The diamond drill., November 26, 1898, Image 5

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TWENTY-ONE.
Th rt t robs-, th otep ! nrht.
Th toIc I sweet, th ey is bright.
lUpo slogs a none of pure delight
At twenty -one.
Rarely w know a passing-tesr.
Car we have none, and llttlo fear.
With sons; and Jeat our bark we steer
At twenty-one.
Too soon, however, comet dull car, -Life's
work and battle we must shares
Quickly we reach, 'mid storm and glare.
Twice twenty-one.
But they who read life's problem right
Their courage keep, with heart as light
Am when they started for the fight
At twenty-one.
Long may you sail upon life's sea,
Mld Fortune's smiles and fancy free.
With friends as true as true can be,
Bweet twenty-one.
Though Time his flight he ne'er can stay
(The cheek will pale, the hair turn gray).
In heart. In mind. In spirit gay.
As love-ong tuned to minstrel lay,
Rest ever what you are to-day.
Just twenty-one.
London St. Taul's.
Copyright ijt. by Lonrnsns, Green & Go )
8YNOrSI3.
Chapter I D'Aurlae, commanding out.
post where scene Is laid, tells the story.
D Oomeron has been appointed by Qen.
de Hone to examine Into a charge made
against him. Nicholas, a sergeant, brings
In two prisoner, a man and a woman, who
are from the king's camp at Le Fere,
D'Aurlae, angered by Insulting manner of de
Gomcron toward the woman, strikes him.
A duel follows, and during the commotion
the prisoners escape. De Itone happens on
the disorderly scene, and d'Aurlac, upon
giving his parole not to attempt escape,
hears this remarkable sentence: "To-morrow.
...you must die on the field. Win or
lose. If I catch you at the close of the day,
I will hang you as high as Ilaman."
Chapter II D'Aurlac next morning takes
his place as usual on de Rone's staff. In
the course of his ride over the field he naves
the life of Nicholas, the sergeant, who, a
Victim of de Gomeron's malice, Is found In
Imminent danger of almost Instant death.
Chspter III After the battle In which
King Henry utterly routs de Rone's forces,
d'Aurlac, lying severely wounded, sees
the forms of a tnan and woman moving
under cover of the nlgtit among tho dead
and wounded. They tlnd a golden collar
on de Leyva's corpso and Habette stabs
Mauglnot (her partner) to gain possession
of the prize. After this hideous scene
Henry with a retinue, among whom Is the
fair prisoner who had escaped from the
hand of de Oomeron, rides over the field.
Chapter IV D'Aurlao In the hospital of
Bte. Uenevlev discovers his unknown
friend Is the heiress of IMdache. She vis
Its him dally, and when he Is well enough
is taken to her Normandy chateau. Here
he learns from Maltre I'alln, the madame's
chaplain, that tho king Is about to force
upon the woman a very distasteful mar
riage with M. d'Ayen. With Jacques, his
steward, d'Aurlac leaves for the avowed
purpose of preventing their marriage.
Chapter V D'Aurlac's horse casts a
shoe. This causes a delay at village of
Kxy, where he comes upon Nicholas, his
old sergeant, who says de Oomeron is In
the neighborhood with the king's commis
sion, and that he (Nicholas) has evidence
of treason brewing among do Oomeron and
certain associates against the king.
Chapter VI Led by Nicholas, d'Aurlac
goes by night to where de Oomeron Is sta
tioned. Standing beside a broken pane
they hear something ofthe outilneof a plot
against tho king. Rurnlng with revenge.
Nicholas fires through the window at de
Oomeron, but misses his mark.
Chapter VII The two men fly for their
lives, and think themenelves almost beyond
pursuft when they come suddenly face to
face with Rlron. one of the traitors to the
king, whom d'Aurlac cuts down, and with
de Oomeron, who makes short work of
Nicholas, d'Aurlao escapes.
Chapter VIII He comes to Rouvres
where Jacques, by previous arrangement,
had prepared to have htm received; from
there he goes direct to Tarls.
Chapter IX D'Aurlac takes up lodgings
In Paris, and lays what he knows of the
treachery In the army and among the no
bles before Sully, master general of the
ordnance, who advises him to keep himself
as much confined as possible.
Chapter X Calling on de Delln. a friend
living la Paris, the chevalier secures from
him a servant, named Ravalllao (whom de
Belln had won from d'Ayen at dice) to
temporarily take the place of Jacques. He
learns marriage of d'Ayen and Madame de
la IMdache Is to take place In a fortnight.
De Rellrt 1 to be d'Ayen's sponsor.
Chapter XI Maltre lialln appears In
Paris In attendance upon Madame de la
DIdache, comes to see d'Aurlao and out
lines to him a plan for the madame's
sscapo Into Swltsorland. D'Aurlac crosses
tho Tivtr, meets d'Ayen, who throws him
Ms glove, which almost forces him Into a
du4 on the spot. Forced by the danger to
himself of such a disturbance on the street,
he flees, eluding the guards only by plung
ing Into the river and swimming to his own
side.
Chapter XII D'Aurlao has his suspicions
aroused concerning his new servant, Rav
alllao. Later he wttrwviaes a meeting of the
servant and de Oomeron. D'Aurlac there
upon returns him to his former service un
der d Delln.
CHAPTER XII. Coktisued.
I detennlned. therefore, to go up to
my room and await de Belln' coming,
and on my opening the door of my alt-Ung-room
aavr, to my surprise, a man
apparently dozing In my armchair. The
noUe of my entrance awoke him. He
Jumped np, and I recognized my friend.
'Bellnl what good wind has blown
yon here? But how did you come In?
There Is no one In the house."
"There 'was when I came in, my
friend. Do you know and he looked
me in the face "you haw made a
mesa of things?"
"You know already! Belln, I have
just been to see you about it. The
whole affair was forced on mc,"
Partly. It was lucky I was there
nd sober enough to think of cutting
the cord of the lamp. You vanished,
a X thought you would, and I have
been attending to your affairs ever
alnce then. Any othermnn would have
been laid by the heels ere this, but the
tars fought for you."
"Any other man who had not friend
like you," LUol. Hut do you really
mean that I am safe from arrest?"
'I think so, from any court under
the edicts of Blols; but I had a devil
jf ft dance,"
"You hare been good riess Itself."
"My dear fellow, let that rest. All
that you have to do now Is to come w ith
rne this afternoon, put your cae to the
king, and I lay a hundred crown to a
tetter you hear no more of the little af
fair of last nlgbt. But I must be go
ing. Meet me at the Rue de Bourdon
n&is at one exactly, and I will take yoa
to the Louvre, and now good-by!"
lie rose and gave me his hand.
But aurely there Is no need for you
to go now? Dine with me at my ordi
nary; I have much to tell you."
Tap! tap! tap! It was Dame An
nette's little knock at my door, and
I knew it was something of import that
hod brought her to my room.
"One moment, BeHn!" and, opening
the door, I saw Mme. Pantin standing
there in breathlesa agitation.
"What is it, madame? Come In and
speak freely; there is only my friend,
Compte de Belln, here."
"It 1 nothing, monsieur," she said
loudly, and then dropping her voice to
a whisper: "RovoIUoc was out last
night. Pantin was deceived. I have
come up to tell you bo st once; be rid
of him. I am asked to tell you this by
a friend."
"A hundred thanks! I have parted
with him, and he will not trouble us
more. But who is this friend who
take o great on interest in me?"
"You hove company, monsieur, she
onswered with a bobbing curtesy; ''I
will not intrude any longer." And with
out another word she turned and went
away.
CHAPTER XIII.
THE LOUVRE.
It wanted full ten minutes to the hour
when I rode through the gates of the
Hotel de Bclin, und a moment or so
after was with my friend. He was
standing in the great hall as I entered,
in the midst of a small, but brilliantly
dressed group of cavaliers. On my be
ing announced, however, he came for
ward to meet me with outstretched
arms.
"Pardieul" he exclaimed, stepping
back a half pace after our greeting, "ho
you have dropped the Huguenot? We
poor devils will have but a bad time of
it if you turn courtier."
"Is that likely?" I asked, a little bit
terly, and then, in a low tone, "have you
made Ravaillac safe?"
"He has made himself safe," he whis
pered; "he is gone."
"Gone!"
"Yes vanished. It is perhaps best
so. We will discuss him later," and
raising his voice, "come, let me present
you to my friends," and he led me to his
companions, who, gathered in a little
knot near the huge fireplace, stood sur
veying me with a well-bred curiosity.
"Gentlemen, permit me to introduce
my old comrade, the Chevalier d'Aurlao
the Due do Bellegarde, whom we all
call M. le Grand, the Viscompte de
Vitry, the Seigneur de Valryn andithe
Chevalier d'AububSon, who, like you,
d'Aurlac, is new to the court."
"And who is delignted to meet with
an old acquaintance, and trusts that M.
de Preaulx is in as good a way."
"As the company from Paradise eh,
chevalier?" I put in.
"Fairly hit," exclaimed the lieuten
ant, and then he must needs tell the
story of our little adventure, at which
there was much laughter, and it was
easy to see that the marshal and Zamet
hod no friends in the Rue de Bourdon
nals. "Come, gentlemen," said de Belln,
"if we delay longer wo shall miss the
cinque-pace one health round and let
us start."
As he spoke a number of long-necked
glasses filled with the wine of cham
pagne were brought to us. Holding his
glass high above his head, de Belin
called out:
"Gentlemen the king."
The toast was drunk with a cheer in
which my voice alone was still, but I
joined with the others in shivering my
glass in fragments on the white marble
of the floor, and then, a gay, laughing
crowd, we took horse for the Louvre.
As we approached the sight before
us was gay beyond description. All the
good commons of Paris had thronged
to see the court reopen, and to catch a
glimpse and perhaps a wave of the hand
from the king whom they now loved
with their whole hearts. They came all
in their gayest, and as the cheerful
crowd swayed backward and forward
beyond the long line of guards that
kept tho entrance to the palace free, it
was for all the world like a bank of
flowers Btlrrcd by the wind.
Absorbed as I was in my own trou
bles, I could not restrain a feeling of
pride that rose within mc at the scene.
Down through that roaring crowd, that
cheered them again and ngain ns they
passed, it was an if all the old historic
names of Trance had gathered to do
honor to the day. And I felt, too, as I
looked at the endless sea of heads, that
this was no longer a France, at mur
derous war with itself, but a united
and powerful nation, that was being
led onward to its destiny by the strong
hand of a man who had quenched a
fratricidal struggle, and for the mo
ment I forgot how small he could be
who was yet so great.
The throng was so thick that for a
time we were unable to gain a passage,
and were compelled to go at a walking
pace, and Belln, reining in his fretting
beast, exclaimed: "Faith, 'tis the
largest gathering I have ever seen."
"All France is here to-day," said do
Valryn. "There go d'Ossat and his em
inence, fresh from the qulrlnal."
By this time I had collected myself
in some degree, and began to try and
rapidly rehearse in my mind what I
should say when I came face to face
wlh the king; but I am not ashamed to
confess that at each attempt I found
myself getting more and morehopeless
ly confused, and, finally dropping the
effort, determined to let the occasion
find its own words. At last we were on
the stalrway.and intwenty mlnuteshad
entered the great hall which Henry had
built himself, and which was known ns
the Galcrle d'Apollon. Except for the
vacant space around tho still empty
throne, the full length of its seventy
yards was almost as much crowded as
the hall below; but here the music was
much loader, though the laughter and
talk was not less merry and incessant.
There was not, of course, nearly so
much movement, and the people were
more or less gathered in little knots or
groups, though there were many gay
butterflies flitting from one of these to
the other.
"Keep by me," said de Belln, and al
most as he spoke we came face to face
with Travannes, de Gle and de Cosse
Brlssac, all dressed in the extreme of
fashion. Belln saluted coldly, but my
heart warmed toward my old comrades
In arms, and I stretched out my hand.
This de Gle took limply, but Travannes
and de Cosse-Britsac contented them
selves with bows of the politest cere
mony. The Vlcomte de Gle was, how
ever, effusive in speech if chill in man
ner. "It is not every one who could
tear a hole in the edict as you have
done, d'Aurlac," he said, and then added
with a smile, "but who made your
cloak? Tls a trifle longer than we wear
It here."
"It is short enough for me to see the
king In," I answered, a little crisply.
"The king!" exclaimed both Tra
vannes and Brissac,, a marked Interest
In their tones.
"My dear fellow," said de Gle, Inter
rupting my reply, "I knew you would
fall on your feet see here," and, step
ping right up to me, be threw open my
cloak slightly with a turn of his wrist,
"wear it so, d'Aurlac; it shows your
cross of St. Denis now," then, dropping
his voice, "friend or foe are you for
the marshal or the master genera!7"
"I am here for a short time," I re
piled. "I have come to see the king. I
neither understand nor care about your
intrigues."
"I understand perfectly, monsieur,"
he said, falling back, a half smile on
his lips, and bowing to each other we
passed on in different ways, they
down and I up the hall to join tie Belin,
who had gone a few paces ahead.
"The king is still in his cabinet," he
said, pointing to a closed door, before
which a sentry stood on guard. "I go in
at once. When I come out let it be the
tlgnal for you to join me. 1 will then
present you, and mind, speak freely."
"I mean to," I answered, and with a
nod he passed up through the press. I
leaned against the pillar near which I
was standing, nnd surveyed the crowd.
Madame was nowhere there, or else I
had missed her. Perhaps It was better
so, for did I see her I might be un
nerved, and here Bellegarde joined me.
"Do you see her?" he asked.
"See whom?" I answered, with a start
and an eager look around.
"La belle Henriette. See, there she
stands! A little court around her, with
the brightest eyes and the sharpest
tongue in France. I wager a hundred
pistoles she will rule us all some day."
As events showed, Bellegarde was
right, though that concerns not this
story.
"Ah! There is rimental one mo
ment, chevalier," and he left me to join
HE WA3 PRESSING THE TIPS OP HER
PINCERS TO HIS LIPS.
his friend. I was again alone, and re
signed myself to patience, when a voice
seemed to whisper over my shoulder:
"If M. le Chevalier will kindly survey
the other side of the room, perhaps he
will be equally interested."
I turned round sharply. There wo
no one whom I could recognize as the
person who had addressed me. On the
other hand, however, I blessed him in
my heart, for not ten feet away was
madame, radiant and beautiful, with
Palln by her side, and M. d'Ayen, with
his, arm in a silken sling, bowing be
fore her. lie was pressing the tips of
her fingers to Ids lips when? our eyes
met, and, drawing away her hand, she
made a half-movement toward me. J
was by her side in a moment, and, as we
shook hands, she said, with a smile:
"So we have met again, chevalier! In
the Louvre, above all places," this with
a alight rising of color.
"I thought I had missed you. I was
looking for you everywhere, and had
given you up. Of course, I knew you
were In Paris."
"But the Rue Vorenne was too distant
a land to journey to? Come," she add
ed, as I began to protest, "give me
your arm and take me there," she In
dicated the upper end of the room;
"the crush Is not so great there It Is
frightful here. M. d'Ayen will, I knew,
excuse me." Here d'Ayen, who stood
glaring at me, and biting the red feath
ers in his hat which he held In his hand,
Interposed: "I was in hopes that ma
dame would give me the pleasure," he
began
"Another day, perhaps, baron, I cut
In, rudely enough. "I trust," I added,
in a kinder tone, "that your arm does
not Incommode you."
"It will heal soon," he said, In a thick
voice, and turned away abruptly.
"He is very angry," madame said, fol
lowing him with her eyes.
"ThatwlllheaUoo.I hope this way Is
easiest, I think," and I moved ouward
with my charge, still, however, keeping
nn eye on the door of the cabinet.
And now, as we made our way slowly
toward the upper f nd of the room, I be
gan to get tongue-tied, and madame,
too, aald nothing. Finally I blvrtaft
out; "I am to sea the king la a fw
mlnutea."
She looked down and half whispered:
"God give you success."
"Amen!" I echoed to her prayer.
And then In a way that pepole hava
when their hearts are full of grave
ihlngs, we began to talk of matters
light as air.
"The king is late to-day," madame
aald, glancing at the still closed door
of the cabinet near which a curious
crowd had gathered; "perhaps the
cinque-pace will not come off," she ran
on, "M. de Guiche told me that the king
was to open it with Mile. d'Entrague.
Do you not eee her there? That lovely
black-eyed girl, talking to half a dozen
people at once."
"Is she so very beautiful?"
"What a question to ask! I do not set
a woman in the room to compare wits
her."
"To my mind her profile is too hard."
"Indeed!" Madame'a face with its
soft though clear outlines was half
turned from me as she spoke. "I sup
pose then you do not care for her a
man never thinks with a woman in the
motter of beauty.- But I did think you
would admire mademoiselle."
"Why should I, even supposing she
was beautiful? To my mind there are
two kinds of beauty."
And here I was interrupted) by the
sound of cheering from the Petite Go
lerie, and the sudden hush that fell on
the room. As we moved down to see
for whom the crush was parting on
either side, we discovered that it was
the marshal himself, and close at his
heels was Latin, with his sinister smile,
and a dozen gentlemen, amongst whom
I observed the grim, figure of Adam de
Gomeron. Madame saw the free lance
too, and then turned her eyes to mine.
She read the unspoken question in my
look, her eyes met mine, and through
her half-parted lips a low whisper came
to me: "Never never!"
"They nre coming straight toward
us," I said. "We will otand here and
let them pass," and, with her fingers
still resting on my arm, we moved a
pace or so aside. As Biron came up
there was almost a shout of welcome,
and he bowed to the right and left of
him, as though he were the king him
self. "It almost seems as if I shall not hove
my interview," I said to madame, a
minute or so later when the commotion
caused by Coiffier had ceased.
"When were you to go in?" she asked.
"As soon as ever M. de Belln came out
to summon me."
"Then there he is," and as she spoke
Tsaw the door open and Belin looked
out. "Go," she said, and then our eyes
met and I stepped up to thecabinet.
TO B CONTINUED.
Ttie Cssslmss.
A canalman, unless there happens to
be a member of his family who can help
him, hires a man called "the hand."
The men who run the boats come from
various positions In life to become ca
nalmen. Some have been farmers, who
cwn farms along or near the canal, ond
not a few have been born and lived all
all their lives' on a canalboat. Perhaps
one of the most unusual cases is that of
a well-educated man, who was former
ly a Methodist minister, but is now, ond
has been for several years, living with
his family on one of these boats, and
driving mules for a living.
The majority, however, ore rough ond
Ignorant, and the proverbial swearing
is to be heard in its most repulsive
forms. One notices frequently a lame
cr crippled man in charge of a boat,
since this is one of tbe few positions in
which a maimed person is able to corn
a livelihood. A canalman's family, if
he has one, lives with him on the boat
during the open season, and the res;
of the year some live on little plots
of ground, often too small to be called
farms, or perhaps they may lire in one
of the larger towns near by. Ethel
Belle Appel, in Godey's Magazine.
I'm reasonable.
A clergyman was in his library one
day preparing his Sabbath discourse.
He paused frequently to review what
he had written, and would often erase
a word or sentence and substitute an
other, and his five-year-old son, who
was watching him, asked: "Papa, does
God tell yoa what to preach?" "Cer
tainly, my son," was the reply. "Then
why do you scratch it out?" queried
the little observer. Troy Times.
Rev. Shinbone "We will nowtecktrp
er collection fow de benefit ob de wid
era an' orphans ob de congregation;
and as Brudder Erostu passes down do
aisle wlf his han'a tied behind him, yo'
will kindly drap yo' money inde basket
what Wi tied to his chest." Boston Her
ald. Haw o Knew.
May Rather a morose sort of man,
Isn't he?
Madge Yes; but his heart's in the
right place.
"How do you know that?"
"Be told me lost night thatl was in
sole possession of it," Puck.
Great Tklagr la-dee.
"That luminous paint is a splendid
Invention! Whotdo they use It for?"
"We paint the baby, so we can give
him a drink in the night without light
ing the gas." Tlt-Blts.
A Searro Article.
"Bridget, I told you five times to
have muffins for breakfast. Haven't
you any intellect?"
"Xo, mum, there's none in the house."
B rook ly n Life.
Impediments to Thrift.
If a man gets a dollar ready to put
away for a rainy day he meets two peo
ple selling tickets to amsteur shows
when on hia way to the bank to deposit
It Atchlnon Globe.
The Itraaoa.
He Why were they married lneur.
haste?
flber Each inspected tha other af c
desire to Uck aut-j N. Y. World.
ALIENS IN CONTROL.
Alliances Between Oar Railway!
and Foreign Steamship Lines.
A Combination of Interests Opposed
to Measorra for the Rehabilita
tion of tho American Mr
chant Marino.
It is a fact, though probably not
generally known outside of trans
portation circles, that there is, so to
speak, a close community of interest
between the principal trunk lines of
railroad in this country and foreign
steamship companies. This combina
tion enables the railroad companies
to secure the distribution of imported
goods and also to gather and deliver
to the steamship lines outward bound
cargoes, both steamship and railroad,
lines apportioning the rotes of freight
and aharlng in the proflta of the trans
portation. Of the five principal lines of railroad
connecting the Interior with Atlantio
ports, all but one have combinations
j with foreign steamship lines, and thus
the carriage of the commerce of the
country, from the various points of
production to those of distribution
ond consumption, is almost wholly di
rectly or indirectly controlled by alien
Interests nnd combinations. The sol
itary exception among the railroad
lines maintains an independent system
of steamship connection; otherwise it
also would probably be obliged to com
bine with alien ocean transportation
interests in order to get its share of
the traffic.
This shows how absolutely neces
Kiry it is that whatever protection is
afforded to American over sea ship
ping interests shall be ample and of
such a character as to give assurance
of permanency in order to be entirely
effective. The reciprocity navigation
treaties now in force require that at
least 12 months' notice shall be given
of their abrogation. It is easily con
ceivable that during this interval of
12 months the enormous aggregation
of foreign capital employed in alien
transportation lines, and the influ
ence of the railroad interests allied
with these lines, would combine with
the object of securing the repeal or at
least the modification of enuctments
of a character so inimical to their In
terests ns provided for the imposition
of discriminating duties against im
ports in foreign vessels.
The profits of ocean freight carry
ing are very largely derived from Im
ported goods having high freight
classlilcation. Aliens practically en
joy the monopoly of ocean transporta
tion, and through agreements among
themselves, freight rates ore main
tained with general uniformity. With
outward-bound cargoes practically as
sured, through combinations with the
principal railroad lines, and with but
little competition in passenger busi
ness, tho foreign steamship com
panies could well afford to lower rates
on Imports to such a figure as would
materially lessen the profits of Amer
ican ships enjoying the protection of
discriminating duties against imports
In foreign vessels.
Therefore the measure of protection
which It is proposed to give with the
object of promoting American ship
building Interests and restoring the
American merchant marine should, at
the outset, be so liberal and of such a
character as not only to be entirely ef
fective in its purpose but such as to
give assurance of being maintained for
a term of yeors.
Capitalists could not be expected to
take the risk of establishing plants for
theconstructlou of cargo ships to com
pete with foreign vessels If there
should be the remotest probability of
such modification of the measure of
protection, through foreign or domes
tic influences, as would tend to dis
courage the operation of such vessels
when they were water born. Neither
w ould managers of the projected ships
be likely to perfect their arrange
ments for employing the vessels in the
over sea trade w ithout some assurance
that the protection afforded would be
euflicient to compete with alien en
terprises, t
It is believed by those who hove
given this matter careful considera
tion that ten per cent, discriminating
duty against Imports in foreign ves
sels is none too great, and that any
less, degree of protection would be in
effective and moreover, discouraging
to the interests which are sought to be
promoted. Hon. Stephen B. Elklns,
the fraraer and the earnest advocate
of the taeasure providing for discrim
inating duties on imports In foreign
vessels, in his speech in the senate in
April. ISO 7, said:
It Is not claimed that tha bill under eon
clderatlon Is perfect or will bring all needed
relief. It will have to be supplemented by
further legislation. It Is claimed, however,
tn Its behalf, that the principle has been
tried for nearly 40 years and produced the
most beneficial results, and to restore dis
criminating duties now would be a start In
the right direction.
Though the measure is to some
extent tentative, the principal is
by no menos experimental. Per
fection of the measure, according
t'j the best lights obtainable, would
give promise of such results as would
1)0 a practical guaranty of Its success
ful operation despite the opposition of
the combinations of capital ond of in
fluence that would be arrayed against
it.
Most Favored Nation.
For the first six months of 1893
France has Increased her Imports $70,
000,000, while her exports show a de
crease of $23,000,000, as compared with
lfi97. The excess of imports over ex
ports for the same period amounts to
about $125,000,000. The United States,
with its intelligent system of protec
tion, its expanding foreign trade. Its
75.000,000 of liberal buyers and con
sumers of home products, and Its mer
chandise balance of $01 .3.000,000, is the
most favored nation on earth.
POWER OF APPETITE.
Caeler American Pallor, Groat Orltatst
Mul Settle HI Advorao Tra4o
. Dalaaeo 1st Cash.
The fact that the British import
into the United State hove fallen off
greatly in the post year, while Amer
ican exports to Great Britain have
greatly increased, bos been announced
from time to time during the year,
but the full year's figures. Just pre
sented by the treasury bureau of sta
tlsUts, brings to the surface some in
teresting detail sot heretofore pub
lished. These show thot while the ex
ports from the United States to the
United Kingdom hove Increased 19
per cent., the Imports from the United
Kingdom hove fallen off 35 per cent.
Tbe marked dispority between the
amount of our sales to and our pur
chase from Great Britain tends to
unsettle the long-cherished theory of
the Cobdenite school of doctrinaire
thot oil trode must be equalized; thatl
where you do not buy you connot sell.
The fallacy of this proposition ought
by this time to be very generally recog
nized. It never did ond never could
hold good in a country possessing the
rore and exceptionol advantage of a
surplus ollke of breodstuffs ond of
manufactured products. Such a coun
try, under a sound system by which tha
home market is defended against in
jurious foreign competition, must In
evitably become the richest among all
nations, for it can supply at home the
greater portion of it wonts In the
line of manufactures, while having m
vast excels of food to sell to the out
side world.
That is the enviable fortune of the
United States. The world wonts our
agricultural products, and will pay for
them in cash if they can be paid for in
no other way. .No country will go
hungry for fear of on odverse trade
balance. It will first buy food, and
then figure how to economize in some
other direction, nnd the country hav
ing the food to sell will always ba
the gainer,' provided it does not frit
ter away this splendid advantage by
neglecting the development of diversi
fied home Industrie.
The exports from the United Stotea
to the United Kingdom during the post
yeor were in round number five time
asmuchosthe import from the United
Kingdom, the figures of the bureau of.
statistics being: Imports from tho
United Kingdom, $109,133,303; export
to the United Kingdom, $340,860,153.
The details of the reduction in our im
ports and increase in exports in our
commerce with the United Kingdom,
ore shown in some figures reproduced
by the treasury bureau of atatiatlca
from the "Official Reports of Trode
ond Navigation of the United King
dom," which show the export of prin
cipal articles from the United King
dom to the United States, ond her im
port of principal article from tho
United States in the year ending Juno
30, 1303, compared with those of 1807
ond 1896.
Among the heaviest shrinkages in
our purchases from Great Britain la
the item cf wool, which we bought la
1893 to the volue of 566,705, against
033,405 In 1897 and 468,174 In 1894.
Cotton piece good fell from 1,394,
829 In 1897 to 1,159,507 In 1898; linen
manufactures, from 2,230,090 in 1997
to 1,423,312 In 1898; Jute manufac
tures, from 1,441,772 to 751,490;!
woolen tissues, from 1,497,066 in 1894
and 1,226,781 in 1697 to 217,861 in
1893; worsted tissues, from 3,971,000
In 1896 and 2,750,982 In 1897 to 826,
849ln 180S; hardware and cutlery, from
192,743 In 1896 ond 189,161 in 1897 to
84.337 in 1893.
In 1896 we bought of Great Britain
tin platea and sheets of the value of
1,091,527; in 1897, 1,163.864, and la
1893, 7o7,134. Textile machinery fell
from 594,3SO In 1896 to 264.073 two
years later; alkali, from 633,823 In
1896 to 233,396 the past year; earthen
ware and china, from 893,130 In 1890
and 742,471 in 1897 to 613,363 In 1803.
All Oils time the British appetite ho
visibly ond steadily increased Inaxnon
ner calculated to disturb the eternal
rest of John Stuart Mill and BIchord
Cobden.and the balance of trade has in
consequence almply gone to the dogs.
Measured in pound avoirdupois tha
United Kingdom's purchase of tho
United States of flour hss in twoyeara
gone from 3,623,610 to 0,301,640; wheat,
8.283,179 to 14,083,337; OOts, 404,064 to
2,466,186; Indian corn, 4,632,703 to
7,730,220; ond so on down the list of
bacon, fresh, beef, hams, cheese, lord,
copper, row eotton, tallow, stearine,
wood and timber, leather and horse.
In every Item there has been a heavy,
Increose, so thot in the year ending
June 30, 1898, our credit merchandise
balance In the account with Greot Brit
ain was in round numbers $430,000,000.
Our British brethren would greatly;
prefer to pay this balance In vorlou
sorts of manufactured articles, but ore
not permitted to do so because of tho
American tariff policy, 8o the big bal
ance must be paid In gold, or its equiv
alent, and the United States is moda
Just so much the richer and more pros
perous by the operation. There need
be no fear thot the loser in this un
equal business transaction will stop
trading with us, not so long a the Brit
ish oppetlte holds hearty and tha
American former hos food to sell.
Don't "Walt Too Loagr.
It 1 reported by those professing to
know that congress I disposed to en
aci legislation in .'aid of American
shipping, but that the difficulty will
come in agreeing upon a plin. There)
was once n man who set out to teachi
his horse to live without eating. Ac
cording to his statement of tho case,
just ns the hornet hod learned to live
without eating ho died. We hope that
congross will learn how to protect
American shipping lefore our mer
chant marine which U engaged in tho
ocean carrying trndo Is entirely dead.
It Is nearly defunct now. Hurry up,
congress! ,
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