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The News and Observer. the mmm hmimi! if m mm oamum pm VOL. XXXIX. NO. 103. IT IS A LONG DOCUMENT AND IS DEVOTED ALMOST ENTIRELY TO A DISCUSSION OF THE FINANCIAL QUESTION. THE RETIREMENT OF GREENBACKS RECOMMENDED & Mr. Cleveland Proposes That the Currency Withdrawn be Sup plied by Such Go'd as Would be Used in Thtir Retirement or by the Increase in the Circulation of iV«tiona Banks as Wallas by tha Coinage of the Seignorage and Other Silver B.i I on Now in the Treasury-- Recommended That Banks be Allowed to Issue Circulation to the PeirVaSuo of the Bern's Depjsiied and Thatthe Tax on Tneir Circulation be Reduced to One fourth of One Per Cent- -A Discussion of all Ou- Foreign Relations. To the Congress of the United States: The present assemblage of the legis lative branch of our Government occurs at a time when the interests of our peo ple and the needs of the country give especial prominence to the condition of our foreign relations and the exig ences of our national finances The re ports of the several administration departments of the Government fully and plainly exhibit what has been ac complished within the scope of their respective duties, ami present such recommendations for the betterment of our country’s condition as patriotic and intelligent labor and observation suggest. 1 therefore deem my execu tive duty adequately performed at this time by presenting to the Congress the important phases of our situation as related to our intercourse with for eign nations, and a statement of the financial problems which confronts us, omitting, except as they are related to these topics, any reference to depart mental operations. I earnestly invite, however, not only the careful consideration but the severely critical scrutiny of the Con gress and my fellow countrymen to the reports concerning these depart mental operations. If justly and fairly examined they will furnish proof of assiduous and painstaking care for the public welfare. 1 press the recom mendations they contain upon the re spectful attention of those charged with the duty of legislation, because I believe their adoption would promote the people’s good. GOOD EFFECT OF TARIFF. By amendatory tariff legislation in January last, the Argentine Republic, recognizing the value of the large market opened to the free importation of its wools under our last tariff act, has admitted certain products of the United States to entry at reduced duties. It is pleasing to note that the efforts we have made to enlarge the exchange'of trade on a sound basis of mutual benefit are in this instance ap preciated by the country from which our woolen factories draw their need ful supply of raw material. BOUNDARY DISPUTE SETTLED. The mission boundary dispute be tween the Argentine Republic and Bra zil, referred to the President of the United States as arbitrator during the term of iny predecessor, and which was submitted to me for determination, re sulted in an award in favor of Brazil upon the historical and documentaly evidence presented, thus ending a long protracted controversy and again de monstrating the wisdom and desirabil ity of settling international boundary disputes by recourse to friendly arbi tration. Negotiations are progressing for a revival of the l nited States and Chilean claims commission whose work was abruptly terminated last year by the expiration of the stipulat ed time within which awards could l>e made. SPECIE PAYMENT IN CHIU. 'The resumption of specie payments by Chili is a step of great interest and im|K>rtance, both in its direct conse quences upon her own welfare and as evincing the ascendency of sound fi nancial principles in all of the most in fluential of South American Republics. MISSIONARIES IN CHINA. The close of the momentous struggle between China and Japan, while re lieving the diplomatic agents of this government from the delicate duty they undertake at the request of both countries, of rendering such service to the subjects of either belligerent with in the territorial limits of the other as our neutral position perintted, devel oped tv domestic condition in the Chinese Empire which has caused much anxiety and called for prompt and careful attention. Either ns a re sult of a weak control by the Central Government over the provincial admin istrations. following a diminution of traditional governmental authority under the stress of an overwhelming national disaster, or as a manifesta tion upon gooil opportunity of the a vorsion of the Chinese population to ah foreign ways and undertakings there have occurred in widely separ ated provinces of China serious out breaks of the old fanatical spirit a gainst foreigners, which, unchecked i»f the local authorities, if net actually tMcuiived at by them, have eliminated in mob attacks on foreign missionary stations, causing much destruction of pr*fM ‘rty. and attended with personal injuries as well as loss of life although but one American citizen was reported to have been actually wounded, and al though the destruction of property may have fallen more heavily upon the missionaries of other nationalities than our own, it plainly behooved this gov ernment to take the most prompt and decided action to guard against simi lar or perhaps more dreadful calami ties befalling the hundreds of Ameri can mission stations w hich have grown up throughout the interior of China under the temperate rule of toleration, custom, and imperial edict. The de mands of the United States and other powers for the degradation and pun ishment- of the responsible officials of the respective cities and provinces who by negtect or otherwise had permitted uprising, and for the adoption of stern measures by the Emperor’s govern ment for the protection of the life and property of foreigners, were followed by the disgrace and dismissal of cer tain provincial officials found derelict in duty, and the punishment by death of a mujber of those adjudged guilty of actual participation in the out breaks. This government also insist ed that a specal American Commission should visit the province where the first uisturbance occurred, for the pur pose of investigation. This latter commission, formed after much opj>o stion, has gone overland from Tiensin, accompanied by a suitable Chinese es cort. and by its demonstration of the readiness and ability of our govern ment to protect its citizens will act. it is believed, as a most influential deter rent of any similar outbreaks. The energetic steps we have thus ta k« n are all the more likely to result in future safety to our citizens in China, bcatise tin* b werial Government is, I am persiu. A convinced that we desire only Un* liberty and protec tion of our own citizens and redress for any wrongs they may have suf fered, and that we have no ulterior de signs or objects, political or other wise. China will not forget our kindly service to her citizens during her late war nor tin* further fact that, while furnishing all the facilities at our command to further tiff* negotia tions of peace between her and Japan, we sought no advantages and inter posed no counsel. The governments of both China and Japan have, in special dispatches trans mitted through thier respective diplo matic representatives, expressed in a most pleasing manner their grateful appreciation of our assistance to their citizens during the unhappy struggle and of the value of our aid paving the way to their resumption of peaceful relations. THE WALLER CASH. The customary cordial relations be tween this country and France have been undisturbed, with tin* exception that a full explanation of the treat ment of John L. Waller by the expe ditionary military authorities of France still remains to he given. Mr. Waller, formerly United States Consul at Tamatave, remained in Madagascar after his term of office expired, and was apparently successful in procur ing business concessions from the flo ras <d greater or less value. After the occupation of Tamatav and the declar ation of martial law by the French, he was arrested upon various charges, among them that of communicating military information to the enemies of France, was tried anil convicted by a military tribunal, and sentenced to twenty years’ imprisonment. Follow ing the course justified by abundant precedents, this Government request ed from that of France the record of t he proceedings of the French tribunal which resulted in Mr. Waller’s con demnation. This request has been complied with to the extent of supply ing a copy of the official record, from which appear the constitution and or ganization of the court, the charges as formulated, and the general course and result of tin* trial and by which it is shown that the accused was tried in open court and was defended by coun sel. But the evidence adduced in sup port of the charges which was not re ceived hv the French minister of for eign affairs till the first week in Octo ber- -has thus far boen withheld, the French Government taking the ground that its production in response to our demand would establish a bad prece dent. The efforts of our Ambassador to procure it, however, though im peded by recent changes in t he French ministry, have not been relaxed, and it is confidently expect, cd that some sat isfactory solution of the mater will RALEIGH. N. C.. WEDNESAY. DEC. 4, 'B9=. shortly be reached. Meanwhile it ap pars that Mr. Waller's confinement has every alleviation which the state of his health and all the other circum stances of the case demand or permit. ARBITRATION WITH FRANCE. In agreeable contrast to the d'.Ter ence above noted respecting a mutiei of common concern where nothing is sought except such a mutually satis factory outcome as the true merits of the case require, is the. recent resolu tion of the French Chamber’s favoring the conclusion of a permanent treaty of arbitration Lei ween the two eoun -11 ies. GREAT FAIR AT I’AUIS. An invitation has been extended by France to the Goverturn nl qnd people of the United States to participate in a great International Exposition at Paris in 1900 as a suitable commemora tion of the close of this, the world's-, marvelous century of j logrcss. 1 heartily recommend its acceptance, together with such legislation as will adequately provide for a due represen tation of this Government and iTs peo ple on the occasion. RHLATIONS WITH GERMANY. Our relations with the States of the German Umpire are. in some re spects, typical of a condition of things elsewhere found in countries whose productions and trade arc similar to our own. The close rivalries of com peting industries; the influence of the delusive doctrine that the internal development of a nation is promoted and its wealth increased by a policy which in undertaking to reserve its home markets for the exclusive use of its own producers necessarily ob structs their sales in foreign markets and prevents fret* access to the pro ducts of the world; the desire to retain trade in time worn ruts, regardless of the inexorable laws of new needs and changed conditions of demand and sup ply. and our own halting tardiness in inviting it freer exchange of commodi ties, and by this means imperilling our footing in the external markets, natur ally open to us, have created a situa tion somewhat injurious to export interests, not onh in Genuar y. where they tire perhaps the most notie able, but in adjacent eountri*.-. > .««, exports affected are largely American cattle and other food products. The reason assigned for unfavorable dis crimination being that their consump tion is deleterious to the public health. This is ail the irritating in view of the fact that no Furojtean health. This is the more irritating in and wholesomeness of its exported -food supplies its the United States nor so easily able, on ac count of inherent soundness, to guur antee those qualities. Nor are tlie.se difficulties confined to our food products designed for ex portation. Our great insurance com panies, for example, having built up a vast business abroad, ami invested a large share of their gains in foreign countries in compliance with the local laws and regulations then existing, now find themselves within a narrow ing circle of onerous and unforeseen conditions, and tire confronted by the necessity of retirement from a field thus made unprofitable, if indeed they are not summarily expelled, as some of them have lately been from Prussia. 11FT \LTATTO V RUGGESTKI >. It is not to be forgotten that inter national trade cannot be onesided. Its currents are alternating, and its movements should be honestly recip rocal. Without this it almost necessa rily degenerates into a deviee to gain advantage or a contrivance to secure benefits with only the semblance of a return. Tn our dealings with other nations we ought to be open-handed and scrupulously fair. This should be our policy as a producing nation, and it plainly becomes us as a people who love generosity and the moral aspects of national good faith and reciprocal forbearance. These considerations should not. however, constrain tts to submit to unfair discrimination nor to silently acquiesce in vexatious hin drances to the enjovment of our share of the legitimate advantages of proper trade relations. If an examination of the situation suggests such measures on our part as involve restrictions similar to those from which we suffer, the way to such a course is ensv. It should, however, by no means be light ly entered upon, since the necessity for the inauguration of such a policy would be regretted l>y the best senti ment of our people, and because it naturally and logically might lead to consequences of the gravest charac ter. OPENING OF KIEL CANAL. T take pleasure in calling to your at tention the encomiums bestowed on those vessels of our new navy which took part, in the notable ceremony of the opening of the Kiel canal. It wits fitting that this extraordinary achieve ment of the newer Gentian nationality should be celebrated in the presence of American exposition of the latest de velopments of the world’s naval ener gy. THE TIERING SEA MATTER. Our relatons with Great Britain, til ways intimate and important, have de manded during the past year even a greater share of consideration than is usual. Several vexatious questions were left undertermined by the deci sion of the Bering Sea arbitration tri bunal. The application of the princi ples laid down by that august body has not been followed by the results they were intended to accomplish, either because their execution has been more or less imperfect. Match corres pondence has been exchanged between the two governments on the subject of preventing the extermination and slaughter of seals. The insufficiency of the British position of Bering Sea under the regulations agreed on by the two governments, has beet* point (CONTINUED on second page ) DOWN TC BUSINESS A DEIiI’OF OF KILL.* AIN I> RING. LUTIONR INTKODU< Ml IN J II K SEN A I K. FOR THE RECOGNITION OF CUBA Mr. Legge introduced the Firstone and This Htr< Followed by Others From Senators duMont, Allen, Call and Pa*co»»Scnato> Cm i’* Resolution NViIS be Taken up ro-Mav—The Clos est V Mention Given to the Messajrc-- A snort I' xpotiive Setwion. WASHINGTON, Dee. A The Senate plunged into retd Iniwines to-.'av. Naturally the Presidents me. v at tracted the main attention of the day, but aside from this there were stirring resolutions on the Monroe Doctrine and t he ('ubnn rebellion, and after that the tt.stntl deluge of bills and resolu tions running far up into the hundreds. The message was given the closest, attention from till qiiarteds of the Chamber. At its conclusion, Mr. Lodge, of .Massachusetts, offered a resolution, vigorous in terms, reaf firming the Monroe Doctrine, ami 'pre senting it in such form as to per mit its enactment as a permanent law. rather than an expression of the policy advocated by President Monroe. In the same line was a resolution by .nr, CuHom, Illinois, anti another by Mr. Allen, Populist, Nebraska. The Cuban situation received atten tion from both the Florida Senators, ,ur. Call affirming a resolution for the recognition of the insurgents ns belli gerents stud Mr. Pasco presenting reso lutions from the city council of Tampa and St. Augustine, Florida, expressive of the feeling for recognition of the insurgents. The Call resolution will he called up to-morrow, so that Cuba and tht* Monroe Doctrine will receive early attention, an.tough the purpose is to afford opportunity for an expres sion of views rather than for an im mediate vote. At the brief executive session the nominations of Mr. Olney its Secretary of State, aim Mr. Hannon as Attorney General were confirmed, its that of Rufus W. Peek hum to the Supreme Pench referred to the Judicial*;, com mittee. SHORT SESSION IN THE HOUSE. WASHINGTON. D. C„ December The session of the House to-day was very brief and was consumed entirely by the reading of the President's mes sage. It wtts listened to with fair at tention but the features of the docu ment received no sign either of ap proval or disapproval from the mem bers until the conclusion of the read ing when several Democrats created a slight demonstration. When it was finished the House im mediately adjourned until Friday. THE HILLS INTRODUCED. Many Were Measures Which Failed to Pass Last Session. WASHINGTON, Dec. There were 272 bills and 16 resolutions introduced in the Senate to-day, but a large ma jority of the bills were reprints of measures which failed to pass last ses sion. Many of these, as also a large proportion of the new hills, were for private purposes. There were also several for the modification of the pen sion laws. Senators Peffer, Stewart and Squire introduced their bills of hist sesson pertaining to silver coinage. Senator Pettigrew introduced a bill to establish a uniform system of bank ruptcy anti re-introduced his bill of hist session to prevent the extermina tion of the fur bearing animals of A laska. Senator Vest re-intyoduced his bill of last session to prohibit monopoly in the transportation of cattle to foreign countries and also his hill for the com pulsory education of Indian children, and the settlement of private land claims. Senator Chandler reintroduced his bill for the exclusion of alien anarch ists, and also his bill for the regulation of immigration. Senator Frye introduced a bill pro viding for the amendment of the tariff laws so as to admit free of duty, till material used in the construction <>r equipment of vessels built in the Uni ted States. He also presented several other bills for the encouragement of American shilling and American ship building, and general bills to amend the laws relating to navigation, ami to prevent discrimination against Ameri can Hailing vessels engaged in the coastwise trade. In the House a large number of hills and joint resolutions were introduced, many of them measures that failed during the last session. Those intro duced included the following: By Mr. Powers, of Vermont, a bill to establish a uniform system of bank ruptcy. By Mr. McCall, of Massachusetts, to amend the immigration laws. By Mr. Wilson, of Ohio, to equalize pensions on account of service in the Mexican war. By Mr. Million, of Pennsylvania, in corporating the Maritime Canal of Nicarnuga, reported by Representative Miljory, from the commerce commit tee in the last Congress. Air. (‘bickering, of New York, to as certain the feasibility and cost of con structing a canal from the Great Lakes to the Hudson river. North Carolina postmasters were ap pointed to-day as follows: Debruhl’s, G. W. Debruhl, vice .7. E. Wilcox re moved, and Newton Grove, T. VV. Un dervvoti, vice E. A. Monk resigned. j il KfS*tli II ON FU ANDES. , II >s Vfi‘lt*!ilnv 'lie (.HtiKtH !.► sislmiuic A I'i.ANTA. G;t.. Dec. :i. Colil as was the weather to-night, the welcome ex tended to Secretary of the Interior Smith on his apearance before the General Assembly to discuss the finan cial question was of the warmest. Standing room only was available in the hall of the House of Representa tives where both branches of the Leg islative, distinguished men from vari ous portions of the State and several hundred citizens, including many Indies were gathered, and loud and lengthy applause made frequent in terruptions in his remarks. The Sec retary had been invited to discuss the issues of tin* day. But like ex- Speaker Crisp, who spoke before the same body two weeks apo. he coittim d himself to the money question, taking strong ground against the free and unlimited coinage of silver and de fending the course of the administra tion in financial matters. Mr. Smith was introduced by State Senator W. W. Osborne, of Savannah, lie rehearsed the uses ami functions of money and gave a running review of the history of currency in this coun try. The advocates of free coinage, he said, professed to want gold and stiver treated with equality. The policy they proposed would put one hundred cents worth of one in a dollar and only fifty cents worth of the other. He was not against silver. lie wanted just as many gold and silver or paper dollars cir culated in this country as could be kept as good as every other dollar. He endorsed the bimetallic policyof Thomas .Jefferson, lie said, but he did not agree with the bimetal lic fallacy “coin” Harvey. He argued elaborately to show that the free and unlimited coinage of both gold and sil ver at tin* present ratio would result in the establishment of the silver standard and the disappearanee of all our gold. The tide of the population and of capital w as now setting towards the Southern people, who, of all others, bad occasion to dread a revolution. Free coinage would benefit no one and work vast hardships to all. espe cially to the cotton planters of the South, who would have to sell their products at it gold standard price and buy their goods at an inflated silver standard valuation. The most significant part of Secre tary Smith’s address was his reference to State banks. The repeal of the ten per cent tax on their circulation would, he believed, be one remedy for our financial ills. He took pleasure in telling his auditors of a great number of great lawyers in the National Capi tal. with whom he was associated, all were agreed that the prohibitory tax was uneonstitutiomtl. The Secretary closed by announcing his assurance that the next national convention would take advanced ground against free coinage and coun selling calmness of discussion and har mony within party iittes so that after the battle was over there might not be* too many scats. < K I* I* ON T H K MESSAGE I) ' l It* ve the I*r hum it Fern tly » It v tl M.l iM'i f WASHINGTON. Dec. Comment ing on the President's message, ex- Speaker Crisp said: “I heard with some surprise and great regret that part of the message relating to our fi nances. That relief is needed no one doubts. That it can be found in the direction indicated in the message, ! don't believe. The President makes its strong an argument its can he made in favor of the single gold standard, but I don’t think he fairly states the case, lie announces throughout his message that our obligations are pay able iu gold. There is no law on the statute book justifying this assump tion. All bonds, Treasury notes and other obligations of the United States arc payable in coin, that is gold and silver of the present, standard of weight and fineness and if the Treasu ry would exercise the option which tla* law and contract gives of paying in that metal most convenient to it our difficulties would be less. lam oppos ed to the retirement of the greenbacks and Sherman notes because it would ruinously contract our currency. Neither can I approve the proposi tions recommended enlarging the priv ileges of the national banks. I have no doubt the President honestly be lieves he is right, and 1 know I as hon estly believe he is w rong.” A BUSINESS BLOCK IN ASIIES. Half Million Dollars of Property Burned in Indianapolis. INDIANAPOLIS, Ltd., Dee. 3.- A fire in the wholesale district to-day des troyed property valued at a half mil lion dollars. Seven or eight groat bus iness establishments were burned out. The fire began in a wholesale grocery store of Sehmtll and Company, num bers 52 to 68 South Meridian street. At S:.'JO o'clock the third floor of the building fell in and the heavy stock that wits piled on it was carried to the first floor. The flames at once broke out, and from the beginning the fire spread in all directions. The employes all got out without serious injury, though some of them hail narrow es capes. At noon the fire was under control after having burned over territory ex tending from number 52 to 74. Seven firms were burned out. Estimated total value of stock destroyed s372,ooo,which together with buildings, will reach $500,000. There is a total of about $300,000 insurance. The buildings were til 1 brick and four stories in height. A number of accidents oc curred. Several firemen were carried down by falling walls. Two of them it is believed will die. PRICE FIVE CENTS. FOR SUPREME BENCH THE PRESIDENT YESTERDAY NOMINATED RUFUS W. PECKHAM. EVERYBODY IS HIGHLY PLEASED Ami No Doubt is Expressed as to His C nfirmaiion--Eveu Senator Hill, Who Made Such a Hitter Campaign Against His Brother, fs Satisfied-- The New Judge is 58 Years Old and a Native of Alitany--Was ttiicc a Democratic Leader in I hat City. WASHINGTON. Dee. 3.—The Presi dent sent to the Senate the nomination of Rufus W. Beckham, of New York, to In* Associate .lustice of the Supreme ( onrt of the United Stales. Also the following rev ess nominu t ions: RICHARD OLNEY. of Massachusetts, to be Secretarv of State. .11.1 ISDN HARMON, of Ohio, lo be, Nttorney General. The nomination of Judge Beckham v its received simultaneously wit It the President's message. Senators otj. both sides of the chandler expressed themselves as highly pleased with the appointment, and in no instance was any doubt expressed as to his confirm ation. Senator Hill, of New York, was not present in the Senate, hut he expressed himself so favorably to Judge Rufus \V. Beckham when engaged in making his campaign against his brother, Wheeler H. Beckham, that it is gener -tmtuiou at pi jdao.it; jjiav <tq p.iA.upiq tion without cavil and even with satis faction. Senator Murphy, of New York, pro nounced the Senate selection as equal to the very best that could be made and said there could lie no doubt of speedy* confirmation. Wlipn asked how he thought Senator Hill would receive it tie replied that In* did not believe that his colleague could or would make any opposition to confirmation. Sen ator Murphy also stated tlint it was his understanding that the nomination had been tendered without solicitation on the part of Judge Beckham’s friends and that the appointment was made because of the President's personal knowledge of the .fudge’s fitness for the place. The judges of the United States Su preme court were early in tlie day in formed of the nomination and it is un derstood that they expressed satisfac tion over tin* selection. SHORT SKETCH OF HIS LIFE. ALBANY, N. Y., Dee. 3.—Judge Rufus W. Beckham wits born in Al bany in 1837. His father, Rufus W. Beckham, of Albany, was a judge of tin* Court of Appeals and he is a broth er of Wheeler Tl. Beckham, of New York city. Judge Beckham is a mem ber of the Appellate Court- of the State, and before his elevation to the position in November, 1888, was active iu Al bany politics, being at one time the leader of the Democratic party in the city. He is a warm personal friend of President Cleveland. W«M D RDM 1.l • tv X OR vU . He t as lb* seal Ftnin <lv ' i>u ( >irtl bv •* |> elnn Kotiil «M WASHINGTON. I). ( ~ Dec. :>.—(Spe cial.) —In drawing of scats in the House the North Carolina delegation were placed near together, to the., left of the main entrance. Mr. Woodard drew a very desirable scat, the one formerly occupied by the late ex- Spcaker Randall. Judge James E. Shepherd and Mr. C. M. Busbee were here again to-day be fore the Supreme Court to appear in; the ease of Baltzer and Tank, but tlujjf case was postponed until the last or January. Judge Shepherd and Mr. Busbee leave to-night for Raleigh. Mr. W. 11. Capehart, of North Caro lina, ti prominent candidate for Fish Commissioner, arrived here on the boat this morning. He lms strofig back ing and his chances now for Fisli Com misioner are among the best. Mrs. J. Y. Joyner, wife of Prof. J. Y. Joyner, of Greensboro Normal school, and who has been visiting at Dr. San derlin’s, returned to Greensboro yes terday with her two children. Miss Alexander, of Charlotte, is here. W. J. Browning, of New Jersey, has been selected by Clerk McDowell, as chief clerk of the House to succeed Thomas O. Towles, of Missouri. The President anil Mrs. Cleveland day abandoned their autumn home at. Woodley and moved into the White House for the winter as has been cus tom upon the beginning of the ses sions of Congress. WANTS THEM RULED OFF. A Case Against Pntihcn and Gentry lor Breach ol Contract. CHICAGO, Dec. 3.—The semi-annual meeting of theßoard of Review of the American Trotting Association opened this morning at the Auditorium hotel and will be in session till the week and may run over into next week. There are 210 eases on the dock for hearing. Probably the leading case before the board is that of tlfe* charge of the Lin coln Association gainst John R. Gen try, J. F. Taylor and Joe Patehen for violating an exhibition contract. Much of the moHwng'session was o«- cupied in arguments on the Patchen- Gentry case. The object of the pro ceedings is not to recover damages, but an endeavor <m the part of the Lincoln Association to have the two famous horses ruled off the turf. John G. Taylor, the owner of Joe Patehen and J. F. Scott, owner of John li. Gentry, were both present and stated that it had been impossible for them to have their horses at Uncoil at the time agreed.
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