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The San Francisco call., 1904-07-15
WORD FROM PORT ARTHUR.

Undated Dispatch Says There Is No
Change I'm the Situation.
TATCHEKIAO, Wednesday, July Is.
The following was received from Port
Arthur to-day:
There is no change in the position
of affairs. Fresh provisions arrive
daily. There are constant skirmishes
in which the enemy suffer the most
losses. We have no wounded or seri-
ously i'll. On the surrounding hills the
Chinese are constantly heliOgraphing.
The Japanese have issued orders
that instead of attempting to make
prisoners Of the Russians they are to
be shot"
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men of the regiment. After the ban
quet the admiral telegraDhed to Cen
eral KuroDatkin that the assembly had
drunk to his health, adding:
THE toast was received with ire
mendOus applause. a tribute to your
strategy and tactical ability am glad
to be able to communicate this fact tc
YOU"
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-15
AngIo-Russian Treaty Expected.

ST. PETERSBURG. July 1.-THE
general impression here is that the
Anglo-German arbitration treaty sign
ed on Tuesday will be followed soon
by a similar arrangement between Rus
sia and Great Britain.
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FErE IN skRYDLoFF-s HONOR.

VLADIVOSTOK, July 14.-vice Ad-
miral Skrydloff received a great ova-
ton at fete to-day under the auspices
of the Thirtieth Rifle Regiment The
horses were removed from his carriage,
which was then hauled by officers and
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-15

The foregoing is probably the un-
dated dispatch sent from Port Arthur
to Tatchekiao and from there to St.
Petersburg, referred to in the press
dispatch from the latter place, review
ing the situation. 1t will be noted that
there is no direct communication be
tween Tatchekiao and Port Arthur,
and there is no explanation as to how
the message was sent.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-15
Reform With a String 70 II.

ST. PETERSBURG. July 14-An on
cial statement regarding the imperial
decree abOlishing the system of con-
demning political prisoners by admin
istrative order shows there is a reser-
vation in exceptional cases..
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-15
WAR CHEST NOT EMPTY.
Russian Agent Denies That Another
Loan Is to Be F1oated.

LONDON, July 14-M. Routkowsky,
the financial attache of the Russian
embassy here, returned to London to-
day from st. Petersburg, where he con-
ferred with Interior Minister Plehwe
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-15
Japanese Seize Contraband Cargo.

CHEFU, July 1.-THE China Mining
and Engineering Company's steamship
Haiping. from Shanghai July 8, was
captured by the japanese eight miles
north of Chefu this morning, laden with
contraband of war
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KURoPATKIN MAY RETREAT.
Haicheng Likely to Be Scene of Wars
Greatest Battle.

ST. PETERSBURG, July Att is
not improbable that fighting is now
progressing at Tatchekaio. advices
showing the Japanese were within a
few miles of that place. coming up in
two columns from the south. The ex-
New-York tribune., 1904-10-30
LITTLE RHODY REPUBLICAN.
National, State and Congress Nominees Will
All Be Elected
10 the Editor of The Trlbune

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: Without a doubt the four Presidential
electors from Rhode Island will cast their votes
for the election Of Theodore Roosevelt There
Will be about 10000 plurality. the simple fact
that Democratic national leaders are practically
ignoring little Rhody alone giving assurance of
that prediction With Senator Aldrich Con-
gressman Capron and the energetic State Cen
trail Committee directing a whirlwind campa Ign,
the chances are bright as never before Of sweep
ing the entire State. The Republicans are hold
ing three or four demonstrations every night
have about 1OO,O men throughout the state
equipped with the usual parading regaIia while
a long list OF DISTINGUISHED campaign speakers
have already stumped the state. with more COM
ing Senator Fairbanks, Congressman Hill. OF
Connecticut. Congressman DalzeII. MAJOR Ennis
OF Chicago. and DR.. Eaa1deT have delivered
stirring addresses 10 enthusiastic crowds in va
rous parts or the State. and Speaker Cannon
and j. Adam Bede Congressman Littieheid and
Secretary Taft are among other noted orators
scheduled Cor this State on the other hand.
Bourke Cochran and Martin W. Littleton com
prise the Democratic spellbinders seen and heard
here.
The reelection OF Senator Nelson w Aldrich
is another surety there being opportunity
whatever for the Democrats 10 secure the legis-
lature which chooses Mr. AIdrich for as a mat
ter Of Republican confidence, everything points
20 a loss OF Democratic membership in the Gen
eral Assembly. especially in Providence. where
last year a Democratic delegation OF twelve
men swept the city. Against Congressman D. L.
d Granger. Democrat. in the Ist District. the
Republicans have Chief Justice John Fl. Stiuess
who Will. II is believed. secure a majority Of
about 1.Wh over the present Congressman.
strong personal following OF Mr.. Stiness over
shadOWing AR Granger's popularity as vote
getter The I'D District Republican Congress
man, Adm Bv~Capron, will defeat Franklin P.
owen, who ran against him two years ago, by
q bigger vote than before. that being about
1850 With these larger events in a measure
directing the vote on State matters. the Repub-
licans hope TO carry the State solid. Lieutenant
Governor Utter. who IS the Republican nOrni-
nee for Governor against Governor L. F. c. Gar
win, has much Of q margin to overcome
GaTvin's plurality OF last year over Colonel Colt
being but l.5ss. that being cut from T.73S &c
New-York tribune., 1904-10-30

manufactured and sold by the country mills
The modern medium sized rice mill here handles
about eight hundred and fifty sacks in day OF
grain in style that excels its manufacture else
The rough" rice is placed in the 'huiIer. which
consists of a bed, neither milestone (hollowed
Stona m the spaee beWeea the wo being
by the size OF Lhe grain which; standing on end is
OF its she'll From these stones the rice is conveyed
hulls; and from thence 10 the Engleburg 'hullers,
q patent arrangement which scours the rice and
separates the byproduct from the grain. the latter
being next conveyed to the 'poltsher'' to receive
row upright tubular chamber, metal lined and con-
tanning a somewhat smaller steel wire cylinder,
neT ana Is Ti7i~Iad abnrt V.itb l7oe1 III
PEI 5tld = aOUII
sking. In the operation the fine flour, technically
The manufactured rice is conveyed to an auto
matte machine which weighs out exactly one hun
bag, or pocket" in which the rice is marketed, 1t
those sacks containing the rough rice from the
feld; these hold about one hundred and eighty
The. average yield of bag, in the process Of
manufacture. Is one hundred pounds Of head rice,
of bran" and i've pounds of rice polish the bal
The rec OF the belt is of two seeds. or varities-
h ne Japan ana the honduras The first is not
planted either IN The CaroilraS or the Misss-
parcaary in the Wes the Nortbwes and ON le the
racine Coast the latter Is an eve ywhere. The
the Honduras.
In buying the rough rice it is graded according
to the percentage Of red grains 1t contains. IN
classifying for market the size. color and grain
(the latter should not have much ''chalk'J deter
the the grade
The value Of the clean rice huctuates. OF course.
With the demand but. under normal conditions the
mead rice sells for about ~ cents the middlng
tor brOken) rice about IA cents and The brewers.
rice about Ia cents. The by-products obtained
IN the process sell generally thus: Rice polish
the bulk of which IS shipped 10 Germany at from
$46 70 $50 ton bran obtained from the hulls and
cuticle Of the ricel is worth 50 $12 mills
and Is fed straight TO cattle the ground rice hull
IS worth Sc IS 80 ton, and is mixed with
chops Cracked corn) for cattle feed
In this report Of the rice industry Of the C2r1IF
Coast comparatively little space has been devoted
70 Louslana,S valuable river rice interests for
the reason that, being long established. it is as
SuIned 70 nave been many times described and 70
industry. ''~O
The Tribune IS indebted FOR no small or UrIr,
portant portion # the information here laid bafoTa
its readers 10 The Crowley Signal and The Pic
Journal and Gulf Coast Farmer both Of which are
10 be praised for the enterprise which DrOn9oted
the search for. and the publication Of relia HE sta
tistlcs OF this comparatively industry and for
the intelligent manner IN which they cOniUctei fbe
necessarily arduous and difficult task
New-York tribune., 1904-10-30

ported by the industry in the belt, since it does
not include the strictly rural population. which is
roughly estimated al 5000.
OF the people engaged In the industry. about 60
per cent are from the Northern and Middle Western
States Illinois furnishing about one-half of them
This is chiefly interesting from the fact that It
be considered preSunptiye evidence of the perIna-
nency of the industry, for two reasons: The first
but not the greater is that these immigrants are
skilled farmers, mechanics and milers and the
second IS that they able live. thrive and
multiply in these rice fields. which absolutely
tablishes the healthfulness Of the region. CoulI
the white man live and work in the aluviaI lands
of Georgia and the Carolinas. the industry would
not be the decline there; he would find means
of offsetting the operating advantages of prairie
cutiyaton-advantages which, in truth, are al
ready partially offset by fact that the river
rice IS superior. and is harvested and so is mar
keted. before the belt rice"
PRAIRIE RICE CULTIVATION
A comparison Of the methods employed IN the
alluvial lands and those of the prairie belt will
disclose the nature of these advantages. In the
former the rice grower has 10 and reap hy
hand. His heavy and bottomless soil (Which alb
serbs water ana becomes boggy) will not sustain
the weight Of the agricultural machinery employed
the prairie, with its hard and firm sub-soil. In
the latter the operations Of ploughing. seeding.
reaping and thrasiing i1ertical with those IN
the wheat country. and in them the very same
New-York tribune., 1904-10-30

dependent for irrigation upon their waters, which
were elevated over the levees by pumps and
s1Dhons. VITA the immigration into Southwestern
Louisiana-ths Evan gelins coJhtry@'-of skilled
Ggroulursts OF the old States. rncstly from Illinois
lno Iowa 1889 and 1890 the prairie lands OF that
region. until then used by the Acadans for pasur-
ing. were brought under rice cultivation At hrst
Irrigation methods were crude, the farmers saving
the rainfall by danminE Il in the hel5s and letting
out from tile primitive levees into he fields be-
low, needed IN time. finding this method OF
culture precsrious and Of little profit as the avail
able acreage was necessarily email. rslsfalls IN
certain and the labor involved too great expert
lnents were made with the higher lands. watch de-
Felopsd the fact thar could the problem Of getting
water On them be solved they would prove IS good
noe lands those along the hayous.
description OF the many experiments that were
used would be tedious. Sufce Il 70 say that about
nine years ago the first successful pumping plant.
Wi;h canal carry Tie the points Of Use.
vas installed the banks OF Bayou F'squeTEine in
Southwest Louisiana II proved the solution OF tAe
problem Of raising rice by irrigation and market
IN epoch n its cultivation. for thousands O.
acres until then considered valueless. except as
pasture. assumed an agricultural vaige. and rose
n rapid succession from 90 cents 70 g. 10 $40. 70
~ % $50. % SEQ and TO- in exceptional cases, as
high as SIS an acre.
As was but natural similar lands IN Southeast
eFn Texas virtually part Of the same great belt
we're -18s7-brOughr under cultivation by H4e
fene methods: and thus prairie rice planting. as
Aes been stated by the Department Of Agriculture
has been developed from En experiment into
stable Industry of the greatest Importance 10 the
United States IN this industry, viii be SHOWN
leteF or hundreds Of thousands OF acres OF Iano
1hNe been brought under cultivation. and millions
q dollars have been invested IN mills. pumping
pants and irrigation canals and in farm improve
--sAes. machinery and implements
Aho can Il De supposed that these vast sums
ssfe Invested BY intelligent Americans IN an INDUS
fhe purpose of which was TO produce ohlhty
tns chief Ingredient Of rice pudding" and nee
Nes-sre." Cor instance-or that these lands were
~ 49, utilized IN E4cs culture because they "oulo
sso1~ee nothing else but rice. and culuFaDi9
- are growing too scarce 10 leave such vast
sS&s n pasturaEe? 70 answer tie second QHss-
New-York tribune., 1904-10-30
ROOSEVELT WILL CARRY UTAH.
State Ticket and Congress Fight Affected BY
Mormon Troubles.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir; The split in the Republican party as q pro-
test against Church influence in politics which
has resulted in the organization Of numerous
and enthusiastic American party cOnplCates an
attempt to forecast the result at this time IL
the Church delivers the Mormon vote John C..
Cutler and the Republican ticket that Mr.. Cut
Ter heads are likely win by 10000 majority
If. on the other hand. the Gentle vote goes SOL
idly 70 the American PARTY and IL also captures
a considerable minority Of protesting NOrmons.
as 1t IS believed il will. the result may insure
the election OF James Fl. BIoyIe. the Democratic
heads
In the Congress race Judge o. ". Powers.
the Democratic candidate, is making an earnest
canvass Of the State, but his chance OF cleo
tton over Joseph Howell. the Republican Nor
mon Church candidate, stands in the same
position that OF Mr.. Cutler. II ths Church
delivers the goods Mr.. Howell will be elected.
In this connection II may be said that there Is no
split the electoral ticket and it IS safe 20
predict that Roosevelt and Fairbanks electors
will carry the State By from 5000 70 10000
ma jOrity. Senator SInOOt represents the Church
influence IN politics IN Utah and dictated the
nomination of the state and legislative tickets
thus forcing Senator kearns out OF the race as
a candidate for reelection. IT is believed that
the legislature will be almost soIidIy Republican
for kearns and if Senator SnaOOt is expelled from
the Senate his successor viii also be elected bv
the same legislature. This means that instead
OF one Mormon Senator, as now. there Will ba
two representing the Mormon Church IN Wash
ingtOn. CHARLES ALE WILLIAMS
Managing E1itOr Of The Salt Lake Trfbuue''
Salt Lake City Utah.
New-York tribune., 1904-10-30

obtaining water IS not the IN all localities In
most. pumping plants installed TO lift the water
from the bayous and streams, in some cases TO the
extreme height OF thlrty-one feet above drainage
level: but in some sections deep. and in others
shallow wells used. these last necesstated by
the absence Of streams. The canal system has been
aptly described thus:
''The canal is always built like two parallel rail-
road embankments the highest ridge OF the
prairie the surface OF the ridge being the bottom OF
the canal so that ali water. in the canal will
flow out and down upon the surrounding lands.
Many small lateral canals are constructed TO con-
vey water at the level TO more distant fields
The canal company charges a toll of two sacks
(or barrels an acre for water supply. Sometimes
the toll is one-ffth Of the crop. and some Of the
conpanies give the planter option 70 pay either
one-ffth, or two sacks proving that they regard
ten barrels an acre as a safe average yield Unless
one sees il. words cannot give proper conception
OF the vast amount Of water sent surging out Of
these mammoth pumps through canals and onto the
New-York tribune., 1904-10-30

for mill alone. either in the shape Of advances
TO the farmer. or 10 purchase the crop outright
THE RICE BELTS PRODUCTION.
The yield from this great outlay of apitaI in
1903 a crop (foT the belO of 4,79SS0 bags, worth
more than SIS. coo. Add to this the product of
the alluvial lands of the CRrolinas. Georgia and
Mississippi 10 600 bags, and this countrys last rice
crop Is TO have been 5.555,sS0 bagsa very small
proportion of the worlds estimated production it is
true but tremendous increase. in ten years. in
American production.
The six pounds per capita which this country will
consume, with the exports to Porto Rico. will cas-
fly under normal conditions, dispose of the present
rice yield OF the United States That the per capita
consumption will not long remain so low is easy
predict the light of the growing knowledge of
the food value of this great staple, which is
cheaper, unit for unit of nutrition than any other
food-meat, cereal or vegetable.
THE POPULATION OF THE BELT
There are in the Great Rice Belt of Louisiana and
Texas some thirty towns having estimated ag-
gregate population OF 1900 the sole business Of
which is rice. and some twenty towns with total
population of about 10000 in the business of which
rice IS important factor This however will not
figure out the number Of people engaged in, sup
New-York tribune., 1904-10-30
VERMONT HAS SHOWN THE WAY.
Its Vote in September Made the Election Of
Roosevelt Certain.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Vermont is so Overwhelmingly Bepuba
hcan that within her own borders. as outside,
comparatively little interest attaches to the
vote for Presidential electors in this State The
campaign In Presidential years is generally
made on the size OF the majority for the Repub-
Hcan candidate for Governor At the State cleo
tiOn held in September IF that majority Is
5000 or over il is taken to be a presage OF
victory for the Republican national ticket in
the November following. II it falls below %
90 1t is held to indicate probabls slump in
the Republican vote throughout the country,
and perhaps the defeat of the Republican na-
tional ticket.
For this reason all efforts OF all parties are
confined 70 the canvass for the September vote
there Is no organized attempt made TO get out
the vote in November and the figures OF that
vote afford little or no indication OF prevailing
public sentiment. The vote for the Republican
candidate for Governor last September gave
him the unusual majority OF 29606. only ex-
ceeded by the matOrities cast in 1896 and 1900.
Vermont gave Mckinley In 1896 the unprece-
dented majority Of 81 .SG6 IN 1900 she gave him
2S 929. Her average majority at Presidential
elections since 1850 has been 26.605. There Is
no occasion 10 expect that the majority win fall
below that this year or that II will go much, II
any. over 2S 900 FRANK GREENE
St. Adams. Editor OF The Messenger
New-York tribune., 1904-10-30

distributed throughout the belt. and along the
lines OF the Southern Pacific.
EXCELLENT TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES
This great system Originates about 20 per cent
Of the rice business. 1t is practically the sole
rier throughout the rice belt. and yet has succeed
e giving universal Satisfa aCtion, being
where praised for its fairness. its accommodating
spirit and It's earnest efforts foster the industry
II has sent its immigration agents throughout the
Northern and Western States and has brought
trainloads OF desirable immigrants the belt; has
gotten out the most abundant, exhaustive and il
Eliminating literature rice and has distributed
It extensively the world and ii has ever been
found ready 10 contribute literally to any enter
prise that promised promote the welfare Of the
rice and other interests in its territory.
VAST CAPITAL INVESTED
The investment of capital in the rice industry Of
the belt is estimated by experts to be some $50 O00
0O0 this includes the lands, the farm improvements
and implements. the pumping plants and canals,
and the mills. The operating expenses Of the in
dustry not accounted for in this estimate: II
takes from 100000 100000 handle years crop
New-York tribune., 1904-10-30

machinery Is utilized-the traction engine with
plough, narrowing machinery, drill and seeder, and
the mechanical reaper and steam thrasher.
The soils of the rice belt are clay, clay loans or
sandy loans. with clay sub-sOiis; they rich and
of sufficient depth. and with scientific farming will
sugar cane, sorghum Kaffr corn. garden truck Of
all kinds, sweet and Irish potatoes, turnpS, pea
nuts, Strawberries many OF the fruits of temperate
and tropical climates, and, as has been said before.
cotton But the staple crop is rice. and it is said
that nowhere else will rice lands produce better
crops, the possible yields exceeding those of Japan
China or the Burmese delta.
Planting is begun as early as March and may be
continued late July; the earliest harvests are
about the 2Cth Of August and the latest in October
The average farm in the belt is about 320 acres.
and is frequently held under the tenant system.
About 20 per cent Of the labor OF the belt is negro
and about % per cent white. much of the latter
coming from the West. Labor IS paid 81 50 day
portion Of the crop of the belt is shipped to
and miled IN New-Orleans. and is distributed by
the dealers IN this city. is the entire crop OF
Mississippi River rice but the greater part OF it Is
New-York tribune., 1904-10-30
HISTORY OF RICE CULTURE.

The origin Of rice culture is lost in the Tniss OF
antiquity. its early history being purely mythical,
but il is believed have had its beginnings in Hin
dosrau. There are in fact. several different &C
counts even OF its introduction in America one de-
scIibcs il as accidental through the strandng OF a
grain laden East Indiaman the coast OF the
f'arolinas early ia 1he eighteenth century. a
french HuEUen9t refugee secured small sack
IN the sale by auction OF the partially rescued
cargo, ana having once been in the East recog-
n.zec its contents rice Planting il in & river
bottom ne laid the foundation Of the South Caro-
Ina rice industry Another. 'Ramsay's History OF
South Carolina, states that an English. or Dutch.
ship Aoinaward bound from Madagascar was
orlYen by stress Of weather 10 seek shelter in the
haFUor q Charleston and the captain, meeting an
Old acquaintance IL the place, who expressed de-
sire 10 experiment with the growing OF rice upon
q low moist patch Of ground il his garden similar
10 that IL which he himself had seen rice growing
u Madagascar, presented him with q small bag
oI rlce seed which happened 10 be among the ship ;
stores The site Of this experiment Longitude
Lane. IN Charleston. Is still pointed out.
hice culture IN louisiana dates back TO the Span
ish occupancy. From that until a comparatively
recent period-lss5-rice was planted in the alluvial
lands along the rivers and bayous the crops being