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Hawaii.
With the settlement of the Hnwniinn
question renewed attention is fixed ou
tbo advantages which this beautiful
group of islands , one of the world's
paradises , will give us. Its value as a
half way house between America and the
east invests the now possess ) on with a
commanding interest. The stimulus in
jected into the desire for annexation by
war conditions greatly quickened the
result. It became the easier to see how
big n factor it would become , whether
in the service of peace or war , to
strengthen our hands in kneading the
future. But putting aside consideration
of the Hawaiian Islands as a fulcrum
for other ends it seems eminently worth
while to have acquired them for them
selves alone.
The bureau of statistics , iu a recent
publication , has given full information
about our latest territory. According to
these figures , Hawaii imports nearly ev
erything she uses with the exception of
sugar , rice , coffee and fruits , and the
United States now supplies her with 76
per cent of these needs. Hereafter wo
fchall probably furnish the islands with
at least 95 per cent of their imports.
Ou the other baud , wo have taken from
thorn practically all the output of their
labor , except such as is consumed at
homo. It is a little interesting to note
that the productions of the islands are
articles for which the United States has
sent money away from its own limits ,
things of primary and constant demand.
The acquisition of Hawaii still further
strengthens our independence of the rest
of the world as a homo producer of the
things wo need and feeds our sources of
export to supply the demands of the rest
of tbo world. The salubrity of the cli
mate and the boundless fertility of the
soil make it indisputable that ten years
of American management and energy
will quintuple its productive power , oth
er things being equal. The yearly jumps
for the last half decade have been quito
wonderful , but in the future wo may
look for them to lee exploited in "seven
league boots. " Many other things will
no doubt bo introduced to diversify the
agriculture , such as tea , indigo , cacao
and vanilla ( the last named indeed are
indigenous ) . There is scarcely anything
grown in the Philippines which may
not be successfully raised in Hawaii.
The most perplexing question will bo
the labor problem. This can bo most
easily solved by using the Chinese and
Japanese. But that means a further en
tanglement of the question , which baa
already so greatly perplexed the Pacific-
coast.
Practical Points of Amity.
The friendship of Great Britain ,
which has shown its warmth so unmis
takably in sentiment during the last
three months , is also evident in more
practical stages. In no direction have
clashing interests sounded their dis
cords more frcauentlv f.hau in our rela
tions with the Canadian 'Dominion.
Scarcely a year has passed without more
or less wrangling to annoy if not to
alarm the authorities at Washington ,
Westminster and Ottawa. Full provision
has now been made for the final settle
ment of the questions at issue between
the United States and her northern
neighbor in the form of a joint commis
sion All matters of dispute which have
arisen during the last 80 years down to
date , including the Alaska boundary ,
the sealing problem , the Atlantic fish
eries , reciprocity and hostile tariffs ,
general trade interests and Klondike
regulations , will bo treated with a view
to permanent arrangement. The com
mission , with earlier sittings at Quebec ,
will probably finish their work at
Washington.
Still more interesting , however , is
the organization of an Anglo-American
committee of GOO members to work for
and cement Anglo-Saxon friendship.
Made up entirely of British member
ship , it includes the most eminent and
influential men of the land , representing
all parties , all ranks of social life , all
professions , all religions. Its roll is
blazoned with the names of the most
illustrious as well as the less known
personalities , and it constitutes the
most powerful corporate agent of pub
lic opinion ever created iu the country.
The classes and the masses are behind
it. This amazing outburst betokens not
only the belief that old irritating sores
are forever healed , but it points to a
profound sympathy and unity of feel
ing , making future sores , if not impos
sible , at the worst only childish trifles ,
which need only to bo kissed to bo
cured.
The claim of Theodore R. Timby to
have been the true inventor of the ar
mored turret for naval or laud use has
been revived again in a New York news
paper. There is no doubt that Mr. Tim
by first conceived and devised the plan ,
which the Ericsson construction in the
Monitor made so famous. But the Swed
ish inventor made it a practical fact.
Similarly it has been claimed , and prob
ably with justice , that all the essential
principles of the magnetic telegraph
were worked out before Morse took hold
of the problem by appropriating the
Drelimiiwrv stanes of success and add
ing to them the final triumph over me
chanical obstacles. Unfortunately for
many gifted toilers , they are forgotten
in the sweep of the fact that "tho end
crowns the work. "
The examination of the hulls of the
battle wrecks in Cuba throws some lighten
on the fate of the unlucky Maine. In
the case of the Vizcaya , for example ,
which received one fatal wound from
the explosion of one of its own torpe
does , the effect on the thick steel shell
in the curves and direction of fracture
were totally different from those in the
Maine exhibit. It is claimed that the
evidence is almost conclusive.
Major Do Granpcy. the French mili
tary attache , on returning to Washing
ton Irom the trout , spoke of the Amer
ican soldiers "as a superb body individ
ually and as an army , and 1 suppose not
throughout the world is there such a
splendid lot of fighting men. " This
merely echoes the genuine enthusiasm
with which all capable foreign observer
have summed up their opinions of the
American war personnel.
. . .STATEMENT. . .
OP THE
Merchants National Bank
OF NEBRASKA CITY , NEBRASKA.
JULY I , 1898.
RESOURCES.
LoanH 103,212.1 ! }
U. S. Bonds. 10,000.00
Other Stocks and Bonds 8,024.34
Banking Honsu and Fixtures 7,400.00
Cash and Due From U. S. Treasurer 228,701.41
Total $151,207.88
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock 50,000.00
Surplus and Profits 80,481.07
Circulation 11,250.00
Deposits 359,536.21
Total $451,207.88
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