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PRODUCE MARKETS.

NEW YORK. May 16,-FIOUR-Flrm
but quiet. Winter patents, $3,70dp4; Min
nesota patents, s4a4.3O, Rye Flour-Dull;
fair to good, s2,so432O. Cornmeal-Steady;
yellow western, $l,G6 Rye-Quiet; No. 2
western, 59kc. ENTHUSIASTICALLY feeding.
Ole.
Wheat-Spot irregular; No. red. s3hsc.,
The wheat opening. as an outcome Of
heavy decreases in Northwest stocks and
rumors Of a possible so PEI, cent; reduction
closed arm at hdSse, net advance, May
1850; December. 76tsc.
Corn-Spot dull; No. q b4&c, Option
market was quiet and easier. owing 70
favorable weather news and moderate "
quotation, The close was easy at h4Hc
SO; septembeI, 6okc, oats-spot firm;
No, 2. 3hcS, Options quiet and barely
steady.
beef hams, S2Odl21. Cut .Meats-Easy;
picked bellies. 9al0Hc.; picked shoulders
SSc.; picked hams, lllag1lNc. Iard-Dull;
western steamed. 1896; refined. dull; com
pound, S7.S7Iz4s. Pork--Qu!et; family. SIS;
short clear slS6O420,25; mess, {l8.3gls75
Butter-I'irm; extra creamery 22c,;
State dairy, 17Gglc. Cheese-B'irm; State,
full cream, fancy small, cOlored and white
old. l34l5c.; large. colored and white old.
lSdgl4Sc. Eggs-Dnll and weak; State and
Pennsylvania. 1615Qpl7c.; Southern. HEc.
Enthusiastically; city 81 per packAge),
bAc.. country packages free). 6lsf15hse.
Rosin-Steady; strained. common TO good.
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is reason for such shifting, even If the
New York loans. were placed on time. our n
Berlin loan paid G per cent, and IT IS
hardly to be renewed at very m I,H;t
lower figure. That market itself Ia lately Ely
Of capital AS to the part paid IN the loan ,aln
by such GSal operation as ching
Pennsylvania subscriptions and the ROCK &C;
Island Frisco deal" that is mere dilticuls
% They hey all draw more or less on bank
credits. +o
d,st,Irh Wall Streets equanimity this
has been hnd thas thy
i iot situation did not come without
warning neither aq the ssp Sod eHp as Seem
~ ther more Violent than most people
l IaiHei for, but the stubborn maintenan'cs
OF values by the New York sp pesanastsd
something sonnet Of the kind AS for the disap.
pointing showing OF the export trace 1 bne
made such results inevitable.
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COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK, May 16.-Much less. ex-
element and activity was displayed by
the cotton market this morning, and the
opening was by far the tamest of the
week. First prices were at an advance Of 2,
points to decline Of points, the gain
being due to covering, while the trade
seemed disposed to sell the late positions
In expectation of a further reaction ana
on the generally favorable tone of week
end crop accounts. Port receipts were es-
tlmated to exceed last year. and there
were many reports Of curtaied consump-
ton. The closing Liverpool cables, while
perhaps not so low as expected on futures
reported a subsiding demand for spots
and decline Of q points In spot prices.
These factors naturally en- couragedL the
early selling, but after showing a little
further weakness values were rallied q
few points by New Orleans buying orders.
The rally noted after the opening was OF
short duration, and IL o'clock found the
market 1910 points lower. with August
leading the wealtrIchs under local pear
pressure in the face Of continued support
from New Orleans.
In the last hour, however. buying orders
predominated business became more ac-
tive. the general tone even more unset
tied, and the market at the close was net
4 points higher in May, while other o2,,
tions were 3Q1O points lower, May closed
at Ills, July 1911 and August 1915, the
latter being loss of ten points from last
nights final Sales were estimated at loo,-
900 bales.
=. -, l,,Ao,5 oIoo,J
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wEEKLY BANK STATEMENT.

NEW YORK, May 16.-The statement OF
averages of the clearing -house banks OF
this city for the week shows: -,
Loans ss2s sss so? Increase sS9 9S Soo
Circulation, s4. 2S9 go; Increase, 1921 600.
Legal-tenders, SO. 445, 100; increase. s5OS,3oo.
= Specie sl6S, 756. 400; decrease. 1896 800
Reserve, $239, 2O1 800; Increase. $4,000.
Reserve required s2so'oS.S7S; increase
Surplus. ss9oe,625: decrease. 81 .os7,2o0.
EX-United States deposits, slS,So5, 73; de-
crease S1G36,300.
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Wall Street Gossip.
Especial to The T1mes-Dispatch.,

NEW YORK. May 16,-,The stock mar
kct opened quiet and verv featureless
There was some tendency to sag, but no.
thing very marked, and the belief that
the short interest was increasing had
some effect In steadying prices. especial
~ expected that the traders would even
UP over the end of the week Commission
houses seemed to have very few orders,
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EDITORS VIEWS
What New York Afternoon Papers Say
of the Market.
Especial to The Times-Dlspatch.)

Especial to The Times-DiSpatch.)
NEW YORK. May 16--The Evening Sun
says the dealings in this morning stock
market were conducted practically along
the same lines as the earlier part of the
week. Trading was In small volume. and
chiefly of the professional character
At the same, time, IT appeared that the
decline in prices had reached. q. point
which had brought about some liquidation
by commission houses, and selling OF this
character was observed In the days mar
ket.
Declines were common throughout the
list and were fairly uniform.
The market opened at slightly higher
level chiefly In sympathy with the slight
advances shown In American stocks IN
the Londan market. After the initial
transactions. however, reactonary tendcn-
cies developed, although. they were no
more definitely accounted for than was the
good deal of concern. evident with regard
Union Pacific Railroad, but the days in
telligence In this respect was reassuring,
There were otherwise few circumstances
OF Importance presented for consideration,
other than those which have been engag.
ing attention for the past fortnight. II
was expected that the bank statement
tho views regarding that document cut
less than the usual influence In this trade.
Active features of the railway list were
Union Pacific; Southern Pacific, southern,
Railway, st. Paul, Atchison and Missouri
Pacific Sugar Refining was again heavy,
while comparatively little was done In
II. S. Steel stocks. Tho miscellaneous
group moved In limo with the general mar
ket with moderate activity showing In
Amalgamated Copper.
The bank statement made a rather
weaker showing than had been generally
looked for owing to an unexpected In
crease in the loan account Of SS59,0O0
The cash item was disappointment also
inasmuch as gain OF only $4,000 appear
ed there whereas all the preliminary cs.
Inmates had pointed to much larger
In consequence of the increase of loans
the deposits rose 100000 and surplus de-
creased sl,Gs7,0oo
The banks now hold $4,000 In excess
of the lawful requirements
The Evening Post says; After "a week
of continuous liquidation on the Stock
Exchange, 1t Is perhaps somewhat discon-
certkg to find an increase of S5,s59,Wo In
loans on the bank return.
That part Of the showing cannot, how
ever. be called mysterious To pay. Off our
foreign borrowings of two months ago
and at the same time provide for various
capital issues which are In contemplation
New York's credit fund must be drawn
upon substantially,
II as was estimated at the time. oul
Berlin borrowings of the spring foot VI
100000, and II they are being all pale
or with money raised In Wall Street
then that demand alone might account
for the 100000 Increase In New York!
loans during the three past weeks. There
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something like eooo shares inclydi Z!
Paul. This materially increases the long
position on the other side. where the
sentiment on Americans seems to be get
ting steadily more bullish.
THE CLOSE:
The bank statement created an unfavor-
able impression on the market ana the
ernp Of n few shorts. There seemed to be
a a Fl fresh development Of liquidation in
stocks hitherto unaffected, notably BROOK,
,lyn Rapid Transit. and the erect upon
the rest Of the market was not good.
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DAIrIMoRE STOCK MARKET.

BALTIMORE MD. May 16--seaboard
Air Line common. 2J9?6; do. preferred,
Coast Line common. l2sls@l29; do. pre-
ferred, unquoted
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1905; sales, S9S bales
Cotton. quiet; midding,. 1l4o; net re-, re-
ceipts, 81 bales; gross 3,63l bales; sales.
1905 bales: stock, 1885 bales.
Total to-day at all sehports-Net re-
ceipts, GAIT bales; export to Great BRIAN.
42G bales; to the Continent 6.2S bales'
stock, 2s4.71 5bales.
Consolidated at all seaports-Net re-
ceipts, GAIT bales: export to Great Britaln'
42G bales to the Continent, .235 bales.
Total since September LIST at all sea-
ports-Net receipts, 7499,G53 bales; export
TO Great Britain 269o6s4 bales; to Pr caI 1os
74ss5 bales; to 10. ne ,1e G 20 as '44'
NEW ORLEANS, May 16,-COTTAONI,
The spot cotton market was very dull
only sixty bales being sold; quotations uf-
changed
Futures quiet and weak II is claimed
that the market has been deliberately SOLD
of shaking out timid longs. and that the
! bull clique will buy back again as soon as
| the low level they desire Is reached. me
| present situation In cotton Is a puzzle
| TO every trader. no mtater how long ne
| has been In the business except those
who are on the inside, at the opening
June was down 10 points. July y August
lower. Later there was a recovery or
few points. the board at the close show,
| Ing net losses of points on May ana
June, on July ~ on August, Z on Sep
TENDER and 3d4 points on tho other
| months
1l6 nominal: June. IFS; July, 1l:79@ll 81 !;
/ August, ll,l7G1ll; septsember. 9;G Sn };
October, 8.s2@ss3; November. s67qa-69: De-
| cember, S,G70lSG9
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The MARKET
WAS WEAK
Important Railroad Stocks
Made Record Low Levels. +
ILLNESS OF E. H. HARTMAN
This Had a Direct Effec, on Southern
Pacific. and that Stock Declined an
Extreme of la Points-The
Close Steady.
nv Associated Press.

NEW YoRsil. May i6.-The illness of E.
H. Hartman made its influence felt IN
to-day's stock market, and this was sup.
bapks, which was interpreted as poor by
tho rading element. The weakness OF
Southern Pacific was directly traceable
iden Mt of the Company. The stock, declined
an extreme liz. touching a new low level
for the year. This weakness Iad some
sympathetc effect elsewhere IN me i njso
made low record prices for the year. "A
light demand from the bears TO cover
shorts made am impression Just at me
close, which was IN consequence STEADY.
Tho nominal increase In the cash item
OF the banks was as much as was expect.
ed The fact that to-days gold export OF
slIOO0O to South America was Withdrawn
only yesterday and SO figured for only . one 1n,,
day In the weekly averages upon whiSh
the bank statement are computed lert tne
probability that somo effect or the trans.
action would be thrown over into next
weeks showing. The Increase In loans
was generally regarded as rejecting tho
further transfer of obligations from for-
money strlngency of last fall the recall
of over-extended foreign credits was an
Important factor in upsetting the money
market The tendency TO cut dow at, egese
ton In financial circles But the protes,
sional sentiment on the Stock Exchange
confined itself to the bare showing or the
statement wits It's consequent lnroad upon
the surplus reserve. ).
To-days London discount market show.
The having OF Of the markets heavy
obligation to the Bank of England, and
the Bank lost over million dollars IN gold ,n
withdrawn for export to South America America
gold exports from New York next week.
There has been an irregular movemen,
of bonds and only moderate volume OF
dealings has Indicated a search for invest
ments. United States Is declined Y per
cent. as compared with the closing call OF
The total sales OF stocks for the day
were 10000 shares.
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BALTIMORE. MD, May lG;--FLOUR-,
Quiet, unchanged Wheat-Dull; spot and
the month, SO1.GSoAc.; Southern 6y sam
May, 5l&G62c; Southern, white corn. 40
SIC. Oats-Strong: No. 2 white. 4Da40l9c,
Rye-Dul; No. 2, soc. Butter and EGGS
Firm and unchanged. Chccse-Steady and
unchanged. Sugar-Strong and lower;
coarse formulated. 5000; do. fine, $5'ooEa
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HARTMAN STOCKS:

Mr.. Hnrrtman's Illness had no very
marked effect at the opening. and the
street seems to be still In ignorance rs to
what Is the matter With him, There. was
Hartman stocks. but nothing of much
consequence.
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MONEY AND ExCHANGE-CLOsE:
Money on call nominal; time money
steady; sixty days. 3s.d4 per cent; ninety ETY.
days. S4@4 per cent; six months tszt q per per
cent. Sterling exchange steady, with act
ual business in bankers bills at Sass FOR
demand and at $.S for sixty day bills;
posted rates. s4.S5l1a and s4Ss14; commerclai
can dollars, 43. Government bonds steady;
railrnad bonds Irregular.
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STEADY GiSyin at s4.boas. &c. cattle-steady at
81. 75Gi. co. Sheap-Stendy at s3G4.75.
Enthusiastically at $4.25Q6.
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NEW YORK, May l6,-BEEVES-
native sides. 7@91ac. per pound. Calves
Nominal. Sheep and Lambs-Sheep gem
orally slow. Medium to good grades about Ilt
NC, lower; spring lambs quiet, steady.
Sheep, s3.5Oa560 few for export at S5.75;
lambs. s5.75@6.75; Southern spring lambs
at $40; dressed mutton. S0llc. per pound;
5dressed lambs l10pl4c. per pound.
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RICHMOND GRAIN MARKET.
Richmond, Va, May l6. 1903.
~. T.
CATTLE MARKET.

CHICAGO, ILL, May 16.-CATTLE-
Market nominal. Good to prime steers
;5a65O; poor to medium. s4Q5; stockers
and feeders, 1906. Hogs--Market steady
to 10c. lower Mixed and butchers. 5000
$50; good to choice heavy, s6.6OH6.76
Sheep and Lambs-Steady. Good to choice
wethers, A.ISO4e.5o: native lambs, s5'og7.l5
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TENNESSEE COAL & IRON:

TENNESSEE COAL & IRON;
There were some earl buying orders
In the market for Tennessee Coal and
Iron. but there did not seem to be much
been good, and is presumably based upon
the earnings although some people con-
slider an estimate OF l5 per cent. Is rather
large.
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dull and steady. Winter patents, $500
AGO; straights, s32oas.4s; spring patent,
sss5as.9o; ,straights, S<oQs4ei patents,
3, 73aS0c; No. 2 red, 7Slsa791ac. No. 2 oats,
3SEc.; No. 2 white. 3Shc.; No. 3 white,
35I957c. No. 2 corn. 4Gg46c.; No. 2 yell
low, 47c No. rye, t0a5o14c. Good feed
Sill; No / faxseed, sll6; No. north
western $3.50. Mess pork. per barrel
sl7s7 lard, per 100 pounds sss5as92,s;
sailed shoulders (boxed) $S.25@837k; short
clear sides (boxed), s9.t0di9b.h Whiskey,
basis Of high wines. $3.50. Glover. contract
grade, s11,T0411.75. Butter-Stendy;,cr cream
Weak at l2Aa13Nc. Eggs-steady at mark,
cases included, 14AG1415c.
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CANADIAN PACIFIC:
Brokers with Montreal connections
seemed willing to pick up any Canadian
Pacific in the market, but did not find
much stock, Tho followers Of the pool dc
not seem TO be seriously concerned over
the recent light liquidation here.
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LONDON TRAI}ING:
London was q larger trader than had
been expected; and foreign houses took
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CLOSING BOND QUOTATIONS.

C-hicnpo and Northwestern CON Is. 1878
Si,icnso Rnc,, island and pac. Is... LOG
c.. c., c. and st. Louis gen. 4s.... lo ~,
Chicago Terminal 4s.................... o351s
Colorado and Southern as. S9a
iS,ian r,or lien as. 991.
~ -, iep r, ~, I,s T.....,,.,... Sc X
iSant Wnrth and Denver CITY lsts.... Ill
f f,, , wv W, i ais 1917
Io,,s,.Iio and Nash, Unified 4s.... 1O1A
Manhattan Consolidated Gold fs.... ln
Mexican Central 4s.;... '..'...,....... ~ sga.
Nis... a., a. louis 4's,.,......... 10DK
Niin.,, ri'u Enn and Texas 4's.... 1914
Missouri Kan. and Texas 2a's...... 49, 81
New York Central gen. 3Hs s...:....... I i95H
New ~! se 3, o,ao a,s ..... l02
Nort,,e,m panitc Observation-Disclosures. Tx
NoItuHSin tTnstern, con i4's. 100
y nori a},,r e Ga,orai as. o7h
e. End Iron Mountain con. 5s.... l121a
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LYNcHBuRa TOBACCO MARKET.

I4ynchbuTB, va, May To, I9U3
Receipts Of tobacco In the warehouses
of Iynchburg continue light, only 204,9oo
pounds being sold last week, The condi-
but mould and damage Is found In many
lots There is some decline, In prices, OK
cept in tho case OF Tugs, which are more
than holding their own,
Quotations are as follows:
DARK GRADES.
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aosm@e.5. rurpentine-steady at 1910

SS.u-1SIpS.VC. '~'
" Cofree-The market for coffee futures
opened quiet and unchanged, In keeping
with the fentureless character Of e. Gable ;saon,
news. ruled inactive In the absence OF locnl
operations on either side and/closed dull
net unchanged. with sales OF l;bo p aer.
doya. 7A@lse sugarmRaw 81 ,ast dair 1s re-:
molasses sugar &c. ;.rehned market steady
Confectioners A. $40; mold A. rs. ss1o 4 e ~
E gran s4Ss cubes s5lS nlee-2l liz !;
domestic, fair to extra, 4A@7c.; Japan
nominal. Molasses-Ffrm; New Orleans
open kettle. good to choice, se4oc "a y, &
old, prime, per $50 pounds. sl.s742I7; Jer-
sey sweets, per basket. a.l241.3 Tea.
other domestic, ~ G41sc. Cabbages-.
Quiet: Norfolk, $1@l.12
CHICAGO, ILL, May 1G.-Bullsh crop
reports gave strength to the wheat mar
ket to-day and closing prices, were srinn near ,3p
ss@S4c. July corn was off 40Ec.. put oats
were 1s@Ac. higher, with September pro-
visions from 21k@6c. lower
Tho leodinr futures ranged as follows:
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81 1.o,,,s ana Ga, r7r,nc,sco 4's..... esh
ST. Louis Southwestern lsts.......... 90 90
st. LOUIS Sou thwestern I'd s........;... 90 90
San Antonio and Arkansas Pass as. S So,,
So,,thern RAILWAY 5:s,.,............... 116ts
Texas and Pacific lSt's.,.;;.ii; . l7 IL
Union Pacific Observation-Disclosures. 1929
Union Pacific COW 4's.............. 9Sh
Wabash lists observation-disclosures. 115h
Wahnsh DDS ....,,.............. 1061a
Wnbash Deh. i.s.....,............ 76a
wnst shore AZ. 109N
,vhnol,ng ond T'nLc Eric Es,.,. 81
vyiscnnsIn Central 4's................. 91k
Continental Tobacco 4s................ 6lM
Colorado Fuel observation-disclosures. o. Q,
n AND q co1Iateral trust 4's....... 93k
~. ',,.u ~ S.anr1jo 81 Inc ~ &c
W. Nraro II Ghemcal CO. COME. G23s
Va Carolina Chemical co. pfd....... az
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1IIF, FIRST HOURS TRADING:
The market became rather heavy in
tho first hour and was inclined to sag on
moderate transactions, There was fair
support In places, however and some lines
OF stocks seemed to be rather sold out.
The selling appeared to come principal
ly from the larger traders.
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TIE GOULD STOCKS:

THE GOULD STOCKS:
There was a fairly determined attempt
In the Gould stocks. which met with mix
ed success. The support in Missouri Paci.
fic seemed as good as ever, but Texas and
Pacific looked rather weak. The pres.
sure there was accompanied by reports
of bad weather. and little long stock
came out
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LUGS- ~
1nr pANA ? : S50dgs 500
Ma5I,m dark lugs,..,, 1000 500
Good dark lugs,,....,..',,,n, b.ooP JOY
hc Common and dark leat,.,.... koo@ 500
MnMinm drnIt leaf .,,,,,..,.... 5000 $50
Good dar, leaf ..,.,.,.,......,,. 1000 500
pine dark leaf '...,,.....,. il. O0GD 2.00
Nntra fine dark leaf ,...,.,...,. lt6OGp Is. 90
Hack warmers ..........,..... l6.20@ 1000
BRIGHT TOBACcos.
S $sSi5% D,;.5t 1853 1853 s sss
Good ,....,.......,.,...,. 1000 800
LEAF, i, c,e,. q ~
Common cutters .....,,,..,,,,.S d cog, S' 96
Good cutters .,,,..,,,,,,"', SVVU Lew
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TOBACCO MARKET.

Richmond, Va. May 16. 1903
The quotations Of the Richmond tobacco
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RICHMOND STOCK MARKET.
Richmond. Va, May 1e, 1903.

SALES.
Virginia Centuries-s3O0 at SIX; Slo,OOO at
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Cotton futures opened steady and closed

Spot cotton, closed quiet, 10 points lower;
mIddling upiands, 1910; middling gulf,
1865; sales, 1893 bales.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-09
Couldn't BE Eriuhtened.

The late Paul du Chaillu was a
man of indomitable bravery, says the
Kansas City Journal. Nothing per-
turbed him. In the most desperate
crisis his air was calm and somewhat
humorous.
One Of the veteran conductors OF
the Pennsylvania railroad said of him
on the announcement Of his death:
Mr.. Du Chaillu was a man whom you
couldn't frighten. Danger seemed to
enliven him. I'll never forget a ride
he once took with me. He sat in the
last a Of the train, a parlor car, and
we anne near having a rear-end col.
lision.
"Mr. Du Chaillu, from his seat, could
see the other train approaching us
could see that a collision was pretty
near inevitable. He said to me, as
took my stand beside him:
conductor, have you got a piece
of chalk?
What on earth, SIR / asked, dc
you want with a piece Of chalk now?
Why, it looks he answered, al
If our legs and arms would be flying
about in a little while. and I think 4
would be a good thing to mark then
SO that we may identity them later
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-09
Evils Of the Laws Delay.

fFrom the New Orleans Pieayune.)
1t is not too much 10 say that the
laws delay and the laws uncertainty
and u~nreliability are al the bottom Of
all lynching. Lynching should be re-
garded by the ministers Of justice not
as a mere act Of lawless violence and
mob fer0city. but as an Indictment
for inefnciency Of the machinery Of
the law and its failure to protect so
ciety. Ii is common for certain classes
of every community to pour out pious
indignation upon the lynchers, and to
demand that they be brought to pun
ishment for their outrages against the
statutes and the peace a dndignity OF
the state and the majesty Of the law.
But nobody raises a voice to demand
that the law be made truly majestic
through the swiftness, sternness and
promptness with which criminals are
punished, and the sufficiency and thor
oughness with which society is pro.
tected and the peace and dignity of the
state are preserved. When a criminal
gets into the custody of the law he
is likely to stay there for months and
even years, before punishment, II
ever, is visited upon him.