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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-18
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EXPORTS ON THE INCREASE.
The Record Likely to BE Broken by
This Fiscal Year.

Exports from the United States continue
| to increase, and the fiscal year 1901 seems
destined not Only &c break all records
but perhaps to touch the billion-and-a-
half mark. For the twelve months end
ing with February. the total is 81. s90.isi-
as5. and for the eight months of the fiscal
year it is 81 .015. is5.37i
Thus the record presented by the Febru-
airy statement of the Treasury Bureau OF
Statistics at least suggests billion-an1-
a-half record for the fiscal year s9)i. since
the twelve months ending with February
are less than 100000 below that sum.
and the eight months of the fiscal year
are .n0o above the proportion which
eight months of the twelve included in
the fiscal year would be called on to fur
nish of 81 500 900. 900 total.
No eight months period in the history
of our expert trade shows as large total
of exports as the eight months ending
with February, 1901. The total exports
during that period are. as above indi-
Gated. sl.O5. is5. s7i. against ss1s.47s.4n in
the corresponding months of last year.
and s6s2. in eight months of the ifs
cal year 1896 having thus Increased more
than 80 per cent in five years
The favorable balance of trade. or ex-
cess of exports over imports. shows an
even greater increase, being. $i92. 224. 90i for
the eight months ending with February
against s26i. 2l9 .S9l, in the same months
of the preceding fiscal year. and s6i. 49,
90 in eight months of the fiscal year
1896.
No eight months period in the history
of our export trade has shown as large
exports or as large an excess of exports
over imports the period ending with
February. 1901. and no twelve months
period ending with February shows as
large exports. or as large an excess of ex-
ports over imports, as does the twelve
months period ending with February,
1901
On the import side the figures are also
1891, are nearly $5.000.0o0 less than those Of
February. 1900, and those for the eight
months ending with February are S32-
GOO.UD below those of the corresponding
months of the preceding year. while
those of the twelve months ending with
February. 1901, are also slightly below
the twelve months ending with Febru-
airy. 1900.
The total imports in the eight months
ending with February were ST.. $50 $50.
against So5j, 253, 5l4 in the eight months
OF the preceding fiscal year. and S5iI. 1884,
S's in the eight months ending with Feb
ruary, 1886.
Thus the imports of the eight months
period show III the five years decrease
of about $20Gl0.000, while the exports show
an Increase of over $400. 600. 900. compar-
ing the eight months ending with Febru-
airy, 1901. with the eight months ending
with February, 1896.
The following table shows the February
imports and exports in each year from
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-18
The Feature of Prohibition.

(from the Boston Henld)
The prohibition law has been tried in the state
OF Maine for long series of years and has proved
not only failure, but mockery Of legal re-
straint. The various municipalities of Massachu-
sets vote each year upon whether liquor shall
or shall not be sold within their borders and
when the vote is in the negative public opinion
in these various places is tolersbly effective in
securing adherence of the popular will. But
because such option is given 10 the people
in the State Of Maine venture little in saying
that the amount of liquor sold in the smaller
cities and towns is far greater than is consumed
in similar places in Massachusetts,
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-18
MORE TROOPS TO SAIL.
Soldiers Under Orders Awaiting in
San FrHncisco.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 17.-Troops
+ and G, Sixth Cavalry, stationed at the
Prcsidio, and Company IL, Seventh lnfan-
try. stationed at llcatraz, have been or
dered to sail for Manila by the first
transport that is available. They are
expected to embark on the Hancock,
which is scheduled to sail on March %.
one squadron of the Sixth Cavalry is
in the Philippines and the other is in
China The two troops which are now
ordered to the front formed the home
squadron. Two squadrons of the Fifth
Cavalry and two troops of the Fifteenth
row.
The Pennsylvania, which is also sched-
ued TO sail tomorrow will carry seven
COMPANIES of the Tenth Infantry. The
squadron Of the Fifth Cavalry from Fort
Myer is expected to arrive here today
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-18

sonahleness of human nature. we All
know that in the Sunday school books
the good little girl with the sef-sacriiic-
ing disposition gets the prizes--if she does
not die earIy-and the good little boy is
triumphantly indicated at the expense
of his SNOWY and meretrcious comrade.
But, we all know, too. that in real lie
it is not always thus.
There are some people who seem born
to do all the drudgery OF life, and others
who seem to have come into the world to
get ali the pleasure. 1t is true that no
one can make a great success without do
ing the drudgery as well the pleasant
work: and. also, that no one makes a
great success without having gone
through unusual suffering of one kind
or another. II is only so that enc can get
that deep hold on the truths of existence,
that mastery of his own nature. and the
motives of others. absolutely indispens-
able to great achievement. But in the
small things of the world, il sometimes
happens that the person who is selfish
and adroit enough to slip out OF all the
unpleasant things. does so indefinitely,
and other people do their share of the
work and his as well.
We have all seen cases of this kind.
We all know families in which there is
some one person who bears the burden
and heat Of the day. and never gets any
credit for it. Sometimes it is the woman.
VINO, by reason of her understanding of
household tasks, invariably does all the
hard work, that nobody else wants to do.
While her sister placidly observes:
Maria likes to cook but never could learn.
Sometimes it is the man who patiently
drudges in his office. supporting half a
dozen dependent relatives. who easily
learn to regard him as a bank account
ana nothing more. In either case it is
not at all hard for the one who is willing
to work, to bear. to suffer, to take others
share of all unpleasant things, while they.
by virtue of sensitive nature" bud
ding talent, or some other fragile belong
ing, are cosseted, pampered, and petted.
Some people escape an immense amount
OF labor by simply not knowing how to
do it. Nobody can drive them to learn.
and nobody, in the case of cooking wants
them to do it if they have not learned.
The consequence is that they live at ease
while other people take care of them.
From worldly point of view. therefore,
it is not always such a bad plan not to
know how to do anything but make one's
self agreeable. From the point of view
of ACKNOWLEDGMENT. of course the
viytuous and useful course is preferable
But any person who makes up his mind
to learn to do drudgery easily and we'll
must also make up his mind either to be
willing to do great deal of it, or not to
be too self-sacrificing Otherwise he will
have time for nothing but drudgery.
Human nature is inclined to iaziness.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-18

In the household column Of New York
Sunday paper appears the following
pensive reflection:
when one considers how largely the happiness
and well being OF family depend upon knowing
how TO properly use the needle and how TO pre-
pare food, ii would seem that girl OF good
sense would far rather boast of such hoinely ac-
eompli shments than OF knowing how to strum on
the piano TO daub a few pieces of china With
badly mixed paints"
This is very pretty. and in the main,
true: but there is another side to the pic
ture--a side due to the whimsical unrea-
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-18
Diplomats, Servants Exempt.

The Commissioner of Internal Revenue
has decided that buffers and servants at
tached to foreign embassies and lega-
lions in the United States shall not be re-
quired to pay the revenue stamps on tick
cts for passage on any vessel sailing from
port in this country TO Il foreign port.
More than two years ago it was officially
decided that members of the Diplomatic
Corps in Washington should not be re-
CURED to pay this tax. but the question
as applied to the servants of the diplo-
mats was only recently raised
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-18

From the pitL.burg pispateh.(

From the Pittsburg Dispatch)
The true principle is, plainly, 10 permit as
high speed as may be consistent with the safety
Of the streets and to limit it before it threatens
that supreme consideration The impossibility of
maintaining any considerable degree OF speed
on crowded stt,s-s without peril to the public
should emphasize the lesson that for really rapid
transit routes must be acquired devoted exclu-
svely to the fast or trains entirely separate
rom all other traffic,
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-18
Military conscription.
From the Kew Orleans Pieayune.

fFfOm the Nov UIItAHs FItlYune)
II may be easy enough to maintain an army Of
- $50 men at full strength while the war con-
tinues in the Philippines; but, with the return Of
peace eniistnents will become less frequent
and the difficulty experienced IN keeping the
ranks 10 their full limit will increase Should
such A state of things come 10 pass. might not
some advocates OF large armies propose to re-
sort e. some form ri consumption 10 supersede
yoIpnt,r. .pllstiScnty and in that way TIE
increase in tLe 9,ineine army become direct
menace 10 popultr liberty!
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-18

The Governor of Panama in a state
ment to a New York paper, declares that
DIR. Silva, who, as Minister from Colom-
bia, is in Washington TO promote the
Panama Canal. has no authority to grant
special concessions in return for an I'M
dsrtaking to shoulder the de Lesseps rat
hole. But, it is understood that no at
tention will be paid to the Governor
announcement. The deal between the
Panama syndicate and the Administra-
ton is in active negotiation. There are
millions in it for the successful promoter
There is nothing in the way of loot behind
the Nicaragua project. 1t is not. there
fore, open TO much doubt that the expect
ed and not the unexpected. will happen.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-18

If the United Mine Workers are In
sober earnest. there will be a strike In
the anthracite regions next month. and
the price of hard coal will go up, and
stay up uncomfortably during the sum
mer. The men declare that IF the opera
tors do not recognize their union and
meet them in joint conference before
April l, the mining business in the an
thracite region will be suspended in
definitely. There does not appear to be
the smallest reason for expecting that
the Coal Trust will yield.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-18
Democracy I'm Boston.


There is strong evidence that the honest sturdy
Democracy of the city intend to see that no
such mistake (last years dyision) is made this
year. This fact made evident by the har-
Inonious gathering of Tuesday night (the Fitz-
gerald dinner. a gathering in which were seen
men formerly opposed to each other within the
DsIty lines but who are now united.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-18

1t now appears that the Cuban Consti-
tutional Convention will refuse 10 accept
the terms of the Plat amendment prob
ably offering the Isle of Pines, already
American territory, by way of com
promise. That being the case. the dele
gates might well go home and save
their money and wind-about time they
are ignorant. There will be a continuous
performance of military occupation until
they come to their senses. and take what
they can get.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-18
Is the Plat influence waning.
(From the Ipdiasapolis News,

Vrom the indianapolis News,)
There are some indications either that the
Hon. Thomas @. Plat, Senator from New YORK 10
losing his power, else that the President Of
the United states and the Governor of Mr. Patt's
own State have come TO the conclusion that II
IS not well for them. TO be bound wholly ss Mr.
Plaff's ..ishaa
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-18

Yesterday we were treated to a strik-
ing Illustration of the greater respect in
which saints are held than are Presi-
dents by his saturnine highness, the
Clerk of the Weather. Good old Saint
Patrick had. SO far. the finest day of the
century for his celebration. and deserved
it. For the first time in about seven
years ali public offices everywhere
throughout the United States were closed
on ST. Patricks Day and business of
all kinds was suspended. This unusual
manifestation of respect for the coca
sion was agreeably remarkable. One
thing, however was missing from the
occasion. As all the saloons were shut
up as tight as a drum. it was quite i'm
possible for any friendly son. or other
pi act of the ''ould sod. TO celebrate the
anniversary with snake hunt.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-18
The Carnegie Gifts.

Charity begins at home. and while Mr. Car
negie's establishment of Libraries, form OF
philanthropy Of which he appears to have made
specially, is altogether praiseworthy nevertheless
OF the opinion that he failed 10 strike
the popular chord until now.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-13
NLCCABE'sS:.
Ready Made Sufts Cheap.

We will throw out so assorted suits
this week at prices to sell them quick.
This is good chance to buy suits
for the Pan-American exposition, for
vacation, etc. There are all colors
and tlack-eight handsome styles
every one new. Cost or value does
not influence the selling prices.
$40 Suits with silk lined Jack
cts ...........-$ $500
SIS Suits, taffeta, silk lined
Jackets, both Jacket and
Skirt handsomely trimmed So. rs
$50 Suits, all colors, made in
Venetians, cheviot or broad
cloth, big values these. -. SIP. 81
$50 black cheviot Suits. jacket
and Skirt, both lined with
taffeta silk, fer. sly. rs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-13
DEATH OF Il. svRoowER.
Pioneer Rock IsIaud Business Man PassGs
Away In Texas-Olher Obituary.


Pioneer Rock Islaud Business Man PASSES
Away In Texas-OIher OBITUARY.
Henry Burgower, former Rock Is
land business man, died Saturday
evening at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Henry Regensburger, in Denni-
son. Texas, the sad information com
ing in a telegram to Joseph Roseu-
field. Mr.. Burgower, who was ma
tive of Sigmaringn and 81 years OF
age. located in this city in 1856. first
G m barking in the wholesale liquor
business with Aaron Block and B.
Lowenthal. Subsequently be was pro-
prietcr of dry go ods and grocery stores
in Moline aud this city. After his
grocery stock here was destroyed by
fire, with Aaron BAN berger as part
ner he engaged in the clothing bust
ness, later taking into the firm his
brother Michael, who purchased the
interest of Mr.. Bamberger. MIR. Bur-
COVER retired from active business
life in 1881. He was prominent in
the councils of the Odd Fellows, being
past patriarch of the grand lodge of
Illinois and for years an officer of
Rock Island lodge No. Is. He was a
member also of Trio lodge No. 81, A.
F. & A. NJ. and B'nai Birth. Mr..
Bugrower and his wife moved to
Texas two years ago. He is survived
by his widow and six children
Gabriel, of ST. Paul; Moses and Joseph,
of Chicago. Samuel aud Mrs. Louis
Cohn and Mrs. Henry Regensburger,
of Texas.
The remains will arrive tonight
over the Burlington road and the
funeral services will be held in the
Odd Fellow lodge room on Eighteenth
street at 2 o'clock tomorrow after
noon.
Bridget, the 9-year old daughter OF
Mr. and Mrs Patrick Tnnney, 1926
Fourth avenue. died at l o'clock this
morning of diphtheria. She was 9
years and s months old. A private
funeral was held from the house tbis
afternoon with interment at St.
Marguerite's cemetery in Davenport,
The remains of Mrs l. G. Peck,
who died in the state of Washington,
will arrive in the city tomorrow
morning at 1850 over the Milwaukee
road
A. II. KaufTmau, au old resident,
died this morning at Reynolds after i
long period of invalidism.
Mrs. .E. +. Wheelock, of Moline
died suddenly yesterday of paralytiC
stroke, aged 50 years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-13
Reading as n Cure.

The practice of reading aloud at reg
ular intervals is OF great benefit to any
one affected with a chest complaint.
In all cases of lung trouble Ii is impor-
tant to indulge in those exercises by
which the chest is in part filed or emp
tied of air, and reading aloud. singing
and whistling are three of those exer-
cises.
There are many who cannot sing.
and we do not expect the fair sex to
whistle, but reading aloud can be prac-
ticed by all. Care must be taken not
TO overdo it, of course, and the body
should be I'm such a position as to allow
the chest TO have free play.
Reading aloud, If we pay attention
to what we are doing, will not only
he beneficial from the standpoint of
health. but will also have the effect of
making us better speakers by teaching
us proper modulations of the voice and
by increasing our knowledge.
This is where it has the advantage
over whistling and singing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-13
ANNUAL REUNION OF
18TH ILLINOIS INFAN TRY.

The 18th Illinois volunteer infan-
try will hold its annual reunion this
year at Dixon May 81, 90 the annivc--
sary of the date on which the regi
ment was mustered in, 10 years ago. OF
a total of 102 men who were muster ed
in from this county 43 survived the
war and only eight are now left. DIR
S. G. Plummer and Joseph Cooper
have passed away since the last en-
The survivors in this
county are: Mai j NJ Beardsley, l.
V Eckbart. Anton DeisenrCth. Peter
Calvin p Harson, Charles
Weber, S. l.. Stafford and George
Smith.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-13
CARPENTERS STRIKE
All Union Men in Rock Island
Quit Work on Refusal
of Demands.
WANT AN INCREASE IN WAGES
Ask That Minimum be SIPS
Per Day.-Conferences
Held.

The differences which have been
pending between the union carpenters
and the bosses in this city since April.
came to climax yesterday, when the
former held largely attended meet
ing az the Industrial home and voted
to stop work.
Today practically all the union men
were out and the contracting car
penters were holding conferences to
discuss the situation. Both sides
a e firm and both appear confident of
ultimate success.
The Point of Difference.
The point of contention is the mini
mum wage. Last year the lowest
wages allowed by the scale was %
cents per hour or 50 for day of eight
hours. This spring the only altera-
-tion demanded by The carpenters
union was an advance of the minim u IN
wage to 81 % Fer day. This was met
with refusal on the part of the con-
tractors on the ground that it is an
exorbitant rate to pay for the cheaper
kinds of labor necessarily employed.
A number of conferences between the
bosses aud carpenters have been held
but both sides have refused To yield
the point. The signing of the scale
would be mere form on the part of
some OF the contractors, as in many
cases they lay all their men more
than the price demanded.
Metal Workers May Become Involved.
A result of the carpenters strike
may be renewal of the efforts on The
part of the sheet metal workers to
gain the scale they have been unsuc.
cessfully demanding. They have
asked a minimum wage of 80 cents
per hour, and have been refused on
the same grounds that the contract
ing carpenters have taken. While
there has been no general strike of the
metal workers, it is not unlikely that
they may Join forces with the carpen.
tiers now and put up lively fight.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-13
SRLOONKEEPERS WILL
GET ORDERS TOMORROW

Mayor Knox today stated that to.
morrow a notice will be published ad.
dressed to saloonkeepers and inform
ing them that their places must be
ridden of women by the end of the
week. He and Chief Dsrnell will also
call upon the saloons in person so that
no misunderstanding may be had.
Af,er Saturday night, he said, women
found about saloons will be given the
full measure of the law.
The mayor also intimated that no
attention will be paid to the request
of the Tri-City Labor congress for the
removal of Plumb Bancroft as water
works superintendent made on the
ground that he is not favorable to
union labor. He says the congress is
20 minutes late.