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THE SUN, BALTIMORE, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 8. 19tf. understood by the weak-minded colored people and the Democratic politician used that article to advantage. THE StJN When the commission men cannot sell the goods, they pile up In the warehouses. At news channels.

The "See America First" convention Is already attracting wide at- FROM THE PEOPLE Writers for the People's Column are GEMS FROM THE POETS THE FIRST BUD THE YEAR. MARYLAND MUSINGS, Br The Bextztows Babd. right track, as is shown by the acceptance of Its recommendation by the Supreme Court. But the reform which it proposes is needed in other States, our own included. No decent, self-resoecting lawyer descends to the level of a blackguard in examining the same time our cotton is being sent to England, to Germany, to France and Bel- gium, mere to oe Mu "JM fuippeu, at a largo pruui, i I lea, to China, to Australia, wnicn are nearer the American cotton fields than a they are to 'Europe.

These markets are nnan imAnpfln munniHrrnrpr. as 1 orA nil rr nf th world. We have manv advantages over other coun-1 tries, and yet, because we have no efficient HtToronv rtf aoiiinc nnfl hankini in Sioutu 1 1 America and the Orient, other nations get tha tmd. our mods lie on the shelves. rernaps it is the necessity of combln- ing to control me huia 01 gooua uu uuu it new markets that has Inspired the recent tion hall and the best of hotel and trans-movement toward consolidation in cotton portatlon facilities.

It will be the event manufacturing In the South. Some thirty of 1913, and the city In which it meets will mill owners met at Charlotte a few days be kept in the, limelight for an. entire year, ago to consider a proposal to consolidate Baltimore wants it, Baltimore Intends to PUBLISHED EVERY MOflNITTQ By Til 13 A. S. ABKLL COMPANY, CHIARLES II.

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ins. 17... K5.113 31.012 their mills, which comprise abotrt 400,000 spindles, and to form a corporation with $25,000,000 capital. $10,000,000 in Donas to be Issued, the combination eventually to comprise 1,000,000 spindles, mostly in North Carolina yarn mills. The Parker Cotton Mills Company was recently formed, with a capital of $10,000,000, comprising larse mills at Columbia, Greers, Green ville and other points in South Carolina.

It is reported that the Pelzer and allied properties will be merged into one big company. The Woodside Company is being formed at Greenville with $3,000,000. These are only a few of the large companies proposed, but they are enough to show the strong tendency toward combination. Joseph K. Ohl, in a cablegram from Pe king, states that James B.

Duke and capi- talists of the American Tobacco Company have begun an organized campaign for the selling of American cotton goods in China, eliminating the middle man and selling di rect to the Chinese merchants. This Is an important departure, for the Dukes are now the largest cotton manufacturers in the South, and doubtless are seeking an outlet in the Orient for the product of their mills. Perhaps they will point the way to other Southern manufacturers who niii rfloh out for foreign markets. Co- ODeration will enable them to establish agencies in foreign countries that no single factory could maintain. HOVV TO BUILD A BIGGER The Industrial Commission created projected water reservoirs, its immense an ordinance of the Mayor and City Coun- cil of Baltimore has an interesting field of activity in which to operate.

This city is now alert and active In seeking to en- large its manufacturing industries. The so- called Beehive building which now seems assured is a good beginning, but it should authorlties will do well to begin prepara-not be also the ending of the movement. ti0nS f0r taking a prominent part in the 3... 4... 6...

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110,142 Average Dally PAID CIRCULATION for April, 1911. (lit cone not actually paid for in cash being eliminated.) Morning 80,099 Evening 30,165 Total Morn, and Even, combined. 111,164 Sunday 60.150 BALTIMORE. MONDAY, MAT 8, 1911. FOURTEEN PAGES Ttv.r.'nfiiif THAT SHOULD BE ADOPTED.

It is announced that a joint resolution to amend the Constitution so as to fix the dato of the inauguration of the President on the last Thursday in April instead of March 4 will surely be passed by the present Congress. In order to accomplish this desirable change it will be necessary to amcud the Constitution so as to extend President Taft's term of office to the new date, as well as the terms of the Vice President and members of the present Con gress. The weather on March 4 is usually in clement. The day of Mr. Taffs inaugura tion was eo stormy and there was such a great fall of snow that Washington was for a time cut off from the rest of the coun try.

The blizzard of March 4, 1909, was so severe and was such an illustration of the folly of fixing that date for the inauguration show that it would have been difficult to find a person who was not In favor of adopting a different and better season. It is contended by some that an inauguration parade is unnecessary and meaningless, and that if tb President vere to take the oath of office quietly and make his address In the Senate Chamber the weather would make no difference. But It is useless to argue that way. Teople want to see the Trosldeut inaugurated, they will go to Washington to 6ee it and there is bound to be a parade. Nothing can stop it, and Congress should surely do Us part in fixing a day when people can be out of doors with comfort and without danger to life.

Two days following the last inauguration Senator Dcpew, of New York, introduced a Joint resolution for a constitu- tlonal amendment fixing the beginning of the Presidential term on the last Wednes- day in April. This resolution failed, and now another to the same purpose is to be Introduced by Mr. Henry, of Texas. Besides the matter of the weather, there are other advantages which would come from the change. It would add more than six weeks to tho short term of Congress, which Is now too short for tho business in hand.

Fixing the date on the last Thursday in April would also avoid the chance of inau- guratlon day falling on Sunday, as it has several times. The first time this happened at the second inauguration of Mr. Monroe. He refused to take the oath of office on Sunday, and for one day the Govern ment was without an executive. It is said in the dispatches that it is pro- posed to change the date of the Trcsiden- tlal election from the first Tuesday in No- veraber to the first Tuesday in April.

There does not seem to be any just reason for any change in the day of the election. To fix it within three weeks of the inaugu ration would not leave a proper time ior tne canvassing of returns, the set- tlcment of possible contests and the meet- ing ana action or the electoral colleges. 'ice appointment of electors of the Pros- 18... S4.630 30681 19... 33.461 20...

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M.330 33.970 :9... 84,575 33,257 30... Mr. Timanus was too slow in publicly defending himself. The colored people were led to believe that he Ignored them until he was forced to make a statement.

3. The city of Balttimore. like all other large cities, has an element (in both parties and both races) known as floaters, and the Democratic politicians have learned to take care of them. When the Republicans learn to take care of this bunch they will have no trouble in electing clean men. I know a colored man who stood with tears in his eyes when the result of the election was told him and exclaimed "Poor Mr.

Manners!" William H. Reverdt Johnsok. Baltimore, May 6. Wherein "Mr. WegE" Makes A Somewhat Shopworn Reply To One Of His Critics.

Messrs. Editors: Please explain to little Willie Nilly that diagrams are extra. Also that the kindergarten department has 'not been opened yet, but that his name has been duly placed upon the waiting list. Belair, May 6. Mr.

Wegg. NEW YORK TAKES IT UP Welcomes Governor Crothers Invi tation To "See America First" Convention. Editorial in New York Governor Crothers, of Maryland, recently started a campaign to induce Americans who have the means to travel extensively to "see America first." He has communl cated with other Governors and wants to arrange a meeting of State executives in Baltimore next January, at which plans are to be devised for stimulating travel and sightseeing at home. Much interest in the meeting has been manifested in the West ern States, whose people feel that the thoughts of residents of the East turn too lightly to the pleasures of a trip to Europe and not lightly enough to the pleasures of a voyage of discovery to the Mississippi Valley, the Rocky Mountains and the Pa cific Coast. The stimulation of home travel at the expense of foreign travel would undoubt edly have valuable educational as well as economic results.

The cost of the annual migration to Europe is enormous, the 1 United States in that way probably paying back to Europe the average annual trade balance In thif country's favor. It would be advantageous ta keep much of that money at home, and greater knowledge of the country as a whole by the people of an sections wouia help to allay local prejudices and misunderstandings. Here in the East the man or woman who has visited as many as 23 of the 46 States of the Union is something of a rarity. Patriotism would certainly be promoted if Americans could become more familiar with the conditions under which the people of the various parts of the country are working out a common destiny. One drawback to seeing America first is undoubtedly the higher cost of travel here.

AVe have not enough good hotels at which moderate rates are charged. The ocean voyage to Europe is expensive, but after the traveler gets there he can live mucn better and have a great variety of pleasura ble experiences for much less money. Food, drink, lodging and entertainment are cheaper than they are in this country. Of course, the more travelers there are the better the facilities for attending to their wants will become. We are much behind Europe in that particular yet that defect may be remedied as our population becomes denser and our living conditions approximate those abroad.

Another lure of Europe is the contrast which it offers to the life and surroundings to which we are accustomed here. Most Americans travel in the summer, and in most sections of the United States the summer heat is oppressive. Europe has a far more agreeable summer climate and the ocean voyage each way increases the comforts of travel in the heated period. The United States is at its best in the fall, but then the vacation season is over for the great majority. Americans who go abroad should not be censured for their choice.

They gee and learn much and come back with broader ideas. But they should, nevertheless, be encouraged to travel more at home and to acquire by personal experience a true idea of tho vast-ness, variety, beauty and, promise of their native land. WOULD BEAT REPUBLICANS If Reciprocity Is Defeated By Their Votes, May Lose New England. From the Portland Argus. "If the Canadian tariff agreement should be defeated by Republican votes in the Senate, it is doubtful whether the Republican party, which has always had the votes of New England protectionists in the past, can carry one New England State," says the Boston Advertiser Probably this consideration would of itself ba weighty enough to secure enough Republican votes to pass the agreement.

Even the standpatters must realize that to defeat reciprocity would be to give the Democratic party an immense advantage in the next Presidential campaign. If the Democrats were "playing politics" In this matter nothing would serve their turn so well as the defeat of the Canadian reciprocity treaty by Republican votes. ANSWERS TO QUERIES J. M. A.

1. Would it be practical to travel bv boat during the 'summer from Pittsburg down the Ohio and Mississippi to New Orleans, taking excursion boats or regular lines, as imgnt prove more con venient or economical? 2. Is the distance covered by regular lines? If so, name them and places they travel between. C. One can go to Philadelphia during the summer for $1 and to Cumberland on an excursion for about $2.

Which would be the cheapest point to reach Pittsburg from 4. Would any other point be better than Pittsburg to start from About what would be the cost of en tire trip if you only stopped on way when absolutely necessary? My idea Is to take a novel vacation trip and do it cheaply as Is consistent. i 1. This would be a practical and enjoy able trip. 2.

The Pittsburg and Cincinnati Packet Company, of Pittsburg, runs steamers between Pittsburg and Cincinnati. The steamers leave Pittsburg every Wednes day and every Saturday at 4 P. M. Tho fare, including meals and berth, is $7 one way, $14 the round trip. From Cincinnati connection is made with the Lee Line, for Term.

The fare, Including meals and berth, is $0 from Cincinnati to Mem phis. The Lee Line runs excursion steam ers from Memphis to New Orleans. The rates vary, but would probably not be more than $10. 3. The fare from Cumberland to Pitts burg is $4.50 one way, $8.10 a round trip.

The fare from Philadelphia to Pittsburg Is one way; no round-trip tickets are sold. 4. Pittsburg is probably the best starting point, as being at the head of the Ohio river and the only large boat-stopping point between the head of the river and Cincinnati. 5. The trip could no doubt be done for $50.

Better communicate nith both the Pittsburg and Cincinnati Packet Company, of Pittsburg, and the Lee -Line, of Cincinnati, in order to make good connections, between boats, thus avoiding and expensive stop oc shore. Give me the formula for a balanced ration for ducks from the first fed to eight weeks old. I want them for roasters and to make quick growth. The following formulas are considered good ones for feeding ducklings: First 10 days: Bran four parts, corn-meal one part, middlings one part, rolled oats one part, beef scrap one-half part. Some sand or fine grit should be added to the first few feeds and water should be handy at all times.

After 10 days: Bran three parts, corn-meal one part, middlings one part, beef scrap one and a half parts, green food two and one -half parts. Beef scrap and corn-meal can be increased gradually as the ducklings become older. The Ideal Engineer. From Electrical Industries. An engineer to be any good as an engineer must concentrate on engineering.

He must eliminate most or tne ornaments or a liberal education he must eliminate many branches of engineering itself, with a view to becoming competent la one special di- jlrsclloa, t) tentlon and will be of consiaeraDie vaiue. When the Elks, tie Masons, the Odd Fel- BTi nr.irfi csrinors inim from mey carry me rame thousand communities, but. me msv important event of the kind, one that oc- pnrs oniv ddca 111 iinir vearo. is lut 1 convention of a rolltIeal nartv. bomenraea Is the Republican conclave that is 01 the greatest Interest, but next year all eves win De centerea on me ireuiuv.mu.

1 convention. That will attract enormous 1 rmwds. anfl nrobablv will name the I next President. It is the convention ior 1 which Baltimore will present Its bid of an immense yauioutMi, have it, and when she geta it the conven tion will be worth directly and Indirectly more than can be computed in aonars au cents. BALTIMORE COULD 3IAKE A FIXE MUNICIPAL EXHIBIT.

Hoboken, X. recently held a "budget exhibit" that was illuminating. Residents and business men grew tired of seeing the town's money spent with little regard, to value, favorites being paid large sums for! all kinds of supplies and making ricn profits out of contracts. Hoboken was pay ing $21 for lawn mowers anybody could buy for $12; high prices for maps, stationery, printing and all kinds of supplies. So they set forth the fact, that all mignt see and know.

The exhibition showed that Ho boken had more saloons than any other city of its size in the country; that its; streets were in bad condition; that it paid out many a dollar for which it failed to get more than 50 cents return. It was even paying $70 a year to keep the clocks in the Town Hall wound, when there were two janitors, two engineers, a gardener and twenty clerks in the building. The ex hibit was simple and inexpensive enough, but it opened the eyes of citizens, and is likely to result in not a few economies. As a contrast to the Hoboken exhibit, Baltimore might show at the exhibition in the Fifth Regiment Armory during "Maryland Week" what it Is doing in varl- ous lines. Its vast sewerage system, Its new streets and boulevards, its existing parij system, the thousand and one im- provements that are going on, could easily be presented in a form that would be a revelation to residents as well as to visit- ors gucu an exhibit would be as attractive aa wouia be instructive, and the city big show in the armory.

SUXBEAMS. Most of ug will not belJeve there's going to be any war until Col. J. Frank Supplee calls for volunteers. Mr.

Diaz Is cordially invited to resign. The Washington rector who predicts the downfall of the church will be standing around a thousand years from now If he HUKJiua nan uuw 1110 naou vuiura. mMt4- 4-Y. r. Hate to disappoint you, George, but some of us are too busy to get over to your cor onatlon party.

tn 0rini rfi- closed at Washington when little negroes ate up the oranges the aviator intended to use as bombs. The Illinois Congressman who has in troduced a resolution to Investigate base ball must have heard the bleachers yell Robber;" at the umpire. It took the Colorado Legislature 120 days not to elect a Senator. Don't forget that Wednesday belongs to Broadway. EDITORIAL JOTTINGS The Appellate Division has decided that fnma mav Via ncnrl rn 7-n ir Kill s.llrw.A.-c, HosDitalg mflv as well ffr th(, rnsh" New York HeraldX They are now saying that Colonel Roose velt "is the only man who can save the Grand Old Party," but the signs lately have been that the Colonel himself "won't keep." Columbia.

(S. State, Sayings of Famous Men 1911 Model only ask that judgment be suspended by the public." PtUladelphta By now we presume the June brides-to-be have cornered the dressmaker market. Detroit Free Press. Heels first appeared on women's shoes In 1825, but it was the tariff that made them higher. Charleston Keics and Courier.

PROVERBS AND PHRASES. Not all the lip can speak is worth The silence of the heart. J. Q. Adams.

There are moments in life when the heart is so full of emotion That if by chance it be shaken, or into its depths like a pebble Drops some careless word, It overflows, and its secret, Spilt on the gground like water, can never De garnered togetner, Longfellow. Snows may o'er his head be flung, But his heart his heart is young. Thomas Moore. The larger heart, the kindlier Tennyson. "CHASM OF 561 BRIDGED" Leslie's Weekly Refers To The Good Spirit Manifest In Baltimore.

From Leslie's Weekly, May 11. The good temper shown by newspapers and men in the North and South at the. fifty-year anniversaries in April is sig nificant. In that month took place the cap ture of Fort Sumter, the secession of Vir ginia, which increased the number of States in the Confederacy to eight, and the first rally of the troops for the. defense of Washington.

Observances of the half-century anni versary were held by the sixth Massa chusetts, which figured In the fight in Bal timore, ou -lou-i, iu nmtu 11 ofli 4 T. a first blood of theCivil War was shed; by the Seventh Reciment. of New York, the first of the troops of this State to take the field, who left the city on April 19; by the Sixty-ninth, the Fourteenth and other New York regiments, and by commands In other States. But In none of these observances was an unkind word said of the South. And this good feeling was reciprocated by the South's press and public men.

A few day's before the anniversary, the Baltimore fum rfplocrarlr.n nf Ha anrvlrnro of 1861 to that city they would receive as cordial a reception as they ever met in their home State, And The Sun undoubt 1 edly mced tne sentiment or its com- munity IN NO HOOD TOR WAR President's Utterance At Baltimore Is Reassuring. From the New York Sun. If the news about the disorders in Mexico given out at Washington seems disquieting, the calm of the public mind In the United States is reassuring. The jingo spirit receives no encouragement, nd, nowhere is there the smallest desire stitution of reforms. The Government at I wasnington aiso nas a prooiem strictly to mind its own business and to avoid mterrerence witn tne civil affairs or wouiyeis mieiveuuuu.

President Tart, at the National Peace conference in Baltimore, reflected public sentiment when he said I We have had wars and we know what they are. We know what responsibilities they entail, the burdens and losses and horrors, and we would have none of them." It Is in this spirit, we believe, that Congress would approach the Mexican question if developments south of the Rio Grande made it necessary for President It id ftnsiut Congress Get The 1U He Off to in If I reonested to make their communications as brief as possible. As a rule, they should not exceed 300 words, ana wnen mey uo they wilL except in cases of unusual Interest or imDortance. be reduced to that limit or returned to the writer for condensation. Letters must tear the names and addresses of the writers, as evidence of good faith, but the names win not made public without the consent of the contributors.

Anonymous communications are never published. A Motorcar Owner And Driver Who Thinks The Vehicle Laws Should Be Strictly Enforced Not Only Against Drivers Of Automobiles, But Against Drivers Of Vehicles Of All Klnda. Messrs. Editors: The public sentiment aroused by the unhappy accident on Mount Royal avenue should be productive of good. As the owner and driver of a motorcar, I am sure that I am but voicing the universal sentiment among the respectable members of that class when I express my earnest hope that in the future every infringement of the traffic laws by a motorcar will be visited by a heavy penalty and that in case of consequences detrimental to human life the.

penalty will be made severe In the extreme. I most sincerely hope that the police will be given stringent orders to see that the laws are obeyed and even to set "speed traps" where needful, and that every driver of a motorcar caught infringing the laws will be made to suffer by being mulcted In a fine and deprived of his license. But I wish, to see equal justice meted out. I hope to see also that the police shall be instructed to arrest all drivers of vehicles who are guilty of infringing the laws. When this is done accidents will become rare indeed.

The manner in which the traffic laws are disregarded by the drivers of wagons and carts is as disgraceful as It is dangerous, and should be as sharply repressed as should the tendency to recklessness on the part of motorists. I have the reputation of being the most careful of drivers, yet this very day I have been three times cut off and forced to stop, when I had the right of way, by a wagon coming around a corner upon the left-band side. In one case a collision was narrowly averted, and it was only by a quick swerve and stop that I was enabled to prevent a head-on collision. The driver of the wagon was entirely out of place, and I was driving at not more than eight miles an hour, yet, had the collision ac tually occurred, ,1 should probably have been held in fault. This is as great a wrong as is recklessness by the motorists, and it is quite as fruitful a source of peril, Let the police then be instructed to ar rest all drivers who are guilty of drlvin at a rate greater than 12 miles an hour and all who drive upon the left of an imaginary line drawn down the cntre of the street unless in passing another vehicle Let this law and a general supervision of vehicle management be rigidly enforced and we shall hear very little of accidents In the meantime, for one, intend to take the number of every vehicle, whenever practicable, and I may observe violating the traffic laws in any respect and re port it to the police; and as a protection alike to pedestrians and competent and careful drivers, I sincerely hope that my fellow-motorists will follow my example and that wis may find our complaints so received and followed np that a stop may be put to the practices which endanger the afety alike of pedestrians and drivers.

J. R. L. Baltimore, May 6. A Sufferer Asks If Tliere Is Not Some Way To Rid Baltimore Of The English Sparrow.

Messrs. Editors: I ask in all seriousness, Can nothing be done to exterminate the sorrowl Years ago.it was said the English spar row was to be brought to Philadelphia to help in the flght against the caterpillar. From all accounts this effort was not successful, but the sparrow has multi plied extensively and has driven away all our beautiful song birds. Individual ef forts have been made to rid us of it, and I know of one instance where a woman in Baltimore had a beautiful vine torn down simply because it was full of these pests. In Asheville we were requested not to let the sparrows build their nests on our window sills, as it was found they were productive of vermin.

Many find their noise an insufferable nuisance. I know one woman of 87, who has led a most use ful and meritorious life devoting herself to the poor and needy who is aroused not at daybreak, but long before by the vociferous sparrow. Science has made the Pontine marshes inhabitable, has made the Panama Canal zone a fit place to live in we are promised here a clean and beautiful city but Bal timore cannot be a clean city while in tested by these foreign Invaders. It may be they are of some use, but it is unknown to the laity. Cannot something be done, at least to mitigate this evil? For evil it is, and one most conducive to discomfort and profanity.

One of the Manx Scffereks. Baltimore, May 6. Mr. Stonebraker Criticises Champ Clark's Remark About The Monu ments In Washing-ton. ilessrs.

Editors: At the Peace Conference Champ Clark made a remark to the effect that most of the monuments erected to our soldiers in the national capital should be torn down and broken up for old junk. This is an exceedingly ugly remark for any man to make, especially a man who holds the po sition Mr. Clark does. It Is deeply to be regretted that the Speaker of the great est representative body in the world should possess such little sense or judgment. C.

E. Stonebraker Baltimore, May 6. Mr. Stonebraker doubtless misuuder stood the remark made by Speaker Clark He was criticising the equestrian statues in 1 the capital city as works of art merely, and there was certainly nothing "ugly" in 1 the remark in the connection in which it was made. Editors Scn Observations On The Recent Gath ering: Of "Peace Lovers" And A Commission To A Former One.

Messrs. Editors: The Third National Peace Congress has passed into history. A beautiful and inspiring gathering of peace-folk. was a grand uplift for the city and the nation. At the banquet Friday evening it was my privilege to meet a lady who resides in Baltimore and whose father a clergyman was appointed, on behalf of the American Peace Society, a delegate to the Peace Congress held in 1851.

I was permitted to see the document a precious heirloom signed, "Geo. C. Beck-with, Cor. Sec. Boston, April 30, 1851." I could not think of those first mighty efforts of the heroes of peace culminating in that wonderful interest manifested by the brilliant throng of men and women th peace lovers.

Obsebveb. Baltimore, May 6. "Mr. Wink" Also Takes A Shot At "Mr. Wests' Whom He Compares To A Clown.

Messrs. Editors: My friend "Fern" requested' me to Inform "Mr. Wegg that he will make no further attempt to "mold public opinion via the letter column" for taking into consideration the Increasing number of Mr. Wegg's contributions, to do so would be absolutely futile. Please excuse ambiguity.

In the announcement of his anticipation of being chosen for the dignified and solemn office of chaplain "Mr. Wegg" is characteristically jubilant. An opposite case is that of the clown who prayed before he performed. Mb. Wink.

Baltimore, May 6. Unjust To The Negrro To Charge Him With The Defeat Of Ti manus, Says This Writer, Who Proceeds To Account For It In His Own Way. Messrs. Editors: It is certainly unfair to blame the colored voters for the defeat of the Republican party. No race has been more loyal than the nearro.

The cause of the defeat of the Republican party can be accounted for by the follow ing facts 1. Mr. Timanus in his noble effort to protect tiis jjubllc. against Jtaa cus- By Chakles G. Blaxdex.

There whispered in my ear A little tiptoe Wind; "I know where you mav find The first bud the year." I ran, outstripping Grief, And soon the bud I found Just peeping through the ground, Wrapt in a last year's leaf. And so some hope may wend Perchance unto my tomb To find thereon a bloom That Bhall the old loss mend. MARYLAND WOMEN'S CLUBS Work Of The State Federation In Various Sections. This column- is edited by the committee on press and publicity of the Maryland State Federation of Women's Clubs. Communications can be sent to the chairman, 1619 Madison avenue.

The Cumberland Civic Club held an unusually interesting session on Thursday afternoon, March 30. The interest was heightened by the presence of the Mayor of the city, Mr. George G. Young, who stated that he would heartily support the several worthy projects put forth by the club for the welfare of the city, preeminent among which was the city water-supply question and the spring house-cleaning movement about to be inaugurated. Rev.

Luther Martin also gave an Interesting talk on. the subject of public playgrounds for children. The Young Ladies' Benevolent Society was organized April 23, 1901, by six working girls. Inspired to help those less fortunate than themselves, they are car ing for girls who are handicapped phys ically, morally or financially. In 1908 they became a constituent society of the United Hebrew Charities, who transferred another branch of work to them, the care of women in confinement.

This work had formerly been conducted by the Beth Rachel Society, but was found to be incomplete and unscientific. So completely is this department now carried on that it has greatly aided the movement for the Prevention of Blindness in newly born children. A series of lectures is held every winter. The organization now numbers 300 members. The April meeting of Friends Press Association of Baltimore was held on the 5th.

Letters from editors and ministers, with whom the club corresponded, were read, and encouraging promises of cooperation received from them. The club has sent Its report and an accompanying personal letter to all of the Christian Endeavor Unions in the country and re ceived most satisfactory replies. All from whom they have heard have expressed themselves as grateful for the report, and promise to submit it to the attention of the Endeavorerg through the State papers. They have heard from Minnesota, New Mexico, New York jmd New Jersey. Progress Club Is a self-governing, self- supporting bodr.

It aims to cultivate and develop in Its members those qualities which will make them a power for good in home and State. It belongs to the National League of Women Workers and is one of the clubs that form the Baltimore Council of the Pennsylvania Association of Women Workers. This winter a course of talks were pro vided on "Topics of Interest to the (a) City, (b) State, (c) Nation, (d) World." Another course "Emergency and Home Nursing" nd the usual yearly four demonstrations In practical cooking. An embroidery class is taught by a skilled teacher every week before the regular meeting begins. The club held a sale during the year, which was the most successful ever held.

A junior club enjoys club life in the seniors rooms and is conducted along the same lines of self-government, self support and co-operation as the parent organization. The Progress Club is a source 0 refreshment, education and in spiration to Its members, visitors are welcome to all meetings Thursdays at 3 P. 312 St. Paul street. OPENS UP CHINESE MARKETS J.

B. Duke Behind Big Organization Selling American Cotton Goods. Cablegram from Peking in New York Herald. Backed by the millions of Mr. James B.

Duke, of the American Tobacco Company, a systematic campaign to promote the export of American cottons to China has been begun. Mr. Duke, who is largely interested in Southern cotton mills, has developed a comprehensive plan to carry the goods direct from the mill to the consumer in Manchuria and other parts of the Chinese Empire, eliminating the middlemen, whose charges are regarded as largely responsible 'for American goods being unable successfully to compete with their Lancashire and Japanese rivals. Plans were so quietly made that nothing was known at this end until very recently, when Shanghai importers found that Messrs. Mustard Co.

were placing large orders for cottons in Manchuria and elsewhere at prices which they could not meet. This firm is the distributing agency of the British and American Tobacco Company for China and has a complete organization in parts of the empire, furnishing exactly those facilities which the Herald has pointed out American cottons must have if tbey are not to be driven from the market. Mr. Duke's entry into the field has caused consternation among the importers at-Shanghai and other ports, but seems to give promise of a revival of the American cotton trade in China, which of recent years has so seriously declined. HEROES OF MEDICINE Students Who Will Submit To Tests For Good Of Humanity.

From the Philadelphia Bulletin. The news from Baltimore that seventeen young medical students have volunteered to submit themselves to inoculation with cancer germs in the hope that the experiment will lead to the finding of a cure makes the spectacular experiments of the so-called "Poison Squad" pale in comparison. Its dangers are fully appreciated, as is shown by the refusal of Dr. Simon, the cancer authority to whom the students volunteered, to accept their services. Fine as such heroism is, sight should not be lost of the fact that many a medical man almost daily takes risks very nearly as great, but says little or nothing about it.

He takes chances with blood poison when he operates, he subjects himself to pneumo nia by attending his practice in all sorts of weather, by day or by night, and risks contagion or infection in the sickroom. This type of heroism Is seldom noted, be cause it is commonplace. It is "all in the day's work" and a part of the profession, so much so that physicians become accus tomed to it and hardly mention it. More over, they are seldom thanked or praised for it unless they forfeit their lives. All told, their courage and their loyalty to a noble ideal is of a higher and even more valuable type than that of the soldier in the field.

THE NEW MARYLAND RULE A Model To Other States In Providing For The Protection Of Witnesses. From' the Philadelphia Bulletin. A rule has been adopted by the judges of the Supreme Bench of Maryland to prevent lawyers from "badgering" or "bullying" witnesses, particularly women, while giving testimony. It gives to presiding judges the right to halt an attorney who attempts to put witnesses through the "third degree" in an effort to break down their testimony or to gain some advantage by securing admissions or contradictions which otherwise they would not make. The rule has been inspired by the Bar Association of Maryland, which has noted the brow-beating tactics employed by tin scrupulous lawyers to attain their ends, and the hysteria suffered by women on the witness stand.

Under the system in vogue in most States, cross-examination has become a source or terror not only to wo men, but to many men who are honest, yet who become confused or unnerved In the presence of an unscrupulous lawyer with a sharp tongue ana xne spirit 01 a miny. Such a practice does not make for justice, nor does It necessarily tend to bring out the true Tacts in a case. The witness stand should not be made a pillory, and iudees should protect witnesses much of tener than they do from brow-beating tactics. I ilaxjland Bar A6ociaiioa is jon Jhe. The May Dance Down In Dixie.

Is HOW about to Start; out goljen fiddle, Get out vour slncins: heart! rne birds will sing the chorus, the sun- umiua iucj inn love win ieau uu-c aance down in Dixie Ta ,0 vines nm nvnnr. And all tne feet that 'neatn them meet Are shod with, being young. -me jasinme ukm t. ThA WOPl(1. th.

Dixie dance of May. The May dance down in Dixie, Choose partners, and away; Swing corners in the golden dream Of golden yesterday. The wide halls stand wide open, the doors And lQTe iangjj's np' the Dixie vales in love- liness to you. The May dance down In Dixie, Oh. when the roses climb.

Miss Dixie knows it's going to be A errand old summer time Magnolia in the marshes and sweetbrier in the lane Who cares for grief In Dixieland, or mem ory's golden pain! The May janCe down in Dixie, The rhododendron smiles, And love counts every step a joy Of honeysuckle miles. The redbuds kept their promise and Mr. Judas tree, flames the lanes of Dixie with the blooms that tempt the bee. The May dance down in Dlxlev The greenwood for a floor. With sweethearts smiling through the trees, And young feet on the floor.

with the busks of winter, and who'll remember snow, Now that it's May in Dixie, where the Dixie sweethearts grow! The main question tinder discussion be fore the PilduzerPark Peanut and Pinochle Club is how long it will take a mint julep pass a given point. It Isn't the want and suffering, It isn't the worry and care; It isn't the pain and sorrow And the sin and the anguish there; It is the old unresting Spirit of discontent, That is making the world unhappy As it dwells in its azure tent. It isn't the sound of battle, It isn't the stress and strife, But the shadow of human meanness That Is over our daily life. Look up, and not down; soft crabs are town. Let Be Better Men.

Let us be better men Let us find things to do Saner and sweeter than any yet. Higher and nobler and true Let us be better men Let us begin again, Trying all over the best we know To climb and develop and grow. Let us be better men Whether with pick or pen, The labor we do Is a work worth while our hearts are clean and our spirits smile. And out of the ruck and rust and stain We make some growth and we mark some gain. Let us be better men In a world that needs so much The loftier spirit's touch, Let us grow upward toward the light Wedded to wanting to do the right Rather than wedded to human might.

Let us be better men No darkling back again To outworn, brutalized things. But forward on soaring wings. Let us be better men City, country and State For better citizens wait Onward, and don't be late Let us be better men Let us be like a star, Guiding, and not to mar Helping to make the world more sweet, The way a tenderer way for feet Treading the unyielding rock and clod Through toil and strife to God. Let us be better men Adding our strength, our glee, Unto the heavenly harmony. Why should we seek to do On this earth one thing or two In hate against our fellow-creatures hurled To mar the music of the world Let us be better men Sweetly and sane as when Over and over again Rising and striving and on Out of the dark to dawn.

Afraid to go home in the dark at Grants- ville "Gus William Zellers, from Frost- burg, was up on Sunday and purchased an owl to keep him company over the dark, lonely roads on his return trip." want to be hung on an apple tree, In the sweet of the springtime sky For there In the bloom it would seem to be Such a beautiful place to die. Sour or sweet, it is all the same WTiat kind of an apple they pick, Just so I am hung from a long, green bough When my heart for the country is sick. I want to be hung on an apple tree, And there in the wind all day In the song of the bird and the breeze and bloom Like a ripening apple to sway. Sitting in the sunlight at Sunnyside: 'A. J.

Miller is whistling 'Yankee Doodle' over the arrival of a little girl." Morning In Mount Vernon. Place. Morning in Mount Vernon Place, Where the purple lilacs hang Far away the city streets, Far away the busy Splashing of the fountain song, Bubbling sweet and low Morning in Mount Vernon Place, Where the lilacs glow. Morning in Mount Vernon Place, Monument so still Nothing but the fountain's song Climbing up the hill. Smoke of factories far away, Roar of Nothing in Mount Vernon Place But the morn and you.

Golden bell a faded flower, Still so soon the rose Hasn't dared to flutter out In the springtime clothes. Morning in Mount Vernon Place, Sacred as a smile Through the rainbowed window lights Of a cloistral aisle. Morning in Mount Vernon Place, Statues still asleep Where the gentle mists of May Clad in the sunbeams creep. Far away the rolling waves Of the city's life Breaking on this shore of bloom In the waves of strife. On what mint hath this, our Freezer, fed that he hath grown so sleek? The meadows have no battle, The mountains hear no horn Except the silver trumpet That wakes the silver morn.

The rivers have no conflict, The valleys do not flght And neither need God's people If all their hearts were right. Joey has suspended jubilation. A Plea For Fattier, Too. From the Eaunltsburg- (Md.) Chronicle. Father still remains the under dog.

On "Mothers Day" everybody is expected to turn out in best bib and tucker and do the grand. Father may don his ecstatic apparel If he chooses, and, of course, he will be expected to hand up the nosegay and come across with a pretty speech and all that, but no chimes will be ringing for him Help for the downtrodden father, the pro vider or everytnmg tnat mother cooks, the human steam engine of the home factory, the check-writer of the ranch and the tar get for the sad iron, the broomstick and the rolling pin. All honor to mother, but save just one cold bun a small one. yiSid bIoi jjogjc dad, I reputable witnesses, even if it may be In order for him to give lying ones a lick with the rough side of his tongue. But when he does that with the witnesses who are decent, or are presumably speaking the truth, the judge on the bench should al ways be prompt to apply the muzzle.

DIED. ANTHONY. Suddenly, on May 7, 1911, LEROY, beloved son of Amon and Annie Anthony. Funeral will take place from Lis parents residence. No.

1129 York road, on Wednesday morning, at 10 o'clock. Interment iu Loudon Park Cemetery. CHRISTOPHER. On May 7, 1911, THOMAS in his S5th year, beloved son of Elizabeth and the late Thomas J. Christopher.

The funeral will be held at the residence of his sister, Mrs. C. N. McCormiek, No. 1929 West Fayette street, on ednesday afternoon, at 3 o'clock.

Tt CLARK. On Mav 6. 1911, at 2.55 A. M. MATILDA CLARK, in her S2d year, wife of the late Alfred Clark.

Funeral from her late residence, No. 1511-East Madison street, on May Si. at S.30 A. thence to St. John's Church, where a Requiem Mass will be offered for the repose of her soul at 9 A.

M. DAWSON.On Mav 6, 1911, ROGER T. DAW SON, in the C6th vear of his age. Funeral from St. Michael and All Angels Church, St.

Paul and Twentieth streets, this (Monday) afternoon, at 3 o'clock. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the services. Interment private. DOUD. On May 5, 1911, MARY aged 63 years, widow of the late William Doud.

The funeral will take place from her lai; residence, No. 1406 North Gilmor street, ou Tuesday, at 8.30 A. thence to St. Gregory's Church, where a Requiem Mass will be said for the repose of her soul. i ELLIS.

On May 7. 1911, at her residence. No. 1519 West Lanvale street, MARY beloved wife of Charles E. Ellis.

Due notice of the funeral. EVANS. On May 7, 1911. at his resi dence. No.

1210 West Baltimore street. EDWARD JAMES, aged 54 years, beloved husband of Hattie Evans. Due notice of the funeral. FITCHETT. On May 6, 1911.

ELIZA BETH MARIE, in her 2d year, beloved daughter of William T. and Anna Fitchett (nee bauer.) Funeral from her parents residence. N. 2606 Orleans street, on Tuesday, at 2 P. M.

FORD. On May 6. 1911. HARRIET. aged S3 years, widow of Lambert G.

Ford. Relatives and friends are invited to at tend the funeral services at the residence i of her daughter, Mrs. William J. Ogden, No. 113 North Carey street, on I uesuay morn ing at 11 o'clock.

Interment at Elkton, at o'clock. HENNESSY. On May 6, 1911. ALICE beloved daughter of John and Alice Hennessy. Funeral from her late residence.

No. 320 East Biddle street, on Wednesday morn-, ing, at 8.0O clock, thence to hr. John Church, where a Requiem High Mass will be said for the repose of her soul at o'clock. Interment in St. Vincent's Cemetery.

f1 KENNARD. On Saturday, May 6. 1911. at her residence, Catonsville, ANNIE daughter of the late William II. and Louisa Kennard.

Funeral from the residence of her sister, Mrs. S. II. Hooper, No. 1510 West Lanvale street, on Tuesday morninqr.

at 10 o'clock. Interment (priate) in Loudon Park Cemetery. LOEFFLER. On May 5. 1911.

after a short illness. CLARA aged 31 years, beloved daughter of Katherine and the 'ate John Loeffler. Funeral from the residenceof her brother. No. 2000 Kennedy avenue, this Monday, May 8, at 2.30 P.

M. McCAY. On May 5. 1911. at Saranac Lake, N.

WILLIAM T. WALTERS McCAY, husband of Mildred Buckner McCay and son of the late Joshua P. McCay. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral, from his mother's residence. No.

810 Cathedral street, this Monday, May 8, at 3 P. M. Intermeut private." MEYERS. On May 6. 1911.

after a short illness, ALBERT aged 47 years, beloved husband of the late Augusta M. Meyers. Funeral from the residence of his son-in-law, Mr. Peter Johnson, No. 1124 South First street, on Tuesday, May 9, sit o'clock.

Interment (private) in Oak Lawn Cemetery. PHELPS. On May 6, 1911, EDWIN aged 10 months, youngest son of Catherine and James G. Phelps. Funeral from his parents residence, No.

1932 Riggs avenue, this Monday. May 8, at 2 P. M. Interment in Loudon Park Cemetery. PLACK.

On May 5, 1911. at 12.30 P. at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Sophia L. Buddenbohn, No.

1941 West Baltimore street, LOUISA, aged 78 years, beloved wife of the late Jacob P. Plack. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral services, at the above residence, this Monday, May 8, at 2 P. M. Interment (private) in Loudon Park Cemetery.

ROCHE. Suddenly, on May 7. 1911. JAMES, husband of the late Catherine Roche. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from his late residence, Falls road, near Lake avenue, Mount Washington, on Tuesday morninjf.

May 9. at 8 o'clock. High Mass of Requiem at Sacred Heart Church at 0 o'clock. RUTLEDGE. On May 7, 1911.

at lii home, Trump, NATHAN, in the 7Sth year of his age, beloved husband of Sarah Rutledge. Funeral from his late residence, on Wednesday morninsr, at 10 o'clock. Services at W7est Liberty M. E. Church.

Carriages will meet train leaving York at A. and train leaving Calvert Station at 7.05 A. M. at Bentley's Station. tT SMITH.

On Sunday rhnrning. May 7. 1911. at Stewartstown. GORDON P.

SMITH, son of Rev. S. .1. Smith. I.

L. Funeral services at Stewartstown M. P. Church, on Tuesday morning. Interment in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Baltimore, at 3.30 P.

M. SPOHR. On Mav 5, 1911, after a short illness, WILHELMINA. beloved wife of filiate Eckhardt Spohr. Virginia paperv Funeral from her late residence.

No. Foster avenue, Highlandtown, this (Mon day) afternoon. May 8, at 3 o'clock. Inter ment in Baltimore Cemetery. SULLIVAN.

On May 6, 1911, at bei residence. No. 629 North Paca street ELLEN widow of the late James .1 Sullivan and daughter of the late Francis and Nancy Kelly. Due notice of the funeral will be UHLER. Suddenly, on May 6, 1911, a.f TeirerKtown.

MARGARET agef': 57 years 11 months and 9 days, widow of William li- unier. Relatives and mends are invitea to ai tend the funeral services, at Grace M. Church South, this Monday, May 8, at 2.3( P. M. WILIIELM.

On May 5, 1911, at his res Idence, No. 717 East Twentietn street, HERBERT, aged 21 vears, youngest son ol John M. and Jennie Clark Wilhetm. Funeral from St. Ann's Church, cornet Greenmount avenue ana 1 weniy-secoor street, on Tuesday, at 9 A.

M. Intcrmen. in Bonnie Brae Cemetery. WILSON. On May 7, 1911, at the hoin of Mr.

Thomas F. Sexton, ao. iw-i Fulton avenue, ANNA McCLENAN WIL SON. Due notice of the funeral will be given. WOOD.

Suddenly, on May 1. uii JOHN eldest son of the late John and Eleuora Wood and grandson of Mari: i and the late John F. Carter. Funeral from the residence of his sister Mrs. Mary M.

Stewart, No. 2137 Ifarfor. avenue, of which due notice will be IN ME3IORIAM. BETZ. In loving remembrance of dear husband and our father, AUGUST BETZ, who died eight years ago today.

May S-jJjjg WIFE AND CHILDREN. I DEBELIUS- In sad but loving remembrance of our dear mother. JIAKi DEBELIUS, who departed this life on. year ago today, May 8, 1910. Gone, bu: not forgotten.

BY HER CHILDREN. IOYCE in remt-uiui auic vi FRITZIE (Anna Mary Joyce). Born Mafj 188- died Mav 8, 1908. her'parents, T. AND F.

HIGDON. In remembrance of ou. CEMETERY WORK. THINK OF UNMARKED GRAVES AND SEr VvM; A. GAULT SON.

E. LeiiEgton at. FUNERAL DIRECTORS. WM COOK GUARANTEED MONEY-SAVING, Nobody else does in the underUkine ressioi 1,011 know! He'll save yon ON 1-HALF on thins and evervthmft you order from him and i DOES THIS SURE! S150 Funerals pwitively fo; only $75. and eo on through the entire list.

WTie. vant to save-and not sacrifice send for Wm. Cook-and you're on the safe a WILLIAM COOK NORTH AND GREENMOUNT AVENUES. Phone, MU Vemon 816. erer closed.

PEOPLE'S FUNERAL CO.t sia MAniSON' AVE. Phone. Mt. vemon 8The chterins of the rrvrr r.r?eal to some, but tr Xirtihi do-that quie; Jrvice. such aa we render on tan ill and SW Funerals, is more beoomniff to a conaenWd TYe anawer call, to all aections of cit anil suburbs.

JOHN J. COWAN, 901 Hollins St $25, $50, $75 Funerals An. far superior to all others. Bndal Bridal Cocche-. AMBULAISOL cjty.

Never closed. '7 FRANK J. OQWAN. MANAGER. FLORISTS.

REMOVAL NOTICE. From S34 W. Baltimore St. T.TrRCTT!M n-" Fremont at On the Industrial Commission there are representatives of the railroads, and these! i a .1 representatives are in a position iu further the plans ror manuiactunnggrowtu. One of the main objects of the commissioH is to brine into view and to make access- ible those portions of the city where sites for plants can be had cheap.

Referring to certain parts of the city where land is chean. Mavor Mahool said in The Sun yes- tordnv that if the railroad companies could, 1 111 1 tVio I authorities, be Induced to spread tneir trackage through these sections the effect would be like running irrigation canals Like Oliver Twist, mrougu an arm vi.e. mn.c Baltlmore is crying for more solid food to promote crowth and progress, and the In dustrial Commission has the chance to help to give it that sort of food. The extension of our trade with the South and the development of our manufacturing in dustries should be the special objects of the campaign for a bigger Baltimore. Everything else will come with the secur ing of those two things.

In that sign and with that slogan we can conquer. GOVERNOR CBOTIIBRS' SUGGES TIOX WITH REGARD TO THE 3VEXT ROAD LOAN. The suggestion made by Governor Croth- ers mat an auuuiou.ii wiuum borrowed by the State to complete the sys tem of State roads that has been under taken, and that of this loan the city of Bal timore should receive one-half, is a just and reasonable proposition. As such it will doubtless commend itself to fair-minded members of the Legislature from the counties. The city has been taxed gener ously for the benefit of the counties and has unquestionably received a large indi rect benefit from that taxation.

It is now time that the benefit should be more di rect. Baltimore has contributed almost millions for the support of the public schools of the counties. But a large num- ber of the persons educated in those schools have come to the city to live and (nclude among them some of our most use ful citizens. It is also an indirect advan tage to Baltimore to have good roads the counties. So it is an advantage to citi zens of Howard county who want to drive into town to have good roads in Balti more county.

But the taxpayers of How aid would not be willing to make the Bal timore county roads on- that account. The city will be called upon to pay $5,250,000 the sinking fund and annual Interest of the two road loans already made. The city has already paid $360,000 for county reads under the Shoemaker act and a large sum In addition for State Road No. 1 leading from Baltimore to Washington. Out of the vast treasure that the city has contributed forroadmaking and that which it will still be required to contribute under the present loans, It will receive 000.

This is to be used not where It will be most advantageous to the city, but to connect the city with the system of county roads. Governor Crothers now sugcests that out of the next loan, which be puts at 000,000, the should receive $2,500,000 for making streets. This is the most lib Baltimore would welcome such a sum. not as the full measure of justice, but as be- ing far beyond what has ever been nro posed heretofore. In this connection it will w-ii ..4.

Mutu iu xuiure care 01 estate roads. uy tue iaw or auos, under which the State undertook the highway work, the duty of keeping the State roads in renair is mit upon the State. To keep a road in cood repair costs a large sum and constant work. Men will have to be employed by the vear at regular wages, and the work must be continuous, each breach in the surface of a road being attended to as soon as It an- nenrs. No tirnvimnn r.f 1 UJr the Legislature for this work.

But when it is made the city should get Its share of me xuna provided ror the maintenance of us streets, jr. win not be Justice to con tlnue for all time the taxation of the city to keep county roads in repair while he city gets nothing. We feel sure the coun ties will take this view of it, because Baltimore and the counties are mutually In terested in the general welfare and development. THE VALUE QF CONVENTIONS. The Peace Congress kept Baltimore be fore the eyes of the entire countrv last week- It-was on the front page of every impositions pur.

lortn I Kv doTfifTfltofl T3nlf uomuiuic must nave been mentioned ten thousand times In the dally newspapers that every town now nf. I the. "n.lfimn.. r. The speeches of President Taft, Andrew caruegie, nmuu v.ouaiaai, janes speyer.

ana numerous otners are being discussed in England, In Germany, in France, in Japan. There can be presented no more striking example of the value of conventions to a city. It would take an immense sum to 1 secure" the. publicity that 6uth an event I gives us automatically through, recognized I 1 1 ideot and Icc-Presulent was fixed for eral proposition that has ever been sug-tue Tuesday ufter the first Monday in gested by a county, man, and the people of by net or Congress passed Jan- miry -j, imj. i.ecause the Presidential election is held that day, nearly all the States hold their State elections on the tame date.

The Act of 1792 fixed the first t. I iur iob eiecuon ot ri'Mucui nnu jce-rresiaent by the electoral colleges, and required that the electors should be appointed within thirty- four days of that day. Afterward It was found that the first Tuesday in November might come more than thirty-four days preceding tne nrst Wednesday In Decern- ber, and that is the reason why the Act of 1S45 fixed the first Tuesday after the first Monaav in xvovemner as eclion rinv day must come within thirty-four days of the first Wednesday in December SOUTHERN MILLS COMBINING AND SEEKING FOREIGN MARKETS. Cotton manufacturing In the South has been developed largely by the small mills built by local capital and run by local managers. There are hundreds of Mich mills in the Carollnas, Georgia and other JSlates.

J11 recent years much Northern capital 'has been invested and immense factories have been built at favorable points. With cotton at an abnormally high price and yarns and cloths a "drug In the market." the manufacturers have suffered CaMpma; The Mexican" Government has a proh-severely for some time past; andhe small fu tho leading Journals had numerous edi- lemthe restoration of order and the in- mills, Jn many instances, have suffered 1 more tnau inn large ones, Decause tney are not so well prepared to meet adverse Mnnv of them nniri hi rtii. dends as they were earned in prosperous frds- The magazines will take it up, and Mexico. There can be no thought of in-vears. and failed to provide emergency for months to come there will be refer- teTn? "l9 -condItIon anarchy runaa 10 uB Venou or ujr ior new machinery.

As a consequence, not a few find themselves in a trying situation. Depression has disclosed serious weak nesses, such as the folly of depending en- tirely on the home market and on brokers and agents to sell the product. Nearly all th amaller Southern mills sell their yarns snd cloth throusli some commission house, and fall to get the advantage of close ron tct with Uie retailer or consumer..