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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-07
TIE GAINS WERE GENERAL.
SALES On A LARGE SCALE
IRE s,c-s Hs-.et H'ss Co-5ra;es ~
authoritative Ssr-ss1crs o. Settle
~er. G. a. ?. Controversy

$ew Tr-k, N9ve-bs- s-Todzy's stock
u-arkst Tts cQuiEate5 by ,he zutac9itz-
f4Ts zaEDtss.ous frora vsrlous quarters that
TIE basis lad hseu zgieed rp5n Tor settle
Ensnr % TIE NQitht-n Pacific controversy,
slIhpEEh repairs @; az early oGlelai an
zazcesrns1t were deprecated as & was
sad details are yet 70 be arranged. The
srrsrsl frol EE-ope TO-DAY Of ". X Van
oertjsr- VITO was aamsd by Ny. Morgan
az rne thsl arbitrator q zny dtHerepce
Epo. which tie c0DclliatioD board Of d.
rsetofH might %; - able 20 come 70 an
sEreerosni, helpee 70 lnclts the larger spec
ritttTe opTsuE which IVES notable among
ali tie trsEEeo1tlntntal railways
The dealings Ia Union Pacific aad ST.
Paul were OF 4 scale 70 recall the days Of
ehe stock market boom So the spring Of
tails year and the resulting rise So 81.
Ysri sszched 81 and 10 Union Paeine 81.
TIE Union PSeine convertible bpnds were
absorbed st the same time % an euornous
scale IN southern Pacific the rise reached
11sc: Great Northern preferred IA. Atehi-
SCI "a and Northwestern 81 Northern
Pse!ac preferred Gnctuated narrowly, thus
Suzgesrng tazt its present price Is near
U It's RADIATION under TIE plan
The e0nthwesterBs and some CT the
Southern stocks Afforded another csateT u
Il extraordinarily Favorable returns a
gross earnings for The fourth week IN Oc-
tober- The Southern Railways stocks were
also aided By the yote Of Cincinnati IL
favor CT extending the lease Of the Cia-
cianztI Southern Ii these groups there
we're gains IN Nashville, Chsttanooga and
81. LoUis Of 81. 81. Louis and san Fran
cisco "a; Southern Railway preferred ~;
4issoun Pacific ~; 81. Louis Southwest
eTn preferred :. and beaver and Rio
Gr2nde stocks. Texas and Pacific. Louis
Vile and Nashville and southern Railway
from II 70 III,
fourth week in October over those for the
corresponding period Of last year for Mis-
souri, Pacific reached = per cent; 81. Louis
and San Francisco - per cent; Louisville
and Nashville - per cent and Missouri,
Kansas and Texas y per cent There
we're other roads with almost equally
striking gains, but they did not share In the
advance. IL fact, outside OF the stocks
mentioned and few rather obscure stocks,
the movement Of the market was sluggish.
with no snow o. strength until a. the last.
A --nTier Of speclaities were weak early
In the day, including Sugar, Amslgamated
Copper, Peeple's Gas, American Ice and
metropolitan railway, bnt, except 10 Sugar
and Amaigamsted Copper, there were strong
reeoyeries. IL Plttsburg, Cincinnati, CHI
engo and 81. Louis preferred, Wells-fargo,
Paclne Coast 81. Lawrence and Adlron-
DICKS, Chicago and Eastern Illinois. Buf.
preferred mere were gains OF 2 20 6 points.
The additional gold engagements for ex-
port had hut a momentary effect on the
market and the tnomentary situation fell
ket factor. The large dealings IN bonds cen
tered In the Union Pacific and other con
rertibie bond issues and speculative bonds.
Total sales. par value. S9sI0ooo-
on last call
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COTTON MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Lew ua1a g-E ~sses MO
Sew anrk-sT'cis rl1s.h,1 aisi urd s1fE ~.
Prices ~ 4nwm srpck 74 as BALES
.sr'oq f'ra- q 1915 Caod ua -
9Iedlar tz1f So. -5s
Alf ffrnol --sScts r5aaet u1let mt etsaer
git1ues 5&2i aoWn business usossfHt+. sr2es
rsh tales- q we1et s8a4 we9e A2e-l sn1-
-9'fa llai4a1 AIS gEVgra $40 tN1us i1upclts
-ANtD hAlts, ct uh8cb - ysn were A1ltl3-
rH-
ORD a1rF -... . zss;2 MS1gur s so
Good ord .--s l-3z tsoas ara %.
Low -3d..-.-s $40 Md felt 1 9-i6
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AAAefr1cscis 3 20 -f-sf- t-f~cI-
NsM ssrIc q 70 2s po,rtI l7@---
New Orleans, 10 N prrts ip@sf-
SPOTS
Lhsrp5rl, 5-52s l1@sr
E-a--its- sios- a-,s,1 i7uesr
Tas uuIrs riramunss wnt T,r8t1 rst IN
Fes1sr-anFf rptauu murLst Hu5 likewise
shs seafs e,Ttsnm drsnin 81 WIS t1ur
1nE 6rsftY dIg fsr tire sMlhful s1t q
EsH8eus t3Tufrlstff trvr1 tire vHue rErd-
punt Dssca7e ibs 1meug IarsrpeN qunr-
erHg before Hr Nu5F .lruff ti utllod
sDue rng tufnes tfpu hrd rt varsf inward
1he Hnt rd ths dfg The fEprf~ " 7hP
aB71er gyz shf uuiregaD Trps7tsr~s s 1De
srVTs 1t 1-fsf'4a and thp wEu1G rsssss ~
--nrrrln al 7ogE1 Ha 20 ll e7sr7rtl DC
s5nl - lHn16Nm Whg7 q ssttE ffDp MIL
1.o1 hHiet ~ ebp Essri sHslf r.frr l@c
gig iu ihls rerr sf tuup aauarat 11uft
zSe shades 90 t1t r1rieruHf1 repurrs-
E,atDe taurb5 -ht cf5f toVfr Eu1 ttr
sri1r ns3tsrs gu}ta while -hs hl lrvff'"a
hlf hrrus ar tf fUr1A hu faiee 5f rHss-
ahe1u arulu Frpst- l Tar 4eNpl ~ newer
Hc1irr- WIS uuE.orrrf tufr o. e. Hgu1-
-llssFTet 81,c -r. 7awr-r orar ~ Tire
unori-r Trsdu.- e-if.as ine onurHf CT Hf
a8tuF Ttp uutEe- he nov iAHM NO. she
lewss r5Ef ttr rtb trs rsn"a Tu'ra
haue aper urhFr fpteuiuIaif IL rhs Fae
81 rstn-ar mere r1ais1- rU b. -HF
6rutrsrl II fhsrs lf 7irtaif p. trt '7sat
ress - -aH st-tttire ttUt tls -'eru'rr1
s11es 6lruirT WIS E1Crt 7ts =. urt t-
Nav rr1ptut
- ftf -aae ~ tte rs-s- -ra -,als "
olsuos hurr v7l nsa5F saHoewE. 1r.
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SUGAR

Nnv Orleans. November 6 S5E.r-ysi
open kettle 2 omen Kettle centrifrg,l, \
St5: centrifugal graduated tyfs
whites > X iGFl4: yelioT 3i.a3 lllN
ouds 3lsG2iS Molasses-Steai d
Kettle 2,saS3; centrifugal lodA !
New York. November 6--Su;aff--p.l'
nuie. fsir refining 3i.: ccrtIifugsi y ~ Y
standard a so: corfectiouers d. Y
noulu A. sly. cut loaf ard crnshtdi
powdered. 40: graduated. 800 q
4p5
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nIstrict court Al HilIsbor0.

HIllsboro. Texas. November .s,,l
denee in the $. W. ogle alias SUE ',,,
c,osed this morning. The 49, set d
nOw arguing the case. IL VIZ Syerdt
Jury late this afternoon. put
not expected before morning, q
Judge Poindexter delivered esti
charge to tue grand jury l-'sly II
criticising the city council slIo...st q
taking coguixance Of druhAe
part OF a city official.
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New York November 5.-The CONNER
clai- Advertiser London financial cable.
gram says, Al cgicau stocks opened buoy.
AMI and IN lie outhIrst 81 strength u
ghis department the arket hardened
The defeat Of Tammauy had a god ef-
feet. as London regards 50 Is having 40
important bearing Oh American credit. The
market on the whole vas more active th4a
for weeks past
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Grain and Provisions Elsewhere.

her s2,r1s-S. May 6l7s cash No mixed
62i. No. white 65lga65. oats- ~ -
vaive 4iE4'i7 Receipts "hest - 40,
corn 20 500. rats 900 Shipmen;s-W heat
= so. carr 500: oats 22.pH.
Ner Orleans November 6.-HoE Prod
urts-Quiet. Pork-standard mess i5is
L.sps-Ref-ed tierce ~ pure lard lo4
Boxed -neAts-Dry salt shoulders sd: sides
g., Bsccn-Clesr rib sides 99s Hans
Choice sugar cured 12Asdl3l4 Conee-Rio,
o-5s-q-v 10 fair 67k07As. Rice-SteadY.
s-reenln- 3l.dSss: head 49sd4ss fancy bead
sleq5s. Flour Extra fancy y 4od3 -;
uzte-fs s173 %. Cornmeal % Bran
aTGes Hsy-Prime l7."ndls.po, choi 2
n % Corn-No. > sacked arm: white g
mixed Is: yellow 81. Oats-No. = sacked
49,.
New YORK. November s--whest- Receipts
$500; exports $500. Npo. nTzn Nc. :
yea sl-x : n B. sfoat and ISis elevator.
No / Northern sJr (. %. ., afoat; No
Sad s.. Z O. n ahoat- Options easy
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COFFEE

New York. November s.-lnaeeoa
RIO. quiet: NJ. Invoice 6is Mildly
rordova 7i.GlI Inc market ri IN
closed frW at net advance o. Il
points Sales 1000 bags, inciaoi';,.
cemher O.nyFi6 ~: January 6.l2. ~, Y:
c351jG55 Mnv 655JGG5: Iune wv
july 6.70fi6 50. september 6.@sGi1
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Mineral Wells. Texas, NovemuF' "
Jerome c. Hearty OF Dallas q. ~. II
purchased a farm Of 80 acre, i, ssiIn
Nj Sutith. two and one-haH sisH
az town. Tor consideration g a
same being rated At $40 per - M
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BUTTER AND EGGS.

Chicago November g. Rutter-Steady:
creamery i4d2lIs; dairy 1909 Cheese -
Steady ShGMi Eggs-Firm; fresh PIC
2ilk
New York. November 6-Eggs -Receiptg
1921 packages. Market strong. Western
candled 2pd23; western Uncandlei 1ssiaalb
st. Louis, November 6-Poultry- Steady:
chickcns Q: spring S; turkeys &. ducks 81
So: geese 5ig Rutter-Stesdy. Creamery
1905; dairy ifdl7 Eggs Finn 10
Kansas City, November 6.-Eggs-Flrm,
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sHonday. - Decrease.
Nen Yotk Money

%eW YcyE. &ofemoe. g.--Moaey on call
firm. 5l.N4 pay cent. last loan 81 F.i
cent Prime mercantile paper 4l2gJ %.
Cc1t. Sterling exchange steady With acIra!
business A. baukers' tsl.s at I. SIS 10. ,.e-
! nand and at 4 s.3tsfs4 SIS fog siXtv days;
ptsied rates S44tl4 S. aud 1 s7is64 -.
I ctZD aleTrlal bills 1 .s3Gi S3i.. Bar silver
80 Mensaa dollars 45i4. Government
( binds steady; State bonds inactive, railroad
t0gcs strong
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The Iurx Failed TO Asrs.., !.

Richmond. Texas. November - p
OF the state Of Texas VS. In
charged with theft. went 90 gSriss
terday. The jury faiied ~
being out twenty-four hour
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s. Louis Norenher s.-WTaeat-No. red
cash -: December 10. Mar ~. No
hard Tl22 Co-1-No. . cash 5lA: Deem
her sy- MAY 81, ozts-No. cash 81:
Mar 4ll.. NJ wsIte A.. PoTE-Quiet
9ohtizg Is .5El5- 70 Lsrd-LoreT- So
er--t s.--r s.d s--rsrafs .dn75 Il. dear
--,1g ~ Timothy sect-So1rre and trn.
3 zoos g Co-nue1i--Ste16y. 500 Bran
Scare a3d better, sacked east tack =
H.v-T.r,o-hT 1r- = SF1lA 90; praiTie
stestr p GbGfO -. Iron cotfo1 ties cTn-
Bsrr5rr 5tsnsas Hemp T~ire ?. W1lSkF
-S.ssfT. 80 Try salt Ueats-BoIed 20
demand. extra shorts : l--.; gear nos
: - ~lasr SIDES : - Bacon Boxed e1-
~ shorts C,l. clear Tbs . IN. clesr sades
9 - p--ei--s-F torr 5000. wheat -.
40. -c-- 4s5s1 osts = f'1p. SaipDentS-
Flcrr = npa. whezc 300 ro1n +l-vf'' OATS
40.oo0
kansas Ctr. No7emser S.-whest tide,
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London Consols.

London. November 6.-Consols for money
9ll,: sccouut ~ 7.i6. Money 2d-ls ptr
cent. Discount for shOrt bids 3itn5@
TO- three months bills 5-l6ss3s.
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COTTON SEED PRODUCTS.

F. o. b. mill TEXAS interior points. &C
cordiug TO location. Per gallon.
Prime crude OIL loose. ..-.. 25iLd y
Prime summer yellow OIL. .sji4N %
Lintsrs, according 70 quality OF "a AZ
Per ton.
Hulls halsd ......-.-....S5 On nS8 %
Prime cotton seed meal. % 90 a23 %
Prime cotton seed cake .-.23 90 as 20
Quotations on prime cotton seed neal
snd prime cotton seed cake are for deiiT-
cry az Galveston.
Memphis. Tenn. November Coll
Prime crude 2sls; on crude 27i5; prime
yellow azla; choice cooking summer yellow
inal. Meal and Cake-PTime 2lO0
New York, November 6.-Cotton seed OH
Easy. prime ye.ow IS
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CLOSING PRICES OF NEW YORK BONDS.

Fort Worth aud Denver City lst.... lo7
Hooking Valley l2S..................lO 7
Louisville aud Nashville unified 4s ioiA
Mexican Central As. ................ S2i5
Mexican Central LIST incorporated ~ -
Minneapolis and 81. Louis 4s........ IO3t Z
Missouri, Kansas aud Texas ss IO0I5
Missouri. Kansas and Texas DDS ~ si~
New York Central istS........... 1864.
New York Central general Siss ... lAsiL
New Jersey Central general IS .... II u
Northern Pacific is....-............ t0sJs
Northern Pacific Observation-Disclosures. ~
Norfolk and Western consol 4s..... IO2&.
Reading general . Observation-Disclosures. o.,
81, l. and Iron Mountain cOnScl - lig
So Louis and san Francisco So 81
st, Louis Southwestern lists ........ On.
st Louis Southwestern eds -. ISL
San Antonio and Arkansas Pass Is 81
Southern Pacific As ..........-.. "a.
southern RAILWAY Is 51s,i-
Texas aud Paddc sts.............. ifsis
Toledo. ST Louis and Western g ar
Iulon Pacific As ....- -,
Union Pacific convertible 4s..... 10
Wabash lists Observation-Disclosures. 1fTl.
Wabash IDS ..........- Isf,lt
Wabash dehenture n ..,. -
West Shore Is . sssta
Wheeling and Lake Erir 4s atf-
Wisconsin, Central fS......-.... 49,
Continental 1nbAeeo a. ..,-.--.A.....o a.
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American Brewing. ........l ........l 90 90
Commercial National Bank 225 o. 253 90
Gaiveston-H Oustou Inv 20 60 ......-.
Houston. Land and Trust loo 90 i,...s...
houston Drug. ..-....-.. 5l3S % il6O %
Houston Drilling snd Sup
ply OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. t-..-.-..l 20 90
Merchants National Bank .l0l 90 f...-....
Magnolia Park ............| ........ 100 90
Mutual Building aud Losn.....,.,. I0o 90
Planters ana Mechanics
NaIioaal Bank .......... 100 90 los 90
South Texas National. lbs O. leo 90
Sour Lake Springs .......,.i IS 90
Texas savings Real Estate
and Investment ........l % % 81 90
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II n, lsad,sr interior tovas vith CON

Housroa's eetimarea receipts for today
are 1000 10 400 sEairs' 1852 1zs- rea-.
Nr-v orleans expects l+0r1 To r. On,
E1i-st 1898 last rear.
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NEW YORK EXCHANGE,
Relchmarks CONNER To-day Yesterday.
sial % days....... % 1915 ~ 1915
BANKERS, " days -.a..4eS&ss 4.sS&SA
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MISCELLANEOUS STOCKS.
The following bids aud offers Of stocks
other than oil companies were reported;
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s3ous-ol- Spots elnEpd easy. rreer tse
1ewa- stock a-7lS rzies stlee rs baies
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Kansas CTR. NoTe-nher ~ lea ~
Ss-3 f.s1.sl7Ss-s No . red -. Co-n-Deoe-7-
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LIVERPOOL IS WEAK.
FROST NOT CONSIDERED.
NJ NemFs Est-rst. 1es>Ebs> the
Msrsea---@' Bsr-ae-s 5e=i9r1ior cs
Wage Advances Lrsfsporssi.s-
Az rEE CLOSE.

AZ TrsE CLOSE
LaserSos9 In 5-s4 ls~er-
Ns@ YORK 2 70 % 2usriz ig@s'-
New Orleans, 7 10 N prrts ipasf-
SPOTS
Liverpool, 5-52s l1msr.
G-l-rsts- SITE a-s,l i7~er.
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To'als -. 2aaas laasi - sas
Comparative SDot Ws-aets.


New crIeG--Su0te closed easy. uriH
i4e 3owa. stock ~ $50 bales
low ori. .-..-53s NiddNuE ...-.TA
OrtiuaFv ....-.5 1915 Good MID ~
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soRpEN REDUCES WAGES.

nIge-eace 2eos a4o72 ii7.7s7 -.
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HIDES AND WOOL.

New York. November e.-cOttOn seed Oh
The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-18
FLoRIDA's CONVICTs.

In view of the fact that during the
past eight years Florida has been getting
only $2l,OO0 year for her convicts and
that she can get as much as $4,000 year
for them for the next four years, and
perhaps great deal more, it is probable
that the people of the state are wonder
ing If those of her law makers and off,
Gals whose duty it was to lease the con-
victs were as we'll posted as to the value
Of the labor of the convicts as they ought
to have been.
1T seems that the lessees of the convicts
made money out of their contracts. There
are reports that the convicts were sub
leased in some instances for four or five
times as much as the state received. If
the state had been receiving as much in
the past as she learns now that she can
get it would have been possible to cut
down the rate of taxation very consider
ably.
Perhaps the value of convict labor was
not as great few years ago as it is now.
The naval stores industry Of the state
has been growing rapidly, and there has
N~NN~NANS ~ AoDOA VII tue luIp6Il-
tine farms. The demand for convict labor,
therefore, has been increasing, and this
fact. to some extent. explains the high
price which is now offered for convict
labor.
There seems to be a desire, at least we
assume there is from some of the articles
in Florida papers on the subject of leas-
ing the convicts. that the leasing zstem
shall be abandoned as soon as possible.
The difficulty is to determine what shall
be done with the convicts If the leasing
system is abandoned-that is, in what
way they can be employed without bur
dening the taxpayers too heavily and
without bringing convict labor in compe-
tition with free labor.
But as long as the leasing system is
adhered to the people want the state to
get whatever profit there is in the labor
Of the convicts. They object to middle
men getting profits that ought to 20 into
the state treasury TO help pay the states
obligations.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-18
FER SONAL.
money.

-Ex-Congressman j. B. Gilfllan of
Minneapolis, has given to the University
of Minnesota $4,000, the interest upon
which is to be used to assist worthy
young men to obtain a university educa-
ton.
The Queen of Greece is the only wo-
man admiral in the world. She was so
appointed by the late Emperor Alexander
HI. of Russia, because of her love for
the sea, instead of being appointed colo
mel Of regiment, according to Gus
tom.
The ship which will carry the German
Antarctic expedition this year, and
which was launched fortnight ago, has
been named the Gauss in honor of the
late Karl Frederick Gauss, of Gottingen,
who was profoundly interested in terres-
trial magnetism and polar research. The
name was selected by Emperor William.
Miss Martha Hale the artist, of Bos-
ton, daughter of the late Hon. Samuel
Hale, who was for nearly forty years a
trustee Of Phillips Exeter Academy, and
a kinswoman of Capt. Nathan Hale. the
martyr spy of 1776, has just presented to
the Academy her celebrated painting.
The Puritan Girl
Irving Bachelor (the author of 'Eben
HoldenO writes one of the most peculiar
hands 1t has been my fortune to inspect, "
says Victor Smith in the New York Press.
'Copper-piate is not a circumstance.
Each letter is as clear-cut and distinct
as the horns of the moon in the first
quarter on clear, black night 1t is a
oIock letter, all angles and no curves.
ana nearly every angle a right angle"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-18
---------e-@r-S--
The Parxon and the Tramps.

There are ten weary men to-day who
are steering clear of "Parson Tom" W.
zell. says the Denver Republican. The
men came to the Tabernacle on Blake
street Sunday night, and raised plea for
help-they were eager to work, they ex-
planned, but it was Sunday and they
could not get the chance
"All right" said Parson Uzzell, Il have
some work that l want done, and If you
fellows will come and work tomorrow
morning as long and as hard as L do,
then I'll give you suppers tonight, a
place to sleep, breakfast and dinner to-
morrow" Parson Uzzell shows many vir-
tues in his face, but a capacity for per-
sistent industry isn't among those dis
played and the hoboes at once agreed to
the terms. They were fed at Alderman
Brown Cannons 15-cent restaurant, they
had places to sleep, and breakfasted at
the restaurant, and then Parson Uzzell
led them to the excavation for his new
church.
II won't ask you to work any harder
than I do he said. ''All you have to do
is 70 throw out shovelful each every
time / throw out one. And" he added
significantly, II have got a policeman to
act as umpire and any man who can't
keep up with me is likely to be consider
ed vagrant, and be put to work on the
chain-gang."
"Oh. but my back did ache" said the
Parson yesterday afternoon, but / knew
that for every shoveltul that went up the
bank from my shovel, there were ten
others, and that made it easier. The
other fellows didn't have the satisfaction
to cheer them up. and they began to look
pretty sour toward noon, but the police
man says We finished in bunch"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-18
A MARkEr roR QUA RICE.

At the meeting of the Georgia Rice AS
ISOLATION to be held in this city this week
it is proposed 10 urge Georgia's represen-
tatives in Congress to use their influence
in favor Of having American rice admitted
into Cuba free of duty. There Is no doubt
that If our rice were admitted into Cuba
duty free, great impetus would be given
to the cultivation of rice in this country
particularly in this section of the South.
There are thousands of acres OF good rice
lands now yielding nothing to their own
ers which would at once be brought under
cultivation.
Although increased interest in the culti-
walton of rice is greatly to be desired, the
fact must not be overlooked that there
are great difficulties in the way of get
ting the privilege of marketing rice in
Cuba free of duty. There are interests
in this country which are hostile to any
thing like free trade with Cuba, and even
with Porto Rico, although Porto Rico is
now a part of this country. These are the
sugar and tobacco interests. 1t is not to
be supposed that Cuba would permit
American rice 10 enter her market free
of duty unless this country permitted her
tobacco and sugar to come into its mar
kets on the same terms.
And will the cane sugar interests of
Louisiana, Georgia and Florida and the
beet sugar interests of the Northern
states consent that Cuban tobacco and
sugar shall come into our markets free of
duty? 1t is certain that they will not.
Indeed, there would be very strong
party in this country opposed to the an
nexation of Cuba, If annexation We're Sc
riously proposed.
Only a day or two ago the New Eng
land Tobacco Growers Association filed
a brief in the Porto Rican cases now
pending in the Supreme Court, in which
it said that a decision adverse to the
constitutionality of import duties upon
our colonial products would subject its
members to disastrous competition, and
would injure numerous other tobacco in
terests." 1t is this association that Is
credited with securing import duties on
Porto Rican products after the President
had virtually decided in favor of permit
ting these products to come in free Of
duty. 1t is certain therefore that it would
object to Cuban tobacco coming in free of
duty, and, judging from what it accom-
plished in the case OF the products of
Porto Rico, a possession, in fact part, of
the United States, it is fair assumption
that IL would be able to prevent the in
PRODUCTION of Cuban products free of
duty.
If we refuse to admit Cuban products
free of duty it is reasonable to suppose
that Cuba will not admit our rice or any
of our other products free of duty. There
must be some reciprocity. If we ask priv
ileges We must offer something in return.
We might negotiate a reciprocity treaty
with Cuba by which our rice would be
admitted free of duty, or by paying only
nominal duty Such a concession is
well worth trying for, but IL is well to rec
ognize the difficulties in the way of get
TING a