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The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-26

Demand sterling sold close to 4.SG. There was some covering by promin- ent bank and purchases of bills against foreign sales of stocks. An interna- tional banker estimated the uncovered indebtedness of this market to Europe at about Sl0,00l,000 Practically no long bills are being drawn
 A good deal of interest was taken in the report of the Chicago and North western for January, it being the first large western road to report for the first month in the year, and was re- garded. therefore as an example of what should be expected from other roads. It's gross of si,79S.S5S was the smallest for a long time, being S19S,000 less than December, which was the low record of 1907.
 Withdrawal of funds by the Secre- tary of the Treasury from the national banks, and expectation of some tension abroad, by reason of the expected with drawal of Japan's balances in leading European centers, tended to check buy ing of stocks in all markets. But money rates were not much changed.
 Union Pacific sells ex-divdend of 1-2 per cent. to-day. There has been some buying for the dividend, and tho stock will be watched for evidence ef
 
 terday's offerings were mainly for short account. There has been some liqulda- ton fer foreign account
 In the active trading in bonds yes terday. with $2500. 000 up to 1 o'clock, New York city l-2s, when issued, came in for a large proportion. They were heavily llqudated, the price le- clining from 10G Is to 1O5 5-S by 1 o'clock. It was current belief in the street that much of this selling was for speculative interests, who had sub scr!bed for them with view to mak- ing a turn in the market The old 1-2s changed but slightly, ruling at midday considerably higher than the new issues This would indicate that to-days selling of new contracts rep resented liquidation The older issue has been widely distributed and pre- sumably absorbed
 The directors of the Erie Railroad company are scheduled to meet today to act on the seml-annual dividends and to transact other business of finan- cial character. As the legality of the ? per cent. scrip dividends declared last August has not been determined. 1t is said to he hardly likely that any further dividends will be declared yet awhile.
 Prices for the Gould shares were re- duccd again yesterday, The earnings for the different roads in the system were bad enough. Denver and Rio Grande lost SS1.o0o gross Wabash S110.59S. Texas Pacific s5l. .462. and In- ternational and Great Northern $40, 1000, declines averaging over 40 per cent.
 London sold 5000 shares in this mar ket, buying nothing. The sales were mostly the Pacific issues and United States Steel Trading on the other side before the local opening was stagnant. and there was little disposition to op- crate in American stocks.
 Notwithstanding efforts to have it appear that an important copper Ideal" Is peding. whereby the AmalEamated conipny would acquire several minor concerns. Amalgamated was inclined to heaviness. The runlors were probably circulated to help liquidate the stock after 3 point rise and for which no public demand appears to have been stimulated.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-26
CLOSING PRICES.

Reported over private wires of Prince * WThitely, members of the New ork and Boston Stock Exchanges New York offlce, 52 Broadway and 1s Center street. New Haven, Conn.
 Now Work Ech O,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-26
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

Reported over private wires ot Prince & Whitely. members of the New York and Boston Stock Exchansea New York office. 52 Broadway and ls Center street. New Haven.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-26

Demand sterling sold close to 4,S6. There was some covering by promin- ent bank and purchases of bills against foreign sales of stocks. An interna- tional banker estimated the uncovered indebtedness of this market to Europe at about Sl0,00l,000. Practically no long bills are being drawn.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-26

London sold 5000 shares in this mar ket, buying nothing. The sales were mostly the Pacific issues and United States Steel Trading on the other side before the local opening was stagnant and there was little disposition to op- crate in American stocks
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-26

Prices for the Gould shares were re- duccd again yesterday, The earnings for the different roads in the system were bad enough. Denver and Rio Grande lost SS1.oo1 gross Wabash Sl1059S. Texas Pacific l462 and In- ternational and Great Northern $40, ,000 declines averaging over 40 per cent
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-26
LOCAL STOCK QUOTATIONS,
Par. Bid. Asked

EUVNE STVNh VUUTATIUNN, Corrected daily by Kimberly, Root 6 Co, Investment Brokers l33 Orange street
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-26
Miscellaneous Bonds.
CHAOTIC RATES

'Ex dividend.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-26

Withdrawal of funds by the Secre- tary of the Treasury from the national banks, and expectation of some tension abroad, by reason of the expected with drawal of Japans balances fin leading European centers, tended to check buy ing of stocks in all markets. But money rates were not much changed.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-26

Union Pacific sells ex-dvidend of 1-2 per cent. to-day. There has been some buying for the dividend, and tho stock will be watched for evidence of selling from tho same persons. Yes terday's offerings were mainly for short account. There has been some liqulda- tion fer foreign account.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-29

While sitting in Denver, - tclling the
convention, we jotted down the opinion
that Mr.. Bryan's best hope for election
lay in retiring to the bottom of the
Pacific and allowing not Il single bubble
to escape. Since that time he has
talked Il great deal about the best way
of regulating trusts: he has made Il
special slogan OF the Oklahoma patent
medicine banking plan; he. the vision
AIRY, has claimed 10 be heir to the prac-
teal Roosevelt lie has been desper-
atcly involved in m encounter with
that almost invincible politician and
he has cast false aSpersiOns o the in
tcgrity of the governor of New York.
Too many bubbles have escaped. What
ever may he thought Of the Presidents
taste. in tn" controversy between him
and Mr.. Bryan the country will, we
imagine. feel the difference between
vague and dangerous theory upon the
one hand and shrcwd. practical reform
upon the other: between hesitating and
vacillating arguments and the heavy
hattalions Of establishment fact.--Col.
ller's Weekly.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-29
WHY GERMANS FAVOR TAFT.
Believe Bryan Theories are Menace
to Business.

The German Is, as a rule, a good
business He believes in the gold
standard-which Bryan does not he
believes in protection for American in
dustry--which Bryan does not he be-
lleves in expending the money of the
government for the benefit Of all the
people, in the rural free delivery, the
irrigation Of arid lands, the preserva-
ton and utilization of III forests, the
Improvement Of agriculture and other
great public services which Bryan, ac-
cording to the political platform which
he has subscribed, regards as "unneces-
sary and wastefnl.'
The prospect that Bryan would be
nominated drew bitter protests from
leading Germans and German newspa-
pers, including the newspaper con-
trolled by Ridder, the present Demo-
cratic campaign treasurer, who de-
clared that he would never support the
advocate OF free silver and population
ana Of other vagaries offensive to the
sound Judgment and honest character
of German-Americans. The fact that
Mr.. Ridder has seen At to change his
attitude toward the candidate whose
nomination he regarded as equivalent
to defeat does not mean that there has
been any general desertiOn on the part
Of German-.Americans from the prin-
ciples of sound money and Of prOtetc-
tiOn for American industry. Citizens
of German origin, Democrats as well as
Republicans, throughout the United
States, are for Taft and the policies
which Taft represents.
The Germans common sense tells
him that Bryan is a nj to bust
ness; that his political schemes are
visionary and impracticable, and that
he depends for his only substantial sup
port upon n form of class hatred tend
ing to undermine and break down
American institutions.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-29

Mr.. Bryan does not appear to advan-
tage in assailing Governor Hughes for
his veto Of the two-cent fare bill. He
%insinuates that this is evidence OF the
governors strong leaning to h sid OF
the corporations as against the people,
while ms n matter of fact it is nothing
of the kind. The two-cent fare bill
was vetoed simply because the state
was adopting the policy of railroad rate
regulation through commissions with
mandatory powers. 1t would have been
the height Of inconsistency to create
commissions to regulate fares and then
have the legislature itself and at the
same time assume the Junction.
Springfield Republican.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-29
ORDERS IF TAFT IS ELECTED.
Travelling Man Says He Has Taken
Many Such in the Last Few

weeks.
''Talk to the effect that the travelling
men, or any considerable proportion OF
them, will vote this ycar for Bryan Is
tommyrot." declared I. Il. Travis OF
Kansas City in the lobby of the Loyal
Hotel, at Omaha. IF Bryan gets 70
per cent of the commercial travellers
vote he will do Il good deal better than
| expect. Practically all the mel in our
line are Republicans in the first place
and believe in Republican principles.
In the second place, all of them know
full well that they will get precious few
orders If Bryan should win. This Is
not SO much because Mr.. Bryan could
do any great harm himself, for he could
carry none of his wild schemes into
effect, but because business men are SO
afraid of him.
IF he. by any miracle. should get in
things would shut down absolutely for
n year. Everyone would be afraid OF
his %neighbor: would think, and think
rightly, that Brown and Smith aud
Jones would be afraid. 1t Is exactly
the same principle that cause runs on
a bank. Many intelligent depositors are
not afraid of the bank which has ample
resources, but they are afraid that their
fellow dcpositOrs will be afraid and SO
they hurry down to get in line.
II have had many orders lately sub
| feet to Taft's election. This was !; pure
business contract and not designed to
influence me. People simply won't be
able to swing the goods II Bryan Is the
victor. This Is not politics. 1t Is busi-
ness"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-29
Why Inf Went south.

II am going south to make n few
Sneeches-oue in Kentucky, n In Ten,
nessec. one in North Carolina. one in
Virginia and one in Maryland-not Sc
much with n view to carrying those
states ms to show the people down there
that, no matter what they think, they
are Il part OF the Union, and. being a
part of the Union. they ought to vote
for the Republican party. voting fol
which will make them a part Of the ma.
ton and give to them that influence
which people Of their intelligence and
energy and progress and enterprise
ought to enjoy.'-William II. Taft.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-29
BISHOP URGES METHoD1sTs
TO CAST VOTES FOR TAFT
Church Head in Southern Asia Says
Republicans Are Material Aid to
Christianity in tho Philippines.

AAoUN AA 49, VIZ
Republicans Are Material Aid to
Christianity in the Philippines.
Bishop w. +. Oldham, head OF the
Methodist Episcopal church In South
ern Asia. residing In Singapore, adj
dressed Chicago Methodist ministers
yesterday morning in the First Metho
dist Episcopal church, Washington and
Clark streets, and made an eloquent
plea to those present to do what they
can to prevent a change in the adiuin.
istration in the Philippines. TO do this,
he said, it would be incumbent upon
them to stand by the party in power.
DO not subject us to demngogic ex.
periments in the Philippines" said he
Every missionary in the islands Is add.
ing his plea to mine. Our missionaries
are giving their life to the work and
the wonderful progress they have made
In the last four years, during which the
membership in the Methodist church
has increased from 1000 to $1,000.
shows the beneficial effect of the nd.
ministratiOn. as directed ut present.
IF the candidate of one party Is the
peerless one the leader of the other
is the fearless one and we want the
fearless one. The presence Of old glory
has had much to do with our success in
the Philippines, where we have made
more converts in the last -four years
than we have in the entire Chinese EN-
pire In t~wenty.fOur years"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-29
Publicity Under Suspicion.

more to the Democratic campaign fund
published with 50 much OstentatiOn at
the request OF Mr.. Bryan. has no atii'
davit attached to it. Neither Chairman
Mack nor Treasurer Riddrr was sworn
--nOr, for the matter of that, eX-Treas'
urcr Haskell, who turned In some col
lectiCns before he was made to walk the
plank. Therefore the list may not bC
complete, and as published It Is Ger
tainly not compromising. unless the S..
600 check of Charles J. Hughes. a lead,
ing corporation attorney Of Denver
should put Mr.. Bryan on the defensive
New York Sun Und.).
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-29

1t Is noticed that Il large majority
OF the labor union leaders who are do
ing any talking IN the campaign are
pra!sing Mr.. Taft and are promising
to vote for him. In all his addresses
to workcrs-and he has made many OF
thcm-Mr. Taft has made an excellent
impression. He Is now travelling
through a region covering Ohio, West
Virginia and New Jersey, in which The
labor unions are particularly strong,
but everywhere he is meeting with II
very cordial greeting. He is getting so
many tributes from labor union chiefs
that the Democrats are resorting to
their old cry Of ''brlbery."-St. Louis
Globe Democrat.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-29
To Learn the Truth.

II any doubts that detection from
Bryan Is general. let him talk with
his Democratic friends. Whether they
are employers or. employed, a large per
crntage of them will be found OF the
opinion that the country does not want
IL President who declares that what
Roosevelt has done to establish inter.
cStS Is as nothing compared with what
he will do. Those who are employers
or professional men want business.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-29
High Price. and tho Farmer.

It Is relntcd thai a Nebraska farmer
who complained that a reaper cost
$40 more than in 1896 was reminded
by the s~torekeeper that he paid for
the old reaper with 600 bushels Of
corn at 10 cents a bushel. The mer-
chant said: IT you will bring me 900
bushels Of cor now | will give you q
reaper, a surrey for your wife and $50
in cash" The farmer admitted that
there must be prosperity somewhere
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-29
Corporations are barred and excluded

Corporations are barred and excluded
rigidly from the joys Of giving to the
Bryan fund. But in glancing over the
names of some of the largest subscrlb-
ers the painful discovery Is made that
they are corporation magnates. and the
frlghtful thought arises that the money
that some of them contribute smells
suspiciously Of corporations.-Balti.
more Sun.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-29

Those who are wage earners want
work. And business and work are
plentiful In times OF financial peace
financial peace being quite as essential
to prosperity as industrial peace.-San
Francisco Chronicle.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-29

Shall the wages of laborers In the
United States be maintained or reduced
to the pauper level Of Europe? 1t is
for voters to say on Nov. 3.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-29

No one can doubt that IL Mr.. Taft 10
elected he will redeem his pledge inn
meliately upon his inauguration TO call
a special session OF congress to revise
the tariff.-New York World (Dem.l
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-29
STEAM SHOVEL AND UREDEFMEN

The October number of the "Shnm Shovel and Dredge' explains a 5 fol-
lows why Mr.. Taft n made an honorary member Of the International Broth
erhOod IF Steam Shovel and Iie1ge Men:
As the members Of ur organization are well aware, Mr. Taft was made
an honorary wemher of our Brotherhood in recognition of his fairness to ur
members in all his dealings since he has been Secretary of War. He had
direct charge of the construction of the Panama Canal the greatest engi.
neerng work of modern times, ad in all his official acts and personal rea-
lions with members and officers of brotherhood on that work he has al
ways shown himself fair ant just.
When contractors N government work showed n disposition to disregard
or violate the EightIIour Law, Mr. Taft started prosecutions against these
When an effort a made this year to cut wages at Panama, Mr.. Taft
used his influence to prevent it, for his knowledge OF conditions o the
Isthmus convinced him that the prevailing wages werea at least fair and
just and that there should be IL reduction in pay O that work. Since Mr..
Taft has been Secretary OF War he has had a great many dealings with Or
ganzed labor in its different branches and he has always shown a spirit Of
absolute fairness. We have the utmost confidence in cseO IF his election to
the presidency Oft the continuance of the fair and just policies toward organ
lied labor that prevailed while he vas Secretary OF War.
The committee which presented Mr.. Taft with an honorary membership
card in u organization va composed Of members Of our order from diff
ferent parts of the United States, and they received a very cordial reception
with his card. In accepting the membership card in the brotherhood, Mr.
Taft said, among other things: II al glad to have Mt your hands this ex.
preston OF confidence in my efforts to do justice while l was in office. AS to
the work upon which many of your members were engaged in n capacity or
another, we all endeavored to facilitate the greatest construction work of
modern times. l al especially gratifed for this compliment because your or
ganization and its members evince a liberal and impartial view in thus tender.
ing me thisr recognition, because in the administration of work OF the Isthmus
l did not always decide In favor of you contentious. In accepting this com.
piment IF your organization, l shall always cherish it a $ ne Of the evidences
that there are some men whom ! have convinced through III ~ official work of
my desire to do the square thing for everybody"
Some politicians are trying to make it appear throughout the country
that Mr.. Taft is opposed to organized labor and its principles, but close study
OF his record Will convince the most skeptcal that ne is n fair and just man
to all Interests, whether labor organizations Or ~ other organizations.
AAAa A. ANA~nan. AA.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-29

Here Is the difference: Mr.. Taft's
fitness can be measured by his acts,
but Mr.. Bryan's has to be measured
by his words.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-29
Con, m risOn Of Wares,

Under Republican rur high wages
and prosperity in America have been
constant companions. The scale of
wages per week in the United States
and Europe for a number of leading
lines of industry, based on official sta
tistics from the Bureau Of Commerce
and Labor ut Washington, are as fol
lows:
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-29
list the Democratic party has absolute
ly nothing to offer.
p~rOsDerlty for All.

Under the continuation of this Re
publican policy, Mr.. Taft as president,
this country will enjoy the highest de-
gree of prosperity. The interest of
every leading laboring community re-
quires diversity Of occupations, pur-
suits and objects Of industry. The
more that diversity is multiplied and
extended, the better. To diversity en-
ploymcnt is to increase employment and
enhance wages. Where there Is work
for the hands of men there will be
work for the teeth. Where there is
employment there will be bread. 1t
is a great blessing to the poor to have
cheap food, but greater than that, prior
to that and Of still higher value. is the
blessing Of being able to buy food by
honest and respectable employment,
Employment feeds and clothes and in.
terests. Employment and well paid Ia.
Dor produce. in a country like ours
general prosperity, content and cheer
fulnpSS.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1908-11-22
.GRAOUACION
De La DLCHA.

1Qaisraa Der faiiz un momanto? ?-Bebe
aqua 81 tiansB Bsd.
lPor aIgunoB minutoA? Come un bOCa'
do que 80 agEads, mira un Caballo que no
BeS tuyo: una cara bonita, una pintuFa
fam0EQ.
5PoF una hoEa 6 por doD?-Aaiste & un
brillRRts e8psCt6Culo, lee an buen libPo,
e8CuCha una l0TqugBta, hRg una primers,
segUudR, 6 10 mas una teECeFG vista o
una DANA jovsn = hsRmoBa, Ab0nd6nats
dulCsB ideas, FGcOatado uobF0 flores, CeEca
de una f00nto CRiStRlina oontsmplando Ia
hsrmoBuEa del Cialo.
jPoF una tarde?-P6URla On la CONVEX
Haci6n do poCoD, perO gscOgidon smigoa, de
dRmG8 h0EmOBGB, sin BGE VRnaB, RabiaB,
sin que elias dsmuessEOn conocsFlo.
5PoE todo un dia?-Ha8 una buons &C.
0i6n aI lsvantsEto. y proy0Cta hACsF OtrS
dGBpu6s de conner.
IPOr una asmRn8 OntsTA?-ASiBtO & lR
bodR do uno do tuH amigOB do una de
tuB con0cidaR.
jPor s0i0 mGBsn?-Compra una CaBa de
campo 81 lado de la tuys, plsuta = recog8
to coBeCha, ediics 8lguna habitaCi6n agrR'
d8ble.
jPOr IN afio?-CGsRte con una dams
hsFmoBs de quisn sut6s snamoRado.
iPoF dos aion?-AfiRde 6 tus Maneu
una hacienda donds tengaB IabradoEsU
quienes hngAs bien.
IPor toda la vidA?-s6 virtuoso, goza
de plSceFe8 con moderation = vivo Giem
PIE 0CupRdo.I
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1908-11-22
MODO De EVITAR La
muerte del gaqadO
pOr deSCargaS
eI6CtriCaS.

ABunto G0 ID mayor impoFtRnCiR hA Bido
HiempFG veF 81 modo do svitRF I8 muaEte
fesCusnta de lOB gauRdoB poF efsCto de dsB'
GaFgaB ol6etricas.
Los div0Es0B mgdiog pueatoB On pr6ctics
nS han dAdo lcB FesDltados spetscidOs, con
gran peEiuicio para lCB ganadeEoG.
Hoy pREGCe hGbaFB0 avan8Ado muCh9 en-
este tsRH0no, puGE. en- los EHtGdoR Unidoa 90
Gmplssn comunmgnte CeFCaB qQs HiEvsn CO.
mo pEERErayop.
Son Conocido8 les pTincipioB que gobiaF
naa el movimiento de los rayOs; 90 sabs,
tambi60, que 0l alambTs de RoGFo CD un
buen conductor, 8iGndo los poStGB que 10
soBtisnen mRlos C0nduCtoFeg =, poF 10 mismo,
Gu8ndo 10 descAEga toCa eI alambEG, CORE
por t9do 81, an lugsr de pABRF por oI pOnte
Ia tierER.
E! RiGnbFe con pdsB ca IN veFdsdeEo
paTRrEayoB, pueB las puntaB hacen el ef6cto
de Las puntsu de lcs pSy&TrayoB de loSiedi
fcioB.
Cu8nd0 ei gAnRdo "a smoDtonR en- la g.
quinG de una CGrcS, Comc suCsds cuandn
llu0vs, GuRndO una deBosTgA 8.6ctEica toCa
una pAEEa 2e lR Gsrc&, 81 ganado gus aRt6
On ContactO con 81 glambFe eB mnsTto poF
eliERyO, pOEqus el CusFpo'dsl animal es
mejor conductor que 81 posts, J 81 rnyo 10
prefre para ir a terra, que sB]. 10. qus
buEC8.
Cuando sa;, ,pone Ia sCerOa, ,sn contacto
con 10 tisEra, 10 pEoOsds del modo siguisn.
ts: DC tomR un pedazo do slsmbrs y 30 Ie
introduce en- lR terra hsVts suContEar hu-
msdad ? unisndo IL extrsmidGd de eEts
alambre con los qua f9rmsn Ia csrca, %
eBtsbleCG ana Conexi6n con la tisEEs, Ia
cusl no neceBita hsceF8s por medic de an
poste, aino eu cRdR trAmo de Bais Bistg
poataG, Beg6a la distances.
De ents modo 81 gsnado qusds protsgi-
do On una tempeHtad.
La csTcA % ConHtruys del modo signien'
te: Se Cavs un pguiero de Esis & echo pull
gSdGB y 10 introduce On 81 un POGO de
sguR y con Ell alSmbTo 90 practicG una
hoTadaoi6n mas pTofandG.
-,,CEeemoB dc gran inteI6B los datoB que
Bobre aOtoB psrAFrRyoB danes nustEoa
sgEicu}toFsE.