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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-02-27
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION.

correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
The seventeenth snuual convention
of the No Gn Carolina Sunday Scnool
association will be neId In Charlotte
March IA n. Is n and 16sh, c1mmenc
ing with an evening session On Wed
n~.d4y che IA n.
h address al the opening session
vi Oe made by Rev James ArkIDs,
D D of Nashville, Tenn Sunday
-cnUol editor of the Southern Methodirt
cruch R5v B W. Spilman, of Raj
eIgb, fed secretary of the Sunday
school department Of the Baptist
church, will conduct a Sunday ScnoOl
Institute on Thursday afternoon. D"
]. F NJ pnroe. of Davidson college, will
present the subj 4cT of Sunday ScuooI
Work 10 Manufacturing D stricts
o ner prominent workers. named on
the program (Which ia yet Inco nOlrt')
ara N B Broughton and Jos. Fl.
Wpathers, of Raleigh; Gao. W. Watts.
OF D Irham; Prot f. s. Blair, of G iii
fora College; J. " Bryan and N B
Parker, OF Goldsboro; R y. a D
Tnaeler, Of Winston; Charles Ross, Of
Asheboro.
Eltertainment will be provided by
the citizens of Charlotte for all dele
gates r duced rates have been ga,
cured from all railroad lines the rae
being full fare going and n third fare
returning.
No Sunday school superintendent
who wishes his school in the front
should deprive himself of tni unusual
opportunity OF being in a convention
with Mr. Jacobs for two days Many
workers in all paris OF this country
and Canada have jlurneyed long dis
tances to. EN- ~ a sIm'ls AZ ~rl"asure.
Fl N. Snow SecY.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-02-27
KaNTUCKY LEGISLATURE TO
ADJ URN

The Beckham- Taylor Contest for the
Governorsh hip Cannot be Settled Before
March 18TH
FRANKFORT Eco. "a 1t is reported
tnnrgn ,.,.s q legislature will prob
aoly ao urn next meek in the event
of the passage OF the bill Cfered in the
81 use yesterday providing for a re
ward OF 800, 600 for the arrest and con
vlcCion Uf Ct ebel's assassin. Mem
bers of thu legislature argue that lit
tie Legislation can b. transacted under
the present state of IF III. that the
contest t r che governorship cannot be
o ,ssed up Il oy the courts before the
d4v OF regular aoj 'urrm' ut, March
II. and rhaC ollie U6sred are eubJ9cE TO
be pres nGed TO the wrong Claimant
for governor for h's approvs, n lit
tie good can be accomplished by their
presence.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-02-27
CLARK SPRINT ONE HUNDRED
AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOL
LARS

Price Paid by the Montana Millionaire
for a eat in the United States enate
"A legislator "Did Not Have His
Oath In Mind"
AsHINGTON D O., Feb 20 -Sena-
tor OlarK To-Day finished bis testimony
before the Senate Committee on Privi-
leges and E ectlons. He was questioned
closely as to his contributions to the
State election in Montana and az to
their disbursement. As to the former,
he frankly admitted tbat he had CON
rrl0uCed about $3.50, 600. and said the
manner In which the Dlly people we're
running the State JUSTIFIED his action.
He produced his bank statement and
admitted that it sho we'd ar item Of two
cerut1nates OF d. p SIT for 50 $40 each in
favor of E. ward y. D ~, a member Of
the legislature who had been defeated
for speaker OF the House and who sup
ported and voted tor CLARK az senator.
H. admitted having gwen y this
money as a donation in recognition OF
services rendered by him, but did not
regard 1t as a currupt transaction.
Day himself was a witness subse-
qu+nGly q admitted the receipt of
IS 900 partly a, a testimonial and
partly as a retaining fee. He was con-
fronted with his CmcIal oatn, IN which
he wore that he would not knowingly
reserve, directly or indirectly, any
money for the performance or non
performance Of any act or deed other
than the compensation alIo we'd by Law.
He admitted that he had not the oath
In his mind when he received the
money, but did not see that it was IN
violation Of his oath
WASHINGTON Fec 24.-Rscent pro
ceedIugs IN 6ne S8nator CLARK, of Mon.
tana, bribery cases have been aiken
up largely with the tesEIm ny OF
Lharles W. CLARK, son of the Senator,
b had been an active agent IN bfs
taIher's election. Although apparently
not more Cnan Renty five years old,
ne sdmItted having an 8npuaI ipcGme
of ABOUT $3.50 600, which moved tx
senator E0muL Os to eXclaIm, We
must revive n income tax
M. Clark examination will be C0n.
Einued.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-02-27
MOTIFS


A bill has been intr oduced by Senator
Nelson for a department. of MINER
and industry TO be represented in the
presidents cabinet The proposed de-
paFtment is to include mining, the
patent flee, lab r bureau and divers
other minor branches of government.
The Senate has ratifrd the inter.
national srbltrarIon treaty drawn at
The Hague The President will name
four representatives of this nation for
permanent board Of arbitration created
by the treaty.
Mr. Richardson, the DamC ratio
leader in the Huuse, has begun a ~aP
on the sugar trust Last week he in
troduced a resolution which, efter
pointing out that the trust 10 paying
IL per cent. divider DIS, provides that
sugar manufactured by the American
Sugar R~tinlng Company, New Jersey
snail. ataer six months, be prohibited
by the Interstate Commerce Commits
son from being transported from one
State to another until the commission
Is sati Fl d the sugars have not yielded
a prof Of tnan 4 per cent
The House Committee on Claims has
favor oily reported the Cooper bill for
the payment of the Southern cotton
CLAIMS Tne bill involves an expen-
dlture of $40. coo coo
The Committee on Library, to whom
was referred the bill to appropriate
500 to inc ose and beautIfy tho
grounds and repair the monument on
the Moore's Greek battlefield, North
nave reported the bill favarsbly and
it will probably pass at any early date.
The vote on The gold standard bill,
the passage of which was announced
n last week Progrssive Farmer, was
as follows: Y -Aldrich, Allison,
Beverage, Burrows, Gallery, Garter,
CLARK ( RyO.), CulIom, Davis. Deboe,
Depew, E,klns, Fairbanks, Foraker,
Foster, Frye, Gear, Hale, Hanna,
Hansbrough, Hawley, Hnar, Kean,
Lindsay, Lodge, NJ Bride, McOomas,
MoCumber, Mcmillan, Mason, Nelson,
Penrt sc Perkins, Platt (Oonn }, Plat
N " PrItchard, Quarles, Ross,
Scott, s we'll. snoup, SIMON, Spooner,
Tburston, Wetmore, Wolcots- 46
Nays-BaGe, Berry, Butler, Chandler,
Oh lion, CLARK (Mont.), Clay, CockreI,
Oulberson, Daniel, Harris, Heitfeld,
Jones (Ark), Jones (Nev), Kenney,
McEuery, McLaurin, Martin, M nney.
Morgan, P titus, Rawlins, Stewart, Sui.
Ivan. TaIiaFerro, Teller, Tlllman, Tur-
ley, Vest-29.
An amendment of MI. McLaurin,
8 O., to repeal the tax on State banks
was lost 81 to 30 An amendment
offered by Mr.. Pettus (Ala }, providing
t1aG gord COIN g and silver dollars
coined by the United States shall be q
legal tender at their nominal value,
was d~efeated-44 to 81. Another
amendment by Mr. Pettus providing
that nothing in this act shall effect the
legal tender quality of United States
silver 'oIlars was likewise defeated
A TO 26
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-02-27

A bill has passed ON Houses Of the
n ssisslppi legislature taking from the
Governor pear,y all OF tee appoinuve
power heretofore vested il tne fl 80
and providing that wheo vacancies &C
u in any State. district, county or
munIc'p4I eff 20 they shall be filed b,
a specIat election called for thaG pu
pose. TIE measure Is a very sweep
ing ones and depriVes the ex cutIve
eff % of a large amount Of patronage
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-02-27

Government rec Ipso from all sources
for the f~cal wear eDoed June 80, 1899,
including $11 1893 3l4 IA part pay ment
of the CentraI Pac fc RaIlroed ,ndebt
eduess, aggregateo 500 982 OO4 IS.
Customs receipts were $2O6 1913 49, IS,
q . t~oaa from internal revenue
1878 437. 161 81 FIR the fiscal ear the
expes ulLures we're $500 O93 564 %,
leaving a deficit of $50 Ill, $685. 81
T lie secretary of the treasury esTIma es
that the receipts for the currrnt 1scal
year will aggregate $64O 958 112, and
upon the basis of present apprOprla
tInns he Expenditures will aggre&s5e
5000 958 liz leaving a surplus Of $4O,-
600 900 For the fiscal year ended
Juu 80. 1899 the internal r. vepue re
celpts vere increased about 800, 600.
600
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-02-27
FIRST A rTACK PROVED DI,As-
TROUS

But : ater the British seem to Have Sur
rounded { ronje-He suffers q Fearful
Bombardment and is Fighting Against
Vastly Superior Numbers.
LONDON & 0 % u dispatch to the
E.e Z NJ 0s from P~aardeberg, dated
r. bG uaFy 81 4 so p. m Gays:
"Oommand4uG BOtha has been at
tsmpting TO relieve Crorj j. (Boer). and
there has been severe fighting Botna
lost heavily and MS command has Oeen
scattered "
a dispatch to a news agency, under
date Of Modder River, February 81 It,
says that G. neral z lily Kenny (BrIs.
ls' } vigorously attacked Lror g posi-
'lon Sunday ana Monday, and encoun.
tired Stubborn resistance. On Monday
CroDjs asked for an armisGice. On
Tuesday f1fUy BRITISH guns we're bonn
harding OroDje's position. The dis
patcn adds:
"Fhe action was one of the costliest
or the war. On both banks of 6ne
river the ground is level, and the Brit
Isn advance acrOs the ground was
deadly II che matter OF losses The
battle vas a replica of General Metbu
ems fight aG M oder r yer. AT the
close Ut The fighting tie Boer position
Was unchanged. The Beers admit a
ioss of 800"
RHTTTsu TOor NrApTv TuETvu TuOu-
SAND
LONDON, Feb % The War Office
has Issued a It port giving British losses
4 South Africa to F~Oruary II This
sho ~s a total OF II 964 Ulcers and men
killed, wounded or uAIssIng. The Flu
sIllers captured or missing after the
OstTle of N cholson's N K are not in
c,uGe0 IN the ABOVE total.
The war office announces that in
addition TO the previously published
statement of losses az Paardeberg Feb
ruary Is a captain and three lleuCen,
acts wer. killed.
MAGNIFICENT HEROIsM
LONDON Eco 24-An accounts
agree III SEATING has Oronje's (Boer),
army 10 suffering marty I'd I'm under
che o frlghGtul Oumbaroment the
ingenuity of man ever inflicted. HIS
surrounded at Petru berg, forty miles
est OF JAcUbsdal Toe Beers have no
Water. they are on an open fat and
fighting desperately. They have small
chance Of escape. But, hemmed IN on
Doth sides, circled with a cham of fire
from rifle, Maxim and Howitzer,
played OF by deadly lyddICe, bursting
IN ITs own sIckly green light, his hastl
" built trenches ent1laded by a stream
OF lead sweeping do wn the river from
che north bank, General CrOnj- still
elects to fight It is q magnificent
courage. The Boer force mum
gers about 5000. Casualties on DO Oh
sides nave been heavy.
The Beers hope that il they can
hold ou5 Two or three days re, enforce
mems may arrive. Oronje's brave
men simply decided to throw them
Selves beneath the wheels of the Bit
ish juggernault 10 order to purchase
this brief delay at the expense of their
lives The whole world will pay trib
ute tt this exhibition Of valor, which
Is one OF the grandest that the Century
has ever witnessed.
AS we go to press, we have no re-
liza 1le news of later date than above.
Sundays dispatches contained three
ru nors one, that OroI had escaped
another, that he had surrendered; a
third, thaE the situation was I'm,
cha, cd. The las is most probable
Ed
New-York tribune., 1900-01-24
MONEY MARKET FACTORS.

Money market conditions continue to move IN
favor of cheap money. Receipts OF currency
from the interior heavy this week, and SUD-
rrrcasurv onerations with the banks have resulted
in a gain to the banks since last Friday night or
about 100000 Money is coming In from all points
by express and registered mail Local and foreign
money rates were easy yesterday, caH money at
this centre ruling at per cent. The time money
mn rket was easier In tone the extent that the
larger bankers and offered funds, on railroad
stock collateral at 4I3 per cent. 1t was said that
outside lenders shaded that figure II was also as
serted by some money brokers that the maximum
rate on "all Industrial" stocks had been reduced
10 5Is per cent. That figure has for several days
been the actual market good mixed lonns. Ex-
ceptionaI transactions I'm extra choice mercantile
paper at per cent were reported but the market
was generally ~ per cent. The Bank of England
received Yesterday $4,000 gold from Germany and
III 600 from South Africa.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-24

ss1sae5; Bay State Gas. 1904; Pump. 16al.13'
preferred, 621s964; Markeen Copper, o1su' -,
Amalgamated Copper. s2aas3; Amsterdam Gas, %
G24; preferred. 47Q4s16: Rubber Goods, Z9fFa ~ o"'
preferred sOas2; Distng of America otse'7s
preferred 2s1235s; Sloss-Sheleld 2sQ3o releiiou'
67G69; Storage Power, 12Ad13la; General Carriase'
57sg6
FOREIGN TRADING.-The foreign marke We We.
inactive and lower. ArbitraGe houses sOiu aOO
10 900 shares in the local market.
ITS ANNUAL STATEMENT.-The annual So :,
ment Of the United States branch of the LivetpCo'
and London and Globe Insurance Company ioi '-o
year 1S99 published in another column SNOW t
total assets cf the company in the Uhl'eu o'a.e'
to be so 427 32s. leaving, after deduction OF ai, ma
biIities including unearned premiums the la 80
surplus of 81 e51 277. Among the assets are sio''
75O in real estate $50 in United states GOV
ernment bonds s352.9S1 in choice State ana cl'S
bonds and nearly s5.OO0000 in bond and mortgage
loans and bank balances and other assets.
WORLDS SUPPLY OF GRAIN.-"Bradstreet
weekly statement of the worlds available supplies
of grain shows the following changes; "heht
stocks east of the Rockies increased $4,000 busheIs
Furopean stocks decreased 10000 bushels; world
stocks decreased 1.254OOO bushels. United States
corn stocks increased T75,000 bushels; oats IN
creased 412 900 bushels.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-24
CHARACTER OF TRADING.

Manv stocks were dealt in yesterday, but the
volume of business small Prices opened lower
and ruled below Mondays closing throughout the
day. Exceptions were found in some of the stocks
affected by reports of big traction gas and electric
deals Consolidated Gas advanced on small safes
Az per cent Metropolitan Street Railway rose "a
ner cent and held its gain well. Manhattan fal!-
vav rose a point and Brooklyn Rapid Transit over
I ner cent Third Avenue Railroad advanced per
cent but with the rest of the stocks named. lost
the gain before the close. Glucose Sugar Rehhlhs
continued strong, rising 1$ per cent American
lee rose a point on the talk of short Ice yied anu
bigbar prices next summer. Elsewhere the tuctua-
tions were comparatively small. H. Content q co
,yera active b1yers of Brooklyn Rapid Transit ana
q 7 Lawrence & Son were again conspicuous Duy-
ORG of Southern Pacific Sugar Rennihg was 'i'e
cbiaf weak feature bear attacks. There was no
aa IN sell stocks on the decline. but prices
ror,oined down for lack of buying power The de-
cline in Leather common was caused by the sae ol
+u,o blocks of 5000 shares each, supposed 10 De
long stock Missouri Pacific received good suppol'
e,eciaIists buying It around AZ presumably LOT
pool. r5o,
IA southern Pacific; Alling & Secor bought St
Paul: F. F Ames sold J. A Blair q CO. ana D.
r Williston & Co Q.Oo0 sold Sugar Henhi"s' heilS ~
Rros and Werner & Brown bought Union racliic
common. London. Groesbeck Sterling ana Hous-
man &. Co sold. W. B. Lawrence t5'o~ oousn'
,,iseouri Pacific. Pearl & Co. and traders sold T.
I Lawrence 1900 bought Southern Pachc' van
Fnnburgh & Atterbury bought Metropolitan o'iee' &c
Railway w. r. Houghtaling q Co. oous"t 81
Paul D. Henry. G. Nj. Carnochan and Laoehpurs x
Thalmann & Co bought American Tobacco hol-
ston & Bass. Sutro Bros, Strong. Stursls S -.
Moore & Schley and c. NJ. Oelrichs dVOO SOLO n
Content & Co. C2OOO), r. Fl. Bissen Il Co. burse'
G. co and A. A Housman & Co bought Brooklyn
Rarfd Transit; ". II. Cranberry & Co ana hlilns-
wood & Cunningham sold l.. r. Bacon, boooy'
Mcclellan & Co. and Strong. Sturgis K Co. oought
Pennsvlvania Dominick & Dominick, j. r. An
drews and Iussdorf Bros sold. f. F. Raynor' H.
& G. Randolph Caspary and ]. F. Carlisle bought
Sugar Refining. ]. NJ Noyes bought St Paul' r.
La Montague sold. W. L. Stow and G gregory
bought Mexican Central; Seymour Johnson & Co
sold Hess Bros bought Louisville and Nashviile :
A A. Housman & Co and London sold. H. l.
Nicholas bought Sugar Refining; J. A Blair q Co.
c. NJ Dodge and A. A. Housman & Co. sold Van
Emhurgh & Atterbury 1000 bought Union Pacihc
common Rolston Bass and Dominick q DOM
inlck bought American Tobacco; s A Walsh. H.
Content & Co. and f. & c. Randolph sold Prince
q Whitley 5000 sold Leather common.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-24
SITUATION IN SUGAR.

The sugar trade situation Is summarized as fol-
lows by The New-York News Bureau; The sugar
market Is without change to-day There IS only a
light demand for refined sugars, due principally TO
the fact that dealers had stocked up before the
recent advances in refined sugars took place. The
trade situation shows change, and reports that
the independent refners held formal conference
last week and would hold another to-day are de-
MED by parties in position to know. Represen-
tatives of the independent concerns, We are told,
are in the habit of calling each other daily to
change views and talk over the situation, and the
reported meetings nothing more than this daily
routine There has been no meeting of the prin-
cpals so far be learned. and II is not likely
that there will be. In the mean time the trade
war is on. and Is likely TO stay on for some time
to come II is said. only in a hercer form. The
Mollenhauer and the National reneries. represented
by p. Fl. Howell. Son & Co, were closed down yes
terflav for an Indefinite period having neither raws
nor refined sugars hand. The margin between
raw and refined is wider than for time. being
now 81 cents a hundred pounds Refiners however.
are not now receiving the benefit of the increase
as deliveries chiefly under old contracts
New-York tribune., 1900-01-24
BONDS.
THE DAYS OPERATIONS IN STOCKS.

Transactions in stocks were again light
Traders were not disposed to enter actively into
speculatiye operations and commission houses
were inactive. Some of the more important
market interests were reported as buyers in a
ouiet way and on moderate scale, but the in
fuence of their transactions was unimportant
as a market factor Wall Street speculation is
for fhe moment impervious TO all factors, save
the TransyaaI war; upon which both the bulls
ana the hears are placing their hopes and ex-
pectations OF course. the big capitalists and
the legitimate holders Of stocks are not selling
or buying stocks the Boer war, as their
commitments are based upon more permanent
factors-upon the conditions that govern the
rss, worth of securities-but the speculative
public is kept out of the market on the fear OF
losing its money on bear attacks incident to a
possible Boer victory. And without public buy
ing the more important interests cannot make
ON active advancing market The greater num-
her Of peopIe who now hold stocks on big mar
gins or own them outright are apparently quite
willing to wait for their profits.
with easy money and business prosperity
holders of stocks are justified in maintaining a
tight grip on their possessions. The small op-
orator who has taken a position on the Dull
side Will find encouragement In the situation by
noting the current activity in bonds. Men who
can swing big lines of securities are buying rail-
"
taken out Of the market in the fall to use in
making loans. And after the bond market will
come the stock market. The declines in yester-
DAVIS market were not significant of anything
beyond the changing views and fancies of the
trading element. London was not as cheerful
over the South African situation it
Monday and local traders followed the lead of
the foreign markets Arbitrage houses sold
about 10000 shares in this market. The great
er number of stocks lost ground for the day, but
with few exceptions including Sugar Refining,
in which bear traders were active, there
no important losses.
Whatever adverse factors there may be In
the situation (the bears alone can find them)
are at the most temporary in their character,
and therefore they cannot for more than the
time being obstruct the influences at work for
Improvement in financial and speculative af-
fairs The phenomenal gain in earnings of the
railroads furnish proof of the steadily increas-
ing prosperity Of the country at large, and they
ought to dspel the notion held by some people
that industrial and commercial activity has run
its course. Railroad earnings so far received
in January show astonishing gains over the
heavy traffic receipts OF a year ago. when the
grain tonnage was 80 per cent larger than In
the same time this year. The gain is due to a
heavy general merchandise movement and TO
the better rates for transportation 1t is
encouraging TO note that exports from New
York running well ahead OF January 1899
the increase for the three weeks being 50 90 S24
New-York tribune., 1900-01-24

There nineteen bids for the soSos' $50 " Szs
per cent corporate stock OF the city OF We" ~
They opened yesterday by Controher Ooie
Among the principal bidders were Kuhn Loeo S
Co.. all any part of the .sS 30 at hs'0o'
sl.O56.OO0 at 1O515; Vermilye & Co. Harvey FISK q
Sons all any part of 1910 issues, at lOs4f' oou
maturing 1919 at 1O6.GS7; Wells, Herrick q ffich'.
all or any part Of the si5OOO0 of the 1910 ISSUE at
los 6S; siOO 900 of 1919 issue 1882 The Brooklyn
Daily Eagle s25,OO0 at 097A; Farson, Leach *
Co.. for the whole issue. bid sSs94S g. equai u
an average bid OF 1O7.O3; Peoples Trust Company,
sl.OOOOo0 1910 bonds, 1G7: New-York Security anu anu
Trust Company 81 100000 1910 bonds. at lUI0o anu
for the whole issue Of 1919 bonds. 1O475; western
National Bank bid for the whole issue at lUooO. ~
l.. Day & Co, $l.O00,o00 1910 bonds, or any par
o. 81 1919 bonds. 1O7S; 81 600 600 1910 BONDS
81 100000 1919 bonds, 105 52 knickeroocker
Trust Company. $4,000 of 1910 bonds los 49, or a
like of 1919 bonds, at 1888; Hamilton trust
Company. $1OO0O0O 1910 bonds $50: G. NJ. Field q
Co. 100000 1910 bonds. at 10S465 Newburg Savings
Bank 100000 1919 bonds 1851. All the remaining
bids for small amounts at from par TO lVt: Inc
proceeds of the bonds are to be used as fol9Ws M
for the Han of Records $500 600 for school sites and
houses in Brooklyn $6S 4SS 80 for high schools and
sites 100000 for work done on the Harlem River
Driveway, and 81 900 for the new aqueduct
New-York tribune., 1900-01-24

RAILROAD BONDS-Market opened firm closing
weak. Total sales amounted in par value to So =
o5 500. against s. 25s,6O0 Monday. The heaviest
dealings were in the Atchson and Baltimore and
Ohio issues. Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern D-
vision s1es. Central Georgia IS. Central of New
Jersey general IS. Central Pacific 3lks and Chesa-
pesake and Ohio general i14s Colorado Midland 1st
e-4s. Colorado and Southern 1st As. Chicago Rock
Island and Pacific As Mobile and Ohio general 4s
New-York Central Lake Shore 3lzs, Reading gen.
eral IS. 81. Louis and Iron Mountain 5s St Louis
southwestern lists and DDS. Southern Pacific As
southern Railway list SIS, Union Pacific As and Wa
bash debenture Bs
New-York tribune., 1900-01-24
TENNESSEE COAL AND IRON.

The Tennessee Coal Iron ana Railroad Com
pany's report for December reflects no let I'D in
the company's heavy business or in the prosperity
in the iron trade in general. Gross earnings in
creased 1921 615 and net earnings sos 33l In the
first half of the fiscal year gross earnings show a
gain of S1,070244, and net earnings a gain of
81 Os1 23G The December surplus is the largest for
anv one month shown in the year 1899 The increase
il noteworthy in view of the fact December op-
erations are restricted by the holiday season, when
laborers take rest for several days.