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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-26
NEW YORK COTTON.

NEW YORK. Aug. 26.--The cotton
market opened active and higher. chief
~ on crop fears. there being heaV =
Lalns- Agaiu In North Carolina Amecting
cables which were higher than had
been expected First prices were 20
points up on August. and 10 To- Is high
81 on other positions. The selling was
led by one broker. who Il was esti-
mated put out about 10000 bales OF
the three Leading months on the cali.
assumed to be for Wall-st operator.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-26
Speculative Interests Cautious.

Spec ulatiye interests were afraid to
make a movement on either side OF
the market until the Brown failure is
completely explained. II looks as
though nobody was 20 blame, but
members OF the firm. The street in
sists that some big traders, not mem
bers OF the exchange, are involved
Cotton was about 80 cents bale
higher in the early trading
Grain was not materially changed.
London was very irregular in the
American department, but with only
fractional price changes.
On the curb market Nevada Con-
solidated, La Rose and Goldfield Con-
solidated were the most active stocks.
puttness Early Feature.
The real feature OF the market IN
the first hour and half. as was eX-
pected. was extreme dizziness. The
transactions up to IL O'Clock were
only half OF yesterdays business and
the decline from Mondays activity
was even greater. great variety
OF rumors were in circulation 10 ac-
count for the present stock exchange
tangle. The traders could not under
stand IL so large a short interest as
existed why the market did not go
up. One explanation was that con-
flict between large interests had con-
tributed TO the embarrassment OF the
Brown firm. One theory advanced
was that certain powerful interests,
which had been reputed out OF sym
pathy with recent advance in prices
were still pent on maintaining pos
itien on the short side OF various
steeks.
BY IL O'Clock the market had fuc'
tuated fractionally TO the extent OF
about 1.2 ND and down from the best
prices OF the morning and by 1870
the gains outnumbered the declines.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-26

BOSTON. Aug. ga bet OF $4,000
TO $1,000 that Taft will defeat Rfyan
was made i'm State-st.. today.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-26
PRODUCE.

pounds or Montana clothing at Is a 2oc.
Other lines are dull.
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job Printing done right Times Pri.t-
ing Co. rs John R-st. Phone 1t9l ,
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COPPER.

Reported for The Times by Hayden
Stone X Co, 116-1is Griswold-st..
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-26

Cotton prices. furnished by Hayden.
STONE A. Co OpsuiuQ
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Apple anSy' s@V'' Voii''oh' 'AW
per Dbl.
Butter-Ofhciai prices: Extra cream
cries, 2Sc; frsts. 21c: crocks. lie: pack
ing stock, 1910 per 10.
Cabhage-soe- per dnz; II. so per Dbl
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CHICAGO. Aug. 26.-Wheat opened
Lc higher and on good commission
house hlIxlng. advanced another &c. At
which level selling aga1hSr ND nHttpr
st.lpaf4.-a--, market Was -nrI.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-08

the government, this was not party
measure, and It insures, In the mean.
that city shall determine entirely Ats
own development
Mr.. w. II. Lever. the interesting pro-
prictor of Port Sunlight, Garden city,
in which planning schemes may
be made should comprise all land with
In the area OF the local authorities,
or In tile neighborhood OF that area,
appears likely to be used for building
purposes He recommended that the
local authorities should be empowered
to limitthe number OF houses or rooms
to the acre, and should have the right,
I In exchange for the dedication by
landowners Of open spaces or otfpr
concessions beneficial to the health
and comfort of the community, to re-
lax Limitation and to vary bylaws or
other conditions which prevent ccono.
mical road construction and cottage
building.
r. = . j. =
IT has also been suggested that every
builder of dwelling or dwellings
should be compelled to contribute with
out payment a proportion of his land
for playground or Fairgrounds and
other open spaces deemed necessary sy
the local authority, provided always
that no builder shall be compelled 10
without payment more lard
for these purposes than lie would have
BEEN compelled by the bylaws hithcr-
to in force In the local authority TO
provide for his proportion of a street.
The question OF the location OF fac
suggestions were made as to the
method of procedure. Such an ar
rangemcnt will be worked out before
the bill is considered complete. AS the
entire congress recognized the direct
relation between the location of fac
tories and the congestion of popula-
ton, this congress and the sentiment
on town planning OF England is OF
peculiar Importance to Richmond at
present because of the interest now
evinced here in securing a town-pan-
ming commission to. regulate the future
growth of the city
Every American community has its
own problems and it is impossible to do
more than lay down the general rules
for the planning OF foreign cities. But
It is of the utmost Importance that
there should be tho keenest apprecia-
ton of the need for study of local
conditions and of the development o.
municipality in relation to the de-
velopment of other cities in the coun-
try.
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Thanks for Time.-Dl.pntch.

EdltOr OF TIC "Ilmes-Dlspatch:
Sir,-I wish to thank you, not only
for myself, but for many other sales
men. who will read your editorial in
to days paper on "om days" As a
your remarks appeal with much force.
No other class of business men has
as many "off days" as the salesman.
and and II is much satisfaetlon to realize
tirely with oneself, but that 1t is im-
possible to go ahead at full steam all
the time. 1t is still greater salts
faction to lcalizeNtha the law OF COM
a way that the periods Of depression
are followed BY periods Of enthusiasm,
when the Impossible no longer exists.
I4AURlINI r. HARRIS.
Fichmond Va, June S, L 90S.
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PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
heat natures in Canada in from 30 to

Wheat natures in Canada in from 80 to
100 days
Yate wood of Australia has the tensile
strength of good cast IRON
The number Of families in France is cs-
timated at 11,3l5,0oo. OF which 1,S04,720
have no children.
The total electrical energy supplied In
London during the last year was 213.17l.-
S7a kowatt hours Si.
The New York New Haven and Hart
ford Railroad Company Is now operating
forty-two electric locomotives.
The skin of muskrats, is largely made use
OF In the manufacture of the cheaper
grades OF fur coats. 500
German children convicted OF serious Of
lenses numbered in 1906 4s,Q03, In 1916,
6l,932 and in 1907, 55,2l6.
Tho eleven London gas companies supply
among them 1000 cubic feetrof gas to
l,1ol,sa6 consumers.
The use Of snake venom Is increasing IN
the practice of medicine, and It's price is
soaring upward rapidly.
The latest expression In the word crop Of
laos Is motel" It was first used in Cin-
onnati and means person who has no
telephone.
4 young inventor or Lyons. France, is
said TO have solved the problem OF the
transmission Of electrical energy without the
use of wires. E'+5a sE.-
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THE SECRETARY OF THE STATE
BOARD or CHARITIES,

The selection of a secretary to the
State Board of Charities is a matter
of deep public concern. The person
filling this office will be the virtual
head of the States whole charitable
system. Upon his efficiency will de-
pend whether or not the unfortunate
men. women and children who are the
subjects OF the States philanthropy
shall have proper care and supervision.
He should be man Of experience in
the task of caring for the poor and
the insane, familiar with the advanced
methods of relieving and reclaiming
them. 1t is essential that he have an
earnest interest in such work; that he
have executive ability and the highest
integrity. For here should co-exist
an effective supervision with the alb
solute impossibility of graft.
1t can at once be seen how unfortu-
nate, how inimical to the States in
terests. it would be il political consid-
Grafton in the slightest degree influ-
onced the appointment. Tho position
is not for the man constantly seeking
office, or for the one whose claim to
notoriety rests upon political work
wholly selfish
Let the State board in making its
selection have In mind the require
ments of philanthropy and not tile care
of party worker
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Richmonl, Va. June 5, 1905.
Bridges to Manchester.

Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir-'rhe need OF additional facili-
mond and Manchester is apparent TO
any one WHO regularly travels between
these cities. While discussing this
subject 1t is we'll to take compre-
arrangements for the certain growth
of the future, as well as for Immediate
necessities
The writer has frequent need TO go
over the present Free Bridge and It's
inadequacy. both in structural stabll-
iity and IN width, can be easily seen
by anyone WHO notices the volume
Of traffic it is compelled to carry.
Then. too, because of its being free.
traffic that should naturally go over
the Fourteenth-Street Bridge Is di.
verified. to the further congestion of
this ALREADY over-crowded structure.
Ftrst--We should have the present
Free Bridge strengthened, and, IL pos
sible. widencd.
!, second-.The Manchester approach
thereto wdened.
/, Third-.rhe street cars taken off this
Company allowed to build their own
bridge, which. understand, they want
to do, running down Seventh Street
and across the dam that they have
already constructed.
Fourth-'rhe Fourteenth Street Bridge
purchased by the city. strengthened.
moderniaed and made free.
fffth--The erection of a new bridge
running from, say, Laurel or Pine
Streets across Belle Isle to what will
be in Manchester Cowardn Avenue
extended.
The above scheme will give relief
from conditions at present unnccessar-
lily severe, and allow for the future
extension OF all sides OF Manchester
to say nothing of beneftins Richmond
In a way That must be apparent tc
any one studying the question. The
erection Of another free bridge higher
uptown between the two residential
sections Of The cities is now eSpcdient
will soon be necessary. and when
property values have advanced so rs
to introduce new and considerable
items of cost. this bridge Will be
found to he essential to the relief OF
the inha OF both cities.
"CH ESTER FIELD"
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a unrndlsc for Iluntsmen,

The Canadian House Of Commons
has just voted TO authorize railroa,d
son Bay, % point 900 miles north Of
Duluth, ana 400 miles from, the near
est railway station. This is tho tel
litory over which the Hudson BAY
Company has held 4 monopoly In tlc
fur trade since 1866. a monopoly %
252 years of age is u very hoary octo-
pus, compared With some Of our young
sters OF sapid growth, after. which me
Don Quixotes OF politics have often
gone in llot pursuit.
Much more inviting might the. chase
be IN the tai North country, IN, Tho
the tough-skinned walrus, the brown
lear, the moose and tho caribou From
Fort Churchill, canoes and baby steam
ers trace Their ways 500 miles 70
field here for tho Nimrods OF tile
dan without danger Of firing into each
other,-Wull Street journal.
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Not so nusy a. ,rhcy Thlnk.

singular" said a man waiting for
. train On an elevated railroad plat
where q hundrcd men and boys hal
gathered Ground two wagons that HAD
come together in collision, there's Il
hundred men standing around those
gaping. apparently with nothing else
TO do, and not hin a bit OF a hurry
but let any one of those men come
UP the stairs to this platform when
rush and hurry and tear himself apart
to catch that train. and glum II
he missed Il, though he knew very
Well that there'd be another train here
in minute, Let him miss Il train
BY q second and lie thinks the world
Is coming TO an end; let him see some
kody ho,sting a safe UP the outside
OF building and lie Will stop aud
waste half an hour.
How do you account for that?'---
New York Sun.
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MERELY JOKING.

The Citizen and the Press.
1.-THE papers are afraid to say anything"
.neered the first citizen
Some people don't feel that way about
fice?', -
mo; but 1 wrote a letter roasting some
fellows that needed roasting and the paper
didn't print line.
Did you sign your name q
certainly not. Dye think In, a chump?'
--Philadelphia Ledger.
Not Up-to-Datc.
Wasn't their divorce shocking affair?''
said Mrs. Feathersih
"Inexeusable.' answered Mrs. smartse,..
LAWYERS they could fnd."-Phiiadeiphis,
Press
They Hre the Only Ones.
Mr.. Henpeck--I wish my wife was one Of
those theatrical stars.
1'riend--What makes You wish that7
Mr.. Henpeck--Because so often l read in
the papers that their husbands manage
The Spring Deluge.
~ had delightful talk with the Cover
nor of the State"
Enjoyed it. eh?''
Yes; he didn't want to sell me ticket
for anything. Herald.
The pampered, Pets
.'Hortense call up Mr.. Dc Millyuns ana
ask for Fido.'
Yes me lady,"
Carlo wishes to bark to him over the
elephcne."-Loulsvie Courier journal.
Preferred Jail.
you don't mean to say you wouldn't
like to get out?" exclaimed the prison vis-
Worse than that ma'am," replied the
convict. I'm in for double life. I've
go, two wives waiting outside."-philadel-
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Hnck to the Farm.

There are thousands or vacant farms
in New England where the buildings
can be made tenautable at little en-
ticn OF The cost of the improvements
already made upon them, and where
ia city man could send his family for
six months in the year and make them
hearty. healthy and happy. A few,
COWS, hens and a garden Will go a
long way towards supplying the table
with the most healthful food in the
world. and as much more FARMING can
Hundreds Of business men have found
in such places the true elINil&of health
for their Families. and praise the day
they left the crowded city for SUCH
health and enjoyment. Very eXten-
sive farming under such circumstances,
however VIII generally. prove disan-
pointing, for such q place is worth
more as home than for Ncarmln5
purposes under Inexperienced dircc-
Observation-Disclosures Mirror
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Borrowed Jingles
THE DISSATISFIED MULE.
An Alipgprl.


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n haS n bionI.e, f",. ria hack
s''oss ''o'ee. no
III. soddt. RI. Mn nil ,ro,,d
az itc ,nne, ~, .Ie vail
i tnte Al orr yencfer he eats
$50 - -
y1is ihed ia ,n.da ar atubb,o straw
'So In ,vintnt.' ho 'io,,i, 'frne,ns' ~
1r s,,nlmer he loolts he ,yin,iow o,d
I brotoct him .,cbt nil ,oc,, ana kcy
De door he cannotS nnss.
.uf I did NOT. dot foolish muIc
He works from morning tili In ni-ht
do not let hin sio,,:
So Ions dot he behaves dis way,
L didn't hear him pr,Imblc once.
lie minds me MS I like:
"Brotcctionv 1unkes him Satisfied
He doesn't want 10 "strike.r
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-08
ar. RYAN N ylralnia Politics.

MI. Thomas n. Ryan's reported IN
.tention 81 going to DEWEY as q dele,
gate at large from. Virginia Is said
to lie the ilrst step In q plan to enter
ana become either Governor or Senator,
Mi. 4 Ryan, as everybody knows, has
made II success In the difficult world
OF finance and may naturally feel that
abilities along other Ines He Is n
legal voter In Virginia and Ito prob
ably thinks 1T would. be- q relief to
snend his latter wears far from tho
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-08

madding crowd Of cartoonists and their
stgnoblo strife to portray him as an
octopus extraordinary, But will his
Virginia neishbors take kindly to his
political aspirations? Is high finance
of the Ryan type popular among the
II. r. VS. and the primitive Dominion
mountaineers? 1t seems as II the trac-i
ton magnute were embarking on
dubious Observation-Disclosures Jour
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-08

y The Washington Herald may be
right in It's assertion that great
many June couples from this part of
the country go to Washington on their
wedding tours. The honeymoon is an
ecstatic period, during which any old
town will do. When that interludc is
over, however. and the couples face
the practical matters of happy and
comfortable living. they almost In
varia6ly come to Royal Richmond, the
grub hub Of the universe.
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Voice 81 the p eople
Wr,lnc.dlny Gun.
Ut 'I'HS S"s
1'l,e Times -Ioispntcli.

Editor OF The Times Dispntcli:
Sir,AA1 read with pleasure not long
ago your editorial with regard 10 the
Wednesday. Club and It's important
additional remarks on the subject.
!, a comparison between the financial
results OF the late music festivals In
poor showing. for the state OF musical
culture ana taste In our city Willie
! NE concert-golng public OF Cincn,-.
n natl. city only ,y three and hnlf
uted to their festival treasury the
sum of $4,000, as given in the Official
report q the Musical Courier, the
lls a.lii1 fublic allowed their own
cradle amount the total expenses hay
ing been less than one sixth OF the
sum sum collected In Cincinnati. It is easy
fG sny vi s by epas the ahoys
Of the two cities. to draw his own
con clllsions as, to tho public spirit
and musical status OF Richmond. AZ
regards r1,s The artistic merit, no one can
tween the two festivals, for only in
point OF numbers did ours fall be.
nind the other. and the. programs, MS
We'll well as performances. of both, chorus,
'Ieen a credit to any city, no matter
And now tie "Wednesday Club has
De en- brought to the alternative. equal
~ humiliating, either Of soliciting q
-dcsefvod. though reluctantly giv-
en-, support from the public. or OF dis
banding. Is the city OF Richmond, SO
and refinement, her historical associa-
lions and educational Institutions Of
All kinds. going to permit the latter
alternative for he want of q few hum
dred or n few thousand dollars, at the
same time literally encouragi the
theatres. horse shows and all other
Kinds of sports? And will she permit
Atlanta, SpartanburE and other South
ern cities TO eclipse her III point of
musical advantages? Must the art Of
music, one of the most ennobling and
refining In It's influence. be forever
put on level with mere amusements
organization like the Wednesday Club
offers the highest grade OF music. and
lc trying to cultivate and elevate the
musical taste OF the community be-
yond enjoying comic opera airs and
ragtime, must 1t for this reason be
plotted out of existence? If the older
citizens do not wish to keep 1t alive
for their cwn sakes can they not
look little in the future and try
to appreciate end understand the grcnt
and tncalculable influence of such an
organization in our midst on the ar
ttstic, intellectual and moral develop.
The Wednesday Club will soon meet
to decide upon its own life or DEATH
1t depends CT the people of Richmond
which OF these two 1t Is to be.
FRED. c. HAIR.
Rfchm on1 Va, June 5, 1908.
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No Escape.

a New Orleans paper says Louis
Year 1t has the yellow fever. the next
the legislature. They can quarantine
against yellnw jack, but the Leglsla.
turc--well. that's a different kind Ut
and bear it,--Sacramentos Union.
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iIEI,EDrrY.
Report of the Dutch Commission for
Investigation.

~ pV1 VI Htue commission for
Investigation.
Two eminent Dutch scientists. with
the cooperation of more than 3OOv
Dutch physicians. have been making q
statistical study of lleredity. ana have
j iS 7puoiished then export, in which
physical qualities are largely Inherited,
generally from the father the moral
tendencies gre not communicated a..
all. They find little transmission OF
eases.
More alluring lies and selt-delusions
nave been hung on that excuse. "he-
redltX than on any Others perhaps
iHeredity is So easy. way of ac-
counting Tor wrong tendencies that 1t
CLASSES 81 Is sestic t9 as
does to criminals, drunkards and loaf
ers.
), Qnaeks gain fepute for profundity
by holding !, forth on the laws OF he
ukases issued from behind natures
veil, which few can understand and
none resist.
Nlne-tenths Of it ALL according to
rot.
Every man, if he be man at ALL
lis master of his own conduct. Yes:
nc is master, too,aof his own thoughts,
'''ie' ~ ~ -
Importance IN the makeup of his char
acter and the control of his life.
TO one of Americas greatest actors
was transmitted by his father a double
tendency-pre for the stage and the
other for tho bottle. The son cultivated
the first ana repressed the second, and
achieved worldwide fame. According
to the commcnly-accepted notions con-
corning heredity. he should have re-
versed the order and gone to the gut
ter.
The man who gets ahead in life is
usually content TO take the credit to
himself.
But the man who goes to the devil
always accuses somebody else Of hay
ing CREASED tho way.
This is not denying that there is
some force in heredty and more in
Yearly environment and training, but
| it is q force that except In rare In
stances may be overcome or rightly
| directed.
And our OF inherited faults often
bloom great virtues. The belief that
lyo,l have weak spot is reason t.
Especially guard yourself thcre----a rea-
son that tile nan with tho right stuff
|ih him will obey.
There ~ nothing in the world tina,
lis more tyrarnical, yet more tracta-
| Bile, than the human will.
Your Will is either your best friend
or your worst enemy. BY cul ttvatior
you~e can make il whichever YOU
choose .-Milwaukee journal.
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SO many splendid women to be seen
here as now. all this being due to i'm
proved conditions Of life, to which.
with its comparatively greater op,,
portunity for leisure, recreation and
cultivation, tho sex is first to respond,
thus showing in this way a greater
advance in development than man.
.And they tell us also that lhls
advance, rs might naturally be en-
pected, is more to be noted among me
weli-to-do and those comfortably. SIT
uated in life; but / should say from
my own observation that 1t IS now
spreading among. all the people, as q
race. Living conditions are now lar
more favorable for all than they were were.
even a generation ago, and thls ~ ~
vancement and Improvement is nov
to be noted among the young people,
the Children of the present day. every :
where; though here also " IL sun o .3 :. :
servable more notably among tHe sliis
than the boys. 49,,
''If you should chance to meet any y,
day in any of the CONF :.
of tho town the school cnildrem g sou,.i
home froma public school YOU y, ro hnr
Of graceful, pretty girls among s,, th en-;
could always find pretty chlldren, Nv .l J. :
/ venture to say never Del ore SO nun, !.
really pretty girls snow. Ihere ilr !,
Eplain children here, too. II any glr !
i can be called plain, but notahle
| wn,ilil make attractive pretty pictnres,
q greater number of such, distinctly,
\ than would here, have been found thir-
| IN Years ago."--New York Sun.