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Fittingly, Observed
PRESIDENT lOF CONFEDERACY
Exercises in Washington Simple But
f ImpssiTV-Jeffirtbn Davis' "Still
Remembered By Many , Statesmen
of - the Old School . as a United
States Senator Prior to the War;
Washington, ,. SpeciaL-r-Conf ederate
veteran and sons and daughters of
Confederate veterans in ; the national
capital celebrated thecentennial - an
niversary of i he 'irth of the South 's
great leader j Jefferson Davis ' It r was
just 100 years ago Wednesday; "on
v t -Jimp liim.v mm in nrsi aim. last
President of ; he Southern Confeder
acy wasborn .'in Christian. countyf
Kentucky,-; andT. his admirers hrough
oyt the1 re-united nation Wednesday
laid homage Uo ais memory, L
Washington the exercises were simple
but impressive, and were participated
in by many men who wore the blue
in the warfare between the . North
v and the. South.
Many statesmen of the old school
remember; Davis as a TJnited States
Senator and1 'recall his -career in the
national capital prior to the war a
career that ended -on. January 21,
1861, " when Davis announced the se
pssidn of his State, Mississippi, from
the Union and his consequent with
drawal from the Senate. The speech
is declared by those who heard it, ne
of the most noteworthy ever delivered
in the Senate chamber, and after tts
close , every member gathered about
the Mississippi Senator and bade him
ah affecting and an effectionate fare
well. fiThe leaieT of the ' Lost Cause was
a:.soiv''of Samuef Davis,' a -Welshman
" by descent, a Baptist in religion and
' a Democrat in ptite:;"''As:.mf
i thfr fii? I families ;o:iTOtii,;w.ercJ
Episcopalians : and federalists thi;
showed that Sam Davis like Abraham;
not bound by any. rules of,.castepnd
was not to be reckoned an aristocrat.
The year after Jefferson 's birth
June 3, 1808-Samttel -Davis" emigrat
ed to Mississippi territory, Where he
settled on a plantation in Wilkinson
county, about a' mile from Woodyille,
where the boyhood of Jefferson Davis
, was passed. '
Hisschooling appears to have been
carefully looked after. When ''but 7
he wa3 sent ,to the academy of the
Dominican Friars., in Kentucky, and
Temairied there three years. Then re-
turning to- Mississippi he matriculat
ed at Jefferson College, which he ap
pears to have left at the close of the
year for the purpose of going to the
new tVilkinson County Academy,
.. where he had for a teacher John A.
ShaW, of Boston, under whose, tutelage
he made much progress. In 1821,
when entering upon his 14th year he
went to Transylvania University at
Lexingteni Ky., then considered the
bestr institution of learning west of
the Alleghanies. In July, 1824, Sam
uel Davis died ; and the following
September Jefferson was appointed
cadet at West Poihti Tlere he eSine
iftto intimate relationship with Rob
ert E. Lee, Albert Sidney Johnson
and Joseph E. Johnson three leaders
of the Lost Cause whom he did much
to recognize and promote while serv-
InM o a PvacirlAnf r Cr-r f&A nro r-7
In 1861 the war came, Senator Da-
vis served notice tin the : country in.
' January of thaty ear " that the - South
-was in no mood to. put Up with-injustice
at the hands of the Republi
can party and this bore fiuit in ,th3
".sfti6n 'of Mississippi, r vsoon -after
' followed by, several, States v The. in
auguration of Lincoln only embittered
tht.. contrpy ersy with thfr , $piiti .. and
six 'Veeks after 4hi4t)eititi.tieff
the jest is too f amiiiar . t6 y'need re,
counting, but the7 impaftial historian
must give credit tp Davis tor states
manlike qualities, even" tnough ' 'oppos
ed tr the Northerly sidel o,'f the con
tention. ' l3 ;, r' " .-
. Davis Tiav in Uttvt ftrlins '
New Orleans, Speciatpavis day,'
me cenienmai 01 rne pinnaayoT xne
V1 President of the Southern Confeder
.... mjt t vviuwiuiVU TT A IU - KX CUV kUU
siasm by the Conicderate?i 'brganiza--
tions or New Or pv' -rv- i ""
Celebrate in the Northwest. '
. .-. ; ' . '. .. -.--S. f.-.vt 'fit '!' ' '-
4 Spokane, Wash., Special.Sveral
: prominent. Southerners now residing
' ,) in' the Northwest took'!,partHinKthe
i - Try '... . 11. :.: ,".'. ..u-
fajmRSiia unaer ineauspies oi ,tne Mild
u mempnis,r ienn.,r jspeciai-tfonfed-
1 ,'ws Oontederacy. ; 4, ? f we
' - J .Memorial Day, in Memphis.- T
r, y erate memorial daya.was"r observed rin
4 ' ' - - f .n'j (Y'7
; d centennial ? hirthdav . mumnns .
"vlre.sitot Davis., 'r,;:.;
iDRYMlNDSlLOHG ITOUH
WX Bia - Speoch at Colombnsllr.
Bryan !Bnda Speaclt Making Tour
i rNebraaka.':'", ,V J ;
Omaha Neb., 'Special.--The week 'it
speech-snaking tour - of William ' ; J.
Bryan through 'northern and "western
"Nebraska ended witjj a r rear i: plat -
xonn ; speech, ,at Columbus Wednesday
afternoon and 'he arrived inOmah-i
later, ' Mr, Bryan made '42 speeches
and nearly .'that many informal talks
since he lejCt home last XanTsuay lIn
nearly ' 'every speech' he poihied '1iat
what he j regarded as the ".weakness of
the currency measure, passed by .Con
gress during its closing . sessions. t The
meeting Wednesday was 'at Lexington
where, business was suspended during
his stay. , All ,th pjijncipi.b'diiigs'"'
were decorated in honor of his.vSit
and; school was dismissed atnoonvSfie
addressed an open, air meetingat the
high- school groundswhere1'? a ;:. large 4
crowd, representing, ho th eiy ; and
eountry, popuia'tion, gathered on the
common. ' v ' ,
When Mr. Bryan-arrived in Omaha,
he eressed hbiiself as jdelighted wth
hia .trip and. with thereception 7 he,
had received ' everywhere. He' .re
mained in Omaha and will go home
Thursday: morning. . v.
In his speech at Lexington Mr.
Bryan eulogized . Senator . LaFollette
for his opposition to the emergency
yurreney bill and said: v
"Senator LaFollette is in sym
pathy with the masses and has made
a great fight against ''great . odds,
hey put him out of the lasts Repub
lican - national conventio'n and, I can't
predict what they will do to him, in
the next one. ' . A v
" wnen toe rresigent. picKed. up
Mr: Taft for a candidate of his party
ior rresiaent, 11 ne was . looKjng ior
an : honorable gentleman, . he could
not have done better; but, jf he was
looking for a reformer," he made a
great mistake. Mr- Taft says to ex
tinguish . trusts .means to ef tiuguish:
inausmes. -jjivery tanner ana ieyery;
man who labors knows betterHjian
that, ake, for instaneet the harvestor.
.tynst. ItT dpein't; cace .whether the
farmer buys 'or not. v. It doesni i have
a ; cornefe ; an everythim-r theif arnaeK
pbirysr buCFoiillThaver if fleft
alone. If you were to extinguish
that concern, Would it destroy every
other ' concern that manufactures
farm implements? " 1
Congress i is vested with power
over inter-state commerce ''and could
control these trusts. If the busi
ness of the harvester trust was rer
duced fifty per cent, there would be
competition which would result "in
cheaper implements for the farmer:
Business wopld, be, ipcreased by, the
isale of more, implements and more
men,;- would be employed. Thus com
petition would help every element of
Society. When . you exterminate
trusts, you revive business instead of
detsroying it;" .
President Has Narrow Escape.
Washingfoh, Special. It was learn
ed that President Roosevelt Tuesday
had" a narrow escape from death. , A
young horse;; was tryfng for Sergeant
Ai.eRermott, his ore erly reared and
fell backwards with him from the
top of the bank of Roclc Creek. But
for the fact that(4he President threw
himself to pUe "side as the animal fell,
he would have been crushed. He fell
on the boulders in the stream and re--ceived
a number af bruises. When he
had. waded out of the creek he. helped
catch the hprse, remounted him and
rode for an hour: Mrs. Roosevelt was
u 4r -.V) tAiC i""; ..
iiie irresiucjiit; says up is jUii.Q sure
h ow he -landed . vin the creek , jalls th e ,
whole incident trlning and not worth
printing. . r. . . . r. .
Socialist Want Prphihition.
Little llock, Ark., Special.- Arkan-
sag Socialists in .conyentioh here de
clared for State-wide prohibition and
condemned 1 lynching and anarchism.
" LaW' ra the .PoUttefield.'-"
Chicago. Special.-Chicago .Execu
tive' Council i of the American Federa
tion of Labor, which will meet here
jjpne 13 will adopt a definite'? pro-
gramme 01 political acnviiy. resi
dent Gompers called -the meeting in
the West instead of : in Washingtort,
because he "considers Chicago as the
political r storm t center" and exepcts
to start laboy'scampaign there, ;
7 T: Jackson Smith .Resigns.
" Washington,- Sjfeipresidept
fiooseveir inas . aceeptea. xne ' resigna
tion of-f Jackson Smithy members "Of
the Isthmian ,. canal commission and
manager of s the .department of labor,
wetter' ahd subsistence, ,! with headf
tquartewrat Culb'era;; canal zone.;Mn
-Smiths has'eeniuthe service three
yearss and . tHeJresident in' accepting
the ..iignatidnccomplimented' him; on'
ns'wbtk.w TVfe' Smith will reliduish
dfflciaMuties-July1 15th; ' but 'his -ref
ber. JL5thHhu$; gitihg ' him ; the - behe
ti ot" the, BO. r days rleave"'6f .absence
Session Adjourned Saturday
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TIRED MEMBERS GO . HOME NOW
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Last Day in Senate Proves to Be a
Busy one, ManyImpbrtant!! flls r
Being pushed Through' 'jtriclH 'i
" Trwland Emergpnjj3iUf
- rasses oy a voxe 01 43 to vs&.Vh
v Washington,' iSpedat-JnstV . fen
minutes,, officially, before tihej hnds
of the big round! cioc in tae cnanti
ber of"the'two houses of Congress
pointed ; to tie. hour ofmidnight the
first session .the' Sixtieth Congress
came to a closed In ' the ' House the
closing hours were -characterized Iry
singing of songs.. by RepubUcaus: in
I v oi. ... . t i"t..-
MVMur m opea&er- Vxannon, ' ana oy
Pemocrats in ihe interest of WiWiam
J, Bryan. The exeitement ' which :was
great, , at times finally-subsided and
the session , closed with' general good
fellowship among the members. The
Senate was extremely, 'quiet : during
the closing hours, !aeld 4og6er'r0nly
by. the necessity of remuuihg in ses
sion for the - engrossing" and - sighing
of bUls. ' -. ':'7-aM!: :
, .The Jast days of the Shite' wiHbe
membrable on account of the nlibus
ter of Messrs. LaFollette; Stone and
Gore against the emergency currency
bill, by the remarkable interpreta
tions of the rules which go ' far;' to
establish cloture m a oody ,', note
worthy for the freedom of debate,,,
and by the final passage of thTcui
rency ,bilL President Roosevelt nd
several, of his cabinet were aC the
Capitol during the evening.
The- President' shortly before. 10
o'clock signed the compromise cur
rency bill and presented the pen- he
used in "affixing .his signature to'I&ep
resentative Wilson, of ChicagqH :
: At 9:55 p. m. . committees , from
oth houses waited upon .-the Presi-'
denX andidnf armed him4bat Congress
i!Was 7readytta adiburhr sJChey.' report-.
ea.inai tney naa. periormea xne auty
and that the President said he had
no further communication to make.
Previous to his signature to the
currency bill the President had hand
ed it to Secretary Cortelyou, who
carefully read its provisions. wo
other members of the Cabinet were
present Secretaries Root and Gar
field. The President in jionversing
with several Senators told them, that
he was very well satisfied with the.
accomplishments of the congressional
session. . ,:. ,
An hour after ins arrical at the
Capitol, the President had signed all
tlie bills placed before him, including
the public buildings, the. general de
ficiency and the government 'em
ployes' liability bills.
The President applied a J'. pocket
veto,, to the bill to compensate-inventors
for inventions used by the
J government.
Last Day in House.
Washington, Special. Having con
cluded its labors for the -ession the
House Saturday night shortly after
9 o 'clock adopted a resolution to ad
journ sine die at 10 minutes before
midnight.. The news that the -currency
bill had passed the Senate
quickly reached theHouse and. evok
ed great applause. vFrom that time
on business, moved with a 'rapidity
that ' signified a speedy termination
of. the first session of ihe, Sixtieth
Congress1 The cenference report on
the public buildings . .bill, -which had
been 'held up pending action oh ;the
currency question, was . raickly
brought out and agreed toi This, ac
tion was immediatv--folh3wcd hvthe
, adoption of the conference, -jeport; -on
the general deficiency ;hill4htasclBar-:
mg tne tecKs or. all import aat -pending
legislation. . Tr,:'
' - Jusrhefore adjourning -Mr. Sawney
gave a resume of the wotkjif ?theises-
sion. Mr. Tawney -stated Hhestotal
appropriations for the - session to "She
$8ol,083,607. He said the. -total-rev
enues of the eovernment-stimatedJlo
Congress by the Secretary rbf v "the
Treasury, are placedvt $S7823,01l7
that in . addition tothe Authorized -bx-
penditures of v $851,O8S607foT:tke
operation,, of the! government during
the next " fiscal year,appropriatnms
are also made aar follows x ;Deficiem?y
acseWlusiveVof$124B6MorT)ttb-
-no-1 ouiiuings autnorrzea ' at? xais -ses
sion, $44529,223 i - for nirements
..of the sinking fund.'$5S,O0(tyOOOr:foT
reuempuon or national Dana: v nores
$25000.000, for construction" -of ihe
Panama - canal bonds 'vto ihe issued)
$29,187,000- for micellanoasand
special obiects; i$l:000,t0,"-&cludrn'
$250,000 -foTi the ,reliefc0storHL and
flood ; sufferers in " Southern -States,
and $40300 for; n Upaymeht-. of
claims oi -ine jttoman tnoiirrnuTcn
in? theiJPhilippine; Islands ; ; making ia
grand raggregationforheiissxtrfisca!
yearf $1,008,80491. - -
Wis tbng Prominent f igiae
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terjarlTJniH States "Senator James
i iltt JdneJ p&p at- His-Hotete- in
f;t ashfjter -a Brief Illness
4 WaEeer'of 'tie Senate rom
ltZ5 ta.-ib'and Was Prominent
inl thi i Cohidli ? of the Democratic
WashJngtp,a,w- special. Former
United ". Stass. ; Senator- James". ,Ki.
. Jones, qf : Arkansas; ; died ' at his resi
dence hereO Monday -afternoon
after ah illness 'of a feV hours, aged
69Ur!H9 wasone otfld4eadinp--Deiiir-.
ontsik' lTT 'tha riiati frnrn TRSS: in
I9CCahd(ison' of the- strongest
STrpporterasor William J. Bryan," hav-
mg; as cnairman. or me1 .jjemocrauc
national vcnnni'ttee; conducted 1 the
campargn-ofl89G and H Since
leaving - teSenate in 1903 he has
couctedw practice in this " city
andr;lia4 oStively Engaged ; in ' poli-
'Frida-: Senator Jones returned
froin a visit; to : his daughter, 'Mrsi
ri Carrigan, in Arkansas; and
udayi night: was apparently enjoy
ing good iteal Complaining" slight
ly -Monday; horning, he remained in
bed! and died, that afternoon,' the lm?
mediate ause of death being, heart
failure.; '-" . . :,.
A natite, of- Mississippi,., where he
was born'inil839, James Kimbrough
Jones , 'received a classical : education
and foughfcass a private soldier in the
Confederate. Tanks throughout the
Civil war,tiBecoming a resident of
Dallas4, county, Arkansas, he lived on
his; plantation there. until .1873, when
hetook7?3 Hfe
whle!eete$roie StataSenate the
same year., and became, 'president of
that body in 1877. Afterward he
was, ejected to the Forty-seventh and
in,18S5 succeeded to the seat 6f Janies
D. Walker m the tJnited States. Sen
ate, "where he served three terms, re
tiring in .1903. .
Senator. Jones was a delegate to
the: national' .Democratic convention
in 1S9& which gave Mr. Bryan- his
first in omHaation and as chairman of
the committee on resolutions he re
ported the 16 to 1 platform. He- was
made; chairman of the Democratic
national committee after the-convention
and as ' such conducted both of
the Bryan campaigns-for. the- presw
dency. In-the Senate Jonesr came
forward rapidly as one o the lead
ers of his -party and was for several
years chairman-, of the DemOeratic
national committee. He wasna mem
ber of the sub-committee on finance
which reported the Wilson-Gorman
tariff bill and was an earnest advocate-
of tarijff revision. Although
not an - orator, - Senator Jones was- a
forceftft and logical speaker and- was
often in debate. -
Senator Jones is survived oy his
wife and three children, Mrs.-Carri-gan
of Arkansas ; Miss Sue Jones and
James K.- Jones; Jr., of this city. Sen
ator Jones will be burie inrthis' city
'aha many of his former colleagues in
Consrress:who have not yet left the
city will remain to. attend the funeral;.
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CokeOvenr Kestune -Work. ,
BristoVa., Specials-One thous
and coke ovens of r the Stonega' Coal
& Coke Company, ; in. Wise, county
Yirginiafwill beTpnti; intoraperation;
this wefekaften-beingisnspended. sev-'
eral weeks.- r OtheTndustries. in :he
coal TSeldsr; are preparingr:tO resume,
most Jof t&mha&
December and-. January;" Sryeralr
thousand nieofa winribet ttiwork
against wrthfe-tw twiseksF
. '' ',J- ' t-y. . '
MemphisTenh SpedalJa
meeting qtherS laic presidentSriE tho
i Farmers. li'RSwea ti nnahoad. CofrCperav
tive, Unions who. beganr their, sessions J
here the ; total. acreage soi- coliou
-planted May- 30 th.-was estimated " at
1 2832,00-. pacresaircoT33paatt; witn
oLtybJL juu-acres. ojxz xu -a
estimate). This-'etimate:-is-eomput-ed
.rjom'rportsfnm alt . ectiins.
"AiiMox-Vox3 4
5fNw Tork,SpeciaL--pier contents
of 26?1ballot - boxes . had . Heea.. recount
ed when rthetiworfc - of " ccranthig the
ballots-" cast ' f oT-tV-r R. Hearst, and -
George B McGellaiv in th& last may-
oraltjeletionended.tlia-..day.
The -net- resnltfwas. a-gaini, ox- bl
votes or- Mrr .Hearstr: Lir the presi
ence-of the-cooxt-l(boxjeof oallots
.were : ouVtedrv11 MrHe;ts a
ain of f ouvosiox:thfiday.. - More
than 1,900 bfxssriamte.bea cormtt
-
Jt. Louis Employers Take BcSt,17,-.
500 Men Times , Declared Xluch
Better-brdert Sent Out Tor - $5,
OOO.OOO; Wbrtfroi' VooajsBapid
f Hecovery 1 Indicated. -
Sti - Louis, Special.In the :last
reekjbf - May the National Prosperity .
Association carried ! on . . alljcanxs
imong employers' toThaV June-X rc:
re-employment ' day,3 ' - by the - res to-"
:afion" of employes whot were laid off
ecause of the recent business de
gression. ...Favorable - answers . have
een received from several hundred
j'mployers, and jt is estimated that
17,500 names have been added to pay?
rolls rin ; St. .Louis and vicinity. A
mmber of-employers increased treir
rorking forces without waiting for
' employment day. - - -Information
gathered, by. officers: of;
die, National Prosperity Association,
t.is announced;-justifies tho Estimate
ihat orders for $5,000,000 worth: of
(vvu uavc uccu rpcHu: MVW M iMUi
WTAId LtTA. TvAA .AM. . Cf X ;T AM?J
louses to manufacturers, scattered.
throughout the country in -.the last
Nvo weeks. .
E. Simmons, chairman of the. ex
jcutive committee, said that, his firm
nailed orders to i reach ;manuf actnrers
Fuhe 1, aggregating $1,000)00 With
sach order went a brief letter say-.
Kg'- Y ,' ' ' V
' ."The inclosed border is one of a
rumber aggregating, more than , $1,
)00,000 which we 'are sending out to
reach manufacturers On June 1. This
s the - date that has been suggested
y the ' National Prosperity Associa
tion as 1 re-employment day,' - and.
;hese orders are a contribution from
is to give manufacturers a basis for
;he re-employment of as many work
ngmen as possible."
The association has completed 1 an
mquiry into business conditionss in
May. Representatives pi St. Louis
iouses were called on for statements
romparing May business with that of
A.pril and with Mayr1907, and 1906;
rhe"" answers h abounded in fixplicitin-"
cormation -oi an enpouragicg enaracr
siSJ4 jcoyer. injeom
aaejxial circles which- in; April Seem'
Bd impossibly.
James E. Smith, president' of the
Business Men's League, said that the
prosperity movement was , not confin
od to' St. Louis alone, as thousands
jf letters had been recenved showing
that similar work is going on in
many commercial centers throughout
ihe country.
Bench Warrants Issued.
Waarnnfifton. Soecial. Beneh war
rants were issued here for Theodore
H. Price, of New York, a cottoh ope
rator; E. S. Holmes, Jr., former sta
tistician of the Department of Agri
iulture ; Moses Haas and Frederick
A. Peckham, both of New " York,
jharging them with" conspiracy. The
warrants are in 4he government cot
ton leak cases and were issued for
hheNew York men . fo rthe purpose
of causing their arrest and return
to this jurisdiction for. trial. All
four men were indicted here Friday.
Assistant District. Attorney Adkins,
vgho ,has the case in charge for the
svernihent, stated , that the regular
routine of getting a prisoner to tb?s
Jurisdiction will be carried out, but
itvis thought probable that Mr. Price
can: oualifv in bail in New York City
to answer to the charge pending here
when called upon
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Beach Hargis Attempts Sicide.
: Jackson, Ky., Special--Beach Har-
glSj m jail nere aw aiiaug uiai.xvi
murder - of his 'father, Judge James
Harris, attempted suicide . Saturday
niarht by morphine. He will recover.
Allen ..Creech, how oh 'trial for mur
deri drank a pint of whiskey contain
ing strychnine and is m a precarious
jThe. Cotton Crop ereiiage-?c
XTashington, Special. The Depart
mfiof Agriculture issued a bulletin
safrag ' thathjrty-two -lniUion eight
Iraildredjand ' one thousand .. acres had
been planted" in cottonT this year, an
Increase o a' tenth of one. percent
ver last year. The condition of the
erop ion" May-25th is seventy per cent
of normal as ' compared with seventy
DSr centat theisame date last year.
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. Storage Boom For New Currency. -
Washington, NS5ecial.-pne problem
faeihg the Treasury 'Department as
th result of, the passage of the curf
rency bill f is- to" provide storage ' for
the five -hundred miiHpn dollars worth
of -new bills- aathorized. The' la -re-
I quires j that the -.Department snau
printthe: bills ready . foj issuance, in
thfr.name 'Of . all national. banKS- ijaere
re3 .seven . thousand; suChbanks "ani
theprintifig' will ikeep;the :eqgtmS
department' busy kjUunWerjThere
is lia zxb6m for- storage at ttheQ Tr easr
ury v and' Ithe .ronly possible .plaoe for
tnem;i4 the; suh-jtreasury m ew x prs,
World's.; MatoaTt'-H ,'V
desire cftEptt ji'AV bsmi
o atTair Price v
Paris, By .Gable. The reports " to
and the debates before the fifth in-
cernauonav congress of . cotton tspin
ners and manufacturers ' which vorjenr
ed in this city Monday, all, indicate
that Europe'stands in great fear of
American monopoly and -feels the ar-
geut necessity of ; freeing - this'' im-
inensef oreign industry from ; Ameri
can domination of the price, of raw
material, especially when; cotton ;is
the subject of speculative' movements
The . official 'French report insist
that' foreign manufacturers hare
nght to fair prices in order to itcmE
a-" deransrement;-'of the - indrnchnr
abroad:. Moritz Schany, a Germani .
experti expressed the opimoft that -
'i; 7'zi :- ri'
largely, increased AmencanV
prodne--"
tiOn, labor difficulties beyond the?
Atlantic make an increasef;' in the
supply of American "rawv material.
abroad unlikely, . especially as " .ther
United States undoubteoljiy- will great
ly increajje the consumption of its
own cotton- Herr Schany joins witE
his -colleagues in the cry against tb
Aihericahs , oh the, ground .that they
are not disposed to deliver :their cot
ton at fair prices: To remedy this
condition the European delegates' ad- ,
vocate, first, some . method to , put a
stop to improper speculation, ' and i
second, the fostering andthe exten
sion of the production of . cotton-in.
the colonies of Europe,- piecially.T ,
Africa and Egypt It is jafneo5;thai: .-.
ifa ten years time these .reountriesr s
will be . ablo to prodn.be iOOQOOO
bales of cotton a year.-l V r
"The American ' delegation,' on' ha
oonrrary;; onTenxnaKne -,!5(wOTm
btatesnre the natural help; for cotton
production, and say., they will be a
pable ultimately of an output amount-,
ing to a hundred JniHyn bales" a year
D. A. Tompkins, of Charlotte, .N. C
submitted a report, in which heurged r
that the existence of a large new cot
ton ; area was problematical and it
was therefore th6 duty ' of the Euro- ,
peon manufacturers, instead of pur-
.suing 'iUusory; dreams, to turn their
attention to ! aiding emmigration to the
Souhern Stares, where, 'with "adequate
labor, sufilcient cotton can be grown
to supply; the entire world. '
A. S. Perrill, gf Chicagor. insistted
that the Only way to reduce the; price '
of cotton was to increase its- produe-
. tion J f The European manufacturers
who had so .greatly iessened the cost
of manufacture, he said, could best
contribute to this end by scooperatin j
with the American planters in find
ing methods to lessen he cost of pro
duction. ' v
At a secret session held Monday af
ternoon there eameSrp for dmcussion
a resolution -in favor of organizing
a systematic compaign of agitatioa
to induce the governments of .Europe
to co-operate in the exploitation of
colonial cotton production , by fur
nishig seed ahd teaching colonists
how; to plant and . cultivate; : The
American ""delegates, realizing that
the practical results of such aetion ,
are Tague:ahd'" distant, assumed a
passive attitude. . ;r.Vjperrill, how-. '
ever, argued ; that some - of the Enrp- ;
pean . opposition . would be disarmed"
if greater care was exercised' in the
Sonth 'in the pickingl and preparing"
of cotton. ; ; -f
' e committee ; of the -congr fin
al proposed &; promise s,
tion to the effect1 that the best mean
Sentient of Conxrass of f Interna- -
? tonal ; CottonSpmnFrs' Is . That
Americans. Wilt Nordcljdtct
.of evading t disaster... in kthe " trade, , vj
whether in the direction ot lacK,.ox- -
iratr material or t oyerprbduction; in r K a
mills.' were to be found in the estab
lishment of -an, international, agree-.-
mem 10 iuc ,rcmunuu -. ui iwuuvwwif . k.
TJhe resolution,' which probably, , ' jjij , ' , , .
be voted,; invites alj confederated .or- v ,
ganizatidns ;, of s tae various t cpunirie t ,r t
to act.in 'harmonylfor : short, tirnej -
when "conditions- demand a concericd. .
curtailment.-. . - . - J' '
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