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A. BREvTARY or PROGRESS.
Tho Condensed statistics OF FIFTY Wears
OF American Manufacturing.

To THE EDITOR OF THE Sun Sir In sdd-
ton to the protective tariff. which In one form
or another. M James q. Blaine said. has pre-
vailed In the United States for over a century.
four prime factors have contributed 10 our
success as a manufacturing nation. First.
the vastness Of our natural resources; second
~. our facilities Of transportation and assem-
bling: thirdly. our strenuonsnsss OF labor;
and. fourthy. the geographical and physical
greatness of our country.
In the first half OF the century lust closed
our progress was not rapid. because most OF
tho manufacturing was done In the household.
The Bureau of Statistics of the Department OF
Commerce and Labor. In it's exhaustive mono
graph entitled. Exports Of Manufactures,
says: While the factory system OF manu-
facture began to take the place Of that OF the
household in England in the eighteenth cen
tury especially as related to textiles, It did NOS
obtain a foothold in the United states until
during the period Of the embargo and the War
Of 1872: and IL WINS not until about 1870 that II
became general" Census figures prior TO 1850
nre not TO be relied on positively, but. begin
ming with the 1880 census. the record OF our
manufacturing progress. by census periods.
Is as follows:
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To rHR EDITOR OF The SrN str ! am much
impressed by the logic Of correspondent
NJ yours who says that in Sho business world
n Ia Impossible for a woman TO succeed that she
Is declared from the business world unless she
~ a freak" and then proceeds TO argue that
women are well nttcd 10 become vcstrymen OF
churches. wisely observing that AS to ability to
manage the finances a purely business once. Il
may or may not be- In n person. but oftentmes a
woman has more financial ability than has man. "
In other words he does not think women Nc TO rs
sumo business positions where they will be paid for
their work, but well suited for similar eutcs where
q sense OF duty performed Is the only rccompcnse.
Personally do not see any special advantage
over the present system. whereby. even II q woman
docs not manage the vrstry lshe may at least man
age the vestrymAu. BUSINESS NoNAa
NEW YORK, July %.
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Inconvenience.

In the conduct of the foreign affairs
of the United States, some or all OK the
hereinafter mentioned things may be
regarded as inconvenient, especially
when a negotiation is important and its
condition critical:
l. The President at Oyster Bay, the
de jure Secretary OF State at Newport,
and de fdcto Secretary of State at Wash
ington, to whom the President issues a
mandate without having first taken the
de jure Secretary OF State at Newport
into his confidence regarding the afore-
said mandate.
II. The emission by the President at
Oyster Bay, through the State Depart
ment and newspaper agents at Wash
ington, of anonymous declarations pur-
porting to contain official purposes and
reasons regarding critical negotiations,
but not signed by the President, or at
tested by the signature of any official.
iii. Ignorance by the President. at
Oyster Bay, of conversations between
a foreign Ambassador and the Presi-
dents Secretary Of State, charged with
the negotiation; those conversations be-
ing opportune, serious and decisive in
their bearing on the Presidents future
conduct in the affair
". A sudden change of the purpose
declared by the President on June Is,
and an announcement by him, through
the State Department and the news
papers, of decision to transmit TO St.
Petersburg the petition of the B'nai
Birth. regardless of what the Russian
Government might say. and charging
Russia with bad faith in the East and
open hostility TO the United States. which
was in direct conflict with an understand
ing arrived at few days before between
the de jure Secretary of State and the
Russian Ambassador.
Y. Disregard by Russia of the Presi-
dents menace; and disregard for the
reason, very inconvenient for the United
States, that only few days before, Mr..
HAY and Count CAssINI had exchanged
mutual assurances of an opposite tenor,
while the President was not at the seat
OF Government.
Yet these are only inconvenience
insuperable obstacles in the way OF a
resolute will and an imperious purpose.
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u,ss,s.,up, proh,p,,,on,sts Connder,

NEw ORLEANS. July 23.-The State Pro-
hbition Executive Committee of Missis-
sippi has addressed a statement TO the
voters to the effect that the success of
prohibition is now assured Letters were
addressed to the three candidates for Gov
ernor at the primary to be held in August
asking their views on prohibition Only
one OF them answered, Senator Noel and
his answer was favorable to prohibition
bI, letters addressed to 200 candidates for
the Legislature resulted in all but twelve
of them agreeing to submit a prohibition
amendment to the Constitution, The
Executive Committee declares that it
will carry Mississippi for prohibition.
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The Tax and the "Toast :"

The logical application Of the new
toasting system to the relations OF
organized labor with the Government as
an employer is obvious.
What is somewhat vulgarly called
toasting by the SAM PARKsEs of Or
gained labor, and crudely styled black
mail by the victims of the impost, is in
reality new form Of taxation.
Citizens who are employers of labor
pay taxes to the Government for pro-
lection in their right to do business
under the law. The walking delegate
walks in and collects, or attempts to
collect, an additional tax on account OF
organized labor, for permission to do
business under union law.
The walking delegate tax is not so
uniform or so scientifically adjusted in
its impact as the old-fashioned tax as
sessed and collected by the agents OF
the Government; but it must be remem-
bered that there has been much less time
in which to perfect the system.
The full beauty and significance OF
the new idea of assessment by organized
labor for the privilege Of exercising the
lawful right to do business and employ
labor will shine forth to all eyes when
organized labor proceeds to toast"
the Government itself.
When, for example, the walking dele
gate of the Bookbinders' Union at the
Government Printing Office demands
and collects at the United States Treasury
a tax or toast for permitting the Gov
ernment to employ labor in that special
trade the interdependence and mutual
counteraction of the two taxes will be
clearly understood by an intelligence
as keen as Mr.. RoosEvELT's.
The Government taxes the laboring
men az citizens; the unions will "toast
the Government as an employer.
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my vest and shirt bosom, found only q red spot
over my heart, but no wound. ON examination
II was found that the ball as pulled up the scab'
entered tho leather near the point. which was lined
with silver and was there lodged"
BROWNS skull was cut to the brain in
several places, one ear was slit nearly
OF, one eye gouged out and he had other
wounds. 1t is a pleasure to remember
that when Gen. CLAY was tried for
mayhem, HENRY CLAY defending him,
BROWN was the chief witness for the
defence and testified that there was
conspiracy between himself and four
others to bring on the ARRAY.
Some sixty years ago Gen. CLAY was
editing an abolitionist paper, the True
American, at Lexington. That was about
as dangerous work as man could ind.
CLAY fortified himself accordingly:
selected for my once brick building and lined
the outside doors with sheet iron TO prevent them
being burned. purchased two brass t-pounder
cannon at Cincinnati and placed them. loaded with
shot and nails table breast high. Ihad folding
doors. secured with chain which could open upon
the mob and give play to my cannon. furnished
my ONCE with Mexican ances and limited num-
Der OF guns There were six or eight persons who
stood ready to defend me. II defeated. they were
to escape by atrapdoor in the roof and had placed
a keg OF powder with match. which could set on
and blow up the ONCE and all my invaders; and this
should most certainly have done in case OF the last
extremity"
Indomitable. incorporating, in
tractable all his days He missed the
laurel but he lived his life, fierce, OF late
years solitary, and without parallel.
An essentially despotic character, who
fought for freedom.
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Firing Cannon 10 Produce Main.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir, As to the
matter OF producing rain by means OF the
action on the atmosphere OF explosions. Prof.
Carl Myres. the asr0naut. seems TO have re-
ceived In some quarters the credit Of being the
originator of the same. From book entitled
War and the Weather. published by me in
1871 and a second edition In 1890. you will see
that az long ago as 1870 | commenced collect
ing facts bearing on the subject and endeavor-
ing to excite public interest in them which
might lead To some experiments In the matter.
Later l succeeded In interesting some Mem
bers Of Congress In the subject. and appro-
priations were made for such experiments.
These experiments we're performed in
Texas under the direction OF the Agricultural
Department OF the National Government.
Gen. X g. DyFenforth being placed in charge
OF the same the first in 1891 and the others In
1892 The experiments were not made with
cannon "a ] had always claimed they should
enough for thorough experiments Of that
kind, but Gen Dyreniorth adopted instead.
the plan Of pI9ducinS EXPLOSIONS in the air BY
oxygen and hydrogen gases He employed
Prof Myres to assist him in these experiments,
and it was then and there that the latter got his
Gen Dyrenforth and his assistants claimed
to have had great success In these experiments.
but the country seemed 10 give but little credit
to their reports. Ii IL not my purpose to dis
clss this matter here. but will say that still
believe rs | have always believed, that can
non are the proper instruments to use in pro-
ducing rain by means Of the action on the
atmosphere and its aqueous vapor OF heavy
detOnations
The experiments in Texas In 1891 and 1902
led the vine growers OF France. Italy, Austria
Hungary and some other European countries
subsequently to try the same means. except
that cannon instead OF balloons were used for
averting hastorms. which are very common
and very destructive in those countries so
much success was met with in changing these
storms to rain or otherwise by these means
that as a result thousands of cannon are now
in use in Europe for that purpose
subject was first Investigated and the first
experiments made for influencing the weather
by conclusion, nothing is being done in the
matter except spasmodically, like the recent
work Of Prof Myres. and the man who abored
for years in bringing the subject TO public
notice in the hope Of becoming benefactor
to his race is now all but forgotten When
at some future time the country wakes up TO
the fact that droughts and tornadoes can be
abolished and thorough and systematic efforts
shall be made to that end 1t is not unlikely thst
some other man will reap the credit for work
done years ago by the undersigned
EDWARD POWERS.
DFLFyAS Wis July n
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The Election I'm Manitoba

On July 20 Manitoba held an election
for the choice Of members Of its pro-
vincial Parliament. The result is large
majority for the Conservatives.
provincial election in Canada no more
affords proof positive of the local attitude
on national questions than does State
election with us. But if Iowa or Illinois
or Minnesota gives an overwhelming
Republican majority at State election,
that fact is held to be indicative Of gen.
eral support Of the principles of the Re-
publican party as a national organiza-
ton. The same significance attaches
TO the election in Manitoba. Local is
sizes were not without their place and
influence, but the result may be regard
ed as general Endorsement of the policy
of the Conservative party.
The special significance is this: The
Conservatives, at present in minority in
the Parliament, are the party of protec-
ton as opposed to the professed free
trade policy of the now nationally domi-
nant Liberals Manitoba is distinctly
an agricultural section, in which free
trade sentiments may he supposed to
exist, if they exist anywhere.
Agricultural Manitoba has gone Con-
servative. While the defeated Liberals
will doubtless try to account for their
reverse upon other grounds, che claim of
the Conservatives that the election is an
Endorsement of their national policy Of
protection has much to justify it.
There is an increasing probability OF
general election this fall. Several in
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DELEvAN, Wis. July "a
An Internationa, xns-Flyins Contest.
From the Scientific American


The international kite flying contest arranged
under the auspices OF the Atronautical Society OF
Great Britain was carried out on June rs upon the
Sussex Downs, near Worthing. and was attended
with but mediocre success. result due TO the
paucty In the number OF the competing apparatus
and the atmospheric conditions. The primary
object OF the competition was to encourage tho
utilization OF kites as a means OF obtaining me
neurological knowledge OF the higher regions Of tho
atmosphere and as a scheme for solving aerial
navigation or, at any rate. the obtaining OF some
invaluable data which might prove uscfulin achiev
ing flight and the best types Of kites adaptable for
this purpose.
The Aeronautlcal Society had prepared 8 silver
medal 20 he presented TO the inventor OF the kite
which, In the opinion Of the jury appointed for tho
purpose. proved the most ef,cent the only stipu-
latlon being that the kite qualifying for the award
must exceed minimum height OF 1000 feet and
remain in the air for one hour The results wero
rather disappointing. since no remarkable attitudes
were attained ny the kites. The greatest height
reached was only little above 5000 feet notwith p
standing that in one case 1000 feet OF cable was
paid out.
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cidents have arisen which make an cleo
ton desirable, II not necessary. Promi-
nent among these are the increasing sem
timent in favor OF more efficient protec-
ton Of home industries and the indorse-
ment or disapproval Of the methods pro-
posed by the Liberal party for the con-
struction Of the Grand Trunk Pacific rail-
road. Should the election take place, the
Liberals will go to the polls with strong
confidence in their success. Without
that confidence, the election is not likely
to occur, as their term of Office has not
yet expired, and the calling Of a general
election would be equivalent to request
for national Endorsement and approval.
Unless the Liberals feel sure Of getting
this. they will hardly risk the export
ment at the polls.
Should this step be taken, the people
of the United States will have cause TO
watch the result with greater interest
than they have ever before taken in
Canadian election.
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Pebble FISH FROM BASKETS.
One Way Discovered Of Getting Around
tho Health board Laws.

Since the Board Of Health put it's embargo
upon the peddling Of fish and meat from
door to door the hawkers have been plying
their trade by using baskets invented by
the crafty Chinaman.
These baskets are metal-lined and are
divided into compartments. They ara
large enough to carry about one hundred
pounds Of merchandise and are 30 COLI
structed that they can be slung over the
back by strap. To the uninitiated
hawker with one OF these basket markets
would pass for an ordinary notion pedder.
The Fish Cutters and Oyster Openers
Protective Union met on Wednesday night
and 100 members volunteered to form
pedlers Of fish or meat. Health Com
missioner Lederle promised his assistance.
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PLAN A BIG BAPTIST RESORT,


Abram Hyatt & Co., real estate brokers,
Of sos Fifth avenue, report that they have
bought tract Of 900 acres on the west
bank OF the Hudson, five miles below West
Point and near Fort Montgomery, for a
company which intends TO establish Bap-
fist resort combining some of the features
of Ocean Grove and Chautauqua.
The property has a frontage of more than
a mile on the Hudson. II embraces High
land Park and Bear Mountain. with an ele-
walton OF some 800 feet, and is the Scene
of many historical incidents of the war Of
the Revolution and OF Colonial times
Part Of it belonged to the estate of the
late A. C.. Cheney, president Of the Garfield
Bank. The tract as whole was held al
at $4,000. The buyer ia the Modern Realty
Corporation Of New York. OF which n. j.
Said is president.
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Ina, the Same ., an oIa.F.shlonsd Buxgy 2

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sfr have seen
frequent references IN the automobile as vehicle in
which two hearts could not beat rs one. nor two
souls have but a single thought, hut wish TO an
nounrc that they are untrue and uncalled for Only
= few nights ago as was crossing Central Bridge at
the head OF Eighth avenue me; an auto coming
along at moonlight and molasses pace, and the girl
In the case under high pressure. while the young
mans neck looked as II II had an organdle scarf
wrapped around II about dozen times. Possibly
II wasn't orgaudic but that Is not material 70 tho
facts. WALRFR.
TUE BRONX july ~
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The Secretary and the Gauntlet.

The Hon. ETHAN A. HITCHCOCK. tho
Secretary of the Interior, would be the
last man to tolerate fraud or any sort OF
ilegalty in the department Of the Gov
eminent for which he is responsible to
the President. He is an upright and
careful executive officer,
What Mr.. HITCHCOCK has lacked up to
this time is the opportunity to prove him.
self really Ethanallenish. He has not
been so strenuous in the pursuit Of wrong
rs some of his colleagues at the Cabinet
table simply because the business OF the
Interior Department has been touched
by no contemporaneous scandal. He
has been accustomed to report weekly:
"All quiet in the General Land Office.
Nothing wrong about the patents. Dis
bursement Of pensions proceeding in the
usual way Indian affairs prosperous.
The Bureau of Education immaculate. the
Geological Survey beyond reproach, the
Census all that can be desired.
If Secretary HITCHCOCK has chafed in
inaction and prayed for an occasion to
show himself a public servant after the
Presidents own heart, he has 1t at last.
He has it in the Sellers contract for en-
casing the horny hands Of the nations
wards with the products of Gloversville.
Sometimes Divine Providence and some
times the Hon. LUCIUs n. LITTAUER
Answers sharp and sudden on our prayers.
And thrusts the thing we've prayed for In face.
A gauntlet with gift In t."
One of the Honorable LCCIUss finest
muskrat "gaunts is in immediate prox-
unity to the Secretary of the Interiors
handsome countenance.
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Good Literature by Cable.

To rHE EDITOR OF THE Sun str To days ~
ticie OF your correspondent AZ Rome. Bells RING
popc's Requiem" deserves place among IN"
masterpieces OF English literature. II is an ~
auissc pcoe Of word painting. and while We AZ
used to the best THE SIN. this little gem Is ~orh
OF special commentator. and certainly ADDS an
other charming leaf 10 the great laurel wrasth OF
The suns journalistic accomplishments
NEW YORK, July %. LUDWIG AKGA =
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A Remarkable Arkansas Family.

From the Ashley County FGcl'.
Mr. and Mrs W. n. Bowman. old residents Of m
Beech Creek neighborhood. In this county, na'
had bonn To them twenty one children only ave o.
whom are St living, four boys and one girl lh'
daughter married about ten days ago, and had nrV''
spent night away from home In her hfe until arc
her marriage. Inc ssna al yet with sh'
parents. the oldest being thirty years OF ago. 81"
none Of them ever leaves home without the con'r'''
OF their parents. This IL remarkable family t"'
remaining together.
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BUILT 4 HOUSES IN 4 HOURS.
They Are Portable ami VIII lie Used rs
Wireless stations at FrenclIman's Bay.

Acting under instructions from Washing
ton. the workmen in the navy yard in Brook
Ign yesterday prepared four portable
houses inside of four hours. The houses
are to be taken on board the Prairie to
Frenchman's Bay where the North Atlantic
squadron Ia stationed to be used as wireless
telegraphic stations. The Prairie also car
ries wireless apparatus that will be in
stalled on the Olympia, Chicago, Illinois
and Kearsarge.
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Riverside Drive Extension.

Borough President Cantor awarded yes
terday a contract for the extension of
Riverside Drive, from l35th street to 145th
street, to Ryan 4 Parker The improve
ment Of this section of the Drive will
cost about 3l,50O,OOO. 1t in planned
to carry Riverside Drive TO Boulevard
Lafayette. which would mean extending
II AZ far north as 15sth street
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PRIVATE sUBwAYs INTO SUBWAY
Two Permits Already and Plenty More
Coming.


The owners Of many OF the large build
ings near the stations OF the underground
railroad have applied to the Rapid Transit
Commission for permission to connect those
buildings with the subways by passageways.
At the meeting Of the commission yesterday,
Comptroller Grout contended that ex-
cept in the case OF buildings which abutted
on the subway, no connecting passage
ways could be authorized by the commission
because the tunnels would have to pass
under city property. This would mean
that the franchise would have TO be granted
with the consent Of the Aldermen.
Edward NJ. Shepard counsel to the com
mission. gave 1t as his opinion that the
commission had power to authorize the
construction of subways by making them
part Of the general rapid transit plan.
Upon the strength Of this advice. resolu-
ton was passed permitting the building
Of a pasSageway from Wanamaker's store
upon payment Of a rental Of 81 per cent.
Of the value of the city land to be burrowed
under. The trustees OF the Mercantile
Library in Aston place were also authorized
TO build passa geway, with no rental
30 long AS the library remains public
institution.
As to the other applications, Chief Engi-
neer Parsons was empowered TO grant
permits for beginning the work ON the
connecting subways. But it was provided
that these permits should be subject to
terms Of compensation to be fixed by the
board In September.
Among the buildings for which applica-
ton has been made are the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company. Twenty-third
street and Fourth avenue; the new Bel
mont Hotel, Forty-second street and Park
avenue; the New York Times building,
Forty-seoond street and Broadway; the
knickerbocker Hotel, Forty-second street
and Broadway; the Ansonia, Seventy
sixth street and Broadway; and the Empire
building at Broadway and Rector street
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HERNANDEZ HOPES FOR TIE Eyn
Believes the Government Victory WIN End
the Venezuelan Revolution,

Gen. Jose Manuel Hernandez, the nsv
Venezuelan Minister to the United States
and Consul-General Rincones, received
dispatches from President Castro yester.
day confirming officially. the report of ,he
Government victory over the rebels at
Ciudad Bolivar The messages read
The Government army has been victor,n,.
at Ciudnd Bolivar. recapturnR the civ
after forty-eight hours OF desperate fighting
Gen. Hernandez said yesterday that he
believed that this battle will end the rcyo.
luton
Gen. Hernandez shook of the cares os
diplomacy last night and went to Cone
Island with his two sons. Nicolas and
Juan Guillermo, Augusta +. Pulido, Charg6
d'Ahaires at Washington. Antonio PARA
and Carlos A. Scholtz. Gen HERNANDEZ
was as eager to see everything AZ a
youngster.