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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1899-10-16

de los ;osciques y envidiosos politioastros de
Guaysnl.la. El pats los purgara J lanzark 50
anatema 8 unos por su cgguedad polftica , (
otros por ~intrusos.
Suyo aHmo.
Aeirem0.
New-York tribune., 1899-12-11
THE GERMAN BUSINESS WORLD.
NO PERMANENT TROUBLE OVER MONEY
EXPECTED-THE INDUSTRIAL BOOM.

NO PERMANENT TROUBLE OVER MONEY
EXPECTED-THE INDUSTRIAL BOOM.
Berlin. Dec. 1o-The money market situation
continues to be the chief concern OF the German
business world London exchange continued to
rise all last week. Gold exports are now pos
sble. and therefore an increase in the bank rate
is considered virtually certain. The officials OF
the Reichsbank were in consultation yesterday
on the subject and there was a general senti-
ment in favor Of an advance 20 per cent.
definite decision Is likely to be taken on Tues
day.
The Reichsbank statement yesterday showed
much less improvement than Is usual at this
time Of the year. Private discounts. after rising
10 a point near the official rate. eased off some
what yesterday, but the rise In the London prl-
vate rate causes an expectation here that the
Bank Of England will make yet another ad-
vance --
Thus far, however, money market conditions
do not inspire fear Of permanent trouble IN
Berlin feeling Of assurance arising from the
fact tnat German circulation Is so thoroughly
saturated with gold that any considerable de-
rangement is impossible.
To-day a high financial authority gave the
correspondent Of The Associated Press an esti-
mate OF the gold in circulation In Germany,
placing this at 2,J00C00000 marks and pre-
dicted that the Industrial situation would con-
tinue very strong. A leading official Of the
Reichsbank explained that the Industrial boom
had not vet reached it's elimination, but was
now extending to the textile industries.
Iron prices" he said. continue 10 rise. The
syndicate Of rolled wire manufacturers has ad-
yanced prices 10 marks ton. Franco-Bel-
eian syndicate, with capital Of SlO,0O0,oOo, has
acquired the Westphalian coal mine Kaiser
Friedrich and intends to establish immense
modern furnaces and steel mills on the Dort-
mund- Ems Canal. motion will be introduced
in the Reichstag concerning the organization OF
German Chambers OF Commerce in foreign cities,
in which particular Germany now lags behind.
The packet post between the United States
and Germany is a success. During the month
! of October 5000 packages went from Germany,
| and during the month Of November 1000 as
| against II 900 during the whole Of 1897.
! After keeping silence at first, the Agrarian
! nress now begins to make a united attack upon
| that part Of President McKinley's Message to
| Congress relating TO the Joint commission propo-
| sition. The "Deutsche Tages Zetung" says to-
| day:
! Such a proposition is wholly unacceptable 1t
| is monstrnuS. It's outcome would be that the
| shrewd Yankees would bamboozle the German
| members Of the commission about American
| meat with caldrons double bottomed and SIM
| liar tricks; while the Americans here would
| manufacture evidence against beers and wines
| President McKinley's claim as TO the healthful-
! ness OF American meats Is preposterous. after
| the scandalous embalmed meat trial.
New-York tribune., 1899-12-11
EXCESSIVE FEES DENOUNCED.
JOSEPH BARoNDEss ATTACKS UNIONS FOR
CHARGING; LARGE SUMS FOR INITIATION.


CHARGING LARGE SUMS FOR INITIATION.
1osenh Barondess the delegate Of the Cloak
makers Union. electrified his brother delegates at
,h. rcee,ng Of the Central Federated Union yes
terdav afternoon by declaring that many Good
mechanics In the city had become "scabs or
thieves because they could not afford 10 pay the
enormous Initiation fees demanded by the unions.
81 protest" he said. against this system among
sor,a trades-unions Of driving an honest working
man to become n 'scab thief simply. because
he cannot afford 10 pay tho enormous fee de-
manded by them.
Deleqate Barondess's remarks were brought
forth by the boast Of Delegate De Greet. Of the
New-YOrk city Carpenters Union. who In his
criticism Of the Brotherhood Of Carpenters said
"My union does not need any more members.
and we have raised the initiation fee to twenty
bones"
what are bones?" asked a delegate.
"Oh I guess you have shufiled the pasteboards
often enough to know what they are" replied De
Greet
well. I have run up against straight flush
with four aces" said the delegate. but we call em
punks in our club
Other delegates took part In the discussion. plain
" showing that they were not totally unfamiliar
with the National game Of draw poker. Then
Delegate Barondess tried to pin Delegate De Greet
down TO a abatement that his union did not want
10 take in any more carpenters and In fact. de-
sired to establish a little monopoly OF Its own In
the labor market. BarondesS declared that he
wished to place himself on record as being opposed
70 these excessive fees OF and that he
thought the fees should be made as small as pos
sibe.
Chairman McVey ruled that he would not permit
the Central Labor Union to take up the question
OF excessive fees at that time. In spite or this.
however the discussion continued. Delegate Vein
stein, Of the Plumbers Union said that the ihiua-
ton fee OF his union was ~. -
Delegate Briody. OF the House shoTers and r1 Moo
buildings for employing Mr.. cody a. contractor "a
DO the emergency work of the cl5y such as tearing
that Cody paid only 81 25 day TO his men instead
| OF u. the union rate He also intimsted that Cody
! did not understand his business.
Mr. Cody attended the meeting. and asked TO be
| heard. lie declared that he always paid union
wages and double wages for overtime. lie also said
| that, while the unions did not class him a recog-
nzed boss at the business, he treated his employees
better than the recognized bosses In the trade did
Mr.. Cody admitted that he had been "A working
man himself. and declared that II seemed 10 be q
New-York tribune., 1899-12-11
4GPJCUITTRE IN ALASKA.
GRAIN AND HARDY VEGETABLES Inn
BE RAISED IN PERFECTION. SAYS
ppOEESSOR GEORGESON.

WASHINGTON Dec. 10 (SpeciaD.-That all ALASKA
has not the rgor OF the Klondike Is SHOWN oy '"e
results OF Professor G. G. Georg sons WORK iaSI
summer at stka and Cooks Inlet. where the De
na-tnoent OF Agriculture has established eXperl-
rnent stations Last year Mr.. Georgeson made
son,e interesting and surprising discoveries In re-
gard TO the agricultural possibilities OF Alashd'
and this wears work has confirmed MS statement
that profitable farming there is by no means d
myth lie has brought 10 Washington some VI
the finest barley. oats and rye ever seen he,e,
some excellent spring wheat and some splehulu
GARDEN vegetables such as parsnps carrots tur-
nins onions and potatoes In fact, Mr george
son SAYS any and all Of the hardy Vege'aoes van
be grown to perfection in Alaska
"Of course" he added. Alaska will never ne
great agricultural country 1t VIII never -
with any other country In this line. but we nave
eboun n 70 be possible 10 grow anything wanted
10 supply the necessities and even the IuNur'es Vi
life 1t is not practicable 70 farm prooao'E' o'i I"
very large scale. clearing the spruce StuhPs o"
OF the land IL difficult and aborious taSh' pu' '''
land is very rich-in fact. II IS about three leeI o
solid peat which when drained yieIhs ehor inousis
ard great deal can be raised on small area
The people themselves have been astonshed Il, 'ne
things especially the magnificent grains, we nave
raised never having supposed It possible Inc sea-
o, i mt a short one as is generally supposed.
The Japan current equalizes the temperature u
tho entire coast very greatly. The highest POM
reacned nv the mercury last sumner was o. ue-
erees and the lowest record during the iast my
years ia degrees below zero. Killing frost dld noo
| come this year urtil October "; bel9re '""' INV
| all our grain crops had fully matured; ,or no an
"Of course, say Alassa can Ttsev we have
paade mean that its mining camps can pe suppnneu
With fresh vegetables and fresh meat II IS ile
toc Ntrs co1ntrv Grass grows splenddly and covers
httnr than IN most places in the United states ahu
cattle do we'll sheep thrive and hogs grow o Ia, ~,
| EIav I think NAV become an Important tIppo VI
| ~" o,ountrv We have grown some Of a very me
quality which UNDERSTAND cornpabef net the
| aiasta Indians however ever be maze inlo
| farmers They are too lazy: They arc ioha "a 80, ol
vfgetabies hui have never attempted 10 raise any
| tbine with the exception of a few turnips; meg
eut s1st through the winter principally on dried sn
| Our onerations next year Will he quite eXtensiYe
| ss much time was consumed this year IN breakihe
| oro,,nA and draining and putting up buildings.
New-York tribune., 1899-12-11
IMPORTS FROM ISLANDS.
THE CAPACITY OF CUBA. PORTO hiN''
HAWAII AND THE PHILIPPINES ~
MEET THIS cOUNTRY's DEMANDS

,t,o, rec IN (SpeciaD-The capacity OF
5rhs Porto Rico. Hawaii ana me Phihppin,7 "
r,e.t the constantly growing requirements Oh "''
I-nt,ed states for tropical products and the mar
. ~ St.h ,bov can supply for It's farm pro1uc-
-. .rd manufactures in exchange therefor arc
o,,r,c,inr renewed attention with the reassemphns
NJ Congress and the questions naturahV coi'i"e
,ors ,ba, body The annual mportations OF Uopica'
,,oduc,s into the United States amount on an AYR
aa. N funv ,25NcooOoo and are composed OF ra"
n..or,a,s required by manufacturers or foodstuHs
Aor,andAd by the general public The most inpo'-
,ort i,ems IN the fscal year 1899 were: Susar'
,es mo oo: coffee $500 900: rubber &SZV'oV ho'es'
,2o OoO 0Oo: tropical fruits and nuts NeVV'' ,'op'
cal gums drugs and dyewoods, SZo'"''V' 'oo". ~
and manufactures sl2OoO000; cocoa. chocolate ec.'
. ooo n,o ,tces % I'm coo. cabinet woods 20OOo.
-. cork and manufactures Of si.5O00 Most OF
,bese articles are produced in greater or iesS oe
crso IN the islands in question, and form a snare
IN the importations from them 10 the unFen 9'a'S'
Sugar coffee and tropical fruits. as Is Wen kho""'
are the principal productions OF CUBA. Porto h,eo ~
.nd tho Hawaiian Islands. while these items, win
hemp added form the chief exports OF 'he fnhip-
r,ncs bernp alone forming the largest Item or tue
crescent Importations from those islannS 10 tne
United States. , =,
The demand Of these islands for the CLASSES .,
AGRICULTURAL production and manufactures produceo
in the United States ia also great In the P's'
cuba. Porto Rico and the Philippines have ora"n
most NJ their supplies Of those articles from SPAN
The importations into Porto Rico from SPAN III
1905 amounted 10 over 100000. into cuba from
Spain in that year s26.oO00o. and into the fhlhp
mines from Spain In the same year nearly sooo"
ard all of these were either productions OF asn'
culture or manufactures. Adding TO these the sup
plies drawn by those Islands from other EUROPEAN
countries the market which they offered Tor agr-
cultural products and manufactures. ASIDE from
those which they already drew from the Cnited
States. was in that year over S500Ooo
In response TO demands for Information aohs
these lines the Treasury Bureau OF statistcs ha'
prepared a series Of tables showing the imports
into the United States from Cuba and Porto Rico
and the imports into those Islands from SPAN anu
other European countries In the statement OF @ tne
imports into the United States the years 1s33 lsso
and 1895 separately shown. those OF 1898 peihs
under the reciprocity agreement. while those OF
1895 show the trade Immediately preceding the war
In the statement OF imports into those ISLANDS LON
Spain, 1925 and 1896 selected as farly typlcal
years prior to the interruption by war ,-,,
Imports of principal articles Into the Lni,ea Iaa
States from Porto Rico during years endins June
go 1893. 1896 and 1885,
New-York tribune., 1899-12-11
NOT Rum. BIT POISON.

MAGISTRATE Meade was full of sympathy for the
long line Of "drunks arraiened before him in the
Essex Market Court yesterday morning as he de-
rourced tho system Of false pretences under which
the ..poson" tha. had brought them there was sold
on the East Side.
To each prisoner charged with intoxcation he In
turn asked: why do you drink rum" Then he
said.
do you not know that the stuff you buy for
rum on the East Side is not at all? II is
simply poison and will Kill you: IL will burn your
insides out 1t Is not rum at ALL IL Is not even
liquor"
the law relating to aduteration was either laxly
handled or that II was not enforced at all IN such
cases on the ground that the victims did not
know what they were drinking. but were practically
the victims OF false pretenceS. he discharged about
dozen DrisoneIs
New-York tribune., 1899-12-11
NEW ELECTRIC SYSTEM OPENED.

CARS RUNNING FROM FORT LEE FERRY TO
BROADWAY AND SEVENTY -FIRsT-sT.
The Third Avenue Railroad Company yesterday
hegan running electric underground trolley cars on
that portion Of It's Forty-second-st. Manhattan
vile and Amsterdam-ave. system which stretches
from Fort Ice Ferry to scvcnty-hrst-st, where
Rroadway crosses AmSterdam-ave. The first car
started from Fort Lee Ferry at o'clock in the
afternoon and others followed at frequent Inter
walls The service was continued uninterruptedly
throughout the afternoon and evening with the
exception OF n short delay at about O'Clock
caused by a breakdown OF one OF the cars.
At Seventy -hrst-st the passengers were trans
ferred TO the horsecara II II promised by the
company that the run Of the electric cars will be
extended to Fifty-nnth-st. by Tomorrow. The
rest OF the system. In Broadway to Forty second
ST.. Is said by the officials OF the company TO be
complete with the exception OF finishing the COM
plicated task OF putting In the crossing and switch
back work at Sisty-sixth-st and Columbus ave.
and at the Circle, In Fifty ty-ninth-st.
New-York tribune., 1899-12-11
RESUMPTION OF THE AOLINEU1 TRIAL.

W. j. KINsLEY. THE HANDWRITING EAfEfI'
EXPECTED TO RESUME THE STAND TO-DAY.
yyboo the trial ~ Roland p Moneux is resumed
this morning William J. Kinsey. the handwriting
expert will he recalled to the stand unless there
should be some unlocked for changes In the prose
cuton's plans 1t IL not likely that his evidence VIII
be completed to-day. Assistant District Attorney
Osborne's direct examination Is not yet completed
while Il ls known that the cross-examnaton Of the
defence will he long and searching, with view TO
weakening the deductions on which Mr.. kinsley
attributes the "Harpster." Cornish and Barnet
letters 10 Moneux
1t is possible. however. that Mr.. kinsley may be
temporarily excused in order 10 permit OF Mamie
MeIando heing nut on the stand. II said yes
terday that a writ OF habeas corpus might be APP
nlied for on behalf Of the young woman by New
ark lawyer Any effort that may he made TO secure
tho raleaae Of the young woman the prosecution
viii fores;all by obtaining the permission OF the
court TO hear her testimony before writ could
become operative.
New-York tribune., 1899-12-11
THE SHOOTING IN THE GARDEN.
RAFFERs HELD FOR EXAMrNATION-THE lie
INJURED MAN DOING WELL

INJURED MAN DOING WELL
Walter Raffcrs twenty-one years old. of No. Isl
Iexington-ave. a student at the Post Graduate
Hospital, who shot Fred +. Slater twenty-four
years old Of Newark. N. j.. In the right breast in
Madison Square Garden on Saturday night, was ar
raigned before Magistrate Mayo in Jefferson Mar
ket Police Court yesterday by Policeman Rappold.
Of the Leonard-st. station who was on duty az the
Garden. The policeman presented n report from
Or Wynkoop Of Bellevue Hospital. where Slater
was taken. 20 the effect that the wounded man $
condition was favorable and on the request OF
Rafferss counsel the prisoner was held In $1,000
bail FOR examination tomorrow morning.
RefTers had little to say about the shooting. He
comes from Stevenson, Ala. He was considerab bly,
under the influence Of liquor when arrested, lie
said that he had no intention Of shooting Slater.
that ne had been drinking and met two or three
students who were ''guying'' him and bluffng him
about betting the bicycle contests. and that
finally they made an attack upon him. One OF them
was armed with a small billy" He drew his re-
yolver me says and nred one shot simply for the
purpose OF frightening them away. and did not aim
q, Slater or intend to shoot him. Raffers not
abe to furnish rail and was locked up.
New-York tribune., 1899-12-11
u.,rpr WAS MOSS WHEN THE TIDE WENT OUT7
crime tor a workngman 70 hustle and become a

crime for a workingman to hustle ana oecome
boss. ~.,.- -,,.- ..a.a
r,ents as 10 his method Of treating his men were
true md a committee was appointed to investigate
the matter. . --., -
Delegate Owen Carroll, OF the Eccentric IN;
gtneers' Union charged n. c. Miner the theatrlcaI
manager with having compelled his engineer 70
work seventeen hours day. and when the man
refused to do so any longer he discharged him A
committee was appointed TO investigate the charges
Delegate Barondess then made A bitter attack on
Tammany Hail. declaring that II had permitted vlcs
10 flourish on the East Side until parts OF II nan
been ruined for business living purposes ne
said that Alen-st. n disgrace 10 the CITY, anu
that Tammany Hall lived of the vice which hour-
ished there and IN other parts OF the city.
New-York tribune., 1899-12-11
SALE or "KANSAS CITY TINES"

Kansas city. Mo. Dec l0-"rhe Kansas City
Times has been sold TO syndicate OF prominent
Democrats. The purchasers are Captain A. A.
Lesuer. who will soon complete his third term as
Secretary OF State for Missouri Judge c. L. Chris
man. wealthy farmer. who for many years has
been Judge in the Jackson County Court. and John
Sullivan, Jefferson city capitalist. Wiley q. Cox
the Kansas city banker principal owner ~
New-York tribune., 1899-12-11

Note-The imports from Cuba and Porto Rico
are not separately stated in the commercial re-
norts OF France Germany and the United King se.
Don, The total imports from both ISLANDS In 1880
We're: Into the United Kingdom N7s;2z9; into Ger
many 81 g7 205 and into France, sS2a,oiV Inc
nrincinaJ imports OF France from the Islands We're
Coffee manufactured tobacco and sponges: those
of Germany tobacco. manufactured and unmanu-
featured; United Kingdom. mahogany.
New-York tribune., 1899-12-11

"rhe Times" The consideration is no4 e,s,.a
The Kansas City Times Company was inoor.
porated in Jefferson city tonight by the new own.
,,n a oald up capital ~ sg1eo ca,,.,,
eis. WIZ ,,ii come 20 Kansas City AZ once an8 q.
s1me the actual management Of the property In
,,n',oa VII a' ~ THE Times" will he Democratic
New-York tribune., 1899-12-11

d,,o % tho fact that the French people DO not
choose to have families and that this is
@oInd nv the fact that the richer a Frenchman
he children he has this being % equsy fbs pooret
~ &c ~ paris heads the list for births. while the
Champs Elysees is at the foot Ihere wefe femi II
lies ont Of every one hundred which had only TWO
children living.
New-York tribune., 1899-12-11

ELECTRICAL CONDITIONS OF THE BLOOD
Those who have undertaken the task pronounce "
no easy matter to the electrical resistance
OF the blood OF a living individual the prhcipaI
difficulty depending upon the fact that only very
email cua ntItIes NJ blood are generally available al
q Time The hest results have been obtained. ~ ~
stated by placing five cubic millimetres OF freshs
drawn blood between two cup-snapea snongv
pIatinum. and fxed at O75 milimetre apart; Inc Inc
sve-age resistance Of normal blood at ~ degrees
d-ahrenbeit is found TO be $50 ohms. striking
change is observable in perncious anaemia me re
distance I'm this disease being sometimes
20 ehout one-haIf that of normal blood-the dc-
duction in such cases being that pernicious ha
contains an abnormal amount or sal's' uue " '
destructive metabolism going on
New-York tribune., 1899-12-11

% country IN N. event of any sudden can upon
q for Seayy payments in gold The issue acts as
buffer between such demsna, msn,ectnr shu the latter from
Sudden and sharp pressure II is legimae suev Of
Of credit by the county nasens snrGngn demand ms
The most notable change s gold sfPeks TSs stoek q
the year in the usinr unen bullion in the mints
on January 1885 was ss;!%sss ,s; pa @ al 'ss'fs gain of 500
S5sss5 So - ~
The gain appears in the following Items:
-. -. 1906 as............-.."..s7.s s7.s e45 e9S @
SS'f S.s ImSSs SSns'5y ~ United states
Coinage during the year, e477O 40
o1'n HI '''''''' .. .ss5i. .osl $50
1nes states coin rt-rnelt.e a, mnts s,.o ana i
Taken by payrnasters TO Cuba PORTO ~ r' ~ 24s5 $40
r.sed In manufactures. ....'''''''''''''-'''' 1Y
Total ,sss s 9ss Sss Gss gss
stock January /. 1899
y, ~. Increased stock shown by the above state
rnent S5s 2s4O appears In the reports % .,u
h.oks and the Government Treasury Inc hoIolnes
- torroer must be taken for December 10, 1891
and Dacember /. 1895 their nearest statements 10
Iar,orv heine on these dates. They show hold
ings as below
Treasury January l. 1895 s1 as az
National banks. december 49, 1897 n.o1oo.'
Total .sssi Ssi iis iis' ssh ISL
Ifsasus ssah. december l. 1905 2essss745
.sS4s Oos s2e
Gain 1'I In Treasury and National banks $40
The difference between this and S the %, assTeee r ea
sdered 10 have gone into state aho pii'"'' ~
and general circulation. :, -, 49, ,,,or,sn,
The production OF gold in all OF the lHipor an an
rod fields OF the world Is increasing rapiaIs, ao y,
nath prospects OF continued gains 1oI !eaI . W
cnme The Weld in the world In the caIenear 9edi
Isls was 1851 600 OcO against s33S In 1871
THE GAIN IN AUSTRALIA.
The production in Australia TO date IN lesy . nas
shown gain Of 2 per cent over the corIespViuHTs POI Ts
mont MS OF 1885 which indicates prooanie .e
tbo full year Of $500 900. The Cnlteu ota.i,
canada and Mexico will doubtless increase '"e'
In Soufh Africa the production IN the n,st nan M
~ the wear was IS per cent above the ylsIu o w
same months In 1895 and IL the Industry haI aI,oLi,,
iIndsfurbed the gain for the year WouIu P.t,oai
have been above $50 OO0 600 As all these pIinottp,
districts are now In condition 70 pIouuCs. ,ea "e
higher rate dhan at the opening OF the PIeseht ont
and ali arc preparing for larger yleioS II tnod 10 n
improba BILE that when operations are iuIIy einri,
in south Africa the worlds output NH d, du,,CAEf
pass 500 900 900 per annum. Inc wm woIms "a Sv a
coin is now being Increased more rapidly; ana ~ ~
higher annual percentage TO the existing 500, -
than during the period from lS0 70 leo wmen wmetnaiia
great outpt Of gold from California ana % "a a.e
Startled the economists OF all countries, anu rrba
the world a depreciating standard OF NaIus, ,,nnn
effect of this new food of standard money 49,
The markets the Industries, the earnings ot liz
who work for wages and all or the Val, vsiIeu ra, 80
tiors Of the people in our present hlehIy a. =,
Ized society will be n most interesting s.uu'' -
will inevitably be a potent factor In aHairs'
New-York tribune., 1899-12-11

,ro,a Tho decrease in free and increase In dutl-
~ tnonnrts In 1895 md 1893 compared with 1898
are due 10 the transfer in 1894 OF sugar ana mo-
iasses from the free TO the dutiaoie iis''
Imports OF principal articles into Spain from
Cuha during 1895: