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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-12-11
POSSIBLE EFFECT.

Lewiston. Me. Dec iO-Lewiston and
Auburn mill operatives and agents are
spcculatlng upon the possible effect on
local cotton markets OF the proposed cu;
at Fan river one agent. in an interview
said that the market was somewhat in
tiuenced by the Fan river mills and the
situation might demand reduction IN
wages and eurtailment oF the output
Another said he hoped they would not be
compelled to cut and did not borrow trou-
BILE Another said ne considered 1t more
advantageous to cIrtail production than
to reduce wages.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-12-11
CRACKERS AND BISCUITS.
Combine Being Made to Control the out
nut In the United States

New York Dec. lO.-It is possible that
within the next few days the bulk OF the
cracker and biscuit trade OF the uhl'eu
states viii be controlled by n combina-
,ion OF the three corporations that no"
share the trade among themselves. says
the Times. These three corporations arc
the New York Biscuit Co, the American
R,scu,t 6 Manufacturing Co and the
United states Biscuit Co. The last name'
IL Incorporated in Pennsylvania ana mas
i,s beadouarters in Pfttshurg; the other
two are incorporated in Illinois ana nave
haa,,ouarters m Chicago 1t is generally
supposed that the New York Biscuit CO.
will be MT the head as II Is said 10 nave
been, chief promoter yof the 'comoip9uoHii
This company has for years been quietly
absorbing its rivals. ., The. othor two. con
Germs have not heen idle, but have neen
working industrlously, 'to' maintain po-
sltion OF equality with the New .iorN
r,sc,dt co. Each has .acduEed smaller
concerns In its territory. The threetQld
process OF absorption has gone on u"'''
rhese great companies now stand without
rivals except themselves, The eono'na-
tIon now forming will put an end to the
limited rivalry and there wild then be but
ono biscuit concern that viii control the
entire trade Of the country. Its combined
capItal win be s25.OOO.OOO or sSO,OOO'oOo. The
Nav York Biscuit 60. has a capital OF
$40 900, 900 with the principal offices in this
city. The principal officers are Henry D.
Eyans. president: George f. West, secre-
tary and G. X. Webster, treasurer, al
OF whom live in Chicago,
The American Biscuit & Manufacturers
Co. is also Chicago concern. Its capital
IL SO 0OO, 900. Jacob Loose is president
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-12-11
wNGEs REDUCED.

Lowell. Mass. Dec. ~ The reported de-
ctsion OF the Fall River weavers to reibA
wages has not arousei much coume1f In
Lowell The increase Of competition or
the Southern factories was foreseen and
has been discounted 20 as great an extent
as POSSIBLE Several mills have already
installed linen plants and others have
changed their machinery 10 run on spe.
ciaities
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-12-11
PENSION BILL
PASSED IN HOUSE
Dlualu Predicts Surplus OF $lO,-
100000 Next Year.
DO NOT WANT ANNEXATION
H.x,usas Admi,.ed to State Depsft@est--
rfoc,edisss cOn~esssd AgaiOst
Coal cOnbae.
DO NOT WANT ANNEXATION

Washington. Der ie,--The hOuse passed
the pension appropriation oill today with
ou, an asncndusnt. and adjo0ra~d III
no.aay. The amendments offered BY the
acnoeruts 10 correct alleged existing
,,,.,s yer. al, ruled out on the point OF
order that they wrre new again
A. parsed. the bill carries h"''e''''''
The debate today covered a vide ranse'
Il touched not only the question OF our
peunion policy hut that OF civil service
reform. and the receipts and expenditures
u Oh. srcasury under the Dinsiey law ON
tho latter question pingiey made an I'M
rDr,an, statement. In which no Expressed
,h,. opinion mat tho receipts would equal
tho expenditures before the Sose OF the
presen, hscal year. arsi prcdieted sur
r,ius Of F0eoo,oco next year.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-12-11
AGAINST ANNEXATION.

Washington. Dec. l0-Tne delegation OF
four native Hawaiians, who have oeeh IN
Washington ihc past teg days called at
the state department. podsy and were ad-
r,t,sd 10 an interview with SECRETARY
sherman The intervigw l1sted only
few minutes They preson'ed memorial
represented % be IN behalf ~ twenty
thouAand native Hawaiians. protesting
against annexation.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-12-11
IN MANCHESTER.

Manchester. y. H., Dec. l0.-General
Agcut Herman Of Havers,raw. OF she
AuSoskeAg Corporation, is authority for
the statement tina; the cut IN cotton min
wages In Fan River will not be followed
In this city: that the Fall River action
pertains only to the mills there and II
is fAot probable the example viii be fol-
lowed IN other cities
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-12-11
STEAMER OVERDUE.

San Francisco. Dec. 1O.-Grave fears
are entertaiBed as to the safety Of the
steamer Cleveland which left this port
for Seattle on the 4th instant. She is al
ready more than two days overdue and
II is believed she has met with some un-
toward accident either TO her machinery
or hull
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-12-11
MRS. M'KINLEY UNCHANGED.

Canton. Ohio, Dec. lO.-At 800 a. m.
everything is quiet at the Mckinley resi-
dence. Repeated knocks failed to bring
anyone to the door. The supposition Is
that Mother McKinley's condition is un-
shanged from the last bulletin.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-12-11
FLEIscHMANN DEAD.

Cincinnati. Dec. 10. - Hon. Charles
Fleischmann died at 4:SO this morning at
his home In Avondale from paralysis.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-10-19
THE COLOR" QUESTION.

An Indian was recently appoint
ed to an office in Oklahoma, by
President Mckinley. The people
residing in the district when the APP
pointment was made, fully APP
proved of it, in spite of the prevail
ing opinion that some Indians are
wild beasts. Several years ago, DR..
Eastman, an educated Indian ply
stefan, married Miss Goodell, of
Massachusetts, not only noted for
her beauty, but well known to the
readers of the 'Independent'' and
other journals of the higher class,
as a poetess of excellent reputa-
ton. Not the least objection was
made to the marriage by the
friends of the lady, on account of
DIR. Eastman's color, which is very
similar to that of the natives in
these Islands. The marriage did
not, in any way deprive the lady
of any social standing. Her hus-
band was admitted, without ques-
ton into the refined white families
of the West and the East. DIR.
Eastman is now Federal officer.
There is no more striking instance
of. the fact that the prejudice
against color in America is strictly
to the negro, for the rea-
sons we have before stated in these
columns. The recent appointment
by President Mckinley of Demas,
a negro, to the office of Naval off
Ger in New Orleans has aroused
the most intense opposition among
the Republicans, although Demas
is Republican and good ''work-
en-" The prominent Louisiana
Republicans have informed Mr..
Mckinley that the appointment
will ruin the party in the State,
and they cannot hope to maintain
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-10-19
THE '.DOCTORED" TARIFF.

The discovery of an interpola-
ton into the Dingley tariff bill,
of clause laying discriminating
duties in favor of American yes
sells, is making some trouble. The
Acknowledgement has at last given
an opinion that the duties cannot
be laid, but his reasoning is not
very clear, and some of the journ-
mails call it ''Bunsby" opinion,
which had no point to it. Senator
Chandler has already apologized
to his constituents for his want of
vigilance, in not detecting the al
iteration of the law. But Senator
Elkins, on the other hand, says
the Attorney-General is all wrong,
and even if Speaker Reed says the
clause slipped into the BILL" he
says it is just what ought to have
been in, and he glories in it. He
says: 1T was meant for the ocean
what the tariff meant for the land.
[ think it was American and for
that reason | pushed it. This
country is bound to be mistress
of the seas, just as soon as we get
time to attend to it. | worked for
success Tin quietly getting the
clause into the law. Of course l
was not going to tell those OPP
posed to the scheme all about it"
Senator Elkins is a strong an
neXationist, and is entitled to the
gratitude of all those who believe
in the expansion of American
empire. Instead of talking about
the glorious Republic, he Is most
interchangeable worker in the build
ing up of the commercial marine.
The building up of the CONNER
cial marine, means, in America,
what it does in Great Britain, the
securing of trade and strategic out
posts. The Senator feels, ike the
soldier in the late civil war, who
stole and killed a sheep contrary
to orders. "a man who is risking
his life for his country has no time
to look up the title to a measly
sheep"
The Senator claims that the
Attorney-Generars opinion is not
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-10-19
CHILD TRAINING.

The attention of the Board of
Education IS called to the sugges-
tons contained in a lecture de-
ivered in the Island of Jamaica,
by DR.. Morris of the Kew garden.
Among other things, he said,
regarding the cultivation of fruits,
flowers and vegetables, that they
required a certain amount of skill
ed knowledge in the cultivators.
He saws: ''The work of training
agriculturists must be taught
theoretically at least in the ele-
mentary schools of the country.
Already something is being done
in this direction by the Board of
Education, and two Jamaica
readers have been prepared, the
use OF which Will be compulsory
in all schools. These readers CON
sist of lessons Oh plant life and
treatment Of common objects Of
cultivation throughout the Island.
In 1887, Mr.. Craig furnished a
valuable text book on tropical
agriculture, and it has greatly
assisted in the teaching of agricul-
ture in colleges and schools in
Jamaica and the other West India
Islands, Various agencies like
these cannot fail eventually to
raise the character of practical
agriculture in the Island, and rem
der the people more capable than
at present in responding to the re
quirements of the markets of the
world"
DR.. Maxwell would, if request
ed, prepare, no doubt, a suitable
primer on the subject, and arrange
it in a way to meet the needs of
the young children. And if. with
the instruction, object lessons were
furnished, some foundation would
be laid for higher instruction sub
sequently.
If the Louisiana Planter, the
organ of the sugar cane interest in
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-10-19
Yorktown Arrives.

The United States steel gunboat
Yorktown, Stockton commanding, ar
rived in port and anchored in naval
row at about II a. m. Saturday, after
trip of IA days from Yokohama. The
Yorktown is of LILO tons displace-
ment, has an indicated horsepower of
1892, twin screws, 6 6-inch guns in the
main battery, 4 6-pound guns in the
secondary battery and 2 1-pound and
z rapid-fring guns. The Yorktown is
sister ship to the Bennington. Her
officers are as follows: Commander.
c. H. Stockton; Executive Officer.
Winslow; Sur
geon, DR.. Bailey; Paymaster, L. c.
Carr; Lieutenant Lucien Young, Lieu
tenant Bell. Ensign Trant The York
town sailed from here November 81,
1894, on her last trip. She will remain
here, awaiting orders as to time of de-
parture for San Francisco.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-10-19

The sugar beet, craze now pre-
vailing through the middle Ameri-
can States has been checked at
Menominee Falls, Wisconsin. The
farmers have large quantities of
beets, but the men who contracted
to erect the mill have failed to do
so, and there will be loss on the
beet crop. The men who under
took to furnish the mill were ignor-
ant of the business and neglected
to inspect the successful factories
in Nebraska and Utah. But it is
said, that if the quality of the beets
is approved of, local capital will
quickly erect factory, during the
coming year. 1t is clear enough,
that many mistakes will be made,
in the development of this indus
try; but if there is any money in
the business, there will be enough
enterprise to push it vigorously.
But the farmers will find that it is
best to make haste slowly. The
growth of this industry demands
close watching. The beet growers
of California discover that the Gull
tivation of this crop is exhausting.
The value of fertilizers must be
added to the cost of the cultivation.
Until this value is well defined bv
a wide experience, the profit in
raising the beets will not be set
led. The probabilities are, how
ever, that in any event the profits
will be equal to the profits of any
'ther agricultural product.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-10-19

the United States, is correct in it;
statement that the triumph Of
beet sugar over cane sugar Is mere
| ly question of time, the prepare
ton for the change should be be
gun early,
The competitors of Hawaii, in
the future will be California and
Mexico. With California, it will
be competition largely in the
fruit trade. That State is careful
ly educationg her people to the
best methods of cultivation, and
it is now proposed to train the
children in the elementary princi-
pies of vegetable life.
Our advertising columns tell a
curious story of the strangely
backward condition of some of the
smaller industries. Eek Australia;
peaches, plums, oranges, apples,
grapes, nectarines, lemons, celery,
caulifowers, potatoes, cheese, roll
butter, crab apples, ounces, oni-
ons." These are imported from a
country over two thousand miles
distant. 1t is true that the local
demand for these articles is so
that their cultivation on
large scale would not be profitable,
unless there were a foreign market.
But the conditions must be
changed, and many of these arti-
,les be exported to, instead of i'm
ported from San Francisco.
The only way for success in
this business lies, as DIR. Morris
;ays, in the very best horticul-
.ural training. 1t cannot be begun
90 soon. Aside from ne valuable
knowledge 6tained, the
mental training by object teach
ng, must be valuable if the views
f men like President Jordan are
OTrect
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-10-19

Today, there Is an extreme pre-
judiee against the negro in the
Northern States. He Is excluded
from many hotels, restaurants,
theatres, schools and churches. At
Alton, Illinois, only two weeks
ago, negro children were excluded
from the public schools. \ girl
IN Nassar college, with so little
negro blood, that it could hardly
be detected, after three years resi-
denee, has not been saved from
dismissal, by a charitable" act.
The prejudice at the South against
the negro Is as strong, but of
different kind. One Of President
Mekinley's negro posmasters has
Just been shot IN Georgia, because
he accepted the Office.
The time has not arrived for a
discriminating popular judgment
regarding the negroes. They are
all classed alike. The larger part
Of the race Is descended from the
low types from the Congo river.
But there are thousands whose
ancestors came from the hill tribes.
They have their lips clear cut,
even Grecian features, and over
match the poor white trash"
From this class come the surprises,
the men Of ability. One of these,
from Washington city, a pure
black, was the manager of the
China Merchants Steamship Com
pany, when King Kalakaua visited
Shanghai in 1881. He was mar
ned to a beautiful English girl,
and though cordially received by
the Europeans, was entirely ignor-
ed by the American residents. The
prejudice was not really against
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-10-19
Kau Coffee.

Tom White, freight clerk of the
Mauna Loa, has kindly left at this Of
flee a photograph of some coffee trees
on Us Ranch, Ninole, Kau, which COM
pare most favorably with the finest
specimens of any coffee that has ever
been grown on these Islands. On a
branch picked out at random there
were 200 berries. The plants are only
three years of age. 1t might be mat
ter of interest to know that the ranch
received the name of "Us" from the
fact that one of Mr.. Searle's children
said to him one day: Papa, you go
up to us ranch now
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-10-19
PORTUGUESE EMIGRATION.

There is some idle sort of talk
in town about what the Portu-
guese will do, in the near future.
VIII they stay here or clear out?
Will they become voters, or will
they not? And, what will they do?
They will do just what the Am
orleans OF Europeans would do I'M
der similar circumstances. That is,
they will follow their own private
Interests. They did not immigrate
in order to support the Monarchy
or the Republic, They came here
simply to better their own condi-
ton, to get better pay, and a better
living. For the same reasons other
Europeans and the Americans are
here. None of them are political
missionaries. They take no inter
est in politics, until they are out
of a job, or there is danger of social
disturbance and misrule. The
main object in the mind of any
poor immigrant is to get ahead.
If wages are high, work abundant,
and living to be had at reasonable
cost, the Portuguese, like other
people will be perfectly content to
remain, under any form of Gov
eminent that protects them. They
are not distressed about their poll
teal condition under annexation.
What they do wish to know is, how
that act will affect wages, labor and
living. The idea seems to be about
that the Portuguese laborers are
studying very closely the books on
political institutions, and are pro
foundry impressed with the import
ance of the voting franchise. The
truth is, that a few of them are in
terested in political affairs, but the
vast majority of them are much
more deeply concerned about ac-
quiring property. Whether they
will remain or emigrate to other
parts depends entirely on that ques-
ton.
They, like very many intelli-
gent Americans do not know how
annexation viii affect the labor
conditions, and they are not willing
to. take the opinions of men in
town who know it all" If annex
alton brings high wages, or abund-
ant work, there will be no emigra-
ton to Timur or to any other
place. If annexation does not take
place, the Portuguese and the in
habitants generally will be in more
or less trouble.
The Portuguese complain of the
low rate of wages on the planta-
tons and the want of. employ
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-10-19

ment outside of the plantations.
There is foundation for it. Al
the same time, there are hun
dreds of these people engaged III
Iranching, or in the cultivation OF
coffee, who do not complain, and
are prosperous. All agricultural
laborers in these Islands, are suffer
ing from the dependence of the
community on the single industry
of sugar making. From any stand
point of political economy, it is a
dangerous condition, and involves
violent changes. 1t hangs by the
hair of Legislative act, which may
be cut In an instant, as it was once
cut to our sorrow. The lack of
diversified industries, makes the
Portuguese largely dependent up
on this single industry also. If
there is any shrinkage in this in
dustry, every one will be "squeez-
ed" excepting those in the rice and
coffee business, just as in America
every one is squeezed" when the
value of grain is low.
The Portuguese have the right
to object, just as the Americans
have the right to object, to the
of wages created by the
Asiatic. We have trained the
younger Portuguese in our schools
and by example, to more expen-
i've habits of living, and they are
restless because the rate of wages
has not been increased accordingly.
Any one who studies the situation
must see that it may have a very
erious side to it, in the future. If
ends all Asiatic immi-
wages will undoubtedly
Use, and the Portuguese laborer
vii be benefited by it.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-10-19

| it, if he proposes to keep niger
in such an important office.
These cases illustrate the form
of prejudice against color, which
exists in America. They clearly
demonstrate to the native Hawai-
ian that he has little reason to fear
discrimination against his race.
The native is fully justified in
concluding that there is no pre-
JUDGE against Hawaiian color,
from the fact that many most esti-
mable Americans and Europeans
have married natives, with happy
results. Indeed, a person who has
travelled far, and is well informed
on the racial question, has said,
that on the whole, the marriages of
the whites with the natives here,
were as successful" as the mar
riages of whites in America. This
may be an open question. But it
is certain that no social standing
would be allowed to any white per-
son, in this community, who mar
RED a negro woman. 1t might be
grossly unjust to make this exclus-
ion, but it would be made.
The black color is regarded in
the States as an evidence of low
intelligence, and social degrade
ton. 1t is good evidence of it,
owing to the natural inferiority of
the negro, as a race, and, more than
that, to the fact that the negro has
Just emerged from the degradation
If slavery. But even this preju-
lice will gradually pass away, if
he negro really raises himself
morally and Intellectually.
Many of the negroes have in
reased the violence of the preiu-
ice against themselves, by their
'rossly Ignorant conduct in public
laces. The native Hawaiian is
astly superior to them in behavior.
indeed, he is really superior in out
ard conduct to the majority of
he white citizens of America, ow-
10 to certain racial characteristics. !
10 European sovereign excelled !
lie late King Kalakaua, in person I:
bearing and social manners. No &
ne will say that the late King ac-
nired them. They were charac- 1
.ristic of the race to which he be- !
nged. t
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-10-19

an honest one, but dictated by
geographical section, whose inter
ests would be hurt if the Dingley
law is enforced. The incident
shows how very practical the Am
erican politicians are.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-10-19
THE NATIVE AND THE NEGRO.

Some extended inquiry among
the natives. discloses their general
and sincere suspicion that, IN the
event Of annexation, they will be
treated IL social, if not in political
matters, like the American ne
groes. The native and the negro
are now. and will continue to be
placed on very different footings
In America. But 1t Is difficult to
prove this TO the native, because
the proof lies rather in opinion
than by demonstration. Recently
Eiuokalani crossed and re-crossed
the continent in the Pullman cars,
with all Of the privileges of the
white traveller. We believe that
the negro would not be permitted
the same privilege of travel. She
was entertained in hotels which re-
fuse the negro any accommoda-
ton.
The reason why a distinction Is
made in the American popular
mind, between the negro, on the
one hand, and the Indian and Ha-
waiian, on the other hand, cannot
be readily understood by the ma
tive, nor even by the educated Eu-
ropean.
The prejudice against the negro
lies not 80 much in color, as in {
other matters, such as ignorance, ]
lack Of thrift, general reputation /
for ncleanliness, and coarseness l
Of feature. The same distinction t
exists between white and white. I
The Irish bog rotter had hardly +
a better footing than the negro, q
thirty wears ago. These prejudices a
are not radical, but temporary. l
Ihirty-iive years ago, in the large S
.ities Of the Atlantic coast, horse
iars were reserved for colored h
people" owing to this prejudice. .
But gradually the whites occupied L
hem. If you asked the conductor +,
Why they did, he replied: They'd e
'ather SIT next a niger than lose I
i've minutes" BY 1870, the re- c
ervations were withdrawn. Trade n
the prejudice. DIR. Il
8agby, a noted Southerner, used
o say, I'VE are vastly superior to
he Niger, Of course, but when
Il the course Of time, rich niggers f
ONE, and they have daughters, our i
-oung white fellows viii cross the i
-olor line fast enough. " b