The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-28
TONNE WILL Talk TODAY
MINNESOTA, AID INTERIM SENATOR
WILL DISCUSS THE PHIL
IPPINE PROBLEM
MUCH INTEREST IS AROUSED
BY the Fact That 1t VIII
Be His Only Political
Address In the
Senates

WASHINGTON, Jan. PA variety of
subjects including appropriation bills, the
war revenue reduction bill, the ship sub
. sidy bill and to some extent the Philip
pine question will claim the attention of
the senate the coming week. Monday Mr..
IoWne Will speak on the problem iI1volv-
ed in the government Of the Philippines
There is somewhat more than unusual
interest in the speech, because not only
of Mr.. ToWne'S reputation as an orator
and the fact that it will be his only
speech in the senate upon a political sub
Ject, but also because of increased in
terest in the Philippine question. aroused
by the presidents request of the senate
for early legislation OF this subject
Senator A1drich, chairman of the
finance committee has given notice that
he will ask the senate to take up the war
revenue bill early in the week.
MAY GET TO COINAGE BILL
The week in tie house is likely to be
monopolized by appropriation bills What
ever time remains will pc occupied with
the bill 10 promote the deficiency of the
revenue cutter service.
The postofiice appropriation bill is lilre-
ly to be made the oceas on Of muck deba be.
All the questions raised by the report of
the joint postal commission are likely to
be dragged into the arena. An effort
undoubtedly will be made to continue
| service which were eliminated from the
bill, and there probably will be the usual
| fight on the appropriation for special
mail facilities. 1t may be that in the
course of the week a special rule will be
brought in for the consideration of one
! of the gold bills reported by the coinage
| weights and measures and banking AMI
currency committees, both of which are
! struggling for precedence in connection
| with this legislation.
UNCLE SAM S FOREIGN TRADE.
Frank H Hitchcock. chief Of the sec
| ton of foreign markets Of the agricul-
tural department has just issued his an
| nual review of the trade of the United
| States in agricultural products. His re-
| ports says:
Domestic exports during 1900, shows
recorded value of S1.3T0, 763 oil, the i'm
ports for 1900, amounting IN value TO $780,
GAL, IA. Of the ny rchandise impor
from foreign countries during the nscal
year, 1900, about 40 per cent consisted
| of agricultural products. These products
had an aggregate value of $420, ,136, SCI. ex-
ceediEg by almost s66, ,000 000 the record of
the year before. Hides, silk and wool
were the leading factors in the growth,
although vegetable fbers sugar and to-
bacco also showed important gains. The
six items mentioned contributed nearly
| $60 ,000 to the increase in value.
Products of United States agriculture
were marketed abroad in the fiscal year
1900, to the value of sS44, ,s16, $50, forming
about 62 per cent of the total domestic
| exports
| A decline in the export value of bread
stuffs recorded for 1900, was traceablt
chiefly to a ia ling off in the shipments
of wheat. Accompanying the decline in
wheat shipments there was a further
marked increase in the exports of corn,
and for the first time in the history OF
the trade the total export value of corn
exceeded that of wheat
In both quantity and value exports O.
Indian corn~for 1900, were the largest
ever reported, amounting to 209, ,34S, 1854
bushels, worth $S5, ,2O6. 400, being greater
in quantity by s.. 259, 100 bushels, and In
value by $16,22S,952 than in 1889. The
average annual export price per bushel
for 1900 was 40a7 cents against 1876 cents
| for 1899.