The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-25
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
CURRENT COMMENT.

The kaiser leads a life.
When he is not doing one thing he Is
doing another; and he has recently
placed himself on record as feeling
much oppressed by the burden of re-
sponsibility resting upon him as the
guardian of IS, 200, 900 subjects. The
latest task imposed on the kaiser is
the most difficult and delicate of all,
being nothing less than the quest of a
princess fitted to be the consOrt of
the young crown prince and TO be the
future kaiserIn Of the F'atherland -
Columbia State.
A Joint debate between Mr.. Hanna
and Mr.. Clarke would add a great deal
to popular interest in the Ohio cam
paign, both there and elsewhere. Mr..
Clarke's position is peculiar. He is
opposed to the things for which Mr..
Bryan stands, n yet is receiving,
and glad to receive, Mr.. Bryan's help
in his race. Moreover, the votes that
will be cast for him are votes that have
been twice cast for the Bryanite pro-
gram. That is to say, if MI. Clarke
should be elected to the senate n be
called upon to vote there on the
money question:, he would vote against
the views of the men who had elected
him.. For an act somewhat similar to
that Grover cleveland has been char
acteriZed by Mr.. Bryan as q "bunco
steerer.' Mr.. Hanna, who is a ready
talker, ought to welcome an CppOrtun-
ity to meet his MISUNDERSTANDING
ton Star.
Thanks to the democratic flibuster
In the closing hours Of the last con-
gress it is possible for an American
citizen to say, without laying himself
liable to a sentence of twenty years In
the pe~nitentiary, that the sultan or
Turkey and his ministers should be,
for the things they are ordering to be
lone or permitting to be done In Mac
edonia, shot on sight by an able
bodied man possessed Of Il gun OF suf-
ficent calibre to be necessarily fatal.
But that much being said, it is worth
while to remember that the Turk is
not the only tyrant in the world and
that tyranny IS tyranny whoever the
tyrant may be. And the So-called
Christian nations could throw stones
at the Turk with better grace if their
own skirts were clean. The Turk in
Macedonia is to be execrated. But
what of Belgium in the Congo Free
State. England in South Africa, the
United States in Samar, France in
Madagascar, and Russia and! Germany
in China ?-Virginian-Pilot.
All eyes are now fixed upon the
south That section of our cOmmon
country holds the center of the stage.
The marvellous increase in the demand
for her principal product-cotton-and
the price to which that commodity has
recently risen, have impressed the
world as never before with the oppOr-
tunities that lie before the states south
Of Mason and DiXon's line. The indi-
cations are not only that an average
crop Will be gathered this season, out
that an exceptional increase Of pros
perity viii result from the large pecu-
mary return which the planter has in
prospect. The purchasing and con-
Stunning power of the south. already
constantly increasing, will be aug
| mented III an unusual ratio. and this
not merely during the next few months,
but for an extended period. The pros
| perity Of today will lift the ~cotton-pro-
ducing states into a new and more as
sured position. Important. however
as is King Cotton, the south is nc
longer dependent on his one staple
She is a large and increasing producer
Of wheat. corn, oats, rice. sugar anC
hay. Her lumber industry IS another
important urce of wealth. Petro-
leum. naval stores, phOsphates n Goa
swell her list of products. Her cotton
mills have increased until the south's
| consumption of raw cotton nearly
equals that of New England. The
iron mines and foundries of Alabama
show Il constant development. New
York Dry Goods Economist
At a manufacturers convention a
Toronto on Thursday Mr.. BIrge, thu
presiding officer, affirmed that Amer.
lean manufacturers not only SoId thei1
goods 10 to 40 per cent. cheaper tt
Canadians than to their own people
but that they shipped goods partly Of
-L~I1- -=-G
England, in order to take advantage
of the preferential duties which Canada
grants the mother country. AS to tn
former charge, we presume h no
body DIT our side of the line wOulC
take pains to deny it. Such things ar,
done all the time. The process i
called 'dumping." We fix our tariff
so high that the foreigner cannO
dump" on us, and them when W,
nave more of any particular good
than he home market can take, w
use my dumping ground that we cal
see. AS Canada Is the nearest, we US
that IN preference to any ot3er. 1t i
quite likely. too. that some American
goods reach Canada by way of Eng
land in order to take advantage of tn
duties but what reason has Mr.. Brig
for Gmputing that heinOus offence e.
clusively to us? Does not the Englisl
merchant also perceive that source o
gam? What is to prevent him fror
coming into our market and buyin
any goods that are ready for dumping
and then sending them to Canada vi
England? If it is worth while for tn
American to do this. it Is worth Will
for the Engllshman, and is equal
lawful, defensive and proper. Nj
Birge suggested q higher tariff i
Canada to meet both of the evils men
toned. He had not then heard of tn
grand crash of Mr.. Chamberlain
scheme for preferential duties in fave
of the colonies Perhaps he will no.
favor a~bolishlng Canada's preferenti;
duties altogetl1er.-New York Post.
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