! ^Exposition at Chicago a
Chance For the South.
MONTGOMERY, March 25.-A coo ve o
tioo of more thao 100 representative
men from all parts of the State was
held here to-day for the purpose of hav?
ing Alabama send to the Southern
v States exposition at Chicago a credita?
ble exhibit of the State's products and
resources. Governor Oates, who called
the convention, addressed it upon f.he
opportunities offered by the exposi;ion,
and urged that the peoplo should unite
in making an exhibition to attract im
V? migration here from the northwest.
Ron. Patrick Walsh of Georgia and
^ Hon. Hector D. Lane, coar'dssioner of
agriculture for Alabama, also delivered
.-.-strong addresses.
in this convention the mineral, agri?
cultural, timber and manufacturing in
terests of the State were ably repre
dented, the delegates condos froai over
half of the counties. Commissioner !
Lane was elected president of the per
maneut exposition organization, Robert
A. Eckleserger, secretary, and- T. S.
""Plowman, treasurer. Committees on
mineral, agriculture, timber, textile,
advertising, railroads and transporta- i
tioo were appointed, and they will j
proceed to arrange an exhibit that will j
ba several times larger than the one
Alabama had io the building at the
Atlanta fair.
The following resolutions were ;
adopted :
* Whereas, the Southern States Expo- j
sidon company of Chicago has agreed J
to furnish such space as may be needed ?
and pay the expenses of conducting an
.exposition of the products and re
? sources of the Southern States, the
condition on their part being to furnish
and deliver the same to the exposition
company free of cost at the exposition
in Chicago, and
Whereas, we oonsid?r the proposition
made by (be enterprising citizens of
"* Chicago to be public spirited, unpre
cedentedly liberal and the most advan?
tageous ever offered for advertising to
the people of the west and northwest
the agricultural, mineral, timber and
manufacturing products and resources
of the Southern States for diversified
industries of all kinds; be it
Resolved, by this convention, repre?
senting ail interests of Alabama, That
we most cordially accept the offer of the
Chicago exposition company as the best
^ opportunity ever presented to bring for
ward and advertise the manifold and
unrivalled resources of a State.
Resolved, That we, the members of
this convention, pledge ourselves to see
_ to it that Alabama exhibits will fully
portray all the products and resources
of our great State.
Resolved, That we invite the cordial
co-operation of the farmers, mechanics,
miners and commercial interests gene?
rally to make Alabama's exhibit
second to none in the exposition.
To Settle Differences Between
Civilized Nations.
New York, March 26.-A plan pro?
viding for a permanent court of arbitra?
tion for the settlement of disputes be?
tween civilized nations in general and
between the United States and Great
Britain in particular, was considered
to-day by the committee on interna?
tional arbitration of the New York
State Bar association. The plan was
ot given out for publication, because
it is not yet considered in all its details.
It is thc object of the committee to ob?
tain the concurrence and co-operation
in the final formation of this plan of
all the bar associations of this country
as well as Great Britain, Canada and
Australia.
The meeting was held at the office of
Edward G. Whitaker, No. 29 Broad?
way, the president of the association.
Correspondence has already been open?
ed with the various bar associations of
the country, and favorable replies were
read to-day from those of Maine, West
Virginia, Wisconsin, New Mexico,
Georgia, New Hampshire, District of
Columbia, Iowa, Virginia and Michi?
gan. The meeting went into execu?
tive session, and the plan, so far as it
has at present progressed, was present?
ed to the committee by tlx fw^)-commit
tee appointed some time ago to consider
the matter.
Before the formal adoption of the
plan it will be submitted to President
Cleveland in a memorial from the asso?
ciation, but this wili not be until the
arbitration committees of all the State
bar associations of the country have
passed upon it.
President Whitaker, when asked J
what were the general features of the !
plan proposed, said : "It provides for !
the naming by the United States and i
Great Britain some cf the highest judi- j
cial officers, who shall constitute a j
court for the adjudication of all diplo?
matic differences that shall arise be?
tween the two nations. This court is
to be always io session in a legal sense.
That is, it will always be ready to meet
whenever called upon by the joint ac?
tion of the two governments.
"The American members of the
court are to be taken from the Federal
judiciary. The English will, of course,
make their chancellor a member. It is j
possible that we may recommend that !
Germany and France shall be repre
seated. That will depend to some ax-1
tent on the attitude of these countries
and also of Great Britain. The object
will be primarily to settle the disputes
stwesn the two countries, but we anti
ipate that the advantages of the court |
ill become so obvious to other nations j
at they will also seek its benefits and
ubmit their disputes to its decision,
tber than resort to war."
Sumatra Tobacco.
Attempt to Cultivate the
Choice Brand in America.
SEED DIRECT PROM SUMATRA
TO BE SENT HERE.
Washington, D C . March 5 - E
Spencer Pratt, the United States con?
sul general at Singapore, transmits
to the state department the following
interesting report on Sumatra tobac?
co, which is so much in demand in
this country :
Reflecting upon the great increase
that has taken place in the produc?
tion of Sumatra tobacco, the high
price it commands on account of its
superiority, especially for wrapping
purposes, and the significant fact
that so large a proportion of it is
annually purchased in Amsterdam
exclusively for the American market.
I became convinced that substantial
benefits* would accrue to our own
tobacco industry from the reproduc?
tion of this particular variety of the
plant in the United States. Believ?
ing its successful cultivation posai
ble, at least in Lower California and
along the Southern seaboard, I de?
termined, as far as I could, to under?
take the experiment of its introduc?
tion there.
With the above object in view, I
accordingly addressed myself to the
acting consul-general of the Nether- .
lands here, Mr J. J. M. Fleury,
with the request that he would
furnish me with information as to the
growth and developmeut of tobacco
culture in Sumatra and assist me in
the matter of -procuring a supply of
the best quality of seed.
The latter, he said, he could not
promise to do, on account of the ob
jection of the planters on the island
to allowing any of their seed to be
exported. On the general subject of
Sumatran tobacco planting, however,
he was kind enough to furnish me
with the following very interesting
particulars :
It was in the year 1862 that an
Arab drew the attention of a com?
mercial house in Batavia to the dis?
tict of Deli, on the east coast of
Sumatra, a country where pepper
and tobacco were being produced,
and where a good market could be
fouud for European goods. This led
to a commercial expedition to Deli
in March, 1863, which expedition
was joined by Mr. J. Neinhuys, a
tobacco planter in Java, with the
special object of inspecting the soil
in Deli and seeing whether it was
suitable for tobacco cultivation. Re?
ceived with open arras by the then
sultan of Deli, Mahmood Per-Kasa |
Alam, the commercial agents entered
into commercial and agricultural
agreements, but these agreements for
various reasons came to nothing, and
the only result of the expedition was
that Mr. Neiuhuys obtained a firm
footing in Deli.
Being provided with the necessary
funds by a firm in Rotterdam, Mr.
Neinhuys sent his first 50 bales to !
Europe in 1865, and in 1866, 189 j
balee, and this tobacco attracted the
attention of experts to such an ex?
tent that Mr. P. W. Janssen, on the
advice of a tobacco merchant (Mr.
A Clemen), and having foll confi?
dence in the report of Mr Nienhuys, j
who had gone to Amsterdam, de?
cided to assist him financially, espe?
cially as Mr. Nienhuys had taken
with him very favorable offers of
concessions from the sultan of Deli
The first results of this new enter?
prise were very favorable ; the first
shipment of the 1868 crop was sold
in that year for 2.25 florins per half
kilogram (90 1-2 cents per 1.1
pounds), and this was an inducement
to extend the undertaking.
Assistance was given Mr. P. W.
Jaussen by the Netherland Trading
society of Amsterdam, and in May, !
1869, Mr. Clemen went to Deli to
secure land for a company that was |
to be formed and otherwise assist
Mr. Xienhujs. Mr. Clemen died five
months later, but this did not inter?
fere with the starting of the "com
pany,/the articles of association of
which were s;gned on October 28,
1869, the company to start from
November 1, 1869, with a capital of
300,000 guilders.
This is how the Deli Maatschappy j
was started, the pioneer tobacco!
planters in Deli. I attach a state- j
ment showing the number of estates j
it possesses, the number of bales of j
tobacco it has produced from 1870 to |
1893, the average prices realized, the
total value of such tobacco, the divi- !
dend paid on the shares, the original :
capital and gradual increases, and !
the total dividends It will be seen
that 52,759 bales were produced in :
1893, and as the total crop of that
ysar was som-ething like 160,000
bales, the Deli Maatcchappy pro?
duced about a third of the Sumatra
tobacco.
The crop of tobacco from the east :
coast of Sumatra which, since 1869,
had been gradually increasing, reach?
ed a total of over 230,000 bales of
171 pounds each in 1390. This was
evidently too large a crop for the
consumption, for heavy loss was sus?
tained by planters, many of whom,
working with slender means, had to
close their estates, and, as will be
seen from the accompanying state?
ment, even the Deli Maatschappy
[ suffered a lo6s that year. In lc
the crop was about 10,000 balee I
and prices improved, but althoi
the big companies made compar?t!
ly small profits, many priv
planters had to close. This redu'
the crop of 1892 to about 150,1
bales, which brought good pii
and evidently stimulated the p
duction, for the crop of 1893 rose
160,000 bales, and the 1894 cr
which is now being disposed of,
estimated at about 200,000 bales
more.
The opinion is that there is
present no demand for more tr
200,000 bales a year at tho most, a
when the production surpasses ll
quantity, another crisis will be <
perienced
A s far as I have been able
gather from the means at my d
posai, there are at present on t
east coast of Sumatra twenty-?
public companies and about twent
five private planters engaged in I
bacco cultivation.
As to the mode of cultivation, t!
planting is done by Chinese codie
imported chiefly direct from Chin
When the number from China prov
insufficient, Chinese are engaged
the Straits settlements ou contract.
Each Chinese coolie gets a field
three fourths of a bouw, or one ar
three fourths acres He has to pla
tobacco on that field, and he ge
payment for his labor when the toba
co is ripe and delivered by him to h
master When he delivers his toba'
co, tue coolie is paid per 1,000 plan
according to quality, from ?1 to ??
During the planting season, howev<
he receives an advance of ?5 p<
month
When the tobacco is in the fe
meriting sheds the Chinese work i
the sheds on contract until the plani
ing season commences again The
are chiefly employed at sorting t<
bacco, and receive therefor |- cer
for each bundle of thirty five to fort
leaves The payment of coolies o
the estates is made on the 1st an
16th of the month, when they ar
paid what they have earned, or give
advances.
Besides Chinese, other coolies ar
employed, namely :
Japanese, who in the beginning
get ?6 a month, and the women ?<
per month They are used for road
making, shed building and jungl
cutting or clearing work. Thes'
wages must be considered aR a mini
mum ; as soon as they learn thei
work, they enter into contracts fo
piece work, and a good workmen cai
earn as much as ?12 per month.
Klings are also found in Deli, bu
they are comparatively few, ' as th?
British government does net allov
the emigration of laborers to Nether
land India Those Klings who man
age to get over work as cattle keep
ers and road makers, and earn frort
?6 to ?9 per month.
For jungle cutting, ?10 to ?30 per
1,000 square fathoms are made, ac
cording to the nature of the wood
that has been felled. This is done in
gangs, and each man's share comes
to between ?2 and ?5.
For cutting long grass (lalang) a
man receives $5 as maximum for 10,
000 square fathoms.
Plowing is paid for by the month.
Wit? a plow and two pairs of buffa?
loes, one-third of a field, or one-fourth
of a bouw, can be plowed per day.
A Japanese or Kling gets for this
?8 per month, and for looking after
the buffaloes ?2. A boy for diiving
the buffaloes and keeping off the mos?
quitoes receives ?3 to ?4.
For full particulars regarding to?
bacco cultivation in Deli I would re?
fer to the work De Tabakscultum in
Deli,|published by J. H. de Bussy
Rokin, 60 Amsterdam.
Having made up my mind to obtain
a supply of the seed of the plant in
question, if any was at all obtainable,
and recognizing from the statement
made me by the acting Dutch consul
general that this would be extremely
difficult, if not impossible, through
official channels, I sought to do so
through private ones, and, thanks to
the kind assistance of a leading mer?
chant extensively engaged in trade
with Sumatra, have at length succeed?
ed in procuring a lot of what ha in?
forms me is from the best plants the
island produces This lot of seed I
shall avail myself of the first oppor?
tunity to forward you, with the re?
quest that one fifth of it be handed
over to Senator Samuel Pasco of
Florida, who has written me for some
and that the remainder be transmitted
to the honorable the secretary of
agriculture.-Pittsboro Commercial
Gazette.
Spaniards Prefer War.
Madrid. Spain, March 2o.-The
"Heraldo" publishes ao article declar?
ing that Spain will never recognize an
American commission of inquiry iuto j
mutters affecting Cuba. War, the
paper says, is preferable,and the govern?
ment ought to resect with energy any
interference on thc part of the United
States.
An immense anti-American demon?
stration took place in Barcelona yester?
day, in which 0,000 persons partici?
pated. The crowd formed in I
procession and marceed to the French
consulate, where they gave repeated
cheers for Captain-General Weyler and
for Cuba. The Municipal Band headed
the procession, and played the national
march.
The United States consulate was
guarded by police, and was not visited
by the crowd.
Southern iload to the Front
Railroad Commissioner Evans who
was in Washington a few days ago in
regard to the watermelon rates has re?
turned to the city. While iu Washing?
ton Mr. Evans had occasion to see Mr.
Culp, who is the geueral traffic man?
ager of the Southern railway. Apropos
to the Southern States exposition which
is going to be held at Chicago during
the coming fall. Mr. Culp said that the
Southern railway intends to get up an
exhibit of its own for the benefit of
South Carolina, and send it to Chicago.
That the exhibit would be carefully
prepared and would be exclusively a
South Carolina exhibit.
Mr. Culp said that the Southern road j
expects to fully and heartily co-operate j
with the people of this State, and to do !
ali it could to further the success of the |
people interested.-The State.
For The Farmers' Benefit.
Clemson College, S. C., March 24 -Kind?
ly give publicity to the followiug :
1. The Veterinary Department of the South
Carolina Experiment Station offers its aid to
the people ot South Carolina iu the investi?
gation and extirpation of contagious infec?
tious diseases among the domestic animals :
horse, cow, swine, dog, fowls, etc. The Col?
lege Veterinarian will take pleasure in cor?
responding, with the owners of d'Seased ani?
mals, and wherever possible, give diagnosis
and advice free. In all cases of a contagious
nature requiring personal inspection, the tra v
elling expenses of the Veterinarian must be
met by the owers of the diseased animals.
2. It is the intention of the Veterinary De?
partment of Clemson College to give to the
owners and others of the State who may wish
it, a special course in Veterinarian science.
Any one of good moral character may avail
himself of this course under the head of the
Veterinary Department. For further informa- j
tion address :
Dr. W. E. A. WYMAN,
Veterinarian to S C. Experiment Station,
and Clemson College.
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E[ectric Bitters cures by giving the needed
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All kinds of Sewing Machine Needles a
Sumter Music House.
The Sumter Music House, in Masonic Tem?
ple, sell Pianos, Organs and Sewing Machines,
true, for on a thousand hills that flag has
been defended by the lifeblood of the South's
noblest sons. When the Orchestra, catching
the inspiration, began to play Dixie, they
quit applauding and yelled. And so ended
the Karnival.
Linen paper at 20 cents a pound package
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bargain lot of 250 pounds that cannot be
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