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The Absorption OF Gold.

According to the best statistical authors
IS, the worlds production Of gold, in 1898,
RS $500, 900, 900, against less than $780,
200 in 1897, about 5000, 600, 900 in
ne, the same in 1895, and 1925, 900, 900
to, $50. In ten years, therefore, the an
i production of the metal has more than
'Ibled, the aggregate for the ten years be-
81, 800, 900, 900, or, on an average,
10000, 900 a year.
What has become Of this norm add
tion, in ten years, to the worlds stock Of
gold it is difficult to tell. Allowing half Of
st to have been consumed in the arts still
leaves 5000, 600, 900 to be accounted for,
an 10 such amount is visible in the re-
serves Of banks. This country alone pro-
duced $4,000, 900 in 1898 and imported
SLAP, 00O, 900. Therefore, it has now, some
where, 5000, 900, 900 more than it had at
the end Of 1897. The United States Treas
nry and the New York banks nave absorbed
S150,o0O, 900 of the increase, leaving asthe
amount held in other financial centres and
sscattered among the people. $50, 00O, 600.
Some OF this has been made into jewelry,
but most Of it Is probably boarded.
Another problem to be explained, is why
'this additional gold has not raised the
prices Of commodities, as, according to the
rquantitative theory Of money it ought to
have done. The fall of prices, which began
in 1878, stopped, indeed. in 1889 or there
Abouts, but it has not yet been followed by
q marked rise. This may be partly owing
TO the absorptions Of the metal by Russia
and Austria, for special purposes, but those
subscriptions ceased two years ago. The
more probable explanation is that prices are
governed not merely by the amount of gold
available for exchanges, but by the total
amount Of gold and bank credits added
together. The aggregate OF the two has
not been augmented proportionally as
much as the mass OF gold has, and, there
fore, prices have risen less than they would
have risen, had they been governed by the
mass of gold exclusively.
Anyway, the doctrine OF the bimetallists
and the silverites, that the supply OF gold
Is decreasing, and that, consequently, tho
prices OF commodities must fall lower and
lower, is refuted conclusively by the facts.
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Therefore, l am unable to recommend
propositions involving paramount privi-
leges OF ownership or right outside OF
our own territory, when coupled with abso-
Lutte and unlimited engagements to defend
the territorial integrity Of the States where
such interests lie." Our country has since
rebuked and condemned this narrow
minded notion, but the convention OF 1884
did not propose TO acquire full ownership,
jurisdiction and sovereignty" over tho
strip, but only an ordinary land title, with
the sovereignty remaining in Nicaragua.
Although, therefore, the Nicaragua Legis-
lature ratified the convention of 1884, that
net is not conclusive as n reason for as
Stunning that it would ratify n treaty en-
bodying Mr.. HEPBURN's idea of completely
alternating its sovereignty over n canal
zone. We may add that Mr.. GEARS pro-
posal for the purchase of a land strip was
defeated in tho Senate.
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The Coward's Way.

In the House OF Representatives. last
week the Hon. E. W. CARMACK of Tennes-
see proposed this plan for the settlement Of
the Philippine question
II would sail away from Manila and never look
back"
This Is the use that a Democratic Repre-
sentative would make of DEwEY's great
achievement and of such an opportunity as
comes to a nation but once. He would let the
treaty Of peace fall through, and have the
United States scuttle from the Philippines,
leaving them to inevitable anarchy and to
be inevitably conquered by the commercial
rivals of the United States; giving up n
strong naval base and commercial distrib-
uting point ~renouncing the means Of pro-
tecting American trade with China; tearing
down from the Philippines the flag that
DEWEY hoped would float there forever"
Such is the policy OF cowardice, Of dis
honor, and of disregard Of the security and
well being of the natives Of the Philippines
and of the naval and commercial necessities
of the United States which a Democratic
Representative proposes; and other Demo-
cratic Representatives applauded the
shameful words!
The Democratic party has been ehastised
with whips; is it pining to be chastised
with scorpions?
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Prot. Percy Gardner in ne NirSsSnh CentUrV.
Oxford and Cambridge are perhaps the most
complete demoCracies in existence. Tho cOngrega.
tion at oxford and the Senate at Cambridge, com,
prising all tho resident teachers. have a power
which is almost unlimited in matters of finance.
of organization, and OF ordinance. CThe Senate at
Cambridge Includes also non resident Masters OF
Arts: hut these seldom come up to vnteD They can
do almost anything except where restrained by the
Wills Of deceased benofactors. In American uniNcr-
stiles power il less evenly divided. Some matters
are decided at a general meeting Of the faculty. In
each university there il an external Board of Trus.
tees or ovcrsoers. to which gave questions arc re-
ferrcd. The head professor in each particular
branch OF study exercises over his sIbordinatcs an
authority which is extensive. And the President is
often the real repository OF power in the organ.
ization.
1t il the most marked feature of American life.
whether political, commercial or educational, that
power in every institution seems TO gravi;ate into
the hands of one man. Every one knows that in
ancient days democracy leu to tyranny. In America
democracy has led to the rule Of tho boss. who Is a
armed guard, hut on the power Of the purse and on
superior knowledge and skin. Iy their Presidents
universities are made or unmade, and as long as the
institution ia prosperous (which II can scarcely fail
10 be in America, the President can ordinarily carry
ont his will M regards the direction Of study, tho
appointment of teachers. aud in fact in all matters
Of finance and Organization. The NiCG'Chanrellnr
At Oxford or Cambridge il merely a chairman who
gives a casting vote; the President OF An American
university. like the President at WashingtI N or the
President of a railway company, Is a real ruler. who
can make peace or war. and appoint those Of whom
he EpprGges to almost any position Of iRauenes.
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custos mortm ct cibortim, or general super
visor OF the morals and grub Of mankind.
It would DO unjust TO say that he is much
crazlcr than n member Of the Anti-Imperial-
list League has TO be. Traitor he is not.
Who could be truer TO the Massachusetts,
Reform Club2 In the earthquake Of Inn
perialism he may have been cracked n little,
but so much the better for him in his bust
ness. He doesn't mean to incite anybody to
rise and mutiny. But in his tumultuous
midst all the demons of the Aladdin Oven
riot. He says such things because he eats
such things. Pity him but do not blame.
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Consent of the Governed.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-Sir; /, The ICON.
sent of the governed" did not seem to bother the
Fathers" when they wero dealing with tho original
American. Nor does the venerable statesman from
Massachusetts, III awake O. nights because the red
man has, 10. thehe many years. been unable to vote.
The Indians are wards OF the nation" 'tfkpend.
ent nations owing allegiance TO the sovereign
power as individuals, but not u part of the people of
the United States. They are persons, not citizens.
II. Then there are two questions for Senator HOar
to answer; We're the Fathers right In the Declare
ton or in the Constitution as TO the Indians2 If in the
Declaration, whY not amend the Constitution? Fin
the Constitution. why consider tho savages of the
Philippines more favOrably than the trainers OF the
Constitution considered the Iudians2
BUFFALO, Jan. II. LEWIS STOCKTON.
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Anybody who manufactures goods for the foreign
trade" said an old traveller. must keep very close
track Of the trade demands OF his customers or he
will come TO grief.
Some years ago the ParaEuayans got the idea that
they might make II mint of money sending their
tobacco to the United States. They found, to thor
surprise. that they couldn't sell tho product. It is
popular in Argentina, but is too strong for the
United States market.
China imports very large quantities of candles,
but tho people don't want white candles, for white IL
their emblem of mourning. Send colorod candles
TO China; and if you want to sell clocks to the China
trade you will do wellto mark the hours in Chinese
characters. No one need imagine that he can get
rich out Of sending our dairy products to North
China. for butter and cheese have no place in the
native bill OF fare. Nor can we fnd much demand
for our fruits in Oriental tropical countries. for their
people have an ample supply of tropical fruits of SUI
periOr varieties.
IF you examine the statistics Of the internal Chi.
nese trade you will find many items which we do
not understand. You read. for instance, that 5000
pounds Of tiger bones were sent down the Yangtso
from: IChang in one year, The valuo Of the bones.
$4,000. precludes the idea that they were TO he used
As a fertilizer, tho only use we would be likely to
put them to. The fact is, they are used as medi-
cine. a sort OF tonic, that imrarts to the invalid
some OF the tigers strength. Another item is 1000
pounds OF old dcers' horns worth Sl.7Oo. also
used as medicine.
"The gaudy silk Handkerchief woven in Bombay
for the Burmah market would probably bo an
fAlable In any other part of the world, but the Bur
mcse buy them in large quantities. The labels on
goods sent to Corea and China strongly influence
sales. MI. Gardner. the British Consul at Annoy,
recently wrote: The Chinese aud Coreans will often
buy foreign articles simply TO obtain a lucky label.
and they will as often refrain from buying an article
because it bears what they regard AS an unluckyr
label. The coloring of a label is as important az it's
design. Some colors and combinations of colors are
TO the Chinese and Coroan mind unlucky.' Mr..
Gardner suggested trademarks and labels which.
he believed. would meet the tastes aud not ofcad
the superstitiOnS of these customers
1.-THE Japanese sell millions Of boxes OF matches
in China, aud the most successful OF all IL tho
product Of aJapaneso maker who has hit the Chinese
fancy in tho way Of a label, He displays on his
match box a monkey standing on its fore feet, head
nearly touching the ground. hind feet in the air, and
tail whipping the skies. The picture is Grotesque
and even hideous to the American mind. but it
tickles the Chinese and sells matches.
IL. IL easier to sell goods that people want than to
educate them to take what the exporter may have on
hand; and II is easier for him TO change patterns
than to alter a peoples IDEAS Of what they want"
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Another Blast from the Oven.

A correspondent in Brooklinc, Massachu-
Bctts. sends us some more opinions put
forth by tho Hon. ALADDIN ATKINSON,
whom We were beginning to miss. 1t seems,
however, that his intellectual output has
not been checked. lIc is urging the youth
of the land to dodge the He'll of War in the
tropics "by refusing TO volunteer or to
enlist in tho army or navy of the United
States" If the youth Of the land have en-
listed, in spite OF the warnings Of the chef
of the Anti-lmperialist League, they will
not be compelled to remain. "The way
vii! he found, he says, " for the volunteers
to get their release from unlawful service
In any other country than their own after
peace is declared
our correspondent doesn't like these in
gcnuous propositions of ALADDIN's
"ArKINsnN will influence tho youth Of our land
about as much as a lobster will influence the Atlantic
Ocean, but It l. an outrag" al the same fora man 10
fax as he does. What does he mean by unlawful
Ierricc'? Docs he think that American volunteers
Nave Il right 10 declare their service 'unlGwful'
- cut their officers throRts If The right is denied
mcycr can make ont whether the cuss is crazy or
W. looked very hard at the word "cuss."
wv " WN,.ncluded I" let il in. 1t is probably
In' m?sechusetts abbreviation for %custos,
aoody knows that Mr.. ATKINSON is
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The staff and the Hull Bill.

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sur: The pOr-
ton of the Hull Army bill which provides
that promotions consequent upon the increase
of the line shall be made from regular officers.
is most commendablc but the legislation pro-
posed for the increase-not the reform-of the
staff corps. suggests that experience has
proved Of little benefit.
The staff organization is the weak point Of
our system. and the experience Of the Spanish
war clearly brought this out. yet the Hull bill
opens staff corps to civilians. aud in order to
make places for participants in a war which
ended thirty-thrce wears ago. raises the age
fourteen years to serve before being retired
upon three-quarters pay. The officers OF the
line are eligible to these appointments, but
Ger against the powerful influence brought to
bear in behalf Of the aspiTant from civil life ?
The gross Injustice is apparent when one real
ICES that the civilian who can command the
ton; with the rank of. Captain or Major. over
the heads of regular Licntcnants and Captains.
who have given from ten to twenty-five OF
the best years OF their lives TO the
service SainS Of the G%nntry. M yoIaptesrj
be. appointed into the regular establishment
at the expense Of regular officers. Let them
rather go TO the foot of the list Of Second Lieu
tenants and take promotion as they earn It by
faithful service. Why not ndopt Gen. Mlles's
plan TO have stan duties performed by. detail
from the line for a term OF years? We all know
how admirably this works in the navy. Give
the commanding General actual authority over
the whole army, subordinate the stan To tho
interest and welfare OF the line, and the army
will be efficient in al its departments.
NEW YORK., Jan. u. RETIRED OFFICER.
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Ham Eliminates and Threatens to
Shoot.

On Friday the Hon. HAM LEWIS, who has
not Illuminated for some time, hurled his
voices in the House Of Representatives
until the Committee on Ventilation and
Acoustics trembled for the health Of
the hall. There being no demand at pres
ent for talk about the gilded satraps
OF West Point, HAM lectured on Govern
ment contractors, whom he assailed as
traitors" who had supplied rotten and
decayed food, which had been prepared for
the Chinese-Japanese war" Undoubtedly
HAM would nave said that the contractors
furnished food which had been prepared for
the Trojan war, if he had ever heard of that
little un~pleasantness. He is a poet with a
broidering imagination.
Having sufficiently embroidered the
crimes OF his imaginary contractors, HAM
proceeded to tell how he would deal with
them if he were Attorney-General:
~"Iwould urraign before the Grand Juries of this
country those who had furnished poisoned food to
the army. those who had sold armor plate TO the
enemy, and those who had sold coal for the use OF
the enemy's feet, and | would convict them Of trea-
son and have them shot, as NAPOLEON did. or have
them imprisoned, as GRANT did"
HAMS views Of the functions OF Grand
Juries and acknowledgements are instruc-
tive. He speaks as a military man and as
n lawyer. When Col. BRYAN is elected
President, doubtless he will make HAM At
torney-General. Then there will he no need
of %juries, grand or petit. HAM will arraign
the malefactors, including plutocrats and
monopolists, with his awful voice, and burn
them in tho flame Of his awful wrath. He
won't have to shoot anybody.
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OPPONENTS or THE TREATY.
Committing n Political Blunder-A Com
nonsense View of Affairs.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Sir: The spectacle of
our Senate blocking the signing of the peace treaty
is discreditable to the education OF these representa-
tiyes of our Government. One pauses between being
indignant and mortified, and would be justified in
so feeling. when realizing a total absence OF common
sense in arguments against the retention OF tho
Philippines. Anti-expansionists would kill the
country with an excess of care. Gazing, as they do.
through the spectacles OF selfish and harmful isola.
ton, they fail to comprehend that in limiting the
%conntry's growth they kill the roots that furnish the
tree with life.
Possessed Of ordinary perception. 1t is not difficult
to realize the absolute necessity OF keeping this
group Of islands. There we are to form a base Of
supply with which TO defend a right; that right
which is to give MS an outlet TO the Far East for the
products of the West. an impetus to export. a guar
antee of prosperity. F. II. CowLEs.
JAN. IS.
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The Santa Cruz Commissioner say the
United states will Advance the Money.


United states will Advance the Money.
WARRINGTON, Jan. 22.-The Cuban Commits
sioners from the Santa Cruz Assembly who
have been In Washington for the past six
weeks discussing plans for the future govern
ment Of the island OF Cuba have completed
their work. and left to-day for Now York.
They will sail tho 1rnt Of the week for Havana.
They will thon go to Santa Cruz, whore n ses-
sion OF the Assembly, which is now in recess,
will be called. The Assembly will reconvene
to hear the report OF the Commissioners
The Commissioners are q unit in expressing
the greatest satisfa ction with their work in
Washington. They say that they have sue
ceeded In gaining not only hearing. but favor
able action upon their requests. They claim to
have succeeded In accomplishing practically
all that they sought TO accomplish when thcy
came to Washington, A member OF the, com
mission snid to-day before leaving that II was
now assured that q certain amount would be
advanced by, the United states G9yernment Tor
upon its receipt tho army will be immediutely
dishnnded and the soldiers allowed to go, to
their homes md begin anew the work OF build
perity Of the country under a free Government.
just how much would be granted or how much
each soldier would receive he would not say,
or whether the amount had been decided upon
by tho ADMINISTRATION, hut that a certain
amount will be advanced they. seem TO be as
sured. This will be secured by the. revenues
OF the island, over which the American Gov
The members OF the Puerto Rican ,Commis-
sion also left TODAY for New York. where they
will remain for several days transacting bus,i-
ness, when DR.. Honua and DIR; Zeno Y urandia
and other authorities regarding the several re-
quirements for which they have petitioned.
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From NE .Surd1v TrifgraDA.

From the Sunday TriSGrdph.
"Ineyer had any use for whiskey except to yet
drunk with it, II was a wise man who said this.
He had made n specially OF drinking for some yrars.
aud eventually, seeing the fmtility OF his pursuit,
had ceased. and was subsequently giving his opin-
ion upon the value of whiskcy as an aid to ciyilila-
tion. He might have continued with the cognate
assertion that the only use for a saloon n a place in
which 10 get drunk.
II good Bishop Potter and the equally good and
perhaps equally inexperienced DR., Rainsforl wuuid
study these two propositions they might come To a
clearer perception of the subject which thcy are so
hnsily Shd ignorantly discussing. whiskey is made
because men wish 90 get drunk. and saloons ar,
maintained as convenient depots for the distribution
and dissemination Of whiskcy. saloons are not
poor mans clubs. The saloon will become the poor
mans club about the same. time that BIackweIrs
Island becomes the poor mans winter retreat, The
parallel IN the two cases'iS absolute. The Potter.
Rainsford theories al out restaurants and coheo dis.
pensarics relikewise AS nebulous as their knowledge
VI rum aud dram shops.
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The Hon. JOHN JAY CHAPMAN, one OF the
nurses Of reform in this town. has been carry
ing the sincere milk Of enlightened govern
mcnt and genial politics to tho Massachusetts
Reform Club. 1t appears from Mr.. C~HAPMAN's
salutatory at that college of thought that
everything is all wrong and growing worse.
The reason for the universal decay is that " we
have no great men, And yet we have the
Hon. GEORGE FRED WILLIAMS. tho Massachu-
sets Reform Club. to which only great men arc
eligible. and Mr.. CHAPMAN himself. II any
thing is the matter. the excess Of the supply OF
great men above the demand must be the
reason.
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From The 81, Louis Giobr- Democrat.
Tho trcaty's enemies are giving encouragement 10
AguinAldo and his followers to rebel against the
United States. They are trying to force a conflict in
which American soldiers will he killed and trouble
created in the Philippines which may last many
years.
But they will fail. They have, il il true, accom-.
plished much evil already, for they are responsible
for the deadlock at lloilo. There are indications.
however. that their power for mischief Is nca-ly
ended. From present indications the treaty viii
come 10 a vote before the close Of the month, aud "A
vote will mean ratification. The copperheads will
be A. feeble wneu helping AguinaldO no they were
when lighting for SAgsstN,
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in the Missouri schools. but Mr.. LIVINGSTON
says that he will not permit IT," He will con-
sign all such books TO the flames" For he is
convinced that the book is an argument for the
gold standard and also for the national bank
system. which has caused more woe. misery.
havoc and death than the Huns of ATTILA or
tho Mongolians OF GENGHIs KHAN" Possibly
Mr.. LIVINGSTON cnn be induced to write n his
tory Of the United States. and make the Money
Power saueal and carve the Colder Calf into
nufIota
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For the benefit OF the Hon. ANDREW CAR
NEGIE we repeat that the Hon. JOE BAILEY is the
only Democrat authorized to take the tempera-
turc Of the Constitution. In going to Col. BRYAN
Mr.. CARNEGIE got into the wrong shop. Col.
BRYAN makes Il specially Of money changers.
These delicncles of Democratic professional
etiquette should be respected.
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The United Mine Workers having voted
against resolutions opposing the annexation
Of the Philippines, the indianapolis Sentinel
weeps over - the hopclessly demoralized con-
dition Of the Pennsylvania workingmen." The
worst of it is that the majority of the American
people are hopelessly demoralized in Just the
same way. 1t must be lonely and sad to be an
anti-cxpansionist. conscious of superiority. yet
compelled TO see most OF the rest Of tho country
dcmoralized enough TO consent to grow.
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The Hon. GEORGE TURNER, Popuiist and
Senator from Washington. having made n
speech. composed mostly of nautical meta
phors. against annexation. the Rochester Union
and Advertiser whoops delightedly. Another
Pacific State Opposes Expansion" Two years
ago Mr.. TURNE was elected by means of n
combination Of Populists, Democrats. and
Silver Republicans. Washington has lost her
Observation-Disclosures since then. As to expansion.
the Pacific coast votes aye.
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A Democratic member OF the Kansas
Senate has prepared a bill to invalidute future
mortgages on homestcads. He says such a
bill is necessary for tho protection OF tho
Kansans, who, being speculative. often loso
their homes In the mad race for wealth"
The crvor Of the Democratic aud Populistic
Nominations against Wall street is thus OK
Dlninnd.
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Imperialism is losing ground,-BinOhamton
Lrddtr.
Imperialism is In the habit Of gaining ground.
For instance. the tidy patch OF ground called
the Philippines.