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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-08

the labor conditions In the South Only
because the situation Is but little worse
to-day than IL was Two years ago. AS
a practical cotton planter, familiar Will,
production Of the raw material am
prepared to provo to the satisfaction or
Mr.. Silly or anybody else Interested that
ali the labor In the South to day could
not pick 15.oooooo bales of cotton, or even
normal crop, which approSinates
11,50O0oO bales"
This man thinks that here Is way
to put stop to speculation In cotton.
which Is made possible chiefly by tile
uncertainty that attends every stage OF
Its production, preparation for market
and final sale. II some practical plan
could be perfected, says he for the hand
ling Of cotton, SO that the staple could
be marketed on Its merits as wool IS
offered for sale cotton would Mt once
become embarrassing ms a speculative
product, and 1t would be sold as wool 10
sold. Under the law OF supply and de-
nlalld,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-08
The Pure Elections Law.

In spite Of many harsh criticisms. IN
spite of all the objections that have boon
raised the Pure Elections law In Virginia
is operating we'll and 1t will not be re.
pealed.
In the Richmond primary the candi-
dates for the mayoralty spent less than
5000 each, and of the sum expended Sl50
was the amount required Of each candi-
date for entrance. In addition to this
sum Capt. Mccarthy expended S42 and
Mayor Taylor $3.50. Capt. Mccarthy cN-
pended 1913 for cards, SIS for hall rent.
and 81 for use Of chairs. Mayor Taylor
expended in addition to tho entrance fee
$3.50 for cards.
Tho candidates for the Council cS-
pended only trinlng sums and in on case
was money expended by them, so fat as
reported ITO influence voters.
1t was a great relief to tic candidates
themselves to BIO freed from the neces-
sty Of contributing to campaign clubs
and to party workers But that was not
the best of 1t. There was no corruption
fund and no undue influence was brought
to bear. The voters were left free to cast
their ballots for ttheir favorites and there
was no taint Of scandal or corruption.
The pure election law lis an honor and
a benefit to Virginia and all its friends
and supporters are proud of 1t.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-08

bo simply to give the force and effect
Of law to The primary plan as adopted
by the PARTY. and there can be no excuse
whatever Oh that score for opposition.
we are confident TINT tho Democratic
voters of Virginia at large are over
whclminslS III favor OF tho primary plan
of selecting candidates. and if the com
vention fails to net, II viii fail to carry
ont the wishes OF the voters. we know
th6 objections that Will be ralsed--the
objection Of expense, and all tliut--but
II the party leaders nrc heartily In favor
of The plan provision can be made for
tho expenses without serious detrinient
TO any person who may wish to run. Tho
primary is the best method of ascertain
ing the choice of the people. If only 1t be
fairly and honestly conducted, and, as
the primary is more important than the
regular election in Virginia 1t behooves
zig MS good citizens to provide for prl-
mary elections IN all cases where there
are contests.
Opposition to the principle Is now
cropping out. Let tho friends Of 1t be
warned in time and be UP and doing. IN
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-08
Wheels andl SPRINGS.

a correspondent whose letter appeared
in this paper yesterday suggested that
the city should require that all vehicles
carrying 1900 pounds or$more at one load
should be compelled to have tires on Its
wheels not less than four inches wide.
Very good. The change could be brought
about gradually. But what we were
"harping on was the desirabiity Of
using steel springs upon all wagons.
carts ETC.
With springs and wide tires, vehicles
would run more smoothly, make less
noise and dust an dcut the roadways to
pieces as little as possible Nor is the
idea in any wise impractical. 1t is in
vogue in numerous places, and to pre-
vent hardship IT. could be put Into grad
ual operation, the old vehicle, when aban-
doned for new ones, being supplanted
with those properly equipped with
springs and tires.
The saving in street wear, the abate-
ment of dust and noise would be wonder
full, and the reform once made never
would be regretted,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-08
The Panama Canal.

The United States government has UNI
dertaken a giants task in determining
to dig the Panama Canal. and all eyes
will be upon her. Blunder after blunder
has been made; millions of dollars have
been wasted; hundreds of lives have been
sacrificed and all to no purpose. The
whole scheme was honey combed With
scandal, and was worse than n failure
It's very name became the synonym Of
jobbery and corruption.
1t now remains to be seen what our
government will do, how 1t will carry
on the work and how long It will take
to complete it. 1t is an enterprise IN
which we as n nation must feel the deep
est concern, for our character is moro
the canal.
The first question to be considered Is
that OF the health Of those who will be
engaged in the work OF construction. The
very air is full of poison, and at the out
set steps must be taken to improve the
sanitary condition OF Colon and Pam
ANA, and to eradicate the disease germs,
along the entire route. DIR. j. G. Perry,
director of tile Marine Hospital Service
in Washington, declares that four-hfths
of the sickness on the Isthmus Is pre-
ventable. II SO, 1t Is our business to use
tho necessary precautions and proven
tivcs. From time immemorlal yellow
fever was an epidemic In the Island OF
Cuba, and thousands of victims did 1t
claim from time to time. 1t spread from
that island even into the Southern
States of our Union, and we We're almost
sure to have an outbreak OF yellow fever
in some part Of the Southern territory
during the hot season. But tho United
States government took Cuba In hand,
and in a year or two completely stamped
out this dreaded and dreadful disease
and now yellow fever Is almost unknown
in Cuba and entirely unknown In the
United States, With the same care ana
energy we may do as much in stamp.
ing out disease In Panama, and If So
the United States government will have
made another glorious step forward in
modern progress.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-08
Life and Death.
Selected for The ,rimes-Dispatch.)

| (SeIected Tor The IlmeS-D lSpatCn.)
80, Lord, how manifold are Thy works
| IN wisdom hast Thou made them all
the earth is full of Thy riches. That
Thou gavest them they gather; Thou
openest Thine hand, they are filled will,
good. Thou hidest Thy face, they arc
troubled; Thou takest away their breath,
they die and return to their dust. Thou
sendcst forth Thy spirit, they are Gre
ated; and Thou renewest the face Of tho
earth,"-Psalm civ:24-30
Life. all life comes from God. We
read in the first Book in the Bible how
the Spirit of God moved upon the face
of the water, and woke all things into
life. Therefore, we know that the Holy
Ghost is the Lord giver of life.
We ere told that He gives life not only
to men, with their immortal souls, but
To everything on the face OF the earth.
The psamist here speaks not only Of
men, but of beasts and fishes, trees,
rivers, rocks, sun and moon. For all
lfo lke ours: but the mean speak truly
and wisely when they say, That tree is
alive" or "that tree Is Dead The clear
running water is ''live" water, but when
kept standing and foul a sort of death
comes over 1t, as well as in It,
This is deep matter and mysterious,
lsut there Is sort of life in everything,
even to the stones under our feet. OF
course. they do not think as we do nor
feel as the beasts feel, nor grow as the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-08
Cotton and Labor.

was recently at the North to confer with
the immigration authorities with view
to having the trend of desirable immi.
grants turned from West Ia South. He
declares that the crying need of the
South to-day Is labor.
"rhere is force and fact in all that
Mr.. sully has said concerning the pres
ent cotton situation" said he, but he
10 the labor famine, which I regard as
the greatest peril that confronts the South
to-day recognize Mr.. suly as the
best Informed cotton man in the world
and ! believe that he was silent about
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-08
Richmond's Grocery Trade.

One, of the most flatering of all our
articles on Richmond's commercial in
terests is that which appears to-day on
tho grocery trade. There arc twenty
one jobbing houses. and they handle a
million tons Of groceries each year! That
is hard to believe, but it Is true. Two
houses alone handle two million tons
each. Tho trade extends into the far
South. and is growing. Richmond has
an enormous advantages in freight rates,
being the farthcst city south to have
the eastern classification rate, which
gives her from all points west Of the
Mississippi the same rate that Chicago,
Cincinnati and New York enjoy This
advantage Is due to the noble James"
ana cannot be taken away.
Tho particulars are all given In the
local story, which Is to be found else
where in to-day's paper.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-08

trees do; but their life keeps them as
they are, without change or decay
,Fhell, speak or the live rock, and mean
Ing tire rock as 1t is under ground, sound
and lard; as 1t would be to the end
Of time unless 1t was taken out of the
place, where Gods Spirit meant 1t to
be. ana brought up into the open air and
rain, in which 1t Is not Its nature to be.
Then the life. OF the stone begins to
pass away, bit by bit It finally de-
Gays, and Is turned again to dust. Its
organization, or life, ends, and then?
we see again tho great and blessed
mystery OF how the Holy Ghost is al
ways bringing life out OF death. When
the stones, has crumbled to dust and
clay, IL, makes soil Then what becomes
Of tile soil
1t legins new life. The roots of the
plants take 1t up. SO that what made
once ~ part OF a mountain, now makes a
wheat plant, and in years time. the
wheat will have been eaten, and then
it will begin a third new life: forming
parts Of the body In an animal or a man,
SO tllnt what is now your bone andeflesh,
rnny have been once a rock, on some
hillside hundreds of miles away.
Strange, but true! and all learned men
know it--nature works surely. 1t obeys
Gods Spirit. If we fulfilled our life and
our duty as we'll as the clay on which We
tread, we should BIO spared many heart
ache, and many q headache, too. TO be
what God wants us-that would be our
bliss and glory.
For nothing can live in a state for
which God did not intend IT, Suppose a
tree could move itself about like an ami
NAL; 1t would die Suppose an oxchose
to eat meat like the lion, 1t would fall
sick and die.
And so with us. If We do wickedly
when Tho will Of God is our sanctifica-
tion; II we speak lies, when Gods law Is
that VIC should speak tho truth; If We
bear hatred and III will In our hearts,
when Gods law is, Love as brethren"
II we try to live as If there was no
God, when God says that man can
only live by faith and trust in Him
then we shall die and we thus break the
laws by which only He intended that
man should live.
Remember, that just as you are better
than n stone, you may also be worse
than the stone. 1t cannot dlsobey Gods
law; therefore. 1t can enjoy no reward,
nor suffer punishment. We alas! can
and do dlsobey, and you cannot be like
the stones, without feeling the JOY or
sorrow, because you have an immortal
SPIRIT you must either obey and BIO
blessed or disobey and be miserable.
There Is no middle path; you must do
one or the other. Oh, my friends! dear
friends! Choose Choose, before it is
TOO late!
Shall 1t be tho gate Of everlasting life
and glory, or the gate Of everlasting
death and misery?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-08

If there were no newspapers TO notify
urge, obey, entreat. and warn citizens to
pay their poll-tax. how many men, think
you, would qualify themselves 10 Vo'eG
Not manyl Even as It is, the efforts on
the papers, in many cases often have to
be supplemented by the caustic reminders
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-08

The man IN charge Of the advertising
department Of the st. Louis EXPO. may
he set down as n genius. He has ar
ranged to have six red headed bellies to
meet the six milk white Arabian steeds
sent over by the Sultan OF Morocco.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-08

It Is announced that The Household
Registry Bureau Of Philadelphia Is -mect-
Ing with mitch success in the way OF f,,r-
nishng competent servants for the
homes Of phllndelphlans. "The supply Of
domcstIcs coming IL from the South"
says the Ledger. grows each day." And
s1'hiladclpha's race problem grows ac-
cordingy.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-08

Speaker Cannon would rather keep his
position on the firing line In the United
States House of Representatives than be
spiked to the vlce-prcsIdent's chair in
the Senate Chamber. therefore, he asks
to he excused from having his name con-
sldered for the second place on the
National Republican ticket
'Old Joe usually has his own way in
the House, and we dare say VIII nov be
without influence in the National Re
publican Convention, But just think what
his Feelings" would ne should the Demo
Gratis carry the House?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-08

The Mayor Of Council Bluffs IS ratdng
tho gambling dens Of his balliwick With
a revolver in hand. and ne has the rcpu-
tation of being valiant man behind a
gun.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-08

A. t,,,n,ber Of 1,ichmond men have
signed II card stating that they object
to being .bossed" BY lady The list OF
signcrs is incomplete. There are 9TH
ers; but they regard discretion as tho
better part Of valor. They are begin
orders and sayln' nuthln'"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-08

A Chicago woman had her divorce the
other day in thrty-five minutes. after
fling her bill South Dakota Will have
to look to her laurels.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-08

TON Johnson has announced that he is
not a candidate for tho presidency this
year lie should have added postscript
explaining why he deemed the announce
mcnt necessary.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-08

ANY old excuse will do. The Ice trust
has advanced the price OF its stock be-
cause last winters crop was too thick.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-08

Of the voters women folk IN order to
nuke "tl,e lords Of creation" do theli
duty in the matter Of tho elective fran
chlse.
There Is a pretty drastic restriction OF
suffrage here In virginia. yet some per-
sons hive tile suffrage who do not seem
to value II. t}
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-08

Brazil and Peru nre talking about go
ing to war, but nobody knows what for'
unless it be TO keep the war correspond
ents lusy.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-08

Men. who, like Judge Rhea, think the
primary too expensive, will attend the
convention in full force.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-08

Judge Parker keeps right on saying
nothing and they do say he has a much
better appetite than Colonel Bryan.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-08

Kurolsl seems to be O. X. but Kuro-
patlin has been "bulled" in transmits
sion.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-08

The Gar would probably give consid-
for real good cork screw.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-08

All the congressman have left Wash
irgton. There are no fences In that town
needing repairs.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-08
North Carolina Sentiment.

A good many men have disfranchised
themselves because they failed to pay
their poll tax by May LIST. This should
not be the case. but 1t Is doubtful II the
man who loses his vote cares near as
much about it as the fellow who is run
ming for office,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-08

The ablest citizen Of Port Arthur finds
1t rather difficult to tell who he belongs
to.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-08


Chicf-Justice Fuller Will be on visit
to Richmond a part Of this week. lie
will find the footprints Of John Marshall
quite fresh hereabout.
The old Marshall dwelling In this city
is yet untouched by yandal hands. and
Is in good order For a year or more
at least 1t is To be occupied by the States
Department OF Education.
The Marshall farm down on the Chcka-
hominy, three of four miles below Rich
mond, has not Jared so we'll, we guess
but no doubt the original mint bed
planted there by him, is still there
seeming the air with Its vernal frag-
rance and suggesting retirement from
labor to refreshment." And then, too
there are those shaded pools In the
Chickahominy. into which Marshall was
won't to cast his hook and line and draw
out some of his ablest fish stories.
Some OF 1.-THE boys" must take Judge
Fuller to the Marshall hannts and point
out their cndearng charms.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-08
with 4 Comment or Two.

We fail to see the proprlety OF CHASING
the right to vote among the rights that
are lnaiienablc, II indeed there be any such
rights in this world beyond the right OF
each rational being to think his own
thoughts. -Danville Register.
And sometimes 1t is not good for a
man to do that "out loud" =
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-08
The charlotte Chronicle says,


AS President Roosevelt signed the river
and harbor bill from which had been
eliminated the appropriation for surveys
al Oyster Bay, he remarked' II don't
seem TO have much influence with this
administration" This Is tho same spe-
cies Of llumor as the placid countenance
of cat which has Just swallowed the
pet canary,
The prophet Of tho Raleigh Times says:,
II IL thought by some leading papers
fiat the Republican platform will con-
tain protest against the dlsfranchise-
ment policy Of the Southern States In
the first place, the platform will contain
no such utterance, and, I'm the next place,
nobody would care II 1t did. The best of
the world is. rapidly coming to the opin-
ion that ignorant, vicious and irrespon-
sible men have no business voting any
how,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-08

n whlskey causes typhoid fever, as
one doctor says. and cures snake bites,
as all know, what are we to do? Is ty-
phoid fever worse than snakes?-Mont-
gomery Advertiser
Furnish some expert testimony, as you
doubtless can. on the badness" OF snake
bites and we Will try to answer
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-08

Remember the Sabbath Day to keep 1t
holy.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-08

We have the delicious North Carolina
strawberry in our midst.--Newport News
Press.
we can beat you; We had the tough
Florida cucumber in our midst month
ago.-Roanoke World
That's nothing. The Danville Metho-
dist, a devout prohibitionlst, confesses
that "the great evil of liquor drinking
has not been driven entirely from our
midst."--Richmond Times Dispatch.
All Of which makes timely this society
note from the Missouri Herald: ELMER
stanhopc, who has been Ill, is recuperat-
Ing in tho midst Of his relatives in Rock
bridge county, Va."-Newport News
Press.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-08

There is only one Wizard Oil = IIatniins-
name blown In the bottle. Signature Hamlin
Bros on wrapper. Take no substitute, soc,
and Sl.oo.
The Jersey City news., 1904-03-19

Among the most powerful men in Rus
"A IN foreign as well as in domestic af-
fairs, is NJ. De Plehwe, minister of the
interior. Whn promoted to his present
once he was head of the police depart
ment To him perhaps more than to any
other member of the imperial council is
credited the steadiness with which
Nicholas II has pursued the greater
policy which has forced the pres
snt war after having raised the
eagles Of the Car over Finland.
Rightly or wrongly, De Plehwe
has been charged with being the agent
who instigated the fearful massacre at
Kiahinef He was prompt to deny. how
sver. that either his imperial master or
The Jersey City news., 1904-03-19

When Hoke Smith was secretary Of
the interior he was especially generous
to Georgians in the matter Of department
clerkships. II was generally conceded
that around the patent, pension and laud
oitice one could not throw stick without
hitting Georgian. Senator Voorhees,
of Indiana had been trying to place one
or two hoosier constituents, but had fail
ed. One day the Senator came along
whistling Marching Through Georgia.
and keeping step to the tune. What
are you doing that forg' asked Hoke
Smith. "Just can't help it" asked SEN
ator Voorhees,. This is just like march
ing through Georgia to come through
your department. He got the appoint-
ments that day.
The Jersey City news., 1904-03-19
MUSICAL MATTERS.
Last Russian symphony Concert at
Cooper Union March 81.

The sixth and final concert of this sea-
son of the Russian Symphony Society of
New York will be given on Thursday
evening March 81, at Cooper Union. The
chief work of the concluding concert of
the orchestra's first season and series,
which have been very successful will be
Tschaikowsky's Pathetique Symphony.
This work, about which so much has
been said and written. will be performed
by Conductor Modest Altschaler's Rus
slams in a devotional manner. as their re-
hearsals have made evident The Soci-
ety's manager, Mr. Alien S. Williams, Of
No. 156 Fifth avenue, announces that it
is the society's purpose to greatly extend
its scope, to admit classes of subscribing
members and during the 1905 season to
give its regular series of concerts at Car
negie Hall with an intermediate
series of popular concerts at Cooper
Union. Conductor Altschuier is pre-
pairing to give Russian music next season
on a still more elaborate scale than
IN the present series, with pro-
grammes quite as interesting. Some
classical works win be produced which
have not been heard here in a long time
Mr.. Altschuler has received many com
munications from composers abroad, and
several novelties are in store. His work
for the society, since last summer has
been arduous besides that imposed upon
him in historical chamber concerts and
filing many solo engagements as 'cellist.
The final number on the programme Of
the last 1904 concert viii be the first
number Of the first concert; the overture
by Glinka. Letters received by the So
ciety from amusement managers and
musical societies in several American
cities inquiring about probable visits, in
dicate that the interest in the Society's
effort to popularize Russian music in
America is meeting with wide interest
and approval.