THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 28, 1008.
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RANKING with the world's great
est commercial necessities, such
' Iron, steel and copper. Id rub
ber. While Rngland, Frame,
Germany and other Europenn
countries have been searching the ut
most ends of the earth for local I tie
whern, this commodity will grow and
can ba obtalnel In commercial quanti
ties, the I'nttud filatea Is Just waking
up to the fact that at her door In th.
"rubber belt" of tropical Mexico Is tho
finest rubber growing country In ths
world.
This valuable article- la obtained by
"tappinK." or cutting- the trees from
which the milk or latex flows. This
Is cnuRht In suitable receptacles and
passed through a process' of coagula
tion which consists of the separating of
the rubber from the water and other ln-Krodlentir-
with which nature mixes It.
The result from this process forms
tho crude rubber of commerce. It la
then passed through a vulcanlflng
process In the factories and Is sriado
into the thousand and one articles re
quired by the trade.
There are two species of rubber tree
fimii which the article Is readily nh
tnlned In commercial quantities. Thu
1'nfa Brnsiliensls and the Caatllloa
Ivlaatlca. The former Is a native of
the AninTon basin, while the latter
grows wild In Mexico and Central
America. The cantllloa matures at the
early unn of five years (and can be
tapped at four veftrs) and Is a prolific
producer. It attains a ftreat size, up
to even five nnd six feet In diameter,
ami Is a tree of long life, attaining an
age of 100 years at least.
It has been demonatrated that these
treus are auBceptlhlfi to cultivation &nl
respond readily to ordinary care. There
la no comparison between the size of
the wild find cultivated tree of the sama
nR. Iii the case of the former, the seed
takes root In the dense Jungle whers
the voting plant receives no sunllKht
nr.il where It is currounded by a multl
tudlniiiiM mass of tropical vegetation,
Htid responds but slowly. On the othef
hand, tho cultivated tree Is eHrefully
tended during Its nursery days nnd is
then so: out In a suitably prepared
'!ear!r. where it obtains an abundance
of sunshine and responds very rapidly
to lis cultivation.
The world Is and has heretofore ne
Tended uron the native aatb
supply. i nis gatnerer is an ignorant tneir capitals sinus into iiisigniiicanco
native IndiHri with no thought beyond beside that which has been the happy
the needs of today. The cbnsequcncn lot of the rubber shareholder. And yet
Is that Instead of properly tapping the rubber-plajitlng is, comparatively spenl
wlhi tree ha finds while cutting his Ing, an Infant Industry. To what
wm- through the dense junglo, he cuta heights of prosperity it will attain
them down. Rimply because he can by when Its existence Is measured by do
th t means obtain nil tho rubber tho cades and not by years, even the !ea?t
tree has In It. This ruthless destrue- sanguine prophet can hardly dare to
tlon of those valuable trees has been uav.
Kiting on for fullv 60 years and the Ho rapidly has the business dev-eloped
world is now fating a" gradually In- that tho British government employs a
ct easing rubber shortage. These con- ataff of scientists whosu duty it is to
ditions have led to the formation of carry on experiments to demonstrate
rubber plantations, which, from what the best methods of growing, cultivating
night be termed experiments of a few and tapping the trees ami coagulating
ve.irs ago. has developed Into a moat tho milk Into rubber. The results are
important anil profitable Industry. given to the planters without charFe.
Returns from rubber plantations It wAB through their experiments, ex
were first received from Ceylon and the tending over a period of four years, that
Malay states, where a number of largo the new or "spiral" system of tapping
KiiRllsh plantation companies are In was discovered. This has Increased tim
..! essful operation. All of these are output over tho old "V-shaped" method
-joint stock corporations, their stocks as five Is to one, or In other words, a
being listed on the London exchange, young tree that would supply one pound
ntul It Is a notable fact that during the under the "V-cut" will. under th-j
recent panic rubber shares, some of "spiral" system produce five pounds,
them minted as high as 10 times their without the least Injury to the tree.
j. hi value, were- the only securities that 'j'he tapping of a rubber tree can be before
held their own nnu aciuany aavanceu HKonort to the cutting or ones linger,
during the general depression. The cut will bleed to a certain limit,
The Financier and Bulllonlst, the old- but will then cease. A hard crtist
est London financial daily, has this to forms over the wound which eventual
say about rubber shares: ly falls off, leaving the new skin or
'"Nothing succeeds like success, anl bark as sound as ever. The tree can
consequently It Is not surprising to find be cut again and again In the identical
that persons who had hardly a good spot.
word to say for rubber shares a little The cultivation of this very neces
tinie back are now busily engaged In sary commodity In tropical Mexico is
pointing out the attractions of such ne- Just commencing to attract the atten
curlttes. The gratification which re- tlon of thinking people In the United
cent results have excited Is, It must be States. The Industry' has been looked
iidnilttel, abundantly Justified by tho upon as being of a more or less freak
facts. No newly created or discovered Ish nature, and It Is only those who
Industrv has made such progress or are far-sighted who have taken the
lies so brilliantly fulfilled the hopes of pains to investigate and then, upon
Its sponsors aa that of rubber jcultl- the courage of their conviction, have
vntlnn. ComDanles which only a few Invested their money In the entemrlse.
Tears ago were virtually unknown and As an experiment the Industry has had
UUmSAi:m,4. i yr PLANTATION MXfK ' '
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m t0yoKKZF.s rest. I I: ; vuv: f'f, 1
tor manufacturing companies durin
the past vear or so have made hit;
erer for Its uroflta. but the return they make on
above referred to. In an able editorial
which appears In the July number or
the India Rubber World, a reeognlied
authority on all things pertaining to t ri world's ?nmiol consumption which
rubber. It is stated that during 1907 i .r0llnd figures during 19oT was 70.-
1S0 tons of plantation rubber was n(i0 tons. About 38.000 tons of this
shipped from 'one town located In the amount comes from th Amazon region.
Mexican "rubber belt." One hundred Mexico and Central America. The
anil fifty tons have been shipped from Amazon product is known to the trade
tne same piace irom January to juue, as t'apa rubber. and when first im
ported was obtained from t lie trees
growing near the. city of Para at the
mouth of the Amazon river. 1 he wim
supply is entirely dependent upon the
native gatherer who, to obtain tho
maximum quantity, has systematically
destroyad these valuable trees for two
generatwms. The consequence Is that
today tho natives have to penetrate
fully 8,000 miles Into the Interior of
the Amazon country and wade around
In morass and swamps to obtain It.
There) are no Inhabitants In the section
referred to and the natives from the
coast have to go after this supply. It
has been authentically stated, and there
1908. Now this is more rubber than
wps shipped from Ceylon In any- year
prior to 1906. It Is more than was
Shipped from the Malay states In any
year before that date, which, as stated
caused the rubber Tioom in
Kngland, and it ls coma about so
quietly that most persons who read
these lines will proba"iy be surprised.
One hundred nnd eighty tons or so of
rubber considered alone Is not of so
much Importance; considered as the
product of planted "Castllloa" trees In
Mexico and" evidence that such trees
can bo cultivated profitably. It is a
matter of very real Importance to the
owners or e oral millions or planted Is no question as to its truth, that everv
trees who have been waiting for assur- ton 0f rubber coming from the Amazon
ances that their money had not been region costs a human life. Not milv
thrown away. tiat Dut It costs at least 75 cents gold
The "Castllloa Elastlca," native of per pound to get the rubber out.
Mexico, many thousands of them of all The annual Increase In the world's
ages growing wild In the "rubber belt," consumption for the past ten years is
Is now known as the most prolific pro- about 10 per cent. Taking this as a
ducer and the earliest In maturity of basis, the demand by 1912 will amount
tn t ivil AriAelAa Dial ftra i ) H i - 1 ew . . Ann a x' ' , ,, , . . .
... .... - . . . - f " V ' "-' wv.,jv Jl 111 Illlf.lfUU KIMS. i(IW. IT 1? WH1 KT I1U I
were n nefftiarime auantuv so iar as us nay ananas now resoivea itsetr inta fnmn.orMnt r v, . i. v,- (. ,".." ., . .
the general Investor wa. concerned have a permanent thing. demon.tr.7ed taf thl tr"ee respond, tnV w' Id .,,3v Is rX.dTv , ecrTasini
very prollfically to the "spiral," or new and the problem presents Itself to tho
runrjer manufacturer as to where this
extra JO, 000 tons Is to come from, if
liber acrengo
acreage that Is In conteni
"U. t '.'ft.
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TAPPING. A RVBBEB.TRB'B.
prices. An extract from a brilliantly)
complied official report on agricultural
In the Malay states during 1906 says:
"It has been shown over and over agalrtg
that the output from every rubber
plantation at present In existence,
when every tree Is In full bearing, can-,
not possibly affect to any great extent,
or In any permanent mannerjthe legltl-;
mate profit .which the proprietary!,
companies should, and unquestionably ,
will, earn." '
Imrlr.g the last ten calendar years,'
from 1X98 to 1907 inclusive, the Imports) I
Into the United States amounted to.
572,300,202 pounds valued at $470,581,-!
r,40. a larger amount having been lm-;
ported ami consumed In Europe.
The prooiem presented to mu manu
facturer of rubber Is a serious one,
because, he not only has to continually
replace rubber articles In dally use, but
has to supply the rubber for new arti
cles that are continually being offered
to the trade. An Iron tire, for instance, (,
will sometimes outlast the vehicle, but i
a rubber tir2 Is of short life, and they'
have therefore not only to keep re J
newlng the rubber tire while the sam !
vehicle Is In active operation, but COO-j
stantly supplying new tires for. the newr;
vehicles. -Ilence, the demand Is con
tinually Increasing while the supply !!.
not.
It Is offlclaly stated that upwards
of $1,000,000,000 of foreign capital la
invested In Mexico. Of this amount, be
tween $200,000,000 and $300,000,000 Is
American capital. $30,000,000 of the lat
ter being Invested in rubber culture)
alone. 'J.'ne owners of this vast amount!
of money, which has developed the re-J
pumic into us present conditions or ac
tivity and business progression, have,
and are realizing, large return' on their
investments which consist or various
industries, such as railroads, man
ufacturers, electrical plants, mlnlngv
and agriculture. Under our "Monro
doctrine" the United States la bound to
protect this invested capital, both local
and foreign, and the Mexican govern-
men i realizing its dependence upon oui
side capital to develop the natural re
puttlon of planting was In bearing, It producing countries would be greatly sources of the republic has demonstrat
Blnce reported nrofit. and declared dlv- Un to 1906 the shimnents of rjlanta-
l lends well calculated to make share- tlon rubber from Ceylon or the Malay tapping system.
lrCihlers in old-fBshloned industrial en- states amounted to less tnan 200 tons. Th amount rf ni.ni.iiAn -,,,
terprlses green with envy. Coal and and It was thl amount coming into the Ing Into the market amounted In 1907 all th present planted rub
Iron companies, catering companies, mo- London market that created the "boom" to about one and one-half per cent of and all the acreage that Is
null! not nearly supply the coming em-tailed This would cause a shortaee
deficit. The condition of the world's of the 88,000 tons from the Amaion
market points to only ono conclusion region and the 30,000 tons of natural
for the future and for a great many expansion above referred to. to say
yearH to come, and that is continued nothing of that from the Congo, which
high prices. 1-et us suppose that prices would make the shortage more than the
of rubber Should drOn tO 7fi cants nftP nfn-nt wapIiI'b tmnnlv Tt cn ihArA.
pound. Tho output of 88.000 tons from fore, be readily seen that there Is no
ed its own ability to extend the sama
protection and promulgate Impartial
laws Just as any of the great powers of
the world protect their foreign investors
Java has hertofore been considered
the most fertile and proliflo of all
tropical countries, but within recent!
the Amaion region would Immediately prospect for a great many years at years experts have conceded that trop-J
cease and a great part of the output least of cheaper rubber, but on the leal Mexico excels In fertility any other
from the Congo ami other wild rubber other hand we may look for higher country in the world. J
HUMAN NATURE STUDIES IN PORTLAND
POSTOFFICETkouSand8 Who Sk ow In and Outs of
Character kVliile AVaiting to Receive Letters From Home
Bv James r. Howe. world, they haven't the slightest idea
HUMAN nature, with all Its joys, wllJ eventually received
, .... , ,. a that they have fallen heir to a fortune
hopes, .orrows. anticipations and or ,omething equally s;ood will de
' numerous other little attribute, velop In their favor,
which go to make up ths way Then. there 1. the girl with the sweet
er this cruel, this kind and this Perhaps her parent, object to
. her receiving mall from some partlc
unsympathetic old world, may be seen ulBr fritni An(J ,h, immediately re
sin' dny In the week and on Sunday at ort to Uncle Bsm's general delivery
almost anv hour in ths corridor of window.
rri-ti,i,v.i nnsinffiM ura it that An' theft there are the married men
Portland s postofflce. Here It is that an(1 womnbut tn, Icss ,ald about
thousands of people post their letters them the better.
and receive their mall which brings But the look upon the faces of
tnem bad news and good tiding, from nne?;;rng1t1hbullg Kt
dear ones In all parts of ths world. of anticipation. After applying for
l;ns, young and old. climb the steps their mail, however, or receiving It, the
r.f I nele Sam's building in Morrison face,, n m0st instances, ch.nse ma
street, one after the other, all with ths urially. Perhaps it . disappointment
hope of receiving some information that Is written on th. feature, because
from a relative, a friend or a sweet- there I. no letter. Or even wor.e
heart And going in and Out all day parhaps the letter Just received ha.
are the glris and numerous old women, brought bad news. Instead of some
all bent on the sam mission. thing encouraging t. had been hoped
Ferhaps some one of the family who for.
Isc been awav for years haso bean Anj than the recipient slowly nd
ha?rd from for month.. N.turally, In d!r leave, the building. Eventually
such families the member, become wor- courage returns, and the dally trlr. to
rifd and more particularly the dear old the general delivery window are con
mother. And it Is she the other, are tinned Others ra awav inmruiW
the Bontofftce. stande In Hne at the
general rtellverv w indow and then goes
nwsv sadlv disappointed.
M"r persons and f B mil lea Tee! y antrance of Portland', nnatofflea Kuti
mstl at the general delivery window ing. Tou will sea life there real hu
f"r various reasons. Borne have only man Ufa. All of the little ecenee and
re entlv moved tn Portland, and inform Incident, will not be pleasant per
their correspondents to addres. them h.pa, and some will sort of stick In
Ii. tM way. Hundreds of others are your mind and heart for a while but
continusllv moving from ons home to If you stay long enough you will he
snother. sna) on thl. account always coma accustomed to It It's Ilf. lunt
have their mall sent cars of the general common, plain, everyday life. That's
delivery winttow. And than thers Srs all. "
the tinfortunstes who hare no home One dally visitor to the po.toffica Is
no other pla-e in the world to which sn old man. aged and bent with time
they can have their letters addressed. Now and then at long Intervals he re
It Is this class priarlpally which reives a letter, but It isn't the one tbst
r.uae. a contin-i.l tream of persons he hsa been looking for all tbeaa ynr
to be wending th-lr respective ways In Tottering slnng over the well-worn
end out of the postofflce all day and pavements, aided bv Mi oane, thl. old
fsr into tha night. man has been golns- to the office ao
tome people live In the hop of re- long that ba hs. become familiar to all
rlvtre a letter Thay anticipate and of the employes. He Is known sa tha
log forward with the thought that the mrt regular visitor to the building
tr will bTl"r ttKl new. Roma lm- Twenty odd years agn a son th
tins thst from somswbsre. In lis one left Fortiand on a sail tog ycsseL
-who makes dally trips to happy and much relieved.
If you have an hour or two that
Sou want to put to good advantige any
ay, Ju.t .tend around In the main
He never returned. The .hip landed In
France; It seems, but the old man In
Oregon never received a word from the
young man who had gone away. Then
he began living lm hope. hopes and
longings that some day the boy would
send his father word that hs was alive
and doing well. But no uch nes ha.
ever been received and the old man con
tinues to visit the general delivery win
dow believing that the long looked for
letter will some day come.
Days have grown Into weeks, weeks
into months and months Into years
twenty and mors of them but the old
man still believes that the boy his boy
will write.
But the bo, now a man well along In
year. If he is.allve. ha. never written.
And the old father atlll walta.
Incidentally, It may be mentioned that
tha old man is not the only ons who has
been expecting a letter for years a let
ter that never came.
"If yon want to study fsclal architecture-In
Its various forms just spend a
few hours a day hers each week." sail
one. s close observer whose business
takee him to tha postofflce every dav
"This crowd Is .trlctlr American 6t
course. foreigners, hundreds of them,
come here for vsrlous purposes, but It
Is the people of this oountryHn moat
case, who go to rnake up ths interesting
are
number who never look pleased. Not
even when they get a letter with good
newa.
"I saw a little Incident tha ether dav
th.t made tears coma tn my eye. It
w aa a meeting between brother and sis
ter From hst I could sathr from
their srtlona and eonve'aaticm both had
left home rears ago. F-ach thought the
other ws somewhere in another part of
the world
"Neither the vourg man ntr the girl
had done r- ae! tn life sod each was
desirous of k : ir e tve true farts from
their parenta 'id other members of th
family The giri bed. Keen rood locking
at one time, perhaps, but h was worn
snd haggard when I saw her. On ber
cKeeka were little daubs of pstnt left on
from (be night refre
"The boy for ha wasn't ranch rora
till a Ko nr rlMhea Which wera f
rood quality sad at one Un la style.
Incidents Rome walk fait, others slow.
tuners loog pleasant and thers
But now they were old and worn. Here
they were, both In line at the general de
livery window, because they hadn't a
home or any place else on earth where
they could receive their mail.
"They recognized each other as soon
as their eyes met. And then each looked
away. The brother saw and he reallite.l
that his sister had become one of the
underworld. And he had never known
It before. At the same time the girl saw
that the boy had evidently gone wrone
as there were signs of dissipation in his
eyes. They talked a few minutes and
left the building together. I noer saw
the two again, but I have often won
dered." Merrily this crowd theae letter seek
ers, go In one door and out tha other. It
Is the same old, old story e"ery day In
the year.
Old Uncle "Jam has so manv grand
children depending and looking forward
to his delivery of their mall that his
system has become the greatest in tne
world. The people have made, nlr) I'ncle
Sam snd old Uncle Sam Is assisting to
keep ttjm together as muoh as possible.
Cnpld and Spoiling IWorm.
"Hands across the sea" are stretched.
full majiv a time. I wis
And live, are iinked as law provides
though Cupid goes amis.
All our dally papers ehror.Trla, ever and
anon.
Some new alliance, made abroad, with
duke or esrl or Jon.
TVirls Pollare Weds a rmke" Pat
ronymic 1s r Ke;
Her papa, smiling broadly seven mil
lions says hell pay')
Feline" lUrkrote and Lord Lackrotn
Mat In Sunnv June;"
(Her rs'er "pars the pipe--- and flra
million. 1. the tune'
"TsJy ructa Captj'es Count" -lordly
manor rone tn rsrk;
(Dueata. fenlor. glvea a ateel plant to
gei in casti nara i
"Pauline Parker Pllrbra Hr Trth to
Price Poormarekl Busted."
(Roaslan nobles, tfr-urk with Joy. Ameri
cana, disgusted'
"CJiadya Oohlmlne Qrahs Hie Orae"
reads anoiher f aring head.
(And nil forthwith lunps a point or
two. so these two may wed'
ForsoVKh. Pan Cupid ssrely has reform
In spelltna- tried.
Ha stl'l spelis bridegroom finance but
finasc spells t bne-
J. . RauaattaU.
AN INTERNATIONAL FOURTH OF JULY--IW
Springfield, Mass., Keeps tlie Kids Busy With Games
By Mary VI da Crk.
IN ALL the clamor against the fire
and blood and tentaus of the Fourth
of July, there are mighty few prac
tical suggestions of new kinds of
celebrations. Springfield, Mass.. has
such a suggestion more than that, for
it was tried this year, and It worked.
One of the formulas of Springfield's
success appeared to bo, so completely oc
cupy the boys and glris as to leave a
minimum of time for the devastation
of life, limb and prorprty that inevitably
results from too much playing with fire.
A procession of school boys, forming at
8 o'clock and marching at 9. followed
immeo'iatelv by outdoor sincing and
speech making with a balloon ascension
nt nwn to finish off the morning, games
and folk dames, athletic eor.tfsts and
boat mces beginning an hour later and
lasting until it was time for hand con
certs and public fireworks all this gave
the boy who was set on blowing up
himself or setting fire to his own or his
neighbor's house hard work to empty
his hands for the works of fiaian. As a
result the fire engines stayed in their
stations and the doctors to, k a holiday.
While th astute committee, which
had the day in charge, deserve, credit
for Us Indirect life-saving work. Its
mora significant contribution to the cele
bration of the day was its Interesting
conception of the spirit ef nationality
that o'ir great American holiday might
be made t i express. For one the con
tribution to American life t.y the Pil
grims and Purttsna was put In Its place,
a large and Impiirtant place, but not the
whole, and some other and more recent
contributions to our civilization were
also glvan s placvS?,
The various rift finalities represented
In th city were Hfvtted to Join the pro
cession, presenting themselves In what
ever national aspect they might seleet.
Poms II reepondct ail In fact, except
tha Jew a. who ra obliged t decline
barausa the Fourth fell on Faturdar.
Tfca cations ram in huge floats sail
ing tnateatiralrv up tha main street.
First came tha Swedes in a Viking ahlp
with, stalwart yellow -haired rowers at
tha oars, the English recalled the Magng
i hart; tre fMch shewed their Uuera
Mary, pread by bare-kneed, aiited
Highlanders, swinging along with their
tartans flying, blowing real bagpipes;
the Irish . delved Into their remote past
and produced VoIumLllle Pleading- for
the Bards." Thero are some I'.oou Greeks
In the city, and the men, whose melli
fluous names distinguish our ia:idy and
flower shops, arrae.l in classic robes,
with flowing bear. Is showed us Socrates.
Plato, Pericles anil Lycurgus. and there
followed after them, with graceful sym
bolism, some F.ii voting Greeks holding
the sides of a hupe American flag, while
over their shoulib-rs they rarrle.i smaller
flags of their'natloTiHl hl(l and white.
The adaptable Hailing, eager tn provs
their present glorious likn their past,
followed up their Mlehelangl." and Gal
ileo with Marconi ,The French, coining
by way of Canada, with Sf vi-isl appro
priations for thus fai. exhibit1 1 I'hain
plaln In his boat on the St. I.iwrence.
William Tell was re.-aile.i bv tie Ger
mans. The Chinese grac.Lpuslv c inceded
a native orchestra arid a hux-' barge of
wotuierf il tapestries, but showed their
personal preference by wearing Amerl
tan clothe and riding in hacks. Hug
merchants from Armenia displayed
themselves and their families in gor
geous em brol leries. against a back
ground of magnificent hanrlngs. The
Syrians posei in a splendid oriental
court scene, the poles furnished a hand.
A group of fine looking Negro veterans
from a regiment that took Kort Wagner
was the onl reminder ef the civil war.
The procession as further enriched by
Buffalo Bills entire show. which
rhenced to ha visiting the city that day.
with Colonel Cody himself on a beauti
ful horse at the head.
At th nri of the route the proces
sion turned on itself, so that the thou
sands of school boya wearing cotton sol
dier suits and carrying wooden runs had
an opportunity to se ths apotheosis of
their "dairri" school matea, and th bovs
who represented on barges scenes from
the history of Prrlnrfield (nothing has
happened In Srrlnrfield worth-dressing
up for since the days of the Indians)
coult compare their make-up with their
paint1 and feathered, prototypes from
the wild wast show.
Purely no cltiiea of Sprlnrfleld, young
er old. could se such a historical pa
gear, t rf races and national It tea without
raining aoma appreciation of tha nature
of tha wiedera eontn button to our Ba
ll onai Ufa, or ceuld toelp baring his our
look broadened by soma' glimpse of thsii
American of the future that is to com!
out of this mingling of races and ofi
race Ideals, or could fall to see the great I .
possibilities for Improvement In thJ ,
amalgamation of many of these peoploj '
bringing traditions of such beauty and!
nobility. ,
It does the Intolerant young Arrwri
can no harm to be reminded that tho
ancestors of his Greek and Italian
schoolmates may have dwelt in marbl
halls while his were naked savages,!
roaming In the woods, even though h
has a personal preference for tha naked
savage.
When Kngland Wonld Shlyer.
From the Baltimore Sun.
The control of the sea, means mora t
Great Britain than to any other nation.'
If the British navy were beaten end
captured or destroyed England's posi
tion as a world power would change
wry quickly from that af a nation of
tne first rank to that of tha second
class. With tne British navy out of -istence
an effective blockade would soon
reduce the people of the British Islea
to the verge of starvation. - John Bull
can not feed himself. Ills own grata
production doe not supply him wit hi
bread for more than two months. It
has been estimated that slg months af
ter a blockade was Instituted th Brit
ish cupboard would b bars and John
Bull would have the alternative of sur
rendering or starving, fid wonder, then,
that excitable and imaginative Britons
shiver with terror st the thoushl that
Esnperor William may some day
a navy big enough to try eesrlntiiis
with KInr Edwards flet. Brilora jm-a
the dinner tabl. It would b the re
finement of cruelty for th kaiaer rf
Germany to put th British fleet oat t-f
action and put the BriHali ration r.n
atsrvatlofi diet. B. fr the rairt
nines of th fit II dinner pail. . Br, prs
spend ll.60 year en rt
ships In eomm'loii and adJ.ng ti
vessels to their fleat
A Xew Alarm dork.
A Bohemias Iwventoy Jas C-
alarm ei k whir et
the sleeper, but a'r a -lishts
teri t i t ii i '
tins.