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Evening star., 1908-01-18
Special Correspondence of The star.

NpeCldl correspondence OI Inc ftal-
NEW YORK, January Il, 1905.
T IME and circumstance are the sar-
donic tandem mates. One {. Muir
ply of smudgy renown hereabout
is acquainted with that fact now. For.
all the time, ever since he nudged his way
to Tammany's high niche, this Murphy
man has had a high idea of the lew York
police force, and, though a dull person In
speech and taciturn % tn point of
dumbness. this imagined excellence of the
Manhattan cops has always been the one
topic he would expand upon. Not once,
but twenty public times. Boss Murphy has
dubbed the New York police force 1.-The
finest on earth as II is the finest" in
song and Jest He has defended this po-
lice force even with Bingham at the
head of it-and there is much resem-
blance between Murphy and Bingham as
there is between a Moro with a bolo be-
tween his teeth and Church of England
sky-pilot.
Well. the mocking Circumstance is that
a passel of highly accomplished and com
mercialized burglars went through Boss
Murphys house down near Gramercy
Park the other night and carried away
everything worth while that was loose.
] say commercialized for these night visit
ors tested all of the Murphy silver wiz.
acid. Those pieces of the Murphy silver
which did not curl up and wither under
the acid test they packed off with them
That silver which showed itself to be of
haser metal under the teil-tale acid they
piled in a heap in the center of Murphy
dining room table and left behind. They
got about 5000 worth of the Murphy
plate Gall of it, by the way. bearing the
Murphy coat of arms-no joke. but a dead
straight facD. and then one OF the bur-
gla.s was seized by literary impulse.
He scrubbed what he had in mind on a
page torn out of a notebook and pinned
the little note to the sideboard. 1t ran:
Dear Murph: You win. New York
has got the best police force that is in
New York al the present time.
"P. S.-Some OF the junk that we're
leaving behind isn't worthy of high
notcher like you. With your bank roll
why don't you get all good stuff? It's too
hard work. aciding 1t and sorting 1t out.
Think this over
A reporter friend OF mine. on bet,
went TO Boss Murphy on the day after
this happened and said to him:
Mr. Murphy. il is the general under
standing that you regard the police force
Evening star., 1908-01-18

1t is figured that. by next year. apart
ment rents viii. have gone on at least an
other 20 per cent. The thing behind all
this is. of course. that the subways, ex-
tending everywhere. and with express
trains whizzing at all hours. make 1t pos
sible for folks to live at distances from
the business districts or New York city
that used to be out of the question. Brook
lyn is going to benefit enormously from
the under-the-river tube lately opened be-
tween Manhattan and that borough. 1t
is estimated that Brooklyn. which now
has a population Of 1,850,O00, will have
$500, 600 souls within her borders by 1920.
Moreover it is estimated that at least
JO0.O 600 people will be moving out OF Man
haitian within the. coming year. They'll
all move to points reached by the far
branching new subways, where they can
have little patch of ground and that
sort Of thing. There are some far-seeing
people over here who predict that, within
fifty years at the outside, Manhattan
will be given over exclusively to bust
ness and that the myriads of workers
who transact this business will all be liv-
Island. up in Westchester county and
cSCi thC way III CCiScS. oiI LiSilA Wcii
believe that, to observe what has been
happening to 9TH avenue during recent
years. 1t Is no trick at all to remember
when there was not a single business
house on 5th avenue. Now 1t Is a pre-
dominantly business thoroughfare nearly
all Of the way up to the park.
What a direful. appalling. crushing.
soul-sickening hive New York will be
whe IL it is all business!
Doing the Provinces.
"The provinces" must be seeing a
whole lot of theatrical celebrities this
year who do not often break away from
New York. These stage celebrities am
referring to here are the actors and
actorines who "just won't" go away from
deah oil Moo Yawk under any circum-
stances, you know. That is, what they've
been saying for years. that is to
say. and they have been getting away
with it. too. Broadway. they've been de-
claring, is good enough for them. None
Of the "hick'' cities in theirs. They
meant to stick around" where ut is"
Well, they're jumping New York in
squads platoons and battalions this
season Not because they want to. OF
course, but because needs must when
the wolf, etc. They've got to make a
living. and 1t happens that not a great
Evening star., 1908-01-18

teen days in jail. 1t Is said the first part
OF the request was complied with.
y \ *
The Tell-1t-AH Club has recently elected
a historian. and his first entries on the
archives Of the organization were inter-
esting.
Over on Sd street." he said, Lives a
logical little fellow whose top name Is
Noble. The other morning the family had
soft boiled eggs for breakfast and one Of
the eggs passed to Noble proved too be
very much overripe. and consequently
offensive. After the lad had opened the
bad one he arose from the table and de-
clared Indignantly. Mamma. IL I was a
farmer l wouldn't own hen that would
lay bad eggs
Then the historian told OF country
man who came to Washington from Flu
wanna county. Va, the other day and de-
clared he was going to request his men,
Evening star., 1908-01-18

this town. Think that over. One hundred
and fifty thousand willing, able bodied
men-not buns. tramps sr hoboes-wf1o
want to do some kind of work. any kind
Of work. and who can't get it. There are
three bread lines going here now. and
thousands of these men stamp their feet
and f1ack their arms to ward of the cold
while they're trudging slowly forward to
get their half a loaf Of bread apiece. 1t
Is the pitifui. the disheartening si-ht. One
sees one OF the lines forming occasionally.
emerging from one OF the far downtown
theaters. and 1t Is a sight that is bound to
hurt any normal human being. There's a
worse sight to be seen. only we don't see
1t. The poor devils who can't get into the
bread lines 80 to the rear Of the restau-
rants. where-I hesitate to set it down, 1t
Is SO distrassing-where the garbage cans
are ranged. And here men who are will
Ing to work and can't get work ward of
starvation. This is an absolute. verified
fact. and 1t is happening In scores Of spots
in New York every night.
And yet social statistician Of this town
estimates that $4,000 is spent at the
restaurants Of New York city every night
after IL o'clock by theater snack-eaters.
Two hundred and fifty thousand Of this.
he says. goes for "wine," which means
champagne, of, course. And on New Year
night the roysterers spent S2,500.00O in
New York for ''wine!"
Surprise is often expressed lately that
there Is considerable disorder over here in
the way Of holdups and that sort Of thing.
The astonishing thing is that with $50. .OoO
willing men out Of work that are willing
TO work. the town is fit to live In at all;
that the town is not a scene of riot and
revolt and bloodshed most Of the time.
OF for the Suburbs.
How the fat-owners of Manhattan are
eeviling the subways! For the new SUBJ
ways. those just completed. including the
under -the-river tube, and those going for
ward and nearing completion, certainly
are knocking the padding out of apart
ment rentals on this island. Everybody
who has ever lived In New York knows
how exorbitant the apartment rents were
here for many years. Now they're COM
ing down by leaps and jumps. those fat
rentals. You can get a nat here now of
equal excellence for at least q third. II
not a half, less than you can In Washing
.ton-where, as l have reason to know,
apartments cost more absolutely than in
any other city in the whole United States.
Evening star., 1908-01-18

trial. He was in the habit Of taking his
dinner at an>upper well-known Pennsyl-
vania avenue hostelry. and the first
evening he entered the dining room he
was greeted from behind his chair:
Good evening. Mr.. Smith,
why. where did you come from,
LOUISE" replied the reporter. recognizing
In his waiter a familiar face:
From the Bozart, sir. Two weeks ago,
sir
What's the matter-lose your job?",
NO. SIR Came down here. sir. to get
some sleep. sir. can't stand it more
than three weeks, sir. SO I'm going back
for Christmas-and I'm going to stay,
sir
x X X X
Whenever some righteously indignant
person starts the cry of too much cap
ping at the Police Court" a goodly num-
Der OF lawyers peculiar to the building
walk along the corridors with that mar
tyred. hurt expression Of the how could
you?". variety, gather in groups and whis-
Evening star., 1908-01-18
Returned Empty.

From Punch's Almanack.
A mean miilti-millionaire. who suffered
terribly from seasickness on his way hack
to New York, has, It Is said. demanded Q
rebate or his fare. claiming special terms
as q returned empty"
Evening star., 1908-01-18

mo" he replied. bluntly. washington
is not a grand opera city. unless grand
opera were given there for fifty cents
Which. all In ALL L. considered rather
a hot one CLARENCE L. CULLEN.
Evening star., 1908-01-18

In the Bread Line.
There are 10000 men out Of work in
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1908-09-17
# the undertaking.

of the undertaking.
The association viii maintain
head offices in San Antonio with
general manager and sales
agent in charge. Past disas-
trous experiences from unintelli-
gent marketing, which led for
example to the dumping of hun
dreds of cars of onions into one
city at one time, inficting heavy
losses on the growers has taught
them the necessity of intelligent
cooperation. A similar expert
ence this year in marketing the
immense watermelon crop,
which amounted to from $500 to
5000 carloads, has emphasized
the need of a widespread effec-
tive association. The idea of
the association is not to attempt
to uphold prices arbitrarily, but
by system of telegraphic re-
ports from all of the principal
cities of the United Statesl to find
out what products are needed
and in what markets, and to
supply these needs with prompt
ness and dispatch. The old
method of blindly shipping pro-
ducts to markets in complete ig-
norance of the demands of the
particular market will at once
give way to an intelligent dis
position of the supply to meet
the various and varying de-
mands. Such a method will be
beneficial to both consumer and
producer. 1t will furnish the
consumer what he wants when
he wants it and will bring the
producer a reasonable profit on
his labor. The association will
have a representative in all of
the principal markets OF the
United States, and the movement
marks distinct advance in in
telligen cooperation.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1908-09-17
San Antonio Clean ann
Healthy.

San Anotnio, Texas, Sept. 10.
Especially According to the re-
port of the health board Of this
city, San Antonio is one of the
cieanest and most sanitary,cities
in the whole United States. Dur
ing the last thirty-one days the
inspectors have visited 1856
premises, of which 7747 were
found in a perfectly sanitary
condition. OF the remaining
600 premises, at which notice to
clean up had been filed, the rec
ords show that 500 complied
with the notices. The remain
ing ten have been given several
days of grace, after which time
they will be prosecuted. War
against mosquitoes, flies and 9th
er pests has borne eXcellen fruit.
There are practically no mosqui-
toes in this city and the number
Of flies has been materially re
duced. San Antonio has one of
the most energetic and effective
sanitary boards Of any city in
the state.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1908-09-17
Texas in Need Of Cap
tainS Of Industry.
Progressive and Capable
Leaders Needed.

This vast and wonderful state
right at this particular time
needs, more than it needs any
thing else, captains of industry.
The crying need of the hour
is for men who will point the
way, show the way and if occa-
sion arises lead the way to the
development of vaster and richer
rraterial possibilities than any
other country at this time is un-
derstood to possess.
A state yet young and almost
wholly undeveloped with resour-
'ces an sufficient quantities and
of sufficient quality to arrest the
admiration and challenge the in
sterest of exploiters and promot-
"ers everywhere requires the
boosting faculties of the men
who have captained the indus
tries that have, as they develop
ed and were brought forth on
the stage of the worlds action,
anarveled all mankind.
The fac that Texas is too slow
sof progress is not due to any
want of ready money on the part
of Texans, for our people have
plenty of dough. ....or is it due
to fear on the part of Texans to
invest and spend money, for the
Texas people do not hesitate to
do that when they are in posses
sion of all necessary information
as to how the game is played.
Not having marshaled indus
dial forces and not having ex-
plotted the regions of industrial
progression along lines of ven
turing that amounts to next of
kin to daring the Texas financier
await the lead of those who are
supposed to have played the
game and know the run of the
deck in such matters.
All this, too, is quite natural,
and it rivets upon the minds OF
thinking people that our needs
right now are captains of indus
try to point, to show and to LEAD
the way. ?
We have followers a-plenty
we now need leaders. Shall We
advertise for them?
We put it up to you: Shall we
advertise for them?
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1908-09-17
PrOhibitiOniStS and Ants
Planning Campaign.
Preparing for Stubborn
Fight.

Plans are being matured both
by the prohibition and anti-pro-
hibition forces in Texas that
promise the most determined
struggle at the next session of.
the Legislature. AS a result of
the Democratic primary election
held on July %, a plank calling
for the submission of statewide
prohibition to the voters of this
state was put into the Democrat
lie platform by the Democratic
State Convention held in San
Antonio August 18th. This SUBJ
mission Of prohibition to a vote
can only be secured by a joint
resolution passed by both
branches of the Legislature call
ing for an amendment to the
state constitution. This amend
ment will have to have a VITO
thirds majority in both houses,
and it is said that a maj ority
of the State Senate is opposed to
such resolution. Current re-
ports say that the prohibition or
ganization will send a thousand
delegates to the Legislature to
insist that the members comply
with the wishes of the Demo-
cratic majority in this important
matter. Some of the anti-prohi-
bition leaders are said to favor
submitting the question to a vote
of the people, becaues in the re-
cent election $4,000 voted for
prohibition submission, 10000
voted against it,,and 1900 re-
strained from voting. Prohibit
ton submission therefore won
by about 1000 votes, and it is
claimed that the Republicans
are anti-prohibitionists and will
vote with the Democratic min
GRITTY of 10000 and thus defeat
the measure in the general cleo
ton. But, be it as it may, tht
contest viii be waged with {
great deal of energy during thu
next twelve months.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1908-09-17
Organized Truck Growers
Find it Profitable to Be
Together.

Unexampled development of
the truck growing industry in
Southwest Texas, which is best
represented by the increase in
six years from 318 cars shipped
out to nearly 5000 cars, has led
TO a widespread and systematic
plan of organization for the pur-
pose of marketing. The South
Texas Truck Growers Associa-
&iOn, now being organized, will
include thousands of raisers of
vegetables and fruits in this part
of the state and will be one of
Che most powerful organizations
of the find in the country. AL
ready the onion growers of
Southwest Texas have maintain
ed a marketing organization
which includes about ninety per
cent of the growers, and which
last year increased the net pro-
fifs about one hundred per cent
The fruit growers also have an
organization which has been I'm
usually successful. Now, it is
proposed to merge all of these
organizations into one big or
ganization that should handle al
of the vegetables and fruits Of
this section. An army of organ
tiers is now in the field pushing
tine work Systematically, anc
there is no doubt of the, success
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1908-09-17

Close of the fiscal year August
31st brings out the cheering fact
that the general revenue fund
of the State of Texas has a sur
plus of about 100000. The
state treasurer estimates that
this surplus will be augmented
with other funds and will ag-
gregate at least a million dollars.
Three years ago Texas was con-
stantly in arrears, having some
thing like a billion dollar def
cit. This deficit is now turned
into a surplus in spite Of the fact
that the state tax rate has been
reduced from 16 2-3 cents to
II IL cents, and now this year
is further reduced to 6 Ia cents.
This fact proves more positively
tina many statistics the wonder
full growth of Texas as indicated
by its taxable values. 1t will
also enable the state of Texas
during the coming year to en-
large it's scope of public works,
especially in the departments of
education and the care of the in
sane.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1908-09-17
Demonstrating the
Cost.

A practical experiment in
railroad construction and opera
ton has been undertaken by the
State of Texas. The state is
building a line of railway from
Palestine to the penitentiary at
Rusk; about fifteen miles of the
track have been completed and
work on the remaining fourteen
miles is being rapidly pushed.
The state officials say that they
expect to learn by actual con-
struction and operation the inn
mediate cost of railway build
ing and running, and that pub
lie information so gotten, with
out juggling bookkeeping, will
be a basis of argument for flu
ture railroad rates. The fact
that the state operates iron
works at Rusk gives a financial
reason for this government own
ership of a railroad.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-10
wild Animals Returning.

The animals that prey are growing
In such numbers in the northern part
of the State, particularly in those
natural game preserves, the National
and State parks, that they threaten
the continued existence of animals OF
the hunt. And from the southern
part of the State, even from such long
settled regions as that about the hig
bend of the Minnesota, in the neigh
borhood of Mankato, st. Peter and
New Ulm, the three historic towns,
the wolf from being a well nigh ex-
tinct animal has come into his own
again and become a menace.
Suddenly, at the semi-centennial
moment, the State appears to be sup
porting as many fish, flesh and fowl
as 1t did in Territorial days. The
State will have to assume anew the
determination of wild animals, and
bounties offered will be even more in
demand. There is danger both to
inhabitants and to game in these
depredations. Particularly should
there be concern for the scattered
jewellers in the north of the State who
are anticipating the coming of densel
population, holding down lone claims
ana the like.-St. Paul Dispatch.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-10
NO GUsHER
hut Tells Facts About POStunA.

1--WE have used Postum for the
past eight years." writes Wis. lady,
land drink II three hmes a day. We
never tire OF 1t.
For several years l could scarcely
eat anything on account of dyspepsia,
bloating after meals, palpitation, sick
headache-in fact was In such misery
and distress tried living. on hot wat
or and toast for nearly year.
II had quit coffee, the cause Of my
trouble, and was using hot water, but
this was not nourishing.
Hearing Of Postum began drink
ing II and my ailments disappeared,
and now ! can eat anything want
without trouble.
MY parents and husband had
about the same experience. Mother
would ofteA suffer after eating, while
yet drinking coifee NY husband was
q great coffee dr4nker and suffered
from indigestion and headache.
"AfterNhe stopped coffee and began
Postum both ailments left him He
will not drink anything else now, and
We have 1t three times a day. could
write more, but am no gusher--onll
state plain facts"
Name given by Postum Co., Battl
Greek, Mich. Read The Road t,
Wellville.o in pkgs. "ThAre'S a Rec
SON"
Ever read the above letser? A nev
one Appears from time TO time. The
are genuine, true, and full Of huma
tnterest.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-10
4: WEALTH IN ONIONS.
New Branch of Farming Adds to
Texas Industrial Activities.

New Branch of Farming Adds to
Texas Industrial Activities.
The onion farmer is a comparative
ly new arrival upon the scene Of In
dustrial activities in Texas, says the
Technical World Magazine. He ia
now one of the large contributors to
the wealth of the State. In a little
more than eight years the value OF
the annual production Of onions in
Texas for the market has reached ap-
proximately 100000. When the
fact is considered that this enormous
wealth is derived from only about
$500 acres of land, some idea may be
had of the abundance of the yield
and the good prices that are obtained
for the product. Onion growing has
done another thing to help Texas. II
has been the direct means Of adding
more than $2,500,000 to the intrinsic
value OF her lands. Inasmuch as the
growers put a good portion of their
annual earnings from the industry
into property improvements in town
and country the increase of taxable
wealth from this source has also been
considerable.
The wonders which were wrought
by the magic touch of Aladdin's lamp
were no greater than the transfer
nation which onion growing has
brought to certain portions of Texas
during the last few years. Land
which, from the time of the early
visit of the Spaniards to the Rio
Graude border section, was thought
to be almost worthless, and at the
very most only fit for goat grazing
is now bringing in an annual net re-
turn of from $500 to $500 per acre
from the onions which 1t produces
Before the inauguration of onion
growing any of this land could have
been purchased at prices ranging from
81 to 50 per acre. 1t has now nc
established value for the reason that
none of it's owners are willing to sell
They will not fix value upon the
land. Some of them are free to say
that land which has such large pro
ducing qualities ought to be worth
not less than $1,000 per acre. Some
of the onion growers say they would
not be willing to accept less thar
| $4,000 per acre for their lands. Ever
, at chat price the annual net return
! will average nearly twenty-five PEI
cent. on the investment.