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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-16
CURRENT TOPICS.

Now that strikes are SO frequent, the
New England compulsory law is under
discussion. This law grew
sv.pusoy out Of the Maritime
Arbitration. strike of ten years ago,
and is thus outlined by a writer on that
subject:
The law does not force arbitration upon
the disputants-though it may later be
amended to do so. It forces arbitration
only on appeal from either one or both Of
the parties in dispute. Once an appeal has
been made, the case goes through to an
award, and both parties must abide by it.
There are boards, of conciliation which
first hear cases. Then a judge of the Su-
pre1ne Court OF the colony, selected for the
purpose, sits as a court Of arbitration to
give judgment and award on cases. coming
up from the Cancellation boards LabOrerS
are encouraged to organize in unions,
which are incorporated by law. Manufac-
turers or employers may also organize or
combine. This secures a responsible fnan-
cial body on the part of the workman. with
which the State can deal in enforcing its
awards. the penalties being fines. If any
organized body of laborers-and seven men
in any one employment can form them
selves into a union under the 1aw-if any
such body of men have a grievance. such
as insufficient wages, they can appeal to
the local board of Cancellation, and there
upon their employer must come before the
board with them, whether he wants to or
not. The state Of his affairs is then in
qured into. His books are subject TO in
Spection and he can state his side OF the
case. The men present their side, and are
obliged to do this themselves or through
one or more of their number, no hired
counsel being wanted or allowed. Mean
time, work goes on at the factory as If
nothing had happened. If the final award
is for higher wages. the employer must
concede The point. If he refuses The is
fined, and the case is revived against him
by the men, and he would thus be fined
again and again until he yielded, or chose
to suspend operations.
The treasurer of Georgia cotton mill
has recently returned from a visit to the
North and reports that he found the Keen
est interest in the South everywhere that
he went. "In fact" he goes on, the
South is the principal topic of CONVERSE
ton in financial and industrial circles.
While 7 was in Boston there were about
dozen mill presidents from the South
there, and they were being treated most
cordially by the Boston capitalists. There
is generally a warm feeling for this sec
ton. The interest in the South is not at
fected, either, because great many or
the northern and eastern capitalists have
money invested in this section and are
stockholders and directors in cotton mills
and other enterprises down this way. The
night left Boston there was on the train
large party from Boston coming down
to meetings of mills in Tennessee, North
Carolina, Georgia and Alabama, in which
they were Interested.
The northern people are interested in
the South because they can't help it. The
South is now In a position to command
attention.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-16
REPUBLICANS AND THE CONVEN-
TION.

The opposition (which the white Republi-
cans are man.festing towards the proposal
to call a Constitutional Convention is not
to their credit. For many years they have
complained that the Republican party in
Virginia had no chance to succeed because
of the election methods employed against
it, but now when the great body of Demo-
Gratis in the State have determined to call
a Constitutional Convention TO revise the
suffrage as a means OF purifying the bal
lot, the Republicans are lining UP in oppo-
sition. The convention movement is
movement in the interest of honest cleo
tons, and il hehooves all good citizens
unite in an effors TO put TIE convention
measure through.
But taking the view of expediency, the
Republicans know that so ionE as present
conditions exist their party has 20 posi-
BILE ctlance 10 get control in Virginia, there
fore. that party cannot possibly be hurt
10y anything that a Constitutional Con-
vention may do in the interest of election
reform. The ignorant negro vote has been
great burden for. the Republican party
in the South TO carry. and the sooner it
can get rid of it the better 1t will be for
the party.
Taking all these things into consideration
we are forced to the conclusion that the
white Republican leaders in Virginia are
quite satisfied with the political status in
this State.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-16
Siberian EXiicS.

"A new law went into force in Russia on
May 9Th, abolishing transportation to ST.
IBERIA and arbitrary exile without Judicial
inquiry. It is regarded as preparatory to
the complete abolition of the Siberian eX
lie system. 1t has been, known for more
than a year that Nicholas II. shared the
opinion which his father and grandfather
openly held that the time was at hand for
closing the long chapter Of Siberia's his
tory as a penal colony, and the rapid de-
velopment of Siberia has moved the pres
ent Car to begin the work. On June 2lst
last the first meeting was held of the COM
mission the Car had appointed to devise
plans for replacing the Transports ton of
prisoners to Siberia by other punishments.
BY the new law in the great mass of
cases transportation to Siberia is wholly
abolished. In all cases judicial inquiry
must precede exile and those convicts
who are sent to Siberia will not be left.
as heretofore at the most distant out
posts guarded by Russian soldiery. to en-.
gage in enforced labor in the mines or to
pick up a living as best they can but
will be placed in prisons to be built at
once for their reception. The indiscreet
victims of their own opinions. dissenters
from the orthodox faith. advocates of
constitution for the State, cranks of all
kinds shouting for REFORM" will no ION
ger be herded by thousands with harden
ed criminals and marched in the common
chain gangs over the bleak route of exile.
The criminals sent out OF Russia for thei.
country's good will no longer menace tn,
peace and property of honest immigrants.
for the walls that will confine them will
put an end to the class of convict tramps
Six hundred thousand emigrants from
Russia have poured into Siberia within
the past four years. With agriculture de-
veloping in all The regions that are fitted
TOR the farmer. with growing industries
Keeping pace with the advance of agricul-
ture in all the large towns. such as
Tomsk. Senipolatinsk and 1rlSutsk it was
high time for Siberia to be relieved of the
odium and the detriment of being the gene
raj dumping ground of the criminal class
es OF Russia in Europe. The new law
goes far to take from Siberia entirely the
character of penal colony. Just as ear
lier Cars removed the same stigma from
the governments of Perm and Orenburg
and as England finally made Botany Bay
the gateway through which honest piou.
GERS instead of criminals passed into Aus
traiia.
1t is 800 years since the first decree q.
Punishment to Siberia was pronounced
and since that time over 1.5hN,0NA persons
have toled over the long road.-New York
Sun.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-16
SOME SENSIBLE REMARKS ON
MONEY.

We take from the New York Journal
Of Commerce the following most sensible
article:
when Colonel Greene. in his address
before the Social Science Convention. said
that primary currency or money has al
was been the article IN widest and most
instant demand for the moment within
the area of its use. and it has given place
whenever il has come into competition
with any article possessing all the neces-
sary qualities in a distinctly superior de-
gree he Simply said in precise and
scientific language what is expressed
col!oquially II the statement that only
that which everyone desires very much
can serve as money in the primary sense.
There have been very few changes in
human t;iStc in this regard. That human
beings have always and everywhere pre-
ferred q pound of silver TO several pounds
of copper and a pound of gold to several
pounds o: silver is a general rule which
has no exceptions wide enough or long
enough TO be worth speaking OF. If
everyone is to give his labor and COM
moditieS for money. money must be
something that everybody desires, and 1t
must be desired very mucn or else only
little labor or merchandise Will be given
for a good deal of it. The fact that prac-
ncai;y ali men everywhere have cared
more 10 gel pouuu ol Scid tiidit " eSes
a pound of anything else except jewels
contains the promise and potency of
all sound money, and is the rock upon
which all systems of cheap money have
been wrecked
This contains the whole mystery and
marvel of finance. The best money is
that which is made of the material
which men most desire If our money
Is msse of a material that men care
little for, and another money Is made of
material that men care much for. the
first VIII be neglected and tho second
will be sought after. The consequence
is that men prefer gold money to all
other because it is made of the material
that is most desired. Silver comes next
as metal that is desired. but it is not
nearly so much desired as gold is. so that
when men are offered choice of silver
money and gold money they take the
gold money In preference.
Paper money Is made of material that
ID very aittle desired. SO that men would
n1s take it at all as money II its only
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-16
which such fees arc permitted Is pernicious
and ought to be abolished.
THE AUGUSTA LYNcHING.

The killing of a white man IN augusta,
Ca, on Sunday last and the subsequent
synching of the negro who killed him.
furnish food for reflection. MI Alex
ander Whitney, popular young man.
was on crowded street car when a
negro came aboard and took a seat in
AR Whitney's lap. Naturally. the white
man resented the insult. whereupon the
negro drew pistol and shot him to
death The officers of the law tried to
prevent the negro from being lynched.
and the heart-broken mother of the
young man who was killed made plea
through the Augusta Chronicle that the
law be permitted to take its course But
the people were so indignant that they
lost their heads, and in spite Of the
efforts of the officers, took the offending
negro out and lynched him.
Two things. The negro who prowls
around with a pistol in his pocket is a
It is the part of good sense and in the
interest of peace to keep the negro race
and the white race, as far as possible.
from coming together in public places.
There is a law in Georgia requiring
street railways to furnish separate ac-
commodations for white persons and
negroes. but the law is not enforced.
II it had been enforced this deplorable
incident would not have occurred; the
life of a bright and promising young
+,
city of Augusta had been spared the
ignominy of a lynching.
Readers of The Times will recall that
soon after the Christmas holidays an
incident which came. under our observa-
ton on the Petersburg Railroad was re-
lated in these columns. Negroes and
whites were mixed in train: negro
man insisted upon sitting down by
white woman; a white man insisted that
he should not sit there. The negro and
his friends were under the influence of
liquor, and here came near being a. race
riot on the car. That article crysalized
public sentiment, and the result was the
enactment of a separate car law in Vir-
ginia In advocacy of the law The
Times insisted that it did not desire such
a law as an imposition on the black
man: that it had no disposition to de-
grade him nor TO take from him any
privilege, but The Times insisted that it
was in the interest of peace and good
order In the interest Of the black man
as we'll as the white man that on such
h1 rno two IN
the hotels, in all such public places the
races should be kept apart. Blacks and
whites can meet together as individuals
and do business together and keep on
friendly terms. But when race meets
race in an organized capacity there is
almost sure to be clashes every now and
then.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-16
WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN.
What the Agricultural Department
Says Of the Weather in Virginia.

United States Department Of Agricul-
ture. Climate and Crop Bulletin of the
Weather Bureau, Virginia Section. for the
week ending Monday, May 14th 1900:
Much cool weather, with light to killing
frosts on the mornings of the 9th and 10th,
and continuance OF the semi-droushty
conditions characterizing the two proceed
ing weeks has prevailed throughout the
week covered by this bulletin Il was not
until the latter part OF the week that the
days became seasonably warm, and only,
in the southwest portion of the State thai
rains were f-squsnt enough for crop pur-
poses and then they We're too cold and
chilling to give the best results in
growth While all classes OF vegetation
are beginning to feel the need of rain,
perhaps the most immediate effect of its
absence is noticeable on pastures and
meadowlands. where growth has been SO
checked as to afford poor grazing on the
one hand and a poor prospect for hay on
the other. The land. also, is becoming
too hard to get in order, and altogether
the need OF rain is becoming manifest in
all lines of farm work The danlasing eff
fects Of the frosts noted above were, for
tunately, light. and apparently confined
to garden stuff in low lands All CORE
spondents are agreed that fruit has es-
capped injury so far. except that dry
weather has caused local dropping OF the
young fruit. Truck crops are being mar
sketed. Strawberries shipped and peanuts
planted
Winter wheat Is standing the dry wealth
err very well. It appears to be uninjured
up to date, and. while it has made no
growth during the oast week. it has not
fallen off. The area over which heading
is reported is increasing
Spring oats have not made much pro-
gress, owing to the dry, cool weather.
The crop, however, is in good condition,
and only needs warm, showery weather
to advance rapidly.
Corn planting has been practically fin
ished.. there remaining but little of this
work now to be done. Tha early planted
is coming up ev.n1r. but slowly. it need
ing warm showers. In the Valley section
local heavy rain ana hail washed some
fields badly. and replanting will Be neces-
sary Cut worms are doing some damage
& in Shenandoah County.
Tobacco plants have done very well, all
things considered, and continue abundant
and thrifty. "A gcod deal of preparation
of land for this crop has been done and
some little transpianting undertaken, but,
as rule. The weather. has not been Ia
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-16
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.BEsT PAyInION.'

The enterprise of the Meyer Store, Fou-
shee and Broad Streets. resulted in a
most beneficial innovation by the other
prominent booth proprietors, who recog-
nized the public benefit Of the Meyer
Store idea and adopted the same Thus
the many strangers who become fatigued
in sightseeing on foot can step into al
most any booth and make themselves
comfortable without price or expectation
The original REST Pavilion" is 5the right
wing of the Never Store booth. and the
interesting sights of both the sidewalk
and street can be taken in with comfort
The booth as complete in every detail of
its appointments. and free ice water.-in
fact. free reading matter is distributed a {
intervals throughout the day to the occu-
pants. Tt Is very era tifving to note tina.
when one business. house in Richmond
! takes a stem forward The rest are quick TO
recognize the enterprise.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-16
Tho New Declaration

The Richmond Times thoroughly under
stands the meaning of the movement for
new Constitution in this State. and strik-
ingly condenses the significance of it into
q few words:
.'This demand for a Constitutional Con-
vention TO qualify the suffrage is demand
for a new declaration of independence in
Virginia.
Every good citizen should remember this
when he goes to the polls two weeks from
to-day.-Norfolk Landmark.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-16
AFTERMATH.

The London Daily Express of yesterday,
in discussing the visit of The Boer peace
delegates to New York and their proposed
attack on Richard Croker and Tammany
Hall for inspiring and encouraging the enc
mics of Great Britain
A Young druggist attended services in the
Bethany Presbyterian Church at Trenton,
n. J.. Sunday night and went to sleep.
While asleep he stood up and removed MS
coat and waistcoat- Two women who
sat in the same pew with him moved to
the far corner. Then ne unbottoned his
collar, took off his cravat. and was about
to dsrobe entirely when the women
screamed and walked him. The young man
grabbed his clothes and beat hasty re-
treat.
Mr.. Grover Cleveland and Mr.. Joseph
Jefferson are the guests of Mr. E. c.
Benedict on board the yacht Oneida, The
party will go to Cuba on a trip that will
combine business with pleasure
Philadelphia has raised the last dollar of
the 100000 guarantee fund, and SO the Re
publican Convention is safe.
The head of the Methodist Book Concern
in Chicago and the janitor of the Book
Concern Building are delegates to the
Methodist General Conference
Some temperance people of Boston are
hospital in Boston in which no alcoholic
medicines shall be used. They say that
the Temperance Hospital of London, es-
tablAhed in 1873, and the Temperance Hos
pital of Chicago, established in 1884, have
been successful in their treatment of pa
tents. and their death rate is lower than
that of the ordinary hospitals.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-16

.yorable for the latter work. and good
Season is being awaited by all planters
Potatoes are doing very we'll, and the
prospect Of a good crop of the Irish va
riety is satisfactory.
Fruit IS still In very good condition In
all sections, and promises large yield
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-16

your uncle's attack of rheumatism was
cured by Christian science?
01udge-No, I said his attack OF Christian
science was cured 10y rheuma tlsn.-1n-
dianapolis Press.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-16

We have reduced the price of New Music
Chart to so cents each. for the Carnival
Week only. This chart enables any one
to read music without the aid of a teacher,
Walter ID. Moses Sc Co., No. 1905 East
Main Street.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-16
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-16
On Parade.

How do you like your new spring suit,
K;tty?''
"Oh, it fits so perfectly that I've been
out somewhere every afternoon this
week "-Indianapolis Journal.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-16
Some temperance people Of Boston are
Woman,s Imagination.

/. Husband-Why do you persist in wear
ing shoes that pinch your feet?
Wife-Oh, I never could feel comforta-
BILE in a comfortable ssloe-Life.
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TIE SUNDAY TIMES. sl.so year.

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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-16

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isonals, but must urge that all sucn os
sent over the signature of the sender
All unsigned communications VIII De re-
Secte0 always.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-16
RICHMOND CARNIVAL MARCH.

The greatest musical hit is The Rich
mond Carnival March. On sale with us;
get a copy Walter d. Moses & Co, No
1905 Main Street Richmond, Va.
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ANNUAL MEETING
Southern Wholesale Grocers' Associa-
ton, Charleston. S. c., o1ay 24-2o

For the above occasion the Southern
Railway will sell tickets to Charleston and
return at rate of one fare for the round
trip. Tickets on sale May I'D TO 9th, In
elusive, with return limit May 18th. The
Southern operates double daily service
between Richmond and Charleston through
DanviIle, Charlotte and Columbia.
C. w. WESTBUFsY, T. P. 4.
One of the sights of Richmond is The
Never Store.
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Money Matters.

Mercnant-No: we don't deliver goods in
the suburbs unless the customer boys S.
worth
suourbanite-Huh. II / could get S to-.
gethe- all al once I'D live in town.-In-
dianapolis Journal.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-16
The Real Victim,

Your husband seems to be a victim
of the tobacco habit
mo: I'm the victim. He thoroughly en-
joys it."-What-to-Eat.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-16
NsuSIC CHART.

One of the sights of Richmond is The
Meyer Store.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-16
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Clutches. Trusses. Braces, all kinds OF
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Observation-Disclosures
we have good Upright Piano that sold
at $3.50 which can be bought for one-half:
also. an Emerson Upright for less than half
of cost A fine modern square Piano for.
{ sS5. Manly B. Ramos & Co, 119 East
Broad Street.
-. gu haven't seen Richmond till you sess
/ The Meyer Store, = Foushee and Broad SfS.s
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1ANCEsETER BUREAU, 1121 HULL
STREET.
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..You haven't seen Richmond till YOU see
The Meyer Store" Foushee and Broad SITS.