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The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-13
WOMEN'S $500 BOOTS.

Patent Cot vci Kid, Velour Calf, Box Calf and Gun Metal, Button, Lace and Butcher Cut with Me- dium Narrow and Common Sense Last, Cuban, Mli- tary and Common Sense Heels widths A, A, B, c, D, and EE, sizes 2 to 9, The above kinds made by the handsewed process, flexible oles, smooth nsoes. Shoes that adjust themselves your feet without the dis comfort of breaking in. Consider the above important facts.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-13

PILES CURED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS.
 PAIO OINTMENT will cure any case { of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protrud- IlnE Piles. At all druggists-50 cents.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-04-27
THE OLYMPIC GAMES
The Prizes in Rowing Races Won by
italians, French and Greeks-First
Heat in Swimming Contest Won by
an American.

Athens, April 24.-Italians, French
and Greeks, won the prizes in the
rowing races of the Olympic games
today.
The Italians won the four-oared
gigs, siX-Oared navy and the Whalers
III slashing style, the French taking
the second place in the four-oared gigs
and the Greeks finishing second in the
sIx-oard race. The spectacle when
the WhaIers came down the course
was very fine. The Italian crew rOWed
their peculiar native stroke the men
rising in their seats and throwing the
stroke, the coxsWain standing in the
stern sheets, and swinging forward
with one arm over his head, giving tn
time to the crew.
The sixteen cared barge race was
won by the Greek crew, who displayed
the traditional prOWess and waterman
ship Of their nation.
The swimming contests followed.
Daniels, American, winning the first
heat Of the 100 metres in fine style.
with HeaIy, Australian, second, and
Derbyshire, English, third. Radmilo-
vice Welch was first in second heat.
HaImay, Hungarian, second, and Mar
QUand Schwartz, American, third. All
these will compete in the final heat
tomorrow. Daniels time was 1:15 3-5.
The mile swim was won in a mag
nificent manner by Taylor, English.
At no time was he pressed.
Americans here are greatly elated
express confidence that he will win in
the final heat. When he finished to-
day he was quite fresh and in fine
form.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-04-27
WILMINGTON markets,

Wednesday, April 25.
COTTON-Steady II.
Receipts of cotton today-27 bales
Receipts this season to date
294,961 bales.
Receipts same day last year-21
bales.
Receipts last season to same date
309,555 bales.
NAVAL STORES
SPIRITS OF TURPENTINE-
Nothing doing.
ROSIN-Nothing doing.
TAR-Firm $3.50.
CRUDE TURPENTINE - Firm
hard, s2.90; dip, s4.75: virgin. s5.25.
RECEIPTS TODAY.
q casks spirits turpe1tine.
Ola barrels cosin.
SO barrels tar.
II barrels crude turpentine.
RECEIPTS SAME DAY LAST YEAR
Is casks spirits turpentine.
142 barrels rosin-
10S barrels tar.
SO barrels crude turpentine.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-04-27
NEU YORK PRODUCE MARKET

New York, April 25--FLOUR
steady to firm. Rye -four steady
wHEAT-Spot firm: No z red
nominal evelator. Options nes un-
changed against &c advance on- May
May 372s; July s5ss. December s3B.
CORN-Spot steady: No. i6 nomi-
nal elevator. Options partly Il nes
higher May 54: July 53A; September
539s: December 52A-
OATS-Spot steady; mixed 81 10
3Th.
PEANUTS-Qaiet: fancy handptck-
. ed AZ to 4Z: other domestic TO Az.
POTATOES; Bermuda per barrel
$500 TO $3.50.
CABBAGES - Steady; Charleston
$1.25 to S1-se.
LARD-Firm: western prime $3.50
TO ss.S5- Refined steady.
PORK-Quiet: family $3.50.
RICE-Firm.
MOLASSES+Stead
C0FFEESSpot Rio quiet, No. in
voice 1-1S:- mild steady Futures
steady unchanged 10 5 points lower.
SUGAR-Raw frm: fair refining
sE To 2 29-32: centrifugal 3A TO
1916; molasses sugar sss to 2l.a2,
Redaed steady,
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-04-27
TRUCK DAM AGED B. I'LL
impossible to Tell Full Extent of
the Damage at This Time.
Strawberries Said to Have Been Dam
aged But Very Iirtle-Principal
Damage Was to Early Vegetables
CantelOuDes and Melons-Tempera-
ttsre Went TO the Freezing Point at
Weldon-Truck in Virginia and
South Carolina Not Damaged.

| There is no doubt but that the cold
| weather OF yesterday morning did con-
siderable damage to truck throughout
( the entire eastern section of North
Carolina but it will be several days be-
fore the full extent of the damage can
| DE told. As far as can De learned
Strawberries were damaged but very
/ little but as was predicted the great
, damage was to beans, English peas.
cantalOupes and watermelons. The
two last named had just begun to BOD
up out Of the ground and the young
4. sprouts were very tender In some in
stances cantaloupes will have to be re-
planted but this is by no means gen
eral. Reports from the Rocky Point
section yesterday after-soon were that
strawberries had been damaged hut lit
tie but beans, cucumbers and the other
crops named above had been badly
damaged. Reports of somewhat SIM
liar nature came from other points in
the trucking belt.
On some farms around Wil1fnc ton
crops Jared badly although the temper
ature was considerably higher than al
many other points in the trucking belt
Just what the per centage Of loss viii
be cannot be told this early but is be-
lieved that it will be right heavy. Al
Weldon yesterday morning the mini
mum temperature vas 80 and New
Bern "a. Throughout the entire
trucking belt there was a heavy frost
and around Weldon ice.
Eastern Carolina was unfortunate for
neither Virginia Or South Carolira had
as cold weather in the trucking belt.
The cold wave did not extend farther
south than the border line between
North and South Carolina and al.
though the temperature at Norfolk was;
only two degrees higher than here
there was a sufficient wind to prevent
frost There was more or less wind III
this section until after midnight and
this kept the frost from being as heavy
as it would have been. In Asheville
yesterday morning the mersury drop
ped to only 80 and in Cradlotte it was
So So it can be seen that it was as
cold in eastern North Carolina as any
where in North Carolina.
The cold weather has affected berry
shipments considerably, the number Of
cars yesterday being smaller than On
the previous day. About twenty-five
cars left the berry belt yesterday.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-04-27
THE LIVERPOOL MARKET.

LiverpocSs April 25.-Cotton, spot
good business done; prices l point
higher. American middling fair 6.54 !;
good middling.6 ga; middling 6.04; low
middling 5.SS: good ordinary $40; Or
dinary $50 The sales of the day were
10000 bales of which 1,50o were for
speculation and export and included
1900 American. Receipts 5000
bales including 2,400 American. Flu
lures opened steady and closed quiet.
American middling G. o. c.: April S.
S5: April and May 5.S5; May and June
5.S5; June and July 5.S5; July and
August 5.85 :. August and September
5.S1; September and Octobar 5.66;
October and November 5.62: Novem
ber and December 5.61: December and
January 5.61: January and February
562
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-04-27
YOUNG MAN TIRED OF LIFE
Oscar Dixon Ends Life By Taking
Two Ounces 9fCarb0IiC Acid.
No Reason Assigned for the Young
Mans Act-He is Believed to Have
Been Insane-Came to Wilmington
After Midnight on Monday Night
From Brunswick County-Remains
Carried to Point on New Bern Road
for Intefment.

For some unknown reason, Oscar
Dixon, of Brunswick county, took his
life yesterday by taking carbolic acid.
AS far as his relatives knew there was
no reason foryhis act and he was evi-
IDENTIFY insane. He was at his uncle's
residence, Mr.. J. T. Dixon. No 712
South Fifth street when he took his
life.
On yesterday morning about 2 O'Clock
the young man went 70 the house OF
his uncle and explained that he had
just come from Brunswick county and
got negro to row him across the
river. He at once retired, sleeping in
room where several of Mr.. J. I.
DixOn's children slept. Yesterday
morning Dixon did not get up whsn
the children did and his relatives be-
-Heyed it to be by reason of his getting
in SO late the night before. About 9
O'Clock the children were sent to his
room to awaken him and they returned
to their mother and said he was spit
ting and something about the room
smelt funny. Mrs. Dixon then went to
the room and found the young man
lying upon the bed in an unconscious
condition. She endeavOred to rouse
him and failing to do SO sent for sever
al OF the neighbOrs. Upon their ar
rival they said he had taken some poi
son and looked like he was dying Then
it was that DR.. Harllee Bellamy was
summoned. No sooner had he seen the
man than he knew it was impossible to
save him and his efforts were fruitless,
the man dying about 10 o'clock.
The remains were carried to Dixcn,
station on the New Bern road yester-
day afternoon for interment. His faith
er is living, Mr.. E. w. Dixon, Of Maple
HILL Pender county, and he was notif-
ed yesterday afternoon of his sons
death
Young Dixon had been working for
some months for Mr.. w. E Koonce in
Brunswick county. He was about 22
years of age and was said to have been
of bright disposition. In his room
was a two ounce bottle IN which had
been carbOlic acid.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-04-27
HORRORS OF CHINATOWN
2 Exposed by the Holes and Caves I'm
der Ground-No Telling How Many
Hundreds Perished in the Prisons of
the Yellow Devils.

Strange is the scene where San
Francisco's Chinatown stood" w. w
OvertOn, who reached Los Angeles to-
day among the refugees. mo heap of
smoking ruins marks the site. of the
wooden warrens where the slant-eyed
men of the Orient dwelt in thousands
The place is pitted with deep holes
and scared with dark passage ways
from whose depths some smoke
wreaths. All the wood has gone, an2
the winds are strowing the ashes.
Men, white men. never knew the
depths of ChinatOWn's underground
city" said Mr. Overton. They often
talked of these subterranean runaways
And many of them had gone beneath
the street levels two and three stories.
But now that Chinatown has been un-
masked, for the destroyed buildings
were only a mask, men from the hill
sides have looked on where its inner
secrets lay. In places they can see
passages 100 feet deep.
''The fire swept this Monaghan sec
ton clean. 1t left no shred of the
painted wooden fabric. 1t ate down
to the bare ground. and this lies stark
for the breeZeS have taken away The
light ashes. Jos houses mission
schools, grocery stores and opium
dens, gambling hells and theatres-all
of them went. The buildings blazed
up like tissue paper lantnerns used
when the sputtering candles touched
their sides.
From this place l followed the fire
saw hundreds of fright-crazed yellow
men flee. In their arms they bore
their opium pipes, their money bags
their silks and their children. Beside
them ran the bagged- -trOusered women
and some of them hobbled painfully.
These were the men and women OF
the surface Far beneath the stree
levels in those cellars and passage
ways were other lives. Women wht
never saw the day from the darken
ed prison and blinking jailers wert
caught like rats in huge trap. Theil
very bones were eaten by the flames
"And now there remains only the
holes They pit the hill sides like {
multitude of ground swallow nests
They show depths which the police
never knew. The secrets of those bur
rows will never be known, for in1t
them the hungry fire first sifted it:
red Goals and then licked eagerly ii
tongues of creating flames, finally OBJ
hterating everything except the eartl
atself."-Los Angeles Dispatch.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-04-27
Railroad Agent Acquitted.

Atlanta, Ga, April PA. N. Stron-
bar. formerly agent of the Atlantic
Coast Line at Gainesville, Fla, was
acquitted here today of the charge of
larceny after trust of s1,7O0. The trial,
which was begun yesterday, was con-
c1uded today, the jury returning its
decision after a brief deliberatlon
Strohbar is wanted in Florida to an
swer a similar charge and the requl-
sition papers for his return to that
state are understood to be under con-
sideration by Governor Terrell.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-04-27
DAILY COTTON MARKET
Port Movement.

Galveston quiet at II 3-16; net re
ceiptts 1892 bales.
New Orleans firm at II 3-16; net re
ceipts 4,223 bales.
Mobile quiet at IL: net receipts 1,
201 bales.
Savannah quiet at II: net receipt
1854 bales.
Charleston quiet at IL; net receipt
25 bales.
Wilmington steady at IL; net re-
ceipts 27 bales.
1857 bales
Baltimore nominal at liz.
Boston quiet at 11.65; net receipts
81 bales.
Philadelphia quiet at 1870.
Jacksonville: net receipts 1,70e
bales.
New York, April 25.-New York
quiet at 11-65; gross receipt st2, ,541
bales.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-04-27
RECEIPTS AND EXPORTS.

New York, April 25.-Totaf today
at all ports, Net receipts 10,4s4 bales
exports to Great Britain 1S.342 bales;
exports to the Continent 6,S39 bales
stocks 62O,524 bales.
Consolidated, at all ports, Net re
ceipts 61,762 bales: exports to Grea
Britain 41,ee2 bales: exports to France
17.142 bales: exports to the Contfnen
54,520 bales.
Total since September 1st. at all
ports. Net receipts 7,0S3,280 bales: ex,
ports to Great Britain 2,548,T35 bales:
exports to France Sz8.744 bales; ex-
ports to the Continent 2,156,706: bales;
exports to Japan 1e5.721 bales exports
to Mexico AGA bales
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-04-27
Interior Movement.

Houston steady at IL 3-16; net re-
ceiptts 1898 bales.
Augusta quiet at 11A; net receip
244 bales.
Memphis quiet at 11h; net receipts
5e7 bales.
ST Louis quiet at 11A.
Cincinnati: net receipts 1902 bales.
Louisville firm at liz.
Total today; net receipts 1926 bales
gross receipts 1903 bales; shipments
S,641 bales; sales 2,210 bales; stocks
194T04 bales.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-04-27
RECEIPTS OF COTTON.

New York, April 25--Receipts o
cotton at the ports today were 1919
bales, against 1851 last week, and
"a, 925 last year. For the week, estf
mated. $4,000 bales, against 97.56S
last week, and 161,977 last year. To
days receipts at New Orleans 4,223
bales, against 400 last year and at
Houston 1893 bales, against 6,S35 last
wear
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-04-27
CLOSING OF COTTON.

New York, April 25.-Cotton, spo
closed quiet; middling uplands 11.65i
middling gulf 1880: sales 81 bales
Futures opened steady; May 11.01i
June 1887 bid; July 1899: August TO-
72: September 10.45: October 1897
December 1876; January 1912 bid
Futures closed steady: April 1899
May 1924; June 1856 July 1886: Au-
gust 1910; September 1914; October
1896: November 1896: December TO-
80; January y1942.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-04-27
MONEY MARKET.

New York, April 25.-Moaey on cal
steady 3A TO Az: ruling rate 4; closed
bid 3: offered 3h. Time loans firm;
SIXTY days and ninety days 5h to 6,
per cent. Six months 6.Prime mercan-
tile paper to So per cent. Sterling
exchange firmer at s4.84.4a to s4.84.45
for demand and at s4.S1.Fo to s4.81.15
for sixty. day bills. Posted rates $4.S912
to s4.S3 and s4-85z to sS-Se. CONNER
cial bills s4.80.30 to s4.S07s. Bar sill
Yer s.ss Mexican dollars 50h.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-04-27

We may, after all, continue to evo
lutte until we becori. strictly herbivor'
Gus creatures. The Wa inngton Pos
tt Is us that the Tv en1ieth Century
club of Boston recently gave an un.
cooked banquet of nineteen dishes
Fancy yourself eating grass and drink
ing a toast over a basket of leaves
Charlotte News.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-04-27
NAVAL STORES MARKET.

New York. April 2s.-Turpentine.
steady sTz: rosin, steady 34.o7h.
Savannah. Ga, Aprfl 25.-Turpeh-
tine. firm Ga: sales 1.zf6: receipts 5zs;
shipments 262. Rosin. firm; sales H.
ss9: receipts 1,5ss: shipments ABS:
stocks 47.415. Quote "A. 3. c. ss.75;
D. $3.50: E. s3.s5: e s3.e0: G.. 81. go !;
II. $40: ". s4.55: K, 35.25: NJ. $5.35 I;
-. $40: VIC, $5.45: WV. $3.50.
Charleston. S. G.. April 25.-Tarpen-
tine and ros.n nothing doing.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-04-27
PRODUCE.

BUTTER-2Se.
COFFEE-9A to 111sc.
FLOUR-Straight s4.25 to $3.50;
second patents $4.75: full patents So
25 to $5.35.
Salt-Prices car load lots. 100 lbs.
C. F. sec; zoe lbs. C. T. 75c: 900 lbs.
F. F. S5c; less than car load lots, 100
lbs. c. F. 45c; 200 lbs c. F. in cotton
sacks sec: 266 lbs. r. F. csc.
MOLASSES-S House 16c: New
Orleans brights 24c: Porto Rico 81 to
35c; Cuba CSC.
SUGAR-Granulated s4.75; w. c. K.
No. $4.25; No. $3.50. No. 9 $4.20s
No II $4.10. y
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-04-27

Glow fur is 1t ter de land er Con-
tent?" 'Its 'cordin' ter how much
faith you got. Eff you think you in it
dar you is. En- eff you don't-well,
it's ten mile furder on."-Atlanta
Constitution.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-04-27

Everybody's favorite. Blue Ribbon
and Vanilla Extract. The Extract that
gives desserts the Blue Ribbon Fla
vor"
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-04-27

LARD-(Tieree basisl pure SA
compound &c.
CORN-No. 2 white 81: No 2 mixed
Csc.
oats f6c.
HAY-No. I Timothy 1850
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-04-27
COTTON AND NAVAL STORES
Receipts of Cotton and Naval stores

Yy the Carolina Central bales
cotton. barrels tar, barrels crude
BY the Atlantic and Yadkin-I0
bales cotton, barrels rosin.
BY the Wilmington and New Bern
casks spirits, s barrels cru0.
BY the Whitlock-s casks spirits. SO
barrels rosin, barrels crude.
BY the Compton-9 bales cation.
By the Schooner J. G. Allsn-i bale
cotton, casks spirits, so barrels rosin.
so barrels tar.
Total This Year-27 bales cotton, 81
casks spirits. 1o4 barrels rosin. So
barrels tar. Il barrels crude.
Total Last Year-21I oales cotton,
Is casks spirits, 142 barrels rosin, 1o3
barrels tar So barrels Grade
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-04-27

Chicage,- April .5--The leading fu-
tures ranged as follows:
open. High. Low. Close
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-04-27
the up-building of a run

BUTTER-Quiek, unchanged
CHEESE-Ffrm, unchanged.
EGGS-Steady. unchanged.
COTTON SEED OIL~Was firm and
active again today with prices a little
higher. Prime crude o b mills 30k;
do summer yellow 37h to 37A: do
white 394 to 40: prime winter yellow
39i2 to 4ei
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-04-27

CASH quotations were as follows:
FloEr- steady: No. 2 spring wheat So
to 80: No. 7s to So: No. red sSA
to s6sz: No. 2 corn 4S: No. yellow
4sA; No. 2 oats 32k: No. white "a
to 39Hs: No. 3 white 32A to 33h: No
2 rye 61: good feeding barley SO TO II :,
fair To choice mailing As to so: No. L
fax seed s1.0SA: No. 1 northwestern
s1.1414; mess pork, per barrel s15.7s
TO $15-75: lard, per 100 pounds S.
s2iA; short ribs sides. losse. $3.50. to
$3.50: short clear sides, boxed, 1885
to. se-o5: whiskey. basis of high wines
s1.zs; clover, contract grade 311 so.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-04-27
COUNTRY PROuVCF

-Givel IS; dressed Is to
zoe.
FIELD PEAS-S5c.
BLACK EYES-ST.e5 to $135.
PEANUTS-North Carolina prime
70c: extra prime rs to so: fancy SIS to
90: Virginia. prime 80 to 45c: fancy
SIS to 60.
BEESWAx-27c.
EGGS-14 to IS.
CEICkENS-Hens aa to 40: smaller
90 to soc.
SWEET POTATOES-65 to 70.
n. c. BACON-Hams (old) 1924 to
i4c: shoulders 10 to lie: sides to 10.
SHINGLES-Per 1000: 5-inch saps
s2.o0; 5-inch hearts $500: 6-inch saps
$500; 6-inch hearts s4.00.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-11-29
Order of Publication.

State of Missouri [ In the circuit court
County of Audrain TO Januaryterm, 1907
Emma d. Sexton, Plaintiff,
John w. Lyon, DEPENDENT.
Now this October 4th, 1906, comes plain
tiff by her attorneys and show to the
Court that the defendant John W. Lyon
cannot be found, and that the sheriff Of
Audrain county. Missouri, has been I'M
able to find said defendant since the is
Suance of the writ Of scire facas herein
and that for which reason said writ has
not been served and said defendant fail
ing to enter his appearance herein, and
this being proceeding to have revived
and continued judgment and the lien
thereof upon the lands, tenementS and
real estate OF the said John w. Lyon
rendered by this court on June 9th, 1896
in favor of Emma ID. Sexton and against
John w. Lyon for the sum of 5000 and
Il per cent thereon, together with her
costs.
1t is therefore ordered by the Court
that publication be made herein notifying
the said John w. Lyon and all other per-
sons interested in this proceeding that
this suit has been commenced against
them, the object and general nature Of
which is to revive said Judgment and the
lien thereof. as aforesaid, and now you
said John w. Lyon are hereby notified
vi lilt ulluB VI bllt dDOlt proceedings.
and unless you be and aspear at the next
regular term OF the Audraiu county cir
cult court, TO be- begun and held at the
court house in Mexico, Audrain county,
Missouri, on tho Bird Monday In January,
1907, and on or before the first day of said
term appear and show cause why such
Judgment should not be revived and the
lien there of continued.
And it is further ordered that copy
hereof be published in the Mexico Mis-
souri, Message, a weekly newspaper pub
lished In Audrain county, Missouri, for
four weeks successfully the last insertion
to be at least Is days before the first day
of next term of Court.
State of Missouri L.
County OF Audrain %
l, w. II. Morris, clerk Of the circuit
eourtwithin and for the County and
State aforesaid, do hereby certify that
the foregoing is full true and complete
coppof the Order Of Publication In case
Of Emma d. Sexton VS. John w. Lyon as
full OF the same now remains on file and
OF record In my office.
Witness my hand and official seal.
Done at Office In the City of Mexico,
County and State aforesaid, this l2th
day OF November A. D., 1906.
lSEAL. w. H. MORRIS, Clerk.
W. A. Edmonston, Atty for Ppff.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-11-29
INCOMES OF RAILWAYS
The Returns from 22o,o26 Miles for the
Past Fiscal Year.

Washington-A preliminary report
of the interstate commerce commits
sion on the income account of the rail.
ways of the United States for the year
ending June 80 last, contains returns
from companies operating 220,026
miles of lines. or about 80 per cent of
the mileage that will be covered in the
final report.
The total gross earnings Of the roads
were S2,319, 100000, being equivalent
to S10,543 per mile.
Passenger earnings were $618, $685.
934, or $2,S11 per mile.
Freight earnings $1,G4O, 942, 1862. or
$7,45S per mile.
Operating expenses were $3.50. 16S.-
1853, or $6,963 per mile.
The net earning" of the roads were
$751;, SIT, being $3.50 per mile, and
nearly SGT 900 more than the CORE
spending amount for the previous year.
Income from other sources than
those of operating aggregated $780,.
G24,9S2.
The dividends paid amounted to
1925, 4O6, 598, and taxes $38,9O3,28S
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-11-29
OUR MERCHANT MARINE
OUTPUT OF OUR sHiPYARps
LARGEST FOR YEARS.
NUMBERS 25,OO6 VESSELS
OF 1,221 Vessels Built IL tie United
States Last Year, Only Three
Were Ocean Steamers.

Washington-The annual report Of
Commissioner of Navigation Chamber.
lain states that on July 30 last the doc.
umented merchant vessels of the Unit
ed States numbered 25,006 of 6,674, 9S9
gross tons. The report urges the en-
actment of the merchant marine COM
mission bill, which has passed the
senate, including the provision for
American mail lines to South America.
only Three Ocean Steamers.
A summary of the report says: THE
years construction was 1921 vessels
OF 418,745 gross tons. Only three
ocean steamers were built On the
great lakes 40 steamers of 232,3G5
gross tons were built. The tonnage
built during the current fiscal year up
to Nov. 10 aggregates 100000 gross,
and If the present rate of construction
is not checked by strikes or delays,
the output of our shipwards will be
the largest in half a century and will
be close to the output of $4,000 tons
in 1855, the year of our greatest con-
struction. During the year only IL
per cent of the exports and imports
of the United States are carried in
American vessels
Commissioner Chamberlain pub
fishes full list of all the vessels in
trade between the United States and
South America during the first six
months this year. An American mer-
chant steamer, he says, is never seen
in the ports of Brazil, Argentina, Cru-
quay, Chile or Peru.