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The Detroit times., 1908-09-21
Bank Guarantee Again.

Said the Kansas man:
lon the basis OF a careful survey,
consider that chances are just as
nearly even between the two national
tickets In Kansas as they possibly
coHld be. My reports are that the
drift has been away from the Repub-
leans. The Democrats ace making
the most. of course. of the fact that
the Republicans state platform de-
clares for state bank deposit guar
antee like that of Oklahoma. The
state ticket has gained strength by
that action, but the national has lost.
The trouble Is to get the people to
vote for Taft, who has been vigorous
ly and ably opposing the guarantee
PROPOSAL
The Detroit times., 1908-09-21
Much Trouble In Ohio.


So much for Kansas and indiana
The Ohio situation seems to get rap
idly no better. The Foraker follow
ing knows that no peace has been
made or Will be made. THE old sol
diers, who are very strong in the
state, are not placated, and tho organ
ICED labor fight against Taft is prob
ably more determined in -Ohio t71r
anywhere else In the country. be
cause Judge Taft's judicial career is
best known in Ohio. and his injunc
tons have been more written and
tailed about there than anywhere
else.
A Republican from Akron said the
other day that he had been Informed
by street railroad employees thai
every motorman and conductor In the
town would vote for Bryan; yet In
1896 and 1900 these same men had 6
big Republican marching club. I'VE
sympathize with the steam railroad
men In their feeling about the injunc
ton question. was the explanation
made by leader among the street
car employees.
Industrial conditions are bad, ant
the Republicans have found ths-pFes
perity boot on the other leg in this
Fcampaign%
The Detroit times., 1908-09-21
Gov. Haskell Calls Hearst
a Liar and Challenges
Editor to Prove Statement

CHICAGO, Sept. 21.-The following
letter was given out by Gov. HaskeH
of Oklahoma:
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-19
.CROPSOFCOUN'TRY
ARE BEST YEARS |: | R
Put iii tile Ground Under More
Favorable, Conditions and Work
cd Better Than Usual.
SONG OF PROSPERITY HEARD {,
Depression in business y World World
Apparently Not Felt by
Farmers.
Tspeclal 10 The Times Dlspatch.l

i
BALTIMORE. MD. July 1s.---With
| the present crop prospects Of the co 'u
TRY as a basis for optimism. the Manu-
| facturers' Record says this week
.raking the whole country from the
Atlantic to the Pacific, from the Lakes
Ito the Gulf. the crops were put into
tile ground under more favorable con-
Iditions OF weather and Of cultivation
than ever before. An abundant sup
ply of labor, due to Industrial depres-
sion, made 1t possible to thoroughly
prepare the soil for planting and to
thoroughly cultivate 1T since. With
the exception of limited areas, weather
conditions have been remarkably fn-
vorable, and as a whole the outlook
Indicates 1.-THE most abundant yield
which our land has ever known. The
fruit trees everywhere are breaking
beneath their load; the wheat and corn
and oat crops promise to be equal to
the largest ever gathered. or, II they
fall short at all, only to the extent of
n few million bushels; while through
ont the South the cotton and corn
fields are in splendid condition. freer
from grass than for many years, and
the sugar plantations of Louisiana In
dicate an exceptionally favorable OUT
turn as COMPARED with last year.
Song OF Prosperity.
Everywhere the song OF prosperity
is heard in the agricultural regions.
and once more, with his work we'll
begun the farmer has already much
more than half passed the danger
point, and can1inow almost with safety
count on a continuation OF the SPLEEN
did prosperity OF the last four or five
years. Under such conditions. and
with reviving industrial activity. evil
dences of which are seen in many d.
rections. the time Is near at hand
when every idle locomotive and every,
idle car will be In demand. and when
once again there will be a scramble
for transportation facilities greater
than has been the scramble of the
railroads for freight during the last
six months. We have turned the cor
ner. and ahead of us is the long
straight road of business prosperity"
Activity, In Building.
June records. show continued activity
In building operations in Southern
cities. Building permits during the.
month in Baltimore. Md, represent
st6s.o50: in Norfolk. Va, s17s45o; In
Richmond. Va. s24s.707; In Knoxville.
Tenn, s62.91o: in Memphis, Tenn, $685.
S55; in Birmingham. Ala. s553,s95: and
in Dallas. Texas. S129.Ss0. Savannah,
Ga. issued permits for thirty buildings,
and Jacksonville. Fla, Issued permits
for siXty-two buildings. In the latter
city during the first six months of the
year permits We're issued for 800
buildings.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-19
TILE TIMES DIsP2ToH RICHMOND VA,

part OF your country. We quarantine
against all outside stock, finding that
the natives respect the laws. Indeed,
we are having more trouble from the
whites than from the natives. ~ u,
10 show yot how little OF tho yavnil.,
able country Is used for stock, J would
say that we have only about soo.oo,
cattle IN Southern RhodesIa, when we.
600 goats and about 100000 Sheep q
The Natives nnd Their Labor.
Gan YOU, give me n! some idea Of your,
e his SUPPLEMENTARY fey Vie eat ss
negro populnttons5of Rhodesia Is not
arger than TINT q av some Of, fo
territory, and they are scattered over
TIE size or the United states ,pronnrI.
ean ay nss s. Jul th a have ave not choas
wants to make them d good working
force You see, tho average gro &C. can
live on a few, score OF shillings q year
patch hee and seHsr addtion only enough
man Il, or ST.. q year mis- I, q in y l., des
ths tay for one VIE i ne mas sile
.iings Il year for each extra wife"
q should think that would be
premium on monogamy,"3 said /. 80,
"When we fixed the tax we lthought
1t might be-" replied the adininistrator,
nbut 1T has not. The natives can
make ak money SO easily that they can
quickly earn the ten shilllngs needed
for every extra wife, and the extra
wives more than pay for themscl Ives
in the work they do. The man VINO stl
has the most wives is considered the !
and he who has several as q
rule does little else than keep his wo-
,,,a - an I n n hnir ,yDrlS. - FL ..ese.5E sit
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-19
.YnRnIry. ofEElood.

1 The flood has been kind! to ono town.
For years Missouri CT ty, about Fl fifteen
miles east Of Kansas City,5tn Clay
county, has been or tho river map.
and the steamboat is couldn' T get Within
miles oft because OF a change In the
cIinnnel.S But recently the high water
began to flow through anfold channel
ana in few days 1t llad sout SO deep
and SO fast that MISSOURI City aWolSe
Monday morning to find herself on the
main channel OF the river. IA few hours
later tho steamer Chester pass ed the
old 5landing and Missouri City's cup OF
10y was full.--lansns lty Star. n ST
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-19
tho farm-in,plement stores are plows
from Moline, III. and reapers and
movers from Chicago and Springfield.

tho farm-inplement stores are ploWs
from Moline, lila and reapers and
mowers from Chicago and Springfield.
Ohio.
sASTown OF Clubs and Itace-Tra cks.
I find Salisbury much alive. It is a
modern town, Of fun, clubs. public
'amusements and high prices. IT has
its social swim, and 1t has It's cricket
grounds, golf fields and tennis courts.
The hi-h fences Of the latter are
covered with morning glories. and the
balls are thrown back by hedges Of
green leaves spotted with flowers OF
bright blue. The little city has
library without8the aid Of Mr. Carne-l
gle. 1t has three banks and q cham
Der OF mines. 1t has q ospital.s O mar
dozen churches and a newspaper Which.
comes out every week. &
Everything in the town Is high
drawn BY negro. and the charge was
81 centsfin gold. I could have had the
same service in Shanghai. China. with
a pig-tailed coolie as my horse, ZOE .
cents in silver. I went out N an az.
}e eGmagsto as $40 therefor. took q
glass sof mineral water this morning.
It9contained one-hnlf pint. and had
to pay 81 cents for It. The man WHIP
g. g. ! cents & FOR a scotch highball. A cup.
cents &c tsA and as ali other things are about
the same proportion. Ny hotel rate
here Is s4.37 q d ay, and the hungry.
eyes of the walters are always asking
for fees M r usually buy pilot ographs
Wherever WI 4 go In addition to my own.
which i have developed BY the local
lphotog rapher. The price h ere. for max
Ing 3sx1o copies Is $1.25. and when I
asked the photographer this. afternoG :,
ilemmed and hawed, and said ne
couldn't really afford to rim. hem at
that. FRANK G.. CARPENTER.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-19
warrant the coming Of American col
!. CaDital or RhOdeyin.

The Capital OF Rhodesin. 4,
I wish / could show you this capt.
tai of Rhodesia. If you could lift +
UP and drop it down In the United
states. it would not be out OF place.
Indeed, it would look muchSlike some
of our best Southern towns Of 5000
population. except that these buildings
are finer. more artistic and more subs
stantially built. The material used is
chiefly stone and bricks, the roofs be-
Ing made Of galvanized iron; The resi-
dences are bungalows, with vide we
.randas running about them, and with
low. overhanging roofs. Every 2 nome n g
flowers and plants Of both the ,tropi-
cal and temperate zones. There are
roses and morning glories. as Well as
flowers which would grow wei In
FLORIDA or Cuba. 5t s77s3 ~ .at
The business blocks ara chiefly Of
stone. There areSmanyl large stores,
with we'll display ed windows and
stocks Of goods whic ll.yyould be eon !, !,
OF three times this size. One can buy
anything he needs. and amany Anne RIGA \
things are sold. see our " !, cann 9 9
articles in the windows. and outside A e
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-19
BRING HIM TO VIRGINIA.
Man Looking for Good Location tor pape

Man Looking for Good Location for Paper
Mill.
c. R. skinner, Gambler building, Atlanta,
Ca, invites Information regarding a location
for paper mill. He wants the location to
have the advantages of low freight rates,
cheap power and ample labor.
Here Is a chance for some one OF the
many live towns OF Virginia. a paper mill
wants water-power II II can get it, but cleo
tricity may do. The secretaries OF the Vir-
ginia boards of trade will lose nothing by
communicating with Mr. Skinner
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-19

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 imp ported from
Cairo or Constantinople.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-19
More About Farming.

y EkcturnlnS 10 Inc asIlCul.ut ht poo .i
bilities OF Rhodesia, the administrator
tells me that the country was great
ly injured by the rinderpest, and that
It had quite a setback after the Boer
War. The farmers are slow coming IN.
and doubt much whether the com.
pnny Is satisfied with It's success In
Inducing white immi grafton.
understand that one OF the great
troubles is lack Of transportation.
Horses cannot be successfully raised
here. They are soon attacked by
sickness which carries them off. In
ons over the country, but the rinder-
pest killed them by the thousands,
many falling dead in their Jokes. The
cattle are now steadily increasing, and
there Is a fair; prospect OF the lands
being restocked. Much OF the farm
ing is mixed. the average ,lsettler tax
up from 500 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.
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
gram IS SUCH thai lEeE COuLl
supply 1t. and in the past quite lot
of American corn has been imported.
Good corn now brings about 2 cents q
pound. or more than ] a bushel. Much
of 1t is sold in 2oo-round sacks at 81
and upward per sack.
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.
asked Sir William Milton whether
the climate of Rhodesia was fitted tor
white men. He replied that the higher
parts We're very healthy, and that the
heat was altogether dependent on the
altitude. All lands which are over
1000 feet above the sea are suitable
for European. but It Is only upon those
which are 1000 feet higher that Euro
mean children can be horn and bred.
The ~, latter. area Is not much bigger
one Of the finest climates of the worl'l.
The former is almost as large as CAL
ifornia. and 1t is healthy. Tho rainfall
a ~ It q, twec. e. inches;
about 4.7oo feet, and in coming Inland
from the ocean have crossed coun-
try which IS more than a mile above
the sea. The most OF Rhodesia is a
see much Of 1t will some day be coy-
From neirn to the Capital.
ooaa came t. a. salisbury fr g the indian
Portuguese Fast Africa. runs across
Rhodesia to Bulawayo. where 1t con-
Cairo Tth hf man T ne hs Cars
Salisbury Is 374 miles and it took us,
two days to make 1t. on account Of
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-19
). "A Great stock Company.

How about cattle?"
1T is In stock raising that the chief
possibilities for Rodesia lie. This is a
natural stock country. In the days of
Lobengula, the native King Of the
Matebeles, these highlands swarmed
with cattle, and We're 1t not for the
various pests the land would support
a vast number. Indeed, 1t is estimated
that II the hay We're cut and the grass
protected from fires we could feed
something like 25.o0O.OOo cattle In
Northern and Southern Rhodesia. We
are doing what we can to wipe out the
diseases, and at3present we are as free
from the various cattle pests as is any
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-19
FIT TEEN MILLION
IN SOUTH AFRICA
Fnrming In Rhodcsin

.SNSay SSdi.
Farming in Rhodcsia.
How about your agricultural posi-
bilit.es" asked I.
I'VE think them very great, replied
the governor. Much Of the country
shelter fitted for stock raisirig than
grain farming. but we have large areas
which Will produce corn and tobacco,
and some which we think will raise
cotton. There is no reason why South-
ern Rhodesia should not produce maize
equal to that of your great corn belt.
The grain is grown by the natives, and
we have white farmers who now crop
thousands Of bushels Of this cereal.
We have some farmers who sell l 0 900
bushels ayear, and that at considera-
Bile profit. We have lands which will
yield fifty bushels and more to the
ecre. although the average is less than
that"
"As to tobacco. Rhodesian cigarettes
are sold everywhere throughout South
Africa. Our ,ipe mixtures are in high
favor and orr cigars are popular. We
are not trying to export any tobacco
assyet, for this scontinent takes all that
we can prDduce.i We expect to In
crease our yield from now on. and the
time Will come when we shall ship 20
bacco to Europe, and. IT may be, to the
United States - as Y
New-York tribune., 1908-09-28
W4NT SEPARATE CHARGES
Philadelphia Sugmr Dealers See
LoophoIe for Citing Rebates.

With the premise that the primary business Oh d
railroad company is TO furnish transportation os an
Frank L. Nean and Ward ". Pierson' couhsei ioi
Philadelphia sugar refneries. filed with lhe lheei
state Commerce Commission at Washington 0ii So
urdav a brief in which they make vigorous attack
on the practice of New York Trunk Line railroaus
in allowing to shippers compensation l'i 50
accessorial services Under this ciasslhca'ioh - "
cluded services incidental to actual transport
by rail such as storage elevation tof grain lot III
stance, lipbtarage storage and carriage. owing 10
the topography of the greater city ana tributary
territory such services have become NasuS Hoie
important feature in the matter OF 1resh' ua's
portation than in other large cites of the country
Frequently as has been clearly SHOWN oS 'e
,-;aa,ca introduced in the so-called rebatng cases
tried s., the United States courts within the ldS'
two years the railroad companies LOT oie ~
or another do not perform these acCesSoIi iai
vices themselves, confning their ehoits - 80
+ha Philadelphia complainants contend they shoulu
- ,,,a actual transportation OF freight py ran.
Z-ba. has been asserted before in court cases Is
reiterated by the counsel for the fhliaueipii
rlainants that the railroads have been 1orceo pS
o,,orf,l ratrons under pain of losing business 10
-. -. - ,,a+rons enormous allowances out of
f..,,bt rates ..Nominally," say the representa-
ti,as of the Philadelphia sugar retineries which pe
Hove they are being Disseminated against 'hese
allowances are for the performance Oh oi1dI
services In reality they may much ihoIe IMAM P"'
f- onv service performed and are an lnsldlouS
The Philadelphia complainants want the raCe loi
railroad transportation entirely separated from
rates for .accessoral services" thus eIinlhaIiLs
~, 1atter as weapon of discrimination in favor OF
~ community as against another and wants the
T,+ersta+a Commerce Commission to lay down some
77,i+. r,,Iinc which will be effective in decloiIaS
substantially analogous cases that may De pre-
scented for its adjudication They emphasl|e tue
,r,,,arison of the freight rate of 81 70 a ton on
sugar from Liverpool Hamburg TO New 1orh
With the allowance of q SO ton by the ralroaoS
N the sugar refneries shippers for charges lor
1ibtaraye Of about five miles in New York haroor
Through the efforts of the railroads to equallze the
manufacturers in both cities and so secure theii
,ronortion of the sugar carrying business
In their brief after pointing out that the inter
state Commerce Commission has repeatedly fuleu
that II will not by an adjustment OF rates or iacl
,ias offered by carrier undertake TO equallze the
natural advantages of location, urge the counseI
for the Philadelphia complaints that the only way
- wine ont the gross discrimination in favor OIL
New York sugar shippers and TO close the door 10
the possibility of rebating is to separate tile
fer and similar charges from the direct charses hoi
railroad transportation
New-York tribune., 1908-09-28
BERLIN WRECK IMPOSSIBLE HERE.
Commissioner Bassett Says Subway Safety
Devices Would Prevent Similar Accident.

An accident similar to the one on Saturday
afternoon on the Siemens-Haske line in Berlin,
when two trains into collision with a terrific
impact and one crowded with passengers was
hurled from the elevated structure to factory
ward beneath. could not, in the opinion of Commits
sioner Bassett OF the Public Service Commission
take place in the subway in New York. Owing TO
devices on the New York express trains it would
have been simply impossible for two trains TO
crash into each other, and Commissioner Bassett
believes that the absence of such devices on the
Siemens- -Halske line primarily responsible for
the accident. This fault noted by the COM
missioner during his recent inspection of the Ber
lin transportation roads.
Although Mr. Bassett said his return to New
York that in general in the European capitals
more attention paid to safety and TO comfort
where in New York the first demand for speed
and carrying capacity, several deaths, according
o cable dispatches caused in the Berlin
smash-up by passengers alighting from the cars
and being shocked to death by coming into contact
with the heavily charged third rails The on
the Siemens- Halske lire have neither the length
nor the height of the New York subway cars and
Commissioner Bassett thinks that their lighter
weight is possibly responsible for OF the cars
being thrown into the street.
New-York tribune., 1908-09-28
AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL BONDS.

one of the most interesting pieces of finance an
nounced in many months is the new issue Of w.
900 900 per cent first mortgage and convertible
gold bonds Of the American Agricultural Chemical
Company. This corporation divides with the Vlr-
gn-C arolina Chemical Company the fertilizer bus
mess Of the United States. and as the experience
Of the last twelve months has demonstrated the in
dustry IS one of the two or three manufacturing
lines of business the earnings of which are un-
affected by periods of poor times.
For its fiscal year ended June 30 last the Amerl-
can Agricultural Chemical Company showed an
actual increase in gross and net earnings over the
previous year. earnings for interest and dvi-
dends were S2626,472. equal TO six and one-haf
times the annual interest charges of 100000 on the
new issue of bonds. These bonds are a first mort
gage on the entire property of the company valued
by appraisal at s13,015Ss3. in addition to which the
company had on June 80 last current assets OF
S2o SS &C., making total assets back of the bonds
S33 3S4 49, or more than four times the amount of
the issue The bonds are provided with a sinking
fun6 of $4,000 annually. and convertible par for
par into 6 per cent cumulative stock. They are
offered to investors 81 and interest netting about
5Ja per cent income.
New-York tribune., 1908-09-28
MAD DOG BITES TWO BROTHERS.
Pet Fox Terrier Causes Great Excitement IN
Williamsburg Family.

A pet dog owned by Charles Hertz. Of No 02
Middleton street. Williamsburg. became mao yes
terdav and attacked the entire family severely BIT
ing Milton Hertz and his brother Carl The animal
was fox terrier.
Some Of the women had just finished petting the
dog and placed 1t on the floor when it turned ana
attacked them They shrielked and sought refuge
on the dining room table. Their screams brought
the two brothers. who first enveloped the animal
in a table cover and threw it from rear "lnoo"
into the yard.
Curiosity on the part of the brothers TO know
Just what allied the dog led them into the rear yard
The animal had taken refuge in a corner and when
the brothers approached it dashed at Milton ana
fastened its teeth into the young mans right hand-
The animal held fast in spite of the pounding II
received but it was dragged off by Carl The AMI
nal turned savagely on Carl and bit his hand
Patrolnan Ferguson, of the Lee avenue station,
was summoned He entered the yard and when
the animal ran toward him, he took steady aim
and sent bullet into it's head. DR. Mary Craw-
ford. Of the Williamsburg Hospital, cauterized the
wounds The two young received.
New-York tribune., 1908-09-28
TRANSPORTATION RATE CHANGES.
Upstate Public Service Commission Announces
More than 100 Made Voluntarily

Albany Sept. 27.-More than one hundred vol
untary charges in transportation rates during the
last week. made by various carriers in the state,
are announced in the weekly bulletin issued to-
day by the Public Service Commission, I'd Dis
trict.
Among those of general interest" says the
bulletin "are the temporary closing by the Amer
lean and National Express companies of summer
offices at Maple Springs, Natural Science Camp
and Silver Lake; reductions in communication ticket
fares for school children the Rochester & East
ern Rapid Railway and Rochester Sodus Bay
Railway; also advances in round trip passenger
fares made by the same railway companies. new
etopover regulations issued by the New York New
Haven & Hartford Railroad Company. and regula-
tions governing the redemption Of tickets by the
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad Company, applying to uck-
cts sold at stations in this state; the establishment
by the Erie Railroad Company OF new car service
rres and regulations which apply at all stations
on that system: the issuance Of rules governing
The diversion and reconsignment of coal and coke
and charges fer additional service when performed
bv the Buffalo & Susquehanna and Buffalo, Attlca
&, Arcade Railroad companies"