocent brute with any old bludgeon or stick.
Where kindnes is lacking existence is flat and naught that we
do is of worth; be kind to tile bow-wow, he kind to the cat, be
kind to all creatures on earth. For kindness is music whose
chords all agreo; the oil on the waters of strife; if man were as
perfect as mortals should be, he’d even be kind to his wife.
WALT MASON.
Copyright, 1910, by Georg* Matthew Adams.
THE MOST IMPORTANT
CHRISTMAS GIFT
IS THE ONE FOR
FATHER AND MOTHER
How about a handsome pair of Gold Spectacles in a
beautiful presentation case? The proper lenses will be
fitted after the holidays without additional charge.
A. K. HAWKES CO.
OPTICIANS
14 Whitehall 16 Luckla SffiffiR.
W.C.T.U. Notes
By MARY L. M'LENDON
From a news letter recently received
from * friend, who is prominent In TT.
C. T. U. work, who waa fortunate in being
esent during tho entire session of the
Itfonal W. C. T. U. convention held in
oltlmore last week, I glean tho following
items of Interest. She said:
*'Oh! how I longed for you when the
Washington (state; delegation came in
with their demonstration as recognised
cltisenn. and were given such a great ova
tion. How you would have enjoyed It!”
This woman suffragist "longed to be
there,*' but Is resting content in the be
lief that the victory in the state of Wash
ington. by which her women wero en
franchised by more than 25.000 majority,
has put fresh heart and hope Into her.
and no doubt it Is tho same with all other
women who believe In equal rights for all
and special privileges for none.
Evidently that "demonstratlon"haS caus
ed the Georgia women who were so fortu
nate in being present to have a growing
respect for the "women's movement.”
Washington is the fifth state to treat Its
women Justly and if it-had not been for
too muen Haskell, Oklahoma’s W> C,
have ni
___ L__ _ _ women.'
came in for a large share of National W.
C. T. U. honors. Georgia received the
only silver loving cup given by "Mother
National" *for tho l>est work done in the
Itorature department according to mem
bership; the first prise for Sunday school
work, the gold watch for subscribers to
The Crusader.
Mrs. W. A. Burks, of Eastman, Go., re
ceived the watch, and was also on the
roll of honor among individuals of the na
tion, as having secured a larger number
of subscriptions to The Crusader.
Mrs. T. E. Patterson, state president of
ths Georgia W. C. T. u., was secretary
of the resolutions committee, and served
on several of the most Important commit
tees appointed at the convention. 8he
was elected as a committee of one to seat
the convention, which is to hold U* next
sossion In Milwaukee, Wls., in 1011. She
was again nominated as a member of the
resolutions committee, but declined to
serve. Mrs. Pattersons response to I lie
address of welcome was most eloquent
mo th
.-drome
My mt
correspondent also teiltf
Wm ‘I Armor's name
one. She was
proud io ciaim nor.
Xt was said that Georgia had the best
looking delegation at the national con
vention.
That Mrs. Bowles and Mrs. Carswell
won tho distinction for It, since both aro
. sweet.
dr Nhtfb t
Armor aad Mrs. Pati. 5
Savannah assisting the union at that place
In holding a W. C. T. L\ Institute. The
next state convention will be held there,
and. as this is tho only union In the state
which owns Its headquarters. It will bo
an easy matter for the W. C. T* U.’l to
entertain In the large house at No. 711
Oglethorne-ave. Mrs. I*. M. N, Stevens,
the president of the National W. <?. T. V.,
in her annual address, said:
"The election of Captain Hooper as gov
ernor of Tennessee Is .unmistakably a
victory tor prohibition."
Oklahoma has kept its prohibitory law
by a 25,000 vote. Tho Oklahoma W. C. T.
u. was a prime factor In this great vta-
tory.
Evidently our national leader is not op-
poeed to women going to the polls and
^'dabbling In politics.”
THIS WEEK IN COTTON
By JOaiPH a. LIVELY.
The report of the census bureau of the department of agriculture on
Monday, November 91. on the number of bales of cotton ginned of this
year’s growth, up to November 14. placing the figures at J.”44,163 bales,
seems to havo settled. In the minds of thosg most Interested, that the
yield fer 1910-11 Is again to be a short one. the maximum being less than
19.000,000 bales. Thoro are those, however. Interested alone In the fluctua
tions of the staple who claim the crop will be 19,400,000 and above, and to
their own satisfaction figure It from the figures as published by the gov
ernment. as shown by the following from • New Orleans house: "We re-
ttrrato our opinion that not more than 70 per cent of this crop was ginned
to November 14, and If 3,700,000 bales be reported It will Indicate a com
mercial crop of about 19,400,000 bales, perhaps a larger crop If more than
8,700.000 bales Is accounted for. In contrast to estimates of 12.600,000 bales
oa the probablo consumptive requirements this season spinners' takings to
date nro running on a basis with Mr. Ellison’s estimate of 11,600.000 bales.''
As an offset to the above view, a New York cotton specialist ears:
. "Had tho cotton been .there they would have ginned It. Those that
argue a large crop might have continued their argument had this ginning
showed as full aa 9,900,000, which It should have done with perfect weath.
er and perfect price. But when tho ginning ehows 8,744,000 and from every
section comes tho report that there Is no top crop, that the freeze got It,
we .must commence an entirely different calculation and modify extreme
crop views. The top crop Is the 'added Increment' every year that con
fuses crop estimates and It Is tho thing that keeps the gins busy after the
middle, of December.
"Without a top crop we can not talk of any crop being a late crop at
this season of the year, since long before the middle of November the bot
tom and middle crops have matured and are ready for the picker. On
this date last year 80.6 per cent of the crop had been ginned and the re
maining 19 1-8 per cent largely consisted of top crop.
"It need not surprise any one If this year we have not already ginned
more then 81 per cent, since no top crop Is to be figured upon, and elnce It
Is a certainty both Oklahoma and Texas will contribute less cotton after
this date than they did last year. If the amount ginned today Is only 78
per cent of the total, the crop would only reach 11,700,000 hales, which la
a small enough crop to provoke a profound sensation tn the price It might
attain.
, "The large crop Ideas will not hold,. the eninner will turn an active
buyer to secure his needs and while we are approaching a son# where
•pot accumulations can be sold at a profit, we are also approaching a sons
where the pubtta who speculate will discover there Is a profit In financing
16c cotton under conditions where a crop of 11,000.000 to 11,960,000 looks
possible and world's needs for 12,500,000 ta 13,000,000 bales look certain.
The time Is not far off when the spinner will use moro cotton every day
than tho glnner gins. The glnner will entirely quit and the spinner be
barely started Into hts year's need*.”
The latter view of the eltuatlon seems to have'been pretty generally
accepted, and sentiment at the end of the week was decidedly bullish, with
prices of some of the months working Into new high ground for the season
on Friday, May. selling at 15.85. The bulls are talking 18e by Christman
Closing prices show gains of »3.95 to 33.80 a bale over tho final figures
of tho previous week.
Around Georgia
Never Advocated It,
And the grandfather clause Is about
to be turned down by the supreme court
of the United States. 7Ye have never
believed It would etand. IVe never fa
vored the bill, stood almost alone In op.
position to It. We are opposed to fight-
Ing the dsvll around the stump. If the
negro Is to be disfranchised, say so, In
so many words.' If that runs counter
to the constitution of the United States,
then don’t do It.—Commerce News.
About • Man.
A man Is not as had as his wife
thinks he was before he came under
her Influence nor half as good as she
thinks she has made him.—Catoosa
Record.
Cruel and Unusual.
Cruel or unueual punishment ie still
sometimes Inflicted In our country, the
constitution notwithstanding. A Kan
sas Judge has just sentenced a bunch of
o church every Bui
-Augusta Herald.
Farm vs. Road.
Mr. Judson Watkins has quit ths
road and will be with his father next
year. A very wise move (or this young
man as he can make more In a week on
the farm than he can save tn a year on
the road.—Tenntlle Progress.
Making Bast of ft.
Seeing that he would stand no chance
of being elected for another term by
the Democratic legislature tha IS has
Week's range In futures:
Closing
Last
Last
High.
Low.
Bid.
Week.
Yosr.
November
••••■ 14.91
14.50
14.90
14.94
14.35
December
'. 14.95
14.26
14.91
14.35
14.35
January
14.98
14.23
14.89
14.27
14.53
March
16.18
14.40
16.16
14.42
14.85
May
16.35
14.51
15.30
14.57
16.10
July
15.30
14.50
16.26
14.54
14.94
August
14.90
14.97
14.*9
14.33
14.20
NEW ORLEAN8.
Week's range In futures:
Closing
Last
Laet
High.
Lew.
Bid.
W.ek.
Yasr.
14.75
14.45
14.75
14.1*
14.42
December
14.85
14.20
14.30
14.23
14.47
January
14.99
14.24
14.95
14.29
14.44
March
14.45
15.91
14.44
14.98
May
15.44
14.57
15.41
14.59
13.16
July
15.53
14.72
16.61
14.87
15.24
Snapshots on Prehihition
By REV. A. C. WARD.
liquor Traffic and High Cost of
Living
SPOT COTTON.
‘ Spot cotton ehowe sharp advances In all markets. The deinsnd Is said
to be good, at advancing quotations.
Comparisons follow:
Ntw Orleans
Movement Into sight:
For the week
Blnce September 1
World's visible supply:
Total all kinds
Of which American
Egypt
India
United States
World's spinners’ takings:
For the week
Since September I .............
Distributed as follows:
Northern mills and Canada....
Southern spinners
Foreign spinners
Foreign exports:
For the week
Since September 1
been elected by the people of New York,
Senator Cbauucey Depew pintends to
bo delighted at the prospect for hts re
tirement from the United States senate
at the age of 77.—Albany Herald.
Waited Too Long.
Now New Orleans Is rigidly enforc
ing the speed limit for automobiles, but
It waited until a good citizen bad been
This Last
Last
Woek. Wook.
Yasr.
8.10 7.85
7.61
15.10 14.60
14.75
14
3-4 14 3-8
14 1-4
STATISTICS.
1910.
1909.
1908.
562,084
350,420
608,675
6.417.051
6,661.699
5,975,526
4,006.893
4,659.718
4.340.990
-.3,282,898
3.3U.719
-3,754,890
; are held In—
2,030.000
2.515,000
2,236.000
236,000
199,000
217.OO0
176,000
259,000
•2,000
1.563,000
1,357,000
1.794.000
401,000
299.000
386.000
i 3,116.000
3.212,000
3,210.000
313,000
703,000
•St.000
620,000
653,000
641,000
1,612,000
1.796,000
1,430.000
919,736
9.866.991
205.119
2.359,336
run down and
Albany Herald.
killed by Joy riders.—
Went Afield.
Sorry that one of our neighbors had
Imbibed too much of the “cup that
cheere" and Instead of going home,
went farther afield, where the law took
hold ot him.—Cor. Washington Re
porter.
RHYMO, THE MONK
,4 s a Thanksgiving offering members
ot a congregation and their frlende at
Nashville, Tr nn., gathered together and
built a church from the ground up. all
In one day. Thle It a decidedly sub-
[ itantlat way of giving thanks.
! Aviator Drexet has broken the alt!-
I tude record. May be be not so unfor-
note as was Aviator Johnstone, whe
»t broke the record and nt another
gbt one of the planes of his ma
id then every bone tn hit body
•• "tins fib
TH«r fiROUCMO IS A BEAR AIL RIGHT,
HIS DISPOSITION IS A FRIGHT \
HL'S SUHSR GRUFF OR GLUM OR GRIM, IF » SHOULD MEET THt SOUR <SlNK
I'M GLAD I'M NOT AS MEAN AS HIM 1 . I’D ^U. HIM PlAINU VfHAT I THINK
WHY HEUO SROUCHO.OLD PAL~J
l U/AS JUST THINKING
CF You'
Tor many years thers has been a
steady Increase In the cost of ail kinds
of foodstuffs, as well as In wearing
apparel. This Increase In price has
been going on for the past fifteen years.
Today we pay twloe as much for eggs,
butter, chickens and many other edl-
bles as wo did ten years ago.
Tho questlou arises. Does It cost
more now than It did ten years ago for
the hen to lay an egg7 Does It cost
more to raise chickens now than then?
Is butter twice as costly to manufac
ture now aa it was ten years ago*
Some will readily answer, "Yes. jt costa
more now," but stilt ths question arises
Why?
The argument made by many Is that
the cost of production la higher because
of the hlghor wages paid and the high
price of the feedatuffs used. There
may be some truth In thla, but that only
suggests another question. Why are
the feedstuff# so much higher?
The fact Is that the consumption ot
a largo part of grain for liquor Is ths
primary cause of high prices. Do net
undertake, however, to estlmnte the
amount of grain used: aa that alone
can not prove anything.- The liquor
traffic ta nothing In tho world hut a
consumer. It only prodifee* a non-
producer. From beginning to' end lta
whole trend Is to oonsume. It con
sumes grain, labor, m»n nnd money,
and never gives back either one. Our
existence Is only a question of supply
and demand, and In'the liquor traffic
there Is no supply at all. Everything
It touches Is demand, and for this de
mand It only createa a greater de
mand. It gives nothing back.
Our crops aro year by year growing
larger. I Aat year wo excelled all pre
vious years, and this'year It Is ertn
greater; yet tho prices climb. There
must be a tremendous leak somewhere.
Wages are higher than formerly, but
not high enough to meet ths demands
of tho times. It Is now all that an
ordinary workingman can do to make
ends meet. The cause Is tn the con
stantly consuming, non-productive llq-
u6r traffic. Year after year we hare
boon pouring our hard-earned millions
Into the distilleries, breweries and sa
loons. only to at last discover that ne
matter how much we spend In this
traffic we never get anything back
again.
I am well aware that high tariff hta
been charged as the cause of high
prices. This, however. Is only ihe ef
fect of the liquor traffic. If we could
produce here as cheaptr as can bs
produced elsewhere there would he no
need of protective tariff. The liquor
traffic Increases the cost of. production
In proportion as that' traffic prospers,
because It It all consumption and never
production.
All business, outside of the liquor
traffic, will rsadlly agree that the pro
duction and sale of Intoxicants never
adds one dollar to the trade of neces
saries. The fact la that In proportion
as the liquor traffic flourishes other
business falls.
This Is not true In regard to sny
other line of trade. It la only true In
regard to the production nnd sale of
Intoxicants. Tho finished article of any
other line of manufacture and sale Is
what may ho termed a marketable ar
ticle. The finished result of a shoe fac
tory Is a pnlr of shoes: of a hose fac
tory, a pslr of hose: of a plow factoir.
a plow. The finished article of a dis
tillery Is a drunken man.
The shoes can be worn, the plow
can be utilised, hut what can you do -
with the drunken man? Fln» nlm.
Yes. but that will still cost more and
only add to the non-productiveness
the liquor traffic'. Surely, after nil th»M
years of liquor rule, tho time has com*
for America to throw- off thts bura*®-
some yoke and this cause of high II' *W-
Army-Navy Orders
And "Movements of Vessels
Washington, Nov, 20.—Th* following
orders hare been Issued:
Army Orders.
Captain Dsn T. Moore. Sixth field ar
tillery, from his regiment to tori i»
°kla. u
I.leutensnt Colonel Henry S- T. H* •
rls. medical corps from Department
California to medical supply demo, ■
Ssn Francisco. Cal., relieving CoWOB
Daniel M. Appel, medical corps. ,
Colonel Appel will proceed to m
lanta. Os., as chief surgeon of ,n *
Department of tho Galt
Navy Ordsrs.
Commander A. S. Hslstesd. j
command Vicksburg to command Tta
sncola, naval training station.
Francisco. ,
Commander O. W. Brown, from
mand Pensacola to command in
pendence. * _ Ku .nz-Ji
Lieutenant Commander H. C.
It. from Birmingham to home and i
0r Ueutenant K. G. Caetlemxn ^ |
torpedo station, Newport. B. )-. 4°
iptnghsm as navigator. ryu-1
Ensign XV. H. Lasalng. W f
buque to home and wait otdera.
Ensign W. B. Cothran, from "J* 7 1
yard. Charleston. S C., to.Dubun
Movements of Naval Vssssm ■
Arrived: Drayton, nt New t "t*- I
con. at Cherbourg: Hector. j
Washington, nt Hampton‘Bonds- " . j
ter. nt the Southern drill 8^“^.
Hist, at Manzanillo: Princeton, a' Tt . I
rinto: Caesar, at Newport £ tt+ I
coma, at Port Llmon; <V*0P»-f
ford; Beo. at Philadelphia; f/L’rej.I
Bonita Narwhal. Salmon. "."JSsJel
Carpon, Caellne and Severn, at . J
Sailed: Scorpion, from Corfu
Trieste