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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-12-26

The Eand Of England is expected to
reduce its discount rate. So, too, is
the Imperial Bank of Germany. In
Paris money is abundant, and the
year closes with the woEld's money IN
very good form.
Capital is Needed.
American requirements for new
capital are still very pressing and un.
less all signs are mistaken, the next
few weeks will witness considerable
offerings of new securities. Our rail-
roads are especially In need of funds
to carry cut projected Improvements
anil will ii possible make large de-
nands upon new capital supplies.
Their ability to finance new undertake
|ngs Is largely dependent upon the
treatment they receive at the hands
Of the interstate commerce commits
IGN. Fortunately there is every rea-
son to expect that they will receive
fair consideration and be allowed 10
make some advance In rates. The
situation Of the railroads is anything
but satisfactory. Traffic is already
beginning to decline and some of the
western roads are curtailing their ser
Wee and enforcing various economies.
III view Of the heavy increase of ex-
penses the future is one that will re,
quire considerable skill and patience
on the part of railroad managers. The
increase in Lehigh Valley dividend
from & to 20 per cent did not excite
any enthusiasm; therefore is no cri-
terion for other properties which may
have difficulty in maintaining pres
ent rate of dividends. The stock
touched 1870, but that is no higher
than 1t sold on 6 per cent basis.
The policy of raising the dividend at
this time was at least questionable,
considering the general railroad stu
aticn. There are some who think it
would have been better judgment for
the company to have shown some
favor to shippers as well as stock
holders.
Business is Quiet,
The Close of the year finds business
ina very quiet condition. Conserva-
tism prevails everywhere The steel
trade is still running at about one
hall its capacity in the cruder forms
ana there are no signs of early re-
yiyal in sight. Everything depends
on the railroads. Possibly if the lat
Ter place their bonds satisfactorily,
orders FOR cars, equipment etc., will
be forthcoming. The textile traders
are also quiet AMI efforts are being
made for general and concerted cur
tailment. There is nothing unsount
in the situation, but gradual set
Ting down process has begun, whicl
must run its course before real re
cbvery can be expected Economy is
now being practiced not only in bust
ness. but at the nome, and in nearly
every direction curative tendencies
arc at work which will in due season
pave the way for fresh forward
movement.
The stock market does not always
move in sympathy with business at
fairs. 1t often discounts events il
advance. The present depression in
trace has doubtless been fully antici
pated on the stock exchange; hence
the latter is more or less cheerful
while pess.imism prevails elsewhere
Should no unfavorable development;
lake place still further Improvement
is possible.
HENRY CLEWS.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-12-26
Facts From France.

Parisians eat nearly 100000 pounds
of mushrooms year,
There are 4,264 sons Of foreign ia
Tiers serving in the French army this
ar-excusive, be it understood. OF
the Foreign Legion, to which national
ity Is no bar iAr
wives OF the new French ministers
share In the honors conferred on their
husbands, the degree of Difference due
to them being infinitely established by
the "Protocole."
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-12-26
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.

The annual meeting Of the stock.
holders OF the Alexander County
Savings Bank OF Cairo, Illinois, will
be held at he Directors room In the
above named bank In the city Of
Cairo, Illinois, on Wednesday, Jan
nary 4, 1911, at 1880 o'clock for the
purpose of electing Board Of Direc
tors, and such other business as may
be brought before said meeting.
JAMES H. GALLdGAN,
Cashier +
Cairo, ILL.,, December 5. 1910
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-12-26
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD co

Christmas, New Years Holiday Fares
Round trip reduced rates will be
given to points on the line Of the III
nois Central, south Of the Ohio river
only. Tickets are on sale 18th, 2lst,
22nd, 23rd, gath. 25th and 31st. of De
cember, 1910, and the 1st Of January
1911. Final return limit January Sth,
1911.
A. RI. Hanson, Passenger Trafhc
:-anager; s. G. Ha,cn, General Pas
seuger Agent, Chicaro J. II, Jones
ticket agent, Cairo. III.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-12-26
Special.
New York, Dec. 20, 1910.

ANCW IOih, ISt. 80 ivlV'
A somewhat better tone has been
maintained in the security markets
during the past week, and this in
spite Of the inactivity which usual Y
develops during the holiday season.
Tie main cause for betterment mas
been the investment situation. This
Is probably more satisfactory than at
any time for several n ontns. The
decline in prices has brought many
securities to a level that now offers
more reasonable returns. Money is
easy, and the low rates obtained Hfor
l0anahle funds naturally divert atten-
ton to Understanding securities. For
this reason the bond outlook is much
brighter and there is already a larger
inquiry for desirable issues.
h.eavy Disbursements.
The January disbursements will be
larger than usual, being estimated as
high as $226,000,000; and fair pro
portion Of this sum always seeks re-
investment in Wall street. Another
encouraging feature Is the better de.
mand for American investments by
European buyers. There have been
fairly sberal sizes Of bonds to Europe
dining The last few days, and interna-
tional banking houses report condi-
tons as favorable to the further plac-
ling of good issres Many of our best
railroad stocks are now selling at
|prices which yield to 6 per cent
compared with to per cent when
they were at the top level. On bonds
the returns are also " to 1percent
better than formerly. All conditions
point to q continued ease In money
for some time to come. 1t Is possible
that the year-end payments may cause
a temporary furry, but no change OF
consequence in monetary conditions
seems probable between the middle OF
January, when funds return, and the
first of April This means period
of at least two and half months Of
monetary quiet; indeed We may be
facing a glut Of idle money. Whether
rates will decline sufficiently to per-
nit gold exports remains to be seen.
Exports and Imports.
Our foreign trade Is gradually as
Stunning more normal proportions, le-
cause imports have been falling and
EXPORTS rising. In November our ex-
9orts were $2CG,001,000, or over $12,.
100000 in excess Of last year. Our
imports for the month were s130,G0O,-
300, o. about $10,000,000 less than a
year ago. This left an excegs Of eX-
norts fer the month OF nearly &c.,
100000, compared with $53,500,001 a
year ago. It should not be forgot en-
however, that the large excess in ex-
ports was dre to the rushing fer.
ward of cotton in anticipation OF
trouble over the cotton bill Of lading
controversy. In al probability there
fore, cotton snipn ents will figure
lightly in forthcoming returns, espec-
ALLY as Lancashire is alredy well pro.
vided with cotton. The downward
tendency of commodities and slack
trade will, however, tend to stimulate
exports and discourage imports. AS
lheady stated, we are at present sell
Ing securities to Europe with more
freedom than usual, and these facts
should tend to prevent and premature
OF excessive gold effux during the
sarly months OF 1912. The monetary
situation abroad is also favorable.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-12-26
ILLINOIS CENTRAL
Corrected to December /, 1900
THE FAST MAIL ROUTE
Train Leaves Cairo.

Irxln Leaves cairo.
1:1s a. m. Daily Chicago veshbuls
limited, arriving Chicago 1O.4o a. N.
2:16 a. m. Daily st. Louie Night
limited, arriving st. Louis 1920 a. M
Sleeping car open at $3.50 .. m,
$3.50 o. m. St. Louis Special.
500 a. m. Chicago Daily Express.
11:l6 a. m. st. Louis Fast Mail
11:1E a. m. Chicago Midday Special
2:s5 p. M Afternoon Express for
ST. Louis, Odin, Effngham, Nation
and Champaign.
$40 D. m Thabes Accommodation, :
6:1s p. m Chicago and Eastern Hx-
press.
lG:18 D. m. Chicago night express.
arriving at Chicago 7:1B q. m.
a:zs a. m. Memphis and Nashville
s:25 a. m. Memphis and New Or
leans Lmited.
$40 a. m. Seminole Limited foi
Birmingham and Jacksonville, Fla.
600 a. IN. Paducah and Louisvills
1:41 .. m. Daily Memphis and New
, Orleans.
1.41 p. m Daily Nashville, Chats,
nooga and Atlanta.
4:so p. m. Fulton and kayfeid seS
comodatiou. @8N
! $3.50 p. m, Paducah and Louisvills
Sleeper Paducah to Louisville, open
at $3.50 p. m.
5:55 p. m. Memphis and New or
cans Special.
For through tickets, sleeping car
,ccomodations and further informs
ton epply at Illinois Central Psssen4
ger Station, Cairo, Ill.
]. n. JONES, Tlckst Agent
9 q. HATCH, q. p. A.,
/, A. X. Hanson, Pass. Traffic Mgr.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-12-26
The Wav II Works.

Elbow is that no tip hotel panning
outT'
Zine. Everybody lips on the sly
with view to getting ahead Of the
other guests, and the employees are an
happy."-Kansas City Journal.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-12-26
NOTICE.

Effective December 18th, 1910, the
Cairo e. Thehes Railroad COMPANY
will inaug,lrate local freight ssryic
ualng the Illinois Railroad & Ware
honse Commissions classification aua
tariff. All shipments must be pre-
,aid to destination.
Freight office Sixteenth street be
tween Washington avenue and Wal
nut street. Bell phone NO %
. r. A. SMITH. President.
w. L. PoMERoY, Agen..
Cairo. Tll, Dec 10th 1910
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-12-26
I'LL NOIS CENTRAL R.R.
Winter TOurisl IareS 1901

Cairo to Aberdeen, Miss. and
return ........ s..... ..SI3 ~
Cairo to Durant, Miss. and re-
turn .............. ........ III. lU
Cairo to Jackson, Miss. and
return .............. ...... lS.lh
Cairo to McComb, Miss. and
return ........... 1855
Cairo to Hammond, La. and re-
turn ........ ........ 2O.55
Cairo to New Orleans, La. and
return ....... .... 21.55
Cairo to Houston, Texas, and
| return $500. ...... 29-25
Cairo to Galveston, Texas, and
| return ............ ...... 81 rs
Cairo to San Antonio, Tex. and
return 1890. ......... "a so
Cairo to Austin, Texas, and
J return ...... ........ 49,. 81 40
Cairo to Corpus Christi, Texas,
and return ......... ...... 81 .o5
Cairo to I'll Paso, Tex. and re-
! turn ......... ......... SO 81
Cairo TO Jacksonville. Fla, and
return .s...... ...... 49,. 30 In
Cairo to Havana, Cuba, and re-
=. turn ......... .......... 81 So
And many other points in Florida
Texas, New Mexico, California.
Tickets on ale daily until April
20th, 1911, good returning until May
3lst, 1911.
| J. H. JONES,
Ticket Agent, Cairo, III
A. n. HANSON,
= p. 4. M. Chicago.
s, g. HATCH. g. p A., Chicago.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-12-26
As AlMays.

Mrs. Jawback--rm always ready to
listen to reason.
Mr.. Jawback-Huh!
Mrs. Jawback But I insist on de-
Gliding for myself what Is and what IL
not reason. Cleveland Leader.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-12-26

~ wish you'd quit reminding me az
your first wife, she complained Y =
"How. can help it, he replied
"she supported me twice as good las
you ever done San Francisco Chren'
icle.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-12-26
Street Treatment.

Hewitt Have they been treating
your street?
Jewett.-Yes they have been pouring
oil on the troubled cadam.--New
York Press.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-12-26
Handle apped.

I'VE plans for reading Tolstoy.
And gladly announce EN-.
I'd call for all his novels M
II ever could pronounce EN-.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-12-26
IA Push.

IT'S true we all must live and learn,
And those who fail will live to rue II,
For fortunes wheel will never turn
Unless you put your shoulder TO 1t.
New York Times.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-12-26

Don't love me when I'm dead and gone
And weep above my tomb.
IL you've blossom saved for me
Gimme the dad burned bloom.
Houston Post.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-12-26
The Riaht Combination.

A little pluck, little luck
A little nervy grin
And courage stout--with these look out =
The man Is bound to win.
Detroit Free Press.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-12-26

"How did You persuade your daugh-
ter to learn kitchen work?'
"By calling 1t domestic SCIENCE.
spokane Spokesman Review.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-12-26
Stocks. Bonds, Cereals

ACTIVITY WAS SHOWN IN SECURITIES
MARKET LAST WEEK THAN USuAL--JANuARY DiSBURSE
MENTs WILL LARGER THAN ORDINARILY - ESTIMATED
High AS ACKNOWLEDGMENT sITuATIoN-cAPITAL
$@ REQUIREMENTS STILL HEAvY-cLosE YEAR
ERAL BUSINESS IN QUIET CONDITION.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-12-26
Still Another.

Timely end recurrent hitting of the hay,
with equal promptitude and expedition
In shaking Morpheus matutinally may
Confer robustness. scads and erudition.
Chicago Tribune.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-12-26

Furnished rooms, 1918 Washington
avenue
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-12-26

The Cairo Bulletin covers the Cairo
territory thoroughly.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-12-26

FOR SALEHparber shop, Koken's
three chair combination outfit, also
one bath tub--any terms. /. A. Gour-
ley, Mounds, III.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-12-26

FOR SALE-Dry kindling, stove
wood and heating stove 'Sood. Apply
West Twsnty4first street. Bell phone
11s s. l.. Brown.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-12-26

FOR RENT--After January 1, 1911
cottage 5 rooms, bath. sol Walnut
street. Apply 315 Sixth street. e. g.
Pink. ~
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-12-26
ron SALE.

FOR SALE One OF the most mod.
err and spacious residences In
Cairo, IL rooms and two bath rooms
steam heat and modern improve
ments, grounds fronting 100 feet on
Walnut St., 100 feet on Tenth st.
One OF the most desirable and cen
trail locations in Cairo. Apply Winter
Bros.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-12-26

FOR SALE--Call 960 Bell phone
for all kinds Of Harrisburg coal. Dills
& Walker
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-12-26

Get all the news when II happens
BY reading The Bulletin
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-12-26
HELP WANTEp-FEMALE.

WANTED Good cook. Apply at
once 2l0G Walnut street.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-12-26
WANTED.
LOST

LOST-Female brindle bull dog,
ears and tail cut short. Answers to
Puppy or Tige. 623 Sixteenth.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-12-26
MISCELLANEOUS.

YOU are wanted for government
position. $4,000 month. Write for
list OF positions open. Franklin In
stitute. Dept. GLIB Rochester, N. Us
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-03-19

manders even in American waters Great Britain In 1903
declared blockade OF the European coast between Brest
and the river Elbe. Napoleon answered by decree
bockading coasts Of England, Ireland, Scotland and
ships accepting British protection paying British
duties.
These paralyzing blows to American shipping.
President the Wholesale seizure Of
ships by persuadng to forbid Amerf
vessels to engage In foreign trade
In 1872 when United States at last responded to
British outrages shipping by declaring war. the
shrink % vessels carrying SIS This small force
captured 254 British ships valued with their cargoes at
$6,600,000.
But the debt which America to her merchant
that second for Independence be partly
estimated by that the armed American privateer
numbered ST. with 1888 and captured 1900 Of the
enemys ships and cargoes valued at $Ss.o00.oo0.
spite Of the vexatious efforts Of Great Britain to In
jure maritime interests American shipping ccntn-
ued to Increase not only the magnificent packet
ships of the North Atlantic and the wonderful clipper
ships Of later day that to the American
shipyard aid sailor but the swness of American ships
and the and initiative Of their merchant
every in the rich Asiatc tradegave such
impetus to American enterprise that in 1851
shipping tonnage almost exactly eQualed the whole
mage of Great Britain
To-day our entire tonnage, including coastwise
trade from which all foreign ships excluded
onethird of the British tonnage, although foreign
trade has increased from S50Ss64S75 In 1861 S3316
2603 in 1907 Our foreign trade has increased to more
than six times its size in 1861 while ships In for
eign trade have shrunk from 2496.ss4 e40ose
tons.
American shipowners to-day frankly acmowlsdgs that
10 The nigh price of American labor both construe>
ton and operation of ships that has driven and 4 en-
driving our NAG from foreign trace
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-03-19

ton that have such Insignificant rank
salt water to-day?
The colonies let loose their upon the COM
merce Of their naughty enemy. Their merchant ships
had long carried cannon and gunners. Fighting was
part Of commercial seamanshp In those pratical days
dwindled down to nne while the American privateers
amounted to 449, with 6735 guns. all manned by
chant sailors and directed by private owners.
These armed merchant ships not only secured the
In all directions, sweeping British commerce away,
but they hung the British and captured
the linen vessels The linen feet passing between
Ireland England had be- for the first time con-
voyed by menofwar.
SO CALAMITY did the American privateers outwit or
outrun the kings cruisers and prey the kings
that before the end Of the they had captured
destroyed something like 900 worth of British
property to nothing of the terrific loss occasoned
by the general interruption of British commerce. And
things that the merchant ships built of American
in American shipyards and manned by American Sailors
made the pursesenstve British all the to
abandon the struggle with America.
What could the United States do to-day, under SINH
lar circumstances with practically deep merchant
marine and with steam navy that has to depend for
any unusual effort upon foreign ships foreign
to secure an adequate coal supplyf
1t is not fact that the American members Of The
Hague international conference continue plead with
other nations to goods carried in neutral
ships during war? And whyf because only 10 cent
OF American international commerce goes under the
American flag and must depend upon the flags Of
other nations to protect the other 80 per cent
In 1894 the tariff weapon used to protect Ameri
reduction in duties cargoes carried Americas ss
and, askcaA, added 10 cent. to the duties
chandise imported In foreign ships.
American shipbuldipg and ocsaA commsros grow ~
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-03-19

water and by sheer force of It's weight swept mile and
half into the gray fog against the combined power Of
four tugboats sent to stop It,
Magnificent! glorious! Yet the same week that saw
the largest and costiest bateshp in the world launched
under the American flag from American shpyard wit
messed the humliatng spectacle of two American mer
chant steamships Finland and Kroonand transferred to
the Belgian flag because they could not be operated with
loss under the American flag thus leaving only six
American steamships in the whole transatlantic trade
where once America supreme
The American navy has become the second naval
power while the American flag is being rapidly driven
from foreign trade of the world at time when inter
national commerce has assumed imperial proportions.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-03-19

seamanshp but what Is that to the continuous VIC
tories of merchantmen throughout the world to the
pride Of American ships that could outsa all rivals
lead In all trade and, when turned into means of
war. make the American flag terror in all waters?
It armed American merchant ships that para
lyzed British commerce In the struggle for indie
pendence
1t armed American merchant ships that humbled
the pride of England in the war of 1872.
In the beginning 1t only natural that civilized
Americans should become ship builders and sailors The
coonsts set the shores of the Atlantic with a
age. trackess continent behind them and before them
the great ocean, beyond which lay the civilization and
markets of Europe were out, of the very nature of
things drawn to the
They had forests Of the finest timber growing down
to the edge of the salt water and they
getic and practical people year after the Puritan
coonsts settled at Salem and Boston the armed trading
ship Blessing Of the Bay the first deep vessel Of
Massachusetts, built at Medford
In 1740 New England had at least thousand sail in
the fishing trade Commerce with Europe grew. In
1859 coonsts built 389 vessels with total tonnage
aggregating 10000 tons And there shipyards in
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island Connecti
cut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland
Virginia, North Carolina. South Carolina and Georgia
The British shipyards could not compete with Amer
ca The British forests largely depleted while the
Americans had glorious supply of white oak live oak
white pine yellow pine and all the materials save metal
fasenngs necessary for the construction ships grow
ing right at the margin Of the ocean.
English shpwrights swarmed across to the colonies
In 1874 shpbuilders of the Thames public
outcry against the departure OF their most skilled work
men to America
The mother country steadily worked to break the
American shipbuldins industry But all In vain.
At the time Of the revolution the tonnage Of Ansrt
can ships sos 900 TONS almost third Of the entire
British tonnage and American trade with the BzftA
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-03-19

the DarDarOuS COrSdiT poWoi Va suV
emperor OF Morocco and the hey OF
Tunis, leaving the waters OF the Med
iterranean safe for American ships.
At first the conflict between Napo-
leon and Great Britain compelled the
transfer of European ships to the
American flag. The carrying trade OF
Europe was in American hands.
Then the American sugar trade was
killed by a British blockade OF the
French and Dutch West Indies. The
British also searched our ships at sea
and impressed our sailors into their
navy under the claim that a natural
lied citizen of British birth was still .
Briton. In 1906 and 1907 there were
5000 Americans serving unwillingly
in the British navy. American NOR
chant ships were confiscated on all
sorts of pretexts. They were stopped
and searched by British naval COM
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-03-19

Indispensable"
We have set government 1000 miles from the
American continent; have developed an nterna
tonal commerce amounting to three and half bill
lion dollars, and insist being recognized
of the great world powers; yet swiftly are Amer
ships vanishing from the common highway Of
nations that we have to trust mails to alien ships
and our armed fleet must depend foreign flags for
coal
Meanwhile British and German rivals are
launching greater swifer merchant ships and the
people Of the United States face to face with the
plain fact that already nine-tenhs Of their foreign
trade is in foreign ships dependent upon foreign gov
ernments for protection.
between England and foreign nation Ger
many for example, would almost paralyze the ocean
transportation facilities of the United States and the
results would be
felt throughout NJ g.
the countr, In 49, FEXA - GIl
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-03-19
TIE YHLE CS.S. 1zRL5) Capturing
TIE s 1Hf/SH SIS. R/TT

enormously increased freight charges
There is brave. prosperous and
glorious past that makes the present
seem all the more weak and shame
full.
Nothing in the history of the Amer
lean people has more of the thrill of
romantic adventure, steady courage,
keen enterprise and shrewd, substan-
tial accomplishment than the story Of
the once matchless ships and seamen
Of the American merchant marine.
1t makes of blood run faster to-day
to know that no foreign yacht can
wroet tho uuaan,o c,yp From, Av,aricop