The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-16

OPINION" he adds, inevitably result IN he an
nexa;lon Of this Dominion to Ibe United States.'
Then he asserts that unrestricted rPciprociiy
would necesstate The imposition OF direct taxa
lion, amounting TO not less than Sl4, 100000 an-
nually upon the people OF Can ada. at" lie d.
ella es, American manufacturers now compete
favCraby With British goods despite an equal
duty, what DO you suppose would hap Ell II the
duty were removed from The American and re-
tanned. or, as IL is very probable, Increased on
the British article? Would not the Inevitable
result be a displacement OF tile duty-paying goods
OF The mother country by those of the United
States? And this would mean an additional loss
TO the revenue of many millions more" lie winds
up his extraordinary address with an appeal Tor
united and strenuous aid in this my last effort
for the unity of the empire and the preservation
OF our commercial and political freedom"
During the past year the exports OF refined Pc
troleum from this country amounted 10 GS9, o.
726 gallons, a slight increase from 676,19l,45
galious tor 1889; the value. however, was SOL
657 3O2 against s52.792.473 for the previous
year, the lower prices prevailing enabling tie
American reiiner 10 compete with the Russian
rehner in the European markets. The held oil
production has been extended despite the lower
quotations and The refined trade made Increased
shipments TO ports and countries where 1t was
previously limited, particularly TO Mexico, the
West Indies and the Central ard South Ameri-
can countries. The shipments of Russian oil 10
Mediterranean ports increased somewhat our
ing The year Their principal trade Is In The East,
in Egypt and Turkey and among the Baltic ports.
AT least 10 per cent OF the exports from New
York and Philadelphia are now carried in bulk
in steamers constructed Tor this particular trade.
Votes In the French Chamber OF Deputies are
now taken by ushers, who pass around urns in
which the members deposit white or blue ivory
balls. signilying yes" or mo" and each of
which is inscribed the name of the member de-
posting it. Friends OF aDsentees frequently vote
for them, and often the lists in the Journal OF
fetal show that well-known Deputies, known TO
be travelling abroad, are recorded as being pres
enI and voting An ingenious Frenchman pro-
poses 10 obviate some of The eceentriclties of the
voting and to save time by recording the votes
by electricity. On each side of the Speakers
chair it Is proposed TO place Eyes" and a mo-
call board, with numbers corresponding 10 the
number of a Deputys desk. Inside the latter
would be placed two buttons, electrically con-
neeted with the different call-boards. The tally
ing up OF the vote would require but a brief
time.
One remarkable peculiarly of Ia grippe in
japan was It's preyaience among the upper
classes, whereas the cholera selected its victims
among the poorer people Some idea OF the ex-
teut OF the epidemic my be gathered from the
fact that at Yokohama the sufferers officially re-
ported numbered over $4,000 and 1t is estimated
that The unrepoTted cases throughout the pre-
lecture were nearly twice as great. Of the 80
600 Inhabitants Of Kobe 1000 were attacked
by lie disease. In Toxic the epidemic ragged
with great yirueDce, and similar reports Gene
from some OF the Chinese cities AT present IN
1uenZa is reported in a number OF States on the
Atlantic Ii has, how yer, appeared in a modi-
fed form. and while the sick list is long the dis
ease Is NOT so fatal. AT Nlaltby and Forty Fort
in tile Pennsylvania coal regions the mines
had TO shut down, owing 10 the prevalence OF
the disease among the meu.
The homerule movement In Austria Is one
that taxes the patience OF her rulers and weak
ems her position In European affairs. Recently
tie young Czechs demanded that the Emperor
be crowned at Prague. Bohemia being made
separate Kingdom, like Hungary, although Mo
ravia and Austrian Sllesia, IN neither OF which
the Czech element prepOnderates, would fall
within lhe boundaries of the proposed monarchy.
Now it Is the Tyrol, the northern portion OF
which Is German In language and tradition, and
the southern Italian In language. race and posi-
tiOn, that mands a division and establishment
Of separate governments. Recent events, in
GLIDING CrispfS retirement. have sharpened the
edge OF the Ifrdenjst movement.
Australians VIII be pleased 10 learn that Dark
Afilca Is to be enlightened by French recidlvists
or tckeI-Ol-leave men. IL is proposed to send
the men out in groups Of 80 to 100 and quarter
them 1T The advanced posts Of civilization.