THK MQ-Rftiyq OBEGONIAN, ' &QNDAY. AUGUST 6, 1900.
THE DEMOCRATIC FIGHT
"IMPERIALISM?' AXD TRUSTS TO BE
PUT TO THE P"ROXT.
.16. to X Xot to Be Obtruded. In. the
Campalgrn Because People Hnve
Lout Interest In It.
BAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 5. Ex-United
'States Senator Charles A. Faulkner, of
"West "Virginia, who Is visiting friends
here, is quoted as follows:
"The Democratic National Committee
will make a very earnest fight this year.
It has more money at its command than
It had four years ago, and it will make
It very interesting for our friends of the
other side. Its hope of carrying Indiana,
and possibly Illinois and Michigan, is
mounting higher.
"Imperialism will be the Issue. The sil
ver Question has pretty well dropped out
of the running. Parties cannot make Is
sues. They are made by the force of
events. A party may put free coinage at
1 to 1 in its platform, but I doubt if any
speaker at the present time could enter
tain an audience for half an hour with a
discussion of the silver question.
"After imperialism the trust question
will be the great subject of discussion.
It has merit as a political issue, but I
. am afraid our Republican friends will be
able to meet us -half way on it, especial
ly since the nomination of Roosevelt."
THE STATE OP ILLINOIS.
Political Conditions in the City of
Chicago.
. New York Press.
CHICAGO, July 30. Both parties In HU
aols are after the young men that is to
-say, for those who will cast their first
Presidential vote this year. Democratic
managers will prepare to work on them
through their literary bureau, which Is
tinder the direction of Willis J. Abbott,
and through speeches intended to con
vince the youth of the land that he is not
having a fair show on account of the
trusts.
The Republicans expect to catch this
vote by appeal to the progressive spirit
of the age. The literary bureau as a
feature of the state campaign has been
abandoned by the Republicans as a back
number method. Brass bands and the
ijnardhing clubs will be substituted there
for. Between 3,000,000 and 3 500,000 first votes
will be cast for President nest Novem
ber in the whole country, niinols's por
tion of this first vote will be 250,000. While
the Democrats have been making plans
to capture this vote the Republicans have
been up and doing also. They have be
gun already the organization of march
ing clubs and have the skeleton con
structed. In Chicago alone 25,000 young Republi
cans In unform will b? ready to receive
President McIClnley when he visits the
city by invitation of the G. A. R veterans
in a few weeks. The entire political ma
chinery of the party will be exerted to
enlist the young men In these marching
clubs, and by the time the Democrats
get ready to do something they will find
the cream skimmed from the pan.
It looks as if the experience of 05 Is In
a. fair way to be repeated. While the Dem
ocratic campaign managers are thinking
of doing something the Republicans are
doing It
If there Is any place in the Union where
thc antl-lmperiallst cry should carry
weight It Is here. There are more German-Americans
In Chicago than in any
othor city in America. This Is the spe
cial element that Is to be moved most
mightily by the outcry against empire
and against a great standing army.
Many of the leading Germans of the
city are taking a stard against the Ad
ministration on this account, and their in
fluence is Important. Republicans try to
make light of this factor, but the fact
remains that, a great many German
Americans who voted for McKinley In 1S3G
are taking the other tack this year.
The foreign-born element has been ca
tered to by Mayor Harrison, and he Is
strong with them. He Is following as
closely In the footsteps of his father as
It is possible for a son to do, and. as
everybody knows, the elder Harrison held
Chicago In the hollow of his hand for a
decade or more.
Harrison, the.son. does not measure up
to "the old man," but he nevertheless has
made something of a hit. although he Is
described by his critics as running a kin
dergarten city government and with being
an amateur.
Harrison will turn the full strength of
his administration for the National and
state tickets, hoping thereby to hold the
city in line for his own re-election for
Mayor next year.
The Cook County Republican managers,
who are the most astute politicians In Illi
nois, make the bold claim that they will
carry Chicago by 20,000 to 30,000, and say
that If the country districts do as well
the state will so Republican 100.000.
A leading member of the Chicago bar,
who has been a lifelong Democrat and
is In close touch with politics, said to me
today he thought the City of Chicago
-would go Democratic by 15,000, and that
the country districts would go Republi
can by 40,000. According to this calcu
Iation,"'Illlnols would be carried for Mc
Kinley by 25,000. In a total vote of
3,000.000 this allows for an exceedingly
narrow margin. A slight adverse Im
pulse would turn the tide the other
way.
The Democratic candidate for Governor
Is a German lawyer who lives in Aurora.
He is a substantial citizen, a member of
all the German societies that ever were
organized in Illinois, and a member of
the German Lutheran church. The Ger
man Lutherans have more than once
ehown their political power In the. state.
The most conspicuous Instance was when
they turned in and elected John P. Alt
geld Governor.
When the Democratic State-Convention
met all of the three leading candidates
for Governor were Germans, with names
that put the brand on them so that every
body could see. The convention prize
went to Alschuler, a name sufficiently
Teutonic to satisfy the most suspicious
of Che hyphenated Americans as to his
origin.
Mr. Alschuler is opposed by "Dick"
Tates, a son of the old war Governor
of Illinois. Young Tates Is enormously
popular in rural Illinois, and intelligent
Democratic politicians admit that he will
be a tower of strength outside of Chi
cago, where they expect Alschuler to
make sufficient gains among the foreign
element to offset the Yates prestige in
the provinces.
Republicans may carry the State of Illi
nois by 50,000 and still lose the Legisla
ture and the United States Senator. This
is on account of the gerrymander put
through the Legislature by the Democrats
when they were in control a few years
apo.
A small but energetic portion of the
Republican party is striving to beat Sen
ator Cullom for re-election, but that sea
soned statesman has the inside track and
can hardly be beaten in the caucus nomi
nation if his party has control.
Senator Cullom has the earnest back
ing of the Administration, and of the
fcest end of the state organization out
side of Chicago, where the opposition to
him largely is centered. He has served
his state in a public capacity for more
than 46 years with credit to himself and
his constituents. His hold upon the peo
ple of Illinois Is not so strong as that
of Senator Allison upon the people of
Iowa or of Senator Hoar from Massa
chusetts, but they nevertheless have
abiding faith In his honesty, capacity, j
usefulness ana patriotism.
The veteran Senator has established
headquarters, and will run a little side
campalm on his own account, taking
care, of course, not to cross lines with
the state or National committee.
The nomination of Mr. Stevenson Is un
questionably a strong one in Illinois
from the Democratic viewpoint. Mr.
Stevenson on -most things is as non
commltal as a sphinx, hut' he is recog
nized as a stalwart partisan and fixed
in his disposition to support whatever
may be the Democratic policies.
He has no love of consistency which
..cannot be shifted to -confo"rm to the kalei
doscopic movement of platforms. He is
not too strictly wedded to free silver to
give offense to Sound-Money Democrats,
nor does he lean the other way too
strongly to drive away the soft-money
vote. His nomination for Vice-President
will add 10,000 to 15,000 to the Bryan
column.
Bryan Golnff to Be Notified.
LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. 5. John L Mar
tin, sergeant-at-arms of the National
Democratic Committee, arrived here to
day for the purpose of escorting W. J.
Bryan to Indianapolis, where he will next
Wednesday receive the official notifica
tion of his nomination for the Presidency.
The party will leave Lincoln at 6 o'clock
on the Burlington road. No arrangements
have been made for speeches on the way,
but It Is considered not Improbable that
Mr. Bryan may be called out at different
places.
The party will consist of Mr. and Mrs.
Bryan and their son. Mr. Martin, Gov
ernor and Mrs. Thomas, of Colorado, Mr.
Bryan's secretary and a few newspaper
men. They will reach Chicago about 9:30
Tuesday morning, and will remain In
that city until 1:35 in the afternoon, when
they will proceed to Indianapolis, arriv
ing there for dinner Tuesday evening.
At Chicago Mr. Bryan will be taken In
charge by a local committee and the party
will travel by special train from Chicago
to Indianapolis.
Colonel Martin says the arrangements
are complete for a monster open-air meet
ing in the Indiana capital, and that there
will probably be 50,000 Democratic wit
nesses of the notification ceremonies. The
event is intended to bo the opening of
the campaign in that state.
Only One Office in Donbt.
HOUSTON, Tex., Aug. 5. The ticket
which will be nominated at the Demo
cratic State Convention at Waco Wednes
day has been decided upon, with one ex
ception. The only office In doubt is the
Railroad Commlsslonershlp. The other
officials to he nominated are:
Governor, Joseph D. Sayers; Lieutenant-Governor,
J. N. Browning; Attorney
General, L. S. Smith; Treasurer, J. V.
Robblns; Controller, S. M. Love; Land
Commissioner, Charles Regan; Superin
tendent of Public Education, J. N. Ken
dall; Chief Justice Supreme Court, R. R.
Gaines; Associate Justice Supreme Court,
A P. Williams; Associate Justice Crim
inal Court of' Appeals, J. N. Henderson.
Governor "Will Go With Bryan.
DENVER, r Aug. 5 Governor Thomas
and wife left here tonight for Lincoln,
Neb., where they will join W. J. Bryan
and party and" proceed with them to In
dianapolis to attend the Democratic no
tification ceremonies. Governor Thomas
will make the speech officially notifying
Adlal E. Stevenson of his nomination for
the Vice-Presidency.
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James Hlsslop, city
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Mr and Mrs E W
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WILL TAKE HOLD SEPT. 1
PHUilPPUSE
COMMISSION
WILL
THEJi HAVE FULL CHARGE.
Military Authority Will Be Merely
the Executive Head to Enforce
Lairs of Commission.
MANILA, Aug. 5. On September 3, the
commission, headed by Judge Taft, will
become the" legislative body of the Phil
ippines with power to take and" appro
priate insular moneys, establish Judicial
and educational systems and to make
and pass laws. No money will be per
mitted to be drawn from too jnsular
funds except by authorization of the
committee.
Judge Taft and his colleagues will also
exercise certain executive functions. For
Instance, they will appoint Judges, ofll-
clals In the educational department and
officers of municipalities. General Mac
Arthur will be the executive head to en
force, the laws of the commission, and he
will conduct the government In accord
ance with the same until the commission
recommends to President McIClnley the
appointment of a Civil Governor.
The only three banks In Manila have
formed a ring to reduce arbitrarily the
rate of exchange; for American gold.
This has aused widespread indignation
and many difficulties for commerce and
minor husiness. The banks, however,
are ob-ivi.ate.
INSURGENTS ARE MORE ACTIVE.
Got Several of Our Men and Suffered
Some The Friars.
MANILA, Aug. 5. There has been an
Increase of insurgent activity during the
last three weeks, especially In the way
of ambushes and attacks upon small par
ties. First Lieutenant Alstetter, of the
Emgineer Corps, with an escort of 15
men, was taken In ambush in tho Prov
ince of Neuva Eocija, Luzon, by a large
force. Tho Americans fought until their
ammunition was gone, and as they were
surrounded thero was nothing to do but
surrender. One man was killpd and three
wounueu. General Lacuna, who was in
command of the Insurgents, returned the
wounded with a letter, promising to treat
tho prisoners well.
Lieutenant Hulesburg was ambushed
and killed near Santa Cruz, Province of
Laguna.
Five men of the Twenty-fourth Infan
try were captured in Neuva Eocija, but
Sergeant Schmidt, of the Twelfth In
fantry, with seven men, trailed the cap
tors and killed five.
Captain Lara, of the Manila native
police, was dangerously.shot by an un
known assailant yesterday while on the
street. He had been effectively enforc
ing regulations and had made enemies
among tne Filipinos, some of whom have
long threatened vengeance. Lara had
been generally accused of gross corrup
tion In office and spoclflc charges were
filed against him by an American officer.
At the suggestion of Archbishop Cha
pelle, Judge Taft has been examining the
heads of the religious orders, as well as
Mgr. Nozalcdas, and other ecclesiastics,
preparatory to the time when It will
be necessary to take definite action re
garding the affairs of the friars and the
churches. It appears the real estate hold
ings of the friars are smaller than had
been expected.
MacArthnr'n Order as to Sentences.
"WASHINGTON, Aug. 5. General Mac
Arthur, In Manila, has Issued a general
order, In which he says:
"In all cases tried by military depart
ments, wherein the death penalty or con
finement at hard labor for a greater
period than five years Is adjudged, tne
department commander will, if he ap
proves the sentence, forward the record
of tho proceedings to the headquarters
for review and no such sentence shall
bo carried into exeoutlon until It shall
be approved by the division commander;
provided, that where the sentence im
posed by such .commission is commuted
or mitigated by the department command
der to confine men at hard labor for a
period of five years or less, the record
need not be forwarded."
Hnman Figure Not Immoral.
Philadelphia North American.
No observer of the crowds during the
bathing hour at any seaside resort can
fall to be impressed by the unconscious
pleasure which both men and women-gain
by this unaccustomed freedom of their
muscles and limbs. ' Conventional attire,
no matter what effort Is made to have
it hygienic and sensible, is always more
or less of a strait-jacket, and to be rid
of It for two or three hours and' clad
only In the merest covering through
which tho air can blow and the -sun's
rays penetrate. Is of very great physical
benefit to man. woman or child, and the
longer the freedom lasts the greater Is
tho benefit.
Tho notion that the human figure Is es
sentially immoral Is one of those bequests
from far back in the Middle ages, from
which the human race has not yet recov
ered. It Is still so far bound by tho idea
that it confuses questions "of good taste
with those of good morals. When it
doo3 succeed In separating the two, only
those whose minds need to bo fumlgptod
will see anything Immoral In tho daily
parade of bathing suits in seashore
towis.
Killed Himself While Cmay.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.. Aug. 5.
During a fit of temporary insanity at
tributed to 111-h'ealth, H. WHdman, "who
EX-QUEEN MARGHERITA, OF ITALY.
has been for 32 years, depot local freight
agent for the Denver & Rio Grande, shot
himself through h& head at 1:30 this
morning. He died an hour later. He was
to h - eft at 10 o'clock for a vacation
trip to California. Deceased was born
and raised In Sandusky. Ohio, and leaves
a wife and two children. -His accounts
and all business matters are reported by
the company to be absolutely correct.
STRIKE ON LA BRETAGNE.
Th Sailing of the French Liner De
layed Frequent Collisions.
t HAVRE. Aug. 6,1 A M. La Bretagne.
the French liner, scheduled to sail for
' New York Saturday, Is still delayed, ow
ning to a ifriou-. strike among her stokers
' and bunci men. At .the t)me this dis
j patch was filed thee? was little pros
pect of an eaily conclusion of negotia
i tlons between tl e steamship company
' and the uc' guts of the strikers. Fre
quent collision.: occur between the strik
ers and 'he gendarmes who are guard
ing vessels abctit to leave. Two arrests
were made yesterday for Interfering with
the right to work. Police reinforcements
are coming from Rouon and Elboeuf.
The malls will be sent by the American
line via Cherbourg.
Peary's Ship's Northward Progress.
ST. JOHNS, N. F., Aug. 5. The Lab-
I rador,mail steamer, Virginia Lake, which
arrived here today, reports that the .Peary
rellqf steamer "Windward passed through
the Straiti of Belle Isle last Sunday,
bound north. Shr. also reports that im
mense ice Hops still block the northern
coast of 'Labrador. This will seriously
impede the Windward's progress.
Dentflclilnnd Behind the Record.
NEW TORK, Aug. 5. The new Hamburg-American
steamer Dcutschland an
chored off Sandy Hook lightship at 10:17
tonight, after a voyage of six days, eight
hours and three minutes. The record of
the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grossa from the
same port, made In November, 1859, is
five days, 17 hourp and 37 minutes. The
Deutschland Is therefore bohlnd the rec
ord 14 hours and 26 minutes.
Bovr of Lopr Raft Breaking- Up.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 5 The steam
er Wellington reports that she passed
early yesterday, 16 miles northwest of
Cape Mendocino, a log raft from the Co
lumbia River, in tow of two tugs. The
bow end of tlm raft was breaking up,
and aome logs were drifting away.
Otherwise the raft was In good condition.
Domeitlc and Foreiem Porto.
San Francisco, Aug. 5.-5alled Steam
er Czarina, for Seattle; steamer New
burg, for Gray's Harbor. Arrived
Steamer Wellington, from Comox; steam
er Titania, from Nanalmo; steamer Uma
tilla, 'from Puget Sound.
Now York. Aug. 5.-Arrfved Steamer
Genoa, from Naples and Gibraltar;
Deutschland, from Hamburg.
Queenstown, Aug. 5 Sailed Etrurla,
for New Tork.
TALMAGE IN EUROPE.
Says He Dined "With the Czar, and
Fonnd Religion Liberty.
BERLIN. Aug. 6. Rev. Dr. T. De Witt
Talmage, who arrived In Berlin yesterday
with his family from St. Petersburg,
preached In the American Church today
on "Encouragement to Christian Work
ers," finding his text In the first book of
Samuel, chapter 30, verse 24: "For who
will hearken unto you in this matter?
But as his parties goeth down to the bat
tle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by
the stuff; they shall part alike."
To the correspondent of the Associated
Press -Dr. Talmage said:
"While in St. Petersburg I was Invited
to dine with -Emperor Nicholas, who is in
excellent health, and gives one the im
pression of being physically strong. He
seemed to be much Interested In Ameri
can politics, and Inquired regarding the
prospects of the Presidential election. He
Is extremely well informed as to Ameri
can affairs generally. The Czar talked
freely about the Chinese question, and
said he expected that all would pass off
without long difficulties "
Dr. Talmage, who was favorably Im
pressed with the development of the Rus
sian people, said:
"I found as much religious liberty In
Russia as there Is In New York or Wash
ington." Centennial of District of Colnmbla.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5. President Mc
Klnley has approved the provisional plan
for the celebration next December of the
centennial of the establishment of the
seat of government In the District of Co
lumbia. The plan provides for a reception
by President McKInley at the Executive
mansion In the morning of the day of
the celebration to the Governors of states
who are members of the executive com
mittee, with appropriate addresses, fol
lowed by commemorative exercises in
Congress In the afternoon, and a military
and naval parade:
Sloan Won the Prize.
PARIS, Aug. 6. At' Vichy yesterday
SJoan won the prize of the Society for
the Encouragement pf Sport. 4050 francs,
on the Due do Gramcnfs , Esmeralday.
Trlnmnhnnt!
The sales of the bottled beers of the
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Ass'n Increased
over thirty per cent difring the past year
evidence that a superior .article Is ap
preciated by a discriminating public. W.
J. VAN SCHUTVBR & CO., Portland,
wholesale dealers.
GROWTH OF. OUR 1RADE
FOR THE FIRST TIME VALUE
PASSED TWO-MILLIOIf MARK.
Remarkable Showing Made hy the
Trensury Bureau of Statistics Va
rious Classes of Goods.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 1. The annual re
port of the Chief of the Treasury Bureau
of Statistics upon the foreign commerce
of the United States during the year end
ing June SO, 1900, has been completed, and
will form a part of the June summary
of commerce and finance, which will make
Its appearance this week. The report
shows the total imports of merchandise
during the year were JS49.7H.6T0; the total
exports, $1,334,186,371. The principal feat
ures of the report, omitting the statistical
tables, are as follows:
Four great facts characterize the for
eign commerce of the United States in
1900, the closing year of the decade and
century:
First The total commerce of the year
surpasses by $319,720,250 that of any preced
ing year, and for the first time In our his
tory exceeds $2,000,000,000.
Second The exports exceed those of any
preceding year, and have been more
widely distributed throughout the world
than ever hefore.
Third Manufacturers' materials were
more freely Imported than ever before,
and formed a larger share of the total
Imports than In any former year.
Fourth Manufactured articles were
'more freely exported than' ever before.
and formed a larger share of the total
exports than In any former year.
In exports every great class of articles
showed a larger total than in the preced
ing year; in imports every class except
manufacturers' materials showed a
smaller percentage of the total than In the
preceding year, while manufacturers' ma
terials showed a much larger total and
larger percentage of the grand total than
in any former year.
Imports of Manufacturers' Material.
Two of the fivo great- classes of Im
ports are exclusively nanufacturers' ma
terlals. The first of these, "articles in a
crude condition wh'ch enter Into tho va
rious processes of domestic Industry," In
cludes, and is cbVfly made up of unman
ufactured fibers, raw silk, wool, crude
India rubber, hides and skins, pig tin
and certain chemicals. The second, "ar
ticles wholly or partially manufactured
for use as materials in manufacturing,"
Includes wood, leather, furs, cement,
yarns, oil's des and dyewoods and cer
tain chemicals. Tho other three clashes
of Imports are foodstuffs, articles man
ufacture! ready for consumption and ar
ticles of voluntary use, luxuries, etc. Of
the two classps designated as manufac
turers' materials, that which Includes
only articles In a crude condlton Is by
far tho largest, being, in 1900, $302,264,106.
agalnit $222,657,774 In 1899 or nearly 40 per
cent greater than In any preceding year;
while the class which Includes articles
wholly i r racially manufactured for use
In manufacturing amounts to J8S.433.60
against $98,753,903 In 1893, and $109.132.52d
In 1891. Tho share which articles in a
crude condition for use In manufacturing
form of the tota1 Imports is constantly
Increasing, and. In the year Just ended
formed by far tho largest total and larg
est percental or the grand total In the
history of our foreign commerce. Of tne
total Imports of the year, manufacturers'
materials, including the two classes above
named, show an Increase of $107,375,6?8
over tho30 of the preceding year; while
tho other three classes foodstuffs, manu
factures and luxuries show an Increase
of but $45,190,483 over the preceding year,
thus showing that over two-thirds of the
Increased Importations of the year are
In manufacturers' materials.
Growth In Exports of Manufactures.
While manufacturers' materials show
the largest growth In our Imports, manu
factured articles show the largest growth
In our exports. The total exports of man
ufactures In 1900 amounted to $432,2S4,366.
against $339,675,55S in the preceding year,
an increase of $92.608,S0S. while in no earl
ier year had the Increase amounted to
so much as $30,000,000. Manufactures
formed 3V& per cent of the total exporta
tions in 1900. against 28.13 per cent in
1S99, 26.87 per cent In 1897, 23.14 per cent
In 1895, 20 25 per cent In 18S5, 15 per cent
in 1870, and 12.76 per cent in I860. Ex
ports of manufactures in I860 were $40,
345,892, and in 1900, $432,2S4,366; while the
total exports In I860 were $333,576,057. and
In 1900. $1,394,186,371. Thus, while the to
tal exports of 1900 are four times as great
as In I860, those manufactures alone
are 10 times as much as in 1S60. In thit
year manufactures formed but 12.76 per
cent of our total exports, while In 1900
they form 31.54 per cent of our total ex
ports. Even in the decade which ends
with the year 1900, the growth in exports
of manufactures has been equally strik
ing. In 1891 the total exports amounted
to $884,480,810, and those of manufactures
alone to $168,927,315, the total export? for
1900 thus being but 50 per cent In excess
of 1891, while the exports of manufac
tures are ISO per cent in excess of that
year.
This rapid growth in the exportation
of manufactures Is particularly gratify
ing when compared with that of other
nations which have heretofore chiefly
supplied the world's markets in manu
factured goods. In I860, as already indi
cated, our total exports of. manufactures
were but $40,345,892; In that year those
of the United Kingdom wore $900,168,224;
In 18S0. exports of manufactures from tho
United States were $103,856,015, and those
from the United Kingdom were $970,631,
4C0; in 1SS0. exports of manufactures from
tho United States were $151,102,376, and
those from the United Kingdom were
$1,0S9,1E5,787. In 1890, exports of manufac
tures from the United States had reached
$403,2S4,3S6, while those from the United
Kingdom in 1S9S, the latest year available,
had dropped to $936,165,325. Thus our ex
port manufactures are now 10 timc3 as
much as In I860, while those of the Unit
ed Kingdom are but 1 times as great as
In I860.
Commerce "With the Grand Divisions.
'A study of our Imports from, the grand
aivision oi ine wona illustrates the
growth In the proportion of our Imports
which Is being supplied by the tropical
and subtropical parts of the world. In
1S90, the Imports from Europe were $449,
9S7.326. and In 1900, $-140,509,480; from North
America, the Imports In 1890 were $148,
363,700, and in 1900, $120,939,875; from South
America, from which our Imports are al
most exclusively tropical and subtropi
cal, the imports of 1890 were $90,006,144,
and in 1900, $93,635,134; from Aslawhose
supplies sent to the United States are
chiefly tropical and subtropical In
character, our imports In 1890 were $67,
503,833. and in 1900, $139,817,023; from
Oceania, lying almost exclusively in the
tropics, the Imports in 1890 were $28,356,
563, and In 1900. $34,596,042; and from Afri
ca, from which our imports are almost
exclusively tropical and subtropical, our
Imports in 1S90 were $3,321,477, and In 18S0,
$11,217,116.
Imports From the Inlands.
That a large proportion of the grow
ing demand for tropical and subtropical
products can be supplied by the Islands
which have recently come Into closer re
lations with the United States Is Illus
trated by the statistics showing the value
of the Imports Into the United States
from Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii and the
Philippine Islands In each year from 1S90
to 1500. In 1890 the imports from these
Islands aggregated over $80,000,000, and
reached $lfO.0O0,O0O under the Increase
which followed the reciprocity treaty with
Spain, falling to less than $40,0COOM In
1S97 and 1S9S. and again reaching over
$60,000 000 In 1900, while a return to the
conditions of production and commerce
which existed In Cuba and Porto Rico
in 1S93 and 1893 would probably again
bring the total imports Jnto the United
States from the four groups of Islands to
above SIfiOJiOQ.OCfl, with, a pxoESCj; OT fur
ther growth as their producing capacity
is developed by the construction of roads,
railways, etc., and the introduction of
new capital. In 1900 the imports into the
United States from the islands in ques
tion were: From Cuba, $31,371,704; from
Porto Rico, $3,073,415; from Hawaii, $20,
707,903, and from the Philippines. $5,971,208.
The fact that the most rapid growth In
our Imports is in the class of articles
produced in these Islands sugar, fibers,
coffee, tropical fruits, tobacco, etc., and
for which their producing capacity may
be rapidly and greatly Increased, sug
gests that a much larger share of our
tropical Imports may be supplied from
this source in the near future.
Tho following table shows our exports
to Cuba, Porto Rico. Hawaii and the
Philippine Islands In each year from ISM
to 1900:
Exports from United States to
O
7" "2.
Z a
1S31 ..
1'97 ...
1S9S ...
If 99 ...
19i0 ...
..$ 7.530.SSO$2.102.f94!$ 3.35,707'$ 12.46
.1 Zs3.7T5 l,SS3,SSJf -.6SOffr
j 9.W1.&V! 1.5C5.Q.b 5.907.' 5
.' 18.S1. (771 .fSoSiS! 9," 5 473
I 26.vi;.6 3i 4,640,11 13 5C9 1 8
Expanding Market for American
Goods.
The fact that the exportatlons of 1SC0
exceeded by $317,749,200 those of any pre
ceding year, and that this Increase, while
apparent In every class, is especially
marked In manufactures alone, the In
crease In which amounts to $92,608,805
over 1899. suggests that new markets are
being found for American products. A
detailed study of our export trade for
1900 shows that this growth Is found in
every part of the world, and especially
in those countries to which all the great
manufacturing and producing nations are
now looking for an increased market.
While Europo is naturally our largest
market for breadstuffs. the percentage of
growth In our sales to other parts of the
world Is much more rapid. To Europe
our exports for the year 1900 crossed for
the first time the billion-dollar l!ne yet
our exports to that continent show an
Increase of but 10 per cent in 1S00 over
1899, and but 50 per cent over 1S90;
while to North America our exports In
1009 show an Increase of 18 per cent over
1S99 and 95 per cent over 1820; to South
America the Increase Is very slight, ow
ing, In part, at least, to the lack of direct
steamship communication for our export
trade: to Oceania, the Increase In 1W0
over 1S99 Is 4S per cent and over 1"91 Is 162
per cent: to Asia, the Increase In. 1900 over
1S99 Is 43 per cent, and over the year 1890
Is 237 per cent; to Africa, the Increase In
1900 over 1899 is comparatively small, ow
ing to the Interruption of commerce with
that continent "by the existing war, but
compared with 1S90 the Increase is 324 per
cent. To Europe and British North Amer
ica, our exports In 1900 show an Increase
of 104 per cent over 1890, and 57 per cent
over 1890. while to all other parts of the
world, our exports in 1S00 show an In
crease of 31.7 per cent over 1899. and 91.7
per cent over 1890.
Greatest In Hintory.
The phenomenal commercial record of
the year has been accompanied by an
equally striking record with reference to
gold production. The gold mined In the
United States during the year ending De
cember 31, 18C9, exceeds that of any year
In our history, and for the first time sur
passes the record established in 1"E3. when
the mines of Ca'ifornla made their high
est record of $5.0OOAO. The gold produc
tion of the United States was. In 1899. ac
cording to the estimate of the Director of
the M nt, $72,500.00), while no prior year
had shown so high a total as that of 1853,
$65,C00,COO, though the total for 1SC8 wa3
$64,463,000. The annual average gold p-od-uct
of the United States Is now doublo
that of a decade earlier, though In this
particular the growth has been no more
rapid than that of other parts of the
world, the world's total product In JSf9
having been, according to the best esti
mates, $315,00O,CO0, against $123,000,000 a
decade ear.ler.
The very rapid Increase In gold produc
tion both in the United States and else
where during the past few years brings
the total gold product of the half contury
now ending to the enormous figure of
$6,6f5631,C00, or more than twice as much as
during the entire 350 years preceding the
half century now closing. The gold pro
duction of the world from 1492 "to 18)0
amounted to but t3.129.720.0CO, while that
of the period 1851-1839 was $5,663,631,000.
The following table, compiled from the
estimates of Dr. Adolph Soetbeer and the
Director of the United States Mint, shows
the gold production of the world by half
century periods from the year 1500 down
to the present time:
Period. Amount produced.
1501-1550 $ 215,581.10
1551-lbOO 2-5 5).00
1601-1650 281.810,0 0
lt51-1700 321,440 OjO
1701-1750 587.5S0.0 0
1751-1800 677.240.0O
ISOl-lScO 787,'6O.0CO
1851-1899 6.635.6J1.0CO
ThA nrldltlnnR to th world's mmnlv of
gold during the past four years have been
as follows:
Gold Total gold
production In production In
Date. United States, thowoild.
1896 $53088.0.0 $ i02.J51,.0
1897...., B7.C63 0 0 23S.8L5.00O
XSsS8 64.4W.00O 2S7.42S, tO
1S99 72,500.000 315,M0,t.O
Totals $217,414,000 $l,C4V91,0f0
The rapid Increase l'i gold production In
the United States and the large excess of
exports over Imports, already alluded to,
have been accompanied by a marked In
crease In the money In circulation In the
United States, which stood on July 1 of
each year as follows:
E4,39i
127.5a 4
4'4,1S
2,648, 49
J? f I?
oo op nan
DATE. g-Sg 35
8 ? : o
: S s& r 7
1896 $4flS 449 242$1 509,725.200 $n.l5
1897 556 4S3.S04I 1646, IS, 4fi 3 57
1S9S t3S.7Sf.519 l.i3, U5,; 18 24 i4
1S99 7fi.716.'2 t 1,92,44.2-91 25 3S
IJOO 8 5,4.4.460 2,C6;4 5.4 61 26 50
The Armor-Plate Controversy.
New Tork Journal of Commerce.
The price at which the Bethlehem Iron
Company Is to Bupply Russia with 2000
tons of armor Is not stated, but It is said
to be higher than our Government Is pay
ing. This Is possible, because the Chief
of the Bureau of Ordnance In the Navy
has said that he knew of foreign govern
ments paying $539 when the manufactur
ers here were asking only $545 from tne
United States. But the further state
ment that the Bethlehem Company got
the contract In the face of sharp competi
tion from British and Continental mak
ers will be accepted with some reserve
until the figures of the bids are made
public The number of concerns that can
make Krupp armor Is so small that com
petition Is unlikely; probably the condi
tions of the license to work under the
Krupp patents prevent It entirely. All
European purveyors of war material are
working overtime now. and the probabil
ity Is that the Russian contract was
turned over to the American armor
makers because the European factories
were too busy to take It. The building
of Russian men-of-war In Philadelphia
Is easily explained by the limited re
sources of France and Germany and the
rush of business In Great Britain.
Dowlte Religion 7fot Wanted.
MANSFIELD. Q., Aug. 5. Overseer
John Hamner Piper and Elders E. P.
Fisher, A. W. McClurkln and A. McFar
land. of Dowle's Christian Catholic
Church In Zlor., arrived here this morn
ing at 6:35. A mob of over 2000 people was
In waiting at the station, and the police
refused to allow the Dowltes to get out of
ma. par. .Amid cheers and shouta they
went on to Ashland, 14 mile east.
Ashland they tried to hire a carrl
bring them back to Mansfield, but all
liverymen refused their request,
departed for Chicago, saying they wc
be bade next Sunday.
NATIONAL LEAGUE GAMES
Four Runs on Errors and BrooJ
Beat Chlcasro.
CHICAGO, Aug. 5. Errors were
slble for all the runs today. Broofc
won in the sixth after two outs, Ta
bjlng mainly respon lble by giving a
and muffing a throw, two hits followf
The third-base play on both aider
the feature, every hit In that dlrecl
being like rifle shots. Attendance, 3
The score:
R H. E4 R :
Chicago 1 3 :Brooklyn ... ,3
Batteries Taylor and Chance Mc
nlty and McGuIre.
Umpire Hurst.
Jfevr Torlc Easy for St. Lonts-
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 5. Meyer was
picking for St. Louis today. McGann
sick and Donlin took his place at
Attendance. 7300. The score:
St. Louis ....1015 1 New Tork ....J.:
Batteries Young and Criger; Meyer .
Grady,
Umpire Eraslle.
Cincinnati Won From Flttabnrl
CINCINNATI, Aug. 5. Bunching of
In the seventh allowed the locals tol
the score. Thoy won In the eighth o
single, a hit by pitched bait and
excusable error. Attendance, 4000.
score:
Cincinnati ....3 6 0Plttsburg J.
Batteries Hahn and Peita; Leaver
Schrelver.
Umpire Swartwocd.
The American Lengae.
At Kansas City Kansas City, 3;
falo. 2.
At Detroit Detroit. 2; Chicago, 0.
At Minneapolis Minneapolis, 5, &I
land. 11.
At Milwaukee Milwaukee, 5; Indlaif
oils, 1.
Ballplayer Broke a Lcsv
HELENA. Mont., Aug. 5. Catcher
Wood broke a leg while running f
foul fly in the baseball game today.
ran Into the board fence la front of
grandstand.
GOVERNOR QUOTES BIBLEi
Jiovcl Labor Day Proclamation
West Virginia.
CHARLESTON, W. Va., July 23.-
ernor G. W. Atkinson has Issued
following Labor day proclamation:
State of West Vlrclnta, Executive Chn
The State of Virginia, by Its Leiislad
having passed a law setting apart the
Monday of September of each year a Lj
day. and at which time all tollers should
aside from their regular employment and
such day to rest. Improvement and enjoys
Now, therefore, I. Georcfr W Atkinson.
ernor of the State of West Virginia, do hei
recommend and request that on Monday.
tember 3, 1000. all p'acea where labor Is j
ployed within tho State of "Went Vlr
shall, as far as possible so to do, be
down, so that all toilers may be permltte
employ this day as one of rest from all
and duties. In this manner, better than:
other, the dignity and worth of labor cai
brought to the attention of the public, an.
value to the country at large may bo
fully understood and appreciated.
"In tho sweat of thy faco thou sholti
bread, till thou return unto the ground, foil
of It wast thou taken, for dust thou art
unto dust shalt thou return "Genesis ill '
"Six days shalt thou labor and do all,"
work." Exodus xx.0.
"For thou .shalt eat tho labor of thlno bp
happy shalt thou be. and It shall ba well
Ihce.i Psalm cxxvllt 2.
"InLall labor there 13 pront. but tho ta3
the lips tendeth only to penury," Pro-vj
xlv.23.
"The labor of the righteous teniletlr to i
the fruit of the wicked to sin." Proverbs
"Man goeth forth unto his work, and tq
labor until tho evening " P3alm civ 23.
"H that rithereth in Summer Is a.
son; but ho that sloepeth In harvest Is
that caures shame." Proverbs x 5.
"He that ttlleth his land shall have- pi
of bread: but h that followeth after alnf
sons shall havo poverty enough." Pro4
xxvili:10.
"Wealth gotten by vanity shall ba dig
lshed; but he that gatherfth by labor
Increase." Proverb xilll U.
"There Is nothing better for a man than!
he should eat and drink, and that he srj
make his soul enjoy good In hi labor
also I say, that it was from the hand of Ci
Ecclcsiastes 11:24.
"Two are better than one, b-cause they
a. good reward for their labor " Ecclcsll
ly.O.
"The sleep of a laborlns man Is
whether he eat little or much, but the at
ance of the rich will not suffer him to eU
Ecclcsiastes v.12.
"So built we the wall: and all the walll
Joined torethrr unto tha half thereof, fol
people had a mind to work." Nehemlah I
"Let him that stole sfal no more but rl
let him labor, working with hii hands
thing which Is good, that he may ha
give to him that needeth." Epheslans lv.:
"And labor, working with our hands,
reviled, we bleis; being persecuted, we
It." I Corinthians iv:12.
"Now ho that planteth ard he that watl
are one; and every man snill receive hlsl
reward accordlnff to ht-i, oji;n Jabor " I
thlans 111 Swjoef. , fy
"The husbandman that laboreth must be
partaker of tho fruits." II TlmotTir i! i
"But what think ye? A certain man ha1
sons, and ho came to tho first and sa'd. Sj
to work today In my lncjard ""Mad
xxl:28.
"And that ye study to be q.ul"t. ard
your own business, and to work with
own hands as we commanded you." I
salonlans 11:11.
"For even when we were with you. tha
commanded you, that If any -nould not
neither should he eat." II TresaSonians :
"For the workman Is worthy of his meil
Matthew x:10.
In witness whereof, I have set my han4
caused the great seal of the state to bl
fixed, at the capltol. In tha City of CharW
this 28th day of July. In the year of our j
1000 and of the state tho 3Sth
G. W. ATKINSON, Gover
WILLIAM M. O. DAWSON, 8ec of Stat!
Boy Poisoned HIi Father.
FRESNO. Cal., Aug. 5. Fred Hlr
12-year-old boy, has confessed thai
poisoned his lather, wno is lying s
gerously 111 at the County Hospital.!
boy said that his father treated himg
elly and had refused to auow n-r
drive his team. He concluded tol
hlro. He and his younger brother be
rat poison, which Fred put in his fa
coffee.
Lively Roof Klre.
At 2 o'clock thi3 morning a lively j
fire broke out In tho residence of Mil
E. Rogoway, at 210 Mill street.
alarm was turned in from box 38,
the fire department had the flf
quenched 20 minutes after arriving
the scene. The fire had started
the roof and spread 'to the interior.
age was $250. Origin of the fire Is
known.
Roosevelt and Bryan Invited
CHETENNE, Wyo., Aug. 5 The
ecutlve committee of the Frontier!
celebration ha sent Invitations to Cc
W. J. Bryan and Colonel Theodore
velt to attend the celebration Septe
12 and 13 and participate In the rei
of Torrey's Rough Riders, which
ably will be held at the same time.
Praiie for Canada's Conn
LONDON, Aug. 6. The Times
morning praises Canada's decision n
recelvo any more destitute lmmlg
and, in vlw of the spread of anarch.
recommends a ?imllar course of
to European states.