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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-03
LOCAL FINANCIAL MARKET.
BANK CLEARINGS.

The following are the bank clear
ings for the five days ending June ..
and for the corresponding time last
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-03

compound. in tierces, &c; 5O-nounS
tins and S0-pound tubs. 6Ac:
AiiscellaneOus.
FISH-Mackerel. haIf-barreIs. M
$1,000: No. 2. $3.50; No. 5. $500. E,,s
No. !. $40; No. 2. $3.50; No. a IN:
goldfish, l-pound bricks. &C; 2-poIns
bricks. 5zsc: smoked herrings. per box.
lsgzoe' Dutch behring's. In kegs, 10:
SYRUP-Market quiet; Geor0,. a,a
Florida syrup buying at 22a2sc: SELL
ing al 269275ac; sugar house al isiLm
iec. WV
HIGH WINES Basis. ti.2s.
hoNEn-Fair demand, strained. In
barrels. 46e gallon. ~
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-03

Tone-Dull and nominal.
Sales, 1874.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-19

ened almost Indefinitely. Millions of whir-
ring factory wheels would have to stop
running for lack of raw material II. for
any reason, the corn crop utterly failed,
and millions upon millions of operators
would be out of work.
Out on the wide. treeless plains of the
west in Kansas and Nebraska, it was the
custom. until recent years, to burn corn for
fuel. In many places when 1t was down to
ten or fifteen cents a bushel. it was cheap
er to grow it for this purpose than to trans
port any other kind of fuel that was avail
able. A hundred bushels were reckoned
equal in heating power to cord of the
best hard wood. But corn has ceased to be
used for this purpose, even on the western
prairies, since it's rise in price in recent
years.
Problem of Transportation.
More than with most other crops. the
problem of transportation plays a supreme
ly important part in the calculations Of
the American corn grower and corn buyer.
A bushel of corn has usually to be carried
many hundreds of miles by railway before
1t can be put on lake steamer at Duluth
or an ocean-going vessel at one of the ports
on the Atlantic or the Pacific seaboard
And then it has to be transported thou
sands of miles to the markets of Europe or
the far east, as the case may be. 1t may
well happen that before 1t reaches its des-
tination the original price of the bushel has
been more than doubled by the cost of
transportation.
At San Francisco an immense shipping
l. required every year to carry away the
corn crop that comes pouring into that busy
city. The available tonnage varies largely
from year to year, and there is annually
much speculation there, which turns main
ly on the rates of freight. These vary with
the supply, in some years, all the way from
81 to $14 ton; and great fortunes may be
lost or made in a day in San Francisco
simply by specializing in the perplexing
problem of the transportation of corn.
Hundreds of Varieties.
1t Is not generally known that there are
more than three hundred varieties of corn,
and that they differ among themselves more
than those of any other cereal. Some come
months. Some are many feet high as
others are inches; some have kernels eleven
times larger than others. But of all these
varieties only three are common and wide
ly grown-the Flint east of Lake Erie
and north of Maryland; the Dent" south
and west of those points, and the "Hore
with the Dent"
Green corn, the great American deli
cacy of today, was a most important ar
ticle of food among the North American
Indians in their prime. and many tribes
celebrated its season by religious festivals
and elaborate thanksgiving ceremonials.
The white American of today only follows
day in giving thanks for corn first and
foremost of all the fruits of the earth.
Corn is still, as it was then, the bulwark
of the social order the handspring of in
oustry, the creator and sustainer of civili-
cation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-19

for Its corn crop than the combined rev.
enues of all the Latin-American govern
ments except the four most important ones
Mexico. Chile. Argentina and Brazil
Take the sixteen sovereign republics of
Hayti. Santo Domingo Salvador, Costa
Rica, Honduras, Guatemala Nicaragua,
Colombia. Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru. Uru-
quay, Paraguay. Bolivia, Cuba and Pam
anna, and you will find that their national
revenues do not exceed seventy millions or
dollars annually. Illinois gets twenty-five
millions of dollars more for her corn crop.
Of Recent Creation.
And 1t must be remembered that all this
vast wealth is of recent creation. AS late
as 1859 the United States imported corn
from England. but the great extension Of
maize growing in the middle west and the
south soon made that forever impossible
again. BY 1879 Illinois was producing 105
bushels per head of it's population. and
since then the corn production has in
creased by leaps and bounds. Wyoming
now comes lowest on the list of the states
and territories in the matter of corn It's
crop in 1903 amounted to the mere trif1e
of 5is4 bushels. but that was larger than
the production of many of the sovereign
powers of Europe
Illinois. Iowa. Kansas, Nebraska Indiana,
Missouri and Ohio are the greatest corn
producing states: but it must be borne in
mind that the corn crop. apart even from
its food value and its Importance as a
ereign consideration in manufacturing CEN
ters throughout this broad land. 1t has
been well said that corn permeateS the
industrial fabric" 1t furnishes the raw
material for a thousand industries. 1t is
used i'll the building of battleship and in
the making of a child's rubber ball. There
is staple of which the by-products are
more numerous and valuable.
Nearly all of the long array of breakfast
foods. served to us in so many DISCUSSES
nowadays. consist in reality of corn. So do
an infinite number of jellies meals.
starches, syrupS, caramels, gumdrops and
other eatables. into which glucose, starch
and other properties of corn largely enter.
Cellulose. which is a by-prOduct of corn,
is used for packing the coffer-dams of bat
tie ships. and the navies of the world would
find 1t hard to get along without 1t or to get
equally satisfactory substitute. The
wine and beer trades depend upon corn
for their raw material to an extent that
would surprise the layman. Terminated
has not heard of the famous go whisky?"
Americans have carried it right round the
globe, like the corncob pipe.
Obtained From Corn.
When the doctor prescribes medicine for
you. 1t is a safe bet that large proportion
of the ingredients come from corn. When
you ride your automobile or your cycle you
are under an obligation to the corn crop
for a composition of rubber Is now made
from corn. and is largely used in place of
the real article from the forests of South
America. When you buy a gaily-colored
shirt or print frOck you may be pretty
sure that the coloring matter for it has been
obtained from corn.
The list of by-products might be length
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-19

OF all the fruits of the earth and the
blessings of Providence for which a good
American gives thanks on the day appoint
ed by the chief executive, corn ranks first
and foremost 1t Is the greatest of Ameri-
can crops the typical American crop. On
corn the prosperity of the United States de-
ponds in a larger measure than 1t does
upon any other single article. Corn vital
ICES thousand Industries and affects in
some degree almost every nerve and sinew
of the commonwealth.
If the corn crop is bad Thanksgiving day
seems a hollow mockery to millions; If it is
good Thanksgiving day Is the heartiest of
festivals.
1t may well be so. The corn crop of 19O2
throughout the United States amounted to
2.523. GAS. 900 bushels; while the corn crop of
all the rest of the world put together only
totaled $50, 162. 900 bushels This is the latest
comparison available, the statistics of the
corn crop of 1903 for the world, exclusive of
America. not having been compiled.
The state of Illinois-the greatest corn-i
growing state In the Union-alone pro
duced during 1902 a great deal more than
half as much corn as the whole of Europe
namely. 26i .i31 bushels, as compared
with i22. $40 900 bushels. The total produc
tion of South America, Africa and Aus
tralasia not much more than half Of
that of Illinois. Australasia produced
1871 900 bushels. No fewer than twenty-six
American states and two territories indi-
vdually did better than that
The American corn crop of 1903 was har
vested from over eighty-eight millions of
acres. or 13I 800 square miles. This area is
much larger than the whole of Great Brit
ain. or Italy and Greece put together, and
more than twice large as European
Turkey.
Worth Nearly a Billion.
The value of the 1903 crop was estimated
by the Department of Agriculture at close
a billion dollars, but that only the
direct value of the crop when harvested and
sold or awaiting sale in the farmers hands.
1t took no account of the many other uses
TO which corn Is put. For example, the live
stock industry of the United States, which,
with all its countless ramifications, is by
far the greatest industry of Its kind In
the world, is very largely dependent on the
corn crop. 1t has been estimated that over
five million sheep and twelve million beef
steers are fattened in the great corn belt
which has Springfield Ill, for its center.
And then there chickens, hogs and
dairy cows innumerable.
Illinois corn last year was worth more
than ninety-fve millions of dollarS-about
one-tenth of the value of the crop, and
about $40 for every man. woman and child
in the state. Iowa came next with crop
worth over $S1 900. That Is more than
the national revenue Of either Austria
Hungary, China, Canada. Belgium or the
whole of the British colonies, excluding
Canada India and Australasia. 1t far ex-
ceeds the combined revenue of Sweden
Switzerland and Norway.
The state of Illinois gets far more money
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-19
INDIANS IN CANADA
They Appear to Be Increasing
in Number.
GET FAIR TREATMENT
ADAPT THEMSELVES TO THE
WAYS OF CIVILIZATION.
MANY Own Farms and Have Plenty OF
Horses and Cattle-Work
on the Railroads.
Written for The Evening Star by Cy warman.

Written for The Evening Star by Cy Warman
Copyright, 1904. by Cy WarmanD
II Is an interesting fact that while Lo. the
moor Indian. is passing in the republic, the
Indian population of Canada is increasing
In 1902 the net increase In Indians resident
I'm Canada under treaty was l5l, ali. In the
previous year l46. This, too, in spite or the
loss by drowning OF the head CHEZ OF the
Kvukaht band in British Columbia and
twenty-one of the leading men OF that
tribe and Notwithstanding the ravages OF
malignant measles among the indian chii-
dren in Manitoba and the Northwest terrl-
tories. of whooping cough in Ontario and
tuberculosis among all the tribes. Inc
last-named disease, owing to improved san
itary arrangements, Is not now so preYa-
lent as II once was.
Canada has been kind and considerable to
her Indian population. and her manage
ment of almost every type of aboriginal
has been eminently successful. Tho In
dams have been encouraged to go on re-
serves and to settle down and make liv-
ing for themselves as do other Canadians
In each district the department OF Indian
affairs employs agents whose special duty
IL rs to encourage the red men In the Gull
tivation of the soil and In following other
Industrial pursuits; to protect them In their
rights in regard to their lands, timber, ETC.
to induce them to send their children to
school. and in every way to aid them to
become self-supporting. The dominion
government has enacted and enforces with
rigor a law to prevent the sale of fntoxi-
cants TO the Indians, under pain of severe
punishment for the seller. The money re-
ceiyed from the sale of their land and TIM
Der is funded for their benefit, and the in
terest regularly paid. or the total Indian
population more than three-fourths are I'M
der treaty with the government. and re-
ceive small annuities in money as well as
needed help to establish themselves as
farmers fruit growers fishermen. etc.
Cattle and Horse Owners.
The Indians in the older parts of On
tario have made decided advances as agri-
culturists. and some of their reserves are
managed with an intelligence that is not
excelled by their white neighbors Their
annual fairs are interesting features of
country life In Canada Even In Manitoba.
where until recently few of the tribes could
be induced to engage In farming. cattle
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-19
THE SUGGESTION ACCEPTED.
That the Peace Conference Be Recon-
vened at The Hague.

The government of the Netherlands has
formally advised Secretary Hay that 1t
I,ladly accepts the suggestion that the peace
conference be reconvened at The Hague. So
far no formal acceptance of the United
States invitation in it's full breadth has
been received, but IL is stated that nearly
al of the European powers already nave
indicated through their representatives
here or the United States ambassadors and
ministers abroad that they accept the Pres
ident's invitation In principle, leaving to
future negotiations the arrangement of the
lions to be placed upon Its work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-19
Becoming More Civilized.

With each succeeding generation the
Canadian Irdian takes more kindly to-
civilization and is adapting himself in
marvellous manner to Its requirements.
Criminal returns show that, generally
speaking. he is well behaved. The law
forbidding the sale of liquor to Indians
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-19
Noted Educator Dead.

The death of DIR. E. b. Fairfield. at Ober-
lin. Ohio is reported He was the Sec
ond chancellor of the University Of
Nebraska. was formerly president of sew
eral colleges. consul at Lyons, France.
under President Harrison. cousin of Stone
wall Jackson, a close friend of Wendell
Phillips and Henry Ward Beecher and one
of the founders of the republican party. He
lived at Hilisdale. Mich. when the party
was organized, and was president of Hills
dale College for tgenty-one years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-19
SUPPORT OF CHILDREN
NO OBLIGATION IN LAW UPON
STEPFATHERS.
Corporation Counsel Suggests Amend
ment to Statute by Special Legisla-
tion-Response to Inquiry.

There is no law in the District recurring
a stepfather to support his stepchildren,
nor is stepfather required at common
law to provide such support, according to
an opinion submitted to the Commission
ers today by Corporation Counsel A. B.
Duvall. The corporation counsel is also of
the opinion that 1t would not be advisable
to secure legislation making it incumbent
upon stepfathers to support their step
children.
The opinion of the corporation counsel
was given in response to a communication
from Mrs John Milton Gitterman Of the
northeast conference Of the Associated
Charities, dated June 20 last. The uues-
ton has been under consideration by Mr.
Duvall since the latter part Of June Mrs
Gitterman stated she understood there
was no law in the District which compels
their stepchildren, and she suggested that
it might be advisable to secure legislation
On the matter.
Mr.. Duvalls Views.
The opinion of Mr.. Duvall states, in part:
AT common law a stepfather was not
required to support his stepchildren. There
is no statutory provision requiring such
support in the District of Columbia, and,
so far as l am aware, none exists in the
states.
by section of the act of Congress to
enlarge the powers Of the courts of the
District of Columbia in cases involving
delinquent children approved March 8,
1901, 1t is provided as follows:
=" That any person within the District
of Columbia, of sufficient financial ability.
who shall refuse or neglect to provide for
any child under the age of fourteen years,
of which he or she shall be the parent or
guardian, such food clothing and shelter
as will prevent the suffering and secure
the safety of such child, shall ue deemed
guilty of a mfsdemeanor, and upon con-
viction thereof shall be subject to punish
ment by fine of not more than 800, or
by Imprisonment in the workhouse of the
District of Columbia for not more than
three months, or both such fine and i'm
priSonment
This provision, however, relates exclu-
sively to the parent legal guardian of
the minor child"
Mr.. Duvall believes that legislation re-
curing stepfathers to support stepchildren
would stand as an obstacle to the remar-
riage of widows, and this, he believes is
undesirable.
Undesirable Result. hi6
In commenting on the Suggestion, he
says: f., n
while, as suggested by Mrs. Gitterman.
there may be some good reasons for ex-
tending such provision to the children OF
remarked widows In the District Of Co
lumbia, 1t may be that the effect of such
legislation would be to deter such remar-
riages-a result which would be quite unde-
Sirable.
DOUBTLESS there are cases of hardship re-
sulting from the present condition of the
law on the subject, but 1 am rather in
clined to think that legislation on the sub
ject is not advisable.
'If, however, the Commissioners think
otherwise, the aforementioned section
could readily be amended SO as to cover
ca ses of stepchildren-
Commissioner mcfarland has approved
the opinion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-19

Proposed Co-operutiono of Interests.
A caucus of TOO merchants has been call
ed to meet in the banquet hall of the Audi
forum Hotel, on the evening of November
%. to discuss the ways and means of ac-
complishing that purpose, and they mean
business. There will be something to eat
and drink first. then Mayor Harrison. A.
M Compton. George F. Stone and Rev. R.
A. White will explain matters.
This movement has been inaugurated by
the National Association of Merchants and
Travellers, which was started nine years
ago. and has been working along without
much ostentation. Recently, however.
there was change of name to the Chicago
Commercial Association, and nearly all OF
the many industrial and mercantile organ
izations of the city have been consolidated
for teamwork. Mr., A. M. Compton of ].
v. Farwell & Co, who has been very active
in the movement, said the other day:
while 1t is true that the political capital
OF our government is located at Washing
ton, the Industrial, commercial, manufac-
turing and agricultural capital should I've
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-19
ADVERTISED LETTERS.

The following is a list Of advertised letters
naming in the Washington %. c. Post-ofhce Sat
uSday, November 49, 1904
To obtain any of these letters the applicant
should call for advertised letters"
Ii not called for within two ~ weeks they Will
be mt TO the Dead Letter Office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-19

The man who committed suicide by
throwing himself into the river at Rich
mond. Va. Tuesday was identified as
William Cross of Caroline county He was
respondent because he was unable to OBJ
tain work.
Three hundred cottages on the Urbana
tOhio) Chautauqua camp grounds were de-
stroyed by fire Thursday. Loss over &c.,
600, and no insurance.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-15

trict- There Is on record an amusing anecdote
Of one Of the early sessions of his court In
those days the courts, in the absence OF a court
house, were held in a tavern, the barroom be-
Ing sometimes divided for this purpose by a pole
The court was solennly assembled on this par
ucular occasion with some Of the most distin-
guished Of the Pennsylvania lawyers in attend
ance.
Among the auditors there was cham
carrier; Pat Leonard by name. who had served
NllA me Judge IN ms surveyor days IN al the
intimate familiarity OF canning our together II
WIG, new territory Tor weeks at = time Pat
MAD evidently found Tom Smith good fellow
ana appreciated his new hOnoTS, although not the
dlS-lltles which the Judge conceived belonged 10
me bench OF Justice. 50 just the Judge was
ABOUT 10 Charge the jury, Pat made his way 10
the further bar secured q bowl OF punch and,
making for the bench with IL in The easy familiar
Here Tom. take beer Of this before you charge
The J4-yt'' The astouished Of Erin WAS in
Stanuy charged with contempt Of court and or
cered 10 the little pCrcheOn Jail rear It hand to
mediate for a few hours on the difference be-
tween a transit and the scales # justice.
In 1T94 Smith succeeded William Bradford as
a Justice OF the supreme Court Of Pennsylvania,
and IN this high Office he rendered eminent ser
vice 10 The State 10 the day Of his death. He
was one Of the most heartily respected and
best beloved Of Pennsylvania jurists. and his
memory is hOnored there still
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-15

presence affected ones senses like the rustic u
slIken pettcoats- Her hair hung long and dark
and shiny over her forehead: ard in her eyes
the yellOwish sleepy CLEAN in those of -
tiger that has been well fed.
SUCH was Mrs Irving ClewOrth, and faithfully
she lives up to her portrait. She ruins her hus-
band, New-YOrk stockbroker. through her ex-
travagance, and steals everything she can get
her hands on, including the fiancG of her one
intimate friend. This poor girl, having lost her
lover, and having nothing else to live for. loses
her senses, too, and wreaks fearful vengeance
the faithless pair, leaving Mr. Irving Cleworth
free to marry Mrs. Cleworths one intimate rich
girl friend, the Scriptural principle that u
her that hath shall be given. If there exists IN
Network or anywhere a society conditioned as
Mrs. Jackson describes that in The Horse
Leechs Daughters" where men turn an evening
reception into junior stock exchange and
wealthy women steal twO-dollar bills from shop
girls, the sooner it is killed off by crazy women
or any other convenient medium the better. The
publishers announce that the story if totally
unlike anything that the author has vet done"
1t is to be hoped that she VIII never do anything
like il again.