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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-24
THE STATE AND THE PORT.

The Commission which Is now sitting in this
city 10 investigate the causes Of the decline of
the foreign commerce Of this port Will not have
TO spend time In ascertaining the fact OF such
decline. That is patent TO all who can read
statistics Nor indeed Is II necessary to seek
the immediate cause of il. In the Chinamans
apt phrase. IF no hav-ee. how can-eeT' Eek
ports from New-York are declining because
produce is not sent hither for shipment abroad.
All that comes hlther for shipment is shipped
That which Is diverted to other ports IS shipped
from them. All that Is automatic. We shall
not find 1t difficult to demonstrate that much
produce is being diverted. and. as We shall also
see. improperly diverted. TO other ports IT Ia
for the Commission 10 ascertain why It is thus
diverted. and TO devise means Of bringing it
back TO New-York
Let us take the important item of wheat The
quantity produced in this country is steadily In
creasing. The quantity exported IL steadily in
creasing. The quantity shipped toward this
port. and most Of the way hither. Is steadily in
creasing. But the quantity reaching New-York
and exported hence Is steadily decreasing
Those are the facts Here the figures which
will substantlate them: In round numbers re-
ceipts OF grain at Buffalo in the ten years from
1873 10 1887 were Cos, 600 900 bushels and from
1883 10 1897 they were 1.231 .OO0.ON bushels
There has thus been an enormous Increase in
the quantity produced md forwarded rs far ns
TO within the boundaries OF New York State. Yet
while in the ten years from 1878 to 1887 exports
from this port were 690.OO0.OOO bushels. or
actually more than wns received at Buffalo in
1888 to 1897 such exports were only 800. 900. 900
bushels, or considerably less than half what was
received NJ Buffalo. II we carried the ANALYSIS
further we should find that the amount carried
from Buffalo to New-York by canal was de-
creasing AT n runous rate. and that that carried
by rail was also decreasing Into that question.
however, we shnll not at this time enter The
salient facts for present consideration as nj.
ready stated. nre these: That the quantity Of
grain sent toward this port and actually into
this State is increasing; that the quantity
reaching this port and shipped hence Is decrens-
Ing, and that. therefore, after delivery within
the borders Of this State, on the great highroad
to this port, enormous quantities are diverted
from that road into other States ind to other
ports Of shipment actually further away from
Buffalo.
Assuredly that is a state Of affairs with which
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the passages referred to the prophet au; o, ,n n'
and in the latter he speaks ot three se
famine"
The Menlo estate which Miss Jennie fiooo Ha'
given to the California State University Is very
valuable Besides the house. says Inc "f'
Francisco Chronicle" which was TWO years J."
building and cost 100000. there are the iarse
grounds on which money has been lav'sneo' "i,s
Flood has requested that enough OF these gIouinoS
10 enhance the beauty Of the house DC t .t nnIa
FOR fifty years but she has no ob1ectlon 10 W. 81
of the rest The land Is very valuable. III h hJ
dillon 10 the six hundred cultivated acres wv hoa
Immediately surround the house MISS 'og 90 . .o5
acres or 500 acres in all. The latter iahu 10
marsh land. but can he made prohtabc.
The Rev J. F. Mcintyre. chaplain OF The oregon
who is to be tried by court-' rtial for some al
legged criticisms Of Adm al .npson. says that ne
was under the influence Of drugs when he mace 'ne
remarks "Enfeebled as ! was" he explains
took an unusual quantity Of the drug that hhd
been given me TO sustain me during the une OF
my lecture and In consequence. some or my state-
ments were not as lucid as they might nave peen,
Had II not been for my nervous CONDITION ! WOMB
undoubtedly have gone further Into detaiis hnu
made eyplnnat lions that would have relieved some
Of my statements Of any seeming harsnness ana
which would have made misrepresentation Oh my
rs mpoSSibe.''
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brought up in tho same inadequate conception
of what education Is.
chill AND ARGENTINA.

The agree1ble announcement Is made mat the
Argentine Government has al last agreed 10
submit to arbitration IT, dispute with chill over
the boundary line between the two countries
Thus. what has long been regarded win appre-
hension rs n menace of war has been removed
and another victory has been recorded for Ia"
and rco son over passion and brute force For
year or two the countries have been increasing
their armies and making preparations for war;
10 the considerable injury Of their Industrial
and financial welfare. They will now he able
TO turn their thoughts and energies back TO mos"
poths of peaceful cndcavor which are most
profitable for any nation and are absolutely es-
septiol 70 thc development Of high civilization.
The boundary controversy between Chil ana
Argentina is one of many years standing. IT
has been the theme Of military menace. of dip
lomatic discussion and OF scientific survey.
Some time ago II was committed TO the cOnSid-
Grafton of n Joint commission of experts Inc
members Of that body finished their work just
fortnight ago. and submitted not so much re-
port as a transcript of the minutes of their
meetings setting forth the points on which they
disagreed The differences were seen to he
those which had existed between the two gov
ernments from the beginning. and to be such ne
made n direct settlement between the two prac-
ticnlly impossible Thcrcupon the Gillian Gov
eminent wisely proposed that the case he sun
mittfd ~ arbitration. the British Government to
oct as umpire between them. To this tho Ar
gcntinc Government dcmurred or NJ least II oh
jccted to submitting 10 arbitration MI the points
involved Chill insisted upon all or none, aud
preparations for war were continued. II Is not
yet entirely clear whether Argentina has yielded
on this point and agreed to submit the whole
question or Chill has consented TO hnve only
part of the case nrbtratod. Reports differ. but
the most authentic seem 10 Indicate that the
whole ease Is to he disposed of and that the en-
tire controversy Will be brought to an amlcable
conclusion
Apart from the satisfaction this will cause on
general principles. II Is interesting 10 observe
that This IL another case In which territorial
claims involving "the integrity Of the country
are to tc submitted to alien adjudlcnment. Cen
orally such matters are classed with those in
volving the national honor ms outside the ac-
cepiablc domain Of arbitration. II would be an
interesting turn II affairs II the South Amcri-
can republics should give lessons in nferna-
tlonal ethics TO Tho Powers that have so much
and not altogether Justly despised them.
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:s,ev91esl, l1ailp U,;ibn11&
SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER "a, 1898.
TIE NEWS THIS MOPNING

FoREIGN-Mme. Paulmier. wife Of French
Denuty shot and wounded one Of the editors OF
"I a Lanterne" for what 1t had SAID aoou, hel
And her husband In connection Win the Dry I"s
case. Colonel Picuuarts friends and counsel are
49, ,,arrnitt I'd IN ace him - George ~ cur
zon who is about 10 become Nicero! OF lno'a'
has been raised to the British peerage.
The Campania. with the American feace oonI-
missioners aboard. arrived at queenstown
Furoneans I'm Picking believe that the lie OF the
Emperor Of China is in danger. - 0eneraI
Calixto Garcia returned to Santiaeo DE oupa vi
Thursday and was licnized by the CuDans' =
Fuller accounts of the hurricane In the west IN
dies show that II practically ruined 81. vincent
and Barbados and did immense damage IN 81
Lucia.
DOMESTIC-Presdent Mckinley announced
that the Commission to investigate the war De-
partment had been completed. and would con-
est OF nine members. - Contracts Tor the
torpedo-boats and destroyers authorized ny
Congress were awarded by the Navy Depart
ment - Peremptory Instructions to allow
no delay in the evacuation of Cuba we're sent 10
the American Military Commissioners IN ha-
yana - Aguinaldo's Commissioners carry an
appeal to the European Powers to recognize the
beiligerency and independence of the Philip
pines. - large number of miners were I'M
prisoned In a coal mine in Pennsylvania; one
half Of them escaped by circuitous route. but
the bodies Of seven were taken out. and nineteen
are missing - The funeral Of Miss Winnie
+. Davis took place at Richmond. - Richard
Malcolm Johnston. lecturer and novelist. died In
Baltimore - a new gold district has caused
the. practical desertion Of ST Michaels and the
founding Of a new town known Council City.
- Orders have been given for the abandon
ment Of the camp on Montauk Point. -
Superintendent Payn asserted that Governor
Black had 1872 votes or six more than enough
to renominate him.
CITY.-Suit has been begun against the Com
pagnie Generate Trasatlantique by the hus
bs nd Of Adele Raymond one Of the passengers
lost on La Bourgogne; the plaintiff asks $4,000
damages - One man was killed and three
were seriously injured by an explosion Of grain
dust In the Eastern Dsting COmpanys works
In Long Island City; the building wrecked
and burned. 80 A settlement of the fight be-
tween the Chicago Gas Company and the Indiana
Natural Gas Company was reached at con-
ference at which Roswell ?. Flower and F.. G.
Benedict were present - z. 1saace the yell
lew fever patient. who was brought in the
Seeuranca, died on Swinburne Island -
Stocks were dull at small final changes.
THE WEATHER.-Forecast for to-day: Fair
and cooler. The temperature yesterday: High
est. So degrees; lowest. - degrees: average Il
degrees.
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a State Commission ought to DEAL Tor IL con
Germs the whole State. The fault Hes within
this State. The remedy Is TO be applied oy Iiis
State The fault lies either In means OF 'rahs'
portatlon or internal facilities. II the rnlroaus
are for their own profit diverting trafhc 70 o'her
States and to other and more remote ports they
have right 10 do So provided they keep witnih
the law But then tho State has an equal right
70 improve the canals-which lead TO THIS port
and 70 facilitate traffic on them, so az to cheek
and counternct the diversion by the railroads.
If the terminal charges at this port are roo
high and the facilities Of transfer innhequa'e'
those are matters with which this State Is
comnetent 10 deal And II Is not only COM
nctcnt 10 do these things. but it Is under
most imperative obligation 10 do them. ibis
city gives so much 10 the State In revenue tnht
II Is entitled 10 the protection Of the state IN
return II may No that railroad corporations
and elevator and warehouse corporations are so
short lighted rs 10 he Indifferent or even hostile
10 the interests OF this port. There IL one sun
greater corporation that cannot be TINS lndlller-
cnt. ard that corporation is the State OF New
York
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mower and high civilization The ncontestable

power and high civilization. The ncontestabie
record refutes Mr. Bonaparte's differences.
Almost simultaneously another conception OF
American capacity for dealing win ne" oc
casions was presented by distinguished cur
zen. We think II contrasts happily win tna'
of Mr.. Bonapartc. In his address pelore 'he
New.Jersey Republican Convention on Ih1rs
day Attorney General Griggs said:
This has been q year unequalled for progress
ond ACCOMPLISHMENT The hand or man mas nov
fashioned nor his eye foreseen the work thns ~
has been wrought. Call 1t fate. the progress vi
events providence. God. what you VIII nf
been a leading upward and on. the DRAWING
forward ny irresistible impulses or TINS Peopl'
to n place at the front Of the world 10 up
tain Cirdey. at his post on tn. deck OF 'he Iias
ship Olympia on that memorable May m3Inlhs.
came the uuiet word Of command as DemeF
said: you NAV begin firing, Gridiey' inc
guns that responded sent forth dea,h anu ue .
struction. but in the light Of their hashes vas
revealed new hope and better HE LOT nini-
Ions for whom heretofore the sun OF ipeIrS
and civilization had never shone except ,nl" ,..en
the murky clouds OF semi barbarian ana super
sttion And so this Nation enters upon new
era Do not doubt ,hat she VIII DO eauhl
to the responsibility. | believe in the capacity
If Americans 10 govern 10 govern themselves
and to govern others | set up NJ dogma of IN
fallibility. but. expecting mistakes ana delay
and disc pp ointment. ! believe that the bound
less capacity and the splendid courage OF Amerl-
ca with her high sense of Justice her appreclh-
ton Of the rights of man. Will in the new duties
placed upon Va work out marvellous good FOR the
peoples that have come under our guardian
ship, and greater glory for our country.
1t seems to us that this is not only the more
agreeable augury Of the two, but the more ra-
tional II is based on wide experience. and
the deduction is not forced. We have right
TO believe and assert that this Nation Is equal
to any work which the course Of events may
assign to It. If we reject the Philippines II
should not and will not be because we are I'M
able tC rule them with wisdom and honor.
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BROADWAY MISUNDERSTANDING latte 'o'PorA"
CAglNO-2-s-Yankee Doodle Dandy
DAIY'S THEATRE-2-s:io-A Runaway OH'
EDEN MI,sEE Wax Works. Grand Concert ana N"''
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r.uprRE THEATRE: lbs :oo-secret Service
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRF>-2;3o-s:iS-The hoyai noA
GARRrCT< THEATRE-2- si5--A Day ana Nsn'
GRAND OPERA HOUsE.-2-s-wi1e, Woman anu So''
HARLEM OPERA HOCSE-2-s :zi'-Gayest Mnflf~''a"
HERALD SQUARE THEATRE 2;i5-sA3-The frencn
Maid. 49,.
IRVING PLACE THEATRE 2-s:i6-The Golden ho'se-
shoe
xy,cxrepocKER THEATRE? :i5-s;i6-The Cnarin-
ROSTER q BIAL's-2-s--New burlesque' N "0''a
IYCrI-M THEATRE 2-s;i5-The Adventure OF l"o'
Ursula. -, CHAM
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN: so-s :So-Naval sho"
MADISON eQrARD THEATRE 2ls-sSo--A brace OF
Par.rdges.
MANHATTAN THEATRE Q s-The Turtle
MURRAY HILL THEATRE-2-s;15-Youns Mrs. WIN
tbrop.
PAsTORs-i2 to II p. m.-Vaucevile
SAM T. JACKS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
wALLAcK's THEATRES 20-1he Mcod.er.
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THO VIEWS.

In recent issue Of THE Baltimore News"
Mr.. C.. j. Bonaparte Is quoted as expressing
with characteristic energy his views concern
ing the Philippines. He Is utterly opposed to
their annexation, and would leave the SpaDiards
and the insurgents 10 fight for their possession
with the largest possible allowance OF outrage
"and pllage and the slaughter of non com
"batants or prisoners 10 minimum of fair
lighting" and wash our hands once and
forever Of the whole wretched business
Doubtless there are those 10 whom such pol
lev on the part Of the United States would seem
immoral but our present purpose Is not 10 dis
cuss the future Of the Philippines, and certainly
not 10 impugn the rectitude Of Mr.. Bonapnre,
who is identified with many excellent endeavors
to promote the public welfare. Mr. Choate once
remarked with genial cynlclsm Of friend:
Is good Mr.. Bonnpnrte has great many
opinions and some Of them are well deserving
Of universal adoption. But. however estimates
Of the value of the Philippines may conflict. 1t
seems 10 US that his chief reason for opposing
annexation is unworthy of acceptance. He
says:
The decisive objection to the acquisition OF
any such dependency in my eyes. is simply that
the government Of q barbarous and helpless
population at the other end Of the earth by
American "spoils politicians would he. or quick
" become. very cesspool Of corruption. OPP
preston and inquty Of almost every kind
Imagine our own old ring" or the worthless OF
the Ant,-Civ Service League set to rule over
millions Of poor, ignorant. half-savage Malays
thousands OF miles from home and with no
one 10 either discover or punish their enormities
except the same politicians who had given
them their places in return for dirty work!
Such administration would constitute a
vertable political SOdom fit 10 call down fire
from heaven. And yet no can reasonably
doubt that such men and none other would
he chosen to govern any such dependency
This is truly melancholy forecast. and I'M
necessarily so. as II seems to US. inasmuch as
1t Is drawn from singularly complete begging
Of the question. We do doubt, and reasonably
that only such men would be chosen 10 govern
dependency Of the United States az have from
time to time In the history of Baltimore afrront-
ed and despoile1 the people OF that city and
engaged the honorable hostility OF Mr. Bona.
parle. II has not been proved. nor is 1t ut all
likely 10 be proved. that Americans are unit
TO possess and unable 10 utilize the OppOrtuni-
ties accruing 10 them. Our institutions have
not been found unequal to the unexpected and
stupendous strains put upon them during the
last one hundred and twenty years. We have
not as people been awkward. inapt, unfaith-
ful ana reckless In our Use Of vast resources or
the solution Of problems as hard as my which
the issue Of the war with Spain can possibly
involve. The whole world testiHes 10 the skill
and adaptahll!ty with which the American Ma
ton has accomplished novel and intricate and
arduous tasks. rising with amazing rapiditv
from poverty and feebleness to wealth and
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PERSONAL.

William Walker. Chicago newspaper man. has
purchased The Worcester MnssD Spy" and will
assume ts management on October l.
Apropos OF the death OF Miss Winnie Davis. The
Philadelphia Press" quotes a story told about her
by Philadelphia man He was n colonel under
the Stars and Bars. and ls now "A rich man But
hve years ago ! wasn't" he SAYS. I'D lost every
penny Ia had before the war. and had not made
many since bis slump In the West had done
for me- and put up at n New York hotel with tus.
enough to pay ny hill and more. My nerves
gave way ana was taken III. The doctor said I
must have long rest and y complete change OF
scene. said might rest In the grave and cha nee
this scene for that OF the next world but that I
had no money or friends. and would never leave the
city any way but feet first. Well Miss Davis was
staying AT that hotel She knew wouldn't No.
cept money from her. she got the doctor TO pre-
tend he was lending me his own. | went abroad
ana came nome cured and already on the way to
wealth. i was only then that found out whom I
Doctor? We'll for me there is an eauivocai sIc
rincance IN thnt name"
Colonel J. II. @ Pltkin. the new postmaster Of
New Orleans. is well and favornbly known In that
city Of which he Is q native He declined the
Mexican Mission. which was rendered TO him be
Argentlns Republic by President Harrison and. al.
land complimen,ed him on the way in which he
performed the duties OF his ONCE.
The name Of the Archbishop OF Manila In Noza-
ieda dc Villa. and not Dozal as II nppcared I'm
some recent press dispatches.
Al a recent meeting Of Sunday-school tenchers at
Canterbury Archbishop Temple said "he had no
doubt there were inaccuracies In the Old Testa-
ment narratives. though the writer's told the truth
rs far as they knew H." Deemng this abatement
to he an astounding one. ms coming from the
Prmate OF All England, letter was forwarded To
the Archbishop by the Editor of Kings Own" an
evangelical review inquirlng whether or not he
had actually made It, To this the Prmate by his
chaplain. replied as follows: His Grace did mako
the statement TO which you refer and ne thinks II.
and for an Instance he would refer you to 2 Sam
XIX. IL and Chron.. XXI Il In tho f1rst ~
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TVlfJGPITTOV TUROT'GH CANADA.

This country Is now receiving by way OF
Canada a large crop of undesirable 'mml-
grants. Strict enforcement Of the immigration
laws M the Port of New-York has led steam
ship companies sailing hither to be extremely
careful about hooking passengers VINO might ne
left on their hands for transshpment To Europe,
and II is this class which is now flocklng TO the
United States through Canadian ports. Our
Government has no proper facilities in canada
for investigating the fitness of would-be cti-
Zens. In Quebec. for example, where hundreds
of the least desirable additions TO our popula-
ton arc dumped every week or two the United
State immigration Bureau Is housed in n
rlckcty shanty. which allows no accommoda-
ton for proper inspection or detention.
II Is noteworthy that a majority Of recent I'm
migrants of the class indicated named New
York rs their final destination. OF course they
were we'll coached ms 10 the answers they
should give 10 the immigration inspectors and
these officials have no means Of asccrtninlng in
Canada whether II be true that the passengers
have trades. or are coming IN relatives in New
York as represented The fact that such i'm
migrants come In or sent by way OF
Canada. instend OF taking passage direct 70
Ncwlork is in itself suspicious. They hail
from the most distant parts OF Europe. but, In
stead OF embarklng from ports near their
homes they are punched together. scnt across
the continent and shipped from Liverpool
on one Of the lines running 10 Canada.
and are thence taken by train 10 Now York
BY following this plan they, are able practI-
cally 10 nullify the immigration laws and rem
der useless their stringent enforcement here. ne
the facilities provided for this work In Canada
nre such as 70 render rigorous inspection I'm
possible.