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A KOMAN EXAMPLE.
ARE WE BECOMING A NATION OF
GAMBLERS ?
Speculation by Guess "Work at tho Prices
People Will Pay In the Future for the
Necessaries of Life Legalized Gam
bling Shops Known as Stock Exchanges.
What a nation of gamblers this
country Is getting to be ! We bet on
stocks , on wheat , on corn , on cotton ,
on horse races , on baseball , on yacht
races : Every town , even most of the
villages , has its gambling shop , its
stock ticker. It is even stated on high
authority that many society women are
desperate gamblers , not only buying
and selling stock , but playing poker
and bridge whist for enormous sums.
This is a great evil and will result in
the destruction of all that is greatest
and best in the American character if
allowed to coutinue without protest.
Theast sums of money locked up in
these gambling transactions aro be
yond computation , the amount that is
paid annually to Chicago and New
.York by the country is probably
enough to pay the national debt. It is
a constant drain , for on the average
the country gambler has a large per
centage against him , the commission
charged on every transaction in the
end eating up any profits. The banks
encourage this gambling , for they
make most of their money by loaning
on the stocks or produce gambled in.
Of this evil the Nebraska Independ
ent says : This gambling is a loss to
the state of such magnitude that no
man can compute it. Hundreds of
thousands of men are withdrawn from
productive industry and legitimate
business who spend their lives in gam
bling. Many hundreds of millions of
money are employed in gambling ,
which if put to work into legitimate
industries.vculd give employment to
thousands anJ appreciably raisa the
price of farm commodities. That is
not the worst of it. If it continues to
-increase itvill result in a race of ef
feminate degenerates and the destruc
tion of modern society. Every think
ing man knows this to be true , yet
we hear no general outcry against it ,
and the greas churches are silent. They
admit to t.heir communions the most
notorious gamblers not those who bet
small sums , but those who put large
fortunes at stake every day of their
lives , sometimes losing all and some
times making immense fortunes. - A
man who goes on the board of trade
and bets on the rise and fall of prices ,
who has no goods to sell and neveex
pects any to be delivered to him when
he buys , is simply a gambler.
A similar condition of affairs existed
in Rome before the fall of that repub
lic , and President Roosevelt , who in
his speech at St. Paul so strongly
hoped wa should emulate the example
of the Roman , should warn his coun
trymen against trying to vie with that
degenerate people instead of holding
them up as glorious examples.
GOVERNMENT MONEY LOANED TO
THE TRUSTS.
Why should the dastardly attempt
on the life of the President have made
Wall street quail and call. for help
from the United States treasury ? In
no event would financial affairsbe
changed from the present program , the
succession to the head of the govern
ment was assured to those who would
carry out the policy of the present ad
ministration. A new Congress with a.
large Republican majority is but wait
ing to be called together. Wall street
says business never was better and the
large fortunes that have and are being
amassed by the favored few is an in
dication that prosperity is in full blast
in that favored region. And yet there
is an undercurrent of trouble that any
untoward event will bring to the sur
face and prick the beautiful bubble
that has been blown with so much
care and patience. The oanks there
have but little cash beyond the reserve
they are required by law to keep , and
the issue of clearing house certificate
is talked of. There must be something
radically wrong with a system that has
so little stability. One of the causes
is over capitalization of the trusts
whose stocks the banks have taken
as security for loans , and Morgan ,
Rockefeller and others are also loaded
up with them awaiting the time that
the least desirable can be unloaded
on the investing public. A vast amount
of these stocks and bonds have been
paid out in lieu of cash for the plants
of the manufacturing concerns when
the trusts were organized and a good
many of these stocks and bonds are
constantly being thrown on the mar
ket by their owners , either because
they would sooner have ready money
or they fear they will decrease in price.
The underwriting syndicate who or
ganized the trusts are obliged to buy
these stocks and bonds or the price
would decline and more would be
thrown on the market and the bears
would take a hand and sell for a de
cline and a panic would soon be in
evitable.
This is the reason that the trusts
magnate and their allies , the banking
interests , call for aid for the United
States treasury , and it may be fairly
said that every dollar that is advanced
or loaned to them is used to bolster
up the trust securities. So it comes to
this that the people are being taxed
beyond the necessities of the govern
ment to create a fund to be loaned to
the trusts "and the gamblers Wall
street.
REAL TARIFF REFORM.
It now appears there are two kinds
of reciprocity , the James G. Elaine
brand of 1891-2 , which was forced by
him on the McKinley tariff bill after
his historic and exciting personal in
terview with the Republican members
of the ways and means committee. The
other kind is the new brand , samples
of which are seen in the reciprocity
treaties now before the United States
senate. The new Kasson brand is vio
lently opposed by the Protective Tariff
League , and in the matter it Is fur
nishing to the Republican newspapers
it said :
"Very many of the reductions strike
directly at some established and im
portant industry. The textile manu
facturers and the jewelry manufactur
ers of Massachusetts have opposed
with especial earnestness the ratifica
tion of this ( the French ) treaty by
the senate. " It then goes on and saya
that "the free trade newspapers are
favoring this French reciprocity. " In
reading these fulminations of the
league one has to make allowances for
its misstatements , such as calling the
tariff-reform newspapers free-trade
and so forth , for the league is in dire
distress just about now. Its scientific
tariff is under fire not only by the ever
wicked Democrats , but by those of its
own household. Even President Mc
Kinley in his speech at Buffalo said
"that reciprocity treaties are in har
mony with the spirit of the times ,
measures of'retaliation are not. " But
let these tariff doctors fight out who is
best capable of making a diagnosis of
the disorder that is troubling the over-
protected patient and inquire if either
of them are likely to strike at the root
of the disease. It is not the question
of a five or ten per cent reduction of
the tariff on a few articles , as the
French treaty provides , even allowing
that the constitution will allow reve
nue to be lowered or raised by the ac
tion of the executive and the senate ,
but shall the protection given the
trusts in the present tariff be taken
off or continued. The French reci
procity treaty , nor any of the eight
others now awaiting ratification , does
not touch the monopoly granted the
trusts and this is the main question
of the tariff reform that the people
want settled. The reduction of the
tariff to a revenue basis will follow
when the present extravagant and
wasteful Republican party is replaced
by one pledged to an honest adminis
tration who will be free from lavish-
ness or waste.
What a help it will be to the farmer ,
the storekeeper and the workingman
when Hanna gets his ship-subsidy bill
through Congress. It is true they
will have to pay the $180,000,000 the
bill calls for , but that will all be re
turned to them with large interests by
the lower freight rate the shipowners
will be able to charge. At least that
is what the clique who are forcing the
bill say , but these Republican leaders
may be mistaken and the steamship
trust may keep the money and not
make any dividend to the people. Of
course they will have to pay a percent
age to Hanna as chairman of the Re
publican national committee , but this
will go to the strikers and healers who
the people would be ashamed to own
as of themselves.
There is great gloom at the head
quarters of the Protective Tariff
League and the ome Market Club.
They fear the tariff is about to be
meddled with and that even some
treasonable Republican hands may be
helping to break open the shrine at
which they worship. They are still
firing blank cartridges at the Demo
crats , but it is only in a half-hearted
way. They should reserve their am
munition and pour some hot shot into
these recreant Republicans , and they
may keep up the Chinese wall a while
longer. Their allies , the trusts , should
be called upon to give more material
aid.
If Secretary Long desires to show
his fairness to Admiral Schley , he
should issue an order assuring naval
officers that they can testify freely be
fore the court of inquiry without fear
of getting themselves on the depart
ment blacklist if their testimony does
not suit the Sampson-Crowninshield
clique now running the department.-
Secretary Long will not do this the
president should take the matter into
his own hands , he is commander-in-
chief of the navy.
Prof. Sparks of the Chicago Uni
versity told the history class the other
day that periods of prosperity , such' as
we are now having , are always follow
ed by one of depression. He advised
the students to save their money in
view of the coming hard times. There
must be some mistake about this , pro
fessor , for the republicans tell us that
President McKinley has just started
his prosperity and good crops under
way.
Another protege of Perry Heath's is
in trouble , one William M. Hoey , cus
toms collector of Nogales ; he Is
charged with implication in tht
scheme for smuggling Chinese from
Mexico into the United States. H
came from about the same locality in
Indiana as Neely and Rathbone. Whal
an enterprising set of office holders
the republicans have produced from
that state.
It now appears that Hoey , who has
been admitting Chinese by the baci
door for a consideration , is anothei
friend of Perry Heath , who was also .
sponsor for Neely and Rathbona
Heath's Republican friends seem to be
on the make wherever you find them.
The jingoes in Congress and out ol
it have at last a President after theiz
own heart They were never satisfied
with Mr. McKinley. His foreign policy
was too tame for them , but perhaps
Mr. Roosevelt will not be so strenuous
now he is president.
Commoner Comment
Extracts Prom W. J. Bryan's .Paper.
Slavery In the Philippines.
The Chicago Tribune of August 21
contains a Washington dispatch in
which it is set forth that the war de
partment is having considerable diffi
culty with the question of slavery in
the Philippines. It is announced that
thewar department has determined
that the "sale of children in the Phil
ippines shall be stopped. "
In this dispatch it is stated :
"In the third district of the depart
ment , where Major O. C. Sweet is in
command , the slavery question is a
constant soure of trouble on account
of slaves escaping from one master to
another. That officer says : 'Whenever
a question relating to slaves comes be
fore me I simply make the owners prove
their slaves beyond a doubt , inwhich
case I have nothing to do with them ,
but in case I can pick a flaw in their
title I give the alleged slaves freedom
papers. Thousands of Moros are held
as slaves who are by right free peo
ple. ' "
It would be interesting for the peo
ple of the United States to see one of
their army officers on territory where
United States sovereignty has been
proclaimed , sitting in judgment on the
ownership of human beings. It is re
assuring to be told by this Solomon ,
now sojourning in the Philippines as
the representative of the greatest re
public on earth , that whenever a ques
tion relating to slaves comes before
him he "simply makes the owners
prove their slaves beyond doubt. " It
would be all the more interesting if
this army officer would reveal to the
American people the character of evi
dence which he requires in such cases.
Certainly the evidence must be strong ,
because he insists that the proof shall
be "beyond doubt. " What proof can
establish title to a human being ac
cording to American law ?
It is also interesting to "be told by
this army officer "in case I can pick a
flaw in their title I give the alleged
slave freedom papers ; " and yet we are
at liberty to infer from the tone
of the officer's statements that
there have been cases in which he
could not "pick a flaw in their title. "
Perhaps it has never occured to this ,
of any other army officer , that it is
the easiest thing under the sun to pick
a flaw in any alleged title to a human
being on territory over which the
United States flag waves. The evi
dence at hand is not the mere word of
an irresponsible Filipino native ; it is
not the unsupported testimony of a
bystander ; it is nothing more nor less
than the constitution of the United
States , the Thirteenth amendment to
which declares that neither slavery
nor involuntary servitude shall exist
"within the United States or anyplace
subject to their jurisdiction. " That is
the weapon that hews to pieces any
claim made , on territory under United
States sovereignty 5 to the body of a
human being ; and that weapon de
stroys the alleged title of the Sultan
of Sulu or any other pretending mon
arch as effectually as it does the al
leged title of the humblest farmer in
the Philippine archipelago.
Confidently Expects Vindication.
The Kansas City platform is sound
throughout. It applied democratic
principles to the conditions then exist
ing. Those principles are still demo
cratic and we must apply them to pres
ent and future conditions. The line
between the republican party and the
democratic party is the line between
plutocracy and democracy , and we can
not afford to obliterate that line or to
make it less distinct. As a matter of
principle we must not compromise
with those whose sympathies are
against the rights and welfare of the
masses ; as a matter of policy we can
not afford to compromise , because or
ganizedwealth has more confidence in
the republican party Ithan it could
possibly have in the democratic party.
If we abandon the Kansas City plat
form we shall lose the support of the
plain people without gaining the sup
port of those who are opposed to that
platform. We may deserve to win and
still lose , but it remains true that to
deserve success is the surest road to
victory. Those who boast of their
willingness to do "anything to win"
are unsafe pilots , because they throw
away the cqmpass when they discard
democratic principles. The party now
stands for positive principles and defi
nite policies. If the party is right , as
I believe it is , we can confidently ex
pect vindication , and we can better af
ford to wait for the vindication than
prove recreant to the trust reposed in
the party by more than six million
voters.
Mr. Hull says the war in the Phil
ippines is over but that the presence of
40,000 soldiers is needed to preserve
the peace. The Philippines have
about 8,000,000 inhabitants. Forty
thousand soldiers there means one sol
dier to each 200 inhabitants. The
same proportion in the United States
would make an army of 390,000. Mr.
Hull is adding much to the gaiety of
nations by his interviews.
Bishop Cranston lays the blame of
President McKinley's death at the
door of the newspaper cartoonist. Of
course the good bishop is mistaken.
What he thinks is righteous indigna
tion is merely unreasing partisanship.
If cartoons incite to murder , then hun
dreds of public men are not safe.
The Columbus , Ohio , Citizen has
seen a great light and is now a f ull-
fleged organ of democracy. The Citi
zen * has always been a great newspa
per ; now it will be a great teacher.
Freedom of Speech.
Some of the republican papers are
suggesting limitations upon the free
dom of speech as a cure for anarchy.
The editor of the Commoner has as
much reason as any living man to
know of the abuse sometimes heaped
upon candidates for office. He has
been the victim of as much malice and
vituperation as have ever been em
ployed against an American , and yet
he is opposed to placing any addition
al restriction upon the freedom of
speech or freedom of the press.
First , because the evils of restriction
are greater than the evils of freedom ,
and , second , because abuse does not
hurt the man or the party made the
subject of attack. The death of Presi
dent McKinley cannot be traced to
anything spoken or written against
him. The assassin spoke affectionate
ly of his victim and said that he killed
him not because of his dislike for the
man but because of his opposition to
government of any kind. Some who
are engaged in schemes which will not
bear the light will shield themselves
behind the murderous deed of the as
sassin and denounce freedom of speech
because they do not want the public to
be informed of their doings. Others ,
stirred by a righteous indignation ,
strike at free speech because some have
abused the latitude allowed. It is
time for liberty-loving citizens to pro
test against the attempt to suppress
free speech. The warfare must be
against anarchy , not against freedom
of speech. Anarchy is an European
product and thrives most where there
is least freedom of speech and least
freedom of the press. Let us not make
the mistake of undermining our insti
tutions under the delusion that we
are protecting those institutions.
1 Free speech and a free press are es
sential to free government. No man
in public life can object to the publica
tion of the truth and no man in public
life is permanently injured by the pub
lication of a lie. That much is pub
lished that should not be is only too
evident , but let public opinion correct
the evil ; that will be more effective
than law and will bring no danger
with it. If a paper abuses a political
opponent stop your paper and teach
the editor to conduct his paper on re
spectable lines. There is a sense of
justice in the human heart and he who
violates it violates it at his own peril.
This sense of justice ultimately turns
abuse to the benefit of the man abused.
The present laws against slander and
libel are sufficient ; leave the rest to a
healthy public sentiment and then
help to create the sentiment.
Should Set Better Example.
The time fixed by General Kitcheners'
proclamation demanding the surrender
of the Boers has ended , and we are in
formed that Great Britain will now
proceed to use harsh measures. Boers
found carrying arms are to be shot ,
and the policy of concentration will be
made even more severe. Had the Boers
adopted such a policy Great Britain
would have been using the fact as evi
dence that the Boers are not entitled
to the consideration of the civilized
world. It is probable that the Boers will
make the British , thoroughly tired of
this policy. Heretofore , the Boers have
taken no prisoners , being content to
let the captured British , soldiers go
free , preferring that to the expense of
feeding and guarding them. When
Great Britain begins to shoot without
mercy all Boers found carrying arms
the Boers may begin to shoot all Brit
ish soldiers captured in skirmishes.
This is not war , of course ; it is little
short of murder. But the British
ought to set the Boers a better exam
ple.
ple.It
It must be mortifying to honest and
well meaning republicans to find that
some of the more partisan members of
that partywagged their malicious
tongues or employed their venomous
pens in abuse of democrats while the
president's funeralwas in progress
and while all patriotic hearts joined in
the mourning. It was not an inspir
ing spectacle to see these debased rep-
resensatives or rather misrepresenta-
tives of the republican party sucking
political comfort out of the wounds of
the chief executive. Fortunately ,
however , the number of such was
small compared with the number of
those who recognized that the calamity
was national and that the tributes of
respect were non-partisau in their
character.
A Good Bill.
The commission which is at work re
vising the federal statutes suggests a
bill making it a capital offense to kill
or attempt to kill an executive officer
of the federal government , when the
attempt is made for the purpose of ob
structing the government. The sug
gestion is a good one. The qualifica
tion avoids the objection which might
be urged if the law applied to all kinds
of assault , but where the purpose of
the assault is not to injure the man as
an individual but to injure the govern
ment through him. it becomes an of
fense against all the people.
The bullet of an anarchist cannot
overthrow our government , neither
can it settle public questions. Our
government rests securely upon the
grood will of the people , and public
questions will be settled by the intelli
gence and patriotism _ of the people , j
m
Mr. Taft says the Filipino have not
been given all that he had hoped and
desired to 'give them , but promises
more in the futnre when the Filipinos
are better.able to appreciate it. This
has a delightfully George Thirdish
sound.
Tio Bureau at Washington Give * Season's
Final Report
FAVORABLE FOR MATURING CORN
ETeavv Bain * . However , Damage Hay and
Stacked Grains In Nebraska and South
Dakota Cotton Conditions In the
Southwestern States.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 2. Following
Is the last weekly summary of the
crop conditions to be issued by the
weather bureau this season :
The temperature conditions of the
week ending September 30 were high
ly favorable throughout the central
valleys , lake region , middle Atlantic
states and New England and no dam
aging frosts occurred in these dis
tricts. Heavy rains in the upper Mis
souri valley and Minnesota interfered
with farm work and caused some dam
age to hay and stacked grain in South
Dakota and Nebraska. Excessive
rains also interfered with farm work
in portions of the South Atlantic and
East Gulf states. Rain is generally
needed in Illinois , Indiana and south
ern Michigan , to put the soil in condi
tion for plowing and fall seeding and
also over the greater part of Texas
for pastures and truck farms. On
the North Pacific coast the week has
been cool and wet , with damaging
frosts in Oregon and Washington. In
jurious frosts occurred over the mid
dle Rocky mountain districts.
The week has been favorable for
maturing and gathering corn and re
ports from the principal corn states
indicate that a much larger acreage
than usual at this date has been cut.
The crop is now practically safe from
frost in "all districts.
The weather conditions in the cot
ton belt have been more favorable for
picking , except over portions of Geor
gia , Florida and North Carolina ,
where this work has been retarded
to some extent by rains of the latter
part of the week. Picking has pro
gressed rapidly in the central and
western districts , where cotton has
opened rapidly , the bulk of the crop
being gathered in some districts. Over
the eastern portion of the cotton belt
the low temperatures of the week
were not favorable for the develop
ment of the top crop and heavy rains
nave damaged the staple in portions
of North Carolina , Georgia and Flor
ida , whijle ithe sea sland crop of
South Carolina suffered from drouth.
In Texas laiq cotton is being dam
aged by insects and the outlook for
top crop is poor.
Only a small part of the tobacco
crop , and that in Kentucky and Ten
nessee , remains unhoused. The re
ports generally indicate that this crop
has been secured in satisfactory con
dition. In Kansas and portions of
Missouri , Arkansas , Illinois and West
Virginia , more particularly in the first
named state , the reports respecting
apples are encouraging , but no im
provement is reported from other dis
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tricts. .
Plowing and seeding have progress
ed favorably in nearly all districts
and the early sown wheat in the states
of the lower Missouri valley has
come up in excellent condition. In
southern Michigan and portions of
the Ohio and Mississippi valleys , how
ever , plowing and seeding have been
delayed on account of the dry condi
tion of the soil , and in Ohio seeding
has been purposely delayed on ac
count of the Hessian fly.
MORE LANDS FOR SETTIERS.
Two Indian Reservations the North-
west Soon to Be Opened.
WASHINGTON , Oct 2. The Inte-
rrior department is rapidly complet
ing plans for the opening of the Fort
Hall ( Idaho ) Indian reservation. The
date for the opening has not yet been
fixed , as the preliminarywork has
not been completed , but it is expected
that the reservation , which contains
400,000 acres , will be thrown open to
settlement within a few weeks. The
Quinault reservation in Washington ,
comprising 300,00 acres , probably will
be thrown open to settlement next
spring. The contract for surveying
the reservation is about to be award
ed. Commissioner Herman of the
general land office said today that it
was probable 'the old "sooner" sys
tem would be adopted at the opening
of both of these reservations.
Attorney for Topeka District.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 2. The presi
dent has decided to appoint X S. Dean
a United States attorney for the To
peka ( Kan. ) district , vice I. E. Lam
bert , resigned.
Funrral of Jao'c Haver : ? .
SALT LAKE CITY , Oct. 2. Funeral
services over the body of Jack H. Hav-
erly , who died in this city Saturday ,
were held in the opera house this
afternoon. Many friends of the for
mer "minstrel king" and all the the
atrical people of the 'city were in at
tendance. The stage was draped in
crepe and the casket was literally cov
ered with floral offerings. The re
mains will ba taken to Philadelphia
interment.
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Latest Quotations From Soath Ommhtt
and Kansas City.
SOUTH OMAHA ,
Cattle There was a good run of cattle
today so far as numbers are concerned ,
but the quality was rather common.
There were a few pretty good westerns ,
but the fat steers as a general thlnff
were common. The same was true of the
corn-feds. The scarcity of good cattle
naturally had a tendency to make buy
ers Indifferent andthe liberal receipts
all the week also gave them an excuse
for baying conservatively. The market
was far from being active , and it was
late before the bulk of the offerings was
disposed of. There were only Just a few
corn-fed steers In the yards and most of
those were on the commonlsh order. Good
stuff would probably have sold about
steady , but the undesirable grades were
slow sale , and in most cases a little-
lower. There were close to seventy-five
cars of cows and heifers on sale , and the
market was steady to a little lower.
Bulls , calves and stags sold at about
yesterday's prices , where the quality
was satisfactory , but otherwise they wero
very alow and lower. There were not
very many western beef steers included
in the receipts this morning , and while
the good kinds sold about steady , the
common grades were slow and generally
a little lower. Cows sold steady to a
little lower , and good heavy feeders were
stteady and active. Common feeders were
not wanted at any price.
Hogs There was by no means a heavy
run of hogs and sellers for that reason
held their droves at stronger prices. Buy
ers started in bidding just about steady
with yesterday , but they only got a few
loads , as sellers were asking an advance
of 2 @ 5c. Packers would not pay It and'
so it was rather late before very much
was done. They finally , however , wero
forced to raise their bids and the bulk oC
the hogs sold at J6.57& and ? 6.50 , or a. '
shade stronger than yesterday. Some of ;
the choicer loads went at $6.62 % and
from that up to $6.75.
Sheep The receipts of sheep and lambs
were liberal , making the supply for tho
week exceptionally heavy. Packers are'
evidently pretty well filled up , as they ,
did not take hold with much life , and the )
morning was well advanced before _ very !
much was done. As a general thing the
better grades of ewes and wethers sold ;
at Just about yesterday's prices , but the
lambs they tried to buy a little lower ,
particularly if the quality was not very
good. It was a slow market from start
to finish on fat stuff , but feeders were
active and jsold without much trouble at
fully yesterday's prices. . !
KANSAS CITY.
Cattle Corn-fed steers , steady at re-
qent decline ; stockers and feeders were
steady ; grass cattle were slow ; choice
export and dressed beef steers , $3.50 ® ,
5.65 ; fair to good , $4.GO@5.60 ; stockere and
feeders. $2.50@4.35 ; western fed steers.
$4.50@5.50 ; western range steers , J3.25S
4.55 ; Texas and Indians , $2.50 < 33.60 ; Texas
cows , ? 2.103.10 ; native cows , $2.604.35 :
heifers , $3.00@5.00 ; canners , $1.35@2.5Q ;
bulls , $2.503.75 ; calves. $3.00@5.25. j
Hogs Market 510c lower ; top , ,
bulk of sales , $6.50'S6.75 ' ; heavy , $6.75 ®
6.82 % ; mixed packers , $6.5 < X@6.75 ; llght-
$6.00g6.62 ( ; pigs , $5.00 < @ 6.00.
Sheep and Lambs Market was steady ?
western lambs. $3.50@4.25 ; western weth
ers. $3.00@3.i5 ; ewes , $2.50@3.00 ; feeders ,
52.5ftg3.25 ; stock sheep , $1.50@2.75.
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PHILIPPINE TRADE GROWS.
Exports and Imports Greater than Dar
ing Same Period I.ast Year.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 5. The follow
ing extract from the monthly bulletin ,
of the commerce of the Philippine is
lands , covering the period of nine
months ending March 31 , 1901 , and
1900 , has been prepared in the division
of insular affairs of the war depart
ment. The total value of merchan
dise imported during the nine months
ending March 31 , 1901 , was $22,969,008 , !
as against ? 15,107,148 for the same pe
riod of 1900 , and the total value of
merchandise exported during the nine
months ended March 31 , 1901 , was
$17,363,188 , as against $12,928,464 for
the same period of 1900 , an increase
of 52 per cent in the value of im
ports and 34 per cent in the value of
exports.
The value of imports of merchan
dise from the United States was $2-
007,007 , an increase of 86 per cent
over the previous year , and from Eu
ropean countries $11,475,871 , an in
crease of 81 per cent.
The value of exports of merchan
dise to the United States was $2-
042,069 , a decrease of 15 per cent , and
to European countries $10,768,325 , an
increase of 73 per cent.
SCHLEY RETIRES WEDNESDAY
Beaches Age IJmit for Active 1.1st and
Makes Room for Subordinates.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 5. Next Wed
nesday , October 9 , Admiral Schley will
retire from the active list of the navy ;
by age limit and from present pros
pects this will take place while the
court of inquiry is still in session.
His retirement will promote two cap
tains to be rear admirals. Captain
Frank Wildes , who was in command
of the Boston during the battle of
Manila bay , now heads the list of
captains. He was promoted for war
service , and under the law his ad-
vancement must not retard the regu
lar course of promotions. Therefore ,
Captain Henry'Glass , who stands next
to him on the list of captains , also
will enter the list of rear admirals
of the navy.
When Upton Conies West.
CHICAGO , Oct 5. Sir Thomas Lip-
ton will be royally entertained during
his coming visit to Chicago , accord
ing to the preparations being made
by the committee. The date has not
been set , awaiting the time to be
chosen by the distinguished guest In
addition to the memebrs of leading
local clubs , invitations will be ex
tended to foreign consuls and repre
sentatives residing in Chicago and to
many personal friends. , l
