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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN".
The Atlanta Georgian.
“Mike O’Grady’s” Confession.
nd runs through
JOHN TEMPLE CRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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A man may well bring a bora# to the water.
But he cannot make him drink without he will.
—Heywood.
Let the Southern Cotton Executive
Committee Be Judge.
We take It for granted that the InvesUgatlon com.
ralttoe called by Mr. Harvle Jordan to examine the sus
picions against hla administration can scarcely aatlsty
Mr. Jordan himself, and we are perfectly confident that
It will not begin to satisfy the great body of the cotton
association and the vast number of people wbo aro Inter
csted In tbe affairs of the organisation.
Whatever position we have taken in this matter has
been based upon the conception that the Southern Cot
ton Association Is In every sense the greatest and most
Important organisation In the 8outh. There la no other
organised body In these Oult and Southeastern states
that compares In Importance or In meaning with the
Southern Cotton Association, or carries with It so much
of the prosperity and development of the South.
Farmers’ associations have been formed for these
many years past In these Southern states and have all
been Inaugurated with noble alms and lofty purposes,
looking to wholesome development and fair prices for
the producta of the farm. Most of these organisations
In time past have fallen to pieces through politics,
through corruption, or through the graft and Incompe-
tency of their leaders.
It would be fatal beyond meastlre It this great body
of cotton growers and agricultural men should share the
fate of previous organisations. To avoid this catas
trophe It Is eminently necessary that the lives of the of
ficials of the associations and the executive heads of the
organisations should be absolutely free from any culpa
ble or dangerous connection, and aa absolutely free from
even the suspicion of wrong-doing or of evil associations.
It was for these reasons and for these reasons alone
that The Georgian has led the light for a thorough, fear
less, and sincere Investigation Into the reflections which
have been urged upon certain olflcers of the cotton as
sociation.
Feeling that Mr. Harvle Jordan's administration was
under investigation, and that that administration must
be like Caesar's wife, "above suspicion," we felt sure
that the flrst Impulse which should have moved Mr. Jor
dan would have been to provide the largest, the com-
pletest and the most satisfactory court of Inquiry which
could be secured to pass upon these affairs. We cannot
sec how Mr. Jordan or Mr. Cheatham contd be satisfied
for a moment, or expect tbe public to be satisfied with
n committee selected as this has been. We do not think
It ethical or proper for Mr. Jordan or for Mr. Cheatham,
who are both officer*, not of the Georgia association, but
of the entire Southern association, to throw the respon
sibility of their trial upon two members of tho Georgia
association, however excellent and clean are these mem
bers.
We submit not only to Mr. Harvle Jordan, but to the
general Intelligence of tbe termers and cotton growers
of the South, that the most natural and reasonable court
of Inquiry that could have been summoned to pass upon
these Issues would have been the general executive com
mittee of the Southern Cotton Association. This would
have brought Into the court, men Impartial, men remov
ed from Mr. Jordan and his administration, men whoso
verdict could not be by any stretch of suspicion, view
ed as an Interested verdict, and men, more especially,
who were entitled to hear and to pass upon these
charges which affected their Interests and the general
association of which they were the guardians.
What right has Georgia alone to try an officer of tho
entire Southern association? What right has a general
officer of the association In summoning a court and a
Jury, to omit from that court and Jury those who had
an equal right to participate?
We did not attach, and we do not think that the pub
lic will attach, any degree of Importance to the court
of Inquiry called for session on Monday morning.
We are thoroughly convinced thnt If President Jor-
dan, of tho Southern association, and President Johnson,
of tbe state association, and Committeeman Peek vlll
lay their heads together, they wfll promptly adjourn this
email court of Inquiry and refer this question to the gen
eral executive committee of the Southern Cotton Asso
ciation, which can be called together by the president
to meet and to hear tbe evidence upon every side which
touches tbe charges against the present administration.
This Is what can be done and It Is what by all means
should be done.
Tbe reader will understand that the officers of the
Southern Cotton Association, through their reports and
correspondence, have the whole cotton situation of the
country at their Unger tips. If. then, there could be add
ed to this great equipment the facilities of a modern
bucket shop, the opportunities for making money would
have been superb, magnificent, charming.
The temptation was Indeed great Let us trust and
believe that the future will develop the fact that the
Honorable Harvle Jordan and the equally Honorable
Richard Cheatham, did not yield to this temptation, and
that the Honorable A. A. Fairchild was not really a
scapegoat, but was. In point of fact, and beyond bis own
confession, the only sinner in this transaction.
The columns of today’s paper will Indicate that
many thoughtful newspapers and periodicals throughout
the state and throughout the South Indorse The Geor
gian's demand for an Investigation Into the charges
which affect the official life of tbe Southern Cotton
Association. The Savannah Press, The Albany Herald,
The Mobile Register, all published In tbe great cotton
centers of the country, are among the number of news
papers calling for an Investigation. Tbe Cotton Trade
Journal, of Savannah, one of tbe best reputed and most
respected cotton and trade Journals of tbe South, pub
lished In the great port of Southern shipments, has com
ments to make which are exceedingly Interesting as In
dicative of public opinion, and should be Instructive and
enlightening to Harvle Jordan in the present emergency.
pproacblng .
s, about two miles In length, are for the most part
Notwithstanding the statement of the Hon. I perpendicular. After making Are distinct leaps, as the
n . cha*m deepens. It settles Into turbulent and angry mood,
Richard Cheatham, made through The Gonatitu- and bo continue* until it leaves the gorge ami rogaina
tinn a few rlavs niro flint .he knew nothing of the u * w °ntod character. Tho total fall of water, within the
lion a lew ua\* ago. mat ne Knew nouimu two ml)ei mentloned ^ eit | m ated at 100 feet, and
hasm whose dwelt among the rocks and under water falls
that they
"Mike O’Qradv” in whose name some officer of
the cotton association was suspected of having
traded in cotton through a brokerage firm, "Mike
O'Gradv” turns up in the flesh, and confesses that
he placed money in the hands of Richard Cheat
ham. secretary of the Southern Cotton Aasociation,
and authorised him to speculate for hinl on his
(Cheatham’a) own judgment.
The confession scarcely needs comment,
The fact is established at last that Richard
Cheatham, secretary of the Southern Cotton Asso
ciation. has been using the advantage given him
bv his position, to speculate in cotton futures, even
though for the beneficial interest of his friend,
Mike O’Gradv.”
If Mr. Ciieatham wishes to anticipate the
judgment of the members of the Southern Cotton
Association, in whose interest he has been waging
warfare against gambling with one hand while he
himself was playing the market with the other
hand, he will resign nt once.
The New Mr. Rockefeller.
It Is a new Mr. Rockefeller who has come home from
France to meditate among his millions.
It Is a case of “bless thee, Bottom, thou art trans
lated,” when the New York newspapers refer to him
as jolly John D„" and In other terms' of kittenish en
dearment.
But the fact seems to be that bis liver is working
exceedingly well and he la bubbling over with good hu
mor. He was the most popular man on board tbe steam
er In which he returned to the United States. He met
tbe newspaper men st tbe dock with a hearty hand
shake and opened up freely when they wanted to Inter
view him. He even Invited them to come out to*bis
country place and play golf with him.
He was a new and a better John.
It la a great pity that he didn't see the error of bis
way long ago. He would not have been pictured ao often
as a sort of ogre, and be would not have Incurred the
odium of shutting himself up In his hermit estate,
snarling at his fellow man.
Another sign of Improvement la that he has author-
tied his attorney to accept service for him In the case
aoon to be tried In Ohio against the Standard Oil Com
pany. Ho places himself in a much more dignified posi
tion than by attempting to dodge tbe process server for
an Indefinite time, aa tome of his associates have done.
There is no reason why tbe Standard Oil Company
should not come Into court and explain wby It has done
certain things which, to put It mildly, look very much
like a conspiracy In restraint of trade. There Is no rea
son why Mr. Rockefeller himself should not come. Into
court and tell what he kpows about it
But It Is this change ot heart which Interest* the
people particularly at tbls time. The sun and the good,
warm air ot France seem to have done tbe work for him.
He has shown that bis fellow millionaire, Mr. Sage, was
wrong—radically wrong—aod that a vacation is a good
thing for any man. It has given him a saner and
healthier vlow of life and he must reel like a very dif
ferent creature.
Hla conduct In the future, and particularly In the
trial which will soon take place at Findlay, Ohio, will
be watched with considerable Interest.
What If he should loosen up and tell all ho knows?
the several falls bare been named Ladore, Tempests.
Oceana, Hurricane and Bridal %'etl. At these points tbe
stream 1h exceedingly winding, and the granite cliffs on
either side vary In height from 600 to 900 feet, while
the mountains which back the cliffs rqgeh an elevation
of 1,500 feet. Many of the pools aro very large and deep,
and the walla aod rocks are everywhere covered with
tbe most luxurinnt mosses. Tbe vegetation of tbe whole
chasm Is In truth particularly rich aod varied; for you
may find here not only tho pine, but specimens of every
variety of tho more tender trees, together with lichens
and vines, nnd flowers, which would keep a botanist em
ployed for half a century. Only four paths haro been
discovered leading to the margin of tbe water, and to
mnko either one of these descents requires much of the
nerve and courage of the sapphire gatherer. Through
this Immense gorge a strong wind Is ever blowing, nnd
tho sun never falls upon tbe cataracts without forming
beautiful rainbows, which contrast strangely with the
surrounding gloom and horror, and the roar of the water
falle, perpetually ascending to the sky, comes to the be
holder with a voice that bids him wonder and admire.
With regard to the more striking feature of tho
chasm next to the falls may be mentioned the v Devtl's
Pulpit, the Devil's Dwelling,- the Eagle's Meet, the
Deer Leap, Hawthorne's Pool and Hank's Sliding Place,
whose several names convey an Idea of their character
istics or associations.
After omerglng from Its magnificent chasm, tho Tal-
lulnh river .runs quietly through a beautiful vale, which
Is so completely hemmed in with hills at to be quite Inac
cessible to a vehicle of any description. In this narrow
vailey stands a solitary cabin, which though now desert
ed and forlorn, was once the happy homo ot Adam Van-
du'-r. the hunter of Tallulah. In politics, which he ile-
splsed, ho went for men, not principles, and from the
time that he fought under General Jackson In tbe Creek
war until hla death, he continued to vote for him for
president at every subsequent election.
Many generations ago, according to tbe Cherokces,
It so happened that several famous hunters, who had
wandered toward the Savannah river, never returned.
The fears of the nation were, excited, and they Bent a
delegation of medicine men to find the hunters. When
they returned, they reported that they had dis
covered a dreadful chasm In a strange part of
the country. They said It was a very wild
place, Inhabited by a race of little people, who-
were the enemies of the Cherokee nation: and they knew
that these little folk had decoyed the missing hunters
to death In the waters-of Tallulah. In view of this le
gend, It Is worthy of remark, that tbe Cherokees. be
fore departing for tho west, always avoided the falls
of Tallulah, and were never found hunting or fishing In
the!r vicinity.
TALLULAH FALLS FOR A PARK.
To tbe Editor of The Georgian:
Aware that The Georgian takes the lead In advocat
ing those things which tend to the welfare, the pride
and the pleasure of Georgians, I may be pardoned for
directing attention to a subject In which tho people of
the dear old commonwealth are greatly Interested, I. e..
tho permanent establishment of ample recreation spaco
at Tallulah Falls for the enjoyment of present and future
generations. That this Niagara of the South should be
developed and utilized for mere money making and that
the hills and dells should be occupied by a imputation
devoted to earning a scant subsistence as mill opera
tives, grates harshly upon the liner sensibilities of a large
percentage of the Inhabitants of tbe state. That it shall
be used by the Empire State of the 8outh as a pleasure
ground for its people has taken shape by tho appoint
ment of a committee to acquire It by the senate and
house at the session of 1905. The patriotic chairman
of the combined committee Is thoroughly Imbued with
the spirit of preserving unimpaired nil the grand scenery
and great water falls for the delight ot the sons and
daughters of Georgia. Yet efforts are afloat to establish
electric power plants and pulp mills at Tallulah Falls.
That roaring Tempesta, raging Hurricane, seething
Oceana and tbe milder Bridal Veil shall be harnessed
to turn tbe Wheels of manufactories, muffling their loud
voices and hiding their gmndenr forever; that the grand
chasm shall becotde a stagnant lake, nnd the ruggefl
handiwork of Nature when at her best shall be obliter
ated that a few capitalists may add more millions to their
riches. Is vandalism pure and simple. Georgia will not
stand for IL
But before the committee acts some one of the many
Individuals nnd corporations who have an eye only to
their material advantage, may acquire possession of the
property and thus render tbe acquirement by the state
more difficult or perhaps Impossible. I am reliably
Informed, however, that If the committee Is ready to act.
that conditions are such that tho state may acquire cer
tain portions of the falls and lands which would give It
the key to the position and preclude the development of
the water power for manufacturing purposes. Quick ac
tion Is necessary, however, and cannot-be urged too earn
estly by press and people. RABUN.
Cholly
Knickerbocker’s
GOSSIP
About j
People
SOUTHERN PAPERS DEMAND
A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION
It Is nothing less than Just to say that thb refusal
of Hon. John D. Walker, ot Sparta, Ga., to serve upon
the Investigation - imralttee, did not contain any sug
gestion of a lack of confidence or regard for Mr. Jordan.
Mr. Walker declined because of pressing engagements
elsewhere, and there was no meaning to his refusal be
yond the one which ho assigned. However, our congrat
ulations to him upon getting out of It were based upon
our own view of the situation and not on Mr. Walter's,
which-we did not know. Mr. Walker Is clean, capable
and above suspicion, and we feel sure that however little
he may have been willing to shirk the responsibility,
from our own point of view he Is fortunate In not being
able to serve as a member of this committee.
Tallulah Falls a State Park.
Nothing Is more apparent than that Georgians are
attending strictly to tho material upbuilding of Georgia
and not at all to the beautifying ot any part ot the com
monwealth and the enhancement ot the pleasure ot the
people.
Prosperity makes mankind desire other pleasures
and other recreation, and there Is nothing which would
add more to the Innocent pleasures and commendable
pride of Georgia than the ownership by the state ot an
Immense park of mountain landscape at Tallulah Falls
with the great cataract set aa a gem la Its center. Geor
gia Is able to purchase. Improve and beautify this natural
ly beautiful and romantic section. It could be used for
encampments ot our soldiers both state and national—
an Ideal training camp In Ume of war; tor vast gather
ings of the people and for Chautauqua purposes. It
would In time of peace become the favorite Mecca tor
the pleasure seeker, the tired American worn down with
hard work and threatened with nervous prostration snd
alto for the cosvslescents; a pleasant retort and sana
torium for all classes and people*. A chain ot hotels
would dot the greensward; happy children play under
the trees and drink In the Invigorating oaone. which
would make of them stalwart men and handsome wo
men. That Georgia had such a playground would at
tract visitors from other lands, and these visitors might
become cltltent. colonists with money to pay for lands
and houses In our favored dime. All Americans glory
In the possession ot Yellowstone park and speak with
pride of Niagara Falls, especially when their feet press
foreign toll.
Virginia has its Otter Peaks and Natural Bridge;
Oklahoma Its Wichita mountains; Kentucky Its Mam
moth cave, California Its Yosemlte. Georgia should
preserve the falls of Tallulah as a monument to Its sen
timent of the beautiful and grand!
The following description of Tallulah Falls, taken
from "Our Native Land," Is generally regarded aa one of
the most exquisite ever written:
Nowhere In Georgia can there be seen such a nov
elty ot mountain scenery aa Tallulah chasm. In the
northeastern part of the state. This Cherokee name
means the terrible, and was originally applied to the
river on account ot Its magnificent falls. It runs through
a mountain land, and la narrow, deep, dear, cold and
subject to every variety of mood. During the first half
of Us career It winds among the bill* in uneasy Joy, and
then, for several miles. It wears a placid appearance and
you scarcely hear the murmur of tbe waters. Soon tiring
ot this peaceful course, however, tt narrows Itaelf for
Speculating Officials.
From The Memphis Commercial-Appeal
News dispatches state that It has
been charged upon the floor of the
Georgia legislature that certain officers
of the Southern Cotton Association are
stockholders and sharers In the profits
of a large brokerage firm, chiefly en
gaged In the handling of cotton futures.
This In Itaelf Is not an offense per se,
but In view of the fact that the asso
ciation has been moat active In efforts
to suppress all forms of future con
tract trading In cotton the thing. If
true, Is moat culpable. Immediately
upon hearing that such charges had
been made, President Harvis Jordan
appointed a committee of three from
among the officers of the association
to make an Investigation and report on
the matter.
The cotton growers should units In
demands for the strictest Integrity of
conduct hy their officers, who are paid
and supported by a tax levied upon the
producta of the tollers. The associa
tion's members are more than stock
holders In an Institution; they are In
effect cltlsens of an economic body, a
body entrusted with their financial wel
fare. The demand la for men of probi
ty and intelligence to guide IL
The charges may not be sustained,
but It behooves the association at all
times to look closely aftsr Its own snd
to punish with sevtrlty ntalteasance In
office, should there be such, conse*
quently President Jordan's act provid
ing an Investigation cannot be too
highly commended.
The association has been a power In
the cotton market at times since Its
organisation. That power cannot be
maintained If the suspicion gains cur
rency that those In command are us
ing the wide Influence of the organ
ised growers for selfish and speculative
purposes. There should be absolute di
vorcement of the personal Interests ot
officers and the conduct ot Its public
policy.
Standing In With Bucket 8hops.
From The Savannah Press.
We trust that the Investigation or
dered by Mr. Harvle Jordan will be
thorough. If any -official connected
with the Southern Cotton Association
has been Interested In bucket shops or
has been engaged In speculating In fu
tures the fact* should be known. No
on* believes that Mr. Jordan himself
has been Implicated, but there were
rumors associating some one In his
office with this kind of practice. Now
this Is the very thing for which the
Southern cotton growers have been
exposing the statistical bureau In
Washington. Such n thing Is Intolera
ble and should not be covered up by
technicality. We see It stated that the
association has no power to send for
witnesses or to administer oaths. This
would create a bqd Impression. One
man has already acknowledged that he
owned an eighth Interest In a bucket
shop, but says that ha has let It go.
Another man answers that all charges
that he wss speculating In cotton fu
tures was "hearsay."
The whole thing cams out during
Mr. Anderson's speech against Mr.
Boykin's future* bin. A cotton Jour
nal, soul to be the organ ot the Cotton
Growers' Association, vigorously sup
ported the Boykin bill snd viciously
attacked the opponents of that bill. It
was than that Mr. Anderson was sup
plied with Information which h* used
on the floor of the house that certain
parties connected with the association
were said to be speculating In futures
under an assumed name, and that one
of them was actually Interested In a
bucket shop. Just how far the facta
will sustain the charge* will be proven
In the hearing If a full and free hear
ing Is had. Mr. Anderson claims to
have the document* and say* he will
be able to show that some of the men
who have lined up so strongly for the
Boykin bill were living In glass house*
Trad* Jaurnsl "Not Surprised."
From Savannah Cotton Trade Journal.
We are not entirely surprised that
attention has been attracted to the con
duct of officers of thq Southern Cotton
Association. 'The Cotton Trade Journal
called attention to a number of things
done on the part of President Jordan
himself, which were tending to Impair
his usefulness os the association's ex
ecutive. notwithstanding they Involved
nothing more than getting Into com
pany with hi* official name where he
did not properly belong. It was not
thought wise for him to become the
tool of promoters of this and that con
cern, In New York as well as the South,
as director or otherwise, and then per
mitting the parading of the associa
tion's head as an Indorsement for pat
ronage among Its members. Unsolicit
ed letters of approval of The Journal's
position which cams from all over the
cotton belt was a sufficient assurance
that tha people were opposed to such
alliances on the part of their president.
When the association's officers wish
to embark In enterprises that may In
volve a withdrawal of confidence In
their fidelity to their trusL they should
be able to see what Is ahead for them,
and acting for Its welfare, retire In
"Will Have a Time Explaining."
From The Mobile Register. *
The Southern.Cotton Association of-
fleers will have a time explaining Sec
retary Cheitham's connection with the
Piedmont Brokerage Company, a buck
et shop ot Atlanta. Cheatham has
been systematically bulling the market
for a year or more, persuading planters
to hold their cotton for a price that
was nsver realised. Meantime, so says
a stockholder In the bucket shop, he
has been giving tlpe on the market,
making money on the side. These are
the same men who propose to Southern
people to put up eeveral millions of dol
lars to make paper out of cotton stalke
—a new way to manufacture sunshine
from cucumbers.
THE MULBERRY SELLERS
OF THE COTTON FIELDS
Is the Cotton Stalk Products Company,
headed by the Hon. Hsrrle Jordan, snd
heralded throughout the South during the
pest few weeks, calculated to deceive the
unwary ami Inveigle the farmers of the
South Into tshlng ■took In s visionary snd
Impracticable scheme?
The Chattanoogn Tradesmen has taken
up the matter, and Bounds a note of alarm.
In the laane of July IS, The Tradesman
*ey»:
The character of Colonel Mulberry 8elt-
ers, ao graphically depicted In Mark
Twain's tiook, "The Gilded Age," wss taken
from real lire and bas Ha counterpart In
that
millions
and
no matter
son*
that Is launched In
realm of glided allurements: "There's
ons In lt,"*nd almost everywhere else,
In behalf of every conceivable scheme,
■tter how rlalonary, It la tho Mine old
of Mark Twala'a hero, "Thera'a mil-
to theilenliena of darkrat Africa to treat
the afflicted there at It per eye. He ex-
plalnted that there were a million of them
who bad sore eyes, and that wosld be a
million dollars, bat as these had two eyes
each It would donhlo this sum, and ao
he exclaimed excitingly, by Irresistible log-
le, "There'e million* In It"
But alnce Colonel Hellers' day, others
have exploited various schemes, on paper,
that were squally aa clear, and they all
claimed hy a similar proceM of reasoning,
"There's millions In It." With ons It was
the making of paper from swamp grasses;
with (mother It-was gtaut powder from
coal dust; another wfia going to convert
cord alalka Into cellulose anil other prod
ucts, nnd liehlnd this there were actually
term in norms, aim use loess in me cot*
ton fields tq displace the negro In pick
ing cotton, while still another wai going
to corral the fire-files and do away with
gas or electric plants for lighting towns
and cities. In all of these, ana many
others of similar character, the cry waa:
"There'e millions In It!” llut there has re
cently bean organised a company that for
elsborsteiieM ot exploitation end extensive
ness of claims lays It ovtr til others ever
before presented io a gullible public. Colo
nel Mulberry Hellers would turn green with
envy, If he were alive and could hear
wbat this company proposes to accomplish.
It la called ''The Cotton Stalk lTodncta
Company,'' snd wss organized under the
laws of Maine with a capitalisation of
115,000,000, and Hi bittiness will he to make
paper and denatured alcohol out of cotton
atnlks.
Just listen to some of tbe many things
It Is going to achieve, aa announced by lia
promoters: It will enhance the value of
the cotton crop 1100,000.000 (lit): It will rev
olutionise tt) the handling of the cotton
crop and save MO.000,000; It will cheapen
the price of paper (ti and Mre millions
more; it will Kill the boll weevil and Mve
175,100.000 to the farmers that la now lost
that peat (ttt).
.. will grow the material for the paper
r ills—snd the** will lie established every
miles through the cotton licit—st the back
dmn of these mills, and this will Mve Its
trsnsportstloa. besides; patting out of bust-
nets the 750 paper mills nnep In operation,
and transfer their annual Income of £00.000,-
OOO to the Heath!!! It will rare the forests
ot tbe northwest, now belsg denuded for
P *-fhe announcements state that then are
10,000.000 tons of cotton talks prodneed with
earb crop, and for which the farmer It to
receive from *1.50 to *i.60 per ton. This
must mean the price In the field aa they
stand, otherwise It would require a two-
mule team, drlrer and hands to load and
unload with a delivery of any. * miles to
the nearest mill, and thnt would entail an
artnal loss In cost of lalior alone st that
price. Betides. It I* barely possible that
Hie crop of stalks will equal In tona the
numle-r of lie let of cottou rataed. or. put
It for genii measure at li.aw.oor) tona .which
will be nearer the amount thin what Is
given. Of this touuage. 35 per cent Is ron-
vertllile Into paper and * per cent Into alco
hol. ueeordlng to the claims umde. This
would give 1.35.7*) tong of puper. about
loach to supply the dally papers lu a
^wZt our tuetropolltaa rltlis ami yet tbte
impsuy la going to put all the other paper
illls of the country out of hutlneuu!!
Rot this It not all of the result*, by any
.jeans, which are to follow from the opera
tion of this Mhtasmtrarte-prodnetag, eom-
nany. There will be t per real of alcohol
obtained, and this wlll to cheapen this ar-
tt.-lr that Internal rotuhottlooi engine* will
everywhere appear. and the hers* will go
out of business. Why, It. I* told In this
announcement that In 1*1# there will he 500,-
00* of nueh engines lu dnily a**!!!
Thee* engines, of course, must bn supplied
with alcohol from tbe mill* of this com
pany, which will render good roods evury.
where prevalent, and the railroads will be
like .tbe horse, relegated to non-use, snd
tho rate question wlU be a thing of the
past. Tet the crowning achievement to
result from the production of this alcohol
In these mills It to be the running of tor
pedo boats with a speed equal to the faatest
expreee tralna of the country!!! Mlrablle
dlctu! aa the old professor of Latin used
to express. It, and this woslil work * com
plete revolution In the construction of tor
pedo hosts, which would thru settle the
qenstton forever of which was the strong-
rat navy lu tbe world, slues those torpedo
boats conld clear tho seas of battle ships
liefore they could get Into action or even
turn aronnd.
The public la further Informed that this
gigantic conception came from one master
mind, which now rules tbe destinies of tho
Southern Cotton Asasclatldh. hat this la
past licllef. It sounds Ilka the Corn Htalks
Company promoters, the old Houthern Cot
ton Corporation and the I5-Cent Cotton
Trust all combined, tt Is worthy of these
aud a half dosrn Colonel Mulberry Sellers
thrown In for good measure.
Ot crfhrte, alien a company with such un
limited possibilities before It has no stock
for sale! Away with mch a base sugges
tion, for no rane director would i
any portion of Its $15,000,(100 of cnpl
lie offend for sale at any price
tt may be well for the public, Inc -
the dnnr cotton planters of the. South, to
read snd ponder over the following letters
from two of tbe director* of tbls company,
and compare them with the foregoing
claims put forth on the authority of the
reliable New York Commercial nnd swallow
ed. iwlt, hook, line and pole, by some ol
the leading dally papers of the Houth:
"Birmingham. Ala., Jnne 10, loot.—The
Tradesman, Chattanooga, Tenn.—Dear Sir:
In reply to your letter of the »th Instant,
would stale that wL — —
from my own knowl
ment as to the fessl _ ...
ture for commercial purposes of paper, de
natured alcohol and other hy-produrta from
cotton stalks, I have seen soma '
factory samples and have recel.
suers from w. W. Gibbs and M. IV. Mars-
den, of Philadelphia, who claim that these
products ran hr manufactured from cotton
stalks at to low a coat as to make the pro
cess a commercial success.
"The understanding, however, upon which
! authorised the use of my name at a direc
tor Is distinctly that only so much of tha
stock, probably about tin,000, shall lie of
fered for Mir at present as may be neees-
mit to trallit, equip and finance one mill,
to he located st some eligible point, and
that fntare stock offerings to the publli
ar* to bo based entirely upon tbe actual
results obtained by this min.
“While the enterprise appears to he sol
Important one, the proceM shontd be given
a thorough, practical teat baton stock Is
sold and plants established on n large
scale. W. P. 0 BABDINO,
“President First National Bank."
"Birmingham. Ala., Jnne 10, MO*.—The
Tradesman, Chattanooga, Tenn.—Dear Sir:
I hare your favor of May a. making In
quiry In regard to the company organized
to utilise cotton atzlkz of the Booth.
“I do not know that I can gtre yon
tbe Information thnt yon desire, nnd.
therefore, refer yon to W. W. lillihs, Penn
sylvania building, Philadelphia, wbo con
trols the patent.
"The process appealed to me for two res-
’••firat. It la a wAl-khown fbfit tpst the
.set of paper pulp la gradually Increasing
year hy year, and that tbe price of |mper
at present Is very burdensome to large con-
"Second. - It woold be a strictly South
ern enterprise snd one that ought to *p-
pesl to.the Investors of the Houth.
"Of coarse, one ran never tell what the
commercial value of a proposition like this
would ha anttl a fair trial has lieen made
on a large Male. The experimental plant
la claimed to have been a grant tnoccas, bnt
n great many other roadlfkma Might arise
when manufacturing on * Urge scale. Tbe
Intention of the company at tneoent la to
build and equip one pUnt. and If this It
sneresofnl. to fntrodoee them all over the
Houth and utilise a product which has here
tofore lieen wasted and burdensome to ,11a-
noe of. W. H. HAHHINOKR.
Vice President Republic Iron snd Hteel
Company."
$2/100000 LOST IfT EXPERIMENTS.
the Tradeamai has made some Inquiries
concerning the Xfnnsten Company, or |>m|.
Silelphlt. under /the intents of which It
has been rlatmel tho Cotton Htalk Prod
uct* Company Would operate. Ho far aa
ha* been tnce* Mined, this company ban
had only one plant that has lieen operated
for eommeretal remits, and'thin is located
at Owensboro, Ky.. and the following let
ter from n reliable source Is thnt city to
The Tradesman has thin to my regarding
that plant:
"The Utm’n Company, of Philadelphia,
By Private Leased Wire.
New York. July 30.—President Root*.
VOIL While S member of the Reformed
church, la no bigot In the matter of r*.
Ilglon. He attended the Presbyterlaa
church st Oyster Bay yesterday, the
services being arranged specially for
his edification. He listened to an ap
propriate sermon, and Joined heartily
In the singing.
New* reached me from Hanover
Mass., that James A. Garfield, who hog
been dangerously III from an attack of
pneumonia, has rallied somewhat, and
now has a good chance for recovsryl
There should be an Inspiration to tht
young men of the naval academy la
their new training ship. The Olympia.
from whose bridge Dewey fought th*
battle of Manila liny, and demonstrated
to the world that the American navy,
in a generation of peace, had lost non*
of the efficiency from th* time Paul
Jones mad* It the most effective fight
ing machine which sails the seas. The
famous ship Is to be used for the gen
eral Instruction of future Deweys,
Schley's and Sampsons. *
The Lord's day observance commit
tee of the Massachusetts legislature
sent to Coney Island to glean Ideas for
some new blue laws, sat In Magistrals
Voorhles' court this morning to see
what fish were caught In the legal net
of the resort yesterday.
They had done the whole Island th*
day before and found the fun no Inno
cent and wholesome that they de
clared they would frame a very mod
erate law when they got home. Noth
ing happened In the police court today
to change the Impression their .Sun
day's Jaunt had made.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, July SO.—Here are some
of the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—T. AbbotL C. B. Bed-
well, A. Bluatenthal, H. 8. Cole, A. Diaz,
Jr., M. IV. Gray, F. P. Hayes, A. O.
Morris, W. R. Norris, F. IV. Patterson,
C. P. Phillips, IV. H. Roser, T. J. Wes
ley. C. Blosaer, EL J. Dickey, F. 51.
Kaufman.
AUGUSTA—Miss A. L. Branch.
5IACON—R. S. Krause, J. M. blis
ter.
IN PARI8.
Special to The Georgian.
Paris, July 30,---5Ir. and Mrs. David
H. Keefe, of Atlanta, Ga., registered st
the office of the European edition of
The New York Herald today.
nted for s number of years, the company
buying corn atnlks from tho farmers at
from II to |6 per ton. The company
bought and worked up an enormous amount
of corn atallu, but tbe great difficulty they
experienced was In getting out table ma
chinery for extracting tho pith from, tho
stalk. They spent a large amount ot money
experimenting, and replaced the machlnS-yc
In tho mill three or four time*, at a tre
mendous outlay of rash.
"They Unfitly almuiluued tho machinery
entirely and bought tho pith only from
the farmers, bnt the writer Is not familiar
with tho prlco paid for the pith alone.
It moat hare been a losing venture, as they
finally gave up the manufacture of cellu
lose entirely, and the plant Is now being
need for manufacturing a special stock feed
made of corn and alfalfa. It soema thnt
the plant at this time Is being operated
hy an entirely different company, at It
Is known as the American Milling Company,
and wo do not know what disposition waa
ever made of tbe Maraden Company. It
Is estimated that they spent anywhero
from »1,000,000 to 53,000,000 In Owensboro
since the buslneia waa Brat started.
COTTON 8TALi<"pRODUCT8 CO.
Editorial from Tbe Tradesman.
A few year* ago, a company wia organ
ised In Philadelphia fo make cellules* sad
other valuable producta from corn atalas,
nnd great claims were madn Is Its pro
moters ns to tbe benefit* the farmers of
tbe country would receive through th*
conversion ot a waste product Into a aourc*
of wraith.
The company was capitalised away up
Into the millions of dollars, and. men protu-
loent la tho financial and business world
were named aa Its officer* and dlrectora.
Numerous factories were to be Immediately
erected In various portions of the corn
raising seetlon, and to give greater weight
to tho launching of the company It was
allowed to .get out llut there woo d be a
tremendous demand for the product or
these factories lor tho lining of naval
veseele, through which they would be
come practically safeguarded from danger.
In that the elasticity of tbls material waa
such that all hole* from shot or ahcll would
'"under t surh M 'on!iouncem*nta nnd claims
Urge blocks of stock were marketed, and
commercial bodies opened np extended cur-
resiHimlcm-e with the company for tbe loca
tion of factories In their respective commu
nities, hut so far at The Tradesman has
been advised, only one plant wss ever erect
ed, amt th* atoek ot the company went
to pieces, the Ust reported sales being si
lKe on the dollar. _ „
when the announcement of th* Cot too
Htalk Prod acta Company first »PI>r*J™
there was ao much In ft that lior* similarity
to the original corn stalk concern, that «r*
felt Instinctively Ihcre was a connection be
tween them, ami sure enough It lath* I" 1 '
cuts and processes of the Utter which th*
Cotton Htalk Products Company areJo ***•
And then when a farther Investigation was
Instituted by The Tradesman tuch a dis
crepancy waa found to exist t'•tween U'?
statements accredited to the president of
tbe new company and one o* Its roost
prominent dlnu-furs. st aet forth In an arti
cle found elsewhere Is our columa*, that
The Tradesman, by virtu* of Its Ion*
service In reporting the organisation ot
inch Indnstrie* In the Booth, felt lajpelled
to sound a Dote of caution regarding It.
No one questions that paper can Tie n»«d*
from cotton stalks, ss It cap he from oor"
atnlks. and a great many other waste
nets, hut when tbe attention of cotton
raisers was seemingly sought f'W the new
enterprise liy the statement that the dc
Btrartlnn of tbe boll weevil would fol
low Its operations at a certainty. IMS *»|
so utterly absurd that we were surprised
to find tbungbtfnl publisher* reprodoria*
It. for Colton sulks are tow regularlyborn
eil In the field* where grown, and till*
should certainly hav* more effeettowsw
destroying the. l<oll weevil than woold re
sult from a mere removal of then*- .
.y T !S3’ jrt&.PK ssiTiSStsagl:
sutured alcohol, » per cent, obtained la the
proceM would lie aide t" do In th* ®P*J*
tl«n of torpedo I mala, when iketyara jj®
memos other substance* that yield l*rx«
returns of alcohol: ao much no, that R 1 }
worse than stwnrd to tmsglur thera coaiu
lie a revolution In torpedo boat RJPJ.
Sion on account of the Mill MffJ[
denatured alcohol to be obtained fruM this
cotton stalk conrerahm.
These statements, together with othcra
equally extravagant and IrvelevaaL jjem
possible benefits to tbe farmers of
Booth. If such experimental remits have
been accomplished, lit one Is ted to laPJ
from the tnn.raneemenio made, why do not
these gentlemen nut their own money lam
the enterprise) Vo one wilt rrMrowmo
over their sarrraa than will The Trades
man. Imt until the enterprise csn.he dry
• •narrated posatklr ami eommsndsUy prod'
able wa advise letting the stock auw