The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 16, 1902, Page 4

MONDAY.. .....con0ha JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. vesereeses-s-JUNE 16, 1902 2éress All Communicstions to W. 5. LEAEE, Manager. e TELEPHONE. Ask for THE CALL. The Operator Will Connect You With the Department You W ish. .Market and Third, S. F. .217 to 221 Stevemson St. PUBLICATION OFFICE EDITORIAL ROOMS. Deltvered by Carriers, 15 Cents Per Week. Single Copies, 5 Cents. Terms by Mail, Including Postage: \DATLY CALL (ncluding Sunday), ‘one year. $6.00 DAILY CALL (including Sunday), 6 months, eee 3.00 DAILY CALL (including Sunday), 3 months. . 1.50 DAILY CALL—By Single Month..... . 6% EUNDAY CALL, One Year. . 1.50 WEEKLY CALL, Ope Year - 1.00 STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, Month of May, 1902. OF 61,740 | May 61,270 | May May | May May | May 30 | May May 60,260 ' STATE OF CALIFORNIA, § s CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.%* On this 12th day of June, 1902, personally appeared before me, William T. Hess, & Notary Public in and for the city &nd county afore said, W. J. Martin, who being sworn accord- Ing to law declares that he is the Business Manager of the Ban Francisco a daily newspaper published in the city and county of San’ Fra State of California, and that there were printed and distributed during the month of May, 1902, one million nine hundred and fifteen thousand elght hun- dred and eighty (1,915,880) copies of the eaid newspaper, which number divided by thirty-one (the number of days of issue) gives an average daily circulation of 61,802 coples. SEA l W. J. MARTIN. Subscribed yofn to before me this 12th day of June, o . W. T. HESS, 1,915,550 1902. Notary Public in and for the City and County of San Fran- , State of California, room 1015 Claus Spreckels Bldg. _— 70 SUBSCRIBERS LEAVING TOWN FOR THE SUMMER. Call subseribers contemplating a change of residence during the summer months can have their paper forwarded by mail to their mew addresses by notifying The Call Business Office. This paper will also be or sale at all summer resorts and is represented by a local agent in «il towns on the coast. CURRENT BUSINESS. WO opposite conditions characterized trade last T\\ eck, one favorable and the other allverse. The ormer was the fine crop prospect, the latter the prevailing labor troubles, chiefly the coal strike, which interfered with several important branches of business. It reduced the distributive trade over a wide area, and, by increasing the cost of fuel, de- creased manufacturing 21l along the Atlantic sea- board. It cut down the production of pigiron and thereby increased imports of this product from abroad. In this connection it may be said that our importations of iron and steel from Europe have been steadily increasing for some little time. Though manufacturers of implements have been free pur- chasers of pigiron for next year's delivery and some large contracts for structural and bridge material have been placed of late, there is now a falling off in the demand for hardware, heretofore one of the most active articles in the United States, and in tin plates, sheets and wire. The railway and agricul- tural works, however, are still reported crowded with orders, so, in spite of increasing imports of the raw material from abroad and the halting tendency in some lines, the iron and steel trade is found to be still in excellent condition. The railway earnings continue to make a good showing, thase in May being 8.7 per cent of the same month last year and 21.7 per cent over 1900. The country’s bank clearings are still falling behind those of last year, the decrease last week being 23 per cent, the heaviest loss being 32 per cent at New York. The failures during the week numbered 165, against 188 during the corresponding week in 1901. The textiles are quoted steady, chiefly on account of lim- jted stocks of woolen and cotton goods. The in- quiry for raw wool has been very good of late, but cotton buyers are holding off for the new crop, and are more or less indifferent. The hide market is re- ported in better shape than of late, being generally strong and active, but leather rules rather quiet. The other staples show no new features worthy of com- ment. Speculation seems to be at a low ebb all over the country, which in many respects is a good thing. There is hardly anything doing in grain and pro- visions on the Chicago Board of Trade, while Wall street has been dull for weeks, with\ no indications of any revival in the near future. All speculative markets are now sustained by professionals, as the public are no longer in the ring. The zbove points cover the general condition of trade throughout the country. On this coast con- ditions remain precisely as for several months. Busi- ness here is neither better nor worse than at any time since the first of the year. Nor are there any conditions to produce much variation. We are doing a fine business right along, both in the city and country, with excellent crop prospects, plenty of money, good collections, a steady and very desirable jmmigration from fhe older States, and thousands of tourists and homeseekers spending their money from one end. of the State to the other. We were never more flourishing, and the State never looked better nor felt better. Prices for farm products as a rule bid fair to be rather above the normal this fall, and as the yield of almost everything will be large we can hardly miss having a prosperous year. Real estate continues to sell well, and the planes of prices, both for city and country property, are distinctly higher than they were several years ago, with a good many more buyers now than then. Somehow or other attention has recently been directed to California as an excellent field for the investment of capital, and in comsequence property titles are undergoing a good many changes all over the State. New financial blood is coming in freely and the old is expanding just as freely in the familiar field. This is very good. There is plenty of room in California for both new and old energy, and if it is directed with merely ordinary discretion it can bardly fail ,}orgrochu profitable results. THE SAD PUBLIC OWNERSHIP, O other question seems to be as generally in N issue and as widely discussed as public owner- ship and government administration of what are called public utilities, such as water and light supply, common carriers and like forms of busi- ness. So far, the cpponents of public ownership seem to have a little the better of the argument on the case presénted by citation of the facts. Wherever keen and expert investigation have been made it seems to be demonstrated that the cost to the people under public ownership and administration is greater than under corporate ownership. i As an organization to promote public ownership has been formed in this city, we may expect the prop- aganda to proceed on definite lines and that the pub- lic will be fully informed in all the phases of the matter. It is above all things advishble that the discussion be without prejudice. -Mayor Phelan seems to have left behind him the material for much personal preju- dice, and the advocates of public ownership can hardly discuss the matter without ventilating him or the Board of Works, or some of the newspapers. Without joining in the attack or defense, we have to advise the reformers that their opinior of Mr. Phelan | and the Board of Works and the newspapers is not at all interesting to the people who want to know all about ‘the theory and’practice of public ownership. | An issue of such supreme importance should be dis- cussed and determined without prejudice. Yet there is none now in focus that seems to depend as much | upon prejudice for its motive power. .For this the public service corporations are largely responsible. | Where such corporations give a good service, are on | friendly terms with the public and are content with i a proper profit on a proper capitalization, there will | be found but little sentiment in favor of public own- lcrshipA The ownership of the water supply-of the city of Chicago furnishes a rather revolting chapter in the history of municipal ownership. Waste and corruption in administration have gone hand in hand with a nasty and unwholesome supply. But the object lesson is lost upon the people be- cause of their prejudice against the street railroads. So in that city the people are suffering from typhoid fever on account of the inefficient public administra- tion of the water supply, and are, at the same time, crying out for taking over the street railroads. If this were done it is entirely probable that administra- tion of the street railways would be characterized by the same waste, corruption and incompetence that have marred the water administration, but of that the people do not stop to think. They are prejudiced against the street railway management and want re- venge. It goes without saying that a public policy which may work a sinister change in government it- self is of too great importance to be entered upon for revenge. In the other view of the matter public service cor- porations will see their own responsibility for this is- sue of public ownership. The final result depends largely upon their own methods and conduct. The leaders in this socialistic movement propose to take advantage of everything that will recruit their fol- lowing, and nothing pleases them better than the un- | popularity of a public service corporation. The sober-minded part of the community looks to sober discussion, being aware that public service cor- | porations can be compelled to right courses by law, and that the politicians who let them do as they please will be the same politicians who will control public utilities under public ownership and adminis- tration. i The Pelee eruption seems to have roused the ac- tivities of nearly every other volcano in the world, and they are booming at a great rate from Alaska to Nicaragua. AGRICULTURE IN HAWAIL ENSUS Bulletin No. 169 gives the statistics ‘ of agriculture in the Hawaiian Islands, and they are the more interesting because this is the first time the census of the islands has been taken by the United States. It is noted, however, that as the Census Bureau was unable to obtain re- ports of expenditures for taxes, insurance, feed of stock and similar expenses, no estimate of the net income of farms can be given. Furthermore, the bureau has.been unable to get detailed statements as to irrigation, but the importance of it as a factor in the agricultural development of the islands is plainly set forth in the report. : The Territory of Hawaii is composed of twenty islands, of which only seven are inhabited. On June 1, 1900, when the census was taken, the farms num- bered 2273 and were valued at $60.020,056. Of this amount, $3,545,895, or 5.9 per cent, represents the value of buildings, and $56,484,061, or 04.1 per cent, the value of land and improvements other than build- ings. On the same date the value of farm imple- ments and machinery was $11,484,800, and of live stock, $2,570,142. These values, added to that of farms, give the “total value of farm property,” $74,- 084,088, an average agricultural investment per in- habitant of $481.07. In 1894 the republic of Hawaii took possession of the crown lands and consolidated them with those previously known as “government lands,” under the general designation of “public lands.” For the pur- pose of promoting the settlement and cultivation of these thesGovernment provides public lands may be acquired by individuals by homestead lease, right of purchase lease, cash freehold, special agreement and cash sales. The amount of public lands in the islands is large, but not all of it is suitable for cultivation. The re- port says of the orilginzl “crown lands” there remain 020,583 acres, and of the “government lands” 789,532 acres, making a total of 1,710,115 acres, valued at $3,480,400, now classed as “public land.” According to the report of the Governor of Hawaii for 1901, only 1,371,232 acres are now under lease, from which . the Government receives an annual rental of $76,802. As this area contains many great expanses of moun- tainous and forest lands, unsuitable for agriculture, only 62 per cent of it is reported as being included in the Territory’s 2273 farms. ) o The farms of the islands are owned or operated by six classes of farmers: Whites, Hawaiians, Chinese, Japanese, South Sea Islanders and negroes. Only the first three classes are either numerous or im- portant on account of their holdings. ' The total value of the farm property of the white operators constitutes 92.1 per cent of the total farm property of the Territory. The average area of their farms is 2328.4 acress in excess'of that of the farms of the part Hawaiians, who have the next highest average. The Chinese farmers, 82.3 per cent of whom are ten- jants, operate less than one-sixtcenth as much land ‘as | nomination comes - FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, the Hawaiians, who rank second in the matter of total farm area, but the total value of their holdings, $2,045,005, exceeds that of the Hawaiians by $1,048,- goo. This total, however, is considerably in excess of the actual wealth of the Chinese farmers of Hawaii, as the value of the farm property of the 83 Chinese owners is but $212.620. As is well known, the sugar industry is the largest in the islands. The 170 plantations engaged in sugar growing contain 1,043,117 acres of land, or 40 per cent of all the farm land. The estimate of the total cost of raising a ton of cane and converting it into sugar is $5.46, while the average value of the sugar pro- duced from that amount of cane is $8.60, leaving a margin of $3.14 per ton to cover interest on invest- ment, maintenance of equipment and buildings, etc. A curious illustration of the difference in the meth- ods of the farming of the different races in the islands is shown in the statement that the Chinese farmers expend for labor $21.45 per acre, the whites expend $3.49 per acre and the Hawaiians $o.11. B e —— It turns out that while Bryan has been invited to attend the Tilden Club banquet at New York to speak. Under such cifcumstances Mr. Bryan may be expected to stay at home and dine where he can THE STATEHOOD BILL. B Y a party vote the Senate Committee on Ter- omnibus statehood bill until the“next session. The decision of the committee is. that at the next for it right of way and ‘a fair chance of enactment before the session closes. scems to be the inevitable result of the wrangle in the Senate over the isthmian canal bill and the Cuban meet Cleveland and Hill, he has not been invited to talk if he pleases. ritories has decided to postpone reporting the session the bill shall be taken up early so as to obtain While the postponement is a matkr for regret it reciprocity bill. The hot scason has already begun jat Washington, a political campaign is approaching and members of Congress are eager to get away to their homes or to the summer resorts. It is doubt- less to those causes the postponement is due. It would have been gratifying to have had the new States admitted at this session so that their symbolic stars might have been displayed upon the national banner on the coming Fourth of July. However, the time of waiting will not be long. In the history of a State a year does not count for much, and it seems reasonable to conclude that when the bill is taken up next session it will be promptly passed. The justice of the claims of Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma to statehood cannot be disputed. Each of them has ample population and wealth to support the responsibilities of State government, and, moreover, each has an abundance of resources that guarantees future growth and development. Their admission will bring the whole of the great West into the Union. Territorial government here- after will be confined to our far-off possessions in the islands and in Alaska. The West, like the East, will enjoy the full measure of statehood. There is nothing in the question of admitting the new States, however, that is at all sectional. There will be an increased representation of the West in Congress, but the new members will have no local interest to maintain in opposition to the general good. The promise’ of admission next winter may therefore be hailed with gratification throughout the country. The right of full self government will benefit the new States, and in their advancement and development the whole country will be benefited. The persistency with which Hanna is being boomed for the Presidency despite his reiterated assertion that he is not a candidate shows that lampoons and ca- ricatures cannot hurt a man who has any real great- ness in his make-up. No man has been more cease- lessly reviled than Hanna, and no statesman now in public life has a larger following or is more generally esteemed. THE BRYAN DEMOCRACY. HILE the Democrats of the West and the \;s' South who so loudly and strongly shouted for Bryan in 1896 and 1900 are now holding conventions without giving him even so much as a mention, over in New York there has arisen a Dem- ocracy that continues the shout. In the land which Bryan once described as “the enemies’ country” are now to be found about the only friends he has. Re- cently they held a convention, nominated a full State ticket, took to themselves the title “Liberal Democ- racy,” and are now in the field to meet the reorgan- izers in a fight to a finish. The convention was attended by but 210 delegates, but what it lacked in numbers it made up in vim and vigor. It began by cheering for Bryan and hissing at the name of David Bennett Hill. We are told that cne of the notable incidents of the convention was the mention of the name of John P. Altgeld by the Rev. Dr. Livingston in the prayer with which he opened the convention. As he mentioned the name of the ex-Governor the delegates all cheered and shouted, and the minister had to suspend his prayer until the commotion subsided. Then he went on and finished it. - After such a start the enthusiastic Bryanites adopted a platform which ratifies and affirms the platform of the national convention in Kansas City, demands the withdrawal of American troops from the Philippines and the establishment of the indepen- dence/of the islands under an American protectorate, advocates the single tax, initiative and referendum, direct nomination of candidates, election of United States Senators and Federal Judges by direct vote of the people, legislation in favor of an eight-hour day and the governmental ownership of railroads, tele- graphs and telephones. One plank in the platform denounces the whole existing industrial system on the ground that under it “the few get without and the many work without getting.” An interesting feature of the convention was the oratory, which was truly Bryanesque. One speaker said “the reorganizers are trying to’ get harmony in the party, but it is ragtime harmony.” He predicted that before they get through the party will be even more syncopated than it is now. Another said “it would be better to have Bryan and a currency of paving-stones than such an office-holding crew as we have now.” A third said, “I would rather vote for Bryan on the rottenest platform ever penned by man than for David Bennett Hill on the Ten Com- mandments.” : Clearly there are some stalwarts left in the land. Bryan need not fret about the reorganizers. There is still a party to give him a nomMnation for the Pregidency in 1004, and, as he would never have a chance of election anyhow, it cannot matter much to him from what kind of a forlorn hope party the working P JUNE 16, 1902. FAIR TRIPLETS LEND CHARM TO THE FARM ANTA ANA, June 15. S father. the most ambitious parents. ANSWERS TO QUERIES. POSTOFFICE . RETURNS—Subsecriber, Garberville, Cal. To ascertain the rev- enue of the large postoffices. of the United States a letter of inquiry should be sent to the Postoffice Department at ‘Washington, D. C. JURY DUTY—OIld Subscriber, City. A citizen who has served on a jury for six months in San Francisco is usually ex- cused for at least six months if he makes that showing, but he may be summoned at any time to serve on a special case. BOUND BY THE CONTRACT-I. P., City. If an individual makes a verbal con- tract, either in the presence of wit- nesses or in writing, he is bound by the terms of that contract, and if he fails in that you have your remedy at law. SUCCESSION—J. F. D., City.” If a2 man marries a widow with two children. and real and personal property, and she should die without having made a will, the prop- erty would go one-third to the surviving husband and the remainder to the chil- dren, share and share alike. SALUTING A LADY—W. J. 8., City. If you meet a lady of your acquaintance on the street you should salute by raising thé hat.with the hand farthest away from her so she can see the courtesy. It is non- sense to raise the hat after the lady has passed you. When you meet a gentleman of your acquaintance on the street in com- pany of a lady and you do not know the lady, it is proper that you should salute the palr by raising the hat. A NUISANCE—A. D, City. If the cel- jar under the premises occupled by you wre unsanitary, and you have made com- plaint to the Health Office, which has sent inspectors to the place who pro- nounced such cellar unhealthy, and the Board of Health has not done anything in the premises, you have your remedy at law by engaging the services of a law- yer, who will commence an action against the owner of the premises, and if you desire to bring the Board of Health up with a round turn for neglect of duty he will do that. PERSONAL MENTION. B./C. Vorheis of Sutter Creek is staying at the Palace. J. S. Briscoe, a business man of Napa, is visiting the city. Louis Bonaparte Wyse of Paris is reg- istered at the Palace. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. de Wolf of New York are at the Palace. Thomas Clark, a mining superintendent of Placerville, is at the Grand. Herman Schuchard and family of San Antonio, Tex., are visiting the city. Dr. L, ¥. Hirtz, a prominent physician of Los Angeles, is registered at the Grand.. Dr. Clarenden A. Foster, a well known physician of New York, is registered at a downtown hotel. W. F. George, a leading attorney of Sacramento, is in the city on legal business and is registered at the Grand. G 5 O RN Cal. glace fruit 50c per 1b at Townsend’s.* —_——————— Prunes stuffed with'apricots. Townsend's.* —_———————————— Reduction, genuine eyeglasses, specs, 10 to 40c. Note 81 4th, front barber, grocer.® —_————————— Townsend’s California glace fruit, we a pound, in artistic fire-etched boxes. A nice present for Eastern friends. 839 Marke street, Palace Hotel building. * g . Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press CllpwngrBurenu (Allen’'s), 230 Cali- fornia street. Telephone Main 1042, 3 ———— ?? Going to Thunder Mountain PP The Northern Pacific Railway is the best, cheapest and quickest route. From Lewiston and Stites, 1daho, there are good wagon roads to e ‘Warrens or Dixle, from which points Iu:. trafls into this district are most accessible. rates, etc., address T. K. STATELF ®, G. A., 047 Market st.,, 5. -JosephW. Davis, near Garden Grove, thinks that ProviGence has indeed not neglected him. The cause of Davis’ satisfaction is not an abundant crop of beets or a boun- teous yield of alfalfa, but it is that Mrs. Davis, his wife, has given birth to the prettiest, sweetest, healthiest girl triplets that ever surprised an expectant - an Orange County farmer living Diamond, Ruby and Pearl are the names of these mother's jewels, and con- sidered as a cluster or in solitairg they are enough to make glad the hearts of The Davises came to California only about three months ago from Lehi, Ar- izona, where the girls were born on June 18, 1901, making them now almost a year old. They weighed at birth five, five and one-half and six pounds respec- tively, and at ten months they tipped the scales at twenty, twenty and one-half and twenty-one pounds, their ‘increase in weight having been exactly uniform. An interesting feature in connection with the ancestry of Davis' flock is the fact that the propensity to come in groups seems to be a family trait. mother was a triplet, his grandmother was a twin, and his great grandmother boasted the record of giving birth to three pairs of twins. of the house the record, while net so striking, is a good one, as Mrs. Davis’ father wds the parent of four pairs of twins. Davis’ On the mother’s side A CHANCE TQ SMILE. He—Are you fond of fiction, darling? “Yes, darling; but don’t tell me I am the only girl you have ever loved.”—Life. “I has noticed,” said Uucle Eben, “dat when a man turn up his nose an’ talks ’bout how much he 'spizes riches he gin- erally ain’t got none.”—Washington Star. “Did you ring for ice water, sir?” asked the bellboy, putting his head inside the deor. “I rang for {ce!” thundered Colonel Mintjoo, who was stirring something in a tumbler.—Chicago Tribune. There was a young fellow named Jno, And every new suit he would dno ‘Was of such a poor grade, And so very -ill made, It looked worse than the last he had no. —Judge. #That fellow over there is the city ed- itor’s pet.” “What makes you think so?’ “He gets all the assignments to inter- view Chauncey Depew.’'—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Economy.—“Why do you smoke so con- stantly. It's not only harmful, but ex- travagant.” “Oh, no. It isn't extravagant. You see, I save matches by lighting each fresh cigar from the stump of the one before.” —Phjladelphia Press. “Dash the expense, Brooks!" sald Riv- ers, looking over the bill of fare. “We are out for a good time. Let’s order some larks “Rivers,” sald Brooks, “you can't eat your lark and have it, too.”"—Chicago Tribune, While it is true that there comes a tide in the affairs of men, which, ete., there are so many people every year left stranded high and dry that some caution would seem to be needed about picking out your particular tide.—Syracuse Her- ald. 3 “Yes, stranger, over yonder is th’ very sprot where Buckskin Pete passed in his last checks. A great man, stranger. There wasn't nothing around these dig- gin's thet Pete couldn’t have for the ask- ing.” “He must have had a remarkable pull “Thet's it. You've hit it. He had th’ quickest pull of any feller thet ever came over th' ridge. Derned ef he dldn’t seem 1o pull an’ shoot at the very same time. Poor ol' Pete."—Cleveland Plain Dealer, “‘There is an acquaintance of mine,” re- marked the doctor, “who gives himseit airs because he was given up to dle thirty years ago and has kept himself alive till now by taking oxygen.” “How old is he now?” asked the pro- fessor. “Over 80." “He's what you would call an oxygen- Tax;;’ is h:;’(’hnld Lhehprofessor. xoar';:‘ a m half-shut eyes.. s h yes.—Chicago —_—— What you pay for extracts is important, vutmmummmhmp‘: nett’s Vanilla costs more because it's worth more. —_— THENTIETH CENTURY COOK BOOKS A ear-load of Cook Books has justarrived from Chicage and they are ready for distri. bution at the business ofiice :r::.‘l paper. All Call sube s are of this. sreat Cook 'Beoe % e premium cents. JAPAN'S NEW BATTLESHIP IS BEST AFLOAT The battleship Mikasa arrived at Yoko« suka May 25 after a voyage of sixty- seven days from England. She was built | at Barrow by Vickers, Sons & Maxim at a cost complete with armament of .- 130,000 and was delivered to the Japanese Government in the short time of threa years. Her keel was lald January 15, 1889, the launch teok place November 8, 1900, and the trial one year later. She Is the last of the battleships ordered under the | programme of 1895, which provided for 117 vessels, including thirteen armored ships. The Mikasa is an improvement on | the Asaki and Hatsuse. The vessel is of 15200 tons, 15,000 horsepower and eighteen | knots speed, with a coal capacity of 1400 | tons, sufficient for a steaming distance of | 9000 miles at ten knots. She is considered | by high naval experts to embody all the requirements of the most perfect type of a battleship. i —— A coal contractor has got himself into trouble with the naval authorities at Yo- kosuka through fraud in delivery of coal. | He was ywarded a contract for 1000 tons of Cardiff coal at $1155 per ton, notwith- standing the quotations at Yokohama were $12 to $1250, to which the cost of freight to Yokosuka should be added. To make up for the apparent loss, the con- tractor bought 350 tons of cheap Japanese | coal at $4 25 per ton and concealed it un- | der 650 tons of genuine Cardift coal. The yard aunthorities duly inspected and ac- cepted the lot, and now there Is likely to be trouble for the negligent officers. The Japan Gazette tells of a Very grace- ful act by Rear Admiral Frederick Rod- gers which dannot fail to make that offi- cer and the United States navy popular in Japan. He recently invited and enter- tained on board his flagship New York a Japanese fisherman, Hirai Sukekichi, who served Commodore Perry as boatman in 1854, when the American squadron arrived at Uraga. Hiral is 9 years of age and was accompanied by his 60-year-old som, a grandson of 41 and his great-grandson of 18 years. After the entertainment Ad- miral Rodgers had the whole party photo- graphed standing about the recently erected monument to Commodore Perry. . e w Austria-Hungary has a little bit of sea- coast on the Adriatic extending from Tri- este in Austria to Fiume in Hungary, a distance of about eighty miles. On this limited sea-coast three naval establish- ments are located, namely, at Trieste, Fiume and Pola. The navy as regards ma- terial and personnel is fully up to modera requirements, the ships being as efficient as similar types in other navies and quite as attractive as the Elswick built ships for the South American navies. The Aus- trian navy is. chiefly for coast defense and consists of fourteen battleships, of which three are under construction, two armor- ed cruisers, four monitors, sixteen cruis- | ers, forty-two torpedo boats and seven miscellaneous craft. Austrian ships of war are rarely seen outside of European waters and considering the very short sea coast it is better protected by floating de- fenses than any other in the world. g B At the Dusseldorf exhibition, shortly to be opened, Krupp will have a very elab- orate and costly display of the produets of his great establishment. Among the ‘most interesting objects is a boiler plate eighty-eight feet in length, twelve feet wide and one and one-half inches thick, weighing 28% tons. Another is a nickel armor plate 43 feet 1% inches long, 11 feet 2 inches wide, 9 4-5 inches thick, weighing 130 tons. The latter in Iits first stage was a block 14 feet 3 inches in length, 13 feet 5 inches wide and 3 feet 4 inches thick, which, after being thoroughly heated was passed through a pair of rollers manipu- lated by -engines qf 3700 horsepower, squeezed down and elongated this block of steel to its finished dimensions. At the World's Fair, 1893, at Chicago, Krupp ex- h'bited armor plate 27 feet 133 inches in length, 10 feet wide, 12 Inches thick, weighing 62.4 tons. i The Vulcan Shipbullilng Company of Shettin intends to establish a shipbufld- ing plant on the Elbe between Hamburg and Cuxhafen for the construction of large mercantile and naval vessels. This firm, the most important in Germany, built the Deutschland, Kronprinz Wilhelm and Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse besides a majority of the armored ships of the Ger- man navy. Its location at Shettin on the Baltic is not so favorable for building large ships as a yard located near Cux- hafen will be, notwithstanding the lat- ter’s proximity to the open sea, as the German fleet has grown to such an ex- tent as to be able to protect the Elbe fromy the attack of foreign fleets. The development of the German navy since 1866 has been, steady and gradual. In 1866 the Prussian fleet consisted of five armored ships and eight frigates and cor- vettes which were turned over to the em- pire. By 1910 the navy will consist of thirty-eight battleships, fourteen armored cruisers and thirty-eight cruisers, involv- ing a total cost of $365,000,000 for ships and $66,000,000 for dockyards. In 1872 the navy expenditures were $7,770,520 and in 1900 the appropriations reached $40,553,953, ¢ 4 Senator Hale has introduced a bill for the relief of Omenzo G. Dodge, a profes- sor of mathematics in the Naval Acad- emy. It provides for the transfer of Mr. Dodge from the corps of professors in the navy to the corps of civil engineers with the same rank and pay he now receives to téake rank in the civil engineer corps next after Civil Engineer U. S. G. White. The object of this “relief” bill in placing Mr. Dodge third on the list of civil engineers, with the rank of commander, Is to make him eligible for selection as Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks to succeed Rear Admiral Endicott, who retires No- vember 26, 19%6. The corps conmsists . of twenty civil engineers at the present time, receiving salaries and longevity pay rang- ing from $3740 to $2700 per annum and Mr. Dodge would be entitied to the salary of $3740 instead of $3500, which he now receives. Professor o. G. Dodge entered the Naval Academy June 6, 1873, graduated June 18, 1879, and became a lHeutenant June 19, 1892. One week later ;e resigned and was appointed professor f mathematlcs at a salary of $3500, an in- crease of $1300 on his former pay, and get- ting rid of disagreeable sea service. The pecuniary advantage thus obtained by Mr. Dcdge is indicated by the fact that Will-, jam P. Fullam, who also graduated In 1879 and has remained in the line corps, is only a lieutenant commander at a salary of $2975 on shore duty. The civil engineers naturally object to this favoritism, which is calculated to demoralize not alone that particular corps but all grades in the navy, and Senator Hale's bill for the re- lief of Professor Dodge is meeting with a vigorous opposition. y The armor manufacturers are showing & commendable activity and already two lots of armor intended for the six arm- ored cruisers have been tested and ac- cepted. Hithertoo the nondellvery of ships within contract time has been chief- ly due to the dilatoriness of the Carnegia and Bethlehem works to supply the armor, but the conditions have changed and none of the ships bullding are ready for the armor. Each of the six armored cruisers require 1908 tons of armor; the five battie- ships require 3332 tons and three smaller armored cruisers 743 tons. The contracts for a total of 37,60 tons were awarded November 28, 1900, at prices reduced from $545 to $490 per ton for the heavier kind - and at $400 for the lighter armor. The tests indicate that American armor is superior to that of foreign make, and the paid is considerably lower than the , French and German products,