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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 10, 1896)
0 y&0if urt fin. The Dally A st or ton SAVE TIME Has a RmiuiAR AND HlRMANINT ..M,u''.. How? ...Fam I IjHCI rculatlon. III1U worry An "Ad" Much sops than thm". tii as lAfKm AS THAT Of ANY OTH1N PAftR IN AATORIA. In Tim AsliiuUH't "W.i.l ...lumii. ICXCLUSIVK TBLEGHAPHIC PRESS REPORT. ASToitiA, oiikhon, Thursday moknino, skitembeu 10,1m NO. 216 VOL Xl-V. 111 Our Handy Wagon... ra.i.l.lnra nil Ilia (il"i of lh rMI.I plain w,m and a v.iocip. d., ..nl, .11 H.li.aa rvn.l.lor.d, lo.n lit. lon.um.r lew limn .llh.r, Hu ilr.lr.hl.. convenient und nll.rmurr h.a II provm. thai, a. .1 liuiljr "aallor." II hna no tonal. Wa Ink .1 .p.clul irlla, loo, In il.olv.rlns III. ..una irtiriiilK ami I" 'aulll. eoii.l'. dun lo Ilia Iraila. FOARD & STOKES COMPANY... Wholesale anil Retail :: Sewing cas Al-I. KINDS sTvu.s Steel Cookinq Ranges 'H!L 511:5 Cah or HARDWARE, PLUMBING TIN WORK JOB WORK AT PH1CES THAT DEFY COMPETITION Call and Be Convinced Oregon State Normnl School MONMOUTH. OWKOON. A Training Sthool for Teacher. , Senior Year Wholly Professional. Twenty week, of Py. 1...I gy nni) General ami Special Methods; twenty weeks of Teaching ami Training lepnrtment. Tralnlnit school of nine grades with two hundred children. Regular Normal Course of Three Yean . The Normal Diploma la r.e .cnlscd by law us a State Life Certificate to aeh. , . . . Light Kxi.rii.n-a; Hoard nt Normal Dining Hull II W per wk. Furnish r.l nioma with light and lire. 7U: to $1 00 per week. Hoard nn.l Ualglng In private families S1.M lo J3 60 per week TUITION: Sub-Normal. IR.00 per term of till wreka; Normnl. J2o per term of ten weeks. Grade, from reputable schools aoccpted. Catalogues cheerfully furnished on uppllentlon. Addres l I.. CAnPUELE, Pre... or V. A. WANN, Sec, of faculty. Mount Angel College. MOl'NT AtMIM.. MAIIIIIN t ill N I V, (UlMiON. TMK lno.1 CX.-.I1...I llo..rdlni K. I....I In the N..rtl.. l. I turpi -llielple l o l'll n.elh.Hl. In I.,, I.H.k- nn.l only lei.-l.er. ol pr.-..l (...rn.nt- 1 h; rle. e. t . . .. I l,.lni(.K,.l .lll,..ie ;t..ex...l ..II Hie ml lu.xe I he l - I "Ue ,. I e . y I ll.rlr time; lo Lle til. ... .ll.I.II.H..Il..l.l u...l I.....IM..1.I pi. 1 l,,rt "7 IhmIIiJ hmlll. l.v Klxlna Ih- mple el,,.,..,, lor I"; .";' '""K. fy l.i.lrnt. ... well ... lo p..rvnl. llrei.l el-n l ml; LI " mt VA '",,."7,. ( I..K ..ml lev-IInK n...n,l, plllllnu In new .. ler el.pel. n. .1 l I" I """' Xto enliKl tin- tl.M., HI.1..1.V. ie. tine ..I our m-. I..III. I" l".i..mer,'lnl an.l I1...II..-. I ......e lUmklnti. Mfleon ..II InMri. on .1.. r! J'.r""' rlnl l. rni.nl oi.ee lo 1 11 1. 1 isi.. .1 a.. t('li..il hU'plen.lH'r III). S ..Convent of the Astoria. Oregon. FRANKLIN-AND SIXTEENTH STS. Oponlnn ofa Dny and BonnlliiH, Prinmry. Granunnr mid Hlh School for Olrla by the BUtora or the Holy N.nuwor Jemis nnd Mmy. froi.) Rt Mary's Academy and Collxiro, Portlnnd. OroK". Mt:iTKMIll-W l-l, ! Partlculnr attontlon given to instruction In the i.lllmiit Li inu l.ta c. Music, Drawlnir and Pitintinif. For ftirther partlculnrs wnto for ProHrei'tua or apply nt tl.o Acndtmy to Slater Superior. II HORTGAGE SALE SE, Dry Goods this forced mile you huvc 'M -, m., to 50 per cunt nt the OREOOIN TRADING CO. Clarkson & ficmn LONG FIR PILING Promptly Furnished Astoria Asphalt and Roofing Co. All Work Roof Palntlnu Od Repalrlnv Laaliy Koofat Children's Wagons, Baby Carriages. Base Ball Goods. r.i Fishing Croquet Tackle, Sets Garden Tools GRIFFIN & REED CITY BCOK 5T0PE Machines l.t.ill.ict. Inlatnllmcnt. ,Wu Com Hnvu Yom Money. OMAMTI: WAKE. HOPE. SIOXES. IKON PIPE, TER RA COI I A PIPES, BAR IKON, SI I I.E. CANNERY M'I'PEIES, EtHHiERS' TOO I S SOL 0PPENHEIA1ER Trustee for the Lite M. C. CHOSBY flow JflApiEs.. 600 Commercial St. OP Clothing Fancy Goods Notions Shoes Hats, Etc. Boom ComPany 216 and 217 Chamber of Commerce Portland. Oregon I.KWE OKOKIIH AT IIOOM I, fr'I.AVKI, IllIMVO Guaranteed N. JENSEN and R. O. HANSEN THAT FAMOUS LETTER AGAIN Hit l'eiiilu Are Still Tulklni on t lie Subject (if tin Smnilitl. KI SSIAN .Mi l IIOO si (;;i:sn I) J. .I. uiel III. Trhila 'onipnril with l.l.K KurTerliiK Aalorlana Mr. K. W. Tulliinl'a Well TIiikhI Itemurka. Ilelow uro Klven further Inlervlewa n the aiil.J.i t of Mayor Taylor'a fu nioua letter, nn.l llnne coliitnnu will le ..pen to the people as I"IIK un they Hunt to tulk. other Interview, and cotmminli atloi.a have b..-ti a iit In and will he published ua spuee will allow. H.i fur ua the Aatorlun la roiicenicd It .I1..11I.I lie reiiM-nil.cred tluit 011 the tiiortili.K of the publication of Mayor Tuylor'a letter the piiper exprea.ed Its views on the siibj.-ct, Ju.t aa It has .iiur uffoided opH.i t unity to oth.-r per rons and bu.inei li.stlliill.ll. t do. rtlnc. then the" (M-oplo-not the A.lo rlnn huve been tulkli.K, nnd they cun ...l.tllllle to use lll.'Ae colulntIS fur that puiise us Ion If us they .1. sire: t'lTliJKN. To I he K.litor:- lK-ur Hlr: The nilstuken adverse crlt hlmu of Mayor Tuylor'a timely and lae letter In rerd to cerluln news puivr ullutka made ukiii Mr. Ham mond and the ralln.n.l compuny. prove to my mind that Astorluns are the inoal loiiB-aufrerlliK and patient peo ple known t man. They allow their l.en. 'factor, to be defamed and ulm.eu with u aubllme fortitude I hi. I can only he compared to the reslisned demeanor of Job durlnif his terrible trluls. If there wus anything to lie Kutned by a newspaper uiiIukoiiIxIiik our inoit eiillKhtened clllxeiis, then ull well und ICO. si; but there cannot be uny money In It, and most cermlnly no honor whlltu. lever. May f Is- atlow.sl to say that It la und always has been my opinion thut l.s. mu. h liberty of speech, us 11 rule. Is liable to do more duniak'e to the public ut lurue than a rcstrlcti-d sys l.im, us practiced In Itusslii, for In slunce. In this case, and In dciilliiK with newspapers of the class referred to, which violate the laws of propriety and decency, I should recommend the Itusslan system, I.Hully npplicd. CITIZKN. K. W. TAI.LANT. Iteferrlnit to the aubjist matter of Mayor Taylor's letter now under dis cussion, I will only say that Mr. Ham mond und the railroad are underKolim the same treatment nt the hands of th.se papers to which the Columbia river canneryineii have b.sn subjected. The recent llshernien's strike was kept up nnd aupiK.rl.sl by them over a month ufter (he cause whs a hopeless one. "Mr. Hammond has built a belter toad an.l has done It much quicker III. 11. I expected to see. him do, partic ularly coiishlcrliiK the slate of the limes we have hud. Thai some of the papers of this city hnve done us Kr.'iit Injury abroad Is lielnK now thoroughly rcullaed. As has Ixi-n well said by Messrs. Cordon, Chutter. Parker, Tut tle, Iteverlde, and others ill their In terviews r.s-enlly publish..!, there Is one wuy to deal with newspapers und Individuals who circulate such mis statements iibout people personally und as u community. It Is not alone the 111 111 . .ml company which suffers from such methiKls, hill every working mull In the community Is Injured. The ef fects nre sure tt reach Into the future, and their rutulllcutloiis cun not be esll nuitcd. "Cue hna but to open his eyes and lake a casual survey only of the work done at -Kluvel, uloiiK the city water front nn.l nt the Scow buy depot site by the railroad company, to say nolh inv of the miiKnillceiit roil. I bed built by Corey Hrothers uhove Tnintue Point, and the work now under way by Hon eyman, Dellart Co., near ltnlnler, w here almost a thousand men ure em ployed, to know that ull these crit icisms were, to say the loisl, unjust, and without foundation In fact. Cur railroad will undoubtedly bo the equal of any western trunk line and we certainly could not expect or ask for more. "As to the development ut Kluvel InJurliiK the progress of Astoria proper, there Is hut one answer. The entire harbor from Tongue Point to New As toria is destined to be but one city, and every Improvement made any where within those limits only aids the Keneral proposition." THEY HKSICN. Indianapolis, Pept. 9. Slerlliib' It. Holt has resigned as chairman of the Democratic state committee. Thirteen members of tho committee have been wired to meet hlui tomorrow to receive his resignation. Itufus Manee, chair man of the 13th district, has resinned and other resignations of the commit tee who cannot endorse the Chicago platform are looked for. THROWING MUD AT OUR HARBOR t'rcut jttcd by Jealousy, the Tacoina Leilljer Seeks to Hrlng the Co lumbia Into Disrepute. HIE "VIKIM.S" KXI'KKILNCE This Incident, Due Wholly to the Cap lulu's A 1 lions, the liusla or ail L'11 founded Attuck on the Ileal Hurbor on Hie Coast. A water front man said yraterday to uii Astoiiun reporter: "In the Tucoiuu Ix-dger of Tuesday I noticed un account of the schooner Vlhlna'a experience while crossing out ut the mouth of the river under the fal lowing headlines: 'Coluuiliiu's danger ous bur Two vessels, outward bound, inurly wrecked In trying to croM out - r hoom-r Viking doubled and drifts h.lple.a out to sea.' The article In question grossly exaggerates the Vi king's experience, while the headline ure nl.i.lul.-ly without foundation. "As a nuiiler of fu. t the Viking', cupluln Is to blame (or her trouble. He r.'lm..l to engage a tug to low the hi In, hit to sea, but ItiHcud, employed a little river steamer. The latter dropped the Viking Inside the river, (lie capluin thinking he could sail out The "bur," or w hut u0 to be the bar wus v.ry rough at the lime, and the wind, which hud been blowing strong ly, dl.il down, leaving the schooner ill the mercy of the tide. Hud the Viking's cuplaln engaged the aervlcea of a regulur tug the sch..oner would have been lowed clear of land; but be failed to do o and. as would have Ixs-ii the consequence, 'In any harlwir In the world, when the wind gave out the Viking drifted helplessly ab-'Ut. "'I he ledger knows full well that the Columbia I.J the safest harlx.r 111 the northwest coast, and thnt It should m seek lo d.-fame It merely b.sause the Columbia liver Is In competition wlih Puget Sound Is condition of af fairs greatly to be deplored. "On the Cob. mbla river "bar" at mean low tide there Ih 32 feet of wa ter. From the mouth of the river to Tongue Point, the eastern extremity of the city, there Im from :7 to til feet of w.u. r. Above tongue Point there Is nlm.Mt '.0 f.s-t. Can Tacoina .ay as mu. h of her for she claims It Puget Sound? Let the Uslger compare the rtss.nl. of the two harbors. How many vessel, huve been wrecked near Cape Klnttery. the entrance to the Sound? More than have ever been wrecked on the whole coast of Oregon. "At present Tacoina and Seattle have their Oriental liners, nnd the Sound papers are shoullng uls.ut their great inlun.1 harbor; but In a fejv yeur., when the Atsoria and Columbia Hlver Itullrond shall hHve been completed, things will change and instead of mak ing the teredo-Infested HTts of the Sound, the ships of the sett will come to Astoria. In the meantime, although the larg est ships of the world make Astoria dally, it Is perhaps to be expected that the Sound papers will continue to belli lie our harbor because, for sooth. It outiivuls their ulleged har bor." SKCUKTAHY llAMONT. Stands Kiriu for the Principles of Old Democracy. Washington. Sept. SI. Secretary La mont today sent the following tele gram to W . D. ltynuni, of the executive committee of the gold Democruts. in response to an Invitation to be present at the notification of Palmer and Buck tier: "Hon. W. D. Hynum. Chairman: I regret thut I am unable to accept the invitation of your committee to be present at the notitlcntlon of Senator Palmer and Covernor Huckner of their nomination by the National Democrat ic party for president and vice-presl- ,1.111 of the t'nll.sl States. The outcome of the Indianapolis convention In can didates and platform is Inspiring to every Democrat who refuses to aban don tho principle, established by our fathers and steadfastly maintained with pride and honor, and who decline to adopt a new and strange creed pro claimed in a moment of delirium at Chicago and promptly recognised and ratltled us Its own by the Populist party at St. Louis I prefer to keep to the old faith and remain a Demo crat and shall accordingly cast my vole for Palmer and Huckner." CALLS KOH FAIR BALLOT. Atlanta. Sept. .-The Hev. Sam Jones, the C.eorglu evangelist, today addr.ssed an oih'II letter to Chairman Clay, of the Democratic state execu tive committee, calling for a free bal lot and a fuir count at the approach ing election. Jones severely criticised the conduct of election. In Georgia and other Southern states. THE MARKETS. Liverpool, Sept. 9. Wheat, spot, steady; deniund poor: No. 2 red spring, 5s IMkI; No. 1 California, 5. 6d. LINEN THREAD MANUFACTORY Visit or a Great Irish .Mill to Astoria During the I'ast Keck. Man CLIMATE II EKE IS SUITABLE For the Kstubllshment of a Mill In this t'lty-Mr. Porter, of the Ktewarts, Might He a Cood Man to Inter est In the Project. A few day. ago a gentleman vlelted this city from Ireland. He brought no bras, band with him, and remained but a few hours. III. name Is well known to all commercial men, and the great factory he represent, put. Its goods Into every market of the world. Mr. Porter, the managing part ner of the Htewart Linen Thread Fac tory. Llsburn, Ireland, ha been mak ing a tour of the I'nlted States, looking over the market, where hi. product, ure handled. "Mr. M. J. Kinney, who several years ago visited the Stewart works, .aid lust evening to an Astorlan represen tative thut It was certainly one of the greatest linen thread factories In the world. "Situated on a 100-acre tract of land Just outside the city, on the line of the railroad, within a mile of the Harbour factory, the site to those passing by on the train. Is an Inspiring one. The Htewart plunt I. a modern one, and Its ten or a dozen large build ings, general ofltces. etc.. In themelve form a good-sized village. More than WHO hand, are employed here the year around, and as fine a quality of linen thread i. turned out as can be man ufactured. The Stewart Institution has no branch factories in the I'nlted State., while Hie Harbours, and one or two others, I believe, have branches here. These latter factories are thus enabled, by finishing the thr.-ad half way and .ending It to the American branch, where the ojieratlon is com pleted, to save a great deal of money on the duties alone. The Stewart, have not this advantage. You know that the manufacture of the belter grades of linen thread require, a hu mid and equable climate. For this rea son Ireland has been selected by the great linen concerns. The family to which Mr. Porter belongs, I. also very largely Interested In shipping, one of his brother, being the manager of the Dale line of ships, which company probably owns as many vessels a. any other single Institution. Many of them have been in Astoria. "1 have long felt that Astoria, which possesses a climate as like that of Ireland aa two peas In a pod, would be Just the place for the establishment of a linen thread and twine factory. Mr. Porter', recent visit vividly re called this hobby to my mind. We have here every requisite for the grow ing of the fibre and its proper manu facture, and un institution of this kind here could certainly compete with any factory In the world. The committee of manufactures of the Chamber of Commerce, which has all such matter, in charge, and which Is now making every effort on broad lines to secure manufactures for Astoria, might not go amiss In taking up the subject of a linen thread and twine factory, In a tangible manner. I make this sugges tion for what it Is worth, and as I am a member of that committee of the Chamber, will be pleased to co-operate In such a movement In any possible manner." LARGE DELEGATIONS. Continue to Pour Into Canton to Visit McKlnley. Canton, Sept. 9. A telegram receiv ed by the Reposltor this afternoon, says a special train bearing the Ver mont delegation left St. Albans today for Canton. The train carries a dele gation of Vernmnters to call on Mc Klnley. and is expected to reach here Friday morning. Senator Proctor will be with the party. Another telegram received from J. B. Farwell & Co., of Chicago, says that seventy Democrats from their store will be with the big club Jo call Saturday and the delega tion will number between 600 and 700 people. THE PORTLAND" RACES. Portland, Or., Sept. 9. The results at Irvlngton today are as follows: Trotting, 2:40 class Sunrise won; Te nlno second; Lyla third; time 2:32. . Quarter mile dash Red S. won: Quicksilver second; Steamboat Bill third; time. 23. Five-eighths mile Jim Bozenian won; C.rover second; Dixie's Land third; time, 1:03. One-half mile Gampa won; Mt. Roy second; Red; S. third; time, 60. BRYAN'S LETTER. Special to the Astorian. Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 9. Bryan's letter accepting the Democratic nomination for president was made public today. It Is a brief discussion of the principal issue, of the campaign. A VERY STRONG . DOCUMENT Yicc-t'resiilential Candidate Hobart's formal Letter of Ac ceptance. CLARION CALL TO PATRIOT3 The Nation'. Honor Involved In the Present Content and the Direful Consequence of the Descent to Silver Standard. Patterson, N. J., Sept. . The letter of Garrett A. Hobart accepting the nomination of the Republican national convention for vice-president was giv en to the public today. It is an able discussion of (I nance, tariff and other questions pptminent In the campaign, and 1. In part as follow.: Patterson, N. J.. Sept. 9, 18. Hon. Charles W. Fairbanks and other, of the Notification Committee of the Republican National Conven tion: Gentlemen: I have already In ac cepting the nomination for the office of vice presidency tendered me by the national Republican convention, ex pressed my approval of the platform adopted by that body and the party basis of doctrine. In accordance with accepted usage, I beg now to supple ment that brief statement of my view, by some additional reflection, upon the questions which are the subject of de bate before the American people. The platform declaration, in reference to the money question express clearly and unmistakably the attitude of the Re publican party as to thl. supremely Important subject. We stand unqual llledly for honesty in finance, and the permanent adjustment of our monetary system, in the multifarious activities of trade and commerce, to the existing gold standard of value. We hold that every dollar of currency Issued by the United States, whether of gold, silver or paper, must be worth a dollar in gold, whether In the pocket of the man who toil, for his dally bread. In the vaults of the saving, bank which hold, his deposits, or In the exchanges of the world. The money standard of a great nation should be as fixed and permanent as the nation Itself. To secure and retain the best should be the desire of every right minded cltixen. Resting on stable foun dations, continuous and unvarying cer tainty of value, should be the distin guishing characteristics. The experi ence of all history confirm, the truth that every coin made under any law w hatsoever that coin may be .tamped, will finally command In the markets of the world the exact value of the ma teriuls which compose It. The dollar of our country whether of gold or sil ver, should be of the full value of 100 cents and by so much as any dollar Is worth less than this in the market, by precisely that sum will someone be defrauded. The necessity of a cer tain and fixed money value between nations as well as individuals has grown out of the Interchange of com modities, the trade and business rela tionship w hich have arisen among the peoples of the world with the enlarge ment of human wants and the broad ening of human Interests. This neces sity has made gold the final standard of all enlightened nations. Other met als including sliver, have a recognised commercial value and silver especially has a value of great Importance for subsidiary coinage. In view of a sedu lous effort by the advocates of free coinage to create a contrary Impres sion, It cannot be too strongly empha sized that the Republican party in its platform affirms this value in silver and favors the largest possible use of this metal as actual money that can be maintained with safety. Not only this, It will not antagonise but will ma terially assist In promoting a double standard whenever it can be secured by agreement and co-operation among the nations. The bimetallic currency, involving the free use of silver, which we now have, is cordially approved by Republicans. But a standard and a currency are vastly different things. If we are to continue to hold our place among the great commercial nations we must cease Juggling with the ques tion and make our honesty of purpose clear to the world. No room should be left for misconception as to the meaning of the language used In the bonds of the government not yet ma tured. It should not be possible for any party or Individual to raise a question as to the purpose of the coun try to pay all Its obligations In the best form of money recognized by the commercial world. Any nation which (Continued on Fourth Page.) Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report. f5 ABSOLUTELY PUCE ALL HONOR TO BOURRECOCIIRAN Was Offered the Republican Nomina tion for Congress from the Twelfth District. HE OPPOSES THE CONSPIRACY But Cannot Accept Profit for the Over throw of the Party which Has Joined the Popullstic On slaught on Wages. New York, Sept. 9. Thurlow Weed Barnes, the Republican leader in the Lith congressional district of this city, recently wrote to the Hon. Bourke Cockran, offering him the Republican nomination for congress. In the letter Barnes dated that the Republicans and gold standard Democrats united could elect whomever they endorsed. Cockran declined In the following let ter: "I am deeply sensible of the compli ment which you have paid me In ask ing uie to become a candidate for con gress in the 1-tb district. I have not the slightest doubt that any person who may be nominated by the Repub lican convention and endorsed by the sound money Democrats will be elected by a decisive majority, but I am never theless constrained to decline the invi tation with which you have honored me. The assault led by Mr. Bryan upon American honor and Industry is fraught with such danger that I shall vote for Major' McKlnley aa the most effective method by which I can aid in preventing its success. "i could not, however, accept any nomination during the campaign, or election or appointment after the cam paign, to any oilice for which I would be indebted to the political organiza tion whose candidate I am compelled to support by the exigencies of gravs national peril, but to whose distinctive principles I am opposed. "While the Democratic organization remains a party to the Populistic con spiracy against wages, I .hall labor untiringly for its defeat, but I will not consent to profit by Its overthrow." LONDON PAPERS. Repudiate Certain Articles which Wers Credited to Them. Washington, Sept. 9. Copies of the following editorial paragraph from the London Financial News were today distributed from the Republican con gressional campaign committee: "We have received numerous letters from American correspondents taking what purported to be editorials from the Financial News and which have been re-printed In various Western pa pers as 'campaign literature." One Omaha paper prints an article stating it is from the London Financial News of March 10. No such article was ever printed by us, and Its whole tenor Is directly opposed to the view we have taken of the effect of free silver In the United States. So far from advocat ing free silver coinage, we have per sistently pointed out that It spells re pudiation and the withdrawal of all European capital." The action of the committee is due to the publication in the West of an arti cle credited to a London paper, in which the position was taken that the free coinage of sliver by the United States would destroy English trade su premacy. THE CHINESE DIGNITARY. Visits Winnipeg, and Says that Mc Klnley will Be the next President. Winnipeg, Sept. 9. Ll Hung Chang honored Winnipeg with a flying visit. At 2 o'clock his excellency- arrived on a special consisting of six cars. The Celestials of the city were there and cheered loudly when the train pulled in. While he was interviewing a St. Paul reporter, Ll Hung Chang said: "You are an American, eh? What are you, Republican or Democrat?" "A Democrat." "Oh, that's too bad,' said the Chinese viceroy, with a smile. "The Demo crats are going out of power. McKln ley will be the next president." CLEVELAND WILL ARBITRATE. Lima, via Galveston, Sept. 9. It is announced that It If probable Presi dent Cleveland, of the United States, and Dr. Urtburu, president of Argen tina, will mediate In the Italo-Brazil-ian question growing out of the out rages committed upon Italians In Bra zil. Welcome to the oyster.