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The times., 1898-06-27

Whether a Spanish feet is on its way
to the Philippines or not, the Govern
ment is said to have decided not to bother
the coasts of Spain until Santiago has
fallen and Porto Rico is ours. Then it
viii be time to attend to Havana and
Blanco; and so our Iberian friends are
likely to be denied the pleasure of ad-
miring the accuracy of American gun
merry. We are sorry for this Thir-
teen-inch shells and gun-cotton pro-
jectiles are such civilizers and edu-
Gators that great good might grow
out of the bombardment of a few Span
ish seaports. And it would end the war
The times., 1898-06-27
Germnnv.s Good R.,son

In allowing chills to creep down their
spines and their hair to stand on end.
like quills upon the fretful porcu-
pine, those persons who have re-
mained awake o'nights trembling for
fear of what Germany might do in aid
OF Spain have sadly neglected to re-
fleet upon the small degree of material
interest that the Teutonic empire could
possibly have in supporting our enemy.
Bismarck himself could not have laid
the ghost Of German Intervention more
effectually that a cabinet officer in Ber-
The times., 1898-06-27

The brig Amapala, with forty refugees
from Havana, was caught the other day
coming out of Havana harbor No resist
ance was made and the vessel was car
ried to Key West. One of the party who
had chartered the Amapala and gathered
the party on board together, declared
that when they left there was no food
for the poor of the city. who were starry
ing to death without hope Of relief. The
rich classes had laid in a store of provi-
sions sufficient to last three months. At
the end of that time famine would be gen
eral.
The times., 1898-06-27
The Ounce of Prevention.
From the Richmond Tin.es.)

Science has made such rapid strides
within the past several years. and now
understands 50 we'll the causes OF dis
case that epidemicS OF any kind are un-
PaTdonable The Old saving that IAN
ounce of prevention is worth pound os
cure. is peculiarly apt III this age The
doctors have made some advancement in
treating disease. but nothing like 50
much as in its prevention. We know
now that disease proceeds from germs.
and all that we have to do 10 prevent
disease is 10 kill the germ before it has
gotten into the system. The public
health is a matter OF the greatest mo-
ment 10 every community. and should be
the concern of all
The times., 1898-06-27

Where are the horrors of war from a
material standpoint. as so tearfuily pre-
dicted in Wall Street a few months ago?
The current number of Bradstreet's as
serts that in the single State of New
York, 1880 new manufacturing concerns
started in business during the first six
months of the present year, and !. $50 old
plants which had shut down have re-
sumed operations Comparing this years
reports with those of 1897. it is found that
nearly forty THOUSAND more people are
employed in various occupations that were
at work last year. These conditions. with
slight notifications, apply to practically
every manufacturing center in the coun-
try with, perhaps, one exception. that
being New England, where depression is
attributable to the unsatisfactory condi-
tions of the textile industry"
The times., 1898-06-27
No Need to worry About Hawaii.

IFrom the Boston J0urnaI.)
Nobody need worry that Hawaii. under
the American flag, viii aspire to state
hood. The men who are bringing round
the annexation of the islands have never
dreamed of this. The Hawaiian govern
memt itself has expressly disavowed it,
The idea that Hawaii will soon be figur-
ing in our National Congress with two
senators and a representative is a buga-
boo of the Bourbon imagination 1t is
as sheer humbug as this silly chatter
from the same quarters against so-call-
ed imperialism
The times., 1898-06-27
Toryi.n, and Democracy.

Representative Livingston of Georgia
is quoted as having said that. if the
Democratic party is to drop the silver
issue and take up in its place opposi-
tion to the annexation of the Hawaiian
and Philippine Islands, then Grover
Cleveland is its natural leader and its
logical candidate in 1900.
There is a good deal TO be said for
the view attributed to Mr.. Livingston.
Bimetalism is just as much the faith
and policy. of those who voted for Mr..
Bryan in 1896 as it ever was, but, If it
is to be sent to the rear. it viii be be-
cause a syndicate of unpatriotic Demo-
Gratis, lately high in the councils of IT,
parry. choose to send II there that they
may make promising alliances with
monopoly, sugar and gold men against
the nearly universal will of the Ameri
can people.
All such dreams and projects in the
interest of the Sugar Trust; all such
attempts TO join Reed, Hale, Hoar and
a few other Spanish Republicans in an
effort to reverse the clock of national
progress until its hands point to the
hour when Senator Morrill, was born,
Will prove abortive.
Long before the kind of Democracy
represented by the champions of
bunker provincialism could get their
CIevelands, Reeds and other Tory ele-
ments together to form party nucleus
for the obstruction of the country S
material advancement and glory. the
issue they would make will have been
settled. Neither Mr.. Cleveland nor any
other political cadaver will ever lead
anybody upon the basis of platform
opposed To Hawaiian or Philippine an
nexation. because both of these things
will be accomplished facts before the
first Congressional nominating cOnven-
tion can be held. We may add that
Porto Rico will have been taken into
the Yankee camp as well.
The first successful attempt to COM
NIT the Democratic party to a policy
of retrogression and of snarling and
swapping at the heels of American
progress would, at the same time, rem
der it quite unnecessary fer that or
sanization or any other adopting such
an attitude to make nominations. II
would not return enough members of
the next House 10 hold a caucus, and,
as for 1900, by that time it would have
become a putrid reminiscence.
The times., 1898-06-27

The general elections. just held in Ger
many, have resulted in landslide. under
which the agrarian party has been all
but completely buried. This will not
cause any grief in the United States.
since it has been the agrariaus who have
formed the backbone of hostility TO
America in the empire 1t IS they who
have clamored for the exclusion of our
agricultural products. and demanded a
general tariff war against everything
Yankee.
The times., 1898-06-27
Close of Iron and steel Pants.


Indications point To a six weeks shut
down of about 50 per cent OI the iron and
steel sheet plants west of the Allegheny
Mountains or twenty-nine distinct firms
engaged in this line of manufacture it is
expected that twenty-five or twenty
three will suspend operations on July I.
in accordance with the pan outlined by
the manufacturers association. Two big
firms, it was learned yesterday will be
compelled TO continue operations. Not
an ticipating move 10 close down, they
have accepted orders for July and Au-
gust delivery. and this will necessitate
a steady output This proposed suspeu-
sion of work is made necessary by trade
conditions \ serious problem confrOnts
the manufacturers. and it is the desire OF
the majority to allow their plants TO re-
main idle until a solution of the question
can be arrived at. This. they believe,
Will require six weeks.
The times., 1898-06-27

We are very glad to learn that the Isle
of Pines and Batabano, on the south
coast of Cuba. only thirty-five miles from
Havana. are to be added to the list of
blockaded places, As they have not been
heretofore. and as small boats have been
able to move freely with cargoes across
the shoal water 10 Bataoano. whence
these cargoes could be delivered by rail
in Havana in a few hours. it was about
time that this convenient source of sup
plies for Gen. Blanco should be cut off
The times., 1898-06-27

The cruelty, IHrIIJieSsnesS, savagery
and imbecility OF Spanish rule in Cuba
and in the Philippines are surely suffi-
cient justification for intervention. The
United States was compelled to inter
vene in Cuba, and the Philippines haG
long since been put 10 rights We're il
not for The counter forces and interrela-
tions that have restrained the leading na-
tions of Europe thus far. The American
people unwillingiy, even sadly and sol
EMMY. have stopped Spanish misrule in
Cuba. They have been forced 10 take
the Philippines. Ii is t1ie:r Guty. temper
ed with moderate and iustIfiable ego
ism, to administer the Philippines and 10
demand remuneration. and take it, for
the work This thought leads US direct
ly to the other authority hinted at. In
his book. Political Science and Consti-
tutiOnal Law" John w. Burgess. profess
or of constitutional history and law in
Columbia University. speaking of this
matter. says: There is Il great deal of
weak sentimentality abroad in the world
concerning this subject. So far as it mas
any intellectual basis. it springs out of
a misconception of the origin of rights
to territory and a lack of discrimination
in regard to the capacities of races. 1t
is not always kept in mind that there
can be no dominion over territory or
property in land apart from state organ
ization, that the state is the source of ali
titles to land and all powers over it. The
fact that a politically unorganized popu-
lation roves through Il wilderness. or
camps within it. does not create rights.
either public or private which a civil
lied state. pursuing its great world
mission, is under any obligation. legal or
moral to respect"
The times., 1898-06-27
Depending Upon Circumstances.

(From the Cleveland Plain Dealer)
The president OF the Oberlin College. when
asked by a student if he could not take
shorter course, replied ''oh, yes; but that de
pends on what you want TO make of yourself.
When God wants to make an oak He takes 100
years. but when He wants a squash lie takes
six monthsn
The times., 1898-06-27
10 READERS GOING ouI oE Iown.

THE TIMES, in all its editions, Morning
Evening and Sunday, viii be mailed TO
one address for FIFTY CENTS per month.
Addresses changed as often as desired
The times., 1898-06-27
Philanthropy.
(From the Detroit Free pross

"a philanthropist.'' said the PHILOSOPHER as
he read of another university being endowed ''is-
man who makes Others happy because it makes
him happy to do it,
The times., 1898-06-27
Keep Ont.

(From the Philadelphia North American.)
What do you mean by that sign: 'PCdders
and other thieves not admitedP I"
Just what it says. They rob me of my time
and time is money
The times., 1898-06-27

The implication is clear. If a state be
so feebly and loosely organized that it
cannot fulfll its mission of civiIizing or
even conquering a few million of semi
savage and savage tribes, that state
should be dispossessed ana its place TAX
en- by one that has the civilization and
power to fulfill that mission. Spain.
with its 20 per cent of ilIiterates. with
its languishing power. its anarchy at
home and its insupressible instructions
abroad. the deliberate Official duplicity
Systematically employed in the economic
departments of its government. its shock
ing solecisms. its antique conceptions of
national dignity. its notorious failures in
the mission of civilization conceded to it
out of courtesy by other Mediterranese
must withdraw from the concert of ma
tions and devote its time to itself Let
Amerca-or if need be England or Ger
many-take the Philippines; give Cuba
and Porto Rico an opportunity at least
for self-government, and let Spain retire
to its proper habitudes. There let 1t
work out its own destinies. Let it adj
just its government with the govern
ments around it; learn how TO use its
natural resources in the manner which
science has given TO mankind; lift its
people out of the lush of ignorance in
which they are submerged; found schools
and colleges. build up factories and cease
its bull batting.
The times., 1898-06-27

The forces at work in the progress OF
social evolution will irresistibly crush the
Spanish people as a nation if they do not
soon adapt themselves to the environ
ment of light that is pressing upon them
from all sides. The Philippines are ours
Why should we not keep them?
The times., 1898-06-27
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Readers Of The Times who may at any time
be unable 10 procure copies Of it st any news
stand railroad station or railroad trains, will
confer 4 favor upon the management by sending
to Tins Office information of the fact
The times., 1898-06-27

Communications INTENDED for publication in
The Tines should be tersely and plainly written,
Cnd mlss all cases be accompanied by the
name lnG address OF the writer. Rejected com
uunioAtions Eili not be preserved. and only man.
SscrIFIs CT obvious importance will be returned
= t.eIr authors.
The times., 1898-06-27
On the Road.

tFrom the Detroit Free Press.1
"A cigarette" remarked the observer of men
and things. is Satan's pipe line to Hides"
And he lit another.
The times., 1898-06-27
RIr. Hnnnn,s Yictnrx

(From the Indianapolis Newsl
The Ohio Republican convention was praetic,I-
~ free from strife. The cat had eaten the
canary.
The times., 1898-06-27
His Day.
Frnm the Chicncn III

(From the Chicago Times Terald)
When Gen. Lee called BlaneO, Just before
leaving Cuba, the governor general was out
He's in
The times., 1898-06-27

In his next scene Armada determines
to send letter to his love by the swain
Costard. and Moth declares that IL is "a
message well sympathized; horse TO
be ambassador 10 an ass But the don
does not prosper well in his lovemaking.
The maid will have none of him until he
vows to hold the plow for her sweec
love three years" In tae :ast act he ap
pears as Hector of Troy in the delight
full ostentation'' devised for the princess.
The king and courtiers chaff him merci-
lessly. Longaville says his leg is too
big for Hector's. More calf. certain.
comments Dumain. This cannot be
Hector" remarks Biron. ironically. Hes
a god or a painter" says Dumain, for
he makes faces" Armada finds it hard
to get through his lines under this fusi'-
lade of badinage He SEXES the first
chance to spout:
The armipotent Mars, Of lances the almighty.
Gave Hector gift, the heir of lon,
\ so breathed, that certain he would fight /;
yea
From morn till night. out of his pavilion.
| am that flower
THAT mint interrupts Dumain. That
columbine." suggests Longaville. Final
ly Costard arouses the hot Castilian
blood with an impertinent remark. anu
the raging don turns the vials of his
wrath upon the clown. 'DosJ thou infa-
monize me among potentates?' he cries.
Thou shalt die!''
But this is only a Spanish threat. Hec-
tor is urged to challenge Pompey as per-
sonated by Costard Biron declares he
must do it, IF a have no more mans
blood in his belly than will sup a flea" ."
by the north pole exclaims Armada,
81 do challenge thee" But Costard will
not fight with pole; he wants a sword
and will fight in his shirt Armada re-
fuses to combat in his shirt, and when
pressed for a reason admits that he has
no Shirt he goes woodward for penance.
True, says the witty Biron, "and it
was enioined him in Rome for want of
linen; since when, I'll be sworn, he wore
none but a dishclout of Jaquenettas and
that a wears next his neaEt for a ia
vor."
The quarrel is checked by news of the
death of the prnCeSsS father When the
worthless are dismissed .rmado breathes
freely. He declares that he has seen
the day OF wrong through the little hole
of discretion. and will right myself like
a soldier There is, of course, no fight.
The play finishes with this sapient re-
mark after the songs in praise of the owl
and cuckoo: THE words of Mercury
are harsh after the sonss of Apollo"
One can imagine the London audiences
shriekingu in delight over the Spaniard
'infamonized among potentates." They
would enjoy his antics as hugely as
Americans do the absurd bombast and
grotesquery of the dons of this day Ar
mado is only unlike them in one respect
they have not his wit to escape disaster
through the little hole of discretion -
The times., 1898-06-27

Carrying out this logic, the eminent au-
thor quoted proceeds: Those states that
most advance the brotherhood of man
are the civilized states. The earth be-
longs to them for that reason, and not
TO barbarians. No one can doubt that the
world would be immensely advanced in
happiness and civilization il obedience
10 law and the liberty that comes from
such obedience could be established on
every portion OF the globe. The cOntin-
ued existence of people as state. who
show permanent incapacity TO bring
about any such condition. as an injury
to the progress OF humanity. 1t is not on
~ the right but the duty of the civilized
states OF the world TO assume sovereignty
over such people, ana TOR the good of
mankind, as well as the people them
selves, force them 10 submit 10 the de-
mands OF civilized life. The SOL
emn fact is that by far the larger part
of the surface Of the earth is inhabited
by people who have shown By centuries
of incompetency their INABILITY to prog
ress. AID who will remain forever in
stagnation or chaos unless some outside
power comes 10 the rescue"
The times., 1898-06-27

Before applying the general principle
TO the particular case Iet US finish Prof
Hoffman's opinion: History the says)
abundantly testifies that the Teutonic ma
tions are the natura! founders of states.
They are endowed in a pre-eminent de-
gree with the two great qualities OF jus
tice and moderation. which especially iii
them for this great work Providence
has clearly intrusted 10 them the mis-
sion of conducting the political civiIiza-
tion of the world. In the furIherance
of this mission il is both their right and
their duty not 10 leave barbaFic nations
longer TO dehie the earth with their
denominations. or even the semibarbaric.
but they should at all hazards
compel these degenerate races TO submit
TO the demands OF q civilized life. And
they should not hesitate -ecause the pco-
pie concerned do not extend them an in
vitation. They are themselves the best
judges Of the proper time 10 interfere
and are untrue 10 their mission If they
shirk the responsibility of making the
decision. The righ. to subjugate
them Cthe incapable states is indiSputa-
bic, and the division OF their territory and
people among other existing states is not
only a justihable act but an imperative
obligation
The times., 1898-06-27

In his essay, THE Trde conception OF
the State Prof. Frank Sargent Hoff-
man. Of Union College, says: "A band
of adventures could not settle on an I'M
Inhabited island of the Pacific, even
though before undiscovered, and justly
form a state there at their own option.
The right of any particular community
Is always limited by the right Of human
lty But the right to form u new state
or extend the boundaries of an old one
as a perfectly justifiable right, if the
reign of law and order-if the ciyiliza-
ton of mankind will be most effectually
advanced thereby" Prof Hoffman con-
tinues: mo people can justly hinder the
humiliation of a brotherhood when the
good of the universal brotherhood re-
quireS II. They have no Just claim TO
continued existence as a state after they
have ceased to further the welfare of
man. Nor is there any human right to
the status of barbarism. Ine savages of
America and the barbaric hordes of At
rtca owe 1t to the civilized world To be-
come civilized. The good of mankind re-
quires it,. II they caniaoc cIvilize them
ers that can do IL for them. The civil
lied states should clear the territory of
their presence and make 1t the abode of
civilized man. The states that are PRO
noting the progress OF mankind should
not hesitate to pursue such a policy
whenever IL becomes Gear that the end
desired cannot be accomplished in any
other manner"
The times., 1898-06-27
OUR NEW POSSESSIONS


Now that we haveI conquered the Phil
ippines-conquered Is the word for IT.:
why disguise the fact-is it right that
we should hold them, civilize them, use
them for our own good or for the pro-
motion of the interests of mankind at
large? inquiries writer in the Chicago
Tlmes-Herald. The question is one
which has already been the cause of
much conflicting opinion 1t is my pur-
pose here to quote from two eminent
authorities-and 1t would be easy to draw
on many more-and TO show that it is
not only our right but our duty to 50
work in ,these-far off islands. with their
100000 population. that they may be
blessing 70 humanity instead of the curse
they have been in the past
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-01-11

The powers that be in New York
have recently authorized the statement
that there is a bT.ent outlook for a de.
cided advance in the price of cotton.
These worthless profess to see that there
is going to be a considerable demand
for our cotton from foreign countries
(this demand has existed for many
years) We trust that they r not
mistaken. 1t is quite noticeable that
that this great demand did not become
manifest until after a large bulk of the
cotton has passed out of the hands of
the producer, and while we do not
want to believe that it sounds ''ishy,"
we must say that it sounds very much
as if the same parties who o see a
prospect Of better prices have but re-
Gently been industriously engaged in
seeing" things from a depressing
standpoint. In other words they saw
signs of a weak foreign demand until
they got all the cotton they could man
age, and now they wish to unload at a
profit; they kept the price down and
now are trying to put it up.
1t is safe nowadays to advise
people in the matter Of selling cotton.
We simply refer to the matter as news
and hope it will turn out to be true,
and that those who may be holding
cotton will get the benefit of the rise,
if there be any such thing in the near
futIIre.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-01-11

Of the State for two things. One is the
crow that is in him, and the other is
the spurs that ere NOT on him to back.
the crow up with.
When the News and Observer of the
next day friday appeared there
might have been seen over close to the
advertisements a little, insignificant
notice. The whole article was not as
long as the headlines of that piece of
Misrepresentation which appeared the
day before.
In this little notice was the state
ment of the Chairman of the Examin
ing Committee in regard to the Butler
shortage. The Chairman said:
"Mr. Butler is not short in his &C
counts one dollar. There is an error in
his books of g. 100, but tn 1t is in Buffers
favor"
Continuing, the News and Observer
says that it said on Thursday that
when Butler tried to balance his books,
''there was a discrepancy Of some $500
Coy an error in the types this was
printed IS, 900 J"
Say, can't you think up q better ex-
PLANTATION than that, brothers That
terror in the types" explanation will
not hold water.
Let US see: If the five hundred
dollars" il question had been repre-
sented by figures and used but once,
the terror in the types" theory might
be believed.
But such is not the case.
To the headlines it is printed s.. 900 +"
We can'G say ''there was just an extra
cipher" for there is the comma, be
tween the SO" AMI the first cipher.
This occurs once more a little lower
down.
But the n thing that would alone
knock all the pl~ausibility out OF this
explanation is that the $500 besides
being made '65, 600" each time is spelled
by our esteemed contemporary in the
folio wing wonderful manner Gust re,
member how it spells five hundred)
five o r S-i-G T-H-O-U-s-A Nd
five hundred. Wonderful way, isn't it9
He didn't get that way from Webster's
Blueback.
No, brother, you can't come that
over u.s." If your type is as crazy as
you labor to make it appear. whereon
earth is your proof. readers We are
now convinced that the printer follow
ed the copy.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-01-11

send out .free' seed. They evidently
think the people are such silly geese
that they don't know who pays for
them. It is the people who foot the
bills, and as this is true, we believe
they prefer to know what they are buy
ing when they purchase seedsor books
AS for ourselves, when WI buy things
of this kind, we want some specified
variety and not some worthless, un-
asked for trash which may be what we
need-and may not. There are, as q
rule, a thousand chances that it is cot
the needed thing to one that it is the
article needed.
We hope Congress will stop this fool
ish waste of the peoples money.