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which is vacant, and the commutation
of the sentence of the criminal, whose
death has been clamored for by the
mob in Paris, was probably induced
to relieve the dilemma of having a
man sentenced to death in a certain
way at a certain time when the means
of carrying out the sentence had not
been lawfully provided.—Nashville
Banner.
WHAT STANDARD OIL MEANS.
Apologists for the Standard Oil
Company are asking the stereotyped
question whether, in spite of the com
pany ’s enormous profits, the price of
refined oil is not actually less than it
would be if the business were in the
hands of a hundred competing com
* panics.
What difference does it make?
Would the saving of a cent or two a
. gallon compensate the American peo
ple for all the political, industrial and
economic evils which the Standard
Oil Company has promoted?
Mr. Rockefeller and his associates
have driven all their competitors out
of the oil business and established a
system under which some of the sub
sidiary corporations have earned from
800 to 1,000 per cent on the capitali
zation. They have taken dividends
of $300,000,000 in the last eight years
and poured them into other product
ive undertakings—into railroads,
mines, banks, traction companies, gas
companies, real estate and the like.
The profits from these investments
are in turn reinvested until a whole
people is laid under tribute in half
a dozen lines of industry to a single
coterie of men who set themselves
above the law, above the government,
above every consideration except their
own ends.
If this economic despotism is to
find its justification in the hypothe
sis that oil is a cent or two a gallon
cheaper than it would have been had
the Standard Oil Company not ruth
lessly and lawlessly destroyed all its
competitors, then the country needs
the broadest possible extension of
Standard Oil over every branch of
commerce, finance and industry. It
would be better if Mr. Rockefeller
and his associates owned all the rail
roads, all the banks, all the mines, all
the manufacturing plants, all the
farms and plantations, and the Ameri
can people became a nation of hired
servants.
The application of Standard Oil
methods to the entire railroad indus
try would probably cheapen the cost
of transportation. The application of
these methods to banking might low
er the rate of interest a fraction of
1 per cent. Devoting themselves to ag
riculture in general, Mr. Rockefeller
and his associates could probably
raise wheat, cotton, corn and hay
cheaper than competing fanners can
possibly do it, and certainly Stand
ard Oil management would reduce the
operating expenses of every factory
over which it was extended.
If American individualism and
American opportunity are so paltry
that they may safely be bartered for
the difference of a cent or two a gal
lon in oil, then Mr. Rockefeller and
his associates are great public bene
factors. Instead of being prosecuted
they should be encouraged to assume
dominion over all the economic activi
ties of the American people.—New
York Worid.
THE WEATHER AND TH# CROPS.
The past week has developed little
new in the condition of the cotton
crop. In some portions of the Cotton
Belt there have been heavy rains,
and in nearly all portions there have
been moderate showers. Near the
Gulf coast in several States, includ
ing Louisiana, Mississippi and Ala
bama, the rain has been rather more
than was needed, owing to the effect,
of the tropical disturbances in the
Gulf of Mexico. These rains have
done no other injury than to inter
sere with harvesting operations.
Very little is now heard of drough
ty conditions in Texas, and it is prob
able that in that State dry weather
would how be more welcome than
rain, as the picking season is in full
blast and rain would only do damage
to open cotton. It is reported that on
the Atlantic coast the crop has act
ually suffered from too much rain, al
though the prospects in that section
are so good that even a moderate set
back will not materially cut down the
yield.
The liberal receipts at South At
lantic ports bear out the claim that
Georgia and the Carolinas have made
a good crop this year, and the liberal
exports from that section are in a
measure taking the place of early
Texas shipments, upon which the for
eign trade commonly relies for sup
plies during the early part of the
season. In the central portions of the
Belt the crop is still late, but picking
is now proceeding vigorously and the
arrivals at outports from that section
will soon become plentiful. At Texas
ports the movement bears out the
claim that the crop is late as well as
smaller than last year.
There has been less disposition re
cently to underestimate this year’s
production than there was some lit
tle time back, but producers are not
yet prepared to admit that the yield
will be other than a very moderate
one, and the farmers’ associations are
insisting that the crop should bring
a minimum of 15 cents per pound. It
does not look probable that any such
price can be realized unless the farm
ers are in a position to hold back a
considerable portion of their crops.
As long as the movement to market
and offerings remain large it will be
difficult to advance prices.
The rainy weather has greatly in
terfered with the marketing of the
rice crop, particularly the crop of
western Louisiana. The river crop
has now been pretty thoroughly mar
keted, but the crop of the western
part of the State is only commencing
to move freely. Owing to the impos
sibility of working in the fields thresh
ing has been prevented and the move
ment to market has fallen off.
In the sugar district there have
been heavy and general rains during
the past week. While the rain has
been welcome in those sections which
have received insufficient rain during
the summer, it has been decidedly a
drawback to planters, who are anx
ious to cultivate their fields and pre
pare for the fall plant. On the whble,
however, the sugar cane crop is in
a very promising condition indeed,
and the grinding season is now fast
approaching, with the planters con
fident of a very liberal yield, if not
the record crop of the State.-—N. O.
Picayune.
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We are prepared to make surveys and plans for
residential grounds, parks, cemeteries, mill and sub
urban villages. Consult us and our experts will help
you. Catalogue on application .
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Established 1856. We do not sell through agents.
Piano For Sale
$350.00 Piano for half price. Write quick. Must be
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FARM FOR SALE
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pasture. Will sell cheap. Terms. Address
J. H. TRIBBLE, Clarkston, Ga.
Piano For Sale
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Terms reasonable. Address
J. W. BRYANT, East Point, Ga.
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