The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-02

Air- W ll~'n. secretary or AETlN ANU
if all should go according 70 the wishes
Of the intending scaIpers, O. Kansas man
is to have his place. The Secrctary's Of
fence is that. in a recent interview, he IS
alleged To have said that neither Kansas
nor Nebraska could DE relied upon To
produce crop. If he said this. il was
an extreme statement as far as regards
Kansas. Probably ne only referred 10
cereal crops. ia which ease ne would be
justified by the records and recognized
authorities on agriculture and cIimatolo-
Ey. Both States. or the greater part Of
their areas. are within the semi-arid re-
Ei0n. and dr0uEhts severe enough TO de
struy corn and grain happen at intervals
which are more OF less frequent. They
are always in danger Of such disasters. in
spite OF the fact that they escape more
often than they suffer from them. But
Mr.. Wilson If. in the case of Kansas, he
intended 90 insinUatc that the State could
not be depended upon 20 raise any crop,
was wrong and should 5e punished.
Kansas can De absolutely counted on TO
raise yearly crop of crauks. and under
favoriaG conditions, two crops. \ few
years ago IL produced Mary Ellen Lease,
SoCldess Simpson. Whiskcrs PETER and
other like commodities. most cNubeTautly-
This year the Carrie Nation crop has
been enormous. and fruitful Of more of
the family disturbance that Kansas re-
wells in. than anyone would have thought
possible. Secretary Wilson should amend
his affroutinE statement and admit that
Kansas can raise Goheuna every time.
droughts. floods cyclones. and grasshop-
pcrs to the contrary Notwithstanding
At latest accounts nothing had been
learned concerning the whereabouts Of
the American missionary, Miss Stone,
who is I'm the hands of bandits somewhere
in the mountains of Macedonia or Bull
sIria. The American Board of Foreign
Missions is finding it difficult to raise the
large ransom demanded, and negotiations
for a reduction are supposed TO be in
progress 4 letter has been received from
Miss Stone addressed TO a missionary
friend in Turkey in which she begs that
pursuit of the brigands may be abandon
ed, as il involves her being dragged from
place 10 place in the mountains until she
is too lame 70 walk There is reason to
believe. according to our dispatches. that
the chief of the band which is holding her
i'm captivity is one Bous SarafOu, formerly
President of the Macedonian Revolution
airy Committee at Sofia His principal
object In seizing Miss Stone and holding
her for ransom is believed to- be the Sc
curing of money with which to carry on
the revolutionary propaganda. Probably
he has heard Of the Cuhahy kidnapping
case. and thinks that it offers an example
Of good politics worth initiating.
The opposition which is developing 10
commercial concessions 10 Cuba IS sug-
gosJive of how little is TO be expected
from Republicans IN the way of reciproc-
ity. They viii an enthusiastically ap-
Tlaud the late Presidents reciprocity ut
terauCes at Buffalo. and in theory they
viii bee I'm favor of that policy. But in
practice they will De against IT, The reel
procity for which they Will vote is that
Icy which we secure valuable concessions
and give almost nothing. Not many trea-
ties can be negotiated upon that basis.
For value received we must expect to
give value in return.
The New Jersey Democrats claim to- be
making their campaign entirely lp1u
State issues, but when they put the trust
question well IN the foreground they
seem 20 be taking something Of a shy
into the national field. If the Republicans
Of that State will root out the anarchists
and the Democrats viii put a strong curb
on the trusts. the whole country viii
be grateful 20 New jersey.
General Otis. commanding the Depart
ment of the Lakes, is reported as say
ins that fun report Of the military in
cident at Canton satisfies him that the
guard at the cemetery was assaulted by
prisoners who, on the night it is alleged
that the trouble occurred had escaped
from the county Jail General Otis does not
eulishtcn Us as to the reason why two OF
three escaped county prisoners should
think Of celebrating their enlargement by
Immediately attacking a company Of reg
ular soldiers But then. he may have
Kicked up a lot Of knowledge. while in
termed in the palace at Manila. beyond
the ken Of ordinary mOrtals.
The wind refused 10 blow for he Yacht
race yesterday; not a new experience for
Sir Thomas Upton. A drifting match
is inconclusive always. but in the circun-
stances the Shamrock showed 90 such ex-
Celieut advantage that New York yacht
ing authorities are free 20 admit today
that the Cup probably was never before
I'm as much danger Of rscrossilg the
ocean as il now is.