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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-19
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
NEW YORK

NEw YORK, February is.-CottOn very dull /:
sales. none; uplands, lose; Orleans, l0Ac.; not
receipts. ll.l6j bales; exports to Great Britain,
. il3 bales: 10 tho Continent 1870 bales: stock.
$50. 10 bales. southern -four steady, but trading
light Wheat-Sp0t nrm but trading Hight;
No. rod. February, nominal. Sssc; March,
70 Fas9 &c.: May, 9lHa9iKc, closing al 81 Sc
C0rn-Opti0ns closed strong: speculation less
general; spot quiet bat held firmly; No. 2
easy and nominal, 60Hc; March, 5sKa99.c.;
May. % saJg &C.. closing a. jJkc. Oats Aa4c
hotter ald moderately active; 30 2. March aud
Nay, 3sa3s &C., closing al - &C.: No. spot. SSa
- &C.; mixed western, 144ic. Hops unchanged.
Cofiee--p0t fair Rio duh az 1885,; options 5al0
points lower aud moderately active. closing
nrm; NJ. Rio. March. tl2.23asi285; April,
sl9 Cjail2 % 4; May. sli.90atl2 sugar steady aud
Quiet. MOiasses nominal; 50test, 9Ac. Rice
firm. Petroleum steady: refined 51.c. az all
ports COtton-seed oil quoted Al 86c. for crude
4iatc. for refined. Rosln quiet al 3Li2Hasi. 10
tn penune steady at 40Bac. southern eggs,
2fa25Hc. HIDES 10 light inquiry. Wool frm.
PORK dun: mess quoted al els 26asl650 for new.
Beef duh. Middles neglected. Lard-western
steam. spot quoted at f805; March. i7.95at7s5:
May. tS.O3asS.V for refined; $40 for Continent
kreixhts dull
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-19
PORT OF RICHMOND. FEBRUARY IS, 1874
Arrived.

steamer Ashland. ---. Philadelphia. mer-
chandise AMI passengers. j. ". McCauick,
agent
steamer Ariel, Deyo Norfolk, Unitei state,
mail, merchandise, aud passengers, l.. u. IaIdm.
agent
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-19
BANK STATEMENT.

NEW YORK. February iS-Ihe weekly hank
statement shows the following changes: reserve.
decrease, S22l5,gOO; loans, decrease, s2S00j;
specie, decrease. s3.l32,6O0. legaEtenders. To-
crease. fl59@O: deposits, decrease, S3,09S,00J;
circulation. increase, S6l.S0O.
The banks now hold sl7,93, $50 In excess OF the
Is per cenG rule.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-19
RALTIMnRE STOCK MARKRr.
RICHMOND STOCK FXCHANGE

BALTIMORE, MD. February is--virgina S..
consolidated, 394 do. l0-4Os, -; do. new 3s,
67l.. Bid today
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-19
NORFOLK PEANUT MARKET.

FEBRUARy ls-Market continues quiet win
daily saies AZ quotation. ami large receipts from
The country. Prime &c; extra, D.. common,
Es2c.: shellei. Pa &C., spanish, 2Esc; Tao
tory hsnd-pickcd. 8aihc.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-19
LATE WEATHER RrPoRr.

lBy telegraph % mo Dispatehl
- WAsBISsrDN, February 49, 4. NJ
For virginia. fair weather. followed ~
ttllR flight rains. light go ftrsh Minds, shifting
t0 -outhslstsrly, Is slight Iiso d. tempo
S---|Tafurr.
frr Nnrfh Carolina, fair weather, FOL
lowed bv light rains iu the western portion,
warmer in the eastern portion, stationary ieu-
perafure iI fhe western portion, light % fresh
variable winds, generally shifting ~ southwest
erly.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-19
ra- SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH--

corner Main and sixth streetsl.-Rey. w. w.
LASDEux, ID. D., pastor, Will preach a. II A. N.
and 7:45 Pm +
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-19
BALTIMORE.

BALTIMORE, Nh. February ls.-Cotton steady
ana dull: mifdling. l0hc. Flour steady and
quiet. Wheat-SOuthern lower and quiet; red,
9Ja93c.: amber. s2a95c.; western Grmer aud
dun: No. > winter red. spot ss1sa.9c. Febru-
9lEc. Corn Southern steady. with good de-
mand; white. 57a,sc.: yellow. J5aGc: western
easier ami active: mixed, spot, 55Ha55sc:
March. 5iAa55 &C.: May. 55N a5,c. Oats steady;
southern and Pennsylvania, 35a40c. western
white, iallc. western mixed. 37a39c. Rye
quiet AMI steady at 65a70c. Provisions quiet
and steady Coffee dun ard nominal: hio car
goes, ordinary 10 fair. l6ai6hc. Sugar-cop-
per-refined frm az i5aiGc. Whlskey steady aud
nrm al fl.giafl.23. Freights 20 Liverpool per
steamer quiet; cotton, 3-i0d.; nour, per ton, o.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-19

COTTON REPORE
Market dun
QUOTATIONS.
MIDDIfNG. l0'fc.
Low MDDnNG. CSC
GOOD ORDlNAEY, bg1Gr.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-19

NEW YORK.. February Is CoitOa-Net receipts.
3S5 bales: gross receipts. R1lf bales. Futures
closed easy: sales. 1000 bales: February.
Sos: March. fl1Nati0b5 April. n0sla
$1,000: MAY. sl1fjlfi0t8. June. fi11iafili2:
july. kloi3: August Si053; september. tl0N
sl0gs: October Qaiaya Us: November 9s3a
iasi; December. s. ,sasgs5; January sAsa
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-19
CHICAGO

CHICAGO, February lS.--Fiour quiet and I'M
changed. Wheat-No. spring, 7656a76gsc: No.
rel, s0ac. Corn. i9c Oats, 27k a2sc. Ness
shoulders. boxed Ss.sOas6O5, shcrt-clear,
190aSS Whiskey,ELiA
Leading futures ranged.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-23
A Peep at Wichita.

Concordia Empire.
The train arrived at Wichita at 7:3e.
where a committee was in waiting with
line of street cars to convey the editors
10 the Occidental hotel for supper.
After supper we were escorted TO the
board of trade rooms and assigned TO
places of entertainment. 1t was our
good fortune to be placed in the care Of
Mir. c. Campbell, of West Wichita, who
with his good wife began Kansas life
thirteen years ago, on farm five miles
from the city. By good management
and good crops he soon owned two
farms, one Of which he sold three wears
ago and with the proceeds built himself
fine house just outside the city. Now
the CITY stretches mile or more beyond
his house and business blocks surround
it. MIR. c. took hand insthe boom and
he now lives in luxury, keeps line car
riaGe and is enthusiastic for Wichita and
the great Arkansas valley.
Ia company with Messrs. Palmer and
Musser, OF the Jewell City Republican,
with lIr. Campbell as our driver, we
spent two or three hours seeing the city.
We have not space to give our impress
sion of the Peerless Princess at length.
The Topeka and Kansas City papers had
assured us that the corpse of the great
boom could be seen from any public cor
ner, and we kept looking for it, but fail
ed to make its discovery. During the
entire trip we only saw two or three
signs TO Let and about the same num-
Der of empty houses, while quite num-
Der of business blocks and fine residences
are being built Business seems to be
x,-I,iIo {har1 i- asfAaat1iafIArl
iii real estate, it has not declined in value,
the holders having faith III the country
and their ability to develop 1t. The
watch factory, mammoth institution
iii the west part of the city, the packing
house, the Burton Car works, the soap
factory, ice factory and scores of other
similar industries guarantee the city
against a decline in business. The city
contains many very fine business blocks
and superb residences.
The Garfield University building VIII
be the finest college structure IN the
state when completed. The institution
OF which the city III proadest and justly
so. the EAGLE. In spite OF the jealousy
and ISLANDERS. and opposition OF other
cities. il has forced Wichita To the front
and kept ii there. The burden of its en-
tire Law has always been Wichita" and
its strains have been heard in the farthest
corners of the land.
The marvellous growth Of Wichita
need be no occasion Of wonder. There
are Just two causes: first. the city Is
surrounded by as fine q country Is there
is in the world, and second, the people
are a unit regarding everything that in
tercsts Wichita. When their big pack
ing house offered to locate there for
$50. 900 the money was raised inside of
two hours. Wien they decided that
something would be an advantage to
them the thing was settled; the money
was forthcoming at once, and every dol
lar thus invested has brought in ten.
Their hospitality IS known OF all visitors,
and it Is the genuine hearty kind.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-23

substituting at one swoop new and mex
perienced, consequently incompetent,
persons for those who had attained to
proficiency through long years of service
and diligent study. As to the financial
policy that has been pursued the present
status of the business of the country Is
the most forcible comment that could be
made. The vetoing of many measures
that would be OF incalculable benefit to
meritorious objects as well as to the gen
eral interests Of the country by unlock
ing and putting into circulation large
sums of the peoples money, because,
forsooth, the wisdom of congress did not
accord with the superior knowledge
of the great censor, clearly
demonstrates what the great soldier-pa-
triot meant by the language quoted
above.
And how. short is the time in which
this danger thus pointed out has been
realized. The question for the people to
consider and decide at the polls, is, shall
such Interpretation of privileges by the
chief magistrate, such strained construc-
ton, not TO say usurpation Of preroga-
tives, continue: And to permit such
continuance is but to Incense the extern
sion OF personal power until the latitude
of authority will be circumscribed only
by the inclination, the ambition Of the
person whose good fortune or force of
circumstances may place him at the
head of the nation.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-23
PROTECTION THAT IS DEMANDED
BY ALL.

The significant fact that 5000 emf
grants landed at Castle Garden one day
last week was sufficient to invite atten-
ton again to the necessity for some
restriction in this matter. 1t is not TO be
expected that the same rule of arrivals
will be kept up through the year, but it
is probable that there will be from 300
900 to 100000 foreigners landed in this
country during the year. For all who
are worthy of the great privilege thus
bestowed, there is friendly welcome.
The country is large, its resources are
yet undeveloped, there is plenty OF room
for honest and industrious men to find
employment, and the country can stand
large influx of this class. But it is too
small TO have any room for the vicious,
the depraved, the mendicants and the
criminals of other lands, There have
been importations of this kind sent here
by foreign governments who wish to I'M
load the burden of their own pauper and
criminal classes upon the new world.
Even in the 5000 who landed in one day
last week, it is hardly to be expected
that there are not some persons who
would be undesirable elements in popu-
lation and who ought not to be re-
ceived.
On this point the Des Moines Register
pertinently remarks that the country has
enough paupers and enough of the vic
ious classes to maintain now. There
ought TO be some system of supervision
and restriction that will protect Ameri-
can institutions and American life from
such unworthy and such unwelcome ar
rivals. Congress, that is taking great
pains TO legislate for the interests of this,
that and the other class. should bestow
some attention to legislation for the pro-
| lection of the country as whole, against
| the undesirable and dangerous immi-
grants from Europe.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-23

THE TRAMP ABROAD.
Yours respectfully,
Pr. II. T.. BiDwELL.

To The Editor o. The Eagle.
/ have started on my yearly tramp and
viii send word as to what see and hear
on the trip that is worth writing about.
/ started this year across the country in
a southwest direction aud the first town
passed through was Clearwater. Every
thing was rather quiet and too many
empty houses for very thriving town.
Crops were looking finely around Clear
water.
next went 20 Conway Springs, a
place built on a hill and can be- seen for
a long distance. II Is rather dull, with
2 large number OF empty houses. i
asked one Of the citizens If the place was
having boom. He said II was going 20
have. for on TIA. day they were 70 com
Ilence on the sugar factory
and when that was completed they would
make twenty barrels Of sugar. and twenty
two barrels Of syrup day. (He did not
say where they would get the cane from. }
He also said that they were 10 commence
on the water works that day.
/ passed through Danyilie NEXT. and
could not zee any change for the last
three years, with the exception Of a fine
new school house, that speaks we'll for
the place then passed On through
Harper, 4 fine, growing city; then TO
Aeeiicine Lodge, quiet ciiT. finely stu
atesi and improving very slowly.
went on 70 Sescatunga. a town tina;
once had quite a boom. They have tine
school house aud some neat dwelling
houses; bu. Gold Water ssess al the
traTei-
Prom there / went - Protection, a
cle4n. new town On the railroad then cn
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-23
NEW CHINA SILK!
SILK CULTURE,

NO. :.
Very many people in Kansas would
gladly avail themselves to the profit that
might arise from the cultivation of the
silk worm if they but knew how light
and easy the labor was and how interest
ing the transformation from egg to worm,
to chrysalis. to butterily-and back to
egg again. leaving us the beautiful white,
green or pink silken balls, from which
we unwind the longest, strongest and
most servicable thread known to manu-
facturers. In China and Japan they
have been reared for many centuries and
there and in France and Spain they have
to grow mulberry trees to feed them
from while here III Kansas we have GOO
square miles of orange hedges already
grown, superior IN ali respects to null
berry trees which would he benefited
by the annual pruning for
leaves for feeding silk worms
No real experience Is necessary to begin
the culture Of them, just the seed or
eggs and printed directions TO follow.
In the spring when the hedges com
mence to leave out the worm will hatch
from the eggs. and simply require 10 be
fed with the leaves until they complete
their growth, when they surround them
selves with a silken case or cocoon, spun
from their own body, in which to trans
form into butterfly. IL one wishes TO
increase theirinumbers they have but to
let them hatch and lay eggs for next sea
sons worms. If not you simply smother
the chrysalis-in the case by steamingior
by summing them-when they can be
dried and sent TO market or worked up
al home trust the day is not far dis
tant when the women of Kansas will
wear silk made from the silk worms,
raised, reeled and perhaps woven by
themselves; and all hale the day when
all the people of Kansas from the least 10
the greatest can clothe themselves with
silken garments, grown and manufac-
tured in Kansas.
Yours respectfully,
Valley Center. H T. BlDwELL,
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-23
WICHITA.
The Metropolis of Kansas-The Pride Of
Her People.

Kerwin CHIEF.
The writer had the pleasure of attend
ing the Wichita convention last week IN
company with The editorial party repre-
senting the Northwest Kansas editorial
association.
OF our trip we viii only say that it is
a real p.ess2ir. to rlde over the great c..
X. q Il. road. which, although compar-
atively new, is already enc Of the best
equipped roads in tie state, and has the
snloothest track Of any road we have
Travelled over in Kansas. We boarded
the train at Agrara at 4:20 a. IL. anu
arrived in Wichita at about $50 p. m.
On arriving at the depot in Wichita
the editorial excursionisIs were at once
made the guests of the rich and powerful
board OF trade OF that city, who escorted
Us TO the Occidental hotel for supper
after which the party were invited 70
the board of trade rooms and assigned
quarters during their stay IN the city.
The Chief man was kindly cared for by
the gentlemanly secretary OF the board,
Mr.. q. W. Clement.
At 8 o'clock Wednesday morning the
editors We're loaded into carriages by the
members OF the board and driven to the
many principle points of interest III the
city.
We were prepared TO see large -four
ishing city, q city whose wonderful
growth has astonished the entire country
but we will say, and that honestly, that
we were not prepared to see the city of
Wichita as it is.
Our drive led US across the Arkansas
river to what was at one time known as
the rough part of the city. This Sec
ton is now undergoing rapid change:
large stone and brick buildings are tax
ing place of the low frame buildings, and
everywhere is an air ofimprovementa and
prosperity. We visited the watch fac
tory: the Garfield university, ana driving
back into the main part OF the city, drove
north to the immense building being
erected in that part. known as the Dold
packing house. This will be, when COM
pleted, one of the largest, if not the most
extensive packing house in the United
States. From there we visited the Bur
ton car works, an institution which will
in a short time rival, if not excel, the
great Pullman car works.
The streets of Wichita are shaded with
fine cottonwood and poplar trees, and re-
minds us that town can be very easily
made thing of beauty by taking early
steps in the planting of shade and orna-
mental trees. There is no question but
Wichita is prosperous and rapidly
growing city, and one of which every
true Kansan should be proud.
We desire in this connection to express
the thanks of the editorial party for the
kind attention given us by her citizens
and the Chiefs personal thanks to Mr.
\. D. Wheeler, who 50 kindly showed us
the lovely and prosperous points of the
city,
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-23
FULFILLING PROPHECY.

In his inaugural address, in 1911, Pres
ident Harrison made use of this prophetic
language:
BY making the president the sole dis
tributer of all the patronage OF the gov
eminent, the trainers of the constitution
do not appear TO have anticipated at how
short a period it would become formid-
able instrument to control the free opera
ton of the state governments.
II the opinion of the most approved writ
ers upon that species of mixed govern
ment which in modern Europe is termed
monarchy, in contradistinction OF deSpot-
ism, is correct, there was wanting no
other addition to the powers OF our chief
magistrate, to stamp a moaarchiai charac-
ter on cur government, but the control of
the public finances.
How nearly these conditions have come
TO being verified by the rule and reign of
the present dynasty ar Washington is
known TO every Intelligent. reading per
son in this country. There is not con-
stitutionai monarchy of Earope in which
the executive has dared to use its APP
pointive power as arbitrarily for the pur-
pose of coercing and controlling public
opinion to the extent that the
president has during his short term,
his reservations upon civil service re-
form TO the contrary Notwithstanding.
Within three years tine civil service
regime has been almost wholly changed.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-23
HOW PRICES ARE AFFECTED.

This paper has on several occasions
called attention to the fact that the pres
ent large surplus held in the treasury
was having a tendency to lower the
prices of everything produced by labor
in this country. If this process of with
drawing money from circulation is con-
tinued its harmful influences will be still
more felt in ali the channels of trade.
As a proof that the EAGLES position has
been correct in this regard we call atten-
ton to our late dispatches from Phila-
delphia. 1t is claimed by spectators
in the Quaker city that the treasurer has
no guarantee that the offers on bonds
which are made are bona fide, and that
! interruptions persons have it in their
power, under the system which has
hitherto been followed with respect to
the acceptance of bids to offer large
quantities of bonds, to secure the accept
ance of them at certain price to gain
for themselves any pecuniary advantage
there might be in the effect upon the
market of this large purchase, and a
knowledge in advance that the purchase
of SO large sum might be made and
then decline to deliver the bonds. In
fact it is claimed in tins particular case
that the purchase of five mil
lions of bonds was announced
to be delivered last Saturday in Phila-
delphia, and that no such sale actually
took place. The fact which we wish to
direct attention to is that parties could
take advantage of the markets and prices
by reporting that the government would
on that day cash five million dollars
worth of its bonds. We believe that five
million dollars turned loose from the
government vaults into eastern cities
would have tendency to enliven trade
in that section and help prices in all the
commodities. For that reason it is only
common justice that every man engaged
| in speculation or legitimate trade should
not be deceived III regard to the amount
of bonds actually 10 be bought at any
given time.
When it is conceded that the addition
Of five million dollars to the circulation
Of the country will actually enliven trade
and cause better prices, it does not re-
quire an extraordinary amount Of finan-
cial ability to see thai the one hundred
and thirty-siX million of dollars surplus
cash now held in the treasury must very
seriously affect the trade of this coun-
try. The present congress has demon
strated its inability to govern the coun-
try by failing to reduce taxation. Par
tisans may quarrel about whether taxa
ton shall be reduced by taking it off in
ternal revenue or off the tariff What
the country wants is the reduction.
They do not care SO much how it is
done so that the reduction is made AS
Horace Greeley once remarked about the
resumption of specie payment: 1.-The
way to resume is to resume" The way
to reduce taxation Is to reduce it.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-23
TEXAS VS.. CROWLEY.

GAINESVILLE Ten, May, IS, 1888.
To the Editor of the EAGLE.
A merchant doing business in this
city today called my attention to an az
Gle in The EAGLE of May ). in which
one Hale Cowley, an ex-knight of the
grip and an ex-real estate agent, has
taken an ''uncommercial' trip through
this country. His letter at least was Ger
tainly not in the interest of Wichita
commerce. | am now and have been
for two years representing Wichita
jobbing house through the Indian terri
tory and Texas and nave failed so far TO
come in contact with either the ''bum, ="
bullet or bull dog. Possibly ex-brother
Cowley struck a joint WHEN he first
proceeded TO do up the town.
Brother Cowley is mistaken. His
picture is overdrawn. He does them an
injustice. lean refer you TO business
men in Dallas, For Worth, Denison or
Gainesville, who are watching with in
terest the rising walls of the Dold pack
ing house, the stock yards and the car
works. If you Will but glance at the
wav bills of freight trains that are made
up in the Wichita yards you will find
they are billed merchandise from Wich-
tia TO GAINESVILLE points The blear eyed
bloats, as Crosby terms them. buy these
goods and pay for them, and / believe
despite the croaking of cranks and
would-be critics that the time Is here
when Wichita merchandise viii be IN
loaded close TO where that Orb of day
bathes his plunles In the western waves.
And may we not also hope that ere that
orb taxes his last bath that Texas
demons and desneradus and Kansas
cranEs may be banished to Climate
that IS better than this
WICHITA DRCNsFR
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-23
EXCHANGE SHOTS.
They are Abstemious.

Iney are AOstcfn3O4e.
Garden City Sentinel.
a party Of Kansas newspaper men
passed through Garden City Friday night
en- route to the City of Mexico, and other
points in our sister republic on the south
west. If there Is anything down there
that they want they viii probably take
II. Remembering the sad fate that befell
two or three Of ii T Bayard's envoy the
gentlemen Of the press viii probably not
use quill u facilitate their hbations Of
pulgue However. there need be no ap-
prehension that they viii fall a victim ~
the Insiduous beverage a. most u them
have had more or less experience with
that begIiling and latent dTsught known
as jersey applejack.