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the progress of cotton to the consumer. Every
year cotton goods To the value OF nearly six
billion dollars are turned out from the 125,OO0.-
900 spindles In the world But the poor farm
or In the cotton-felds sees but piuful part
of the multiplying fortunes attending the mi
grafton of cotton goods around the earth. The
southerner sells raw cotton to Japan. and the
mills at Osaka turn out products that outseIl
our goods in Shanghai and Canton and the
Japanese cotton-manufacturer. travelling In
state to America, may wonder wherein the
half-fed southern farmer-a vassal tenant-fol-
panced in civilization over the only recently
awakened pagan OF the east.
The ordinary grower Of cotton cultivates 20
acres, producing onehalf bale to the acre
Unfortunately, In too great a majority OF cases
he Is a tenant farmer. OF his ten bales, the
result OF his years toll, hve must go to the
owner Of the land. The working farmer, for
his product, gets, we will say, ten cents
pound or $50 a bale. his ~ months OF effort
and expense bringing him In a gross revenue
OF $3.50 This is an insignificant total for the
man who among others produces the commod-
ity that controls the world.
Out OF that $3.50 he must provide for his fam.
lily, himself and his mule, and make provision
for tho ensuing times of planting and cultiyat-
ing. Fully Go per cent. Of Americas cotton Is
produced by this struggling method. Up to
1903. when the great movement In cotton
prices blessed the southern industry with the
transforming CLEAN Of prosperity, 80 per cent.
of our Gotten crop was harvested In this same
hopeless wy
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Garden OF the ToIneries. Paris.

ranean passages, leading from side tn
side of the Avenue des Champs
Elysees, has only recently been
opened. III this proves as popular as Is
expected other such tunnels viii BE-
constructed under other busy tsreets.
notably the grand boulevards
The parkway known as the Champs
Elysees. or Elysian Fields. was laid
out near the end of the seventeenth
century. II was called the Grand
Cours at first and was given its pres.
ent name In the time Of Louis XVI.
The avenue itself Is more than a milo
long and is lined from the Place de 10
Concorde to the Arc de Triomphe.
with pine, lime and chestnut trees
The promenade is the favorite after
noon drive of the fashionable world
Of Paris and IL In there that tho
badaud, or French cockney, ls seen
to perfection. On one side IL park.
$50 yards long and 40 Wide, (which .is
filed with cafes chaDtants and such
amusements and amusement providers
for children as juggiers. marionettee.
merry-go-rounds and chocolate ven
ders. Here idoliziDg parents stand
for hours watching their petit bon.
hommes caracolling On wooden horses.
while la bonDe, In snowy cap, holds
the babies.
At night the thOroughfare. brilliant
ly illuminated, offers a vivid sugges-
ton of fairyland. ~
The Avenues des Champs Elysees Is
one of the lungs" of Paris. At each
end and all about IL are places OF i'm
portance In the life and history of the
city and the state. It almost skirts
the River Seine. the Grand Palals ana
the Petit Palals. where there are great
art exhibitions, separating the park
from the quays at one point, An
avenue starting at the Champs
Elysees, between the two buildings.
crosses the river on the beautiful Pont
Alexandra Ill. and leads to Napoieons
tomb.
On the opposite side OF the Champs
Elysees IL the Palais de fElysees, the
Official residence of the president OF
France. II was once the home of
Nine. de Pompaaonr and WAS occupied
in fater years, -a1ceesslgeDy, by
Murat, Napoleon l., Louis Bonaparte
and Queen Hortense. Emperor Alexan-
der ]. and Due de Derri
The throngs OF motorists, carriage
drivers, horse riders and bicyciists
who visit the Bois de Boulogne trav.
erse the Avenues des Champs ElyseesI
first Beyond the Arc the Avenue dul
Bois de Boulogne leads up past Prinl
cess de Sagan's pink marble palace
to the famous woods.
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GREAT AVENUE SAFE
Trades TaIonS Not 10 Grin
Famous Champs EIysees.
Not Even Philharmonic Palace vii
Be Tolerated on Proud Paris Thor
ouohfare and chlldren's Para
dise Along Its Course.


Paris. The probability that thu
Champs Elysees, the neblest ayeRno
in the world, will alw2ys- be preserved
as an artistic promenade .anri "A .eAil.
dren's paradise'has' been strengthened
by action just taken by the municipal
council of Paris. The council not
only refused tn grant n permit for tho
construction of "a Philharmonic palace
ON the site of the now defunct sum-
mer circus. but voted To investigate
concessions previously granted, loNi-
ing to the removal Of some Of The
music halls and restaurants now aour-
ishing there.
This official action is in keeping
with the true Partisan spirit. The one
occasion on which the Frenohman
looses his. pursestriaaa without mur-
mur IL when an expenditure gOr mu-
nicipal embellisbment IN proposed
No other city watches over the benniy
of ita boulovards and parks with such
jealous care. Succeeding municipal
administrations differ widely ON all
other points, but, whether the govern
h'hN N HdAihhAiihl W tbtEAilHlt w
first aim is invariably TO maintain IN
tact the artistic inheritance Of Eu-
ropes most beautiful capital
There was almost revolt, ~ years.
ago, when a tramway company asked
a concession for a track across the
avenue In a side street. This right
was finally bestowed but had tho
council granted subsequent appii-
cation for a track along the Champs
Elysees itself the lives OF the city
Legislators would have been threat.
ened by an aroused populace
The single track across the drive
way has always been regarded as "A
scar. II is not improbable that In
few years the tramway company
will be required TO construct tun-
mel beneath the surface of the street
IL Is by underground passages that
the city already is proposing TO handle
the foot traffic without ipterferihg
with the perpetual stream OF vehicles
or marring the beauty Of the thor
oughfare through the construction of
viaducts. The first of these subter-
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ly; and this sovereignty OF cotton In America
believe to be at hand.
We shall awake to our new destiny as
world power and trading nation when we re-
alize fully that the southern section of our
republic is virtually the exclusive source of n
commodity absolutely Indispensable TO the
myriads of mankind from New York to Shang
hal, from Nome to Montevideo, from London
TO the Cape. Less than one and quarter mil
lion, Americans. In IA states of this union. hold
IN their hands the comfort. the luxury. the des-
TINY of mankind rtfr
An enormous profit is made somewhere in
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tured goods back to the
Americans who produce the
raw supply. Switzerland,
for example, which grows
no. cotton, whose mountains
yield no. coal for it's fac.
tories. a country that has
not an inch of seacoast or q
plank afioat, sends to us, In
the ships of other nations,
more finished cotton goods
than we export to all the
countries of continental Eu.
rope combined.
Americas future, when
she realizes her heritage
and opportunity In cotton.
will eclipse anything that
has been foretold for this
republic. 1t is only within
the last hundred years that
cotton has conquered the
world. The career OF this
plant has scarcely begun
The remarkable pace in its
progress to power is re
vealed by the quaint fact
that In 1884 eight bags ol
American cotton were
seized by the customs au
thorities at Liverpool. tn,
sage British verdict being
that the importation wal
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COTTOW- MIL

upholstering Of h l s
chairs. If he takes a ride
on the Flying Limited IL
is cotton waste in the
wheel-boXes. through
which lubricating oil is
fed to the running-gear.
that insures a continu-
Gus trip. This is an cleo
trical age, but without
cotton insulation on the
wires the might of cleo
tricity would be a men
ace.
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iERICAN cotton-plant-
ers, proprietors of the
greatest gold-producing
staple in the world, are
poor. They are in prac-
teal servitude. II Is a
tragedy of contemporary
life that they who pro
duce for the world the
com IN odity without
which modern civiliza-
tion and industrial life
could not proceed are
themselves absolutely
subservient and the
poorest paid toilers In
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the raw product and with cheap labor on looms
and machinery for the manufacture Of the fin.
ished product. now control the markets of the
world. In the Orient, where we once had our
share OF trade, the market to say the least ais
slipping from us: II seems almost n traYesty
on American business methods that English
and German manufacturers can go on the
docks at Galveston and take our raw cotton.
carry II to Europe in subsidized ships, weave
II with cheap labor, retransport 1t to the Uni
ted States. pay the customs duty. and under
sell our hoIae manufacturers. There is some
thing wrong here, isn't there?
Cotton is the clothing of the uncounted mul
titudes and even those born to the purple de
pend upon cotton Tor much of their apparel
ing King Cotton's dominion is mankind.
America, therefore, producing. practically
alone, a commodity vital to civilized life and
progress, has in that harvest the secret OF
incompatible wealth and power. II Is not
steel or lumber, kerosene or corn, that insures
enduring leadership for the United States. Vast
capital and dynamic genius have gone into the
development OF steel, yet this is transitory.
The scepter of steel must ultimately slip from
our grasp The iron-ore beds OF the Lake Su-
perior region are doomed Experts have num-
bered :heir years less than a generation.
Lumber cannot furnish permanent founda-
ton for our Industrial pre-eminence. The for
ests are fast vanishing. OIL has contributed
one OF the leading items TO our export trade.
and has multiplied incredibly the fortunes OF
its managers; but the oiwells cannot disgorge
their illuminant forever. Besides the Baku
fields are ready to compete. Our corn and
wheat before the end of many decades viii
be consumed at home. Argentina. central Eu-
rope and Manchuria produce these cereals In
prodigal abundance. Even II our corn and
wheat were the worlds sole sufficient supply,
as In the case OF our cotton. the oversee ma
lions could dispense with these staples as
some of them now do. Millions upon millions
Of Mongolians have not yet developed an ap-
petite for anything save rice. But all OF them
on the shirts worn by the Mongoians would
mean one million bales of cotton. and this liz
the market that Is slipping from us.
Cotton Makes America Supreme Among
Nations.
Thus Il is cotton, and cotton alone. that can
make America permanently unique and gu
preme among the nations. This fact makes
grotesque the record cf our unsuccess IL Iell-
ing finished cotton products across the sea.
The only foreign customer that couL.le,i "t all
importantly in the totals of our export ~~ade
was China, and our market there has pitsably
declined. England, Germany. and JapaE are
forcing our ships from the Pacific. just as they
crowded them on the paths Of the Atlantic.
We should be carrying cargoes of cotton goods
to all the ports OF the earth Instead OF that
the nations send here for so per cent. Of their
raw supply, manufacture 1t into all forms OF
kets. and even successfully ship the manufac-
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kind. The world of men and wom-
on is clothed today as never be-
fore. II IL only within the last cen
tury, with cotton within the reach
of the multitude. that the majority
have been adequately clothed. The
heroes Of the revolution were half
clad and that half was rags.
And II f. one of the interesting
ironles of history that during that
period, when the problem of clothes
was supreme. both In America and
abroad. Richard Arkwright, who
invented the splnning-frame, and
James Hargreaves, who invented
the spinning jenny. creations which
were to change the history of the
race. had their machines destroyed
by the enraged and half-clad pOpu-
lace, who feared the competition Of
these labor-savlng devices.
We smile at the shortsighted fol-
ly of that day, and yet the prog
ress in the use and manufacture OF
cotton will be as tremendous in the
coming years as In the past. There
is an actual kingship for cotton,
not onlv cnnnnn arciollv hnt noiffieal
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the United States. intellectually the
cotton-growers are surrounded and
coerced by factors which have no other
purpose than To keep them in this be-
nighted vassalage. From this condition
influences OF new american spirit
must liberate them.
We smile at the Celestial shivering Ia
the midst of coal-felds larger than the
state Of Pennsylvania. Aperica's atti-
tude toward cotton is almost equally
grotesque. On the southern rim of the
United States, within an area of prac-
tically IA states, is grown so per cent.
Of the worlds supply of cotton. The re-
naming 20 per cent. grown in South
America, India, and the far east. IL of an
inferior quality and cannot compete
with the cotton grown In the United
States. Notwithstanding this enormous
advantage, the fact still remains that
this heaven-sent boon, paradoXical
though II may seem, does not enrich,
but rather impoverishes, the southland.
This is n tale of commercial inepti.
tude. Our greatest asset is our greatest
humiliation. Cotton is king. but 1t is a
badly served monarch. Other nations,
by farsighted policy. intense activity,
and commercial alertness, have over.
come the tremendous advantage we
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produced the garments that we 10y our toll in
the south enable Europe aud Japan To manu-
facture. we would possess almost an exclusive
supply of the cloth and clothing already neec-
ed by at least one-hi'f OF the human race.
Men cannot. II they would, again depend fer
their clothing upon the skins Of wild animals.
These beasts have practically vanished Nor
is there enough wilderness on the globe to
furnish a range for the rearing OF sufficient
animals TO provide garments Of skins for man
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Editors NoeDanieI Suy the author Of this article depict
o the possibilities pful Vassaaae Of the planter
and the destiny awaiting United states and the cotton
when we opportunity has had remarkable
career in cotton his unparalleled
market campaign to rise 7 cents pound
In teo3 the hohest the civil During this
actual reqn sUly premier ssooooooo In
M was brouoht country substruetue Of the
bull eliminated In the spring Of 1907 Then
the ou, realized for the first time that the
ceas Of cotton Of civilization hand
New-York tribune., 1909-04-25
Mr.. ERLANGER's COLLECTION.

Abraham L. Erlanger has just completed the col
lecting OF assortment of letters documents and
relics Of Napoleon and the Bonsparte family, said
to be second in size and variety only that in
French national archives Mr.. Eranger accom-
piished this through the purchase on last Thursday
Of the most famous private collection in France
for which he negotiated on his recent trip abroad
The nucleus was formed by one of Napoleon's mar
shals
one OF the principal items is an essay In Ns-
poleon's handwriting Alexander the Great
This written while Bonaparte was attending
school at Brenne. Another interesting item is
manuscript treatise physics by Charles Bona
parte. Napoleons father
One Of the most remarkable divisions OF the col
lection is the batch Of temlzed bills Of purchases
both by the Emperor and Josephine, which reveals
the care taken in their personal expenditures 1t
is disclosed that the Joint imperial wash for one
week in 1909 otalled 100 francs: that the Empress
Josephine considered 81 90 enough TO pay for
linen handkerchief that one Of her court gowns
believed to be her wedding dress) depleted the
Napoleonc pocketbook by 1900 francs (s2. 500.
The bills also account for everything spent In
the preparations for Napoleon's marriage to Jose
phine and cover several years of his reign. The
autograph letters OF the Emperor and his family
and those associated with them fun OF init
mate particulars that have escaped the researches
of the historians
The collection is arranged chronologcalIy The
historical record # forms begins with autograph
letters of Napoleons father and mother. their five
sons, three daughters end numerous descendants
II includes those Of Joseph King OF Italy and OF
Spain signatures. both King of Spain and OF
Naples, Napoleon; Elisa, Princess Baccioehi: Lu-
cien, Prince of Canine; Louis. King OF Holland
Pauline. Princess BoTghese: Caroline. Queen of
Naples; Jerome, King OF Westphaa.
In addition. there are autographs OF Napoleon's
two wives Josephine and Marie Louise. and his
son, Napoleon II: Joseph's wife 0ue) and their
daughter, Charlotte Lucen's two wives. Christine
and Alexandrine. and their fourteen descendants:
Jerome's five descendants; Elisa's daughter, the
Comtesse Camerata: Pauline's two husbands, Gen
eral Lecerc and Prince Borghese; Carolne's hus-
band, Murat. and their ten descendants: LOuis's
wife. Hortense their son. Napoleon III: the EN-
press Eugenie, and Napoleon ".
New-York tribune., 1909-04-25

six hundred pounds Of iron and steel had to be
pioyed after all
What effect this WIFI have upon the research work
steel and iron necessarily used in the Carnegie Will
be so far removed from her compass that it will
have effect upon the needle but there Is always
the doubt. And Mother Nature still holds card
up her ample sleeve.
The Carnegie VIII sail about July I for Hudson
Bay, where series OF magnetic observations along
the proposed route OF a steamship line from
Churchill to Liverpool will be made. Following
this expedition. the ship will be returned TO the
builders and put in drydOc in order TO sheathe her
bottom from the twelvefoOt water mark the
with yellow metal" for the purpose OF protecting
her from the ravages Of the toredo worm whilo
cruising in southern waters in 1910 Compass vari-
ations along the track OF ransatantic navigation
VIII be taken next, for the purpose determining
the variations Of the cOmpasses OF the great
greyhounds on tNer overseas.
While the yacht is cruising In Hudson Bay the
builders will continue in their experiments and tests
OF other metals, with the hope of ultimately being
able TO eliminate from the craft every vestige OF
iron and steel. The trial trip will demonstrate the
strength of the crank shaft compared with those
OF iron, and they also have hopes OF being able to
substitute other metal which will stand the fire
test for CRATE and cylinder Innings. But the hes.
laid plans Of mice and gang aft agIey." In
this game being played Mother Nature may prove
more formidable oppEnent than the scientists have
recSoned upon, and her last card may the trick
which they looked upon already theirs, with her
trumps of King Iron King Steel
New-York tribune., 1909-04-25
THEN CAME THE HITCH.

The auxiliary propelIing power with which the
vessel is provided is a four cylinder Craig engine
built of bronze. Even the crank shaft is of man
ganese bronze. The first need of Iron came in the
cylinders of the engines. which it was found neces-
sary line with thin cast iron. for wearing pur-
poses. Second. for the operating valves nothing. It
found, could take the place of steel cams. which
ordered accordingly. The rest of the engine
is constructed from copper and manganese bronze.
The two cooking in the galleys are of spe-
cally designed bronze almost" The batterie de
cuisine is OF pure copper and aluminium bronze,
10 spoons. knives and forks. But when the question
of lining for the CRATES up science for
the third time baf1ed. and again steel had to be
called into requisitOn as the only metal which
would stand the severe heat test Manganese steel
is be used and this is less magnetic than ordinary
Steel but steel 1t had to be. Experiments author
ICED the of bronze crank shaft the engine.
but for the piston rods nothing could possibly be
substituted with safety for iron. and nearly
New-York tribune., 1909-04-25
MONEY POURED OUT ON HER.

| This. then is the for the new yacht Car
negie, now building for the Institution Paradox
cal ii may seenl this ship. which bears the
name OF the sturdy Scot is supposed TO be con-
structed without the Of steel-the metal which
made it possible for the steel king" to endow so
richly the institution which bears his name The
magnetism with which the metal and the man also
is permeated is not in this instance. desirable
asset.
This non-Tnagnetc auxiliary survey yacht, now
building by the Tebo Yacht Basin Company in
Brooklyn, is being constructed unGer the personal
supervision OF Wallace Downey vce-president and
manager of the company She was designed by
Henry J. Gieiow, OF No. so Broadway. and is
brigantne rigsed yacht measuring i55 feet inches
over all in length. having beam of IS feet and a
mean draft OF u feet 8 inches Fully stored and
equipped she will nave displacement OF 568 tons.
The Carnegie is to be constructed without the
Of iron or STEEL the proud announcement
Again Mother Nature smiled softly herself Ger
tain Of her mineral children have been given spe-
cifc tasks to perform. and she cannot help being
amused that should defy her and try TO
replace her two sturdy sons, King Iron and King
Steel-whose work she cut out for them almost be-
fore the world began-with baser aIoyed metals of
doubtful strength
She chuclIled 10 the very depth OF her iron Mines
and said in derision. "Almost!" It is a small word
yet this little adverb stands between the we'll laid
plans Of the shipbuders and the perfect cors1Ipl-
nation OF their work. For despite the careful
planning and the learned specifications It has been
ASAHo .ii-toSSlble 10 DnllO and equip vessel n
urely without the OF King Iron and King Steel
The approximate Of the Carnegie will be
Sl25 oOo Had the yacht been built from materials
ordinarily used the cost would have but $4,000
This difference Of $4,000 then stands for the extra
cost OF metals other than steel and iron, and for
the copper and brass and bronze used together
win the rigid tests 10 which every bit of metal
employed has been subjected. These tests are made
under the personal direction of W. j. Peters tstler
magnetic observer Of the institution
To all tNard appearances the Csrnesi. will "a
New-York tribune., 1909-04-25

ington have set themselves to solve. During the
four years in which research work along these
lines has already been carried on, three voyages
IN the Pacific Ocean have been made by the Yacht
Iallee, which has covered total distance of 5000
nauucaI miles, from Sitka. Alaska, as far south
as New Zealand. In the course Of these VOYAGES
the most trustworthy magnetic chart in existence
Of the Pacific has been made. but owing to the
presence OF magnetic metals in the construction
and equipment of the yacht perfect results were
not obJainable Therefore. the institution decided
recently TO build a vessel specifically adapted to
the business In hand, especially IN the elimination
OF magnetic structural materials such as iron and
steel. the most highly magnetic metals, and those
which have always interfered visibIy with the
accuracy Of nautical observations board a
vessel.