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: Juring last season's road tour of
, . 'The I.Ittlo Princess" l\1l1lle James
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lCcamo greatly InterestClI In one of
the players In her fllIllwrt. Ho was a
; youug fellow engaged to impersonate
one of the Lascar ser\'ants. He was
good 1001lug ; : , earnest and rellable ,
! Jut most mysterious In his habits.
! His principal assistance to the com-
. . . Imny was In maldng the trans forma.
' tton scene In the second act. He had
, 110 liMes tf' ) speak , but It Is so Impor-
, : tl\11t that the scene should be changed
( } ulcl.ly and properly that application
was made by the mallagcl's to a dm.
matle school for a ) 'oung man who
't wouill be reliable as the Lascu' , and
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who could understud ) ' some of the
, other parts.
He was ne\'er seen In the da'tlme
, " ( ) xcept when the company was tra\'el-
ing , At night , except for the few minutes -
utes he was on the stage. he stayed
! in his dressing-room reading , All ef-
, I' forts to malw him sociable were re.
b lffed until Miss James got his con-
fidence. She found that he had made
up his m 1111 to be a lh'slclan ) and
was studying to that end , In the dar-
I' light hours he malws cigars In his
rooms , which he disposed of for a
fir' t npp"arancl' as a n1l'mbct' or 1\101"
r "s compan ) ' was In a small SOli'
brotlc role In "KathleenIa'ourneen. : . "
'fho tltlo 1'010 wus 111a'oll b ) ' 1\1Iss
N'1I110 Lingard. gramlnleco of the his.
torlan a'nd essa'lst. MI8S Cnh11l and
: \IIS8 Llngar became fast frlonds
then , and the latter Is now a pIa ) '
reader fo ' Daniel \ ' . Arthur , I1ss Ca.
hill's ma nagor , -
Charles IIo 't's "A 'fin Soldier" was
the first 1\11181cal pluy In which llsII
C hl1l tool , a part. She pla'od the
role or Pats ) ' , In thlH 111eco hm' worl.
( 'onalstell 1I10Stl ' of dancing , She
graduul1) ' climbed to 1H'e.emlnence ,
and to.da ) ' Is the foremost woman ex-
110lwnt of the urond ret thoroughly
logltlmato school of low cOlUodr
founclell br 1\IIss l\lar Irwin.llss Cu.
hill Is. artlstlcal1y spcal\lng , own sls.
tel' to N , C , Golwln { , theil' methods
often being startlngl ) ' similar.
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French Tutor's Odd HAd. "
Clrdo Fitch , the playwl'lght , col1ects
In scrapbools speclnwl1s of the erl'Orl : '
foreigners muldng In < 1eullng with
strange tongues. Ono of Mr. Fitch's
scrapbools Is dovotcd to French.Eng-
IIsh-tho sort of Engll h that Frenchmen -
men sometlmos use. An addition was
made to this \'olume the other dar. It
was a French tutor's ad\'ertlsl'J11ont
cllppe from a London nOWH1Ja1)er' , and
It ran :
" , A ) 'oung Paris man shall eslre to
show his tongue to classes of English
gentlemen. Address , " otc ,
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1\11' , II , V. Esmond'ls said to he-C :
gaged upon a H\'e-act tragedr.
Augustus Thomus IR writing a ne\\ '
plu ) ' , and Frank WOI'thlng Is to cre.
ate the principal 1J1lI'l.
"Gran ma" Is said to he the tltlo of
the plur c110sen for 1\1rs. G , H , Gil-
bert's farewell tom' next season ,
MIHlame Puttl will clear nearly lJalf
a million dollars on Iwr tOllr-enough
to Il'ep h ( > ( ' to an e\'ergrl'en old a e ,
I'\ora Dunhlane has won lralse ) f'Om
the lIress In the lars < ' . cltlos for her
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fall.
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Cautoc : of the Troubl ,
" ' 0 are IndolJtl.l ! { to the press 11\1- \
reUll of tlH' Sa\'ago I'or es for this
suggestion of callso for the recent In-
tel'l1atlonul C0l111)lIcatiollH , l'osslhlr
ono of Hell1' ' W'A ) 'ollng men Is I'e'
sllonslblo for the Panama-Colombian-
'l'all.Tne press Imbroglio , nun : : ! the
squlh :
It Is surel ) ' more than a mOI' ( > o'
Incldence-moro than what has Iwon
, called "Sa'uge lucl-thut just all the
\ 11ew Blossom.nobyn comle OlJe1'l1.
"Tho Yanlwe Consul , " has heon
launched with marlwd succcss the
go\'el'l1ment 8110\1111 sct1l1 a lIeet of
wurshlps to Puerto Plata In Santo
Domingo , wllol'e the scones of the
opera ure located , Puerta Plata hadn't
hoon heard 01' In 'eal'R until " 'l'he
Yanlwo Consul" was 111'oducod h ) '
lltmrr W , Sa\'age , But here is where
the startling coincldenco comes In ,
It was no Dooner annollnced thut
GOCI1'lO Ade anll GUBtaIlel'S ( had
' . . ahout completed "Tho ShoOlln , " a
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; comic Olerll ) with scenes located In
, COI'ca , for 11" SUYRgp than Rllssla
11I111 Japan rushed tholl' finest war.
ships to Coroa and hegan to wl'anGle
1'01' its 1105BestJlon ,
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Career of C hlll.
" 111 \ liS 1\Iarlo Cahill , the saving gl'flCO
, of "Kanc ' Drown , " " 'flS horn Il
nrooltlyn , N , y , S'OI .t1) . aftol' hll'
I , hab ) ' ( 'al'l'iuge da's site went on the. :
stage In a IIttlo Brooklyn U'at1'
Wl1er'l llarlo ' Mc..rry , a : , I''nle al'list , I
Wr..J cC1 uctins a stocl , compau ) , Her J
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" "oman In Lon on , "
Elmond ( nOHtan(1 ( has almost com.
lleted n llay ) for Coqll lIn which Is
lromIB d at the Gllioty In Pads about
Fob , 1. Tltlo ar.(1 ( nature or Ilia ) ' are
SCC'I'ots ,
William Owen hus fUlly reco\'erPII
fl'om hln I'l'cpnt I11noss and has re-
jolnecl his company , During hire ah.
senco his lIndel'shuly. IIa1'l' ' J. , 11a's ,
has heen Il11lng hlR place ,
llIry AndOl'sonI1's. ( : . do Na\'arro )
appeared In I.on on Dec , 30 , anll ga\'o
an ente 'lalnment for the 4,000 children -
dren of the WhltechaJel district. Miss
An erson sang' .
Viola AIltm Is dellghtell with the
new play thut i\larlon Crawford hus
ahout finlshell fOl' hel' . It Is , l\lr.
Crn wfol'd says , a pia ) ' of mOllorn
times , The herolno is u GI 0 I' ) ' Quail
part.
part.WIUlam
WIUlam C 0111 o ! ' al1l1Iessrs ; , Weber
& Fields ha\'o parted companr. The
comc Jlan has not been the success
that , his managel't ! oXIJecte(1 ho would
be , owing. mainly. to dramatic yeh.
Icles not adllptod to his pccullar st'lo ,
1\1' , FOI'bos '
Hohol'tson wl11. on his
I'oturn flOm America , 111'oduco a now
play hy : \ 11sshll'gare : Young , entitled -
titled "Tho ) dgo of the Storm , " 1\1la8
Young Is ono of the'I'ItC1'l
\\'I'ItC1'l ! for the
stab'Q who ha\'l' hall somc Iractleal ox.
perlcnco of uctlng ,
Jean Slue'lIus , the most noted
among the composers of Finlanll , Is
abollt to finish 11 ylolln C'oncol'lo ,
which ho Intends to dedlrate to Will ) '
BllrnwBtpr , who will , of ( 'oun , , ' , ho the
t j'st to IIlay thu no\ pity in SI'undl.
11ll'In , as \ \ l'Il u ! ! all 1)\1' o < 'rnHnin
the course of the present Sl'aJol1. : :
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Wllldnson 1uul whnt hI' c'allC'd hl
"lIttll' theories" on'aI'IOIIR Huhjl''t , I I ,
ndn a I'ltl1.c'n of Chicago. hi' nat1ll'nl-
1) ' hall his atte > ntloll calle > d to the bUI'g"
1m' lIutl holll.up man I1I1Ps11on 1\1111 he
had his IIttlo IhcOI' ' ( 'onc'PI'lIlng thaI.
lIe tool , th ( ' Ilo 1t Ion that : \II'H , WIII-
Inson's systl'1II of household defenf'I"
: : ollslutlng of tmotl'll ) ' and lIat.lron I11I1U
tl'aJl and othct' Illgeniolls dl'\'I'e , was
falluclou8 that hlll' II1I' '
: aR wall a
sclenc ( " spttlng at dof1l1lwe 10cl(1I 111111
11.11'11 : of all 1 < 111l1J , loci , ! ! anti htll'H wcro
3upol'lIuous to a great degl'eo , 11111
Ideu WIIS to trust to IIICI , alld to a\'old
excltlllg a nel'\'OUS hlll'glnr' , If enc
shollid stmy 11110 the IlI'emlRell , the
danger of pl'rsoual'Iolencl' In'lug' lu
his opinion largely clue to thl' ahslIl'll
condition of ) ) anlc to which hOllse.
holdl1l's are suhject 11111101' such clt'cum.
stuucc's ,
A few weclI ago \\'lIIdllson was
afforded the OJlJlOl'tllnlt ) ' to uP111y his
lIttio theol'Y , 1\1rs , WllIdnson anll the
hab ) ' went awa ) ' to a fl'C sh'all' anll
egg rl'sort In tl1l' countl'y 1111(1 ( left him
In churge of the hOllse , Befol'l' Rhe
loft lrH. Wllldnson cautioned hll11l)11I'-
tfculal'ly about locldng lip ut night
and he smiled eusll ) ' 111111 salll It wOlllel
he all right.
He dill loci , the hOlls ( ' hcforl' he
sturted to town In the 11I0I'nlng' , bllt at
I'ight he clld not e\'en lutch the sri'oen ,
Theil.'er ) ' 1)I'ollC1'ly. It hU1)pOne,1 that
one night he waH Ilwal , < "lIed h ) ' the
cracldng' of a 1.Ioard lu his room to ! 'oc
a tlarl. Hgul'e stand lug hy hl hedRlde ,
1"01' a momout his 1.Ilood ran cold
1l11l1 hlH heart thumped with slIch vlo'
I"nco that It soomell that ItH heating'
must 1.Ie lIerfectl ) . atllllhl ( ' to the hllrg- :
lar as wel1 at : ! to hlms'lf. Then with
au effort he stllle(1 ( the IIn\\'OI'lhy emo.
tlou thut. lIoS&ossoll him , And It was
with lJulte a Hrm'olre that hc' GJlol.l' .
"Oood \'onlng' , " he said.
It was beautifully done. 'I'her ( ' was ,
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Within 150 mill's of New Yorl. city
eal'ly nC'xt SU111mer. says a Washington -
ton dl lmt'h In the New Yorl , ' 1'rlh.
une , tl1et'O will 1) ( ' held the gl'eatost
exhibition of mimic warfare e\'el' at.
te111ptl'11 on this Bide of the Atlantic ,
Gen , Cor1.lln , commanding the ,10part.
mont of the I ust , with the alIIl'o\'ul
of the war depal'tnwnt. Is mal\ln
plans to 1110hlllzo 50,000 tl'OOpS , Inclllli.
Ing all the regulars east of the lls-
lsslppl and the militia of Now Yorl , .
New Jorsey. Connecticut , Pennsyl-
. . .anla and 1JCrhaps othel' states , to
tal\O 1JaI'l In a land campaign slmllnr
to the annual manou\'el's of Germuny
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'fhe plunll In\'ol\'e thf' esta1.lllshmcnt
of great mllltul' ) ' encumpments for-
i.r 01' fifty miles almrt. aUll a hostllo
cum1I Ign 'lJetween the two hases , Rim.
ulatlng uil the conditions of an nctuul
stuto of hostilities , Nl'gotlatlons are
uow In 11rogress with se\'el'lll railway
lines to arrn\1ge thoh' schedules fOl'
the period of opel'atons ! , 110 thut the
opposing forces may seize sufficlont
rolling stocl. and assume contl'ol of
the right of way for mllltar ) ' purposes
wIthout too serious Incon\'enlonce of
regnlur tmffic , and propcrty owners
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i jll t I'nllllgh HI 11'\,1'1 \ , [ < 1 ( ' In Ill ( ' tOlIl' to 110
jlllI'I' ! to thf' sllUlltiOll , Ill' was III pas ,
I1nl. though not "III' < llnl , eXIICU ) ' , alld
c'I'lalnl ' uol frlghtt'lwd ,
"YOIl lit' RtllI and shllt 'o\n' \ hl'IIII , "
salll 1 hl' hnl'glm' ,
" ! Jon't ho IIlnr'1I11'd , " Haill1I1dllson ,
coolly. "I hll1101 th. . . 1'1'111otl'sl In-
lentlon of 1II'll'lllltatlng Ullr unlllc'al1'
IIl1tll,88 , I Jllst want tn tl'lI YOII-- "
"AI'l' 'ou g-oln' 10 shnl up' ! " Ilenl11\lIl. \
I ed tll < < ' ! IIII'gllll' ,
" 1'1l'a l' IIOlI't allorOlll'splr to gl'l
lIl'I'\'OUS , " mlltl'lIId II'S 0 II , " 111111 tal" ,
that IIghl Ollt of m ' l''C'H If 'Oll IlolI't
milld , You want whut'lIll1ahll's thel'l'
url' III th ( > hOIlSC' , of "OllrSl' , I shull
SIII'\'IllIlel' \ ! thl'lII. and of COIII'SC' latl'I' on
I shllll 110 whut loan 10'eCo'el' \ tllC'l1I ,
'I'll ! ' C'OnSI'IJIIIIIC'tJI may he dlsllgl'eo'
ahlt' to YOII , for- "
"It' 'Oll dou't I'helstJ It , " Halll the
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" 1.'t mi' I\nlsh \ , " sail1 WI11.llIson , "To
hc'glll wllh , Ill're's my wat'hll1I1l'I' thl'
IllIIow , 11 1- ; lIot'lIluahle , hilt I 1II'Iw
It lI'ver-- "
As he spo ] " , hl ralsell hlmHl'1f In lI'd
IIncl thrllsl his hllllll 11111101' Iho pillow ,
As h ( > did so h ( ' { ' ' ( ( ' ' ! \'Iolent
shocl. anll a 1111111011 SIIlI'S IInll comets
dannecl befol'o his e es , When ho reo
{ 'o\'erell he coni IlIIwd :
" ' lIe\'l'I'thl'lls" for lis ,
"I IIl'1ze It. \ ( " " as
Boclullons , Jnd If 'O\I \ curc to allow
me to I'ltaln 11 1- "
" 1'hel'e , there. " said the > hllrglal' III
a sWf'et , gentle \'olrt' , "Y 011 lilllltn't
tull , YIt. ! 'I'he doctOl' said you WOl'O to
l\el'll qnlpt. Let mc , put thlH on 'Olll'
he > ad. " .
WI11\nson \ olenecl his eyes In sur-
pl'lHe ancl Haw that th ( ' hurgh\ ! ' was
attl-cIl ; In a nlll's'H ( 'ostnnw , Ho
looled urolll1l1 and 1IPI'c'l'I\'l'd that ho
was In 11 , hos11Hal wal'e ! .
' : ow Willdnson has a thc'ory Ihat the
JloJI'l ! ,1'll11rtnlC'lIt nl'eds'el'haullng ,
News ,
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en'ol1 hy till' ( 'ombutants nm IJOin ! :
wal'lld what to expect : \1111 whnt com-
IJensation the war lIepnrtment will al.
low t ht'm for the Incon\'enlence they
mu ) ' suflor , All the brancheH of the
nl'my will be re111'eHentol1 In the ma-
ne11\'el'S , hilt the lIa\'Y w111 not tul\O
1lnrt. till' force a lIoat ha'Ing 111l1'el ) '
nayal 11rohlcms to01'1. . oilt next sum.
mer ,
It is 1)I'obahlo ) that the uSllnl urmy
problcms at FortH Hiler ancl Thomas
next Sllmm01' w111 ho milch curtailed
in order that thn war department mnr
cOllcentrato Its resources to nmle the
New Yor ] , camllllign mol'O memol'ablo ,
Oen , COI'bln , who Haw Secroturr
nOllt abolll the lIrogl'llm , Ha'S ho
cannot ) 'ct .lIsclose . Iho exact location -
tion of the l11aneUVOl'R , hut It w111 be
close enollgh to New YOI'I , to onublo
mOl'lJ lIcoplo to wltneRs thom than
ha\'o scwn any operations Il ( > retofore
undct'tnlwn In thlH counl1' ) ' . 110 says
thOl'o will he n much greater force
engaged than nt any time since the
civil WI1l' , nncl that the cam1J1\Ign will
he a vahmhle obj'ct 10sRon to ) astol'll
people , 110 hopoll to mal\O n more
oHnlto ann olin cement regarding his
p1un8 In a short tlmo.
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So manr false ancl foolish rcports
abollt thC' Deall Sea-that strange anll
Intl'I'osting Inlw-ha\'o heen clrclliatell
Il\tl'I ) ' , that the trnth will , no dOllht.
be aceelltable , Since the oarthllnulw
in Palestine last AlIrll , someone clr ,
cllluted the stOl' ) ' that the mouth of
the HI'e I' Jordan had heen so uffectel1
by the shocl { that th 10\01 of the rl\ ' .
er had Iwon altm'ed to sllch an extent
that at. the 111 ace where the historic
1'1\01' goes Into the Deal1 Sea there
was now a waterfall of conslderuble
depth anl1 Btrength , 'fhls Is altogeth'
or fulBe , and no change whatO\'Ol' has
talwn IIlaco at 01' near the mOlllh
of the .101'111111 , ' 1'ho wrltel' hal'l
jnst slH'nt some a's thm'e ,
anll ma o It his slelal bllsl-
ness to lI1\'estlfato : this multOl" r.lllch
hns also a1)pearell from tlmo to tlmo
In lJa1)ers and 11Orlodlcals about
steamhoats na\'lgating the Deall 11011.
'fhls , too , Is u fabl'lcatlon , 'fho only
hout on the Deall IIca Is a small sail.
Ing heat abollt twent ) ' feet long ,
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the wlnll allows. from the north l'nd
of the seu to the hu ) ' on the eastl'l'I'
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How Railroad Commissioner Fixed
Value of "Insult. "
Senator Bullo ) ' of 'I'oxas Is rOllIons ; ; .
hie for thla HlOl'r. whleh III going' tIl' )
rOllndH of the l'aUroac1 of11cos own-
town :
Not \'ory lon flgo al1 ex.member
or the T < 'xas mllroad commission was
\'Isitod b ' l'elrC'sontatve ! of a eel"
tum rnlll'Oac1 cOl'llcrl1ton'hll.'h ! wan .
ed the tmpport or the eOl1unll ! slol1er I j
the mattt'1' of certain 1'rnn'hlll08 an' " '
Inn(1 ( gl'alltthpl : ; ) III ( , OllrtH , '
"AId ! 1 . . :1-111 : ; h. . J.ld (0) ) h'l YOIi 1111' "
ha ) ' l.lll ) 1 1 shareR ot Hod. , It' all , ; " , , ; , "
well , " "uld the \'bltol' 111 concltHllun , i
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watel' nl'UI' tIll' middle , lIen' at this
t'rmlnllH 801ne , Jews arC' located , 'fhl'
whole concern 11'1 , In fact , In the hands
of .JewH , who , at 11 low rutc. 1J\1Y \
whout IIncl hurley from the ArallB , to
h ! dollvol'ell on the seashorC' , From
there It Is shipped to the .Jorlcho Bille ,
anll ( , ul'rlell on donlwys to JOl'llsalom ,
whel'e It HndB a realy ( Rale at a good
1Il'Ico , " 'hcn 1\Ch'l'I'Re wilids hlow ,
the little cmft Is In danger of heln ! :
swamlwll , for the so.culled Dead sea
hecomos a 1\\'lnl \ ; mast ; of wa'os , The
\VI'lter recently Hilent 1'0111' nlghtH slIch
118 novel' w11l he fCJI'gntten on theRe
" . 'I1ters , ntul the smal'lneSB of the 0111
man at the helm nnd hlR ho ) ' with the
calls u ved liS from holng wl'eclwd
again anll again , A chul'ge or ono
Illljellle' (82 ( cents ) a tI'llI Is mallo for
each II1188engel' , and for RIICh a unl < < 1l1e
vo'ago It Is not exorhltant. ' 1'here is
some tall , alJollt 1sn1llll stcam tllg
IlOlng IJllt OIl the 11011 , hilt the IIlIthorl.
Ilell 111'0 loth to gl'1lnt lIermlHHlon , It
will Iw a great hoon when , If 0\01' , It
does anlvc , as It w11l hl'lng the east
a 11I1 west shlml or JOl'llan neurer to
one another for com1l111nlcatlon and
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The ( , ulI1mlsslonor'US Indignant.
"That , sllh , " nahl he , "Is an Insllit. It
Is an Inslllt , 8uh , that ) 'ou shall 11ay
donrl ) ' I'm' , I want ) ' 011 \IIuler'stancl ,
suh. that I ( \111 not to ho hought. You
shall Jlay 1'01' that \\01'11 , sllh ! "
"lIow 111uch ? " Balcl the \'Isltor
coolly ,
'l'ho commissioner paUficl1. 'I'ho
quostlon toolt him nnu ware , Then C !
sl\1l1o cnnw OV l' his fuco , and ho IIn.
flwel'cd : "Well. 8uh. I ran't suy jl\st \
( lxlwtly bow much : hilt If you tell me
what tt'lc Htocl , Is worth , sl1h. It might
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AI"I I Ish/'f , .1) t ; tI. . , fraudI'M' " are
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Er'rECT OF CANADIAN RECIPROC.
ITY UPON OUR AGRICULTURE.
With Free Accetoc to This l\1 < 1rket the
Competition of Cheaper Wheat
Grown In the Northwest Would
Drive Amerlc < ln Farmera Out of
uslnei. : :
'I'ho cost ot tl'anRportatlon from
Manltuha tl' J.h'erllol I so 111uch
grl'at < 'I' t hau that of 1I0nr fl'om the
W'e1l1 ( , I'n American statoM to the Ramo
lIolnt lhat t hero Is no prollt In cxport.
IlIg It , 'I'hat Is why Canadh\l19 nro
usillng' fO ! ' re , I\1l'oclt \ ) ' , It IR not to
tJOIIl'Ht n\l'lc11n \ m11lI's h ) ' nuy
mellns , hilt to aliI Canadian farl11ers.
IIIIOI's want Caullcllllu l'Uln becauBo
thor CIIIl bur It choallol' thllu A 111 0 l'1.
can , not lH'cause It will heo11 U\1 \
1lI'lccI or 10isl'n : COl11lHJtltlou , 1C the
flll'l11l'rll In Iaultobll coulll 8011 the 11'
wllellt In Al11ol'lcan 111l1l'lwlH , ha\'e It
ground in Aml'l'lelln m11ls aud ox-
l10rt ell to \'el'pool with Auwrlcan
110111' , then It wo1l111 surol ) ' compete
with 011I' wheat 01' 110111' In that mar.
hot , 111111 to the Bll11111r anl1 tOllll l\1roct.
Iy to lower pl'lces. So long as the
cost of tmuIIIIOl'tation Is as gl'ellt us
at 1u'eHent It cuunot bo sold uolow
AI1101'ICIlU g'I'aln. IInl1 so docs not af.
fect Its \'alllo abl'oud. It Is th ( ' 8ur.
pIlls of nllHsla , India 1111\1 Argontlna
thllt fllrlllshcs the st'Ongollt COl11po'
tltlon. ' 1'hnt II why a dut ) . on Manl.
toba wheat aids nll\torllll1) ' In IW(1) '
Ing UI1 till ) 11rlco of Amcrlcan wheat.
' 1'hero Is anothOl' } Joint of vlow to
thlll Quostlon , 'rho Cunadlan North.
west is nn Inl1non8e territor ) ' , In
which whont coulcl bo gl'Own to SUI-
IHy the wOl'lIl's reqlliremonts wel'o It
undl'l' cultl\'utlon , As yet this vast
territory Is a wilderness with only a
few towns and settlel11onts. Lund IB
\'el'Y chea11 ; because Its lrodllcts ) can
not bo gotten to mal'l\Ot at n 111'ol1t.
'l'he nelll'est 1113rl\Ot Ilt IH'esont Is
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nnd enriching of a ( orolgn Innd at the
OXIonSO o ( our own ,
As to the lInnOaloH3 ) m11l0r8 , there
Is 110 110llbt of tholr bllslness entor-
prlso and nblllty0 care ( or tholr own
Interest ! ! . \\'Ith a 1'1'00 marl\Ct for
tholr 11rOllnclfJ of 80.000,000 of } Jooilla
allHtI1'ed th m , the ) ' cnn afford to ex.
1)lolt 1'orolgn mnrwls ] for tholr sur-
IIItIS. D ' a ntrong combination they
are > In a IloBI'uon ' to control the mill.
Ing hllslnosR In the United States
throllgh cutting down the cost of 1)1'0-
dllctlon ami 10ssenlng the number of
Ol11lllo'cs neccssar ) ' to condllct the
hllHlness , 'fhen tholr sCl'oonlngs aud
IIY'llrollllcts-hrnn and mlddllngs-
are ( ; to Amcrlcan feeders dalr ) ' .
lIIen emi fnl'mm's at the utmost } Jrlces
at which theBo 11(01)10 ) wl11 conscnt to
1HII'chase , 'fhe Ironts ) on theBo by.
l r0l1l1l'tll , which are HeneraUy sold be-
) ' 01111 tholr "UIIlO , enable those ml110rs
to undOl'Rcll forolgners In their own
mnl'lwts If there Is 110 tariff to 1)1'0' ) '
vent thom , It Is the farmers who ralso
whont an,1 huy hacle the byollrodncts
at high IH'lccs that enahle them to
110 this. Whllo the I11l11ln , ; s'ndlcnto
Is cntltled to the allmlmt10n " , f our
correspondent for their hllslness en.
tOl'prlRe nnd shrewdness , ho nted not
wllllte any Hympath ) ' on them uocaURe
of theh' UPlIosed difficllltle : . under
proscnt conlItions. ( The ) ' uro gonor.
aUr mntlonalres , and the monuy they
ha\e ) made has como out ot the pro ,
ducor nn constlluor.-Mlchlgan
Parmer.
Wrong Then , Right Now.
SII' WIlliam Vcrnon Harcourt tIat.
tel's hll11solf 1111(1111) ' In Imagining ho
has 1I0no a great thing in digging up
an antl'l1rotectlonl9t spoocl1 e\1\'ored
by JODeph Chmnborlaln nea'rly nineteen -
teen 'ears ago. It alpCarS that III
18S , In the corllso of a speech deH\ ' .
erocI In Bh'mlngham , Mr. Chamberlaltl
nalll :
"It Is Improhnblo the working
classes of this cOlin try will ever again
su1.ll11lt to the sutTerlngs un < 1 misery
InlllctecI h ) ' the corn laws. If this Is
the pollc ) ' of the ' 1'orles we have oul ) '
WOULD RATHE R BE EXCUSED.
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Uncle Sum-'han\s ! , hilt I don't fcof 1I1e laltln a dl'lnl , : an'honot Ollt
of thut bottle. DosllleB , I'\'e got some hllslness to attend to , "
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lh'nrnn",1 fln.l H.n .lIal..n" I" an " "nnt I In rnn..11 II I"n' r. ' .I'n " ' M'
04" V. , , , 'V , , . . . . . . . . . UW. . . . . " . . . W O > V , . " . . . " .
and the facilities for trnnllOrtlltion .
so IImltell that settlel'lJ prel'or the i
Northwestern States In which I.f' srow
gl'1lln and hulld a home , Now with
the Amct'lcan 1IIurlwts free to the
farmerR of Manitoba thOHO willi h'1II1 ! !
wonld soon 1.Ie settled nil , anll their
lro ) nctl\'o capaclt ' enol'mouRI ) ' III'
creased. The result wOlllcl bo the
Ramo to the whout growers of the Mill.
dIe West al1l1 Wostel'l1 States as was
tholr settlement to the wheat grow.
ers of the Ellstel'l1 States , ' 1'ho ) '
wOllld surol ' ho 1Il'l\'en out ( If the hUHI.
ncss or else com11011ecl to soli below
lresent Ilrlces , Now cheap IlInds will
alwaYR affect /oraln / gl'Owlng' In elder
countl'leH III the same mannoI' , r.lanl-
toha wOllld , with 1'1'00 American mill"
ltetH , drl\'o the fa'III01's ! \lInnesota : ,
the Dlllwtlls alld lJther sprlllg wheat
1tates , out of the hllslnesH of wheut
Irowlng , or comllol thom to )11'oIlIlCe It
Ilt a pl'lco which would lea\'o thom
IIttlo pl'Oflt.
Even as the matter stands now the
cheup lunl111 of the Canudlall NOl'th.
west are attracting American farm-
OI'S , who soli out on this side of the
line an cross o\'el' to HOCUl'e chea110r
land allll IIghtel' taxutlon , with the
hope that when recl1)1'oclt ) ) ' comes
they will have the Hamo mllrlwts to
lIell In liS If the ) ' hall rcmllillell In
the United Slates , TaIte the followIng - I
Ing oxtractR from the Torollto 1\Iall
allll Emplro as to emlgratloll to the :
Canudlan Northwest anll the clllestion '
of l'ocllmlClt ) ' talCs on an entlrel ) ' :
IlIfferent Ihase :
" 'I'hreo ) 'earH ago the InllnlgrantH of
all nationalities coming to tilO ( ' 01111-
tr ) ' aggregatccl less thlln 4iiOOO , Now
thut th Northwest has IJCon 1'0\'c'lIlell
as the ChOlllJOHt lund In the world tllo
) armol's of Daltota , I\llnnesota , Iowa.
Nohl'llslm nnd Kansas 111'0 Belling' their
holellngs and trelIIHt north acrOHS the
houndal' ) ' to hu ) ' In the Saslmtchowlln
Valle ) ' lanel at old song IIrlcos supe1'lor
to thr.t the ) ' ha\'o left In the l'nlted
States , 'I'hey COIIIO nOl'th with capl ,
till a 1111 eX1JCI'Ience , With the Brit.
Ish the ) ' 1'01'11I the 1.1 a cl < lJOn 0 of the
\\'e t , "
Hel1io\'e the han'le > I' hetwoen the two
countl'leH b ) ' oonlnl ) ) ; OUl' mal'lwts to
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CalJudla l farmol's , anl1 wo shall see
' farmers h ' 1I1Indl'ods
Amol'lc1111 ) of
thOtlSllll < < 18 Relllng Otlt unll 1IIo\'lng Into
! 'I1I11ula , Wlthollt those 1IIarl.ets , and
( bo ! i\1pp1) ' of grain becomln largoI'
oaeh ) ' : U' and 111'lces getting lower RO
at to afforll shl)111Ors ) a c'hance to .10 .
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hHlnC'Hs ; at II 1lI'oflt , tllP InduC'ementH
! ' , r AmerlC'an farnH'rs t. ) hl'0l110 Can.
1c1lan 5ctllcors Win s.n < 118app\ar , :
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H"111rOc'II ) PllI1p ) 111t'an' } ImlWluf >
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wholl 1H'otectloll stal'vecl the 11001' anti
the countr ) ' was brought to the 1.Irlnle
of re\'oilltlon , "
'rho fact that a man wus wrong In
1885 dee ! ! 1I0t nocessltate thut he
shollld he wl'Ong In 1904. The world
haB mo\'od mightily In these nineteen
) 'ears , \'ellts have abundanti ) ' lIroved
that the Chamborlaln of 188 was mls.
tul\Cn and thut the Chamberlain or
to.duy Is right. Se\'cral mrIllons of
thlnl < lng 11001110 ha\'o complctely
changed thoh''Iows '
\ I'egar lng free
trade nnd IlI'otection In the 1IUst two
decadcs.
An Object Les3on.
If Brother Chamhcrluln wants an
ohject lessen showing' what protoctlon
cun do ho will Hnd It In the official
stUtlStiCR of the United States , Wo
are not enl ) ' manllfucturlng 11 rent
deal 11101'0 than e\'or before , hut wo
lire ox porting vast ijllantltlos. ' 1'he reo
port for Octobl'I' 1I1'Oves that last
month wo Hold ahroud goods valu d
at $1 GOOOOOOO , 'fho October total has
hoon exceocled but once before , and
the aggregate for the ) 'ear lIromises
to heat the record. Yet thom was 11
tlmo when wo manufactnred practically -
ly nothing and when onr (111) ' exports
were agrlcnltural prodncts , Protec.
tlon hllllt up 0111' Industries and ga0
liS the chance to compcte In the mar-
lCts of the world , 'fhe stupendous
figures relutlng to our domostlc anli .
forel n commerce tell the stor ) ' , und a
1.Ietter' argllment could not he prosont.
oIl hy any champion of lll'otectlon-
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1'1'0) 1'lmos ,
What 'Ale Owe to Protection.
Thh ! country cuu nevel' sulllclentl ) '
ho or the momol'Y of the mon who
from the first Insisted that a bonus
mllst 11.'alsed to mal\O us a 1IIa1lU-
1'actlll'lng a : ! well as a fanning people.
We have re"T'I\ccl the honus hack
man ) ' times In UIO cheuJOncd ) cost of
o\'er'thing we bur hecllllso of Amerl.
ean compotltlon , while , Instead of
Occup'lng the IJOsltion of feeder and
ton del' for 1 IIl'OlO that Cobdcn had as. " .
signed to us , wo ha0 hccomo the
great comll1orelal conte ! ' of the worl(1 (
oll1'sol\'os. lUul al'O Hole to 1001 , 01\
with cOlllplacent solf'satlsfactlon
whllo Cohdoll'R SIICCOSSOI'S confess to
0111' sllgaclt ) . , concede 0111' l'llI1ac ( ) ' ntul
commit. themsol\'es to OUl' pollc ' , -
Dos Moines Hogistet' I\nl1 Leader.
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A Fact ,
A free > tl'ldI' : ( 'i1I'PS nothll1l : for
wage l'al'llC'l'I' Paste this In your ha.t : . .
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