Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-02-22

habit of celebrating each persons
birthday? When Is your birthday:
Has not every single birthday made
you at least for n time a better man?
We may ignore the beginning of the
New Year, for that Is very general
celebration. No man ignores his own
birthday, the day which begins all OF
his years on earth. AMI very few hu.
man beings. indeed. fail on each re-
curing birthday TO make good rcso.
lutiOns. determined that they will try
to do better. Even u mans apparently
selfish birthday resolutions are good
FOR all the people. lie resolves to sue,
work harder and add to the productive.
ness Of the race. lie resolves 10 bp
temperate. to exercise self.cOntroi. %
give mp gambling, or In some way to
improve hlmself-every such rcsOl,I
ton. multiplied by millions. Ii good
for the whole race. or the i,IOO,O0O..
900 human beings on the earth 4,OOO,.
coo on an average celebrate their
birthdays every day. Every single day
4,OOO,OOO Of human beings begin new
year. Every single day that great
number of people form good rcsOl,l.
lions. ana determine 10 do better than
they have done. Nobody can estimate
the power for good OH earth OF this
constant exercise OF the greatest moral
force. the will to do right. Whenever
your friend has u birthday. cncOurag,
him II you can In this noble human
tendency toward good resolutions. And
when your own birthday comes make
up your mind that. us one little DROP
In the ocean of humanity. You vii do
what you can to make yourself q bet.
ter man or woman, more worthy Of
the trouble taken by your father aud
mother. ana more useful to the other
human beings who cling to this little
ball Of earth with you.
~SA
4 summary Of our foreign trade re-.
Gently issued by the bureau OF statistics
contains the usual table showing the
extent Of our export trade with the va.
riOus countries OF the world during the
last calendar year. Our total exports
were Sl,4G5. 3SO.Ol0. or about $4,000.
900 less than In 1900. Most OF this fall.
ing or Is accounted for by the elimi.
nation from the tables OF Porto Rico
and Hawaii. which are no longer for.
eign territory. Nevertheless. there
was decided decline. amounting to
$4G,3OOOOO In the exports of manufac.
lures, which was almost balanced by
an increase OF $35.GOO.OOO In agrIcul.
tural exports. AS usual, the British
Isles bought over three times more Of
our goods than any other country, Ger.
many being our next best customer and
Canada ranking third. Owing to the
industrial depression all the leading
countries Of Europe except Holland
bought less OF us than In 1900. Ger.
many's purchases having fallen of
$13.OOOOOO. Mexico, another large con.
sumner Of American goods. also bought
u little less than In 1900. but Canada
and South Africa each bought $1,000.
900 worth more. and Australia about
$2,4OO,OOO worth more. The largest and
most significant gain was made In our
sales to China, which increased over
~, 100000. touching the highest mark
ever reached. They We're In fact 49,.
100000 more than before the foreign
uprising, which seriously affected our
market in 1900. Japans purchases.
however. fell of $5.3OO.O0O. The fol.
lowing table shows our principal GUS
toners, and includes all that bought Of
us more than $2O.OOO.OOO worth:
United Kingdom ......... .$50S, 7GG. 100
Germany ................. 1868. 72H
British North America. lO050S.ti.Dl
Netherlands .,,.......... S5,6i3. Sol
France 7S,4O5,07l
Belgium 5l.4Il.3lI
Mexico 3G77l OTIS
Italy 3i,OiG20l
Australia ..........,..... 30,5G0.S 81 1
Cuba ......... 21,007.02i