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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-25
features ranged as follows:

Cash quotations We're as follows: Flour
Dull steady. Wheat-No. 2 spring, 9G@94c;
Como. >. 2S24c; No. 2 yellow, 29d294c
Oats-No. =. 90 as c; No. white, f. o. b.,
sl@3lc; No. white, +. O. b., 21a4 d2Sa4c. Rye
43c. Flaxseed- No. l. $11Sqi21. Timothy
Seed-Prime, $2S5@2.9o. Pork-AIess. per bbi.
S962l2@9.67l2 Lard-Per 100 lbs, $495q4 ~.
Ribs-Short sides loosel, $4.S2*Q5lO Shout
Short clear boxed, $5.25q5.40. Whiskey-Dis-
tillers finished goods, per gal Sl.191s Re
ceipts-Flour, 22,C50 bis: wheat, ESQ bu;
corn. 22SGo0 bu; oats, 206 $50 bu; rye 2SO0
bu; barley. 81 coo bu. Shipments-Flour. a.
zoe bbls, wheat, 202 80 bu; corn, 2l7.5O6 bu;
oats, $4,000 blu: barley, 1880 hu On the
was firm; creameres, 13q1Sc; dairies. l0Ia n
!6e. Cheese-Firm at 9lzc. Eggs-Quiet;
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C.,s P; M; & O..
c., St.P. & K. C. =. :. :. =.

Totals 60 81 81 % 8
Other Grains-Winter wheat "a cars; No. 8
corn, cars; No. corn, l car; grade
corn, / car; No. oats, IL cars; No. rye
4 cars; No. barley, l car; No. barley 3
cars; no grade barley, l car; No. l fax 2
cars.
Cars Inspected Out-Wheat, No. l hard
car; No. ! northern 8 cars; No. 2 northern
IA cars: No. 8, SIS cars; rejected 15 cars; win
ter wheat, ! car; No. 3 corn, Is cars; No.
4 corn, cars; No. oats 81 cars; No. 5
barley, cars; No. rye, 1 car; No. FAX,
cars.
RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS.
Received-Wheat PAL cars, les, 700 bu; corn,
$3.50 blu; oats, 1880 bu; barley, 414O blu;
rye. 200 bu; fax, 2.44O bu; Oil cake, 81. 200
lbs; flour, $50 bbls hay. IS tons; fruit. ia, 100
lbs; merchandise. l 450 lbs; lumber II
cars; posts and piling l car barrel stock,
cars; machinery, 593 $50 lbs; COAL $40 tons;
wood, lib cords; brick 1900; lime, l car;
cement 100 bbls; household goods, 40 900 lbs;
live stock. car; dressed meats, 112, 600 lbs;
sundries, II cars. Car lots, 533.
Shtpped-Wheat, 23 cars, 16, $50 blu; corn,
0,26o bu; oats, $4,000 blu; barley, 1,760 bu;
rye, $500 hu oil cake "a 800 lbs; flour, IA 1l6
bbls; millstuffs. 6S7 tons; fruit, 146.10O lbs;
merchandise. 1,7SO5lO lbs; lumber IS cars;
machinery, 504 800 lbs; cement, 420 bbls;
household goods, IS goo lbs stone and mar
Bile, l car; live stock, l car; railroad ma
terials, l car; sundries, ID cars. Car lots
b5l.
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CaHfor lia Limit9d Fe R)ute.

Third season of this magnificent Trans
Continental train, luxuriously equipped wit
yestibuled Pullman Palace sleepers; also
Buffet Smoking car and Dining car, und sr
mana cement of Mr.. Fred Harvey.
Leaves Kansas CITY at $40 a. m, Thurs
days and Sundays, reaching Los Angeles in
Sc hours. Returns from California TUESDAYS
and Fridays.
Another California train, with Palace and
Tourist sleepers, departs from Kansas City
at 1l20 a. m. daily.
Inquire Of c. C. Carpenter Passenger
Agent, 513 Guaranty Loan Building. Mime
apOls Mimi
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OTHER GRAIN MARKETS,
MILN ACkEE

MILWAUKEE, March 24.-Flour steady
Wheat dull; No. l northern. 81; No. north
higher; white. 2S12030c. Rye 1ac lower; No.
l, 49l2G soc. Barley steady; No. 2, 43Ac; SAM
pie, 3S043c.
LIVERPOOL.
LIVERPOOL. March 24.-Closing: Wheat
quiet; unchanged to sd lower; March, rs esd ;
May, Is cd; July, is 24d. Corn. quiet I'M
changed to ia I'd lower; March, IS 4d; May,
IS 21ad; July, IS 2lsd.
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PRICES ON THE DOWN-CRADE
NO SUPPORT FOR ANYTHING
BUT MAY WHEAT OPTION

Fine weather and War Talk Were
the Only influential Factors, the
Action of Foreign Markets Being
Largely IgnOred--COarse Grains
and Provisions Followed Lead OF
wheat and CLOSED at Declines.
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sheep-No receipts. A few head out of a

On the market with stock: NJ H. Car
stems, G. n; zeiene. Glencoe; j. Walter, Nor
wood; A. Empty, Pennington; P. T. French,
Dennison: Walter Champion, Kasson, F.
Schneider & Son, Alma, Wis; Peard &
Clemens, New Hampton, To-; ]. J. Lenertz,
G: J; Sanders, Butterfeld; Pettis & Chapel,
Essig; L. A. Dodge, Sioux City yards; q,
A. Watts, Clear Lake, To-; s. A. Conkln,
B.ue Earth; J.. J. .Weisner Eagle Point; G..
lam Holland. Waterloo, 10: G. II. Larson,
Hilsboro. N. D.; Field & Stevenson. Edin,
burg, N. D.
MINNEAPOLIS.
MINNEAPOLIS, March 4.-Cattle-Market
steady: Sales: 2 mich cows, $50; 8 heifers,
sx ls2o lbs $40 80 steer aa ll4o lbs, $40
81. B l bull, $50 lbs. s2.S5; cows, av az
lbs, $3.50; stockers, av $50 lbs, S. 10; / cow.
$50 lbs; g. Hogs.Few hogs offered; mar
$3.50; 81 hogs, av 173 lbs, $40; hog, $50 lbs,
$3.50; hogs, av ia lbs 1885; Is hogs ay
1875 lbs. 1915. sheep-No receipts. No trad
ing.
SOUTH OMAHA. March a.-Cattle-Re-
beef steers, s3.9og51O; Western steers So. rs
q4.76; Texas steers, IS. 25@4 rs; cows and
heifers $S.15@4 20: Gamers, s.. 1903; stockers
bulls Ills stays ETC. s556ss75 Hoss isssfSs
mixed, s3,1ogS.75: light s3.65as.72lk; bulk
OF sales. sS709S;75. sheep-Receipts 1900;
market steady; fair to choice natives, So. SO
@470; fair to choice Westerns. s3.500I50:
common and stock sheep, 1894; lambs $40
$40. Wv
ST. LOUIS
ST. LOUIS, March -Cattle-Receipts
native shipping steers s4.5od550; light and
dressed beef and butcher steers, S.
stockers and feeders, :s.5o@4.so cows and
sS.6064.6o; cows and heifers, S. 80. Hogs
Receipts, 5000; market &c lower; Workers,
$3DgS.@; packers. $s75@3.9o; butchers, So 90
93.S5; sheep-Receipts, 1000; no Texans re-
ceived; market steady; native muttons, S4Q
40; lambs. $595.50.
KANSAS CITY.
KANSAS CITY. March 24.-Cattle- Receipts.
1000; market steady; Texas steers, s.. b0a8
ABS; Texas cows, 1904; native steers, s36p6. 20:
native COWS and heifers. $Q4.65; stockers and
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Cattle-Demand was good and good cattle
sold strong. More fat cattle are needed by
the regular dealers, and a general stiffen-
ing OF prices Is noticed this week. Good
stockers are also in demand. and the best
have sold higher.
Representative Sales
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feeders, $3.15@54b; bulls. $2.65@3.SO. Hogs
Receipts, 1000: market weak to &c lower;
slow: bulk of sales. $3.65@3 80: heavies, So IS
$780,. lights. sS.5OQ3.70; workers., ssS59s.7 70;
pigs. 50. 40Q365. Sheep-Receipts, 1000
market m steady; lambs, s4.45@5.8o; muttons.
SIOUX CITY. March 24-Cattle, LOO; We'd
nesday ISL; shipments f,447; market weak
eri all but good: 2 cows, LIS 1888; cows,
s7e, $50; stock heifers. 67s. $3.50; rs stock
h h 4ss; 81 bulls geo. So; bulls sio
ers. 1.197. $40 2 stockers and feeders, S7e,
$4.7O; 81 calves. 3S1. $3.50; 40 calves, $685. 3S9'
$5; n yearlngs. oil. $3.50; SO yeariings, b92,
Msn;s Hogs Logs loo; Wednesday. $40; ship
Ing at $a.621A to $3.50. bulk! $3.75
MIDWAY HORSE MARKET.
Barrett & zimmerman,s report Market
iair demand for farm horses. strong. with
fair prices. The following representative
sales were for this day:
! pair bay horses and q years 800 s175
! pair bay horses, 8 and T years -. z, 600 1875
! pair gray mares. g. and s years. . 2, 400 1850
! pair gray mares, years! q 200 140
! sorrel horse. years .........1 400 IS
! sorrel horse years ........l 300 so
sorrel mare. years ..............12O 200 rs
CHICAGO.
CHICAGO. March 24-There was fairly
active demand for cattle in todays market :
the bulk went at $44OQ45O: common beef
steers, $3.9OQ4.15; choice to prime, 49, 900
545; fed Westerns. $4@5; stockers and feed
e eFs, sS6a4S s.; canners s24o@s heifers
$6.6o96.75. Liberal receipts of hogs caused
a decline Of &c. Sales were at an extreme
range of $3.T214@4.4O, bulk going at So S5Q3 IS /;
choice, s3.75@395; common to good, 50 721a6
$50; pigs. s2.s0@3.S5 Prices ruled strong for
both sheep and lambs. Sheep were wanted
at So 76Q4.75 for common to prime sales be-
ing made largely at $4.40447O; yearlings,
$4.50@5; lambs, s4.5O@5.65; prime being sold
at $5.65. Spring lambs were quoted at ST.
Receipts-Cattle. $500; hogs, $4,000; calves,
400; sheep, $1,000.
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MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN

MINNEAPOLIS March 24.-The speculative
wheat market opened at Isc higher than yes
terday's close for May wheat but quickly
began to show signs of weakness, under very
moderate offerings. Trading was very light
up to mid-sesson. Nervousness was the chief
feature in the market
May wheat opened at $3.50 against 9514c
Wednesdays close. declined to 95l4c, gained
e. lost Sc, gained &c, fiuctuated between
9b4c and 93isc for a half hour, sold at 951Lc
by lao and by 1850 held at 95Hc. Juiy
wheat opened az 923gc against $3.50 yesterday,
dropped to $3.50, advanced to 926sc declined
sharply to 92lsc, gained &c by Ii:8O and by
II 30 held at 50 Lite -
The cash wheat market was comparativelv
firm, No. I northern 1d2c over the Nav flu
ture Extra choice was held at 4c over No
z northern sold at a full cent under Nav.
There was good demand for lower grades
but at a price under those of YESTERDAY Re
oelpts here were PAP cars; shipments % cars
The market was very weak during the noon
hour. March wheat closed at 953sc Nav at
1850, July at 9l5sc, and September at 7S9sc.
RANGE OF PRICES
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BUTTER AND EGGS.
Y YORK, March 24-Butter, recelp
packages; firm; Western creameri
%. ENloinc 100. factories 12U IA
LIVE STOCK.
UNION STOCKYARDS.

Receipts-Hogs. s20; cattle, 367; calves, 100.
Hogs-Market was about sc lower in SYM
pathy with the Eastern decline. Quaiity bet
ter than yesterday. More hogs wanted.
Representative Sales
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PRODUCE.
ST. PAUL MARKET.

Note-The quotations which follow are for
goods which change hands in lots In the omen
market In filling orders In order to cover
the cost incurred, advance over jobbing
prices has to be charged.
Putter-CreamerjeS-
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HEAT MOVEMENT.
KANSAS CITY.

KANSAS CITY
KANSAS CITY. March 24-Wheat lower;
No. l hard, S9QSSj4c; No. q SS0S9c; No 8,
So12QSlc; No. l red, SIC; No. q 92Q93c: No.
3, SO9l091c; No. spring, S1@Ssc; No. 8, SIC
sec Corn. active; steady; No. mixed, 25s4@
261sc Oats, active; steady; No. white, 27Ia
Q2Sl2c. Rye, steady; No 2, 4514c.
TOLEDO.
TOLEDO, O., March 24-Wheat lower.
weak; No. cash and May, S6Ac Corn ac-
tive, easier; No. 2 mixed 29i4c. Oats dull,
lower; No. mixed 26c. Rye dull steady;
No. cash, 50lac. Glover seed dull, steady;
prime cash, March ard April, $3.50.
NEW YORK
NEW YORK, March 24.-FIour-Receipts.
25l2 bbls; exports S,094 bbls; weak and
lower to sell. Rye flour steady. Buckwheat
flour nominal Buckwheat firmer. Cornmeal
steady. Rye quiet. Barley steady Barley
malt quiet, Wheat-Receipts, $50 bu: ex-
ports, 40 32S bu; spot weak; No. red $l.O3Ih
+. o. b., afoat, to arrive options weak, y
03sc net decline; No. red March, 81 O2G
l.02A, closed Sl.02; May. 993scQ$1. coz closed
9932c. Corn-Receipts, 10 $50 bu; exports, So
l42 bu; spot weak No. 2 corn, 95a4 d35 &c
options &c net decline; May, 33lk6S33sc
closed 33l2c. Oats-Receipts. sc, 400 bu: ex-
ports, 12S 05S bu; spot dull; No. g. sic: No
white, 32l2c; options 1ac lower; May closed
2913c.
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GRAIN GOSSIP.

Gossip by private wire to c. H. F. Smith
& Co, St Paul, members of the New York
stock exchange and Chicago board of trade
Price Current: Warmth and moisture have
improved the position of the wheat crop
which is now on a more certain basis than
Indiana may prove damaging. Indications
favor enlarged spring wheat area.
1t Is probable that the increase of French
duty on lard had some effect in shaking cut
scattered holders. The long stuff seems to
have gone into strong hands, and We see
nothing to sell product on.
London-Wheat, off coast, less offering: on
passage, nominally' unchanged. Corn, off
coast, nothing doing; on passage, rather cas-
Ter. Paris-Wheat and -four steady; March
wheat unchanged. May wheat &c lower. Au-
gust wheat lower, March flour unchanged
August lower.
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RANGE OF PRICES.
Open High Low {
Ing. est. est Tod

Oh IIaVh-NO. 7 hard, seSsc; No. ! north
ern, $3.50; No. northern 1880; March oats.
81+c; corn, 267sc fax seed. 81 1862.
Curb on May wheat ..................94 1880
LUIS on May wheat .-............... 1915
SaliS on May wheat ................. 95lAGQ95K
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MINNEAPOLIS MARKET.


MINNEAPOLIS, March 24.-Butter contln,,
ues easy in best grades OF creamerles' anu
firm on dairy extras, more by reason OF tEe
scarcity of the latter than through any IN
provement in the demand. Fils,s In cEeameI-
les rule weak Seconds and thirds are steady
with offerings light. Firsts and seconds IN
datries are quiet with offerings somewhat IN
excess of the demand Roll and print Is
quiet. with not much on the local market
Ladies are moving satisfactorily at quota
TONS Packing stock is steady.
Eggs are a shade lower, being quoted at
71aG7&4c against 724c yesterday. Jobbers are
in the market for round lots at 1nsnoe quo,
tations while retailers are taxing falr-slZeu
lots at 734c Receipts are heavy, ana ali
coming In cannot be readily absorbed, hence
a somewhat easier feeling prevails IN the
face of good buying
Live poultry rules steady, with best can
for chickens. Turkeys, ducks and g csc are
In fair demand, with current receipts l!ght
Dressed poultry is in good request, ana al
offered is cleaning up satisfactorily at quo
tatons.
BUTTER AND EGGS.
NEW YORK, March 24.-Butter, receipts,
2441 packages firm; Western creameries,
l51aG19c; Elgins, 19c; factories, 12ql412c.
Cheese-Receipts, $50 packages dull; Sep
TENDER, Sc; October, 71a@1&c; light skins,
57s@6Ac: part skins 4@6c; full skins, 2Q3c.
Eggs-Receipts. 1918 packages; firm; state
and Pennsylvania, 100 10Ac; Westerns, l0,2c;
Southern, 10G10Ac.
Chicago. March 24>-Butter-Frm: cream
cries, l3q1Sc; dairies, 1o12@16c Cheese
Firm, saSAc. Eg.s-Quiet; fresh, 914c.
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The following were the closing quotations of
other stocks as reported by the Associated
Press.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-25
MIDWAY HORSE MARKET

Barrett & Zimmerman's report. Market
!air demand for farm horses, strong, with
fair prices. The following representative
sales were for this day:
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NEW YORK. March 24-Money on call
easy at 1a@1& per cent; last loan ~ per
cent. Sterling exchange Irregular at $4 S3a, %
4;S4 for demand and 4.S07s@4.S1 for sixty days
Posted rates. 81. 821AQ4.S5Q4.S5K Commercial
dis, $48OkQ4.S0A. Silver certificates. 555sM
66Ac; bar silver, SEC; Mexican dollars 41c
Sharp County record., 1898-12-23

He was a cross roads EDITOR
and he was talking to a cross
roads school, and in the course OF
his remarks he said: "The pos
sibilities of progress in this coun-
try are great. When they first
caught me and brought me to this
town I hadn't a shirt to my back.
But in two years. time | was
wearing shirts, with bone collar
buttons. and it was not long be-
fore collars were put on me; then
| climbed into coat, and it was
only yesterday that my good wife
said to me: "John, I am going
to order cuffs for you with gold
buttons."-Ex.
Sharp County record., 1898-12-23
FACTS OF REAL INTEREST.

In Russia there are about s.
100000 houses. This is nearly
half of the entire number in ex-
istence.
Oysters are such nervous
creatures that a sudden shock,
such as a loud thunderclap, will
kill a whole boatload.
1t has been ascertained that
one Of the mountains in the moon
is $4,000 feet high, while several
are upward of 10000 feet.
BARRIERS in Paris are compelled
by law to use only nickel-plated
combs, and to wash their hands
after attending upon any GUS
toner.
1t is stated that nearly two
thirds of the total number Of
children under 10 years Of age in
the United Kingdom are insured
in one form or another.
Bats in the PHILIPPINE islan1s
are as big as cats, and with the
wings spread measure three feet
from tip to tip. A bite from one
of them is said to be poisonous.
Sharp County record., 1898-12-23
MELBOURNE ITEMS.

All parents should see that
their children do not carry mat
ches around nor monkie with fire
in any shape, form or fashion,
BY so doing, it will likely save
their premises and the town from
being: "a laid in ashes
A recent postal from Steve
Matthews at Pineville, says: "My
2-year-old Poland-China pig
weighed 479 pounds net. am in
the ring for best hogs. Who can
beat it?
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hall, near
town, were Mortified last Satur-
day morning, on awaking, to find
their 2-moth' sold child dead. 1t
had been a little puny for a day
or two.
The residence of Mr.. Stapleton,
in Newhope twp, was destroyed
by fire last week. All the con-
tents except an organ, sewing
machine and two feather beds,
were consumed.
" .rt .s'b
Rev. w. G. Toombs and family
left Monday morning for their
new home at McCrory, Woodruff
county. The Register wishes
them a safe journey and unlimit-
ed happiness and prosperity in
their new field.-Register,
Sharp County record., 1898-12-23

Second Mississippi, which has
been stationed at Tampa, Fla,
during the past summer, and un-
til recently was in Mississippi on
furlougb, His regiment is now
at Columbia, waiting to be mus
tered out. That a case of yellow
fever could develop at this time
of year and this temperature
seems incredible, but Mr.. Heb
ron's physician was evidently
convinced that such is the case.
Helena World.
Sharp County record., 1898-12-23
NOT UNLIKELY.

This is a lawyers story of his
first trial, in which a farmer ac-
cused his neighhor of stealing
bis ducks. The lawyer was en-
ployed by the accused to convince
the court that such was not the
case. The plaintiff was positive
that his neighbor was guilty of
the offense charged, because he
had seen his ducks in the defend
ants yard.
"How do you know they were
your du ,ks?" asked the lawyer.
81 should know my ducks any
where" " replied the farmer, CIV
ing a description Of their various
peculiarities whereby he could
distinguish them,
"Why," said the lawyer
"those ducks cannot be Of such
rare breed, | have seen some
just like them in my own yard" "
"That's not at all unlikely
admitted the farmer, "ior they
are not the only ducks | have hat
stolen lately, Elk.
Sharp County record., 1898-12-23
ALlTTLE BOYS TROUBLE.


| l thought when I'd learned my
letters
That all my troubles were done;
But | find myself much mis-
taken
They have only just begun.
Learning to read was awful,
But nothing like learning to
write;
I'd be sorry to have you tell it,
But my copy-book is sight.
The ink gets over my fingers,
The pen cuts all sorts of shines;
And won't do at all as | bid it,
The letters won't stay on the
lines,
But 60 up and down and all over
AS though they were dancing a
jig
They are there in all shapes and
sizes,
Medium, little and big.
There'd be some comfort in learn
ing
If one could get through; in
stead
Of that there are books awaiting,
Quite enough to craze my head.
There's the multiplication table,
And grammar, and-oh, dear
me!
There's no good place for stop
ping
When one has begun, Isee.
My teacher says, little by little,
To the noun tain top We climb,
1t isn't all done in a minute,
But only step at a time;
She says that all the scholars,
And all the wise and learned
men,
Had each to begin as I do;
If that's so-where's my pen?
-Ex.
Sharp County record., 1898-12-23

A sweet potato is reported from
Georgia four feet ten and a half
inches. Now that is cutting it
entirely too fat, That famous
Arkansas potato could only be
stretched to two feet eight inches,
1t has actually been on exhibition
in Commissioner Hills office and
is there now. We are apprehen-
sive the Georgia tubor can't stand
such q test as that, although the
goober- -grabbers are by no means
nall potatoes.-Faye yetteville
Sentinel.
Sharp County record., 1898-12-23

Mrs. Walter Lucy has received
the startling information that her
brother, Mr., George B, Hebron,
is quite low with yellow fever, at
Camp Hamilton, Columbia, Tenn.
A message to that effect was re-
ceived Saturday, and last night
a second telegram stating that
the doctors pronounced II q gem
uinc case Of yellow fover came,
Mr.. Hebron is enlisted in The
Sharp County record., 1898-12-23
CONOITIONSIN PORTO RICO.

United States Consul Habua'
at San Juan, Porto Rico, writes
to the department of State as fol-
lows:
81 am receiving hundreds of
letters from all classes of people
In the United States, asking
about Porto Rico. Most Of these
persons say they intend coming
to Porto Rico for work or to 60
into business, and they want to
know all about the country. To
90 into detail and answer all
these hundreds of letters would
REQUIRE the service of several
clerks; but l have said to nearly
all of these inquirers that no
American seeking work should
come to Porto Rico. | have also
said to business men in the
United States that, in my opinion,
they would be disappointed If
they came here now to establish
themselves; that the time had
not yet arrived for an American
to 60 into business in Porto Rico.
| believe the time will come when
this will be good field for the
investment of American capital,
and when nearly all kinds of
business conducted in an Ameri-
can style will be profitable; but
that time will not come until the
island has American government,
until the laws of the United States
are enforced and tariff changes
made. Then, | believe, this
island will take on new life; but
our people who think of doing
business in Porto Rico should be
made to understand that the ex-
listing high duty on American
products prohibits their shipping
building material, machinery for
factories or plantations, etc., or
establishing any kind of business
with profit. Most of our business
men who have come here simply
look the island over, pronounce
it rich and possessing golden
prospects for the future, but de-
eide that it is too early to invest.
The American press should in
form our merchants and business
men Of the true situation"
Sharp County record., 1898-12-23

The statement that the regular
income Of John D. Rockefeller is
twenty million dollars q year
moved the Philadelphia Record
to make the following computa-
tons; Every night when he goes
to bed he is S54, 7ol richer than
he was the night before; every
hour adds 2,2S3 to his fortune,
and at every tick Of the clock six
dollars Is added to his pile,