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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-06-03
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-23
liverpool Cotton Prices.
AUsw silk From Africa.
From Harper's Weekly.

During an exploration of the region sur
rounding the East African lakes a wild
silk has been found which is not only of
importance to the silk trade. but will also
be OF interest to scientists as we'll. To
the latter. chiefly. that 1t may bring the
source of the silk of the ancient races
nearer to its final solution. 1t Is report
ed that there Is every likelihood that the
cocoons can be unwound in single
thread IL proper care be taken in the proc
ess. which enhances the value of the silk.
Experiments to this end have not as yet
been concluded. Besides the cocoons.
these caterpillars give with each spinning
a large quantity of superior material for
spun silk or schappe. The cocoons are
inclosed in numbers of from so to 800
or more In a thick covering or nest, the
material of which consists of pure silk
fiber. and being available in large guam
titles might influence the schappe market
70 a large extent as soon as operations
are started on a sufficient scale. A most
important and valuable fact in regard to
this silk is that II can be bleached to
very fine white. which is contrary to other
well-known wild silks. among which Tus-
sab silk is the best known. The African
lake regions seem to be a promising land
for silk culture. there being an abundance
of the trees the leaves of which the cat
erpillar prefers for his food.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-23
WHOLESALE MARKET REPORT.

Quotations given below are for large
lots. Jobbers' prices from 1 cent to
cents higher.
EGGS.-Nearby fresh Virginia. 2sa30.
West Virginia and southwest Virginia.
IS; Tennessee. 27a2s: North Carolina,
26a2I; cold-storage, 19a20.
BUTTER.-Creamery fancy. aoa31h.
Western. firsts. 29a29h: seconds, 24a2S
%. store-packed. fresh. lea2o.
CHEESE.-New York state factory.
new. large. 16ha17.
PoULTRY.-chickens spring. per h..
11a12; hens. per h., Gallo; roosr.fs, per
h.. I: keats. per h.. IL: turkeys. toms.
per h., II; hens. per h., II. Ducks.
per h.. 10a11.
DRESSED poULTRY.-Hens. choice.
per ID. 1la12; ROSTERS. per H., 7as;
9sh5 aik per ID. i2ai4; ducks. psr "a:
toms. per h., Is.
No. l. 200: per bu., 75aS0: No. 2. per
Dbl. 75a1.0O: sweet potatoes. per bbl..
3.ooa4oo; vans. per. Dbl, 00a2 80:
turnips. per box. 40; per Dbl. l.2S;
eumss1s pso eo a.o s5sns
Dbl, 200; per bu.. s0as5: peppers. Fla,
per carrier, 100a1.75: cabbage. per hum
dred pounds 15asO; caulifiowef, per
Dbl, 3.ooa4.oo: kale. per Dbl. soa7s;
per crate. i.5oai.75:, squash. fla. per
crate. 75a1.25; snap beans. Fla. per
basket. 2.OOa3.Oo; new beets, per bunch,
4a6; lettuce. Fla. per basket. l.00a2.00;
okra; per carrier. 500; cele:y. per
bunch. 40a65: Brussels sprouts. per OF,
10a15: tomatoes. Fla, per crate. 2.50a
400; parsley. New Orleans, per bunch, 8.
GREEN FRUITS.-Apples, per bbl..
2.50a5O0: oranges. Fla. per box $50
a4O0; grape fruit. per crate, 3.0Oa4.5O:
tanserines. per strap. 3o0a4.5o: Sat
sumas. per strap. 2.0Oa3.o 90: pineapples.
Fla; per crate, s.ooa4.oo: grapes, Ca
Keifer. per Dbl. 400a5.O0; cranberries.
per box, 1.5oa2. so: per Dbl, T.U0a8.OO.
HAY AND STRAw.-Hay. western,
No. I, 1s.50a19.50; No. 2, 17.5Oa1S 90;
mixed. 16ooa17.OO. Straw. rye. bundle.
14.5Oa15.00; rye, machine-thra> j, 9.A0a
$50; wheat. 6.50a7.00: oat straw, per
DRESSED MEAT.-Pork. small and
neat, per cwt., 650a7.0O large, 5.5Oa6. 90,
LIVE sTocK.-cattle. extra. per
e erana sSo pes e1 per sw. Has
cwt., gross, 5.00a5.25. Sheep, per lb., 3a4
lambs. choice, 6,sa7. Calves, choice, per
lb., 8; medium. per h., 7as. Cows.
prime, fresh, each. 4000a50.00; common,
SoCup SV.OOdOO.OO.
BEEF cuTs..Ribs, No. !. per Ib.. Is;
NO. NJ r. IL r. No. 9: 10: Bounds. No. I; per
per h., Il; No. 2, II; No. 8. 10. Chucks,
No. l. per lb.. 81: No. 2. Z: No. 3. 6.
WOOL AND H1DEs.-wool washed.
free Of burrs, per h., >25; unwashed, 1sa
81. Hides, green. per h., s; green salt
ed. g; dry. Gall. Sheepskins, green,
each. 5oa75; dry. 25a6o. Mink. each,
1.75: skunk. .25a1.00; opossum, lOa2O;
gray fox, s5a60; muskrat, 12a20; musk
rat kits. 8; rabbit skins, Il. Calfskins,
green. each, 1.O0a1.25; dry flint hides,
per h.. 8: dry salted hides. 8.
GRA1N.-wheat, Ssa1.o0. Corn, she'll
ed. old, white. 69a71; yellow. IS; new,
ern, white, No. 2, 55a57; mixed, 53a55.
Bran. per ton, 2s.o0a3O.0O. Middlings,
per ton, 2s.0Oa3OOO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-23
SEQUEL TO BANK FURRY.
New Orleans Grocery Firm Fails.
State National o. Z.

NEW ORLEANS. December 23,-Fol-
lowing the resignation last night OF vii.
liam Adler as president Of the State Ma
tional Bank Of New Orleans. the exam
nation by clearing house committee Of
the banks condition. and the announce
ment that It was absolutely solvent. and
that the clearing house association will
render 1t any assistance IL may need. the
wholesale grocery firm OF Adler & Co.
today issued a statement that the firm
had met with financial difficulties.
William Adler left for New York several
days ago with the hope OF strengthening
out the dif1culties Of his firm. Owing to
the condition Of the Adler Arm. II was
deemed advisable that Mr.. Adler resign
from the presidency Of the bank.
Pending the election Of a successor. the
other officers OF the bank requested that
the clearing house association pass Of
ficially on the banks resources and liza
bilities.
The prompt announcement of this ex-
animation has prevented the confidence OF
depositors from being impaired.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-23
The Cactus Eaters.
From the New York Times.

For DR.. Leon Ebert Landone of Los
Angeles to take to a cactus diet is
strange but not important But his at
tempt to form a cult Of cactus eaters is
more interesting. The spineless cactus of
lower California has become DR.. Lam
done's favorite food. Hitherto men have
died of hunger and thirst in the alkali
deserts among the cactus plants. 1t has
been known that cattle In, the desert have
eaten the heads OF cactus melocactus, for
the sake Of its juices, which have saved
them from dying Of thirst
DR.. Landone eats his cactus and drinks
it, He takes it in soup and omelette and
salad. He gained weight in the fortnight
he lived on cactus. He doubtless has
some sort of a cactus cure in mind. But
II he succeeds In founding his cult he will
fasten upon its members an expensive
habit. With the irrigation of the arid
lands of the southwest the cactus will
gradually become rare. 1t thrives now
only in poor, sandy soil. People who Gull
tivate are wont to mix the sand in which
it grows with brick DUST When the des-
erts of Arizona and New Mexico are made
to bloom like gardens there Is danger that
the cactus will become nearly extinct In
the desert. and cultivated only by folks
wealthy enough to own brickyards or
quarries.
These practical reflections. however, are
all but lost in our amazement that DR..
Landone and his friends should want to
eat cactus when there are so many other
good things to eat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-23
SUE P. R. R. FOR 100000.
Plaintiffs Say New Freight Line
Will Mar Suburban Project.

PHILADELPHIA. December 23-wal-
ter and Stuart Wood have entered suit for
$500, 600 against the Pennsylvania railroad
in the Delaware county courts. alleging
that the railroad has prevented real es-
tate development they had planned. 1t
was proposed to convert about 1900 acres
in Maple and Haverford townships into a
suburban town. Exercising the right Of
eminent domain, the Pennsylvania has
laid out a freight line Of six tracks
through the tract.
Walter Wood said yesterday in discuss
ing the claim:
1--WE have been acquiring farms in the
tract for fifteen years. believing that the
place could be developed into an ideal
suburb We gave the right Of way for a
passenger road through it to the Penn
sylvania railroad. II this freight line is
built the ground will be Of little use for
the purposes for which we bought it,
No improvements have been made on
the land by the Messrs. Wood, and the
road has not begun the construction of its
freight road. The land lies about five
miles west of the terminal of the elevated
road.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-23
Money Rates Led to Forced
Selling Today.
FROM 10 TO rs PER CENT
Speculative Interest Confined to the
Leaders.
ONLY INVESTMENT Blu!
London Market Uninteresting to
Traders on This Side-Americans
Sluggish and Irregular.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. December 23-Todays
was a money rate market in that an alb
rupt advance in the rates for call loans
forced selling of securities. and effectually
checked new commitments. Opening at IS
per cent, call money advanced to % per
cent in a very short time. and at that
figure 100000 was loaned before the
end of the second hour.
Notwithstanding the reported engage
ment of an additional million dollars of
gold by an international source. which
has been responsible for a third of the
gold imports on the present movement
the rates for call loans continued high
throughout the session, principally be-
cause of the impending end Of the year
settlements. and the consequent readjust-
ment of the large amounts of outstanding
loans.
There was little sign of anything but in
vestment buying in the market, and the
limited number of transactions for this
account was insufficient to provoke an ad-
vance In securities, or even to act as an
effective check to the decline. What
speculative interest there was, was con-
fined to the market leaders. Union Pacific
and Reading, with the exception Of a de-
tached movement in Great Northern Ore
certificates. concerning which a tip had
gone around that they were to be ad-
vanced. This rumor, which afterward
took the definite form of an assertion
that one of the largest corporations in the
country was buying the certificates.
caused an advance of two points in them
in the course of the morning.
To the delay in calling a meeting Of the
directors of the Missouri Pacific railroad
at the same time was attributed the
weakness of that stock. which was heavy
all through the session. At the forthcom-
ing meeting the directors will act on the
dividend, and their announcement is being
awaited with much interest.
AS has been the case for the past few
days. the London market presented little
of interest to traders on this side. Ameri-
cans were sluggish in the early trading.
and the home issues after advancing less
than a point, became irregular. with a
tendency to yield under selling pressure.
In common with the continental markets.
London experienced a quiet day on ac-
cohnt of the impending holidays.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-23
Breaking It Gently.
Harper's Weekly,

From Harpers Weekly.
southern lawyer tells of a suit for
damages to the property of Georgia
man brought against a railway operating
in that state. The case was lost in the
superior court. but the injured party in
sisted upon carrying it to the supreme
court. where he represented his own
cause. He began his argument in a
somewhat whimsical fashion by saying:
May 1t please the court, there is an old
French adage which declares that a man
who is his own lawyer hath a fool for a
client.
The next month the supreme court pro-
nounced its decision. which was adverse
to the Georgian. He was in Atlanta at
the time. but received the announcement
of his second and final disappointment by
means of a telegram sent him by a
prominent judge who was an intimate
friend.
The telegram read as follows: "Judg-
nent for defendant in error. French
sdage affirmed by supreme court"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-23
NEW ENGLAND TRADE,
Curtailment Of Output Rule in Mills
and Factories

BOSTON, Mass, December 23.-The
opening OF the last full week Of the year
hnds conservatism predominant in all
New England industries, but there Is no
feeling Of hopelessness apparent any
where, and the general sentiment ap-
pears to be that trade will partially re-
cover during 1908, though a full revival
Is not looked for until after the presi.
Dental election.
AS this city is the center Of the wool
hide. leather. boot and shoe and shoe
machinery trades Of the Uuited States
and nearly 100 cotton, and wooden mills
have their head Offices In Boston, the
commercial situation in the country at
large is usually accurately reflected
here. New England banks stood the
in other sections only three banks being
compelled to close. OF these, one has re-
sumed, and second is making arrange
ments to do So. 1t is generally admitted
that the financial outlook is brighten
ing.
AS a natural outcome OF the financial
New England industries are
being conducted cautiously, and a policy
Of curtailment and reduction Of expenses
has been adopted in practically all
branches Of trade.
Many manufacturers regard it advisa.
BILE to restrict the output in order to
prevent a slump in prices and a great
surplus Of goods In the spring. Curtail-
ment Is general among New England
wooden mills. many Of which are run
ming but four days a week. 1t is esti-
mated that $4,000 hands are affected in
the wooden trade by the short time.
The machine shops. chair factories and
shoe factories have also been restricting
the output. but the shoe factories are
gradually going on full time again. as
that industry shows more improvement
than most Of the others.
Hundreds Of establishments will take
Of the holiday week and close
in part or entirely. Nearly all will re-
sumo work next week.
While gradual improvement is looked
for in 1908. it is estimated from 100000
to 100000 employees of New England in
dustries will bee on a short-time basis
during the first part of the year. This
number will be an increase of about 1885,
900 over the number affected last week.
due to the arrangement now being made
by cotton manufacturers to curtail the
output Is per cent from Christmas until
March l.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-23
BULLS AND BEARS|
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, December as.-BS the
conservative interests more attention is
being given to the weekly bank state
ment than 1t was customary to give that
exhibit OF statistics prior to the disturb
ance IN financial affairs which became
acute last October Those who are in the
closest touch with the financial situation
throughout the country are confident that
not until the condition Of the New York
banks is brought back to a normal basis
will the banking situation throughout the
country show signs Of decided improve
ment. This will not necessarily mean
that in the meantime the interior banks
VIII not actually be getting into better
shape, but that they will so husband their
resources until conditions are again nor
NAL in New York that their position will
not appear as strong as it really is
In other words, the position of the New
YORK banks Is regarded as the key to the
whole banking and financial situation in
the United States. Consequently every
legitimate effort possible is made to re-
store to New York banks and trust COM
panies normal working basis.
AS a matter OF fact. 1t is known that
most OF the interior institutions are daily
gaming In strength. and when the New
York banks are again on a full cash basis,
1t Is confidently believed that the banks
outside Of this city will be found to be
IN surprisingly good condition. as was
SHOWN by the recent national bank call
Conservative brokers assume that the
carrying out of the program above indi-
Gated for the New York banks and the
necessary preparations for the first of the
year disbursements will not leave much
money with which to speculate in stocks
They are making their plans accordingly,
and are endeavoring to clear up old ac-
counts and not to open many new ones
between now and January TO-
Prominent railroad officials are no more
certain this morning as to what extent
traffic will fall off from this time on
than they were several weeks ago. One
Of the leading Rock Island officials thinks
that the traffic on the Rock Island lines
will not shrink much more than 10 per
cent from the present volume Omcials
of some other western railroads would
not be surprised to see the shrinkage
greater than that estimate. President
Stickney Of the Chicago Great Western
says that the outlook for traffic for the
next six months Is problematical and pure
ly guess. even on the part of experts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-23
Mormons in Mexico.


fVn 1oueru NeAicO.
The wonderful success of the Mormon
colonies in the northwestern part of Chi
huahua and In northeastern Sonora is lit
tie appreciated in Mexico, where they
alone of all foreigners have accomplished
their characterization. They now number
fully 1000 souls. $500 in Chihuahua and
800 in Sonora. They are prosperous to a
high degree have beautiful homes. SPLEEN
did schoolrooms and an educational sys-
tenn. good farms and orchards, good cat
tie. horses and hogs: and in every way
their settlements would pass muster with
the thrifty farming settlements in the
western part of the United States, and
are an object lesson in Mexico.
The Mormons in Mexico are an example
of the best i'm a quiet. law biding people.
1t is exceedingly seldom that the authori-
ties have any trouble with Mormons, and
they pay their taxes for the support of
the government better than the Mexicans
themselves do. For thrift and industry
they are proving what can be done in
building up the country materially and
they are in contact.
These Mormon colonies were begun a lit
tie over twenty years ago, when people Of
that faith began, coming overland in
parts of the United States to settle in
Chihuahua at what Is now Colonia Juarez
and Colonia Diaz. the latter about forty
miles south of the New Mexico line and
Colonia Juarez about fifteen miles from
Nueva Casas Grandes on the Rio Grande
Sierra Madre and Pacific railroad. But
there was no railroad in these days nearer
than Deming, N. NJ.
They came into the country with moth
ing to help them but the concession of the
Mexican government for some public lands
and exemption from federal and state
taxes for ten years for each and every
coionist as he came in. Their lana was
bare and these rugged pioneers set to
work to take out canals for irrigation and
to build their houses as best they could.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-23
Lord Curzon on Frontiers.

Aohs ING A1hoou CpSSe1sShs
Lord Curzon in the extraordinarily in
teresting Romanes lecture which he de-
livered at Oxford on the I'd instant paints
with a broad brush. and that is precisely
what British audience just now requires
Most Of our public speakers restrict them
selves to single points OF immediate In
terest. and leave their audiences with i'm
presAons which are only half-truths.
Even as regards the empire Of which they
are SO proud the public very often hears
only half the facts. and the result is .
half-knowledge which sometimes defects
political conviction. A large proportion
Of the nation is possessed with the notion
that Great Britain has only one frontier
the sea-and is inclined at heart to sup
devotees Of that idea-sound in itself
when not exaggerated-covered the whole
ground Of policy. They forget that the
British empire has of all empires the most
"far-fung' frontier by land. As Lord
Curzon with his vigorous lucidfty points
out. we have in the four older continents
the greatest extent Of territorial frontier
Of any dominion In the globe.
''In North America we have land
frontier Of more than three thousand
miles with the United States. In India
we have frontiers nearly six thousand
miles long. with Persia Russia. Afghanis-
tan, Tibet, China, Slam and France. In
Africa we have frontiers considerably
over twelve thousand miles in length with
France. Germany. Italy. Portugal and
the Congo State. not to mention our from
tiers with native states and tribes. These
frontiers have to be settled. demarcated
and then maintained las have also. we
may remark. the dangerous frontiers In
Central and South America, !. e., those
between Honduras and the Central Amer
lean republics and between Guiana and
Venezuela, which Lord Curzon, by some
slip Of memory caused by the immensely
Of his subject. has forgotten. The task is
SO heavy that it is now the preoccupa-
ton of all British diplomatists. and is
the more burdensome because modern
diplomacy has invented, Or rather revived:
a device intended to make the defense OF
such "far-flung' frontiers little easier.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-23
Supplies Of Coal.
From the Black Diamond.


The world still has a considerable
supply of coal. Germany is credited
with 100000 900 tons. sufficient to
last 1000 years at the present rate OF
consumption; Great Britain and Ire
land claim 10000, 600. 900 tons. with an
annual consumption about double that
Of Germany: Belgium has 2S.0O060O. 900
tons; France. 10000 100000; Austria,
II, 0OO, 600, 900, and Russia. 10000, SOC, 600
North America is believed to have $751;
900, 0OO, 900. 900 tons. more than the total
of the other countries named. 1t Is the
tremendous increase in the use of coal
that justifies alarm, for. while the sup
ply of the United States would last
1000 years at the rate of consumption
in 1905, it will be exhausted within a
century If the rate of increase of the
last ninety years continues. No esti-
mates of the coal of other parts of the
world can be made. but Asia Is known
to have an enormous store.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-23
THE COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK, December 23.-The cotton
market opened steady at a decline of to
IL points and ruled very quiet during the
about as due on the New York close of
Saturday. and the decline here was at
tributed to scattered liquidation and fear
of january notices. Smaller accounts
seemed to have been pretty well evened
up for over the holidays, however. and
business was by no, means general.
Fluctuations were narrow and irregular
during the early session and prices during
the middle of the morning were about 3
to points net lower
Futures opened steady. December.
.06: January. TO- 20: February. :; March,
r6$pril. 1898 bid: May. 1912: June,
=: Julyf 1000: August. -; September =;
October egfred 1919.
liverpool Cotton Prices.
LIvERPdoL Dc cember Enclosing:
Cottos spoA quiet; prices two points
lower: american niiddling. fair, 676; good
niddling. $40; middling. GA: low mid
Ding. $50: good ordinary. 5.3s; ordinary.
40. The sales of the day were 5000
bales. of WITCH 500 we're for speculation
andstxport and included 1900 American
Receipts. 1000 bales, including 1.6O0
Ameraan. Futures opened quiet and
closed iasy: American middling g. o. c..
DECEMBER. $685.; December-January,
5.663s, JanuaryFebruary. 5.671a; Febru-
May, $40; May and June. 5-70h; June
July. $40; July-August. 5.6611; August
September. SIS: September-Oct SAT;
ctober-November, 5.37.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-23
Electricity Does Housework.

FrOIn POpuIdf MtCnduIcS
Machinery which has lightened the
hardest labor Of the farmer. miner and all
other industries which were once labori-
Gus and severe, has at last been adapted
to the less strenuous but exhausting
household work. and electricity has
proved to be the medium. To such ex-
tent have the labor-saving devices been
developed, there is now scarcely any
thing to be done about the house which
cannot be performed by turning a switch
or touching button: Cleaning, sweep
ing washing, heating, cooking, chopping-
all these and many more are now done
without the expenditure Of any strength.
The wire that brings in the light brings
also q tireless, ever-ready force which
instantly responds to every call by day or
night !.