Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-12-12


Information indicates that what was mt first re.
garded as IN outbreak Of mob violence against
foreigners has assumed the larger form OF an
insurrection aga nst pnblio ordor.
The Chinese government has declined to ro.
ceive Mr.. Blair as the minister OF the United
States on the ground that, as u participant,
while senator. in the enactment OF the exist.
ing legislation against the introduction of Chi.
nese lnborcrs he has become unfriendly and
Objectionable to China. have felt constrained
to point out to tho Chinese government tho un.
tenableness OF this pos tion. which seems to
rest as much on the unacccptability OF our leg
islation ns on that OF tho person chosen.
ARBITRATION.
The arbitration treaty formulated by the In.
ternational American conference lapsed by
fully within the limit of time provided, but sew
eral of the governments concerned have cx-
pressed desire to save this important result
OF the conference bv an extension of the period.
| II is, in my judgment. incumbent upon the
United States to conserve tho initiative 1t has
| taken in this measure by ratlfylng the instru.
| ment and BY advocating the proposed exten.
| tion OF S7e time for exchange These views
have been male known TO the other signatories.
REGARDING JEWISH PERSECUTION IN RUSSIA.
This government has found occasion to OK
press, In n friendly spirit, hut with much earn.
estness to the government of the car, its
serious conccrn because OF the harsh measures
| now being enforced against the Hebrews in
| Russia BY the revival of antisemitic laws,
| long in abeyance great numbers OF those unfor
| tunate people have been constrained to aoan.
don their homes and leave the empire by reason
| Of the impossibiity OF finding subsistence
within the pale to which IL is sought to confno
them. The immigration OF these people to the
| United States many other countries being
closed to them-is largely increasing aud
likely to assume proportions which may make
| 1t difficult to lind home and employ
ment for them here and to seriously afiecL the
| labor market. 1t is estimated that over one
| m.llion will be forced from Russia within few
years. The Hebrew is never u beggar; he has
| always kept the aw-often under severe and
| oppressive civil restrictions 1t is also true
that no race, sect or class has more fully cared
| for its own than the Hebrew race But the
sudden transfer OF such multitude, under con
ditions that tend to strip them of their small
| accumulations and to depress their energies
| and courage is neither good for them nor for US.
| The Punishment, whether by direct decree or
by not less certa indirect methods, OF so large
| u number OF men and women is not local
| que Stion. A decree to leave one country is, in
tue nature OF things. an order to enter another.
This consideration, Us well as the suggestions
| of humanity furnishes ample ground for the re.
| monst nnces which we h We presented TO Rus
| sia while our historic frien iship for that gov.
| ernment can not fail to give the assurances
| that our representations are those OF sincere
| well wiSher.
THE NICARAGUA CANAL.
| The annual report of the Maratime Canal
| Company, OF Nicarasu shows that much cost.
| ly and necessary preparatory work has been
| done during the year in the construction OF
| shops. railroad tracks. harbor piers and break
| waters, and that the work of canal construc.
| tion has made some progress. l deem it to be
| matter OF the highe I concern TO the United
States that this canal connecting the waters
| of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, giving us
| short water communication between our ports
| upon those two great seas, should be speedily
| limit OF cost The gain in freights to tne peo-
| pie and the direct saving TO the government OF
| the United States in the use of naval vessels
| would pay the entire cost OF this work within q
| short series OF years. The report o, the secre.
| tary of the navy shows the saving in our naval
| expen Iitures which would result,
If this work Is tobc promoted by the usual
| financial methods and without the mid OF this
| government the expenditures will probably be
twice the actual cost. This will necessitate
| higher tolls ana constitute heavy and need
| less burden upon our commerce and that OF the
| world. Every dollar of the bonds and stock OF
| the company should represent y dollar ex-
pended in the lie climate and economl al prose
| cution OF the WORK. This Is only possible by
giving TO the bonds the guaranty of the United
states government Such guaranty would
| secure the ready sale at par OF j per cent
bond, from time to time, as the money was
ne ded. I do not doubt that built
upon these business methods the canal
| would. when fully inaugurated, earn
its fixed charges and operating expenses.
| A guaranty of the bonds OF the canal company
| to an amount necessary to the completion OF
the canal colll, think be so given as not
| to involve any serious risk of ultimate loss The
pletion of the work within the limit OF the
guaranty; the subiugation of the United States
To the rights Of the hrst mortgage bondholderi
meantime a control OF the stock OF the company
as security against misnnna3ement and
loss. L most sincerely hope that neither
this great American project. so full OF in
terest 10 the people OF all our states and SO IN
tiueItial In its effects upon the prestige and
| prosperity OF our common country
Il EFFECT OF TARIFF LEGISLATION.
The general interest in the operations OF the
| treasury department has been much augmented
during the last ye by reason OF The conflicting
predictions, which accompanied and followed
the tariff and other Legislation Of the last con
gress affecting the revenues as to the Results
| OF tins legislation upon the treasury and upor
| the NJ q hand IL COntendp
that imports would so fall OIL AS 10 leave the
treasury bankrupt and that the prices OF arti
cles entering into the living of the people would
be so enhanced as to disastrously anect their
comfort and happiness, while on the other 1t was
argued that the loss TO the revenue, largely the
. result OF placing sugar on the free list,woud be
direct gain TO the peopl,; that the price OF the
! necessaries OF life including those most highly
protected, would not be enhancsdi that labor
, would have u larger market AMI the products o
, tn farm advanced prices; while the treasury
: surplus and receipts would be adequate tc
! meet the appropriations. including the largt
expenditure, for the refunding to the states al
the direct tax and the redsmp ion OF the 4 ,
per cent bonds 1t is not my purpose to enter
, at any length into q discussion OF the effects
! of the LEGISLATION TO which have referred but
brief examination OF the statistics OF the treas
ury and general glance at the state OF business
, throughout the country will. / think, satisfy
, any impartial inquirer that its results have dis
! appointed the evil prophecies of its opponent.
j, and in large measure realiz I'd the hopeful p 9
dictions OF its friends Rarely If ever before in
: the history OF the couatry has there been
: : time when the proceeds OF one days labor o.
J the product OF one farmed acre would purchase
: so large an amount OF those things that ente
into the living OF the masses OF the people.
!, believe that y full test will deveiop the fac
that the tariff act Of the Fifty first congress il
|, very favorable in its average effect upon tn,
: prices OF articles entering into common use.
Daring the twelve months from October
\ lSgJ. to September 30 ls9l the total va.ue o
! our foreign commerce Imports and export
i | combned) was Sl,7,7. SOj. .IJ5 which was tn
I largest OF any year in the history OF the Unite
r States. The largest in aly previous year wa
r in 1880, when our commerce amounted TO 81.
q 647 1885, O9s and the last year exceeds this enol
: nous aggregate by over one hundred millions
. During the year ending September ~. 1891
|, our imports OF merchandise amounted t
4 | aS2i,7l5 10 which was an increase o
. more than eleven million dollars over the valu
a of the imports Of the corresponding months c
. | the preceding year, when the imports OF mel
chaudise were unusually large Ia anticipatio
. of the tarfi legislation then pending The az
I erage annual value OF the imports OF merchat
disc for phe ten years from 1881 to 1880 Was 3os2
I 1852, and during the year ending Septembe
4 20, 1901. this annual average was exceeded b
n Sl32, ,52S4j3
n The value OF free imports during the twely
:, months ending September 80. 1891 was Sis
nalO ., nl,,n nf fraa ri