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England Keeping Her Eye
on Maritime Aspirations
OF ALL OTHER COUNTRIES
Her Ambassadors and Agents at All
Points Promptly Report All Moves
Approaching Commercial Rivalry
in Any Way.

Washington, April c.-Nothing so at
tracts the attention of the British, Moth
ing is SO infinitely discussed by them, as
the maritime aspirations n progress OF
q other countries. Ambassadors, cOnsuls.
official commercial agents, n others
officially representing her abroad are
alert to discover and prompt to describe
for the enlightenment of the people at
home. what may be expected in maritime
and commercial rivalry.
American shipping development en-
crosses as much attention in British
as in American. and British
officials in this country infinitely record
very forward maritime step made or
contemplated by this nation.
The British Board of Trade is a de-
partment of the government, and the
Board of Trade Journal in a degree fills
the place for Britons that the consular
reports do for Americans. IN the issue
OF the Board of Trade Journal for March
1, 1900, the progress of Italy In shipping
is noted in an official report filed with
his government by the British Ambas-
sador at Rome. This repOrt sets forth
that Italy began to aid her shipping by
financial grants in 1885. n that In ten
years $685. $50 had been paid out, result
ing in an addition of 180. 600 tons of new
shipping to the Italian mercantile ma
rine.
Since the more liberal s%hipbuiiding
and navigation bounty act of 1896 went
into operation, says the British Abassa-
dor at Rome, 81, 149 tons of vessels have
beer launched, there are now lag. 226 tons
under construction and orders ahead for
81. 800 tons more.
The British Ambassador notes that the
burden is becoming so serious that a pro-
position to limit payments to SO, 900, 900
per year has been made, this in anti
cipation of a total expenditure under
the law during the current year of $12,-
16O. 900.
1.-THE effect of the law of 1885, the
British Ambassador is reported by the
Board of Trade Journal to have inform
ed his government, "was,' at a time
when the Italian mercantile marine had
fallen to a very low ebb. distinctly bepe-
fetal. nv substituting steamships for
, mage from 200, 900 to 400, 600 TONS"
But the law. of 1896, the report contin-
ues, (which was Intended to give q fur
ther impulse in the same direction, went
much further and being aided by a rise
In freights, bodybuilding has become a
pIoftables business
s.Folowing the example set at Genoa -
says the Board of Trade Journal in it's
summary of the report Of the British
Ambassador at Rome, bodybuilding
yards have been constructed at Leghorn,
in the peninsula of Sorrento, at Venice.
and event at Palermo" The British
Amba ssad dor at Rome has made it very
clear that this unforeseen result, while
most advantageous to the shipbuilding
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-02
ANTADv'S

Two Cents Fer Word for First Issue.
One Cent Per Word After First Issue.
$500 Per Line Per Month.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-02

FOR RENT AND FOR ~sALE--ALL
kinds OF sewing m%achines, needles and
%supplies. Shermnn'B Undertaking. 1s5
East Park. a
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FOR RENT-A PLEASANT FURNISH
ed front ROOM. 3 East Granite.
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FOR RE Mt

FOR RENT-SIX-ROOM FURNISHED
house. modern. J. =. Richards Co.. ~
East Broadway.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-02

ROOMS FOR LIGHT HOUsEKEEP-
ing from SO per month upwards. sim
gle rooms 81 per week. 116 West Ga
lena street. s@6s4
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-02

FOR RENT PART OF STORE oCCu-
pied by Goldbergs ticket Office. q N.
Main street.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-02

London. April 2.-Spencer Wilkinson, in
the Morning Post says: The attack on
Thaba Nchu and theconvoy is a sample
Of the mode in which the Beers will try
to conduct the war. 1t Is a legitimate
made n the most effective for Boer pur-
poses. So long as the Boer army keeps
the field such attacks will embarrass the
British and, perhaps. the best way to get
rid OF the difficulty would be a swift ad-
vance and decisive blows against The
main Boer army.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-02

ST. O FOR FOUR-ROOM SOLID BRICK
house.. modern. South Side. Mcmillan
& Floyd, Al East Broadway.
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WANTED-FORTY MEN FOR GRAD
ing and rock work. 81 per day. Board
- a week. Free pass st. Paul EN-
ployment Office, II West Granite.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-02

FOR SALE-TWO HOUSES. ONE 4
room. one 3. lot 36x75 feet; rented for
$2S per month; East Galena gtreet.
near Pacific hotel. for $1,150, worth
$1,000. Case & Holmes. 26 East Broad
way.
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$500 BUYS A FOUR-ROOM HOUSE.
East Side, close in Mcmillan & Floyd,
Al East Broadway.
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WANTED-Lodge organizers; salary and
commissions; continuous income on
cident, death insurance. Royal Frater-
nal Union, st. Louis, Mo.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-02

FOR SALE-CIGAR AND CONFEC.
tionery store, with furniture Of fivt
rooms; lease two years; a bargain. 40!
South Main street.
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FOR SALE-COOKING AND HEATING
stove, light bedstead and springs. Ad-
dress 11O1 East Second street, South
Butte.
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100000 BUYS S-ROoM HOUSE. EAST
side. for $500 per month. Nc
MILAN Il Floyd. Al East
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THE OCCIDENTAL WHIM HOIST PA
tented Feb. q. 1900. Quick, easy draft,
safe. durable and cheap. Sale or rent.
Robt. Rutter South Butte.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-02

FOR RENT-NEW FIVE ROOM SOLID
brick house on South Main street. close
In. with good car service. Apply to C.,
II. Churchill. No. A West Granite
street.
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81. 800 BUYS PROPERTY THAT RENTS
for SIS per month, West Side. liz blocks
from Main. See this for a snap. s..
NJ. Wade. SO North Main.
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FOR SALE RANCHES THROUGH
out Bitter Root valley; send for lists,
G.: ". Dickinson, Real Estate, Stevens
vile, Mont.
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IF YOU WANT TO BUY A RANCH
now is the time. Farming, stock. OF
fruit bargains. on easy terms. S. M
Wade, 36 North Main.
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EN- EMIT.

WANTED-AT ONCE, A FIRST
class Barber, at 104 East Commercial
avenue, Anaconda.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-02

$4,000 LOTS. SOUTH BUTTE. Nc
MILAN & Floyd, Al East Broadway.
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CHOICE LOTS SOUTH MAIN STREET
cheap. Mcmillan. & Floyd, Al East
Broadway.
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FOR sALE-FURNITURE OF A 10
room boarding and lodging house. %
South Montana street.
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LODGING HOUSE. 20 ROOMS. MOD
ern; a bargain. 8. M. Wade. IS North
Main.
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FOR SALE--FURNITURE OF FIVE
room house, cheap. Inquire at 217
North Wyoming street.
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FOR SALE-CIGAR AND CONFEC-
tionery stock and fixtures, for sos, will
invoice $3.50. cas- & Holmes, 26 East
Broadway.
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acres all fenced, Is head of cattle, II
head of horses, wagons, farm nipple.
ments, etc., Z miles from Twin Bridges,
Address. w. H. Lemon, Pageville.
Mont.
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FOR sALE-FIvE-ROOM BRICK AND
corner lot on West Side. All for s., 1900,
$500 down and balance at almost any
terms. This is a snap. Come and see
us. Investors Realty Co., 81 West Gran
lite.
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WANTED-POSITION BY YOUNG MAN
of business experience. Best of refer
ence. Address r. Inter Mountain.
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WANTED - SITUATION BY FIRST
class cook, colored lady In city or SUBJ
urbs. Inquire rear 1888 West Granite.
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FOR SALE-STUD POKER TABLE
cheap. IS West Granite.
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BUSINESS CHANGES

s75. 90 PER MONTH INCOME-I HAVE
an improved business property on East
Park street, about two blocks from
Main street, which I will sell for $500.
C. H. Churchill, A West Granite.
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SPECULATIVE ACCOUNTS HANDL-
ed for a share Of the profits. Refer.
ences furnished. IS Broadway, N. r.
room ia.
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POSITION WANTED BY FIRST CLASS
blacksmith, heavy forging and good
tool maker, at present employed but
want to change. Address box J. T. c.,
Daily Inter Mountain.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-02

FOR NT-s-ROOMED HOUSE.
with water. Inquire at 437 East, Plat
mum.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-14
Naval Orders.

Commander c. T. Hutchins, who was re-
Gently relieved from duty at the Naval
Academy, has been assigned to the COM
mand of the cruiser Buffalo. Other officers
ordered to duty on that vessel are Lieut..
c. A. E. King, Passed Assistant Surgeon c.
F. Stokes. from the New York Naval Hos
pital; Assistant Surgeon o. NJ. Eakins, from
the Naval Academy; Passed Assistant
Paymaster John Irwin. jr., from the naval
station, Havana, and Warrant Machinists
R. Jeffares. ]. L. King and J. E. Cleary.
Assistant Surgeon r. Spear. from the
Constellation to the naval hospital, New
York.
Assistant Surgeon J. T. Kennedy, to the
Independence.
Passed Assistant Surgeon B. R. Ward
from the Independence to the Mare Island
hospital.
Assistant Surgeon J. Stepp. from the Mare
Island hospital to the Solace, relieving
Passed. Assistant Surgeon C. D. Brownell
who is placed waiting orders.
Gunners o. Hill and J. F. Daniels, to the
torpedo station for instruction
Assistant Paymaster H. E. Stevens. from
the Alexandria to the naval station, Ha-
vana.
Naval Cadet J. B. Gilmer from the Iowa
to the Marblehead. and Naval Cadet W. P
Cronan, from the Marblehead to the Iowa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-14
HEALTH CONDITIONS.
Report for the District Week Ended
March 10.

Report for the District Week Ended
March 10. 8
There were ninety-nine deaths in the Dis
trict during the past week. as against
ninety-four in the week before. OF the de-
cedents sfxty-three were white and thirty
six colored. The annual death rate was
1871 for each thousand Of all the population,
that for the whites being 1851 and for the
colored 21.03. There was a decline in the
number of deaths from pneumonia from ten
to seven. as compared with the week before,
and from diseases of the brain and ner-
vous system from twenty to seventeen
There were four fatal cases of diphtheria,
one Of typhoid fever. and one each of
measles and whooping cough.
At the close of last report there were
fifty-six cases of diphtheria in quarantine.
During the week twelve new cases occurred
and thirty-three were discharged, leaving
thirty-three cases in isolation in thirty-two
premises.
OF scarlet fever there. were seventy cases
under treatment at the close Of last report.
During the week twenty-four new cases
developed. and twenty-one were discharg-
ed. leaving seventy-three cases with warn
ing cards in fifty-three premises.
The mean weather conditions prevalent
during the week were temperature of the
atmosphere "A degrees. relative humidity e
and barometer BOIL. There was about one
tenth of an inch Of rainfall, with north
westerly winds averaging eight miles per
hour. The highest temperature during the
week was 65 degrees on the 9Th, and the
lowest, p degrees, on the 4th.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-14
Washington stock Exchange.

poS s2S6 at ILL., ILL 500 ' at 1iI SEQ at ili
10i. $1,000 at loi. s1.eU AT Iai 81 oop Al ioi.
$1,000 1O4. Columbia Railroad 5s SPA AZ III.
l32 Potomac Fire 1nsrran-c alta CoilInaia
Fire Insurance. az nj l2h. Capital Tra-tioa.' 20
49, 81 3 az a al 81 s ." . Z, e s 7 al
Tractioa Rights. s3.94G 6ls. s27o 'S. s4l1 at
Ga, $3.50 els ,2T5 at Ga. $3.50 ct g. ST. st
6IS. sos at ST.. Washington Gas. Ia 5ils Ner-
fsG 10 at i"Gs at at i 49, 10 al a, iss l. at
1861. - at 1851. Is at 1881 Mt 1867. After
at 6I2 LOCO at Ga. Washington Gas. =, ;,4i.
IS at 5lI,: % at 54l.; MergeEthaieE Llpotype, 10
District of Columbia nonds.-Gs. 1902 3e-year
funding; 1o9 bid, 39as, 1923. funding, us hlt.
5 1sh bid 1o ssk led M.Tsq R Rs cert, n
asked City and suburban RaroSd IS. les iss id.
nEtSn Gas fst &C. i ss5ss es 10 sd Us asked
asked. Chesapeake and Potomac Telephoae Is loi
BIZ, Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone con: IS,
4, 100 bid Washington Market 90 Isl as, III bid,
Washington Market Go. imp; Gs. 1l3 hid. TsshLng-,
Association SIS. i07 bid American Grapbophonc
Deb. Ss. 100 bid Anacostia and Potomac Is, loi
National Bank s.ocks:5Bank q washla ns $50
Second. la5 bid Ctinenn', 100 bid Columbia. lss
bid. Capital 145 bid West Esd. lla bid Trad
ers', LIS bid 135 asked Lincoln, 10 bid, LIS
asked.
Safe Deposit nnd Trust Companies. SAFE
Deposit and Trust. l31L 4 bid, 132 asked Washing
ton Loan and Trust, 135 bid. 100 asked American
Security and Trust 1877 bid. 800 asked Washing
ton Safe Deposit. 1914 bid. 30 asked
Insurance Stocks.-Fireucns 20 hid FrankIin
40 bid. Metropolitan. SO bid. SIS asked Carcorna
60 bid Potomac. Tsi. hid. 20 asked. Arlington.
las bid, Isl asked. German A mericsn 200 bid
National Union, II bid. Columbia. l2i4 hid Riggs
hid 81 asked. Peoples 6-s nd s.. asked
oomnercial, bid, asked. Colonial III bid, Ili5
asked.
Title Insurance Stocks.-Real Estate Title. So hid.
- asked Columbia Title, as hid, asked: WASH
frxton Title 81 bid. District f1tle. 3ls bid
RailToad Stocks-CapitaI Tractioss .e6Ss hid. 9e@
asked. Capital Traction Rights 6h bid. 81 asked
City and Suburban. - hid, IS asked. Georgetown
and Tenleytown. 90 hta1> 50
Gas Observation-Disclosures Gas 54is bid, 54N ask
ed. Georgetown Gas. IS bid.
Telephone Stocks.-Chesapeake and Potomac, 90
bid. g asked Pennsylvania. 81 bid.
Miscelia naous NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Linotype, 1p9
bid. 1867 asked Lanston Monotype. Is lid. 1sh
asked. American Grsphophone silis hid ia, ask
ed. American Graplopaone preferred, liz bid, l2A
asked. Pneumatic Gun Carriage 81 bid. - asked.
Washington Market. ID bid -
sEx. dividend
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DEATH OF COL. WALLACE.
He Succumbs to the Effects
Wounds Received in Battle,

He Succumbs to the Effects of
Wounds Received in Battle.
The War Department has been informed
of the death at Fort Huachuca, Ariz., yes
terday OF Col. Robert B. Wallace first
lieutenant. I'd Cavalry, commanding the
3Tth Volunteer Infantry
Col. Wallace was born in Illinois and was
appointed to the Military Academy from
Montana July L. 1885. and graduated in
1880. He was assigned to the I'd Cav
airy as second lieutenant and served
with that regiment at various posts in
New Mexico and Arizona and partici-
pated In the pursuit Of the famous rene
gade Apache Kid in the fall Of 1882.
He remained on service in New Mexico and
Arizona up to April. 1898. when he was as
signed to duty with the National Guard of
Montana. He assisted In the organiza ton
of the LIST Montana Volunteers, and was
appointed lieutenant colonel of that resi-
ment. accompanying it to the Philippines
and being severely wounded in the action
at Caloocan February 10, 1899. He was rec
commended by Maj. Gen. Macarthur for the
brevet Of colonel of volunteers and brevet
captain and major. United States army,
for gallant and meritorious services in
battles of February 8 and 10. 1882 in front
of Manila and at the crossing Of Rio de
Grande de Ia Pampanga, April p. 1882"
Subsequently he was appointed colonel of
the 37th Volunteer Infantry, but on &C
count of continued Illness resulting from
wounds received in battle he was COM
PEELED to return to the United States for
medical treatment, and was at Fort Hua-
chuca, Ariz., on sick leave from October
last until yesteday, when he died.
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CHILD FATALLY BURNED
Horrible Desth of Little One Only Twenty
Months of Age
Mother Temporarily Absent and Chill
dren AlOne-YOunKer Opens Stove
Door, Setting Clothes Ablaze.

Earl William Garrison, twenty months
old, was fatally burned, at the home of the
parents, No. 10 Virginia avenue southwest,
about 8 o'clock this morning, dying two
hours afterward at the Emergency Hos
ptal. Murray Garrison, the child's father,
is employed as extra gateman by the Penn
sylvania. Railroad Company. This morn
ing he had charge of the gate at the South
Capitol street crossing. only a short dis
lance from his house. Mrs. Garrison pre-
pared his breakfast and took it to him.
When she left the house her son Ross, who
is about four years old, remained in the
house with his younger brother. She had
been gone but three or four minutes before
the baby opened the stove door and set his
dress afire.
one ran into the front room and looked
out the window, evidently in search of his
mother. Mrs. Garrison returned to the
house as soon as she gave her husband the
breakfast basket, and was met at the door
by her baby, who had then been badly
burned. In addition the lace curtains were
ablaze and the destruction of the house
was threatened.
Mrs Garrison grabbed the little one and
did all in her power to save him. His little
cotton dress had been burned Off him and
his undergarments were fast being con-
sumed by tho flames. His older brother,
who was too young to realizeAehe serious
ness Of the situation, was in the dining
room, apparently ignorant Of what was go
ing on number of neighbors responded
to Mrs. Garrison's appeals for assistance.
and a physician was summoned. 1t was
evident that hospital treatment was neces-
sary. and the Emergency ambulance was
summoned. The child was taken to the
hospital, where the doctors found that his
injuries were necessarily fatal. All that
could be done was to relieve the patient s
sufferings.
Coroner Carr was called upon to give a
certificate Of death. As the affair was
purely an accident an inquest will not be
held.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-14
NATIONAL JUNIOR REPUBLIC.
Gratifying Results From the Public
Meeting Last Sunday.

The results from the public meeting which
was held Sunday night at the Columbia
Theater in the interests of the National
Junior Republic are still coming in to Mr..
Thomas c. Noyes. at The Star building.
who is the chairman of the ways and means
committee. and to Mr.. Charles ]. Bell, at
the American Security and Trust Com
peny, who is the local treasurer. The in
terest already felt in this city in this
method of retaining young people of the
cities who mad drifted some distance on the
way to vice and crime and of preventing
others from starting on this downward
road was undoubtedly greatly augmented
by the eloquent remarks of Senator Depew
and the interest shown in the work by the
President of the United States, several
members of the cabinet, and others we'll
qualified to know the worth of such a plan
OF reform as this. As result OF the meet
ing so far annual subscriptions amounting
to sci have been made, while special sub
Scr1ptons amounting to $3.50 have already
been received. Among the subscribers is
the President of the United States, who
sent check for $50 to the fund, and Mrs
Virginia L. w. Fox, Who subscribed $500 to
the fund for the building of the new dormi-
tory at tina republic. The suggestion Of
Mrs Archibald Hopkins. made through The
Star, that mothers of boys should each SUBJ
scribe 81 to the fund to build the very much
needed dormitory has been received with
a great deal Of favor throughout the city,
and Mrs. Hopkins, who is receiving these
&C ntr1butions. has already been sent S96
mrs Hopkins address is 1926 Massachu-
setts avenue. and 1t is believed that a very
large number of mothers of this city will
Join with her in this fund. Preparations
Tor the concert to be given for the benefit
of the republic at the Columbia Theater ON
the afternoon of March IS are well under
way. Mr.. Kellogg, the famous bird i'm
personator, has kindly volunteered his SER
vices for this purpose, and from all pros
poets the affair will be a great success. A
large list of patronesses have accepted in
vftations to act as such and the affair
promises not only to be financial, but a
social event
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-14
Officers Ordered to Manila.

Lieut.. Col Frank D. Baldwin. 4th In.
fantry, has been relieved from temporary
duty at headquarters Of the army in this
city and assigned to duty with the recruits
to be sent from Fort Slocum. N. Y, to
Manila by the transport Sumner
Maj. Frank A. Cook. 26th Volunteer In.
fantry, now in this city on sick leave OF
absence. has also been ordered to take pas
sage on the Sumner.
On arrival at Manila these officers will
proceed to join their regiments in the field
First Lieut.. Clarence ]. Manly, assistant
surgeon. and Acting Assistant Surgeon
John J. Reilly have been relieved from fur
Their duty on the army hospital ship Mis-.
souri, and are ordered to report to the COM
handing general, Department of California
Tor duty with troops leaving on the first
available transport for Manila, P. I. -
Second Lieut.. Charles H. Whipple, 1r,
lst Artillery. now on leave Of absence In
this city. has been ordered, upon the ex-
piration OF the same. to Fort Slocum, N
T., for assignment to duty with recruits
pound Tor the Philippines on the transport
Sumner. Upon his arrival at Manila he
will report to the commanding officer, 18th
Infantry, for assignment to duty with thai
regiment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-14
Jamaica and California Fruit.

The State Department has been supplying
to the California congressional delegation,
which has heretofore vigorously opposed
the pending Jamaica reciprocity treaty,
some statistics respecting the character OF
the jamaican export trade, intended to make
manifest the truth Of the departments con-
tention that there is really little or no
natural competition between California and
Jamaica in the United States fruit market.
Among other things the fact has been de-
veloped that the orange growing industry
in Jamaica is rapidly failing OF and giving
away in favor Of the banana growing in
dustry. Within the past five years the
orange exports to the United States have
diminished Is per cent, while the banana
exports have nearly doubled. Because ba-
nanas cannot possibly be regarded as COM
petfng in the United States market with
any California product the State Depart
ment has laid stress upon this turn in trade.