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The Indianapolis journal., 1903-12-07
INDIANAPOLIS RETAIL TRADE.

The long continuance of mild weather
in the fall was something OF discourage
ment to Indianapolis retail merchants. for
people are so constituted that they will de-
lay making purchases for winter until
winter arrives. With summer lingering
well into November buyers become indif-
ferent to the needs incident to lower tenn
perature, and merchants gloomily antici-
pate an extension OF the "open weather
to the very holidays. with a consequent loss
of trade for themselves
AS it turned out this season, their fears
were not well founded Cold weather was
slow in coming, but when 1t arrived 1t was
genuine winter temperature, not a mere
furry and halfway promise Of worse to
come. Apparently. too, it came to stay.
for a period of ten days Of freezing weather
with snow is quite unusual in this region
in late November and early December.
According to reports from the retail dis
trict. and judging by all outward indca-
tions, trade has been given a great i'm
shopping is in full blast earlier than usual,
and large amount of buying is being done
to supply winter necessities. Shops of all
kinds are crowded with customers and
dealers in holiday goods and in all the do
mestic staples are reaping a deserved har-
vest. The word deserved" is used ad-
visedly, for the Journal believes that no.
where is a greater effort made to meet the
wants of the public as to quality and price
of goods than is shown by Indianapolis
merchants, nor anywhere a more earnest
desire to deal fairly with all who come.
All tastes and all purposes are catered to,
and few are the needs that cannot be sup
piled.
Indianapolis Is a growing city and the
center of supplies for a constantly widening
country district-facts that are demonstra-
ted no more forcibly than by the constant
| enlargement OF the retail shops and the i'm.
proved character of the stock they carry
The department stores, for instance, are sc
| large. so well-filled, SO well conducted, that
they rival the stores of larger cities and
make 1t unnecessary for residents to &c
elsewhere for even the choicest of goods
What Is true of these establishments is
true of the shops dealing In special wares
jewelry, bric-a-brac, books, etc. He is ar
| unreasonably exacting customer whose
wants cannot be satisfied in these places.
Altogether. Indianapolis has cause to b,
proud of its shopping district as a whole
and in its separate parts. and If the har
| vest gathered by the merchants there i.
rich in this season of prosperity none will
grudge its extent, but will extend con
gratulations
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-12-07

The Journals review Of the local hog
market for the week ending on Saturday
contained figures indicating that this city
tant hog markets and packing centers of
the country. The receipts of hogs on Sat-
urday were n,0O0, and those for the year
thus far have been more than $50 900 larger
than during the same period last year. The
receipts during November thus far have
corresponding period of last year. and the
purchases by local packers during the week
were 2s.5H as against p. .7s1 during the COR
responding week of last year The receipts
Of hogs a. Chicago during the week were
"a per cent. less than during the corre-
spending week last year. The receipts at this
city on Dec. 5, 1898. were $500. showing a
large increase In receipts during the last
decade. The receipts at Kansas City on
Saturday were 1000. at st. Louis 200 and at
Omaha. $500 against 1900 here
Indiana Is a corn and hog State, and as
long as 1t continues to hold its place in
this regard. this city must continue to
rank among the leading hog markets of the
country. BY the census OF 1900 Indiana
ranked fifth as a hog State Iowa was
first. with 9.sSl.s29. Illinois second with
$685. .412. Missouri third with 4,ssis42. Ne
braska fourth with 4.z21,os4. and Indiana
fifth with 3Slo.7a 1t is probable the rela-
tive rank OF these States in hog production
remains about the same. OF total of GA.
ss4 .222 hogs reported in the United States
by the last census. H,ao.2s9 were In the
North Central States. including all of the
States above named and few others Most
of the hogs raised in this State are mar
keted In this city. besides a large number
from Illinois. The best hog producing coun-
ties in the State are in what might be
called the central belt Of counties, neither
in the extreme northern the extrems
southern part of the State. Thus In 1s0
Montgomery county led with 1oa.s5o. Rush
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-12-07
According to the Washington Post, which
Is probably correctly informed, the advo

According to the Washington Post, which
Is probably correctly informed, the advo-
Gates and opponents of a ship subsidy bill
have agreed on compromise which will
postpone any attempt to secure congress
sional action on the subject 1t Is said the
compromise contemplates the appointment
of nonpartisan commission of five per-
sons, not members Of either house Of Con-
gress, to be appointed by the President.
to investigate the whole subject and re-
port to the next Congress two years hence.
In addition TO the ship subsidy question the
Post says:
It will be the duty of the commission to
make a general investigation of the entire
subject of the merchant marine interests,
foreign markets, as well as everything per-
tanning to American commerce and navi-
CATION The commission will also be charged
with the duty OF suggesting aids for the
extension OF foreign markets for American
products. and with the examination into
the increase or decrease Of foreign mar
kets for such products during the last
ten or twenty years.
The proposition seems to be az good one,
though, of course, no compromise agree
ment between individuals could bind Con-
gress. The question of tariff revision as
well as of ship subsidies is becoming a
live one. and an investigation by an intelli-
gent nonpartisan commission ought to helI
solve 1t.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-12-07

is, therefore, guaranty OF genuineness,
purity and strength. In spite of this protect
i've measure. enormous quantities of doc
tored and adulterated bottled whiskies are
sold throughout the country, and are even
purchased for hospitals and invalids. The
protection of the governments stamp does
not apply TO wines millions of gallons OF
which. adulterated and impure, are sold.'
One of the best remedies for cholera
morbus and kindred diseases is pure black
berry brandy with a little good Jamaica
ginger added. Many farmers make their
own blackberry brandy and there is no bet
ter household remedy. Every druggist
should have it pure, but a great many sell
an unadulterated article. Some wholesale
dealers concoct it, they do other wines
and liquors, by certain formulas. A case
is now pending in the courts in which
firm in Philadelphia were arrested for sell
ing blackberry wine which the State chem
ist found to contain coal tar coloring
salicylic acid and only modicum of
blackberry juice. The Philadelphia firm
had been honestly deceived, and in turn 1t
brought suit against the wholesale firm in
Cincinnati, o., of whom the stuff had been
bought under a guarantee of its absolute
purity. When the Cincinnati firm went to
the pure food commissioner of Ohio with
a request that he certify to the purity OF
their blackberry wine he denounced the
article as vilely adulterated and said 1t
should be driven out of the market.
Congress can only reach such offenses
through the clause of the Constitution CIV
ing it power to regulate commerce among
the States. Only State laws can prevent
the sale of adulterated or imitation articles
| within the State where they are manu-
factured, but when they are shipped from
| one tSate to another Congress can lay its
hand on them. The Hepburn bill is care
| fully drawn and Is comprehensive and
stringent. Under it the shipment of every
| form of adulterated or falsely labeled food
| beverage from one State to another can
| be stopped, and those who are engaged in
| the business can be driven to cover. Public
| policy, public health and public morals re-
| quire the enactment of such law.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-12-07

The British military expedition to Thibet
was not due to desire to gobble up that
little nation. but was caused by an anxiety
to know what Russia was about. Britain
Is nervous about Russian plots existing in
sny struggle that may be coming The two
great imperial systems are playing a game
in Asia and Thibet is the only barrier be-
tween Russia and British India The sud-
den change in programme was due to the
influence of Russian criticism in the Bal
four ministry.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-12-07
INDIANA IN NATIONAL AFFAIRS.

The announcement OF the House COM
mittees ends a difficult task for the speak
er and a period of suspense for the MEM
bers. To appoint sixty committees so as
to secure the best possible working or
ganization for the House. to give a right
impulse to legislation and to promote pub
lie interests without altogether ignoring
personal ambitions, is an exceedingly deli
cate task and one which a speaker must
always be glad to have off his hands Con-
sidering Speaker Cannon's long service and
his intimate acquaintance with members
and their fitness for particular positions. II
Is probable he has performed the task
in way that will give general satisfac-
ton.
Indiana gets the largest recognition in
the way of good assignments the State
has ever had This may be due partly TO
the fact that the speaker Is a Western
man with a warm feeling for Indiana,
where he had lived for number Of years
and studied law. but it is more largely
due to the fact that the delegation fur
nished the material desired by the speak
er for particular positions. 1t would be
unfair not to add that other States Of the
middle West furnished their quota of SINH
lar material. so that the speaker felt justi-
fed in filing the chairmanships of more
than twenty important committees from
the Ave States of Indiana, Illinois, Wiscon-
sin, Iowa and Minnesota The enumeration
of these States shows where the seat of po-
litical power lies.
Thanks to her excellent delegation and
their equipment for important duties, In
diana fares splendidly. AS chairman OF
the committee on appropriations. the posi-
ton held by Mr. Cannon before he was
elected speaker, Mr.. Hemenway will be
one Of the most conspicuous members OF
the House and will be in a position to rem
der great service to the country. The same
is true In almost the same degree Of Mr.
Overstreet as chairman of the committee
on postoffices and post roads His assign
ment to that position is distinct recog.
milton of his ability as a business man and
a hard-workng member. The chairman
ship Of the committee on census which
goes to Mr.. Crumpacker. will involve i'm
portant duties In connection with organ
izing the Census Bureau a permanent
one. As chairman of the committee or
printing Mr.. Charles b. Lands will bt
able to mingie pleasure with business, il
dispensing patronage is a pleasure. but he
win have enough hard work TO Offset 1t
In addition to these four chairmanships
these members and the other Republican
members of the delegation have desirable
assignments other committees involv
ing increased recognition and promotion.
Senator Fairbanks says the State ha,
never Jared better and expresses his graft
fcation that the Republican members of tn,
delegation have each and all received yer!
| generous recognition by the speaker. which
| he adds, they have well earned. Representa-
tive Hemenway says that in no former Con
| gress have the assignments of Indian;
members to important positions been any
thing to compare to those now made. Tn
members who have received this recogni
ton and their constituencies are equall.
to be congratulated.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-12-07

The annual report OF the controller Of the
currency. a part of which is published else
where In the Journal to-day. shows a mar
vsious increase In the banking business of
the country. The loans and discounts of
the national banks this year reached their
maximum In the history OF the system. and
on Sept. they aggregated three and half
billions OF dollars. The cash holdings OF
the banks increased s25.ooo.ooo over last
year and deposits increased during the year
S3Tooo.oo. bringing the total to IS. 81, 700.
o6s- This remarkable is greater by
more Than ssii 10000 than was credited to
depositors in all reporting banks I'm 1895.
The deposits. capital stock and cash hold
iDgs OF State banks also show an immense
increase. The number OF loan and trust
companies has grown rapidly. and their in
dfviduai deposits have Increased s6s.5oo,ooo
Private and savings banks show a like de-
gree OF prosperity.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-12-07

Eyes. we have queeT customers sometimes."
said the barber 81 had a fellow In my chair
the other day who was the limit far
primpng up is concerned. You know some men
want all that's coming to them IN the way Of
facial massage. hot towels and all the other
fxings. while some merely want TO get shaved
and get out again. without any fuss. Well.
this fellow speak OF was a perfect sissy. He
Just gioried In having his face massagcd. he
fairly reveled in the hot towels he was ticlied
20 death when I rubbed powder all over his
face and heaved a sigh Of dangerous ease when
applied the scented face salve. Finally I
tilted him up I'm the chair. PIT on the finishing
touches and yelled: Next? Hold on. my dear
fellow he .expostulated. Aren't you going 10
pencil my eyebrowsT Well. say. you could
have knocked me down with feather. "-Phila-
delphia Record
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-12-07

He was from the country and 80 was his wife.
They were taking in the city under the escort
Of city man who evidently enjoyed their as
tonishment and comments
This is 81. Paul's Chapel" explained the
escort as they stood IN front OF that ancient
edifee. 1T is one Of the oldest churches IN
New York. IL not the Oldest"
''Re-mark-a-b BILE" exeiaimed the visitor.
THAT is what you have said OF every church
building we have looked at What II 50 re-
markable about all OF the New York churchesT''
asked the escort.
1T is remarkable" answered the visitor.
looking at the little sign on the wall announcing
the sexton's aJad address, that every
blamed sexton Is undertaken and that he is
permitted 10 advertise his undertaking business
on the church door. IL strikes being the
most remarkable thing In New York"-New
York Times.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-12-07

ago. Recent events have contributed to make
Mr.. Morgan resemble the Democratic party in
one respect at least. They have caused him to
look somewhat like Observation-Disclosures
Times.
Considering either vice presidential presi-
Dental material. the country might well
know first as last that Indiana is ready to fur
nish 1t at a moments notice. II there are any
interrogation points that appear concerning the
matter. 1t is due altogether to the superabun-
dance of material for either Office both of
them.-Crawfordsville Journal
In two years the State debt will be paid of
and we will have accommodating surplus on
our hands. Suggestions being made that
provision be made against this catastrophe by
arrangements for an extensive system Of turn
pike improvements. The remedy is all sufficient
II Anderson,s municipal experience on similar
lines is taken criterion-Anderson Bulletin.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-12-07

Kathryn Ridder tells this incident that hap
pened when she was Playing In Madame sans
Gene"
II playing the part OF the blanchisseuse
IN the launiry scere aid was buslly engaged In
ironing. when a cat which had its home some
where about the theater walking
the stage. thought CHS would furnish a good
opportunity 20 give realistic domestic touch
TO the scene. and 30. when puss came purrinx
up and rubbed againft me l stroked her fur.
spoke 20 her. and thea. for fear she might be
distracting. 1 picked her up and pun her down
on the nearest place at hand. saying. There.
pussy. 10 sleep
The cat euried up ocntentedly. and I went On
with my lines. succenly l was aware OF a
murmur among the audience. which increased TO
ripple Of laughter. i realized something was
up and turned instinctiveiy To hook AZ rus<-
There she was. asieep. where I had put her.
smong the ircns on tas 'sed-hot' ranse"-Ssv
York Ttne&
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-12-07
INDIANA EDITORIAL NOTES.

Mr.. Bryan's facility in changing tone ana
tenor in his oratory as he goes from one State
to another worked out when he went to Europe
The result is we hear Mr.. Bryan actually prais-
ing his native land.-Marion News-Tribune.
The State Board Of Agriculture will present
to the coming Congress its claim for about
$50 900 damages to the state fair grounds during
the existence of Camp Mount On its face that
looks like trying to rob Uncle Sam-Madison
Courier.
v 1t would be q difficult thing for the people Of
Indiana to - any wise improve their deIega-
tion in Congress. 1t would be the part of wis
dom for the several districts to renominate and
re-eIect those who so ably representing
them.-Middletown News.
A book of verses by James whitcomb
Riley has come to be the regular thing every
year about the time that the frost is on the
punkn and the folders In the shock and the
time has come for buying books to MI the
Christmas sock.-Marion Chronicle.
II 1t is going to cost proportionately as much
to transfer the ownership of the earth from the
hands of Morgan to the hands Of Rockefeller
as IL did to turn over few properties To
Schwab for the shipbuilding trust there ought
to be general protest on economical grounds
-Kokomo Tribune.
Tanmany's new leader Ia reported to have
won $4,000 on the New York election. The new
leader lines up with the evolutionary idea OF
the eternal fitness OF things. He qualified
pre-eminently for grand gyasticutis OF the great
est gang OF political pirates that went un-
Observation-Disclosures Herald.
We can tell Colombia of a better trick than
arming $4,000 for against Panama
and the United States Let II offer one-tentt
of the number laborers the canal and
draw more honestly good money than II ever
earned before in its lazy Spanish American ex-
istence.-Terre Haute Tribune.
Mcclure committed great crime against the
State and now the State VIII take good care
of him throughout the remainder OF his life
We are a merciful and long suffering people
Sometimes the punishment should come home
to the who commit the crimes and thi.
was case Of that kind.-Nobesyille Ledger
/ The dispatches say that J. Pferpont Morgan
has picked Senator German for the winner n
the next presidential campaign whftever ma,
| be Mr.. Morgans selection In the next campaign
the announcement of II viii not attract 20 much
! attention IL would have comn&nced yeal
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-12-07

The simplicity OF the late Professor Mommsen
was a charming feature IN his Character Last
year Nobel prize OF 900 marks was awarded
to him. He received it with most childlike sim
plicity and exclaimed. ITO think that l should
become rich man even in my old daysr' He
promptly donated 5000 marks to the Libraries In
Charlottenburg and 1000 to the University OF
Leipsic for its papyrus collections. There was
one man In the Methodist Episcopal Church
who had this form of simplicity He also was
q great and learned German. William Mast,
the father of Albert J. Mast. editor OF the
Christian Apologist. who brought this coun-
try the treasures Of German gymnasIa and uni
versity training To the last he simple
as a child. and when he received special honors
really looked as II he could not understand IL.
New York Christian Advocate
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-12-07

1t does not detract in the least from the
value of the Y. NJ. c. A. to say that some
of his statistics are open to criticism. No
conclusion whatever can be drawn from
the statistics of reflections of would-be
soldiers in the last two wars. II the six
ties, every man was needed. and every
man that could march and carry "a musket
was accepted. In 1898 there were three
times as many volunteers as could be used.
and men were rejected for color blindness,
for defective teeth, for not being tell enough,
inch of their height as was reduired-for
a dozen reasons that were never even
thought of in the sixties. The statement
that only per cent. of the boys do not
leave school before they are thirteen is
certainly a great mistake-the statistics
Of any city or country district would dis
prove it--not to mention that in Indiana a
law very generally enforced conspels them
to remain In school until they are FOUR
teen. The seventh and eighth grade in the
public schools of the city have raany boys
much older than fourteen. They; may lose
1t afterward, but certainly, there are very
few who leave school without having ac-
quired neat, clear handwriting; and with
out having been required to achieve daily
for years an amount Of writing which would
equal that done daily by many a newspaper
reporter.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-12-07

The regular session of the Fifty-eighth
Congress. which meets to-day. as required
by law. comes so close after the special
session as to be somewhat confusing. The
special session was convened by the Presi-
dent fo> the purpose of enacting Iegisla-
tton necessary to make effective the Cuban
reciprocity treaty. The House passed the
necessary legislation promptly. but the
Senate has stood on its dignity and post
poned action till the regular session. The
country would like to have less frequent
assertions OF senatorial dignity and strIc,er
attention to public business.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-12-07

did you know that wrens sing a requiem
hold a funeral service-over their dead?' said
a gardener. II myself a requiem in
progress II was early morning in May, and
an unusual twittering outside my window caused
me To get up. I saw. under the caves. two
curious festoons hanging from the roof The
festoons were two semi-clrcles composed OF wrens
-wrens to the number Of twenty twenty-five.
that elung to one another with foot and wing.
Thus they hung for two or three minutes. and
all she while they twittered mournfuiiy. Then.
suddenly. they broke loose and few away. On
going down. 1 found dead wren lying Just
under the window. over which the birds. In their
strange cluster. had 50 sadly twittercd- nat
uraiist. to whom I cescrfbed this episode. said
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-12-07
DimcuIt OF Digestfon.

When Senator Newlapas. OF Nevada. vas de-
batting his resolution to annex Cuba he exclaimed
dramatically:
This argument furnishes every kind OF fuel
that eloQuence needs"
He sent down for the transcript OF his speech
The young woman typewriter who took the die
tation OF the stenograpiser from the phonograph
had made IL:
This argument furnishes every kind OF food
that elephants need"
at doubt" said Senator Hale. when he heard
OF It, "if even elephants could digest it."--Nev
York World.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-12-07

The coroners jury in the case OF a fatal
collision on the Brooklyn Elevated Rail-
way recommends that two motorrnen be
placed In the motor box OF every train to
prevent accidents caused by the collapse
OF the man In charge OF the train. The
suggestion Is good one and there IS
quite as much need for IL in the general
railroad system Of the country as there
can be In New York. To expect an en-
gineer to keep his hand on the throttle.
pegulats the speed of . train. watch his
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-12-07

Not so very long ago the Meanest Man in Town
engaged a professional rat catcher to undertake
the task of ridding his warehouse cellars of
the rats that infested them. After his services
mad been completed the catcher presented the
business man with a bill for $40
Good gracious! exclaimed the tight-fisted
merchant. as he glanced the bill. Then
after a pause he remarked:
Don't I get anything for the rats?"-Phila-
delDhia Press.