6
tttttTE FREIGHTS
injured. "When the Lanarkshire arrived
here her supplies of load and water were
exhausted.
OUTCLASSED BY RYAN
THE MOENING , OR&GONIA2T, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1900.
Ship Gertrud Chartered for
October, 1901, Loading.
LEFT THE COLUMBIA YESTERDAY
McCulloch, Last of Revenue Fleet,
Returns From Far KortbS-Ma-
rlne Notes.
The owners of the German ship Ger
trud do not propose to take any chances
on a decline In freights, but while they
are ruling high they fir their ships as far
In the future as possible. The Gertrud
sailed from the Columbia yesterday for
Queenstown or Falmouth for orders, and
before leaving this port she was char
tered to load nitrate at a port on the
west coast of South America In October,
1901, nearly a year hence. There Is a
long voyage of 17,000 miles ahead of the
Gertrud before she reaches a port of dis
charge with her present cargo. She will
then load merchandise for an Australian
or African port, and probably proceed
from there In ballast to the port for
which she has Just been engaged. The
distance ahead -of her before she reaches
the cargo of nitrate, by the shortest pos
sible route, wl be approximately 25,000
miles. This -will not be the first time
that the Gertrud has been fixed for busi
ness nearly a year ahead, and been com
pelled to sail a distance nearly equal to
that around the world before reaching
her cargo.
While ea route from Iquiqul to Ham
burg last January she was chartered by
the Portland Grain Company, of this
city, to load wheat at Portland in No
vember. On reaching Hamburg she dis
charged her cargo of nitrate and took
In ballast, and sailed March 8 for Phila
delphia. She orossed the Atlantic in a
fast passage of 30 days, and loaded, coal
oil fer Nagasaki. From Philadelphia to
the Japan port she made the run in IIS
days, arriving August 30. She discharged
her cargo, took in ballast and sailed for
Portland October 2, and after a crack
ing passage of 29 days dropped anchor
in Astoria right on time for November
leading for which she had been char
tered nearly a year before. The rate
paid the Gertrud for her nitrate cargo
is sufficiently high to cause some specu
lation as to whether or not; there will
be much weakness in freights for many
months to come.
Owing ot the fact that the nitrate
perts are about 6000 miles nearer to Eu
rope than Portland, and also that load
ing charges and port expenses are much
lighter ,there than any w here else on the
Pacific .Coast,, there has usually existed a
differential of 19s per ton between ni
trate from the west coast and wheat from
the Paolfic Northwest. Of course, no one
la Portland weuld pay 42s 6d for an Octo
ber wheat ship, but the nitrate kings are
not philanthropists, and they have cer
taJnlyjexpressed a great deal of faith in
high freights by paying suoh a rate on
the Gertrud, 25.000 miles away.
v M'COLIiOUGir RETURNS.
Xast'df 'the Revenue Fleet From the
Far North.
PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., Nov. 27.
The .cutter McCnlloch, last of the reve
nue fleet from the Arctic seas, arrived
today direct from Dutch Harbor. The
McQullocn sailed from Nome October 26,
calling at Dutch Jlarbor for coal, where
she remained until November 16. She re
perta that the steamer Centennial towed
the disabled steamer Santa Ana from
Nome f Dutch Berber, and will convey
her, o thus place. Officers of the Mc
' Oull9eh..are of the opinion that the Santa
Ana will reach port in safety, provided
she encounters no severe storms, which
would prove disastrous In her crippled
condition. Two blades of her propeller
are gene, and the other two are said to
be in ,a, weakened condition.
The steamer Portland sailed from Dutch
Harbbr November IS. She convoyed the
little sldewheeler steamer Sadie, bound
to San Francisco, and then .ill proceed
te Paget Sound, and should arrive here
tonight or tomorrow. After leaving
i Dutoft Harbor the McCulloch encountered
a three days' storm of unusual severity,
' after "Which the sea calmed and good
weather was experienced during the re
mainder' of the voyage to this port.
Amlfag the passengers on the McCul
loch were three United States Marine
Hospital surgeons, two from Nome and
one from Dutch Harbor, and they report
bothpfaces as being free from sickness.
Mr. Williams, charterer of the Centen
nial, also took passage on the McCulloch.
According to reports, Nome harbor Is
free'of vessels. It is clothed in the ley
fetters of Winter. Ice has formed along
the shore for a considerable d stance, and
all communication by water is at an end
fer. the season.
. UV.CK OF FORESIGHT.
Snn Francisco Exporters Hnve Not
t Yet Got Rid of 1SUD Wheat.
The San Francisco -exporters continue
to trail after their northern neighbors
la the matter of w?heat exports, and the
Bulletin lsJdleswUfled with the slow
manner In which they are dispatching
ships Under date of November 2i that
paper says:
A grain ship was cloared from this port
on the 18th. and from that date to the
3d, a full week, there was not a single
clearance of that kind. Such a slow
movement in grain would have been no
ticed In any month In the poor-crop out
turn ot two jiears ago. It is particularly
noteworthy this year, and especially this
month, usually the most active for gra'n
exports for all the season. We have
scarcely yet got rid of the surplus car
ried aver from the crop of 1S99, and so
praotioally have the whole of this year's
crop on our bands. At no time this year
have ships been so scarce in this port
as. to Justify this slow export movement,
which Is rather due to the unsatisfactory
condition bt the English markets and to
the want of proper foresight In having
vessels in port ready to take outward
cargo a rapidly as It could be given
them. There have been upward of 20 en
gaged ships In .port for some time.
TRIALS OF THE BOS SUET.
French, Bark Returns to Honolulu
the Second Time.
HONOLULU. Nov. 21. The French bark
Bossuet, which left here at the end of
Ootober, after a stay in port because her
master was III, has returned again for
tho. same reason. She stopped here at the
beginning of October on her way from
France to Portland. Captain Pordolne en
tering a local hospital.
The actions of the vessel are a. puzzle
to many 'people, as she had got nearly
halt .way to Portland when she turned
back this, time. She came round the Horn
In ballast, and is under heavy loss for
delays here now.
RESCUED A CREW,
Lanarkshire Picks Up 30 Men From
t Darning Steamer.
FALMOUTH. Nov. 27. The British ship
Lanarkshire, Captain Douglass, from
Xqu&Bi. August IS, for the Channel, has
enfuid here, haying on board Captain
gtopland 3S of the crew of the Italian
Etecaer Assidulta. laden with coal, which
pf;Jew Orleans October 29, via Nor
folk Joeffiler , for Genoa and Naples.
Tb&Assiduita. was abandoned on fire No
Yexnfrer U in latitude 3S north, longitude
36 West. The crew of the Assidulta
were transferred to the Lanarkshire in a
heavy sea, during which, two men were
Fate ot the Czar.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 27. Word has
been received here that the overdue
schooner' Czar, of this city, has been
wrecked off the Mexican coast. Her
crew, composed of Captain Wagner and
eight men, have probably been drowned.
William Olsen. owner of the Czar, today
received a telegram which said that the
wreck of the schooner had been sighted
drifting off the coast near Chlmo, 60
miles from San Bias. The Czar left San
Bias for this city September 20, and Is 40
days overdue.
American Ship Wrecked.
LONDON, Nov. 27. Advices received
here from Nagasaki, Japan, say that a
ship, supposed to be the George Skolfield
is ashore near Toi SakI, near the south
ern extremity of the western end of Ja
pan. There were no fatalities.
The ship George Skolfield, of and from
San Francisco, October 5, for Port Ar
thur was built at Brunswick, Me., in 1S70.
She is of 1276 tons net. Is 187 feet 2 Inches
long, 38 feet 2 Inches beam and 23 feet 9
Inches deep. She Is owned by the Alaska
Packers' Association.
Maglnnis Will Claim His eat.
HELENA, Mont., Nov. 27. Major Mar
tin Maglnnis, who was appointed United
States Senator last Spring by Governor
Smith, to fill a vacancy caused by the
resignation of W. A. Clark, has gone to
Washington to present his claims hefore
the Senate. He feels confident that he
will be seated over Clark, who, after re
signing, was re-appointed by Acting Gov
ernor Sprlggs, in the absence of Governor
Smith.
The River and Harbor Bill.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27. The House
committee on rivers and harbors today
continued work upon Its bill, but did
nothing save compare ntes on the work
with the view later of formulating a bill
which will be generally satisfactory. The
printed estimates will be received tomor
row and the work of putting the com
mittee's conclusions on paper will begin
then.
After the Clipper.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 27. The Call
says that the Southern Pacific Company
proposes to compete with the clipper
ships that handle coke and Iron pipe com
ing to this coast from the East, and In
order to secure a share of the traffic has
announced a schedule of greatly reduced
rates, which will go into effect about
December 15.
Senator Morgan Re-elected.
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Nov. 27. The
Alabama Legislature toda yballoted in
separate houses for United States Sena
tor. John T. Morgan received every vote
cast. The result will be formally an
nounced In Joint session tomorrow.
Another Overdue Safe.
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 27. The Nor
wegian ship Prince Victor has arrived at
Honolulu from Newcastle. The Prince
"Victor was out &5 days, and 50 per cent
reinsurance has been paid on her.
Marine Notes.
The British ship Astracana arrived up
late last evening. She brings a part
cargo from Hamburg by way of Califor
nia ports.
The German Government has placed an
order with the Chemalnus mills for a
cargo of lumber, and the German bark
SIxtus has been ordered from Klao Chou
to carry the order to Hamburg.
The Canadian steamer Alpha sailed
from Vancouver Sunday with a cargo of
20,000 cases of salmon for Japan. This
is said to be the first large shipment of
salmon that has ever been made across
the Pacific.
The Norwegian steamship Kvarven ar
rived in jesterday morning, and reached
port late last evening. She was delayed
by fog, and will be unable to discharge
her Inward cargo In time to" load and
clear this month.
The German bark Ellbek, with a full
cargo from Antwerp direct, in Balfour,
Guthrie & Co.'s regular line, arrived off
the mouth of the river yesterday, and
will probably come In today. She made
a fine run of 122 days.
The Canadian Pacific Navigation Com
pany has recently launched a new steam
er at Victoria and christened her the
Otter, in honor of the old Hudson's Bay
steamer, which was a frequent visitor at
Portland in the early '50s.
Domestic and Foreign Ports.
ASTORIA, Nov. 27. Arrived at 10:10 A.
M. and left up at 12 noon Steamer Ful
ton, from San Francisco. Arrived in at
10 A. M. and left up at 1:40 P. M.
Steamer Elmore, from Tillamook. Sailed
at 10 A. M. Steamers Del Norte and
Robert Dollar, for San Francisco. Sailed
at 3 P. M. Norwegian steamship Uni
verse, for Vladlvostock; German ship
Gertrud, for Queenstown or Falmouth for
orders. Reported outside at 5 P. M.
German ship Ellbek. from Antwerp; Con
dition of the bar at 5 P. M., smooth; wind
east; weather hazy.
San Francisco, Nov. 27. Arrived
Steamer Geo. W. Elder, from Astoria.
Sailed Steamer City of Puebla, for Vic
toria; bark Gatherer, for Tacoma;
schooner Annie Larsen, for Tacoma;
schooner S. Danielson, for Siuslaw
River; schooner Abble, for Coos Bay.
Port Ludlow Arrived Nov. 26 Barken
tlne Klickitat, from Honolulu.
Port Townsend, Nov. 27. Passed Inward
British bark Eaton Hall, from Callao.
Victoria Arrived Nov. 26 Bark Car
rollton, from Kahulul.
Honolulu Arrived Nov. 19 Steamer
Nippon Maru, from China; Norwegian
ship Prince Victor, from Newcastle.
Sailed Nov. 14 Ship Charles E. Moody,
for Port Townsend. Sailed Nov. 17-Ship
Star of Russia, for Port Townsend.
San Pedro, Nov. 27. Arrived Schooner
Lottie Carson, from Gray's Harbor.
Sailed Schooner John A., for Gray's Har
bor. Seattle Sa'l d Nov. 6 Steamer Cottage
City, for Sitka.
Redondo, Nov. 27. Arrived Steamer
W. H. Kruger, from Gray's Harbor.
San Bias Sailed Nov. 25 Schooner Lena
Sweasy, for Gray's Harbor.
Sydney Arrived Nov. 25 Schooner Inca,
from Port Gamble.
Manila Sailed Nov. 2 British steamer
Pakllng, for Puget Sound. Arrived Nov.
2 Dutch steamer Wilhelmlna, from Ta
coma. Falmouh Arrived Nov. 25 British ship
Haddon Hall, from Tacoma.
New York, Nov. 27. Sailed Kaiser Wil
helm der Grosse, for Bremen, via Cher
bourg and Southampton; Anchorfa, for
Glasgow; Tauric, for Liverpool.
Sydney, N. S. W., Nov. 25. Arrived
previously Alameda, from San Francis
co, via Honolulu and Auckland.
London, Nov. 27. Arrived Minnehaha,
from New York.
Cherbourg. Nov. 27. Arrived Pennsyl
vania, from New York, via Plymouth, for
Hamburg.
Hamburg. Nov. 27. Sailed Graf Wal
dersee, for New York.
Gibraltar, Nov. 27. Sailed Columbia,
from Genoa and Naples, for New York.
New York. Nov. 27. Arrived Astoria,
from Glasgow and Movllle.
Pernambuco Sailed Nov. 25 British
ship Lyderhorn, for Victoria.
Shanghai, Nov. 27. Sailed British ship
Inchcape Rock, for Oregon.
Browhead, Nov. 27. Passed Majestic,
from New York for Queenstown and Liv
erpool. Luclcenb ill's Shortage.
ATLANTA, Ga,, Nov. 27. A special to
the Journal from Portsmouth, Va., says:
Vice-President B. St. John, of the Sea
board Air Line, stated that E. D. Luck
enblll. the agent of the line at Fernan
dlna. Fla., was short in his accounts
$30,000.
KID CARTER DEFEATED IX SIX
ROUNDS AT CHICAGO.
Made a Game Fight, hut Stood No
Show of Winning Denver
Scrap a Draw.
CHICAGO, Nov. 27. Tommy Ryan, of
Chicago, defeated Kid Carter, of Brook
lyn, in six rounds at Tattersalls tonight
before a crowd of 5000 people. Ryan had
the better of the mill all the way, with
the exception of two Intervals In the first
and second rounds, when Carter sent him
to the mat with right swings. Carter
was beaten fearfully about the head and
face, and although be went the limit, he
fought the last three rounds without
knowing much about what he was doing,
except that there was a man in front of
him whom he had to hit. He fought
gamely to the last, and nis superior
weight and strength were a heavy handi
cap to Ryan. The latter, however, was
too clever for Carter, and got inside near
ly every swing he made, and blocked
three out of five blows that were sent to
his body. George Slier awarded the
purse toRyan amid loud cheers from the
crowd, the applause being fully as much
for the game boy from Brooklyn as for
the vlcton. The match was at 15S pounds,
the men weighing in at 6 o'clock. Both
men were under weight, although Carter
had six pounds the better of It when they
entered the ring.
Before the fight began it was announced
that December 31, Joe Gans and Terry
McGovern would fight In Tattersalls,
the men to weigh 133 pounds at 7 o'clock.
The match Is to be under straight Queens
berry rules, Gans agreeing to stop Mc
Govern Inside of six rounds or forreit the
decision.
Morris Rauch. of Chicago, and Kid Mc
Fadden, of San Francisco, came together
at 115 pounds, McFadden forfeiting for
being overweight. He looked about eight
to ten pounds the heavier of the two.
They went six very fast rounds, the de
cision being given to McFadden.
Harry Harris and Clarence Forbes, both
of Chicago, fought at 118 pounds. Even
money was offered on Harris, with no
takers. Harris was given the decision. It
was close, the fighting having been fast
throughout. It was the first decision ever
given against Harris, and the crowd re
ceived it with mingled cheers and hoots.
The seml-wlnd-up was between Jeff
Thorne, of England, and Jack Bcaucholti,
of Chicago, at 160 pounds. Thorne was
given the decision after two minutes of
fighting, Beaucholtl having injured
Thorne by a blow below the belt. Beau
choltl apologized after delivering the
blow. Thorne was quite serevely Injured,
and it was three minutes before he was
able to walk from the ring.
Yanger-Corbctt Fight a Draw.
DENVER, Colo., Nov. 27. Benny Yan
ger, the "Llpton Slasher," and Young
Corbett, of Denver, fought a 10-round
draw before the Colorado Athletic As
sociation tonight. The decslon was very
unpopular and Referee Jack McKenna
was hissed by the entire crowd as ha
left the ring. Corbett floored Yanger
seven times during the fight and was
down himself but once. In the eighth
round Yanger went to the floor from
a. right swing on the Jaw and got up very
groggy. Corbett went in to finish him
and put him down four times more, each
for eight seconds, but he was himself eo
tired that he could not land hard enough
to knock Yanger out. Yanger recovered
strength by the time the ninth round
began and fought hard until the end, al
though his blows lacked the usual steam.
With the exception of the eighth round,
when Corbett had all the best of it, Cor
bett broke even with Yanger and finished
In as good condition, neither being very
strong, as the result of their hard fight
ing. Fitz Wants to Fight Again.
TORONTO, Nov. 27. Robert Fltzslm
mons has announced that at the close of
his season he will once more enter the
ring, and then retire for good. Fitzslm
mons also states that another pugilistic
star manager tried to fix up a false fight,
but he would not consent to any such an
arrangement.
The declaration that Fitzslmmons will
re-enter the ring is understood to mean
that there will be a championship battle
probably next June. Jeffries, when he
agreed to meet- Ruhlln and afterward
Sharkey, reserved the right to arrange a
match with Fitzslmmons, .should the lat
ter respond in due time. Now that Fitz
slmmons has announced his intention to
battle for the championship, Ruhlln and
Sharkey may be obliged to wait according
to agreement.
Ruhlln and Maher Matched.
PHILADELPHIA, 'Nov. 27.-Gus Ruh
lln and Peter Maher were today matched
to fight six rounds before the Penn
Athletic Club in this city, De
cember 15. The men wM battle for 50
per cent of the gross receipts with a
guarantee of 13500.
Twenty Rounds to a Draw.
OMAHA, Nov. 27. Perry QUeenan, of
Chicago, and Young Peter Jackson fought
20 rounds to a draw here tonight.
THE DAY'S RACES.
Races at Tanfornn.
SAN FTtANCISCO, Nov. 27. Weather
at Tanfor&n, fine; track, fast. Results:
Six furlongs, selling Round Head won,
Princess lltanla second, Thracla third;
time, 1:17.
One mile, selling Sea Lion won, Dr.
Bernays second, Donator third; time,
1:42.
Mile and a sixteenth Morina won, Tap
pan second, 1 one Such third; time, 1:49.
Seven furlougs Eddie Jones won, True
Blue second, John A. Morris third; time,
1:27?4.
One mile, selling Alee won. Campus
second, McNamara third; time, 1:42.
Six furlongs, selling Our Lizzie won,
High Hoe second, Mike Rice third; time,
1:15.
Races at Newport.
CINCINNATI, O., Nov. 27. Result at
Newport:
Five furlongs Orrle Goan won, Sam P.
Cochran second, McManus third; time,
1:05.
One mile Wine Press won. Momentum
second, Nearest third; time, 1:49.
Six and a half furlongs Uhlers won,
Elsie Barnes second, The Geeser third;
time, 1:26.
One and a sixteenth miles Flag of
Truce won, Winter second, Ida Ledford
third; time. 1:54.
Six furlongs Trinity Bell won. Glen
wood second, Grandon third; time, 1:2SV&.
Six furlongs Agitator won, Lord Fra
zer second, Lucy Leach third; time, 1:18.
Chinese Roused to Resistance.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
Ever since the "punitive expeditions" of
Von Waldersee began their picknickings
at various imperial tombs in North China
the query has been, When will the Chi
nese begin to look upon this thing as an
excess of friendliness by the powers?
The answer seems to have come In a dis
patch from Von Waldersee to Berlin, in
which he makes the announcement that
Admiral Ho, with 10,000 Chinese regulars
and artillery. Is ready to resist the fur
ther advance of the German Colonel
Yorck's expedition near Kalgan. No one
seems to know why Colonel Yorck is 'near
Kalgan while negotiations are going on at
Pekln, but the presence of the Chinese
there does not seem so inexplicable, when
you stop to consider that it's their coun
try, or, rather, was their county- for 4000
years of recorded history.
We make a specialty of selling the leading brands of straight whiskeys, brandys and wines from the original package. Visitors as well as
home people will profit by drinking only genuine unadulterated liquor. The above view shows a section of our sample-room, located in rear
of building, where the customer can help himself from the original package. The front of the building is devoted to the wholesale department,
where special attention is given to family trade. All orders promptly filled and delivered free of charge.
S. A. ARATA & CO., 104 THIRD STREET, NEAR WASHINGTON.
IS HIGHLY PROSPEROUS
NO COUNTRY ENJOYS BETTER
TIMES THAN UNITED STATES.
Import and Export Trade Gaining by
Leaps and Bounds Statistics
on the Subject.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.-There is am
ple food for Thanksgiving reflections in
some figures which the Treasury- Bureau
of Statistics has Just presented regarding
the commerce and affairs of the United
States in these closing months of the
year 1900, as compared with conditions at
the corresponding date in preceding years
and comparing prosperity in the United
States with that in other couhtrles.
While the whole world Is prosperous, the
United States seems to be especially so.
Our exports show an Increase of $165,331,
178 In the 10 months ending with October,
1900, as compared with the corresponding
10 months of 1890. and the total for the 10
months Is practically double what It was
In the corresponding months of 1S94. This
of itself shows a remarkable activity In
all lines of production, while the Import
as well as the export figures Indicate that
the activity in manufacturing lines and
consequently the Increased earnings of
the millions engaged in these industries
must be very great. A' very qortsiderable,
share of the materials required, for use
In manufacturing comes from abroad,
such, for Instance, as India rubber, tin
for use in manufacturing tin plate, hemp,
jute, sisal, raw silk, cabinet and dye
woods, chemicals, hides and skins and
certain grades of wool and cotton; and
by measuring the growth in the Importa.
tion of these irtlcles some Idea of the
growth In manufacturing may be ob
tained. The total Importation of materials of
this class used in manufacturing during
the 10 months ending with October, 1900,
is $238,257,918, as compared with $214,396,757
In the corresponding months of 1S99, and
$127,301,945 in the same months of 1S94.
Turning again to the export side, it Is
found that the exportation of manufac
tures alone amount, In the nine months
ending with September, 1900, to $338,678,243,
against $277,502,649 In the corresponding
months of 1899. and $145,793,834 In the same
months of 1895. Thus the exportation of
manufactures has increased nearly 25 per
cent In one year and more than doubled
In the four years .from 1896 to 1900, while
the Importation of manufacturers' mate
rials has also increased at a very rapid
rate. Exports of manufactures of Iron
and steel alone amount to $110,000,000 In
round numbers In the 10 months ending
with October, 1900, against $S6,000.000 In the
corresponding months of 1S99 and $51,000,
000 In the corresponding months of 1897,
thus having more" than doubled In the
three years from 1897 to 1900.
Not nnly have the manufacturer and
the millions dependent upon his Industry
shared in the prosperity of the year, but
those engaged in agriculture and mining
seem to have been equally prosperous,
Judging from the record shown by the fig
ures of our export commerce. The expor
tation of agricultural products in the 10
months ending with October, 1900, Is, In
round terms, $700,000,000, as against $625.
000,000 in the same months of 1899. while
the products of the mine, the forest and
the fisheries also show an Increase In
1900 of compared with the figures of 1899.
This Increase 'n the products of Indus
try Is especially Interesting in the fact
that In many cases It shows a higher re
ward for a given quantity of labor, or,
in other words, higher prices received
for the article itself, as well as an in
crease in the quantity produced and sold.
In cotton, for Instance, the average ex
port price per pound in the months of
September and October, the beginning of
the new cotton year, has been 9.9 cents,
against 6.7 cents in the same months of
the preceding year, while in other agri
cultural productions and in various llnejs
of manufactures, especially those of Iron
and steel, and in the products of the
mine, there are Increased prices per unit
of quantity, and thus better earnings for
those who produce them.
A comparison of conditions in the
United States with those In other coun
tries, as measured by the foreign com
merce, indicates a degree of prosperity
which compares favorably with any coun
try of the world. Our own exports for
the 10 months ending with October show
an Increase, as has already been noted,
of $166,000,000, while in the exports of the
United Kingdom the Increase In 10 months
is $125,000,000, while the 1900 figures for
Belgium. France, Spain and Italy show
no Increase in exportatlons during that
pait of the year 1900 whose record Is now
available. In the case of Belgium, France.
Spain, Italy Germany and the United
Kingdom, the imports are greater than
the exports, while In our own case the
exports vastlv exceed the imports, the
excess of exports over imports in the 10
months ending with October being $499
667,936, or a greater excess than in the
corresponding period of any -preceding
year, and a greater excess than that of
any other country of the world.
It is not improper In this review of the
commerce of the year 1900 and compari
son with preceding years to also briefly
review the decade and century of which
it forms the closing year. While It Is not
practicable, of course, to give the total
Import and export figures for the calen
dar year 1900, the Bureau of Statistics
has completed the figures of the fiscal
year 1900 ending with June 30, and thus
made it practicable to compare the com
merce of the fiscal year with preceding
fiscal years running back to the begin
ning of the present form of government.
This table, which shows the Imports ana
exports and excess of imports or exports
in each year from 1790 to 1900, is too long
to reproduce In full, but it has been fur
ther condensed by the bureau Into a ta
ble showing the Imports and exports in
10-year periods from 1790 to 1900, with thu
excess of imports or exports In each de
cennial period. This table is interesting,
not alone In its presentation of the Im
port and export record, but especially In
Its showing relative to the excess of Im
ports or exports during the HO years un
der consideration. It will be seen by an
examination of the final column of the
table, which is presented below, that Im
ports exceeded exports almost continu
ously prior to the decade 1871-1SS0, and
that since that time exports have almost
continuously exceeded imports, but that
the excess of exports over Imports in the
decide Just ending, 1S91-1900, Is extremely
large as compared with any preceding
decade, while, as already shown, the ex
cess of exports over Imports In the sin
gle year 1900 will also be greater than in
,any preceding year In Our history.
The table- showing the commerce of the
United States by decennial periods Is as
follows:
Imports.
1790-1SO0 $ 614,845,454
1S01-1S10 927,663.510
1811-1820 808,119274
1821-1830 729.4S8.7S5
1831-1840 , 1,195,206,786
1841-1850 1,180,947,790
1S51-1SC0 ; 2,S44,750,360
1S61-1S70 .., 3,318,670,2is6
1S71-1S8) 5,352,215,118
1SS1-1S90 6,921,865,217
1S91-190O 7,633,052,006
Total $31,526,824,646
Net excess of exports, 1790 to 1900
NICARAGUA CANAL BILL.
Lukewarm Support ot Several Sena
torn One Danger That Threatens.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22. The one dan
ger that threatens the Nicaragua canal
bill is the lukewarm support it will re
ceive from some of the Republican Sen
ators. Regardless of the enormous pres
sure that is being exerted by the people
at large to have this legislation enacted
at the approaching session, there are a
number of Senators who still assert that
there is no occasion for haste In the mat
ter, and are not ready at this time to bus
tle themselves and secure the passage of
this most important piece of legislation.
Prominent among this class of Senators
is Senator McCumber, of North Dakota,
who, shortly after his arrival in Wash
ington, gave out a statement that he "did
not think there should be hasty legisla
tion, owing to the Importance of the sub
ject." If the Senator came from a coast
state, and particularly a Pacific Coast
state, he would hear from his constitu
ents in no unmistakable terms after such
a declaration as that reached them. If a
sufficient number of these Senators can
be aroused to the real Importance of
passing this bill at the coming session,
there will be no difficulty In getting It
through. And yet, in spite of his declara
tion regarding the Nicaragua canal bill,
Senator McCumber states In the same
sentence, almost, that he b el elves the
ship subsidy bill should be passed at the
coming session, without fall.
Warfare If we understand the rules of civil
ized warfare, anything which makes for the
goring of the Antrlo-Saxon ox is in violation of
these Detroit Journal.
in
lit is
::-V V V
. TSt-VI r vTTiV-X-Br - m
ttzmi&tez&Psii.Z' j&&i
sj; &-zzr.z:L r. ws '. n
WseN JL.IAIRBANK LOMPANY
Vv-SAJilLAtiU ,
-Jl ..-..- A -
TTnfiniilnTa
WORK FOR NEXT CONGRESS
NORTHWEST REPRESENTATIVES
HAVE FEW ON CALENDAR.
Oregon and Washington Most Con
cerned in Appropriation Meas
ures Yet to Be Framed.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23. An examina
tion of the calendars of the Senate and
House for December 3, the first day of
the coming session, does not disclose
a very large number of bills introduced
by Oregon or Washington representatives
which are in line to be taken up at the
short session, but, as usual, the most
important pieces of legislation for which
these two delegations will contend will
be embraced In the general appropria
tion bills yet to be framed.
The Senate calendar does not show a
single public bill by either of the Oregon
Senators which has been reported, but
Senator Foster's bill to appropriate funds
Excess of
Exports.
$ 126,807,942
1S34S.440
21S.227.W9
35,178,548
159.704,776
14,60L567
2,876,763
77SJ406.1S7
540.798,8?5
72fi.4M.769
2,615,343,320
Exports.
$ 487,947,512
745,315,061
589,892,223
694,310,237
1,085,502,010
1,195,549,357
2,488,874,604
2,543,264,099
5,893,007,193
7,651,354,976
10,248,395,3S6
$33,573,412,65S
.$2,046,558,012
for conducting investigations and tests of
American timber has a place pretty well
down on the list. Unless the Senate goes
through the list with great rapidty, this
measure will not be reached in the three
short months, unless taken up out of its
regular order.
There will, of course, be a few bills
general in character, suoh as apply to
mining operations and public lands,
which will be applicable to Oregon as
well as other states, but these were not
introduced by members of either delega
tion. In the House there is a slightly better
showing. On the House calendar Is a bill
by Mr. Tongue for, the creation of the
Crater Lake National Park, reported by
Mr. Moody at the last session, and a
bill by Mr. Moody, extending to Oregon,
Washington and California section 8 of
the timber culture laws, which by an
Inadvertence was not made applicable
to these three publc-land states. This
bill, It may bo added, was passed through
the Senate last session by Senator Si
mon. Representative Jones, of Washington,
has two bills on the House calendar, one
prohibiting the creating of new forest
reserves, or the enlargement of existing
reserves, except by the consent of Con
gress, and the other prohibiting the es
tablishment or extension of forest re
serves in the State of Washington, ex
cept by act of Congress. A bill by Rep
resentative Lacey, of Iowa, to prohibit
the location of mining claims in Alaska
by power of attorney will also be of much
interest to Oregon and Washington, and
have the support of both delegations.
Other bills on the calendar of the com
mittee of the whole House of Interest to
the Northwest, are as follows:
Mr. Tongue's bill amending the act pro-
me waier mattes vour
come out perfectly
free fromrease. '
almost a pleasure to
T WASHING
x.
.m ..-, -. -. mm.. m.
&I.L,WJ1S, JKW UK1L,
"--ilamii 1 1 in r imiimnT - r - - M' - "
vldng for the allotment of lands in sev
eralty to Indians on the various reser
vations, and extending the protection of
the United States laws to the, Indians.
A bill, already passed by the Senate,
for the establishment of lighthouses and
fog signals on the coast of Alaska.
A bill Introduced by Mr. Cushman ap-
propriating $1600 to investigate the fish
ery interests on the Pacific Coast. ana
Mr. Moody's double minimum refunding
bill: Representative Lacey's measure ex
tending to Alaska the timber and stona
acts, extending the system of .public sur
veys and amending the homestead act ia
that territory.
NO GOOD TO COME.
Therefore Joint High. Commission.
Will Not Be Called Again.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 38. Although!
there has been talk of another session
of the Joint High Commission, the prob
abilities are that it will not be called
together, because the Administration 13
quite convinced that no good can be ac
complished. The principal matter in dis
pute before the commission before was
the Alaskan boundary, and by the mo
dus Vivendi that boundary has been set
tled for all time. Of course a modus Vi
vendi means for the time being, and. in
this particular case the time being Is
meant to last until the crack of doom,
evidently. The modus Is such that it doe3
not need to be confirmed by the Senate
and is fixed, until, so the doeument reads,
the two nations agree upon a permanent
boundary line. As neither nation Will
agree upon any other line than that as
at present located, and as tho United
States would hardly dare give up the
territory in the Porcupine- district, and
England will not relinquish her claims to
land on the American side of the provis
ional boundary, it ia likely that this
modus will go on from year to year until
somebody finally concludes that it ha3
been that way so long It might as well ba
accepted as the permanent boundary.
There are other features the Joint High
Commission are also hired to unravel, one
of the principal being the sealing and
bonding privilege which has given so
much concern to shipping interests along
the northern border of the United States
that have to enter into competition with
Canadian roads. The seal fisheries, and
In fact every other question would ba
rather hard to settle. It Is understood
that the Administration does not want
the commission to meet unless there is
prospect of it accomplishing something.
In other words, he does not want our
diplomacy made ridiculous again as it
was by the last meeting 'of the commis
sion. The Process of Restoration.
New York World.
Senator-elect Bailey's notion of rehabili
tating the Democracy Is through a "pro
cess of elimination, subtraction and ad
dition." A good idea! Eliminate tho
Populistic fads and the free-silver fallacy.
Subtract the "personally conducted" cam
paign of the Presidential candidate. Add
the Democratic principles and policies
that vivified the party from the days of
Jefferson to the time of Cleveland, but
which were laid aside in favor of fusion
and frenzy In 1816. So shall tha party
regain the people's confidence.
Tom Barry, of North Yakima, Is re
ported lost. He left a few days ago In a
snow storm, intending to go tfr Prosser.
He never arrived at his destination and
has not returned.
clean and .
wash dishes with J
POWDER
:: Xm:
-:
JfcJUS'i'OJS ,?iV, JV
-.. . 4 .- . ---"
- T - -y--wi-7--. r. -,
mgg&s&mm&mm
mNMMdHKUHHB6ML
i IliM'idl - fc A ...-4-'