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New-York tribune., 1906-12-09
S4NT1 IN UALL STREET.
Suggestion for a Stock Erchange
Christmas Tree.

Many thousands of dollars in Christmas gifts are
distributed yearly in the great banking and stock
houses OF Wall Street In the boom years OF 1901
and 1902 the amount was probably three or four
times as much as It has been since but the figures
If totalled would still be enormous
Some OF the prominent brokerage houses distrih
ute gifts To their customers and financial allies
and friends few years ago house whose head
mad national reputation as a market manipula-
tor and specuiator sent thousand cgars-great fat
fellows made OF the finest tobacco and SAID 10 have
cost several dollars apiece-to all its correspond
ents' customers and Stock Exchange nelghbors
Souvenirs in silver and costly articles Of every
kind Imaginable are yearly given away by other
houses
The distribution OF money is largely To officers
and employees by corporations and banks. In 1902
one of Wall Streets banking houses with a world
wide reputation gave every employe holiday
gift the amount of a fun years salary This alone
meant an enormous amount. hut the munifcence
was equaled by several other firms of the Street.
Many of the concerns in the financial district
give 10 and 20 per cent of the years salary at
Christmas to all employees. The exchanges make
zip considerable purses for their employees and dis
tribute them after the Christmas Eve festivities.
1t is not the employees alone that remembered.
but the officers Of banks and corporations come In
for good things. too. IL said in 1892 that the
president OF one Of the great banks In the Street
was voted Christmas present of $4,000 by the
board OF directors OF the institution.
For many years ii has been the custom FOR tho
importers and their brokers who have much To do
at the New y ork Custom House TO gather there
Christmas Eve and make present OF a turkey
and purse 10 old cOlored man Who has been
a character about the building for half a century
The rank growth of the tipping System has
reached iurl the Street even more strongly than
iu other commercial Ueighb0rh0uda, Tor brokers
lass. put rFtA ~ H-ny of the host Of employees
New-York tribune., 1906-12-09

Cloud made 2s4 miles, and ran on another occasion
1856 miles in four days. The Red Jacket made
TWO famous voyages from Liverpool 10 Melbourne.
I2.24o miles in o. and 74 days respectively. The
famous ship James Baines ran 42O miles in
twenty-four hours, or 17iz miles an hour. Indeed
during the space Of one hour she actually logged
twenty-one miles The Sea Witch made the run
from Canton 20 New York. le. 500 miles I'm 81 DAYS
average OF 240 miles day. The ship Nabob
once 2g6 miles day for thirty consecutive
days The famous ship Snow Squall, one OF the
smartest vessels that ploughed the seas had
an extraordinary average Of quick passages which
IS too long 70 quote here. But, example I
may cite her round trip Rio from New York the
distance from port 10 port being 592O miles She
ran out o. Rio DO 2s days; lay there II days and
returned la - days. being absent Il total ~ -
DAYS and running lI.e40 miles through Il region
perhaps more bese, with variable winds and Gains
than almost any other IN 50 days How about the
Drulneitans voyage of u 900 miles In l0l DAYS?
But IL NAV be said that these vessels were clip
pers Many Of them were. but all. Great voy-
ages were made in those days. even by ships that
were not built for nor considered clippers, but
fBorek good, ~holesnn" sailors and carriers ~
i.rGeIste sZ"- having large passenger s.eoc ami
carrying 81 ~ form - freight. but sparrcd AMI
sLi.eI Z, make good quick arrival la pon when
New-York tribune., 1906-12-09

up 10 the mark by she building of new vessels.
These larger than those which they are re-
placing. but not as large as the Thomas w. Law
son. the mammoth seven-masted schooner. built a
Few years ago. That vessel was found be too
large TO handle Well in entering harbors. The
popular sizes appear 10 be the three and four
masted 'fore and after"
Recently The Tribune received letter from s.
G. W. Benjamin, Of Washington the author,
painter traveller and first United States Minister
10 Persia, regarding the sailing vessels place in
commerce Mr.. Benjamin who. as an artist made
speciality of marine paintings, spent several years
sea learning searnanship. and has written several
works founded life. In his letter he says:
The square rigged sailing ship Drumeltan
has recently arrived in New York. after accom-
plshing 1900 miles in lol days Partly, perhaps.
because such sailing vessels are less common at
that port than formerly and partly because of the
assumed extraordinary nature OF the feat per
formed. this voyage has attracted some attention
in The Tribune and elsewhere. But those who
thoroughly familiar with the development OF
sailing vessels and the possibilities Of their motive
power the voyage Of the Druneltan offers nothing
surprising In fact, # would not have attracted
much attention in the days when sailing ships
more talked of than steamers by average observers
The speed Of the Drumeltan on this voyage does
not equal that often shown by sailing vessels in the
period before that Of the fast steamships which now
ply between Europe and America. end which, by
the way furnish no standard for judging the
average speed Of steamships. being clearly fitted
for special service In the period aforesaid freight
az all kinds and mails and passengers depended
chiefly on sail. and tho competition of sailing lines
produced great speed in the vessels and exertion
and skill on the part Of captains and The
reTerse now holds good many Of the regular sea
roads, and sailing vessels jog along at an easier
pace w!th non-Terishable cargoes and fen. if any
passengers.
Even at the Drumeltan's 5a4 miles an hour,
or al lower average of speed. sailing vessels
. heir tlIfC
very reasonable profits in certain directions III.
reasons FOR which propose show as briefly as
may be The examples Of the truth Of these state
ments arc numerous and incontestabIe hut I can
only cite lew taken AT random. The Drumeltan
made $4,000 miles in 10l days. or 1SS miles a day
g. 554 miles hour. But the Flying Cloud made
the passage from New York San Francisco
7S.s@ miles. ia s. days. an average OF 2il
smiles = day, which somewhat impairs the record
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VINO can i'll afford the drain that paying out large
number of small tips means their incomes
one or the exchanges last year prepared to intro
duce an innovation In its holiday festivities that
was refreshing in ITS attest Of the presence of the
real Christmas spirit in the Street The serious ur
ness or the man who had charge OF the affair
caused lts abandonment for the year and 1t is to
oe hoped that the brokers will carry out their plan
TINS year The idea was that. instead OF the usual
big Christmas tree should be erected the macs
decorated. plenty of refreshments provided ana
a wagontoad of presents brought in, then when
the gong rang for the close of trading Christmas
Eve 10 open the doors and give the freedom Of the
1loor TO every child that could be found within a
mile of the Battery and 10 give them treat for
as !ohg as they would stay. of good things eat
OF band music. and send every one home with a
presentVaq Norden Magazine.
because of attentions through the year) the eleva
tor men,. the hallboys the janitOr the starter and
host or others who do not do anything in partic-
ular outside of their routine duties during the
year. must also be thought OF Christmas not
only by the heads OF firms in the great ofice build
are prcverbal for ostentatious lberality. The Of
hce scruowonlen (~ho undoubtedly deserve gift
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SAILING SHIPS ARE STILL IMPORTANT.

years the worlds merchant shipping has Increased
about As per cent. 1t requires 117.2oo men to
all merchant vessels and yachts.
The years construction In vessels. OF 4ls7i5
the Great Lakes 40 steamers of 232 1865 gross tons
we're built three each OF more MOI than 1000 gross tons
The tonnage built in the current fiscal year up to
the present rate Of construction is checked by
strikes or delays in furnishing structural steel the
century and viii be close to the output Of $4,000
Worh m i is mope ore evenly distributed on the seaboard
and the lakes than for some years OF thirtytwo
are for foreign trade. and these will operate
dss e as d rse Bodies of Of trained me-
chanics in our shipyards creates condition espe-
re-estabIlsh the American merchant marine in for
eTf ad dne b of fa ae
passed the Senate. is recommended. An American
certain proportion of naval reserves. These re-
serves are volunteers not Gonseripts and the sue
ness of competent American seamen to enroll
ment The bin is thus founded on national defence
The expenditures for naval reserves to be fixed
Navy. Expenditures for ocean mail steamers are
master General The expenditures for general sub
sides c cargo steamers and msrchant sail vessels
naval reserves, fixed in a written contract with the
OF T % a SRd ds6Hr Few federal
Quoting the resolution in favor of improved
American Conference at Rio Janeiro last August
C02mmissioner GO Chamberlain publishes fun list Of
South America in the first six months of this year
the ports of Brazil. Argentina. Uruguay. Chilli or
Peru. and only thirty-two American barks or
y men entered o eared 'n m six Months afG in
der aF Wb nb mapc 1n T n
ports is virtually confined to New York, for while
Philadelphia or Baltimore. such entry is generally
n New dfR 10 In sd Nth aSg o nang at
are two 4-knot steamers. three l3-knot steamers
cargo @ seaes = bH o the S are soW
lines to South America, provided for in the Mer-
proposed for voyage TO Bueros Ayres is regard
ed as moderate 30 The M Britt h government for some
Cape Town, and the Argentine government is CON
Buenos Ayres to European ports Each of these
three routes. in round numbers. is 5000 miles out
square rigged vessel has not been built In the
Of ships, barks and barkentnes only 20 OF $1,000
gross tons remain Some of them will never
Tehuantepec Railroad next. year viii probably de
faGn nesseS To OF en- IN moving the
ay ahhs %m Of de sgd ship ZIP Is
steamer or the federal government must maintain
square rigged ships training schools, alone in
Cooperation with states, municipalities or steam
@ a sSppa8 S werP SaPpns mag
aliens, i5E We're Brush subjeets isi54 spanish iss
tgadss5 s77 Norwegians, 4sss Germans and only
The bill to abolish the discrimination against
dnd Iq k rga to b Texas i is in the
al rules for lights on fishing vessels which were
nations should be approved at P5nCa n cdmnF ss arri0e
to to sec secure q uniformity and because the United
states led in the movement TO improve the rules of
Tonnags taxes ,asgregated sss7;s22 the largest
can vessels paid s49Oa. In the year only y ner
States were carried in American vessels
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competition lively. The present sailing vessel
devotes all her space to cargo, and generally car
ries heavy, non-eastic goods. which deaden tho
movement of a ship, such iron. coal grain, lun-
Der, salt. stone and the like. The famous packets
that piled between Europe. especially England, and
the United States chiefly of the same descrip-
ton. But they carried large crews and the best
masters that trod deck. men of the stamp Of
Captain Creacy. of the Flying Cloud, the famous
Captain Samuels, who made the phenomenal pas
sage in the Dreadnaught. and won the ocean race
the run of the bluT wed 2.000-ton snip John
Bright when, loaded deep with grain, she carried
sou wester from Sandy Hook to Liverpool in six
teen days. What is five or six day rush by steam
pared with such voyage IN a sailing vessel, with
the swelling canvas booming her along. and the
the grandeur OF the mounting foam cresting the
Sray-Sreen salt surges that hang over the rail-
threatening doom? These effects truly be seen
and realized in sailing vessel alone.
Among other well known routes OF those
grand days of sailing ships that up the straits
English tOpsail schOOners and Yankee barks and
brigs raced for the harvest of dried figs for the
a smart rakish little bark of $50 tons ran from
Boston TO Smyrna. 1900 miles, in - days
On subsequent voyage. when carrying sail hard
captain Fletcher and his mate were swept over
7 the bark Ethan Allen of 100 tons when,
loaded down TO her chain plates. she ran from
Boston 10 Madeira in is days, an average
of 2Ss miles day. part of the time running before
huge seas under close reefed fore and main top
sails and foretopmast staysaiL On one occasion
she covered $40 miles in two days by the wind
Although having sharp, clean lines, neither of
these vessels could be termed a clipper. The United
States soop OF st. Mary's. which is still used
believe, a schoolship. full modelled ship and
high spared ran to Madeira in thirteen days,
These vessels belonged to the past but their
ords ara quoted hare 10 Offset the sneers OF those
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men of the crew would swear BY Mo,l,,
biscuit 'S ana hs-
This season there are already tbir,v
oaAIng pread; beans and roasts. frying sor.sh s,sh
nuts and making beef stew in neary- aousn-
camps of the kennehec River timber tor.,,n many
most instances the women cooks No. n
houses by themselves, where the food h. ~ -.
anu me COOK sleeps. the regular camp bs,rs
used for sleeping quarters for the rnar sseihs
the advent OF the woodswoman cook tbs I,sl s,ncs
men have had pie. Such a LUXURY vrouid idh,o-r Srr
been looked upon a Christmas pressn, !, hsss az
years ago. 'S
The logging streams are now ratbA- L.. ~
water. but old lumbermen say the signs ara : - =
for considerable rain before winter sas, g. 81
good, and il there is a reasonable aroun, :,
Cerous p'oS
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every rock IS also washed thoroughly before
being put in place. Watchful inspectors hover
about the work. noting every movement The
roosevelt dam is going to check a mad and
turbulent river. 1t is going to make the largest
artificial lake in the world. It. is also being
hult to endure forever, for not stronger are
the everlasting hills than will be this massive
masonry structure. Down in the Salt River
Naiey the city OF Phoenix is taking on metro
polltan airs. Its citizens fully realizing that
Uncle SANS great work Is going to make a
metropolis there. modern city surrounded by
Inc richest and most prosperous agricultural
community i'm the world"
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is enormous. and explains why sailing vessels may
be made to pay, notwithstanding the progress of
steam, and pay they do
But some may object that the low speed tramp
steamer presents a dangerous rival to canvas
This may be the case sometimes, because, while
the tramp can be outclassed by such vessels as the
Lawson or the Acme in a strong. favorable breeze.
she Is less influenced by the caprice of variable
winds and crlmS. But this is offset. in turn, by
the fact that the first cost of the tramp is far
than that of the sailing vessel much of her
space is taken up by machinery and fuel, and the
expense of running her is greater: and a result
the profit sailing vessels continues well up TO
the average of business investments. 1t may be
added that those who are interested In this sub
ject should be cautioned not to be guided in their
conclusions by the actual number OF entries of
sailing vessels recorded from month 10 month for
while there may appear to be falling off some
times, the tonnage entered may be greater because
OF the greatly increased size and capacity of sailing
vessels arriving at and leaving ports. while, IL
one should look up the subject in the Medterra-
mean, our Pacific Coast and in the China seas,
he would find those waters still swarmng with
sailing vessels of all rigs and sizes.
"On the whole. ii does not appear that there is
any danger OF ,4Ie immediate disappearance of the
merchant sailing marine while as to sailing Yachts
they Will continue to be built and sailed as long
there are any men left who are imbucd with the
instincts OF poetry and of genuine sport and adven
tuTe. Is not sailing ship one OF the most ro-
mantle of all objects that appeal TO fancy and high
enthuSia
New-York tribune., 1906-12-09

A report of the Keller I'll % to
the disposition OF funds nom ~. me cssn y
vember II has been issued. c~anciscc' ~ ,s',
hand To be s19s5 14s held IN sSn Tns ,ota rss.
York and ChicagN banss, ,sr ~ admin
amount - S6.s1321s. nv Nan p.r cs''
New-York tribune., 1906-12-09
AMERICAN SHIPPING.
More Rapid Increase in Last Decade
ON Pacific than on atlantic.

Secretary Metcalf of the Department of Com
merce and Labor has received the annual report
of Navigation Commissioner Chamberlain. which
states that on July 80. 1905 the documentcd mer-
chant vessels of the United States numbered . OO6
OF 6674. .969 gross tons.
In the decade American shipping on the Pacific
has doubled, shipping on the Great Lakes has in
creased 50 per cent and is one-third of our
total tonnage. On the Atlantic and Gulf American
shipping has increased only % per cent. In ten
New-York tribune., 1906-12-09
LIFE IN TEXAS.

E. r. Smith. farmer living near Crans,,.
has been protecting his quail and they hsv. rr~,s
piled until his fields thronsed with the hI-.
He saws as result OF this protection he was a.,
TO raise a bale of cotton the acre this ss,...
while his neighbOrs gathered only one-so,IrfL !.
One-half bale TO the acre. The quail ucEsd ).
insects of hi. cotton and allowed 1t to Weld sbrs
dainty. --'
I'm the vicinity OF Sullivan and FloresviIIs r.jse
turkeys has become a regular business y,-s
large number Of people. The fowls are hsrdsd ".
sheep One man has a herd OF more than a tsc1
sand fat turkeys. He employs several rag-i.-
herders The leaders Of these herds an. bsrss
Ihis eases the work OF rounding them I'D an
taking care OF them
The records OF the postofice at Karn.s Cisv .s,
that the Mexican cotton pickers who were brou,..
up from the border to pick cotton a few xa.,
ago. have already sent to their families fn>yav,-
more than 5000 IN postoffice money orders No
or them are buying iron bedsteads sil< hoaa -
socks. sewing machines and expensive. eI1fsir~
which they are sending back TO their homss 49,
the Rio Grande. IN
The only woman ever elecsss to Office IN 7.x,.
by the qualified voters at a general .i.c-,on .
Miss Zena Dalryrnule. OF Uvalde who wa, ....,
County and District Clerk. She was The Democ-1,s
nominee. No'
The only county in Texas which IS solfdlv R.,rs
hcan II Zapata. on the Rio Grande border A. -.
cast N The county. A total OF 500 Repuhi,sr
votes was cast for every Republican Candidate so~
governor down. including all OF the candn.i..
for county Office. '1~'
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-19

The Rugg Lumber & Coal Co
has bought Henry Eastman's en-.
tire cut of lumber at keystone,
paying about s37. 900.
Strayer and Graham have been
found guilty at Pierre Of shooting
a man by the name Of Jupiter,
which occurred about a year ago.
The Hook aud Ladder company
will give their big annual bali on
Feb. "A, This year the ball will be
a masquerade and a big time is
promised.
There will be no waits between
the acts when the Aringtons play.
A continuous performance with not
a dull moment in it is what is
promised our theatre-goers.
Don't forget Leonora Jackson
aud sibyl Sammis the 31st. This
will be one of the finest lecture
course numbers ever given here
and no mi should fail to attend.
Homeseekers are daily arrivals
in large parties and by this time
next year there will be little, if anv
land open for settlement, providing
the present influx Of homeseekers
is continued.
A bowling contest will be pulled
OIL between two local teams, one
from town and the other from the
School of Mines. c. A. Weigand,
proprietor of the Alley has hung
up a silver cup togo to the winners.
The Arlington Comedy Company
will return to Library Hall len.
20 and will play three nights. The
opening piece will be States
Evidence" a comedy Of merit, it
is said. Specialties between the
acts.
billie" Brown, foreman Of the
U Cross outfit. was in the city this
week attending the annual meeting
OF the executive committee. of the
stock growers association. Mr..
Brown left for the east Wednesday
evening on a business trip.
Prompt action on the part of the
ire boys prevented a disastrous
blaze Tuesday night. The barn
back Of Joys feed store caught fire
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-19

about ten O'clock at night probably
from dead" ashes dumped near
lit. Several horses were in the
barn at the time, but they were
taken out before the situation be-
came serious and were uniajured.
But little damage was done, thanks
to live fire laddies.
The Union made a MAGNIFICENT
error last week when Il stated that
Corb. Morris new lighting plant
would be sixty "candle power
Sax Gantz, who is to install the
plant, assures US that Corb. could
get that much light from ! good,
strong kerosene lamp and that the
plant in question will be q sixty
light plant, not sixty candle power.
The candle power will probably be
in the neighborhood Of goo instead
Of sixty.
E..f.3I. 1ENa
Next Sabbath at the NJ. E.
church the theme Of the services
will be as follows: Morning, "How
Old Art Thou" Evening, "Thy
Christ, Thy Neighbor and Thy
%self,'' a sermon dedicated to young
people. All will be made welcome.
"A business meeting Of Emrick's
Opera Band will be held at the
band room on ST. Joe street Mon.
day Jan. az. All members are
earnestly requested to Sc present
as matters Of vital Importance will
be considered. Meeting called
at 7:I5. .sS.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-19
Wants, Tor Sale, III.

TAKEN UP.-A Brown horse with
star on face, branded SD on laf
shoulder. Enquire at this office.
WANTED District Managers to pos.
signs, advertise and distribute sam.
pies Salary $l8. 90 weekly, SO. OF pei
day for expenses. State age ard pre-
sent employment. Ideal Shear Co.
80 Randolph ST., Chicago.
FOR SALE:-Three hundred anc
twenty acres Of land. Three wire
fence. Abundance of water. Hewed
log house and barn. Fine range
Fuel near by. Price $4.OO per acre.
Enquire at this Office.
FOR SALE-Second hand goods oi
all kinds. See Collins. Floorman blk.
WANTED-By a Chicago Manufactur-
and somewhat familiar with local
territory as assistadt in branch Office
Salary $l8 paid weekly. Permanent
position. No investment reonired.
Previous experience not essential to
engaging. Address. Manager
Branches, Como Block, Chicago.
WANTED:-By Chicago wholesale and
mail order house, assistant manager
imam or woman) for this county and
adjoining territory. Salary $40 and
expenses paid weekly; expense money
advanced. Work pleasant: position
permanent. No investment or ex-
p%erience required. Write at once
for full particulars and enclose self
addressed envelope. COOPER & Co.
1872 Lake ST., Chicago, Ill.
WANTED:-Nen In each state to travel
post signs, advertise and leave
samples IT our goods. Salary Us. 90
per month. $500 per day for expen-
ses. KUHLMAN CO., Dept. S.,
Chicago.
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Rapid City, S. D.. January 10, 100
Brief Mention
9ovths Soma.

9eyths Song.
Mowers. weary and brown and blitha.
What Is the word methinks We know.
Endless over word that the scythe
Sings to the blades OF the grass below,
0cythes that swing in the grass and clio
ver:
Something. stu. they say as they pass.
What Is the word that. over and over.
Sings the scythe to the flowers and
grass7
Hush. an. hush. the scythes are saying;
Hush and heed not and fall asleep:
Hush. they say to the grasses swaying:
Hush. they sing to the clover deep.
Hush-'tis the lullaby Time is singing
Hush and heed not. for all things pass.
Hush. ah, hush. and the scythes ar
swinging
Over the clover. over the grass.
Andrew Lang.