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Uvt r The Rights of Labor. By Hon. William H. Taft in Leslie' Weekly. MMmm&ffl$ interests of the employer and the employee never differ, except T 1 when it comes to a division of the joint profit of labor and cap I ital into dividends and wages. This must be a constant source of LmmmI periodical discussion between the employer and the employee, as, IfiESSPSSll indeed, are the other terms of the employment. To give to en IWBnWJ ployees their proper position in such a controversy, to enable them to maintain themselves against employers having great cap ital, thev may well unite, because in union there is strength, and without n each individual laborer and employee would be helpless. The promotion 01 industrial peace through the instrumentality of the trade agreement is often one of the results of such union when intelligently conducted. There is a large body of laborers, however, skilled and unskilled, who are not organized into unions. Their rights before the law are exactly the same as those of the unon men, and are to be protected with the same care and watchfulness. In otter to induce their employer into a compliance with their request for nangea terms of employment, workmen have the right to strike in a body. They nave a right to use such persuasion as they may, provided it does not reacn Jn point; of duress, to lead their reluctant co-laborers to johv them in their Jjnion against their employer, and they have a right, If they choose, to ccumuWte funds to support those engaged in a strike, to delegate to officers the power to direct the action of the union, and to withdraw themselves and their asso ciates from dealings with, or giving custom to, those with whom they are in controversy. f 0 The Ultimate Lie, By O. PC. Chesterton. mrv hnvp tried to set ud the preposterous pretense that fmwe wno T" I are rich in a state are rich in their own merit, and' ttmt those I who are poor in a state are poor by their own fault. Mr. Kip- ling, In nis swan song oi suiwue m mc the unemployed laborer as the man "whose unthrift has de stroyed him." He speaks of the modern landlord as the man , , i..M.j u .;.rAn onA cmthprpil nossession. NOW wno nas tunuu, w uu uas'auncu o - ..t.. there are some occasions upon which a blasphemy against fact renders un m portant even a blasphemy against religion. It is so in these cases in wnicn calamity is made a moral curse or proof ot guht. nnnnooj, It becomes quite a secondary fact that this new Tory theory is opposed to the Christian theory at every point, at every instant of history, from tne boils of Job to the leprosy of Father Damien. It does not matter for the mo ment that the thing is un-Christian. The thing is a lie; every one knows it to be a lie; the men who speak and write it know it to be a lie". They Know as well as I do that the men who climb to the top of the modern ladder are net the best men, nor the cleverest, nor even the most industrious. Nobody who has ever talked to poor men on seats in Battersea Park can conceivably believe that they are the worst men of the community. Nobody who has e er talked to rich men at city dinners can conceivably believe that they are .ne best men of the community. On this one thesis I will admit no arguments about unconsciousness, self-deception or mere ritual phraseology. I admit a.i that and more most heartily to the man who says that the aristocracy as a whole is good for England or that poverty as a whole cannot be cured. But if a man savs that in his experience the thrifty thrive and only the unthrifty .perish, then (as St. John the Evangelist says) he is a liar. This is the ultimate lie and all who utter it are liars. SUDDEN DEATH BY ACCIDENTS 0 The Torture qf Clothes. A Courageous Reformer Who Has Discarded Underwear in Summer. By Ernest Flagj?. SUPPOSE no two instruments of torture have ever produced so much suffering in hot climates as the undershirt and drawers. Some years ago manufacturers of underwear began to make sum mer undershirts without sleeves. After wearing this kind for several years it occurred to me that if the absence of sleeves made so much difference in my comfort I had better leave the whniA thine- off. From that time on I ceased to dread hot weather so far as the upper part of my body was concerned, but we are such creatures of habit that two more years passed before I plucked up enough courage to emancipate myself from the nether garment. Now I am clad in a single layer. Hot weather no longer has any terrors for me; indeed, I enjoy hot days quite as much as cool days. I have discovered it is the double layer that causes the suffering. It makes no difference how thin the layers are, the effect is the same. Underclothing as thin as a cobweb will cause almost if not quite as much discomfort as the thicker kinds. Delighted with my discovery and revelling in the comfort it afforded me 1 naturally sought to impart its benefit to others; but I soon found that the areaHTur of unrtprolnthine is reearded bv most 1)60016 as if it were a sort Ot w religious obligation, and my advice was generally received with a species of horror. Most of those to whom I spoke said they could not possibly do with out underclothing, for it -was necessary to absorb the perspiration, and the kind they wore was so thin that it made no difference anyway. Almost all turned a deaf ear to my assurance that if they would only try it for a day they would find there would be no need to absorb perspiration, for what little there was would evaporate fast enough to keep them cool. High and low, rich and poor, all alike are slaves to this superstition and appear to prefer suffering rather than discard one of the envelopes in which they swathe themselves. Now, after my experience, I have of course no notion that any great number of people will adopt my suggestion, but I am sure that the few who do so will rise up and call me blessed. Under the Surface We Find the Best in Life By John K. Le Baron. AN is too much inclined to base his opinions upon false impres sions. A. closer intimacy witU our fellows often reveals undreamed-of virtues and unsuspected strength. It was a part of the philosophy of Comenius, the famous Mo ravian educational reformer of the seventeenth century, not to beat into the young a mass of words and opinions gathered out of books, but "to open their understanding through things themselves." This was the beginning of the object-lesson idea so successfully elaborated and given impetus by Froebel two hundred years later. It is quite possible that we owe to this movement more than we realize for its influence in having made the nineteenth century the wonder epoch of history. It set in motion that tremendous idea of learning by observation rather than absorption; of judging toy things themselves, rather than by some other persons' opinions of those things, f It made men self-reliant Had it not been for this faculty of observation, highly developed, we should still believe that the earth was flat and that thunder was the rumbling of Jove's chariot wheels. It was intimate personal acquaintance with nature that made the works of Audubon ornithological law. " He did not base his writings upon what others had written, hut upon his own close relationship -with the birds. Maeterlinck found, upon close association with the bees, that there was much to he gained from them besides honey. The sting is the impression we get from chance acquaintance with the bee. Upon closer contact we discover the honey. It is largely the same in our intercourse with men. Basing our opinions upon casual acquaintance, we often do ourselves an Injustice by misjudging those who, upon closer observation, we find to be peo ple welt worth knowing. We flatter ourselves that the injustice is done to those we misjudge; itte ourselves to whom we do the injustice Few men worth knowing are apt to favorably impress one upon first ac quaintance. Beneath the cloak of reserve, the shell of modesty we find the best ma terial. 1 Addison, one of the most intellectually profitable of companions, was utterly deficient in the art of parlor conversation. First impressions of him were never favorable. Once beneath the cloak of reserve, his social hospitality was the delight of his friends. To meet Addison casually was to misjudge him "Mediocrity can talk," says Disraeli. Gelius is generally reticent. Dryden, second only to Shakespeare ih the intellectual wealth of bis epi grams, was dull and almost stupia among; strangers. Victims of Automobile and Aer plans Speeding. Ken ben Tj. Fox, Former Secretary 07 Republican State Committee, Falls and Dies in Hospital. REVOLTS AT BOH CLOTHES Girl's Parents Practiced Decep tion to Get Legacy. Child Named Frederick, of Sioux City, Visits Police at Council Bluffs and Emerges at Frederica. W W . " L. Fox, a former secretary of the Re publican State Committee, was killed by being thrown from his automobile 'at Vails Gate, Orange County. Mr. Fox was returning from his summer home at Oneonta. where he passed the holiday with his family, and was on his- way back to New York- City with his chauffeur. Near the point where the accident occurred. Mr. Fox stood up in his ma chine. The car was passing another going in the same direction. The car struck a sawed off telegraph pole con cealed in the bushes at the side of the road, and Mr. Fox was thrown to the ground, striking on his head. : r He was picked up by the chauffeur and hurried to the Highland Hotel at Vails Gate. There wjrfd was sent to New York City to Bryant Odell.vson of ex-Governor Odell, who hurried with Dr. Thomas J. Burke in his ma-' chine to the Highland Hotel. Seeing that Mr. Fox's condition was serious he was token to St. Luke's Hospital, in New York City, where he died. Reuben L. Fox was born sixty years ago in Oneonta, Otsego County. About twenty-five years ago he made his first appearance in Albany, where he began the publication ot a legisla tive index, and maintained a bureau of information for corporations in reference to pending legislation. This enterprise, which he published up to the time of his death, brought ColoneJ Fox a fortune. H. L. Medlar Killed. Egg Harbor City, N. J. Harry L. Medlar, a member of the A. J. Medlar Biscuit Company, of Philadelphia, was Instantly killed when the auto mobile in which he was riding skidded and dashed into a large pine tree, breaking his neck. The party, con sisting of W. J. Spangel, of 242 North Broad street, Philadelphia; Mr. and Mrs. Medlar, and the chauf fedr, Harry Greenwood, left Atlantic City to go to Philadelphia in Mr. Spangel's car. They were traveling at a fair rate of speed when a sudden puff of wind took off Mr. Medlar's bat, and he raised up to grab it. Greenwood ap plied the brakes and the car skidded. Greenwood lost control of the steer ing gear, and in an instant the ma chine leaped from the roadway and struck a tree. The auto was over turned. - - Killed in Aeroplane. Juvisy-Sur-Orge, France. E. t,e febvre, the French aviator, was killed when his aeroplane in which he was practicing over the aviation field here fell to the ground. M. Lefebvre sustained mortal inju ries when the machine crashed to earth. Prompt medical aid was ren dered, but he died scon after the acci dent. The cause of the accident, which was the first fatal one in the history of French aviation, is a mystery. SUFFRAGETTES STONE ASQUITH. Again They Annoy Him on Golf .Course and He Escapes. Hythe, England. The militant Suffragettes have pursued Premier Asquith into his vacation privacy. They climbed to the windows of Lympne Castle when the Premier and his family were at dinner, throw-' ing stones through the windows and shouting Suffragette messages. They then fled in the darkness. The same afternoon, while the Pre mier and Herbert Gladstone were playing golf in the neighborhood. Suffragettes accosted and pestered them, until, it is reported, a scuffle occurred and Asquith escaped in his motor car. KILLED IN SLEEPING CAR. Man's Companion Disappears and Po lice Suspect Black Hand Murder. St. Paul, Minn. The body of an Italian, supposed to be Angelino Genediti, of 379 Rosabel street, St. Paul, was Taken from a train here when it arrived from the West. The man had been shot in the back while lying in his berth in the train. The police suspect a Black Hand assas sination. Cenediti apd a companion boarded the train at Saco, Mont. Shortly after they had entered their berths the conductor learned that Cenediti had been shot. When the train arrived here Cenediti was dead. His com panion disappeared at the station. STEEL CAR STRIKE ENDED. Company Yields All Except Wage In crease That Premised Later. Pittsburg, Pa. After a strike of fifty-five days, in which eight lives were lost and more than 500 persons injured, the trouble between 8000 employes of the Pressed Steel Car Company at McKees Rocks, and the employers, ended. At a meeting of the strikers held on an Indian mound It was decided to ' vote to return to work In the mills at once. It is understood that the company has conceded every point asked save that of an advance in wages, which is promised later. Council Bluffs, Iowa. . Frederick Adams, nineteen years old, of Sioux City, walked into Police Headquar ters here and said he was a girl. The police sergeant behind the desk rubbed his eyes, took a steady look, signaled to two patrolmen and, said: "Handle him gently; it's either sun stroke or plain lunacy." Adams be came indignant; repeated that he was a girl, and imparted the additional in formation that he wanted the police to assist him in obtaining girl's cloth ing. At the insistent demand of the youth a matron was called and a re markable story was developed. It took short investigation to estab lish the fact that the caller's real name is Miss Frederick Adams. The young woman was christened Freder ick in Plainfleld, N. at the direc7 tion of her father, who died shortly before her birth. The man wished for a son, for the reason that a boy meant the winning of a large fortune. A relative stipulated in his will that if a boy was born to the Adamses the fortune would go to him when he reached his majority, but that if a girl was born the estate would be dis tributed among other relatives. The posthumous child was a girl, and with the object of gaining the inheritance deception was practiced. The baby girl was called Frederick and was raised as a boy. Miss Adams appeared in Police Headquarters dressed in a blue serge suit, white shirt, turn down collar, bow tie, blue socks, patent leather shoes and jaunty straw hat. Her hair was cut short and parted at the side. "After father died mother took me to a farm near Council Bluffs," said the girl. "We live there yet, and I ran away. I have never been per mitted to be a girl. When I was a child I wanted dolls, but my mother made me play with tops and tin sol' diers. I was turned out with boys and was forced to take part in their rough games. I had to fight with my fists and play marbles and baseball, and when I couldn't help crying the boys booed me and called me 'Sissy,' and told me to go home to my moth er's apron strings." In court Miss Adams repeated her story and the Magistrate remanded her in the care of the matron until her mother arrives from Council Bluffs. The matron dressed the girl in feminine attire and in her first at tempt to walk she tripped in the skirt and went full length on the floor. CODY IN RECORD FLIGHT. American in British Army Covers 40 Miles in 1 Hour and 3 Minutes. Aldershot, England. Captain F. S. Cody, the American aeroplanist, who has been in the service of tne British army for years, achieved what is believed to be the world's record for a cross-country flight in an aero plane. In the big and cumbersome ma chine which is his own invention Cap tain Cody remained in the air for one hour and three minutes, covering in that time a distance of more than forty miles. He crossed over the val leys that intersect the plain of Aider shot, passed over and around the bar racks of the troops and circled the spire of the village church. His-Tna-chine was under perfect control, and at times rose to an altitude of 400 feet. It traveled occasionally at the rate of fifty miles rn hour. Cody had to land because his fuel gave out. As he was descending the machine struck the ground rather forcibly, but it was only damaged slightly. James Biakeley Killed by Auto. ! James Biakeley, fifty-nine yean eld, a cousin of District Attorney William A. Biakeley and a promin ent contractor and oil man of West ern Pennsylvania, was killed by an automobile at Pittsburg, Pa. He was crossing a boulevard when run down by the machine. TOM JOHNSON'S VICTORY EASY. Cleveland Mayor Swept 30 Council manic Candidates Along With Him. Cleveland. Complete returns from the 297 election precincts in the city show that the opposing candidates for Mayor this fall will be Tom L. John son, Democrat, who has held the Office four 'consecutive terms, and Herman C. Baehr, Republican, who is serving his third term as County Recorder. Baehr had an easy vic tory, receiving 19,020 votes. McKis son received 8658 and Chandler 1894. Mayor Johnson was f opposed for the Democratic nomination by F. W. Waltz, a City Councilman, and won out by a vote of 15,039 to 1317. In addition to easily winning his own nomination Mayor Johnson carried to victory thirty out of his slate of thir two Councilmanic candidates. RUSSIAN BANDITS GET 940,000. Kill Watchman and Three Policemen and Rob Postofltce. Samara, Russia. A band of rob bers, masked and armed with bombs and revolvers, attacked the postoffice at Miass, and after killing the night watchman and three policemen, looted the office and made their es cape with '$40,000. Ten men were more or less seriously wounded in the fighting. The robbers cut the telegraph wires and fled up the track on a lo comotive. After traveling some miles they stopped and disappeared into the woods, waiting only long enough to start the locomotive running back without a driver. Confesses Fatal Fire. to the Detroit police, confessing that I e set a fatal fire in New York City. GOV. POST RESIGNS TO TAFT. Porto Rico Expects No Successor Un til After an Investigation. San Juan, Porto Rico. Regis P. Post, Governor of Porto Rico, an nounced that he had sent his resig nation to President Taft. It is re" ported here that the President has se lected Governor Post's successor, but before taking action win await the return of Secretary of War Dickin fP' " 18 to make an investigation into Porto Rican affairs. AMAZING TAfiGET SHOOTING Gunners so Accurate That Marks Are Destroyed. Fleet Has to Wait For New Targets Dismantled Torpedo Boats Towed Away Sinking Vermont Leads. Washington, D. C Information from the Atlantic fleet engaged in open sea target practice at the an chorage ground off Cape Henry is tc the effect that it Will not be com pleted for about ten days. The delaj is due to the amazing marksmanshi; of the gun pointers, the men whe (rain the guns on the targets and dc the firing. The reason for the delas is because the fleet has no target! with which to continue its work, th aim of the pointers having been sc accurate that the targets have prac tically been destroyed and there it nothing to shoot at. Three of the targets have been de stroyed entirely and sent to Davj Jones' locker. The two dismantled torpedo boats, O'Brien and Nichol son, have been towed in a sinking condition to the Norfolk Navy Yard to be fixed up after being docked. One of the target barges has alse been dismantled and will have to b repaired. Not until the various tar gets come back can the work of battle practice go on, and meantime thost ships of the fleet which have not con cluded their preliminary record da3 and night practice are at work, while the others are marking time. The results of battle practice hav been far more successful than was an ticipated. The battleship Vermont it in the lead and will probably repeal her performance of last November is Manila Bay, when she won the battle practice pennant. In the record practice by means ol which gun pointers are qualified some remarkable scores were made The Louisiana and New Hampshire are tied, which will mean handsome money returns in prizes for the crews At one of the Louisiana's targets a record Qf 100 per cent, was made, something unknown before in the navy. The Louisiana a?so will be sec ond in the battle practice. For the first time moving picturei have been taken of the splashes ol shots. This has been found neces sary, especially where the target! have been shot away. This occurred last fall in Manila Bay when the number of hits had to be estimated both for the Vermont and the Ne Jersey. At that time there was some speculation as to which had won, bul the observers out on the line gave the decision to the Vermont. By meant of the moving pictures the land ing places of the shots are fixed ac curately. Another innovation this year hai been in moving targets, and this witj the fact that the shooting is done ox the open sea, with the heaving oj the swells to contend with, makes the remarkable records already achieved still more wonderful. PEARY DENIES COOK'S STORY. Wires That Cook's Eskimos Say H Didn't Reach the Pole. New York City. The following wireless and telegraphic dispatch, dated Indian Harbor, Labrador, wa received here by Melville E. Stone: "I have nailed the Stars and Stripe! to the North Pole. This is author ita. tive and correct. "Cook's story should not be taken too seriously. The two Eskimos whe accompanied him say he went no dis tance north and not out of sight ol land. "Other members of the tribe cor roborate their story. "ROBERT E. PEARY, "Commander TJ. S. N." At South Harpswell, Me., Mrs. Rob ert E. Peary, the explorer's wife, re ceived the following message bj wireless and telegraph from Indian Harbor: "Good morning. Delayed here bj gale. Don't let Cook's story worn you. Have him nailed. BERT." A second dispatch reached her a Portland which read thus: "Delayed by gale. Don't worrj about Cook. Eskimos say Cook nev er left sight of land. Tribe confirms, Meet me at Sydney. BERT." Bert, of course, is Commander Peary. 200,000 BERLINERS SEE FLIGHT. They Applaud Two Performances oi Orville Wright at Tempelhof Field. Berlin, Germany. Orville Wrighl made two successful flights over the Templhof parade ground, on the out skirts of Berlin. Going aloft alone, he did twenty-four miles in thirty-sb minutes. On his second flight he carried Captain von Hildebrani as a passen ger and flew for seventeen minutes A conspicuous company witnessed Wright's flights, and it is estimated that fully 200,000 persons were on the parade ground. Wright was en thusiastically cheered when he landed SWALLOWED DENTISTS DRILL. Miss Stella Levy, of Pittsburg, Pa, Died in Agony Afterward. Pittsburg, Pa. Members of the family of Miss Stella Levy, thirty, who died in agony, explained that hei death was caused by a dentist's drill which slipped down her throat whil she was having her teeth attended tc a week ago. 7 It worked near her heart, causing her great agony, and her death came when it reached that vital organ. GEN. F. C. ARMSTRONG DEAD. He Was an Indian Fighter and Con federate Brigadier. Bar Harbor, Me. Frank C. Arm strong, a brigadier-general in the Confederate army, who saw much ac tive service, und an Indian fighter in the early days of the West, and one; time Assistant Commissioner of In dian Affairs, died in Green Court, the Bummer hnma nf Vl J 1-i. A Archibald Bsrklie, after an illness ol two months. Wholesale Prices Quoted in New York MILK. BUTTER. J Creamery Western, extra. $ 30 3& 31 1 S,: v 27 29 State dairy, common to fair h (S 9? Factory, seconds to firsts. . 21 22' BEANS. Marrow, 1908, choice o 60 (Si 5 7n Medium, 1908, choice.... o 35 White kidney. 1908.. .. 2 75 & art TW Slf choice 2 2 50 Black turtle soup, choice. 2 15 o on ,Luna, Cal o 93 3 00 CHEESE. Stge--Full cream, special.. 15(5) 16U, bmall j,-7 Part skims, fair to good; 9Vt3 n 8klms 4 6 EGGS. 'If F?ncy 32 35 btate air to choice 27 (3) 32 Western Firsts 23 26 FBUIT8 AI?D BERUIES FRESH. Apples, per bushel 75 1 25 Peaches, per basket 40 (S 05 Pears Bartlett. per bbl ... 4 50 (S 6 00 Seckel, 'per bbl 4 50 (S 5 50 Bell, per bbl o 50 & 3 50 Huckleberries, per qt 5 (S 15 Plums, per carrier 75 (5) 1 25 Grapes Del.? per case .... "5 (5) S5 Cranberries, C. Cod, per bbl G 00 (S) 6 50 Muskmelons, per crate 50 tfi) 1 00 Watermelons, per 100 5 00 25 00 LIVE POULTRY. Chickens, per lb 17 (51 18 Fowls, per lb . 17 Roosters, per lb (5) n Turkeys, per lb (S 15 Ducks, per lb... 14 (3) 15 Geese, per lb 10 (2) 11 Pigeons, per pair 25 DRESSED POULTRY. Fowls, per lb 14 (g) 18 Turkeys, per lb .. 12 (d) 18 Locks, per lb (3 121$ Spring ducks, L. I., per lb. -r- (? 19' W! II. trr X T upiutg gcrac, uei iu... i. w fcquabs, per dozen 1 0J 3 75 HAT AND STRAW. Hay, prime, per 100 lbs.... (a 95 Nos. 3 to 1, per 100 lb. . . . 80 fa) 95 Clover, per 100 lb GO (S) 85 Straw, long rye, per 100 lb. SO 85 HOPS. State, 1908, prime to choice Medium to good Pacific Coast, 1908, choice.. Medium to good, 1907 VEGETABLES. Potatoes Jersey, per bbl.. Long Island, per bbl Sweets, per bbl .......... Tonmtoes, per box Egg plant, per bbl Squash, per bbl Peas, per basket Peppers, per bbl Cabbages, per bbl String beans, per basket... Onions L. I., red. per bbl. Jersey, white, per bag... Orange Co.. red, per bag. Beets, per 100 bunches Carrots, per 100 bunches.. Cucumber pickles, per 1000 Lima beans, per basket Lettuce, per basket... . Turnips, per bbl Cauliflower, per bbl Corn, per 100 Radishes, per 100 bunches. Spinach, per bbl Watercress, per bbl GRAIN, ETC. Flour Winter patents ... Spring patents .Wheat No. 2 red No. 1 Northern Duluth. Corn, new, No. 2 Oats Natural white Clipped white Rye. No. 2 Western . Lard, city j 17 14 10 18 (3 16 17 11 1 50 2 10 1 75 2 00 10 50 25 1 00 50 60 50 1 75 1 50 75 1 00 1 50 50 1 00 75 1 50 40 7-". 50 1 00 5 23 5 75 1 04 ft ft ft) ) &. &. ft ft 2 12 2 75 to 75 1 25 1 50 1 00 75 1 50 ft 2 25 ft ft' ft ft ft ft ft 00 50 00 25 50 00 50 (a) 1 00 ft 50 00 4 1 1 00 (a) 1 25 2 00 39 ft) 41 lift) - ft 12 ft) 5 55 ft 6 90 ft 1 m ft) 1 07 ft 84 43 47 75 m jLTVE STOCK. Beeves, city dressed Calves Citv dressed Country dressed Sheep, per 100 lb Lambs, per 100 lb Hogs, live, per 100 lb 8 lift! M 10 ft b 0 U. ft) 4 50 ' ft! 7 75 ; 8 55 9 30 50 00 BUSINESS GOOD, HILL SAYS. Crops of Fair Average and Railroads Are Doing Well. New York City. James J. Hill, chairman of the Great Northern, has returned from a Western trip of sev eral weeks' duration. The railroads including the Hill lines have been doing well during the time that Mr. Hill has been away, and Mr. Hill told his friends that business was pro gressing favorably not only in respect to agricultural traffic but generally. Regarding the crops Mr. Hill said that tne crops tnis year would not ue 01 extraordinary size, but that they would be above a fair average. The recent heat, he said, had somewhat impaired the corn crop and had lessened the expected yield of this cereal as well in Kansas and Ne braska, where large corn crops have been predicted, as in other sections. Much harm will be done to tne busi ness of the country, he thought, in en couraging overspeculation by the statements sent broadcast that the Northwest would harvest a bump' crop. Immense Rice Crop. Eight million acres of rice are no under cultivation in Burma, the United States Consul, Mr. Wakefieldi of Rangoon, reports. Rangoon is the world's greatest rice port, and, ac cording to present estimates, it probable that 2,600,000 tons, valued roughly at $65,000,000, will be ex ported from that country to different parts of the world. According to the official forecast made by the agricul tural experts at Tokio, the rice crop of Japan this year will be seventeen Pr cent, above the average of former sea sons. Dressed Poultry. The demand is increasing f0' dressed poultry. Several Western na1raia 1 o r. t it 10 M . . . 9. qi onicKens lor storage purposes. " it Florida Mangoes Superior. The first Florida grown Sanderslf mangoes are being shown recent they are $1 each, and weigh abo two pounds, easily outclassing all J other mangoes, both in quality ao size. Cotton and Corn Short. The crop outlook continues gd ally favorable, except for cotton corn. The wheat harvest promise take rak among the best in the cw try's history.
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