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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-21
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL.
Instead of "BuIl Pens," Mean Much for
 Growth and Progress.

While New lork ts 'LIeu up in dis aslious 1uiiulns -traue LrvuDAes. WuIIe CoIulauo W dses ciElL war In winch DoIn s4ues trampAe upon tho law, ana While tAe meat trade ot the country Is d sLurm centre UL rIoting ana uloodsneu, a sense uI contrast Is StGorueu by read lhS Deputy Consul Meyer $ account, Jusc published by Nhe state Depart many. ..
 Compared with the United States Germany might seem ot have a small mining interest. Yet Prussia aicne now has ten mining schools with two- years courses and Iorty-three prepara- tory schools. Two thousand pupils are in attendance and every one of them has had before beginning his studies at least two years practical experience in the mines at manual work
 It Is not strange that many foreign CTS come to attend these German min ing schools. The oldest and best known-that in Clausthal-has thirty two foreign students to two hundred Germany; and four of these come all the way from the United States. Russia sends eight, Japan and South America smaller numbers.
 Says MT. Meyer of the work of these technical schools:l The work is characterized by those winning ouali ties of system and throughness which nave made German educa tiOn famous throughout the world. These profess sional schools are Germany's most powerful weapons in meeting foreign competition. In them. as in the admir- able and numerous engineering schools. Is to be found thesecret of the recent marvellous development of the enpire's . Iron industry. From the time the ore Is taken from the ground until the completed machine is placed upon the foreign market the iron passes through clever hands which work with the un- erring skill of science and with tbs close econo.ny of practical training
 One practical result of the 0erna n industrial growth hits tha r-ritad States hard.
 In 1882 2os5S5 Germans left their country. most of them conin- to inc Tinted States, which their labor and lntelligencc have preotl. inrichea. Tn 1901. out of a vastly larqar nnoriatfon nnlv ''.H72 eo,iera 'ad The peon,o ore r"ad"d nt "0mn. and there Is consider- nhio tm7' . 'tion into Germany itself rf'"f'r "f 'N'"s nnd tsilans
 S0 noorhed has haen the erovtr, in 'rdnst~'Hl ro~U'N|io0 thot tho huilAi,, e. ~ ""''' h0"-'"~ for 'No~n ia oI-,oqt C-or- """"'s "hi"f Eo0i~i r~oh1nrn And '"h'7 hu'lairg q trades are 'dead-Ioc,sad '. " Naw V"~lC. Ceru'n, +oyvns o~a ar fi"c'' hr'din" -1odoI +ona-,onts ac5 @"ode' no+t"pcs For tho heoIthr- hops- Ing of their working noople.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-21
''The Nigger in the Woodpile. !"

Clubs can no longer rely on profit from their bars and wine rooms to pay a large part of their expenses. An i'm moderate drinker has become a marked man in club. Drunkenness Is dis reputable.
 Wall Street has the name of being a special seat of demand for cocktails. Actually 1t is very temperate quarter. A broker needs to keep his wits about him. He cannot afford to fuddle his head with alcohol. And so 1t is in business generally The strain of modern competition compels sobriety in those who would stand up against It. reputation for sobriety is neces- sary capital tor every man who has temperance Is more than ever bar to getting and keeping employment, and there is less tolerance for 1t.
 . It is true that the report of the Police Department of New York for last year shows that about 30 per cent. of the arrests were for intoxication; but the probable explanation is that the offence is more sharply dealt with than formerly; 1t stands out more con- to encounter a drunken person in the streets-a sight so frequent in Eng fish cities. Neither do we see here the rags and tatters which bear wit ness to the prevalence of sodden drunkenness in those towns.
 The present tendency is toward tenn perance; and the preachers who have brought 1t to pass are not the profess sional temperance reformers, but good sense and the better and more exIen- slve recognition by the people of the fact that men must keep sober to pre- serve the decent reputation which is necessary to their getting along in life.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-21
WAR IN STEEL NOW ON
GATES'S COMPANY CUTS PRICES AND MORGAN IS HARD HIT.
The Worlds Greatest Corporation Promptly Meets Aggressive Move
 -"Open Market" Now

The Worlds Greatest Corporation Promptly Meets Aggressive Move -"Open Market" Now
 Predicted.
 New York Special to Baltimore Sun.
 What Wall Street takes to be the opening shot in a great trade war was fired today by the United States Steel Corporation, which announced drastic cuts in the prices of all wire products.
 According to Pittsburg advices according to grade. but the informa- tion which came to the local steel men put the price reduction somewhat lower.
 The war which has thus begun is a direct result of the Republic Iron and Steel Company having made a contract few days ago for the conversion for the Pittsburg Steel Company of 11O,- 900 tons of Bessemer pig iron into steel billets at a rate to bring the cost of the billets s4 ton under the regular pool price of s23.
 All the other companies in the Billet Association. which Is the formal name for the steel billet pool, have been an- gered by the action of the Republic Company. The United States Steel Corporation has been particularly in- terested, because 1t Is the biggest manufacturer of steel products in the country. There have been rumors for week that in some way the trouble was to be fixed up and that no de- moralization in the trade would en- sure, after all.
 John W. Gates is one of the chief owners of the Republic Company, and this fact has made the action of that company particularly disturbing to Wall Street, which has recalled the way in which the American Steel and Wire Company, in which MT Gates was formerly the chief interest, brought about a trade war in the spring of 1900. There was a meeting of the finance committee of the United States Steel Corporation in this city yesterday, at which, 1t is understood, the cuts Tn wire billets were decided on. The inn portance of the meeting was shown by the fact that George w. Perkins, chair man of the Finance Committee, came all the way from the White Mountains to attend 1t. P. A. B. Widener also came on to attend the meeting. The normal output yearly of wire products by the Steel Corporation is about 100000 tons. so that this re- duction can be figured as cutting down the gross income of the subsidiary companies of the corporation which manufactured this, class of product all the way from $4,000,000 to ~S1 9 ,00O, 900 year. Wire products include cut nails, barbed wire and meshing and wire nails.
 Wall Street now books for an open market to be declared in steel products all along the line, and would not be surprised to hear of the dissolution of the pools that have been in control of prices.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-21
Believe In Yourself.


 Few things are more important and valuable in the equipment Ur character few things nave so much to uo wltn the achieving ot success Tn any ealing or profession as a belief on one sell. Many men and women have been doomed to lite for beIoW the IliSl or that for which they wore naturally tt- ted. to a discouraged, fruitIess, wretch ed existence, simply because they have been impressed m their childhood by parents, teachers. and often by preach- . CTS, with the belief that they were nothing but worms of the dust: be- cause they were taught that aspirations to rise above their station were fool ish dreams, and that submissivpucss to circumstances, no matter whut they might be. was the first law of existence Under such teaching in the home and the pulpit. impressed at the outset that they were born to be Robidies and that 1t was a sin to try 10 be anything else. it is not surprising that many thus taught should sink 10 the level of ser vile and spiritless drudges, never req liziug their own gifts and powers with out initiative, never venturinR. never daring anything !n thalr own behalf. at the foot of every ladder. at the cali of every master. the submissive and un- protesting creatures Of every untoward circumstance.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-21
The Tendency rownrds Temperance.

New York Sun.
 It seems that large English wine importing company reports a notable dlminution in its sales of wine during the last year. more particularly cham pagne and claret. This reduction Is attributed to various causes. It Is said to be due to the shortness of classes' to the present fashion of drinking whiskey and soda at dinners rather than champagne. and to the de- cline of claret in favor.
 These causes may have contributed to the result. but the main and most potent cause is less drinking in the classes from which especially comes the demand for expensive wines. Dim ners of the more elaborate sort, which used to last for several hours, with a long list of wines on the bill of fare, have now been cut down to about an hour only, and the quantity of wines consumed is reduced greatly. This change of custom has taken place both in England and this country and It's effects on the wine trade must have been very consIderable.-
 It Is u temperance movement of which good sense rather than any moral conviction is the impulse. It Is fiuence of enlightenment, and of bet ter understanding of the evil effects of gorging, either with food or with drink. Dinner tables are no longer overloaded with food. and the guests are treated as reasonable beings who do not want to be surfeited.
 A like disposition to keep within the restraints of temperance extends to all self-respecting men throughout society.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-21
.An rcoNonrc ,rupplr.

A tnors curious case of muadls. mind. sdhess we have rarely encountered than that of . retired army ofacer who has attempted in the columns of The New York Tribune to defend the Republican Party against the charge of militarism. This oficer who is described in The rfibune as | careful military and con- servativS political student. says the
 most cursory examination of the facts will convince any mind that the army is source of inestimable benefit in a commercial ana economical way. He goes on to enumerate how many thous- ands are employed in making guns of every kind for use by soldiers; how many thousands in making clothes and how many thousands in fatsing the crops aud producing the food on which the men and horses subsist. Then there is the camp equipment of tents. steel and iron for wagons, carts and ambulances. To cap the climan he coptends the standard of living and the rate of wages have been raised by sAAVt S04ooeAkOo eAA8S AOVu uYOM tuo dP~ prcpriations made to support the army.
 If all this is true the Democrats are foolish indeed in complaining at the growing size of our military establish- lment and its enormous responsiveness. The inquiry is natural enough. how ever. If a big army Is such great pro- ducer of wealth. why not double or quadrupls its size and get rich all the faster. The Americah people have been ignoranuy negiectins. 1t would seem, a wonderful chance made ready to hand of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice. Germany is on the right road. With a standing army of a million men that she is supporting in barracks and in camps, these men all unwittinsly to themselves and the Ger man working man are actually the source of prosperity of the Teu.onio Empire.
 Yet again if an army in peace by its needs and its consumption engenders Ia higher degree of prosperity. why not get to war and by an indefinite en- 1argewent of army wants and an indef- mite increase of army consumption mul- tiply wealth in a marvellous way. Eng land must be the richer for her so- called exhausting struggle with the Boers. Russia is mistaken in passing her hat around through the Bourses of Europe, begging for another loan. Her real need is bigger army to set the wheels of industry whirring. If ob- jectfon is made to the bloodiness of war, we can remain at peace and by putting every other man in. the army and compelling the alternate man to labor to support the soldier, the secret of Fl Dorado will have been discov- cred.
 There is a story told of the Japanese soon after they decided to fearn and practice the ways of the great world around them, that their frail wooden structures erected close together had caused frequent and disastrous fires. On a hint some fire engines were im- ported and fires became less destruct- i've. Carpenters studied the situation and concluded that fire sengines were an enemy to business. and they petitioned the Government to send the machines out of the country
 The retired army officer speaking in The Tribune and the Japanese carpen- ter of fifty years ago are men of like wisdom. like perspicacity.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-21
Need of "a wIde-Awake Campaign,


 Let It be remembered that the win ning or Illinois and Wisconsin for a Democratic Presidential nominee is by no means a batter of ancient history. Grover Cleveland oiled up maiorities in Illnols and Wisconsin. How was it swer: "i
 The carving of Illinois and wiscon- sin TOT MT, Cleveland was not happy accident' It was the result Of careful calculation and intelligent, thorough work.
 Right in those five lines is the sharp est and best kind ot a hint for any Democratic mnnager who is inclinad to make concessions Nor does the sug- gestion come from Nnv wildcat or ovmr ontimist" sheet. From tho heriopirg of the camnoiPr tiIl vow The world hos comma nd"d ronaIenco bv its dn' liherote. cool-hoHded discussions cs nero"raic rrosnccts Y hoe v,or,oi, the Democracy against hetnq too sure And It has shown eoual iudgement fin niercinR the bubble of Republican bra gl i gadocio.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-21
4 KANSAS FREAK.

We can always depend on Kansas to go the limit in the freak line. No mat ter whether it Is Q politician of the Simpson brand or female freak like Carrie Nation, the sample is pretty sure to be a good one The latest one brought to our knowledge is a turtle exploited by The wichita Eagle. The description of 1t begins by saying that 'it Is as broad as two washtubs set side by side." which is really not very definite, for we believe there Is no fixed | sise for tubs. but at any rate the measurement is near enough to prove that the turtle was broad across the back.
 Then we are assured that 1t was barely three inches thick. which is en- tirely out of all goportion. so far as our natural history knowledge makes good. That. however, is only one ele- meht of freakishness in this specimen. Another was the tongue. which, we are assured, was more than ten inches in length, split squarely in the middle" That, also. is rather confusing, for long tongue is not one of the attach uents of the ordinary turtle. and when 1t is split squarely in the middle" it rather muddles us. turtle with tongue ten inches long is bad enough, but when 1t has a pair Of 'em the ef- feet Is somewhat straining.
 But that isn't all, for we are assured that its eyes were underneath its head, instead of at the top or sides. and un- less the thing had turned its head up- side down when the reporter saw 1t we know of no way to account for that feature of the freak. Possibly, being so broad and thin. 1t floats on top of the water and needs eyes on its un- derside to see where 1t can catch a fish. The additional statement that the an- imal was half green and half white adds but little to It's freakish charac- ter. The only, wonder is that we are not assured that it could whistle. That is about all that is lacking.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-21

{ The Advertiser calls special attention xo its letters from the Panama Canal None. One was published last Sunday and another appears today. They are prepared with great care and relate principally to the sanitary situation lthere. It will take several more to Gomplete the series. Our correspond lent has been assisted in securing in- Formation by Dr. Claude c. Pierce of the United States Marine Hospital Corps, who ranks as Assistant Surgeon. lDr. Pierce was sent to the Isthmus in yanuary last to mako an Investigation lpf the sanitary conditions and to keep h record of mortality statistics and
 uuartinable cases. pr. Pierce was the afrst member of the sanitary corps on hhe ground. The secession was on No- Member g.. and he was detailed to the swork in December.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-21
SUNDAY, AUGUST 21, 1904.
THOMAS JEFFERSON AND SENATOR
 H0AR.

In 1921 Jefferson wrote of the slaves sn Virginia; and how, in forming the State Government he favored their gradual emancipation and deportation, and then continues as follows:
 1 But it was found that the public mind would not yet bear the proposi- kion, nor will it bear it even at this lday. Yet the day is not distant when twill follow. Nothing is more certain ly written in the book of fate than that these people are to be free; nor is 1t pess certain that the two races, equally Hree, cannot live in the same govern lment. ."-Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Nol. 1, page F.
 Two things certain" are asserted in khe above proposition of Jefferson. The Eonfederate States denied the first, and how President Roosevelt and his fol- flowing are disputing the last.
 MT. Hoar, the great Senator from Massachusetts. now dying at his home an Worcester, had the most devoted ad- hmiration for the wisdom of Mir. Jeffer- kon. In the Special Introduction" of Ethe writings of the greatest of the Btatesmen of Virginia, Senator Hoar bhas written this paragraph:
 q remember in my youth that bril- Hiant man undertook with some success Ito criticise Daniel WebsteE although 1t Twas a rather audacious attempt. He Represents MT. Webster as saying:
 The common opinion in the East bern Hemisphere Is so and so.' I differ lfrom this Eastern Hemisphere.
 That was not so unreasonable thing ldor Daniel Webster to say But. If Thomas Jefferson had said 1t. 1t would tDccur to no man that 1t was either lextravagant or presumptuous. Thomas lJefferson was one of those men who Iran differ from hemispheres. from gem jerations, from administrations, and i1rom centuries. with the perfect assur- lance that on any question of liberty Iand righteousness. if the opinion of lThomas Jefferson stand on one side and Ithe opinion of mankind on the other, lthe world will. in the end, come around No his way of thinking.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-21

tent as they will otherwise do. The Democrats can't get any electoral votes there. but can have some good sport keeping them busy. The election in these two States for State officers and Congressmen comes of next month and # the usual Republican majority is re. duoed 1t will inspire Democrats from one end of the Union to the other.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-21
Another Indcpendant Paper for Parker.

An independant newspaper cannot be neutral in a Presidential contest. Dur ing the last two campaigns the Herald long as the silver question remained there was no other course. This year that fantasy-which once afflicted both parties-has been happily eliminated by the bold and enlightened action of the Democratic candidate. And when the party is able to offer us a platform and a ticket full of sound. sensible Ameri- canisrn It is our duty to support 1t and to do all we can oroll up a great ma jOrity in November
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-21
Should Condemn It.

Birminghas Age-HeraId.
 The extravaganco alone of the Roosevelt administration should con- demn it. It cannot plead that the times are hard. for the "times" arose under Republican sway and Dingley- ism. It would by such a plea con- demn itself. It must in other words face the figures of extravaganza and deflicts, and those figures should be presented on all occasions, as the in- evitable results of the Republican twins. Extravagance and Dingleyism.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-21

The latest freak in the way of a the atrical performance is announced to be in preparation in Boston. Most of the scenes are laid outside or beyond the earth, and the principal characters are dead ones. including Poe, Burr and oth- CTS. To give 1t local flavor they ought to ring in a few dead Indians.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-21
Speaking of Missouri political condi- tions The Philadelphia Record puts the argument in a nutshell by saying:

tions The Philadelphia Record puts the argument in a nutshell by saying:
 We do not believe that there Nare enough dishonest Democrats in Mis- souri to enable the Republicans to elect Walbridge. But If that should be effected. then the Republican Governor would owe his election to the rascals of the Democratic Party, and 1t would be impossible for him to turn around and fight the men without whose help he could not have been elected. Tho Re- publicans are seeking an alliance with the boodlers.
 The Advertiser has all along con- tended that, no matter how honest may bc the intentions of Walbridge. he can not live up to them if elected. He will owe his election to the poodle elements of both parties and he can neither shake them off nor clear himself of the odium of their support.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-21
The ReasOn of It,

Hartford Journal.
 that the reason Judge Parker bathes in the Hudson river Is that he Is too stingy to buy bath tub. Probably the reason Teddy does not bathe in the Potomac Is that the people down stream object,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-21
A Healthy Effect.

INOCtdW AuVOCdte.
 Some of our leading papers are ad- vocating the reviving of the whipping post for wife beaters. The restora- tion of that method of punishment for wife beating and for some other crimes would have q healthy effect and Is an excellent suggestion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-21
A Sure Type.

DOtNan bI1tIHBS.
 The Haleburg correspondent to the Abbeville Times says that smallpox Is playing h--I in that eyicinity," but says that it is a mild form. We cant imag- inc what severe type would do.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-21

i The Chicago Chronicle takes Cover hor vardaman as a text from which ho preach characteristically abusive ar- ticles about the South and the people bf the South. vardaman himself is merely an excuse which is taken ad- vantage of by one of the most vindict- Eve and unscrupuluous South -haters how in the newspaper field
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-21

The new York Evening Mail argues that. having conceded that 1t is futile to fight the gold standard. the Demo- crats should admit the whole case and say that 1t is useless to Hght any other Republican policy" and declares that "that Is really the situation" Then 1t adds:
 It would save a great deal of useless agitation and fervid stump-speaking, therefore, if the Democratic National Comuittee were to acknowledge frank ly that its purpose Is not to substitute new national pplicies for present ones. but rather to capture the offices for Parker and his fellow Democrats.
 We'll. if 1t comes to that why should not the Republicans admit that all they want Is to keep the offices for them seives7 That. also. would save a great deal of argument. The statement, in effect, that Democrats do not object to any of the Republican policies. and would not change any of them, is so absurd as to be almost amusing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-21
The Savannah News approves

The Savannah News approves the re- ported statement of Chairman Taggart that the Democrats Twill probably not invade Vermont and Maine." The News declares that "the needlessness of wasting Democratic money and the time of speakers In the two States named is almost a political axiom"
 We are not sure of the sound policy of that plan. One of the notices acted oa at the old Donnybrook Fairs was about like this: ''whiniver ye see a head stickin' up stroike it." and that Is good plan in politics. It is true that those States are hopelessly Repub- lican-ridden, but that is not a good req
 son for failing to stir 'eu up when op- portunity offers. If 1t does no other good 1t will keep them from helping their trtands elsewhere to such an ex-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-21
Even old Abdul.
Cu1lnan

CuIImun DefnUCTdt.
 Even ole Abdul Hanid should be ai- lowed to Choose his own associates. Probably he has heard of Beaver, Ma chen and Heath and is afraid that the Republican grating may extend to the harem.