The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-27
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France spent a million dollars upon
her Chicago exhibit and the leading
countries are now appropriatfng from
500. 900 to loo. 900 for their Paris dis
plays A joint resolution is pending in
for an appropriation of $780,
goo TO defray the expenses OF our exhib-
1t at Paris, but when it will be passed,
or whether that moun will be given
is a question. 1t should b expedited
and every state. Texas with the rest,
ought to Join in maxim. the American
display one Of the grandest and most
attractive on the ground. Here again.
however. comes in the shadow of our
selfish protective policy. We may dis
play our wares and merchandise and
disclose exhaustless resources, but
we can Offer the foreigners no mu-
tuality Of trade. We must go as one
who has something that others can
not well afford to do without, but we
necessarily limit our number Of Gus
toners because We "a offer no barter
or exchange.-Houston Post.
The Boring Sea controversy seems to
have come to a pause, Notwithstanding
the efforts of the newspaper corre-
spondents in london to keep ii going.
Nothing has beer done since Mr.. Nc
Kinley came into Office that has SO low
cred his administration in the public
eye as the sending of the wanton af-
front contained in the Sherman dis
patch. Other things, such as scandal
Gus appointments to Office, which, We
regret to say, are still continuing, con-
Germ our own domestic concerns and
do not attract much notice abroad.
BOorishness in diplomatic intercourse
fills the eye of the world, brings a
blush to the cheek of every American
of refined feeling and gentlemanly in
stinct, brings the scorn Of other nations
upon us. and makes the pathway of u
citizens travelling or doing business
broad more difficult. Have We reach
ed the point where we care nothing for
the good opinion of the world? The
man who cares not what other people
say Of him is not far from ruin, and
the same rule may be applied to ma
tions.-New York Evening Post.
The Post believes trusts, wherever
they exist, are a menace to public well
fare. Trusts nave been a subject of
comment and of public concern for only
ten or fifteen years, but beyond Ques-
ton they have cost the commonality
more during the las decade than fam
ines, drouths, floods and cyclones. The
damages inflicted by trusts upon an
innocent people, unlike floods and cy-
clones, are never heralded, but like the
OASa0 OAS1oSS
lently take hold Of the vital points and
sap the very existence of the victims
unawares, The first antitrust law ever
passed was at he suggestion OF Sena
tor Sherman, but it was inadequate,
as every one knows. Time and again
members of trusts lave been summon
ed to appear before legislative bodies,
acting in the form of courts, but the re-
suit has invariably been the same. The
nv MO i'm 6anp,ofn md tho nffan0prG
were told to go and sin again. Mr..
Sherman says the antitrust law, Of
which he is father, is not sweeping
enough, and a slow effort was made
last week to enact a law which would
serve all purposes. The attempt fall
ed. President Mckinley now says that
the wisest and surest way to eXtermi-
nate trusts is for state legislatures to
enact laws against them, and
we are inclined to the same belief,
since congress has failed.-KnoXville
(Tenn.) Post.