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Why Our Futu By President Roosevelt ANY qualities are needed b ! power of self-government M these qualities are forethc courage which refuses to disinterested and kindly f justice to the rights of ot courage unfit men for selfthe other, brutal arroganc of the spirit of selfish dii k or of the rights cf others ***' In the history of mankind many repi * less or greater time, and then hare 1 power of governing themselves and ther * )?> way has this loss of power been so < tendency to turn the Government into a Of one class instead of a government for i F Again and again in the republics of i tly and mediaeval Flanders, this tenc dency becaipe a habit it invariably am the final result it mattered not one v or of one class or of another. The ou Country fell into the hands of a wealth; fcr whether it fell under the domination the rich. In both cases there resulted knd disorder, and a final, complete loss in the end overtaking the class which hr 1 . . . . _ % x ! 1_ 1^ Swell as tliat wmcn naa momenuiruj uc ^republic had rung as soon as the active ] tthose who sought, not to do justice to al wtand for one special class and for its in others. } The reason why# our future is assure genuinely skilled in and fitted for self-g the leadership of those who seek to excil , jtegonism. The average American knows ] about what is right, but that his averagt Mention and the same power to make his ii ? Jie be business man, professional man, f jlworker, that the welfare of each of thes jof all the others; that each is neighbor 1 tliopes and fears, has fundamentally the Wnch the same virtues and the same fau a Our average fellow citizen is a sane i *ency and has a wholesome mind. He Bpr the man of wealth guilty of the mear those who are less well off, and for the father feels, or seeks to excite in others, t those who are better off. The two fci opposite sides of the same shield, but wnirit. . > I The Great City By the Editor of the Hoc MMM HERE are a great many $ I great cities, especially ] M I decrying all life outside III themselves the brains an D g ol Aiiieniit, uuu turn a & J w | With sucb we not nec , * a people who are satisfied danger that persons wh( into a like belief and g past in extremely hard places. The tho rlnced that all good Is confined to big citi :v_v Shat he can live as deep and as large In pot with more time to digest what he s< jthree-ringed circus. In one ring artists color stunts; in another people are dining tin armor and blunt swords are playing (track people are in various kinds of race Jhdoing" if you get to that, and the feai jrbat-not f But does one get so much real enj< ringed circus as when one goes*to the Where he has just as much time to liste W double somersault over six elephants? - , kdnd so there is about the advantage o few good pictures, a few good books, a prer?this may certainly be as beneficia only cannot see, but cannot possibly thin] pccount at all the opportunity for seein? (to live where the nerves are not worn out ithe inhabitant of a small city will do v laments his fate. ? "i Heroes and He By E. B. Sherman 1] ?*' ARLYLE In bis essay e its exercise as the chiel j| ^ or minimize motives am x fl 9 the most conspicuous ar( W [ I Luther, Knox, Johnson, jm ^ A g and others who by wa V I affected the course of h no tlnno Rut Pr>rlvl<? 5ll J&w in the inward spaere of which exists always, ui and trivial. His heart is a piece of the e1 J Emerson uses the words hero, heroic * {Philosophical sense than Carlyle. Happ the intensity and narrowness of the gre; .speaks the truth; it is just, generous, ho 8 ^calculations; It feels and never reasons, a f| It is easy to see that Emerson recc jnanner upon the condition, limitations c !rather as a grand overtone whose intini jaweetest music the sound of every praye emotions and aspirations of every soul s ^ | Cherishing a feeling of profound r,ev ? teroes, who through the ages have v achieved enduring renown, who inspired 2>een graven upon imperishable tablets, i I all coming generations the estimable lega< * Wet confess a doubt whether the most uu jaiot been found in the humbler walks of pliclty of soul and modest grandeur of < Jtte essentials of true manhood and glorio heaven's untitled aristocracy. } How many heroic souls, obscure am fshed from remembrance, were wroughl mould, and have made their lives sublii and self-abnegation! As the most delicate and fragrant fl( estly among the dead leaves or peeping t! ao the most resplendent virtues blossom lowliest and roughest paths trodden by I The rose may seem to add pride to i Its delicacy by a tacit demand for admir unrivalled fragrance only to the earnest in the hidden nook where it was planted fcreath of dainty dryads. tiSod has vouchsafed to tb6 world uo < |H|^^?es and heroines who give to earth it: H^HftAnce heaven would suffer irreparable 1 B [re is Assured w - 1 y a people which would preserve the in fact as well as in name. Among . >ught, shrewdness, self-restraint, the ' abandon one's own rights, and the j :ood sense which enables one to do hers. Lack of strength and luck of 1 government, on the one hand, and on e, envy, in short, any manifestation 1 iregard, whether of one's own duties i . are equally fatal. ublics have risen, liavc flourished for < fallen because their citizens lost the i cby of governing their State; and in often and so clearly shown as in the | government primarily for the benetit ; the benefit of the people as a whole. J incient Greece, in those of mediaeval , lency was shown, aud wherever the , 3 inevitably proved fatal to the State. ] vhit whether the government was in : tcome was equally fatal, whether the i y oligarchy which exploited the poor of a turbulent mob which plundered j violent alternations between tyranny , of liberty to all citizens?destruction , id for the moment been victorious as . en defeated. The death knell of the power became lodged in the hands of 11 citizens, rich and poor alike, but to terests as opposed to the interests of 1 1 d lies in the fact that our people are lovernment, and therefore will spurn , te this ferocious and foolish class an- , " 1 * fA <1A oot oniy uiai ue uiuiscji iuu-uu? ^ ? fellow-countryman has the same iuatention effective. He knows, whether 'armer, mechanic, employer or wa;o T ;e men is bound up with the welfare i :o the other, is actuated by the same ' same ideals, and that all alike* have < ilts. 1 ind healthy nan, who believes in de- * therefore feels an equal scorn alike . 1 and base spirit of arrogance toward ^ man of small means who in his turn ( he feeling of mean and base envy for i jlings, envy and arrogance, are but i different developments of the same i tv J 1 4 - ' * 'l & I Versus the Town ae Companion people lu this country who Inhabit Sew York, who have ? fashion of of a metropolis. They arrogate to d the world-knowledge and the taste cornful lip at their provincial friends, essarily quarrel. It is pleasant to see with their station. But there is a > do not live in great cities will fall et to think that their own lines are u?htful man will not readily be cones. A little experience will show him i a quieter neighborhood, seeing less, ?es. A huge city is something like a a are performing all manner of little s in good clothes; on a stage men with t ' a game called drama; all around a is for pennies. There is. a great deal ts are wonderful, extraordinary, and ? jyment for one's money at a three- u i old-fashioned show with one ring, e n to the clown as to see a man turn At least there is a reasonable doubt. ^ f a great city over a small one. A F play or two, and time to think them ^ .1 as a flood of stuff which one not t k about And this does not take into t ; green things every day, the chance a : by horrible noises. Upon the whole, r veil to count his blessings before he j. *4 '*' <" * v - V ^ ~ 5 ^ , s roines [ n Humble Life I c m heroes seems to regard power and t ! requisites of heroism and to ignore 1 moral qualities. Among his heroes e Odin, Mahomet, Dante, Shakespeare, Rosseau, Burns, Cromwell, Napoleon j r, literature or oratory have largely ^ listory and the destinies of men and so says: The hero is one who lives things, in the true divine and eternal, aseen by most, under the temporary rerlasting heart of nature herself." I and heroism in a broader and more ily, he was free from the prejudice, i :t Englishman. He says: "Heroism * spitabie, temperate, scornful of petty iud therefore is always right." )gnized heroism as depending in no >r accidents of human existence, but ! s te vibrations reinforce and turn inio i r r, uttered or uuuttered, the generous i c seeking a belter life. | erence and admiration for the great ! j rrought grandly for humanity and i y I utterances and shining di eds have j and who have bequeathed to us and y of their illustrious example. I must agniOecnt exemplars of heroism have T life, among those who, in their sim- <~ character, never dreamed that in all s us womanhood they held high rank in c I i unknown, whose names have per- 1 ; and fashioned in nature's divinest s ne by gracious deeds of beneficence a uwers are often found nestling mod [midly forth from some shady bo\. er, and diffuse their sweet aroma iu the t iruised and bleeding feet. >eerlcss beauty; the lily to minimize J ation; but the shy arbutus yields its wooer who septs it with loving care 1 by fairy hands and perfumed by the 1 t choicer blessing tl ip. the unconscious c s greatest charm and without whose t oss.?Chicago Tribune. c - j A FtVER EPIDEMIC. Ravages of Typhoid in a Pennsylvania City Gives Alarm. Butler. Pa.. Special?No authentic ' report of the number of cases of typhoid fever that developed in the city Sunday could be obtained. The chairman of the war committees reported 11 , that they had heard of. but the men had no opportunity to ascertain the full number of cases. The total of the day < will probabiy run from 15 to 20. Only pne death occurred. This evening there are reports in several cases that patients are not expected to live through the night. Dr. Neely, Harris. Minter, McAdee and Heilman are now on the fever list. This evening a sub-commit- i tee reported to the executive committee j pn the relief work. The resume shows that the total number of favor cases roporteri up to Sunday mo:ning was 1.133 ' md the total number of deaths result- i ng from typhoid fever 43: that there . were three cases of diphtheria and ! three o? scarlet fever under quarantine in the town, which is above the usual ' number in a city of lS.OOt) people; that ( ibout 200 families had received a!d, , md t' at the State board of health and D s. . reach and Hcuston had said to prepare for a struggle of from six 1 weeks to three months with the epi- < femic. A fund of at least $30.COO, and ( perhaps twice that amount, timy estimated. would be tieo-snry and to raise 1 his amount all voluntary contributions ; would be received and used iu tl?o t work. ( - - " u ConViCI KIIIS II Illxr.i, Thomaston. Me., Special.?After eading a letter from his attorney in which the recipient was tokl that there was no hope of a pardon for him, Charles Morgan Wallace, a life eon. ict at the State prison, killed himself by taking morphine. On January >, 1885, Wallace, who was a prominent 3rand Army man and lived in Augusta .vas convicted of murder in the second legree, in killing Deputy Sheriff Bownan. Influential friends have since nade repeated attempts to secure his mrdon. Wallace had been charged vith selling liquor to the inmates of he old soldiers' home at Togtis, Bownan stopped Wallace's carriage, in vhich were Wallace and his wife. Walace claimed the officer had insulted Us wife. Wallace came to Augusta rom Philadelphia, where it is said reatives now live. He was possessed of some means and during his imnri^onnent made several gifts to public inititutions. Fired on the Fort. Aden, By Cable.?Lieutenant Comnander Charles Grabau, an Italian of Iflcer. commanding an armed anow, i 8 nnded a party of friendly natives at )arbe. Somaliland, Africa, and ordered 1 he Italian flag hoisted on the fort. The I ommandant of the Tort refused to per- a nit the order to be carried out unless ^ t had the sanction of the Sultan, lieutenant Comamnder C-rabau there- c ipon gave the commandant two hours t n which to obey the order and at the t xpiration of that time, the command- E iant not having complied, fired on the ort. The fort replied with shell, kill- jag Grabau. The dhow then put to sea * ind was picked up by the Italian crui- ? er Galilee, which landed the officer's J lody here. Big Fire at Pittsburg. r Pittsburg, Special.?The Hubbard & ihovel Works, one of the largest man- I ifactories of its kind in the country, r mploying close to 1,000 men and cov- b ring a ground space of nearly five icres In Butler street, near the Sharps- a mrg bridge, was almost totally de- e troyed by fire Saturday night. Before r he fire department arrived, me suui> ^ ures were a mass of flames, and, as he water supply was short, it was but i short time until the plant was alnost completely wiped out. J. W. Hubiard, president of the Hubard Shovel 'ompany, says the loss will reach 250,COO, with but little insurance. Railroad Officials Ditched. McArthur, 0.. Special.?While the ipecial train carrying President Monarratt, of the Hocking Valley Raiload. and 15 Pennsylvania Railroad oficials, was passing a switch here the wo last cars dashed into the switch tnd collided with the caboose of a reight train. The car containing the ifficials was overturned and a number tf the officials sustained scratches and iruises. News Notes. s Mr. Cleveland was quoted as saving ? le was not a candidate for the Presi- 1 lency. c Thirteen miners were entombed by c in explosion in an Arkansas mine. j Three persons pleaded guilty of f leouage at Savannah, Ga. Fifteen or twenty Civil War veterans . n the army are soon to be made irigadier-generals and retired. i"lr Spr tiger Dead. ' Washington, Special?Former Reprc'ntative William M. Springer, of Illi;ois, a Democratic leader, conspicu- i uis in the House of Representatives ( nw'io- a * r\ tVift fan cr r P 2 P ~ j uclusive, and once chairman of the ?ays and means committee of the louse, died at his residence, in this ity Friday, aged 64 years. His death ras due to pneumonia, contracted in Chicago on Thanksgiving Day. Mr. ipringer has been a resident of this ity during the past few years, foliowng his retirement from Congress, and las followed the practice of law. He i3 urvived by a widow and a son, who is l chaplain in the army. Attempted Train Robbery. Harrisburg, Pa., Special.?An atempted train robbery was frustrated Saturday night by Special Officers "Codger and Heisler, of the Philadel>hia & Reading Railroad, at Ruthercrd yards. William B. Crabb, supposed o be from Pottsville, had mounted thr sngine of a train and drove the firenan ofhthe engine, firing twice at him. Jrabb was overpowered by the officers t ind committed to the county prison. r . THE BRISTOVV REPORT': . ; On Postal Frauds Reviewed By Presi-! J dent Roosevelt. j 5 jROSS CORRUPTION IS DISCLOSED. ! ' i t ? ? I Questions of Parly Policy ilust Sink j Into Insignificance Beside Duty of Prosecuting and Punishing Guilty. President Roosevelt's memorandum rpon the various papers submitted rom the Department of Justice and he Postoffiee Department concerning ;he investigation into the corrupt prac- ' jces obtaining in the Postoffiee Do- j wrtment, notably in the office of the 1 ftrst Assltant Postmaster General and u the office of the Assistant Attorney General for that Department has been jiven to the press. He says: It appears that in December, 1902, ! Postmaster General Payne and Congressman E. F. Loud, chairman of the j :ommittte on the postoffiee and post- : oar'.s, held various consultations re- j warding the postal service, and, as a 1 I i C esu'.t cf thess interviews, it was ue- j ermiued that, as soon as possible after i he necessary appropriations could be ; nade by the Congress, an investigation | ihould be made of the service, both i Hessrs. Payne and Loud agreeing as j o the need for the investigation and ! he time when it should take place. Ac:ordingly, an increase of $5,000 in the ippropriation bill reported in January vas made for the express purpose of :arryir.g on the investigation in quesion. Tbe reasons for the increase in he appropriations were known only to he Postmaster General, to Congresspan Loud and to Congressman Bromvell. Subsequently, sometime in January, nformation was laid before me by Mr. Jeckendorff tending to show improper onduct by Beavers, general superinendent of the division of salaries and dlowances, and Machen, general su>erintcndent of the free delivery sys em, and by Mr. William Allen White, j c c ending to show corruption by or under g ryner, Assistant Attorney General for i c he Postoffice Department. First Ab- a istant Postmaster General Wynne also j j! nformed me that he had become sus- j licious of the integrity of both Machen a ind Beavers, Assistant Postmaster 8 Jeneral Bristow should make a thor- a c ugh and exhaustive investigation of c he charges in question and of all mat- i er3 that might be developed in con- 1 lection with them. Mr. Bristow's rea ort is a record of as thorough a bit of p nvestigating work as has ever been J, lone under the government Owing to , he importance of the. case, It was ^ leemed advisable that special counsel j, ViaiiM Kn AmnlnvArl onH \T ooarfl . i^WUlU UV V>U4|/1V/ VUf HUU *l*V0W*W* 21 Iharles J. Bonaparte and Holmes Con- 8 ad were chosen for this purpose. _ lessrs. BBnaparte and oCnrad, In their j .lessrs. Bonaparte and Conrad, in their ^ eview of the report of Mr. Bristow, v peak as follows: "We heartily commend the report ind deem its conclusions fully justifld by the facts it sets forth, and, while egrettlng, in common with all patriitic, citizens, that the grave abuses of s ong-standing which it reveals should I lave grown up in the Postoffice Delartment, we consider the exposure of r here abuses and the attempts made to r tunish those responsible for them a t vork of the highest public utility, d lulckly and ably performed." In all s hat is thus said of the report of Mr. i Jristow, I cordially agree. J "The invetigation of Mr. Bristow dis- j loses a cordition of gross corruption f n the office of the First Assistant ? 'ostmaster General and in that of the r ^ssitant Attorney General for the 'ostoffice Department. In the case of he superintendent of free delivery, dachen, the evidence shows that his jis:onduct began immediately after lis appointment in Peptcmber, 1S93. In he ease of the general superintendent if salaries and allowances, Beavers, it legan son after he was appointed to hat place in 1897, In the case of Asistant Attorney General Tyner, it has tone on for a number of years, but it s impossible to say exactly when it legan. A melancholy feature of ^be :ase is that, with one exception, all the iffenders have been for a number of ears in the government service. (Here ollows a list of the 14 postoffiee em- * iloyes in the service at the time this nvestigation was begun, who are aplarently most seriously implicated in he wrong-doing, together with an ao p ount of the steps that have beer p ahcn by the government in each case . iird a statement of the date of orlgi:al appointment of each man in the er"ire.i tj The details of the corruption are set torth in full In Mr. Bristow's report, . irui neeu not oe recapuuiateu dv me. i . Vs refaids Messrs. Bcaveis and Much- ! 'n, (he corruption tcok the form of j iribery and blackmail in connection I vith the purchase of government sup- ^ dies. In the office of the Assistant Atoraey General for the Postoffice Dclartment, under Tyner and Barrett, far greater wrong was inflicted upon the )ublic than could be measured by a >ecuniary standard, for in this office a he corruption of the government offl- C( :ials took the form of favoring getich-auick concerns and similar uwimi. n ing schemes; in other words, the crim- n nals, whom it was the sworn duty a >f these government officials to prose- ji :ute, paid them for permission to o leece the public unmolested. tr I heartily approve of the recommenlaticns of Messrs. Conrad and Bonararie that the statute of limitations be t< rxtended in the case of government s ;ervants to a period of at least five c rears; for the persons who in such pciitions of trust engage in corrupt prac. iees can ordinarily conceal their guilt or a longer time than is covered by he present short statute of limitations rc fh's recommendation has been laid be- si: oro the Congress in the report of the it attorney General, ana it is earnestly loped that it will be acted upon fa. -orably. Moreover, our experience ihows that outsiders claiming political nfluence some times sell their in- . luence to candidates for office, or, in I )ther words, blackmail these candi- ' lates. There should be legislation ' vhich will permit of summary dealing with such offenders. However, the prime need is not new j egislation. but the punishment of hose who offend existing laws. The 3ostoffice Department is making cer- j :ain changes in the methods of adminstratlon, notably in the method of in- ' vpertion, by which the service will be mproved and the chance of corruption ixisting without discovery be minimi- j :ed; but the only way to meet the real svil is to punish the offenders, by renoval in any event, and where posiible by prosecution under the criminal itatutes. In any great business, public )r private, wrong-aoing is certain at imes to occur. The way to guard igainst it is rigorously to scrutinize the iharacter of those appointed, carefully .0 supervise their actions after ap)ointment and, flnaliy, to punish with elentless severity those who go wrong. Ml this is being done. The immediate reformation of the service by the turning out of the cases j igainst both those within and those without the Postoilice Department, vho, by their acts, have brought them-, selves within the grasp of the -law, vill be pushed with the utmost vigor, j Svery effort must be made to see that i jotii the delinquent official and the out- j sider who shares his guilt are punished o the limit of the law. In pursuance f this policy the individuals above 'numerated have been indicted. In no ase has the indictment been sought, save where the officials of the government were convinced of the man's guilt md in everv case the government will rtchaust every expedient in Its power in he effort to see that justice is meted )ut to the offenders. Those in tho pubic service whose duty it is must ever i >e vigilant in the detection of wrongloing. fearless in its exposure, relentess in its prosecution; but, in the last esort. when everything which the pub ic official, whether legislator, judge or xecutive officer, can do has been done, t remains for the jury, drawn from he people and representing the people o do even-handed justice, shielding he innocent, but declining to be mised by any plea refraining from punishnont of the guilty. No crime calls for sterner reprobaion than the crime of the corruptionist n public life, and of the man who seeks 0 co.Tupt him. The bribe-giver and he bribe-taker are equally guilty. Joth alike sin against the primary law if the State's safety. All questions of lifference in party policy sink into iniigniflcance when the people of this ountry are brought face to face with 1 question like this, which lies at the oot of honest and decent government. )u this question, and on all others like t. we can afford to have no division imong good citizens. In the last reort, good laws and good administration dike must rest upon the broad basis if sound public opinion. A dull public onscience, an easy-going acquiescence n corruption, infallibly means debasenent, in the end means the ruin of our noHliiUnno Qolf-unuornmenl hftfnmPR t farce If the representatives of the itople corrupt others or are themselves orrupted. Freedom is not a gift which trill tarry long in the hands of the llshonest or of those so foolish or so ncompetent as to tolerate dishonesty a their public servants. Under our ystem, all power comes from the people, and all punishment rests ultimatey with the people. The toleration of he wrong, not the exposure of the rrong, is the real offense. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Railway Men Elect Officers, Baltimore, Special.?Sunday's sesion of the Brotherhood of Railroad lYeight and Baggage Men of America ras devoted to the election of the reaaining officers for the ensuing bienliura and the adoption and revision of he constitution. The following adlitional officers were chosen: Grand orrofarv-trpasurer. John F. Waltz. laltimore; grand board of directors, H. Bracken, Wilmington. Del., >resident of the board; Wm. Sellman. Baltimore, secretary; George Bretzen. Syracuse, N. Y.; A. F. Melvin, Baltinore; B. H. Barden, Trenton, N. J. Cotton Mill Improvements. There is to be an addition to the laleigh cotton mills and this is now indcr construction. The addition will )rovide a space for 100 additional spindles, making a total of 15,700 foi losiery yarns. In the mill 15 bales ol otton a day are used. President A. A Thompson, of this mill, Caraleigh and <Jeuse mills, says that at the latter a 10-horse power engine and boiler are >eing put in to aid the power when he water supply at the Falls of Neuse uns low. In this mill tucre are d,uo( spindles and 256 Icoms. Advance In Cotton Goods. St. Johns. N. B.. Special.?Col. Geo. !. Jones, president of the Cornwall & ork Mills Company, which operates svo large cotton miils in this city, said hat because of the very high price of aw cotton the company had increased jcir prices on practically all grades of utout f.om 5 to 10 per cent. They ave a few weeks' supply of raw cotan on hand, bought at low prices, but rill have to go into the market for ature supplies. They use practically 11 Southern cotton. Col. Jones looks ar further advances in manufac. jred goods. Leading R:c * Planter I ead. Wilmington, Special.?A. W. Reiger. leading rice planter of Brunswick aunty, died suddenly Wednesday at oon at his home, four miles from Wilmington. He was about 60 years old nd wa3 register in bankruptcy her.ist after the war. He leaves a wife ne son and two daughters. The Interlent will be at Southport Ex-City Attorney L. K. Salsburjstified at Grand Rapids that whole ale bribbery had been going on In the Ity government there. ?irst Ur.e of the Dahlia. The dahlia was introduced into Euire for the value of its bulb as a ibstitute for the Irish potato, which resembles when baked. fiti?t /i"? .. MAY CUT PRODUCT.: _.X General Movement to Reduce Pro (taction and Wages imminent* NEW ENGLAND LOOKING SOUTIf . i President Sandford of the AmericanCotton Yarn Exchange Say? the | Situation is Serious and Calls for Concerted Action. Boston, Special.?That a widespread ' curtailment of production by cotton j mills in the United States will be found necessary during the next few months, ! on account of the great cost of the raw | materials, is the opinion of leading mill j men in this city, from which the policy I of many cotton mills in the North is ' directed. The market for finished maI terial has been unsatisfactory for | months, and prices have not risen correspondingly with those of cotton. The j cotton mills in New England employ fully 175.000 hands, 65,000 of whom have had their wages reduced 10 per [ cent, this fall and 15,000 additional will suffer a cut within the next two weeks. A matter of great interest in New England is the project now on foot in several mm treasurers nave iuuay predicted that an extensive curtailment is Inevitable. Should no genral curtaiment In NewEngland beagreed upon during the winter, it is thought that only the mills that are financially the strongest will be able to keep all their machinery in operation. In Manchester, N. H., Lowell and a number of Maine points, there is said to be a large supply of old cotton on hand, but ~ in Fall River and many Rhode Island towns and elsewhere the amount is limited. There are about 1,300 cotton mills in the United States with nearly 22,000,000 spindles. Of this number 570 mills with nearly 14,500.000 spindles are in New England. About 2,192.000 bales of cotton are consumed annually in the Northern States, when the mills are all running. On Serious Charge. Winston-Salem, Special.?Samuel Hauser, a well-to-do farmer at whose home moulds and material for making counterfeit money were found last week, was given a hearing before a United States commissioner and bound over to the next term of Federal court ? at Charlotte. Hauser put up $730 cash bond for his appearnce. The evidence against him is damaging. Special Permits for J-ws. Berlin, By Cable.?American Jews are no longer permitted to cross the Russian frontier without a special per mit in each case from XI. von Plevwe, the Russiati Interior Minister. Most Americans travel through Russia by way of Germany. The practice until the last two weeks was for the Rus. sian consul general here to advise the Jews passports upon receiving a statement of their purpose to visit Russia, and that their stay there was to be A temporary. The new restriction is an extension of the policy initiated by the recent withdrawal of the vice powers from the Russion consulates in America. Ask Appropriation. Washington, Special. ? Representative Burgess, of Texas, introduced a bill to lessen the damage of the cotton boll weevil, directing the Secretary of Agriculture to appoint a commission in his Department to include residents of the State of Te' as and Louisiana to study the p'.oblfm. The bill appropriates $250,000 to be used for this purpose. The suggestions cf this commission are to be embodied into regulations and recommended to Legislatures. gi'r'fP-!I^.'i >, " ' .UUlA^>tAfr i' I'.K the Southern States to bring about a | general curtailment. A meeting of the Southern manufacturers has been called for next Tuesday and if a policy of * widespread curtailment is adopted, it will have much influence on the future ! action in large New England mill cen^ j tres. Whether or not a general agreement in the North can be reached is not | known at this time, but it is expected that if the Southerners decided a gen| eral policy it will induce a large number of Northern Manufacturers, especially in Fall River and Rhode Island, to stop their spindles. If no agreement is reached in the South, there is no likelihood of an understanding being arrived at between Northern mill owners as a whole, for those who have cotI ton do not care to stop manufacturing I while their competitors are turning their usual amount of goods into the market. Most manufacturers here agree that the cotton situation is the most critical for 25 years. , Arnold B. Sanford, president of the American Cotton Yarn Exchange here, says: "The situation is very serious and the outlook offers no encouragement I cannot see anything but a general curtailment. The conditions confronting ! 1 J X iU- ??s *- ? ? ? me liiuusiry art; me wunsi iu xnaujr ^ years. The mills will not. manufacture at a loss. They must, therefore, curtail production and reduce wages. This will result, undoubtedly, In great suffering. The one thing to be done under these circumstances to save the situation is for the manufacturers to get together throughout New England and the South, as well?for it cannot be done without concerted action?curtail production, reduce wages and break the present speculation by not buying cotton. "Seldom in the history of the business has it been so difficult for the manufacturers and their selling agents to make terms acceptable to buyers v and consumers. This has been the cause of the poor demand and the poor prices. Reduced prices and reduced wages seems to be the only way to meet the situation."