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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-23
OPPOSING RECIPROCITY.
Many Americans Do Not Want Free
Trade with Canada.

QUEBEC, Sept. q. = The people of the
United States are evidently beginning to
awaken to the great Importance of the re-
suits which may come from the work of
the International Joint High Commission
now in session in this city. 1t has become
known that Canadian representatives are
Urging that the treaty embodying CONNER
cal reciprocity be made, which treaty, it
is held. would seriously affect nearly all
the great industries of the United States.
These industries are now being heard from
in very emphatic way. During the past
twenty-four hours the American commits
sioners have been besieged by Populations
of Americans praying that no ironclad
treaty be entered into which would disturb,
if not in many instances destroy, the pres
ent protective tariff laws of the United
States.
To-day the farmers of the United States
put in their protest, and 1t was a very
strong one. They were represented by
Aaron Jones, of Indiana, worthy master of
the National Grange, and N. j. Bachelor,
of New Hampshire, chairman of the ma
tional executive committee They were
given a very full hearing and will have an
other audience before the commissioners
act. Following Mr.. Jones came another
earnest protest from Mr.. Albert Clark.
president of the Home Market Club, of Bos-
ton, Mass. He said the organization he
spoke for had upward Of 1900 members
mostly manufacturers, and represented a
total capital interest of 500, 600 He OPP
posed commercial reciprocity. He said that
between two countries having the same
products for exchange reciprocity was
never successful. If Canada and the United
States each had something the other did
not have 1t would be different proposition.
Col. Aidace Walker. formerly of the In
terstate-commerce Commission, but now
chairman of the board of directors of the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad,
spoke concerning the traffic bonding sys-
should be subject to the interstate-com-
merce laws, and In case of violations Amer
lean traffic over the lines should be sus-
pended, instead of imposing a fine, as is
done in case of violation on the part Of the
American roads
Hon. c. S. Hamln, of the Boston Mer-
chants Association, opposed Colonel Walk
er's scheme vigorously. He insisted that
the present bonding system by which
United States products were carried over
Canadian roads from one point to another
in the United States without duty was en-
tirely equitable and satisfactory. He de-
Another protest came from Congressman
J. A. Tawney, of Minnesota, in behalf OF
the lumbermen of the United states. He
presented to the American commissioners
a printed memorial signed by $50 of the
principal lumber firms in twenty-one States
and protesting earnestly against the reduc-
ton of the duty on Canadian lumber.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-23
RIFLES FOR THE NAVY.
Important improvements Adopted by
Ordnance Officers.


Ordnance Officers.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.--The Navy De-
partment has recently placed orders for
forgings for naval rifles of calibers from
four to twelve-inch to supply the new bat
tie ships and in a short time the navy yard
factory will begin to turn out ordnance en-
bodying radical changes in construction and
much more powerful than guns of the same
caliber now afloat on our ships. The ord
nance officers have for several years re-
allied the possibility of improving the pres
ent standard naval gun, effective as it is
but the time has not been opportune to do
this, nor was the money available to under
take the change on a large scale until this
year. The advent of smokeless powder has
also aided to make the change possible. The
new twelve-inch gun will be as effective as
the present thirteen-inch gun in range and
striking force. This is achieved at the ex-
pense OF weight but the difference is still
in favor of the new design. For instance,
the present twelve-inch gun weighs forty
six tons, against fifty-three tons for the
new gun. But this gun takes the place of a
thirteen-inch gun, which weighs siXty-one
TONS so that a considerable saving is eff
fected. About the same rate of gain is Sc
gun will send its projectile at the enormous
velocity of 1900 feet per second which is
about 90 per cent. greater than the velocity
of the present thirteen-nch shell.
The ordnance officers say that there is
very erroneous idea prevalent as to the
value of the ammunition shot away by
Dewey at Manila and by Simpsons fleet
at Santiago. Instead of this running up as
high as 81, 100000, as asserted in some quar-
tiers, the fact was that Dewey at Manila
fired SAT 600 worth of ammunition and the
North Atlantic fleet at Santiago on July 3
and during the bombardments not to exceed
$100, COO.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-23

planned. of. General Wiley. to whom this
language was attributed, takes occasion to
deny that he ever said that Quartermaster
General Ludington was blamable. In his
denial General Wiley said to the Cincinnati
Enquirer
/ am quoted as having said that General
Ludington was to blame. / did not say so,
nor do / think he was. l made no reflection
whatever upon Surgeon General Sternberg,
and what did say about Colonel Huide-
koper was that he is a gradute OF reputable
medical institutions and holds diplomas
from good medical colleges
General Wiley is one of the brigader gen.
erals appointed from civil life. Attention is
called to this correction because the CORE
spondent, whose dispatch was repeated in
several papers, distinctly stated that Gen.
Wiley pointed at Quartermaster General
Ludington and declared he was responsible.
This one most essential statement of the
correspondent and the dramatic feature of
the story being denounced as falsehood
by the man to whom it was attributed, it is
fair to assume that all the stuff which he
telegraphed is false or distorted so as to be
worse
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-23

The general order of General Gomez,
which is published in this issue, is a most
hopeful indication. 1t shows that the lead
ing insurgent is in earnest to insure the peo-
pie of Cuba the tranquility which alone can
come from the protection of life and prop
erty. General Gomez declares that the flag
Of Cuba win protect all citizens in their
properties. Not the least gratifying feature
of this order is the entire confidence and
good will which he expresses in the good
faith of the United States. He recognizes
that independence will come to Cuba
through the assistance of the United States.
The cause of the insurgents was hopeless
until it was espoused by the United States
in the name OF humanity. General Gomez
recognizes the fact that to enable the people
of Cuba to secure independence and stable
government the first steps must be taken
under the guidance of the United States If
the Insurgents will accept the advice of
General Gomez as set forth in his order the
independence of Cuba is assured at no very
distant day. Few people in the United
States are anxious for annexation. and the
only ground upon which it can be advocated
is that the Cubans are unable to unite and
secure stable and good government.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-23

If the Journal is not mistaken a city or
dinance requires that street cars shall not
run closer together than fifty feet. If this
rule was ever followed no attention is paid
to it now, yet strict observance would at
once prevent the congested condition at the
intersection of Meridian, Pennsylvania and
Illinois streets with Washington. Police
men are now under instructions to turn We
hicles to the right at those corners, but
there it by no means obyiates it while long
strings of cars pass almost touching each
other. If these cars remained the proper
distance apart vehicles could cross without
delay and the confusion be reduced to a
minimum.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-23

Certain Forms of Depository Receipts
Subject to, War Tax.

Subject to- War Tax.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22-The commits
sioner of internal revenue has rendered a
decision in which he holds that depositors
receipt in the following words is subject to
a stamp tax as a bank check:
Received of the Lagrange Banking and
Trust Company 81, to be deducted from my
deposit. JOHN SMITH"
In the course of his decision the commits
sioner says: 1.-THE war revenue act i'm
poses tax upon bank checks, drafts, GER
tifcates Of deposit orders for the pay
ment of any sum of money, and thereby in
tends to include all legitimate ways in
which money can be withdrawn from a COM
mercial bank. The use of a receipt, while
not in terms forbidden, is presumptively so.
and any attempt to use a receipt in lieu of
a check is a manifest attempt to evade the
tax, which only be prevented by tax
ing the receipt as a check. A receipt is not
a negotiable instrument, and any attempt
to treat it as such would result in difficult
ties to both the bank and the deposition"
The commissioner also has issued a special
notice to correspondents of the internal
revenue office, in which he explains that the
delays in answering letters is wholly occa-
stoned by the passage of the war revenue
act, which he says, touched the bust
ness interests of the country at so many
points that this office was literally over
WnelHleu alleF 10 passage ny correspondence
from every section of the United States. AS
an instance of this. ii may be stated that
over $500 letters were received in the space
of two months relating to Schedules A and
B of the war revenue act alone. A large
proportion of these letters presented intri-
cate questions of law and commercial usage.
Under these circumstances it has been i'm
possible to avoid apparent hardness in
keeping up with the correspondence, which
may have occasioned some inconvenience
and unfavorable comment. but this has been
as VexatiOuS to the comm missioner as ii could
possibly be to the writer's of the unanswered
letters. Every effort will be made TO dis
pose of the accumulated correspondence
within a reasonable period. In the mean
time patience and kindly consideration OF
the unavoidable difficulties herein disclosed
lie asked Of all corresnnndanfs %
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-23
REVIEWED By THE PRESIDENT.
Two Hundred Marines from the Camp
on Guantanamo Bay

WASHINGTON. Sept. 2.-The President
to-day reviewed from the portico of the
White House detachment of about two
hundred members of the marine corps
which served at Guantanamo during the
war. The marines had just arrived and they
marched direct to the Executive Mansion.
headed by the Marine Band. The President
stood with barred head as the bronzed heroes
marched past, bowing his head, waving his
hat and clapping his hands in turn. He
seemed much affected by the appearance OF
the men who had demeaned themselves SO
nobly during these trying days at the front
force on Spanish SOIL Assistant Secretary
Allen and the chiefs Of the various divisions
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-23

probably majority of the young men. those
who are foot loose" and without business
engagements, would be willing to re-enlist
on the assurance of an ocean voyage and
pleasant garrison duty in Cuba. Porto Rico
or the Philippines. Sixty or thirty days will
work great change in the condition and
feelings of the men. Their inconsistencies
win have been cured. their desire for moth
er's cooking will have been satisfied, the
monotony of home life will have begun to
be irksome. and the attractions of camp life
and the delights of comradeship will be
more keenly remembered than the hardships
which have been so much exaggerated. If
there should be more trouble or another call
for volunteers a majority of the four
months veterans would be among the first
to enlist.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-23
Tcsf of Armnr PInte.

WASHINGTON. Sept. PAN important
and interesting test of armor plate manu-
featured by the Carnegie Company was
made this afternoon at the Indian Head
proving grounds. Two distinct tests were
made. one of a twelve-inch Krupp plate rep
resenting group of armor intended for this
government and the second of a five-inch
plate treated by what is known as the Har-
vey process, representing armor intended for
a vessel now being built abroad for the
Russian government. The tests were
thoroughly satisfactory In the opinion of
the naval experts the six-inch plate tested
several weeks ago and the twelve-inch plate
tested to-day practically establish the SUI
periority of the krupp process over any
other and prove the superiority of the plates
tested over any plate yet tested abroad.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-23
REVOLT OF RETAILERS.
Dispensers of Drugs in Arms Against
Payment of War Tax.

CHICAGO. Sept 2.-Retail druggists Of
this city have issued calls to the retail drug
trade all over the country for the organiza-
ton Of a national association to cast off
the burden of the war tax imposed on re-
tailers by the manufacturers. Oct. II the
National Wholesale Druggists Association
and the National Proprietary Association
will meet in st. Louis in annual convention.
The call from the Chicago Retail Druggists
Association asks each state and city or
ganization of retail druggists to send dele
gates to ST. Louis upon the same date to
create a national protective association and
to meet the manufacturers OF patent and
proprietary medicines Retailers claim that
they cannot shift the burden or the stamp
tax upon the consumer as requested by the
manufacturers because Of the prevalence OF
cut prices and indiscriminate rates.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-23
Customs Regulations modified.

WASHINGTON. Sept 22.-Assistant Sec
rotary Howell, of the Treasury Department.
has modified, in an important particular. the
customs regulations now in force in the
Philippine islands. Hitherto an export tax
has been levied upon all goods shipped from
the islands to a foreign port and since the
United States forces took possession of
Manila a customs duty has been charged
upon all goods shipped to Manila from a
port in the Philippines not in the possession
of the United States. Hence merchandise
shipped from an interior port through
Manila to a foreign country pays both a
customs duty and an export tax. Under the
new regulations the customs duty in such
cases will be refunded.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-23

Captain Paget, military attache to the
British legation at Washington, thinks that
everything relating to the ocean transporta-
ton of troops. including their subsistence at
sea and their landing, should be under con-
troll of the navy. He is probably right. Our
recent experience with improvised trans
ports commanded by merchant captains was
very unsatisfactory. The ocean transporta-
ton of troops, their care at sea and their
landing are matters which should be under
control of trained naval officers
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-23

SEATTLE, Wash, Sept. 22.-The steamer
Humboldt arrived here to-day twelve days
from ST. MichaeIs. Alaska. with 230 pas
sengers from Dawson City. The majority
of them were glad to get back to civiliza-
ton. There were only a few who had any
est sack He told Purser Twiggs that he
was bringing out $4,000 spending. money:
Purser Twfggs estimates the total amount
Of treasure brought down on the steamer
at 500 600.
The troops that were taken up from San
Francisco on the Humboldt left ST.
Michaesss Sept for Rampant City on the
steamer Arnold
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-23
Representative Overstreet on the
Proposed Probing of the Conduct
of the War Department.
REVENUE LAW CONSTRUED
WHEN BANK DEPOsITORs' RECEIPTS
MUST BE STAMPED.
Cause of Delay in Answering Letters
nance-Chinese Certificates.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22-The Washing
ton Evening Star publishes the following
interview with Representative Overstreet
on very live subject. Mr.. Overstreet is
quoted as follows: There is no foundation
for the talk that. the Republicans are likely
to be embarrassed by the developments of
the military investigating commission. We
are far from wishing to avoid an investga-
ton. There is no reason why we should
hesitate to have the blame fixed where the
blame belongs. 1t will cut no figure in the
political campaign CT the Republican party.
The great fact stands out plainly, and can
not be detracted from in any way, that the
Republican Congress made adequate provi-
sion for conducting the war. Money and
supplies were voted without stint, and the
majority in power stood ready to provide all
that was necessary. A Republican admins
tration waged the war to an early and deci-
sive conclusion, bringing results which
were the marvel Of the world and for which
there is no parallel in military history.
Now if, in the course of events, there
were scattered cases of incompetency upon
the part of individual officers and COM
manders, why should we assume that the
guilt is to be laid at the door of the Re-
publican party or administration? In the
hasty assembling of a mighty army, in its
hurried departure for the field and equip
ment under the most adverse circumstances
on account of the necessity of speedy action,
it is quite possible that incompetent indi-
viduals would get into the service and cause
confusion. But there is no reason why there
should be hesitation in hunting them down.
in fixing upon the guilty the blame for their
incapacity or dishonesty, and when they are
discovered the Republican party is not to be
saddled with the responsibility for their
misdeeds. Let the investigation come; let
it be thorough and searching. 1 know that
is what the President wants and what every
Republican wants.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-23
Cannot Issue Certificates.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.-The secretary
of the treasury to-day made an important
ruling, in which he holds that Chinese con-
suls in foreign countries are not authorized
to issue certificates to privileged classes of
Chinese entering this country. The effect
OF this ruling will be to prohibit the entry
into this country of the privileged classes.
except upon presentation of certificates is
sued by the imperial Chinese government,
and in view of the fact that the govern
ment has never issued certificates of this
character, it is believed that comparatively
few Chinese, even of the exempt classes,
will apply hereafter for admission.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-23

DR.. Sem, of Chicago. who served during
the war as chief of the operating staff in
Cuba and Porto Rico, thinks the present
uniforms and rations of the soldiers are en-
tirely untitled for either of those localities
No doubt he is right. The uniforms are
much too heavy and nothing could be more
out Of place in a tropical climate than
ration composed in good part of fat pork
and beans. These are points which the
government could not well guard against in
its first campaign in a tropical country. but
they call for reform as soon as practicable.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-23

dent few days ago told him in their blunt
way that they would all enlist again If they
were needed. Individual expressions from
many of the returning volunteers all over
the country are to the same effect. A Pitts
burg paper reports regular army recruiting
Ia that city as very brisk. Veterans of the
civil war predict that at the end of their
thirty or sixty days furloughs majority
Of the volunteers designated for discharge
will be ready to enter the service again If
needed No doubt considerable proportion,
including married men and some whose pri-
vate business has suffered by reason of their
absence, will be glad to be mustered out
now that active hostilities have ceased. but
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-23

Colonel Bryan intimates that when he
does start to talk again 1t will be as If a
dam had broken. And. it might be added,
if he succeed in talking another convention
into such state of insanity as to renomi-
nate him, there will be many a hearty
damn break from the lips of Democrats
who think the colonefs mouth has been
-Ak5.3- tSst@~t@
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-23

British officials and residents at Hong
Kong are pleased that the United States is
about to send two more battle ships and
land reinforcements to Manila, constituting 1t
as a sign that this country has really deter
mined to become a factor in world politics.
Probably Mr.. Bull would not object to hav-
ing some English-speaking neighbors in that
quarter of the globe
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-23

When Garcia arrives the yellow press will
perhaps hasten to interview him in sore
headed confirmation of the calamity stories
they have been compelled temporarily to
quit disseminating. Garcia may help them
out of the woods and enable them to stand
a little longer with their malicious exag-
gerations The Cuban general is perhaps in
the proper temper to tell anything that
might be disparaging- to the United States.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-23

of the Navy Department participated with
the President in the review. and among
them many remarks were heard compli-
mentary to the military bearing Of the
marines despite the evident wear and tear
to which their clothing. as well as them
selves had been subjected.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-23

That the Spanish Cortes should attack the
administration and condemn the conduct of
an unsuccessful war seems natural enough,
but in this country we have the remarkable
spectacle of a party attacking an adminis-
tration for prosecuting the most successful
war on record.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-23

Secretary Alger has ordered that the reg
mental hospitals be re-established, and
work on them has already begun. There
seems to be no doubt that doing away with
9hem was a mistake, but the fact that they
were abolished by the head of the medical
department and re-established by the secre-
tary of war shows a conflict of authority
that should not exist
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-23

Col James G. c. Lee, the quartermaster
whom General Sanger is alleged to have
assailed for inefficiency, belongs to the reg
ular army. He is next in rank in that de-
partment to General Ludington.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-23

The war has been a hard discipline for
one William J. Bryan. Solitary confine-
ment would not be a more severe punish
ment for most men than deprivation of the
right to make political speeches is to him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-23

I'VE are demanding the proper treatment
of our soldiers" shouts copperhead paper.
AS a matter of fact, soldiers were never so
well paid, so well fed and transported with
SO great pains and cost as are those of the
nresent volunteer army
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-23
The Cheerful Idiot.

ST met man." said the medical student
boarder, ''who claimed he could tell a mans
character by his shoes"
1T suppose said the Cheerful Idiot, that
after you have graduated, you will be
known by your heals"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-23

According to the English version of the
protocol Spain agreed to evacuate Cuba Sim
mediately.'' Perhaps that word has no
synonym in the Spanish language.