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The sun., 1908-10-15
How to Bid for the Bardad Trade.
From letter or Consul Aaorissen IN DdGy co
sular and Trade Rtports

From letter or Consul Aaorssen IN DdGy Con-
suiar and Trade Reports.
The foreign trade Of Bagdad. Including I'M
ports and exports. for 1907 amounted TO S9,S'','
siS Although the United States ls one Of TnrA'
ish ArabIa's best customers the latter taxes
practically nothing In return, With the compile
tlon OF the Dagdad railway and the subsequent
development OF Mesopotamia and adjoining re-
rlons the trade win In the near future be doubled
and American manufacturers would do well TO
make an effort TO secure their share OF this com.
merce. II they determine TO do 80 they should
conform to the methods OF the market The
only serious obstacle 70 American trade In Bag
dad Is the conditions of payment demanded by
our exporters. II is not with dollars and cents
nor with free on board New York" that they Will
succeed In awakening the interest OF local puf'
chasers In products which are 20 compete win
the fruits Of European Industry: the Bagdad meT !,
chant prefers 10 calculate the cost OF articles and
expenses connected with Importation In pounds
shinlngs and pence, and TO have prices quoted
I. o. b. Bagdad or Bassorah, packing, shipping,
freight. transshipping and Insurance charges
prepaid. Only by complying with these re-
ouIrements win the American manufacturer
succeed In getting his proposition carefully e1n'
sldored In these marketa
The sun., 1908-10-15
Best boot. for Long Distance walking.

Mr. Clement Edwards, NJ. p, who Is much
interested In the Territorial army. did fine bit
OF walking recently. Starting from the London
Embankment early on Monday morning, he
walked to Cwm. on the borders Of Radnorshlre, In
four days a distance OF l79 miles, or an average
OF over forty -four miles day. In one day the
honorable member walked sixty miles. His
object was partly to see what could be done In
the way OF marching and partly to ind out what
kind OF boots would be hest suited for soldiers
on long marches. He has satisfied himself that
the lIrht boots worn by professional pedestrians
are not the best for steady and continued walking.
The sun., 1908-10-15
The Fear That Bryan in 1909 Means
RooseveIt In 1913,

From the letter OF critical but es-
teemed reader in Toledo, Mr.. CLAYTON
MURPHY, we extract this reasonable
sentiment:
II believe We have moro TO fear from RoosE-
yzLr's being elected In four years, q BRYAN u
slsessd notu than wo have in RoosEvBLTs ever
being elected again II TAyri is chosen this year.
That belief, which is shared by THE
SUN, appears to be asserting itself with
Increasing force in many candid minds.
It may even be the determining consid-
nration In the election
The sun., 1908-10-15
Mi.interpreted the Dream.


From Chdrht ana Chuufen,
The Rev" John White OF eastern North Caro-
lima. a thrifty farmer. dreamed that the Lord
wanted him to go to Egypt as a missionary. In
spite OF the entreaty OF his friends against (,
he sold his farm and took his family 10 Egypt,
expecting special revelation 20 teach him the
language OF the natives and provide for his daily
wants.
After nine months In the far country he has
written his friends for money 10 come home 10
begin life over again. He learned some sense.
hut the price was high,
The sun., 1908-10-15
Who Columbus was.

I'TUTF ~ I1VFtf'sOT0 NUVs
In the afternoon In all the schools a part OF the
time was devoted to the study Of the life and deeds
OF Columbus,
An amusing reply was given by one Of the
pupils. A teacher had told the class OF the won :
derful voyage of Columbus and how he insisted
on continuing the voyage after the other men
were ciamoring to return. Then she asked who
was ColumbusI" with the view OF hearing how
well they had followed her talk,
One little hand went up.
well. Johnny who was hei" asked the teacher,
vcolumbus was the gem OF the ocean" was the
answer,
The sun., 1908-10-15

The Hon. WILLIAM A. CLARK Of Mon
tana and New York has done very en-
barrassing thing TO Mr.. BRYAN by pro-
claiming his adherence TO that untired
seeker. No plutoorat need apply Mr..
BRYAN is the candidate of the 'pr0duo-
ing CLASSES, but perhaps Mr.. CLARK can
come In IL he will produce few $4,000
subecriptiona
The sun., 1908-10-15

The awful responsibility that is on
Colonel HENRICUs WArTEHsoN and Ma jor
JosEPHus DANIELS will be over in eigh-
teen days, and then those wearied pa
raiders can return to their respective
pursuits, muttons and beverages.
The sun., 1908-10-15
Oklahoma Society Note.

From Nt RdVFHIt EnItTpr1st
Married. at my home. on Sunday. September 30
Mr.. TnimAn Slsk and Mrs.. Shumate. both Of VJb
bard This Is the third time that we have mar
ried Mr. Slsk and the second time that we have
married his wife We preached the funerals Of
both his former wives and also her former bus.
band. They will make their future home In VIb.
bard Success 70 them.-The Rev. j. MoAdnms
The sun., 1908-10-15
oue.t,on of a Cur,ous Impeftinent,

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir; II the
statement attributed to the President claim
ing 500 electoral -o.ss for Mr. Taft as an
assured fact is true, then why should any
body from now on send any more money to
Mr.. George Rumsey Sheldon for campaign
purposes? A. B. II,
NEW York. October II.
The sun., 1908-10-15

has now 5.1ba.s7s seedlings at its planting
stationa which viii bo ready to Get out In
from one TO three years.
All this In ~ It should be. The German
nation treats timber as q crop, keeps new
supplies growing. and 10 perfectly salts
ned with the profits. The common sense
attitude toward forests 10 10 keep them
renewed 20 that We may always have the
comfort and the profit that their products
give ta
The sun., 1908-10-15

The Hon. HoKE SMITH has appeared at
Lincoln. and is said TO have praised its
Jefferson as a man Of more executive
ability than TAFT. In the opinion Of the
Georgia folks HoKs has not been much OF
a Governor. but his gifts as comic leo
turer cannot be denied.
The sun., 1908-10-15

By removing to Albany temporarily dur
ing his term as Governor Mr.. Hughes neither
gained residence in that city nor lost 1t in
this. His home Is In this city. and here
he Is entitled under the law to register
and vote. The Hotel Astor is the place he
selected as his home hero.
The sun., 1908-10-15
The Original LAST.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir: In
view Of Critics" letter Of to-day. and as
Mr.. Roosevelt has already referred to those
who -clamor against the truth being told"
why not appeal to those who have photo
graphic copies of the original list" to lend
one for publication X.
ATLANTIC CITY. N. j.. October IS.
The sun., 1908-10-15
Governor HuRhe,'s Vote.

To THB EprroR OF TEE SuN--Str: How does
Governor Hughes claim the right 10 register
from the Hotel Astort 1s he not a resident Of
Albany. and should he not register and vote at
Albanyf JAMES JoHssToN
NEW YoRK. October IA
The sun., 1908-10-15

Mr.. HowEL1ss description OF Monte Carlo as
Eden After the Fall" Ism bad, is that clever
comparison to be credited to THE SUH.-Bosfon
Herald.
1t is to be credited to Mr.. HowELLs
since the question is asked.
The sun., 1908-10-15
Tha Yennl Y0fa.

To The EprToA OF TEE suE-sir' Men In
both OF the great political parties who are In a
position TO know assure me that AZ least rs per
cent. OF the voters In this country are purchas-
able. Do you believe this 10 truef
DAILY READER.
ALBANY. N. Y. October 10
The sun., 1908-10-15

Lcndou ONCE Bingham House, Arundel
street. Strand. The daily and Sunday SUN is on
ssie m London at Murrsy's Exchange, Trafalgar
Buildings, Northumberland avenue; Pail Mall
American and Colonial Exchange, Carlton street,
Regent street, and DAVIS Steamship Agency. II
Green street. Leicester Square.
The sun., 1908-10-15
Fast Life In Neyafk.

From speech BY ne Uadsr Sheriff Of E..ss coust,,
Neto Jersey.
We see a man handing out cards to the seyen
men seated at the table, and he hands 20 each nye
aol!.rs worth Of poker china
The sun., 1908-10-15

Paris once. a2 Rue Louis le Grand. The daily
aud Sunday editions on sale al KioSaue u. near
the Grand otel Kiosque H. Boulevard des Capu-
cines, corner Place de ropera. and Kiosaue 49,
Boulevard des Italiens. corner Rue Louis lie Grand
The sun., 1908-10-15

We are In the midst OF conflict as VIAL TO the
well being OF our nation as was the conflict oil the
civil war.-,sserstarB oARErELD al Boston.
The Lawn Tennis Cabinet: II must and
shall be preserved.
The sun., 1908-10-15

Gabriel Wasn't tha, spirit satisfied with Mr
hAlot
ST. Peter-No: she said it wasn't nearly a.
large as her winter hat
The sun., 1908-10-15
wha, the Georgia Republican. Didn't Do,

From the Neps and Observer OF Raleigh, ". c.
Despite the fact that Georgia 10 claimed by the
Republicans as doubtful that party did not black
the board In the election this week.
The sun., 1908-10-15

Posterity offers him TMr. BRYAN place beside
DEMoeTHENEs. DANToN and DANIEL WEBSTER
The Ettrfng Post.
And DANIEL PRATT.
The sun., 1908-10-15

Published by the Sun Printing and Publishing
Association at ITO Nassau street, in the Borough
Of Manhattan. New York President and Treas
urer OF the Association. william NJ. Lanan. l7o
Nassau street, Secretary OF the Association.
Franklin Bartlett, 5 Nassau street.
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n our friends trho fdror US UftH manuscripts for
publication vtsh 10 hare reJseted articles returned
hsv must IN all cases send stamps for mat purpo'e.
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Sab scrlptions by Mall. Postpaid.

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Postage TO foreign countries added.
All checks. money orders, &C.. to be made pay
able 70 THE SUN.
The sun., 1908-10-15


Lexington there il an epidemic Of horse
racing. You don't find politics drawing
a crowd even in the small tent around
the corner The local authorities tell you
the campaign has not yet begun. and
there are only three weeks left for be-
ginning and ending. Could anything be
more signiflcantp
II may be that the middle West spois
one for the rest Of the country, that the
yiyaoity, the wide interest, universally
of political palaver makes everything
elsewhere seem dull and unimpressive.
BE that as it may, in Maryland. in West
virginia in Kentucky there seems little
Use to linger. there Is a feeling that no
amount OF excavation would reveal even
the ruins Of a campaign. Now and then
a brass band goes by and gets cheered,
but there Is no escape from the idea that
the cheers are for the band. It suggests
the Young American girl who forgot all
about watching the Emperor William
his horse was 80 handsome.
BY and large, then, Kentucky looks
Democratic H. narrow margin; 10000
eeems elmost too excessive an estimate.
In the cities, IL Lexington illustrates.
Bryan stin iac.ss siren s.h s.nong the more
solid element. There is Republican actiy-
ity OF quiet sort, conceded by the Demo-
Gratis to be effective; perhaps 1t has caused
them little secret apprehension. There
is universal disposition to regard the
State as close. There are few anti
Bryan Democrats who look for a Taft
majority. There are about as many Re-
publicans who give the State TO Bryan.
!, Back Of everything else, however. one
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-13
Need is Apparent.

Representative Howe of Bennington
has introduced bill in the House Of
for a new court house
and Jail to be erected at Bennington
The bill calls for a building site and
building to hold the Court House and
Jail al an expense Of 100000 We I'M
derstand that in this sum provision is
also made for the maintenance of the
Court House in Manchester. The bill
calls for the raising of this sum In four
years but that the time may be extend.
ed. The building arrangements are to
be in the hands of a commission of
which the side judges of the county
are to be members. There is no doubt
of the fact that the present Court
House in Bennington is entirely made
quate to the needs of the court, and it
has long been known that the jail was
not advised as a popular health resort,
and is far from being what it ought to
be both as to health and safety and has
not the proper accommodations for
such Of the female persuasion as the
County are obliged to board The
Journal does not know just how this
will set with the tax payers of the
county as they are to be called upon 70
pay county tax for the next two years
which will aggregate 7 per cent, and
just how they will feel in the matter
remains to be seen It's need is APP
parent, there is no mistake about
that.-Mancheste Journal.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-13
MIDDLE AMONG MINOR
BASEBALL LEAGUES IS
STILL UNSETTLED
National Commission May Adjust DIFF
ferenoes Between Warning Mo-
guis and Avert Strife

Chicago, ILL.,, Nov. 13.-The warning
factions of organized baseball re-
treated yesterday with victory perch
ed on neither banner. Pat" Powers
president of lie Eastern League and
Joe" O'Brien, president of the Amer
lean association, who bOlted the meet
ing of the national association Of
Professional Baseball Clubs depar ed
on early trains. The socalled regu-
lars of other and more numerous
leagues belonging TO the national or
ganization had a brlet session and ad.
iOurned without date TO hold their
next meeting az Memphis, Tenn, pro-
badly early IN the new year.
Garry Merrmann. president Of the
National Commission, was unable TO
respond TO a telegram from the two
other members of the commission to
come 10 Chicago and Mr.. Pulliam ac.
cordmgly took a train for Cincinnati
tonight
a survey of the deserted field show
ed that while disputed issues may
still be adjusted, me method by
which this may be brought about is
obscure Both sides have taken what
they term am unalterable stand ~aud
unless one of them wcakons students
off baseball politics declare there is a
likelihood of another MAJOR or near
major. league combination. consisting
of the boiling leagues 10 is said the
National Commission viii 20 10 all
most amy length 10 avoid his as tine
boiling leagues constitute almost the
only market lor players whom the
American and National Leagues wish
to dispose Of
That the American association and
'he Eastern League are in deadly
earnest Us said 20 be indicated By he
disposal by George Teheau of the
Denver club Tebeau also owns the
Kansas City and The Louisville clubs
of the American association and The
sale of the Denver property is said TO
have been 10 avoid he emblrrass-
ment of owning a team In the Western
League while running two teams In
am outlaw organization In the
event of a secession Il is regarded as
practically certain tuat the outlaws
would put teams In major league ter
rtory probably Cincinnati. ST. Louis,
Pittsburg and Chicago.
a ray of hope was discovered in The
statement made by President Powers
TO the meeting Of the National associ-
alton that he favored organized base
ball. But his leaning in that direc
ton like that OF President OBrien. is
not sufficiently strong to keep him in
the organization unless his demands
are met namely. control OF the Board
Of Arbitration and the privilege OF
drafting from the Southern and Yves
/ tern Leagues
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Nothing to Gain BY Delay

The Messenger cannot agree with
its friend. the Mortified News that
the proposition to effect radical chan
ges in the states normal school sys-
TEN should be put of for two years
more until the situation can be better
understood by the public than IL Is
today. Ever since 1894 TO mention
the latest official scrutiny OF this mat.
teri the state normal school problem
has been more or less the objective
Of official investigation and report
over and again the mater has been
investigated. reported upon and side
tracked There Is no new phase OF
the situation to be developed by any
further proceedings II Is not likely
that the public at large will take any
more intimate and earnest interest
in the subject two years from now
than Il does today. The subject Is
largely a professional or technical
one. at best, and not one In which the
average man would be moved to dir
ect an active interest. So far as that
goes. the greater interest aroused at
any time I'm the discussion Of the sub.
iect is displayed by the men and the
towns that for obvious reasons do not
want any change made. The great
body of the people that would benefit
ultimately by the change although
indirectly. of course. never display the
active aud aggressive interest that
thus far has enabled the opposition al
WAYS To defeat any radical movement
for the better in this business. II the
esteemed News viii read all the re-
ports OF all the commissions that hav,
Investigated this subject since 1884
N A. will visit the several schools and
! talk with men that know something
about them. the Messenger Us very
confident e. viii not desire % further
postponemcnt of the question.
And n Vermont is going To- contnu,
the advancement Of her educational
system so nobly begun a few years
ago until it strikes the fair level of
modern ideas and methods. she cannot
AFFORD 20 neglect her normal school
problom for another two years.
This is not q case whore wrong
doing ON the part Of anybody has been
erposed and reform Is demanded
II rs simply case where Vermont has
failed 10 keep up with the timos.-St
Adams Messenger
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-13

be next to impossible for the Prairie
Oh and Gas Company the Standards
subsidiary, to operate as a common
carrier and at the same time preserve
the best interests of the oil producers
IL has been the Governments aim for
some time to compel the Prairie Oil
and Gas Company TO operate as a
common carrier, bur the company has
contested the Governments right 10
dictate TO il on this score. After Mr..
Geiser had given a number of reasons
why the Prairie should not make a
common carrier out of its pipe lines,
Mr.. Morrison asked.
You are bitterly opposed to pipe
lines becoming common carriers?
Their becoming common carriers
would hurt the producers said Mr..
Geiser.
In explaining why the producers
would not want the Prairie Company
to become a common carrier, he said
that in such an event all the produc'
ers would have to have their oil
mixed IN the pipe lines In that coun
try there are many grades OF oil
Some is a higher specific gravity
than others, and the higher the speci-
fic gravity the more valuable the oil.
Were the producers to pump their pro
duct into the pipe line to send it to Z
market, the owner of the low grade
oil would receive as much for his pro
duct as the owner of the high-gradt
oil.
The hearing will go on today
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-13
MORE RATE EVIDENCE
Testimony About Favors TO Chicago
and Alton In 1902

New York. Nov. l3.-lt came out
yesterday that the government was
about a year TOO late in bringing its
suit against the Standard oil com.
pany for accepting secret rates from
the Chicago q Alton railroad-the
suit which resulted In the twenty
uine.million dollar ne being imposed
upon the Standard by Judge L9ndis
While Frederick S. Hollands chief
rate clerk OF the Chicago & Alton was
on the witness stand before Special
nine million dollar fine being imposed
ernments suit seeking to dissolve the
Standard oil Company OF New Jersey
under the Sherman antitrust law, he
testified yesterday that the Chicago &
Alton did carry Standard oil on "a 6
cents per 100 pounds rate between
Whiting, Ind. and East ST. Louis AL.
though no billing orders were IN force
As the governments suit on the re-
bate allega ions was no brought un-
an 1905 the acts committed in 1902,
were outlawed by the three year linn.
20.
The facts about the billing orders
and the G.cout rate We're brought out
hy Frank b. kellogg. the Govern
mcnts lawyer During The cross.eN-
animation be- referred constantly TO- "a
shcar of Chicago q Alton rate sheets.
aud at Times held whispered CONVEX
sauous with j. Dana puuud The cN-
merit from the Bureau 1t Corporations.
Examiner Franklin Ferris In the gov
conduct oft the Governments case.
The question of pipe lines as COM
mon carriers also was gone into at
some lcnrth Yesterday Two of Che
lnrrost oil producers from the Okla.
homa and Kansas oil fields were on
the witness stand and were cross-cX-
aminrd by Mr. Kellogg and Charles 3D..
Morrison counsel for the govern
mont
William Goisor. one of the produc
ers. testified that the oil producers In
the Kansas field believe that IL would
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-13
FOR SALE

LNOR SALE-A fine bargain In used plan.
II ola; will sell for 500 on installments If
taken at once, regulai price $3.50. We viii put
II on any upright piano and without any knoWl-
edge of music anyone can enjoy the latest OPP
cratic selections, marches Waltzes; and your
piano will then be kept In use instead OF always
remaining silent because none knows how 70
play. Cali ana hear IT, and try II yourself
Afternoons and evenings. Cluett Sons litG
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-13
GARDENERS BIG STICK
Former Captain Of Vermont Baseball
Team a Hard Hitter

Larry Gardner captain OF the Uni
yersity Of Vermont baseball team last
spring and later with Lynn in the New
England league, used the willow to
good advantage with the latter team.
Hi batting average Tor the season is
.3O5 there being only one man ahead
of him. Catterson of Brockton who
scored up TO 1927 Gardner made IA
two base hits, several triples. two
home runs. six sacrifice taps and stole
l3 bases His fielding average was
Sos
Gardner will be- with the Vermont
team again next season ON the position
as am advisory coach. Having signed
with the Boston American league team
he Is unavailable for a college nine.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-13
LOST OR STOLEN

I OST-Monday evening, nve-dollar bin, be
j tween Candy Kitchen, MISS Barney's or al
Library Han. Reward II returned 10 Banner
once.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-13
coMrRAcroRs ANp EuILpEas

JAMES SILK, contractor aud builder. Also
y repairing. rebuilding ana snoD work shop
UniOn-treet
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-13
WANTED

Experienced broom salesman famil-
lar with Connecticut. Good position
for right party. Address, Manufact-
urer, Banner, Bennington, Vt.
llH
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-13
DEAN CRANE TO RETIRE
After Al Years Service at Cornell
Win Take a Carnegie Pension.

Ithaca, N. Y, Nov. 13-Thomas
Frederick Crane, Dean of the Cornell
University Faculty and Professor of
Romance Languages, has resigned
and will retire next spring on Car
negie pension.
The Trustees have appointed Dean
Crane Professor Emeritus at Cornell
and urge him to stay in Ithaca and re-
tain his connection with the univer-
sity in his research work
Dean Crane has been connected
with the university for forty-one
years.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-13
OXYDONORS

and other Diaductive Instruments in
vented by Dr. Sanche can be seen or
purchased at Griswolds The blood
food known as HYDROTONIC can al
so be purchased there. Sample bot
ties may be procured by those wishing
to try Il.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-13
TO RENT

ITO RENT-SeVen.rOom house on Silver st.
Gas service. Inquire Of M. P. Armstrong,
$40 Gage ST lots