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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-18
THE PEOPLE SUFFER.

Just now the papers are filled with de- nunciations of the meat trust, and 1t is thoroughly deserved. Solomon said: He that withholdeth corn. the people shall curse" and to somewhat lesser degree the proverb holds good as to meat It is true that people can live on bread alone, hard as it might be. but 1t is not the kind of living that mankind prefers. And human nature Is about the same now that it was when the wise King ruled over Israel. The people will curse those who withhold meat. or who combine to put the price beyond the reach of those who really need it most.
 We hear a great deal said of late about trusts .and doubtless most of it is true. In some cases the operations of the trusts arc not felt so plainly because the people only feel the burden indirectly but this meat trust comes directly to the tables of all classes and affects the stomachs and we'll being of the poor as we'll as the rich. The latter feel it most, of course, both because the rich are able to pay the enhanced prices and because they are able to afford substitutes for meat. With the laboring man it is often bread and meat alone. and the operations of this trust threaten to cut of the meat
 It Is not charged. We believe. that those who are now controlling the supply and price of meat are all welded together in one corporation but it seems to be an undoubted fact that few firms virtually control the supply and that they work in combination to control the price. They have practically abolished competition, and the result is just as indefensible and as disastrous as though the entire meat supply wsr in the hands of one company cr corporation. The trust withholds tho meat and dehes the people,
 Among other sins Of omission and com
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-18
FORMER KING OF SPAIN DEAD.
Francisco D'Assiz Who Was Forced
 to Abdicate. Dies in France.

E.pinay Department ot the Seine, France. April l1.--Doa Francisco D AsSis. the former King of Spain. died her" last night at the age of so years. He was cN- peIled from Spain in 1888.
 Francisco D'Assiz Duke of Cadiz. was born at Aaniuez, Spain. May, 70 .1S22, and October 10. 1Si6, was m1rrcd at Madrid to his cousin. Queen Isab"lli II of Spain. and was the same day pro claimed King of Spain. Quecn isabella and her husband wcre expelled fror Spain as result of the revolution ot Sept embcr 30 1S6S. She formally abdicated the throne in Paris June 25, 1870, in favor of her son. the late King Alfonso XII father of the present King of Spain. Al forso XIII. The latter, who was pr1- claimed King under the regency of his mother. on the day of his birth, May l1 1886. is to be crowned May + next.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-18
GOVERNOR JELKS'S VIEWS
He Expresses Himself on the Pri-
 mary Question.

The following appears in The Birming- ham News in an interview upon the ques- tion of holding primary:
 Governor Jelks said he had no ob1ec- tion to a primary, and that if the people wished the nomination to be settled that way he was perfectly willing that such plan should be adopted. He thought, however, a Democratic primary. if such could be held. would be preferable to white primary as had been suggested by some. In fact any plan decided upon would he agreeable to him. and in any event he would be s candidate. Governor Jelks said he did not believe ex-Governor Jo hnston would be candidate against him, and had formed no opinion as to whether he would have opposition rom any other source He sincerely hoped however that whoever was candidate or whatever plan might be adopted there would be fair and honest election. Fhe new Constitution for which he had work cd hard an1 which he believed was great thing for the State of Alabama. now affords an opportunity to have purer elections than ever before. 'Alabarla, Ike other Southern States had to come to Fair elections. and the sooner this is done the better l,r every citizen of the State
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-18

Referring to The Advertisers proposi- tion to have Pocahontas put on one of the new postage stamps as a representa- tive American woman, The Richmond Dispatch assures us that the State press of Virginia has already approved the idea And, referring to the same subject. The Bessemer Workman says:
 Then you do not belong to the number that claim that Pocahontas was a myth, and the story of her devotion to Capt. John Smith stretch of the imagination. Virginia will endorse the proposition, for what would her colonial history be without it's Matoka, as Pocahontas was only pet name given her by her father Powhatan?
 Of course we do not look on the story as 6 myth. They may abolish William Tell and Billy Patterson and Barbara Freitche, but we refuse to give up our belief in Pocahontas.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-18
He Rfuses to Write.

Philadelphia. Post.
 That man can successfully conouct vast busincss for number of years without writing or signing letter seems to be incredible in this age of universal letter. writing. but 1t is said that J. Ed ward Addicks, who is President oi a dozen corpora tions, never writes or signs a communication of any dtscripticn.
 Some years ago Mir. Addicks. accordlnS to the story, wrote a nasty letter to an old friend and business associate, but, by some fortunate accident it was not mailed The next day tho injustice or the letter was sn strongly impressed upoi his mind that he vowed that ne would never write another letter.
 He has telephones in each Of his tour homes. in those of all his contidentlal agents and employees, and in the private offices of all of the many corporations with which he is identified. and all are paid for by him personally. and all are supposed to be for his exclusive use.
 His secretary conducts all of the usual correspondence of his office.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-18
COMMERCE OF CUBA.
An Increase in Exports in the Past
 Two Years.

Washington. April LA comparative statement issued today hy Colonel Ed wards. chief of the Division of insular Affairs. shows the commerce of Cuba for the calendar year of 1901 and 1990
 The total valuc of merchandise import ed during the year l91l was S66 5S39I3, against S6s, ,s5S. .5s9 for 1&N, and the cX ports of mere chandise during tho year ended December 3i l9li, amounted to s61.2 .27S ESQ against SiS.92,fSi for l9o0, These figures show ;t very slight decrease in tho imports and an ncred of 29 per cent. in the exports.
 The value of merchandise coming from the United States for the calendar year 1901 was S2S.0.S63,. T decrease of Sl,p..- 369 as compared with l9oa. while the eX- ports for 1901 amounted to SiS, oo6,5i9. an increase of Sli.Sl99,o. It Is shown that the export of Cuban sugar to the United States amounted in 1901 to s0S1t,19f; in la0O tn SIG 163 Sa2. and in lSAa to SlS.hlA.MNl.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-18

Aecunnulats either through a combination of industrial forces or by individual ef- fort. It would be inpracticaole for state laws to establish system of uniform profits in enterprises extending across State lines U would be un-Jeffersonian in the highest degree for national laws to restrict the profits of enterprises in the States. Governor Hill offers 4 nos trum not a specific. for tee trust eVi.
 He says, however. tat Jefferson wonIo demand .that the government. in justice to the overburdened taxpayers, snoum fant industries" represented hy these in stitutions, whose projectors are already rolling in wealth and are astonishing the world by the munifcence of their private 'benefactions.
 There we are with him. That is the crucial point of tariff reform as far as at present it is practicable. Remove the du- ties on trust products and all else VIII far distant
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-18

mission laids at the door of the meat holders. it is charged that the trust has divided the entire country up into sec tions. and that it gets rebates from the railroads and is thus enable to defy and break down competition. and to control trade. By this means it is able to dic- tate terms and to force owners of cattle
 to sell to 1t or fail to get their products
 to market at all. How long this thing
 shall be kept up. or where 1t will end is
 not plain. but there must be a remedy.
 The people shall curse him." but little
 do these trusts care for the execrations of the people. It will take something more effective than curses to relieve the
 situation. and that something may be ap-
 piled. The Attorney General Is making
 investigations. and it may be that he can
 bring to bear the laws against trusts and
 combinations. but in this case we suspect
 that it will be difficult to prove that the
 parties who control the situation form
 trust which will bring them within
 the law. investigation made by The New
 York Herald seems fully to establish the
 fact that the beef market is actually
 controlled by six or eight packing firms.
 and that the purchasing agents of these
 firms never bid against each other. It
 also seems to be an established fact that
 the farmers are compelled to sell to the
 combine. and that large dealers are com peIled to buy combine beef only And The Herald further charges that the com bine has in the last year taxed the people not less than one hundred million dollars | for beef
 These are some of the serious and sig
 nificant facts so far brought out. and In view of the situation. We do not know that the following from The Memphis Commercfal-Appeal is too severe: The beef trust Is such a fragrant infamy
 that the people should insist upon the ex- trcme penalty of the law for the men who have organized it. It is all we'll enough to have the trust dissolved: but every
 criminal and sent to the pcnitcntiary. We want the law enforced against tho guilty parties and the higher they are and the bigger they are the better example they will afford If the men controlling the constituent concerns are convicted and incarcerated the formation of trusts will not be quite so fashionable in the United States. We ask nothing illegal against them, but simply a dose of the cold law. exactly as it stands. We trust | that the press of the country will unite | in this demand for the enforcement of | the Jaw.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-18
STATE CoMMITTEEMEN.
Three More Write Letters About the
 Primary Question.

The following additional replies have been received by The Birmingham Age Herald from members of the State Dem ocratic Executive Committee on the pri- mary question:
 Not Good Policy to Discuss It.
 Perdue Hill, April II. To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 Yours of the sth of April to hand, ask ing of me an expression as to State and County primaries. I must respectfully decline to give an expression upon that subject. I do not think it good policy or wise for members of the Committee to express themselves in advance upon questions that they will be called upon to deci"a when the Committee meets. Be assured that when the State Committee meets to decide that question I shall vote upon it. as we'll as all questions, for what conceive to be for the best inter ests of the Democratic party In Alabama, I am. F. R. Morrissette.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-18
COLUMBIA FELLoWSHIPs.
Southerners Among Those to Receive
 Awards

New York. April 17.-Annual fellow ships in Columbia University have inst hecn awarded for the academic year by tte University ColCcil, Thirty-eigat wer' awarded. cGch ct|rylng an annual sti- pend of $500 or more.
 Among the awards are University fel- lowships in European History, William Royd of Durham. x. C.; in Zoology, Charles Brues of Austin. Tex; in Gcolo- Ey, Douglas Johnson t1 Albuquerque N. Nj; in Germauic languages and litera lures, Charles Turrell, A, kadelphia, Ark.
 Annual fellowships: In AnthropologN William Jones. Sac and Fox Agency, Okla homa.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-18
NOT MRS. LUETGERT
Demented Woman in Chicago Proves to Re Still Unknown.

Chicago. April 17.-Thc dementcd wo- mau who was a first thought to be Mrs Louise Luetgcrt for whose murder Adolph Luetgert. q wealthy sausage man ufacturcr. was convicted is not she. ac- cordins to w, A. Vincent. MT Vincent was Luetgert's attorney. He sent two men who had known Mrs. ldletCert [" sec inc dencnted woman .odly. They report ed the latter was not Mrs. 1.uetgert.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-18
FROM ST. LOUIS TO MEMPHIS.
Plans on Foot for New Railroad
 Line

New York April 17.--Reports of the purchase of the St. Louis, Memphis and Southeastern Railroad of the Crystal Railroad from the PittSburg Plate Glass Company are confirm d. says The Times. by President Newman Erb. of the acQuir- ing company The property acquired since the beginning of the year include the Southern Missouri and .-ansas the HoXie, Pocahontas and Northern. the St. Louis and Memphis, the Chester Perry vile and Genevieve and the Crystal roads. with mileage of 26S.5
 The plan is for a linc between Mem- phts and St Louis Al the l4ttcr place the terminals Of the st. Louis and san Franc:seo will he used.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-18

What are you talking about, man; the mint grows in the country, However, The Charleston News and Courier recently suggested that mint bed be established in the Capitol square here. No constitu- tional provision is necessary to carry the suggestion into effect. but as yet no movement has been made in that direc- tion, and meanwhile the Summer is com ing on apace-Richmond Dispatch.
 We have had a melancholy suspicion that Richmond Is away back and sitting down; that it is slow. not 10 put too fine point upon il. city in the South. and especially in Virginia, without mint bed in each yard and garden is about two centuries behind tha time No wonder your Convention had to take recess for the starving members to catch up on 1uleps. The wonder is that they do not extend the recess till cold weather, a
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-18

We are really afraid that the esteemed Kansas City Journal will work itself into P state of mind over the "disfranchisc- cd negroes of the South. If it will step just across the river and right the real evils which exist ill it's nc GhbornG State of Kansas, 1t will have little time to worry over alleged wrongs in the South At the same time it will come nearer to minding it's own business.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-18

Will some of our brtoher editors give us a prescription for the fishing fever? This malady has struck our office from the editor down." says The Union Springs Herald The only sure remedy We know of is to go a-hshing Sometimes one dose cures, but there are hard cases which re- ouire all Summer to give relief.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-18
Not Advisable to Express Opinion.

NUVIIF. HTIT TT IoV-s To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 Your letter requesting the expression of an opinion relative to a State primary or convcntion received. In reply. will state that I do not think tt advisable to ex- press an opinion on this subject prior to the meeting of the State Executive Com nittee. I will state. however, that I am giving the matter careful consideration and shall advocate what think is to the best interest of the Democratic party.
 J. T. German.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-18

The man who predicted that large portion of Europe, Asia and America would be swallowed by the ocean at some time between the 9th and 18th of the pres4 ent month hasn't frightened anybody, so far as We have noticed. And if one part of the earth goes under, another part will have to rise up. so the old thing will keep about even, after all.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-18

Another woman missionary wants to go off and get caught this time in the wild est portion of Syria. She may succeed in that part of the program. but We doubt If the ransom money will be as readily made up as it was in Miss Stones case.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-18

The senatorial crop failure in Delaware is still the subject of occasional com ment, but there's nothing new in it. And a total failure is preferable to some re- cent crops.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-18

Rose and Mabel have never spoken since they took part in private theat- ricals." Professional jealousy: orse than that-amateur jealousy. -l1he.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-18

Professor Starr intimates that swallow tailed coats originated with our barbarian ancestors. but he'll have to go back to Adam and Eye to find the origin of Mother Hubbards.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-18

The senior editor of The Dothan Sift-
 ines claims to be a sure-enough old-fash-
 toned fiddler. This adds another to the
 accomplishments of the Wiregrass edit
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-18

To Stay-"what are you here for?,' in- duired the visitor at the penitentiafE. For keeps" replied the convict known as No. i1i7 with mirthless laugh Chicago Tribune. .~
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-18
DAUGHTER OF GEN. A. P. HILL.
She is Notified of Her Selection as
 Sponsor.

Chicago. April 17.-Miss Lucy Lee Hin; daughter of General A. r. tilliH receiNed a telegram today from Sterling Price Camp of Confederate Veterans, telling her that John B. Gordon the Command CT in Chief. had appointed her sponsor for the entire South at tho Confederate rc- union to be held at Dallas. Tex. April ..
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-18

In an Ice Cream Parlor-He-t wonder why it is no man has ever succeeded in capturing the wealthy Miss Bullion? Sweet Girl (between spoonfulsI-She has always been rich enough to buy her own ice cream.-New York Weekly.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-18

Obstacles-"Now, my dear, marry him. He is old, it is true. but he has money. But. mammal the man may i've TOT months."-Life.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-18
Facts Make Figures.

Figures again tell the story of how The Al yertiser's March circulation gives this puoh. cation the credit of having a guaranteed net paid circulation greater than the claimed issue of all other morning papers published m tne State of Alabama combined. This fact IS based on the latest reports furnished by the American Newspaper Directory.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-18

Good Reasoning -Mother-Why. Cert rude, Why are you praying al noon? Gertrude Well, mamma | thought prop ably during lunch hours God wouldn t he so busy listening to others.-Puck.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-18

There was a Democratic State Conven- tion held in Oregon a few days ago, and neither free coinage, IS to 1, nor 'the crime of '73' was alluded to. It is very
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-18

It is charged that the new Comnis- sionor of Pensions Is an agnostc, but we are not sufficiently informed on that subject to know whether this fits him specially for the position or not.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-18
Not Successful for Entire State

Grove Hill, April II, l9o,. To the Editor of The Age Herald; Your letter received and contents noted. favor the principle of primaries hut doubt being able to carry it out success fully for the entire State.
 Vim. D. Dunn.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-18

He-Darling. what do you suppose have done today? She-I couldn guess in hundred years. He-I have had my fe il sIred. SheThit'J just lik. y"I. John Mann. All you seem to think of IS yourself-Boston Transcript.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-18

A Boston professor declares that there can never be any more languages invent ed, and we don't care button. We haven't learned the old ones yet.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-18
FRIDAY, APRIL 1s, 1902.

"Give the people time to think" says The Commercial-Appeal. Good advice, but sometimes it works badly for poli- ticians.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-18

That Cuban reciprocity matter seems to have split political parties in Congress wide open, as members of both parties voted on each side.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-18

A Question of Privilege-Mistrcss tat- ter a heated discussion with argument T. tive cook)-Are you the mistress of this house I should like to know? Cook-No. ma am, | ain't, but-Mistress triumph antIy)--Then don't talk like an idiot Punch.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-18
PLEAsANTRIEs OF
 PARAGRAPHERS.

Teacher Gin mineralogy ciass)-JohhhF' give me the name of the largest known diamond Johnny-The ace.--Tit- Bits
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-18

". A Scott. Circulation Manager of the Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn says: The foregoing statement of The 40 vertiser's circulation for the month of Marcn. 1902. Is true and correct. and compiled sfter all returns from newsboys. news agents ana leftover copies have been deducted.
 W. A. SCOTT,
 Circulation Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4th
 F. w JACKSON. fSeaIl N P, Ex-O. J. P.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-18

It's Poor Rule etc. Don't bother your father tonight" advised the mother. ''JIes tired and cross" The little one looked surprised. Must I let him alone? she asked Yes" He doesn't let me alone when I'm cross Well, that's diff ferent." explained her mother 'I should think it was different" replied the little one hut I don't sec why 1t should he. I get a spanking when I'm cross. .'--Chl- cago Evening Post.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-18

Iron can be drawn into thJnner wire than any other metal except sold.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-18

Sunday Average ...N ...-.....-... is'o<S
 COMPARISONS
 Daily average for March, 9o2 tQ'Soa Daily average for March, 1901. s'2os ~,.. ss2 Net gain ................''....''' %'oo Sunday average for March, 1902 3625 Sunday average for March, 1901 tO'lzS Net gain ......................... S'4so A Daily Average Gain of.. .3l .32 A Sunday Average Gain of. .34 ol
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-18

Equally so as regards gas for illumlna- ton and cooking. It's the cheapest and best. Heaters and ranges, all styles at very low prices.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-18
I oraChi||yEve

nothing like a radiator. And W i t Il one heating by gas the best results are obtained. You h a V C
 cleanli n e S s
 and econo- my combin- ed with con- fort and con.
 Veni e n C c.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-11-26
BRooKLYN BRIEFS

The condition of Mrs John Mitch ell of Charles street is somewhat i'm proeyd.
 John Bolth of North Riverside street received a deep gash in his up- per lip yesterday by being thrown out of team. He was driving a team down Railroad Hill street and turned too sharply into Washington avenue with the result that he' was thrown out. He received several slight cuts about the head and face and a deep gash in his upper lip in which Dr DeLigouri placed four stitches.
 William Brickel and Edward DOn- ahue returned home yesterday after noon after spending the the day in hunting. They had the greatest sue cess and brought home fifteen of the incest rabbits seen in this section in a long time. They were beauties and made the other hunters in this section rather enyious of the success of the former policeman and former consta- ble. The latter refused to state in what part of the state they captured the rabbits.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-11-26

BOdy CT A4U4sss A-~-e 0--4~--k rOuhu.
 WOONSOCKET, R. T., Nov. 26.-The skull and other decomposed parts of the body of Miss Annie Butler, aged twenty years, who has been missing since July 13, have been found by hunters in the center of a wooded swamp not much over a mile from the home of her father, Patrick Butler of Millville, Mass. Miss Butler was an epileptic and almost unable to talk. and after her disappearance the river was dragged and woods and fields ealched by men and bloodhounds, but without avail. It is the general opinion that the girl wandered away from the house into the woods and, becoming confused, finally died from exhaustion.