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THE SOUTH AND SHIPS.
A clear note comes from the south in the matter
of the upbuilding of our American merchant marine.
Of the 24 deep-water ports on the coast-line of the
United States having channels capable of sustaining
vessels with a water-draught of 25 feet and upward
11 are in the southern states nearly half of the
whole. The south therefore has a keen home inter
est not only in building up the business of these ports
but in the provision of an American nlerchant fleet
to carry their exports and imports; these 11 ports,
too, are nearer to the Panama canal than any others
in this country.
"If," argued a southern business man before the
national merchant marine commission in session at
Brunswick, Ga., a few days ago, "the United King
dom has paid the Cunard company in assistance in
some fonn the sum of $32,500,000 during the past
65 years as it has; if she can afford to close a con
tract within the past year with this line for the
building of two great steamships of 244 knots speed,
under which she loaned the company at 2 per cent
for 20 years the sum of $13,000,000; if she can raise
that money on bonds as she did at 3 per cent in
terest; if she can contract as she did for a sub
vention of $750,000 a year to these two ships for a
period of 20 years and can give them at the same time
a mail contract of $340,000 a year if she can and
does do all these things, surely the United States
may wisely consider a policy in aid of her own mer- j
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And why not? We must "fight the devil, with
fire." The United States cannot go on forever refus
ing to her deep-sea shipping the protection that she
accords to every other industry. She must do as her
competitors do. or else retire from the cross-seas
carrying trade entirely, with a humiliating acknowl
edgment of defeat.
She is dangerously near that point now.
neutrality for a neutral state to permit the coaling
of belligerent steamers in its porta to the same, ex
tent that it permit the coaling of other foreign
steamers resorting to its ports casually and without
settled stations established for them. Xor is it a
brtach of neutrality for a neutral state to permit the
sella of coal to any extent to a bdligtrtnt" All that
is required, apparently, is that the neutral state
shall treat both belligerents alike.
The questions involved in the present ease, then,
appear to be two in number. The first is what rules,
if any, France has made for this war. The second is
whether in practice France is treating, or is willing
to treat, Russia and Japan alike. The former
should be easily answered from the French official
record. The latter may be theoretically answered
from the same record, but its practical answer could
be secured only through the visiting of a French
port by a Japanese vessel in quest of coal. If France
gives a Russian ship, at Havre or Brest, enough coal
to carry her not merely back to the Baltic, but as far
as possible forward on the route to Tort Arthur,
then it would seem to be incumbent upon her to
give a Japanese ship at Saigon enough coal to carry
her not merely back to Nagasaki, but as far as pos
sible forward on the route to let us say Comstadt
It may be that no Japanese ship will ever seek such
supplies. But it is to be assumed that if one did
France would treat it as liberally as she is treating
the Russian ships.
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THE COALING OF THE FLEET.
' Surprise is expressed in Japan at the policy of
France in supplying the Russian fleet with coal for
its voyage to the far east. Such action, say Japanese
papers, is analogous to letting belligerent troops pass
across neutral territory. It does not appear, how
ever, that the Japanese government is seriously, if at
alL disturbed over the matter, says the New York
Tribune. , Complacency on its part has at least two
good grounds. One is that such coaling of the Rus
sian fleet is no violation of law, and the other that
it probably will not particularly matter to Japan
whether the Russian fleet ever reaches the far east or
not The chief interest of the incident is, therefore,
in its emphasizing the desirability of further agree
ments among the nations concerning rules and regu-1
lations of warfare, an end which, perhaps, can best
be attained in the convention which President Roose
velt is planning to call at The Hague.
There is, we lnow,: a common notion that such
provision of coal to a belligerent fleet is a violation
of international law. That notion, however, does not
seem tenable. Hall's "International Law," one of
the latest authorities, does indeed say that "a ves
sel of war . . . ' may fill up with enough coal to
enable her to reach the nearest port of her own
country," the implication being that she may take
only so much coal and no more a very different
thing from what the Russians are said to have been
doing. But there is no general agreement upon the
point. The latest English edition of Wheaton says
the matter is entirely within the discretion of the
neutral government "A neutral is not required by
the law of nations to place any restrictions upon the
liberty which it accords of purchasing provisions,
coal and other supplies (not being arms of munitions
of war) . It is not a rule of international law that the
supplies purchased should be limited to any particu
lar quantity." During our civil war Great Britain
made (for herself only, of course) the rule that a
belligerent ship should be permitted to take in a
British port only enough coal to carry her to the
nearest port of her own country, and that rule was
repeated in the Franco-German war, the Spanish
American war and in the present Russo-Japanese
war. Holland, on the other hand, in various wars
has openly proclaimed that belligerent ships might
get all the coal they wanted in her harbors. The
United States has always taken strong ground in
favor of the right of its citizens to sell any and all
kinds of merchandise, even munitions of war, to a
belligerent. Dr. Wharton, in his elaborate treatises
on criminal and international law from the American
point of view, saya explicitly : "It is not a breach of
ARE WE POISONED AS WE GOt
Are we, the people of the United States, being
slowly poisoned by the very agents who are supposed
to be looking after our comfort and health f That is
a startling supposition, yet there is authority for it in
the latest report of the agricultural department of
the United States government, says the Standard
Union. That report treats of many subjects of inter
est to consumers of various sorts and kinds of goods
other than foodstuffs, to which most people naturally
look for anything in the way of poison when the sub
ject is broached. But this report, or "bulletin" as
it is officially called by the department, treats of
other things than foodstuffs, and quite as important
in our daily lives, dealing with the use of arsenic in
their preparation. Now every one knows' arsenic is
a powerful poison. Yet it is used in the making of
wall paper, furs, rugs, dress goods, stockings, and
similar articles of frequent or constant use. Wall
paper makes the best showing, as out of 537 samples
examined only four showed the presence of over one-
tenth of a grain to the square yard, the maximum al
lowed by law in the state of Massachusetts, the only
state in the union having a law regulating the use
of arsenic in manufactures. As to stockings, which
concern us all more than wall paper, a far more ser
ious state of things was found, for out of 41 samples
analyzed only 2.4 per cent were found to be arsenic
free, while some of them were heavily charged with
it. According to this bulletin black stockings were
open to this objection to a larger degree than any
other color. In furs 17 times as much arsenic was
found as the law allows. In fur rugs one sample
contained no less than 1G.93 grains of arsenic to the
square yard. It is needless to point out that this is
a very dangerous amount. A very large quantity of
dress goods was found to contain a dangerous amount
of this poison in the dye used in their preparation.
It would seem ' advisable for gome other states
than Massachusetts to enact laws on this subject for
the protection of the public.
Early in the coming year an American forest con
gress will meet in Washington under the auspices
of the American Forestry Association. The con
gress is called to consider the forests in'their rela
tion to the great ' industries closely dependent on
them, such as lumbering, transportation, irrigation
mining and grazing. Its intention in general is to
guard intelligently our forest resources, and bring
to an enfl the ignorant and destructive ravage of the
lumberman and the wood pulp man, who, left to
themselves, would in a century denude the continent
and provide the way for it to become a desert. The
congress is of national importance, the president will
address it, and its aims have the sympathy of every
body with sufficient intelligence to comprehend their
bearing on the public welfare. The congress may
bear in mind and flourish forth anew Humboldt's
dictum that wherever man has appeared on the earth
he has prepared the way for his extinction by his
destruction of forests.
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PRESIDENT'S SIMPLE LIFE.
A Wholesome Obleet Lesson to the
Entirt World.
"I was particularly struck with the
Implk'lty of the home life of the
president. To one accustomed to
viewing the pomp and ceremony which
aurround the rulers of Europe, there
Reeme to be something notable In the
entire lack of oatentatton In the
Roosevelt family. I wua surprised at
Mr. Roosevelt's habit of Inviting to hla
private amine; tnoie inoae wno are mi-
tng work In the world, quite regard
less of what their power or aoclal po
sition may be. He looks to the man
himself rather than to hla appurten
ances, and this la a brushing away of
the superfluities which is rare In men
of his position. In Washington I saw
his boys starting to a public school,
and one of them did not even bother
to wear a hat. This, or course, waa a
small matter, but It Impreased me. In
Europe the children of a ruler with
not one-tenth of the power of Mr.
Rosevelt do not go to school at all.
much less to a public school. They
have corps of private tutors, and
rarely venture Into the streets except
In elaborate equipages.
The observance of complete sim
plicity In his personal and family life
by the president of the United States,
one of the most powerful rulers on
earth, has a wholesome Influence, not J
only upon America, but also upon the;
world at large."
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Thanksgiving box at the Unique today.
Five thousand Colonial oysters are
received dally at the Imperial oyster
house to supply the holiday trade.
Save the La Imperial band and get
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Hansen aV McCanna, who occupy the
shop formerly used by T. 8. Simpson,
adjoining the city water office, art
prepared to do all kind, of sign and
carriage painting. They will make a
speclulty of work of this clasa and
guarantee satisfaction.
Our all-wool patterns In fall suit
ings and overcoatings include a wide
rang of beautiful things. That la
the correct word beautiful We doubt
If any other display can be found con
taining so many styles to which the
word In Its truest sens may be so
fittingly applied. Do not tell to call
on Dickinson oV Allan", 435 Commercial
street, and see the many hundreds of
patterns for yourself.
, The form of western education which the Fili
pine women, particularly the older ones, take to with
the most willingness is card playing. They easily
master all the American games euchre, poker, sev-en-up,
bridge and the like and spend whole days
in playing them. They learn very quickly when to
"order it up," "raise the ante," and so on, and
acquire the skill of the heahten Chinee which the
veteran Bill Nye was somewhat surprised at.
The Russian soldiers in Manchuria are delighted
at the return of winter. Perhaps the real reason is
that it stops the fighting.
The new Japanese bonds are offered at a price
to net investors 7y2 per cent No wonder they are
in good demand.
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