The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-25

AhO AZ NNAA IA NhElA. uNlD muEus
1T IL too late. The whole world has changed
face on trade. and IL stil bringing In new
forces. In addition 70 the Argentine Confed-
eracy. hero II Appearing Asia as a solid
force, the Russians putting In 5000 miles OF
railrcad along the belt Of Manchuria. VIII CHI
win feed twice the population OF the world
with wheat Wheat is put down now in
the Baltic at % cents q buJhel. The
Plate is our competitor for Indian corn.
The New Brunswick coal mines which
Cleveland wanted to annex. send $50. oco
tons TO the United States and SOC. 900 tons
10 Canada Now japan sends coal 70 Califor-
MIA. The coal tariff with Canada is q subject
OF close figuring between the East and West:
whether IL shall be the same as the Canadian
coal tar. co cents. or more or less."
Does your coke equal the Connellsvtlle?"
The West Virginia or Elkins's coal is freer
of sulphur than that Of Connellsyille, but does
not hold mp the metal ore. lime rock. &C.. as
well in the oven. For that reason Conf ellis
vile coal. controlled by Frick and Carnegie.
rules the market With its Impurities. Il has
yet the shell Oi density TO stand the weight Of
the laminated ores. fuel. and fux heaped above
II. The present age is distinguished for the
brut. force Of individual capital. Csrnegieha
the fnest mill in the world. and he and the Chi
cago steel plant are getting the full advantage
u e l4-p utG4s.DIs. hs lie NOrks WIKI
more adiunc;s than any combina. lion. and lie IS
breaking w iron works which cost their own
ers half a million dollars, the fortune Of a life
time. Like the farmer who sees foreign de-
velopnent destroying his farm. the iron mill
owner IS caught between Carnegie's lire
strained giA.t single hand and the faulty Of
the railroads defYiDg the avs Of Congress-"
VIII the silver question come mp again"
II told Senator Teller that the multiplication
OF gold would end tile s!lye., agitation. aud lie
100000 OF soit mine! this year around
the word. This kept 10 viii max 2.25U.oOo.-
300 % 1907. and that will be iold enough for
everybody. Teller appeared to assent Yes.
only thing IN this Eorid is at a DreTaium now.
every couatry Is dazed ~ the nominal name
Of their dollar. In Mexico they think they are
getting a doLar when IT is half a dollar in
value. 20 our trOnttersnen are NeIisa l!zei
In their understandable Of a fat dollar. Cold
Eill lay eggs. ond the brood will fy Of with
viii West Virginia .tay Republican,
-LEat ought to be the natural gEay:tat.on.
r rfhnsTt .rom S ana o aad W SSn:ing =. IN win ii.e,'
ter!ng from Old Virginia on the east. They
VOC hsuu5lican and leave the old mountain
rs the black labor settled in the nines?"
Firmly, 1t IL not a. eHecti~e a. white
tae negro spends all he makes. while The It1i.
ian and Pole send every cent out 0: the coUn-
Mr. Charles Flint OF New York said some
things at Mr.. Elkin.'s which bore out the .dea
OF foreign competition. among others this:
a word 10 the Amazon River yesterday; when
| arrive In New York ] shall get the answer.
RIO. and the Amazon. On such dispatch
sent cost ME s1.iUO: it svecIied ali the parts
OF 9. contrast for ships. / recently paid SlO.-
900 for a cipher telegraph code which will save
me $4,000 a year"
See there said Senator FIkins. The
American producer must contend against that.
A man on tho Amazon talks into his market
and offers goods for sale from where the Labor
goes NAKED and eats BANANAS and grows coffee
The survival OF the fitest + tie p-esen,
law OF business. and that is the most crc-l AID
How much coal do sc m,He aud expnEt2"
about l9@.oro.gyD tons. or two and a Aalt
this $4,000. 900 IS anth! Acite. leaving l5o. O0O.-
600 ton. oituminoCs. Tie tousI EFFORT is IN
der four millions. or two Etr cent. OF which
there we are met win near one million tons OF
British province coal. Which il. however en- IA.
ferior TO oar good bitum:noCs stem coz! thar
Il DESTROYS furnace I ats and = disiIEed tnr
steamship use. ! seed coke TO the Hines OF
Mexico by water TRANSFORMATION.
why do We not chip coal TO Europe"
Me- -, the ioaS .sna saIi. AID The long
that coal IS shipped thrr. from japan. The sub
iect of the American Navigation laws Is one
have taken. np. We pay 5000 every dAv
sell. three dollar per head. For forty wears
&c have fSeen developing our interior and neg
!rCL..E our eti, glly Until tEe est Is over
done more ,Lan the East. and we mus eEatn
seek subsistence and vocation on the seas.
We reserved our coastwlse trade 10 ourselves
quent!y it Is the largest n the world. Put our
foreign Shipping is loss taan one-fourtA the
tor mage o gu. coastwise shipping. or a. e.. ut
10 thirty-six. The foreign shipping OF the
United state IS Oily Un--:h.rd what II was n
1851. or half what IL vas in ls7T."
The foie.SLcr bring. oar goods and takes
Out Of almost $780, coo. o5o Of our imported
rEAG. No. fLN.Af 50 ~ IRfrz4FG g. sAW.AE - rH- I
OF S1js.OOO 600 %! our exports the foreigner
carries all Uut one-Ive.ftE. or $500. ooo.UoU.
600. 600. the foreigner l.2s6.00O. 600. Per
&C pita we have a smaller foreign trade than
Canada or Jamaica. out of sixty. corpora.
only seven are American Lies"
What causes operated TO transfer our ship
The British have. 80 per cent. OF the carry.
ing trade Of the world; in ls+s they had only
tens OF shipping a year. In the las, Thirty.
two years we have paid English ships $g:- |
o. EG 6i joU Since for l saTrSi bns oaF SWa % God ooo Eng.
treaty with England withdrawing the dis.
shipping. In the previous forty years we had
carried 90 per cent. OF our own commerce. In
tect our own: in 1915 we began to reduce IL,
and maritime reciprocity. or free 'rade In car
ryins. has desc!ated our foreiGn-bound ma
sides. when Immediately England increased
hers. Protection to our shipping. discr!mina-
ton. l. a step we ought again TO take"
DO ynu think that the possession OF the sea
gives more wealth than that OF tie lands!r
1T looks greatly lie il. The maritime mart
OF America, from Baltimore 10 Canada, inclul. |
ing Canada. has had continuous prosperity
without coal or agriculture or extensive rail.
roads. England herself has let her agricui.
go. Germany has kent IL up by hounries.
The extensive continents Of Australia and In
d!a are merely depeudencies OF British CONNER
cial capital. The native owners OF the soil are
poor or nrecariousiy supported. Our own aGri-
culture. pursued at \ CLOSE profit. svrlls the
income OF British shipping. Our railroads
are poor and British shipping IS rich Tie
OF The sea to-day constitute the best
hope OF the American unemplO ed. Ne shall
ind parry r~olit:cs troubled 0ith
this question. Our maritime interests With
{ ,reign people must be pickel up after an in
terval OF more than one generators neglect"
This American market, as in our colonial
days. seems to lie the envy OF England and the
which initiate her"
Z: gland records IN all her histories praise
for the Navigation acts OF Cromwcll and
Charles ii. find in CanLtelts lives oithc !ng.
Chief Justices that the Navigation act
was instiRated by Oliver -. Joan, whose
was, grandmother to Lord Boiling.
broke. the philosopher. That Chief justice. was
In Ilol and by he sort OF pcnpl. WHO