The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-01

bushels, the largest ever recorde Wit
tie xception3o that sof 90 The most g
interesting and graft t3 n
connection ~ tn the dcyclo ptn1ant Of the
corn crop has been II Furnish ed \ by the
state 81 Iowa, hose prod Duct for l9of
was 8 $50. 100000 bushels m Increase o.
IL Is, oO0,o 100 bushe over tha tSofS the pre-
ling year. Much OF the credlt gof this
marked excess ID d uc Ito tn efforts Of
the state agricultural college and q It's
saccoinplsshed agronotnist P'rofess orsfEI'
Il. H olden,5 whose imp meth IS OF
corn {rAising have revived fIoNyn's pres
i#tige a as a prod OF this important
scrop. ID II Il 8 4 4is.. y.
ii spite Of the enorrno Gus al aggregate OF
@eriibIo crops produced In the temperate
re,gi ons 4 Of America, Sa the market has
been excellent, the supply y ever Il *
4ceediflg the demand IN a. par tinl5 lure
81 the cereal crop in the grai ll5 growing
districts ofBtile Russian empire and %
marked deficiency Ia the suppl FUR
Fl1isbed blythe Asinttc colonies belonging
\ "a G reat b Itaitls have contributed to the
advantage OF II the gf American Il heat
I grower, and American agrlcu ltural n
tercsts III general tla We shared I'm The
consequent prosp IS. " gsi II. s II
throughout the year the manufacture
ing interests OF the country main talned
4 high degree OF activity. This was es-
$$pecia lys the case With the iron and steel
4. trade $ One Of the most graf ifying Sfea-
lures 81 the&rapld a elopment Of this
important industry ~ Is to be found In
Il the number OF important cont tracts
which have been He'd for foreign Gu
h toners, some 2of Y hem beyond the ca
\ pacty Of Euro pean mi Ills to Sundert take.
%Asnotable instance of this was afforded
blythe promoters Of the new London
subway. who were unable to find any
manufacturer In Great Britain who had
"a; plant that could turn out IN esF steei
ears required and ere compelled to
have them builtIr America as Il his may
/ be set "a own VI one $of he most telling
victories OF peace ever won by the Unit
I ed state T he sll pbuild ding trade was
\ d so$ kept at itsflnaxi nlum5 ca paclty dur
Ing the entire year. This was due III "a
measure u to large contracts vi thts the
home government I'd enlandl Ing speedy
fulfillIncnt, but even more $50 to large
ord ers rec iyed from a broad s.. The com
missions from abroad were a most ex-
! clustvely for torpedo b oats and the new
submarines, and a, large number!of both
types have been construct ed.
e sContrarytothe usual conditions which
prevail Z In presfd entail election years,
the United States suff Tered few marked
Industrial disturbances. 81 The differ-
sences, real H and othetical, existing
between la borB and capital, which are
expected h to- be aggravated at such Y q
time, were remarkabl gu iescent ,s3s The
Fnotab le exceptions to this were the
i strikes In the building trades, that Of
THE employees Of the great packing
house trust, the lockout of the cotton
operatives OF New Enc land and the
mining disturbances sinf colorado.
@S Tho Republican rational convention,
convened at Chicago. June 20, renomi-:
mated Theodore Roosevelt for president
4 and vi selected Charles # Warren Fair
banks, United States senator from In-
4 diana, as the vice presidential candi-3
\ date. On the n 9th \ Of July the Demo-
cratic national COW Ion, in session at
* ST. Louis, nominated Alton 3, Parker
s and Henry G. Davis. The Socialist,
Prohibition, Populist and Socialist La
4 Dor parties also put candidates and
4 platforms into the competl ton. The
caripai gng Which succeeded was sing a
g larly free from the influences which
make for financial distrust and COM
lnercial hesitation. The Vital principles
which dominated the pla tforrns OF both
d OF the leading parties We're SO SIM lar
a inSessentIals that little excitement was
n feltIi1l any part Of tho country over the
NJ questions at issue, Mr. Roosevelt was
re- elected by the large plurality OF
SS 1886, 47O ~ tes, The total vote being
II 13,633,S20. The victor actually received
85the 4 largest vote ever polled Z In the,
United States-7, 620, 81 u. q his lis more
stthan 40O, 0O0Svotos In exc ess bofE that cast
Vi Tor M Ki nleys infl 900. One Of the inter
Fl esting features Of the election was the
marked Increase In the o!oallst vote,
\. Eugene II. Debs, who was so tho can "
didate Il OF his party In 1900 { received
~ about 400, 900 Yot es,, being over 300 900
E more votes than before, silas g. SSyal-ii
ll!ow,9 the Prohibition candidate, received
246,i11 votes. Thomas IT,. Watson, the
I Populist "a candidate, IRE ceiyed Ill "a ,38ls
votes, 90, Gas OF SWhl CHI were from Geor-l
B gla. his own state. Charles II, Core
San. nominated by the Socialist La Dor
party, received 33,61o votes.
1 81 AT no time during 4 90+ has the peace
~ pf the western world been seriously
VI leopard lied. On May / Gan dent ocs
Ncurred which demanded prompt a ctioni
II from the state department., Ion I Per-
\ dicarls, an American citizen Of Greek
origin who had been living for several
years Iii "a lila Just outside 2of Tangler,
I Morocco, togetheraWith htsestepson, q
young English subject named Cromwell
8 Marley, was abduoted and forcthly de-
tanned by the folloWers SSof asznoIte ed,
X Moorish band It. Ruisuli The men We're
taken into the mountain fastnesses py
4 the outlaws, and ~ large l'ansol m was
II demanded for their release Both the
United States and Great E itain made
peremptory demands upon The A1oroc-5
can government, and to senph aslze tbs
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