Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-11-05
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the national banks in the country, was
butcher, of the National Association
Of Audubon societies at the annual
meeting Of the association here. The
public, declared Mr.. butcher, placidly
allows agricultural crops valued at
$500, 100000 to be annually destroyed
by insects, which destruction is entire
ly due to the rapid decrease in the
number Of insectivorous birds in the
country. IF million or more dollars
is lost through the management of
bank or other fiduciary institution,
he said, lit creates a wave of protest
throughout the entire country, yet
yearly loss equal to the entire capital
ization Of the national banks of the
country creates no comment whatever
simply because the public do not real
ize what Is going on" Mr.. butcher
said the association was in position to
do good work along the line of the pro-
lection of birds but that in order to
successfully carry on its work it should
have a larger endowment fund and
far larger membership.
New York Journal Of Commerce,
November 2: A. ]. Buston, the English
cotton statistician, has just returned to
New York after a month spent in the
cotton fields, studying the conditions
on behalf of British manufacturers.
Mr.. Buston last evening cabled the fol-
lowing summary Of his observations to
his friends in Lancashire: In estimat-
ing this crop at twelve millions max
imum, l feel very confident that l am
on the high side, but wish TO be very
conservative. There are abundant
signs of a crop disaster in Texas as
my daily notes show, October 18th
cattle turned into many fields, farm
ers plowing up cotton fields, something
I have never seen before at this sea-
my daily notes show. October 18th
very poor, picking nearly completed,
gins in many places not running and
will only run one day a week. Boil
weevil has done enormous damage.
Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas yield OF
oil smallest on record since 1SS9-90.
The crop, which was a month later
that last year, is now ahead OF last
season, being forced to maturity by the
extreme hot weather in August with
out moisture, causing the bolls to con-
tain very much less lint than in ordi-
nary years. On my return through the
Atlantic states l noted that the frost
had killed vast quantity Of fields"
New York, November 3: Last week
was given over to the work Of reha-
bilitation Of financial conditions and
much progress was made towards that
end, although there remained many
elements of disorder in the situation
owing to the dislocation Of exchange
facilities in the money and commercial
markets. This was inevitable from the
shock of the preceding weeks events
in New York, but the situation has
been well in hand and success was
met in limiting the range Of the dis
turbance and in the initiation of meas
ures to insure correction and settle
ment OF these, the most vital was
the large amount Of gold secured from
foreign countries for import and now
afoat towards New York. The gold
engagements have reached the neigh
borhood of $30,00O.000 and in the course
of this week this broad stream Of re-
plenishment of the reserve fund will
flow into New York banks. The feel
ing that this supply was en- route has
done much to fortify confidence, but
the actual reviving effect on banking
and money operations awaits the arri-
val of the gold. Meantime the exam
pie set by New York in the adoption
settlement of balances between the
banks has been followed by the great
money centres Of the country and has
safeguarded the banks from the strain
induced by the shock sent through the
banking fabric.
Philadelphia Ledger, November 2:
That King Cotton stands sponsor for
local option in the south, and that all
of the great industries in Pennsylvania
are rapidly moving to similar atti-
tude, is the opinion of Matthews H.
Stevenson, candidate for state treasur-
er on the prohibition ticket. Mr. Ste
venson, who Is making a stumping
tour of Pennsylvania in company with
his wife, reached this city yesterday
and registered at the Continental ho-
tel. He will speak tonight at a meet
ing in Odd Fellows Temple. He said
that Pennsylvania is clamoring for To-
cal option. This issue is largely
commercial" said Mr.. Stevenson, who
is an attorney of Pittsburg, "and the
cotton industry stands behind 1t in the
south. and, in fact, is the main cause
of it. The southern planter could not
get his cotton harvested with drunken
negroes, he saw that neighboring
counties in which liquor was not sold
were much freer from this trouble, so
the business interests determined to
have sober labor for the good of the
industry and the good of their men.
Again, a drunken negro was menace
to the wives of men who live in the
country, and that was moral reason
for deciding upon the abolition of the
saloon. That's what did it. In my
travels in the south and my dealing
with southern men l have been i'm
pressed with the fact that when the
southern men decide upon course
they are most determined fighters.
The north discovered that in the
civil war. And the south has lost none
Of its courage"
Preparations are nearing compile
ton for the great wolf hunt to be held
early this month in the neighborhood
of Tulsa, l. T. The affair is being ar
ranged by Bob" Galbraith, the Indian
Territory oil king, and the participants
will include sportsmen from all over
Oklahoma, Indian Territory, Arkansas,
Missouri Texas and other states The