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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01
OUR GROWING TRADE IN THE
ORIENT.

The announcement OF a large wheat
shipment to Japan sent from a Pacific
port, lends interest to some figures
which the treasury bureau of statis-
tics has prepared regarding the grow
ing demand for American foodstuffs
and manufactures in the Orient. Near
~ six million dollars worth of our
flour went to the Orient last wear,
against about four million dollars
worth in the preceding year, and near
IL all of it to China, Japan and Asiatic
Russia, the largest proportion of that
which reached China passing thru
Hong Kong, to which it was accredited
IN our export statements Shipments
sgof breadstuffs in the form of wheat
TO the Orient, however, have been in
the past rare, and the large shipment
of wheat just announced shows the
growing demand for our breadstuffs in
that section of the world which buys
4 annually billion dollars worth OF
goods, and which has been in the past
taking less than 6 per cent of its pur-
y chases from the United States.
That our sales to the Orient are rap
idly growing. however, is shown by the
latest export statistics. They show
that while there has been continued
growth in our exports during the past
fiscal year, by far the largest percent.
age of growth has been in our trade
with the Orient. To Europe, our ex.
ports during the eight months ending
with February increased "a per cent
as compared with the corresponding
months of the preceding fiscal year; to
South America, s per cent; to North
America, 1873 per cent; to Asia, 6s per
cent; to Oceanica, 81 per cent, or to
Asia and Oceanica combined, IA per
cent; while to Africa there was slight
reduction. owing to the disarrange-
ment of commercial conditions there
by reason of hostilities. Taking our
exports as whole, it is found that
the increase during the eight months
has been per cent, while, as already
stated, The increase to Asia and Ocean
lea has been Al per cent.
This increase in our sales to the
Orient occurs in every country CLASH
fed under the head of Asia and Ocean
Sea, to China the increase being from
S9,247,73s in the eight months ending
with Fekruary, 1899, to $685. s5 in
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01
GOOD Luck 10 die Hor.e.

Burlington Hawkeye: The American
horse, in which many Iowa farmers
have. d direct interest. is becoming an
Important factor in the British in
yasion of the South African republics.
England is SPENDING in this country
more than five million dollars for ami
mails to carry her men to Pretoria
This is. likely to revive the home horse
market, which has suffered depression
since bicycles, trolley and cable cars
came into vogue. The battlefield is
not a very safe place for man or brute,
but war is not all fiohting. A cam
paign often comprehends an active
merry existence in the open air, under
fair skies, with plenty of fresh green
grass to eat and numerous dust holes
IN which to roll. The long voyage
across the Atlantic in this case is OBJ
jectionable, because the stalls are never
very roomy; but life afield in South
Africa has many attractive features. A
happy journey then, to the American
horse with the wish that the Boer bull
let's will never find it,.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01

+ Representative Grout, of Vermont,
has introduced in the house resolu-
ton calling upon the treasury Depart
ment to furnish to congress informal
ton as to the kinds and amounts of
ingredients used in the manufacture
of oleomargarine. 1t is alleged by the
dairymen that the oleomargarine man
ufacturers get the support of southern
interests by claiming that cotton seed
oil is the largest part of oleomargar-
inc; that they enlist the cattlemen by
claiming that the by-products of the
beef cattle furnish the principal con
s1ituent of oleomargarine; that the
hog. raisers are allured by the tale that
a great market for lard is made by the
manufacture of oleomargarine. The
dairymen say they believe the report
will also show the use of some deleteri-
GUS substances, notably stearine, which
they claim, IS an indigestible product
resembling tallow from which candles
are made.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01
Automobile. aud Good Roads.

Burlington Hawkeye: The plan OF
the Automobile club of America look
ing to the construction Of two great
national highways, one extending
from Maine to ST. Augustine, Fla, the
other from New York to San Francis
co, is a daring one, and may seem just
a trifle visionary, but in SO far as it
can be made to strengthen the move.
ment in favor of good roads in gen.
eral, it affords an excellent subject for
popular agitation. The method pro-
posed by the club is that one-third OF
the cost of constructing these high
ways shall be paid by the national
government, one-third by the state
thru which they pass. and the re-
naming third by the cities and towns
lying along the projected lines. This
is an ambitious undertaking. If car
ried into effect it would give the coun-
try two of the finest highways in the
world and at all events it shows the
progress of the good roads movement
1t indicates also that the rapidly in
creasing use of automobiles is bound
to exert a wholesome influence for the
betterment of public roads thruout the
country.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01
THE DEWEY TICKET.

Admiral Dewey has made a name as
| a. brave and undaunted sea- fighter.
| With courage undismayed he fought
the Spaniards in Manila bay and for
ever put an end to Spanish rule in the
Pacific. All problems that arose he
settled with firm hand and sound
judgment. The net of diplomacy did
not catch him in its meshes.
No, it was left for a woman to be the
undoing of him. Dewey is like Nelson
in that, with the great difference be-
tween them that there is no scandal
in Dewey's case. Until the admiral
married he.,was in a fair va to be
the one hero Of ancient ana modern
times who was cast of pure metal in
a faultless mold. There seemed to he
nothing in his composition that would
tarnish or crumble. Since then-well.
we alltlinow.
This, is not the worst of it, however.
Another female has come forward to en-
barass the admiral. She lives in YER
mont, and has written to the gallant
old sailor that she is candidate for
vice president on the ticket with him.
Unto the unfortunate cometh misfor-
tune and unto the sorrowful. woe.
Now what will the admiral do? As
long as this ambitious female candi-
date remains in her habitat among the
green hills of Vermont things may be
all right. But suppose she should take
it into her head to brave the terrors
of ride on the "kyars'' down to
Washington. Once she button-holes
the admiral all is lost. He can refuse
la woman nothing. Should this gaunt
New Highlander breathe the word,
there will at once be placed in the
field, regardless of party, creed, or
platform, the world-beating independ-
ent ticket of ''Cousin George and Aunt
Melissa. Hankins.'' Shades of Jackson
and Jefferson, what next?
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01
THE PORTO RICO ACT.

The change in public sentiment re.
garding the Porto Rican act, now that
its principles and underlying motives
are understood, has been remarkable
People who month ago We're clamor.
ing for immediate free trade with
Porto Rico say frankly now that the
act as passed is vastly better and for
very important reasons. To have es.
tablished immediate free trade with
Porto Rico would have taken away
the easiest method raising revenue
which it could otherwise only have
had by an internal revenue act-a tax
which would have been extremely bur-
densome-or by direct contribution
from the treasury of the United States,
This absolutely necessary revenue will
now be supplied from the collections
under the Porto Rican act on all duti-
able goods imported into the United
Rico from the United States. If this
system of raising money is unsatis-
factory to Porto Ricans they can put
an end to it within few months if
they desire, since the act authorizes
them to elect a legislature and spe-
officially provides that all tariff between
the United States and Porto Rico shall
cease when that legislature shall pro.
vide the necessary funds for sustain
ing the government of Porto Rico
An equally important result, however,
of the enactment of this law, which
retains mere shadow of tariff du-
ties between Porto Rico and the Uni
ted States, lies in the fact that the
right to determine matters of this
character as they are reached is re.
tanned by congress, and thus no prec-
edent is established by which anybody
could claim. or the democratic party
can successfully assert, that free
trade with the Philippines or other
possessions Of that character must OF
would logically follow. 1t is only
justice to the workingmen of the
United States, whether on the farm,
in the factory, the mines, or else.
where, that congress should retain ih
its hand the absolute power to deter
mine these matters one by one, as
they may offer themselves for detef-
mination.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01
All Talk and No Action.

Keokuk County News: The good
road cranks are going it again. We
suppose that 4 convention composed
of a lot of fellows wearing nose glass
es and flashy shirt fronts is destined
to do great things for the highway in
some locations, bun in this good old
blessed state of Iowa, it takes graders
and shovels and muscle to make per-
ceptible showing on bad roads. The
fellows who are always talking about
good roads, but never do anything to
make them better eNcepr to meet and
resolve and drink champagne, make us
all fired weary.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01

the eight months ending with Feb
ruary, 1900; to the British East Indies,
from $2,S45, 1876 to $751; 1859; to Hong
Kong, from $4,732,0T2 to S5,136.162: to
british Australasia, from $12, 1865
to 17,999,403; to the Hawaiian Islands,
IRON $5,6oS,000 to $S,546,S59, and to
Japan, from $1O,5o5,s54 in the eight
months ending with February, 1899,
to $ls,344,179 in the eight months end
ing with February, 1900.
This phenomenal increase in our eN-
portations to the Orient, and especially
to Japan, is the more surprising be-
cause of recent information from ia
pan which shows that the general i'm
portations of that country have been
greatly decreased under its new tariff,
which is mildly protective. The total
imports of Japan in the year 1899 were
20,367, 622 yen, against 277,5o2,157 yen
IN the preceding year, the value of the
yen being 1913 cents. Thus it is seen
that while Japan is decreasing her
general imports, she continues to rap
idly Increase her imports from the
United States.
The remarkable growth of our ex-
ports to the Orient, however. only be-
comes fully apparent when the figures
OF the present exports are compared
with those of a few years ago. For
instance, our exports to Japan in the
fiscal year 1898 were but $3,195, 494,
and in 1899 they were S17,264.6SS and
seem likely to be $26.OOO,OO0 in the fis-
fcal year 1900. To China our exports
OF 1898 were S3,9oo,45 and in the
present fiscal year will be in round
exports during the period have dou-
bled, being 81 ,a16,6oa in 1893, and
lpromise to be over $S,000,000 in the
present fiscal year. To Australasia the
exports of 1898 were 1921. 22s. and
promise to be fully s24,ooo,ooo in the
present fiscal year. To Asiatic Russia
the exports of 1893 were less than a
quarter of million of dollars, but will
reach fully $2,0o0,000 in the fiscal year
about to end. Even more remarkable,
however, is the growth in our exports
to the Hawaiian and Philippine ISL
ands. 10 the Hawaiian Islands the
exports OF 1893 were S., S27 ,563, in 1899
$9.305,470. and in the fiscal year 1900
promise to be fully $12,0O0,OOO; while
our exports to the Philippines, which
in 1893 were but $154,37S will in the
present year exceed $2,000,000. Consid-
ering our exports to Asia and Oceanica
combined the total for the fiscal year
1893 is $27,421, 1871, for 1899, $7s,235, JIG,
and for the fiscal year about to end
will exceed $10O,OOo,O0o. The following
table shows our exports to the princi-
pal countries of Asia and Oceanica in
the fiscal years 1893 and 1900. the esti-
mate for 1900 being based upon the
actual figures for the eight months
of the wear already reported:
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01
rhe promptness with which the SEN

The promptness with which the sem
ate knocked out various propositions
before that body, looking to the grant
of special privileges to corporations
and others at Cape Nome and else
where in Alaska, is encouraging. Not
only We're the advocates of further
special privileges turned down, but as
finally adopted the bill for regulating
gold mining in that region provided
for the revocation and cancellation of
all special privileges heretofore obtain
ed thru complaisant secretary Of the
interior or otherwise. Let those who
have been in the habit of talking
about the senate as "the refuge of
corporations and monopolies" take
note.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01

be so immediate as that produced by a
magicians wand; but the beginning
the premier pas qui coute-will be
made on all hands with no hesitancy,
and simply from the natural force of
things. Without drawing on the inn
aginasion, or speaking with too great
flow of optimism, we are justified in
reasserting that every portent points
to our being on the threshold of the
opening out of the greatest boom in
South African trade that that extra
ordinary country has ever SEEM
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01
THOSE MESSAGES AND PAPERS.

The Creston Gazette copies para
graph recently printed in the Courier
concerning the published messages
and papers OF the PRESIDENTS" and
adds to it some exceedingly interest
ling information about this valuable
work. 1t will be remembered that the
Paragraph in question said that, accord
ing toa Washington correspondents Iowa
congressmen We're being constantly
asked for copies of the messages and
papers, but We're unable to furnish
sthem because the edition was long ago
exhausted. The work has, however,
been reprinted, and the Washington
& correspondent says agents have been
travelling about, claiming that the
books were secured from congressman
Tor they could not sell them for SO low
y price as from $25 to $50 per set, the
price varying according to the guilt
bility of each sucker.
a Apropos of all this the Gazette says:
III The Washington correspondent from
i whom the Courier extracts its Informal
ton has erected a very large tissue of
Il falsehood on very small foundation
i. of fact i'm what he says concerning the
!: commercial edition of the erstwhile
public document, Messages and Papers
of the Presidents. These books, far
from being OF mo value to any home
library" are the most valuable volumes
ever issued by the public printing Of
!. fee. They are of profound interest not
only to the politician and those looking
to a political career, but to the casual
reader whose object in perusing them
lis merely to enlarge his stock of his
torical Information.
The work was published under an
act of congress which limited the num-
Der OF sets to 5000. It's editor was Con-
gresham Richardson of Tennessee,
then chairman of the congressional
committee on printing, now leader of
the democrats in the house as their
recent candidate for speaker. The
edition of 5000 permitted to each con-
& gresham eight sets of the messages
and papers for gratuitious distribution,
i which they disposed Of in most cases
4 by placing them in the public Ii
braries.
The editor of the work, Richardson,
< was a8popular member of congress. By
personal influence and the aid of a
lobby he succeeded in passing thru
the house and senate an act granting
him a dulicate set of the government
lSAtttNss's SIo wi w AiiS PliNhbC
ownership, material which had been
-rrepared by the government at an ex-
pense of thousands of dollars, which he
intended to use, and has used, under
the protection of a copyright, in the
printing and sale of a second edition
OF the messages and papers.
Richardson and his pals are now
under congressional investigation and
The 1aadar of + he 51ampcratic Sida IF be
house is finding himself in a position
of much embarrassment. 1t is doubt
ful if he can extricate himself from his
fix without being badly handled in the
operation.
Persons should not buy the messages
and papers, no matter how slick the
story put up bv book agents. Congress
as q way of lettir~ Richardson down
easy will probably authorize another
government edition of the work, when
those who have use for the work may
secure it as other government publ
cations are secured.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01
Use of Legislatures.

Cedar Rapids Gazette: 1t is appro
pirate to make inquiry into the use
and abuse of legislatures.
The people of the STATE are familial
with the attempt to prevenu the oper
alton OF saloons. even when said sa
looms should observe all the require
ments of the state law, within five
miles of the campus of the state uni
versity. Stated in another manner
the legislature was asked to prevent il
Iowa City the operation of saloons ac
cording to law.
The mayor of Burlington has jus;
issued TO the chief of police of that
city orders that, under the circum
stances, are instructive. Hereafter thu
saloons of Burlington are TO be CLOSED
at 6 o'clock in the evening on the Sab.
bath. Heretofore they have operated
on Sabbath evening the same as an,
other evening of the week. and they
operate all night in utter defiance O.
the state law.
The mayor of Sioux City has ISSUED
an edict that hereafter the saloons O.
that city shall be closed all day on the
Sabbath. On all other days and night!
they will be operated as heretofore
and the saloonkeepers in all other re
spects will proceed as tho there was
no state law OH the subject.
The proclamations of other mayors
will be awaited with interest. 1t is
time for the chief executives of Musca,
tine. Clinton, Davenport, Council
Bluffs, Dubuque, Ottumwa, Keokuk
and other cities of size to come to the
front. The slloonkeepers of Cedar
Rapids do and always have observed
the law very well. That there are fla.
grant violations is none of their fault
in the majority of cases. The place:
are closed at 10 o'clock in the evening
and on Sundays, holidays and election
days according to the provisions o.
the law. The other cities of the stat,
should get in line, after the attempt te
make a scapegoat of Iowa City. Rev
Abrams and other agitaaors will please
take cognizance Of the facts and gov
ern themselves in accordance there
with. The people of Iowa will not tol
crate this sort of hypocrisy. 1t has
been open and shameless and canno
be 100 strongly condemned, and the
papers that have been winlsing at tn,
assault on Iowa City will be asked tt
give an account of their stewardship
nearer home.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01
SOUTH AFR1cA's COMING BOOM

The British and South African EX-
port Gazette of London thinks that a
boom is impending in South Africa.
This is the argument: ''The certain
ty which we have all along insisted
upon that revival of South African
trade would eventuate in boom un-
paralleled i'll its previous history is
now being recognized on all hands,and
wholly shuts out OF sight the forebod-
ing of the few constitutionally pessi-
unsteady inclined. The signs of this
revival are plainly discernible to the
least reflective, and are enforced by
the 'strong expressions of opinion
which find utterance in the leading pa
pers turnout the Kingdom. The waste
produced by war, far from damaging
trade, fosters it by the demands it ere
ates for replacement. These affect al
most the whole series of industrial
products. The deprivation and Austen.
ton imposed by interrupted commune
cations have and will be followed by
the extravaganza of outlay which al
ways ensues in similar eases. The
rush to industrial and other pursuits,
in order to recover the losses caused
by the war, the active resumption Of
business in multifarous ancient and
tried grooves, with the opening up of
new fields of labor, will each and all
stimulate commerce. The release from
trade-burdening fetters, and the bene-
ficence of wise rule, with the assur-
ance of Il permanent future before
South Africa, will again attract cap
ital and enterprise into old and new
departments-all of which factors will
necessarily and inevitably make for a
huge revival of business beyond any
hitherto parallel. 1t is true that the
full horescence of the revival cannot
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01
Clear Field for Lacey.

Monthly independents: Hon. H. L,
Waterman retires himself from the
list Of congressional aspirants. This
leaves practically a clear field for Mr.
Lacey, who will no doubt be nonina.
ted by reclamation. Mr.. Lacey, ac-
cordig to Amos j. Cummings, is one
of Henderson's right hand men; in
other words, he is assistant speaker
Of the house. Lacey is intellectual
he is superior to Hull. Deliver, or to
any other representative.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01
oskaloosa Herald: With due regard

Oskaloosa Herald: With due regard
TO Capt. Carr's candidacy for congress
sional honors. we believe the with
drawal of Mr.. Waterman will make
Congressman Lacey's denomination by
acclamation certain. Mr.. Lacey will
have the solid delegation from Wapello
county as he was second choice to all
of Mr.. Waterman's supporters. Davis
and Monroe counties which might
have given MI. Waterman some votes
will now come to the unanimous sup
port of Mr.. Lacey. He is stronger now
than he has ever been before and is
daily growing in popular favor thru
out the district.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01
Dollivor. of the Tenth District.

Glidden Graphic: Hon. j. p. Dolli-
yer will have no opposition for re-
nomination for his seventh consecu-
tive term in congress. This is certain
ly handsome compliment. In twelve
years he has been obliged to choose
among his friends Il comparative few
for public station, while the many
have been disappointed. 1t is certainly
a tribute to Mr.. Delivers ability and
popularity as we'll as to the good sense
of the many able men in the district
that no effort has been made to de-
velop opposition by holding out to
the men the hope for revenge.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01

1896. On the single item of live stock
the increase over the year 1896
amounts to $7OO,O0O,0OO, or a gain OF
So per cent. The percentage of gain
in the value OF all agricultural prod
uts over the total during the three
years mentioned is 81 per cent, 1t is
hardly necessary to go into the stat
istics more deeply. These figures tell
the whole story.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01

Several Yankee inventors insist that
a ship channel in the lakes can be kept
open in winter by ice crushers. Rus
STA has built in England an ice-crush-
ing vessel whose trial trips are said to
prove ahat it can open any harbor or
waterway. no matter how thick the
ice may be. Two such vessels, it is
suggested working from opposite ends,
could maintain a passage thru the
lakes in midwinter.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01
wild win Eczema
Fire Could Not Have Been More
Painful.

{" After spending two years in TAX
ing all kinds OF medicines that were
suggested for eczema, but without
avail, my mother was induced to take
Hoods Sarsaparilla. The result was
wonderfully gratifying. Her limbs
had been terribly lacerated by the dis
ease, and there were times when fire
could not have been more painful.
She was, in fact, almost wild. Two
bottles of Hoods Sarsaparilla COM
pletely cured her, and not trace Of
eczema was left" E. w. DECKER,
Gardiner. N. Y.