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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-29
PROSPERITY ON EVERY HAND.

To those who have anticipated the condition of the
industrial market, the reports from all parts OF the
country are of a sort to renew confidence in the con-
tinuance Of prosperity.
There have been a few floods, yet necessarily the
damage which they have wrought is confined to 4
comparatively small acreage. For every bushel lost
because of high water, the uplands will yield two adj
ditiOnal.
There never was n time, especially in the Middle
West, when the corn was greener, heavier and in bet
Ter condition than 1t is now. The hay crop is n third
more than usual. Apparently the drought of last year
has only served TO make the crop this year greater.
The top notch has been reached in prices. Corn
has been higher than wheat, and oats have been higher
than corn at one time or another during the past
month. No cereal is selling at low prices. Live stock
Is selling nearly high enough to limit consumption.
There is absolutely nothing to spoil the agricultural
prospect. The only danger is that the bullish feeling
VIII overshoot the mark and cause abnormal values
which will do ultimate harm TO every form Of indus
try. Only the good sense Of the investing public can
prevent the usual imitation and reaction.
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To the Editcr Of III. R,publle.

To the Editor OF The republic.
ST. Louis. July &.-With reference 10 my
defense Of feliOw-Republicans recognizing
validity Of the school certificates, I see II IA
charged that I am obscure" and that 1
have turned Democrat"
My lack OF prominence is certainly a good
reason not to take my statements without
examination. but the charges are not in
point. are the facts 1 state true? Is my
argument sound2 Turning away attention
from the facts and Law in question does not
prove the certificates to be invalid and
worthless. Dodging the issue is confession
OF defeat.
OF course. I expected some abuse: the
stronger the facts and argument. the more
personalities in reply. not concerned in the
discussion. l have noticed in my practice
that an attorney having a poor case. in
arguing TO the jury. often pitches into
the opposing attorney. and the weaker his
case the more violent the attack. l would
much rather some prominent and more able
Republican. involved in the charge Of idiOcy
or knavery. had repealed the insinuatiOns-
say BittinEer. or Russell. or Boutwell,, OF
Swanger. or MINIS. Bittinger. above all,
was the one to make the fight. for he was
the father Of the last certificate for two
millions without n cent to back it." and
IN rgumcnt claimed 1t would be constitu-
tiOnai and a proper charge against the in
terest and Sinking Fund tax. which, by
the Constitution (as is correctly asserted
and constantly harped upon by the Globe
DemocraO is raised solely TO pay interest
and principal upon bonds.
1 maintained the certificates issued in
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mud svarrer and many other Republicans
would have followed suit. ana the aosuro
attack on the certincateS nave O
avoided? Then there would have been a
dispassionate. nOnpartisan eohsIH -
what to Go as TO the interest Tax
n.,.ndInv Honest Republicans.
1 waited a long while and came torwaro
No, I'M I saw no one else would volunteer
and that pledge breakers, ONCE oroheiS
boodiers were insisting upon forcing -
the party false issues. reactins GsaL
Republican members Of the Eegisia'u.e
and. in fact. against all Repuoncan -
tors. for none OF them ever had a woru "
say against the certificates ourins
thirty years. and they are now led into the
hue and cry; while some persons, seeing
defeat. turn away from argument to inc
defender.
The little dogs and all.
Try. .Blanch and Sweetheart. see. they bark &c
. 80
Mastin. greyhound. mOnsrel. grim.
Hound. or spaniel. brach. or lynn.
or bobtail like. or trundle tail.
But 1 have no hesitation in saying I be-
lieve some OF the newspapers, especlaIy
the GIobs-DemOcrat were niisied into DE-
nounciuE the certificates by false represent
tatious dust as Mr.. Parker was betrayed
into accepting nomination for Mayor) by the
egenheiu-Keren push.who now aim either
TO destroy the School Fund, Or hoping 70
get into the state treasury, have the IuH~
converted into cash or negotiable evidences
Of debt. expecting they will do the hnger-
ing. But more Of this when / come 10
show the sound sense of having the func
in its present shape-nonstealable, non
handling for private speculative purposes
Il is not Tatum, but the safety OF Ins
School Fund. that Is involved.
Now. gentlemen. enough dust has oeen
thrown into the public eye; don't seek 20
mislead the people nor TO turn them ON
the track II you have any good reasons
against the cert.hcateS-their validity ana
policy. and why the interest on them can
not be paid to the schools-urge them
Missourians want to be shown" not hum
bugsed.
As to the other charge. I refuse to Be
read out OF the party. I have always been
a Republican: the American theory OF a
protective tariff-aiming to ultimately
cheaper our productions to the consumer,
while keeping up wages. and sound money
OF wages In that token which has
the greatest purchasing power the world
make and continue me to be a
Republican. l believe in fighting for re-
fern in the ranks OF the party, whether
Of tariff. or trusts, o. monopolies. or down.
ing 4 ring that by nefarious methods gets
and keeps control OF party management
Party fsalty does not require one to neces-
sarily follow any Ton. Dick or Harry who
dishOnorably gets control. wheresoever he
may lead. One need not leave the party In
order TO fight false issue makers and would
be leaders. True Republicanism includes
freedom Of individual thought. expression
and action. JOSEPH T. TATUM-
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RECENT COMMENT.
Wonderful Cave Near santa Cruz.

august W0TIds WORK
Santa Cruz is famous for its caves. one being without
doubt the most remarkable cavern OF the kind in this coun-
try. 1t Is reached after passing a rough point. Point
Diablo. and from the ocean is seen to be a large. black
domelike object at the base OF a mountain. Approaching
the boat is forced through a thickly matted kelp bed and
enters the cave which is now seen TO be made up OF several
large and lofty rooms. In the first two the walls are
curiously decorated in all the colors OF the rainbow, caused
by chemical action The boat is pushed into the second
and third chambers. drifting in water OF a delicate green
tint and remarkably clear. the bottom covered with algae
of many colors and shapes. Ahead Is a black opening not
much larger than the boat. through which the ground
swell passes every few seconds producing a pandemonium
OF sounds-groans. roars. sucking. seething noises like the
kissing Of steam from some gigantic caldron. accompanied
by explosions. come rushing forth to warn and appall the
mariner. But the boat is pushed on directly after the in
gress OF a roller into the largest chamber OF this wonderful
ocean cavern 1t is absolutely dark except at the entrance
which now appears like a great star occasionally shut out
as the waves come rolling in.
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II you chance to be an American buyer Of wire rope
1t Is not pleasant to realize that the American trust
from which you buy charges you SD per coil and sells
10 the European buyer at So per coil. Or, in purchas-
Ing typewriters, to learn that you must pay 500 for
a machine that is sold to European buyers for $50.
In the case Of sewing machines, you must pay $40 for
one, while the European buyer gets the same ma
chine from that same trust for SIT. And lawn now
ers, too; you pay S425 and the European buyer pays
only S2.T5. As for tin plate, entering so largely into
every household in the land. the cost to American buy
ers who manufacture utensils is S419 per ton, and the
European buyer has to pay only S3.19 per ton. 1t is
the Dingley high tariff which protects the monopolies
of the American trusts and enables them thus TO rob
American consumers. Don't you think it's about time
10 revise the tariff and to restrict the trust evil?
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-29

Perhaps the most satisfactory proof Of the sound
ness of the platform adopted by the Democratic State
Convention at st. Joseph is the fact Of Republican ap-
prehension and dissatisfaction created by that utter
ance. The opposing party plainly perceives in this
consistent Democratic utterance a legitimate appeal to
Missouri voters which means increased Democratic
majorities at the polls. As a consequence, Republican
criticism of the Democratic platform is bitter and in
sistent. no pains being spared in the effort to weaken
its magnetism before the people. This should vastly
encourage the Democratic leaders in the State cam
paign. No higher tribute can be paid to n Demo
cratic platform than is contained in Republican un-
easiness aroused by reason of it's formidable character
as honestly representing public sentiment on the
issues TO be fought out.
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Making the New Ner York.

AuEust century.
But to-day a new New York IS coming to birth which
bids fair TO vie, II not In historic interest. at leas, IN
magnifcence and beauty. with even so splendid a capital
as that OF France. The fair new city lies in the embrace
OF the old one like the new moon in the old moons arms.
throwing into high relief the harsh parental outlines. One
might almost fancy that the town had been bombarded
by a hostile fleet, such rents and gashes appear every
where in the solid masonary, ranging from the width Of a
single building to that Of a whole block front. nay. even
10 a succession of blocks. as where the new East River
bridge has made foot room for itself on the Manhattan
shore. The very spine Of the island has been split by
dynamite in preparing the way for rapid transit; and
where excavations are being made in preparation for GER
tain new buildings, II looks as II Iyddite shells had exploded
ripping up tons upon tons Of bedrock and gravel.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-29
A LESSON FOR THE PEOPLE.

In the discount sheets of certain American trusts,
showing the prices charged respectively TO American
and foreign buyers of their products, there is al IN
answerable argument in favor of q tariff revision
which shall relieve the American people of the stupen-
dous tax which they now pay for trust benefit.
These discount sheets are in the possession OF
Chairman Criggs of the Democratic Congressional
Committee and are being used with telling effect in
the Democratic movement against monopoly organi-
cations. Their figures have not been challenged and
they do not begin to cover the complete list Of Amer
lean trust products that are sold cheaper in Europe
than in this country. The table in question, showing
n marked discrimination in favor Of foreign buyers,
is as follows:
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Marriage Among Eminent Men.

Popular Science Monthly.
Obviously the gifted men marry at almost the same ages
as the multitude Even the slight differences observable
might vanish II the statistics were freed from the tendency
to report tie date OF a second rather than a first marriage.
The facts concerning the marriages Of gifted men in
America seem to disprove another common ogma-that the
age at marriage has been rapidly increasing in the case
OF professional men because OF the increasing amount Of
preparation required for success In professional life under
present conditions. II we take all the gifted men born be-
fore 1866. who have married before IS. and compute the
average age at marriage Of those born before 1927. from - n
90 from 80 TO 40. etc. We find that the age Of marriage
for gifted men has probably advanced less than civ
months in a half century. This is a liberal estimate and
is surely not alarming. I find no means OF ascertaininp
the change In the marriage age OF the general male popu-
ladon during the same period. but there Is no evidence
that professional men differ from authors, artists or men
in business.
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True to the Life.
The New Yorker.

One morning a banker stepped into his office and most
enusively greeted his bookkeeper. who had entered his serv-
Ice just twenty-five years before. at the same time handing
him a closed envelope with the remark:
This is to serve you as a memento of the present occa-
sion."
Inc grateful recipient did not venture at first to open the
envelope. until encouraged to do so by a nod and a smile
from his employer And what do you think Il contained?
The bankers photograph-that, and nothing more. The
~bookkeper was dumb for the moment.
well, what do you think Of Itr' his prtncjnaI j,,r,rsd
IT'S Just like you" was the reply.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-29

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
TO-DAY IN ST. LOUIS.

Q From The Republic. July 30. Is57.
. The Gordon OF sentries around the
. Four Courts. where the riot prisoners
. were held in a temporary barracks.
O vas reduced. The militia not SO active
o rs on the proceeding days.
g On the Levee r~Oustabouts were awed
o by the gunboat Elon G. Smith. which
. moved up and down the harbor with
frownins tw~elve-Dounders showing
Q from the deck. fore and aft.
\ disturbance at the Relay Station.
q East ST. Louis. gave the Illinois
q soldiers the busiest day they had had
Q since the strike began. With fixed
. bayonets they charged a b and
Q arrested the leaders. Several men
. were injured. but none killed The
. Quincy Guards. Henry. Knox. Stark
O and Taylorville companies distin-
Q guished themselves. In ali 16o arrests
Q were made. The rioters were in
o carcs:ated in stock pens -,
q The st. Louis Citizens Forces. num-
O bering AZ companies. rs commissioned
O and 2Ss noucommissioned officers and
o 2.7se ~privates. were reviewed by i,
O Mayor Overstolz. General A. s. &.
Smith led the parade with his stan. ,
composed of Colonies r. R. Spencer,
C. w. Thomas. David Murphy, =,
Eugene F. wiegei. ". F. Melbourne. =,
Louis Dosheimer. ]. B. Godofo, r. /,
= H. Brown. T. W. Heman and Edgar l.,
O Miller.
o The St Louis Rowing Club ooened
= Its new hall at the corner Of Chou /,
. teau avenue and the Levee. Speeches
= were made by President Leo Mueller,
y w. H H. Russell. r. A. Hamilton. 4
= Louis Stockton. Emil Giovanni. John (
= schroenholz. G. ". wittmen. Gustave /,
= ORTIZ. N. C. Koch. H. G. weitz. John
. Schuize and ]. D. werder.
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WORLD'S-19O4-FAIR.
"a LITTLE LIGHT NEEDED.

Some of the Republican doctrine which is being
circulated by the country press would be in the vaude-
vile class if it were not for the fact that casual read
ers often accept statements at their face value. The
following is a fair sample of the partisan idiocy circu-
lated by one of the organs, the De Soto Republican:
When the Democratic speirbinders begin to
SoTate this fall about our wise and economic
State administration. a little light on what be-
came of s1LOe1OO Of our school funds and some
thing about the Cardwel case would be appre-
ciated by the voters.
That is good. If Missouri is entitled to an s11 Ooo-
000kSchool Fund. the voters would certainly like to
have "a little light on the subject If there is apy
possible way in which this magnificent fund can be
secured let the spellbinders proceed. No man is
barred-DemOcrat and Republican are welcome to dis
cover the origin and disposition of this fund.
The masses Of voters believe that the School Fund
amounts to about $4,4oO,OOO, invested in lawful obliga-
lions of the State now paying the fund interest at the
rate of 8 and 6 per cent.
Yet the editor of the De Soto Republican has been
only following the lead of the papers which are in
closer touch with the men now waging 4 campaign of
SANDER against Missouri. No Republican paper will
correct the De Soto organ. Accuracy has no place
with the Republican leaders this year. They have
selected five experts" who could do no better than
prepare five reports, every one of which was different
from the other. They managed TO find discrepancies"
amounting to $34,000,O00, though the organ which
hireq them refuses to go beyond the / 100000 orig
inaAy set as the mark which was to be approached.
Ehat some Of the country Republican editors have
beee5ne ratified is not surprising. They realize that their
CHEZ duty is to malign the State and the officials who
have served it during the past thirty years. A mis-
takeSof six or seven millions in the amount of the
School Fund is only natural. The ease with which
millions are handled by these defamers is one of the
distinguishing features Of the Republican campaign
mis- year. The flavor of the joke is spoiled only by
the righteousness which inspires the vilifcation.
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The Boys in Green.


We have 50 long been accustomed to seeing our soldiers
In blue uniforms and to thinking Of them as "the boys IN
blue that the report that they will be hereafter clad in
khaki of a yellowish green comes as somthing in a nature
of a shock 1t is obviously impossible to speak Of "the boys
IN yeho"lsn green wnen we wish to be anectIonate. More
important than the destruction Of a phrase. However q. The
eosideration that khaki is most difficult to distinguish at a
distance The change is really one Of adoption to new
methods Of warfare in which the best aimed riaes In .he
hands Of the most inconspicuous men win.
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and Phelps will not permit others than Kerens to get
support in Republican counties. The competitors"
are booming only in Democratic counties. SO Kerens
looms up as the only real candidate before the next
Republican legislative caucus.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-29

1t will fight the political campaigns of 1902 and 1904
on the issue of the trusts and the tariff, and the re-
suits now indicated are an overwhelming victory for
the people.
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CIRCULATION DURING TUNR.

Charles ". Knapp. General Manager Of The St Louis
Republic. being duly sworn, says that the actual number Of
fun and complete copies u the Daily and Sunday Republic
printed during the month OF June, 1907. all in regular st-
lions. was as per schedule below:
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-29

There's no reason to fear a panic because the coun-
try is unusually prosperous. The wiser plan is TO
practice a caution which shall insure continued pros
perity.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-29

LACE-TRIMMED CHINA SILK GOWN.
China silk. printed in an attractive design.
always makes an effective garment, and
especially when lace trimmed. Shown here
is a very effective little suit on this order
with a blouse front opening over a fancy
vest. The entire front Of the garment IL
heavily trimmed with lace, as is the collar
and also the elbow sleeves. The skirt,
too. IS handsomely trimmed with lace,
medallions being-placed in cut-out portions
near the front Of the garment. The skirt
Is ended with a velvet ribbon which adds
greatly to the effectiveness.
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Fire at Pnna, III.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Pana. Ill. July 2S.-Ffre destroyed the res
idence property of Robert Newell last even
ing. Loss, $40.
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~~~ON~~oN

w-The 81. Louis carrier force of The Republic
deliver more than $4,000 copies every day. This
is nearly four times as many as any other morn
Ing newspaper delivery IN ST. Louis and more
than twice as many as any morning or evening
delivery.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-29

Der Of copies returned end reported unsold during the
month of June was l025 per cent.
- R W. KNAPP.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this Goth day of
June. 1909.
J F. PARISH,
Notary Public. City OF ST. Louis. Mo.
Ny term expires April Is. 1906
New-York tribune., 1902-06-08

is early riser and an indefatgable worker
He is very active, and little over five feet three
inches in height, being, with the exception OF
NJ Theirs, the shortest public man or prom
inence who has held Office during the Third Re
public He received his early instruction IN the
Roman Catholic seminary OF Abb. He has oeen
a schoolrnaster, and is foremost authority In
all matters of education. He is a frequent con-
tributor to the Revue Contemporaries" in wnlcn
he has written scholarly articles about virgil
about Kants metaphysics, about the philosophy
of Saint Augustine and about Saint Simon1sm
NJ Combes has good share Of the old Jacooln
spirit of the French Revolution. tempered by
practical ideas of modern requirements, and he
is a warm personal friend OF President Lounet-
Such is the Cabinet which will make its bow
to the Chamber on Tuesday. and as new legis-
latures in France are famous for upsetting new
ministries interesting and picturesque events
are expected. e l. b
New-York tribune., 1902-06-08
A TRUST OF SHIPBUILDERS.
ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC YARDS TO BE
BROUGHT TOGETHER UNDER
BIG COMPANY

1t was learned on good authority yesterday
that a number of shipbuilding plants on the AT
lantic and Pacific coasts were soon to be brought
together in a ornbination capitalized at SO
Ooo 600 Among the yards which it is reported
will be included are the Bath Iron Works. OF
Bath. Me; Lewis Nixon's company, the Crescent
sbipbulilding Company. of Elizabethport, N j.,
and Harlan & Hollngsworth. of Wilmington.
Del The wards thus com bined will be operated
under one head 1t is expectd that the result OF
the combination will be an extension Of the
eouipment for the construction of war and mer-
chant vessels. A person interested in the scheme
sa id yesterday that the cooperation of the yards
Included would ena BILE them to take the fullest
advantag of the exceptional position of the
United States as the leading steel producing
country in the world to compete for foreign
work and keep in this country many millions
now paid to foreign yards for the construction
of vessels.
A plan to organize such combination was
proposed a year ago. and prospectus was Is
sued by H. Va. Poor & Co. inviting subscriptions
for S2000O.OOO Of preferred stock, and the same
amount of common stock at par to float the
scheme The total capitalization was 10 oe
se5 600 600 divided equally between preferred
and common stock. The plants wnlcn were to
be included in that combination were the New
port News Shipbuilding and Dry DOCK COM
narv of Newport News Va: the Union Iron
Works of San Francisco: the Bath iron "orhS,
Limited and the Hyde Windlass company OF
Rath. Me: the Crescent Shipyard and the sam
,a11 Moore & Sons Company of Elizabethport.
and the Canda Manufacturing Company.
~ Carteret y. ]. Apparently the conlolnauOh
now proposed will not be so extensive