,..' -c jc M'v.iTW Bvv i &--1 i, - j- ; jr o 10 'Ml I it i .r .i- I 1 v MORNING 0RBG0NIAN-, SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1900. m I - - j- - rr ' THE DINING-ROOM AND TAM,,SERVJCE v v -1 5 : (Copyright. 1889. by Seymour Eaton!) k iTHE OREGONIAN'S HOME STUDY CIRCLE: DIRECTED BY PROF. SEYMOUR EATON HOME SCIENCE AND HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY Contributors xo this course: Mrs. Helen Campbell. Mrs. .Margaret E. Sangster, Mrs. Kate Gannett Wells, Mrs. Louise E. Hogan, Mlsa Anne Barrows, Mrs. Mary Roberts Smith, Miss Emily G. Balch, Mies Lucy Wheelock and others. XIII. THE DKOXG-ROOM. Br TdISS ANNE BARROWS. The dining-room should stand for social life for the family, as -well as its guests, since there are many households -where the Individual members rarely meet ex cept at mealtime. The end and aim of our table service; therefore, should be to fur ther the social life rather than to cater to epicures or display costly furnishings or make a display of the latest fads in table service. The fashion of the furniture of the dining-room and the style of service axe of less Importance than the ease and comfort of every Individual concerned. A meal may be eaten In the kitchen -when necessary, and yet all the laws of good breeding be observed, "while even in ele gant dining-rooms meals are not always served decently and Jn urder. Few of us can build our houEes and de cide upon the location of the dlnlng-TOom, the number of -windows It shall have ana the point, of compass that they shall face. Probably fewer yet can follow the sun and serve each meal in a different room. Light Is essential, but if either room must be in a dark corner of the house, let it be the dining-room rather than the kitchen. Ar tificial light will make the dining-room cheerful, but the commonest processes of the kitchen need the full sunlight to insure perfect cleanness. If the outlook from the dining-room Is not pleasant, colored glaps windows are a possible remedy. The separation of dlning-Toom and kitch en Is supposed to have been a concession to the esthetic mature of the human being and to Indicate an advance in civilization. But succeeding generations may find it possible to reunite the kitchen and dining room under different conditions from those of the past. Straws that show which way the -current sets are the favor shown the chafing-dish and the gradual introduction of gas toves. the Aladdin oven and elec trical appliances, for cookery. Any or 4hese means of cooking food might prop erly be Installed in an alcove of the dining room. The modern idea of higher civilization is not to move away from unsightly sur roundings, but to Improve them, removing the disagreeable features. Much is said about co-operative housekeeping and con servative men and women object to the plan, forgetting how many processes have been put outside the Individual home since the days of our grandmothers. Many would be ready to give up the Individual kitchen, but would wish to retain the fam ily dining-room. This might be done, in many households today, were we willing to simplify our manner of living and do a. little more work with our own hands. The first requisite for comfort at meal time is that the dining-room shall be well aired. Air Is as essential as food, and indeed should be considered one of our most important foods. We are afraid of odors from the kitchen, and yet evn a fresh smell of frying is less disagree able than the stale, close odor of an un alred room. It Is not wise to shut up a dining-room after a meal, without first air ing It. The removal of bad air should te attended to as regularly as the gathering up of crumbs. Excessive heat is a common fault In the dining-room. "When hot foods and drinks form the main part of a meal the tempera ture of the room should be lower than that of the usual living rooms. Therefore let the windows be open for a few minutes just before the meal to change the air thor oughly, anfl then close them that there shall be no draft. An open fireplace Is an excellent means of ventilation and may be depended upon for heating a dining-room except in the coldest weather. The loca tion, size and shape of the dining-room should be carefully considered -when de ciding upon 3ts furnishings. In general, light colors, the softer yellows and browns, are satisfactory for the paper and wood work. Corner closets, with glass doors above, should be put in wherever it is pos sible. They afford a safe resting place for the choicer pieces of tableware, and add greatly to the decoration of the room. A hardwood floor with a large rug that is not too difficult to keep clean, simple draperies, if any, at' the windows, and furniture that Is graceful, strong and not ornate are the essentials of the dining room. Decorations should be few; a bay window full of plants, and the corner clos ets or sideboard with some pieces of hand some china are usually sufficient. Up holstery is not desirable for dining-room furniture, though leather covers may be -Admissible. Hardwood -without elaborate carving is best for table and chairs; the latter should be well shaped, and those without arms are usually preferred. Cane ilu' re noc as durable, but rather easier than hardwood. The round and square tables each have their admirers; something depends on the shape of the room. Where the room is small, with a. bay window at one end, space may be saved by choosing a table with oval ends. A narrow table Is never satis factory, nor should one be so broad that the center Is not easily Teached from the side. The relative height of chairs and table should be adjusted carefully. Foot stools provided for the shorter persons will add much to their comfort. Where there Is a chandelier in the dining-room the cen ter of the table should come under that. The table should be large enough to give a space of at least two feet to each per son. Where there -Is a hardwood floor rub ber tips on the chairs are essential, and there should be strong enough casters on the table, wherever it is, to admit of mov ing it easily. Every article of furniture in the dining-room may come'in contact with foods, and hence in shape and substance should be such as can easily be kept clean. This should be also kept In mind when choosing the tableware, be it china, glass or silver. Perfect cleanness Is the first es sential, and it Is almost Impossible to at tain this with the Intricate folds in the china, .the filigree of the silver and the deep cuts in glass. That dishes are clean should be apparent to sight as well as touch. Food shows to better advantage in most cases on plain dishes. China with high-colored patterns becomes monotonous unless we have a variety of sets. In the average household It Is more satisfactory to have a set of dishes plain white and gain variety through the use of odd pieces It is not wise to buy all the novelties, for no sooner do -we become accustomed to the J8..0' a SS.Y artIcle than !t Ses out of fashion. This is illustrated by the nps and downs in salt cellars and salt shakers, bone dishes, individual vegetable dishes water carafes and the like. Ti.e table linen likewise should be of white for general use and should be se lected from standard patterns with nap ldns to match. There should be an abundant supply of tablecloths of differ ent .sizes that it may not be necessary to fold one under or to use two as the table is made tmaller or larger. Center pieces, carving dotes and doilies are more sattsl factory in the end where the ornamenta tion is drawn work or plain white em broidery rather than high colors; the lat ter aie sure to interfere with the flowers or outer table decorations which we want to use. The omission of the tablecloth altogether and the use of doilies on the polished table is a fashion which holds In favor. Where the table pad Is used, whether it.be felt, quiring or of the knit ted variety, it should not be so thick that the impression of each dish remains af " it !- taken up. Tab'eciOtb and rap kins should be ironed with as few f jlcs ag possible, and the elaborate arrangement of napkins is not considered. In the best taste, as Jtsuggests too. much-iandllng. Many dinner napkins are absurdly large and the use of them seems (o imply a doubt as to te table habits of our guests. Ribbons, if used at all, should be care fully placed, for nothing is more dis turbing than to see a grease spot appear on an elegant 'ribbon in the 'midst? of dln ner. Style of Service. What Mrs. A can do with six servants Mrs. B cannot do with one, and Mrs. C, who keeps no maid, should not try to im itate either of her neighbors. To serve a meal of several courses requires the whole attention of one maid, and she can not well be cook also. Whatever our style of living, everything should be carefully planned in advance, that the machinery of service may be-invisible and noiseless. Children should be taught to serve well and to wait upon the table in place of a maid Tvhen it is necessary. With a sideboard and a. two-story table on casters the hostess may remove one course1 and substitute another with little effort. Where the service Is elaborate. It is often cumbersome to have all the silver for in dividual use put in place at the begin ning. In such cases It is desirable to serve the hostess first, that by her own use she may indicate the proper fork or spoon to be used for each course. A safe general rule for table service is to place everything ready for use. Pass at the left the dishes to which the person helps himself, but place Individual portions, such as the plate of soup or cup of coffee, at the right hand. Before serving an other course everything relating to the one preceding should be removed; ordinarily the soiled dishes before each Individual are removed at the left hand. A simple dinner consists of three courses: Soup, roast and dessert. The same foundation is retained for more elaborate menus, but other courses are placed between these principal ones: Soup. Relish. Fish. Roast. Salad. Desert. Coffee. Some housekeepers seem to care more for the form and ceremony of a meal than they do for the quality of the foods which are served. To save the trouble of carv ing and apportioning the different courses serice a la Russe is very popular, and to this perhaps we owe the popularity4 of small molds and Individual portions, even when a dish is served at the table. Gar nishes should be simple and edible; there is a tendency toward excessive garnish sometimes seen which Is really tawdry and Interferes with the best appearance of the food Itself. Courses should offer a contrast both In appearance and flavor; brown and white effects should alternate. In family life, where the meat is especially substantial, like roast goose or pork, the vegetables and desserts should be carefully selected to balance this. On the other hand, if fish takes the place of meat the dessert may be more substantial. The housekeeper who would preserve a well-balanced style of life for herself, her maids, her family and guests should oc casionally ask herself such questions as these: Is the furniture In the dining-room placed with refrence to saving steps? Are dishes and their contents selected with reference to fashion or to the real needs and comfort of the household? What Is the standard of table service, comfort or fashion? Is there danger that the method of serv ing food is absorbing more of your atten tion thr- the. quality of the food itself? Boston, Mass. CONCERN FOR US ALSO. Continental Moves Against Britain Would Injnre Onr Interests. New York Journal of Commerce. It is hardly on purely ethical grounds that the British war against the Boers has been so energetically condemned on the continent of Europe. The great con tinental powers are accustomed to have a moral standard in their dealings with other races somewhat different from that which they insist shall be applied by Great Britain and the United States. They were as much scandalized over our intervention in Cuba as they were over the British resolution to end, once and for all, the oppression of the Boer oligarchy. But the Russian method of dealing with Fin land or Central Asia excites no such chorus of blame; any more than did the French treatment of the Hovas in Mada gascar or of the natives of Tongking. There must be some reason why continen tal critics, as Mr. Boulger puts it, use the loftiest language, invoke ideal principles and speak in the name of sublime justice whenever they have to comment on either British or American action, and why thsy tnVfi a. much more mundane view of things when their own national Interests are Involved. It may fairly be assumed that this attitude is due less to a disap proval of the methods which are used to advance the supremacy of the English speaking nations than to fear of the re sults. There can be as little question that there is a common sentiment among the governments of continental Europe that England's further expansion must be stopped, as that there is a similar senti ment of jealousy in regard to the growing power of the United States. There Is an influence in the world, loosely described as Anglo-Saxon supremacy, which may be exercised by these two powers in combi nation, but which does not at all suit the plans of any of the great nations of conti nental Europe. That this Influence would be one tending on the whole to the main tenance of peace, and uniformly exerted on the side of liberty and human progress, does not at all affect the dread with which it Inspires other nations. Most of them have ideals very different from those cherished by English-speaking people in regard to how much liberty may be good for men, and they have a natural reluc tance to accept as desirable a kind of progress which brings no special profit to them. "The arrest and downfall of Anglo-Saxon supremacy" is therefore a quite Intelligible object of the policy which at least two of the great powers of conti nental Europe may follow at the present juncture. The nations which would most obvious ly profit by taking, advantage of British preoccupation in South Africa are France and Russia. As'de from the obligations of an avowed alliance, thesetwp6wsrs have the advantage for the pursuit of a com mon policy abroad that neither has amb -tions which conflict with those of the other. Were Russia to seize Persia no French Interest would be thereby endan gered: were France to extend over South ern China the rule which she already ex ercises In Tongking and Annam she would not adversely affect any plans of Russia. France wants a good deal in Africa, where RuEsia wants nothing at all. It would suit Russia to help France to secure naval supremacy in the Mediterranean, because she could thereby be assured of free passage of the Dardanelles for her ships of -war If not of the actual posses sion of Constantinople-, Bulthe incor poration of Persia Into "the Russian em pire would be a menace to British rule in India, just as the French claim to Fashoda was directly aimed against the establish ment of British Influence In the valley of the Nile. Were either party to the dual alliance to take Ceuta, it -wou'd be mere ly a question of Ume when the Mediter ranean ".o-ild become a Russo-French lak As this happens to be a consumma tion that would suit Italy as little as it vould Great Britain, It may ba assumed that the first step towards it will not be taken while the relations p Germany to, Austria and Italy remain as they are. That the opportunity may not be seized, to make some hostile move In Asia is by no means so certain, and it is difficult to con ceive of such a move, not being opposed to the well-defined interests of the United1 States. It is here that we are most imme diately and directly concerned In the maln 'tenance of the status quo. We should have the best possible right to protest against the disturbance of this while Great Britain Is occupied elsewhere, be cause any such disturbance would simply mean an attempt to deal with us" the more easily after disposing of our natural ally. It is regarded by many as an open ques tion whether even the co-operation of England and America in the far East can arrest, the dismemberment of the Chinese empire. It is not at all doubtful that this catastrophe would be greatly hastened if no such do-operation had to be feared by the powers Intent on dividing that em pire between them. Exclusion is the guiding principle of the commercial policy of both France and Russia. The markets of Central Asia are as much a private reserve for the Rus sian manufacturer as those of Indo-Chlna are for the French. The latter people have been at least perfectly frank In letting the world know that they nro pose to keep for themselves the markets they conquer. At the beginning of this year the French governor-general of In-do-China said to an audience of manu facturers at Rouen that the ch ef duty -which presented itself to the administra tors of that colopy was the proper ac tion or means to be taken to create and Increase a market there for the manufac tured products of France. !He regarded this as a colony's only reason for being, so that the purely administrative govern ment of a colony was a relatively easy matter to deal with when compared with the development of Its commerce. As he bluntly put the case: "Our colon'es and Tongking in particular have cost us a good deal. We have already spent there 1,000,000,000 francs and lost many human lives. The time has now come to reap the harvest of our expenditure and the fruits of our labors." Writing on the same subject the other day, Mr. Brennier, subdlrector of the commerce of Indo Chlna, said that under the protective tar iff applied to that colony Importations from France tend to as complete a de velopment as Is possible and have made enormous progress. Textile fabrics, stones and combustible minerals,- liquors, manufactures in metal, and metals, arms, powder and ammunition, and divers manu factured articles represent over GO per cent of the imports. Over 50 per cent of this percentage belongs to France which also sells 85 per cent of the cotton fabrics consumed In Indo-Chlna. While France and Russia have a perfect right to pursue in their own way what they con ceive to be their own interests in the East, it would be absurd to Ignore the fact that every forward step which they take must be to the detriment of our trade. While the Russian advance in Asia cannot af fect us in a military sense as it would Great Britain, it cannot but contract the area within which we shall be able to do business on equal terms with all com petitors. While French control of South ern China would not leave any visible Impress on the present volume of our ex ports, It would rob us of a great potential market and cripple to that extent the fu ture expansion of the productive capacity of the country. From whatever s'de -we may view the matter, It Is therefore im possible that the United States should be an uninterested spectator of any Euro pean move against England for which the war in South Africa may furnish an op- portunlty. 9 IRELAND'S OPPORTUNITY. Anti-British Agritators Requested to Hold Their Peace. PORTIjAND, Jan. 5. (To the Editor.) There is a tide In the affairs of nations, as In the affairs of men. This tide has arrived in the affairs of Ireland, and It remains to be seen whether the Irish peo ple will take it at the flood. Ireland's opportunity is here, but it does not consist, as the professional agitators in Ireland, or the Clan-na-Gael In Ameri ca, would have us believe, in doing every thing possible to embarrass England in the present crisis. As regards the Irish agitators, nothing is fartner from their thoughts than to gain home rule. They make their living out of the present state of affairs, and It is their obejet to keep the political situation in Ireland In a per pLtual turmoil. The Clan-na-Gael and other Irish-American societies sympathize with the Boers, not because of the justice of their cause, but because they 'are light ing England. It would become them far better, as loyal citizens of this country, to sympathize with England, with whom America is on the 'friendliest terms, and with whom she has so many common in terests. Ireland's opportunity consists in showing her loyalty to England now, and if those rabid anti-British Irish at home and abroad would only keep their mouths shut, the world at large would be able to see how nobly Ireland Is acting her part In South Africa today. At the lowest estimate, one-third of the troops in the field are Irish. It Is true they have been at a disadvantage so far, owing to Incom petent leaders, but the English govern ment has had Its eyes opened in that re spect. When the two Irishmen, Roberts and Kitchener, get things straightened out, and extricate the British troops from the muddle they are In at present, the world will have a splendid object lesson as to what Irish brains and Irish valor can accomplish. Then, when the next demand is made for home rule, it will not be fruitless, like the last. When King George heard that the Irish brigade had routed the flower of his army at Fonte noy, h6 exclaimed: "Cursed be the laws that deprive me of such subjects." Once this crisis is over, the English government will be sagacious enough to see that the Irish are better friends than foes. Let the Irish people at home and abroad have sense enough to keep quiet and not divert the eyes of the world from the part that Roberts, Kitchener and their fellow countrymen will shortly play in South Africa, and ere long Ireland will take her place among the nations as hc peer, not the vassal, of England an equal sharer in the glory of that empire which holds "Dominion over palm and pine." J. T. D. An Editorial Dilemma. Spokane (Wash.) Outburst An editor of a little country paper in this state runs an inquiry department m connection with his journal, and It has proven to be quite a popular feature -with the subscribers. Recently, however, he got his answers mixed, with disastrous re sults. Two subscribers asked the following questions: 1. How can an orchaTd be protected from a plague of grasshoppers? 2. What is the best method for getting twins safely through the trouble of teeth ing? To the horror of the editor, the num bers denoting the answers became mixed and appeared in the paper like this- L Give a little castor oil and rub their gums with bonestrings. 2. Cover them with straw and set fire to them. The little pests, after jumping about in the flames a few minutes, will not be In condition to cause any further trouble. a Will Be Reimbursed. Chicago News, Losing the Charleston in Philippine wat ers will Involve a claim against the gov ernment by the men and officers of the ship for personal losses sustained by the vessel's staking; Each man is entitled to be reimbursed for everything that he Jost, it being required that each article, how ever, shall be enumerated and its prob able value given. When the American ships were lost at Ap'a in the great hur ricane of March, 1859, congress reim bursed all the men and officers. Some of the claims of officers were as high as' $2500 and few were 1'pdVr S1500 AFTER THE RAILROADS SHXATOR PETTIGREYV'S ACTIVITY Iff HIS PECULIAR LINES . His Bill Not Likely to Be liven Be , ported by Committee .What TnnnertMny Do. WASHINGTON, Dec. 31. It Is generally admitted that Senator Pettigrew "has 'it In" for the -senate this session, and one of his means of accomplishing this purpose is to introduce measures -which have a popullstlc or socialistic theme, in the hopes of causing an uprising of his fol lowers and sympathizers In all parts of tha country, who, though comparatively small in numbers, are of that class that manage to make a great deal of noise. One such bill Is that which provides for the government ownership of railroads, and, while Senator Pettigrew never had the slightest idea that such a bill could possibly pass, he saw an opportunity to "play to the galleries," so to speak, and availed himself of it. Such bills as thU always call forth long and numerous peti tions praying congress to support those schemes, and after congress gets well un der way there will undoubtedly be a long string of petitions praying for the enact ment of legislation which will insure the government ownership of railroads. As a matter of fact, the senate is not at all Inclined to entertain any such propo sition, nor has any political platform up to this time contained any such declara tion. It Is true that many labor organiza tions favor such a proposition, and from time to time in the past the5r have peti tioned clong those lines. But when Mr. Pettigrew took up the subject, he studied the question carefully and managed In the end to compile a measure of some 61 pages, providing in detail for the trans fer of all railroads of "the United States to the government, to be placed under a- proposed department to be devoted to railroads only. Some or the provisions are interesting, as, for instance, the one which prescribes for the forcible sale of in terstate roads, if they are not voluntarily offered, as well as a means by which state roads may be absorbed by the great sys tem. Some of the socialistic provisions of the bill look to an abolition of all dis crimination in railroad rates, for shorter hours for employes, for indemnity to them in case of injury, or for their families in case of death. One of the novel propo sitions is to use the Interstate commerce commission to carry out the plan for the acquisition of the roads. It Is also pro vided that a sinking fund shall be cre ated, in order that the government, at the end of 80 years, shall acquire these roads free of debt. It is not likely that the interstate com merce committee, to which the bill was referred, will take the matter up for re port, for this great question was hashed and rehashed last summer before the in terstate commerce commission, and no more testimony or information is really needed for the guidance of the members of the committee, and this testimony be fore the commission was of all sorts and kinds. Labor is not united in support of government ownership, although, while, judging from those railroad officials who appeared before the commission, it would seem that they, as a class, are opposed to any such proposition. In the face of all the conflicting testimony and such a di vergence of opinion, it is not to be ex pected that congress is at this time going to take and settle any such question as that proposed in Senator Pettigrew's bill, although the senator himself may take his bill as a text and deliver one of his long-winded, dry, statistical addresses when he feels a strong desire to appear in the public print, and especially In the Congressional Record, and in the organs of labor organizations. Governor Tanner Conrae. The announcement by Governor Tanner, of Illinois, that he would not be a candi date for re-election as governor may be of considerable advantage to the repub lican party, as it will make It much easier to carry the state than would be possible If Tanner was at the head of the ticket. With Tanner out of the race, it Is possi ble that some one of the several congress men from Illinois will be selected as the candidate for governor. There is some very good timber in the Illinois delega tion, among them being Cannon, who has been many years in the house; Hopkins, Hltt and Lorimer, who might be consid ered of sufficient size for the governor ship. There is a possibility that Tanner desires to succeed Cullom, and for that reason his withdrawal from the guberna torial race may, In the end, be of con siderable disadvantage to Cullom. Of course, it may be said that Illinois will not replace a man like Cullom -with a man like Tanner, but when It is known that Illinois not only had an Altgeld for gov ernor, but has followed him with a Tan ner, and has also elected a Billy Mason to the senate, there Is no use of thinking that Tanner is not a possibility, if he once makes up his mind to run. Tanner does not like Cullom, and would like to defeat him. Probably If he had his way he would endeavor either to come to the senate himself or name one of his hench men for the place. Men of his political stripe do not care very much what they send to theenate, as they do not see any thing in a congressional office above the parceling out of offices and, acting as chore-boy about the departments. Cullom is very anxious to succeed himself, and is a pretty shrewd politician, as well as Tanner, but he cannot depend upon the Chicago machine, which Is controlled by Tanner, who undoubtedly opposes Cul lom's re-election. Gorman Faction In Po-iver. The Gorman faction of Maryland democ racy has again resumed control of state affairs, after being deprived of that privi lege for a per'od of four years. It is now contemplated that in general the plans laid down by Gorman will be followed without dlssentlon, as the leaders are -well-trained adherents of the old ma chine, and know their business too well t6 kick against any such leadership as that of the ex-senator. With the change In leadership there is a sweeping change among the office-holders, and the present Incumbents arc gracefully giving way to the followers of Gorman. The Gorman men look upon these plums as rightly be longing to them, and will not have the slightest hesitancy about claiming "their own." It is and always has been the pol icy of Gorman to reward the victors in a political fight with the offices that are at the disposal of the conquering leaders. There may be some complaint among the anti-Gorman democrats, who aided the machine Jn the last fight, but they will be ignored nevertheless, and the positions will 0,11 go to the true Gormanites. Gor man knows how to gloat when the oppor tunity offers, and this is one chance when he can look down upon the democrats who forsook him after the defeat of 1895, and came to regard the Maryland demo racy as a new and separate organization from that controlled by the old machine. Woman Suffrage in Colorado. W. E. Moses, of Denver, who is identi fied with the regular republican party of Colorado, says that the party has been making great gains In that state, but he has some doubt whether It can be carried against the combined opposition of demo crats, populists and free-silver republi cans. While he was discussing the poll tics of the state, he also had something to say about woman suffrage in that state, which ought to be very useful for those who continue to agitate woman suffrage for the entire United States. Mr. Moses says: "If the vote of the women has any spe cial eflect. I have been unable to discover It. Of course, it augments the total or the ballots cast, and that Is about all. I voted for female suffrage on the ground that, if the -women -wanted It, it was right to make the conreotlon, at the same time doubting Its expediency. I am utterly wjtfrout prejudice In the matter, but J do J not believe that any beneficial results have attended the enfranchisement of the sex. It was claimed that when the bal lot should be given our women, politics, state and national, would be purified, and that a better class of men would be elect ed to public office. Such has not been the case. The same old political methods ar-a in vncup now that we used to see -prior to woman suffrage, and their ballot has not put any better men in omce inu.ii we formerly elected. "I should say that, if there was a re submission of the question, the franchise would be taken away from the women by an overwhelming majority. A great many of them have ceased to care about exer cising their right to go to the polls, and, singularly enough, this indifference is manifested by the two extremes women of highest social position and those who are social outcasts. The great body there who belong to what might bs called the middle class still seems to think the fran chise a good thing, and would resent any effort to deprive" them of their equal po litical rights." THERE IS A DIFFERENCE. Philippines Are Onr Own; Chinese Treaty Ports Are Not Europe's. New York Journa'l of Commerce. There Is no recommendation of the president's message likely to provoke so much discussion in congress as that which is conveyed in these emphatic terms: "Our plain duty is to abolish all customs tar iffs between the United States and Puerto Rico, and give their products free access to our markets." The note of alarm has been already sounded on behalf of the growers of beet-sugar and tobacco in re gard to the far-reaching consequences of this recommendation. It has been held to be merely the first step in a process which will end with free trade in Cuba and the Philippines, and the consequent ruin of a considerable section of American agricul ture. The president has been accused of striking the heaviest blow at the American tariff system which it has ever recelyed from a republican, and it is freely pre dicted that if his policy Is to be pursued it can lead only to party disaster In all the Western republican states. On the other hand, those who favor the modification of our entire tariff system have taken up the cry that If we are to have free trade with our dependencies we should have it all around the board, and that It will be im possible for us to stand for the "open door" in the markets of Eastern Asia it we are to impose customs duties in the Philippines on all other Imports but our own. But there is no reason why the case of Puerto Rico should not be taken up and dealt with on Its own merits without ref erence to what may be done In the future through commercial arrangements with Cuba, or what may be the true policy for the Philippines. As the president puts it, simple justice to the Puerto Rlcans com pels a recognition of the fact that, since its cession, the Island has been denied the principal markets she had long enjoyed, while our tariffs have been continued against her products, as when she was un der Spanish sovereignty. She has lost her free intercourse wl h Spain and Cuba with out any compensating benefits in this mar ket. If the case of Puerto Rico stood en tirely by Itself there could be no ques tion about the course which ought to be pursued; the fact that the free admission of her products may be used as an argu ment for the free admission of similar products from Cuba and the Philippines is hardly sufficient reason for making our acquisition of the island a source of loss Instead of gain to its people. The case of Cuba stands on a totally different footing. Our declared mission there is to prepare the people for the exercise or tne ngms of self-government, and to give the Island some kind of Independence. That the new Cuba must be bound to this republic by ties of singular intimacy ana sirengwi ia sufficiently obvious, and In the words of the president, "whether these ties shall be organic or conventional, the destinies of Cuba are, in some rightful form and manner, irrevocably linked with our own, but how far Is for the future to determine in the ripeness of events." Spain furnished a very unimportant market for Cuban products, but, by the Imposition of heavy duties on all other Imports, compelled the Cubans to purchase her own. Now, all imports are on the same .footing, and the money collected at the custom-house is spent for the benefit of the Island, and not spent abroad or consumed In paying for Spanish garrisons. All the economic con ditions of Cuba are better under the re gime of American tutelage than they ero before, and It remains to be seen whether the restoration of her agricultural and in dustrial prosperity, on which the president lays due stress, cannot be accomplished without a radical change in the revenue system of the Island or in its relations to the tariff of the United States.' The benefits already conferred on the people of the Philippines by the destruc tion of Spanish power are very similar to those which have come to Cuba. It Is true that the future commercial policy to be adopted In regard to these Islands must have a constant reference to the much larger question of the open door in the far East. It would greatly weaken the stand we are making for equality of com mercial opportunity in China if we are to deny it in the Philippines. At the same time the establishment of free trade be tween these Islands and the United States would be In no sense comparable to the imposition by Russia of a differential tar iff in North "China. Russia holds merely a lease ofr a section of the Llao-Tung pen insula, without prejudice to the sover eignty of China. The lease is for a pre scribed term of years, and carries with it no rights of absolute ownership, and no supreme authority, except such as may be Involved in the control of all military forces in the territory leasee, and of all naval forces In the adjacent seas. It is not much to the purpose to argue that the lease Is a mere cover for the entrance of a wedge of actual sovereignty, because all that other nations can take cognizance of Is to be found In the terms of the lease. When these assume a totally different form from that which they now possess, it will be for other nations to say how their rights or interests are affected by this new agreement. Manifestly no such leases as Russia and Germany have se cured in North China give them any such position there as the treaty of peace with Spain gave to the United States in the Philippines. These Islands are our terri tory In a sense that no part of China is German or Russian, and regrettable as would be the necessity of giving our own Imports preference over those of other nations at Manila and Ilo Ho, It would by no means estop our government from protesting against a Russian attempt to collect tariff dues at Newchwang or a German attempt to levy them at Chefoo. In these ports the citizens of the United States have precisely the same rights as the subjects of the czar or of the German emperor, and they propose to see these rights respected without special regard to what the necessities of domestic policy may TequlTe In their new possessions in Oceanica. In dealing with questions like these it Is highly desirable to differentiate carefully and to consider each separate question on its own merits. It is equally undesirable to aljow half-informed critics to obscure a subject already sufficiently complex by crude generalizations. s A Government Cloekniaster. Baltimore News. Colonel E. F. Fleming, who was ap pointed under ex-President Cleveland as clockmaster of the treasury depart ent, still holds that position. He has over 500 clocks in his care and is familiarly known In department circles as "Father Time." He starts on his round of wind ing his family of eight-day clocks on Monday and gets around to the last one on Saturday night. Lines ainy Cause Worry. Chicago News. Ida Sometimes a few lines will cause a -woman no end of worry. May Yes; especially If they happen to be in her facp What is wanted of soap for the skin is to wash it clean and not hurt it. Pure soap does that. This is why we want pu-re soap; and when we say pure, we mean without alkali. Pears' is pure; no free alkali. There are a thou sand virtues of soap; this one is enough. You can trust a soap that has no biting alkali in it. All sorts of stores sell it, especially druggists; all sorts of people use it. THE NUMBERS TELL OF WOMAN'S WOES' No wooran should allow herself t o drift Into a state c chronic In valid lam. There are certain af ftict lon8 natural to women that are most trying- and that recur again and again un der the old methods of treatment. Since the J 1 s c overy of HUD YAN. how ever, these del Icate diseases are of leas fre quent o c o u r r 9 nee, and t h o li sands of a u f f e ring women have been restored to perfect health again. HUDYAN permanently cures female weak ness In all its forms, hence HUDYAN is the greatest earthly boon -to suffering women. 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