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would have been d consequent risk Of OBJ
tanning an inferior instrumeAt. we be-
lieys how eyer that NJ th he d deidsTtI wa q n an
IN the piano trade. The committee also
confidently believe that when VT; Holines
obtained 1t at q dealers igures az "
evident by the letter of Messrs. Bush u
Gerts. appended hereto: Otherwise, the
garded by Mr.. Dressler and all persons
of experience who have been consulted.
Second. that in purchasing the pianos
ture Committee acted In the honest exer-
else of what they believed to be sound
business Judgment, and aimed at securing
for the taxpayers of the city the best re-
JOHN NIMMo, Chairman.
JOHN J. MULvANEY.
JAMES g. EGBERT, JR.
On motion of Mr.. Rice the report was
received and ordered spread in the min
utes and a copy sent to His Honor the
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.
BY the President
Resolved, That the Public Schools Of
closed from December 23d, at 8 P. M, and
remain continuously closed until WedneS~
day, January 4, 1899.
part of the resolution which reads Wed
nesday, January 4, 1899" to read Tues
day, January 3. 1895" and the yeas and
nays having been called for and X
the resolution, as amended, was adopted
by the following vote:
Yeas-Messrs. Mooney, Quinn, Lewis,
Broderick. Rice, Mersheimer and Egbert
Nays-Presidept Firm and Mr.. Gallery
p.
Absent-Messrs. higgins, Nimmo, Null
On motion of Mr.. Quinn the meeting
adjourned.
Clerk.
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That when this Board adjourns it, does
SO to meet on Wednesday evening, Jan
airy is, 1883.
The following resolutions were reported
by the several committees in payment OF
claims heretofore referra:-
By Committee on Department Buildings
and Repairs
Resolved, That the sum of 1853 be paid
Michael Z. OBrien, first payment on ac-
on new engine house No. Is; architects
certificate filed with Clerk OF the Board.
Resolved, That the sum of $3.50 be paid
John w. Laws for hardware, December.
s2l.O6 be paid John P. Landrine for
paints, oils. etc, December, 1898.
S3l.H be paid John P. Landrine, for
paints, oils, etc, December, 1898.
sS45.2s be paid American Fire Engine
Company, for one combined engine and
house heater for new house No. Is.
BY Committee on Supplfes:-
RESOLVED, That the sun of 1913 be paid
gonn ". Laws, for sperm oil, waste, ETC.,
500 be paid Samuel Eastman & Co., FOR
Is perfection holders.
$3.50 be paid John P. Landrine, for sup
plies, December, 1888.
$50 be paid Enos F.. Jones. Cnemica
Co.. for carboy vitriol, December. 1855.
BY Committee on Telegraph and Fuel
Resolved, That the sum Of $3.50 De paid
gougs, December, 1888.
The yeas and nays having been called
for ard taken on each of the foregoing
resolutions, they were adopted by the fol-
owing vote:-
Yeas-President Brennan, Commis~
sioners Mills and Erickson.
Nays-None.
Absent-None.
On notion dJourned.
CHARLES ESTERBROOK.
Clerk.
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their judgment be to the greatest advan

their judgment be to the greatest advan-
tage of the city.
By Mr.. Quinn. Committeeman of School
Resolved, That the contract for COM
pleting the alteration and Improvement
of School No. II, in accordance with the
plans and specifications heretofore adopt
ed by this Board, be and the same is here
by awarded to Neil Campbell & Son at
the price named in their bid, viz, $7.083,
they being the lowest bidders, and that
the Corporation Attorney be and he is
hereby requested to draw the necessary
contract; provided that the aforesaid Neil
Campbell & Sons shall have no claim
against the Mayor and Aldermen of Jer-
sey City. under this resolution, for the
amount of the contract or any part there
OF, until the Board of Finance shall have
made a proper and effective appropriation
for the payment of the amount specified
above.
The yeas and nays having been ordered
and taken on the call of the Chairman,
the resolution was adopted by the follow
Mooney, Quinn, Lewis, Broderick, Rice,
Gallery. Mersheimer and Egbert-9.
Nays-None.
Absent-Messrs. higgins, Nimmo, Null
vaney n Finn.
REPORTS OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES
The committee appointed to i~nvep.Igate
reported as follows
To the Members of the Board Of Educa-
ton OF Jersey City
Gentlemen-The committee to whom, at
municatiOn of the Mayor to this Board.
dated December 6, 1898, presented Deceln-
Der s, 1898, regarding the recent purchase
OF, pianos for the new schools, respectful
ly submit the following report
On the evening of their appointment
the committee organized and outlined a
plan OF investigation 1t was decided
that the work should be as full and as
thorough as possible, and that, il neces-
sary, matters not referred to in the letter
of the Mayor, but closely related thereto
in common report, be inquired into.
The first meeting of the committee was
held on the morning of Saturday, Decem-
Der 10, two days after it's organization.
One member of the Furniture Committee,
Mr.. Mersheimer, was examined at length
regarding the purchase of the pianos, The
methods pursued and reasons therefor.
The committee then adjourned to meet
the following Monday.
Mr.. Walter u. Holmes, because of whose
statements the Investigation had been un-
dertaken. on Monday morning through
his agent, sharply and discourteously set
his own time for meeting the committee.
Nevertheless. after examining the only
other member of the Furniture COMMITTEES
jority Of this committee attended ct the
place of business of Mr.. Holmes. n
there found him and his counsel and 4
s-tenographer. Mr.. Holmes was examined
at length by his counsel and a copy Of
his testimony furnished to the commits
tee. That copy is appended to this .ie-
The charges made ~ Mr.. Holmes. and
his testimony In standardization thereof.
are, briefly. thai no means were afforded
him or any one else to compete for he
sale Of the pianos that were purchased.
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BY Commissioner vest

TO SAMUEL D. WILSON. JOHN ROLLER.
and also Robert Allison, Charles H. Smith
and Howard L. Johnson, partners, as Allison,
Smith & Johnson:-
Won are hereby notified that at a public sale,
made by the City Collector of Jersey City, on
the 18th day of April, 1895, /, the undersigned,
Mary A. Slater, purchased, for the sum Of
one hundred and twenty-three dollars and
ffty-six cents Sl2S.56), all the land and real
estate, situate in Jersey City. in the County
of Hudson and state of New Jersey, fronting
on Charles street, Jersey City, \. j., which
is laid down and designated as lots number
ninety-seven 90 and ainety-eight i99, in
block number eight hundred and sixty-nine
(S6s), upon an assessment map annexed to a
report number ninety-one ssl,, made by the
commissioners of Adjustment appointed in
and fer said city by the circuit Court of the
County of Hudson, g certified copy Of which
report and map was ased in the Office Of the
City Collector in Jersey City. on the twelfth
day Of April. A.. d. 1898, said report and
map and said sale being made pursuant 10
the provisions of an act of the Legislature Of
New Jersey, passed March 5Gth. 1886. entitled:-
Act concerning the settlement ana collec-
ton of arrearages of unpaid taxes. assess
ments and water rates or water rents in
cities of this State, and imposing and levy
ing q tax, assessment and lien in lieu and
instead OF such arrearages, and to enforce
the payment thereof, and to provide for the
sale OF lands subjected to future taxation
and assessment"
And the several supplements thereto.
And you are further notified that you APP
pear to have an estate or interest in said
and real estate shall be redeemed, as provided
in said acts, before the expiration of six
months from and after the service hereof, a
deed for the same will be given conveying to
land and real estate, according to- the pro-
visions Of said act.
NARY A. SLATER.
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BOARD OF rIRE COMMISSIONERS
Iofncial Proceedings. ,

Regular meeting Of the Board of Fire
Commissioners held at Department Head
quarters, Wednesday evening, December
The roll wa called at o'clock.
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BOARD OF STREET AND WATER
COMMISSIONERS.
OFFICIAL

Regular meeting of the Board of Street
n Water Commissioners, held on Tues
day, January 3, 1899, at two % O'Clock
e. N.
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On motion Commissioner Boltwood was
appointed President pro tenn.
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Present at roll call-Commissioners
Boltwood, Nolan and Smith.
Absent = Commissioner Heintze n
President Hauck.
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ported on claims 81 John BOYD. SOD. $3.50.

tensions reported on certificate of Chief
Engineer in favor off,
Jas. r. Stewart Co, $31.63, on account OF
contract No. 1,105; e. A. Dugan, $lS9.0S,
on account Of contract No. 1,10s, as corr
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On motion the reading of minutes of
regular meeting, held on Tuesday, Decem-
Der q, 1898, was dispensed with and they
We're on motion approved as engroSSed.
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PRESENTATION OF CLAIMS.

The following claims were presented:-
James F. Stewart Co., s20.S Sc; Alex. Nc
Grath, $52.5O STA, s100; L. D~eutschoerger,
SIS; j. j. Fitzgerald, s!5; J. McGonyille,
SIS; P. Muldoon, 500, $500; T.. e Day
Gavin. s10o, 5000; J.. c. Electric Light Go.
SO, $40, Ia 50; Luker Bros, sl3S; John
Lehey, $50; o. c. stringham.. s125; George
T. Bouton. s76.15; John Boyd, $3.50, 500;
:Iohn walsh. SIS; d. H. Carpenter, S22.4l;
payrolls cleaning sewers and basins,
sS77.50; Berleville and High Service,
81, 1902
pirate committees.
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PRESENTATION OF PETITIONS AND

COMMUNICATIONS.
From r. A. Motley and others, =
Petitioning for the construction OF an
1S-inch yitrifed pipe sewer in Jackson
avenue, from a point about ITO feet south
of Fulton avenue to n connecting with
sewer in Woodlawn avenue
Two (O petitions for signs, etc..
Received and referred to the Commit
tee on Streets and Sewers.
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Resolved, That the sums hereinafter
mentioned be paid to the persons named
respectively for services rendered at Belle
vile and High Service for month ending
December 81, 1898, amounting in the aggre-
gate to 81 ,460.2 %.
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he reports were accepted.

The Committee. on Public Buildings,
Docks and Parks reported ON claims Of
Jas. f. Stewart Co, SIS; John Lehey. $50:
Thu reports were accepted.
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Resolved, That s41.7o be paid to E.. A.
for furnishing and delivering hay, feed,
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OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS.

REPORTS OF CHIEF ENGINEER.
The Chief Engineer reported certificates
In favor off,
tract No. LOS.
E. A.. DUNCAN, SALTS, on account of con-
tract No. 1,10S.
James F. Stewart Co., $31.63, on account
of contract No. 1,105.
Received and referred to their appro-
pirate committees.
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The Committee on Laws and Ordinances
reported on claims of Jersey City News,
S1l40; Evening Journal Association, $11.10;
Geo. T. Bouton. IS, as correct.
The reports were accepted.
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The Committee on Pumping and Reser-
voirs presented the following
Resolved. That the proposal heretofore
received by this Board on December q.
1898. for furnishing and delivering of 1000
tons of bituminous coal be and is hereby
rejected.
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The Committee on Printing and Station
cry reported on claim of Geo. T. Bouton,
$76. Is, as correct.
The report was accepted.
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The foregoing were each separately
adopted by the following vote on a. call
for the ayes and nays
Ayes-Commissioners Boltwood, Nolan
and Smith,
observation-disclosures Heintze and
President Hauck.
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The Committee on Engineering and
Survey reported on claim Of A. E. Nolan.
$46. 70, as correct.
The report was accepted.
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The Committee on Municipal Lighting
presented the foilowing:-
Resolved, That the contract for the fur
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Resolved, Tina $16.10 be paid to John
Boyd for expenses as lamp inspector, De-
cember, 1898, claim No. 500.
Charge Street Lighting, 189S-99.
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The foregoing were each separately
adopted by the following vote on a call
for the ayes and rays
observation-disclosures Boltwood, Nolan
and Smith.
Absent IS Commissioners Heintae and
President Hauck.
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The foregoing were each separately
adopted by the following vote, on a call
for the ayes and nays
Ayes-Commissioners Boltwood, Nolan
and Smith.
Nays-Commissioner Heintze and Presi-
dent Hauck.
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Resolved, That SIS be paid to Jas. F.
Stewart Co., for lumber supplies for
park signs, December, 1895, claim No. 740.
Charge Public Grounds and Buildings.
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Resolved, That 500 be paid to John
Boyd for services as lamp Inspector, De-
cember, 1898, claim No. SG5.
Charge Transfer Street Lighting.
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Resolved, 7 Vat $57 be paid to John Man
ming, for service as inspector, Hoboken
avenue ever, 10 days in November, 1898,
at So, claim No. ASP.
Charge improvement, Laws of 1895.
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Resolved, That the sums hereinafter
be paid to the persons named
respectively for services rendered, clean
sewers and basins, for month end
December 81, 1888, amounting in the
aggregate to $877.50.
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Tho Molh,r OF Indp.trx.

IL Mr.. Hayemeyer had called tho
protective tariff the mother of indus
Try instead OF the mother OF trusts :"
ne would have been stating truth I'M
stead of putting forth lie. The num-
Der OF factories which have been re-
opened after years OF idleness. the
number of plants which have been ex-
tended, the number OF mills which
nave been enlarged In the brief time
during which the Dingley law has been
IN operation are beyond computation.
Ihe number OF new mills opened, of
new business enterprises started and
OF new industries established can only
be estimated The full number will
never be accurately counted. And the
showing Of this short time has been
but a brilliant repetition OF the his
tory of the two short years during
which the Mckinley law was in full
force and effect.
To go further back than that, prac-
dcaily every industry In the country
owes its existence to the policy Of pro-
lection. When the colonies separated
from Great Britain there was not a
single industry OF any consequence on
this side of the ocean. thanks to the
policy pursued by the ruling country.
There never would have been any is-
dustries established IL early American
statesmen had been OF the stripe of
Bryan. or Cleveland. or other free
traders. American enterprise would
have had no show at all against the
well-established and powerful indus
tries OF England. But through the
adoption Of the policy of a protective
tariff American industries were estab-
lished: through that same policy they
have been developed TO their present
uRriyaled proportions; and through it
American Industries are today being
extended and Increased, and the United
States Is fast increasing the lead which
It already has in commercial affairs
over all the other nations OF the world.
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Prize. For Maid. of Honor.

Denver, Sept. .29.-Dame Fortune yes
terday smiled on three of the maids of
Queen Thalia to the extent of a piano
and two scholarships in the Denver
musical schools. The lucky three
We're:
Miss Clara NJ. Liable of Buena Wis
tn, Chaffee county, daughter Of An
TONNE Liable. n mining man. She
drew from the lottery the lucky num-
Der SO and thereby won the first prize,
the Grand Regent piano, which was
donated by the Denver Music Com
pany.
Miss Bell NJ. Watson of Telluride,
San Miguel county, daughter of @. S.
Watson, an insurance man, drew num-
ber 81 and thereby won the second
prize. years course in the Denver
Conservatory of Music.
Miss Laura Baltzell of Cripple Creek
Teller county. daughter of w. ]. Bait.
zell. druggist. She drew number S
and thereby won the third prize, u
years course in the Denver Normal
and Preparatory and the Broadway
Dramatic School, managed by Edouard
Hesselberg.
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Mob Stays One In Cuba.

Havana, Sept. 29.-Senor Sanches,
who was secretary of the municipal
court in Union Dereyes, province of
Santa ClaCa, and formerly n guerilla.
was lynched yesterday. The perpetra-
tors are not known. Sanches, who
was shot to death, had the reputation
of having committed many crimes
during the war.
The situation here is calmer this
evening than it has been for several
weeks. All the strike leaders have
been released. The daily papers, with
the exception of Discussion, congratu-
late the military governor.
The Discussion says: "It is due to
the good sense of the Cubans that n
general strike has been averted. The
action of General Ludlow has had
nothing TO do with the outcome"
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st---.t - F.tsss.t-. Consequently
fhe following statistics, compiled ~
the New York World. are OF more than
passing interest: Area of Pittsburys a
industrial Klondike. $50 square miles
number OF Industries being operated on
iail time, us; number OF men em-
pioysd In these. embracing all classes
=fV'oQoi average wages per day 81 lb,
range Of wages. sl.i5 to 81 per day.
numo Der OF idle men. none. exeept from
sickness; number OF mills and facto.
res unable to run full time by reason
oil scarcity OF labor, 60: railroads up-
able to move freight promptly because
the traffic Is 30 per cent larger than
all the freight cars in service; gross
daily value OF trade In Industrial Klop.
dixie, ts.ooo. 600.
When I; Is remembered that the fore
going statements are published by a
Journal that has lost no opportunity
Tor denouucing and rldieulinE the
bingley iarifi bill. they form pretty
good evidence that there Is more com
Tort In the present situation for Indus
trial toilers than for free-trade theo-
r1sts. And Il should also be remem-
oered that most industries throughout
TIE country are nearly II not quite as
active as those OF Pittsburg. These
are hard times only for those who are
hunting ant-tRrIn arEuments.-Pltts-
burg Commercial Gazette.
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rhr MckInIrY POLICY.

1t Is American first, last and all the
time. 1t never halts, never hesitates,
whether the question be the defense OF
American Industries or the defense of
American dignity. McKinleyism and
AmerieanIsm are synonymous terms.
The one involves the other. Listen to
what the president Of the United
States said in his address before the
Catholic summer school at Plattsburg,
n. Y. Aug 10. 1893:
The flag symbolizes our purposes
and our aspirations; 1t represents what
we believe and what we mean to main
tain, and wherever 1t floats it is the nag
Of the free, the hope OF the oppressed;
and wherever It is assailed, at any sac
rifice IL will be carried TO triumphant
peace"
This utterance was greeted with
ringing cheers all the reports agree
in saying. Its lofty purport appealed
instantly to the intelligent minds to
which il was addressed. 1t appeals to
every true American throughout the
country consecrated TO freedom and
progress. 1t ought to make the small
eoterie of "fire-iE-the-rear" anti-Amer-
leans feel smaller and smaller.
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cHAMPlonsn,r no vIcroR.
McGilvrny and Carbireau Win she Rock
Drilling Contest.

bThinR Sohttat
Denver, Sept. Or McGillivary
and ]. Carboneau, the team OF rock
drillers from Victor. who drilled 3Sss
inches into the big block OF Gunnison
granite at the grand stand late yester-
day afternoon, win the first prize in the
double-handed drilling contest. The
prize is $3.50 cash, and with it goes n
trophy worth 500, contributed by the
Denver Mining Stock Exchange.
Above all this, however, Is the proud
title of champion.
The second prize, $500 in cash, given
by the Evening Post, and $40 set of
drills, donated by the Canton, Ohio,
Steel Works, was won by III. Andregg
and +. Chamberton.
The third prize, 500 in cash and q
S25 set of drills, given by the Canton,
Ohio, Steel Works, was won by j..
Lyons and II. Sopp of Altman.
Records made during the contest are
as follows:
Rory McGflivary and Joe Carbo-
neau, Victor, 3S9s inches.
Herman Andregg and Edward
Chamberton, Cripple Creek, IS 5-16
inches.
Bob Lyons and Jack Sopp, Altman,
3J& inches.
Sam Hupps and Charles Lindgren,
Ouray, 35as inches
Joe Martelon and Dan Mcleod, Cen
tral City. 81 1916 inches.
\. J. Mckenzie and l.. j. Treweek,
Leadyille, "a 1916 inches.
Charles Humphrey and John Kirk
bride, Gold Hill. 81 ZIG inches.
VI. and p. Dalpez, Central City, 1874
| inches.
Dan Coughlin and James Pitman-
Gold Hill. 33 3-16 inches
Tony and Albert Ecker, Black Hawk,
- 5-16 inches.
Charles McGowan and A. d. McDou-
1 gall, Prescott. AriZona, 32 1-16 inches,
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FouR HUNDRED DEAD.
Result of Terrible Rain and Floods in
India

India.
Calcutta. Sept, 2S.-Lieutenant Gov
ernor Sir John Woodburn announced
to the council yesterday that four hum
dred lives We're lost through the floods
at DarJeellng, capital of the district Of
that name, in addition 10 those
drowned on the plains.
Great havoc has been caused at Kur-
seong. The Margaretchope estate lost
100 acres and the Mealand factory was
destroyed. Some coolies We're burned
in the ruins OF the managers house,
which was partially destroyed. The
Avongrove estate lost thirty acres and
4.oOO tea bushes. The coolies lines
were swept away and many persons
were killed, but the exact number is
not known. a factory was also de-
stroyed ut this place.
A huge landslide below st. Mary 5
seminary destroyed the railroad bridge
and completely blocked the road. a
breach thirty yards wide has been
made and the rails are hanging up in
the air II is thought the break can
not be repaired within thirty days.
Telegraphic communication between
Calcutta and Darjeeiing has been re-
established. but railroad traffic beyond
Kurse0ng is not likely to be resumed
for long time. The road is impassi-
Bile for horses. and travellers are only
able TO Journey on foot and with much
difficulty.
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peyond the Arrumentntivo Stage,

Mr.. Havemeyer's emphatic assertion
that a high protective tariff Is the
mother OF trusts will be seized upon
by the Democratic free traders as
choice morsel OF wisdom and the other
features Of his rather noteworthy tes-
tiuony ignored by them. His view af
protection is distinctiyeiy Democratic
and might have been written by the
author Of the famous Wilson bill. The
value and effectiveness of protective
tariff to the country has got beyond
the argumentatiye stage with the peo-
nle. who look to results more than to
theories, and what Mr.. Havemeyer
thinks or says upon the subject will
have little or no weight with them. :
seattle (wast.) Post-Intelligencer'
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, Transfer, Commercial Craze.

II we believed that the creation of
trusts would be a permanent feature
of our economic system, We might
share in the alarm expressed by some
timid persons. We do not; we re-
gard them as merely transient COM
mercial craze, which will die of ex-
haustion. The commerce of this coun-
try is altogether too great to be kept
under control by any one set OF men
acting upon single industry. The
trade of the United States has passed
that stage just as 1t has passed the
stage when the wheat product of this
country can be cornered.-Seattle
CWashD Post-Intelligencer.