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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-30
Other Produce Markets.

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 --FIQUR--Market In
active at unchanged prices, Minnesota patent,
ss.2oab.51; winter patents. s,.ylA6.n). Ryo
Flour firm; ia,r 70 soon. So,u 6uck
cornmeal-Steady: yellow western Sllegl15.
Rye Nominal. Barley-Steady; feeding. Asc
4 Wheat-spot easy; No. nd, l.:oH. Further
weakness developed In wheat to-day from tho
effects Of liquidation impcled By more peace
ful foreign news. The close was weak at NO
lc net decline. May closed at Sl.l2 s-l6c. De-
ceinber. sl.17 9-lGc,
market was weak, fed by Increased receipts
and liquidation, closing iaqsic. net lower, May
closed ut 507sc.; December. 5s,ic. oats-spot
s. nssfSea besf h t' ;esGs5s Cut Meats s
quiet; picked bellies. s7illo1ac per pound;
picked shoulders, 7isc. per pound; picked
Western steamed, 1888; October closed at s705
nominal; refined, barely steady; continent.
s775 compound tss7saelsG PorkZ 7sa ~
mess, $l..5odlaC0 TalloR-Dull; city. s. per
package, 4Ac.; country. packages free 4a4
Arse. Rosn-Firm; strained. common to good,
$50. rurpcntlne-steady AZ b'7.4o ss.'. eu.
mild, auiet; C6rdoya. loRlSc. The market for
coffee futures opened steady at an advance OF
51l0 points and closed steady at unchamged
prices to an advance OF points. Sales ,7h0
bags sugar-Raw, steadyi fair refining. 3%c;
centrifugal, 90 test 4Ac,; moasses sugar, SMc;
refined firm, Confectioners a. Sioo; mould
A, So io: cut loaf, $575; crushed s5,75; pow.
dered, s5,l5 graduated. $685.; cubes, 50 3d..
RIce-Trm; Japan. nominal. Molnsses- STEADY;
New Orleans. open kettle, good to choice.
3lG81c.
Butter-srpng: creamery, common to extra,
sl4I2aIsc. State dairy. common to extra 4Q2le,
Cheese Firm and unchanged. Eggs-Quet anu
unchanged. . -
Potatoes- Firm; Long Island, $l.7502. 90; state
and Western, SL50Gl.75i Jersey sWests Sl,9og
i vs. Peanuts-Steady; fancy handpicked, iQP
IKE; other domestic, 34GHc Cahbages--
steady; per barrel, bQQ75c. Cotton-l'y steam
to Liverpool, 1bc 5
CHICAGO, I'LL, Oct, 29,--I'eaceful settlement
OF tho North Sea incident was The main ln-
tluence In n weak, wheat market here to,day.'
al the close December wheat was Oft lssc. and
May 1Adll9sc. Corn showed q loss OF .sdIssc.;
and oats sc. PROVISIONS are practically un-
changed. ", 5H *
qho leading futSrss ranKfa as fslIews ,,a.,
WHEAT-No. 2. ,;3
Dee MISUNDERSTANDING i.iaa i,is lis'
May ...,,,....s... LIS LINZ ~ Lin
cS Ss -iia.,: !. q.
Z Dec, l...,.,,..,.," is1 l9!. as.s 4Ws
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Statistics Compiled.

q Mr.. John A. Upshur, Of the state Corpora
ton Commission, has received an advance
proof OF the statistics composed b.. thu. COM
mission relating 20 the taxes Sfor lsteam
ana electric railway companies FOR the year
1904. I'll a,
The printer expects to have those relating
to telegraph, telephone and express companies
ready by November 18TH E s5t3 5EtFs
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SALES.

x,[. 4 81 j. .
200 a. G.. IT,, com .....,..,.......
1890 Amalgamated Copper ......
leo Amer. Car and r,Spndty....
500 Amer Cotton Oil...........
Amer. Snuff ................
zoo Amer. Snuff, pfd............,
200 Amer. Can ..................
loO Amer. Can, pfd,.............
300 Amor. Locomotive, conn.,.
2O0 Amer. l5ocomtive, pfd......
5000 Amer. Sugar ...............
27loo a., y. and 8. 1Tc, com......
5000 A., Il. and s. Fe, pfd...
1880 Baltimore and Ohio.......
1biQO Brooklyn Rapid Transit....
Canada Southern ...........
1900 Canadian Pacific ..........
IiO0 Chesapeake and Ohio. ~.
12400 Chi. Great Wcstcrn.....
2GJ00 Chi, Nil. ana S. P..........
$1,000 Colo. Fuel and Iron.......
700 Colo. Southern, com. ......,
zoe Colo. Southern, 1st pfd...
1909 Colo. Southern, I'd 4pfd.....
200 Clcv., Gin, Chi. and s. La.
400 Cont. Tobacco, pfd.........
500 Consolidated Gas ..........
600 Delaware and Hudson......
1900 Del. Lack. and Wcst........
10000 Eric, com 1880. ..........
$500 Erie, 1st pfd.
400 Erie. I'd pfd..................
400 General Electric ............
5000 Illinois Central ..............
5000 louisville and Nashvillc...
500 Mnnhattnn....... 80. ...
1880 Metro. Street laRllway.....
800 Mexican Central ...........
$500 Mo-, Kan. and Tex, COM.
1900 Mo-. Kan. and Tex, pfd....
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E Z T u 4
10 {TIIil HOLDERS OF TEIE FIRsi,2
MORTGAGE GOLD BONDS. OF - ~ 4
VIRGINIA ELECTRICAL 5RAlLNYNtAsft5S
AND DEVELOPMENT Co.'S /;
You will please take notice that UNDER
the direction Of the Circuit Court OF thu
United States In tho suit OF the Bowl
ing Green Trust Company VS.. virginia
Passenger and Power Company, proyl 81
sion has been made for the Immediate
payment of all Interest coupons OF the
above bonds. due July !. 1904. or prior
thereto. by deposit of money with u.s. ISL
Upon presentation OF your coup ons to /
the undersigned. they will be paid.
BANK OF ri HIM ON p,
Successor to Richmond Trust and Safe$
Deposit Company Trustee.
no THE HOLDERS OF, THE FIRST
MORTGAGE GOLD 81 BONDS OF THE
WESTHAMPTON PARK RAILWAY Cot
You will please take notice that under
direction Of the Circuit Court, OF the
United States, In the suit OF tho Bowling
Green Trust Company VS., Virginia PAS
sengcr and Power Company. provision
has been made for the immediate pay
ment Of all interest coupons OF the above
bonds, due July l. 1904, or prior thereto.
by deposit OF money with US,
Upon presentation Of your coupons to \
the undersigned. they will be paid.
BANk# OF RICHMOND, Is
Successor to Richmond Trust and Safe
Deposit Company Trustee.
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Mr. Merry,;rrnran's Promotion.

= Mr. Russell Merryman. who has been con-
rected with the Bijou Theatre for seyernl
years. has been promoted to the position OF
manager Of the Hjou Theatre nt !; Memphils
Mr.. Merrylnan Is n capacle and faithful man.
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TOBACCO MARKET.
l.ln,A,, Z, .,,A y, -.

RI y Richmond, Va, Oct %. 1901.
Dark Fired Tobacco--Receipts and offerings
very light and market quiet at unchanged
prices very little DONG sun Cured-(O.d) Sea-
son over. nothing doing; (new) receipts
continue light, and market active Mt quotations.
Er.ghts Receipts fair and market quiet but
!rm at unchanged quotations
g The quotations are as follows:
DARK FIRED #IOBACCO--NEW.
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NEW LIFE
in STOCKS
Settlement Of International Trott-,
blcs Brings About Re-
iiewcd Activity.
BETTER THAN HERETOFORE
Closing Scenes i'll New York
= ~.
Arc Full Of ANNA
ton.

(By Associated rregE)
NEW YORK, Oct. 29.-With the effect
i've clearing UP tho threatened interna-
& tional complications abroad, the spccula-
ton In stocks here broke into ncneWed
animation to-day and the rise In prices
was renewed with us much animation
and assurance as fifth the opening OF the
week. There was no Indication that
such a thing as an Anglo Russion war
had ever thrcatcncd>nnd the final prices
to-day were, in some conHpic.ous cnses,
tho highest OF the week and Of the year.
Tho advance was even more compreheh-
sive and more evenly distributed than In
the market OF tho earlier part Of the
week. Such weakness as was SHOWN
was due To specific causes, except lor Lne
sudden loss of It's gain by ST. Paul IN the
iinal dealings. wh eli made the close
slightly irregular, and gave the market an
appearance of u contest between CONTEND
ing forces 70 determine me CLOSING so W.
The determined support OF the iorees pc
hind the market generally prevailed, now
over. and tho closing was very animated.
+ or tho weak spots IN The market that OF
Ontario and Western was duo 70 INC
doubt thrown upon tho earlier conviction
that equal terms wcrc to be offered TO
majority and minority holders IN the pur-
chase OF control. The ,brcakin Metropoll-
tan Street Railway and in Metropol tan
securities was quite clearly a speculation
On tho possible future effects Of the newly
opened subway on he local transit traffic.
Amalganated Copper, Sugar, Union IA
E cifc Rock Island. Erie and Southern
Railway were conspic'ous features. To-
tai gales az bonds, par value. s5.a75s 900.
Total sales stocks to-day 1,069,30o shares.
MONEY AND I5xCHANGE-CLOsE
Money on call, nominnl; no loans; time
steady 60 months Pflr cc ssali
Prime mercantile paper. iG4 1-2 per cent;
sterling exchange, easier. with ACTUAL
business III bankers bills. ut $iss.1og
$4,000 for demand and ut $fSll$4si:lO for}
4 60 d1ay bills. 4 Poster rates. AS ana
sAs7 10. Commercial bills, $4S3 !-ta$ie3 3.
Bar silver IS 3-s. Mexican dollars, 40 la.
WEEKLY BANK STATEMENT. ii.
Il NEW YORK, Oct. 21.---The statement OF
averages OF the clearing house banks OF
Strss = t"zsto" Z. r.cck shows: q. ~ 81
Loans. sl,1A9 2sS, coo: Increase. a.S5G. 3D.
Deposits, 81, POI. 434.2O; increase, s., ga. ID.
Circulation, s43.24s.90J: increase SIS. 100.
Legal tenders, s7o,542, 900; increase, 81 Sol
Specie. SOS. 3co. 200: decrease, 81. $1,000
Reserve. s3l7.s12 200; increase s99 leo.
Reserve required. 1901. 500; Increase,
S1.159 375. !, - -
I;x-United States deposits, So. S3S, 97I;s
decrease, s1,t60,5 500. z. as .{s ,i15s
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Quiet and steady. Winter patents, s5.sDq5. 20;
straights. s4aoa5.2o; spring patents. so.soaa.sD;
straights s6ouo.3o; bakers. s3.s0ai LOO. :. No: 2
2 red, slIsa1.17I No! . corn. 5jcs: No. 2 yell
low. 5sl4c.; No. . oats. 2aEc.; No. white,
SlIi del,sc.: No.. q white G3tdl)o7ic.; No 2 rye.
561ac.5 Good feeding barley. 37,sc; fair to choice
lnn!ting 42a5ec. No. 1 fla1Reed, S1,0s; mol
northwestern. sl.15. Mess pork. per barrel,
Is1o.aoall0O; lard, per 100 pounds, S7o2u7 no.
short ribs sides (oosel. 81 e9I7.aa short clear
high wines. s1.ci Clover, contract rade, ~ 10.
Bu;ter-Firm: creameries, 15ae9c. da: RES,
,l31.aisisc. & Checse-Easy at 10'I QlOisc Eggs
steady at / mark cases Included, 1sls4is-.c.;
,lrsts. 1sisc; prime. frsts. 2isc. extras, s3'sc
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BALTIMORE STOCK MARKET.
z BALTIMORE, MD, Oct. e9.-Seaboarl Air
Line common, liSs4li,.: DO preferred, aiI
3:n, Atlantic Coast Lin" common, .3i..3ir.
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= q 80
Cotton. dull; middling 1900; net receipts,
773 bales; gross. i,G2o bales; stock. iS 1868 bales.
Total ;o-day8at all seaI,orts-Nct receipts.
s., $3.50 bales: export to Great Britain. 81 459
bales: to France. 500 bales: 10 the Continent,
3.13l bales: stock, TO bales. ia
e. Consolidated Mt all q seaports--Sct receipts.
,s39 baes; export to Great Britain. q. 459
bales; to France. $500 bales; 70 the Continent,
s,Ia1 bales. #
e Total since September 1st at nil scaports-
Net receipts, 81 a5I bales; export 10 Great
Britain. i5.067 bales: to France. 2oI9l6 bales !:
TO .ch Continent $685. c5 bales; 10 japan 70 23S
bales; to Mexico. 6,s0l bales. n
F. NEW ORLEANS. La. Oct 2a-co1ToS-
spot cotton steady: sales. 80 0ba!cs. inciud-
Ing 80 OTTO arrive. Quotations advanced I-lfc.
Futures opened barely steady With prices 800
points lower than yesterdays finals on a poor
Liverpool and a good wetaher map FOR q
tinio the market was very dull but late In
the session buying movement Was started
which carried prices UP Sal points. bu fnaly
eased Off uniIl half the advance had been lost.
In the Trading December opened points lower
at 1888. gold up to O. 81 and finally declined to
$50. The market closed Quiet the list showing
net suinsl of 2If points.
Cotton futures steady: October. nominal; Mo-
yc,,,bcr, 9.s5as.5s; December, assaaGo: jan
uary, 9s7a96s; February; 9.74H9.76: March,
s.szds.si; April, a.sia9.ss: May. aeiass'
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BALTIMORE, MD. oct. 2a.FLouR-- Un-
changed. Wheat-Weak; spot contract u III
all4ix spot, No. . red, Western. s116A aLl6ta;
October Sll44a1.1is. Corn-Dull; the year.
5lHc; new southern white. i6a52c.a OATS
Firm No. white. 34c. sales; No. mixed
I,utter--F'irni and unchanged: fancy Imitation.
i7@lsc. do creamery, e21s12ac.; do. lade. la1
I6c store packed ia 14c Egss-Fir1n at :. s"c 6
sCheese-Steady and unchanged: large. lpSt g
1lc: medium 1ldlll:c; small 11efll 1sc.. su r.
Firm; coarse granulntcd and tine S91 40. +, FL
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primo white. soaalc.; prime winter ysllow,
MARINE 1NTELLrGENcE.
orr OF RICHMOND. ocr. %. 1904.

PORT OF RICHMOND. OCT. %, 1904
ARRIVED. Isl
Steamer Berkeley, Sterling. Norfolk MGR.
chandIse and passengers. Old Dominion line.
Steamer Old Point Comfort. Graves, James
River landings and Norfolk. merchandise and
passengers Virginia Navigation Company.
SAILED.
Steamer berkeley, Shelly, Norfolk nerchan.
disc and passengers, Old Dominion line.
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CLOSING BOND QUOTATIONS.

Chicago Il. 1. and Pacific 4s............. 7s7i
Chicago r. l. and Pacific col. 6s....,.... 20
fC., c., {. and ST. Louis gen. 4s.....,.... JOY II
! Chicago Terminal 4s................. s...... 75A
Consolidated Tobacco AZ. .....s...... ibg1
Colorado and Southern 4s...................3 SIX
Denver md Rio Crnndo 4s......... ...... itUa,
Erie prior limo Observation-Disclosures. 101i
Eriu General 50 III
Fort Worth and Denver city lsts..........sll l%
Hooking Valley 4iss 1903 81
Louisville and Nashville Unified 4s......... 1921
Manhattan consol gold 4s................. 105H
Mexican Central IS Observation-Disclosures. %
Mexican Central 1s Inc... 2aiIas
MINI. and ST. Louis As. Observation-Disclosures. 9Ga
Missouri, Kansas and Texas 1u2 AZ
Missouri Kansas and Texas Eds ......... s. q
National r. r. OF Mexico con. IS. 50 ssf
New York central gen. 3.Es............... 1904
New Jersey Central gen 5s.....,........... 13,A
Northern Pacific Is 1c5H
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$50: Western steers. $4,000. Hoss-Recelpts,
500 head. Market 5al0c. higher. Mixed and
butchers. ;4.o5a5. IS; good TO choice heavy,
S5.152535; rough, heavy, A.6odo.51; light,
81 s5u5.1o; bulk OF sales. s5o5I515., Sheep
Receipts, 1900. head. Sheep strong; lambs
steady. Good to choice wsthers, $isli.76; fair.
to choice, mixed. ss.6pI4.25; native lambs,
s425IG.oo.
NEW YORK, Oct. 2s.-BEEvEs-Recelpts
80 head Feeling weak. Steers sold at $500
4.s0. per 100 pounds. Calves-onc car OF Vest
crn on suls: no trading. Sheep and Lainbs-
Receipts. LIS head. Market steady. Sheep,
So 15d4. 12ls lambs at IS. 47.sds.oo Hogs-Re-
ceipts, ., sg2 head Nominaliy steady.
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u coTToNs SEED OH. MARkEr. #
NEW YORK, Oct. 2o,st'ottonsaed OIL wns
c.ude &. q. b. mills. Ne; primo summer yei-
low .es;Q27c,; OIL supmer yyllow, nominal;
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PORT or WEST POINT. OCT. %, 1904
ARRIVED.
Charlotte. Murphy. Baltimore, passengers and
general cargo.
SAILED
general cargo.
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UNION sToc KYARDs. P1TTsBuRG, Pa,
3Ocy. YES c9.-CArrLE-supply light; market
steady. Choice. s555d5.G0; prime s5.1oa5, 80:
fair, SO, 25G3.15. Hogs-Receipts, light; market
steady. Prime heavies, .456i55o: medium and
heavy workers. s5.SoI53a light workers.. S5.101
SO; pigs, si.slI5.O0; sroughs, siI4. So
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GIN CINNATI. O., Oct. :o--HoGs-Active
and strong at DC. higher. Selected shippers
s,.o5: selected butchers. s.. 2olf5. Is; common
81. oo5dri.70. Cattle-Stcady and quiet. Z Fair to
good shippers, $i1i.75: common, s2G..o5.
aSneep-Steady ct slaS.s9. Lambs--Slow at
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0PPORT uKITY
In Reactions,

You are afforded pne right now. Low
money and large crops being sold at high
prices wl prove 70 be the sn for
oo or to buy profItaby II is conceded
that money is unlikely to go above per
cent any time In the next six months, The
tive Situation The present market rests on
the strongest foundation. Earnings arc the
true guides to the values OF securities. Rail-
road traffic from now on should break MI
roc ords, Grain and merchandise are moving
in enormous volume at profitable rates, Prpfits
Will he made bv participating In tho business
prosperity. Buying the shares of a CORPORA
ton is the most direct, simplest md best
wa to become Interested We will be pleased
ia suggest tho Stocks we deem nj present The
best purchase np9n request also toBmuil free
our 400 page, illustrated t5is3s ~
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Potatoes Firm; Long Island, $l.7s02.0 co. state
and Western. Sl5OCpl.75; Jersey swests Sl?oQ
j rs. Peanuts-Steadyi fancy handpicked. tQP
bMc; other domestic, 34GAc. cahbages--
steady; per barrel 6QQ75c. cotton-l'y steam
to Liverpool, lbc. s4g
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RICHMOND STOCK MARKET.

Richmond Va, Oct. .. 1901. n.
SALEA
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OF tho North Sea incident vas The main In
tuence In n weak wheat market here to-day
Al the close December wheat was Oft lssc and
May ia dplssc. Corn showed q loss Of ,aqIssc.;
and oats Sc PROVISIONS are practically ms
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Specie. se3s.3cO.20o; decrease. g. $500.
Reserve. 3l7.sG2. 200; increase, s99.lc0
Reserve required. 1901. 1850; Increase.
sl,159,375 !, 80 ~
Itx-United states deposits, so, G3S,s 7I;;
Z decrease SlOS0.SO0. ht vi T
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-08-16

traband articles must be taken in de-
licto, in the actual prosecution Of the
voyage to an enemy's port.
Secretary Hay declines to admit the
validity of Russia's inclusion of raw
cotton in contrabond, on the ground
that it is employed for numerous inno-
cent purposes, and only by a riotous
assumption could it be held contra
band.
The power of hating and searching
neutral vessels yields no great advan-
tage to either belligerent, while it dis
turbs friendly relations with the powers
whose ships are detained, examined or
sent to a prize court. The position of
our government that private property
on ships in time of war should be ex-
empt from capture is the rational
view
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-08-16

The Russian government has not
amended it's extensive list of articles
held coHtraband of war, and apparently
is disposed to maintain it's attitude in
the case of the Knight Commander,
which was sunk with little or no scru-
tiny of it's contents and no adjudi-
cation by a prize court.
The primary object of the right Of
visitation, exercised by armed bel
ligerent ships, is to ascertain the true
national character of the ship stopped.
International law recognizes the right,
as it recognizes the right of gov
eminent to demand the passports of
travellers. Violence and intimidation
are not to be used, and the neutral is
obliged to produce the ships papers.
The belligerent may inspect the mani
fest, and if suspicion is entertained,
may search for contraband. If suspi
cion is we'll founded, the neutral ship
may De brought 10 port by the DelllS-
erent vessel for judgment and con-
demnation in a prize court. Russia has
violated this rule in several particu-
lars and will ultimately have to settle
with the powers offended, who decline
to accept ner arbitrary amendments of
the contraband list.
Our government has declined to
other fuel and raw cotton are contra
band of war, on the ground that they
her enemy. Secretary Hay, in his note
I last June To our ambassadors in Eu-
rope. declared that this principle if ac-
Ceptel. would mean the positive in
hibition of neutral sales to the people
Of a belIigerent Of all articles that
could be ultimately converted into mil
itary uses. Mr.. Hay shows that Russia
herself. twenty years ago. protested
! streuUously against the inclusion of
! coal i'm the contrahand list. and de-
! cIared that she would refuse her assent
! to any international agreement to that
! effect. In the war with AUSTRIA in
! 1859, and with Prussia. in 1870, France
declared that coal was not contraband
! Great Britain and our government have
held that coal is not contraband un-
less hostile destination can be proved
Sir William Scott, declares that no
question of contraband can arise when
neutral port, the rule being that con
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-08-16
CONGRESS AND HAWAII.

The condition of the Hawaiian
islands under American rule is not
what it ought to be, and it is strange
that congress cannot be made to see
the pressing need for such legislation
as will draw the islanders closer to us
in sympathy and habits of thought and
at the same time pave the way to
return of commercial and industrial
prosperity. Governor Carter, recently
landed from Honolulu, draws a wonder
ful picture of conditions there, the di-
rect effect of the failure of congress
to take a proper interest in the islands
Annexation has not been commercial
success, the governor says. because the
laws enacted for the islands are not
adapted to their needs. These laws
have cut off all internal revenues. The
land laws of the United States, which
have been extended to Hawaii, pre-
vent the leasing of public land for
longer peIlOuS tIdH I'VE years, anu
as land cannot be taken there for so
short period owing to the time re-
qured for raising staple crops. agri-
culture is languishing. With no reve-
nues, with agriculture at a standstill,
and with hard times in consequence
pressing hard, it is not strange that
the Hawaiians do not regard Ameri-
can control as entirely beneficent. Just
a little of the time and attention that
are being given the Philippines would
make the Hawaiians the happiest and
most loyal people in all our island pos
sessions, and congress should be made
to understand that it has no more i'm
portant duty than to give these people
as good industrial and commercial
opportunities as all people living under
the flag should have 1t is a small
duty as compared with some of the
others that congress is called upon to
discharge. and that may be why it is
overlooked year after year. But it is
important and pressing.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-08-16

j. NJ Frink, the republican nominee
for governor in 1900, was defeated be-
cause he was regarded as the John L.
Wilson candidate. 1t now turns out
that Albert E. Mead is just as mucn
Wilson man as Frink and he will
suffer like fate. Chairman Palmer is
a henchman of Wilson and the whole
campaign is being conducted in the in
terest of Wilson's candidacy for Fos-
ters seat in the United States senate.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-08-16

tions would be enforced, thousands of
people anxious to get rich quick
would not have thrown away their
time and money in this scramble for
lands not any too we'll adapted to ag-
ricultural purposes. Then, too, this
rush for land on the Rosebud reser-
walton will look less like a snap to
those who may hereafter become
aware of the fact that in neighboring
counties in South Dakota there is still
a good deal of government land open
to settlement on substantially the same
terms. The administration of our
government land interests has never
been highly creditable to the govern
ment, and it is time there was a
change in the methods employed. The
government domain has been plundered
by spectators under the homestead
and pre- emption act, the timber and
stone act, the desert land act, and in
other ways, and it would seem as if
we ought to be wise enough in these
latter days, when our public land areas
are becoming comparatively limited, to
manage their sale and settlement more
intelligently than in the past.