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CHAPTKR
They aat thua ; , o"rin J ilj tlrijc' , ; HpouU-
ing In broken i tones of tiiat ifiuo .which
liiul been fruughj , with mich blttdrncnrf
to both. Shcilovcd'hlm for
lie hud puRfied' 1lirou } f/i | < iiid'llitJlovid } ;
her that aho < lld pity thcnu" ) .
"My. dgarcat , " spld Don at last1. '
"thorp Is only one thlni ; 1 can aski
you jtp dp now to Insure your"huppl -
IIOHS' and and your safety. ' ' IfJlvo ) to |
the right 'at oncf to Hllleld you from
(
harm , and ( b care foi'jyou as oijly ,
liushandcnh. . "
"You moan , ? "
a faint cellar Ilhtlet'ert toher. . wan
cheek. , / tv ] , > , , ' . '
" 1 meait Iff , ' 8 'bo [ married without
delay , dnrltngi" " Don Unlshrd , Up'Wi.- ;
tonco for lion , 'H'ainiot bear lolhlnk
of your going home to Rngland when
Mrs. Franklin KOQH , nor ( > t\t.of \ .y.OJU' . b / -
Ing left hero alonei and f may 'have
orders to leave PJndl 'at any'inoti'ip'nl.Vl
"Oh , Don , I could not marry you
just yet , " she aald. her voice breaking
In a tremulous sob. "It would be too.
cruel to my poor father ! "
"Would It not be more cruel to me
than to the dead , to llvo In constant
feur of of Bomeonev annoying you , or
HomcUilng liappcnfnV tb you. when 1
was not at hand to protect you ? " 1m
asked. And his voice ( lulvetcd.
"Yea , yesl" BIQ | sighed. And invol
untarily a memory of Prince Clement
Sing ( lashed through her overwrought
brain. How * might not ho take oppor
tunity of harassing her now her father
was gone , especially us ho claimed to
have ( ho dead mnn'H sanction to ad
dress her. And Impulsively she tdld
Don df the Prince's visit.
"But hq went uwuy In unite a
friendly mood , saying If I ever want
ed help T mlglt ) count on him. It was
a great relief. I was terribly afraid
ho might go away angry , lie Is so
passionate and KO powerful , I imagined
all soils of harm ho inlght do. "
Yet- her tcnior } heart- recoiled from
thinking of her own welfare , whilst
her fntlier'M grave "lay so freshly dug.1'
"Dear Don , " she said , putting her
little hand tenderly In his , ' 'pcrhapH
you. cannot understand my foellng ; hut
I seem to feel his presence Htlll , an If
lils.Hiiirlt stood quite near mo now , and
1 think It would hurt him to know I
wanted to be happy without him HO
< oon. < ; "
The. iiaml'shc ! touched' . ' Irojiib'iHit. ' * "
"No ; 'I ' , 'don't , , ' underhand that.he
said , almost , roughly/ ijm nfrajilSl
can only think of tho-di'ad as dead .uid
burled In their graves. " ' ' *
"No , no ! dqn\t say , that ! " she said.
and Mho drew his hand to her lips and
her hot tears foil upoji'.lU ' 'J.PJt'.ivhp
have proved so strong and true through
all your trials , won'f you tal o the so
lace of my belief that ( hero -eternity
to re , ward' us for all 'oui''grl6f find part
ing ? Dear Don , how clsa could wo say ,
' 0 , death , where Is thy sting ? p , grave ,
whore is thy victory'-
Ho arose aul pacved the Iqngth of the
room twice before ho came baok an-I
stood once mortf by her aide.
"Llllie , " he said , and she knew by
the tone of his voice ho had been strug
gling with some strong emotion , "come
to me now. and teach mo how to bo-
llovc these things , while my heart Is
Htjlt fj'esh to y6ur sorrp'w. ' ; Promise
' '
me , LIlllo ! "
q reslimeid"hls , neat by her side ami
put. out his , , hand to her appealingly.
.Sh.q- met his eyes , her own all shining
IL
ing with unshed tears.
"Don. dearest , If 1 wont homo to Eng
f land with Mm. Franklin for a few
months , wouldn't you come and fetch
mo there ? But to jnijiiry , you now
oh , Don , I cannot ! "
"Then heaven help me ! " ho an
h swered bitterly. . ,
Again he rose' , and' she H\W ; by Ui
workings of his face how the Indomi
table will of ( ho Mining man , which
liatj noyer before brooked rebuff , strug
gled. , for supremacy , even over lls
lie came buck to her , and when ho
applcd'hls ' voice .was low alid't ' nsR.
"Then It's all been In vain , Lllllc.
You love me , you say ; but you can
not love , me so much as I love , you , for
if you had asked me todo' what ! have
asked "you 1' vfQiild , hot hlive forsaken
you/v , ' , . . " '
Shc"r6sp null Him * . herself . > ! . in , his
-
"Oh , Don , my love , why dh you
cpoak so ? What makes you so wild and
strange ? Don ; Don. , I have not for
saken yeniT' You are all 1 now have In
thq whole worjd ! " ' '
His jeaj'pusy could not be but stayed
by/hcr passionate fervor ; and , suddenly
denlynt touch of those cllugiug iiriua-
some of Uie old i-uU Impprlfrtisne&s'of
the Dqii'of old came to his aid.
"My 'darling , " he aiiHwerftij. drawing
'
her DQarer , < 'I ' want you , T need yod
you"vtonot know how much ! Why
woVlj ! you defraiuj'ine pf what Is mine ?
Ifrwe part now , CJod knows how next
we may over meet. "
Fateful words to haunt her In the
long , loug duys (9 ( come. ,
But now , overcome by Ills mastery
and pleading , she resisted no longer ;
and as she .spoke the words of yielding
lie sought , he klaeeil the | Iis ; which hud
uttered them witlua Jlcratiifojisumlnj (
Joy. _ V
J' CHAP-/TKR.AMI/ ' , > . "
The wedding was over. It hud.been. . .
a very siiuplej very quiet affair. In-
dupd , It had quite fatfen llle" little com-
5 iunlly 'of the garrison sui'llon by silr-
prlHo , for DonVdlHposltfim1w.tWHotiat - -
iiiMllyy-'rcHerveh. 'nehad1 spoken little'
of his , nngustmo'nt ! , land only a ifew ,
brolUur. oilc | ra , and.n Hiuiill nujuhcr
of Llllle's personal Mentis were In the
. 'Jho | bridegroom Mil , obtained , ' 'Jong
leavt > " and with , gieat reluctances had
uV l.ist yleiii.dMto'lillllerappeal ; ; 'to.
spend fluh'oneymoon 1n
, , He hail given In on the . . - , . .
Hon that ( ladle Ha * tdiould noUl/o an-
tSliuICd'ln the program ; aiyf fillP. ° V)1ji ] ;
that touch of uymputhy '
'flo | Whole world kin , " u . , -rn m- ,
jt-uloiiH pain it must bring to remem-i
1 > er that Scottish homo ot his childhood - ,
hood which ho had looked HonVc'day tel
call bin own. rt ,
The winding up of her father'.s af-1
fairs , and the' dlspo'Aat of Hoint ! tit-
nyn propdrty , waH'iIndonil her only . _ ,
i-fJiUlVo foVuthe homo ward Jouri y.Vl1 !
Hll ; for-with-the borti | of ( ivui'-doupen- ' ;
'ing Irtve , her1 llfti helic'cfoi'th ' \ < 'oilfdbe' '
lived for Don uone. )
It seemed u strange , commonplace
ending to thut gay existence of coquotr
ly and ambition and almost heartless
worldllness whlch'onco hud constituted
the sum total of her thoughts and
actions. ,
As Llllie Gordon Htofld In her pretty
bedroom , watching her maid puck
away the simple white silk gown she ,
had worn for the m'arrlugo ceremony. ,
her thoughts leaped liack to those days' '
of long ago , and It scorned scarcely pus-
slblo she could bo the same Lllllc who
had held love HO lightly in that bygone
time. , . ,
The wedding had taken placn at 5
o'clock , With no rpceptloiVaflerwni'ds ,
owing to the bride's deep mourning.
The previous night Pqn hud ijartajH
en of his farewell dinner as a bacheloi ;
with his jolly romradoH of the liorll/-
Hhlre , mess , and now was absent maJ- .
Ing Koine last necessary arrangements
at his quarters , as ho and his bride
were to leuvo by the night train for
Romlmyt where they would eaten a
hired troopship homeward bound.
There was a knock at the bedroom
door , and Mrs. Franklin's sweet voice
sought admittance.
The young widow , was to stay on at
the bungalow for a few weeks longer ,
as her child's health was In lee pre
carious a state to undergo the Ion ? I-PII
Journey home , and she had gladly ac
cepted Llllle's Invitation to renrun.
Llllio 'answered the knock herself.
Despite the black crepe gown she now
wore , the young bride looked radiant ,
with a mibdued happiness that made nil
else forgotten but the Joyous ' -canty
of her bue ) eyes and love-lit fueo. The
other woman , who hud lost her .Hirc&t
on earth , looked at her with u mo
mentary pang of jealous grief. 3hp lit
tle knew she was coming to chas" the
Joy from those blun eyes taravwv. .
"My love. " Mr.s.Ji'ianln ; ] ) spoke upolr
ogellcally , "I am sortsorry to trouble'
you , but Prince Clement Sing has Just
arrived from Simla , and d/Hiiands. .
sen you. I explained to him yon wore
busy , and asked If I could not deliver
a message ; but ho insists on seeingybli
alone. "
"Has ho heard of our our muij-
rlage ? " queried Lillie.i wJille a fdeepar
color tinted her cheek.
"Yes. Ho evidently Icnew , gf.it , for
ho spoke of you as Mrs. Ggrdoir , " .s'j-
swcrod the other lady , smiling. "I
think , dear , perhaps It would be morn
diplomatic of you to , go to him. i'o
toll the truth , ho was BO emphatic
about seeing you he quite frlghtene'd
me. " . '
"He will not frighten me , " said Lll
lie , lightly. "Really ho is a very 111-9-
' '
somc Individual , and' 1 hop'u I shall gpt
rid of him before Don comes hank , for
1 .know Don cordially disilkQs him. " '
- She picked up an ivory fan from her
di easing table'and went , with a proufl ,
llnu stop , down the broad stalrc-iHO.
Her dignity as Don's wife see-red to
have already added a subtle Increase pf
matronly power to her slim , youig (
llguro.
Prince Clement Sing was standing In
the middle of the big drawlng-roonii
and the look on his face made her stop
falter in spite of herself It was dark
and almost lowering with suppressed j
. Then she her 1
fury. recovered self-pew-
session with an effort , and went foV-
ward with a pretty obeisance and out
stretched hand.
"This Is an unexpected pleasure ,
Prlneo ; and hud you come a little later
you would not hav < > found me hero.
Myhlisbahd and I Htart for Bombay to- !
nlght. " j
( "I fear you will not count i't ' a plean-
ju-e when you hear on what errand1 I
have comehe answered grimly. . "I
( inly regret , for > 'our sake that ' 1 have'
fpn\e \ top laity * ' _ '
"May'l auk what you moan ? " she
said , somewhat haughtily.
"I mean , madam. I know you sulll-
clontly well to feel sure you would
have hesitated. U > al.ly yourself to one
whom you wo'uld feel 11 nbt worthy to
breathe the same air with you If you
know what'l knowfooncernhiK him. "
Llllio diew up her small person to
Its full , height , andv In. her Indignation ,
. , , - - l , , i , , i llt4 J l . ] . * . , .
laid aside the air of deference which
usually marked her demeanor towards
her royal Visitor ; , ijV ; . ; , , ' I i 'i ; I
" Nothing you can say for or against
Captain Gordon can have the slightest
weight with niet" she miTd-wltIi proud
scorn , ' > >
She still stood , 'because ' tuo Prince
also remained unHeatoi' ; and as she
Kpoko she put out her little hand to the
clutlr-back and stayed herself by It , for
she was trembling between ar.iioyance
and alarm.
/ , s"H IH unchlvalroiis to cor.tradlct n
lady , " , said Prlncp Clement , withi
slow , cruel smile ; "yet I find myself In
that unfortunate position obliged to
repeat my statement , that f hnvc It In
my power to tell you what I know
would eiitli'ely alter your ii'ntimpnti
towards" ' the1 tmiti ' ybli have 'Unfortu '
nately mirried. " t J.
"Then toll me nothing ! " she cried ,
-wltlia , little burst of passion. "I do-
cllno to listen to you ! "
She made u movement a.s If to sweep
a pi olid curtsey and 'pass from the
room ; Imt , wltlt a quick stride , the
Prlnci covered the /dlntanco between
them and laid a ( 'oinniaiKl " Ing. hand on
. . . . , . , , ,
shall listen to me ! I heard of
'ii. too late to prevent tills unholy mar-
rlugb. hilt at leiis't I will 'notbo cheat
ed of my revenge , i lo\'ed yod you
flouted ihP ! ' and now I can niuko you
.suffer , mid you shall suffer ! * '
"Sho shrank beneath' his Iron touch.
for , desplto her calm exterior , her heart
beat high with unknown terror In the
clutch of this fanatic , with whom revenge -
vengo was virtue.1 "
' "Then I ask your highness to ay
whal yon Intend to say quickly , and
allow me to retire , " she said , with a
brat\'e Coolness she was far from feel-
Ing. "I beg to remind you again that
svo are leaving Plndl In two hours'
time , and 1 expect my husband to join
me here every moment. "
"Let him come ! " returned the Prince
and he laughed a scathing little
laugh. "Let him come and deny , If ho
can , tlio reason why your father's mur
derer has never been found ! "
Her hands clung convulsively to the
chair , and she , staggered ; but only for
an Instant. She lifted her blue eyes to
his , full of Imperious scorn.
"Will you kindly speak more plainly ,
Prince ? If you compel mo to listen to
you , I at least deny your right to speak
In riddles. "
It was open warfare between them
now ; but , In tin- tortured excitement ,
she was growing reckless of conven
tionalities , If "DOM wcro only by her
side to protect her ! She felt she would
have given the world to summon her
kltmutgar native footman and drive
Prince Clement Sing from her presence
there and thun.
"I will speak all too plainly. " he an
swered , bowing low , "It was Captain
Gordon himself who shot Captain Der-
ment. "
"You dare say this to mo ? "
The words came In panting breaths
through her parched lips , her bosom
heaved , and she stood like a lioness at
bay.
" 1 dare , because it is the truth ! " h/ >
hissed. "Ask himself. He is here to
answer. "
For the portiere had been driven
aside , and within the threshold of the
dppi ) stood , Pmi , | n all the bravery of
fjill-drcss uniform he had _ worn for his
weddlnfe , and which he had not yet had
tlmo to change.
'In ono hand he held by the silicon
drapery , the other hand was clutching
the hilt of his sword , and on his face
the Bmllet , Joyous welcome had frozen
and loft l ghastly pale.
( To be continued. )
Venice Without Witter.
Venice without water would hardly
bp yenlco.at all , but , we are assured
tlioj-o is a possibility lhat the pictur
esque Venice of today may become a
city of the past , and eventually Ven
ice may bo wateriest ) . Accpj-lng | to
lrof , Marinqllli the. regular Increase In
the delta of the River Po is snch that
In process of time the northern Adri
atic will bo dry and Venice will no
more be upon the sea. A comparison
of the Austrian map of 182U With the
I'ocord of the' surveys of 18 ! ) ! ! shows
that the mean annual Increase ot the
delta during those seventy years lias
been three-tenths of a square mile. An
encroachment upon the sea of throe-
tenths of a mile in a year means a"
large Increase in a century. It appears
that the total Increase in six centuries
him been , about 108 square mll.es , Tho"
Ipyrcase is } continuing and the Unit of
VenlceMh doomed to disappear. .No im-
' '
'm'eiiiuto alarm need bo felt , and it will
not bo necessary to hurry off to Yen-
Ire to take a farewell look at the city
In Its present picturesquencsH. Prof.
Marlnolll calculates that between 100
and 120'centurlea ' will elapso-befoVe the
enllro northern Adriatic will have he-
pomo dry land.
A' lMmute for tliu llrttur.
Lady Violet Grovlllo.'commonl'liiK $ n
the emancipation of women , says-thiit
In-the early days of Queen .Victoria'a
,
married .woman never took an alrjug
on foot , even In the park , , unless 'at
tended by her maid , and itjw onlr\-wth- |
| nthq last Jlfteen yeurs that glrlp'of '
good family could walk alone , In .cor-
taliv quiet and respecttlbfe s'trpets'
Th'ero' was once a tlmo when to drive
alone In a hansom woujd have subject
ed -a lady to th Imputatfoji of being
fast and hnhipdcst. : Now" ( here It ?
scarcely anything women rnnnot do.
I.ove'n Deception ,
"Aftor all , " said tho'tliouglilful mjln.
"tho porpotuuUon of the human race
is founded on falsehood. " "How so ? . "
'demanded the prosaic man. "What
would courtship be without It ? " asked
the thoughtful man , ' and Instantly to
the mind of the prosaic man came rec-
.ollectl on of assertions that "sho was
the only girl ho ever jove'd as ho loved
her , " that "ho couldn't live without
liBr .aiul.Umt''lie.fHii'ly ivonshlpoU her
footprints in the snow. "
PUERTO 11ICO
VIEWED IN THE LIGHT OF COM
MON SENSE.
i
Tim I'eoplo i.f I ho lnUiiil Would Not
Hiiffor Tlirnuli | Ilia Tempo tuny Jui-
liotltlon of Low XiirlfT Iull A Con
vincing SliUoment ,
The .luurnul has seen no reason for
emitting shrill erica ot anguish over
Ihltf mutter. We limo not expected
Unit the world would fold together us
11 Hcroll If the Puerto Illcuns did not
luivc frco dude with the United
Stilted. Wo rannot go so fur us to any ,
with yet another Contemporary , that n
low tariff against Puerto Rico metinn
Unit "we nilKht us 'well turn our sol-
dleiH IOOHO In the Inland to butcher the
inhabitants. " Even a high tariff would
perhaps ho more limnanu tlinn thut.
Whut the Journal believes Is thut
Puerto Rico is part of the United
States , mill thut u lurlff should no
more be lir posed against Imports from
there thun on Michigan butter sol-l
Ih New York city. But wo are prepared
to wait without showing signs ot hys
teria tril the Supreme court of the
United Stutes mukes a decision that
eonllrms our belief.
In the meantime if Ihe Puerto
Hli-ans are compelled by congicss to
charge u low tariff against us at their
custom houses and we agalnsl them
for the sake of enough icvcnue to sup
port the government of the Island ,
what of It ? A raving contemporary
imys that a duty of 2 rents the pound
on rice will compel the Puerto Hlcuns
to pay ? 38OUO ! ) annually. Thut Is a
little over 10 cents for each Puerto
Rlcan , and there are five other urti-
cles on which the Increase muy be as
much about $2 the year pet * capita.
We regret that It Is anything , Imt until
the Supiome court says this is illegn !
abuse of congress for what we regarU
us a mistake will effect nothing.
Now as to exports from Puerto Rico
on which it Is pioposed to charge a
duty here. The current understandlni ,
him bpeu , thut Puerto K.ieo was not
selling a dollar's woith of Its products
elsewhere thun In the United Stutes
and not much here ; that it once inn
free trade with Spain , and lost that
market when the island was ceded to
us. But the fact Is that Puerto Rico
did not have free trade with Spain
Coffee shipped from Puerto Hloo tl
Spain paid U duty of $5.70 the hundret
pounds , and as to her other products
the Spanish tariff was relatively as
high , or more than twice what Is sug
gcsted to be Imposed In the United
States on Imports from the island
Puerto Rlcan coffee , In fact , Is In any
event to be admitted free Into our mar
kets. Moreover , of the duties collected
in Puerto Rico when It was a Spanish
province about 10 per cent went for
the support of the government of
Spain ; under the United States both
the rovemie.-from duties on exports
fiom Puerto Rico , collected In our cus
tom houses , and the revenue from
duties collected at the Island will be
expended In the Island.
Nor Is it true that the markets of
Spain have been closed to Puerto Hlco
since the cession. The figures fur
nished by our government to cover the
Hist thirteen months of our occupancy
fellow that Puerto Ricun exports to
Spain ( ? 9G9,72t ! worth ) , Italy , France ,
the United States , Germany and to
other countries amounted In value to
over six millions ot dollars yearly ,
*
above the average of the period from
1887 to 1S)1 ! ) , thought somewhat leas
than the total for the one other year
for which the figuies are available.
Besides , general exports to t ! - United
Statosi from.-the island are .rapidly In
creasing. , . !
j It Is not accurate therefore to state
that the Puerto Rlcans are standing
starving in the midst of a mass'of
unexportable and unsalable products
because wo do not give them free trade
with this country. Wo ought to give
them free trade If the Island Is decid
ed [ o be an integral part of this coun
try , and \\e ought to give them some
form of govetnment at once , for uncer
tainty tends ito prevent the highek
prosperity and development , and be
cause the people deserve at least that
much at our hands of right. But It in
unnecessary that our local free trade
contemporary should beat Its breast
and mix nshes In its Mowing locks an
might become a sincere mourner. It Is
not sincere , and there Is no funeral.
Detroit Jqurnal. < ( '
BRADFORD'S WOES.
CmiHcit liy the Fuel 'lhat UincrlriuiK Aio
, U'cnrliiK G'lottiUH Mnilu In Anierln .1
"Prospects In the American traUb
generally aio not encouraging ' , for tjie
exports of cotton good's are likely lo
falIT away , America having got ma
chinery * by which tlu'y can1 produce
special effects themselves. "
'Siii'h ' .la the dismal forecast of the
Bradford cot-respondent of the Finan
cial Times ot London. For the jcar
IjSpOjcotton goods. foinu ; , > d the prjlncinjal
part of BradfoulVstrade wl\li tha
United Stales , the gross vajuo amouit- }
, lng to nearly | : i,000,00d ; but the eSpcjrt
Q ( woolen gooifw fell off from' about
$2,1200,000'In 1898 to p'nly about SfiflOO
in 1899. Five years ago Bradford'aent
us in one year over ? 8noO.OOO worth ipf
worsted coatings , while the amount for
last year was a trllle over $ : iuO,000.
The Dlnglpy .turUC'Is.Jto blame'.for It.
Through Its operations the demand for
( jomcstlc fabrics bus Increased , and
Ihe trade losses'\amonted \ by llradford
and other ISiiiopcan woolen centeia
are represented by the Immense gain
for American labor and material
through the purchase and use of cloths
made In our own cquntry.
Now lt < , , uppi'ijrs thut by reason of
the tariff on jine cotton American mills
eVe lielnij V'aulpped with machinery
IT WLL | SUR.ELY OVERWHELM HIM.
, , , .
i
that will turn out these goods so suc
cessfully as to seriously diminish the
amounts purchased abroad. It would
seem that there Is no end to the rav
ages wrought by the Dlngley tariff In
that portion of our foreign trade which
Is Included In the Imports. Not so
the expotts. They keep right on grow
ing year by year. The tariff Is a two-
edged Rword which cuts both ways for
our prosperity.
HAMPERING FOREIGN TRADE.
IIill Only 'Hint 1'urt Which Itolales
to IIoiuu-I'roiluce < l Article * .
The placing of an order with a Mary
land company for 2,000 tons of steel
rails for use In Norway foreshadows
the opening of a hitherto untouched
market for our manufactures of Iron
and steel. This Is the first sale of
American steel rails in that part of
the world , and It Is another evidence of
the steady advance of our manufac
tured products In the markets of Eu
rope. The foreign country which la
not buying American rails , locomotives
and other railway supplies Is the ex
ception Instead of the rule. New York
Mail and Express.
It Is becoming more ami more evi
dent from such frequent recurring In
stances as that cited above that the
free-traders have much reason to feel
agrleved at the manner in which the
Dlngley tariff "hampers foreign trade. "
Anything which hampers the trade of
foreigners Is always offensive to the
American free-trader. Here Is a clear
case of hampering the trade of the
Ironmongers of Norway by the Intro
duction "In their midst" ot a big order
of American-made steel rails. For this
the policy of protection Is directly re
sponsible , for under the workings of
that policy the ironmongers of the
United Slates have grown so strong
that they can Invade all the markets
of the world with their products , and
thus hamper the trade of foreigners
everywhere. When to this unpleas
ant state of affairs Is added the enor
mous reduction that has taken place
in the marketing by foreigners of their
competitive products in the United
States by reason of the protective du
ties of the Dlngley tariff , It Is Impos
sible to deny that foreign trade is in
deed greatly hampered , and that there
is much ground for the sympathy felt
for the unfortunate foreigners by the
free-traders of America.
An Unannucruhle Argutiirnt.
The excess of exports over imports
for three years of President McKlnley's
administration has been : 1897 , ? 28U-
203,1-11 ; 1S9S , ? G15,4tlG76 ; ; 1899 , ? 329-
87-1,813.
That the United States sold far more
than a billion dollars' worth of prod
ucts more than It bought during this
period , despite the fact that a state
of war existed during a greater part
of it , Is an unanswerable argument in
favor of the protective tariff. Durlne ;
the last two years , under a wise and
careful Republican administration and
an adequate tariff for protection of
Amerlcn Industries , the people of the
United States have sold more goods
abroad than under any three years of
Democratic administration.
During the past two years the ex
cess of the sales made by the people
of the United States In foreign markets
j over the purchases in foreign markets ,
i over one billion of dollars , has been
! greater than in twenty years of Demo
cratic administration.
During the past two years the people
ple of the United States have sold In
excess of their purchases In the mar
kets of the world live hundred millions
more than the entire excess over im
ports during the eight years that
Cleveland was president. Qulncy (111. )
Whig.
Motor Hold ( inn furlrlilcofi.
The Ficnch war depaitment is now
carrying out a series of trials with mo
tor carriages for Held guns , and ( Jen.
de ( Julllfet bus stntsd In the chamber
that there Is every prospect of a satis
factory result. The point Is of consid
erable Importance , Inlcv of the ne
cessity established by war operations
In South Africa for u much heavier
\\unpon than the 12-poundcrs and K > -
pounders with which our army has
been hitherto equipped. The 4.7-inch
and the six-Inch guns aio regarded
with favor as necessary additions 'to
the equipment of our Held forces. As
to the dllHcuUles of mobility , the1.7 -
inch gun with a mobile Held carriage.
\\o are Informed , could be made with
a weight of about two and a half tons ,
which Is jiQt an exceswlve joad ; and
mechanical power could easily he , ap
plied for the .movement of the/so / guns
as well as for heavy transport wagons.
Letters from the fiont speak with ap
proval of the success of the traction
engine , used by Gen. Buller's army
service.corps , notwithstanding that < on
the way from Frcro and Chieveley to
Spearman's camp and Potglctor's Drift
very heavy loads were experienced ,
andjthe. fact that.they have been sent
for Lord Roberts' service now further
proves their utility. Engineering , ,
A FRi 'ADE TRUST.
' Wall 1'k ir Manurnuhirors < > r-
. Cnnlr.o n Combine ,
The following bit , of news , contained
' '
in a special' cablegram from' London ,
will be Interesting to those that con
tend , that frqe trade is tup proper" rem
edy for the trust evil :
"Tho English wall paper trust , form-
fng since last September , Is now com
plete , with a capital of ? 30,0.00,90.0.
Practically every manufacturer in the
United Kingdom is in the combina
tion. "
As England already has free trade ,
and has had It for many years , the
theorists there cannot throw the re
sponsibility for the formation of the
wall payer trust upon the tariff. We
may properly ask how it is , if it is
the tariff protection that enables trusts
to thrive in this country , that a num
ber of them can thrive In the British
isles , where there is no tariff protec
tion ?
The wall paper trust , which is de
scribed as embracing practically every
manufacturer in the United Kingdom.
is a mpre comprehensive trust than
any that has yet been formed in this
country , with the exception of the
Standard Oil trust , and the Standard
Oil trust has no protection upon Its
product. The great Rockefeller trust
has been organized and maintained
without any aid from the protective
tariff.
In England the wall paper manufac
turers are not protected against Impor
tations from abroad by duties on wall
paper , and yet It seems that they can
combine every manufacturer Into a
trust and fix their own prices for what
they sell.
There must , then , be something be
sides the tariff that Is responsible for
the trusts , and If that is the case , the
introduction of free trade would * not
prove to be an effective remedy. On
the contrary , free trade would probably
serve to extend the operations df the
trusts. With the duties abolished we
should sec international instead of
merely national combinations to con
trol the output and price of many arti
cles.
cles.Tho
The protective tariff operates to
keep the foreign trusts out of the Unit
ed States , leaving us with only our own
creations to deal with and the way
will bn discovered to curb and control
them effectually. Minneapolis Trib
une.
Hail for the C'tilninlty I'nrty.
Prosperity stories have taken the
place of calamity croaklngs In Kansas ,
and Mr. Bryan Is wondering what he
can do to regain his former hold upon
the ears of those who no longer ilnd
him Interesting. The story is told of
an old farmer who , at the point of a
shotgun , compelled a creditor to ac
cept payment of a note before it fell
due. "Why did he do that ? " some ono
asked the narrator. "Oh , he wanted to
stop the interest , " was the reply. John
W. Brcldenthal , the state bank com
missioner , tells of a banker out In the
short grass country who wrote a letter
asking If there was any law that would
compel him to receive money for de
posit In his bank. "I wrote him , " said
Breidenthal , "that if he had more mon
ey than he knew what to do with , I
knew of no law In Kansas that would
compel him to take more. You see.
they are paying their taxes , and the
county treasurer wanted to make a de
pository out of his bank , but be would
be mandamused before he would sub
mit to It. "
All this looks bad for the political
party and candidate who hope to win
by reviving the free-trade and free-
'
si'lver Issues of the Chicago platform.
i
to A l Keclprncltjr Trcatlrx.
he way to" llgllt these treaties Is1
not to spend all our strength In exposIng -
Ing the gross Injustice done to this
state in these particular cases , but to
attack the principle Involved. It is ut
terly vicious. No reciprocity treaty
pan be nqgotiatcd whoso effect.Is not
to directly and without compensation
take money from one class of our cit
izens and bestow It elsewhere at the
caprice of the negotiator of the treaty.
If IB a relic o fvmedlevallsm-It ; should ,
have no platje on the statute books of
any civilized nation , Fight not merely"
these treaties , but all reciprocity troa- .
tins. Let us end the whole business
once for all. San Francisco Chronicle ,
