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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1900. NOT FOR EXPANSION Judge Taft, of Philippine Com mission, States His Views AT A COMPLIMENTARY DINNER Dmt the Spnnl&U War Brougrh Us Re sponsibilities Tliat Cannot Be Shirked. CINCINNATI, March 5. The compll mentayr dinner given tonight at the Queen City Club to Judge William H. latt, the recently appointed president of the .Philippine Commission, by his friends and neighbors, was unique in Its elegance and In its good-will. The hundred sub stantial citizens who took this method of bidding farewell to their friend included the representative men of Cincinnati. .ILK. Ingalls, president of the Big Four Railroad Company, presided as toastmas ter. After speaking in a happy vein of Judge Taft and his great mission, he In troduced Judge William R. Day, ex-Secretary of State, who responded to the sentiment, "The Spanish - American Treaty." In the course of his address he eald: "No man In this day of rapid changes can define a policy which shall control and limit the action of any great govern ment In the world. It Is our duty to deal with each problem as It arises. When the United States had, by every consti tutional guarantee, acquired title to the Philippines Islands, it was the duty of the President of the United States to use the army and navy to restore peace and order and to repel the attacks of the mis guided people, who, even before the treaty was ratified, had attacked with arms the soldiers of the United States. Now, since that Insurrection seems practically ended, the United States enters upon the crown ing duty of giving to these people a just, stable and free government." Judge Day dwelt upon the very difficult task set before the new commission, and in conclusion spoke In highest praise of the honor and ability of Judge Taft. Judge Day's speech was heartily ap plauded. He was followed by Governor Nash. The next speaker. Judge Judson Har mon, who was Attorney-General under the last Cleveland Admlnlstratlo'n, and tvhose association with Judge Taft at the Cincinnati bar has been contempo raneous, created a sensation In his open ing sentence, though It was understood the company had not been chosen with the view of political harmony. Judge Harmon in part said: "If you had met to approve the general course of the Government with respect to the Philippines, I should not be here. For a hundred years we contented our selves with words of sympathy for peo ples struggling, as wo once struggled, for freedom and Independence. Here, for the first time, an opportunity came to help In such a struggle without breaking our settled policy. We joined ranks with the native patriots against the common enemy. Whether any one made or was authorized to make protests to them Is of no consequence. Our history and prin ciples are of perpetual promise; and no one will deny that when the Filipinos joined forces with us they believed that success would mean the fulfillment of their hpes. . . . "When wo camo to terms of peace It was our duty to put an end to the claims of Spain. As to all territory except a few square miles, these were the barest of pretensions, but Spain's need and oth ers' greed might make a speculative as set of them, to the injury of our allies. This was the only possible Justification 2 or the .direction or our commissioners to purchase these claims, and we naturally expected some declaration of trust. So did our allies. But It soon turned out that instead of buying off the king of Spain, the Government bought him out and pro posed to realize on the Investment. Our only real war followed a war which a word would have avoided if our Govern ment had been willing to say It, and whose victories aroused no gladness in our people like those over Spain. The government got absolutely nothing by the treaty with Spain, except color of title to a small part of the territory and conse quent color of right to make war on the inhabitants, without action of Congress. Whatever it now holds (save what It got by treaty with the sultan of Sulu), It has acquired by conquest from, them and not otherwise, and it Is still engaged in perfecting and extending such conauest. We now hear the usual plea of the doers or the doubtful thing the deed Is done. it Is too late to discuss IL . . . "It is never too late to retract a mls sipp, to right or undo a wrong. If the people ffaall decide that no nation Is good enough to rule another nation without the other nation's consent; if they shall re member what it cost us to cast out the heresy that the great principles of liberty did not apply to black men. and shall re fuse to re-embrace it as to brown ones; if they shall conclude that this country cannot long exist part vassal and part free, as they found It could not exist part slave and1 part free; then there will be no difficulty In doing what we ought to have done In the beginning leave the Filipinos to manage their own affairs, and serve notice on the world that they are under our protection." Judge Harmon declared that the ques tion would never be settled until it was settled right. In the meantime, ho said, it was the duty of the United States to provide a government for the islands. While the President's right to make reg ulations In tjie nature of laws is doubtful, Judge Harmon said his right and duty to provide agencies for enforcing the laws are clear. The silence which marked the opening remarks by Judge Harmon was intense. At length, when applause broke out, it was followed by a remark In the room, "Just four of you." But when Judge Har mon declared the duty of the Government to be the establishment of a protectorate over the islands, the applause was con tinued. He produced .undisguised surprise when he hinted that one of the best quali fications of Judge Taft for this mission was the fact that he was not an expan sionist. Judge Taft. who followed, spoke for about an hour, devoting much time to his associates of the Cincinnati bar. the Cin cinnati University and municipal and state politics, and with feeling words of thanks for the tributes of his rrfends. Com'.ng to the topic of the Philippines, he said in part: "Tho commission is not organized. Its members have never conferred together, I speak, therefore, for myself alone. Like Judge Harmon, and unlike Chairman In galJs, I am not now and never have been an expansionist. I have always hoped that the Jurisdiction of our Nation would not extend beyond territory between the two' oceans. We have not solved all the. problems of popular Government so per fectly as to justify our voluntarily seeking more difficult ones abroad. With refer ence to Judge Harmon, I do not think in this instance that we have voluntarily sought them. Circumstances beyond our control, the sequel of the Spanish war, have thrust on us responsibility for the future government of the Philippines. The proposition is vigorously denied by high minded and conscientious men, and some with a fury of superlative and epithet that Is hardly consistent with a judicial attitude or an impartial consideration of the question. My conviction is that the calm Investigation of the future historian into all tho conditions- existing at the time of taking each step toward the present situation In the Philippines will lead him to conclude that President McKinley and his administration selected in each crisis tho only alternative which a due regard to our Natlona and international obliga tions would permit." iudgc Taft was frequently interrupted with applause. At the close of Ms ad dress the entire assembly arose and Joined In cheers for the distinguished 1 guest of the evening. The presentation of a handsome silver loving cup to Judge Taft closed the exer cises, and the guests departed alter sing ing "America." SENATORIAL ELECTIONS. Most Interesting: Contests Are la the Silver States. WASHINGTON, Feb. 23. There Is much Interest in the coming senatorial elections, and nearly every man- whose term will expire next March ls of course a candi date. In many instances it Is only a ques tion of the man's desire to return to suc- ceeed himself. But there are some very in teresting complications. There are 27 Senators who have to run the gauntlet of election. Martin of Virginia. Gear of Iowa, McLaurln of Mississippi, and Black burn of Kentucky, have already been elected. In Nebraska there are two Sena tors to be elected by the coming Legis latures, one to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Hayward, and the other to succeed Thurston. Thurston himself Is no't a candidate, but George D. Melklejohn, Assistant Secretary of War, Is a candi date, and Representative Mercer of that State is also in the field on the KepuD llcan side. Allen will be a candidate on the Fusion ticket, and Bryan for the other place, if he ls not elected to the presidency. The most Interesting contests of course are in the silver States, where Shoup, Carter and Wolcott are battling for re election. All are candidates and will make the fight, and probably If their party should win will be successful. Senators Baker, of Kansas, and Warren, of Wyom ing, will also have considerable of a fight getting back. An Interesting case is that of Senator Hoar, who Is a candidate to succeed himself, and who opposes the Republican policies, with the exception of tho money and tariff questions. The probabilities are, though, that on ac count of his long service, and the fact that New England rarely 'changes able Senators, he will be returned without very much opposition. Of the opposition senators, an interest ing fight centers around Morgan of Ala bama, "who ls being opposed by Governor Johnson, and both sides claim success. Morgan's pronounced opposition to his party on many Issues relating to expan sion and the annexation of Hawaii and the Philippines, and other great national Issues, has brought down a great deal of opposition to him. But his opponent has catered to the negro vote, and that is sufficient in that State to defeat him. Turley of Tennessee will be opposed by Governor McMillan, of that State. Mc Millan is one of those men who have contracted the habit of running for the Senate and always being defeated, and the probabilities are that Turley will be re-elected. Caffery will probably be sup planted by a Silver Democrat. One of the most interesting features of the fight will be the effort that anti-expansionists. Sil ver Republicans and Populists, and all sorts and conditions of general cussed noss are making to return Pettlgrew of South Dakota. Governor Llnd, who was in Washington some time ago, says that Pettlgrew will be re-elected In that State, but Llnd probably knows very little about IL Another interesting fight is that be ing made by Butler to return as a Popu list from North Carolina. It is already admitted, though, that he is going to join the Republicans In the hope of getting back. Bailey of Texas Is fichtJnc: for tho seat occupied by Chilton, and the chances are about even. It ls not known whether Chandler Is going to make another effort to be re elected. His health is none the best, and his break with the party on the silver question has made It very doubtful wheth er he could be re-elected. His friends say that if he should go out and make an earnest canvass Jie would be able to win. but It ls doubtful if he will even make tho race. Besides those mentioned above, among the Republicans who are almost certain to be re-elected are: Elklns of West Vir ginia, Fry of Maine. McMillan of Michi gan, Nelson of Minnesota, Sewell of New Jersey, Wetmore of Rhode Island. Dem ocrats who are considered certain to be returned are: Bacon of Georgia, Berry of Arkansas, and Tillman of South Carolina. Elklns. Republican, may have something of a hard fight In his state. It Is general ly believed that Cullom. Republican, will be elected In Illinois, although the situa tion is somewhat mixed. No one can tell what the result will be in Delaware, and If the Democrats win. It ls more than like ly that somebody else, than Kenney will be sent to the Senate. THE RUNNING RACES. Yesterday's "Winners at Oakland and New Orleans. SAN FRANCISCO, March 5. The weath er was showery at Oakland, and the track heavy. The results were: Five and a half furlongs Isallna won, Pldalla second, Louise Hayman third; time, 1:10. Futurity course, selling Boundlee won, Clarando second, Orion third; time, 1:124. Half mile Lucidia won, Combermere second. Carilee third; time. 0:504 One mile, selling Scotch Plain won, Sll vertone second. Perseus third; time, 1:43. Mile and a sixteenth, selling Horton won, Bishop Reed second, Morlnet third; time. 1:49... Six furlongs, selling Ben Ledl won. Cor morant second, Pomplno third; time, 1:514. Races at Xevr Orleans.' NEW ORLEANS, March 5. The results of the races were: Six furlongs, selling Lomond won, Wed ding Guest finished second, but was dis qualified; Azua second, Tildee third; time, 1:15. Seven furlongs Cherry Head won, Tobe Paine second, J. E. Cline third; time 1:274. Mile and an eighth, selling Donna Rita won, Jimp second, Pat Garrett third; time. 1:564. Mile and a half, handicap Sidney Lucas won. Strangest second, Kyrat third; time,. 2:44$i. Mile, selling Sea .Knight won. Loyalty second. Miss Ross third; time, 1:414. Six and a half furlongs Lady Callahan won, Maggie Davis second, Tyran third; time, 1:22. Ten-Round Draw. DENVER, March 5. Walter Nolan, of Chicago, and Billy Lewis, of Denver, fought a 10-round draw before the Olym pic Athletic Club here tonight. A Bicycle Revival Year. Leslie's Weekly. Manufacturers of bicycles predict that lDOO Is to be the greatest year for their business that this country has ever seen, and they base their predictions on the size of the orders already received. The West especially Is sending In b'g orders. Good roads In the prairie districts and tho pros perity of the farms account for It. While the well-paved cities of the East and West are pretty well supplied with machines, countless farm lands In tho agricultural regions of tho West and South are having their first experience with the bicycle, and this development of the trade bids fair to reach enormous proportions In 1SO0. A well-known bicycle expert figures that for every mile of good road constructed a sale of from 10 to 20 bicycles In its vicinity can be expected. p Loyal In Spite of the Incubus. . Kansas City Journal. Nevertheless and notwithstanding, Kan sas City will give her vote to the nominees of the Philadelphia convention. 4 a .i Headache Makes Yoh DiUI. Drive It away with Wright's Paragon Eleadache and Neuralgia Cure. Druggists. THE COUPLING BROKE BAD COLLISION BETWEEN FREIGHT TRAINS. TWO Tvrenty Stoclcroen and Trainmen In jured Miners' "Train Hun Into by a-Freight. CHICAGO, March 5. Twenty stockmen and railroad employes -were Injured -in a freight collision today between two Illi nois Central freight trains near Broad view, a few miles out of Chicago. The Injured are: Joseph HoDbs, Marcus, la., may die; Frank I. McCall, brakeman, Freepbrt, 111., may die; E. E. Arwell, Manchester; J. B. Counsell, Dyeravllle, la., lefc thigh fractured; Edward Taeger, Prlngahara, la., scalp wound and left arm fractured; Charles Peters, Mattock, la., head cut, arm and legs bruised; H. B. Emerson, Manchester, la., scalp wound and right hand "broken; J. J. Collins, conductor, face and head cut; J. A. Clark, Elmhurst, 111., nose broken, head severely cut; J. H. Dunne, Marcus, la., left shoulder and knee dislocated; W. R. Spear, brakeman, Dubuque, la., ankle broken,, head cut; Joseph Bernard. Anton, la., right wrist broken, scalp wound; S. M. Wlxlel. scalp wounds and both legs bruised; H. O, Booth, Sioux Falls, S. D., left foot frac tured and head cut; Peter J. Badle, Mat tox, la., feet broken and head and back bruised; G. B. Slater, Sioux Falls. S. D., hands and feet cut; J. W. Bryant, Cleg horn, la., left leg cut and right arm broken; W. E. Brazell, Ottawa, la., bruised about head and body; Thomas McMahon, Qulncy, la., three ribs of left side "broken; E. A. Wilkinson, Qulncy, la., hip dislocated and chest and back bruised. The two trains had been running about a mile apart. While climbing a long grade a coupling-pin In the middle of the head train broke. The rear section start ed down the back grade. It struck the engine of the on-coming freight train. Both trains were on the way to Chicago from Western Iowa, and were made up mostly of loaded stock cars with a caboose and passenger coach for the stockmen. All the passengers were asleep In the day coach. The occupants of the caboose and coach were thrown violently from their seats to the floor of the cars. The ca boose telescoped the coach, pinning a num ber of the unfortunate passengers In the debris. Fire broke out Immediately, and the in jured were In great danger of roasting alive. By hard work on the part of the uninjured passengers and the train crew, all were removed in safety. The cars, were almost totally consumed. The wounded were loaded Into an empty box car and taken to Broad View, where they were given medical attention by the one physician of the village, and the women of the neighborhood, and later were brought to Chicago and placed In the Illi nois Central Hospital. MIXERS' TRAIN "WRECKED. Two Men Killed and Forty Severely "Wounded. BRAZIL, Ind.. March 5. A miners' train, carrying 4C0 workmen employed at the mines north of hero to their home In this city, was run Into by a local freight train on the Chicago & Eastern Illinois at 6 o'clock this evening, and the ca boose and two cars were shattered. Mel vln Easter and Charles Cropey -were In stantly killed, and more than 40 persons were reverely wounded, several of whom will die. Among the Injured are: Thomas Bar rowman, "both legs broken; John Dickson, back broken; Thomas Davis, both arms broken: John Little, arm broken. The wreck occurred in a deep cut in the center of a short curve. The rail road company sent a special train and brought the wounded to this city. All the vehicles obtainable at the livery sta bles and carriages from private homes were secured to take the men to their respective homes. Hundreds of women gathered at the depot and grasped their maimed and bleeding husbands and broth ers In their arms when they were carried from the train. $ Killed at n Crossing:. CHICAGO. March 5. William H. Ferry, owner ol the Lake Forest Polo Grounds, was Instantly killed last night while crossing the tracks of the Northwestern Railroad at the Lake Forest depot. Mr. Ferry was waiting for the Chicago train when the accident happened. Mr. Ferry also owned a large ranch in California, which he visited at Intervals. He was for many years a real estate dealer In Chicagp, although he had not maintained offices here for some time. Mr. Ferry's father presented Ferry Hall to Lake For est University. He was at one time owner of large blocks of stock In the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad. SOLAR ENERGY. The Sun's Power In the Mineral and Vegetable Kingdoms. PORTLAND, Feb. 26. (To the Editor.) In a far-off time our earth was doubt less a glowing star, which shone as bril liantly as do now the sun and the fixed stars. But In process of time It cooled from a gaseous to a liquid form, in obe then assumed a spherical form. In obe dience to the same law which rounds a drop of dew. Its atmosphere comprised not only the gases that compose our pres ent atmosphere, but all the oxygen and carbon now locked up In rocks and coal measures of tho earth;. also vast quanti ties of mineral matter vapor'zed by fierce heat, and. In the form of superheated steam, all the water which now fills tho ocean. The air, thus dense with moisture and metallic vapor, rested on an ocean of fire. Ages passed, and the earth cooling as its heat became changed to other forms of force, began to show on its surface patches of solid substance like the films that first appear on the cooling of molten iron. This was constantly rent asunder by eruptions from the molten mass be neath. Torrents of liquid lava poured forth In a fiery flood over the solid crust furrowed with enormous clefts and cracks. As the earth continued to4 cool, a time ar rived when the heat was not sufficient to support the waters In the form of vapor. The steam was precipitated boiling hot upon the heated earth. Revaporized, it ascended, only to be condensed and return as rain. The human mind can only imag ine that scenic description by looking Into a 200-ton smelter under a full blast and seeing the lashing Into a fury, a perfect tempest, a roaring geyser, the red flame of fire shooting forth from the yawning chasm, and fragments of molten rock, with clouds of ashes, are borne aloft; In cessant flashes of l'ght evoked by the vast chemical changes which are taking place In that seething caldron. A scene like this can only picture to the mind what our earth once was the power of those mighty energies there In action, and seeing the elements rushing Into combina tion. The crust of our globe consists al most wholly of burnt material. Our gran ites, sandstone, and lime rocks are the cinders of that great primeval fire, and the atmosphere of oxygen the residue left after the general conflagration left be cause there was nothing more to burn, and whatever of combustible material, wood, coal, sulphur or metal, now exist ing on the surface of the earth has been recovered from the wreck of that first conflagration by the action of the sun's rays. One-half of all known material consists of oxygen, and of tho surface of the earth. Combination with oxygen Is the only state of rest. In the process of vege table growth, the sun's rays have the power of freeing from their combination hydrogen and carbon atoms, and from these aro formed the numberless' sub- stances of which both the vegetable and animal organism consists. From these materials, nature has -made her coal beds, and supplies her petroleum wells, and out of these materials man has been able to separate the useful metals from their ores. Amid all these varied phenomena the one element which reappears In all ls energy, and oxygen the principal. A careful analysis of the conditions will show, that it ls just as truly the sun's en ergy which parts the iron and copper from- its combination in the ore. as it ls the solar powe'r which parts the .carbon from the carbonic dioxide In the leaf. The combustibles are for the most part compounds of few elements, carbon, hy drogen, sulphur and phosphorus, including the elementary substances themselves. Hero I am asked, what ls combustion, and what Is the process? I answer, It Is two atoms of oxygen picking up one atoiq of carbon or other substance and carry ing It off. In other words. It Is a mode of motion, the conveyance of a substance from a warmer medium to a colder one. The energy ls displayed by the Intensity of Its motion, and this Is the theory of the hot-air blast of the smelter. By the aid of tho blower It sucks from the stock the unconsumed smoke and gas, conveys it through the tuyeres to the body of the furnace, where It Is consumed by burn ing It over and over again with oxygen, divesting the theat of all its poisonous vapors. Take, If you please, a lump of i?"' 7,s i i I " T?t ? I"?, sulphur. Ignite it, and when It ls Just in a jar of oxygen. It at once burns up with great brilliancy. Take now a simi lar lump of sulphur, set It on fire, wait until It ls burning well, and then plunge It Into a jar of nitrous oxide. It at once goes out, and why should it? There is more than twice as much oxygen In the nitrous oxide as In the air. The reason. Is the oxygen atoms are bound to the atom of nitrogen by a certain force, which the sulphur at this temperature ls unable to overcome. But just heat the sulphur to a higher temperature, like the hot-air blast of a smelter; it at once bursts Into great brilliancy, and burns in the com pound as well as In the jar of oxygen gas. The nitrogen In the atmosphere ls Inert, and when the atmosphere Is heated to a high temperature the oxygen works alone, and would burn the Iron and other metals like chaff did they not sink below the melted elag, and this Is the theory of the pyritlc smelter. There Is. nothing new about this process. The application ls old, and ls used In many of the Iron smelters to obtain a greater heat. We measure heat by the temperature, by a thermometer, but we must be careful not to confound temperature, which Is a con dition, with quantity of heat, which, like any other mode of energy which ls meas ured in heat units. Is caloric. We take pure water as the standard, and the amount of heat required to raise the tem perature of one grain of water from zero to one degree centigrado we call a unit, a calorie, and the number of units or calories aro found bymultlplylng the weight of water in grains by the number of centi grado degrees, -which expresses the rise of temperature. We have now a stand ard with which we can compare the quan tities of heat required to raise the temper ature of any substance one degree, and these quantities are what we call the specific heat. Most of our Iron ores are the oxides carrying 30 per cent of oxygen to 70 per cent of metallic Iron, and under the heat of 2SO0 deg. Fahrenheit the oxy gen combines with carbon of the fuel, forming carbon dioxide, and sets the Iron free. J. H. FISK. The Man "With the Hoe Speaks. C Boa Dougherty, in New York Sun. Say I Tou Mister Poet. From the far and wide, "What are you glvln' us? What's this you're a-joyln'T And what do you mean With all this far-flune Talk About the weight of centuries ( tjpoii' my back? "" "What d'ye take me for Atlao? Tm not doln' the hull thing Alone; There are others. True, I don't purty much In my sabots And my Jeans, And the slant o my brow Is not the latest Grecian Cut. But the sweat upon it Comes frcra honest toll In the noil. I commune with God As others who have Trod Upon the boscm "Where nature keeps The wheel a-goin'. And thank Him Dally for the bread And the recompenso Of Hvln'. In His world. ' Whore the trumpet calls Of mornln' Salute my ears. And the bees In the clover. And the breath of the Dawn. And the whlsperln breeze. And Mary Jane And the kids Make me feel Like Trjin to be worthy Of my inheritance. There are times But what's the use a-sayla Anything about that? If I'd a ben A Village Hampden, Or a Millet. Like the farm Laborer ' Of Gruchy, who patnted me, I might o pulled out o this; But what'd become Of the farm. And the srowln' things. And who'd a sow'd And reaped,- And, brought forth The staff of life For the other half? The world's blind greed. And the tongue . Of censure Fill not my heart With menace; And I don't see The universe A-tremblln'. It's true I clipped A cog once. And was a Populist But the corn's a-growln'. And I'm back In The fold of my fathers, A thlnkln lets of beln' Plundered, profaned And disinherited Ey the lords and rulers Of the land. And the barons, an The plutocrats. They ain't a-worrltin' me For a mlnlt. Though slightly stoop-shouldered From bendln' over the dod- Gasted hoe, I can still raise My face to the sun, - Straighten up my shape. And feel the blessed Joy of Hvln', And the happiness that God wills To all HU creatures Here bslow. When I am A handful of forgotten dust, The future can reckon With me as it will. You take care It don't trwat you. o Expansion. Chicago Times-Herald. "Madam," said the agent, "I am selling a condensed history of the United States. May I show" "No." she Interrupted, "we don't want anything condensed. We've decided to give up our flat and take a house this Spring." There, are 7W men training for various athletic teams at Yale. the WHAT THE FIGURES SHOW REPORT ON OUR TRADE WITH ORI ENTAL NATIONS. How It Has Increased In" Recent Years and "Wnat It Promises lor the Future. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S. The commerce committee of the Senate, in one of its reports Intended to build up our trade with China and the Orient, quoted at length from a statement of Mr. George F. Page, an American of large business experience In Oriental countries, who has just returned from China, where he spent a year studying the commercial and indus trial conditions of that Empire In con nection with the sale of a large variety of American products. The following quo tations from that statement are given below: "The tendency among the importing merchants ls to favor Americans, first, because they have come within the past two years to believe In the ability of the American people to do the business; sec ond, because they like Americans, who practice a less cavalier manner In dealing with these people than ls customary with those from some other nations; and third, because, as they say. America ls not seek ing for any portion of China in a possible partition, nor even a 'sphere of Influence' if tho empire maintains Its integrity. "China's foreign commerce is alreauy considerable and growing rapidly. The following statement ls compiled from the latest published complete official statistics: "The total value of the exports of do mestic produce (merchandise only) from China in United States gold dollars was: In 1S6S 5 97.6S5,0:O In 1S77 9S.4C9.0CO In 1SS7 101.416.S94 In 1S97 127.531.0C0 "In 1S97 tho average export per capita was 32 cents. "The total value of merchandise Imports Into China for the same period, calculated In the same manner, was: In 1EC8 W&SOT Tn 1K77 11.CGS.0C0 In 1SS7 123.424.173 In 1S97 I.. 15S.207.000 "In 1S97 the average Imports per capita were 40 cents. "From the same statistical source It ap pears that of the $153,207,000 the British Empire furnished 7S.7 per cent (SISJ.d, 7S0); and tho United States furnished 6 1-7 per cent (9,703.435). Of this last sum 62 1-3 per cent was plain gray and white cotton cloth, 2S per cent was petroleum products, and only 9 1-6 per cent was gen eral merchandise, or a little less in value than 51,000.000. "If, now, we credit the British Empire with all the opium shipped Into China, this item amounts to: Opium J21.762.7S0 Plain gray and white cotton cloth 16,SS7,i Fancy cotton cloth Jj';?, Cotton yarns xSA'; General merchandise 59,&J0,ii3 "That Is to eay, in 1S97, the last year for which we have at hand complete and de tailed official statistics, the British Empire furnished China 12 5-6 times as many good3. In the total, as did the United States; and eliminating from the calculation opium, cotton cloth, cotton yarns and netrnlpum nrcducts. the British Empire supplied of all the rest 60 times as much as wo did. And yet we are nearer in geographical location to China than any other country except Japan, until Russia completes her Siberian Railway, unless Hong Kong be considered an export sta tion of the British Empire. Even then the Philippines will give us an export station substantially equivalent to iiong ivong. to say nothing of the vast resources of those Islands sot against the barren rock on which" Hong Kcng la located. "There is something wrong, or this great disparity In the commerce of the two na tions with China could not exist. Nor is this all. In 1S97 xhe exports from Japan to China exceeded those of tho United States by more than SO per cent; and our Imports from China during that year were 43 1-3 per cent greater than our exports to that country. "The extent of our shipping In Chinese -waters is a significant item. During the same year (1S97) we had 333 vessels, with a total tonnage of 270,000 tons, out of a total, of all kinds, of 44.500 vessels, and an aggregate tonnage of 34,000,000, or about three-fourths of 1 per cent of the whole. "We will now come to later dates, for thero aro some official statistics that are not complete In detail, and are published In a limited way, 'subject to revision.' From such statistics It appears that the total value of our exports to China in 1S9S were 5U.962.S28. a gain over 1S97 of 23 1-3 per cent scant. Instead of 40 per cent, as stated recently by some of the news papers, their error being due to an Incor rect valuation of the Haikwan tael, which was worth JO 7S in 1S97 and $0 697 in 1S9S. This gain of scant 23 1-3 per cent is a little less than the average of the last five years In 1S93 our exports to China were ?3.49S. 450, and the gain from that year to 1S9S. inclusive, averaged 234 per cent per year. During 1S9S the exports from Japan to China Increased t61,S71 99 more than those from the United States. "During the 10 months ending October 31, 3SS9, our gain In total exports to China over those of the corresponding months of 18SS were 19 1-3 per cent scant. Our imports from China for the same term increased 33 1-3 per cent; and our exports to the various Islands called Oceania 'n creased a little mere tnan 49.9 per cent. Of our total exports to China during tho last 10 months named, the Increase in cotton cloth over the sales for the samo 10 months of 1S97 was J2.4S4.295, a gain of 42 per cent, showing that petroleum prod ucts and "general merchandise" fell off J443.003. "It Is impossible to give the exact fig ures in the China soles of petroleum prod ucts, as they are combined with thoso in other Eastern countries. In all of which they aggregate an increase over the same term of 1S9S of a little more than 52 per cent. It is. therefore, apparent that the falling off In 'general merchandise' 13 in excess of J500.000. There ls surely some thing wrong or these figures would be im possible. "The wrong la not far to find. It in twofold: First. Ignorance, and second, mis management. The American manufactur ers and merchants are greatly lacking in their knowledge of tho men with whom and the conditions with which they have to deal: and until the needed Information Is acquired the columns of figures must continue to show atrainst us. Among the mistakes that result from Ignorance are tho sending of goods that. In kind or in some defect of manufacture, are not suit able to that market. There are also im proper methods of packing and wrong shipping. . . . "We need to acquire a complete knowl edge. In detail, of the demands, condi tions and tho possibilities of our trade in that Empire. There Is so much at stake that this knowlegc cannot be too compre hensive; the danger lies in superficial ity. . . . "The conditions and the times are ripe ust now for this work. The old order han ceosed. Whatever come; to the Chi nese Government, the neople are entering upon a new career. The transformation may be slow, but it -will be realized. One needs only to note the progress made dur ing the last decade to be convinced of this. Durlrg that time 10 milrs of railroad have extended to S50, and 3500 miles more are prospected. A single mill or shop with forflcrn machinery hns multiplied a hun dredfold in Shanghai alone. Ten thou sand mllea of inland waterways have been opened to universal steam navigation. In stead of one .-"tore carrving American canned gcodc. thv may be counted hy "cores and probnbly hy hundred?. One line of steamers from America, consisting of Door boats, hns become faur lines of modem verbis: and. as .coon as they can be bul1t. two i-'t'-amers lanrrr than any 1.iv aiiuub ur .itj j.n;i'-t- will U jJUL linw commission. Electric lights and electric CONSUMPTION PREVENTED, NOT CURED THE GREATEST BENEFACTION OF SCIENCE CHECKS DISEASE BEFORE IT REACHES THE LONGS. Doctor Copeland Again Urges the Truth of His Theory, the Only Sound Theory in Lung Disease, the Theory Proved a Thou sand Times, and Again a Thousand in His Practice, That the Only Proper Course, the Only Rational Course, the Only Scientific Course in the Treatment of Consumption Is to Cure the Catarrhal Stages. So much Interest has been aroused by the series of articles by Dr. Copeland on the relation of catarrh to consumption that he has, in the following talk, ex- plained what his experience has taught ? him In all the years of nis practice con- to tho lungs. Those people, even after corning catarrh and consumption. Dr. they have developed consumption, and find Copeland says I tnat the" stl11 take cold easily and havo "The great trouble that I find ls to ex- exaggerated catarrhal symptoms often plain to the people so they will under- ! try to persuade themselves that they ara stand the importance of taking care of , nlx suffering from catarrh, and that their their breathing apparatus, which is un- "83 not affected, doubtedly the most Important part of the. .. rtlDF FHD rnNIIMDTiniM body. While man may live quite a time Nt V,UKC TUK UJNaumrM IUN without food and without water, he dies J "j haVe spent as much time as any doc In a very few minutes when robbed of air. i tor that I know of in investigating all tha and If he does not get air in sufficient ' so-called cures of consumption. I find, quantity and of proper quality, he will after 20 years of Investigation, that thero suffer and linger along until he develops an incurable disease, from which he will die. It ls very hard to show the people how simple, common catarrh, which Is so prevalent, ls a forerunner of such senou3 consequences as bronchitis and consump tion. GREAT RISK TAKEN "I would like to appeal directly to every thinking person In the world with a posi tive fact, namely, that each one I ad dress I want to consider that he Is run ning a gauntlet that la an extremely risky one when he allows himself to remain un- cured from any form of bronchial or catarrhal lung disease, for no matter who you may be, you stand one chance out of seven of dying of consumption. In other words, every seventh person in the United States gets consumption and dies from It. A great many more people than one out of seven get consumption, but some of them, by change of climate and by proper doc toring, get cured. I should think that o9eaeeo9 e e O The cost of treatment at tho 0 Conelaiid Medical Institute for any chronic ailment or malady ls at the rate of $5 Per Month. This fee incluiles all medi cines and the constant and vrntchful care ol all patient to a final care. ooaooeeeoeeeoeeoaoaoseeeet) fully one person out of every five develops consumption, while statistics prove beyond question that one out of seven dies from It. "In a climate like ours, people are sub ject to diseases of the breathing apparatuo, and tho greatest number of those so affect ed begin with catarrh of the nose and throat, which, after a time, extends Into other parts. DANGER FROM CATARRH "There aro some persons, and Indeed a number of them, who have an Immunity from consumption, but It will be found on close Investigation that such persona do not contract colds easily and do not devel op catarrh from the colds. Every person who has catarrh ls carrying around with him a disease that Is liable at my time to allow the development of consumption. "In some persons the strength and vital ity of youth allow them to prevent the advancement of catarrh Into the lungs, and while they may be annoyed with nasal or threat catarrh during the early part of their life, they suffer no serious consti tutional disease as the result of It. But even such persons, when they grow old, find they aro beginning to cough, and the cough la always very bad during the win ter, and gradually gets worse as they grow older and weaker, until at last It carries them away. NO IMMUNITY FOR THE OLD "It used to bo thought that only young people and people of middle age developed consumption, but It has been found of late years, that there are just as many old peo ple who suffer from consumption as there are young people-, and that old people suf fer from that form of consumption almost exclusively that results from catarrh. Two-thirds of the people who live past tho 60th year In this climate die from consump tion that started with catarrh during the early part of their lives. "It Is like this: Youth can resist much; good corsiiiutions can resist much, but In the latter end of man's existence his fires burn lower, his youth Is gone, his vitality Is gradually sapped and disease is allowed to extend Into his vital parts. "As I have said before, catarrh -In the cars havo Invaded the land. English is taught In the schools. The foreigner Is no longer a derided man, but may travel anywhere on business or pleasure. "We need the Chinese trade. We shall nnofl If Ai-an mrtr-ft It fViA rnmlnc fPfirft when our factories and workshops shall produce In still larger excess of our homo demands. Within the very near future it will be decided what nations are to have their share of the commerce of one-quarter of the -world's population. Our part will not come to us unsought, but" It will come In large measure. If we go after It properly and promptly." "What MSsrht Have Been. Chicago Record. It Is strange now to recall that, as a girl, the late mother of the German Em press was exceedingly anxious to marry Napoleon III. Indeed, the marriage was nearly arranged, but Queen Victoria and Prince Albert strongly disapproved of the proposed alliance, and their opposition carried the day. Had Princess Adelaide, of Hohenlohe, become Empress of the French, the whole face of Europe would almost certainly have been different. B Not Affected by Extreme Cold. New Tork Sun. Professor Dewar and other scientific men have been testing the power of ex treme cold on 'the microbes of typhoid fever, diphtheria, cholera and other dls- The Safest and U O The RICHNESS of APENTA WATER in natural saline aperients renders it the most valuable and safest laxative and purgative. form of catarrhal consumption ls not tho only form of consumption, but the history of nearly every case of consumption Is the history of catarrh that has extended from the nose to the throat, from tho throat to the br0nchlal tubes, and thence js n0 reliable cure for consumption, nor do I believe euro found. thero ever will be such a THE PROPER COURSE "The proper course In dealing with con sumption is to prevent it. I know that these people who are careful of their breathing apparatus, who have their ca tarrh cured, rarely. If ever, develop con sumption, so I wish it thoroughly under stood that I do not claim to cure consump tion, but I am on record as saying that it is my aim. and has been for years past, to rid people of the disense that co often prepares the way for consumption, namely, catarrh, and that In doing this I am satis fied that In the majority of cases, at least, I am able to prevent consumption." HOME TREATMENT. To hot of anfterera cveryrrheTO Doctor Copeland addresses to one and all the follotTlne list of Questions to enable those who live at a dlstanca to understand the nature of thell affliction. "Is your nose stopped up?" "Do you sleep with mouth wlda open?" "Is there pain in front of head?" "Is your throat dry or sore?" "Havo you a bad tasto In tha morning?" "Do you cough?" "Do you cough worse at night?" "Is your tonguo coated?" "Is your appetite failing?" "Is there pain after eating?" "Are you light-headed?" "When you get up suddenly aro you dizzy?" "Do you have hot flashes?" "Do you have liver marks?" "Do your kidneys trouble you?" "Do vou havn imln In back or ( under shoulder-blades?" "Do you wake up tired and out of sorts 7" "Are you losing flesh?" "Is your strength falling?" INFORMATION OP NEW HOME TREATMENT SENT FREE ON APPIilCATION. CONSULTATION FREE. DR. COPELAN'D'S BOOK. FREE TO ALL The Copeland Medical Institute iHEDEKUt THIRD AND WASHINGTON W. XT. COPEI.ANI, M. D. J. II. MONTGOMERY, BI. IS, OFFICE HOURS From O A. M. to 131 M.t from 1 to 5 P. M. EVENINGS Tuesdays and Fridays. StTNDAYS i'rom 10 A. M. to 12 M. eases. The temperature of liquid air 190 degrees centrlgrade, had no effect on bacteria subjected to It for 20 hours. The light-giving bacteria lost their luminosity In the cold, but recovered it on being thawed out. The experiments will bo con- ' tinued with liquid hydrogen. DnrrtstoTOis at Sea. New Castlo (Eng.) Chronicle. Duststorms at soa are not now by any means a rare occurrence, several having, been reported recently. Captain Night Ingall, of tho steamer Coolgardle, which arrived at Sydney the other day from Mel bourne, stated that early one morning tha decks were found to be covered with a chocolate-colored dust, which continued to fall until about noon. A remarkable part of the occurrence was that tho "wind was blowing from seaward the whole time. There ls a possibility that these dust storms are In some way connected with seismic disturbances. Amply Proven. St. Louis Republic. Poor Ruddy Kipling, so ferociously at tacked by Mario Corelli, doubtless believes more firmly than ever that "the law that sways my lady's ways is mysterious to me." Thero are now In Sing Sing prison Ave men under sentence of death. Mollneux w,ill make the sixth. Most Reliable J J