The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-20
CURRENT TOPICS.

The Galveston News is trying TO rally
the people Of the stricken city:
1T is a time, says the News. 'tfor
courage of the highest order. 1t is a time
when men and women show the stuff that
is; in them. and we can make no loftier
acknowledgment Of the material sympathy
which tic world is extending to US than
10 answer back that after we shall have
buried our dead, relieved the slltfarinSs of
the sick and destitute, we Will bravely I'M
dertake the vast work of restoration and
recuperation Which lies before US in
manner which Shall convince the world
that we have spirit to overcolue misfor-
tune and rebuild our homes In this way
We shall grove ourselves worthy of the
hpundless tenderness which is being show
cred upon us in the hour OF desolation and
SORROW
rhirty-five years ago the Whole South
was in a worse condition than Galveston
is to-day. But the people had grit and de-
termination and they Went n1anfully TO
work. with what result the world knows.
The people of Galveston are cast down,
but they are not respondent They are
made of the right sort of stuff and Gal
weston will be rebuilt and will again be-
come one of the most furnishing cities of
the South.
The New York Journal of Commerce
says:
I'll the United States fails to vindicate
the commanding position which it occu-
pies in the present situation of the worlds
diplomacy, it will be from lack of
readiness on the part of foreign powers to
welcome its initiative. The country has
the unique distinction of being able to
treat with all the great powers untra1n-
1neled either by national prejudice or con-
hictins Interests 1t has no desire OF con-
quest to be satisfied and no old scores to
be wiped out. Il it be Jealous of the terri
torial ambition Of other nations, it is
simply because it cannot afford to have
that ambition gratiiied at the cost of its
own opportunities for trade. It's interests
lie in removing future danger of war by
recognizing the conditions essential to the
permanent and progressive rule OF peace
It is a fortune thing for the peace Of the
world that the United States occupies a
position honorable and a position so
strong. 1t is the conserving force in China
to-day and through its good Offices the
integrity of the Chinese Empire vii! be
preserved.
after three months of drought says
the Springfield Republican, such as has
not been paralleled for 80 years, and not
surpassed since the autumn OF 1886, in this
region, at last comes rain. 1t comes as a
blessing and a relief, and all that we can
say is to hold that injunction of scripture,
BE not weary in we!l-doing, before the
eyes OF the weather clerk. AS the man
at the eating house said when they
brought him a. square inch of beefsteak,
we must say Yes that's it-bring me
some
1t is we'll enough to remember that these
rains came to Massachusetts and to other
States which had been suffering in the
same way, only after the tropical storm
on the Gulf Coast had gone North and
changed the atmospheric conditions. The
storm was a terrible thing for Galveston,
but it was a blessing to the rest OF the
country.
In speaking of the effect of the storm
in Texas, the New Orleans Picayune
says:
..As far as cotton is concerned, the
damage has been confined mainly to the
track of the storm through Texas, Just
how great the INJURY there was will not
be definitely known for some time. but
that it has been severe is generally be-
l:eved While some people give 100000
bales assthe approximate loss occasoned
by the, Storm, that figure is entitled to no
more credence than the majority Of crop
estimates
.sAs far as sugar cane is concerned,
pra ctically no damage has been done in
this state. Fortunately the blow was not
particularly severe in the sugar district.
and not only We're the fields uninjured.
hut the factories also sustain DIN, 4 ma &c.
The rain which accompanied the storm
was beneficial TO the crop. as moisture
was beginning to be needed.