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The representative., 1901-05-02

The New-Fangled Banner.
0 say can you see, by the new century's
light.
What so proudly we hail with our eagles
a-screaming?
Whose big stripes and bold stars
through the smoke of the fight
From the ramparts of battle are every
where streaming.
And the bomb and the blare that are
rending the air
By day and by night prove our flag it
got there;
o see how the new-fangled banner now
waves
Ger Sulus proud sultan, his wives and
his slaves.
On the shores dimly seem through the
mists of the deep,
Where our little brown brothers for
freedom are fighting,
What is that which they hail. till their
eyes fairly weep?
What is it they're saying about our
uniting?
How their eyes are soon opened-'tis
only dream;
Our friendships sham, and our help
all scheme,
For the new-fangled banner fiamboy-
antly waves
Over millions of subjects and thousands
of slaves.
And where is that band that were gal
lantly sure
That the havoc of war and the battles
confusion,
For home and for country they still
could endure?
Their blood we have trampled as If
'twere pollution;
No refuge can save them, though pa
tient and brave,
From the terror of death and the gloom
of the grave;
For our new-fangled banner in tri-
umph must wave,
Whatever it costs us, their land TO en-
slave.
O thus be it ever when freedmen shall
stand
Between their loved homes and the
wars desolation,
May manifest destiny give us their
land,
And blast all who kick at benevolent
assimilation.
Then conquer we must; we belong to
the trust,
And this is our motto: I'VE beat or we
BUST"
And the new-fangled banner fam
boyantly waves
Over millions of subjects and thousands
of slaves.
Exchange.
The representative., 1901-05-02
Eggs In China.

From "Smor-Tidende," Danish jour.
nal. we take the following: "As China
is front topic just now, it may be Of
interest to quote from the Balletin Com
mercial, of Brussels, little information
with respect to the manufacture OF
albumen in that country. It appears
that the first albumen manufactury in
the far East was established in Hainan;
this factory used about 100000 eggs
daily, but was burnt down by the ma
tives. Later German firm, Stabbe and
Wintgensent, started a manufactury at
Wuhu, where ducks eggs were very
plentiful and cheap, then costing only
about 2.6O taels per thousand, or a little
over penny a dozen. Other factories
have been since established, and there
are now six in China, five being in Ger
man hands and one in French, but the
industry is no longer remunerative and
thriving as at first, and the price of eggs
is now about $50. taels per thousand.
or little over two-pence farthing per
dozen. A thousand eggs yield from 13
to Is pounds of albumen, which is sold
at about 3s per pound. The albumen is
used principally in photography, the
yolks Of the eggs being employed in ths
tanning industry"
1t is worthy Of mention that a con-
signment of eggs from China was re-
Gently landed in Sydney, the cost to
the importer being under two-pence per
dozen. The lowness of the price was
questioned at the time, being regarded
as impossible, but the prices quoted in
the extract from Smor-Tidende shows
that it is possible to land eggs from
China in Sydney at two pense per dozen.
Farm.
The representative., 1901-05-02
Virgin Forests Of siberia.

For many years past, says writer in
Pearson's Magazine, the requirements
in timber of the Eastern hemisphere
have been practically all supplied by
Sweden and Norway, but the day is al
ready almost in sight when even this
source may be unable to meet the de-
mands made upon it. The available
wood in America will soon be entirely
absorbed by American people. In this
direction, then, Russia sees her chance
coming, and has long been putting her
house in order, 30 as to be ready.
Though in many parts OF her European
territories the forests have been cut
down as recklessly as elsewhere, they
still cover nearly two@f1fths of the
whole country. In Siberia so vast are
they that their extent can hardly be
estimated, and several decades must
elapse probably before they can even
be explored.
The representative., 1901-05-02
Even Boston.

Even Boston, that quaint old hot-bed
OF Puritanism is waking up to the fact
that the populist doctrine of govern
ment ownership of all public utilities
is coming at rapid pace. Speaking of
the rapid progress of the movement
the leading paper of that city, 1.-The
Traveller" says:
ut is marching on with restless force.
1t is swallowing railroads and factories
1t is absorbing every department of hui
man industry and welding them all in
one vast community of ownership" At
present Rockefeller, Morgan and the
rest are the instruments of them forced
on by self-interest, are building car of
over them. All public utilities will final
ly belong to the people, and in the
more private combinations of capital the
producer will find way to procure his
fair share of the savings rendered possi-
BILE by the economies which are effect
ed. This is the hope and promise of the
twentieth century. It will be all the
easier for the government to take these
great properties in the name of the peo-
pie when they shall have been aggregat-
ed into the hands of the few."-Southern
Mercury.
The representative., 1901-05-02
Some Signs Of Hope.

The election of such pronounced and
radical reformers as Tom L. johnson,
OF Ohio, to the chief magistracy of his
home city-and that a Republican CITY
generally and the habitat of Mark Han
ma as WELLS not only an indication of
the moral worth of the man but an in
dication Of better things in store for our
now much misgoverned nation. For
Mr.. Johnson, in this campaign, which is
said to have been of the most spirited
character, never for once undertook to
hide his radicalism, no more than his
light, under bushel And best of all
he was elected by honest, conscientious
and intelligent votes, he having warned
the corrupt and debased healers to keen
away, that there wasn't dollar or
drink for them on his side of the con-
test, and wanted not even the votes of
those too ignorant to understand or in
dolent to care to learn what he stood
for.
And this hope for the future is added
unto in the repeated triumphs of Mayor
Jones, of Toledo, on his golden rule"
platform. So is it again in the re-elec-
tion of Mayor Cummings of our Con-
necticut city Of Stamford. They are
all outspoken, progressive reformers,
everyone knowing just where they stand
on the foremost issues of the day.-The
Weekly Examiner.
The representative., 1901-05-02
Eighty Millions Dividends in Seven
Years.

Eighty Millions Dividends in Seven
Years.
The great Standard Oil company is
an ever present Concentration of capital
and of the money saving as well as
money making possibilities of corpora
tions that have monopoly of neces-
sity of life.
Almost all the shares in the company
are held by II stockholders, to whom
will be disbursed in dividends on March
1 the comfortable SUM of 10000, 900.
This represents the profits for the first
three months OF the current year, and it
is more than probable that before the
end of the IL months $50 1000, 900 will
have been taken by the stockholders for
their onerous CD duties as captains of
industry" in other words, for every
500 put into the corporation there will
be taken out during the year $50. The
stock is in the hands of few who de-
cline to sell even at thesenorm GUS price
Of s. for 81 worth Of shares
John d. Rockefeller will get about
one-third Of the coming dividend, as he
personally owns $1,000 out Of the mil
lion shares of the company Of the par
par value OF 500. His original hold
ings OF $3, ,100, 900 is now worth more
than $3.50, ,000, 600. II the dividends con-
tinue to accumulate in the future as
they have II the pagt. there = no tell
line vA1t lse ~. neekafell6rsxve
The representative., 1901-05-02

The railroad lines are consolidating.
e Pluribus Unium is their motto. Nor
gan has united many of the northern
lines in one management and now
George Gould is forming a great south
ern and western combination. Very soon
these two gigantic trusts will be COM
bined into one and half dozen men will
have the entire travel and transporta-
tion of the country in their absolute
control.
If J. Pierpont Morgan and George
Gould have brains enough to manage
these great consultations is it not like
ly that the government could find men
smart enough to run them under public
ownership and place the profits in the
national treasury instead of private
pockets Central Farmer.
The representative., 1901-05-02

duce the American tea, and he sells
it (at retaiD at 81 pound. He expects
to reduce the cost of production to IA
cents ere long. At the wholesale SELL
ing price OF SO cents a pound, the pro-
ducer gets profit of 221z cents pound.
1t is shown that with some varieties the
profit per acre is nearly $40, while $40
is usual profit per acre. The prospect
of raising tea for home consumption is
apparently good. We consume nearly
100000 pounds year Of tea. If we
produced it new and profitable in
dustry, employing many thousands of
people, would be established. The feat
does not seem impossible of accomplish
ment.-Citizen.
The representative., 1901-05-02
Primary Election Law.

The primary election law is a step
In the right direction. 1t is not what
II ought to be, nor what it will be
when its defects are shown up at its
practical workings. Hereafter the
selection of candidates for official
position will be in the hands of the
legal voters themselves. No longer
will coterie of politicians make up
slate and arrange list of candidates
favorable to them and sworn to carry
out their. wishes; and pack a caucus to
place these candidates in nomination.
however distasteful to the better ele-
ment of the legal voters of the district
they may be-. The balloting being Sc
cret SO far as practicable, it will be per-
fectly feasible, under this new law, for
the people to place in nomination such
men as will honor the office for which
they may be selected and elected, it will
be because the better element of the
lgal voters of the district stay away
from the primaries and allow the schem-
ing politicians to place in nomination
such parties as will do their bidding.
We do not know whether the law con-
fines the ticket to the selection of the
primaries of the various parties, or has
made provision for Independent candi-
dates, whose names may come before
the primaries but failed to get the nomi-
nation. We are of the opinion it should
make no provision for independents. y
but confine the voters to the candidates
that the party primaries place in nomi-
nation. This will have the tendency to
cause the primaries to select only such
candidates for the various Offices as
shall be fully qualified for their duties.
and will command the full party vote.
The law being on the statute books. If
on trial it shall show flaws, these can
be corrected till perfection shall be ex-
hibited in it's work, and the schemes and
chicaneries of political tricksters and
their machine politics will forever have
an end.-Glencoe Review.
The representative., 1901-05-02
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Clock.

-. Z!
The transmitting clock at the naval
observatory in Washington, is the abso-
lutte monarch Of American tinaekeepers.
Every day in the year, except Sunday.
by one pendulum stroke, 1t speaks di-
rectly and instantaneously to every city
: and considerable towns between the
peaks OF the Rockies and the pines of
Maine at high noon. By this one clock
at the national capital together with its
duplicates on the Pacidc) 1t set nearly
every timepiece in the United States and
Cuba, most of those in Mexico and many
on the borders of Canada. A number
Of clocks-from three to Z. 900 in near
lys every city and large town are wired
together into . loeal family. and. by
seanS d = saftEE - fslso1nph
- - e "a Viz
The representative., 1901-05-02
Immensity Of Alaska.

A commentary on the "bigness" Of
Alaska is the following incident, told
by Gen. Friedrich. He said: Some
time since a deputy marshal started
from point less than half way from
here to Nome to bring a prisoner to
Sitka, to which place he had been SEN
fenced by commissioner to serve
three months in Jail. The prisoners
time expired before they reached Sit
ka and the officer turned him loose. -
Boston Transcript.
The representative., 1901-05-02

The new Republican United States
senators from Nebraska are both ma
tional bank presidents, and 1t is to be
any proposition to take from the banks
their present privilege of borrowing
money from the government at one-half
of one per cent per annum.-Missouri
World
The representative., 1901-05-02
Next Century win ar,ns Longer Life.

Next Century WIFI Aring Longer Life.
The American viii abe taller by from
one to two inches lnsthe next hundred
years. His increases OF stature will re-
suit from better health, due to vast re-
forms in incidence sanitation, food and
athletics. He will live so years instead
Of IS as at present-for he will reside
in the suburbs. The city house will
practically be no nsore. Building in
blocks will be illegaIE The trip from
suburban home to odlce will require d
few minutes only. "A penny will pay
the fare-Ladies' F1ome Journal.
The representative., 1901-05-02
delivery, and another advance will prob
ably be made in May.

Chicago now owns it's lighting planv'
and uses 4,3OO electric lights. During
the last year 1t saved $40 per light, or
$4,000 for the city over what 1t cost
under capitalism. Capitalism is nec-
cessary according to the brigands in
order that the many may be feeced for
the benefit of the few.
The representative., 1901-05-02

the parent clock at the national capital
So that the instant the electric touch
is given from Washington every clock
In the circuit-whether it be at Boston,
Minneapolis or New Orleans--begins q
new day In perfect accord with It's me-
chanical diety
The representative., 1901-05-02

II all the money spent on wars were
spent in taking care of the poor, power
ty would be abolished, and II a tenth
spent on humane education, there would
be no need Of armies or battleships.-
Our Dumb Animals j
The representative., 1901-05-02

All MI" addressed
A ,preen O sentaye -

may mount. The Millionaire is surely
coming.
In the past seven years Mr.. Rockefel-
ler has received $50 900 900 in dividends
from Standard Oil. Were he obliged
to receive his quarterly earnings" in
gold he would have to use several trucks
to take it away.-Southern Mercury.
The representative., 1901-05-02

Close Resemblance: Contractor-You
won't sell me carload of bricks on
credit?
Dealer-No; me and my bricks are
very much alike; we're hard pressed tor
The representative., 1901-05-02

The distinction among animals Of re-
quiring least sleep belongs to the ele-
phant. In spite Of its capacity for hard
. work. the elephant seldom, IL ever,
sleepe more than tour. g., eseasioaally.
The representative., 1901-05-02

1t is said the new glass-blowlng ma
chine turns out tumblers at a cost Of six
cents a hundred.
The representative., 1901-05-02

The price of window glass will be ad-
vanced Is per cent for March and April
The representative., 1901-05-02

According to Bryan the Peoples par
ty has brought about more reforms than
both old parties since the abolition Of
slavery,
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-14
SECRETARY COLE
STILL WITH LANSTON
Els RESIGNATION NOT ACCEPTED.
objection to Going 10 New York
Based on the Condition of His
HeaIth-Reccnt Mysterious
Decline in the Stocks.

Secretary B. F. Cole has not resigned
from the Lanston Monotype Machine Com
pany, nor has he been deposed from the
Office by the New York directors Of the
company
A rumor was circulated in the Street
yesterday that one OF the first acts OF the
New York directors when they recently
obtained the controlling interest in the
company was TO intimate to III. Cole that
his resignation would be accepted if ten
dered. It was said further that he had
promptly offered his resignation and that
it had been accepted during the past
week
The story is untrue, except for the fact
that Mr. Cole did tender his resignation.
1t was not accepted. however. and he stiu
holds the position
Why He Resigned.
The facts, as learned from an officer CT
the company this morning. are that Mr..
Cole recently decided that he would not
be able to move 10 New York with the
central Offices Of the company when they
are transferred at the beginning Of the
ncw year, on account Of his health.
He therefore sent his resignation to the
directory at its last meeting. a motion
was made by member Of the New York
party that the resignation ebe laid on the
table" ard that Mr. Cole be requested to
reconsider and withdraw IL
Mr.. Cole now has the matter again IN
del AMUSEMENT He may yet resign, II is
said, despite the request Of the board OF
directors, as he Is afraid that the New
York climate might be TOO rigorous for
him.
The central Offices of the company viii
be moved from this city to New York be-
fore January Is.
Recent Mysterious Decline.
The price OF Lanston stock recently
dropped from u to 10, on rather heavy
selling Much comment vas aroused by
the decline, coming as It did after the
recent acquisition by the company Of q
large amount OF new cash capital and the
publication By its officers of q number
OF glowing reports regarding the pros
perity OF the business
II is said By some holders Of the stock
that the decline is simply in harmony
with the generally weak tone in the Stock
Market recently Others Intimate that
some friction exists among the insiders OF
the company and that some important
holder Of the stock is selling out on this
account Still another theory IS that the
new controlling interest in New York
wishes 10 buy more stock cheap TO make
its position the more secure
1t is now learned that the recent pur-
chasers of the treasury stock Of the COM
pany we're President Baker and Nj Fahn-
stock. Of the First National Bank OF New
York which IS recognized as the J Pier
pont Morgan bank.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-14
FOR CUBAN AUTONOMY.
General Wilson Declares Island
Should BE Free.

LOUISVILLE, Dec. 14--GeneraI James
H. Wilson, formerly Governor General of
Cuba, in a speech before the Louisville
Board of Trade declared Cuba should be
independent. He said:
The Cubans are not in favor of an
nexation. care not what people tell you
here at home about the best class in the
island favoring annexation. such state
ments are utterly false. Only the Span
ISL and the planters are in favor Of it
As there are only 1913 plantations on the
islands ycu can see that this class does
not count for much in this question
General Wilson spoke strongly for au-
tonomy and declared this country was
soIemnly pledged to this As to the
method by which this should be accom-
plIshed, the speaker thought the solution
lay in the drafting of treaty between
this country and Cuba He declared that
he believed the President and all the
members CT his Cabinet were in favor of
freedom for the island. and he said he
thought this would be done just as soon
as stable Government was established
in the island
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-14

this source amounted to g, 475,714, and
from the carriageway Sf1S, 448.
A magnificent view of the river and
harbor is afforded, as we'll as that Of
both cities, Governors Island, Bedioe's
Island and the Statue of Liberty. To the
south lies Brooklyn; its broad area carry
ing the vision as far as the eye viii
reach To the north, New York; its mar
BILE sky-scraping buildings. golden domes,
huge ehimneys and noted spires all COM
bine TO photograph on the mind one grand
panorama never to be forgotten Not the
least interesting feature of the free ex-
hibition is the multiplicity OF strikingIy
conspicuous signs. notwithstanding many
people are Of the opinion that they mar
the general view.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-14
CUBA NEEDS FAvoRs.
Else, Declares Cuban Planters, the
Island VIII lie Frustrated.

CHICAGO, Dec 14-Cuba must re-
eeive special tariff favors from the Uni
ted States or the business OF the island
viii be Drostrsted, declares Don Miguel
Estranda, a wealthy planter from Santi-
ago, who is in Chicago.
Our people realize the great things
done for Us by the United States, anJ
we viii always be indebted to you, bu
We, at the same time, realize that with.
out special favors in the way of tariff
rates our commercial interests will not
thrive, said Mr. Estra1da. Personally
L favor annexation, but the majority in
sist on trying an independent form Of
government I have my doubts of its
final success"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-14
DISTRICT CODE
AMENDMENTS.
Senate Committee to Make
Detailed Report.
APPROVAL OF TEE PRITGHARD BILL.
Measure Expected to Pass at an
Early Date - Features of the
Changes and Explanation
of their Effect.

The Senate Committee On the District OF
Columbia has prepared and viii submit to
the Seuaes q detailed report on the bill
Introduced by Senator Pritchard, amend
sng thu code Of laws for the District,
The report is entirely favorable, and
1t is very probable that the measure will
be one of the first to be enacted when
the Senate gets down to regular business.
The amendment will have been enacted
as part Of the code before the latter
goes into effect on January I next
The report explains clearly the need OF
the amendments and the part TO be plav-
ed by each separate amendment. The
whole gives a better idea of the effect of
the code than does a formal reading OF
the text
Explanation OF Amendments.
The report contains the following state
ments:
Almost all of the amendments suggest
ed are made to correct clerical errors or
manifest ayersf shts. The object Of most
Of the others is sufficiently shown By the
amendment itself The following are
the more important amendments calling
for explanation:
Section SO: The substitute ofIerel for
this section is intended to make more
explicit and complete the-lnaEneT and
time n which the business of the fifteen
justices OF the peace whose terms end
when the code goes into effect shall be
transferred 10 the smaller number Of new
justices of the peace who are to be ap-
pointed under the code.
Sections lisa to 115f: These sec
tions are in all respects the same as sec
tons 16T 10 III OF the code, which 1t IS
proposed to strike out The only effect
OF this IS to transfer the sections from
one place in the code to another When
the code was originally submitted to
Congress, II provided that the Office of
Register OF Wills Of the District of Co
lumbia should be abolished, and that the
duties OF that Official should be perform
ed by the clerk Of the Supreme Court
OF the District OF Columbia and his depu-
ties. As this would put the special term
for probate business on the same foot
ing as the ether special terms, II was
intended 10 transfer TO it some OF the dU-
ties OF the Equity Court relating TO pro-
ceedings. for the sale Of estates OF IuRatics
and infants and the care OF property Of
habitual drunkaTds. But as Congress has
declined 10 abolish the Office OF Register
OF Wills and amended the code accord
ipgIy- it is now necessary to transfer
these sections from the part of the code
which deals with the powers Of the Pro
bate Court to that which deals with the
business Of the equity special term
Jury Provision.
Section 204: This amendment is intend
ed to remove what it is suggested might
prove a serious inconvenience to the
courts Of the District during the month