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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-25
Special Correspondent Of The Times
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Especial. Correspondent Of The Times
sss.y Dispatch)
q BOCHuM, GERMANY September 10.
One OF the greatest evils In the life
y OF the average workman is the uncer-
tainty OF his existence. Not only Is he
4 liable to be thrown out OF employment
at a weeks notice. but with the in!
creasng raddity and intensity OF the
work. he may very well be an old
man at forty-five or fifty, unable
longer to earn a living wage. The
! worker. like all other men, is also
subject TO sickness. entalllng upon
him loss OF wages and upon his farni-
{ ~ many privahons. Finally. there IS
death lurking In every factory, and
+ the man who began work in the morn
Ing in full health may be killed or
crippled before tho evening sets in.
The workman himself has sought to
solve the problems which this uncer-
talnty In his life entails. Through
trade unions and friendly societies he
has organized In England. France, tho
II CllttO ohlcS st Iut8$otHcIBG COUNTRIES,
funds out Of which arc paid to him
certain gums in case Of sickness, accl-
dent or sudden death. This insurance
! by unions, however, has never been
upon a scale which embraced all the
people OF the nation, and no attempt Il
was made In this direction until the
eighties in sinsuring practically all OF Z
the workingmen within Its " borders
against accident, sickness, old age and
invalidity.
Workingmen's Insurance.
Il Workingmen' S insurance in Germany
s Is organized by the government and Is I'll
made compulsory. A miner or a tex
tile worker. a bricklayer5 or n car Y
penter must insure whether he will or
not The government recognized that
In the past no sufficient provision had
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4 tenn OF insurance worked out In Ger
many has been OF enormous benefit
to the workingmen OF that country.
and has led to the Inauguration Of
I more or less similar legislation In
most Of thecountries Of Europe.
How the System Works.
The insurance system of the German
Empire is divided into three parts:fsc
insurance, accident Insurance and old
age and lnvalidity insurance. The laws
providing for insurance against s!ck-t
ness were the first to be passed, the
I law OF 1883 providing that all working
men and officials employed In mines,
8colieries, factories or other Industrial
d esta blshments. enjoying salary OF I
! less than s475,x were to be compulsorily
insured. AS the majority Of German
workers earn very much less than
this amount. the mum Der OF persons
thus exempted was small Later the
provisions OF the law were extended to u
commercial firms and offices. so that
at the present time about ten millions
of persons are insured In this way. It,
was necessary for the success Of the {
government insurance against sickness
that fraud be prevented and that the
officials who paid the insurance should
know the person who claimed under j
the act. IN other words, 1t was neces- 4
sary to organize the insurance locally.
There We're in existence, moreover.
thousands OF local bodies already lssu-
Ing sick Insurance. some Of these
soclctles having large accumulated
funds. Instead OF tearing down the
old system, the government built upon
N nPsf
thousands OF organizations already
giving insurance to worklngnen. The
local societies maintained n large part
of their Independence but they. were
compelled by the new' law to make
annual reports. and certain minimum
payments In al cases OF lloess
throughout the empire were insisted
upon, 4 # FIX. 3 fi{t
There are at the present time many
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,sOERABAYA THE CHIEF COMMERCIAL SEAPORT OF JAVA

through England. but some. especially
machinery; are now shipped direct Sew
eral hundred American cars were put on
the new Egyptian railroad only year
or SO ago. and othcr kinds OF American
rolling stock and railroad materials are
being used. The English are pushing
their railroads farther north and cotton
fields are being developed along the Nile
and In Egyptian Soudnn.E Americans are
Interested in some Of these new develop
ments.s and the prospect is that there
will be an Increased sale of American
goods. 81 III 39 (,
Our Trade With Uganda.
In connection with this part Of Africa
asked Secretary 1,oomis as to our trade
with Uganda, the great British province
above Lake Victoria, at the source OF
the Nile.
''wc are doing very little there as yet
was the reply. British East Africa. OF
which Uganda is part, is but slightly
developed IN the way OF foreign COM
merce. In 1902 it took only $4,000, 900
worth Of foreign goods. Of which little
more than s123, 900 was American. Ugan-
sda Is. however. q country with n future.
It Is very: rich region. which until
now has not been accessible to the sea
Within the past year or 80 a railroad
has been built inland from AIombasa to
Lake Victoria. Mompasa is a seaport
not very far above Zanzibar. 1t is little
island lying SO close to the shore that
a bridge has been made across to the
mainland. aid on this bridge the rail-
road cars so. Tho railroad is almost
600 miles long. and It takes passengers
and goods MS far into the interior OF
Africa as Cleveland is distant from New
York. It opens up all the vast territory
about Lake Victoria. for the steamers
on that lake connect tho whole region
with It. It is probable that other rail-
roads will now be built to connect Lake
Victoria with Lake Tanganyika, and /
Nyassa and into Albert Nyanza. Then
the goods from thoes lake regions can
find their way out by Monbasa and
these new roads will eventually form
part Of the Cape to Cairo line. hide
a great trade will ultimately spring
up In that region. and Of this NE hope the
United States will have Its share
Our Trade in East Africa.
I referred to our trade In British and
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OF the United States there Is nconsder-
able, and will remain SO until we have
direct communication between our At
lantic seaports and the Atlantic scaports
or Africa. That part of the world has
great possibilities. 1t has an enormous
population and It should consume a vast
quantity OF American products
What goods do you think could be sold
therc7" asked
One can Judge very we'll by the ex-
ports which are now taken from Europe
There is a great consumption of cottons
and also of hardware and foodstuffs. In
recent report to this department one
of our yconsuls in French West Africa says
that the people need our flour, biscuits.
Indian corn meal and cotton goods. They
would buy our hams, preserved meats.
fish, vegetables and tools. They do not
want our bulky grains nor raw cottons.
nor our animals, either slaughtered or on
the hoof. In the opening up Of the va
rious provinces, steel rails and locono-
'tiyes will be In demand and also some
machinery. = "
South Africa Our Best Market.
''As far as our trade is concerned, :" con-:
Etinued Secretary LOOMS, South Africa
Is now by far the best market on the.
African continent for American goods,
and this will be the case for years to-
come. The British colonists know our
manufactures and have been buying
then, for long time. They are extending
their trade to n the northward and are
opening a vast new region which will be
a market for American products. Before
the Boer war there were many America rs
engaged in mining In the Transvaal% A
large number are still there, and in the
new Developments they will probably take
an incrca sfngIy important part. South
Africa is. you know, a white mans couh-S
try, and its population IS chiefly COM
posed OF white men The most of the
5inha bitants speak English. and this is of
great advan:a ze$in the pushing Of 5Ameri-$
can trade. It is true that we have to
compete with the British but we are
doing that successfully In England. Ire
land aid Scotland. and we ought to be
able to do itEin A africa. AS It is now, we
ship more than twice as much goods to
Southern Africa IS any other country
except Great Britain. There IS no doubt
but tl,at he trade can be greatly tn-8
creased. hut It should be done direct. by
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BRIDGE BRISBANE. sgs7i@a


ing the language, should go there to sell
the goods"
"Will not the Panama Canal help mat
tiers = gs I'LL. , I'D
There Is no DOUBT but that the canal
will be of immense benefit to us In our
trade with the west coast OF South Amer
len rs we'll AS with that OF Central Amer
lea and Mexico. It will also greatly bene-
fit us In Asia and the Islands Of the Pa
cific.'' 6}5
Our West Indian Market.
How about Cuba and Porto Rico?' L
asked. zi q.
Our commerce with Cuba Is materially
increasing under the new treaty Of last
December. During the three months
ending with the 3lst Of March, 1904. we
gained more than a million dollars In ex-
ports over the same period Of the pre-
vious year, while our imports more than
doubled We are now sending a variety
sof articles to Cuba and we are increasing
4 In our exports of flour, co ton. cloth, sew
ing machines. locomotives, leather, lunl-.
her and furniture. There has been q
great gain In our trade with Porto Rico
I In the nine months ending with March
31st we sold more than eight million dol-:
lars worth or goods to that island, while
In 1898 during the same months our SUES
were only little more than one mil
lion. Indeed our trade with the West
Indies is steadily advancing along ma n "
lines. This Is especially 50 In the Brit it
ish Islands, which are largely dependent
upon us for their market as well as for
their supplies Of food stuffs and some
manufactured goods. : III NJ 8$
Losing Trade in Australia.
what is Uncle Sam doing in Australia
and New Zealand q SSis n
Our trade has been falling off in that
part &of the world during the past rev
mont his, !" said Secretary LOOMS. In the
eight months ending with last February
our exports dropped about three million
dollars as compared with the same period
of{51903. The decrease was caused by a.
new tariff on the part of New Zea land In
favor OF the united Kingdom and the ln- q
certainty among our exporters as to how
1t would AFFECT our. trade. It is believed
however,. that our d manufacturers ca n
adapt themselves 4 to tho new conditions
and that we will soon Gain all we have
lost American goods are highly esteemed
In australasia. Indeed, we annually sell
about twenty-five million dollars worth
of goods there. Our steamship facilities
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with that part of the world arc better
than they have ever been"
The War as Affecting Our Trade.
How about the war In the Ear East Mr.. .
Loomls?" asked. rs 1t not Injurious to =
American trader !,
sistant Secretary OF state. Tour exports
to Asia have fallen off about two Million
dollars during the eight months ending
with last February r., as compared With the
IA part Of this reduction is due 70 lhos:-.S
8tilitics inanorthern China, a part to the M
VISION of the Chinese markets by cotton
made IN the Chinese cotton factories and
in Chinese house industry out Of yarns i'm "a
ported from Japan and India. other$ iH1~sS
Of @ iot due ie tie Sgh prices
cotton during the last year. s5 5 8 5 SS
America in Japan.
How about our trade with Japan r. a8
ls Increasing more rapidly Just now
& than any other branch Of our foreign cons
5merce, " said Secretary LOOMS Indeed.
we are now Japan s largest customer.a,N " Ell
buy more from her than does any other
nation and our sales to her rank next to-
4 those Of Great Britain 4 In 1908 we had I
JAG per cent. Of Japan's imports while
showed a falling of on the part Of Great
Japanese e' e e s SO ISL 8
.s What does Japan buy Of us, ESS II Nj
HLooms ~ asked. HI
~ "All sorts Of 4 things was the reply
I've sell Sllcr raw cotton. kerosene, bread s
stuffs and provisions. She Imports tx our y
machinery, locomo tives, electrical Iappa RAJ
4 tus and scientific Instruments. She takes
I lea her goods, obacco, paper, hard wa rel
Y clocks and wa tches. and a varietydgo 81
other manufacturers. Our goods are very
popular In japan a nd seem to grow more
50 from year to yea r. III
Korea and Manchuria.
81 oppose we 5ha We no trade now in KOS
rea and Manchuria 81 VII Il
Not a great deal ,''Hsreplied Mr. Loolnis.S
The war has practically caused a sus-S!
pension Rof trade In the vas lions ira -;
versed by the opposing armies X I has d is-Sss
ordered trade in@northernxt China and D ns3
Asiatic Russia, SO that It Is hard to- lks
Fwha goods are selling or to forecast he Il
trade conditions n 1901 twas estimated
that we sold almost $500, 900 worth OF goodsIg
4 to Korea: We shal pr bably sell less II HIS
year and there 1r1la y be a cessa ton q f5
trade until the war Is over.AS fterG thntFIss
expect our goods ITO rel gain all they have
lost, for theyBare very cccptabl to&the$.
people not only In Korea, but also in Man .sssg
schuria. :" 5si El sBg5
"a Copyright, 1904, by Frank G. Carpentcr)
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Especial Correspondence Of The Times
Dispatch.l sgg

Especial Correspondence OF The Times
Dispatch.) %
WASHINGTON. y. c.. Sept. 24.--1n a
recent letter I Il published mn interview
With Mr.. Frank 3. Looms the First
& Assistant Secretary OF State. on what
Uncle Sam is doing to push our trade
on the European continent. From the
same source ! now show you what Is
being done in AfrIca. Asia. Australia and
I In North and South America. The State
Department is thoroughly alive MS 10 olr
trade possibilities. and our consuls have
g been instructed to look up new openings
and to do everything consistent with
their position to further the Introduction
Of new lines OF goods. II is believed that
our trade can be almost indefinitely In
creased. and that there are enormous
: fields outside OF Europe which the Amer
lean manufacturer and exporter have as
yet left practically untouched. !.
Northern Africa.
Taking up the continent Of Africa
Secretary LOOMS says our trade with
Algeria and Tunisia lis increasing. These
countries belong to France. and by rapid
steamship connection are now closely as
ISOLATED Will, that country. 1t Is only
twenty-four hours from Marseilles to
Algicrs and the trade with Europe Is
3steadily growing. Many American goods
are now being used in Algeria. We are
sending something like a million dollars
worth there every year. and much OF
i this is in machinery and farm TOOLS The
French are opening UP the grain lands
and American harvesters are employed
10 gather the crops American sewing
machines are to be found in the Algc-
srlan and Tunisan bazaars. and the chief
light used throughout the country IS
from American petroleum. The trade
Of Algeria now amounts to about $780,
900 a year, and that Of Tunisia is
4 large and Increasing. We are annually
sending several hundred thousand dollars
worth 3of goods to Tunls. and OF this
sl25,000 isasin agricultural machinery. Il.
Our trade with Morocco. Secretary
Loomis tells me. Is small. but In the
closer association OF that country with
France and the better Industrial protec-
stion which will be afforded thereby. It is
sure to increase. We have also some
trade with Tripoli. sending 5000 900 worth
OF goods there every year. and our trade I
with Egypt Is large and steadily grow
Ing Much OF our. Egyptian goods go
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. been extended to include persons en- n
gagged in inland transporta tlon; in the
postal telegraph and railway service,
! and In the army and navy, as well as
II agricultural workers. seamen ana peo-5
Die employed in building and con- o1-
structIon.. Il Every one SO empioyco
4 earning a salary or wage Of less than
$475 d year must be insured. and
{, he is paid for all accidents, provided 4
they are not intentional. The sum
J granted must be sufficient to pay for
the cure and to provide an allowance
during the entire period OF inca p 'c'n;
1t also includes burial money In case
8of death and an allowance to the sur
viving widow or children. or parents Z
OF tho deceased. The entire cost OF
the government insurance against ac-
cidents is borne. by the employers. who
are formed into trade. nssocint tons,
with their own rules and regulations
and their! own in dependent administra- 8
ton ana government. It lis to the IN. y
tcrcst Of each association to make the
factories or mines under Its control
as safe as possible, and whore an em-
ployer refuses to put In proper safety
appliances demanded by his assoc!n-
tion, he may be assessed at q higher
rate by that body while the working /,
man. on tho other hand. may be fined 8
for disobcdienco of rules looking to his
safety and preservation Payment
for all accidents Is made through tho
postoff!ce, but the money SO advanced
is refunded to the government by the ]
employers association.
j n , L
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Nineteen Million injured.

Practically tho whole working class
population Of Germany, or, IN other
words. almost 19.DO0.0OO workingmcn
and workingwomen are insured In this
manner against accidents. AS every
accident is reported to the govern
showing the danger Of that trade,
rho number or slight accidents Is
enormous even in q country like Cor
many, where every precautlon IS
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Old Ae Insurance.

X r T.
4 The old age and invalidlty insur-s
ancc was originated in 1889. and has
been In successful operation for Ylf.5
teen years. Tho amount ofSths tnsur-
ance Is creator or smaller according
to the wages of worklngman
and the amount which he contributes
per week. the contribution being In
proportion to the wages OF the men.
The expenses OF this fund are met
by Il contribution of 50 marks (s12.00)
by the government to every working
man receiving an old age or invalidltys3
pension, while the rest OF the expense
Is divided evenly between the work.
men and the employer. t.s3 Il sS
Despite the opposition which the
German Insurance plans first encount-S
ereu, they are now working to the
advantage Of the workingman and ale I
meeting each year with Increased res
cognition,
JOHN MITCHELL,4
In collaboration with Walter E.aWeyl,sS
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BY JOHN MITCHELL,
Special Correspond The
Times Dispat ch.

taken to avoid injuries. During the
year 1901. there We're $4,000 working
y men and women injured, OF when,
n however. only 8, 500 were killed. 4 H Acct
dents are of course, much more FREE
II quent In Industry and In transportn-t
& ton than In agriculture. The work.
s5ingman who IS permanently and com a
pletely disabled received two thirds OF
( his salary us a pension while the per-
son who Is permanently, butg5onlyI
3 partially injured receives a smaller
sum in proportion to his disability.
d The total sum expendedsin 1901 in ncci- W
Z dent insurance was about $50, 900, O10, n
the total reserve fund being over
s35. 600. 900, Il
T. was claimed by the opponents Of
{lthe government insurance that II the
workingmen were Insured they would 4
become more careless. This has NOT
proved to be the case. The number OF h
slight accidents reported y has been
greater, but there has been no proof
that the actual number OF accidents
& has Increased, and the proportions sofs
deaths has tended rather to grow
smaller as greater and greater pro-
cautions arc taken. The industry OF
Coal mining is ranked by the Germans
as one. Of the most dangerous OF all n
occupations. yfs tE s5s395f
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q our ITdue III East AfFlCa.
7 referred to our trade In British and
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1904-02-22
Sctssoreo ano Otherwise


That there shall be appointed by the president by and
with the advice and consent of the senate three add
tional judges for Indian Territory, for the Western
district for the Central district and for the
Southern district And said judges shall have all the
duties and receive the salary other judges Of
said courts and shall each for term of four years
from date Of appointment provided that of said
judges shall have power appoint clerks of courts United
States commissioners United States consabes in said
districts
That there shall be appointed by the president by and
with the advice and consent of the senate three add
tona judges for the Indian Territory who shall const
ute the United States court of appeals for the Indian
Territory, The president shall designate who shall be
chief justice of said court and said judges shall receive
court in the Indian Territory and be paid in like
ner and shall term Of four years from date Of
appointment And said court shall have such general
experimenting control the courts thereof is
ferred upon the upreme Of Arkansas the said
courts thereof by the laws of said state provided by
Chapter 40 Of Mansfeds Dgert of the laws of Arkansas
That said court shall be known and styled the
United States court of appeals for the Indian Territory
The Judges of said court shall appoint clerk OF said
court whose term of Office shall be four years.
That in the decision of all cases in said court the
the clerk Of said court.
That all of that part of Section Ii of the act of
March 1895, United States statutes at large; Volume
2S Chapter 45 page $685. inconsistent herewith here
by repealed
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If nattention. and neglect Of duty be an otfense
worthy Of consideration by the department of justice,
General Knox had best send out Inspector to look
the itinerary Of Inspector Payey So far as learned
he has been present at all the republican blowouts in
the Northern and Western districts since coming out
here and his report is foregone conclusion The man
who around '1egging for the retention of lot of fel
lows in office would be objectionable hypocrte if he
reported adversely their official conduct Therefore,
ifGeneral Knox wishes conduct his department con-
ssenty in this regard he ought to call Payey in at
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A Practical Collector.

Wachache, the Snake medicine man, and his private,
secretary put in Jail in this city charge of
burglary. 1t that time ago. Wachache decd-
ed that family in the neighborhood Of Flat Rock,
owed him something because he had charmed their ills
away and they had not paid He said that when white
doctors wanted to collect they got out attachment
but when he wanted to collect, he collected. And
this he proceeded to do He went to the home fired his
gun time or two, running the women away from the
house and then took what he wanted -NIuskogee
Phoenix
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Sometimes friends want to ask why the Cheftain
is eyerastingy scoring the politicians We answer with
array of facts and let the public Judge for itself 1t
is only the corrupt politician after and it is really
mmateria what political party he belongs TO- When a
great state like Missouri sends like James Butler
congress- state like Kansas chose United States
Senator like Burton the point of danger easily dis
cernabe The politicians eeyatng men to important
positions who unfit and stone thrown into a crowd
would hit at random better than of them. Ed
Butler who has escaped wearing the stripes of the peni
entary has dominated ST. Louis politics for years and
Ames the Minneapolis booder who controlled that city
and made very cesspoo of political corruption for five
years was convicted The fact is all should
be politicians in the of good citizenship in seeing
that only clean men hold the great offices of trust