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4 THE ST. PAUL GLOBE THE GLOBE CO.. PUBLISHERS. OrrtOAi <fj^»fcS!^kQuEciC> °* Pafzk St. P*ou Entered at Postcfflce at St. Paul. Minn., as Second-Class Matter. TELEPHONE CALLS? V Northwestern—' 1065 Main. Editorial. 78 Main. Twin City—Business, 106S; Editorial. 7». CITY SUBSCRIPTIONS. By Carrier. ~ 1 mo. 1<" moa. |13mos. t>B.ily 0n1y... -._.. 149 ( $2.25 $1700 Dally and Sunday.. .60 2.75 6.00 Sunday 16 | .76 | 1.00 . COUNTRY- SUBSCRIPTIONS. * By Mall. 11 mo. \% mos. |12mo&, gaily only I .26 $1.60 $3.00 ally and Sunday .j .86 2.00 : 4.00 Sunday .. .?.;.,.. | ... .75 1.00 BRANCH OFFICES. New York, 10 Spruce street, Charles H. Eddy In Charge. Chicago. No. 406 Schiller Bid*. W. B. &«fnngwell & Sons in Charge. It Pays to Mveatiise in €lfye IDalh &loM The Increase in the Total Cash Advertising Carried by The Globs for the Last Six Months Over the Same Months in 1902: March 2,771 Inches April 6 9 118 Inches May 3,2119 Inches June 3, 757 Inches July 3,457 Inches August 2,3 SII Inches Total Increase s>x Months 22,330 Inches Increasing Business With the Globe Increases Business for Business Men. THURSDAY, SEPT. 17, 1903. THEY WILL DO AS THEY PLEASE. We have received a request from a correspondent in the country to urge the farmers of the Northwest to hold their wheat; to stack it this fall and thresh only when prices suit them; to store it in their own granaries if they do thresh, and not take it to the eleva tors so that it may get into the esti mate of visible supply. The writer de clares that it is up to the farmers whether they get dollar wheat in the local markets this fall or not; and his strenuous advice to them is, "Hold your wheat." Maybe he is wise, maybe not; but The Globe is not going to advise either his way or the contrary. And if it did, the advice would not do a particle of good. For the farmers are going to do as they please, or rather as their conditions suggest. If a man has debts to pay, if he wants to make improvements on his farm or add more acres to it, if he has pressing need of ready money for any purpose, he will sell; and we should not say him nay. In the bad years of an earlier time, when the country was newer, and most of the farms were mortgaged, and the absence of diversified industry to gether with several crop failures had put every farmer under the harrow, pretty nearly all the wheat had to be marketed as soon as it came from the separator. This was distinctly unfa vorable. It brought practically the whole supply upon the market at once, and buyers could take advantage of sellers' necessities. It is so no longer; and when it is not so, when the farmer who is compelled to sell at once for whatever he can get is the exception and not the rule, we prefer to let the farmer be his own man of business. We are modest enough to think that he knows more about it than even the omniscient editor. And we do know that, in the long run, whatever has to be bought or sold, the man who can bide his time and watch the market and act when he thinks it to his best advantage is most successful. To us the condition of the farmer this season appears to be a happy one. "Dollar wheat" is no mere mirage to him. The world is going to need all the wheat that it can get. Speculators will shove the price up and shove it down, according to their wont; but, taking the season through, the price will run according to the relation of supply and demand. This is the rea son why combinations among farmers to affect prices materially are of little effect; this and the fact that such business is out of their line and that their varying views and needs make close and continuous co-operation im possible. They will do just as suits them about marketing this crop, being ■under no constraint of poverty or of theory. We are well satisfied that this is the ■wisest policy they could follow. He that can hold and wants to hold, let him hold: and he that would sell and can get a price that leaves him satis factorily to the good, let him sell. Few people have had more advice wasted on them than our farmers; and in such a matter as this there are few that need it less. An enterprising St. Paul man yester day had the good fortune to find a ray of clear sunshine. He made a large sum by placing it on exhibition and Charging an admission fee. He would have made more had he not found It necessary to employ a lecturer to ex plain what the phenomenon was. THE SILENT TURK. Race and religious prejudices may have much to do with our view of the Turk. His religion, with its revolting blood-thirstiness and fatalism, is so re pugnant to Occidental ideas that he is abhorred even of those who hold them selves free of religious prejudices. His history is rife with dreadful stories of cruelties inflicted in the name of re ligion—and that history was written largely by his political and religious adversaries. It may be —probably is— very largely true. But the silence of the Turk in these days is not under standable. The modern Turk is educated beyond the teachings of the. Koran. Tne Turk that rules and with whom the Occident comes in contact, is rather better edu cated than those he meets. He is gifted with the natural diplomacy of the Ori ental whose aim Is to dissemble. He is generally a linguist. He knows the pol itics of the countries with which he deals quite as well as do the men with whom he has to do. He has only one compeer in this line of knowledge and that' is the Russian, who is quite as cruel, just as bigoted and much more ambitious than the Turk. It is rather strange that in these days the Turk does not rise to the conditions and de fend 'himself through the usual ave nues for spreading Information regard ing world affairs. For some months we have been shown day by day that the Turk is in dulging in ferocious attacks on the Christians of Bulgaria and Macedonia. Most of these reports have come through sources easily controlled by Russia. We have believed them be cause we are convinced of the fixed and dreadful idea held by the Turk that it is a virtuous act to destroy an unbe liever. But though this may be the fixed idea of the individual Turk it is absurd to suppose that it is a part of the governmental policy of a people who know the value of diplomacy quite as well as they do the virtue of the sword. It is strange that a people capable of the remarkable things that have been accomplished by the Turks in making the worse appear the better reason should allow this awful indictment that has been framed in the happenings of the last few weeks to stand without refutation. The reports of Turkish atrocities are so circumstantial as to be quite believable and It is possible that the Moslem feels that he is mak ing his last stand in Europe. If this last be true then the world may be prepared for the most sanguinary war of modern times, a war a l'outrance. But the silence of the Turk may yet be broken. St. Petersburg dominates the politics of Bulgaria; it inspires the Macedonian. And St. Petersburg does not move at the instance of the dic tates of humanity or Christianity as we know it. America may view the situation in the East dispassionately until our own people or interests are attacked. The impression is growing that the Bulgarian is the Mr. Jorkins of Abdul Hamid & Co. NO THOROUGHFARE. The Globe congratulates the board of aldermen on the attitude it has taken in regard to the paving of Rosabel street, from Fifth street to Eighth. The members have unani mously agreed on the necessity for such a new pavement, and it only re mains for the assembly to concur with them. Nobody can deny that the street is little more than a quagmire. Nobody can deny that it is an important pub lic thoroughfare and that its immedi ate repair means so much added to the convenience of the general pub lic. Therefore it should be put In good condition and that Immediately. This will be done if the assemblymen per form their duty, for the board of pub lic works has promised to give the improvement immediate consideration when the order for the street's repair is sent to it. A few property owners who reside on the street must not be permitted to interfere with the comfort of the general public. A policy that opposes the repairing of the street now mere ly because of the expense attendant upon it is a short-sighted one and un becoming any citizen who has the wel fare of the city at heart. That so con venient a thoroughfare should be closed up merely because of the self interests of a few would seem a ri diculous and petty thing. Therefore The Globe hopes that the assem blymen will see the matter in the right light, and that they will vote the way the people desire them to vote. "Me Too" Platt is going to be mar ried, and then he jvill appreciate the aptness of the sobriquet. A PREMIER AND A PROPHET. Has Andrew Allan, the prophet, goaded into an attitude of defiance Ar thur Balfour, the premier? Or has England's prime minister entered into an agreement to make good, to the best of his ability, the new prophet's interpretation of the Book of Revela tion? The documents written by these two men, the article by Allan In the August Westi.iinster Review, purport ing to be an interpretation of the Apocalypse according to Allan, and the premier's pamphlet in which he com mits himself irrevocably to the doc trine of protection, seem to possess a certain correlation. In his pamphlet THE ST. PAUL GLOBE, TttCRSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17. 1903. Mr. Balfour suggests in no uncertain tones a commercial revision that may lead to internecine strife. Mr. Allan, in his interpretation of the language of St. John, finds sufficient authority therein to prophesy a commercial war that will result in England's destruc tion. Considered alone, Mr. Allan's contri bution to the Westminster Review is sufficiently unique, for he interprets in novel fashion many of the prophesies in the Book of Reve lation. Take, for instance, these lines of St. John's in the Apocalypse, "And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth and he had two horns, like to a lamb's, and he spoke as a dragon." This dragon Mr. Allan interprets to mean England and he thinks that one horn might most appropriately be named "buy" and the other "sell." Babylon is London, the woman sitting on the scar let beast he typifies as trade, or England sitting on the back of Europe. The commercial war which appears to be looming up on the horizon this most recent interpreter of the Apocalypse thinks is the Battle of Armageddon of Revelation. He does not believe that it will be followed by chaos. Indeed, he pictures a millenium distinctly so cialistic in tone, but before the arrival of that England will have been crushed commercially. Mr. Allan finds many other things in the Apocalypse of pain ful significance to "England. He thinks that immediately following the Battle of Armageddon the British empire will be divided into three parts; that she will probably lose Australia, Canada and South Africa. This division will represent for her the beginning of the end and her downfall from then on will be rapid. Now all of this must be most com forting to Englishmen in view of re cent developments. In fact, of the many interpretations of the Apocalyp tic visions that have been presented, this must certainly be the least pleas ing to the citizens of Albion. But it is just probable that the dwellers in the tight little isle may not be disposed to accept Mr. Allan's interpretation. Even if they look with distress upon the de termination of Premier Balfour and Colonial Secretary Chamberlain to make protection an issue, they will re fuse to regard England as "the beast," London as "Babylon, the great, the mother of harlots and abominations of the earth," and the whole empire doomed to commercial destruction. For it will occur to many that there is no particular reason why Mr. Allan should be accredited with broader vision than the rest of mankind. The opponents of Mr. Balfour's policy may find in jJ th.e pamphlet just issued the beginning of commercial strife, but unless, like otber modern prophets, Mr. Allan has a fol lowing, no one will look upon it as the beginning of the fulfillment of a prophecy. The country schools drew $167,000 from the state treasury yesterday. If it was not for the country schools the state would have much money in the treasury today—but then if it were not for the country schools there might never have been any money in the state treasury to s^art. The futility of feeding the hoi polloi too far in advance of the actual battle of the ballots has again been demon strated in the case of the Hon. Bill Devery. Hobson is making a campaign for the congressional nomination in his district. Here ig hoping that he won't be kissed off. Senator Alger is being sued for five dollars back taxes in Kansas City. Wouldn't that embalm a beef critter! Contemporary Comment! Our Merchant Shipping. When we reflect that not a single new keel has been laid in American shipyards during the last two years for the carriage of American com merce; when we reflect that the cold shoulder is given other enterprises cal culated to develop the substitution of American for foreign ships in our ocean-carrying trade, it would seem that it were high time that the country should be aroused from its lethargy and adopt business ideas along prece dents successfully invoked by Euro pean countries, to install American ships and to make the American flag a familiar sight in all foreign ports.— Boston Journal. A Delicate Situation. If the insurgents can bring it about, there will be war between Turkey and Bulgaria, with possibly the other Bal kan states breaking away from their diplomatic tether and joining in a grand scramble. The situation is such that the Moslem masses, always dis trustful of the Christiarf powers, are ready to see an ulterior motive in the most straightforward action of any foreign admiral for the protection of his countrymen in their rights and privileges. Admiral Cotton has more than American responsibilities resting. on his shoulders.—Boston Transcript. Fine Imagination. The Macedonian revolutionists have remarkably Imaginative press agents, or else they must be without hope of success In any kind of warfare knovrn to civilized nations. The stories set afloat of plans like the smuggling of cannon into the harbor of Constanti nople on a merchant steamer manned by volunteers ready to die for the sake of firing a few shells at the sultan's palace are the work of romancers or of madmen. —Cleveland Plain Dealer. One More Mess Wouldn't Matter. Who knows but in his secret wisdom President Roosevelt has decided to solve the moot Turkish problem by adding Turkey to our colonies?— A tlanta Constitution. Keep It Dark. It is said that Mr. Roosevelt has en joined the investigators to dig deep into the postoffice scandals. If so, he must have enjoined them on the d. q.—Mem phis Commercial. |i What tttTEditors Say j i In the^'deal^ of |C Judge Charles Flandrau the of Minnesota loses one of . its..diatLnguished citlz nS *ay honored | pionefrT He passed * five Tuesday at . the age of **??*££££ years. . Old setters of the Minnesota valley, have alQs had a %vainl a P t he In their heart/Tlor him »r.^Bt ne did in the defeUiof NeW Ulm a^a'n n^ the Indians in 1862. As a lawyer ana jurist he stod*J&nong t the best in tne t Northwest. : Bflflesota and. in |act the ' entire NorthwiSf mourns the deathi or Judge Flandrau.— Eye Heraia. No general kick~wUl be registered on the approach of autumn. ...The past summer has not been a pleasant one. Neither the moisture nor the tempera ture has been evenly distributed. it was dry at the start and cold and wet at the end. and there will be few re grets on the passing- of the summer or 1903. The weather clerk can square himself in a great measure, however, ir he will furnish us with one of those de lightful, old-fashioned Indian summers. — Wadena Pioneer Journal. ' ■ Rev. Dr. Mac Arthur, of Calvary church. New York, admits that the newspaper is the most powerful rival thie church possesses, meaning that the people are taking mpre to reading than to listening. It is hardly necessary for them to be rivals. They might work together, so dividing their duties as to give the newspapers exclusive jurisdic tion over politics.—Sioux Falls Daily Press. It can safely be assumed that Bob Dunn is a candidate for the Repub lican nomination for governor, and it can likewise be safely assumed that he is going to win. No candidate ever had a larger number of ardent friends, both in and out of his own party. The time is ripe for a governor of the Bob Dunn stripe.—Red Lake County Courier. With a graft in the postoffice-depart ment, a scandal in the interior depart ment and a los ofrottenness in a num ber of other departments at Washing ton, some of our.Republican friends are not saying mffdh. against the Demo cratic party, aty"of which we are pro foundly grateful for.—Sleepy Eye Her ald. Harmony wfjr not be overly con spicuous during the next Republican state campaign. The present indica tions are that small quantities of blood will be spilt in Ramsey and Hen nepin counties, where the discord is generally moit . pronounced.—Lake City Republican. Among the state fair exhibits not catalogued will be a group of interest- Ing gubernatorial booms. The exhibit will be placed In the bee section, and several eminent" citizens of the state have consented to let the political bee buzz around "in their bonnets. —Ren- ville Record. The newspapers are each hollering for a pet gubernatorial candidate and at the same time cussing the other fel lows for talking politics in an off year. That's right, boys, what's the use of talking? When the convention is done it will be ,Dunn. —Thief River Falls Press. A preacher in New York has begun .giving a premium of trading stamps ,to ' increase, the attendance at his church. His intentions may be good, but the fact is that there is too much "trading stamp" religion already.— Edgerton Enterprise. Ed Young^' "is" lii^ble to get 'mighty lonesome for company before the con vention. It is understood, however, that he intends to buy a stack of red chips and sit in the game.—Northfield News. If Sister Jacobs, of the Herman En terprise is "agin" Frank Eddy because he drinks, what would she do if she heard some of Bob Dunn's four-story cuss words. —Long Prairie Leader. Among the {Merrymakers George Repeats Himself. "And you told George he must speak to your father?" "Yes." "I know what he said." "How do you know?" "Well. George isn't original." "What difference, does that make?" "Of course, U« ,said the same thing he said when—tnt^e 1, don't get mad."— Cleveland Plain Dealer. He Lived Too Soon. Wellington had- just been christened the Iron Duke. "It sounds prStty good," he admitted, "but I think tb"ey ; might have made it Radium!" Content, however, in the knowledge that he had proved himself active in throwing off N^poieon. he accepted the title graciously.-rNew York Sun. Th« Heal Hero. Woodby Riter—l'have called about the manuscript I left'with you last week Editor —Oh. yes; you called your story a "Novel Without a Heroi" I believe. Woodby Riter —Tjes. Editor —Well, it'has a hero now, and I'm the man. I factually read it through to the bitter endV-^-Fhiladelphia Press. Not Like Her. "That was your wife with you at the railway station, wasn't it?" "What makes you think she was my wife?" "Well, she gave- you such a short an swer." "That wasn't my wife."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Caution. "Don't you think you'd better speak to papa tonight, George," the girl sug gested. "He's just come in, hasn't he?" asked George. "Yes." "Well, I think I'll give him time to get his slippers on."—Chicago Post. ANOTHER CALAMITY. A massacre, strictly de novo. Was had by the Turks at Stoilovo. But one twice as bad In the kitchen was had. When Maggie, she.lit the oilstovo. —Bismarck Tribune. Fiction of Its Own Class. Reviewer—ls thetfe anything left to say about this new historical novel? Light-hearted Editor—Of course; say it is just as good as all the rest of them — and just as bad as'4ll the rest of them.— Life. . ' THE, PUGS. At pugilistic blow, and brag We feel inclined; %to scoff. Why don't they advertise their mills, "The fight that won't come off?" —Judge. Discretion Qotnes With Year*. "So you quarpeled with your wife?" "No, auh; she <iuarrplod wid me." "Don't you ever,, answer back?" "Jedge." replied -tf»*» ffi 'ess. "I'm forty year old."—Atlanta. Constitution. Her' Place. Dolly—What -glAae does Mrs. Rusher hold in tbp 400* '< Kitty—Oh. sHe'f One of the naughts.— Baltimore American. A "rtH :to Tommy. Tommy—Papa, what madr you so baid? Papa^Oh. my. mother used to pat me so much on the head for being a good boy.— Pittsburg Gazette. [At St Paul Theaters Haverly's Minstrels will commence an engagement of three nights and a matinee at the Metropolitan, begin ning tonight The company include Billy Van, Eddie Leonard and other well-known celebrities, and from the advance sale promises to play to crowded houses. Commencing Sunday night, for four nights and a Wednesday matinee, Her bert Kelcey and Effle Shannon will play an engagement at the Metropol itan in "Sherlock Holmes," In which they made such a hit last season. Seats for this engagement are on sale at the box office this morning. The Walter Jones Opera company in the "Sleepy King" will play an en gagement of three nights and a mati nee at the Metropolitan, beginning Sept. 24. This is said to be one of the greatest musical comedies on the stage. The initial performance will be given in Duluth tonight and the entire house is entirely sold out. The sale of seats for this engagement will open next Monday morning. The New Majesties are quite making good their promise of proving the most popular of the attractions at the Star this season. The company is well bal anced and there is that in t|e bill to satisfy the lover of the funny man and of the musical party, as well as to please the patron who likes his bur lesque seasoned with pretty women. HOW DID R. KERENS WORK FOR NOMINATION? Missouri Grand Jury Gets Curious Re- garding Senatorial Canvass. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Sept. 16.— Attorney General Crow instituted an investigation into the methods em ployed by Col. Richard C. Kerens to secure the Republican nomination last January for the office of United States senator. The following members of the legislature appeared before the grand jury in regard to the matter: i Representatives I. V. McPherson, Lawrence county; J. T. Davisson, But ler; F. T. Baker. Callavvay; T. L. Har per, Bates, and E. C. Spangler, Clark. Other grand jury witnesses today were E. H. Kuhman, Camden county, and James L. Ford, St. Louis. The testimony of Representative Kirkham, of Camden county, is said to have involved a state senator in solic iting a bribe for his vote on the pass age of a bill legalizing abstracts for real estate in Camden county, for the preservation of land titles which was made necessary by the burning of the court house, in which all records were destroyed. President B. F. Allen and other teachers in the Lincoln institute, locat ed here for the education of colored children, wer c before the grand jury today. It is reported that they were asked to pay money to members of the board of regents to secure their posi tions. V.y-yt -^ KNIGHTS OF LABOR ARE AGAIN IN COURT Justice Gould Dissolves Injunction Issued ■j on Complaint of Contesting Officers. I WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.—A phase of the Knights of Labor trouble arising out : of the election of national officers at the Niagara Falls convention last year came up in equity court No- 1 today. Justice Gould dissolved a temporary injunction is sued in June on the complaint of Simon Burns, Henry A. Hicks. Thomas Canning and others, who insist that they are legal officers of the society and not John W. Hays. Isaac D. Chamberlain and others, who claim to be the legal officers, and who are in actual possession of the property and funds of the association. Justice Gold did not think that the de fendants should be restrained from hand ling the property pending the hearing of the case on its merits, which will occur at the October term of court. Burns and his associates maintain that Hayes and his compatriots bolted the regular con vention, held sessions without giving due notice to the other delegates and elected Hayes as grand master workman. Hayes, who had been general secretary. of the association, turned over, the books and funds to the new general secretary. Chamberlain, and in this way, it is al leged, the illegal officers retained posses sion of the property of the association. PERSONAL MENTI ON. Gov. Van Sant spent yesterday at hi 3 home in Winona. Merchants—J. B. Eaton. Fargo; D. A Robertson, Hallock; P. Murphy, wife and two children. Bozeman, Mont.; J. A. Mc- Pherson. Grand Forks; A. B. Coptill Far go; E. C. Shears. Portland; W. E. Dixon and wife. Sault Ste. Marie; J. W. Schmidt, Superior; B. W. Davis, Racine; J. E£ Howard, Sauk Center; N. J. Schaefer Owatonna; John Davis, James Brown' Duluth. At the Ryan—H. Clem and wife, Ash land, Wis.; S. B. Morton and wife, lowa Falls; J. W. Witherop, Spokane; Mrs Webster Memfield and daughters. Grand Forks; G. F. Stevenson. Winnipeg; George P. Hitchcock, Appleton, Wis. Windsor—E. C. Roth, Rochester; John S. Way. Northfleld; F. W. Humison, Mon ticello; W. J. Farrell. Duluth; C. L. Moser and wife, Dubuque; Miss C. N. Carey, Peorla; Katherine Gradman, Peoria. TODAY'S WEATHER. Minnesota—Fair Thursday; warmer in western portion. Friday fair; warmer; light northwest winds, becoming variable. Upper Michigan and Wisconsin—Partly cloudy Thursday. Friday fair; warmer; fresh north winds, becoming variable. lowa —Fair; continued cool Thursday. Friday fair; warmer. Montana and North Dakota—Fair; warmer Thursday. Friday fair. South Dakota —Fair; warmer Thursday and Friday. St. Paul — Yesterday's temperatures, taken by the United States weather bu reau, St. Paul, "W. E. Oliver, observer, for the twenty-four hours ended at 7 o'clock last night—Barometer corrected for tem perature and elevation. Highest tempera ture, 52; lowest temperature, 47; average temperature, 47; daily range. 9; barom eter, 30.24; humidity, 68; precipitation, .0; 7 p. m. temperature, 50; 7 p. m. wind, northwest; weather, cloudy. Yesterday's Temperatures: *BpmHigh| *BpmHigh Alpena 50 64jMoorhead 44 46 Battleford 60 60jLos Angeles ..80 94 Bismarck 42 44jMarquette 44 46 Buffalo 78 84|Memphia 60 72 Boston 74 80! Medici ne Hat. .64 66 Calgary 66 68iMilwaukee ....50 54 Chicago 50 56jMinnedosa 44 48 Cincinnati 70 80' New Orleans..B2 92 Denver 58 60! New York 76 78 Dcs Moines -.50 52IOkiahoma 56 58 Detroit 62 76 Omaha 60 58 Duluth 44 50lphiladelphia ..76 84 El Paso 76 80!Qu"Appelle 40 50 Galveston 78 86|San Francisco.72 82 Grand Rapids.so 60iSt. Louis 48 54 Green Bay ...50 50jSalt Lake 64 66 Havre 64 66' San Antonio -.60 78 Helena 60 62JS. Ste. Marie..4B 52 Huron 44 46 Washington ..78 8C Jacksonville .78 86; Winnipeg ......40 50 ♦Washington time (7 p. m. St. Paul). River Bulletin — Danger Gauge Change in Line. Reading. 24 Hours. St. Paul 14 10.0 »0.6 La Crosse 10 9.7 »1.6 Davenport 15 6.8 *0.3 St. Louis 30 21.4 »0.5 •Rise. The Mississippi will rise siowly in the vicinity of St. Paul during the next tliir ty-six hours. BLUE BOOK ON TRADE APPEARS IN LONDON Results of the Government's Investigation Anent the Fiscal Problem. LONDON, Sept. 16.—0n the heels or Premier Balfour's academic exposi tion of his personal views of the fiscal problem, contained in the pamphlet on Insular Free Trade," came the long promised and much-demanded govern ment statistics dealings with that sub ject. They were issued today by the Board of Trade in the shape of a blue book showing the various aspects of British and foreign trade and the in dustrial conditions. No deductions were drawn, though the publication teems with interesting notes upon what are regarded as points of fact. The references to foreign trade were chiefly confined to France, Germany and the United States. A valuable explanation is given of the much-quoted excess of imports over exports, which has so often been held to be a sign of British trade de cline. The blue book says that while the excess yearly averages about $800, --000,000, the income received from for eign investments, calculated at $312. --500,000, added to the earnings of the British merchant fleet engaged in for eign trade, calculated at $450,000,000. "is probably more than sufficient to account for the average excess of im ports." Such estimates have never before been included, hence the misleading character of the usual figures. Americans have made large invest ments in the United Kingdom of recent years, and American repurchases of railroad and other securities are ad mitted to have to some extent affect ed the fiscal figures, but "they are not likely to form a.serious factor." Dealing exhaustively with the tariffs of all nations the blue book says the American system of drawbacks "nec essarily results in inequality of treat ment and may yield an export bounty to the best equipped manufacturers while others sustain a loss." Import Duties. In a table showing the ad valorem, equivalent to import duties, levied by foreign countries on the principal articles of" British exports, Russia comes first, with 131- per cent; the United States next, with 73 per cent, and Austria follows, -with 35 per cent. Though Germany comes sixth, it is pointed out that her existing tariff is so effective as to be more highly pro tective against Great Britain than the percentage shows. Before the trade of the United King dom and any of the colonies could be reserved to British vessels the Board of Trade states that the existing treaties with Austria, Greece and other coun tries would have to be denounced. The tables show that the United Kingdom is most dependent on im ported wheat, the United States be ing wholly independent. The question of w.a#es and the cost of living; especially the price of food, which haa figured so largely in the recent Chamberlain agitation, is sum med up follows: "The'average level of wages in the United States is one and one-twelfth times greater than in the United Kingdom, while In Germany wages are only two-thirds, and in France three fourths of the average prevailing in the -Unied Kingdom." The percentage of family incomes, taking New York, in the United States, is estimated (on the basis of 100 per cent for the United Kingdom) for the United States, 123 per .cent; for France, 83 per cent, and for Germany, 69 per cent. The mean weekly rate of wages in skilled trades in the United States is estimated 179 per cent, and In the United Kingdom at 100 per cent. Members of Alfred Moseley's former commission supply a series of con flicting answers to question anent the feeding and payment of American workers. The majority incline to the belief that, allowing for the conditions, there is little difference in the United States from the United Kingdom. Iron, Steel and Trusts. Dealing with the iron and steel trade, the board reports that employ ment has fallen off in the United King dom since the introduction of the American tariffs, but that very few works have actually been closed. It points out that imports from the United States have decreased since 1900. The trusts of all countries come in for minute and impartial discussion. The report also says: "The available evidence goes to show that the United States, for some time past, for the most part has been able to absorb a great proportion of the total output, and during this pe riod of exceptionally good trade In the American home market the induce ment on the part of the American trusts to dump their surplus goods at low prices on foreign markets has been slight as compared with what might be manifested at a time of in dustrial depression in the United States." Dealing with the proportion of American goods which has been thrown on the foreign markets, the re port says: "This export trade could hardly have been carried unless the foreigners were granted lower prices than prevailed in the United States." Has Chamberlain Modified Proposals? The Pall Mall Gazette says it un derstands the cabinet has concluded the consideration of its fiscal position and its policy in regard thereto; that no further cabinet meetings will be held for the present, and that in the meanwhile Colonial Secretary Cham berlain will proceed with his expository programme. The paper adds: "It will probably be found that he has modified his proposals so as to bring them in harmony with Mr. Bal four's views as set forth in the pamph let. The main feature of Mr. Cham berlain's modifications will be the dis appearance of all suggestions in the direction of the further taxation of food stuffs and raw materials." The Gazette believes It is still pos sible that there will be more than one resignation from the cabinet. Socialistic Ebullitions. DRESDEN, Sept. 16.—The Socialist congress, after two days' discussion of the literary activities of members of the party, decided today to close the debate, and the personal explanations of various writers began. Herr Goehre, former Pastor Bernhardt and Heinrich Braun endeavored to defend themselves from Herr Bebel's thunderbolts, but succeeded only in compromising their reputations for sincerity. Franz Mehr lng. historian of Social Democracy, a septngenarian, resigned the editorship of the chief scientific review of the party until he had rehabilitated his character. Finlay's Long Talk Goes On. LONDON. Sept." 16. —Attorney Gen eral Finlay today resumed his argu ment /or.; Canada before jt the Alaskan boundary "tribunal." The attorney gen eral continued to read lons documents connected with the negotiations for the Russian-British treaty of 1825 He strongly upheld the Canadian conten tion of the existence of the chain of mountains (described in the treaty of 1825, which the United States claims cannot be found) and of the position of the Portland channel. The commission adjourned until tomorrow, when the at torney general will resume his argu ment. Trying to Curb Socialism. BERLIN, Sept. 16.—Gen. yon Einem. minister for war, has issued a decree forbidding non-commissioned officers and privates to have in their possession or to distribute any revolutionary or Socialistic writings without the per mission of higher authority, to sing songs or utter cries, giving expression to any Socialistic sentiments or to at tend any meeting, to contribute money, or to belong to any society without the permission of their officers. Author Goes to Prison. BERLIN, Sept. 16.—Paul Koch, an author, was sentenced today to three months' imprisonment for insulting the Jewish religion in a pamphlet on "rit ual murder." in which he endeavored to prove that ritual murders were prac ticed in Germany. Morocco Troops Defeated. MADRID. Sept. 16.—Private dis patches from Morocco say that Ben Jussi, commanding a detachment of the imperial troops, and 600 of his men were killed recently in an engagement with the insurgents. The sultan is re ported to have narrowly escaped. Cardinal Sails for Home. CHERBOURG, Sept. IS.—Cardinal Gibbons sailed for New York tonight. PRESIDENT IS NOT INSINUATING HIS OAR Denies That Hs Is Actively Interested in the Gotham Mayoralty. NEW YORK. Sept. 16.—President Roosevelt's attention having been call ed to the letter of District Attorney Jerome, addressed to a member of the Citizens' union, in which mention was made of the president's position in the coming mayoralty campaign in this city, the following authoritative state ment was given out today: "The president has not interfered and will not interfere in any way. either for or against the nomination of any candidate for mayor. As an individual, the president is, of course, keenly interested in the success of any movement for good government in New York city as in any city in the land; but the president does not regard it as any part of his duty as president to use his position to influence in any way any municipal election." SECRETARY MOODY IS SEVERE ON THE ENSIGN Disapproves the Court-Martial Find- ings in the Case of Wortman. WASHINGTON, D. O, Sept. 16. — Secretary Moody has disapproved the findings in the case of Ensign Ward K. Wortman, U. S. A., who was tried by court-martial and acquitted of the charge of "culpable inefficiency in the performance of duty." Wortman on Jan. 6 last, off San Juan, was in charge of third gun division on the Massachusetts, including the two 8-inch guns in the starboard after tur ret, when one of them, during target practice, exploded, injuring nine en listed men, all of whom afterward died. The court of Inquiry found Wortman guilty of error of Judgment in giving an order to open the breech of the gun for the purpose of return ing to electrical firing while the gun was loaded and the lanyard was led out and hooked to the trigger. The court recommended that no further proceed • ings be had. The secretary, however, ordered a court-martial on the basis of the court's findings and Wortman was acquitted by this court. Secretary Moody differs from tho court's finding that there was insuf ficient evidence to prove that the lan yard led out and was hooked when the opening of the breech was given. In his statement the secretary says: "Being under orders to fire by elec tricity and seeing No. i> (of the crew) had cocked the lock, and thus broken the circuit, the accused ordered the breech to be opened with the tfun loaded and the lanyard led out and hooked to the trigger of the lock. I am of the opinion that the accused Called to exercise the care which was required of him; that in giving the order to open the breech of the gun he was negligent; that the death of nine men resulted from his negligence, and that in what he did and failed to do in the premises, he was guilty of culpable inefficiency. Ensign Wort man failed to exercise the care and skill and foresight which the United States has the right to expect from one who holds its commission as an of- fleer of the navy." The action of the secretary does not affect the court's findings. BOAD OF CONCILIATION DECIDES SEVERAL POINTS In Some Cases Operators Win and in Others Increase of Wages Is Ordered. PHILADELPHIA, Pa.. Sept. 16.—The crntfact miners of Coxe Bros. & <'<>. obtained from the board of conciliation today the right to select and hire their own helpers, which is considered of much importance to the men and their union. The company, however, has the right to reject lawless miners or oth erwise objectionable laborers. The Coxe Bros.' mine laborers also receive an advance of 10 per cent. In the case of the contract loaders at the William Perm colliery of the Susquehanna Coal company the board awarded an ad vance of 10 per cent in wages. Other decisions were made by the board in the following resolutions: "Resolved. That in line with the de cision of Umpire Wright, Grievance No. 90, requesting the board of concil iation to ask the Hillside Coal and Iron company to furnish work for J. W. Jones be not sustained." Jones has been furnished work as a miner by the company, although *«ted as a dock-cheeking boss. "Resolved, That the grievances of William Hill. George C. Webb, John Peterson and S. W. Jane be not sus tained, and that the board recommend to the rren that they accept the offer of the Delaware & Hudson company to givp them work at some other of their collieries: that the board asks the com p.-.ny to give these men employment :it thf collieries nearest thrir homes. 'Resolved, That as Pat Malta is not charged with any overt act. we believe the Hillside Coal and Iron company should give him employment before any new men are taken on." Nominated for Congress. PHILADELPHIA, Pa.. Sept. 1G —The Fourth congressional district Republi- can convention today nominated K»'u ben O. Moon, a prominent lawyer, to succeed the late Congressman Foer derer.