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The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-11

cation in existence can bring
about. But the honest purpose of al
these associations and corporate
bodies should be to liberate the cot
ton growers from financial bondage
and to bestow upon them other sub
stantial benefits; therefore, if sucl
is the object, fair and just criticism
can do no harm, and it cannot hurr
to point out the defects which are
seen to exist, in any or all of these
organizations, and have them re
moved. Go to work the right way
and with the right organization
whichever it may be. Consolidate
with it and build to it. The "Ameri.
can Cotton Growers Union" chal.
lenges Investigation, and desires its
system to be brought as near absolute
perfection as human skill and expe.
rience can make it. Whatever de-
fects, if any, are shown to exist in its
plans and operations will be correct
ed. No human production is perfect.
Experience proves that in the course
of time and in consequence of
changes taking place in human af-
fairs, fundamental and statutory
laws have to be abrogated, repealed
or amended, and other provisions
substituted. No one man, no collec-
tive body of men is Supremacy wise,
or good, and it is a mistake to be-
lieve all the wisdom and statesman
ship in this country are confined to
the President of the United States,
his cabinet officers and the two
Houses of Congress. 1t is an error
to believe all the safe, sound business
men of this country are confined to
Wall Street and the cities. 1t is fol-
ly to believe all the genuine piety in
the world is limited to the bishops
and clergy in the churches. And it
is a lamentable weakness to believe
1T is indispensable to the ucces of
a safe, worthy, practical business en-
terprise like a proper organization
of the Southern cotton growers for
their own safety and prosperity, that
it should start out with the name of
an ex-President, or a cabinet officer,
or a Congressman, or a judge of a
court, or a Governor, or a Bishop, or
a big banker, at the head of it. Nay,
the connection of some men belong
ing to these classes, with such an en-
terprise would be a sure precursor to
it's overthrow and ruin. The farmers
feed and clothe the people of the
world. There is no doubt about that.
products furnish immeasurea-
bic quantities of freight for the rail
road and steamship lines over all the
civilized parts of the earth. The
farmers keep things going-there is
doubt about that. And the farm
ers have within their own ranks
enough men of intelligence and en-
Iightened views to devise and put into
successful operation proper ways and
means to prevent them from being
despoiled of the fruits of their labors,
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-11
A GIGANTIC BUSINESS coMBINA-
TON.
An Outline of the Method by Which
American Farmers May Become Per-
manently Prosperous and Independent.
In -FOUR PARrs.-PARr ~

do not carry much weight. Many
farmers cannot hold. These are adj
vised to put their cotton in a bond
ed warehouse whatever that may
mean) and get a certificate from the
warehouseman showing quantity and
quality of the cotton, hen go to a
bank and borrow th~ree-fourths of
the marketable value of the cotton,
giving the bank a note for the
amount of the loan, and deposit the
certificate with the bank as collat-
eral. This arrangement gives the
bank control of forty dollars worth
of cotton to secure their loan of
thirty dollars, with the interest that
may be charged-a very safe and
subtle thing for the banks, but the
good to the farmers who do this, is
too far away to be seen. Now, if
this scheme is carried out, a large
number of cotton growers through
out the entire cotton belt, who can
not hold their cotton, because of
outstanding obligations which must
be met, will be under the necessity
of borrowing, and the debts CON
tracted for the loan, and secured by
the deposit of the certificates as col
lateral, as proposed, will become
payable all over the cotton belt
about the same time. This gives
the banks holding the certificates the
right to enforce payment of their
claims, and the end will be large
quantities of cotton thrown upon
the markets for sale, about the same
time, far in excess of current de-
mands, and a general slump of
prices will follow. To this it may
be replied, the banks will not do
such a thing; that on the contrary
the banks promise to extend pay
ment of the loan from time to time,
indefinitely. What guarantee do the
banks give that they will do this?
And they may not be able, if willing
to do it. Now mark the prediction:
The banks, as a rule, will not give
any such guarantee in writing.
They don't do business that way.
Moreover, bankers are W so
rosperou and happy as when they
are handling with profit large vol
umes of money and property of 9th
er people, without giving anything
in return for the use of it, Under
the plans and management of the
american Cotton Growers Union"
there is no necessity for borrowing
therefore no interest is to be
paid on a loan, and instead of get
ting t~hree-fourths of the value of
his cotton advanced as a loan by a
bank, the cotton grower receives the
full cash value of his cotton, at the
time of the sale; and if he is a
stockholder, he gets in dividends, the
difference between the selling price
to the Union, and its standard price.
There is no ~exaggeration in saying
the american Cotton Growers
Union" will accomplish for South
Bisbee daily review., 1904-06-08
Portage Lake
 IS AGAIN
 Running Drill
DRILL HOLE IS DOWN 300 FEET AND IS IN GOOD FORMATION.
 RECORD MADE.
Drill caved and Had to Be Reamed, Causing Delay in Prospeotins-Indi- cations Are Encouraging Work Win Be Continued.

Sunday afternoon the diamond drill at the Portage Lake was started again after being idle for some time. The drill hole which is down 500 feet caveG a short time ago. and it was necessa- " to get a reamer, which caused de lay. It took considerable time to ge, the drill hole in shape again, but Sun day afternoon the diamonds were at work again. A record for this dis trict was made at the Portage Lake, a hole 700 feet deep being put down by the Funk Brothers in nineteen shifts.
 The formation at the last drawing was lime carrying some sulphide Of copper The drill has cut in several places native copper, and in others seams of rich ore, which are taken by the management as the most encouI- aging indications of the nearness of a permanent ore body.
 The diamond drill has shown up a formation that is considered sufficient reason 10 undertake shaft work. One of the best posted mining men in the southwest recently visited the Portage Lake, and he said that he would advise shaft work at once, as there is abso- lutely no doubt but that the property is valuable one, and that ore will be reached at a workable depth.
 The drill will be kept going until the main body of ore is struck, and then active development work will be started.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-06-08
NOTHING DONE LOCALLY
 TODAY
THE MARKET INACTIVE, BUT PRICES ARE FIRM AT PRES
 ENT QUOTATIONS.
C. & P. HOLDING OWN
Pittsburg & Duluth Wil Be Mining Company August 14-P. 6 D. Being Bought at S31.50-Junction at s19. L. S. & p. Is Now s3o.5o-SaIes Light.
Curb Letter.
tBy Frank J. Graf.)


 Market inactive. The market of a few days past has been inactive, but pr.ces are firm at today's quotations. c. & A. is being bid for at sIvO, little being offered at that price. c. & P. is hold her own at s29.g0. but if We tried to buy up 200 shares we would come closer to s31. L. s. & P. We think a good buy at s30.50. P. & D. is being bought between s31.50 and s32. June tion at s19. We have been informed that P. & D. goes into mining compa- ny on the 14th of August, and will very likely issue stock on the same basis as the L. z. & P, giving two and half shares for the development stock, and give the stockholders the privilege of buying three and one fourth shares. This is certainly the cheapest good development stock that we know of. This stock, when con verted into a mining company, bought at today's figures, will cost you about S1150 per share. It is not ofter you get an opportunity of this kind.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-06-08
Pittsburg & Hecla STRIKES ENTIRELY
 New Formation
NEW ROCK CARRIES LEAD AND SOME COPPER SULPHIDES.
 VERY ENCOURAGING.

Diamond Drill May Be Put On-New Formation to Be Thoroughly Pros pected - Superintendent Is Well Pleased.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-06-08
DIRECTORS MEET.
Santa Rosa Development Go. Meet and Elect Board.
 Special to Review)

Douglas, Tuesday-The first an- nuaI meting of the board of directors of the Santa Rosa Development com pany was held in the Bank Of Doug las last Saturday afternoon. A fa- vorable report of the work done was read by Manager T. A. Rendel. Work had been done at large expense, opening up exceedingly r.ch veins. The following directors were elected for the ensuing year: c. A. Overlook, D. E. Heller, C. O. Et lis, T. A. Rendle. C. B. Bell. W. NJ. Adamson and H. A. Strodthon. For the present no new plans have teen evolved. The development work will be continued on the sane i;Les. T A. Rendle was Te-slec ed manager al the mines
Bisbee daily review., 1904-06-08

The change of formation struck last week in the Pittsburg & Hecla is very encouraging. The new rock is lime carrying lead and stringers of copper sulphide. This change was struck al the last shot fired in the bottom of the shaft. The extent of the new forma- tion is not known. 1t being necessa- ry to timber at the shaft bottom be- fore any more shots could be put in, it will be several days before the forma- tion can be thoroughly prospected.
 MT. Collins, the superintendent of the Pittsburg & Hecla, is very much elated over the change in the shaft. He believes that it is now but a short time before something of value will be struck. He said that a diamond drill may be put Tn soon.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-06-08

Following is the press dispatch emanting from Boston on a recent date: Negotiations are under way here. with Thomas W. Lawton and other copper magnates as the inter- mediaries, for a gigantic combination of the leading copper properties of Amer.ca as the greater Amalgamat- ed company, the deal to include all the present amalgamated copper properties, the United Copper com pany, all the leading Utah properties, including the Utah Consolidated, the Bigham and the United States Min ing. the Greene Consolidated, Shan non, United Verde. Old Dominion and Phdps, Dodge & company s properties in Arizona, with other big scattered mines in California, Wash. ington and British Columbia. The combined capital of all the com panies under negotiation is over $500. .00O.0oO. and their copcer output annually over four hundred million pounds. This is out of a round total of seven hundred millions of pounds annually
 Conferences on the subject are now being held daily, and hard work is being done day and night to har monize conflicting interests. Daily reports are being made to No. 2e Broadway, the headquarter1 of tho Standard Oil Amalgamated clique The deal does not include the Calu met and Hecla companies. but in cludes all the other principal lake properties. An alliance between the Amalgamated. Senator Clark and thu Phelps, Dodge & eompany's interests in Arizona is practically assured A sixteen-million dollar company will buy out Heinze a fifty-millior dollar company the lake properties
 and a third company of forty mil lions capital will take the southwes: ern interests. The Ana gamate' con pany will then increase :ts cap. tai to $500 ,000, 900 to take over the subsidiary companies
Bisbee daily review., 1904-06-08
Man With Big
 Sack, Kidnapped
LAWRENCE PHIFrS FORTH TWENTY MILLIONS TAKES HIS CHILDREN FROM WIPES ROOM WHILE SHE IS ASLEEP
 GOING TO
 EUROPE.

New York, Tuesday.-Law- renee Cowle R5ipps, nephew of Henry Phipps, the original } partner of Andrew Carnegie, } in the steel business and } multi-millionaire of Pitts , burg, took his two children :. from their mothers cusi.'ls this morning while they were } asleep in her room in the Hol- , land house.
 , MT. Phipps, though pursued . by his wife and caught up
 : with in the Pennsylvania D station in Jersey City, escap-
 2 ed with the children after . painful scene.
 2 He declared that his wise
 2 had brought the children to 2 New York intending to take
 2 them to Europe, and Una: ,e
 1: was going to take them back
 2 to his home in Pittsor.g.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-06-08

Tie New Hoist-The new hoist al the Spray is now in place. This hoist is on the same style as the big one and will be used for lowering timber etc. IL is fine piece of machinery
Bisbee daily review., 1904-06-08

Real Estate Msn-Frank Mcguire. of the International Land and Improve ment Co., of Douglas, was in Bisbee yesterday. This company is expect ing to branch out and extend its street car line all over the city.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-06-08

Pitts5urg, Tuss.,ay.--Law- renee c. Phipps, who Is said to
 have Kidnapped his two child
 } ren from z. New York hotel, had not arrived in Pittsburg
 at midnight. so it is said, and
 it is believed he has taken an- other route to Denver, where } he lives most of the year. } He is reputed to be worth
 s20, 0,000,0 900. 3 g . Q e Q . e e e 6 g Q. 2 (
Bisbee daily review., 1904-06-08

Returned Last -Night-Attorney Mer- ritt returned last evening from Tomb stone. where he went on business con nected with this term of court.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-06-08
Warrell n1inin9 District
The Telegram
 THAT DISPOSED of Copper Queen
DISPATCH TURNED OVER MIL LIONS ALL IN A MINUTE AND
 NEVER TOOK 4 BREATH.

Pretty Nearly Everything on Earth, Above the Earth, in the Earth and Under the Earth, Was tc Be Turned Over to Mr. Thomas Law ton-PheIps- Dodge co. Hadn't Been Consulted about Their Little Prop erty.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-06-08

75 cents a line per month in the Business brief. columns of the Review. Tkat'z two and one-half cents a line per day. Can you keep ont of itf
Bisbee daily review., 1904-06-08

Do you want a situation? Quick Employment office is the classified columns of the Review
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-05

Increased attempts on the part of the contractors in this country to evade the alien contract labor law 10 note that despite the dinlinution of immi- grafton there was an increase of 415 in the number rejected as alien contract laborers. This is a much larger num- Der than ever has been excluded from the United States for this cause in any one fiscal year"
 Commissioner Sargent recommends in order to prevent the entry of dis eased persons that the physical exami- nation of aliens be conducted at the ports of authorization. by officers of the United States public health and marine hospital service.
 Commissioner Sargent says he Is i'm pelled to direct attention to the fact that the effective operating cause of violation and attempted violations of the alien contract labor law Is the em- ployer of such labor in this country. To put an end to such offenses, there fore, 1t Is necessary successfully to reach such employers, and by sufi- cient punishment more potent than the mere expulsion or deportation of the alien Induced by them to emigrate hitherto, to deter them from such prac- tices.
 Concerning the persistence with which some of the steamship compa- | nies bring diseased aliens into the country. the Commissioner says this feature of the administration has giv- en the bureau more concern than any other both of its importance as af- fecting the health, or even the life pos sibly of citizens of this country, and because of the apparent determination 10 bring aliens suffering with com municable diseases upon the chance of the latter being able to effect an ent-
 renee. That the law Is being defied oy some of the companies is plain from the fact that 1860 alien passengers thus afflicted were denied admission during the year. It Is but just to say that some of the cases did not reach the possible stage of development un- til after embarkation. but In most in- | stances the agents of the companies with amazing persistence. Ignored the law. as shown by the fact that dur ing the year there has been Imposed | upon them penalties under Section g. -of the act of March 1. 1904, amount ing to $2s.4o0.
 The Commissioner reiterates the statements he made in his last annual report regarding the public evils aris- | ing from the maintenance in this coun- try of colonies of aliens who retain their allegiance to their native coun. l tries and forward to those countries the greater part of their earnings The Commissioner regards these colonies
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-05
FROM FOREIGN LANDS
IMMIGRATION FIGURES FOR THE
 LAST FISCAL YEAR,
Decrease in the Number Admitted to This Country and an Increase in Character and Worldly POs-
 sessions.

Washington, Dec 4.-Immigration to the United States decreased mate rially during the last fiscal year, and it is notable that the moral. intellec- tual and physical qualifications of the Immigrants admitted to this country during the past year are higher than ever heretofore have been chronicled. These are tive salient features of the annual report of Frank P. Sargent Commissioner General of Immigration which was madeblic today.
 fiscal year, S12.S76'aiiens arrived in the United States. of which 5491oo were males and 263.77o females. an increase in the females as compared last year of 1s.s7o. and decrease in the males of 64.046. As respects age, l09,l50 were under 14 years: 657.156 were be- tween 14 and 45 and 46.565 were 45 or over. Of the total number of admit tea immigrants. 3,953 could read, but noA write; 16S.90S could neither read nor write. And 1t Is presumed the re- maining 640,065 could both read and write. It also appears that 103,750 of these aliens had already been to this country, s5,575 brought with them $50 or more each. and sol. .530 brought each less than $50. The total amount of money shown to officers by these S12.- S70 aliens was $2o.S94.3SS. or $4.77s.S70 more than was brought by the S56.076 arrivals of the last year. This fact. says the representative. taken in connection with the countries from which the increases of year under con- alteration came, furnished assurances of marked improvement in the char acter of the more recent immigration. The 2s,451 English immigrants brought with them in the fiscal year 1908, $1,- 405. 365; this year the 41,479 of the same \race brought $2.736.1s2: the 35. 366 Irish last year had $79s.0s2. while the S7,o76 Irish this year showed $1.092,7S1: 71,7s2 German immigrants last year had 3D. 4so.634, this year 74.79o possessed in hand s3,622.675.
 At the various seaports of the United States 1894 aliens were excluded du- ring the year. 4.7ss being paupers: l. ee0 diseased. 35 convicts and 1,50l con- tract laborers.
 Tt is interesting" says Commission. Dr saxEsnt's report. ''as bearing on the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-05
EIlks May Build q Home.

Huntsville, Dec. 4.-(Special)- Huntsville Lodge No. 6sS of the Elks, are seriously considering the question of erecting a home. and 1t appears quite likely that they will decide the matter In the affirmative. Al c. Field was entertained at q supper last night by the lodge. and he advised them to build home at once and to include in their plans a play house and two or three stories so that the home may be good investment and at the same time furnish the city with a firstclass the atre. Annual memQrial services were held by the Elks today. and an attract i've program was rendered. consisting of an invocation by Rev. W. N. Clay brooke, song by Miss Louise Varin, song by Frank H. Ford and addresses by James H. Ballentine. John Burke and Wm. B. Bankhead
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-05

which. he says, are encouraged by peo- pie in other countries. as un-American in the principle and dangerous in prac- tice.
 It is estimated that 44.sS5 aliens are supported by or confined in the char itable or penal institutions of this country. Of whom 20.485 are insane. while the criminals number 9,825.
 Comparatively little difficulty has been experienced during the year in the enforcement of the Chinese exclu. sion law. although about the usual number of cases has been handled.
 In refteration of his recommends tions of last year. Commissioner Sar- gent says:
 That paramount to all other new legislation in regard to alien immi- grafton the Bureau considers some measure for the distribution of aliens who are admitted to this country"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-05
LABOR GUILDS
METHOD OF HANDLING INDUSTRIAL
 DISPUTES IN CHINA.
Employer May Claim Every Minute of Workman's Time Not Required for Eating Sleeping.-A
 Celestial Strike.

recently published report of ex-Consul
 General Mcwade, of Canton. China, gives | some interesting details of the shoemaking
 industry of China. snd. incidentally. of the labor union system of that country. The shoe shops average ten men and about twenty women. and the wages of the men range from ta 50 to s. 25 per month. while the women get very much less They work long hours. and their meals are supplied by the employers Their food consists Of | rice. partaken of twice a day. with now and then @ few vegetables or pieces of salt fish i or pork as a relish. Tea is also furnishe ed to them in unlimited quantities. They be- gin work as soon as daylight appears and continue until between and 10 o'clock at night. the recent introduction of kerosene | oil lengthening their hours of labor. The worSman eats and sleeps in the shop where he is employed.
 The male workers have a trade union or | guild of their own. as have also the em- ployers. To these guilds referred all disputed questions of labor and food, which, as a rule. are amicably settled. have | never heard of dispute over the hours of labor the operatives seeming to take 1t for granted that their employers can properly | claim every moment of their time. from early morning until late at night, unless | about 30 minutes set apart for each meal | of rice and vegetables be excepted. When the two guilds fail to arrive at a satisfac- | tory settlement of dispute the employers | simply close up the working end of their | shops and give their employees to under | stand that they must find quarters and | work elsewhere. This action does not how ever. invariably bring a victory to the em- ployer. for. :n my own experience. I have l noted that -e workpeople have won their fight nine cases out of ten.
 What is said here of the relations between | employer and employed of the shoe trade | applies equally and as accurately to all the | other trade guilds. of which Canton boasts of over seventy. These guilds have fine | halls and spacious courtyards. where their l members meet daily and discuss the affairs
 of their respective trades and other matters
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-05
Manchester Cloth Market.

Manchester, Dec. 4.-The decline in raw cotton at Liverpool had a deter rent effect on operations in the cloth market here last week. Buyers are disposed to pause a while, future wants being well provided. The India and China business transacted was on a smaller scale at generally slight con- sessions. Business for minor outlet was practically confined to moderate purchases for South America. Yarns were quieter. although moderate lines were neglected. a majority of users waiting for developments in cotton Most producers of American crops hay ing healthy order lists are not anxious to become sellers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-05
Grnin Elevator Burned.

Houston. Dec, "A large. elevator owned by the South Texas Grain Com pany burned today. entailing a loss of $130.oo0. partially covered by insur- ance. The fire was discovered by a train crew and from their story 1t Is believed 1t was incendiary.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-05
TOOK OVERDOSE OF POISON.
Meridian Cotton Man Found Dead
 His Bed.

WerIuIhn C0ttOn Mnn Found Dead in
 His Bed.
 Meridian. Miss. Dec. 3.-Otto Mayer District Manager for Maas & New burger, cotton brokers, was found dead in his bed at the Southern Hotel this afternoon. He had been dead eight or ten hours when his room was entered The coroner's jury rendered yer dict of accidental death from an over dose of morphine taken to induce sleep.
 MT. Mayer was a native of Mannheim Germany, and had been in America seven or eight years.