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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-11
GRAIN, PROVISIONS, ETC.

Bacon-The market is steady. Smoked
clear sides, sac; dry sailed clear rib sides,
4ssc; long clear, none; bellies, 4$4c; sugar
cured hams lie.
Iard-Market firm; pure, in tierces 415c;
50-pound tins, 4&c; compound, in tierces,
4Ac; in 5O-pound tins, 415c.
Butter-Market steady; fair demand;
Goshen, 14915c; gilt edge, 1712Q1S12c; best
Cheese3Market dull; 8hq11c; fancy. full
cream cheese, 10q12c; 20-pound average.
Fish-Mackerel, half-barrel, No. l, $3.50;
No. 2, $3.50; No. 8, $500; kits, No. l, SIPS;
No. 2, $L00; No. 3, Soc. Goldfish, 1-pound
bricks 61kc; 2-pound bricks, &c. Smoked
herring, per box, zoe; Dutch herring in
kegs. $l.6O. New mullet, half barrels,
$3.50.
Salt-Demand is fair. and the market
steady; carload lots, f. o. b. Liverpool.
compound sacks, 4Sc; Virginia, 125-pound
burlap sacks, 32c; ditto, 125-pound cotton
sacks, 35c; smaller lots, higher.
Syrup-Market quiet; Georgia and Flor
ida syrup, buying at 23c, and selling at
23@25c; sugar house at 1SQ32c; Cuba,
straight goods, 2SqSOc; sugar house mo-
lasses, 15a20c.
Tobacco-Market quiet and steady;
smoking domestics, 22d60c; chewing, com
mon, sound, 24027c; fair, 23035c; good
36d4Sc; bright GOOSE; fine fancy. 65dSOc.
Sugar-Equality Prices-Savannah quo
tations cut loaf, 56Sc; crushed, 5.68c; pow
dered $3.50; xxx powdered, 5.43c; stan
dard graduated, 5.05c; cubes, 5.30c; mould
A, 53Oc; diamond A, 505c; CONNECTIONS.
A. 493c; white extra c, 468c extra c.
4.49c; golden c, 4.S6c; yellows, 4.24c. Tone
Coffee-DulI and lower; Mocha, 26Ikc;
Java, 27lac; Peaberry, 2Ol9c; standard No
/. 1Sc; No 2, 171ac; No 3, lie; No 4, Ice :
No. 5. 15zc;. No. 6, 151zc; No Z, lac.
Flour-Marl6et weak; patents, $4.20;
straight, 1896; fancy, 1875; family, $335.
Corn Market is steady; white corn, job
lots, 47c; carload lots, 44c; mixed corn
lob lots, 46c, carload lots, 43c; cracked
corn, job lots, CSC sack
Oats-Carload lots, &c; job lots, Bic.
Bran-Job lots, soc; carload lots, zoe
Hay-AIarket steady; western, Job lots
csc; carload lots, 90c
Neal-PearI, per barrel, $3.50; per sack
81 90; city meal, per sack, SOC; pearl grits,
per barrel $40; per sack, $l.V0; city grits,
per sack, $l.G0.
yVines-Domestic port, sherry, catawba.
low grades, 0OdS5c; fine grades, $1OO6I1. 80;
California light muscatel and angelica,
I.iGuors-Market firm; high wines, ba-
sis. 81 % whisky, per gallon, rectified, 100
nroof. 81. 35d1.7 choice grades, S1.50GI2. 90:
ttraight. sl.45d3.5O; blended, S2.OO654. 90;
low proofs in proportion. Gins, lie per gal
ion higher RUNS, &c higher.
L.emons-4iarket quiet; per box s.. 759
Dried Fruit-Apples. evaporated, slk9
+ Raislns-L I. s1.a5; loose so-Douna
boxes, &c pound.
Ois-Market steady demand fair; sig
nal. 45Q50e; West Virginia black, SAFE;
lard. G5n70c; neatsfOot, 60385c; machinery
2Od30c; linseed, raw. SIC; boiled. 39c; kero-
sene Georgia test, loc; water white, 11c
fire proof. he; guardian, lie; deodorized
stove gasoline. l3c.
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between 57l4 and 567sd56i5c, closing at SIC.
unchanged from Saturday. Cash wheat
was irregular. closing steady.
Corn was firm early. though the inter-
est in trade was manlfestly light Strength
being characteristic OF wheat during the
morning hours and no particular reason
Tor other than that existing in corn at the
time sympathy naturally entered largely
into the matter OF tone September corn
opened at 24l4c. sold between 23A and 2iit
92i9sc, closing at 237sc-i4c under Saturday.
cash corn was easy, closing i4c lower.
Oats presented stcadiness within activ-
ity during the early hours Of trading, but
weakness followed the decline in corn and
wheat and no recovery took place there
after. oats closed 9sd34c under Saturday.
Cash oats were &c lower for old and isc
lower for new crop.
Provisions-The provision market was I'm
pretty much the same rut that 1t was prior
10 the furry OF last week. Fluctuations
were governed by the prevailing tone of
the hog market, which was weak Later
to accord with the speculative feeling I'm
other parts Of the room, there was a recov-
cry, pork advancing most. September
pork closed 32lac higher than Saturday,
September lard TIC higher; September ribs
l0dl2iac higher
The leading futures ranged as follows
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing.
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EDWARD TREND OF COTTON.
ocu SPOTS ADVANCE * CENT on
ALL GRADES.

Moderate Demand Mt the Adj
Futures Advanced AbOut
.,tv-Ffve POints-Spirits Tur-
fine and ROsin in Moderate
md at Unchanged Prices-A
-, I'm Foreign Exchange-Other
MARKETS quiet.
--...,nah. Ga, Aug. 1O.-After decline
Ines caused by the report that the
.--b- in Texas had been broken, the
-...-,-nent bureau report was published
800 showed the condition of the crop on
--rr q, at sol per cent, against s2-5 per
80. on June 80. This decrease in the con-
...i., started an advance in the futures
.-,-s+ and the rise was about . points.
49,. local spot market stiffened on this re-
- and advanced &c in all grades. The
--,sr,l opinion on the Cotton Exchange
20 that prices for cotton would advance
-.u further. The naval stores market
-.,s firm and unchanged, though the de-
,,snd was not particularly strong at the
.-,tarions. There was a slump Of 1c on
t,-eirn exchange. The wholesale markets
u,sre quiet and steady and generally
Unchanged. The following resume Of the
7irsrsnt markets, both local and tele-
,ranbic. will show the tone and the quo
fstlons at the close to-day.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-11

cluded that the condition OF the crop at
THIS time must be about 20 and prices
bounded upward. January rose to 7S7c.
Ihere was slight recession on realizing
sales at the close, which was steady. with
January at 7.7SG7 79c. The bureau con-
nrms our own Information that the crOD
as a whole, is very badly hurt and is still
suffering. We expect higher prices. and
advise more confidently than hitherto buy
ing cotton on every soft spot
New YORK, Aug. 10.-The sun saws OF
cotton to-day: Cotton declined 10 10 -
points, but rallied and advanced 81 20 s6
points, reacted slightly. and closed STEADY
at a net advance of D to IS points. with
sales of 256,OO0 bales. The downward ten
dency OF cotton prices to-day was Of very
Drlef duration Liverpool was lower and
rams were reported in sections Of the
southwest. But the official weather re-
port showed that the precipitation for
torty-eight hours was very light In Ar
Kansas the total was only PA inches.
WhLe IN Texas there was practically none
at all. But the monthly government re-
port was the chief factor in the specula-
ton. II reported a deterioration during
July OF PA per cent, giving the condition
at SUI per cent, against 925 on July /
and 41S on Aug. !, 1895. The condition last
year was the lowest ever reported in Au-
gust The report stated that in the
drought stricken regions what rain had
fallen was too late 10 be of benefit that
in Mississippi and Arkansas the damage
by drought and heat was irreparable. So
prices rallied and advanced rapidly There
was some realizing before the close. but
the onerings We're readily absorbed and
the last prices We're near the ton figures
Of the day Some operators say that the
government too, has over estimated the
damage done by drought and the intense
neat, but on the other hand many contend
that the damage has not been oyerestirna-
ted and that the crop has deteriorated
fully 90 per cent. since Aug. l. SDOt cot
ton mere was hrmer and more active"
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The cash quotations were as follows:
Flour was quiet; prices unchanged; No
2 spring wheat, 55A@561zc; No. red, 500
OS4c; No. corn, 24A@24Ac; No. oats,
l6hM16Ac; mess pork. $600d6.05; lard, S3.l
Q317i9; short rib sides, $3.30a3.40; dry salt
shoulders. $375Q400; short clear sides,
$3.621aG3.75; whisky, s1.22.
Cincinnati, Aug. 10.-Flour closed quiet;
easy; winter patents, $325d3.5O; spring
patents, $355d3.S5 Wheat easy; No. 3 red.
track, 5Sc; No. 2 red. track, Gle; sample
steady; No. 2 mixed. track 261zc; yellow
steady; No. 2 mixed. new,
track, zoe; No. 3 mixed. new. track.
17AGl71zc. Pork steady; city family, S8.25;
clear family, $3.50; clear backs, SS.25; clear
butts $500. Lard steady; inactive; shoui-
ders, 3lkc; short rib sides, 3ssd3Ac; short
clear sides 1854. Bacon steady; loose
shoulders, 4Gf41sc; loose short rib sides, Al
4sc; short clear sides, 4250p4.30c. Butter
quiet and steady; fancy Elgins, 16lac;
northwestern, 12lzQ141zc. Whisky steady
$1.22.
St. Louis, Aug. 1O.-Flour quiet; patents.
$.00Q3.15; extra fancy $2.7Od3.85 fancy.
$2.40H2. so; choice, 81 10d2.20. Wheat, Au-
gust higher; August, 593sc bid; September,
58c; December. 613sc. Corn lower; August
&c asked; September, 21Mc: December
23lsc bid; May, 2514c Oats lower; August.
19c; September. 1Sc; May, zoe bid. Butter
quiet; unchanged; creamery extra, 1919
Ice; seconds, 1lI2lc; extra dairy, 11G12c;
AtcOuuHs OWfc IOIhs bldilldTu mess new
$3.50; old, $685.. Lard. prime steam, $3.O7ja;
choice, $315. Bacon, shoulders, 41sc longs,
SIC; clear ribs, 41sc; clear sides, 4hc. Dry
salt meats, shoulders, 33sc; longs, 39sc;
clear ribs. 3%c; clear sides, 4c. High wines
steady; $1.22.
Baltimore, Md, Aug. 1O-Flour dull;
western super, $1.SO02OO; western super
$225d265; do, family s3OO033O Winter
wheat, patents, $3.400365; spring, do, do
So 5O1I375; do, do straight So 15d3. 80. Wheat
dull; spot and August 602sd6O1zc; spring
615sd6lAc; steamer, No. 2, red 56d56hc;
59662c Corn firm; spot, August and Sep
TENDER, 287sG29c; steamer, mixed, $500
26lkc; southern white, 291Ad3Oc; do yellow,
3OG3lc Oats firm; No. 2, white, zoe bid ;
No. 2, mixed. 2412d25c. Rye quiet; No. q
nearby, 341kG35c; No. 2, western, 351zGt36c
Hay quiet firm, $3.50 bid; grain freights
firm; steam to Liverpool, 2asa2lad; August
Cork for orders, Is Sd, August and Sep
TENDER. Coffee dull; No. Z. 11hc. Other
articles unchanged
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OCEAN FREIGHTs.

Cotton-Market quiet; rates quoted are
per 100 pounds; Boston, per bale, N.25;
New York, per bale, $1.00; Philadelphia,
per bale, $780, Baltimore, per bale, slips;
to Liverpool, via New York. 32c; Bremen,
via New York. zoe; Antwerp, via New
York. 36c; Havre. via New York, 3Sc; Am
sterdam, via New York, 4Sc; Genoa, via
New York, 43c; Reval, via New York, 53c;
Hamburg via New York, 5Sc.
Lumber-By Sail-Freights are steady
at ruling rates. Foreign business is more
or less nominal The rates from this and
nearby Georgia ports are quoted at $3.50
$50 for a range including Baltimore and
Portland, Me. Railroad ties, base A feet,
Ice. Timber rates, 50c@$100 higher than
lumber rates. To the West Indies and
Windward, nominal: to Rosario, $1,000
1900; Buenos Ayres and Montevideo, $1,000
011.O0; to Rio Janeiro, $1400; to Spanish
and Mediterranean ports, 81. 30Qll.50; to
United Kingdom for ORDERS nominal for
lumber, 4-pound IS standard.
By Steam-To New York, 800; to Phil
adelphia, 800; to Boston, $500; to Balti-
more, $500.
Naval Stores-By Sail-The market is
quiet. Large Sized Cork for orders are
As Cd; Genoa, Is 3d@3s Cd; Adriatic, Is Cd
as Cd; South America, rosin Csc per bar
rel of 2S0 pounds. oastwise-Steam-To
Boston, lie per 100 pounds on rosin SOC on
spirits; to New York, rosin, Slkc per 100
pounds, spirits Sc; to Philadelphia, ros-
in, TIC per 100 pounds, spirits, soc; to Bal
timore, rosin, nc per 100 pounds, spirits,
Zoe
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Lime, Calcined Plaster and Cement-Al-
abama and Georgia lime in fair demand
and selling at S5c per barrel bulk anu
carload lots special; calcined plaster, Sl.gO
per barrel; hair, 4Q5c Rosedale cement.
81. SOd4 40; carload lots special; Portland
cement, retail $40; carload lots, $40
Nuts-Almonds, Tarragona. Ice; lvicas,
lac; walnuts, French, he Naples, l-12c'
pecans Toe; Brazils. &C; filberts, loo; as
sorted nuts, 5O-pound and 25-pound boxes,
lO71lc; cocoanuts, S3.75 per 100.
Cabba ge-Barrel, Sc.
Peanuts-Ample stock. fair demand
market steady; fancy hand picked, Nir-
ginia, per pound, 5lzc; hand picked, per
pound, 4l2c; small hand picked, per pound
4I5c.
Potatoes-Irish, new, $.J042OO.
Nails-Steel cut, 10d to Cd, $S.22; Sd
$3.32: Cd. S3.47; sd, 1892; Sd, 1892. Finish
ing, Tod and 12d. 1877; Sd, S3.41; Cd $50; 3D.
1882; i'd. 1897; Sd, fine 1872; 40, box, S.y';
Id, cooper, S3.72; all spikes, S.22. Wire
16d to God, s3.47; Sd, 1857; Cd, $3.12; Adj ana
sd, 1887; Sd, $417; I'd, &.5I. Finishing, 0d'
12d and god, $372; Sd, 1881; Cd. A.OI; sd,
Sap; I'D, SAP; Sd, &.62; ,-
S1.55; buck, $1.55. A.
Iron-Market very steady; Swede, 4l2g
&C; refined, $40 base.
ducking, quarter keg, $225. Aus
tin. Dupont and Hazard, smokeless,
half keg, $S45; quarter key. $3.50; S-pound
canister, 210; 1-pound canister, 75c. Less
% to 10 per cent. off.
Lumber-Demand, both foreign and do
nestle. is firm Ordinary sizes, S10OI
300; difficult sizes, $13OOdlS00; flooring,
boards. $15.OOd22.OO; ship stuff, $l6.5Oa2OOO;
sawn ties $1,000
Poultry-steady; fair demand; spring
chickens, 25c per pair; half-grown 70
three-quarters grown, SOc to S5c per pair;
full grown fowls, SOC per pair.
Eggs-Marlxet fully supplied; candled,
per dozen, l1dd2c; country, &c less.
Hides, Wool Etc-Hides-The market
is weak: dry flint, Sc; dry salt, &c; green
sailed, &c Wool-Quiet prime Georgia,
free Of sand burrs, and black wool, Pie;
bracks, 1Olkc; bury, SAFE. Wax, &c. Tai
low, &c. Deer skins, 15c.
Bagging and Ties-The market is firm;
jute bagging, 2A-pound, 7hc; 2-pound,
6s4c; 1%-pound, 6hc; quotations are for
Job lots small lots higher; sea island bag
cling, S61S15c; Standard Arrow ties, steel,
As pounds, large lots, $l.3O; small lots,
$40 ass.t .ot We uto
Dry Goods-The market is steady; de-
mand brisk; prints, 4d51kc; Georgia brown
shirtings, q. sac; *, 4c "A brown sheet
ing, SC; white osnaburgs, 7G71ac; checks
S94Q4%c; brown drillings, 51zq612c.
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Ell Tito" famous Spanish toreador,
was recently killed in bull fight at Per-
pignan. France. 1t is said that the man
met his death, and that others Of his class
are exposed to especial danger. while TAX
ing parts in fights held in France. simply
because there they are not allowed to dis
patch each bull at the end of each contest
The animal that killed eel Tito" had
taken part in many battles, and had in
consequence become abnormally artful
often tricking his foes by wholly unex-
pected manoeuVres.
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DRY GOODS.

New York, Aug. 1O.-The weather has
again been an adverse factor in spot bus
mess in the dry goods market An aver
age amount of business comes to hand
Through mail orders, and in connection
with these it is a noticeable feature that
quick delivery of the merchandise is called
for in nearly every instance. The tone of
the market for cotton goods is generally
steady. In the Woollen goods depart
ments the market is still dull with more
irregularity than lately evident in both
fancies and staple lines
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FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.

New York Aug. 10-Pears, southern
fancy $1.50Q3.O0 WatermelOns, carload,
$lOOG2OO; do, per hundred, 5000. Peaches,
Maryland and Delaware, crate, 40ctqS1. 90;
do, basket, Csc; do, do, do carrier, SOFA
$500. Onions, eastern shore, basket, 30G
soc; do do, barrel, 75cQ$1.25. Potatoes,
sweet, $100d1.25.
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NAVAL STORES.

Spirits Turpentine-The market re-
manned firm at 2214c for regulars. but
there was no rush for the offerings At
the first call at the Board of Trade the
market was bulletined firm at 224c, with
sales of PSI casks. At the last call the
market was firm and unchanged, with no
sales reported.
Rosin-There was a moderate demand
for the offerings at unchanged quotations.
and at the first call at the Board of Trade
the market was bulletined firm with sales
of 1884 barrels. At the second and last call
the market was firm and unchanged. The
following were the quotations at the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-11

Charleston. S. &, Aug. iO.-Turpentine
Rosin firm; sales, none
Wilmington, N c., Aug. 10.-Rosin firm,
strained, $1-321k; good strained, $1.37l5
Turpentine firm; machine, &c; irregular,
2lc. Tar firm at $1.O5. Crude turpentine
steady; hard, S12O; soft, $1.55; virgin, ST. S.
New York, Aug. 10.-Rosin duh, steady;
strained, common to good, $1.6O Spirits
turpentine quiet, steady; A1zc.
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i New York on trains IS and Sc. and Jack
bout change.
cen Tampa and New York on trains 81
western vestibuled limited train.
ew Orleans. connecting with train IS from
DONELL. G. p. A., Jacksonville. Fla
Fla
assenger Agent. Savannah, Ga
West Broad and Liberty streets.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-07

II Is safe to say that the Kentucky dele
cation to the Chicago conven-
ton will present his name and he
should receive support from other south
ern states and from some of those in
The north who have not favorite sons.
IL is still a question whether Secretary
Carlisle is not influenced in this matter
by the fact, which may be known to
him, that Mr.. Cleveland is willing to
accept the nomination. II Is the opinion
that the president wants another term
and if he has this ambition no one
would be more likely to know of It than
Mr.. Carlisle, both because of his promi-
hence as n possible candidate and his
intimate personal relations with Mr..
Cleveland. 1t is not easy to believe that
Carlisle would manifest such indiffer-
cnce regarding the presidential nomina-
ton IL he had a free field and was
under no restraint. At any. rate 1t Is q
plausible theory that in declining to
authorize the announcement of himself
rs n candidate for the nomination Mr..
Carlisle is controlled by the considera-
ton hat he must not, by any act of his
own, stand in the way of Mr.. Cleveland.
According to the Washington CORE
spondent of the Chicago Times-Herald,
Mr.. Cleveland wants the nomination
and has a plan by which he intends to
use Carlisle for the attainment of his
ambition. The scheme as outlined by
the correspondent involves conditions,
however, which do not seem practicable.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-07
VIEWED AT LONG RANGE.

Chicago Tribune: Congress is fighting
General Weyler with his W weapons. Every
time he issues a proclamation some senator
or representative introduces a joint resolu-
ton.
paper believes Senator Sherman is DESTROYS
we are told the Spanish are an intelligent
set of human beings!
New York World: Captain General
Weyler, II Is said, has asked for 10000 more
troops, and the Spanish minister of war has
approved the requisltion. When before has
1t been necessary to put 140, 900 troops in
the field to suppress "banditti?"
Globe Democrat: The stories of Spanish
atrocities in Cuba are probably exaggerated
to some extent, but it is safe to say that they
are sufficiently frequent and horrible to
justify soma action on the part OF the United
States in the interest of humanity.
Chicago Journal: According to dispatches
from the seat Of war, when an outsider COM
plains to a Spanish officer of injuries re-
celyed from the soldiery. he is promptly run
through by that officers sword to insure his
silence for the future. At least, this Is
more humane than garroting him..
Philadelphia Times: The Spanish govern
ment Is sad to have opened negotiations In
Paris and London for a new loan Of $500.
900, 900, to be secured by a lien on the to-
bacco monopoly. The cost OF maintaining
the war in Cuba is plling up omlnously. II
has been met thus far by successive ad-
vances from Spanish and foreign banks upon
Cuban bonds, the amount so issued being
Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-07

stated at $50. 500, 900. OF which not more than
SIS, 900. 900 remains unused, and the war ex-
penses are something like $4,000, 900 a month.
This represents only a part, and possibly tho
least part, of what the Cuban war has cost.
st. Louis Republic; Captain General Wey-
Ter should substitute another mode OF exc
cut!cn for the garrote. In the hands OF his
b~ungling eNecut!oners the garrote Is suf-
fciently cruel to I'LL him with delight, but
IL Is too slow to do the amount of work re-
CURED. II is nearly as slow as hanging with
n rotten rope.
New York Sun: The success OF the arms
bearing ship Bermuda in reaching the right
place, and in landing her cargo OF military
material for the service Of the revolution
lists, is greatly to the credit OF the veteran
patriot. General CallXto Garcia, and also to
that OF the Yankee skipper bold, John
o'Brien, who served as ship captain.
Philadelphia Inquirer: Instead Of return-
Ing to Spain, as It has been reported several
times he would do, General Weyler has asked
for 10000 more Spanish troops to suppress
the Cuban insurrection and 1t is believed
that his reuuisitlon will be honored. The
information is important for two reasons.
1t means primarily that the insurrection, in
stead OF being nearly suppressed, is more
formidable than ever.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-07
RAILROAD FREIGHT RATES.
Definite Dangers Involved in Dis
c~riminntiOn.

St. LOUIS blODe-DeHOcrut,
The recent decision of the United States
supreme court to the effect that witnesses
in cases arising under the interstate com
merce act cannot refuse to testify on the
plea OF discriminating themselves is generally
approved by the railroad people, and good
results are expected from 1t. Hereafter, the
cutting OF rates will involve a definite dan
ger of Imprisonment, and officials In charge
of traffic matters will be very slow to take
a chance Of that sort. 1t has been possible
In the past to make determinations In favor
of certain shippers through evasions OF the
law, and to escape punishment by an ex-
pedient that will not now answer the pur-
pose. The fact that the law has thus been
systematically and persistently violated is
not denied In railroad circles; and the only
excuse given for It Is that such proceedings
were made necessary to meet illegitimate and
dishonest competition. In other words, 1t is
claimed that a resort to "scalping" on the
part of one road in a given territory has
compelled the others to adopt the same
courss in order-to protect their interests and
secure their share of the business. This
justification may be questioned in point of
morality, but IL isl Undoubtedly the explana-
ticn of most or the rate-cutting of recent
s9 It is likely th4Lan of the roads will now
cooperate in thefaaintenance Of rates. which
will be an adyahpage not only to them, but to
their patrons as well. What the business
interests of the country want above every
thing else in the matter Of freight charges
is uniformity. Wiieh the rates are so manlp-
ulated as to favor one class OF shippers over
another a manifest wrong Is done and the
injured parties haye=a right to protest in the
name of common Justice and fairness. 1t is
contrary to public policy for a railroad to be
permitted to make these distinctions on any
pretext or under any circumstances. The
meaning Of its charter and its functions Is
that 1t Is bound TO deal with all Of it's patrons
on equal terms, and to so adjust its rates that
there can be no reasonable complaint in that
respect. 1.-THE fact is" says President
ingalls, of the Big Four and Chesapeake e.
Ohio, "nine-tenths of the railroad companies
wish to act fairly with the public and make
the same rates to all shippers" This may
readily be believed, not merely because such
a policy is the only honest one, but also be-
cause il is clearly the most profitable one for
the railroads. The decision Of the supreme
court should enable them to pursue a course
Of that kind without suffering for it in the
loss of patronage; and II is TO be hoped that
they will all join hands in an earnest and
~resolute effort to maintain uniform rates and
put a stop to the evil practices that have
heretofore prevailed all over the country.