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The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-27
In a Satisfactory cnndihinn

The interview which Tie Post printed
a few days ago with United States Treas
urer Roberts anent the condition of the
national finances has naturally attracted
approving attention throughout the coun-
try. II sho wed, as will be remembered,
that the deficit at the close of the fiscal
Year would be much less than expected,
Notwithstanding the payment of 81. 1908. 900
to Spain, and that the reserve was at an
unusually high, and. therefore most salts
factory figure In addition TO this. the
receipts are now beginning 10 exceed the
expenditures and although the excess is
slight, il is a token that the greatest
drain upon the Treasury by war expendi-
tCre has been net. The worst part of the
road has been passed. Hereafter the de-
hcit will decrease. At the close OF the
next fiscal year, unless some unforeseen
shcck SHOULD occur, the figures will be
even more satisfactory than they are to-
day.
This showing, as We have said, eIicits
the approval of the country and must
'NNiAN AaN Ol iilC HOIlU. We
have shown that the war with Spain. de-
spite It's enforced expenditure OF $500, eco
600, Is "a mere episode In its effect upon
cur finances. We have demonstrated. also.
that the nation does not lack statesmen
who are able 10 devise revenue producing
and'yet hot irksome tax laws. The nu-
meTOUs stamp taxes have added millions
upon millions 10 the Treasury, and yet
they have been paid without a word OF
protest, because they heye been assessed
against those test able TO bear the bur-
den The annourC ement by Treasurer
Roberts that these taxes will not be abol-
ished next year, and may be not for some
time 10 come. has ELECTED no criticism.
The people are prepared to meet their fua
measure Of responsibility. Give them but
a modicum Of prosperity and there will
be no srumbling or discomfort.
II looks now as if this much-desired
prosperity Is no: 10 be evanescent. 1t
has apparently come TO stay. Uncle sam
has profi.ed by il, as his financial condi-
ton shows, and the people have also been
greatly benefited. With both the govern
ment and the people In a contented state
OF mind, and With every prospect of con-
lii Ted prosperity. the next fiscal year
ought to be al easy one for the managers
o. our national finances,
The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-27
DOES ALCOHOL R0URlSH7
Some Illuminating Comment on Expert
ments and Conclusion of Prof Atwater.


ments and Conclusion of Prof.. Atwater.
FROM the Hartford Courant
Prof Atwater, of Middletown, has
proved that alcohol is a food, that is, that
taken in small quantities into the human
system II is OXidiZed and converted into
heat and energy, enabling a man to do
more work than he could have done had
he not consumed it, 1t is not a stimulant
merely which calls out force already
stored up, but cause of new force which
may be expended either in physical or
mental effort This Is contrary to the
IDEAS of many persons who regard alcohol
not merely as poison, but as ''pizen,"
and, If in any sense a source or cause of
energy. of energy of the most diabolic
and disastrous nature. The question is
so important and interesting a one that
IT becomes necessary to discover just
wnat the elaborate experiment on the
man in the box did prove.
We are informed that the person who
was confined in the box and experimental
on was Swede, a working man in ro-
bust health. Now, it is well known that
SWedes and Scotchmen, living as they do
In a cold and raw climate, have developed
IN the course of generations a special OK
ldiZlng apparatus in their insides, by
which they can turn large amounts of al
cohol into energy and still retain placid
and unruffied countenahces. The expert
ment was evidently a special one. You
cannot generaliZe from Swede or from
Scotchman in this matter They are built
on purpose to oxdize alcohol. and are
trained from infancy in the art Prof.
Atwater's experiment merely proves that
alcohol is fool for a SWede In the same
way he might have shown that an os-
trich can develop energy from brass
buckles and wire nails. 1t would not fol-
low that a cassOwary possessed the same
power. A slight presumption might arise.
but surely the burden of proof would still
rest on the cassowary
Secondly. We understand that the Swede
received only two ounces of alcohol a day.
equivalent to three ordinary drinks Of
whisky. As John Browdie said after eat
ing the pigeon pie. Three small pigeons
and a tTife OF crust is only an aggrava-
ton" The Swede was working hard all
the time trying 10 make a record on a
dynamometer. and six wine-glasses of
whisky were far within the limits of a
reasonable test. What the experiment
proves is that very little whisky per
day is a food to a certain kind OF man.
To establish a general rule, a Methodist,
A Baptist and high church Episcopalian
Should be tested. Then, il the results
were tabulated and averaged, a general
law might be formulated with the usual
array of exceptions. for what is one
mans food Is another mans poison"
We are inclined TO think that the old rule,
based on cOmmon-sense and experience,
would be re-established; that is. that al
cOhOl is a stimulant, and unless taken in
very small quantities. ruins a mans ca
pacity for work, especially for intellec-
tual work. II is not necessary 10 put a
man in box 20 prove that.
The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-27
The West indian Trade.

II Is not at all surprising that enter
prislng railroads are improving their IA
cilities for handling the trade OF the West
Indies The time IL not far distant when
this trade will b. an important factor ip
commerce. IL Is already considerable, but
the prospects for the future are promis-
Ing enough to invite the most ample
preparations.
cuba. under American rule. will easily
become an ever-producing, inexhaustible
garden. A few years OF peace. with labor
directed and controlled by American
brains and capital, will suffice 10 bring
under successful cultivation vast tracts
Of sugar and tobacco lands. while the
raising Of fruits and table vegetables will
become an important and remunerative
Industry. We recall. as a practical ilius-
tratiOn, the case OF the Yankee skipper i'm
Jamaica. who. not so many years ago,
began 20 carry bananas 10 Boston In his
single schooner and who to-day IS at the
head OF a corporation with 5000 go cap
itsl and owning a feet OF twenty-four
ocean steamships. The possibilities Of de-
velopment in Cuba and Porto Rico are as
great as in Jamaica and would long ago
have been realized il the conditions Of
stable government had been equal.
The preparations which the great north
and south trunk roads arc making 10 meet
the increased West Indian trade must
however, be viewed with anxiety by the
Southern farmers. Since the ending OF
The civil war their LOT has not been an en-
tirely happy one, and now they are called
10 face a new problem. The South is the
great kitchen garden of the United States.
In the early spring immense freight trains
pass hourly through Washington on their
way North. laden with the products of
Southern farms As the season progresses.
watermelons, peaches. and other South
ern fruits are shipped In immense guam
titles TO Northern markets. The trade in
strawberries alone amounts to hundreds
OF thousands of dollars. Now strawber-
Ties grow i'm prOfuSiOn i'm Cuba during De-
cember and the following winter months
and could be transported cheaply to the
North, where they would command fabu-
lous prices. In Cuba labor is cheap and
frosts are unknown, two conditions which
are of supreme advantage. The opportu-
nifty for gain at the minimum OF risk
which is thus presented will invite capital
across the Gulf and the South will suffer.
The new conditions will assume definite
shape in gradual fashion. 1t was not the
first nor the second cotton mill in the
South which changed the status of the
New England manufacturing industry.
and the first years shipment of Southern
produce from Cuba may not be apprecia-
bic in its effect. AT the same time, the
handwriting is upon the wall The prOph-
cts who read and translate are the rail-
road managers who are now preparing
for the inevitable increase in the trade
between the West Indies and the United
States.
The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-27
Canals, Canadian and American.

The opening OF the Soulanges Canal
some time in August next Will be an
event of international; Importance, for II
Will complete Canada'6 superb system of
artificial waterways connecting the lakes
with the Atlantic Ocean so that a vessel
OF not more than fourteen feet draught
can 10 from any lake port 10 tidewater
at Montreal without breaking bulk, The
Welland Canal. which has for some years
been doing an immense and constantly in
creasing business, supplies a channel
around Niagara Falls from Lake Erie TO
Lake Ontario. The Soulanges is one OF a
series OF canals around the rapids in the
81. Lawrence River The entire Canadian
system has cost about S70,O 900, So, ,OO00 0OD
OF which has been appropriated by the
Dominion government, adding materially
10 large debt. The remaining Ss,O0O,OOQ
has been paid out OF the earnings OF ca
nails already in operation. This fact
speaks we'll for the management and also
anords AN assurance that the canals will
eventually pay for themselves and AFFORD
revenues to be expended on other i'm
provements. II all public debts had so
good a reason for existence as these wa
terway debts have. posterity would have
no reason TO complain Of its ancestors
for shirking their obligations II is not
honest-indeed, it is quite the reverse
for Il people 10 borrow Of the future the
means Of defraying the cost OF works
that will not help the future But Cana
da's canals will last for ages and will
greatly add to the value of the estate
that this generation passes over TO its
successor.
The Chicago Record shows due appre-
citation OF the marked effect this canal
system is bound TO have on freight rates.
IL il estimated that the saving In trans
porting wheat from the lakes 10 the sea
will be cents bushel. The Record shows
that while the operation OF this canal will
benefit Chicago and all other territory
tributary 10 the lakes. IL will have the
eject OF dvertlng tTanlc from the Erie
Canal 10 the ST. Lawrence and thus trans
ferring 70 Montreal business that now
goes TO New York. And that is a very
serious thing. for New York has already
lost much or it's export trade 10 ports
farther south and will not relish increased
drafts In another direction. The Record
says. In this connection:
THE way out OF the difficulty for New
loTk Is obvious. The people OF that
State should work 10 secure the construc-
ton by t.e Federal government OF deep
waterway connecting the lakes with the
Atlantic which viii accommodate ocean
going vessels. The agitation for such a
waterway has been pronounced Ia the lake
region for some time. The completion OF
the Canadian waterway probably Will
arouse New York 10 a realization OF the
importance Of cooperating with the West
for the construction OF a deep waterway
that shall have its terminus at New YORK
city"
How much would such a canal as that
benefit New York CITY? How much would
IL add to the business. the prosperity, or
the pride Of the metropolis " be made
The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-27
A Presidential Mares Nesk.

The esteemed Verdict. OF New York.
which usually confres itself 10 passing
swift and severe sentences on such states
men as do not con Up 90 It's EDITORS
Ideals. has gone iEto the political detee-
tive business. For some time the Verdict
has had its Sherlock Holmes eye on one
Arthur Pue German. OF Maryland, who Is
alleged to nave designs upon the Presi-
dency. Now, the Verdict, which holds
BTyan 10 be the logical and inevitable
candidate OF tie Democracy IN the next
campaign, is naturally alarmed AT this:
ye, it is not 10 be deceived. The Ver.licf
insists that Afr. Gormsn Is the Machia-
yeili of American Iclitics. and is not 10
be taken Al his face value In other
words. his actions are 10 b. Interpreted
by contraries, for when he seems TO b.
moving opcnly and frankly toward some
object, In reality he IL progressing in the
opposite direction. Having enunclated
this theory-worihy IL every respect Of
The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-27
a Gratuitous Agitation.

In spite Of their obstinate persistence IN
hyphenatiOn. those Americans who came
from Germany to the United States are,
as rule. good citizens. We believe they
are as patriotic as those Of US whose bet
ter fortune II was 20 b. born under the
Stars and Stripes and thus TO acquire our
citizenship without the trouble Of emf
grafton and naturalization. II would net
be strange II an intelligent man Of for
eign birth should really possess a supe-
rior quality Of patriotism, for his wider
experience might have taught him the
superiority OF our institutions and the
practical value of the opportunities for
achieving success which this young com
try offers.
Those German-Americans who, in many
Of our cities. are holding meetings 10 pro-
test against what they call imperialism"
are clearly within their rights, although
We cannot see the necessity-and are COM
PEELED 10 doubt the prOpriety-of drawing
racial line on any question OF national
policy. We cannot see what the locality
Of birth has TO do with this business.
They have d right TO object to the re-
tentiOn OF the Philippines. but they ought
TO be prepared to point to some honorable
way OF getting rid ot the obligations we
have incurred in that quarter as a Tesalt
Of Dcwey's victory. II is true that these
adopted citizens are following the exam
pie of d number of distinguished natives
including Senators and retired statesmen
who keep up a clamor against expansion,
but do not venture TO suggest that we get
out of the Philippines. But it is not
commendable to follow an unwnoesOme
example, however eminent the examplers
may be.
There was great meeting of German
Americans IN Detroit the other night, and
some very fiery speeches were made. TIE
Free Press aDplauds some things that
were said, but says; at is cause Cor
regret that the protestants thought it
necessary TO single out Great Britain for
especial announcement Our relations
with the English nation are just now
more cordial than they have ever been
before, and this ought to be a cause for
conSratulation. Friendship between the
English-speaking nations will prove ad-
vantageous TO both countries, and 10 the
peace of the world"
That is mild but very well-placed re-
proof. This country and Great Britain
are not going to form an alliance. Neitn-
er Of the two governments has proposed
or viii propose such an arrangement. Ma
tive Americans are as much opposed 10
1t as their fellow-citizens of foreign birth.
But what the Free Press says about mu-
tual friendship is true. In this free coun-
try men have lawful right to do many
foolish things. Those Detroit German
Americans exercised that right.
The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-27
Liz, N.v.na,er. vs.. Musiy Sermons.

From sermoa By Rev TLos RC5lelt. Of Piits5Hr;.
The pulpit has In the press rival 0i no
mean strength. They DO well 10 Join
hands in the common task OF the better
ment OF mankind Let the pulpit. how
ever, take warning by the errors Of tho
past and not be In too great haste %
stand in the way OF the onward march
OF knowledge, lest, perchance, the society
OF tomorrow prefers the up-tO-date
newspaper 70 the wel-worn sermon that
has on Il the smell Of old age. A heresy
trial may. perchance, drive man from
the church Of his youth, but the book
which IL the ground Of the sO-called her
esy Gays, Il have come 70 stay and by
and Dy disciples will be found even IN
Caesars household" Well may the press
be proud Of It's most recent triumph-th-
martyr Of Devils Island on the eve Or
freedom and honor. and the Frencn PEE
public passing from the shadow of tho
worlds TepTOach, and Z0a's pen. the con
qUerOr Of corruption and wrong. Who
Will deny that the press Is fronting tho
dawn
The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-27
No joke.

From the New York Tribune
The reduction OF personal tax assess
ments In the borough OF Manhattan
amounts 10 over sec, ,o1o,o1e. A prelim-
mary assessment OF more than $780,
oCe.e0o had by April been sworn down to
about sis5. and how much was
taken OF in the remaining month Of re-
vision IL Il impossible 10 say. Less than
one-ffteenth Of the sum originally set
down remains on the tax books. The
fcurteen-tiieeaths measures Tammany
incompetence. reeklessness. and ievity In
dealing with taxation
The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-27

Dr. Conan Duyls's psychological detec-
tise-she Verdict proceeds b. sort OF
differs ntIaI calculus to discover what Nh
GcFuAan i up 10.
While admitting that he has an tnalien-
able and characterisitcaiIy Democratic
tight TO defeat Mr.. Bryan II he can. the
Verdict ASSUMES that this Is impossible
for Afr. German in his own person
Therefore he n.ust be using himself a. a
stalking horse for some other potential
candidate. IN other words. he Is On the
Etill hunt for delegates whom. al the last
moment ne will turn over to some more
magnetic man. and endeavcr 10 over
whei-n the sIxteen-to-one candidate IN
s,an.Tede Of patriotic enthusiasm. Ac-
Cor1ingly, the Verdict trains its detective
instinct on the problem of who Is Dir.
Gormans principal. and finds that
gues that SchIey is Maryland
Democrat and a close friend Of Cor
man: that he Is the popular hero OF
the battle of Santiago. and victim OF
the malice OF the Navy Department.
therefore the most available man 20 beat
Bryan in invention. This. then. Is the
VerdIct's grsIt discovery-end very in
genious one. even II II Is mares nest
and Schley the innocent sea-horse con-
ceaIed therein. The editor Of the Verdict
has certainly vindicated his right TO be
considered he Sherlock Holmes Of poll
tics: but he is much better at his old
trade of hunting Hanna through the
tUngles Of the administration. When he
ernbarks on cruise Of naval discovery
ha Is very much at sea. MIR. German has
doubtless been a very good friend OF Ad-
miral Schley, but he is not in the fool
friend" class.
The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-27
Taking No Chances.

From the Chicago Tribune.
The great detective. momentarily baf-
fed in his search for the desperate villain.
rearranged his elews In his mind and
sought 20 recover the lost thread of his
reasoning.
Admitting the flaw In this theory" ne
said 10 himself. ''it'is time for me 10 con-
slider now whether that other hypothesis
but no! | am not ready yet 70 take
myself into my confidence as to that
There Is too much al stalker
And he proceeded cautiously 20 elab-
crate the other hypothesis with the right
lobe OF his hrain exclusively.
The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-27
Reflection. Of - Bachelor.

FYoa the SsE YORK Press
Where bliss Is ignoIence IL Is gl5e % -
foolish.
SoTns girls who look thIn h5Ve way
OF limiting around that sou wouldn't
think 80 II you knew all
Half The won en- who 90 wrong never
wanted to- they only wanted % see how
near they could get without going wrouy
II wicked women could only add 10
their arts the nysteric-s charm OF innO-
eeBee. every man IN the world would 70
20 the deyil.
No matter nog poor a Job a woman
makes Of y with her own husband. she Is
algays sure that II she got rlght down
70 q shs could love a man into a state ot
collapse.
The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-27
Called Down.

From TIE Detroit Free Press
Caroline. doesn't this poem. The Man
with the Hoe appeal strongly TO your
sympsthissg'
Yes. David; bur there's a sadder thing
than that-the woman with the hoe II
didn't keep down the weeds. YOU
wouldn't get time 10 read 50 much
postry."
The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-27
4 a IL Our.

From The Gardiner tMeJ Independent.
seems 10 be a fad with some OF the
boys and girls 10 set into the lower entry
leading 10 this office, shut the outer door.
ana proceed 10 do large-siZed eourting
act There Is photographer over our
sanctum. and perchance some time he
may be able 10 GET snapshot al this in
Ieresting entry tableau. and when the
picture appears in the Independent You
will be liable 10 recognize il.
The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-27
Naval Cadsis In PhilippIass

Philadelphia. June 26.-The training
ship Annapolis. with the third and fourth
year classes al the United States Naval
Academy on board, passed up the Della
ware River to-day, and is expected TO ar
rive al League Island Navy Yard to-mor-
row or Wednesday. Capt. John Hunker
Is IN command. After a few DAYS the
cruiser will leave for Bath Ne
The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-27
Add,e..eA D, ,he h,,ors., o.n.tnl

New Haven, Conn. June 1s-The seven.
y-afih anniversary Of the Yale University
Law School MAS celebrated to-day. The
Grafton was given b. Attorney Genef4l
John W. GriEgs. whose theme vas Tins
Advances Of Jurisprudence IN the Nine
teeBth Century" Dean wayiand pr-g.d-
Cd. and President Dwight annouhc-d tas
pr!zer
The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-27
To Tear Devn Chinese w.u

Denver June S.-Aeeording to Frank
Lewis. Chicago civil engineer. who was
to-day a guest II the Oxford Hotel. he
Chinese government cOntemplates the de-
struetl0n OF the ancient Chinese wall thar
separates China proper from Chinese Tar
tary- Mr.. Lewis is en- route 20 China To
assist in tearing down the famous struc-
IuTr -.
The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-27

As we understand Gov. Roosevelts
offer he is prepared 10 go ever and lick
the Filipinos, just as he licked the Span
iards. provided the administration cares
TO have the job completed with a rush.
The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-27
Anaih-r Large shipmert.fGo,d

New York, June 2s.-The National City
Bank viii ship s2,s5Soe9 gold TO Europe
tomorrow. l.. Won hoffman & Co. viii
ship %sa."o. Grand total since the move.
msnt commenced, N6,lJo,egs
The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-27

Mr.. Quay has captured another large
bunch OF delegates 10 the approaching
Republican State convention. and the
Wanamaker Board OF Fabrication is CON-
PEELED TO work overtime
The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-27

So II appears that the people who make
specially of lending money brought
France 10 time on the Dreyfus affair
The power OF wealth is not always WELD
ed in the wrong direction.
The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-27
Lsrr. sale IL paip Woodland.

Quebec. June zs.--Charies Ionaig. II this
city. has sold large tracts % pulp GU.b
land sor q, ,S0.0oo 10 United States syn
dicaIs. principally New Yorker. No
names can be obtained.
The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-27

The Kansas editors don't take very
kindly to the Teddy and Freddie ticket.
The time has passed when Kansas can
be swept of her political feet by political
accidents.
The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-27

The up-tO-date Western vigilance COM
mttee will electrocute the automobile
thief
The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-27

Now that the street-car strike has been
settled. the Cleveland newspapers can re-
sumo the work OF pointing the finger of
scorn at other disorderly communities.
The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-27

Perhaps the Standard Oil Company is
going to New Jersey to make a real
trust of itself and thus get even with
those persons who have been calling il
names
The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-27
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