THE MOANING OEEGONIAN, TUESDAY, JANUARY - SO, 1900.
NOWTHESALTTRUST
Prices Raised Pifty Per Cent
in Past Two Years.
AID GIVEN BY THE DINGLEY BILL
Monopoly on Coast and Rivers Is De
pendent on Tariff Duty Adjunct
of Standard Oil Company.
BOSTON, Jan. 29. The New England
Free Trade League today gives out the
following discussion o the salt trust, by
Byron W. Holt:
Salt was on the free list of the Wilson
bill In force from August 28, 1894. to July
24. 1897. Under the McKinley and DIngley
bills the duty on salt In bags or barrels
was 12 cents, and in bulk 8 cents per 100
pounds. These duties vary from 30 to 100
per cent, and will average about 50 per
cent.
Before salt was put on the free list,
the manufacturers appeared at Washing
ton declaring that such a proceeding would
practically ruin the business. Thus, Mr.
Thomas Molloy, secretary of the Onan
dasa. Coarse Salt Association, told the
senate committee on finance that "when
salt shall be admitted free . . . our
even now struggling Industry shall be par
alyzed or -destroyed. In an unequal com
petition with the cheaper product of for
eign cheaper labor. We will then soon
"be made to pay to the English salt union
the price which it exacts elsewhere."
Contrary to predictions, we both pro
duced and consumed more salt from 1895
to 1897 than ever before, as is shown by
the following table of production and im
ports: Consumption of salt In the United States
(In barrels of 280 pounds each):
Domestic
Year. Product.
Net Total con-
Imports, sumption
1S90 8.S76.S91 1,820.427 10,697,418
1891 9.9S7.945 1,678,159 11,666,104
1S92 11,698,890 1,614,816 13,313,706
1893 1LS97.20S 1,224,025 13.12L233
1894 .12,868,417 1,511,792 14,480,209
1895 13,669,649 1,760.115 15,629,764
1896 13,850,726. 1.7S5.223 15,645,949
1897 .15,973,202 1.438.838 17.412.040
1898 17,612,634 1,307,972 18,920,606
Prices and Tariff Duties.
The average net factory price for all
kinds of salt (about one-half of which is
common fine salt), according to the United
States geological survey, was 361 cents
per barrel in 1894, 32 cents in 1895, 29.2
cents In 1896, 30.8 cents in 1897, and 35.3
cents in 1898. The "net" price means the
price of the salt alone; the cost of the
barrel adds about 20 cents though much
coarse salt is not sold in barrels.
The present price of "factory-filled"
dairy salt at works In Michigan is 55 cents
as against 35 cents, or less, In 1896. The
Chicago price Is now 75 cents. The New
York city price of same grade salt from
Western New York is $1 40 as against 51 to
$110 in 1895 and 1897. Prices of salt in
many Middle and Western states are now
nearly double those of 1896.
In 1897 many manufacturers asked to
liave the McKinley duty on salt replaced.
Over 40 pages of the "tariff hearings" of
1897 are occupied by the statements of
the manufacturers who -wanted duties and
of the Importers, meatpackers, etc, who
wanted free salt. The manufacturers, In
1894, stated that the repeal of the duty
would not make salt cheaper, and in 1897
that the replacement -of the McKinley duty
would "not perceptibly" add to the cost
of salt. Yet for some indefinite and un
explained reason, they wanted the duty,
and could not continue to live much long
er without it. They got the duty, and im
mediately began to fix prices and to form
a trust, which has quite "perceptibly"
advanced prices.
Salt Association and Trusts.
The salt manufacturers have always had
an affinity for selling agencies and price
agreements. In 1866 the Michigan manu
facturers were uniting. The Michigan
Salt Association began in 1876. It takes
the product of all members and sells It
thus avoiding much competition. It has
been renewed every five years since 1876,
and has generally controlled about SO per
cent of Michigan's product, which is one
third of our total product. Since 1890 New
York has produced more salt than Michi
gan, and the two states now produce 70
per cent of our product.
Other similar selling agencies were In
operation in New York and Ohio, and
each had alliances and agreements with
the others. As, however, previous to 1S9S,
but little was done to restrict production,
the permanent effect upon prices was not
great.
March 20, 1899, the National Salt Com
pany, a New Jersey concern, was incor
porated with 512,000,000 capital 55.000,000 of
which is 7 per cent preferred stock. It
immediately acquired the dozen or more
manufactories in New York for which its
predecessor, the National Salt Company,
of West Virginia, was the distributing
agent. Those plants were said to manu
facture 90 per cent of New York's prod
uct, and to have made net profits in 189S
of "not less than 5450,000." By October
this company had purchased many of the
best plants in Ohio, West Virginia, Michi
gan and Kansas, had leased other plants
for five-year periods, and had contracted
for the output of other plants. Thus, In
the Pomeroy, O., district, the trust ap
pears to have bought and closed one plant
closed three other plants, which it had
"4ead rented" for five years, and contract
ed for the output of three more plants.
In Michigan It has contracted for the
product of the members of the Michigan
Salt Association.
The prosecuting attorney for Meigs
county and the attorney-general of Ohio
are proceeding against this trust to test
its power to own and close furnaces wWeh
have been running for 30 years.
The United Salt Company, an Ohio cor
poration, of 1SS0, appears to have been
the local trust which prepared the way
for the National company. Both of these
organizations are said to be officered by
Standard Oil neonle. and to be practically K
adjuncts of the Standard Oil trust. The
headquarters at New York are in the
building of the Standard OH Company,
and Standard Oil attorneys in Ohio arc
defending the National Salt Company.
The National Salt Company now has a
natural monopoly In many of the inland
states, and an artificial tariff monopoly in
many of the coast states. It has only re
cently begun to limit production, and to
put up prices In the Middle and Western
states. It will undoubtedly soon put up
prices to what it considers the maximum
profit point. It Is said to have had an
"understanding" with the Salt Union,
which controls much of Great Britain's
product It is difficult to verify this state
ment although New York salt importers
admit that there are "friendly" relations
of some kind between these organizations.
Our Imported salt comes principally from
Great Britain, West Indies and Italy. The
cost of transportation from Liverpool av
erages about 51 60 per ton, or 20 cents per
barrel. This added to the duty gives our
manufacturers an advantage In our mar
kets of about 20 cents per 100 pounds, or
B0 cents per barret This advantage is less
on the coast and greater Inland. If our
trust as now seems probable, gets what
Is virtually a complete monopoly, there
Is no reason why it cannot by charging
higher prices inland, collect the whole tar
iff tax on all of its product This would
amount to 54,000,000 or 55,000,000 a year. It
Is probably collecting half this amount
at present
The only classes who have, thus far,
avoided the trust are cut fish packers
and our exporters of meats. These enjoy
the special privilege of getting their sal;
free and cheap. Is there any sound rea
son why others should be compelled to
pay tribute to this trust?
BYRON W. HOLT.
BRITISH COLUMBIA NEWS.
China Steamer Delayed by Nonar
rlval of Mails.
VANCOUVER, b7C, Jan. 29. The
steamship Empress of Japan, due to leave
today, will not depart before the end of
the week, owing to the nonarrival of the
English mails. Word was received from
the East, Sunday, that the malls arrived
Saturday afternoon and were being rushed
forward with all possible dispatch. The
Empress will therefore be unable to leave
until Friday at the earliest. Owing to
the smallpox scare, strict precautions are
being taken before applicants for passage
to the OTient are accepted. Returning
Chinese are subjected to a particularly
rigid examination.
Custom-House Removed.
VICTORIA, B. C, Jan. 29. The steamer
Danube, arriving from the north tonight,
brings news that the custom-house has
been removed from Log Cabin to Summit.
Also that a man named O'Brien was ar
rested on suspicion of having murdered
Oisen, Clayson and Relfe, near Minto, on
the Klondike trail. A draft belonging to
Relfe, for a large amount, was, It is said,
in his possession.
Captain Hansen, the famous "Flying
Dutchman" and seal rookery raider, with
James Molr, a companion, were drowned
on the west coast while returning with a
canoe-load of supplies to his prospector's
cabin.
Price for Salmon Fixed.
VANCOUVER, B. C, Jan. 29. The re
cently organized cannery combine has ar
ranged that during the season of 1900 the
price paid. In British Columbian waters f or
sockeye salmon shall be 20 cents. Thib
was the going price last year, although
salmon have often sold as low as 7 and 8
cents.
Rcvelstolce Hotel Burned.
REVELSTOKE, B. C. Jan. 29. Tha
Union hotel was totally destroyed by flro
last night the blaze originating In tne
furnace-room. E. Corning, the proprietor,
had been in possession only three days.
The loss on the building and contents is
59000.
Kamloops Mine Sold.
VANCOUVER, B. C, Jan. 29. The Star
group of claims, situated on Coal hill,
Kamloops, has been sold to a Vancouver
company for 525,000.
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A GOOD HOME.
The Drift of tne Times Is Far Away
Front Such on Object.
PORTLAND, Jan. 27. (To the Edltor.)
"Have you a good home, Bob?" "A good
home! Well, I should say so; it cost me
517,000, and I pay over 5300 a year taxes;
it ought to be a good home."
And so it had, but there Is a difference
between a house, even a costly house, and
a home. The home is not based upon
wealth, but upon other conditions. It is
the man's duty to provide for the home,
and the woman's duty to regulate the in
side and manage the economies of it.
Is the American girl being educated
away from the home? Music, painting,
dancing, stenography, clerking and what
not are all well enough, but If at 20 or
25 the girl finds herself, or what Is worse,
if others find her, with no knowledge of
the kitchen, of the needle, and a hundred
other things that go to make a home, is
she the gainer?
It Is still true that the place of happi
ness for both man and woman is in the
home. If It Is not found there It is found
nowhere. There the good woman is queen,
and we pay Tier homage in proportion to
the home she creates, the man having
done his part
Is the American homo in danger? Let
the divorce cases crowding the Multnomah
courts answer. In part The drift of the j
uiiico, ve icsrui iu t-ay n, is away iroin
the home. The best accomplishments for
the home, after all, are the needle, a thor
ough knowledge of the kitchen, household
affairs and the love of home. For this she
need be neither a manikin, a great scholar
and certainly not a fool. Most worthy
men cannot appreciate overpollshed nor
overdressed women, and they naturally
hate a fool. More than one-half of tho
best men's affections He in the pantry,
and not the pantry kept by a Chinaman
cither. A poor dinner is not made better
by a scholarly curiosity sitting at the
other end of the table chattering about the
woman's club, and a badly managed house
will destroy a home, though it cost 517,000,
and the wife be a prodigy of learning.
It may not bo popular to say so, but
women are primarily useful to societj a&
mothers and makers of homes. In the
olden days, when the youth and beauty of
girlhood began to fade away, woman found
herself the well-balanced wife of a plain.
Industrious and kind-hearted man, with
their children as olive plants about their
table.
Now she is being educated (?) away
from the nursery and heaven-ordained con
ditions, and to be found more and more
in public places, the lcdglng-house and the
divorce court Can a true woman be hap
pier than to be adorned at home by her
husband and a lot of wholesome children?
RIP VAN WINKLE, JR.
Runaway Electric Car.
DAYTON, O., Jan. 29. A runaway elec
tric car on the Dayton & Xenla traction
road left the track at a sharp curve just
east of the city this afternoon, and was
demolished. An unknown man was
mashed into an unrecognizable mass. Hat
tie Klong, a young woman residing at Al-
COTTON MILL IN TURKESTAN EQUIPFED "WITH AMERICAN MACHINERY
pha, O., was instantly killed. John Cox,
the motorman, had his leg Injured to such
an extent that amputation may be neces
sary. Several other passengers received
injuries.
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George Crocker's Holdings.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29. The Exam
iner says:
"Word comes from New York that the
Speyers banking syndicate has taken its
option on George Crocker's Southern Pa
cific stock. He owned one-quarter of the
entire Crocker holding, of 73,000 shares,
and he is said to have received as a money
consideration 53.CO0.O0O. This is on the bas s
of S40 a share. The other members of the
family some time ago received from the
Speyers an aggregate of $8,450,000, or $38
a share for a total of 225,000 shares. Mrs.
Jane Stanford s believed to have received
511,200,000 for her 2S0.O00 shares, which is
on the basis of $40 a share.
"Searles. Huntington and the Speyers
have an absolute control of the company.
Huntington holding 535,000 and the Speyers
375,000 shares. The three Interests have
In the aggregate 1,200,000 shares, out of
the company's total stock Issue of 2 OOO.OW
shares, representing at par a valuation of
?200,000,000."
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FACTORIES IN TURKESFAN
COTTON MANUFACTURED BY AMER
ICAN MACHINERY.
Plantations of Central Asia Cost of
Production Tobacco
and Sale.
Culture
SAMARKAND, Russian Turkestan, July
22. When General Annenkoff finished the
Trans-Caspian railway to Samarkand and
had time to turn hi3 attent.on from rail
way-building to commerce and agriculture,
he declared that some day Turkestan cot
ton would be selling in the markets of Eu
rope in competition with the cotton of the
United States, Egypt and other countries
which contribute the staple to the world.
That time has not come yet, but the
Turkesan product now goes far toward
supplying the Russian demand Itself, and
Russia has been at times one of the heav
iest buyers from the United States. It is
not only American seed that has contrib
uted to this result, but American meth
ods of cultivation and American machin
ery as well.
Most of the Asiatic cotton grown In
Turkestan is cleaned by wooden machines
worked by hand,.which, like the plows, are
inefficient but cheap. Most of the upland
cotton, on the other hand, as well as some
of the native product, Is sent to mills,
where it is treated by jennies, runiisual
ly by -water-power, sometimes by antmal-
power or by hand, and Infrequently toy
steam. Most of the cotton-cleaning mills
are in towns In the center of plantation
districts, but some are out in the midst of
a plantation belt where there Is no town
at all. The greater number of the mills
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ARBAS OUTSIDE THE WALLS
are In Tashkend, Khokand, Namangan,
Andijan and Margelan.
In Tashkend I -visited one of the crudest
of these, an old mill run by an undeishot
water-wheel of the most primitive sort,
making a thunderous noise and doing Its
work slowly, but ultimately accomplishing
Its purpose. There was no waste in tho
power supply, for all the water was car-
rled Into an Irrigation ditch, where It went
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to continue its wormy laoor oy neiping iu are unaxwar, uroacn, jjnoneran, uom
ralse mora cotton, but It did seem as if ran, Veravul, Bengal and Tinnevelly.
there would be economy in more expensive White and brown Egyptian are imported,
and efficient appliances. The mills of this The cottons of Bokhara, Khiva, Turke
sort are gradually being supplanted. i stan, Transcaspla and the Caucasus are
Figures on ,machlnery are about as far I of short and medium staples, in quality
in arrears as those on production. At the like the cotton of India. The length of
last date for which I have definite In- staple is unequal and the fibers are rather
formation there were about 130 mills In all j coarse. The longest staple of the central
Turkestan and the khanates, these con- t Asiatic cottons Is from Tashkend, grown
talning some 450 jennies and 160 presses. ' from American seed, which for certain
Thece numbers must have increased largely j classes of yarn Is preferred to the Amerl-
in the last few years to keep pace with
the rapid Increase In the production of
cotton which has to be milled. Most of
the jennies have been imported from the
United States, but of late Russian factor.es
are building them on American models,
with fair success. The seeds left after the
cleaning of the cotton aro used for sow
ing for the next crop, for the production
of oil and for fuel. The waste Is used as
forage for cattle. The presses are mostly
worked by hand,' there being but few hy- !
draulic presses In the countiy. " muuuuuuuu ul mate American ma-
Cotton bales In Turkestan weigh from chlnery and American methods has reme
250 to 325 pounds. After they are pressed ' died evils to a considerable extent,
they are carried on the backs of camels or I other Products
in the curious high-wheeled carts called
arbas to tho nearest railway station, If j No other fibrous plant except cotton is
the mill Is not in a railway town itself, grown to any extent in Central' Asia. In
A camel can carry two of these bales or a f places mallow hemp Is found in
an arba five. Until the extension of tho small quantities, and a long, durable
railway to Tashkend and Andijan ship- vafn Is aae from It. but the industry has
mtrnt from the cotton-growing districts of
Ferghana and Sir Darla was very expen
sive and irregular. The completion of the
railway to Khokand made Turkestan cot
ton much cheaper In the Russian markets,
and at the same time stimulated produc
tion. The great majority of cotton plantations
In Turkestan, except those of Russian
planters, are really but garden patches
ranging from two to 15 acres. These are
tho lands of the Asiatics, who cultivate
so faithfully and In such numbers that
they produce more than 90 per cent of all
the cotton of Central Asia. They bring j
tneir cotton to tne Dazaars oi tne towns,
where it is bought up either by small buy
ers or by the agents of Russian firms, most
of this trading being done for cash in
hand. There Is also, however, a svstem
of loans on standing crops and on what
serves the purpose of warehouese certifi
cates. All of the cotton 'of Central Asia now
finds its way to Euiopean markets by the
route of the Trans-Caspian railway except
that of Khiva. The greater portion of
this still reaches Orenburg by camels over
the old caravan route, although some
comes up the Amu Darla river to the
station of Chardjul to be shipped by rail.
Much of that which reaches Krasnovcdsk
on the Caspian by rail is shipped by boat
to Astrakhan at the mouth of the Volga,
and thence up the great river to Nljni Nov
gorod for distribution to the manufactur
ing centers of Russia. Thp remainder di
vides, some of it going to Baku and
thence by the Trans-Caucasus railway to
Batum for shipment on the Black sea to
Odessa and Sevastopol, and the rest to
Pctrovsk on the Caspian, w hence there Is
j direct rail shipment to any part of Bus-
sia.
Most of the cotton raised In Bokhara Is
of the native Asiatic -varieties. In Khiva
the cotton is almost exclusively of the
( native variety, but It Is of a peculiar sort,
found only in that knanate, considerably
excelling in its properties the other Cen
tral Asiatic growths.
Profits on cotton fluctuate with the con-
ditlon of the markets and the crop, as
they do In all other countries. Btill it
may be called a highly profitable Indus
try In Central Asia, and of great value to
the Russian empire in the prospect of mak
ing Russian cotton mills independent of a
supply from the rest of the world. Figure
that have been given me by a local ex
pert Indicate the following items as an
estimate of the commercial side of the In
dustry: Expense of production of upland
cotton on the estates of Russian planters
fluctuates between $15 and ?20 an acre. The
expense incurred by the natives in raising
a crop is considerably less, never more
than 510 an acre. " The average cost of
production added to the average cost of
transportation to the Moscow market,
when deducted from, the average selling
price at Moscow, leaves an average net
profit of "2 40 roubles a pood, which means
36 rubles per deeslatlne, with a crop of
15 poeds." That last statement may be
a trifle obscure. Worked out, it means
a profit of 57 10 an acre when the crop la
j 200 pounds an acre.
The annual consumption of cotton by the
mills of the Russian empire for the last
few years has been more than 200,000 tons,
the amount showing a steady Increase
for many years. Russian statistics indi
cate that of this quantity there came from
the United States in 1889, 87,612 tons; in
1890, 90,800 tons; In 1891, 68,374 tons, and In
1895 58,939 tons, these being the only years
for which I have the Russian figures at
hand. In tho same years the Increase -of
Importations from Egypt were almost as
rapid and as constant as the decrease f l om
the United States. Imports Info Russia
from Germany and England decreased
very rapidly In the same tlme, showing
that the Russian trade was turning from
the noncotton-profluclng countries toward
direct intercourse with the countries where
the cotton was grown. To this total of
purified cotton consumed by the mills to
Russia each year the Russian territories
themselves contribute about 25 per cent,
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OF THE CITY OF BOKHARA.
or something less than the portion that
comes directly from the United States. Of
course a considerable part of the cotton
sold to Russia by England and Germany
Is originally from the United States. The
remainder is Brazilian, Indian and Egyp
tian. American cottons imported to Russia
are generally upland Texas, Savannah,
toleanaandMoblle. The Indian varieties.
can nseir. In color it is white with
yellowish tinge. In length it Is 20 to 27
millimeters, rather coarser than Ameri
can, stronger, but not so clean. Tashkend
cotton Is considered particularly service
able for twist, while Caucasian cotton,
grown from fresh American seed, is used
for spinning low and medium counts of
yarn. Complaints of short staple, dirti
ness from bad ginning and poor packing
were prevalent against the cottons of
Central Asia until a few years ago, but
"Ul "tt,!eu u". commercial importance,
the yarns serving for household use
only among the natives. The Siberian
dogbane grows wild along the banks of
the rivers, and from It the fishermen make
strong cables and fishnets which are very
, durable and proof against dampness. The
same fiber, when properly prepared, glveb
a nne orignt yarn. Some attempts have
been made to Introduce the cultivation of
jute, but while the experiments have been
fairly satisfactory, no plantations have
been established and the fiber does not
yet figure as one of the sources of local
prosperity.
Tobacco Is grown in comparatively small
quantities on specially manured grounds
divided into beds. The natives, according
to the kind of culture employed, divide
tobaccos into two sorts white and green.
The former is used for smoking and the
latter for snuff. Smoking tobacco is but
little watered. Its stalks., cut off with the
leaves, are left to dry n the field for two
or three davs, and then the leaves are
torn off and closely packed in a pit, where
they ferment under a covering of carpet
or some silken stuff. After eight or 10
days tho tobacco is taken from the pit,
left to dry for some time in the air and
then packed in sacks. An acre yields from
1300 to 1600 pounds. In Central Asia to
bacco is smoked almost exclusively from
narghilehs.
Snuff tobacco is heavily watered every
second week. The stalks, cut down with
the leaves, are hung to dry in the shade,
after which the leaves are torn off and
pounded in mortars to a powder. Part of
the tobacco thus prepared is used as snuff
and part Is chewed. A few years ago at
tempts were made to introduce Turkish
and American tobaccos, but tho cultiva
tion of the new varieties extended but lit
tle, and altogether among Russian plant
ers, although tho Turkish varieties grew
well and yielded excellent crops.
It Is just as difficult to disturb the
fixed habits of the people of Central Asia
in the direction of improved agricultural
methods as it is to shake their Oriental
calm in any other way. The Russians
therefore have had a trying task before
them in their efforts to develop the agri
culture of their southern provinces. When
to that condition one adds the Russian
agricultural methods themselves, In the
most productive parts of the empire, are
by no means the most advanced, and that
the work in Central Asia has to be urged
by men who have learned abroad what
ought to be done, pvercomlng the inertia
of their own countrymen as well as that
of the Asiatics, It becomes all the more
evident that great credit Is due to the
energetic for what has been accomplished,
and that these provinces some da will
be important contributors to the world's
market suply of the staples which may be
produced In them.
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SYMPATHY FORTHE BOERS
SPEECHES AND RESOLUTIONS OF
NEW YORK MEETING.
Congressmen! DcArmond and. Cochran
Were Among the Orators of
the Bvenlngi
NEW YORK, Jan. 29. A mammoth pro
Boer meeting was held tonight In the
Grand Central Palace. It was called to
express American sympathy for the South
African republics. Another object was the
raising of funds to care for the ill and
wounded within the Boer lines. Ex-Judge
George M. Van Hoesen was the presiding I
officer. On the platform were more than
100 vice-presidents of the New York com
mittee to aid the "United Republics." It
was this committee which called this
meeting.
The Grand Central Palace was filled to
Its capacity. The Boer, Free State and
American colors were conspicuous in the
decorations. Letters of regret wero read
from Governor Charles S. Thomas, of Col
orado; E. D. Warfleld, of Lafayette col
lege, Easton, Pa. ; Senator George L. Wel
lington, of Maryland, and others.
Senator Wellington was to have been
one of the speakers. He expressed sincere
regret that the state of his health would
not allow him to attend the meeting.
The first speaker of the evening was
Congressman David DeArmond, of Mis
souri, who, in mentioning some of the rea
sons why we should sympathize with the
Boers, spoke of the causes of sentiment.
In this connection he said:
k"There Is no special tongue or particu
lar language that can ally us to tyranny.
Liberty Is the dream and aspiration, the
noblest hopo of all who ever dreamed or
hoped for advancement."
Continuing, Congressman DeArmond
spoke of the talk concerning the alliance
with England by the United States. The
mention of this subject was greeted with
hisses.
"No British alliance for us," he re-
marked. It was fully five minutes before
Chairman Van Hoesen could restore or
der, i
This speaker was followed by Congress
man Charles F. Cochran, also of Missouri.
This speaker mentioned in sarcastic terms
the fact that England Is often spoken of
as "the mother of civilization." He then
alluded to the Boers and their fighting
qualities, and declared that they were
now fighting the battle of humanity.
"Why -, should England be called tho
mother of civilization?" he continued.
"What has she ever civilized? What has
she done for the Boers? What did she do
for India? Now, there Is Alaska; there
never was any dispute about the bound
ary line, up there until a gold mine was
discovered. It is the same way in South
Africa. This mother of civilization took
no interest in that part of South Africa
until diamond mines were discovered. Then
this pirate nation and gold thief stepped In
and began a war not for the sake of
civilization and liberty."
The speaker referred to the battle at
Splonkop, and was greeted with cheers.
Ho said:
"When in the agony of thinking of the
temerity of that handful of Boers going
Into this battle, I prayed God that they
might hold out long enough so that the
prlco of 'grapo' might be raised in the
London markets. There Is a God who ever
rules battles, and I trust that to him It
may seem well that the cause of liberty
and not of tyranny may achieve victory
in this unholy war."
In closing. Congressman Cochran said:
"Let us give the lie to the brazen assump
tion that in any portion of the United
States there exists any sympathy for this
unholy crusade."
The following resolutions wero unani
mously adopted:
"That every nation has a right to form
and regulate Its own laws and institutions
to suit Itself.
"That the law of naturalization Is a
matter In which no nation has any right
to control or interfere with any other na-
tlon.
"That the right of a nation to regulate
its own affairs does not depend upon the
number of its population, or upon the ex
tent of Its territory.
"That tho right of the South African
republic to regulate Its own affairs, was
not diminished by the convention of 18S4.
"That the naturalization law of the
South African republic is today more lib
eral than the naturalization law of Great
Britain, because in England the home sec
retary has the power to refuse Naturali
zation in any case without giving a rea
son. "That It is morally wrong and politically
absurd to aid and abet England In her
wrong-d&Ing because she will lose prestige
if she fail in her Iniquitous attempt to
steal and annex the territory of the South
African republic.
"That the much-vaunted English civili
zation has failed to produce a better sol
dier than thp Boer, a more willing tiller
of the soil, a man more vigorous, a Chris
tian more devout, a patriot more unselfish;
a citizen better able to protect his home.
"That the South African republic de
serves to be free.
"That wo request the president to see
to It that the feeling of the American
people with respect to this most wicked
war Is made known to the British min
istry; and we further request him not to
wait until both combatants ask him to act
as arbitrator, but to proffer his services.
"That a copy of the resolutions be sent
to the president of the United States, and
to every senator and representative In
congress."
Tnxpa j er' Meeting:.
SALEM, Or., Jan. 29. A special meet'ng
of the taxpayers of the school district was
held in the city hall tonight to. consider
the report of the board of directors and to
levy a tax. The report showed the re
ceipts and expenditures of the district,
from March 6, 1S99, to January 1, 1900, to
have been:
Receipts.
General fund $J8,'.50
Repair fund 2,485
The outstanding indebtedness
Expend.
I3S.581
1972
is $7655
Estimates of expenses from the 1st inst,
to July 1 were $15,542, of which nearly
i $11,000 Is for teachers' salaries. The total
valuation of taxable property for 1S99 Is
$2,221,381. The bond Indebtedness is $43,650.
The board recommended the establish
ment of a 10th grade In the schools, and
a tax of 7 mills, 6 for school purposes and
1 to furnish a new heater for the East
school. The sentiment of a majority of
the taxpayers was against the establish
ment of a 10th grade, and, on motion of
Says Dr. Pancoast, "is one of the
surest indications of a diseased
condition of the Kidneys."
men and women dying daily from
of the kidneys to properly perform
Dr. W. H. Byrd. the recommendation was
rejected by a vote of 36 to 9. The tax for I
the purpose of furnishing the heater was
rejected, for It was found that it would
have to be raised to 1 mills. In its place
a tax of mill for repairs' was levied.
Governor Geer today received a letter
from Municipal Judge Hennessy, of Port-
land, recommending for pardon a young
man whom the judge recently sentenced
to a term in the Multnomah county jail
Tho prisoner, it was learned after sen
tence, was weak mentally. The letter wa3
accompanied by an affidavit from the
boy's father, who lives at Cottage Grove.
stating that he (the boy) had once been
confined In an Ohio asylum.
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OUT IN THE FIRST ROUND.
Matty Matthews Victorious Over Kid
McFnrtland.
NEW YORK. Jan. 29. A right-hand lead
landing fairly on the jaw knocked Kid Mc-
Partland down and out in the first of
what was to have been a 20-round bout
at catch-weights tonight at the Hercules
j Athletic Club, Brooklyn. Matty Matthews
was the kid's adversary, and Matty was
the man who landed the knock-out blow.
McGovcrn Knocked Oat Ward.
BALTIMORE, Jan. 29. Terry McGovern
knocked out Jack Ward, of Newark, be
fore the Eureka Club, tonight In two min
utes and 5 seconds. The men were booked
to go 20 rounds.
Heavy-Welghts Fonght n Draw.
MURPHYSBORO. 111., Jan. 29. Jim Hall,
the Australian heavy-weight, and Tommy
Dixon, an Illinois heavy-weight, fought 20
rounds to a draw tonight at the Lucer
opera-house.
THE RUNNING RACES.
Yesterday's Winners at OaJiland and
New Orleans.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29. The weath
er was line and the track slow at Oakland.
The results were:
Oatra-n -f itrlrinn.c cpHlm TlnTnrp wnn.
I Schiller second, Correct tnird; time, l:2Sfc.
Futurity course, selling Redwald won,
(Harry Thatcher second, Bendoran third;
time. 1:1221.
Six furlongs May W. won, Clonsllla
second, Monrovia third; time, 1:14.
Mile and an eighth Torlbio won, Red
Pirate second, Imperious third; time,
l:53&.
Seven furlongs Colonel Root won, Mea
dowlark second, Owyhee third; time,
1.2S4.
One mile F. W. Brode won, Anjou
second, Bathos th'rd; time, 1:42.
Races in- New Odeani.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 29. The weather
was cold and the track fast. The results
were:
Selling, seven furlongs Zanetta won.
Colonel Cassldy second, Tobe Payne third;
time, 1:28-34.
Handicap, six furlongs Flueron won,
Sidney Lucas second. Kindred third; t-me,
1:15&.
Selling, mile and an eighth Phydias
won. Underwood second, Jennie F. third;
time, 1:56.
Handicap, one mile Andes won, Koenlg
second, Tom Middleton third; t-me, 1:41.
Selling, mile and 20 yards Bright Night
won. Cathedral second, Joe Dougherty
third; time, 1:43.
Selling, mile and an eighth Moncrelth
won. Can I See 'Em second. Topgallant
third; time, 1:57.
Saratoga Stake Events.
NEW YORK, Jan. 29. Seventeen stakes
to be run this season over the Saratoga
track are announced by the association,
entries for which close March 1.
Those provided for 3-year-olds and up
wards are the Beverwlck handicap at a
mile; the Citizens' and Merchants han
dicap, at one mile and a sixteenth; the
Spencerhandicap, at a mile and an eighth;
the Kearney handicap heat race, at three
quarters of a mile; the Kensington hotel
hurdle handicap and the Saratoga
steeplechase handicap.
Three stakes for 3-year-olds are as fol
lows: The Madden stakes, at one mile;
the Falrview stud stakes, with selling
allowances, at one mile, and the Hendrle
stakes for fillies, at one mile and a
sixteenth.
Eight events are confined to 2-year-olds,
these being: The Grand Union Hotel
stakes, a double event of $60C0 each, with
penalties and allowances, at three-quarters
of a mile; the Flelschman stakes, at
five furlongs; the Mumm handicap, at I
three-quarters of a mile; the Pepper
stakes, at 5 furlongs; the Lemp handi
cap, at five furlongs; the Congress Hall
stakes, at five furlongs; the McGrathlana 1
stakes for fillies and geldings, at five fur- I
longs, and the Worden stakes, for fillies,
at five furlongs.
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IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
Judge Kohlsaat So Decides Illinois
Anti-Trcst Law.
CHICAGO. Jan. 29. Judge C. C. Kohl
saat, in the United States circuit court,
today decided the anti-trust act of the
Illinois legislature of 1S93 void, on the
ground that the statute contains both
class and special legislation, and Is in i
contravention of the federal and the state
constitutions.
The ruling was made In the case of tho
Union Sewer Pipe Company agajnst
Thomas Connelly, but applied as well to
the case of the same plaintiff against
William Dee, the two causes having been
tried conjointly. The court took the case
from the jury and gave Instructions that
the finding be in favor of the plaintiff.
Tho Union Sewer Pipe Company brought
suit to recover upon promissory notes
given by the defendants, who contended
that the plaintiff had a trust or combina
tion organized for the express purpose
of creating and carrying out restrictions
in trade. The court sajs:
"The statute of July 1, 1S93. provides
in section 9 that the provisions of this
act shall not apply to agricultural pro
ducts or livestock while in the hands of
the producer or raiser. I am of the opin
ion that this statute contains both class
and special legislation, and Is In contra
vention of both the state and federal
constitutions, and Is. therefore, void. It
Is urged that granting the unconstitution
ality of said ninth clause,, It may be de
clared without affecting the validity of
the remaining clauses of said act. If
this were so, then by declaring said clause
void, the courts would make the act bind
ing upon those classes of persons within
the state which the legislature had spe
cially exempted from its provkons. This
would be judicial legislation of the most
flagrant character. In my opinion the
said clause 9 kills the who'e act and ren
ders it all void. Therefore, special de
fense must be stricken out."
The matter will be argued in that court J
"heart failure" is appalling,
their functions, extra work
as soon as possible, and probably will b
taken to the United States supreme court.
Opinions "differ as to whether Judga
Kohlsaat's decision leaves the state with
out anti-trust law3. It Is held by soma
lawyers that the act of 1893 did not super
sede that of 1S91. and that the latter statr
t ute Is still In force. Judge Kohlsaat did
not touch upon this point in his decision.
The advance sheets of the last Illinois re
ports treat the laws as separate statutea.
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The Peralta Land Case.
SAJf FRANCISCO, Jan. 29. In a flecto
lon rendered today, Judge Hawley, of tho
United States district court, upheld tha
decision of the United States district court
in 1S59 on the Peralta land grant case.
Mrs. Mary Gwln, one of the Peralta heirs,
petitioned to have the case reviewed, con
tending that the decision of 1S60 did not
include certain lands now known as the
San Antonio or Oakland estuary, ana"
now valued nt many millions of dollars,
including $5,000,000 of Improvements and
51.000.COO worth of government work, be
sides the land value of the property.
Judge Hawley decided against Mrs. Gwln,
he declaring that the whole proposition
had been passed upon by Judge Hoffman
in 1859, and albo that, in allowing the casa
to repose for 40 years, it had reached a
state of laches, and that litigation, if tho
case was reopened, might continue Indefi
nitely. o
Free Concert Tonight.
A concert will be given tonight at tha
Th'rd Street Mission and Men's Resort.
Following is the programme:
Piano solo Miss Rasmussen
Recitation Miss Grace
Vocal duet... Misses Mathews and Spencer
Baton-swinging Mr Rebe
Recitation Miss Sharner
Vocal duet.Messrs. Rasmussen and Hopfer
Recitation ...Mr. Shearer
Vocal solo .Miss Spencer
Instrumental duet Misses Lighty
The concert is given by the King's
Daughters of St. John's church, and
promises to be a treat. There is- free ad
mission and everybody la welcome.
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Orcson Postmasters.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 29. Representa
tive Moody has secured tho establishment
of a postoffice at Beech Creek. Grant
county, and the appointment of James T.
Berry as postmaster; also the appoint
ment of James Armstrong, postmaster at
Svenson, and Mrs. Ella McPherson, at
Keasey.
Representative Tongue has secured tha
appointment of Joseph Winters as post
master at Hulit, and B. F. Green at
Warner Lake.
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Plafrne at Rosario.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. Secretary of
the Navy Long received th followmg to
day from Admiral Schley, commanding tha
South Atlantic squadron:
"Puerto Ensenada, Jan. 23, Bubon'o
plague Is officially reported to be epi
demic at Rosario, a distance of 190 miles.
Squadron sails for Montevideo."
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