New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-07-03
THE PASSING THRONG.

Canada feels toward the United states very
much as the United States feels toward Canada"
said Lawrence a. Wilson at the Hotel Manhattan
yesterday Mr. Wilson Is a wire
THE UNITED merchant IN Montreal. and is the
STATES AND head of the firm Of l.. A. Wilson
CANADA & Co. This statement" he con
tnued Ought to give the people
OF TIE United States pretty fair idea Of the senti-
ment which prevails in Canada We think the
United States wants territory which does not De-
long to her. You think the same thing or Caneda'
Under these crcum tances it is only natural tha'
the feeling between the two countries is not OF the
kindlest As for war, nobody thinks or mat vi
course the United States could whip us with ease
unless we had the aid OF England. But 1t Is the
GENERAL opinion tina final settlement or our dlHl-
culties with this country cannot be erected UNI"
the United States grants the concessions we ask
"Just now the burning topic Of interest In Canada
Is the charges brought by Sir HILBERT upper the
Conservative leader and son Of the late Premier
Sir Charles Topper. against the government IN tho
Yukon territory. He practically declares tha' e"c'
and every one of TIE officials there are corrupo
aBpointcd by the Government al ottawa to invest.
gSmes and says that he is wiling shoulder the
responsibility of all he SAYS PersGheiIy' u Tast
believe "A word Of his charges think ~ ~ a 's,'
dcspairng effort on his part to gan Po'E now in
mSm@' The Hon ciiford slfon Minister Of the
interior. who made the appointments WI!ch iiane
he confidence Of a large majority Of the voters;
His followers rightly think that unusually good
?g1ipe the great number he had make and the
shoTGi time he had to do it. The AFFAIR is causing
fully as much excitement. II not moro, IMAM the
beef inquiry did in Inc United States,
o nh the tinted States and think the ad
vantage would be mutual lou are TVnrcIo a;ta'
You have so much capital that YOU don't know
where to invest IT all. Why not come to CANADA
and look around?
The Rev Dr. Dudley W. Rhodes. rector of the
Protestant Episcopal Church Of ST. John the Evan
no
Yesterday. DR. Rhodes said that
CLERGYMAN he saw no cause for alarm in the
az raDid progress made OF late by
CHRISTIAN Christian Science
eC1rN,CE In fact" ne said. II think this
very strength is the forerunner Of
&c overthroU These Scientists now acquiring
property and building churches and with their
sf1uence come discussions and squaboles Facuohs
in the sect are becoming more and more apparent
Money is beginning to play an important part ana
Mrs Eddy is having hard time to keep ner ioi-
lowers together. The moment Christian scientists
abandoned their policy of house-to-house minstra-
tons. gratis. they began 10 lose their noid ana :
am eonynGeH Ihd "a II h h1y died out entirely
"Og course Christian Science Is Only d Lpti" ~,
superstition The pilgrimages to Lourdes, On IN
a hundred years or more are anotaeT lorih -, VI
parently miraculous cures have undoubtedly 6een
effected there just as cures nave Deen esectteHq ~!
Christian science The mind has wonderful IN
fuence over the body. There are some diseases
which can be contracted through imasnatlon'
mary wfich can be cured by VIII power o,u,.
1T is the extremes to which TINS so-calieG ]
tan Science is carried that renders II dangerous
fanatcism Broken legs. or typhoid fever, or can
GERS cannot be or cur ed py nTeSared TO-
say that it a volume OF contradctions' I'M Sre
is no matter and we ourselves are composed en-;
trely of thought. we have no hGe9 % r0Ue nat
staieneni WI is well-known fact that she lives
in a house and eats three meals day'
A. H. Miles is one Of party of four Jamaicans
who are stavng at the Fifth Avenue Hotel They
are on official business from the Colonial Govern
ment at Kingston, and have just
JAMAICAN returned from Washington What
COMMISSION their mission was MT Mics &C.
ERS HERE clined 10 say. but dispatches from
Washington state that the delega-
tIcn was sent 10 confer with the authorities there
With a view to obtaining a reduction IN inc 'arii
On sugar Mr. Miles said that he and his party hau
missed their boat, and would make Ns'' "
NIAGARA Falls while they were waiting loT the he~'
one But here again the Washington dispatches
furnish additional information 10 the erect '"a'
they have been ordered Canada TO carry on
negOtiat Ions with the Government at Ottawa MI
Miles says that the sugar-raisng INDUSTRY IN
In The latter part OF the last century" he said
Jamaica turned out one hundred @nd htty Ih Ser
sand hogsheaas OF sugar annually. Ihat "us "neh
We had cattle mills and the old Ranger pu
ting The hogsheads in tiers and letting chg and
centrifugal machines for drying the sugarLnot qu.te
up-to-date to be sure but infinitely superior 10 @
Old method-and yet we turn out onIy f??ni,ad
thousand hogsheads of sugar annually. Inc y ~
tariff is so high that the small p.antatl lions VIII ho'
pay. Cuban planters manage 10 maxi 1t .dRI e' We
cause they carry on business on larger sChIe.
cannot dispose OF sugar In England oeeause ese
English consumers are supplied. al ie s,ch ' france
and Germany give big bounty The United same
uav but II will be a long time yet. Inc Pflncipa,
Industry IN Jamaica is fruit growing boie.n ,
are being grown there in large quantities ana cius
fruit which is indigenous TO the country ~ U.,I de
carefully cultivated. Since the 9s me Hu ao sve
has been increasing rapidly we 10Y w 1alnhts
steamers plying between Jamaica and tinn
Baltimore and Boston for the sole acco'"'"o'"''
OF this branch Of cpmmerce.