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The Washington times., 1905-08-14
WI Responsible for
The Chinese Boycott
So Declares Secretary Chang Chuan, Who
IS Gratified That the Movement Is
Carried Out Well

ATLANTIC CITY. Aug. 14-Secretary
Chang Chuan. of the Chinese legation,
who is stopping at Chelsea hotel. to-
day expressed himself as muct interest
ed in the progress which the now fam
Gus Chinese boycott is making in call
ing the attention Of the American pub
lie TO the alleged unjust Chinese exclu-
sion laws.
Mr.. Chang. as he is called. is the son
OF one Of the most powerful yiceruys
in China since the death of Ii Hung
Chang
His father is Viceroy Chang Chi-tung.
Mr.. Chang 9or several years has been
second secretary TO the Chinese lega-
ton, ard any utterance Of his on an
international subject is of Importance.
The official. or diplomatic service. is
not connected with the movement in
China against. Americans goods" said
the second secretary. with a smile. ut
was started by the student and mer-
chant class. the TWO classes which have
suffered most at the hands of the Amer
lean law.
Resent Indignities-
For years there has been discomfort
at home concerning the indignities which
We're heaped upon our educated class
who sought to travel or To study in
America, by the rather crude methods
employed by the inspection officers who
were intrusted with the execution of the
exclusion law
I think Minister WI. who for years
was accredited to Washington and who
has many friends in the United States,
belongs the credit Of focusing this feel
ing Of discomfort and bringing out of
1t some semblance of united action. In
passing might add that this united ac-
tion speaks well for China
She is developing along Occidental
lines when she can combine on any sub
ject Of common interest where one class
of persons must bear loss, financial and
otherwise, that another class may be
benefited and the nation as q nation may
win recognition in the long run.
Minister WI is now in China, where
he holds q position which approaches
that or your Secretary of State. While
In America he was noted for his excel
lent speeches. and he began the agita-
ton here by calling attention TO the un-
just conditions which closed the schools
OF the United States and the industries
TO the best men in China because the
labor unions had a law passed caIculat-
ed TO keep out competitive coolie labor.
Coolies at Home.
China does not object to that law.
and neither did Minister WI. Ny home
country wants ner cooHe Iaborers to re-
main at home. where they are much
needed. and the exclusion act as it is
called. pleased her very much
while in America Minister WI point
ed out to the President and TO differ
ent members OF the Cabinet that the in
spectors Were not translating the law
with judgment.
He nstanced cases which had been
brought to his attention by merchants,
travellers, students and others, who had
under the law. but who, in spite of their
credentials. were forced to sit in a
prison room. to undergo examination
and 70 submit to various indignities
which were unjust and uncalled for
81 myself might have occasion tc en-
ter America through San Francisco. and
The Washington times., 1905-08-14
SOPORIFIC SERMONS

Prof. Haughton, of Trinity College,
Dublin, was fond of indulging in quiet
humor at the expense of some of his
colleagues, says the writer of Some
College Recollections."
On one occasion ne was asked by DR.
Stubbs. a senior fellow Of his college.
what he thought of the sermon preached
that morning by The Bishop OF Meath
(Dr RcichcD.
We'll, Stubbs. replied the professor,
1t was admirable, but not comparab BILE
with your own OF last Sunday"
How so?' said Stubbs, highly graft
fed.
Because" said the professor. the
bishop took forty minutes TO put me to
sleep, whereas yOu accomplished the
s&ne result in ten. '-BYstander-
The Washington times., 1905-08-14
Tariff and Exports.

The fiction of our wonderfully In
creasing foreign trade receives an
other puncture at the hands of the
statisticians of the Department of
Commerce and Labor. A report, just
issued. is extremely interesting as
showing how the United States Is
progressing backward In its march
toward control OF the worlds markets.
Exports of domestic merchandise
the last fiscal year were 81 ,491, ,744,
600: the preceding year they were
81 .4S5. .t79, 600; a gain of about $685.
100000. But in agricultural products
there was a loss of $32, 900, 900; so
that manufactures, in order to make
up this deficit and show gain In the
aggregate. had to gain about $50. .000.-
600.
This looks at first like an eneourag-
ing showing for manufactures and a
diseouraging one for agriculture. But
what are the facts?
The gain In manufactures was one
third of 1t represented by copper,
which was sold almost entirely in
pigs and bars-not manufactured at
all, and not entitled to list as man
ufactured article. 1t was sold simply
because the United States is the one
country that has any considerable
surplus copper to sell. Tariffs and re-
taliations and boycotts cannot affect
that trade; if the world wants copper
it must come TO us.
Next come cotton manufactures.
Here the case is similar TO the extent
that 1t is equally true that the world
buys from US because 1t cannot get
enough cotton elsewhere. Making the
cotton into fabrics is q secondary
consideration; the world must buy
our cotton, and having the raw
materials. those mills which are near
the source of supply certainly have a
great advantage IN the manufacture.
and the country is now realizing that
advantage in part at least
And the next item is iron and steel
manufactures, in which there is a
gain of s23. .0O0, 600 America has no
monopoly Of the original supply in
this case. as in the two preceding;
but this increased expectation repre-
sents almost entirely sales made
abroad at far less prices than would
be charged for the same articles at
home The foreign wheat raiser gets
his reaDar made in America for less
than the American wheat raiser can
get it; the foreigner ships his wheat to
market over rails made in America,
but sold for less than like rails are
sold in America The foreigner pays
the tax, did somebody say? This
doesn't look as if he does.
These totals will be quoted straight
way as evidence that American man
ufacturers are increasing their busi-
ness abroad and that the Dingley tariff
is therefore all right Yet these three
items. for no one of which the tariff
is entitled TO credit, make up the
total increase for the year.
On the other hand. tariff retaliation
is springing up against the United
States on many sides. This is directly
due to tariff conditions, and it is seri-
Gus.
INSTEAD of getting credit for things
- doesn't accomplish, the tariff ought
20 be given the blame for the actual
damage it does.
The Washington times., 1905-08-14
WTonging The Automobile.

The automobile is here TO stay.
Until it goes up in the air. so to speak,
it will turn our roads and streets
into railroad tracks, oppose the frag-
rance Of its gasolene to the delicate
scent of the wild rose and contribute
the melodious ''ungh ungh" of its
horn to the buzzing harmony of ma
turG's sounds.
In spite OF all the contempt in which
some good citizens hold the auto
mobile, it is proving a great blessing.
II II does nothing else it is widening
the field of the physicians ministra-
tions and, paradox though it seems,
1t is lessening the weight of his labors.
1t IS doing for horses in many fields
OF commerce what electricity did
when ii relieved them of the street
car. 1t IS giving a breath OF the
eountryside-too often gasping,
blurring, hurry-up breath-to persons
who did not give the country a
thought until the automobile expand
ed their horizons.
Just now the drivers of automobiles
are suffering the injustice meted out
to all pioneers. Not only do farmers
place traps in their way-an ofrense
which would land the agriculturists
in jail if 1t were committed against
the driver OF hoFses-but the public
has taken the bit between it's teeth.
Every accident piles up the general in
dignation against the machine. The
bys1ander may have been ever so
careless, the auto driver may have
been ever so watchful, indeed no aeci-
dent may even have occurred, but the
mere telling Of the story infiames
good people all over the country who
would insist on proof before they
would condemn the most confirmed
vagrant who ever kept warm in a
calaboose. And more than one court
has apparently taken its automobile
law from this same source.
AS has been said, this is the fate
OF all pioneers. 1t was the experience
OF the railroad and no doubt it was
the chief difficulty in the way of the
first rocket" stagecoach route. It is.
at the worst. only a matter of time.
When the American people get their
balance they will accept the automo-
bile for what 1t is worth, and It is
worth a great deal
IN the meantime, the drivers OF
these vehicles can shorten the time
measurably If they will-by ridding
their "ungh ungh'' of as much tnso--
lence as possible; by giving pedes-
trians right of way; by rejecting
that many horses are frightened by
rafting machinery and kissing steam;
and by considering on Sundays, as
they whir through the country, that
the blast of their horns may very
easily disturb the worship of rural
congregations assembled, not for
sport. but for prayer Unless the driv-
ers OF automobiles do give this con-
sideration to others, they will not
only add to their own discomfort but
postpone the day when they may
hope for justice TO the mode Of loco
motion they regard with so much
affection
The Washington times., 1905-08-14
Pennsulvania's Opportunity.

Pennsylvania good government
movement is not to be confined to the
city of Philadelphia. The State has
made claim on Mayor John Weaver
and demands that he run for governor
in order TO smash the State machine
machine. The State, in its present
temper, is quicR enough TO translate
Mr. Weayer's earnest demand for in
dependent municipal voting into
that the same arguments which the
mayor used as to the city apply as
we'll TO the State. Independent vOt-
ing is as necessary 10 break the State
machine as To wipe out the city gang;
and the one result is certainly as de-
sirable as the other.
The State wants Mayor Weaver,
and it needs him. The President has
given his eountenance 10 the Weaver
movement; his Secretary OF State has
acted as counselor of the independent
leader; his former Attorney General
has been proclaimed the State leader
In place of Penrose, who went down
when the State ring fell from grace
Mayor Weaver is right In demand
ing non-partisan voting in municipal
matters; and the people are right in
assuming that all his reasons for this
are equally good as to State affairs
] 1t wants emancipation. and il wants
sthe one man who has shown himself
The Washington times., 1905-08-14

Dougal, DR.. I. S. Stone. J. Austin Stone.
r. Mr. and Mrs P. G. Melbourne. Miss
Whinerey. Mr. and Mrs. Eli Sheetz. and
A. Girouard
Miss Bessie Chalice. after a months
stay al Paxsons," Va, returned TO her
nome on New Hampshire avenue last
Hall Brown and Paul Ward have re-
turned 8 from a short trip 10 Colonial
Dr and Mrs. D. P. Bush left with a
party or friends for Atlantic CITY Sat
urday morning, 10 be gone several DAYS
DF Bush fs a recent graduate of the
5s0rge Washington University Medical
Miss Hiida jacob and William Jacob
are spending two weeks a the Senate
Atlantic City
Lew Newmyer has Joined the Wash
ingJon party at ''NaVeland % Judge
Ashton's farm in Virginia
The Washington times., 1905-08-14

big and broad and courage
to be an emancipator.
The panic-stricken leader
organization. in city and Sf
out for reform; reform with
party. OF course. The party
last refuge of the scoundrel.
party must be kept intact; the frii ~
Of good government must be kept ~
Yided; and keeping them divided, ID
enemies may triumph.
This is the time for the people In
Pennsylvania, in city and country
alike, TO get together. The name OF
a party or the traditions and asso-
Citations of 1t, ought not to be prosti-
tuted TO the purposes of bad govern
ment. That is what the cry of reform
within the party means.
The Washington times., 1905-08-14
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Robert l. L. Garthwaite, 81. and Jen-
ME YoiEht. 20
John H Worren. q, and Josie p
Combs, 22 both Of Westmoreland couH-
~. Va
The Washington times., 1905-08-14

United States Senator William P
Frye. of Lewiston, Me, Is II the Mt.
Washington, in the Breton Woods. for
a short visit. arriving in his private car.
MIR. and Mrs. Frank h Briggs. of An
burn. Me. accompanied him. coming To
see their daughter. Miss Caroline Frye
Briggs, who is the guest OF Mrs. GaTret
y. Hobart. al the Mt. Washington
The Washington times., 1905-08-14

The trouble with Russia waving OF
the yellow shirt is that nobody else is
willing 10 be scared as she is
The Washington times., 1905-08-14

Capt II. c. Hale. Fifteenth Infantry
who has been Ut East Aurora, y. Y,
with Mrs. Hale. has returned 10 Wash
ington 10 duty in the military informa-
tion division OF the general staff. Mrs.
Hale. who has been i'll, remains in East
Aurora,
The Washington times., 1905-08-14

Henri Wattersons delay in getting
busy with his views of the smart sets
Fad and Fancies" incident IS getting
monoIOnous
The Washington times., 1905-08-14

If that South Dakota preacher whn
collected q years salary in advance and
then disappeared, ever reaches Wall
Street. we can see the finish of frenzied
finance.
The Washington times., 1905-08-14

Claude Bennett has returned TO Wash
ton after a trip through New England,
New York and Pennsylvania.
The Washington times., 1905-08-14

Il Secr etary Taft had been 4 design
ing man. ne would have favored hitting
me Filipinos help elect presidents with
out delay.
The Washington times., 1905-08-14

D. O. Mills. who has been staying at
the American embassy In London with
MIR. and Mrs Whitelaw Reid will sail
for New York from Liverpool the day
after tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1905-08-14

tered ai Point Pleasant, n j.. for the
summer are Mrs. b. h. F. BlOodgood,
Benjamin T. Wikoff. Arthur B. Hope.
l. iss Ethel Wyncoop, Miss k. Duffy.
Miss /. Ackers, and Miss RothWell.
The Washington times., 1905-08-14

Miss Dorothea Potter. niece of
Bishop Potter, and a sister of Mrs. j.
Earl Sheffield win be married to Tomp-
kins McIlVaine in England in October.
The Washington times., 1905-08-14

The Portsmouth hotel keepers figure
that all summer boarders look alike
TO them.
The Washington times., 1905-08-14

Miss Emily Tuck erman is now at New
port, after having spent some time ar
Ingleside, III Stockbridge.
The Washington times., 1905-08-14

If you had a chance 10 pake as much
money as Rockefeller has. would you
refuse? Now. honest,
The Washington times., 1905-08-14

Mrs Mary F. Merrill is among the late
arrivals at the Mt. Washington. in the
Breton Woods
The Washington times., 1905-08-14

Edward p. Harrington left Washing
ton Saturday for d short visit 10 his
home IN New Bedford. Mass He will
sail from Boston tomorrow on the Gu
nard steamer SaXOnia for d trip 10 Flu
rome
The Washington times., 1905-08-14

Mr. and Mrs. Frank T Howe and Miss
Marie Howe, of Washington, are regis
tered ia Paris today.
The Washington times., 1905-08-14

Mr. and Mrs Harry Wells. OF r street
northwest. are at the Plimhimmon,
Ocean City. Nd. for the remainder of
the season
The Washington times., 1905-08-14

Oliver Wendell Holmes. Justice OF the
Supreme Court. has been visiting Mrs.
r. II, G. Slater At Hopedene villa. where
she gave 4 dinner IN his honor.
The Washington times., 1905-08-14

Senator Wetmore, who has been in
New York for some time past. having
undergone a surgical operation, is con-
valescing sufficiently TO return 10 New
port this week,
Miss Wetmorc and her brother paid
the Senator a visit al the hospital on
his birthday last week.
The Washington times., 1905-08-14
SENIOR DON PORTELA
WILL VISIT MEXICO
10 Be Accompanied by First Secretary of the legation
Senator Wetmore Will Return to Newport This
Week-Washingtonian at Seashora

SenoF Don Epifanio Portela. the min
lister to this country from the Argen-
tine Republic, and the first secretary
of the legation, Senior Don Carlos Z.
Zavalia, are preparing TO leave Wash
ington in the near future for a visit to
Mexico to which country the minister
is also accredited.
Count Gabriel GARNER des Garest. Of
Paris, was the guest of the minister the
last of the week.
The Washington times., 1905-08-14

Col Harold Graves. accompanied by
his wife and TWO daughters of X street
northwest will leave during the present
week for Atlanta. Ga. on d visit to his
brother. Col. John Temple Graves Colo
mel Graves viii also visit his old home
stead in northern Georgia and rusticate
among the rural surroundings before re-
turning 10 Washington.
The Washington times., 1905-08-14

Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish gave a luncheon
yesterday at Newport for Melville f
Stone who is guest at CrosSWays.
The Washington times., 1905-08-14

Miss Mile Morris, who spent a month
in Now York rs the guest of her aunt,
has returned TO her home.
Among the Washington people regis
tered at Bedford Springs. Va. are Mrs.
William II. Dougal Miss Katherine
The Washington times., 1905-08-14


of the legation, Senior Don Carlos E
Zavaia, are preparing TO leave Wash
ington in the near future for visit to
Mexico, to which country the minister
is also accredited.
Count Gabriel GARNER des Garest, Of
Paris, was the guest of the minister the
last of the week.
Senator Wetmore, who has been in
New York for some time past having
a surgical operation. is con-
VaIescing sufficiently TO return 10 New
port this week,
Miss NVetmorc and her brother paid
the Senator visit a the hospital on
his birthday last week.
Miss Emily Tuck erman is now at New
port, after having spent some time a
IngIeside, iii Stockbridge.
Capt H c. Hale. Fifteenth Infantry.
who has been at East Aurora, n. Y,
with Mrs. Hale. has returned TO Wash
ington 10 duty in the military informa-
tion division OF the general staff. Mrs.
Hale. who has been i'll, remains in East
Aurora,
Claude Bennett has returned TO Wash !
New York and Pennsylvania.
D. O. Mills, who has been staying at
the American embassy In London with
Mr. and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid will sail
for New York from Liverpool the day
after tomorrow.
Among the Washington people, regis
tered at Point Pleasant, N j. for the
summer are Mrs. b. H. F. Bloodgood,
TSaU ia min Yfh Hone.
T. iss Ethel Wyncoop, Miss k. Duffy.
Miss L. Ackers, and Miss Rothwell.
Mrs. Mary F. Merrill is among the late
arrivals the Mt. Washington. in the
Breton Woods.
United States Senator William ?,
Frye OF Lewiston, Me. Is u the Nj. /
Washington, in the Breton Woods. for
a short visit arriving in his private car I
burn, Me. accompanied him, coming 10
see their daughter Miss Caroline Frye
Briggs, who is the guest OF Mrs. GaTret
\. Hobart. at the Mt. Washington.
Edward p Harrington left Washing |
ton Saturday Tor snort Visit 10 MS
home IN New Bedford, Mass. He will |
nard steamer SaNonia for trip 10 Eu- !
rope.
Mr., and Mrs. Frank T. Howe and Miss .
rie Howe. of Washington, are regis (
tered Ia Paris today
Miss Dorothea Potter. a niece of
Bishop Potter and a sister of Mrs. j. /
Earl Sheffield win be married to fomp- !
l1ins McIlvaine in England in October.
Nj and Mrs. Harry Wells. OF r street !
northwest. are at the Plimhimmon, !
Ocean City. Nd. for the remainder of
the season
Oliver Wendell Holmes. Justice OF the /
Supreme Court. has been visiting Mrs, |
f II. G. Slater At HOpedene villa. where |
she gave 4 dinner IN his honor.
Col. Harold Graves. accompanied by /
his wife and TWO daughters of K street !
northwest will leave during the present !
week for Atlanta. Ca. on visit to his /
brother. Col. John Temple Graves. Colo |
mel Graves viii also visit his old home !
stead in northern Georgia and rusticate |
among the rural surroundings before re- |!
turning 10 Washington.
Miss Mile Morris, who spent a month |
in New York as the guest of her aunt /
has returned TO her home.
Among the Washington people regis !
tered al Bedford Springs. Va. are Mrs. /
William II. Dougal. Miss Katherine /
Yukon Valley news., 1905-07-26

IT is pleasant to deny the truth of a dispatch printed in this paper last week stating that Secretary Wilson had been dismissed from the cabinet. The dispatch was re- printed from another paper, which was probably led into error by the fact that Statistician Edwin S. Holmes had been dismissed for juggling with the cotton report. The appointment of MT. Wilson as secretary of agriculture by Presi- dent Mckinley was very generally approved, his retention by Presi- dent Roosevelt attested the esteem in which he was held, and his per sonal honesty has never been doubted.
Yukon Valley news., 1905-07-26

h value of producing mines.
 indeed, it is no longer essential bat q prospector depend on striking an Fl Dorado to repay him we'll for all the unprotitable labor of his past life.
 Many of the best -to-do and most independent men in the country were but recently prospectors, la boring under all sorts of difficulties. but they kept eternally at it.
 One thing that should be borne in mind, while the conditions are acknowledged to be severe here in this great Alaskan interior, com pensating circumstances are not lacking. The frost here enables the prospector to reach bedrock, whereas i'll other localities the most favorable spots must remain un- tested on account of water. Here, though attended with hardship, travel is possible, while over vast areas further south 1t is out of the question at all seasons of the year The cold can be better provided against than can the heat and the intense thirst of the far southwest
 All things considered, this is the most promising field of which we know, and the prospector, of all else, is in the best position to take of it. May he be of good cheer, and turn his face to the solitudes with confidence.
Yukon Valley news., 1905-07-26

the mine. located on a railroad. was producing a big shelter product all unknown to the owners. They learned after incalculable values had been wasted. In this country men have found riches SO plentiful that by produsss have been over looked aud despiSed. Exchange.
Yukon Valley news., 1905-07-26
Yukon Valley News

SuBsC oS.-One year, $7.So; six months, $4.oo; one month $ cents
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Yukon Valley news., 1905-07-26
doubted

AN incident illustrative of the immensity of this northern wilder ness occurred not long ago on the upper river. In the last part of May two Yukon Territory pros pectors. Albert Cosseite and Ed Iund Lacroix. arrived at Selkirk and heard for the first time of the Russo-Japauese war. The men had been for two years on the head waters of the Pelly river. and dur ing all that time had come tn con. tact with no other human being Their bong quest was unfewafdcd by any important discovery.