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The age-herald., 1899-05-16

As midsummer approaches the agita- tation against tight lacing rises in volume, or at least in apparent force in print. It is harmless and meaningless.
The age-herald., 1899-05-16

The anti-free railroad pass law in Wis consin has been followed by the resigna- ton of about one hundred notaries! The pass was worth more than the office
The age-herald., 1899-05-16

Edward AtlSInsOn's onfense consists, in It's last analysis of an attempt to ram down the threats of the soldiers in the Philip pines portions of the Congressional Rec ord Hanging is too good for him.
The age-herald., 1899-05-16

All are coming to see that the abolition of slavery and the comforting of suffrage did Tot settle the negro question. They sim ply opened it.
The age-herald., 1899-05-16

Admiral Dewey will spend another sum- mer in this world before eating that $100 New York dinner, and all the dinners that are to follow it
The age-herald., 1899-05-16

The peace conference this week may pre- vent war between the dual and the triple alliance, which would wreck all of conti- mental Europe.
The age-herald., 1899-05-16

The disestablishment of the English church seems to be the only possible set clement of the anti-ritualist agitation in England.
The age-herald., 1899-05-16

Another step in the judicial pfoededings over Captain Dreyfus' sentence is about to be taken, and every day sentiment in France becomes more favorable to the un- fortunate officer
The age-herald., 1899-05-16

trust in it's formative stage are two very different things, in the matter of prices.
The age-herald., 1899-05-16

The lion will become as extinct as the buffalo when Cecil Rhodes great Cairo and Capetown line is built.
The age-herald., 1899-05-16

The only market left to canned roast beef is Alaska, where tallow candles out rank pate de foie gras. au
The age-herald., 1899-05-16

From the Pittsburg News
 Funston has not yet decided whether to be governor, United States sena tor or just champion swimmer of the world
The age-herald., 1899-05-16

Henry Ward Beecher's latest successor is compound of book reviewer and preacher in the pulpit.
The age-herald., 1899-05-16

Fire losses are, for some reason, very heavy, although 1t is not the right kind of year to sell out to the insurance com panies.
The age-herald., 1899-05-16

Dewey needs a substitute at the dinner table more than he does at Manila.
The age-herald., 1899-05-16

When Germany sells us bogus coffee she cannot logically object to canned roast beef.
The age-herald., 1899-05-16

Eagan and his pay will be up to the peo- pie in the campaign of 1900.
The age-herald., 1899-05-16

The title of the senate pure food com mission should be changed, for the article docs not exist.
The age-herald., 1899-05-16
WE DID
THREE WAYs OPEN TO uIM

From the Birmingham Times (Rep). We won all the same.
The age-herald., 1899-05-16

"The statement in an interview in The Age-Herald the other day that Joseph H. Earle, of South Carolina, was a 1iNman man is erroneous" said a man who is fa- miliar with MT. Earis political record. Earle not only was not Tillmanite, but was constantly and consistently in opposi- ton to Tillman, carrying his antaginism to the extent of winning against him for of- fice.'
The age-herald., 1899-05-16


 Lieutenant James Kelly Parsons received orders yesterday to report at Jefferson barracks, St. Louis, for service with the Twentieth Infantry, and thence to proceed to San Francisco and report to the general commanding at that point. Presumbably thmis is prelimina to orders to proceed to the Philippines for the purpose of joining the Twentieth, which is now engaged in fighting the rebels near Manila. MT. Par sons has great many friends in Birming ham who will be glad of his excellent pros poets for active service in the east.
 Hon. w. P. Pinckard has returned from a prolonged visit to New York, and yes- terday he received the hearty congratula- tions of scores of personal friends upon his remarkable success in certain business ven lures. Everybody in Birmingham rejoices that fortune once more lavishes her smiles and material upon MT. Pinckard, for none is more deserving than he, none more hon. ored. As stated in The Age-Herad several weeks ago, MT. Pinckard was largely in strumental in bringing about the sale of the Birmingham and the Alabama rolling mills and the Pioneer company's property to the Republic Steel company. He has re- ceived for his work princely compensation, exceeding, it is understood, S100,0 ,009 for him. self and more than an equal sum for his friends
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-10

OF all the power and jurisdiction of pub
lie authority on this score. Within GER
tain limits 1t may be possible to prevent
the sale of given eomodities for what
they are not in fact. Adulteration, car
ried to this point or nearly to 1t. can
be stopped If the laws are enforced. But
the probability Is that there are laws
enough on the statute books at this mo-
ment to prevent every evil in this behalf
from which society suffers, if there were
courage or honesty enough>in official life
to put them into operation. But there Is
not. And it may be reasonably doubted
whether there ever will be. Men can no
more be legislated out of selling bogus
wares than they can be into doing no
sinful things In any direction where
profit or, possibly, pleasure results from
the transaction. The law can only aid.
Unless there are judgment and discern
ment enough among the consuming pub
lie to prevent at least the worst frauds
that are attempted in the way of adulter-
alton of food produts, there is indeed
but little hope that government can eradi-
cate the evil.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-10
FOOD ADULTERATroN.

1t Ia generally understood among the
people of Illinois, and especially the city
OF Chicago. that Senator BILLY" Mason
is never to be taken too seriously. To
the average uniformed person the SEN
ator's latest declaration in connection
With the pure food commission would
convey the impression that he was in
serious danger Of being sand-bagged by
more than ordinarily dangerous trust or
combination Of trusts. And yet the fact
will probably be found to be that Senator
Mason is, unlike the trusts, losing much
repose over the affairs of that section of
the public that Is Immediately concerned
in putting an end to the adulteration of
food products.
But, aside from the frenzied state
in which Senator Mason evidently
is, there is. probably, no subject
in which the people have so deep
and vital an interest as that Of food
adulteration. Like the evil of the trusts.
the evil of food adulteration has grown
out of individual greed. AS for years,
before the trust was ever head of. men
engaged in the same pursuit in COM
mercial life maintained quietly among
themselves combinations which embodied
the principle involved in the trust evil,
so, from the local milk dealer, who makes
requisition on the pump to replenish the
natural supply Of the commodity In
which he deals, to the extensive manu-
facturer of food commodities, the work
has gone on. and will go on. of deceiving
and cheating the consumer. There are
not few who believe that the consumer
is not unwilling to be cheated. When
small reduction in price will surely Sc
cure the patronage of nine persons out
Of ten, it is not altogether reasonable to
expect that the dealer Is going to allow
the trade to pass his door when he can
keep 1t by adulteration.
So keen has competition been with us
that adulteration has become a recog-
nized commercial necessity. Senator Ma
son may grow hysterical over the exist
ing condition. That will not affect the
situation in the slightest. AS long as
men and women are easily imposed on,
and as long as the disposition remains
implanted in the human breast to get
something for nothing, as the expressive
phrase goes, there will be adulteration
and plenty of it. 1t is an evil that can
not be prevented Human tastes have
ever differed The human palate does
not respond everywhere to the same ap.
peal What Is one mans meat may bs
another mans poison
The inferior commodity in the CONNER
cial sense too often means the bogus
commodity. And therein lies the kernel
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-10
AND THE TAXPAYER SETTLES.

Judge Mitchelfs sweeping decision in
the Ritt-Seng case is Z lesson both to
the legislature and the gang of politicians
who are running things over at the city
kali. The lawmakers Of Minnesota dur
ing the session which closed late in April
rushed through all sorts of special Jobs"
on the plea thas they were general leg
islation. That they were nothing of tho
sort every man of sense knew, and, now
that the supreme court of the state has
denominated one of these Jobs" unconsti-
tTtional, it may be taken for granted that
most of the remainder Of this rotten leg
islation will soon take the same road to
oblivion.
In the case Of Gregory Ritz the leg
isature was simply used as a tool by a
faction of Ramsey county politicians VINO
were quicker witted than their opponents
TIE king" already yet wanted to do
things in a certain way. and is 'ighness.
Prince BILLY" Johnson, had his own
ideas as to the proper man for assessor
The king" and the prince" quarreled,
and the latter engineered a coup through
tile legislature taking the mayors power
away from him in the matter and giving
the county commissioners power to elect
an assessor. This body did as 1t was
directed, and Mr.. Ritz It's choice, took
possession of the office in the small hours
of a spring night. Now comes Justice
Mitchell with a pitchforlk and losses
Mr.. Ritz into oblivion with no return
ticket. This morning Mr.. Seng will re-
sumo assessing the good and bad people
OF Ramsey county, the taxpayers will
pay pretty penny as the cost of this
needless jangle. and later on Mr. Kiefer
and Mr.. Johnson will, 1t is presumed, re-
sumo trying to select an assessor and
succeed about as we'll as the board of
public works does in the selection of a
city engineer.
Speaking of gangs, does anybody in
this long-suffering community remember
any gang that quite equaled that which
is now masquerading as guardians of the
public veal and public property in the
city Of st. Paul and the county Of RAM
sey?
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-10
A BoER CRISIS.

If England adheres to the position
taken by it's Transvaal commissioner. Of
refusing to allow any outside nation to
interfere. either by arbitration or other
wise there is a strong prospect Of
trouble. 1t will surely force matters be-
tween England and the South African
republic to an issue earlier than has
been looked for
British suzerainty has not been very
effective in restraining the Beers in the
exercise of sovereign rights. The citi-
zens of the republic have certainly de-
meaned themselves toward the English
speaking population of the surrounding.
country, as well as toward the British
government itself, as decisiyely as any
independent state might do. Whether
they will continue to do so in the crisis
which now evidently confronts them
may be open to serious question.
1t is impossible that the existing sta-
tus can continue. There must be sub
mission on the part of the Beers. There
Is no other alternative The refusal TO
treat with Krueger's government through
any outside nation is in itself a virtual
settlement of the entire question. and
probably means that just the condition
exists which Mr.. Chamberlain has been
so long waiting for. There is no longer
any possibility of foreign Intervention;
and the imperiai government already
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-10

Leaving out of view his contribution
TO the literature of the Sampson-Schley
controversy, Rear Admiral Sampson has
shown himself in his discussion, through
the public press and otherwise, of the
problems which are appealing for set
Element as the result of the recent war,
a very self-contained well informed
man. His latest contribution to the In
dependent is especially sound in its views
of our position as a naval power since
our victories over the Spaniards and of
the naval policy which we should pur-
sue with regard to the probable develop
ments Of the future.
The gist of the rear admirars views
is that. notwithstanding our recent vic
tories. we are as yet in the experimental
stage as a naval power; that any wars
that may confront us in the future are
naval wars; that one of our greatest
needs is that of an extensive system Of
coast fortifcations and that the main
tenance of the position which our re-
cent victories have placed us in makes
It necessary for our own prestige and
for the protection of our national in
terests that We should have a greatly
enlarged navy.
When the late Samuel ]. Tilden with
drew from active participation in affairs,
among his first acts was to prepare an
elaborate paper on the great need of
coast fortifcations, and on the necessity
of placing the United States in such
position that they could successfully
protect their immense coast line against
the aggressions of foreign nations in
case of trouble arising. Under Presi-
dent Cleveland, and through the initia-
tive Of Secretaries Whitney and Herbert.
the first substantial steps were taken to
establish the naval supremacy of this
nation Our preparedness for the crisis
which came upon US in connection with
the Spanish misrule of Cuba was due
to the policy inaugurated by national
Democratic administration. The advance
es made since have been all along the
lines then laid down
The most urgent need of the United
States today is concededly the restora-
ton of our merchant marine. That work
cannot be longer delayed without serf-
Gus injury to our interests as a CONNER
cidl nation. The existence of a strong
navy AMI an adequate merchant marine
are the complement of each other We
can never hope to have the one without
the other. If we are destined to play
any part as a commercial power in the
Orient the work in both directions must
at once be inaugurated. Rear Admiral
Sampson is right in his general state
ment of the situation. But navy alone
will not bring us the trade of the Orient
Nor will the acquisition of the Philip
pines liz the incoming congress under
stands its duty to the nation It will make
ample provision along the lines marked
out by Sampson, and 1t will make it
possible TO restore the United States to
the relative position which 1t so long oc-
cupied as great marine Carrying ma
tion. The work of charging our navy
and establishing an American merchant
marine must go hand in hand.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-10

average resident of Gotham just at this
time that winter among them breaks up
so quickly and that the period of sum-
mer weather is so protracted. Even In
the early June days, all the conditions Of
midsummer dog-day delights are upon
the people, and the noble Hudson, as 1t
flows on to the sea, giistens In tho rays
of a tropic sun. The natives flee to the
tin roofs of their tenements, there to bask
in the all-pervading heat. The street car
horses no longer succumb to the universal
desire for repose by lying PROSTATE be-
tween the car rails as they were wont
to do some years ago; but it Is because
there are now so few street car horses.
These happy conditions will probably
continue in the big city until the closing
days of September. and the newspaper
editors especially will have the amplest
opportunity to devote themselves to re-
flecting on the horrors of an existence at
any season of the year outside the peace
full and shaded thoroughfares of the big
burg. 1t is worthy of note by them too,
that In the interval the conditions up
here, next door to the north pole, will
during the entire period remain of such
g chilly nature that even the comforts of
a warm blanket may not be entirely I'M
known.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-10
PRICE LIST is FIRM
BRADSTREETs SUMMING UP OF
TRADE CONDITIONS FOR THE
PRESENT WEEK
DEMAND HAS NOT DECREASED

Some of the Features Are PuzzIinR,
but There Is Nothing to Indicate
Falling on I'm the Steady Ad-
vance That Has Prevailed the
Greater Portion of the Year-Bus.
mess Failures Light.
NEW YORK, June s-Bradstreet's of
tomorrow, June 10, will say:
Exceptional firmness In prices at the
highest level as regards general staple
values yet reached. small rate Of bust
ness mortality, undiminshed Industrial
activity. perhaps most manifest in oil
branches of trade in which, iron, steel and
other metals enter, and large bank clear
1ngs, rejecting 20 some extent the i'm
proved tone of stocks, but likewise large
payments on previous profitable business,
are among the features not necessarily
new, but still noteworthy, reflected in
trade advices. Enlarged shipments OF
hreadstuffs, result Of recent buying In
duced by crop damage reports at home
and abroad have. it Is true, not been suf-
ficient to Offset liquidation on the late
moderate rise, but this is partially ex-
planned by continued good advices from
the spring wheat crop. confirmed by lib
eral receipts at primary points Iron and
steel display all Of their old and some
new strength in the urgent demand for
the balance Of the year, and the usual
summer shut down seems likely to be
Eenored more in the breach than In the
observance in this trade. The outlook in
the trade as regards next seasons labor
scale Is still unsettled.
The usual early spring predictions of
an immense reduction In cotton acreage
nave failed of realization and current es-
Inmates favor falling off of to per
cent In the cotton belt as whole This.
added to good trade at home and abroad.
and advices that the crop has not vet
made up all the time lost by backward
season, has strengthened values of the
raw materials lightly
Wheat. including -four shipments for the
week. aggregate S.158,047 bushels, against
3.07t.O65 bushels last week, 1850, sS2 bushels
In the corresponding week Of 1885, 1895, 322
bushels in 1897, 1922, 695 bushels in 1895
and 1.731, 7T bushels in 1895. Since July
this season the exports of wheat aggre-
gate us. 223, 4S5 bushels, against 200, S76 O46
bushels last year. 4.774.333 bushels in this
week a year ago. 2.SSS.294 bushels in 1887.
l,0s5. S29 bushels IN 1896 and 655, 754 bushels
In 1895. Since July, this season, corn
exports aggregate 60,149,425 bushels,
against 1S6. 697. 800 bushels year ago.
Esfness failures for the week number
u.s. as against j29 last week, but COM
pared with POI IN this week a year ago.
257 in 1897. 234 three years ago and 2s2 in
1885. Business failures In the dominion
OF Canada for the week number 10. against
Is last week, rs in this week year ago.
IS in 1897 and Il in 1895.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-10
PRICES TEND UPWARD.
Advance the Past Week Not EquaIed
fin Recent Years


NEW YORK, June s.-R. G. Dun &.
Co.'S weekly review of trade will saw:
The past week has brought a rise In
prices not equaled in any other week of
many years. Iron products have adj
Vaneed oS2 per cent in one week and pig
iron 48 per cent. following advances of 5
per cent in pig and per cent in products
during May. Cotton has advanced l per
cent and cotton goods 1.8 per cent during
the week, with WOODEN goods 8 per cent
and boots per cent. A little reaction OF
. per cent appears in leather and Z per
cent in hides, but the characteristic Of
the time Is that expectation of higher
prices induced buying far in advance Of
requirements for consumption
1t Is needless to say that this is a
symptom of danger. and the most con-
sentative manufacturers, especially in
iron and steel. have striven to avoid It
but actual inability to deliver products
demanded leaves them little power, while
speculation in wool and other lines ia
running away from consumption. It is a
saving feature that quotations are quite
largely fictitious. Almost all the goods
now being delivered or produced in some
industries are on prices fixed by orders
accepted several months ago, and nearly
all the iron works being thus tied up
far ahead the prices quoted Indicate not
at all what they are getting, but what
they see fit to ask as q way of refusing
orders which they cannot accept. or else
the bids Of impatient buyers who can find
nobody ready to deliver large quantities
During the past week quotations have
risen for anthracite No. 1 to SIT so, for
Bessemer. to $3.50 at Pittsburg; for gray
forge. to $500; for billets, with practi-
cally no sales. to $S1; for bars, 81 per ton;
for plates and sheets as much: for rails.
to $26; for structural beams and angles,
So per ton, and for wire nails Is cents per
keg. But there are no accounts of large
transactions at these or any other prices
though small sales Of pig last week for
Italy and this week for Bremen, at mar
ket prices, with German offers for 10000
tons Southern pig. indicate that needs
abroad are quite as great as they are
here.
While there is a better demand for
wooden goods, so that prices of some
have advanced, it is not yet possible to
distinguish heavy speculative operations
In wool at Boston, from efforts OF mills
to buy. The cotton market has ad-
vanced a sixteenth. Goods are selling
largely and prices Of ginghams and prints
have advanced.
For the current week failures have
been 159 in the United States, against
203 last year. and 10 in Canada, against
IT last year.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-10
THE NEW YORK CLIMATE

In that vast hive of humanity, Greater
New York. they are once more experience
ing the advantages of their blissful eli
matte conditions
There is an impression abroad that the
big metropolis has established a perma-
nent censorship over the climate of the
entire country, from Baff1n's bay to Tier
ra del Fuego. 1t is certainly recognized as
something of an authority through It's
daily press on the enormities of Mime
sofas climate. In that community of per-
petuai and impressive sunshine, the idea
prevails that the Northwest is a place
Of never-ending winter, interspersed with
cyclones. billiards. and all the accom-
paniments of life on the steppes of Rus
STA
1t must be pleasing reflection to the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-10
WHY STOCKS sAGGED.
Bradstreet's Financial Review of
Weeks Business In Wall Street.

NEW YORK, June 9.-Bradstreet's
financial review tomorrow will say: At
the beginning of the week the market
showed a disposition to continue it's dull.
sagging tendency. The announcement Of
further gold shipments was calculated to
support this belief, and with the absence
of any public buying led the profession al
traders to generally act on the short side
of the account. There was, however
less evidence of liquidation and the
money market failed to show any trepi-
dalton on account of the gold shipments
which, for the past ten days, reached the
total of s2.5OO.000. The large gold hold
ings of both the banks and the treasury
with the abundance of money and the
absence of any exceptional demands at
present, rob the specie movement of its
usual effect. 1t also clearly recognized
that at the present rates Of exchange,
some European interest, generally
thought to be the Bank of England itself
had put a premium upon gold consign-
ments. small. but SUFFICIENT to reduce an
artificial flow from this country.
There was a steadier tone in TUESDAYS
trading, and Wednesday yielded two in
cidents which. for the time being. at
least. seemed to change the temper of
speculation. One of these was the doc
laration of the regular per cent quar-
terly dividend in the American Sugar
companys common stock. and the other
was the declaration of 11S per cent half
yearly dividend on Atchison preferred.
The upward movement continued on
Thursday, and the strength of the mar
ket on the whole seemed to center in the
portions of the list which had been the
object of the principal bear pressure.
London took but small part in the
trading here. though the Atchison divi-
dend induced some foreign buying Of that
stock