The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 16, 1896, Page 1

This Paper not f ' to be ! 'the Li all taken from brary. 4+++ s 1896. REPRESENTATIVE MEN WHO BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE A MINING SECRETARY “l ! Governor Budd—The suggestion that the mining interests of the country should | " be represented in the Cabinet by a Minister is timely. I believe Congress ought to create a Cabinet position of that character. Cabinet, ana the mining industry of the United States should have eaual recognition- _ An act of Congress is all that isneeded to establish the proposed office. The duties of the Minister might be extended to a control or supervision of the whole coinage | carriea on. While I am not a miner, I system of the Government. STERDAY Tue CarL published a amber of reasons why the Federal iovernment should establish a Bu- rean of Mines and Mineralogy as a reg- ular department of the civil service. The following interviews with well- known mining men show that the idea meets with approval among those who know most about the subject, and whose interests are directly and indirectly effected by the department in question, I B Ex-United States Senator Charles N. Felton said: I would not like 1o give an opinion, off-hand, concerning the expedi- ency of establishing the Cabinet position of Becretary of Mining. The Interiar De- partment has administered the laws rela- tive to mines as they have been adopted by Congress. There have bsen some rulings by the Interior Department that occasioned considerable discussion, but the laws generally reflect the experience and wistes of mining men. Thus far the mining interest has seemed to get along very well under the Interior Department. The que: n concerning the appointment of a Secretary of Mines which may be considered uppermost is whether such an appointment will benefit the mining in- “terest. I do not care to give an opinion on that point. It may be possible that new regulations could be adopted which | would hamper the miners more than they | would help them. It may also be true | that laws to be passed by Congress, which j would be carried out by the constituted authorities, would give relief where it is | needed. These are only suggestions. If the appointment of a Secretary of Mines would help the miners thereis no ques- tion that it would be a good thing. The mining interest is of greatand growing importu!};;. Prirom@ommissioner E. J. De Pue—I am heartily in favor of Congress creating | a Department of Mines and Mining. It would certainly be a great benefit to the mining industries all over the United States. The Secretary of such a depart- ment would be able to give a great deal of | very. useful statistical information upon this, one of the largest and most impor- tant of industries. The coal mines of the East, the copper mines of the lakes and clsewhere, and the gold, silver, lead and | 1in mines of the western haif of the conti- nent would all receive a Zeal of benefit from the establishment of such a Federal institution. The farmers have their De- partment of Agriculture and a Cabinet officer to preside over the same and look after their interests; why should not the miners be equally protected, provided for and enlightened? Mining is of as much importance &s any industry in the United States. In the esteblishment of such a Agriculture is now represented in the | department I believe that economy should be observed. The California State Miners’ Association is doing a good work for the State, and it is te be hoped that it will be successful in securing a department and a secretary who will look after all mining matters. State Senator A. F. Jonesof Oroville Butte County—While I have notlooked specially into this proposition still I have sufficient information upon the subject to satisfy me that such a Cabinet officer would do a great deal of good for the min- ers, not only in this State but all over the United States. The miners of Californis have had much to contend against and in every instance it was a single-handed fight until the association was organized. In this State they have had not only the courts to contend against, but they have met with bitter opposition from the De- partment of Agriculture. The mining interests should be protected by a repre- sentative in the Cabinet where neariy all of the other interests are ina measure represented and carefully protected. Such a department could be operated in connec- tion with the Smithsonian Institution, which now bas as exhibits, implements, machinery and apparatus for mining ofall classes, ancient as well as modern. Then there are times when the Secretary of Agriculture and a Secretary of Mines and Mining could compromise cases of con- flict between the farmers and the miners without recourse to the slow and expensive processes of legal strife. Both would be benefited and much trouble saved. J. M. Wilkins, Prison Commissioner— The Department of Agriculture has done much good in the United States by estab- lishing experimental stations and dissem- inating knowledge over the land. A De- partment of Mines and Mining would do the same. When we consider our vast re- sources in this field it only stands to rea- son that this industry should have proper representation’at the seat of Government the same as many others, It would cer- | tamly be of great benefit to California and all sections where any kind of mining is | cannot overlook the importance of this great industry, and I am heartily in favor of any movement that tendsto advance | it. Insuch a bureau much could be done in the line of experimental work that would save much trouble to individual miners and enrich the country at large by untold millions. Private enterprise can do much in the exploration of the new field of science, but how much more rapid would the advancement be sbould the ex- perimental work be done by the Govern- ment that, in the long run, would be en- riched and beuefited far beyond the cost of such research. George Stone—The establishment of a Department of Mines with a Cabinet Minister has become a necessity. In its connection with the general goy- ernment the business of mining requires prompt action relating to titles and the settlewent of counflicting claims, and the congested condition of businessin the in- terior Department for years past has caused much loss and vexation for those engaged in mining. The governmental control of mineral lands in connection with other public lands does not work satisfactorily, as we in California know. Judge William T. Wallace—The idea of having in the Cabinet a Secretary of Mines is to my mind a splendid scheme. The production of precious metals isin- deed a very important subject, especially since the declared policy of the Govern- ment is to sustain the gold standard. Surely measures should be adopted to promote the development of mines to the end of increasing the output of precious metais. The office of Mining Minister should be established. We have agriculture represented in the Cabinet by a secretary. The policy of the Government to endow agricultural colleges is wise, and with equal wisdom it could be extended to em- brace mining colleg This would en- able the State universities to send to the mines practical men. Ican see in this suggestion much that is good. Some one should write to the President-elect, sub- mitting to his judement the main points of the proposition. George 1. Marye—The proposition to create’the Cabinet office of Secretary of Mines is one that ought to receive the fav- orable consideration of Corigress. Mining is of such vast importance to the United States that the industry shoula be recog- nized and encouraged. When the office of Secretary of Agriculture was created the country approved the departure, and I am of the opinion that Congress should take another step forward and recognize the value of the mining interests, A. 8. Hallidie—Reasons which demanded the creation of a Department of Agricul- ture with a representative in the Cabinet now demand and justify the establishment of a Department of Mining with a Cabinet minister. Many questions affecting min- eral lands, the production of precious met- als and the exploration of mineral terri- tory could be removed from the Interior Department. I am heartily in favor of the proposed scheme. I think it would open the way also for the President to recognize the Pacific Coast 1n the selection of his Cabinet. J. West, Martin—1 do not see that any reasonable objection can be urged against the proposition to create the Cabinet office of Secretary of Mines. The mining indus- try has grown to be one of such vast im- portance that an independent bureau is needed, to which guestionsaffecting mines and miners should be rdferred. I should think the President himself would heartily commend the measure. It would enlarge his opportunity to recognize the various industries of the country in his Cabinet. F. W. Van Sicklen—The more I think | of the proposition the more I am impressed | with the good sense of the suggestion. It strikes me that it is right. There shoula be a Secretary of Mines, holding a place in the Cabinet on an equal plane with the Secretary of Agriculture. Oliver Rcberis—There certainly ought to be a Secretary of Mining appointed to take his place ia the Cabinet along with the heads of other departments. It is as- tonishing that there has been no such ap- | pointment before, considering the great mining resources of the United States. On this hemisphere the mineral belt be- | gins in Patagonia and does not end till the | uttermost parts Alaska are reached. | By all means the United States should have a Secretary. ining. ¥tis said that the motber lode reaches through a good part of California, but it really extends over the whole ol the mountain. region. The interest in mining is so great, there is so much capital 1n it and so many rami- fications and uses for the product of min- ing that the industry should not longer be neclected by the Government. There ought to be a capable mining man in the Cabinet, and . he ought to confer witn the mining countries of the world, such as Aunstralta, New Zealand, Africa and other countries where there are mines, so that the highest information might always be at hand in the interest of American min- ers. We have gold, silver, tin, zinc, cop- per, lead, coal and a dozen more minerals. The resources are great in all of them. There is an enormous amount of gold at the bottom of many of our rivers. I un- dertake to say there are tons of it at the mouth of the Sacramento. Why cannot the Government, through a competent Secretary of Mining, dreGge this and other rivers? The gold could be retained by a system of sluices and the soil could be vsed to fill in the tule lands. Hugn MeDonnell, formerly of the Iron Mountain, owner of a gold mine at Te- hachapi—To my mind we need a Secretary of Mining as much as a Secretary of Agri- culture, if not more. Look at the vast amount of capital that is invested in min- ing. There should be a man in the Cabinet to represent the industry. There ought to have been one there years ago. There would be better laws for the ven- tilation of coal mines and for the safety of men in all kinds of mining. Mining ought immediately to be recognized as one of the great industries. If the Govern- ment would do this iv would do only what was right and would tend to advance and dignify an industry that, unhke all others, has been obliged to make its way unaided. J. Doolittle, one of the owners of the Gould and Doolittle mine—There should be a Secretary ot Mines, unquestionably. The product of mining is greater than that of any other industry. It is wmore in the moneyed resilts, and more men are em- vloyed. Agriculture is not to be compared with it. Were it not for mining not a fac- tory could run. In fact there would be no factories, for there would be nothing to build them with. Those people who are prejudiced against mining ought to think of these things. They look upon mining as a kind of gamble, and their knowledge of it is confined to what they hear of some stock deal. But that is no more mining than a gamble in wheat on the board of trade is agriculture. Mining is a tré- mendous industry. It kasso many rami- fications, too, in the variety of its prod- ucts that you can hardly cast your eye in any direction that you do not see them. In more than half the States the principal industry is mining. People don't realize what it is. They think of gold, silver, copper, lead and iron, ana there it practically ends with them. With these minerals alone there are a thousand reasons why there should be a Secretary of Mining. ‘When, however, it is remembered that our quarries properly come under the head of mining, that petroleum does, that we could have no paints and nodrugs if 1t were not for mining, I can scarcely see how it is possible we have existed so long as a great Nation and taken no cog- nizance of an industry fraught with such mighty importance. Then there is aluminum. Over a large part of many of our States the s0il fora thickness of two or three feet is permeated with aluminum. Mining of secondary importance! It amazes me that people who can sse and think bave mnot begun to realize a few things about it. Take it in petroleum, to which I have alluded. The Standard Oil Company, which mines for oil only, is the greatest and richest company in the world. Think of the uses of iron alone. Reflect that without mining we could not have the electric light. In fact if you will follow it down, with the various met- als and their ramifications, I think you will find we will not have anything at all without mining. We should have a Sec- retary of Mining, and President McKinley should appoint him. E. 8. Arnold, manager of the Abe Lin- coln mine, Cripple Creek—It would un- doubtedly beof great value to the industry of mining if we had a mining man in the Cabinet. I should think, however, that in starting a Department of Mining, or at least in proposing it, it would be met with the argument that the departmepf was ia danger of conflicting with some other de- partment, or bureau. But I do not doubt that the difficulties, supposed or real.would be easily overcome. I think mining 1s as deserving of recognition in the Cabinet as agriculture. There is just now a vast amount of money going into good mines, and in other mines in different parts of the Union. We therefore need a Depart- ment of Mining more than ever, and every one knows we have long been in need of one. School Director Charles A. Murdock—I can’see no possible argument gagainst the proposition, and the advantages to be de- rived are certainly of great moment. The mining interests of this country, and more particularly of this coast, are largely un- developed and need every encouragement. The Department of Agricuiture has proved agreat success educationally and other- wise and I see ne reason why the same should not be true of a department of mining. A Cabinet representation should result in great profit to our mines., Dr. Charles A. Clinton, School Director— I am certainly very much in favor of the movement for a department of mining. We need some authorized and organized movement to encourage our mining in- dustries and this seems a most feasible way of accomplishing good results in that | line. California has good material from which to choose a Cabinet representative who could be of vast benefit to our mining interests. I am decidedly in favor of such a movement. H. C. Henderson, School Director—I consider the plan proposed a good thing, and particularly so for thiscoast. It seems to be the most practicable and intelligent way of providing jor the steady and busi- ness-like development of our vast mining properties. While this coast would not reap the entire benefit by any means, the measure is of such great importance to our veople that it behooves us to do all in our power to forward it. I see no reason why we should meet with any opposition. Thomas R. Knox, Sch ool Director— This isa project which I am enthusias- tically in favor of. I have attended many miners' meetings and conventions, and have long since become convinced of the great desirability of having a department of mining established. Mining is to-day one of the greatest industries of our coun- try, and yet it is practically in its infancy. It deserves as much fostering as any de- partment of our government. Thomas k. Carew—The veople of Cali- fornia should all be very much in fayor of having a mining man in the Cabinet. The vast undeveloped mining regions of this State deserve National recognition and this seems a most practical way of ge*ting it. Our mining industries are too great to be neglected and there is not a man in Californta that would not be benetited by their develonment. I heartily indorse the measure. Dr. Joseph H. Soper—I am in favor of the proposed Department of Mining. The field of usefulness of such a department is extensive and promises most fruitful re- sults. The people of the West, and ina measure of the whole country, cannot afford to neglect opportunities as stupend- ous as those which the mining regions of California spreads out before us. A Cabinet representative would be a great thing for the mining interests of our State, and I am heartily in favor of it. Felix Chappellet, president of the Ala- meda Miners’ Association—Most of the litigation in which mining men are in- volved to-day is due to the igrorance of the officials at Washington. The terms of the mines are not known or understood there, and as a consequence we are put to much trouble and expense which could be avoided if practical mining men were at the head of affairs. One great thing that is desired is to have the law so amended that the Commissioner of the district shall pass on all matters appertainine to patents as he is nearest the work and is best fitted to say whether the laws have been complied with. C. B. Rutherford, secretary Alameda County Miners’ Association—It is only proper that one cf the greatest industries of the world should be represented in the list of Cabinet officers in this country. It would surely be as proper as to have the Agricultural Department. Eastern people know nothing of mining and the South very little. In the great growing North- west immense wealth lies buried in the ground waiting to be taken out by man’s labor, while the West and Coast States have been well prospected and show un- told wealth ready to go into commerce, but it is a separate business to get it ‘out. J. L. Lyon—A Cabinet officer to have charge of the mining interests of the United States is an absolute necessity. The Secretary of the Interior nine times out of ten is an agriculturist ora city man, who knows nothing of mining and who believes that the country’s welfare is de- pendent entirely on the protection of ag- riculture, even at the expense of stopping mining altogether. The farmer or herder is naturally given the preference by such a man when the matter of obtaining wracts of ‘land comes betore him. This is wrong, and can be best remedied by hav- ing a separate department conducted by a practicat miner. W. 8. Thomas—No county of the State does as little mining as Alameda, yet there is probably no county which is in- terested in it financially to such an extent as our own, and everything which will help the miners will help us. It should have a department of its own in the Goy- | ernment, and only practical mining men should be employed. There are a large number of needed reforms in our laws, none of more importance than that which allows some clerk in Washington to reject a patent accepted by the District Commissioner and to return it to be gone all over again at great expense and trouble. Ex-Congressman Warren B. English— The idea is a good one, and if carried out would be of great benefit to the mining industry not alone of this State, but of the whole great West. If a practical min- ing man were in control.he would watch for the interests of the miners much more closely than would an . agriculturist as Secretary of the Interior, while this officer would keep him from trampling on the real rights of the farmer. In this way both would be looked after and neither would be made to suffer. William C. Ralston—To have a place in the Presideni’s Cabinet would put min- ing before the public in a different light from that in which it is held by the greater part of the population at present. It woula result in a thorough revision of all mining laws in such a manner that ! the miner would be given equal rights with his brother in the vailey who is till- ing the soil. Now he has no such rights, and is rather looked upon as one who lives by preying on the agriculturists. This is all wrong and needs a speedy and effective remedy. “FIRST 70 VIIT CLEVELAND CITY Upon Returning to Canton McKinley Will Con- sider the Cabinet. Has Not Yet Determined Upon the Geographical Allotment of Places. _Ex-President Harrison Not Booked fcr Secretary of State, but Dr. Depew May Become an Embassedor. ‘CANTON, Omro, Nov. 14 —President- elect McKinley passed another very quiet Sunday.. Mr. Webb Hayes, son of the late President Hayes, came down from Cleveland on a morning tiain, and spent the day at the McKinley residence. Major McKinley decla_red that bis health was never betfer, and “that he had com- .pletely recovered from the fatigue of his campaign labor. Mrs. McKinley’s health has been so far restored that she was able to go drivineg for balf an hour this after- noon. Major McKinley, accompanied ‘by ‘Mr. Hayes and Captain H. O. Heistand, attended morning services at the First MetlLodist Episcopal Church. Although various newspapers have pgb- lished complete Cabinet outfits for the in- coming administration, it is safe to assert that not one of them has been built upon anything resembling luthoritn_live an- nouncement from Major McKinley or ‘those who are closest to the President- elect. Imis evident that the President-elect bas not made up his mind as to the forma- tion of his Cabinet, not even decided upon the geographical allotment of ‘places therein. Itis further apparent that Ma- jor McKinley will not consider Cabinet candidates until after his return from his visit to Cleveland. According to present \Arrangements the President-elect and Mrs. McKiniey will leave for Cleveland on Wednesday morning. Since Chauncey M. Depey has ceased to be talked about so frequently for Secre- tary of State, there has been a good deal of discussion here of the probability of his being appointed Minister to England. It is known that Major McKinley has a very kindly feeling for Mr. Depew, and the lat- ter’s friends here assert that he would find life at the court of St. James extremely agreeable. He would have a great field for speechmaking, and all of his work would be of a congenial sort. «It may be set down as certain that un- less the unexpected happens Benjamin Harrison will not be urged to take the | portfolio of State 1n Msejor McKinley's Cabinet. General Harrison is not thought to desire this appointment, and the belief here is that the President-elect has about decided to offer it to some one else. A friend of Major McKinley saia to- night that Senator Sherman undoubtedly expressed the desire of most of McKin- ley’s closest advisers when he said thau Congress should pass the Dingley bill this winter. The new administratiom will not care to be saddled with an extra session Congress, and Major McKinley will have quite enough to occupy him in organizing his administration. Major McKinley’s advices from Texas are of a most satisfactory character. They indicate an increase in the Republican | vote of the State of over 100 per cent. In | Navarro County, the home of Roger Q. Mills, the great tariff reformer, Major McKinley secured a plurality of 122 votes. | The. county has heretofore been over- | whelmingly Democratic. Among the congratuiatory messages received to-day was the following: “The American students in. Heidelberg send greetings and congratulations to the repre- sentative of American honesty.” Henry Clews of New York writes: “The magnetic effect of your election has already advanced the price of securities dealt in at the New York Stock Exchange over $100,000,000 and a corresponding amount in the securities dealt in in the different local markets throughout the country. - Spot cash wheat has advanced both in Chicago and New York, since the election, 14 cents a bushel. It has reduced the rate of interest ob call money in New York froia 100 per cent per annum to 4 per cent, and time money from not being obtainable on scarcely any terms is now being freely offered at from thirty days to a year at 44 per cent per annum. Mer- cantile paper was unsalable, while now it is sought for at 5 per cent per annum. A general shut-down was planned by manu- facturers in the event of your defeat, whereas now, as the resali of your elec tion, increased labor is being employed and machinery that was heretofore idle, caused by the prolonged bad times, is starting up again with renewed vigor in all divisions. *The activity which will prevail through- out this ccuntry from one end of it to the other will soon find full occupation for every man in the country who is willing to work, whereas if your opponent had been elected there would have been mil- lions of the laboring classes thrown out of mployment, with a resort to bread riots | as the onlv means of obtaining the neces- saries of life. The education in the fun- damental laws of finance which our peo- ple have received in the past campaign place us in a unique position. of building up credit and business upon such a foundation must surely be such as to make a period of prosperity as has never before been approached.” Hon. J. 0. Dickman, Judge of the Su- preme Court of New York: “Your last letter to Mr. Hanna made my heart leap for joy, and I could grapple you to my soul with hooks of steel. You stand on a plane with Washington and Lincoln and have opportunities seldom vouchsafed to mortal man.” Hon. Edward O. Wolcott, United States Senator, Denver, Colo.: *I cannot but believe that the time must come when our people will realize that the prosperity of the whole country and the advancement of the interests of Colorado as well lie only in your election, for on other questions they are intelligent and conservative. We are all rejoiced that the wisdom and pa- triotism of other States so triumphantly elected you.” Hon. Andrew D. White, member of the Venezuelan Commission, Washington, D. C.: *“No one has felt more deeply than myseélf the significance of the recent con- test, not only to our own country but to the whole world, and no one has admired more your discussions of the main ques- tions at issue or the manner in which vou have maintained the dignity of your can- didacy.” Hon. James 8. Clarkson, ex-Postmaster- General: “Your career before your nomi- nation, your campaign of matchless power and faultless judgment after your nomina- tion entitle yoa fairly to the personal hon- ors of an unexampled vic'ory.” R it ROW AT A POLITICAL CLUB. 1t Took Twenty-Five Policemen to Re- store the Peace. CHICAGO, ItL., Nov. 15.—The Twenty- fifth Ward Republican Club came to biows with itself last night and twenty- five policemen were required to restore peace. The row occurred in Lincoln Tur- ner Hall and over a dispute between the county faction and the city faction. The trouble began when Congressman Foss, for the city faction, moved that a com- mittee take tbe books of the society in order to prepare for the annual meeting. The county members, led by Sheriff Pease, began an uproar, and a center-rush was made for the books, during which the records were thrown out of a window into an atley and a general mixup followed. In the meantime a riot call was turned in and a platoon of police soon put a quietus on the refractory politicians. BT s Y Bryan’s Latest Journey. LINCOLN, Nesr. Nov. 15.—William J. Bryan left to-night over the Missouri Pacitic for Kansas City where he expects 10 be joined by Governor Stone of Missouri, The result | and together they will go to the home of Senator Jones in Arkansas. Mr. Bryan announced that his trip was more for | recreation than of a political nature. He will remain a week, returning in time to prepare for his trip to Denver on the 23d. L S MINNESOTA’S INCREASED FOTE. How Major McKinley Rolled Up a Big Plurality in the State. ST, PAUL, Mi~~., Nov. 15.—The can- vassing boards in the eighty-one counties of Minnesota have completed their work and the result shows that over 340,000 votes were cast at the election on Novem- ber 3, an increase of over 44,000 since the last election. McKinley received 193,355, Bryan 139,477, Paimer 3209, Levering 4002 and Matchett 734 McKinley’s plurality is 53,878. The majority for Clough, Re- publican candidate for Governor, is 3456. The other candidates on the Republican State ticket are elected by pluralities ranging from 33,000 for Attorney-General to 46,000 for Treasurer. The aggregate majority of the Republican candidates for Conzress was 41,000. e XYET EXPLAINING DEFEAT, Senator Jones Continues to Talk About Alleged Coercion, LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Nov. 15.—Senator James K. Jones was in Little Rock to-day and left to-night for St. Louis, where he will be joined by William J. Bryan ana Governor Stone of Missouri on a trip to the 8t. Francis River on a duck hunt. Aiter that the Senator will proceed to the National capital to be present at the as- sembling of Congress in December. When asked if he had been quoted correctly in saying that one powertul cause contribut- ing to the defeat of Bryan was the placing of orders at factories to be filled in the event of McKinley’s election, he said: “Yes, such orders cut a large figure. Millions of dollars’ worth of these orders were placed and the manufacturers made ita point to call their employes in and exhibit the contingent orders. They im- vressed upon the wage-earners that Mec- Kinley’s election would result in giving them work for at least six months from the orders at hand. It was the beginning of the winter, when the men had to do something to insure themselves the neces- saries for the cold weather.”" Speaking of the attitude of business men in the election Senator Jones said: disturbances. The same thing may be said of Indiana and West Virginia,” “What of the future, Senator?"’ “I believe that while we lost the late election the cause of bimetallism tri- umphed. . Aside from that we have done good work in ridding the party of barna- cies. Heretofore our platforms had been dubious and open to construction either way. The party never rose above that until this year. “I have received letters from every- where since the election urging that the organization be kept up in the interest of bimetallism ana thorough Democracy. The committee, of course, intends to do that. I never saw such a spirit of deter- mination as has been evinced by our peo- ple concerning the fight in 1900. I have no doubt that bimetallism will prevail. “Thousands and thousands in the West voted for McKinley in the belief that he is a bimetallist and will adhere to the rec- ord he made in Congress. On the other hand the Easterners voted for him believ- ing that he is a monometailist. When McKinley comes out one"side or the other he will be in the attitude which Clevelard placed himself 1a when he alienated the great bulk of his party. 1f McKinley aligns himself with monometallism the Westerners will howl, while if he sticks to his Congressional bimetallism record the Eastern folks will do the howling. MeKinley cannot avoid the parting of the ways.'” Discussing the political complexion of the next Senate, Senator Jones said no question will be presented that will com- mand the united party strength on eitifer side. ASie s RESUMING OPERATIONS. Faclories Closed During a Period of Un- certainty Are Now Open. DEFIANCE, Osxro, Nov. 15.—To-morrow morning the Turnbull Wagon Works, em- ploying 200 men, will resume operations. The Nightingale Woolen-mills have al- ready resumed and Gregory & Son’s fur- niture factory will reopen within a week. The Defiance Bicycle Company and the Clipper Plow Works are said to be arrang- ing to resume operations. Many other of Defiance’s industries are experiencing a revival of orders. Death of W. K. Pyjrom. NASSAU, N. P., Noy. 15—W. R, Py- “Business men, as a rule, are timia. Great impression was made on their minds by the precictions of hard tjmes in case of Bryan’s election. . A few davs before elec- tion interest went up and business men argued that if the mere apprehension of Bryan’s election had that effect the result of ais election sure enough would be that much worse for them. “The chairman of our State comm ittes in Minnesota,” continued the Senator, *‘in- forms me that we lost that State through the timidity of men known to be in favor of silver, but who were afraid of business from, the oldest and largest sponge mer- chant 1n this colony, died yesterday sud- denly of congestion of the brain. He was a native of the Bahamas and owned a fleet of vessels numbering about sixty. He was well known in New York and Balti- more, where he had business connections for many years. ————— The New Champagne Vintage. By its remarkable quality and dryness, with. out being heavy, the solendid new vintage of G H. Mumm’s Extra Dry now being imported 18 creating a sensation. It shouid g- tasted to 8 T A uliy app: AID TO COMMERCE OF UNCLE SAM Commissioner Chamberlain Urges a Free-Ship Bill. Maritime Rank in the Pacific Threatened by Japan, a New Rival Subsidiz:d Steamship Lines to Carry South American Products Are R:commended. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 15.—De- spite the fact that there is no probability of either this Congress or the next pass- ing a free-ship bill the Commissioner of Navigation in his annual report, given to the press to-night, refers prominently to tne subject and urges the necessity for the passage of such a measure. He in- vites attention to the fact that our mari- time rank on the Pacific is now threatened by a new rival, Japan, which has just established a trans-Pacific steamship line to the United States, and, with the co- operation of American capital, is prepar- ing to extend rapidly the service. In 1880 the tonnage of American vessels entering the United States from the ports of Asia and Oceanica was 283,395 tons and of foreign vessels 442,251 tons. Fifteen years later, in 1895, American tonnage had in- creased but a trifle, to 308,481 tons, while the foreign tonnage had leaped to 657,206 tons. In his argument the Commissioner says: “The large and profitable carrying trade once conducted between Asiatic and European ports by American vessels, which seldom entered American ports, has almost entirely passed away. We have already seen the American flag al- most wholly disappear from the mid- Atlantic, save us borne by the mail steam- ers of the American line, and the tigures show that the carrying trade of the Pacific is slipping from us.”’ B:foreit is altogether lost Commissioner Chamberlain suggests that Congress in- quire into the condition of trans-Pacific transportation. Within the last five years Japan’s sea-going steel stcamers have in- creased from thirteen of 27,710 tons t© twenty-three of 106,383 tons. The num- ber of American steel and iron steamérs on the Pacific Coast is forty-three of 68,625 tons. Opposition is expressed at some length to the proposttion found in Senator Frye’s bill now before Congress to 1mpose 10- per cent additional discriminating duties on all cargoes brought into the United States vy foreign vessels. It points out that for over eighty years the United States khas followed the policy of reciprocity in ship- ping, and deciares that every other mari- time nation of considerable rank has adopted and now pursues the same policy. Our total imports for, 1895 were valued at $731,969,965, of which $590,538,362 were brought in foreign ships. “The discriminating duty bill would,” the commissioner says, “put an addi- tional charge of $59,100,000 on our inter- national changes, based on the figures of 18%4, an amount approximately equal to our entire ocean freight bills on imports and exports.” In arguing against this tax the commis- sioner cites the enormous importations of tea and coffee, aggregating in 1895 $125.- 000,000, and points out that the proposed tax would be a tax on the consumers of those articles. Of coffee from Brazil, $54,000,000 came in foreign vessels, and the proposed tax would equal $5,400,000, or suflicient, Mr. Chamberlain says, in coffee alone to subsidize steamship lines inclua- ing twenty-five steamers equal to the St. Louis or St. Paul, or a much larger num- ber of the class required for South Amer- ican, Asiatic and African trade. Much of the report is given to the consideration of this one question, and the commissioner reaches the conclusion that the policy of discrimination * always has been and always will be thwarted by retaliation.” Make Patent Leather. NEWARK, N. J., Nov. 15.—Believing that a provisional tariff bill will be passed at the next session of Congress local capi- talists have subscribed $50,000 for the ovening of a factory here for the manu- facture of patent and enameled leather, employing = £00 hands. Work will com: mence at once. Catarrh Is & constitutional disease and requires a con- stitutional remedy like Hood’s Sarsaparilla. 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