The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-08-30

''ownership and control Of the is
lands, il benefitting our trade, tut a
careful study of the figures present
ed brings out little to encourage
'lthat idea. When The number Of
/, a mercan soldiers and civilians on
1.-THE islands is considered, the i'm
'lports from the L. $. from 1880, ,01O
to Sl,I93,4sS seems absurdly
small, especially when the increase
during the same period in imports
from Europe was from So, 210, 166
to SS,O14,l ,lS3. In the exports from
the islands the L. :. makes still
poorer showing, the latter stven
months showing only 81 ,lT,6ll
; against 50 ,O37 $50 the same seven
) months Of the previous year. What
adds to the aggrayaticn Of these iig-
ures is that exports 10 Europe show
an increase from ~, POI ,653 to 81, !.
! 9S3,75l. Even admitting that the
commerce Of the Philippines will in
the course Of tine become rs great
az the most sanguine predict, where
will the benefit TO T.. 5. commerce
come in, if Europe is to continue to
control the lions share Of it? And
there seems no way to shut the Eu-
ropean out. The treaty of Paris
pledges the L. ). TO give equal com
mercal privileges to all nations in
the Philippines. Those who think
that the philippines will not cut an
important figure in our future poll
,,tics, should lose no time in taking
another hard think on the subject
In inside upper republican circles
the tip has been passed around with
in the last day or two that Boss
Plat has changed his mind about
! backing Coy. Olell for the republi-
can presidential nomination. The
4 only reason given il that there has
r be IN another misunderstanding"
f, between the two men about local
politics. II is not stated whether
Plat will throw the influence of the
: state republican macl inc to another
X New York candidate or to some
: man outside the state, bat there
!, seems to be thorough understand
g ing among the republicans that the
state machine will be against Roose
. welt, and that Platt will not enter.
? tain any proposition for deal tc
h give Roosevelt the machine support
e He Heartily dislikes Roosevelt, bat
9 that Of itself would not prevent hi:
! entering into political deal with
y him. 1t is because of the flat fail
ure OF attempts to utilize Roose
velt's recent western trip to start q
boom for him, that the republican
politicians are certain that Plat vii
not dicker with him. But, most in
teresting Of all, is the hint that Gov
: Olell will fight Platt for the contro
= of the New York republican ma
9 chine. Such fight would be a
: welcome to the democrats OF the
!, state and Of the country as was th,
! old time stalwart and anti stalwar
I fight, in which Patt played a mino
: part under the leadership Of Roscoe
p Conkling.
: This seems 10 be bal year fol
Q Perry Heath's friends, whether the,
be manipulating the funds Of Ma
!, tional banks or utilizing federal Of
! fees to get rich quick. Anothe
man that he placed on Uncle Sam
g pay roll is in trouble for crooked
y ness. This time it i W. +. Hoey
! who like Neely, halls from Muncie
! Ind, and who owes his appoint
G ment to be collector Of customs a
+ Norgales, Ariz., to Perry Heath
> pull with the administration, hai
: been arrested for carrying on ;
y wholesale business for smuggling
g Cinnamon To the T.. ). from Mex
! ico, al 5000 to $500 a head. Th,
q joke in this case is that Perry Heatl
: specially recommended Hoey L
}, Secretary Gage as man who's,
y sterling integrity especially fitted
! him to take position from which
\ another man had jusi been removed
: about year and half ago, on ac
: count Of Irregularities in his Office
9 According TO reports on tile in the
! Treasury Department Hoey hardly
I. waited until he g,t warm in the Of
flee before he started his scheme tC
get rich by smuggling Chinamer
across the border from Mexico II
remains to be seen whether Perry
Heath's pull can do as much fol
this crook as it has done for Nicely
! who robbed the Cuban postal funds
: and is still untried. g. A. 5.