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Arizona republican., 1909-04-02

advance which established the highest prices of the year. All foreign mar kets were decidedly strong. We regard the crop report from nearly all sec tions of the winter wheat states as bullish and believe that a large acre age will be abandoned. This will mean d short crop for the year. and We see no end to the bull campaign in sight. Buy on reactions, if possible.
 Corn-There has been enough buy ing of May and selling of July corn to gradually widen the speed a little. The market today started firm and higher but reacted 9 little at the close. There is nothing in sight at present to suggest much reaction in prices.
Arizona republican., 1909-04-02
WHEAT

Chicago, April 1.-There was nothing new of a bullish nature in wheat to- day, but the market went higher be cause the tendency is in that direction and because conditions were such that prices were easily given an additional lift in the late session. Good pit ad- vices declare that the bull leaders, through different sources. put good sized lines of wheat on the market during the morning. It is thought these lines were replaced in the late trading. and this was the start of the
Arizona republican., 1909-04-02
BOSTON COPPER.

Boston, April In the local mar ket the underlying strength was great and any amount of stock could be sold at current prices. The proposed issue of new stock Dy Superior & Boston seems to be favorably received. and in view of the excellent report from the mine. We advise every one to subscribe to the new stock. to which they are entitled. Especially good buying was noticeable today in Butte Coalition, Corbin, Shannon and Arizona Com mercial
Arizona republican., 1909-04-02

and as support was poor, prices settled back towards the close. People in close touch with the big local packing interests feel friendly to this product.
Arizona republican., 1909-04-02
PROVISIONS.

Chicago. April Additional sales
 of products for outside packing inter
 ests were felt in the provision trade.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-28
ACKNOWLEDGMENT SETTLEMENT.

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 Russia is again showing some of it's old-time ability in diplomacy. It is evidently trying to recoup something of what it lost through the follies of war with Japan and regain standing among the nations.
 In any event, it's proposal for the settlement of the Turko- Bulgarian i'm broglio is far-seeing act of genuine statesmanship. such as distinguished Russia's foreign policy in former years It will place it again as tho protector of the Slav everywhere, and so will tend to recover its influence in the Bal kans.
 The Russian proposition found Turkey and Bulgaria deadlocked as to settle ment of their differences growing ou, of the latter's independence and it's sci zure of that portion of the railway with. in its borders.
 Turkey demanded SPA, ,o00,O00 compen. sation for the relinquishment of it. nominal suzerainty and the railroad in terests. Bulgaria said it could and would pay no more than S16,00O,o 900.
 In the meanwhile each had massed its army within shooting distance of the other, and the powder magazine needed only the match of accident or design It would seem too that certain other governments hoped for this war, that whichever won they might gain by it's final settlement.
 But Russia had nothing to gain and everything to lose and was especially responsible for peace to those of com. mon blood. Her proposal is that Bul. garia shall pay to her instead of Tur. key the $16,ooo,o0o at the rate of a million dollars a year with interest.
 In turn she will pay to Turkey s24,. 100000 of that country's obligations to her, being the payment of million dollars year without interest due on the indemnity under the treaty ending the Turko-Russian war of thirty-odd years ago.
 Russia may in this way kill brace Of birds at the one throw. It is bet ter to, have s16,oo0,ooo assured than the larger sum in the possible column, as Turkey and a debt never part com pany. But even financial loss would be worth while to regain her prestige in the Balkans and detach Bulgaria from her present close affiliation with Austria.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-28
ON FIFTH AVENUE
Mir. Howells Thinks It Has Rega.ned Its
 American Type

W. D. Howells, in Harper s Magazine
 {" Enough of streets!' We cried, i'm patiently. Now, what of men? What of that heterogeneity for which New York is famous, or infamous7 You not iced the contrasting Celtic and Pelas- gic tribes in Boston. What of them here, with all the tribes of Israel, lost and found, and the "sledded Polack, ,. the Czech, the Hun, the German, the Gaul, the Gothic and Iberian Spanisrd. and the swart stranger from our sis ter continent to the southward, and the islands of the seven seas, who SO sorely outnumber us?''
 "our friend smiled thoughtfully. Why, that is very curious! Do you know that in Fifth avenue the Amer ican type seems to have got back It's old supremacy It is as If no other would so well suit with that sublimity. have not heard that race suicide has been pronounced by the courts amen able to our wise state law against felo de SC, but in modern Fifth avenue it is as if our stirp had suddenly reclaimed it's old time sovereignty. I don't say that there are net other faces, other tongues than ours to b5 seen and heard there; far from itl But I do say it is a sense of the American face, the Amer ican tongue, which prevails. Once more after long exile ill the streets of our own metropolis, you find yourself ia an American city. Your native features, your native accents, have returned in such force from abroad, or have thronged here in such multitudes from the prospering Pittsburgs, Cincinnatis, Chicagos, St. Louises, and San Francis cos of the west, that you feel as much at home in Fifth avenue as you would in Picadilly, or in the Champs Elyses, or on the Pincian hill. Yes, it is very curious.
 :" Perhaps, we suggested, after a monent's reflection, it isn't true D
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-28
INNOCENT FARE IN WEST
Various Results from Operation of Mis-
 souri's Law

From the Chicago Record. Herald. The fixing of passenger rates by d. rect action of the state legislatures of number of western and a few eastern states two years ago was recognized at the time as not the wisest course of procedure. Careful investigations by competent commissions ought always to precede action of that character in or der that the facts might be fully ascer- tained and no injustice done, and, it may be added, also in order that the action, when taken, might not be sub ject to overthrow by the courts as, un- reasonable.
 Nevertheless, it has been a matter of great interest to discover after the event what should have been more ac- curately determined in advance whether, namely, the 2-cent passenger fare actually means loss to the roads forced to accept it. In the case of Mis- souri figures are now published by the state railroad commission which show that as whole passenger earnings in- creased in that state in 1908 over 1907. The Santa Fe road, for instance, showed a gain of S6s7.74 per mile in Missouri passenger business, or about 19 per cent. The Missouri Pacific showed a gain of sl, ,002.27 per mile, or 50 per cent. Two other roads showed light gains and three showed losses. The Interpretation of these figures by the railroad com panies will, of course, be necessary be- fore any decisive inferences can be drawn.
 If, however, the Missouri lines make good showing under a 2-cent fare law, one can hardly avoid the inference that in Pennsylvania, a state of much thicker population and much heavier traffic, the roads could get along excellently on such a rate. Yet the Pennsylvania su- preIie court held year ago, by vote of to 3, that a 2-cent fare law was bound to be unreasonable and confsca- tory, and so refused to allow 1t to be put into force. Whatever "facts'' the supreme court of Pennsylvania had be- fore it at the time can hardly fail to look trivial and valueless in the light of this western experience.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-28

thus provided on accpunt of preparation for war and on account of past wars reaches S400,oCO, ,00C.
 Only for one year, however The $400, 100000 will be wholly spent in the fiscal year beginning July next In flu ture years the total may be more or less, probably more because while the pen sion expenditure may decline, the army and navy expenditure seems likely to increase at faster rate. Compared with past years, the total expenditure for these purposes is mounting rapidly, particularly for the navy, whose appro- priation for 1910 is the largest since the civil war. The appropriation of S103,000,0o0 for the army represents also rapid rate of increase in recent years, as is shown by glance at the expenditures since the Spanish war. The total expenditure in the fiscal year ended June 30, 1900, directly after the conflict with Spain, was some S96,000,- 900 and the expenditure in the following year, which saw expensive warfare in the Phillipines, was about Sl06,000,0o0. Tn 1902, the cost of the army, however, declined to about $so,ooo,0o0, and in 1904 and 1906 it fell to $69, 100000. Ac- cording to the bill now sbefore con gress, the military establishment in the coming year is expected to cost nearly as much as it did at the height of the war in the Philippines. As for pensions, an appropriation of $16o,000,000 leaves no doubt that pension expenditure re- mains near the high-water mark.
 This s40o, 100000 in single year of peace, for past wars and military prep arations, cannot be ,paralleled by any other nation on earth. This vast sum, according to the official estimates, would pay for the. Panama Canal
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-28

almost eliminated the excessive uso of liquor by removing the element of profit from it's sale and by providing club and restaurant accompaniments that act as deteIrents.
 The Montclair experiment seems to be an imitation of the Gothenburg sys- tenn which has succeeded in Scandinavia and on a small scale in England where it was very recently introduced. Henry Smith Williams, whose convincing in- dictment of alcoholic beverages has been published in McClure's magazine, says in his final article that this sys- tenn, which Sweden began to develop more than fifty years ago, is the only practical solution of the liquor problem, together with the local option principle. Of course no community need have even Gothenburg saloon if 1t wishes to go dry.
 Dr. Williams expressed his hope that the Gothenburg system might soon be tried in America by benevolent corpor- ations similar to those that control so many of our hospitals and charitable organizations" and possibly the move ment in New York has come in answer to his appeal.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-28
GoTHENBuRa BALLOON Ar LAST

A variety of saloon that has hitherto been unknown in America will be insti. tuted by number of prominent church people of Montclair, N. J., and there are signs that they will speedily re- ceive all the unfriendly attentions that their experiment invites. Bishop Pot ter's ill-advised subway saloon has not been forgotten and the Montclair insti- tuition will at once be classed with 1t.
 Opponents of the liquor traffic are likely to say that no new variety of saloon is wanted in America in addi- ton to the collection we have. Yet the chief abuses that have accompanied the sale of liquor in this country are due to the fact that the places where it is sold are, generally speaking, of the enc kind known the world over as '.the American saloon.''
 Some of tss European countries have
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-28
WHEN SCIENCE is AKIN TO CRIME

 Wireless telegraphy has nearly met its Waterloo in the amateur operator. The governments agents ct the naval wireless frequently had to work all day and all night to get in communication with the homecoming fleet, because the many amateurs along the coast had filled the air with such multiplicity of gossip that legitimate message can not find it's way out.
 The naval operators caught all sorts of query, answer and comment on their machines, but nothing from the fleet. They pounded valiantly at their instru- ments, but could only connect with some tyro talking with his friend as to what is doing"
 But bad as this was, imagine the predicament when the wireless telephone is perfectsd7 Picture the busy business man trying to order carload of goods; the frantic broker trying to forestall the market and save ruin with buy or sell order, or the distracted husband trying to reach a doctor while the stork hovers on the horizon.
 Any one who has a party wire phone knows what would happen. The busi- ness man, the broker, the husband, would get all the latest gossip, choice bits from the morning paper some dear friend had skipped, what happened at Mrs. Blanks party, who won at bridge, and the entire problem of the hired girl with few engagement announce ments, as well as Johnnie's progress at school.
 There is some relief and some way out on the party wrie. It is seldom one s side partner on the line takes more than half an hours visit with one's friend, and by watchfrlncss 1t is possi- ble to get in between calls. Then there is the neighbours phone. But with wire less instruments the heavens would eter- nally be packed with conversation" and the "wild man of 3orneo" would fly to his native haunts if he had to dis entangle what he wanted from the mass. In the name of suffering humanity, science should be made to halt this side the wireless phone. Even to think of it brings contentment with things as they are, bad as they may seem, when the grocer is wanted and only the compla- cent voice of gossip responds.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-28

A member of the ever-dear and ven- erated South Carolina legislature re- gently referred to the "common peo- pie" of that state on the solemn assur- ance of contemporary the veracity of which is unimpeachable. We decline, nevertheless, to believe that he meant any harm, or sought to be in anywise offensive.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-28
OUR BIG WAR BILL
Enough Spent Annually to Build Pan
 ana Canal Every Year

From Springfield.
 The three great appropriation bills for army, navy, and war pensions are so far advanced in congress that their combined sum is easily estimated. The navy bill as it passed the senate carried nearly S137,000o00; the army bill, which, has been reported in the senate, carries for the military establishment alone about $1o3,0oo,oOo; the pension bill, carrying $160, 0,ooO, was passed by the senate yesterday, after having been previously passed by the house. The three bills are likely to become laws carrying substantially the appro- priat.ons mentioned, and the total sum
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-28
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CoNQUERoRs WITHOUT A CON
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The history or the eXuaordinary cruise which has just terminated at Hampton Roads, amid the acclaim of a mighty people, remains to be written. Its origin, its motive. and it's puprose are yet obscurely known. Nobody be- Ieves that the order to circumnavigate the globe was inspired wholly by de- sire to try our ships and seamen. The presence of fleet of battle ships in any port is display of force which has a significance varying with circum- stances, but in any case 1t is demon stration of military power. If the cruise was originally intended as a flourish of the big stick in the Pacific, it's extension to the seven seas was a stroke of genius, for that deprived the voyage of any particular threat. We have now paraded before the eyes of the world, and with impartial favor have impressed actual friend and pos sible foe with our naval prowess. An unprecedented, even daring perform ance, 1t has ended well, and we congrat- ulate the officers and the men and the country that has such fleet.
 A martial exploit, its chief signif- cameo, after all, is that not single gun was fired in anger. Our homecoming armada has returned from a mission of peace. We welcome, as Governor Hughes finely said in his convocation address, great war fleet that has made no conquest, heroes that have shed no blood and brought no booty. Our ships navigated the oceans without destroy. ing the peace of mind of a single for eign monarch. They are the arms of nation that never draws it's sword save in defense. They signify a power that has been traditionslly employed to promote universal amity-a power that, as the Japanese ambassador has well observed, imposes upon us a pro portionate amount of duty as peace maker. If We have sent this fleet upon spectacular voyage around the world, We fondly believe that the cause of in- ternationa accord has somehow been advanced thereby. The ships, we like to say, are our messengers of peace. They go, not to stir up strife, but to heal and prevent.
 It may be said, and We trust with hdelity to truth, that nation with so idealistic conception of the value of sea power will never misuse that power. Nothing in our past justifies belief that we will ever do SO. With the pos session of vast power there goes a vast responsibility, which weighs upon our statesmen more heavily as the fearful consequence and tremendous expendi. lures of modern war multiply. Cheap CT, they say, less narrowing to human ity, the upkeep of preponderant force that makes war impossible than the ar bitrament of physical conflict. Even so, 1t is costly theory of national econ omy, yet obviously supported by public sentiment. The American people are proud of their navy and willing to foot the bill. In this state of the public mind, those who fear the spread of mar tial feeling have but one recourse, and that is to emphasize those ideals of peace whereby a floating fortress em- bodying the most destructive forces may in the imaginations of men be convert cd into a symbol of national good will "a hamburger of anity and concord.
 Mr. Gnaroa GnrIxl,.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-28

If the president would put a real strenuous message in cold storage to be handed out to the umpires at the psy- chological moment next summer, it prob ably would help some.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-28

When congress reduced MT. Knox < prospective salary as secretary of state it must have reminded him of his juv chile days, when parental punishmen, was administered with the comment ''Son, this chastisement is infinitely more painful to me than it can possibly be to youI'
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-28

The Cuban government has granted amnesty to suicides,'' according to a news item. Apparently, the powers that be over there propose to be highly con servative in dishing out favors.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-28

Pity the Masonic goat Taft rode, '' says the Atlanta Journal. That seems to have been anticipated; which is prob. ably why they made him Mason with. out requiring him to ride the goat.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-28

The failure of King Alphonso to take an airship journey recently was due to his wife's interference, it is said. Eu- dently she prefers to have him walk a chalk line.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-28

King Edward has given the Sultan of Turkey a horse,' says the Columbia State. This must have pleased the sul- tan immensely; everybody else has seemingly been inclined to give him lem ons lately.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-28

"J. Ham Lewis is in Japan,' says the Milwaukee Sentinel. To suspect Japan of wanting to fight US, in the light of this benign assurance, would appear to be positively absurd.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-28

Now that old Geronimo is dead, we trust people will be careful how they refer to him as "a bloody butcher and murderer Just say he was afflicted with "transitoria furioso diabolico," !" and let it go at that.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-28

We have no doubt several senators would have delivered scorching repn- mands to those parties who proposed MT, Knox originally for secretary of state, only they did not think about the unconstitutionality of the proposition until too late.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-28

As an item of news, and, incidentally, to illustrate the beauty of the Eng lish language, we call attention to the fact that 1t is proposed to erect in Macon, Ga., "a plant for the manufac- ture of paper from the okra plant
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-28

MT, Bryau is to deliver a speech in Plttsburg on March 4. Six months ago the gentleman from Nebraska never dreamed he would be filling any such relatively unimportant engagement on the aforesaid date.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-28

Merely a har,'' says an editorial headline in the Jackson (Miss.) News Quite commonplace distinction nova days, eh2
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-28

MT. George Gould's statement that he is not going to retire from the rail. road business raises the Interesting qucs- ton whether he knows.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-28
The average daily circulation of the Silver Belt during the month of Jan nary was
 5o21

The Silver Belt has larger circula- ton than any daily newspaper in the world published in city with 10000 or less population.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-28

Robins in North Carolina aiid grass hoppers in Virginia. Hail, gentle spring!
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-28
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS

Subscribers to the Daily Arizona Sill yer Belt will confer a favor on this office by reporting promptly failure to
 receive paper. When no complaint is received the natural conclusion is that the paper is being delivered regularly.
 SILVER BELT PUBLISHING co.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-28
Eat What You want of the food you need Kodol will digest it.

You need sufficient amount of good wholesome food and more than this you need to fully digest it.
 Else you can't gain strength, nor can you strengthen your stomach if 1t is weak.
 You must eat in order to live and maintain strength.
 You must not diet,, because the body requires that you eat a suffic- tent amount of food regularly.
 But this food must be digested, and itmust be digested thoroughly. When the stomach can't do it, you must take something that will help the stomach.
 The proper way to do is to eat what you want, and let Kodol di- gest the food.
 Nothing else can dc this. When the stomach is weak it needs help; you must help it by giving it rest, and Kodol will do that.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-28
Our Guarantee

Go to your druggist today, and purchase dollar bottle, and if you can honestly say, that you did not receive any benefits from it, after using the entire bottle, the drug gist will refund your money to you without question or delay.
 We will pay the druggist the price of the bottle purchased by you.
 This offer applies to the large bottle only and to but one fin . family.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-28

Kodol is made at the laboratories af k c. DeWitt & Co. Chicagn.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-28

We could not afford to make such an offer, unless we positively knew what Kodol will do for you.
 It would bankrupt us.
 The dollar bottle contains 2h times as much as the fifty cent bottle.