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JOHN TFVP1F. GRAVES, Fduor.
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Thyself or others careless talk may wrong.
—Sir John Denham.
A Curious Political Rumor.
There la a curious story afloat lo political circles to
which wo cite currency here for the simple purpose
or discrediting It and to point the moral which such
stories carry.
It comes to The Georgian from an out-of-town poll-
tlclan that certain Influences bars been brought to bear
anuing the moet stalwart men of the Populist party to
put into ‘he Held a straight Ucket for gorarnor and state
h'Hi ! olflcers in the coming November election, and that
Ju'icn Hines has been netted to lead, and baa consented
to Ifud this forlorn party In tbe campaign,
a Our informant goes on to say that this movement has
fts foundation In the belief that tbe present campaign
betsfaen the Democrats In Georgia had reached such
proudk-tions of bitterness and division tbat an Independent
ticket might have a strong support In the general elec
tion. and might possibly be supported by one or the
o't.er of the factions at present sUrring In our public
life The theory of our Informant was that the Itopullst
parly should nominate this ticket, that the Republicans
should either publicly ot privstsly endorse It and give
their full strength to It In tho general election as an
effort to break up the solidity of tbe Democratic party.
Itchlnd the conversation ran also a veiled suggestion
that in castfof this division the negroes who have been
nifatly exercised In this campaign could be brought In
a solid body to tbe polls and with their strength Joined to
Hitch strength as might oome from tho Democratic dis
a fleeted, that tbe Independent Populist ticket might be
triumphantly returned la the general election.
Ibis story Is so full ot Improbabilities that It only
Med* to be told to be dlsoredlted.
In the Drat place we do not believe that there Is aay
coiiHldcrable portion ot tho Populist party that la In favor
or putting out a Populist ticket In the present campaign.
In tho second place we believe If such a ticket were
pm out that put of 23,000 Populists who voted for Toth
Watson In the presidential campaign not more than two
or three thousand at the outside would support It, as
the Populists have pretty well made up their minds and
thflr ballots tor thq forthcoming struggle In AugusL
Again, It Is entirely ont of the line of probability that
Judge Hines would accept a nomination for governor at
this time, and under such circumstances. It Is under
stood that Judge Hines himself Is formally committed
in the gubernatorial race and has given such assurances
of support as he could not probably cancel at this time.
The most Improbable of all Improbabilities Is that the
lv-mocratlc party Is likely to sutler any serious split
from the action of the primaries In August. The Demo
cratic peoplo of Georgia have divided under the banners
of the different candidates who are running for governor
lo this cnmpalgn, but we do not hesitate to express tbs
conviction that when the convention assembles and ths
nomination Is made, that an unbroken rank of
Democrats will follow the nominee to a triumphant eleo
tlon.
We are not going to have any division after the pre
liminary battle Is over. There Is no likelihood of a split
In tho Democratic party at tbe end of this campaign,
sml wo are surs that all classes of our people will be
Find no matter how It ends, to close up the bitterness
end division of tbege unfortunate daye, and week*,
and months, and to unite once more without faction
and without anger In the work of building up tho state.
The only thing In the entire rumor which bears a
shadow Is the mere ■uggettlon that In any possible con-
tmvsney the negro vote should be brought In to decide
tin vital Issues uow pending between white men In
Georgia.
Tbe mere bint and rumor of such a condition, vague
sad - hadowy aa It la, will tltnply serve to emphasise
cm4 more In the strongest way the necessity of putting
stirh po islbtlitle* out of aalstence forever by statute and
legislation.
A Woman Whom Woman Lovs.
Tbe Dally Tribune of Ualnbrtdge published on
June 6th a beautiful picture of Mrs. John E. Donald-
H >n president ot the Bolnbrtdge chapter ot United
l’.fighters of the Confederacy, and formerly known
sml loved la Atlanta and throughout the state aa
Mrs. Loulle M. Gordon. Under the cut appeared
the names of 16 veterans upon whom she conferred
<T"»es of Honor amidst Impressive exercises held
at the eonrthouse and presided over by Colonel John
E. Donaldson .as master of ceremonies.
In speaking of the scene, The Tribune says: "It
would have been hard to tell who got the moet
piritaure out of It. the veterans in receiving the
ctoksea, Mrs. Donaldson In conferring them, or tbe
Hiidlrnce In witnessing the exercises.”
Mrs. Donaldson Is always oae of tbe useful and
efi. stive women of the state. Her services In causes
public and private that relate to the development and
happiness of the people of Georgiaptv* always been
• ■f such a marked and notable character that this no-
Me and gifted woman richly deserved to rank among
tbe moat appreciated factors ot our present day civ.
Ulzatlon In Georgia.
Perhaps the highest tribute that can bo paid to
Mrs. Donaldson Is to say that ahe Is s woman whom
all women lore, and whom all men admire, and she
has been In all her life time so helpful sod thoushtful
to other women that she richly deserves the uni
versal popularity which she enjoys.
A Chicago man who had not been able to utter a
word for twenty-one yean, suddenly walked up to bis
brother, the other day, and asked. "Is it hot enough for
you?" As soon as be has been Interviewed on “What do
you think of Chicago?" be will bo free to enter Into
g.iieral conversation.
vhothc
| habit.
There are times when we are Inclined to regard It
as on institution No paper In tbls country ever carried
the personal equation farther than did Tho Sun when It
abone for all under the editorship of Mr. Dana.
He was a man of strong personality, extensive In
formation and a particularly graphic style. He gave
a vigor and apiigbtllncss to tho editorial page which
had never been enjoyed by any newspaper. Tho Sun
became the arcbhlerophant of pure English and strict
accuracy. It was in Its native clement when It was dis
coursing on the Greok dithyramb and Its relation to
Rotcoc Conklin'* curl; the comparative utility of the
jinricksha and the gin rlckey, or tbe essential beauty
of esoteric Duddblstn.
It knew more about a greater number of things than
any newspaper In tbe country.
And aome of It was true.
Then there were other traits In Its nature. It was
fond ot bear stories, fish stories and Georgians. A vein
or delightful drollery rau through all Ha utterance*—
something between Indulgent patronage and open ridl
cole.
It was a great paper.
The present editors realise that It was a great paper
In those earlier and better days and they make a distinct
effort to conduct It along the old familiar lines. But there
Is a conspicuous absence of the vanished hand, and tho
once melodious note* "on half-strung harps whine
mournful to ths blast."
The Lucifer of letters has fallen from his high
estate and we And The New York Sun among the moat
notable sinners against the primary rules of grammar.
For Instance, In a recent Issue we find the state
ment tbat one John Rowlen wont "from Worcester to
Brockton on Saturday, presumably to attend the boll
day.”
Now, wc have nothing whatever to say as to the
motives of Mr. Ilowlcn. Ha la at perfect liberty to go
where be pleases, so far as we are concerned, and we
bave no doubt that he had earned hla holiday.
If be la one of those subscribers who have been
reading The Sun for twenty-seven or eight years ho waa
entitled to a holiday. y
But we submit that be did not go to attend the holi
day. He may have gone to attend tho festivities of the
holiday. He may have gone to attend bis best beloved
to the merry-making Incident to the holiday. But Tbo
Sun does him a grievous wrong to Intimate that he weDt
for any such abstract purpose as to "attend a holiday.'
Perhaps we are hypercritical In our view of the
great fountain of criticism, and, digging a pit, bare fallen
In It.
So wo will paaa on.
Discussing the embalmed beef eruption, The Sun
say* the question Is, "whether tho federal lospectiona of
cattle and hoga has been lax or not." Now, we cannot
say for certain whether the Inspections "has been lax”
or not, but we are quite confident thet some of The
8un's bright young men, who are rattling around In the
Dana ahoes, are distinctly lax. Soma of their views
‘has been" aa lax as their perts of speech, all of which
becomes cumulative evidence that Tbe Sun Itself is a
"has been," and "Icbabod" Is written on Its phylac
teries.
Perhaps It will be claimed that the bright young
man who confused his parts of speech was late for his
appointment at the rathskoller, or that the printer, who
Is tbe convenient and conventional scape-goat ot errors,
was not slngalarly awake when he came to those plural
Inspections, so we wilt call another witness, who testi
fies. In reviewing a recent book, that the author caused
his (lady) detective to "fall In love with the man who,
upon pain of dlimlsial. her chief has commissioned her
to arrest.” The man ''who" she waa commissioned to
arrest may have been a very bad man, but we are sure
he would not have murdered the King’s Engllih like
tbat, evan under tbe severest provocation.
But enough Is aa good as a whole barbecue, so we
rest the case.
It all goes to show the wisdom of the old Scotch
woman who explained tbat tha streets of the New Jeru
salem were so clean because everyone "swept before his
sin door."
These observations are made In excellent good bu-
mor, and yet we cannot say that we bave been drawn
Into them from entirely Impersonal considerations. For
some several waaka Tho Sun has been “excerpting"—as
The Sun Itself would say—Isolated sentences from these
columaa as texts for more or leas pungent raillery at
The Georgian.
It hasn't hurt any, wc protest, and we even know
papers which The Sua does not stop to read at all.
I^But when we pause to weigh tbe quality ot the wit
and drollery for which we are taken aa an excuse, wa
naturally ask the question with which we began, Is The
8un an Institution or a habit?
f|lta attempts to continue Daaaeeque long after the
master hand Is still would Indicate tbat It Is merely an
Institution—an Impersonal personality, so to speak—
kandod down like the demise of the crown.
Out the reading of It and the acceptance ot It as a
fountain ot wisdom or humor Is merely s habit which
such of Its readers a* ding to It have acquired by years
of application.
It was the Duke of Wellington who said that "h."Mt
Is ten times nature," Instead of second nature, and tbe
place which Tbe Bun occupies In the world of Journalism
goes to confirm that view.
Incidentally It may be noted tbat The Sun of the
present day does not ridicule or assail such editors as
support tbe Illustrious highwayman who la reputed to
own The Sun.
It prints no bear stories when Mr. Morgan Is on tbe
bull side of the market.
^§And the name explains the milk In the cocoanut
and the hair on the ontslde, too.
*'I 1
MpWWWniifflM of MW
present and will be more and more a necessity for the weep. -' 7\ t
future that Atlanta should have a market, a great central Mr. Stuart appears to have had but little reputation
niarke t. 'in polltfral Circles He got his training In an old book
In one or two great buildings, such as other cities store and afterwards became somewhat prominent In
have, all the meat shops and the vegetable and trucking the Young Men's club organised to secure the election
stands of the city might bo concentrated. This would , of Garfield. Since that time he has served one term
Inure first to tho convenience of the shopper, without | as mayor of Philadelphia. But no one appeared to know
having to go from street to street and from section to sec*
GBOMlISF nT GOTHAM.'
It's warm already, but Just Uriuk of that auditorium.
Atlanta Needs a Market.
The horrible disclosures In the great meat packing
establishments of the country have created a proround
Impression In Atlanta. We are perhaps as little touched
here aa In any part of the country by the personal hor
ror and danger of this situation, but at tbe tame time
Ve are more exempt than other cities and other eectlona
and state* In the distribution ot tbla poisonous and dt-
caylng meat.
Suggestions of many klnda are pouring in upon tbe
newspaper* In reference to the conditions created by
there exposures.
Atlanta is fortunate la the possession of dtlteaa
dealing In this great commodity of meat, who In Ume
past and at present are above the suspicions ot any
unsanitary or dishonorable dealings wltb their customers.
But there It one thing which, without reflection
upon anybody, can be done and ought to be done In tbe
tlon of the city. Housekeepers could And under one roof
an opportunity to make a aeleetton from the supplies kept
on hand by a score or more of these smaller merchants.
In the second place this arrangement would Inure
essentially' to clennllneas and to health. With all the
meat shops and vegetable stands kept under one roof the
inspection by the city could be more careful and com
plete than It could under present conditions. The entire
sanitary system of our market region could be under
official supervision and kept to the highest standard of
cleanliness and wholesomeness, not only wltb regard
to the meat* and vegetable*, bat with regard to the
surroundings, which sometimes, by neglect, come to be a
menace to health.-
Under these conditions, too, of cloae personal con
tact, competition and the comparison of stalls and stands
would unquestionably raise the standard of the supplies
kept and sold.
For these three amply sufficient reasons Tbe Geor
gian Is earnestly In favor of a market for tbe city of At
lanta, and we believe that we express the voice and pref
erence of the groat majority of those who Ilvo here when
we say that public approval would rest like a bened/rtlon
upon any official or private sources that would set to
work at the earliest moment to establish such an Insti
tution for Atlanta. ' .
A New LL.D.
At the recent commencement ot the University of
Alabama, tbo degre of LL.D. was conferred upon the
Rev. M. B. Wharton, D.D., now of BufaUla, Ala.
Dr. Wharton waa for many years pastor of the
First Baptist church of this city, and Is known, and
loved by many friend* In Atlanta, who will find
pleaauro In this recognition accorded to hla talents
and attainments.
Dr. Wharton Is now filling the pnlplt of the Bap
tist church at Eufaula, whose membership I* one ot
the largest In the state.
The Pennsylvania Machine.
The Republican party ot Pennsylvania has adjourned
after nominating Edwin S. Stuart for governor of the
state.
The carrying through of the slate Is regarded as
a distinct triumph for the Republican machine; with
Senator Penrose at Its head, and It Is generally conceded
wbat manner of man be was. Few members of the con
vention bad ever seen bint and they knew but little of
hla caliber or convictions.
But he was put forward bV the Penrose machine, and
that seemed to be enough for the faithful henchmen
of the autocratic senator. Penrose '.a the creature of
"Boss" Quay. Just aa Pennypacker was, and he seems
to have studied the game of practical politics at tbe feet
of the former bosB with fine effect. He is a cold, satur
nine, calculating sort of man, who goes In to win, and
the immediate object In view was to secure the nomina
tion of a machine candidate.
. But he has not done so without creating consider
able discontent The Lincoln faction of the party waa
strong enough to cast nearly a quarter of a million votes
in the last election. It la a faction to be reckoned with
and they were determined to have some kind of recog
nition on the slate adopted In the convention.
The machine gives It out that the wishes of the Lin-
colnltes bave bden met and that harmony prevails, but
tbe leader of the faction hastens to announce that such
was not the case by any means.
The present Indications are that he Is going to
flgbt. In fact bo gives It out tbat be will malts an ap-
pcal to the Democrats to Join him In tbe effort to defeat
Stuart, and a merry war will soon be on,
Thero can be but little Interest In the matter down
this way oeyond the fact that all lovers of good govern
ment would like to see the final and absolute defeat of
tbo old machlno which was built up by tbe unscrupu
lous methods of Quay. Truo It seeniB that Penrose has
been successful, but we opine that It tbe former boss
were alive and had been at that convention he would
have fourd a way to placate tbe Llncolnltes.
And then, too, It must be remembered that tbe wavo
of reform has been ^weeping over Philadelphia rather
strongly of late. Mayor Weaver's successful resistance
of the machine In Philadelphia gave the reform element
heart of grace, and they bavo been carrying the cam
paign Into the state at large.
Tbe very fact that Stuart Is the nominee of the ma
chine will militate against him, and a combination of
tbe Llncolnltes and Democrats, If It is formed, will giro
him some uncomfortable quarters of an hour.
Hy Private Leased Wire.
New York. June 8—Here are some
of the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—J. H. Allen, C. M.
Coyne. T. W. Gathrlght, W. P. Jones!
W. E. Wllmerdlng, J. H. Boynton F
w. Freeman, A. K. Silvers. A. H. EwJ
SAVANNAH—Mis. E. Alcott. G. E
Alcott, At. ). Alcott, J. Rosenhel'-i
C. A. McCarthy. F. O. Doyle R W
Doyle, C. F. Powers.
IN PARI8.
Special to The Georgian.
Paris. June 8.—Mrs. .Mary Grant
Dickson, Mrs. Belle Robinson, Miss
Alice and Mrs. Aaron Barr Steele and
Ml ia Louise Dubose, of Atlanta, and
Miss Augusta Wood, of Savannah, rag.
Isterd at the office of European edition
of The New York Herald today.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
The public has begun to realize that "potatoes and
Ashes are very good dishes" to have on almost any -old
morning, .
THE GREAT WHITE CROP
By D. PRESTON PARR.
NO. 2.
As ths cotton crop of 1*0* Is about
being pitched for the American belt, It
may be said we approach a stage In
the Industrial development of our coun
try and the world, the like of which
has never been eeen before. The co
operative attempt of planters to limit
the acreage and constrain Its bounda
ries may have lte effect, but that this
Will diminish this year's crop aa com
pared with last, to the extent planned
for. Is little likely. It Is easier to re-
solvd an a reduction of 36 per cent
In acreage planted than It Is th effect
It. Agriculturists ate not Drone to
association of effort, and their train
ing nnil experience lends little force
against their natural go-aa-you-please
Individualism.
Even though the planters themselves
may have contributed and may still be
contributing to the present high price
of cotton, an encouraging market con
dition prevails, and we all know the
ncrenge pitched Is largely determined
by the price of cotton at planting time.
Despite the enormous crops of 1»»4 sad
1*08. tho manufacturing world etill
hungers tor cotton, end there are only
about 6,600,606 belea visible In the
world, or to put It exactly, accepting
Secretary Heater’s February statement,
we have 1,133.*?* bale* tn all the world
to last ua tilt the new crop comee In.
The Indies, the Braille and Egypt are
credited with 1,616,000) balsa of this
stock on hand, while the American
total la 8,747,*?* bales. In continental
Europe and Great Britain therp are
*,040,000 bales of this stock, mostly
thought to be owned or controlled by
spinners, while In the elates there are
1,637,000 all told, whether controlled by
spinners, factories or planters ladle
alUl hold# less then a million bates,
*66,000, while Egypt has In (tore less
then 200,000, a peltry trifle of 1*1.000
bales.
Fer a euetelnlng balance beyond, the
Oriental crops are even now almost
available, hut 1 fear Lancashire oper
ations may fall upon another season of
that terrible heart-sickness which en
sues upon hope deferred. If their re
liance must rest In any great part
upon the cotton crops of Asia and
Africa for 1*0*. Indeed, aa conditions
now extet, the eyea of the world turn
naturally In our direction for raw ma
teriel to supply their looms and spin
ning jennies. So It Is like to be for
years to come, but that does not Imply
there will be no change In conditions
end that we will be permitted to retain
the supremacy we have achieved with
out a contest. The law of life Is
change end the price of prosperity. Uke
llwt ot liberty, ts eternal vigilance.
Cetton and Democracy.
Almost coeval with our growth In
prosperity, political prestige, popula
tion end power, production of cotton
has breasted the front ranks of our in
dustrial progress. A halt a dosen years
before our revolution we were culti
vating cotton and the sleepy arts of
peace, taken over from the east. That
war wee barely over when American
genius Inaugurated on Industrial revo
lution even more far-reaching In lu
sweep. Hit Whitney, of Mass.-ichusetts.
Invented the cotton gin In Georgia end
oome unsung genius In South Carolina
started the American longrow method
of annual seeding end cultivation.
tn 1770 the American output of cot
ton wee 2,000 pounds, none exported.
Even e year teter, when British In
dustry had enlisted the loom ot Arit-
Iht end Hargreaves' spinning jen
ny, not a pound of American cotton
found Its way Into English mills.
One year after Whitney's gin was
perfected (17*4) 4*7.400 pounds of
American cotton, equal to about 1.0OC
bales, found Its way Into British mills.
Even then Lancashire waa all our
market and In average years the Amer
ican cotton belt was supplying her
spinners with about oae-stxth of their
raw material.
Ia one hundred and ten yearn we
ran the American product from a bare
thousand bates to dtteen million. Tha
development drove British Islands,
provinces and colonies out of the cut-
Jvatlon, cut African bopee clear of tbe
problem and left the India empire high
and dry among the derelicts of the
has-beens. If to the fittest survival Is
voqchssfed, we msy reasonably expect
to reside on our demonstrated qual
ifications, but thet does not mean we
may pause In the race and rest on our
oars. Having led the manufacturing
world to Its present high point of at
tainment In the growth and manufac
ture of cotton, are we safe tn curtail
ing tha area of cultivation, while we
seek to enhance the planter's share of
gain? Are we right In dl-cmiruglng
the fruitfulness of the earth, combining
end co-operating to diminish demand
by decreasing supply, relying upon pre
cepts nnd practices common In the
commercial world but heretofore doubt
ed and divided In the domains of pros
ductlon, agricultural and mechanical?
I do not think we are myself* but then
not being a planter, I am perhaps not
altogether quellfiet| to stand at the
planter's point of view.
ever socially ostracised. The public
must not too tenderly deal with these
unmitigated fiends. They are worse
than professional thieves and highway
men—the veriest outlaws.
Brewerton's cartoon In I eat even
ing's (Wednesday's) Georgian, "The
Insolence of Crime," Is an educator.
He Is a genius, end his works will live
after him. You. Brother Graves, are
engaged In a Mighty work, defending
the rights of the masses against the
classes. Contlnu-- -log i.rlvm- and
public wrongs and commending clean,
just, honest living, aa you have been,
and you will bave the commendation of
the beet element among mankind.
Thanks for your courage and Inde
pendence, and long life and unlimited
success to The Georgian.
J. W. COLLETT.
Marietta, Ga, June 7, WOO.
Not Fair to Mr. Rockefeller.
Rome, Ga, June 6, 1*06.
To tho Editor of The Georgian:
I notice that the papers avail them
selves of every opportunity to say un
kind and cutting things of Mr. Rocke
feller, and Tho Georgian Is no cxcep-
tlon of the rule. They never say any-
■ - ■... I do maintain, thing kind of him; thay never mention
however, that it la the planter who l* the fact that at home he Is a good cltl-
stlfitng hie point of view and thereby xen. Is moral and upright, Is a deacon
lowering his standard. in a church and upholds morality, gives
return to “cotton tress” In the liberally to charity and ha* given mtl-
“ Hons to th* cause of education and
garden and “rattooulng" the patch
might be a more radical way of reduc
ing production, but It would he scarce
ly more un- American than abandoning
those calls for efficiency we have Im
posed In this country upon labor and
Invention. Across the pool I have been
wont to tell my British friends that the
American dutifully followed the scrip
tural Idea nf earning hla bread In the
sweat nf hla brow, while th* English
man always wanted to earn hla In
the sweat of aome other fellow's. In
crease of output In proportion to cost
missions, who stands well at home. At
one time kerosene off sold nt 75 rents a
gallon. After he ggt control of It. It
sold as low as 16 cent* at retail, and
now at 20 cents. They never mention
that the poor as well as the rich are
benefited by this. There are supposed
to be eighty millions of people In this
country; fully 76 per cent of them are
benefited by this 65 cents on each
gallon sold, and It amounts to millions.
My son, Fred Goran, who Is now
of reduction li .« P sSiS8in Rnt22 «»»ocUte editor of the New Orleans
SLPSSn Hem, has written a very sensible artl-
}n *thlf*?hufn* TSX 'haS^urt 'huan c,e on thU "“W* 0 *- If Y° u will publish
~:."g , .? ot .-P*gllt I will aend It to you. It expresses
Coroperillon *la a“l thfllta of £«& ^ » d “^ 0 " th « ”»** ”“«*
widened now to International Held* of J. MkUTo
contest, and still It commands efftcUn- J”®I ...i°if*
all devslopment must, undsr the i f , »
Ion of tbat very law which Dro-1 * trying to do right It ts the duty
-" - ■ > - - 1 of every good cltixen to help him, give
him every encouragement we can.
Tour* very truly,
operation of that very law which pro
vldet for the survival of tbe fittest.
There Is no halt tn the process, no side
stepping In the march. To pause ts
to turn back and lend our competitors
a lift In the race, and this advantage
Americans have never willingly con
ceded to competitors. To combine by
agreement, tn dqflance of natural law:
to limit Individual freedom by stress
of co-operattva compulsion, Is rather
more radical socialism than we of the
States have ever committed ourselves
to, to far, and frankly, I don't be
lieve we are going that road, even
though we should "resolute till the
cows come home," Now, If wa were
In Great Britain wa might count on
an act of parliament perhaps to help
us along. Over there government does
not hesitate to stand In with those who
would build special privileges Into or
ganic law. over here we etill stand
out theoretically agalnat that sort ot
legislation at any rata. True, we have
an Internal revenue tax on tobacco,
and a customs tariff, too: but we have
nothing to match that act of parlia
ment which forbids the growing of tq?
barco In Ireland, so the Imperial gov-
ernmtnt may enjoy the widest oppor
tunity of profit possible under a three-
shilling customs duty on tobacco. Onq
may safely conclude we are not apt to
enter upon any such chapter of leg
islation, and that being the case, one
may be permitted to doubt If the Amer
ican cotton belt can be reduced by
resolution, even as much as tlx Inches,
as long as the price of lint yields cost
of production and a modest profit on
the grower's capital amployed.
Th* Georgian's Cartoons and Editorials
Marietta, Ga., June 7, 1*06.
To Jhe Editor of The Georgian:
Tour editorials, "The Beef Poison
ers Worse Than Morales" and "A
Rockefeller Mystery," In Tuesday's
Georgian, should commend you to the
everlasting gratitude of all well-wish
er* of humanity. You cannot too
fiercely and drastically treat such sub
jects These detestable villains de
serve the execration of their fellows;
should spend the remainder of their
days In solitary confinement, fed on
stale bread and their own putrid beef
preparations, and their families be for-
M. F. GOVAN.
Rome, Go.. June 6, 16*6.
THE VIOLET. '
By William Wetmore Story.
Another seieotlna from this author, hi*
wrtrslt. tetogrsph and him
bare already been printed I
faint, delicious.
This odor. Ilhe a
Turns noiselessly In memory's wards to let
A tboujtht ot Borrojr free.
The breath of distant Helds upon ay brow
Bkma through that open door
Tha sound of vlul borue belle, mere sweet
and low,
And sadder than of yore.
It comes efar, from thet Moved place.
And that beloved hour.
When Ilf* hung ripening la lore's golden
A spring gees slaying tfcmegb Its reedy
grass;
..The lark slag* o'er my head.
Drowned In the thy—O, paaa, y* visions
I would that 1 were deed:—
to,bhW « d ~'
°Let’i*y < vei*d "* ~ ~“
O violet! thy odor through my bmln
Hath searched, and stung to grief
This sunny day, If a corse did stain
Thy velvet leaf.
Returns Thanks.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Will you pleas* allow me, as chair
man of tbe monument committee, to
express through the columns of your
coper my sincere thanks to th* fol
lowing Atlanta friends for their gen
erous aid In contributing to the Con
federate monument, which was un
veiled tn Palmetto June l:
Governor Joseph M. Terrell R. F.
Maddox, of M addox-Ruckcr bank:
James Floyd, Atlanta National book:
Charles Wlckereham, president Atlanta
and Went Point railroad: C. H. Arnold,
Arnold Hat Company; J. K. P. Cart-
JUNE 8.
1772—Robert Stephenson born.
1776—Committee appointed by Conti
nental congress to draw up Dec
laration of Independence.
1809—Thomas Paine, author of "The
Age of Reason." died. Born Jan
uary 29, 1787.
1815—Germanic confederation consti
tuted by treaty of Vienna.
1828—Russian forces passed the Dan
ube.
1831—Sarah Slddons, celebrated Brit-
. Uh actress, died. Born Julv 6
1756. r '
1840—Treaty for annexation ot Texaa
rejected by United State* senate.
1845—Andrew Jackson, seventh presi
dent of United states, died. Bom
March 16. 1765.
1857—Douglas Jerrold died. Born 1801.
1859—Napoleon and Victor Emanuel
entered Milan.
1862—Battle of Cross Keys, Va.
1807—Francis Joseph of Austria
crowned king of Hungary.
1869—Colonel Crane, U. S. A., killed by
Colonel Yerger at Jackson. Miss
1873—Resolution proclaiming the fed
eral republic passed the Bpantsh
cortas.
1877—Business portion of Galveston,
Texas, destroyed by fire.
1881—Eighteen hundred buildings were
burned In city of Quebec.
1885—Archbishop Bourget died.
1892—Bob Ford, murderer of Jess*
James, shot at Creeds, Colorado.
1905—Dissolution of union of Sweden
and Norway proclaimed by Nor
wegian parliament.
Th* Beef Question.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
The expose In the meat packing In
dustry Is Incomplete, alnce the Investi
gation does not extend to this busi
ness In all of H* phases and ramifi
cations.
To have good beef, a good ox Is the
starting point. How are we going to
have a' good ox?
As^lt Is, this ox Is raised by a far
mer. What does this farmer know
about the kind of food the ox ought to
hnve In order that the ox be fit for
building the body of man In a healthy
condition? Does the farmer raise the
ox for food first, and money second;
or for money first, and last and all the
time? Who ought to or has the great
est Interest In the ox as food, not os
money—the farmer who raises the ox
or the public who eats the ox?
Is the farmer examined as to hie fit
ness to furnish food for the public, as
the teacher Is exnmineit as to his or
her fitness to tench the public?
How about the Illness and qualifica
tions of the men who handle the ox
while on the trains or on the roed
to the packing house?
Where are the pocking house men
to get the clean, tidy, dainty people
needed to make the packing house
business an Ice cream parlor con
cern?
The men, women and children needed
In this business are drawn from the
public, and are just what the publle
or consumers furnish.
Since the public do not educate and
train people for this business, how can
they expect the packers to get them?
The packing house people might be
empowered by lew to establish such
schools, and the people thus educated
would be entitled to better compen
sation than tho*e at present employed.
This extra expense would Increase the
price of beef, which tho public would
kick against. In fact, the public Is
not able to pay for beef If properly
handled, limply because of the profit
which te exacted, first by the farmer,
then by the railroads, the stock yard
companies, the packers and the retail
ers. This profit exceeds the original
cost of the ox.
The public demands cheap things
and the pecker* are simply trying to
comply With their demands. ,
No law can anpply the public with
good beef, except a law which raises
the ox and educates Its handlers In th*
form of beef to the people.
Here'we have a business which tha
public, by common consent, have
placed In tbe hands of a class who are I
known not to be and are not expected
to be equal In personal cleanliness and
In scientific attainments, such as wa
find In the employees of our first fam
ilies and flrat-class hotels.
What we need Is a law to supply
the packers and the ox-ralser* with
th* cleanly and scientific help needed
to fneure good food; and which will
compel the packers and farmers to em
ploy such help and pay the wages
needed to keep such help in a clean,
healthy condition.
This sounds Ilk* slavery, but It 1*
not. It Is scientific freedom, for It
shows that all Industries need clean,
scientific help, and that It will take the
wealth and the powers of government
to secure It
In this packing house matter, we see
the supreme need‘of the training, *t
public expense, of all tabor, and Its
compulsory employment.
Our public school system needs to be
enlarged and extended so aa to take
In all trodts and occupations, thus ex
cluding women and the unfit from all
occupations which Mr* Injurious to
them physically and morally.
Thus th* public wtU hare first in
spected the labor, and this labor will
Inspect the packer and the meet.
■The moral* and the physical clean
liness of the hands which feed, rlotj]*
and house u*. I* but a reflex of public
morals and cleanliness.
W. A. JOHNSON.
586 Whitehall Wrest.
Atlanta. Go.. June 5, 1*06.
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„ iMm It l
Amu la the world, so It Is carried W**'™
as soon ** It Is bora. In ease there sr*
nu stairs, the nurse mounts a table er chair
with the Infnnt.
ton, commission merchant; Professor
J. A. Richardson. T. E. Zellars, Orant-
vlll* Banking Company: Dr. Edward
Lyndon? Lyndon Manufacturing Com
pany) Miss Cliff Lyndon. Respectfully.
MRS. R M. DEAN.
Chairman Monument Committee
Palmetto, Ga , June 4, 19U6.