The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-14
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M. M. MURDOCH, Editor
DISTRICT JUDGES TO BE APPOINTED.
M. M. MURDOCH,

election for 1904 So confident some OF the egal
fraternity that such should the that Judge Fisher
OF the Twenty district announced some time since
that if Judge was appointed to supersede him he woua
carry the matter the supreme court That will not
be necessary. The matter has been settled. The su-
preme deciding the of the city judgshp Oh
Kansas City covered the contention to the judges OIL
the district benches It decided last Friday thas TIE
biennial election of the constitution applies only
county and township officers and leaves 1t TO De COLI
Guided by those district judges whose
terms expire this year will be entitled to hold their
Offices for another year. but will be cut and their sue
cessors viii have to appointed by Governor Bailey
Judges viii therefore be commissioned by Governor
Bailey for the judicial districts numbered Sixth Seventh
Eirbth Ninth Eighteenth, Twenty-nnth, Thrty-slxth
and for Wyandotte court CT common pleas.
VALUE or OUR SHIPS AND sHiPYARDS.
The entire habitable OF the globe having been
parceed out among nations the effort struggle now
seems to be for domnancy Of its and seas To
this end naves are being built wch for power surpass
the dreams OF generation ago. and merchant vessels in
suc nambers and capacity floating of the worlds
commerce as to become a matter of wonder But the
merchant marine Of United States does not keep
pace with the expansion of cur From ad-
of the 18th published in New York gather the follow
g facts which may prove interesting TO even prairie
dwelers
If our entire foreign commerce were carried in yes
sells built in the the total value of Ameri-
can shipping and shpbuilding would be about double
what they are today That is to say instead Ct having
$4,000 900 invested shpbUilin plants employing
900 men, producing vessels and repairs thereto
valued at SIS 000 there would be Sl600OOJO0
so invested employing 100000 and their products
would be worth $3.50 100000 annually. And instead of
the value Of American vessels being $300000O0, earning
s266942O42 and employing 1858 men, their value
would be nearer to S5O00000O0 and the number OF men
they employ would be To $4,000 These hgureS
have been compiled careful study of the statistics
Of the report wateroorne transportation Ior
the year 1899 shipbuding for the
year 1900 reports of the commissioner OF navigation
and estimates and approximations based thereon In
1889 the last year the figures officially gathered,
there were 059 vessels ali kinds, sail steam and I'M
rugged documented undocumented of S6O3489 gross
tons valued at 22O77t250 The commissioner OF naVl-
CATION reports 1902 that there 2621O2S tons OF
sailing vessels exclusive Of canal boats and barges an
increase of but 904 thirteen years while there
were 3176874 tons OF steam vessels an increase Oh
1928 S04 tons Assuming that the value OF SAIL ana
steam vessels per the in 1902 as in 1889,
which was respectively $31.87 and s77.O7, We have
total value OF s83532162 sailing vessels and total
D.
crease in unrgged craft regarding which later statistics
are unavailable we place value in 1892 at the same
amount as in 1889 viz $22231.9s3, making total APP
proxmae value 0605794 for the vessels owned IN
the United States in 1892 This shows increase Of 90
per centum in 1902 over 1889 In the latter the
gross earnings Of these vessels S66S3S776 their
expenses were s13025797O the net earnings being
s365SOO6 Assuming that the gross earnings and ex-
penses Of these vessels retained the proportion to
their value in 1902 they did in 1889 60 centum,
they would have earned last $266942042 their ex
penses would have been $2oS4752 and their net earn
ings $5S52A29O. The in the ordinary crews EN-
Moved on the vessels in 1883 numbered 114,736, who
earned si1 729S42 in most cases being fed at owners
expense as well they increased 60 centum in 1892
there were then 1S3.57S employed, whose wages
amounted 10 S66767747 besides their board The capt
tai invested in American shipyards apart from these
owned by government in the year 1900, amounted
70 7o1 employing 4S2SS persons, whose salaries
ana wages amounted to s26S47700 the value of whose
products including repairing amounted TO S7457S16S
The commissioner navigation in 1900 estimated that
1000 GOO tons sail and 35724 tons of steam vessels
would be necessary the carrying of imports and
exports 1899 In that year had 4SS2S tons OF sail
and 10000 of vessels under flag in the
foreign Giving them the average value of sail and
vessels per ton placed by the census returns
for 1883 value of the vessels engar in our
foreign trade 1899 would have been $307l0O,~. The
actual value vessels engaged in foreign trade
would have been very much higher than We have est
mated wish be the safe side The American
vessels engaged foreign trade the same tasis
would have been valued in 1899 at S43S0695
If American vessels did entire foreign carrying their
value year would have been 63.S01,904 more
actually the their gross earnings the
basis the earnings Of American vessels in 1899
ascertained by the census IS per ton would
have amounted sl79SS52s5. It upon the basis Of
these figures that stated in opening paragraph
assert that if foreign commerce were carried
wholly by ships their earnings and the number
OF employed in running and in building them would
be double what they are"
TIE WHEAT CROP OUTLOOK FOR 1908.
The Modern Miller, of the reliable publica-
tons its character says in its the 18th inst