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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
The Atlanta Georgian.
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Unless thou find occasion, hold thy tongue;
Thyaelf or others carelese telk mey wrong.
—Sir John Denham.
The True Basis of “Independence.”
The questions of Mr. Jordan with regard to "non'
di scripts” and “Independenta” In present day politics are
of peculiar Interest and application to the times In which
arc live. /
We are acting upon the presumption that Mr. Jordan
Is tut earnest and thoughtful citlten and desires cnllght
enmrnt and counsel rather than partisan rancor and
mere bitterness end factional raving. If Mr. Jordan Is
satisfied with the definition of "Independent” as a "Mav-
crick." or as a "Wild Ass with a wealth of cheek and s
< of lost motion of the lungs,” we fear we have noth'
to offer to bis consideration, but upon the. other
umptlon—of serious and earnest citizenship, >e feel
tlio question which our correspondent aska Is one
that touches profoundly the duties snd responsibilities of
cilia nshlp, In our present time.
Once more we lay down this essential proposition:
Political parties were formed for the successful consum
mation of political theories snd policies of government.
The organizations which support these parties were en
tered Into by individuals for ths single purpose of pro
tecting in legislation and In government ths theories
and principles In which these Individuals believe. They
were formed for no other purpoie, they were framed
for no other reason, and they ought to be held together
under no other consideration.
It might Indeed be possible that certain combina
tions of men-should gather and fora themselvei Into
organized bodies for the expreaa purpose of dividing out
th<- political offices among themaelrea, or of carrying
Into effect certain laws designed to foster and support
certain Interests In which they were directly or Indl-
rectly Interested, or which they were paid In money or
in .-polls to represent.
If It ever develops that political parties or corpora
tions fall to be loyal to the princlplea and pollclea upon
nhlrh they were founded and for which they organized,
then the fact of organized dlzloyalty cancel* every ob
ligation resting upon ths Individual member, and leaves
that member free to follow his own convictions and
to champion his own principles In any other combination
or organization which more nearly carries them'out.
No larger theory of citizenship has been preached
In tin- Btale of Georgia within these twenty .years than
thin, and the sooner the principle and the practice of
citizenship revolves around this loyalty to prtnclplo and
to |x>lIcy of government alone, the sooner this people
will be free, fortunate and well governed In the cities,
the counties and the state.
There was never a stronger Illustration of this senti
ment than In the greatest statesman that the South has
ever known—John C. Calhoun. He Rung Into the face of
bln party leaders bis stern and virtuous protest against
the spoils system and with Iron logic and unshseksled
tndcprndencehe fought for the principles of his con
viction everywhere without ■ regard to the selfishness of
Individuals or the chlcansry of rings and (cliques and
organizations.
We have before alluded to the fearless courage with
which Alexander Stephens, Georgia’s greatest construct
ive statesman, challenged the Integrity of cltlsens and of
partb-a, and threatened to "tote his own sktltet” atone
unless he could carry It In honor and iu loyalty to his
prinrlples.
william J. Bryan, as the evangel and apostle of a
great Idon. held that Idea above political factions and
parties and was loyal to hta party only as U carried
In integrity and In consistency the principles In which
he believed and to which the party Itself had been com
muted. He flung Into the faoe of Democratic leaders the
protestation that he would not support any platform that
wns disloyal to the pledges It had previously main
tained, or to the great principle to which he had given
his life, refused the nomination of the Kansas City
convention unless It reaffirmed the Chicago platform,
and the very atrengtb and majesty of his freedom com
pelled the truckling legions of partisans until he Is today
- once more being enthroned In the confidence and faith
t of his fellow cltlsens because of the fearless liberty of
conviction which no narrow and foolish partisanship
could coerce. He was fearlessly and Independently true
to the principles which ha entered tho organisation to
achtove. The men In these organisations were of minor
lmi»rtance.
I.et us consider, for Instance, the case of Mayor
;* Weaver Philadelphia. Suppose, like the servile and
L trucklim- partisan, whose breed Is exploited In some
small and foolish pipes of present politics, he had gone
to accept unbroken the continual edict of hta party par-
‘f ties ns »h* condoned or endorsed tho Iniquities of Re-
■j publican 1'iiilsdelphls. If he had done so tho third city
'[ In the republic might till have been within the grasp
»" • of iniquities as monstrous as those which have defamed
,'y. any phas.- ot modern politics.
If ovary Republican In the city of Cincinnati had
followed the ttme-eervlng and truckling pigmies who
obeyed every chirp of party spoilsmen. Boss Cox today
would lie still the master of Cincinnati, snd his Infa
mous ballots and dishonored and discredited Isws would
still is- the dominant factor In the Queen City ot Ohio.
If! LsFollette. In Wisconsin, had been the proto-
t> of the meek snd obedient slaves who obey every
lash and dictate of party, the state of Wisconsin would
_ f hav< lost the mightiest railroad reformer of the time,
and the republic one of the ablest and most fearless of
the defenders of popular rtsbts and liberties.
if Folk. In Missouri, had taken the advices of his
party bosses and bis party friends, the state of Missouri
— and tie city of St. Louis might still be synonymous of
political corruption, and the flneet epic of cleansing that
tie decade has known would have been lost to the mill-
taut West.
And the president of the United States, criticise
as often, and as strongly, and as Justly os we
In aom cot the phases of bis political life, has yet
n to national and to international Influence and
jyilartty by tbe simple reason of his superb Independ
ence of party tyrannies and
lulirest of the people.
No aterner and more rugged figure stands for de
mocracy In this republic today than Benjamin Tillman
of South Carolina, and Tillman, speaking In the acnate,
said that while tbe rate hill w-aa not nil that It should
be, that It waa Infinitely better than nothing at all, and
that there would have been no auch wholesome legisla
tion but for the courage and Independence of Theodore
Roosevelt, the Republican president of the United Sta'cs.
Pigmies and time-servers there are In the politics of
this great and eventful age, who would counsel or compel
strong men and free men to lie down and let cabalB or
cliques. In or out of party, ride rough shod above them.
It is the duty of every citizen first of all to establish
within bis own mind the political principles and tho po
litical platforms In which ho believes, and when he has
writ upon the Integrity of his own convictions tho faith
which represents his conscience and his Intelligence.
It Is his duty to determine that party or that faction
which stands most nearly for the things In which he
believes. When this Is done It Is not less his duty than
bis right to see that tho factions which represent his
faith shall be faithful to tho things that they bad pro-
fessed. If they are faithful to- the things that they have
professed they aro faithful to him, they ara faithful to
party, they are faithful to liberty, and are worthy of
heroic and consistent support.
But If they are falso and treasonable to tho creeds
which they have promulgated and to the platforms
which they have laid down, they are false to him, false
to party, false to his conceptions of popular liberty and
the falsity and treason of tho organization absolves the
honest citizen from tho allegiance which was pledged to
principles and not to men,
Upon this platform wo aro willing to take'our place
through the decades of political life that aro coming In
the South. They tire broad enough, and brave enough,
and true enough to hold all men who love truth above
shame, liberty above servile subjection, and popular
rights above cowardly compromises and betrayals.
Wo who write theBo lines are Democrats by tra
dition and Inheritance. But we are Democrats by con
viction. which Is bettor still. Wo nro Democrats because
we believe that the safety of the government and the
welfare of the people are wrapped In tbeso principles nnd
policies which came down to us from Jefferson and Cal
houn. We are willing to Join ourselves to any organi
zation designed to carry out these principles, and we will
bo loyal to this organization to tbo last limit of Its loyalty
to these principles nnd policies.
But not beyond.
TlnT/e can bo no better and braver sight than a true
and honest citizen who, having fixed his faith In certain
political creeds and chosen the party \vhlch promises to
carry them to a cosummation, stands unshaken and un-
terrified through evil and through good report by the
organization which Is loyal to Its platform and loyal to
tbe faith of ita founders..
That man, upon the other hand. Is every whit as
true, and every whit as brave, and every whit ns nec
essary to the times and the truths of his generation,
who, when he finds' that his party has passed Into the
hands of selfish schemers and the principles upon which
he staked his faith are betrayed, stands up without fear
In the Integrity of his manhood and his principle and
flings down the gauntlet to self Interest and to snarling
criticism, and stands for the truth against faction and
for principle above profit
school, and later of ihe Technical Department of Cornell
University- lie is the son of Dr. and Mrs. J. B. 8. Holmes,
of tills city, and has speedily won his spurs In the busi
ness world, holding at present tbe responsible position of
chief engineer of the United States Brick Company, of
Reading, Pa.
Mr. Holmes lias been since the beginning of bis pro
fessional career a continuous and progressive success,
winning both Influential position and the confidence and
respect of the great corporations which have employed
him. He brings home to Georgia now and then a de
lightful hostage of the unity of sections and the frater
nity to country, as pledged In the person of one of the
most charming daughters of Pennsylvania who Is his
bride, and Tho Georgian always welcomes back to Geor
gia the young men who reflect credit upon her In other
sections, and win laurels for her civilization and her ed
ucational Institutions.
There are still a few newapapeni In this country
which have not written n special editorial ou the June
bride. What are they waiting for? '
The Beef Trust’s House Cleaning.
The efforts of the beet trust to lock tbe stable, now
that the horse It gone, and thue to convey the Impression
that they have always been above criticism, would be lu
dicrous If they were not pathetic, i
There wns a rustling In the valley ot dry bones as
soon as the first Intimation was given that the govern
ment had some Information up Its slsevo that would
create consternation. First It was decided that tbe Bev
eridge bill, providing for rigid government Inspection,
should be allowed to pass practlcall/ without opposition
If tho president would not mako public tho special mes
sage which he had prepared to transmit to congress.
But so soon as It became known that there was such
a message, and thnt startling Information was In bis poa-
fesslon on which he had based this message, there was a
general demand from all over the country that the pub
lic should know all the facts.
Tbe result of the special commissioners deputised
to examine the conditions of the packing houses was
given out, snd tbs worst fears ot the general public were
more than realised.
After that came the deluge.
Not lu the history of this country, perhaps, has there
been auch general IndlguaUon over corporate abuses.
The evidence began to accumulate from every quarter
that the facts had not been exaggerated, and on demand,
the report was officially given to congress, accompanied
by the special message of the president.
The packers waked up to the serlousnesa of the sit
uation and Immediately began a campaign to neutralise
the effect ot these disclosures. Simple denials were
forthcoming In abundance, as was natural to be expected.
But the most amusing part—that Is to say. If it were
not pathetic—Is the effort at house-cleaning made b)
the packers during the past few days. It Is said that sani
tary condltlonc and cleanliness were Improved 50 per
cent within tbe first II hours. The floors have been
scrubbed, the disen led cattle have been eliminated, dain
ty little placards have been printed and posted recom
mending that employees shall keep their hands washed
and their clothes clasp.
Then the doors were flung wide open and the gen
eral public waa Invited to come In and take a look
around. It waa explained that of courae "tender-hearted
people,” who were not accustomed to the sight ot blood,
would naturally be shocked, and due allowance waa re
quested for this fact.
But what does It all algnlfy, at-last?
Not one thlug.
We have no doubt that the packing bouses are as
near perfect now as It has been possible to make them
within so short a time. But this does not alter the main
fact that such conditions did exist and It la aqnally car-
tain that unleas drastic measures are takan to Insure
the continuance of this regime ot cleanliness, tha beet
barons will revert to their old habits as soon as the
storm la over.
They have deceived no one by this sudden spasm of
vlrtne. On tne contrary It has only gone to confirm tbe
fact that there were unspeakable evils to bs remedied,
and It la high lime the reform waa made permanent.
Atlanta welcomes oack today one of her young men
who contributed to the prosperity and devalopment of
other sections of tbe country. Ur. Algood A. Holmes la
a nattva of "ome, Ga, a graduate ot tha Technological
Stones From a Glass House.
A. gentleman of southern birth who has recently
been convicted of homicide In tho Cook county criminal
court bitterly regrets that he ever left his sunny home
nnd ventured Into this bleak and Inhospitable Northern
clime. "If this thing had occurred south of Mason and
Dixon's line," he declares, "1 would not have been com
pelled to spond as much as a week In Jail.” As It Is, ho
Is going to the penitentiary for twenty years. ThU seems
to teach ns that persons of a hasty disposition with a
tendency toward manslaughter would do well to seek a
residence “south of Mason and Dixon's line” In order
to avoid possibly disagreeable consequences. There has
been n suspicion to this effect previously.
The number of newspapers, full of bile and prejudice
agnlnst the South, Is so rapidly growing small by degrees
and beautifully less that we would have found no difficulty
In ascribing the foregoing paragraph to John Walsh's
Chicago Chronicle, even If we bad casually come upon It
In the anonymous driftwood.
For some reason, beat and exclusively known to Itself,
Tho Chronicle refuses to be reconciled to the South and
nevor misses an opportunity to make some spiteful and
petulant little fling at this section of our common country
whenever It gets a chance. It has not kept pace with the
times. In any sense of the word, and while the balance
of the North and West has long since outlived Its narrow
prejudices, we find the organ of dlagruntlement tagging a
sneer at the South upon everything It writes, as Cato
concluded every speech with "Carthage must be do-
stroyed."
We have grave doubts as to whether there really waa
any such Incident as that recorded by The Chronicle, and
wo doubt vory much—granting that the remark was made
—whether the man who made It had ever been south of
tho Chicago river, much less Mason and Dixon's line.
But tho point, nfter all, Is tho monumental Impudence
of a Chicago paper making any flings at any other section
ot tho country as to tho lightness In which human life
Is held.-
If there Is any one city on the face.of tho earth—not
excepting the Whitechapel district of London or the pur
lieus of Paris—that can show a more reckless disregard
for human Ufe than that name city of Chicago, we would
like to hear from iL
The newspapers of that city have become a kind of
Newgate Calendar, reeking with blood and slaughter and
all manner of assaults.
That the better element of the city deplore them and
chafe under the continuance of such lawlessness there can
be no doubt. But nevertheless It does not Me In the prov
ince of any organ of the Windy City to play the Pharisee
and undertake to lecture or speak lightly of the South so
far as Immunity from punishment is concerned.
The half-penny-a-liner who penciled that paragraph
should keep In closer touch with the news columns of his
own paper. On the first page of The Chronicle of that
date, and fn the first column, there are two stories of
crime committed the day before. In one instance a ^re
spectable womau. going to a laundry to carry a bundle
of clothes, wbb set upon, at an early hour of tho evening,
by the Chinaman In charge, brutally assaulted and the ar
tery In her arm so severely cut that she may not re
cover. Tho Chinaman who did it did not even think It
worth while to leave his place of business, and the officers
found him there, cool and undisturbed, when they arrived
to place him under arrest.
Earlier In tho day, In broad daylight, a painter made
an attack upon a young w-oman who was walking alono
In the streets, almost tore her clothing from her and oth
erwise Injured her before two brawny policemen could
rescue her from the clutches of the monster.
Tbe assailant was arraigned and—sentenced to Joliet?
Not a bit of It. He was not even detained from his busi
ness, if he had any, for any considerable length of time. ,
He merely paid a fine of $S5 and went his. way.
The “consequences" of these crimes are never very
'disagreeable" for the criminals In Chicago. The fact
elicits our sympathy rather than anything stronger, for no
doubt there are n few Just men In Sodom. But such com
ments as that from The Chicago Chronicle are almost as
nauseating as the Windy City's great underground system
of beef Industry.
"Of all the fools that walk the earth," remarks nn
exchange, "the man who rocks tl i boat Is the prize one.”
The moral Is good, but It Isn't the man who walks tbe
.earth that rocks tho boat
Just Understand.
To the Editor ot The Georgian:
Dumb animals are beginning to step
on the heels of our knowledge. There
Is a horse In Germany that is master
ing arithmetic.
But have you heard of the frog that
does his croaking business In a well
over In Chlnn7 Ho lias never been out
of the well, but’ In some mysterious
way he knows nil about the world. He
has written n book about London,
proving there Is no London. He has
never seen any London.
He also knows there Is nothing In
the world but u bole In the ground
with water In It, nnd tho philosophy of
life Is to keep from getlng whacked on
rIll-oil with It W '-II bucket
Can't we frogs rllmb out of the well
mill l II It»- .1 l-mk lit the Mk Wi-'.M thut
God nos made. People are bigger than
we think they ate. Let’s be big enough
to understand them!
We are greater than ws think we
are! clod knows It. And sosnetlznes
we meet a friend who knows It, too;
and the God vision In the friend-eyes
(ii- u- wIiik-. wings above the il-mlit;
wings above the bleeding path: wings
to a sunny clime where the frost kills
not the bloom; wings away from the
cruel discords, abovo tho fretful busi
ness strife. Into the golden portals of
peace, where God ever stands railing
us up to His power. Into His glory:
where ws learn, like the Christ Brother,
that Our Father has nothing too good
for His own children.
Andrew m. McConnell.
The Intsrehsngsabls Mileage Book.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
As a member of the Travelers’ Pro
tective Association I wish to thank
you for your editorial In behalf of the
Association’s efforts to get an Inter
changeable mileage book of 1,000 miles
for 140.
It Is a business proposition which the
railroads adopt In a different way, of
selling tlckats to baseball clubs end
opera trnups at 1 cents per mile, and
at less than 1 cent per mile on ex
curslon trips sometimes.
In common Justice and a» a business
-oposltlon the commercial men who
irnleh business for the roads, and
any one who wlahes to Invest (40 In a
3,000 mileage book should get It at 1
cents per mile.
The railroads were given until the
10th of last month In which to agree
to place thta book on sale, but tt they
have done eo I have not heard of It.
Other plans will be adopted that will
bring results but It will stop a hard
fight for a Z-cent flat rate In the entire
South if this book Is. placed on sale
now. It's a 3,000 interchangeable mile
age bonk tor |<0 or a !-cent flat rata tn
the entire South.
I trust that the press of Georgia will
lend Its aid to thta work.
Respectfully,
IT. W. HTATT,
Atlanta, Ga, June 2, loot.
Porter Hale Endorses and Dinenta.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
1 knew of course that The Georgian
under your leadership would be a great
paper, but I must confess, nty friend,
that with all my confidence In your
ability you have far surpassed my
greatest.expectations.
The Georgian was a full-fledged
"man's else" paper from Its first Issue,
and la undoubtedly the best paper from
a news standpoint published In the
South, while Ita editorial page Is a
dally treat, but, my friend, 1 must
take Issue with your editorial of Tues
day ZZ, as to Rooaevelt-Jeff Davis-
Broom, et al.
I do not believe very many thinking
people In the South care whether
Roosevelt apologizes or not. 1 certain
ly do not. and would attach nn more
slgnlflcanco to his apology than I did
to-Ms first cowardly slander.
By the way, when did Commander
Jamea D. Bulloch become an admiral
and the grandfather of President
Roosevelt?
I may be mistaken, but I have al
ways understood that Commander
James Uunwoodle Bulloch was Mr.
Roosevelt's uncle.
At any rate, I will thank you to eel
me right about this Important matter
of history.
Sincerely your friend,
D. P. HALE
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
LI
JUNE 7.
1099—Siege of Jerusalem begun by the
< rusaoers.
1329— .n'e!r rt I,ruce ' kln * ot Scotland,
1628—Petition of Bight passed.
1654—Louts XIV crowned king of
rpooL minister to
— died December
| 1770—Karl of LI
Oeorge IV, born
4, 182«.
; 1776—Ric hard Henry Lee offered his
fnmous resolution In the Conti-
nental Congress, declaring the
colonies free and independent;
seconded by John Adants.
1795—Luxemburg surrendered to the
1798— Hattie of Antrim, Ireland.
1 1832—First English Reform Act passed
1840—Ace. sslon of Frederick William
Iv of Prussia.
1852—Rev. Hosett Ballou died; born
April 30, 1771. ™
1854— Treaty of Washington signed
1855— capture of Matnclon earthworks
at Sebastopol, hy the French
1864—.Morgan, tilth 3,000 men, com
menced Ills daring raid through
Kentucky.
1866—Proclamation by President John
son against Invasion of Canada
by Fenians.
1878—Colliery explosion In Lancashire,
England; 240 j^rsons killed.
1886—Home Rule bill defeated In nar.
liament.
1893— Edwin Booth, nctor, died; born
November 13, 1833.
1894— Muley Hassan, sultan of Moroc
co, died.
1899—Augustin Daly, theatrical man
ager, died.
1905—Norway dissolved union with
Sweden.
The London Lancet Issues a warning that it is dan
gerous to lick postage stamps. It will be dangerous even
to try It when John Paul Jones gets his picture on them.
Tho Pennsylvania employees find bllndman's graft a
more absorbing game than bridge ltBelf.
The real read letter day In congress was when the
president's special message came In.
THE GREAT WHITE CROP
By IT. PRESTON PARR.
NO. 1.
I hare plucked bolls In Africa from a cot
ton tree thirty years old. The tree was
planted when a revival of Interest In the
textile wns being sought In tho sereutlcs.
t have talked cotton with a colonial min
ister of agriculture mid ranged conversa
tionally among African fnrmcrs, when It
was a common topic of talk. I was In
Africa when certain agricultural reserves
were leased In Zululand In support of n
recent attempt to revive Interest In cotton
culture. Por years I have been close
enough to agriculturists of tbe sub-conti
nent. Iloers ns well as llrltlsb. to acquire
a substantial basis of judgment ns to their
qualifications nnd limitations. In the same
years I hove passed the Knfflr under view
nml studied him nnd his wives nnd Ills
progeny In the light of a lifelong contact
with Ills American cousins, who plant nnd
tend the crops of our own contributions
to tho world’s greatest textile staple, nnd
when the Industrial supremacy of the
American cotton bolt Is challenged I nm
thoroughly convinced no black or brown
tnnn will sound the defl. Nay. the note
will not even come from Africa, whether»form nnd product.
pound" nt Pietermaritzburg. It Is shrub-
shaped, about twenty feet high nnd has
lived, ns I learned on good authority, since
1871. In Mitrltzhurg there are only two
seasons, wet and dry. nnd I am told this
abrn!) goes on blooming and bearing bolls
from about Christmas well up to May, In
every year.
In tbe liablts of this "tree" tod ths Ori
ental peoples. I find nrnple support for the
tfon that Africa Is not qualified to
. „ —ipli
that Africa Is
pfi
tbero arc no winters'and the" yesrii~inp
Into one another at both ends. That which
prediction that Africa is not qi
challenge American supremacy In the niw
dilution of cotton. Cotton trees grow where
out Into the garden and pick cotton most
any old day. As a consequence one uever
nnd the cotton crop goes nmoM,
while the neglected trees deteriorate in
from tbe slllclous slope of the veld, the
found on either coast.
I do not bar any area of the dark rontl
nent, not I'gypt or the Bmlnn, not tbe
Nile or the Congo, or any province above or
l*elow the tropics, whether mastered 6m
European races or not. Cotton may
king upon hu prewar throne "till Gabriel
blows his trumpet In the morning." ro
ws of Kaffir labor, as far os 1 can
Nor do I overlook the white races
garrita
Tbe 8n
tern. As an agricultural lender the Doer
la best of them all. but for the present he
■ submerged. Of British elements the
A Is best and Ir 6mm | m22|—m
ii must ton nnd ama
The Irish have •
ansvldent .■HpMpHMHI
i lve foroe and Industrial native U»l*or do
see a large reward for tha hopes of tbe
llrltlsb association, whoae very motive of
exlntenee is an i adequate aapply of British
cotton for llrltlsb mills,
Far
Indian cotton culture with true British
I nee. IncidenUitjMi
and subsidised esi
plantations and bribed Egypt
planters with premiums nnd played np to
ploek and peraeven
hafe exploited Africa
fmental plantation*
tom.with prsmTt. _
lthodeslan company’s corporate game
- pcmfici for privee lew
srsfest” ***** * "* >,Dn,n * ni *n,l
^fn^Um ftice of the British association and
less troublesome. It has as stendlly grown
the staple for lAncaahlre and meanwhile
fed and fostered our own mills and
spindles, whether In IHsle or New Eng
land, till we. too. are numbered among
tin* world’s foremost producers of cotton
fabrics,
. It may t« held, too, that the lint of our
belt is practically of America a variety.
CotumtHM found the weed growing here
and there seems to l«e no reasonable doubt
that it was alike of bland and mainland
production. It seems that India enjoys the
xros* &*&*-"*#*
but Eszpt Is alas anions tn- old time
K wera inn there I, lit), reason to doubt
t tares before tbo dawn of hl.tory rot-
loo vs, known to aU pun, of Africa. Rot-
■ slit, differ on ts the mini!—r of distinct
snrctrs.of cotton In extol rwce. hut proc-
tlcnl grower*. Unrim hntoolst*. mm
fairly well ■ stood to rod nro tko rultlrnlod
•ort, to four primary specie, of Homy pi am.
Amooc thane tko non they koto sub-
nnswd ••Bnrlmdoiwe" I. tko parent of tko
IrUnd stork, while from tho Peru-
urn" L decl rod our optoad m riel Ion.
whloh stow si fnr north an Virginia. Tho
"Indlrnm." known also ns "Ilcrhareain."
In th* variety from wMrh tko Indian no,
Is xrown.
Asfftov Oriental variety, tho "Ariior-
In no doubt roopoudhlo for tko no
on lien --rattan Iron" alluded to In tho
opening ef this article. I .nppuoo also some
P|*»tn I have on in NurthCnroUna are
Of thin nook, and It to quire prslioMe
btonllnza »f thin variety wore mado Is
Lontotonn darts* French ownership.
To hour folks apeak of "cotton treon"
wa. a surprise to me In Africa, bat ns I
sorer board "cotton plant" or ores an
stack of a couresdoa a. --cotton bush,” I
W*eS****!*SSffP**tan(lrid
rumple ooCto from theue perennial tree, I
never come upon ont thnt wns iH-rfrct In
f'lrm nnd product. While tbe lint never
measured up te the staple Irncth even of
short Texan, the texture wna abort, the
liber was nut tenaclona or allky nnd Ihr
color atizRoai.-d thnt of '-atalna r that hail
heett picked In wet wasther and neslcctrd
In lioualnir and drying.
Tho nntlvo laborer fairly matchra bla
crop. An Oriental now doeu anything to
day that can I* put off till tomorrow. Cul
tivation that may bs neatoetad till cotton
ptonta l>ecom« perennial Imabes la the aort
of farming that antta hla atylr. Why lieat
down the atalka ami plow and pulrrrlae
the land when yon hare cropa growing al-
ready» Why encourage yodr crop to broom
add boll In --floabe», ,T no It wllf pnah yon
from the planting aud the plowing, Into Ike
chopping ont and on Into the cultlrntlou
and ru* yon through the picking to the
Imllng, alt the while hardened with more
work than you can erer get to the end of?
Huppnae yon only bare foar wh-ea In
your - kraal.-- and half a doaen plckanlna,
why work the akin off yonr lwnea driving
yonr wives and children In thta bnatllug
faahlon, when yon uilght rent In the kraal
while the cotton trees bloom and fruit nml
S 'vk a few bolls oat of the gnrden every
ny till tbe Job to ended!
Moreover, veara like there that lap In
labor, top alto In hags and locusts and
grasshoppers nnd weeds. Von nre not out
of one Punch of trouble till yon nre plunged
Into the next. Tbe object of lalmr la to
economise exertloa. not to multiply It.
Another ronatdvratton: American cotton
la based on a "nigger and a innle.” African
cotton would only have the ramhlnntlon of
U -Kaffir and a row" to rely on. Even
should Argentina contribute the urate, bow
many generation, must we wait till the
Kaffir evolves hlrarelf up to the grade of
efficiency represented by th* main an n
Torn yonr Briton loose and free, na Fit to
■"d Fortune turned onr fathers, aud thorn-
of onr race In Australia, amt lh-t Interest.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
rim ....„„
Bnt shackled with red tape, governed hr
younger nowi from home, tempted with
reytol gewgaws and served t.y Indentured
l^ygamooa slavery, how can tbe liritlrii
•"oototloa gather the gall to liet l.m-
cashire money on hla African ration crop!
I>. PROTON I'AIIU.
Th, Horticultural Society.
To the Editor of Thu Georgian:
Would It not be ■ good time to re.
organise the old Atlanta Hortlcural
society? A great amount of good whs
accomplished In the past by that or
ganisation. We have better facilities
Ll2S.* r .* r 10 m . aJte * vef y desirable and
highly Intereating, na well as profitable,
association out of the material we have
In our community now.
Respectfully,
SAMUEL HAPE.
Hapevllle. Oa^ June X. 1MM.
Questions.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
If millions of peopta are to go to hen
and are tormented forever, can the
existence of tbe universe and of God be
successfully defended?
If one of the meanest persona In the
world goes to hell and suffers the "tor-
menu" of hell for all eternity, can the
existence of man, of the universe, and
Ota*, he successfully defended? '
Dr. Torrey show how be can
auccnaafnlly defend the above quea-
Madlson, Ga.
A. A. BELL.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York. June 7.—Here are some
of the visitors In New Y*k:
ATLANTA—S. S. Alexander, Miss
Alexander, J. R. Castlelnnos, H. Hals
M. Rogers, E. K. Van Winkle, E. An
drews, H. Bleckley, F. J. Costlemos, F.
L. Enginm, G. C. Walters, Mrs. J. TV.
Wing, Mrs. C. Daniel, W. H. Druid.
Mrs. M. C. Harden, J. T. Wlmblsh.
AUGUSTA—P. B. Farrell.
SAVANNAH—C. H. Stony, Jr., M.
Gordon.
IN PARIS.
Special to The Georgian.
Paris, June 7.—Mrs. C. and Miss
Knowles ami Miss Jennie English, of
Atlanta, registered at the office of ths
European edition of The New York
Herald today.
Tho Prospective Primary.
To the Editor of The Georgian.
Can I vote at the approaching pri
mary?
I am not nn organized Democrat. No
on* ever organized me, and I never
organized myself. I was just born a
Democrat.
I cast my lint ballot for J. B. Gor
don for governor at the time that Fed
eral bayonets forced Bullock on the
state. Those who voted In that elec
tion knot? what It meant. I have kept
strictly In line ever since, though It
has sometimes been hard to tell which
faction bore the genuine trade mark.
I have stuck to tho party, not for
fear of the party lash, not because I
lmd sold my soul to tho party botse*.
but because I approved , of the princi
ples and considered the organization
nnd policy of the Democratic party to
be the only salvation of the South.
I.love the state more than the party.
The party should be thtl servant and
not the master of the state.
I nm willing to pledge myself to vots
for the nominees In this election, but I
cannot, and will not, bind myself to al
ways vote for any man who may get a
Democratic nomination by fair means
or by foul. I will not put on a blind
bridle and promise to always follow
whoever may snatch tho fines.
If I hnd never hail such thoughts be
fore, the action of tho committee tn
prescribing their rules would be enough
to make me take this view.
I do not see hotv any man of Intelli
gence nnd honor ran take this pladge.
It la an outrage and Insult to the peo
ple of the state. They should rise
against It and declare that they are
the masters nnd not the slaves of the
executive committee.
If these rules nre strictly enforced
the truest and best Democrats must
■all their souls to the bosses or be dis
franchised.
White men of Georgia, will you sub
mit? ARCHIBALD 8MITH.
Roswell, Ga.
Lanier Superior to the Bird.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
. should like to ( reply to Mr. Ed*
wards, of Macon, In'regard to changing
the mockingbird's name to "Lanier,
nnd If you will give me the epsce I
will appreciate It.
First, we should nev?r think of com
paring Sidney Lanier to a mere sing
ing bird. It Is true that the mocking
bird gives out a melody that attracts
one's attention, even In the stillness ot
night, and In sadness the bird com
forts us, but when his music ceases
we drift bock into that same old chan
nel of sadness.
Read one of Sidney Lanier's poems
In sadness or happiness, and you must
feel better. We should never think
that Sidney Lanier only did what the
mockingbird does—gave music, and
that Is all. The mockingbird »»»
created to sing, and. In my Imaginary
fancy, I can hear the other birds enty
him, as his mush- echoed and re-echoed
on the desert air at the birth of time.
I can see Adam weep as his strain*
of music sounds nml resounds in me
dead hours of tho night. I also hear
the bird give to Adam an extra strain
of music ns the grent God gave a help
mate. I see the first man and woman
sit In Innocent glee and listen to his
songs, and then I sec Adam turn > 1
Eve and ray: "Eve, God crested tin
bird to sing the songs of alL We win
call him mockingbird." ,
Change not the name of this mm-
He was born to .-ing. Sidney Lam*J
was bom to think, and made him eij
what he was. If music was all we got
out of Sidney Lanier’s poems, tney
would die before the sun went down.
It takes knowledge to make life, eltner
In poetry rr prose. There must o«
something In-them besides music t
sustain them. _ m
Go and rap at the tomb of Sidney
Lanier and say to him that tha mock
Ingblrd will take his name In Ms re
membranes, his spirit would .shake nre
very tomb nt such simple folly, »n“*
quick response would come: I» m*:
all I accomplished op earth. J“ *
that?" and then I see his soul fl>‘ *h
space after spore, and in some corner
of eternity weep and weep forever
ever. THOMAS E. M’AFEE
Atlanta. May 31. 1906..
Redd—The prospects of striking tk#
North Pole begin to look brighter.
Greene—Is that a fact? . . —
"Yes. I see thev are building three
automobiles r„r us.- in trying u> r -“*
it.—Yonkers Statesman.