The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-10-22

III. H.
/ Never take pay for services you
! not render.
) statue OF the Emperor William
! the Thiergartan, Berlin, unveiled
himself, is described as represent
! a, his majesty as a young man, says
ID . Philadelphia Record. Has he
el to be young mcl? His words
his acts have all the freshness
h emergency and buoyancy of youth,
II no matter what the Almanach de
~ IA says. it is impossible to believe
faI t lie has attained to middle age.
In a recent paper on "The Need OF
New Copyright Lazy" George P.
fett expressed his conviction that
3e agitation in favor Of perpetual
Cd wright is a mistake. He suggest
that our present duration of copy.
y (twenty-eight years, with a re-
I'd val Of fourteen years. is. if any
adj; g. too long; but declared strongly
lr revision Of the present defective
u | contradictory laws on the sub.
act.
d Careful observers of public senti-
q mt Of the condition Of affairs in
x ain say that the kingdom Of Alton
is better off today than it was be-
vi . the loss of it's colonies and is
NJ uing in many lines of development.
| is said also that the general drift
) I opinion in Spain is that the country
l.Hll have a brighter future without
ossessions beyond the seas. The
! parish temperament was never ideal
Nr the government of alien peoples
I'D subject races. That stored pen.
tsula Of southwestern Europe, with
y picturesque and fascinating his
Wy. has within its borders latent
ieasures Of amazing value. 1t may
ecome prodigiously rich and poprl-
gus again. as it was in former CEN
ifhes. Americans wish it we'll.
The Introduction OF Chinese con-
tact labor into South Africa is do
punced by the Westminster Review
4 AN tndenture system of slavery"
ahich, q compared with negro chat
p slavery as it existed in the south
IN states Of America" leaves all the
I vantage on the side of the negro.
4 proof, it quotes provisions from
4 cdinance Of the legislative coun-
q to regulate the introduction OF the
Naaamen into the Transvaal. in
.4hich trading and the acquiring, leas-
ts or holding of land by the laborers
ts prohibited. Those who run away
+ perform any work or carry on any
business other than that of unskilled
4.bor' In the mines are made liable to
fae and Imprisonment. Harboring a
Fugitive laborer is punishable with
4eavy fine or with imprisonment. A
iborer is not allowed abroad with.
permit from his employer, and
leave is restricted to 4S hours.
'aborers are compelled to reside on
premises in which they are EN-.
we'd and in any way which seems
the superintendent Sufficient and
table" The Westminster Reviews
Dcription Of this British system as
Aattel slavery masked as contract
ba." and the ordinance as involv.
practically a re-enactment Of the
gttve slave law" which made so ,
"a trouble in this country. would
- to be fully justified. !
hillppine imports Of iron and steel 1
manufactures thereof for the cal
: year 1903 show an increase Of !
uxmately 10 percent over those c
~. theNew York Sun declares. The '
- are $2.102.o15 for1903 and I
o1s7s for 1902. OF the total for +
mo years the United States Sc :
= only about 1877 percent. More d
0reeQuarters Of the trade was .
sFed by our English and European :
sutors. Our percentage of the S
y It 1902 was a small fraction less Il
3: for 1903 1t was 22.5. We did :
nm hold our own.
largest single item last year =
~ sheets and plates. England
nearly all Of it. The next
importance was steel rails.
4, supplied one-half, Belgium A
sent. The United States
: "a percent Out Of a steel =
y Of s15s.62S We supplied