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Should We Gain by Producing Beet
Root Sugar?

1t has been of late asserted with a good
deal Of earnestness that American farmers
ought to turn their attention to the cult.
walton of the sugar beet. We lave been
reminded that our imports of foreign sugars
amount to some $50, 900 900 annually, and
1t is averred that, by producing from beets
the sugar that we need, this large amount
of money might be saved. 1t Is possible to
take a different view of the question, and
this is set forth with emphasis in the
November number of the Forum by Mr..
EDWIN F. ATKINS, who has been long
n conspicuously connected with the
sugar trade.
Is 1t a fact that the foreign countries
which cultivate the sugar beet find the
crop a profitable one? This inquiry is an
swcred by Mr.. ATKINS in the negative. In
Europe the production of sugar has been
artifcially stimulated by bounties to such
an extent that the crops of Germany, Aus
tria, France, Russia, Belgium, and the
Netherlands combined now exceed their
aggregate consumption by some $500, 900
tons. This artificial stimulation has
thrown a heavy burden on these Govern
ments in the way of bounties. and has led
them to supply England, and, in part, the
United States, with sugars at less thar
cost. All attempts to maintain prices at a
remunerative figure by e~ndeavoring to sus.
tain the home markets, while shipping to
other countries at prices below the cost of
production, have failed. The consequence
is that the worlds markets are over.
stocked, and that in all the large pro-
ducing countries sugars are now sold at
less than their average cost OF production,
only the b~est-equipped and best-located
factories being able to earn any profit upon
capital and operating expenses. Such being
the experience OF European countries in
fostering the beet'root industry artifcially,
Is 1t wise for us to enter upon that policy9
The contribution to the national income
now made by imported sugars also deserves
consideration. Its Importance is not an.
preciated for the moment because, owing to
the delay in the passage of the Dingley
tariff act, heavy importauions of sugar
were made during the first half of the
present year, a circumstance that will ma
terially affect the revenue to b. derived
from this article during the first twelve
months In which the new rates are applica.
Bile. After these exceptionally large stocks
are used up, however, Mr.. ATKINS shows
That the revenue derivable from imported
sugars, II last years figures may be taken
rs the basis of calculation, will reach
$oO,OOO,OOO. Assuming, then, that the
claims of those ~favoring the cultivation OF
the sugar beet should prove true; assum.
ing, In other words, that this country may
In q few years supply it's own demands for
sugar; We are led to ask how we could do
without the 500, 900, 900 of revenue now
drawn from the imported commodity9 How
could the deficiency be made upG
Another point to which Mr.. ATKINS
directs attention is the following: 1t is a
mistake to describe the imports of foreign
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EAnr xorrs.
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nlfns Arny Gross.

when the Metropolitan Museum us, oronaa
last spring with new gifts and lonns. nc IN.
t~cresting collection Of works by Enylisb. Dutch.
and Flemish masters in Gallery :, lent or nre.
sentcd by Mr.. George A.. 1fearn, formed n nota.
bic addition TO the museums attractions. Nine.
teen out of the flfty pictures exhibited werc'nrc.
scntod to the museum by Mr.. Hoarn, and be has
followed up this gift by q new gift this autumn.
consisting Of three moro of tho best works In bis
collection. They may all DO seen in Gallery =.
The most important, perhaps. is the nno nor.
trait Of Lord Temple ny Sir Peter Lely. II
Is q harmonious and effective canvas and might
easily pass for q vandyke, IL is so divniled in
aspect aud 30 well painted. Though n perfect
" authentic Lely. IL certainly looks more like
a vandyke than tho full .longth Portrait Of A
Nobleman" attributed TO that master hanging
on the opposite side of the gallery. Tho SOC.
ond picture is Coast Scene. Normandy" by
bennington. a picture Of good size, with numor-
GUS figures, and tho third is tho delightful
Constable Bridge on the Stour." This adj
mirable work is a careful study from nature.
but with all the breadth and completeness of n
synthetic composition. It is fno in color,
and most valuable as a museum picture, for,
like SOM of the earlier works Of Corot, 1t
throws a light on the methods Of q great paint.
or Of landscapes who became great because he
studied his art from the bottom up and founded
all his interpretations of passing effects or
truth to nature and uncompromising insist
ence on facts.
At wunderlich's gallery, Broadway near Sew
enteenth street, there ia an exhibition of paint
ings In oil and water colors by Miss Amy
Cross. Eight Of tho sixty pictures and stud
les in the collection arc painted in oil, and thu
most important, as we'll as the most successful
ly handled canvas is "WejchinC the Bread" a
Dutch cottage interior. with three figures. 1t Il
good in general effect, though 1t shows a trnc,
Of the prevalent Dutch muddiness of color
which Isracls, tor instance. has carried to such
an extreme that his later work is not mucl
more than u lifeless mess of ropy browns ant
grays. Among the water colors there are som,
attractive flower studies, ono OF the best beint
June Roses" No. 81, and another water color
"Scheveningcn Fishermen is a good piece O
character dclincation. The exhibition will las
till the end of the month.
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CONFERENCE OF SEAL EXPERTS.
First Session or the Representatives or the
United staten ana Grent Britain.

First Session OF the Representatives or the
United states ana Great Britain.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1O.-The conference of
American and British seal experts began at
the State Department this afternoon. but the
first session was very brief. 1t was devoted
mainly to organization. Charles s. Hamlin Of
Massachusetts and David Starr Jordan Of Cali
fornia represented the United States, Darcy
Thompson was the British expert, and G.. w.
Macoun appeared for the Dominion of Can
ada. The Hon. John w. Foster. former Sec
rotary of State, was present in an advisory
capacity to the American experts, and Sir
Sir Lewis Davies, represented Great Britain and
Canada. The advisors. will have the right to
ask questions, but will not be entitled TO par.
ticipate in the actual work of the experts.
which is largely scientific, dealing with tho
habits of the seal herds, their rate Of decrease,
and tho effect of pelagic st aling.
Whether Great Britain will agree to make q
treaty similar to that entered into by the Gov
ernments of the United States, Japan, and
Russia for tho suspension Of pclagic. scaling
the experts conference room. r. NJ. venning
of Canada, a seal expert, was also present at
to-day's meeting.
After the party had assembled they were
ence then proceeded to its preliminary bust.
ness. The session lasted less than an hour.
Shortly after noon President Mckinley re.
ceived Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the Canadian
Premier; Sir Lewis Dayies. Minister of Ma
r rhD and and FisheFios ssn and sxI Prof. R1,tA . r Thom nIo
sented by Secretary sherman and Sir Julian
Pauncefote; the British Ambassador. A
pleasant chat was ndulged in between the
President and his visitors for a quarter of an
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The Coast Line Signal System.

The study recently devoted to methods
Of communicating between the seaboard
and ships at a reasonable distance from
it has been profitable. A plan just re.
ported by the board appointed to consider
this question proposes to establish signal
stations all along the Atlantic coast,
equipped with semaphores, for day use, and
with the Very night signals. the former COW
ering a distance of six miles, and the latter
twice as much or even more. In addition,
pigeon cotes will be fitted up at many sta
tions, and the birds can extend the line of
communication to twenty miles or more.
In this matter our country has hitherto
Jagged far behind others. For years, in Eu-
ropean naval man9uvres, the part taken by
coast guards and signal stations in obtain
ing and transmitting information has been
noticeable. We AVE an enormous coast
line, and the Importance of early news of
an enemy's movements, to be obtained by
news back to shore without quitting their
stations, Is manifest. Such arrangements
wouAd be useful in many ways.
Unde the system proposed by the board
the navy would have as auxiliaries in this
work not only the life-saving service, which
has so many patrolmen at command, but
also, in time of war, the State naval re.
serves. Indeed, the latter would be in.
trusted with the charge of the system, or
of the shore part of it, in war, and thus an
interesting new field of preparation for
active service is opened to them by the
proposed plan. Meanwhile, the system can
be put in operation from the lifc-saving
stations. and Secretary LONGS approval Of
it is looked for. 1t is strictly a factor OF
coast defence, and will combine various
Government resources to that end.
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a. n a. the statbte und6r which uo voted
thin vecr has already been changed, hy an
-aincndatory act passed BY the Legislaturc
Of 1907. Init which does not take effect
until the beginning OF next year. This act
amends 20 sections OF the 1oS sections
which the existing Election law contains,
and adds q new section making the new
Municipal Assembly the Board of Can
vassers of the Greater New York.
The ballot machine does not appear
likely to grow In favor with voters. 1t is
accused Of having disfranchised scores of
the GOOD citizens Of Westchester county by
giving out at q ethical time and failing to
register their votes. The pencil, up to the
present date Of writing, is manifestly pref
erable to the knob as an agency for OK.
pressing the will Of the elector.
Ono evil in respect Of nominations by
petition, an evil which ought to be rem
edied, was developed In the recent cam
paign. People sign certificates nominating
candidates not Of their own party, for
whom they have not the slightest intention
of voting. simply in order to get another
ticket on the official ballot and, II possible.
totake votes away from a strong regular can
didate of the opposing party. Thus an in.
dependent Democrat will be nominated by
the signatures of Republicans, to hurt the
straight Democratic ticket, or an inde-
pendent Republican by the signatures Of
Democrats, to harm the straight Republi.
can ticket.
This is not Q pretty trick, and some
means should be devised to stop 1t.
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sugars - representing 20 much i5ss 10 Z
country that should supply Itself. Thes,
sugars are by no mean paid for IN cash.
This IL proved by a table Of trade statistics
for the principal countries supplying the
United States with sugar and molasses for
the year ending June so, 1896. This table
proves that, In the twelve months named.
we imported from fifteen countries sugar
valued at $50, 554, 1873, while to the same
countries we exported merchandise ap.
praised at $219, POSSESS. In that year,
moreover, we exported to Cuba an amount
Of merchandise valued at only $780,.
$50, owing to the insurrection In the island.
During the year ending June so, 1893,
that is to say, previously to the cancel
lation Of our reciprocity treaty with Spain,
the island took from us 1924, 1877, 900 worth
of merchandise. In other words, our ex.
ports to the fifteen countries enumerated
were in value almost three times moro i'm.
portant thar were nj imports of sugar
from them. The utility Of the sugar
industry to these countries is indicated
by the fact that, of u total imports
from them, more than % per cent. is of
this article. AS the cane sugar countries
have practically only the United States and
the English markets left to them. they
would DO involved In utter ruin II the for
mer should be lost to them. Under these
circumstances they would not be able to
pay us for such purchases as they might
wish to make, and the European countries,
unable to sell US beet-root sugar, would
turn their attention largely to the prodhe-
ton of such agricultural staples as they
are now taking from us.
This leads Mr.. ATKINS to his final
inquiry: What would be the gain of
American farmers should they produce
beets at the sacrifice Of their market
for wheat, corn, beef, and pork9 Up
to the present hour sugar sowing has
gone on increasing in Europe, whereas the
sowing of wheat has been neglected. Now
that sugar Is cheap and wheat dear, will
there not be a tendency abroad to increase
the wheat sowing2
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Nearly eH8S. 900 Expended Last Year In the
RELIEF OF the Poor.

Tho annual meeting of the United Hebrew
Charities took place last night at the Temple
Emanuel, Fifth avenue and Forty.third street.
Henry Rice, the President, presided, and after
his report and the report of n. s. Rosenau. tho
manager, had been read, the following trustees
were elected for the ensuing year: Jules S.
Bach, Abraham Bernard, Nathan Blur, Mark
Fishel, Henry Goldman. Isaiah Joseph, Harry
II. Meyer. Moses Newborg and Cyrus F. Sulz.
berger. TIL report of the treasurer. Henry
Goldman, showed that the receipts for the year
were $135 ,34S.93. of which all but 81 1857. 90
was spent in relief work of various kinds.
President Rice in his report said the year had
been a hard one for many, but that tho Chari-
ties had been able to go ahead with its work
owing to the literally Of its subscribers. The
ensuing year, he anticipated, would find fewer
persons in need of assistance owing to the
gradual restoring of prosperity throughout the
land.
Mr.. Rosenau in his report said that tho
heaviest drains on the treasury during the past
year were the result of the raising of the license
rate for pushcart peddlers and the conforming
of east side tenement property to make way for
public parks. The peddlers could not remain
in business at the advanced license rate and
the society had to help hundreds of them. Tho
tearing down of forced many fami-
lies to seek new homes, where they were
Obliged to pay a months rent in advance.
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nnh aInpss III woNK.
< r,s.s -. sss nstartafpassnt ana Reserves
ttsn or nest sras vveuscn.

tran eF rsast etee vversen-
A nav branch OF the social and evangelical
WORK undertaken on the cast side by Mrs. Sarah
7. Bird 10 to DO opened formally at 211 Clinton
street on Nov. IS at q p. M. Seven years ago
Mrs. Bird lost hor husband. Since that time
she has devoted her time and money to slum
work. Her iabors in Bowery lodging housosand
powery missions have won for her the name OF
the Mother of tho Lost Boys OF the Bowory."
Her latest work Ia moro especially for women
and Rirls, It will have religious. educational.
and social features. The house at gil Clinton
street, since Mrs. Bird took 1t Tor her mission
work, has been painted and made clean and
sweet. With its dainty white curtains. its
cheerful furnishings and simple hanGinra It -
q bright spot In one OF the cast sides most un.
attractive localities. AL around there 10 the
babel OF foreign tongues. and up and down the
streets 20 bareheadod foreign women with bur-
dcns In their arms and children Juggling NJ their
skirts. Mrs. Bird has gone to help them and
with ten volunteer workers will live In the
settlement. Ono of these residents Is n young
woman who teaches n kindergarten In the
neighborhood. Another is Miss steele, a college
settlement worker Of wide experience, who will
relieve Mrs. Bird Of The housekeeping; The two
ment live will accommodate ton beds and leave
room for q parlor. In the basement rooms and
on the second floor classes and mo- tings will DO
Mrs. Taylor will give weekly lessons In OUT
ting, fitting, and dressmakinR to adults on Sat.
urday mornings and to children on Friday
afternoons, The children will earn 70 make
their own clothes. Special attention will be de-
voted to instruction in tho domestic arts. Most
east side girls and women arc ignorant of house,
cleaning Gle cooking ,s1 and home making, And many
go out breakfastloss to forage where they may.
because of the incapacity OF tho wife and mother.
"1havc seen n woman give her little boy two
pennies to go out and buy his breakfast WITH"
said Mrs. Bird. Think OF how little tho chill
dren have Of anything like home life when
a little boy is sent. abroad to get his
breakfast by himself and as best he
cant \ social feature of tho settlement will
be he tea drinkings for mothers" and the
'lunchcons for women and. girls" At the
1uncheons a co king lesson will be given, for the
food served to tho settlement guests will DO
cooked in their presence. =.
Conversation classes on current topics" will
be another social feature in which brain work.
ers, will seek to interest the visitors. In the
Pleasant Sunday afternoons " sacred music
will have a part. You can pacs n meeting any
time with Gospel hymns" said Mrs. Bird.
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A Prop Of Organism.

All the use of the cry for currency re-
form Of the "bank currency" sort, is to
provide Mugwumps withan apparent cause
for complaint against the national Admin
lstration. Legislation by Congress cannot
possibly be among the results. Congress Is
not 30 constituted as to deslre to cancel
the notes Of the United States for
the sake Of substituting and guar
anteeing in some form or other the
notes Of private banks. No Congress Of
that character can be made. for the reason
that, II at election time the redemption Of
the greenbacks for the qualification Of the
bankers were proposed, Organism would be
returned in such overwhelming volume
that almost the last vestige of conserve
tive sentiment would be swept out of the
Capitol. t
In flashing the Republican party for not
reforming the currency in accordance with
the Indianapolis platform, now dead with
the organization of National Democrats, the
would-be reformers are furnishing a stalled
horse whose only possible move under their
guidance would be to fall down q precipice.
The country can rest happy in the fact
that the currency Of the United States
10 unassailable 30 long as the Govern.
ment's revenue meets its expenses, and that
all danger can be removed from that
side by q law to keep greenbacks received
for gold as a fund by themselves, to be paid
out for gold only.
None the less, the continued agitation
of the bank currency fanatics for what
Is practically impossible, and p~erilous to
any party seeking for 1t, is at once the
heaviest burden upon the party Of conser-
vatism and the greatest help to Organism
discoverable in the present condition of
politics.
Until these simple but undeniable truths
are recognized by the commercial commu-
nifty SO clearly that the carping of the cur
rency reform agitators against the Repub-
lican party shall be treated as a manifesto
tion of wanton hostility to the forces of
law, order, and conservatism, the disinte-
grafton Of those forces will continue. And
it will go far beyond the point of weakness
revealed at the recent election.
AS a stimulus and help to Organism this
sort of reckless and vengeful opposition to
the Republican party on some issue insignif-
q N when compared with the momentous
alternative of Republicanism or Organism,
is more dangerous to-day than 1t was in
1896. In that year the snowy campaign
for the Indianapolis platform couldn't
check the rush of honest-money Democrats
to the honest-money party sufficiently to
leave the victory to the Democracy of Chi
cago. Under the title of " Seth Low or
'non-partisanship," however, it has just
defeated the Republican party in the
Greater New York and in the Empire State.
Unless the conservative forces show signs
Of gathering together again under the
Republican banner, the Democracy will
triumph on a platform of radicalism that
will make Chicago pale.
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LA - FN-H.l IN.NN
hard; or Il the animals shcnld have bren
sent 70 81. Michael, undcr orders algeaay
spoken Of, they would also be not very ar
away. There are. We believe, about .
thousand reindeer In Alaska. divided Into
three herds, and the last report OF the
interior Department. said that they Were
I'm a hourishing condition" n that
many were expected to be added this year.
Ihus 1.-THE relief project should be carried
out, there would result not only along and
daring overland journey amid the rigors
OF an Arctic winter, but q great boom for the
reindeer as a means Of transportation In
that territory. Even those who sharply
attack the plan Of introducing n
with a view to q new supply Of food and
clothing for tho natives would see their
practical advantage for carrying supplies
in time of stress.
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than rebuEsd. KngNinE nothing hiasels he
has drunk n n,shifcstiy the MISREPRESENTATION
that tricklod out Of the Botanical soe,otv , svon
the coatss ftisohood that Prof. ! 81
SARGENT had an interest in the business Of
FREDERICK Law OLSsTED. and the contempti.
bio insinuation that the criticisms passed mon
the plans by Mr.. oLMsrED's firm had been IN.
huencod by self.interest.
Possibly, as DR.. RUsBY says. mi, representa-.
ton of this sort changed tho attitude Of Mayor
STRONG. We don't know. But we do know
mat the Botanical Garden enterprise as it is to-
the very reputable gentlemen Interested in n.
stands for tho worst methods of official author.
ity and the worst government that have been
brought to public attention within the last ton
years. 1t 10 fair to expect that tho entire torn
OF Mayor VAN 7 will not produce A case
Of equally gross decentralization.
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Alderman PborkE, the Chicago r.toy,ne,

Alderman PLorKE, the Chicago reformer
who has constructed an "anti.fcctball ordi.
NANCE 10 a deep-revolving statesman, as both
his ordinance against "feetball" and his lam
guago show. He has been studying "fectbali b"
for months, and tho moro he hns studied it.
the hotter has wrath famed in his midst,
He declares that "feetball" is an inhuman
game. He declares that "somebody is hurt
badly every time . game Of feetball is
played" Presumably he has statistics in his
library which provo these interesting as.
%sertions. At any rate. tho other Chicago Alder.
mon are said to DO deeply impressed by the
wisdom of PLoTKE and the wickedness of "feet.
ball" IT would rather SEQ a prize fight any
day than q game Of feetball,' - says PLoTKE. We
believe him.