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Panama City pilot., 1908-01-09
The Outlook in Trade.
Yours very truly,
j. w. KEHOE.

The pain of recent wounds is toe
acute to allow very optimistic views
being taken as to the outlook of 1908
There is, in fact, rather disposition
in trade circles to look upon the re-
verse side of the picture. This is not
extraordinary, however, because it is
usual for the average man to be bull
ish at the top and bearish at the bot
tom. In addition, there is the knOwl-
edge that trade in other countries is
quoting down, that a presidential
election is impending, that readiust-
ments of wages and of prices are sure
to follow stock and money market
commissions, and that expenditures
for all public and private purposes
are likely to be smaller for some time
to come.
On the other hand, it should not be
forgotten that there is a large and
very profitable business to be done
in this country in supplying the wants
of the 1000, 900 people that inhabit
it, and that the warnings to the coun-
try of the present trouble were so
early and so numerous that large ac-
cumulations of stocks and goods were
avoided. Buying for some time past
has been of healthy character, small
and frequent instead of heavy pur-
chases being the rule.
Furthermore, it might be noted
that some branches of the community,
as, for instance, the farmers, were
slow to feel the trouble which so far
has been largely financial or indus
trial, and not agricultural, as in pre-
vious years of stress. Given the
of the present stress in the
money markets, thing which may
be reasonably looked for with the
quieting down of trade, though per-
haps delayed by necessary heavy
by railroads, rather quiet
business may be expected until elecs
ton possibilities become certainties, /
and the next growing season gives
some index as to the crops of 1905
"Review and Forecast" !
Panama City pilot., 1908-01-09

1t IS estimated that bondholders
will receive nearly 5000, 1000 900 within
the next day or two, the sum repre-
sentlng the end of the year interest
and dividend disbursements of the
great corporations. Statistics show
that more money will be paid out to
holders of stocks and bonds this end
OF the year than ever before. About
$4,000, OOOis being paid out to holders
OF bonds, while the dividend paving
stocks will distribute ST., OOO, 900.
Panama City pilot., 1908-01-09

reported Florida g containing Az
of all the varietae IF timber found
in the United s c,.
Some twenty ears ago this Matte
awoke to its duty, or privilege, in
regard to preserving its timber, and
sought to put stop to its wantcn
destruction and waste. The great
desire for immediate returns in the
way of money lead men to most
wasteful and extravagant methods of
numbering. In places stumps six and
eight feet high are left in the ground
to rot, sprawling tops are left on the
ground to die, these latter furnishing
excellent finder for a desolating con-
fagration, which with the hauling of
the logs, Injuries and kills the young
growth of the forest. All of this the
Forest Service seeks to prevent by
government regulation and super
vision.
Why may not we, the southermost
state of the South, the newest of the
New South, state SO highly favored
in this much sought for product, es-
tablish our Forest Reserve, and that
right speedily? We believe in State
Rights Let us show our faith by
our works and not allow the National
Government to add the 50th or more
National Reserve to it's number, in
Guiding a portion of our 10000 square
miles of timber, thus reaping the
glory, though we get the benefit.
Let us go in for all, not some of the
good things that nature and destiny
have placed before us.
Railroad corporations and other
chartered bodies as well as private
individuals are planting a large
acreage of trees. These men have
an eye to business, and the future
holds its justification for the present
course of action.
a Journey through the reforested
districts of Germany gives one a
very instructive display of this class
of work. Stretches of country that
have been completely denuded of
their original growth are seen in
every stage of refOrestatiOn. One
sees a field of very young trees, near
| by another of a larger growth, yet
another still larger, until one comes
to the marketable trees.
! Bradford Torrey says in writing of
a walk in our piney woods. 81 was
not going to explore the woods, but
only to enter them, sit down, look
about, and listen. The difficulty was
to get in to them. AS | advanced
| they receded. 1t was still only the
! beginning of the woods; the trees
far apart and comparatively small"
What an opportunity to
turn this wild forest gradually into
a cultivated one according to the old
French plan adopted in 1869, rather
than the quite satisfactory German
method, and so leave to future FlOri-
dams some of the aromatic piney
woods that have been so profitable
commercially, and healthful hygeni-
cally to ages past, and to us who
are of the present.
Panama City pilot., 1908-01-09

An INDICATED earthquake was re-
corded on nearly all the Instruments
on the earth on Tuesday morning of
last week. Its intensity has not been
equalled since the eartbouake of
last year at San Francisco. It
was estimated as having occurred
somewhere on the coast of South
America, or under the Pacific Ocean.
Panama City pilot., 1908-01-09
Real Estate Investment.


As natura. result of the panic
there will unquestionably follow in
creased investment in real estate.
Every one has been more or less
affected by the financial stringencY.
This has caused general examine
ton into its cause, and led to a re-
vival of the opinion that real estate
offers the safest and sanest form Of
investment. 1t suffers no change, in
form, from panics or pestilence,
neither burns up nor blows away, can
not be embezxled or stolen, and offers
home and sustenance when all other
forms of investment fail.
Such being the case we may natur-
ally expect with the return to easier
monetary conditions, and even W lille
such return is in progress, that there
will be much 81 eater interest taken
IN real estate. History shows this to
be the inevitable result of such seri-
GUS financial disturbances as we are
passing through. This being a fact
there arises the question as to where
such investment will probably be
made.
Going back to the panic of 1857 we
find following it the rapid settlement
and development of the Great West.
which at that time included much of
illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Mime.
sofa. Following the panic of 1873
there was a still further westward
movement of homeseekers and in
Vestors, extending even to the Pacific
coast. After the panic of 1898, there
was strong south and southwesterly
movement, with closing out of the
remaining timber lands in the north
Pacific states
All this is but corrobOratory of the
tendency to invest in land after such
trenchant lessons as these convul-
aions in finance teach us. Undoubt-
cdly history will now repeat itself
and the years 1908 and 1909 be prolific
of real estate investment.
Building of railways is possibly the
best indication of what sections of
the country are being the most
rapidly developed. Official figures
given in last weeks PILOT show that
TeXass an empire in territory ofitself.
headed the list in amount of railroads
constructed in 1907, with Louisiana
second, and Florida third. This is a
magnificent showing for this state,
and one that will not be overlooked
by the coming homeseeker.
Possibly no State in the union has
such an amount of undeveloped agrI-
cultural lands as has Florida. This
fact alone will cause many to come
this way, and with proper effort they
should easily be induced to remain
here. No state can offer such genial
climatic conditions, or promise the
struggling homeseeker such oppor-
tunities to get on his feet.
Again the prospect of railway con-
struction in 1908, in spite OF the
monetary conditions, shows that
Florida stands near the head of the
list in amount of track to be laid.
This means that still more Of our
undeveloped territory will be opened
up to the world, and makes possible
the purchase by those seeking such
safe investments, of much valuable
land at the minimum of expenditure.
Let a general invitation be ex-
tended and active efforts made by all
parts of our state to add to our
population as large number as
possible of these prospective investors
and settlers.
Panama City pilot., 1908-01-09

a full line of Holiday Goods.
They are bought at the right
prices and sold at the same.
Call and get full value for
your money.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-25
A GROWING DEMAND.

Our esteemed neighbor The Brooklyn Eagle,
which was at first inclined to be skeptical OF the
fears expressed by engineers through The IT'D
une for the safety of the BiackweiPs Island
Bridge IL completed on present plans, has AFTER
consideration come to the conclusion tnat tne
condition OF the bridge should be lmpartlahy
investigated Yesterday 1t said
BY all means have an official inquiry ABOUT
the condition Of the Blackwelrs Island Bridge
This is the age Of Investigation, and no sus-
pected cantilever should escape the probe.
An impartial investigation by competent en-
gineers. not connected with the city administra-
ton and under temptation to see through It's
glasses and pass over its possible mistakes, VIII
solve the whole problem. Perhaps the COM
preston members are stronger and better de-
signed than is believed by the engineers who
say that they are inferior to those of the quebec
bridge which fell under a less load than the
Blackwells Island Bridge, according to the ad-
mission of the Bridge Commissioner. Will nave
to carry If so, a shop test Of model member,
such as THE Engineering Record has sharpiy
censured the Quebec engineers for not making
before instead of after the fall, will demon
strate the bridges safety. II the test should
demonstrate the truth of the fears expressed by
The Tribune how much better to know 1t now
than after second Quebec disaster-at least
for everybody except contractors who may then
have had their money and officials VINO may
then have passed from power.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-25
THE NEW AFTER DINNER SPEECH

However firmly convinced you may be of the
mutability of all things, have you ever once
believed that the after dinner speech could
change It's soft spots? This institution seems
as unaterable as the multiplication table. Its
iests, phrases, topics and attitudes have long
since been defined and crystallized into the
rigidity Of an ethnic custom, with which not
even the impious dare tamper In short, 1t has
become a ritual. There must be an opening
witticism, then a pleasant remark about the
diners, next theme which must be treated
most enthusiastically, even when there is an at
tempt at seriousness; finally, some more jokes
and epigram to polish Off the effort WITHIN
the limits set by these prescriptions all manners
Of variation are permitted; but dulness and
gloom and personal Insult vigorously for
bidden Such a ritual seems to belong to the
very order Of things postprandial. And yet 1t
is fast yielding to a new variety of after dinner
speechifying which will make listeners of the
old school flee the demi tasse in dismay The
jeremiad is coming into vogue
The new idea is to divert the banqueters
from the cheerful thoughts set up by seven
French courses and imported perfectos. The
chefs rule of tickling the palate successfully by
contrasting lavors Is applied by the modern
after dinner speaker, who offsets the delights OF
food and conviviality with dash Of gall and
wormwood. Thus we find that distinguished
dScOyerer of human fOibleS, Professor Iueblin,
counteracting the cloying delights of college
fraternity banquet in Chicago by assuring his
listeners that they and ali their kind were a
sad bunch of ninnies. Speaking on 1.-The Fun
damental Fallacy of Our Government the ora
tor refrained from making the eagle scream and
proving that the rises and sets in the
Z. S. A. He did not mention "this sturdy
race" 'the granaries OF the world" "the
vanguard of civilization" or any Of the other
ancient amenities He simply said that the
Constitution ought to be abolished and along
with it the United States Senate; that, next to
the foolisnness Of institutions, he viewed
with greatest disgust the lack Of intelligence of
the electorate; and that the average Swiss
herdsman was thousands Of feet above the aver
age American college graduate or business man
in political intelligence.
As Professor Zuebns listeners were mostly
average American college graduates and bust
ness men, this new-fangled after dinner speech
made great hit. Its success proves that the
orator has mastered the psychology of after din
ner diversions more profoundly than the school
of sugar and soft soap ever did. Professor
Zueblin knows that at the close of hearty
meal the diner needs shock Physicians for
bid cold bath; prohibitionists oppose a spirit
seance and nervous people won't touch more
than tablespoonful Of thickish coffee. So the
New-York tribune., 1908-05-25

a new toy with which to play; for the criminal
it is a wonderfully successful Improvement
upon sandbags and revolvers In putting 1t
within easy reach Of the criminal we have
enormously increased his power OF wrongdoins.
without simultaneously bettering our faciiltles
for preventing or Furnishing his mlsdeeds Dlrks
and pistols were inventions which could be used
to equal advantage by police and thugs; but
dynamite helps only the latter, while the time
fuse makes murder safe sport The greatest
horror however, is that the use OF dynamite
by criminals usually imperils the lives OF prop
erty Of many persons against whom the male
factors are not plotting One man with an
enemy In an East Side tenement puts all other
persons under the same roof in grave danger
From this ntolerable state OF affairs escape Is
impossible without hedging about both the
manufacture and the distribution of nigh ex-
plosves with stiff restrictions And these re-
strictions must be substantially alike In all
states, otherwise dynamite smuggling wouid
become a profitable occupation In the under
New-York tribune., 1908-05-25
NEW JERSEY AND THE RACETRACAs
How Gambling Was stopped-A Lesson Ior
Some New Workers.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: 1t is about fifteen years since IA0 -.
gambling became an issue in New jersey. -,
only Northern state which voted foF A0O' =.
was always considered safely Democratic, dI41
that party was against the proposed relolL ,
prospect was considered hopeless me L'eF
licans Of Monmouth County nonlinateo u. 81
James A Bradley. who soon found tha' i -.
been put up to knock down" The county -
strongly Democratic the influence of the NJ !,
mouth racetrack widespread and the s"pP
the Republican politicians lukewarrn. Sc
Mr. Bradley believing that morals couh'el
something made a personal canvass OF .l7 -,
tv with but one issue-racetrack samohhs go
won by a handsome majority. The SENATE 80
evenly divided that Senator Bradley nad the 80 -
ing vote The Democrats organized rulip
ate which delayed matters for some "eeN =,
finally the bill passed by nlaJoii'S c.ts,-
and the racetracks including the notorious GN'.o
burg closed for want of patronage AH7
has never gone Democratic since .sot
I have stated these facts brlefy 70 sno" -
history sometimes repeats itself, and theS N'
serve as a pointer to certain politicians.
No 4ss East sth street, Brooklyn
New-York tribune., 1908-05-25
THE LATEST PLAYTHING.

The signs Of the times announce a rapid in
crease in the number of Darius Greens. Co
incident with the remarkable achievements Of
four or five experienced and ingenious aeronauts
In Europe and America is the outburst Of flying
machine enthusiasm in the breasts OF many es-
timabe citizens who have been reading popular
magazines There is a struggling line Of sheds
reaching from New England TO the Pacific Coast,
each sheltering gas bags, aeroplanes, motors and
great hopes. One genius evolves a mechanism
that will rise eighteen inches from the ground;
another scars a hundred yards by the aid of a
running start, while third constructs giant
which carries sixteen citizens well up into the
circumambient ether and promptly pumps them
down again, TO the great giee of ambulance
drivers. In short, history is repeating itself;
mankind is playing with a new toy.
When the spiked club invented by
clever cave for the highly useful purposes
of getting food and getting even, lot Of anna
teur3 surely went around practising the impe-
ment on one ancther's heads just TO be in the
swim. Who does not remember how the air gun
passed through this same crisis of amateur en-
couragement TO the injury of cats, sDarrows
and plate glass? The automobile is just emerg
ing from a similar epoch in which hundreds
OF enthusiasts, knowing scarcely more about gas
engines or road rules than about the Tamud,
were their own chauffeurS and other peoples
executioners The airship craze will probably
go the same way before the state recognizes
aeronautics as an institution and covers thor
oughfares with wire netting for the protection
of the Door automobiles and the poorer pedes-
frian
New-York tribune., 1908-05-25
DYNAMITE.

Dynamite has become a problem which must
be grappled with and mastered, unless this
country intends TO fOrego even the appearance
of orderliness and peace. Using the term as
a convenient abbreyiaton for all high eXplo-
siyes, We must pronounce dynamite monster
sorely in need of halter much stronger and
more secure than any which has yet been fitted
to il in the United States. If the memory of
man were nor as ieeting time itself this
assertion would be a platitude whose proof no.
body would trouble to demand. Every day sees
some outrage committed with dynamite some
where in this country and certain regions,
notably Western Pennsylvania and the greater
New York zone, can almost match this national
record. And yet how many newspaper readers
appreciate the amount of havoc wrought in a
single week by criminals and madmen operating
with the new engine of destruction? Who, save
the chronicers and a few police officials, knows
that five days of last week witnessed the
wrecking by dynamite Of five story tenement
six story tenement, q two family house,
eral streetcars, new railroad bridge, a freight
train and perhaps a dozen lesser properties
all in three American cities?
Measured by the harm actually done with it
from hour 10 hour, dynamite is infinitely more
dangerous TO the community than prussc acid
or the bubonic plague. And yet it is not super
yised half vigorously these latter evils
are 1t may be easily bought and still more
easily stolen. Ii is intrusted for safe keeping
and use TO ignorant, clumsy and reckless work
ingmen, over many of whom 1t exercises in
fernal fascination. For the innocent it becomes
New-York tribune., 1908-05-25
PEARL HARBOR.

Better late than never" may be said of the
Navy Departments decision to proceed with the
Improvement of Pearl HarbOr. or rather OF the
act of Congress making 1t possible for the de-
partment to do so, for we have no doubt that
th, improvements would have been made long
ago had Congress provided the means. The
DELAY In doing this work has been long and by
30 means creditabe. seeing how great ana
urgent was our desire for that hsrbor many
wears ago But perhaps there is some compen-
sation for IL In the fact that at last the harbor
is 10 have an equipment of the first class, such
as NAV be regarded almost worth the waiting
for and as worthy OF the harbor in which II Is
TO be installed.
1t is a wise decision to make the dock at
Pearl Harbor the largest OF the kind In the
world That is not because thar Is the most
important harbor in the world but because
there are few If any docks already existing
which would not better be somewhat larger than
they are Every new dock which is built here
after should be made larger than those which
we now have. For some OF the docks now exist
ing are too small for some OF the existing ships,
and the tendency Is to increase the size OF
ships 1t must be borne In mind that large
dock can accommodate small ships, Fometimes
two ships at once, while a small do Is quite
worthless 10 vessel exceeding It's own size
or course docks are essential 10 the efficiency
Of ships and the rule Is that dock must be
capable OF receiving any ship that may need 10
enter II.
The need of a dock at Pearl Harbor is oh,
vious There is scarcely place in all our pos
sessions where the need is greater And there
is need Of all the appurtenant coal yards, ma
chine shops, supply stores and what not As
mdsea base Of supplies and port Of refuge and
repairs the place will be invaluable ut all times
and in case of war 1t would be Of inestlmablo
service as the outer line Of defence Of our Pa
cific Coast. Nature has done more for Pearl
Harbor than for most Of the harbors Of the
world and it is the part Of prudence and wisdom
for us to add to its gifts the artificial works
necessary for their full utilization
New-York tribune., 1908-05-25
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New-York tribune., 1908-05-25
ICE CREAM FOR BREAKFAST.
From The Philadelphia Record

FROM Ine fnlladeipnld RECORD
"A fad has come this way" said local
confectioner yesterday, "Rnd that is to Ice
cream At breakfast short time ago 1
prised by a request from OF my customers
to serve quart OF strawberry cream at hts
house every morning before o'clock / thought
it just Individual popularity at the time,
but since then four five more have made the
same request and now / have early morning
route along with the milkman. After all, IL Is a
very sensible idea IN hot weather. The cooling
dish gives a good start for tho day 1t takes the
nourishing and refreshing. I haven't the slight
est notion where the idea originated I never
heard of II before that first customer made his
request. and L don't believe 1t has been brought
from other city. 1t seems to be just stimuli
taneousy growing / spoke to several other
confectioners about IL. and some of them have
received like requests. shouldn't be surprised
If before midsummer ice cream for breakfast
should become quite popular"