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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-16
TEXAS OIL FOR FUEL.
New York Tribune.

New York Tribune.
IN THESE trying circumstances the
owner of a steam plant may well con-
slider the expedieney Of using petrole-
UNI in place Of coal. So far as the gen.
eral feasibility of liquid fuel is concerned.
there has been no room for doubt since 1t
was employed to run the power station OF
the Columbian exhibition in Chicago nine
years ago. When this fact is supplement-
ed with another the use of oil on some
thing like a hundred big steamships today,
1t will be seen that discussion must be
confined to minor and incidental features
of the scheme. One of these Is the style
OF boiler required for oil. If an entirely
new plant is being designed, perhaps
smaller and shorter tubes than are In
troduced where coal is burned might be
preferable. Yet Prof. Denton conducted
a two-weeks trial OF Texas oil in this
city last winter with a furnace and boiler
formerly run with COAL and he secured
highly satisfactory results. The expert
ment not only demonstrated the excel
lence of the product of the Beaumont
wells, but also the simplicity of the appa-
ratus which it was necessary. to attach
for feeding and burning the oil. The cost
of this was probably less than $50. Even
were it two or three times as great, it
would pay for itself in a few days with
cohl at present prices. 1t has been found
that 1-2 or barrels OF oil, costing 20
cents a barrel, will develop as much
steam as a ton of coal. With the latter
selling for "a of s. a ton, there would be
an enormous saving in fuel bills. to say
nothing of the reduction of labor. Stok-
ing would be almost automatic, and there
would be no ashes to remove.
The most vital of the remaining ques-
tions % be considered relates TO the pos
cihf1ffvy Of eating = steady GnnnIV of oil
Ample assurance on this point is already
afforded. Within the lagt few days the
Tribune has specified the vessels which
are now bringing petroleum from Texas
as well as those which are expected to en-
gage in the same traffic within the next
few months. independently of these re-
sources, however, the metropolis al
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-16
COTTON COMPETITION.

For many years past we have been
fearing that the south was in danger OF
losing her supremacy in the production
OF cotton.
In All this time nothing has occurred to
give any substance 70 these predictions.
During the last few months the African
cotton scarecrow has been dragged forth
again and has attracted considerable at
tention.
II Is undoubtedly true that efforts are
being made in Great Britain and in Ger
many to encourage the cultivation OF cot
ton in the African colonies. 1t is also
true that there is in Africa an immense
area which seems TO be well adapted to
the production of cotton. but only expe-
rience can prove whether a serious rival
~ Of the south in her most important
agricultural interest is to develop in that
quarter.
The production OF cotton I'm Egypt has
increased greatly since the agriculture OF
that country has been revolutionized I'M
der the wise and humane rule of Great
Britain, but there is no considerable RI
valry between the staple cotton OF the
south and that Of Egypt. Even our sea
island cotton does not seem 20 have been
seriously affected by the advance OF
Egypt as a cotton producer. Egypt can
not increase her cotton crop indefinitely.
The area for agriculture in that country
is limited and much the larger pkrt or
the land capable Of producing cotton is
already under cultivation.
A cotton expert who has been studying
the cotton situation in Africa and its pros
poets writes to the New Orleans Picayune
as follows:
I'm speaking recently before the Liver
pool Chamber OF Commerce on the efforts
which are being made in this line, Sir
Alfred Jones sa.- that he had forwarded
one hundred tons Of cotton seed to the
West African colonies for planting pur-
poses. and the reports which had been
received were highly satisfactory. In
proof, he exhibited a sample of cotton
grown in Sierra Leone, which had been
soWn. The fact that cotton can be pro-
duced In three months may seem great
10 some people. but the fact counts for
little in reality. What the world wants
Is grade, and this does not seem TO have
been mentioned by Sir Alfred Jones.
There are other products which Africa is
said 20 be capable OF producing in un-
limited quantities, and II is true that
success has been gained here and there.
on ussq sBu sIsul lnq 'ssuoo " kTqBlou
concentrated effort anywhere. In the case
OF the present movement. this effort seems
apparent, but whether the rosy dreams
Of the promoters OF becoming independent
OF this country will ever prove true is for
the future TO prove. In the meantime the
worlds markets seem able to absorb
more Of the southern staple than we can
give llem."
The world has for generations looked
20 the southern states as it's main de-
pendence for cotton. and there is every
reason to believe that these states will
for an indefinite time TO come continue
TO hold this position.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-16

will serve them well IL they pay us
I'VE believe you viii do right, Mr.. Presi-
dent. Anyhow, we agree 20 abide by what
you decide upon. Good or bad. hard or
soft, old wages or new wages, IL you and
the other man decide we must face the
winter with low wages we VIII go back to
work, but Mr.. President, we must settle
this dispute; we must know II a human
being has the right of protest In the
United States. It Is a coward or a slave
who cannot protest and demand fair treat
ment. We will lay our case before you,
supreme ruler in America, and IL you
say go back to old wages, we will CO.
Mr.. Mitchelps speech was ten strike.
II eliminates the strikers and the issue Is
now between the coal barons and the pres
ident. The president doubtless feels It.
If was politician and wanted the Ia
Dor vote, and II is votes that count, I'd
ring the changes on the lack Of confdence
shown the president, who, wisely Tor
perhaps unwisely) said come up both Of
you naughty children and make settle
ment and save the country from panic or
anarchy"
The barons smiled and said excuse us!'
The miners bowed and said "Selah!'
Now, what is the president going TO say
to the country? What reply will he make
when the cry goes up from a hundred
thousand homes, Save US from freezing
or we perish!" Blessed are the peacemak-
ers, when they can provide a peace, but
what about the present situation?
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-16
POINTED PARAeRApHs.
chlcago Daily News.

Chicago Daily News
Hermits are not the only torpid livers.
Men are the archltectS of their own misfOr-
tunes.
Most aristocrats are victims Of inverted her
edity.
The king can do no wrong-if the other fellow
has four aces.
Worry is the interest mankind pays on the
debt OF nature
For every wise thing in law some lawyer
has fool reason
If dirt was worth 50 a load Chicago would
have clean streets.
Women are not very thick when they can see
through each other.
II wishes were sawhorses beggars would have
nothing 10 wish for
Some men are as ready to do an injury as
they are to apologize for It,
Fools never attempt 70 take care Of their
health until after IL Is gone
The man who makes useful sacrifices is able
to dispense with useless ones
Fame is but a bubble. The laurel wreath IS
less strenuous than barrel-hoop.
Some men are of no more consequence than
the thermometer on pleasant day.
Ambition never grows old; in fact, It seldom
gets beyond the age of indiscretion.
Paradoxical though 1t may seem. the right
end of check to indorse is the left end
Did IT ever occur 70 you that the average
mans intelligence is below the average!
There was only one Peter the Great-which
goes to show that history doesn't necessarily
re-Pete itself.
Good qualities that descend from father to
son seem to grow weaker, while the Dao ones
always grow stronger.
When the receipts Of church fair are less
than the expenses there is something wrong
with the feminine attractions.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-16

extinct, or so scarce that they are very
rarely seen
There is now hope that the species
which are left to US may be preserved
and even become something like as num-
erous a sthey were once. The progress
of this work is due largely to the oper-
ations under the Thayer fund. The bird
laws of several states have recently been
made much more effective and this reform
movement is spreading steadily.
The report of the committee on the pro-
lection of North American birds for the
year 1901. which has recently appeared in
print, contains some interesting inform
alton relative to the efforts in Georgia for
the promotion of this cause.
The report says;
During the visit of your committee II
was discovered that already there was in
Georgia very considerable and growing
interest in the subject of bird protection
and bird study, One noble and enthusiast
tic woman and bird lover, Mrs. Julius L.
Brown, OF Atlanta, had, unaided. secured
the pledges of over 5000 of the best women
OF her state that they would not in the flu
ture use the plumage of wild birds as mill
inery ornaments. Besides this, through
her efforts, over $500 of the school chill
dren of Atlanta were subscribers TO a
pledge not to harm or annoy wild birds.
Mrs. Brown is also a regular contributor
10 the Georgia press of articles relating
to the preservation of bird life. The no.
BILE example of this woman is commended
to the women of other sections of the
country, with the earnest hope that many
more may be found who will do what
they can in this most laudable and inn
portant work"
The praise thus bestowed upon Mrs.
Brown is richly deserved. She is an ac-
tive influence for the support and ad-
vancement OF many good causes and has
done more than can be told for the pro-
lection of birds.
The number of women enlisted for this
object is increasing rapidly in Georgia, to
the honor and practical benefit of the
state.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-16
A SMALL JOE NEARLY DONE

AT last we are to have the little Danish
islands, ST. Thomas, st. Croix and st.
John.
After much dIckering and dealing all
the difficulties in the way Of this trans
action have ben about removed.
The treaty of sale was ratified by the
senate last winter, but opposition to the
deal sprang up suddenly in Denmark, and
at one time seemed likely to bring forth
some sensational developments of cor
ruption in the negotiations.
One house OF Lie Danish parliament
went so far as to reject the treaty, but
the furry soon passed away, as it had
little foundation.
The question was submitted to the peo-
pie and they declared for the treaty by
a very decisive majority.
The Danish parliament will formally rat
ify the cession when It reassembles some
weeks hence. and our Biographies will
have to be changed again in a matter that
concerns the world very little.
The little islands In question have de-
clined greatly in market value since our
government irst began to bid for them.
We are to have all of them now for
S, 900, OoO whereas we offered nearly twice
that amount for them about thirty years
ago. soon after the senate ratified the
treaty for the purchase Of these islands
the West Indian volcano commissions oc-
Cured and the idea that we had been bad
ly biuten In the bargain became prevalent
in this country.
The sum to be paid by our government,
however, is small. and there is no reason
20 apprehend volcanic disturbances In
either Of the islands we are about to take
in.
With the construction o. the Panama
canal these islands will become valuable
TO US for naval purposes.
We shall surely have a naval station on
one of them that win be worth at least
as much to US as the .nree will cost.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-16
LP. MORGAN AND MS COAL

The dispatches which first announced
that ]. Pierpont Morgan had purchased
$4,000 tons of coal in England to be sent
to New York at once for distribution
among the poor of that city were rather
vague. Consequently a difference of opin-
ion arose as to whether Mr.. Morgan would
give this half million dollars worth Of
coal away or sell it.
II will be disposed Of in the latter man
ner Mr.. Morgan is not responsible for the
misunderstanding of his purpose by many
newspapers and the laudations Of his
"princely charity" in which they INDUCED
He is not a man who seeks praise and
the fact that he had bought this coal for
distribution" in New York probably
leaked out before he intended that 1t
should However that may be, Mr.. Nor
gan has done a thing that will benefit
thousands of persons in New York, prob
ably thing that will save many of them
from actual suffering.
He has bought SO, 200 tons of anthracite
coal at $40 ton. and will sell it to the
poor of New York at actual cost. which is
one-half, or less than one-half, the present
price BY the time the Morgan coal can
be delivered in New York cold weather
will probably be on, and coal may be
much scarcer and higher in that city than
1t is now.
To procure coal there then at $40 ton,
or a little more, may be a privilege that
will be very largely sought.
II Mr.. Morgan had his $4,000 tons Of coal
in New York he could make an enormous
profit on it, and there is not the slightest
probability that coal will fall TO anywhere
near $40 a ton before this lot arrives in
that city.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-16
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Chicago Daily News.

chicago Odliy NEWS
When woman doesn't lace it's sign she
doesn't have to.
Beauty may be only skin deep, but ugliness
is bone and marrow deep
Some men are so mean they wouldn't give a
drowning man drink OF water.
There are not as good fish in the sea as
some people say they have caught
womans grace is what the Lord makes
It; her shape what she herself makes it,
The queer things that a bachelor doesn't
know are no fault of his women friends.
No Cordella, the porter on a sleeping car
isn't called quartermaster, but he is.
The easiest mark on earth for anybody is
the idiot who thinks he understands women.
Fortunately a young woman who marries an
old husband never knows how she got cheated.
When time relegates an ugly piece Of furni-
ture to the antique class people rave over It's
beauty.
In dealing with women the wise man will
back a pearl necklace against all the logic Of
the ages
Women don't have to be acquainted more than
ten minutes before they will show each other
all their new underwear.
II man doesn't get sick his wife falls to
worrying for fear she won't have a chance to
show her devotion to him.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-16

From the start the Pennsylvania op-
orators have been in the wrong and max
ing mistakes" said Mr.. Talley today.
1.-THE first mistake was in not accepting
Mr.. Mitchells offer to continue work
while the differences between miners and
operators were being settled by arbitra-
ton. Mr.. Mitchell has been conservative
throughout the controversy, though firm
ness has been characteristic OF his leader
ship. His fairness was shown in offering
to submit the controversy to arbitration
and to accept either the president or men
named by him as arbitrators.
II have known John Mitchell ten years.
and his conduct has been no more than
those who know him intimately expected
of him. He deserves ultimate success,
and believe he will have It."
Mr.. Talley says that each year II Is
easier for the operators organization of
the states in the interstate agreement TO
reach a settlement with the miners or
ganization. The men at the front in the
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-16
Mr.. DOOLEY ON THE COAL STRIKE.

ness an that It won't get into tn
Beef Trust. hate to think iv waryin'
over to tn stock yards to say me
prayers.
But I'm with tn rights iv property.
dye mind. TIL sacred rights an tn
divine rights. A man is lucky to have
five dollars; If it is ten 1t is his jooty
TO keep it IL he can; If it's a hundred,
his right to IL is tn right Nv silf-day-
finse; If it's a millyon, it's a sacred
right; IL it's twinty millyon, it's a d.
vine right; If it's more than that, 1t be-
comes Ridiculous. In amy case, it
mus be PROTECTED. Nobody mus in
therfere with it or down comes tn
constichoochion. tn army. a letther
firm Baer an tn wrath iv Hivin.
IF I own a house can do what I
Place with it. I can set fire to it amy
time / want, can't I? Ye may have
foolish sintimints about it. Ye may
say: II We set fire to ye'er house, yen
burn mine But that don't mine amy
coal with me. 'Tis my house. give me
in thrust be tn Lord an here goes FIR a
bonfire What's that fireman comm
down tn street FIR? How dare he squirt
wather on me property? Down with
tn fire department! I've some gun
powdher in me cellar. I'll touch e
match 10 II. I'm uncomfortable in sum-
mer. I'll take me clothes off an go fr
a walk. TIL sign above tn Ndure be-
longs to me. III loosen it so it win fall
down on tn top Nv ye'er head. Ye
want to go to sleep at night. I'm go
in to have a brass band sur'nade me.
own gun. think I'll shoot me prop
erty into We. Get out iv tn way FIR
here comes property, dhrunk an raisin'
Cain. An If I'm an Eyetalian sthriker
with a stick ~ dinnymite. can ex-
plode it where an whin will. II ii hap
pened to go off undher an excursion
thrain full iv women an childher, so
much tn worse FIR thin, but they must
be no restriction on tn right Nv q
man to do what he will with his own.
ownded tn dinnymite an wanted to
hear a noise. Hurrah FIR property
rightsi Property rights an baby in tn
base burner! It's a great issue to
lay befure tn American people whin
tn coal gives out"
Dye think tn sthrike'll be settled?"
asked Mr.. Hennessy.
"Iv coorse," said Mr.. Dooley. "If 1t.
amt, helPll break loose an Wen all
be warrum."
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-16
BY F. p. dunno.
Copyright 1902, BY Robert Howard Russell.

divine wurruks. she'd compose me- he
says. TT was no aisy task an she had
to make a lot Nv preparations FIR me
arrival There mus be wurruk FIR me
to do whin come. At that peeryod,
tn state Nv Pennsylvania, which was
thin no state at all, was covered over
with high threes an through these pri-
mevial forests stalked sthrange ami
mails an stranger men. Wan day
nature bumped all tn threes. over,
knocked thin down with her mighty
hand. why dye divastate tn land?'
she was asst. I'm 1ayin' 1t bare FIR
Baer," says Nature with a jocose
smile. Thin she shot thunder an
lightnin' down on tn population an
mingled its bones with tn threes.
"Gunnin' FIR Baer." she says. An she
piled mud an rock on tn timbers an
washed thin with tn floods an. cuked
thin with fire an left thin to cool, an
through long cinchries she whit firm
time to time an patted thin an said:
"Afther awhile a man with whiskers
will come along an claim We. Don't
laugh at him That'll be Baer." Thin
she manufactured a lot Nv dilicate
people that had to keep warrum or
die an she taught thin how to burn
hard coal an thin I come. I call 1t
Nature he says, but ye know who
I mean. I am tn agent Nv Divine
Providence in this matther. All this
coal was entrusted to me be Hivin to
look afther. Some say twas Morgan,
but I know better. I'm tn agent Nv
Providence-Providen Coal Comply
Limited, George Baer, agent In tn
manetime I stand as tn riprisintative
iv visited inthrests, tn champeen Nv
ordher an tn frind iv tn rights iv
property Gr-reat inthrests are at
stake, as tn southern lyncher said at
tn burnin' I'm a wonderful man.
An funny, too he says.
80 what ARE We goin' to do about
it? If THIN la-ads on'y got to own IN.
coal be tn same way that own tn
part iv this house that amt got
morgedge on it, an ye own ye'er hat
an shoes-because a lot tv fellows
come together in tn legislachoor an
decided twas a good thing that man
who had shoes an a hat shud keep
thim-'twud be diff'rent. But seem
that tn Lord fixed 1t there's nawthin'
FIR us to do but pray, Lave US pray
that Hivin will go out Nv tn coal busi-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-16

ready has at its disposal the residuum
left at the Standard Oil refinerIes after
the distillation of crude petroleum for IL
Eliminating and other purposes. This re-
fuse is equal in heating power to the un-
refined product of the Lone Star state.
Residuum is extensively employed as fuel
by steamships on the Caspian sea and
elsewhere. If the Tribune is not mistaken.
1t is also employed at the Morse Iron
works, in South Brooklyn, in place OF
coal Only a little inquiry is needed on
the part of interested persons TO satisfy
them that oil in abundance is already
available and at prices which render IL
distinctly cheaper than coal.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-16

~ TIL be hard winther If we
~ don't get COAL" said Mr.. Hen
messy.
What dye want with
coal?" said Mr.. Dooley. we're a
mos unreasonable man. Dye think
We can have all tn comforts iv life
an that We mus make no sacryfice to
uphold tn rights iv property? Ivry-
body will have plinty iv fuel this win
Their. TIL rich can burn with indig-
nation, thinkin' Nv tn wrongs infiict-
ed on capital, tn middle or middlin'
class will be marchin' with tn mil
ishy, an tn poor can fight among
thimsilves an burn tn babies. / niv-
er thought Nv babies befure as COM
bustible but they ar-re. At wan
sthricke We can keep tn baby warrum
an tn rest iv tn family comfortable.
Befure tn whittier is over, / expect
to hear We calm, 'Pacly, go out to tn
woodshed an bring in a scuttle-full
iv little Robert Immitt. TIL fire is
burnin' low They'll be nawthin else
to burn. TIL Bible. tn mantelpiece.
tn plumbin', tn bills firm tn butcher.
tn phottygraft album. mothers
switch, an tn dog will all go into tn
II We say q Aldn mas
ey to burn, it'll mean he's too poor
or to mean to get coal. AS FIR me
with nayther babies nor money, 1 can
keep warrum be jus thinkin' Nv tn
situation. I can get up tn circulation
Nv me blood principally in me neck
be readin' what me frind tn out
spoken. oft-spoken, janial. tolerant,
thruthful an religious Prisidint Baer
has to say. There's a thruly great
man, tn first prisidint we have raaly
had that come up to me idee iv what
a prisidint ought to be. He's a great
lithrachoor. a great dayflnder iv tn
hearth again' hard coal, tn protector
iv chill-blains an Group, tn inimy iv
prickly-heat an arnichy List, will
We, to what Baer. tn great Baer,
Ursa Major as Hogan calls him. has
to say iv tn histhry iv tn wurruld
an tn ways iv Providence as revealed
to him wan day as he was readin' tn
scriptures on tn ticker:
"'Years ago. says Baer, nature de-
cided that some day, afther she'd had
a long peryod Nv practise an got her
hand in be maxim tn stars. tn moon,
tn sun, tn stock exchange. an other
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-16

county alone, the county in which Biz
mingham is located, turned out in the
census year no less than $40 tons Of
iron. The blast furnaces Of that district
employed 5.OS4 iron workers and paid them
In wages $1,203,O17.
Alabama stands first in the production
of foundry iron, exceeding Pennsylvania
by 1916 tons at last accounts.
OF the S99 stacks in the United States
Alabama has 45 and Ohio is Tie only
state that has a larger number. The iror
and steel industry in Alabama is in fine
condition and is increasing steauily. With
her practically unlimited stores of iron
and coal Alabama has about the strongest
possible foundation OF material wealth
and power