BY wilaaAJS a. bbkNARD
WIliMENOTUls. JM. C.
Tuesday ftLOBNXsro, Sept. 24.
AH ANOMALOUS CONDITION.
The New England Cotton Mill
men have been complaining about
dullness in business, small profits,
c, necesitating reduction of wages.
Some of them attribute this to the
competition of Southern mills,
which put their goods upon the
market at a lower price than the
New England mills can afford to do
it without losing money. The
remedy proposed by some is a na
tional law regulating the hours of
labor, making the day's labor uni
form throughout the country, which
means cutting off a couple hours
from the labor day in Southern mills,
which would, of course, increase the
cost of production unless wages were
reduced in proportion. But with
the reduction of hours there would
be a proportionate decrease of pio
duction and this would hare a ten
dency to raise the price of Southern
goods, the thing the New England
mill men want to see. We pub
lished something on this line Sun
day from Ctmton's Magazine, in
which the writer argued that it was
the duty of Congress to protect the
New England .mills from the compe
tition of the Southern mills, because
they had large capital invested
which s noma not oe jeopoaizea ana
made non-productive by the new
comers which '"enjoy advantages
the New England mills do not en
joy, and can therefore make goods
for less money than the New Eng
land mills can.
0
This protectionist holds that it is as
much the duty of Congress to pro
tect Northern mills (and this ap
plies with as much force to other
industries as it does to cotton mills),
from the cheaper labor of the South
as it is to protect American mills
from the "pauper labor" of Europe.
The pauper labor of Europe isn't
giving them near as much trouble
now as the "cheap" labor of the
South is.
. Demands like this are too absurd
to be seriously considered by any
One who is not personally interested
in handicapping Southern mills, but
it is seriously considered by the mill
men in New England, so much so
that Mr. Loring, one of their repre
sentatives in Congress, introduced a
bill in the early days of the last
Congress providing for a uniform
labor day in the mills throughout
the country. It was not seriously
considered in Congress, but if there
had been anything to be gained po
litically by it it might have been,
and if there were anything to be
gained politically by it it might be
yet. But New England is so solid
for the Republican party that the
political machine managers do not
see any present necessity for pander
ing to them and hampering the
Southern mills.
As suggestive, and bearing some
what on this question, we clip the
following from an editorial in the
Charleston News and Courier, based
upon a review of the cotton trade
for the past year by The Textile
World. It says :
"For many years we have 'con
sumed' more cotton than any other na
tion. The mills of Great Britain have
held first place in respect to the quan
tity of cotton manufactured into yarn
and cloth. They have manufactured
for export, while nearly all the cotton
goods made in the United States were
used at home. In 1890, however, it is
added, 'the mills of the United States
aaed mere cotton than those of Great
Britain.'
"While our mills, however, have
reached the point of consuming more
raw cotton than those of any other
nation, the fabrics produced by them
have been in excess of the 'require
ments of our population. This is
, shown by the condition of our do
ll mestic markets, where stocks of
I woven and knitted goods have de
i pressed prices below the cost
of manufacture.' There is a press
ing need for wider markets to take
"the surplus products of our cotton
mills,' and yet, curious to note, and it
is certainly a highly suggestive fact,
we are Importing over two dollars'
worth of cotton goods for every one
dollar's worth we export' In the
year ending with last June exports of
cotton goods amounted in value to
$19,200,000. Our imports of such goods
in the same time were valued at $40,
270,000. In other words, Europe sells
to us nearly as much of such goods,
in value, as it sells to South America,
and more than it sells to China; or it
sells to us about four times as much of
such goods as we have sold to China
in our best year, and twenty times as
much as we sell annually to South
America.
I "Some of the details are impressive.
Taking the latest statistics available
(those of 1898, or 1899,) for the purpose
of the comparison, and estimating on
the basis of values, we Imported' last
year three times as much 'cotton cloths'
as we export of 'cotton goods' of all
kinds annually to the Argentina,Chili,
Pern, Uruguay, Brazil and Mexico. In
the same year we imported more than
two and a half times as much knit
goods as we sold of cotton goods of all
kinds to those countries. And our to
tal imports of cotton goods were twen
ty times as much as our exports of such
goods to the same countries.
"The figures of our import and ex
port trade in cotton goods for the year
ending June 85th, 1901, according to
the paper we have quoted were:
I IMPORTS.
Laces, value $20,234,466
Cloths 6,116,605
Knit goods 5,461,704
Total $40,232,782
EXPORTS.
n nthi y&iiia ru is ns7
All others 4,933.131
Total $19,069,168
"So that, in fact, the value of the
lace goods alone imported into this
country last year was greater than that
of all the cotton goods we exported.
As the Textile World very f pertly re
marks: 'With many of our cotton
mills idle, this if an anomalous con
dltion of trade, and is calculated to
temper the enthusiasm caused by
viewing the valuation of raw cotton
exported in the same twelve months.'
We confess to some surprise at
these figures of imports, which are
just about twice as large as we
thought they were forty millions
dollars,' in round figures, instead of
twenty. There are two suggestive
points in this one of which the
New England mill men might
study to some purpose, while they
are whining about and scheming
to relieve themselves from Southern
competition; the other of which our
statesman who are asked to interfere
with and handicap our Southern
mills might study to Borne purpose.
First, we imported during the
past fiscal year ending June 30th,
$40,232,704 worth of cotton goods
twice as much as ' we exported.
Were there any of these goods which
are hot or cannot be manufactur
ed in this country? If they are not,
why not? and if they cannot be
what is the reason? Our New Eng
land mill operatives are skilful,
they have as good machinery, as
inventive genius has devised. They
ought to be able to makeany of
these imported goods and sell them
as cheaply as European manufac
turers can, for the tariff duties are
added to the foreign price and this
ought to enable any New England
manufacturer to duplicate them at
a lower price. If these goods were
made and supplied by the New Eng
land factories they would add forty
millions of dollars to their sales
and would have less occasion to
whine about Southern competition.
The next point is for our. states
men to consider. It is this. It is
generally conceded and also contend
ed by both Northern and Southern
mills that we need foreign markets
to dispose of the surplus that cannot
be consumed in this country. How
are we going to build up foreign
markets unless we can offer goods of
as good quality and at as low or a
lower price than the manufacturers
of other competing countries can ?
If the South with its "cheaper" la
bor can make goods at less cost than
the Northern mills can, then it is
the Southern mills which must be
depended upon to build up our for
eign markets. The more goods ship
ped to foreign markets the less for
surplus there will be in the home
market, and therefore the better for
the Northern mills. , Why then
should Southern mills be handicap
ped by passing laws to increase the
cost of production to them and make
it that much the more difficult for
them to compete with foreign mill
men in the markets we are trying to
build up ?
Isn't there something in this show
ing by The Textile World, and the
points it suggests, for our New
England mill men and their repre
sentatives in Congress to ruminate
upon ?
INTEREST IN EDUCATION.
There is no country in the world
where so much interest is taken in
the education of the people, from
the rudimentary to the higher edu
cation, as in this, and this interest
increases from year to year. As an
illustration of this, we clip from the
Atlanta Constitution the following
condensation of a report by the
United States Commissioner of Ed
ucation, which will be read with
interest:
- "In the United States at the present
time there are 629 colleges and uni
versities and forty-three technical
schools.
"Altogether the total value of the
property possessed by higher institu
tions of learning in this coutry aggre
gate $342,888,361, which shows an in
crease of $31,000,000 over the amount
for the year immediately preceding.
The endowment fund is fixed in the
aggregate at $154,120,590. Exclusive
of benefactions, the total income of
all the institutions foots up $27,937,
154. "During the years 1898 and 1899
gifts and bequests to higher institu
tions of learning amounted to $21,,
925,436. Not less than $2,500 is in
vested for each student at present en
joying the benefits of higher educa
tion in the United States.
"Going somewhat more into details,
it appears that the institutions in ques
tion have enrolled 147,164 students, of
which number 35,695 are taking clas -sicol
courses, 22,860 general culture,
9,858 science, 2,593 agriculture, 4,376
mechanical engineering, 2,550 civil en
gineering, 2,320 electrical engineering,
1,032 mining engineering, 927 archi
tecture and 9,501 pedagogy.
"Last year 15,087 degrees were con
ferred upon graduates, of which num
ber 10,794 were men and 4,293 were
women.
"From year to year the number of
students in attendance upon the insti
tutions of higher education is steadily
increasing. In 1870 there were 573
573 students to every 1,000,000 inhab
itants; in 1880, 770; in 1890, 850, and
in 1900, 1,190."
Nearly $400,000,000 is a large
sum to be invested in institutions of
learning and is a striking proof of
the interest taken in higher educa
tion, while our common, private and
denominational schools, not classed
as colleges or universities, are an
equally striking proof of the interest
taken m the education of the masses,
who cannot afford the higher educa
tion. And this is one of the main
causes of the progressiveuess, the
power and the greatness of this Re
public. SO GEOGRAPHIC LIKES. CZ
The opinion we expressed some
time ago that Mr. Roosevelt would
prove a broad-viewed and non-sec
tional President is supported by his
utterances in the past, but more es
pecially by his utterances since he
has become President, notably those
published in Thb Stab Sunday
morning. These show that he pro
poses to be not only a non-sectional
President, but that he has a very
cordial feeling for the South is
"Lmt th GOLD DUST
if you know how muoh oioanor
iLtn) auauir
makes everything about the house than soap does,
and how much less expense and work it requires,
you would use it exclusively. Try it on wash day or
when you clean house.
THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY. Chicago. St Louis. New York, Boston.
proved by the remark that he is proud
of the fact that his mother
was a Southern woman, and that
two of his uncles fought for the
Confederecy, which he would doubt
less have done if he had been in the
South and was old enough to bear
arms. With his assertive tempera
ment, and disposition to take his
part of the responsibilities of citi
zenship he couldn't have done other
wise. In politics he is a Republican, of
the stalwart kind, and he is not ex
pected to be less of a Republican
now that he has become President,
nor to take less interest in the suc
cess of his party than he did before.
All the country expects of him, and
all the South expects, is that he will
not make the success of his party
subordinate to the happiness and
prosperity of his country, his whole
country, and that he will act on the
principle that "he who serves his
country best serves his party best,"
an expectation that is much encour
aged by his recent utterances.
OUR SIXTY-NIHTH VOLUME.
With this number The Stab en
ters on its sixty-ninth volume, which
makes it thirty-four years old, the
oldest daily paper in North Caro
lina, and one of the oldest in the
South. Ab it has lived so long and
won the thousands of friends it has,
friends who have stood by it through
all the mutations of the times, by
standing for the right and the peo
ple, so it will in the future advocate
the right as it sees it, and labor for
the triumph of those principles
which it believes essential not only
to the prosperity of the South, but
of the whole country.
CURRENT COMMENT.
The stock of the Sugar Trust
is to be increased from $75,000,000
to $90,000,000. The value of Sugar
Trust stock depends upon the brit
tle thread of Congressional whim.
It is evident that the managers are
making ready for a safe exit for
themselves either in the event of
success or failure. Phil. Record,
Dem.
As one method of dealing
with anarchists, why not crop their
hair, give them a good scrubbing in
hot water and soap, and then put
them to work. This might be
humiliating, and they might possess
only enough sense to dig holes in
the ground, but it would keep them
from standing on street corners and
getting in back rooms preaching
their murderous doctrines. Macon
Telegraph, Dem.
"Of the million pensioners,"
it is noted by the Boston Journal,
700,000 live in the States of Illinois,
Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Massachu
setts, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska,
New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and
Wisconsin." These twelve States,
therefore, get about $100,000,000 of
the annual pension bounty. It is a
valuable crop and a regular, comes
easy and is all net profit. They
ought to be prosperous. And they
are. Charleston News and Courier,
Devi.
According to report, Lord
Kitchener will soon proceed to sell
the farms of Boer soldiers if his proc
lamation of the 15th of this month
does not yield better results. No
doubt, the Boers regard their farms
as gone, anyhow, unless they can
win in this struggle. With all of
Lord Kitcheners proclaiming and
threatening, the war does not end.
Beating the Dutch is a hard task.
The only man who ever did it satis
factorily was Oliver Cromwell, who
was something of a Boer himself.
Norfolk Landmark, Dem.
Millions Given Away.
It is certainly gratifying to the pub
lic to know of one concern in the
land who are not afraid to be gener
ous to the needy and suffering. The
proprietors of Dr. King's New Discov
ery for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds, have given away over ten mil
lion trial bottles of this great medi
cine; and have the satisfaction of
knowing-it has absolutely cured thou
sands of hopeless cases. ' Asthma,
Bronchitis, Hoarseness and all diseases
of the Throat, Chest and Lungs are
surely cured by it Call on R. R.
Bellamy, Druggist, and get a 10c
trial bottle. Regular size 60 cents and
$1. Every bottle guaranteed or price
refunded. t
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SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Concord Tribune: Pleas Mc-
Daniell, the white man who is wanted
in Iredell county for an alleged as
sault upon a small white girl near
Mooresville. is thought to be in Cabar-
8us. McDaneiil formerly lived in this
countv and married near Pioneer
Mills. Officer Deaton, of Mooresville,
went to Harrisburg Friday night and
hopes to catch the man.
Washington Gazette: From all
parts of the county comes the news
that the cotton crop is short, and the
Dresent rainy spell will make it still
shorter, but the corn crop will be at
least an average crop, better than last
year. Sweet potatoes are poor. One
farmer stated to us that he dug a place
twenty feet sduare and did not get a
peck of good'potatoes. The pea crop
is short; while there is a large growth
of vines, while peas are conspicuous
for their absence. Taking it upon a
whole, the general crop this year will
be a short one.
Mount Olive Advertiser : Gabe
Best, a white man aged about 40 years,
who resides near Dudley, was tried
last Wednesday to answer the charge
of assault upon the eleven year old
daughter of Mr, K. C. Vann. He con
fessed his guilt upon the stand; there
being no variance between the testi
mony of the victim and the defendant.
He was admitted to bond, but while
the papers were being prepared, Best
walked out of the room where the trial
was held and made his escape.
Kinston Free Press: The birds
from the northern parts of the United
States have commenced their annus
migration to the warm regions of the
tropics. They can be heard now,
every night as they fly high in the air,
above our town chiruping as they go.
Tuesday morniDg little Harry Lewis
found one of them fluttering along
his mother's yard fence. The little
traveller was so worn out and tired
that he could not fly. Harry took
him into the house, where he has him
now on exhibition. He is a little
beauty, entirely different from from
any birds in this section
Raleigh News and Observer:
On many of t! e streets of Raleigh
Friday morning were found dead
young birds. It is supposed that the
cold of the previous night killed
them. The birds are about the size of
an English sparrow, and have yellow
markings on their throats. It is
said that owing to the failure of crops
many people in the country, especial
ly farmers who do not own their
land, are talking of moving to fac
tory towns to get work. The fruit
crop this year is short, and even those
farmers who succeeded in raising ap
ples and peaches have been unable to
make much use of them. The con
tinued rains and cloudy weather pre
vented the fruit being dried and hun
dreds of bushels have rotted under the
trees. Reports from Richmond
and Robeson and others of the larger
cotton-growing counties in the State
are to the effect that cotton is being
badly damaged by boll-worms. Mr.
W. E. Crosland, one of the peniten
tiary directors, estimates the damage
he has sustained from this cause on
his large farm in Richmond county
at several thousand pounds of seed
cotton. The worms so far have only
attacked the rankest of his cotton.
What is your idea of a man of
honor f A man of honor, said the
French nobleman, throwing out his
chest; is one who will pay his wine
bill and card debts, even if he has to
marry in order to get the- money.
Washington Star.
Working Nlffht and Day.
The busiest and mightiest little
thing that ever was made is Dr. King's
New Life Pills. Every pill is a sugar
coated -globule of health, that changes
weakness into strength, listlessness
into energy, brain fag into mental
power. They're wonderful in build
ing up the health. Only 25 cents per
box. Sold by R. R. Bellamy, Drug
gists, t
It has been fully demonstrated
that Ely's Cream Balm is a specific for
Nasal Catarrh and cold In the head.
This distinction has been achieved
only as the result of continued sue
cessful use. A morbid condition of
the membrane in the nasal passages
can be cured by the purifying and
healing treatment. Sold by druggists
or it will be mailed for 60 cents by
Ely Brothers, 86 Warren street, New
York. It spreads over the membrane,
is absorbed and relief is immediate, t
For Over Fifty Tears
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for over fifty years by mil
lions of mothers for their children
while teething with perfect success.
It soothes the child, soften the gums,
and allays all pain ; cures wind colic,
and is the best remedy for diarrhoea.
It will relieve the poor little sufferer
immediately. Sold by druggists in
every part of the world. Twenty-five
cents a bottle. Be sure and ask for
"Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup,
and take no other kind.
ATLANTA, GA-, NOV. 19, 1900.
We have bandied Dr. Moffett's TEETH IN A
(Teething- Powders) ever since its first Intro
duction to the public and trade as a proprietary
medicine, and oar trade In It has steadily in
creased from year to year until our orders now
amount to two or three hundred gross per year
which is a very strong evidence ol Its merit and
the country, for they say that nothing so effect
ually counteracts the effects ot the summer's
Ji?ii3?Sor, I5TS?mes 80 Hlly the troubles
Incident to teething.
THE LAMAB & RANKIN DRUG CO.,
T Wholesale Druggists
Bean the
Signature
of
Tha Kind You Have Always
TWIINKLFNflS
Worked Up: "I understand
you made money in that stock deal.'1
' Yes, I came out on top." "How did
you manage it?" "Got in on the
ground floor." Puck.
Not Her Choice: "So May re
fused that young M. D.?" "Yes, she
says she isn't quite sick enough of her
maiden name 4o have a doctor."
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
- Quarryman "Biddy !" His
Wife "Phwat do ye want now,
sure?" Quarryman "Pour some ker
osene on th' fire an' maket it hot soOi
can thaw out me dynamite." N. Y.
Weekly.
She Was It: Mr. Gallent, you
are something of a student of human
nature, began Miss Bewchus coly.
Ab. but now, he interrupted, flashing
bg bold black eyes upon her, I am a
divinity student.
Early Suspicions: He When
did she begin to fear that he had mar
ried her for her money? She Well,
I believe her suspicions were first
aroused when she had to fee the min
ister. Puck.
Greene "That fellow in the
short coat was a wonderfully fluent
talker." Gray "Yes, I was wonder
ing whether he was a labor agitator or
only just a prize-fighter." Bost on
Transcript.
Jimmie's Query: "All of you
who never told a lie raise your hands,"
asked the teacher of her small pupils
"Please, ma'm," piped in little Jim-
mie. "Is it a lie if nobody finds it
out." lAfe.
"I suppose you have said some
things you were sorry for." "Oh,
yes," answered Senator Sorghum. ' 'I
have occasionally said 'ten dollars'
when five would have brought results
just as well. Washington star.
Done in Colors Clara "I was
surprised to see so much paint on your
face last night I never saw anything
like it in my life," Maude "Well, if
you can't afford to buy a mirror I'll
lend you one. Untcago lyews
Mrs. Oldboy "Oh, you needn't
talk, John. You were bound to have
me. You can't say that I ever ran
after you." Oldboy "Very true,
Maria. And the trap never runs after
the mouse, but it gathers him in all
the same." Tit-Bits.
Helpful Hints: "Are you the man
who used to write articles about 'How
to Live on Ten Dollars a Week.'""
asked the caller of the Dale gentleman
with the bulging brow. "I am he,"
responded the pale gentleman. "Well,
say, won't you give us one "Mow to
Build a Thousand Dollar Cottage For
Five Thousand Dollars?" Judge.
Thi Squire and the gamming TJp.
' At a lawyers' dinner In Buffalo one
of the best stories told was of Squire
Murray, who weighed 300 pounds and
who was born in Ireland, was in the
whisky business here and held his
court on the Terrace. The courtroom
was like a courtroom In Ireland. The
bench was five feet from the floor,
wJth a chair whose back reached to the
ceiling. The trimmings of the room
were all green. Mr. Lockwood and
Judge Beckwith were trying out a
case before the squire. There was no
jury. At the close the squire paused.
"Do you wish to sum up?" he asked.
"I leave it all with your honor," said
Mr. Lockwood, who advises young law
yers with a ticklish cause and friendly
face on the bench to do likewise.
"111 sum up," said Judge Beckwith.
"Very well," replied Squire Murray.
"While you're at it I'll slip down in
Murray Bros.' and have a drink with
Lockwood. But I'll be back before you
finish."
The squire and Mr. Lockwood went
out. The squire was In search of the
spirit of the law at the root of the law.
Mr. Lockwood thinks they bad a drink.
On the stairs, half way back to the
courtroom, with the echo of Beckwith's
voice sounding in their ears, the squire
stopped.
"Lockwood," said he, "you've won
your case."
Then they went in and heard Beck
with finish summing up. Buffalo Ex
press. Methodical Punctuation.
Speaking of W. H. C"Coin") Harvey,
a Chicago man said:
"An amusing incident took place
while Harvey was editor of Coin, a pa
per which he published in Chicago.
Harvey, In talking to one of his part
ners, took exception to the want of
punctuation in the paper. There isn't
enough punctuation,' he complained,
'and Coin doesn't look right without it
There ought to be a comma once in so
often, then so often a colon, and all
the rest. Don't you think bo? he wound
up appealingly.
"I do, indeed,' heartily replied the
partner, who was not wholly devoid of
humor. 'That's a great idea of yours,
Harvey. If I were you,' he suggested,
'I'd draw up a rule to that effect.'
"Harvey thoughF it over, and the
thought commended Itself. The next
day, therefore, a rule reading some
what as follows was posted in the of
fice of Coin: 'Hereafter it is the rule of
this office that articles appearing in the
columns of this paper must be punctu
ated as follows:" Every 12 words shall
carry a comma; every three lines a
semicolon; every four lines a colon; ev
ery five lines a period; exclamation and
question marks may be Used as hereto
fore. The employees of this paper will
please observe this order.' " New York
Tribune.
Real Nice Bathing;.
It may be doubted if a tub bath in
Jamaica is a luxury. The bathhouses
make a brave show to a row of low
brick buildings in the rear of the ho
tels, each little house with a big stone
tank for a bathtub.
I went out to see the baths on my
first day in Kingston and was surpris
ed to see a sign nailed against the wall
bearing the words:
"Gentlemen Are Requested Not to
Use Soap In the Baths."
"Why are gentlemen requested not to
use soap In the baths?" I asked the ho
tel clerk, a dignified young woman of
dark complexion.
"Because it soils the water and makes
It unpleasant for the next bather," she
said.
"But do your guests all bathe in the
same water?" I asked. .
"Oh, yes," she replied. "You see, the
tanks are so large and the pipes are
small. It takes all night to fill the
tanks, and the water has to last all
day."
Where the Gmilt Lay. -
'Tpon say the play was entirely with
out a villain?
"Yes that is. If you choose to omit
the author." Indianapolis Press.
Curiously, the men who are easiest to
get along with are the very men who
have no faculty for getting along. De
troit Journal.
About Rlft-mt.
No man should ever make excuses to
a woman who loves him. Let him say
he Is sorry and loves her, and ahe will
make the excuses and accept tfcem too.
New Lippineott.
TORIA.
TL- t J as
Bears the
Signature
of-
J9 ma wna too Have Always
Jewel Storoa
R. H. BEERY, 10
Prismatic Color.
Mrs. Opie", the widow of the great
portrait painter, whom some one has
called the "inspired peasant," never,
even in her old age, lost her love of
bright colors. A little girl, Emma
Martin, afterward known in literature
as Emma Marshall, visited her one day
and experienced a rare pleasure. She
says:
On a screen In her drawing room
were hung a number of prisms, which
were suspended from chandeliers' be
fore the bell shaped globes came into
fashion. I sat on a stool at my moth
er's feet, wondering what those long
bits of glass could mean. Presently the
brilliant rays of the western sunshine
filled the room.
"Now," said Mrs. Opie, "thou mayst
run over to that screen and give it a
shake."
I did as 1 was bidden. "Be gentle,"
said my mother in a warning voice,
but I gave the screen a vigorous shake.
Emerald, rubv and violet rays danced
on the walls and celling and delighted
me so intensely that I kept repeating
the nroeess: then my mother, afraid of
mischief resulting, came and drew mo
hack to her side. Mrs. Opie looked at
me and said:
"If thou lovest brlcht colors, thee
will never see anything more beautiful
than the rainbow God sets in the sky."
The Important Thlnar.
"Do you think it makes much differ
ence which planet a person Is born un
der r
"Not a bit, so long as he keeps on the
earth." Town and Country.
If a man is treated well at home, he
would rather eat at home and sleep at
home and loaf at home than anywhere
else. Atchison Globe.
It is never too late to learn, but when
a man thinks he knows it all that set
tles it. Chicago News.
WHOLESALE PRICES CURRFJ!
tar The following Quotations represent
Wholesale Prices generally. In maslng tip
small orders hlshnr Drtcee have to be charged.
The quotations are arways given as accurately
as possible, but the Stab will not be responsible
for any variations from the actual market price
of the articles anoted
BAQGINO
8 1 Jute
7
2
6
14
10
9
9
fW.
1 45
1 45
1 50
1 50
Standard......
Burlaps
WIS TERN SMOKED
Hams 9
Bides 9
Shoulders 9
DBY SALTED
Bides
Shoulders
BARBELS Spirits Turpentine
9 I
9 C
Second-hand, each 1 35
Second-band machine 1 35
New New York, each. ......
New city, eacn
BRICKS
Wilmington f M 6 50 7 01
Northern 9 00 14 00
BUTTER
North Carolina V 15 18
Northern 22 28
CORN MEAIi
Per bushel. In sacks 75 77
Virginia Meal...., 75 77H&
OOTTON TIES handle 1 30 1 35
DANDLES V ft
Sperm 18 25
Adamantine 8 11
OOFFEE 9
Laguyra 11 124
Bio SO U
DOMESTICS
Sheeting, 4-4, V yard O ' CM
Tarns. f bunch ot 5 fl3 .... o
ISH
Mackerel, No. 1, barrel. . .
Mackerel, No. l, 9 half-bbl.
Mackerel, No. 2, barrel...
Mackerel, No. 2 half-bbl..
Mackerel, No. 3, W barrel...
Mullets, V barrel
Mullets, ft pork barrel
N. O. Roe Herring, V keg. .
&::::::::::::
23 oo
11 00
16 00
8 00
13 00
4 50
8 00
( 00
6
4 00
3 00
3 25
3 60
4 25
8
79
77
50
75
85
4
10
9
1 CO
40
90
90
J8
80 00
15 00
18 00
9 00
14 00
4 75
9 00
5 25
10
5 00
fLOUR
Low grade ...
Choice
Straight .
First Patent
3 25
3 50
3 85
4 50
10
60
78
55
80
90
GLUE 9 .
GRAIN bushel -
&
O
Corn, from s tore, bjrs White
Mixed Corn
Oats, from store (mixed)..
Oats, Rust Proof
Cow Peas
HIDES 9
ureensaitea
Dry flint
Drvsalt ...
5
11
10
HAY 9 100 s
no l Timothy
Rice Straw
Eastern
Western .......
North River...
N. C. Crop
1 05
95
90 -80
14
13
123
1054
10
1 25
HOOP IRON. 9
CHEESE 9
Northern Factory
Dairy Cream........
Half cream
12K
12
10
LARD. t
Northern
North Carolina
y
:5
LIME, 9 barrel
LUMBER (city sawed) 9 M X
snip Bran, resawea
Rough edge Plank . . :
west India cargoes, accord
lng to Quality
Dressed Flooring, seasoned
Scantling and Board, cora'n
18 oo
15 oo
13 00
13 00
14 00
SO 00
16 00
18 00
22 00
15 00
MOLASSES. gallon
Barbadoes, in hogshead. . . .
Barbadoes, in barrels
Porto Rico, in hogsheads. . . .
Porto Rico, In barrels
Sugar House, In hogsheads.
Sugar House, in barrels. . . .
Bvruu. In barrels
20
39
12
14
16
2 35
81
83
14
15
25
2 45
HAILS, keg, Cut, 603 basis. . .
PORK. V barrel
City Mess
Rump.......
Prime
s
17 50
17 00
16 50
22
1 25
1 10
1 05
60
6
s
4
4
14 09
10 00
9 00
5 00
6 60
7 50
8 50
ROPE. 9t
11
SALT, 9 sack. Alum
Ldverpooi
American.
On 125 V Sacks
96
95
50
5
5
494
4
3M
6 00
SUGAR, Standard Gran'd
Dtanaara A....... .......
White Extra O
Extra C, Golden
O Yellow.
BOAP, 9 1 Northern
STAVES. 9 M W. O. barrel. . . .
n. o. Hosrsheaa
TIMBER. 9M feetr-ShlDDlne..
8 00
uommon mm -. oo
Fair mill 5 00
Prime mill 6 so
Extra mill 8 00
SHINGLES, N.C. Cypress sawed
V m oxvt nearc... o s
" Sap 5 50
5x2o;Heart 3 50
" San... 2 60
7 00
6;00
4 00
300
10
WHISKEY. 9 gallon Northern 1 oo
. MARINE DIRECTORY.
but of TwMb in tk Port of WU-
slactom it. c, September 24t 1 901 .
8TEAMSHII-D.
Linwood, (Nor) 1,056 tons, Stubbs,
Heide & Go.
Roxby, (JBrX 1,964 tons, Shields, Alex
ander Bprunt ec Bon.
SCHOONERS.
Chas O Lister, 267 tons, Moore, by
master.
Eva A Danenhower, 217 tons, John
son, oj master. ,
BASQUES.
cordia, (Nor) 628 tons, Salvesen,
Jewel
Stoves
and
Ranges
Keep
tha
Continent
Comfortable
Famous for thirty-Are yean.
Three, million in use. Su
perior in point of efficiency,
5url.'Ulty and appearance
to any stove or range made.
The only atore that scientifi
cally radiates the heat and
Sires the user absolute con
trol. It eaves money every
day by its perfect com
bustion. Uses less coal
ires more neat. oia vj
line aeaiers everrwnera.
I
re sM by
Market St., Wilmington, N. C.
COMMERCIAL.
WILMINGTON MARKET.
(Quoted officially at the closing ot the Produce
jsxcnanKe.j
STAB OFFICE, September 23
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market
fctady at 33 &c per gallon for machine
-. 1 . , 2
maae casks; notning aoing in coau
try casks.
ROSIN Nothing doing.
TAR Market firm at $1.35 per bbl
of 280 lbs.
CRUDE TURPENTINE Market
quiet and steady at $1.00 per barrel for
bard, $1.90 for dip, and lor virgin,
Quotations swne day last year
Spirits turpentine firm at 3736jc;
rosin steady at $1.15l-20; tar firm at
$1.40; crude turpentine firm at $1.10
2.10.
RECEIPTS.
Spirits turpentine 47
liosin 620
Tar 169
Crude turpentine 80
Receipts same day last year 63
casks spirits turpentine, 90 bbis
rosin, 94 bbls tar, 21 bbis crude tur
Ientine.
OOTTON.
Market nrm on a basis of oc per
pound for middling. Quotations
Ordinary . 5 7-16
Good ordinary, 6 15-16
Low middling 7 7-16
Middling 8
Good middling 8 5-16
Same day last year, market
cts ft
firm at
lOJc for middling.
Receipts 553 bales; same day
year, 4,316.
last
f Corrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce
uommission merchants, prices representing
tuose paia ior proance consigned to uommis
sion MerchantsJ
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS North Carolina, firm.
Prime, 60c; extra prime, 65c per
busnel of Z8 pounds; fancy, 7075c.
Virginia Prime, 55c; extra prime,
60c: farcy, 65c. Spanish. 75c.
CORN Firm; 75 to 77c per bushel
for wnite.
N. C. BACON Steady ; hams 13 to
14c per pound; shoulders, 11 to 12c;
sides, 11 to 12c.
EGGS Firm at 1718c per dozen.
CHICKENS Firm. Grown, 25 to
30c; springs, 1020c.
TURKEYS Nothing doing.
BEESWAX Firm at 26c.
TALLOW Firm at 56c per
pound.
SWEET POTATOES Nothing do
ing. ;
FINANCIAL MARKETS.
Bv Telegraph to the Horning Star.
new YORK. Sept. 23. Money on
call steady at 34J& per cent.; the
iast loan 2 per cent, and tbe ruling
rate 4 per cent. Prime mercan
cantile. paper 56 per cent. Sterling
rxchange firm, with actual business in
bankers' bills at 485H for demand
and 482 for sixty days. Posted
rates were 483 and 486. Com
mercial bills 482482X- Bar silver
53H. Mexican dollars 45. Govern
ment bonds strong. State bonds
inactive. Railroad bonds irregular. U.
S. refunding 2's, reg'd, 108'; U.
S. refu'g 2's, coupon, 109; U. 8.
2's, reg'd, ; U. 8. S's, re'd, 108; do.
coupon, 108; U. S. 4's, new reg'd,
1394; do. coupon, 139; U. & 4's,
bid reg'd, 112; do. coupon, 113; U.
8. 5's, do. reg'd, 108; coupon, 108;
Southern Railway S's 116. Stocks:
Baltimore & Ohio 102. Chesapeake
& . Ohio 46; Marhattan L 122?$;
N. Y. Central 156 X ; Reading 41 X ; do.
lstpref'd76X;do. 2nd pref'd 53; St.
Paul 162 Ji; do. prefd, 188; Southern
R'way34; do. prefd 88; Amalga
mated Copper 90; American Tobacco
; People's Gas 108; Sugar 124;
T. C. & Iron 61; U. S. Leather
12 ; do. prefd, 80 ; Western Union
91 ; U. S Steel 42 ; do. preferred
92 H ; Mexican National 13. Stand
ard Oil 758763; Virginia-Carolina
Chemical Co.,60; do preferred 123.
Baltimore, Sept. 23. Seaboard Air
Line, common, 2728; do, pre
ferred, 50M50. Bonds 4's 84 asked.
NAVAL STORES MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
NEW YORK. SeDt. 23. Rosin auiet.
Spirits turpentine steady.
uhabIiEston, isept. 23. Spirits tur-
oentine dull : nothing dninc? mi nida
tions omitted. Rosin unchanged.
Savannah Sept23. Spirits turpen
tine was firm at SSSn. rpnnints 859
casks; sales 1,233 casks; exports 200.
casks. Rosin firm rAr.Aints2.7S9 barrels:
sales 1,458 barrels; exports 3,677 bar-
I A Tk dt A-m rr T A-t aa "TO A-ff ifWf .
re is. tx, u, u, fi uu; i;, uu; su, a uo;
,tnu; vjr, jl xo x ao i, x ou , xv,
$1 80; M, $2 25; N. $2 75; W G, $3 15;
W W, $3 50.
COTTON MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star
Nfw Vnmr Rant 9.9. Cnirn fi,
InrAB nnpnpH stAnrlv with nricAa threa
to six points lower, the latter in sym-
. 1 !ll 1 V 1
painy wuu weax i-iiverpooi caoies.
Immediately after the call a bullish
feeline develoned in the local nit and
outside buying orders made their
appearance. Prices responded to this
support readily, and by 10:30 were
1 1 . 11 -1 f l m .
dhck to me ciosmg dios oi Saturday
with the ton A firm. THa
ment was phenomenally light at near
lv all noints
cold ' wave was seen to have
made its appearance in the North
west. Trade reports were very
satisfactorv. tmnt mm-lrnti Qnnfi.
holding their own, export takings and
weruera were increasing rapidly
the New York stock again lost two
thousand haiM. nrnrt nn.l. J
- -"--I -t- la HEiO UOI
cidedly bullish and estimates for this
bomsuu s yueia Bunerea from further
pruning. Speculation was tome and
bull leadership or importance was
lacking. Prices further weakened in
tne last hair hour, under room liquid
dation and South am nlHn f
account and closed barely steady ten
imiuB luncr.
New Tory Snt qq nni .
middling uplands 8Xc-
Cotton flltlirAB mnrfe-At nnaaA a(a.J.
aa follows: September 7.63, October
7.62, November 7.64. December 7.67.
January 7.68, February 7.68, C
7.69, April 7.69, May 7.70. la"
- Spot cotton -closed quiet and i vM-P
lower; -middling uplands 8Xc- SfM$&
a ting guu 07m; , bic oo oaies J f
Net receipts bales; gross rer V
8,322 bales; stock 81,611 bales 'l 5 W
Total to-day Net receipt 22
bales; exports to Great Britain ii A
bales; .exports to France i 263 3
exports to the Continent 8,480 W1
stock 289,703 bales.
Consolidated Net receipts 40,, :. ' ."
bales; exports to Great Britain sf ; i
bales; exports to France 2,763 b' '
exports to the Continent 8,580 bar
Total since September 1st. -Net "
ceipts 271,910. bales; exports to a?
Britain 84,107 bales; export . V:
France 14,006 bales; exports tn '
Continent 66,764 bales. '
Sept. 23.---Galveston. auiet m 0, ,J 'mi
net receipts 856 bales;' Norfolk a
at 8c,uet receipts 1,448 bales- rv.-
bales; Boston, firm at 8 5-16c net
ceipts bales; Wilmington grmf
8c, net receipts 553 bales; Philadelnk -"
quiet at 8jc, net receipts 1,915 bal
Savannah, steady at 7c, net rea. I
3,705 bales; New Orleans i
at 8Hc, net receipts 5,699 bales-k
bile, quiet at 7c. net receipts ?
bales; Memphis, steady at 8c n.i
ceipts 2,845 bales; Augusta, steadv
7 15-16c net receipts 1.399 k.1
Charleston, firm
at 7 1316c,
ceipts 932 bales,
net
PRODUCE MARKETS.
$
By Telegraph to the Morning Btar
New YoRK,Sept.23. B'lour-mari
was fairly active and steady. Rye g''
steady. Wheat Spot steady : No 9
uuuuus uiuseu steady. gaif
No. 2 red May closed 79c ; Septet
closed 74c; October closed 74c- n
cember closed 76. Corn Spot W
No. 2- 63c. Options closed fi,
Sales included: May closed 64
September closed 64c; October cloT
63; December closed 64c. Oats-gt
steady; No. 2 4041c. Options fair
active and steadier. Lard steady W(.
era steam $10 55 ; refined steady.' B5
ter was steady; creamery 15&2.'
State dairy 1420. Cheese stror'
fancy large white 9c; fancy sou'
white 99Xc. Pork firm Tall,,
firm. Coffee Spot Rio quiet; No 7 ..
voice 55c. Cabbage steady ;L,oti
Island flat Dutch, per 100 $4 00 5 (;
Eggs firm ; State and Pennsylvai .j
2122c; Western candled 182
Peanuts 'Tarket steady; fancy ham
picked 4ic; other domestic 2
Sugar Raw steady; refined steady
Rice steady. Potatoes Market steadV
Jerseys $1 752 25; Long Island t2v
2 50; Jersey sweets, yellow, $2 25k
2 75 ; New York $2 25. Freights to Li
erpool Cotton by steam 10c. Cott
seed-oil was more active and stronger
Prime crude, in barrels nominal; pri 'r
summer yellow 42c; off summc
yellow 40c; prime white 45; prime
winter yellow 45c.
Chicago, September 23 Bearis,1-,
statistic and conditions in genera;
prevailed at the opening of a quiet s
sion on the Board of Trade to day.
December wheat closed Jc uncer
Saturday, December corn ic higher
and December oats Jc up. Provisions -closed
a shade to 5c higher.
Chicago, 8ept.23. Cashquoiatiois ,
Flour was steady. Wheat No. 2
spring c; No. 3 spring 67673
No. 2red 7071. CorE-No.2-t;
yellow 58M59c. Oats No. 2 36a
38&c; No. 2 white 38f38Xe; Nn. s '
white 38M39c. Rye No. 2 5556c.
Mess porir, per barrel, $14 9515 00.
Lard, per Km? -lbs, $10 07 10 121-:.
Short rib sides, loos, $8 909 10. ! ?
salted shoulders, boxed, $7 52'787&
Short clear sides, boxed, 19 50&9 60
Whiskey Basis of high wines, $1 so.
The leading futures ranged as
lows opening, highest, lowest
closing: Wheat No. 2 Septem!r
68, 683, 68. 68a68&c; Decern
ber 70H70tf , 71, 71X71, 708
70c; May 74. 74J, 73 73, 7iK
74Mc. Corn No. 2 September 56&
58, 66J4, 58MJ; December 58, 59,
58X, 5959Kc; May 60M60H, 60)1
60, 605661c. Oats-No. 2Septem'(r
34,35,34, 3535c; Decern Iw
36,36, S6&, 3636Mc; May SS
38H, 38tf, 38, 38&c. Pork, per bbi
October $14 82, 15 00, 14 82, 14 97;
January $16 40, 16 35, 16 25, 16 30;
May $16 40, 16 45, 16 40, 16 40. Lar ,
per 100 lbs September $10 17,
10 17, 10 10, 10 10; October $10 07.
10 10. 9 90, 10 20H; January $9 67,
3 67J. 9 55, 9 55; May $9 67, 9 67,
9 9 57X. Short ribs per 100fc-
September $9 00, 9 05v 8 87i 8 9?;
October $8 90, 9 00, 8 90, 8 97 ; Jan
uary $8 47, 8 50, 8 40, 8 45; May
$8 50, 8 55, 850, 8 50. I
F0REI6N KARKtV.
By Cable to the Morning ; ;
Liverpool. Sent. 23. 4:30 P. K.
Cotton: Spot, moderate business;
prices l-16d lower; American add
dling fair 56d ; good middling 4 29
S2fl? mirlrllinor dSA. low middlini?
4 13-32d; good ordinary 4 3-32d; ordi
nary 27330:. The sales or tne cay .
were 10,000 bales, of which 600 bales 0
were for speculation and export ud ,
included 9.000 halos American, lif-
ceipts 6,000 bales, including 5,200
Dales American.
Futures onaned arsv and cloii
quiet but steady; American middling I
(1. m. c.) September 4 30-64 4 31-64d
seller; October (g. o. c.) 4 23-644 24
b4d seller; October and JNovemoer
4 19-644 20-64d- seller; November
and Deriftmhftr 4 17-64d buver: Dt-
cember and January 4 16-644 17 64d
seller; January and" February 416 61
4 17-64d seller; February and Marcfi
4 1fi-fi4(4 17-B4d Rpllrr March ami
April 417-64d seller; April and May
4 17-64U Buyer.
MARINE.
ARRIVED. - I
Stmr. Driver. Rradshaw rTnvette - '
villej T D Love. : f
Schr Chas Ci T.istr 2fi7 t.nna MnnrK. - ?
New York, by master. V0
J 1 CLEARED. '.
Stmr Driver, RrflHahsw TTavfitte -
ville, T D Love.
BY RIVER AND RAIL.
Receipts of Naval Stores and Cotton
Yesterday.
W. & W. "Rnilronrl 4fi ha loo .nflnn.
4 barrels crude turpentine.
W.-C. & A. Railroad 424 bales
cotton, 11 casks spirits turpentine, M
oarreis rosin, 17 barrels tar, 35 barrels
crude turpentine.
C. C. Railroad 73 halea ontton. 1
cask spirits turpentine, 16 barrels tar,
4 barrels crude turpentine.
A. Sr V Railpnorf inhalaonnilnB.
7 casks spirits turpentine, 45 barrels
iar.
W. & N. Railroad .4 hArrels rosin,
14 barrels crude turpentine.
Steamer Driver 7 casks spirits tur
pentine, 225 barrels rosin, 56 barrels
iar, a Darrels crude turpentine.
PUhv .T T tm y Mi'mfa tn r-
pentine, 42 barrels rosin, 12 barrels
tar.
Schr Berta M. T 2 casks spirits
turpentine. 106 barrels rosin.
Schr Clyde 2 casks spirits turpen
tine, 29 barrels rosin.
Bchr Maggie C 89 barrels rosin.
Schr Carolvn 10 casts snirits tur
pentine, 11 barrels rosin.
Ju. John's flat 23 barrels tar.
Total KKS halea nnttnn 47 casks
Spirits tu men tin a K9f hnfrela rosin.
169 barrels tar, 80 barrels crude tur
pentine..
We
t