Mesa free press., 1898-11-25

professor In Harvard college, is jere-
miahing again about the war with
Spain and "the igonrant and inflam-
mable populace," says the New York
Sun. In certain obvious respects Mr..
Norton has collected large fund of ig-
norance, and more inf1ammable per-
son has seldom erupted into speech. We
prescribe for him large doses of early
Italian, regular exercise in Tuscan
sculpture. an occasional dip into the
poetry of the Troubadours and abso-
lutte rest.
| According to local financial news
bureau at Chicago the consolidation of
the tin plate industry of the United
States is now practically assured. Tho
Chicago promoters say the $5OOOOO 900
of capital stock has already been over
subscribed. Between $4,000, 900. and ST.
i 100000 was underwritten in this city
and applications from Chicago and vi
cinity which were received today,
amounted nearly to 100000. The or
ganizers have figures showing that the
output OF the tin industry this year
is $S,0O0,000 boxes and low estimate
places the product Of next year at
about 100000 boxes.
The Secretary of State has been in
formed that the Siamese government
is about to re-establish it's legation in
the United States after lapse of many
years, during which time all its diplo-
matte correspondence with this gov
ernment has been conducted through
it's legation at London. The newly ac-
credited Siamese Minister Plenipoten-
| tn Int tnd toAo -,
New York and will come to this city in
a few days to present his credentials
and reopen personal diplomatic rela-
tions between the United States and
Siam. His name is Pyha Visddha Surf
yasakti.
The London Chronicle prints an as
founding story to the effect that plot
has been Matched at Paris to make the
Court of Cassation's decision in the
Dreyfus case, if favorable to the pris-
oner on DEVILS Island, the signal for
an outbreak in Paris, and also an at
tempt to overthrow the civil power
This has caused much alarm. One
feature of the contemplated outbreak
is said to be the assassination of all
leading Frenchmen who have worked
i
marked for killing are an ex-Minister
of Justice and several prominent men
of letters and journalists. Meanwhile
members of the Court of Cessation are
inundated with threatening letters.
| 1t is observed that German and
French newspapers do not favor the
annexation of the Philippines by the
United States. A Hamburg journal OBJ
serves that the United States is Gre
vealing the brutal hand of strength"
and the Paris Soleil is certain that mo
monarchial government would have
dared to conduct itself after the fash
ion of the Americans" Yet the brutal
hand of strength was quite visible in
the terms dictated by Germany to
France at the close Of the Franco
German war, and the French mon
archy, or republic either, has failed to
add territory to France when that was
possible. In view Of Algeria, Tonquin
and Madagascar, the Soleil should
''ring off" suggests the Kansas City
Star.
! It looks as If the United States
would soon be the controlling factor in
the sugar markets of the world Since
| the recent war began the price of sugar
is as low, if not little lower, than
/ foreign sugar could be sold at here.
The foreign market is about 8 cents
! per pound. American sugar made from
| foreign raws would be entitled to
| drawback equal to the duty when ex-
! ported. The duty is 1.89 cents. The
! government withholds 1 per cent Of
this to pay expenses, and this would
leave 2.83 cents as the export price Of
sugar. No question the sugar Of Cuba,
as we'll as that of Porto Rico and that
of the Philippines, as well as that of
the Hawaiian islands, will be handled
hereafter in the United States This,
with that produced at home from cane
and beets, will give us a very large
amount of the supply of the world.
| Robert P. Porter, commissioner to
look into the business situation in Gu
ba, on his return says: "Both as COM
missioner and business man I strong
! ly advise against many investments in
Cuba at present. Or to be more con-
servative, I would say that intending
investors should be very careful. There
are few investments, of which plan
| tation property Is one, that might be
profitable; but that line, as well as
other lines of properties, are likely to
have questionable titles. In fact, there
are comparatively few titles in Cuba
that are settled so far as American in
vestment, is concerned. The. prospects
for the success of any American house
that may happen to establish a branch
in Havana are excellent. I say Havana
because the capital, because of its To-
cation and general conditions, is sure
to be the clearing house of Cuban
commerce in future under American
protection, as it is now under Span
ish administration.
An issue of the Pueblo, Col, Chief
tain last week contains lengthy pro-
test against being required to remain
longer in the service of Manila signed
by a number of volunteers. The protest
says that since landing on Luzon the
men have not eaten decent meal un-
loco +hev maid for if ont of their own |