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Washington sentinel., 1901-01-26

haps made the Britain OF old a suitable
tenement for the hippopotamus and
elephant. In Africa, however, Chinese
labor once admitted, would soon be
beyond possibility and restraint. In
Australia it has long since engaged the
public attention very painfully. The
canny Scot is popularity supposed to
undersell his English competitor by
reason Of an inexpensive taste for dining
on dry bread and ieasting the eyes only
on klpper dependent from the ceiling
until, one day in every seven, the kipper
and the ceiling part company. The
German volunteer" is accredited IN
unaPpreCiative clerical circles Va 2 a.
somewhat similar power OF living on air
while worming his way isto the com
mercial secrets that his English brother
neglectS The Chlnaman can without
a doubt beat both Of these abstainers
on their own ground, for il may safely
be stated that compared with him the
average Scot is a Sybarite, the German
clerk a gluttOn and voluptuary.
The almond eyed laundryman and
MAJ ket gardener INDUCES, when on
business bent, in no luxury beyond that
of dirt, which is, after all, a saving in
both time and money. Vicious in his
we'll earned playtime, treacherous at
work and play alike, he has, neverthe-
less, all the qualifications for success
In petty field OF advancement. His
opium dens may, out of China, be
stain on civilization; his gambling hells
may be-they are, in iact--a public
nuisance; but Of the single purpose and
tepacity Of John" while he is making
his pile few who have watched him IN
the process can entertain anv serious
doubt. His patience is as lnexhaustible
as his scTuple is elastic. He is in no
hurry, and he never tires. Clipping
sovereigns by the hour or shaking them
in a peculiarly constructed bag by the
mouth, it is all the same to him. These
are his comparatively honest msthods.
ReckOned, indeed, by the moral stand
ard that obtains on the goldfields, there
is little TO be. said TO their diSparaaement.
He cannot be regarded as a man of
violence, though when other methods
fail he has been known, if the darkness
gives sufficient promise OF escape, to use
his knife not without skill and despatch.
OF course he is an inveterate gambler,
often wasting IN an hour Of the fan tan
shop the savisgs OF a year. Even that
congenial weakness, however, does not
seem to commend the Monaghan to the
Australian, who, himself a child OF
liberty (even that liberty which some
times embraces the right to starve
rather than work., hates with a deadly
hatred not the clipper OF soyereigns,
the SIN oker Of opium, the lover OF factory
ladies (who might better give their
fayors to white men'O, but the thrifty
vegetable grower, the skilful cabinet
maker, the cheap and under bidding
laundryman. Australians are still nib
bling at the problem. No English
statesman can dictate his own view Of
the eccentricity OF their misplaced fears.
They will worry It out in time for them
selves,
Washington sentinel., 1901-01-26
Extent or his Inheritance.

The extent of the empire over which
the new King Edward VII of England
and Emperor OF India will reign exceeds
that Of any monarch OF the present time
or perhaps of anV time. Exclusive OF
Egypt, the area OF his empire is II 49,.
600 square miles; including Egypt.
about I5, ,Ooo, 600 square miles, or much
over One-iourth of the land surface Of
the globe. The wealth Of the United
King dom alone, apart from that Oi India.
Australia, Canada and other possessions
is about $50, ooo. .ooo, 900, or second only
to that OF the United States. The pop
ulatiOu OF the Empire aggregates some
100000 900, being comparable with that
Of the Emperor of China. Its shipping
equals that OF all other countries put
together, and its commerce and navy
are by far the largest. The capital oi
the Empire is also the worlds money
centre. Altogether Edward VII is very
comfortably fxed.-BaltiW0ys .SNs.
Washington sentinel., 1901-01-26
Englandlln q POckeL
London DaiLy CAronicle.

Put in its Ibrieiest terms, the purport
Of the amended treaty Is simply to aunul
the Clayton Bulwer treaty Of 1850, The
Uoited States declare their right to
construct a Nicaragua Canal for them
selves, and under their exclusive control,
This we granted Dy the first Hay
PauncefOte treaty, now amended, They
go on to assert that the canal shall ---
be neutral, and shall not be or -.
commerce on terms OF equality That
is the meaning of the phrase that the
Clayton Bulwer Treaty is now super.
seeded. and it is obviously very serious
thing for US. Seldom in its stormy career
has the Conservative Government been
placed in a more dangerous dilemma.
II Lord Salisbury les things slide he
causes another miserable loss 10 our
honor and reputation. II he refuses,
whist force has be to back up refusal?
Our army is shut up in South Africa and
China. Our navy is needed to protect t
our communications with both, or woul d
be the moment trouble began with any
considerable naval power like rhe
States, Il IS not at present Obvious what
third course lies open to us between
unconditional refusal Of the new amend
ments and dishonorable acceptance.
Washington sentinel., 1901-01-26
FACTs AeArvsT THR sTBsrDy.

--."Eyery ship yard of Importance In
the country Is running to its fullest
capacity, and many new ones have
come into existence, with some Of the
old doubling and trebling their facili-
ties for turning out vessels. Contracts
for mercantile craft alone on the At
lantic and Pacific coasts amount TO
S3OOOO,OOO, and it is now almost q
certainty that more new tonnage Will
90 into the water under the American
flag in 1901 than In any previous year
in the history Of the country.
"The fact that America Is building
ships for foreign governments, which
have had the world for a market in
which to buy their ships, shows plain
ly that there is an advantage In our
favor on the first cost Of the ship. The
fact that building and sailing American
ships in competition with the fleets Of
the world has enabled a few Americans
TO pile up colossal fortunes shows that
we can operate the ships as cheaply
as the foreigners can operate their
craft.
"Of the grainships en- route to Port
land at the present time 25 fly the
German flag, while Great Britain, for
the first time in the history Of the port,
has dropped back to second place, with
but % ships. over two-thirds Of these
German ships were built and owned by
the British until a short time ago. AS
a matter Of fact, half OF them have
passed from the British to the German
flag within the past three years. No
subsidy was asked or needed when
Germany decided to increase her
merchant marine, but she said to her
subjects, Go forth into the markets Of
the world and buy ships wherever you
can buy them the cheapest If Ameri-
can capital could have secured the
same permission from our government,
all OF these ships which Great Britain
supplanted with steamers would not
now be flying the German fiag."-Port
land (Or.) Oregonian.
Washington sentinel., 1901-01-26
Has Not Beer
Borne it's Share?

has MOI Beer memorial to
Borne it's Share? ;@i FiD ; oTna's = q e
Committee, the board OF Off
GERS OF the United States Brewers
Association summarized as briefly
as possible the statements submit
ted by them on several occasions
in support Of their claim that the
war tax upon malt liquors, super
imposed upon the old war tax,
should not have been imposed,
and having been imposed, should
be repealed as soon as the con.
ditions Of the Federal Treasury
warrant the reduction ofany taxes.
The memorial says:
While, as we have already inti-
mated, this act might have been
justihable as an extreme war meas
Lre, adopted under stress Of extra
ordinary circumstance and in
view OF complications imperatiYely
demanding immediate action, il
cannot be successfully defended
upon any rational ground in the
face OF the facts that scarcely one
third OF the available revenue
sources have been resorted to; that
the tax upon distilled spirits has
not been increased, AMI that do
mestic wines and elders remain
practically untaxed.
During the Civil War the inter
nal revenue system included every
available anc Legitimate source Of
revenue. In 1866. the income from
this source reached its highest
point, amo uniting to S3Io,9o6 ,9S4;
OF this total, the sum of only Ss,-
IIs,I4o, or I.64 per cent Of the
aggregate internal revenue re-
ceipts, was derived from malt liq-
uors; cigars and tobacco in all its
forms and distilled spirits yielded
S4s, ,oI4,737. Hence the revenue
derived from these three articles
(spirits, tobacco and malt liquors)
amountedto Sso,Iao, 877, or about
sixteen per cent Of the total inter-
nal revenues. The remaining sum
Of Sa6o,777,Io7 was derived from
other sources, which in our opin.
ion should all have been utilized
again before the war tax upon
malt liquors was doubled. A COM
parison Of the revenues for 1866
and 1900 will show more clearly
and incisively the correctness OF
our contention.
Washington sentinel., 1901-01-26
REPUBLICANS OENOUNcE SHIP SUB
SDY BILL.


Senator Hanna seems 60 be having
more than his hands full In his attempt
to round up the Republican papers OF
the country In favor OF his ship sub
sidy bill. The following quotations
from important Republican papers In
dicate the way his oyertures are re-
ceived
THE PEOPLE OPPOSED TO SUBSIDIES.
'Not only is there no popular demand
for q subsidy measure, but there is
no reason to believe that II would
benefit any person outside OF those
engaged in building and running ships,
and OF these classes It would benefit
only those who least need 1.-THE large
builders and ocean liners and not small
ones. 800"
"Congressmen must not mistake the
atmosphere OF Washington for that of
the country at large or the clamOr Of
a few ship builders and owners and
their lobby for the voice OF the people,
Let Republican members go back to
the platform OF 1895, which demanded
the upbuilding OF our merchant ma
rine and carrying trade by other
methods than a money subsidy
disnaRolls Journal, = - -
Washington sentinel., 1901-01-26
NEWS
7YGHsRaESd and SsksctsG (pONt IsaGigR
RErOSSGH bGbSrS/Or Ebs SENTINEL
ENGLAND.
Oue Hundred Years Of Irish Union.
London Times, Jan. ,.

London Times, Jan. ,.
On the opening day OF the nineteenth
century, the Act OF Union, which made
Great Britain and Ireland politically
one, came into operation. A hundred
years have elapsed since that great
constitutional change. Ireland has
been, it may be said, during all that
time, a thorn IN the side Of the British
Empire. How far the responsibility
for these troubles rests with the lmpe-
rial Government, and how far with the
Irish people, including the landlords,
we do not undertake to say. On the
other hand, ii is clear that, at the end
OF the nineteenth century, lhe material
condition Of Ireland is infinitely better
than il was when the Act OF Union
became the law OF the land. We know,
OF course, that the hostility TO the Union
has been developed in many different
quarters. We cannot deny that, even
down to our own times, there has been
a persistent feeling in Ireland that the
prosperity of the people is not 10 be
reconciled with the British connection
IN any shape or form. Public policy and
popular passion have all along been in
conflict. The Act of Union may have
been passed in defiance, as has often
been alleged, OF the will oil the nation.
50 far as il was ascertainable at the time.
Then the representative system was
ridiculous and corrupt, and 1t needed
great effort of will TO bring politicians
OF the day up to the point OF understand.
ing that there was a sense Of political
responsibility outside ofand above mere
party sentiment of the day But the
Union has been, and 1t still is, "goiDg
concern" It has held the United King.
dom together during more than one
period of storm and Stress" It has
prevented a breach in the policy OF the
nation at more than one critical time.
Looking back at the history of the past
hundred years, can we consider with
complacency what might have happened
If there had been an "auton Omous
Government in lreland1 Even though
the Home Rule policy has been defeated
the belief that the security OF property
will never be impaired under British
rule has been unsettled to a disastrous
extent. There is hardly the confidence
we could desire to see that the law OF
the land will be moved, when the need
arises, to assert itself against lawless
combinations.
Washington sentinel., 1901-01-26
~
Il Goes Too Far.

Some OF the best friends OF the pro
tective system are afraid OF the reac.
tion likely to be induced by the sub.
sldy. The North American quotes Sen.
Ator Cullom as saying, Il believe there
is grave danger that the principle Of
subsidy for ships and protection for
American manufactures may IN future
be Arrayed against each other"
Washington sentinel., 1901-01-26
DGily GrSbAic. London, Jan, ,.

It is an interesting coincidence that
yesterday, which saw the birth of United
Australia, was the centenary of the
creation Of the United Kingdom, Our
Radical friends will doubtless say: H651
cSHSB. They have so convinced them
selves that the Act Of Union Is a mistake
because Mr.. Wm. O'Brien says 50, that
they do not trouble to look back to the
story OF Ireland before that Act. OF all
the centuries that have elapsed since
England conquered Ireland the century
just past has been beyond the possibility
Of question the best for the Irish people.
When the eighteenth century was
closing Ireland was IN a state OF active
rebellion, and il was through Ireland
that our enemies hoped to destroy
England. The opening ofthe twentieth
century finds Ireland not only entirely
at peace with England but furnishing
some OF the finest soldiers that fight in
the Queens armies. II Is commonly
said that under the Union the population
OF Ireland has declined. The statement
is one of those half truths which IS the
worst form Of lie. During the first fifty
years Of the Union the population OF
Ireland increased enormously; It has
since almost as rapidly declined, so that
the net result is to leave the population
at the end Ofthe century very little more
than it was at the beginning. To attri-
butte this complicated phenomenon
which can be observed also In many
rural districts in England, to the Act o
Union is a piece Of partissnship. 7h'
real failure OF the Act Of Union lies il
this, that il has not yet won the allie.
Washington sentinel., 1901-01-26

THERE is a bill pending before the
Wisconsin legislature which provides
that candidates for matrimony shall
undergo medical examination. The bill
has one defect. The candidates should
be examined as to their morals also.
Washington sentinel., 1901-01-26

glance OF the whole population Of Ire
land; but it at least has secured the
obedience OF all, aud the loyalty of most,
and this is more than can be said OF any
preceding form OF government in I=e-
land.
Washington sentinel., 1901-01-26
AustralIa's MougOlIaa Problem.

When Mr., Chamberlain, many years
ago, alluded to Australia as the land
where freedom loves to dwell" he did
not anticipate, In that continent any
more perhaps than in himself, radical
charges that are not all tor the better.
Once, il NAV be, Australia was open to
all comeTs, but those who imagine that
such is still the case are wide, very wide
OF the truth. The free labor" problem
Of Queensland has already been noticed
in these columns, but there is another Of
pressing interest now that the civilized
world is presenting notes" to China
now, too, that there is a threat to food
certain African fields with Chinese labor
while we have only just Witnessed the
bankruptcy Of a similar experiment in
London. Climatic conditions, however,
had as much TO do with the last named
failure as financial reasons, tor the col
ored labor question is never likely to
press in those latitudes until at any rate
another turn Of the earth shall have
brought back heat wave such as per
Washington sentinel., 1901-01-26

Since 1866 the population OF our
country has increased a hundred
fold, and our manufactures have
been quadrupled. II this fact be
taken into consideration in con-
junction with the further fact that
in 1856 the revenue from special
taxes Qicenses) and from manu-
factures alone amounted to $780,
394,7s9, it will be readily perceived
that fully iour-6iths Of the ma.
tion's revenue sources remain IN
productive while the tax upon our
product has been doubled,
The full import OF this will an.
pear still more clearly il we
compare the tax rates, the price OF
beer and the total revenue derived
from our industry.
Tax Rate Price Of Beer Amount OF
per Barrel BeOrTax.
isSS isSS si'CS ssoo 'i2.SS 'SSS fSE5Slaq f;Es5ls3
In 1866 the tax amounted to less
than one-eighth; in 1900 to two
6fths Of the market value OF our
product.
In 1866 the brewing industry
Washington sentinel., 1901-01-26
SHIP GuBsrpY BILL.

"The ship subsidy proposition Is less
popular than the tariff for at least two
reasons. One is that nobody can be
induced to believe that the foreigner
pays the freight when the bill itself
expressly provides that ii shall be paid
out Of the national treasury In cold
cash. The other Is that the word
subsidy has an unpleasant sound, sug-
gestlye Of the credit mobilier and land
grants for railroads that were never
built.
''The subject is one little understood
by the people, and even If the subsidy
principle be conceded only those famil-
lar with the condition Of the ship
building industry and the condition
end needs OF the merchant marine can
undertake to say whether the pending
bill has been framed on the lines best
calculated to increase this nations i'm.
portance In the carrying trade at the
minimum Of cost to the treasury.
There are conflicting interests in the
trade, some being interested IN one
class Of vessels and some in another
and each desiring bill in its own In
teFest.
"If the pending measure becomes a
law, 1t will be heard from in the next
campaign. No incOnsiderable part Of
President McKlnley's support In the re-
cent election came from those to whom
the subsidy idea Is extremely distaste-
ful."-Dubuque Qa.) Times.
Washington sentinel., 1901-01-26

SUBSIDY SCHEME NOT VOTED ON IN XovEM-
BER.
Discussing President James ]. Hill's
intensely interesting prophecies Of
what the merchant marine of the ma
tion is approaching In development the
Chicago Tribune editorially says:
"It was not understood when the
spellblnders were urging the people Of
the northwest to vote In favor Of the
reelection Of President Mckinley that
one Of the first Items on the senatorial
programme when congress met would
be the passage OF shipping subsidy
bin which contemplates annual expend-
lture for 80 years for the special ben
eft OF a number Of rich men residing
In eastern cities. There Is nothing
whatever In this adroit resolution Cthe
shipping plank Of the Republican ma
tlonal platform Of 1900 about 'subsl-
dies The word subsidies was care
fully omitted from the platform. Nor
was anything said during the campaign
in regard to the extension OF our mer-
chant marine by a scheme OF public ex-
penditure continuing for a generation.
Nobody can recall an instance of a pub
lie meeting at which the shipping sub
sidy bill was made the subject OF fair,
candid argument or any argument at
all, nor were the claims to public aid Of
the persons interested In such legisla.
ton ever explicitly set forth. -" The
Republican party should not be in IA
yor Of one set OF measures prior to
Nov. and In favor Of an entirely diff
ferent kind Of measures subsequent to
Nov. G."
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-06-23
MEETINGS AT MARBLE FALLS.
summer Normal Students and Method
lists viii Be Numerous,

Summer Normal Students and Method
lists viii Be Numerous
Marble Falls Texas, June iO--There VIII
be three notnbe gatherings in Marble FANS
during the month of July, each Of whlch
win bring Il plumber OF people here to see
uature's wonders aud to share our hospl
tally.
The drst OF these is the summer normal
which will open six weeks session on
June q. Although these schools are being
held ALI over the State six days before ours
h 10 open. applications for board have been
received from twelve different counties and
every mail brings in more applications, a
few days ago the committee having the mat.
ter IN charge were opprehensyc lest they
would not be able to properly care for AZ
the teachers who would come, but our Peo'
pie responded aObly to thcir call ana now
We feel assured that homes eau nc secured
for all SO the teacherB from the coast
country may come aud Get whih OF noun
tain ar and see the wonderful falls, while
they receive the best Of professional uAlh-
Ing. .,....a
10 are the Methodist district conference for
the Georgetown district, which meets mere
July TO Z, aud Will PROBABLY bring hllg
preachers and delegates 10 the Ialls, anu
last but not least Is the Confederate e.
union Of the Mountain Remnant bfignae,
which takes place Jnly rs TO 2S aud which
wul bring thousands OF people together
here.
me management OF the Austin aud North.
western railroad has put on low excursion
rates 10 this point and great many people
are taking advantage OF the excellent nsh'
ing Afforded here.
George Christian Ia erecting business
mouse on Avenue / next 10 the First Ma
tional bank building. lie viii occupy IL
blmseif with stock OF dry goods,
Mr. r. H. Evans OF Turner a Evans ls
In Daiins this week buying implements and
Mrs. s. p. Hayg0od returned yesterday
from a six weeks visit 10 Texas ano
IewiSyilie Ark, returned with hef ana
Will spend the summer here
Mr. Warren Wlcks o. Palestine Is here on
Jtidae J. G. Cook and Dayton Moses OF
Bnrnet we're here on legal business yester'
daV
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-06-23
sig SO REWARD.

$1,000 by j NJ. Foster Planting Co,
Shreveport, La and $3.50 by the Governor
For negro named II. Edwards, wanted
Tor the murder Of John Gray Foster, uu the
Foster plantation In Booster Parrish, on
This ncgro is prominen, In tho "Church
OF God founded by Prophet smith" and
came from Houston, Texas with Smith
sud MANY others the past spring. lie Is
Prince" OF tho Church Of God" Is gen
orally 50 called by Its members l. e,
Prince i Edwards
DESCRIPTION
Born and raised on Wharton place IRA
zoria County, Texas, J.ivod on Walker
place, near Chonapgo Bragorln Connty,
Texas Height feot 7 Inches Weight,
AFe 40 TO As years
Black Teeth smooth and white
Upper Nd left eve llttle SIT caused from
bcil on stye, and has tnhnmed appearance;
lgshes on that eye thin,
mustnche tocrahly heavy, medium
length and tolerahly straight Chin whisk
ers when he left, about ~ Inches long and
least Mt gray. Hair tolerRhly short aud
eprukled with gray said 60 have scar
from old shot wound just below shoulder
aud also scar from operation for bladder
When he left Ind on navy blue flannel
suit square cut sack coat oil grain eniter
work shoe, black fell hat crushed in top
with broad hand Had some money Pleas
ant voice rather above average IA intelli
The Slo0h Is on deposit IN the tlrsl M
tiunnl Rank OF this city and viii he paid
on Ceccipt of the murderer
W /. FOSTER, FOR J. NJ. Foster Plant
s. I. wArtD sheriff. Shreveport, In
A. r. THOMPSON ShNNn BENTON, In
Shreveport, La, June II, 1901,