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THE SAN ANTONIO DAILY EXPRESS; THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 3, 1907.
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POPULATION OF TEXAS CITIES.
The population of the seven largest
cities of Texas on June 30, 1906, as esti-
mated by the United States Census Bu-
reau, Is as follows:
San Antonio 62,711
Houston 58.132
Dallas B2.793
Galveston 34,386
Fort Worth 27,096
Austin 25,092
Waco 24,4-13
There Is No "Texas lever."
Tho Live Slock Sanitary Commis-
sioner of Kansas has found what he
believes to be Texas fever among the
cattle in that State. A live stock
commissioner, or any other man who
has never learned that there is no
euoh thing as Texas fever, ought for-
ever to be debarred from voting or
holding office.
The disease communicated to cattle
above the national quarantine by cat-
tle from below the line is "tick," or
"Southern fever," and it matters not
whether they came from Louisiana,
Mississippi, Georgia, Florida. Ala-
bama. Texas or any other Southern
State where ticks have their habitat.
The Bureau of Animal Industry even
occasionally refers to "Texas fever"
in its bulletins, and it should be a
part of the duty of the Cattle Kaisers'
Association of Texas to pass a resolu-
tion condemning Its action at its
meeting here next March. The Na-
tional Association of Live Stock
Sanitary Boards some three years
«go at its annual meeting In Wichita,
Kan., passed resolutions designating
"tick fever" as the appropriate name
for the malady, but the Government
as well as a large number of Gov-
ernment employes continue to
slander the State liy referring to it
as Texas fever. It is time for the
practice to be stopped.
The Law and the Saloon.
confronts tho liquor dealers, and the
wise among them recognize it. Th'5
dive, the disorderly and the law-
breaking saloons must go and, the
Liquor Dealers' Association must do
Its part in aiding to weed them out.
The, great body of citizens who
oppose prohibition favor such strict
control of the traffic as will drive
criminals out of It, compel * closer
regard of the> laws protecting minors
and females, and make a drinking sa-
loon a drinking saloon only, and not
a loafing place, concert hall, gamb-
ling den or place of assignation. It
is impossible to draw any lines be-
tween Germans and Americans, or
between German-Americans and any
other sort of Americans, on these
points. Decent citizens, native and
foreign born, are getting together for
such a regulation as will muke the
liquor traffic as little offensive here
as it Is in Germany. Thousands of
intelligent German-Americans, who
can see that In the present temper of
the country the liquor traffic must
either be mended or ended, are going
to make themselves a part of a move-
ment which will free the traffic of
evils and danger, and give It a better
standing, as a means of putting an
end to the eternal threat of universal
prohibition, either by statute or the
use of the taxing power. This move-
ment may not suit the purposes or
Interests of saloon politicians, who
have long used the fear of prohibition
as a means to serve their ends. But
It is coming. It Is here now.—St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
This Is the spirit of the anti-pro
faibilion press generally of the West
end South. It Is the recognition of
the prohibition wave that is passing
over the country and that is growing
in volume and density. In Georgia
It has already destroyed important
industries by making the manufac-
ture as well as tho sale of spirituous
or malt liquors unlawful. In Missis-
sippi, Alabama and the Carollnas the
licensed saloon has been dirven out
of all but a few counties, and in
Tennessee it is confined almost ex-
clusively to the larger cities. In
Kentucky only a few counties remain
'•wet," and the great liquor distilling
and brewery interests are Beriously
threatened by a State prohibition
r.tatute that would wipe them out of
existence.
The Louisville Courier-Journal, in
lengthy, double-leaded editorials, Is
dealing with the situation as some-
thing serious and is appealing to the
liquor interests in (heir own interest
and behalf to take the only reason
able and proper course to stem the
tide of prohibition. As between the
wide-open town and the hermetically
sealed town the Courier-Journal has
- no hesitation in saying that ft would
Irefer the latter, though it desires
neither. It would rather have regu-
lation, respect for the law and re-
spect tor personal rights and such
mutual concessions as would be for
Use best interest of all.
It is a condition, not a theory, ttwt
Municipal Hands and Concerts.
Paul de 1-ongpre of Los Angeles
writes The Express that he is work-
ing hard to secure a municipal band
of the first class for that city, and
that when he has succeeded in his
efforts there ho will try to enlist the
co-operation of other cities in a sim-
ilar project.
"Don't you think," ho says, "that
it would bo a good idea for the
American press to take a hand In
such an Important matter and urge
every big city in the United States
to have a municipal band, and to
have every year (or two years), in
some chosen city, a national music
festival, a national contest, with
prizes given by tho Government, and
at those festivals, to have monster
concerts given by 400 or 500 musi-
cians under one leader?"
Frankly and with the utmost re-
gard for M. Longpre—who is both
nn artist and musician of distinc-
tion; a "king of flower painters" and
an ardent advocate of civic beauty
as well as of righteousness, of art
as well a-s industry—The Express is
hardly 'prepared to favor a municipal
band, organized and controlled by the
municipal administration and paid
for by the taxpayers, unless there
could be some assurance that it
would be absolutely free of political
influence or taint, either in its make-
up or uses. A municipal band to give
concerts in one of the public parks
every evening for the pleasure and
education of the masses and for such
occasions as might require its serv-
ices, would seem to be quite as log-
ical as the military band with which
every regiment of the army is pro-
\lded, but is the plan possible under
our political system of municipal
government?
Mr. Longpre's suggestion appears
to have met with favor in Los An-
geles. At least the City Council
appointed a committee to determine
what could be done toward helping
it along through the co-operation of
the trolley companies, civic and busi-
ness bodies, and later from the city
treasury. The plan is indorsed by
the- Herald, the leading morning
paper of Los Angeles. It notes that
the city fathers of Boston found that
a daily concert on the Common was
a sure cure for the blues and a
safety valve for the overworked
brain and muscle of the people, anil
that it held them to a normal slate
of mind ami actually was a strong
aeterent of petty crime. "There are,"
says the Herald, "scores of men and
women, homeless, ailing and friend-
less—many of them aimless in life—
fcubject to all the unhappiness such
a condition brings who could be re-
vived and made to take heart again
by hearing good music and by com-
ing in contact with that occult thing
we call kindly atmosphere, which is
certain to be where good music is
heard."
There is no question as to the good
influences of good, music or of the
benefits of free public concerts in
the parks and plazas by bands that
not, only afford entertainment but
ahrln the cultivation of the musical
taste of the masses, but these should
be supplied by the public spirit and
liberality of the citizens, supple-
mented, perhaps, by an appropriation
from the public treasury specially
provided for. Probably a municipal
band might be arranged for on a
bfisls of general co-operation which
would meet all requirements and yet
be independent except as to its con-
tract obligation.
take his medicine. The leaders of
the movement have stated that they
have 2,000,000 bales pledged for the
warehouse. This, backed up with a
list of the w'arehouses aifd the num-
ber of bales pledged to each, to-
gether wifi the names of plantors
who are contributing the supply,
would be much more effective than
the mere assertion that the 2,000,000
bales will be stored until fifteen
cents is offered for it.
The spot buyer is familiar with all
the aspects of the cotton trade, and
it is not to his interest to believe
everything the producer says, more
especially if not backed up by proof.
Lockhart is making extensive
preparations for its fourteenth fair,
to be held Oct. 17, |18 and 10. Many
horses will participate in the race
meet there that will come to the San
Antonio International Fair with now
records. Caldwell County has been
prosperous, notwithstanding the dry
i-pell this year, but she always has a
display of her products that draw big
crowds to the annual event.
WHAT THE STATE PAPERS SAY
Uncle Joe Cannon journeyed down
the Missouri R'iver by boat to St.
Louis and now he is said to be in
favor of deep water. Such a nota-
ble convert means a great gain for
the advocates of a substantial appro-
priation by the next Congress for im-
provement of inland waterways. As
Speaker of the House, Uncle Joe ex-
ercises considerable influence in the
matter of legislation.
County Clerk Flynn of Georgetown
issued forty-two marriage license*
last month, or six more than in Aug-
ust of last year. Predictions have
been made for a cold winter and
these affairs of the heart, to say
nothing of tho numberless pairs of
half hose that need refooting, mak»s
it only reasonable that the county
clerk should employ an extra deputy.
That is a good story from Yoakum
about the cat that Is half rabbit, or
the rabbit that is half cat, and recalls
the story of the Texas cattleman's
bad horse that was "one-half horse,
one-half alligator and the other half
snapping turtle." It is little wonder
that everybody wants to come to
Texas.
The action of the treasury depart-
ment in accepting the design for the
new ten-dollar gold piece bearing tho
faco of Mary Cunningham, the beau-
tiful Irish girl, was ill-advised. We
are already too much absorbed in the
scramble for money.
After Manner of the Stage.
Some smart Aleck calls a pretty girl's
eet her "wedgos." Fact, they do kick
themselves into m fallow'* heart some-
times.—Cuero Dnily Record,
Editor Howerton In no doubt referring
to marriage u la mod* in Pittsburg, Pa.
♦ ♦ ♦
Teddy Does Not Think So.
Slate .if Oklahoma will corns
into the I ivIon with tho be«t Constitution
of any in the Union, according to Wm. J.
Bryan Evidently the people of the
State l»y a large majority agree witIi Mr.
Bryan In the opinion.—Runnels County
Lodger.
And yet Bryan alleges that Roosevelt
is now "cribbing" his Idea*.
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Ger Up to Date.
In a press notice In the Ban AntonlO
Express Inst Friday of the near approach
of the opening of the Stato University,
one-third of the headline space was given
to football. Of the 112 lines allotted to
the coming session 82 linen were given
to football and SO lines to the arrival of
the faculty, renovation of the building,
etc. A stranger tq OUI 'Institution*"
might well suppose that football wan
the leading feature of the Stato Universi-
ty.—San Marcos Herald.
It Is a wonder that Kdltor Davis neg-
lected such a fine opportunity to rim;
in that old naw of George Ade's which
asks: "What they teach at your col-
lege besides murder?' Wonder if San
Marcos ever heard of George!
♦ ♦ ♦
A Forcible Reminder. ^
Not simply berause the editor got
slugged on the head with a f>all thrown
by a husky younghster the'other day.
but because It Is a dangerous nuisance,
the Progress suggests that the habit of
playing ball on the street* and alley*
bp stopped. Thero Is air ordinance pro-
hibiting this.—Gorman Progress.
Come now! Does Editor Collie mean
to insinuate that he would have taken
the matter up just as quickly if it had
been his mother-in-lnw who was hit.
"Fess" up. Did not the l>low of the
ball forcibly recall to your mind the
fact that an ordinance did exist?
♦ ♦ ♦
Abilene Progressing.
Abilene will have to hurry if she keeps
pace with the fire department, for they
are doing things and going some at the
same time. Have you seen your new
property? If-trfft you should take a look
at them. You are a partnership owner
In t wo fire horses purchased the other
day. A check for $450 signed by the city
of Abilene was tho prtco.—Abilene He-
porter.
Abilene is moving in the right direc-
tion. There is nothing which reflects
more credit on a city than does a well
equipped fire department.
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Want to Know.
Austin Statesman: As long as the light
holds out to burn. San Antonio has hopes
of learning the amount of wood that is
required to make a cord.
Translated, this means that the people
of Ban Antonio have arrived at that point ,
in their history where they are buving
wood by tlie cord, and desire to know the
exact dimensions of a cord. From time
immemorial they have bought mesquite
roots and branches from the Mexicans,
who chop it Into small bits, bring it on
burros or carts or on their own backs,
and sell it by the "armful." The aver-
age Han Antonio person knows exactly
how much wood Is in an "armful." In fact,
wood has always been measured in San
Antonio by the "armful," and the • arm-
ful" is as much a measurement in San
Cotton Warehouses and Claims.
The farmers are^turning their cat-
tle into the cotton fields in Gonzales
County, which means that there will
be no top crop in that section. The
rains recently gave some promise of
a top crop, but the leaf worms have
stripped the stalks of leaves and th«.
farmers have concluded that the
grass is worth more than the pros-
pects for another picking.
The Farmers Union would find the
gathering of statistics, reliable sta-
tistics, of much value if It had some
method of securing data from every
county in the State and giving out
the information from time to time.
This could be readily accomplished
In South Texas, where the gathering
of the crop has progressed suffi-
ciently to favor a fairly accurate es-
timate of the yield.
Another matter that would bo of
interest to the general public is the
number of warehouses in the State
and the number of bales of cotton
that have actually been stored. If
the warehouse plan is the farmer's
remedy for low prices, most certainly
the number of bales that are being
held should prove « factor in con-
vincing the spot buyer Uut he must
' Halletsvllle has a scheme for in-
creasing its population that is hound
to win. It is encouraging the birth
rate and refuses to let anybody die
except from senility. Fifty-two births
Lre reported there for September and
only five deaths.
Tho State pure food law is in force
and the State Inspector has now en-
tered upon his duties, so it behooves
ttll parlies in interest to familiarize
themselves with the provisions of the
law and govern themselves accord-
ingly.
Three lumber companies In
Alva, Okla., have entered pleas of
guilty to the charge of combination
in restraint of trade, but they only
had to pay $250 each for the privilege
of being a stockholder in a trust.
An American Minister to Siam
firBt introduced King Chulalongkorn
to John Barleycorn, and is therefore
in part responsible for the intimacy
which has ever since existed between
these two congenial spirits.
Antonio :ir the yardstick, the iniftliM "r
the eunl in other pur In of the world. Hut
not It MppiMfs tiuit wood in being smpp'*'l
in on cur* and Mild l>y tIi*- curd. Tins Sun
Antnnln people want tn know what is ■ '
corcl and liow nint h Is in a cord. The ex-
planation which tliev will probably un-
derstand I* that a cord In Hlxt y-tlnvo and
one-half "nrmfuls," when the wood !h
out, and thirty if uncut. With this ex-
planation the San Antonian can pur-
chase. For if wtiod Is worth K> o utran
armful, a cut cord would be worth $11 "i".
Some San Antonlans have always hmiKlit
their niosquite from Mexicans who brim;
It tied with a rawhide thong. The', esti-
mate the amount wholly by tho way 111"
seller stoops In carrying his burden, and
pay according to the bend In his hodj.
Of course this class of wood consumers
is going 'o have Just as hard a time In
understanding and applying the cord
standard of measure as we an hi apply-
ing the metric system of weights and
measurements. Willi gas stoves, whleli
are splendid for cooking frl.loles, chill enn
carne and tamales, and an almost ever-
lasting summer, it Is not seen how the
wood question can worry the San Antonio
person lo any great extent. Dallas News.
The citizens of San Antonio are not
worrying--they are Just seeking Informa-
tion to be stored away for future use.
San Antonio is growing so rabidly that
the northern portion of the city is rapid-
ly hearing a climate where the "ever-
lasting summer" ceases lo exist during
the winter months. Rut then, Kdltor
Sterret is right. Owing to the flourishing
commercial conditions now existing in the
Alamo City, It lias "arrived at that point
in Its history where the people are buy-
ing wood by the cord." They are able to
do so,
♦ ♦ ♦
Let It De Enforced.
"Mark the prediction," snys the Pallas
TInies-llcrald "The Tilaskin-MeOregor
law will he enforced In every city in Texas,
regardless of geographical lines." Well,
if not, why not'.'-Sail Antonio Kxpress.
The Kxpress Is a wat newspaper, a
stalwart opponent of prohibition and the
Matne-KMinas Idea, and it ir f,<r the rigid
enforcement of the Baskin-Mcfiregor law.
Why not?—Dallas Times-Herald.
Why not, indeed? San Antonio still
boasts several excellent clubs and The
Kxpress representatives are ever wel-
come guests In the Alamo City.
♦ ♦ ♦
In This Day and Time.
There will he no automobiles In heaven,
says a Boston clergyman, and the rea-
son Is plain—there will be no Standard
Oil products there -Galveston Tribune.
Do not be too certain of tills latter
fact. It is to be feared that when John
D. arrives at the portals, there will bean
investigation in heaven next day and
they will have Si. Peter acknowledging
that John did accomodate him with a
little temporary —.
♦ > ♦
On What Grounds?
Col. W. I,. Crawford of Dallas spoke
to a large crowd of farmers at Waxa-
hachle last week, attacked Bnlley with-
out gloves and analyzed the testimony
before the legislative comtnlttee. Colo-
nel Crawford is one of the ablest law- j
vers in Texas, and his speech covered
nearly two pages in Sunday's Dallas
News'.—Fannin County Democrat.
It is to be wondered 011 which asset-
tlon Editor Gass bases bis advocacy of
Mr. Crawford as one of the ablest law-
yers In Texas; that he attacked Bailey j
or that his speech covered nearly twb
pages. Neither would demand nuich
legal ability.
THE PEACEFUL INVADF.R.
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ns ^ TOPICS OF THE TIMES ^
The boat which Is conveying Presi-
dent Roosevelt down the Mississippi
Itiver is, of course, a water wagon.
The man who owns a pecan orch-
ard now knows something about the
meaning of prosperity.
Aunty.
Aunty's votce is always soft and pleasing
When he conies at night to call.
Aunty sweetly calls m» "Deary"
Wkii his hat hangs in the ha'lj
Aunty's ways are always lovely
While he hangs around the place;
you would think she was an angel
By the look upon her face.
Aunty sajs things that .are awful
When she knows he isn't near;
If he might slip in and hear her
He would run away 111 fear.
Aunty's always fixed up nicely
When it's time to see her beau;
Gee, but aunty does look sloppy
When he isn't coming though.
Aunty's going to get married,
'Cuuse he love* her so, 1 guess:
I was hidln' In Ihe parlor
When he made her answer yes.
He had begged for half an hour
And was kneelln' 011 the floor—
She told ins, she hoped she'd «et him
Just a day or two before.
-S. K. Klser.
Reflection*
ofT
Bachelor.
A family Is a good excuse for never be-
coming n millionaire.
When a woman Is an heiress as well as
prettv. it's In her own Imagination.
A woman's Idea of a nice letter is how
much sbe can put In It without saying
"Education Is a great help to those who
make their living by giving It to those
who can't.
When a man fives his wife money to
buy something for the house he acts as
If she owed it to him on a loan.—New
Tork Press.
American Factories Lead the World.
The extent and the variety of its
natural resources, as. m one particular
field, is revealed by its mineral riches,
is one of the. reasons why the United
States heads the list of tho world's na-
tions in prosperity and progress. In the
ten years which have passed since tho
business revival set in at the close of
the industrial stagnation of 1893-97, the
country's population lias Increased It
per cent. In those ten years the value
of Hi annual mineral output has ex-
panded more than 20 per cent.
Those who take a gloomy view of the
outlook for business in th» United Staten
should try to grasp the facts just pre-
sented. Here are a lew more facts for
th®ni to ponder on: While the I.tilted
States has only 5 r et' cent of the world *
population, it produces .'0 per cent of
the world s wheat, 25 per cent of its
gold, 3i» per cent of its coal, on per cent
of its manufactures, 3$ per cent of its
silver 40 per cent of its Ircn, 42 per
cent of its steel, 52 per cent of lis pe-
troleum, 55 per cent of its copper, iO
per cent of its cotton and 80 per cert
of Its corn. „ ... .
William Stanley Jevons, the British
economist, said in 180" that when Eng-
land lost her supremacy in coal and irun
production her fall would be as sure
as Rome's was after Constantine re-
moved the capital to Constantinople,
and after Ills sons divided the empire
into three purts, and that the fall would
ho swifter than was Rome's. Forty
years ago that seemed to be a safe
forecast, for Iron production In the
United States in 1867 was less than a
iwenty-fifth part of what H is in 19t»T.
coal production was less than a fortieth
of what it Is now.
But the years which have passed since
1867 have told a tale - which nobody in
that day dreamed of. In the extent
of its manufactures the L'nlted States
passed Kngland in 18SO, and it passed
Kngland in Iron and steel production 111
1895, and ill coal output In 1900. And
in every one of these fields the United
States lead Is rapidly lengthening. Th'i
wealth of the United States to'lav ;s
>120,000,000,000, or more than that of it-
two nearest competitors. Great Britain
and France, combined. Every succes-
sive sunrise sees JIO.OOO.COO added to the
market value of the tangible property
of the United States.—From "Why Pros-
perity Will Continue.' by Jas A7. Van
Cleave, President of the National Asso-
ciation of Manufacturers, In The Clrclc
lor October.
Disrespects to the Uniform.
Among the many things that dis-
courage re-enllslmcnt of men In tho
Armv is the mistreatment they get from
civilians, and the municipal authorities
In particular. The police of a few citleu
where United States soldiers arc sta-
tioned, have adopted a most disgraceful
custom of arresting soldiers on the
slightest provocation, takltu them be-
fore the police court, and "there under
false charges thov are tried. No matter
how Innocent the man may be. he is
never given a chance to nrove this cr
If proven I' makes 110 difference: o»
Is fined just the same. This condition
has been found to exist In San Antonio.
Tex., to an unusual extent.
A correspondent Informs us that slnco
the Ninth Infantry ha« been stationed
at Fort Sam Houston a number nf uti-
just arrrsts have been made hv the cltv
police. The most striking esse of ln-
tustlce w*s shown as the result of a
littlw trouble on the corner of Hood
Street and New Kraunfels Ave"U». In
this esse the offending soldier* 9'ieeess-
fully rests'ed arrent In order that thev
mlgh' not b* entirely foiled tn th<Mr ef-
forts to secure n victim, the police ar-
rested a soldier who was passing at the
time. Th's unSuspoctirg soldier had ro
hand In the affair end th-re were wit-
nesses tr, prove this. False -harges,
however, were made out iwlr.st him.
and he was arraigned before the pollee
court just the same, where be was fined,
as a matter of course. Owing to ill'
tact that soldiers seldom have the
means to appenl their case to a higher
court, they are obliged to submit to this
unjust treatment—thus encouraging the
police to regard soldiers as easy prey,
particularly so, as it seems they get a
reward for every soldier they can
bring in.
Tho police should be given to know
their place, Except 111 aggravated j
cases, a policeman should not be allowed t
lo arrest a soldier at all. It shows dis-
respect. to the uniform, to discipline and !
to the United States authority, in case j
of a soldier being drunk on the streets
of the city lie should be sent to the pest I
and proper authority notified of the i
man s condition, or he should be detained I
till a patrol ronld be sent to arrest him.
Such a method of dealing with drunk"::
soldiers is perfectly just, particularly so
In a city like San Antonio, where Mipj-p
Is on every corner a saloon full of vllo
liquor. If the city doesn't want to seo
drunkenness 011 the streets, then let
them remove the cause. It is a poo-
-xample of civilisation where debauch-
ery and disorder are advertised on every
corner of the street, and then a ;;ang of
vulturous slugs employed, and a sham
court of justice fstalillsho.i to "rrest,
try, and fine every person who responds
to the advertisement. Far from heirid
Christian Justice, it Is nothing short nf
an organized robbers' trust.—Army and
Navy Journal.
Some Homicide Facts,
nf the 2041 persons committed lo Jail
for homicide in 1904, fewer than 5 per
cent were sentenced to death and were
awaiting execution or that sentence, ac-
cording to John Korea's statistics 011
homicide, which have n cently been pre-
sented to the National Prison Congress.
These figures are highly significant as
showing the difficulty in securing con-
viction In murder cases. In the six-
States in which homicides were most
frequent, Kentucky. Tennessee. Alabama
Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas with a
total of -43 cases in in-- year, onlv four
persons of this great number of per-
sons found guilty were condemned to die
three in Texas and on ■ in Mississippi'
Perhaps a larger percentage of the 700
might have lost their lives than did had
they taken a series of automobile excur-
sions.
No responsible statistics concerning the
volume of homicide in Ihe United States
l1.flvl.cvor compiled. Judge William
II. Thomas of Alabama computes thit
the annual number of nomlcides In the
United States Is 9829. or a fraction over
129 to each one million population. ThN
is approximately the guess furnished hv
a Western newspaper that makes a spc-
dalty of statistically exploiting suicides
and Illegal killings.
If It were true that nearly 10.000 homi-
cides are committed yearly In the United
States the situation would, indeed i,» de-
plorable. Mr. Koren, who Is a special ex-
pert of the Census Bureau and who
deals in figures of fact rather than In
figures of speech, makes no estimate
but directs attention to the porsong
sentenced to prison in 1904 for homicide
For continental United States tills figure
is equivalent to 30 In each one million
population. Of course not all of these
homicides were committed In 1H04 but
the figure denotes roughly, the annual
census of conviction for the offense in
question. Some slayers are lynched and
never get behind the bars; some kill
themselves after killing their vi-tlms
and thus make 110 showing In prison
rosters; some are never appprehended
and some are acquitted 011 the ground
of Insanity or for other reasons But
assumption that the number nf cases in
which Imprisonment takes place is not
easy, O11 the basis of Mr. Keren's
showing as to the volume of sentences In
1904, it is probable that the annual census
of homicides In contlnenal United States
Is much nenrer MOO than 10,000 and that
a thick slice needs to he cut from the
loaf of popular Impression.—Bostin
1 Transcript.
GREAT GROWTH OF BANKING.
Total Deposits in United States Have
Doubled in Nine Years.
Interior bankers are showing a disposi-
tion to keep a larger percentage of their
funds at home and to carry smaller bal-
ances In reserve centers, judging from a
comparison of recent National bank
statements. The abstract of all the Na-
tional bank statements of the country
for Aug. 22, 1907, for example, shows an
increase of 1120,000,000 ill individual de-
posits during the paat year, while in tin.1
same period there was a. decrease of $38 -
000,000 In the total amounts due from
other banks,
A study of the banking statistics of
. ,, r.K l'ie whole country seems
to indicate that the tendency is for coun-
ti> banks to draw down their New York
balances, especially.
The net deposits of New York Cltv
National banks on Aug. 22 last were $209'-
000.000 less than they were three years
ago. In the same period there has been
an increase of »527.0U0,iKW in the net de-
posits of all the National banks of the
country. Even as long ago as mi New
1 <" K .National hanlts had net deposits
equal to their present figures, wiille slnee
ln.1t date there has been a gain of $1,334,-
001'."Oil in the net deposits of ail the Na-
tional hanks of the country.
it may be assumed that ihe growth of
New York trust companies accounts t'or
part 01 the loss In National hank de-
posits at tho metropolis, but after making
a.!' \vnlicee for ihif, the fact remains
trial N?w York is losing ground relative
to ih" ifst of the country in the bankinic
business.
explanation is to be found in the
growing dislike of New York banking
methods. The banks of that city do nm
carry sufficient reserves to be' able to
moo 1 the regular fn 11 demands for cur-
rency and thin results in a regular period
of financial stringency In the fall of the
year, causing more fir less uneasiness
throughout the country, though of lat*
years conditions have been such that
New York's erratic money fluctuations
have little effect on the rest of the < oun-
t ry.
One reason why New York bank clear-
ings show a large shrinkage, as com-
pared with those of former years, may
bo found in the fact that interior banks
are keeping smaller balances than for-
merly at. that center, and are using a
larger proportion of drafts and checks
on other cities in their exrhuryye trans-
actions. Tt Is well known tiVit manv
Western banks ke^p barely enough funds
in New York to nif»et the current "require-
ments for exchange. In fact, it is tho
custom of many banks to transfer funds
daily from Western reserve centers to
New York to provide for their daily New
Yorl; drafts.
The curtailment of Western bank bal-
ances in New Tork in due only in part
to a dislike of New Yoik banking meth-
ods and a distrust of Wall Street con-
ditions. Another explanation is to b«*
found in the investment of Western bank-
ing funds in commercial paper. Many
Western bankers who formerly permit' d
large balances to accumulate in reserve
banks paying 2 per cent interest are non-
carrying notes Of well known industrial
and mercantile concerns of the big cities,
bearing and T per cent interest. In
Kansas alone the banks hold about $15.-
000.Wi of this outside commercial paper.
The relative growth of New York
han»«*s has been far behind that of the
bunks of the whole country for some
years past. Two years ago New York
National banks held 23 per cent of the
total net deposits of all the National
banks of the l'nlted States. At the pres-
ent time New York's proportion is only
16 per cent. In the decade the net de-
posits of all National banks have in-
creased $3,Otfl,OO0,OCO, while N'pw York's in-
crease in the same period has been oly
$320,000,000.
The marvelous commercial and finan-
cial expansion of the l'nlted States In the
past ten years is shown as clearly by
the hanking statistics as by any other
record. Since 1808 the individual deposits
of all the National banks in the country
have more than doubled. They have
grown from $2,031,000,000 on Sept. '20, 18t>S,
to $4,310,000,000 on Aug. 22, 1907. In the
same time the capital of all National
banks has grown from $821,000,000 to $89'*.-
000,000,and the surplus and undivided
profits have increased from $340,000,000 to
$735,000,000. Loans, of course, have kept
pa< e with deposits. They were $t,f»7#.000t-
ool on Aug. 22, 1907, and only $2,172,000,000
on Se:-t. 20, 1898.
The total loans of all the National
banks have increased $380,000,000 in the
inst vear. This is the largest growth
that the loans have ever made In a single
vear. it is especially significant of the
great demand for money, because nenr-
lv every banker in th? countfy has been
inclined toward conservatism In the past
year and many of them have put forth
an effort to diminish rather than to in-
crease then- loans.
One remarkable fact, about this enorm-
ous expansion of loans is the apparent
soundness of bank assets everywhere, it
might have been expected that much un-
desirable paper would have accumulated
dining the era of unprecedented expan-
sion. and that many unprofitable enter-
prises would have been started on bor-
rowed monev. But there have been sev-
eral periods in the past few years dur-
ing which weak spots should have de-
veloped. The huge declines in prices of
stocks, the widespread talk of business
reaction, the times of acute stringency
that have developed in the New York
money market, have served only to test
and prove the general soundness of busi-
ness. and the failures have been remark-
ably few^—-Kansas City Star.
IN PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY.
With the Exception of Two Women
Rulers of the "400" Are Men.
There is really no one leader of society
In Philadelphia. Society Is a community
of aristocratic neighborhoods, eacli equal
In birth, in prestige, in culture, and al-
mo-st in wealth. These little sets are
quite clannish, even in their marriages,
but they all meet at the set subscript
t'on balls en the intimate relation of in-
termarringe and cradle friendship.
No illustration of this dose communion
in Philadelphia society is better than the
fact that when a man who married out
of the Assembly cet was refused a sub-
scription to ihat famous dancing associa-
tion when be l>« came a Benedict, triors
than lOu members of his family resigned
from it. The threatened: departure ef
srch a number of the first families from
the leaVling social affair caused the men
who control tho lists to accord the cou-
ple the hereditary right of the groom.
While there is no single leader and no
single word of power, the social condi-
tions are governed almost entirely by
the same iamilies which controlled af-
fairs two centuries ago. A delightful
old lady who has settled a good many
social problems for Philadelphia has laici
down ins law that, while money can't
get rne into society in a century, mar-
rying a Riddle or a Cadwnllader can get
one in in just the length of time it takes
Lo perform tho marriage ceremony.
It was asked of a Pnlladelphian if the
automobile bad divided the Quaker CHy
Into the quick and the dead, as it had
d<one in other cities.
"No," she answered, "Market {Street
did that before automobiles were in-
vented."
When n distinguished divine came from
Washington to be coadjutor-bishop of
Pennsylvania, he selected a handaomo
hou*c in the loveliest part of town abovo
Market Street. This meant nothing to
him. it meant social tragedy to his
parishioners. They lived below Market
Street. He found that lie had at once
to give up such an ideaa or go below
tlif dtlviding line. As Philadelphia
stands socially it would have been im-
possible to remain coadjutor-bishop and
live anywhere above tins stieet.
Market Street 4s a wide path that di-
vider the town from east 'o west. Above
it are stretches of high ground, the
houses are spacious, the air, the tree«,
the flowers inviting. Below it. in the
old part of the town, the street* are
narrow, ill-paved, the houses mostly
dingy, the air not all it is desired. Yet
Market Street is the social dividing lino
between the sheep anri the goats so-
cially.
A man from Baltimore brought a letter
of introduction to a Philadelphian, and
took a home above Market Street before
he presented his letter. The Philadel-
phian was asked lately by a common
friend if lie like*} the Balt.imorean.
"Very much, very much," he replied.
"I asked him to lunch at Union League
at once."
"But why that club Instead of the
Philadelphia Club? And why not at.
your home to meet your family?" said
the other. "T am curious to know."
"Oh! my dear fellow." answered' the
Philadpelphian. "I couldn't do that. You
see he is living above Market."
And nothing "so clinched the argument
as the* reply of the other, who had lived
in Philadelphia, who said, "Of course
not. I didn't know."
The onlv social footing where the up-
town and downtown sets meet is under
the roofs of the theaters, ihe few cafe*
and: the expensive seats at the opera.
Not a box at the Academy of Music,
where grand opera n sung twice a week,
is owned by an uptown person.
Rittenhous* Sqtiar? is the nucleus of
the smart residential district from which
in sunburst rays leading off it, are tho
streets on which live the fashionable
who can afford it. And those who can't
take houses out of town. This district is
a mile and a half long and a half-mile
wile wide, and as housekeeping flats are
almost unknown, there is no way of put-
ting all the society set in this space.
you belong to the Assembly you are
in the most exclusive net that Philadel-
phia offers. There are some dominant
society people who dm not subscribe to
this "remarkable association, but they
would like ir. do -so. Their ancestors did
not arrange it for them. Tt is all a ques-
tion of the great-grandfather. This as-
sociation has been in existence since 174f*.
Fven that early in Penn's town on tho
Dels were, the social lines were strict.
No wife or daughter of a person In trad?
wny allowed to" be Invitee
Kverv other laige city in the world has
long outgrown anything so provincial as
subscription balls, hut they rule In Phil-
adelphia. Besides the dancing assem-
blies. there is tTie Midwinter and the
p.enedliets ball and Mrs. Mason's dancing
el.SS. I
The assemblies are chief. To belong
settles anyone's social position. One can
subscribe ordy by inheritance. It has
the local dignitv and rank of heing pre-
sented at the f.Ywrt of Vienna.
If any one won an can be considered a
dominant social power in Philadelphia, It
is Mis. Frederick T. Mason. S?he holds
the destinies of the debutante In her
hands. A card to her dancing class
means the opening: sesame to the most
exclusive young set in town.
Mere is not an altogether pleasant
t isk. The autumn mail brings pleading
notes from friends and mothers, asking
for cards for young girls. '-She is the one
woman whom the social smuggler with
debutante daughter plays every card to
meet and to her are made overtures
that are only equaled by those made to
the "czars ' of the Assembly. She wield*
hrtr power with fine discrimination and
with great kindness.
For instar.ee, she reserves to herself
t>."» privilege of inviting a few guests to
eprh meeting. She male this rule lit
order to give pleasure to young girls or
young matrons who arc not able to be-
long. Her social eyes are always open.
She is not bosrullod by pretense. She
watches the life of the young people
carefully and many a girl has opened
her mail to find the coveted card when
she had not dreamed of such a distinc-
t'on. She lrney the rules forbade her
membership, and she, in /Pood breeding,
had never tried to bring herself con- -
spicuously into Mrs. Mason's good
graces.
The arbiter for the younger set i*
Mrs. J. Madison Tavlcr, who holds a
dancing class for those who have not
yet come out. Here aiso is a wohian of
social grace who has the h^art and the
head to nicely balance such a situation.
Mrs,. Taylor's methods of seeing that
every trirl has a partner, and her per-
sonal insistence thnt the young men
shall not stand sgalast the wall, dancing
with only a chosen jrirl, has made her
cIpfC th* delisht of shy g'.rls.
Outside of thesf t^vo women the reft I
leaders are men, who have the control-
ler* power over the lists of the three
balls which make up exclusive society.
Philadelphia stands alone in this distinc-
tion. The men are the social dictators.
Not n woman's name is on the commit-
tee list of the Assembly, the Benedict'*
or the Midwinter balls. And these confer
the social hall mark.—Delineator.
The Changing Seasons.
The falling leaves begin to whirl.
To earth the wind has brought 'em;
1 hate to see the summer girl
Become the iriri of autumn.
—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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