The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-03-14
THOUSANDS OF
APPLICATIONS
Canal Commission Pestered by
Offers of Help.
TRADE WITH THE FAR EAST
CHANGES IN LOWER HOUSE OF
CONGRESS.
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canal commission has not effected an
organization. and Admiral Walker is the
only member at Washington. The adj
miral has been almost overwhelmed with
applications for positions. offers of ma
terial and suggestions and ideas concern
ing the building of the canal Contrac-
tors an manufacturers from all over the
world are writing TO the commission and
asking Information as TO what Is wanted
10 carry on the operations. Contra ctOrs
who supply labor Tor great undertakings
are especially busy, and offers 10 supply
cheap and reliable labor Injured 10 the
tropical climate are coming from ali over
the world. man writes from Egypt
mat ne can furnish an unlimited supply
OF cheap labor similar to that uSed when
the Suez canal was built Hundreds. in
TACT thousands. Of applications are COM
ing in from civil engineers who want pO-
sitions with the commission. \ large
number of physicians haye also applied
for service in the medical corps of the
canal employees. Soldiers of fortune who
have had experience i'm Latin American
countries are Offering their services. AD-
DiicatiOns have come in from cOustruc-
ton bosses. electrical and mechanical en-
glneerS of all kinds. and nearly every
other trade and profession. Those want
ing clerical positions run up into the
thousands. Some want JOBS in the com
missions office in Washington. while
many want TO go to the isthmus. In adj
ditiCn 10 the applications for positions
there are received hundreds of sugges-
tons concerning canal building. some of
them practical but more of them the odd
rotions cOntrivod by the minds of cranks
and immature geniuses.
Our Oriental Commerce.
The department Of commerce and labor
has issued an interesting statement rela-
tive 10 the commerce Of the territory i'm
mediately adjacent TO the scene of the
present hoStilities IN the Orient The
fronting and Immediately adjacent TO tho
scene of war averages $500 cot. 01g, of
which considerably more than One-half
Is imports Japan.S commerce is about
equally divided between imports and ex-
pCrtS. but in the case of China and
Asiatic Russia the imports largely eX-
ceed the exports. and this is also true OF
ItongkOng, which passes most of its inn
ports on into China and draws from
CHINA most OF the articles which become
It's exports. Probably three-fifthS OF the
total commerce Of the countries in Ques-
ton, taken as a whole. are in the form
OF imports. and the United States is year
by wear selling a large share of these
imports. and gaining upon the other cOun-
tries in the relative share which il sup
plies. The more important Of the exports
of the United States to the section in
question are cotton and cotton goods.
Kerosene. flour. lumber. manufactures of
iron and steel manufactures of leather
and tobacco Raw cotton exports of this
SecuOn OF the country 20 chiefly TO ia
pan. and the market in Japan for Amer
lean cotton is Influenced by the supply
Of cotton from India. which is of shorter
staple. and therefore Of lower price.
Kerosene is an important item in our
exports TO the Orient. and I'm this article
trade rs barely holding its OWE. as Russia
Is proving a very active competitor. Flour
as an article Of our export trade has OF
late attracted COnsidera bic attention but
the total is not large. nor is the growth
rapid The totai valUe of the flour eX-
ported to the countries named during the
last fiscal year was S.l65.O60 or less than
10 per cent Of the total exports of Amer
lean flour in the same wear. The total
exports from the United States 10 the
countries fronting on the. war during the
calendar year 1903 We're as follows: Chi
ma, $l5.S1l.0S;: HOngkong. 1912 1913: Japan
S20S14.SS1; Asiauc Russia, S7l6,26i; Korea,
500, $50.
Reservation Provided.
Chief Rockybo and his wandering band
OF Indians viii now cease their wander
ing and settle down if a blIl which has
congress. This band is composed Of
CreeS and ChippcwaS. some Of whom were
born in Canada. These Indians have
heret ofore been able to exc out scantv
living by making and selling bead work
and polishing and selling horns. but with
in the last few years they have been un-
able 10 flnd market for their work
and as n consequence have come near
periShing Of hunger during the past two
or three winters. They have wandered
all over the state Of Montana. never stay
or so. The bill no wpending for their
relief allows than forty acres each, on
the Flathead reservation in Montana. for
which the sum OF s. per acre amounting
10 SS,S00, is to be paid u the Flathead
Indians, and an additional sum OF $4,000
is provided 10 assist ROckyboy and his
band in making homes On the land thus
provided for them. The commissioner OF
Indian affairs has strongly recommended
the passage of the bill as he believes II
viii help them to become self-supportinE.
her a nF n n
and the commissioner states that they
are as much entitled to help from the
Indians. The bill viii in all probability
be passed by the house and senate and
approved by the president.
Harvest of Death.
During the first years existence of the
FiftY-cighth congress nine changes have
been made in the membership Of the
house of representatives. Ten of these
have been caused by death. three by re-
signatiOu of members. one has been un-
Seated and another has voluntarily re-
tired. The deaths have been Hon. Vim
cent BOrciug, who was this only Republic
an from kentucky. Hon Robert FoeT-
derer Of Pennsylvania. Hon. w. W. Skiles
of ohio and Hon. Henry Burk of Pennsyl-
vana. The vacancy caused by the
death Of Representative Boreiug has been
filled by the election of DIR. Godfrey Hun
ter. former minister 70 Guatemala. Mr..
Focrderer's successor is Hon. Reuben r.
Moon No election has been held 10 de-
termine the successor Of Representative
Skiles Hon. George y. Caster has been
elected 10 succeed former Representative
Burk. The designations have been Hon.
Thomas H. Ball Of Texas. succeeded by
Hon. John NJ Pinckney: Hon. Joseph j.
Gill OF Ohio. who is succeeded by Hon.
Capell Weems. and George p. Mcclellan,
who is TO be succeeded by Hon W.
Bourke Cochran. The house OF repre-
SentatiVes has unSeated Hon. George
Howell. Democrat. OF Pennsylvania and
declared Hon. William Cornell, Republic
an. legally elected. Hon. John ShafrOth.
contest was made by Hon. Robert W
Bonynge. voluntarily retired and permit
ted the contestant 10 have his seat
The recent discussion I'm the Seratc Of
the navy appropriation bill brought out
the interesting fact that the United
States is building up its navy more rapidly
than -Ony other nation on earth excepting
Great Britain. list Of the ships now
ment Is having built twelve first-class
battle ships. eight armOrcd cruisers. eight
protected cruisers. two glnbOats, tWo
training ships. one training brig. six tor
DedO boats and two tugs. OF the hattie
ships the Missouri IS practically comple,-
ed tho Ohio and Virginia are nearly done
and in addition To this. work has pro-
crossed considerably on the Nebraska.
che Georgia. the New Jersey the Rhode
Island. the Connecticut. the Louisiana.
the Vermont. the Kansas snd the Mime
sofa. When the ships now in progress of
construction are completed il is said
by experts that we viii have tonnage
greater than any nation on the face OF
the earth. excepting Great Britain ard
France; and in point Of efficiency the
navy department saws that our navy will
bc more effective than that of France.
See.
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