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Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-08-22
RAILROADS ARE
 READY ID SPEND
 OVER A BILLION
CLOTH MILLS ovERRUN WITH OR DERs AND BEGIN REFUSING
 NEW BUSINESS
GOOD TIMES AGAIN IN SADDLE
PROSPERITY WAVE NOW WRITING SOME BIG FIGURES FOR
 COMING AUTUMN

NEW YORK, August 2l.-Before autumn is far advanced, "good times v will rule everywhere.
 The proofs of this are found in the present activity or preparations for i'm mediate increase in such basic iadus- tries as steel and iron, cotton anl wooSn manufactures, railroad trans portation, European smports and com merce on the Great Lakes.
 Some of these industries, like wooleh and cotton, are already doing unprece dented business. Orders are new being refused for next winter and spring de- liveries, and higher price lists are in preparation.
 The panic of 1907 is already ancient history. The last lingering effects of it will, it is predicted, disappear in this fall l's awakening of trade.
 With the railroad plans in sight 'for the raising of $l65,000,000 to $l70,Oo0, GOO. most of which is to be expended on improvements and new construe ton, the steel companies contracting for the expenditure of almost SlGe, 000,000 on new plants and with unified orders amounting to more than $4l0, 0O0,000 already on the books of a few of the leading companies in the prihci pal industries, the outlay of cash il this country in the next twelve mouths is expected by trade experts to be tho largest ever known in our domestic trade.
 So far as the railroads are concerned stock market authorities predict tha before the year is out new securitie' will be placed on sale that will Drin; the total for the twelve months up t, the enormous sum of sl,000,000, 900 and probably Sl,250,000,O00, thu verifying James J. Hill 's prophecy thii in good times this country needs bil lion dollars year fresh capital fo
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-08-22
ID VISIT
 0N MEXICAN SOIL
WILL CROSS RIO GRANDE TO FIX CHANGE GREETINGS WITH
 PRESIDENT DIAZ

BEVERLY, August 2l.-President Taft today accepted the invitation to visit Mexican territory October l6 next, when he will exchange visits with Diaz of Mexico, at Fl Paso and Juarez. Se- nor de Ia Barra, Mexican ambassador, personally conveyed message from President Diaz to President Taft Taft is looking forward with keen delight to meeting Diaz.
 President Daz first will visit Taft in Fl Paso. Then the president. cross ing the bridge over the Rio Grande will return the call in the quaint Mex ican village of Juarez United States troops will be gathered at Fl Paso and Mexican troops al Ciudad .Juarez.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-08-22

Extracts from Annual Report of Com
 mercial National Bank of Chicago)
 Yields of the great cereals this year are at bumper record; the final de termination will he required to give it first or second place with 1906, when wheat, corn and oats as recordel ny the agricultural department aggregated 4,627, ,0O0, ,000 bushels. The yield of wheat per acre was only exceeded once in recent years, the aggregate of I3',- O49, 900 falls little below ine 1906 crop of 735.260,000 bushels, which was the second largest crop ever gathered, the record being made in 1901, when 1iS,- 900, ,000 took the edge off poor corn yield. The effect of this great crop coming after two years of small yields has stipulated business as elsewhere r,- counted; it comes in time to replenish the depleted stocks on farms, granaries, The returns are the more gratifying because the year opened .unproptiously.
 The winter wheat went into a poor seed bed everywhere over the contl' nent; in the Ohio valley it was drilled in the dust in Texas and Oklahoma under almost similar conditions. It was late in planting in Kansas to avoid the infection of the Hessian fly. The condition of the plant at the opening of winter was exceedingly poor; the spring was cold and late; the early out look was for another short crop, an other year of exceedingly high prices, But in the ripening stage conditions changed and with an acreage per cent under last year we have a yield of 444, ,499, ,000, comparing with govern ment return last year of 434 100000.
 Spring wheat, planted under excel lent conditions, stimulated by high prices, by the shortage of winter acre age, the great northwest increased it's seeded acreage per cent, equaing in sown area the banner year of 1898 and the yield of this class of wheat which we estimate at 290, ,550,000 bush CTS, is on par with the 290,b00,00C bushels crop which made the record for spring wheat, and in that year it was the richer lands of Nebraska, Iowa and Illinois, then great growers of tho
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-08-22

per cent in increased efficiency and ! per cent in supplies. As business in ereases in volume this gain in eff ciency tends to disappear, as the fringe of inferior labor which is always frst to lose employment is taken back. In many lines the demand for labor al ready exceeds the supply, this being particularly true of high class mecnan ics.
 The dull times have furnished an op portunity and an incentive to manufac turers to reorganize their establish ments and improve their methods Merchants have had valuable lessor upon the subject of over-stoeking under the pressure and stimulus of good trade, and permanent economies anC lasting benefits will result.
 The country is by no means back t' the l906-07 degree of pressure in busi ness affairs. The situation is more o less uneven, some lines quite recovered others not doing so well, but all gain ing. and all confident that an abundan period of prosperity is beginning.
 Chicago's Progress
 The past year has been one of th best in the progress of Chicago. It bank deposits and clearings have sur passed all previous records and its trad has increased wonderfully.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-08-22

Large crops of oats, barley, flax and hay also mean more feed for live stock and lower prices for dairy products and other table foods. At the same time the unprecedented volume of the crops will supply heavy business Tor the railroads, warehousemen, millers, pack CTS and middlemen, furnish additional employment for labor and stimulate the demand for equipment and supplies. The trade eenters that are in immediate touch with the best agricultural dis tricts, such as St. Paul, Minneapolis, Omaha, Kansas City, Des Moines, and Sioux City make very rosy reports upon trade conditions and prospects.
 The Railroads
 In our review last year we called the farmers and the railroads the strongest and the weakest links in the industrial chain. So they are now, but the situation of the railroads and their relation to the general situation are rapidly changing. Their troubles two years ago were various and threaten ing. The costs of operation had been rapidly increasing and hostile legisla- tion was both reducing their revenues and impairing their credit. They did not object so strenuously to national legislation, but the general movement by the states to fix rates and conditions was alarming. Early in 1907 the col lapse of the market for railway securi i ties foreshadowed an early suspension of extensions and improvements, while the panic and decline of revenue stop
 ped them peremptorily. A policy of rigid economy was adopted, under the necessity of which tens of thousands of employees were laid off, but the wage
 rate was generally maintained.
 Building Industries, Steel, Textiles, Etc.
 The building industry is usually
 among the first to recover after a peri
 cd of general depression, due to de
 cInes in the price of building material
 and to better labor conditions. Building loperations throughout the country arc
 now on an unprecedented scale, tb,
 permits issued in cities where recori,
 are kept showing for the first siA
 months of this year values 90 per cent
 over the first six months of 1908 ano
 slightly in excess of the phenomena
 year of 1907. The importance of thi' situation in the great building indus
 try is far-reaching, for not only doe. it mean that the building trades ar, fully employed at the 1907 scale ct . wages, or better, and that the allied in dustries producing building materia : are recovering from the disaster ths struck them in 1907, but it is signifean of the spirit of confidence which per vades the country.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-08-22
The Corn Crop


 The Corn Crop
 King Corn sits again in majesty over his domain; the plant has been more vigorous and promises a production far beyond the 2,66S 100000 bushels of last year. Our returns indicate n crop of o.974 ,0O0. 900 bushels. The acreage has been materially increased, being 109, coco to TOT i,000.000 last year--thc great increase has been in Oklahoma, Texas. Louisiana and other southern states. The big belt holds it's own with an increase; Illinois exceeding 10000, 900 on the government estimate of acreage. The condition has been splendid everywhere all the summer ex- cept in the drought region of the south west and small drought area over the east. Texas has been coming for ward as a great corn state for some years, the western lauds, rich and ia vored by excellent climate are ideal for corn. Had not the drought developed early last fall and made breaking of ground dl1ncuit, ner acreage WOuiu | have been second. if not first, instead of being third to Illinois. anl Iowa. Yet with her great acreage the plant has had losing fight against drought and heat and half crop is the best that she can do, for the opening period is now at hand. Oklahoma with a 3O per cent increased acreage largely re placing cotton, showed great possibili i ties until the rains dried up and a tropical heat shriveled the green plants The central and western section of tho state have lost almost as heavily as Texas, the eastern and part of tho northern section have held remarkably we'll Kansas has come through thus far in magnificent shape, the west'rr section is now in the dry, but the grea northern tier of counties where tL' crop is the largest are unconplanins and expecting perfect yield.
 Oats has come into it's owr again a' corn, and the outlook is for a crop O. 940 ,000 900 bushels. Last year our cs timate of S40,000,000 bushels was mad, when the government Augusr repo.t in
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-08-22

ernment figures were sealed 3G.0oO.0O0 bushels This year the oats acreage has been increased materially. and the yield has been unusually large in many states.
 The barley crop promises q total of lS3, ,43l, ,000 bushels, comparing with l66, 756,O 900 bushels last year, and rye a crop of 35,l3l, 900 bushelss against 3l, S5l 900 a year ago.
 Prosperity in Sight
 IL is no longer necessary to speak in cautious terms of faint and scattered signs of industrial revival. The evi dence of improving conditions is too abundant and conclusive to be gain said. The movement has developed so rapidly during the last three months, and now includes so many lines and has gained such momentum that, with fundamental conditions all fa> orable, 4 relapse is no longer to be feared, The industries of modern society aIe so inter dependent that starting the machinery from state of inac;ion is like starting an eight horse team; if IS difficult at fiist to get them pulling together, but when they have gained momentum even the lagging members are swept into line and are soon keep ing step and pulling their share of the load.
 All of the signs that denote rising prosperity and all the conditions prece | dent are at hand. The wreckage of the panic has been cleared away; tn, apprehensiOns which it aroused have disappeared, and our people are facing the future with an optimism and cour age born of knowledge of the wonder full resources of this country. Shelves are bare of surplus goods and the coun try has grown up to its facilities an' equipment. At this opportune tune t inaugurate new era of prosperit comes the best all-round crop ever pro duced in this country.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-08-22
Total

BOSTON, August l9.-The s5,OOO.OOo new preferred stock of the American Woolen Trust, authorized by the stock. holders on July r., has substantially all been taken by stockholders at oar. Important new construction and extes. sion work on the mill will be begun at once.
 Officers of the trust confidently er. pect business of S70,000.O0O next year, the largest in the history of the company. Orders are being declined for future delivery at current prices
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-08-22
WILL HAVE BULL FIGHT

JUAREZ, Mexico, August 20.-The city authorities here today voted to ap propriate $20,000 to entertain Presidents Diaz and Taft when they meet October l6. The city will be profusely decor ated A bull fight will be held.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-08-22
Stone Cutting Dept.

THIS department is our latest addi-
 l tion and we are now in position to cut both faceted and cabachon (ovaD stones of any description. If you bring us your work you can rest assured it will be done right and the price will be reasonable.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-08-22
Lower Costs

Most manufacturers report reduc- tion of costs as result of the depres- sion, ranging up to 9 per cent Wage reductions were few, but the chief gain has been in the higher efficiency of labor One firm divides its economies into : per cent in rate of wages, l5
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-08-22
Watch Repairing Dept

THIS particular feature of the jew
 A elry business is of the greatest inn portance as the reputation of the whole establishment is usually based on the ability of the man in charge. If you bring your watch to us for re- pairs the work will be done thoroughly
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-08-22
Man ufacturing Dept.

MODERN methods and artistic M workmanship have been thefoun- dation of our success in this depart ment. It has always been Our policy to turn out the highest grade of work at the lowest possible price. Such a policy is sure of success.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-08-22
BUMPER CROPS POINT
 ROAD ID PROSPERITY
General Summary of Financial, Commercial and Industrial Conditions Encour-
 aging in the Extreme

spring variety, which made the enorm- ous yield with their higher acreage re- suits.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-08-22
Cheaper Food

The value of such crop at ;his juncture is inestimable, for all lines of business will feel its stimulating infiu
 ence and all classes will share in ifs benefits. The farming class has cn joy. ed remarkable period of prosperity, covering the last eleven years, and it's buying power has been the great steadying factor in the industrial sit uation since the late depression began. But the prices of all farm products, which have reached in recent months the highest general level ever known, have been oppressive to the consumer and the source of much discontent. The food crops of 1909 are so generous in their proportions that noticeable de cline in the cost of living may be ex. pected while the farmer will make up in quantity what he loses in price and continue to be as good customer as heretofore. Wheat, on the harvest ie
 ports, has declined l5 cents bushe
 and if the present prospects for corn are realized, meats will be cheaper
New-York tribune., 1909-09-21
IN CHARGE OF SCHOOLS.
The Woman Who Was Appointed Superin-
tendent in Portland, Ore.

Chicago is not the only city that has a woman
superintendent of schools. Portland Ore comes 70
tIle front with one of her own Mrs. Mabel r.
Brown, former teacher. Mrs Brown possesses
plenty OF courage, evidently for she was called on
10 take the position at q moments notice almost,
and at the most critical time OF the year When
JUST Two weeks before the opening Of school this
year, w. w. Brownson then POrtlands superintend-
ent OF schools, died suddenly the school board was
IN quandary. Mr.. Brownson was master of all
those minute details that are gained through years
Oh experience; 1t was too late in the year
get any experienced educator 10 go to Portland
10 take his place. and II was necessary to have a
steady hand at the helm and one with a tactfuI
character behind IT, for the teaching force changes
often in Portland. probably because the pay is not
good there. The board made up its mind that
one OF Its number must be selected 10 do the work
Mrs Brown was the senior member, and she was
by the way the first of the three women picked out
and nominated by both political parties when Ore
CONS Legislature. ten years ago. authorized the
election OF women to the school board. Their names
were on both tickets and the election nOn-par-
tisan. Politics has not been allowed to interfere
with the choice of women for the school board, as
1t has with that OF the men.
Mrs. Brown ever since her election TO the board
has visited the schools constantly when she be-
came superintendent she was prepareed with mass
OF knowledge about them and their needs. She
has proved already that she has business mind; !;
no plausible schOolbook agent gets the better Of her
1t is said that stormy with irate parents
the superintendent's Office never happen any more.
now c woman sits in the chair. The teachers viii
like Mrs Brown, for she has spoken out for better
pay for them. II have always maintained" she
said in an interview. that 1t is folly for this city
to attempt to hold it's with the cities where
larger salaries and greater advancement may be
had Portland ought 20 recognize the fact that the
Increased cost of living affects the teacher as well
as every one else, and proportional increase in
compensation should be made from year TO year.
Mrs. Brown is a middle aged woman, with a de-
termined face, from which the hair is brushed back
plainly. She has shrewd eyes and a rather wide
mouth. which shuts firmly but Is kindly neverthe-
less
New-York tribune., 1909-09-21
Seen i'm fbe Shops

shaped veil. caught with loops OF the velvet TO
match The price IS SIS.
A helotrope strap poeketboOk. stencilled in gold.
costs 81 s6; one of baby caIfshdn is SO so.
Soft satin. yard wide In all the new shades
OF apricot for evening wear. sells for 81 rs.
Oriental opera afternoon baks. with tassels and
Jade rings for handles. cost from sl4 80 up.
The clergyman's case for vestments comes in seal
leather at s12 The shape Is specially designed for
the purpose.
Rattan bellows sui, cases sell from s up. accord
ing TO the sze and hold large amount OF stuff
Japanese metal tobacco Jars In the raised dragon
pattern sell for 50 TO-
novelty In an Oxford bag of glazed calf with
two handles sells for s2l g.
Brass and copper backed articles are among the
newest toilet The military brushes are
50 pair.
Folding hairbrushes for travelling are new and
sell from 81 soto 81 each.
Mother-of-pearl nail buffers are 81 25 i'm the me-
dIum size, the cutlce knife and other things are
81 a piece These make most attractive nail set.
Felt bedroom slippers IN all coors. in moccasin
style ribbon sell for 81 so.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-21
JUDGMENT FOR STATE.
Pumping CarbOnic 4cid Gas from,
Springs at Saratoga TO Stop.

Albany. Sept. 2o.-Judgment will be entered in
favor OF the state in its efforts 10 prevent the con-
tnued pumping Of carbonic acid gas from the
springs ct Saratoga. This announcement was made
by supreme Court Justice William s. Andrews of
syracuse who opened extraordinary term Of
court to-day TO hear four actions for permanent in
functions 10 prohibit the mineral springs gas pump
ing companies at Saratoga from continuing their
operations
Justice Andrews did nor indicate what the terms
Of the Judgment would be. but asked counsel on
both sides 10 submit TO him tomorrow whatever
requests they desired 10 make regarding the pro-
visions Of the proposed Judgment. Deputy Attor-
ney General Brong will ask the Court 10 grant
permanent iniunctions.
Three OF the four actions the calendar were
disposed OF after Senator Bracket counsel for the
companies. had failed In an attempt 10 have the
proceedings stayed until the Appellate Division and
Court OF Appeals could pass certain questions
involved. Only a few witnesses We're examined.
They were called in effort 10 show that no ma
terial damage had been inflicted through the pump
ing process. The state rested on the decision of
the Court Of Appeals which declared constitutional
the law prohibiting the pumping OF gas from the
springs.
Counsel for the Natural Carbonic Gas Company
secured postponement Of fits case until tomorrow
The actions are against the Geyser Natural Gas
Company, New York Carbonic Gas Company Lin
coin Springs Company and Natural Carbonlc Gas
Company.
Deputy Attorney General Brong Judge Rock
wood and Judge Lester appeared for the people
New-York tribune., 1909-09-21
FOR WABASH CONTROL
Continued from FIRST page.

which the Union Pacific system has an impor-
tant stock interest and although he was not one
or the managers of the Lackawanna some of the
men who were his closest and most influential
associates in the Union Pacific control are mem
bers of that board, in which sits also ex-Judpe
william H. Moore, of the Rock Island system.
Who' according to Street report, was one OF the
lihaheiers whose heavy purchases of Wabash
preferred attracted attention a few months ago
PART OF GOULD AGREEMENT.
IL was said at the time Of the purchase of the
"Heehhg ~ Lake Erie notes by the syndicate
which Mr.. Hartman was instrumental In forro
ing that the agreement with Mr. Gould was
understood to involve certain concessions ON his
part which would not be made public for tho
present. II is said now that the plan for Joint
interest by other roads in the Wabash control
was probably part of that agreement
The Missouri Pacific has in its treasury 90 :
100000 Wabash preferred stock. and tho e.
Louis. Iron Mountain & Southern has Sc 300 600
OF the same issue in its treasury. and holds 50
e26,2OO each Of the preferred and the common as
security for certain bond issues The total out
standing stock of the Wabash is S53 40 900
common and s39. 14O. 200 preferred.
The Wabash Railroad system extends frorn
Kansas City. Omaha and St Louis to Chicago
Detroit and Toledo. At the last named point
connection is made with the Wheeling & Lake
Erie which connects at Mingo Junction, near
Wheeling. with the Wabash -Pittsburg Terminal
Railway
The Western Maryland, which Mr.. Gould a
Few years ago was planning TO connect with his
lines of the Wabash system. and which. like the
wheeling & Lake Erie and the Wabash-Pitt
burg Terminal. Is now in a receiyersbin is
understood not to be Included in the reported
plan for joint control of the Wabash and its
subsidiaries
New-York tribune., 1909-09-21
HELD FOR CHEATING IMMIGRANTS.
italian Accused Of Using Mails to Defraud
Credulous Foreigners.

As the result OF many complaints from persons
who had received circulars from the European
American Transfer Company. saying that pack
age had been received from abroad, and that 81 %
due and upon payment and the receipt OF the
package had found cheap jewelry in IL worth
about 20 cents. Posiofice Inspector Kinkead and
Deputy Marshal Pinckney arrested Dominica Forte
At No. 53 Leroy street. yesterday. Forte is said
10 have confessed that he the whole company
in the game. He held in 81. go bail by United
States Commissioner Gilchrist and. failing 10 fur
nish the bail. sent 20 the Tombs
The victims OF the fraud were Croatlans and
Italians The Postoffce authorities held up thirty
letters yesterday Each had the 81 IS I'm cash or a
money order for that amount II is supposed that
Forte reaped a rich harvest. Number % Leroy Is a
tenement house. Forte's rooms were on the first
floor. On the door a sign business Opportuni-
ties Company" Forte could speak English au-
entity.