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THE PULIPIT.
A SCHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMON BY
THE REV. DR,'JOHN LOVE. J8.
Subject: The Mystic stone.
'Asbury Park, N. J.-The Rev. Dr.
John 1ove. Jr.. preached on "The Mys
tic Stone and the Broken Image" in the
First Baptist Church here. He took as
his text David ii:34: "A stone cut out
,without hands which smote, the im
age." Dr. Love said:
In the poem called "Giles Corey" the
great author has said: "Do you believe
-in dreams? Why, yes and no. Whien
they come true. then I believe in them.
1when they come false I don't believe
n them." This is doubtless a fair ex
pression of our own feelings concern
ing these mysterious visitors in our un
conscious hours. Whatever harmony
there may be between them and events
;which thereafter transpire we can
never be sure at the time that they are
prophetic.
In the Old Testament economy, how
ever. dreams were a recognized method
of divine communication with map
kind. Not only were Abimeloch and
Jacob, Joseph and Solomon thus ad
dressed from heaven, but the prophets
'received revelations in and through
them, designed for the warning, the
comfort and the instruction of the race.
- Few dreams narrated in sacred writ
are of such profound interest as the
one of which our text makes mention.
In the second year of his reign "Nebu
chadnezzar. the king of Babylon.
dreamed dreams wherewith his spirit
was troubled and his sleep brake from
him." So profound was the impression
made upon hiim. so agitated his mind
on awakening. that he commanded the
presence of magicians. astrologers and
sorcerers, who 7:ere supposed to pos
sess the powers of interpretation. The
dream of the king had, however, so far
gone from him when the wise men en
tered into his presence that he could
give them no hint of its nature. Not
even the bare outline remained, only
the sense of terror and the fear of im
pending ill. With the cru.elty peculiar
to- himself he demanded that they
should at once reproduce the dream by
their mystic arts and give the correct
interpretation. Protest was in vain.
and in the heat of his passion he
voiced the decree of death on all the
wise men of the kingdom.
Daniel, the prophet, captive at the
time. in Babylon. learning of the mani
festo of the king. petitioned for an ex
tension of time and promised the
sought for interpretation. It was an
awful crisis. but from the quartet of
Daniel and his three companions went
up a cry that reached the very heart of
God and won the secret that nullified
an infaious decree. Within the ap
pointed time the prophet is ready for
the presence chamber of the king.. An
ambassador from heaven, he brings in
clear outline. by his vivid description.
the mystical image which had dis
turbed the slumbers of Nebuchadnez
zar, and then interprets its significance
as may be traced in the second chapter
of the book of Daniel, verses 31 to 30.
By the "head of gold" was represented
the kingdom of Babylon, the domain
of Nebuchadnezzar for forty-tive years.
The -breast and arms of silver" signi
fied the kingdom in which the Medes
and Persians held sway, and was
known as the Medo-Persian reign, in
a-ugurated by Darius, the Mede. and
Cyrus, the Persian, between whom an
alliance had been formed. The third
kingdom represented by the "belly and
thighs of brass" was the Grecian.
founded by Alexander the Great on his
victory over the last of the Persian em
perors, The joy of his conquest, how
ever, was mingled with sadness, for,
boasting that he had conquered the
world, he sat down and wept because
"there was not another world to con
quer."
The fourth kingdom symbolized, in
the image, by "the legs and feet of
iron," is commonly believed to be the
Roman kingdom. Toward its close it
became weak and disintegrated, branch
ing out into te~n kingdoms, represented
by the ten toes of the image. It could
hardly be shown by an appeal to his
tory how exactly all the events and the
succession gf events, symbolized in the
spectra! image came to pass, but we
concentrate our attention on the sig
nificance of the "mystic stone," which
by some'unseen "gency and in some
unaccountable manner was seen to be
detached from the mountain near by
~dto smite the image upon the feet,
eking into pieces the iron and the
of which they- were composed.
was this all, for the stone which
asmitten the image seemed to be
sco a vast mountain which filled the
whlole earth. That the reference is to
te ki gdom of the Messiah and a
'vid pro hecy of its power and growth
there can' be no doubt, and yet the
vision and ts interpretation date back
to 60G B. There is to be noticed,
first, the assurance of the establish
ment of a divine kingdom in the world.
Not only have eye the symbolism of the
mystic~ stone, but the definite language
of prophecy, for in his memorable in
terview with the king, Daniel declared
"In the days of timese kings shall the
God of Heaven set up a kingdoin which
shall never be destroyed." Similar and
confirmative prophecies might easily
.be culled from the sacred record. Many
empires in the world have owed their
origin, or at least their eminence, to
successes in war. Britain owes its
prestige to Waterloo, Germany to
Sedan, the United States to Gettysburg,
Japan to Mukden. Power has been
* purchased at the point of the sword
and sustained often through tyranny
and cruelty. The strength of the pow
ers of nations has been guaged by the
roster of their armies arid navies. Ar
senals, fleets and military stores have
been their pride ai boast. Not so
with the kingdony whose design, code
and symbols date from all eternity.
It is spiritual atnd not martial. It hath
weapons tbfore which strongholds
crumble, idut they are not carnal. It
'ns triumaphs, bui on silent, bloodless
c'lds. Not in the catalogue of
does this kingdom claim a
lone it stands. without peer ox
rt. It bears the name anc
sway of the Omnipotent. It
ot to enter into conflict with ex
g overnment, It was to be de
tional. not political. The cross was
o be its sacred symbol, not a crown.
Its laws were to be transcribed not ir
ponderous stat-ute books, not in legisla
tive enactments, hut in that precioas
book whose very name even has be
come an inspiration and a benediction
-the Bible. Throughout the Scriptures
is set forth in terms unmistakable the
.divine character of the new kingdom
and when at length the Messiah had
entered upon His holy mission He dis
appnointed the common expectation i
His announcement, "My kin~:dom i
not of this world.'' Again arm aain
might He have assumed the symbols of
royalty and won an enthusiastic follow-.
ing Indeed, Hie was compelled to re
sist the passionate ardor of the people
at times, who longed fo:- a crowned
head and a deliverer.
Persistent was His em'phasis upon
spiritual truth. He demanded a piety
not internreate by long neve~rs and
Ionger robes, but by surrender and loy
alty to God. "No relizion but that of
Christ has disclosed the innermost na
ture of God, none but this has laid
bare in its peculiar centre point the
moral nature of man." Man fallen
and dishonored was driven from "Para
dise Lost." The grand design of the
Kin-dom of Christ is to bring him into
such fellowship with God as thr.t he
may be an heir of "Paradise Regained.'
At Athens were two temples. "a temple
of Virtue and a temple of Honor."
Only throug:h the former could the lat
ter be entered.
Only through the invisible Kingdom
of God on earth-the "Kingdom of
Grace"-can we hnope fof' admission at
length into the -Kingdom of the Re
deemed"-thc "Temple of Glory." The
subjects of this empire must be in
harmony with and breathe the spirit
of the King. We are reminded sec
lndly of the small beginnings of the
Kingdom of the Messiah.
The "stone cut out of the mountain
without hands" was diminutive at first
as compared with its subsequent ap
pearance. This is indeed the law of
nature. The trees which fill our for
ests were once but tender saplings-the
men of the next generation are to-day
but weakly children. Christianity was
indeed complete at the beginning.
From its very nature it must have
been. An imperfect system would have
been a witness against itself. In all
these nineteen centuries not a single
principle of truth has been added. It
was Christ's gift to the world. A mine
to be worked-a very bonanza. A sys
tem to be studied-a very thesaurus of
truth. Christ in His doctrine was its
teacher. In His matchless character
its grand exponent. Each Christian is
a matriculate in the preparatory school
and when the term time of life shall
end will receive a certificate into the
University of Heaven. Laws are being
constantly changed in order that they
may be adapted to the varying condi
tions of mankind. Amendments to the
Constitution have been added one by
one. Statutes are subject to frequent
revision. Provisions that have proved
injudicious have been struck out. Nec
2ssary modifications and additions have
often been made. Can anything be
added to the system of religion which
Tesus introduced into the world? Has
the "*Sermon on The Mount" ever beeni
improved? Can it be? As well at
tempt to add to the radiance of the
midday sun or the maiesty of the heav
ing ocean. The necessity of change
would imply weakness, crudeness, im
perfect knowledge. "I am the-Lord. I
change not." and Christianity is the
creed of Jehovah-the system of Him
who said, "I am the truth." Who shall
say that ChristiaLity can ever need
modification?
To what age of the world, to what
nation, to what government, to what
human conditions has it not been
adapted? Still. in its beginning, it
seemed of small and weak proportions.
From a human standpoint, what could
appear more uncompromising? It
seemed like a Lilliput arraying itself
against a host of giants. We are so
constituted that we look for causes
which shall seem adequate to given
effects. Who in the first century could
have conceived as ever possible the
scenes which in these lattcr days greet
our eyes and the facts which thrust
themselves upon our attention? Christ
Himself was a poor and obscure Naza
rene peasant, without prestige or im
mediate pedigree of note. His disciples
were, with few exceptions, lacking in
culture and of but limited influence.
The new -religion had in it nothing to
win the opulent or the influential. It
ministered not to the caprices of men,
but combatted their strongest preju
dices. It brought not "peace, but a
sword." Judged by ordinary stand
ards, it seemed doomed to failure. We
need not Turn to the grand treatises of
the Butlers, the Paleys, the Dwights.
resistless as their arguments seem; the
sublime history of Christianity during
these nineteen centuries offers a might
ier and more eloquent plea for its di
vine origin and character, a perfect
Gibraltar. against wich all the shiafts
of infidelity seem but paper pellets.
But as we turn again to the inspired
narrative of the dream of the Baby
lonian king, we read that after the
image was smitten and the iron, the
clay, the brass, the silver and the gold
were broken in pieces, becoming like
the chaff of the summer threshing :door,
the stone 'which destroyed the imnage
became a great mountain and :illed
the whole earth.
Thus in mystic symbolism was the
truth revealed that the kingdom, which
at length Jehovah should set up, was
destined to universal prevalence. Nor
are we limited in this view to the lan
guage of symbols. "Ask of Me and I
will give thee the heathen for thine in
heritance and the uttermost parts of
the earth for thy possession." "The
earth shall be full of the knowledge of
the Lord as the waters cover the sea."
Thus David and Isaiah, peering
through the perspective o5 coming
years, beheld the wondrous ascendency
of the kingdom of Immanuel. What
appeared to these prophets of the olden
time in vision appears. to us translated
into history, glorious with the grand
achievements Christianity has wrought.
Magnificent victories have followed its
banners. TerritCry after territory has
been added to its dominions. Despite
the opposition which its representa
tives have met, the fiery persscutions
not limited jo 'the perio'd 'of its introl
duction. but blighting the records of
ten centuries, and. indeed, times long~
after the "'dark ages," its growth has
been phenomenal; aye, more than that,
divine. Palestine has become _the
moral centre of the world. The prayez
which Jesus has taught, "Thy kingdom
come," is being graciously answered.
.udging from the history of Christian
ity and reasoning from analogy, had wt
not the promises of the Sacred Word,
we should be compelled to anticipat(
the ultimate triumphs of 'The Re
deemer's cause."
Followed by a Lioness.
While a lady and gentleman were
proceeding by rick-sha from ,Salisbury
to Ardbennie on a recent Sunday
eveing they were considerably
alarmed by seeing, soon after cross
ing the railway, a lioness cross their
path some twenty-five yards ahead of
them.
Being taken so much by surprise,
they failed to check the boys. and pro
ceeded on their .iourney. Shortly af
terward they found the beast about
ten yards in the hush on one side ol
them, and she proceeded thus for over
a mile and a half. Fortunately, owing
to the dirty and slippery condition of
the roads, the boys' attention was
confined to their work of impelling
the vehicle in their charge, and they
id not perceive the lioncss.
It was thought that the very bright
light which the boys we-re carrying
kept the animal at a safe distance.
South Africa.
ENCOURAGING. -
"Are' you musical?"
"Niope: go ahead and play. I
don't know one note from another."
THE SUNDAY SCHOOI
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR MAY 14.
Subject: Iesus Prays For H Followerai
John xvii.. 15-26-Golden Text. Joh
xvi., 9-Memory Verses, 20, 21-Com.
mentary on the Day's Lesson.
I. Christ's prayer that His apostles
may be kept from evil (vs. 15, I;). 15.
"I pray not," etc. He would not have
them with Him yet, nor would He
have -them escape from the active,
tempting world. "From the evil one
(R. V.) The devil. Christ prays that
they may be delivered from the decep
tion and power of Satan.
16. "Not of the world." They do not
partake of its spirit or follow in the
wake of its ungodly practices. "Even
as," etc. Christ's true followers par
take of His nature and are led and con
trolled by Him. They are born of God.
II. A prayer that they may be sancti
fled (vs. 17-19). 17. "Sanctify them." 3
The idea at the root of the word ren
dered "sanctify" is separation. It is
opposed not to what is impure, but to
what is common, and is constantly
used In the Greek of the Old Testa
ment for the consecration of persons
and things to the service of God.
"Through thy truth." "In the truth."
R. V. The "truth." the sum of the
Christian revelation. "the word of
God." at once embodied in Christ and
spoken by Him. is (as it were) the ele
nient into which the believer is intro
duced, and by which he is changed.
What the eleven needed above all
things was a profounder apprehension
of Christian truth, and a holier charac
ter.
18. "Hast sent MNe." To redeem and
save the world. "I also sent them."
To carry on the same work by preach
ing the truth and leading men to God.
As the apostles were directed to ordain
others to the same work it is evident
that a body of ministry, issuing from
God Himself, distinct from the laity,
is P. divine institution in the Christian
church. 19. "I sanctify Myself." I
coneecrate and devote Myself to death.
that I may thereby purchase eternal
salvation for them. Thus as a Re
deemer He was made perfect through
suffering. "That they also." 1. He
would not ask them to do what He was
unwEling to do Himself. 2. By His
sanctification He set them a true ex
ample. 3. By His sanctification,
which led to the atonement on the
cross, He presented every motive for
their sanctification, and gave them new
spiritual life.
III. A prayer for the unity of all be
lievers svs. 20-23). 20. "Neithe--for
these alone." Our intercessor now
broadens His scope so widely that
every man may enroll himself in the
limits of the prayer. "Through their
word." Those who were led to believe
the gospel through the preaching of
believers. This is the means God uses
for the conversion of men (Rom. 10:14,
15).
21. "All may be one." This prayer
was literally answered in the case of
the first believers who were all of one
heart (Acts 4:42). And why Is it that
believers are not in the same spirit
now? Decause they neither attend to
the example nor to the truth of Christ.
"World may believe." The unity of be
lievers would be the means of leading
men to Christ. Nothing so distracts
and destroys faith in the earth as di;d
sion among Go-d's people. 1. Christian
unity shows the power of the Christiani
religion. Only a mighty power could
effect such a result from the widely
differing elements of which the church
Is composed. 2. It shows the divine
nature of religion, in that It produces
the same characteristies in all. 3. A
'united band Is far more effective in
overcoming the world and conquering
evil,
22. "Have given them." Christ's
glory is in thetn even now, In various
degrees, a spark, a slender flame, a
beaming luminousness, destined to
shine in eternal splendor In the celes
tial firmament.
23. "Perfect In one." The unity of
the church consists In doctrine and in
spirit. The historian of evangelical
doctrine 'finds that the system, In its
grieat outlines, forms a grand architee
tural structure, extending through
ages, identical In its general outlines,
and excluding all mere half-faiths, her
esies, novelties and infidelities. As
such a system it does, by its self-eon
sistency, strength and permanence;
formy a powerful proof of the reality of
the Christian faith. calculated to make
the world believe.
IV. A prayer that they may be par
takers of His glory (vs. 24-26). 24.
"Father." The relationship is the
ground of $he appeal: He knows that
His will is one with His Father's. "I
will." Not I pray, nor I ask, but this
is My will. He speaks as a son re
turned to his father's house, .who tells
ini loving confidence how he will have
things. He will bring His beloved
comrades with Him, that they may see
what a glorious prince He is. and In
what a glorious palace. "Behold My
glory." In the sense of sharing and
enjoying it; for the faithful shall also
reign with Him (2 Tim. 2:12). Behold
ing His glory we are all changed into
the same image from glory to glory (2
Cor. 3:1S). The real import of Christ's
prayer is that all who believe on HIm
should continue to love and serve Him
wil~ein th.is worli. and then be eter
nially united with him.
:,:. "Righteous Father." God has
not only His parental. but His judi'ial
and governmental aspect. Hie is not
o'g a fnther, but a Judge and Sover
ia. "sot known." W'ould not ae.
knowledge; was willfully ignorgtnt. 20.
"May be in thenm." Mar fule in theiu
hearts. as a guiding principle, without
w~hich they' cannot receive the knowvl
edge here promised: for "he that lov
eth not, kuoweth' not God" (1 John
4:). "I in them." These last words
of Chist's mediatorial prayer sun' up
its purpose. He Is going away and yet
abides witih them.
Coquelin Would Lift Profession.
M. Coquelin. the famous French ac
tor, is a candidate for senator from
his native district, Boulogne-sur-Mer.
In an interview he declares his inten
tion completely to rehabilitate the so
cial position of the professional ac
tors. who at present are not allowed
to have funeral services and burials
in Paris churches. It is hut recently
that dramatic artists could be decor
ated with the Legion of Honor. "I
maintain that no calling exists that
is more honorable or capable of ac
complishing greater good for human
ity than that of a comedian," he says.
"If I am elected senator I shall, first
of all, fight the social battle of actors
and actresses. I am a good republi
can, of broad views, and. after all, !
not political life merely one of mxany
manifestations of the great humar
cmed'ty?"
1TO INTERFERENQCE
"Pa. it's rainin.
"Well; let it ra l"
"I was going to!"-~ A39 j
Pointed Paragraphs.
Taxing bachelors may not boost the
matrimonial game, but it is apt to
encourage emigration.
Afte-r reciting "Cerfew Shall Not
Ring Tonight" at school a girl irnT
agines she is a born elocutionisL
Though too proud to work, many
a young fellow is willing to accept free
board and lodging from his parents.
Almost any girl can induce a young
man to accompany her to church. but
it isn' quite so easy to persuade him
to accompany her to the altar.
Poet's Tranquil Evening -of Life.
Swinbourne, the poet, spends hi1
declining years !n tranquil pursuit o:
the sim-le life, although it is doubtful
whether the book or the fad has evei
disturbed his peaceful retreat. A frienc
says of him that he lives in possessior
of his needs. "Bounded on all sides b3
the best books, enjoying the close com
panionship o' the truest friend evei
given tc a man of genius, and finding
in a long walk at postman's pace *
full satisfaction for the body's craving
after exercise, he lives through tbi
twilight of his days in a greater secur
ity and under the spell of a deepe
peace than he knew in the boisterous
drwn of his life."
A Hugh Penant.
When the American cruiser New
Orleans came into San Francisco Bay
on January 27. on her way from Guam
to Mare Island to be paid uff anui go
out of commission, she sported a home
ward-bound pennant 550 feet long.
o100 Reward. 5100.
The readers of this paper will be pleasedto
learn that there is at leas. one dreaded dis
ease that scieuce has beeai able to cure in all
itsstages, and that is Catarra. Hall's Catarrh
Cure is t as only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a con
stitutional disease, reluires a constitutional
treatmeLt. Hall's CatarrhCureis taken inter
nally,actin-directly upon the blood andmu
coussurfaces of the system, thereby destroy
ingthefoundation of the disease, and givin
the patient strength by building up the cor.
stitutioa and assisting nature in doing Its
work. The proprietors have so much faith in
itscurative po-vers that they offer One Hi:.n
dredDol;.ars for any case that it faits to cura.
bend for list of testimonials. Address
F. J. CEiNY & Co., Toledo, 0.
Sold b- Druggists, 75c.
Take .ll's Family Pills for constipation
Her Crew Mutinied.
When they found out that the Brit
Ish stEamship Brinkburne, at Sari
Francisco, was loading a contraband
cargo for Vladivostok, all her officers.
the captain excepted. Tesigned. The
Chinese crew also attempted to get
ashore; but the customs officers had
somethin'g to'say as to that.
Private Car Ltnes.
The railroads seem very willing to
have the private car lines brought un
der the jurisdiction of the Interstate
Commerce Commission. A railroad
President is authority for the state
ment that lines are paid mileage, with
out discrimination, and the question of
excessive charges is a matter for the
shipper to settle with the car lines, so
long as there is no law to govern their
rates. Car milage paying has been de
cided to be as legal as the payment of
rental for property.
HOUSEHOLD ACCOUNTS.
Keeping accounts may be a little
troublesome, but it is quite worth
while.
Have just one book, rather thick,
that will do for everything. Turn the
front part into a cash account. Open
the book out flat, write down your al
lowance on .the left-hand page, and on
the right put down .what you have
paid the butcher, baker, etc.-every
thing even to a postage stamp. Then
once a week, or oftener, balance.. Bal
ancing Is nothing harder t-han sub
tracting the total of the money you
have spent from what you should
have in cash.
When you 'have been keeping ac
counts for some time you will realize
.as you never did before what your
money goes for. Keeping accounts Is
a. helping you to make money, but
it does help you to find' out how to
get the most for your outlay and how
to balance your needs with your in
come.-New York Sun.
Kept Record of Rainfall.
A Pittsfield man who makes his
diary his hobby notes that not a drop
of rain fell on the 31st day of any of
the months last year. On every other
day of the month some time during
the year there was a precipitation.
The record for the year shows that
the total fall ftr the year was :36.66
inches. This is about 10 Inches uin
der the average.
COFFEE HEART.
Very Plain ini Some People.
A great many people go on suffering
from annoying ailments for a long time
before they can get their own consent
to give up the indulgence from which
their trouble arises.
A gentleman in Brooklyn describes
his experience, as follows:
"I became satisfied some months ago
that I owed lhe palpitation of th-e
beert, from which I suffered ahuost
daily, 1o time use of coffee (I had been a
cofediker for 30 years), but I found
it very hard to-give up the beverage.
"I realized that I must give up the
harm-iful indulgence in coffee, but I felt
the necessity for a hot table dr-ink. and
as ten is not to my liking. I was at a
loss for- awhile, what to do.
"One day I iran across a1 ver1y sensible
and straightforwar-d prese-ntation of
the claims of Postunm Food Coffee. and
Iwas so impressedl thereby that I con
cluded to give it a trial. My experience
with it was unsatisfactory till I learned
how it ought to be prepared-by thor
ough boiling for not less than 15 or 20
minutes. After I learned that lesson
there was no trouble. Postum Food
Coffee pr-oved to be a most palatable
and satisfactory hot beverage, and I
have used it ever sinice.
"The effect <s my health has beeni
most salutary. It has completely cured
the heart palpitation from which I used
to suit'er so much, particularly after
breakfast, and i never have-a return of
it except wheni I dine or lunch away
from home and am compelled to drink
the old kind of coffee because Postum
is not serv-~ed. I find that Postum Food
Coffee chexers and invigrorates while it
prodnees no harmfbl stimulation."
Name given by Postum Co., Blattle
Creek. Mich.
There's a reason.P
Ten days' trial proveS an eye opener
to many.
Read the little book, "IThe Itoad to
Wllville," in every nke.
Investlgatiou of the Packers.
Very general Interest has been mani
fested In the Government inve'stigation
now in progress into the mode of con
ducting business by the large packers
located in Chicago and elsewhere.
Much has been written upon the al
!eged illegal and- improper modes of
business procedure connected with the
packing industry: but it seems that so
far no definite charge of :ny kiad has
been sustained and no proof of illegal
or inequitable ineiods has been dis
closed to the public. W-hile a wave of
severe criticism of this great industrial
interest is now passing over theconn
try it might be well to remember that
the packers have had as yet no oppor
tunity to make specific denial, the
maany indefinite charges of wrong-do
ing having never been formulated so
that a categorical answer could be
made.
The recent report of Commissioner
Garfield. which embodied the results
of an official investigation undertaken
by the Department- of Commerce and
Labor of the United States. was a vin
dication of the Western packers. but
this result having been unexpected at
tempts in many quarters to discredit it
were ilmade.
In view of the situation as It now
stands, however. attention may proper
ly be called to a few facts that owing
to popular clamor are uow being ap
parently overlooked. Fair treatment
In'this covntry has heretofore been ac
corded to all citizens whose affairs as
sume prominence in the public eye and
sone of the facts that bear upon the
relation of the packers to the .' om
merce of t-he country may at this time
be briefly alluded to. It would be
difficult to estimate tli benefits gained
by the farmers of the country result
ing from the energetic enterprise of
the packers. for whatever is of benefit
to the farmer is a gain to the entire
commerce of thej country. And con
nected with their continuous ag.gres
sive work no feature perhaps has been
more important than their efforts in
seeking outlets all over the world for
the surplus products of the farmer.
Our total exports of agricultural prod
ucts have gained but little in the past
twenty years. and leaving out corn, the
total of all other farm products was
far less in 1903 than in 1891. But in
packing house products there was con
siderable gain during this period. be
ause an organized atid powerful force
has been behind them seeking new and
broader markets.
Besides the benefits reaped by farm
ers on account of the enterprise and
energy exercised by the packers in at
taining commercial results by foreign
trade, the great development in the
manufacture of packing house by-prod
ucts has added enormously to the
value of all live stock raised in the
United States. The waste material of
twenty years ago, then an expense to
the packer, Is now converted into ar
ticles of great value and. as an eco
nomik 'act. this must correspondingly
increase the vhlue to the farmer of
every head of cattle marketed at the
numerous stock yards of the country.
Let these facts be remembered while
now it is so popular to regard the
great packing industry as' deserving of
condemnation. At least it must be ad
mitted that, so far. there is no ade
quate reason for the almost unani
mous howl that may be heard every
where in 'the face of the Garfield re
port above alluded to which practical
ly exonerates the packers from the ob
scure and indetinite charges that have
been for some time past made the sub
ject of popular comment.
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