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Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1904-09-23
Cotton Coming in.

Cotton as begirxing to come in
rather lively nom. about 100 bales
being received last week. The
receipts for this week so far have
been light, about .s5 or 80 bales.
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-30

my world find it I'm lecturng you you good
goodness, for you're coming my pretty
strong is but Frances don't get busy along
line of light who is will land her and marry alive
fore your eyes"
could not but laugh her quaint limited that
had shown of the worldly improvement
certain sentimental occasion myself the honor of
asking charming widow-who still my good frend-to
marry might have had better luck She this per-
sonal sally seriously and after responded PERHAPS vo
right, Reuben I'm to remarrv and noht
have been that with your income your presentabe
less ghed since you've taken your mind off politics and
put it on the world say had then shown sign you
would turn out perfect of the world what might
have happened Wddies awfy lonely sometimes Reuben
Now run away hunt Frances and try square yourself with
her for having kissed her mamma"
came away Uncle sas but did not hunt up Frances OF
course love her, but odd feeling me when
template marriage with her that here again am victim of an
Inntenoed confidence game played by my emotions
FOR what IN Det falling victim confidence game IT n
the begung OF US through best feelings AS companion for
the SKIES Tor world OF angels his visionary Girl of "a
would be the idea but in world Of human ben-a very
gooo world too and the only of which have any positive
knowledge-the application of poets dream of ideal rordt
would inevitably land and An
any OF ennu from which clear-headed wording must
step in and u.s. ' e'er
but te IS merely academic did seek Frances TO-DAY
ou' l shdn-lo-lnorroW. AHectionately, REUBEN
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-30
"Oh, I'll do that for you,' she kindly replied.

oh oh III III do that that for you she kindly replied
frankly writing
dainy witty whereas her Speech you recall calculated
as 5 brusque.
You deucedy bright Polly said and then bushed
hear myself call her by her first She overlooked that
seemed but laughed heartily my the deucedy
You transformed man she declared laughing Your
Of deucedy tells than all your talo your
horses clubs pets oupre than anything Reuben
Mrs: Lacquerre arrangement of my modest little play
changed the rival kings into and they with their following
Of native girls furnished the feminine portion of the and
diplomats and naval officers called for the number Of
other and their witty hits at the brass band set
rivals kept my audience in merry mood My part in the play was
the German Consul whose duty is to make final decision
the rival claims the throne Mrs Lacquerr queen
ana consul up noses as IS the custom among the natives as
sign OF amcabe relations Mrs Lcquerre looked bewitchng
person OF notable lovenessso the faces ap
preached to rub sudden spirit of mischief which few
ng made salute her lips with mne lieu of the rub
bing The audience and laughed heartily daring but
afforded her undisturbed opportunity
that such an act most unbecoming time but her
presence it being insult not alone her. but her
daughter charming cousin Josephine My dear
phatc in expressing her hope that indecoous did po
ture of our friendship Mrs acauerre laughed The incident
the others did in public but later took task about
terms which proves her possessed of still another unexpected
It you to do she said to me- "Not
that obecting being kissed in pubcthe public the
less HARM That's not the point You queeng
pecs and that is evidence of lack
my own prospects, exclaimed
surely she replied Here you trying get my gal
marry and knowing what crank she about the conventions
ales get in just the way which will take you
square For who is love with you
precious little about her makeup
For some this view of the me- but
politely responed to Mrs Lacquerre: M hope to in
duce Frances to change her mind about my proposal ppe
cate that with her for wife will have guiding light to lead
toward the goal of political ambition Frances
will have companion who will appreciate and help my intellectual
strvings and spiritual yearnng with her to approve my efforts
know make my felow-man my superior gifts for the
political uplifting
Fudge! interrupted Mrs. Lacquerre. You with
Frances and want her to be in love with you That's
there is to that situation Frances isn't hankerng after spiritual
y any other fuddyduddysm she you big
OF something outside of society 1t isn't doesn't like
society but having been born she requires
w.t. WISDOM struggle and capacity for doing things part of
those not in to butt in Your in that line doesn't
your favor with her. Now I'm bushng behind my be-
cause you had the cheek kiss couldn't help my
se I'm only telling that such suggests that
you are under your funny pretense of liking shirt mighty
fond OF silk one I'm different from Frances I'm satisfied with
- 8Axu10H&(N1l2TNTnz4AA -
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-30

EAR UNCLE SILAS l am greatly pleased 10 receive
your letter saying that you will be in New York.
But its rather than its explicit statements puzzles
You express lively interest in all that said about
nv declaration of love to Miss Frances Lacquerre and
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unsettled. OF the total number about
1000. 900 are women
What percentage OF the whole be-
long to the labor unlOns?'
1T ia estimated that there are about
100000 belonging to the unions
WAGES RISING,
How about wages, are they increas-
ing IN the UnlteI states
Yes, replica necy tJUelyou, The
bureau Of laLog has been making an
inVcausotOn Ok tHdt SUBJECT ana ITS
estimate - That Wages die nOW Oh ne
atelaee aDUut 40 p,t ga, hIsnef uD.n
lnty we're IN 1914, 45Jo and 800, duu "
o. 4- per coat aUONe Tue wage. Il Io.O.
wien ,Hcy veto ".snoi tiau al 0.y
previous ,..ng an Ga. nlstoly,
BuI IL Is COSTING .aUhE 70 LIVE.
'iiow about tho coz, Of ltaG. h-s
not That also incIcazeui
- es, rclusu tu5 Sccfe,a.yi IAd
bureau Oh hpof mao lu,U1ds th.t
suuJtct ana ~ nuls tnat tie avsiase
cos, oil nyins oil loU- over I.at ui Iv,J,
the country over, nAd iHc..aarl so pes
cent, HE Investigation was Dda- IN
the increase IN Tue ict1ll prices OK tloi
on an estimated amount used w ratn
family
Can you give tho cost Ia dlif-r,n.
parts OF the country
Yes. SAID tHt secretary OF COM
metce and labor as he picked up re-
port and went over the ngu.es, 'Ihs
average cost Of food per family esti-
mated by averaging 25Bl FAMILIES In
diuerentp arts OF me United states was
S3lIbl each. In the north Atlantic
states the average In round numbers
was $3.50 per family and In The sou h
Atlantic states $3l2 per family, In the
western states IL was 1872 and In the
south central states, $50. These ngu,en
are based entirely on the retail prices
Of food and are believed TO be fairly
representative Of It's actual cost to the
working man.
ABOUT THE SYNDICATE AND
TRUSTS.
What Is your department doing as
to the great combinations Of capltal|'
The bureau OF corporations, replied
Secy. Cortelyou has been gathering
from all sources the information al
ready available AS to the various COM
binations Of capital which come within
It's jurisdiction, Ii Is compiling that
Information and studying 1t IN order
TO define the scope OF It's inquiries for
more specific information from such
corporations or combinations"
win the information the department
gathers be confidential or will II be
printed so that all may know just how
the various corporations stand?"
Some OF the information Of a general
nature will be published and dstribut.
ed but az to certain specific informa.
ton relating to particular corporations
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(Spoe tornon1ne. d. Dens My, By Franz corp.nsr)

bor." replied Secy. Cortelyou Il see
no reason, however. why any Of It's OIL
cials may not act ms arbltrators OF la
Dor controversies II requested 10 do so
by the representatives. Of both parties.
Congress, you know has recognized
the principle of Industrial arbitration
by the act Of oct /, 1881, under which
the great Chicago strike Of 1894 was
nrbltrated, That act was repealed by
the broader act Of June !, 1895 Both
Of these acts. however related only TO
disputes between employers and en-
ployes engaged In Interstate commerce"
How about the arbitration In the
anthracite coal striker
In that strike q commission was APP.
pointed by the president at the request
of both operators and miners and its
authority TO make a binding award
rested only In the agreement OF the G q
orators and miners to abide by It's de-
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SECRETARY COPTELYOU

100000. All the government investlga-
tons and information about the big
corporations and combinations OF cap
ital, as well as questions connected
with labor come before him, 80 that to
certain extent he represents Uncle
Sam in all his relations TO the two.
The secretary replied:
"The department OF commerce and
labor has no executive functions IN set
Ting the troubles OF capital and labor
II cannot Interfere with either party In
any controversy that may arise. All
that II aims 70 do IS 10 furnish the full
est Information possible as to existing
conditions, IN order that each party
may understand more fully just what
those condition are, and be guided
thereby IN arranging q settlement"
What kinds Of information, Mr.. Sec
retary?' ! asked
IAN kinds WIS the reply. Every
thing that bears ON the relation OF la
Dor to capital The elements Of cost I'm
various products, the articles con-
trollcd By trusts and other combna-
lions OF capital, ana the effects that
such trusts have on prices We are
collecting Information as Ia wages and
hours OF work the comparative cost Of
living ana the Kind OF living In differ
ent parts Of the United States, the ma
terlal social, intellectual and moral
condition of the Workuen, as well as TO
all matters relating to controversies
and disputes between employers and
employees This Information Is for cap.
ilalists and wage Gamers alike. They
are ON q AEVfDIf aIUrulfttt HON. MI. I..
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pansIon of the market for manufac-
tured goods at home and abroad. See.
ond, there has been gradual spread
OF population over new areas In the
west These conditions have enabled
Senator Hoar's constituents TO remain
at home and prosper or to go elsewhere
and make new homes. And every one
OF them who has moved west--as many
thousands have done-means more work
for those who remain behind,
Cut off the great field which has serv.
cd for two centuries as outlet for sur
plus population, and stop the growth
Of the home market which results from
It's settlement, and then indeed the ma
ton Will find that with the waste Of
our public land are diminished the re-
sources Of the laborer,'
II Is solemnly true that every acre
taken for speculation and monopoly Is
al the cost OF the countrys labor II
means less opportunity In the future
| for every workIngman and every child,
| This view Of the matter IL distinctly
national and ought to be pressed home
| I'm every town and city throughout the
United States.
The real friends Of honest settlement
| III lIlt west anu tue lthl uIuNlullk NlAu
| regulating Of that section are doing all
| In their power 10 protect the forests by
| repeating the timber and stone act, and
20 save the fertile public lands for
homeseekers by repeating the desert
| land law and the Communication clause
of tho homestead law II the merits
Of the issue were fully understood there
J would be a popular uprising In favor OF
the repeal voiced by every fair-mindeC
newspaper and every trades union II
the land.
For 1t would be universally recog.
nIzod that the matter Is not Of inter
est only to those who expect to fn'
homes on the public domain, but alsC
TO every workman who wants to pro-
tect his standard Of living,
"All this is az the cost Of the labol
of the country" The words Of tn
venerable senator from Massachusetts
arc good enough for campaign slogan
ana they ought TO be made to ring il
the ears Of every man who works for {
| living WILLIAM n, SMYTHE.
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cislon. AS you know, the labors Of that
commission were successful
THE SITUATION GROWING BET
TER
But, Mr. Secretary are not such
troubles increasing?"
II think not was the answer, THE
relations OF capital and labor appear
to be growing better. A variety OF in
huenCes are operating to this end. The
National Civic Federation is bring
ing about a better understanding be-
tween employers and employees In some
parts of the country, and much Is being
done In other ways to obviate indus
trial disturbance, as for instance, by
means OF trade agreements, These
agreements have been made by EN-
ployers and employees coming together
largely through their representatives,
TO establish wages. hours OF labor and
other matters for fixed period. Such
agreements prevent strikes and lock-
outs, and mt the present time seem to
be one OF the strongest forces making
for Industrial peace.
We have also had some legislation
by the various states as to boycottlng,
blacklsting, company stores, women
and child labor. which has removed
some Of the causes OF friction between
employers and employees. Arbitration
boards TO which labor controversies
may be submitted have been provided
for by II OF the states, but only In a
few cases have such boards been able
to accomplish much I'm the adjustment
OF aggravated difficulties. They are
chiefly advisory boards. having no
power 70 enforce their decisions"
UNCLE SANS LABOR ARMY.
How many people are there in the
United States, MI Secretary, who work
with their hands,"
You Will find that in the census re.
ports replied Sccy Cortelyou. Take
out all who are engaged as proprIetors,
clerks and professional men and we
md that there are lS,50O00O who work
Tor wages with their hands, Some OF
these are skilled workmen and others
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OF the consuls. The suggestions made
by the business public from time Ia
time with reference to the practical
problems which confront them I'm their
attempts to increase their export trade
viii undoubtedly prove helpful I'm this
direction The cOnsuls are essentially
commercial officers. They should plav
a more vital part IN the extension of otlr
Foreign trade. Their relations to the
new department are one Of It's pressing
prohlemS The department OF COM
merce and labor win do It's share in the
effort to Improve this service whenever
improvement is shown to be needed"
THE BIG IMMIGRATION QUESTION
Returning to the labor question. Mr.
Secretary. Tell Inc something about
our immigrants, | understand We had
almost million last Year,"
THE actual lumber Of the lnmi.
grants who landed IN 1903 Is So. 900
That Is the most we have ever had in
n single year. We came nearest Il In
1852 when $4,000 were admitted"
THAT Is an enormous number of PEG.
pie said |, us Uncle Sam big enough
TO digest an annual meal like that and
retail his true AmerlcaniSm?'
THAT question Is grave one" re-
piled Secretary Cortelyou, especially
considering the class OF immigrants we
are now getting Until within the past
10 years practically all OF our imml-
grants came from northern and west
ern Europe, and they were largely OF
Teutonlc stock They were intelligent
and industrious, and they have taken
a large part In building up the country,
in holding our institutions and contrib
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A Love Letter.

Would not interest YOU n you're look
Ing for guaranteed Salve for Sores,
Burns or Piles, Otto Dodd, Of Ponder,
Mo, writes; n suffered with an ugly
sore for a year. but a box Of BuCklen's
Arnica Saye cured me, It's the best
salve on earth Zoe at z, c, NJ, /, Drug
STAKE
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OUR BEST CUSTOMERS.

"Who are our best customers among
the nations, Mr. Secretary asked.
The united Kingdom by far was
the reply 1T takes more of our exports
than any other country although Ger
many and Canada take a great deal
and the percentage OF increase In their
case is larger, We are Increasing our
trade to Russia, having more than
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IN this country Is due TO lts vast extent
OF vacant land, and that when this IL
gone, American free democratic insti-
tullons VIII be brought to their real
test.
Take Senator Hoars own state OF
Massachusetts,. for example Its work.
ingmon have had to compete with a
constant influx Of immigration Tn
tarin has protected them from the
foreign labor which stays az home but
not from the foreign labor which pours
into the industrial towns Of New Eng
land Their real relief has come from
two factors which are largely dependent
ON each other
First there has been a constant eX-
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AT THE COST OF THE COUNTRY's LABOR
uNuIuul7nHn u7nnlnruuH
Special Correspondence

Special Correspondence.
T OS ANGELES. cal, Feb. 25.-In
his autobiography Of Seventy
| Years. Senator iIoar refers to tho
prodigal manner In which the pub
Vic domain has been granted away and
says
IAN this o., tho cost Of the labor Of
the country The Increased tax fails
In the end ua Tho consumer with the
waste ol our puddle land are diminIsh-
ed the ie.uN.. u' the hubor"
This is another way of stating Lord
MuCluluy's rUth that the social ease
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SKINNER AND ABYssINIA,

Quadrupled II In the last 10 years.
We are also selling more goods to Mex.
leo than ever befOre.n
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department of commerce and labor
yesterday afternoon The secretary
was looking over reports from his vari-
Gus bureaus and checking of statisti-
cal items running high into the mil
lions. He has. you know. about 10 Of
the moot important bureaus In the
United States government employing
more than 10000 men. and cntailing an
annual expenditure Of more than Sl0,-
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Uncle sam as an Arbrator-rrade Aaroe mems an, T.,
Our Bis Labor Army-wa8es pisina, But II Cos Peace
Capital Combinations and he Bureau of Corporation. I've
nor watch Dos-our Commercial Invasion Where ou
Lead Tho "orid-The Influx OF Foreigners Can Unc We
His immigration Meals. '"' DlBesf
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copyrighted BY Frank @. carpenter

ARLINGTON, j.. c. March
2.--"What can your depart
men, do 10 settle the exist
ing troubles between labor
and capital"'
| asked this question NJ
Secy Cortelyou as we sat
together IN his office IN the
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Qudurupltu II IN the last 10 years.
We are also selling more goods to Mex
leo than ever before
SKINNER AND ABYssINIA.
How about Mr.. SINNERS expedition
To Abyssnig Secretary Corteyou. WIN
that expedition pay?'
II think that closer business relation
ships will prove valuable TO our couu.
try IN every case whether they be- with
large nations or small ones, and Cs-
peclally with those nations whose con-
sumng powers are I'm 4 stag, OF Geyel-
opment. The wise and experienced ma
tlons Of the world, which have been
studying the art Of developing their ex-
port trade, omit no opportunity to cul-
tlyGte commercial relations with all
countries. think the United States
can with profit follow their example
OUR CONSULS AND OUR FOREIGN
TRADE.
Our foreign consuls all report to
you, Mr.. Cortelyou2 How do they COM
pare with the commercial agents of
other nations?"
Eyes, they report TO me through the
state department. was the reply,
The comments by the newspapers and
business mcn Of other nations indicate
that our consular service compares
we'll with that Of other countries, but
that Is not enough from an American
point OF view While the work of many
Of the cCnsus is Of a very high grade
there can be much improvement. This
fact was fully recognized by the presi-
dent and by those Of his officials who
have immediate supervision OF the work
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-02-11
EXECUTION CAUSED MUCH
WORK FOR DEPUTY SHERIFFS
Donovan Commission Company,
Against Witch Judgment Was
Rendered. Appealed and Ninc-
teen Processes Are Released.

An execution was issued yesterday on a
Judgment for s11.45s35 rendered against
the Donovan Commission Company in
Judge Woods division of the Circuit
Court January IS in favor of the Cliff
ford Banking Company of Clarksville. Mo-
The Donovan Company appealed the case
and the execution was recalled.
Before the appeal was taken the Sheriff
served notice of the process on the Dono-
van Company and served notice of gar
nishment on the Mechanics' National
Bank, German Savings Inktitution. Mer-
chants LacIede National Bank. State Ma
tional Bank. Fourth National Bank, St
Louis Trust Company, Franklin Bank In
terstate National Bank. Third National
Bank. American Exchange Bank Ameri-
can Central Trust Company, Lincoln
Trust Company, Missouri Trust Company
Mercantile Trust Company Roatmen 8
Bank. German American Bank. Common
wealth Trust Company and the AIssis-
sippi Valley Trust Company.
The garnishments We're released when
the appeal bond was given, and the Sheriff
withdrew the process on the Donovan
Company. The appeal bond is for $4,000
with the American Bending Company of
Baltimore. Md, as surety.
An employe of the Clifford Company