The Ames Enterprise. (Ames, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, January 12, 1906 Page: 4 of 8
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YEAR ONE OF GREAT PROSPERITY
All Records Broken by the Harvests Manufactures and Commerce of the
- - United States I
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It has been a year of glistening na-
tional prosperity and its brightness Is
reflected into the year that U to come
NOwhere on the horizon is there
visible a cloud of doubt that next year
will be as generous-banded as bAs the
year whose bell has just tolled All
records of prosperity for this aud for
any other country have been broken
by the harvests manufacturers and
the commerce of the United States
of America for the twelve months
which now have slipped finally into
the past
The North has had a prosperity In
which the West has shared and the
South simply is fat with plenty No
principal crop in the United States
has fulled For the bushel sown the
earth has returned Its twenty fold It
is not necessary to give the figures
In order that the great fact may be
grasped In all the staples of life the
year jias broken the record of yield
It is possible that in the case of cot
ton an exception should be made but
of the southern stuple there has been
ft production as large as the people of
the cotton-growing sections could
have wished The prices are high
everyone had some cotton aud every
ou has a share of the selling price
The Secretary of Agriculture has
said that the well-being of the Ameri-
can farmer Is a matter of the pro
fouudest interest to the entire coun-
try He might have gone farther and
have said that the well-being of the
entire country depends upon the well-
being of the American farmer It has
been a year of unsurpassed prosper!
to the agriculturists of the -country
Production has horn unequnled find
as the wealth and the happiness of
alt depend upon that which springs
from the ground we go back to the
basis and the proper place for the
prophecy of happiness when we stand
upon the farm
By the ttme that the new yeur has
run half Its course It is probable that
there will he a fuller aud better un-
derstanding between the sister coun-
tries of North and South America
The third conference of the pan-
American states Is to he held in Bra-
ell and there the Secretary of Slate
of tie greutest of the American coun-
tries will meet with the officials of
the smaller republics and out of their
conferences and discussions il la be-
lieved will come plans which when
put to the working test will make se-
cure upon a firm foundation the peace
of two continents
- It is probable that before the first
(tension of the Fifty-ninth Congress
sees the day of adjournment that a
national quarantine law will be passed
which will reduce to a minimum the
danger of yellow fever epidemics In
the South
It is probable that before the new
year becomes an old year two slurs
will be added to the flag of the United
States Arizona and New Mexico join-
ed to become one state and Okla-
homa and Indian Territory joined to
become the other When this end is
accomplished there will he no terri-
tories left in the Union a:d th year
1906 will go down in history us the
year which saw the fulfillment of the
dream of the fathers
To go again into the immediate pas'
I: tnay be said for the lust of the old
years (list It saw the making of a rec-
ord for American commerce in both
matters of exports and of frrrorfx
The year 1904 produced the first bil-
lion dollar record for imNuis the
year 1905 saw a material Increase
and during each one of Its twelve
months the value of the Imports
amounted to practically gioooooooo
against an average of less than half
that amount only a wore of years ago
The exports of the United States
as an official puts It “never touched
the billion dollar mark until the year
1895 and have never in any calendar
year been as much as a billion and a
half doltars in value: hut this year
they have considerably exceeded that
figure and will approximate a value
of $!C0fl0n0OfM" None of the of-
ficials who make a study of trade m t-
dltionft has been able to discover any-
thing in the future which should pre-
vent a like marvelous growth of the
commerce- of the United State dur-
ing the coming year
The manufactures of the country in-
creased their share during the lvt
year in both Imports and exports f
the United States The Increase In
the importation of manufacturers ma-
terials In the ten months ending Nov-
1 190S amounted to $HlhOOrion an
increase of 21 per cent over the cor-
responding period of last year white
the Increase In all other imports
amounted to hut 954000000 an In-
crease of 12 per reut over the corre-
sponding months of 1904
In the matter of expot Ls of manu-
factures the value of Increase during
lea months of 1905 was $58010000
an Increase of 14 per cent while the
gain of all other exports was about
950000000 an lurreaso of 7 per cent
over the same nonths of last year
The Washington officials who deal in
the statistics of manufacturers hold
that there is every apparent Indica-
tion that the prosperous showing of
the last year Is to bo more than du-
plicated tn the year that is to rome
ft Is a fairly well established fact
that romlng unhappy events cast long
shadows before The students of tho
situation look not only at the matter
Immediately In hand but they look at
all the conditions of commercial life:
the state of the country’s finances
the likelihood of tariff changes' the
possibilities of commercial wars and
in fact at ail other things upon which
government agents make reports
They look at all these things before
they attempt anything of prophecy
and when they do consent to prophecy
they do not put it in black and hlte
because there is always a chance of
the arising of something hitherto un-
known: but they do consent to give
an expression of their belief in the
future founded upon the best knowl-
edge which is given to them from all
available sources It Is only the crop
expert who in the winter the time
of the death of vegetation refuses to
say one word as to the future for the
time of long distance weather fore-
casts has uot yet arrived
The view of the coming year as it
touches exports and imports and tho
manufacturers or the country is to be
expressed only by the much-used and
apparently well-liked word rosy
Should there be those who look
only to the purse ns the Standard of
a people’s happiness it may be said
that there Is more money in circula-
tion among the inhabitants of the
United States to-day than ever there
has been 1 efore Despite bank troub-
les here and there the financial insti-
tutional solidity and prosperity of tho
country seems to have a foundation
of rock which cannot readily be worn
away The light shines ahead
DISASTERS DURING THE YEAR
Earthquake In Italy the Worst Calam-
ity Recorded in 1905
Disasters were numerous during
1905 though there was no calamity
involving such great loss of life or
such horrors as accompanied the burn-
ing of the Iroquois theater at phieago
In 1903 or of the steamer General Slo-
cum at New York in 1904 Leaving
nut of consideration the Russo-Japanese
war the greatest disaster of the
year occurred In Calabria Italy where
400 lives were lost through an earth-
quake Sept 8 Nearly as many deaths
were recorded as due to the collapse
of s partially constructed reservoir
near Madrid Spain April 8
The most serious disaster in the
United States was the tornado in
Texas April 29 At Laredo 100 lives
were lost A tornado In Oklahoma
May 11 caused nearly as many deaths
in the town of Sidney A fire in a
ahoe factory at Brocton Mass re-
sulting from uu expUision March 20
also resulted in U0 deaths
Railroad accidents probably have
uot caused so niHttv deaths as in 1904
but several serious ones occurred dur-
ing the past car In n collision on
the Western Maryland railroad twenty-eight
miles from Balt more June
1 twenty-three persons were killed
In eseh of three other wrecks twenty
lives were lost and two wrecks
caused twelve deaths each
By hii explosion in the Rush Run
and Red Ash coal mines near Thur-
mond W Va March 19 twenty-four
lives were lot A gas explosion in a
mine at Ziegler Ilk April 13 en-
tombed fifty miners July 11 more
than 100 miners were killed by an
explosion In the pits at Wattstown
Wales
Of disasters on the water the most
serious was the wreck of the South-
ampton Railway company’s steamer
Hilda off St Mnlo Knglih channel
In which loo Jives wore lost The
explosion of the boiler of the United
States gunboat Bennington In San
Diego harbor July 21 caused the
death of sixty of the crew
LYNCH LAW LESS IN EVIDENCE
Fswsr Victims of Mobs Than in Any
Ysar Sines 1885
The lynching reported for lflo&
are hut 66 the smallest number since
18H5 The following table showing the
number of lynchings since 185 will
he of use to those studying this par-
ticular feature of criminology:
The lynchings in the various states
and territories were as follows: Ala
bama 8 Arkansas t Florida 1:
Georgia 11 Kentucky 4: Louisiana
4 Mississippi 17 Missouri 1 Ne-
vada 1 North Carolina 1 South Car
olina 8: Tennessee 3 Texa ll
Virginia 1 ' ‘
Of these lynchings 63 occurred In
the south and 1 In the north Of the
total number 61 were negroes and 5
whites Tho crimes alleged were a?
follows: Murder 84: rape 15: mur
derous assault 4 attempted rape 4
robbery 2: race prejudice 1 kid-
naping I elopement' 1: informing
1 Two lynchings were for unknown
reasons and one innoceut victim was
banged
NATIONAL CHAMPIONS OF 1903
List of Thoss Attaining Pre-eminence
During the Year
The following persons stand at the
head in various lines of sport:
Amateur Athletics — Martin J Sher-
idan AutomoMtlng— Barney Oldfield
Billiards — Charles F Conklin
Howling — Charles M Anderson
Boxing — Janies J Jeffries
Chess — Frunk J Marshall
Cycling — Frank I Kramer
Golf (Open) — Willie AipWson
Golf (Amateur) — H Chandler Kean
Golf (Women’s) — Miss Faullne Mac-
kay Jockey— David Nicol
Rifle Shooting — Sergt C R Orr
Skat — Herman Dietz
Skating ( Professional )— Norval Bap-
tie Skating (Amateur) — Morris Wood
Swimming— C M Daniels
Tennis— Beals C Wright
Tennis (Women's) — Miss Elizabeth
Moore
Trap Shooting— It R Barber
YEAR AS SEEN BY BRAOSTREET
Period of Heavily increased Purchas-
ing Power
The year Just ending has been one
of almost boundless activity accord-
ing to Hradstreet's It was a period
of rich rewards to agriculture though
not of uniformly record yields of
abundance of employment for labor
and of few serious strikes of build-
ing and constructive ae:viry In all
lines of enormously enlarged bank
e'earings totals and of striking small
failure damage considering the im-
mense business done and the unpre-
cedented number engaged therein
That it was on the whole a year
of heavily increased public purchas-
ing power seems certain In view of
the fact that commodity ' prices were
maintained ut record high levels
Continuing the report states:
“The multitude of records broken
show 8 that new guirleposts have In-
deed been set up The revival which
beuau in the last half of 1904 far
from spending its force ns was pre-
dicted in the early part of 1905 grew
us the year advanced The commer-
cial financial and Industrial move-
ment surged forward weather draw-
bncl s and disclosures of financial rot-
tenness in high places falling to stem
the upward trend Disregard of pre-
cedents was perhaps best illustrated
in the persistent Hdvance of securi-
ties deapit" high money prices and
the tendency to discount prosperity
was inesisriide”
Siaaking of condition In the lat-
ter part of the year it Is stated:
“in September car shortages began
to a Heel li altic and collections clear-
ings reached new high figures while
failures and liabilities for nine months
were below 1904 Lifting of southern
quarantines gave zest to southern
trade which was fuitlier helped by
high cotton quotations when the
tnovetneuL was Heaviest In the last
quarter open weather favored out-
door activity lint retarded retail
trade which was also hampered by
tanners holding grain and cotton ant
the ear congestion wlileh iikewire de-
layed collections Slock speculation
though lacking marked public partici-
pation and displaying manipulative in-
fluences was of largo volume at rec-
ord prices despite high money In-
fluenced by active trade and dis-
turbed foreign markets Iron and
steel outputs advanced ore sales
clearings and staple prices all scored
hlgii levels In December'
Of the outlook for tbe uew year the
report says:
“If satisfaction with the past and
confidence In the future are at all re-
liable Rubles 190H Is likely to equal
If Indeed It docs not surpass the year
drawing to a close The volume of
orders booked uheiid exceeds any pre-
vious year In he country’s history
and high prices as yet scent to exer-
cise no Affect upon consumptive de-
mand Iron ami steel of all kinds are
heavily sold ahead as are also shoes
cotton and woolen goods lumber
hardware nml w myriad of other prod-
ucts NVheaf emeis the winter In ex-
cellent condition and with an en-
larged area Prediction ax to 1906
tbflldloff are even more sanguine than
a year ago"
HI Lov I Thirl
Whnl nji y take Into tlist vii -for-
t-VCI ?
T’biit marl It ilnor
Admits i’o ft up of nil our long endeavor
No finite wreathed crown w
woio
No luirm-reit lore
What ran wo bear bejond the unknown
iortiilv
No givj 1 no sales
Of nil run- loillna: In Ho lift l-intorijib-
No hoarded wraith ivloithiH
Nor slid- nor hlitltiH
Naked from out thnt for ahj as behind us
Wo evicted heto:
No word ri nit- with nut- iomlnt( to rc-
mind tin
Wlutt wondrous world wott non r
No hoo no four
Ir'o tho silent Htnrloi night beforo it
Xnkod wo glide
No bnnd loin mappvd tho coir-tcllutlnn
o'or u o
No oonunrlo nt our side
1 No chart no- guide
Yot fonrloHn tnwntds ttmt mldnlvht ldarl
and hollow
Our ttoltrpH frt to
The beckoning uf n l-'ather's Inin 1 wo follow-—
II !m lov-o alone In there
No otii-Ho ro rare
— AtigUHttiH II Wlnthrop
Faithfulness and Fame
flho linth done whnl hIio could
W It orr Hoover thin gospel shit II brt
-irearhed throughout file whole world
this also that she hath done shnll be
tpoken of fur a memorial of her —
Mark xlv K 9
Hu lltl Ip site did bill How nmt-li
was really done! One simple act with
vast nml complex result: An un
named woman lining a simple deed of
kindness for the Lord of Glory started
Inleresis of eternnl Importance
leans was enjoying the hospitality
of Simon at a social meal in his
house when this woman came behind
onr Lord and brake 'an alabaster hex
and poured Ha contents of ointment
of spikenard upon His head It was
an ael of devotion on her part which
she did for Ills sake but He having
Ills divinity stirred within Hint an-
nounced her faithfulness and futile In
these words: — ‘'She hath done what J
she could Wheresoever tills gos- '
pel shall he preached throughout the
whole world this also that she hath
done shall tie spoken of for a memor-
ial of her"
She brought tn the attention of the
whole world a great force that of
faithful service
We should feel thankful that we
are not held personally responsible
for the reformation of the whole
world We should feel thankful that
we have the privilege of starting In
simple deeds of dally duty the forces
which fn God's providence become
the great powers In the spiritual
world "She hath done what she
could” Is the story of every victorious
life
And this conies in the dally round
of service We shall know this when
we understand how closely connected
are the human nnd divine
The man who uses his money only
with reference to self and time does
not realize the highest rate of inter-
est though lie may gel the most that
ran be had In the money markets for
there Is a higher hank than earth's
treasure house to which the deed
must rome for payment long after the
money has been lost or spent Earth's
values are only suggestive of the heav-
enly price which Is set upon ail things
The deeds of those who follow the
Grenl ami Kternal Doer of all
There la dwelling hi every earthly
temple moving about every festal
board walking In our stores and of-
fices one who is unseen and eter-
nal and who so desires to unite our
lives with that which Is holy that life
nnd happiness may be forever sure
as this woman of Bethany by s simple-
deed of faithfulness had united
her deatlny with Ills so thnt In nil
time she could nut he forgntlcn
"Wheresoever Gils Gospel shnll he
preached throughout this wjiole world
this also thnt she hath done shall he
spoken of for a memorial of her"
Deeds not dollars are far reach- !
lug and eternal These the thief can-
not steal These the moth cannot
destroy God does not always ask for
uniform rents for our talenlB anil
powers but rather a return accord-
ing tn a divine standard of fnlthftil-
ncBs to Him The taxes -of heaven
are pro rata rather than per capita
She did what ahe could but she did It
In longue with the Eternal God so
she suddenly became the nameless
famous giant of Holy Endeavor She
wna an apostle of Good News a mis-
sionary of eternal Iruth
This golden pathway lo eternal
fame through faithfulness to God la
open to all Walk In it my friend
In rompany with the Divine Man of
this Bethany atory and It will lead
yon tn happiness and heaven— -John
Lloyd Lee D D
Our Everyday Duties
The fine finishing touches that
none can see redeem tho statue from
crudeness and give II the desired per-
fection The atmospheric quality that
covers the artist's picture Imparts to
II a reality and distinguishes It front
the "hard" work of the novlc The j
lidirnte shading of the nitialciun’i
ouch separates him from the amateur
The huge blocks of atone upon which
the cathedral rests its massive walls
and columns exist only to support the
world of lovely detail fur which the
-ttrucLiie Is designed The great forces
l nature tire seldom called into requi-
sition Cyclones are furled earth-ip-tikes
sleep nnd II res smoulder
through long seasons of rest ' They
are needed only now stnl then: but
the vital forces those that the world
cannot do without uru the tempered
sunlight that usually falls unnoted the
soft atmosphere of whose presence
wo are iinconseloiis n ml the unseen
vapors thnt rise to heaven and de-
scend to earth with untold blessings
Without the performance of con-
slant minute duties there ran bo no
desirable results Only God can estl-
ninte the value of the so-called trHtes- :
that make up the ordinary life How
few tire the great things given ua to
do! It Is onr fuithfulness In the dull--tedious
routine of our work that Is to
make us rulers over great things by
and hv We have not time lo stop and
dream of what those great things shall
be: It Is enough to know that when '
we "awake” we "shall lie satisfied”
This Is the Alpha und the Omega of
all desire
While still at our earthly tasks
what comfort Is to he found In the
knowledge that the work we are do-
ing is the exact work that God thinks
we can tin heller than anyone else In
all the world! He has made no mis-
take about it anil He tinea not wish
to employ a substitute lit our place
Onr hands tire lilted for our duties as
no other hands are or can be If we
Fnll to fulfill our mission will a some-
thing of infinite worth he lost forever
out of the grand economy of the eter-
nal plan? Who skull answer?
God has always used the : little
thins with which lo work Hia won-
droits will The weak are made to
rntitound the strong and the wisdom
of the world Is foolishness In His
sight We Ills servanta urt "not by
might nor by power lint by His Spir-
it" If there is any might it is God's
not ours
The siiiullest most unfavorable
place la which we can And ourselves
is yet large enough and sightly enough
for the building of a character-temple
worthy to be the dwelling of the Lord
of Glory What higher distinction can
we crave? Dare we aak for more than
this?— By Julia H Thayer
Nearness to Christ Is Joy
Jesus Christ does not take the glad-
ness out of men's lives — He puts the
gladness in There are no lives so ut-
terly sad and rayless as Chrlatless
lives There is an equation which
holds good for all of life and It Is this
— Christ equals Cheer The legitimate
result of nearness to Christ ls joy and
uplifted hope The soul that htfs Je-
sus for a confident has the elements
o‘ Joy always at hand and can voice
its rupture In the words:
“I fpel like singing nil the time
My tears are wiped away
For Jesus Is a Friend of mine
I'M praise Him all the day”
Jesus Christ Is the friend anti tlit
helper of the sorrowful He was Him-
self a man of sorrows and grief's ac-
quaintance He had to deal with sor-
row from the very first — Ills own sor-
rows uml those of oGters Even Ills
cradle was beset with perils and s
flight for safety marked His infancy
He was In danger and difficulty all His
duvn und a cross was His portion at
the end But just because He Himself
was so a filleted Jesus Christ can help
and wishes to help the grieving John's
disciples u ft or their Master's death
went and teltl Jesus So Jesus always
Invites the confidences of the sorrow-
till Earthly friends may tire of the
del ails of the bereavement or the diffi-
culty but Christ never wearies of Hit
children's outcries of grief or expres-
sions of pain no long as they are not
complaints and murmuring! Most
sorrowful of the sorrowful are those
who seek not the Man of Sorrows In
their grief and who never tell Jesus
how nigh their heart Is to brsnklng'
and their hope to perlahlug - y
Recognizing Values -
No one would ever yield to sin’s in-
ducements unless first deceived as ta
the outcome It takes will power
strengthened through prayer to recog-
nise values We know real values In
tho abstract and whenever we apply
that knowledge we find that we are
heller off for dolngso we are templed
to believe that sin's false value has
something In It worth while that It ‘
has even a temporary enjoyment
worth indulging let ns remember that
the whole argument la a He proved
such by all our past experience There
Is no joy so kenn so deep so lastin')
as that of clean right living Thera
are times when we must summon el
our manhood to rempmber this: but
we know It Is true God alone caa
help us lo live up lo our knowledge
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