The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-07-21
CURRENT COMMENT.

IN locating the responsibility for the
epidemic Of lynching that a broken
out in this country it is impossible to
avoid the conclusion that President
Roosevelt is the chief offer Ger. There
can be no doubt that by his Eighty ac-
tons and his indiscreet utterances he
has revived the negro problem.-Mem-
phis Appeal.
Politicians of the democratic persua-
sion now have two causes Ow Worry.
One is Grover Cleveland's silence. the
other is W. j. Bryan's talkativeness.
The only remedy for these worries is
to Kill off both of these back number
leaders and put new men to the front
in party affairs. The democratic
party has come to a sorry pass If it-
fate is wrapped up in a gold bug mug
wump and a free silver populist. Meth
er of whom ever measured UP to the
true standards of Democracy as fixed
by Jefferson, Jackson and other
Democrats of the true ~faith.-Sumter
Watchman and southern.
1t looks as if the English hosts of
our squadron have been exercising
themselves particularly to eclipse the
welcome given the SHIPS by the Ger
man emperor. The King referred to
his imperial nephew's oratory when
he addressed the Americans at dinner
the other evening and yesterday the
Prince of Wales. on exploring the gun
turret of the flagship kearSarge, was
particularly careful to inquire if the
Kaiser had done as much. 1t would
hive been better not to make the pur-
pose of the entertainments SO obvious
Charleston Post.
The people in and around Niagara
are getting stirred up over the question
of the Impairment and ultimate de-
struction of the fails. The commission
ers of the New York State reservation
at Niagara have considered the dam
age serious enough to make a report on
it, regretting the action of the New
York State and Ca2andian authorii-
ties in letting out power rights to va
| rious manufacturing companies. 1t is
| estimated that the American power
| companies already withdraw about 6
| per cent of the flow of the Niagara
| river from the falls, and if the other
| schemes proposed, including the diver
| sion OF part of the waters of the Great
| Lakes through the Chicago drainage
| canal n various Canadian anal and
| light and power companies be carried
| through, it is feared that the falls, as
| a great national attraction will be
| spoiled. The question is fast coming to
| the people of New York as to whether
| Niagara shall be devoted to money get
| ting or beauty.-Charleston Post.
The cotton crop is this year light.
| Under natural conditions it would go
| abroad in reduced quantities n at
| enhanced prices. Owing, however, to
| the operations of a cotton 'cOrnef' the
| process of pinching exports began be-
| fore the new crop had SWelled It's bolls,
and has operated with unnecessary
! violence. Closing the mills in England
/ and Germany is resorted to as an eff
| fective means of checking consumption
until the price of the staple falls. and
the money brought into the country by
| cotton is actually decreased by high
| prices. o the ten months ending
with June we sent abroad more cotton
| than during the same period Of the
| previous year. which quantity in turn,
a been only thrice exceeded in the
past, and we received for it $4,000, HO
more money. Much of his volume OF
increased export got away before the
| corner began. June alone, noweve~'
shows the work of the bulls. The
quantity sent out, as just reported by
the government, was only III, "a
bales. against 176, 81 in 1902. anC
though the average price is computed
at III cents-it was S.3 cents for 1902
the amount received for the exported
quantity was actually reduced about
one-sixth. True the corner not only
loses foreign wOrkmen two days worf
a week, but it strikes hard at a great
export trade of the country, and has
set the cotton-spinners of Europe tt
searching for new fields in which tc
develop a supply Of the staple.-New
York World.