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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-09-21
WEAVING COTTON CLOTH.

sun win be worn, and machine spun
and woven cloth will take its place.
There is n steady increase of cotton
goods imported from America and
India, especially of the lower grades
of cloth. The literary classes wear
foreign cloth for outside garments al
most entirely now. They prefer
homespun for underclothing, because
it is heavier, and hence warmer.
Yarn is being imported from India
in great quantities. During the past
three years several large mills have
been erected in Shanghai for spinning
yarn. They can sell their yarn as
fast as they can spin it, but their ex-
penses are so heavy, owing to the high
prices of coal prevailing in the east.
and the large advance of wages in
Shanghai, that they have been fail
ure financially SO far. When the in
terror is opened and made safe by a
stable government, similar establish
ments can utilize the immense water
power of the Tangtse and other rivers,
and with the wages of rural districts
can then compete with any rivals.
The woman with the distaff will grad
ually disappear. She will buy the
yarn and weave it.
AS the country opens wages will
advance, garments will be less alb
breviated and less patched by the
laborer, finer quality oil cloth will
be demanded by the middle classes.
The quantity of raw material con-
sumed will be increased, as well as a
better grade of goods called for.
Whatever may be the political
changes the future has in store for
this most ancient of empires, we may
safely predict the undisputed and un'
interrupted reign of King Cotton.
WILLIAM N. BREWSTER.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-09-21

cloth day, when the yarn is in the
loom, but it is not possible to average
that, for it takes one-third of the
weaver's time to place the yarn in the
loom.
The dyeing is mostly with indigo,
which is raised in large quantities in
South China. The mems clothes are
plain blue or black. The black is
simply indigo in larger quantities.
This plain blue or black homespun
cotton cloth is the universal clothing
of the Chinese peasantry during the
cool weather. Those who can afford
1t wear white in summer time. They
also weave white and blue together,
the warp of one color and woof OF
the other, making pepper and salt
cloth that is quite common. Figured
cloth is also worn by children, but
not much by adults. 1t is stamped
by the dyer. The women of this
region are fond of bright red for
dress-up occasions, and bright green
is also a popular and comparatively
expensive color. A curious method is
used to dye this color. One days
journey north of Hinghua is stream
that has some peculiar mineral prop
critics that cause the indigo blue to
turn bright green. Cloth is carried
there from Annoy overland, a four
days journey, to be dyed. AS far as
is known this is the only stream that
has these properties. Doubtless a lit
tie knowledge of chemistry applied
to the problem would soon reveal the
secret, and make it possible to do it
artificially, thus avoiding the expense
of long carrying overland and break
ing up the monopoly of this neigh
borhood.
In cold weather coats and trousers,
double and lined with cotton wadding,
take the place of the heavy woolens
worn by western nations. This is
very much cheaper than wool. 1t is
clumsy, of course, but that does not
inconvenience the wearer, for his
clothes hang so loose upon him that
there is ample room. i am assured
that it is no uncommon thing for per-
sons who can. afford it to wear as
high as dozen coats in cold weather,
of which two or three are cotton
lined. There are no fires for heating
houses in South China, and the doors
are always open; so the Chinese when
cold simply add coat. When too
warm they take one off. The loose
cut of the garments makes this q
simple matter. If in a company, and
it is not desirable to remove the outer
garment, by little dextrous pulling
and shifting of arms the surplus un.
dergarment is pulled out of one of the
ample sleeves.
Ast to the future, it is in every degree
probable that in time much less home
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-09-21

u,al by Judge for trial by Jury, and Is
n. covert blow at the jury system. The
abolition OF government by Injunction IS
as necessary for the protection OF the rep.
utation of the court, as II is for the Sc.
curity of the citizen.
THE BLACKLIST.
The blacklist as now employed In soma
places enables the employer TO place the
skilled laborer loses his independence
when the employers car rot only dis
charge him, but prevent his securing any
similar employment. The blacklist en-
ab,es employers to secure, by mutual
agreement, that control over the wage
earners which private monopoly exer-
cises without contract.
ARBITRATION.
The platform renews the demand for
arbitration between corporations an1
their employees, No one who has observed
the friction which arises between great
corporations end their numerous en-
ployes car doubt the wisdom of establish
ing an impartial court for the equitable
settlement of disputes. The demand for
sI,,;,! arbitration ought to be supported as
convenience because of strikes and lock-
outs. and by the employers themselves, as
by the employees
FOREIGN ALLIANCES.
The reasons given by Washington, JEFF
fersor and the other statesmen of tho
early days IN support of the doctrine that
we should maintain friendly relations with
all nations, Dut enter into enta0BInR al
liances with none, are even stronger to.
day than they were n hundred years ago.
We cannot connect ourselves with Eu-
ropean nations. and share in their jeal.
peculiar advantage which our location.
our character and our institutions give us
in the worlds affairs.
MONROE DOCTRINE.
The doctrine enunciated by Monroe, and
approved by succeeding presidents, is cs.
sentiai to the welfare of the United
States.
The position taken by the republican
leaders, and more recently set forth by
the republican candidate for the presden-
cy, viz. That we cannot protect a nation
frcm outside Interference without exer.
cising sovereignty over it's people, is an
assault upon the Monroe doctrine.
INCOME TAX.
BY inadvertence the income tax plank
agreed upon by the resolutions committee
was omitted from the platform as read
and adopted. The subject, however. Is
covered by the reanirmation of the Chi.
cago platform. and.I take this occasion
to reassert my belief in the principle
which underlies the income tax.
IMPERIALISM.
The subjects, however, treated in this
letter, important as each may seem in II.
luton as the question which the platform
declares to be the paramount issue in thi:
campaign. Whether we shall adhere tC
or abandon those ideas of government
WhlCn nave ulstlnEulsntu lHlS HdllOI
from other nations and given to its his
tory its peculiar charm and value, is 6
question the settlement Of which cannot
be delayed. No other question can ap
proach 1t in Importance; no other ques
tion demands such immediate considers
ton. When the doctrine that the people
are the only source of power is made Sc
cure from further attack we can safely
proceed to the settlement of the numerou.
questions which involve the domes site and
economic welfare of our citizens.
Very truly yours,
w j. BRYAN.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-09-21

Washington. Sept. 49, President
MeKinley's orders for the establish
ment of government over the Fill
pinos were made public Monday. They
were issued April Z last in the form
of Instructions to the Taft commits
sion, whose members were charged
with promulgating, September 1, n
civil rule that should guarantee the
fullest possible measure of freedom
to all the islanders, safeguard their
rights and separate church from state.
They include the establishment of a
civil government in which the natives
shall take part so far as they show
capacity to do so.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-09-21

tions. And a century is n trifling pc
riod of time in the orient.
Their tools are, of course, of the
most primitive and cheapest kind.
The spindle is simply wheel of bam-
boo spokes about two feet in diam
eter, turned by the right hand. A
string belt turns the little spindle,
and the roll of cotton held in the left
hand is drawn out and twisted into a
rather coarse and uneven yarn.
When one watches this process of
spinning one thread at time and
thinks of the countless mass of hui
manity that is being clothed in this
way, it gives hm vivid conception OF
the accumulative power of little
things.
The loom is of wood, clumsy and
heavy; but they use it with such
skill and industry, and labor is Sc
cheap, that they can successfully com,
pete with machinery in weaving, and
at the same time make a living wage
! A good weaver will make IA yards oi
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-09-21

overworked lines of production. Con-
meet the cotton producing states with
the far east by an isthmian canal and
open the interior with it's vast popula
tions under an enlightened govern
ment, and it will be scarcely possible
ever again to glut the cotton market
of America.
Where do they get it now? 1t is
grown chiefly in the Yangtse valley.
Compared with the American article,
the best is poor. The fiber is short. II
grows low and stunted, and the card
ing is done by hand. A bow with a
string, held up by stick tied to the
workman's back running from his
waist to foot or more above his head,
and a wooden mallet, are his tools. BY
working hard he can beat ten pounds
day.
The beaten cotton is made into lit
rolls about IS inches long. The cost
of this carding process is about one
cent pound. The shops retail the
carded cotton. 1t is safe to say that at
least three-fourths of the cotton cloth
ing worn by the Chinese is homespun.
These little rolls are spun into yarn
one thread at a time by the women and
girls in their homes. A woman can
spin from three to five ounces a day,
and earn about one cent. That is what
would be called sweating" by certain
social reformers in America. But in
China it is nothing of the kind. These
women are making their own Clothes,
and those of their family. They have
plenty of time and no money. They
use their large leisure in that way. The
woman operatives in the cotton mills in
Shanghai are paid ten times that and
can live comfortably on their wages.
1t seems like ages ago, but it is not
so very long, since our great-grand-
mothers spun and wove the clothes
for their husbands and brothers. The
century that is about to die has seen
the birth of this and nearly all the
great industrial enterprises that have
SO revolMtionized our social condi-
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-09-21
CHINA IS IN A HURRY.
She Asks That Conger he instructed
to Begin Peace Negotia-
tiOns at Once,

Washington, Sept. 1s.--The desire Of
China to actually begin the negotia-
tions for peace was evidenced Monday
in dispatch from Prince Ching, de-
livered by Minister WI to the state
department. The dispatch was dated
at Peking, September 8, and in it
Prince Ching states that he has been
clothed with full authority, along
with Ii Hung Chang, to negotiate for
peace. He expresses desire to pro-
ceed in the matter and asks Minister
WI to submit request to the secre-
tary of state to send instructions to
Minister Conger to begin the nego-
tiatiops at once. 1t is probable that
no immediate response to the request
for instructions to Minister Conger
can be given, as Prince Ching's re-
quest will have to be laid before the
president and sufficient time given to
consider the question of his creden-
tials, as well as the desirability of
proceeding at once.
NJ. Thiebaut, the French charge DAT
taires, called on Mr.. Adee Monday and
the status of Chinese affairs was gone
over. 1t appears that Prince Ching's
request that Minister Conger be in
itructed to proceed with the negotia-
tions has been communicated also to
the other powers, each being requested
to authorize their several ministers to
go on with the negotiations, at least in
the preliminary stages. This may
make necessary some discussion be.
tween the powers as to the desirability
of acceding to the request. although
there appears to be rather genera
dea that there will be no immediate
instructions to go on.
London, Sept. 1s-There is no ad
ditional news from China this morn
ing. The Daily Graphic asserts tina
all the powers have accepted Ii Hung
Chang, and will probably accep
Prince Ching as negotiators. 1t say,
also that the powers have agreed t'
insist that central government. sat
isfactory to the powers, shall be es
tablished in China, and that full ret
ribution shall be eXacted for the at
tacks upon the legations.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-09-21
BEGINNING TO LOOK HERSELF.
street Cars Running in Streets of
GaIveston-RemarIS Progress
Made In Restoring Order.

Galveston, Tex, Sept. 1s.-Galveston
is beginning to look like itself again.
Horse cars are in operation in the
Business part of the city, and the
electric line and water service has
been partially resumed. The progress
being made under the circumstances
is little short of remarkable. Accord
ing TO statements made by Gen. Scur-
ry, Mayor Jones, Alderman Perry and
others, there is equally good reason
to believe that the progress of :he
work during the next week or so will
be even more satisfactory.
Monday morning the board of
health began systematic effort to
obtain the names of the dead, so that
the information can be used fo' legal
purposes and for life insurance set
tements.
General Manager Polk, of the Santa
Fe railroad, stated Monday that The
bridge across the bay would he re-
paired sufficiently TO permit Of the
passage of trains by Wedne sday or
Thursday at the very latest.
Sunday 107 bodies were recovered
and cremated. Among them was a
mother with sucking babe tightly
clasped to her breast. In this imper-
ative necessity of the dispatch of the
dead tragic scenes are witnessed that
move the stoutest hearts. The num-
ber recovered and cremated Monday
has not been reported as yet, but it
will exceed 100 or more
Partial census of II of the 12 wards
in Galveston puts the death list by
the storm at $4,000.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-09-21
Killed hy the Cnrs.

Chicago, Sept, ls.-Mrs. Mary Il.
Curran, aged ~ years, and Mrs.
Sara Holmes, 55 years old, met
death on the tracks of the Chi
cago & Erie railroad Monday. The
accident occurred at a point about
150 feet south of Garfield boulevard.
While returning home together from
a visit TO a sick friend, they disre-
garded the shouts of IA policeman, and
also an alarm bell and the lowered
gates, and tried to dodge behind one
train, to escape another. In doing so
they were run down by third train.
whose approach they could not see,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-09-21
CLOTHING IN CHINA.
Four-F ifths of the Garments Worn
Are Made of Cotton.
They Card, Spin and Weave IL mt
Home-Where They Get the Raw
Material - waste Economic
Changes Predicted.
Especial Hinghua (chlna) letter.

Especial Hinghua (ChIna) Letter.J
T1> is safe to say that four-fifths
of the clothing worn by the
Chinese is cotton. The Mon
golian wears it literally from the
cradle to the grave" Rich and poor,
high and low, dress in cotton clothes.
The rich man may have a silk robe on,
but his underclothing is of cotton. OF
wool, he will have none of it. He says
"it blisters" him.
The Importance of this fact in its
bearing upon Americas great cotton
growing and cotton manufacturing in
dustries can scarcely be over-estimated.
Here are over 3OO,OOO,oOO people, our
next-door neighbors, furnishing an in
satiable market for one of our most
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-09-21
A EaIal ExnlnEiOn.

London, Sept. 1s.-The British COM
mander at Taku cables that a ia
tigue party, engaged in destroying
gunpowder at Tung Chow, has been
blown up. Two British-lndian sol,
diers were killed. The wounded in
clude 13 British-Indian soldiers, Capt
Hill and Ii British Chinese soldiers
and II Welsh fusileers,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-09-21

During the sixty years that Judge
Reagan, of Texas, has been in public
life he has kept up his farm. He now
has fine ranch of 500 acres near Pal.
estine, Anderson county. to which he
will retire when he surrenders his
office of railroad commissioners.
Those nations who are figuring on
a fight with the cZar of Russia OF
course understand that he has over
whelmingly great armies and navies.
mwo hundred and forty ships are now
in service. The Russian army figures
in grand totals, 52,1OO officers and
2,79S,000 men.
In 1891 there was printed in ST.
Petersburg book containing inter-
views with many prominent persons
on the position of Hebrews in Rus
siS. The authorities interfered, and
apparently every copy was destroyed
One, however, found its way to Ber-
lin. 1t has been translated in Ger.
man, and the original presented to
the British museum.
The Italian duke of AbruZzi has
come nearer getting an introduction
to the North Pole than any explorer
who has ever undertaken the task
While he has the qualification of trav
cling farther north than any one elsi..
he has not, so far as reported, added
to the worlds stock of useful infor'
nation. However, the full account
of his arduous voyage has not YET
been rendered
In Zulugand the atmosphere is SO
clear that objects can be easily seen
by starlight at distance of seven
miles.
Capt. i. S. White, of Columbia, S
C., an old confederate soldier, vii
erect n monument to the dead In
dams who helped the confederate
cause.
A man in Keokuk, Ia, committed
suicide the other day by hanging
himself TO rafter in u barn. TIL,
event was chroniclcd in the Quinc,
!. Herald under the heading, by Raft
er to Hereafter"
The packages sent from Duoli,
, castle to Windsor show that TIL
queens purchases in Ireland wer
largely presents for her wounded sol
diers.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-09-21
OmeinI Vote of Arkansas.

Little Rock, Ark Sept. is. The
complete vote in the recent state
election for governor, the only con-
tested office, was announced Monday
officially. The total number of votes
cast was 132,9T9, of which jeff Davis
(dem.), received sS,637; II. L. Remmel
(rep.), 40,7O1; Abner w. Files (pop.)
3,64l, Davis majority, 44,s95; plural
ity, 41.936
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-09-21
BRYAN'S TOUR OF KANSAS.
ie Makes Is Speeches I'm One Day
While Touring the srnhover State.

Pittsburg, Kan, Sept. 1S.-Mr. Bry.
an arrived here n few minutes before
o'clock last night and after dinner
made speech to one of the largest
crowds he has yet addressed. lie did
not conclude his address until II
o'clock, making IL hours of campaign
work put in during the day. He spoke
briefly from the rear platform al
Baxter, Columbus, Scammon and WeiI
City OH his way from Galena. A
told, he made during the day two set
speeches and 13 platform talks. There
were good crowds at all the stopping
places and invariably there We're cries
for more" as the train moved out.
The Bryan train had another eNpe-
rience with supposed picKpockets. At
Columbus gentleman on the train
thought he discovered two men in the
act of going through the crowd. He
gave the alarm and the suspects took
refuge on the train. One of them
was afterwards pointed out to the
managed to divert the officers atten-
ton as the train slowed up in passing
Stippville and he darted TO the door
of the car and Jumped off the train,
AS he sprang OFF the sheriff fired q
shot after him, following this with
two more shots. The man was seen
to fall, but whether as the result of
'the jump or the shot was uncertain.
as the train did not stop.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-09-21

Chicago, Sept. 1s.-In schoolboys'
quarrel Monday Richard Novack, IA
years old, SO West Fourteenth place,
stabbed and killed Albert Olson, IS
West Fourteenth place, who was cele-
brating his fifteenth birthday,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-09-21

Landlady-You'll have to pay in ad-
vance, sir. You are stranger.
New Boarder--Oh! that's all right,
ma'am! I'm an easy fellow to get ac-
uuainted with.-Puck.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-09-21
Noted Divine Dead.

Dayton, o., Sept. 1s.-Rev. George
Willard, a noted divine of the Re-
formed church, died here Monday
night, aged SO years. He was for a
quarter of century president Of
Heidelberg university, at Tiffin, o.,
and held various pastorates in Ohio,
PENNSYLVANIA and MARYLAND.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-09-21
His objection,

Wistful Willis-I don't like the looks
O. dem scythes an mowin' machines.
Sorrowful Sam-Why not?
Wistful Willis-Dey goes agin tn
grain, that's why.-Syracuse Herald.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-09-21

Harold-Why are you so violently
opposed to the trusts?
Jack-I'm afraid they'll grab every
thing before get rich enough to form
trust Ut my own.--N, Y, Journal.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-09-21
In the wxomins Valley.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Sept. 1s.-Every
mine in the Wyoming valley, with the
exception of one, was closed Monday
by the miners strike. The exception
was the colfiery operated by the West
End Coal company, at Mocanaqua.
The men there refused to go out, say
ing they were satisfied with the pres
ent condition of things. The total
number of men idle in this valley is
little oeer $4,000. -
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-07-21
OLDEST GOLF CLUB.

The Royal Blackheath Golf Club is
the oldest golf club in England, and it
also claims to be the oldest golf club in
the world. 1t was founded by James 1
in 1908. For two or three centuries be-
fore that time golf had been popular
game in Scotland, but there is no record
of any club having been established
prior to the Blackheath Club In 1857
the Scottish parliament passed an act
enjoining that flute ball and collie be
utterly cryit downe, and nocht usit." A
similar act was passed in May, 1491. The
Royal and Ancient Golf Club at st. An
drews is one of the most famous in the
kingdom. 1t was instituted in 1854,
silver cup having been played for in
the May of that year. In 1884 William
" became patron of the club, and ap-
proved of it's being in future styled 1.-THE
Royal and Ancient Golf Club of ST. An
drews," and presented a gold medal to
be played for manufacturers Week
ly.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-07-21
SUGAR N PARAGUAY.

The manufacture of sugar and pro-
duction of cane on small scale suffi-
cient for local consumption may, per-
haps, become a fairly profitable bust
ness in Paraguay, but there is no pros
pect of it's becoming at any time an
article of export A sugar factory here
called the "Empresa Azucarea," which
was inaugurated in September, 1898,
cannot be said, according to our Con-
sui at Asuncion, to have fulfilled ex-
pectations during the past year. This,
however, is probably due to heavy in
terest paid by the company on loans,
and to the fact that the Government
has not, as was expected, taken steps
to protect the native industry by i'm
posing a higher duty on imported sugar.
The crop of 1899 amounted to some S25
tons, of which only one-half was dis
posed of up to the end of the year. The
price of imported sugar in Asuncion is
about IS Cd per arroba (25 pounds, and
for the homemade article As cd per ar
roba.-Sugar.