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PAGE TWO. THE MORNIOT ASTORIAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1904. , Morning' Astbri an Established 1873. DAILY EXCEPT MONDAY. RATES. Jy mail per year $6 00 By mail, per month By carriers, per month 50 60 THE SE3I I-WEEKLY ASTOItlAN. By mail, jfr year, in advance $1 09 ASTORIAN PUBLISHING COMPANY. MANCHURIA AND OUR TRADE. The idea that Manchuria is but a vast bleak and barren domain, quite common on this side of the world, is netirely erroneous. The immense value of that country, the real underlying around of con tention not merely between Russia and Japan, in a sense, the world's mandatory, but also between semi-Asiatic Russia and the leading powers, becomes every day more apparent. Wise therefore and timely is the latest diplomatic contention that Manchuria with its enormous resources and its astonishing pro ductive capacity, shall not be alienated from China with her Man Chu dynasty; the pledge obtained from Russia by the powers concerned will be abso lutely valueless vmles Japan's premptory and resolute action has again made this a definite issue It is not a question now of pandering to Christian Cossaek susceptibilities or of estimating too closelv what dangers, if any as is believed in Germany- may arise in a retroceded Manchuria, should the crude polytheism of Holy Russia and the bloody knout of its religious agents be supplanted still fur ther by the mild and inoffensive Bhuddist doctrine That is not the concern of a commercial power like the United States. Pious and, withal, so practical England is not worrying, we may be certain, as to how much more efficacious toward the world's prog ress is an "eikon" than a Bhuddist praying-wheel . There are countless millions of the Bhuddist creed. It is not they who are disturbing the peace of the world but an ostentationsly and essentially Christian power. ; To appreciate the full value of Manchuria we can not do better than to return to a recent report of J. W.Davidson, the United States consul at For mosa. He paints a very attractive picture of the present condition of Manchuria. As to its not be ing able to support an army of occupation, we are told that the wheat and beef industries there have developed so rapidly that within a very short time the country will be independent of all outside sup plies of beef and flour. All along the line of the railway splendid cities are springing up, and of these Harbin is the greatest. This place, only three years old, has now a population of 40,000 Russians. Mr. Davidson says that this will le one of the most im portant cities of the far east. It .has commercial stability. Harbin will be the great railway center of all Manchuria, and engine shops costing $1,250,- ' 000 are now being built there. Its industrial and commercial aspects include large flour mills and important wholesale flour establishments. Mr. Davidson is concerned with the effects of Rus sian occupation upon American commerce. Amer ican trade with Manchuria will suffer, he thinks, much more than British. The products despatched to Manchuria from England are not largely pro duced in Russia, but kerosene oil, cotton goods, flour and timber, which constitute the bulk of American shipments to Manchuria, are very largely porduced by Russia. Moreover, Manehuria-grown wheat, the production of which is increasing tremendously, is much cheaper than American or Russian wheat. The city of Harbin alone now produces more than 800,- 000 pounds of fldur daily. Mr. Davidson urges on his countrymen that they must develop the American trade with Manchuria on entirely new lines. This report, written before the outbreak of the persent war, now possesses an added significance. Just at present Japan is fighting our battles. Hews in a return to primitive nature, not merely h a cult but as a perpetual condition in life. 1 his generation wears much more clothing than Adam and Eve, and he thinks thev were overdressed If the men and women of today -would be sensible m this' matter and then betake themselves to the fields and ofrests Mr. Solomonson thinks they would develop into a higher grade gorilla it may be sur mised. The highest development, however, could 1h at tained only after a perpetual renunciation of all meat, air salt and all liquids. Nuts and fruit are the proper thing, and when you feel thirsty you may just moisten your mouth with the juice of a fruit. It is sad to know that this apostle of sinmlieity in an age of luxury should have attracted the hearty I admiration only of the small lioys, who greeted his appearance and progress with wild acclaim. AX OFFENSIVE STATUTE. Is everything to become the subject of statutory regulation T 'asks the Call. Is all grace and jrarnish to be banished to conform to the merely external form provided by an act entitled an act? The Vir ginia legislature proposes (o compel by law circus posters to tell the truth, and nothing but the truth I Are the people to be deprived of the pleasures of the many eolored circus poster by bringing it down to the dead level of mere facts t Are we to read no more of "the only greatest show on earth. The combined combinations and amrrpirutmna nf ilie r?r- ' ..... Princes, of the ring, the Empresses of the eques curriculum and the only wonder of wonders now on the road?" Are we to part with the pleasures of the imagination, and see it all brought down to a state ment that men and women will ride around a ringf The proposed law applies to the pictures as well as the text. We are to see the circus ladies pictured as plain as they are, and not as prize winners at a world beauty show. We will have none of such a law. Life requires every possible diversion from its hard duties and various vexations. And now, just as the traveling shows have decided to omit the street parade, the cold and unfeeling law of the land pro poses to stretch forth and tear from ths circus poster its beauty and style. In the great name of the rising generation, we file a protest thus far in advance of the next session of the legislature, lest this more than Puritan propo sition gain a foothold, here. ..;,L f t I "iliimil 1 't I 1 1'' ''"'f 1 DECORATING The ouiet. artistic beautv of linv homo is easily marred by lack of taste in wall dV-orations. Wo wish' ' to state that the New Year will find us in a belter position to do decora t , ing than ever before. New patterns are beginning to arrive, and nil we link is that you favor us with an op portunity to show you tho lino. B. F. ALLEN S SON. ?657 Commercial Street BLACKSMITH I NO. CARRIAGE AND WAGON BUILDING. SHOEING. FIRST-CLASS KORSK Losses Camp Work, All kinds of wagon materials in stock for tale. We guarantee the best work done in the city. . l'rloes right. ANDREW ASP. Corner Twelfth and Duaae Htreets. 'Phone 291, It is astonishing how little the average Amerienn knows ctf his own country and its history. There is not more than one in ten who can tell you how many states there are in the union ; one in a hun dred, perhaps, could name the presidents in order and about the same porport ion could tell you the number of the present congress. The cabinet officers and their duties; the heads of the judiciary and the workings of that department; the plan and extent of our diplomatic relations with other countries these are matters the average citizen knows and cares little about. Few, indeed, but have a very vgaue idea of the immense area of our country and our possessions. Russia has decided that under the exigencies of war she must abandon her proposed representation at the St. Louis Exposition. .She is at present fullv occupied in blowing up her own ships and defending herself as surely and inevitably bv stupid blundering as if she weer an active ally of her e nemy. It is understood that-Postmaster-General Pavne will retire from office at the end of this presidentia term, even though President Roosevelt is re-electet: His health is not good, and he feels, furthermore, that his private interests demand his attention. There are today r,(XM),(M)0 day laborers in this country. One and one fourth million belong to na tional trades unions, another million to trades unions not yet national in their scope and the remainder comprise the army of unorganized labor. THE LATEST HEALTH FAD. A few days ago Xew York had a visitation by comparison with which the Dowie crusade pales into commonplacehcss. There suddenly appeared upon bcr frozen streets a man of magnificent physique, clad in a pair of open sandals, one long robe of thin materiafand absolutely nothing more. nu,. ,...,i.,i : ..... me sauuais were a concession 10 nis leet, as he is not accustomed to pavements, and his robe was a concession to the police. What he wore when passed inspection of the immigration officials on landing irora Holland,, whence he came, it would lie curious to know, says the P.-I. His name is John Solomonson and he comes to make converts to a new cult which may develop in to a religion if everything goes favorably. He be- According to the figures of the labor bureau at Washington, there have been more than 22,000 strikes in the past 20 years, and these have involved a loss to employers of $1,000,000,000, and to work- ingmen of three times that -much. The men who mind their own business are sure to succeed, since they have so little competition. The man who is trying to regulate the business of a whole neighlxirhood has a large contract on his hands. According to the expense account 'of the United States senate, 30,000 quinine pils were consumed by that body during the last year. No wonder then, there is so much bitterness in that body. Of the .$07(1,023,592 wages paid by railways of the United States, 2 per cent goes to general officers, 15 per cent to other officers, engineers and conductors and 83 per cent to the employes. It is an old saying that postmasters seldom die and never resign. But during the last fiscal year 713 postmasters died and 8,344 resigned. St. Louis World's Fair News FROM HEADQUARTERS A Great Combination Offer We will furniNh the Twice. Week lasue of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat Twice-a-Week tot""" Astorian Both Papers Sla5 WE YEAR THE ST. LOUW GLOliK-DEMOCKAT is issued Nomi-Weekly, eight pages or more, every Tuesday and Friday. 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