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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-02
WATCH THE COAL DUTY.

The time is drawing near when the
rebate of the entire duty on coal au-
thorized by the last congress will ex-
pire by limitation, says the republican
Minneapolis Journal. Unless con-
gress takes some action providing for
a continuance of the rebate or putting
coal on the free list. the duty of 81
cents a ton will again become opera
tive. Having made this small open
ing in the wall Of unnecessary tariffs
the friends Of lower tariff ought to
see to it that it is not filled up again.
take a backward step here. There is
no excuse in the world for a tariff
on coal. Not a man less will be en-
ployed in American coal mines on ac-
count of the abolition of the duty.
Not enough foreign coal is or will be
imported to make the tariff on it of
any Importance either as a protective
or revenue measure. The free i'm
portation Of coal is largely a matter
of local convenience and the saving
of something in the price to regions
and localities adjacent to foreign
coal mines.
The total importatiOns of foreign
coal during the first nine months of
the calendar year, were 2,6S7,0S1 tons.
The domestic production of coal du-
200, 100000 tons and probably more,
since the total production Of the last
calendar year was 269,000,00O tons. In
this vast total two or three million
tons will never be noticed. Moreover,
even the stimulus Of the cial strike
and the remission Of duty caused an
increase over the first nine months of
last year Of only about a million tons.
1t is a curious fact that the impOrta-
tons of Canadian coal increased only
29,4 33 tons in the past nine months.
This points to the conclusion that we
had to buy a certain amount of coal
from Canada regardless of the duty,
and that we have, therefore, been
needleSsly taxing communities that
need to draw on Canadian coal fields.
LII NE" LllSldIlu lllclc clpuiluolIll
testimony that while the remission of
the coal duty has not led to a great
increase in the imports of Nova SEQ
tia coal, it has reduced the price of
domestic coal. This conclusively
shows that the duty on coal is merely
gratutious transfer through the
agency Of the tariff laws Of a certain
amount of money from the pockets of
the consumer to the pockets Of the
coal mine owner Such an I'M
earned, unWarranted profit reminds
one of the way in which
Rockefeller formerly collected re-
bates from the railways not only
on his own shipments but on those of
his competitors. ROckefeller's cOmpe
titOrS paid money to the railroads
and the latter paid a part of it to
Rockefeller. Importers of coal pay a
duty to the government which makes
it possible for their competitors, the
domestic producers, to exact a higher
price from the consumer. And this,
remember affords no protection to any
American industry, but is merely a
means of increasing the profits of the
coal producers beyond a legitimate
and reasonable margin.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-02
THE ECLIPSE OF PRIDE.
The OregOnian says:

The OregOnian says:
Il need the money" says the sa
loonkeeper, as he rakes over his ba1
the last dollar of the drunken work
ingman and turns him into the street
Business is business"
Il need the money! says the young
woman who sells her soul for a pal
try sum to whoever will buy. 81 an
forced to do this by the unfortunate
position l am in
Il need the money says the gam
bier, as he pockets the coin he know:
full well the poor clerk has taker
from his employers till my family
can't starve."
Il need the money! says the high
wayman, as he raises his bludgeon Oh
pistol to shed innocent blood an(
wrong those who have never wrongeC
him. The world owes every man q
living"
Il need the money says the thief
who lives off others by his wits
through cards, dice, gold bricks OF
confidence games. "a man must
live"
Yes. we all need the money But
we need something else much more
We need self-respect, we need an ap
proving conscience, we need the conf
dence and cOmpanionship of our fl
low men. Dowie parades himself
before gaping thousands and drags
the sacred things of religion into the
mire. He needs the money for Zion. -
Perhaps it is that we lack pride
the pride Of family, the pride of repu-
tatiOn. These things were once most
powerful deterrents from wrongdoing
They inhere in society where money
is appraised at its true value.
Perhaps an aristOcracy of birth and
breeding is, after all, better than an
aristOcracy of mere money. Perhap;
our commercial civilization needs an
Infusion Of gentility. Is the race OF
Tom Newcome and BERTHE Cecil and
John Halifax extinct?
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-02
LET On when necessity requires.

let 90 when necessity requires.
And asset currency" is demand
ed-which in its insecurity outrivals
the rankest republican characterize
ton of "populist financial vagaries.
THE men who stood for free silver
in 1896 were first and always against
financial monopoly then disguised
under the gold standard-and now,
with that disguise abandoned, stalking
through the country as elastic
money" and asset currency
"Mr. Roberts quotes another line
of statistics which opens up a broader
field and greater problem than even
that discussed After demonstrating
that the per capita volume of basic
money has expanded over AZ per cent
in five years-and the average price
level of all commodities has been
raised to nearly % per cent. he gives
Carroll D. Wright as authority for
the statement that the wages OF
labor have risen II per cent.
'"The fact stands out-shining like
a star from the constellation of sta
tistics from Treasurer Roberts-that
labor as a whole is reaping only half
it's share of the harvest of prosperity
to which Mr.. Roberts refers.
who gets the other half of labors
prosperity? Mr. Roberts did not sop
to develop this phase of the question
before the bankers of San Francisco
even though the answer thereto en-
bodies a greater than the money ques-
ton itself.
"In 1896 renewed democracy
bravely crossed the threshold and
came in sight of the fundamental
cause of the people. That democracy
must now go forward as a champion
of that cause to splendid victory, or
honorable Dictator it must retreat
to a Dead Sea triumph, more disgrace
full than defeat itself.
THE democratic defeat of 1895 was
providentially turned into partial
triumph for the principle involv-
ed in that campaign. The same condi-
ton may prevail again in 1904-but
the first duty of democracy is to plant
its standard for right principles, put
it's trust in the peOple-and not
depend altogether upon Providence"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-02
PERRY HEATH IN NO DANGER

Perry Heath, secretary of the repub-
lican national committee, was the
head and front of the frauds in the
pOstoftice department, but so far there
has been no intimatiOn that he would
be prosecuted for his crooked opera
tons. 1t was Heath who was respon-
sible for Nicely, as Hanna was respon-
sible for Rathbone. Nicely and Rath-
bone it will be remembered, looted
the postal revenues of Cuba, but in
the light of Bristow's discoveries it
now appears that they simply en-
the boOdling methods that We're al
ready in vogue all over the United
States. Quite likely much of the
money thus stolen from the govern
ment went to swell the campaign
fund of the grand old party of God
and morality, and for that reason, if
for no other, the sins of Perry Heath
will be forgiven and he will be re-
tanned as secretary of the republican
national committee for another presi-
Dental campaign. Such men as
Heath are too useful to the party to
be placed behind bars. Heath is now
taking an outing in Japan. He rails
ed money enough during his incum-
bency of the position of Assistant
Postmaster General under Emory
Smith to buy the Salt Lake Tribune
and he is now able to live in ease
and luxury on his suddenly acquired
wealth.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-02
DEMOCRATIC POSSIBILITIES.

1t is likely that the result of tomor-
rows elections will bring to the front
the man who will he the democratic
nominee for president next year.
victory for Tom L. Johnson either in
being elected governor over Herrick
or in securing control of the legisla-
ture thus insuring the defeat of Mark
Hanna for reelection, would make
Johnson the man of the hour and moth
ing could prevent his nomination as
the democratic standard bearer in
1904. In the face of a normal republic
can majority in Ohio of anywhere
from $4,000 to 100000 there is little
chance for the accomplishment of
either of these results, but stranger
things have happened in politics and
there is bare possibility that John
sons strenuous campaign may do for
the whole state of Ohio what similar
tactics have done at several success
sive elections in the republican strong
hold of Cleveland. Johnson has made
q great effort to win the union labor
vote and if he should get the major
ity of it tomorrow he may give Mark
Hanna and his cohorts the surprise
of their lives. Golden Rule" Jones,
the reform mayor of Toledo, is doing
his best to help Johnson and his in
fiuence is worth taking into account,
as, like Johnson, he has repeatedly won
victories in a strong republican city.
On the other hand if Johnson should
be badly beaten. democratic vic
tory in the state of Maryland would
make German the most formidable
candidate for the democratic preSi-
Dental nomination. German is strong
among the democrats of the East and
South, but is not SO popular in the
West. However. the democrats have
little hope of capturing more than one
or two states west of the Mississippi
next year, and the western states will.
therefore, not have the weight in the
national convention that they had in
1896 and in 1900. The fact that Bryan
has no goods" to deliver will cost
him the control of the convention and
make the nomination of some conser-
vative democrat like German easy.
If both Johnson and German should
be badly beaten tomorrow. demo-
cratic victory in the city of New York
might make George Is. Mcclellan. the
son of the famous general who was
the democratic candidate in 1864, the
choice of the party in 1904
A democratic defeat all around
would have tendency to bring
Grover Cleveland more prominently
before the party as the only democrat
who would have a ghost of show to
defeat Theodore Roosevelt. who is
practically certain to be the republican
nominee. The nomination of Cleye-
land would create Widespread dfsaf-
lection in the West and give Roose-
Welt an overwhelming majority in
every state west of the Mississippj
with the exception of Texas. but il
would be possible for Cleveland to win
with the electoral vote of the solid
South supplemented by the votes OF
New York, New Jersey Connecticut
Indiana and two or three other states
east of the Mississippi.
1t must be confessed that the ont
look for a democratic national victory
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-02

ence in the value of an advertising
medium for which something is paid
and a free circular thrown into peo-
pies dOOryards.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-02

\ bona fide circulation of a news
paper among paying subscribers is one
thing and printing a lot of extra cop
les for free distribution or to make a
show is another. The fact that a GER
tain number of papers were run off
the press does not prove that they
went to actual subscribers Discrim-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-02

A single American railroad system
the Pennsylvania, carries more freight
than all the lines combined in any
other nation in the world
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-02

Time schedu1e-WaIIa WalIa:
No. Z Arrives from Spo-
kane ...... ....... 400 D u
and departs for
Pendleton and the
east 49,. ......... 400 N
No. 8 Arrives from Pen
dleton and the east
and departs 1000 N
for Spokane and the
PalOuse country 1000 q n
No. 43 Leaves for Portland
and Spokane via
Wallula 80. .10:15 NJ
No. A Arrives from Port
land and Spokane
via Wallula ...... 255 a nv
No. Al Leav es for Pendle-
ton Except Sunday)10: 70
No. AZ Arrives from Pen
dleton Except Sun
day. ..... ........ 9:15 ID
NO. 80 Arrives from Dayton 500 p Il
NO. 90 Leaves for Dayton. 1880 n
No. IS Leaves for Wallula. 800 p N
No. As Arrives from Wallu-
la ........ ........ $50 p u
Through Pullman Standard and
Tourist Sleeping cars daily to Omaha
Chicago, Spokane; Tourist sleeping
car daily to Kansas City; through
Pullman tourist sleeping cars (per
sonally conducted weekly to Chicago
and Kansas City; reclining chair cars
(seats free) to the East dolly.
STEAMER LINES.
San Francfsco-Portland route.
Steamer sails from Portland p. m.
every S days.
Daily Boat Service between Port.
land, Astoria, Oregon City, Dayton
Salem, independence, Corvallis and
all Columbia and Willamette River
points.
SNAKE RIVER BOATS.
Leave Riparia Sundays, Tuesdays
and Thursdays.
Leave Lewiston Mondays, Weinet
days and Saturdays.
R. BURNS, Gen. Agent,
Walla Walla. Wash.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-02
WEATHER..

Tonight and Tuesday threatening
with occasional rain; cooler tonight.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-04-16
TRADE IN GENERAL.
Quotations at st. Louis, Baltimore,
Cincinnati and Elsewhere.

ST. LOUIS. April 15-Flour dull: red winter
patents s.. .Soq3 As: extra fancy and straight. ssa
49, clear ss7saas0 I Timothy =, seed &c steady at
and heavy; sacked. east track. e2qs4c. Wheat
higher; No red cash, elevator. 70hc; track. Il
Q7lhc; May. oNa7o.sc; July, ss.sc: No. hard.
4od4lc; May. 4oAc; July. %orG4olic: Oats higher.
No. e cash. sshc: track; ss4gs41c; May. Sac:
July: 2ssG2sNc; No white: s7'ac Rye steady
sl7s7n. Lard steady at ss.s2H Dry-salt meats
steady; boxed extra shorts. sss7a; clear RIBS.
$40 l2i4; short clears $40 25 Bacon steady; boxed
clear. sr.i5. Hay frm; timothy. s7al5: prairie
s6ql1. Whisky steady at 81. 30. Iron cotton ties
sS5 Basgng G Sac hss, Hemp ;. tw5ns wi &C. Receipts pts
wheat. 5000 bu: corn 5000 bu: oats. 5000 bu.
LOUISVILLE. April ls.-.wheat-No. red and
xppies"sun-dri is.a5c per ID s for large and
bright and 4G4i1c for medium Peaches. 2hdsc
Beans-Northern hand-picked. 81. 80 per bu; Indi-
in nns car neT os on track eiover
straw, 81 50Ms. Clean ginseng. s+d42s per lb
Potatoes. fl75 per bril- Northern potatoes, 60c per
bu. New cabbage. 50 per crate. Peppers. 81 IS
per crate.
KANSAS CITY, April I5.-wheat-May. e5Ec:
July. sac: cash No. 3 hard, esnGs7hc; No. g.
esqsshc; No. Z sias4,te; rejected s5a5sc; No 2
May, ssHd5sac: July, ssAc; cash No. . mixed.
oais~No white ssise Receipts-whest.e "a Zoo
bu; corn. "a 400 bu: oats. 1900 bu- shipments
Wheat lis BOO bu: corn. 10 400 bu: oats is 600 bu
MINNEAPoLIs, April is-whest-cash. 77Sc:
May, 75ka75Hc: July, 75hc: on track No. hard
7exc, No. northern, 77nc; No. northern. 7eNc:
No. northern. 7+a75c.
hard. fs&c: No. . northern. T5Ac: July. 7exc
oats-on track and TO arrive. S2hc: May, 33hc.
LIVERPOOL. April 5.-Wheat--Spot steady:
No. red Western winter, 6s i,sd; No. northern
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-04-16
.BULLISH FOREIGN NEWS
1T HELPS MAY AND JULY WHEAT TO
MATERIAL GAINS.
Corn and Oats Also Strong. with the
Close Fractiona1ly Higher-Hog
Products Hold barely Steady.

CHICAGO. April 15.-Bullish foreign ad-
vices caused strength in wheat to-day. and
May and July closed &c to &c higher. May
corn was sc higher and oats sc to nc bet
ter. Provisions were barely steady. closing
unchanged to 211c lower.
Wheat ruled active. with covering by
shorts one of the principal features. Open
ing prices were strong on higher cables and
on small receipts, May being ssq1sc to SO
&c higher at 77a77Ac. and July &c to CSC
higher at nlsQ71asc. AT the start the
Northwest was inclined to sell July, and
commission houses sold both May and July,
which resulted In small decline, May
selling off to 76%c and July to Tic. The
leading long replenished his holdings at the
low figure, and the market readily respond
sd to the demand and turned strong. High
er outside markets and the bullish foreign
news. combined with good export de-
mand, gave shorts considerable cause for
alarm, and under firm demand from that
source throughout the greater part Of the
day prices held decidedly strong. After
selling up to 771kc May closed &c to &c
higher at 77ssc, while July closed with
gain of &c to Nc at 712.971%c. after touch
ing 72c. Clearances of wheat and flour were
equal to 2l4,3O0 bu. Primary receipts were
240 400 bu. against 2532OO bu year ago.
Minneapolis and Duluth reported receipts
Of ia cars, which, with local receipts OF
four cars-one of contract grade-made
total of 13S cars, against 199 last week and
144 a year ago.
Trading in corn was active and the vol
ume of business was fairly large, with coy-
ering by shorts the feature. Wet weather.
present and prospective, and a good cash
and commission-house demand, were the
main bull factors. The strength in wheat
was a factor late in the day. Closing
prices were near the top with May sc
higher at 4411c, after selling between 441sc
and 44Ac. Receipts were 81 cars, none of
contract grade
There was a moderate amount of trading
in oats, with quite general commission
house business early, but later the market
developed into a local affair. There was
more pressure on May than July, the latter
being influenced by fears for the new crop
due to the late seeding. The strength in
wheat and corn was supporting feature,
as were the small receipts. The close was
strong, with May ssc to hc higher at $40
SS1sc, after ranging between 331sc and 3S1sc.
Receipts were 54 cars.
prices had a somewhat easier tendency,
due to the lower hog market. Packers
showed disposition to support the mar
ket on all weak spots. Closing prices were
steady, with May pork 21xc lower at $17.971s,
lard unchanged at $3.50, and ribs 21ac off at
$9.S7h.
Estimated receipts for tomorrow: Wheat,
20 cars; corn. 65 cars; oats, 80 cars; hogs,
T 900.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-04-16

NEW YORK, April 15.-Butter-Receipts. s.o72
packages. The market was steady. state dairy,
lSQ2sc; extra creamery. &c; held Creamery LOG
Receipts, 1859 packages. The market was
firm State full cream. small fancy colored, IAN
made 15c: state full cream. fancy small white.
colored. fall made, l4i1dl4&.c: state full cream,
fancy large white, fall made. 14hQHl1c: Eggs
Receipts 1852 packages. The market was
steady. State and Pennsylvania, 15@l51&c; West
ern frsts. l4IkQ14&c; Western. storage packed,
151kc Kentucky. 14c: Southern. 1i9l4hc-
PHILADELPHIA. April 15.--Butter 1@2c lower;
extra Western creamery, &c; extra nearby
prints. Soc- Eggs steady and In Iais n 8emana'
l5c, at the mark; fresh Southwestern, i4stuioc.
at the mark; fresh Southern, l4c. at the mark.
Cheese unchanged: New York full creams prime
good small isiiGiic: New York full creams.
prime large, 4ff144c; New York full creams.
fair to good large. l3l4qisAc.
BALTIMORE April l5-Butter firm; fancy
imitation, 2lG23c: fancy creamery 2sg5oc; fancy
st lSnfy sI7c TS Eegs STEADY and
lower: fresh, lrkc Cheese steady; large. l4Q
14l4c; medium. 1lSai4Ac: small. 146i4Ac
CHICAGO, April 15.-On the Produce Exchange
lSa2Sl1c: dairy l4d24c. Eggs steady at lsSqlic,
at the mark. cases included Cheese steady at
I2,ka1Sc.
KANSAS CITY, April l5.-Eggs firm; fresh
Missouri and Kansas stock. lSc per ooa, Ease cases
l2kc.
ST LOUIS April 15.-Butter steady: cream
cry, 2l@2sc; dairy, IsG21lkc. Eggs frmer at 12,sc
for fresh.
CINCINNATI, April 1S-Eggs steady at 12isc-
Butter quiet. Cheese steady; Ohio fiat, l4c
LOUISVILLE. April l5.-Butter-Common and
medium. 10ql6c per Id. Eggs, l3c.
BOSTON. April l5.-Ispeciai.l-Eggs steady at
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-04-16
ARMY TRAINING SCHOOL.

Minneapolis Tribune.

Minneapolis Tribune.
There has been no good training school
for the army since the frontier wars ended.
lent substitute, but that was soon done
with. Service with the native constabu-
larry seems to be taking it's place, and we
are likely to have that with us for a long
time This constabulary is officered by
Americans promoted from the ranks Of the
regular army. Some of them have done
excellent service and gained experience
that makes them more fit for regular army
commissions than any appointee from civil
life or perhaps the average of West Point
graduates.
We are glad to see that Lieutenants
Reese and Nickerson, who commanded the
Macabebe scouts in the brilliant action
that wiped out the San Miguel band of
ladrones, have been recommended for COM
missions in the regular army. The academy
at West Point has not been able to fur
nish enough officers since the increase of
the military establishment Promotion
from the ranks Is slow and difficult be-
cause ordinary service does not train en-
listed men for command. Appointments
from civil life are always a lottery, even
when not corrupted by political pull.
Here Is an ideal practical nursery for
military elements as noncommissioned off,
GERS in the regular army. Skill, industry
and gallantry win them commissions i'm the
native forces. There they get training in
command of men and independent initia-
tive. If they win regular commissions after
come back to the army establishment ad-
mirably qualified to serve the government.
We hope to hear Of more Recommendations
for promotion of this kind.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-04-16
AT NEW YORK.
Another Strong Advance I'm May
Wheat-Other Grains Firm.


NEW YORK. April 15-Flour-Receipts,
11.s5S brls; exports, 6a11 brls. Market firm,
with a fair demand: Minnesota patents.
$3906425.
Wheat-Receipts $500 bu. Spot firm: No.
red, S15sc elevator S2Ssc f. o. b. afoat No.
/ northern Duluth, seize f. O. b. af1oat: No.
1 hard Manitoba, S71sc T. o. b. afoat An
other strong advance occurred in May
wheat to-day, based on anxiety among
shorts, export buying, crop damage news
from Nebraska, light stocks and very
strong Paris cables; held firm all day and
so 13-16c, closed at 05sc; July, rs 3-160767sc,
closed at 767sc; September, 7S 11-16Q74 Lido,
closed at 74asc.
Corn-Receipts, 93,4O0 bu; exports. A.57s
bu. Spot firm; No. 2, 5l15c f. o. b. afioat:
were also active and strong to-day. infiu-
epced by rains. small interior receipts.
higher cables, local covering of May and
the wheat advance: closed firm at AG%c
net advance. May. 5l15d52hc closed at
52Ac: July. 49IQ5Oc. closed at soc: Septem-
Der, 493sQ49%c, closed at 49Ac.
Oats-Receipts, 1880 bu; exports, 125 bu
Spot quiet; No. 2. 3Sl1c: standard white. 4oc:
No. 3, 371zc; No. 2 white, 4Oc: No 3 white
$780, track white, 371aQ45c Options quiet
but firmer on the bad weather. May closed
at 39xc.
Hay firm; shipping, 55a75c; good to
choice, $lq1.10. Beef easy; family, $50
1880; packet, $11612; city extra India mess.
$190H. Lard-Refned dull; continental,
$10.45.
Sugar-Raw firm: refined firm; No. 6.
No. 10. 4.2Oc; No. IL. 4.15c; No. y, 4.l0c: No.
13. 405c; confectioners A, 4.65c; mold A,
5.O5c: cut loaf 540c; crushed s 4Oc. pow
dered, 4.s0c; granulated, 4.Soc; cubes, 505c.