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household and to-day more women can be seen
working in the fields in the rural districts thah
at any time since the Civil War when they were
obliged to take hold because of the absence Of SO
many men. Everybody. whether he Is an iron
worker or Il farm hand. can secure employment to,
day. and tramps who are wll1ns 10 help lne
farmers out are welcome among the agricuitnrisIs-
few years ago the advent OF loleiBn TVilS sh
ment Of ore at the furnaces was received D! me
cause they had been made to believe by Demo
cratic newspapers and stump orators that cheap
They realize that the manufacturers mus
have IT to turn out suitable aHaIty 9i iron iron;
up with their old time activity. while some thou-
sands Of tons are received in this region Weeki S
Africa. while many hundreds OF men are employed
getting out mest9ne for the bs G5cb are said
to contain the greatest single deposit OF iron ore
at any previous time since the Civ war Half
a dozen giant anthracite blast furnaces are turn
taken M away daily cornwall has already yielded
many millions of dollars to It's owners but It sun
has been taken away. and II all the ore II sun III
contains was converted into iron and sold at the
present market price the sum total would go
Considerable way toward paying the National debt
simply blasted from the hills
The army Of workmen are happy over these
prosperous times, and. like them, there are COM
munities all over Eastern Pennsylvania to whom
good wages and steady employment have brought
that cOntentment they had not known Tor years.
The great business revival and immense engineer,
Ing projects all over the country nave pToueht 70
the I.ehigh Valley cement regions degree OF
prosperity not dreamed Of only six months 40
Two-thirds Of the cement output OF the United
States is manufactured here. This year. there VIII
liIeIv he turned out over four million barrels, which
represents 10 the manufacturers between *HUom
and Sl50OO,0O 1855. - .
many improvements under way 10 handle the
increased traffic: hosiery and silk mills are crowd
"a U,ith orders. cigar factories having their
hest year: hat manufacturers are doing more than
ever before and the smaller and varied INDUSTRIES
Of mis- section employing twenty-five to fifty peo-
ple each (Which are often the manstay OF "a
Community are running full handed all on full
time and many overtime, while the banks IN
every CITY and town have dead loads OF money on
hand seeking investment
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Sea. She has never blocked the way 10 q friendly
understanding between the two nations. She has
comported herself in friendly and neishbory way
in the face OF American tariffs and allen end min
ing laws framed largely for the purpose Of check
Ing her growth. She has not like the United
States, entered into a treaty obligation which has
been waived away through tariff or Treasury regu-
lation To-day the citizens OF the United States
enjoy In Canada greater rights than the citizens
OF Canada enjoy in the United States II Canada
blocks the way, 1t is because she stands for her
true interests and for what she believes to be her
undoubted rights.
Nor does this attitude apply only to the poll
ticians as Mr. Seward AYERS 1t is above all the at
ttude of the Canadian people. We stand solidly
behind statesmen. and without reference TO
party. support the honest endeavor of Mr..
Laurier and the Ministry to have on honest
treaty, that will be just to Canada and not
unjust 10 the United States. 1t IS all we'll enough
to say as Mr.. Seward does that Canada is making
IAN unfounded claim to land In Alaska that does
not belong 10 her and never did" hut his assevera-
ton proves nothing. Canada also made an "un-
founded claim that all the seals lid not belong to
the United States and that Behring Sea was not
mare causum.' and yet, when The arbitrators
met, the claim of Canada was decided 10 be well
founded. Mr. Seward writes If the San Juan
dispute melted by Canadians. Ond as II
Canada had laid claim to the Alaskan soil until
lately In both he is misleading. When the
San Juan incident bade fair trouble,
Canada had immediate interest In the result
and exercised pressure. AS a matter Of fact,
both then and prior TO the Russian cess'on OF
Alaska to the United States. the Canadian Domin-
ion was still In the womb OF the future. and
Canada as geographical expression, extended only
to the west end OF the Great Lakes. Since then,
thank God, Dominion has been extended and
our soil rests upon the two oceans. hence our in
terest In the Alaskan question
If Mr. Seward and the United States are so sure
OF their ground, why do they not submit their In
terest to arbitration? Canada Is willing. so Is Great
Britain; the only laggard in the way q thus hon,
mother of arbitration, the great Republic OF the
deserve the epithet OF Magma" II she we're willing
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was over 81 50 a ton. The furnace properties were
IT, II required men hopeful Of the situation -. TO
keen their plants going and turning ou' hand 70 lust
ike 30 much dead stock when the demand came
prices went UPWARD with bo1no' ana re sacbb
mem men who we're decrying the good times declared
that such inflated prices meant ruin for tns sc' ~.
and II IS predicted that ii will turn the $40 mark
before the close OF this month Many I furnace nn
i3 ,T piled on their premises They could get rid
OF It on the instant The scarcity OF skliien HJn
,ron market ard the present profits can be est
mated by child when 1t is said hat some Oh ,,e
put, have cut down the cost OF making ton to
the neighborhood Of So and that the lurnaces oS
and branches alone turn out over twenty-five thou-
sand tons every week - l.. ,o-,oy be,ns
sent into dozen States to be made into the mn mn
shed product Some OF II goes anroao, aT faster
LITTLE TIME FOR POLITICS.
r,,oao. mon and iron workers will have little
time to talk politics this year. and the indications
are that the politicians will have hard time OF II
getting them interested in their favorite game ana
TO persuade the people that the country II on 'he
verge of ruin. Northern iron men are no longer
scared by the great bugaboo that they "ou'u pe
driven out OF the business by Southern compen.
ton They now say that there H. room lot al,
that each occupies his field, in which there Is
growth of the country the divorce OF partisan san
notifies from business and the creation OF TOT
egn market there is no danger OF GrSwomE sscn
other Everybody IS happy unuer suIn Pennsv
vania when a new furnace Is lighted than at the
launching OF battle ship in the large shipyaTds or
the country To-day the furnace fires are burn
ing brighter nj Cornwall Lebanon: iarr,sDurs'
Sheridan Leesport, Topton. steeton: b benHpae'
Birdsboro Reading. Norrstown Consn2hoc cstsr
Catasauqua Allentown. bethlehem ana other
nlaces than for thirty years And al this has
been ACCOMPLISHED without organization 10 ad-
vance prices among manufacturers; while wages
have been advanced without a similar como'he vi
iron workers.
FARM HANDS IN DEMAND.
one feature of the present situation mas pee"
Largely overlooked and that is that In the couh-
trv districts there has never been such scarcity
Of farm hands. because Of the prosperity in the
iron business and many farmers have dimcuty
I'm getting a sufficient force Of people to harvest
their crops Scores of farm employees nave leIt
every farming community for the iron toWns,
where they receive better wages. Is a rae. tnat
there are townships which have less popuialio,n
than five years ago When neI. % Stn Sa' ~
stav on the farms In their present dilemma the
farmers have turned to the female members or the
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wind rain they prefer the little by 5 kitchens
they have built outside OF each house. They are
fond of CLAIMS and fish. and at low tide often go
down 10 the beach and dig for themselves the
sofshel clans that have made Glen Island
famous. Sometimes they take their boats and go
out for FISH ~ the Sound. These boats are az
queer their houses Both were brought from
the Philippines one Is typical river boat such
and fruits down from I.aguna de Bay. It Is hoi
lowed out from a single log. is about eighteen
inches wide and twenty feet long. Along each
side Is big bamboo pole. dashed as an outrigger,
over two-thirds OF it's length awning made of
split bamboo to protect passengers cargo from
the rain. On the bottom Is a split bamboo
flooring. and It is provided with two large, round
~ fy through the water when they wish to. The
other Is saiboat. narrower and deeper. 1t
res n large square sail and Maxine Ia anxious
to try race with some OF the smart little half
raters he sees running about on the Sound.
Mr.. Mccormick. the agent Mr.. Starin sent 10
habtants are fair sample OF the common
middle class Of people. OF course, there num-
bers OF better educated Filipnos, but these come
from the producing class, and good representa-
They are all handy with tools, and do many things
skilfuly. Any native can build and furnish a house
at home with his boo for his only tool and "A
bamboo and Nipa palm jungle to draw supplies
from The pottery they need they can make.
though they ind IT easier TO buy articles of that
kind from traders. They moderately Indus
trious but slow In their work.
The chief difficulty In handling them said Mr..
Mccormick. us their unwngness 10 recognize
any one OF themselves az my representative In my
In their way 10 forming n stable government for
themselves. Left 10 themselves, anarchy Is bound
TO find It's stronghold among them"
Most OF the tilVnos came across the ocean on
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renewing their acquaintance with Salamo, one OF
the islanders. who had been their interpreter while
they were stationed In the Philippines. They said
that Il only needed a massive old Spanish cathe-
dral at the head Of the Glen Island village street
10 make the soldiers believe they were in fonda
again. Everything IS the same. they say only
not quite SO much OF II. There the white
gravel roads, with no sidewalks the bamboo fences'
the Nipa matched houses on stills. with bamboo
ladders leading up TO the porches. the white
shifted men and the women I'm wide. flowing pima
shirt waists and the chickens and pigs cooped up
under the houses by bamboo lattice work. The
American flag flies from bamboo staff over the
palm matched market place where men are en-
gagged in making shoes. baskets and bamboo ware
from material and with tools brought from Ma
Mia The little gardens are planted with seeds
from home which with a few days more Of warm
weather will give the finishing touches TO a most
realistic reproduction OF provincial village in the
Philippines
sweet voiced woman Gregora by name, who
occupies the house next to the market divides her
time between the care Of a youngster three years
old and the entertainment of her visitors with
songs in Spanish and Tagalog. Her neighbor across
"Calla Phillipo" finds I'm the OF little Psohencia
seventeen months old who is in danger of having
her digestion ruined by her admirers, and her
household duties enough TO occupy her time. Ro-
mona makes pretty little palm leaf baskets In the
market place and Olivia is TO be found weaving
cloth Of Avacar fibre. such the panoas
are made from. the loom that reminds
her Of her far away home. All seem happy and
cheerful They talk freely With visitors who can
speak to them in Spanish and all trying to
learn English fast they can, so that they
may know more about the country they hnd/ 80
large and strange and full Of wonderful things
cars that go fast without horses. and houses that
scrape the skies.
The Filipnos at Glen Island live simply. A supply
Of rice fresh fish meat and little coffee and
fruit all they require. They do their cooking
little earthenware stoves. which they brought
with them, a coffee pot kind OF saucepan and
fryingpan being all they in the way OF kitchen
utensils. In fair weather they sometimes build
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-07-10
IN PIG IRONS KINGDOM.
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA GREAT BUSI-
NESS REVIVAL.
PROSPERITY ON A SURE AND SOUND BASIS. IN
WHICH EMPLOYERS AND woRKMEN
ALIKE SHARE

Reading, Penn. July s.-This is the most remark
able period known in the iron trade OF Eastern
Pennsylvania. The season for the annual mid
summer duness In the business Is here but pig
iron. whose reign many predicted during the days
of Democratic tariff tnkering over, is now
so positively enthroned king that the furnaces
and their score OF allied Industries which consume
their product kept going as never before In the
hot summer months This is the usual time when
the plants shut down for repairs and the furnaces
which find Il necessary to go out OF blast TO refine
their stacks but in the middle Of this year this IL
absolutely impossible. The situation Is simply un-
precedented Prices and wages have taken an up
ward bound at a tremendous pace. but this Is not
due to imitation. boom mere mushroom
growth. In the opinion of conservative men 1t Is
entirely due to solid business conditions, which, II
left undisturbed by the politicians will last for
years TO come. The Schuykll. Lebanon and Le-
high valleys are scenes to-day Of activity In
the iron trade which outsiders, accustomed only TO
reading OF strikes shut downs depression in prices
and cuts in wages ARE now unwilling to believe
but facts are facts One feature OF II all Is that
employees and employers together enjoying the
fruits OF this general prosperity.
First as 10 the iron workers. The movement TO
increase wages has been general spontaneous and
voluntary Take the district OF which Reading Is
the centre. Here there has not been single re-
quest for an advance within a radius Of fifty
miles. Had II been asked for. 1t would have long
ago been known by newspaper readers, yet there
are men in these busy mills who are to-day work
ing al an increase Of more than 60 per cent over
what they were receiving few months ago and
others 20 to S5 per cent This in a business where
employers are widely represented as extremely
hard hearted. mercenary and grasping.
The general movement for better wages ana
prices began last February The rolling and
pudding mills announced their first raise on March
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-07-10
THE CANAL COMMISSION.
IT'S PERSONNEL AND THE DUTIES OF
THE MEMBERS
fay TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBuNE.l

washington July 9-The new Isthmian
Canal Commission appointed by the PRESIDENT
ON Tune @ Is intended not only to settle which
&c the best route for ship canal between the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans, but 10 furnish ex-
haust,ve data on which the United States Cow
eminent can decide whether or not to undertake
the actual work OF construction. Admiral
Walker the president OF the Commission. says
President Mckinley wishes the subject so thor
ouSh,v investigated this time that no future
Commission will be needed. and the Commits
sIoners themselves at their meetings in the last
month have directed their efforts to outlining
plans Of procedure which will enable them to
carry out the Presidents wishes. particularly
ne they relate TO conclusiveness IA to the best
route.
The information gathered by the last Com
mission as to Nicaragua Is thought to be sum
GENTLY comprehensive and convincing as TO the
practica bility Of a canal there TO cost Slzo'V"-
900 Now the Panama route Will be inVesu-
gated more thoroughly than ever before ana
even the Darien scheme will not be neglected.
WORK IN EUROPE AND ON THE IsTHMUs.
The nine Commissioners have been divided
into three subcommittee. OF which the one con-
sisting Of Admiral Walker Colonel Ernst and
Messrs Morrison and Burr Will start the END or
this month for Paris. to spend several months IL
necessary IN studying the plans, papers and
financial affairs of the Panama enterprise. Be
fore that time however. surveying parties Will be
organized to make reconnosances OF the isthmus
from Nicaragua TO Darien paying particular at
tention to points OF dispute that have already
raised doubts in the minds Of the Commission
ers Next winter and spring the sub-commit-
tees will work on the isthmus in various local.
ties and possibly next summer they can formu-
late a report although they do not expect to
finish their work for about two years,
The act Of Congress authorizing the Commits
sion appropriated 100000 for its expenses.
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A LAZY ANBLER.
rhe Atlanta Constitution.

From The Atlanta Constitution.
The --latest man In Atlanta has been discovered
There can be no doubt OF IL. He himself admits the
corn BY occupation he II a clerk in a wholesale
grocery store and by mutual prediction a sport.
Some days ago he invented "A brand new gambling
scheme that beats anything yet He places two
tiny mounds Of sugar on box, both OF the same
size: then he proceeds 10 wager any friend who
chances TO drop In that the flies will eat up
mound before the other.
mo there's not much profit in It," said he. You
can't tell which pile will be consumed first I'm
not personally acquainted with the sugar-eating
proDensities OF the flies and II | I'd never
know which files were going TO light on my pile
All sugar looks alike 10 flies. But the games fun
and real exciting when they begin the home
stretch And then the flies do all the work, and do
II 20 cheerfullyv'
And he yawned and sighed as q customer asked
him the price Of -four.
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GLEN ISLANDS FILIPINOS.
A VILLAGE THAT REMINDS RETURNED
SOLDIERS OF FONDA.

WOMEN AND TRADEsMDN SEEN IN THE MARKET
PLACT-A GARDEN WILL. SOON ADD REAL
ISM TO THE SPOT.
or ell the attractions which managers OF pleas
ure resorts in the vicinity Of this city have pro-
vded for their patrons none exceed in interest
the Filipino village at Glen Island II Is an exact
reproduction in every respect Of typical COM
munity in Uncle Sans new possessions. Hundreds.
and II might be said, thousands OF persons. visit
the village every day and the guards are beginning
to wonder whether life is worth living In view OF
the volley OF questions regarding the strangers
which Is continuously fired at them
Among the visitors at the village yesterday were
several members of the Aston Battery. who were
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to submit 10 arbitration OF the whole question and
more unwilling than she seems to snatch a one
sided verdict by Withholding from arbitration the
territory around and about the head of the Lynn
Canal which is the principal point In dispute.
There is no excuse for a refusal 10 1rbitrate the
whole question. The treaty OF 1895 between Russia
and England is ambiguous. Nobody knows It's
meaning. The men who drafted II have long since
passed away. Neither statesmen nor Amba ssadors
are the proper parties TO sift Its provisions TT at
can only be done by a competent interna tional
court. Under these circumstances Il Is idle and
and say that OF the parties interested can have
standing In court The Canadian people do not
insist that their Interpretation ~ the treaty OF
1925 Is infallible, nor do they think that the Amer
can contention Is either less honestly held or less
infalllble than their own. They simply M Ike their
claim In good faith and leave the rest to the court
Whatever the result OF one thing all can be GER
tain. Canada wants not one foot Of soil that does
not rlghtfuly belong to her. She IL not crazy for
annexation OF adjoining oversee territories She
has no ambition to become i'm perial Power or
rather should say. she Is imperial Power by
virtue OF her allegiance TO the British Crown. We
have soil enough OF our own exercise The civiliz-
dred years. II we can get possession OF what We
believe belongs TO us on the LYNN Canal will use
II for the benefit OF the citizens both Of Canada
and the United States. II We cannot we shall ex-
pect TO have meted out 10 US the same measure OF
unfriendly tariffs and alien laws that nave con-
Tonted us In the East. Notwithstanding the So
called Anglo American alliance which seems TO be
all on one side. But whichever way the AFFAIR may
be settled Ii will have effect upon the future Of
our beloved Canada, which is bound ND for all time
with the political destiny OF the British Empire
Toronto July ., 1899 X. e. A. LAND.
ola ..itf MIA L. 40.
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THE ALASKAN BOUNDARY.

A CANADIAN VIEW OF THE DISPUTE.
To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: have read the communication Of Frederick
W. Seward In your issue OF the I'd Inst. on the
above subject. There Is great deal In 1t when
will appeal to every right thinking man, coupled
with good deal more that will not prove as ae-
ceptabe to the average Canadian; for 1 have the
temerty TO write to an American paper from the
Canadian standpoint. He says: Canada blocks the
way" Well what II she does? Mr. Seward. II he
knew us better would admit that II We do stand In
the path there must be some good reason for IT,
Canada did not block the way 10 The Venezuela
arbitration the arbitration over the Behring
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convincing, whfn the Treaty Of 1925 .ov.
upper part OF 9he boundary shall follor !,
141st meridian, we cannot regard :. INV" IL
oisuous- And fghen Canada demands o.. ~
OF vast tract 81 territory on the western ~.
OF that meridianI as she ia now ,anos.., '" side
MT seward see1ns to us quite right IN sav'..
she Is making IAN "unfounded claim 10 , ...
that does not belong to her and never an.
As for the territory about the Lynn Canal
certainly never has been in Canada's noe. "
sion. but has belen explored. settled a.. 'es-
valuable solely by United States en,arn.,. ''aas
money. Justice would Seem, Therefore ana
tate that It be, left In our possessin, u'c
Canadas superior title to II shall y. .H.h
lished-Ed 'a"-
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TRAIN DERAILED; TWO MEN KILLED.

Beaufort. n. c.. July (SpeciaD.-The ''Y'' OF the
Atlanta and North Carolina Railroad at Moreheed
City is three miles from Newport. Last night the
passenger train in backing TO II three
COWS which the track. throwing the paror
and first and second class coaches of the
track the parlor car turning completely over. kill
ing two men. Harry Mansfield OF New-York and
a negro waiter at the Atlantic Hotel Morehead
City. The conductor, Mansfield and the negro were
riding on the platform of the parIor car when the
car struck the cows and as they saw it WAS leav-
ing the track the negro and Mansfield Jumped
of and were caught under the car and killed as 1t
turned over.
OF uninJured. II is the custom for people to take
this ride around the ~" Harry Mansfield is a son
OF Mr Mansfield, OF the commission firm of Hines
Mansfield. New-York he was here visiting his
brother who has a large truck farm near the 'Y"
and he was availing himself of this opportunity
70 reach his home The track has been cleared and
traff1C
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MISS CLENDENNIN OUT OF DANGER.

THE OTHER YELLOW FEVER PATIENT AT SWIM
BURNE ISLAND ALSO RECOVERING.
Miss Helen Clendennin. one OF the two yellow
fever patients removed to Swinburne Island from
the United States transport Mcclellan, which
rived here from Santiago, Cuba, last Thursday,
was reported TO be practically out OF danger" and
convalescing by Health Officer Doty yesterday.
oscar F. I.hckey, the other patient, was as well
as could be expected the doctor said. His tenn
nerature was lower but his stomach still weak
DR. Doty spent Thursday Friday and Saturday
nights AT the Swinburne Island hospital watching
his patients and he returned there again last night