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New-York tribune., 1900-11-03
TIE TRADE N CHICAGO.

frhicseo Nov. (Specall.-ro-night's wheat
,rioes are &c TO Sc under Thursday and 1hc un-
ss- the best price CT early this morning. There
firm start because the English markets showed
,ore steadiness than expected. The Argentine
.u-s however. bewilderng. There fine
,rpsther West The primary receipts were larger
-, last week and last year $4,000 bushels.
,raS vith a0l. 900 bushels a week ago and T45.00o
sSrers last year The significant circumstance was
re, response TO the bear news was prompt but to
~ hull news very tardy. Shipping sales were
-, 7ao OgQ bushels. not enough to narrow up the
~. ,-ov-pr15er discount Minneapolis reported three
- .. eorr mills closed Argentine shipments, 4so.-
90 bushels were little larger than of late. De
.,her opened 74I4c TO 74lzc. sold between 741%c
- TIC and closed at 1880 The Modern
@TTn.-,. reported claims OF Hessian fly from al
oet ar the Western States II did not bring about
~ rally The seahoard clearances were lssoOo
..bels The seahoard put its export business at
= loass TIE local bulls discouraged at the
Asence of outside buying help.
rorn was firm. closing Iac to hsc higher. with
xove-rter the stronger. II closed at 37I2c: the De-
he, al S5I.c and the May at SsssdS6lac. Old
~ Is scarce and commanding about l2c over No
,-F.er Shipping sales 100000 bushels. Char
.-s were 54o5e bushels. with the lake rate rather
-,sk Receipts small. 1873 cars. with 30 for
.onorrow. There was good weather West Cables
we're &C &c lower: seaboard clearances, $4,000
.,sbsls shorts have been somewhat disturbed OF
,.s by the small country offerings. With good
,aather these expected 70 increase
0ats were weak tor November. barely steady Tor
.,s- futures November closed at 2114a21%sc;
member 2oc. and May. 23s. G237sc- The market
sh.ved loss from last night of lac to &c Country
re-+-gs were >rrau, hut the shipping demand
-s,ber SLOW. ClearaHces were large. $500" bush
aI The inspection WAS los cars. with 10 for TO-
7re-roN Larger receipts are looked for after the
oo-n crop has been gathered
trsxseei was strorG. although the receipts were
riberaI prices showed &c 70 Sc over Thursday. and
:, o-e tine showed advance of &c to Sc. Du-
1.fa led The ra.ly. the three points there were
q,g cars Of seed. against 1s9 last year The cash
80 ~ & 81: November AT 81 50; December at
SIG
Provisions we're easy, to-night's prices showing
= - IG- under last Tor The whole list The
t-ot5e-r was neary selling Of January lard by
.~-,c74r Most of the packers are now operating
- lowe priced hogs and that Is the thing 10
-,-,a-+ Provision stocks proved even smaller than
ex7erred hut they did rot help the price The
o-15-s lard stock llson' tterces, shows a de-
-ese f7- october % su.u'n tierces- Last year the
lids stock VAS 32-.opo tierces-
New-York tribune., 1900-11-03
AUCTION SALES YESTERDAY.

BY Herbert A. Sherman; Nos. 2.33s and $40
Third-ave. southwest corner Of One-hundred- and
tweny-seventh-st.. 491lx10O a six story brick build
ing; foreclosure; adjourned November p.
BY Philip a. Smyth: No. $50 West One-hundred-
-eighthst north side 200 feet east of the
SpuieVard. 1t6XS9.ll. three story brick dwelling
house; foreclosure; to the plaintiff for 5000.
BY William NJ RYAN. Nos. 521 and 53 West
twenty sixth-st. north side 260 feet west of Tenth
ave. 40XSSs; No. 81 TWO story brick store and
tenement house with four story brick tenement
house on rear, No. 523. two story brick building.
with four story brick tenement house rear; fore
closure: to Joseph l.. Young for 80 900
BY Peter F. Meyer & Co: Hall Place west side
2is1 feet south Of -sixty-seventh-
ST 129 4x266xl236; vacant; foreclosure; TO plain
New-York tribune., 1900-11-03

Orchard-st. No I21. 25xS7 g: Isrsel Rnbsnhoff and
another 70 Lizzie Monssy $50. -. s..--...
44tn-st :. 227 n . Of fth-a 2gxfD04 .. 1S9th-
81 No o55 West. ISNs9 II. Christina Bernhard -
a.! hetrs. to Dora Grasmuck .-.-..-.. e. 900
u Nlchoias ave, " J3s 70 = Il 120fh-si. - tx
S.X-'-Sxo1o, William II Foss lydia a spcu-
Amsterdam ave. Nos a. and as w $ lOx1cu:
nlhaam Mackey 10 Century Vherlu,~n
"<s-sG = 80 II 81 Wes; End ay- 25x1uc X
r. SchiefeIin ...-
"-1 s. 5 ; IL" n v of West End ave. 15xIIusx
IoNll43; Riverside T3ysi.1lng Company - tTerrEs
90. SSuiri'fuh .---..
Abrani GoSIin ......-. -
@a'h st, No 40 Wost. 25x9s . Miriam : bernhard
10 Sarah Goldberg
SAM property, stephen Mcbride 10 Miriam :;
Sarah Rogers and auorfer o. MAJ u yr-7,,rf
l-ttf - e. L. q v = 5th ave asxaa.IT t'ari
Anderson to Herman Fritz.-
"th ave " cor l2i.h -. ior iaN i&6N-Nfa3 Sam
uSi p Jacobs 20 Julius F-lcisehuan AMI 7~c-Ss-
";h-st NJ S@ East 2I-SxsS3. Philip Weber d,
tfar-tS Mfude baum and susfher-
i-'''F 81. Nos -rti and ~; " ec 1try'.s n Waze
,nEton ave. cor if6th Il. 72Na>.7 William
I-auer - al. heirs. 60 ChrisJIHa Ueahsr9 ...--
L-<'-St. NJ III East, i4Siou IL simon Sfnf@r-
mann 90 Max e. Baum. -..-----.-.
Lots It9 IIG. 17i, -, 2-S{. - ilG ia 6l -
~ - and ;. map Trern tn,- la-S - and - map
Ndrdsvilie; lots 81 and o. n = int =. map
He.uoHf Village also STRIP Il
9 AdelheTt ElcrSsr ro Sicuu1d Krau=v -...
l}6th-st :. lts' n m ~ ave -sfNiofI- Ire-a ]
sumner % Charles l. Knight .-------..-.- ...
New-York tribune., 1900-11-03

The trustees of the Manhattan Congrega tional
church submitted plans yesterday through c. w
& A. A Stoughton. architects for a two story
orick and terra Gotta church edi1ce estimated 10
cost $1,000 The structure will be erected in tho
east side OF Broadway. twenty-five feet north %
seventy hist. plot 791x114 sX1342 The
'front.' OF the building wiz be used parish house.
The Rev. Henry \. Stimson IS the pastor.
New-York tribune., 1900-11-03

me approximate amount ~ re len or caSTEs. 70
"a, as % 100 with intsres, thereon an daT
Inn 1870 together V,th costs ecc allowance am INK
with from the lsth 4ay OF June.
80, .,Tet.s- with q The sale
-f, amount othe-
,sns Nhieb are allowed O. the }rTnasrI cLt g
ths purchase or paid ~ tae Fe~I@e Is S4+f4 -
and interest
ba'ea NV $500 sol. KoHN
Referee
New-York tribune., 1900-11-03
Dirl0en0 X oilccs.

TIE PENNsYLvANIA RAILROAD coMPANY.
Ihilafe pha. No'. l. 1890
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS has this day
~ i---a--l SHaI-AsNJ'AL DIVIDEND 4 TWO
80 -iiaiT FIR CENT. 81 - pc shaIei ana also
r. ~ IA DIVIDEND ONE PER CENT. G" cents
- -1a--' capital Stgk II the Company. iaS -
o,ir %5.-.lF%r 3rth. IfE', stockholders
s.---~ lf-l t-- books - the Company al 3 /. n
-f #iTf- 1870 81 GlviCends viii he PAID BY rHEQl p
-t.l. Is Iii l- mailed srocFhol4rrs who nave
--- it-t.8-N1AT DIVIDEND ORDERS al this Office
EDBT. " SMITH. Treasurer.
New-York tribune., 1900-11-03
NJ. EAHNEsTocK ErYs a NEMPoRT villa.

De Blois & Eldredge have sold for I. s. & NJ S
korn the Bonaparte place, in Harrison-ave.. New
port, p. I. The property contains three and one
half acres Of land with large dwelling house
and barn, and adjoins the home of Sidney Webster
OF Boston. The present purchaser is Gibson Fahne-
stock, OF this city.
New-York tribune., 1900-11-03
5urroaaics Nouccs.

II PURSUANCE Of All order of Hon. Abner
e Thomas Surrogate Of the County Of New York
.i-.f = hereby gwen AL persons having claims
,t4-te[ 4as-a 7 + Moore of she County of New
deceased 20 present TIL with vouchers there
n nc >-Ys-rte- It's place II Transferring business
Ire tta'~ Il Charles Edward SJuther, 10 Z Nassau
~ - - 5i@ 3 Manhattan ~ the c:ty u New York,
" = -+tr-e tHe E-rst Gay 4 MAJ
-'-~- Yea York. 18th Of October 1900
"aSINIE DE r. MOORE. Executor
'ta-al---t-S EDWARD SOTTHER. Attorney for EXecu-
=. Nassau s.. Borough of Manhattan New
New-York tribune., 1900-11-03
FIFTH-AyE. HOUSE SOLD.

Duff & Conger have sold for Francis J. Schnugg
10 Meyer Grayhead the four story and basement
high stoop private house, Nl0xl00. No. L0l Fifth
ave, near Eighty-siXtn-st. terms private
New-York tribune., 1900-11-03
[N PURSUANCE Of an order of Hon. Abner

Thomas Surrogate County New y oTk.
ss.AE1 a hereby given ali having claims
ssasi Bertha Kohn. County New York, de-
Il present with vouchers thereof 10 the
srosI.hef al Ma place trankactng busipess No ~
a. SHsy: IN the cry OF New YORK, oE or before the
y cay q February 1901
~@Nea New York. the 27th day of July. 1900
htc.. DAVID EOHN, Administrator
@ssssoI14 ANABLE ( LINDSAY. Attorneys 81 Nassau
60 AsS YORK C1ty.
New-York tribune., 1900-11-03

Il pursuance Of an orc er of Hon. Abner {.
- ahoFnas, surrogafe Of The County Of New York.
hereby given al! having claims against
H . Morris. late Of the County of New York. de
70 PRESENT the with vouchers thereof 70 the
2er - hs Place tfausaci!ng business No. 81
" street IN The Eourcugh of Mania tan. CITY OF
- 1.ik before Both day Of April Dated
:, ,,fs. the l@th day Of Ocsob-r. 1900 HERMANN
- =, - AahtSN Executor CHARLES Z. SEHTEIL. AT
- ior Executor. Ie Exchange Place. Borough Of
@ihsitST city q Kew York
New-York tribune., 1900-11-03

NEW LtTFtFN. -tIN INII'I-'F
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN 10 all persons
whose the year 1900 unpaid On the
first day Of November said hat unless Ihe
same shall be paid Receiver Of Taxes at his cce
the Borough which property located as fol
forougA q Manhattan. No 81 Chambers Street. Man
haitian. y y.
borough Of The Bronx, Third and fremont
avenues. The Bronx, y. Y;
Borough BrookIyr = &, 8 and Municipal
Building Brooklyn. y.
borough Of Queens. jackson avenue and Fifth
street. Long Island City. y. y:
Borough Rchmond Richmond Building. New bright
staten Island. y. Y.
before day O December Of said he
vii charge. receive collect such taxes
naming unpaid day. addition 10 the amount
Of such taxes. the thereof,
prov ase by OF Es~ Charter
lChAptsF 3Ts Laws 1901,
DAVID z. AUSTEN. RsssiVsr ot TAxsA
New-York tribune., 1900-11-03
Proposals

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS, n C.,
" Washington y e.. Octoeer 3o Ieoo.-Sealed pro
na Office uot.l - O'Clock II
Sru~iay November Eth. 1889 for tCrnlsh.DS SIecia!
,f.r section sewer ta- pistrc. ~
l.Tnhia SPECIFICATIONS blank form ~ proposal and
necessary Information lv Obtained IT this one ii
y = NAtFARI.NND. JOHN ". ROSS. LANSING Il.
REACH Commissioners. 4, g
New-York tribune., 1900-11-03

SEALED proposals endorsed Proposals for
f,rv Dock Casson." Will reviewed Bureau
o. Yards and Docks. Navy repaTtrn~ur, WashJnEt-n.
4 clock, November 1900. and then
punCIy opened l0. c0nsgueIpg steel ssssGr ter ar
specification. ana seFns % pFeposa address AoRpEcA
New-York tribune., 1900-11-03
NEW BUILDING PLANS

Broadway :. % 4 Il u 76;h 20. for Two s-o-v
brick and terra Gotta church 20 txIl4 GxI34 ..
trustees u tSe Manhattan Eocgregatfonai
church NJ I45 5th ave av7s-z- t- " e 8
StouEhtor NJ as 5th-ave architects 80
New-York tribune., 1900-11-03
Gin 6otcls.
Gitp 6otels.
BROADWAY CENTRAL HOTEL,
NEW YORK.

NOS 667 TO CT BROADWAY. OPPOSITE BOND ST.
MIDWAY BETWEEN BATTERY AND CENTRAL. PARK
Has during tie five been thoroughly rebuilt
and completely at expense Of quar-
Ter of million dollars perfect in detail and un-
surpassed in comfort convenience.
Recommends itself thoroughly manage
men Its clean wekept rooms admirable table and ser
vice and reasonable charges
Located in the commercial centre of the city is abso-
uey unequailed business sightseeing pleasure
It's careful orderly management uni
form excellence of its table peculiarly adapted
foc merchants families tourists while the liberal
scale Of prices adopted for months make it in
every respect most attractive
INSPECTION SOLICITED.
Maps and circulars will be sent on application
UNITED STATES HOTEL. BOSTON
BROADWAY CENTRAL HOTEL. NEW YORK
TILLY HAYNES. Proprietor
New-York tribune., 1900-11-03
Bound Brook,

TNGLENOpp'-, ieu-l-ua
Il large house. beau t-H.
FnCIew1od y {rUSeS fnT sac
WEATHERBY 4 Cft. OPP.
New-York tribune., 1900-11-03
CouHtrn propertn for 5aIe.
One of New York's
Most Attractive Suburbs.

as country house FOR sale 4.
E-1-0 l~. @ra=- l1rari0n IN
or rent I-ui m sa6es.
STATION. E,--.--g g.H1. y =
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publlr Notltrs.
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS,

DEPARTMENT OF FiNAN'E, -
BUREAU FOR THE COLLECTION or TA\EH,
No. - CHAMBERS STREET.
STEWART BIGLplNGl.
NOVEMBER
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-15

favor Of free trade. To the argument
that 10 is Necessary. to impose tarih to
raise revenue to meet the needs Of the
Island they reply that they wouh much
prefer 1ireot taxation. II, after the en-
lightenment the House has had with re-
gard TO the feelings of the people Of this
country, 1t were TO take action
for the flrSt time on the policy TO be pur-
sued towa' the Island, thers can soatoely
be a doubt that 1t would dstermine upon
free trade by a large majority. Hav-
ing already taken aotion In one direc-
tloD, IL is naturally reluctant to turn
about and 60 In the other. But IL is far
better TO correct an srror. even II 10 In
veIvss some humiliation to do so. than 10
stick TO 10. But whatever IL TO be done
with the tariff bill the bill which the
House passed TO return to Porto Rioo
duties already collected should be passed
by the Senate Immediately.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-15
NEW ENGLAND AND GOLD.
Est. Louis Globe Democrat)
Personal AND PECULIAR.

1t is reported from Madrid that Senior
Dupuy de LONE, former minister to the
United States, will shortly DO appointed
Span IN Ambassador to the Vatican.
DR.. Charles W. Danbsy. president OF
the Uniyeriity OF Tennessee, has received
motive from the French govarnm eDt q
his apEoi Gtmsnt ss a member OF the com
mite ON International awards at the
Paris Exposition.
The trustees Of OteFlin College at thar
"a cent meeting elected Professor Charles
A. Wager of Kenyon College to be pro-
fessor of English, succeeding the late
Professor W. W. Greasy. Professor Wager
Is a graduate OF Colgate University, and
took his Phi. ID. at Yale under Professor
A. S. Cook.
In connection with the illness of Rev.
Thomas h. Beecher of Elmira, NY.
brother of the late Henry Ward Beecher.
1t is an interesting fact that he has two
sisters and enc brother living. One sis.
ter, Mrs. Perkins, who Is the mother of
Rev. Edward Everett hales wife, Il
ninety three years old, and lives at Hart
ford, Conn. The other Is now Mrs
Hooker. His brother, Charles, Is eighty
two
Mrs. Wa, the wife off the Chinese min
lister to the United States, has not only
adopted the customs of this country, but
enjoys them, and her receptions are said
to be among the most elaborate in Wash
ington. Far different are TIE sentiments
Of the wife Of the Turkish minister. Ali
FerrouRh hey. She wishes to live In
A nerioa exactly as II she wers In Con.
stanti nople, and does so. as far as posi-
BILE, remaining In strict ssolusion ana
SLOWING M man to zee her. But the re-
porter, anxious TO I'LL space, and disap-
pointed In not being able to interview
or, has invented tales of how he has
called upon her. and gives fictitious con-
verse tlons, and descriptions OF her per-
sonal appearance and her wardrobe, In
a manner very annoying both to her aud
to her husband
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-15
Millions Given Away.

1t is certainly gratifying TO the public
are not afraid to be generous to the
needy and suffering. The proprietors Of
DIR. Kings New Discovery for Consump-
tion, Coughs and Colds, have given away
over ten million trial BOTTLES OF this great
medicine; and have the Satisfaction Of
knowing 1t has absolutely cured those
ohitis. Hoarseness and all diseases OF the
Throat, Chest and Lungs are surely cured
by IT, Call on II. p. S. Goold, on Con-
Rress street and II. g. Starr, Cumberland
Mills druggist, and get free trial bottle.
Regular sizs 500. and 81. Every bottle
guaranteed, or price refunded.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-15

Lord Salisbury's reply to President
kruger's appeal leaves no doubt of Eng-
lands iutention with regard to the Boer
Republics. Tier Independence is to be
destroyed and they ars to become part
OF the British domain in South Africa.
What Chamberlain and Rhodes under
took to accomplish by diplomacy Is to be
achieved by tbs sword.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-15
Working Night and Day.

The busiest and mightiest little thing
that ever was made Is DIR. Kings New
Life Pills. Every pill Is a ugar-coated
globule Of health. that changes weakness
into strength, listlessness into energy,
brain-fAg into mental power. They re
wonderful in building up the health.
Only s5ots. per box. Sold by II. p. s.
Goold. 577 Congress Square. and II. G..
Starr, Cumberland Mills.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-15

With BlosmfonteIn In the hands Of
the Epel sh the Fres State troops will
prot ably conclude that they have nothing
more to fight for and will quit. That
they will rally to the defence of the
Transvesl is not lik ly.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-15

There Is g. Aid to BE- an urgent call for
more surgeons in the Philippines. One
army officer is quosed as saying that SEQ
doctors would do more towards the paoi-
hcation of the Islands than twenty regi.
ments
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-15
CURRENT COMMENT.
BIRDS AND EASTER BoNNErs.

blinds Avn hAO4h " bONNb %
(Waterv lille Mail.)
It is reported that the demand fol
BODIES of birds to be used in decorations
for Easter bonnets In New York city,
will lead to the destruction OF 10000 birds
by the hunters of Delaware. and yei
the Raster season is designed to become OF
special adoi Ion or dim who said that
net q single sparrow falleth 60 the
ground without Ills Fathers notice.
Put tire ethical side entirely out Of the
question, such Wholesale destruction OF
bird life muBt be an exceedingly bad
thing for the agricultural interests of any
state where 1t IL allowed. 1hs birds are
the farmers most active and most helpful
&C workers, kand their slaughter handi-
CAPS him severely In his strife against
insects ard other enemies to plant life
and thrift.
MR.. oLNEY'S DEMONSTRATION.
(From the Boston Watchman.)
1t seems TO us that Me. Olney's advises
course of action which will bring upon
the United States the moral oontempt Of
the civilized world. At the outhreak oil
our wsr " it'll spain the European contl-
nent declared that the whole enterprise
was Insured by desire to acquire
CLba, and that the humanitarian aspect
OF the war Was simply a cloak to cover
our Sc ii sh designs. 20 that we could
reply by quoting the Language Of thls
resolution. We sad that we had put
ouFeelses on F8eoFd In the most solemn
fashion. diseiamiBg any such intention.
Now Me. Ulney provides that We shall
verify the truth OF all that our bitteresI
enemies have said of US 1t Is nothing
mora nor less thhn proposal that the
United States shall play the art OF Peck
sniff sInUng the nations. A nation thai
frankly says that IL proposes TO conquer
tsIrlscFy beoaCss it wants it ia at least
not despicabie, though II may be wicked.
nation tia declared that it vaged n
wal from al impulse of cure human ity,
and that l. GiSc / ned "aoy di sposii IN
or intention to exercises soverei ynty, juris-
di3tion or control" over the ttr itoiy II
GoduiTed In pursuing II is purpose, And
then after 1t had conquered territory
oooly proceeded to annex 1t, would be
both wicked and despicabie
NEW ENGLAND AND GOLD.
(St, Louis Globe Demccrat)
Senator Teller remarks that Colorado
oen get along on the g'ld standard, "a
the state mined s., COO, 900 worth last year,
bot he Is AFRAID OF the results in New
England. The emphatic sound money
sentiment in that corner of the country
ought to calm NJ. Teller's tremors, Here
are the Mckinley pluTalitiss OF 1896:
Maine, 40, 717; New Hampshire, 35 7g4 ;
Vermont, 40, 400; Ma s1ohusstts, 173, 265
Connecticut, 81, $50; Rhode Island, 22,s7S.
The New England plurality for the 1000
dollar was 81 $40, and nobody EXCEPT the
Colorado Senator seems TO lie sorry about
IL.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-15

Patrons OF the PRESS who are leaving town
temporarily may have the addresses OF their
papers changed as often as they may desire by
notfylng the Office
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-15

leo ndministration OF TIE New York
city. unfortunately for the 1ammanyites,
contains chs honest and fearless man.
Mr. Bird $. Colrr, tie comptroller. and
he is making it very arm for the hooters
and thieves. Ali torss of pressure base
besa put upon him to shut his mouth,
bus with no avail, and the chances seem
to be now that he will compel bis asso-
dates to abandon several jobs they have
underway TO plumber the city.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-15

enforcement of law Is 20 great a novelty
in New York shat the people coliect IN
croNds TO see &.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-15

General Robsrts entered the capital OF
Oh Orange Free state yesterday without
Ssy serlous reistsnoe. It was not ex-
pecte6. however, that the Beers would
make any determined stand there. tina
place being practically without dsfences.
o. course the capture Of their capital can
net be without seriously demoFaiizing
eject upon the Free state troops at least
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-15

SShseriuers whose papers are not delivered
promptly are requested to notify the office OF
the DAILY PRESS. No. Va Exchange street.
Portland Me-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-15

1ne DsSV way Ou6 VI buS EOfOO hloC
mess would seem to be to rstracs the steps
taken and get bssk to the PIesldent' S
original platform of ''plain duty" IL
has been many years since the public was
SC thoroughly stirred up over msttsr as
1t has been and Is now over the PROPOSE
ton to impose q tariff against the island.
The argument that it would not do to
admit Porto Rico to our markets free,
lest precedent would be created In rs-
gard to the Philippines has not proved
effective with the psopis. They cannot
sse why the two GASES should be linked
together. Porto Rico Is close to our
shores. Its population Is small and 1t 6
products are few in number. II has n5
manufactures and never can have. Its
people put us under obligation
by receiving us with open arms, and our
comma AdsTs pledged US 30 treat their
island rs II part OF the United States and
to give to them all the privileges which
citizens of the United States enjoy.
With the Philippines the case is alto
ge5her different. They are ten thous-
and miles away. Their Inhabitants ara
have reaisted our severe Rnty to the ut.
most, and have Imposed rpon "a heavy
burdens. The terms OF the Paris treaty
practically forti1 the Philippines from
Being made part Of the United States,
Iincs some Of IFS stipalations would CON-
pei us, IL the islands were annrxed, &c
olen orr markets free to the whole world
There is therefore no good reason why
our policy toward Porto Rico
should not be determined entirely by the
facts Of this particular case, without rs.
gard to the facts of any other case.
Viewed In that way Ii would seem that
the arguments were strongly on the side
Of free traoe. Business Mt present In the
island Is paralyzed. There 10 no market
for the crops that have been raised, and
there can be none except what the United
States may furnish. Furthermore the
the people are very poor and many Of them
are on the verge of starvation. All their
breadstuffs, all the machinery to carry
on their farms. In short almost every
thing which they need In order TO thrive
and prosper must be obtained in this
country. A tariff Of Is Der cent Of ths
Dinglsy rates Is not. to be sure, very
heavy, .but even slight increase in cost
Of the rec ssaries of life may work great
hardships to people In the depths o.
poverty, as are the Porto Rioans 1t hal
been suggested that imports Into tbs
island might be frsed from all dutieI
while the fifteen percent tariff WAS i'm
posed upon exports from the island to tn,
United States. But that would be opeI
to the serious objection Of seeming to
discriminate 10 favor OF the trusts. The
psop.e Of Porto Ei,o are probably the
best jugded of what win help them mort,
and almost without exception they are In