The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-04-15
Ohaf Others
fire Saying.

The exports OF live cattle from the
United States 10 Great Britain amount
to about sio,OoO.oOo year. and OF ami
NAL products 10 nearly 500 900. 900 This
is a trade item worth considering and
the government at Washington will
give IL immediate attention II IL Is
unable To get the order revoked IL Is
probable the British army, on short
beef ration, may he more successful
for Tommy Atkins must have his
meat. Pttshurg Dispatch.
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Escape from a lofty burning build
ing by jumping from the windows is,
~ course. desperate resort: yet
sometimes II IL the only alternative.
The risk must be taken at times. and
" is surprising that suitable nets or
other receptacles do not form part OF
the equipment OF all hre departments.
10 be brought into use at all fires. The
American fire departments are as "A
rule lamentably deficient IN appli-
ances OF this sort. t."-Philadelphia
Ledger
Now that the collier Merrimac has
been removed from Santiago harbor Il
il appropriate that the government
enter upon contract for taking the
wreck of the Maine out OF the way OF
vessels at Havana. IL is unlikely that
any further light will be thrown on
the cause OF the explosion divers hav-
Ing apparently made "A thorough exam
ination. Buffalo Courier.
s.o.s
when a Court at New Orleans last
week issued an injunction tying up
shipments a. of army mules on British
account 20 South Africa no one on this
side OF the Atlantic dreamed OF British
reprissls In another quarter. But II
seems 10 have occurred to John Bull
that II his purchases OF mules in this
country should be ohstructed "A similar
fate might befall his army contracts
for American canned meats, and hence
the prompt issuance OF an order shut
ting out our meats from British army
contracts. No mules. no beef--such is
GreS Britain's simple and practical
uitimatum Philadelphia Record
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Last wear the Ice Trust thought II
had everything its own way and raised
the price OF ice To sixty cents per hum
dred pounds. The journal urged the
people 20 put In independent plants
wherever they had "A chance They did
40, and now the Trust is facoIng
competition that will compel IL TO cut
even the present price Of thirty cents.
Any man intelligent enough 20 earn
the large salary usually paid to
trust president ought To be able to
comprehend the lesson OF this incident
without much difficulty. New York
Journal
"The principal trouble with presi-
dent Castro. OF Venezuela, seems 10 be
that he is i'm too much OF hurry TO
get rich. He has a salary of $4,000 "A
year, and II is the current belief i'm
Caracas that during the two years
which have elapsed since he establish
ed himself I'm the presidential office he
has hived away something like s., ,OoO,-
600. He has done this by means which
are familiar I'm the practice of South
American dlctators. philadelphia In
quirer.
Those who attend the Inauguration
OF a president are Afforded abundant
opportunities to see the new chief
magistrate even II hs should not ha-
rangue them from the Capitol AS long
as We continue To inaugurate our
presidents I'm March common prudence
should dictate ceremony which
would not needlessly expose the exec
utive or the spectators To the elements
In one of the most dsagreeable and
dangerous months Of the year."-Bal-
timore sun.
Now for The Love Letters of
Aguinaldo, running through twenty
six Sunday ISSUES OF some esteemed
contemporary Minneapolis Times.
Mr.. J. Pierpont Morgan is getting
more notoriety IN connection with Inn
mcnse cspitalizations than is good for
him. " things keep on for while as
they are going now he will become the
victim ~ publicity Isn't II q shame
that a man of such large affairs has
to take the public into his confidence
occasionally Cincinnati Enquirer