The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-12-09


one Of the causes Of our financial plight
,s Sa embarrassment during the wear
aesa' 1888. 1895 ERd 1896. Our receints
nov equal our expenditures; defeient
lrsehuss no longer create alarm. lei
" remove the only remaining cause ~
eonIerring the full and necessary nower
on the secretary OF the treasury and
impose upon him the duty 10 UNFOLD
the present gold standard and Dreserya
the coins OF the two metals on na ritz
win each other. which is the repeatedly
u'siAfsl policy OF the United States.
IN lhis connection. repeat my form.
~ Recommendation that a portion az
the gold holdings shall be placed I'm a
trust iuhd from which greenbaeks shall
DO redeemed upon presentation hwt
once redeemed shall not thereafter ~
paid out except for gold.
The Merchant Marime.
The value OF an American merchant
marine 10 the extension OF our com.
mereial trade and the Strengthening az
our power upon the sea invites the
lmmedlaie action OF congress.
TVssta.
Combinations OF capital organized In.
10 trusts To control the conditions Of
lrade AMONG our citizens 10 stiiie com
petition. limit production and deter.
mine the prices OF products consumed
ny the people are properly provoking
public discussion and should early
claim the attention Of congress.
The subject il one giving rise TO
many divergent views - 20 the nature
and variety or cause and extent OF the
injuries 10 the public which may arise
from large combinations concentrating
more or less numerous enterprises and
establishments which previous 20 the
formation Of the combination we're ear.
Fted on separately.
II IL universally conceded that com.
hinAtions which enEross or control the
market Of any particular kind OF mer.
chAndise or commodity necessary 10 the
general community by supDressing
natural and ordinary competition
whereby prices are unduly enhanced 10
the general consumer. are obnoxious
not only % the common Las. but also
10 the public welfare There must be
remedy for the evils Involved In such
30 fsFelGa taaas.
A review OF or relations with for.
eign governments Is presented with
sarh recommendation IN are deemed
appropriate.
The long peadlnE boundary dispute
tsssNeen the Argentine republic and
Gale MAS settled In March last by the
awAFd Of an arbitration commission on
which the United States minister Al
snenos Ayres served as umpire.
Progress has bcen made toward the
OF . Convention OF extradI.
lion With the AFgcntine republic. HAY
Ing be~n advised and consented 20 By
the rnited States senate and ratified by
meat Of some slight changes In the
Irxt before exchange.
The experimental association OF Mic
AraEua. Honduras and Salvador. under
the title Of the Great Republic Of Cen.
trail America, when appArcntly on the
threshold OF = complete federal oFEani.
ration By the adoption Of a constitution
and the formation Of = legislature, was
dlsFupted IN the last days OF Novem.
bey. 1855. b. the withdrawal Of saliva,
dor. TheFrTpon Nicaragua and Hon.
daEas abandoned the Joint compact,
each rsaumiuE itA former independent
sovereignty,
Tks Nicaragua CaaaI.
The eoatrArt Of The Maritime Canal
CompAhY Of Nicaragua was declared
forfeited by the NiearaguAn govern.
meat on the ieth Of October. on the
ground Of non.tuinllmcnt within the IA
years term stipulated In the contract
The Maritime Canal Company has
lodged . protest against this action. al
lsTing FightA In the premises which ap
pear worthy Of consideration. This
EoSernmrat expects that the NicaraE
uAn government will AFFORD the protest
ants full hearing upon the merits oi
the case
The Nicaragua canal commissions
which has bren engaged upon the worn
Of examination and survey for 4 RhiI
canal route across Nicaragua. hayinI
completed It's laborn and made It's re
port. vas dissolved on May 81. and or
June 10 n new commission known n
the tathmian canal commission, waA or
RaniEed under the terms Of the &C
approved March 4. 1893. for the purposi
Of examining the American iEthmu
with . view 10 determining the mos
practicable and feasible route for shiI
canal across that isthmua. with IL
Iprobable cost and other details.
This commission, under the presl
laency Of Rear Admiral John q. Walker
lu. &. n (rc1iredl, entered promptly az
Ion the work intruated 20 IL and 10 nov
carrying on examinations In Eicaragu
along the route OF the Panama canal.
} Aaerlca IN Paris.
The death Of President Faure, &
: February last, called forth those sir
lcetp expressions Of sympathy which b
NJ the relations Of two republics
! closely allied by unbroken historic tie
al are the United States and France.
PREPARATIONS for the represeutatio
, of the industries. arts and products
the United States 81 the worlds e.
; posltion, 10 be held at Paris next yea
; continue on an extensive scale, thank
I 10 a generous appropriation provide
. hv congress and 10 the friendly int
{ lest the French government has snow
: lin furthering q typical exhibit Of Anne
!. lean nrogrcss
There has been allotted to the Unite
States a considerable addition OF spac
which. while placing our country In u
Q arst rank among exhibitors, does NJ
o gufice 10 meet the increasing URGE
. demands Of our manufacturers II
q efforts OF the commissioner general .
q ably directed toward a strictly repI
II sentative display Of all that most chs
le actsrirticaily marks American achieN
{. ments in the inventive arts and INC
Y. sacouale,y shows the excellence OF o
"a natural productions.
" In this age Of keen rivalry amons
Or lions for mastery In commerce the y
lg trlne OF evolution and the RUE o. /.