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Commercial Porto Rico.

From the recent report by Mr.. BUTMAN,
a special trade agent OF the Department
Of Commerce and Labor. it appears that
Porto Rico's splendid economic develop
ment has been effected under heavy
handicaps.
The, exports OF Porto Rico during the
last fiscal year exceeded by 50 per cent.
those of the best trade year prior to the
American occupation. The shrinkage
in sales Of coffee has been offset by
an unprecedented expectation of cigars.
and the expansion Of the sugar industry
has sent the figures of total exports to
levels far beyond those of Spanish DAYS.
Probably the sugar business is o near
it's maximum. Practically all the land
suitable for sugar raising IL already in
use. Further trade expansion depends
on the extension of other industries.
notably coffee, tobacco and fruits. All
can be enlarged considerably. The
growth Of tho coffee business is condi-
tional upon a market for the Porto Rico
berry in this country. A larger tobacco
business will depend mainly upon the
maintenance Of present standards of
quality and increased paintings. There
10 enough tobacco land not yet under
cultivation to make an important differ
ence in the output. The fruit business is
a matter of capital and better transpor-
tation facilities.
The obstacles to this development. as
shown by Mr.. BUTMAN, are removable
by an investment Of capital in enter
prises which give ample promise of
profit. There is need Of public ware
houses, improved docks and harbors.
better banking facilities. and above all,
improved transportation. At the time
of the American occupation Porto Rico,
with an area Of about $500 square
miles. had only 1877 miles of roads
worthy Of being so called. Since that
time this mileage has been a little more
than doubled, but there is great need
Of further extension. The principal rail-
way il q narrow gauge coast line around
the western end Of the island from San
Juan, via Arecibo. Aguadilla, Mayaguez
and Yauco, TO Ponce. The road was
built quite a. much with a view to profit
from it's construction as to returns from
its subsequent operation. II is a crooked
and flimsy affair, and while better than
no line at all, stands in great need Of
Traffic charges are high,
and in many cases absolutely prohibi-
tive. The line has it's uses, but there are
many who wooder whether il really adj
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\ very interesting and important pub
lurlan Government through the medium
OF its official organ. ~ Con sf,fac'o mi.
Tn. correspondence be, ween our Minis
ter. the Hon WILLIAM W. RUSSELL. and
>.hor DR.. Jose DE J. PAIL, Minister for
Foreign Affairs a. caracas. di-closes
quite clearly the contentious set mp nv
this Government on behalf Of the New
York and Bermudez asphalt concern. the
Orinoco and Manoa companies and vari-
ous private claimants, such as TCRNBrLL.,
CRICHFIELD and JAURETT. II also dis
closes and with equal clearness the atti-
rudc of Venezuela in the premises. stu
dents of contemporary events will find
profit in a careful analysis of these
lations. though il may puzzle thoughtful
and fair minded men to extract material
for national pride from the process.
For the present it may be enough to
say that the record sheds very little
mstre uI,on our latter day diplomacy.
A. has already been suggested in these
columns. the United States Government
ran i'll afford to pose as a patron Of the
asphalt company. while so far as regards
the Orinoco and other grievances Of like
nature. it is ~conclusively shown that they
have been submitted TO arbitration under
the Washington protocol signed by the
Hon. JOHN HAY, then our Secretary Of
state, and hat Venezuela's refusal TO
reopen the question of the decision OF
the Venezuelan American mixed commits
sion finds abundant justification in Mr..
HAYS own ruling in the case OF Salvador
March 24-26. 1908 where precisely sim
liar issues were raised.
IL is interesting to consider MIR. HAYS
declaration to the Minister of Salvador:
q, failure to comply with tho award would. more
over. involve a grave discourtesy 10 the eminent
srbI,rators who sat In the case, and = serIou. In iury
IN the cause Of arbitration"
On the other hand, il might be worth
while to discover the causes Of this
sudden revolution in our code Of inter-
national morals. or course il is not
conceivable that, having preached right
eousness TO Salvador when il served our
purpose, We are now bullying and brow
beating Venezuela on the same score.
A more creditable explanation il not,
however, visible to the naked eye in the
lights now before us. and for that reason
if for no other we trust the publication
may stimulate inquiry.
For the rest. it would appear that our
diplomatic solicitudes have more re-
Gently reached out beyond mere preda-
tory and delinquent corporations harry
ing a friendly State and enveloped in at
least one instance a foreign criminal who
has no proper claim upon us whatsoever.
This is another inviting field of inquisi-
ton in which industry and intelligence
may perhaps find rich reward. There
still remain quite a number Of conun-
drums in connection with Venezuela
which honest and decent men in this
would like to solve.
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everything !. tho Federal s~r, ice thsi o
hearing for The unlp-sy rslo, -~~n~si ~ 10
sup-rspru. snd sl'r.s' ,mr~rr,o~nt ~,
thsr~ sss y hearing h~f,r~ = h~,.',l ~ s'~sm
h"s' insy~ct"rs. - tho Is~ requires AMI
ihirtv ~ The o,t~ss r,loss ~ Tho river ,..-
tih~d IN favor ~ vrrwrts pilu, rNowtssst.
n n~sviga,.d the s,esmhoa, which bors
he President. s~cre ths, tho Hsrt~eg iid
~ 'yo-- ,h- trsr - ,h% N,~~.-~pri. -
Nr Roostv war had stated. Ano,her pilo,
Nj rLt.uH uf The Alton. gave u 80 his
opinion tia, the victim Of Presidential dis
pleasure did not make a bad move all The
~sy from Cairo To Memphis.
Nevertheless. the mans hc~u-s - gone
aud IN" inspectors would not have revoked
II "eIcsp, for the order ~ the President,
which gave them no alternative NICHOLS.
however. has a right II appeal under the
Federal statutes. and tho sturdy river men
insist that he must exercise -. Bu, have
they considered that Tho right ~ appeal may
he snatchcd from NICHOLS by \ stroke ~
the peny
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comprises ualversfv hsh snd ""llsse. DO
neerins The tesrhtns stan numh~t, ~ ~
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Including schools Of medioue. hco'' :"
foreign language, AZ schools End mNs
,ers hs,. 1,ser %, sblishsd escro,s, 80
seemed 10 he needed. AMONG those s~e a.
Sapporo tgrcult ural 'ollsRc. tho Nonqs
higher school 81 agriculture and toretf,
Toxic Higher Technical school and the Deal
Higher Technical School. There are n1sidn,
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indu-t n al schools apprentices schools. s~hoor
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education n. IN war. v
NEw YORK, October .
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China and the United states.

The cordial welcome which Secretary
TAFT received at Shanghai October =
bears witness to a remarkable change in
the attitude Of tho Chinese Government
and people toward the United States
since the day. not distant, when Amer
lean commodities were subjected 10 an
organized boycott in several parts of the
Middle Kingdom. II is evident that in
telligent Chinese have come to recognize
that in spite Of our exclusion policy. OF
whictSnot only they hut other .Asiatic.
are disposed to complain, w have given
more proofs of sincere good will than
have been forthcoming from any other
Western nation, and may with good rea-
son he looked upon a. their country's
best friend.
There is no doubt that bm for the
frm position taken by Secretary HAY At
the time of the Boxer outrages on behalf
of China's territorial integrity the dis
memberment Of the Middle Kingdom,
already well advanced, would have been
carried To great lengths. Her agelong
ruzerainty w Corea.,together with the
island of Formosa, had boon wrenched
from her by Japan; under the guisc Of a
lease Russia had acquired possession If
fhe Liaotung peninsula, and practically
was controlling n large part of Manchu-
ria on the prctcSt that Carrisons were
needed to protect her railways in that
region; Germany was mistress Of Kiao-
Chou Bay and had put forward a vague
claim to asccndcncv in the adjoining
province of Shantung; Great Britain had
occupied a strip of the mainland opposite
the island of Hongkong aud also the
naval fortress of Wei-hai-W Wei, setting
mp. moreover, ~pretensions TO a sphere of
influence which included the greater part
81 the Yangtse valley. Finally, France,
a owner of Tonquin, had insisted on
considerable cessions on China's south
western frontier.
Now, tho allied Powers that ooh part
IN the expedition for the relief of the for
cign legations at Pekin would gladly have
acoepted ar averment on the part Of the
Manchu Government that owing to the
Gisorganization Of it's finances IL was
unable TO comply with the demand for
reimbursement of the expenditures in
CURED. together with punitory damages
for the outrages committed. and must
therefore offer in lieu Of cash territorial
compensation. But for the firm position
taken at this iuncture by Secretary HAY
the partition Of China would have been
inevitable. He declared that a promise
10 furnish a pecuniary indemnity, with
easy terms Of payment, would be salts
factory 10 the United States, and with
this example before them the other
Powers concerned were morally o n
strained to pursue a similar course. They
fell back IN the expedient of exscting an
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Hisb speed In Boston.

TO TBy EDITOR op TBR .SuN-Sr' What In the
deNli are these people talking about This morn
ing. In q hurry TO meet Il plumber who pulls teeth,
l went over my course In AZ strokes. My hand was
shaky from mn overdose OF rum. ] an not ambi
deItrous. yet II was easy work. nobody stoned me
In the street. and the plumber. who hears q rrputs
tion In that respect, found himself wholly unable 20
lnnlct pain. might add cut d diyot from the
point OF the chin not larger than a two bit piece.
one who babbles Of more than 100 strokes Is A
damphool.
Unable to recoilcct what the baptismsI parsop
said, 7 subscribe myself WEST CnpAR STREET.
IIosroN, October 4.
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To.rHs EDITOR oF tn. Sun SIR: Through two
Of your correspondents this morning you have cast
q doubt on my veracity In stating my chin golf
score Of nineteen. ] reiterate my statement with
out mental reservation Of any kind or without any
bubble Of words or meaning. ! admi' I cannot
make DOGGY every day. but viii agree % put up
SiOO against an equal amount by either "Enthusias ST.
or Low Score of Is" that ! can make the full course
In twenty four on any sleeping car leaving New
York, train going at full speed. penalty OF one
stroke for slicins. beard to he one, one and one
half or two days old; loser 10 pay'all expenses.
CHAMPION or NKw JERSEY.
NEW YORK, October o.
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An9tler candidate on the Bartlett ticket
has refused TO I've associated with the Ten
-rsl in his mission 10 rede~m Mas-achu-
-etts The milksop who was nominated
for Secretary ~ State las added insult "a
IN Jury Ivy saying publicly:
Every democrat whom have met IA western
Massachusetts, feels ashamed Of tho sctlon ~ the
~ tder~ Of the disgrsc,fui gathering a. Spiine ned.
! could NOT In Justice 81 myself or the party.be as>o
dated with men on the ticket that was nominated
", fraud and violence.
Meanwhile Mr.. Henry VI. WHITNEY. who
has lost only one candidate from his ticket.
thrives on martyrdom. He is speaking
nightly with a full and resonant voice
and making all Massachusetts, from Cape
Cod to the Tsconics 81, up and listen TO his
grievance.
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To THE EDITOR or TIE SUN-,Sir, The Spanish
Casa dc Contrstacion AZ Seville was the training
school for its pilots and Indiamen, Let -, u, G."
turn To Volume III. of his Hakluyt's "PrincIpsl
Nsyigations" and Richard will tell him about II IN
words OF n Spanish pilot.
II he wants q modern book maybe he can lat
hands on Manual lie la Puenta y Olca's Los ira
bajos gcoGraAcos de la cssa de contradiction 10 casa
de lndlas do sevillal :" published al Seville in looo.
NEW NoRK. October 4. L.
To TEE EpIToR or THE SuS-.S,r: "Con,rata-
ton Is m obsolete variant form OF contradiction {"
meaning mutual dealing. bargaining or trading .
or very rarely the act OF contracting or ACQUIRING
~ a habit. See Oxford English Dictionary"
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, October 8. n. Il. G.
TO TING EDITOR OF TIE SUS-.sir: As To con.
t~rstation' sec the Encyclopedia Dictionary: "Con.
t~ratstion $50. contradiction 2 contract), n contract
or agreement. CONFIRMATION house. q house where
contracts and bargains are made for promotion or
trade" W.. n. H..
NEW RocskILE. October v.
To IHK EDITOR or TINE sUS-ysly: In rep,y In
~. H.. G." In your columns OF yesterday the word
confirmation, more generally written ~"contrac.
ation," is an obsolete word used In the sixteenth
and seventeenth centuries in the sense OF mutual
dealing; trading: also the act OF contracting or
acquiring. II Is found In Holiand'. "pau,arch's
Morals" 1909, and In Cages West lnGies" us4s,
In making the standard Dictionary this word was
omitted by our rules Of exclusion rs q word MOI
found In any living book. that Is. IN any book now
read by any considerable lumber tpcrsons.
Nsw YORK. oc'ober s, I. X. FUNK.
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'Tis the time when politicians
Keep In touch,
And opinions of the humbls
Count for much.
How does Jones OF Painted Crossing
Rate the trustr
And would Smith OF Pumpkin siding
See II bust,
~ a word they chance b utter.
Or q sound.
swift Il travels like q current
Through the ground.
W this world Is hung. an earring
MID the spheres.
Firm attached unto q million
Statcsmen's ears,
McLASpsuasa wuaos
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TO THE EDITOR OF TIE SuN--!sir: SIN 40 bears
on the banks OF the Tcnsas. Where Is Colonel Bob
Bobo OF Bobo Station. fazoo. most successful
bear slayer this side Of the Sabine River. When
Mr. Roosevelt was hunting In Bobs neixhborhood
two or three years ago Colonel Bob went out one
morning while the Presidents party was beat
ing the adjacent country with nothing 70 show
for It's labor. and killed eight bears and a few
coons Just 70 demonstrate. as he said, what a real
hunter could do when he felt Swapping"
NEW YoRK. October 4. PELICAN
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1t the Lusitania can steam co. knots in
one day all records for the ocean passage
must fall before her. If the Mauritania il
a faster ship, az her trials seem to indicate.
the Germans may nave a long and hard
stern chase before them to recover the
Atlantic championship.
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b


Stella She wears her heart on her sleeve.
B~ella-And puts her pocketbook on her back
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semethins wross IN Keptsck.

From the Ha:si Green HsroSS.
Mr.. Tucker OF Clark county. who has been a. a.
tcnhousc Ranch for some days, left TucsdH! '"f
his homo. carrying with bin three gallons ~ me
water.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-10-10

Mother johnny, remember you mustn't night.
Johnny Nom: IN just take y practice walk In
front OF Willie smith.
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Kuicker--\ stitch IN time saves nine,
Bocker-But a rip IN time may save eie,su.
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To rBE EDITOR ov TIE SUN SIR: Enclosed and
. literary curiosity from an independent young
American. g..
NEW NORK, October [.
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coatesf Notice.


Department of the Interior, United States
Land Gifiee, Pierre. South Dakota December
q. 1866.
4 su{;iele1tf contest afsidayis haging hean
alea III his osi;ce hy Anna Il. II alise5s ol MALI
town. hvtseossslls coatest ant against hone-
stead, entry No. AXIS, nlaie Gefobef IL. 1904. for
Lots sifi and w oI fs4ss4 OF See, Twp. 2
s., Il. - ~, B III. Mer.. hy Aim KS sll, Com
feSsee-5 ip Wkai1sh IL Is alleged fsaat said Ann
Ryan has fayer established Iona ftife resi-
dence on said tract and that said land is not
settled upon and cultivated bE said party as
required ~ law, ali OF WHICH failure Still
exists, aila that said alleged attssAca from the
said land was rot due 70 bis eiupioglnent lib
tie Army, Navy or Marine Cofpsof the United
States as private soldier, osaeef, seaman OF
marine during the war With spain or during
any other war in which tlte United States may
be engasged. said parties are hereby notified
TO appear respond and cdfer evidence touch
Ing said allegation at jV6ciociS o. N. reb-
ruarg 70. 1907, before tie Register and ReceIv-
er at the Tinted Stats Land Office In nnerre,
South Dakota
The saideontestsnt having, In proper afl :
dayit filed December n. 1906. set forth facts
which show that after due diligence personal
service Of this 5a0tice can not be made 1t Is
hereby oIdered and directed that such notice
be given by dae and proper publication. 444s
Albert Nheelon, Register.