TIIH I.AN1) OF MARK 11KMKVK.
To Iho gates of Dawn, how chidl
Would the grayhendH all go buck,
And, among tho little children,
For a white forget tho rackl
irow their purblind oyca would brighten,
How their hearts with Joy would heave,
Could they onco again bo dwellers
In tho Land of Mnko Uollovcl
O, what treasures thnt a Croesus
Has amassed oan eciual those .
That before the gnzo of childhood,
An by magic, once aroo?
All are rich If but they wilt be,
All possoss what they percclve
To life's largess there's no limit
In the Land of Make liellevct
What n land It Is to live In,
Where a palace Is ns cheap
A a hovel-whero the littlest
May with giant strides o'erlonp
Highest nights! Tho' bringing knowl
edge, How tho flying years bereave
Vh of all our happy dwellings
In the Land of Make Hellcvel
Hllll so curious Is tho human
Wen In ohlldhood-ott ho goes
Kar outsldo Joy's sphere, a-wecplng
O'er Imaginary woes;
Kor tho one that's born a poet,
Tho' he knows not why, must grieve
O'er tho tears that fall outside of
The bright Iand of Make Hcllovel
Mary Norton Ilradford In Boston dlobe.
Wif vs. Wine.
watch tho lights anil shades In ths
face of n child approached by death.
Sown his faco lighted up. Ho slnppod
his big leg and said:
"I'll fix It. Have no further fear.
You shall havo your heart's wise-
holre. I'll save you from that con
temptible wretch Tom JJrndloy. I'll
he back In a second."
Ho arose and hastily went out to tho
fenco.
"Jerrc," he said, "I'm going to
Vancebtirg with Mr. Tabor to get the
llcenso for Louis and Molllo's mar
riage. Hide over and tell Tom wo are
gone, and get him to go with you out
to Abo Martin's to bring home tho
threo cows I i.onght of him yesterday
and I'll pay him well."
Then ho went back Into the houso
nd said: "Mollle, when your father
comes In I shull protend to agrco with
him respecting his choice. You will
appeur as if reconciled. I'll go to
town with your father to got a license
for your marriage. Leave all to me."
Soon tho old man's footsteps were
hoard In tho yard, and Illchard, as If
In answer to words from Mollle, ralsod
his volco and said:
"Oh, Molllo, you'll get over your
foolish love for Ed Dronson all right.
He's a Hetty young follow, very at
tractive to girls, but ono they would
BY JAMES NOEL JOHNSON.
Author "A Romulus in Kentucky,"
"Two Qlrls In Blue," Etc.
(Copyright, 1901: by Dally Htory Pub. Co.)
Old John Tabor of Bowlo Creok sat
on tils veranda, his huge- legs unread
nuggcfltlvo of tho prongs of a black oak
tree. Tho puckers between his eyes
drew his brush-heap brows together.
Ills pretty daughter, Molllo, stood
,at tho rail of the balusters, her apron
ipressort to her eyes. A curtain of
morning glory vines dropped from the
eaves to tho ground, ono blossom of
which touched the chook of tho young
Wrl with tho soft lips of sympathy.
No use In none o' your foolishness.
You ain't got nonso enough to know
what's good for ye. Jest to think yo'ro
iwantln to marry thnt school teacher,
JCd. Bronsou, with his soft ban's, gal
(faco and baby eyes, an' turn yer con
trary back on Tom Bradley, who could
ispllt more rails In ono day than that
j'nr Bronson could spilt In ten years.
(Von think you could live with him on
Jsoft moonshine, Idle breozes, klBsos an'
!ii mm sort o irucic, lorguuu inai
trior a fow messes of that dlot you'd
Ilko to try a round or two of 'tutors,
Kirk and beans, soda biscuit and
htrong coffeo."
"Pap," spoko tho girl botween con
vulsive sobs, "you can't make mo mar
ry Tom. I can't do It; I won't do It,
I toll you!"
"Lookeo hur' gal; I'm glttln' my
dander clean up In my ha'r now! You
belong ter mo until you're twenty-one,
Ian' I sorter allow, tinder tho laws of
itbo stato o" Kentucky, made an' por
Vlded for Rich cases as this, that I'll
.do as I please with my own property.
'Hoah mo? I'll havo no kicks an'
Ihltchcs. When I stand you side an'
side to be hitched up ter tho matrl-
monlat wagon, by gad, suh, I'll havo
no Btallln'! Think I'm goln' to glvo
you to a Ilttlo slender imlrtntlon of a
man with nuthln' but er edlcatlon
(which only makeg people fools and
Idlers), while a big, strong man with
two bosses, three cows an' forty head
of sheep stands ready to foreclose on
ye? Not much! You're mine, I say
-tilt tomorry nlcht, then I give ye to
Tom Bradley. So hush your snubbln'
an' go git dinner In raco horse time,
for I promised Bradley to go with him
to town this evening to git the li
ce nve."
As soon as the old man had disap
peared behind u wall of dark green
corn at the rear of the house, Mollle,
In a frenzy of dlspalr and grief, went
"to the front door nud gazed with cagor,
blistering eyes up and down the road.
Sho wanted to sco somo one she could fly
to, to whom sho could reveal her peril,
and beg for a rescuing hand, Not moro
than a minute had passed when two
men on horseback rode Into vlow.
'They wero Richard Hardin, tho
wealthiest young roan In that section,
and his younger brother, Jcrro.
"Mr. Hardin," Bcrcatncd tho girl ivh
tho mou rodo opposite the houso, "get
down an' como In u mlnlii"
Richard dismounted, handing his
brlUle-relns to bis brother.
When ho entered tho house the girl,
In spite of hcrsolf, broko Into a cry
Uiat convulsed hor frame, and ron
dercd her spoechless for uomo tlmo,
(Tho sympathetic young bachelor gazed
upon her, wondor and pity lit hlB face,
'Ho had u vague Idea, howovor, tho
occasion of her grief, Whon sho had
mastered horsolf, sho briefly related
hor troubles, und begged him to uav
her.
Tho young man Bat for a moment
.. . Two horsemen rode Into vlow.
tils mind working double tlmo, Tho
pirl watched him as a uiothor would
, I For a Purer I How "8 Inf1"-1
I onco C.r Bo 0
I A reSS Increased, nv
"Think I enn Htand ono more."
Tho following excerpts rend at tho
dinner of the Correspondents' Club In
New York, from somo of the respons
es received from promlnont persons
in answer to the question, "How can
tho Influence of the press bo Increased?"
Whitolaw Hold: "By the most
scrupulous effort In giving tho news
to tell the exact truth, without exag
geration and without guesswork and
by discussion based upon fair-minded
study and conducted with tho court
esy thnt commands a respectful
hearing."
W. J. Bryan: "A newspaper will
exert n greater Influence, other things
being equal, If it Is known to repre
sent on public questions tho deliber
ate convictions of somo person, n ppr
boh of flesh and blood, not n corpora
tion. The Influence of a newspaper,
other things being equnl, will ho
greater If It Is known who owns tho
paper and controls its policy and that
that person has no Interest adverse to
tho Interests of tho readers. Tho In
fluence of the press will be increased
by greater unity in the support of any
good causa and in the condemnation
of nny bad practice."
Thomas A. Edison: "By publish
ing a fact now and then."
Tho Rev. Lyman Abbott: "Tho
proprietor must put Influence above
commercial success. To secure this
Influence tho editor must havo both
definite nnd Intelligent convictions
on tho subjects on which ho wishes to
exert influence. He must be fnlr to
those who do not sharo these convic
tions. Ho must convince his readers
that ho is seeking tho truth, tho whole
truth, and nothing but tho truth, not
n porsonnl or sectarian ndvantnge. He
must deal with topics which nro both
of roal Interest and of renl Importance
to the public."
Cardinal Gibbons: "Tho lnfluoncc
Iwnys regret marrying. Your father
Is right. Mind him, and tho future
will show you that tho wisdom of ago
Is superior to a girl's day droams."
"Well," replied Mollle, choking
down a laugh, "I will mind blm.
Maybo ho knows best."
"Bully for you, .Moll!" cried the old
man, stepping In at the door.
Hardin explained that ho had sent
Bradley with Jorro after somo cattlo,
and that ho had como to go with him
fter tho Uconsc. Tho old follow was
delighted, and when thoy were well
on tho road, ho didn't refuse Hardin's
proffer of a drink from his bottle.
Tho old man was a aprcer. Whon ho
got one drink It was tho beginning
of n two weeks' "drunk." Frequently
tapping Hardin's bottle, ho was In ex
cellent shape before town was roached.
The bottla exhausted, tho pair en
tered tho nearest saloon and began to
drink to the health of the young cou
ple Hardin took very small drinks,
while tho old man was rapidly passing
from tho polltlcul to tho religious stage
of drunkenness. Tho Trying stngo Is
next, and, before that waB reached,
Hardin said they'd better go get tho
llconse.
When they reached tho clerk's offlco
tho old man's oyes wero tilted back
In tholr sockets. Hardin whispered
the names of tho couplo to tho clerk.
'How old Is your daughter, Mr. Ta
bor?" asked tho clerk.
Er (hlc) me? Oh, her u-um, um,
(hie) she's sox sic six or Boven "
"Sho'B seventeen I know her age,"
Bald Hardin.
"You glvo your frco consont to her
mnrrlago?"
"Mo? Heigh? Er (hlc) w'y, yes, I
don't keor think I can stand ono
more."
Hardin und tho clerk laughed, and
tho formor took tho license whon mado
out, nnd paid tho fee.
Hardin took the old man down to
tho saloon, and permitted him to pour
down drink after drink until ho fell
In a henp at the bar. Then ho bad him
carried to bed, whoro ho slept In snor
ing unconsciousness until 2 o'clock tho
next afternoon.
Hardin banded the llcenso to Mollle,
sent for Ed Bronsou nnd a preachor,
nnd had tho couplo married four hours
after ho and tho old man hud started
for Vancoburg.
Tabor continued his sprco for two
weeks, never coming homo during tho
tlmo.
Ono dny ho was standing at tho bur,
treating a lot of appreciative loafers,
and bragging on his son-in-law, Tom
Bradley, when tho latter entered and
culled him nut tho back wny.
"Mr. Tnbor," ho Bald, crying. "I
think you treated mo bad promising
mo Molllo an' then glvln' hor to Ed."
"Whntt" thundored the old man.
"Arc thoy married? I got the llconso
for you an hor."
"No you didn't," mournfully spoko
poor Tom, "It was mado out for Ed
an' Mollle, nn' tho clerk bcz you wuz
present nn' glvo your consent."
Tho old mnn's whisky blooms faded
from his faco for n second, thon ho
shouted: "I was tricked! I'll km
Dick Hardin!"
"An' Mr, Tnbor, mUfortunes novor
como nlono, My horses nro dead with
epizootic, and the dogs havo killed all
my sheep."
"Well," laughed tho old man, nftor
n pause, "I guess I won't kill Dick,
for n Ilttlo Joko like that. Como In an'
tuko u drink,"
of tho press would bo much increased
by a strict adherence to facts In re
cording events nnd by n scrupulous
accuracy In reporting the expression
of public men."
Androw Carnegie: "The paper
which obtains a reputation for pub
lishing authentic news and only that
which Is fit to print nnd which edito
rially writes temperately, nlthough al
ways decidedly, will steadily Increase
Its Influence."
Joseph Jefferson: "The best means
of increasing the Influence of Journal
Ism or Indeed nny profession Is by
bringing to bear on It Industry, abil
ity nnd Integrity. It would be n grand
departure If tho best nowspnpers
were to inaugurate n system whereby
only known facts would bo published,
and would search out nnd expose
every fraudulent Journal; under such
conditions a confidence would bo
arounsed in tho public mind that per
haps does not now exist."
Bishop Henry C. Potter: "By the
education nnd elevation of its readers.
A decent, intelligent, thoughtful con
stituency will compel a decent press."
II. II. Kohlsnnt, editor Chicago
Times-Herald: "There is a widely
recognized demand that the Influence
of tho press shall make more for those
things that are of good report nnd
exnlt a peoplo than It does. It can bo
less cynical and more sincere. It can
bo moro optimistic In Its views of
life. It can be more considerate to
ward the unfortunate and more gen
erous In tho treatment of those with
whom it may not be In accord. The
truth, howover, should bo told with
nil tho vivacity of fiction or the press
will suffer. Stupid veracity Is the
rock upon which more than one truly
good newspaper has foundered. "Ve
racity with vivacity Is my prescrip
tion for what I think your club Is
seeking after."
EARNINGS AND PEICES
RATE OF WAGES IN DIFFERENT
PARTS OF THE WORLD.
Compensation In the United Stnta Has
Increased Under l'roteotlon, 'While
Cost of I.lflng Nonr Averages Ks
than It Did Ten Tears Ago.
IT BROUGHT
THE RAIN
Results of a Ballonlst's
First Experiment
With High Explosives.
Tho first experiments conducted by
tho government several years since for
tho purpose of making rnln wero pro
ductive of most Interesting results.
One theory to bo tested was that loud
explosions at a height will make the
clouds pour down water, nnd somo gen
tlemen In the department of agricul
ture wero anxious to set oft as loud nn
explosion ns possible, say n thousand
feet up In the nlr. Prof. Myers, a cele
brated ncronnut of Frankfort, N. Y.,
received this commission, nnd pro
ceeded nt onco to Washington with a
gas balloon twelve feet In dlnmeter,
which by some wns thought eutlroly
too smnll, nlthough Prof. Myers was
positive It -was all right.
Thoy took the balloon some miles
out of Washington (tho professor In
sisted on this), filled It with a mixture
of one-third oxygon nnd two-thirds hy
drogen (a terrlblo explosive), nnd sent
it up about a quarter of n mile, with
nn anchor rope holding It and with a
wire hanging down to a little hand
dynamo or blasting machine.
As they mado ready to turn this
dynamo Prof. Myers lay flat on his
back, eyes glued on tho balloon, con
fident but curious. Tho handle turned,
a spark Jumped nt the other end, nnd
tho ball of silk seemed to swell enor
mously and then vanish with a flash
of n thousand shivers of silk. On UiIe
came tho sound n smashing and tear
lug blast louder than any thunder
crash or roar of cannon. It flattened
men to the ground, killed hundreds of
little fish In n stream near by (bursting
their air bladdor&), knocked a bowling
alley over like a mero houso of cards,
frightened cattle and brought down
rain in torrents within olght minutes
une agricultural gentlemen were
moro than satisfied, and adopted tho
professor's system for extended rain
fall experiments only these (for ob
vlou8 reasons) wero conducted on the
lonely nnd arid plains of distant Toxas.
DANGER IN POTATOES
Potatoes contain tho poisonous alka
loid solaulno, although this Is not gen
erally recognized, Now potatoes con
tain comparatively little of this poison,
unless thoy grow nbovc tho surface of
tho ground nnd liuvc a green skin,
when they nro gonernlly known to bo
poisonous. It Is not, howover, known
widely that old potatoes contain much
of this poisonous principle, nnd thnt
many cases of serious poisoning have
occurred in lato summer when old po-
An examination of the general drift
of wages nnd prices during the past
ten years should prove interesting to
tho Free-Trader who is again con
cerned over tho Income and expenses
of the masses. Wo tuko all tho figures
given below from tho "American Ag
riculturist Year Book" for 1901. First,
ns regards tho comparative wages In
different countries, the average dally
wages paid laborers In 1900 were as
follows:
United Stntc3 $1.85
Australia 1.60
Canada and provinces 1.10
Brazil and Chill 80
Orcnt Britain nnd Ireland 70
Franco and Central Europo C5
German Empire 55
Austro-Hungnry 40
Asia Minor 40
Spain and Portugal 35
Turkey In Europe 35
Armenia nnd Persia 35
Italy and Malta 25
Morocco nnd Tunis 25
Chlncso Empire 20
Japanese Emplro 15
In April, 1900, there was compllod
for tho Information of tho house of
representatives from reports fur
nished by labor unions, a tabulated
statement showing tho Increase in
wnges by percentages, in 59 trades,
from 1896 to 1899. Theso Increases run
from 3 to 50 per cent, averaging somo
what over 20 per cent. The report
shows that In every industry wages
wero Increnscd between 1896 and 1899,
while in 20 they wero Increased In each
of tho threo years, 1897, 1898, 1899,
and In 35 they wero Increased In
both of tho two years, 1898 and 1899.
Tho report proves an unquestionably
substantial Increase In all wages from
tho reductions mado necessary during
tho Free-Trade period from 1894 to
1897.
Now, nn to tho comparison of pres
ent wnges with tho last Protection
period, 1890-2. Using 100 ns a basis tho
rate is as follows: 1891, 100.00; 1892,
100.30; 1899, 101.54; 1900, 103.43.
Thus, threo facts are established:
Wo nro getting tho highest wnges in
tho world; wo nro not only getting
much better wnges than from 1894
to 1897, but even higher wages than
from 1890 to 1892. And It might bo
added that moro peoplo aro getting
these wattes than over before In tho
history of our country.
But, wo aro told, the poor farmers
and tho poor mechanic have to pay
so much moro for what they buy.
Well, hero aro the figures given for
the prices of commodities in January,
1890, and July, 1899:
Commodities. 1890.
Food 99-2
Clothing 101.9
Fuel nnd lighting 99
Metals and Implements... 106.8
Lumber and building ma
terial 104.1
Drugs nnd chemicals 104.5
Houbo furnishing goods... 100.0
Miscellaneous 94.1
All 102
With one exception everything
that American products nro good!
enough for Americans to cat, drink,,
smoke, wear and use. and with coffeo
possibilities In Porto Rico nnd tea pos
sibilities In South Carolina tho dny Is'
near at hand when America need not
call upon any foreign country for a
single article of luxury or necessity.
Tho dinner of the Tariff Lcaguo at tho
Waldorf-Astoria was a luxurious affair.
Had it bosn less luxurious It would
havo fallen short of furnishing tho
splendid object lesson which It en
forced of tho unlimited possibilities of
strict Americanism.
1899
85.9
84.5
89.8
107.9
99.9
95.9
95.7
95.7
92.9
Is
ECCENTRIC WRITERS,
On
on tho
the
and
nnd
Chief Justlco Lore, of Delaware, who
has had forty years' practical oxpo
rlonco in dealing with criminals, de
clares Hint tho whipping post drives
crlminnlu out of tho Stato,
Crank Writes Aildrouoi
Postage Stamp.
Eccont,rlc letter writers move
postotllco employes to profanity,
their correspondents to mirth
doubts na to tholr sanity. Mnny peo
ple havo it mania for putting stamps on
envelopes In unusual places. What es
pecial pleasuro they find In this It Is
dllllcult to say, but thoy evidently find
It, for thoy display considerable Inge
nuity In selecting strange plnces on tho
envelope. Tho bnck of the envelope,
tho lower loft hnnd corner, the middle,
of tho envelopo, etc., are sought out by
Ibis form of crank. Then thero nro
tho peoplo who porslst In ufllxlng tho
stamp "skew cornered," nnd those who
hnvo a mania for putting It on upside
down. All these eccentricities cause
great nnnoynnco to tho postal clerks.
Probably tho criminals who commit
the deods consider thnt tholr stamp
Juggling Bhows "Individuality." A
person well known to tho British pos
tal authortles always writes tho ad
dress on tho postage stamp. An Inter
view with a mall clerk on a lonely road
would probably not bo u plensant ex
porlonco for this person, but to tho
crodlt of tho servlco It may bo said'
that theso singularly addressed letters
hnvo always boon delivered punctually
and correctly. In St. Louis Is a man
who ulwaya writes hi a letters In
rhymo. Evon a nolo to tho butcher Is
n "poom." This highly gifted Individ
ual says that ho can write verso bettor
than prose honco his "dropping Into
pootry." A pedantic young London
doctor Is accustomed to wrlto his let
' ter a to his Intlmnto frlonds In (Ircok
tatoes wero used. In 1892 and 1893
thero whs nlmost a wholesale poison
ing among tho troops of tho German
army. Tho symptoms wero headache
In the front of tho head, colic, dlnr
rhoea, vomiting, weakness and slight
stupor, and In somo cases dilatation
of tho pupils. Dr. Meyer Investigated
tho matter nnd found In old potatoes
kept In a dnmp placo and beginning to
sprout twenty-four times as much so
lunlnc as In now potatoes.
characters. As his circle of acquaint
ance Is fairly well educated, the result
Is not to perplexing ns It might bo. A
cotton manufacturer of Manchester,
England, uses different colored Inks
when writing letters, making tho color
appropriate to tho occasion. Thus, for
business purpo3cs ho uses black ink,
for personal ncqunlntnnces red Ink, and
to ladles ho writes In Ink of a dcllcnti
violet hue. New York Press.
IT
Lone tllrl Ijw Graduate.
In the large class of law students
who appeared for examination for ad
mission to the bar at Patorson, N. J
on hiBt Tuesday, was ono lono girl,
Miss Nina Murphy, who was described
as a Ilttlo, smiling, pretty maid, In a
bright rod snck. Tho young men took
great Interest In their pretty classmate
and oven Judge Foot, before whom tho
examination wns held, enthusiastically
declared that Miss Murphy did better
thnn half the young men who wore
before him. Tho young womnn's Joy
was unbounded when Informed thnt
sho had passed, nnd sho forthwith
dispatched u score of telegrams, which
sho signed "Attorney-nt-Law nnd
Master In Chnnccry, Nina."
Vni Calls It "llobbery."
Tho postofllco authorities of Switz
erland, who last year Issued tho now
well-known Jubilee stamps, recently
announced thnt they will not rocelvo
nor oxchungo that now canceled Is
sun. Tho press Is up In arm3 ngnlnst
tho decision, which It calls "robbery."
Tho Jubilee stamps wero Issued up to
Dec. 31, 1900, nd many people havo
large stocks on hand.
cheaper, while the whole cost of living
la about 10 per cent less than ten
years ago. This Is an old tlmo Pro
tectlon argument exemplified and bus
talned: Moro people nt work; moro
money for work; moro purchases for
money. Protection wants no bettor do
fenso; Protectionists want no better ar-
gnment.
AMERICAN IS Mi
rosilbllltlei la That Direction 8uKeted
tir the Tariff League llanquet.
Rapidly Increasing popularity seems
to attend tho American Idea ho effect
ivoly demonstrated and exemplified by
Tho American Protective Tariff League
nt its banquet of Feb. 16. Tho Phlla
dolphla Item thinks the Idea can nnd
should bo systematically carried fur
ther. It says:
"Tho announcement that Mrs. Me
Kinloy has decided upon nn American
gown for tho Inauguration bnll will
mako the majority of American peoplo
feel oven moro kindly toward tho first
lady of tho lnnd. If Americans would
moro generally stick to fabrics of homo
manufacture tho country generally
would be protected. But unfortunately
thero nro mnny who, whllo firm for
tho protection theory, do not carry out
thnt view in practice.
Stllf further In tho same direction
the New York Mull and Express Is
prepared to go. Distinctly commend
able it pronounces the example set In
preparing tho bill of faro at the Tariff
League banquet. Says the Mall and
Express:
"It was a commendable example set
by thoso who mado out tho bills of fare
for tho American League dinner tho
other night to name nil tho good things
In plain United States. When we stop
to think how small Is our prcsont dny
devotion to France, and how generally
our luxuries for tho table aro products
of American land and water, It soems
rather old-fashioned and last century
fled to go on calling oysters "hultres,"
nnd to ask for a "rotl." There Is still
some excuso for our David Ilarums
when they go forth to sco the sights
If thoy nsk for tho "table do hoty" and
tho "maynoo," but It Is really much
better taste for Americans who glvo
dinners to call Carolina shnd, canvas
back duck and California oranges by
their own American names Instead of
French travesties."
"American Products for American
Consumers" Is u good motto. Already
It has been shown beyond question
AT THE FRONT.
United States Now Loads Alt tha World
In Kipnrt Trade.
Having been so many times admon
ished by free traders that tho system
of protection was an Insurmountable
obstacle to tho extension of our trndo
with foreign countries, It Is peculiarly
Interesting to noto tho presont com
mercial position of tho United States
as shown by tho offlclnl statistics of tho
treasury department. An examination
of tho complete figures for the calendar
year 1900, tho third full year of the op
eration of tho Dlnglcy tariff, brings
into view the tremendous fact that tho
United States now stands at tho head'
of the world's exporting nations. Tho
figures for tho calendar year 1900,when
compared with thoso of other nations,
show that our exports of domestic
products aro grcator than thoso of any
other country. Tho total exports of
domestic merchandise from tho Unltod
States In tho calendar year 1900 wore
$1,453,013,659; thoso from the United
Kingdom, which has heretofore lod in
tho raco for this distinction, wero $1,
418,348,000, nnd thoso from Germany
were $1,050,611,000.
It is especially Interesting to noto
tho phenomenal progress made ns an
exporting nation by tho Unltod States
In tho pnst quarter of a century of nl
most uninterrupted protection. In 1875
this country stood fourth on tho list
of exporting nations. At that tlmo tho
domestic exports of tho United States
wero $497,263,737; thoso of Germany,
$607,096,000; thoso of France, $747,489,-
000, and those of tho United Kingdom
$1,087,497,000. Today tho United
States stands at tho head of tho list,
tho United Kingdom second, Germany
third and France fourth, with tho fig
ures as follows: United States, $1,453,
013,659; United Kingdom, $1,418,348,
000; Germany, $1,050,611,000; Franco,
$787,060,000. All of tho figures, it
should bo remembered, relato to tho
exports of domestic products. Thus In
tho quarter century tho United States
has Increased her exports from $497,
263,737 to $1,453,013,659, or 192 por
cent; Germany, from $607,096,000 to
$1,050,611,000, or 73 per cent; tho
United Kingdom, from $1,087,497,000 to
$1,418,348,000, or 34 per cent, and
Franco from $747,489,000 to $787,060,
000, or 5 por cent. It must astonish
free traders tho world over to find that
tho greatest strides In foreign com
merco have been mode by tho country
In which, moro than In nny other
country In tho world, tho protection
principle has been strenuously, per
sistently, scientifically and practically
enforced.
Tho following tablo, compiled from
official reports, shows tho exports of
domestic merchandise from tho Unltod
States, the United Kingdom and Ger
many In each calendar year from 1875
to 1900:
United
Tenr. States.
1S75 J497,263,737
1876 576.733.801
1877 007,666,495
1878 723.2S6.821
1S73 751,656,765
1880 875,564,075
18S1 814,162,5)01
1882 749,911,300
1883 777.523.718
1884 733,768,761
1855 673,593,506
1856 699,519,430
1887 703,319.692
18S8 079,597,477
'1889 814.164,864
U90 85,999,C03
1891 957,333,551
1892 923,237,315
1893 854,729,454
1894 807,312.116
1895 S07.742.415
1896 986,830,080
1897 1,079.834.290
189S 1,233,504,828
1899 1,253.466,000
1500 1,453,013,659
United
Kingdom.
$1,087,497,000
976,410.000
907,913,000
108,500.000
932,090,000
1.0S5.521.000
1,13S,873,000
1,175.099,000
1,166,982.000
1,134,016,000
1,037,124.000
1,035,220,000
1,079,914,000
1,141,305.000
1,211,442,000
1,282,474,000
1,203,169,000
1,105,747,000
1,062,102,000
1,051,193,000
1,100,452,000
1,168,671,000
1,139,882,000
1,135,I,1IUU
Germany.
GO7,096,0OO
019,919,000
072,151,000
702,513,000
675,397,000
741,202,000
724,379,000
776,228.000
796,208.000
779,832.000
695,892.000
726.471.000
762,897,000
780,076,000
770,537,000
809,810,000
772,679,000
718,806,000
753,361.000
720,007.00a
807,323,000
857,745,000
884,486,000
894,003,000
1,287,971,039 1.001,278,000
1,118,348,000 1,050,011,000
THE SCULPTOR AND HIS WORK
4 ,
In This ns In Others. '
About ton years ago tho free traders
declared that tin plate could not bo
mado In tho United States In quality
and price comparahlo with British
mado tin plate. Tho quality was long
ngo acknowledged to bo equal to tho
best In the world, nnd now the English
Trndo Review warns Welsh tin pinto
manufacturers that they "mny shortly
find Amorlcan tin plate manufacturers
competing In this trade, as In others,
In Great Britain." Ottawa (III.) R0.
publlcan-Tlmcs.
An International air la ono assumed
by the man who thinks ho owns the
earth.