The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-09-02
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separate selling company to market
its p cents a pound in America and 10
cents a pound in England product.
Merely a good excuse for printing more
stock certificates on which the public
must pay interest-New York World.
While the Post does not believe that
q majority OF our people are glad that
We are in the Orient, with an army
twice as strong as the force relied upon
for national defense PRIOR TO tie episode
Of 1895, The Post does believe that the
people accept the situation and expect
their government to &C its duty-to
make our flag respected on every acre
OF territory over which our sovereignty
has been extended-Washington Post.
Under a recent ruling OF the Controll-
er OF the treasury soldiers Of the United
States army who are dishonorabl. dis
charged must be furnished free trans
portation TO their homes, just as though
their military conduct had been flaw.
and immaculate. Thus the renegade
roopers who have married Filipino
women and deserted them, and are
therefore menaced by General Chaffse
with the penalty OF d~ishonorable dis
charge, will be enabled without cost 10
put 1000 miles Of salt water between
themselves and thei deserted spouses.
Great is military discipline in its applI-
SdllOh 10 the SOCldI VI lliIS
Philadelphia Record.
We are justified in expecting to hear
shortly that Mr.. Morgan or some other
humanitarian has interviewed and that
the coal baronS have come to terms
with their workmen. That done, pro-
duction will be pressed to its utmoSt
limit in order to head off the compee-
ton of soft coal. The anthracite trus;
is not going to throw away its market,
and for that reason it will not, by ad-
vancing prices to $500 a ton or any
thing like that figure. force consum-
ers to use bituminous coal. E~nlighten-
ed self1shnesS is at the bottom of most
commercial enterprises and the coal
trust has both enlightenment and sell
fishness.-Chicago Chronicle.
According to our dispatches. King
edward has consented for the Shah
of Persia to have a shot at the bucks
Of the royal herd" since the eastern
visitor had expressed a desire TO take
home with him some trophy of the
hunt. The dispatch continued: The
animals are now in fine condition and
almost tame enough to permit of strok-
ing them, so the Shah should have no
difficulty in securing antlers." And
that is royal sport" Thai is VIA is
by courtesy called a hunt" participate
ed in by princes and p~otentates! What
a travesty upon craftsmanship, The
slaughter of these tame deer will be but
little short of cold-blooded murder
Savannah News.
Editor Henry Watersou prints in the
Louisville Courier-Journal a cc'nprehen-
SiVe and inciSive review n criticism
Of the four hundred. otherwise known
as the smart set" We have no doubt
that the article will he read in the cir
cles of the four hundred with deep sat
isfaction. Those people do not care
what is said about them so long as
something is said. Their chief craving
is for notoriety and advertising. They
are as greedy for it as any of the show
people who depend on it for a living.
Their dissatisfaction is too firmly es-
tablished to be Jared by cliticism.-
Richmond News.
1t seems to us that certain of our New
York contemporaries-and they are not
without a swarm of gullible and credu-
lous imitatorS-intend to make mischief
at any cost in the matter of the Penn
%sylvania coal miners strike. We are
loath to believe that they fully realize
the tendency of their present course,
for that would be to suspect them of
suggesting the worst kind of wicked
ness. The fact remains, however, that
the only possible effect Of their vocifera--
ton is dangerous in the extreme. They
are now engaged in teaching he null
titude hat Mr.. Pierpont Morgan can,
if he will, put an end to the strike and
restore peace and order where now eX-
lists a condition little if any better than
rank anarchy.-Washington Post.
There are some striking lessons to
be learned in some of the recent cot
ton statistics brought TO light. The
prevailing impression that the cotton
=. &l.- - n~rn1N- an
the increase is not an erroneous one.
blu when comparisons are made. it
does not show us in the most favora-
BILE light. England is away in the lead
of the United States, and from present
indications, it is seriously questionable
if Uncle Sam will catch up for many
years to come. Great Britain is now
producing about $500, OO0, 600 worth of
cotton manufactures yearly, and fully
two-thirds of his product is exported.
This is a curious fact, when you take
in consideration that nine-tenths of the
worlds cotton is grown here in the
south.-Virginia Pilot.
The Vermont supreme court has
rendered a decision decreeing invalid
contracts by which a newspaper for a
consideration agrees to give its entire
influence to a candidate for office. The
decision is based on the broad ground
that such a contract is contrary to
public policy. We do not think the time
las come or is likely to come when
the power of the courts must be in
voked to preserve the integrity of the
press, but this decision shows that it
can be done. There is an evident con-
sideration which sustains the courts
position and that is that a newspapers
influence is practically valueless hen
bought and sold. 1t is not q
commodity, for as soo as it is placed
on the market it's value is gone--Colum-
bia State.
Returning from Europe, Senator De-
pew announces that the English have
entirely new view" Of the Monroe
which Continental Europe does
understand. And thus he states it: |
The English think no. that b Mon
roe doctrine is a rule whereby the United
States takes under her protection all
the countries in North n South Amer |
lea and they believe that If h social |
er Triple Alliance should make war |
Great Britain and threaten her