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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-10-31

REPUBLICAN.
Nine months ending Septem-
Der 80, 1900.
Exports ............$1, O31 1886, 4O1
1nports............ 624, 461 ,6O6
Excess Exports IS 7,224.805
Compare this with the record
OF the first nine months OF
1895, when Democratic theo-
ries OF foreign trade were put
into practices; when a low tariff
slim ulated imports, and when
the idleness OF American fac
tories was a damper to our ex-
ports. This record is az fol-
lows:
DEMOCRATIC.
Nine months ending Septem-
Der 80, 1895:
I'm pOrts $OOl ,O43, ~
Exports .............. oo7,927.4 400
Excess I'm ports IS 43, 115,673
That, in a nutshell, is the diff
ference between Democratic
e theory and Republican prac-
tice. While our exports have
NEARLY DOUBLED, our inn
ports are but slightly more
than they were in Democratic
days, ana the increase is en-
tirely due to the greater de-
mand for manufacturers ma
terials which are used in our
busy mills whera American
labor is actively employed at
good wages.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-10-31
EXPORTS TO OCEANICA.
.S13, 1OD.2-3t S43.39O.327

We are using more and more Of the
products Of our island possessions every
wear Hawaii, which was developed by
American capital. shows an amazing in
crease IN exports to the United States.
When quiet is fully restored in the Phil
ippinos and when Porto Rico. is fully re-
covered from the hard times incident to
Spanish rule, there will certainly be a
corresponding growth in what those ISL
ands buy from Americana. the products
both of our farms and factories. Our
imports from these three possessions in
1SQl and 1900 were.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-10-31

Total Asia and
Oceanica -. 81, 145, $50. 900 81 go 1910
Most Of the American export trade
with Asia is with countries bordering on
the Pacific. The shipments of American
merchandise to these countries has in
creased enormously. How much the sub
Joined figures show:
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-10-31


Referring to the need Of supplying our
own tropical products-it may be well to
call attention to the value Of such i'm
ports in the years 1895 and 1900. They
We're:
Year Value.
1919 polo, Iot 700
IJJC oo1,occ,-1o
Included in this are indigo. rice, sugar,
spices, hemp, coffee, tea, rubber, fruits,
certain woods and such products which
can only come from the tropics. They
can be produced in the Philippines IN
sufficient quantities to supply all Amer
lean requirements.
Within the last fifty years there has
been an awakening in the Orient. Japan
has become modernized and China is GER
tain to be opened in large degree to west
en- enterprise. The total trade of the
F'a- East, Australasia and the islands
of the Pacific last year was as follows:
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-10-31
EXPORTS TO ASIA

But it is not alone to Asia that our eN-
ports are expanding. The same is equal
ly true as to Oceanica. Our exports to
Australasia are nearly three times rs
large as they were in 1895; to Havana.
four times as large; to the Philippines,
twenty times as large. The details Of
these exports follow:
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-10-31
EXPANSION IN TRADE FOR
THE PAST Nine MONTHS.

Our exports have nearly dou-
bled since 1898.
Our imports have slightly In
creased in the same time.
Such IL the record OF COM
mercial expansion under the
fostering care of the present
administration.
The Treasury Department
has lust issued a statement OF
the imports and exports of the
United States for the msnrh OF
September, together with a
state menr OF the imports and
exports for the period of nine
months ending September so,
for a series Of years
No stronger argument In
favor of holding our own
markets by the application of
the principle of protection, and
then seeking the worlds mar
kets, has ever been made.
According to the statement
issued the imports and exports
during September were as fol-
lows:
Septe m Der, 1900.
Exports. .$115. G34,21O
Imports .......... 32,562.9OG
Excess of Exports S 5G,O71 ,3O4
For the nine months ending
September so, 1900, the show
ingis equally gratifying. Thus:
The Conservative, 1900-04-12
While in the
show business in
1896, Mr.. Bryan,
PUBLIC
LAUNDERING.

in one of his emotional paroxysms, said
with wonderful dramatic effect:
"Show me the head of a syndicate or
trust, and I will show you a man who,
whenever his business interests are in
volved, becomes suddenly patriotic and
tells you that he loves his country too
much to let anybody make more money
out of legislation than he does"
Is it wise to go to the other extreme
and place the government in the hands
of one who hasn't any business? Might
he not make use of the opportunity to
acquire and build up a private business?
Is it less to be condemned to aspire to
Office for the money there is in it, OF to
use candidature for Office as a means of
making money, than to make money out
Of legislation?
The Conservative, 1900-04-12
STOCK MEN AND RAILROADS
CONFER.

A conference of the stockmen of Kan.
sas and the traffic managers of the Santa
Fe was held recently relative to the new
schedule of rates adopted by the COM
pany, whereby the carload rate was
abolished and a pound rate established.
B. H. Campbell says of the conference,
in the Kansas City Star:
"Mr. Paul Morton was the principal
speaker for the traffic officials, and the
work could not have been in more skillful
hands. His methods are business like
and not oratorical his arguments per-
suasive and not threatening.
"'The cattlemen acceded to the plan of
paying freight by weight, but the weight
to be ascertained by the stock yards
scales, which will be our selling weights,
deducting 500 pounds per carload for fill
after unloading. The feed in transit
rate to be restored, differing a little from
the old plan, but better for both the
railroads and the shipper. The com
plant of bad service is one that cannot
be covered by contract, but the traffic
departments have made good promises
and we have urged upon them that here
after the road that gives the best service
shall get the most business, though we
have to drive out of our way to keep
this pledge"
The Conservative, 1900-04-12
The we'll known
publisherF .Bruck-
NOTICE.

mann of Munich, Germany, has just is
sued an elegant work entitled ''Das Lit
terarische Muenchen," by the celebrated
author, DR.. Paul Heyse. 1t consists of
portraits with short biographical sketch
es of twenty five of the most prominent
literary men residing in Munich. They
are all Germans except two, namely, the
American, E. P. Evans, and the Norwe-
gian, Bjoernesgerne Bjoerson. The por-
traits are drawn from life by Heyse him
self, and a genial poem by him serves as
an introduction to the volume.
The Conservative, 1900-04-12
Che Conservative.

ignore the constitution and all it's
amendments. Second, he knows that
the sole object of all government is the
good of the governed, and the efforts
which will, no doubt, be made to pro-
vide for securing benefits to others at
the expense of the governed will surely
fail.
II believe he has felt grave concern
about the course of the government in
taking over these distant islands. That
concern has been for the effect on our-
selves as we'll as for the effect on their
inhabitants. 1t is we'll that such a man
should be sent to deal with the present
problem. The supposed interests of some
commercial classes largely influenced
the government to do what it did. Signs
are multiplying that these may help at
last to work out the salvation of all con-
cerned. 1t vas well enough when all
was thought to be take there are doubt
and hesitation when it is found that
there must also be give. 1t is not a
question of doors open or doors shut
between the different parts of our ter
ritory. There are no doors. And if by
standing s~teadfastly by the principles of
our system of government our friend
here shall still further open the eyes of
those who have not fully seen and thus
bring interest to the aid of duty, he will
not be sorry to find he has another claim
to the title of wise and true lover of his
country, esteeming her honor above all
the islands of the seas.
"There is a shrewd suspicion that the
failure of congress to legislate for the
Philippines was not unintentional, and
that it would be glad to leave response
bility with the president indefinitely.
When it is realized that legislative pow
ers can not be thus or otherwise con
ferred Oh him, it is incredible hat such
a course will be longer desired or that
public sentiment would permit it. But
it does not follow that the work of this
commission will be either useless or
temporary. If the people shall decide
to keep these islands, what this com
mission does will doubtless be the basis
OF our rule there. If they decide to turn
them over to their own inhabitants,
these, following our methods as well as
our ideas as all seekers after liberty do,
and as they had already done when we
fell upon and crushed them, will be
glad to avail themselves of what the
knowledge and sagacity of these men
will have accomplished.
''In any event, we are sure Jul towns
man will win new honors as he has been
doing all these years. May God spare
him and his to come back to us again,
and us to gather here to welcome him as
we have pathared here tOnipht tO sneed
The Conservative, 1900-04-12

the King of Spain. We have scattered
or destroyed the only organization
capable of undertaking government.
We have forced ourselves on them. Our
duty, therefore, is the very highest.
None but the best and wisest can dis
charge it for us. And if we may judge
all by the one we know, the president
could not have chosen better. 1t was no
defense of slavery that the slaves were
better off, but slavery was a double
wrong when they were treated badly.
So giving these people good government
will at least save us from adding injury
to wrong.
liam sure our friend here realizes the
difficulties of the task before him. He
will have to deal with rights which have
vested under a mixed system of Spanish
and native laws and customs. He must
take into account strange ideas, preju-
dices, and manners but perhaps these
may trouble him less thar those of the
intelligent people who know our history
viz "io wiz W. - 100
sured, closely follow all that occurs here
to find, sometimes, encouragement in
their struggle to be free. He will en-
counter difficulties which we can not
even imagine.
"But he is peculiarly fitted for this
work. If anybody could do it with
credit to himself and US, he can. There
is no branch of our laws, state and
federal, with which he is not familiar.
He has had both to enforce and to ex-
pound them. He has youth, strength,
courage, and liking for work. He
knows how to make use of the work of
others. He has always been a sturdy
foe to everybody and everything which
lead to bad government at home, and
knows them wherever and however they
may appear.
"Above all, he has two qualifications
without which failure would be certain
First, he annot be brought by any politi-
cal or other pressure to yield to any of
the heresies which this new departure is
bringing forth. One of them is the re.
vival of the notion that the constitution
is a mere compact among the states and
operates only in them. He knows what
has been often decided that all persons
everywhere, who own allegiance to the
United States, are citizens thereof
whether they are also citizens of the
dent and congress have no authority
anywhere except that conferred by the
constitution, that such authority ex-
tends by it's W vigor throughout the
entire national domain, and that with it
go the personal and civil rights the con-
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-19
STEALING RICH ORE.
Most of the Big Mines Lose Heavi y In
This Way.

At an accidental meeting of several
Cripple Creek mine managers in Den
YER yesterday. says the Republican.
which frightened some of them lest 1t
should be regarded as IL meeting to
pass resolutions against the smelter
trust. the subject of ore stealing came
up and everyone present stated the
fact with emphasis that his company
was losing annually enough ore to
make Il very fair dividend for its stock
holders. and that the evil is growing.
The ore is not taken by Wholesale"
said one. but the rich specimens are
taken. and everybody knows what that
means in such specimen camp as
Cripple Creek. AT first the pilferer
gets in the habit of taking a small
specimen for himself or his friends.
Then. when he has accumulated three
or four pounds of ore that runs from
81 to SO Il pound, the temptation to
realize becomes too strong to resist.
After that the ore is taken for its in
trnsic value. as an addition to the in
come of the miner. | know one mine.
and its manager is now in this com
pany. where every man from the SUI
perintendent down makes it Il habit to
examine the ore pile for rich speci-
mems. We all know that this pilfering
is going on but submit when the loss
is not too heavy. and say nothing.
When the matter becomes too serious
the remedy has been to discharge the
whole shift. bur the manifest injustice
of including the innocent with the
guilty causes such drastic action to be
postponed as long as possible. l I'M
derstand that StrTtton's Independence
has adopted the rule of having clothes
changed on entering and leaving the
mine. don't know how 1t works there
hut | doubt If it will he effective. The
rule classes all as suspected thieves
and to the incentive of greed is added
the natural desire to resent a wrongful
suspicion. and it will go hard with an
old hand. but that he will he able to
find Il way of beating even so strict II
ruln
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-19
FLOAT.

The Bullion. Nevada. mine Is n mon.
umcnt to the possibilities of the as
scssmcnt system. The mine has been
worked almost continuously for TWEEN
ty-sevcn years. II has never paid II
dividend, nor even running expenses.
Upon the stock have been levied fifty.
five assessments, the last being ! cents
per share. September 20, 1899.
Recent reports from the Two-Bit dis
trict have II more encouraging sound,
says the Leadvillc llcrlld-Dcmocrnt
NJ. Mankuss located some claims there
during the excitement, and has kept
several men at work doing assessment
and development. The vein was opened
up and first assays showed an ounce
In gold. There has been n steady i'm.
provemcnt. however, ana assays OBJ
tnlncd yesterday show fourteen ounces
gold. The streak Is not II big one. but
such values as that are not bad indi-
cations and will tend 10 encourage op-
erations In the district. The Mankuss
property is some distance from the
Great Western mine. toward Granite,
and Is n true iissure vein.
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-19
Kentucky Wen Indicted.

Frankfor,. Ky. April 1S.-The Frank
lin county grand jury this afternoon
returned indictments against ten per-
SONS, charging them with completely in
the murder of William II. Goebcl. The
principals named are Henry Il. Yout-
scy. james Howard. Berry Howard.
Harlan II. Whitaker and "rallow
Dick" Coombs (coloredD. 1nose indict-
cd as accessories before the fact are
Secretary of State Caleb Powers, Cap
tain John l.. Powers. cx-Secretnry Of
State Charles Finley, w. II. Culton
and f. Wharton Golden. In the in
dictmcnts relating TO the alleged acccs-
sorics three other men are indirectly
referred to as accessories. though no
indictments were reported against
them. They are Governor w. =. Tay-
lor Green Golden and Captain John
Davis
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-19
Rich Mine. in Isle of Luzon.

The transport Tartar brings advices
from the Philippines up to March 9Th.
One report from MANILA is that William
Odun who is spoken of as IL miner of
large experience. has returned from II
prospecting trip on the distant coast
of Vigan. He showed rich specimens
of gold and declared that he had To-
Gated ledge of quartz as rich as any
thing in Colorado or California. He is
organizing company of eX-sOldiers
and will 90 into the mountain districts
Of Vigan to secure claims. In an inter
view in the Manila Freedom, Odun
says:
Never before did see such indica-
tions of mineral wealth. have tray
eled from the Klondike to South Afri-
ca. and | am convinced that there is
not much richer mineral country
In the world than the island of L,izon.''
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-19
English Money In Cripple Greek.

At no great time in the future many
of the properties of the Cripple Greek
district will he in the hands of mons
ter English companies similar to STRAIT
toms Independence. This is the con
clusion arrived at after discussing pres
cnt conditions with many of the best
posted local mining men. II Is thought
hy some that the foreign holdings In
camp will. in n short time, amount to
1000 acres. If not more. II Is further
asserted that the present weak c0ndi-
tion of the stock market Is due to n
big bear movement brought about by
some of the largest brokerage concerns
for the purpose of deprecating values
to enable the purchase of large hold
ings M u much less cost. The acquisi-
tions by local syndicates are also said
to be an attempt on their part To COB
BILE up properties ahead Of those who
are buying for the foreigners. The big
local concerns are said to have scent
ed the Forthcoming invasion of Eng
lish capital and are. so TO speak. max
Ing hay while the sun shines. or rather.
while the opportunity lasts. The influx
of foreign money Is generally nscribcd
to the successful hotation of Strntton's
Independence In London.
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-19
ROBERTS ceNsvREs WARREN.
Butler Also Criticised for the spion hop
Disaster.

Butler Also Criticized for the Spion Hop
Disaster.
London, April 1S.-The war office
last night published dispatch from
Lord Roberts, dated February 18th,
submitting General Buffers dispatches
describing the Spion kop and other op-
erations from January 18th to January
24th. Lord Roberts deals severely
with General Warren and some others.
Even General Butler does not escape.
Lord Roberts complains that the plan
of operations is not clearly described
in the dispatches
After sketching General Buffers in
tentions, as communicated to Sir
Charles Warren. who commanded the
whole force. Lord Roberts points out
that General Warren seems to have
concluded, after consulting with his Of
hcers. that the fianking movement Or
dered by General Butler was imprac-
ticable and, therefore, so changed the
plan of advance as to necessitate the
capture and retention of SpiOn kop.
Lord Roberts continues:
LAS Warren considered it impossible
to make the wide hanking movement
which was recommended. if not actu-
ally prescribed in the secret instruc-
tions. he should. forthwith. have ac-
WIFI lue toulSt Ht I'lo-
posed to adopt There is nothing to
show whether he did so or not. But it
is only fair to Warren to point out that
Butler appears throughout to have been
aware of what was happening"
Regarding the withdrawal from
Spion kop. the retention of which has
become essential to the relief of Lady
smith. Lord Roberts says:
Il regret to be unable to concur with
Butler in thinking Thornycroft eXer-
cised wise discretion in ordering the
troops to retire. am of the opinion
that Thornycrofts assumption of re-
sponsibility and authority was wholly
ineXcusable."
Lord Roberts dispatch. with the en-
closures. is the great feature of the
London press this morning. In long
editorial the News speaks of the some
what appalling language" of the dis
patch and then goes on TO say:
Upon the whole these dispatches are
disquieting and disheartening in no or
dinary degree. Following Immediately
upon the recall of General Gatacre.
they will create Il widespread feeling
of uneasiness and anxiety"
The Standard. which is supposed to
be in the confidence of the government.
says:
1T is scarcely likely that the pub
lication of Lord Roberts dispatch is
without purpose. 1t irresistably sug
gests whether it is not to be followed
by further important changes in the
South African commands. Painful as
such measures may be. there must be
no hesitation in carrying them out If
they are required in the public inter
est
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-19
Big Dividend of Home Mining.

The directors of the Home Mining
Company mt Ieadvillc held II meeting
on the 18th and declared dividend of
81 per share on the capital stock of the
company This is practically paying
back the original stockholders on their
investment made some two years ago
The company was organized by Major
A. V. Bohn. he securing the lease on
the old Smith-Aloffat group. which had
been under water for several years.
Local capital to the extent of 100000
was subscribed and last summer the
mines were unwatercd. Plenty of ore
was found during November. sufficient
to pay up all the indebtedness OF the
company. permit them to purchase new
machinery as well MS to keep up n
heavy pny roll. The present dividend,
1t Is expected. will he followed by reg.
ular monthly dividends in future.
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-19
sTRArToN BUYING HEAVILY.
Gradually Acquiring II Large Acreage In
Cripple Creek District.

Millionaire Stratton. always myster-
iOus in his movements for the acquiring
of vast properties. is at 1t again. Prob
ably the biggest deal yet planned by
Mr.. Stratton is now on. He has al
ready got control of the Union. and has
had for-several weeks. but it only be-
came known to few within the past
two weeks.
Mr.. Stratton Is now negotiating for
the Specimen. The offer was made for
whole or part of the Specimen. and
by people who were transacting the
business. that kept Mr.. Srrntton com
pleiely In the background. 1t Is doubt
ful II the Specimen officers even yet
know that Mr.. Strntton is the party
who will furnish the money to buy the
claim. The deal has not vet been com
pleted. but there is every probability
that 1t will he consummated within the
next few days. The price offered for
the Specimen Is very fattering. The
Specimen Is capitalized for 1.2OO.OOO
with 1000 shares In the treasury bp.
sides $1,000 In cash. The Specimen
claim comprises about ten and one third
acres on Bull hill. The gross prodic-
ton to date Is S13O.OOO.
Mr. Stratton Is now gradually buying
in the Mountain Beauty and 1t will NOT
he long until he has the controlling in.
terest In this wellknown and good
producer. The Mountain Beauty owns
about ten acres on Bull lllll. This claim
Is surrounded by the Findlcy. Lucky
Guss and the Hull City placer
Mr.. Strntton would like very much
to get control of the Lucky Guss. hut
that seems nearly impossible to get. ms
II Is owned by mn English syndicate.
That m L. nlSn "a hptlvn hnIInp Of
the Independence Town and Mining
Company.-he probably now has control
of II and that he IL fast buying In the
Findley there Is no question.
To those who have some doubts ~ To
the above 1t Will be well for them To
investigate. While the Star IL unable
to give 1t out ms absolutely authentic.
the information Is such that 1t IL thor
oughly satisfied that the above Is the
first published statement Of Mr.. STRAIT.
toms new plans.
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-19
-Four MIl',on. for Mc,,cnn Mines.

4 special from Tolucn. Mexico. says:
One of the largest mining deals ever
made In Mexico has just been consum-
mated here by the sale Of II group of
four exceedingly rich and productive
gold mines located in the Incualpan
district near here. by their Mexican
owners to II London. England. syndi-
cate. for Si.OOO.O00 In gold.
The properties were originally exam
ined In behalf of the purchasing syndl-
cate by John Hayes Hammond. Cecil
Rhodes Is said to be one of the prlnci-
pal stockholders.
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-19
Stomach
Troubles
IN, Spring

Are THAT BILIOUS FEELING, bad taste
in the mouth, dull headache, sleepless-
ness, poor appetite.
No matter how careful you are about
osting, everything you take into your
stomach turns sour, causes distress,
pains and unpleasant gases.
Don't you understand what these
symptoms - signals of distress mean 2
They are the cries of the stomach for
help 1t is being overworked. 1t needs
the peculiar tonic qualities and diges-
tive strength to be found only in