The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-01-08
MoRocco's PERIL.
Empire in Pawn to European Creditors
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Empire in Pawn to European Creditors
lin Financial Need.
London Standard: Unless some un-
expected change is wrought iE4the for
tunes of Abdul Aziz, he is destined to
see the loss of his country's independ-
ence. The danger is imminent, and
arises not from the revolt Of the tribes,
but from the financial needs Of the
Shereefian government. The empire is
being pawned. For two years no taxes.
have been collected, except at the ports,
and the cost of carrying or the war
against the pretender has been met by
loans. Great Britain, France and Spain
are creditors to the amount of $500, 900
each, and France is about to make a
further advance OF 20, 600, 900 francs. The
security for this support is the customs
dues-the only sure revenue of the sui
TAM. This generosity on the part of
the powers is not disinterested, and,
though cloaked with the pretense of
maintaining the status quo, can have
but one effect-to place Morocco at the,
mercy of the highest bidder. France is.
resolved not to be o~utstripped in this
race for control of the Barbary ports,
and sets no limit to her offers of assist
ance. Seeing that the customs are val
ued at only S200,0 900 a year, another loan
or two will give France the control of
the ports.
Such a recognition Of the a~scendancy
of the republic would have important
political consequences. To the people
Of England it may matter little wheth-
er or not they have a share in the agri-
cultural and commercial possibilities of
Morocco. But we have a military in
terest that is vital. The, power hat
holds Gibraltar n requires free ac-
cess by the sea to the east cannot allow
the ports of the sultan to pass into the
h n1C NJ n VI 1V,1 ~ y, efo ! - n l. - H.
is largely dependent on the Moorish
markets for supplies, and the range of
hills from Cape Spartel to Ceutra is
capable of being fortified in a manne
that would threaten our access to the
Mediterranean. To keep the straits
open is even more essential to the Sc
curity Of the British empire than the
unobstructed passage of the Suez canal.
An Evil in Food the Law Should Reach,
IN reference to the use of alum oak
ing powders Prof. Schweitzer, of the
State university Of Missouri, says:
The deleterious effects Of alum and
the soluble salts Of alumina upon the
human system, even when used in
small Quantities, are too well known to
need relating; their use in baking
powder is dangerous, and should be re-
stricted."
The effects of the continuous use of
alull' baking powders are thus summed
UP in a medical publication:
Alum taken into the stomach re-
tards the digestion of the food.
1t is an irritant which inflames and
irr1tates the stomach II intestinal
canal.
1T is an astringent and tends:to con-
stlpate the bowels, which interferes
with digestion.
1T renders the albumen Of the food.
partially insoluble, and therefore takes
away from it's nutritive value.
1t is absorbed into the blood, which
1t tends to thicken and ~coaguIate.: The
free flow of the blood through the or
cams of the heart is thus retarded.
Its continued absorption into the
system causes some forms Of nervous
prostrations and many of those affec-
lions of the nerves from which both
women and men suffer.
Fourteen grains of alum have
caused the death of a child. Larger
doses have frequently resulted fatally
in he case of adults.
NO drug so powerful and deadly, no
matter in what proportions it may be
employed, a safely be used in any
article Of food"