The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-02
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| w OF at least ono pcrson, b. W. SNOW, the
rrop stutistie,ap' that the real battle will
b. fought on the floor Of the Chicago board ol
| Trade. lie figures II out that the opponent NJ
| England, instead of r,n,,inc chances with Eng.
| lands powerful navy, would simply corner the
| grain market and staryc the people of his majcs.
| tvs hifgdo,n into submission This is how he
! figures II: The urbap incubation of England Is
about 250Oo oJn and of this number at least
| $1,000 souls barely rnnar, TO exist under
| present normal conditions o, food ptivr The
middle working class who live in fair comfort
| ~ long as the industries of tic country furnish
steady cnplrmCnt, constitute about 1900, ,ONO,
| leaving about 100000 in The we'll to.io.class
WHO world not Immediately suffer II opportunity
tor employment we're limited or TODD nliccs sud
denly advanced tc a high range. And serious
change in food prices would at once make the
/ first class ot s,Du .Ovo q public charge TO be led
, by the nation. \ great war with a continental
power would cut oil much Of Englind's trade.
and 10 that extent would Withdraw steady cut
rloyment promptly reducing a portion at least
'o the class of public clIarges in 1853 o,,r civil
war by shutting o! onc.halt OF England's cotton
supply threw 10000 starving people upon public
charity III Lancashire alone, and il such ccndi
tons should now arise tiruuglou, the industrial
communities Vi til, country il would mean either
that tho government m,tst feed lj,oD,oOD or
revolution at home a~ well rs public enemies
abroad. IT,. in addition TO loss of employment
for the great mass of people conditions arose
which doubled or t,p!,lcd the cost ot food the
Magnitude Of the home situation confronting
English statesmen in the event a serious foreign
struggle may be appreciated. The United King
dom becomes year by year more dependent upon
other countries Tor its food supply. At the pres
'nt time the annrdl consumption of hrradstulfS
slN hal 4 tl,
5c,""eooo bushels is produced at home OF the
imports tile United States furnishes something
Ike lD,oW,wO bushels Russia and eastern Ell.
rope O,oOocO and the British colonies about
25.ooooo bushels. Should the supply irom the
United states and Russia bc shut off famine
prices ut once, and eventually actual famine,
would follow. In a struggle with Russia that
country would only have to sit tight on her
own supplies i'll order TO materially advance the
price OF the English loaf. II she could also cut
OF the American supply her enemy would be at
her mercy without the striking of a blow The
first move would he to get control Of the avail.
able wheat supply Of America. Under present
with the unlimited means which the Russian war
fund would give could in few days, and before
the English government was actually aware OF
the movement, secure control cf the greater part
OF the American surplus and thus either cut OF
III supply Ut dI Inst 81 iuNd!lCe tue fIht
as to bring starvation upon the industrial class
Of that country. \ dozen shrewd agents, none
of whcm need know that the Russian government
was behind the deal, could III a few days contract
Tor all the spare wheat in sight in thi. country
and III addition purchase options in the open
market for the future delivery OF additional mil
lions. Of course, such deal would quickly adj
vance prices. but before the trade or the world
in general was dshbused Of the natural first I'M
was cssiying Il gigantic bull oanlraign--such as
Chicago is familiar with--he whole exportable
surplus for months TO come would be securely
locked up in the possession of the car. 4 deal
Of this character would cost money, but if the
purchases extended even to 200, o,0OO 900 bushels and
the price went up fas: enough to make it average
$50 per b'lslcl, the amount involvd would only
reach S}O0.0O0.0oo and when the war WAS over
the property would sell tor at least hall oi that
sum, 50 that the total cost OF the coup, which
would ncutralize Englands magnificent navy anl
rival, would cost Russia $50, ,Oo0O 600, mere bag.
atellc as modern warfare gots.
Several wears ago an aeitat ion was started in
regard to the economy and efficiency of produc.
inS and maintaining naNigabc channels through
ocean sand bars by means OF dynamite instead
Of the usual dredging operations In order 10
glIc"rs, tried the following experiment. He bu.
ricd "A number Of ordinary eggs in the sand from
on to three inches deep, and just awasll at low
tide. At high tide he exploded one hundred
pound charge of dynamite about a hundred feet
away from the nearest eggs. So powerful was
the force ot the explosive that column Of
water and sand wIs thrown up into the air.
notwithstanding, it was found at low tide that
the nearest egg, 10 feet distant was the only one
broken, that two rs feet away were intact. and
those at greater distances 100 to 3lj iect distant
we're all unhroken. The dynamite enthusiasts
had been working on the erroneous theory that
the explosion OF powerful charges OF dynamite |
on a bar of sand would so loosen it by vibration |
that the sand would lie washed away by the |
eiodins action OF water, thus producing channel |
ut low cost The conclusion OF Captain Gillette |
is that the work which actually cost the govern.
'ncnt on the dynamite plan >24G1S0 could have |
been accomplished by dredging at an expenditure |
Of Sls,750.
Adiutant General Corbin is to marry and it is
me that does You good 10 read. We give it on
he authority Of the Utica Press: The Patten
ortune was made IN mining The maker OF it
lied and the widow and three daughters made
Washington their home The daughters had
,ccn carefully educated in foreign schools, but
he mother, while hy no means illteratc was
plain woman with no preteusious To culture
" knowledge OF the ways OF high society She
made no secret Of her humble origin or Tho hard
trugglcs through which she ana her husband
tas,cd in The pioneer days among the mining
amps of California and Nevada. In one of the
principal living rooms OF her home she kept
lohes. She used to say that she was glad l,cr
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