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SCH ANTON. JANUARY 01, 1902.
BEPUBLICAN CITY TICKET.
Contiollir-i:VS I! M01IRIS.
rieitiun Tthiuarj 1"
In Schh's opinion theie woio eleven
cuv Ignorant men on that jury.
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The Red-Blooded Way.
"-TT-IlUnn hns never been much
sense in the ntutuue oi inose
employeis who refuse to rec-
oRiiIze .i labor union, esoc
rtally If tho union it a met. No man
ot Intelligence rains much by blunting
his eyes, to facts. An employer may be
lioe conscientiously that labor unions,
ns usually conducted, nie wtonir; and
he may wish that the worklnfrmen of
this countiy might come to look at the
matter as ho looks at It. But that sup
plies no excuse Tor his iefus.lnjr to face
the fact of the union's existence when
it plumps squat ely Into him. The
ostiich burylns his head in the sand
and thlnkinpr that because he cannot
see others it is impossible for others to
see him, is just about as shrewd as the
employer who thinks that this refusal
to confer with the representatives of
the union which contiols the labor in
his mine, mill or shop alters the fact of
that control.
The manly touise to putsue In mat
ters of this kind, it seems to us, Is to
meet frankly the union spokesmen and
flnd out fiom them precisely what they
want. Then if it can be conceded, make
the concession smilingly, in writing,
thus giving it tho solemnity of a con
tract. If it is not possible, after a full
and frank discussion, to concede what
tho union demands, and the union will
not yield, then pitch into it and lick tho
life out or It, if possible; or go down in
defeat with colors flying. That kind of
good, red-blooded Ameilcnnism will
win respect lrom friends and foe.
Tho trouble heretofore in the antln.i
cite industry has been that there has
been too much mealy-mouthed manoeu
vring and too little henit to heait
talking. It tho union is bent on being
unreasonable and unfair, the sooner it
is cleaned out tho bettei. If, on the
other hand, it is in earnest in its pio
fossed deslte to deal fnlily and in con
seivatlve snhit, tho sooner -the oner
atois get down from their hlsrh horse
and meet It and enrac to an amicable
undei standing wllh it the hotter for all
concerned
Theie can lie no lusUllontlon, iiom
the standpoint ot the welfaie of the
unthiacltu legion, for piolonged shuf
illng oer tlit; issue now confronting' It.
It is n mutter calling for piompt de
cision The men want a confeicnre or
a light. Let the opeiatots give the lor
luei. Theie will be tlnif to consider
the hull i when the lcsult of tlie t tumor
is Know ii.
A good way to discotunge the hiigund
business would be tor all Americans to
Keep away lrom Ilulgaiia.
Tlie Truth About the Philippines.
RUCRNT1A" theie was pub
lished in tho New York Ilei
uld a long nrtlclo by Stephen
llonsal, n coriespondent of
good icputo, who gave it as his belief
lifter extended personal study of the
Philippine situation that Uncle Sam
lias a whltu elephant on his hands. Mr.
Ilonsal exploded many of the antl-lm-poilnllbt
yams about Aiueilcnu cruelty
nnd cultivation of vlco In the archi
pelago and nlllrmed that w e have good
icason to bo piotid of tho wotk oC our
soldieis, but he drew a pessimistic pic
Uuo of tho political outlook, aillrmlng
that piactlcully every nativo is at
heart an enemy, only waiting lor a
clianc.o to knife us In the back.
Now comes A. Builingame Johu&on,
former United States consul nt Amoy,
China, with an Interview in tho New
Yoilt Tribune, in which ho draws quite
n different picture. Ho has mado u
personal study of the situution during
numerous trips thiougli tho Islands In
the last threo years, and declaies that
by fur the greater area of tho Islands
Is pacified, nnd that only a compara
tively small proportion of tho Inhabi
tants me hostile to American control,
What unrest there Is in the pacilled
portions of the islands ho attiibutes to
tho agitation In this country, and it is
his belief that If the people of the Uni
ted States would cease bickering, and
nccept the Philippines frankly as an in
ternational obligation which they as
sumed toward tho world when they de
etroyed Spanish power, tho Filipinos
would accept American control.
Speaking more in detail, Mr, Johnson
suia; "If you will take a map of the
Islands and draw a line east from
Manila across Luzon, you will find that
tho portion north of this line comprises
roughly about two-thlrds of the area pf
tho island. This is the ilchest and
most populous part of the island, and
is entirely pacified. There aro no Insur
gents north of Manila. The natives
have neVer been so peaceful and the
country never has been so quiet as to
day. An Amerieun can go anywhere
llun ot Millnir on
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there through the country unarmed
and alone. 1 wan up there In the latter
part of September, north of Manila, In
the Interior, and everywhere that 1
Went I found the ttoops peacefully en
camped, living In their quartern, and,
with the exception of here and thoio,
where there Were some lailrot.es, who
had no connection with nny organized
body, and would make a swoop down
on tho natives and got a cow or a lit
tle money from the planteifl, there was
absolutely no disorder. Thoro wits no
trouble whatever, and there has not
been for six or eight months."
Asked what tho people thoro were
doing and how they got along with tho
American soldiers, ho replied: "The
people aro doing Just what they have
always done. They come very little In
contact with the Amoilcnii soldiers.
They are devoting themselves to cul
tivating their crops nnd taking lite us
easily as possible. The district in
cludes the rich vulley of tho Cngayan
river and the country penetrated by
the railroad running from Manila to
Dagupnn. Heie aro possibly three
fourths of tho population or tho Island
of Luron, and here arc tho great hemp,
tobacco, copra and rice fields. The
Cngayan liver Is navigable for 00
miles Into tho Interior, and small
steamers aro plying on It all tho time,
carrying up merchandise and bringing
down tobacco and other products.
From the mouth of the liver along the
coast down to Manila, a distance of
something like threo hundred miles, the
country is quiet and little steamers ate
visiting tho various poits every week
carrying cargoes and passengeis, with
never a disturbance. Tho same condi
tion of affulrs obtains a'll along the lino
of the Manlla-Dngupan railroad."
As to tho region south of tho line men
tioned by him, Mr. Johnson said: "To
tho Houth of this line and immediate
ly sm rounding- tho inland lake Laguna
do Bay are several small provinces, of
which Batnngns is tho largest. The
area Is only a small percentage of tho
total area of the island. Here is locat
ed the indirection of which so much
has lecently been heaid. The country
largely consists of jungle and Inacces
sible swamps, which aio difficult to
police. Heie have congiegaled the
banditti or ladrones of the entire is
land. The dispatches name these prov
inces, and the area sounds lnige to tho
uninitiated leader. Still further south,
in the linger aiea known as the Carn
al Ines, the entire country hns been pa
cified." Concerning the conditions in Negros
he said: "The island of Negros has a
population of about half a million, and
there has been no Insurrection In that
island lor eighteen months. There are
a few Negretos, or hill tilbes, back In
the inteiior who never were pacified or
peaceful, and who are a different race
of people from the main body of Inhabitants-.
They never farm for a live
lihood, simply living in the forests.
They made a laid on one of the vil
lages in the piesent month. There aie
only a few thousand of them. On the
western coast of Negios there are
300,000 people, Vlsayans, growing sugar
alone. They hae highly improved
plantations. There aie numerous indi
vidual houses theie co.stlng from $10,
000 to ?20,000 each, In Mexican money.
Theie is one house near Bacolod that
cost $00,000, and another a. few miles
fruther In the countiy that cost ?120
000. These people aie all faimeis, In
tel ested in glowing their crops. An
insuircction In that island today would
cost these people hundreds of thous
ands of dollars. This province tinned
out 100,000 tons of sugar last year.
Now their fields are llpe with sugar,
and any insiurecllon would simply de
vastate the country. They do every
thing In their power tp keep down an
Insuircction. They have American
tencheis in all tho'principal towns, and
aio bonding their children to these
teachers to learn English. The little
tots aio beginning to chatter In our
language in tho slieets. They have
taken to Amei leans and American
ideas. It theie is any one thing theie
that shows the people aie kindly dis
posed toward the Americans, It Is the
lact of the welcome that has been given
to the school teachers. I spent four or
live weeks on the Island, nnd left there
last November. I have been all over
the western and northern part of the
Island. The same conditions obtain
everywheie In that tract."
Regarding other alleged storm cen
tos he said: "The Island of Panay
has over a million people. It Is the
most densely populated island In the
gioup, and theio Is not a single village
or town of that entlie island whoro an
Ameilcan cannot safely go unarmed,
Tho people aie hugely engaged In
growing Uco and sugar and copin, and
the women manufacture the jusl cloth
t)int has become famous. Tho Island of
Mindanao has never had any Insuircc
tion, excepting in ono point, at the
north. The Island of Cobu also Is pa
cified. There is no semblance of an in
surrection In It. Kumar never was un
der subjugation. The Spanish made
no attempt to subjugate the natives.
They had ono or two small garrisons
on tho Island and made no effort to go
Into tho Intel lor. A larger portion of
that Islnnd is under Ametitan control
than ever was under Spanish control,"
Mr. Johnson denied that concentra
tion as practiced In some of the mu
tinous parts of tho Philippines meant
what it did In Cuba wider , Weyler.
"The policy us piactlsed In the Philip
pines has no element of ciuelty In It.
It Is simply," he explained, "an order
to the Inhabitants of a particular lo
cality to move from one portion to an
other, and theio they icslde and carry
on their opeiatlons and business.
If the locality into which they have
moved does not arfoid them ample sup
port, tho United States government pio
vldes them with food and shelter. The
people aie thus moved In part, at least,
for their own piotectlon, because thoso
who aro inclined to favor the Ameil
cans are ussailed by the ladrones or
the rcbel3, and unless they came with
in the lines of the American army
they would bo compelled to pay trib
ute to tho insurgents. Theso people
largely accept this concentration, ns It
is practised, as a relief Instead of n
punishment. It is a relief from a pun
ishment Inflicted upon them by the in
surgents, wjth whom they have no
sympathy."
Summing up, Mr. Johnson said:
"Where the insurgents are gathered in
force, as In tho region nround Laguna
dtj Buy 'ami In tho ottliyhiff districts of
Sainnr, the resistance Is stubborn, but
tho people in the other largo areas aio
not nlTcctod pnrtlctihuly by this con
tinued resistance. What keeps them
In a constant state of unrest Is tho agi
tation In this country. Tho harm done
Is In discussing theso matters here.
I was In Hollo when word came that
President McKlnloy was shot, and a
fow days after that woid was received
and circulated through the group that
Bryan was to bo president. It was a
well known fact that tho agitators In
Sainnr and Cobu, which nt that tlmo
were In open rebellion, nctunlly be
lieved that Bryan would becomo presi
dent immediately, and that they would
then receive their Independence. It Is
thought by the officers there that that
Is why there was so much trouble,
which resulted In tho assassination ot
the American troops.
"It has been said that the Filipinos
do not accept the situation, nnd that
thoro are threatened outbreaks. That
Is not the trouble In tho Philippines.
The trouble Is, tho American people
don't accept tho situation. If tho Amer
ican people would nccept the Filipinos
they would accept the American peo
ple; but as long as thoro Is an element
hero coii3tnnly uiglng them on to re
bellion the trouble Is going to con
tinue. Lot the American people once
accept the situation and tho Philippines
and the Filipinos will accept tho Amer
icans, This Is not the time to dis
cuss freedom. It Is Impossible for tho
Americans to get out ot the Philippines
at present.
These statements or fact require no
comment.
In his appeal to the president Ad
miral Schley asks for a judgment as to
who was In command at Santiago. In
asmuch as the court or Inquiry ruled
out all attempts of Admiral Sampson's
counsel to be heard on that point, de
claring it not bofoio the house,
Schley's present raising of the ques
tion is a little late. But we trust that
the piesldent will answer it fully. And,
furthermore. In spite of the feeling
which this controveisy has moused, we
believe that the intelligent people of
the countiy will accept tho president's
decision as final.
A large number of Republican news
papers which had begun to hammer
the president for his alleged lemoval
of Sanford B. Dole from the Hawaiian
governorship, and to belabor him for
rancied want of respect for tho old
missionary element, typified by Dole,
aie now withdrawing their remaiks
since the president has said that Dole
has not been removed and that it has
not even been decided that there Is to
bo any change in the Ilawiinn situa
tion. The deteiminatlon or the Republican
members of the house ways and means
committee to frame a bill for the le
duction of war revenue taxes before
proceeding further with tho subject of
Cuban lecipiocity is plainly a thrust
at the piesldent. Novel tholcss the re
moval of tho war taxes will be appre
ciated, while as for the president, and
Cuba, they will be heaid from yet.
Recent samples or senatorial talk
would seem to create a doubt as to
whether the Philippines campaign was
being conducted against tho black and
tan cut-throats of the tioplcal jungles
or the American army officers who are
ondenvoilng- to lestoio older in our new
possesions.
One Impoitant advantage of tho com
bination idea in business is that it
makes It possible to do away with
dead-beating. The so-called steel trust
went at once to a cash basis, and tho
lesult is it is "getting rich quick."
When Andrew Carnegie said he would
consider it a disgrace to die llch, some
people thought maybe he was joking,
But Inasmuch as Andrew gave awnyi
$10,000,000 last year, it is evident that he
meant business.
Mr. Carnegie can go upon recoid as
the most modest man upon earth. He
deeply thanks the Washington trustees
for accepting his gift of ten million
dollais.
In his day Senator Teller was a valu
able legislator; but it Is fairly open to
question now whether ho has not out
lived his usefulness.
John Mitchell's salary has been lalsed
?a00 a year. There can be no doubt that !
from the labor union standpoint ho has
earned It.
Theie are doubtless a good many
Amei leans who wifah that the story of
the bale of the Philippines to Get many
weio so.
Senator Wolllnutou's Idea that nn
nrinv ofllcer has no light to differ in
opinion from a senator Is about his size.
Of com so the country needs a per
manent census huieau. At tho present
late of giowth It will soon need two.
The Boers seem willing that peace
should bo restoied If It can be nccotn
pllbhed without their knowledge,
M.I.I.IW
It will soon bo Hu&sia's tuin to take
a hand In tho Intel national love and
good teellngs game.
Chairman Rttter wishes it distinctly
undei stood that the Union party Is con
valescent. i
. THE NORTH WIND.
Tor the Tilbune.
Out ot tho North came a (lulling blast,
That blighted ull things as It passed,
The tumbling grass clung close to caith,
To tho kindly niotler, who gave them birth;
Hut ola her bitaat was lurd and cold,
And the poor little blade weio not consoled.
Ihe shivering leaves tumid icd and brown,
And the boisterous wind suit them whirling
down,
The ewajing bunches eccnictl to lnoanj
And tho lugged trunks sent forth a gioan.
It touched tho faco or tho littlo rill.
And the noisx brook grew hushed and still;
It waiters wero changed to bands of ico
lhat held it tlshter than iron te.
And tho mighty rlvtr that swept the plain,
It also bound in an Icy chain j
And even tho lake was frozen o'er,
A glassy mirror from shore to shore.
All that it touched with Us icy breath,
Was stricken into a trance-liko death.
-W. I. P,
Scran ton, Jan. 29.
SOMETHING ABOUT OUR
LATEST ACQUISITION
I'rom ft Utter in Hie New York Tribune.
AN AXTMMPr.iUAM'ST friend for whom
the name l'orto Itlco nnd Philippines
nre tlgnnU for ohjtirgttlon, came down
through tho Wcit Indies last winter nnd
went homo tajlng that St. Uranus was the oi e
nltogether delightful spot for the enKo ot whlih
ho would hold in ohejanco lilt nntl-CTpanJon
principle. Certainly, wlntccr lo of proxpir
Ity has conic wllh chinglng conditions of ocean
frame and fall In price of sugar, my antl-Iiupcr.
hllst friend la justified In Ms enthusiasm over
tho prospect. A nioic beautiful Bltuitlon It
scarcely to be found. A largo landlocked bay
U ducked by three lillli or mountain?, giccn to
their summits, the middle, ono higher and larger
thin the others. On these' the town of Charlotte
Amelia ii built in three parts, depurated ns tho
land rises by the alte), and presenting (he
appearance from the water of three pjrnmlda of
houwj, mostly white or jellow, with red tiled
roofs and ntnplo orundas, well shaded by decidu
ous trees. Ihe island looks lew tropical at a
little distance than might be expected. It rises
in luge part abruptly front tho eca, nnd there
nre fewer Etretchcs ot flatland where the cocoa
nut palm llnds lis natural eilt water nourish.
mept tlnn we had Just before 6ecn In Porto
Illco. Xclcrlhelcss, there nro plenty of cocoa
nut grocs and binana trees to bo found on
clow Inspection, nnd a wonderful wealth of
tioplcal dowers, hlltlo of the island Is culti
lalod, and It raises nothing for export bc.ond
such provisions as nre taken by the many elilps
which inal.o St. Thomas their coaling and sup
ply station. Ihis, howccr, is not for lack of
fertile soli. Ono hundred yeah ago there weto
ninety sugar, indigo nnd tobacco estates undt'i
cultlvnllon. When the slirn were ficed In 13IS
they turned from agricultural labor to tho more
seducthe and remunerative occupations of the
town, which, with its then bustling commerce,
was able to ofior them nil n living. Left with
out lrbor nnd lacking tho enterprise which led
the Kngllh of Trinidad to meet the pimo prou
lem by importations of coolie workers, the es
tate owners abandoned cultivation, nnd until they
can get belter ncccS to the American market,
In which thoy buy the bulk of their eupplin,
they have little incentive to resume opera
tions. St. Thomas resembles the English rather tlnn
the Trench colonics, with this important tlltrct
enec: Socially, there is no race question. Many
of the most prominent white men of the Island
have married colored wonen, their sons nre well
educated, nnd their diughters are charming, cul
tivated nnd refined. They move in olllelal cir
cles on terms of perfect nqiulity. I was entrr
talned in one such home, nnd could not wish to
meet moro agreeable people. Pngllsh is the al
most universal language, coirectly spoken among
nil the better people, nnd by the women in a
peculiarly seductive tone. They enress their
words nnd make their listener feel as if he him
self had a share of their fivor along with his
language. There is nothing like It cither in the
I.nglish or American voice, whatever the ef
fect of this intermarriage on the white race, its
result in prdduclng a large class of persons who
frequently j ou would never know 'w ere not pure
Caucasians if jou were not told so, has been
highly beneficial to the colored race. The best
people of tho Island.? have been in a sense their
people, and h.jve set them all an example which
shovra in the 'average conduct. Any encourage
ment of tteps in tlie same direction at home
would be worse than folly, but if the United
Stntcs acqulics the Danish islands it will be
under the highest moral obligation to do noth
ing to raise a race question in them or create
prejudices which do not now exist.
Tills question of anenitton is to be looked
at from two sides, that of the United States anl
of tho islanders themselves. The considerations
which impel Amei leans to acquit e the llnnish
W'eot Indies have been in view ever since Secrc
taiy Seward negotiated the treaty which the
i-einto allowed to lapse. St. Thomas is, as Cap
tain Mihan has bhown, ono of tho stiateglo
positions of the West Indies. It may be thought
tint, with l'orto Itlco in our possession, far.
Thomas is no longer needed, but, on the con
trary, it is even more important now tlnn ever
befoic. l'orto Itlco Is not so leidily defensible,
faan Juan is not easily atcdsible in. a north wind,
nnd tho i:land is laige enough to give conven
ient landing to an enemy without, like Cuba or
Hajti, being large enough to make invashn
WHAT IS GOING ON IN
THE LITERARY WORLD
A HOOK likely to occasion much talk is
piomlsed fiom tho pen of that alwavs
interesting and ficquently emtio jour.
mlUt, William T. Stead. It is called
"Tho Amciicaiiiration of tlie World." To quote
,i few of the chapter headings will show the
tremendous (.cope of tlie vvoik: The American-i.-ation
of Tuiopc Asia tlio Ottoman Umpire, its
Effaccmcnt by Uncle Sam Central and South
America The Monroe Doctrine Man lage and bo
cietv Ait, Science and Literature Tlie becict
of American faucccss A Look Ahead, etc , etc.
The book will be publKhed in America b.v Hor
ace Maikie.v, C Vcstiy St , Xiw- Yoik.
In tho Woild's Work Prank Nonis, the author
of "Ihe Octopus," in au aitlclo entitled "Tlio
Tronticr Gone at Last," shows how tho Anglo
Saxons have at last encircled the globe with con
quest; Captain Milan adds to an interesting se
lies of papers, one ou "Tho Growth of Our Na
tional Peeling"; George lies writes of Mar
coni's triumph; nn Intimate view of Dr. Lvman
Abbott is given by Hamilton Wright Mabie, Dr.
Abbott's associate on "Ihe Outlook," and the
striking cucir and personality of Tom Johnson
Is described, with particular reference to his work
.n major ot Clcvelind; .i plea for bctttr wages
for tcacheis Is made by Millium McAndiew, and
the consolidation of American railroads is de
scribed, with a colored nup for illustration, by
SI. G. Cuimlfl; wine striking plctuies o Cali
fornia big tiees aio uccompanltd by text wiltten
by Hlchard i Tisher, Among tho other Him
tinted articles are a dcsciiptlon of tlio wonder
ful La Prinsa the lluenos Ajrcs phllmthtoplc
newspaper; a story by Arthur Goodilch of how
the Connecticut fanners nie glowing tobacco mi
der tents; Helen Lukens Jones' description ot the
greatest olive ranch in tlio world in California;
tho exciting experiences of the party who cai
ricd the United States mail farthest not tit In
Alaska, by Dr. Tiancls II, Gunbell and a story
of how the Ice last jear, blocked tutflo on tho
Uicat I-ikcs until May, Hugh If, Lusk tells of
nn Interesting cxptrinicnt In New Zealand for
the indention of strikes nnd the editorial Inter
pretation of current events continues to bo tho
best written anv where.
Adhcienls of tho Schley side of the Sintlago
contiovcrty will be inteiestcd In George H.
Graham's book, "Schley and Santiago," Jiist
published by tho W. 11. Conkey company, Chi
cago. Graham was tho Associated 1'rcsa war cor
rupondtnt who was witli Schley on tho Ilrook
lyn, and he is a Schley partisan of tho dtcpeit
dje. Allowing for bias, the book Is well written.
The leading ntticle in Atrulcc's for Pebnnry
is a vivid character elctch by Itlchaid Linthicum
of ''Marshall Plcld, Jlerchant," tho conclusion
being tint I'lcld is tho grtatest merchant on
earth. Another timely article Is profit Sharing
with Hinplovea" bj W, J.. Amistiong, a descrip.
Hon and appraisal ot tlie moro notoblo expert,
ments In this direction.
Tho hading article In tho I'cbiuuy Poriim is
a discussion of "Tlio Settlement with China" by
Slaik II. Dunuell, who Is not very optimistia
a, to the rmtcome of tho action taken by tho
western nations alter tho lloxer rising, Major
J, II. Paikcr answers tho question, "What shall
wo do with tho I'hillppliiojf" by iecommendln,
their cession to some European or Asiatic power.
Notable among the special portiatts in tlio
magazine number of Tlio Outlook for Pibroary
is one from a full-length photograph of Sinor
Palina, tho newly elected president ot tho repub
Ho ot Cuba. Tho photograph was taken for The
Outlook by Henry Hovt Moore, who accom.
panics it with a talk about tho personality of
Senor Palma,
Tlio February number ot tlio Woman's Homo
Companion opens with an article on "Iho Car
nival of Jkirdi Grar." Another feature equally
seasonable is entitled "Washington's Neglected
Birthplace." Gustavo Kobbc, has a biography
of Madame Schumann-Hetnk. 'Deeds of Hero
ism ot Women In the Civil War" recites tlio
thrlllins adventures of two army nurses. Notable
especially perilous, with St. Thomas In the
hands of an enemy, Porlo lllco could be scrlousl)
meniccd or Its usefulness1 ns a base Impaired.
The United States could not afford to sco It paM
Into other than neutral hands, and, oven ns a
neutral port, It would be n lioublesomo refuge
In tlmo of war In the West Indies, ns It wns In
the Civil war, when tho Confederate blockade
runners thronged Us harbor In great numbers.
Ileluctant ns many Americans nre to assume new
mastery in the West Indies, (hoy cannot coapc
It. Nature compels It, nnd whether tho nomt
ml dominion Is Urltlsh, Trench, Danish or
Dutch, the real dominating power is the United
States.
Tlie growing Importance of United Slates In.
tcrcsts In the American Jtcdlterrnnean points to
tho wisdom of controlling its most central dis
tributing point. That long has been St. Thomas,
hi the dajs of calling vessels It was tho place
ot transfer to all the other small Islands, and
even with stenm, before the development of in
dependent lines from T.uropo nnd the United
Stntcs direct to the other prlnclpat ports, the
great bulk of West Indian imports were un
loaded there nnd then distributed by smaller
ves-scls. It is still, probably, the chief port of
call and coaling station of tho Lesser Antilles,
rivalled only by Santa Lucia, England's West
Indian fllbialtar, though Bridgetown, Darba
doe, nnd Port of Spain, Trinidad, are now more
impoitant commercial centers. The Anegada
Passage Ls tho safest route for sailing vessels to
tho enst from the Caribbean, and the most dl
rtct road for steamships to Europe from thoislh
imn. Tho Hamburg-American lino makes St.
Thomas its Wo3t Indian headquarters, ha9 large
coaling docks there, nnd runs eight regular lines
of steamships into theso waters, malting sixteen
calls a month going and coming at St. Thomas,
besides many extra calls. Ihe Trench lino aKo
has its coaling station there, nnd, though tho
Ilritlsh lioval Mnil Steamship i company has re
moved' Its headquarters to Uarbadoes, it Ins nn
auxiliary lino to St. Thomas, and maintains
thero a floating dock. The Hcd D and Quebec
nnd other lines also make It a port ot call. Its
present low fortunes are not peculiar, but are
shnred by nil tho smaller West Indies, tho Brit
ish islands being the worst off of them all; and
under the stimulus of American connection, the
Danish islands could bo made the mo!t pros
perous of the Lesser Antilles.
The mass ot poor people are enthusiastic an
nexationists. Tho boatmtn all arc. Their craf:
have names like Uncle Sam, Liberty and Olv m
pit, and generally have an American flag or
shield painted on tho stern. A Irgo majority of
the sugir planters of St. Croix also aro said to
favor the sale. In all the islands the official class
and a few men who have grown wealthy under
present conditions, or who were left wealthy
by tho old days of prosperity and have no inter
est In renewed activity, are, of course, in oppo
sition. The governor is reported to bo entirely
neutral. Tho annexationists confidently say that
If a vote should be taken it would be for the
sale by a large majority.
St. Thomas faces ono dangerous possibility in
annexation which it will be necessary for Ameri
can lawmakers to guard against. St. Thomas is
an absolutely free port for call and trans-shipment.
It could face any reasonable tariff on
consumption and production of its own people,
but it must remain a free port, or substantially
one, if it is not to be ruined. If the Trench
and German vessels which now touch at St.
Thomas without pajing a cent, coal there and
give the majoilty of the people their living, had
to pay tlie tonnage charges levied nt New York-,
thoy would simply move their headquarters and
leave the island to starve. Happily, the Supreme
court In Its Porto RIcan and Philippine decis
ions lias left tho United Staes a free hand to
deal with this as with other colonial, problems.
The government at Washington will be wise,
therefore, not to make any provision in a
ticaty, if a purchase is made, which would give
tho Danish islands a status ns constituent parta
of the United Stntcs, and the Danish government
will not seivo its subjects by insisting that they
be made American citizens under the coiutitu
ion. As colonists they could receive such spec
ial piivllcgcs with rcgaid to trade as their pecu
liar situation calls for, and it is only necessary
that our govirnment, in ca;e of annsxatior,
should keep in mind local conditions like this
necessity for a free port, and make its laws oc
tordingly. among the short stories is a light, bright tale,
'Tho Superintendent and the llaby," by KJnm
I Sabin.
'The Color of His Soul," a dainty bit of book
making by tho Punk w Wngualls company, is
Mis. Zoo A'ndeisou Norn.-.' llist long story. It
consists ot a scries of brilliant plctuies of Dohc
nilan and newspaper life in New Yoilr, unified
by the appearance In most of them of a very
striking character, Cecil Mellon, tho color uf
whoso soul Is in controversy. Cecil is represent
ed as a joung enthusiast, the disoiplo of Dr.
Ilerron, the radical professor, Ho proclaims the
sochllstio doctrines of Ilerron and indorses lit
matrimonial theories. Dolly, who tclLs tlio
stoiy, and may be assumed to represent tho au
thoi, doubts the condition of the "wage slaves,"
from the "ice-man" to the "chorus girl." Her
stories arc brimful ot humor and pathos nnd
sjmpathttlo human interest, In her investiga
tions, Dolly ineets a joung girl, a seamstress,
who is ejected from her lodgings becauso she is
about to become a mother, Dolly takes her to
a mileinity hospital, whero she dies in child
birth. Her betiaver, tho man who projed upon
her small wages, and thou cast her off, appears,
and in him Dolly recognizes the upstart social
refouncr, tlie atheist and egotist, Cecil Stellon.
The Century is to print in the Tcbruary and
March numbers authoritative articles on the con
templated Improvements of Washington city,
which have attracted so much attention in tho
prtss, and which, It is cipecttd, will make
Washington ptrhaps the most bemtlful of mod
em cities, The contribution in the Ttbruaiy
number consist of articles entitled "White City
and Capital Citv," by Daniel II. Durnhnm, tho
architect, clubman of tlio commission; and tlio
mit two papers on tho plans in detail, by
CharlcJ Moore, clerk ot the tenate committee
on the District of Columbia, who traveled abroad
with tho fommisoioii. The text will be supple
mented by Dlustiallons,
In tho Tcbniiry Delineator Iia 1), Sankey
continues the story ot Ids tour, nnd his dtsciip
tiou of the Holy Land is even nioic interesting
than his story of tlie Journey tluough Ugypt.
Professor Anthony Darker, contributes tho first
sei Us on Athletics for Women, tho article de.il
ing with Phvslcal Cultuiti at Home. Dr. Grace
f'eckham Murray Intiodutes a series of articles
on Child Training. In the scries of Notable Wo
nun Dr. S, R. L'lllott gives tomo interesting
glimpses of Charlotte Cushman, A finely illus
trated article on the Treasures of Jewish Cere
monial is contributed hy Waldon Pawcett and
thero Is the usual quota of fashions and hou5o
hold literature. ,
"Magaia Tho Scene of Perilous Teats" Is, the
titla of an article m tho Tcbiuary Cosmopolitan
which tells tho etory of the many who havo year
after vcar gone to Niagara seeking notoriety or
death. Sir Charles V. Dilka contributes to
this number an article ou "The Naval btrtngth ot
Nations," whlih gives not only a most Intel est
ing and comprehensive account of the navies of
tl o great powers but also a clear insight into
world politics.
A clear picscutatlon of the Mhmiait canal
question appeals in tho Pebruaiy Scrlbncr's (torn
the pen of W. II. llun, tho eminent engineer and
professor at Columbia college, who is u member
of the United States commission. The author
presents the advantages and disadvantages ot
Loth tho Nicaragua and Panama toutcs.
"Tlio riash of an L'luerald," by Ethel Walts
Slumlord, tho novelette with which tho February
number of tho Smait Set opens, contains real
ism, adtentuio and lomance. Tho number
throughout is exceptionally emart and clever,
Tonus litrada Palma, tho first incident of
Cuba, will tell, In tho Starch Success, his life
story, and whit ho Intends to do with the little
country ho has been chobcn to govern.
Tlio World alnuuao for 100j Is chock full of
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