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New-York tribune., 1909-12-26
Five Times That of Europe

WHlLE the per capita loss of the United States
according 20 the latest authentic figures r.
y 81 that Of Europe by the same source Of nforrn
ton, Is forty y-eght cents. One explanation Is that
frame buildings IN Europe are almost absolutely
PROMPTED, II not by law. by the high price of
lumber In the JnIted States the exact orroSte h.
the case And though the FIRE departnents of m.
nted states greatly excel those OF European critics
theN are poweress 20 keep down the heavy lo,,
owing % faulty construction IN America and the
prevalence ot timber material
IN Europe the nre Insurance laws are remarkable
teLl 1e, iise theN compel insurance IN some Cot1n-
1es Nhie IN All citles they prevent great losses bv
insisting on the erection OF only steel Stone a,d
brick buildings.
french law cOmpels insurance against 6re Mt
ony Tor the benefit ut the owner but for his neigb
oors In Gernany building insurance Is cornpuls6r,
and IN some Kingdoms 10 Is a Government 'rnor,,,,-
OE Russia has an elaborate system of control and
"cI government insurance and requires all build
ulgs 20 be insured BY law recently enacted the
swiss method ot insur1ng against the loss Of time
resulting irom hre, such loss has been made almost
unpossible In some ot the cantons insurance te,nt
loss by rre Is compulsory
This Is almost parallel with the Chinese custom,
o paving the doctor 20 keep YOU well. but sickness
VIII come the structural material lsn Z ribt ar we'll
taken OF '
~ is natural that a majority of buildings IN the
nlIed states should be O timber In tins rrso,r.-
the United states has been plentifu1lv suppLed Of
the total losses sustained bv re m 1907 more th.n
othirus was due % frame buildings The loss IN
frame buildings was SliS 695. 442 and Sos 425 26-
IN brick stone, and steel building
10 Illustrate the influence OF frame buildings upon
New-York tribune., 1909-12-26
THE FIRE PLAGUE
60
By Russell NJ. McLennan

S5,g-,sr;1 5,,1 2l' ,o1,, y'yo- survey % Tor S4YRS
mis5ue were NJ given publicity there It NSJRyS
Is ihe only time such statistics have been t&.Tl
gathered bv any branch of the Government ser 1SA
ylse In addition 70 the hsures given the Govern
State for 1905 at SIOO OOOO 900.
IMAGINE, # YOU can. the sunny State Of Florida
L absolutely devastated by an earthquake a tre-
mendous tire or a great storm with 449 persons
killed and j6j4 more injured. From one end Of the
world 20 the other a moan Of horror would 90 lp.
The vivid story 81 suffering and financial loss would
be told m every newspaper IN the world for weeks
Assistance would be rushed % the stricken State
and II II developed that remedy or preventative of
the cause ot such catastrophe could be found the
whole world would bend Its every nerve % bring
Nevertheless what was equivalent 20 this hap
Pened IN 1907 and the people Of the United States
looked upon II with couplacencv. The financial
loss, amounting 20 S2l5 O>4 7O9 which Is greater
than the true value OF the real property in Florida
with loss o lie as stated IN the FIRST paragraph oc-
CURED III I9o' 10y hres throughout the United States
IL WASH great forest fires. iust the little and bro
kind that bring galloping horses and fire engines
down the street. They were dotted here and there
throughout the iorty-sIx States Had they occurred
IN one dN III one state the horror u the thing would
have been pressed home but they didn't They
happened IN widely separated localities and N differ
enl times but Tor the year II the same IN the end
Truly II must be called The Fire Plague II h
burning up twenty-five thousand dollars worth Of
property every hour Of every day not 10 mention
an amount almost equal 70 that being expended
every hour 20 combat the fIres.
The people Of this great country haven't risen .t1u
IN horror and tired 20 remedy the source Of this
trouble, but the Government has II Is doing every
thing within rs power % better building materials
and help shape huildi - -Jies OF MUNICIPALITIES SO
as 10 lessen TINS great los Of life and property IL
also has a Sc. IN reason. IL has many millions of
doll trs worth OF buildings OF and IS construct
ing more every wear IL Is seeking a protection
against hre for them through really freproof ma
teTials.
ne Government pays no insurance It's build
ing To DO SO would cost SIX hundred thousand
dollar yearly In view OF tins fact and inas1nuch
as Supervising Architect TAYLOR Of the Treasury De
partment has under ms control public buildings
costing more than two hundred million dollars and
IS spending each year twenty million dollars m the
construction OF new ones. the Government felt duty
bound 10 put forth every effort 20 ascertain what
could De done 10 have only material put into It's
buildings that viii really be hreprOof
To this end Richard l.. Humphrey engineer IN
New-York tribune., 1909-12-26
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR DECEMBER TO- 1909

him with blankets and forced brandy down his throat
before could revive him. and al that time We
could hear the OF horse and foot passing and
tT0 IN the streets. FeZ aroused that night u
seldom Is but we felt safe. We heard the Consul
calling his man 90 ind out what the was about
and chuckled when the fellow replied that he be-
heved the Spanish army was about % attack the
city. And when we lett that poor fellow who
sObblng from sheer weakness. the ram had ceased
and the soft dawn running up pale the stars.
What Is more we kept him there without even
the Consul being aware that he was harbOrlng the
Spanish Captain whose escape was the wonder of all
FeZ until 1t became convinced that he had been
drowned IN the Pearl IN his hopeless fight Indeed
kept hun through all those irving weeks TIL the
red and yellow banners Of Castle came whipping
into the city and the sultan brought his knees.
Once more we looked down from our terrace. and
this time cheered boldly the splendid soldiers
OF Spain went gauOplng past, and az last
Captain rush out through the gate 20 be received by
the men OF his own regiment. / tell YOU II was a
pretty stirring sight and we felt rewarded for
part IN the affair,
COLONEL DUNOIS sighed as if regretting the
- brave times Of his youth, and again beckOned
the waiter He poured the vine into his glass and
held IL up 90 the light while / waited.
But what about that due, / asked. What
about the greatest fight YOU ever saw
oh that ne replied. Why that when
Leopard and De Costa fought Immediately after
had all returned Tangier some three weeks later
and Leopard had the best Of IL. Ran him through
but thank Heaven the wound wasn't serious and
Louis himself helped patch De Costa up and ac-
cepted his acknowledgement that the French method
was a trlfie Just a trIte, the best As / said before
II a very beautiful flight which lasted for more
than half an hour
New-York tribune., 1909-12-26

better illustration can be used than the statement
that the buildings consumed IN a wear were placed
on lots OF s1Xtyhve feet frontage they would line both
sides OF a street extending all the way from New
York 20 Chicago
Walking along this street of desOlatiOn a person
would pass IN every thousand feet rum from which
an injured person taken. At every three
quarters OF mile he would encounter the charred
remains ot a human being And worse still when
this thOusand-mIle street had been utterly CON
suned by the end Of the year the destruction would
be repeated the following year on an even longer
street. o-
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FURTHER DECLINE
IN STOCK MARKET
Condition of E. H. Hartman
Has Had Bad Effect
UNDERGONE Is FEVERlSH
Union Pacific READING and Naw York
Union Pacific, Reading and New York
Central Lead the Decline and the
Whole List Is Affected BY
Shaking Out Process.

New York, August 19.-Prices in the
stock market declined further today on
selling for both accounts. Unusual ac-
tivity and excitement prevailed at the
opening when transactions were most
heavy and strongly suggestive of gem
eral liquidation. Supporting orders
helped to steady the list and after the
first hour the market grew more uncer-
tain.
AS on the previous day. report, rumor
and conjecture dealt largely with the phys
ical condition of Mr.. Hartman and the
possible effect of his reported i'll health
on the mueh-discussed plans of the Harri-
man roads, The crop news of the day
was neither good or bad. Continuance
of the severe drouth in the corn belt was
offset by the ideal weather prevailing in
the spring wheat territory.
London gave this market little encour-
agement as international stocks were all
lower there and later that center dis
posed of some 10000 shares here, prin-
cpally Union Pacific, Southern Pacific
and United States Steel Union Pacific,
Southern Pacific, Canadian Pacific, New
York Central, Illinois Central and Chi
or more at the opening, with very SUBJ
stantial fractional losses in numerous
other issues. Atchison was one of the
few active stocks to resist the selling
pressure.
Before the expiration of the first hour
in which almost 100000 shares changed
hands Union Pacific was off points and
Reading points. By midday there was
some recovery, but business fell off to
a marked degree and the undertone con-
tinued feverish and confusing.
The final hour brought forward recov-
cry with especial gains in the local trac-
lions. Missouri Pacific and Central Leath-
en- The rise in the latter stock was con-
current with an announcement that a
plan had been evolved to overcome the
opposition to its merger with the United
States Leather company. Reading, Rock
Island, New York Central, Pennsylvania,
and Steel regained all the better part of
their early losses, but the Hartman
group made little Roadway in that di-
rection Stocks poured out in enormous
volume and the decline proceeded with
little interruption. Little news was heard
to account for the movement which was
the most sensational of its kind in sew
eral weeks, Dut the CONSENSUS VI oodiu
room gossip was that the raid had it's
origin in a very aggressive bear faction,
which chose this particular occasion as
the psychological moment.
At the low prices of the day Union
Pacific, Reading and New York Central
recorded maximum losses of over points
each, but very little recovery was shown.
The balance of the list was affected to
a greater or lesser degree and the close
was not without its moments of semi
decentralization. over 100000 shares were
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New York Cotton Futures.
Daily Cotton Movement.

Galveston-Steady; middling, 12k c,
net receipts, 1886; gross receipts, 2535;
sales, "a; stock. 11,2S2; exports to the
continent, 200; coastwise, 314.
New Orleans Quiet; middling,
IL 5-16c; net receipts, 10; gross receipts,
10; sales, 55; stock, 50,730; exports to
Mexico, SO.
Mobile-Nominal; middline, 12A C; net
receipts 600; gross receipts, 500; stock,
1892.
Savannah-Quiet; middling, 12Ac; net
receipts, 141; gross receipts. 141; sales,
els; stock, 99T5.
harleston-Nominal; net receipts, 8;
gross receipts. g.; stock, 219S.
mington-Nominal; stock. ia.
Norfolk-Firm; middling, 12hc; net
receipts, Z; gross receipts, Z; sales, I
stock, 5108; coastwise, 424.
MISUNDERSTANDING; mfddling, 12%c:
stock, 1876.
New York-Quiet; middling, 1880.
Boston-Quiet; middling, 12.S0c; gross
receipts. so; exports to the continent,
So
Philadelphia Steady; middling,
13.05c; net receipts, so; gross receipts,
80; stock, 22O4
Total today. at all ports: Net, 3341
exports to the continent, $50; to Mex
leo, so; stock, 1859.
Consolidated, at all ports: Net, H.
SS2; exports to Great Britain, "8070; to
France. 1865; to the continent $3.50; to
Mexico, SO.
Total since September 1, at all ports
Net, 9,923,751; exports to Great Britain
*S,485,794; to France, 1,039,742; to the
continent 3.51O,7oo; to Japan. 2oo,53s
to Mexico. 36.520.
H-COrrected
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WEAKNESS SHOWN
IN WHEAT MARKET
Sentiment Is Beari h Nearly
the Whole Session
OFFERINGS ARE LIBERAL
Reports of Coming Rains in the Corn
Belt Are Principal Cause of Corn
SIump-oats Close Weak
and Provisions Firm.

Chicago, August 19-Realizing on lib
eral scale by leading holders caused weak
ness in the wheat market today. Final
quotations showed net losses of 1sc to
1aQ1%c. Corn and oats also closed weak,
but provisions were firm.
The action of the wheat market today
was the reverse of that of the previous
session, sentiment In the pit being exceed
ingly bearish with the exception of a short
period at the opening. The feature of
trading was the selling of the September
and December options by the elevator in
terest, whose purchases yesterday caused
the recent bulge In the nearby delivery.
The offerings from this source were SO
liberal that traders forgot all about
the congestion In the September option
and sold without stint throughout the
greater part of the day.
The situation in the northwest agra
waited the selling fever. First consign-
ments of new wheat arrived at Minne-
apolis today. The arrivals consisted of
eight car loads and the price ranged from
$1.04 for velvet chaff to SIPS for No.
l northern. Elevator interests there re-
ported that the yield for Minnesota and
the Dakotas would be unusually heavy.
Dispatches from Winnipeg also claimed
that the yield In western Canada would
be little short of phenomenal These dis
patches caused a severe slump in the
northwestern markets, particularly at
Minneapolis, and in turn depressed the
market here.
The market was bearishly affected early
in the day by the poor response made by
foreign markets to the upturn here yes.
terday, Liverpool coming lad to I'D higher
The range on the September delivery for
the day was between s15s@1. OPS and
for December 96BG9Sssc. The market
closed heavy with prices about nc above
the low mark.
Private reports claiming that general
rain was working eastward from the
Rocky mountains through Southwestern
Missouri and parts of Kansas were MAIN
ly responsible for a slump In corn prices,
although the break in wheat also de-
pressed the market.
Oats were weak during the entire ses-
| sion.
| Provisions were firm all day owing to a
5Ql0c advance in live hogs. Trade was
| fairly active early in the day but quieted
| down before midday and continued dull
| the remainder of the session.
| leading futllrpa "a ~ oraJ fo11o1r..
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Hubbard Bros. G. Co.'s Letter.

New York, August 19-(Special.)-E
IRENE temperatures were again reported
this morning from Texas and some of
the records in the Mississippi valley yes
terday surpassed any previous records.
1t was accepted however, by the trade
that some relief must come from the
lower temperatures north Of Oklahoma
and the action of the market is evil
dence of their attitude. From Liverpool
our cables state the feeling is general
that as soon as cotton begins to move
a decline will occur and that the job
bers there were selling at the close on
that theory. This is the idea which dom
mates the entire trade now as it has done
for the past fortnight in face of the
extreme heat in the southwest, which
has caused so much deterioration. A
very bearish sentiment has been created
in all the markets and among spinners
by this theory.
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Corrected by Tennessee Mill Coz
Nellie King flour, per barrel, 1913.
Bottled satinette meal per 96-lb. sack,
$1.75.
No. 2 corn, per, bushel. $50.
White oats, per bush ell b5c.
Pure wheat bran, $25.
Pure wheat shorts. SIS.
100-lb. c. S. hulls, per ton, SO. so.
Prime c. S. meal, per ton, $31.
Prime c. S. meal. per ton, S32.
No. / timothy hay, per ton, $40.
Green alfalfa. per ton. S21.
SO-ib. corn chops, per sack, $1.35.
Flour in wood $50 higher.
Ceralfa mixed feed. $S5 ton.
Fruit and Produce.
Corrected by Douglass Bros.)
Oranges-Cal. Valencia. per box. 81.
Lines Per hundred. goo.
Bananas--Per bunch. 75c@$1.5O
Pineapples--Florida. So.
New Irish Potatoes-Per blu. 75@S5.
Sweet Potatoes-New crop, per bar
cabbage-New crop, Virginia. per
INC.
Onions-Fancy La. Creole. per ID.
&c.
Navy Beans-Per blu. 50.
Lima Beans--Per lb, &C.
Eggs-Candled. 24c.
Watermelons. per 100, s15@25.
California peaches. box, s1.35.
California pears, box, So.
California plums. So.
California grapes. $22
Apples-Fancy Maiden Blush per
barrel, $3.50; choice cooking, $s.5094.
Hens, 500 s5c; large flyers. ESQ 3oc.
medium fryers, $50 Csc; broilers, 12M
Q15c; ducks, 2o925c; geese, $50 ACC;
guineas, Zoe.
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traded in during the last hour and of
that amount over two-thirds came out
in the final 20 minutes. The days total
was again we'll above the 100000 shares
mark.
In the money market call loans opened
at 21a per cent and held close to that
figure. The money was in reduced de-
mand, without change of rates.
The weekly report of the Bank of Eng
land showed a gain in total reserve Of
about SIS, 100000, its discount rate being
undisturbed. The exhibit of the Bank
of France showed large gains In treas
ury deposits with a small increase of
gold in hand and a decrease In advances.
So large is the supply of money in France
at this time and so small the demand that
Paris bankers are offering freely of their
surplus supplies in Berlin and buying
American bills there.
The bond market was easy. Total sales,
par value, 100000 Government bonds
unchanged.
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COTTON MARKET
At A STANDSTILL
Conflicting News and Views
Make Prices Irregular
EARLY ADVANCE NOT HELD
In Spite of Continued Reports of Hot
Weather Bearlsh influences
Cause the Advance To
Be Lost.
EARLY ADVANCE NOT HELD

New York, August 19.-Continued dry,
hot weather in the south and bullish pri-
vate crop accounts did not stimulate de-
mand sufficiently to maintain an early
advance in today's cotton market, and
the close was steady net points lower
to points higher, generally a point
or two higher on the active months.
The opening was steady at an advance of
3 to points and the market soon sold
9 to 10 points net higher on covering and
bull support inspired by steady cables
and renewal of very bullish reports
from the southwest.
Realizing was heavy at the advance
and while there were no change in the
character of the crop news, or in wealth
er conditions beyond indications for some
what lower temperature in the south
west, the market gradually eased off
and was unsettled In the later trading
when there was a renewal OF local bear
pressure. The close was within or 8
points of the lowest
The action of the market seemed to be
discouraging to recent small buyers, who
were liquidating on fears that failure
to maintain advances with the encour-
agement of sensationally bullish crop
accounts and in the absence of spot
pressure, argued the possibility of sharp
break should the weather turn better
or when the new crop began to move in
volume.
The character of the present crop news
is preparing the trade to see a very bull
fish September condition report early
next month and local authorities claim
that the maximum temperatures report
ed in central and western sections of the
belt are averaging higher than ever be-
fore in their experience. Southern spot
markets officially reported early were
unchanged to 1sc higher.
Receipts at the ports today, 3346, against
1928 bales last week, and 1929 bales last
year For the week. 5000 bales, against
11,O5S bales last week, and 43907 bales
last year. Today's receipts at New Or
leans, 10 bales, against 464 last year. At
Houston 1888 bales, against 673s bales
last year.
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Eleven seamen Drowned.

Leunberg. N. s., August 19-Eleven
members of the crew of the Gloucester
Mass, fishing schooner Orinoco were
drowned as they slept in their berths
last night, when the vessel capsized
twenty-five miles off Cambro and sank
three minutes later. Capt. William
Larkin of Pubnico, N. S., the comman.
der of the vessel; three men who were
en- deck at the time of the accident and
one man who was below were saved.
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"Indlana Plan" Approved.

Seattle, Wash, August 19-The In
diana plan for preventing the procrea-
ton of imbeciles and confirmed crimi-
nails was heartily approved by DR.. Dan
lei Phelan of ingston, Canada, in his
annual address as president of the
American Prison Physicians conyen-
ton before the convention of the
American Prison association here to-
day. DR.. Theodore Cook of Baltimore
read paper on "The ACCESSIBILITY Of
Laws Compelling the Examination of
All Prisoners Before Trial by a Physi-
cian." The delegates spent the after
noon at the Worlds fair.
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Metal Market.

New York, August 19.-The local tin
market was quiet but firm today, with
spot and August closing at S30030. 071a;
September, October and November at $50
@3O .121s; December at $3OQ9O.25. No sales
were reported on the New York exchange.
The London market was shade easier
but closed steadier in tone, with spot
quoted at e136 Is Cd and futures at 2137
los.
Copper was quiet and shade lower
here, with spot, August and September
closing at $12. 50012S0; October, So BOG
1876; November. s12 so@12.9o; December.
$12. 971k@13. Sales were reported Of %
tons November at 1920, and rs tons De-
cember at s13
The English market was quiet and a
little lower, with spot closing at ESQ
rs Cd and futures at eco rs Cd. Local
brokers quote lake at $13. 121xdD13. S71t;
electrolytic, $12.S71s11S 121a; casting.
$12. 621k@12. Sta
Lead was steady, with New York spot
quoted at "a 1904. 40; and East St. Louis
delivery at 81 25GD4. 35. The English mar
ket declined to a12 Ss Cd.
Spelter closed steady, with spot quoted
at $5.7o@5 80 New York, and IS. 621h@5. 721s
East ST. Louis.
The London market was unchanged at
922. Iron was lower In the London mar
ket, with Cleveland warrants quoted at
Soc. Locally no change was reported.
No. foundry northern, 81. 5o11s; No. q.
$179s17. 80; No. 1 southern and No. SOUTH
ern soft, SIT. 75@1S. %.
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10 1876 nominal; receipts. 10; stock, 3d.
Iivernool Cotton Market.

Liverpool August 19.-Moderate bust
ness done In spot cotton; prices points
lower; American middling fair, 7.23d; good
middling, s.S7d middling s.e9d; low mid
ding, e.51d; good ordinary, 6.25d; ordi-
nary, sod.
The sales of the day were 10000 bales,
of which 500 were for speculation and ex-
port and included $500 American. Re
ceipts, HOO bales, all American.
Futures opened easier and closed easy.
August. 6.59d; August-September, 6.4s]hd;
September October. 6.441kd October-N No
vember Sad; November December, De-
cember-January, January-February, Feb
ruary-March, March-April, 6.43d; April
May, May-June, G. 42d; June-July, 6.4hd;
July-August, 6. 40d.
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