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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-03-29
WORLDS MARKETS.

Willett & Gray's' journal, March 3.
Another eventful week in the sugar
markets of the world following close
upon previous strong conditions ap-
pears to emphasize beyond controversy
that. the present campaign is based up.
on substantial conditions and will
prove 10 be one, Of those very. few
campaigns of phenomenal prices which
have appeared in years long gone by.
The leading feature for this conviction
comes constantly from European coun-
tries where evidence accumulates to
warrant the repeated advances already
made and making.
We lay more stress upon the Euro.
pean conditions and prospects than
upon any possible difference of 100000
tons in the Cuba crop from our esti'
mate of 100000 tons.
The consumption figures from Sep
TENDER /, 1909, to December 81, -four
months, for six countries of Europe
show an increase of 2s,096 tons, which
should be added TO anticipated require
ments beyond those mentioned by us
in our issue of February II, 1910
Present prices have not checked in
crease of consumption thus far either
there or here.
The movement in Cuba and the Uni
ted States followed Europe closely In
point of activity, though not in full
quotations, the difference in parity
between beet in Europe and eentrifu
gals here being now OF cents per l0t
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-03-29
FREE TRADE HAS EFFECT.

MANILA, January 21.-Recent re-
ports indicate that free trade with the
United States is beginning to have the
results desired. On the Island of Pa
nay (1loilo) the farmers have already
prepared considerably increased
acreage for sugar cane and are plant
ing it as fast as seedlings can be OBJ
tanned. However, such seedlings are
rather scare in that section, and it will
be some time before sufficient can be
obtained to plant all the land which
has been prepared. The small farmers
seem to be especially active in this
work.
A sugar mill has been ordered by the
Mindoro Development Company to be
built by the Honolulu, Hawaiian Iron
Works, including entire equipment for
manufacturing sugar, and to be ready
for delivery next December, Mt a cost
of about 100000. The supply Of cane
will be grown on the large tract of
land recently purchased by the com
pany on the Island of Mindoro. The
bulk Of this land Is located on the
southwest Of the island, commanding a
splendid harbor, and the company'a
plans include suitable docks,
Work on the new railroads 10 be
built on several OF the sugar'produeing
islands Is reported 10 be progressing
rather slowly. The rainy season Inter
fered a good deal with the work, and
following II labor was scarce owing
20 demands Of the rice harvest Work
on puhlie roads Is likewise delayed
a0d the press reports that on oeel,
dental AfgTos there are baf lonf Of
sugar. the shipment Of which has thus
faT bfau found Impossible owlag q
tbs condition VI tbs roads,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-03-29
THE LOCAL FIELD.


Conditions continue favorable 20
growing cane and reports from the plan
tations are satisfactory. On the islsnd
of Hawaii the irrigated cane looks par
ticularly fiourishing. In some of the
districts where irrigation is not the rule
the 1911 crop is not as far along MS
it might be but there are no serious
shortages. f,.
On this island conditions are very
satisfactory. The temperature has been
1airly high and there has been little
rain. Harvesting has not been inter-
fered with and the mills are grinding
steadily. There is nothing to cause a
revision of the forecasts for banner
sugar year.
Shipping.
Shipping, which was rather back
ward toward the beginning of the sea-
son, has now almost caught up. The
delay was caused by rough weather
which made it impossible to load the
Inter.Isand steamers. OF late no
trouble has been experienced however
and the delay has been largely made
up for.
Up to March 81 last year 157,700
tons of sugar had been shipped through
the Factors. The total shipments on
the corresponding date this year will
A amount to about 155,500 tons. There
is every Indication that the end of
i, April will see the 1910 record ahead
4 of that for the corresponding date in
1909.
Up to.March ! this year Ill, 450 tons
( of sugar had been shipped by the Fac.
tors. On the third the sailing vessel
( Muriel sailed with $50 tons, on the
fifth the Hilonian took 3400 tons, on
I the eighth the Enterprise took 1870
! tons, on the eleventh the sailing ship
Olympic took 2200 tons, on the twelfth
the Arizonan took 1900 tons, on the
. fifteenth the Lurline took 1880 tons
4 on the nineteenth the Nevadan took
! 5000 tons, on the twenty the Vir'
4 ginian took 10000 tons, on the TWEEN
4 ty-sixth the Wilhelmina took 1870 tons
The next and last ship to sail this
month will be the Hyades which will
\ leave on the twenty-eighth with 4O0(
tons.
The bark Foohng Suey is now il
Honolulu harbor taking on stiffeninl
and will proceed to Port Allen wheI
ready. Inc snip EoWaru oeWdn WI
soon proceed to Hilo. Both will LOAD
sugar but neither will sail this month
The Andrew Welch and W. FL. Mars
ton are now in port here. The Hyade
is loading at Kahului. The William T
Frye is also loading at the latter port
The John Ena is now fifteen days ou
from San Francisco for this port. TIL
d R. P. Rithet is at Hilo.
a The William P. Frye, Foohng Suey
8 Edward Sewall and John Ena, will ear
ry their sugar to the Atlantic coast VII
the Horn. This will make six sailin
vessels in all to make the Horn triI
with sugar for the Factors this year
the Nuuanu and the Erskine M. Phelp
having already sailed. The John En-
will be the last of the Cape Hor
sugar feet this year. ?,
Up to date 108,950 tons of Factors
sugar has arrived at its destinatio
and 50,450 tons is afloat. OF tn
amount shipped 96,9S0 has gone vi
Tehuantepec, $3.50 tons has gone vi
Cape Horn and 4s,440 tons has bee
shipped to Coast refneries.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-03-29
The Sugar Market

pounds, against 81 cents per 100 pounds
last week.
AS to activity, the week is not often
equaled.
Beginning Friday, the sales to re-
finers for March shipment from Cuba
were 100000 bags at &c. c. & T. (4.S6c.),
followed by 5000 bags, April at 3.OSc.
C. & +. (4.39c). A resume of ten days
sales mp to Tuesday shows a total of
100000 bags, or 100000 tons, including
prompt, early and late March and
April, all practically at base of &c. c.
& f. (4.36c., landed).
Spectators took 100000 bags of
this, refners increasing their supplies
largely.
European spectators paid 3 lice. 9.
6 f. for April moderately. n.
Tuesday, one refiner followed jump
in quotations in Europe and took So
600 bags, late March and early April,
at 3 l-l6c. c. q l., and S2oo bags prompt
a. '.o' 90, =, ~ ~ sPtS o I;~
.ion " 80 80 ~. ;.h ~, Ia .andana1,
az .n - -,
t 70 uor aaa;ar .smnnrer;,v uA''A' pO
nm. roenors pc ~ os;.;o, Nth
| a.; rosnnt snat ona f,tnra snnnl;as
a. a. 60. amh;la
70 A.ep oas oah III srnn cnho r;,an
J u wi ara;nr dro,,aht ra,. 20
." 50 .ha 80. sror ttan 20 the
oae A. rS;ti p &c rrornd
p m;9i n.,.a1 rion+in1s aItbouab Il +bs
VIZ - p 40 nt a.,ro - 10 ont
CuAe ean ~ ~ ,;n;rnnm 80, aSt;'
ln eco noo I'M I'm, 49,,
n ma. - .h UoO'y b;U,ar estimates a;ren
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-03-29
WEST INDIES TROUBLES.

PoINT-A-PlTRE, Guadeloupe, March
5.-While conditions growing out of
the strike of the cane cutters seem
better on the surface, the island is far
from pacified and it is expected that
it will he weeks before the last of the
agitation has died out.
The forces now here are kept busy
with handling the situation and pre-
serving peace and the arrival of other
troops here would be regarded as a
great relief to the overworked men
who have been kept on constant duty
since the beginning of the troubles.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-03-29
PERSONALS AND BREvIT1Es.

OF late there has been some talk of
new Kohala ditch but there seems
to be but little chance that the project
will be put through. 1t would be prac'
tically impossible, according to all re-
ports, to secure water for such ditch
without tapping the supply of the pres
emf Kohala ditch and the whole project
seems likely to go up in smoke
Henry st. Goar of Ed. Pollitz & Co.
of San Francisco left yesterday for the
, mainland.
The new telephones will arrive here
, today on the Siberia and the work OF
| installation will commence at once.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-03-29
TOBACCO ABROAD.

Consul General John II. Snodgrass Of
Moscow transmits the following par
ticulars regarding tobacco production,
trade, and consumption in Russia:
The average cigar costing 10 cents
in the United States sells for 80 cents
in Russia, and the more expensive
brands come higher in comparison, the
imported products ranging in price
from 10 cents to 81. Domestic cigars
run from to Is cents, but, being of
inferior quality, they are unacceptable
except toll poorer classes. Tobacco
sells from u cents to $3.50 per pound,
according to its origin, the Habana and
Sumatra brands used for wrappers in
the manufacture of cigars being espe-
cially expensive. Domestic tobacco Is
utilized principally for filters, but is
not called for by connoisseurs.
The use of cigarettes is general, each
class INDUCING in its favorable brand
with equal satisfaction, whether the
tobacco is ncased in the most expen.
sive perfumed rice paper or rolled
roughly in brown paper, method en-
ployed by the poor.
In recent speech n Moscow the MIN
lister of finance compared Russia g bud
get with the huge deficits of other lead
ing countries in Europe, remarking that
the increased tax on the wrappers for
cigarettes had guaranteed the govern
ment against any lack of funds to meet
the necessary expenses. This shows the
immense profits obtained from the use
of tobacco through State taxation.
Russia Is tobacco crop in 1908 was y
per cent. below 1907, the yield being
20O.sls ,5s4 pounds in comparison with
| 225. 531 .O52 pounds in 1907 decrease
of 18,252.46S pounds From this pro
duction- 5606S.452 pounds we're of Turk
ish seed, 16,2S5,176 pounds American
seed. and the lower grades, such as
Baku tobacco (Nicotiana rustica) and
Makhorka (Lythrum salicoria), etc.
gave 124.944, $3.50 pounds. The number
of tobacco plantations was BAL 1856
against 377,419 in 1907, and the area
170.l62 acres, against 164,414. The av
erage yield per desiatin (2.7 acres) wal
3276 pounds, in comparison with 370s
pounds.
The principal tobacco growing dis
tricts and the acreage in each are al
follows: Poltaya government, 35,470i
Kuban district. 1880; Tchernigoy
government, 33llsi Sukhum district
1888; Tamboy government, 1921
Bessarabia, 104llj Taurida govern
ment 1896; Riazan government, 697l
samara government, 46Sii Black Set
district. 1896, Podolsk government
1906; yeronegh government, 1891 Bn
tum district, 1000. The thirteen otbel
districts and governments producing
tobacco range from 270 10 94s acres.
The tobacco growing industry u
Russia Ia probably more In need Of
small credit institutions than any 9th
or branch ~ agriculture, The tobacco
planters, II appears. arc mostly poo
pea.pn,s, eaiirdiy 10 the hands Of lh'
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-03-29
UTILIZATION OF BYPRoDucTs.

Consul Felix S. s. johnson of Ber-
gen supplies the following account of
the Norwegian utilization. Of byprod-
net of sugar factories:
"The mortar from purifying the sug-
ar liquid was formerly difficult to dis
pose of but has recently been expert
mentally made into fertilizer at the A
Siege sugar refinery. To the mortar
IS added Stacked lime and by an ad-
mixture of carbonic acid there is secur-
ed a sentiment saturated with carbo-
nate of potash, which by precipitation
absorbs other organic compounds of the
liquid in connection with phosphcric
acid. The deposit or lime mixture is
separated by filtering. How much phos-
phoms it contains will soon be ascer-
tanned through analysis at the Stems
laboratory.
"The drying is accomplished by open
interviewer iron bands passing through
the mass and so arranged in the vat
that they slide up and down between
vertical sheetiron plates. The heating
laof the iron plates is effected by the
waste smoke from the factory chimney
the smoke entering in opposite direc'
| ton to the movements of the rollers
| and being absorbed at the opposite end
When the drying plates have disposed
| of the mass, the iron bands pass over
a series of combformed projections in
| such way that they are bent over
and the dried mortar falls off in irregu
lar pieces the size of nut. The ma
| terial is then ground. The production
| this season has been 5000 tons, or 9
third of the factory's output of mortar
output may be worked up.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-03-29
CANE BoRERs m LOUISIANA.

The difference of opinion that has OBJ
tanned in this State thus far as to the
cause of the dead canes in the cane
fields of Louisiana this year, lis still
an unsolved problem. Our belief in
the beginning, as well as that of a
number of practical observers, was that
the dead canes were attributed to the
September storm destroying their root
system in degree, while the subsequent
drought completed their destruction.
Other observers found that ali of the
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-03-29
SUGAR IN ARGENTINA

Consul-General R. M. Bartleman of
-Buenos Ayres reports that the Argen-
tine government is devoting more and
more attention to the improvement of
the grade of sugar cane, the growth
of which, with the gradual increase of
available laborers and of better trans
portation facilities, bids fair to become
most important source of the pros
perity of the Argentine republic.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-03-29
SUGAR REFINING IN roRMosA.

Formosa, Notwithstanding its claim
to. be the largest producer of raw sugar
in Japan could boast of no special meth
cd of sugar refinery so that it seemed
doomed to an almost perpetual infer
iority in the industrial world. But late
ly, we learn a method for the work was
invented by the experts of the Sugar
Manufacturing Company. After sever
al years of joint hard efforts refinery
according to the new method is now
to be started at Ensui port.-Japan
Times,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-03-29
STOCK EXCHANGE.

The earlier days of last week were
characterized by decided dizziness on
the stock exchange and prices suffered
in consequence. Toward the end of
the week there were signs of renewed
prices took a decided squirt. Eva show
ed the greatest activity yesterday,
more than 1000 shares changing hands.
The week IS transactions follow:
Stocks.
Oahu--l5 "a 1850; 20 "a 1915; 40
a $3.50; so, 10 "a 1880; 100, 80, so
a 1880; so, 10 a 37.375; 100, so, 80
"a 1880; 100, 80, rs, 80 q 1915.
Waialua--55, 10, 6, 20 a 1888; 25, s,
10, 10 "a 1874.
Haiku-50 "a las.
Paauhau-2o, 20 a 29.626.
McBryde-5 "a Z; so "a Z.
olaa-10, 10 a 6.s75; 20 q 6.75.
Paia-l0 a $50.
Hutchinson-l0, 5 q 10; 395, 500 a
1925; 10 O. 10; q 1875.
Honokaa--50 a 22.S75; 5, 10 a a.
%; las, s a 22.25.
Pioneers "a aS7; 8 a $3.50; 8 "a
2S7; 10, 10 q 2S7; so, 10 a aS6;
Hawaiian Commercial-S0 "a 4,l25;
20, 80 "a 41.125; 10 "a Alas; 8, 20, 80
a Alps; $50 "a 41.75; so "a 41.75.
Hawaiian Agricultural--5 q s55;
F., s n $50.
onomea-100 a 81.
Ewa-5, 8 "a 1875; % a 1915; 200
a 1875; 80 a "a; 1000 "a 94.125; 25
| a "a; so, 20, %, so, so, so, so, so, so
40, so, so, so, 20 "a 34.25.
Hilo Ry. com.-1250, 60, 45 a 1880;
5 a 1880; 90, "a 1880; 10 a 1850.
Inter-Island-50 "a 1926; 10 a 1876
Hawaiian Pineapple-5 a 2s.75; 6
| a 2S.6s5.
Mutual Telephone-9O "a 1880.
Brewery-25, % "a 17.25.
| Bonds.
McBryde 6s-$l5,OOO "a 90.
o. R. & L. 5s-$7OO a 1925; $1,000
a 1925.
HilO Ry. ext. es-$1ooo, $4,000 q 90.
so; $4,000 a $3.50.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-03-29
CUBAN DRouTH.

Reports-from Cuba indicate that the
growing cane is-suffering severely from
drouth.i' Cables from Havana to Willett
&. Gray, dated March 2, read:
" Have no advice of any rain in re-
public today. Effect on young cane
harmful if drouth continues. Very Sc
rious.p
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-03-29
RICE cATERp1LLARs.

The successful Hindu rice cultivators
down in British Guiana seem to have
some of our domestic troubles in their
new industry. The caterpillar has been
a frequent invader of the rice fields of
Louisiana, attacking young rice, eating
the green foliage, practically destroying
Il and any way delaying the growth Of
the plant. The caterpillar we presume
is as usual the outgrowth of the moth
that lays its eggs on the leaf of the
young plant and in our Louisiana ex-
perience we believe no successful way
of getting rid of the coterpillars has
been found excepting that of drowning
them out. Here IL has been quite
customary to have fields so carefully
laid out for irrigation That the invad.
ed fields could he flooded with water
and the caterpillars thereon drowned
and the water got OH again before the
plants were so softened as TO lie down
from the influence of the flood water.
A heavy intervening rain Is always very
much desired TO aid In the destruction
Of the eaterplllnrs, but In the absence
Of that irrigation water has been our
only defense. II Is said that II the
fields are flooded gradually the eateipil
lars will rise on the leaves out Of reach
Of ihs water aud nj the tip end leaves
md are presumed 20 fall on aud drown.
! II l. very essential, OF course under
these circumstances 10 get tho water
aulelly reduced a. prevent the soften
ing and perhaps killing on tbe plants
hy any Subsequent llmpnets -Lon'slanA
Planter
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-03-29
A RnMsDy wHlom sHvRn PAuS

DlarIhoea should DO cured without
lons 81 Tins snd by . med,elna shleu
llks Uhambsraln = Collie, choleFs and
plampllg but produces 40 pppleasaai
hiipf eHse's u negef fsilg snd y
lieAAAnt spt sefs 10 ietf W. aala ~
Al aealss. hfppsp, hallh 4 o., Aesels
~ neNsll,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-03-29
EUROPEAN BEET CROP.

y. q, IAehi eshles willeii A Gray
sl,ssially ffom Nasaslugs, fsbWarg
~, 1916 "WeFihsI fsFpfsbls feg Geld
pbfh y
Nsmh }, 1910 me sbsHss 10 lhe
sllasiles u (epylsss espls nsslhel
flgelhAis Nv Asls Nelhl
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-03-29
SUGAR QUOTATIONS.

The sugar quotations for the week
just past are ms follows
2Jlb-Centrifugals l.36ej beets III
7l,2d.
e5ib-centrifugals lsoei beeis III
7l2d,
ellh-centrifugals i.soci beets ~
= LEA
3srd -Cenirlfugals ia0ej beels ~
1914
ssed -cspihpsals l.sOsl beeis ~
Q s.id
gill cenlfifugals lS6si besis ~
1874
sOlb csnJlfugaIs 'soei bssp ~
%.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-03-29
wHHK's wHATHnR

Tue reports of ihs lasal u b wesibsf
bplepg ~ ihs peat eeeh base bfes "
fullaaff
San liala ~ lymp 1901 psslleg
far
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-03-29

goth 0s Inches Talni temp 10 81
unsettled
RliL- os lpebss plni temp 10 e5l
aaseiilfd
ssa OT Inches mlnI temp 1884,
unafiflrd.
eipd .os ipfhss wiui ismp 70 esl
unsettled
plsi "A lnshes mlni temp sea-
Classified
loll NJ lnshss Islsl Isap lsefi
eaiflilsd,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-03-29

dead canes that they examined were
perforated by borers and they attrib-
uted the death of the canes to the
borers.-Louisiana Planters.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-03-29
GENERAL CONDITIONS.

BRADSTREET' REVIEW, March 5.
Trade is still irregular, and spring
trade is rather backward in developing
at many points. Weather conditions,
flooded streams and bad country roads
are variously assigned as reasons for the
hesitation shown in various lines, but
back of all these there is an undeniable
feeling of conservatism, bred of the UNI
certainty regarding the reception to be
given higher priced products by the ulti.
mate consumer. Recorder trade in spring
goods by jobbers is not especially large,
and business at first hands is held back,
pending clearer views of price matters
and crop prospects. Collections are
widely quoted as slow, and few are bet
ter than fair. On the other hand, tho
tone of the securities market is rather
more eneeiiui, new issues are n'ua aehnr
better The wheat crop situation is, on
tbe whole mora encoura oinp. A veri.
TAIL. fnod of cron DAMAGE stories has
been in evidence This week in specula-
two markets hut despite this the pricc
| Of wheat has sapped and other grains
b.ya symnatbized' Cotton prices have
/ advanced in speculative centers, whilo
Mt tbe same time reports of mills going
nm short time have been numerous, and
nrint cloths have declined in prics.
| The recent advance in wash fabrics does
not seem 70 have brought out the BUSH
ness expceted. and the wool and wooden
| goods markets have shown a waiting
Tendency. Settled spring weather is ex.
pected TO have beneficial effect upon
General distribution. coupled as it Is
j with nm earlier than ordinary Easter
season. Rest adyices as to trade come
| n.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-07
Our Boys Not Feminized.
From the Philadelphia Press.

There have been Englishmen who criti-
cised us mercilessIy, but justly; and no
American said nay. The American pe0-
pie are not SO swollen with pride as to
be blind to their faults. No one likes
to be told of deficiency, but when
1t assumes the character of a national
trait and is remarked beyond our Dor
ders it might do good to be told of 1t
Yet no one man or no one people will
be falsely accused without resenting 1t
There is an obscure Englishman, by the
name Of Alexander Francis. who has
written a book on Americans" and in
it he makes the statement that our
American boys, under co-education, are
growing 'ladylike." and becoming IAN
inferior copy Of the girls. winning girls
gentleness and sensitiveness. but not the
proper strength of either sex" Mr.. Fran
els Is afraid that we may be lacking. be-
cause of this, in 1.-The splendid virility" Of
the Anglo-Saxon strain
1t might be suggested to this Britor
that the American lad has displayed
enough virility to beat his own country.
men at any game he proposes-barrinG
two. cricket and rowing. And these are
especially English. The American boy IL
distinctly not effeminated, but is the most
athletic and healthy in all the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-07

publican party expects every man to dc
his duty this year. 1t is plain as can be
that the strongest men in all the states
must be nominated for the important Of
hces to be filled. The skirmish line for
the great engagement Of 1912 is being
thrown out, and 1t L. most important to
the republicans that their skirmishers be
not driven in.
Let us suppose weak nomination for
governor made by the New York re-
publicans and the state carried by the
democrats. Suppose similar action and
result in Ohio, with the legislature going
with the governorship and a democrat
booked for Mr.. Dicks seat in the SEN
ate. Suppose another democratic legisla-
ture chosen in Indiana, and Mr. Bev-
eridge marked for retirement And then
suppose a democratic House chosen, and
explained as a popular verdict on the
Payne law. What chance would there
be for Mr.. Taft to succeed himself in the
White House? With the Presidents own
state. the Vice Presidents own state, and
the former pivotal state of Indiana, all
in the hands Of the democrats on the eve
Of the presidential contest. the odds would
be in favor Of the election Of q demo-
cratic President for the four years be-
ginning March 4, 1913.
Fortunately for the republicans, the
gravity Of the situation appears in time
for them to brush UP their thinking caps
and put them on. Will they improve the
time?