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Unreasonable high temperature in
some sections Of the country, says
Dun'4 Review. retarded distribution Of
fail goods. but. with the assistance OF
special sales, reduced stocks of sum
mer merchandise to most satisfac-
tory position High rates for money
have delayed mercantile collections
somewhat. and there is still complaint
regarding the scarcity Of labor but
confidence I'm the future remains an
shaken. Preparations for winter and
spring keeps machinery well employed,
large crops are being secured, and
building operations are very heavy.
The volume OF domestic trade is be-
yond all records, and foreign COM
merce exhibits some striking COM
parsons.
Specifications for steel increase as
the season advances, and the mills
fall further behind. so that each day
the tonnage of untitled orders attains
new high records. One unavoidable
result is the tendency toward higher
quotations.
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President STAFFORD. of the Underwater
Steel Company. has announced that the
blast furnaces OF the company have
been leased TO the Maryland Steel Com
pany, and that he expects that a lease
Of the entire plant viii be effected
within a short time. The conlpany's
stockholders, at the annual meeting
Thursday. approved the lease.
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A Chicago banker just returned from
New York, says that Wall street houses
would double their loans If possible. He
does not recall a time when business
houses were so willing to pay per
cent on loans as now.
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Charles NJ. Schwab continues to be op-
timistic regarding iron ana steel condI-
tions, which, he says, are I'm better
shape than ever before in the history of
the Industry, The outlook. he says. is
entirely satisfactory.
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NEW YoRK COFFEE MARKET.

fluctuations furnished b. Charles @. Gates
& Co., Munsey BuldnR.l
Saturday, September p: Fri,
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.

Opsned For business June J. 1895
OF CONDITION September 90, 1873,
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tt is estimated that there are in
quiries I'm the market for more than
100000 tons Of steel rails. Manufacturers
are Of the opinion that the demand next
year viii run far en- excess of production
and there VIII De pronounced shortage
as result The mills are already far
behind in their deliveries and IL is esti-
mated that 100000 tons Of business call
ing for delivery in 1906 VIII have to be
carried over into next year
The Washington times., 1906-09-23

The American-China Contracting
Company has been Incorporated in New
Jersey with a capitalization Of $500 ,O8j.
1t proposes 10 fulfill contracts for the
United States in regard to such under
takinss as the Panama Canal The
company was among the bidders 70 sup
ply $500 Chinese for work on the canal.
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T.. s. Steel Bs.. eS4 9Sl4 gSis 9sB eSls
Atch. IS ......... 1025s 102as 1925 1025s l025s
Inter Met. Has 50 50 S47s S. S.
Pa. CIV. 1sl5s..... 967s 957s 1854 957s 81
Total sales today. 38S 100
Total sales Friday. s50tE
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NEW YORK CURB STOCKS.

IQuotations furnished by Charles @. Gates
( Co.. Aunsey BuildinE.l
SATURDAY. septemher 2. Fri
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THE DEPARTMENT BANK"
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Citizens Savings Bank.

OF Washington, d. C., Bond Building.
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o4PRE-cHAUcERIAM 1ENGLlsH LIT.
STANDARDIZATION :. Henry schofeld
Ph.D., professor Of Comparative literature
in Harvard university, is the author Of a
work on English Literature = from the
Norman Conquest to chaucer. - The vol
ume is the first of two, covering English
literature from the conquest to the time
Of Elizabeth, which will take their places
in the series represented by Mr. Gosse's
Eighteenth Century literature" and
Professor ,,saintsbury'sr "Elizabethan Lit
erature." Professor Schofield has adopted
a method different from; any hitherto
used in treating Of middle English litera-
ture. He has brought all writings OF
one Il kind together, tracing separately
the evolution of each type The author
deals with all writings of the period, done
in England, whether lin English or some
other language, and compares them with
similar continental productions. 1t will
be seen from this brief statement that
the book is one for the student, for the
general reader, and for the man who
seeks compact works Of reference relat-
ing to the subject and time. It contains
a wealth of material clearly and invit-
ingly presented. p =
The Macmillan company, New York.
.~. $1.50 net.
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Consumption and the Naval Re
- W. serve, -.

! Among other things denounced by
the American Federation of Labor now
in session here is the naval reserve fea-
zture of the merchant marine shipping
bill, now pending in the house. Presi-
dent Gompers declares that the bill
amounts to CONSUMPTION and is un-
American. The federation has Endorsed
this view by resolution. sr=E
II. And yet under the bill no American
sailor need join the naval reserves I'M
less 50 minded. The act is purely vol
untary on his part, and if he does SO
join and spends six months in the year
on the sea or the lakes, he receives
from The government not less than $24,
the rating for seaman Of the third
class. IF Of the first class he would
receive $50. /" Men who are willing to
undertake such service $50 reads the
bill--sssare to enroll for four years in
the reserve. They may be called on to
do actual service in time Of Nv II, and at
other times may be subject to- such
regulations as the secretary Of the navy
may prescribe, in the way Of receiving
instruction Il 4. 81
The only possible, ground for the
charge that the bill is conscriip We must
lie IN the fact that American vessels
receiving subsidies under the bill must
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carry crews a certain proportion of
which are enrolled in the reserve. This
proportion after July ], 1908, Is one
eighth; after July /, 1912, III is one
sixth; and after July ], 1917 it is one
fourth. It must be evident that no
American sailor could be coerced, on
pain Of not getting work, to join the
naval reserve unless he wanted to. The
PROPORTION of naval reserve men re-
CURED in each crew is too small to sup
port the federation's contention. The
entire strength of the reserve is limited
to 10000 men. The effect Of the legis-
lation would doubtless be to strengthen
and build up the personnel of the
American seaman 8 union. It would
attract to the craft better class Of
men, since higher standard of living
would be possible with the addition to
wages thus given. It would permit
the masters Of American vessels to ship
American seamen, where now they are
forced by foreign competition to hire
seamen of other nationalities who are
content with a lower wage. T."
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Dick is not the hero Of the tale, how
ever, but a sort of secondary hero. The
real hero is Barney Boyle, a brother of
Dick, who both honors and is honored
by the relationship. Fully half Of the
story Is devoted to the boyhood and
school life Of the two characters in east
ern Canada, boyhood in each case full
Of dramatic and picturesque incidents,
which the author recounts in vivid,
graphic and gripping manner. Then,
when the work in life for each has been
fixed and heart-ties 'knit-or, it would
be better to say tangled-the scene shifts
to the camps Of pick shovel empire
builders in the Rockies, where the boys
are called to unexpected duties and
their tangled affairs are not unraveled,
but cut and tied up again in the high
handed way In which life deals with hu-
man affairs.
In characters, Incidents and plot the
story is realistic. There are enough
characters, sharply, clearly and natural
ly drawn, to give the story a strong SEM
blance of reality and%life.. and the Incl
dents are true to the life of such char
acters and work logically to a very logi-
cal climax. Consequently the religious
spirit and faith Of the author, which ap-
pear frequently in, the story, are recog-
nized as wholly approximate and not over
DONE, ~, E$s Sfs Il K
Altogether the story Is full Of that fine
been characteristic OF the best tradi-
tons Of pioneer life and that after: all is
said, we like best to read about and that
does us good. III s&y [sIFg# :
Fleming n. Revell company, New York.
$1.50. So
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Taft Must Save Niagara,

The campaign for the preservation of
Niagara was by no means ended by the
passage thru congress Of the Burton
bill. That law placed the control Of
the whole matter Of limiting power pro-
duction in Secretary Taft's hands.
The commercial assault on our greatest
scenic glory is as active as ever, but it's
base has been shifted to the Canadian
side. 1t is proposed now to abstract
enough water from the Niagara river
on the Canadian side to generate 415,-
600 horsepower. But inasmuch as neigh
boring Canadian Industries cannot pos
sibly use more than $4,000 horsepower.
it us proposed to sell $4,000 on the
American side.
1t is at this point that, Secretary
Taft may step in. He; can shut out
absolutely this Canada made electricity
and thereby can keep a volume of
water, estimated as equal to the entire
amount discharged at the mouths Of
the Hudson, Delaware and 9Po tomac
rivers, laundering It's way unfettered
over the great cataract. The secreta-
~ is to hold q hearing on the subject
next Monday and Che friends Of Maya
"a are re- bringing every pressure to bear,
by letter and by telegram, Ito prevent
stih lll assault on the world wonder.
America is not poor enough yet to
lye#avays agaras to corp rations that
vii grow rich out Of it without Sbene-
fitting the surrounding comm nIlities.
New York city alone is rich enough to
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BY w. w. Jermane. Colorado Building

: ,4E
Washington, Nov. 23.-According to
the wealth Of the state of Minnesota
aggregated three and one-third billions
IN 1904. This is an increase of more
$8O0,000,000 over 1900, when the previ-
GUS compilation was made.
The exact estimate Of the true value
of all classes of property in the state
IS $3,343, 722,O76, and in this amount
Minnesota ranks ahead of such states
as Michigan, Maryland and some of the
other older states Of the union.
In 1902 the total value of all prop
erty in the state was estimated at
$2,5l3. $3.50, 1926, SO that it can be seen
that there has been remarkable jump
IN value, due in large measure to the
development of the natural resources,
the influx of various industries, and
the settlement of its agricultural lands.
Advances to Ninth Place.
! Minnesota, by her increase Of SO per
cent total wealth, advanced from
twelfth to ninth place in the list of
states between 1900 and 1904. In the
latter year she was outranked by
Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and Cali
fornia. In the four years Minnesota
displaced New Jersey, Indiana and
Michigan in the race for wealth, and
was only distanced in the percentage of
increase by Illinois. New York, Ohio
and California.
From the above tables it will be seen
that real property and buildings in
creased in value by half billion dol
lars in the four years. There was an
increase Of $30,000,OOO in the value of
livestock, Of $5,000,O00 in the value of
farm implements and machinery,
$8,0OQ,000 in machinery and implements,
while the gold and silver bullion in
creased only 100000. ~.,..
Z. Vast Railroad Increase.
One hundred and twenty-five millions
represents the increase in the value of
the railroad property in the state, while
there has been great stride forward
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in street railroad, telegraph and tele.
phone construction, and in thesdevel-
opment of electric powers, the increase
IN value in these public$service proper
ties being $45,000,000. Ninety million
dollars represents the increase in value
OF all other forms Of wealth. including
personal property of various kinds.
Dakotas Prosperous, Too.
3. Substantial gains in all forms Of
wealth are shown in the compilation Of
the statistics gathered in the Dakotas.
In North Dakota the total wealth in
creased from $542, 3SO,565 in 1902 to
$7S5,8o2,9 O9 in 1904. The value of real
property and Improvements in 1904 was
$37l 1903, 432, an increase of $92,000,OOO
IN the four years. Livestock was valued
at $65 ,5S2, 944, an increase of $22 ,O0O,-
600; farm implements and machinery at
$l8,26O,984. an advance Of $4,00O,OO0;
manufacturing machinery, tools and i'm
plements at 81 ,91O,251, an increase of
$500, 900; gold and silver coin and bull
lion at 81 $3.50, 310, an increase of $780,
900. The value of railroads and their
equipments was 1923, 100000, a Jump Of
$29, 5000, 900; OF street railroads. ETC..
$685. 34, an increase of $1,000 900;
and of all other wealth $139,S71, 1854, an
increase of $43,O0O,OO0. d
Big Increase in South Dakota.
4 South Dakota IS total wealth in 1904
was $679, S40,939, an increase of $127,-
100000 since 1900. Her real property
was valued at $381,435, 1856, an increase
OF $66,00Q.000; the value of livestock
was 500, 1872 ,677, an advance of $23 ,000,-
900; of farm implements and maehin-
cry, l2,S41,321, an increase of ST $780,
900; of manufacturing machinery, tools
and implements, $2,723,430. an increase
of 100000, and Of gold and silver coin
and bullion. $S,290,763, an increase Of
81 100000. Railroads and their equip
ment were valued at $40 ,646, 900, an in
crease Of $4.O00,000, while street rail
ways, electric plants, ETC.. were valued
at 81 ,299. GIT, an increase Of $1.700,000.
All other forms of wealth in this state
were valued at 1927 ,275, an increase
Of $50, 100000.
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GOALS FROM THE FIELD

How to enjoy Thanksgiving is now the
theme OF many magazines which make a
specially of teaching young folk how to
play without assault and battery and Ole
folk how to meet young folk without
making them think the period Of, mourn
ing is at its height Il
Preparations for Thanksgiving should
begin q week in advance. You should
first look up all your old clothing and
give it to the poor. Then you should
send a ton of coal to a number Of de-
serving Journalists in your neighborhood.
You cannot make a mistake here, as all
Journalists are deserving and all use
coal when they can get It. Then you
may settle down to contemplation of
what you will have for dinner.
On the morning OF Thanksgiving rise
early and take a walk around Lake Har-
r1et or Long JOINTS pond. Clear your
consciousness Of error by brisk exercise.
Then go to church. You will enjoy the
service, because the Thanksgiving SER
mon usually takes in range OF topics,
including patriotism and politics, and
you may have chance to criticise the
preacher. After church another short
brisk walk to resolve any lingering
doubts in favor Of the turkey.
Eat slowly, for you have all the time
there Is and you do not expect an even
ing meal. Adopt the Gladstone policy of
grinding your grist.
After dinner games with the children
are recommended, but this is useless.
You know already what you will do. You
Will fall asleep on the sofa. ,..ss ..ss-.s- 81
mus you may gather strength for the
toll and labors Of the coming year.
We are glad to hear on such disinter-
\ or o11t2
that the senate is 1.-The surest guardian
Of the fortunes of the republic" But
does MI. Elkins mean by that the
swollen fortunes?
| Having been satisfied that Minneapolis
elevators are eleemosynary institutions,
the interstate commerce commissioners
moved on to Duluth, where they ought to
be able to dig up some hot stuff
1t Is not so remarkable after all that
Mr.. Heffelfinger contradicted Mr.. Hill
MIR. Hill sometimes does that himself.
In Massachusetts the Illegal sale, OF
street railway transfers is made punish
able with a fine Of not more than $50 or
imprisonment not exceeding thirty days
Such law here would play havoc
with some activities in Bridge square.
It, Is to be hoped the aldermen will
agree upon single demand on the street
railway company, for it Is much easier
and more economical of time for the
managers to turn down one request in
place of three
The deer season is over and the clerk
OF vital statistics is working overtime to
make UP the list Of fatal injuries. 49,.
1t looks now as If the governor got the
undivided Johnson vote. q
=, !, ..:s. James Gray.
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BoN1's CREDITORS CLAIMS
They Include Bill for Jewels Bought
" from Russian Family.

Paris, Nov. 23.-The attorneys for
the creditors of Count Boni de Castel-
laine completed their arguments before
the tribunal Of first instance yesterday
and the case was adjourned until Nov.
90, when Maitre Cruppi will reply.
Among the creditors represented was
an antiquarian who asked $37,4O0 for
Gobelin tapestries and other articles
which, he said. the count and countess
ton Of thu. trusteeship in 1909.
Another bill for jewels valued at
$4,000, purchased from Mile. Vera
Nimidotf of Odessa, revealed an inter
esting tale. according to which Mile.
Nimidoff' s brother returned from the
Russo Japanese war compromised in
the revolutionary movement and was
condemned to death and executed, en-
failing the ruin of the family. Mile.
Nimidof then came to Paris, where she
sold the jewels to Count Boni thru the
intermediary of a jeWeler.
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maintain Central park, the land in
which is worth 1926, 100000. sssThe tos

Il X
maintain Central park, the land in
which is worth $225,ooo, 900. ss'The to-
I:tal Capitalization Of the, Niagara pows
Fer enterprises, both money and water,
lis said to be about $4,000, 900. 81 They
DO not sell power at merely a safe mar.
gin above its cost, but at just lit
tie less than what the same power
would cost if coal-made. They pay
huge profits on much-watered stock
and no one but stockholders is bene-
fited. On the other hand SOC, 900 per-
sons annually visit Niagara Falls,
spending not less than $16,000,o0O a
year. So that even from strictly
commercial view Niagara should be
preserved.
Ihe power companies have already
done great injury to the falls. Their
constant cry is that the beauty Of the
cataract will not be injured by taking
away more water. Yet to produce the
contemplated power on the Canadian
side would take a stream of water a
third Of a mile wide and l8 feet deep,
flowing rapidly. What arrant absurd.
lty to say that this will not interfere
with the beauty Of the falls! i s.>..,
More power to Secretary Taft and
may he help save this noble heritage
of the ages! After that, President
Roosevelt may be depended upon to
put under way negotiations with Great
Britain looking to the permanent and
effectual preservation of Niagara.
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.NOYELIST'S PLAIN
TALK TO KAISER
Sienkiewicz Writes an Open Let
ter Denouncing Conditions in
German Poland. /
Journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service.
London, Nov. 23.-Henrik Sienkie.
wicz, the well-known Polish novelist,
has sent to British and French papers
an open letter to Emperor William de-
nouncing Prussia s treatment of Po-
land and Polish children in the schools.
The letter says in part:
and redress appertains to you as head
Of the state. When the lnscrutible de-
cree Of Providence set your majesty
over the Polish nation it also laid upon
you the duty of respecting the nation
al spirit working for its welfare, pro-
tecting its faith, traditions and feel
ings: .. -.
"Yet the sufferings and hardships
which these provinces have undergone
have only been intensified in the course
Of your reign. Not only have their
complaints not met with sympathy, but
your majesty's ministers have answered
by new laws which beyond all doubt
are the outcome of spirit of ha-
tired, vindictiveness and OPPRESSION
Mr.. Sienkiewicz denies the Polish I'M
rest is prompted as the Prussian Off
Gals contend by political agitation.
After referring to the great wars
waged by the kaiser's ancestors the
latter says: "In your day, sir, there
is but one momentous confiict-that
mighty Prussia is fighting little child
rem. One one side are rods and prison
and on the other side tears
Recalling the manifesto Of 1867,
guaranteeing that the Poles will not
suffer in their religion, language of
customs by their Incorporation into the
North German confederation, Mr.. STEM
kiewicz appeals to the kaiser to reflect
upon how that promise has been full
filed. He says:
GA government which uses any
means without seruple against its sub
,jects is but teaching it's subjects to use
any means without scruple against it
self. Two rights cannot be contrary
to each other. Other nations have the
right to live, by the grace of God, just
as you, sire, claim the right to reign.
If you assail one right you should be-
ware lest by so doing you imperil the
other.
May your majesty's royal Chris
tan conscience make itself known in
future by your deeds. "
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ADJUSTMENTS
Metropolitan-s'The County Fair F.,

Metropolitan-"The County Fair.'
THE County Fair" with Neil Bur
playing one of it's returns at the Met
ropolitan. Altho the play is well known
in Minneapolis it is MI. Burgess first
local appearance in the, part. This
comes thru the quirks of booking of
bygoone years, and not thru any fault
of the player. .a.....
Mr.. Burgess has played Abigail Prue
until he can read the lines backward,
Forward or crossways, and is giving to
II all Of the off oddities and twists of
former years. al He leans ever to the
side of low comedy and his antics are
still laugh compelling, altho afterward
the Laughter stops and wonders why.
The character Of the Eighty, talkatiye
/ ola woman is one to amuse, but leaves
little in the line Of instruction. Mr.
Burgess has scored such a success in
the part as to make it almost impossi.
PIE for him to break away from it, and
ms name bids fair to go down in stage
history coupled with tho title. 80
There is lack Of stellar material in
the present organization, altho the
company possesses balance and NO
small ability as a whole. The horse
ra2e at the county fair is just as ex.
! by neck, as he has been doing for
years: Only once in dramatic history
mas Gold Molasses been nosed out at
the finish and that was thru a. failure
OF the mechanism rather than any lack
OF sprinting ability on the part Of The
black bangtail. He is winning again
this week with a persistency sufficient
to make him prohibitive favorite in
any OF the futurity books at tsThe
County Fair
A canvass Of the support of the star
IS unnecessary. Mr.. Burgess has the
center OF the stage at all times, in and
out of season. The members of. the
family, neighbors and village digni.
tarles have been made far lesser sims
rotating about the central planet. Mr..
Burgess in his eccentricities is in eyi.
dsnce thruout, as usual. He is the
dominant feature, the talker, the at
traction, The County Fair,'' in fact.
Doubtless he aspires to greater thinps
IN stagecraft, but is paying the penalty
of his first success. ! - :" -,
"Dave' Towers, well known in Min
neapolis thru his management of the
Lyceum theater, surprised his friends
6y appearing in the role cast as Joel
Bartlett, the hired hand of the Rock
Bottom farm. He scored a success Of
no small proportion. e. -: 3E.-s1-.
"The County Fair is a hopeless ex.
aggeration of farm life in Vermont.
but it is clean and wholesome. II is
not the greatest play Of its kind. but is
good enough for all ordinary purposes
of amusement. a-s--~:.' : = - !