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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-23

HAWAII AND CmEAp LABOR.


The employers of labor in the Hawaiian
Islands, the big sugar planters and Others.
have prepared a petition asking this GOV
eminent to continue for some time 30 come
the system OF contract labor which has
prevailed out there and under which the
Islands have been filled with Chinese and
Japanese.
The reasons they give for this request
are the following:
1T is open to question whether any consld.
cradle number OF American iaborers Will be
content TO accept the wages whlch the Ha.
waiiaa agricultural industries can afford to
pay. even though under the present special
tarin conditions the sugar Industry may 10
abe to pay a somewhat higher rate OF wages
thah that heretofore paid. Meanwhile tina
necessities OF the industries of the country are
immediate and pressing. We estimate that
during the twelve months next ensuins the
date hereof. the agricultural industries Of
the country will require not less than 700n
laborers In addition to those nov in ,hs com.
try The chief sources OF labor have hereto.
fore been China. Japan aud Portugal 8
II appears from this petition that 1000
additional iaborers Will be REQUIRED durlnr
the next twelve months. but the planters
declare they can not afford to employ
American labor. Why not? II our Texas
and Louisiana sugar growers have 10 EN-.
ploy American labor. WHIP can not Ha.
wailan planters, with the same privileges
and advantages that we have. engage the
same labor? simply because the contract
sysssm be- fiied the Islands With chan
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TEXAS NEWSPAPERS.


Messrs. J. S. Bailey & Son have purchaser
the interest OF Mr.. Albert Erwin In the Den
ton County News, published at Denton. MIR.
J. W. Bailey will have entire control OF the
paper.
With the issue OF October 10 tho Devils
River News OF Sonora entered upon Its nlntn
year. The News has done much toward the
nphuildhg Of Sonora and the Devils River
couitry.
The Conroe Courier has just issued No. l
o. volume g. The Courier is u straight demo-
cratic paper, and Mr.. II. p. Jones, the editor
anu proprietor, has been issuing n very read
able publication.
The Visitor Is the name Of new afternoon
PAPER started at Palestine by Messrs. Deming
Gibson, The Visitor is fivo-column four
paRe publication, and while democratic in
principles will be for Palestine only.
Ihe Angelina County Press. published at
Leikln Is twelve years old The Press OF
which Miss L. Augusta Wilson Is editress ana
preprietress. Is doing a great deal in the In
teiest OF Its town and county. The last issus
con,ains a writs-up OF Lufkin and Angelina
county.
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7
THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION.

Ono OF the most pretentIous commissions
recently organized under tho government
Is attracting the least attention. although
1T formally organized the other day and Is
,karged with an inquiry Gnto our entire
i5inatrial. agricultural and money systems
with view to reporting necessary or prac-
uical legislation in tho way of progress.
The bill under which this commission
wss appointed was passed by the present
congress and provided for membership
OF Ave senators, Ave representatives, Sc
iected by their respective houses, and nine
other persons chosen by the president.
Their duty Is ito collate information and
to consider and recommend legislation 10
meet tho problems presented by labor. agri-
culture and capital" The commission has
power to administer an oath and TO send
for persons or papers. Senators and repre-
senbativss serve without extra compensa-
ton and the other members are allowed
$1,000 per year. The commissions expenses,
including travelling. are all paid by the
government.
II Will at once be seen that this special
body Is, Theoretically at least, OF great i'm.
portance. with an immense task before IT
and likely to cost the public big sum OF
money. II, however, It should lntellIgentiy.
honestly and In non-part.san spirit ad-
dress itself to . solution Of the labor, agri.
cultural and cap!talisldc problems now
yexing the Nation. and obtain from con-
sress practical recognition or indorss-
rsnt Of W. concluslons by wise legislation.
y would be worth TO the country oil 1t may
cost US.
Unfortunately the composition of the
commission dos not warrant the hope that
en9&hing Of practical nature whatever
NJ pespk from labors which win probably
extend over : long period. Tho majority Of
"a msmbssv ars republicans, 10 begin
~. wh4n the body should have baen nosl
1slp dqzsn ~ 1ohs have boon given
IN ~ viii know Aow to e.
1uat : sysaG nAss X tsstinony
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The Two Amendments.
To the Editor of The Post.

TO the Editor of The Post.
Mt. Selman. Texas. October is'-'s
time is drawing near when the peopn
be called upon TO vote on two amehua1
to the organic law Of the Suate. 4
think it is time for common nss ~. /,
speak out on this subject and tnere~''
will say something. 80
First, l will say ! am willing " ~
special tax to aid the crippled ana ~
soldiers. Anything to make them $3.50 w
able. But not so in regard TO my ~ 8
amendment. | will vote against J. W II
my might, with the lights BEFORE =,
seems to me that $3.50 per month "a 4
good pay for legislator; but u j. ~ .ur
time is too short to transact tne p 49, 4
Now, is this so7 u appears to me ~. ~
observation that the time Is amp,, =
the mouths Of iumpups and ie' I'D
who do the bus ness do 1t and 40 ~ All
legislation by everlastingly taAi nnes,,ata
excursions to san Antonio anu "a ddtn
at an expense OF several thousanu y 4
OF tine peoples money and iet ~, -
tend to the business the peopls, ~ & spt
there to DO and lots of time WIZ ~ y
Now. II these few lines wan ua s..r 1 =
terticn of the voters to tbs ma a,rs Ia]
have accomplished all that ! Nsxss
stand 1t II they can.
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THE F., T.. AND v. FESTIVAL.

Colorado Citizen (Coiumbus), Houston will
reltat its Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Fes-
uNal this year. December 9Th to 10th, with a
more attractive programme than even the ex,
colent one last year presented.
Hempstead News: The Flower and Fruit
Festival TO be held in Houston from December
to 10 will be a grand affair aud will do more
10 advertise South Texas as a fruit growing
country than any other project that could be
inaugurated.
La Porte Chronicle: Preparations are being
made for the Fruit. Flower and Vegetable
Festival at Houston. December 9th TO 10th.
on much more extensive scale than last year
II IL Forte II TO be represented - and she
ought TO belt is none too early to begin
making the. necessary arrangements. There
Is row ample time to secure creditable dis
play, but II the entire matter is left until this
wtek before the event takes place the same
diawhacks may arise that made the La Porte
exhibit last year not UP TO the standard II
ought to have been and Disappointing In many
ptwf
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Wharf.-The LAW DECIDES.

Eiedtment for the projection OF the cave,
OF a burn overhapg'ng q boundary line Is
denied in Rasch vs.. North (Wis.l 40 l..
r. \. 5l7, where tho caves of plaintiff'.
barn are lower than the other and so elos,,
10 the line that the water from them fans
on defendants land.
A custom or usage of carpet maxine
which would give the color mixer an eycln'
save title, es against his employer, TO the
various combinations and shades OF color
devised by HIM for use IN the manufaet,rs
OF carpets In his employers mill. IA held
In Dempsey VS. Dobson (pa). 40 l.. r. A.
500. TO be unreasonable aud therefore in
valid.
An easement OF light ana air IL neld. IN
Kennedy We. Burnap (Csl.), 40 l., n. A,
~. not 70 pase By implication By = con.
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HOUSTON DAILY POST SUNDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 23 1898

probably be the richest prince in Europe. Ho
has now a fortune OF s2ooco,o0o In his own
right. ard when his father. the Grand Duket
Adolphus Of Nassau. dies. he will Inherit as
much more.
Was Aguinaldo or any insurgent plao,s gu
hoard Ijewey's leet when he destroyed the
Spanish nee. In Manila bayg Or was ne
dewey furnished with any assistanree n oy
the insurgentsg "'S'r'
No.
Will YOU kindly inform me as to now many
rai''o"u' '"'' VIM. J. Nick.
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Asiatics against which American labor
can not compete.
Here then Is n case where American
labor. to the extent OF 1000 laborers IA
one year, would be In demand we're 1t not
for these Asiatlcs who have been ,akon
under our flag. The fact is commended
to the consideration OF those papers that
have b~en contending that the inhabitants
OF our new possessions" would not stand
in the way OF the American Iaborer and
could not compete with the latteri
The planters In Hawaii say they can not
pay tho prices which Americans demand
But would they not be compelled to do
so. just as tho Texas planters do were II
not for the fact that they can obtain the
Aslatic labor? The sooner, therefore, tho
contract system is declared at an end in
Hawaii under our laws the better may be
free labor's chances. 1t would certainly
be better for American agricultural labor
ors were 1t not that Asatics may continue
10 10 imported into Hawaii from the Phil
ippines, when we throw our sovereignty
over a few millions in those islands.
AS said by the Quincy, Illinois, Journal,
after succeeding In getting their planta
lions annexed" the first demand made by
these Hawaiian planters Is for privileged
or special legislation to the detrment of
the sugar growers In the States! And
congress ought to jump upon the request
with all Its weight, and promptly.
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The Posts Democrncy.
Ell Paso Times,

III 4 sfrU EtII<ts.
NO man can accuse Tho Houston Post Of
INCONSISTENCY In Its devotion TO democracy
or OF Inconsistency In it's advo,,,v !,
democratic principles Whether In ds.,oo.
or triumph The Post. like the sunfiowor
turns on her god when he sets she s'n,s
look she save when he rose" Thera 49,, 70
To No OF rhs muxwump or "drister" about
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An extreme E.nggerntie',.

Bryan, Texas, october 2l'us /. .
Leonard. whose death was repo'- ~ =
Galveston News of the 18Th at ~ ,
der a Houston date, desires TO say "a =
same Is an extreme exagss for 40.
thoss who are opposing MN him u
clerk In this county WIZ ~ assv esx :.
tho liveliest corpse that .nv, splp't
against. Judge Leonard Is -arv ven
health end bids fair 10 1--we nA.
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The city.-The Post Is delivered to any part Of thu
city by carriers. per month, $500; three months
$500; six months. 5000; one year. Si1.oo.
Mt. Theodore Boring has charge OF Tie city
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Ing and subseription) and no money should be
paid to any one other than those named. unless
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ton Printing Company.
Ssbscribess failing 10 receivc The Post regularly
Will please notify the Office promptly Every
paper Is expected to bs delivered no, later than
o;so o'clock a
Under no crcum stances will orders given by
employees on the office DO recognized and
paid, or accepted In payment OF accounts.
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ENTERED AT THE PosrorricE AT HOUSTON. TEXAS.
As SECOND CLASS MATTER.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-23

Foreign Ofilccs-Easiern business office 4s Tribune
building. New York Cfhe s. c. Beckwith SPEC
tia agency; Weste,n 4t, lThe Rookery) Chi
cAgo. 1.-The S. c. Beckwth Special Agency
travelling Agents-C. S. Z. Holland. Travelling
Auditor; Z, r. Holland. a. b. Throop. Travelling
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THE HOUSTON DAILY POST.
BY THE
Houston Printing Company.

(. n. JOHNSTON I. v,,. P Per
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THE DAILY posi-. II the SUNDAY POST.
sEMl-wEEKLy POST. ~ Coils. per Week.
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II the American people had Just and cloar
conception OF the Significance of the pending
congressional election and appreciated nluv
what republican success will mean, rom Reed
wouldn't have oorporals guard 10 back
him in the next house
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SUBSCRIPTION by Mali Daily and Sunday Post one
year. $500; six months. 500: three months.
$s.oo; one month, $500.
THE SUNDAY Posi-, one year, Sf.so.
The SEM WEEKLY posi- mondays and Thufsdays)
one year. SI.oo; SIX months. 50 cents; three
months, as cents.
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II France and England fight. we shall be
able to set some valuable pointers for our
new naval programme, We learned something
from the late war; but not all that we should
know before beginning construction ON the
large scale proposed
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1t was hardly expected that tho French
could remain cool for any great length of
tinc under the war talk from tho British
The Latin races are not built on the eelt-
contained pattern and rarely count conse-
quences.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-23

Cyrano has reached the street fakcs
The latest curbstone attraction is man
selling a false face with an enormous. b.
flatable nose. which collapses and then 10
inflatas-but altogether in a style strictly
cyranoesque. Another novelty among u
verdors is manikin labelled THE Rubbd
Neck" and justly, for that section Of anst
omy between his chin and shoulders jump
back and forward in the true rubber-nea
fashion when the air pressure Is applied
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The stock exchange proposes to prh
itself. 1t has bought the Western Urlds
building on Broadway. which adions u
big Casino. and after the Western Utacns
lessee expires in 1903, the bulls ar1d.pean
Will probably square out their building y
putting up new structure on this p0E
erty. The new purchase is nine-SalJ,
brick and stone affair. and ss25,O00 n 90
cash was Dlanked down for 1t.
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rnxAs NExr GOVERNOR.

Thirteen.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-23

ION and Off," the latest Partisan lard
done over into English. was produced q
the Madison Square tbeater last night
1t is flashy, frivolous. tainted thing, not
particularly harmful, perhaps. but cynicilly
indifferent TO good taste. too trivial sN
absolute condemnation, and without aysla
claim to any kind of respect But haan
TO the prevailing taste for things theatrical
1t seems TO have caught on,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-23

Let us hope. for tho sake of the country.
that Mark Hanna has no interest In the Cuban
debt
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Five suicides Is the days score. -
he night is still young. AS usual, the W
Identified life failure chose Central pn
or his exciting tragic metropolitan stage
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England may soon draw on the large de-
post of sympathy which she placed to her
credit In this country u Few months ago.
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Just before the market closed the otAs
afternoon a resolution to the effect III
betting on the floor of the stock e1charr
was detrimental to the best interests N
was detrimental to its best interests M
read from the rostrum. So much exdis.
ment has been caused by the efforts
the brokers 10 place large bets on The elsc'
ton that the conservative people in "
game deemed it best to call halt 90 I
practice that has grown rapidly Of lue-
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wounded or otherwise disabled during b,s
service in the Northern army.
Please let me know whether bat,,eshin q,
aruoleu az over tho hull. Let me know In
particular lf tina Maine wes o,ynerei -. IN
bottom OF the hull. An GA ~ D. 20 tne
Inc general plan OF construction In hat,
oeship or armored vessel Is to surround ,ba
engines boilers and magazines with wal, n,
steel srinor OF various thicknesses, seven or
eight feet high, extending usually four Zoo,
below the water line and three feet ahora q
Ihere is no extra protection Of the hull be,or,
'he 'our-ioot line. The Maine was a second
Grass ohttieship. with armor u inches thick
arranged as described above.
Are bankers and brokers WIN b,va -,
tne regular license tax also Obliged IN o,d~
STAMP TO each memorandum OF note ssias -,
b.
IL proker, or any person acting as sucb
Issues note or memorandum OF sale ~ anv
goods or merchandise, stocks bonds q, ro,as
the memorandum must bear a lo.eAn, s,a,,,
notwithstanding the broker may have maid his
special tax as banker or broker.
o,,s,n a YOU kindly inform me where I can
9otnin q copy OF the democratic rsmno 1aa
oook. by giving me this intormatton a, po olsa
you Will greatly ohlige me. a. onee
w. LEG. and others.
wrte to James Kerr. secretary ssno.r.,,.
committee Washington. d. c. The nr,cs -
70 oents. P'"e Is
VINO 's the richest prince IN Europe.
wns, 49,, , A.CR
Wv Ss oacay Of Luxembourg he WIN
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P''neV III Europey
wn~ - A.C.R
70 the or~aA DucAy Of Luxemhou,~ nv ~.,,
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-04-21
cUPIDs slDr-TRACKED.

The course of true love hardly
ever does run smoothly snd love
that IS not true won't run nt all, so
this world is truly vale of tears,
TRIALS and tribulations. A hsppy
young couple arrived IN King
wood one day last week in the rain
and mud and applied TO the Coun
ty Clerk for % writ OF attachment.
The prospective groom who Is .
widower was evidently old enough,
but the blushing BRIDE to be was
not yet I'll and as they hail no writ
of consent from her paternal and
maternal parents the hard hearted
Clerk, who has served one term and
e-cDlisted as = veteran in matri
m0ny and therefore refused to sym
pathize with them, would not issue
the license, without the consent OF
the girls dad. She was over ] 8 but
under RI and the disappointed ben
,dict explained that he thought
girls were OF age AT Is. Their idea
was TO get their marriage license
aud certificate all while here and
have the whole job done at one
time, but the plan failed and they
sadly turned their faces toward
their mountain home aud started
buck for fifteen mile ride in the
rain and some minister here was
knocked out OF n fee. Before re.
turning the groom arranged to get
the written consent OF the girls
parents and mail it to the Clerk,
who was then to mail them the
license and ere this they are trot-
ting down tho primrose path OF
double-jointed domestic felicity,
hand IN hand and yoked up with
Cupid's Rainbow of Promise, oil
bright with the gay colors OF loves
young dream in the gladstone
spring time, when young mans
thoughts lightly turn to love and the
girls to new hats and shirt waists.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-04-21
IMMEDIATE INTERVENTION.
The Cuban Resolutions Agreed To By Congress

WASHINGTON d. c.. April 19The Cuban resolutions
oil he of arc a folows:
Resolved
States of Americ, Congress assembled:
FrstTha island OF right
o be, free aud independent.
That it the the United
the United
Spain relnqnsh authority
withdraw
Cuban
be- hereby d.
nd
call
thcsere effect.
Fourthrhat United
Jurisdiction
the publication thereof aud
government island
to it's people.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-04-21

Al the annual convention ~ the
West Virginia Wonans Suffrage
Association. held IN Wheeling, lac
week, Mrs. Geo. K. Wheat, OF that
city. was elected President. Mrs.
Jerome Raymond. Of Morgantown,
Vice President; Mrs. q. NJ. Ritch
ie. of Falrmont, Corresponding
Secretary and DR.. Hattie b. Jones,
OF Terra Alta. Recording Secrets
ry. Miss j. b. Wilson. Treasurer
and Mrs. r. G.. Barr and Mrs. Jes
sic u. Marley of Fairmont Audi
tors. The voting nge will have To
be changed before women will want
to vote. As il Is now they are re-
quired to DE over ri before they
can vote and no single woman will
admit that, aud but few of the
married ones.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-04-21
OUR STATE TROOPS.

Now that war seems to be upon
us, it is we'll enough to be looking
around for the West Virginia State
Troops. Col. Casieel of the sec
ond Regiment hiss been around in
speciing the Companies and finds
them in good shape for action.
The National Guards two regi-
ments at present can muster about
1000 men, ssys Col. Casteel, but
in its full strength would mum Der
1880. In addition to the First
and Second regiments of infantry.
there is battery Of artillery whose
organic ,tlou is now being perfected
at Berkeley Springs, and a signal
corps, at Charleston. The compo-
sition of the two regiments is as
follows
First Regiment Company A,
Elklns /; b, Moundsville ID, Der.
kelley Springs; e. Martinsburg ;
F. Burton; g, Valentine IL.
Piedmont /; /, Charleston K, Chrks-
burg.
Second Regiment-Company A,
BluefieId Is, BIssell o, Ansted /;
d. Hinton; e. Parkcrsburg f.
Milton g, Huntington II, Ron
ceverte | Huntington. The aver
age is fifty men to u company.
The Company here tnst DIR.
Sherwood has been trying to or
ganize, has the promise OF filling
up vacancy in the LIST Regiment
soon as the State can furnish equip.
ments. So far nothing OF this
kind is available now. Hence the
delay.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-04-21

be lien on his share Of the land
TIL paid
Chas. w. Hornby's admr Va.
Charles w. Horoby's heirs ct. al.
Land sold to Geo. Is. Horribly for
$40 and sale confirmed, and deeds
ordered made.
Reinheiiner & Go. VS.. o. r. lisr-
drsfy ct. al. Report of J. ".
Watson Commissioner that deb,s
we're due parties ~ follows: Sa.
rah and William Brshnm t40.;. 10.
J.. S. Sanders $l27 96, Thomas
Startzman t2i.95, Reiuheimer &
Co. sl77 80. ID. w. Hardesty
sl2 5.45 and nlso s6l25,. p. j.
Crogsn is appointed Spectral Com
missioner TO advertise aud make
sale OF the real estate Of said de-
PENDANTS. after giving $1,000 bond.
Levi Gales admr VS.. J A. Lam
bert ct. III. The report Of P. J i.
Crogan, Commissioner that he had
sold the land in the case 10 j. A
Lambert for sfl5, confirmed, and
deed ordered made.
The case Of James. Messenger ct.
al. vs.. ID. E. Formsn ct. nj, was
dismissed on motion If p. j. Gro
gan, attorney for the Plaintiff.
VIM. McAdams vs.. NJ NJ. Sha
han ct. al. Referred 10 j. w.
Watson. missioner. to settle
the accounts of-M. NJ. Shahan.
admr. of the estate OF Mrs. Lettn
NJ. Shnhan and report to the court.
The suit of Jesse w. Shaffer VS..
Thos. W. Ashbys heirs ct. al. Case
dismissed OF the motion of the
plaintiff.
A divorce was granted 70 Jacob
b. Arnold from bis wife Phebe H.
Arnold, and the children to remain
with the mother.
Annie May Gsffney was granted
~ divorce from her husband Mich
ael j.. Gaffney, and the two chill.
dren to be left with the mother and
the defendant to pay the costs OF
the suit.
j. N. Ringer vs. VIM. J.. Me-
theny ct. al. The land and mil
property - the old Ringer mill be-
tween Albrighfsvllle aud VALLEY
Point, WIS sold first day of Court
and bought back by Jos. N Ring
er for $llO0, and p. j. Crogan
the Special Commissioners coutin
usd to close up the case.