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CHAPTER If.
When Margaret cnlored the little
blttlng-mom , allotted to hPr by her
landlady In Spottiswoodu strcot , It ap
peared ( o her mi If she were In a new
world , breathing u now air.
How dull anil dingy that sitting-
room had looked to her formerly , with
! ( H tlrciiry mint nil-tinted paper , Itn
faded carpal , Ita shabby haircloth sofa
and uhuii'H. ' Now It might almost have
boon paradise , no bright and joyous
woio the eyes that looked round on It.
Mnrgarot sat down by the little
round table and covered her eyca with
her hand.
" 1 tlnnlc Thee , 0 God ! " The whis
per came from llio very depth of her
soul , and Margaret Crawford believed
in God with nil her soul. "Thou has
been good good to mo. Thou has
given mo the beat of all earthly gifts. "
The door behind her opened abrupt
ly , and Margaret looked up with a
atari an her landlady , n somewhat
vinegary spinster , ontorcd.
"You're In , Mlsa Crawford ? 1
didn't know what to do about that
telegram ; it came juat after you loft
nt. 1 o'clock. "
"A telegram ? I hive not scon any
telegram ! " exclaimed Margaret , a
thrill of fear passing quickly through
her , and dispelling the joy and hope
that had been thrilling her whole be
ing. "Whcro in It , Miss Talt ? "
"Thero it Is on the mantelpiece. 1
thought you couldn't fall to BOO It
there the Instant you came in , " re
torted Mlns Talt , with some reproach
in nor tone. The yellow envelope was
Indeed In a prominent position ; but
Margaret'H cyoa had been too full of
bright visions to notice It.
She seized It and hastily toro It
opoii. It was brief ; but each word
sr nk Into Margaret's head like u drop
cf cold , heavy load :
"Your father very 111. Como at
once. No time to be loat. Adamson. "
Margaret's first feeling was one of
sharp , intolerable anguished regret for
the thoughlu that had boon occupying
her mind only a few minutes ago , at
the very moment , perhaps , when her
father was struggling with his last
breath ; her second , a feverish desire
to riiHh to him , or to what remained
of him , at once. She raised her face ,
and oven Miss Talt was struck by tha
oxprcBHion of white , stricken anguish
upon it.
"It Is my father ; lie Is very III. I
must go at once , " said she , her lips
set together In a line of pnlo resolu
tion. "Miss Talt. can you help rae ?
Tell mo when 1 can get a train to Bol-
ton. "
"I fear not until night now , Mlsa
Crawford , " said the landlady. She
hurried _ away and came back to say
tlioro was ono nt 9 o'clock , not sooner.
It was not yet 5.
Margaret rushed out to send a tele
gram , then came back to put. a few
things away In a bag. The landlady
brought in her toa. and she tried to
swallow a little , feeling that she must
keep up her strength at any cost.
How these slow hours of Intolerable
walling paused Margaret never after
wards know ; nor how she got through
the dismal night Journey , with the tcr-
rlblo fours , regrets , and overwhelming
souse of sorrow that were pressing so
hard upon her. But.
' 'Be the' day short , or bo llio day long ,
At last It ringeth to evensong. "
, ' , Aml at last Margaret found herself ,
hi the middle of the night , nt her des
tination. She took a cab and drove
straight to the hoiiso , situated in one
of the plcmsantost parts of the smoky
Lancashire town , In which her father
lived.
It was a small house , presided over
by u mlddlo-agod housekeeper. James
Crawford was by no moans In the in
fluential position Miss Minnie Whyto
had assigned to him. Ho was merely
the teller In u bank there , and his In
come WHS small.
As soon as Margaret rang the bell
there was the sound of hasty footsteps
within , and the round , comely face of
Jane Adanmon appeared in the door
way as the door opened.
"Oh , Misa Margaret. I'm glad to see
you ! "
. "My father , how Is he ? " exclaimed
Margaret. Her voice sounded low and
hoarse ; her throat was parched with
ho long journey and her own feverish
anxiety.
, "Still living , thank God ! and still
ablj to speak ; but he's been calling
put for you over nlnco ho took bad ,
Miss Margaret , and I haven't known
; what to do with him , " answered the ,
good womiin. "It's like as if ho'd a
. feomothlng preying on his mind , Miss
Margaret.
"What is wrong with him ? Has the
doctor Bald ? "
"Ho Buys It's his heart. It's quite
worn out , and -won't do Its work , ho
says. Ho had a terrible attack today
ivhon 1 sent the telegram , and wo
thought hvosi soiio ; but ho got over
that , . and ho hna hud ouo or two since.
PC'S 'getting- weaker by degrees , the
doctor. KayH. "
/'I'll go In at once , " said Margaret ,
fliugiiiK off her hat and cloak. "No ,
JTanVV nothing , to .eat just now. I will
hav'o something presently. "
' ! § Jfa q'ppuod her father's door noise-
Icflrily and entered.
' " ' .ffl tftttt'y.ou , Jttrie ? " asked , a feeble
w lcei"Hun my . ilaughttr'not come .
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was nt his side , and , bending down ,
kisni-d the grey , chilly lips.
"It Is I , dear fathnr , " she said
gently. "I came as soon as I could.
I would have been hero long before if
I could have got a train ; but I am
here , and shall not leave you now. "
"Thank God ! " said the feeble voice.
Margaret , drawing back a little , could
plainly see death written on the cold ,
grey face , In the dulling eyes , on the
damp forehead. She had left her
father a few months ago a hale , hearty
men , whose hair was hardly yet
touched by time ; she came back to find
him dying.
James Crawford's had never been
the face of a strong man , and there
was little resemblance between father
and daughter ; yet ho had boon hand
some , and In his youth he had been
a popular man after the kind called
"good fellows. " And two women hat ]
loved him much his wife , who had
died many years ago , and his daugh
ter , who had always had for him that
kind of proectlng love which a strong
woman gives to a weak man , even
though she bo his daughter.
She knelt bcsldo him now.-soothlng
him with hands of tenderness nni
womanly comfort ; but the dying man
tossed restlessly from side to side.
"Give mo something to strengthen
me , Meg , " ho said , calling her by the
old name no other had ever given her.
"There Is something on the table
there ; It will give mo strength for a
few minutes to tell you what I have to
tell. "
Margaret poured out a little of the
liquid and hold It to his lips. A faint
glow came Into the grey face and dim
ming eyes , and In a few seconds he
began to speak , In low but distinct
tones.
"I have n confession to make , Mar
garet , before I die. I cannot go Into
the other world , into the presence of
Infinite Holiness , with so great a sin
unconfcssed. It Is a fearful thing to
die , Meg. One would willingly give
all one possesses , or ever did possess ,
to undo all the past then ; but we can
not we cannot ! Oh , my God , there
Is no forgiveness of sins In that sense
none , none ! "
A terrible sickening fear had slowly
risen in Margaret's heart as he spoke.
Was It true , then what had always
been said about her father ? If so , ll
seemed to Margaret at that moment as
if she desired nothing else but to lie
down and die besldo him ; but the next
moment her womanly desire to help ,
to comfort the poor repentant soul
came with full force upon her and she
laid her hand gently on his breast.
"Dear , dear father , whatever you
have done , whatever sin you have
been guilty of , there Is forgiveness. "
The dull eyes looked at her with a
pitiful expression of appeal.
"If I had made restitution I might
then hope for pardon ; but I have made
none. I have lived as if I had never
done that fearful wrong. Margaret ,
listen while I tell it , for time Is grow
ing short. "
"But why tell it , dear ? " she pleaded
gently , close to his car. "Do I not
know already what it was ? You were
guilty two yeara ago , as people some
times said. "
"No , no ! " ho said , with a gasp.
"You are mistaken mistaken , Meg.
It was not that. I was guiltless there ;
I know nothing of the fraud. "
"Thank God ! " cried Margaret quick
ly. But the weak , chill , tremulous
hand stopped her.
"Guiltless of that ; but a greater sin
lies on my shoulders , Margaret. Yes ,
far greater , because the man I robbed
trusted me as his own brother yes ,
oven to the end.
"Listen , for I must speak quickly.
It is ten years since it all happened ,
Margaret. I was then manager of the
branch of the Western bank In Glas
gow , as I was later on. You were only
a school girl of 12 at the time.
"I had nu old friend who had been
a schoolmate yeara ago. Ho had been
abroad , but had como home some
months before , and he called to see
mo. Ho told mo he had a large amount
to lnvest-j-it is not necessary to say
how much !
"At that time , Margaret. I was In
dcfiperate straits. I know that if
money was not forthcoming very
shortly I should lose my position , for
the bank depended very much on this
branch of It , and I hud been sent to
work up a connection.
"My friend wished to invest bis
money in some mining shares , but
meantime , for seaiirlt./ , placed it with
me. , A terrible temptation seized mo.
If I could only secure this money 1
could keep the bank afloat.
"An opportunity came. The devil
always sets such opportunities for
men. Oni day my trlend's son , young
Cloland "
A strange sound , half cry , half sob ,
broke from Margaret's llpa ; but the
dxing man did not Juwr It. Ho went
on , tc'dng no notice of Margaret.
"Young Qleland called at the bank.
Ho had a check , payable to himself
from his father. "lie presented It. and
I paid it.
"When he was gone the devil en
tered Into me. By one stroke of the
pen I could transfer .John Clelaud's
fortune to myself at least , sufficient
of It to save "my. purpose. I yielded
to the temptation ; I fell.
"When John Cleland called I gave
him his son's chock , with the altered
amount entered In It. Ho looked at
it , then , without a word , rushed from
the oinca like a madman. Shortly
afterward I heard that ho had died
immediately on Vouching homo. The
doctors said It was from shock noting
on n deceased heart ; but who can
know ? Who can tell ?
"And then again , after the first
shock , temptation came to me. No
one knew of the transaction ; ho had
not seen his son after leaving me. The
fraud would never bo discovered If I
kept silence , for Cleland had told mo
no one know what amount he was
worth , not oven his wife. Margaret ,
I robbed the dead. I kept that money ;
I aave'd my reputation and my posi
tion ; and the widow and children had
the remainder of the money which had
been committed to my charge.
"For ten years that sin hag been
upon my conscience ; but , as time
passed , restitution and confession be
came more and more Impossible. God
alone knows how fearful my qualms
have been , yet I kept silence. I have
done nothing to atone. My God ! I
have sold my soul for that miserable
twenty thousand ! I am lost to all
eternity ! "
Ills voice sank , coming now only in
gasps , and a terrible groyncss over
spread his face ; his breathing became
fearfully labored , and every breath
he drew seemed almost to be the last.
Margaret , her own face pale and
set , looking hardly less deathly than
the dying man , bent over him and
once more held the strengthening
liquid to his lips. But now it seemed
to have but little effect. Life had
ebbed too far to be brought back ; It
was already almost merged in the
shoreless sea of eternity.
But one thing Margaret must know ;
one thing she must bo sure of , ere the
eternal silence fell.
"Father , " she whispered and' no
one hearing that terrible , hollow whis
per would have thought It came from
Margaret Crawford "let me try to
make restitution , atonement. Only
tell me one thing what is the name
of the son of whom you spoke ? "
The fast glazing eyes looked at her
as if uncomprohendlngly for a mo
ment ; the dying man struggled for
breath.
"Ills name is Paul Cleland. His
lives " Then the voice died awp.y
into a whisper , and there was no
more.
A long , long brcatli , then a pause ,
another , a choking sigh , and ilio sin
ning soul had irassed over into the
presence of the judge.
And Margaret Crawford , with no
tears , but a face of white agony and
despair , knelt by the dead.
( To be continued. )
SERIES OF ACCIDENTS
Happened to a Young Woman When Sliu
Took Her Wnllc.
This Is nn observant young man's
account of what hapencd to a young
woman as she walked for two blocks
down Charles street in front of him
on Saturday : She dropped her pocketbook -
book and scattered to the four winds
at least fifty cards and slips of paper.
The extremely high heel on her shoe
turned and she walked on her ankle
for a space. Tills happened four times
in the twofblocks. The wind wrapped
the train of her gown around her and
nearly sent her headlong to the pave
ment. She tripped over her gown In
front. The breeze unfastened the end
of her veil and slapped her in the eye
with it. She ran into a harmless and
highly unobjectionable old gentleman
because she wore her hat so far over
her eyes that she couldn't see people
coming toward her. She lost her
handkerchief out of her sleeve. Now ,
this young woman , the observant man
declares , wasn't particularly awk
ward ; she was just a smartly dressed
girl in the year of grace 1900 , taking
a walk , presumably for her health , and
battling with some of the fashions of
the old dame has sent upon us re
cently , and which are almost as bad
as a plague of flies. Indeed , the criti
cal young man declares that It seems
to him women are much more ad
vanced In thought than they are In
dress , and that It's a pity a club hasn't
been formed to hasten the oxlt of high
heels and trains ; but , then , he's a
mere man , and , therefore , not worth
any consideration on such a subject.
Baltimore News.
And No Wonder.
A good story Is told of a madman
who was confined In a Scottish luna
tic asylum , and without particular In
firmity was nn unshakable belief that
every day was Christmas day , and
that ho was dining sumptuously on
turkey or roast beef and a good slice
of plum pudding. His real diet , how
ever , was of the plainest , he being
served twice dally with n dish of oat
meal porridge. After dally describing
to his attendants the pleasures he had
ta&tou" In his cut of turkey or what
not , ho as regularly added : "Yet ,
somehow or other , everything that I
eat tastes of porridge. ' ' London Tit-
Bits.
Undo Sum 1 Third.
Of the $18,000,000,000 worth of com
merce done by all the nations of the
world , England's share Is 18.3 per cent ,
Germany's 10.8 per cent , and 9.7 per
cent falls to the lot of the United
States. So states United States Con
sul Winter of Annaberg , in a report
to 'the state department , 'comparing the
relative positions of the thrcu leading
countries in the trade markets of the
globo. *
If a\l of the art shops turned out
art , what would the old masters do ?
KANSAS AND MISSOURI
GAIN IN THEIH WEALTH WITH
IN THREE YEARS.
Itntilt DepoMU Bloro ' 1'linti Doulilrd
I'mlor Tliln Jtrpuldlciin Administration
A Comparison of HID Incrouui In
of F.Uii Slorlc mill Htaplu Crops.
The Democratic party Is notoriously
nn anti-prosperity party , and the farm
ers ami wage-camera In Kansas and
Missouri must not allow thomaelves to
bo led away by the false promises and
calamity howling of thrlr friends who
are assembling today In national con
vention.
Missouri has gained $128,000,000 In
wealth under this Republican admin
istration.
The fitatc of Kansas has gained al
most $100,000 In wealth under this Re
publican administration.
These substantial facts , showing
that great prosperity has visited Mis
souri and Kansas during the last three
years , should not bo forgotten by their
citizens during the whirl and excite
ment of the Democratic convention.
Our statements are from ofllclal fig
ures and show the Increase In wealth
In these two states to be as follows :
KANSAS.
189G 1809.
Live stock . . . $ 80,049,272 $132,759,873
Crops 83,303,631 111,391,831
Bank deposits. 17,147,160 33,505,101
Total . . . . $180,500,110 $277,050,805
INCREASE
hi 1899 $97,150,089
MISSOURI.
1S9G. 1899.
Live stock . . . $ 93,718,709 $113,806,386
Crops 58,219,870 78,411,405
Bank deposits. 53,921,933 141,726,119
Total . . . . $203,860,532 $333,944,300
INCREASE
in 1899 $128,083,768
In Kansas it will be noted that the
farmers have gained $80,000,000
through the Increased value of their
live stock and principal crops this year
as compared with 1896. In Missouri
the farmers have gained $40,000,000
this year alone from the same source.
The following detailed statement of
values of live stock is official , being
tkaen from the returns of the de
partment agriculture :
KANSAS.
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iVi lr3 Jan- ! Jan- *
" " " " ' 1896. 1900.
Horses $20,609,057 $26,695,789
Mules 2,845,995 3,827,859
Cows 13,778,371 22,999,438
Cattle 33,903,601 62,401,253
Sheep 413,966 835,534
Swine . ' . . . 8,498.279 16,000,000
Total ? SO,049,272 $132,759,873
MISSOURI.
Jan. 1 , Jan. 1 ,
1896. 1900.
Horses $23,039,549 . $24,891,718
Mules 6,914,427 7,210,321
Cows 17,359,416 18,868,307
Cattle 32,565,492 36,981,329
Sheep 1,475,953 1,854,711
Swine 12,718,709 24,000,000
Total $93,718,709 $113,806,386
In Kansas the largest gains to far
mers have been In their cattle and
hogs. This they well know , because
their returns when selling their live
stock have been so much larger this
year than they were under a Demo
cratic administration.
The next table shows the improve
ment in the price of the staple crops
grown by farmers , which represent an
increase of $28,000,000 for Kansas , and
over $20,000,000 for Missouri :
KANSAS.
1896. 1899.
Corn $14,592,121 $59,405,306
Wheat 19,400,505 19,963,383
Oats 3,809,401 8,608,470
Barley 19,065 859,455
Hay 13,316,122 18,045,678
Potatoes 2,015,803 4,259,866
150,667 249,673
Total . . ? $83,303,684 $111.391,831
MISSOURI.
1890. 1899.
Corn $33,353,730 $48,874,519
Oats 3,374,583 4.871,844
Cotton 747,689 1,324.800
Hay 15,996,275 19,339,962
Potatoes 2,435,869 3,502,998
Wool 311,721 497,312
Total $58,219,870 $78.411,465
Corn , oats , hay and potatoe show
the largest gains in both states. While
wool Is not so much grown here as in
the far wcstei'n states , still the In
crease under protection In the value
of the clip has been satisfactory to
those farmers who raise sheep.
In Missouri this year's cotton crop
was worth almost twice as much as it
was in 1896 under the Democratic ad
ministration.
Lastly , an examination of the num
ber of bank deposits In Kansas and
Missouri Is , full of facts upon which
our citizens can congratulate them
selves. The figures are taken from
the last annual report of the comp
troller of the currency :
In the state of Kansas there were
f-3,151 people who had bank accounts
In 1894 ; last year there were 100,810
bank accounts In that state.
In 1894 the total deposits in Kansas
amounted to $17,147,160 ; last year the
total amount of the deposits was $33-
603.101.
There has been an Increase of prac
tically 100 per cent , both In the num
ber of people who had money to deposit -
posit In the banks , and In the total
amount of money on deposit in Kansas.
' * Inl the state of'Missouri there were
117,367 persona who ' had ' bank acV -
V - . ' h . , , , t- , . .
counts In 1894 ; last year there were
213,009 bank accounts. In 1894 the to
tal amount of deposits In Missouri was
$53,921,95n. In 1899 the deposits In
nil the banks of Missouri had Increased
to $141,726-149.
While the number of depositors In
Missouri had increased by 90 per cent ,
the total amount of money deposited
had Increased by 160 per cent.
These fuels and figures do not show
the Increase In the business done at
the stores , mines and factories , nor the
larger amount of wages paid to the
thousands of people who earn their
livelihood In these two states.
While the Democratic orators are en
larging upon the benefits that will
happen to tlie country if a Democratic
president and Democratic congress bo
elected this year , our citizens should
not neglect the blessings and pros
perity which they have derived under
the Republican administration that Is
now In power.
It Is unwise to throw away the sub
stance for the shadow.
M'KINLE'YS AMERICANISM.
Do Not Hntlmso Over Ills
Kcnouiliintlun.
London , June 23 ( Copyright , 1900 , by
the New York Tribune. ) If there bo
any doubt In the United States respectIng -
Ing English opinion of McKlnley and
Republican politics , It may bo dispelled
by the reticence of the London and
provincial press respecting the work
of the Philadelphia convention. There
are few comments on It , and such as
there are have a perfunctory sound.
These are not eulogies of McKlnley ,
and the Republican party Is not em
barrassed by English patronage or
llattery. The party platform Is des
cribed as moderate and the nomina
tions as good as the circumstances
permitted. The nearest approach to
complaint Is the Spectator's remark
that McKlnley Is possibly too much of
a politician , but that ho has won and
receives International respect.
The English press is preoccupied
with affairs in South Africa and
China , and has no space In reserve for
a trivial Incident In Anglo-Saxon his
tory , such as the election of a presi
dent by a nation of eighty millions.
Moreover , there are no Illusions here
respecting either President McKlnley
or the Republican party. Both are
known to be downright American and
not in any sense English. President
McKlnley is not suspected of having
ever made an apology for introducing
the tariff bill which bore his name ,
and the party which renomlnated him ,
so far from repudiating protectionism ,
has reaffirmed it and added to It subsi
dies for American shipping.
Nobody In England ever speaks of
McKlnley as anything but an uncom
promising champion of American Ideas
and policies. Hence his rcnomlnatlon
is received here without enthusiasm
and with quiet reserve , as possibly not
the best choice , but one which divides
the Republican party least.
$323OOOOOO FOR FARMERS ,
Last Year's Staple Crop ? Were That
IMuch More Than la 1800.
The American farmer Is prospering
when well-paid wage-earners are
carrying well-filled dinner pails , as the
following comparison of the farm val
ues -of principal crops shows :
1895. 1899.
Crop. Total Value. Total Value.
Corn $544,985,534 $629,210,110
Wheat 237,938,998 319,545,269
Oats 163,655,068 198,167,975
Rye 11,964,826 12,214,113
Barley 29,312,413 29,594,254
Potatoes . : . . 78,984,901 89,328,832
Cotton 260,338,096 332,000,000
Hay 393,185,615 411,926,187
Tobacco 35,574,220 45,000,000
Flax 12,000,000 24,000,000
$1.767.939,671 $2,090,986,735
Plenty of work and good wages fol
low the opening of the mills , increas
ing the home market for farm pro
duce so us to make these ten staple
crops worth upwards of $323,000,000
more to the American farmer than un
der the Democratic free-trade Adminis
tration , which shut our mills , killed
our homo Industries , and gave our
trade to foreigners.
Add to this Increase of $323,000,000
the advance of $633,000,000 In the value
of live stock within the last few years ,
and it will be seen that the farmers of
the country have gained almost a
round billion dollars through the bet
ter times under this Republican ad
ministration , without estimating the
Increased values of their fruit , butter ,
cheese , eggs , vegetables and other
small crops , to say nothing of the In
creased price paid for wool.
A I'olnt for runners.
Democrats are trying to make the
farmeis discontented because they are
paying a little more money this year
for their wire nails and wire for fenc
ing. Of course they never point out
to the farmers that his extra profit this
year on two or three bushels of corn
will pay for any Increase In the price
of a keg of nails , and that his profits
on all his farm products In this year
alone will pay for many times the
cost of his barbed wire , besides leaving
him a handsome surplus to put In
bank or pay off his mortgage.
Itepulrilran Tariff Itrsult.
During President Harrison's term of
ofllco , the total customs receipts under
the McKlnley tariff amounted to $209-
445,000 more than the receipts derived
from the Wilson bill under President
Cleveland. A tariff for revenue only
Is a misnomer.
Hill lliul No Ire Stuck.
Tammany will bo somewhat nervous
as long as David B.Hill recklessly
dangles the Ice tongs. : '
BENEFIT OF COLONIES.
Tholr Vultio ns n BInrUot for I'rcxltictl
of I'nront.
The non-British world buys 15 per
cent of Us total foreign morchandlso
from the United Kingdom ; the British
colonial world buys 43 per cent of Ita
foreign merchandise from the United
Kingdom. The total Imports of the
British colonies amount to $1,075,000-
000 annually , and Great Britain , by
supplying 43 per cent of this Instead of
15 per cent , which she averages In the
commerdo of other countries , makes an
additional market for $300,000,000 an
nually of her product . Her total ex
ports to foreign countries ( omitting
the colonies ) are $1,130,000,000 , or 15
per cent of their total imports , and If
to this wore added a like percentage of
the Imports of the colonies her total
sales would bo $1,19Q,000,000 , Instead of
the grand total of $1,480,000,000 which
she enjoyed In 189G , the year to which
these figures relate. It Is thus appar
ent that her sales are enlarged through
her colonial system in the sum of.
about $300,000,000 in round figures per
annum , thus Increasing by 25 per cent
her total exports , and creating by her
colonial system a market for $300,000-
000 worth of her products and manu
factures.
Not only has Great Brltlan added to
her market by bringing the 350,000,000
people of her colonies Into the colonial
relationship , but there has evidently
been , through the material develop
ment which has followed this rela
tionship , a great Increase In the pur 14
chasing power. The construction of
highways , harbors , railways , and tele
graphs has evidently quickened the
general business conditions and , with
the increased activity and prosperity ,
enlarged the consuming power.
That the construction of roads , har
bors , railways , and telegraphs and the
establishment of postal and banking
facilities must Increase the activity ,
productiveness , and consequent con
suming power goes without saying.
The railways now In the British colon
ies alone are more than 55,000 miles In
length , the telegraph lines nearly 150-
000 miles in length , and the highways
far In excess of that. A largo proportion
tion of the railway lines Is under the
control of , and In many cases operated
by , the government , and it is an inter
esting fact that the lines operated by ) '
the government expend a smaller pro
portion of their total receipts In run
ning expenses than those operated by
private corporations. In nearly all the
colonies there are savings banks In
conjunction with the postofllces , and
the deposits in the savings banks of
the colonies amount to more than
$300,000,000.
In the Import trade of Great Brit
ain the colonies also prove advantage
ous from the British standpoint. Over
one-fifth of the more than two billion
dollars which Great Britain sends out
side of her Immediate limits In pur
chase of supplies Is spent among the
people of her colonies , anil thus large
ly contributes to the prosperity of ei
ther British colonists or British cap
ital. That the Industries of the col
onies are to a considerable extent con
trolled by British capital goes without
saying , and that the expenditure of
nearly $500,000,000 of British money In
British colonies each year for the
products of those colonies must benefit
the capital thus employed and so re
flect to the business advantage of the
homo country whence that capital is
drawn is equally apparent. The total
imports into Great Britain from the
colonies in 1896 were over 93,000,000 ,
and In 1891 were over 99,000,000 , erIn
In round terms , $500,000,000 , forming
more than one-fifth of the total Im
ports Into the United Kingdom.
The following table shows the ex
ports and Imports of the United King
dom to and from Its colonies in 1897 :
EXPORTS.
British India 28,009,385
Australasia 23,695,970
North American Colonies. . . . 6,464,880
Cape of Good Hope 10,766,168
Straits Settlements 2,538,916
Hongkong 2,079,951
Natal 3,621,373
Ceylon 1.070,932
West India Islands 2,709,497
Channel Islands I,303i259
Lagos 52li20t
Malta 856,694
Gibraltar 677,781
Niger Protectorate 608,193
Gold Coast 482 378
Sierra Leone 387,728
Mauritius 303,487
Aden 173,357
British Honduras 92,830
Other British possessions. . . OOO.'sSQ
Total to and from colonies. . 86,964,369
IMPORTS.
British India 24,813,099
Australasia 29,362129
North American Colonies. . . . 19,538,998
Capo of Good Hope 4,195,741
Straits Settlements 3,643,224
Hongkong 606 314
Natal 752,254
Ceylon 4,688,278
West India Islands 1,976,685
Channel Islands 1,327,111
Lagos lilOo',943
Malta 74,903
Gibraltar . - . . 59,365
Niger Protectorate 351.617
Gold Coast 46ol31 !
Sierra Leone 240,721
Mauritius 94,548
Aden 173,319
British Honduras , . . . . 227,808
Other British possessions. . . 331,745
Total to and from colonles. . 94,018,933
It will bo seen by the above figures
that the exports from England to her
colonies amounts to $430,000,000 an
nually , or one-third as much as the
total exports of the United States , tha
value of the pound sterling in which
the exports are stated being ? 4.86.
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