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THE SUMPTER MINER
Wednesday, December 9. 190?
The Sumpter Miner
OFFICIAL l'A"ER OF IMF. CITY OF SUMPTER
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J. W. CONNELU
T. O. OWVNNE.
EDITOR
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The ostensible reason assigned for
Mark IlHDnn'a contemplated retire
ment from tho chairmanship n( the
republican national committee, la til
health, hut thorn am knowing ouoa
within tho ratika of the party who
seem to think d I If ere itly. They aay
that liantia believes iIio rising mitl
Itoosovolt Htiutlmon' in tho oatt will
bring hi 111 promlnoutly forward as tho
logical ropuhlloau candidate for tho
presidency, and IiIh rotlroinoiit Ih to
bo acaountod for on those grounds.
Others aay that tho Wood lucidout la
to le hold responsible and that Han
mi la not a cuudlduto. Hut It la
beginning to look n little like tho
buzzing of tho presidential hue has
amitton tho auditory iipparatiiH of M.
AuroliiiH, whatovur may bo muIiI.
Proaa reports statu that Hurbort
Hponuor, tho moat distinguished phi
Inaophor and scientist of modern
times, la critically ill at his Hrlgh
ton, England, residence. Mr. Spoil
cor la an old man, having last April
(Kilohratod hia HMru birthday. Ilia
lifo Iihh boon 0110 of Indefatigable re
Muuroh, and tluro am few, if any,
characters in uiodoru history wIioho
worka are destined to llvo lotigor mill
to oxorl 11 more powerful lulluonco
upon mankind than Spencer's. Ho
la one of tho most clear and concise
roiiHnnors anil it t tint huiiio time pus
homsos tho most lucid mill engaging
atyle of any man who over wrote In
tho English lutiguogo. HIh life Iiiim
Leon assiduously ilovutod to tho in
vcatlgation of ecleutlllc, soutnluglo,
oil Hon I and kindred subjects, and tho
rich heritage which he loaves will
forever niiiko tho name of Herbert
Sponoor great.
The Eugene Register, in proof of
the hoalthfulucsa of Oregon cllmato
atates that there are more old vigor,
oua people there thitu in any other
atate In tho union. Thia la no doubt
true, but It ia hardly a point in our
favor at tho present writing. It ia
the lingering of thine old pumpkin
pushers and hay aeoda which accounts
for tho noii-progrosslvouoss of tho
state as far as salutary legislation em
bracing all soot Ions Is concerned.
In the matter of natural resources
Oregon hits few equals aud no
auporlora In the family of states, but
a loug as a lot of narrow minded
farmora who are blinded to every
other Interest save their own, coutrol
legislation, wo will couteud with a
serious handicap which will have tho
etfeect of intimidating outside
capital. 80. if it could be arranged
for some temporary climatic blight I
to gather those old fogies to their (
fathers, it were bolter for the general
progress of the commonwealth. i
If President RoomivoH doesn't
chuugo biH "independent" policy,
he will full to secure thut renomiuu
tiou yet. The pnueiful money in-
forests, already alienated, are out
for hia scalp. The politicians are
alio getting tiredof bla erratic gallery
playa. He bus offended many of the
western aenatora and congressmen,
by treating them as suspects. If the
polltlcana and the business manip
ulators combine against him, hia
defeat will dato from that agreement.
Today tho whole country ia tremb
ling for fear that thore la soou to be
a pronounced stringency In the
money market, a period of com
mercial depression. There la ab
solutely no reaaon, based on eco
nomic conditions, for such a state of
affairs There are a half dozen men
In New Vork so stroug financially,
so lufluontlal In every way, that they
can creato an artificial panic, and it
would not be surprising to learn that
they are preparing for just such a
coup, for the effect it will have
politically, to defeat Roosevelt; as
they dofoated Uryan. for the same,
though a stronger reason.
All men who havo any thing to
think with and have any knowledge
of history know that thia ia a danger
signal to the republic, but thoy also
beliero and fear that there la little
or no use In trying to combat tho Iu
lluonco of tbeso gigantic combina
tions of wealth.
As every ouo who knows anything
at all about mining mutters la aware,
tho Ilomcstnko in tho Black Hills ia
tho greatost gold mluo on earth; has
broken tho world's record us u pro
ducer. Vet, if it hud chanced to fall
Into tho hunds of somo custom syn
dicate that operates u mluo on tho
business prliiciplos thut lusuros tho
success of a pouuut stuud mot hods
thut overy western oporator baa
louruod by obsorvutlou to moan
failure tho probabilities ate that
tho Homostiiko would uovor havo
paid a dividend.
Fortuutoly, how over, thut splendid
porporty camo into the possession of
California mining men, tho eldor
Hearst among tho number, mou of
ample means who know what was
, necessary to opoii up u mluo; know
1 that vast Hums of muuoy must bo ex-
I poudod befure satisfactory results
could be obtained. So thoy sot out
a man in whoso judgment and houosty
they hud coulldouco, ouo, McMasters,
with Instructions to make a mine of
tho prospect, and thou let him ulono.
Ho spout it full million dollars be
fore 11 atauip dropped on oro.
Had those mou "got cold foot,"
when a half, or tliroequurtors of a
million hud bueu spout, tho Home
atuko, too, would havo boon in tho
list of mining fill lures. It requires
the characteristics of a thoroughbred,
a plunger to muko much of a success
ill iniulug, aud these tiuullties are
rarely found lu tho custom uusinoss
man. Tho best, tho most successful
mining mun is ho who has made hia
uiouoy in mining.
During tho past fow weoka several
gentlomou havo returned from the
money oeutora of tho east, where thoy
went to promote mlulug propositions,
and all of thorn bring back tho same
1 story. Theio is nothing doing now;
1 but all conditions are favorable for
leulistlug capital within the uext six
months. Tho public Is just begin
I uiug to recover from tho shock it
received from tho receut shrinkage
in industrial stocks.
There is no scarcity of money;
the great muss of securities olfered
were undigested because thoy were
ludigestlblo; not bocuuso the invert
tors were lliiuuciully uuublo to uhsorh
tliein. This money that the Wall
stieet tliimblcrigcrs fulled to get 1 old .
of is a tritle shy uud coy at this tiiu,
but Is as anxious as ever to earn
Interest.
Savings banks and real estate six
per cent mortgages have lost their
fascination for men of means; specu
lation in all kinds of stocks la the
Are that has burned the grown-up
childeru; get rich quick schemes are
In disrepute, and legitimate mining
that pays comparatively large divi
dends is today the only sure and
profitable Investment offered the
public. The Indisputable fact that
fortunes, tangible, gold fortunes
that are dug from the ground,
created, indestructible wealth, are
constantly being made in mining, has
givon that Industry favorable repnte,
and ere loug it will win its earned
reward.
Just before the holidays It is al
ways dull, from the promoters'
standpoint; this condition has
always obtained and the fact that
many deala are hanging Are Is no
occasion for discouragement.
One of the December magazinea
publishes the pictures of a dozen or
more of the women prominent in the
official set at Wasblntgon, wives and
daugthors of high offioials, and not
In tho eutire bunch is thero an at
tractive, womanly face. That of the
president's wife indicates Intelligence
and culture, but it is painfully plain,
almost repellent. Some abow hard,
tired looking countenances, such as
are churactorlstio of European peas
ants, telling u talo of early labor und
hardship. Thero are several that
would look ontirely at home behind
tho glovo and ribbon counters of a
department store; while still others
are coarse und crude, stating as dis
tinctly Hi could language Itsolf that
this is the first generation to rise
abovo the common herd, and time has
not yet given education and wealth
aud easy luxury uu opportunity to
work their magic, bouiflceut effect
on tho miuds aud bodies of the breed.
Tho clergy mun of Rhode Island are
banding themselves togotber in an
effort to minimize tho divorco evil.
Dllforeut beliefs tiro represented in
tho movement, and there appears to
bo n lacK of harmony in the matter
of what persons aro eligible to re
marriage. Somo agroe not to marry
a person who has been divorced for
any causo, othors admit unfaithful
ness, aud still others agree to
solemnize the marriage of the In
nocent party. Whllo thero Is not
the desired uniformity that there
should bo in tho movement, yet it is
a start in tho right direction. Tho
splrltuul marrtugo with which the
church has to do largely, howover,
is ouly one phase of tbo situation.
Tho courts of the country should
tako a huud aud aid the church in its
crusade agalust the divorce evil.
If marriage ia denied by a minister
of the goopol, It is au easy step to
hare the rite solemnized before some
judgo, which Is possible in most In
stances. Ill-advised marriages aud
the consequent divorces would be
come more rare, if marriage were
made difficult. Hut what is needed
is national uniformity iu the mutter.
Receut statistics prepared by the
minister of coinniccre in France
make the startling revelation that
tho population of that couutry Is ac
tually dylug out. Out of a total
population of 110. 000,000 there waa
au excess lu VJO'i of ouly 811,044
births over deaths. There were iu
this year 11, HOG fower births than
iu liHil, although there was a marked
diminution lu Hie death rate. For
the lust ten years the population
of France has increased by only
thirteen units, while that of other
European countries baa greatly ex
ceeded this. Germany showed an
increase of 117 units Austria,
116, Belgium. 109, Great Britain
116, Italy, 110. Two reasons are
cited for this rapid national decay of
population. One is the working of
the famous "Code Napoleon" which
makes the children both the legal
and natural heirs of their parents.
That, is the father's will is the son's,
and disinheritance is unknown.
The parents are dpslrous that the
children stand well financially,
therefore fewer children mean a
better' Inheritance. The other reason
cited is the national spirit of thrift
and parsimony. More children
mean a greater outlay for their sup
port by the parents before the child
ren can be turned to account in the
business of money making a cold
blooded business proposition, which
throughout is tinctured with the
teachings of the late Malthus.
If Mr. Roosevelt should mlsu the
presidency, France would offer an
admirable Held for him to do mis
sionary work along the lines of
race suicide.
MONEY TO LOAN.
On Improved real estato or good
collateral.
SEYMOUR II. BELL, Agent.
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