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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-31
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The Congregational ASS.

New York journal Dem.)
The usual congressional ass has nut In
an appearance. Representative Crum-
packer of Indiana has brought forth
measure TO cut down the quota OF South
ern congressman.
In other words. to benefit the repub-
lican party. Representative Crumpacker
has evolved the brilliant scheme of de-
priving the Southern negroes OF represent
alton in congress The excuse given by
Mr. crumpacker for this Is that many of
the negroes can not comply with state re-
quirements regarding voters
The negroes were deliberately enfran-
chised by the republican party for the pnr-
pose OF outvoting the democrats In The
South and TO retain the republican mower
In the South.
Are the negroes more ignorant now than
In 1867 Why does not the brilliant MIR.
Crumpaeker come forward with scheme
for reducing the congressional representa-
ton OF this State or of Massachusetts, on
tho ground that there are thousands a,
men In both States unable TO fulfill the re
quirements eSacted of voters2
Mr. crumplcker's scheme is deliberate
attempt TO persecute the South. ana win
be recognized as such by every man VIII 10
or colored. from Virginia TO Texas. II
VIII not work.
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SOME posrscRrprs.


New York has the largest telephone ex'
change system In the world.
Ground has been broken ~ Murfrecsboro
Tenn, for one OF the largest cotton mills In
the South. 10 cost 100000
The city council OF Atlanta. Ga, has re-
ucaled the law against pool selling. and horse
men will begin races soon.
New Orleans represents more than the
total valuation OF Louisiana and consequently
pays more than half the taxes.
Albemarie island is the largest OF the Gala
psgos islands lis area is 1890 square miles
and 1t has peak 400 feet In height.
There Ia practically no difference, SO far as
the food value is concerned, between the
white-shelled ana the brown.shelled egg.
Omaha is making strenuous Efforts at
Washington to secure the proposed new mint.
TO be located somewhere in the Middle West
Bishop Satterlee lEplscopaD Of Washington
Is lifelong friend OF Secretary of War
Root. with whom he went to school when a
boy.
Any artist in any country may compete for
the annual prize OF $500 left by Rosa Bon
beur. 10 bc awarded the best painting In the
Parls salon.
the Chinese capital. which most impress the
newly arrived visitor. are dust. stencil and
dogs.
Brighton, England, is about to brave Brit
Ssh prudery, the corporation having decided
10 allow mixed bathing" next summer, under
restrictions
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Field. for the Pathfinder.

brHNeT IObt.
1t has frequently been claimed that after
the exploration OF Africa there was no
more of the world that could be called
UNEMPLOYED To be sure, there are no
more new continents awaiting explora-
ton. and there are no islands to be dis
covered and explored, and II we except
the poles there Is nothing left worth look
ing after. But there are regions in the
known and inhabited parts OF the world
as unknown today as they were when
those continents first figured on the map,
rs unknown as the Rocky mountain coun-
try was when Pike first came here or
when Lewis and Clark made their way
through 1t to the Pacific. Although we
have been in possession Of Alaska now
for generation, no one will claim that
it has ever been thoroughly explored,
Australia's interior awaits exploration
yet. although il has been crossed, and
there are vast regions In Asia OF which
nothing definite Is known. In Africa's
interior no explorer he's yet set foot, and
what is known Is mostly derived from
hearsay, There are vast unknown reglons
In China and there is Thibet still await
ing exploration, 1t will take a good part
of the century about to commence TO ac-
quire an accurate knowledge of all these
parts OF the globe we know are there, bur
OF whose condition we remain In ignor-
ance
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With each day It IL becoming more ap
parent that trusts can not be effectlyel,
checkmated by negative legislative enact
ment. 30 long as tho tariff is not reduced
to revenue basis. Tho trusts themselve!
seem to entertain no fenr that the States
can. through their several legislatures,
seriously handicap their operations. Th,
recklessness with which trusts have been
promoted. desplte public protest, the en-
nctment OF drastic anti-trust laws and
adverse supreme court decisions must
have forced thoughtful peopls to tho con-
ciusion that. whore all these agencies fail.
there Is somewhere and In something a
harbor of refuge for tho trusts that
mother public Indignation. legislatures
nor court decisions have been able to in
wade. Mr.. Bolton Hall. a New York law
yor, while not contending that tho mother
OF tho trust 10 found in the protective
tariff. holds TO the proposition that until
the tarin on all products controlled by the
trusts is repealed, legislatures and courts
will BIO largely powerless to break them
up or to prevent their continued forma-
tiop. Thon. according to this view, the
harhor OF refuge for tho trusts 10 found
in tho tsrff. very materially. and the
remedy for their practical suppression is
In the power Of congress to reduce the
tariff to revenue basis.
This contention is conspicuously sup-
ported by the effect or lack OF effect
of the supreme court decision In the cele-
brated case OF the Addyston Pipe company.
to which The Post has heretofore reverted
notwithstanding the fact that In that
cause tho supreme court held tho Addy-
ston Pipe company to have no legal ex-
istence. since 1t was In violation OF the
Sherman anti trust law. tho company has
gone on fixing prices and doing all the
things that appertaln to a monopoly. lust
as II tho Sherman law had never existed
and the supreme court had not fitted il
TO the company. Why7 because. az
pointed out by Mr.. Hall, all the products
that enter into the manufactures of the
Addyston Pipe company are protected by |
tho tariff. which abridges competition and
sOstains monopolies. Reduce the tariff to
n revenue basis. particularly on all pro-
ducts under the control OF the trusts. and
their power to fix prices and limit pro-
duction to suit their own designs would
be apprcclably curtailed in
many Instances. and wholly destroyed In
many others.
THIS fact Is no less apparent to Presi-
dent Mckinley aud his administration
than to the country at large. II he and
MS party are therefore In earnest In their
opposition to the trusts. the country has
a right to expect a recommendation to
congress- to repeal some of the special
terih features that are responsible for
tho power and thrift of. by far. the major
NY OF these great. monster monopoIIes.
railing In such recommendation the ad-
treachery to the cause OF
the people is manifest
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''shekespesre--Iiis Life. Art and Characters,'
Prof. powden's mind and Art OF Shakes.
peare," william Haziitt's Lectures on Char.
acters of shakespeare's Plays" and the com.
mentaries OF the German critics. schlcgel and
Gervinius. The recently published work OF
Fleming is extremely valuable and compre-
henslve,
~
In what States are women allowed to vote
and hold object Houston.
In Colorado, Idaho. Utah and Wyoming
women have full suffrage and vote for ali
officers. They can also hold any city. State
or county office to which they may be elect
ed. In Kansas women exercise the suffrage
largely in municipal elections.
Will you let me know how old candidate
n ust be to enter the United States Military
IRIS.
Applicants for appointment to the academy
must be between II and 20 years Of age.
80
We read constantly Of the British capturing
Or attacking kopjo. What 10 a kop1e2
C.R.v.
1t means a hill or elevated position.
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THEY NEED AMERICAN oorro,.

Tho new year will begin with the price
OF cotton averaging cents throughout the
south. as compared with cents at this
time last season.
"hie there are eight months left In the
cotton year. as the season is not supnosea
TO end until August 81. 1900, IL Is safe 10
assume that over 80 per cent of tho Gran
has been brought into pight--that Is, has
appeared at ports and counted interior
towns. No doubt at least rs per cent OF
the amount produced In the South baa
passed out OF the hands OF the farmers
AZ good prices have prevailed during the
time the bulk OF the crop was being mar
keted. the course OF the market for the re-
mainder OF the season will not materially
anect The South one way or the other.
The man who is most interested In the
price OF cotton Just now Is the foreign
spinner He has been playing a bold game
OF blum, and is In position to have his
hand called. with nothing to show. In
other words. the foreign manufacturers
OF cotton goods have refused TO behave
that the American cotton crop was as
short as the people OF the South claimed.
and as all statistics Indicated. and have
been waiting for prices to decline. They
nave tried to assist this hoped-for decline
by spreading reports that they we're well
supplied with the staple and by buying
very sparingly.
The foreisn purchases this year have In
deed heen ridiculously small. Tho total
sSporta from the United States TO Decem-
bsr 20 we're only a.baa 900 bales. against
t,o7s.ooo for the same period last ysar-+A
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POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.

Prentiss Cummings Of Boston, q graduate
OF Philips Exeter academy in the class OF
$3.50. will endow fund for prize for the
best essay on Homers Had and Odyssey
During hls visit TO England Emperor Will
lam, ON numerous ceremonial occasions. kissea
tho hand of the queen an act OF courtesy
often seen In Germany but seldom In En-
gland.
Edward Lad an Apache full-blood. is said
TO be the best Indian Interpreter IN the ooun-
try. lie knows all the indian languages aud
most OF the dialects and has been regularly
employed by the New Mexico courts.
When General Lawton was killed the other
day he was wearing the first and only OF.
frers uniform made In tho philadelphia
United States arscnal's tailoring establish
ment, which, ordinarily. turns out clothes for
prjsatos only.
Among those who represented tho oppi.
dane at Elton IN the annual match OF coilegers
vs. oppldans. on 81, Andrews Day, was Lord
Dalmeny, Lord Rosebcry's eldest son, who
has come out strongly as football payere In
his later Elton days.
william o. Tnchan, Kentuokian. was
second among the 400 or more contestants
TOT admission to the Paris Ecolc des peaux
-" sue"on OF archlocture az the recent
examination. He Is a graduate OF the arehi-
teeturai school Of Columbia college.
Prof. Rontgen OF wurzburg, tho dlscoyerer
OF the x-rays. has nnaily accepted cali 10
Munich university that was extended 10 him
some months ago. There were certain condi-
lions laid down by the scientist that have only
seeenly been agreed to By the larger uni
yersity,
I'd. tablet which has been placed In the
STATE house, Boston. In memory Of IL ar
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Incorporated Thievery.

Boston Post ~
The highwaymHn robs a msn--perhaps
two men. II he ID lucky--and that is the
end of 1t so far as the extent OF damage
is concerned, But the promoters of in-
fiated enterprises based on slender pros
poets start in to rob the public mt large.
All goes well for a while perhaps, as 1t
did with the Franklin syndicate But
the time comes when the bubble bursts
or shrinks to poor semblance of its
former self. and the damage Is wide
spread, When the hour of collapse or
contraction arrives We have all the trou-
bles of financial panic so far as these
securities are concerned.
Sometimes when the smash comes those
who are really responsible have escaped.
Sometimes the guilty go down with the
innocent the promoters with the investors
The punishment of wrongdoing falls upon
the innocent. upon the public at large.
Even those who have had no share in
the game, who have not touched or
handled the perllous thing, are caught In
tho pinch with those who have taken tho
risk.
Real values are the only values that
count In the long run. Dishonesty incor-
porated Is just as much dishonesty as il
1t We're practiced by individuals. And In
the end 1t is about as sure to suffer the
penalty.
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perialist 10 vastly aptedated, IN point Of
existence Was he urged to these rsvolu-
tionary attempts to struggle oft from
under the heavy expressions Of Spain be-
cause minority In Madrid, from time to
time, dared declare that no should be
plundered with lighter hand, any more
than was his fellow sufferer. the Cuban.
across whose back lay the whip OF the
same master?
Instead OF being encouraged to . pro-
longation OF his struggle for independence
by the antl-imperiaiistic sentiment Of the
United States II has bsen rather = source
OF disappointment 70 him, II has not
been strong enough to stay the determine
tlon OF the president and his advisors to
deprive him OF his country and freedom by
driven In criminal abandonment OF orig
inal purpose and pledge. Anti-imperialism
has done him no good, and can do him
no good, so far az the war itself Is con-
cerned. It in only after he 10 whipped into
temporary subjugation. as Spain has here
tofore whipped him. that the anti-im-
perialist can prevent tho recurrence OF
revolution by. II possible, imprcssing upon
the United States the wisdom Of allowing
him to retain his country and OF recon
structlng 1t under a government Of his
own. Just as It is happily doing in tho
case OF Cuba In tho meantime tho anti
lmpcrialist Is having no more nor less to
DO with the Filipino's expiring struggle to
escape his new master than tho dovil had
10 do with tho sermon on the Mount.
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THE IMPERIALIsT RESPONSIBLE.


The CHATTER OF the imperiaiistic press. 10
me enect that criticisms OF the PRESIDENTS
philippine policy keeps the Filipino from
submitting TO the subjugation OF his coun-
Try would be accepted as OF some weight
os men OF sound judgment. II these did
not remember that this same Fllipino has
been hghting all his life for independ
ence.
when the exported armies OF Great Brit
ain We're trying to shoot the American
eolonisIs Into subjugntion. there were men
OF the British press aud parliament that
protested against the infamy. They were
81 the best thought, best stetesmanshin
and soundest patriotism OF that day. But
those contributed no material aid to the
revolutionary cause and the struggle
wouid have gone on to bring forth the
Same result, II they had never spoken IN
protest against the schemes OF King
George. Any other conclusion would max a
imheciIes and towards Of our revolutions
airy sires
We do not recall single struggle for
free and independent government, under-
taken within all the vast range OF history
ihnt once begun has been ended or had i,s
accomplishment altered by the adverse
criticisms 81 minorItles at home that
haye opposed wars conceived In tyranny
and urged on by the lust Of conquest.
Who. amongst all this horde OF expansion
claqusurs, can point out one?
Tho Filipipc has been in constant state
q regulation asaipst the robber sxactlons
y spain % long that the America Inn
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THE AUTHOR OF FATHER soax'

II varied experiences In life ss'se
a man funny, surely L. Frank BsuA
OF the rhymes in Father Goose y
should BIO the funniest man alive.
his career as a grave digger, becspsna
playwright. actor, Spectator
grease manufacturer, opera house
writer of juvenile stories and Doom
filling several engagements IS
New York journals. Mr.. Baum Sss:'
43 years old, is the architect o.
sized fortunes, all OF which were
ferent speculations, and now seem, N,
win another In the field OF 1uyenis
His royalties on Father uoosh
published by the Geo NJ. Hill ~
which seems destined to i've Iol
years, Will bring him NUMBER y.
nj dollars before the advent o. ~ r.
to be Remembered that this oooA
the light only as 'fat baek as ssp'sn
the present year. f7P"i'f'' ,,,sa
Mr., Baum. at 20 years OF age Wy
children:
Ibid YOU ever see rabbit chmp
Did you ever see lobster ivy
1t was only few years ago ynsl. s y
the character OF George WAsni Ia.ss II
and deIjgbted New York audicls.
canscItv In connection with the ~
ton of 1.-THE Bankers Daughter, ~
by Palmer's Union Square comp. .Ses
years of age Mr.. Baum becams acsS
ana Dressman OF the Rose LAW
nal. at Rose Lawn, the family nyI ~
OF Syracuse. At IA years he joineS1 . WY
Thomas q. Alvord. the son o.
word OF New York, In pupn.ntSs, MO-
called the Empire. Four year. NJ
began his reportWiai career atc,d n,
From there he went 20 pr.S ~ Il
started the New Era, when y nssi RI
ing daily, after which he p'An'
writing OF plays. M 81
"The Maid OF Arran was ~ sr,1jd
cassfnl effort and that pay cv,scus,
his twenty-fifth birthday 70 IN n, for ~!
and continued SUCCESSFUL ~ csnse
three years. lie then wro sso fdsh n
''Kilmorne" and THE queen Ia \ sclnie
the Inst written TO order 9 ~, nar, I'm accsl
before his death, Mr.. ss' ths play,
and rehealssu r.ryeyented
death a short tlme latef PSF
1uction. n nalclo
,ervc IN delight his family anu thd
nm sing a "coon" SONG ne.s' .crt 4
hat make their living at " r.. .u M
81 play the mn mspdoS'a lll fss
s., t.. :, y, a,um.s moss intimate q
one OF nj the artist wn9o
y =, ,vat,rr nIctures for "Fatnf ~ 81
nm autograph COPY .opiisl IN
A. Dens,ow Mr.. Baum inse'
'age as follows:
pear Den: within my c tssr
Ara many drawers yet "a ~
No drawer there can hops = . ~
The pictures that you n nv His
FOR dear old 'Fatnel mistoek.
..Thsr.'s better .hins.. ! = :, sI -
Iu some old drs ,, a.. vi, 70 aps
4 eheek 10 nav me for ~ - ~
Which proves thai beth I'll, q = - ~
You With your paw--i
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Hamlin Garland n Dei.art,.t.

0An
saturday Evening Post
was at recent convention of Delsar-
us's In New York that number OF nhyslc,,
su.sur's's were talking about authors edu-
Gators and artists '''
~ NY iavorite." said Miss Pierce. ",s Ham.
r ,n duIarland He punctuntes his lecture. ana
noIn,aths Win natural grace which give. 10
ttvn,s,s LOT our business I attendaf sa 40
un,ra al hnair given by a New YorL s 90 80
~, oA.an 70 Mr.. Garland about sir yaor aV.,a ~
on Tas asked TO tell some Of his ernnrIa ,sss
Snr, ,ne plains; he favored the ei,asf. ana
ii,,iag his talk he stopped neryensix .y aru
ma wnl,e and looked at a friend ~ m,nss
a,n 1 myself and then went on In rain ~ ni'ne
iassops 's srd IN his description OF riding and
said. me lecture he came up In us ana
humh,. ~ uouot your interest if me sand IN. INV
bscams au.ehtures affected you 80 that VOL,
discnne enthusiastic. But 10 no trank ~
aak nj, me, and II IL is not ton mmeh ~ ~
VIII VII you tell me what you wa,a aa,,,g
the mia"I, arms raised high when i was IN
.Th. s' Q, my best stories OF tho plainsr' '"
frienSn' don't mind Mr.. Garland ala M,
werssn : was sketching your poses Thay
sss so good for strengthsnine The m,.aia:y
n nsrs J have them. and shall s,xs as ,hs,
!" ' NJ senoo! tomorrow s'e 'h0m
scbolsrs h said Mr.. Garland; Il nifty IN.
In history cSt perhaps 7 have made n place
'''y for the beautiful broaehos. p'a'e
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decrease Of 1.65s.ooo Naturally with such
small purchases from America, the stock
OF cotton abroad must now be very low.
The amount held at Liverpool is $4,000
bales, or just a little more than half the
American stock reported there at the end
Of December last year. This is only SUI
ncient for few weeks consumption, and
added to this is the fact that the ampunt
anoat for Liverpool is Just 10000 bales.
There 10 considerable amount OF cot
ton stili for sale In the United States, but
tho foreign spinner will have to pay a
good price for It. His waiting and his
sneers OF our small crop claims will cost
him IS to $40 on every bale he buys. Cot
ton could have been bought In the United
States = few months ago Mt 8 1-2 cents.
Now II is worth ia cents at Southern
ports, and II tho crop is as short as the
present movement indicates, II may bring
considerably more before the season ends.
The English spinncrs are fast realizing
their error and are Offering big prices for
tho cotton now held In that country.
American middling was quoted Friday at
. cents per pound on the Liverpool mar
ket. This Ia tho highest price that has
prevailed there this season, and indicates
cry clearly that manufacturers abroad
are in need OF the staple and will soon be
forced to buy large quantities in America
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HOUSTON POST LETTER BOX


| fThis department Is INTENDED TO answer
| questions that are OF general interest,". ~
main object 10 TO supply out.oItnsway is.s'
| and curious information. Vuesuons Q. W.
scnal Interest only will not be answered. NC
business or personal addresses will be given
All correspondence should be addressed TO Tns
letter Box, care Houston Post. Owing 90 the
largo number or questions received sns"efe
cal NOT always be given prompuy.J
Has Germany the largest gun for battery or
fortress? Has she gun that SHOOTS twenty
miles. and is 1t larger than the one we Vne
United s,ates) have, or will have, at tho
entrance OF New York harbor! C.W'H
No: not larger than either England, Franc"
or the United States She has no gun tnat
carries twenty miles. From a late editorial
published In the New Orleans Times Demo-
crat we quote the following; Thu pest
Krupp guns have range OF from twelve to
twelve and a half miles; and II is said that
tho ordnance department OF the United States
nre engaged in the manufacture OF a gun
that will drop shell of 500 or 900 pounds
weight NJ q distance Of twenty miles from its
muzzle, But these will all be eclipsed by :he
now British naval gun, whose range is twen-
ty-ave miles. Mounted on Dover clin, the
new monster will drop shell Weighing 500
mounds several miles In the Interior OF France
No sun vet manufactured. we may say, mas an
effective range OF more than about eight miles.
and the British guns effective range-the
range at which It is capable OF an accurate
AIMS not much over ten miles Some of the
guns mounted in New York harbor are 10
Inch guns. and as CALDER has something to
do with range, they should carry between
fifteen and sixteen miles.
~
VIII The Post please give an idea OF the
rank OF the United States among the great
powers! H.A.R
Mullhali is authority for the statement that
the United States Is considerably the richest
on the globe. In the following table
he gives In round numbers the wealth Of each
of the worlds leading countries, beginning
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Says tho Chicago Times-Heraid; The bulge,
OF the German empire shows a deficit for the
year OF S2o.ooo.o 900. Among tho expenditures
under Ordinary recnrrsnt' the cost of the
army Ia put down at sis5 200 900. This is about
s1o,00o.oo0 more than tho estimates for last
year, and maintains an army Of %. $50 officers
s055s non-commissioned officers and 4e1, l36
men. This vast army OF nearly 100000 is
classed MS actually with tho colors. The United
States pays more In pensions than Germany
does on account OF what is regarded ms the
most perfectly equipped military establish
ment on earth. 1t is we'll that We can afford
1t. and wc always will be able to do so as long
as 100000 Americans are better employed In
the ranks OF industry than they would be in
military ranks.