The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-02-20
Nomination for Secretary OF
Commerce Is Sent TO
the Senate.
GREAT NEW DEPARTMENT
Greatest Domestic on w
World Comes Und,r the SUI
pervision Of the Sec
rotary.

OQaVS sent 10 tIlc SciiitS III
of George B. Cortelyou TO pe se1ie
tary of and LABOR.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE senate yes
terday confirmed the nomination OIL
Hon. George 3. Cortelyou to be secIe-
tary of n labor under the
set creating the new department.
The new department of
viii deal with the largest commercial
interests of the world. In domestlc eA-
ports, manufacturers, transportation
and internal the United
states is at the head of the nations.
The treasury bureau OF statistics, whlch
becomes part of the department OF
commerce, estimates the internal COM
merce of the country at $20,o0o,e0o,ooo
or equal to the entire 1nternatioha
commerce of the world.
Some Large Figures.
In this estimate the bureau includes
only one transaction in each article
produced, while in fact a large num-
Der pass. through the hands of several
"middlemen." The estimata is based
upon the cens,,s, which put value of
manufactures IN 1900 at SIS 100000, 900,
agriculture nearly $4,000, 100000, and
minerals $1,000, 600, geo. Adding hsh-
cries, the total products of industries
in 1900 would be $751; 600, Ooo.000; ana
the rapid growth since, especially IN
manufacturing, justiGes the conclusion
that a single transaction in all products
would produce $4,000, goo, 00e.
Estimating internal at
former census years, the bureau finds
that the total internal has
grown from about 81. 600, 900, 600 in 1850,
So, SOC, 900, 600 in 1860, Sc. 250, 900. 600 in 1870,
81, ESQ, 900, 600 in 1880, $l2, 900, 900, 600 in 1880.
The internal m has increased
50 per cent from 1890 to 1900.
The population is three and a half
times as great as in 1850, while Internal
Is ten times. This gain is
due to the increased facilities for trans
portation, cheapening of articles, and
Increased earnings and wealth. Rail-
roads have Increased from 9,021 miles
in 1850 to 2O1, S39 in 1902. and wealth
from $7,135, $50, 600 in 1850 to $94, 800, 600, 900
in l900-a per capita increase OF from
S30S to s1,236.
Foreign has made rapid in
crease. Imports of 1850 were $173, $685.
526; 1902. s9o3, 500, 943. Exports in 1850
were $144, 375, 1875; 1902. $1,3Sl. rs, 401.
Senator Hoar's Greek Tutor.
Senator Hoar may feel justified in
exercising his influence at the navy
department to have Private Artexas
Of the United States marine corps
brought back from the Philippines to
Washington. A month g Senator
Hoar began h study of modern Greek
under this private in the marine corps.
who came from the isles Of the Medit-
erranean to seek his fortune in the new
world. Artexas' sole capital was a
good education.
BY an accident the Massachusetts
senator overheard the Greek youth.
dressed in the uniform of the marine
corps, conversing in modern Greek with
a fellow countryman On a car in Wash
ington. The erudite statesman was
quick to have the marine call at the
capitol. A bargain was struck between
the private of marines and the most
scholarly member of the senate by
which the private was to teach the
statesman modern Greek. Senator
Hoar Knows ancient Greek as well as
Latin and modern languages. The re-
lation between ancient and modern
Greek is SO intimate that he found it
not difficult to make progress under
the private. ArteXas supplied the SEN
ator with some novels in modern
Greek, and when the senator encoun-
tered 81 word or phrase the meaning
of which he could not understand Ar
texas helped him u Suddenly and
without warning the marine was or
dered to duty in the Philippines. The
senator does not deny that had he
known hat he was thus to be deprived
of his Greek teacher he would have
protested to Secretary Moody. The
statesman still is diligently pursuing
the study prescribed for him by his
tutor, but is experimenting difficulties
TO please his old friend, Secretary
Moody may voluntarily order Artexas
back TO the marine barracks in Wash
ington.
Poultney Sounds Warning.
- po,,It,o,, J.~nl~-. ,.a ~
ent, lecturer and good fellow well
met" with the German emperor, says
that in a war between the United
States and Germany, 1.-The Americans
would get licked u of their boots be-
fore they got their wind" Germany
Mr.. Bigelow said" could land a force
of 100, 0o0 men on this side of the wa
ter n the unpreparedness Of the
United States would bring to this coun.
try disaster and ruin 1t would take
years to overcome.
THE German emperor knows more
about warships than any man living
Mr.. Bigelow added. He could repro.
duce any cruiser or warship in The
United States navy. He knows that thu
sea is the destiny of Germany, and hi!
people know it and it has not been hare
for the Germans to see their destin!
when laid along the lines Of their owl
interests. The emperor's father or.
ganiZed the greatest army in the world
and now the emperor is building up tn,
greatest navy in the world. To provid,
it the German people are being pinchet
in taxation.
Imagine a nation thoroughly con
WINGED that it's future lies in the way O
breaking through the wall Of the Mon
roe doctrine, h a it must get a colan
in order to find ar outlet for the en-
ergy Of it's people. If we have a wa
with Germany we will net attempt t,
land an army at Bremen or along tn
German coast, Or to send our nav,
there, and Germany will not attempt t
land at Coney Island or at the mouth O
the Potomac river.
1.-The scene of the war will be at Ven
ezuela- Now Germany, on a minute
notice, could ship an army of 6 0,0eO O
100, 900 men. You remember how Ion,
1t took to get $4,000 men over to Cub,
and how that disorganized band, unde
that helpless and useless man, Genera
Shafter, crawled over the hills to NEE
the highest degree of p%oliteness in tn
world. Should war be declared and tn
battle ground fixed at Venezuela, Their
would be problems to stagger the Ell
gantic n Napoleonic intellect OF q
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