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Another fact that will attract atten-
tion s the rapid Increase OF the Japanese.
Their immigration nearly doubled ana
passed that Of Norway III they come I'm
now at the rate OF thousand month
for the decade the next census VIII show
that there are more OF them IN the coun-
try than there ever were OF Chinese,
whose highest record was l07,i75 I'm 1890.
VIII this lead To the enactment OF an
other exclusion law?"-Chicago Record
Herald
General Miles apparently cares little
about the reduction OF his duties as long
as his salary remains untouched. In time
of peace the soldiers occupation is large
" n mattsg OF buttons. Philadelphia
Record
"Cuba's birthday gift from her Uncle
Sam Will come later, but IL Will come. -
Milwaukee Sentinel
THE Beef Trust still maintains a de-
hant attitude. and holds 10 its extortion-
ate scale - prices for meats. BY this un-
scrupulous action hundreds OF thousands
OF people are unable TO obtain an import
ant staple article OF food, and hundreds
OF thousands more are protesting victims
OF one OF the most shameless and heart
less attempts 10 squeeze the public that
have been made in recent years. ."-Phila-
delphia Ledger
The American people are buying 55.-
100000 tons OF anthracite coal per year
or say, 1857. .692 tons per week The
first week OF the strike saw the price
marked up 81 a ton, the second week sees
II marked up S. a ton. Averaging the
extra price paid by the consumers for the
fortnight the strike has now lasted at
81 80 per ton. the fine already levied on
them for a quarrel which is none OF their
making, and which they are perfectly
pOwerless TO stop. Il S3173,076.
over 50, 0O0, 600 taken from the pockets
OF consumers I'm fourteen days! Higher
prices yet are promised by the operators
and their o-operators-the middlemen
But II only the 50 ADVANCE is maintained,
and the strike lasts eight weeks. the pub
lie will pay nearly 900 for the
privilege OF maintaining industrial liber-
ty.
Industrial liberty means the liberty OF
the miners 10 ask more pay, the liberty OF
the operators 10 refuse more pay, the
liberty OF the miners 10 strike and the
liberty OF the operators TO refuse arbitra-
tion and tell the Civic Federation and all
its distinguished members, Senator Han
ma included, 10 go hang
This is a game in which the public
pays an lne stdhes ana yet nOlOS no
cards. New York World.
when you come TO think OF the num-
Der OF people who advocate arbitrati tion as
the best method OF settling disputes,
don't you honestly think that we ought to
have more arbitration TO the square inch
than We now have?"-Philadelphi In
qulrer.
while the Unied States has persevered
in It's Republican course from the founda-
tion OF the government, Franco in the
same period has passed through many
vicissitudes. The nation has been
drenched with blood and torn by am
bilious men. Republics and monarchies
have alternated. Bourbons and Napo-
Icons have come and gene. But the
third republic has lasted since 1870 and
bids fair to continue indefinitely. Pitts
burg Gazette.
at is not to Mr.. Croker that Tammany |
objects so much as IL is to an extra terri |
torial boss. IL Is wearisome TO have TO |
pay cable tolls TO get at his ear-or |
rather his eye-when emergency arises"
Philadelphia Times.
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