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The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-08-21
Better Than Gold.

Il was troubled for several years
with chronic Indigestion and nervous
debility writes F. ]. Green, Of Ian
caster, y. II. "NO remedy helped me
until 1 began using Electric Bitters,
which did me more good than all the
medicines 1 ever used. They have also
kept my wife In excellent health for
years. She says Electric Bitters are
splendid for female troubles; that they
are a grand tonic and invigorstor for
weak run down women. No other
medicine can take its place in our
family" Try them. Only SOC. Salts
faction guaranteed BY VIM Ennis.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-08-21
Inerease in Live stock Rates.

increase IN Live STOCK EkaEes-
The announcement by western rail-
roads of an increase in live stock rates
from points west Of the Missouri river
eastward, to take effect September 3,
has created considerable feeling among
cattle growers in the affected territory
who claim the advance in the tariffs is
unjust IN the face of the present de-
preston in the cattle trade and the &C
knowledged prosperity Of the railroads.
In fact there have been many protests
lodged with the interstate commerce
commission and boards Of state railroad
commissioners against the action of the
roads, says the Drovers' Telegram Of
Kansas City. At present the Kansas
railroad commission is considering the
announcing Of a date for the hearing Of
the matter. The latest move Of the
Kansas cattle men who are taking a
leading part in the fight, although the
increase in rates extends throughout
Colorado and the northwest as we'll, has
been to petition the National Live Stock
association to bring its influence to bear
upon the roads with a view Of securing
the abrogation of the order. The addi-
tionaI cost per carload is figured at $3.50
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-08-21

While Conductor Sessions was max
ing a trip on the east end Of this divis-
ion August IL, he found a bunch Of
skeleton keys on the track at Almena
station which was robbed by burglars
recently. The keys had probably been
in the possession Of the burglars and in
getting away they had dropped them on
the track. The keys were tied up in a
blue handkerchief.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-08-21

At Brsdley's yard, GOOdland, at one
O'Clock p. N, Saturday, August %, 1903
20 head cattle, consisting Of milk COWS
twO-year-Olds, yearlings and spring
calves. Eighteen months times one
year without interest; banksble security
ten per cent after expiration Of year
Five per cent Of for cash
JAMES HANET.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-08-21

". S Baily, P. O. True, Tex, writes:
sMy wife had been suffering five years
with paralysis IN her arm. when was
persuaded to use Billiards. Snow Lini-
ment Which cured Der AL right have
also used il for old sores, frost bites,
and skin sruptions- IL does the work
Cullenis.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-08-21

Dawson & Dawson have Just received
a large new line Of shoes. Call and see
them Largest assortment, best style
and quality.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-08-21
REPRESENTATIVE BUGKLIR DEAD
PROMINENT THOMAS COUNTY POLITI-
CLAN TAKEN OFF By TYPHOID.
Ten Years in Legislature Prom His County
Strong Character and Popular With
the People, But said TO Be the
Homliest Man in the House.

+. A. Bucklin, one Of the prominent
politicians of the state and representa-
tive Of the lower house Of the Kansas
legislature from Thomas county for ten
years, died at his home south Of Colby
at seven o'clock Wednesday morning,
after an illness Of one week with typhoid
fever. He was 4S years Of age ana IN
married.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-08-21

William III. Murphin, ., and Amanda
G. Evans, Is, both Of Sherman county,
were married Thursday By Rev ]. Z.
Stavanc
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-08-21
NEW TRAINMAsTER.

ID. H, Robinson, Of HeringtOn, Succeeds
w. j. Aurand.
D. H. Robinson, of HeringtOn, has
been appointed trainmaster Of this di-
vision and has already entered upon his
duties. W. J. Aurand, who has filed
the place since John Boyle was taken
sick, about year ago, retires and is
back in his old position as passenger
conductor on Nos. ;. and 6 between
Denver and Phillipsburg. Mr.. Aurand
was q popular trainmaster and is held iu
esteem by all the people Of the town
Mr.. Robinson was for 16 years dispatch.
or and chief dispatcher at HeriDgton.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-08-21

Position as gOyerness in private family.
Address Inez Vallette, Odessa, Mo.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-08-21

z L. WaieOtt Chief Traindispatcher.
E. L. Walcott, Of Topeka, is the new
chief traindisPatcher here, succeeding J.
S. Jones, resigned. Jones became chief
at Colorado Springs before the Office
was brought back to Goddard.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-08-21

The waIkOver Shoe at Minisack's.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-02-05
Musi4t! l1nb bas anes. neil Der
@rappl ppppnirt.

Nu6|l9tS uUU q Que8, IuGI Uet
@rappl oppontrt.
Na9 elmer peiteren Wtertelitunbe
murben i'm Rreiie Der frierenben 8aua
ern @timmen laut, bic fid fir einen
Werslet9 ausfpraden, unb Der @ortes
ber fpeaieG ipra9 auf @rappl elm, tpie
man einem franten Hob aurebet.
Nnes bersebli9! @rappl ertldrte,
unter feinen nmftdnben bier beroben
na6auseben.
,Gntpeber fpmmt bier beroben Der
0erglei9 gu Stanbe, Deer mir parten
Biz bier u9r uno geben obne Heiultdt
auseinanber, bas 2ebtere auf Soften
Der Gemeinbe!!" Saft 19ebberten benz
&pmmifGr ebenfalls bic 3dbne BEL bic
fer amtli9en Grtldruno, bod Der Ye=
ANTE blieb felt bel ieinem gntidluB.
Sin Bauer pimmerte UNI feline
@pedfnDoel, Die ipegsn Der Malefiasez
fGiAte iteinbart piirben, Elm 5netter
befiir9tete cine MISUNDERSTANDING mil
benz Gbetpeib tpesen ungebiibrli6en
I%usbleibenS; bic Stimmen mebrten
fi9, Die 2eute baben genl,g g%efroren, Tie
poaen ni9t LANCER bun9ern unb betulz
geben.
uSaseblteben Biz bier l1br!!" rief Der
3ommtfdr.
sd ipir' meme 5ib' ntmmer!"
iammerte 8rappl unb poftropbirte
Dem 8eamten: u9err &ommiHGr, i9
balt's nimmer ldnger aus! @enn g
bic 9nao' bdtten, in meiner Stub
tDnnten mir unter16reiben!"
rWas tpput Sbr unterI9reiben?"
$50 10, bab es borberbanb mir tt!!N
,gr bleibt ba unb bic Mnbern audi"
befabl Wtmbauer.
$50 friert Gnf benin nit, 9err Sons
mifdr9 9abt SIR feinen Sunser?"
SD bin i'm tatierlt9en 9tenit."
Die frterenben 8auern Der Itunlmten
fir cine Weile aus Geipeft Dor bern See
amten, Der peber Srpit Ec4 Ganser
tennt i'm 9ienft.
@rappl ma6te einen lebten GsriuG
los5ufommen, uno bat UNI Grlaubntb,
fi9 abfpnbiren gu biirfen.
ISM DalO, ia, naA 9aufe ni9t!!"
Gin &ernflu6 folgte, bann iGrie
@rappl in ben So6pinb: sd bsrz
slei6e midi! Die Sriererei lit mir iest
su bumm!"
Stun fam 2eben in Die 8ouern, bic
ale 5uglei9 bas Ginper itGnbniB gum
@ergIet9 erfldrten unb ms Sbalz
ipirtbsbaus ober mad 9auIe poGten.
Der 8ommifGr blteb rubig unb bez
fail Die ganSe geIeQidoft in bos Saus
bes grappl, no Ger 8erglei6 5t Baz
pier gebraAt unD unteri6rie6en perDen
miibte.
Stint sing es hinunter ms 8erg@
bort, manGer Bauer fam gu San uno
flselte bstmpdrts. So9 geboriom
fam ieber in's Grapplonneien, tDo
@imbauer nit froftitarren Jinsern 10
flint ais mDgli9 ben 10 mii6fom err
aielten @srgleia nieberi9rieb.
Die llnter3etbnung berettete einige
S9pierigfeiten, bas S6rifttid befam
rei9lt9 Sintenfledfe unb &reu59en,
bod Grappl, Die 9duptperion, unter>
f9rteb prbnunssgemGb unb ber 8orz
fteber audi. 9as @ert selang mad
Wunf6. Ils nun 9rappl bic Sdnapsz
flai9e abermals anbot, lebnte Der
&ommifGr pteber bantenb ab, barg
bas ~psrtbpoIe Sdriftftiid inber8 ruftz
taI9e unb trat nit feinem 8egletter
ben gefGbrliben 3Idlpeg IN.
Gin rarer Mann!" fliiiterten re-
fpeftboa bic 8auern unb ftapftefl betm.
No9 pDr S9lub Der MmtsitunDen
lteferte Winlbauer ben 0erelei9 al
gum srOBten Staunen feines Chefs, Der
nun an 9ererei i~teinfeft slaubt.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-02-05
Serwirfte beina5e iein 9eben

gine fait fatal enbenbe Onr9bren;
nerei peruria6te Elm i6redlt9es @e
1dnir on benz geine tes $. 9. Or
ner, Srautlin @soue. SD. Iier Sab
re lana pibe,lanb es alien 1octoren
unb allen Seilmitteln. Nber bud
lens Mrniea Salbe beilte es obne
Stpieriafeit. @leid gut fur granbz
munben, GueiidunSen, 9autausI6laa
unb 9dmorrboibeu. 25cts in W. S.
9ubn's Mpotbefe.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-02-05
New Process
Steam-laundrv

@enu 10, bann nitro es ii6 Sud lsbneu
t;dt auBer N1t gu laiien, bab mir @uer Gil
sentbum bebanbeln, als mare es bas unieri=
8e. @ir babeu bic pouitanbisle @af9an=
falt i'm Norbmeiten unb lieferu eriter Rlafie
arbeit. @ir sebraldeu feline @bemifalien /;
mir perberbeu baber Gllre Sa9en nidt. @enn
Sbr refine strbeit uub bette Sebaublun9 mont,
Damn beuft on inns. llniere Hreiie finb nisb=
rieer als ionffipo, utb mir beiorsen Sure Sas
mi!ien,pdi6e bill9er, ais Sbr es ielbif tbun
f0nut. @rfuuoigt uab iiberseugt Sud. @ir
babeu aseuteu in ben umlie9enoen Stdbten.
6. s.. gseper 9aupfpaf1anffalt,
@isentbiimer.
OopIe'S @eb6Ilbe oil 5. Npe. 9. ct. Gloub.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-02-05
Cine porbeotnen1o

Iir cine CUTE Mabl3eit lit eiu sutes Stiid
5Ieiid. Dies fauft man, wie elm ieber Suns
be pom ui,s germ beseu9t, itets bel
RDrner s SebrDber,
Ro. 24-6. ape. iibli9, ct. @louo, Minn.
llniere gelddftsnorm 1T: ilur 9utes, @p=
petit erresenbes Sleiid ie9li6er urb aller
Sorten gu an9emefeuen Yreiien. Sebem
Rnuben sufriebenfeuenbe gebienuns 5uses
i@ert. l1-ba
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-02-05

9err Srdnfle 1T Elm febr
fleiBiger unb tii6tiger 8eI6Gftsmann,
er lit fait ununterbro9en felbft i'm Sc
f6Gft tbdtig."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-10-09
Whole Number 1888.

We understand that the petition
against sewers in district No. has on it
a large majority of all the property own
ers in the district.
The M. f. conference has placed Rev.
A. j. Wheeler on this circuit to succeed
Rev. A. w. Mumford, who goes to Paw
Paw. Bro Mumford has been here four
years and is well liked, not only by
those of his own church but by the gen.
eral public. Himself and family take
with them the best wishes of many
friends.-Marcellus News.
The executive committee of the Van
Buren, County Sunday School associa-
tion held meeting in Paw Paw, Tues
day, to complete the program for the an
nual convention to be held in Bangor.
October % and 20. Alfred Day, general
secretary, and Mrs. G.. l.. Fox of Grand
Rapids, state primary superintendent,
will assist in the convention. r. G..
Hamley of Ripon, Wis, will be musical
director.
One of the Kalamazoo newspapers
boasted of big cucumber brought to
its office that weighed six pounds, and
proudly asked who could beat it, Eli
Trey brought one to The True North
erner Wednesday, that weighs seven
pounds, measures ID inches in circum-
ference the small way and 36 inches the
long way. This beats the Kalamazoo
cucumber handily, and shows Just
about how far Van Buren, county is
ahead of Kalamazoo, anyway.
Yesterday was Mrs VIM. Quinn's 10Th
birthday anniversary, and was celebrat-
ed by a pleasant family gathering at
her home, all her children and grand
children being present. Mrs. Quinn was
substantially remembered by the guests.
Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Ell
dred of Bellaire, Mr.. and Mrs. Love of
Kalamazoo, Mr.. and Mrs. Vorce of Covert,
f. r. Miller of Otsego, Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. Miller and Mr.. and Mrs. G.. f. Gil
bert of Paw Paw, Mr.. and Mrs Ward of
Berlamont, Mr.. and Mrs. Chiverton and
son and Bertha and May Love of Kal-
amaZoo.
At 9 o'clock Wednesday morning of
last week, Minnie Johnson and Richard
Sage were married In the parsonage of
the Methodist church at Seymour, Wis.
The bride was attended by Nellie Ben
nett and the groom by Orville Jenkins,
/ Doth cousins of the groom. The couple
/ took the 10 o'clock train for Gobleville,
Mich, the home of the groom. The
bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.,
Joseph johnson of Seymour and is tai
ented and highly respected young lady.
After leaving the high school she taught
for several years in the public schools.
Last winter she completed a course in
stenography and bookkeeping and gave
up position in that line of work to be
married. She leaves behind her, both in
Appleton and Seymour, host of friends
whose well wishes follow her to her new
home Richard Sage is the son of Will
liam Sage of Goblevlle, and is an enter
prisng and Independent farmer and has
the congratulations of his relatives and
| friends.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-10-09
Announcements.

Regular meeting of the A. O. U. w.
next Tuesday evening.
Special meeting of Paw Paw lodge, f.
& A. NJ, next Tuesday night; work.
Work in the third and initiatory de-
grees of Paw Paw lodge, l. O. O. F., to-
night.
Special meeting Of Paw Paw lodge, f.
& A. NJ, next Tuesday evening; work in
first degree.
Geo. II. Briggs will have an auction
sale of Norman colts in Paw Paw, Satur-
day, October 10, at p. m.
The Knights of Pythias and their
ladies are anticipating a great time at
the box social this evening.
Regular meeting of Brodhead post No.
81, G.. A. r., at the hall Saturday even
ing at 7:30. A full attendance is desired.
At the Baptist church Sunday morn
ing the theme will be "Christ's Greatest
Influences" evening, THE Story of the
Prodigal."
The G. f.. of the Christian church will
have charge of the services Sunday
morning and will render an appropriate
program. All are invited.
The Antwerp Mutual Protective asso-
citation will hold it's annual meeting at
the Richmond school house next Mon
day evening" October IL, at 7:3O.
Subject for Sunday morning at the
Free Baptist church, Gods Command
and Promises to joshua" at ! D. m..
Jonah Paying the Fare of Disobedi-
ence."
The rain Wednesday made it neces-
sary to postpone the III. NJ. Pugsley
estate auction sale. Remember the date
is next Wednesday, October IA. and a
fine lot of property is to be sold.
The subject OF the morning sermon at
the Presbyterian church Sunday will be,
Paying Our Debts" The evening SER
mon will be the first of series on a Young
mans career, entitled, Independence"
All are invited
The ladies of the Free Baptist church
and society are requested to meet at Mrs.
John Bakers, Saturday afternoon, Octo-
Der 10, at 2 o'clock. A good attendance
is desired, especially of the chairmen of
the different divisions.
Bills printed at The True Northerner
office announce for L. II. Titus an auc-
tion sale of cattle, horses and farm prop
erty, to be held October 13, at Maple
Knoll farm, two miles east and one. half
mile south of Paw Paw; II. w. Nc
Cabe, auctioneer.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-10-09
-ooGI De eHGrr7e7t,
JOttInQS.

Abram Smolk remains about the
same, being very seriously i'll
The big we'll at the waterworks is now
down about - feet, and is through the
clay.
WI. Porter, Sr, has moved into Mrs.
Hogmire's house in the east part of
town.
The Lawrence Times has an item
about Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Fuller being in
that town. How about it, Ed?
Delton Styles is laid up on account Of
running a nail nearly through his foot
while at work on Pugsley Il Shepard 5
new building.
a new two-story brick veneered school
house will be built at Breedsville. The
First National Bank of Paw Paw has
bought the bonds, maturing in eight,
nine and ten years.
Werner f. Okerman of Gobleville is the
new boarder at the county Jail this
week He is awaiting trial on charge of
obtaining money under false pretenses.
Trial is set for October Is.
Miss McFarlin entertained the other
lady teachers, Misses Bates, Brems,
Morse, Hill, Malkuska and Tracy and
Mrs. Colburn, Wednesday evening. A
delightful time is reported.
Harriet Mable Flagler, daughter of
Alva Flagler, who lives west of town,
died last week Thursday, aged three
years, niue months and nine days. The
funeral services were held in the
church at Arlington, Saturday, Rev. |.
p. Bates officiating; interment in the
Arlington cemetery.
Married, the evening of October >, at
the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Nj. NJ.
Slower, 1876 f. Dutton street, Kalamazoo,
Mrs. Harriet Roose of Paw Paw and
Hiram Bush of Gobleville. The newly
married couple have gone on we'd
ding trip to Chicago, Milwaukee and
other parts of Wisconsin. They will
be at home at Gobeville after October
20.
There was a rear end collision on the
Pere Marquette about two miles north
of Bangor at 30 Saturday morning. A
south bound freight was running in two
sections. The first section became
stalled and the second ran into it. The
fireman and brakeman on the rear sec
ton jumped from the train and escaped
injury, but Engineer Frederick j. Dor
man was killed. The rear engine
and the way car of the first section were
wrecked, the way car caught fire and
three loaded freight cars were burned.
An old draiEed mill pond in Antwerp,
Van Buren, county, has been purchased
by +. X. Bassett, who will restore the
dam, plant the pond which is a natural
spring basin, with brook trout and go in
to fish farming on a large N'scale," the
location OF the basin and coldness of the
spring water being especially favoring
conditions in trout production. The fire.
quent failures in domestic fish raising
are chiefly due to unscientific conditions.
The ordinary "fsh farmer" imagining
that all the trout needs is planting and
water, goes at it on that principle to dis
cover later that his trout are dead, and
that he was "bull-head Detroit Tri-
bune.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-10-09
For sale.
WANTED.
Buckwheat Wanted
Grain Wantedi

| am no longer buying at the Paw Paw
elevator for the Stockbridge Elevator
CO., but / am ready TO buy all kinds of
grain at the highest market price. See
me before selling. If f.. S. STEVENS.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-10-09
Pensions

Having recently been admitted to
practice before the department of the
interior, / shall hold myself in readiness
to transact any business before the de-
f, rtment that may be intrusted to me.
Especial attention will be given to pen
sion claims.
O3tf q. w. ROWLAND.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-10-09
Beans Wanted.

At the Armour Elevator, Paw Paw. We
also want bean pickers.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-10-09

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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-20
How Much Should he Spent for Rent :

To THE EDITOR OF The sUN-SI: wish TO
correct wrong impression made BY my
recent letter In regard to how to entsrtain on
tkooo year. and also TO offer q suggestion TO
n D: w. In the article on the woman's
tanning. woman who was tnteryts wed re-
ferred TO my letter a. follow: of course .
man must have his business friends, but the
idea OF Riding himself Of his social OBLIGATIONS
by entertaining at club 10 hardly good one
10 the first placc. the task Of living on q small
income is not the easiest thing In the world ;
and II he deduct. q certain sum from the In
deprive his family of some entetertain ment
which should be theirs in his efforts to keep
up with his New York set2"
The fact Is my wife IL In cluded In the enter
tainment referred to. az we are both men,
bers OF the same club,
All my friends live In Manhattan, and do
not md 1t necessary 70 make socia! friends
to maintain my own home and entertain our
quests there. but n did 30 could not save
w. 900 year and give one-tenth Of my noome
70 benevolen ces. including the church; hence
! prefer to deny myself that extreme pleasure.
At the same time hnd II possible TO keep
up my end. as the saying II. In the way men-
/ would suggest to III D. W" that instead
OF spending SIS a week rent he cut Il down TO
at least quarter Of his income His letter
seems to indicate that he pays that sum weekly.
which Is a ridiculously high price for q man
with his income to pay for rent alone. II IL
generally accepted rule that man should
for rent n d, W" were to observe this
rule. he would ind the little petty sTooer's
bills harassing him no more {. W. s.
NEW YORK, April IS
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-20
Primaries This Year.

The September primary contests pre-
ceding an election for Mayor OF New
York are OF unusual political impor-
tanoe, and those Of this year will be con-
Quoted under a radically changed law.
Heretofore, after the close Of the regis
tration on any one OF the four days on
which any qualified eleotor could enroll
himself with either party, the months OF
May and June were set apart for the sup
Elemental enrolment OF those who had
declared no preference. New voters, too,
becoming Of age before election day were
also permitted to enroll, and electors
removing from one district to another,
or claiming to have removed from one
district to another, had the right to en-
roll in another district " by transfer y
until thirty days before the day Of the
primary.
The primary law as amended does
away with the right Of transfers, y
supplemental enrolment, and the reg
istry Of those coming OF age. Prior to
the September primaries Of year ago
2s,2e4 Democrats and 5,ie5 Republicans
In Manhattan exercised the privileges
Of supplemental enrolment; 1O,l11
Democrats and 1912 Republicans in
Manhattan procured transfers from
one district to another; and there were
2,lli Democrats and $50 Republicans in
Manhattan who declared that they had
become of age since the day OF the last
registration.
The theory upon which the primary
election law was prepared was that the
voters Of the two parties should enjoy
on terms Of equality the right to par
ticipate in party primaries. But the
right OF transfer led to a great abuse
Of the privilege, as was illustrated In the
Devery contest, a regularly enrolled
voter in a district in which there was
no fight being enabled to betake himself
to O disputed district and to vote there.
Moreover, the supplemental enrolment
system was found practically to exempt
the voter who, on the regular days of
enrolment, did not declare his politics.
He could wait until May or June and
then choose his party as profit or eX-
pediency might dictate. This was an
easily subject to abuse.
It IL claimed that under the new pri-
mary law as amended there will be less
opportunity for fraud by colonization;
although primaries in Manhattan may
be Invested thereby OF some of their
former picturesqueness and vivacity.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-20

Those who know how difficult II is for
British working families TO balance in
come and outgo, will recognize that tho
rise OF a cent per pound In the price Of
sugar will inevitably cause a widespread
reduction in the consumption Of that
commodity. and a corresponding vehe-
menoe Of protest.
There are those who think that the
figures given by Mr.. CHAMBERLAIN and
Sir HENRY NORMAN are gross underesti-
mates. But, even il their computations
are justified by the event, 1t is obvious
that the increased price Of sugar will
make the Brussels convention exceed
ingly unpopular In Great Britain, and that
a strong pressure will be brought to bear
on the Unionist Government In favor OF
withdrawing from the agreement. Nor
is 1t likely that, with the stability OF the
Balfour Cabinet threatened, as 1t will be
at the next general election, the interests
Of the British West Indies, which, accord
ing to Mr.. CHAMBERLAIN, have only
81, 250,000 a year to gain by the conven-
ton, would be allowed to counterbalance
those of British voters, who have A2, 500,-
900 10 lose
The more carefully the effect Of the
Brussels Sugar Convention on British
consumers is considered, the less ground
can We discern for believing in its dura-
bility. II the Cubans had been forced to
rely exclusively on the permanent effect
Of that agreement upon sugar prices.
they might have found themselves
leaning on broken reed. Fortunately
for themselves, they can fall back on
their reciprocity treaty with the United
States. which, we have no doubt, will
be sanctioned by the next House Of