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themselves in the work they do. The
man who has the most wives is consld-
cred the richest, and he who has several
as a rule does little else than keep his
women up to their work.
Returning to the agricultural POSSIBLE
ties of Rhodesia. the administrator tells
me that the country was greatly injured
by the rinderpest and that 1t had quite
setback after the Boer war. The farm-
ers are slow coming in, and / doubt much
whether the company is satisfied with It's
success in inducing white immigration.
1 understand that one of the great trou-
bles is lack Of transportation. Horses
cannot be successfully raised here. They
are soon attacked by sickness which
carries them off. In the past oxen were
used to trek wagons over the country
but the rinderpest killed them by the
thousands. many falling dead in their
yokes. The cattle are now steadily In
creasing. and there is a fair prospect
of the lands being restocked Much Of
the farming is mixed. the average
settler taking up from 800 to 5000 acres
and using a small amount for cultivation
and the remainder for grazing. He will
put hundred acres or so In corn and
employ the rest for cattle. The climate Is
such that the animals can feed out of
doors all the year round, and about ten
acres will furnish enough grass for one
head
In my trips about the country see
that corn is raised everywhere and that
such oats as have been planted are doing
well. The present demand for grain is
such that the country cannot supply it.
and in the past quite a lot Of American
corn has been imported. Good corn now
brings about 2 cents a pound. or more
than a dollar a bushel. Much of it is
sold in 2O0-pound sacks at 81 and up
ward per sack.
AS to the tobacco, the administrator
has not overstated the possibilities. There
are Turkish cigarettes sold here which
are made from the native weed, and
smokers tell me they are quite as good as
any that can be imported from Cairo or
Constantinople.
A White Mans Country.
l asked Sir William Milton whether the
climate of Rhodesia was fitted for white
men. He replied that the higher parts
were very healthy and that the heat was
altogether dependent on the altitude. All
lands which are over 1900 feet above the
sea are suitable for Europeans. but it Is
only upon those which are LOCO feet high
err that European children can be born
and bred The latter area is not much big
ger than the state Of Maryland, and 1t
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COMETHING About the

COMETHING About the
- Worlds Biggest L md
Syndicate and How 1t Is
Exploiting Its African EN-
pire-A Talk With the Gov
ernor of Southern Rhodesia
About the Country and It's
Farming Possibilities-It
Has 100000 Natives and
Only $4,000 Whites - The
Trip to the Capital-How
Salisbury Looks "A Town
of Clubs, Race Tracks and
High Prices.
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LONDON, July 10, 1908.
~ YER 200 members of the stock
exchange have resigned and
561 clerks have been withdrawn
~ from the floor of the house"
And this within the last few
months.
Imagine such statement about the
New York Stock Exchange, 1t would pe
a bombshell Wall street would be hav-
ing red, white and blue fits. But here.
in sedate old London, the news has at
tracted little attention. The newspapers
have devoted merely a paragraph or two
TO IL. But then. in Wall street "a seat on
change is worth from $4,000 TO $780,
CO., and there are but / 200 members. In
London there are today 5.O7S members,
limited. Seats which nominally are
worth $500. are at the moment scarce
" fetching $50 note.
FrenZied finance in London in its time
has outfrenZied anything Wall street
ever attempted. Yet today the bottom
has dropped out of London stockbroking
and Wall street, as the biggest and
quickest money maker, reigns supreme.
Still the London Stock Exchange Is the
greatest in size and variety of dealings
in the world. and II must not be for
gotten. is the mother of all stock ex-
changes. In Wall street American Sc
curities are dealt in almost exclusively.
with fair sprinklirg of foreign bonds.
But in London stocks and bonds and
shares in every imaginable enterprise. in
every country or hole and corner of the
earth, are bought and sold
There is hardly capitalized company
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-19

Copyright, 1908, by Frank G. Carpeuter.)
Special Correspondence Of The Star.
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T ONDON Stock Ex-
l. change, With Over 5000
Members, Has Scarcely
Enough Business for a Tenth
of That Number, Although
Nearly Every Kind of Secu-
rity in the World Is Handled
on the Floor-Many Mem
bers Have Applied for a
Years Holiday, Hundreds
Are Resigning and Going
Into Other Professions -
Seats on Change Will Hard
ly Fetch $40 Bill, Although
a Seat in Paris Costs $780,
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Copyright 1908, by Frank G. Carpeuter)
Special Correspondence of The Star
SALISBURY, Rhodesia.
TlTH1N the past few weeks the
ital to s45.OOOOOO This COM
pany is perhaps the greatest
land and development syndicate in the
world. 1t compares with the Dutch Com
pany, which owned Java, and with the
East India Company, which had so much
to do with making Hindustan British
possession. 1t is far greater than the Hud-
son Bay Company was at the height Of its
power, and prospectively its riches are
beyond the dreams OF avarice. The COM
pany owns and controls the vast terri
tories in this part of Africa which were
acquired by Cecil Rhodes when he made
his great expedition from Kimberley
northward. He conquered some of the
tribes and made treaties with others, and
AT the end had added to the British en-
pire a principality greater than France
and Germany combined. 1t comprised
altogether almost half million square
miles. going northward to the Congo Free
State and Lake Tanganyika.
Mr.. Rhodes was granted by the English
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-10-23
BIG RALLY AT
/. jhuNTLEY TONIGHT
SPECIAL TRAIN WILL LEAVE
BILLINGS At 1850 n. M.

1t looks like the banner rally Of the
campaign at Huntley tonight. Ar
rangements have been made to have
u crowd go down from this city and
for, this purpose q special train will
leave the station this evening at 1880
o'clock and will not leave Huntley UNI
till the campaigners are ready to come
home. The fare for the round trip
will be 60 cents.
Harry L. Wilson, g. H. Smell. w. A.
Allen, c. L. Harris, and some Of the
candidates will be the speakers. All
the candidates will so to the rally
After the speaking q dance and supper
will be given. The supper 10 under
the direction Of the ladies OF Huntley
who have sent word that not q spring
chicken will be left In the town, be
cause they will be served in many
tempting dishes. The music for the
dance win he furnished by the Hunt
ley orchestra.
w. ]. Hawkins OF the Republican
county central committee has worked
hard to make the rally q success and
he has the promises Of hundreds that
they will 80 down from this city. It 10
expected that q crowd will come to
Huntley from the surrounding country
TO attend the meeting.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-10-23
INTERNAL REVENUE REPORT.

Reports from the internal revenue
department show a decrease in re-
ceipts for the month Of September
OF $l,2O0,OOO as compared with the
returns Of one year ago. The de-
crease. is caused by legislation that
has barred the saloon out of a great
many of the states.
At first blush it would appear that
the government will lose revenue of
approximately $14,6OO,0OO annually,
and that If the prohibition movement
continues, the revenue from this
source will fall to the minimum, and
that the government will be out an
amount equal to the loss in revenue
for taxes for the sale Of intoxicants.
Such, however, is not the fact.
While the government will lose
from one source, 1t will more than
make it up in another. For the man
who spends his money for liquor in
the one case, will expend 1t in other
lines, and a revenue even greater will
flow into the golfers Of the general
government from different sources
This is not an opindon-it is q fact
fully substantiated by conditions in
the south, and In other state where
p%rohibitory enactments have stamped
out the saloon.
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load-arst to = place, then to an
other. until the total cost 81 hauling
the mud, which has made the streets
the most wretched In the state. has
more than equaled the amount that
would be necessary to pave the roads
with either asphalt, bitulthic rock,
Belgian blocks. or almost any Kind Of
paving one might mention, to say
nothing OF the necessary storm sew.
era.
The cost Of hauling dirt to increase
the amount Of mud In evidence, Is nc
greater than would be required to
maintain the finest pavement that
may be laid.
It may be explained, and excuses
may be offered, and doubtless they
will all be good, but the fact remains
that Bozeman has entered the street
paving era and has jumped into the
front line Of civic Improvement, while
Billings, on the paving question q
least, is still towering IN the dar1
shadows Of medieval gloom.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-10-23
STREET PAVING AND MUD.

Bozeman is paving her streets.
Billings, the wealthiest and largest
town in eastern Montana, still wor.
ries along with stressss that would be
a disgrace to a cross roads village.
Goodness knows that enough money
has been expended on the highways
of the city, what with hauling dirt
by the wagon load to All up 2 hole
here and a rut there. until in places
the roads tower up above the level
OF the sidewalks.
Such a course simply makes the
mud deeper than before. and In
creases the ultimate cost when the
time for paving arrives. e arrive II
must, Then ali OF the dirt hauled e
make the miles m elevated adobe
mud, must be taken away-and twe
costs ! entered up against the city
where N would hSve been sndicieent
But that is not Amor y Y whe'
w set out to discuss.
We have hauled dirt By the wagon
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-10-23
HUNTLgY ITEMS.

.ETE EE arIM AA I'D $50 H.
HUNTLEY, Mont, Oct. 22.-Things
have been moving some in Huntley
lately. About everything on the south
side has been moved to the north of
the Northern Pacific and Burlington
tracks. It began when J.. Kin
nick moved his Hotel Huntley over.
Then Keo.. Kinnick moved his house
livery barn and last the school house
was moved over on the school reser-
walton. Huntley looks much better
than 1t did and the new location for
the school house is q decided improve.
ment over the old.
Ground has been broken for the
new Congregational parsonage. which,
viii be quite an addition to the west
end.
The Osborn school house has been
completed and is ready for use. \
has . nne heating plant and Is = very
comfortable ana pretty building,
Mrs. Slack has just returned from
. several weeks visit to the coast
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-10-23

throb with pleasure, he draws aside
the curtain, and casts q pail over the
meeting BY r~esurrecting the disasters
Of the past.
We are now passing through one
of the most prosperous eras in history,
and we can AFFORD to forget the wor-
ries Of other days, for we have more
important things ahead OF us, and we
take life too seriously to be concerned
with what might have been. for while
the man who looks backward may be
better posted o what has taken place,
he is q mighty poor advance agent
for health, wealth and the pursuit Of
happiness.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-10-23

ny the legislative records and they
show that Donlan never voted against
bill which had for its object the bet
terment3 Of the condition Of the worker.
When 1t. is recalled that before his
nomination Governor Norris was &C
claimed ae the simon-pure friend OF
the working man, and now his ohctal
record is used to haunt him, 1t will
be realized what a change a few short
weeks have made.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-10-23
a KALEIDOSCOPE CHANGE.

If anyone mad said sixty days ago
that Edwin Norris, Democratic candi-
date for governor, would today be
vainly trying to successfully defend
his labor record, he would have been
laughed at. Nevertheless, that is just
what the Democratic candidate is do
ing, and he Is making a mighty poor
job of 1T.
The Legislative experience of Cover
nor Norris was in general estimation
confined to the two terms he has acted
as presiding officer of the senate. But
more than ten years ago Candidate
Norris was a member Of the senate
from Beaverhead county, and there he
made the record which today has risen
up to haunt him. In the fifth assembly
Senator Norris voted against an eight
hour bill on public works and also
against a bill giving the eight hour
day to smelter employees. In explana
ton Of his opposition to the first
named measure, he says he would have
voted for the bill had 1t been amended
This amendment would have made the
bill unconstitutional and Mr.. Norris
as q lawyer probably knew that. Sc
his explanation makes his position
worse. than it was before he tried t.
defend his vote.
On the smelter bill he says the
time was not opportune' to enact
such q law. At that time the biz
smelter at Great Falls was working
under an eight hour rule and IS pei
cent Of the labor organization in Mon
tana petitioned for the passage Of thu
measure.
The records OF Governor Norris and
I'd. Donlan on labor legislation hare
lheen compared. and printed as shown
HM
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-10-23
IMPORTANCE 81 REGISTRATION.

IMPORTANCE or REGISTRATION.
There are only two days left IA
which to register, and unless you are
registered, you cannot vote.
There are at least 1000 men who
are entitled to vote in Billings-pos-
sibly 1900. Every man should take
enough interest in the community to
register, and then vote, for as stated
In previous issues Of The Gazette,
there will doubtless be q r~eapportion-
ment of the state by the next legisla-
ture. The reapportionment is based
on the number Of votes cast at the
previous election. a reapportionment
ordered next winter, will, therefore,
be based on the votes cast at the COM
Ing election.
AS Yellowstone county has increased
wonderfully in population during the
past few years. there is no question
but that we will increase our represen'
tation by one, and possibly by two
EIAETET&HI EIETN EEsf EtNNS
With three members in the house o.
representatives, and the consequent
increased influence this county would
enjoy in the councils Of the state
greater good could be accomplished
by the people Of this section.
Billings could have a representative
the country could have a representa-
tive, and the other towns would be
able to divide among them a senator
and a representative.
All this Is not possible at the pres
ent time-it will all be possible If the
man who is not registered will at
tend to his duty, place his name OF
the registration books, and then vote
on the day Of election.
Regardless of politics and OF party
this is a duty every man owes to thu
community in which he lives.
If you are a Billings booster-noy
is the time to show your colors.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-10-23
THAT JAPANESE RECEPTION

THAT JAPANESE RECEPTION.
Whatever else may be said, the Japs
are certainly outdoing all others as
entertainers. No matter what the I'M
dercurrent may be in ohlcial circles,
there Is no doubling the fact that
Japan is doing everything possible to
convince the people Of the United
States Of their friendship.
Since the little war scare about
year ago, Japan has had time to re-
nect. 4.
The United States, she finds, is her
best customer, and American mer.
chants pay cash--a mighty scarce arti-
Gle in Japan at the present moment.
Hence the desire to assure us OF
undying friendship.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-10-23
HARRY cuNNlNeHAM's SPLENDID
RECORD.

There was a time dn the history Of
Montana when the office Of state audi
tor was not more than its name i'm
plles-the department where the
accounts against the state were audit
ed and checks made out. 1t was purely
a clerical duty which the auditor and
his assistants performed. But for foul
years, under the administration 81
Harry r. Cunningham, 1t has been
something more-it has been . live
business department Of the state
where that branch OF Its work, the 81
pervision OF the insurance companies
which do business in Montana, hal
been constant and thorough.
In the four years Of the encumbenc!
of the office Of state auditor, MI. Gun
ningham has not onyl protected tn,
insurance policyholders of Montana
but he has brought that department t.
the point where no insurance depart
ment in the country ranks higher TO
the care it exercises in granting i
censes to companies to do business Il
Montana.
Nh. Cunningham has been renomi
mated for the position again. He goe
before the people with the record Q
four years OF good, hard, effective AM
efficient work in the Office and a repu
tation for a b%usiness-like ADMINISTERS
ton that could not be excelled. H
has not only reflected honor on him
self and his party, but he has rend
cred signal and valuable service to tn
people. On his record he should b
reelected by such a vote as will sho1
that what he has done is appreciated
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-10-23
THE DRAIN DITCH a DEATH TRAP.

THE DRAIN DITCH ~ DEATH TRAP.
That Chauncey Baird did not meet
his death ID the drain ditch last Mon.
day night, 10 little short Of marvellous.
This Ii the ditch, and the culyert
he fell from is the identical one to
which the Gazette referred q few days
since.
We do not know who is responsible
Tor the condition that exists, but we
% know that such things cannot con.
tinue. and either the city or the county
avoid heavy cults for damages.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-10-23
For Judge
JAMES r. ooss
COUNTY REpUB
LlcAN TICKET.

FOR Representative
FRANK q. CONNOLLY
For Sheriff
JOHN G. oRRlck
For County Attorney
HARRY Z. .WlLeoN
For County Treasurer
IRA I. WHITNEY
For County Assessor
"A. p. SMITH
For Clerk and Recorder
BRUCE RENWlck
FOR Commissioner
CHARLES NEWMAN Il
For Clerk Of the Court
LoRlN Il. JONES I
For superintendent Of Schools
MRS. SARA MORSE.
For County surveyor
I'D. G. LlLLls.
FOR County Auditor
JOSEPH SLEEPER
For Coroner
d. HERMAN SMITH.
For Public Administrator
G. e: sANpERsoN
for Justices o. the Peace, Billing
Precinct
9. n. MENDENHALl
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-10-23
NO QUESTION ABOUT u.

There is no question in the mind
OF thinking men as to the success OF
the Republican county ticket.
It is composed Of men who have
been tried and who have not been
found wanting.
These men, who aspire to public Of
flee, have records, Of which they are
justly proud, and to which they point
with pride that is pardonable.sh
They are known to nearly every
body in the county, personally, and
they will be elected without a shadow
Of a doubt.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-10-23
eRYAN's SILENCE.

Bryan is silent on the effect Of the
Wilson-Gorman tariff bill which he
helped to pass through the house.
At the time of its passage he de-
clared that while it was a step in the
right direction, it did not go far
enough. Absolute free trade, you
know, is the Democratic doctrine.
Is it possible that Mr.. Bryan is
ashamed Of the only piece of legisla.
ton he aver favored that reached the
pages Of the statute books?
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-10-23
eRyAN,s APPEAL TO PREJUDICE

Mr. Bryan made a statement in his
speech that can hardly be
to his credit. That he meant to APP
peal to the prejudice Of his auditors,
and not to their reason, is the char
liable way Of looking att.
In order that there may be no
misinterpretation, we quote! from his
speech.
Republican newspapers an
nounce that money has been
pouring into the treasury lately
and large sums would be sent into
the doubtful states.
What use Is to be made OF
these large sums at this period
of the campaign? It is not to be
used for literature, for the circu-
lation Of the literature has almost
passed. 1t is not to be used for
the organizations, for the organ
ization has already been per-
fected. What other use can be
contemplated except the pur-
chase Of such votes as can be
purchased?
We do not believe that Mr., Bryan
meant that. We do not think for one
moment that Mr.. Bryan, whose anx
iety to hold office seems to have run
away with his judgment, thinks that
way.
We can only believe-and it is the
charitable way of looking at the mat
ter-that Mr.. Bryan is appealing to
the prejudice. and not the reason Of
the Democracy.
Do we want a man for president
who appeals to prejudice?
We may be certain that II Mr.. Bry'
an knew that any effort were to be
made to purchase votes he would be
the first one to take legal action to
prevent. it-for II he has any such ev
idence he may prevent it, and pre-
sent an object lesson to the pol
iticians that will not be forgotten
while the republic exists.
{ Hence we believe that he has ap
pealed to prejudice--the most danger
GUS practice n may indulge in il
public lie.
And II he will do It. before election
what assurance have we that hi
would not continue it after election
il ~successful?.
And If we are lead by prejudice ant
not by reason, into what dangers ma.
we not be drawn?
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-10-23

The Democrats who insist that Bry-
an can do no harm il he should be
elected, overlook the fact that the
American people want a mar who does
not want to do any harm.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-10-23

That milking machine should be ex-
hibited to the Democratic campaign
committee. Something of the kind is
necessary to get another 100000 to
help Bryan defeat the ticket.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-10-23

The railways OF the United States
pay shareholders $30.000,o00 q year
in dividends. The same lines pay to
employees 100000, 900 annually in
wages.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-10-23
REPUBLICAN, NATIONAL TICKET
For President:
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT
% Ohio.
For Vice President:
N s. SHERMAN
Of New York.
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.

FOR Presidential Electors
WILLIAM a. oALLick 81 Butte.
cHARLEss 8. WARREN, Of Butte.
pAuL N'coRMlcK 81 Billings.
FOR Congressman
CHARLES N. PRAY
Of Fort Benton.
FOR Governor:
EDWARD c. DOMAIN
Of Missoula.
For Lieutenant Governor
WILLIAM r. ALLEN
Of Anaconda.
FOR Associate Justice
WILLIAM q. HOLLOWAY
Of eozeman.#
ss For Secretary o. State
ABRAHAM N. YoDER
Of Butte.
For Attorney General
ALBERT J. 0ALEN
Of Helena.
for Auditor
MARRY Ii. CUNNINGHAM
Of Butte.
For Treasurer.
L. e. EssELsTYN
OF Red Lodge.
FOR superintendent Of Public
instruction
WILLIAM e. HARMON
OF eozennan.
For Railroad Commissioner. 8 Years,
DAN BOYLE
Of Livingston.
For Railroad Commissioners, 4 Years,
BENJAMIN =. STANTON
Of BozernaE.
FOR Railroad Commissioners, z Years
EDWARD "A. MORLEY
Of Butte.
ThlRTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-10-23

The man who saw the forty-foot liz
ard over near Glasgow, must be a
close, associate Of the fellow who saw
Bryan sitting on the front porch of the
White House.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-10-23

Before the average Democratic
speaker can discuss the paramount is
sue, he must first hear from Bryan,
to ascertain the point to which his
view has shifted.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-10-23

Travelling Democratic candidates
may avoid embarrassing explanations
by attaching their railway passes to
their keychains. s
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-10-23

The candidates on the Republican
county ticket will be elected from top
to bottom.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-10-23

The Democratic text book is not
mentioned among the seasons best
sellers,