Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-02-20

Gated at that point, and the people saw
that the result Of public vaccination Is
not to prevent smallpox, but to prevent
people from working by giving them
sore arms for several weeks. The pub
TIC Vacclnators escaped with their lives,
but were bruised and painfully hurt.
Secretary Hester's statement of the
worlds visible supply of cotton, issued
last Friday, shows the total visible is
4,O95,S21, against 4,OS9,731 last year. Of
this the total of American cotton is g.
16S,S21, against 1882 7S1 last year, and
of all other kinds, including Egypt,
Brazil, India. etc., $4,000 against 767,-
600 last year. The total worlds visible
supply of cotton shows an increase
compared with last year of 5000. OF
the worlds visible supply of cotton
there is now afloat and held in Great
Britain and Continental Europe 1871, =
600. against 1,S54,000 last year, in Egypt,
lS6,O0O, against $4,000 last year; in In
dia 455,O00, against 347, 900 last year; and
in the United States, 1864, 10000, against
1,696,000 last year.
What looks like the commencement
of tariff war has been inaugurated
between the United States and Russia.
Following the policy of this government
In such matters, the secretary Of the
treasury recently imposed an addition
al duty upon Russian sugar because
the Russian eoyorpp,opf boa bo,,,,, ~ -
payment of bounty to Russian sugar
producers. On Saturday, by way Of
retaliation, the Russian minister of
finance increased the duties on Amer
lean iron, steel, machinery, etc., by so
per. cent, making the tariff almost if
not quite prohibitive. American i'm
ports of these commodities to Russia
last year aggregated in value some
$50, 100000 and American manufacture
ers are considerably interested. 1t is
generally conceded that Russia has
struck the United States a very hard
lick, and these will be considerable di-
plomatic correspondence before the
matter is adjusted.
Mrs. Nation is talking Of extending
her field of operations. In a letter to
Leslie's Weekly, she says: "a saloon
has no right in any place. I will smash
the saloons in New York Milwaukee,
st. Louis and Chicago, just as in Kan
sas. But I must clean up my own
home before I dare say to my neigh
bors, I can tell you how to clean up
yours. He breaks all the command
ments Of the decalogue who sells a
glass Of rum. The motive which leads
him to put this stumbling block in the
way of his brother is inspired by a
spirit which violates all law. We pur-
ers, who are physically able and will
ing to join in a crusade to drive out
the murder shops by destroying the in
struments. We do not intend or desire
to i'.jure the person of anyone. We
work in defense and go out from our
homes to the rescue of children who
are the victims Of this traffic."
A movement is on foot to have a
dispensary established in this city to
take the place Of the IS barrooms now
doing business, says a Charlotte dis
patch of Saturday. An act of the leg
islature will be passed authorizing a
voters only. and if a majority Of the
qualified voters want a dispensary it
will be established. The movement was
entered into with a great deal of en-
thusiasm, and the advocates of the dis
pensary were hopeful of success until
it was learned that majority Of votes
would have to be cast in it's favor-a
majority Of the registered white elec-
tors-before success would be assured.
That appears to be an impossible at
tainment and the prime movers in the
matter, The Journal correspondent is
informed, are considering the advisa-
bility Of dropping the scheme. The
same movement came up in the legis-
lature two years ago, and a bitter
fight was the result, and the anti-dis-
pensary advocates won. The move
ment is now backed by the mayor and
a number of the leading ministers Of
the city.
Charlotte Observer: A copy Of
cotton letter which has just been ISSUED
by r. Des Jardines, of Memphis, Tenn,
in which are presented some interest
ing arguments going to show why cot
ton must go higher, has been handed
to The Observer by a Charlotte cotton
buyer. Mr.. Des Jardines thinks that
much larger proportion of the present
crop has been marketed than usual.
The fall and winter have been unpre-
cedented for picking and moving the
crop and the fields are now bare of cot
ton. The weather has been the finest
against the worst, ever known in 1888
'99. the year of the largest crop on rec
ord-11, ,274,Sz0 bales-yet from Febru-
ary 1, to September l, 1899 there
came into sight only 2.379,30S bales,
and it is not reasonable to suppose
that as much is held back now as
was then; yet admitting that there
is, this amount last quoted, added to
the current crop already come into
sight, would make the present crop
9,960,323 bales. Upon this basis the
writer of the letter advises farmers to
hold for better prices, saying: "The
Southern holders are in a much better
position today to hold their staple than
ever before. The rate of interest is
about one-half what it was ten years
ago, and most of them do not need to
borrow. Every bale will be needed and
wanted before September l, no matter
what the prospect for the next crop
will be. as it is wellknown that spin
ners have no stock on hand. My advice