The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 30, 1901, Page 6

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OPPOSING THE EXCHANGE OF SILVER advocate of the free coinage » of 16 to 1 are out in oppo- posed law making gold and i Ohio, president of the Bi 1 organizations which e discussion from that : “Why first coin sil- issue certificates on silver, and virtually the certifi- Is that 2 common senss the treasury, gold? We not be more rational, if ates are to be made redeemable form of the certificates, m: d sell the silver d it able in gold the tre y swered that the proposed law not a th in standard si 5 alue of a silver dollar for The average commer- he year was I to 34, i General Warner's $490,104,027 j 01,388. That is the 1 silver would bring, if 27 vy of the Treasury s silver to the Govern- d coined under the h higher price than the Government would was bought an s,ata c| r dhnce, g at the present price of 60 cents its preser ion what is to be done to keep the ent’'s promise that gold and silver shall be The con- Govern ed at a parity at the legal ratio? d was created at the instance -of General Warner and his iriends. The only way to safely meet it and maintain his $227,501,388 in silver at its coinage par- | i th $490,104.027 in gold is, not by “redeeming” silver in gold, as he erroneously puts it, but by mak- ing By he two metals interchangeable. the coins of this interchange, if he prefer his own phrase, gold will | be “redeemed” in silver or silver will be “redeemed” in gold at a parity. He is in error in saying that no other nation ever sttempted snch a poliey, for it closely approximates the system adopted by France in 1876, after a hundred years' fruitless experiment with an artificial ratio and empt to maintain the fiction of the double stan- dard If we had not snubbed the financial experience of the world, including the fresh example of France, we would not have begun in 1878 under the Bland act, the accumulation of this stock of silver. But we did it, *and its presence i1 the body of our currency, a merely mechanical increment, must be made as little noxious as possible. To®do this and avoid further 2ccumulation beyond the absorptive power of the country, it must be made interchangeable with gold. For reasons already explained, the silver certificates will not become 2 menace to the gold reserve, be- cause, being in small denominations, they will neither be used in paying duties and excises nor hoarded by 1he banks for a raid on gold, as the banks cannot se- cure control of them cxcept by paying a premium. After this legislation passes the stream of gold wili continue to flow into and ont of the treasury, a true river of Pactolus, upon which our commerce wiil ficat. It will continue to flow hitherward from all the world, making us a great reservoir of the world's capital and therefore the world’s creditor. If the legislative measure which makes it an of- fense to give dogs poison except as medicine ever becomes a law of this State, it is a safe wager that some of our interesting canines will have to digest an overdose ry. General | kers for free silver have added | er dol;| THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 30, 19Ul. THE GROUT BILL. HE bill to regulate the sale of oleomargarine, T known as the Grout bill, which has passed the House, is favorably reported by the Senate committee, - The present law requires oleomargarine to be stamped and sold as such, under the supervision cf the Internal Revenue Department. This substitute for butter, which is made of the oleo oils in the fat of cattle, sheep and swine, is not inedible, since the fats of which it is composed are all edible and are used as a food component in their original state. Ii people desire to buy and eat it as a cheap and not un- wholesome substitute for butter, there should be no objection to their doing so, provided it is sold for what it is, as the law requires. | It seems, however, that the manufacturers color it with the same substances that are used in coloring dairy butter, so that, 2lthough it is stamped as oleo- | margarine, it more nearly resembles butter to the eye than if uncolored. The Grout bill is directed against this coloring and puts a tax of ten cents a pound on | all colored oleomargarine. This is held to be a pro- | hibitive tax and to be 2 misuse of the taxing power. Since the manufacture of this butter substitute reached great proportions the value of the oleo oils | in each steer, sheep and hog is added to the market | | valug of the meat and by-products of those animals. | | It is said to add $2.50 to the price of every steer. This | | has aided in disposing of the glut of beef suet and | tallow. | | The contention over the bill has been bitter be- | tween the dairy and livestock interests, and has been | | participated in to a degree by the consumers, respec- | ] | | | tively, of butter apd oleomargarine. The favorable rz- | | port on the bill by the Senate committee was probably | precipitated by the exceeding aggressiveness of the | sheep intergsts in the recent National Livestock Con- vertion at Salt Lake City. The convention resolved | against the Grout bill, but the sheep interest avenged | itself upon the Secretary of Agriculture for his | declaration in favor of leasing the arid ranges by a sesolution attacking him immoderately. This, to- gether with the sheep men’s opposition to forest re- serves, their demand that such districts as the Black Mesa in Arizona be omitted from such reserves, and that the reservations already made be opened to sheep, produced a reaction at Washington that wise men | should have expected. This may be a hard world, but among its expe- nces is the conclusion that hard words butter no parsnips, and the whole livestock interest probably owes its defeat on the Grout bill to the overdons swagger of the gentle shepherds. The consumers of animal products of all kinds will | be glad to turn with confidence to the American Cattle-growers’ Association, which, admonished by the aggressions of the sheep and wool interest, the cattle men formed at Salt Lake, and which will hold its first convention at Denver in March. This association represents exclusively the cattle industry and will watch and tend that interest with a | | view to its permanency and to the economizing of the | production of beei. The cattle interest desires the | present forest reserves to remain intact, and that others be made in order that the water sources may be prc- | tected. It desires the application of irrigation in the arid region wherever waste water may be stored for that purpose, and its policy is to promagte the settle- ment of the West and a peaceful union of all the forces that make for the upbuilding of the country. It isa | matter of pride in this State that this powerful na- tional organization sprang from the loins of the Pacific Stockmen’s Association, which was formed in this city, and among the coming great conventions | which may meet here will probably be the annual gathering of these herdsmen of the plains and moun- tains. 1 SALISBURY'S HOME PROGRAMME. | HETHER Salisbury will continue to hold the | | W post of Prime Minister after the assembling of | the first Parliament to be called by the King i a question that is agitating a good many political brains in the United Kingdom: There have been stories that the King is unfriendly to him, but they | hzve met with a prompt denial. There are other re- ports that his followers are disposed to break away from him on account of objections to his appoint- ment of so many of his own family to Cabinet posi- tions, but the reports have not Ten confirmed by the | appearance of any Conservativ# of note among the objectors. Consequently all speculations concerning the future of the Premiership are but guesses, none of which are worthy of much credence. While the political experts are prophesying his fall the aged Premier is cvidently doing his best to estab- lish his leadership upon a firmer basis and strengthen his hold upon the people. The war in South Africa is no longer popylar, and so Salisbury, with the tact of an accomplished politician, offers to the country a rew issue. In a recent address at a Conservative ban- quet he urged upon the party the adoption of a programme of social rteform. The London Spectator in giving an account of his speech said: “His chiei | point was to insist that if the Conservatives were to keep their hold on London they must take up the Fousing question. ‘They should devote all the power they possess to getting rid of that which is really a scandal to our civilization—the sufferings which many oi the working classes have to undergo in the most moderate, I might say, the most pitiable, accommo- dation.” They must not be frightened away from the remedies for social evils by the fact that they are made a cover or pretense for attacks upon property and other institutions. “You must repel these attacks, but at the same time yon must not allow your attention to be diverted from the stern necessities which the vast sccial changes of our time are imposing upon all who cherish the prosperity of this country.”” Such a programme is calculated to add to the Conservative following in those parts of great cities where the radicals and socialists have been strongest. It will be, however, something like a new departure for British Toryism. It is true the improvement of siums has been carried out to a considerable extent in all British cities, whether under Tory or Liberal con- trol, but such improvements were regarded as strictly matters of local politics. It will be a different matter altogether for the imperial Parliament to undertake social reform in the cities at the expense of the tax- payers of the whole kingdom. From all indications it appears_the proposed pro- gramme will be acceptable to the public. The Spec- tator in commenting upon it says: “It is a vital problem. Unhappily, there are at this moment thou- sands of children growing up in London and the great towns under conditions which do not allow them to become good citizens, morally and physically, Unless that state of things is stopped, and we cease to produce a slum population, the state is in danger of an invasion of the worst possible kind—the inva- sion of an unfit and demoralized population, not from cutside, but from within. No doubt the destruction of slums is costly, but remember that the essential thing for getting rid of slums is not money, but care | wi and trouble and keeping watch that England is not fouled by recklessness or laziness.” Such is Salisbury’s latest bid for - popularity. Should he retain power he may start the new reign with a programme of domestic reforms and improve- ments that will go far toward inducing the people to forget the blunders and fiascos that have marked the war in South Africa. It is a bold bid, but under the circumstances seems to be characterized by discreticn as well as by valo: FOLITICAL GCLD BRICKS. W from Idaho the so-called Silver Republicans be- lieved they had obtained a representative in the United States Senate, and a similar faith was held by the Populists when Patterson was elected from Colo- rado. It appears, however, that in each case the be- HEN Dubois was elected to the Senatorship | lief is ill-founded and the faith but a fond delusion. Dubois had played the silver game and Patterson the Populist game only for the purpose of getting votes. As soon as elected each straightway announced him- self a Democrat. Of the exact language used by Dubois in declaring himself a straight Democrat we have not noticed any reports, but Patterson’s language is thus quoted in the Omaha Bee: “The principles of the Kansas City platiorm are those, in the main, for which the Peo- ple’s and Silver Republican parties have contendea. I believe a fight for them can be most successfully made within the Democratic ranks. Those who are outside of them are cutside of the fortifications and are but helpless lookers-on. I can see no present hope | for the triumph of the principles of the Kansas City platform except through the Democratic party.” Such declarations put an end to the old fusion trick | which carried so many Popt}list and Republican votes tc Bryan. The men who were deceived into voting ith the Democrats by the proiise that they were | to have recognition can now perceive that they have been given gold bricks. Patterson and Dubois hal but a thin veneering of Populism and silverism whea | they solicited votes for the Senate, and now even that is gone. One other silverite of note who has virtually passed over to the Bryanites is Towne of Minnesota. That gentleman has had a singular political fortune. Nomi- nated for Vice President by the Populists, he with- drew in favor of the Democratic candidate, Steven- Nevertheless, in a manner, he has reached the Appointed by the Governor of son. Vice Presidency. | Minnesota to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Davis, he had a seat in that body for a month, and while there was by courtesy of the Senate once called to the chair and so acted for a time as Vice President. He took his honor blithely and pertly, and in reply to a humorous congratulation from Sen- ator Mason said: “I 2m now satisfied. One term as a member of the House of Representatives, one month as United States Senator, and one hour as act- ing Vice President.” Doubtless Dubois and Patterson are even better | satisfied than Towne; but how is it with the Populists who trusted the one and with those sincere Repub- | licans who in their zeal for silver supported the other? JURY TRIALS IN ENGLAND. HILE the American people have frequentl; W expressed discontent with the Grand Jury sys- tem and at times have started movements to abolish it, there has hardly ever been any objection to the system of trial juries. Even when, as has some- times happened, the verdict of a jury has seemed to be the result of ignorance, or worse, pubflc con- demnation has been pronounced upon the members of that particular jury ra!hgr than upon the system itself. Consequently it will come to most Americans as something of a surprise that in England, the home of trial by jury, the system is becoming more and more unpopular, and is to a.considerable extent dying out. The Westminster Gazette in discussing a review of the subject in a recent issue of the London Law Journal sums up the progress made in getting rid oi jury trials by saying: “The proportion of actions to be tried without juries in the Queen's Bench Division during the present term is exceptionally large; the jury cases number 203, and the non-jury cases 190. Even more striking is the want of faith in trial by jury displayed by litigants in the county courts. Th= total number of actions determined by these tribunals | in 1899 was 732,004, and only 1018 were tried with juries. The number of actions tried with juries in 1809 was, with the exception of 1897, the smallest for sixteen years.” It is stated that the main objection of litigants to jury trials is the frequency with which juries dis- agree, thus causing delay and increasing the cost of suits. Furthermore, there is noted among tlhé Eng- lish a growing confidence in their Judges, and jan increasing willingness to accept their decisions upon matters of fact as well as of law. As trial without a jury facilitates the dispatch of the business of the court and on the whole gives as much if not greater satisfaction to litigants, the old system is falling into disuse. The figures quoted show to what extent the tendency has already gone, and are certainly interest- ing as an illustration of the change in English senti- ment toward a system which was once regarded, and rightly so, as the surest guarantee of the rights and the property of a citizen. —_— ‘The managers of a New &Mk cigar factory whers sevcral hundred young women are employed recent- ly put a piano into the workroom and employed skiliful performers to play lively tunes during the working hours, and it is said the result has been high- 1y beneficial. The fingers of the girls move naturally with the rhythm of the music, so that they work faster than before, and moreover do not get so soon wearied. Should the success of the scheme lead-to its adoption in other trades, we may yet find a use for the calliope. 1t is the only music that would go in a boiler factory. OB Y g The Kansas woman who persists in wrecking saloons and has met with a most vigorous and ungal- lant resistance, has certainly the satisfaction of know- ing by experience what conservative citizens seek to avoid. She kgows what “rough house” in a drink dispensary means. (R SR AL A New Haven preacher, shocked at the municipal official corruption existing in New York, is of the opinion that the city ought to have an absolute ruler. It would be interesting to know what this preacher thinks is the position occupied by Richard Croker. In all the sorrow and sympathy of thé world at the death of England’s Queen there were only two dis- cordant notes. Newspapers of France and Belgium contributed comment which must remain forever their shame. — BT | Y The San Bernardino man who had the temerity +o taste dynamite and then cheated the Coroner should be forced either to live in a wilderness or give soms guarantee to his neighbors that he won't repeat the CHALLENGING FATE. A FEW DAYS AGO THE ST. LOUIS FIED IN PUBLISHING THIS CAR' EVER, TO HAVE THOUGHT BETTER OF IT. J | | | | | | | 1 | | 2 | only be avoided by the exercise of IN VARIETY Lord Salisbury’s Career. The retirement of Lord Salisbury from public life is an eveat that may be ex- pected to foilow very closely upon the death of the Queen. He is an old man and weary, and was with difficuity per- suaded from resigning after the recent general election. The pessimistic tore cf his latest public speecges indicates his de- sire to transfer the cares of government | to younger shoulders.—Chicago Journal. Anarchistic Germ-Killer. The efficacy of the American climate as a sterilizer of the anarchistic germ is in- stanced in the case of Ellag Masuras, a Greek, who came to this country under | contract and promise to slay a prominent public man, but who found life so pleas- ant and pi ty so prevalent that, In- stead of killing anybody, he went to Yonkers and opened a peanut stand.— | Philadeiphta Times. *Scotch Logic. Scotland, it api , objects to the nu- rical f the title taken by the new Britian King. The Scots cite the histor!- fal fact that Edward VI was not King of Scotland and that the son of the loved g~ The goiat seems weil T nit: m. e poini n: taken, if not practically important, and Scoteh logic is vindicated once more, though, as on some other occasions, prob- ably ineffective.—Cleveland Leader. Ravishes of the Grip. The vital record of the past two weeks shows an Increase of deaths throughout the country as compared with those of the corresponding period last year. The increased mortality is due to pneumonia and &rlp. Weather conditions are re- le for these diseases, which et: t R T GLOBE-DEMOCRAT FELT JUSTI- | TOON. VENEZUELA SEEMS, HOW- | e RECOGNIZED HEIR The British correspondents are now de- | voting a good deal of space to the child | of the Prince Imperial, who was killed in | Zululand while serving in the regiment | commanded by Lord Kitchener, then a colonel. The first intimation that the Prince Imperial left a child was published in the Cincinnati Enquirer five years ago, under the heading, “Napoleon V.” The article was in the shape of correspond- ence by Karl Melite from Paris. The Galignani Messenger, an English paper published in Paris, had already hinted that it had on hand a few interesting let- ters sent by the Prince to a married woman. No child was mentioned. These letters were bought by Rouher, former Prime Minister of Napoleon III and ad- viser of ex-Empress Eugenie. Since then little has been made public on the sub- Jject, but the English correspondents have succeeded in distorting the facts. According to Karl Melite, who made the first thorough investigation and who has since kept informed on the subject, the whole story can be told In a few words: The Prince Imperial never married Charlotte Watkins, for the simple reason that she had a husband, who was then dying of consumption at the Brompton- street Hospital. She was a teacher at a roller skating rink in London, where she met the Prince, who did not tell her who he was. Her father was a forester. She used to call upon the Prince at Woolwich, where he was a cadet. ————| OF NAPOLEON IV. Charlotte Watkins suspected for the | first time that her lover was some one of importance when she saw him shaking hands with the Duke of York, but she’ only discovered his true identity after his death, when she saw his picture in the magazines. The child was born in legal wedlock— that is, when the legal husband of Char- lotte Watkins was yet alive. The Empress took charge of the child ! on condition that the mother would go to | Australia. This was complied with, and since then Charlotte has not been heard | of. She resided for some time in Sydney. If she was married again to a man named Moore there is no available record of it. Herisson, a Borapartist, took charge of the child, Willlam Watkins, who was reared at Issy (outside of Paris) by the Christian Brothers, and not at Saint Sul- pice, in Paris. Saint Sulpice Is a sem- inary for priests. >4 Last vear Willlam Watkins was gradu- ated in letters and sciences. He visits | the Empress at Chiselhurst. She used to | see him in Paris twice a year on her way to the Riviera. These are the absolute facts. That the | young man is the son of the Prince Im- | perial there is little doubt. But it is hard to explain how he could be legally recog- nized, although he may inherit the im- mense fortune of his grandmother, who despises Prince Victor, the Bonapartist | pretender. —_— PERSONAL MENTION. E. Dinkelspiel, a Suisun attorney, is at the Grand. Judge John F. Ellison of Bakersfield is at the Grand. Dr. W. M. Haynes of Sherman, N. Y., is at the Grand. E. E. Manheim, an attorney at Fresno, is at the Occidental. F. R. Anson, a mining man of Salem, Or., is at the Palace. John A. Mcintire, a Sacramento mining man, is at the Grand. R. L. Rader, a Bakersfield oil man, is registered at the Lick. James McCudden and Miss McCudden of | Vallejo are at the Grand. C. W. Collier, an importer from Japan, is registered at the Palace. Dr. E. G. Bennett and wife of Petaluma are late arrivals at the Grand. | E. A. Tulian of the United States Fish Commission is registered at the Grand. Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs. Gront of Victoria are staying at the Palace for a few days. : Dr. and Mrs. W. H, Jeffery and Miss Hullard of Philadelphia are late arrivals at the Occidental. W. A. Ferguson and wife of Los An- geles have taken apartments at the Pal- ace for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Anderson of Ben Lomond have taken apartments at the California for a few days. H. R. Jackson, a manufacturer from Rutherford, N. J., and daughter are spending a few days'at the Occidental. A. E. Welby, general superintendent of the Rio Grande Western Railway, with headquarters at Salt Lake, is in the city for a few days. He is registered at the | Palace. . _—o.-&———\ CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. ~ ke NEW YORK, Jan. 20.—The following Californians are in New York: From San Francisco—R. L. Bernier at the Astor, K. A. Danlel at the Murray Hill, R. Hickmott | at the Imperial. From Los Angeles—A. G. Newton at the Astor. From Oakland— R. H. Hammond at the St. Denis. ————————— A CHANCE TO SMILE. ypa o, b iy “Life is real! 4s earnest!" Saith the good old poet. Fudge! Is s any more so, think you, Than is either Puck or Judge? —Chicago Tribune. Mr. Simpkins—Give me a kiss, Bobby. and run up and tell your sister Jennie I have bn{kflt ‘her a box of chocolate. Bobby- 4 whznu‘m'. Daflxlme eg]; 8 ives the swee: Ve it Yo simie. it Bite. ;Bho—Whnt'l the French for mashed po- tatoes. ‘Why—er—pomme de terre d'amour, of course,”"—Life. - , “They have twins at thu'houle across the street.” “I am glad of.it!" *“Why, what difference does it make to you?"' ? 1 E: L) there is the same e et T 8o wake me ot 5o oDe s t summer with | wn mower.”—Chicago i eve! Hs Trib une. ANSWERS TO QUERIES. CONGRESS—A. G. W., Menlo Park, Cal. | };?{a present Congress expires March 4 SOLUTIONS—Subscriber, City. the | letter of inquiry” ddes not describe the pur- | pose for which the solutions asked about are to be used the question asked cannot be answered. OMNITUDE—W, H. L., Vallejo, Cal. The word omnitude means universitality, com- rlue totality, said of the transcendental | deal or the idea of an object in which al possible objects meet. THE SUBSIDY BILL—A. G. W., Menlo Park, Cal. Would suggest that if you de- | sire to keep posted on the status of the | subsidy bill you watch the Washington | disptaches in The Call. | PUBLIC LANDS—Settler, Traver, Cal. | To ascertain what public lands will be thrown open in the néar future and where | the lands are located address a communi- cation to the General Land Office, Wash- ington, D. C. MURDER OF FARLEY—C. H., Blaine, Wash. Suisser, the murderer of Sheriff Farley of Monterey County, California, was sentenced to be hanged February 16, 1900, but he took an appeal and the case | is still pending. THE HANCOCK—Subscriber, City. The steamer Hancock, whicH arrived at San Francisco from the Philippines December | 21, 190, brought but eleven bodies of dead soldiers. It had been announced that she would bring up two thousand. COINS AND STAMPS—Constant Read- | er, Point Arena, Cal. There are a number | of persons in San Francisco who purchase old stamps and old coins, but this de- partment cannot advertise them. Corre- spondents to this department who desire information the answer to which amounts to the advertisement of an individual or | firm in business should Inclose a seif-ad- | dbresse(}l and stamped envelope for reply y mail. UNASSESSED LAND—P. E. H., Lone / Oak, Cal. If a man took up a piece of land and five years ago received his pat- ent therefor, since which time the prop- erty has never been assessed for taxes, it is an evidence that the Assessor of the county has neglected his duty. If the owner of the land is a good citizen he should be willing to pay his share of the taxes, and he should make inquiry as to | the reason for non-assesement. A BET-T. K., City. If a man bets that a certain candidate would be elected and the official announcement of the result showed that that candidate was defeated, there being no it as to the 1 decla: of the resuit, the part bet on the defeated candidate would have to pay. If on a recount it should tura out that the previously defeated candi- date was really elected but had been counted out, whether :he money would be returned would upon honor of the man who took the money. party who pald money in the first Instance could not recover at law, as betting on an election is contrary to law and against public policy. of one w Which the party Who rade the could have been com::!fit. 1o | | throne_for about three centuries and a | balf. The last Edwarl-Edward VIi—was | the son of Henry VIII by his third wifs, | Jane Seymour. | old when he ascended the throne in_ 1547, { of Somerset. | | which_al ! business houses and public men b | greatest care. Variable weather leads to carelessness and exposure, and where the health is not rugged, to liability to dise ease—Arkansas Gazette. Royal Edwards. England has not had an Edward on the Edward VI was ten years under the regency of ks uncle, the D Before iong the Duke of Somerset was displaced by the schemeful Duke of Northumberland, who, when Ed- ward was dying, in 1553, In the sixth year of a comparatively uneventful reign, got the poor lad to assign the crown to Lady Jane Grey, to the exclusion of Mary and Elizabeth.—Boston Journal. The Kaiser Made Friends. One of the remarkable phases of the | conditions in this present day and genera- tion is the extraordinary effect certain ac- tions which seem insignificant have upon public opinion. The Emperor of Germany has never been over popular in Great Britain. But In the day of sorrow and mourning he hastened to the bedside to attention was directed, and he shared in the grief of the nation. The rivalry in trade of the Germans and the British will be as keen as ever, but a new bond has been created between these peo- ples and that bedside scene will not soon be forgotten.—Victoria (B. C.) Times. The Prince of Wales. Some of the newspapers are saying that by the elevation of Albert Edward to the throne his son George, Duke of York, now becomes the Prince of Wales, but this is not so. The only hereditary title that passes to the Duke of York at this time is that of Duke of Cornwall. H will not be Prince of Wales until th title is conferred upom him by a me creation. When Edward I conquered Wales he conferred the title of that prin- cipality upon his eldest son, who after- ward became Edward II. Edward III granted the title to his eldest son, Edward the Black Prince, and the grant was, as it has ever since been. “to him and his heirs, the kings of England.” The title does not descend. Hence when a Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall succeeds to the throne the principality of Wales merges at once in the erown, and can have nédt separate existence until a fresh creation is made, but the dukedom de- scends to his son. Undoubtedly the new King of England will confer the title of Prince of Wales upon his son, but until he does so there will be no Prince of Wales. —Chicago Journal. Yankeephobia in Europe. A noted French acomomist, M. Legoy- Beaulfeu, s out with an article In a Vi- enna newspaper adveeating the formatlo: of an economical federation among the powers of continental Kurope. The great advance of this republic airly startled the masters of statecraft in mors than one “old country.” Referring to the United States, M. Leroy-Beaulien makes this frank statement in an article in tna Tageblatt that is certam to arouse no iit- tle discussiomn This country is on the point of becoming Ly far the most important ecomomic factor in the world. It may henceforth be regarded as the first_industriali nation, and its superiority will become more strikingly evident year b Moreover. it will very soon have a consil ear. erable | mercantile marine. The learned Frenchman hopes to_check the alarming progress of the United States in industry, and enterprise by a ‘“‘combine” of continental powers through agreement upon long-term commercial treaties, subject to revision from time to time by a permanent European customs commission. The mera fact that a man of such note as M. Lerov-Beaulieu should seriously advocate such a complicated concerted scheme among powers, who find it much easier to disagree than tof agres upon anv line of policy, bears evidence that Yankeephobia prevails to a large ex- tent on the continent., evem in this his- toric season of *peace and geodwill."— Boston Globe. —— . Cholce candies, Townsend's, Palace Hotel.* —_———— Best eyeglasses, specs, 15 to 40c. 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