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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE CRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Telephone Subscription Ha'--' Published Every Afternoon One Year Except Sunday by Six Months . . . ... 2.50 THE GEORGIAN CO. Three Months . . ... 1.25 at 25 W. Alabama Street, By Carrier, per week 10c Atlanta, Ga. »tv.i ns second-<*!••* mnttsr April tt, 1WC at Hm* Poafoflrfc* nt A' iqu, Oi.. under net of cohjtom of Marrb S. U7f. Unless thou find occasion, hold thy tongue; Thyself or others careless talk may wrong. —Sir John Denham. which of dlK stories A Curious Political Rumor. Tnrre li a curtoua story afloat In political circlet to »-e (Ire currency here for the simple purpose redding it and to point the moral which such tarry. ^ It comes to Tho Georgian from an outoMown poli tician that certain Influences hare been brought to bear imnii! the most stalwart men of the Popullat perty to put into the field a straight ticket for governor and atate .hoiifi' fleers la the coming November election, and that nines hss been asked to lead, and haa consented In lj.i-1 this forlorn party In the campaign. skur Informant goes on to say that this movement has Its funurlatlon In the belief that the present campaign > hot«can the Democrats la Georgia had reached such proportions of bitterness and division that an Independent ticket might have a strong support In the general elec tion. and might possibly bo supported by one or the oil:< i oi the faetlons at present stirring la oar public lift- The theory of our Informant was that the Populist party should nominate this ticket, that the Republican! ahomd cither publicly or privately endorse It and give their full strength to It In the general election as an .iron to break up tho solidity of the Democratic party. Ilchlnd the conversation ran also a veiled suggestion the i In caae of this division the negroes who have been gre itl exercised In this cnmpalgn could be brought In s solid body to the polls and with their strength Joined to such strength as might come from the Democratic dli- sffi■< led. that the Independent Popullat ticket might be trio mphanUy returned in the general election. ’llils atory la ao fall of Improbabilities that It only needs io be told to be discredited. in the first place we do not believe that thero li any considerable portion of the Populist party that Is In favor or putting out a Populist ticket In the present campaign. In the second place we bellove If such a ticket were put out that out of 23,000 Populists who voted for Toth Wat-on In the presidential campaign not more than two or three thousand at the outside would support It, aa tho Populists have pretty well made up their minds and their hnllnts for tho forthcoming struggle In August. Again, It Is entirely but of the line of probability that Judge lllnca would accept a nomination for governor at this time, and under such circumstances. It Is under stood that Judge Htnea himself la formally committed In the gubernatorial race and has given such assurances or s ipiort as he could not probably cancel at this time. The most Improbable of all Improbabilities Is that the Democratic party la likely to suffer any aerlous split from the action of the primaries In August Tha Demo cratic people of Georgia have divided under the banners of tho different candidates who are running for governor In ibis campaign, bat we do not hesitate to express tho con victim that when the convention assembles and the nomination la made, that an unbrokon rank 'of Democrats will follow the nominee to a triumphant eleo lion. 'Vo are not going to have any division after the pre liminary battle la over. There la no likelihood of a spilt In thu Democratic party at the end of tbla campaign, and «•> arc sure that all classes of our iieople will be Kind, no matter how It ends, to close up the bitterness an<r division of these unfortunate days, and weeks, and months, and to units once more without faction and without anger In the work of building tip the state. The only thing In the entire rumor which bears a shadow la the mere suggestion that In any poaslble con- tin;., ucy tho negro vote should be brought In to decide the vital Issues now pending between white men In Qeoiglu. • The mere hint and rumor of such a condition, vague tnd shadowy aa It Is, will simply serve to emphasise once more In the strongest way the necessity of putting such possibilities out of axlatence forever by statute and legislation. a Woman Whom Woman Lova. The Dally Tribune of Dalnbridge published on .Tnm 6th a beautiful picture of Mrs. John E. Donald- eon. president of the Balnbrldgo chapter of United Daughters of the Confederacy, and formally known and loved In Atlanta and throughout.the state ea Mrs Untile M. Gordon. Under the cut appeared iin- names of ts veterans upon whom she conferred Crosses of Honor amidst Impressive exercises held et the courthouse end presided over by Colonel John K Donaldson ae master of ceremonies. In speaking of the scene. The Tribune says: "It would have been hard to tell who got the moat deaaure out of It, the veterans In receiving the esses, Mrs. Donaldson In conferring them, or the tidlenea In witnessing the exercises." Mrs. Donaldson Is alwayi one of the useful and iraotlvn women of the atate. Her services In causes mblle and private that relate to the development and lapptnass of the people of Georgia hare always been of such a marked and notable character that this no- -!•• and gifted woman richly deserved to rank among he most appreciated factors of our present day civ il I ration in Georgia. Perhaps the highest tribute that can be paid to m . Donaldson Is to aay that she Is a woman whom ill women lore, and whom all men admire, and tbe bag been In all her life time ao helpful and thoughtful other women that she richly deserves tbe uni- '•rial popularity which she enjoys. A Chicago man wLo bad not been able to utter a word for twenty-one years, suddenly walked up to hts brother, the other day, and asked, "Is It hot enough for | Bir Aa soon as he has been Interviewed on "Wbat do think of Chicago?" oral conversation. he will be free to enter Into U's warm already, bat Just think of that auditorium. Some “Spots on The Sun.” The general public Amis Itwr-lf unable to da termin' whether The New York Sun Is an institution or i habit. There are times when we are Inclined to regard It as an Institution No paper In this country ever carried the personal equation farther than did The Sun when It shone 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- sprightliness to the editorial page which had never been eDjoyed by any newspaper. The 8un became the archhleropbant of pure English and strict accuracy. It was In Its naUve element when It was dis coursing on the Greek dithyramb and lt« relation to Roicoe Conklin's' curl; the comparative utility of the Jinricksha and the gin rickey, or the esaenUal beauty of esoteric Buddhism. ft knew more about a greater number of things than any newspaper In the country. And some of'It was true. Then' there were other traits In Its nature. It was fond of bear stories, flab stories and Georgians. A vein of delightful drollery ran through all its utterance*— something between Indulgent patronage and open ridi cule. It was a great paper. The present editor* realize that It was n great paper In those earlier and better days and they mako a distinct effort to conduct It along tbe old familiar llneB. Bat there Is a conspicuous absence of tho vanished hand, and the once melodious notes “on half-strung harps whlno mournful to the-blast." The Lucifer of letters has fallen from hla high estate and we find The New York Sun among the most notable sinner* against the primary rates of grammar. For instance, In a recent Issue wo And the state ment that one John Rowlen went "from Worcester to Brockton on Saturday, preauma'bly to attond the holi day." Now. we hare nothing whatever to say as to the motives of Mr. Rowlen. lie la at perfect liberty to go where he pleases, so far as we are concerned, and we bnve no doubt that he had earned hla holiday. If he I* one of those subscribers who have been reading The Sun for twenty-aeven or eight year* ha was entitled to a holiday. But we submit that he did not go to attend the holi day. He may have gone to attend the festivities of the holiday. He may {lave gone to attend hla best beloved to the merry-making Incident to the holiday.. But The Sun does him a grievous wrong to Intimate that he went for any such abstract puritooe aa to "attend a holiday. Perhaps wo are hypercritical In our view of tbe great fountain of criticism, and, digging a pit, hare fallen In It. So we will pass on. Discussing the embalmed beef eruption, Tho Sun says the question Is, “whether tho federal Inspections of cattle and hogs has been lax or not." Now, we cannot aay for certain whether the Inspections "has been lax” or not. hut we are quite confldont that somo of The Sun’s bright young meu, who are rattling around In the Dana shoes, are distinctly lax. Some of their views “has been" aa lax as their parts of speech, all of which becomes cumulative evidence that The Sun Itself la a has been,” and "Ichabod" Is written on Its phylac teries. Perhaps It will be claimed that the bright yonng man who oonfuaed hla parts of speech was late for hla appointment at the rathskeller, or that the printer, who la the convenient and conventional scape-goat of errors, was not singularly nwalte when he came to those plural Inspections, ao we will call another witness, who testi fies, In reviewing a recept book, that the author caused hla (lady) detective to "fall'Tn love with the man who, upon pain of dismissal, her chief has commissioned her to arrest.” The man "who" she was commissioned to arrest may havs been a very bad man, but we are sure he would not have murdered the King’s English like that, even under*tbe severest provocation. But enough Is as good aa a whole barbecue, ao we rest the caae. It all goes to show the wisdom of the old Scotch woman who explained that the streets of tbe New Jeru salem were so clean because everyone "swept before hts aln door." These observations are made In excellent good hu mor, and yet we cannot aay that we have been drawn Into them from entirely Impersonal considerations. For some several weeks the Sun has been "excerpting"—aa The Sun Itself would say—Isolated sentences from these columns as texts for more or less pungent raillery at The Georgian. It haan’t hurt any. we protest, and we even know papers wh[ch The 8un does not Stop to read at all. nut when we pause to weigh the quality of the wit end drollery for which we are taken as an excuse, we naturally ask the question with which we began, Is The Sun an Institution or a habit? Its attempts to continue Danaeaque long after the master hand Is still would Indicate that It la merely an Institution—an Impersonal personality, ao to apeak- handed down like the demise of the crown. But the reading of It and the acceptance of It aa a fountain of wisdom or humor Is merely a habit which such of Its readers as cling to It have acquired by years of application. It was the Duke of Wellington who said that "hAlt la ten times nature,” Instead of second nature, and the place which The Sun occupies In tha world of Journalism goes to confirm that view. Incidentally'It may be noted that The Sun of the present day does not ridicule or assail inch editors aa support the illustrious highwayman who la reputed to own The Sun. It prints no bear stories when Mr. Morgan la on the bull side of the market. And the uame explains the milk In the coooaniit and the hair on tbe outside, too. city of Atlanta. It la one of Ihc imperative needs of the j that the circumstances are such aa make the Judicious present and will he more and more a necessity for the weep. future that Atlanta should have a market, a great central! -Mr. Stuart appears to have had but little reputation market. -In political 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 tbe vegetable and tracking the Young Men’* club organized to secure the election •tands of the city might be concentrated. This would of Garfield. Since that time he has served one term Inure first to the convenience of the ahopper. without aa mayor of Philadelphia. But no one appeared to know- having to go from street to sfeet and from section to aec- what manner of man he was. Few members of the con- tlon of tho city. Housekeepers could And under one roof ventlon had ever seen him and they knew but little of an opportunity to mako a selection from tho supplies kept his caliber or convictions. on hand by a score or more of these smaller merchant*. But he waa put forward by the Penrose machine, and In the second place thl* arrangement would Inure that seemed to be enough for the faithful henchmen GEORGIANS IN GOT essentially to cleanliness and to health. With all tbe meat shops and vegetable stands kept under one roof the Inspection by tbe city could be more careful and com plete than It could under preseat conditions. The entire sanitary system of our market region could be under official supervision and kept to tbe blgbest standard of cleanliness and ’wholesomeness, not only with regard to tbe meats and vegetables, but with regard to tlpj surroundings, which sometimes, by neglect, come to be a menace to health. Under these conditions, too, of dole personal con tact, competition and the comparison of atalla and standi would unquestionably Yalse the standard of tbe supplies kept and sold. For these three amply sufficient reasons The Geor gian Is earnestly In favor of a market for the city of At lanta, and wo believe that we express the voice and pref erence of tbe great majority of those who live here when wo any that public approval would rest like a benec’/itlon upon any official or private sources that would set to work at the earliest moment to establish such an Insti tution for Atlanta. Atlanta Needs a Market. The horrible disclosures In the great* meat packing establishment* of the country have Created a profound Impression In Atlanta. We are perhaps aa little touched here aa la any part of the country by tbe personal hor ror and danger of this situation, but at the same time we are more exempt than other cttlee and cither eectlone and elate# In the distribution of this poisonous and de caying meat. Suggestions of many klnda are pouring la upon the newspapers In reference to the conditions created by these exposures. Atlanta t* fortunate In the possession of citizens dealing In this great commodity of meat, who In time past and at present are above tbe Suspicion! of any unsanitary or dishonorable dealings with their customers. But there Is one thing which, without reflection upon anybody, can be done and ought to be done In the A New LL.D. At the recent commencement of the University of Alabama, the degre of LL.D. was conferred upon the Rev. M. B. Wharton, D.D., now of Eufaula, Ala. Dr. Wharton was for many years pastor of the First Baptist church of this city, and la known and loved by many friends In Atlanta, who will find pleasure in thl* recognition accorded to hla talents and attainments. . Dr. Wharton la now filling the pulpit of the Bap tist church at Eufaula, whose membership la one of the largest In the state. The Pennsylvania Machine. The Republican party of Pennsylvania haa adjourned after nominating Edwin S. Stuart for governor of tbe atate. The carrying through of the slate Is regarded as a distinct triumph for the Republican machine, with Senator Penrose at It* head, and It la generally conceded of the autocratic senator. Penrose Is the creature of "Boaa” Quay, Just as Pcnnypacker was, and he seems to have studied the game of practical politics at the feet of the former boss 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 taction of the party whs strong enough to cast nearly a quarter of a million votes In the last election. It Is 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- colnites have been met and that harmony prevails, but Ihe leader of tbe faction hastens to announce that such waa not tbe case by any means. The present indications are that. he la going to fight. In fact be gives It out that ho will make an ap peal to the Democrats to join him In the effort to defeat Stuart, and a merry war will soon be on. There can be (rat little Interest In the matter down this way oeyond the fact that alt lovers of good govern ment would like to see the final and absolute defeat of the old machine which was built up by the unscrupu lous methods of Quay. Trite It seems that Penrose haa been successful, but we opine that If tho former boss were alive and had been at that convention be would have found a way to placate the Llncolnlte*. And then, too. It must be remembered that tho wavo of reform has been sweeping over Philadelphia rather strongly of late. Mayor Weaver’s successful resistance of the machine In Philadelphia gave tho reform element heart of grace, and they have been carrying the cam paign Into the state at large. The very fact that Stuart Is the nominee of the ma chine will militate against him, and a combination of the Llncotnltes and Democrats, If It la formed, will give him some uncomfortable quarters of an hour. j Ujr Private Leased Wire. , New York, Junp 8.—Here are some of the Visitors in New York today: ATLANTA—J. H. Allen, C. M. V. 5 ":.' Wlmerto£ r j Sh H. 1 Boyntoo! , r’ W ; Freeman, A. X Silvern, A. H. Ew-* SAVANNAH—Mrs. E. Alcott, Q. w Alcott, M. I. Alcott, J* Roeenhelm, C. A. McCarthy. F. G. Doyle, R w Doyle, C. F. Powers. ' IN PARIS. Special to The Georgian. Paris, Jun.- Mrs. .Mary Grant Dickson. Mrs. Belle Robinson. Mias Alice anil .Mrs. Aaron Barr Steele and MI'S Louise Dubose, of Atlanta, and Mies Augusta Wood, of Savannah, rex- Isterd at the office of European edition of The New York Herald today. THIS DATE IN HISTORY. The public hat begun to realize that “potatoes and fishes are very good dishes” to have on almost any old morning. THE GREAT WHITE CROP By D. PRESTON PARR. NO. 2. As the cotton crop of 1906 la 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 haa never been seen before. The co operative attempt of planters to limit the acreage and constrain jts bounds- ries may have Its effect, but that this will diminish tbla year’s crop aa com pared with last, to the extent planned for, Is little likely. It la easier to re solve • on a reduction of 25 per cent acreage planted than It la to effect Agriculturists ore not prone to association of effort, and their train ing and experience lends little force agmlnat their natural go-as-you-pleaae 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 acreage pitched la largely determined by the price of cotton at planting time. Despite the enormous crops of 1»M and 1905, the manufacturing world still hungers for cotton, and there are only about 5,000,000 1 boles visible In the world, or to put It exactly, accepting Secretary Hester’s February statement, we have 6,I>],ST0 bales In all the world to last uq tilt the new crop comes In. The Indies, the Brazils and Egypt are credited with 1,515,000 bale* of this stock on hand, while the American total U 1,747,010 bales. In continental Europe and Great Britain there are 2.540.000 hales of this stock, mostly thought to be owned or controlled by spinners, while In the states there are 1.517.000 all told, whether controlled by spinners, factories or planters. India ■till holds less than a million balsa, 955,000, while Egypt haa In store less than 300,000, a paltry trifle of 111.000 bales. For a sustaining balance beyond, the Oriental crops are even now almost available, but I 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 1005. Indeed, as conditions now exist, the eyes of the world turn naturally In our direction for raw ma terial to supply their looms and spin ning Jennies. Bo It Is like to be for years to come, but that does not Imply there will be no change tn conditions and that we will be permitted to retain the supremacy we have achieved with out a contest. The law of life' Is change and the price of prosperity, like that of liberty, ts eternal vigilance. Cotton and Democracy. Almost coaval with our growth In prosperity, political prestige, popula tion and power, production of cotton has breasted the front ranks of our tn. duatrlal progress. A half a dozen years before our revolution we were culti vating cotton and the sleepy aria of peace, taken over from the east. That war was barely over when American tentus Inaugurated an Industrial revo- ution svsn more far-reachtng In its sweep. Ell Whltnsy, of Massachusetts. Invented the cotton gin In Georgia and some unsung aentus In South Carolina started the American long row method of annual seeding and cultivation. In 1770 the American output of cot ton was 2,000 pounds, none exported. Even n year Inter, when British In dustry had enlisted the loom ot Ark wright and Hargreaves’ spinning Jen ny, not n pound of American cotton found lts way Into English mills. One year after Whitney’s gtn waa perfected (1794) 497,000 pounds of American cotton, equal to shout 1,000 bales, found Its way Into British mills. Even then Lancashire was all our market and In average years the Amer ican cotton belt was supplying her spinners with about one-sixth of their raw material. In one hundred and ten yean wa ran the American product from a hare thousand hales to fifteen million. Tho development drove British islands, provinces end colonies out of the cul tivation, cut African hopes clear of the and dry among the derelicts has-beens. If to the fittest survival Is vouchsafed, we may reasonably expect to realize on our demonstrated qual ifications, but that doe* not mean wa may pause In the race and rest on our oarn. Having 'led the manufacturing world to Its present high point of at tainment In the growth and manufac ture of cotton, are we safe In curtail ing the area of cultivation, while we seek to enhance the planter's share of gain? Are we right tn discouraging the fruitfulness of the earth, combining and co-operating to diminish demand by decreasing supply, relying upon pre cepts and practices common tn tha commercial world but heretofore doubt ed and divided In the domains of pro duction, agricultural and mechanical? I do not think we are myself, but then not being a planter, I am perhaps not altogether qualified to stand at the planter’s point of view. I do maintain, however, that It is the planter who la ■tiffing hts point of-view and thereby lowering hts standard. A return to "cotton trees” In the garden and "rattoonlng” the patch might be a more radical way of reduc ing production, but It would be 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 of earning his bread in the sweat of hts brow, while tht English man always wanted to earn his In the sweat ot some other fellow’s. In crease of output In proportion to coet of rpoductlon Is an American Indus trial Ideal. It may have been mislaid In the shuffle, but tt haa not been lost, and we don't need to less It. Competition Is still the life of trade, widened now to International fields ot contest, and still tt commands efficien cy, as all development must, under tbe operation of that very law which pro vides for the survival of tha fittest. There Is no halt In the process, no side- stepping In the march. To pause Is to turn back and lend our competitors a lift In tha race, and this advantage Americans have never willingly con ceded to competitors. To combine by agreement, In defiance of natural law; to limit Individual freedom by stress of co-operative compulsion. Is rather S iore radical socialism than we of the tales have ever committed ourselves to, so 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 we 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 taw. Over here ws still stand out theoretically against that sort of legislation at any rate. True, we have an Internal revenue tax on tobacco, and a customs tariff, too; but we have notblng to match that act of parlia ment which forbids the growing of to bacco tn Ireland, so the Imperial gov ernment may enjoy the widest oppor tunity of profit possible^ under a three- shlUIng 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 bait can be reduced by resolution, even aa much as six Inches, ss long as the price of lint yields cost of production and a modest profit on the grower's capital employed. The Georgian's Cartoons and Editorials Marietta, Os.. June T, 1909. I To the Editor of The Georgian: Your editorials, "The Beet Poison ers Worse Th»« Morales" and "A Rockefeller Mystery," In Tuesday’s Georgian, should commend you to the everlasting gratitude of all wetl-wleh- ere of humanity. You cannot too fiercely and drastically treat such sub jects. These detestable villeins de serve the execration of thetr fellows: should spend the remainder of their days In solitary confinement, fed on state bread and their nwn putrid beef preparations, and their families be for 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. Brewsrton’s cartoon In lost even ing's (Wednesday's) Georgian, "The Insolence of Crime,” Is an educator. He ts a genius, and his works will live after'hlm. You, Brother Graves, are engaged In a mighty work, defending the rights of the masses against the classes. Continue exposing private and public wrongs and commanding clean, just, honest living, as you have been, and you will have the commendation of the best element among mankind. Thanks for yo’ur courage and Inde pendence, and long life and unlimited success to The Georgian. J. W. COLLETT. Marietta, Ga, June 7, 1905. Not Fair to Mr. Rockefeller. Rome, Ga., June 6, 1905. To the Editor of The Georgian: I notice that the papers avail them ■elves of every opportunity to say un kind and cutting things of Mr. Rocke feller, and The Georgian Is no excep tion of the rule. They never say any thing kind of him; they never mention the fact that at home he Is a good cltl- sen. Is moral and upright, Is a deacon In a church and upholds morality, gives liberally to charity and has given mil lions to the cause of education and missions, Witt},stands well at home. At one time kerosene oil sold at 75 cents a gallon. After he got control of It, It sold as low as 15 rents 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 75 per cent of them are benefited by this 55 cents on each gallon aold, and It amounts tn millions. My son, Fred Oovan, who ts now associate editor of the New Orleans Item, has written a very sensible arti cle on this subject. If you will publish It I will send It to you. It expresses my Ideas on the subject exactly, though I had never spoken to him on the subject. He, like myself, likes to see justice done to every man. and If a man Is trying to do right It ts the duty of every good cltlsen to help him, give him every encouragement we can. Yours very truly, M. F. OOVAN. Rome, Os., June 5, 1905. THE VIOLET. O fnlnt, delirious, spring-time violet! This odor, like s key. Turns noiselessly In memory's wards tn let A thought of sorrow free. The lirestb of distant fields upon my brow It eopre star, from that Moved pi.ee. And that Moved boor, When life hung ripening In lore’s guides Ukt grapes above s Itovrer. * Singing through its reedy The lark' slags o'er my head. Drowned In the sky-O, pass, ye visions, I would that I were dead!— ,orbMd ' n °isrtsrws ,r * -— O violet! thy odor thronsb my bratn Hath sen rebed, and stung to grief This sonny Any. ns If n rone did stain Thy velvet leaf. Returns Thanks. To tho Editor of The Georgian: Will you please allow me, aa chair man of the monument committee, to express through the columns of your paper my sincere thanks to the fol lowing Atlanta friends for their gen erous aid In contributing to the Con federate monument, which was un veiled In Palmetto June l: Governor Joseph M. Terrell, R. F. Maddox, of Maddox-Rucker bank' James Floyd, Atlanta National bank: Charles Wickers ham, president Atlanta and West Point rattroid: C. H Araotf Arnold Hat Company; J. K. p. cart- JUNE 8. 1772—Robert Stephenson born. 1778—Committee appointed by Conti- nental congress to draw up Dec laration of Independence. 1809—Thomas Paine, author ot "The Age of Reason," died. Born Jan- uary 29, 1727. 1818—Germanic confederation constl- tuted by treaty of Vienna. 1823— Russian forces passed the Dan ube. , 1831—Sarah Slddons, celebrated Brit- hffi^actress, died. Born July $, 1844— Treaty for annexation of Texas rejected by United States senate. 1845— Andrew Jackson, seventh presi dent of United States, died. Born March 15, 1765. 1857—Douglas Jerrold died. Born 1803. 1859—Napoleon and Victor Emanuel entered Milan. 1862—Battle of Cross Keys, Va. 1867—Francis Joseph of Austria crowned king of Hungary. 1869—Colopel Crane, U. S. A., killed by Colonel Yerger at Jackson, Miss. 1873—Resolution proclaiming the fed eral republic passed the Spanish cortes. 1877—Business poytlon 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 Jesse James, shot at Creede, Colorado. 1905—Dissolution of union of Sweden and Norway proclaimed by Nor wegian parliament. The Beef Question. To the Editor of {The Georgian: The expose In the meat packing In dustry Is Incomplete, since the Investi gation does not extend to this busi ness In all of Its phases and ramifi cations. To have good beef, a good ox la the starting point. How ere we going to have a good ox? As It 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 tho time? Who ought to or has the great est Interest In the ox as food, not ss money—the farmer who raises the ox or the public who eats the ox? Is the farmer examined M to hM fit ness to furnish food for the public, as the teacher Is examined as to his or her fitness to teach the public? How about the fitness and qualifica tions of the men who handle the ox while on ths trains or on the road to the packing house? Where are the packing 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 buslneas are drawn from the public, and are just what the public 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 law to establish such schools, and the people thus educated would be entitled to better compen sation than those at present employed. This extra expense would Increase the price of beef, which the public would kick against. In fact, the public Is not able to pay for beef If properly handled, simply because of the profit which Is exacted, first by the farmer, then by the railroads, the stock yard companies, the packers and the retail ers. This profit exceeds the orlgtnal cost of the ox. The public demands cheap things, and the packers are simply trying to comply with their demands. No law can supply the public with good beef, except a law which raises the ox and educates its handlers In the form of beef to the people. Here we have a business which the public, by common consent, have placed In the hands of a class who are known not to be and are not expected to be equal In personal cleanliness and tn scientific attainments, such as we find In the employees of our first fam ilies and first-class hotsls. What we need Is a law to supply the packers and the ox-raisers with the cleanly and scientific help needed to insure good food; and which will compel ths packers and farmers to em ploy such help and pay the wages needed to keep such help In a clean, healthy condition. This sounds like slavery, but It It not. It Is scientific freedom, for It ■hows that aft Industries need clean, scientific help, and that It will take ths wealth and the powers of government to secure It. In this packing house matter, we see the supreme need of the training, at public expense, of alt labor, and its compulsory employment. Our public school system needs to be enlarged end extended so as to take In all trades and occupations, thus ex cluding women and the unfit from at. occupations which are Injurious to them physically and morally, Thus the public will have first In spected the labor, and this labor win Inspect the packer and the meat. The morals and the physical clean liness of the hands which feed, clothe and house us. Is but a reflex of public morals and cleanliness. \V. A. JOHNSON. 529 Whitehall Street Atlanta, Ga.. June 5, 1909. In Genassy It --JS that a child shoeUl "go np" before It zrj down In the world, so It Is esrvled trpttsin ton, commission merchant; Profesvot J. A. Richardson. T. E. Zellare, Ontnt- vllle Banking Company: Dr. Ed"®" Lyndon. Lyndon Manufacturing l pony. Miss Cliff Lyndon. Respectful MRS. ft M. DEAN. Chairman Monument Committee. Palmetto, Ga, June 4, 1909. ■ tateW — V—