Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-10-04

worth going long way to see. HORSES
and mules of all descriptions were IN
evidence and the trading was lively
and interesting. Some men made mon
ey at it and those who lost did not
know it, so of course, every one was
pleased. One man with three old plugs
as a nucleus began trading one morn
ing and at night had the same three
plugs and $50: but no one acknowledged
having lost anything. Another began
with a mule and $40, and quit with slC
and no mule, and was happy because
he said it cost. $1.58a month to keep the
mule, which was not worth anything in
- the world except for fertilizer, and it
could not be induced to die. There
were some good specimens of horse
flesh and some that were not gooo'
Prof. Craven utilized one remnant to IL
lustrate a lesson in anatomy TO one OF
his pupils and he did not need an A-ray
machine either. A mule was noticed
whose hind legs were placed on the op-
posite side from which they should have
been and in their struggle to get right
formed the letter X. One horse was SOLO
at auction for $6.05.
London cable of September 26 to the
New York Sun: 1t Is reported that the
government is assisting with money
and advice a movement started by the
Lancashire cotton spinners to obtain
raw material from British territories.
Hitherto five-sixths Of the cotton sued
has been obtained from the United
States. Partial failure of the crops for
three years and speculative manipula-
tion of prices have produced an alarm
ing shortage. The English manufactu-
rers have consequently formed the Brit
ish Cotton Growing association. Colo
nial Secretary Chamberlain and the CO.
lonial governors are going to help the
movement. The chairman of the asso-
citation says that steps are being taken
to improve the quality and increase the
output of Indian cotton. Efforts to raise
cotton will be made in the Soudan,
where millions of acres of land are
available. Planting will be greatly de-
veloped when the Suakim-Berber rail-
way is in operation. The chief hopes OF
the association are centered in West AT
rica. which is capable of supplying g.
100000 bales annually. which is all that
the Lancashire spinners require. Cot
ton seed has been sent to the Gold
Coast, Sierra Leone, Lagos and south
Dr;1 nffprp6 tn the
native chiefs in Lagos for growing cot
ton and for cotton grown in that coun-
try.
The New York Democratic conVen-
ton, in session at Saratoga this week,
declared in its platform for public own
ership and operation Of coal mines as
follows: 1--WE advocate the national
ownership and operation of the anthra-
cite coal mines by the exercise of the
right of eminent domain with just COM
pensation to owners. Ninety per cent.
Of the anthracite coal deposits of the
world being in the state of PennsylVa-
mia. national ownership can be but in
the interest of the whole people. Fuel,
like water, being a public necessity, we
advocate national ownership and opera
tion of the mines as a solution of the
problem which will relieve the country
from the sufferings which follow diff
ferences between labor and capital In
the artharcite mines. This course Will
insure peace in the mining regions and
remove the cause for differences leading
not only to suffering, but at times to
bloodshed and insurrection. 1t will re-
lieve the consumers of coal, not only IN
this state. but throughout the whole
country; insure steady employment and
ample compensation to labor; transfer
children from the mines to the schools;
insure, strengthen and preserve the
stability of the business interests and
popular institutions of our country
Whatever differences Of opinion may
exist over the propositions of public
ownership, the propriety of that policy
as applied to anthracite coal mines
must be apparent to every citizen
Experts of the department of agri-
culture have been busy making calcu-
lations upon the addition to the wealth
Of the nation that is to be added by the
harvesting of the corn crop of the pres
ent year. There is no longer any dan
ger from frost. The work of gathering
the early crop has been commenced in
some sections. and the estimates on the
years production can now be made al
most to the bushel. These estimates
show that the record in the history OF
cereal productions is about to be bro
ken. Figures are available now to show
the crop for the present year will eX-
ceed 800, ,0G0, 900 bushels, enough to sup
ply the needs of the world for this year
and next. even should there be total
crop failure in 1908. In 1900 the United
States raised 2.000000,000 bushels. In
1896 the crop was near to the present
bumper yield, making 2.2S5. 100000 BUSH
els. Last year. because of the scarcity,
corn sold at excessive prices. In Kan
sas the farmers obtained 30 cents a
bushel for the crop. The average price
was 60 cents. The whole crop sold fol
1929 $50, 16S. In 1899. when the crop was
twice as large, the price obtained by the
farmers was $629,210 10. The value OF
the corn crops last year was $40 an acre
while in 1896. the greatest corn year
prior to this one, Sc was she average