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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-04

To the Editor of The Times:
have seen in your paper Z yesterday evening
4 translation from 'El Diari, de Puerto Rico"
which you publish as outline Of the actual sit
nation in our island an the condensation of the
sentiments OF the Por,u Rican people about the
NEW metropolis. 1t is lc- very natural that
coming 4 newspaper from distant country you
have paid attention and ercdt about the news
speaking of in it; but some timcs the journals
guide his pen best in according TO his personal
convenience that according to defend the III
ercsts Of the people, and the result of his self
profit fever Is. indeed, against the welfare OF
the community In this case can we clasiiyed the
article borrowed from Ell Diafio de Puerto
Rico that The Times published in its last edi-
ton.
IN order that you understand my accusa-
tion without any difficulty let me give you
Etlc history. When General Brooke took pos
session of the Government in Porto Rico the Cabi-
net OF the Spanish Governor was presided by
Mr.. Luis Mur0z Rivera, leai-r OF the federal
party. Mr.. Munoz remained in the power until
the soyerno,ship Of General Henry, who disltis-
ned doubles with his service impulse him to
dismiss. While Mr. Mrroz was an American
employee. that is to say, while enjoyed a large
salary from the American Government WIS a great
Porto Rico as we'll as of every act which take its
precedence from the Governor Palace should be
a coed or hid one little while after he fell
down from his seat in the Porto RicIn Clbinet
and then made trip to the United States ct
the exncnse Of his party. On his return from
this great country Mr. Mnoz wss true Amcr-
c.n. and | myself have heard from him good
deal Of phrases 20 laudatories for the United
s,ates and her govermlrt well ii said b.
the President himself The Governor Davis was
or ought TO be soon nlugurated. Mr.. Nunoz
waited his call to the Government but failed in
his hopes ard then took the resolution OF, to
crude war against the American Government and
its proceedings until he might be called to the
Cabinet 60 again.
Mr. Munoz Rivera is The Editor OF "El Diario de
Puerto Rico and this paper is the one founded
in tie basis stated above
Do YOU think Mr.. Editor that credit must be
paid T. such man and such paper?
make that explanation because II Is ncces-
sary the people OF the United States know we are
American in every of our sentiments because we
cannot forget the American bayonets and. the
American fleet liberated from a tranical
government. Tie articulist show in I'll Diario
de Puerto Rico" hatred and bitterness against
the Americans. but this is not the general feelings
in the island Today ths Porto Ricans enjoy a
larger amount Of freedom and their hopes grow
more fervent every day because they think the
time ill come in which they will be proud to
ttsDIav the title OF American citizen.
A. PORTO RICAN
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-04

The Agricultural Department has issued
a bulletin in regard to the mosquito. which
will be read with interest by the general
public, for if there is any one creature on
this green earth which is regarded with
universal interest of an antagonistic sort,
that creature is the mosquito. The nature
of this active and Industrious little insect
mas been considered by some people the
hest proof extant of the existence ~of a
personal devil, for it is argued that only a
being of supernatural and diabolical in
tolligence could animate so small a thing
with such ingenious skill in torture.
A mosquito possesses faculty for tor
menting human beings which is. in truth
positively uncsnny Its favorite time fos
operations is the early part of the night,
when man is just settling himself to sweet
repose-a thing which it is against its
principles TO allow anyone to enjoy. 1t
hOvers gently about in the circumambient
air. singing a war song which is more
powerful and penetrating than most brass
bands. Tine victim knows that his tor
mentor is getting ready to strike. but for
the very life of him he cannot make out
where. Presently a singing sensation
worms the unfortunate that active opera
lions have commenced. but vicious blow
aimed at tic afflicted spot fails to hit
anything but the spot itself. and the mos
quito is presently heard grooming The
Blue and tie Grey" somewhere else.
If there is any way to free mankind
from this curse the discovery would be one
OF the most glorious achievements of
science. Some people advocate amounting
the face and hands with unguents of va
rious descriptions. but he who takes this
advice usually finds that the smell is
verse and more destructive Of sleep than
the song OF the mosquito
The bulletin OF the Agricultural Depart
ment. referred to above, states that drain
age of marsh lands will sometimes drive
away the mosquito, and that where prac-
ticabie, kerosene poured on the surface of
stsgnant water will destroy the pests. II
this be so. let swamps be drained. and let
pools be covered with kerosene even at
the risk of enriching the oil Trust.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-04

All of Mr.. Bryan's speeches are good and
to(the poirt That delivered by him yes
terlay in Chicago on the occasion of the
Labor Day celebration was not below his
standard He tod the vast audience he
fore bin of the evils of Imperialism. mill
tarism, and the imminent danger to our
free institutions to be feared from them.
And he warned workingmen against the
trusts. He referred sto a speech made a
year ago in Boston by Charles r Flint, in
the course of which that gentleman assert
cd that one of the advantages of capital
istic combination is that in case OF local
strikes or fires the work goes on else
where, thus preventing serious loss is
it possible said the Democratic candi
date. that any wage-earner can fail to
see how completely the trust places the
employe at the mercy of the employer"
II is of interest to note that for the first
and probably the last time in the cam
paign MIR. Bryan and Mr. Roosevelt spoke
from the same platform. But it was a
ncn- partisan gathering and neither touched
upon politics. Only social and economic
questions were touched, and as the De
mccraey is the party at present which
takes the popular side of such things it is
not difficult to understand which side had
tho advantage.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-04
MADE MONEY IN COTTON.
Henry c. Testers Report on Last
Eearis- Crop.


NEW ORLEANS. La, Sept. 3.-Henry C.
Hester, Secretary Of the New Orleans Cot
ton Exchange. and recognized as the Off
cial authority in cotton statistics. today
presented his report of last years cotton
crop for the season ending September I.
Mr.. Hester reports the crop of 1S99-1900 at
9,435, 416 bales. decrease Of 1.S3S,424 bales
compared with the crop Of the previous
year.
On the other hand. the crop yielded ths
Southern cotton growers 1868. 7Si. 800, or
So, Oh, 833 more than they got for their
cotton last year. II yielded larger amount
OF money. both gross and net, than any
cotton crop ever raised in this country. The
price started at 6.07 in September. 1899.
gradually rising to 1925 in July. Mr..
Hester reports the consumption of cotton
by American mills at 5,665.412 bales, as
against 3,5s9. 494 bales last year. The in
crease being altogether IN Southern mills.
which increased their consumption from
/. 39g. 800 to ,597. 112 bales.
Every available loom and spindle in the
country was busilv engaged until the Chi
nese difficulties brought this activity to
sudden hal but usul then the amount OF
cotton consumed had reached figure IL.
excess OF any year on record. The number
of cotton mills in the South increased
from $50. with 4.952. 0!2 spindles last year,
to sS3, with 6.267, 1853 spindles this year.
The increase was mainly in Georgia and
the two Caroliuas.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-04
studying visconsin.-Tl

studying Hisconsin.-The managers
OF both parties are giving a great deal OF
attention. quietly and earnestly. at present
to Wisconsin. An interesting fact in re-
lation to that State which is generally
overlooked, is that the record shows its
population to be unusually erratlc in cleo
tions. It's Republican majorities have fire.
uuertly been so large that the State has
come to be regarded by the average citi-
zen as safely Republican But this popu
lar conclusion is not borne out by the his
tory of elections in Wisconsin for more
than thirty years. For example. at the
beginning CT the civil war Wisconsin was
ranged with the strong and uncompromis.
ing anti-slavery States, but in the Presi-
Genital contest OF 1854 Wisconsin gave a
majority for Mr.. Lincoln OF only 1900,
and twelve years later, on constantly in
creasing vote. the Republican lead was
only 5000 Blaine carried the State in 1884
by a majority CT only 1000. Cleveland. In
1892. had a plurality of $500. and it was
not until the Presidential election Of 1895
that either party made 4 clean sweep in
Wisconsin Mr. Mckinley received then a
majority of lC2, COO. The reason for this
erratic shifting of politica sentiment in
the Badger State obviously is to be found
primarily in the fact that Wisconsin has
ton as Is generally thought, but much
divided foreign population. or 500 geo
electors it is computed that 10000 are
either Germans by birth or extraction. and
- eco of Wisconsin's voters are either OF
Scandinavian birth or descent. TWO-thirds
OF the Germans it is SAID. incline to the
Democratic party and ninetent of the
Scandinavians to the Republican party.
On the basis Of this division there
are III 500 foreign born Repub-
lican voters or German or Scandinavian
Republicans, and 10000 naturalzed Demo-
Gratis. German or Scandinavian voters in
Wisconsin This division gives the Re
publicans lead which represents about
their normal majority. Ii shows that the
task of converting Wisconsin to the De-
mocracy again this year is not a hopeless
one by any means. especially when there
is taken into consideration the fact that
the Scandinayians as well as the Germans
are up in arms against the Administra-
ton en- the Boer question and the issues
Of iuperiaiism and miltarism.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-04
THE WRECK AT HATFIELD.
Railroad Officials Trying to Fix the
Responsibility.

ATLANTIC CITY, n. j.. Sept. 3.-Fixing
the blame for the disaster on the Reading
Railway at Hatfield. Pa, yesterday by
which thirteen people lost their lives
and nearly two score were injured has
been task that has occupied General
Manager Sweigard's attention at the
Reading Terminal in this city today. Up
to the present time a satisfactory conclu-
sion has not been arrived at. In all
probability the truth will not be known
until after Coroner McGlathery, of Mont
gomery County. has held the inquest. So
far the responsibility, according to Man
ager Sweigard's statement, seems to lie
between The train dispatcher, William S.
Groves, the operator at Souderton, and
Engineer Davis, of the excursion train.
The manager said the collision was due
primarily to the fog. then to the conse-
quent defective insulation of the tele-
graph wires transmitting the train des
patcher's orders from the terminal. and
finally to negligence on the part of some
individual employee to carry out the pre-
cautionary rules. Some one disregarded
the minute interval Mr.. Sweigard
said, but whether 1t was the station agent
at Souderton. or the engineer of the
special excursion train, he did not ex-
pect to be able to determine before
twenty-four hours.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-04
Expansion and imperialism.



Imperialism. such as the Mckinley Administra-
ton has inaugurlted since the close of the
Spanish war, means the government of subject
races oHisidc the Constitution. This difference
bc.~een cxpasion and imperialism, thus clearly
dawn. cannot be too often stated to the Amer
lean voters who are desirous Of forming an in
telisent and conscientious Judgment upon the
paramount issue in this campaign. Plainly
stated, the man who casts his ballot Tor Ne
kinney endorses the establishment OF an empire
where a Republic las stood for more than a
certuiy, while the nan who votes for Bryan
votes for the restoration of the Republic to its
proper purposes and ideals. and its continuance
in the path blszed out fer It by the signers OF
the Declaration Of Independence and the builders
OF The Constitution.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-04
PLEASED WITH CONDITIONS.
Governor General Wood Returns
From His Trip Over Cuba.

HAVANA, Sept. 3.-Governor General
Wood. who returned to Havana yesterday
after making a tour o. the island. says he
is we'll satisfied with the trip. Compared
with the state of affairs that prevailed
year ago he found there was great i'm
provement everywhere Reconstruction is
beginning almost everywhere. There is a
complete absence of beggars. The people
are friendly and confident The general
leeilng regarding the coming elections is
mat the best men should be chosen as
delegates to the constitutional convention.
General Wood told the people that unless
their representatives drew up a good con-
stitufion the United States Government
would not accept their work The ma
tionai party in Matanzas has appointed
Senores LaGorre and Del Junio and
General Sanchez, a negro with strong
racial sympathy. as delegates to the con-
vention for Matanzas province.
The municipality of Havana recently
published strong protest against the
charter. in which the officials wandered
into matters that were quite irrelevant to
the matter in hand. Among other things
the protest stated that many secretaries
had been discredited owing to the fact
that they took upon themselves RESPONSE
bilities of the acts of sthe intervening gov
eminent The hrSt set OF secretaries. the
proclamation declared, had almost free
hand, and those who were discredited were
only themselves to blsine as in the case
OF Senior Lanuza, who appointed large
number Of superfluous professors at the
university from among his friends. Re-
garding the more recent or present Sec
retaries. il any OF them had lost caste
with the people it was due to lack of
energy, as in case of the Secretary of
Justice.
The municipality confessed that the
was issued mainly for the
purpose of excusing the inaction of the
officers and getting in favor
with the people. The municipality wants
the new charter to tGke the form of a
military order so that the officials may
avoid the responsibility of accepting it.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-04
Famine Among the Chinese.

It is reported that there is consider
able anxiety among the Chinese in this
country in regard TO their provisions,
which are being cut off on account of
the war Trade relations have been so
disturbed that it is no longer possible TO
secure from China many OF the delisacies
which Chinese epicures most esteem, and
even the commoner articles of food are
becoming scarce. 1t appears that Hop
Lung and Wan Lee will have to l5a.n
10 eat American food, go "cn home
China or starve.
Few Americans realize how large
proportion of the food consumed by the
Chinese colonlsts in our large cities is
brought from China. Everybody knows
about birds nest soup. but K is lot so
generally understood that the shark fins
and other portions of this fish, which
are considered particularly delectable b.
the Celestial. are also brought from the
shores OF the Yellow Sea. The American
shark is not of a delicate favor, COM
pared with that of China. and it is sa d
that the difference is as perceptible to a
Chinese palate as would be change
from tobacco 10 cabbage leaf to a con
noisseur in cigars.
The Chinese in this country are mostly
settled in large colonies. where they can
have their own shops aud groceries. and
usually do. They have a rooted dislike
TO adopting American fare as they have
dressing in American fashion, and
erhaps there is good reason for both
rejudices. Anybody can see that, in
omparison With American garb, the
ress Of the laundryman is Ideally c OF
nd comfortable: and while Chinese food
lay not be hygieEically superior TO cur
'sn, there is no reason to doubt that II
better for the health Of The Chlnaman.
The general idea OF Chinese food in this
country probably is that they eat dogs.
cats. rats. and birds nests The animals in
question are. in .act. almost never eaten
BIZ the better class OF Chinese, and seldom
by the lower classes; and when they are
eaten they are fattened for the purpose,
Espt in cages, and fed on specially pre-
pared food. Ike strashurg geese. When
one considers the fact that the hog run
ming wild in the streets of American towns.
is used as an article OF food, there is per-
hsPs not so much to choose between GER
tain dement's Of our own population and
the Chinese.
BE that as It may. the Chinese colonies
generally Go not care much for American
Good much preferrin. their own importa-
tiois. Now that these importations are
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-04
Rrcsci's Doom.


(From the Uuta tlsetNcr-)
For what DO Anarchists commit crimes? II il
be 10 make themselves martyrs, that they may
enjoy the brief glory Of the gallows, we can com
prchend thei, motive. But II, instead Of the
notoriety they seek. fate reserved for them such
doom as now awaits Brcsci, we cannot under
stand what impals them to murder.
The world is advancing in knowledge and
wisdorl when in two countries in Europe life
prisoners are detained fqr killing members Of thu
royal families. The short sMi.t Of the sibhet
is 20 longer deemed sufficient to avcnge the mur-
dsis OF these. 1t Is Brcsei's doom that stands
e. a perpetual warning to wouldhe re=icides
throughout the world-a warning impressive in its
awful solitude. unrelieved by the cheap glitter
Of a gallows episode, hut confined entirely to hor-
rible silence. with the strait jacket for an al
tentative The Italian lawgiverS have learned
that there is a punishment more terrible tran
t.eath.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-04
ENORMOUS COAL EXPORTS.
Newport News Shipments Break All
Previous Records.

NEWPORT NEWS. Va. Sept. s.-l'he
coal shipments from Newport News for
the month OF August broke all previous
records. figures just made up at the coal
piers showing that 231 ,07S tons of fuel
were loaded on ships during the thirty
one days. But for the cave-in of tun-
mel near Hinton, " Va. which delayed
several coal trains. the figures would have
been larger. probably in the neighborhood
of 300 GOO tons.
OF the coal shipped 1916 tons. valued
at Si36, i55. were exported, Germany.
italy France. Spain. Greece, Austria. Ire
land Brazil. West Indies. and Mexico, all
coming in for a share of it. In July 81 81
tons. valued at S4I 1872. were exported.
While the increase in the coal business
here is marvellous. well-informed shipping
men aver that it is only the beginning.
The general export figures have not yet
been made up, but the month will hardly
go beyond normal figures. During the past
week 1912 bushels of corn, 80 COO BUSH
els of oats, 90 sol barrels of flour. and
S .663 barrels of meal were shipped to for
eign countries.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-04

(Frcm the New Orleans Times Democrat)
Mr. Bryan'a doctrine may or may not be the
Monroe Doctrine. It may be only cousin germtR
To that doctrine. But all the same, it is cor
rect doctrine. and canrol be snee.ed away. Ii in
the wisdom OF Congress decide to treat the,
Filipiros is do The Cubans 0e are in duty
bound. for their interest well our own,
to ser that they p not fall into the possession
OF European or Asitic powers. They are weak
ard We are powerful have set thcm up and
ii is our duty 10 protect them, Just We
protected the Hawaiian Islands IRON seizure b.
Great Britain
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-04
Mr.. tddicks.

Grom the Wilmington Every Evening"
Mr.. Addicks says 10 the regular Republicans:
'Nithdlaw your opposition to my tickets in
I,rt and suseex counties, or ! viii defeat every
caraidlte you nominate in New Castle County"
This is the only basis Of harmony he viii
aerce TO.
What vill be the outcome Of the situation =
a matter Of speculation, but it cannot he main,
tanned that the prospects OF Republican harmony
throughout the safe are Il tine most ros-ate
character. There are hundreds q good Rcpub-
lioaEs IN Delaware who will not endorse any
hcmc OF harnony that docs not include the
absolute elimination OF Nr. Ad5ic.s from the
politics OF this safe
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-04

DIR. Hi Mt His Post.

While we have not a word to say in
criticism of MIR. Adee, who for some little
time has done his best to fill the post Of
Acting Secretary of State. it is cause for
congratulation that the best diplomatic
brains of the Department have returned to
it, in the person of Dr. David J. Hill, the
First Assistant Secretary. In the absence
of Mr.. Hey he will be in charge for the
present, and the fact will encourage the
country to think that the chance for Ad-
ministration laundering Will be unlimited,
at least for the time. We may be per-
mitted, in passing, to remark that it is
pity Mr.. Mckinley could not allow Mr..
Hay to enjoy the permanent rest from Of
fetal responsibility to which his efforts to
revive the Clayton Bulwer Treaty. to ac-
complish the defeas Of the American inter-
oceanic canal to abandon the Monroe Doc
trlne. and to turn Alaska over to Great
Britain have entitled him. An excellent
opportunity offers for the purpose. in con-
nection with chance to place our for
eign relations during the few months re-
naming to the Administration In the
hands Of competent and actually Ameri-
can statesman.
Dr. Hill comes back under conditions
which must be extremely annoying TO him.
He finds the Chinese policy Of the Gov
ernment in a nearly hopeless muddle. re-
suIting from the unhappy fact that 100
many cooks spoil the BROTH Very likely.
If Mr. Adee had been allowed to run
things in routine and conventional man
ner. the status would not have undergone
any radical change until the resumption OF
departmental control by an expert. But,
since the Secretary and First Assistant
have been away. the Foreign Office has
been really under the syndicated direction
of the Secretary of War. the Secretary of
Agriculture. the Postmaster General and
the Attorney General. II would be quite
supernuous to remark that they have made
a pretty mess Of it.
The latest news from abroad leads u to
indulge a hope that part Of the blunder
ing can be remedied. Il Is possible that
Great Britain and some OF the other pow
crs may exert pressure which will hold
the concert TO concert pitch on the point
of remaining in Pekin until China has come
to her senses and to terms; else there is
little chance that this country viii ever
get any indemnity or satisfaction
From the American point Of view even
that object must be made secondary 10
the necessity for stopping the inhumani;y
OF our allies in war, if we are to cooper
ate with them. In short if to the Illegally
of the Administration course in China. is
to be added the humiliation to our brave
troops of seeing the soldiery of Russia
and France massacre inoffensive Chinese
old men, women. and children, the time
to ''scuttle'' has arrived. 1t should be the
first object OF Dr. Hill to ascertain the
facts regarding those horrifying reports.
and TO let the American people know all
about them. Military alliance with States
which allow their forces to sack, pillage,
outrage. and bayonet babies. is out of the
question. We can have no interest in
China important enough to justify such an
offence against humanity.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-04
Mason and Dixon's Line.

y T0TTI Ut VTTIINIV -'IW7T
Maryland Is 90 rcsryey the famous Mason aad
Dixons line. marking the boundary between
Pennsylvania and that State. The real Mason
and niyon's line may be said to have been
practically blotted out 10y the results Of the
civil war and it would he national calamity
II That line should be rosurveyed on Americas
political chart. Fortunately, there is nc proba-
bilif, that il will be-