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New-York tribune., 1905-08-13
NEGROES OWN ELECTRIC ROAD.

Race prejudice is also responsible for construc-
eon by negloes Of an electric street railroad in
Jacksonville Fla In this case, also il proved
70 be q valuable asset. The road is four miles
long and is controlled and operated by negroes.
Il was built in 1901, the year that Jacksonville
was partially destroyed by FIRE. In that year
the city council passed an ordinance giving con-
ductors police power and the right TO compel
passengers 10 change from one part of the car
10 another The conductor under this ordinance
could seat passengers wherever he chose. 1t
was aimed ar the negroes. The negroes refused
10 ride on the road. and talked about starting a
rival line Of automobiles one of their number,
after much effort secured a franchise for
trolley road, and as the project looked as If it
would be profitable venture. he was able TO
raise enough money 70 build it. The motormen
and conductors are negroes.
On July ] a state law which required the
Etreetcar companies 10 keep the races separate
or the cars went into effect IN Florida. AS this
applied TO the line owned by the ooIored men as
well as the others, the rear seat was screened off
for the use Of the whites. Two negro lawyers Of
Jacksonville who thought they saw number Of
points in which the law conhicted with the con-
stitUtions Of Florida and the United States. de-
cided 10 test H. They arranged for a colored
man 70 ride in the Sim Crow" part set apart
Tor whites. IN this case. or technicality, the
county attorney refused 10 bring the case TO
Tlal Then another negro was persuaded TO
make the test. IN connection with this test oc-
CURED an amusing incident, which made the
case stronger. The negro, who had taken e seat
Dehlnd the screen in the narrow compartment
SCI apart FOR whites, refused 20 leave il when
ne conductor, who was not in the secret,
e'eoied him 10 90 so The conductor arrested
MN and, stopping the car before the office Of
me trial judge took the prisoner before his
No"sI. The prisoners colored friends, who did
'o' Know the reason far his persistence in oc-
eupslng a forbidden seat. gibed him for trying
% rloe with the white folks" The courts de-
on Was thar the law unconstitutional
mere are twenty negro banks IN the United
'1''s. FIX Of these are IA Mississippt-the State
= winch race prejudice perhaps shows itself
'"Ost strongly one Of the latest Of these banks
!" open Is tie one ia Yazoo City, the home of
S0'iA sAarp williams. This hank has gone right
ui'o ihe lions den. for il has taken quarters In
ne very building IN which the Democratic lead
ef has his Office
New-York tribune., 1905-08-13
MANY NEGRO FARMERS.

Agriculture is the chief industry in which the
American negro is engaged. There are 746715
farms with an average acreage OF 51.2 acres,
operated by negroes in the United States. More
than one-f1fth OF these are owned outright and
4.2 per cent are partly owned by them. This
means that one-quarter of all negro farmers
New-York tribune., 1905-08-13
TWO WELL KNOWN NEGRO BANKS.

FeFAaps the TWO colored banks which are best
a-'O"h are the Alabama Penny Savings Bank al
- shain, Ala. ard the bank OF The True
2'e'oriners' in Richmond. The former was start
q ~ AoJo, Dy a colored clergy man, the Rev. w.
y Fetuford. Mr. Pettiford when he went TO
birmingham, found twenty thousand negroes In
- '-sHDofnoco who had not learned TO save.
- were therefore, practically living from
- 10 NOUN aho making 40 progress toward
sslnlng a sense Of personal responsibility The
banks OF the city did not care TO handle such
small accounts as they would open. or 10 under
- 'iiS ii''ssiOi'ify WoFk necessary 10 awaken
hem 10 the value of saving money. II tool,
lhree months 10 secure among the negroes a rat1
- eapi'a4 "l sS'Vyo TINS was not accomplished
ei.lA stter many earnest appeals had been made
p'4Fately ana al mass meetings The missionary
""fh OF me Dank took odd courses. Even fu-
Aeial sermons were turned Into hints TO patroaize
ISih- lie that saYetA. bui-ceth upon a
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-09-16

York and asked him about our trade
with cuba Ua rpnIsd.
We are selling more goods 10 CtDoa
than ever before. cuban merchants
gJ to Europe boy way of New York. and
they usually leave orders there This
ie $50 with machinery leather goods,
furniture shoes and on kinds OF no.
lions. THE taste of these people has
been educated 90 European goods, hut iC
Is rapidly changing to American goods.
Tho chief obstacles TO the increase OF
American trade Nc On the credit sys-
tenn The European wholesaler Be- WILL
Ing TO waiL and as the Cuban whole
sale merchant sells on time he wants
90. 9o, ur even six months credit. He
will pay good interest rates, but he
must have the time The American on
tho other hand wants cash with the
order and for this reason loses tho
trade,
"Do the Cubans pay their dcbts?"
YES most of the houses here are MS
old and woll established as any M the
United States / would trust my Gu
ban customers as soon ass any ] sell TO
at home. These people think 10 dis
grace 10 fail iu business aud we have
as q rule but few losses"
'po the 'uhau- buy much silver
ware?'
yes. both solid and plated OF late
they are buying % great deal of plated
silver They are calculating the cost
OF things more than they did I'm the
past Before the war my customers
only asked themselves II they liked the
goods, To-day they figure closely and
buy where they can buy cheapest"
OUR DRUDIMERs IN CUBA
In talking with another American.
man who is selling goods for John
Wannamaker and taking big orders
daily the question came up AS to
whether American commercial travellers
can sell goods IN Cuba Said this man
II iind II easy TO get orders, especial
ly among the native Cubans, They buy
largely and are easy TO sell. The
Spanlards figure more closely. There is
q big opening, however. here for tho
American drummer and our largest
wholesale houses should have their men
on the ground working this trade, They
should send their best men, and, VI pos
slble, those who speak Spanish. If they
can't speak anything but English, how
ever they can get along and 90 we'll
As foT me I find that my Spanish some
times hurts trade, and / speak English
when ! can. Then II there Is "a misuu-
derstanding, / am not the cause Of IT,
The most OF the cuban merchants speak
English, and those who do not cannot
argue with me as to the goods and tho
prices The result is they get down
TO business quicker aud on the whole |
am the gamer"
what are the expenses Of the COM
mercial traveller I'm Cuba?'
They are about the same here as ~
home. ] figure on $40 gold a day as a
fls.. Il 90
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-09-16

and reasonable with one another. But
they must not suddenly leap up with
unexpected demands that require inn
mediate answers. They must give one
another time for thought they must
give plenty Of warning when they have
IN contemplation any change
should they make sudden, uneXpect-
ed demands, II would not do for them
90 excuse themselves with such specious
argument as that which a certain kit
chen maid employed upon her mistress.
This maid said calmly, one Sunday
afternoons
81 don't see how I am going 10 cook
dinner, ma'am. There is no coal
NO coall' cried the mistress Good
gracious Maria, why didn't you tell me
before?
THE maid answered calmly:
Il couldn't tell you there was no
coal, ma'am, when there was coal
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-09-16
4 CROSS OLD WOMAN.

Sir Edward Monson, the veteran Eng
llsh diplomat who Is now visiting
America. served Lord Lyons I'm Wash
ington during Lincoln's administration.
and has many interesting stories Of
Lincoln 60 relate
"A distinguished old woman" he said.
the other day once called on Lincoln
and rallied and stormed over some fam
c.ed wrong that she had suffered at
me governments hands.
Mr. Lincoln listened to her politely.
me- talked TO her In the kindly way he
talked 10 everyone and then, after she
WIS gonc, ne turned to me and said:
Little Edith heard the other day
that nn.ghhor had shot his dog be.
cause it had grown old and cross. she
studied me matter out awhile, and then
-he looked up into her mothers face
and .lId.
D., Mamma when 40 you think papa
VIII shoot Aunt Martha?'"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-09-16

able to get the best lawyers for your
defense, Receivers Of stolen goods are
usually rlch and IL Is these men as a
rule who carry on the criminal lnSur-
ance business | know Of criminal In
surance company In Philadelphia, an
other IN New York and third In St.
Louis. The policies run from 500 70
$1,000 and the premiums are always
enormous, This is because the danger
Of arrest Is so great, Besides the Grim
inal insurance concerns l know OF a
curious beneficial organization that Is
conducted among the criminals Of H.
llnols. Each member Of the organic
alton pays IN 81 a week, and in case
OF imprisonment his family receives s.
weekly az long as his sentence lasts"
Chicago Chronicle.
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nropertv rhs ,ar, l,,yest clss.as
mean me nnpr,os and m5laitos NAV
have same nbiaeflons T., American inn.
migration They rea.I2' how the negro
NAV no. be So well treated bv ibe
Americans as they are by the Cublus.'
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,d Correspondence the DcsaA N.D by Frrnt G. Carpea:r)

,,,,vlrhtcd by Frank C. Carpenter)
, AvANA. Sept American capt.
ltal is rapidly pushing It's way into
apba and the day win come when
I've shan own the island CONNER
,sn, and ndustrally, II not political
fl. Tha immense tobacco business is
ar,o,dv controlled by our trust sugar
plantations capitalized at millions,
bayo been bought By Americans, and
more than $5o0OO,OOO OF United states
s,lj has been spent since the war I'm
rph,n lands The street railroads 81
Havana are largely owned by am
American syndicate, and the most Of
,bo money used In building the Cuban
r,ur1ld which is now opening up cast
own cuba. came from New York. Other
ronroads are projected by Americans
and there are also electric lighting and
roorr schemes here and there over
cuba financed by them. ! have writ
ton of the vast iron and copper de-
rosi,s which are being mined by Cdpi-
,siisis from Philadelphia and New
Work. and have said something Of the
t'rifpl Fruit company which owns the
blggs1f banana plantations I'M cuba,
nd 1f the Nipc Bay company, which
KIM SOON put up the largest sugar min
OF Oh. world
CUBAN BANKS BACKED BY AMER
ICANA
Same Of the biggest Of the Cuban
hanks are operated with American cap
hal Tho Royal Bank Of Canada has
enong bis stockholders men like D. O5-
dsr Armour Norman b, Rodm JOHN
i Mitchell ana Marshall j. Field of
chicago and James a. Blair, John l.
main George j.. Baker ana others of
New York The National Bank Of cuba
has an American president, Edmund II,
Vaughan and one OF It's vice presi-
dants is samuel NJ Jarvis. both Of
New York one OF the directors OF this
hank l.. John O. Carlisle and a second
William I. Buchanan The other di-
,.elors are CuDlus including some OF
fine best men of the island but the
most of the capital rs American, Pier
ront Morgan and stephen B, Elkius be-
ig large stockholders.
These two banks do an enormous
lu-IN|1a. ! ne iNbNdl btllN VI '.hHtl'liN
has assets " $32, 200 000 and It had last
Wear moro than s2l,OOOO 600 in deposits
II does business throughout Canada,
Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Brit
i,h Columbia. and it Is rapidly build
INK up 90 big business. II is earning
more than a per cent on its capital
stock and rs paying dividends at the
rate Of per cent per annum.
The National Bank Of cuba made
over 90 per cent last year on its paid
MP capital, II gave per cent IN diyl-
dends to the shareholders while the
balance went TO the surplus and I'M
divided profits.
now BUSINESS GROWS IN CUBA,
The Royal Bank Of Canada opened
rs first branch here In 1899 and It has
since absorbed two Of the large Span
ih banks and established a branch
81 Cam0guey. I'm the heart Of the Island
The national bank was opened for BUSH
ness only three and a half years ago,
with an authorized capital Of S5000.O00
and 100000 paid IN. 1t has now 5000
dtposltors. with more than $9000,0OQ,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-09-16
CRIMINAL INSURANCE.

criminal insurance" said a detec-
tive, rs the insurance that thieves and
blacklegs take out In case OF arrest,
For instance: You are secoud-story
man. You make about $500 a year, the
average second-story mans income,
and you carry an Insurance OF $1,000,
for which you pay the big premium OF
1925 year Now. II you are arrested
the Insurance company steps forward
and hands you 81 900. Thus you are
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-09-16

deposits, showing a gain over last
year OF 100000, and OF $500
In the number of deposItors,
This bank has increased It's pald-up
capital to 100000 and II proposes 10
issue up to the total amount Of So Co.,
000 at an early date. Its managers tell
me they expect their deposits win dou-
bile within the next year, and they say
that the financial business of Cuba is
increasing by leaps and bounds.
The National Bank, Ike the Royal
bank, win have e central head at
Havana. with branches all over the is
land II has already 10 branch banks
W the different cities, and IL win soon
Increase these to H. This bank was
chosen as the depository Of the cuban
funds when Gen. Wood was governor;
and II may stlll be called the govern
mont bank of cuba, its title being
lei Banyo NacionaL'
THREE MILLIONS IN SIGHT
/ had letter from Mr.. Flather, the
cashier Of Riggs National bank at
Washington, TO the managers of the
National bank, and upon presenting IL
] asked to be shown over the estab-
lshment This was done even to the
vaults, where / saw what would be
rather surprising sight IN almost any
bank Of the United states, The vault
is as big as q hall bedroom and Is
walled with pigeon holes and shelves
These We're filed with greenbacks and
yelloWbacks, all I'm the good money OF
our own Uncle sam The notes We're
of all denominations from 81 TO $500
each, and some single bundles contained
500 coo. A counting had Just been made
OF the funds on hand and It showed
N,6yo0UO In these notes. on the huor
under the shelves were stacks Of cant
vas bags, foot long and six inches
wide Nllcd with Spanish gold. Each
bug contained $4,000 I'm coins ] lifted
one and ii took all my strength to raise
IT, There WAS "a million aud a half
dollars worth Of gold on the floor Of
that vault, and It's contents altogether
amounted 10 more than S3.0OJ,000
Cuba ia q land OF big things II has
millions as the basis Of its industries,
and II does business In the large. II
has plantations worth fortunes, million
dollar sugar mills, and banks with mil.
lions on deposit Nevertheless, the
country is IN It's infancy, Az far as
such things are concerned, There arc
no savings banks yet ana no safe-de-
post vaults, ] do not know that there
are any trust companies, and there are
not yet the exploitation companies with
millions behind them which are bound
20 come in the building up Of the ISL
and.
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A POOR EXCUSE.

- nn''.d Wilcox the president Of the
y...Ware and Hudson Company. was
,plGs'hs The idea that a coal strike
would occur again
g.. mere WIN be no danger OF strike, ="
~. ''Ia, .as long as the operators and
TITO miners arc perfectly open and fair
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-09-16
A Cold Settled in His Kidneys.

A. j. tennessee. 92g Butler 81, Chicago,
writes .'I am u swltchman and am out
I'm all kinds OF weather I took cold
which settled IN my kidneys and I was
I'm bad shape. I tried several advertised
remedies with no heneht, until ] was rec.
commended to try Foley's Kidney Cure
Two-thlrds Of bottle cured me. Cold by
T. j. Hin Drug Co.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-09-16

and more This u.s. only about ouc-tenth
of what 10 VIII support Take Japan,
ar which only oUg-lyulu can Doe Guilt
waited, &C. feeds i0Ou00H0. Java. of the
same size as Cuba, Is largely mountain
Gus, ana n has a. population of $4,000
n'o cuba ls good from one end 10 the
other rs soil ia as rich us any Ia
t1a world. and that even to the tops Of
tine mountains Besides that, cuba rs
next door 90 tlc United states, the best
market on earth. cuba can easily sup
port -Nu.lu0N end fits people SOD! be-
among Oh. most prosperous of the ma
ti1u-.'
ELECTRIC RAILROADS IN CUBA.
talked al length the other day with
Scuor Mauuc, Luciano Di32 formerly
secretary of agriculture and public
works, about U0yaua's electric railway
system of which ho i7 Vice president.
He tells me- that there are already so
miles of road lon operation. and that
l2O miles moro Wi.l Doe constructed Ion
the near future The first electric car
on the island was run only four years
ago. land the gross earnings of the roads
last year were more than million and
"a half dollars. So far nearly an the
rolling stock has been bought from the
United states, uU. The company has
now bull, Ns own shops and VIII con-
twc. Js cars here. The Havana cleo
tre railroads are 10 be gradually exc
tended through Cuba ana they VIII
probably form one of ,He most prOht8-
bile industries of the island. At prcs-
emit these roads have assets Of about
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-09-16
BANKING IN CUBA.

White / was IN FL Banco Naclonal I
met MIR. Samuel NJ Jarvis Of New
York, one Of the vice presidents of
the bank, who is temporarily stopping
I'm cuba looking after his large inter
ests here, and asked him 20 tell mo
something about banking conditions,
Said he:
cuba has a curious history as re-
CARDS banking, Before the war the
chief financial institution was the Bank
OF Spain, which had it's branches scat
tered over the island, with central
office at Havana This bank was the
fiscal agent Of the government It is
sued government notes, collected the
taxes and also did general banking
business II not only issued notes. but
at times II compelled the merchants to
take them TO such an extent that It's
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-09-16
DON'T USE POOR OIL

For use on sewing machines, bicycles
and al purposes requiring a fine lubrl-
cant the best is cheapest IN the end.
Genuine Singer oil can only be obtained
al singer stores Look for the red S.
43 South Main ST.. Salt Lake city Utah.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-09-16

How Business Grows-The Profits of Banking Values
or Cuban Stocks and Bonds-The New Electric
Railroads.&c. Cubans Like Amercans?-How the
Spaniards Fee-Some Talks on American Trade
Our Drummers and Their Expenses.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-09-16

notes are now worth only four or five
cents ON the dollar Such transactions
brought banking into bad repute ana
for a time after the war the people
were afraid TO trust their mony to any
bank. ] know OF men who had pay
ments OF from 800 TO $500 600 to make
who brought the money I'm gold coin I'm
bags to their creditors and counted II
over They had no repositories ana
they would not trust to checks or
drafts. At that time the merchants act
ed largely as the bankers and there
were also private banks. such still
exist
To-day this dlstrust has largely dis
appeared We have already about 5000
open accounts and the government pay
meuts of the $35 600 loan 10 the sol
diers are largely IN checks upon us,
The people often hold such checks for
months before cashing them showing
that they have an implicit faith IN their
value
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-09-16
CUBAN sTocKs AND bonds.

"What is the condition Of Cuba f.
naucially?'
ut Is excellent" replied Mr. Jarvis,
land it win continue to improve, The
government IL safe and its relation to
the United States Is such that IN case
Of revolution, which | do not think
possible, the island would probably be
would make all Cuban securities more
valuable than ever"
How do YOU regard Cuban bonds2"
Il consider them a gilt-edge invest
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-09-16

! met I'm Havana Mr.. Barton Of Reed
( Barton, the silver merchants Of New
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-01
HOME PLACES SOLD
DURING PAST WEEK
PRICES INCLUDE VALUATIONS IN
VARIOUS SECTIONS
Many Properties Purchased for Invest
ment-CIose-in Lots Are Much
Sought After by Capitalists Who
Can Afford to Wait

There has been the usual activity
during the past week in the transfers
of home property and improved prop
erty in the residence districts.
Lee A. Mcconnell S Co. have sold
for J. M. Garland, to Mrs. w. G..
Chanslor, the property at 1925 West
Seventh street; consideration, $500;
also for C. T. Cole, to R. L. Rice, lot
II, block F Wiltshire boulevard heights
tract, being on the east side of Berendo
street between Seventh and Eighth;
consideration, S2550.
Black Bros. report the following
sales: From Carl Seligman to J. Rubin,
65x150 feet on the southeast corner of
Ninth and Green streets; considera-
tion, $65OO.
Mrs. Mabel Arkills to Isidor Eisener,
5Ox13O feet on the west side of Grand
avenue, $50 feet north Of Thirty-eighth
street; consideration, $1250.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-01

Heights section of the city is most
rapidly developing, and the best Of
proof of its desirability is that the real
estate firms owning tracts report that
the greatest number of sales made were
to people who reside on Boyle Heights.
Greater Los Angeles Realty Company
S. ]. Harris, formerly of Boston,
and H. Kahn, who has been connected
with the Golden State Realty company,
have formed a partnership and have
organized the Greater Los Angeles
Realty company, with offices in suite
433 in the Pacific Electric building.
The company will give special attention
to the sale of residence lots In Boyle
Heights, in La Mesa and other at
tractive additions, where lots can be
secured at low prices and on easy
terms. Mr.. Harris is the pioneer resi-
dent agent in Boyle Heights and will
continue to be accessible daily at the
company's office on the southwest
corner of Euclid and Stephenson ave-
nues, where those desiring to inspect
lots in La Mesa and other tracts will be
furnished all desired information and
be shown in vehicles to lots in any sec
ton of Boyle Heights.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-01
FIRE BOARD AIDS LIEUTENANT
"SoIIy" sepuIveda Of Engine Company
No. 8 Granted Another Months
Leave of Absence

Members of the fire commission wear
tender hearts under stern exteriors
and showed the better sides of their
natures yesterday by granting Lieu
tenant "Solly" Sepulveda of engine
company No. another thirty days
leave of absence on his full pay of 800
a month.
Lieutenant Sepulveda contracted tu-
berculosis while performing his duties
i'll the fire department and a few
months ago found himself too Ill to
work. The commission granted him a
thirty days leave of absence with
full pay and has been extending the
time ever since. Chief Lips reported
yesterday that Lieutenant Sepulyeda
was improving and would probably be
able to go to work in another month.
At this meeting @. L. Bagley was
appointed secretary of the fire depart
ment. E. L. Barker and John B, Pow
ell were promoted to engineers and G.
NJ. Stewart was reinstated as hoseman.