Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1900-06-28
called to aid the president with
advise and information in re-

foreigners who are Still alive,
punish the Chinese for the tnur
| der OF those who have been killed,
land establish laWauG er,,er. all
ithisis we'll enough rs far rs il
goes, necessary, II fact; but
what is to come after the Chinese
are whipped into submission !:
That IS the question of the hour
in Washington, and so deeply
interested therein are men of
prominence that the action of the
Philippine convention, which
ended yesterday, is regarded as
unimportant IN comparison. The
conventions action was so well
known in advance that it is re
garded as a matter of course.
This invasion of China is a very
different matter, and may affect
the whole future of this country.
1t is true that Russia and Japan,
| the two countries which will
probably furnish more of the in
Iyading army than all the rest of
the nations combined, have vol
)untarily assured the other nations
that they would not make the in
vasion an excuse for trying to Sc
cure Chinese territory, but assur-
ances of that nature have been
made and broken before. Of
course the u. S.. which has many
citizens and great commercial
interests in China, could not re-
fuse to join in the INVASION. But
a thing may be necessary and
jstill be fraught with the gravest
danger for those participating
That is the way this Chinese bus
mess looks to many close students
L
of the situation. If the allied
forces overthrow the present gov
ernment of China, which is
probable, they will have to set
lup another. Can the allies agree
on that question, and if not,
what will happen? Russia and
! Japan have long been ready to
fight each other on account of
Chinese territory while both have
been intensely jealous of the
growing influence in China of
England and Germany, and all of
them have bess;s.=-.ss s,isssz:sf the i {
rapidly growing Chinese trade of
the y. s. That being the siitiia-
ton, it is easy to understand that
serious trouble may grow out of
an attempt Of these nations, alli-
led for a htif1ane purpose but all
more or less commercial rivals of
leach other for Chinese trade. to
determine how and by whom
China shall be governed. The
situation is full of dynamite.
Inasmuch as many consider the
iron trade an 1nfallible CONNER
clal barometer, the following re-
marks of Mr.. J. E. johnson, a
prominent Virginia iron man,
are interesting: 1.-THE iron trade
lin which there has been for sew
eral months such remarkable
boom, is in peculiar state at
present. ! am just returning
from trip to Pittsburg, where,
being interested in the pig iron
i business, I have talked with a
number OF gentlemen we'll In
4 formed on that subject. They
4 tell me there is a pause in the
trade, and that at present there
|1s. nothing at all doing. Con.
tracts made some months age
are being filled, but, further thar
filling those contracts, the bias,
J furnaces have no woak. / ex.
: Il X u ~
pect that number of blast fur
Inaces which Started up ii the
hope Of prohting from the boon
in the iron business, will soon b
compelled to shut down. Th,
price Of iron went too high, .at1t i
there must come REDUCTION
! Pig iron alone has falleti OFF $50
So q ton. But contracts for !. Nlr
Lake Superior pres, which sente
into most of THERON n,anufaGtur
ed, have been made by the Iak
Superior people ae,an actual los
= u Y g s.FFtai'g gases, iai,t,. were carrie,