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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-10
Omaha Boo

Indications point 20 one Of the busi-
ex session ~ Congress ever held
Many important subjects require Leg
islatlon and the members of both bodies
express determination To- get down
10 work az once and keep 40 &c until
March. T. They VIII confer q favor on
The country n they carry out their
resolution. The country had AN the tax
that was needed during The last cam
palgn and is In a position TO appreciate
work
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-10

The Havana correspondent Of New
York paper declares there are too many
demogogues in Cuba for Cuba's own
good. This may be and probably is so.
The same may be said Of our own land
OF liberty.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-10

Ex.Mayor Hcwett has sold Plum ISL
and, In Long Island sound TO the gov
eminent The government gets the
island, but It is generally thought that
Mr. Hewett got the plum.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-10
MUSIC LOVERS.

All who desire information OF the
address etc. Of Salt Lakes music
teachers, should consult the Musicians
Directory published on the Dramatic
and Musical page OF the Saturday
"News"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-10

In the South African fox hunt be-
tween Knox and Dewet IL the former
does not catch the latter II should be
remembered that the fox hath his
hole.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-10

Minister WI says that Confuclus was
intensely practical and human. His
followers in China today seem to be in
tensely inhuman and very impractic-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-10

british parliament did little more than
partly organize the house OF commons
by the election OF a speaker.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-10
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

The December number OF Table Talk
opens with a poem. 1.-THE Turkeys
Jubilee" and this Is followed by a
number OF well written articles on
The Cooking OF the May Flower
Women" "a Borrowed Christmas. "
"Cheerfulness at the Table" THE
Making Of Men "a Dainty Christmas
of We Olden Days" Christmas Facts
and Fancies OF Many Countries"
"The Chjidren's Christmas" and Gifts
Of the World, and similar topics. H.
Illustrated Cookery is an attractive fea-
ture of Table Talk.-The Table Talk
Publishing Co.. Philadelphia, Pa.
The Christmas number Of Harpers
Weekly Is an exceptionally fine c0ntrl-
button 10 the holiday literature, Offer
Ing a wealth Of good reading and ex-
cellent Illustrations. Among the arti-
Giles are Going Home for Christmas"
by A. g. Wheeler: "A Century OF
Achievement" Charles II. Coffin:
Making Christmas Toys" THE
Transvaal War and the New Empire"
John W. Russell; and numerous others
Among the Illustrations, The
Claus OF the Sea- THE Christmas
Postum" Winter IN Porto Rico. ="
Music OF the Sea. Nora Stopped in
the Doorway" Peace on Earth"
HIS Christmas Dinner" and Loves
Christmas Gifts are very striking
Several Of these are full-page color
prints artistic In both conception and
execution. Harper & Bros, New York.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-10

In all this drivel about "the white
mans burden It seems 20 be utterly
ignored that different white men have
different burdens
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-10
STOCKS, INVESTMENTS
AND BONDS.

Utah bank and Commercial stocks and
other high grade investment securities
Fought and sold. Loans on stocks Dividend
paylag stocks bought and sold lnvestment
orders from Institutions trustees OF Estates
and capitalists Will receive the bost OF attsa.
ton. JOHN v. CUTLER JR
Ie.lSI a1Maln street
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-10

A Chicago dive keeper has invited the
clergy to come 10 his place and preach.
lie isn't looking ont so much for reform
as Advertisement and patronage.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-10

Hands on South Africa" says Lord
Salisbury TO all the world, He needs
to, seeing that he has his hands full
In South Africa.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-10

Congress is the worst place in all the
country for reports.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-10

The AsIatlc lion may have been ex-
terminated in India but the British lion
was never more ubiquitous there than
now.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-10

Wouldn't It be Just as well to build
the Nicaragua canal before getting up
a row over its fertilization?
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-10

The lighter the tax on beer the heay-
Ter the beer tax on the human system.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-10

A board Of health isn't always work.
ing just Tor lbs health.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-10

Il should not be a difficult matter to
discover the key TO the telegraphers
strike.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-10

| W idolDli 10 hNttll llldl hehLltNleN
of the conflict as the best obtalnable, il
behalf Of those who may not be wlllul
to submit 70 British rule with hi
armies scattered TO the winds. man,
of his generals dead OF in captivity; tn,
invaders In possession OF the country
and his sympathizers awed into silence
any terms Of peace should be accept
able. And II peace can be obtained al
the loss OF the mines around which al
the trouble OF the Beers seems to hav,
centered, It should not be refused OF
sentimental grounds
1
Congress is the worst place in all tn,
! country for reports.
I
A board Of health isn't always work.
ing just for It's health.
] ------
The lighter the tax on beer the heay.
Ter the beer tax on the human system
]
Il should not be a difficult matter Ia
discover the key TO the telegraphers
strike.
wouldn't It be just as well to build
the Nicaragua canal before getting up
row over its fortincatlon2
]
The AsIatlc lion may have been ex-
terminated in India, but the British lion
was never more ubiquitous there than
now.
In all this drivel about the white
mans burden It seems 20 be utterly
ignored that different white men have
different burdens.
Hands on South Africa" says Lord
Salisbury 10 all the world. He needs
to, seeing that he has his hands full
in South Africa
A Chicago dive keeper has invited the
clergy to come TO his place and preach
lie isn't looking ont so much for reform
as advertisement and patronage,
Minister WI says that ConfucIus was
",'''7''S p'ae,'0'' anu hui"ah MS
ioi''" ''s III O'''na ''l"! seem 10 De IN
tensely lnhuman and very impractic-
cal.
In the South African fox hunt bo.
tween Knox and Dewet, II the former
'oeS i'o' 'a'Su tue 'a''eI u shou'u DE
remembered 'hat the toN main MS
nole'
Ev.1tayor Uo,yett bos soI5 Plum, lei.
and In Long Island sourd ~ ,ns COW.
.rn,,apt Tho ,oro,r,,.,. oct. ,ho
lsiana' out u Is generally thought that
MT HeWett got the plum.
Tho 11svono corrognordo., y, . NJ.
yor,, noner 1oc,,res ,boro aro 20 -.
domogo9,os in Crh, CO.. Gu, 49,
.,o5 T,,. NO.. 800.
srhn con- no., -, s.,5 80 ys''y.y =, 80, ~,
=, ~.
A.. 49, a. . 1-,--,-.---. - o.,
..,,aions - u ,,,.'''' 80 -.
s-a. t,,..t ,e-,a-s.,' ~ 80 49,, ~ ''-''5
49,. - 49,, ' az ~
~. - - ~, - - .'@'"s V''
- - -. -. ~, '.U O' '''
- 80 -, $50, ''''-' - '0' Ns''
'''''s Wy 800, ~.
I'm the matter OF the extradltlon OF
Clifton Oxman. the governor OF Colo.
-. -. a.. ....-
Carolina SAID TO the governor Of South
Carolina on certain historic occa-
sion.
--------
johannesburg has been forced In with
rarbed wire So as 10 toan m. ,,boti,
..,.- -,
ANS iioh se''iis loou 'o lHe boefs'
why not build a trocha2 Anglo-Sax-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-26
IMPRESSIONS OF MANILA

Manila. June a. 1900.
IT MUST tell you hon I spent yesterday.
III Ia tbs morning ] painted. niu.-. nov
ever as fioTenclo Nas too busy with
his drama. The Apollo club gave a
play and concert last evening a. the Thea.
ter Dot The largest ncfc). and Florai~
ci2 took ore ~ tne leading parts. Just i'm
aTiue going 20 tbs thfatcr az - p N
Well. that "a what they 40 hare. az every
one has 20 be OF the streets nj 10 D. m
Wei, az 6 % clock the curtain roae and
the entertalEm eni lasted until 80 O'Clock.
X was very good. indeed. enjoyed the
mgsie very meca. too. s1ue of the FIJI
pinos sre ane musicians Two littis PM
plno boys nf rsgnt Ve9ra only played 10.
getheT, one ON piaBo and one on violin
and ! tell yoa it WAS graud. 7 wlah you
could have seen how beautifully the IN.
tie fellow executed GA the plano
We4l 50 has grown q tribe cooler. now
thar The rains have begun. although II Is
never really very cool. You know Il "a
summer always. Now II e more health.
fal than little while ago. during the hot
test weather May l. tha hottest month
of the year acre and 1 lived through that
you See Just nov the most disasreeable
feature IL that it Is 50 hard 70 keen
things dry. Everything feels damp. T,hs
atmosphere is saturated with moisture.
and II Is impossible to keep things from
growing damp. and then comes the fun 70
preserve them from the mould. In my
room / ind some things already growing
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-26

There Is not man or a woman doing
business ia Manila who is not taxed, and
even the market peddler who brings In a
basket OF vegetables has to pay her toll
before she can sell
Land of Concessions and Monopoifes.
A larr. number Of the businesses In the
past have been munopoiies fsrmod out By
the government There r. a beer brewery
here which claims that K alone has The
right 70 make beer IN the Philippines until
1914 Tho company has already made "A
fortune. and to-day no other brewery can
be started unta It's concession Is with
drawn. n has. I am told, violated the
terms ~ its contract with the government
iu that 81 agreed TO scel beeF Va Manila al
81, cents ptf N,re. 10 actually charged this
price ap Go the time that the Americans
came in when 70 jumped 20 % cents ger
ntrc. which r. SIS present charge
The collection - the taxes Of different
ciasses has In the past been farmed out az
auction. The man who Inspected the
weights and measures ~ the city paid
g. ,sN for the privilege. although the actual
income from such Inspection, according 20
his report. amounted Co s. 80 year. lie,
% course. made the difference betwctn
this amount and bis pFoats BY blAckmah-
lux and s1gseEtus.
The collection Il the taxes at the mar
kfAH was ANNf - $40 same way ~ Afs0
the governmental took charge this was
abolished, and The receipts from the mar
kets for the thrce days following were
only s. pr day. i, VAS turned over 30
one II The United States collectors and
the receipts rose soon &c $3.50 A day. Shortly
after thls an Americas paid the govern
HleDt ElN a day 30 collect the taxes. and o.
b. currently reported that he then made
80 dAy IN addition This was a rise Of
more than 40 per Aay On The actual re-
ceipts, Then the provost marshal took
the collection 81 those taxes into his own
hands. a lie saw that every person PAID
his Tax, and within tao months the city
was receiving SEA Ter day. II Is now get
tlnE from G5S 20 So a day, and the rs-
ceipis are stan rising
The charges for market places show
Just how every trade Is taxed Every
transient peddier pays ! cent per day
for each square meter OF ground she oc-
cupies. ! say she, for the marketing 10
done almost altogether by women. II the
place Is occupied for a week IL is con-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-26

wrong FOR Americans and It should he
changed AT once. The commercial travel
ers who are here from the United States
are complaining about IT, They say Il
iuterfcres with their business and they
can do nothing on account OF H. Indeed
the slcwncss OF the customs service %
Manila has been 80 notorious that the
European insurance companies extend
their Insurance In goods TO a month after
their arrival or until they have passed
from the customs house into tho hands
% the importer.
At the same time the customs receipts
are showing a considerable Increase They
are now sSoo.n0 a month. and they vii
De more than N@o.eo this year. This
will Ne az the port of Manils alone. It
does not include the six ports 90 llotlo.
CCbu. EamboanRA SLASH and Jolo u
shows that the business % the Philippine
islands has already begun to increase.
and this Increase viii probably continue
Med Eeeaetior N Tares on Business.
Ia order that American trade may be
Increased here there shoaid BE a consider
Hble reduction lu the taxes on an Nnds
% business The Spanish laws suu pre-
NaN as Z have said and everyone who
attempts 10 engage IN Ruy undertaking
Tor profit must pay part ~ his receipts
90 the guVtrumsut Bankers. importers
20 $50 q year. according 20 the amount %
business done. while money lenders cr
small pawn brokers 0aN from SO 90 81,
Ranking establishments also pay per
cent 20 their prantS. There Is a tax On
rlt salaries Directors. administrator
aud attorneys ara charged per cent. -
thelr incomes. aud everyone who receives
Noo a moufh ard upward must turn la
! per cent. of has salary ta the govern
mcnt
All atorckeepers pay heavy taxes Thoss
who deal ia hardware. jewelry and optical
go.sds are charged frpm tsoa Go siG per
anRum. provided they act also as import
ers. II they buy from middlsmen. tae
charges arc reduced one-haiL Shoemaksr.
who import I.ay $50 per arnum. 1rgg
stores. 500; hardware stores. $50. Aud
small shops seling wine. hecr and cannel
soods. 80 Chinese druggists are charged
SfsQ and Chinese provision stores sl0a
There is a tax here on the butcher. the
baker ana the candlestick maker tn,
barber pays 80 much every three months
and this Is SO wita many othar trAaa4na-n
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the Escolta and is increasing his business
every day.
Another successful establishment Ia
called the American Bazaar. IL sells all
kinds of American goods. and see that
its advertisement in today's newspaper
states that IL has ten tons of gents fur
nishing goods. just in from Frisco. Among
the Items mentioned are thirty kinds of
complete suits of underwear. and a certain
garter at one dollar. Mexican, which will
wear five years-i0 cents year.
The chief business that the ex-solder
goes into in Manila II the opening OF ho-
tells and boarding houses. You find Yankee
hotels and restaurants everywhere. adver-
tised under all kinds of names. One is
called Mothers Home" another the "Or-
egon hotelr and third the Washington
Restaurant" We have the Hoffman
house." the "Astor house, the CONNER
cial," the Golden Eagle" the United
States" tho Californian" and dozen and
one other places where you can get cold
iced beer ana coffee like your mother
makes" As TO saloons, they are TO be
found everywhere. and all the saloon men
are making money. Both hotels and sa-
looms pay high licenses.
American Professional Men.
There are a number Of our professional
men who have hung out their signs in
Manila There are half n dozen lawyers
and an equal number OF dentists and doe
tors. The dentists are all busy and they
all tell me they are doing well. ! kaow
one who made 500 silver last week. 9nd
who claims that he has made as high as
5000 and upward month. All OF the
dentists have high charges. Their custom
is among both the filipinos and Amerl-
cans. Some OF them occasionally make
trips over the country going from army
post TO army post to attend to the teeth
OF the soldiers
There are several American importing
and exporting firms here. but mona so far
are doing very large business. The most
of the importers deal largely In liquors,
advertising extensively tho different
brands ~ American WHISTLES.
There are several photographers. who
arc doing Well They charge 35 cents Tor
views. even when they are no larger than
carteB de gisite. and Ret Dig prices for
portrait work. They tell mo there are
openings here for good Photographic
supply house and FOR retail dealers IN
photoEraphlng materials
There IS an American barber shop. an
American shoe shop, one or Two American
street Teddiers and. In fact. Americans Of
ali trades. classes and conditions
would say. however. that there Il no
chance here for the small peddier and no.
much Tor the small dealer The Chinese
have al the petty retail buslnesa, and they
can I've 50 chespiy that the petty Amer
lean cannot compete with them
FRANK O. CARPENTER.
Manila, Juiy 2 $40 Copyrighted.
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CVJ Ton AoUJE.

sidered permanent. and even N the wo-
man has only basket her tax may be
raised as high as n cents per sauar r.
meter. None are charged however more
than 70 cents per day. Of 50 per month
for the right TO sell in che market aud
this last charge Is for a space about
as large as an average American parlor
or about sixteen feet wide by twenty
two long.
The peddlers on boats IN the canals pay
cent per day per square meter Of boat
surface, or an amount ranging from 3
cents 10 70 cents. according 20 whether
they have duEout canoes or cargo boats
A concession was given for TIE collec-
ton OF taxes ON horses. wagons and
draft animals This sold for abort tB.-
uoa for a term Of three years. and On this
contract, ] am told. one man recently
made more than t1.eo q month Lara
profits were made on other things 81 the
same nature. and. indeed. almost every
fat government job was a concession.
Grola'fs Of american Business N Mania.
Manila IL rapidly putting on It's Amsri.
can clothes. You ase American signs
on every street and although most O. the
businesses sa FAR started are small me
day win come when there viii De large
American stores here handling al kinds
OF American goods.
Al present We have an American drug
store. II Is a hlg one. and Be does a largo
business IN novels. light literature and
Stationary IS well a. ia Guiuinc and pllls.
There - one American fewelry store.
TheTe should BE more. Tor an enormous
amount ~ jewslry Is SOLD here The pso.
pie invest meat 81 their savings in dia-
rnonGs and gold and silver ornaments
There are large foreign stores selling
watches and precious stones. and also
East Indian merchants. who handle sill
veyware and al kinds ~ 5ewelry I un-
derstsnd The stores are having many
demands Tor American watches 80 FAR
the most have seen are OF Swiss make.
They are sold al low prices. and are
much bought by the soldiers our Amer
lean watch companies should study This
market and push thelr goods
One young American "a making a for
tune here in selling fine confectioneries.
soda water, ice cream ana America
bread. He opened with q small shop, bur
b. has now oa@ Of ths biggest plAes= an
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Its check mt the customs house Tor
~ 900 IN gold. This was tho duty
on one shipment of goods. THIS
was petroleum and n came from Russia.
The most Of the kerosene used In the
Philippines comes from that country. not
withstanding the United States has the
greatest petroleum. fields In the world.
We raise moro cotton than any other
land, but tho cotton goods used here come
from England and Germany We have
the chief iron mines and the best hard
ware. bat Germanv and England ars
supplying the Philippine. California -
nearer Manila than either Spain or
France. but the wines consumed are from
the latter countries.
In fact. about tho only thing that *
now being imported here Ia great guam
titles from America Is beer THIS was
brought 10 Manila by the ship load as
noon as the Americans took possession 90
the country. crossed the Pacific with
the agent % one firm who made $50 900
men have done almost az Welt and to-
day all the lcading makes Of American
beer are sold here The benr Is largely
consumed by Americans Within six
snenths after our troops handed the mum.
Der ~ ManiiRs saloons was multiplied
by ten There are now "a hundred here.
where There was one before the chicf
support OF an being the American soldiers.
The boer sells az hlgh prices the oFdin-
AIRY bottle costing - cents ga gold. OF
more than threo times as much rs al
hotne.
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.G Philippine ISL
ands do a foreign
business OF more
than SEA. 90. go a
year. and of this
the United States
~ not getting it's
share of the profits.
One OF the big Ina
porting Arms OF
Manila today gave
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-26

You would think mat tho Unned States
should furnish most az thc batter and
other canned goods 81 the Philippines u
does not The bulk 80 she CANNED stue
comes from Europy but Austraua ts
pushing hes was in Gar ahead ~ sine
Americans W. have Australian canned
ftuits On our diuinw Tables and aar arm,
L. nov eating Australian butter and Aus.
trRiian beef The duties az prescott arr
81 great a. 60 make such tsppeftattons
YsohiblttNc can % California PEAR,
which sells Ger 30 seats IN san Fran.
cisee. would have 90 pay an additional
o. cents az daty before Ct could enter
Msuila.
A. 90 other products teaece Switscr-
land end Austria ship WrEtN Co. THIS
market Machinery, paReg sud tiiks counr
from F'rancr furniture of the bnptwoo,
variety from Austria ana glass aad giaAs-
warp. Na well as iron. paper ASST eciuvuL
from tlslgiVtn
Ne take raegc ~ the exports og tho
philippines than any ether country 4ut
We spt less Sea return. Last year an tht
United States goods sold u Mantle wvve
woFta Sea round numbers $50 Aa ln soda.
Vnon which We paid a duty af &as@N iH
addition to this there were ~omc seods
Eopt hy way ~ hongkong aad trsnSsa' g.
pe.k there witch were probably credited
50 China hut altogether she imports wsfe
Nerl llgaI
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am told az rho CUSTOM house that. oo-
Esnuinr with This year theirs has been a
rafId increase IN American importagtoHs.
A great deal 20 hour has begun Go come in,
Cotton f. being imported in small lots
ana also some galvanisea iron AMI ua-
chlncry. quite a number uf American
tNIewritors are NclnN shipped TO- thu bush
ness arms hers seeinG ogr machines "a
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-26

There is not man or woman doing
business ia Manila who is not taxed, and
even the market peddler who brings In a
basket OF vegetables has to pay her toll
before she can sell.