THE SOU ANTON TRIBUNE-THURSDAr, JANCJAlt 28, 11)02.
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Klocllun lMmiirj H.
It Is certainly iik'iisimt to know liow
ninny M'iinn friends the I'nlted States
hail amour? the nations of Kuropo Jimt
prior to Its war with Spain. Perhaps
It will yet appear that Spain, also,
was friendly but didn't know It.
Tuition Through Experience.
-1IE AVOUK1NCJMAX who
gives Into the hands of
another control of his liberty
InUes ii bljj risk. It Is a
llsk that turns out all Hj-IU when the
mini who holds the delegated power Is
wise, careful and honest; but when, lie
Is nighty, Ignorant or crooked, look out
for trouble.
The labor union that sillies free and
fair discussion, tb.it Is ruled by gag law
enforced by cliques which do not want
the body of the membership I" have
an effective voice In the direction of
Its atfairs, is a good tiling either to
'cfoim or to cut loose from altogether.
..Iberty was made before labor unions,
and If the two cl.isli it will be liberty
which will survive.
The time is fast mining In this sec
tion when attempts to whip labor
aiound the stump for the benefit of
professional agitators who toll not,
neither do they spin, will be resisted
us strongly by Intelligent workingnipn
as they would leslst any other form of
tyranny leading to slaveiy. "When
labor gets enough of boycotts and ter
rorism and ceases to find pleasure in
having Its pockets emptied, then look
out for a new deal in unionism.
Inasmuch as those who would warn
labor before the fact nre invariably
denounced ns labor's enemies and
branded as tools of capitalistic greed,
the necessity exists for labor to gain
wisdom through its own experience. It
is gaining this rapidly In this city, if
report is to be believed. The ex
perience is costly but instructive. Its
leson cuts deep.
For a man who has been so long
upon the ground, Governor Taft's faith
In the Filipinos Is rather mil prising
when compared to the reports of the
generals who have been engaged In
pacifying the Malays.
The Next Step in Expansion.
URING the foimatUc stages
of I ho public's discussion of
"expansion," one contribu
tor whose arguments gained
widespread notice for their lucidity
and manifest evidence of painstaking
research was Charles A. Gardiner,
esq., of the New York city bar. Ills
defense of the constitutional power of
congress to acquire, (ine for and make
needful disposition of new territory
anticipated, if It did not help to shape,
the final decision of the Supreme court,
under whU.li Porto Itlco and the Philip
pines are now being governed, No
voice more Intelligently compiehendiM
the magnitude of the Issues rulsed or
sounded forth more logically in behalf
of the ripest nationhood.
In uu address wlio'io main features
we print elsewhere) .Mr, Gardiner now
gives timely consideration to some of
the larger commercial consequences of
expansion. The analysis which he
makes of the distribution of our export
trade Is calculated to put into the
average citizen's mind u new under
standing of the political importance of
trade statistics. Especially will it halt
the tendency among thinking Ameri
cans to glory in Great lirltutu's alleged
decline, since it makes clear that if
Great lh'ltaln wero going Into a de
cline the worst suffeier, next to the
Kiigll'sh people themselves, would be
the Inhabitants of the United Stales.
Ills treatment of the question or our
relations with the Dominion of Canada
is also masterly, There was u time In
the evolution of our Protective system
when good argument could be offered
li favor of n, high turiff wall between
this country and Ills Majesty's North
American colony; but conditions In
the past fow years have so broadened
on this side of the border and the
establishment and entrenchment of our
Industries have been so thoroughly
demonstrated that the time hus now
como to look outward for expanded
fields of profitable outlet for the sur
plus production of our busy factories
and mills; und nowhere Is the outlool;
moie.lnvltlng, from both a commercial
'"til a political standpoint, than In
this great undeveloped Anglo-Saxon
agricultural umpire to the north of us,
whpso fertile fields will in the next (ew
decades become the harvest homes of
multiplying millions of men and women
of our own race uud blood. "We want
to Jmvo our fullest sharo in this certain
upbuilding of a great eointnonweallh,
and In order to get wo must not be
afraid to give. Then let destiny do the
rest.
As to Mr, Gurdlner's plan for reading
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Into the Monroe Doelilne n commercial
warrant for demanding preferential
trade facilities and privileges with the
lesser republics of this licmlephcic, we
withhold comment, It lacks nothing
In daring! but It might be somewhat
difficult to execute In the present Htdgo
of our naval development. In any
event, Mr. Gardiner deserves credit Tor
tin original and n distinctly American
ploposlllon. The address thioughottt is
full of Instruction. Wo advice nil our
readers In lead it.
It has now been fully demonstrated
Hint France was the only nation disin
terestedly ngulnst us tit the, beginning
of the Spanish war.
Marconi's Romance.
TWO YEA US ago last Novem
ber on the steamer St. Paul
Mr. Mai conl, the Inventor of
wireless telegraphy, met for
the first time Miss Josephine Ilolmnu,
rtn nltraetlve and well-educated young
woman, then 22 years of age. The
mooting came about hi this way: Mr.
Marconi was making bis first tests of
his Invention. A friend of the Ilolniuns
suggested that a small paper be print
ed on board ship containing some of
the wireless messages received through
means of the Marconi apparatus. This
was done, and then copies at $1 apiece
wero sold for the benefit of the Sen
men's Home, Miss Holnian acting as
treasurer of the fund.
The acquaintance between the young
Italian and the fair tieasurer, thus
formed, was continued until last April,
when it ripened Into nn engagement
to marry. No Information lias been
made public from any authoritative
source as to the reasons why this en
gagement luia now been broken at Miss
Holman's request, further than that
"nothing of nil Invidious nature hhs
arisen"; in other words, there Is no
misconduct. It is, however, Intimated
that the Inventor sought to prolong
the engagement until he could com
plete the solution of certain Important
scientific and commercial problems of
vital interest to himself and gave such
close attention to bis work that Insuf
ficient time was devoted to those po
lite social attentions which engaged
women desire. From tills fact It Is
said that u feeling of pique developed.
There is, perhaps no warrant for
public discussion of a subject so pe
culiarly personal and private; but all
the world loves a lover; and we are
sure that the hopp will be general that
this cloud in the horizon of an interest
ing caieer may speedily pass out of
sight. The woman who should wish
her fiancee to neglect his work espe
cially at a most critical time would
certainly show a lack of that sympath
etic interest and confidence which is
essential to a trustful and successful
married life.
Those interested In the welfare of
the Mine Workers will no doubt regret
that Miss Meredith has contracted the
"statement" habit.
Is the White Houso Unsafe?
N TUB Outlook George Kennan
gives good reasons why the
"White House should be enlarged.
At the present time the clerical
work of the executive ofllcc necessi
tates the employment of a legula'r force
of about twenty men; and for their
accommodation, with all their desks,
typewriting machines, letter files, etc.,
there arc, he says, only four looms of
very moderate size, one of which is
used in part as a reception and wait
ing room for persons who desire to see
the president or his secretary. Occa
sionally when there is a pi ess of ex
ecutive business clerks fiom the de
partments are specially detailed for
White IIou.sC service; and these men
have to be crowded Into offices already
occupied by the regular force. Recently,
Mr. Kennan says, Mr. Cortelyou, the
ellltlent secielary to the president, had
to put seventeen slenoguiphers, type
writers and topylsts into a luom that
outfit not to have held moie than three.
As the work of the executive ofllce is
continually Increasing, requiring lrom
time to time additions to the force of
clerical assistants, It Is evident that
something will soon have to bo done.
Another point made by Mr. Kennan
is that the White House, tor the pur
poses to which it Is now being put, is
unsafe. He writes; "This overcrowd
ing of the White House generally, and
of the upper part of the ofllcial wing
in particular, not only Involves great !
Inconvenience, but Is attended with
some risk. The building Is now more
than u century old, and although It Is
still strong enough structurally to
answer ull the purposes of n private
residence, there Is considerable doubt
us to the question whether Us lloors
can be trusted to bear the weight that
Is occasionally put upon them. It is
not regarded as perfectly safe now for
the president to receive Inrge delega
tions In the upper part of the building;
and Colonel lilngbam, superintendent
of public buildings and giounds, told
President McKinley that If inoio than
two thousand persons were Invited to a
single Wiilto House reception, he the
president must assume responsibility
for any accident that might occur.
Owing to the fact that the offices in
the second story are mainly over the
largo East room, they have no ade
quate partition suppoit, and ctinuut bo
strengthened by the putting In of
undei pinning. They are regurded, there
fore, as somewhat untrustworthy, and
nothing but ulwoluto necessity would
have compelled the president's secre
tary to load the lloor of one of them
with the weight of seventeen men and
their desks. The risk bud to be taken
because the work had to be done; and
there wus no other pluce to put the
clerks who weie doing ii,"
The moio narration of these facts Is
Btiinclent to point to what should bo
done. When the White House wus built
It was fitting that the president's work
shop and his home should bo under one
roof, Hut that condition has long since
ceased to bs. The president now needs
u home separated from the scene of his
dully wrestles with ofllce-seekers, mid
designed with a view to giving blm
that privacy In his doiuehtlo relations
which Is his birthright as an Ameri
can citizen. The question of cost is
minor. The question of safety and fair,
ness Is supreme.
COMMERCIAL PROBLEMS
ARISING FROM EXPANSION
tli lltcliulie Wire from The Aoclaloil I'rcM.
Now Yoik, Jan, 22. Ueforo the New
York Credit Men's association tonight
Charles A. Gordlner, of counsel for the
Manhattan Railway company, whoso
arguments on the constitutional aspects
of" expansion last year won widespread
renown, delivered n powerful nddress
on "Commercial Expansion of the
United Slates." In his Introduction he
said:
The iwnt i till ceriiiMiile problem now eon'
fronting llil nation Ii w pp union of our fnr
elan lomnipice. Agriculture Ii tin longer our
ilomliunt imlii'liy. following; Hip ioinnieal.il
ewilittloii of lliuope, witbln tbc Mt tew Joan
the local rinnotiile rtirrftlri of U1I1 continent
Iuiip (.hlfleil fiom aRiluilllirp to nuimfuitiiic!
iiml no ktupencloiii iiml Illimitable nro the forc-ei
poinlnjr Into our new lnclil(ilet tint like nn
omnlieliulliff tlil.il wave they li.no Mini up the
home iiiniket"., iltul rmliliipr IlirtMllily omvjn!
Ii.it p tlnodeil all the unukiM of the woilil. In
five Jcir our pipoiti hue eeeeclcil our liupoiti
by -2,.VJO,000,liOO. I'iiigIkii liullnm mc nl.llineil
niul nic follow hijr Aii'lrla'j mil Id1 to "llxlit
ulioitlilcr In klinnliler iiRalit't the (ominoii din
ner." Thoughtful Auieile.ini ale olliltoiii for
the futuie. Ihey leallre that our iiiJiiuliiittnlnic
encigy it abiioriu.il. If II row wllh It pioient
luoiiKiituni ami (oiit.intly liiumilng markets tire
not prmldcil, the lettitt must be a liopeleM filut
in piniluetioii, iluan.it Imi nt miuuf.ieliiii'i,
stilkn, pjnlii, anil gctici.it pKXilullnii of Imhiv
tiles and tude. Heme the .upieine question
how to ciil.itKc one iiuikcM mid pxpiml our for
clgn lonnnerte?
Eeciproclty's Limits.
Reciprocity, be continued, has been
offered as the universal panacea, but
he showed that It was Inexpedient and
huitful save in such Instances as It
could be applied to special situations
with mutual profit. That led blm to
analyze our foreign markets as fol
lows: Our Trade with Great Britain.
I'lit In Impoitance ale our tiade relation v.'itli
the liritMt implie a domain of 10,COJ,0T.l pquaie
mile, and !!S7,0eO,W)O people the laiRCft area
ami the l.uRO't number of civilized inhabitants
under one politic. il oi ionization on the globe.
A tliinl of a century ago our exnoits to (heat
Iiritaln weio fiJj,0'J0,22l. and 111 ll'OO they weie
u)l,Slti,.'n, an Ineicase In &! jcar ot 37 per cent.
Duiiiiff the Mine period our exports to 111 it ir.lt
Afilia iii(iea--ed 1013 percent.; to liiitl'li Am
(ulasiu I2i per crnl.; to HiitMi Indli fUO p-r
cent.; and to llrltMi Ameika 322 per cent. In
1MI), our espoits In the entile woild were 81,301,
4M,0SJ, of which we (.hipped to.UrilMi domin
ion $70J,070,SOJ, or 50.31 per tent, of the whole,
and In (Jieat Iiritaln alone V.ss.SlS.jfi, or 3S.2S
per lent, of the whole. Duiliii, the fame year
nui evpoit In Ceimany and all (leiiuan colonic
weie 13.41 per cent.; to fiance and all ficnib
colonies, (1.22 per cent.; to Italy, 2.3t per tent. ;
to ltu-ttla, thiceMpiaitii of 1 per cent., and to
the AiiUrian empiie, only one-half of 1 per tent.,
of our export tude. In other word, our llritish
eioil were .111 lime our G11111.111, S lime? our
1'icm.h, 21 lime our Italian, 70 thin our Itu
slaii, and 100 time our Austiiali; mole than
double our expoits to (ioimany, fiance, Italy,
Itu!a and Au-tiia combined; one-third ere. iter
than to all coiililicnl.il fuiope, and moie than
our cxpoits to till the rc.t of the woild.
fiiglaud demand no reciprocity. Sl.o lias ad
justed her conuiieice to our iirottetho s.Wem;
and o Ions a tli.ll policy i Mibstautially main
tained Willi Iter and her fuiopean tiade rhal,
so lonj: will (die she it ftee trade; and she can
do iMithiur; mine. Heme, our BiilMi cummcic?
if expanded at nil, intivt be expanded by other
nicni than leolpic.cily. Dmins the pit thiid
of a centmy Hilli-.li expati-don ha been phe
nomenal and our lintUli trade ha incteased in
exact pioporlion. A fngland ha. grown, so
bate our export. The corollary n, if you cur
tail PiiitMi Ictiltoiy or IltltNIi influence on
netessiiily tuitall Aineilean comnieite. Any
thing that bcnellt filmland benefit one-lnlf of
our cxpoits, an. tlilnpr that injuies Diitland, in
jure one-lnlf of our foteiRii trade. If Kus'.i
should dt he fm;l.iuil fiom India, if HrltMi Ml
picmaoy should tcae in Simtli Africa, our lotu
liieue' would n ictriexalily Miller.
Itelations with Europe.
In simp contiast aie our relation with Con
tinental fuiope. la l'WO, our cxpoits to the to'i
tilienl weie S.'i05,SWr.103, 3'l.." per cent, of our
total e.xpotts, 72 pei tout, of our expoils to the
ISntMi empiie, and 111 pi r cent, of our expoit
to (licit Iliitaln alone. To (Iciuiany our e.xpoit
weie ijlf7,3l7,Sb'), or 13. ti per cent.; to fiance,
S-5l,:i:r,0'l7, or (i per rent.; to Italy, S.H,2V!,O20,
or 2.31 per lent.; and to Austii.i, 7,flI0,SP), or
one-half of 1 per cent, of our foieiRti expoit.
Kuiope i-, our second be--t uitonici", wo ain ate
fmope' i-econd licit customer, futope i thteat
eninir to exclude our tiade; she should lealize
that we can alo exclude her trade, fuiop? sell
u pioducl width compete with our own and
whlib piotection i fa--t enabling in to pioduce
a well a-, heisilf; she lmjs fiom in food pio
duct, law nntcriah and nnnufai.tuie-', not a
dollai. woitb pf which can she buy cNewhi-te
and in cheaply. Hole i no lusts for icelpioclty
a dcllncd by Pioiduil McKinley, "We should
take fiom om tii.tnincis," lie Mid, "such of their
pioduct a we can ue without harm to our in-itu-dilcs
and lahoi." Wu have aluaya done so
with Kuropc mid aie doing so now, and If we
take Uvi in the future, It xilt,bc because Kuropu
lias no moie than we "can iio without hum
to out industries and labor."
Europe's Trade Hostility.
Antili, puic basins only one-lnlf of I par cent,
of out expoit-., und eicu then selling in 27 per
tent, moie than she hu.i., I iiitltins futope to
a bitter tnidc war. "'the pioples ot I'.iiiope,"
said her lnlrisler ot foieign aftalis, "must light
shoulder to shoulder ttsalnst the common dan
Rer (Auirilcan exports), and must aim thctmclie
for the stiusjrle with all the itieatn at their UN-pu-al,"
Hjl.v'a ptient admiral and fonnei min
ister also iccently ii-cil this lansuage: "Tlio
ficace of fuiope would pctliip lead furopean
nation to consider the posilbillty and necessity
of unitliiR asalnst Auteilci a tlte fu
titto of i liillaliau will iccjulto them to do,"
funco I intensely agitated, ainl d:maud leel
pioclty; and lieinuiiy, neit to Aumia, bitterly
le.eut om illusion of her nuikcl, and her p.u
llamciit i even now ptoposlus to matt tlio lilli
it taillf eicr Impo-ed on Aiueiican expous.
Mby biicli fcivid ikctoilo aad lll-adiised action?
Wo nto sllll Kutope' teconiMii'it customer; we
aie lliieatenlns no (onimcnial wats; we hue
lominitted no inidc (limes ( liil-ilciiiclliiite, ; our
policy I us It ha been for 121 jean, fiuopti's
only Indli tnieitt Jn,ilii--t us Is that vut line
gionn Rival, powuful, seU-pioaueihe, and in
dependent of lirr prodiitlt. 'f hat I tine, but wo
do not Intend to slop stowing-, nor imtail uur
cciiiiiiene, nor icieue our tiado policies. When
furopc want our food ptoducts, bite will, ai
heictofote, buy thcni or so without. Mhcii she
wants our cotton, she must buy It or sunt down
her mill. Ho with ncaily all Iter Ainerliait pur
c liases.
Canadian Trade Most Important.
Of nil luunliics on tills licnip-plii'ic, our ula
tiott with Canada aio most Important. (lieat
111 Haiti lint, Ccriilauy sciottd, then Canada, ale
uur three beat tu.totneio. In ls.03 Canada clab.
lUhed a piefeientlal duty of 2.1 per tent, on Int.
poiu from (heat Hrltaiu. With what te.nU? In
JSU7 (Heat lliijain mppllcd 20.H pet cent, of
Cauadi'rf Impoiti, and although by 1I.-00 they lud
imicaed OU per cent, jet thlj w.i only 21.77
per cent. o( Cniadi' enliio linpoita a loss in
iplle ot the pii'trculla. Tha United Sutra in
1S'J7 supplied .'3.3'J per rent, of C'anadi's lui.
polls, In 1000 Ihey had ltiteaul 100 per tent.,
which was WI.75 per int. of hei toUl Inipoit,;
till liinvavo In spite of the tiiefcientlal, Tlnn
even a tatllf prcfcicnce Ita not indue cd Cauidlain
to prefer Iluii.'U lo Auieilcaii goods, On the
contrary, they di.rfiJidtd the ptcfcientl.il and
doubled thcli Amcilcau impeils.
In UHM our cxpoiU lo Canada, Lis pinions
metals, wcic 10i),Sll,'j;s. CtiuJa'a cxpoits to ii',
Jess pieclous inelal, wcic JO.tUl,!)).'). Canada
tlnn bouglit from iu 273 per cent, more than the
told to in, while all the imt el the world boujlit
only JO per cent, ingie, Wo thu4 put Canida In
our debt 510,012,515, and this, too, although e
taxed her on dutiable (foods W.CeJ per cent,, Jiut
duubls wli.it the tJ.xcd u, 21 6J per cent. "We
sell thicc time aj muoli to Canada ui the Do
minion nil to ui, Why should we make ictues
slousi" asli fa'ciutor fiallluscr. btandlug at Ilia
gateway of Canada, I'icId?nt McKinley must
liaeo lini her pcojile and sueli iniiiric paittcular.
)y in ni'v'l Mlien he uld; "We niuu ngt icpoM
In fancied ectnlty (hat we can for eicr fell
cieritlilns mid buy little or iiolhlnsr. If mcli n
thins wetc possible. It would not lie bet for 111
or for thofo Willi whom we deal," How lonff do
we conceit c It pcsulble lo drain O.ooO.OOU limit
ally from o tew n pcofde, mid not lnk them In
financial ruin or compel ll;eni In self-defense ami
not rctallitlon to elect a (arltf wall that will
absolutely bftr out bur productsf
lleclproclty with -Canada Advooated.
Canada ptescnt today the best opportunity In
the woild for reciprocity. Agriculture) them
irlfjn Rtipicme. Her Inhabitant need our maim
MCtiiicn, and alllioiiuli only ,S(iO,000 In number,
actually bouttbt fiom u last year not only a
nun It a did the fi2,0O0,O0O people In Mexico, Cm
ti.it. nnd South America, but $2J,0(K),000 morel I
nrhoiMtc leelproclly Willi Canada! not inriely a
20 per cent, prcfetcntlal, but nbfolulo free trade.
We fhoittd nbolUli cvciy commercial banler, wipe
out .eieiy piotcethe lailff, and the loss to our
homo m.iik-cl would be made up a thousandfold
In the enormous growth of our Canadian com
meree. What the two peoples need i roclpioclty,
not only of economic but of political equlti
lcntsj ti.de unity wltli Ctinada will Inevitably
ltd to political unity; If wc now' she her our
market she will ultlnntely she m herself; in
short, annexation nnd not rtcipioclty I the only
policy that lll Insure tlio immanent expansion
of our Canidl.in commerce. That annexation, too,
iliould be tlio xolunlary political ait of Canada,
backed by the Consent of Great Iiritaln! mid
whenever the Dominion denlre annexation, tlta
Imperial consent will bo granlcd a willingly a
wn practical independence nnd sovcielgnty to
Australia.
Many, however, who desire annexation think
Hint by refusing tiade confession v've can de
stiny Canadian lonuneico and compel tho Do
minion to accept annexation a the only escape
fiom economic ruin. Lot it take wainlns fiom
our colonial blstoiy. fngland antagonized tier
colonies and alienated them. Pho fouithl her de
pendencies and lost IIumh, We cannot coerce
Canada, She Is not lielplc; she is not depend
ent on the United Males; she I a continent of
vaiied and unbounded rcsoutces, peopled with
our own lace, Anslo-Saxons, who never jet, In
any qitatler of the slobe, have been thtcalened
or beaten out of their inalienable light to live
economically n well a politically. Wc aie near
the palling of the wnis. Wo can now giant
trade concession tint will bind to us, commer
cially and politically, a sencious and giatoiul
people; or wo can compel Canada lo enact such
taiilTs a will bar out our pioducl, engender
hitler tiade hostilities, and peiinancntly segre
gate its a political communities.
A Great North American Republic.
And what grander mi?c llian Canada on the
face of the globe today? a continent, laiger than
the United State with all its islands, girded
about by the same gieat oceans, stretching"
through tlio same timperiitc rone, abutting foul
teen of our gieat states for ,'!,Si)0 mile, posses
ins 500,000 sipiate mile of the lkliest fanning
laud known and 000,003 bquaie miles more of
arable and pioductivn soil, covered with bound
les foicsls und with mine of coal and iion
and copper and silver and gold, all the way from
Cape bictoii to (be Yukon a magnificent,
mighty, undeveloped and almost uninhabited do
'finln. Our expansion on this continent ha been
a inexoiablc a the forces of n.ituie; a slow,
steady, picr-.idiiiw.lng annexation of contiguous
teultoiy. Already the signs aio multiplying of
the reviving caitli-hungcr in our Anglo-Saxon
blood. Our arable public land aie gone; our
population i incicaslni enormously, and its ad
vance guai el ate alteady ctosiiig the imaginaiy
and Invisible boundaries and spjing out the
rich field to the north. Last jcar 23,000 Ameri
can pa-v-cd over the binders and made homca
with their klndicd in the Dominion. This jcar
many moie will follow, next year still mote, and
so on a our tide of ovciflovviiig population bet
towards n mile's gieat outlet on litis continent.
If today all tiade hairiei should be abolished,
bundled of thousand of our people and counties
million of wealth would pour into the Dominion,
and for the next generation such commeiclal and
industrial expansion would result a. the woild
In. never seen.
The people of the United Slate and Canada
belong to the binne race, come from the same
mother land, dwell on the same broad continent,
think the same thoughts, speak the same lan
guage, obey the same laws, and vvoishlp the
same find why should they not also live together
in the same united republic? Unlike Porto llico,
Hawaii, and the Philippine?, non-contiguous
islands, densely etowded Willi alien or scml
baibatou people", and destined lo icnialn perma
nent national tenltoties Canada would be taken
into that inner Undo of Ameiicau sovcielgnty
lc-crvcd for the laud of out own continent and
the people of our own l.iee wheio evety foot ot
Iter soil wuld sooner or later be oiganlzcd into
an American state. Tito gi amies t achievement of
the new ecntuiy will be the political union of
the Anglo-Saxon peoples on tills continent. Whit
mote ennobling conception can utile our civic
duly and p.iliiotic ambitions. So tar a in it
lies, let u in our day consummate the union ot
the United Stale and Canada, into the freet,
most enlightened, most powerful sovcteisiily ever
oiganUed anions men,
Cuban Independence Impossible.
With Cuba our lehtious aie sul gcuoiis. fche
is our political ward, but guaianteeel pmclic.il in
tlepcndence by the Teller icsolutlon. Vtcsldeiit
Itoosevelt dechted in his annual messige that
congtes I "bound by evety con-ideratlon of
honor nnd expediency to pas commercial ntcas
ines in the inteiest of htr (Cuba's) well-being."
'these consideration ailse uneier the Teller ic?olu
tloti and Piatt amendment. Congies. should
heed the piesldcnt'. advice and enact Immedi
ately such iiciprot.il tiade measiiu.s j will dis
chaige our national obligations with the utmost
good faith, and jet, in tlio wold of i'lesidcut
MeKlnlcv, be "without liaim to our iitduslrie-i
and labot."
Hut Hie Teller guaianty should never have been
adopted, fictii tlio foundation ot the govern
ment, Whigs and Dcmociats and Hepublkans
havo favoted our annexation of Cuba, To scrum
the island wa (lie only thins, said Calhoun, tint
could lcconciie him "to the liazaid of war, wllh
nil its calamities," Cuban independence, more
over, i illuaoty and Impossible, Cuba is whit
John Qulniy Adam. talleil our "natural append
age;" und the laws of tiailo have nudi: Iter also
our t-oininoicl.il appendage. Unlike Canada she
cannot stand alone. She lantiot live on buitar
nor will tobacco i lot he her. Site is too near tlio
ticmendous and ovciivhclmlng economic and po
litical foicci of this lepttbllc, and they will in
p!tauly eh aw- her into our political system. Af.
ter Culi i shall have attempted her autonomy and
failed, tlio demands of iniumcice and polities
will compel bcr.pcopio voluntarily to seek an.
nexatlon and it 'will be our dutv to giant It.
Annexation will he the losic.il lonsuinm.ition of
the Piatt uitienduuMit, Cuba will thin lake her
plato whole she thould have been at the close of
the war not a an Ameiicau stale, but with
l'oitu ltlco, Hawaii, and the Philippines, as n
pel uu lion t Ameiicau. tenltoiy, ami suhjeit to
such legiiiatiou of iniumeiic- a lungiess shall
fiom time to time en let.
Commerce with latin America.
We have already uu lncieaaing monopoly of
Mexico'-, tiade. She buvs fiom u $.II,97I,(W1
woilli of our pkjiotls. us much a sho Inns
fiom the li'ot of tho world, and she sell us 73
per cent, of all her exports, S.Cld.Oj ), And
although we sell Mexico 211 per cent, more titan
we did In IPSO, yet the balance of ttiulc Is In, our
favor, lor sho buys fiom in today 22 per cent,
more than she sell to m, and, cxteptlns Canada,
is tho fJigcst tiade debtor wo have In the Wen
cm hemisphere, We ore giving Central America
V$.i per tnl, freo trude; wo buy from her -(3
per ctnt. more than we sell lo her, and yet she
buys lit per cent, of all her iiunoitj in other
nuikcts than our own. Our tiade balame for
ten yiuia past made m a debtor to South America
in the enoimoui sum of (SiJrtH Moicovcr,
BoutU America, biiju fiom us only 11 per cent, of
all her Impoit, while he sells to tu 0 per cent,
of ull Iter, expat. Ilvme xvo arc giving South
America PI per lent, fiee trade; we faini.h ier
a matket foi M per cent, ot her expoits; vve
buy fiom her 110 per cent mote Hull she buys
fiom iu; und jet she 1mtvt compk-iely Ijnotos
our iitaikcts am) buys M per cent, of alt tier liu.
potts from our trade rivals.
Such uu anomaly a our Ccntial and South
Aiueiican tiade exist no'.vlicio cle in our com
iiu'ico. JlrclpioUly atone is no adequate relict;
It Is one only cf Die many nutcilal and political
aids Hut must be invoked. An isthmian canal,
bank of exchange, niul particularly ipj.hiUe
steamships means for transporting- ami paying
for the goods will expand our rommeicc In all
Latin-America more than any other miteilal aids.
It I the duty ot congicsi, under the Constitu
tion, "to irguUto cominerce." Under that an
thoiity we gi anted millions of acres ot tits' pub-
lie domain lor trans roullnenUI railways not lo
old rlllwojs per pe, but to develop trade!
coiutltntloiial duty. Conslwl.te ship nubshlle
would be the equivalent ot lallvvoy laml grant.
Irrespective of the merit of lran-AII,inlle -mM
die, no tine rhoulit question the wisdom of lea
enable govcthmoiitnl aid to our coaiwlt mcirli
nt mailne. Our commerce wllh Central And
Soulli America Is now largely by the grace of oiir
Kuiopean bade ilvat.. Not a day shouhl be lost
In terminating this ridiculous and IntolcrabV
situation, mid In establishing regular null and
trade lines lrom the ureal port of the United
Stales (o the shipping ccnteis of Mexico, Central
and South America,
Monroe Doctrine a Trade Measure.
Mid more Important than these material aid,
will be our future lclatlon lo the Monloe doc
trine, llrttevlng In the doctiluc ns the Amcrluu
people do, they owe It to thcmtolve. to ie
(sett the claim of Pi evident Adam., that Ameri
can commerce Is the "common possession" of
Americans, and not nf 1'uronc.iii or other pow
er Hut while wc do not want the land, wc and
All oilier Autrilrau republics claim exclusive trade
right. In nil tenltory protected by the doctrlho
a monopoly, In short, of American commerce for
American,, a against the ret of the world.
I recommend the Immediate negotiation of
tieatles on the following hitsisi (t) fndoiscnient
of I he Monroe doctiluc; (2) ensersemeut ot the
Diaz doctrine; and (3) preferential custom (lit
tle of, (uy, 60 per cent, between the contracting
patties, either party to be at liberty to mike
similar ticalle with any colony or nnciclgnty
iu the Western hemisphere, but not with any
furopcuu nation. Negotiations for sitdi treaties
should be Initialed by the United States a the
prlmaic of the Aiueiican system, und should pro
ceed not through Pan-Aineilcan congresec, but
directly with cadi protected republic. When it
I understood that wo desllc such tieatles, and
will accept substantially nothing clc, the tten.
tics will lie made, mid our commeiclal rights un
der the Montoc dochlne will lliu be iceognlzed
and established by the highest form of interna
tional obligation.
Mexico Is contiguous to tlte United States nnd
natutally first to become Americanized. Mar
velous I the transfoinutiou ot the last live yea is.
I'ven now American railroad aie integrating its
stales, Ameiicau cupltol vitalizing Its Industrie,
Ameiicau bank exploiting Us finances and when
these intliicnees are propelled with the overpower
ing cncigj- of this republic, tinder the fostering
inlliieucc ot reciprocal tiade treaties, Into Ccntial
and South Aincilca, we xvill increasingly mono
polize their commerce and bind to ourselves for
all time the glowing exports and lnipoits of cur
sister lepubllc.
Our Trade In the Orient.
The cNpansion of our commerce wcstwaid must
be on that great oceon, Seward's "commercial
buttle ground of the world," where Karon llueb
ncr beheld "written the futuie history of the
Anglo-Saxon race," There the nation. are al
teady gatlioilng for the mighty conflict, fngland
pu;hed the Canadian railway lo foster her Ori
ental trade. Russia built her tians-Siberiuti road
for the same purpose. Ceimany and Fiance and
Italy want Pacific ports and trading area?. Of ell
the nation struggling for the trade of the Ori
ent, our is tlio only one naturally entitled to It.
London and Paris nnd Dcrlin and St. Petersburg
aie on the other side ot the globe; but we have
a Pacific coast Hue of 4,000 miles. Within the
Iat four jeai3 we liac 'pushed that line 2,000
miles faitlior out to Hawaii, In the vciy center
of the Pacific vve have one of the Samoan group.
Wc own the Aleutian Wands near Japan. And
now wo are in the Philippines, within COO mile
of the gate of China.
facing tho Pacific and Indian ocems are 800,
000,000 people, more than half the population of
the globe. Lxciuding Noilb America, the foieign
conimcire of these people alteady amounts to
$2,500,000,000 a jear, History shows that what
ever nation eontiol this commerce contioU the
trade of the wotld. The slake at Issue i stu
pendous. With the Philippines, Le.iii ones, Sa
moa, and Hawaii, our possession leach acio-s
tlio Pacific; on all great trade and cruising route
an Ameiicau ship is never more than 2,000 miles
ftoni an Anietic.m pott; tho Pacific itself i ours
piiniaiily; our teintory bounds it on two sides;
our islands dot its surface; and with the ocean
and II islands in our possession, an isthmian
canal leading the Atlantic and flulf cominerce
sliaight to India, China and Japan, American
banks established in all Asiatic trade center?, a
great meichant marine pouting out of cvciy Pa
cific port from San Diego to Seattle, and swell
ing Hie tide of tiade that roll bad: and forth
over the Pacific why should not the commerce of
the Orient become tlte commerce of Ameiica in a
laiger degree than of any other nation?
SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA.
fiom Hie Sed.illa, Mo., Dazoo.
Tltcie arc four daily newspapers published at
Seianton, Pa. Tliey bear evidence of cntctprise,
good, not goody-goody, editots and local stalls,
that are endowed xvith plenty of leg talent and
enough gray matter to present the local happen
ings iu an attractive shape to the Scrantonians
and their guest. Tho journal all cairy a good
line of advertising, which beard the impress of
good solicitor. and mcichants who know tiic
value of "a drop of ink which make million
think." The papers soil for one and two cents.
Hie city of Seianton is an elegant city. It is
a wealthy place. It is 143 miles from New York
city and Iu live railroad. It i pietty well
eastern, thank jou. The people walk fast, talk
fast, me companionable to sttangets xvhen they
le.nn that the stranger is not ladencd witli gold
brick. The people are proud of their city. They
point with pride lo the many fine cburclie,
board, of trade building, court house and hun
dred of others that could bo named, The city
ha fine sheets nicely and well gloomed, and the
place i governed as well, if not belter than most
cities of 100,000 people.
The hotels tho one that t first-class in all
its appointment is the Jcrniyn, and is it model
of a public house. Tlio attendants, from bell boy
to piopiietor mo suave jnd especially accommo
dating. The clerks never weary adjusting their
red necktie and diamond plus and in giving
pleasant answers to Hie multitudinous questions
that tire filed at llicm, on every subject excest
matrimony and theology. The lady cashier is
all smile when the guest pays bis bill, who is
greeted with the cordial invitation that "vve
shall be glad lo sec .von agalnl"
Scrauton is a healthy city. No ccmeterv was
noticed, at least none was pointed out, and wc
are not certain they have one or have any need
for such a place, as the people do not carry
pItols there as In the wild and woolly xvcit.
The Dazoo extends a coulial Invitation to the
major and newspaper men ot Scranton to visit
Sedalla. They xvill be given leceptlona com
mensuute with their rank, fed on jams and
wild ttukey or sweet 'tateis and "possum, and
after thoroughly full, will bo escorted to the
edge of the city unci show 'cm tiaiks of Hie
buffalo and Itocky Mountain bear made the night
befoi e.
Come, bovs, tome and let us nuke you web
come Just three miles east of whete the sun goes
dow ii.
, .
WE ALL GAIN.
IMItor of The Tiibunc
Sir: Combinations of capital certainly absorb
tho small and weak concern., but tlio workman is
the gainer, in that it provides blm with moie
continuous vvqik, and .1 sine pay-das . Dvposltou
ill banks gain, as it pievents tho hanks tnaklnj
lonaea by discounting tlio paper of Hie weak con.
coins, Meicliants sain, us Ihey do their busl.
lies. moie ncaily for cash, fauueis gain, as it
Elves theni u steady cash market for their pro
dine, Ileal estate owners gain, a they get moro
icgular and better leuts. Tlio only people who
suiter aio piofrmlonal assignees and Javvxcis, who
can, or must, stand it. Very truly jours,
Walter J. Italian).
Schenectady, X, V., Jan, 22,
JACK KISSED HER.
Jmk don't jou rnvj lilni? kissed her
While taking it walk hi the iquote
So sweet she, lie couldn't ielt Iter.
And ought she, ,vou fancy, to i.uo?
And should she be mad us 4 hatter?
Or should she have given it lucki
Or should she over tho matter.
And sav J "Oh, 'twas Jink; cnly Jaekl"
1.1 the hue of her cheeks Indication
Of fui loin jn,cr, or not?
Or due to some illght litltwhjii
O'er ihoosliig so public u spot?
Ucic she khtcd la the lull, would h mildly
Piotckt! ''Please be good Ibeie's papaf
And L she now speeding on, wildly,
To seek her protecting mamma?
Is Jack to be bbiiued for III action?
Aie Jou holding blm deep in disjrjie?
Supposing he saw a detraction
Of "Try, If jou like," on her fate!
I'll idd, as the cloo ol my ditty,
fie spinsters ugaid Iter as lost,
And gosoipa deploie: "What i pit!"
That Jucks-tkver Jack was Jack frost)
-Kdvvin b. Sablu, iu Smart Set.
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Yoto Are Invited
To Cpiupare
Pura, riachine Rolled
Ceylon Tea with the
hand rolled product of
other countries. The
comparison will show
which is the better tea.
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SALADA
Ceylon Tea
REFRESHING. DELICIOUS.
Bold only In I.od PacknU.
60c, 60c and 70c Per Pound,
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1902 Money Saving Sale
Is now on. With every pair of our
Feet and Health. Saving Shoes you
got a shoe shiner free.
200 pairs of Men's Double Soled,
Vici Kid and Box Calf Shoes, worth
$2.00. Our 190a Cash 4 jr.
Price ij) 1 ,4U
200 pairs of Youths' Vici Kid
patent tips, worth $1.00.
Our 1902 Cash Price .... OUC
100 pairs of Youths' and Boys'
Leggins, mixed lots, not all sixes in
every (ot, but the size you need in
some of the lots, worth
1.25 Our 1902 Cash Price 0)C
100 pairs of Men's Solid Tap Boots
all sizes, worth $1.50 to -65.50.
Our 1902 Cash A
Price ipl.UU
100 pairs of Men's Solid Tapped
Soled Shoes, lace and Blucher,
worth $1.25. Our 1902
Cash Price 9UC
100 pairs Ladies' Vici Kid button
and lace Shoes worth $1.00 to
$1.2;. Our 1902 Cash .,
Price DC
200 pairs Misses and Children's
Vici Kid School Shoes, worth 75c
to $t.oo. Our 1902 Cash r.
Price 5UC
Mixed lot of Ladies' 'Dress and
Fancy Slippers, toe a little bit nar
row, worth 1.00 to $1.50.
Our 1902 Cash Price OliC
You can see by the above list that
very little cash- is required to pur
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Capital, $200,000
Surplus, $550,000
Pays 3 interest on
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wear, we can recommend
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Black Dress Silks are
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ami
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to all those preparing to teach.
This bcliool maintains courses
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