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Nj II. VI. Nell saws in recent circular;
The comparative port and interior town re-
ccinis TO January 96 are as follows:

Eight years average excess /. ihi 900 crop
In sight January "a. 6.s3s O0N less excess this
year. 2Sa 0tsl leaves .2t2. 900. Normal in sight
should be $4,000. 1898 90 S.6S7 600 1897 o.
$3.50 ono. 1851 5000 n0o
The movement TO the ports Us becoming
more natural and nov shows an excess over
the counted towns Of 40 000 hnlaa while on
December the ports showed loss than tho
towns by $4,000 bales "A change in their com
narrative movement of $4,000 bales. This in
dicates that the accumulations la tho interior
are beginning 10 move but ms In tho mast
eight years 10 January 26. tho ports received
more than the counted towns hy ti5i 900
bales. and this year the excess is only 92n 900
y seems manifest that hut n small part OF
the accumulation has vet moved forward
Tho Northern and Southern mills having al
teadv taken the bulk OF the remainder OF the
cron and Of the An erlcan port and Interior
stocks must 20 70 Errone.
THE weekly statement becomes very inter
esting II is made un on the theory OF con
sumption. Europe per week takes 1875 000
against 10000 In 1898: North and Canada
per week take 1890, against n. 900 in 1895
South per week takes 3o,0O0. against 81 900 I'm
1928; Mexico and Iapan per week take 60oo,
against 400 In 1895 American total weekly.
20s.00N. against 205. 900 In 1898; total for Eu
rope 6,50o.OOo, against $3.50 oO0 In 1898. North
and Canada. 24it.00n, against e,eSs.o 900 in
1898. South, l,6s0. 900 against 400 600 In 1898
Mexico aud Japan $4,000, AGAINST Dos, 900 in
isps: total 1886 900, against TO- Csc 900 In 1898.
The statement shows that although the
in sight is less than last year BY 1850 900
bales, the trade has taken within $4,000 bales
OF last year up TO date"
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NEW YORK EXCHANGE.
Landau Financial Cable,

New York. February S.-Ine sssI,rttsI
Advertisers London financial ontiriss
says: The markets here we're psjlsr vi
early today on the report tnat r.ss hsi1|
advancing toward Ladysmith ~ lh s.r ofts'
easier In the afternoon when Wv ne 80
announced that II knew noth,ns .xer' ~
morning reports. Business. hoNe,S,.' soreA<
small for much relapse consois .rsrs;'
lol s-l6 and closed nd lower r ~. vs. z
department was most active. ~. las 1. -!
gold movement. Money. was eass'
the same rate as last week.
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xew york Money

New York. February e--Mpo rI,a, risrtsi.l
easy at 2d2is last loan ~. r ,,ay esrss'i..
tile paper 4Gp5h per cent, stei h.nksrs "
firm with actual business u az q N4
at 4s7isd4 SIX for demand ana rstes
for sixty days bills postsee =
i.sos. Commercial bills 81 sarsf
tihcstes ssiy@so;1. Government eenSss irs,sg
state bonds inactive; railroad p'A''
lar
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GALVESTON STOCK

Tho above quotations are based on tramp
class liners &c higher.
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HOUSTON WHOLESALE PRICES.
Current Qrotntions on Round Lot. of
staple Commodities
HEAVY STABLES.

Ibese quotations are revised daily and their
eerrectness can be relied upon, The nrices are
those ruling IN Houston Wholesale markets.
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DRUGS.

Quinine, 42d45c per ounce. in bottle; NOR
phine s2.30I25O per ounce; cocaine, 1925 per
ounce, borax. sac pei. popud in ;O9-polnd
pht kHges copperas, Sl.4c per pound in bar
PACKAGES epson salts, tl5O per hundred in
barrels; alcohol, s2,6G per gallon; sulphur,
500 per hundred in barrels; alum, 2ikc per
pound in barrels; saltpetre, &c per pound in
barrels. camphor, 5Sd6Oc: wood alcohol, Sl.15:
gum opium, S.75; powdered opium, $4.75;
carbolic acid. i5c per pound bottles.
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SIS Sophia Brailli, for Marseilles, via New
port News: ll225 barrels cottonseed oil
weighing 5T2,i76 pounds, valued at 5000 1855; rs
tierces OF grease, Weighing 1880 pounds
valued at s203s; SO cords OF wood, vnlued at
1878; 544 pieces Of lumber, weighing iO,i7i
pounds, valued at $685.
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CANNED FRuITs-Pineapple 2-lb, eye
les5 and coreless 81 $4,000; 2-lb extra grated
S2o0a225; 2-lb standard, sliced 81 50; pears,
ID standard, soc: peaches, 2-lb standard, s15C
qi.55; standard $i.25dl so, lib seconds 81 II
Hio s-lb standard $3.50; 2-lb pie sl.OOdi 10;
S-lh pie Sli5d1.2U
CANNED YEGETABLES-Tom Tomatoes s-lb
full weight S5Gg0o 2-lb full weight 65aIOc;
okra and tomatoes, 2-lb, 9Oc; Lima beans 2-lS
tull weight 75c string beans, 2-lb full weight
DC A No, ,stringless beans, 2-lb full weight
Sl6o, red kidney beans, 2-lb fun weight $50
marrow fat peas, 2.lb full weight sl.l0dl 2S
early June peas, fancy 2-lh full weight 81 80
American petit pois peas, fancy lib full
weight si,65dl Is. asparagus. California, 2lh-
~ $500; corn. Auburn cream, Glib fun weigh;
8. l0d IS. A No l, 2-lb full weight i05ai 10
Bluc Ridge, 2-lh S0dS5c
CALIFORNIA tRUlT-Extra standard 2lh-
10 peaches, lemon cling 81 eOd2.00. yellow
Crawford 81 sal 30; black cherries s21Oa2 Is,
white cherries s2.i0T9ij. apricots s,75d
lsO; strawberries Si.s5, pums si.356Ii 40.
grapes S.S5Glio seconds loo per dozen less
than extra standard prices
CANNED MEATS-corned beef. lib sis5:
2.lbs $40, Potted ham, quarters 55c; halves
NOO Lunch tongue, lib $50, Vienna sau
sage, Llh CSC
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Spots closed steady; prices unchanged; sales
Comparative SPOT Markets..

Tho following are the closing quotations
for cotton on the SPOT today at tho leading
markets, together with the closing Of middlins
yesterday, with todsy's Gales:
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FRUITS.


APPLES-New York stock 81 5095 90; I'LL
nois stock 81 30, Missouri stock. $3.50.
Msscrri STOCK s. 30.
BANANAs-Fanoy stock, per bunch. packed
Sl.75.
CoCoANUTs--Per sack, $4.0034 so
GRAPES-Almeria S6,50GS,00 per barrel.
LEMONS Fancy Messna 360s. 50 00d3 50.
MISUNDERSTANDING budded 81. 5000. Is;
choice navels. So .00QS Is; fancy. s. so
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE.

Port Of Galveston. Texas, February 8.
CLEARED.
IS Clinton tAm.l. for Brazos Santiago.
SIS Sophia Braillic (Aust.l, for Marscilles.
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WIRE AND NAILS.

wIRE-Galvaned Giidden $40; waukegan
AS5
NAILS-S4.10 base Advances for common
over base. I'd. roc; sd, 45c; i'd and sd, soc; Sd,
20c, Sd, l0e; 10d and l6d Sc. Quotations are
for less than car lots.
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in THE STOCK MARKET.
The Process Of Digestion Passed OFF Re-
markedly Well
TRUE BULL MOVEMENT WAS PRESENTED
Norfolk and Western Led the Ratl-
way List--Iron and steel stocks
Prominent-CIose Was strong.
RUE BULL MOVEMENT WAS PRESENTED
snnriai 10 rh. po.t.l

New York February SIS. Mum. Son &
Co say Of stocks: Stocks were up generally
and closed at about the best prices Steel
stocks continued very strong. National Steel
advanced on talk in regard to dividends. The
earnings are expected TO show IS per cent
and some are hoping for dividend Of per
cent on the common. Tennessee Coal and
Iron advanced on inside buying. Chicago
apparently bought Peoples Gas. There
was general buying OF srangers. espe-
cially OF st. Paul, which many think well
OF because OF its big earnings and the ia
yorable reports In regard to the wheat crop.
London bought its specialties with the ex-
ception OF Baltimore and Ohio London buy.
ing OF ST. Paul and the Pacifcs was some
thing Of feature. Union Pacific was strong
oil buying supposed to be by the West on
improved relations with the Northern Pa
cific. Investment buying was reported OF
St Paul. New York Central and Pennsyl-
vania. Standard OIL brokers bought fair
amounts OF fractions. especially BROOKLYN
RAPID Transit. Vanderbilt brokers bought
Baltimore and Ohio New York Central and
PENNSYLVANIA. Publication OF the Louisville
and Nashville earnings caused buying. Bank
ing interests bought Southern Pacific pretty
freely. Room traders were bearish on Sugar.
BuyinR Of fractions was partly due to the de-
Law in filing the contractors bond for the
rapid transit tunnel. The same banking In
terests that have been buying PENNSYLVANIA
ard Baltimore and Ohio were large buyers
NJ Norfolk and Western Bonds were active
and strong The features we're Iron Noun
tain 4s. ST. Louis Southwestern incomes. Kan
sas CITY Pittsbure and Gulf lrsts. Southern
Pacific of California ~ and san Antonio aud
Arausas Pass IS Stock sales. 6al. 700 shares.
Ronds s270s. ooo Commission houses are
huying railroad stocks and bonds We are
putting our friends into both stocks and
bonds NJ the solid sort
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London o'ouso's.

landau February s.-conscs 49, 81 -
,oa IRlis ~ ,bs account ion'l r. n.
dun. 27ssd per ounce Mons, ~ y y
Rate discount in the opeu ms rrso,,ss 40 =
bills Sd3A psr cent. for three 'n''
renr III tttt4.
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RDtks.
OCEAN COTTON FREIGHT RATES

GalVeston ship brokers quote the following
rates on cotton for delivery at ships side
within the specified days from February s:
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pRopucr.


BEANS--California stock: Navy &c; Bayou
&c; English dried &c; pinks 3Ac; Lima
tq6hc: black eyes sac; Texas black eyes
sul4c
BUTTER-Blue Star "a dairy 10000: Red
star 24c; Elgin creamery 27n2sc; oleomar-
garlne dairy bricks ise Lincoln solids l2c
rrlnts 1Sc: Special Blue Star lsc; Crys.
tai Gem and Country. Rolls isei special
dairy lie; fancy dairy Ice; Daisy l5c Glover
Leaf 17a1sc; Texas country butter sal0c;
TexaG bricks. 11ni6c
CABBAGE-Crates $780, home grown ii99
&c per pound
cHEEsE--New York full cream i4ai5c;
Badger State l4i5c Wisconsin full cream
rolls 15c. Wisconsin full cream daisies l5c.
:. EGGs-Texas. per dozen. lie; candled l2Iac,
Kansas l2c
ON1ONS-Per ID %.
PEPrER-Chlle i4a15c per ID; black singa-
pore t4c
POTATOES Colorado s5d9oc
PoULTRYEens 81 .30d2 S.. cocks large,
old 81 iodt 30 roasters 80 30d2 IS; flyers.
g l5d2 90; broilers 81. 5oai 50. Turkeys,
Hens. 81 .00d6.5u gohblers s. .oon9 90 per
dozen according to size and quality; young
turkeys, s.. o0d4 so, Ducks. large s2ina3.50
Geese fun feathered 81. 5od5 90. Guineas,
Sl7Jd2 90.
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GRAIN AND HAY

Carload lots, (. o b. ears from millers
dealers charge from store 5dl0c more per 100
lbs on bran 2d3e per bushel on oats and corn
and l0GlSc per 100 lbs on hay
BkAN-Per 100 lbs T0672c
RICE BRAN-Per 100 lbs SOC
WHEAT SHoRTS-Per 100 lbs s54I.o5.
CORNING. . sacked 4dAbc
CORN CHOPS-Pure and mixed. 7Sds2c
OATS-Good No l Texas 2OaS3c: off or no
grades 25Q2Sisc; Kansas white No. 35d3so
No, 3 white 35Tssc: slightly stained SOisG
Sl,Sc.
HAY--Altafa SiSOai5O 90 per ton; timothy
slieotlS.@; South Texas prairie hay $500
$50; North Texas and Territory s9.OOaio OO
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to-lb cans extracted 5Gec: In comb stlie
N I2'lb cans. extracted. 5h9Ic' pouno sec
ticns 1ynisc.
LIME-Dnik 81 90 per barrel; coopered sl.2S.
MoJAsSEs-R obcIed. fair ie'aQlso; prime
2o62lc: eLcice 25d26c; fancy new crop syrup
$40 acc: pt re new crop syrup SOC. . a.
MfLK-Gold Medal $3.50; Magnolia N"'
EsgIe 800. Empire $50
PfCKLES-Five. gallon keys H.S; l0-fallon
kegs 800; h-bbls 400 pints, American a
style. $4,000: quarts. American style We
u gal s2.oO72.2 rs: l-gal., American style.
50. 1903 rs. Legal Iexsgon. 800,
RICE--Extra fancy head 6G6hc; choice so
SIC; fair 4ikd5c: fancy imported ehuoAc:
ROPES isal. basis 7-l6. lo%c' Manila lic'
cotton rope loc
sALT-Liverpool coarse $4,000: lne a5c1
81 90. Louisiana coarse s5c fine 90c. hbls.
?s-l0s s2,25. eo-5s $3.50. i00-3s $3.50; 'o-is
SPAS.
SALT FIsH-Mackerel. No. 1 in 1o.lb kits.
81 .OoA1 10 half bills $3.50; tubs So .00G5 90:
q ADMINISTRATION quarters Seonf %
mustard 81. l0d4 %. imported Gillette graz.
quarters 81. 80; fancy sprats, quarters So.oo
STARCH--Standard goods: Pearl. In 4o-lo
boxes. 3&d3Mc; Royal Gloss bulk. 3&d3he;
Nickel. 100 packages per box, s2.15; corn
starch 5izc per Id. 20 and 40-lb boxes
SUGAR-Quotation are for small lots. Spe-
cisl prices are given on carload orders stand
ard graduated 11-l6c; cubes and powdered
l-16c: Louisiana yellow clarified. fancy ~ ~
Ssfc,; choice 5isa5kc; Arbuckle's 2-lb and 6-io
packages. 5MaeI<c.
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COTTON ON sHrppoAhD.

IS Clinton (Am,l, for Brazos Santiago.
IS Caithness tBr), for Rotterdam.
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a Sow York hOuse ssrs:

AT this time last year the weather in the
South was almost unpreoedentedly bad The
roads were almost impossible. and much OF
the cotton at plantations and at the smaller
towns away from the rsoilroads could not be
hauled to the depots aud. in fact. great
deal OF cotton was still In the fields unpickea
but subsequently gathered. as soon as the
weather permitted.
Tho cotton movement. therefore, in Feb.
runrv. 1929. was very light and bears for
some time past have been pointing to this
one particular month as the vfme at which
comparison with last wear would be so
much in favor OF estimates OF large cron
as 10 make them little more tenacious In
holding their short contracts.
We md now, however. upon the threshold
Of this light receiving month last year, that
prices are at the highest they have been so
far this season. and. aithough receipts NAV
continue free for few DAYS. or couple OF
weeks longer. the situation Is as we'll un-
derstood by everybody as 10 the cause of these
larger receints as to frighten no one and
particularly the man who has the cotton
"Spinners. domestic and foreign have bean
hoping that American SPOT holders would be
intmidated by this present larger moving OF
cotton. but IL makes not the slightest i'm
preston npon the man who has what the
whole manufacturing world needs at the mo-
r.ent.
We again venture the prediction that the
New York cotton market will advance 10
cents per mound from present prices"
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Chicago, February Seattle Fairly active.
generally Ice lower Texas steers Sc lower
hulls about steady; receipts 1900: butchers
stock and canners steady to Ice lower. food
ers steady, good to choice 5.eSit6l0; moor 10
medium io0dt,e0 mixed stockers q iSdS a5;
3A0d440; heifers 3.i5a4.75; Gamers gOdfs "a.
bulls s.60di.50; calves 4.S0dS.S5. led Texas
beeves i00a5.l5. Hogs-2isc higher, good
clearRnoes mixed aud butchers 460d4 .asle
4e%l 4'IS lights i.d0fli.sIip bulk OF sales 1 So
a4eo Sheep--Market weak TO Toe lower;
native wethcrs 4.5pno95; lambs 60Off7 IL.
Western wethers 440dD5 %, Western lambs
600, Reoelpts--Cattle 1900; hogs IS, 900; sheen
1900
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Following are the closing price, On Y

I Following are the closing prices W
at New York:
United States 2s. registered ,...."'
United States IS, registered.t,.,'."'
| United States IS. coupon. :...,
United States new IS, registered -.
United States new As, coupon ..,b,,,
United States old Is, registered~,..o
United States old 4s. coupon ..,,..
United States IS, registered $50.
United States rs. coupon .,.,...".'
District OF Columbia 3.e5s' ,'.,...'' 4
Atchison general is ...,,.,.,,,.s,..
Atchison adjustment As ...s,,,''s
Denver and Rio Grande arsts,,,'.
Denver and Rio Grsnde Is ."..,',
Fort Worth and Denver City frsisp
Galveston. II and ) A es.,.....,.,'..s /.
Galveston, II and A 2dsu,.,,-'s'
II. ard r, G.. is (offeTedi .....t,.t..
II and IT. c. consol IS ....r.......'
X. G.. and G.. lists (tr.) ...,.....f.:. Il
Missouri, Kansas and Texas set.oncs
Missouri, Kansas and Texas rs -.
Reading general Is ,,.,.."-",'.'"'
Rio Grande Western lists ...r,'..,''.
ST. l.. and l. NJ. consol IS ,:.,,',"
81. Louis and s. F. general IS.
Southern Railway IS ,...,.,a,'''''.
Texas and Pacific lists ,::....'',
Texas and Pacific DDS toffered ,.,'
Union Pacific As ...........,.,..s.s''
Wabash lists ..........,......-,,.s
Wabash eds ....,.,.....,..,;'.ii 's.3
Colorado Southern IS .,..,.....',.'',si
West Shore Is .............,.'f.''
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Houston's Rroes receipts OF cotton by the
various railroads entering tho city were as
follows Bales
Houston aud Texas Central ..............2. A9I
International and Great Northern.,.... 479
Galveston Harrisburg ard San Antonio. 1874
Texas and New Orleans. ...........,..... %
Houston East and West Texns....,.,... 800
Guif Colorado and Santa Fe..n........ 80
San Antonio and Arkansas Pass.......... $40
Missouri Kansas and Texas. GAS
Total .............. ...................ss2S
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HOUSTON BANK cLEARlSSs B,
Following are the clearanfes Of tns ne''.
banks for the week thns far ana fer =. !,
responding time last year, together VIZ :
This year. Last year, in'',ss'
Monday - si,2ST. 414 $i.2&si
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81. Louls. February S.-cattle -ReecIrts lsnn

s.. Louis, February 5--Cattle- Receipts $500
including $500 Texans market steady 10
easier for natives; i5c lower for Texans. ma
i've shipping and export steers worth i7Slf
sSS' mostly S.i0d5,6Q; dressed beef ana buf-
cher steers 420Geia; steers under iOAO mounds
oen@Qo; stoekers and feeders s,aSntS0: cows
ana neiIers 2OodS.oo; tanners J sSff2 IS: bulls
CONS and heifers 2.i5Hs,s5 Hogs -Reeeipts
10000 steady; pigs and lights 4 s06ft 20. mack
ers 43odsSO; butchers 4,15d4SS Sheen- RE-
cepts 500; market steady: native piuttons \ a,
M6.aa lambs a,S0d6as: culls and hurks : b. -
30. stockers annna 81 - wv
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LIVE STOCk.
GALVESTON.

Galveston. Texas. February She A. p
Norman Live Stock company reports the mar
ket ag fOlluWs, '
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Kansas City, February Seattle REGENTS
6s0O natives si00 Texans; market slow and
steady TO loo lower; heavy native steers 4. 709I
so; lights ioOG5,0 stockers and feeders
SGoQ5.06; butcher COWS and heifers si0fiI 0s.
Gamers 24OgSi0: fed Western 4O0li as
western feeders S,659l4l0; Texans s. i0dli So.
Hogs-Receipts s50o good demand for Mi
grades at steady prices, Sc higher; heavy a.
d4f@; mixed lso9l7O; lights 4S5Ti e2iS
PIGS S.SOpf25. Sheep-Recelpts 4SO0: liberal
supply OF good killers, which sold freely an
strong prices; lambs 3.756f66S: yearlings lion
$50: mnttons i,SdSlO; stockers and Feeders
s5Odb,1a. eulls 2,50dS,5O.
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Houston Daily statement.


Gross receipts thus far this week.. 12,4l5
Gross recelpts 1856 days this year.....l. 535,7sS
Gross receipts 1856 days In lSes-99. -. .2.252,l4i
Gross rnneipta l56 days In 1SN6Dl. l. lb2, S29
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4 New Orleans frm writes:


rTne strength OF Liverpool is attributed to
the small reserve stocks held by English
spipnsrs the light stock there and the fear
that This crop may be tnnder qQOOOO0 hales
OF course. Il is still prohlematlcai what the
outfurn will be, but the world has made IN
~ mind that the ciop Is small and there.
pourd. The question now is. DO present
prices discount 9ooo,ooo rrop7 Extreme
orsrators look for much higher prices. hut
n high enough.
csrRilI 4 Richardson Of Houston saw Of
! cotton:
Spots were IN poor demand. With sxport.rs
. oo'af n'think Interior offers spsrthgly ex-
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-01-31

sons that cannot be done. There are
several others who would ike TO defeat
Root, hoping tha, lightning might
strike their wav: and so it goes. We
look fcr IL hattie royal next Tuesday on
RoOd's confirmation. Gov. Shaw's
selection will receive the support of
Trewin, Junkin and Blanchard, and
opposed by Healy, Cheshire and Nolan,
and when it comes to floor exhibitions
they are all star pointers.
Dows, Of Linn. introduced bill in
the House, providing that state insur-
ance compsn nies be exempt from state
tax State companies hardly fare "a
we'll as outsiders. The home companies
pay fax of one per cent. to the state
and this does not exempt them from
county, town or school tax where the
company is located. While any COM
panv in the United States outside of the
state only pays two and one-half per
cent, and three and one half on all out
side of the United States doing business
i'm the state.
The same old faces begin tn show up
around the capitol. Just came down to
see how things are going, and ask for a
few thousand for the Pan-American
Exposition. Every one of those gentle
men by accident brought down a
pocketful of lapel buttons, and of course
do not feel like carrying them home,
so will distribute them where they will
do the most good. These dear old
familiar faces, the Chases, r. l.. and
Fl. c. Packard and others who would
like TO help Iowa any time the tax
payer needs them; they will long be re-
membered for being so kind to our
state.
County Treasurer Nordheim was
here this week, attending a meeting OF
state treasurers, and while the writer
did not meet him it is hoped that he
had good time and will come again.
/ had hoped to be able to give your
readers more interesting news this week
as to the floor work in both houses, but
as it has been mostly committee work
so far, will be compelled to wait until
some future period, and until mex,
week the writer will say goodby.
THOs. GRAHAM.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-01-31
THE "CIRCULATION" CONTROVERSY.

We have no desire to prolor g the dis
cussion as to the respective circulations
in this county of the Decorah papers.
A newspaper controversy does no one
any good. We have no puffed up at
torney who has nothing else to do but
to jumble together in meaningless
array the longest words survey of the
dictionary may bring to light What
appears in our paper over no signature
we write ourselves, and ale responsible
for it,. All that We have to say is that
it is evident to any one of intelligence
that if the other papers exceeded the
PUBLIC OPINION in county circulation,
they would not let slip the opportunity
to prove it before the Board of Super
visors or the District Court, which are
the proper tribunals. 1t Is not human
nature to pass unheeded an honest OPP
portunity to get something like $500
when very slight effort would secure
it, They bluffed the Board of Super
yisors into excluding us from the list OF
official papers for two successive years,
and each time we appealed to the Dis
trict Court and secured justice. Now,
when they have failed in this, they try
to bluff the good people into believing
that we are scoundrels, and that oui
list is a fictitious one. The facts are
that the truth hurts, that they are sore
very sore, and take this method of ex
posing their spleen. Pray, tell us, i
they We're not feeling badly about it
why this demonstration. They know
the facts, or at least We're given abun
dant opportunity to find them out
And they would have questioned oul
list at the proper time, il they though
il fictitious, you may be assured Of that
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-01-31

AN honor rightfully bestowed was
the presentation Of handsome sword.
by the citizens of Washington, to
Commander Wainwright, whose
plucky fight with the converted yacht
Gloucester In the battle which resulted
in the destruction Of Cevera's fleet won
the admiration of the world. 1t is
men like him who make our navy
great.