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THE REPUBLIC: S&TUKD&Y. JftNTJRY 2, 1904.
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CARROLL D. WRIGHT ON LABOR'S PROSPECTS.
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Agreements, He Declares, Will in Time Do Away With Serious
Strikes Growth of Temperance Is Changing Industrial Situa
tion's Moral Tone Wage Are Higher Xow Than Ever Before
in This Country's History Low Wages of Thirty Years Ago
Will Not Be Beached Under Any Depression.
Onr superlative stocks of Men's nnd Tonne- Men' Stilt. Overcoats,
Trousers. Fancjr Vests, etc., representing the bent makes in America, lwivp
been very mntrrlnllr reduced in price. If on have any rlothlnc to liny,
lip m -u attend this snle. Itcmeinbcr, Hip lnirinents offered nt these
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BY CARROLL D. WRIGHT.
Commissioner of Labor.
Occasionally, perhaps frequently, one
hears Cassandra-like utterances relative to
the future industrial conditions of the
country. This results from a Fuperflcial
understanding of real conditions and from
the. constant reports through the press of
etrlkes more or less disastrous, not only to
tJift strikers, but to their employee and to
tlm public. The real fact is that for every
occurrence known as a strike or lockout
there are hundreds, and perhaps thou
sands, cf cases of quiet, peaceful, reason
able adjustment of diClculties. the condi
tions surrounding which might have led to
a strike with as much reason as produced
the strikes that are announced.
In other words, there is a greater har
mony of Interests between employers and
employes than at any time in this country
inyi tha oerlod of freauent strikes beiran
say. 1SS0. There Is a saner consideration
In 'all these matters. The public Judges
tha whole question by the turmoils that
are described, when a real knowledge of
actual conditions teaches the reverse.
Nearly all the prominent leaders of labor
organizations are in favor of these quiet
ant private adjustments of affairs, of all
reasonable methods of conciliation, and of
some form of arbitration when all other
methods fail. They deprecate a strike In
the abstract and only approve of it as a
method of last resort.
EXAMPLE OF THE BROTHERHOODS.
Of course, this is not alwavs so. The
never unions are more apt to Inaugurate
a strike at the beginning of a controversy
than are those unions which have ,had
experience. All of the railway brother
hoodsand they are the moat conservative
labor organizations in the country not
onl.v oppube strikes, but do all they can to
pre. -en t them, and they stand so well with
the railroad managements of the country
that oftentimes matters are left entirely
to the officers of the brotherhoods for ad
justment. This is tha result of experience, for the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
during their first years of existence re
Horted to some of tho most brutal methods
known in labor matters to enforce their
demands; but they learned their lesson
and learned It so well that the late chief
of the brotherhood stood as a type of the
wls-s and conservative labor leaJer. Sir.
John Mitchell Is a thorough and ardent
supporter of all conciliatory methods and
of arbitration if a controversy reaches the
acute stage. So is Mr. Samuel Gompers.
the head of the American Federation of
Labor. So are all intelligent labor men in
favor of the private adjustment, through
tha trade agreement, of all labor disputes.
The trade agreement, which all reasona
ble labor men advocate to-day and which
employers are In a very general way not
only considering, but adopting, will In time
do away with serious strikes and lockouts.
The trado agreement Is a solemn contract
between emplojers and employes fixing
all the conditions of labor In a specific,
detailed way. providing that all grievances
arising on cithT side shall be submitted
to a Joint committee composed of employ
ers and employes for final adjustment, and
thai pending the adjustment of the diffi
culties there shall be no suspension of
work on the part of tho employes nor a
lockout on the part of the cmploj ere.
SECRETARY WILSON SEES
MUCH PROSPERITY AHEAD.
There Can Be No Panic, He Says, While the Fanner Is Making
Money Products of the Farm, He Declares, Have Kept the
Balance of Trade With the United States Fortunes Coming
From the Soil in Every Section of the Country Plenty of
Money to Invest 2s ew Bureau of Corporations Will Inspire
Confidence in Stable Organizations.
JAMES
The Republio Bureau.
Mth St. and Pennsylvania Avo.
Washington. Jan. L Mr. James Wilson,
Secretary of Agriculture, was asked by
The Republic for his views as to the
sustaining power of the American farmer
In the face of great business depression
earned by the depreciation of securities in
Wall street.
To one familiar with the situation,"
replied Mr. Wilson, "it must appear that
there will bo no panic In this country
nov, so long as the fanner of the United
States Is able to produce good and sala
ble crbpa. The American farmer sustains
the country and feeds a great portion of
tbe.;woria. He is virtually Independent of
enyr6ther class.
lt me premise by giving a few
figures from my annual report Just is-
' sued. From 3SS0 to 1S30 the average of ex
porjs of farm products was more than
JTM.OCO.WO. In 1S01 they were $351010,000.
la. 1S03 the surplus, which we did. not seed
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In England, where this system has pre
vailed for twenty-five or thirty years. It
lias met with the most emphatic success,
most of the industries adopting the meth
od of having been free from strikes dur
ing the continuance of their agreements.
In this country also like results are be
ing obtained. Many trades are making
these agreements, extending not only to
a single establishment, but to associations
of establishments, and to r.isoclations of
organizations.
Even when such agreement? ?re broken,
as in a very few instances thy have been
broken by either one -ide or the other,
they have exerted a very strong moral In
fluence. They lead to manliness on both
sides. They avoid the suspicious uttltude,
o potent influence toward dirhculty in la
bor matter?, and they ma tne confluence
of each party in the other. But. above all,
they bring to the front the very best
mind? in the labor movement, lor when an
agreement exists an parties nave a moral
relationship and seek to abide by their
word.
These are signs in the lEbor movement
that should give the greatest encourage
ment, and they offset over uid over again
the disturbances of which we h?ar. They
are changing the whole moral tone of the
Industrial situation. They are producing
a state of sobriety which cannot be ob
tainec by any other means.
WHAT INTEMPERANCE MEANS.
The question of Intemperance Is one
which Is largely In the hinds of employ
ers of labor. When the employer under
stands and announces that he can hire a
man with a clear head for the same
compensation for whi;a he can get one
with a muddled brain, tio temperance
movements is subjected ts a force not
known by any other method. It may weil
be called the dynamics of the temperance
movement, and began on the railroads a
generation ago. first in orders that rail
who drank while on duty should not be
employed. It was soon ssen that this
meant nothing whatever, and so the next
movement was to prohibit the employ
ment of men who wero nabltuai drinkers,
even In slight degree.
This -movement has spread over the
country. The public is interested as much
as the railroads themselves. The safety
of travel and the avoidance of disaster
concern the whole people, and thus the
economic value of the prohibition has been
felt in every direction. It now extends tp
private and corporate concerns which de
sire to run their establishments with as
little friction and as little loss as possible.
The common and the statutory laws which
make employers liable In some degree and
under certain circumstances for the care
lessness of their employes are a most
ponerful Incentive to the employment of
men with clear heads. Thus economically
again the movement acquires strength.
The signs of the times relative to wages
are those which can be drawn from
economic conditions as a rule. Wages
are higher at the present time than at
nny previous period In the history of the
country. This applies not only to this but
to other lands. Of course, high wages In
some degree mean high prices, but In all
probability wages have kept ahead of
prices, so that the real purchasing power,
which constitutes real wages themselves.
Is also hig. er than at any other period In
the history of the country.
PENSIONS FOR WORKMEN.
Another sign relative to labor, and
which means a better understanding and a
more Interested body of employers and
employes. Is the tendency to establish pen
sion funds. Broad-minded and great-heart
ed emplovers are t-eeinf: that the man who j
WILSON.
in this country, and was sold abroad,
amounted to SS78.00O.0OO.
"It was the farmer who kept the bal
ance of trade with the United States.
Excluding the products of the farm there
was during the period from 1S30 to 1902
an annual adverse balance of trade
amounting to 162,000.000. Including the
farm products this balance Is wiped out,
and we have left $273,000,000 to the,credlt
of this country. During 1903 there was
on unfavorable balanco of trade In ex
ports and Imports other than these of the
farm, which amounted to J56,0O0,000. but
when the farmer's part In the Interna
tional commerce Is Included the balance
la our favor Is Just about $367,000,000.
INDEPENDENT OP THE BANKS.
"Here you have the tremendous reserve
sustaining power of the farmers of this
country. Thy are Um people who pay
the foreign bondholders.
"I will tell you that the farmers are
Independent of the banks, the money
lenders or anybody else. They are pros
perous. In the East anybody can see tt
for himself. They ars settlor good prices
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Invests his labor with them should have
some protection against what we know as
economic Insecurity.
The Industrious wcrklngman who puts
his conscience as well as his skill of
brain and hand Into his labor Is really
working in the Interest of the public, and
when he becomes disabled through acci
dent, whether by his own careiessnesss or
by that of his fellow employe, or through
defects the responsibility for which be
long to the employer, he has sacrificed
something in the Interest of the public.
So pension funds to recoup him for his
losses or for his Ir.nblllty further to earn
a support for himst-lf and family are be
ing established. These are very old
across the Atlantic, and there are some
Instances of years of experience In this
rountry. but it is only within tho last few
years that generril interest has ben en
listed. Now some of the largest concerns
In the country railroads, corporations en
gaged In manufacturing and others are
providing by a systematic, well-worked-out
scheme fo'. the protection of their
employes. Th!s will obtain additional ad
vancement In 7he whole moral tone of in
dustry, and Trill enaable both employer
and employe to see more clearly th Joint
Interest lnvo'ved.
PROSPECTS VERT HOPEFUL.
Whether all these things will be brought
about during the coming year or not Is, of
course, pre blematical, and It would be un
reasonable to expect that they will be,
but the rrospects for 1504. uncomplicated
by any industrial depression, are very
hopeful. Indeed. Should an Industrial de
pression come upon the country there
would be a reduction in the number and
severity of strikes. Strikes do not pre- ,
vail to sucn a great extent wnen industry
Is laboring under a depression as when It
Is prosperous. The high prices which pre
vail under prosperity ar the first to feel
the effect of a depression, but wages are
the last to fall. The reverse is true when
the country is growing out of an Indus
trial depression prices begin to rise and
wages rise more slowly.
It is also true, however, that, while
prices may fall below their range as It
existed during a period of Industrial de
for their grain, hay. milk, butter, cheeso.
fruits and other produce. Think of tha
prices for eggs and poultry! Then they
have the advantage over their Western
brethren in not having the long haul and
heavy freight rates.
"The farmers of the West were never
In such easy circumstances. Their crops
have been good, and tho demand from
abroad has been such as to keep the
prices at a comfortable figure. This is
true or everytning tne rarmer raises tu
sell, hogs, cattle, wool, etc.
"On the Pacific Coast the story Is the
same. There the trade Is opening with the
Orient, and .there the farmers have the
advantage of a soil which will raise al
most everything. Including fruits which
outsell the tropical fruits and which can
be sent across tho country and shipped to
Europe ax a profit. They are doing splen
didly. PROSPERITY IN THE SOUTH.
"In the South the farmer who raises
even a small crop of cotton has provided
for himself. Tobacco was never In great
er demand. The South Is rapidly becoming
as prosperous as those other sections of
the country which escaped the devasta
tions of Civil War."
"But many men are predicting hard
tlmea for next year. What Is your view
of that as one acquainted with farm con
ditions?" Mr. Wilson was asked.
"There can be no hard times, such as
Wall street predicts," he replied, "so long
as the crops do not fall. The American
farmer is an optimist. In the West the
banks are bursting with farmers' money.
The fanner has luxuries such as one would
not have dreamed of seeing In a farm
house twenty years ago. Tho farmer
often has a telephone in his house. His
daughter haa a piano and goes to boarding
school. Tho children have bicycles.
"I am told that there Is between $400,
000,000 and $300,000,000 of farmers' money In
Now York banks or on loan. From Iowa
alone somewhere In the neighborhood of
$60,000,000 has been sent to Canada to pur
.hu mTirw and farminsr lands. The
Western tanner Is looking for good In-J
vestments.
ASSURANCE FOR INVESTORS.
"And let me tell my views about another
thing. There is much talk In WaU
street about the Umldlty of Investors.
Money Is scarce at times and the market
sags. There Is a difficulty about getting
money to float this and that great enter
prise. Men will not go Into them because
they have been humbugged before. So
the cause of flotation languishes and the
promoters look to foreign Investors, but of
recent date with indifferent success.
"The point I want to bring out is this:
If the Bureau of Corporations of the De
partment of Commerce and Labor had
been organized long enough to give to tha
lublio pn Idea of the stability of corpora
tions which are seeking for the confldence
of the investing public, long enough to as
ture the farmers of the West that they
were good and reliable Investments, In
stead of 'salted mines,' they would supply
the money to set them going. If the farm
ers had some means of knowing that the
International Mercantile Marine was sub
stantial and a good lnvesment which
would pay dividends, they would put for
ward the money to float it. I only specify
that as an illustration, bat I mean what I
say. and that is. that If the schemes of
Wall street were not regarded with suspi
cionnot always well founded.lf you please
the farmers' money would be Invested
there, and then where would be all these
predictions of a panic because water Is
squeezed out of the stocks? As It Is, the
firmer is going ahead attending to his
business, putting his money where It will
be safe, and he does not care whether
they are squeezing water out of stocks or
dumping it In.
TO KEEP FARMERS PROSPEROUS.
"Steps are being taken to keep farmers
prosperous, even If some crops should fall.
There are many questions that have to
be seriously considered and solved. For
Instance, the boll wevil Is threatening the
cotton crop. The government Is undertak
ing operations to ascertain tho cause of
this pest ard to stamp it out. We hope
we will succceed. or the consequences may
be very serious.
"Constant experiments are being made
lo show that there are other crops with
which the American farmer is not famil
iar that can be raised at a greater profit
than some of those he is now engaged in
producing. The cultivation of the sugar
beet is going to become much more gen
eral than it Is at the present time. Six
years ago the production of beet sugar In
this country was 29.009 tons. One year
ago the production was 220,000 tons. The
production is going to Increase, and it
means a good paying crop for the farmer.
He is learning that his by-product. In
stead of being thrown away, can be used
to great advantage for the feeding of the
cattle and other live stock. Thousands of
carloads of this by-product are sold In the
East every year.
WHEAT GROWING IMPROVED.
Then, again, great progress has been
made in proving that a large portion of
the United States which has not suffi
cient rainfall to raise the ordinary crop
plants can be used to great advantage In
the growing of a peculiar kind of wheat.
The land between the 100th and 120th prin
cipal meridians Is thus affected and com
pression or after a period of prosperity,
wages rarely If ever fall to the plane from
which they started when prosperity began.
The tendency of wages Is always upward,
taking the decades tocether: the tendency
of prices Is nlways downward under the
same conditions.
So. whether an industrial depression
reaches us during the next year or two or
not, it is fair to assume that the low
wages of thirty or forty years ago will not
be reached, no matter what the severity of
the depression may be. Wages will not
fall below what they were five or sK
years ago, when the present period of
prosperity began, but they will fall, be
cause under a period of depression wages
as high as they are now become uneco
nomicthat Is to say. they enhance the
cost of production to such a degree that
goods cannot be sold.
SECURITT FOR HIGH WAGES.
The workman sometimes misunderstands
this particular feature of economic condi
tions. All men will ba glad to see wages
Increase, but if increased to a certain
point production ceases and wages fall to
the minimum. Tho only security for high
wages is increased production, resulting In
Increased consumption. It may be hoped,
therefore, that whatever depression comes
upon us, it will bo less severe than those
of the past, and that wages and prices
will rematn more stable and be subjected
to less severe nd sharp fluctuations.
Taking ! on the whole, therefore, and
looking at tnoso things which have been
referred to so briefly, and at very many
othcr matters which It would take great
space to elaborate. It Is perfectly clear
that the real facts underlying the Indus
trial condition of the country to-day are
emphatic signs of a better and more peace
ful condition moro prosperous and more
satisfactory In every respect. There is no
labor revolution or labor war ahead of us.
Men are growing more Intelligent, under
stand more clearly the real moral situation
and are thus enabled to avoid disastrous
undertakings in which they could have
been easily Induced to engage ten or fif
teen years ago.
prises one-third of the area of the United
Stnte3. On this land as a result of our
experiments year before last ten million
bushels of wheat were harvested. Last
year It was twenty-five million. In a few
years the production will be 100.000.000
bushels.
"I have the greatest confldence la the
agriculturist as the real sustaining power
of the prosperity of the United fatates.
So long as the crops are boundless the
railroads will make money hauling to the
market or to the seaboard. So long aa
the railroads make money they produce
dividends and they keep the shops go
ing. When the railroads cut or pass the
dividends tho whole country takes alarm.
Merchants curtail their stocks, manurac
turlng establishments shut down and con
templated Industries are abandoned.
Hence there Is no question In my mind as
to the Important part the farmer Is play
ing and will continue to play in the finan
cial affairs of the United States."
REVIVAL TO BE CONTINUED.
Over Five Hundred Persons Bap
tized at Galena, Kas.
REPOBUC SPECIAL
Galena, Kas.. Jan. 1. The Reverend Mr.
Parham. an evangelist, who has been
holding a six weeks' series of meetings In
a storeroom on Main street, this afternoon
finished baptizing the. remaining 250 con
verts. This is the third baptizing, the
whole number aggregating over 500.
Last night was to havo concluded the
meeting by an all night watch meeting,
but the people clamored for a continuance,
and the business men gave $100 to hava
the meotlnR extended a month longer.
..a! J?ovc.re?d Mr- Otto or the First
Methodist Episcopal Church will begin a
revival at his church next Sunday. Many
profess to have been cured cf their dis
eases and infirmities by tho Reverend Mr.
Parham's powers. The building where ho
conducts his meetings has a seating ca
pacity of 1.000. and fully as many more
stand nightly, while many are turned
away for lack of standing room.
WOMAN STABS INTRUDER.
Mrs. Sweetring Tells Police That
She Cut Weidel.
Patrolman Joseph Rohan of the Ninth
District Station was sent to the home of
Mrs. Rome Sweetring, No. 4015 Finney
avenue, yesterday to Investigate the re
port that Mrs. Sweetring had stabbed
Julius Weidel. a saloonkeeper of No. 11C1
North Vandeventer avenue, with a dagger.
Rohan was Informed by Mrs. Sweetring
that Weidel came to her house at 4
o'clock In the morning, burst In the front
door, and entered the house. Mrs. Sweet
ring says, according to tho police, that she
staDbcd him In the face and arm with a
small dagger, kept in the house as an
ornament.
Weidel stated that he went to the house
to collect a bill. As neither party wished
to prosecute no arrests were made. Weidel
Is only slightly cut.
SEARCH FOR PHYSICIAN.
Richmond Friends Anxious Con
cerning J. E. Franklin.
Mayor Wells yesterday referred to Chief
of Pollco Klely a letter from John H.
Dickerson. Jr., a member of a saddlery
Arm at Richmond, Va., asking that a
search be made for Doctor R. El Franklin
of Richmond, who came to St. Louis last
spring and has not been heard from by
his Richmond friends since
Mr. Dlckcrson states that he has learned
that Doctor Franklin was ill In a St. Louis
hospital. The doctor is a Mason. Mystic
Shrlner and an Elk. He is about 6 feet
Inches In height, haa one glass eye and
several gold teeth. He walked with a
long stride and always appeared to be
well-to-do.
The police yesterday began an inquiry at
the hospitals, but have found no trace of
the missing physician.
BIG BLAZE AT SENATH, M0.
Nine Business Houses and Two
Dwellings Burned.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Kennett, Mo., Jan. L Nine business
houses and two dwellings in Senath, ten
miles southwest of here, burned last
night. The buildings destroyed include the
store of John M. Karnes. Karnes & Ed
wards, Van Rice. West & Johnson. Mc
Har.ey's drug store, the Star printing
office. Fraternal office in the Douglass
brick building, fixtures of saloons and live
lodge outfits. The total loss about $35,000;
total insurance about $20,000.
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Department of Commerce Exhib
its Flattering Prospects for
the Xew Year.
REVIEW OF TRADE CONDITIONS
Country Shows Rapid Strides in
Area, Population, Production
and Distribution of
Capital.
REPUBLIC SFECIAT.
Washington, Jan. 1. Tlv progress of
the United States In lt3 material indus
tries" Is the title of a statistical statenu-nt
presented by the Department of Ccmmerce
and Labor, through tho annual report cf
the Chief of the Bure.ui cf Statistic.
The table pictures conditions in the great
industries and material Interests of the
United States In 1S03. where such figures
are available, and compare these condi
tions with those of earlier years, running
back, where possible, to the year 1SO0.
Area, population, wealth, public cebt and
the interest theron, jold and sliver pro
duction, money in circulation, savings
bank deposits and depositors, value cf the
money of the country, valuo of farm pro
ducts, imports and exports of principal
articles and total of imports and txrerts,
railways in operation, number of Pest
Offices, receipts of the Post-Offlce Depart
ment and many other subjects indicating
In various ways the financial. Industrial
and commercial condition of the country
are Included in the tables, which give op
portunity to compare present conditions
with those of the earlier years.
GROWTH OF NATION.
In area, for example: the total In 1303
is 3,02,600 square miles, against l,f$0,SC9
square miles In 1S50, and SZ7.M4 square
miles in 1S00. These figures do not include
Alaska or the Islands belonging to tne
United States. The population in 1903 is
stated at S0.3T2.OOO. .tgalnst 23.lM.Si6 In 1S50
and 508,153 In 1SU0.
The wealth of the country Is stated at
$34,lX.0i0,0itt In IW, and presumably $100.
OuO.OoO.UuO would not be an unreasonable
estimate for 1S03, while for 1S30 the wealth
of the country stood at $7,000,000,000, no
estimate being given for any year earlier
than 1S50. The per capita wealth Is set
down at $1,35 In 1W0 and $107 in 1S50 hav
ing thus more than quadrupled meantime.
The interest-bearing debt in 1S03 Is $311
OUOtOOO. against $1.7,OCO.000 in 1S0 and
$2.OK,000,l.'0 in 1S70. The per capita In
debtedness of the country in 1903 Is $11 51.
against $C0.4S In 1S70. and the Interest per
capita Si cents in 19U3, against $3.03 in
lS'.o.
Gold and sold certificates In circulation
in IMS for the first time exceeded $1,000,
000.OJO or, to be exact. $1,031,000,000, against
aw.WO.ttrt in 1500, $32,000,000 in 1SS0 and
$2S.0MM0 In 1S70.
The total money In circulation In 1S03
Is $2,367,000,000. against $i.429.0).O0O in 1S30.
$373.'XH,0'Ju In ISiO, $673,lM),O00 In 1870 and
$435.f.0, in 1SG0.
The per capita money In circulation In
1!J3 In $30.21. against $26.34 in 1300. $19.41 in
1SSO and $13-S5 In li0. Deposits In sav
ings banks in 1S03 are $2.S35,WO,000. against
$1,524..0M in 1SV0, $554003,010 in 1S70 and
$113,000,000 in 1S50.
M AN U FACTURDS.
The value of manufactures for the cen
sus year. 1900. is given at $13,000,000,000.
against five and one-third billions In 1S
and less than $2.0CO,0CO.0CO In 1S60. Rail
ways in operation in 1332 are 2U3.132 miles,
against 1&S.733 mites In 1SD0. 33.262 miles in
1SS0. 62.322 miles in 1S70, 30,626 miles in 1S60,
and 9,u21 miles In 1S50.
The Treasury closed tho month of De
cember with a moro favorable showing
than anv other month of the current fiscal
3 ear. The deficit which existed In Novem
ber was changed to a surplus, which was.
In round numbers. $10.W),000. This applies
to the month alone. The surplus for the
fiscal vear was $5,433,677.
At the end of November the excess of
expenditures over receipts was $2.0SS.l-'!6.
The continuance of such a gain would
brlr.K about .i surplus at tho end of the
fiscal vear of more than last year's sur
plus, which exceeded $50.CO1.'00. The favor
able showing in December is due to de
creased expenditures.
Secretary Shaw 13 greatly pleased with
the showlnar made In December, though re
is making no statement In reference to it.
The cash balance in the Treasury In
creased largely In December, being $227,
251.313 at the end of the month, compared
with $213,63030 at the end of November.
Collier Died Suddenly.
D. F. Collier, 52 years old. died In a. chair
at his home. No. 3 South Tenth street.
vesterdav afternoon. Collier was em
ployed by R. Y. Woollef. a mall contractor.
and recentiv came to r. iouis irom new
Orleans. He had been sufferine from j
dtjr.
shattered prices nre from onr own mnsterly
stocks nnd are ennrnnteed to cive absolute sat
factlon or "Your Money Hack,"
Come to -day while selections
are at their best.
Men's and Young; Men's Suits and Overcoats
Formerly sold at $ S.50 and $10.00-now cut to ? 0.7S
Formerly sold at $12.50 and $13.30 now cut to ....,.? S.7S
Formerly sold at $15 CO and $1SK now cut to 10.73
Formerly sold at J1S.0O and $2).t0 now cut to ?12.7.1
Formerly sold at 2.50 and E500-now cut to ?l.50
Formerly sold at $5). J3O.50 and J35-now cut to $22.50
Men's and Young Men's Trousers
Formerly sold at $3.07 and J3.&) now cut to SI. DO
Formerly sold at ti.CO and $1.50-now cut to ?2.J0
Formorly sold at $5.M and UCO-now cut to S3.SO
Men's Fancy Silk Vests
sold at $3.C0, $1.50 and $1 now cut to....
sold at Ji 50, $5 00 and $S now cut to....
Ii"n0"tUp Boys' Suits and Overcoats
$-4.00, $4.50 and $5.00 values, $2.95.
- Iirensted Knee Salts
heavy all-wool materials sizes
lb vears
- llrenateil Norfolk Salts
colors and mixtures ages 4f
veare I
bailor and Sailor XorfolkX
ages 3 to S years
Ovcreoati in lterseys.
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friezes and cheviots embroidered I
designs aees 3 to 9 years t
Excellent Reefers plain and redl
flannel lined sizes 3 to 10 years
All from our regular $1, $4.50 and $5
In this Clean-up sale
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BARGAINS IN
CHAS. REILLY
619 LOCUST STREET.
M. M. FLESH DIED .
OF HEART DISEASE
Former Councilman Expired
Soon After the Birth of
the New Year.
The funeral of Mathew M. Flesh, who
died of heart disease at the home of his
daughter. Mrs. William F. Obcar. No. 5240
Washington boulevard, early yesterday
morning. wIU be held from the residence
in ii
M. M. FLESH.
Former Councilman, whose funeral will
take place this afternoon at the resi
dence of his daughter, Mrs. W. F.
Obear.
at 2 o'clock this afternoon, the Reverend
William W. Newell, pastor of the Comp
ton Hill Congregational Church, officiat
ing. Burial will be In Bellefontalne Ceme
tery, llr. Flesh was well known in St. Louis,
E DESIRE to inform our patrons that we are
now located at our
622 Locust Street,
And will be pleased to serve j-ou as heretofore.
Oliver Abel Optical Co.,
S. E. Cor. Seventh and Locust.
...i.at
...?3.40
We Give
EAGLE
Trading
Stamps.
SPECTAGLES
Jbo
AND EYEGLASSES.
SOLID GOLD Spring Rimles3 Eyeglasses, first-quality lens
es. $3.00 value at $1.75. Eyes examined free by DR.
C1IAS. REILLY, for many years in charge of th optical
department of the E. Jaccard Jewelry Co.
OPTICAL CO.,
having lived here for the last fifty years.
He was president and proprietor of tha
M. IL Flesh Painting Company. Nos. 417
419 North Third street, and was in active
charge of his affairs until last Saturday,
when he became ill- Ho had been ailing
for the last two years, since his wife's
death, but his sickness did not compel Mm
to quit his business until a week ago.
Since then he had suffered a general
breaking down.
Mathew II. Flesh was born in Prussia.
March 20. IKS. His parents left Prussia.
In ISIS and came to the United States, set
tling In St. Louis. When he had finished
hl3 public school education. Mr. Flescwas
apprenticed tc a painter.
He moved to Jefferson Citj- in 1857.
where he engaged la the paint business.
There he married Susan Elizabeth Carter.
He became well known in the capital and
before the Civil War he was Induced to
run for Mayor, to which office he was
elected twice.
When General Price of the Confederal
Army started on a raid northward. Mr.
Flesh was made Captain in the homa
guards, later becoming Colonel. In 1364
he returned to St. Louis, whers ho had
since lived.
The firm of Flesh & Mook was formed
and contln-ied business under that name
until two years ago. when. Mr. Mook.
having died two years previously. Mr.
Flesh organized the M. M. Flesh Painting
Company. "During the Noonan aril Walbrldge ad
ministrations. Mr- Flesh was a member of
the Council, having been elected on tha
Democratic ticket. Aftr four years as a
Councilman he retired from politics. H
was an Odd Fellow, a Knight Templar
and a member of the Legion of Honor
and the Royal Arcanum.
Mr. Flesh Is survived by one son and
four daughters Edward M. Flesh, vice
president of the C H. Albers Commission
Company. No. 400 Chamber of Commerce:
Mrs. Charles L. Godluve. No. 7823 Ne
braska avenue: Mrs. Thrasher Hall, the
Hamilton Hotel; Mrs. William F. Ober
and Miss Mattie Flesh. No. S240 Washing
ton boulevard.
POFULAIUTV OF MOHAIR.
Material Said to Have Taken Place of
Flannel.
Mohair makes up well in shirt waists.
This material has almost taken the place
of tho flannel waist, so long a favorite.
Mohair has a dust-shedding nature and
a disposition against wrinkles that rec
ommends it to the practical.
A white mohair waist, box plaited in
small plaits and iastened with tiny brass
buttons, is a. deidrabU garment to wear
with a tailor gown.
It has a trimness that makes It for gen
eral wear preferable to a more ornate silk
waist.
Fntnllj- Wounded by Stray Ballet.
ItErUBUC SPECIAL.
Paducah, Ky., Jan. 1. James Hannon. a
plumber, was shot In the moraach shortly
after 12 o'clock trJs morning, and is dylngr
at the Illinois Central Hospital, where ho
was operated upon this afternoon. The
bullet was fired from an unidentified cele
brant's gun.
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