The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, January 02, 1903, Image 6

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Newspaper Page Textr-'f-::-$ THE OHEGOtf DAILY JOUliIrORTLAS for mt2 5 DINN ONE OF THE MOST GENEROUS NEWSPAPER PREMIUM OFFERS EVER MADE. The Dishes s. 1 . I i i t H i i .They are pretty enough to grace any one's table. Jin American high grade semi-Vitreous Decorated Porcelain Set of forty two 1 . . j pieces. I The make-up of the j get is shown In the ' picture. Each piece ts decorated with a . delicate pattern of ' pink roses and pale blue forget-me-nots, j- further softened by a j dainty tracery of fern t' mosses. There Is gold I tracing on knobs and ! handles and a gold I border on every piece. t ; Thls'set Is positive. ' ly guaranteed against erasing and sells ordinarily at re tall for $12.50. 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BESSEhEifSS' A"ND' lOTHSEJf CX3TT8 "WfiRY-WfiKK, WHICH NO TITLE IN THEr DISHES TO PASS TO ME UNTIL THE FIFTEEN JiO.NTlU' SUBSCRIPTION BE FAIC. SUBSCRIBER. WITNESS. ... ADDRESS. I Agree to report at The Journal Qfflc Any Change In Address. Haver Pay Colleotor Until He Shows Contract You Slimed. PORTLAND, OR .190 RECEIVED. FROM THE JOXTBJTAL P JTBtlSE. O COHPAKT, ONK SET DINNER DISHES (42 PIECES) IN GOOD ORDER AND ACCEPTED ON TERMS SPECIFIED HEREIN. SUBSCRIBER. 1 .VENEZUELA IS SOLVENT Reveatitt Sufficient to Meet all 0bIigationS4 EUT" HANY 'CLAIHS UNJUST Agricoltcrc and Cattle Breeding tie Chief Basis of Wealth. 1 WASHINGTON,. Jan. 2 "Pernors fa nillr with- tha resources of Venenivln." Fitid a high Venezuelan official this after noon, ."hav o fear that the Venfluelan 4.overtmMntfcwlll be unable to meet all of i is- Just obligations as fast as they ma ture.." 2dany - of th so-called foreign 'luima l 'lire : iu . imnura in juiuvv :ia eauuv. ana it is or reason or inis Uss of -claim that -much, ol the trouble far as thf foreign bonded dobt ,pf the country iw concerned, the customs re ceipts of the several porta of the coun try are. If not disturbed by Internal and lort-lgn complications. sufHclent to meet, as they fall due, all lla Wlltles. "To beRln with, the public debt of Ven ezuela il:itt-s fjrom the separation of the Creat Celombla. and marks as far ba.'k fis 182. Ji: November 1, ISfJo. thf forelirn debt of Venezuela was' "4.7n3.4S7.2 boli vars, and tier interior debt wa 1C6.540. I'W.t.'S Ijulivars. makinjf a grand total of debt, foreign and domestte, of 11i1.S!.1.7.tS.9."i bolivars, large enough, I will admit, ujid yet a smaller Indebtedness than that lt any other Latin-American state. Now, the bolivar Is eual to 1!23 cents in 1'nited States currency, ami it in easy to figure out in d'llars and cents just where the country BttnijR llnanclnlly. ""I he irincipal maritime custom houses of Venezuela open to foreign commerce aro La Guaira. Puei-to Caljello, Ciudad I'.olivar. Maracaibo, La Vela and Caru jano. There are Fix others of more or Jess imiHrtanct. The import duties re ceived at the port of La GuaJra alone amounted in 1S36 to 17.'Mit.44S.13 holivers. In the ear mentiond the total customs revenue of all the several ports amounted to 37.127,033.60 bolivars-, while the revenues tf the government fi"?," all sources amounted to Hl.tM.WiM tSillvars. ln-197-! the net jroduet of the' maritime cus tom" hot'ses amounted to 21.364.423.64 boli vars, and the land custom houses pro duced In the same period 6.427,221.59 boli vars, roaktner for the year of custorn revenues - a total of 27,I.M4.23 bolivars. As a matter of fact, it only requires 1, D4CI.051 bolivars .per month to meet, the current . uideblptlness, and as i have shown, under peacVful and normal con dltlons. the amount is more than ade quate to meet contingent debts, foreign and domestic. With the ports of the (ountry bloekaded. of course, the mari time cuBtoms cease. I'NJI ST DEBTS. "With these resources the question nat urally arises, why noes not Venezuela pa her debts more promptly? It. should be known In this connection that It is not so much the bonded debt of the country that Is In contention as a lot of "debts that are not ..founded in equity ujid Justice, and which some foreign governments are clamoring to be recognized as valid. There .seems but one true and Just way out of all the trouble over these dis puted claims, and that 4s that H1 coun tries concerned agree that they ehall be passed upon by some competent tribunal. If the constituted authorities agree'that they are valid and must be paid. Vene zuela will accept the verdict In th proper spirit and walk up to the captain's office and settle. "As many of the troubles or Venezuela have arisen from damages claimed by foreign residents, It la proper to state that under the constitution of the coun try nliens enjoy the same civil rights as natives of Venezuela. The government of Venezuela canrfot conclude treaties with nations that do not recognize that, while their citizens In the country enjoy the same civil rights as natives of the country, they are also subject to theT same obligations Citizenship Is confer red by the fact of birth on the national territory, and Is also acquired by natural ization. Children of a Venezuelan father or mother, even though born abroad, be come Venezuelans by birth upon declar ing before competent authority, on en tering Venezuela, that such Is thetr de sire. For those born k broad of a Vene zuelan father or mother, and those born In' Spanish-American countries or the Spanish Antilles, it is omy necessary to declare their intention to become natural ized to acquire citizenship. No passport is required to travel viithin the republic or depart from It. "The President of the republic has the same powers as the President of the Vnlted States, with lltrle differences, but his nominations do not need the approval of the Senate. The judicial power of the nation-js exercised by the high Fed eral Court? the Court of Cessation and the other courts and tribunals created by law, which defines thetr Jurisdiction and organization. The supreme tribunal Of the states Is the Court of Cessation. The national executive is empowered to treat with the government of Amerlca regard lng compacts of alliance and confedera tion. The land and naval forces are made up of the militia. THE W EALTH OF THE COUNTRY. "Although I have mentioned the re ceipts from customs as being sources of revenue, agriculture and cattle breeding arc the Industries which form the solid base for the wealth of the country. It is true that It has rich mines and other resouroes, but they are of minor Impor tance as compared with those named. Agriculture and stock breeding sustain the foreign commerce of the republic 'and attract immigration The great agricul tural crop Is coffee. The latest statistics show that there are in the republic over 32,266 coffee plantations, frora whloh, -in tha total production wa ovef 132,000 , pounds. Germany and France get the greater share of this product. The Untted States also get a considerable quafitlfy,. but the linest grades go to Europe, The growing of sugar cane ranks second ns nn Industry. In the matter of imports, the United States furnish most of the wheat Hour consumed in the country. The Imports made by Venezuela from the 1'nited States in 1897 amounted In value to $3,183,016.86. The LaGualra cus tom house receipts from May, 1801. to "December, 1901. averaged about 1,000,000 bolivars per month." OUST IIIZ AS, OLD MAW. Senator Hoar of Massachusetts seldom (roes to the White House, but when he does the length of bis conference with the President is noteworthy. The other day Mr. Hoar was ushered Into the Pres ident's room and Mr. Roosevelt asked him to be seated In one of the big chairs. Then ' the President and the Senator plunged Into a discussion which stretched out for over an hour. In the meantime other Ser.ators who wanted to see the President were held up In Secretary Cor telyou's ffice. : As time went on half a dozen or more were waiting and. they became Impatient at the delay. Presently Senator Cullom, who Is 73 years old,- ask ed Senator Allison, who Is also 73, what was the cause of the delay. "Why, old Hoar Is In there," said the youthful Iowan, disrespectfully. "That's Just like an old man," said Mr. Cullom. "They never know enough to do their business and leave. If Hoar were not. so old I would ask him If he had- slept at the White House til night" Senator Hoar Is 76 years f age. AN AERIAL TORPEDO., UTICA, N. Y Jan. afT-Prof. Carl My ers of Frankfort has reopened Ills bal loon farm for the manufacture of a number of war balloons for the govern ment and the building of several air ships for various Inventors who are to compete at the St Louis World's Fair for the $100,000 prize. Prof. Myers an nounced today the completion of an "electrical aerial torpedo," a machine which promises much In the .solution of the problem -of aerial navigation. The aerial torpedo flies like a thing of life, driven by two aluminum screen blades making 2.000 revolutions per minute, and rotated by an electric motor which obtains Its power from an ordinary in candescent lighting current of 110 volts. The movements are - directed y two aeroplanes acting bb rudders, moving the vessel up, down, right or left In cir cles, spirals, or cylolds In all directions In midair as freely as a bird flies. All these revolutions are under control of a distant operator,- who moves an Index over contact points on a dial switch board, to which the vessel Instantly re sponds. . IT WAS ATTSm CHRISTMAS. Seattle Star: A prominent citizen 'of Republic killed himself a few days ago. The reasons put forward ty his friends for- his act Of self-destruction were that he had been drinking, gambling, was 111. showed symptoms of insanity and had quarreled with his brother.- . SUMMARY OF THE WEATHER Edward A. Beals, Forecast Official Reports for December. Mean atmospheric pressure, 30.02; high est pressure, 30.42, on the 28th; lowest pressure, 29:58, on the 25th. Mean tem perature, 40; highest temperature, 58, on the 24; lowest temperature, 80, on the 18th; greatest daily range of temperature, 20, on the 24th; least daily range of tem perature. 3, -on the 2lBt. Mean tempera ture for this month for 32 years, 42 de grees. Average deficiency of daily mean temperature since January L 118 degrees. Accumulated deficiency of dally mean temperature since Janpary 1. 118 degrees. Prevailing direction of wind, southeast. Total movement of wind. 4,311 miles. Maximum- velocity of wind, direction and date, 28 miles, southwest, on the 30th. Total precipitation, 10.28 inches. ' Number of days with .01 Inch or more of precipi tation. 21. Average precipitation for this month for 32 years, 7.50 Inches. Total excess in precipitation during month. 2 78 inches. Total precipitation from Septem ber 1. 1902, to date, 23:69 Inches. Average precipitation from September 1. to date, 19.27 Inches. Total excess from Septem ber 1. 1902, to date, 4.42 Inches. Average precipitation, for 32 wet seasons, 42.05 Inches. Number of clear days, 3; partly ciouay aays, 4; ciouay days, 24 I';