The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, March 20, 1902, Image 6
ARP ON MILLENNIUM I
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Sill Does Not Think Happy Time Near
At Hand
VERY SLOW WORK IN CONVERTING
If All the World is to Come to Christ
Better Progress Will Have to Ke
Hade By Us.
I believe the millennium craze has
ubsided for awhile. Within my recollection
it bobbed up three or four
times and excited good people all over
the country, for good people wish it to
come and live in hope and expectation.
I remember when William Miller, of
Massachusetts, had all New England
excited, for he was a very learned man
and a slncerer Christian and believed
all that he professed. For ten years he
exhorted the people to be reaay ior me
coming of Christ in 1843 and even fixed
the day when they would see Him descending
from heaven in magnificent '
glory and escorted by Moses and Elijah I
and a retinue of angels. He had over
50,000 devoted converts and the night '
' before the promised day they arrayed
themselves In white raiment and sang
* and shouted and prayed until morning
and then climbed the high hills and the
iree tops and the spires of the churches
to meet Him as He neared the earth,
fhit He dldent come and it nearly broke
their hearts and they liked to have perished
to death, for they had given away
all their earthly possessions.
Next came Dr. John Cummings, a
very learned minister of London, who
wrote a book on It and fixed the millennial
year at 1863. We were fighting
>ver here about that time and the millennium
had to be postponed. The millenlum
means the reign of Christ upon
Ihe earth for a thousand years, when
everybody will be good and there shall
be no more aeatn nor pain nor sorru**, i
and there has not been a century since J
Hl3 crucifixion that the religious people
have not been looking for His coming.
The Christians got their belief from
the prophets of Daniel and from St.
John and St. Peter and later on from
Irenaeus and Justin Martyr and they
delighted themselves with dreams of
glory that was near at hand. Some of
them declared there would be no more
winters, no more nights and everlasting
welfs would run with honey- and
milk and wine. Jerusalem would be rebuilt
and the fruits of the earth would
be colossal and never dying. One notable
writer said that every grape vine
would have 10.000 branches and every
branch 10,000 shoots and every shoot
10,000 bunches and every bunch 10.000
grapes and every grape would maae z.y
ra4tens of wine. Good gracious! how
^-thirsty that fellow must have been. But
the millennium dldent ccme and by and
by Origen, a very wise and good man.
r came along in the third century and
declared that there would be no such
grapes, but that Christ's coming would
be altogether spiritual.Still His coming
. fcept on being predicted and when the
reformation of Luther and Calvin came
about they said that the pope was the
anti-Christ and the millennium was
near at hand. Next came Oliver Cromwell.
who excited his followers with a
prediction of the millenium?and so it
^ - goes on and on and now it is about
tome for another just as soon as we
have done killing off the Phillipines
and England has killed out all the
Boere.
wen, now ail wese ruminations
about the millennium were provoked
by what I have been reading about the ,
recent discoveries of oil all over the
country. One thought brings on another
and if the coming of Christ is near at |
hand and His reign is to be a sDirltual ;
one for a thousand years and there i3 :
to be no winter or night or sickness or
pain or sorrow we won't need all this i
oil. neither for fuel or light. And so I i
jaw don't believe the millennium is very
near. If all the people are to be couverted
and become good it will be a
long time off, for it is a slow process
and all the coal and oil that is in the
bowels of the earth will be needed. It
vrasent put there for nothing. Mission- 1
arv work is going on more rapidly than
ever before, but it is like a drop in i 1
bucket of water. We have got 20.000 1
missionaries in heathen lands and they <
are aided by 80,000 native preachers
and teachers, but these 100,000 will |
bave to convert an average for each of <
'ten a year to make a million, and there <
are over a thousand millions cf hesth^
ens now and more coming on. But they ,
v do not convert half a million a year.
for the last report gives only 4.000.000 (
all tola. L?a?t year we.spent 92u.11w.unu ,
on them and have now ever 1,000.000
children rolng to Christian schools and
have 23,000 churches and over 1.000 sec- <
ondarv schools besides medical colleges J
and training schools and hospitals end
asylums for orphans and the blind and 1
the irsane and the lepers. They have
got almost everything that we have j
got and now have protection in Con- j
8tantinoole ?Dd Pckin end Beirut and *
other great heathen centers. The work *
fH? they have done in the last ton years is"
amazing and the abduction of :diss <
Stone has increased their zeal. Thirty 1
million dollars has been promised for ]
this year and they say that if we can- f
not convert them we can at least civil- 1
Ize them and teach them the doctrine
of a clean shirt and a comfortable ,
home, and these are the first lessons I11 ,
' religion. The last official report tells j
us that more than half the pupils are
girls. For centuries women and girl?
have been under the ban and were of '
no more consequence in the household
than dogs or beasts of burden, but now
they are being lftted up and treated
with humanity and respect. If the work c
of our missionaries accomplished no 0
I
->tnH Jut the rescuing of woman
froM iegredation of ages It if
wortMu^times its cost. Cost! what
'he (VfcTbut the surplus of our wealth
*nd t?Jri surplus is not ours, but God's
Libraries and colleges are good things
'o build nn and f03ter. but how much
do the millionaires give to the cause of
missions? Most of this charity wo are
told came from those who are not
ama a# o miliinn Tf io o 1 o _
WU1LI1 uut"uain Ul a aiiii.vii. n to u iu
nentable fact that the more a man has
the more he Wants and the less he gives
away in proportion to his wealth. The
parable of Dives and Lazarus was intended
tt> alarm the rich and selfish,
but most of them say give me a littl*
more money and I will take the risk of
losing heaven. Paul said to Timothy:
"Gain is not godliness, but godliness
with contentment is great gain. IVe
brought nothing into this world, and
it is certain we can carry nothing out
and they who would be rich fall into
temptation and into foolish and heartful
lusts that cast men into perdition:
The love of money is the root of al!
evil." There is a sermon to live by, but
it is hard to do. Somehow I can't help
wishing I had a little more than I have
got?not for myself, but my wife would
like a carriage and horses and ride
iround and take the grand children,
and she would like to have some money
jf her own to give away and buy little
presents without asking me every now
*nd then for a dollar or two. She docs
J- T /I r\n ' t lot h PT
naie iu uu iuai, uuu * % .v? ?
when I have any to spare.?Bill Arp in
Atlanta Constitution.
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NEWSY CLEANINCC.
London lias an army of io.SOO police*
men.
Sugar duties have hern abolished in
San Domingo.
A street railway sirikc at IJoinc,
Italy, lias been averted.
The Indiauit Democratic State convention
has been called for June ;J.
A new salmon combine of forty-five
firms is contemplated in British Columbia.
Several German steamship companies
have reported a laree decrease in dividends.
General satisfaction lias been expressed
in Austria over the intention
to send an Ambassador to Washington.
A Swedish Count will put Odd acres
of laud in Michigan into peat beds, an
entirely new industry for the United
States.
The Swiss Federal Council will contribute
to Harvard's Germain? Miis.um
vl.ictoi. (..v;lc I\C l'i?li:-PSOtll:ltilV Swiss
.scuipturcs.
A llefercndtim League has luei:
formed in Chicago to further that feature
of municipal rule all over the
United Slates.
Harvard University will probably
send an.expedition to explore Ug.vpt.
Babylonia. Assyria ami ralesliue for
Semitic relies.
Nearly S10.000.000 was expended by
Belgium last year in establishing new
(iovernmenl railroads and increasing
traffic aud transportation conveniences.
Tiie proposed gigantic coal combine
of Indiana and Illinois miners lias goue
up in smoke. The operators of the latter
State demanded too high a price
for holdings.
The San Jose scale has wrought
great havoc in ihc orchards of Ohio,
and it lias been necessary to dig up and
burn thousands of infected trees. Next
season's fruit crop will be short as a
consequence.
LABOR WORLD.
The iron mines In Germany give
employment to over 40,000 men.
Blast furnace workers all over the
country will ask for three eight-hour
shifts instead of two twelve-hour cues
per day.
Fall Itiver (Mass.) manufacturers
have agreed to raise the wages of
employes.
The coal miners and operators of the
Pittsburg district have adopted the
wage scale of last year.
A special commission has been appointed
in France to codify the laws
concerning working-class legislation.
Helena (Mont.) labor unions have appointed
a committee to make plaus for
the erection of a labor temple in that
lily.
Slate Labor Commissioner McMackin
favors a law in New York requiring
nf In"!!! h<>fnri> ? child
:an be employed in :i factory.
The Conciliation Hoard of the North
Df England iron and steel trade has appealed
to English workmen to support
employers in the eCort to rccapiure
the virorld's trade. <
The Sduthcfo PaciGc Road has inaugurated
a system of merit and demerit ,
narks for the detention of freight cars,
rrain masters and train, dispatchers
will be held responsible.
After nine and a half months the
^rvai SUIUf Ul lue IIUU ?uiivcir> <ii
:?an Francisco, Cal., 1ms ended, and
$000 machinists, who have been idle
since last May, have returned to work.
The Supreme Court of California declares
unconstitutional an act passed
l>y the Stale Legislature of 1SSI) regulating
the sanitary condition of workshops,
asserting that it is arbitrary and
special legislation.
The American Tin-Flate Company
ind the Amalgamated Association 01
Metal Workers have harmoniously
lgreed upon a scale of wages for the
coining year, thus preventing all danlit
of a strike or lockout.
King Edward has deeided that
here shall be no official Jester at the
oronation. ' Some of Mr. i.ustin's
oetry ig fuany enough.
REMARKABLE ADVANCEMENT !
I
Shown By South Carolina's Industries
A-, Given in Census Report.
[From An Editorial in Columbia Stn:e.]
We have at last received census bul- t
letln No. 140 containing statistical 1
summaries of the manufacturing and
mechanical industries in South Caroli- ,
na for tho census year 1900. It is fell
of interest for those who have followed
1 the rapid development of our mechani- !
I cal industries. Nine tables of statls- j
j tics are presented. The first shows
j comparative figures for the State at the
several censuses. The second snows ?.u
the industries of the State divided between
hand trades and the manufac- !
tures, proper, ahd also the statistics of
the governmental establishments educational
and elemosynary institutions,
and establishments with a product of
less than $500, which three latter classes
were not reported at previous censuses.
The third shows statistics of the
eight leading industries of the state 1
for 1800 and 1900. The fourth shows
the totals for the city of Charleston at ,
the censuses of 1880, 1S90 and 1900.
The fifth shows the urban manufac- j
tures of the State In comparison with
the totals for the entire State and the
State exclusive of the 12 cities and
towns withdrawn from the enumerators.
The sixth shows the manufactures
of the State by counties. The
" -l- ~of the ;
seveuui BUUV?o iuc v..?
State by specified industries, ue
eighth shows the statistics for the j
cities of Charleston and Columbia by
specified industries. The ninth shows
the totals for all industries in each of
the cities and towns withdrawn from
the enumerators, except of those shown
in the eighth table.
It is impracticable, of course, to summarize
In a form suited to popular di- ,
ge3tion the mass of Information con- j
! tained in these tables; but we shall
I present some salient figures which may
I be readily grasped and which it is dej
slraHe that the public should assirnij
late.
For the entire State the following
I figures of 50 years' manufacturing de- (
j velcpment are presented: The number j
f of establishments increased from 1.330
; in 1850 to 2.3S2 in 1890 and 3.762 in ;
1900". The capital increased from $8.-!
053.265 in 1850 to $29,276,261, in 189.)
ma in iQno. The average
number of wage-earners increase'] :
from 7.066 in 1830 to 22,748 in 1830 and |
4S.135 in 1900. The total wages in-,
creased from $1,127,712 in 1850 to 55,- !
474.729 in 1S90 and $9,455,900 in 1900
The employed men of 1G years and :
, over increased from 5,992 in 1850 tc J
| 1G.GC4 in 1S90 and 29.823 in 1900. The
j employed women of 16 years and over \
i increased from 1,074 in 1S50 to 3,775 ,
j in 1890 and 9,752 in 1900. The em;
ployed children under 16 years were
j not separately reported in 1850. They j
were reported as numbering 464 in
1870, 2,309 in 1890 and 8,560 in 1900 j
The cost of materials used was $2,787,- |
534 in 1850. $18,873,066 in 1890 and $34.027.795
in 1900. The value of products, j
including: custom work and repairing:. |
Increased from $7,043,477 in 1830 to
$31.920,681 in 1SD0 and *58,748,731 in
1900.
The bulletin shows that during the
half century the population increased ,
100.5 per cent, while the average num- j
ber of wage-earners employed in man- i
ufacturing establishments increased !
581.2 per cent., embracing in 1900 3.0 ;
per cent, of the entire population, com-:
pared with 1.1 per cent in 1850. "ProbI
ably the best indication of the impor- I
I tance of the wage-earning class," it i
says, "is afforded by the greatest num-!
ber employed at any one time during
the year. In 1900 this was 62.90$. or
4.7 per cent, of the population of the
entire State." Thar, is to say,, in 1900 i
nearly one-twentietl of the inhabitants |
of the State_were employed in manu-!,
racturing. rnis percentage, or course, j
has been greatly increased since that j
time by reason of the increase in the
manufacture cf cotton, and in the lumber.
cotton seed oil#and fertilizer industries,
t At this time the percentage
of thev whole population so employed
should be 7.5. During the decade frorr
1890 to 1900 the value of lands and
building invested in manufacturing increased
from $8,573 or 9.5 per cent, of
the total value of real estate to $15,31C.413,
or 15 per cent, of such assessed
, value. Because of the iarge additions
to our manufactures since the census j
year and the reassessment of manufacturing
properties It is probable that
the figure is now 110 per cent,
i A significant fa.ct which will have
Its effect upon the public mind and
should be freely circulated In next
snmmer's campaign, is that during the i
decade 1890-1900 the number of children
employed !n manufacturing Increased
270.7 per cent, while the number
of men (16 years and over) Increased
only 79 per cent. The number
of women (16 years and over) increased
158.3 per cent. Th s shows the !
grqwing tendency of our cotton manu- <
facturcrs to employ cheaper classes of
labor. In the very cheapest class, J
children, the increase is more than
double that in the next cheapest, wo- j ]
men; and the employment of women ]
has increased almost twice as fast as i
that of men. <
The "hand trades"?including such |
Occupations as bicycle repairing, black- , <
smithing, plumbing, watch repairing. ; ]
etc.. etc., do not make a large showing, j <
There were 7S5 establishments of this | 1
sort, employing $840,607 capital and i c
I I ?
l.asv wage-earners. The value of products
was~?2.323.574.
The manufacturing prosperity of tho
State in 1900 is shown by the fact that
while there were 7.930 active establishments
with a capital of $70,056,299
there were 55 idle ones, with a capital
of $115,115.
The eight leading industries of tho
State were cotton goods, fertilizers,
flouring and gTist mill products, lumber
and timber products, planing mill
products. Including sn3h. doors and
blinds, cotton seed products rice cleanf
rt cr pnH nnlieliinor on/1 no vol nfofor
"3 OliU IUT C*1 ObUI VO. I
These embraced 1.640 establishments j
or 43.6 per cent, of the total number in j
the State; used a capital of $58,538,373.
or 86.9 per cent, of the total; gave |
employment to 39.0G6 wnugo-carners or '
81.2 per cent, of the total number; and
paid $6,965,935 or 73.7 per cent, of the
total wages. The valus of their products
were $48,941,940 or 81.8 per cent
of the total. Some details are as follows:
The number of establishments increased
during the decade 1890-1900
from 1,169. to 1,640; the capital Increased
from $21.771.,113 to $58,538,373; the
average number of wage-earners in
creased from 15,565 to 39,036; the total
wages paid increased from $3,008,722 to j
$6,965,935; the miscellaneous expenses
Increased from $1,278,679 to $2,472,263;
The cost of material used iner&asea j
from $14,301,942 to $29,272,774; and the ;
value of the products Increased from j
$21,927,098 to $48,041,940. The percentages
of gain (excluding the numbers of
estaolishments) ranged from 93.3 in
miscellaneous expenses to 168.9 in capital.
Duriner the decade the capital invest
ed in the manufacture of cotton goods
Increased from $11,141,833 to $39,259- \
948; the average number of wage-earners
from 8,071 to 30,201; the wages J
from $1,510,494 to $5,066,840; the C03i
of materials used from $6,819,320 to 1
$17,263,822; and the value of the pro- ,
ducts from $9,800,798 to $29,723,919.
The fertilizer industry showed only
a small Increase except in capital, the
enlargement here being from $5,920,- [
218 to $10,505,043. The number o f |
wage-earners increased only from 1,102
to 1.772 and the value of products from !
$4,417,658 to $4,882,506.
The flouring and grist mills showed
a contrary tendency 33 io capital, the
reduction in this direction being over
onej-third and the number of waeeearners
increasing nearly two-thirds,
while the value of products increased
from $2,083,126 to $2,247,790.
The lumber and timber products
showed these increase: Number of es-1
tablishments. from 352 to 729; capital j
from $1,348,155 to $5.!S7.727; wage-!
earners from 2.590 to 4,585; wages from
$420,588 to fS97.SC9; cost of material!
from $996,289 to $2,692,835; and value
of products from $2,146,753 to $5,297,184.
The value of planing mills products.
etc., increased from $711,838 to
* /M/? 000
The number of cotton seed oil mills
Increased from 17 to 50: their capital
from $563,372 to $1,959,872: their wngcearners
from 416 to 734: their wages
paid from $36,354 to $143,932: their
co*t of materials from $740,003 to $2.362.S37:
and their value of products
from $927,772 to $3,103,425.
There was a decrease in the naval
stores industry; In the number of es-1
tablishments from 201 to 132; in eapi- j
tal from $605,873 to $268,719; in wage-'
earners from 2,243 to 836; In wages ,
paid from $378,768 to $135,575; in cost'
of materials from $677,3S3 to $471,261,
and In value of products from $1,524,000
to $787,656. Apparently the naval
stores industry is disappearing from
South Carolina?and with it a good
many negro "turpentine hands" who
can well be spared.
In considering these figures one can- i
not but be impressed by the lack of
diversification in our manufactures. I
Deduct cotton goods, fertilizers, lumber
and cotton seed from the list and there (
is very little left. The cotton mill! |
alope employed in 1900 over two-third?
of the capital, three-fourth3 of tN;
wage-earners and furnished nearly |
two-third3 of the products. We should
aDply our energies henceforth in othei.!
directions.
The fifth table gives statistics of the '
consolidated manufactures of the l!
leading manufacturing citie3 and i
towns: Anderson, Beaufort. Camden, I
Charleston. Chester. Columbia. Green- i
eille, Newberry. Orangeburg. Rock Hill. I
Spartanburg and Sumter. These 12 i
cajiital. employed 23.7 per cent, of tht;i
number of manufacturing establish-!
raents in the State. 41.2 per cent, of the ,
capital, employed 3S.7 per cent, of the ,
wage earners, paid 39.S per cent, of the ,
wages and 39.7 per cent, of the cost ol j
materials used. Their establishments! ;
yielded 39.2 per cent, of th? vil'-e nj, products,
while they contained 10.2 pet
cent, of South Carolina's population. In;
the amount of capital invested thoy 1
stand as follows: Charleston $12,373.-;
187: Columbia $5,277,306: Greenville |
52.858,388: Spartanburg $2,351,175. New- (
berry $1,336,625; Anderson $1,280,111;
Rock Hill $826,941; Chester $480,624;)
Sumter $308,272; Camden $304,289;
Orangeburg $239,635; Beaufort $24.- 1
331. The wage-earners In the more >
considerable of these were as fol- 1
lows: Charleston 5,027: Columbia 3,250; j
Greenville 2.153; Spartanburg 1.- ,
375; Rock Hill 1.050; Anderson 910; ,
Newberry 811. The wages paid show
ed these totals: Charleston $1,489,966;
Columbia $759,200; Greenville $370,-j
392; Spartanburg $270,042; Rock Hill;
$197,080; Newberry $175,178; Anderson
$166,313. Their products were
thus valued: Charleston $9,562,387;
Columbia $4,243,030; Greenville $2.
224.990; Spartanburg $1,630,275; New
berry $1,200,892; Anderson $1.127.4S3;
Rock Hill $1,007,216; Chester $645,444;
Sumter $590,337; .Orangeburg $193,860;
Camden $241,622; Beaufort $46,981.
Charleston is the largest city in ihe
State with 4.2 per cent, of the total
mpulation. and furnishes*16.3 per cent. 1
3f the manufactured products. Colum- .
i!a is the second city, with 1.6 per cent. (
>f the total population, and furnishes
* ? ; v r n ?r 'tv . T-35W?, 52
7.2 per cent, of the manufactured pro
aucw. ureenvuK.* is me iiuru cilj,.
with .9 per cent, of the total population.
and furnishes 3.8 per cent, of the
manufactured products. Spartanburg
is the fourth city in the State, with .9
per cent, of the total population, and
furnishes 2.8 per cent, of the total produets.
Sumter is the fifth city, with
4 per cent, of the total population, and
furnishes 1 per cent of the total products.
Anderson is the sixth city, witb
.4 per cent, of the total population, and
furnishes 1.9 per cent of the total products.
Rock Hill is the seventh city_
with .4 per cent, of the total population
and furniahes 1.7 per cent, of the total
products. Newberry is the eighth city
with .3 per cent of the total population.
and furnishes 2.1 per cent of the
total products. Orangeburg Ls the
ninth city, with .3 per cent, of the total'
population, and furnishes .8 per cent,
of the total products.
The table of manufactures b7 counties
is very full, but need not be considered
except to show the rank of cer
tain leading counties. Charleston*
county has 417 establishments wlth^
J13.217.940 invested in manufacturing
and the value of its products is $9,714.495.
S?artanburg county has 178 establishments
with $11,059,468 invested
capital and $8,308,778 products. Richland
has 130 establishments with $3.422,615
invested capital and $4,454,991
products. Greenville county has 18i
establlshu.cr.t3 with $4,698,325 invested
capital and $4,559,329 products. Anderson
county has 167 establishments
with $3,622,904 capital and $4,005,526products.
Aiken has 85 establishments,
with $3,559,745 capital and $2,998,274
products. York county has 103 establishments,
with $2,129,685 capital and
$2,066,257 products. Cherokee has 48
establishments with $2,374,353 invested
capital and $1,58S,258 products. Unioa
VWWUlf/ UMO W* CO^Mt/ligilUiV.UVg M tk,u fl?, ,
287,134 capital and $1,976,397 product*.
Newberry has 86 establishments with.
$1,416,868 capital and $1,339,455 products.
Marlboro has 112 establishment* *
with $1,129,980 invested capital and $1,06J>,285
products. Darlington has 07
establishments with $1,471,839 capital
and $1.181.60S products. Lexington has.
154 establishments with $1,271,491
capital and $923,571 products. Beaufort
has 41 establishments with $1,138,332
capital and $703,957 products.
Laurens has 90 establishments with
$540,506 capital and $1,027,473 products.
Oconee has 133 establishments
with $902,143 capital and $775,153 products.
Orangeburg has 171 establishments
with $495,347 invested capital
and $830,167 products. Sumter has
143 establishments with $502,114 capital
and $922,230 products. *
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
*
RIclinrd Croker is reported to be bayig
more land in England.
A bra 111 Garfield, youngest son of the
Ate President, lias entered politics ioDhio.
/
King Edward VII. and Queen Alexindra
have been married thirty-nine
fears.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson lir.a
returned to Washington from a Western
speeeiunaking tour.
M. Snutos-Duniont, it is reported, intends
to visit New York City next snmaicr
and 11 y about the Brooklyn Bridge.
Congressman Ciiester I. Long lias
been renoiniiialed by the Republican
?ouveution of the Seventh Kansas District.
\
Senator Piatt, of New York, has goneto
Florida for a stay of several weeks,
rho trip is taken for the benefit of his
health.
J. Pierpont Morgan thrives oo
lorued beef :iud cabbage, Senator MarMis
A. llaiLua ou corned beef hash anil
buckwheats.
James Dick, the Scotch rubber importer
and manufacturer, who died a.
few days ago iu Glasgow, left ,v>.OO0.>00
to charities of that city.
President ltoosevclt has found timeto
prepare the manuscript of a new
book on the deer of North Americai'he
volume is one of a series, and will
be issued in the early summer.
Senator Gnllinger, of New Hampshire,
sent to the library of Congress
the other day for a Bible, which, unejf
the oldest employes says, in tortyIwo
years is only the second time such
l request has been made by a member
)f Congress.
Archibald Hard Darragh, a Congressnan
front Michigan, and Thomas ltob?
?rt Bard, a Senator from California,
;reat-graudsous of ltichard Bard, a sollier
of the F inch and Euglish war of
175G-17U0, m.t for the lirst lime iu
'A'ashiugion recently.
Telephones and Passenger Traffic.
It is an odd fact that may fittingly
be mentioned that some st?am railroads
have complained of the harm
done to their best class of passenger
iraffic by the long-dls.ance telephone,
while hotels in Western cities havealso
attributed a redu-.tlon of patronpgc
to the same catne. Travel between
St. Louis and Chicago, for example.
is said to have been appre* -
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a. result would seem difficult to trace
langibly, although one meets people
daily who, to avoid weary trips, haregoverned
themselves on the injunction:
"Don't travel; telephone-." But
the telegraph and the mail have alsobeen
deterrents, and if there is any
validity to the alleged reason, the highspeed
electric travel of the future may
restore th^ former conditions. It is,,
indeed, hard to conceive thai with
travel methods thus perfected the
reads would not enjoy to the utmost
degree the patronage of a public
tvhich, after all. likes to be in motion,
ind loves dearly to taste and see
jverything. everywhere, with its c^rn
physical senses.?Review of Reviews.
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