THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMS BURG, PA. I 111 MUST GO Agitation on the Pacific Coast to Restrict Immigration. CRY " YELLOW PERIL" Number Has Increased From 86 in Census of 1880 to 35,000 at Pres ent Time No More Desirable as Neighbors Than Chinese Japan ese Intolerant of the Whites. The adoption by the California Leg dature of a concurrent resolution op osing the further unrestricted luiml wttlon of the Japanese, and calling ,ku the national government for pro .ctiou by treaty or otherwise, Is the Uicomeof an agitation begun by the Julifornla press. "The Japanese problem," says tho "Chronicle," "Is no longer to be Ig nored. It has been but lightly touch ed upon heretofore; now it Is pressing upon California and upon the entire United States as heavily and contains , as much of menace as the matter of ' Chinese Immigration ever did, If, In- deed. It Is not more serious, socially, Industrially, and from an international standpoint. It demands consideration. This article shows that since 1SS0, when the census noted a Japanese population In California of only 80, not less than 35.000 of the little brown men have come to this State and re mained here. At the present day the number of Japanese in the I'lillel States Is very conservatively estimat ed at 100.000. Immigration is Increas ing steadily, and, as in the case of the Chinese, it is the worst she has that Japan sends us. The Japanese I no more assimilable than the Chinese, and he is no less adaptable in learn ing quickly how to do the white man '3 work and how to pet the job for him self by offering his labor for less than a white man can live 011. "Japan is intensely intolerant cf the white man who visits her in any other capacity than that of tho curio buying traveler. Industrially she has neither room nor welcome for the for eign devil from this side of the Pacl flc. It would seem to be about tin"? for us to take a leaf out of the Jap anese code of self-protective patriot ism." "California has a populition of a million and a half people. The popu lation of all the Pacific coast States is, comparatively speaking, insignifi cant. We shall not be able at t:ie present time to Impose our beliefs about Japanese exclusion upon tho people of the nation eighty millions of them who have ben carefully 'ducated to believe tho Jap a charm-D-? little hero. We do not say this 3 discouragement of those who desire '. restriction of Japanese immigration. ?ar from it. Let tnem by no mean 1 jalt In the work of arousing public sentiment. But, on the other hand. It is foolish not to recognize what the facts of the matter are. It is absurd to go into the fight blindly ignorant of the nature and extent of the pro Japanese sentiment that is to be over come. "We all know that the ordinary Jap is a neat, clean, personally pleasing little fellow. We don't want to ex clude him because he is immoral or because he sells his labor (since it. Is more convenient) through a contrac tor. The reason we must exclude him Is In order to preserve intact our Oc cidental civilization. The Jap may be our moral superior. In manners he may excel us. Ills philosophy of life may be a better one than ours. Yet, since self-preservation is the flrst law of nature, we are impelled by that Immutable law to preserve our in ferior selves. "It matters not If the Jap were an angel of light if he could live cheap er and did not racially assimilate, ha would have to go. As a matter of fact, the Jap, while personally far more pleasing that the Chinese, is tricky, dishonest, a liar, and unreli able, whereas the Chinese is usually honest, truthful, and dependable. But that has little to do with the case. What we must base all arguments upon is the great and eternal truth that two races, unassimilable, cannot occupy the same land together in peace. "We have expressed the opinion that no exclusion law Is possible. There is, however, a possible solution of the problem without It. It may very likely happen that the Japanese Government itself, cognizant of the growing agitation In this coast, and undeslrou'i of sacrificing tho friend ship of America for the Blight national advantage to be gained by unrestrict ed emigration, will put a check upon emigration of Japanese for a few years, at least, until the Japanese peo ple recover fully from the drain of the present war and are in a positjon to ' take a strong attitude toward this country. Then, Indeed, we shall have a problem." New York Mall. Alphabet for all the World. A movement is on foot for the call ing of an International conference on tho adoption of a universal phonetic alphabet. It is suggested that the Roman alphabet should serve as a basis, but that slight modifications be made in the forma of the letters, which would not Interfere with their legibility ' to any one familiar with them in their present shapes, in order to Indicate the precise sounds for which they stand. Such an alphabet it is maintained, would enable any one to pronounce correctly at a glace the words of a foreign language, because the spelling, apart from a few special sounds, would be the same ' as in bis own language. There is said to be no language so hindered by its spelling as the English. Youth's Companion. PHONE ON STEAMSHIPS. Lookout Will Convey Warning Over Wire Instead of Shouting. When the lookout In the crow's nest Of the ocean liner of tho future sights an object, In lieu of shouting he will open a copper telephone box, and say , to tho skipper through a transmitter: "There's a steamer's smoke ahead, sir. Two miles off the port bow. Four miles away,' James 11. Hill's new steamship Da kota, the largest vessel ever built in j America, and n replica of the Minne- j sot a, now engaged In trans-raciflc j commerce, is equipped with two dis tinct systems of telephones, connected with which are the newest wrinkles in both general and marine telephony. Telephoning at sea has never been a success on account of vibration of the vessel, noise of machinery, the roar of the wind, and tho admission of mois ture to tho parts. On board the Dakota one system Is an exchange, with Instruments in all tho staterooms, women's saloon, . smoko room, Stewart's department j and executive officers' cabins. ! Tho telephone girl will bo in the ' stern. At command of her deft hand will be lM stations. If a passenger wishes a steward he pushes a button. On the switchboard drops a target, disclosing the cabin number. When "Central1' Inserts the plug she looks for a red lamp. If the red light does not glow she knows that ouly a stew ard is wanted. If a passenger desires to talk tho receiver Is raised from the hook, the tiny electric lamp associated with the plug reddens and the girl knows that conversation Is called for. Any number of passengers can talk togotn er, conducting from ns many different parts of the ship a general conversa tion. When the Dakota reaches her pier a line Is run aboard, enabling pas sengers and crew to call up their friends ashore, or vice versa. The second system Is the "intercom municating." The officers using this do their own switching. It will large ly supplant the gong and jingle sys tems and the marine telegraph. It ex tends between the navigating and engine-room stations. The stations are the bridge, the aft er bridge, crow's neat, oort and star board engine spaces, wheel-house, chief engineer's room, chief electri cian's room, central electric lighting station and the dynamo sholf. The six exposed stations have water proof instruments. The holding case is of copper. The talking and listen ing part are connected, says the American Syren and Shipping, so that all the officer, or sailor has to do is to put the receiver to his ear. To pass a hook up and down would admit dampness or water. Over the earpiece Is placed a rubber cushion to shut out the throb of tho engines. In signals requiring tho shutting of water-tight doors, engine control, communications from look outs and delivery and receipt of mes sages, the intercommunicating tele phone is expected to be of superior utility. A mechanical arrangement of the parts Is designed to do away with the objectionable feature of vibration, which on ships has been the great bugbear In marine telephoning. New York Mail. Raw Opium From the Poppy. The preparation of "raw" opium In North India is, according to the Trop ical Agriculturalist, carried out as fol lows: In February, as a rule, the juice is gathered, the poppy plant being then in full flower and of a height of three or four feet, each stem having from two to five capsules of the size of a duck's egg. Before the capsules are pierced the fallen petals of the flowers are carefully gathered and sorted according to condition, in three grades, and then are heated over a slow Are and formed into thin .cakes, to be used for the covering of the drug when collected. The piercing of the pods requires great skill, and upon it largely de pends the yield. The opium farmer and his assistants each carry a small lancelike tool, which has three or four short, sharp prongs, and with this a half dozen perpendicular cuts are made, In each capsule or seed pod of the poppy. The Juice begins to flow at once, but quickly congeals. The day after the thickened Juice is care fully gathered, being scraped off with a small Iron trowel, and the mass thus gathered is put into an earthen vessel and kept carefully stirred for a month of more, great care being taken to have it well aired, but not exposed to the sun. The material Is now examined by expert testers, who determine its grade or quality, and then the whole is put into a large box, where it is worked very much in the same fash ion as baker's dough, to give It the re quired consistency. The opium Is now made Into balls for export. The natives wade about In the large vats containing the paste like drug and hand It out to hundreds of ball makers sitting around the room. Every man has a spherical brass cup, lined with poppy flower petals, before him. Into this is pressed the regulation quan tity of opium. From this brass cup when properly pressed, the opium ball Is transferred to another man, who gives It a coating of clay. This gives the drug, when ready for shipment, the appearance of a fair sized cannon ball. When well prepared in this manner, opium will keep its properties for fifteen years or more. Before It can be used, the opium balls have to be broken up and further treated. The religious revival in Carnarvon, Wales, has resulted in its prohibiting the landing of Sunday excursionists from Liverpool upon Its piers. HIGH 1 11$ Hold the Record Against Those of Any Other Country. NO CHAMPION IN FRANCE Great Weight of Cars and Engines Facilitate High Speed Fastest Trains In America Run Between Camden and Atlantic City Time Lost by Grade Crossings. Shortening tho time of running on the Zossen Road in Germany so that the regular schedule makes it neces sary for tho trains to maintain a speed of sixty-two miles nn hour, or twelve miles an hour more than the previous speed, has again raised the question as to what countries have tho fastest service. For years the railroad men of Germany, France, England, and the United States have laid claim to the champion speed transit ,tho contro versy narrowing down to the Amer ican and German fliers. W. A. Schulze, In a compilation of statistics, would mako It appear that tho fast service in Germany is considerably Btiperlor to that of the roads In the United States, while George (I. Tunell, the champion of tho American trains, asserts that Mr. Schulze arrived with out warrant at the astonishing con clusion that the trains of Germany average better In point of speed than those of any other country. There is no champion for Frr.nce, which for some time held the record breaking train of the world, and even Great Britain Is not represented by any one to uphold her claims, as was done some years ago. "One thing, and a very important factor not generally recognized in dis putes about the fastest trains, Is that the Americans are seriously hampered by the necessary slowing up at grade crossings and that our people do not observe or have laws saving them from danger and giving tho trains the right of the road. Abroad if a man walks on the railroad track he Is ar rested and heavily punished. Here If he walks on the tracks tho railroads have to pay for his supposed value. Even with these handicaps we still beat them. "The Empire State Express of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad has been in service since Oct. 2G. 1891. It makes the run from New York to Buffalo, 440 miles, in 8 hours and 15 minutes. The average speed, including four stops, two of them being made with a change of en gines and with twenty-eight slow downs for crossings, is 49.o03 miles an hour. In certain places the speed is terrific. "One reason why these remarkable speeds can be made with safety is because of the great weight of the engines and tho cars. It is interesting to note the difference with the fliers on the other side. On our train the weight of the cars is 227 tons, loco motive 150 tons, the total being 427 tons. The average number of passen gers carried each day is 400. "Of the fast ones abroad the South ern Express leaving Paris by way of the Orleans Railway for Bayonne makes the distance of 488.01 utiles in the running time of 9 hours and 54 minutes, the average speed being 49.303 miles an hour. The weight of the cars Is but 110 tons. This is the principal train between France and Spain, and on an ordinary trip does not carry over forty passengers. This Southern express was for a while the fastest train in the world. At that time it completed its run in a little less than 8 hours, the average speed, involving stops, being 54 miles an hour. About two years ago, this ex press, owing to the lightness of the cars, met with a fearful accident, and the time was reduced for safety to the figures I have given. Similar ac cidents on English roads caused slow er time. "The East Coast Express of the Great Northern and Northwestern Railways running from London to Edlnburg, a distance of 393 V4 miles, makes the journey In 7 hours and 45 minutes, the average speed per hour being 50.77 miles. "The West Const Express, via the London and Northwestern and the Caledonian Railways, runs from Lon don to Glasgow, a distance of 401 Vi miles in eight hours, at an average speed of 50.18 miles an hour. "In England one of the fastest en gines is known as La France. She was built in France for the Great Western and has a record of 84.9 miles an hour on the dead level, with out any aid from gravitation, while drawing a 120-ton train, but her long distance pulls do not equal some of the special speed trains. Yes, Sir, the fastest trains in the world are run over the American roads. "Let us see how the service be tween Chicago and Milwaukee, which Mr. Schulze deems unworthy of no tice, compares with the service in Germany, In point both of speed and of distance. Of all the German trains that find a place in Mr. Schulze's comparisons of German and American trains, 'only one, that from Witten berge to Hamburg, shows a speed greater than 79,1 kilometers per hour, the speed of the fastest train be tween Chicago and Milwaukee." New York Times. Real "City of Homes." Philadelphia is well named ithe "City of Homes." Last year nearly 6,000 new houses averaging less than $2,000 in cost were built. That city has nearly 290,000 dwellings, an aver age of about one dwelling for every five persons. The United States contains 3,000,000 mules. The other kickers number about 71.31S.291. AN ICELESS ICE BOX. Colder, Cleaner, Cheaper and Mora Convenient Than Ice. The Iceless refrigerator, which is the very latest refinement of the elec trical industry, threatens to dethrone the ice man so effectually that it may be but a short time before his shining morning face will no longer be seen at the back door. The Iceless refrig erator has been perfected for tho pur poses of the butcher, storekeeper, soda water fountain and the larger household, and It has a groat variety of redeeming features to recommend it. It Is colder than Ice, cleaner than Ice, cheaper than Ice and more con venient than Ice. Those who have made use of the new apparatus say that any one of these advantages Is sufficient to warrant Its Introduction, but in the aggregate they are simply overwhelming. In a few words, this Improvement consists of a complete cold storage plant In miniature, tucked away with in tho confines of a refrigerator of or dinary size. This does not mean the small ice box at present, but it Is only a mutter of a short time beforo this will bo arrived at. Tho motor, com pressor and other necesary apparatus are disposed of In a compartment at one end of tho box. The space usually taken up by the Ice Is oc cupied by a tank of brine, by means of which the atmosphere of the In terior Is cooled. The motor operating the cooling plant Is In action only a portion of the time, during which period the brine becomes so chilled that it Is entirely sufficient to main tain a proper temperature for some considerable additional period of time. For instance, in the equipment which was experimentally Installed in a grocery store for the purpose of ascertaining how it met the con ditions of the establishment In actual use, the motor is run only during tho eight hours of business. Although the refrigerator is being constantly visited by the employed during that time, the temperature Is always sev eral degrees lower than has ever been obtained with the use of ice.. This has been demonstrated by actual tests. The same tests have also shown that the operative costs are lower than the Ice bill and the tanl tary condition of the Interior is far superior to that of former times when it was charged daily with blocks of ica, but apart from all of these, tho grocery man says he Is more than re paid in his emancipation from the bother and confusion of the icemun's daily visit to bis store. A soda water fountain cooled by much the same ap paratus has demonstrated the econo my and cleanliness of electric refrig eration for this purpose. While the principal Is not a new one there have always been obstacles which seemed insurmountable in the way of the small Isolated refrigera tion plant. But these have now been successfully overcome. Brooklyn Eagle. "The Bushido" In Japan. "The Bushido" means "the mortal doctrines of the Samurai," and they are obeyed by all the statesmen, sol diers and scholars of the present time with as much holy respect as the Christian's reverence for the Bible and its teachings. In Japan Buddhism is the popular religion, but Buddhist teachings are not respected by educat ed men or Boldicrs. In fact, most of them are atheists or agnostics, who do not believe in any religion but the doctrines of "the Bushido." "The Bushido," for instance, teaches a man or woman to have the courage to perform hara-kiri if he or she commits any serious offense. The spirit of this doctrine is that the of fender should kill himself instead of waiting to be executed by the law, which latter is considered in Japan as one of the most cowardly things. "The Birahldo" also teaches that the life of a Japanese is a gift of the holy Mikado, and if the country need the lives of her people they should be given gladly, for that is only to return to the Mikado what they have re ceived from him. To die on the battlefield is the only key for a Japanese to And his way to his Shinto heaven, and the Boldlers who were not killed on the battle field are considered unfortunate. It is maintained in Japan that if a man gives you a favor or money, or pleas' ure, you should return it with more than what was given to you. Hdyesa- buro Ohashi in Leslie's Weekly. Flour Bleached by Electricity. At least one patent and there may be others has been granted In this country to a process for bleaching flour by electricity. The process de pends on the bleaching action of the gases produced by sending an electric current through the air or water. A French chemist has examined a sam pie of an electrically bleached flour to sea if tho composition had been changed In the process; no mention is made of the source of the flour or of where It was bleached. He reports that the sample is undoubtedly whiter than the unbleached flour, but that It has a less pleasant taste and odor. The general composition is scarcely altered; there 1b a slight development of acid and a change in the churacter of fats, a change in the direction of rancidity. It is shown, therefore, that the food value of the flour is not changed by bleaching, but that the product has the odor and taste of an old and somewhat stale article. Since . the whiteness of flour 1b a purely aesthetic matter, it certainly seems questionable whether it is worth while to please the eye at the expense of the palate. This business of taxing bachelors is not strictly new. Many of them have been conscious of a considerable tax i for some years. JO 1U1IB When Balls are Flying1 Thickest Columns are Brightest. A SCARClTYOF PAPER American Civil War Especially Rich In Journalistic Enterprise Dur ing Franco-Prussian War Besieg ed Towns Kept Their Presses Merrily Going. Theer are few things more eloquent of the dauntless spirit of the Russians of Port Arthur than the fact that through all the horrors and sufferings of the slego they not only contrived to publish their newspaper, but to make Its columns brighter than In days of peace. This is in splendid keeping with the traditions of war and sieges; for, al though circled by death, somehow or other the buoyancy and vitality of the press suffer no diminution. Why, even when Lucknow, defended by a hand ful of troops, was almost at its last gasp and expecting all the Indescrib able horrors of capture every hour, It kept its newspaper going, although it was no larger than a sheet of noto paper, and every line had to bo writ ten laboriously by hand, principally by the brave wife of the chaplain. Again, when Kandahar wns besieg ed by the tierce Afghans tho garrison, amid all Its anxieties and dangers, found time to produce a newspaper ouly a small single sheet, It is true, but well and brightly edited which did well In keeping up tho spirits of our gallant soldiers. It was a beauti fully lithographed sheet, full of In formation, from the list of services in camp and fort to the "latest Intel ligence" of doings in Europe. During tho Franco-I'russlan war every besieged town kept Its presses merrily going, though the shells were shrieking around the editorial offices and occasionally bursting uncomfort ably near the editorial chair. Paris, Metis. Sedan and other be leaguered towns had their special slego Journals, and when She supply of pa per ran short, papi-r of all descrip tions was enlisted in their service. Packing paper, paper used for wrap ping groceries in, wall paper papers of all colors and kinds were utilized, and one journal actually made Its ap pearance printed on- wash leather. And while the presses of the be sieged Parisians were thus kept busy, the Germans outside their walls were no less enthusiastic. In the German army were many clever young artists, who volunteered their services, with the result that the papers were full of beautiful and often most diverting pictures. The American Civil War was espe cially rich In journalistic enterprise in fact, the newspaper seems to have flourished most where the bullets and cannon balls were thickest. In Amer ica, as in France, the oddest materials were used In producing the papers. During the siege of Richmond sheets and tablecloths were cut up and fed the printing presses; one enterpris ing journal which appeared In the use ful form of handkerchiefs contained a spirited address to tho "Women of the South," in which this bloodthirsty passage occurs: "If each handkerchief were boundless as the; globe's ex panse, It would not serve to stanch the Federal mud-blood yet to be shed." In fact, most of these journals of the American Civil War breathed a sim ilar spirit of vlndlctiveness. During the siege of Charleston the "Blockade Number of tho Charleston Caurler," which consisted of sheets of canvas fastened at one corner by red ribbon, had on its front page the fit? ure of a sheeted skeleron holding a scythe and pointing with fleshless hand to the words, "War t,o the Death." Happily all war journals are not of the grewsome, sanguinary type; in tact, their usual tone is one of the cheeriest optimism and bright humor. A splendid sample of this cheerful kind of battlefield Journal is that pub lished by Wellington's soldiers during. the Peninsular campaign, which is full of Jokes and gayety, and even to day makes more entertaining reading, than many professedly comic papers. During the worst Horrors of the Crimea, when our men were dying by thousands In the trenches and so called hospitals, and when the icy clutch of a terrible Winter was at every man's throat, one of tho very brlghest of all theue war Journals made Its appearance as regularly as if It iBsued from Fleet street, Lon don. And an equally bright journal was that produced by the small1 band of British soldiers shut In within the walls of Jellalabart sixty-three years ago, one of tho gayest and moist pre- quent contributors being the great soldier who, some years later, as Sir Henry Havelock, was destined to lose his life In the Indian mutiny. New York News. Japanese War Spoils. It is slated that the Japanese ex pect to recover fifty vesels as tho re sult of tho salvage operations at Port Arthur. They are employing 1,200 workmen in repairing ships and are Storing coal. The captured artillery, vehicles, locomotives, cars and other trophies have been collected ready for shipment. The Sword Doomed In War. Military critics claim lhat the sword as a part of the field , equipment of 'officers of the Infantry Is doomed. Its usclessuess in this connection has been realized for many years and a proposition that it bo done away with is understood to have tho approval of the authorities of the United States war department HAIL-CLOUDS. Damage In France Averted by Bom barding Them. An Interesting report comes from Franco In regard to the tise of cannon as a defence ngalnst hall In tho agri cultural districts. There are actually In nctlve operation twenty-eight enn non firing societies, and they put Into use last year 4G2 cannon with what is claimed a very marked success in dispersing or diminishing the Torc3 of the storm. And, indeed, tho stat istics bear cut tho claim of tho can non's effectiveness. During the fifteen years before the cannon were brought Into use, tho Government reimbursed the poor grape growers In sixteen communes $2,572.:: 16 for damage suf fered through hall, and nn additional half million dollars of damage Is con ceded to have been done. Opposed to this Is tho report that during tho fivo years In which tho cannon have been In use tho losses from hall have ag gregated only $159,412. The facts are nil set forth In a re port Issued by the president of two agricultural societies and a "hail can non" society, the report being based on the statements received after '.'!H,h storm from the president of the agri cultural society of the district. In re gard to tho conclusions, the writer of the report says: "We base mr confidence In the efficacy of tho firing on the fact that tho thunder and light ning ceased, tho wind abated and the clouds disappeared under tho fnHg.ot the cannon, and a mild fall of rain and woft snow succeeded. These facta are undeniable." While these results wtra accomplished by cannon firing, the stat'-mciit l.-i vouched for that "the commune not defended by culiimr. suf fered t normously." .,aarentl.v the efficacy of the can non in In proportion to t';o violeneo of the storm, for it is conceded thnt a certain great hurricane in July of 1904 caused incalculable dniiittgi! in twen ty nil. e communes an.) that tho usual six or eight cannon In a commune were powerless before the force- of it. At the outset sonic effect was no ticed nfter the firing, softer Imilstonos and less thunder and lightning, but OS the storm Increnseil the firing hud no influence. However, taking the yoar through, we get two such constrastlng reports as these: "In tho country known as Abresle there were but few cannon in use and the destruction from hail was widespread nnd disas trous." "Tho great BeauJolals wine growing district fairly bristled with cannon, and while thorn were many storms tUu I ssos from had pud, wind nnd ra.:r v-.'-e Inflni' iln.al." The National Government 's suffi ciently Interested to supply the power to the wuie growers at cost; and the Bureau f Agriculture concedes, that those districts buying least powdor report greatest damage. But even while the farmers are organizing this winter t. carry on a more general campaign in the coining seasou, the secretary of the Bureau of Agriculture says the Government Is not yet ready to agree that It Is fully established that the cannon flriug does protect the vineyards from hail. Cannon tiring to cause rain has been made the subject of more or less experimentation in this country,, with so slight results that tho subject is rarely heard mentioned In those days. But if the farmers of France have kept at their firing to disperse storms for five years and still have such faith In its efficacy that they put nioro can non into use each year, it In fair enough to say that the experiments are worth pursuing. New Budford Standard Sunday Overeating. If It I desired to begin the week refreshed and ready for labor, Tested In mind and body, the eating customs of Sunday will have to be re-adjisted. liave a later breakfast, if desired, but have then a very light one, won if yu am hungry. Or if it must be hearty, then do not upset your diges tive habits any mora than may be avoided and have but two meals oa that day, and eat no other. It would be far better to have tdiree light meals lighter than UBual, !C that can be ar ranged to fit with th other household arrangements. The austom of noon dinner on that day arises from the usual absence of cook or maid at the later one ,and this may be: unavoid able. Very well, then;; treat this as a rest day for cook and digestive ap paratus as well as. from other labors; have a light breakfast, a light dinner, and a chafing-dish supper as near the ordinary hours cif meals as possible, and remember as you axe going to take less exercise than usual you de mand a lesser amount of more easily digested food. Good Housekeeping. Our Growing Cuban Trade. Figures or the trado of the United States with Cuba under the reciproc ity treaty are published by tho De partment of Commerce and Labor through Its Bureau of Statistics. The figures of the United States, government showlug its total imports form and exports to each country of the world show that the imports from Cuba in the calendar year 1904 under the reciprocity treaty were $71,950,392 In value, against $57,228, 21)1 in 1903. This indicates an in crease of practically $18,000,000, or 31 per cent. Turning to the export side, the figures of the United Statos govern ment Bhow total exports to Cuba la the calendar year 1904 valued at $32, 044,315, ugalnst $23,504,417 in 1903, an increase of $9,139,928, or 38.9 per cent. an Increase of practically 40 per i!cnt. Harper's M'eekly. Some of the German health Insur ance companies have found it a pay ing Investment to establish sanatoria for 1 he care of their consumptive pol icy holders.
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