j MY GREAT GREAT GRANDMOTHER'S JEWELS. J 4 BY ELLEN FRIZELL WYCKOFT. • ,« In the legends and traditions that stand for history in the old Southern aity, these jewels play an important ;>art. The dainty little French wom an liud brought them with her from across the seas. There were rubles red as heart's blood and amethysts purple as the summer sky ut mid night. There were moonstones and emeralds and diamonds from the heads of Indian idols, jewels from temples old as the earth, and gems from royal crowns and coronets. Kings and warriors had laid them at the feet of the capricious beauty. Each gem had not only a long and ancient history of its own, but each represented a broken heart as well. For the beauty had at last given her hand and lier heart to a comely Eng lish lover, and away they had sailed to America, to astonish the new world with the splendor of maiden's jewels. But one day when she was old, when her beauty was gone and her Crletids were dead, and there was no nweetness In her withered heart, and Ho joy in liviug. Madam laid down tmd died. She had grown sour and resentful because time, the great robber, had stolen away her marvelous beauty mid power, and she had cowered alone and ashamed and altogether unlovely, .11 her great curtained chamber that opened on a flowery terrace which she shut quite away from every ray of sun shine. But she died, for if time is cruel death is merciful, and they liid her hideous old body away in the earth and talked of the time when she was young. And when a little time had passed they began-to search for the Jewels. My great grandfather and his genera tion sought with diligence, but they found no shining treasure. At best there were but a few letters in quaint aid French, and some in a queer for eign lingo that nobody could under stand. My grandfather and his generation sought with faint hearts, surrepitious ,y. My father and his generation laughed at the old legends and tradi tions indulgently, regarding the kings iind warriors as the merest myths, and the Jewels as nothing more than a pretty ornament for a fine old story. 1 and my generation listened in our turn to the stories, but each with his individual opinion, for we had come upon a time of Independent thought. We had drifted, too. far from the Did Southern city, though the fine Kng lisli name hung to us. With great and pardonable pride 1 claimed for my jwn the name of the Englishman who had brought the fair Marie awaj from ail her lovers. There were times when I fancied that I belonged farther back than the record. Times when 1 wearied of the modern clash and rush and longed for the slow quiet of the old days. With one of these spells upon me I drifted down to the old Southern city. The place was a dream of beauty with its soft, sun-bathed, flower-scented air. its wonderful pur ple-blue sky and the glistening green waters of the ocean washing up in little white-capped waves on the nar now strip of beach that skirted the city toward the east. I was enraptured. "The fair Marie's jewels." I said to myself. "The great quivering emerald here at my feet, the great yellow opal all about me. the shimmering ame thyst above me!" And one day, in a many terraced and flowery old garden. 1 met the fail- Marie herself. And when 1 saw her 1 believed even the most romantic of I lie stories that had followed the first Marie over the seas. 1 watched the timid, shy-eyed maiden walking in the garden and 1 gave her my heart, for I had nothing more, not money, nor fame, nor Jewel. Her father had deigned to read my letters of Introduction, and with a Midden change of manner had opened his arms and his doors and had laiuicd me as his kinsman, a being to be treated with consideration and re spect. Then I heard again the legends and traditions that belonged to the his tory of my great, great grandmother. I saw, too, a picture of her painted by one of the fatuous artists of her lay. A slender maiden in a quaint ■III gown, and a face that was Marie's awn. only more piquant and daring, and lacking the shy beauty of Marie's English blue orbs. "And you are the brawny English man again, except for your sad. tar seeing eyes: I fancy that I lie first Marie's were like them when she was uot quite happy," said one of the •tately old dames who liehmged to Hie household, smiling U|M>II me. Each day my faith lu the Jewels was strengthened. If only I could And tiieni and give tlicm to Marie! The desire consumed me. I gave lio heed to any who came or went. I was living iu tiie world of romance. I tared for nothing but the sight of the girl I loved Her face, the dark, pi quant face with iis forget ine not eye* tilled my sky. Ami then In a subtle ami Indesciih ■ Ide way I began lo feel myself less welcome, for uiy heart had come to live iu my eyes and even the courteous old Southerner could not fail to see that I loved his daughter Ami some liOW even yet I cauuot tell Joel bow, eo delicately lectful was tuy dlemisaal -I fouu4 toyeelf staying with alio!her kineiuau. aud I wee net asked to at tend Marie's coming U ui ball "It is u singular oversight," the old colonel said, holding my hand In a warm, lingering grasp. These soft, beautifully mannered Southerners could not endure to wound me. "Isn't it that I'm poor and they want a rich husband for Marie?" I blurted out. sharply. "Well, my dear lad, since you have spoken I may not contradict you. You will not, however, fail to remem ber the stern necessity of the case. Your blood is of the best—as good as any that flows. Hamilton would greatly prefer it to any this side a crown, but there are debts and mort gages and there is a rich Yankee lover, and—the last hope is Marie." Then with a graceful wave of his white band lie set the subject aside, and began to plan a little trip for him self and me that would include the night of Marie's ball. Of course 1 could not allow liiiu to sacrifice so much for ihy sake, and the outcome of it all was that I told him and iiis household good-by the day be fore the ball. Hut I lingered in the city. I could not go without a word with Marie. The ball promised ine one opportunity. 1 dressed myself in fanciful imita tion of an Knglisli knight of UtK> years ago, and walked up and down terrace outside. Madam Marie's chamber, trying to gather courage that would make me brave enough to enter the ballroom. The place was a wonderland of bi>auty. Men and women in all man ner of costumes walked among the flowers. In memory of the first Marie and in compliment to her pretty namesake there were kings and war riors, young and old. And at last 1 saw Marie herself. She was tin' little French maid stepi»ed fi jm the old picture! With her bare white hand she beckoned me to the window of the great jessamine under which she stood. I hurried to her, wild with joy. She had shown me shy favor until now. 1 could not remember that I had come to say good-by. When 1 was nearer she drifted away with a slow, gliding motion, still beckoning me with her hand. Through a door into the old curtained chamber she led me, smiling over her gleaming bare shoulder, and I hurrying on could never quite reach the lovely floating figure and archly smiling face. It did not occur to me to wonder at the soft, luminous glow that surround ed her. enveloping her like a garment and leaving the space about her «|ti'te dark, for this part of the mansion had not been lighted for the ball. We passed through the great cham ber in which the first Marie had lived and died. "This way." came softly bark to me in pretty French. "Come this way." And 1 followed. She led me through an odd little door that I had not seen before, and we entered a low. narrow passage. The place was close and 1 was obliged to stoop as I went; but with the lu inlnous figure before me anil the smil ing face over the gleaming shoulder, little cared 1 for that. <>n and on she went, down and down, as it seemed to ine. and farther and farther from the flowery terrace. Once I called out begging her to wait for me, but only a sound of soft laugh ter came back as she floated on. And then suddenly I was alone and all in the dark. Had she taken some sudden turn that I had not seen in the long narrow passage? I called aloud, halting my hands against the solid walls. in doing so 1 found that 1 had reached the end of the passage. My hand came in contact with something like cold Iron. The object was a box an iron IMIX set in the solid wall. Still calling loudly for Marie. I was an swered by smothered echoes of my own voice. Panting for air and numb with cold and fear. 1 tugged with all my strength at tlie box. some Instinct giving to my fltigers skill and desperation, making them strong, i thought only of the Jewels now. Marie was hiding be hind ine to frighten inc. and by acci dent I hail come upon the box. I was sure that it contained the Jewels. It was embedded ill tile wall, but I pulled and tugged, straining every muscle. After a while it yielded. I was uiov lug It it was mine! As 1 drew It out a sickening thud as if falling earth made me shudder. A musty, stilling odor tilled the place. My mouth and eyes were full of a tine nauseating dust. I fell back ami felt, with a liur ror 1 cautlot describe, the suft cold earth settling UIMIIII uie. I don't know how long it was lie fore I saw a thill gleam of light Was It Marie wailing further on? I made a tremendous effort, still holding to the IHIX. and raised myself from the earth under which I had I teen hurled 1 felt grass beneath my feet cool, sweet, iiiitrlmiucd grits*. And tree* belli above me great, dark liuilxd ce ilars, through which the luiHiiil glit sifted 111 needle like rays. Where was I? Tile soft hreexe blew tile horrible, clinging till*! oil: of my face, the fragrance of Jtwsa mine* mid olive nunc to me. Here and there I »a\v S|Hl|» ol glio«||y. »hlu lug while. And then I knew I was atandlug ill lite old faiull.t graveyard back of Ihe church ami it quarter of u mile from the mansion Ity what si range underground passage had we touts' And where <s** Marie? U |IM» HI out* sauk IT* light CAW a aslant under the cedars, and I saw a terrible tiling. A grave Imd fallen in; the opening yawned at my feet. I knew that 1 had conic up through it. It was one of Ihe old-time bc*.-like tombs, strongly built of brick with u marble .slab laid on top, horizontally. This slab had fallen In with one end still resting on the brick and the other upon something in the grave. On the blackened slab 1 could even now read the name of poor Madam Marie. A spasm of horror and fear over came me; I sank to the ground. When the east began to be streaked with light 1 crawled away to my room, where 1 stood and gazed at my lie daggled tlgure and ghastly face. A note from one of the stately old dailies awaited me. Deep trouble had fallen upon them; her brother desired that. I come for Marie's sake. Hastily dressing myself, I put the box. still unopened, in a valise and hurried to the mansion. My courteous old kinsman met me. For the first time 1 observed a slight confusion in his perfect manner. "It was Marie, my lad. Last night, when the clock struck 12, she sank In to a death-like swoon. Nothing could be done. We gave her up for lost. I was crazed with grief. I knew that you loved her as your soul—even as 1 do. to whom she is all things. And you are my kinsman. So I sent for you. She is awake now, and—you sire welcome. Why. lad!'' The room reeled like a ship In a gale. I heard a crash,l saw a streum of ru bles red as heart's blood and amethysts and diamonds like the summer sky at midnight. Then I saw a fair white face and all was dark. When I saw the face again it was bending above me in the ruddy glow of firelight. Very sweet and gentle looked the small French face with its tender English eyes. 1 smilled iu hap py content as a cool hand was laid on my forehead. • "Don't—drift—away-again, Marie," I said faintly. "No. I'm very securely anchored here beside you," she answered iu her low, sweet voice, only now it seemed strong and determined. I glanced through the window. Many of tlie trees were bare. Had I been ill so long? "Tell me about it." Marie demanded when 1 was better, and she sat perched like a saucy bird on the arm of her father's clialr. "Tell ns about the jew els. How did you flnd them?" "Haven't you been told':" I asked, smiling at her puzzled face. I was sorry when it whitened lo the lips. "I'.'" she said. "You forget— that was the night—of the ball. Such dreauis—oh. don't let me think of it! We were going you and I going— father, I've forgotten!" "Yes. dear. Dreams are easily for gotten!" Tell us how you found tlie Jewels." It was true then. In some unex plained way I had found my great, great grandmothers Jewels. And very slowly, as it came dimly to me, I told the story of that horrible night. The flue old face of my kinsman whitened. Marie's eyes darkened. "The gems are very valuable, very valuable, my lsd. and on the Ins is en graved the messag • that they belong to any one of our name who finds them. They are all yours. I have them iu safe keeping for yoll." Hut I laughed. "They are Marie's, hcrsund Ii Tsouly. 11' I had leu thousand more I would gladly pour tlieni at her feet. Each of these was a heart story a story of love and passion and it would take thetu all tell her bow much I love her." Again and again we tried to find tln odd low door In Madam Marie's cham ber. only to fail. In the old graveyard no excavation ever revealed any under ground passage. The grave hail fallen iu. just as 1 had seen it, but that was all. Hut the Jewels were real real as my love for Marie. And there was enough to relieve lis from enibarrussuieHt. to strengthen my business and to till Marie's Jewel case with rubles red as Intirt's blood and diamonds and ame thysts like the summer sky at mid night. Waverly Magazine. A Taper City. The return of so many wounded sol diers from South Africa to Great Hrlt ain has taxed the local hospitals t • the utmost, so that all sorts of cuieigcncy homes must lie provided fur the sl>k. The oddest of nil Is "a paper hospital" iu tlie suburbs. Not far fl'.im I.olid. Hl. at N'etley. is to be found a whole pa pel city with a imputation of smi men all in a paper wrapping. This pii|s>r city is ihe convalescent branch of Nttley hospital, and ihe material of which it is built is papier uiaelie. It is a lit w It lea for a honpital hut. There are 45 of those huts behind tli * red brick hos pital building, ami In each of them are ten men. who us a rule, »|icml a fort night iu the paper city. The houses t>l this city are glistening, white, lean, lung and business-like. At the end. mid so that there tuny be a <u t tin a' ihe doorway and no draught. Is a bulg lug (Mireh. fluttering from each of tin* windows is a »carlel ■ in tutu to give a touch of color to Ihe white laiidx up*. IIIHIIIC tin' papier uiaelie building It is all quietude ami comfort, Kmii build ilig is .'lli feet long Hanging along the lellwlh are tell bed*, with easy spr 11-< mattresses that call allow for Ihe lo«» lug of II man still in pain, et u If It • is con*lllescelil. Heaide each b. d la loom (or the necessary kit nlld ul out* " d of the hut in the wooden mess table. Mwtlll*«« I ail»r«a«» uf III# I The rUlltese are luferlol' to Euro peso* Iu physbsl strength lull allow II luarteioos siuouut of euduruuie, Tkey will work IV hours a da* witte out toinplaluin* ADOPTING GOLD BASIS. CENERAL. MOVEMENT OF NATIONS FOR THE SINCLE STANDARD. ftnsstn, Japan and India. With Their I'npnlHtlon of 405,01)0,000 People,Have l'talleii Into Line Since tlte Campaign of 189G~»Tlte Production of Gold. The currency question was so thor oughly discussed in 180(5, and the as sertions of the adherents of silver as a standard money metal have been so thoroughly disproven by the events since that date, that a detailed discus sion of the question seems now un necessary. It is not improper, how ever, to call attention to some great facts which account in some degree, nt least, for the course of the great nations in one by one abandoning the double, fluctuating standard and adopting the single and now almost universal standard—gold. The general movement among nations for the adop tion of the single gold standard began about 1870 (except in the case of Eng land, which took this action in 1801), and since that time all the nations of tlio world, excepting Mexico, China, Korea, Slam, Persia. and some of the smaller republics of Central and South America, have adopted the single gold standard. Itecent statements indicate that China is pushing for the introduc tion of the gold standard in her cus toms service. This, if accomplished, will doubtless be the initial step to ward similar action with reference to the currency of that country. Con sular statements recently published indicate that Siam is preparing to adopt the single gold standard. Even in the short four years since the cam paign of 1890 the gold standard has been adopted in Japan, with a popula tion of -10,000,000; Kussia, with a pop ulation of 125,000,000; India, with .. population of 300,000,000, and several of the Central and South American republics. Iu the three hundred and fifty-seven years prior to 1850 the gold production of the world averaged less than $lO,- (K)O.OOO per annum; in the fifty years since 1850 the gold production of the world has averaged $135,000,000 per annum, and iu the year 1800 was $315,- 000,000. Iu the four closing years of the nineteenth century the gold pro duction will be greater than that of the entire lirsf half of the century. In the single year 1800 the gold produc tion was as great as that of the first thirty-three years of the century. This enormous Increase In the pro duction of gold ns compared with that of previous centuries began with the discovery of gold In California in 1847, followed by similar discoveries In Australia iu 1853, then by later dis coveries in Colorado a few years later, then by the enormous discoveries in South Africa, which have proved the greatest gold-producing mines ever known, and within the past three years ihe great discoveries in Alaska. All these have been supplemented, and their results multiplied meanwhile, by the development of new means of ex traction. through which mines form erly abandoned as worthless again be came valuable. These discoveries and developments account for the fact that the gold production of the world iu the last lifty years lias been more than twice as great as that of the pro ceeding three hundred and lifty years. As a consequence, the gold iu exist ence to-day. accepting the statistics of such eminent statisticians as Tooke, Newmarcli and Mulhall, and adding to these the later statements of the Di rector of the Mint, is more than three times as great as in 1850. During that time the population has Increased fifty per cent., being, according to equally eminent statisticians, 1,075.000.0tiu iu 1850 and l,siHi,ooo.t)iK) at the present time. This would give twice as much gold for each person to-day as in 1850. I'i addition to this, however, Mulhall shows that two-thirds of the gold of the world to-day Is coined aud used as money, while In IKSO only one-third of the gold was coined. This again doubles the amount of gold money, making, therefore, more than four times as much gold currency for each individual in the world to-day as in 1850. Of the world's silver, according to the same authority (Mulhall). forty per cent, was coined In IN*,II and tit ty three per cent iu 18! Ml. Gold, unlike most commodities pro duced. is for the most part retained permanently not eaten, or worn out. or destroyed and each year's addi tion from the mines I litis Increases the world's iN-rinaiicnt sioeU of the money metal, excepting the small pro portion which Is used iu ihe arts, which averages, perhaps, fifteen to twenty per cent, of the world's prod uct, Keeping this in miutl. It will lie Keen I hat the result of the last half century of gold production in the total amount mined Is more than twice as great as thai In three hundred aud tlfiy years preceding, lias enormously Increased the world's permanent stock of this accepted money metal, aud seems of itself to offer an iuiportnnt. If not a complete, explanation of the fact that during thai half century in which the product has so greatly In creased, practically all tin* nation* of Ihe world have abandoned tht double standard aud adopted tills rapidly In creasing aud generally accepted meas ure of value. There has been also nn enormous Increase lu the production of silver during the same |terlotl, the total of the last it fly years la-lug, hi round uuitiliers. |s.tMsMSNi,issi.agaiiisi tu.isst, IMII.ISSI 111 the three hundred ami lifty years preceding. This silver has also gone largely tuto use aa a uiolM-y metal, and Ihe amount of silver Money hi circulation as a full circulating uie til ii in has greatly lucres set. One deceptive ptank lu a itolltical platform readily toniauiinates Ike vu tlr* structure OUR ISLAND MARKETS. French Journal Shown Their Value to tlie United State*. The prospective value of Cuba. Porto Ulco and the Hawaiian, Philippine and Sainoan Islands as markets for the products of the farm and factory in the United States, is illustrated by a recent publication in the Monlteur Of llcel du Commerce, an official publica tion of ihe French Government, which discusses at considerable length the consuming powers of those islands and their consequent economic value to the United States, and the prospective increase in their consuming powers through enlarged production under American capital. The statement is as follows: "The consumption of foreign prod ucts by these islands is made up al most equally of articles of manufact ure and of agriculture of the temper ate zone. Out of $20,125,3121 worth of products exported from the United States to Cuba in 1594, the value of $0,440,053 was in products of agricul ture. Out of $18,01(5,377 .worth of ex ports for the year 1800, $0,709,513 worth belonged to the same category. The exports from the United States to the 'Pearl of Antilles' are made up principally of cereals, live animals, salt meat, cotton goods, machinery, footwear, instruments, etc. "Spain, under normal conditions.sold annually to Cuba, Porto liico and the Philippines, about $40,000,000 worth of goods, principally manufactured arti cles, besides wines, oils, flour meats and vegetables. Out of 135,(100,- 000 pesetas' worth of merchandise shipped from Spain to Cuba in 1890, about 50,000,000 represented the value of products of agriculture. The pro portion was nearly the same in the case of Porto Itico and the Philippine Islands. Speaking generally, we may assume that under normal conditions the sur plus production of Cuba and the Phil ippines before the war amounted to about $125,000,000 annually, and their consumption to $100.( (00,000, but that their productive power is capable of great increase, whlcli in turn will cause a similar increase in consump tion. About one-half of the imports into these islands was of Spnnish origin and the other half came from other countries proportionate to their proximity or distance. Thus the United States furnished the greater part of the imports into Cuba and Porto ltico. while tlie Philippine Isl ands received whatever Spain was un able to furnish them with from Hong kong, Shanghai, Yokohama, Calcutta and Australian ports." Herman-American Vote. The German-Americang of St. Louis will support McKinley this fall, just as they did in 1800. If there is any of the dissatisfaction among the voters of Teutonic birth, upon which tlie Democratic press of the country has apparently built sucli ardent hopes, it is completely overshadowed by the German distrust of Bryan. Gerinan- Ainericans of St. Louis say that the citizens of that nationality are still true to tin- Hag and the party, and can be safely counted upon to vote for McKinley and Koosevelt in the ap proaching election. The AVestliche Post of St. Louis, the most influential German newspaper in the West, will support the Republican platform and nominees. The same is true of every journal of Influence printed in the German language in this country. Czporta of Cotton. Our expor's of cotlou compare as follows: Fiscal year. Value. 1890 $250,068,792 1801 200,712,808 1802 258,401,241 1803 188,771,445 18<>4 210,8(59,280 1805 204,0<J0,t»00 1890 100,050,400 1897 230,442.215 1898 200,504.774 During the Democratic administra tion of 1893-00, which closed our mills, cotton became so cheap that its value fell below the cost of production, and we supplied low priced cotton to'the foreign manufacturers who were ship ping tin ir goods into our market. Now our mills are using tlie cotton and its value has advanced. I'olluii growers know that "tlie opt u mills" policy Is Ihe IK st. A lor lit I'npar. One of ihe valuable and growing ex ports of the lulled States Is paper, and iln* growih of our patH-r manufac turing Justifies our pride. Neverthe less, at th«' present rate of exportation of Ainerlcau paper stock, it would re quire the earnings of forty year* to make good the amount paid by the American people In one year to for eigners for carrying American imports and ex|Mirts. It I* such facts as these that assure a large majority vote iu favor of ihe passage of the shipping bill nt the next session of Congress, in order that the tlioiisitud million of dol lar* seut out of I lie ('lilted States every live years to pay for the carriage of our iui|sil'ls ami eX|Hirts 111 foreign Ixiitouts may be retained Ml home for (lie employment of American labor In ihe i'oi|ktri|i lion and o|ieratlon of Ihe nlii|M employed iu carrying our ship ments to and purvltttMM from foreign U'tllOU*. liwwtm f»r Kiinhiiliiii. I 101l (ItU lllil (Hlelttlorfer ItUllOtlllce* that Ihe sixteen lo olio pi. ink of the i K.uisas I'lty coiivtrillion Mill prevent ihe 11v rutuu Vuicroi.n voters from •upiiortlua M>- ttrjfiia, no mailer how 1 hey may feel U|s>U 111- question uf eX paiutlon If Mr. Ollendorff!' will lake I In- pains lo investigate a llllls further lie will ascertain that the cls»s of Vol era lie HleUlloUS Is not feeling so Very badly vv«r lite guest leu of t-xuanaie*. OUR BEET SUGAR SAFE, THE PRODUCTION OF CANE SUGAR DECREASING EVERYWHERE. Two.llilrd* or the World's Sueur Sujiplf Now Comet From Beet Sngar Growing < DUlll rle»—The Porto Ktlcan Tarlfl— Onr IIIHIKI Markets—The Outlook. Simultaneously with the develop nient of the withdrawal of slave labor from the production of cane-sugar, beets increased their percentage of the world's supply from 4.35 In 1840 to 14 per cent, in 18T»0; 20 per cent. In 1860; 34 per cent, in 1870, and they now pro duce CO per cent., or two-thirds of the world's sugar. This fact shows that the farmers of the temperate zone need no longer fear the competition of the tropics in the production of sugar, and especially if a reasonable protection is granted them, as is the case in the United States. The farmers of this country have been encouraged by the Republican party in their ambition to produce the sugar of the countcy. The experience of other nations and of other parts of the temperate zone has shown that sugar can be produced from beets in great quantities, and at a very small cost, and can successfully compete with cane sugar under tin most favorable circumstances. Under the stimulus given to the beet sugar production by Republican legislation, beet-sugar factories sprang up all over the United States, and the production of bee; sugar lias already reached largo proportions and is increasing with wonderful rapidity. The lirst thought that came to the minds of ihe farmers when the events following the war for the liberation of Cuba brought under our control cer tain tropical areas was whether or not the possession or control of tropical territory by the United States would injure, or perhaps destroy, the oppor tunities which they believed were al most within their grasp for supplying the $100,000,000 worth of sugar which the people of the United States annu ally consumed. Thi3 fear—if it ever reached the stage in which it could be called by that name—was answered in the negative by the Republican party when it passed the Porto Kican bill. The Democratic party fought with all its power to prevent the enactment of that measure which placed a duty upon articles coming into the United States from Porto Rico. That duty was small, but it was an explicit dec laration bv the Republican party that it would not yield the powr ■ to fix such tariff, as n. might deem judicious, against the products of cheap tropical labor wherever located and under whatever conditions. In other words, it was a distinct promise to the Ameri can farmer that he need not fear that the Republican party would permit the cheap labor and cheap sugar of any tropical territory to be brought here iu a manner which would destroy tht* American industry of beet sugar pro duction which the farmers of the Uni ted States have, under protection given by the Republican party, been building up during the last few years. The farmers of the temperate zone can produce beet sugar successfully in competition witn the sugar cane of the tropics when both are handled by free labor, and this advantage which the Arnerlr in farmer has will be strength ened in tile United ftales so long as the Republican party retains lis con trol and is able to apply the protective principle "o the interests of its farm ersas it did in the case of the Porto Ki can bill, against which the Democrats turned their every energy. With a few years of ■ loderate protection against the cheap labor of the tropica, the beet sugar Industry in the United States will be placed fairly and squarely upon its feet. Meantime the Improved con dition of labor in the tropics, and the opportunities for higher wages which the guidr.nee of the United States will give them, will more nearly equalize the cost of the two sys' js of produc tion. One further fact in regard to the world's production and producing ca pacity is worthy of consideration in this connection, anil that In that nea'rly two thirds of the sugar now Imported into the United States comes from the islands of the I'acltlc. The total impor tation of sugar into the United States In the teu mouths ending with April, iv.rj. amounted to pounds, and of this amount I.lH< 1,4-I'.'.3o2pounds were from the East Indies, the Ha waiian Islands and the Philippine Isl ands. thus Indicating the possibilities of our Pacific territory to supply that portion of our consumption which ii will be necessary to import uutll the farmers of this country are able to supply the home demand. Instead of sending to other countries and other peoples the per year which we have been annually ex|>eudliiK for foreign grown sugar. It may be ex|>cud ed under the American flag and iu a manner hich will benefit the people Iu our Islands, and incidentally those of our own people who may enter upon business enterprises iu them. Political fulnteri It is not the fault of the Pet tlfre w* and the Atklnsous that AuuinaM • didn't uiake Manila a foretuuuer of IV kin. It Is a noticeable fact thai all of ih<> desirable migration from the |mtno erutlc parly is toward the Republican I tarty. The Xui h Carolina Democrats wdl uow renit ve their red shirts au>! re sume their talk ot "government with out the consent of the governed " t he Republican administration is not limit llK the voters of lit* country in Invest in theories. The) aio simply requested Iu contemplate eolldlt lulls The professional trauip enjoys lit* prosperity of lite cuuutry lie Uno lunger compelled to divide the territory •ml ww««i« the amateur fewtws.
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