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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-02

SEAL OF PAN-AMER1CAN EXPOSITION.
Pan-American Exposition for their dis
play on a scale never before attempted:
To show this interesting collection to
the best advantage an attractive con-
servatory has been provided. while a
museum. as an annex to this. will con-
tain finished products as well as rare
and curious articles to illustrate a va
riety OF features under the head Of
Foods and Their Accessories
at is a fact well known to experts
In exhibition matters that a scattered
display of special articles loses force.
while a condensed exhibit of line of
things pertaining to a specific subject
becomes educational Now, as the OBJ
ject Is to increase the production and
promote the consumption of the things
called for. much trouble and expense
is justified In making this collection
unique and unparalleled.
at is intended to make the exhibit
Of red peppers the finest and most ex-
tensive collection ever made. with the
object of demonstrating by special ex-
hibit connected with the accessories
of food that Pan-America can pro.
duce all the red peppers consumed in
Pan-America. 1t is perhaps only known
to experts that vast quantities of red
peppers are imported from Europe
Asia and Africa every year because
Pan-Americans are not actively alive
to their own interest in this important
matter"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-02
LIQUOR LICENSE RAISED.
Higher Prices at Manila and the Native
Drink Debarred.

Washington, Dec. 1.-The division Of
insular affairs of the war department
has published a statement relative to
the liquor traffic of Manila. 1t shows
that the American authorities have in
creased the license fee from 81 for each
saloon to 5000 for saloons of the first
class; $3.50 for those of the second class;
500 for the third class and $50 for the
last class. selling only beer and light
wins and located outside Of the business
district. The sale of the native drink
''vino" has been forbidden to soldiers
as it is most harmful in its effects upon
them.
There were only los licenses outstand-
ing ON June 30, last, a decrease of SO
since the Americans licenses began.
The barrooms are more orderly and
keepers more careful in sales to drunken
persons and in observing the opening
and closing hours. No discharged
American soldier holds license. The
Spaniards hold 50 licenses; Americans
%; Filipinos, 20; negroes. 2; Chinese. s;
Japanese. 3, and persons of unknown
nationality 81.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-02
nrnrll 70 Re Renre.ented.

The Brazilian government early in
the season sent out invitations to all
agricultural and Industrial societies to
prepare articles for exhibition at the
Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo in
1901. A large number of coffee pro-
ducers have agreed to send full line
OF samples OF the best Brazilian grades
Of this commodity.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-02
kMA ROUTE.
company Calls on Sec
bat Washington.

company Calls on Sec
ut Washington.
Dec l. - President
mama Canal company,
ointment upon Secretary
and had a long talk
Buching the prospects of the
nal as filed by probable legis-
Ihe approaching congress. The
company has as yet made no
tender of property to the state
ment. 1t has, however, presented
isthmian canal commission, of
Admiral Walker is president,
tatement of the affairs OF the COM
and conditions upon which it
Willing to pass control OF its
Me United States govern
aE5nt~ the Panama route
ssion will include Hulin's
ION in the report so that
IN have before it material for
a choice of it's own between
raguan and Panama routes. 1t
hhle, however, that before the
car be taken under serious con-
Ederation a more definite proposition as
TO exact terms under which the Panama
company's rights could be acquired by
the United States, will be required.
The canal commission is making a
strenuous effort to finish its preliminary
report which will be sent to congress as
an accompaniment of the presidents
message and that in the meanwhile it
will probably not be made public.
1t is evidently the intention of tie adj
ministration to press canal legislation
upon congress earnestly and speedily
from the very beginning of the session.
1t is expected that before final action
can be had in the senate upoa the pend
ing house bill, providing for the con-
struction of the Nicaragua canal, the
executive branch of the government
will have succeeded in removing certain
obstacles which now lie in the course of
the pending Hay -Pauncefote treaty and
If this latter convention should be rati-
Fed, the administration influence will
be cast in favor of the pending bill.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-02
Eczema, No cure, No PAY.

Your druggist will refund Your money II
PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure RIM
" oIm. Tettsr, Old Ulcers and Sores, PIN.
pi,s and BIsekheads on the face, and 81
sl in diseases, 500.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-08

soon finds himself confronted by q wall
Of salt twenty feet in height and as
white, If not as hard, as marble. TO
undermine and bring down this mass
Of salt Is o dangerous operation, and
involves long delays; and to overcome
these difficulties, the companies have
used q compressed-air driven spiral
auger which is ten inches in diameter
and provided with q double spoon
point. The auger Is mounted on
truck and the back end Of the shaft
Is attached to a three!1lorse-power ro-
tary air drill machine. A row Of holes
Is driven into the salt wall at q height
of ten inches from the floor for 4 dis
tarce of six feet into the mass, the
holes being drilled Us closely together
as possible. After an interval Of one
to three hours, fall Of salt takes
place, mass equal to 400 or 500 bar
rels of salt being brought down In each
section. The saving Of labor by the
use of the compressed-air drill Is shown
by the fact that sufficient salt can be
undermined and caved in this manner
in one-half day to keep the packers at
work for two or three days following
Scientific American.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-08

boy in calico, we have one Of the first
attempts at change. Cotton had come
into general use and was worn both
summer and winter. Figure calico In
high colors is the material Of this boys
suit.-New York World.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-08
Tie Modern Stats Of
the Salt Industry.
Interesting Processes.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES COG
y oNSPICUoUs among the nat;
ural resources Of the State Of:
, Michigan are the forests which:
nnvar q nnnsidnra lln extent of

;, 'o'ei eoi''."et ~ "a
i'e Suti"Ie ANU INC '"ise uepo..s
sai' "ii''n unueln -. go - p Stsn,s+oa,
~, ".e": 80 CO. .n ,',..,ln,, 3 IT., eo.,,,
w. .,,,,,ao. ~ t,,o r,roson+ ort,c,as oro,ss
loootod t,,,s donos,t consists of !, stra,!a5I
+,m of rocl, solt which ia, from, twventys
five n thirty foot IN tb,ckness Salt
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-08

turned on, the liquor soon acquires
high temperature, and rapid evapora-
ton takes place. To assist the precipi-
tatlon of the grains Of salt, the surface
of the brine Is agltated ct frequent in
tervals by means Of series of paddles
which are operated by lever at the
end of the grainer. The salt accumu-
lates at the bottom, until In the course
OF twenty-four hours there will be q
layer from six to eight inches deep.
The salt is lifted from the grainer by
means Of long-handled, perforated
shovels, and Is deposited on the run
away. AS soon rs 1t is thoroughly
drained, it Is shoveled into carts, run
out over the storage bin, and dumped.
The plant under consideration con-
slsts Of five wells, three cisterns each
eighteen feet wide by 100 feet long
and eight feet deep, and six settlers
twelve feet wide, 175 feet long, and
eight feet deep, capable Of holding
about $4,000 barrels. When these els
terms and settlers are all full, they hold
enough brine to manufacture over TO-
600 barrels of salt.
Part Of the salt manufactured in this
plant Is made by the vacuum-pan pro-
cess. In operating the plant the pans
are first filled by gravity, after which
the gravity supply pipe is closed, and
the valve in the pipe connecting with
the settlers Is opened, the brine being
drawn into the pans by the vacuum
therein. as the evaporation proceeds.
The water and the air pumps are in
serted, steam is admitted TO the steam
belt, and the process Of manufacturing
salt begins. The atmospheric pressure
being removed from the surface Of the
brine the latter boils violently ut tenn
perature which seldom rises above $50
degrees Fahrenheit. The brine rushes
upward through the tubes, and under
the rapid evaporation the brine becomes
so dense that 1t con no longer hold the
salt in solution. Fine crystal grains
are formed, as the liquid clrculates
through the large three-foot opening in
the steam belt, and falling to the bot
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-08

without any pipe casing, except
through such portions as are liable to
cave. Salt we'll No. at Manistee,
which is described in the present ar
ticle, is fairly typical Of the wells in
this vicinity. The ten-inch pipe reaches
to depth of 400 feet, the eight-inch
pipe to depth of G1G feet, where the
rock formation is encountered. The
bed of rock salt, which is thirty feet
in thickness, reaches to q depth OF
1885 feet, making a total depth of
2O15 feet. The yield pumped from this
well amounts to from 1000 to 24oo. bar
rels Of brine in twenty-four hours.
The accompanying diagrams and
photographs represent the modern
state of the art. AS the brine Is
pumped from the we'll, it Is delivered to
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-08

this purpose the salt is dumped into
vast storerooms which measure from
200 to 300 fee in length, and the same
in width; the amount in store frequent
" aggregated 100000 barrels. As these
rooms are from sixteen to twenty feet
deep the salt becomes tightly packed,
and has to be worked loose by packers
with picks, shovels, grubhoes, ETC., who
proceed to quarry, break up and pack
the salt into barrels. With the coarser
grades of salt made in the grainers
this is not q difficult matter, but the
finer grained, vacuum-pan salt becomes
compact and very hard, and the packer
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-08

ed to the storage bins and dumped. 1t
Is customary to use the pans for not
longer than twelve consecutive hours,
at the. end Of which period they are
emptied, boiled out with fresh water,
and cleaned. One of the pans is ruin
during the day and the other during the
night, each pan making in a twelve
hour run from GOO to roo barrels of
salt, the combined production being
from 1900 to 14O0 barrels day.
In the manufacture Of salt 1t is a
recognized necessity that large guam
tlty must be kept in storage, and for
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-08

were not removed. would form coat
ing on the steam pipes in the grainers,
Is precipltated, and as soon as precipi-
tatlon Is completed the brine Is drawn
to a long box running across the head
ends Of the grainers. and from the box
tits fed to the grainers as required. The
latter are long, shallow tanks, near
the bottom Of which, and extending
throughout their full length, is series
of steam pipes. The brine being ad-
united to the grainers, the steam Is
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-08
Tough on the Joker.

The contributor wrote joke about
plumber whose bills were always
normal. "That," said the editor, reject
ing 1t, sis not joke; It's lie"
The contributor tried again with a
story of the plumber whose charges
left nothing 10 ha desired on the score
Of size. THAT" said the editor, who
had suffered, "is not a lie; neither is
1t joke."-Scraps.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-08

architectural feature the
walls First the yfoo thick
Within this the Imperial City,
Within this again the Of the Purple Forbid
Forbid
Its sides facing the points
the Two walls running north south divide the
into The central contains the principal building To this
chief Wulun Meridian Gate Inside this
running through artificial spanne by
gate the end Of the bridges
admission Palace Thon the prnc
audience the dgnties the empire meet and kowow
knee thrice knock forehead
times. To The innermcst palace admitted 1t
emperor wives.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-08

tom of the pan they pass to the foot
OF the elevator, whence they are taken
up and dumped into the drainage bins.
After the salt has remained in these
bins for q period Of sixteen to eighteen
hours, it Is drawn off into carts. wheel
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-08

the storage cisterns, from which 1t falls
by gravity to the settlers, and from the
settlers to the grainers. In the settlers
It is heated to temperature of about
ITO degrees Fahrenheit. Upon beingal-
lowed to cool, the gypsum, which, If 1t
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-08
How Boys of 1884 Dressed.

Until the time Of the Revolution
children dressed precisely like their
parents. This goes to explain their
painfully mature mir in their portraits.
In the illustration reproduced of the
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-08
THOs. J ADAMS PROPRIETOR.
THE COST OF A SONG.

life
when the lutte
same n singers highest art
the
sing song fingers that far
nrenw and life was in Its May
he his soul to
ehusk,th land spreading plain
the singerm must be he mans soul would gain
Manin tsoulu unsatIsf
holds his from the sounding
. and and over Of Time DID,
cloud its gold,
Overan doveran the lines lives
marching the OF
pyramids P:ime has the Of
the
eheartof man s q
its stirred Song the shores OF Time
Wrong had realm and state,
and since the Shades on the Living walt
Over singing OF In the rain,
Of God bringing the voice OF from
- t by James Riley in New England Magazine
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-08
Usually Entertaining.

"She's such gossip"
"Hears everything does sheY'
Oh, no; just the inventive kind, you
know,"-Chlcago rosl.
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-10-04

ports, because Of the additional
freights. The factories Of the trust are
at Pittsburgh, but Pittsburgh buyers
must pay IA cents a box more than
those Of Boston, because foreign glass
Ia that much cheaper in Boston.
II is said that the United States Ia
divided by this glass trust into six diff
ferent districts, in each of which a diff
Ierent scale of prices exists, accord
ing to the cost of laying down imported
glass.
The consumption Of window glass in
this country amounts to about 5,0pO,-
900 boNeS yearly, and all but about IL
per cent, of this is supplied by the
American factories. The trust, has free
natural gas at Pittsburgh, and other ia
cilities for cheap production that are
unrivaled abroad, and yet IL is eXactng
from American consumers twice the
price that Is charged for the same
class Of goods made in foreign factories.
You cannot look out of the window
without indirectly paying tribute to
trust.
II is the same with plate glass as
with common glass. There is a trust
in plate glass also. 1t is known as
the Pittsburgh Plate Glass company,
with u capital stock of SlO,OO0,OGO.
1t controls two-thirds OF the plate
glass production Of the United States
and has ian understanding" with the
factories outside the trust. This
concern has doubled prices in the
past two years. Although 1t bleeds
consumers IL Expresses its workers,
paying them low wages and forbid
ding them to join or organize any
union, And yet II profits by high du-
ties, which are pretended to be for
the purpose of protecting American
labor" but in reality for the means
OF robbing. the American consumer
and depressing the American glass
worker,
There are n NUMBER OF the trusts
in the various branches OF the glass
industry, such us the National Mir
ror Manufacturers association, which
met last September and arbitrarily
raised prices from ten to fifteen per
cent.
The system Of plunder and eXtor-
ton practiced by the American Glass
company and the Pittsburgh Plate
Glass company is mt exceptional bun
merely illustrative. All the great
trusts follow the same methods BY
the consolidation of many plants seme
economies are effected, but these ere
more than offset by the watering Of
stock, requiring dividends far in sx'
cess OF fair return on the actual
cost Of plants Is wrung from cons
gumers through extortionate prices.
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-10-04


without regard TO the past political
affiliations OF any Of its stockholders,
will oppose Bryan's election and con-
tribute freely to the Mckinley com
paign fund.
II the extent OF the trust evil could
be brought home TO every voter In the
land, this one issue alone would be suf-
Acient 10 insure the election Of Bryan.
But few OF the people realize how out
rageously they are being robbed by
the thousands Of trusts that have tAS-
tened upon all the great manufacturing
industries Of the country The public
have but a faint idea OF the extortion
practiced by the trusts, Of their stitiing
Of competition, their determinations
in favor Of foreign buyers, their enSIav-
ing of labor and their dangerous grip
upon state governments as well as upon
congress and the executive.
One Of the questions to be decided
In November Is this: SHALL THE
GOVERNMENT CONTROL THE
TRUSTS. OR THE TRUSTS CONTROL
THE GOVERNMENTS
In former articles the Bee has pre-
sented many facts and figures, not one
Of which has been questioned or denied
by anybody, regarding the operation
of the great trusts controlling the man
ufacture and sale Of barb wire, steel
nails. tin plate, Kerosene and other
commodities. And the stated increase
of prices, which in number OF in
stances was more than 100 per cent,
due to the operations OF these trusts,
we have since corroborated by official
figures from recent report OF the de-
partment of labor at Washington. We
have also shown that the trusts are
strengthened in their grip on the
American market by excessively high
duties, which go far beyond any reason
able requirement OF protection to
home industries. II is largely because
OF their aid for Hanna-and-McKinley
republicanism in tariff Legislation thai
the trusts have sprung into existence
and that they hope to perpetuate theii
grasp upon the industries of the ma
ton.
One Of the trusts, to which we nov
direct attention, is the American Win
dow Glass company, with a capita
stock Of SlIOOO,O0O. 1t was organized
in October, 1890 1t owns plants, rep
resenting about four-ffths of the tota
producing capacity of the window
glass factories of the United States
Before It began operations its trus
predecessor in the glass; industry ha,
put up pricesSto extortionate figures
which the present trust maintains
These prices are about double wha
, they were four years ago. Although
the capital stock of this trust is SIT
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-10-04

ooD.oHo, the actual value oI ia r'aut
has been estimated, by one OF the or
EnniEFrs OF the corporation, az SO'
10000
The prlces OF WINDOW glass in the
United States are twice what they nre
in Belgium and England, the chief for
Cign producers Of g'nss, The effect
Of the trusts control Of the American
market Is strongly brought out by n
trade journa,, the Commoner and Glass
Worker, which In It's issue OF October
2i, 1899, said;
"From an average price OF about
$l,50perboN for single and two dollars
per box for double-strength in 1904,
the value Of glass has quite doubled, II
not more than doubled.
"Snce the existence OF the American
Glass company, the greatest advance
in price has taken place, This company
has managed its affairs without change
practically since its formation, and has
done II 30 well MS 10 not only control
the product, but TO fix the price nt the
highest possible notch,
"The profits during the last three
years have been enormous, The pool
Is said 10 have made S7OO,OOo In 1906,
Sl,75O,OOo In 1907, SO, iOO,Oc In 1905, and
still larger profits are anticipated for
1899.
As the tariff on foreign glass aver
ages about 100 per cent, the American
Glass company has n secure monopoly
fixing It's prices at about the cost OF
foreign glass with the duty added, or q
little less, so as to discourage foreign
competition. II adjusts It's prices so
closely on this basis that II has one
sca.e for Pittsburgh and another for
Boston, foreign glass costing more in
the interior cities than at Atlantic sea-
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-10-04
TRUSTS ARE R0BBINc.
An IGyue That In Itself WOuld Alone
Insure the Election OF
nryRn.

One OF the most vital issues OF the
present campaign Is tnNt Of the trusts.
II is an issue because there is abso-
lutely no eifeotual remedies from the
republican party under Its present lead
ershlp, II there Ii any one thing more
than another In which the present ad-
minlstratlon has been conspicuous
failure II Is In regard TO the trust evil
Aud the republican control of con
gress, In both branches, has been, and
would remain, II continued, highly fa-
vorable to tie trusts.
This results from the decay oforig-
inal republican principles and the con-
trolling influence exercised by such
men as Mark Hanna, who Ia openly the
friend and protector OF trusts. Not
only Is this true, but II is also notorious
ly the fact that the republican cam
paign fund has the trusts for its chief
contributors. Knowing Hanna's rec
ord regarding trusts, and mindful that
these great corporations are the chief
benehciarles OF the Hanna republican
policy as well as its principal cham
pions, can any sensible person believe
that there Is the slightest prospect OF
relief from trust oppression through
Hanna-directed legislation?
On the other hand. there Is absolute
~ no question that Bryan is the earn
est and uncompromising foe OF trusts,
and that II elected he will exert all his
power and influence TO correct the
trust evil,
Every great trust In the country,
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-10-04
Iknnnnn CIV Prodnce.

Kansas City, Oct l,-Bggs-Fresh,
liihc doZ,
Butter-Creamery extra fancy separa-
tor zoe, 1rsts, lSc; dairy, fancy, 17c;
packing stock, l2iEc; northern cheese,
lie; Kansas and Missouri l0c.
Poultry--Hens, live, Ic, roosters, lbc
each; spring chickens, 7iac; broilers, SIC;
cnpons. Sc per hi ducks, young, Glhc;
geese. young 5Hc; turkey hens, TRc old
toms, Gikc Pigeons, 75c doz; plovers, H.W
al25,
Potatoes-Home grown iOc; sweets,
iO050c per bu,
Apples-Fancy S2OOM35O per barrel
Cranberrles, $60OTl6jO per barrel
Vegetables beans, home grown.
s.. 25Gil.5O bu; tomatoes, home grown, SIZE
also bu Navy beans, SlO Cabbage
home grown, G5GSOc per cwt Onions,
5Od6Oc per bushel Cucumbers, N'OOal.2s
per bu Egg plant, GOnOOc per doz' sum-
mer squash, 4O875c per bu. box. Roast
ing ears, 9d10c doZ, Hubbard SQUASH
Sl,OOdl5O doz Celery, 2OWiOc doz.
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-10-04
Cour d,Anu ne STRIKER, Re oased.

San Fransico, Oct. 1.-The United
States circuit court of appeals has
ouashed the indictments against ten
men who were arrested ut Occur
d'Alene during the mining strike
there for interfering with the mails
The men did not know that the train
which they interferred with carried
the United States mails.
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-10-04

Mansfield. o., Oct, 2.--Dowieite ED
ers $. p. Fogwell and John f. Richter,
of Chicago, arrived here last night and
stopped at the Won Hot hotel. At
midnight they We're routed out and
sent away as rumors were current
that mob was coming after chem.
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-10-04
ChIcnKo LIy0 stock.

Omaha, Oct. ,-Cattle-Recelpts, 1000.
Native beef steers, A,i0gb65; western
steers, Si00dA7b Texas steers $3,25W4oO;
stockers and feeders, 3,75Q47O
Hogs-R Receipts, $500 Heavy, $1,000
Sis. bulk OF sales, S5.l0d5l5,
sheep-Receipts, 1i,lOO, Western NUT
tons, $35O9i.OO; lambs a.0Og5l5.
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-10-04
Sc. Louis Live Stock.

ST. Louis, Oct, -Cattle-Recelpts, 1900.
Native beef steers, NOOd5, 5,7O;stockers and
Native beef steers, Ad57O; stockers and
feeders, s2bOd475; Texas and Indian
steers, 5OOWSi6O,
Hogs Receipts, 5000, Packers, sb,2bq
$40; butchers, $58OIbF
sheep--Receipts, AOO Native muttons,
3.5O14, 90; lambs, NGb,25,